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Police board refuses to accept city budget BILL METCALFE Nelson Star Nelson’s police board isn’t taking no for an answer.

City council recently rejected the police department’s request for an additional $311,000 to cover the cost of two new officers and an administrator, saying the best it could do was an increase of $50,000.

But at its meeting Tuesday, the police board voted to appeal the matter to the province under a rarely-used provision of the BC Police Act. That legislation says a city council must agree to a budget presented by its police force, and if it doesn’t, the matter can be referred to the director of police services, who investigates and then decides.

If the director decides the requested amount should be accepted by the city as part of its budget, and council does not comply, it could put the city in a position of legal liability, according to police chief Wayne Holland.

“I would suggest that it would be poor risk management to ignore the recommendation of the director of police services,” Holland said in an interview.

“If something befell the city or a citizen or a police officer as a result of council refusing to provide adequate and effective police services here,” Holland said, “that is a risk management issue the city had better consider.”

The chair of the police board is mayor Deb Kozak, so she is the leader of both sides of this disagreement. But this sharp division of loyalties is not her choice. The Police Act requires a volunteer civilian board to oversee municipal police forces, and it stipulates the mayor must chair it.

In addition to the mayor, the Nelson police board has five members, one appointed by city council and the others appointed by Continued on Page 4

St. Joseph students showcased their hard work at the science fair on Wednesday afternoon. Neve Hamilton (below) was among the students who explained their work to the Star during a brief visit.

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WILL JOHNSON Nelson Star St. Joseph Grade 3 student Neve Hamilton was pretty convinced if she dropped an egg from a 10-foot ledge onto a tile floor, peanut butter would most effectively cushion the fall. But she was wrong.

After completing a series of experiments, documented in her beautifully prepared science fair exhibit The Best Egg Protector, she discovered something surprising: Cheerios were more effective in protecting the egg.

“All of them broke, but the Cheerios one only broke a little bit,” said Hamilton, who completed the project with her mother.

Hamilton was only one of the students showcasing their fledgling grasp of the scientific method, and when the Star swung by this week, a number of elementary school students enthusiastically shared their findings.

Grade 5 student Sasha Semenick endeavoured to learn more about conductivity. His hypothesis was that metal would trump a lemon, a potato, a banana and a copper penny for conductivity.

With mini-jumper cables, Semenick demonstrated his findings to anyone who showed interest. Nearby Grade 7 student Jadyn Stallings showed how minerals will fizz, or “effervesce,” when they come into contact with vinegar.

Though Stallings tried to explain the chemical process involved to the Star, it was a little beyond our expertise.

Grade 4 student Hannah McClure demonstrated capillary action, which is the ability of liquid to flow in narrow spaces without the assistance of, and in opposition to, external forces like gravity.

One of her examples involved ink-dyed flowers, making her station one of the most aesthetically pleasing of the day.

Throughout the exhibition, students inflated balloons, shot projectiles into the air and noisily celebrated learning.

The youngest participant, Jeremiah Richichi, was called special from class to show the Star his exhibit, The Most Awesome Plant in the World, in which he proved water helps plants grow better than apple juice, lemonade or Sprite.

“I thought it would be water, and I was right,” he said, adding that “science is fun.”

Some of the exhibits at the science fair will move on to the regional competition.

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WILL JOHNSON Nelson Star The BC Coroners Service has identified the man found dead in a suspicious Sunday trailer fire in Taghum as Ryan Tapp, 28.

Outpourings of grief over the musician’s passing have proliferated social media sites since Sunday, and various memorials have already been held in town. Though a Go Fund Me campaign initiated to support his close friends raised over $2,000 by Monday evening, it has been temporarily suspended.

Tapp’s body was discovered by firefighters after they extinguished the sprawling blaze on his property near the intersections of Granite and Fofonow roads early Sunday.

It required a collaborative firefighting effort between three local fire departments.

Because there were no hydrants in the area, a holding

tank of water was used to supply the pumper tank.

The fire sent 40 to 50 butane canisters rocketing into the night and firefighters were subjected to multiple propane tank explosions.

No emergency personnel were harmed and neighbouring properties were not damaged.

RCMP accompanied a forensic anthropologist to the scene Monday.

The BC Coroners Service is continuing to investigate the death, while the Nelson Fire Department is investigating the cause of the fire.

Authorities have said all possibilities have not yet been ruled out, and they aim to be thorough.

Regional coroner Larry Marzinzik said they have found no indication of foul play in the death and there is no ongoing risk to public safety.

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Nelson Star Staff The BC’s River Forecast Centre’s spring report shows the West Kootenay snowpack is at 83 per cent of average. In the East Kootenay it’s even lower, at 76 per cent.

Both regions experienced below normal precipitation and above normal temperatures last month.

“Snowpack accumulation trends from early in the season have persisted throughout February,” the report says.

“The extremely low snowpacks … are the result of both warmer temperatures and drier conditions through the winter. A high proportion of precipitation has been delivered as rain rather than snow.”

The low snowpack in the West Kootenay could mean a lower-than-normal flood risk and an increased likelihood of low summer flows.

Despite these numbers, Whitewater Ski Resort reports one of the best snowpacks

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BC’s low snowpack is at its most extreme in southwestern BC, which is recording historic lows. In the south coast region the level is 21 per cent of the average, and

Low West Kootenay snowpacks in February reflect unseasonably high temperatures. in the Lower Fraser Valley, it’s 28 per cent.

BC is the only province bucking a trend of frigid temperatures and record snowfalls in the rest of the country that are forecast to continue well into the spring.

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Wolf cull: petitions and protests Killing wolves to preserve mountain caribou has sparked fierce reaction

TAMARA HYND Nelson Star First of two parts The public and conservation groups are voicing a mixture of opposition and support for the BC government’s wolf cull that aims to kill 144 to 184 grey wolves in two separate regions.

The cull, which began in mid-January with aerial sharp shooters in helicopters aiming to kill 24 wolves in the South Selkirks to protect 18 remaining mountain caribou and 144 to 164 in the South Peace areas to protect seven herds totalling 946 to 971 caribou.

The Ministry of Forests, Lands and Natural Resource Operations’ long term goal is to increase the South Selkirk caribou herd to approximately 100 caribou and the South Peace herds to more than 1,200 animals across their range within 21 years, with aims of 2,500 caribou by 2027.

On Feb. 11, resource stewardship assistant deputy minister Tom Ethier told CBC News this winter’s wolf cull is just the beginning of an initiative that will likely continue for another four years.

The $498,000 price tag for 2015 ($150,000 for South Selkirk and $348,000 for South Peace), however, isn’t sitting well with many BC taxpayers.

In email correspondence, the ministry stated feedback from the public since January has been mixed, with a majority of writers opposing the cull, and calling instead for action on habitat protection.

Public backlash

Eighty organizations and individuals have signed an open letter to Premier Christy Clark calling for an immediate cease to the aerial cull, a recovery plan that takes the Species at Risk

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Since the wolf cull began Jan. 15 to preserve mountain caribou, conservation groups and the public have spoken out both for and against.

Act into consideration, and enforces snowmobile closures and opening snowmobile management agreement negotiations for public review.

Pacific Wild collected 178,862 signatures as of Thursday on a petition which aims to put a stop to what the organization calls a “barbaric” wolf kill.

“The BC Liberal government’s ongoing wolf cull program is scientifically indefensible and is clearly a diversionary tactic laid out to ensure the fundamental issue of habitat protection for caribou continues to be ignored,” said Ian McAllister, executive director of Pacific Wild.

He went on to say “hundreds of wolves are suffering a needless cruel death right now, funded by our tax dollars and people from around the world are outraged and disgusted about it.”

He said the controversy goes beyond provincial borders.

“In fact, we have never seen such widespread international condemnation regarding a wildlife issue before and it is not going to stop until this kill program is stopped.”

The organization has also surpassed its $50,000 fundrais-

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Valhalla Wilderness Watch’s Craig Pettitt said the society does not support the wolf cull but would like to see greater enforcement of human encroachment in protected areas.

“We’re pushing habitat,” he said.

The Valhalla Wilderness Society lobbied unsuccessfully for the Ministry of Highways to have the 100 km/h speed limit reduced on Highway 3 through the Kootenay Pass, which is “core and critical caribou habitat.”

Pettitt said the amount of ski touring activity in the pass is also an issue. He said the government’s approach is ineffective. “It’s a scapegoat measure, a ‘We’re doing something’ approach.”

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said the society continues to support the cull, but only as an emergency measure to save caribou.

He said a mountain caribou management plan was developed by independent scientists and without the cull, they would disappear.

“People don’t want the wolves killed but it’s a certain death for the 18 mountain caribou in the South Selkirks without the predator management side of the recovery plan at this point.”

The organization would like to see greater emphasis on enforcement of recreational activity — namely snowmobiling — in and around closure zones within caribou habitat as well as a speed limit reduction on the Kootenay Pass.

From 2000 to 2009, the South Selkirk caribou population increased gradually and there were no known wolf packs established in the area during that time. The herd declined from 46 in 2009 to 27 in 2012, to 18 today. The government adopted a mountain caribou recovery program in 2007.

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Council, police Rural rep convinces Nelson to board to meet revisit rec funding decision Continued from Page 1 the provincial cabinet. The board voted unanimously to send the budget issue to the director of police services. (Kozak did not vote because at the police board the chair only votes in the event of a tie.)

Nelson is one of 11 cities in BC that employs its own police force, but by far the smallest. Policing makes up 22 per cent of the city’s budget.

In its initial budget presentation to council last fall, Holland said the department hasn’t added any officer positions in 20 years and has had no increase in administrative support in 30 years.

Councillor Michael Dailly was one of four city councillors who attended the police board meeting as observers.

“There is clearly a lack of trust that goes back to the former city council and we [the new council] have not had a chance to be apprised of that situation and they are not giving us that opportunity,” Dailly said.

“We need to look at what police are doing that is taking police time, and whether it is things civilian staff can do. I am not convinced it is police officers we need.”

Dailly said council is concerned police are spending

a lot of time at the hospital with people with mental health problems.

“We have approached the hospital and are in conversations about getting security at the hospital so policemen can go back to doing police work. I am open to being convinced,” Dailly said, “but I am not convinced. I want to know what convinced the police board.”

