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Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has set a 90-day time limit for making a decision on how to move forward with climate change, and L.V. Rogers students are planning a 24-hour sit-in to “create youth voice on the subject.”

“We’re in support of the Leap

Manifesto, which came out in September and was released by environmental experts like Naomi Klein and David Suzuki,” Star columnist and student Gillian Wiley told principal Tim Huttemann during a Wednesday afternoon meeting.

“We’re the future voters of Canada, so we need to get our word in.”

Students plan to sit in the hallways from 12 p.m. on February 29 to 12 a.m. on March 1. Wiley called it “an auspicious day,” since they’re going to be talking about the Leap Manifesto on a leap day.

“We’re going to get in touch with other schools like Mount Sentinel,” Quinn Barron said. “We’re going to see

if they’re willing to sit down in their own halls to show solidarity.”

And Sage Cowan added they’re also looking for support from parents, teachers and the community.

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“We will also be working with local government and other government agencies to look at the issue of trail connectivity in the area, and how this project could fit with their plans to develop a public trail network,” the ministry statement said. “The ministry understands the local interest in trails and looks forward to receiving feedback and ideas from the public on this project.”

The statement didn’t specifically address the cost or feasbility of providing a pedestrian tunnel.

Payne has spoken to one resident in favour of the underpass, but he lives on the opposite side of the highway. Most people in the area have small children, he said.

“This is a fairly historically significant area,” said Payne. “If it’s getting the usage or not, it’s part of our neighbourhood.”

The bridge was built in the late 1950s when the highway was constructed, bi-secting the village. Previously traffic was routed directly through the village. It goes overtop of a nowabandoned rail line.

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has spoken to project manager Robbie Kalabis.

“He said there’s no funding in the project to accommodate access beneath the rock fill, so essentially they’re blocking it off.

And everyone wants that access maintained.”

Popoff spoke to transportation district manager Hugh Eberle, and has requested to visit with an assistant deputy minister while he’s in Victoria on March 4.

The ministry is soliciting feedback from the community. An open house has been scheduled by the Ministry of Transportation at Mount Sentinel School on March 1 from 4 to 8 p.m, where plans will be shared.

According to a statement provided Thursday, “The Ministry is committed to gathering feedback from this information session and working with stakeholders and other levels of government to ensure that longterm trail options in the area are considered.”

The removal of the bridge will coincide with safety improvements to that section of Highway 3A. Upgrades will include safer

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The Ministry of Transportation plans to replace the South Slocan bridge beside the Dam Inn with rock fill, leaving some residents outraged they may lose their underpass.

“When I go for a walk I’ve got my toddler and two large dogs.

I don’t want to walk across the highway,” concerned resident Colin Payne told the Star. “The tunnel connects us to recreation opportunities, walking trails.

That underpass is very much part of the fabric of our neighbourhood.”

Put another way: “One thing I love about being here is the ability to leave my house and just go for a walk down by the Kootenay Canal or the Slocan Pools. Having that blocked off means we would need to cross the highway, which totally changes the character of the neighbourhood.”

According to residents, ministry officials have told them it would be too costly — approximately an additional $400,000 — to incorporate an underpass into their design, and they weren’t sure there was usage to justify

that expenditure. There has been a discussion about installing a counter mechanism to get some numbers.

The project is scheduled to start in 2017.

“The other group that’s direly opposed is the Slocan Valley Heritage Trail Society, the rail trail people, because basically they want to extend the parking lot for the first trailhead, which is just past the bridge,” said Payne.

The trail society plans to extend the trail underneath the bridge and ultimately connect it to the Trans Canada Trail.

Payne, who is also a member of the South Slocan commission of management, said he’s spoken to many residents who feel the same way.

One of them is Slocan Valley regional director Walter Popoff.

“I support the concerns of the South Slocan residents, Slocan Valley Heritage Trail Society and the overall community. I understand the importance of having a passageway under the proposed replacement of the bridge,” he said.

Popoff has not seen plans for the proposed project, but

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Some Kootenay Lake school district parents are flustered by a recent flurry of letters that ended up in students’ mailboxes about a data breach at the Ministry of Education.

“I wasn’t aware these letters had been sent out until it was brought to my attention by district parent advisory council chair Shari Walsh,” superintendent Jeff Jones told the Star. “When I saw students were receiving letters, I contacted the ministry to ask what’s happening.”

This letter from the Ministry of Education about a missing hard drive Will Johnson photo was addressed to students rather than parents.

The letter pertains to a lost hard drive containing student data that has yet to be found.

When Jones asked why he wasn’t informed the letters were en route, or why they were ad-

Stetski steps into Mother Canada controversy STEVE HUBRECHT Invermere Valley Echo

Kootenay-Columbia MP and NDP national parks critic Wayne Stetski has lambasted the planned Mother Canada statue in Cape Breton Highlands National Park — and emerged on the winning side of the debate.

This month it was announced Parks Canada has pulled its support for the $25-million project.

“Parks Canada will no longer be working towards the realization of the memorial,” said a news release. “As a result, the project will not be moving forward on Parks Canada land.”

Stetski sent a letter to federal Environment Minister Catherine McKenna, calling on her to reject the 24-metre statue, which had been in the works for years, intended as a memorial to Canadian soldiers who

lost their lives fighting wars abroad. Models of the statue show it cloaked and standing on a rocky headland along the Cabot Trail, with arms outstretched across the Atlantic.

“The idea of a memorial to honour soldiers who died overseas in wars is truly a good one, but ultimately a national park is not an appropriate place for a seven-storey high statue,” Stetski told The Echo.

“National parks are set aside for their ecological importance and developments in the park should support those ecological values. To just put in a statue that has nothing specifically to do with that park is inappropriate. On top of that, concerns have been raised that the statue might affect the ecological integrity of the spot.”

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Supporters saw the statue, facing in the direction of Europe where so many Canadian soldier have lost their lives in war, as entirely appropriate and point to what they call the high level of commercial activity in Banff and Jasper, saying if it can happen there, why not in Cape Breton National Park.

They also cited the potential economic benefit to nearby communities.

Critics, meanwhile, were not only sounding alarms bells about ecological concerns, but also charging that the statue’s size was excessive and its design distasteful. A partner in the Torontobased design firm originally hired to develop the memorial concept alleged that the Never Forgotten Memorial Foundation ignored advice and cast aside the initial model, stretching it from something the size of a light post to its

current size. Other critics voiced the opinion that promoting the statue in an effort to bolster the local economy amounted to earning a profit from the war dead.

And a group of 28 former senior Parks Canada managers, including a former Parks Canada chief executive officer, sent open letters to the former Conservative Environment Minister raised concerns about the proposal’s negative impact on the park.

“I have great respect for the terrible price many of our soldiers have paid,” wrote Stetski in his letter. “A memorial to honour them is welcome. The question before us is where such a memorial should be located.”

Stetski told The Echo that one of the Liberal’s campaign promises was to limit development in national parks and, instead, focus it on nearby communities, and added this case would be a good one for putting that promise into action.

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Walsh feels it’s inappropriate that her daughter received the

letter, and said students may not be able to understand the implications. Jones seconded the sentiment.

“Had we known these letters were being sent out, superintendents across the province could’ve been supportive around the communication.

As it is, I didn’t receive a report from the ministry and did not know this was happening.”

When contacted by the Star, the ministry said it doesn’t have contact info for parents and used the addresses provided by students for their transcripts.

“The ministry has mailed the letters out of an abundance of caution, because the missing drive has not been located,” the ministry wrote. “It’s important to note there’s no evidence that information on the drive has been accessed or misused in any way.”

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Steski told The Echo he’s had a lot of feedback on the issue since he became parks critic and the majority of it was expressing concern. He added that the statue — which he agreed seems to resemble to Statue of Liberty in New York or the Christ the Redeemer statue in Rio de Janeiro — could open the gates for other similar developments in national parks.

“If you put up a statue there, it not only affects that area, but sets a precedent for developments in national parks that do not relate to the reasons that the parks were established in the first place,” he said.

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A 46-year-old man suffered serious but non-life-threateninng injuries in a single car crash in Procter a week ago Thursday. RCMP say alcohol and seatbelt use were not factors, although speed is a possibility.

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Elder abuse is a hidden problem, but elder abuse within the lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LBGT) communities is especially under the radar, according to a Simon Fraser University gerontologist who spoke on Tuesday in Nelson.

Dr. Gloria Gutman said that fear of outing and homophobia may keep LGBT seniors from disclosing abuse, and there are many other reasons why the problem remains unrecognized.

“LBGT couples have a tendency to conceal problems in their relationships, since they have faced societal and family criticism,” she said. “When it comes to lesbians, there is often an assumption that women are highly unlikely to physically strike their partners. A US study of LGBT adults found that 65 per cent of seniors 60 and older had experienced verbal abuse, threat of violence, physical assault, threat of orientation disclosure, or discrimination and that 29 per cent had been physically attacked.”

Elder abuse is defined as harm or distress caused to seniors by a person in a position of trust. The most prevalent forms are physical, emotional, or financial abuse.

“Elder abuse most commonly happens in private households,” said Gutman, “where 92 per cent of Canadian seniors live. Only about eight percent are in institutions. In private homes they may be abused by spouse, lover, child, sibling, friend, neighbour, or caregiver. In institutional settings they may be abused by staff or visitors or sometimes by other residents.”

Gutman said material put out by people who do elder abuse prevention and response never mentions LGBT issues, and “when you go to various LGBT websites there is no mention of elder abuse.”

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Nelson sculptor: ‘Homelessness is not a career’ employment programs I have been exposed to and that did not result in employment, the estimate that it costs $100,000 to keep one person off the street for a year is not a conceptual stretch.

Trying to preserve a sense of self-worth and self-esteem during this prolonged process has been challenging, including being visible to the community and seen as apparently able-bodied yet unemployed. Had I been supported to do the work I had been successful at, things might have been very different.

