Castlegar News, June 25, 2015

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Soldier comes home

Salmon celebrated

Sgt. Eric Honeyman’s remains arrive in Castlegar over 70 years after his death. See page 2.

Who is Kinnaird’s namesake?

First Nations gather at Millennium Park to press for fish passage. See page 19.

Was the community really named after an English soccer player? See the West Kootenay Advertiser.

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Neil and Darlene Kalawsky, who have operated car dealerships in Castlegar since 1989, received special recognition Saturday during the Chamber of Commerce’s Business Excellence Awards.

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An honour guard met the plane that carried the remains of Sgt. Eric Honeyman as it landed in Castlegar Saturday.

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JAYDON CHRISTOPHER JAMES OSACHOFF July 26 1996 to June 28 2014

Final homecoming Soldier’s remains arrive in Castlegar more than 70 years after his plane went down in Belgium BETSY KLINE Castlegar News

More than 100 people gathered at the West Kootenay Regional Airport on Saturday to pay their respects to Sgt. Eric Mitchell Honeyman, a US airman whose plane went down Dec. 23, 1944 during the Battle of the Bulge.

Representatives from the US and Canadian militaries, RCMP, Royal Canadian LeWe often think of by gone days When we were together The family chain is broken now But memories will live forever To us, Jay has not gone away Nor has he travelled far Just entered God’s eternal home And the gate left ajar No one knows how much we miss him None but aching hearts can tell Lost on earth but found in Heaven Jesus always does things well God grant us the serenity to accept The things we cannot change Courage to change the things we can And the wisdom to know the difference Jaydon, we miss you so much, your laughter, Your smile, your sense of humour, your caring for us all, We know you are in Heaven and are preparing a place for us to come as you left the gate ajar.

WE LOVE YOU TONS You’ll be in our hearts forever.

gion, Air Cadets, Castlegar city council and Honeyman family joined grateful citizens as they honoured the World War II soldier.

Others lined up along the route of the procession waving Canadian flags.

The wreckage of Honeyman’s plane wasn’t discovered until six years ago in Belgium.

After several years of research and recovery efforts, Honeyman’s remains, along with those of five other members of x the B-26 3.25 4.7 crew were returned to their families, and

on Saturday escorted from a DNA testing facility in Pearl Harbor, Hawaii to Castlegar to be met by the formal receiving line.

Honeyman was buried with military honours Monday in Trail alongside relatives. Although the lost soldier grew up in California, when the family was asked where they wanted his remains to stay, they decided on Trail, where his grandparents are buried.

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Best businesses lauded BETSY KLINE Castlegar News

plained Darlene’s vision of promoting Castlegar: “You need more than a few people to achieve that vision. Tonight I challenge every one of you to pick up Darlene’s vision. Let’s put Castlegar on the map!”

There was a tie for the Business Person of the Year Award. Both Rauni Naud of Sunlife Financial and Brian Bogle of Safeway took home trophies. The award goes to a dedicated leader whose personal conduct and that of their business is above reproach with regards to ethics, quality and service.

Neil and Darlene Kalawsky were recognized with a new Lifetime Achievement Award as Castlegar’s business community gathered Saturday evening for the Chamber of Commerce Business Excellence Awards Gala.

The awards are the culmination of a public nomination process followed by voting by chamber members.

The most prestigious award, which went to the Kalawskys, recognizes Brian Bogle and Rauni Naud (centre) were jointly recognized as Cassomeone who has made tlegar’s business people of the year. Chamber president Jane Charest a significant contribution (right) presented the awards.

Betsy Kline photo to the Castlegar economy and community and has owned and operated their Winners of Castlegar’s Business Excellence Awards included: business for at least 25 years.

Business Excellence – Lions Head Pub The Kalawsky family Customer Service Excellence – Crumbs Bakery has three car dealerships Green Award – Communities in Bloom and an auto body shop.

Professional Service Award – Back in Balance In 1989, they purContractor of the Year – ADM Electric chased the dealership at Tourism Development – Sculpturewalk the corner of Columbia Young Entrepreneur – Andrea Ryman Ave. and 17th Street that Community Social Award – Castlegar Hospice Society is now Kalawsky Chevrolet Buick GMC. They added a Toyota dealership in 2001 which moved to its current location at 1530 Columbia Ave. in 2008. The family’s Hyundai dealership opened the City of Castlegar following year. They are 460 Columbia Avenue also tireless community Castlegar, BC V1N 1G7 boosters, with Darlene www.castlegar.ca finance@castlegar.ca volunteering her time Phone: 250.365.7227 Fax: 250.365.4810 extensively, especially Hours: 8:30 AM to 4:30 PM, Monday to Friday except statutory holidays towards the city’s beautification.