Kozak says granting the $311,000 increase could involve raising taxes to pay for it. A one per cent increase in property taxes raises about $75,000 for the city.

Kozak says she has been trying since she was elected to convene a joint meeting of the police board and city council but has had trouble matching the schedules of all the people involved. She expects a meeting will happen in April.

Kozak and Holland both say the two bodies have not been in the habit of talking to each other over the years.

“We have invited past councils over the years to meet with us and work with our finance committee,” said Holland.

“I can’t answer why this has not happened. Now the invitation is being accepted, and we are very happy about that. Council is well intentioned, but this issue has persisted for four years.”

BILL METCALFE Nelson Star A rural Nelson regional district director says city council and the recreation commission are punishing taxpayers in his area. Last week, council agreed to look into Tom Newell’s complaints about changes to regional recreation funding.

Newell represents Area F, which comprises the North Shore from Bonnington to Kokanee Park. The question is how much rural residents should pay to support recreational facilities in Nelson and how that should be decided.

In some rural areas, residents are taxed for those services (such as the pool, the ice rink, and playing fields) through property taxes, and in other areas they aren’t.

Since 1973, the costs of regional recreation (including the aquatic centre) have been borne through taxation based on property assessments in the City of Nelson, Area F, and the west part of Area E (Blewett). Residents in other neighbouring areas, including the rest of Area E, Area H (Slocan Valley), and Area G (Rural Salmo) do not contribute.

Currently, according to Nelson city manager Kevin Cormack, 60 per cent of the cost of regional recreation is paid

by Nelson, 28 per cent by Area F, and 12 per cent by Area E. Recently in a bid to reduce its share of the costs, the city tied the discussion to the upcoming costs of renovating the aquatic centre.

The recreation commission is a Regional District of Central Kootenay body that oversees regional recreation including the community complex. It’s chaired by

Tom Newell Area E director Ramona Faust and also includes Area F representative Tom Newell, Nelson mayor Deb Kozak, and Nelson councillors Valerie Warmington and Janice Morrison.

As a result of a meeting in January where the city threw its support behind the aquatic centre renos, the RDCK board agreed to discussions over the coming months that will revisit the relationship between rural residents and regional recreational funding.

And it agreed the recreation commission will reimburse the city $184,000 it pays the recreation commission annually. The payment that originated in 2001 when the city expanded its boundaries to include the Kootenay River dams so it could tax them. The $184,000 was intended to compensate the regional district for tax money it lost as a result.

Those discussions were, and still are, difficult because of differing interpretations of historical events of more than a decade ago, and some documents from those days that gradually surfaced during and after the current discussions.

Newell isn’t happy with the rescinding

of the annual payment.

In an interview this week he told the Star Area F residents will have to pay an extra $18 more in taxation on a $360,000 house to make up the shortfall. He said this amounts to penalizing them.

“The burden will fall on the ones already contributing the most,” he said.

Newell said his message to council is “taking more money from Area F is not fair. Area F is not the problem. We are on the same side as you.”

Last week Kozak said Newell approached her and asked the city to reconsider the decision, as “he has concerns about the impact it might have on his constituents.”

Council agreed to take a second look even though it wasn’t council but the regional recreation commission that made the decision.

Warmington and Morrison were reluctant to agree to Newell’s request.

“By taking it off the table again, the window we have opened up to have that discussion might close,” Warmington said.

Morrison agreed with Warmington but suggested council ask staff to put a historical package together.

Councillor Michael Dailly suggested the $184,000 could be held in abeyance during continued discussion. He acknowledged Newell’s area is “contributing the most [among rural areas] and has the most to lose, and it is really the other outlying areas that we want to bring to the table.”

Council agreed to ask staff to bring a report to the March 16 special council meeting with options and a historical overview including the financial arrangements regarding the $184,000.

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A lot of people have poor comprehension, though they actually still hear well. It becomes noticeable in conversation, watching television and asking family to repeat what’s been said. A potential cause can be undetected loss in the high-frequency range. This means the sensory cells in the cochlea that hear high-range sounds are damaged as a result of circulatory disorders, diabetes, sudden hearing loss or workplace noise. Hearing loss in the highfrequency range makes speech sound muffled and unclear. The person with hearing loss mixes up, or can no longer hear, consonants like s, f, t, k, h and g.

Speech comprehension is particularly impaired when there is background noise or when television programs have background music. The dilemma is that people with hearing loss in the high-frequency range do not

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with regard to political alliance, but you work with the MP you have, regardless of party politics.”

Asked how he would describe Nelson, Wilks called it “the centre for the West Kootenay from the perspective of provincial bureaucracy. It is the hub for the political agenda of the West Kootenay.”

The Kootenay-Columbia riding encompasses from Nelson to the Alberta border, and from Golden to the US border. Wilks said the concerns of the electorate vary in different parts of the riding.

“In the Golden-Revelstoke area, the main issue is the Trans-Canada Highway. We need to get that twinned,” he said. “Little has been done to it since 1962 when the Rogers Pass opened and since that time traffic has increased exponentially. I continually bring this to cabinet for financial consideration.

“In the Elk Valley, Teck Coal is a world player in natural resource extraction. It has a huge impact not only on the national but also local economy.”

Wilks said tourism is an important part of the regional economy but faces challenges from the suspension of the temporary foreign worker program.

“Especially in the East Kootenay, some businesses are having significant difficulty.

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MP David Wilks will be running for re-election this year, this time with Nelson, Salmo, and Kaslo in his riding.

the minister explaining that in some parts of Canada the program had a drastic effect on employment.

“It is not like these employers are not trying to find Canadians — they are, but it is a niche market, so those in the hotel industry are trying to find those that can tend to rooms, those in the restaurant business are looking for people that are going to work a demanding job at Tim Hortons and McDonald’s. Those are tough jobs.”

Asked if he subscribed to the opinions of some employer groups that young people in Canada are simply not willing to work at basic service jobs, Wilks said “with electronic devices and kids keeping busy in much different ways than they did even 15 to 20 years ago, that is a challenge. Sometimes we have to recognize that these jobs are specific to a price point as well for the employer. As much as a youth would like to get paid $20 per hour to work at A&W, the price point for the employer is not there.”

Wilks said that even though forestry is a provincial responsibility, the federal government can help, and he cited the regulation of chemicals used by a pole manufacturer in Galloway.

“I think a lot of people tend to forget that forestry companies are probably the best shepherds of the land because they rely on it. If they treat it badly they are done, and they realize this,” Wilks said.

Wilks said one of his accomplishments as an MP has been to lobby for federal infrastructure money, helped by his experience as Sparwood’s mayor.

“Today I will be announcing $1.2 million for seniors housing for an expansion in Lilac Terrace in Sparwood, and then a purchase of 12 units in Fernie. We were able to put significant dollars into the new senior facility in Salmo a couple of years ago.”

Wilks says his favourite part of being an MP is “the interaction with people —sometimes you have to deal with difficult issues and give difficult answers that people don’t want to hear, but you are trying to do the best you can.”

He said the biggest challenge is being away from his family.

“You are not home. If you are doing it right, you are not home. When the media outlets refer to MPs going home for break week, it is not a break week, it is a break from Ottawa. You are on all the time and you need to be. My wife and I have sat down and there is a vision in place, but you cannot do this forever, that is for sure.”

In the 2011 election, with the old configuration of the Kootenay-Columbia riding, Wilks was elected with 50 per cent of the vote, while the NDP came second with 39 per cent. The Greens got 6.4 per cent, and the Liberals 1.2 per cent.

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BILL METCALFE Nelson Star Since 2011, David Wilks has represented the East Kootenay riding of Kootenay-Columbia for the Conservative party. If he wins re-election in the upcoming federal election, he will be the MP for Nelson, Salmo, and Kaslo as well.

That’s because those three towns were moved to the Kootenay-Columbia riding in an electoral boundaries redistribution in 2012 that finally takes effect this fall.

In a recent interview with the Star, the ex-RCMP officer and former mayor of Sparwood said the most pressing national issues are the economy and national security.

Wilks said it is important for the government to keep up its support for Israel and the Ukraine, and for the fight against ISIS. “That group, unlike any other, is very tenacious and they are going to keep coming, and some will say that is fear mongering, but until I am convinced otherwise, there will be a next time in Canada. It is not a matter of if, but of when.

“I look at it from a policing background.

I personally would rather err on the side of caution and ensure we do our utmost to protect Canadians, than to look back and say we should have done something but we were worried about a perception.”

Wilks said people such as pipeline protesters need not worry about coming under the surveillance net because, “quoting Section 2, the bill says it does not include lawful advocacy, dissent and artistic expression.

To me, you have a right to protest. I have no problem with that.”

As for jobs and the economy, Wilks said, “We are a natural resource rich country, whether that be the oil sands, coal here in the southeast part of BC, forestry in both the West and East Kootenays. We need to work on what our strengths are, and ours are natural resources.

“The challenge is that a lot of them are centred in the middle of the country and you have to move that product. If we look at oil, and we see the discontent from some Canadians with regard to pipelines, we have to find the safest way to ship those goods because they are going to be shipped. We can’t just shut down an industry.”

Asked how climate change fits into that discussion, Wilks said “The Prime Minister has found a balance with regards to natural resource extraction and the environment, and I believe Canada is doing a very good job at working with its environmental issues.”

Wilks was asked about the tendency for Nelson to vote NDP and how that might affect his chances in the election.

“Certainly the numbers are not kind to the Conservative party in Nelson and I need to do some work there. I need to prove to people that you work with your Member of Parliament and everyone will have concerns

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NDP candidate familiar with Nelson Re: “Era of the homegrown MP ending,” March 11 As rural ridings get larger and larger, it becomes more likely that large centers such as Nelson will be represented by a Member of Parliament who does not live in the immediate area. And I am aware of concerns that your next MP won’t know and understand your city.

I am running for MP in Nelson because I know this area well. I was Kootenay regional manager for the Ministry of Environment from 2002 to 2009, and I had a large office in Nelson. I spent so much time there that a local hotel used to send me a Christmas card every year.

As district manager for the provincial parks of the West Kootenay from the mid-1990s to 2002, I had an office at Kokanee Creek Park.