I suffer from a pituitary disorder called acromegaly, which is rare and life-threatening and has no available cure, which further complicates matters. My medical disability allows for $375 a month for housing when rentals are typically $600 to $1,500 a month. This has created an economic barrier leaving only housing options that are more like warehousing of livestock.

I have had functioning work spaces in the past where I was both happy and productive, and that were easy to obtain and maintain. Now, emergency shelters are the next step in this slow unraveling of self. I have gone from making $800 per miniature carving to ringing a buzzer for a subsistence meal. This alone is a psychological overture to suicide.

This has been compounded with the attitude I have experienced from professional agencies that homeless-

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Community Comment Ten years ago I planned to come to Nelson, having seen it years before. My dream was to relocate to this city to continue pursuing my goals as an artist. I figured it would take about a year to establish a productive studio. I phoned the Chamber of Commerce beforehand to try to get a sense of housing. I said I was going to be looking for a studio. “You and everyone else” was the cryptic reply.

A lot of positive strides had been made with my career up until then.

I sold works repeatedly to the late Kenneth Thomson of Thomson Newspapers. I have a piece of my work in city hall in Katano, Japan.

I was interviewed by the late Bill Bramah of Global News. I won various awards, including Best of Show and the Peterson Award at the woodworking show at the Canadian National Exhibition.

My long-term plan was to establish a workspace to do limited edition castings in metal, based on my miniature carvings, which had been selling well. My vision included involving graduates from the metal casting course at Kootenay School of the Arts. It seemed a reasonable goal to come to Nelson, secure a space, and build the idea from there.

Charlie Sivell had big dreams when he moved to Nelson a decade ago.

Unfortunately, he writes, they didn’t pan out. Housing, or a lack thereof, Will Johnson photo had a lot to do with it.

Logging proposal will have little benefit Re: “Concerns raised about proposed Glacier Creek logging,” Feb. 5 The Ministry of Forests’ current Glacier Creek logging proposal is a continuation of the mismanagement of the Duncan valley drainage by local timber barons and the provincial/federal agencies in charge of Canadian resources.

At this point local folk gain little from any logging in Kaslo, Duncan and Lardeau valleys. There is literally no value added benefits. Bankers are doing fine financing expensive logging equipment; the logging jobs are important but they are short lived.

There has been no serious effort by our local, provincial or federal paid

It didn’t work out that way.

In the 10 years I have been in town I have had over 40 rental situations, none of them appropriate to do even modest carving of my own, yet I feel that I could have made a considerable contribution. Instead, what began as the erasure of personal goals and legitimate accomplishments became an obligation

to social workers, housing agents, and programs such as Job Wave, job searches and retraining, and the GAP and TAP programs.

A sense of apathy and indifference to my career goals on the part of government agencies seemed to demonstrate that these were in conflict with “their” agenda for me. Considering the number of

representation to demand that our remaining high value timber create more economic opportunities in the north end of Kootenay Lake. We have been abandoned by our elected elite.

Not sure why.

Western Canadian timber profits are vast. Enough to influence the Kyoto climate conference to exempt the planet’s forest cover from the negotiations, removing the most important asset to mitigate drought, air/water pollution and other human-related planetary issues — in essence undermining the international effort to start a meaningful framework that would help deal with the various economic/ environmental problems facing humanity. The current schism developing between status quo industrial clearcutting and those pressuring for a

wholistic approach to our economy and the small amount of economically viable timber remaining will hopefully not result in violence against peaceful activists.

In the near past, a half dozen locals peacefully blockaded to prevent the destruction of Glacier and Howser Creek with vast hydro dams. A couple of years earlier we slowed logging and reluctantly received protection for mountain caribou from BCTS for a good portion of an ancient red cedar/hemlock ecological wonder in the Westfall River whose confluence with the Duncan is not far from Glacier National Park.

There was extreme violence toward our peaceful blockades by real heavy contracted dudes, that in my opinion amounted to a hate crime against a

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half dozen environmental activists.

We felt abandoned by law enforcement and forests ministry staff.

We have a right to peacefully protect our children’s planet. Canada’s democracy will not function if industrial bullies are allowed to run amok. Environmental/social activists are killed routinely in Mexico and other third world countries.

As a well-educated western power that spawns a good number of international corporations, we have a responsibility to stop our bankers/ real estate agents from wrecking havoc, lobbying South and Central American governments to allow huge mining and timber interest to destroy important protected areas.

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ness is a “career.” This has led to my opinion, which I will express as follows.

People, especially contributors to social causes, see very little change despite their support. Millions of dollars are needed to help fight social problems. Despite my lack of housing I’ve been discouraged from leaving town and told “this is your home.” And yet, had a social worker at any point in this journey recognized the ways in which I, as an individual, might have positively contributed and supported that potential, I might have been part of that desired change.

Homelessness is not a career. It may be that it will take a local street person who tragically succumbs to the elements within the city’s jurisdiction to facilitate a renewed government and community interest in improving and individualizing existing programs. I hope that with the publication of this column and public awareness of my situation there could be grounds for a new consideration of how programs and supports are developed and offered.

We need public forums where people such as myself can speak freely about our experience and ideas and where we are respected and heard. We need to be welcomed to the table. We need the ideas brought forward to be used to make meaningful changes in our social system, and we need to be a part of making that change.

How will sound levels be enforced?

In a recent letter to the editor, a quote by the policing authorities read “We do not have a sound level meter.”

May we please have the method that will be used to find vehicles with noisy mufflers?

Will they be subject to referral to an inspection facilities that do have meters that will test D.B. sound levels?

If the owner is a customer and their repeat business is important how can you be sure that the required maximum of 91 D.B. will be enforced?

R. Johnson Nelson

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SLUGS: To the Nelson Star for advertising: “Make money while walking the dog! Paper delivers wanted!” Hugs for correcting the spelling to “Deliverers.”

SLUGS: To the city for taking away parking spaces around town. More slugs to those who can’t be bothered to park in between the lines, making spots empty as no one can park there.

SLUGS: To city council for comments towards the oldest continuously operated ice rink in western Canada. If anything is “heritage” it is our Civic Centre. Charge appropriate rentals and make it available not just when the new ice is booked.

SLUGS: To the pirate hater. The pirate ship was a local attraction owned by a local minor celebrity.

He’s the most environmentally friendly guy we know. It’s winter … coooold water. The raising of the boat also takes money. Wanna help? If not, wait till spring or walk the plank. Aarrrggghhh.

SLUGS: To the owner of a business who allowed his two fairly big dogs to be all over me and my mum while shopping. She is allergic, fortunately not that allergic! You shouldn’t be bringing your dogs to work, assuming that every customer will be okay with that.

I am not likely to return to your store after this horrible experience.

SLUGS: Big slimy, sticky, yucky slugs to the young man who was too chicken to step up. By using your friend’s device to bully or be racist to me does not make you a bigger person. All I asked for was an apology and I have given you ample time to do so, yet nothing.

So I am placing this slug because I am pretty sure you know who you are. Also I hope you don’t forget what goes around comes around.

HUGS: Big, big, hugs to all who understand words can hurt and break people down. Whether it be constructively criticizing someone, think and choose words wisely.

Compliment often. No, this does not boost someone’s ego so big that their head floats from their bodies, but it does make people smile. So to those of you who have helped me through my rough patch from being cyberbullied to my unfortunate career changes, I thank you.

SLUGS: To the cab driver, who blamed me for almost hitting me.

I heard your nasal voice say something about “dark outfit,” trying to blame me for the close encounter, even though I was in an intersection, crossing the street illuminated by street lights, and had my arms held out wide since I saw you coming too fast. You impress no one

with your speed. Please remember that the streets are used by many others, and are not yours alone, to speed from fare to fare.

HUGS: To the owner of the pirate ship that has delighted my grandson for years. When its flag is flying he knows there are pirates in the area and we all have to look out for hidden treasure. But now look at it — crippled in the water. Benjamin is convinced it has been sunk by the Canadian navy. He cheers for the pirates and wants to see the ship proudly sailing again. I’m sure many Nelsonites wish for its revival too. Please. I’ll donate a bottle of rum and a wooden leg.

– Captain Hook’s Grandma SLUGS: In response to the no snow plowing in Kokanee Creek Park. As I am in the park on a regular basis I fully get why it is not plowed: because of household garbage filling the garbage cans and simply left at the overflowing cans, compost dumped in various areas and put down the outhouse toilets, dog feces everywhere (just lovely on the beach where children will play – nice), beverage cans thrown along the roads and trails, carcasses thrown over the bank on the glacier road, illegal firewood cutting, etc. Re: the dog poop. There is NO dog poop fairy. Pick it up.

This is a PARK, people! HUGS to all the responsible visitors to the park.

If you have a Hug or a Slug... we’d like to hear it. Simply email us at editor@nelsonstar.com with your short quips, compliments or complaints. Keep it tasteful and anonymous — no names of individuals, businesses, or places please. You can also drop by a written submission to our office at Suite B - 91 Baker St., Nelson BC, V1L 4G8

February 18, 2016 For the benefit of Kootenay Lake area residents, the following lake levels are provided by FortisBC as a public service.

Queen’s Bay:

Present level: 1742.15 ft.

7 day forecast: Holding.

2015 peak:1747.14 ft. / 2014 peak:1750.37 ft.

Nelson:

Present level: 1741.85 ft.

7 day forecast: Holding.

Levels can change unexpectedly due to weather or other conditions. For more information or to sign-up for unusual lake levels notifications by phone or email, visit www.fortisbc.com or call 1-866-436-7847.

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Public Notice of Open House Highway 3A South Slocan Overhead Project

The Ministry of Transportation and Infrastructure invites the public and stakeholders to attend an information session to preview plans and provide comments regarding the proposed design of the South Slocan Overhead Project on Highway 3A in South Slocan.

