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This amazing home is located on 33+ acres and includes a second dwelling located away from the main house, several outbuildings and a detached 28’x62’ insulated and heated garage.

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$498,500 Very private 8.72 Acres with a 4 bed/2 bath character home. Recent renovations, warm wood floors and accents, lots of windows to enjoy views. Close to Crescent Valley services – central to Nelson/Castlegar. Ideal rural family home! MLS 2441249 David Gentles 250-354-8225

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.54 aCreS of LaNd Fantastic family home close to the Lake! Offering just over 3,000 sq. ft., this home has a stunning living room with vaulted ceiling and gas fireplace, dining room with sunny bay window open to the Serving Nelson & updated kitchen with newer appliances. Main floor laundry. Roomy master bedroom boasting Area Since 1908 a large en-suite. MLS 2441989 Laura Salmon 250-551-8877 100% Locally Owned & Independently Operated

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Second World War army veteran Chuck Clarkson (left) and navy veteran George Coletti joined Nelson’s Remembrance Day ceremony on Monday. See more photos on page 2. Photo: Bill Metcalfe

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This 2 bdrm., 1 full bath condo has been recently renovated with engineered hardwood floors throughout & some tile flooring. Custom birch kitchen cabinets. Corner unit on an entry level.

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Nelson honours veterans on Remembrance Day 2019 Nelson residents laid a record 125 wreaths at the cenotaph at Monday’s Remembrance Day ceremony. Participants heard the recorded voice of Lionel Binette reading “In Flanders Fields.” Binette died this year age 99. His dramatic reading of the poem had become a mainstay of Nelson’s ceremony.

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Fire crews battle a blaze at the Villa Motel in Nelson last week. Photo: Tyler Harper

Fire damages Villa Motel STAFF WRITER Nelson Star

No one was injured in a fire last week at the Villa Motel that took several local fire departments all day to extinguish.

The fire was first reported at about 5 a.m. on Nov. 6 in the pool area of the motel and in the units above the pool, according to a news release from Nelson Fire and Rescue Services.

The motel, located just north of the Orange Bridge on Highway 3A, was immediately evacuated by Nelson

fire and police departments.

Other local volunteer fire departments were called into service for water supply because there are no fire hydrants in the area of the motel and because of other obstacles the fire presented.

“Due to the ongoing challenges, over multiple hours, with getting water on the fire, additional resources were requested from [local volunteer fire departments],” the news release reads. “Firefighters and equipment from multiple departments were dispatched to complement the water shuttle and assist

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“The construction of the building and the location of the fire hindered the suppression efforts along with the water supply challenges.

Firefighters were not able to safely access the area above the pool to prevent the fire from travelling through the void space.”

During the firefighting efforts, crews had to dig a trench around neighbouring Amanda’s Restaurant to divert water that was found to be accumulating in the building.

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The cause of the fire is under investigation and it is not considered suspicious.

The blaze was declared extinguished at 4 p.m. No damage estimate was released.

Forty-two City of Nelson and rural firefighters responded to the incident with three fire engines, one ladder truck, five tender trucks, and two utility vehicles. BC Ambulance Service, Nelson Hydro, Nelson public works department, FortisBC Gas, and the Nelson emergency management program were also involved in controlling the fire.

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Railtown cannabis rezoning Peter de Groot inquest scheduled for May goes to public hearing SUBMITTED BY THE BC CORONERS SERVICE Special to the Nelson Star

BILL METCALFE Nelson Star

Nelson city council has started the process of rezoning a piece of Railtown land for indoor cannabis cultivation.

The vacant property at 45 Government Road, which was once a fuel cardlock facility, was recently purchased by the Nelson Cannabis Collective, which applied to the city for the rezone.

The proposed 1,810 square metre facility would, according to the proponents, provide up to 20 part-time and full-time jobs.

The current zoning allows a variety

of commercial and industrial uses, but not cannabis cultivation. If the re-zoning eventually passes, it will allow cultivation on that site only, not on neighbouring sites.

Council passed first and second reading last week. The matter will now go to a public hearing at which neighbours and other interested people may comment before council makes a final decision.

Councillor Janice Morrison was concerned that it might use too much water, given Nelson’s precarious water supply.

“This is a water and energy intensive

industry better suited to be outside the city where they could use other sources,” she said.

“As we see development in Railtown and other places, water could become a concern and we pledged to come at these things with a climate change lens. We need to look at this in budget meetings and look at water metering.”

Councillors Cal Renwick and Rik Logtenberg agreed.

The city’s public works head, Colin Innes, told council that according to the proponent, the business would use an amount of water

equivalent to three households.

“We were concerned about this [at first],” Innes said. “But it will be watering in pots, not water flowing through it. I would be prepared [to take them at their word], but we should monitor it.”

Mayor John Dooley asked Innes what would happen if the facility exceeded its usage claim. Innes replied that a water meter could be applied to it and the excess charged for.

Logtenberg conceded that if the business uses only three households worth of water, he didn’t think it is a problem.

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by Mitchell Scott, one of the founders of Kootenay Mountain Culture magazine, and Phil Penfold, one of the principals at Retallack Lodge.

The proposed business would host multiple cultivators and there would be no retail sales or consumption on site.

At a public information session held by the cannabis collective on Sept. 18, one of their neighbours’ biggest concerns was smell, but the company states there will be no smell because of the facility’s advanced filtration technology and the fact that it is indoors.

A date for the public hearing has not been set.

The BC Coroners Service has scheduled a public inquest into the death of Peter de Groot beginning on May, 19, 2020, at 9:30 a.m. at the Rossland Courthouse.

The death of de Groot, 45, was reported to the BC Coroners Service on Oct. 13, 2014, following a police-involved incident at a cabin near Slocan.

Under the Coroners Act, inquests are mandatory for any deaths that occur while a person was detained by or in the custody of a peace officer.

Presiding coroner Chico Newell and a jury will hear evidence from witnesses under oath to determine the facts surrounding this death.

The jury will have the opportunity to make recommendations aimed at preventing deaths under similar circumstances. A jury must not make any finding of legal responsibility or express any conclusion of law.

An inquest is a formal process that allows for public presentation of evidence relating to a death. The jury will certify the identity of the

deceased and how, where, when and by what means death occurred.

The BC Coroners Service looks to gather the facts surrounding why a death took place. It is not a fault-finding agency. It provides an independent service to the family, community, government agencies, and other organizations.

De Groot was shot and killed by police at a cabin following a manhunt of several days. Police said that he fired at officers who came to his home and then fled.

His family says it hopes the inquest answers several outstanding questions, including why police came to his home and why de Groot’s sister Danna was not allowed to help resolve the situation peacefully. The de Groot family is holding a civil suit against the RCMP in abeyance until the inquest ends.

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Nelson to require electric vehicle charging outlets in all new buildings BILL METCALFE Nelson Star

Starting in 2020, new buildings in Nelson must install a minimum number of electric car charging outlets.

Last week, city council decided new construction in Nelson must have: • One Level 2 charging outlet for every dwelling unit including mixed-use buildings.

• One Level 2 or higher charging outlet for 20 per cent of parking stalls in new commercial, industrial, mixed-use, public or institutional buildings.

The requirement is not to actually install a ready-touse charging station at each parking space, but rather to install an energized outlet at each parking space so that future occupants can easily and quickly install a charger device on their own.

Council also decided that new gas stations must have charging stations available for public use.

These provisions involve an amendment to the city’s Off-street Parking and Landscape Bylaw.

Council made these decisions after considering a number of facts and assumptions:

An electric charging station in Nelson’s Railtown district. Photo: Bill Metcalfe • In the first quarter of 2019, six per cent of total vehicle sales and 15 per cent of new passenger vehicle sales in B.C. were zero-emission electric vehicles.

Under the provincial Zero Emissions Vehicles Act, 10 per cent of new vehicle sales are required to be electric by 2025, 30 per cent by 2030 and 100 per cent by 2040. It can be expected that nearly all homes built today will one day be home to an EV. • Owners of electric vehicles tend to want to charge at home or at work.

• New homes and commercial spaces can be equipped with EV charging at a rela-

tively modest cost. Wiring parking areas for Level 2 charging at construction is generally half the cost of doing the work post-occupancy.

• The cost of making a new single-family home Level 2 ready is estimated at $200 to $500, which is about half or even one-quarter of the cost of retrofitting post-construction.

• Level 2 charging is the most common level of vehicle charging. It is also the level of service installed by the city at lower Hall Street and in Railtown for public charging. Level 2 charging stations use a 240-volt sys-

tem (similar to a clothes dryer plug) and can fully charge a vehicle in four to 10 hours, depending on the vehicle battery’s range.

