Nelson Star, July 06, 2012

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Drying trend

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messCity and regional district

continue to mop up the mess caused by wettest June on record; hot weather could make lake rise even more

Th ere’s not much the City can do about the swampy mess at Lakeside Park.

Th e banks of Kootenay Lake have breached in several locations, making parts of the waterfront pathway and John’s Walk impassable. Water is fl owing freely onto the Lakeside playing fi elds, and is deep enough to paddle a canoe through.

Public works supervisor Karen Mac-Donald said there’s nothing her crews can do but wait.

“Th e water needs to go down quite a bit before we can get in and fi x it,” she explained.

Seniors Plant Seeds for Greenhouse FutureMegan Cole photo

Lee Reid of the Seniors Economic Environment Development Project (SEEDS) is hoping to help Nelson’s economy with self-suffi cient food production by growing vegetables in the Lakeside Park greenhouses. See story on Page 4.

Co-op sets course for Commons

Th e Kootenay Co-op has plen-ty to celebrate this weekend.

Besides its 37th anniversary, the natural food store has its name on a new piece of land. In a couple years, it plans to open a new, larger store as part of a mixed use development that will replace the former Extra Foods building in the downtown.

On Saturday, the Co-op will

host its fi rst event at the future location: a tailgate-style birthday party in the Nelson Commons parking lot at 708 Vernon Street.

In the coming years, that site will change dramatically, if the Co-op gets its way.

Nelson Commons project manager Russell Precious said the plan is to demolish the exist-ing building on the property and re-build from scratch.

He’s now in talks with archi-tects interested in designing the

development with 30 to 40 resi-dential units, commercial space and a public area. Th e Co-op will also need to partner with a devel-oper to sell the units.

“Th e Co-op does not want to be a developer, it just wants to own its own space,” Precious ex-plained. “We’re more like the mo-tivator. We own the property and we want to see it developed.”

SAM VAN SCHIENelson Star Reporter


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NewsHeritage and Planning in Nelson

Public Meeting Planned for Wednesday

Duties of heritage watchdog shift City commissions charged

with dealing with heritage is-sues in Nelson will be seeing a major overhaul aft er a staff recommendation at a com-mittee of the whole meeting late last month.

The recommendation came aft er concerns from councillor Paula Kiss around the effi ciency of Community Heritage Commission and Advisory Planning Commis-sion.

Based on the conversation at the May council meeting, the Community Heritage Commission and the Advi-sory Planning Committee will be dissolved and their responsibilities shift ed to a new Cultural Development Committee.

Councillor Robin Cher-bo — who voiced concerns about the changes in May — said the city should be considering the public good

in the decision to change the committees.

“I am concerned about what this move means for the preservation of heritage in the city,” he said. “Th e com-mittees have no teeth, what if a proponent makes changes to heritage aspects of a build-ing, what do we have that can make them repair the dam-ages?”

Th e Cultural Development Committee, which was for-merly the Cultural Develop-ment Commission, will have

members from both the old Heritage Commission and the Planning Commission to preserve a voice from the heritage interests.

Changes were made to several city policies includ-ing rescinding the Commu-nity Heritage Commission Referral Policy and chang-ing the wording Cultural Development Commission to Cultural Development Committee in policies like the Mural and Art and Public Places Policy.

Manager of development services and sustainability Dave Wahn said this is likely just the beginning of policy rewrites.

“We may not get it right the fi rst time,” he said. “We need this process to be as transparent and as compre-hensive as possible.”

Council discussed con-cerns around whether all members of the new com-mission should be local and how many people should sit on the commission.

City manager Kevin Cormack said the intension of the new commission is to meant to represent the interests of the community not to make technical deci-sions around planning and heritage.

Th e new commission will marry both arts and culture interests with heritage.

The recommendation will come before council as a resolution in an upcoming council meeting.

While much work has been done at the Davies Street Park in Fairview, the city is calling a public meeting to gather input on how to fi nish the job.

“Th e meeting is to discuss the priori-ties for improvements to the existing space with the monies remaining for the development of the park,” said the city’s

manager of development services and sustainability Dave Wahn. “We would like to have all residents of the city who have an interest in Davies Street Park in attendance.”