IMPORTANT NOTICE The award was sponClaim your Home Owner Grant On-line sored by the City of Castlegar and presented by City of Castlegar 2015 Property Tax notices have been mailed. If you have not received your Property Mayor Lawrence CherTax notice please contact the City of Castlegar at (250) 365-7227. noff who said “Anyone who knows them will ELIGIBLE TAXPAYERS CLAIMING THE REGULAR OR THE 65 AND OVER HOME OWNER GRANT tell you that Neil and ARE ENCOURAGED TO CLAIM ONLINE by visiting www.castlegar.ca and selecting the Home Owner Darlene are some of the Grants menu from the top menu bar. Note that individuals claiming section 2 (b), (c), (d) or (e) additional hardest working people home owner grants cannot claim on-line. you have ever met. Their commercial success cerPlease remember that, for homeowners, payment of taxes is a two step process. You must claim your Home Owner Grant and you must pay the remaining amount due. tainly reflects that. But they have also worked on �������������������������� ��������������������������������������� Payments can be made by on-line banking through your financial institution or by cheque, Payments must trying to support growth be received in our office by 4:30 PM, July 2, 2015 to avoid penalty. THE POSTAGE DATE STAMP IS and promote their entire NOT CONSIDERED AS DATE RECEIVED. If paying in person, we accept cash, cheque or debit at City community for decades.”

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Long Way Home coming to Castlegar BETSY KLINE Castlegar News

Former soldier Kate MacEachern arrives in Castlegar on Tuesday as part of the Long Way Home campaign to raise funds and awareness in support of victims of post traumatic stress disorder.

She began her 2,700 km march in Nipiwan, Sask. on May 1 and will complete the journey in Chilliwack at the Wounded Warriors Weekend at the end of July.

Local RCMP, Castlegar emergency services and first responders have gotten involved in the project and are planning a big reception for MacEachern.

She will be met just outside town at the weigh scales and be escorted to the Castlegar and District Recreation Complex park where events will be happening from 3 to 7 p.m.

The Castlegar fire department will host a barbecue where you can get a burger, chips and a pop for $5.

Castlegar RCMP will be running a Jail and Bail, where for a minimum donation of $250, you can arrange to have someone picked up in a squad car.

They will then be taken to the jail to be built at the complex thanks to a donation from Mitchell’s Supply. Jail and Bail forms can be obtained from the Castlegar RCMP detachment.

The Long Way Home is a nonprofit organization and donations are tax deductible. Funds raised will go to three organizations that train service and therapy dogs and horses and the Wounded Warriors Weekend. Castlegar organizers have set a local goal of $10,000, enough to train two service dogs. For more information check out thelongwayhome.ca.

Kate MacEachern, a former soldier walking 2,700 km to raise funds and awareness for post traumatic stress disorder victims, reaches Castlegar on Tuesday.

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Blueberry Creek school sale nearing close LIZ BEVAN Black Press

Blueberry Creek Community School sale is one step closer to being finalized.

After over a year of in camera negotiations and very few public announcements, School District 20 trustees announced Monday that they were ready to sign their side of the sales contract.

The building is being sold to the Blueberry Creek Community School Society, but while some details on the sale, like the purchaser, have been made public, some, like sale price, won’t be released until later this year.

Some aspects of the transaction aren’t final.

“Although we have agreed to sign the document, we don’t know if they will also agree to sign the document,” said board chair Dar-

ryl Ganzert, adding that all will be revealed in the new school year.

“It is not really a done deal yet. A motion is going to come up at our very first meeting in September to disclose all the terms of the sale.

That includes price, and any other conditions that were put on the [transaction].”

The building has been in the hands of SD20 for many years with its most recently built structure opening in 1962. After years of renovations and additions, the doors closed in 1986 due to low enrollment. In 1991, it reopened and was named a community school in 1997. The doors formally shut again in 2002, and the building has since become a community services hub, offering after school and summer programming and camps for youth, adults and families.

Ganzert says it’s good the building is changing hands. When bud-

get time has come around, the board has had a hard time justifying big spending on a structure that doesn’t hold SD20 students during regular class hours.

“We were faced with a very old building that needs some TLC and without students in it, we were hard pressed to put any money into it,” he said, mentioning that the community school society needs a space to continue their work with residents of the area.

“With a society that serves close to 500 families from Castlegar and even some from Trail, now at least someone who has an interest in keeping the building in good shape will have it. We believe they will continue doing the good work they have been doing for many years.”

The next SD20 regular board meeting is Sept. 28 at 7 p.m. at the Kootenay Columbia Learning Centre in Trail.

T hank you to Squadron 581!

Last Saturday, I hosted a carnival themed party for two of my granddaughters and three of my grandsons as well as their classmates. With 72 children invited, I knew that I would need assistance with the games booths. I put out the cry for help and almost as quickly as I asked, Squadron 581 was at my service.

Not only were these young people willing to help, they were happy and enthusiastic about it! To be perfectly honest, the playful, albeit responsible attitude they brought enhanced the fun of the party.

Not only did these kids cheerfully give up a Saturday afternoon to help, their commander, Dan MacDonald stayed and pitched in where ever he was needed and his daughter helped even though she is not a cadet. No wonder these kids are so great with such a wonderful role model!

A huge thank you goes out to these young people.

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The food bank’s shelves are reminiscent of Old Mother Hubbard’s cupboard.

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Food bank still in need Betsy Kline Castlegar News

Castlegar’s Community Harvest Food Bank is running low on food and funds. Increased demand and services coupled with fewer donations and higher food prices has resulted in the shortage that has organizers looking to the community for some extra support.