• For multi-unit buildings, the per-stall cost is estimated at $560 in a load-sharing system or $2,400 for a dedicated circuit. Announced at the end of September, a new rebate program is available until March 2020 to hydro customers across the province, including Nelson Hydro customers, who provide a $350 rebate for a detached home’s EV charging connection and $2,000 for a workplace or multi-unit building.

Help the University of Guelph improve hearing healthcare across Canada.

Connect Hearing and Professor Mark Fenske at the University of Guelph are seeking participants who are over 50 years of age, have never worn hearing aids and have not had a hearing test in the last 24 months, for a hearing study that investigates factors that can influence better hearing.

Study Parameters The researchers will examine listening in a range of situations, from one-on-one, to group conversations, watching TV and wider social contexts like supermarkets and other noisy environments, and how it effects connection and socialization.

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You can register to be part of this groundbreaking new hearing study by calling 1.888.242.4892 or visiting connecthearing.ca/hearing-study *Wingfield, A., Tun, P. A., & McCoy, S. L. (2005). Hearing Loss in Older Adulthood: What It Is and How It Interacts With Cognitive Performance. Current Directions in Psychological Science, 14(3), 144–148. † Study participants must be over 50 years of age and have never worn hearing aids. No fees and no purchase necessary. 1. Cruickshanks, K. L., Wiley, T. L., Tweed, T. S., Klein, B. E. K., Klein, R, MaresPerlman, J. A., & Nondahl, D. M. (1998). Prevalence of Hearing Loss in Older Adults in Beaver Dam, Wisconsin: The Epidemiology of Hearing Loss Study. Am. J. Epidemiol. 148 (9), 879-886. 2. National Institutes of Health. (2010).

For The Record A headline Nov. 7 misstated the name of an event at the Capitol Theatre this week. It was entitled Grief and Mystery, not Grief and Misery. The Star regrets the error.

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Projects benefit from community tech program SUBMITTED BY THE COLUMBIA BASIN TRUST Special to the Nelson Star

People in 16 communities including Nelson, Kaslo, Riondel, and New Denver, will have the opportunity to access state-ofthe-art technology for free as public facilities purchase items such as high-tech recording and digitization equipment and teach people how to use them. These projects are being realized with nearly $480,000 from Columbia Basin Trust’s community technology program.

• The City of Nelson will receive $22,000 for virtual reality equipment, electronics including circuit kits, robots, iPads and a mobile charging cart, and digital literacy programming at the Nelson and District Youth Centre.

• The Village of New Denver will receive $15,580 for four computer stations, digitization equipment, photo and film editing software, remote learning opportunities, digital literacy programming, and electrical upgrades at the Knox Hall Reading Centre.

• The Kaslo and District Public Library Association will receive $7,737 for laptops, a mobile charging cart, HD video camera, software such as Microsoft Office

A space in the Riondel Community Centre will be transformed into a high-tech computer lab with support from Columbia Basin Trust’s community technology program. Photo submitted and Photoshop and digital literacy and skill levels,” said Frances programming.

O’Rourke, association president.

• In Riondel, the Senior Citizens “The activities available through Association Branch 96 will work these technologies will provide alongside the Riondel Reading mental stimulus for our senior Room to install a computer lab members and will provide opporwith printing and scanning, a tunities for intergenerational activvideo editing station and a virtual ities with the community’s youth, reality lab at the Riondel Commu- contributing to a stronger, more nity Centre. integrated community.”

“The range of equipment and Announced in fall 2018, this proprograms will appeal to all ages gram provided grants to registered

non-profit organizations, First Nations communities and local governments that operate public spaces like libraries and community centres. This final intake adds to the nine communities that received support earlier this year, bringing the program’s project total to 25 tech-enabled spaces.

“This program helps communities meet the evolving needs of the people who live in them, increasing opportunities to access the latest technology and improve their digital literacy,” said Nicole MacLellan, manager, delivery of benefits. “The ability to access and use technology is a must in today’s world. We were particularly pleased with the response from so many small and rural communities that are working to increase access and bridge the digital divide.”

Besides computers, specialized software and other equipment, the grants also enable the organizations to renovate their spaces and buy furniture to create suitable venues. They may also use the funding to train staff and volunteers so they can help residents use the new technology, and to provide barrier-free programming and training to the public, such as classes and workshops, one-on-one coaching and online resources.

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The Nelson Star welcomes letters to the editor intended for publication but reserves the right to edit for brevity, clarity, legality, accuracy and topicality.

Letters should be a maximum of 350 words in length. Anonymous letters will not be published. To assist in verification, name, address and daytime telephone must be supplied, but will not be published. Email letters to: editor@nelsonstar.com.

Letters to the Editor No thanks to Burger Month How is it that the city of Nelson claims to want to battle climate change and at the same time has a burger month?

The science shows that animal agriculture is one of the top contributors of climate change and here we are perpetuating it by having a month of eating more and more meat.

Sure, Nelson rolls out some plastic cups you can rent for $3 but is that real change? More plastic? Where is the month of celebrating what we can do with vegan food? Come on Nelson, time to trade in something we’ve been doing every year for something new, innovative and good for the planet.

Brad Hopfner Nelson Editor’s Note: The Nelson Star is the sole organizer of Burger Month.

Supreme Court of Canada should hear Sinixt hunting case Re: “Government’s appeal in Sinixt case dumbfounding,” Oct. 31 I have been following the progression of the R. vs. Desautel case through the trial and appellate courts.

It’s important to understand that the Crown is almost obliged to have this issue settled once and for all. In other words the real issue is whether these people’s rights can now be asserted by non-resident “foreign” residents (i.e. citizens of the United States) such as to allow them to assert aboriginal title that would bring them within the B.C. treaty negotiation process.

There is no question that the Sinixt people have occupied the Arrow Lakes and Lower

Lions Park rink needs volunteers Imagine getting all bundled up on a cold winter’s night to water the ice rink at Lions Park with the help of a new friend. This is definitely not everyone’s cup of tea, but for those of us who have been doing this year after year it’s a labour of love. Love of the satisfaction you get when you see that sheen of ice glisten in the night. Love of the sound of skates cutting into that cold hard surface the next day. Love of the screeches of joy you hear from the children slip sliding away.

Love of the gratitude that is expressed by young and old.

It’s not easy maintaining an outdoor rink in our fluctuating temperate climate, but it is rewarding. It’s so Canadian how we cherish our out door rinks in Canada! It’s where figure skating and hockey stars of the future are born.

Columbia River in Canada for thousands of years. The declaration that the Sinixt were or are extinct is a legal myth, one which has been disproved and properly rejected, in fact and in law. (I always suspected that the Declaration of Extinction made in the 1950s was somehow associated with the Columbia River Treaty negotiations, but concede that’s speculation.)

The issue is not whether these people are “extinct,” which clearly they are not, but whether they are now able to assert

The ice rink at Lions Park has been a focal point for the community for 20 years. The rink is made and maintained entirely by volunteers from the community. Though the rink was a little late in the making last winter due to a warm December, it was useable for Christmas morning and remained in good shape until the end of February.

The Lions Club needs more volunteers to keep this tradition alive. Volunteers are paired and one evening per week the pair is scheduled to clean and water the rink from 9:45 to 10:45 p.m. Training is provided well in advance.

If you are willing and able to contribute an hour of your time per week during the winter months to help with this task, call 250-551-6790.

Paul Major Nelson Lions Club

claims to ancestral rights and title and, if so, how they will come within this negotiation process.

I believe is is therefore necessary to have this issue adjudicated upon and addressed by the Supreme Court of Canada.

This in my view is but another step in the long journey towards truth and reconciliation of the shocking colonialism and treatment of the aboriginal ancestors of this land.

Ken Wylie Robson

The Lions Park ice rink is a beloved part of a Nelson winter, but volunteers are needed to maintain it, Paul Major writes. Photo submitted Joyce’s historical contributions overlooked Re: “Nelson newspaper history exhibit opens,” Nov. 7 I’d like to correct one of the statements made during the panel discussion at the opening of Greg Nesteroff’s exhibition of Nelson and West Kootenay newspaper history. Columnist Greg Scott claimed that John Norris’s Historic Nelson is “really the only history of Nelson we have.” This completely ignores the two books I wrote

about Nelson history, as well as books by Sylvia Crooks, Frances Welwood, and other local historians.

In A Perfect Childhood: 100 Years of Heritage Homes in Nelson (1997), I used the city’s heritage homes as a literary device or lens through which to focus the early history. Each house thus becomes a capsule history of the city’s beginnings, much as I had done in my Nelson Daily News column, Heritage Beat (1996–2000).

Many of the same key players

in Nelson’s early history that Norris writes about are profiled through the story of the magnificent homes they built.