I am committed to ensuring that Nelson continues to have the strongest representation possible. And I intend to spend a tremendous amount of my time back in the community that is like a second home to me.

I am launching my campaign to be your next MP in Cranbrook on March 15. On March 16, I will be in Nelson.

Join me at Bigby Place at 7 p.m. for coffee and a chat.

Wayne Stetski NDP candidate for Kootenay Columbia

No problem with pop art This in response to material submitted to the Star on March 4. The question posed was “What is the problem with pop art?”

This is a loaded question, as if the public has a problem with it already. Operating as an artist dealing with that type of material I have found it to be quite the opposite from the public and business sectors.

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encourage fans to produce pieces based on their characters and most of the time end up using the results as drafting pools for future jobs within the actual industry.

My stenciled storm window paintings are the finished works of sincere passion and an attempt to stay relevant.

You have to be able to see the relationship to the mundane everyday things, your most haunted memories and your true loves. That’s the formula, plus relentless practice.

I’m no expert but I see no problems at all with pop art.

It’s inventive, creative, exciting and anyone with a big enough heart for the thing that brings them back to the innocence of their own childhood can become a pro with time and dedication. So give it a try. You might just shock your worst critic — yourself.

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Challenge to leaders The mayors of Nelson and Kaslo along with the local MLA are asked to accept the challenge of walking in the shoes of every woman who will be required to travel to Trail to have a mammogram to locate and control breast cancer.

Will these three community leaders travel as a group to Kaslo and board the bus that takes them to the mammography unit in Trail and attend a scheduled appointment and return to Kaslo, so the reality of the changes proposed by Interior Health can be analyzed?

These changes will add costly travel expenses and delays for many seniors throughout the areas served

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Clawback’s end a victory for kids

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argaret Mead once said “Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful, committed citizens can change the world; indeed, it’s the only thing that ever has.” Most recently in my life, ending the child support clawback has been a perfect example of this. A small group of people worked together and we changed the lives of children for generations to come.

For a decade, BC had the highest child poverty rate.

Half of kids in single parent households live in poverty.

Right now, over 160,000 BC children don’t have enough food because their parents had to choose between paying the rent or putting food on the table. That’s enough to fill the Canucks stadium nine times over. This is a big problem.

Government has the ability to alleviate poverty or make it worse. Unfortunately, the Liberals have abandoned many povertyreducing policies in favour of those that create it. One glaring example is when they decided in 2001 to no longer allow children to keep their child support payments because their single parent received welfare or disability.

So when Rosie’s mom was injured, could no longer work and applied for disability, she lost the $150

Nelson-Creston MLA Michelle Mungall is seen at the legislature with some of the mothers affected by the government’s decision to end a clawback of child support payments.

Submitted photo per month in child support from her dad. Her dad paid it, but the government took it away. This has happened to tens of thousands of children in the past 15 years, and it is not right.

Organizations like First Call, BC Acorn and Disability Alliance have been calling on the government to end the child support clawback for years.

The BC NDP committed to ending the clawback in both our 2009 and 2013 election platforms. But the Liberals weren’t budging.

That’s when I decided we need to up the ante.

I’ll never forget the first meeting I had with provincial advocacy groups. After letting them know I was committed to taking this issue on with fervor in the leg-

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islature, we decided to work together to see this through and set our goal to have the clawback ended in the 2015 budget (if not sooner).

Then, I started to connect with affected parents. Single parents, mostly moms, from all over BC shared their stories and their children’s stories with me, and asked that I take them to the legislative assembly. Many of them came to the legislature themselves to press the government for change. Many more spoke out to their local media.

In these stories, we learned how families struggled. We met children who went to school hungry because the support intended to help feed them was being taken away by government.

The people who learned

about this for the first time universally agreed that we needed to end the clawback.

People of all political stripes were writing in, speaking out and taking action. The Union of BC Municipalities, Canadian Labour Congress, BC Teachers Federation, Canadian Federation of University Women, and faith groups, to name a few, got involved.

Two families along with the Single Mothers Alliance of BC filed a legal challenge of the clawback. As we took every opportunity to press our case to government, we saw that they were feeling the pressure.

A few weeks before presenting the budget in the legislature, the Minister of Finance hinted that an end to the clawback may be coming. Hopes ran high for families affected. But the best was when the minister confirmed an end to the clawback during his budget presentation on Feb. 17.

Families sitting in the legislature cried. For those who couldn’t be there, I called them later and one mom said through tears, “I can send my daughter to school with a proper breakfast and lunch now.”

The group of people who came together to end a poverty-creating policy succeeded. The result is that thousands of children each year will keep their child support, go to school with full tummies, learn better and have more opportunities to reach their full potential.

To all those kids and anyone who ever wonders if they can make a difference, I think Jack Layton’s words sum it up best: “Don’t let them tell you it can’t be done.”

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SOLES 4 SOULS When there isn’t a closet

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ootenay Lake superintendent Jeff Jones spent his childhood being called a

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Jones was a sensitive theatre type, not prone to conflict or confrontation. He wasn’t looking for a fight, but as he approached puberty he found himself the routine target of hateful taunts kid-hurled in his direction.

Words like “queer” and “sissy” were spat vindictively as he walked the hallways of his school. His peers bullied him about his fledgling sexuality and for his perceived deviance from their comfortable social bubble.

At first he couldn’t understand why. “It wasn’t because I was ‘out’ — in those days I didn’t even know what being ‘out’ meant, nor did I really know what being ‘gay’ meant — other than something you never wanted to be because it was apparently something that was deviant and evil,” Jones said.

“I’m not even sure the people who taunted me knew what they were saying — other than it was perhaps the most hideous putdown and slur they could conjure up in their brains. I really have no idea what impact those years have had on me...I don’t know how I would have developed in the absence of the abuse — one never does.”

Jones recently shared this story with the community in a blog post to mark the occasion of the school board passing Policy 215, which enshrines the right of students not to be bullied due to their gender identity or sexual orientation.

Though Jones wasn’t involved in the vote, he spoke strongly in support of the policy before the board’s debate. Essentially, Jones told the board he didn’t want students to endure what he went through. As I listened to his story, I couldn’t help but think about my own public school education and my own complicity in forms of bullying.

Growing up in a hyper-Christian suburb, anti-gay bigotry was the social norm, though it was normally couched in silly singsong aphorisms like “hate the sin, love the sinner.” My community

Kootenay Lake superintendent Jeff Jones walks in last year’s Pride parade in Nelson.

Will Johnson photo taught me that homosexuals were perverse, sinful and potentially criminal.

But most importantly, they were “weird.”

It’s at this point I should say that I’m ashamed to admit that as a preteen and into high school, partly due to the influence of my religion, I was the type of kid who openly used the word slung at Jones all those years earlier. I had no trouble firing out this hateful language when it suited me.

My mother used to chastise me and my friends for calling each other “gay” in her presence. We insisted the word had nothing to do with sexuality; it was simply a cherished insult of ours.

As it turned out, one of those friends came out of the closet in our last year of high school. It wasn’t until around that time (as I developed independent critical thinking skills) that I questioned my own use of sexuality-themed epithets and recognized homophobia for what it was: reprehensible, knee-jerk hatred espoused by the most ignorant people around us.

One day in Grade 12, I saw my friend approaching in the hallway.

He was an aspiring opera singer and had a rich baritone voice that he’d showcased at a number of school events. While he headed to class, regally swishing across the floor, some athlete types started kicking at his Achilles tendons, hissing “fag” in snake-like whispers.

“I am a proud fag!” my friend shouted, his voice booming.

The hallway emptied. I’ve never seen a more inspiring display of self-validation. My forearm hairs prickle when I think about it.

But my friend’s brash and public declaration shouldn’t have been as unusual (or as socially dangerous) as it was. I know many of my queer friends in high school weren’t as brave and many waited until graduation to share their sexuality with friends and family.

Because here’s the thing: as Jones mentioned, being “in the closet” is not always an option for Kootenay Lake students, nor should it have to be. We need to make sure they’re being valued for

exactly who they are.

In his blog post, Jones encouraged the community to aspire towards inclusivity.

“I am reminded that there are many youth and adults who still do not have pathways to learn how to be comfortable with themselves, date and build positive relationships — because being lesbian, gay, transgendered or queer is still fodder for teasing, bullying and abuse.

And that’s not okay. It’s just plain wrong.”

Last year, when I had just taken over the school board beat, I covered the annual Pride parade downtown Nelson. It was one of the first times the Kootenay Lake school district had entered a float, and Jones was walking alongside his lei-wearing pooch.

“Will,” Jones said, when he saw me with the camera, “let me introduce you to my husband.”

I met Jones at previous board meetings, and until that point his sexuality hadn’t crossed my mind.

It wasn’t until after enthusiastically shaking his husband Alex’s hand and moving on that I realized the gravity of what had just happened: a public official had just “come out of the closet” to me, and it was no big deal.

I’m happy to live in a community where that’s the case. And though he thinks we still have a long way to go, Jones is thrilled this particular policy passed.

“There were no bottles of champagne uncorked, no banners flying and no balloons floated up into the sky when the board adopted Policy 215 — because we have come a long way,” he wrote. “But we still have a long way on this journey — maybe to a place where we look back and ask ourselves why we had to have such specific language in polity to protect any human being.”

I don’t have any kids in the school system, and chances are it will be years before I do, but it’s nice to know I live in a community where the school board is being proactive about this.

It makes me hopeful that by the time my children reach school age, sexuality-based hatred will be a thing of the past.

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Spring Equinox Labyrinth Walk on March 21, 1 p.m.

Lakeside Labyrinth in Rotary Lakeside Park. A great way to celebrate the advent of spring. Free event sponsored by the Nelson Community Labyrinth Group. Info at 250-3529630. www.labyrinth.kics.bc.ca.

Community Events

The Starry Night Astronomy Program starts it’s 5th year at Taghum Hall, tonight, weather permitting. Join them at nightfall for a look at the Orion nebula, Jupiter and its moons, and other wonders of the night sky. If you would like to join their email list for astronomical updates and a monthly newsletter, contact Wayne the star guy at sumfun@telus.net or call 250-3541586.