The proposed option is to remove the existing bridge over the rail line and replace it with fill to create a roadway. The project scope also includes several safety improvements to this section of Highway 3A. Ministry staff will be on hand to provide information and answer questions.

The drop-in open house is scheduled for the following date: Tuesday, March 1, 2016 4:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m.

Mount Sentinel Secondary School 1014 Playmor Road South Slocan, B.C.

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Letters The silent road to a false economy Supporters of the noise-pollution petition — unknowingly or not — are hurting the local business community by stating that motorcyclists do not contribute economically to an already fragile tourist infrastructure.

Chris Speers, President of the Ducati Users Club of Western Canada, injected this fact: ”DUCwc’s annual rally the Nelson/New MoTI Adin #1138 A - Open Denver/Kaslo area fairly small House Highwayis3A (80-plus riders) with respect to the total number of motorcyclists that Castlegar Newsevery year, but come into the valley Thursday, our little groupFeb. over18 one weekend Thursday, Feb. inputs approximately25 $100,000 into the local economy.”

Yes, that’sStar $100,000 from less Nelson thanFriday, a hundred riders.19There’s no February question theFebruary thousands Friday, 26 of riders who come here each summer contribute millions of dollars to the 255 lines regional economy. And those are (3dollars, columns x 85 lines)through “real” spent directly the tills — not the taxpayer dollars 4.3125” X apples 6.071”from a tree doled out like by the various granting agencies each year.

With the persistent windfall of grants, subsidies and government handouts, it’s apparent this valley is blindly riding the road to a false economy. Dollar for dollar — from a business perspective — motorcyclists, summer holiday dwellers … even part-time home owners, inject real cash into this valley. Denying or discouraging any tax-paying tourist access to our small towns is inviting economic disaster.

I suggest that money better spent would be the chamber or Columbia Basin Trust doing a non-partisan, factual assessment of the tourist dollars spent by motorcyclists in this area. Similar studies are regularly undertaken for other pursuits and tourist activities (skiing, boating, sledding, etc.) so what’s holding them back? Bias? A fear of the facts?

Riders purchase fuel, accommodation, food and entertainment — all necessities as they journey through our West Koot Route. Let’s not deflate this much-needed boost from the bikers.

Tamara Barkowsky New Denver

Give yourself a big green hug What makes the Nelson solar garden green? Did those buying solar panels expect this power would be greener than our own dam’s waterpower? Would we just let our water spill over the dam to be replaced by this “green” solar power?

Solar panels aren’t green until they return all the non-renewable energy required to make them. That can take years, especially in Nelson.

This isn’t Arizona. If solar power can avoid some non-renewable power being spent in a power plant somewhere, that could make solar power “green,” otherwise it’s just an undependable expensive feel good waste.

The only coal power in BC comes at night from Alberta. Those plants take days to shut down. BC buys

Friday, February 19, 2016 Nelson Star CONTINUED FROM A6 that power at night, saving our water. Alberta has announced all coal power will be gone by 2030.

Our solar garden can’t help there.

So just where is this Nelson solar power becoming “green”?

The solar garden is supposed to save us on purchasing extra power from Fortis. The engineer’s report shows the solar garden for December could make 868 kWh. We pay Fortis four cents per kilowatt hour, so the solar garden would save us $34.

Save? We resell that power for 10 cents per kWh, bringing $86, helping reduce our taxes. During high water from spring freshet through high summer lake levels our dam makes power to sell, up to 28GWh, equivalent to 700 solar gardens.

The engineer’s report shows the solar garden might make 7,500 kWh in July when BC Hydro buys 90 per cent of our extra power for 0.007 cents per kWh, if they buy any at all. July solar garden power could be worth $52. Unless all our extra water power were sold first, one could not attribute any solar power to getting to the grid to become “green” by saving some non-renewable fuel in some unknown power plant somewhere. That makes summer solar power, when almost all of it is made, worthless.

Is this clear? The solar garden saves $34 that otherwise would bring the city $86 and if sold we might get $52 in July for a $300,000 project and no greenhouse gas is saved.

When you drive by the first solar garden about to be constructed give yourself a big green hug. That will be the only thing green about it.

They are now selling solar panels for the second solar garden. Your power bill is going up 3.8 per cent this year. My pension went up 1.2 per cent.

I don’t know how many more of these solar gardens I can afford to have me save (?) money and make the planet “greener.” If you are a Nelson Hydro customer not in the city, you too are saving and making the planet “green.”

Norm Yanke Nelson

Series laid groundwork for heritage recognition Re: “Province recognizes Nelson’s Chinese heritage,” Feb. 12 Claus Schunke is certainly to be praised for his doggedness in getting Nelson’s Chinatown acknowledged as a BC historical landmark, a recognition long overdue.

I was proud to have perhaps laid the groundwork for Claus’ initiative when I was writing my Heritage Beat column for the Nelson Daily News, in which I authored 10 articles about the Chinese history of Nelson. Up to that time, very little had been written on the subject, as if the lingering racism of the 19th century was still persisting.

I remain grateful for the generous help and friendship of the Lawrence Mar and Cam Mah families in unearthing aspects of that history, including artifacts, that had previously been forgotten. I worked hard to be as accurate as possible in my historical writing, devoting

up to 20 hours of research for every column. So it won’t surprise you that I am a stickler for the facts when it comes to history.

Therefore, to say there were once 1,000 Chinese in Nelson is not entirely accurate. In my February 18, 2000 column, I wrote: “The Chinese community in the West Kootenay once boasted 600 members in Nelson and possibly another 300 between Trail, Castlegar, and Rossland.”

Even so, because they were considered an underclass, truly accurate population figures for the historical period are hard to come by. Thanks to the Star for running this important story.

Art Joyce New Denver

City engages in doublespeak on medical pot Re: “City beefs up business license bylaw,” Feb. 10 I read with interest what sounded like doublespeak by the mayor regarding medical marijuana dispensaries. On one hand they are “waiting” for the federal government to enact laws and have requested extensive consultation with the provinces and cities … yet somehow this new direction is “coming soon.” Not likely. The feds have bigger fish to fry and one might hope our city council and staff do too.

Further doublespeak is the trojan horse the city is gearing up to use in the meantime: the business licence. The dispensaries must have one, yet the city will not issue them one because the city is not certain they are legal operations. So, raise your hand and apply for a license, get denied and then get fined $150 then $300 then $500 (and the second day counts as the second fine, etc.)

The trojan horse of the by-law fines will do the job the ambiguous legal situation cannot: ruin the businesses financially and cause them to close down.On top of this the police are reported to feel that the dispensaries are not really a problem; they are not near schools, do not sell to minors and rather only to those of us who get a doctor’s note of need.

So, if it’s not a big police/public safety issue why all the fuss and time spent on this repeatedly by council and city staff? And in spite of the claim that the council is divided on this issue and the mayor is proud of the conversation the council is having, then it must be the city staff who are pushing for tougher by-laws to be used to run my clean, reliable source of medical marijuana out of town. I did not know that I live in such a reactionary community where a clearly useful medical product gets demonized so creatively. Naturally I can purchase pot on the street (for even less money) in any case, though for health reasons I use edibles rather then smoke. Perhaps street drugs of all kinds should be the focus of our city leaders and their staff.

Michael Donner Nelson

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Special Events The Civic Theatre presents a Golden Age of Hollywood-themed party before their screening of the Coen brothers’ new film Hail Caesar! on Saturday, March 5 at 6:45 p.m. The night will include drinks and catered sweet and savoury nibbles. There will also be live entertainment.

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Movies The Civic theatre presents Joy starting on Feb. 20. The title character is a founder and matriarch of a powerful family business.

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On Feb. 22 Kootenay Project Adventure presents a fundraiser for the visually impaired with a screening of Touch the Top of the World, an inspirational film about a blind mountaineer’s epic journey to climb Mount Everest. The film is at 5:30 p.m.

Finley’s brings blues, brews and BBQ The Capitol Theatre is Celebrating Music on Feb. 27 at 7:30 p.m with a showcase of music in different genres and styles.

Outstanding performances featuring a bevy of Nelson’s high caliber musical talent.

Playmor Junction, Barbershop Chorus, mushana, Gemma Luna, Syndey Black, Jesse Lee and many more special guests.

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The Capitol Theatre presents Liberation Days written by David van Belle March 3, 4, 5 at 8 p.m. and March 6 at 2 p.m. After years of terror and suffering under German occupation in World War II, the Netherlands has been liberated by Canadian forces. A Dutch woman and a Canadian soldier create a new world together as a community discovers

Local artist Neil Whiteoak has work on display at the Nelson Public Library until Feb. 28. Having graduated from L.V. Rogers in 2005, Whiteoak is a lover of nature and draws inspiration from the earth and being outdoors.

Eleven-year-old artist Amelia Drewitz is showing her art at the Kootenay Bakery until the end of February.

Artist Elaine Van Staalduinen’s work will be on display at the Nelson Public Library until the end of February. The exhibition features five beautifully render trees, including The Abandoned Almond, The Front Lawn Apple and The Twisted Chestnut Stump.

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Multimedia artist Sam Talbot-Kelly’s new exhibition at Oxygen Art Centre, Glamourie, is now up. Gallery hours throughout the exhibition are Wednesday to Saturday 1 to 5 p.m.

New artwork is being displayed by Rielle Oswald at the Kootenay Lake Gallery in Kaslo. It is called The Butterfly Show.

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Dryden Hunt named WHL player of the week Leafs defenceman Max Daerendinger works to keep up with Creston Valley’s offence.

Nelson’s Dryden Hunt has earned another honour for his tear through the WHL. The Moose Jaw Warriors forward was named the league’s player of the week Monday.

Hunt scored six goals and had three assists in three games for the Warriors.

Hunt, who was also the WHL’s player of the month for January, leads the league in goals with 45 and in points with 93 through 58 games.

The 20-year-old has 104 goals and 122 assists into his fifth WHL season.

