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Nelson Waldorf students held an impromptu preview performance Saturday during Garden Fest on Baker St. ahead of their production of Into The Woods, which runs Saturday, June 4 at Capitol Theatre at 2 and 7 p.m.

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The ongoing headache of running the Civic Centre will soon be the city’s problem.

The Nelson Regional Sports Council won’t renew its agreement to manage the 81-year-old facility, chair Mari Plamondon confirmed Monday.

Plamondon declined further comment until after a planned sports council meeting that was scheduled Tuesday, past the Star’s deadline.

A steady decrease in ice rentals has been given as the reason for the rink’s loss of $40,000 in revenue since 2010. The sports council has run the city-owned facility since 2006, but the city hasn’t increased annual funding for the rink from $55,000 since the start of the arrangement.

In February, city council declined the sports council’s request for a $20,000 funding increase. Numbers for the previous fiscal year have not yet been released, but the rink lost $3,537 for the fiscal year ending March 2015.

Portions of the rink have been closed to the public since extensive maintenance renovations were completed in October.

The Civic Centre’s ice rental rates have been the same as the ones at the Nelson and District Community Complex since that facility’s construction in 2005. The Regional District of Central Kootenay, which runs the NDCC, gives the newer facility booking priority and sets the Civic Centre ice allotment schedule.

Kootenay Ice, Wild being considered for relocation to Trail TYLER HARPER Nelson Star

A pair of hockey teams are on the verge of being relocated from Nelson in a decision that could have deep ramifications for several community sports organizations.

BC Hockey is considering a proposal that would move two major midget teams, the Kootenay Ice boys and the Kootenay Wild girls, from Nelson to

Trail.

Barry Petrachenko, the CEO of BC Hockey, told the Star that although the provincial hockey body hasn’t yet decided the teams’ future, it is giving it serious thought. Petrachenko also acknowledged the possibility both teams may fold following an internal report that suggested there are too many major midget teams, although that report didn’t single out the Kootenay teams.

“I don’t want to alarm people in the sense that we’re going to fold if this, or we’re going to relocate if that,” said Petrachenko. “We’re not there yet. We certainly have to face all the options and Trail is one of those options.”

The Ice and Wild — the latter of which BC Hockey took control of from the Nelson Minor Hockey Association prior to last season — each finished in the cellar of their respective leagues

last season, but Petrachenko said the issue isn’t performance. Instead, BC Hockey is concerned with the inability of both teams to draw in quality players. Petrachenko said the Ice have historically suffered from low player turnout, which in turn leads to poor performance.

“The problem is the fuel for the fire,” said Petrachenko.

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City to re-design Baker St. BILL METCALFE Nelson Star

Mayor Deb Kozak has three paintings by local artists in her office, including ‘A Lot of Legs’ by Carol Wallace (left) who says she always lets her children name her paintings. Thirteen other paintings by local artists are hung in other offices and public areas at city hall. Several colour photos of the paintings can be seen in the Bill Metcalfe photo online version of this story at nelsonstar.com

Art rental program beautifies city hall BILL METCALFE Nelson Star

Visitors to Nelson city hall, stepping off the elevator on the second floor, are greeted by a very large painting, Nelson Back Alley Grid by Wynndel artist Sandy Kunze.

Walking down the hall, there is more art. In the reception area of the city offices: a large photo of a fall landscape by Jim Lawrence and a fabric collage

by Kate Bridger.

When city hall put out a call last year for visual artists to take part in its art rental program, they got over 150 applications.

One of the paintings chosen was A Lot of Legs by Carol Wallace. It’s hung behind Mayor Deb Kozak’s desk.

“I am really honoured that my painting is in the mayor’s office,” Wallace told the Star. “I’m thrilled.”

A jury of artists adjudicated the applications and narrowed it down to the 16 now hanging in the city offices. The artists are paid a monthly rental fee of three per cent of the estimated sales value, so the rental for a painting worth $1,000 would be $30 per month. The city’s cultural development officer, Joy Barrett, says this calculation method is based on her research into similar programs elsewhere.

“It is important to us to pay the artists,” she says.

“A lot of times artists are asked to display their work for free, for the exposure, and we try not to do that because this is their living.”

The money comes from the city’s public art reserve fund, which is fed by three per cent of the city’s building permit fees. Chief financial officer Colin McClure told the Star the contributions to the fund have been $4,063 in 2013, $2,747 in 2014, and $3,913 in 2015.

Kozak speaks enthusiastically about the program.

“Having art in city hall has been a wonderful experience not just for me but for the staff, and for people who come in to see me daily. There is a never a shortage of comments, or people interested in who the artists are. [They ask] where did you get it, where do they live, and it is also amazing the feeling that art inspires in an office.

“I had two other works in my office for the past year and when they were taken down, the walls were bare, it was amazing how the mood shifted in the office. I was surprised by that, and we were really happy to get the new art. This is a public space, and we have public art, showcasing artists in our area. It is a fine thing to do.”

City employee Ginger Lester’s work area behind the reception counter is flanked by the Jim Lawrence photo and Kate Bridger collage.

“I feel very fortunate,” she says. “My desk area is getting lots of attention, and I feel I have another window in my office. It makes coming to work every day even more enjoyable because I have such a wonderful space with this beautiful art in it.”

Color photos of many of the paintings can be seen in the online version of this story at nelsonstar.com.

Ready, Set, Gr w!

The City of Nelson is going to redesign Baker St.’s signage, lighting, street furniture, and landscaping. In addition, it will develop new designs for amenities like sidewalk patios, public washrooms, and electric charging stations.

The process will start with an urban design strategy workshop next week to which the public is invited.

“We want people to help us visualize the next generation of our downtown,” Mayor Deb Kozak said in a news release. ”It’s our city’s centre — it’s the heart of Nelson.

“We’re open to hearing input from stakeholders and the public. We want our downtown of tomorrow to be welldesigned, progressive, diversified, and compelling. At the same time, we also want to respect and celebrate Baker St.’s rich history and Nelson’s remarkable natural setting.”

The city has hired MVH Urban Planning and Design to develop the plan. According to the city’s news release, the Lower Mainland company has completed downtown plans for communities including Courtenay and Penticton.

As in the recent changes on Hall St., the project will coincide with work on water and sewer lines that needs to be done anyway.

“The downtown core as it is, is wonderful,” Kozak said in the news release, “but like other parts of the city, its infrastructure will soon need replacing, so we want to be ready with a plan for public realm improvements when the time comes.”

The design workshop will take place on Tuesday, May 17 at the Oxygen Art Centre. The city’s press release states the event will be “an opportunity to gather feedback and spark ideas about urban

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design in the downtown.”

Registration is at 6 p.m., with a presentation at 6:30 p.m., followed by exchange of ideas and small group discussions from 7:15 until 9:00 p.m.

Megan Squires, the city planner leading the project, told the Star it’s time to revisit Baker St. since it has changed little since the 1980s. As an example she cited the 35-year-old heritage light poles, which she said will soon need to be replaced.

Squires said the plan is scheduled to be in place by November, after which it will be considered by council. She said there will be opportunities throughout the planning process for the public to weigh in. There is currently no schedule for implementation of the plan. The project will include an on-line survey and website, to be launched next month at nelsonurbandesign.com.

The budget for planning and design is $50,000.