Th e meeting is scheduled for this coming Wednesday starting at 7 p.m. at the park which is located at the top of Davies Street.

Originally the park was to occupy the entire area set aside for public

greenspace. But facing tight budgets, city council decided to sell off seven lots along Ninth Street in order to help develop the empty space.

Th e original landscape plan has been updated. Th ere is still $250,000-plus worth of work to be done, but the city only has $120,000 left of funding. Th ey hope the public meeting will help set a course of priorities for how the money is to be used.

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The City is changing the way it protects heritage. Bob Hall photo

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Salmo tailings pond seepingTuesday’s Heavy Rains Cause Problems in RDCK

Continued from Page 1Last week fi refi ghters pumped wa-

ter out of the fl ooded parking lot next to the soccer fi elds to restore access to the streetcar track for Canada Day. But the results were short lived. Th e area fl ooded again the next time it rained.

“It’s not cost eff ective to keep brin-ing the fi refi ghters down there. Th is is a problem that will clear itself up with time,” MacDonald said.

In the meantime, fl ooded areas are closed to the public. Th e washrooms in the Tyler Lake Memorial Fieldhouse, next to the soccer fi elds, are also closed due to the pump system being under water.

As water recedes, MacDonald said, city crews will repair the damage. New riprap will be brought in to rebuild the banks and some of the dogwoods and other plantings that help stabilize the shoreline may also need to be re-placed.

Th e playing fi elds will remain closed until they’ve had time to dry out.

“Th ere will be some damage, obvi-ously, from the water laying on the grass. But that will repair itself over time,” she said.

MacDonald couldn’t estimate how much the repairs would cost, though she

expected it would exceed the amount regularly budgeted for fl ood events.

“We’re hoping the provincial govern-ment will step in and help with the cost of repairs,” she said. “Th is is once-in-40-years event. You can’t predict when something like this will happen.”

On July 4 Kootenay Lake reached a geotactic elevation of 1753.8 feet, and it hasn’t peaked yet. Forcasters predict the lake could reach 1754.4 feet in the coming days, surpassing the record set in 1974 of 1754.24 feet.

Th e Regional District of Central Kootenay is working with the prov-

ince to provide sand and sandbags to resident whose property is threatened by the rising water. Staging areas have been set up at fi re halls in North Shore and Balfour. Elderly residents unable to pickup or place sandbags should call 250-352-8174 for assistance.

In a press release, the RDCK asked residents to only use the sandbags to protect homes and other critical struc-tures.

“Lawns, gardens and non-essential structures should not be sandbagged due to a fi nite supply,” the release said.

Th e Regional District of Central Kootenay continued to work Wednesday to save a tailings pond near Salmo following heavy rain.

Some sloughing on the earthen dam, part of the former HB mine property purchased by the regional district as part of its central landfi ll area in 1998, was ob-served sloughing and seep-ing Tuesday.

Th e pond is located east of the junction of Highways 3 and 6 and south of Emerald Road.

Residents who could be aff ected (the highway and properties below the site)

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Flaggers are positioned on the highway as a precaution.

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Several excavators are on site and will work at fi lling areas of seepage when it’s safe to do so, Macpherson said.

Environmental monitor-ing and reporting is ongo-ing and 24-hour security has been established at the site.

“The weather forecast is favourable, with little or no preciptation forecast,” Macpherson noted, “and geo-technicians and engi-neers on site indicate the area is gradually getting drier.”

Th at should permit more remediation planning and onsite work over the next few days, he said.

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Crews were working earlier this week in an effort to decrease the level of the tailings pond near Salmo. Bob Keating photo

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Plants could be growing in Nelson’s Lakeside Park greenhouses as soon as Sep-tember thanks to a new proj-ect spearheaded by a group of local seniors.

The initiative called SEEDS — Seniors Economic Environment Development Project — is hoping to help Nelson’s economy with self-suffi cient food production by growing vegetables in the greenhouses.

“Th e idea came from the earth,” said Lee Reid aft er her presentation at a com-mittee of the whole meeting last month. “I think it’s been gathering energy over time.

Parks employees are inter-ested. Seniors love garden-ing. City council has a his-tory of being interested in this sort of thing, and this is the time for sustainable food production that supports the economy and nutrition of low-income people, which includes seniors, families and other individuals.”