Celebrate World Water Week by joining the West Kootenay EcoSociety and Friends of Kootenay Lake’s film screening of The Fish Between the Falls at the Nelson Seniors Citizen’s Branch #51 (717 Vernon St.) on March 19, at 6:30 p.m.

Admission by donation. The director, George Sibley, will be present to speak about his film.

Visit the EcoSociety’s Facebook page for more info.

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The Nelson Knitting Co-op has an ongoing knitting group every Thursday from 12:30 to 3 p.m. at the Nelson and District Community Centre general purpose room ($2 drop-in).

Community Threads holds a fibre craft-themed project every Friday from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. at the Nelson and District Women’s Centre, 420 Mill Street. Knit a sock, crochet a cap, sew a hem, spin some yarn, knit a scarf, hook a rug, and make a friend. For more information call Tira at 250-505-0698 or tirab@uniserve.com.

Canadian Federation of University Women Nelson & District Members and new members are welcome to join their Regular General Meeting on March 21, 10 a.m at the Adventure Hotel, 616 Vernon Street in Nelson. An opportunity to participate in a roundtable discussion addressing CFUW’s National Proposed Resolutions. The club’s topics for discussion will be scholarship fundraising event and federal election. For more information on resolutions, please visit website: sites.google.com/ site/nelsoncfuw/news.

352-3391 or pick up a complete meeting list at the Cellar.

Al-Anon Family Group meets twice weekly.

Wednesday noon to 1 p.m. at The Cellar, 717 Vernon Street and Friday 8 to 9 p.m. at 601 Front Street at the side basement. The only requirement for membership is that there may be a problem of alcoholism in a relative or friend. For more information call Norma 250352-3747 for Wednesday and Sharon 250-3527333 for Friday.

At the Balfour Seniors hall every Monday from 9 a.m. to 12 p.m., join artists as artists try their skills. Every Tuesday from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. quilters, crocheting, knitters, get together. Both gatherings cost $2 per day.

Join community yoga at the youth centre every Wednesday. Afternoon practice for girls and women will be held at 4:15 to 5:30 p.m. All levels welcome. A fun evening practice at 6 to 7:15 p.m. for anyone to open up and stretch.

For all ages: teens and 19-plus. Pay what you can. Contact Ursula at ursulatwiss@gmail.com.

The BCSPCA is holding a burger and beer fundraiser on Saturday, March 14 to benefit the Farm Animal Advocacy Group. Serving “cruelty free” organic BC beef and there will be a vegan option at this family friendly event on Saturday, March 14, from 6 p.m. to 9 p.m. at Finley’s Irish Bar & Grill. Tickets: $15 in advance at SPCA, $17 at the door. Entertainment by White Lightening Blues Band, prizes and raffles too.

Workshops

Zero Waste Living workshop at Ellison Market and Cafe on Saturday, March 13 from 10 to 11 a.m. Presented by Heather from the Eco-Society Minimize the waste in your home to create a Zero Waste lifestyle. It’s free.

Weekly Meetings

Free flowing Djembe drum circle every Monday night at The Old Church, 602 Kootenay at Victoria from 7 p.m. Participants are encouraged to bring their own drums. A small fee to cover hall rental will be collected.

Fundraisers

The Nelson & District Rod and Gun Club and Conservation Society is hosting their annual awards banquet and fundraiser night on Saturday, March 14. Tickets available at Nelson Farmers’ Supply and can be purchased from club directors. Adults $25, juniors $15; adults at door $30. For information 250-3525609 or 250-825-4219.

Liven up your spring break with Audacity for Teens coming to the Nelson Library on March 25, from 2 to 4 p.m. for ages 15 to 19. It’s free but limited spaces available. Online registration through the Nelson Library nelsonlibrary. ca. Contact Joanne at jharris@nelson.ca or call 250-505-5683.

The Nelson Ultimate Frisbee Association hosts weekly drop in Ultimate Frisbee at Nelson’s indoor soccer facility, 308 Cedar Street, every Monday from 7 p.m. to 9 p.m. The drop in fee is $10. Co-ed Ultimate is a great way to stay in shape and meet new people during the winter months. All levels welcome. Beginner basics and throwing clinics available. Check out nelsonultimate.ca or contact nelsonultimatefrisbee@gmail.com.

soon-to-be moms. Their next meeting is March 16. They meet at 1 p.m. on the third Monday of each month at The Family Place, 312 Silica St. More information, call 352-3583.

ANKORS is holding its third annual Loving Bowls fundraiser on March 18 from 12 to 2 p.m. at the Hume Hotel. Tickets are $40 for a handmade bowl and lunch made by a variety of Nelson restaurants. Tickets can be purchased at ANKORS, 101 Baker Street or call Megan at 250-505-5506.

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Nelson Chess Club Saturdays, 9 a.m. to 1 p.m.

Nelson Seniors Association (next to the Civic Centre), 717 Vernon Street. All ages and levels welcome and it’s free.

Nelson Trail Runners: drop-in trail runs, Sundays at 7:30 a.m., and weekdays at 6:30 a.m.

Meet at Mountain Station rail trail parking lot.

Check them out on Facebook at Nelson Trailrunners or email nelsontrailrunnerz@gmail.com to confirm times. It’s an open, non-competitive, all abilities trail running group with over 100 members.

Alcoholics Anonymous holds 14 one-hour meetings weekly in Nelson, at 717A Vernon Street (in the Cellar downstairs), including early morning, noon hour, and evening meetings on specific days. For a schedule please call 250-

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Nelson Dances of Universal Peace with live music. Join in the dances and walks with singing, representing spiritual traditions from the world over. No experience necessary. At the Old Church Hall tonight from 7:30 to 9:30 p.m., and March 22 from 3 to 5 p.m. (Victoria and Kootenay St, 602 Kootenay St) For information call Candace at 250-354-4288.

The Nelson Chapter of the Council of Canadians will have its regular monthly meeting on Saturday, March 14, 10 a.m. at 101 Baker St. (downstairs). All welcome. For more info, call 250-352-9871.

La Leche League Nelson provides breastfeeding information and support to moms and

How to use local herbs to heal yourself and the earth; spiritual herbalism for practical people workshop in Kaslo on Saturday, March 21 with Garliq from Nelson’s Kootenay School of Herbal Medicine, from 3 p.m. to 5 p.m. at the Kaslo Morning Star, 415 Front Street. Free.

Announcements

The Nelson Public Library needs gently used board, chapter and picture books, children’s nonfiction, CD’s, DVD’s and BluRays (no magazines, encyclopaedias or VHS). Complete jigsaw puzzles and board games accepted. The Friends’ Kid-Sized Book Sale will be held at the Library on Saturday, April 11 from 10 to 2 p.m.

Bring your donations to the Library. Questions?

Contact nelsonlibraryfriends@gmail.com or call Catherine at 250-352-5975.

The Nelson and District Seniors Coordinating Society offers a volunteer income tax service.

If your income is less than $30,000 (single) or $35,000 (couple), volunteers at the NDSCS can help prepare your tax forms. Please call 250352-6008 for an appointment (no drop-ins).

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After a sold-out screening of Awake: The Life of Yogananda, the Nelson Civic Theatre is offering an encore screening at 7:30 p.m. on March 16.

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visual arts Kaslo artist Rielle Oswald’s show at the Nelson Public Library nearly jumps off the wall with abstract paintings. Oswald describes her artistic process as “para-conscious flow of found materials in random moments of free time”. The exhibition, entitled Simple Pleasures, will continue to the end of April.

Touchstones Nelson presents Unlimited Edition, which will run until May 10. The showcase is a unique and powerful collection of Aboriginal and Inuit prints on loan from the Kamloops Art Gallery, Carleton University Art Gallery and Legacy Art Galleries. The exhibition is curated by Tania Willard (Secwepemc), Aboriginal Curator in Residence at the Kamloops Art Gallery.

literary arts Best-selling author Tom Rand will speak about climate change solutions at 7 p.m. on March 16 at the Capitol Theatre. The first 100 people to arrive get a free copy of his book Waking the Frog. Tickets are $10, free for students, and are available at the Capitol or by phone (250-352-6363)or online at www. capitoltheatre.bc.ca.

Renowned Canadian poet Shane Koyczan will bring his act to the Kootenays on Saturday, March 21. Presented by On The Road Productions, the event will be held at the Capitol Theatre at 8 p.m. Tickets are $22

for adults and $16.75 for students and are available at capitoltheatre.bc.ca or by phone at 250-352-6363.

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MUSIC Nelson violinist Nathasha Hall will play a concert at the Capitol Theatre on March 14 at 8 p.m. The night is intended to take listeners on a musical journey of the western world over the past 300 years. She will be playing with Susanne Ruberg-Gordon. Tickets are available at capitoltheatre.bc.ca or by phone at 250-352-6363.

On Saturday March 14 from 1 to 3 p.m., Ellison’s Cafe Acoustic Unplugged Sessions presents The Vallican Whole Community Choir with an eclectic mixture of songs from around the world. They will be followed by Rachel Swan and Sherri Kyle, who meander on a path between folk and country on guitars plus two part harmonies.

Jack Mercer and the Whiskey Bandits will be playing at the Royal on Baker on Saturday, March 14 as part of their cross-country tour supporting Mercer’s recently released album Lonesome Dreams & Wild Things. For more information visit Jack Mercer and the Whiskey Bandits on Facebook.

Fernie-based stoke folk band Shred Kelly returns to Spiritbar on Saturday, March 21 with Brian Rosen The WhatNow and Rafferty Funksmith. Doors open at 9 p.m. Tickets are $12 in advance or $15 at the door and are

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Juno Award winning singer-songwriter, and banjo player Old Man Luedecke returns to Spiritbar on Wednesday, March 25. Doors open at 8 p.m. Advance tickets are $15, and are available at the Hume Hotel.

Kaslo Concert Society presents QuintEssence on Wednesday, March 25 at St. Andrew’s United Church at 7 p.m. Featuring internationally renowned vocalists Robyn Driedger-Klassen, Barb Towell, Frédérik Robert and Peter Alexander, with celebrated pianist Tina Chang, the five members of QuintEssence offer a fresh and innovative concert experience for lovers of classical music of all styles. Tickets are $22 and are available at the door. School age children admitted free when accompanied by an adult patron.