“The money is earmarked in the Development Services (planning department’s) annual budget for policy projects,” Squires said, “and it is part of the city’s general operating budget.”

Squires said the Baker St. planning project stems from Nelson’s Sustainable Waterfront and Downtown Master Plan, developed in 2011. That plan is also the source for two other re-design projects now underway in Nelson.

A plan for the re-development of Railtown must be in place by September in order to meet a grant funding deadline. There have been some opportunities for public input on that project so far, with more to come. City hall is documenting the project at nelsonrailtown.com. Meanwhile, the city is developing a detailed design for the north end of Hall St. this year, with public input sessions included. Construction will start in 2017.

A story Wednesday (“Introducing the new Salmo library”) misspelled Kay Hohn’s name. Hohn was Salmo library board chair from 2007 to 2015, and a major part of the recent expansion project.

As you know, gastropods enjoy our sweet and tender cultivars just as much as we do...

War on Slugs Luckily there are many strategies that can help you control these fiends, and a combination of several of them works best.

Try to water your plants in the morning instead of the evening. Not only will this cut down on pathogens like blight, which release spores in the evening and then attach to wet leaves, but slugs are also active mostly at night. Giving your garden a good soak prior to this time will only assist their invasion.

Hand-picking them off your plants everyday in the early morning is key. Sounds gross, and it is, but this will create meaningful relief for your

plants. You can trick slugs into using decoy hiding places like flat stones or bricks around your garden. Check underneath them to catch them hiding from the heat of the day. Placing slices of raw potato around also seems to make them congregate.

Need an excuse to buy more beer? Filling a shallow yogurt container with some suds and sinking it to ground level in the soil will traps many slugs.

They climb in and drown.

There are also materials available at Ellison’s to control slugs and snails.

Diatomaceous earth is a multi-useful white silica powder that kills bugs when

they touch it from dehydration.

You can make barriers or even dust entire plants to give them sanctuary. Be careful, it does not discriminate against pollinators, so be strategic and don’t overdo it. There is also an effective and certified organic slug-bait called Sluggo (ferric-phosphate) that kills slugs after they eat it, also available at Ellison’s. Sluggo eventually breaks down into fertilizer for your plants.

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West Kootenay transit to get increase for 2017 BILL METCALFE Nelson Star

The provincial government has changed its mind — in a good way, transit advocates might say.

It’s decided to give $12.7-million to BC transit systems over three years starting in 2017, backtracking from a three-year moratorium on such funding announced last year.

How much the West Kootenay will get is unknown, but over the past year the regional transit committee has received requests, from citizens and local politicians, for improvements or enhancements to the following routes: Nelson-Castlegar, Nelson-Slocan, North Shore, Blewett, Nakusp-Nelson health connection, Kaslo-Nelson health connection, Salmo-Nelson health connection, Kaslo-Trail health connection, and the reinstatement of the Perrier/Ymir Rd. service.

The transit committee consists of elected representatives from the regional districts of Kootenay Boundary and Central Kootenay (see member list below). BC Transit, a provincial crown agency responsible for coordinating the delivery of public transportation in BC outside of Vancouver, operates 83 transit systems across the province.

According to the RDCK’s Randy Matheson, the decision-making process is as follows: 1. The transit committee gives its wish-list to BC Transit. That’s already done, and the list is outlined above.

2. BC Transit assigns an estimated cost to each item, along with an estimated local tax increase required to fund it, and sends the list back to the committee. This has also already been done. Matheson said the estimated tax

West Kootenay transit will be getting provincial money to upgrade routes for 2017. But where it will be spent is still unknown.

Bill Metcalfe photo increases for the various requests range from In 2013, BC transit and the local transit 1.5 per cent to nine per cent, depending on committee amalgamated nine transit systems many factors including whether it would be in the West Kootenay into three, in which all necessary to purchase a new bus. fares and schedules from Kaslo to Trail and 3. The transit committee will prioritize within each municipality were coordinated. the list by deciding what it wants to pay for Asked this week for recent ridership stats and what the greatest transit needs are, and for the West Kootenay and whether they send it back to BC Transit by mid-June. have increased since the amalgamation of 4. BC Transit decides which changes can routes, BC Transit’s Daniel Pizarro said “We be implemented by 2017. will be providing ridership stats to local The transit enhancements would poten- governments in the near future at which tially involve a tax increase for residents time they will be made available publicly. I because all transit costs in BC are split 50-50 can tell you there have been increases in all between BC Transit and local governments, three systems in the West Kootenay since who fund their half through fare revenues the service integration.” and taxation.

The members of the regional transit Matheson says it is impossible to predict committee are Castlegar mayor Lawrence how much the West Kootenay will get.

Chernoff (chair), Salmo mayor Stephen “BC Transit may come back and say you White, Silverton councillor Leah Main, can’t have any of it, or they might say you can Nelson councillor Valerie Warmington, have it all,” he says. “It depends on how many Fruitvale mayor Patricia Cecchini, Montrose transit hours they have available, and how mayor Joe Danchuk, and RDKB Area B dimany areas [across BC] want to expand.” rector Linda Worley.

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RDEK asks for Jumbo voting seat delay STEVE HUBRECHT Columbia Valley Pioneer

The Regional District of East Kootenay is asking the province to push back the time when Jumbo Glacier Mountain resort municipality is scheduled to take a seat at the board table to January 2020. Furthermore, the board is encouraging the government to link a voting RDEK seat for Jumbo municipality to a minimum permanent population and assessment value.

The motion was initially put forward by Invermere mayor Gerry Taft, where it was first defeated, then amended, defeated again, then amended once more and passed.

The motion references Jumbo council’s request — made about a month ago — to similarly push the timetable for joining the RDEK board back three years from January 2017 (which is when it’s scheduled to join).

“It was kind of confusing, but basically what got passed was to send a letter saying

we support Jumbo council’s request to not have a voting seat until at least 2020,” Taft told said. “The last amendment was to also ask that the municipality have a base level population and assessment before getting a voting seat. We didn’t specify what that base line should be.”

The motion also references a 2009 RDEK directors’ resolution requesting the province not give the Jumbo municipality (which at that time did not exist) a seat at the RDEK until it had a permanent population.

Part of Taft’s initial motion, voted down, was to “restrict or prevent Jumbo Glacier Mountain Resort Municipality from having a seat, voting or non voting, on the RDEK board until such time as they are a democratically elected council representing a permanent population.”

The second version of the motion, also voted down, sought to encourage the province “to develop and communicate a sunset

clause or winding up provision for Jumbo Glacier Mountain resort municipality if a permanent population, large enough for local government elections, is not achieved within a reasonable number of years.”

The final version of motion was passed by a wide margin.

“When I initially brought this up, Jumbo council had not yet written to the province (requesting the amendment to the letters patent), so nobody was doing anything about it and that January 2017 deadline was starting to loom,” said Taft. “Now with Jumbo council asking for a delay [from 2017 to 2020], I’ll be surprised if the province doesn’t consider the request. But I don’t know if they will go further than that.”

Taft added that he understands Jumbo already technically has a non-voting seat on the RDEK board, but mayor Greg Deck has told them he won’t attend meetings, even in non-voting capacity.

Nelson Star contributor wins award Nelson Star Staff

A story about a Nelson woman who survived the Frank Slide but struggled to escape the notoriety it brought her has earned a Ma Murray Award for a Star contributor.