As a gardener herself, Reid recognized the “vitality and active intelligence” of retired seniors in the community.

“I thought how could we harness this to promote growth in the community and it occurred to me that we needed a project and most of us had been involved in care-taking projects throughout our lives. Th is seemed like

something that would bring everyone together, almost like a harmonizer,” she said.

Reid and the SEEDS mem-bers want to make the proj-ect more than just a seniors based initiative. In addition to donating fresh produce to the Nelson Food Cupboard, SEEDS hopes to incorporate local youth and other orga-nizations.

“We are hoping to men-tor and share skills with youth from the Youth Cen-tre under the Work Skills and Work Link program,” said Reid. “We are partner-ing with Earth Matters who want to grow at least herbs in the greenhouse and are on our advisory committee. Th e college is interested in

terms of their permaculture program.”

Th e group has also con-tacted the EcoSociety about the possibility of leasing and renting plots in the green-house and selling the pro-duce through markets.

“We are interested in having an outlet to distribute the food and we are going to approach council about using the con-cession stand, which is only used three months of the year in the summer,” said Reid.

SEEDs will be working on a feasibility study and busi-ness plan with the goal of be-ginning planting in the Fall.

For more information or to get involved contact Reid at 250-352-3870 or email [email protected]

Senior group plants food ideaLakeside Park Greenhouses

Continued from Page 1Th e real test for the project’s viability

will be the success of pre-sales on the residential units. But if surveys submit-ted on the Nelson Commons website are any indication, there’s plenty of in-terest. Precious said about 100 people have said they’d be interested in buying a unit.

“Th at’s two or three times the number of people we need,” he points out.

He’s also received a couple dozen in-quiries about the commercial space and about 60 suggestions for how to use the civic space.

Besides the online feedback, the Co-op has also hosted three small focus groups, with 12 Co-op members per

group, and hosted an invite-only wine and cheese information session with about 50 community leaders.

“We’ve had a lot of support for our plan. Th at’s what’s given us the confi -dence to take the next step,” Precious said. “We know the [housing] market’s not great, but we think we have enough interest to make it work.”

Th e design phase will cost the Co-op $3,000 to $4,000, and will include the new look for the Co-op store itself, which will be about four times the size of its current location.

“Th e biggest concern that keeps com-ing up is the risk of the store losing its ambiance when it moves to a bigger space,” Precious said.

He and co-op general manager Deir-drie Lang have been touring food co-ops in the United States to get ideas for what’s possible.

“It’s exciting to be able to build some-thing from the ground up, incorporat-ing the best of what we’ve seen,” Pre-cious said.

He said the Co-op plans to continue its consultation sessions in the fall and in the meantime encourages feedback be submitted through the surveys on nelsoncommons.ca or emailed to him at [email protected].

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A lifetime of learningAt 70, New Den-

ver’s Agnes Emary fulfi lled a lifelong

dream: playing the saxo-phone.

“I always wanted to learn,” she says. “So I fi nally got one. It was kind of fun.”

She took lessons from a local music teacher and got good enough to perform that year at her great-grandson’s wedding. Now 86, Emary still has the horn but doesn’t take it out very oft en.

Despite limited train-ing, she was also frequently called upon as an organ-ist for church and Sunday school. When Th e War Between Us, a movie about the internment of Japanese Canadians, was fi lmed in New Denver, she was asked to play organ for a church scene.

“I said well, I play, but with all kinds of mistakes. Th ey said ‘Th at’s what we want!’”

(She pre-recorded her part, and also appears in the scene, sitting in a pew, wearing a big hat.)

Her participation in the movie was ap-propriate, given that she taught Japanese Canadian kids — she shared some of those memories last month in Slocan following the dedication of signs at two former intern-ment camps.

Emary came to BC in 1952 aft er four years teaching in her native Saskatchewan, and landed a job while at-tending summer school in Victoria. She told someone where she was headed, and he replied: “Oh, you’re going where the sun never shines in winter.”

Th at would be Sandon, and her friend exaggerated only slightly. As a Prairie girl, Emary was used to harsh winters — but not

sheer mountains.Th e bus dropped her off

at the Newmarket Hotel in New Denver, and then Mr. Kiyono, a jeweler who also ran a taxi, took her to Sandon.