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LEAFLETS Nelson’s injury ward is packed. D Dash Thompson (upper body), D Brendan Smith (upper body), F Eamonn Miller (upper body), F Blair Andrews (upper body) and D Aigne McGeady-Bruce (illness) were each out of the lineup Wednesday.

Riley Mager wins three bronze at AA championships Riley Mager has a little more weight around his neck this week.

The Kootenay Swim Club athlete won three bronze medals at the SwimBC AA Championships, which ran Feb. 12 to 14 in Penticton.

Mager finished third in the 400-metre individual medley, the 400 free and the 1,500 free.

The club sent four members to the meet. Brianne Mager earned several personal best times, Stevenson McCulloch finished with seven top-eight swims and Logan Blair earned AAA times in the 50 free.

The club finished 24th in points out of 47 clubs at the event.

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ADULT FINLEY’S CO-ED OPEN GP W L T GF 14 11 2 1 120 14 10 4 0 118 14 9 5 0 134 14 4 9 1 81 14 4 10 0 72 14 3 11 0 75

GA 66 86 101 88 127 132

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ADULT JACKSON’S HOLE MEN’S MASTERS TEAM GP W L T GF GA Bia Boro 14 12 1 1 99 51 Slocan 14 9 5 0 105 84 Abacus 14 7 7 0 86 72 Real Nelson 14 6 5 3 65 78 Red Dog 14 5 9 0 75 83 Jackson’s Hole 13 4 9 0 64 80 Ted Allen’s 13 2 9 2 52 98

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Ailing Leafs overwhelmed by Thunder Cats Nelson falls 4-0 as injury ward fills up TYLER HARPER Nelson Star

It was never going to be an easy game for Josh Williams.

The Nelson Leafs goaltender had to recover from knee surgery before making his first start in months Wednesday. Any thoughts of easing back into the game ended as soon as the puck dropped.

Williams stopped 23 shots as the Leafs fell 4-0 to the surging Creston Valley Thunder Cats who dominated possession for 60 minutes and looked like a team ready for a post-season run.

Williams, acquired by Nelson at the Jan. 10 trade deadline, said he felt rusty at the start of the game. Still he didn’t look like a goaltender coming off knee surgery. He made several great saves and deserved credit for keeping the game from becoming a blowout considering the majority of play was spent in front of his net.

“First period I was almost jumpy, kinda not really myself,” said Williams. “By the third period I calmed down, got my footwork back, reading the play a little bit better, see through screens a little bit better.”

Brock Lefebvre made just 15 saves for the shutout as the Leafs struggled to move the puck across the neutral zone, much less put any sustained pressure on the Thunder Cats goalie.

Logan Styler, James Severs, Thomas Jankovic and Carson Cartwright each scored for Creston Valley (32-14-4), which won its seventh game in a row and looked like a complete package on the ice.

As for the Leafs (20-28-2), who will face the Beaver Valley Nitehawks in Fruitvale

when the playoffs begin Tuesday, they’ll be happy to make it to Game 1 with a full roster intact.

Nelson played with five injured players off the roster. That number was essentially seven — Matt Sokol, who has an upperbody injury, suited up but spent the game watching from the bench. Zach Morey, meanwhile, took a hard shot off his left leg in the third period and needed to be helped off the ice.

That left the Leafs with just four defensemen on the ice for the final six minutes of the game.

“You just can’t compete in this league with a top team when you are down that many players,” said Nelson head coach Mario DiBella.

DiBella said he’s going to give Williams another start Friday for Nelson’s final regular season home game against the Spokane Braves. Regular starter Patrick Ostermann will likely get the nod for the season finale Sunday at Grand Forks.

“I thought Josh got off to a bit of a rocky start there in the first period,” said DiBella.

“I thought that he was great the rest of the way. The second period [he] was real solid.

He made some big saves. One save in particular in the second period he just robbed one of the Creston players.”

A questionable call led to Creston’s first goal. Max Daerendinger put a hard, but clean, hit on an opposing player but was called for interference. He was incensed with the ref and had to be held back by a linesman, which led to an unsportsmanlike conduct penalty.

“His head was down, I saw my chance,” said Daerendinger. “He was carrying the puck so I beared down and gave him the hit. That ref did not like the fact that that was such a big hit so he gave me interfer-

ence. I said a few words that shouldn’t have been said so he gave me two minutes for misconduct.

“So I regret saying those things but that should not have been a penalty.”

The Thunder Cats didn’t wait long to pounce. Only moments into the penalty Styler’s shot from the slot beat a screened Williams for the opening goal.

Daerendinger was made to regret his protest soon after. With the Leaf still in the box on the double minor, Severs banged in a close shot past Williams at a sharp angle for the 2-0 lead.

Nelson nearly got through the second unscathed despite plenty of Creston pressure until an odd bounce went against them with five minutes left in the period. Cankovic held the puck at the side of the net and took a soft shot. It bounced off Williams’ back and the netminder spun to make the save, to no avail.

The Thunder Cats continued to press.

Alec Wilkinson fed Cartwright with less than a minute left in the period and the Creston forward ripped a one-timer over Williams’ left shoulder to move Nelson’s deficit to four goals heading into the second intermission.

Daerendinger said he felt the Leafs left Williams out to dry.

“Josh played huge. Especially since this is first game back … He had a couple comments about his goals but I don’t think we can blame anything on him. We needed to be there to support him as much as we could and I don’t think we were.”

The third period was nearly uneventful, which would have suited the Leafs just fine, until Morey went to the ice. Play continued at the other end as Morey stayed down, and the whistle only came after the Leafs and crowd began to howl at the officiating crew.

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Nelson skaters compete at regional championships SUBMITTED Black Press

The Nelson Skating Club sent 15 figure skaters to compete at the Kootenay Regional Championships, held in Fruitvale and hosted by the Beaver Valley Skating Club last weekend. Coaches Sarah Gower and Yoshie Measures launched the skaters during the test and competition events.

The weekend kicked off with a high level test day where skaters tested dances, skills, free skate and interpretive. Of note, Isabella Kroker Kimber and Mallory Pinske passed their senior bronze skills tests, while Charly DeFouw passed her junior silver free skate part 1 and a gold level dance, the Argentine tango. Isabella Kroker Kimber also passed the rocker

foxtrot dance.

Result highlights from the competition included a gold medal for Charly DeFouw in the junior silver women free skate, meaning that she is now the region champion in this event. In STAR girls O13 group 2, Kroker Kimber took home a silver medal while Hannah Corven placed fourth and Mallory Pinske fifth in group 1. Naomi Lee placed fifth in the competitive STAR 4 U13 category.

In STAR 2, Cameron Boyes received a merit rating, while Daria LeBleu received a bronze rating. Hannah McClure skated an excellent program to receive a gold rating in STAR 2. STAR 3 saw a silver rating for Brianne Morris and bronze ratings for Courtney Donaldson and Ella Wilkinson.

The Nelson skaters shone in the elements events, with Ella Wilkinson winning the silver medal in intro elements, group 2. In intro elements group 3, McClure won gold, Courtney Donaldson silver and Brianne Morris tied for third place. In elements 1, group 1, Naomi Lee took home the silver medal, in elements 1 group 2, Kroker Kimber placed fifth and Hannah Corven sixth, and in Elements 3, DeFouw also won the silver medal.

McClure won a gold medal in the junior bronze dance solo while Pinske placed fourth in the senior bronze dance solo.

In the interpretive events, Corven received a gold rating for her entertaining introductory interpretive Big Spender number. Kroker Kimber and

Pinske received silver ratings in the same category, skating to Coldplay and Adele respectively.

In the introductory interpretive event, Morris received a silver rating for her first interpretive program. DeFouw placed fourth in the silver interpretive level, skating to Stronger by Christina Aguilera.

The final day of skating saw the STAR 1 level skaters putting forward their best efforts in the evaluated STAR 1 event.

Ceili Kooznetsoff was awarded a gold rating, while Molly Anderson, Raisa Nazaroff and Makayla Pickering all received silver ratings and their seasons’ best results. The Nelson Skating Club is very proud of its skaters’ hard work and achievements. Congratulations to all the skaters.

Local gymnast qualifies for BC Winter Games Twelve gymnasts from the Kootenays competed in the Zone 1 BC Winter Games Trials Feb. 9 in Cranbrook. Vying for one of the five zone team spots, Brianne Stefani, 11, performed near flawless routines on all four events, taking first on the team by almost a full point. “Brianne worked very hard preparing and perfecting her skills for the trials,” said Glacier Gymnastics head coach Sandra Long. The level of gymnastics at the BC Winter Games is very high and Stefani will be competing against gymnasts who train four to eight hours more per week.

Long says Stefani is up for the challenge.

“Brianne is dedicated to doing her best at the Games. She is an accomplished gymnast and has a very good chance to come home to Nelson with one or two medals.” The BC Winter Games takes place in Penticton Feb. 26 to 28.

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Clockwise from top left: Ceili Kooznetsoff, Makayla Pickering (back) and Molly Anderson (front); Raisa Nazaroff and Molly Anderson earned STAR 1 silver ratings; Charly DeFouw won a gold medal to become the junior silver women Kootenay champion; medal winners in introductory elements were Brianne Morris, bronze; Brian Chan (Rossland), bronze, Hannah McClure, gold, and Courtney Donaldson, silver; particiapnts in introductory interpretive included Hannah Corven, Mallory Pinske, and Isabella Kroker Kimber; Pinkse and Naomi Lee are seen with rainbow unicorm mascots that were thrown on the ice after each Nelson Submitted photos skater’s performance.

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Big medal haul for local track athletes SUBMITTED Black Press

Nelson’s Kootenay Chaos Track and Field Club competed at the Van Ryswyk indoor meet in Kamloops this past weekend and proved that hard work does pay off.

Danny Burgel, Kieren Dehnel, Mitchell and Matti Erickson, and Avie Waterfall finished the two-day meet with a total of 29 medals: 16 gold, nine silver and four bronze. New meet records were set, starting with Dehnel Friday evening in the 2,000 meter run.