Castlegar resident Sam McBride was named the winner of the Neville Shanks Memorial Award for Historical Writing during a gala ceremony on Saturday in Richmond.

McBride’s story, “The Nelson woman who HATED being famous,” was published May 1, 2015 and profiled Marion McPhail, a piano teacher from whom McBride took lessons as a child.

Other nominees in

the category were Frank Peebles of the Prince George Citizen and Alison Taylor, Clare Ogilvie, and Jon Parris of Whistler’s Pique news magazine.

For the Star, McBride has also written about the Dewdney Trail, the 1956 Nelson High School yearbook, and most recently, Thomas d’Aquino.

He is also the author of The Bravest Canadian, a biography of his great uncle, Capt. Fritz Peters.

Neville Shanks was the founder and publisher of the North Island Gazette.

He wrote numerous articles on local pioneers.

The Ma Murray Awards recognize excel- Sam McBride received the Neville Shanks Memorial lence in BC and Yukon Award for Historical Writing at the Ma Murray Awards community newspapers. on Saturday in Richmond.

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The Sycamore String Quartet from Kamloops plays a Selkirk Pro Musica concert in Nelson May 14th. The really hot ticket? It’s the day before, when the quartet performs for students at South Nelson school. An Osprey grant helps bring musicians into local schools to educate and inspire.

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Wednesday, May 11, 2016 Nelson Star

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Editor: Greg Nesteroff Publisher: Eric Lawson Published Wednesdays and Fridays

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Tax system must treat everyone fairly, regardless of income

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pring has sprung across Canada, and with the return of the warmer weather we have other annual traditions that come with this time of the year — hockey playoffs, getting together with family at Easter and getting the garden ready for summer. Another spring activity is one that we don’t tend to look forward to but still needs to be done: filing of our income taxes.

Whether we do our own taxes or get a professional to prepare them, the vast majority of Canadians take to this

Letter: The consequences of closing Trafalgar

A local MP says he’s determined to target tax evasion.

Thinkstock/Getty Images task every year and pay their fair share.

They do their part to help ensure that the society that we have helped to build continues to keep providing for all of us.

But as we have seen recently in the news, some Canadians have both the intent and means to avoid or evade paying their fair share. We have seen the Panama Papers story, where thousands of wealthy people around the world have used shady tax havens to avoid paying their taxes.

We have seen the case of KPMG, which is accused of having used tax avoidance and evasion strategies for the accounts of a number of its clients.

In this case, Canada Revenue Agency allegedly offered amnesty to multimillionaire clients caught using their

strategy on the Isle of Man. This allowed the clients to be free from any future civil or criminal prosecution, including any penalties or fines. All that the clients had to do was agree to repay what they owed.

We’d all like it if a government agency would bend over backwards to help us if we actively tried to avoid paying our taxes, but I think that most of us have had very different experiences — and that’s not a bad thing. Canada Revenue Agency should be vigilant in ensuring that everyone pays their fair share and should be treating everyone the same in that way. This is a matter of simple fairness, something that we expect to come from our government.

I believe that all Canadians must be treated fairly, regardless of income. My New Democrat colleagues and I are determined to target tax evasion and take the necessary measures to protect the integrity of our tax system. We will continue to hold the Liberal government to account to ensure that it walks the talk and reinvests additional resources to target tax evasion, as they promised to do during the election campaign. The government must maintain public trust, but that has been seriously shaken with these recent stories.

Dick Cannings is the MP for South Okanagan-West Kootenay

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The closure of Trafalgar should be a concern to every parent and student in Nelson! Even if your child does not attend Trafalgar they will be greatly impacted! Trafalgar’s closure will greatly impact LVR. LVR is the only high school option for all of our kids besides online learning. As stated, the facility is not big enough to accommodate all of those kids physically. Adding 150 more students to a school that is already full will mean closures of classes. – Nadine Koehle-Ross

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ridden human-shaped target home as a trophy? Shouldn’t we be teaching our youth to regard using deadly force only as a measure of last resort, a tragic and lamentable one, which police, presumably, do not enjoy using? It should not be a means of recruiting young people.

It’s not exciting or cool. – Jennie Barron

Letter: Helicopter noise worse than motorcycles The loud helicopter referred to was brought in all the way from Comox for Emergency Services Camp. It was a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity for high school students to learn what a career as a police officer, firefighter, paramedic, conservation officer, or what it might be like to be a volunteer for Nelson Search

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Surely local students having such an opportunity is worth an hour of noise on one Saturday of the year. – Sherry Lynn McGregor

Burgess named to head EcoSociety Having had the pleasure of collaborating with Montana when she was an incredibly supportive and inspiring leader during all of our volunteering in the Dogwood Initiative campaign a couple of years ago, I’m confident that the EcoSociety will continue to thrive!

And more than three cheers for David Reid, who was also an amazing leader!

Best wishes on the next phase of your journey, David! – Antoinette Halberstadt

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Lessons of Alberta’s crisis Everyone has thoughts about the Fort Mac fire. I’ll try to be brief, as I know page space is precious.

First, the fire in the capital city of fossil fuel is a political phenomenon. How could it not be? We who oppose fossil fuel now, not in future, want to leave the tar in the sand.

Naturally it occurs to me that the fire is mysteriously apt, a comment by nature on what capitalist economics does to our planet. But – people need jobs. This fire will focus the debate wonderfully.

Second, there is a just balance between judging the effect of the fossil-fuel industry and being compassionate toward people whose lives have been so overwhelmed. I hope I strike that balance. I want to remind readers that — before this catastrophe — many people expressed opinions about Fort Mac as a place to make their home that are at odds with the present chorus saying “it is a really wonderful hometown, a true community.”

Years ago, offered a job in Fort St. John, I made a choice — against big paycheques, in favour of a Nelson quality of life. Fort Mac has been Moneytown for many people.

Without the insanity of our fossil-fuel dependent economy, that city would never have existed. It will be re-built, everyone says. We can ask why.

Third, our compassion and charity for Fort Mac refugees focuses the mind on ways we regularly ignore vast challenges for other Canadians: the homeless and our First Nations need action as much as Fort Mac. We seem unable to act on deep societal and economic problems with the resources we muster for sudden crises like fire, flood, or earthquake.

Last, Nelson must think about its own peril from fire.

I walk the edges of our town a lot. I see the build-up of dry fuels in woods near the cemetery and at Red Sands;

the latter beach is a frequent locale for people making fires, against the requests of the private property owner.

Climate change demands we think deeply about the lessons of Alberta’s crisis.

Charles Jeanes Nelson

Just give us the truth The essential problem with human beings is that we live so much in states of misperception.

Instead of seeing reality as the flowing unity it is, we reduce it to a perceptual model consisting of things with names. Then we use our overactive imaginations to make up stories about all these named things.

Journalists, whose medium is words and visual icons, generally feed our frantic flight from reality by playing on our confusion and fears about all these spurious versions of it, because typing fantasies is a lot easier than taking the trouble to find out what our biosphere actually is and how we are inseparably and always wedded to its fate.

We could start with the simple truth that each human being is an intimate part of the universe that is capable of thinking about itself and its relationship to said universe.

From there we could recognize that the consciousness of each human being is an intimate part of an infinite mystery. As such we should regard ourselves and each living thing we meet with an attitude of respect, wonder and awe.

This is the only attitude that will see us out of the hell we are making on this planet.