“When I got partway up I could see a mountain that still had snow on it. Here it was September. He said

there’s going to be more snow before that disap-pears.”

Th e school was on the upper fl oors of the old city hall (now the Prospec-tor’s Pick). Emary — then known as Miss Parsons — had about 25 students in Grades 1 to 4, while fellow teacher Louella Prpich taught Grades 5 to w7.

Nearly all the students

were sons and daughters of miners. In those days, the Violamac was going strong, along with another mine in nearby Cody.

Th e two young teachers roomed and took meals in the Reco Hotel, owned by Sandon founder Johnny Harris and his wife Alma, who also had the post offi ce and only store in town.

Th e accommodation was fi ne, but meals were sparse — “I sometimes thought the cats got more to eat than we did” — and the rent was about half their salary, so a room in the school was fi xed up as their apartment.

Th e year was mostly un-eventful, although Emary enjoyed her fi rst — and last — ride on a Norwe-gian sleigh: “Th ey go like the wind. Th at’s what I learned.”

Pete Leontowicz was on the back while she sat in front, and they fl ew down the Cody hill.

“I was scared to death, coming from fl atland Sas-katchewan.”

Th e following year, she transferred to New Denver,

where she taught full-time until 1970, and then substituted for many years aft erward, in both the elementary and high schools.

Emary also co-found-ed the local hospice society, was longtime chair of the reading centre, and is a life member of the Royal Canadian Legion. She’s still involved with Remembrance Day

ceremonies each year.Aft er she left Sandon, the

school lasted only one more year before dwindling en-rollment forced its closure. Another year later, a wash-out took out the fl ume that covered the main street and all but fi nished the town.

For a gallery of Agnes Emary’s photos, see nelson-star.com.

Twenty-Fourth in a Series of Pioneer Profi les: Agnes Emary

ABOVE: When Agnes Emary (nee Parsons) arrived in Sandon in 1952, it looked very much as depicted on this plate created by Gwen Mc-Cargar. BELOW: Emary’s Grade 3 class in New Denver, April 1959.

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The Kootenay Co-op is thinking big by thinking smaller and Nelson’s down-town will be better off because of it.

On today’s front page you can read the story about the natural foods grocery store’s vision for the Extra Foods property the Co-op purchased this past spring. Still very early in the process, it looks as though the member-ship and leadership of the popular co-op is setting a course for a mixed use development that will completely transform the east end of Baker Street.

Called Nelson Commons, the plan at this point is to demolish the existing building and start from scratch. Of course there will be a new and improved 18,000 square foot grocery store that will stand as the centrepiece of the Commons. But it’s the bigger plans that will have the most signifi cant impact on the core.

Th e hope is to have 30 to 40 residential units in the Commons which would range from 700 to 1,400 square feet. Th e price range for these condos would start at the low $200,000 range and rise to the high $400,000s. In a world heading towards scarcity of re-sources and changing how we live, that type of housing is the future.

Th ough the grocery store will be the anchor of the Commons, the plans include another 180,000 square feet of retail and commercial space. An area for like-minded businesses to settle and bring more life to the block.

Currently the parking lot and weathered building are a blight on the downtown, but the Commons is pushing the idea of a public space “where people gather to meet friends, enjoy the sunshine, have a coff ee and perhaps a meal, listen to music, watch jugglers and discuss the issues of the day.”

Th is is all being done with an open mind and plenty of dialogue. Th e Commons is cur-rently gathering information through a survey at its website — nelsoncommons.ca — where you can have your say. If you care about the future of this community, you will want to take a look.

Congratulations to the Co-op and its mem-bers for hatching this exciting plan for the downtown. We look forward to the day this dream becomes reality.

Commons sense

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Walking through Victoria’s downtown core

as a child, I loved looking down at a unique strip of bricks on Government Street.

Each brick had a name on it. Th e names were of those who founded Fort Victoria, and the line of bricks ran the perimeter of where the old fort stood.

From Market Square to the Inner Harbour and Chinatown — which is the oldest in Canada and only second in age to San Fran-cisco’s in North America — Victoria is saturated in history and heritage.