In his first event at his first-ever track meet, Dehnel let all his nervous energy flow, maintaining a blistering pace start to finish.

He crossed the finish line in just under seven minutes, breaking the existing meet record by over one minute. Dehnel finished the weekend with one gold, two silver and three bronze medals. Matti Erickson set age group meet records in the 200, 300, 800 and 1,200 meter runs as well as the 60 meter hurdles.

He took home five gold, three silver and one bronze.

Both Mitchell Erickson and Waterfall contributed significantly to the team’s medal count. Mitchell, the junior member of the team at age ten, received seven medals, six gold and one silver. Waterfall also came home with a total of seven medals: four gold and three silver. Both were particularly dominant in the middle distance runs, 300 to 1,200 meters, as the whole team has focused on speed-endurance training over the past several months.

Burgel, also in his first-ever meet, showed true determination, with a respectable finish in the 60m run and a bronze medal in the 400m despite sustaining a soft tissue injury during warm-up earlier in the day.

The Kootenay Chaos track team is coached by former national team coach Alex Ulaszonek. Outdoor practises will start after spring break at Lakeside field. New members are encouraged and welcome.

Top to Bottom: Avie Waterfell leads the 800 meter run while Kieren Dehnel and Matti Erickson (bib 835) start the 1,200 meter run.

Matti Erickson dong the 60 meter hurdles.

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Students presented their idea of staging a 24-hour sit-in at the school on Feb. 29 to principal Tim Huttemann on Wednesday afternoon. The three representatives of the student body were (L-R) Star columnist Gillian Wiley, Will Johnson photo Sage Cowan and Quinn Barron.

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media, that would be great,” she said.

They’re planning appearances from speakers, workshops and events intended to educate the school population.

“We want it to be more than one day of demonstration. We want to build on this to create more sustainability in our school and to create more green initiatives. Overall the value is we’re going to be educating ourselves, the other kids, and there’s nothing more important than that,”

said Wiley.

Huttemann was enthusiastic about the idea. His first question: “We can help by?”

“Media attention is wanted but that’s not our main focus,” said Wiley. “We want to educate ourselves and the people around us.”

Cowan said many youth aren’t “educated enough on this issue, even though this is the most important issue of our time.”

“I think this is an amazing idea because kids are showing leadership,” Huttemann said, after approving the plan. “It will present challenges, like we’ll need to tell

our custodians there will be students in the halls for 24 hours, but we already told them we’d support them in creating a logo and getting some t-shirts made.”

Similar initiatives are developing across the Kootenay Lake school district, including at Mount Sentinel.

“Everyone’s been talking about the new government and how exciting it is,” Huttemann said.

“Now it’s time to hold them accountable, and these students are going to be holding the government’s feet to the fire — which I think is so cool.”

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Capitol fundraiser offers A Celebration of Music SUBMITTED Black Press

“There’s just something about Nelson that’s worth celebrating!”

These words hung in the air as the Capitol Theatre fundraising committee imagined this year’s Capitol Theatre fundraising event.

On Feb. 27 at 7:30 p.m., the Capitol Theatre will proudly present A Celebration of Music, a showcase of performances to celebrate music in all its diversity from vocal to instrumentation, from guitars to drums, from solo cello to big band ensemble, an evening of music to appeal to everyone’s taste and an intimate and diverse showcase of musical performances from our incredibly talented community.

“If you were to judge Nelson’s size based on its quantity and diversity of musical acts alone, we would be a metropolis,” said Roger Ley, board member and host for the evening. “For this event, we’ve had so much interest from performers we could easily have filled three nights.”

Performances include solo and duo acts featuring Jesse Lee, Gemma Luna, Tibo Kolmel, Sydney Galbraith-Black, Paul Prappras, Darren Fluss, Amy Cheon and Austin, and ensemble performances, Playmor Junction, Mushana Marimba Band, Heritage Harmony Barbershop Chorus, a local Orkestar, and even a performance or two from the Capitol’s

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Sydney Black (left), seen here performing in Chicago in 2014, and cellist Tibo Kölmel (right), will be among the performers at the upcoming Capitol Will Johnson photo/Nelson Star file photo Theatre fundraiser. own board members.

As well as musicians, Nelson is home to a few auctioneers. Earl Hamilton will be on hand to auction off a romantic hotel and spa package from the Hume Hotel and Spa, an original painting by Carol Reynolds and a chance to learn some aerial skills at Discover Circus and more. There will be ticket sales for musically themed baskets items donated by local merchants and much more.

Over 27 years of operation, the Capitol Theatre has devel-

oped three principal fundraising events: the annual Sing-a-long, the season opener; one spring event such as the LipSync or this year’s Celebration of Music; and the Christmas Pantomime. These events have offered opportunities for community members, youth and their families to produce unforgettable local performances and support the theatre in its operations. Come along next week for this not-to-be-missed special event and support your local theatre. Now that’s worth celebrating!

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Lucas Myers is remounting his children’s show Captain Future Saves the Word at the Capitol Theatre at 2 p.m.

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Myers revisits Captain Future Intrepid time traveler takes children on a tour through the history of language and communication WILL JOHNSON Nelson Star

If you go to see Lucas Myers’ Captain Future Saves the Word at the Capitol Theatre this weekend, there’s a chance you’ll get to be a part of the play.

“I ask the kids: ‘What’s your favourite food, favourite clothing?

What’s one of the most horrible things that happened to you?’”

Myers told the Star.

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es and incorporates them into his literary-themed onstage adventure.

“So I’ll say ‘love is like …’ and then choose one of the responses: PIZZA!” And the kids go crazy for it.

“They come up to me afterwards and just can’t believe something they wrote down was suddenly instrumental in the actual show.

It gives them an incredible sense of ownership. They are so jazzed.”

Future debuted last year as a literacy-themed comedy aimed at youngsters, but Myers said it’s evolved slightly since then. The original conceit — travelling through history to see the evolution of communication — remains intact, but his character has been tweaked a little.

“Instead of being an instructor, Captain Future is more like one of

the kids. I realized that he doesn’t read or write because he’s from the future. So instead of him teaching, it starts with him asking ‘What’s so important about reading and writing? What do you use it for?’”

And that’s when he realizes he has a time machine. The following adventure involves two puppets, a rap and will showcase Myers’ skills with a ukulele. And along the way you’ll learn all kinds of stuff.

“Did you know the letter U didn’t exist until the 1800s? It was always a V.” Myers hopes to use this as a companion piece to his touring solo show Campground, which had three sold-out performances in Nelson.

The Capitol performance of Captain Future is on Sunday at 2 p.m.

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Hamlin: A New Fable AXIS Theatre Company A comedic, heart tugging musical take on “The Pied Piper of Hamelin” Sunday, April 10 at 2:00pm

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Swanson quartet wows school kids and St. Saviour’s As part of the Selkirk Pro Musica series local musicians performed at Blewett school before church concert WILL JOHNSON Nelson Star

The Clinton Swanson Quartet — which consists of Swanson on saxophone, Doug Stephenson on guitar, Don Clark on trumpet and Rob Fahie on bass — performed at Blewett school and did a concert at St. Saviour’s as part of the Selkirk Pro Musica series.

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Wine jargon can be overwhelming; let me clarify a few wine terms you may be wondering about.

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TANNINS Tannins are found in the seeds, skin and stems of the grape. Since red wine has the most contact with these parts, red wines have the most tannins. On occasion you will have a white wine with tannins from barrel aging. This will come through as vanilla flavours in the wine.

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Selkirk Pro Musica organizer Elizabeth Cunningham can barely contain herself when talking about the recent pair of “fabulous” concerts put on by the Clinton Swanson Quartet.

“About 150 grade three to five students from Blewett and Rosemont Elementary schools enjoyed snapping their fingers and tapping their toes to the jazzy rhythms and beat,” Cunningham told the Star.

“Trumpet player Donnie Clark was especially stellar and brought out the best in everyone,” she said. “The musicians had a lively rapport with the students at Blewett School and the kids asked many interesting questions.

“Nobody was able to sit completely still as the music filled the gym.”

Students were interested to learn the four musicians all started playing their instruments at approximately the same age the students are now.

That evening the quartet appeared before a packed house at St. Saviour’s Anglican church. The group played original compositions along with favourites

by John Coltrane, John Lewis and Charlie Parker.

The Selkirk Pro Musica series pairs touring musicians with local schools. Swanson’s quartet consisted of him on saxophone, Clark on trumpet, Doug Stephenson on guitar and Rob Fahie on bass.

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Tannins are bitter and astringent. It is the astringency that gives the tell tale sign of a tannic wine by drying out your mouth.

Tannins provide important structure for red wines and will often soften with age.

When pairing a tannic wine with food, look for a piece of beef. On it’s own, the wine may taste tannic but when accompanied with red meat the astringency will scrape that fatty taste away and allow you to enjoy the full flavor of your meat.

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Fiction writer performs for council Nelson fiction writer and Star reporter Will Johnson read from his short story “Animals Don’t Have Souls,” an excerpt from his forthcoming novel This is how you talk to strangers, for city council on Monday night. Pictured from left are councillors Anna Purcell and Robin Cherbo and Mayor Deb Kozak. At its monthly committee of the whole meeting, council always opens with a short cultural presentation by a Nelson artist. Past presenters have included writers, singers, musicians, actors, dancers and craftspeople.

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BODY The term body describes how the wine feels in your mouth. Alcohol can be a good indicator for this since it is alcohol that gives wine viscosity. Often when a wine has more alcohol in it (over 13.5%) it will feel thick in our mouth, we describe this as full body. A lighter wine (under 12.5%) will have a more delicate feel in our mouth that can be described as light body.

Those that fall in between are medium bodied wines.

ACIDITY Acidity is extremely important in wine. It adds a sharpness or crispness to your wine and is easily detected by the mouthwatering sensation you will receive.