Further information 250-353-7600.

The Great Lake Swimmers have announced a live concert coming on Monday, June 1 at the Nelson Civic Theatre along with the Weather Station. Advance tickets are $25 and are available at Electric Circus, the Hume Hotel and from ontheroadmanagement.com

MOVIES After a sold-out screening of Awake: The Life of Yogananda, the Nelson Civic Theatre is offering an encore screening at 7:30 p.m. on March 16. The film is an unconventional biography about the Hindu Swami who brought yoga and meditation to the West in the 1920s. Paramahansa Yogananda authored

the spiritual classic Autobiography of a Yogi, which has sold millions of copies worldwide and is a go-to book for seekers, philosophers and yoga enthusiasts today. By personalizing his own quest for enlightenment and sharing his struggles along the path, Yogananda made ancient Vedic teachings accessible to a modern audience, attracting many followers and inspiring the millions who practice yoga today.

For more information visit civictheatre.ca.

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On Friday, March 13, Charlotte’s Web will play at the Capitol with a local cast. In this stage version of the story that inspired the recent big-studio movie, Luther Perry plays Wilbur the pig, Sylvia Hardy is his friend Fern the farm-girl and Jordyn Crawford portrays Charlotte the spider who weaves ‘magic’ with her web to save his life. The show starts at 7:30 p.m. Tickets are $15 for adults and $10 for students and seniors. For more information visit capitoltheatre.bc.ca.

On Friday, March 27, there will be a repeat performance of the touring show Hedwig and the Angry Inch, starring Bessie Wapp and Sydney Black. The production is a collaboration between Selkirk College and Black Productions. Darren Mahe and three Selkirk music students— Amanda Cawley, Leonard Pallerstein and Brennan Buglioni—play Hedwig’s band The Angry Inch. Tickets are $26.50 for adults and $21.50 for students. For more information visit capitoltheatre.bc.ca.

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Ice-kateers conquer Everest’s equivalent The Ice-kateers, a team of 13-year-olds, raised almost $900 in last weekend’s Slopes for Hope fundraiser at Whitewater. The event challenged skiers to descend the equivalent of Mount Everest’s elevation. Each team member skied 31,225 feet (9,517 m) for a team total of 187,350 feet (57,104 m). From left: Aidan Hardy, Henry Leishman, Theo McBurney, Kell DiGiacomo, Theo Lincourt and team captain Alex Murray.

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Spring Family Fair at Touchstones Nelson Artist Boujke Elzinga will show visitors her exhibition La Puerta Negra, and invite them to draw their own post card to send to a friend or relative.

The West Kootenay Francophone Society has installed giant puppets in the lobby, and kids can make their own (much smaller) puppets.

Printmaking and drawing activities will be inspired by the exhibition Unlimited Edition, featuring of Aboriginal and Inuit prints. Unlimited Edition is curated by Tania Willard, aboriginal curator in residence, Kamloops Art Gallery.

Admission to the Spring Family Fair is by donation and half of the proceeds will go to the aboriginal early intervention program at Kootenay Kids.

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Submitted to the Nelson Star All ages are invited to celebrate spring equinox with an afternoon of art making at Touchstones Nelson. The Spring Family Fair will run from 12 to 3 p.m. on Sunday, March 22.

The event will open with a grass dance by Nemia Darwal at 12:15. A professional dancer of Metis and Okanagan ancestry, Nemia combines traditional Plains dancing with modern and hip hop styles in a unique blend all his own.

The gallery spaces, archives and museum will all be open and filled with hands-on art activities. Animated Inuit legends will be screened in the mini theatre and a pictograph guessing game will be available in the museum.

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Nelson to host contemporary opera Doug Jamieson has been working on bird-themed fairy tale Jorinda for 20 years WILL JOHNSON Nelson Star Nelson writer Doug Jamieson had been contemplating whether or not he wanted to tackle a full-length operatic work for many years, hesitating and second-guessing, when a close friend of his died in 1995.

“I’d had this idea percolating for quite a while of writing a large operatic work and I’d never really gotten around to it, but when you’re confronted with mortality … I just thought ‘I’m going to do it’,” said the 65-year-old author of Jorinda, which will have its world premiere later this year after twenty years of development.

Jamieson originally formulated his idea for the bird-themed fairy tale, which is based loosely on the Grimm Brothers’ Jorinde and Joringel, while he was reading bedtime stories to his children in the 1980s.

“Thinking about that particular story, I thought there were lots of elements that would be interesting to incorporate.”

He eventually developed a reimagining of the tale in which the lead character Jorinda, a strong-willed girl, faces off against an evil witch.

The title role will be played by local singer Allison Girvan, while her nemesis will be played

by Nelson’s current cultural ambassador Bessie Wapp.

“There’s a wicked witch that captures girls and turns them into birds and keeps them in cages. She’s been doing this for so long she has 7,000 birds in cages. And then one of them escapes, a young man finds her, and although she’s recaptured he tries to save her from the witch.”

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it was a good work that needed to be completed and staged, and it also allowed me to let people know what it sounds like without just handing them the score,” he said.

He said Nelson is exactly the right place to stage his production.

“There’s a lot of talent here and a thirst for musical theatre.

There are some very professional level productions here, mounted with minimal budgets compared to what you’d have to do in Vancouver or Toronto,” he said.

“It feels like something coming to a conclusion, in a way, though I hope it will have a life beyond the first week of performances. But it does feel like it’s coming to fruition.”

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the fourth has yet to be cast.

Jamieson is thrilled that the project is nearing completion, and that he was able to attract such a talented local cast. They are currently searching for the dancing cast.

The opera includes contemporary elements, including an R&B section.

“Although it’s not hip hop, and there are aspects I’ve taken from studying certain composers such as Bartók or Stravinsky, there’s also quite a pop music element as well.”

Recently, Jamieson recorded the opera and published it. Now available to download for free online, performed by professional singers from Ontario, he hopes it will give audience members a chance to experience the work before seeing it live.

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The Royal hosts saloon folk bash

Jack Mercer and the Whiskey Bandits are coming to the Kootenays as part of their cross-country tour to promote their latest album Lonesome Dreams & Wild Things.

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WILL JOHNSON Nelson Star In Jack Mercer’s five-minute folk ballad The Salt, the bearded Vancouver musician recounts the story of a doomed fishing vessel that plummets under the waves during a storm. He describes murderous swells and malevolent ocean winds that engulf the ship as six of the eight crew members are consumed by the tempest.

Finally, as the water settles, the narrator is left stranded with one other survivor, bobbing in the waves. And though they’re ultimately rescued and safely returned home, the story doesn’t have a happy conclusion.

“Six months later that young man couldn’t cope, he wore a noose like a necklace and he finally tied off the rope,” Mercer wails in a live recording available on YouTube, his face sweat-misted and pink as the band builds towards a manic, emotionally potent crescendo.

“I’m doing better, I guess, I’m better than being dead. That salt it boils in my veins and that memory’s in my head,” he sings.

The Salt is the latest release from

Mercer’s album Lonesome Dreams & Wild Things, which he’s currently touring cross-country to promote.

The Star caught up with him in Edmonton ahead of the three sets he’s scheduled to play at the Royal on Baker on Saturday.

Mercer said the narrative element of his songwriting comes from his experiences working on the ocean.

“I’ve worked on tugboats as my day job and I grew up fishing, so I’ve had a marine aspect to my life all along. I’ve been in storms, I’ve known people who have been on vessels that have gone down, I’ve known people gravely injured on the job. I’ve even known people who have passed away, and I draw from all those experiences to create this fictional story,” he said.

Having cut his teeth as a solo performer, as well as recording an EP with an earlier incarnation of the Whiskey Bandits, Mercer is excited about the latest incarnation of the act. Currently the band consists of Mercer, Nate Campbell, Ian Cromwell and Tom Kuzma.

And they’ve come up with a genre label they feel captures their

sound: saloon folk.

“From a songwriting perspective we’re folk, but for our energy we draw from that barroom, footstomping saloon energy,” he said.

“Versatility is our key. We cover a lot of different genres, from country to blues to folk and bluegrass and rock. The people who come out to see us can expect a whirlwind of genres.”

Mercer said he’s excited to visit the Kootenays for the first time, particularly because he has friends and relatives in town. The band plans to busk downtown in the days leading up to the concert, as a way to introduce themselves to the community.

“We love to get out there busking. We were doing it in Calgary the other day and everyone was super-gracious. We got great feedback. We figure it’s a good way to introduce ourselves in a place we’ve never been.”

Saturday’s show at The Royal on Baker will start at approximately 9 p.m. Cover is $6 and albums will be available for sale.

For more information, visit Jack Mercer on Facebook.

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with violinist Natasha Hall WILL JOHNSON Nelson Star Nelson violinist Natasha Hall will be playing a concert Saturday at 8 p.m. at the Capitol Theatre along with pianist Susanne RubergGordon. The Star connected with her by email.

Q. You’re coming to Nelson for a concert. You grew up here, right?

A. It’s always lovely coming home to such a beautiful place. I feel really fortunate to have grown up in the mountains. I think they will always feel like home.

I’m so happy to have the chance to perform in Nelson again. There is something about playing in your hometown that feels different to anywhere else you play.

You have a much more personal connection with the audience as many folks have watched you learn and grow since childhood.

It’s lovely to look out there and see so many familiar faces. Also a little daunting!

When you know everyone, there is a different kind of added pressure. “Pressure” has a bit of a negative connotation though — I prefer words like “excitement” or “energy” because this heightened state is actually a good thing when it comes to performing. That’s when the magic happens.

Q. Give us an idea of what sort of night it’s going to be. What types of music will you play? Any favourite pieces?

A. Our program is designed to take the listener on a musical

journey of the western world over the past nearly 300 years. I tried to design the structure a bit like a seven course meal — start with the salad and end with dessert. A sort of soundscape tasting menu!

Susanne and I will be playing works from all the major compositional periods: baroque, classical, romantic, impressionist,

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I’m very excited to share so much great music with everyone!