When I moved to Van-couver aft er university I immediately found myself drawn to the Gastown neighbourhood, which reminded me of home. But what I loved most about Gastown was the juxtapo-sition of old and new.

Vancouver has become known as the Emerald City — partially due to its towering green glass build-ings — but wedged in be-tween all of those modern

skyscrapers are remnants of the city’s past.

One of my favourite examples of this is the John Fluevog shoe store in Gastown. My friends have oft en heard me refer to the store as a cathedral of footwear. (I had a bit of a shoe obsession before moving to the mountains and trading my high heels for Birkenstocks.)

It is a beautiful glass building sandwiched be-tween two heritage build-ings; a wonderful example of old married with new.

In my time in Nelson I have fallen in love with the heritage and history of the community, but I’m start-ing to wonder if we’re a bit stuck in the past.

From the nostalgia around the Civic Th eatre building to the conversa-tion around the changes to the City’s heritage commissions, it seems as though some people are unwilling to step into the future.

Not all cultural trends are particularly nice to look at — for example the hairdos of Flock of Seagulls or some of Cher’s wardrobe choices — but they were infl uential and important in terms of artistic and creative expression.

What if architects like Frank Lloyd Wright had been restricted by heritage preservation? He may never have created Falling-water.

Imagine how much diff erent Seattle Centre would look without the dramatic design of the Experience Music Project/Science Fiction Hall of Fame and Museum.

What would Nelson

look like if we opened up our vacant lots to develop-ers with new architectural design ideas mixed with images from our past?

If we truly are a great little arts town, should we really be restricting some-one’s creative vision?

Memories and history are important, and need to be recognized and cher-ished by a community, but we don’t need to create living shrines to the past.

First dates and kisses at the Civic Th eatre are important, but perhaps the interests of the community have changed.

Maybe my generation would rather watch movies on NetFlix or AppleTV or go climbing rather than sitting in a movie theatre.

Just because we don’t

have a movie theatre in the Civic or incorporate mod-ern architecture into the downtown core, doesn’t mean we don’t respect our heritage.

By fi rmly labeling Nelson as a heritage com-munity and by deterring design concepts and ideas that stray from the city’s heritage vision, we are also restricting what could be great modern design.

Design, art and archi-tecture of today will be the heritage of tomorrow and by restricting what could be because of what was, we are limiting the legacy we leave to future generations.

Megan Cole is a reporter at the Nelson Star. She can be reached at [email protected]

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The John Fluevog store in Vancouver’s Gastown is an example of how new can be mixed with old and produce great results.

Not all cultural trends are

particularly nice to look at — for example the

hairdos of Flock of Seagulls and some of Cher’s wardrobe choices — but they were infl uential and important in terms

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EditorialMLA Column – Michelle Mungall

A lack of authenticityDo you ever fi nd your-

self frustrated with politics and those

who’ve been elected? Many do. I do too, and I am one of them. And while it is never an acceptable excuse to paint all those who run for offi ce with the same brush or to opt out of making democracy work, frustration does hap-pen, and sometimes for very good reason.

One thing that frustrates many people is when they see a lack of authenticity. Th e lack of authenticity is some-thing that Global TV’s Keith Baldrey recently wrote about because it is so crucial. Th e people need to have some level of trust in those at the helm — trust that what they are doing is authentic, not just for show.

Baldrey’s point hit home. Recently, the Liberals an-nounced a 30-year agreement with Ducks Unlimited to operate the Creston Valley Wildlife Management Area, provide some long needed capital upgrades, and that the legislation governing the management area would change. Aft er a decade of neglect, suddenly the Liberals have taken interest in a 7,000 hectare Kootenay jewel home to hundreds of bird species.

However, that announce-ment wasn’t entirely upfront; it wasn’t authentic. Th ere is no legally-binding agree-ment. No legislation has changed (I was there, and nothing came forward this legislative session), and noth-ing will come forward until spring 2014 — aft er an elec-tion. For years, I asked the minister responsible to work with me in a non-partisan way. He hasn’t, refusing meet-ings and making decisions without proper consultation.