“The bottom line is, that we need money,” said food bank director Deb McIntosh. “If we are going to continue the programs we are providing, we need money. We depend 100 percent on the goodwill of others — residents, business and industry. This is our way of asking them for help and hopefully they will come through and we will have full bellies once again.”

The food bank provides about 200 hampers a month to clients and provides a hot meal to about 50 people three days a week. They also help with other needs in urgent situations including maintaining a

hotel room as an emergency shelter.

Volunteer Andy Popoff said: “When you don’t have a full hamper and have to see the look on their faces, that is the sad part. That is a reality for us, the last couple of weeks we have run short.”

Community Harvest is completely run by volunteers; there are no paid staff or executives. All donations go directly to providing for those in need. St. David’s Anglican Church provides the space the food bank operates in for free.

Right now cash donations are preferred, McIntosh said, allowing organizers to buy items needed most to provide a complete hamper to clients. Garden produce and non-perishable food items are also welcome.

Donations can be made at the food bank, in the basement of St. David’s Anglican Church at 614 Christina Place on Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays between 9 a.m. and 1 p.m. Donations can also be dropped of at the Station Museum.

Sirens of Song perform Friday Castlegar News Staff A free concert will be held at the Castlegar library amphitheatre Friday night. Sirens of Song will begin at 6:30 p.m. and feature four local female musicians.

Dannika Soukoroff, Nina Amelio, Stasia Rezansoff and Dawn Prince-Graham will each perform a 30-minute set.

There will be kettle corn and lemonade for sale as well as t-

shirts, buttons, stickers and other miscellaneous artwork. All proceeds go back into funding more projects for the library amphitheatre.

Nina Amelio and Stasia Rezansoff will be selling CDs with $2 from each sale going to the open mic project.

Throughout the summer there will be an open mic at the amphitheatre every Friday at 7:30 p.m.

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as well as two concerts per month and several workshops. The Columbia Basin Trust has provided a grant to help fund these projects.

Project manager Dannika Soukoroff encourages everyone to come out and support local music and a local venue. If you would like to volunteer, participate, perform or donate, contact her at dannikamusic@outlook. com

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Editorial

Editor: Greg Nesteroff Publisher: Chuck Bennett Published Thursdays by Black Press Ltd. at Unit A - 1810 8th Avenue, Castlegar, BC V1N 2Y4 Publication Mail Agreement Number 40012905

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Millennium could use an RV park It has come to our attention that Castlegar city council has decided to add a bicycle park and a dog walking area at the Millennium Park.

Now with their infinite wisdom over the years they have decided to finally put to use the vacant area where the former drive-in theatre was located in the 1950s and installed a much-needed and overdue place along the Columbia River for a beach type of location.

Now we are asking them to put their business heads together and use some of these beautiful few acres to bring in tourists to this area by having them pass through the north business area and down to the Millennium Park where council installs an RV park. This, as mentioned above, will bring tourists and their families to spend a relaxed time at the now-formed beach area.

This will also bring people to shop in the now-dying business area of North Castlegar and not only help the merchants, but create revenue to the city coffers and create employment for caretakers of this proposed RV park.

We have heard council is reluctant to bring this type of convenience under the city’s jurisdiction. Need we remind you that the City of Nelson has had an RV park under their jurisdiction

A Retrospective Walter Volovsek

A formidable-looking Ole Skattebo poses with a specimen from the fabulous fishery at Slocan Pool. The fishing legend is standing in front of the gazebo at his Skookumchuck cabin. In addition to offering guiding services he rented out sturdy boats. Ole seems to have had an inclination for strange hats.

for at least 50 years and has caused no hardships to privately owned RVsites in the immediate area. The park is always being used year-round and a reminder that there is no beach or open water within walking distance. Tourists are happy with this site.

The City of Trail now has an RV site under its jurisdiction and it is helping create employment and income to the city’s coffers. And too, no hardships to private RV parks in their area.

Why is it now that the business-wise councils of our Castlegar government are not following suit to do the same?

This would (as mentioned above) enhance the businesses of North Castlegar by having people purchase related goods to help fill their tourist cupboards, purchase fishing gear to use at a stone’s throw from the mighty Columbia River where the fishing is excellent and help eradicate some of the coarse fish now beginning to inhabit these waters and destroying the game fish.

Please council members, bring your heads together and bring this muchneeded convenience to Castlegar.

Mickey Nazarov and Laura Powell Castlegar

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‘Wow’ books at the library live up to their name

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astlegar Library has a number of features set up to attract the reader. For example, the library has created a spot for readers to place those books they have just read and think are quite special — the “wow” section.

I don’t know who controls the “wow” section. I suspect the librarians take turns placing their favourite books there. Possibly a reader will praise a particular book, and then it might be selected for this “wow” area. If it ends up in the “wow” area, then it earns a “wow” sticker.

Supposedly, these books are so first-rate that anyone can choose from this gathering and have a good read, too. However, I’ve discovered that tastes in books really differ.

What one reader is ecstatic about might require quite a few yawns for the next reader. I’ve found “so-so”

Spots in Time Gord Turner books in this section, but I’ve also been “wowed” by a few I’ve taken home.

Case in point — a while back I took a look at a “wow” novel called The House at Riverton by Kate Morton. I scanned the book for some time as I was intrigued that a young Australian writer would be writing about English life at the turn of the 20th century. In addition, I got caught up in the story of an aristocratic family on an English estate complete with servants — an Pam Malekow Office Manager

echo of Downton Abbey of TV fame.