Acidity is also needed to balance out the residual sugar, making a sweet wine seem less sweet and a dry wine more vibrant. In the aging of wine acidity is important because it acts as a preservative, keeping the wine fresh for a longer period of time.

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Nelson poet Jane Byers spent some time discussing poetry with students on Thursday morning, and invited them to open their minds to the possibilities of language.

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Why do they call it a sandwich?

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“Did anyone bring a sandwich for lunch today?” Nelson poet Jane Byers asked the South Nelson Grade 4/5 class on Thursday morning.

“What’s sandwich? How did that word start? For a piece of bread with something in between? Think

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think about all the things you know about that word that you’ve written down — and no checking the Internet or anything like that. I want you write down all the things that are in your brain about that word.”

The students then got to work, while she went from desk to desk checking on their progress.

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Penguin tales and other freedoms

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Next week is Freedom to Read Week, an annual awareness campaign that asks us to consider what it means to have unfettered access to books. Nobody wants to be told what to write or, by extension, what to read. You might expect this in countries hobbled by dictatorships or religious regimes. We don’t think of this as happening here, where we understand ourselves as smart enough to decide for ourselves, thanks very much.

And yet it does, all the time. Canadian writers whose works have been challenged for their right to be read include (but are not limited to) Margaret Lawrence’s A Jest of God, W.P Kinsella’s Dance Me Outside, Mordechai Richler’s The Apprenticeship of Duddy Kravitz, The Handmaid’s Tale by Margaret Atwood, and The Wars

by Timothy Findley for reasons of extra-marital sex, vulgar language, homosexuality, and the potential for misunderstood irony.

Add to this list children’s books from Kevin Major’s Hold Fast to Lois Lowry’s The Giver and you’ll see that there are those who would tell

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And Tango Makes Three is a children’s book about same-sex relationships. It has won awards — and been removed from libraries.

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n the picture book And Tango Makes Three, two adult penguins raise a young’un from egg to fluffball, and presumably onward to be a happy, productive adult.

The parenting penguins are both male. After the book’s 2005 release, all was well in bookville — until it wasn’t.

The book is based on the true story of two male chinstrap penguins in New York’s Central Park Zoo who were given an egg to raise — Tango — which in my opinion an insightful, forwardthinking thing for park officials to do, since Roy and Silo were clearly in love and were trying to hatch a rock in their nest.

Authors Peter Parnell and Justin Richardson, and illustrator Henry Cole, were probably baffled — but possibly not surprised — when the would-be book-banners began. Here in Canada, one parent in Calgary objected to its presence in a Catholic School library, and the library removed it.

The book had already won several awards by this time. As Richardson told the New York Times, “We wrote the book to help parents teach children about same-sex parent families. It’s no more an argument in favour of human gay relationships than it is a call for children to swallow their fish whole or sleep on rocks.” (As penguins also do, of course.)

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all of us what all of our kids should be reading, not just their own.

Sometimes the objections come with their own political agenda. According to the Freedom to Read website (freedomtoread.ca), an official of the woodworkers’ trade union asked for the removal of this children’s environmental picture book Who’s in Maxine’s Tree?

by Diane Leger from elementary school libraries in Sechelt. He said the book promoted an antilogging viewpoint. (The school board rejected his request.)

Local author Ann Alma, after winning a children’s book award, was asked not to read from her novel Something to Tell on the tour. The book deals with a sensitive subject: inappropriate touching. Alma did read from the book, and parents and teachers thanked her for opening up the subject for discussion.

Having freedom to read is all about having the discussion. Because if you can’t discuss the things you read with your kids or your parents or your peers, how do you broaden your views, develop informed opinions,

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So here’s to Silo and Roy and their loving parenting, which spawned a book which spawned discussion and, hopefully, tolerance. And Tango Makes Three and every other book mentioned in this column are available on our shelves.

Anne DeGrace is the adult services coordinator at the Nelson Public Library. Check This Out runs every other week. For more information go to nelsonlibrary.ca.

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Space for Lease The Nelson Star has moved and our Hall Street office space is available for lease. The space is 1200 square feet and includes two parking spots. This would make a great location for any number of business, including as a professional office or retail boutique store. It is located on the corner of Hall Street and Herridge Lane. This is a very busy location in the downtown core, especially now that the Hall Street construction has been completed.

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arts, culture & heritage funding Columbia Kootenay Cultural Alliance, in partnership with Columbia Basin Trust, invites individuals of all artistic disciplines and arts, culture and heritage groups in the Columbia Basin to apply for project funding.

Program brochures and application forms are available online at www.basinculture.com.

Deadline for applications is March 4, 2016, or March 18, 2016, depending on the program.

Administered and managed by: Columbia Kootenay Cultural Alliance P.O. Box 103, Nelson, BC, V1L 5P7.

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Community chips in for food cupboard

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The Nelson Food Cupboard has been serving record numbers of people at its food bank this winter. Donations from community members keep the shelves stocked with fresh produce, dry goods and fresh protein sources. Nelson Food Cupboard staff recently accepted donations from the Knights of Columbus (pictured at left with co-ordinator Marya Skrypicjazko) and local forestry consulting companies, Timberland Consulting and Sitkum Consulting (pictured at right with garden manager Kim Charlesworth).

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Perspectives on Faith and Culture

Nelson Christian Science Society A Branch of the Mother Church in Boston MA

Sunday Service in Balfour

9:30 am at the Anglican Church on Busk Rd. For information 250-229-5237

BEYOND “Do nothing out of selfishness or out of vainglory” (Philippians 2:3).

The desire to rise above the ordinary is embedded in nature. A grain of wheat, buried in the ground, attains life. It awakens to behold the sky, eager to bear many grains (cf. John 12: 24).

Humans, who share in this lofty appetite, begin with the gentlest of steps. They rehearse their movements, often with great difficulty and pain, until they happily move on to less stressful challenge.

But not all humans move the same. Some are more agile than others. While some can move with ease, there are those who struggle in deficient, wanting and vulnerable situations.

This sense of weakness is something humans can overcome together. The image of one person helping another person remains a beautiful sign.

This sign continues to inspire everyone with a good heart to treat others with respect, to care for the weak, to foster community, solidarity, fellowship or family.

---Conrado B. Beloso, Rector Cathedral of Mary Immaculate

Unity Centre of the Kootenays Speaker: Michael Dailly Topic: “Unitarianism – What’s It All About” 717 Vernon St. Sunday at 11 a.m.

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

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St. Saviour's Anglican Church 701 Ward St. at Silica St., Nelson Eucharist and Children's Program

Every Sunday 10:30 a.m.

St. Saviour’s Food Pantry Open Every Friday 9 - 11 a.m.

St. Michael & All Angels Sunday Service 11:30 a.m.

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

Kootenay Christian Fellowship Join us for our Worship Celebration Sundays @ 10:30am • Developing Relationships • Music that will move you • Helping People ~ Help People Pastor Jim Reimer

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Nelson United Church Sunday Worship Gathering 10:00 am Minister: David Boyd All are Welcome

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“Climate Teach-In Post-Paris” 7 pm on February 24th at Nelson United Church All children welcome for Sunday School and Nursery Room available

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BUSINESS EXCELLENCE Awards Nominations

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hese awards recognize businesses and business leaders in Nelson and Area that have achieved excellence in the community through their efforts and initiatives. The recipients are business people that display a sustained commitment to positive business development, economic growth, as well as community support initiatives. Voting will take place through promotional inserts in the Nelson Star, www.Nelsonstar.com as well as through the Chamber of Commerce membership, and at www.discovernelson.com Winners will be announced March 31st at the Chamber AGM.

BUSINESS OF THE YEAR

HOSPITALITY TOURISM AWARD

The business stands out among peers in the business community as a leading organization both in its approach to business and in service to the community. The businesses should demonstrate true business excellence in overall operations, including customer service, employee relations, marketing, innovation, innovation and community contribution.

All hospitality tourism businesses or organizations within the NDCC catchment area are eligible. This business has consistently delivered a top quality product or service that has enhanced the tourism or hospitality sector in Nelson and area. May promote or host an event that encourages visitors to use Nelson and area as a destination.

• Must have been in operation at least two years • Ex: Festival, Restaurant-Food and Beverage, Accommodator, Hospitality-Tourism Stakeholder

The BUSINESS OF THE YEAR should have demonstrated a high level of success through: • Customer service • Growth and profitability • Sales and marketing • Strategic and tactical planning • Employee satisfaction • Community supporter • Must have been in business for at least two years

PROFESSIONAL SERVICE EXCELLENCE AWARD A Nelson and Area business that provides services to its clients. The recipient demonstrates a consistent adherence to the highest quality service and support for their clients • Must have been in business at least two years • Must demonstrate an exemplary level of professional service • Must demonstrate a strong and consistent client base • Ex: lawyers, doctors, dentists, Realtors, business consultants, hairdressers etc.

RETAILER EXCELLENCE AWARD A Nelson and Area business that is proactive to market trends. Carries a variety of products, and is willing to stand behind those products. The business will have established a strong relationship with its customers and staff, and provides exceptional customer service.

• Must have been in business for at least two years • Must demonstrate a passion for their business • Ex: Home Décor, Building supplies, Grocery, Specialty products, Fashion, Electronics etc

Nomination forms can be dropped off at: Nelson and District Chamber of Commerce Suite B, 91 Baker Street For more information call 250-352-3433

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Submission deadline: Friday, March 4, 2016

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Glynn Woodburn It is with profound sadness that Meaghan and Bronwyn announce the passing of their mother, Glynn, on February 12, 2016. She was blessed with 59 years of life. Glynn embodied the virtues of faith, hope, and charity. Her quiet wisdom and compassionate caring will be greatly missed.

Glynn loved the outdoors. Whether she was riding her bike or working in the yard, she was happiest out in the sunshine.