And journalists could help by waking themselves up to this simple truth and passing it on.

Just give us the truth. Yes, we are sleepwalking straight into hell but we do have the option of waking up to the well of wonder within.

Doug Wilton Nelson

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Calendar COMMUNITY EVENTS Water, Drought and Climate Change Forum Synopsis, 7 to 9 p.m., May 11, United Church, 602 Silica. Highlights of the April 23 water and climate change forum for those who were not able to register. More info: hotandbotheredinthekoots.org.

Dances of Universal Peace, with live music: no experience necessary, by donation. Dances with singing, representing spiritual traditions from the world over. May 14, 7 to 9 p.m., and May 24, 3 to 5 p.m.

602 Kootenay. More info: 250354-4288.

BCSPCA Burger and Beverage Fundraiser, 6 to 8 p.m.

May 14 at Finley’s, 705 Vernon, $17 in advance, $20 at the door.

Funds to the Nelson BCSPCA Farm Animal Advocacy program. Live music from White Lightening Blues Band. More info: 250-352-7178.

Cedar Leaf Oil workshop at Ellison’s Market, 11 a.m. May 14. Learn more about the therapeutic uses of this amazing and powerful oil. More info: 250505-7420.

Scotiabank MS Walk at Lakeside Park May 15. Three km and five km routes from Rotary shelter, along the waterfront, wheelchair/scooter/stroller accessible. Funds raised by you support people living with MS and support research. Checkin at 10 a.m., walk starts at 11 a.m. For more info or to register: Tara.Kowalchuk@mssociety.ca or 1-800-268-7582.

It’s Not Right: Neighbours, Friends and Families for Older Adults, 2:30 p.m. May 15, First Baptist Church, 611 5th St., presented by Nelson Elder Abuse Prevention Program and Community Response Network.

Interactive presentation to recognize warning signs, risk factors and practical steps you can take. More info: 250-365-2104 ext 23.

Free one-on-one business counselling for start-ups at Community Futures Nelson.

Appointments are available on May 12, 19, and 26, in Salmo on May 17, and Kaslo on May 18. More info: 250-352-1933 ext. 100.

Creston Valley Bird Fest, a celebration of the birds, the art, and the agriculture of the Creston Valley, with films, speakers, guided tours, workshops, May 13, 14, and 15.

Register in advance at crestonvalleybirds.ca.

West Kootenay Ostomy Support Group, 1500 Columbia Avenue, Trail, May 16, 2 to 4 p.m., free. Guest: Paul Meise of Cooper Medical, Kelowna. More info: 250-368-9827.

I Have a Name, a travelling exhibit of 30 life-sized photographs that highlight the struggle of refugees from Mexico and Central America on the perilous journey to search for a better life, hosted by students of Mount Sentinel School, 7 to 9 p.m. May 17 at the Nelson United Church, 602 Silica St. The photos are accompanied by stories gathered over a two-year period by photographer Tom Feher and writer Robert Adler. More info: 250354 5584.

Pentecost Messy Church, 5 to 7 p.m. May 18 at St Saviours Anglican Church. An evening of community, food, and fun for all ages with crafts, music Eucharist and supper. Donations accepted.

More info: 250-352-6972.

Silent Auction for playground equipment, Vimy Park, Kaslo, May 21, 9 a.m. to May 23, 9 a.m. Merchandise donated by local stores to services, accommodation, golf and ski passes and one-of-a-kind art. More info: 250-353-8038.

Living the Doukhobor Life Concept, the 69th Annual USCC Union of Youth Festival, May 21, 22, 23. Admission for Saturday evening: Adults $15, Students $10, children 6-12, $5.

More detailed program info: raissa.chernoff1@gmail.com.

Nelson Waldorf School Paddle-Hike-Pedal Fundraiser, 1 p.m. to 6 p.m. May 26, raising funds for a high ropes trip this spring. Class 7 will undertake a triathlon-style challenge of paddling from Orange Bridge to Pulpit Rock, hiking up Pulpit and back, then pedalling to Lakeside Park. More info: (250) 505-5088.

Selkirk College Fine Woodworking year-end show, May 27, 9 a.m. to 9 p.m. and reception 7 p.m.; May 28, 9 a.m. to 5 p.m.; and May 29, 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. at Nelson Trading Company, 402 Baker.

Spring Flea Market, fundraiser for Ladies Auxiliary to Nelson Legion Branch 51, May 28, 8 a.m. to noon, table rental $25. More info: 250-354-1787.

Grub & Shrub Club at the Youth Centre, teaching youth how to grow and cook food while eating together in a community setting. Tuesday to

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WEEKLY EVENTS Intermediate skateboard lessons, Mondays 3:30 to 5 p.m., Open roller skating, Mondays 5:30 to 7 p.m., Ladies only skate night, Mondays 7 to 10 p.m. at the Youth Centre. More info: 250-352-5656.

Air Hockey Champions, Wednesdays 3:30-5:30 p.m.; Up your Game core conditioning and flexibility Wednesdays 5:30 to 7:00 p.m.; Magic Night Wednesdays 6 to 10 p.m. at the Youth Centre. More info: 250352-5656.

Glacier Harmonies Women’s Chorus at 7 p.m. Wednesdays, First Baptist Church, 611 Fifth St., newcomers welcome. More info: 250-825-0027.

Breastfeeding Drop-in Support by a public health nurse Tuesdays 10:30 a.m. to noon at the Nelson Health Centre, 2-333 Victoria St. More info: 250-5057200.

Taoist Tai Chi Arts Classes, Mondays 7 to 9 p.m. at Nelson District Rod and Gun Club, 801 Railway St. By donation with free introductory class, join any time. More info: 250-509-2499.

Seniors Co-ordinating Society Income Tax Program for low income and seniors at the Civic Centre on Vernon St. Tuesdays 9:30 to noon. More info: 250-352-6008.

Heritage Harmony Barbershop Chorus invites men of all ages to sing harmoniously. Weekly practice at Kiwanis Christie Lees Hall on Radio Ave. Mondays, 7 to 9:30 p.m. More info: 250-352-7025.

Nelson Hospice Drop-in Grief Support Series, Saturdays at 1 p.m., 402 West Richards St. For anyone who is experiencing grief due to the death of someone they love. Hosted by trained Nelson Hospice volunteers. More info: 250-352-2337.

Parkinson Support Group meets every third Tuesday 1:30 to 3 p.m. at Kiwanis Villa, Gordon Road. No meetings in July, August, December. More info: ecartlidge@shaw.ca.

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Sundays 9 to 10 a.m. and Wednesdays 7:30 to 8:30 p.m. at 415 Kootenay St., office 103.

Free. More info: 250-354-9496.

Love 2 Learn presented by the Columbia Basin Alliance for Literacy Mondays at South Nelson School and Fridays at Hume and Wildflower Schools, 9:30 to 11 a.m., a free program for little ones three to five years old, and their adult. Explore and learn together, make simple materials into learning toys, make felt boards and book crafts, borrow books, share a snack.More info: 250-505-2361.

Living with Loss from Suicide support group, Nelson and District Hospice Society, Wednesdays 1 to 3 p.m. at the Moving Centre, free, pre-registration required. More info: 250-352-2337.

The Heart and Stroke Foundation’s Living with Stroke program on Friday mornings for eight sessions in Nelson. Have you or a loved one had a stroke? We can help.