It didn’t take me long to get entangled in the novel’s intrigues.

Written from the point of view of an elderly woman who has been asked to remember her life as a servant girl at Riverton Manor in the long-gone past, this book quickly seduces the reader. As the servant girl named Grace recalls the chilling incidents and deep secrets of the family she serves, we learn that her own life is enshrouded in a secret from the past.

The House at Riverton is a long novel, but it has enough intrigue in every chapter to keep the reader involved. Whoever chose this slightlyhistorical novel for the “wow” table chose correctly.

That experience with Kate Morton’s debut novel led me to her second novel, The Forgotten Garden. It

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is an excellent narrative and likely deserves to be on the “wow” list. It takes place in both Australia and England and switches the storyteller several times.

I was struck with the brilliance of this story right from the beginning.

A female child is plunked down on a dock in Australia with no one accompanying her from the ship and no one to meet her. How did she get there from England and what was her English life like? The novel does answer these questions, but only after we learn about her life in Australia.

Initially, the port-master takes pity on the little girl, takes her home to his family, and names her Nell.

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ever, decides that on the eve of her wedding, she must know about her past. After being let into the secret of her past, Nell gives up on her marriage and eventually returns to England to discover her former identity.

Indeed, she discovers bits of information about her former family and her former home. She even purchases one of the places she once lived in with its secret or “forgotten” garden. It remains, however, for her granddaughter Cassandra to follow in her granny’s footsteps and unearth all the secrets.

I’m almost afraid to read Morton’s next one — Distant Hours in case it doesn’t match the quality of the first two.

Gord Turner writes here every other week.

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Selkirk College Saints add size with new recruit Submitted to the Castlegar News The Selkirk College Saints men’s hockey team has bolstered its 2015-16 roster with the addition of hulking forward B.J. Avery who has committed to playing in the upcoming BC Intercollegiate Hockey League season.

Avery is a 6-foot-3, 205-pound forward who recently completed his final season with the Swan Valley Stampeders of the Manitoba Junior Hockey League.

A strong presence down the middle, the Clearwater, Man. native spent three seasons with Swan Valley posting 30 goals and 35 assists in 118 career games at the Junior A level. This past season saw Avery set career highs in goals (18), assists (18), and points (36).

“I hope to be a go-to guy on the ice and in the locker room that will help the team in any way possible,” the towering Avery says of joining the three-time defending BCIHL champion Saints.

Recruited by former Saints head coach Alex Evin, Avery will bring something the team was missing during the 2014-2015 season.

“B.J. will bring size and strength to an already skilled, hardworking forward group,” says Evin, who announced last month that he will be taking up assistant coaching duties with the BCHL’s Alberni Valley Bulldogs. “He is a well-rounded player who has no problem going to the tough areas of the rink to score goals and make plays.”

Playing in a small town in Manitoba, Avery feels like Selkirk College will be a good fit for him.

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This page is for community, charity or fundraising events that are free (or nearly so) that run at the editor’s discretion. Dated events take priority. If you have previously posted an event and want it to run again, provide an up-to-date version with contact details to newsroom@ castlegarnews.com, drop off at our office at Unit A - 1810 8th Ave in Castlegar or call us at 250-365-6397.

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JULY CASTLEGAR SENIORS ACTIVITIES AT THE COMPLEX Monday: 9:30 Floor Curling 10 Darts 1 Whist Tuesday: 9:30 Floor Curling/ Carpet Bowling 1 Crafts 7 Pool Wednesday: 9:30 Floor Curling 10 Raspberry Hi Coffee 3rd Wed 1 Rummoli 2nd Wed Thursday: 9:30 Floor curling Friday: 1 Crib Lounge open weekdays.

CASTLEGAR CONCERTS IN THE PARK: Kinnaird through July 29 July 8: That Girl & Earl

CANADA DAY CELEBRATION: July 1. Castlegar-Robson Legion, Branch 170 open house. Everyone welcome. Raffle draw, hot dogs, hamburgers, pop. Live music by That Girl and Earl. Lounge will open at 1 p.m.

INTERNATIONAL SPY ACADEMY: July 20 to 24 9 a.m. to noon Kids Grades K-6 are invited to attend this exciting vacation bible school.

Join us for games, crafts, snacks, drama, friends and fun. This is a free event. Castlegar Baptist Church 250-365-7556 Register at castlegar baptistchurch.com

THE NEW LIFE CHURCH (behind the Castlegar Primary School) will be serving hot nutritious meals for people in the community every Thursday.

Doors open at 3:45 and the meal will be served at 4:30 p.m. Please use the basement entrance at the back of the church. For info phone 250-365-7500.

ROBSON FLEA MARKET is open all summer. Sundays 9 a.m. to 2 p.m.

Breakfast served until food runs out.

Crafts, collectibles and much more.

Call Elke to book a table: 250-3657022.

BLUEBERRY BOTTLE DRIVE: The Blueberry Community School Hub has a pressing need for major work to its youth room. Please drop off refundable bottles and cans to the Blueberry School. Thank you to everyone that participated in our May bottle drive.