Q. Tell us about your relationship with the violin. When did you start playing? What do you like about it?

A. Apparently I told my parents I was going to be a violinist at the age of two. I suppose they thought

I would grow out of this notion, but by the time I was seven, they finally gave in and allowed me to begin lessons. I haven’t looked back since. My mother actually wanted me to play the cello. Well, I think we all know who won that argument! Sorry, Mom. I have no idea where I first heard the violin, but I love the sound. Such a beautiful instrument — much like the human voice.

And then of course there are the practical benefits to playing the violin, like being able to take the fiddle as carry-on baggage while flying. (Thank goodness I didn’t go for the cello! Buying an extra seat for your musical companion gets quite pricey quite quickly ...)

Q. You raise money for charities.

Why? A. I have been so fortunate in my life and never forget the people who have so graciously helped me along the way. As human beings, it is so important we look out for each other and do what we can to assist our brothers and sisters.

After all, we are supposed to all be on the same team!

In a world where success is often determined by status and financial gain, it is easy to become self absorbed and forget about the more beautiful side of human nature — having the capacity to love one another. If each of us did one small thing every day to benefit someone else, just think what a better place the world would be already!

Selkirk College music students set to showcase talents next week Submitted to the Nelson Star Music fans have the opportunity to experience seven nights of diverse genres and budding talent at the annual Selkirk College contemporary music and technology program showcase concerts.

Second year students have been working hard at putting together their final showcases that play an important role in educational journey at Selkirk College. Thorough preparation has been put into the showcases that begin March 17 at the Shambhala Music and Performance Hall on Nelson’s Tenth Street Campus.

“This is an important part of the education that students are getting,” says Selkirk College keyboard instructor Gilles Parenteau.

“Putting together these showcases requires a lot of skills that the audience doesn’t see. The preparation and planning is just as important as the final product on the evening of the show.”

Each performance major student is responsible for putting together a band of classmates and set list for their individual showcase.

They are graded on the preparation and performance of their final showcase.

The shows are as follows (specialty/genre): • March 17: Spencer Belanger (piano/neo-classical) and Ben Sefton (guitar/original folk pop) • March 19: Leala Spitler-Heidt (vocal and songwriter/acoustic groove) and Trenton Fawcett (guitar and songwriter/folk rock) • March 20: Leonard Pallerstein (guitar/R&B, blues, jazz) and Cody Munn (bass/funk, R&B, jazz) • March 24: Brennan Buglioni (drums/alternative rock) and JonaGraduating Selkirk College music studentse will be performing their year-end showcase concerts between March 17 and 27.

Bassist Cody Munn is one of 13 students who will be featured.

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than Kwak – vocal/metal, rock • March 25: Paloma Pendharkar (piano/contemporary ethereal) and Tenise Marie (vocal/folk, pop, rock) • March 26: Eli Larsen (vocal/ original ambient rock) and Chris Anglin (guitar/original kaleidoscopic rock ‘n’ roll) • March 27: Franco Niro (guitar/ original progressive rock Doors open for the concerts at 7 p.m. with the music starting at 7:30. Donations are accepted.

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Glacier Gymnastics stretches its limits Nearly one-tenth of Nelson’s population is enrolled in the local club, which recently expanded and has further plans

Glacier Gymanstics’ young athletes benefit from a wholistic approach to the sport that emphasizes health over competition.

Aspiring gymnasts of all ages, from infants onwards, can participate in the programs’ offerings — vault, uneven bars, balance beam and floor exercises. The club recently spent $30,000 installing additional equipment, including trampolines, and they plan to continue expanding.

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WILL JOHNSON Nelson Star There’s no way to tell from outside, but the Glacier Gymnastics facility at the Civic Centre is capable of hosting a club that consists of nearly one-tenth of Nelson’s population.

With 850 regular members and hundreds more on their wait-list, the flourishing club is looking for ways to expand its programming and continue to promote a healthy approach to gymnastics.

“We have a philosophy of being a well-rounded, gymnasticsas-a-lifestyle, healthy sport. We don’t really buy into super highlevel training, 25 or 30 hours a week,” said club manager Steve Long. “A lot of that negative stuff that can come with gymnastics we don’t see because we have a very wholistic perspective.”

Long oversees the club, which has two divisions — recreational and developmental — that cater to athletes of all ages.

It’s not unusual for high-level competitive gymnasts to vault across the room in the presence of a parent and tot class, and that’s something Glacier Gymnastics is proud of.

When the Star swung by for a visit recently, hundreds of kids swarmed across the floor and engaged in a variety of high-flying antics. Many girls and boys were completing military-style training, working their way through a series of exercise stations.

Currently athletes who enrol at Glacier Gymnastics can learn how to compete in vault, uneven bars, balance beam and floor exercises.

A number of Glacier’s top performers have traveled to competitions across the province and in the US, and have been performing impressively. Recently their charges have taken home a number of medals.

“We do really well on floor exercises and balance beam, but we’ve got some catching up to do on bars. In BC we’re looking really

good, and at a recent competition in Kelowna a bunch of the girls came home with medals,” said head coach Sandra Long.

Recently, the club bought new trampolines and introduced that element to their training. Steve Long will serve as the trampoline head coach.

“The renovations we just finished allowed us to take on that sport. It came after a vision from some parents, and a lot of hard work,” he said.

Their newly increased space gives them more room for programming, but even that is not quite enough. Right now their after-school hours have been filling up quickly, and they have wait lists for many classes.

“It’s a good problem to have until parents are complaining they can’t get a class,” said Sandra.

Glacier is considering future improvements that could help the club continue to evolve.

“We’ve reworked the entire gym layout. We spent about $35,000 on equipment, we made some substantial changes, and it’s really opened up a lot of space.

It’s been an ongoing process and a lot of work.”

The renovations continue.

Glacier plans to spend at least an additional $10,000 this season and launch a corporate and member sponsorship program.

Steve said the community has been incredibly supportive, and many local businesses have given them discounted materials and special deals.

“We want to move our reception area upstairs, out of the gym, so we can serve the members better up there. We’re looking at getting some paint on the walls and getting everything cleaned up.”

The club continues to aggressively expand its trampoline program, as right now they can’t host some aspects of the sport due to lack of equipment.

For more information visit glaciergymnastics.com.

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Nelson-Vikes connection The Selkirk College Saints aren’t the only team in the BC Intercollegiate Hockey League with a strong Kootenay connection. The roster of the University of Victoria Vikes includes Linden Horswill (far left) and Carsen Willans (second from left), who both grew up in Nelson and played for the Leafs last year. Also pictured is head coach Harry Schamhart, who is from Nelson too. Selkirk eliminated the Vikes from the playoffs last weekend. This weekend the Saints host the best-of-three championship series against Simon Fraser University. Game 1 is at 7 p.m. tonight in Castlegar.

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Whitecaps select local players for high potential showcase tournament Nelson Star Staff More than 100 players from Whitecaps FC Academy Centres have been selected to take part in a High Potential Player Showcase week in Vancouver from Monday, March 30 to Sunday, April 5, including several from Nelson.

“We are excited to be able to introduce this new initiative this year as part of our Academy Centre network and Showcase tournament,” said Whitecaps’ director Dan Lenarduzzi.

“With the majority of our centres being geographically challenging for player participation in the BCSPL, this is an opportunity for us to showcase these players to BCSPL teams, college and university scouts, and Whitecaps FC staff.”

Whitecaps regional head coach Brett Adams said the event was an exciting opportunity for his players.

Selected for this event from Nelson’s U-15 girls are Michaela Anderson, Sophie Borhi, Sofia Arcuri, Julia Burkart, Mattea Lorenzo, Shianne Michalchuck, Hanna Quinn and Emily Taylor.

Selected from Nelson’s U-16 girls are Laurel Halleran, Maya Ida, Jessamyn VonDonselaar, Taylor Zimmer and Cranbrook’s Sarah

Andreas.

Selected from Nelson’s U-17/18 Girls are Kyra Burkart, Naomi Perkins, Hailee Gerun, Jena Wheeldon, Abbie Willans and Tara Towek as well as Trail’s Paige Gattafoni.

From Nelson’s U-15 boys, Jaden Dyck and Ezra Foy were selected.

They’re joined by Cranbrook’s Jordan Klassen.

From Nelson’s U-16 boys, Darian Johnson was selected, and for U-17/18 Nelsonite Dylan Bennett and Trail’s Nolan Derosa have been selected.

Training camp for the High Potential Player teams will begin on Monday, March 30. Vancouverbased pre-residency and girls elite technical staff, along with all Academy Centre head coaches will lead technical and tactical sessions. Additionally, players will also receive a college prep session provided by Whitecaps FC manager of collegiate transition Ryan Clark.

Following a week of training, teams will then head into the Showcase tournament from Friday to Sunday. Also included for the players will be attendance at the ‘Caps MLS match vs the Los Angeles Galaxy on Saturday, April 4 at BC Place.

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Superstar soccer player Jay DeMerit (left) visited Nelson recently. He’s seen here with Whitecaps regional head coach Brett Adams. The club has announced local players will be involved in an upcoming showcase tournament in Vancouver.

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Tough start for LVR boys at basketball provincials The L.V. Rogers senior boys were winless at the BC high schools AAA basketball championships in Langley as of Thursday, losing their first two games. On Wednesday, they opened against the Sir Charles Tupper Tigers, losing 68-36. Josh Matosevic led the way for the Bombers with 14 points while Vinnie Watson had ten. On Thursday morning, L.V. Rogers lost 65-40 to Vernon. Matosevic had 11 points while Robert Dixon and Darian Johnson had eight each. Their next scheduled game is against the Mark Isfled Ice tonight. The finals are on Saturday. L.V. Rogers went into the championships ranked last of the 16 teams.

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The City of Nelson & the Applicant are co-hosting an Open House to provide the public with an opportunity to review proposed OCP and Zone Amendments that would allow for future development of the ANCRON Medical Clinic at #10 View Street

Join us: Thursday, March 19, 2015 in Council Chambers at City Hall (2nd Floor - 310 Ward Street) City Staff & the Applicant will be available to answer questions anytime between 4 pm and 7 pm Questions? e: pmierau@nelson.ca p: 250-352-8217 101 - 310 Ward St. Nelson, BC V1L 5S4

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History

Boswell’s Maj. Rigby killed overseas Greg Scott

Touchstones of Nelson

From the files of the Nelson Daily News Dateline: March 1, 1915 Today Nelson comes within the scope of the “cent belt” and already considerable interest has been aroused by the event, which is regarded more or less a novelty.