This covers roughly the period from the 1890s until the 1950s, overlapping Norris’s fine book, which takes us to about 1900.

Then in my second book, Hanging Fire and Heavy Horses: A Century of Public Transit in Nelson (2000), I designed it so that it covers the history of Nelson from the inception of the street railway in December 1899 until 1992 when Streetcar 23 began regular operations.

Discovering that nearly all of the city’s bus history had been destroyed in a fire, I had to painstakingly reconstruct 50 years of transit history from City Hall records and interviews with surviving bus drivers. Again, public transit was merely a lens through which to focus the city’s wider history.

To make this doubly clear, I had the graphic designer for the book run snippets of historical news from Nelson’s newspapers along the outer columns of each page.

While writing Heritage Beat — which in total contained some 250,000 words on the history of the city and region — I prided myself on my accuracy, spending 20-to30 hours per week on research.

Even though I was using the storytelling techniques of a fiction writer, I wanted to be sure that everything I wrote could be backed up by historical facts. Yet this all seems to have been forgotten now, despite the huge labour of love that was required to make this contribution to the city’s historical record.

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Council OKs Rosemont disc golf for one-year trial BILL METCALFE Nelson Star

Nelson council has allowed the use of the wooded area of Art Gibbon Park in Rosemont as a disc golf course for a one-year trial period.

Council reached this compromise in the face of enthusiastic persistence from the Nelson Disc Golf Society and determined opposition from some Rosemont residents.

The decision was made at council’s Nov. 4 meeting at which Craig Stanley of the city’s parks department told council that he canvassed this subject thoroughly with both groups. He said the golf society’s plan has undergone many adjustments as a result.

“Our preferred location would be a stand-alone space in the forest somewhere,” Stanley said, “but we do not have that much land.”

Stanley said Art Gibbon Park was originally set up specifically for recreation.

Disc golf (also known as frisbee golf) resembles golf because its object is to complete each hole in the fewest number of strokes, or, in the case of disc golf, the fewest number of throws. Instead of a hole there is an elevated metal basket, and instead of golf balls, metal discs. Players must navigate obstacles such as trees, shrubs and terrain changes. Creating a disc golf course does not require the removal of trees.

The written materials discussed by council, including the golf society’s proposal, are attached to the online version of this story at nelsonstar.com Residents’ concerns have included increased traffic, safety issues, parking shortages, and increased noise.

The proponents cite a survey in which 74 per cent of Nelson residents support the plan.

The Nelson Disc Golf Society promotes the sport as healthy outdoor activity for kids. This photo was not taken in Art Gibbon Park. Photo submitted Council members seemed torn.

“This is a really tough one,” said councillor Cal Renwick. “And please know that I have lost some sleep over this one. I am a recreation guy and I like the fact that this seems like a good proposal and a good sport.

I went up to the park and looked around and talked to a few people.”

Renwick wondered if it might be possible to concentrate the disc golf activity on certain parts of the park such as the east side where there is already a bike park, skate park, and proposed playground.

Stanley responded that if council decides the project should be confined to a specific area of the park, that could happen.

Councillor Rik Logtenberg said, “I have thought a lot about this and gone up there six times, brought my daughter and nieces up

to get a feel for it. The key point is it was identified as a recreation park. Question: for a trial period could we put a flag or something to indication to walkers that there are players on the course?”

Stanley responded that players can start anywhere in the course so this would be difficult, and wondered if players when finished would remember to take the flag down.

Logtenberg also speculated that no one would be playing disc golf in the park “90 per cent of the time.”

Councillor Jesse Woodward also said he has spent time in the park and talked to neighbouring residents.

“It is definitely contentious,” he said. “This is a low-barrier sport — you don’t have to have a lot of money, just buy a disc and you are going. A lot of children are not getting out in nature, they are very

attached to screens, so this is a low-barrier outdoor sport.”

“I feel any way we can get kids in the woods being active the better for society as a whole,” Woodward continued. “But I echo Cal Renwick if it goes ahead that there is a real effort to find a way to have the course toward the skate park and toward Richards Street. There must be a middle road here, so there are not winners and losers.”

Councillor Keith Page agreed with Woodward and said the project would be healthy recreation for young people.

“The power of this to me is that one-year trial, to work with the proponent and work with the community to put something in place and we can collect information afterwards.”

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the hours of the disc golf course.

Councillor Brittny Anderson said she supports the proposal but voted against it because of the local public opposition.

“I love this proposal.

When I first heard of it I thought, oh, slam dunk for the community, this is going to be an easy one.

Then after seeing so many emails and 180 signatures on a petition, I looked at those addresses. They were right around that park.

“I think that if this goes ahead, the community will like this park. But if I am supposed to represent the community, the residents around this park are telling us not to do it, so I am going to vote against this even though in my heart I want to see it move forward.”

Logtenberg responded, “I was yes, then no, then Keith [Page] convinced me and part of it is that it is a trial program. I have looked at many [initiatives that were hated when put in and popular after] including bike lanes in Vancouver. This is exactly one of those things.

“I hope the community comes on side with this, but if it does not, I would be open to pulling my support for this.”

Iraleigh Anderson of the golf society responded to council’s decision in an email to the Star: “The Nelson Disc Golf Society is thrilled that we finally have the chance to bring disc golf to Nelson. We have been working for many years to make this happen, and it is so exciting to be able to bring this low-barrier family activity to Nelson. Councillors brought forward good feedback during the meeting, and we will work with city staff to design a course that fits well within the park and its existing uses.”

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The show won’t go on without Terry Brennan TYLER HARPER Nelson Star

been working at the theatre for 18 years, most of which was as an assistant tech director until last year when Harvey Dutoff retired and Brennan was promoted.

Running the theatre is a full-time job for Brennan. He estimates he’ll work on 70 shows annually. Those range from one-night concerts to multi-show productions, and each requires something different from Brennan.

At no time is this more apparent than when a show moves into the theatre, an experience that can either be magical or maddening depending on how elaborate the technical needs are.

Local actor and producer Sydney Black has worked on shows at the Capitol since she was just five, and knows how stressful move-in day can be.

“You’re in crunch time, you don’t have any wiggle room and if something’s not working right away you feel like the world is crashing down,” says Black. “[Brennan has] held that world up many a time.”

One such day was Oct. 27 for the show Fastlane to Paradise.

Brennan had already arrived at 8:30 a.m. to begin setting up lights when the doors opened and stage crews started carrying in set pieces.

“Here they come,” said Brennan, somewhat cautiously.

Although they had been rehearsing for months, it’s the first day the cast and crew worked in the Capitol.

That meant plenty of trial, lots of errors and an unending stream of

T

he Pink Floyd tribute band’s show was reaching a crescendo when it broke the Capitol Theatre.

A breaker blew in the middle of the 23-minute epic “Echoes,” and the only music that could be heard was the sound of a band and audience who were unexpectedly less than comfortably numb.

It’s the kind of interruption every crew member fears. Olivia Bogaard, the Capitol’s assistant technical director, was sitting behind the audience in the theatre’s tech booth working on lighting when the sound went out.

“My palms started sweating,” says Bogaard, who suddenly felt trapped in the booth while the audience and band wondered what was happening.

“Lucky enough, Terry was on stage.”

No one knows the 92-year-old theatre quite like technical director Terry Brennan.

He is a behind-thescenes maestro, the theatre’s chief problem solver, and when the concert in September lost its sound it was Brennan who knew what to do. After only a few minutes he had fixed the breaker, and the band finished its show.

When it was over the Floyd fans applauded, and Brennan allowed himself to relax.

“Nelson audiences are very forgiving like that,” says Brennan, 55.

“No one yelled ‘give me my money back.’”

Brennan has now

Terry Brennan has worked at the theatre since 2001, and was promoted to technical director last year. He is the first person stage crews meet when they bring their shows to the Capitol. Photo: Tyler Harper questions for Brennan.

“I’ve always had a At one point he is real affinity for wires on a ladder install- and cables,” says Brening a light high above nan.

He moved to Nelson the stage while giving one person the Wi-Fi in 1992, and in 1999 password and explain- helped out with an arts ing the intricacies of festival at the Capitol. the Columbia Basin Two years later he was Trust (his wife is on hired as an assistant the board) to another. technician.

Later he is asking At the time, that the crew for more rig- mostly meant building ging support — “It maintenance and fourmakes me sleep better hour cleaning shifts at night” — showing after crews packed up. sound technicians But the theatre has how to use the the- changed significantly atre’s mixing board and since Brennan started. working up on the cat- There are more shows walk, where he admits and, according to exto sometimes having ecutive director Stephone-sided conversa- anie Fischer, more demands on Brennan. tions with the lights.