LEGION MEAT DRAW: At the Castlegar-Robson Legion, Branch 170 every Saturday, 4 to 6 p.m. Everyone welcome. Guests must be signed in.

MYRA DUFF WILL BE HOSTING SUPPORT GROUP MEETINGS: For information about the Heart Support Group please call Myra at 250-3656369.

COMMUNITY LEARNING PLACE: drop in to get free help with basic computers, reading and writing, Test preparation, and skills upgrading at the Castlegar and District Public Library on Tuesdays from 12 to 3 p.m.

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BILLETS: Castlegar Rebels looking for billets families for their players (16 to 20). Please contact Mel Rinas 250-365-5596.

GRACE COMMUNION INTERNATIONAL CHURCH: Meets Sunday mornings at 11 a.m. at the Resker Hall in Robson (next door to the Robson Community Church) on Waldie Ave. Phone 250-365-6405 for more information.

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CASTLEGAR HOSPITAL AUXILIARY TREASURE SHOP is offering for sale quality furniture, household items, clothing, footwear, books, monthly silent auctions and many other items. Donations are received Wednesdays and Saturdays only. See castlegarhospitalauxiliary.org. Open Monday thru Thursday and Saturday 10 a.m. to 4 p.m., Friday 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Enquiries 250-365-7317.

ST. DAVID’S & UNITED CHURCH THRIFT SHOP: located at 605 Columbia Ave. Summer hours are Tuesday to Saturday 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. Closed all Stat. Holidays. Stock includes cloth-

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SELKIRK WEAVERS AND SPINNERS GUILD: meets the third Wednesday of each month at the Doukhobor Discovery Centre, 10 to 11 a.m. followed by show and tell.

COMMUNITY HARVEST FOOD BANK & DROP-IN CENTRE: Monday Food Bank 11 a.m. to 1:30 Wednesday Drop-in centre 10 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. (free). Lunch served 11 to 1:30 Friday Drop-in centre 10 to 1:30 (free). Lunch served 11 to 1:30. Food donations can be dropped off on any of these days at St. David’s Church.

Call 250-608-2227.

ALL ABOUT BREASTFEEDING: Informative support group for breastfeeding moms. Neighbourhood House in Castlegar, Tuesday 10:30 to noon.

More info: 250-365-3662, or see kootenayfamilyplace.org CASTLEGAR A.A. MEETINGS AT THE PIONEER ARENA Sunday. at 10 a.m.; Tuesday at 7 p.m. (Dennis 250-3652738); Wednesday at noon (Dan 250359-7817) Thursday and Saturday at 8 p.m. (Jim at 250-365-6216 or Alex 359-7031) and Saturday at 8 p.m (Len at 250-365-7805).

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Mondays 8 to 9 p.m. at 2224 6th Ave. (Kootenay Society for Community

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FRIDAY YOUTH PROGRAM at Blueberry Creek Community School. Fun, safe night for a movie, games/sports/ hanging out. Grades K to 5, 6:30 to 8 p.m. and Grades 6 up, 8 to 10 p.m. For more info or phone 250-365-7201.

USCC CULTURAL INTERPRETIVE SOCIETY: Volunteers meet Mondays and Wed., 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. at the interpretive and training Centre, 820 Markova Rd., Brilliant.

TOPS GROUP MEETS EVERY WEDNESDAY 8:30 to 10 a.m. Kinnaird Hall, 2320 Columbia Ave. Round table discussion. Get motivated to eat healthy, lose weight. Monthly fee $10. More info call 250-365-7956.

FREE AND CONFIDENTIAL COUNSELLING for problem gambling; Castlegar Community Services Call 250-6082254.

ENGLISH AS A SECOND LANGUAGE PROGRAMS: Classes for adults, Conversation Club, Family Drop-in for families with young children, oneon-one tutoring. Free. More info call Corinne at 250-687-4714.

THE ROYAL CANADIAN LEGION L.A. #170 have their monthly meeting on the third Monday of the month from September till the end of June.

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The (preschool) class of 2015 Play to Learn preschool at Blueberry Creek Community School Hub held their graduation ceremonies this past week at the centre. In total, the preschool had 55 students in the 2014/15 year, 36 of whom are registered to attend kindergarten at seven different area schools in the fall. Pictured is the Monday/Wednesday/Friday morning class. There are still a few spaces available in the preschool for the 2015/16 year.

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Specifically, prohibited activities include the burning of waste or other materials; stubble or grass fires of any size over any area; the use of fireworks, sky lanterns, burning barrels or burning cages of any size or description; the use of air curtain burners (forced 3.25 x 4.7 air burning systems).

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Submitted to the Castlegar News The Castlegar Arts Council is proud to sponsor another fabulous all-in-one Art Walk throughout Castlegar.

Art Walk’s opening celebration is tonight at 7 p.m. at the Castlegar Rec Centre on 6th Ave. Everyone is welcome to enjoy live music, refreshments and a chance to mix-and-mingle with Art Walk artists.

Volunteers on the Art Walk committee have this to say about Castlegar’s Art Walk: “It’s a wonderful pooling of artistic resources that creates a real focus on the arts, attracting visitors and locals and showing them what we are all about; a community of diversely talented people, with warmth, pride and integrity.”