Th e announcement was an election-style attempt to win over voters and give the ap-pearance of doing something bold when in fact they have done very little. More impor-tantly, should the Liberals decide to change their minds, it all comes to an end — just ask any other organization that has signed a similar type of agreement with the Liberal government only to fi nd out aft er an election they’ve fallen off the radar.

Th is announcement was very similar to the one made about St. Paul’s hospital in Vancouver. A show with no substance. Th en it happened again. Last week, Christy Clark announced the Liber-als have a new program to address student debt. But

when looking at the details, it’s not a new program, but a re-packing of a long-standing program to align it with the federal government. Only a small percentage of those with student loans will benefi t, and they will only benefi t aft er they’ve racked up considerable debt. Fail-ing to address the meat of student debt, such as BC having the highest interest rate in Canada and no money to needs-based grants, is not a “pillar” of an agenda to increase aff ordable post-secondary education and address the skilled labour shortage. Passing it off as such is simply unauthentic.

Th e lack of authenticity is frustrating, and I am hearing from you about it. In Canada, thankfully, you do have an option to deal with your frustration. Get engaged, get active. Vote. Change doesn’t happen overnight, but it does happen if you get involved to make it. We deserve real ac-tion and we have the right to make that happen.

Michelle Mungall is the

Nelson-Creston MLA and the NDP opposition critic for ad-vanced education, youth and labour market development

HUGS. To the parents who understood that the teacher’s struggle was really against the strong arm of the Liberal government and how they use our tax dollars to undermine public education. Hope your kids graduate soon!

SLUGS. To the person who took a patchwork shoul-der bag from Finley’s last week full of my favorite books and an important letter from friend in Scot-land... Hugs to you for returning it back to Finley’s for me please and thanks!

HUGS. To people who take the time share kind words about the work you are doing. It’s never a bad idea to provide people with positive feedback.

HUGS. To the kind and wise couple who let us crash at their Christina Lake cabin last Friday night. Your hospitality was much appreciated and the example you set one of inspiration. Happy 50th anniversary.

SLUGS. To the house on Second Street that has a sign on the fence in front of the house to park else-where. It’s a public street sorry to say.

SLUGS. To the person or persons who uprooted the Purple Smoke Tree from our lawn. According to the size of the trunk you left, a local nursery staff member estimated the tree to be 15 to 20 years old. I hope it doesn’t take you that long to achieve some sense of maturity. The other plants saw what you did. Someday they will talk. Perhaps you need more hugs than slugs.

HUGS. To Nelson city council for retaining Nelson Urban Trappers to help relocate the city’s skunk families. We can breathe again!

HUGS. To the organizer and volunteers of the junior golf program in Kaslo. Thank you for continuing to offer this program for the kids of our community.

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Music will be centre ice at the Nelson and District Com-munity Complex as a local pro-moter and music lover makes a push to fi nish a project that was never started.

“When the arena was fi rst built they ran out of money and they never fi nished what was meant to make the arena a multi-purpose facility,” said Roger Carruthers of Rockopolis Promotions. “It is a hockey and sports facility, which is great and fi lls that need in Nelson, but as a promoter I was really hoping the arena would be a place to host a concert.”

Carruthers along with Revo-lution Audio and the commu-nity complex are getting the community involved in the fundraising to fi nish the arena by organizing a concert series appropriately named Fixing up the NDCC Arena.

Th e series was scheduled to launch with a concert by Scot-tish rockers Nazareth and the Headpins.

Promoters announced Wednesday the Nazareth show would be cancelled due to “lack of interest in ticket sales.”

Many people had approached Carruthers before he launched in to the concert series asking why the arena wasn’t fi nished.

“Th e multi-purpose turned

into single purpose and now people are coming up to me and I’m hearing that people are concerned the arena isn’t fi nished, and are wondering why we aren’t getting world class shows here,” he said. “I decided to step up to the plate aft er so many years and I fi g-ured I would go do this. It so happened the next week I was at an antique market in Nelson and Mayor John Dooley saw me there and he asked if I was still doing concerts.”

Carruthers is working with a number of local lighting and sound proofi ng experts to fi n-ish the facility.

“I was working with Gary Waldie, who is the light man for acts like the Black Eyed Peas, who works here in town,”

he said. “We looked at how we could do the lighting rigging and how we could hydraulic all the lighting stages into the roof like they do in the bigger venues in Canada.”