Brennan has an an“Terry is very cuthropology degree but rious. He’s very, very no formal stage train- good when it comes to ing. Theatre, however, computers and technolwas part of his child- ogy. He’s always learnhood. He grew up in ing on the job.”

Brennan, who wears Bassano, a town of just 1,200 people in rural his hair long and dresssouthern Alberta where es like a roadie for an his father would host old punk band, is addinner theatre shows mittedly a sound guy. and use his son as the The setup for visiting technician. musicians, he says,

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Bogaard is 26 now.

Like Brennan, she never went to school for theatre, but has worked on shows at the Capitol for the last 12 years.

The pair work well together. Whereas Brennan cares more for sound, Bogaard has an interest in lighting.

“He is so supportive of good ideas that I have, and he will also let me know when I haven’t thought something through fully. He is always asking for my opinion on stuff and if he thinks it’s a good idea it’s just done the next day, which is so cool.”

Brennan says one day he hopes Bogaard replaces him. But for now, he takes special pride in his job at the only theatre he’s ever worked for.

That pride shines if Brennan is asked to provide a tour of the Capitol. He can show you the wall etched with names of actors and crew dating back to the 1920s. He knows where the building’s original chimney was, and can explain what the dusty trophy in the tech office was for.

But the Capitol still has secrets Brennan says he has yet to discover in the space just outside the spotlight where every tech director lives.

“I’m still learning things,” he says. “It took a long time for me to feel like I was close, and I’m still discovering things.”

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used to be just a single microphone. But as technology advanced, so did musicians’ expectations.

So when the theatre purchased a new mixing board, Brennan trained himself to use it.

“I really love mixing sound,” he says. “It’s kind of seat of your pants in a way. It can go horribly wrong, and when you succeed it’s really great. It feels great and people really appreciate it. Patrons really notice it when it sounds good.

“Oh, and they let you know when it doesn’t.”

When Brennan is in the audience himself, he sees the show from a different perspective.

“We strive for perfection and it almost never is perfect,” says Brennan. “We see things that audiences don’t necessarily see, hopefully don’t see, that are not perfect, and we’re pretty hard on ourselves. A half second off on a lighting cue is a giant mistake in our books.”

Brennan’s most important job might actually be imparting this dedication to the craft on his protege.

Olivia Bogaard was hired as Brennan’s assistant last year after his promotion. Born and raised in Nelson, Bogaard was 14 when she was first asked to help her cousin as the backstage manager for a production of The Rocky Horror Picture Show at the Capitol.

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Nelson Hydro seeks customer feedback prior to rate review SUBMITTED BY NELSON HYDRO Special to the Nelson Star

If you’re a Nelson Hydro customer, the local power provider wants to hear from you over the next few weeks.

A survey slated for this month is planned in preparation for a rate design application that will be submitted to the BC Utilities Commission in 2020.

Nelson Hydro General Manager Alex Love says the utility will soon be surveying residents of the city and surrounding rural

THE CORPORATION OF THE CITY OF NELSON COMMISSION, COMMITTEE & BOARD VACANCIES The Advisory Planning Commission, Cultural Development Committee, Housing Committee and Public Library Board are calling for volunteer applicants to fill existing vacancies for 2020.

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Detailed information on the vacancies is available at: www.nelson.ca/volunteer Please address confidential applications to: City of Nelson Administration Department Attn: Gabe Bouvet-Boisclair, Deputy Corporate Officer Suite 101, 310 Ward Street, Nelson, BC V1L 5S4 or by Email to dco@nelson.ca

areas on four important issues: customer service and reliability, infrastructure renewal, investment, and a review of everyone’s electricity rates. That includes residential and business ratepayers.

Within the next few weeks, Nelson Hydro customers will receive letters through Canada Post with easyto-follow details on where to find the survey online, and how to access your copy of the questionnaire.

Your answers and personal information will be kept confidential.

“We’re looking for important feedback from our customers,” says Love. “We’d like our ratepayers to let us know how we’re doing when it comes to customer service and our performance during outages, as well as their thoughts on issues like rate fairness, energy conservation, and the safety and reliability of the utility’s infrastructure.”

Nelson Hydro’s powerhouse on the Kootenay River is seen at right. File photo Love explains that all utilities review the cost of service and rate design periodically to make sure rates reflect the fair allocation of costs to residential and business customers. This process is called a cost of service analysis.

The analysis aims to ensure one group of customers isn’t unfairly subsidizing another. Nelson Hydro’s electricity rate review will help determine what, if any, updates to its rate structures

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Nelson Hydro completed its last analysis in December 2018, which identified some inequities amongst different customer groups.

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Sam Baio of Valhalla Pure Outfitters says public response to the Coats for the Koots campaign has grown, with over 300 coats donated every year.

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It’s not unusual for Sam Baio to have a visit from someone overcome with gratitude after receiving a Coats for the Koots donation.

Launched by Valhalla Pure Outfitters six years ago as a way to give back to the Nelson community, the initiative collects and distributes clean, gently used coats and other winter clothing for local children and adults.

“I have had people in the community who we’ve outfitted with some of these coats crying with sincere gratitude,” says Baio, the store manager.

He also hears more and more from locals eagerly awaiting the coming year’s Coats for the Koots — an easy way to bring a little winter warmth to neighbours in need.

“It’s definitely gaining momentum and people start asking about it once the weather gets a little cooler,” Baio says. “Our donors feel wonderful knowing how much they can help by donating something they no longer wear.”

Whether it’s a single parent trying to keep a growing child warm or a senior without a winter jacket, the need in the community is

real. Baio and his team are inspired every year by the generosity of spirit and donations, and the impact they make.

“The response has been outstanding and it’s grown every year,” says Baio. “We collected 125 coats in Year 1, and we’re now collecting more than 300 coats every year.”

While many are fortunate to have more than one warm winter coat, too many in the community have none. “We’d love people to have a look and if they have a coat they only wear once or twice each winter, maybe pass it along to someone who will wear it every day,” Baio suggests.

At the heart of Coats for Koots is the local impact — neighbours helping neighbours. Donations are distributed during Nelson’s Community Connect Day Nov. 23 and through local shelters and other non-profit organizations.

Because they connect with so many people during Community Connect Day, the more donations received before Nov. 23, the better, but staff will happily collect throughout November.

As a thank you for the community’s generosity, anyone making a donation receives a draw entry for a Marmot jacket, plus $25 off a new jacket at regular price.

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As well as watching the Leafs play, you’ll have the chance to bid on silent auction items, learn about Friends of the Family at their information booth, and try your luck in the 50-50 draw. There’s even a Kids’ Corner with colouring and crafts for the youngsters.

Friends of the Family is generously supported by many groups in our community, but this fundraiser has special significance. Friends of the Family can trace its beginnings back to a Nelson Leafs game in 2000 that helped a local family whose child was gravely ill. That family, and others, wanted to give back to help others in similar situations, and Friends of the Family was born.

Today, Friends of the Family not only helps with travel-related costs, but also provides information about accessing other avenues of assistance and guidance to those who wish to do additional fundraising.

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New Nelson company debuts with stunning ski film TYLER HARPER Nelson Star

Simon Shave and Clay Mitchell keep a VHS copy of the first ski video they made as teenagers. That video was called Passion, and nearly 20 years later they hope a new passion project leads to a dream film career.

Shave and Mitchell are the founders of CK9 Studios, which last month released its debut film Over Time.

The seven-minute short, which can be viewed in the online version of this story at nelsonstar. com, stars five-time Winter X Games skier Sammy Carlson cutting through powder in a piece the Nelson natives hope puts their new company in the spotlight.

“We wanted to make the shots so beautiful that anybody is going to like it, not just skiers,” said Shave, who serves as the company’s producer.

“Between the voice over, the universal time theme, the beauty of the cinematography and the length and the music, we just wanted to make something that would be captivating for anyone.”

Shave and Mitchell have been friends since Grade 7. They spent their 20s fighting forest fires and went their separate ways into film before reconvening for work with Sherpas Cinema, most notably on the local ski short Imagination.

The birth of CK9 Studios came when Carlson suggested a project with Mitchell after the pair worked together during a shoot at Retallack. Shave said Mitchell’s ability to follow a skier while carrying a big camera rig impressed Carlson.

The pair also wanted do something less straight forward than most ski videos.

“Clay and I want to do more artsy, story-based stuff,” said

Simon Shave (left) and Clay Mitchell are the co-founders of CK9 Studios, which last month released its first film Over Time. Photo: Tyler Harper Shave. “The brands want to keep he was saying about time, and how go under because of his skis and it pretty true to the core skiing pop- it reflects on who you are and who boots. He just pancakes.” ulation. We found the fine line to you become,” said Mitchell.