Public interest in the announcement that the red metal money would be put into circulation was shown by the keen demand at the banks on Saturday morning for the brand new one-cent pieces which have been brought in by the banks to the number of 6,000.

Conjecture as to what the immediate result of putting into general circulation of the heretofore somewhat scarce copper coinage

is general in the city and many are having visions of the children visiting confectionery stores with their one-cent pieces and demanding their monies worth.

the tug Hosmer under Capt. Orr and just a little minor work in connecting up the cable remains to be done.

Dateline: March 6, 1915

After having had in its midst a contagious disease which has been variously defined and which has become generally known as “socalled smallpox” Nelson has been declared free of the disease and is given a clean bill of health in the eyes of the provincial health authorities.

According to an announcement of Dr. E.C. Arthur, city medical health officer, there is not a case of contagious disease in the city. The isolation hospital has been closed after it housed patients with the so called smallpox for several months and the disease has been entirely stamped out of the residential sections.

R.F. Green MP announced today that the militia department has authorized the formation of an overseas regiment for the third contingent to be raised in the Kootenay district. Recruiting for the new regiment will start at once.

Not only does this mean that the district can send a larger number of men with the third contingent than it hoped for, but also means that the Kootenay boys will be organized as a substantial and powerful unit.

They will be able to “stick together.”

The men of military age in the district know that the Empire needs their services. They will hasten to answer the call of King and country.

Dateline: March 12, 1915 The casualty lists of the first Canadian overseas expeditionary force received in Nelson last night brings the effect of the great European war directly to the homes of citizens of Kootenay-Boundary for the first time with the announcement of the death at the front of Maj. Percy

Dateline: March 26, 1915

Maj. Percy Rigby, who was killed in France a century ago this week, is remembered in this plaque on the side of Touchstones Nelson.

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Rigby of Boswell.

Maj. Rigby enlisted at Nelson, being one of the first in the district to offer his services to the Empire upon the first call for volunteers throughout Canada. During the concentration of the first West Kootenay-Boundary contingent here he was placed in charge of the men and was with them until shortly before the contingent was divided up and left Salisbury Plains in England.

At the time of departure of the boys from Nelson for the front, citizens considered the district extremely lucky to have a man of Maj. Rigby’s ability and experience

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 Regional Saturday service: 98 Columbia Connector, Castlegar to Trail 99 Kootenay Connector, Castlegar to Nelson  Nelson: 10 North Shore, one additional Saturday trip

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to command them, for as a soldier he had a long and honourable career and on his breast he carried a bar of medals earned in various campaigns.

Dateline: March 13, 1915 Just two hours were occupied in laying the long submarine cable across the main Kootenay Lake from Procter to Pilot Bay, linking up the Nelson to Procter line of the British Columbia Telephone Company with the government line from that point to Kootenay Landing.

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Dateline: March 27, 1915 Scoring its third straight victory, Vancouver, Pacific Coast champion, defeated Ottawa by the overwhelming score of 12 to 3 and won the Stanley Cup. Six thousand fans saw Vancouver turn the trick. It was their 12th straight victory. On the series Vancouver scored 26 goals to 8 and had been the hot favourite in the betting with odds of 3-1 being offered.

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Nelson & Area Elder Abuse Prevention Resources Centre Drop in Wed. 12-2 pm at 719 Vernon St., Nelson For info: 250 352-6008; preventeldRabuse@sbdemail.com or visit www.nelsonelderabuseprevention.org

Kootenay Qigong Wellness Society invites all members & non-members to attend their 2015 Annual General Meeting.

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Van-Kam Freightways Ltd. Group of Companies requires class 1 drivers to work summer relief out of our Castlegar Terminal to provide P&D services for the West Kootenays region of BC. This position will be expected to: â&#x20AC;˘ Daily deliver all LTL (less than truckload) freight â&#x20AC;˘ Ensure all pickups and deliveries are on time â&#x20AC;˘ Provide exceptional customer service â&#x20AC;˘ Treat company property with respect Preference will be given to applicants with LTL/P&D experience and knowledge of the West Kootenay region. A $1000 hiring bonus is paid upon completion of probation.

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Cantina del Centro is hiring experienced line cook. Apply at 561 Baker St Chatters Salon is looking for a full-time & part-time hair stylist with at least 2 yrs experience. We offer benefits including medical, dental & year round paid education.

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Help Wanted Junior Carpenter Specialty building business in Nelson area has f/t position available. In addition to assisting with general carpentry activities, maintenance duties are required for shop, yard and machinery. Full training supplied. A willingness to pitch in with anything that comes along, positive attitude, strong work ethic, ability to follow directions and work independently as well as part of our team is mandatory.

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West Kootenay EcoSociety seeks P/T Field Organizer.

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UBC hires on the basis of merit and is strongly committed to equity and diversity within its community. We especially welcome applications from visible minority group members, women, Aboriginal persons, persons with disabilities, persons of minority sexual orientations and gender identities, and others with the skills and knowledge to productively engage with diverse communities.

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Temporary Data Entry Clerk (Dispatch) School Board Office School District #8 is seeking a Data Entry Clerk (Dispatch) This is a term position at the School Board Office until June 26, 2015.

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The awarded applicant will be required to join the CUPE Local 748 Union. Wages will be as per the current Collective Agreement. A Criminal Records Check will be required.

Job Requirements: t Training in Payroll accounting with the completion of three (3) core Accounting/Business Administration courses from an accredited post-secondary organization or completion of the Payroll Compliance Legislation, Payroll Fundamentals I and Introduction to Accounting from the Canadian Payroll Association or completion of first (1st) year studies in a CGA/CMA program. t Excellent data entry skills. t Proficient in Excel spreadsheets. t Required to dispatch employees, both teaching and nonteaching t Required to enter payroll data for casual teachers and CUPE employees. t Excellent communication skills. t Ability to work with minimum supervision, with strong organizational skills. t Ability to maintain strict confidentiality. t Perform other job related duties as may be assigned.

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Seeking BC Certified Teachers for 2015-16 for part-time teaching positions.

Waldorf Education Background and/or training preferred but not required.

Interested teachers please send resume & references to administrator@nelsonwaldorf.org.

Music Teacher: experience conducting youth choirs, teaching recorders and classroom music preferred – up to 11 hours/week French Teacher: for Classes One to Eight. Experience teaching French curriculum with French speaking/ writing skills–up to 16 hours/week.

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Labourer Records Management (Nelson Hydro) Facilities Maintenance Water Smart Ambassador Engineering Technician Customer Service Representative Administrative Assistant

Information regarding these positions can be found by visiting the Employment Opportunities page on the City of Nelson website: www.nelson.ca Please submit you application by noon, March 23, 2015 to: Human Resources ŝƚLJ ŽĨ EĞůƐŽŶ 101-310 Ward Street, Nelson, BC V1L 5S4 Fax: 250-352-2131 Email: hr@nelson.ca

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Temporary Youth & Family Worker School District No. 8 (Kootenay Lake) is looking for a qualified candidate to fill this position that’s due to the resignation of an employee covering a long term leave.

This position is assigned to the school based team to provide support for students with behavioural, emotional and social disorders, through individual, family and group work as directed by the Principal. This position will also provide counselling services, both in a one to one and group setting, to elementary students ranging in age from 5 to 12 years old.

Required Qualifications: University graduation or a minimum of a College Diploma in the Behavioural Sciences field. Two (2) years post-secondary education is required. The SPEDA/ Selkirk College one (1) year program in human services may count as one (1) year, but additional university training (i.e. psychology, sociology, interviewing, youth studies, counselling theory) is required along with a demonstration of supervised experience in childcare counselling.

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The awarded applicant(s) will be required to join the CUPE Union. A criminal records check will be required.

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Please submit your application with an updated resume via Make A Future – www.makeafuture.ca Job Posting# 912494

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Nelson Star Friday, March 13, 2015

Obituaries & Memorials CHERYL DENISE “DEE” HUGLI October 30th, 1951 ~ February 8th, 2015 It is with great sadness that we announce the passing of Dee Hugli, on Sunday, February 8, 2015 in Nelson, BC. She is survived by her beloved husband Frank Hugli and son Shane Hugli. She was predeceased by her daughter Janice Hugli.

She will be greatly missed and forever remembered.

A graveside service will be held on Wednesday, March 18, 2015 at 10:00am at the Nelson Memorial Park Cemetery.

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

In Loving Memory

Bill Evin

April 6, 1936 - March 15, 2005

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Churches of Nelson

Bringing to you our weekly words.

Who Killed Jesus?

As we continue in this season of Lent and move towards the celebration of Palm Sunday, the reflection of Good Friday and the excitement and hope of Resurrection Sunday we need to ask the question; ‘Who killed Jesus?’.

Certainly as we read the Passion story our fingers point at the Chief Priests, Scribes and Sadducees.

We hear the crowds shouting “Crucify Him, Crucify Him”. We can point to the Romans who were in charge of the torture and execution process. All these people played a part in killing Jesus. In John 11:53, we read “…they plotted to put Him to death…”. There was definitely a cast of characters involved.

Ultimately, and perhaps somewhat amazingly, it was God Himself who put Jesus to death. This was the greatest act of divine justice ever carried out, done as Peter said in Acts 2:23, in “the determined purpose and foreknowledge of God” and for the highest purpose.

That purpose was to provide salvation from sin for the whole of humanity. Christ’s death was the perfect sacrifice for us to be acceptable to a holy and perfect God. This plan of God to provide a way of salvation was described in Isaiah 53:5-6 where it is declared “…he was pierced for our transgressions, he was crushed for our iniquities; the punishment that brought us peace was upon him, and by his wounds we are healed. We all, like sheep, have gone astray, each of us has turned to his own way; and the LORD GATHERING THIS SUNDAY MARCH 15TH 10AM has laid on him the iniquity of us all.”

2402 PERRIER LANE It was all done for us. We were the motive for Christ’s death; Bring food to share at our potluck brunch. we are just as All welcome.