As the money is raised to fi n-ish the arena they will begin working on the projects needed to fi nish the upgrades.

Despite the rough start with the Nazareth show, Carruthers hopes the community rallies around the concert series, which will next feature Pink Floyd cover band Pigs

Tickets for the October 13 Pigs show are available at Phoe-nix Computers. Nazareth ticket holders can exchange their tick-ets to see Pigs or are able to get a full refund on November 1 at Phoenix Computers.

Concert series the fi xPromoter Hopes to Make the NDCC a Place for Music


Though the Nazareth show had to be cancelled, promoter Roger Carru-thers and concert series sponsor Scott Newland are hopeful about the next show that will take place in October. Megan Cole photo

<< On to Tuscany...(part 2 of our Italian holiday) by Sheila Ziola >>

After 3 days in Rome our Trafalgar tour took us to Montecatini in Tuscany; a lovely little town. We soon learned that shops and restaurants are closed in afternoons but open for supper around

seven. With wonderful sidewalk cafes, we didn’t starve and we enjoyed the wonderful Gelato many, many times.San Gimignano is an unforgettable ancient city everyone should visit. We were so pleased that

it was on our agenda. Upon visiting the Pisa area, we had to pinch ourselves to make sure that we were actually awake and all these structures were real! Florence (Firenze) we found to be a very picturesque, romantic and artsy city. Shopping is fantastic, but take along plenty of Euro. Wonderful souvenirs abound.Italian Riviera: breathtaking! Our tour boarded a ferry to view the Cinque Terre. One of the

“most memorable” places to visit. Th e ferry landed at Spezia and there sat our big, beautiful tour bus with Mario waiting patiently for 48 fulfi lled tourists. Our last night in Rome with the tour was just lovely consisting of fi ve course meal on a beautifully set patio. Th ere were lots of goodbyes and exchanging of emails. Th e highlight of this evening, our anniversary, was to be serenaded by three opera singers and an accordion player that brought tears to our eyes. And what a wonderfully romantic celebration it was.Th e next day we ventured on our own to learn all about the train system. We got on to it quite

quickly (for seniors) and rode the rails from Rome to Naples, to Milan and Venice. Our time spent on Amalfi Coast was much too short, but we enjoyed Sorrento, and taking a ferry to the Isle of Capri. Th e Funicular cable car to the top was great! Venice was interesting. We loved San Marcos Square and the sea bus over to Murano Island. A visit to their glass factory and museum is a must. Our last destination was Varenna onLake Como. Th is is a beautiful area and what a wonderful place to just relax, eat great food and hop ferries up and down the lake. One can also take day trip by train over the Alps to Switzerland. It was all over so soon.....things we must remember for next time: Good walking shoes, lots of Euros, quick-dry clothing and less baggage! cin cin

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Public Notice June 6th, 2012

Nelson’s Fire and Rescue Services and City of Nelson Operations

Department

LANE CLEANUP - TWO WEEK CAMPAIGNENDING JULY 15TH, 2012

It is now the end of the fi rst week of the lane cleanup campaign. Help us achieve the goal of reducing fi re hazards and improving our lanes to provide safe vehicle passage for all through traffi c by doing the following:

• Place garbage containers, composters and materials onto private property

• Remove structures encroaching on city property• Trim overhanging trees and shrubs• Dispose of combustible materials, including dry leaves,

yard and tree clippings• Make sure parked vehicles do not obstruct through traffi c.

Residents can dispose of materials at the Transfer Station located at 70 Lakeside Drive. The hours of operation are Monday to Saturday from 8:30 am to 4:00 pm. Fees for disposal are:

• Small bag - $2.50• 2.5 cubic meters or less - $5.00• Metric ton - $50.00

With one week remaining in the campaign, let’s see if we can make a lasting impact in the lanes.Nelson Fire and Rescue Services and City of Nelson Operations Department thank you for your participation in the cleanup campaign.

For more information, please contact:City of Nelson - Operations Department:Phone: 250-352-8238Email: [email protected]

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Community

To people of a certain age, there’s always

been something just a little magical about the digital world. I’m long past the notion of the whole thing being powered by an unseen league of hamsters running on wheels, but it still sometimes boggles my mind.