Over Time was released on Youput in a bit of a message, but still One of the film’s most stunning Tube on Oct. 22 and already has letting the skiing being the domi- shots, in which Carlson falls into over 100,000 views. It has also alnating piece of it.” what appears to be a dark abyss, ready won two awards from the Filming began last January and was actually shot at the Nelson Montreal-based International lasted over four months at loca- and District Community Com- Freeski Film Festival film. tions between Nelson and north plex’s pool.

Shave and Mitchell hope the film of Revelstoke.

Mitchell said Carlson jumped helps establish their company and They settled on time as the film’s off the pool’s diving board around leads to more projects on action theme, and used a 4K slo-motion 20 times over five hours to get the sports shoots or commercials. So camera that can film 1,000 frames shot, which used black fabric and far, they say the reaction has been overwhelmingly positive from caper second to create different shots special lights. that fit the voiceover from Myles “We thought he was going to sual viewers, skiers and colleagues Munroe, a deceased minister from sink and die the first time,” said in the film industry. the Bahamas.

Mitchell. “Then he jumps off the “My two year old likes it,” added “Once we heard it we liked what high dive and lands, he doesn’t even Shave.

KIJHL • 2019-20 STANDINGS and STATISTICS NEIL MURDOCH DIVISION TEAM GP W L Nelson 19 13 3 Beaver Valley 18 12 3 Spokane 22 11 9 Grand Forks 20 8 10 Castlegar 17 6 8 LEAFS GAMES Oct. 26 Nelson Nov. 2 Nelson Nov. 5 Nelson Nov. 8 Spokane Nov. 9 Nelson

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Leafs atop league after weekend split STAFF WRITER Nelson Star

The Nelson Leafs’ 12-game winning streak is over, but a win in Fernie ensured they remain tied for first overall in the KIJHL. The Leafs had their long run end with a 6-2 loss to the Braves in Spokane on Friday before rallying to beat the Ghostriders 4-3 in overtime in Fernie the next day.

The weekend results mean Nelson, which started the season winless through the first six games, is tied with Kimberley for points atop the league. Neil Murdoch Division rival Beaver Valley is two points back with a game in hand.

In Spokane, the Braves shelled the Leafs with 59 shots and scored six unanswered goals after Shawn Campbell and Keenan Crossman gave Nelson an early 2-0 lead.

Owen Miley scored twice for Spokane, while George Moran, Jed Butler, Nate Wilson and Derek Humphreys also scored and Riley McLean made 28 saves.

Leafs goaltender Anderson Violette allowed all six goals on 56 shots before Tenzin Mint took over late to stop three shots.

The next day in Fernie, Cole Wyatt scored a power-play goal in overtime to lift the Leafs.

Wyatt scored twice, while Brady Miller and Reid Wilson also had singles for Nelson. Violette meanwhile returned to net to make 38 saves.

Dylan Defosse, Gavin Lawrie and Andrew Bonham replied for the Ghostriders, with Ethan Fitzgerald stopping 30 shots.

The Leafs also hosted the Grand Forks Border Bruins on Nov. 5 after the Star’s publication deadline.

Jackson Vyse scored twice for the Leafs en route to a 9-4 rout of the Border Bruins.

Alek Erichuk, Wyatt, Campbell, Lane Goodwin, Jaden Shumilak, Wilson and Logan MacDonald also

scored, while Bryden Pow chipped in with three assists.

Mint made his season debut in net by stopping 18 shots.

Elvis Slack had two goals with Keaghan Holub and Brock Shields adding singles for Grand Forks. Border Bruins goalie Dillon Beebe allowed eight goals on 21 shots before being replaced

by Shane Zilka, who gave up one more on 10 shots.

The Leafs have dominated their Neil Murdoch Division rival to start the season, having won all three games against the Border Bruins while outscoring them 19-9.

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Regional crown caps Mount Sentinel winning season SUBMITTED BY MOUNT SENTINEL Special to the Nelson Star

The Mount Sentinel Secondary School Wildcats senior boys volleyball team brought home first place from the Kootenay Zone A Championship held in Sparwood last week.

Five other teams competed for the title: Fernie, Fernie Academy, Golden, Salmo and host Sparwood. The Wildcats went undefeated in pool play and playoffs, beating Fernie Secondary in the bestof-five final 3-0.

The Kootenay Zone Championship caps a great season for Mount Sentinel, which previously finished first in an eight-team Kootenay tournament at the start of their season, third at an eightteam tournament in Vernon, ninth at a

The Wildcats, back row L-R: Coach Glen Campbell, Aaron Spurge, Mike Hennelly, Reilly Podovelnikoff, Will McLeod, Kyle Kabatoff. Front row: Ti Loran, Ryan Pearce, Xavier Moore. Missing: Assistant coach Javan Johnson, Chase Stoochnoff, Dylan Strelaeff.

Photo submitted 32-team tournament boys volleyball team is being played at the in Kelowna, fifth at a in B.C. while Vernon Selkirk College gym in 28-team tournament in Christian School holds Castlegar and at L.V. Kamloops and 10th at down the No. 1 spot Rogers’ gym in Nelson. a 16-team tournament and is last year’s reEveryone is encourin Lake Country. All turning champion. aged to come out and of these tournaments The next action for cheer on our local had the best teams at the Wildcats is the Wildcats to victory and levels A, AA, and AAA provincial champion- see some of the best competing in them. ship being hosted by senior boys volleyball As a result of their Mount Sentinel this teams competing for season record, the year during the week the ultimate title of Wildcats are current- of Nov. 21 to 23. The being crowned the best ly ranked the No. 2 A 16-team tournament A team in B.C.

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over the last year? What’s important to council? What’s How do you think Nelson important to you? city council has performed All good relationships re-

quire open communication around how the relationship is working for both people involved. Our relationship with

PLEASE RECYCLE THIS NEWSPAPER. Candidates for Nelson city council are seen at the candi-dating event in 2018. A year later, those who were elected are being invited back for another round. Photo: Bill Metcalfe our elected officials is no different.

As a follow-up to an October 2018 event with candidates, Nelson at its Best is inviting council and citizens to participate in a Municipal Candi-dating: One Year Anniversary event. The idea is to provide an opportunity to check in with council and see how the first year in office has gone.

It takes place Thursday, Nov. 21 from 7 to 9 p.m. at the Nelson Public Library.

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The menu for this unique date night: • Council highlighting strategic goals for the upcoming year; • Small table discussions and Q&A with one councillor at each table addressing one of the four strategic priorities; • Three rounds of these discussions to allow you to talk about up to three goals; • Wrap-up with council reflecting back what they heard and key messages going forward.

Nelson at its Best is a network of organizations and individuals working together to both imagine and help make Nelson a healthy, strong community.

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Redfish students get hands dirty in provincial park SUBMITTED BY WILDSIGHT Special to the Nelson Star

Students from Maggie Hodgson’s Grade 4/5/6 class at Redfish Elementary recently spent a day getting their hands dirty in support of their local provincial park.

The students planted close to 100 native trees and shrubs in Kokanee Creek Provincial Park campground, in an effort to re-wild an area that had recently been cleared for additional campsites.

“This project was a great way to make a difference, in just one day, to a local place that means so much to many people,” said Monica Nissen, Wildsight educator. “Wildsight’s Ecostewards program is all about getting students out of the classroom and taking action to care for our wild places.”

Students worked diligently, having discussed the values of West Kootenay ecosystems and the biodiversity found here in previous classroom sessions. Reclamation efforts included planting redosier dogwood, wild rose, beaked hazelnut, Douglas

These students planted close to 100 native trees and shrubs in Kokanee Creek Provincial Park recently.

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“The native shrubs and trees will not only enhance the area and provide privacy between campsites,” explained Anne Pigeon of RAP Park Contracting, “but they will also help deter ingrowth of invasive species.”

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Dateline Nov. 1, 1919 Halloween passed off appropriately and quietly in Nelson last evening. There were the usual festivities which are attendant on the occasion, and Halloween parties were numerous. In the suburbs of the city parties of youths were very much in evidence carrying out their pranks, and though many tricks were played and much fun enjoyed by the young people neither the provincial or city police had any reports of serious damage or wanton destruction which usually accompany Halloween festivities. There will be some householders who, this morning, will find their gates hanging high on a lamp post or that some other prank has been played on them.

Dateline Nov. 7, 1919 The King, in a proclamation to his subjects today appealed to them to help him in celebrating the anniversary of the armistice Nov. 11, by a suspension at 11 o’clock of all normal activities for a brief space of two minutes. The event, which stayed the carnage and marked the victory of right and freedom, should thus be commemorated so that “the thoughts of everyone may be concentrated upon reverent remembrances of the glorious dead.”