Register online at heartandstroke.bc.ca/livingwithstroke or call 1-888-475-4636 to reserve.

Alcoholics Anonymous holds early morning, noon hour and evening meetings on specific days at 717A Vernon St. (in the Cellar downstairs). More info: 250-352-3391.

Al-Anon Family Group meets twice weekly. Wednesday noon to 1 p.m. at the Cellar, 717 Vernon St. and Friday 7 to 8 p.m. at 601 Front St. at the side basement. The only requirement is that you have a relative or friend with alcoholism. More info: 250352-3747 for Wednesday, 250352-7333 for Friday.

Royal Canadian Legion Branch #51 invites guests to enjoy billiards, snooker, shuffleboard, big-screen television for sports, barbecues, monthly celebrations, beverage room, darts (Wednesdays 7:30 p.m.), meat draws and karaoke (Saturdays 3:30 p.m.) and cribbage (Sundays 1 p.m.). More info: rclbr51@telus.net or 250352-7727.

Nelson Healing Rooms, a place for confidential prayer, Wednesdays 7 to 8:30 p.m. at 711 Tenth St., free. More info: nelsonhealingrooms@gmail. com.

MONTHLY EVENTS People in Pain Support Group, Shambhala Meditation Centre 812 Stanley St., 1:30 p.m. the first Tuesday of each month.

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‘I’m not here to create an empire. I’m here to do something good for kids’ CONTINUED FROM A1 His theory to explain this is a number of 15-year-old players who join the Ice leave at 16 to play for a Junior B team

such as the Nelson Leafs, and rarely return to the lower-tier league if they fail to make the next step.

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is a roster imbalance that puts young Kootenay teams against older major midget squads from elsewhere in BC. Petrachenko said he hoped to have a better sense of the Ice’s future after their spring camp, which took place Friday to Sunday at the Nelson and District Community Complex.

Neither team draws much attendance when they play in Nelson, but their departures would be felt throughout the hockey community.

The venue that stands to lose the most would be the Civic Centre.

The Ice and Wild each use the Civic ice for practice, and the loss of two more tenants would add further financial stress and uncertainty to the struggling 81-year-old rink.

Sports council chair Mari Plamondon isn’t sure yet what the effect will be if the teams leave the Civic Centre.

Plamondon confirmed Monday the council’s intention to hand management of the Civic Centre over to the city (see related story on page 1).

“It’s definitely an issue as to our income and what the big picture is and what the city and the [Regional District of Central Kootenay] ultimately want to do,” she said. “Way more people are committed to keeping the Civic Centre open than considering closing it. There’s always a panic out there. People hear different rumours and think the worst.”

There was plenty of this sentiment at last week’s minor hockey annual general meeting. The association relies heavily on the Civic Centre ice and several board members voiced concern about the venue’s

Players scrimmage during the Kootenay Ice’s spring camp at the Nelson and District Community Complex on Saturday. BC Hockey is considering relocating the Ice and Kootenay Wild to Trail prior to next season. future and the negative impact losing two teams could have on hockey in Nelson.

“We’re going to lose kids to Trail,” said minor hockey president Tony Maida. “They’re going to live and play in Trail.

Right here in Nelson we’ve always looked after the major midget program. We’ve always made sure there was ice available for them and they had their own dressing room. I thought things were doing okay, but obviously BC Hockey sees it different.”

Marty Benson, the manager of recreation at the NDCC, is taking a similar wait-and-see approach. He’s optimistic another group will simply step in to rent the ice.

“I wouldn’t want to say that I’m not concerned,” said Benson. “It is something we’ll need to look at, for sure. Our ice meet-

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Complicating matters is BC Hockey’s appointment of Terry Jones and Dara Waterstreet as general managers of the Ice and Wild, respectively.

Both are behind a proposal to have the teams incorporated into an academy program based out of Trail.

The hiring of Jones, the current coach and GM of the KIJHL’s Beaver Valley Nitehawks, last month has raised eyebrows in Nelson.

Petrachenko dismissed the idea that hiring Jones was proof of the Ice’s relocation.

“As soon as we named Terry Jones as the GM, everybody just assumed that was a package deal and we’d go along with what he’s suggesting for the program,” said Petrachenko. “And we very well might, but it was not a package deal.

Our eyes are wide open right now.”

That doesn’t make Leafs GM and head coach Mario DiBella feel any better.

DiBella, a former Ice coach, was one of two people who petitioned to bring major midget hockey to the Kootenays. He disputed Petrachenko’s assertion that there aren’t enough quality players

in the Kootenays to fill a roster, and said previous BC Hockey rules keeping players from moving between programs hurt the Ice. (Petrachenko told the Star that BC Hockey is in the process of loosening player movement rules.)

“I think the program has to do what’s best for the program, the players and the community,” said DiBella. “Do I agree with the relocation? I’m not going to comment. I think some work needs to be done to improve the major midget program as is. Is this a move in the right direction? I guess time will tell.”

Jones said he hopes to make significant changes to the team that will ensure sustainable success. He added his proposal isn’t meant to insult Nelson’s hockey community.

“People want to make this a Trail versus Nelson thing? It’s not that,” he said. “It’s that BC Hockey was probably going to pull the pin on this program unless something drastic happened, something changed. People get up in arms [and] I’m not willing to fight that battle. There’s no battle to fight …

“I’m not here to step on toes. … I’m not here to create an empire. I’m here to do something good for kids.”

The Leafs relied on several affiliate players from the Ice last season

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to fill in throughout an injury-riddled campaign, but DiBella doesn’t expect the Ice to figure into next season’s Leafs roster as much. He did, however, suggest Jones may be in a conflict of interest by taking on the Ice while being in charge of the Leafs’ rivals.

Jones bristled at the suggestion.

“I think it’s ridiculous to be honest,” he said. “If anyone thinks I’m bringing a Kootenay Ice team to Trail so it can be better for the Beaver Valley Nitehawks, it’s absurd, because why would we need to do that? We’ve already been as successful as we can be. I find that ridiculous.

“If a Nelson kid wants to AP for the Nelson Leafs and play for the Kootenay Ice, that’s great. I’m not going to change that. That’s not what this is about. This is about creating a system that can probably work for kids and only time’s going to tell. I’m fired up about what is possible.”

The possibility of both teams folding, though, concerns DiBella more than relocation. He’s worried Kootenay players won’t get the opportunities that Ice alumni Dryden Hunt and Isaac MacLeod had if there are no major midget teams in the region. “People don’t understand the ramifications of losing programs like this,” he said.

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Nelson Boxing Club preps for hometown card Elias Martinez (right) spars ahead of Nelson Boxing Club’s first hometown card. The Fight Night Fundraiser, which will help the club send athletes to the Golden Gloves event next month in Quesnel, will tentatively feature 14 bouts Saturday at the Nelson Rod and Gun Club. Doors open 6 p.m.

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Standing at attention Orders were given and medals awarded at the 81 Hampton Gray V.C.’s annual sea cadets review at Lakeside Park on Saturday. Four cadets were recognized during the ceremony, which was attended

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Sebastian Bodine (right) was presented with the Lord Strathcona Medal by reviewing officer Doug Wood (left). Bodine was also awarded with a Navy League Service Medal along with Kaden Ellis and Dasha Russell. Tao Measures, meanwhile, was handed the Legion Medal of Excellence.

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There’s hope one day of disaster will prevent future ones in Nelson.