Castlegar businesses and residents as well as returning tourists are looking forward to seeing

what our artists have created and the Castlegar Arts Council is happy to be coordinating this event which showcases our community’s artistic talent.

Leni Normington, Arts Council president mused that this year is special for Art Walk: “Castlegar’s Art Walk was nominated for a Chamber of Commerce Tourism Development Award this year, evidence of how popular with businesses and visitors our Art Walk has become after 19 years.”

With 26 artists displaying in business venues throughout the community and a self-guided tour brochure, Art Walk showcases the very best of local art talent and many of these unique pieces sell quickly.

It’s a great opportunity for those addicted to buy one-of-a-kind art. Treat yourself and your visitors to an evening of artistic adventure, meet the artists and celebrate Art Walk 2015. april cuffy Castlegar Art Walk Editor

The 19th Annual Castlegar Art Walk is organized each year by the Castlegar Art Council and runs from June 22 until Sept. 20.

Featuring local and regional artists and artisans, the self-guided art tour is hosted at more than 25 participating venues around Castlegar. Detailed maps are available at the Castlegar Visitor Centre and more information can be found at castlegarculture.com/ culture-guide/castlegar-art-walk.

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Artist name: Diane Robinson Venue: Kootenay Savings (No. 22), Kootenay Crossing Mall Medium: Mixed Media – Gemstone and Wire Trees Artist home: Robson Bio and artist statement: I first saw a gemstone tree at a Surrey Rock Club show

Artist name: Mary Kate Woodward Venue: Hollis Wealth (#18), Kootenay Crossing Mall Medium: Line Drawings – Personalities and Portraits Artist home: Robson Contact: castlegarculture. com/culture-guide/mary-katewoodward Bio and artist statement: I am currently, and have been a working artist, author, and art instructor for more than 14 years, when I moved to the Kootenays.

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many years ago, and was inspired to try making one myself. I collect most of the base rocks for my trees myself and I’m always ready to go looking for new specimens. I am an avid rockhound and enjoy membership in the local Selkirk Rock and Mineral Club.

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and flow of line — moving away from the representational to focus on beauty of line. The subject becomes the excuse for the line, which is the object of the artwork.

Colour is added to some drawings where it benefits particular subjects and compositions.

A second focus is the personalities of subjects in a work: each individual is unique, affecting and affected by others. Thirdly, I continue drawing animal portraits, describing specific individuals using a combination of selective and descriptive lines.

My work can be viewed and purchased at Hollis Wealth (Castleaird Plaza), Café Books (Kootenay Crossing Mall), and the art rental/sales program at the Grand Forks Art Gallery.

In addition, my drawings illustrating larval host plants can be seen in my book Butterflies and Butterfly Gardening in the Pacific Northwest, which is available for purchase at the Kootenay Gallery (Castlegar) and Café Books.

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laborated with four other writers on The Noslen Enigma, a popular serialized satirical sci-fi soap opera that was online from 1998 to 1999 which was subsequently broadcast on Kootenay Co-op Radio.

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The Wild Weathers; and Our Days in Vaudeville. In 2009 one of her poems was long-listed for ARC Magazine’s Poem of the Year and in 2012 she was featured poet in The New Orphic Review. In 2013 she read at Nelson’s Elephant Mountain Literary Festival, her poem Take a Chance became a miniature accordion book by UpDown Press and Bindery in Baltimore, and Leaf Press published The Winter She Slept as one of its Leaflet productions.

In 2014 one of her poems was short-listed for Room Magazine’s annual contest and in 2015 she participated in Rocking the Page, a program that presented poetry online and in local classrooms.

Her poems can be found at The Light Ekphrastic (thelightekphrastic.com); at Leaf Press’ Monday’s Poem (leafpress.ca); and at Your Daily Poem (yourdailypoem.com).

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Top: Linda Crosfield. Bottom: Rebecca Bradley Poverty has Brought us: Living and Teaching in Asia, about the ten years my husband and I taught English in Korea, Thailand, Oman and China.

Numerous short prose pieces have appeared in Canadian literary magazines, including Melmoth 2 (co-editor), Island, Wascana Review, The Malahat Review, Dandelion, Queen’s Quarterly, Room of One’s Own, Women & Words, Canadian Short Fiction Anthology, The Antigonish Review, New: West Coast Fiction, and Grain. I have taught creative writing at colleges in Canada and China and my full-length stage play, Moths to a Flame, was produced by the

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Kathryn Solovoff-Robbie is an established poet of Doukhobor heritage and practitioner of the Baha’i faith.

Her collection of poetry, If Memory Infuses Dust and Other Poems is out of print but is available at the library. When her collection of poetry was released, she read to a large audience at the Mir Peace Centre.

She also read some of her poetry in a documentary film, Soul Communion, produced and directed by Sharon McGowan. Myler Wilkinson included some of her work in his essay, One Voice: a Doukhobor Poet, included in the book The Doukhobor Centenary in Canada.

In 2009, her poems were published in Moscow, having been translated into Russian by Alexander Vashenko for the Russian Association for Canadian Studies yearbook. A thoughtful, warmhearted soul, she often opens her home to literary gatherings, meditation groups, or intellectual discussions.