His Majesty expressed the belief that all will gladly unite in this simple service of silence and remembrance.

(In Nelson a civic holiday was proclaimed but no arrangements were made to mark the observance of the

first anniversary of the end of the First World War.) Dateline Nov. 8, 1919 After having elected its civic governing body by the proportional representation plan for the past two years Nelson will at the next civic election revert to the old majority plan. However the citizens will be given an opportunity of deciding at the forthcoming civic elections which plan they prefer.

It was pointed out at the meeting of city council that the plan had been adopted by the previous council without consulting the ratepayers and it was considered advisable that the citizens should be given the opportunity to say whether they preferred the proportional repContinued on Page A23

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History Continued from Page A22 resentation or the majority plan. Although reverting to the old majority system of electing the mayor and aldermen it is not likely that the ward system of electing the aldermen will be adopted again.

Dateline Nov. 8, 1919 Fire, originating in the workshop, gutted the big frame garage building of the Nelson Transfer Company, yesterday forenoon, destroyed five motor vehicles and badly damaged a sixth, destroyed the company’s winter equipment, consisting of sleighs, cutters, and harness stored in the loft

and cooked to a turn a fine carcass of venison. The loss on the building is estimated at $6,000, covered by insurance, and on the motor vehicles about $8,000.

When the fire started, the big building was packed with motor cars, and considering the rapidity with which the fire spread, it is surprising that the loss in machines was not greater. The fire department, in spite of slippery streets, reached the scene in record time but it was obvious from the first that there was small chance of saving the building, but by hard work the firemen confined the fire principally to the rear. The building which will have to be rebuilt was

only completed a few weeks ago, its final cost being about $11,000. ($11,000 in 1919 equals approximately $150,000 in 2019) Dateline Nov. 26, 1919 Over 40 columns of news and editorial mention was accorded the Victory Loan Campaign by the Nelson Daily News which helped put Nelson over the top.

Nineteen of the 40 columns was local or district matter written by the local staff, 12 columns was telegraphic matter or district correspondence, four columns of editorial, and six columns came under the head of propaganda. Of 62 newspapers surveyed, The Daily News

was one of the highest in the table.

Final figures for Nelson and district, after the successful whirlwind finish to the three week campaign, show the magnificent sum of $642,000 exceeding its target of $280,000 and the 1918 total of $555,550. The grand total for Kootenay Boundary, with the final figures yet to come from the majority of points, is $2,960,500.

(The First World was over, but there were bills yet to be paid and therefore one last Victory Loan Campaign in 1919. $605,000 in 1919 equals approximately $8.24 million in 2019 with $2.96 million equaling approxiAd from the Nelson Daily News of Nov. 11, 1919. mately $40 million)

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Shabbat is the only piece of my origins I have reclaimed and it lives in our home as sacred time for mother and son. Weekly or daily recognitions-of-the-ineffable seemed something other people did: whether they be indigenous practitioners, religious Jews, Muslims, Buddhists, Hindus, Samaritans, Christians, or many others. But then, I looked at my son warmly, at sundown, on a Friday, with candles lit, and there it was - a reverent shift like angelics dancing in the glow. Practicing the Shabbat “challenge”, even occasionally, has meant stopping all work and stepping into humble gratitude and play - changing the shape of our life for 25 hours. It takes some practice.

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can all fall short. In the midst of what Life requires of us, a faith practice has much to offer. At its best it can anchor personal transmutation, dialogue, and social change. When faith traditions nourish a code of ethics that benefits everyone – which I imagine was the original idea - they help shape personal attunement, respect for difference and the balanced pursuit of social justice and peace in our time.

Fallible, our means all too often miss the mark. Seinfeld – the popular American situation comedy – illustrates this with a character’s futile attempt to lower his blood pressure by commanding red-faced: “serenity, now!” Conversely, if your offspring will let you, blessing them in some meaningful way, from near or far, is like touching the invisible and having a 3000-year-old ritual reach back to hold you.

Perhaps acts – like honouring ancestors, prayer and Shabbat - are practice grounds; places for elusive states like acceptance and gratitude to take root in the midst of our pressurized

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BLAUHUT, Kurt June 7, 1933 – Bludau, Germany October 26, 2019 – Calgary, Alberta Kurt Blauhut, beloved husband of Sophie (Annelies) Blauhut (nee Cantrup) of Calgary, AB, passed away peacefully on Saturday, October 26, 2019 at the age of 86 years.

Besides his loving wife, Kurt is also survived by his daughters, Sue (Chris) Dabrowski, and Janet (John) Schellenberg; and his grandchildren Claire and John Wittnebel.

Kurt will be laid to rest in his beloved Balfour, BC in a private ceremony next spring. Condolences may be forwarded through www.McInnisandHolloway.com.

A tree will be planted in living memory of Kurt Blauhut. McINNIS & HOLLOWAY FUNERAL HOMES, Chapel of the Bells, 2720 CENTRE STREET NORTH, CALGARY, AB, T2E 2V6, Telephone: 403-243-8200.

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LAWRENCE (LARRY) WEBSTER 1929 - 2019 On Monday, November 4th, 2019 Larry peacefully slipped away from us. Larry was raised in Nelson, BC by his parents David and Edith and grew up alongside his older brother Dave and younger sister Eileen. Larry’s lifetime career with Cominco (now Teck) followed his schooling in Nelson and years at the University of BC. Larry’s career took him to numerous locations in BC and remote communities such as Pine Point in the Northwest Territories. His life changed significantly upon accepting a transfer to the small community of Riondel, BC where he met an attractive young nurse named Lois who also worked for Cominco. Larry and Lois were married on June 28, 1960 and their life together brought them to their forever home in Trail, BC where Larry continued to work for Cominco in the accounting department until his retirement on August 15, 1985. Larry and Lois enjoyed many years together travelling, camping, reading and dancing until Lois’s passing on October 19, 2005.

Larry was a wonderful conversationalist, interesting storyteller, avid reader and a kind gentleman with a sharp wit that he shared with all those who had the pleasure of spending time with him. Larry was an important member of the many family gatherings over the years with always an open ear as he enjoyed his time well spent with extended family and his coffee buddies in Trail.

Larry’s love of outdoor activities such as hiking, biking, canoeing, kayaking and downhill/cross country skiing was a passion well into his 80’s. It was only a short time ago that he still wanted to buy a new bicycle and challenge the mighty Columbia river just one more time with his kayak (thankfully he didn’t actual venture out on that one). Larry was also a talented artist and woodworker, for those fortunate enough to receive a piece of his woodwork or wood paintings they are truly blessed with a treasure.

In January 2018 Larry began residing at the Castleview Care Centre in Castlegar, BC where he made many new friends, staff and residents alike.

Larry celebrated his 90th birthday this past July and he laughed as he shared one of his proudest life accomplishments. Larry beamed as he told how he was so pleased to have surpassed the number of years worked for Cominco by receiving his pension cheque for more years than he worked for Cominco – well done Larry!

Larry leaves to celebrate his life just the way he wanted – with no fuss, fanfare or service. Larry is survived by his sister Eileen Madelung of Nelson, the many members of the Madelung and Webster families and friends he gathered through his lifetime.

The family extends a special thank you to the staff at Castleview for the excellent care Larry received while there.

Castlegar Funeral Chapel in care of arrangements.

Josephine Catenacci Josephine was born in Nelson, BC on September 3, 1938. She was the second of seven children born to Mary and Sam Catenacci.

Jo attended St. Joseph’s School, graduating in 1955. She started her career with Mutual Life of Canada in 1956.

She transferred with Mutual Life of Canada to Cranbrook, BC in 1976, where she spent the next 21 years until her retirement. Her time in Cranbrook was ďŹ lled with meeting new friends through church, curling, line dancing and travel.

Family was always close and there were many fun road trips to Cranbrook to share in her life.

After Jo retired, she moved back to Nelson to be close to her family and friends. She was involved in the Catholic Church and was a member for many years of the Catholic Women’s League, as well as the Italian Society.

She also gave her time volunteering at the IODE and always gave to the less fortunate and those needing a helping hand.

Jo was a loving Aunt and great Aunt to her many nieces and nephews who will remember her for her family breakfasts after Church following her mother’s tradition, her wonderful desserts and salads.

Jo was predeceased by her mother and father, Mary and Sam Catenacci, her sisters Ann Gabor and Marie Catenacci, as well as her Uncle Carlo and Aunt Lena, Uncle Tony and Aunt Marion and brother-in-law John Dejong.