Disaster Day, which was held Saturday at Hall St. Plaza, featured several local rescue agencies promoting emergency preparedness. Attendees were able to get up close with various rescue vehicles and learn about how they can avoid unexpected dangers.

Left: Nelson Fire and Rescue were on hand to give people a lift high up over downtown. Right: Acting Cpl. Chuck Brind’Amour (left) and Insp. Tom Roy show off one of the RCMP’s rescue boats.

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Emergency communications in the Regional District of Central Kootenay are getting a big boost from a new system that will notify residents and visitors about emergency events throughout the region.

The community notification system is a free and easy program that enables users to receive free text messages and landline calls notifying you of emergencies occurring in the area you have selected alerts for.

The system will also link to pertinent information you need in an emergency — evacuation alerts and notices, maps, emergency centre locations, etc.

To sign up for notifications, visit https://rdckemergency.connectrocket. com.

“This is an important tool that will assist us in helping our residents stay safe and informed during emergency events,” said regional fire chief Andrew Bellerby said. “Visitors can also sign up for selected periods of time. We encourage everyone to sign up and have your friends and families do the same.”

Over 300 people registered for the system in 24 hours. Bellerby said that number was “awesome, but we want every one of our 60,000 residents to sign up … The situation in Fort McMurray reminds us that we need to react fast to emergency events. This tool will help us do that.”

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“Everyone should have such a kit, in case a fire, flood or other event occurs,” says Bellerby. “Ideally, have one in your car and in your home. Make sure everyone in your household knows where the kits are. And don’t forget about pets and livestock in case they need to be evacuated one day.”

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Witek Radomski and Carrie Wong are seen in Cottonwood Falls Park with their adult colouring book Legendary Worlds, which features work from seven artists.

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Artists Witek Radomski and Carrie Wong started working on their first adult colouring book while living on a farm in Beasley, and less than a year after its release they’re embarking on a crosscountry tour to promote its sequel, Legendary Worlds.

“So many crazy things have happened since the Legendary Landscapes came out,” Radomski told the Star, noting their book is shipping to unlikely locales such as India, Guatemala and Thailand.

And there was one particular sale that got his attention.

“One day I was told ‘oh, I just

delivered one of your books to Diana Krall and Elvis Costello.’ It was insane.”

Radomski and Wong stopped in Nelson as part of their twomonth cross-country tour, and the about-to-marry pair have invested their life savings into their book publishing endeavour. This is an unexpected development for them, as they first came to the area prospecting for sapphires.

“We’ve been working nonstop to make this happen. We’ve released two books in less than a year, and to make that happen we pretty much have been working morning to midnight every single day,” said Wong.

“We’re introverts, the two of us.

We’re happiest when we’re sitting in a quiet room drawing together.

But this process has made us go outside our comfort zone. It’s really given us purpose.”

They also maintain a Facebook group with over 700 members who post their creations online and support one another with feedback and colouring tips.

After the first book, the pair were inundated with requests to see fantastical subjects. So this edition will feature everything from dragons, unicorns, gnomes, dinosaurs and aliens to polar bears and jumbo mushrooms.

“Publishers seem to think everyone wants to colour in onedimensional flat images. We’re one of the few that try to take a three-dimensional approach to landscapes,” said Wong.

In total, seven artists contributed to this edition: Wong, Radomski, Star graphic designer Kamala Melzack, Al Sayers, Matthew Dorad, Nony Dar Sagol and an anonymous contributor from the southern interior.

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Columbia Basin Trust funds recreation projects SUBMITTED Black Press

Whether you enjoy lawn bowling or golf, take to the backcountry on foot, skis or bike, or prefer to hit a tennis ball or pickle ball, dozens of expansions, improvements and new developments to the spaces that keep you moving are on their way.

Thanks to Columbia Basin Trust’s recreation infrastructure grants, 42 projects around the region are getting over $3.5 million in support.

The Trust announced the $9-million, three-year program in January. It provides financial support to help communities and groups build new recreation infrastructure or upgrade existing

recreation infrastructure.

Successful projects include: • Sunshine Bay Park outdoor basketball half court: Construct a concrete outdoor basketball halfcourt in Sunshine Bay Park to expand recreation opportunities for residents and visitors.

• Kaslo school and community playground project: Build a new playground at J.V. Humphries School, allowing students and children in the community and surrounding areas to play and be active.

• Milford to Buchanan traverse: Build a route on the 10-km traverse between Milford Peak and Mount Buchanan for beginner hikers, mountain bikers and snowshoers, as well as intermediate cross-

country skiers.

• Nelson Nordic ski trail upgrades: Construct new bridges throughout the 30-km Nelson Nordic Ski Club trail system, which crosses a number of waterways, to ensure that skiers and skiing programs have safe and continued access to trails.

• Salmo 6th St. pedestrian bridge: Build a pedestrian bridge over Erie Creek at 6th St. to provide a safe, direct pedestrian link to both sides of the village to improve accessibility and promote physical activity.

The granting program’s next intake is now open. The deadline to apply is Monday, July 11. Learn more and download the guidelines at cbt.org/recreationapply.

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Amortization periods on purchases with less than 20% down payment have been reduced from a max of 40 years to 30 years with almost all lenders (I have one lender that still offer’s a 35 year amortization). On purchases with less than 20% down payment the amortization max went from 40 years all the way down to 25 years.

The reduction in amortization makes the payment higher which subsequently makes your debt servicing ratios higher and ultimately makes it harder to qualify.

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Low rates and reduced amortization periods saves us interest cost’s and helps build equity in our homes at a faster pace. Do interest rates make it easier to qualify, no! But it helps to stabalize the housing market, saves us money and protects our economy.

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I want to save energy but don’t know where to start, how can EcoSave help?

The best way to start is to register with the EcoSave Program, and then I can help determine the best program to help you save energy.

The EcoSave program specializes in helping homeowners make energy efficiency upgrades, however, no matter what type of building it is there may be a program that can help you to save energy. And in some cases, these programs are free.

There are programs available for those who live in multi-tenant buildings, low income renters and those who are low income and own their home.

Nelson Hydro customers can access a variety of rebates through FortisBC. If you own your home you can access up to $750 in rebates by having an energy evaluation, plus you can apply for on-bill financing.

The on-bill financing is 3.5% and approval is based on account history, and home ownership. This type of approval system makes it simple for those who do not have access to credit and need to spend less on their energy bills, for both gas and electric.

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Call or email to register today!

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Do you have any tips to help with my back pain when I am driving?

A good tip to start with is to sit in the seat in your car with “good posture”. The reason good posture is so important is because it promotes better back and neck alignment which reduce the stress on your muscles, vertebra and nervous system.

Here are some good posture checks: • Sit with your knees bent so that your feet could rest comfortably flat on the floor, make sure your back is supported • Maintain your low back curve, do not flatten your back. Using a lumbar support can help you to maintain your neutral spinal curves.

• Try to have your head back so that if someone was looking from the side they would see your ears centred over your shoulders.

Once you are in good posture the next step is to adjust the mirrors. If you start to slouch down or get in a bad position the mirrors will feel as if they need to be adjusted and cue you to sit back up.

With more car accidents in the winter from vehicles slipping and sliding, it is also important to ensure your headrest is in the proper position.

If you rest your head comfortably backward the headrest should contact the middle of your head.