Her poetry is best appreciated by an oral reading by Kathryn herself, as she is able, though inflection and personality, to bring her strong images and thoughtfulness to life.

The evening promises dynamic readings from these interesting and unique writers.

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You are just away

To dear husband and father I can not say and will not say That you are gone, You are just away With a cheery smile, and a wave of your hand you wander in to an unknown land And left us dreaming of very fair It needs must be since you lingered there Think of your faring on as dear In the love of there, and the love of here Thinking of you still as the same I say you are not gone, you are just away.

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The family of the late Bob Foubister invite you to attend a “Celebration of Life” to be held on Saturday July 4, 2015 at 11:30 am at The Royal Canadian Legion, Castlegar BC

Roland Harmston Sept. 26, 1946 – May 17, 2015

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The current electoral district of BC Southern Interior is being dissolved.

Nelson, Salmo and Kaslo and their respective surrounding areas will become part of the Kootenay-Columbia riding to the east while Nakusp and the Slocan Valley will be added to the new district of South Okanagan-West Kootenay, which also includes Castlegar, Greater Trail, the Boundary, and Penticton.

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“When I meet with them, it is as if I recharge my batteries,” Atamanenko said in his final speech in Ottawa.

“I have met with citizens concerned about world peace, Canada’s involvement in war, protection of the environment, food sovereignty, poverty, Canada Post, smart meters, women’s rights, international development and many other issues.

“It is amazing to see how many people, both in my riding and across the country, are consistently engaged in working to improve the lives of others.

It has truly been an honour to represent their views in Parliament.”

Atamanenko is retiring after nine years in office. First elected in 2006, he served three terms.

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Provides services to and facilitates co-operation amongst member agencies of KBCSC. This position ensures the effective operation of the KBCSC office. The position includes planning, organizing, directing, leading and administering all KBCSC activities, programs and operations directly or through other supporting managers consistent with Board approved policies, goals and objectives. It ensures that the mission and vision of the KBCSC is consistent with member agency needs and promotes the KBCSC throughout the community and to relevant stakeholders.

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Calling the salmon home BETSY KLINE Castlegar News

First Nations tribal members from the United States and Canada joined by area residents wishing to show their support gathered along the shore of the Columbia River at Millennium Park on Tuesday to host a ceremony to call the salmon home.

Prayers were accompanied by drummers and singers. Participants were each asked to select two rocks to be clapped together to the beat of the drums to communicate to the salmon, which were then tossed into the river at the end of the prayer.

The event was part of a series of meetings being held by the Upper Columbia United Tribes to summarize recent efforts on the part of the 15 United Tribes living along the Columbia in the US to create fish passage above Grand Coulee and restore salmon to the Columbia and Slocan rivers.

Meetings are also being held in Grand Forks,

Nelson, Nakusp and Revelstoke.

Government decisions are being made regarding the possibility of modernizing the Columbia River Treaty, which is focused on hydropower and flood control. The United Tribes would like to see the treaty extended to include ecosystem function and fish passage. They are working closely with tribes on this side of the border to create a unified vision.

“Eventually we have to treat this as one river, despite being two separate countries,” said John Say’Ay’ of the United Tribes.

“The river does not know that it is in two separate countries. It is important that we start interacting with the river in that way too.

“It is a large task and governments worry about price tags. They worry about what that is going to mean for their operations.

But if we take one bite at a time, we will get it. Don’t be afraid of the large project in front of you. Take one step at a time.”

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Sculpture Talk

Welcome to our regular feature introducing the artists behind the sculptures in this year’s Castlegar SculptureWalk.

Yeins Gómez Sousa Matanzas Cuba

The Walker (stainless steel) One of three international artists showing at Sculpturewalk, Yeins Gómez Sousa is a Cuban sculptor from Matanzas, just east of Havana. His relative youth belies his experience and knowledge – Sousa is a Professor of Sculpture at the Professional Art School in Matanzas while continuing to study Restoration and Conservation at the Higher Institute of Art in Havana.

He has won numerous awards for his sculptures - including first place in an international seminary, Caribbean Arts, Casas des las Américas, La Habana in 2014 - and has exhibited collectively throughout his native country. A member of the Hermanos Saíz Association (AHS) and the International Association of Monumental Sculpture (AIESM), Sousa also works in sand and other mediums. He has exhibited four solo shows of his work across Mantanzas province between 2006-2010.

The Walker is an life-size abstract figure of a skeletal man.

A beaky nose and genitalia are realized, otherwise he is featureless. The steel is tempered, the figure leans forward dramatically as if about to stumble. One foot is raised as if pausing, or perhaps for balance. His armless, mottled torso pitches forward as if unable to arrest the imminent fall. It is a metaphor for the challenges and pauses one faces in life, powerfully realized. The frailty and curvature of Sousa’s figure suggest a potential crisis, or possibly regaining

one’s bearing in “the walk that is life.” Stylistically, The Walker bring to mind the works of Swiss sculpting giant Alberto Giacometti – a faceless, lean, lithe male figure abstraction. It is powerful and full of portent.

Where do you draw the inspiration for your sculptures, specifically this year’s entry?

The inspiration comes with the metaphor of walk, to go through life and how this one could be changed. One good step and we never know what will be the next - it is part of fate, and the decisions we take to change it.