She is survived by her sisters Ida Dejong, Fran (Buck) Crawford, Bernadine (Fred) Swetlikoe, brother Jack (Norine) Catenacci and brother-in-law Steve.

She will also be missed by her nieces and nephews, Terry, Randy, Chris and Carolyn Dejong; Shawn, Tammy, and Shannon Crawford; Todd, Scott and Mary-Jean Swetlikoe; Richard and Sandi Catenacci; Steve and Rhonda Gabor and Deanna Proctor; Mark and Gino Catenacci and Angela Bezaire and Brenda Aubin, as well as her cousins Ben and Tony Arcuri and Sandy Corder.

We would like to thank Father Neil Lustado, Dr. Andre Kirsten, Dr. Philip Malpass and all the nurses and care-aids for all their help and support in the last few months.

In lieu of owers, please make donations to the Kootenay Lake General Hospital or the Southern Interior Rotary Lodge located at 2251 Abbott Street, Kelowna BC, V1Y 1E2.

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Geraldine Dorothy Mannings (Gerry) September 26, 1935 – November 8, 2019 It is with great sadness that Gerry’s family announces that she passed away peacefully at Kootenay Lake Hospital with her family at her side, after a courageous 10 month battle with cancer.

Gerry is survived by her loving husband of 66 years Ted, her son Ed and wife Laurie, her daughter Leah and husband Lou, her grandchildren Jason (wife Sophia), Michelle, Rachel, and Connor. She will also be missed by her beloved nephew Blair (wife Anita) and their children Darian and Cassandra, her brother Gordon Davidson, and many other extended family who loved her dearly.

As the daughter of British Columbia Provincial Policeman Bill Davidson and his wife Dorothy, Gerry grew up in many communities across the province, and settled in Nelson where she met her future husband Ted and spent the rest of her life as a proud member of the community. (For example, Gerry generously made the ďŹ rst donation to Touchstones Museum’s successful Nelson Family Donor campaign, which kick-started the community level fundraising for the new facility.) Gerry worked in the ďŹ nancial services business for over 60 years, and was a passionate, hard-working, and award winning female pioneer of that industry, and who loved working with her many clients. But Gerry put family ďŹ rst, and was lovingly known by her own grandchildren, and by many children of family friends, summer neighbours at Queens Bay, and among her extended family, as “Grandma Gerryâ€?. She taught many children over the years how to play her favourite game of crib. In her spare time she loved reading mysteries and hosting family dinners.

The family wishes to thank her Doctors McKechnie, Malpass and Tuval, as well as all the doctors, nurses, and hospital sta during her two stays in the hospital, both last April and during the week of her passing. The loving and compassionate care extended to Gerry and her family made the diďŹƒcult journey more bearable. We also wish to thank the sta from IHA Home Health for their caring help at home. And ďŹ nally, the family will be forever grateful to all those friends and former clients who stood by her through all the years.

A Celebration of Life for her friends and family will take place during the August long-weekend, summer 2020, at Queens Bay. And in lieu of owers, please consider a donation to the Kootenay Lake Hospital Foundation to honour the compassionate caregivers in our community, or to any other charity of your choice. Rest in Peace, Gerry.

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Josephine Bourgeois Josephine Bourgeois was born in New Denver, BC, on May 12, 1933 and passed away in Nelson on November 6, 2019.

In 1951 during her working career she was employed at the Land Titles oďŹƒces in Nelson and Vancouver. In 1954 she returned to Nelson, transferring to Forest Service.

On May 14, 1955 she married Joe Bourgeois. They lived in South Slocan for 52 years, where she was employed as the ďŹ rst school secretary at Mount Sentinel in March 1964 when the school’s ďŹ rst oďŹƒce opened. In 1988 she retired to join her husband Joe, in his retirement from West Kootenay Power. They have enjoyed traveling in Canada, USA, Europe and went on ďŹ ve cruises.

In 2002 they moved to Taghum for 11 years, enjoying their new home.

Josephine was a member of the Catholic Women’s League. Her empathy towards elderly shut-ins found her visiting many people in their homes and care facilities.

Josephine was predeceased by husband Joe in 2011, parents John & Bernice Stonoski and brother John. She is survived by 2 children: Ron (Pam) Bourgeois of Madison, WI, granddaughters Nicole & Shay.

Christine (Doug) LePage of Nelson, grandchildren Stuart (Nadine) & great granddaughter Stella of Kamloops. Renee (Matt) Houston & great granddaughter Myla and grandson Jude of Vancouver. Sister-in-law Hilda Stonoski of Chilliwack, Ed (Bev) Stonoski of Langley, and many nieces & nephews.

You are invited to leave a personal message of condolence on the family’s online register at www.thompsonfs.ca

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« Mon travail est mon terrain de jeu, mon essence rendue visible. Mon objectif est de traduire l’excitation que je ressens pour la vie en une oeuvre d’art visible. » Sur les toiles de Stéphanie Gauvin, on retrouve des paysages montagneux colorés, dont l’univers singulier des Kootenays. Rencontre avec une artiste peintre inspirante dont les oeuvres évoquent l’aventure, et la paix et la sérénité de la nature.

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J’ai toujours été très confortable à parler anglais. Je me sens bien dans une communauté anglophone, mais j’apprécie beaucoup de pouvoir m’exprimer dans ma langue authentique.

Le français est toujours aussi présent dans ma vie de tous les jours, avec ma famille et mes amis francophones.

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Activités à venir Dimanche 10 novembre et dimanche 27 novembre: Atelier photo avec Alexandre Balcer au centre communautaire de l’AFKO. 25$/personne. Inscriptions obligatoires: coordination.afko@gmail.com

Même si tu es ici depuis un moment déjà, comment préserves-tu ton identité québécoise?

Mercredi 20 novembre: French Wednesday au Uptown Tavern (espace lounge) de 17h à 19h.

EVERYONE IS WELCOME!

Nous avons deux enfants qui ont accès au programme francophone à l’école primaire, et nous faisons partie d’une grande communauté francophone à Rossland.

Mercredi 27 novembre Atelier couture avec Madeleine Arsenault au Stitch Lab, 505 rue Baker à Nelson. Inscriptions obligatoires: coordination.afko@gmail.com

Qu’est-ce que le français t’apporte aujourd’hui?

Samedi 14 décembre: Le Repas des Fêtes avec animations au Taghum Community Hall de 11h30 à 15h.

Achat des billets: www.afko.ca

Le français coule dans mes veines et fait aussi partie de mon expression authentique.

Pour des détails concernant les services et les activités: 807 rue Baker—mardi au vendredi de 10h à 17h www.afko.ca 250-352-3516 Facebook et Instagram: AFKO Franco

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Music

FireworkS mASS choir liFtS lVr gym oFF the grouNd On Sunday the 280-voice Fireworks Community Choir 2019, directed by Allison Girvan at the L.V. Rogers gym, sang its only performance featuring youth choirs Kokopelli (Edmonton), Carson Graham (Vancouver) and Corazón (Nelson), along with 160 members of the Nelson community of all ages.

Part of the 280-voice Fireworks mass choir. Photo: Bill Metcalfe

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Corazón member Tyler Isaacs-DeJong sings Christmas in the Trenches, a song by John McCutcheon about a temporary truce between German and Allied forces in World War I. He’s backed by three youth choirs and 160 members of the Nelson public of all ages. Photo: Bill Metcalfe

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Scott Leithead, director of the Edmonton youth choir Kokopelli, with members of Kokopelli, Nelson’s Corazón and the Carson Graham Secondary School choir from Vancouver. Photo: Bill Metcalfe

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Nelson Star Monthly and weekly events may not appear in every issue due to space limitations.

We publish notices about events that have admission or registration fees of $20 or less.

Email bill.metcalfe@nelsonstar.com

COMMUNITY music by The String- versary event. How do tones, and MC Kim you think city council EVENTS

African dinner prepared by Nelson Grans, 5:30 p.m. Nov. 17 at Nelson United Church Hall, 602 Silica St. Silent auction,

Charlesworth. Tickets at Cotton Creek Clothing, 488 Baker Street and at the door.

More information: susanwarre@gmail.com.

has performed over the last year? Meet city council members one-on-one and discuss how their first year has gone, at the Nelson Public Library Candi-dating anni- sponsored by Nelson at its Best, 7 to 9 p.m.

Nov. 21. More information: 250-509-1189.

Wed Nov 13 WaNNabe - a Spice GirlS TribuTe WiTH red velveT

Tue Nov 19 HaWkSley WorkmaN

Fri Nov 22 moNkeydraGoN proJecT live

SuN Nov 24 old maN luedecke WiTH cHarloTTe corNField

Fri Nov 29 Freak moTiF WiNTer kick oFF aFTerparTy

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The Nelson Lions Club Community Grants Program is now accepting applications, deadline Nov. 30. Details available at http:// e-clubhouse. org/sites.nelsonbc or at nelsonlions@hotmail.com.