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Most important and cherished was her family. She is survived by her daughters Meaghan Dallas Woodburn and Jane Bronwyn Woodburn Krause; her mother Audrey Woodburn and her brother Christopher Woodburn and his wife Linda.

She is predeceased by her father Dallas Woodburn.

Sincere thanks to Doctors Germain, Baribeau, and Wickstrom, as well as the staff at the Sindi Ahluwalia Hawkins Centre for the Southern Interior, and the Central Okanagan Hospice House.

Jan. 17, 1930 – Feb. 23, 2006

At Glynn’s request, cremation has taken place. A service with the family will be arranged for spring time. Jordan Wren of Alternatives Funeral and Cremation Services™ has been entrusted with the arrangements. You are invited to leave a personal message of condolence.

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Ten years have passed since that say day, When the one we loved was called away.

God took him home; it was His will, But in our hearts, he lives still.

Always missed & never forgotten The Derhousoff, Nazaroff & Tucker Families

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I am I and you are you.

Laugh as we always laughed.

Play, smile, think of me.

All is well.”

- Henry Scott Holland

To laugh often and much; To win the respect of intelligent people And the affection of children; To earn the appreciation of honest critics and endure the betrayal of false friends; To appreciate beauty, to find the best in others; To leave the world a bit better, whether by a healthy child, A garden patch or a redeemed social condition; To know even one life has breathed easier because you have lived.

This is to have succeeded.

Billie Joan Shields, 64, of Nelson, BC passed away on February 12, 2016 surrounded by her son and daughter after a short very courageous battle with cancer.

Billie was a free and loving spirit. She touched the lives of many through quiet, random acts of kindness. Billie was drawn to love the unlovable and thrived when given the challenge to transform a derelict space or garden into something beautiful. As an avid gardener she has beautified the yards of the many rental homes she lived in over her 30 years in Nelson. Every winter she would anxiously wait for the spring to arrive and at the first glimmer of winter breaking she would start working in the garden and searching signs of life.

Billie has requested no funeral or memorial service.

To honor her memory, we ask that you welcome and celebrate the arrival of spring, and remember her spirit as you marvel in the blooming of the crocuses, tulips, daffodils and lilacs.

When great souls die, the air around us becomes light, rare, sterile. We breathe, briefly.

Our eyes, briefly, see with a hurtful clarity.

Our memory, suddenly sharpened, examines, gnaws on kind words unsaid, Promised walks never taken.

Great souls die and our reality, bound to them, takes leave of us.

Our souls, dependant upon their nurture, now shrink, wizened.

Our minds, formed and informed by their radiance, fall away.

We are not so much maddened as reduced to the unutterable ignorance of dark, cold caves.

And when great souls die, after a period peace blooms, slowly and always irregularly.

Spaces fill with a kind of soothing electric vibration.

Our senses, restored, never to be the same, whisper to us.

They existed. They existed. We can be. Be and be better.

For they existed.

The eyes have it Fetch a Friend from the SPCA today! spca.bc.ca

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In Loving Memory

George A. Lane George A. Lane passed away peacefully on February 9, 2016 at the age of 86.

Funeral services will be held on Saturday, February 20th at 11:00 am at Thompson Funeral Home Chapel, 613 Ward Street.

Reception to follow at the Eagles Hall.

The Lane family would like to thank the staff at Talirico Place for the care they provided for our dad.

Also thanks to all for the many kind words and support we have received.

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Zellstoff Celgar Limited Partnership Community Futures is offering the following workshops at its training centre in Nelson:

Intermediate Accountant (Permanent)

Feb 26: Mobile Apps for Small Business Mar 1 & 2: Building a Website w/ Wordpress Mar 3: Facebook AdverƟsing Mar 4 & 11: DIY Videos for Social Media Mar 9: Tax Returns for Sole Proprietors Mar 23: Me Inc. (how to start a business) - Free!

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Zellstoff Celgar Limited Partnership is North America’s newest and largest single line sustainable softwood kraft pulp mill located in the West Kootenay region of B.C. Celgar is part of Mercer International, which also owns and operates two world class softwood mills in Germany. All three mills continue to invest in their core assets and investigate new revenue streams in the emerging bio-economy to further improve their long term viability. We offer a competitive salary and benefits package, excellent growth opportunity and relocation assistance.

Reporting to the Controller, the ideal candidate is comfortable in a leadership position where they will:

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Advertising Sales Consultant The Peace Arch News has an opening for an advertising consultant.

By joining White Rock / South Surrey's number one community print and online newspaper, you can develop a rewarding career in advertising and marketing while contributing to one of the Lower Mainland's most vibrant communities. The team environment at the Peace Arch News will inspire you to the highest level of customer partnership and reward your motivated approach to excellence.

You should be a strong communicator, well organized, self motivated and enjoy working in a fast-pace environment. Previous media sales experience is preferred. A car and a valid driver's license are required.

The Peace Arch News is part of Black Press, Canada's largest private independent newspaper company with more than 170 community, daily and urban newspapers in BC, Alberta, Washington, Ohio, California and Hawaii.

Please send your resume with cover letter by Friday, March 11, 2016 to: Steve Scott - Ad Manager Peace Arch News #200 - 2411 - 160th St., Surrey, BC V3S 0C8 or email to steve.scott@peacearchnews.com

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•Contribute to the successful daily operation of the accounting department •Provide cash management; accurate and timely cash forecasting; debt management •Provide, analyze, and interpret information for Mill Managers •Contribute to the preparation of our financial statements •Reconcile various GL accounts, record accruals, and prepare journal entries for financial statements The ideal candidate will possess: •A professional accounting designation, or nearing completion of designation •3 – 5 years senior accounting experience •Multi-currency experience •Excellent verbal and written communication skills and demonstrated Microsoft Office abilities If you want to know more about Zellstoff Celgar please go to www.mercerint.com.

To apply for this position please submit your resume by Monday, February 22, 2016 via email to: phyllisp@celgar.com When applying, please quote reference id: 201602 We thank all applicants for their interest, but only those whose candidacy best suits our needs will be contacted.

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Selkirk Collegeâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s School of Industry and Trades Training has an immediate need for an instructor to teach in the Metal Fabricator Apprenticeship program. This is a non-regular, full-time position commencing approximately March 14, 2016 and ending May 3, 2016 with two weeks of course preparation, classes start Tuesday, March 29, 2016. Interested and qualified applicants are invited to email their resume (along with cover letter, work references and supporting documentation/diplomas) no later than 4:00 pm on February 25 to postings@selkirk.ca. For more information on the posting visit careers at selkirk.ca

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Looking to Rent We are an Australian/Danish couple in our late twenties looking for an apartment or room to rent in Nelson. We both have full time employment. We previously lived in Australia where we have just built our house, so if you need a hand renovation, we can be helpful!

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School District No. 20 (Kootenay-Columbia) The School District is seeking applications from qualified persons for the following positions: Heavy Duty Mechanic (Regular): â&#x20AC;˘ Certificate of Qualification in the trade with inter-provincial endorsement (red seal) or red seal certification in related field with experience in heavy duty mechanics. â&#x20AC;˘ Proven experience and demonstrated skills in the techniques, tools, equipment and safety precautions pertaining to the maintenance of service vans, trucks, grounds keeping equipment, heavy mobile equipment, and buses; â&#x20AC;˘ Valid BC Class 2 driverâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s license with air brake endorsement â&#x20AC;˘ Rate of Pay: $31.45/hr plus benefits Journeyman Carpenter (Temporary): â&#x20AC;˘ Certificate of Qualification in the trade with interprovincial endorsement â&#x20AC;˘ Knowledge in Building Codes â&#x20AC;˘ Ability to read blueprints â&#x20AC;˘ Valid Class 5 driverâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s license â&#x20AC;˘ Temporary from March 7, 2016 to May 31, 2016 with possibility of extension â&#x20AC;˘ Rate of Pay: $31.45/hr + 13.4% in lieu of benefits For full position details including qualifications and how to apply please refer to the Careers with SD20 section of our website at www.sd20.bc.ca.

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Seedy Saturday

Date: Saturday March 12th 2016 Time: 10am-2pm

LOCATION: Nelson & District Chamber of Commerce and Visitor Centre in The Railtown District, 91 Baker St. HOST: SEEDS 2016 GARDEN SUPPLY PARTNER: Ellison’s Garden Centre SPONSORS: Nelson and District Chamber of Commerce, Nelson Star ADMISSION: $2 suggested donation (under 18yrs. and SEEDS Members no charge)

Chess enthusiasts chase checkmate South Nelson Elementary’s Damien Verishine (left) considers his options during a tense game of chess against Harlow Nield on Wednesday morning. A number of boards were set up in the hallway, with youngsters grappling back and forth for strategic domination.

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FEATURING: Seed Vendors Supply and Tool Vendors Info Sessions with Q & A Information Booths Plenty of access and parking Door Prizes Hands on activities for all ages I’m A Gardener photo booth And so much more!

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Majors Land at Nelson Commons Unlike many of Nelson Commons’ future residents, Paul and Mary Major will be upsizing rather than downsizing. That’s because they’ve spent the better part of the last ten years cruising the South Pacific in a 40’ catamaran named Bella Via. Though they are quick to point out that a catamaran is way more spacious than a “monohull” of the same length, their new two-bedroom home in Nelson Commons will still be considerably larger than their boat.

Like most people, the Majors are looking forward to the downtown location of Nelson Commons and the fact that everything is nearby. Paul is keen to “ski, play and sail” around the Kootenays and is attracted to the low-to-no maintenance involved with Nelson Commons. Perhaps you’ve seen him up at Lion’s Park this winter—he’s the “iceman” and has been busy trying to keep the ice rink icy by round-the-clock watering.

Mary loves to walk and admits to not being a great gardener: “I’d start a garden and be gone for a month camping or sailing.

When I came back, the garden would be gone.” The Commons’ “occasional gardener” approach works for her.