Which artist, past or present, has had a major impact on you as a sculptor and why?

Alberto Giacometti. Because his figuration and his themes are present in me.

Was there a defining time or moment in your life when you realized sculpting was something you wanted to do for a living?

I realized sculpture as a manifestation since 2002 at the Academy of Visuals Arts in Matanzas, Cuba. There is something amazing about the satisfaction of making an sculpture, of how it is tri-dimensional like you.

Do you always utilize the

same material(s) as this year’s piece, and why is it your preferred medium?

I don´t have a preference for any specific material, I think every material has their own characteristics that makes them unique. In this case, I chose stainless steel because is very resistant to different weather conditions and provides a kind of novelty on my trajectory as Artist.

What is the importance of the arts in today’s society?

I think the arts have lasting importance, they are a chronicler of time and also have a lot in common with education and enjoyment. Today there exists a ton of possibilities with the technology and hence manifestations which makes art more versatile and more necessary in civilized people’s lives. Art is noble and it is everywhere, it is omnipresent - that´s enough to be very important.

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Brent Bukowski and Arin Fay Kaslo, BC

Kootenay Time (reclaimed metal, glass) Brent Bukowski and Arin Fay are Prairie refugees (Regina, specifically) who now live in Kaslo “on the side of a mountain”.

Both are accomplished artists – Brent primarily working with found materials as a sculptor, Arin as a painter, writer and curator – who have put their collective, creative minds together to address that well-known euphemistic state of mind/ being, kootenay time, in a highly original, functional sculpture.

Working primarily with glass and recycled metal using minimal tools, Bukowski creates intriguing industrial-like works that comment on global patterns of excessive consumption, resource extraction and environmental degradation. He has mounted numerous themed shows throughout the region (and displayed works nationally) that are visionary and compelling: FLOW - hydroelectricity and water resources; A Piece of the Pie – fifty years of alarming statistics documenting human rapacity; Invasive Species – technology leading to eventual extinction. All his sculptures are thought provoking and insightful, wonderfully envisioned and executed.

Fay’s paintings tend toward the impressionistic/abstract but also follow deliberate themes. Her series Beyond the Babolith examines regional women writers; all the portraits, executed in the same tones, are identifiable but include spheres, circles and squares as an integral part of each.

She melds literary characters with their authors in the evocative series Between the Lines, again using impositions of forms over misshapen but recognizable caricatures. You Are Here is a bird’s eye view of local and broader geographical features while Abstract Architecture takes a more grounded, emotive view of various dwellings and buildings, all “branded” by her stylized circles and shapes.

Kootenay Time is an imposing sculpture that – using reclaimed materials – portrays

a denuded clock, its mechanisms exposed.

Twisted, bent arrows, gears, cogs and more mesh together at its centre. Seven and a half feet tall and five feet wide, its encompassing metal circle is a familiar motif prevalent in previous works by both Fay and Bukowski. Paraphrasing Churchill’s famous comment about Russian intent during World War II on the nameplate, Kootenay Time is “a cliché, wrapped in a preconception inside an oversimplification.” It is grandly ambitious and inventive, reflective of the environmental and artistic passions of this dynamic couple. www.brentbukowski.ca www.arinfay.ca Where do you draw the inspiration for your sculptures, specifically this year’s entry?

The inspiration for projects generally is really a synthesis of experience and inspiration, in that moment. Different themes burble to the surface at different times. The sculpture that we have created for Sculpturewalk 2015 is (to our minds) a perfect repository of ideas and innovations that we have been intrigued by for years. There are prototypes and false starts and studies of the basic design of/ for this sculpture all over our property, and within our respective artwork, spanning 20 years: clockworks, circles, kinetics …. This sculpture project has given us an excuse to work together and experiment with both new and very familiar materials and processes.

Which artist, past or present, has had a major impact on you as a sculptor and why?

Duchamp - without question. The Bride Stripped Bare by Her Bachelors, Even (also known as The Large Glass) is the most awe-inspiring example of process, intellect, patience, process, and aesthetic

perfection. Duchamp so obviously enjoyed the process and challenge of his own artwork but also never accepted his own limitations. Great art emerges from the confluence of these two characteristics, and he was a master.

Was there a defining time or moment in your life when you realized sculpting was something you wanted to do for a living?

When you find yourself building everything with an artist/sculptors eye: house design, landscaping lines, art (of course) … the writing is pretty much on the wall.

Do you always utilize the same material(s) as this year’s piece, and why is it your preferred medium?

Found objects, industrial detritus and all forms of recycled recycling. Many of the materials in this sculpture have been hallmarked for something important for years (the large circular frame); the corrugated metal is a by-product of Brent’s Nelson bridge project; and we experimented with a new but long discussed method/ material in the cast aluminium pieces.

What is the importance of the arts in today’s society?

The arts become more and more important the further we become un-moored from our connections to what is real and basic and fundamental. Which is why art is so political, personal and important – it builds an edifice to the ego and the imagination which stands starkly in contract to mass movements that attempt to make us insignificant.

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For more information on SculptureWalk pick up a brochure from one of the ballot boxes in downtown Castlegar or visit www.sculpturewalkcastlegar.com