Nelson Christian Science Society culpable as any Displaced rhythms?

A Branch of the Mother Church in Boston MA of the characCome experience ours! ters in the PasSunday Service in Balfour Beautify • Listen • Eat • Study • Send 9:30 am at the Anglican Church on Busk Rd. sion story. We www.nelsonvineyard.com For information 250-229-5237 Look for us on Facebook are responsible for every stripe Love Never Fails on His back, Nelson Seventh-Day Gathering on: Sunday at 10:30 a.m. every thorn on Adventist Church 3308 Silver King Rd. 250-352-5007 His head, every Rides How to pray for your Family, Sabbath (Saturday) Services available! nail used to hold Please 10 am Bible study/discussion Jesus to that Community and Nation join 11 am Worship Service us at rugged cross of Conference coming April 10-11, 2015 1502 12:30 pm Vegetarian Fellowship Luncheon shame.

Granite Doctor Bradley Stewart, Also available: “It Is Written" CTV 11 am Saturdays Road In the movie International Teacher “Come unto me, all ye that labour and are heauy laden, “Th e Passion of Cost: $30 and I vill giue you rest” Matthew 11:28 H.O.P.E. Church Pastoral couple Jeff & Marilyn Zak www.hopenelson.ca www.nelsonadventist.ca Pastor Leo 250-687-1777 the Christ,” the director, Mel Anglican Church of Canada Gibson, was St. Saviour's Pro Cathedral the one whose Ward & Silica, Nelson Sunday Worship Gathering 10:00 am hands you see Family Service & Eucharist Children’s Sunday School Minister: David Boyd All are Welcome actually drivSunday Service 10:30 a.m Lent 4 St. Saviour’s Food Pantry is ing the nails open every Friday 9-11 a.m.

Reconciliation with Energy through Christ’s St. Michael & All Angels Service of Holy Communion Busk Road, Balfour hands. He did All children welcome for Sunday School Sunday Service 11:30 a.m. and Nursery Room available it that way to Office: 9 am - 1 pm Tue - Thurs • 250.352.5711 Corner of Josephine and Silica Streets remind himself, www.kokanee-parish.com Ph: 250-352-2822 • www.nelsonunitedchurch.ca and everyone ALL ARE WELCOME! else, that it was The Salvation Army our sins that nailed Jesus to Nelson Community Church the cross.

Sunday Worship Service The only thing at 11:00 am that God asks us to do is to acEveryone is Welcome cept the sacrifice Your Pastors: and the forgiveMajors Robin and Yvonne Borrows ness of sins for 250 551 4986 601 Vernon Street (Middle Level) ourselves. _____________________ _______________ ______________ ______________ _______________ ______________ _______________ ______________ _______________ ______________ ______________ _______________ ______________ _______________ ______________ ______________ ______________ _____________________ _______________ ______________ ______________ _______________ ______________ _______________ ______________ _______

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A sadness still comes over us, Tears in silence flow, Memory keeps you ever near us, Though you died ten years ago Lovingly missed by your Family.

Donald Richard Plant

Donald Richard Plant was born December 1, 1933. He lived in Grand Forks with his parents Frank and Molly Plant on a farm until his teenage years when he went to work on the railway. He later met and married Jacqueline Souster and over the next 60 years the two lived in Prince George, Quesnel and Nelson.

After moving to Nelson in 1972, Don worked for BC Tel until his retirement in 1993. Don loved to learn new things and enjoyed to garden, square dance, and travel.

As one of Jehovah’s Witnesses, Don had a strong belief in the Bible including the promise that in the future “death will be no more”.

Don was predeceased by his parents and his brother Barry and his sister Dorothy. He is survived by his wife Jackie, his children David (Dawn) Plant, Cheryl Clarke, Louise Picton and Michelle (Tim) McMaster and by his grandchildren Kara, Alexis, Carly, Jonathon, Jesse, Chantelle, Ryan, Ian and Andrew and by many great grandchildren.

Don passed away peacefully on March 4, 2015, at Mountain Lake Seniors Community with his family by his side.

CATHOLIC CHURCH

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

Unity Centre of the Kootenays

Speaker – Lorraine Ballantine, BA RCST Topic: “Biodynamic Craniosacral Therapy” 717 Vernon St. Sunday at 11 a.m.

Any questions? Contact 250-354-5394

Robin Borrows Major Nelson Community Church

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What Mrs. Tiggywinkle knows

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here were a few years when I checked out only very large picture books for my toddlers. That’s because the small ones: The Tale of Mrs. Tiggywinkle, for example, or One Was Johnny, tended to find their way down

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the sides of the couch.

So Babar and Madeline books — almost as big as a toddler themselves — were a much better bet if they were to be returned on time, or at all.

Now, my toddlers are grown, while Babar, Madeline, Johnny and

00 The first 1 attendees ree receive a f g akin copy of W the Frog.

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Mrs. Tiggywinkle remain the same size (and the same age). I no longer lose things down the side of the couch, but I’m hoping that one day a passel of grandkids will have me diving between the cushions for yet another tiny, delightful but elusive book. To that end, I’m already stocking up.

The great thing about kids’ books and games is the fluidity with which they move around. Library books, by their nature, are read, returned, and read again. But other books, games, and puzzles are often gently used and passed down as our kids graduate from Goodnight Moon to Amelia Bedelia to Harry Potter.

And that’s where the Friends of the Library Kid-sized Book Sale comes in. On Saturday, April 11 the friends open the doors downstairs for folks of all sizes looking for a great deal on kids’ books, games, and puzzles. But before that, they need you.

Your donations of gently used books, CDs, DVDs, jigsaw puzzles and board games are welcome right up until the week before the sale.

This way, you can unload the things your kids have enjoyed and let other kids enjoy them, while picking up new things.

And people like me, desirous of grandchildren (but not holding my breath) can pick up some great things for small visitors or the grandkids of my oh-so-fortunate friends. Sometimes you just have to live vicariously.

So dive into your couch cushions for the tiny works of Beatrix Potter and Maurice Sen-

dak! Riffle through the bookshelves for those nearly new books! How many times can you watch the same DVD or listen to that audiobook?

Have your kids moved on from Hungry Hungry Hippo to Monopoly or even Wii? From Raffi to Rhiannon?

We only ask that the books be in good shape, the games have no missing pieces, and that you find some other home for those VHS and cassette tapes.

You can bring your lovely donations to the library during open hours (please don’t leave books in the lobby). If you have more than a couple of boxes, please call ahead.

Proceeds from the sale will go to build a lovely comfy bench for kids and their adults to curl up on with a good book.

Prickly Mrs. Tiggywinkle, washer of pocket-handkins and dicky shirt-fronts, charmed generations. Little Madeline always saved the day.

Babar the Elephant had great adventures; Johnny lived by himself when not visited by tigers and monkeys, and he “liked it like that!”

My grandkids (if I ever have any) might rediscover these storybook characters, or fall in love with someone new — found between the pages of a book picked up at the Nelson Public Library’s annual Kid-sized Book Sale. And I can hardly wait to take them.

Meanwhile, I think I’ll do a little stocking up.

Just in case.

Anne DeGrace is the adult sevices co-ordinator at the Nelson Public Library. Check This Out runs every other week.

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Skiers happily surprised by February fishing

lighter tackle because of the abundance of smaller fish, and that has helped make it exciting. Lots of rainbows in the two to four pound range have put up good fights on the fly rods or ultra light rods. Although when the 12 pound fish hit, that was a bit of a struggle.

The Fishing Report Makes for an exciting adventure. e experienced Kokanee fishing in the some warm- lower West Arm provider weather ed some fun mornings throughout February as well. The weekend and people just wanted fishery had us managing to get outdoors. So, we to catch some beautiful spent a lot of time on kokanee in the 11 to 15 Kootenay Lake in the inch range. Always great past few weeks. This for a fish fry. spring-like weather also What are they biting saw more activity from on? our fish.

Similar to the last few The lack of snow lately months, most of our fish has brought us some new have been caught on the clientele. Our ski groups surface. We are seeing the have been experienc- majority of fish on the ing something new to sonar down deep. Howthem. Most skiers never ever, when they decide planned to go fishing in to feed, they have been the middle of the winter coming to the surface. and were happily surOur best luck has been prised. I think we have on our Bucktail flies. The created a new activity common colours have to add to their package been working best. Purnext year. ple/pink, grey/pink, and Most days we man- grey/white have been my aged to hook into five favourites. Lucky numor six fish, although we bers: 202, 207, 210, 215, did have quite a few days and 224 have been my with ten to 12 fish com- best. ing to the boat. Lots of Also my favourite #10 action for February.

Lyman plug has been Rainbows from two to producing, as well as 12 pounds. were being good ole’ #69 or Shizzam caught, as well as bull as we call it. Just have to trout up to 12 pounds. keep experimenting.

Definitely more rainColumbia River bows than bull trout We have fired up the though. jet boat2.833 once again Blackpress x 3 and We have been running the warmer weather has

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Young Wyatt Scott of Calgary holds up his biggest rainbow trout ever, caught in the past few weeks.

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made for some comfortable days on the river.

We’ve had some spectacular days out there with ten to 15 rainbows coming to our line.

A lot of these fish are really fat at this time of year. So, the chance at hooking into a 10

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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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Rainbows between 16 and 22 inches have been very common, with the odd fish being over 24 inches. Definitely my favourite time of year to

be on the river.

Our best techniques have been drifting with bait or bottom bouncing with bait. Although, we have been able to persuade some big fish to take the fly lately. Nymphing has been most productive on the fly rod, but streamer fishing should be working soon.

I’m looking forward to this next month on the river as well, as it can provide some of the best river fishing available. We’re expecting to see some big boys rise to the occasion. Stay tuned.

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presents

An Evening with

Tamara Taggart

The is thrilled to have Tamara Taggart speak at our third annual women’s event. The evening will involve a relaxed, fun environment with wine, appetizers and dessert where women can visit a wide array of booths related to women’s interests as well as listen to Tamara speak.

Save the Date

WHEN: THURSDAY, APRIL 30 6:30 - 10:00 PM WHERE: PRESTIGE LAKESIDE RESORT

Tickets on sale soon!