It could potentially help to reduce the amount of whiplash symptoms that may occur post accident.

Getting your alignment checked by a chiropractor can let you know if there is a spinal issue or if you may need to make some alterations to your sitting position.

Nelson Hydro Customers: Carmen Proctor EcoSave Program Coordinator 250.509.2021 cproctor@nelson.ca www.nelson.ca/ecosave

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The other benefits include having a mortgage helper. A rental suite could allow you to stay in your home once you’re on a fixed income. Secondary Suites also allow families to stay together; by providing a home for a family member, and keeping family connected. At times’ a Legal Rental Suite can help you to meet the criteria needed to qualify for a mortgage.

Based on “A Guide for Local Governments,” put out by the Ministry of Community and Aboriginal Women (revised in 2005), they studied several B.C. communities, including The City of Nelson. Due to Nelson’s geographical constraints for development, low rental vacancy rates and the fact that Nelson is a College Town, the City of Nelson encourages Secondary Suite Development.

Having Secondary Suites enables our town to meet housing needs, while preserving the character of our community.

In summary, if you’d like to explore these options further, don’t hesitate contacting me, and I’d be happy to assist you with exploring the options most suitable for your needs. If you want to investigate further; head on down to talk with your local City Planning Department representative, or if you’d like to purchase an existing property that has a suite, come and talk to me, I’d be happy to assist you in your search.

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Provincial nominees from the Kootenay Festival of the Arts include from left Tibo Kölmel (Intermediate Strings), Emma Chart (Senior Classical Voice), Sebastian Bodine (Intermediate Musical Theatre), Fiona Burkholder (Junior B Strings), Suki Simington (Junior A Piano), and Max Thomson (Junior Musical Theatre), all from Nelson.

Another great year for Kootenay Festival of the Arts Photo submitted

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The 2016 Kootenay Festival of the Arts in Nelson was a huge success. Over 400 talented young performers from Nelson, Castlegar, Trail, Rossland, Grand Forks, New Denver and as far away as Kamloops and Washington state were adjudicated in their respected disciplines.

The second Highlight Concert held at the Capitol Theatre April 16, featured performers in strings, woodwinds, piano, choral, speech arts and voice. Awards were given and performers chosen by adjudicators were nominated to represent the Kootenays at the provincials hosted by Performing Arts BC, the association of 34 regional festivals that each year hosts the provincial finals in the artistic disciplines of music, voice, dance, and speech arts.

The mandate of Performing Arts BC is to educate, inspire, and stimulate young performers

to recognize, develop, and encourage emerging professional talent; and to cultivate a life-long passion for the arts.

Performing Arts BC is a unique event in the artistic world and affords emerging young performers of this province the opportunity to study and mentor with outstanding professionals in a nurturing environment. The festival has opened doors to the broader artistic community for thousands of talented young individuals and has enabled a great many of them to achieve their goals of a performing career in dance, music, and theatre.

The festival brings together emerging young artists for a week of workshops, performances, seminars, and master classes with some of North America’s finest adjudicators, and is the largest event of its kind in Canada.

The provincial finals are held in a different host city each year and this year will be held in Fort St. John from May 31 to June 5.

Kootenay Festival of the Arts award winners Nominated to compete at the provincials Junior A Piano: Suki Simington Junior B Strings: Fiona Burkholder Intermediate Strings: Tibo Kölmel Intermediate Classical Guitar: Rebecca Xie Junior Classical Voice: Brian Chan Intermediate Classical Voice: Maggie Chan Senior Classical Voice: Emma Chart Junior Musical Theatre: Max Thomson Intermediate Musical Theatre: Sebastian Bodine Nominated to attend as alternates Intermediate Strings: Emmi Matern Intermediate Classical Voice: Adrian Palek Junior Musical Theatre: Isabel McAleer, Intermediate Musical Theatre: Reece Boulanger Nominated as Observers Piano: Jaydn Stallings, Simon Kramar Strings: Shenoa Stoltz, Sakura Azzopardi, Tamius Elder Classical Voice: Jennifer Walsh

Osprey seeks community bequests $100,000 in estate gifts will trigger $10,000 in grants SUBMITTED Black Press

After a combined 31 years of volunteering and working with Osprey Community Foundation, Tom Murray, Nelson Ames and Vivien Bowers know how much the organization does for this community. That’s why they are putting estate gifts to the foundation in their wills.

“Bequests are a relatively painless way to give,” says Murray. “You can leave a charitable bequest that will support

a cause or organization you are passionate about.

Through this gift, whether small or large, you’ll leave a permanent and positive legacy.”

Right now, there’s an added incentive. The Vancouver Foundation is supporting Osprey by providing it with $10,000 for immediate granting to local charities … if local donors pledge a total of $100,000 in new bequests to Osprey Community Foundation.

Murray, Ames and Bowers have already kicked off the campaign and invite others to join them.

“In this community, it shouldn’t be at all difficult for us to reach the $100,000,” says Ames.

“Maybe you were thinking of putting something aside for charity anyway.

Now would be a good time to make those arrangements.”

Planned estate gifts can take various forms, from cash bequests to the residual of one’s estate to transfers of life insurance. A financial advisor or lawyer can help you decide what’s most appropriate for you, and what confers the best tax advantage.

“If you have a particular passion or area of interest you’d like to support with your bequest, you should also talk to Osprey,” says Bowers.

“The foundation administers funds that support many local charities.”

Bowers asks local individuals who decide to leave a bequest to Osprey Community Foundation in their will to let the organization know, so that these gifts can count towards the $100,000 total.

Osprey is a public, charitable foundation, created in 2000 by and for the people of Nelson and the surrounding area. Donations to Osprey are pooled in a permanently-endowed fund, currently worth $8.4 million, generating income each year that flows back to local charities and eligible organizations. For further information or to donate, go to ospreycommunityfoundation.ca or call 250-352-3643.

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An orchestra of 130 musicians from the combined Victoria Youth Orchestra and Trafalgar and L.V. Rogers bands, conducted

by Nelson band teacher Tim Bullen, created a huge sound in the LVR gym. Trafalgar percussion student Mason Scott (left) learns about mallet technique on the marimba from Victoria Youth Orchestra member William Exner.

not just a concert’ BILL METCALFE Nelson Star

“It’s kind of like driving a sports car.”

That’s Tim Bullen, band teacher at L.V. Rogers Secondary and Trafalgar Middle School, talking about what it’s like to conduct the Greater Victoria Youth Orchestra.

Bullen directed the 55-member orchestra augmented by his own Nelson bands — amounting to an orchestra of 130 musicians — as part of a concert Friday night at the LVR gym.

He says the Victoria musicians adjusted well to a new conductor and to having 75 less experienced musicians suddenly inserted into their group.

“The calibre of players they have, they can respond immediately.

You can make changes, they adapt,” Bullen said.

“They led the way the music shapes and flows.”

The Victoria orchestra, with musicians ranging in age from 14 to 25, had the second half of the program all to itself, performing colourful works by Ravel,

Borodin, and Bartok, as well as a composition by one of its own members, 22-year-old percussionist and composer Brandon Chow.

The group’s conductor, Yariv Aloni, told the Star he loves working with young musicians because of “their enthusiasm. I love that they play every piece for the first time. It’s like seeing a movie for the first time.

It’s always exciting, and I love the learning curve because when they start, they don’t know the piece or what to expect.”

He said he was happy to spend a few days in Nelson.