Kootenay Lake Healthcare Auxiliary Society meets at 1:30 p.m. at Kootenay Lake Hospital, Room 415, the second Friday of each month, new and returning members Eighth Annual Win- welcome. More inforter Craft Fair hosted mation: 250-352-6073. by the EcoSociety at Nelson Multiple Central School Gym, 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Dec. Sclerosis Support 14. More information Group, 10 to 11:30 250-354-1909 ext 201. a.m. at Mountain Lakes Seniors Community the second MONTHLY Wednesday of each EVENTS month, for people Nelson Poetry Open with MS, their friends Mic and Slam at the and family focusing Dominion Cafe, 334 on socializing and Baker St., the third research news. More Wednesday of each information: 1-800month, sign-up 6:50 268-7582, ext. 7259. p.m., starts at 7 p.m.

People in Pain SupPrizes and surprises.

More information: port Group, Shambhalenelsonsalon@gmail. la Meditation Centre, 812 Stanley St., 1 com. p.m. the first Tuesday The Nelson Breast of each month. More Cancer Support Group info: dick@pipain. meets the fourth Tues- com. day of the month Nelson Storytelling from September to June, noon to 1 p.m. Guild meets 7 p.m. at at Community First Kutenai Art Therapy Health Co-op, 518 Institute, 191 Baker Lake Street. More St, entrance on Falls info: reachmaureen@ Street across from Kootenay Motors, yahoo.ca. the first Sunday of

Nelson Ostomy Peer Support Group for people who have had, or are awaiting, ostomy surgery (gastrointestinal or urinary diversion). Peer support, information and friendship in a casual setting on the fourth Thursday of each month at 10 a.m. at Gordon Road Wellness Centre, 905 Gordon Rd., Broader Horizons entrance.

More info: 250-352each month. Bring 5620. your stories, snacks for pot luck, and a small Take Off Pounds donation for the jar. Sensibly (TOPS), More information: a weight reduction 250-354-0216. support group, meets Mondays, with weighRetired Government in from 5:15 to 5:45 Employees Association p.m. and meeting to monthly noon lun- follow at Communicheon, first Wednes- ty First Co-op, room day of each month 104, 515 Lake St. at the Hume Hotel. More information: Guest speakers, lively 250-359-7449. discussion. More info: 250-825-4513.

WEEKLY EVENTS Djembe Drum Circle meets the first and the Low-cost dental third Monday of the applications will be month at the Senior’s accepted on the first Centre, 717 Vernon and third Thursday St. from 6:30 to 8 of each month at the p.m. Participants are Seniors Co-ordinating encouraged to bring office 719 Vernon St., their own drums. A 10 a.m. to noon. More donation towards the info: teethclinicwk@ hall rental is request- gmail.com. ed. More information:nelsondjembe@ Alcoholics Anonoutlook.com. ymous holds early morning, noon hour Parkinson Support and evening meetings Group meets the on specific days at third Tuesday of each 717A Vernon St. (in month 1 p.m. in Ki- the Cellar downstairs). wanis Christie Lees More info: 250-352Hall, Gordon Road. 3391.

No meetings in July, August, December.

Nelson Community More info: 250-229- Band Practice 7:30 to 2366.

9:30 p.m. Tuesdays at First Baptist Church,

611 5th St., perfect for wind musicians with some experience, even if that experience was 30 years ago. More information: 250-3522532.

Bright Lights Community Art Studio, 1 to 3 p.m. Tuesdays and Wednesdays, with art therapist Kate Leppard at the Salvation Army, 601 Vernon St., basement room, a free, safe, and warm studio space with materials provided and a mix of artist-guided projects and spontaneous art making. More information: 250-352-2264, ext. 209.

Elder Abuse Prevention Drop-in, noon to 2 p.m., free, Wednesdays at 719 Vernon St., if you or someone you know is being neglected or abused financially, psychologically or physically. More information: 250-352-6008 or nelsonelderabuseprevention.ca.

Glacier Harmonies women’s four-part harmony choir meets Wednesdays, 6:30 p.m. at the First Baptist Church, 611 5th St. For information or if you’d like to join: 250352-7199.

Al-Anon Family Group meets twice weekly: Wednesdays 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. Teens welcome.

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More info: 250-7772240 for Wednesday, 250-352-7333 for Friday.

Free one-on-one tech help at the Nelson Public Library for basic device questions and for downloading e-books and e-audiobooks and other online library offerings, Wednesday mornings during July and August. Reservations required: 250-352-6333.

Narcotics Anonymous downstairs in the Cellar, 717A Vernon St., Wednesdays at 5:15 p.m. More info: 250-354-7823.

Free open house at Kootenay Shambhala Meditation Centre, 812 Stanley St., 7 to 9 p.m. Mondays. Instruction, practice, discussion, tea. More info: nelsonbuddha@ gmail.com.

Grief Support Group hosted by trained Nelson Hospice Society volunteers, Thursdays from 6:30 to 8:30 p.m.

Open to anyone experiencing grief due to the loss of a loved one.

Free. More information or to register: 250352-2337.

Toy Library and Educational Resource Centre at Kootenay Christian Community School, 810 Tenth St., Tuesdays 12 to 4 p.m.

Monthly activity days first Tuesday of the month. Yearly memberships discounted.

More info: 250-3520526.

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Community

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HUGS: Huge hugs to the Nelson Pilots Association for the Nov. 11 fly by. Thanks for remembering.

HUGS: Big glittery hugs to the owner of the KWC Block for putting up the pretty lights on your building. Downtown is lucky to have you.

SLUGS: To the cannabis users who discard their butts and bits on pathways and parks where young dogs can get to them. It’s heartbreaking to watch a puppy after consuming some of that stuff. Please be considerate.

Felix Felix is a very large neutered 1-year-old -old boy who sports a beautiful long-hair black and white tuxedo. Still adjusting to his new situation, he’s beginning to loosen up, rub up against you, and allows a quick pet. He’s even starting to play. He has not lived with other animals or children and will need scratching posts. Apparently he’s also an escape artist. Come to the Nelson Branch and meet Felix.

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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 Suite B - 91 Baker St., Nelson BC, V1L 4G8

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3-4 bed 3 bath home overlooking the Kootenay River. This property offers a bright open floor plan, a large master bedroom with full ensuite & jetted tub, full basement with a workshop and suite potential. 10 min to Nelson and walking distance from Taghum beach, this is Kootenay living at its best. lev@valhallapathrealty.com

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This home comes with a brand new roof. A great location for families, it is close to schools and parks. The level yard has lots of room to play and garden.

Ready for your creative ideas and updates. The fabulous workshop has lots of room for your cars, toys, and hobbies. robert@valhallapathrealty.com

Downsize into care-free living with this double wide 2 bedroom 2 bathroom home and garage on desirable corner lot. Enjoy the views off your 26 by 7 foot deck with a short stroll through the meticulously maintained park to your waterfront boat access and moorage. sarah@valhallapathrealty.com

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This property is unzoned, so the possibilities are endless. Easy to show. See it today.

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WAteRfRont lot This half acre lot just a short drive from the ferry landing has a lot going for it. Being part of this local strata means water and sewer will be a breeze to hook into. Don’t feel like building? No problem! Strata rates change whether you want to build a home or keep it as a recreational property. Park your RV, pitch a tent, or build your new getaway. Call today and let’s get started. norm@valhallapathrealty.com tory@valhallapathrealty.com

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This beautiful 13-year-old calico cat has settled in to her new position here and has become quite the raconteur. When you enter the room, she instantly starts up a conversation. She really focuses on you, coming up for head butts and kisses. If you’re looking for an affectionate, talkative kitty, then Callie is the one for you. She’s looking for someone who can love her heart and hear her stories.

SATURDAY NOVEMBER 16 at 7:30 pm Tickets: Regular $38 / Season $30.50

lAke And mountAin vieWS Every room has a view in this 1993 built 4 bed/4 bath home. A functional floor plan with the potential to convert the basement to a suite. Sitting on a .27-acre property that has the perfect building site for a laneway home this is a great family home that offers the flexibility and versatility to adapt to your changing needs.

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Beautiful home with 4+ bedrooms, 4,000 sq ft and sitting on a .39-acre property. Directly across from Art Gibbon’s Park and backing onto the golf course, it is also close to both Rosemont Elementary and the skateboard park. The master bedroom features a walkin closet and ensuite bath. The deck is the perfect place to relax and take in the mountain and golf course views. wayne@valhallapathrealty.com

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Nelson residential properties for sale

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