For the Majors, a big part of the appeal of Nelson, and living downtown,

is proximity to family. They have a son, daughter-in-law and two young grandsons who also call Nelson home. In fact, because their grandsons’ Tumbleweeds gym is so close to the Nelson Commons site, the eldest has been able to watch his grandparents’ future home take shape--diggers, dump trucks, cranes and all!

Paul and Mary Major

If you’ve met any of the people who’ll be living downtown in Nelson Commons when the doors open in a few months, you’ve likely noticed some common characteristics. Everyone seems to be active physically and within the community, they are keen to be downtown and keep things simple with where and how they live, and they’re all really looking forward to moving day.

Although all the 3-bedroom spaces have sold out, one 1-bedroom unit, and 2-bedroom units on all three residential floors, are still available. Some great commercial spaces are also remain for sale or lease. Visit the sales office at the corner of Hendryx and Baker Streets, hours: Wednesday – Friday, 12 – 4. Call 250 352 5847 to make an appointment and/or go to www.nelsoncommons.ca for more information.

Bella Via under sail between Tonga and Fiji

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WHITEWATER 4th Annual Slopes for Hope Whitewater Saturday March 5, 2016 at Whitewater Ski Resort and Nelson Nordic Ski Club

Can you ski the height of Mt. Everest? We are inviting snowboarders, alpine and, NEW THIS YEAR, nordic skiers to Slopes for Hope Whitewater Ski Resort and Nelson Nordic Ski Club’s family friendly ski-a-thon in which participants attempt to ski or board the vertical height of Mount Everest in one day (29,029 feet).

WHAT CHALLENGE WOULD YOU CHOOSE? EVEREST TREK - nordic ski challenge of 9 km or ski all trails (29km) in a Poker Ski format at Nelson Nordic Ski Club.

DESCENDING EVEREST - alpine ski challenge to ski/board the 29,029 feet at Whitewater Ski Resort. Number of runs needed: Silver King 32 runs, Summit = 23 runs or Glory Ridge= 14 runs. There will be an après-event with entertainment and prizes awarded at the end of the day for both challenges.

Raise a $100 and get a half price lift ticket courtesy of Whitewater Ski Resort or a free nordic pass courtesy of the Nelson Nordic Ski Club. The money raised allows the Society to provide vital cancer support programs to the residents of Nelson and surrounding communities.

Help fight cancer out on the slopes, register today at slopesforhope.ca!

Is it your year to take home the coveted Golden Boot trophy? Questions? email: georgek@lglandscaping.ca Register at www.Slopesforhope.ca

Saturday, March 5th starts at 8:30 am

The trades discovery program for women recently wrapped up at Selkirk College’s Silver King campus with students gaining knowledge in seven different trades. That learning and hands-on experience helps women enter an industry dominated by men.

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Opportunity knocks for women delving into trades SUBMITTED Black Press

Encouraging women to enter the trades isn’t as simple as fitting them with a tool belt.

But as the trades discovery program for women wraps up Feb. 16, program coordinator Julie-Claire Hamilton looks back on a term even more successful than she’d imagined.

“These women have a good atti-

tude and are keen to learn,” says the electrical foundation instructor.

“Seeing the passion as they discover and study has been amazing.”

Hamilton has more than a decade of experience as a journeyperson electrician yet she knows the challenge of breaking into the industry as a woman.

“There’s a whole culture coming into the trades. Just putting your hands on a power tool can create

intimidation for women.”

At just 18, recent high school graduate Indie Nelson jumped at the chance to take the 14-week program offered by Selkirk College.

“I wanted to see if being a tradesperson was a good fit for me,” she says.

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power tools.

“Before that, I’d really only handled a hammer,” she says. “I think it’s really important to feel comfortable using them.”

Though she determined a career in the trades wasn’t for her, she says the trades discovery program has given her a great deal of self-confidence to take with her into the work force.

“I will feel a lot more comfortable working with men in any industry,” she says.

The trades discovery program for women offered a classroom component at the Greater Trail Community Skills Centre followed by hands-on experience in the shops at Selkirk’s Silver King campus in Nelson. Funded by the Ministry of Advanced Education, it ran for 14 weeks introducing women to seven different trades.

Opening the door for women in trades is all about making them feel confident to enter a field still dominated by men, a field also demanding skilled employees.

For many of these students, having work prospects is a huge motivating factor.

“I think of myself as an academic, in the sciences, but I don’t have a job,” says student Amanda Patt. “This was discovery for me.”

Hooked at the get go, she credits “world-class” instructors and a well thought out program.

Says classmate Deb Randall, “This is just a

great way to discover what the trades are about before taking that great leap.”

She’s looking for a new line of work after spending 16 years overseas in the legal profession.

Home in the Kootenays, her profession didn’t translate.

“And I have always been interested in doing it myself and using my hands,” says Randall, 53.

So has Laura Nash, 32. She spent a lot of time in the shop in high school and loved getting her hands dirty. This Selkirk program was a passion rediscovered.

The woman recently moved to the Kootenays from Victoria and took the discovery program almost on a whim. The program had her hands on in a greater capacity than she ever expected.

Interested in pursuing further studies in welding and metal fabrication, she is hooked.

“There is something so satisfying about working with fire, metal melting, sparks. It’s all fun stuff. The bigger the mess, the more I like it,” she says.

Academic skills acquired, the women spent the majority of the latter part of the program hands-on building a doghouse and a metal tool box along with wiring the electrical shop, for example. Tickets useful for getting jobs in the trades such as confined space, industrial rigging, fall protection and forklift operations were also taught.

Community The discovery included a valuable two-week job shadow component at Teck, Kalesnikoff Lumber, XL Quality Industrial Services Inc., and the ITC Construction Group out of Vancouver which is working on the Nelson

Commons project.

Two of the 14 women enrolled in the discovery program have already entered into a foundation program at Selkirk College, one in carpentry and the other in metal fabrication.

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250-354-3031 The Corporation of the City of Nelson is inviting applications for a member-at-large to serve on the Cultural Development Committee as the music sector representative.

Applicants from the music community The City of Nelson is hosting an only need apply.

Open House the 2016 If you are interested in servingto on present this Council Committee, please submit a letter of Budget and Five Year Financial Plan.

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All applications should be sent to The City of Nelson - Administration Department Suite 101, 310 Ward Street, At 7:00 a formal presentation of Nelson, B.C.,pm V1L 5S4 the352-2131 2016 Budget &toFive Year Financial Fax: (250) or by email jcaldecott@nelson.ca Plan will be held at

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forward to offering another trades discovery program for women next school year with support from the Ministry of Advanced Education.

If additional funding is available, they hope to offer a similar program for youth.

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At the confluence of a creek and a river this 5.5 acre property is picturesque from any angle. The completely remodeled 3 bdrm 2 bath post and beam home blends perfectly with the natural environment. Inside, the floor plan is well flowing, featuring a stunning living room with cathedral ceilings, log uprights and exposed beams.

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Kootenay Animal Assistance Program Society

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

AFFORDABLE & SOLID 3 bed 1 bath home in the Village of Slocan. Placed on 3 lots and a short walk to the lake. This will not last long.

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Friday, February 19, 2016 Nelson Star

COMPETITIONS ROAM RANDO RALLY

Whitewater Ski Resort, Saturday February 20

Token Kootenay terrain makes this annual ski mountaineering race scenic, fun and challenging for all abilities. Categories include Heavy Metal, Tag Team and Fastest Fifty Fivers. Splitboarders welcome!

VILLAGE SKI HUT POWDER KEG SLOPESTYLE Whitewater Ski Resort, Saturday February 20

This organic slopestyle event through Powderkeg’s natural terrain features allows athletes of all ages to display their best downhill tricks and style.

POKER RUN - with a race twist!

11” x 17”

Whitewater Ski Resort, Sunday February 21

Teams of 2 combine times in a slalom race for a wild card. A ski tour that’s really a poker game that’s not really a race.

THE NORTH FACE BACKCOUNTRY OLYMPICS Whitewater Ski Resort, Sunday February 21

Think that you master the backcountry? Come prove it in the Backcountry Olympics! Put together

KING AND QUEEN OF COLDSMOKE Saturday and Sunday Feb 20-21, 2016

This is the ULITIMATE test of mountain prowess and festival savvy. The best Festival in the Empire needs a King and Queen - so for all those King and Queen wannabes we have a comp for you. King and Queen contestants must register for all 4 contests and finish all 4 contests: ROAM Randonee Rally (long course – yeah, that’s right) Village Ski Hut Slopestyle (only 1 run of it) Poker Run (you need a partner) Backcountry Olympics (you need a posse)

SOCIALS COLDSMOKE OPENER: THE MOUNTAIN CULTURE ELIXIR The Civic Theatre, Friday February 19

MOUNTAIN MINGLER

GOLD

SILVER

4 MOUN TAIN COM PS EVENING SOCIALS 25+ CLIN ICS

BRONZE

MEDIA

Score huge prizing va lued over $ not to men 3000 per tion ultimat royalty, e bragging in the King rights, & Queen of Coldsmoke competition .

The Spirit Bar at the Hume Hotel, Saturday February 20

SATURDAY AFTER PARTY

The Spirit Bar at the Hume Hotel, Saturday February 20 Live music with Red Eyed Soul and Elliott Brood!

CLINICS There is something for everyone. Ski, Snowboard, and Telemark - both On Area & Backcountry - beginner (green circles) to Expert (double black). With Splitboarding too.

WHITEWATER TOUR Clinic Type: Backcountry

KENDRA STAR: LOVE THE BOARD Clinic Type: On Area

SPLITBOARD BASICS

OFF-PISTE TELEMARK

Clinic Type: Backcountry

Technical & Tactical Foundations

WHITEWATER TOUR

FREESKIING KOOTENAY STYLE

Clinic Type: Backcountry

Clinic Type: On Area

Clinic Type: On Area

PACKAGES Check out our amazing packages ranging from our Mini Monty $50 to our Full Monty for $51375