“I love Nelson. I always did. The highlight here was the fact that we really combined the groups and made it a big event rather than just playing a concert.

Tim is just an amazing man. And it’s fun to see how the musicians [from the different groups] interact so well together.

The interaction of the musicians, that was the highlight for me.”

For more photos, go to the online version of this story at nelsonstar.com.

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The Rotary Club of Nelson invites you to create art over a glass of wine You will be guided by a professional artist and leave with a beautiful piece of art… created by YOU! No experience necessary and we provide all the supplies.

DATE: Monday, May 30 TIME: 7-9 p.m.

WHERE: Finley’s Bar and Grill All proceeds go to the Nelson Rotary Club’s ongoing projects, both local and abroad. all supplies PRICE: $55 (Includes and one glass of wine)

Tickets can be purchased at Railtown Coffeehouse in the historic CPR Station

Shoe giveaway takes care of Nelson’s feet Some of the feet traipsing the streets of Nelson are doing so in comfort after a free shoe giveaway. Jackie Nedelec (above), an organizer with Shoe Bank Canada, made hundreds of shoes available Saturday at Expressions Cafe. The donated kicks were up for grabs for just one day, and Nedelec was hopeful anyone who tried on a pair walked away happy.

Tyler Harper photo

Strong Action For Safer Communities A three-year, $23-million commitment by the Government of B.C. builds on the Guns and Gangs Strategy with the B.C. Anti-Gang Unit, RCMP and Crime Stoppers to support B.C. communities to prevent gang and gun violence. Key elements include: $450,000 to support Crime Stoppers’ proven Cash for Tips on Illegal Firearms and to promote awareness of the Gang Tip Line Enhancement of the End Gang Life Program More outreach to youth More police, with the addition of two 10-person teams New Office of Crime Reduction and Gang Outreach Illegal Firearms Task Force

You could receive a cash reward of up to $2000.

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De belles nouvelles pour Rossland Par Marie-Josée Beaulieu Directrice de l’École des Sept-sommets Finale régionale du Concours d’art oratoire

Le 14 avril dernier, les élèves de 5 e à 8 e années des écoles des Sept-sommets et des Sentiersalpins ont participé à la finale régionale du Concours d’art oratoire. Ils nous ont épatés par leurs discours originaux et intéressants. Nous tenons à féliciter les gagnantes: Alexandria Purdy (5e année), Léa Boiridy-Graves (6e année), Solange Machado (7e année) et Maïka Houde (8e année). Nous souhaitons bonne chance à Léa et Maïka qui nous représenteront lors de la finale provinciale qui aura lieu le 7 mai à SFU.

Classe de 4 ans

Dès septembre 2016, l’école des Sept-sommets sera l’une des quatre écoles de la province à offrir un programme scolaire pour les enfants de 4 ans dans le cadre d’un projet pilote mené par le Conseil scolaire francophone de la C.-B. L’école accepte présentement les inscriptions S. Machado, L. Chartier (juge), A. Purdy, M. pour les enfants nés en 2012 résidant dans les Montandon (juge), K. Pion (juge), M. Houde et L. villes de Rossland, Warfield, Trail, Castlegar et Boiridy-Graves Photo : École Sept-sommets Fruitvale. Veuillez contacter l’école pour plus d’information (250-362-3395).

Quelle magnifique cabane à sucre 2016!

Par Lyne Chartier, directrice, AFKO 200 convives, 28 bénévoles, de la bonne bouffe pour TOUT le monde, de la musique et une température de rêve! Merci pour votre aide, votre présence et votre participation! Un grand merci aussi à nos précieux commanditaires : Oso Negro, Save-On Food, Kootenay Coop, Positive Apparel et Mountain Baby. Bravo aux 5 jeunes de 8e année de l’école les Sentiers-alpins qui devront parcourir 300km à vélo, soit Calgary-Nelson, lors de la Grande Traversée en juin prochain. Dans le cadre de leur entraînement, ils sont venus à vélo à la cabane, accompagnés de leurs parents, professeurs et entraîneurs. Venez les accueillir à leur arrivée le 14 juin au parc Lakeside.

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Dévoilement de la murale de l’école des Sept-sommets L’école des Sept-sommets a reçu cette année une bourse dans le cadre du programme ArtStarts qui soutient de développement artistique dans les écoles. Cette bourse a permis une riche collaboration avec deux artistes francophones locales, Stéphanie Gauvin et Soleil Fleming, afin de réaliser une murale représentant notre identité

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francophone. La murale, qui a été créée et peinte par les élèves, en collaboration avec les artistes, sera affichée à l’extérieur de l’entrée principale de l’école. Une cérémonie aura lieu à l’école le jeudi 19 mai à 14h15 afin de dévoiler la murale. La communauté francophone est invitée à se joindre à nous afin de célébrer cette réalisation.

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Tom Murray named new credit union CEO SUBMITTED Black Press

Longtime Nelson and District Credit Union employee Tom Murray has been named the organization’s new CEO, effectively immediately.

Murray replaces Doug Stoddart, who has retired after 24 years with the credit union.

“Tom has been a valued staff member for 11 years and an active community volunteer,” said a news release issued by the credit union. “He is highly respected by his peers and colleagues. He competed for the CEO position with over 20 highly qualified applicants from across Canada.

“No one understands our community and its needs better than longtime community members, and no one understands Nelson and District Credit Union better than longtime employees.”

Murray has an economics degree from Stanford University and an MBA in finance and environmental management from the University of Washington. Before

Tom Murray joining the credit union, he worked as a private business consultant and as regional loans manner for Community Futures in Nelson.

“I am very excited for this opportunity, and I look forward to stewarding our credit union’s continued success,” Murray said in the news release. “I’m passionate about credit unions and co-operatives, as their values are increasingly

important in building resiliency and sustainability in our rural areas.

“I’ve had the honour and pleasure of serving our members for over 11 years, and I look forward to continuing that work in the communities we serve. I will work with the board, management and staff to continue to build an organization that clearly values co-operation and community.”

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union board chair Andy Chute said the search for the new CEO was “extensive.”

“Our search committee received a wealth of applications and was very pleased with the high calibre of talent that the posting attracted,” he said. “We were looking for a CEO who can meet some of our key goals and continue to build on our ability to support our members and the communities that we serve.

“Tom brings an incredible level of knowledge of credit union operations, much thanks to Doug Stoddart’s influence and a strong passion for our communities and a leadership style based on teamwork and cooperation. These characteristics will be essential in meeting our goals. We are excited to have him as the new CEO.” In addition to his work with the credit union, Murray is an experienced backcountry ski guide and works seasonally for Selkirk Snowcat Skiing.

He lives in Nelson with his wife Bronwyn and their children.

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Wednesday, May 11, 2016 Nelson Star

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Locals host o hanami picnic Members of the Nelson sister city Izu-shi Friendship Society hosted an o hanami cherry blossom viewing picnic in the Japanese garden in Cottonwood Falls Park recently. Newlychosen president John Armstrong (far left) said these picnics are very popular at this time of year in Japan, though they usually include beer or sake, which this group lacked. Jim Sawada (third from right) told a humorous story about building the garden, Margot and Bernie Zimmer (back, third and fourth from left) shared their family’s experiences visiting Izu-shi (formerly known as Shuzenji), and they all sang the Japanese song “Sakura” (cherry blossoms).

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