Th at’s because the digital universe seems as big and wide and endless as the real one. We can be forgiven for turning to cute, fuzzy creatures as an antidote to all that big-concept stuff .

And yet we adapt. I tap my fi ngers im-patiently when a web page takes longer than a millisecond to load. And I expect to fi nd the answer to everything online, and right now, thank you very much.

So I’m sympathetic when library users wanting to download e-books through OverDrive — the e-book and audio-book

company of choice for most North American librar-ies, including ours — fi nd themselves waitlisted for the new, hot bestseller, or frustrated when the book they want isn’t even listed.

Because it’s digital right? It’s just a bunch of ones and zeros. It should all be available, instant, and more important, it should be free.

Actually, no. Noth-ing is ever really free, and the e-universe that includes writers, publishers, e-book suppliers, and librar-ies are experiencing growing pains as they try to hammer out something approxi-mating fairness in an increasingly demand-ing world. Even ham-sters need to eat.

E-book lending has skyrocketed in public libraries, with circula-tion up exponentially everywhere. What would-be download-ers don’t see are the behind-the-scenes machinations, with

lending caps, restric-tions, and hard-won (and sometimes lost) agreements with the Canadian Big Six publishers as well as about 90 smaller ones.

Since the advent of downloadable e-books through OverDrive, libraries have had to deal with circulation caps on e-books imposed by HarperCollins (the notion being that a hard copy of a book on the shelf will cir-culate only so many times before it falls apart), withdrawal of titles by Penguin and others as they negoti-

ate higher returns, and outright refusal of Simon & Schuster and Macmillan to play ball.

It’s about fi nding pricing and licensing models that are fair to authors and pub-lishers both, because if authors aren’t paid for books they’re not

going to write them, and if publishers can’t pay the staff to edit, market, and manage titles, they won’t do it, either. We might as well all just breed hamsters, leaving the general public to read the backs of cereal boxes or their equivalent.

Libraries are sym-pathetic, but we also have our bottom line. So when Random House raised their e-book prices for libraries from $30 for a hardcover bestseller print equivalent to a whopping $80 for the e-version, libraries squawked. At more than twice the price, it means fewer than half the titles can be purchased from your library’s budget.

One Nova Scotia regional library sys-tem just said no: we won’t buy Random House e-books at that price. Random’s point — that un-

like print books, an e-book can circulate endlessly and so either a cap or an in-creased price is only fair — also makes sense.

In theory, this will all settle out eventu-ally; right now, it’s all so new. Further con-sultations and annual circulation stats, plus consumer action, will result in decisions that will, we can only hope, be fair to authors, publishers, and libraries.

But for those who are still looking for the free e-lunch, understanding goes a long way in the book-to-checkout e-food chain. And if you’re on a wait-list for that new, hot bestselling e-book, know that somewhere there’s a hamster running like mad, trying to make it happen.

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And other creatures of the digital ageBehind the scenes hamsters

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Let’s start your summer by doing yoga at the Kokanee Creek Park Visitors Centre. We are off ering yoga lessons every Mondays, Wednesdays and Satur-day from 9 a.m. to 10:30 a.m. Take a moment just for you while relaxing in nature sounds. For more detail see ecosociety.ca or search “EcoSociety” on Facebook.

Th e Nelson Regional Sports Council is unveiling their Nelson Sports Museum and you are invited. Th e grand opening is Friday, July 6 at 4 p.m. Refreshments will be served. Th e Nelson Sports Museum is situated at the Nelson Civic arena and the Nelson and District Community Complex and is fast becoming the place where memories of a rich and local sport history are fi nally being showcased. For your summer visitors, the museum will be open July 7 to August 31, Friday and Saturday from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. and on Tuesday to Th ursday by appointment by calling 250-352-3989. Admission is free.

Th e Kootenay Co-op is celebrating their birthday and their future endevours on Saturday, July 7 from 2 to 5 p.m with a tailgate party. Th e entire community is invited to join in the festivities and to help celebrate the giant step forward in the live of the Co-op. Th ere will be a barbeque, live music, games and entertain-ment for all ages. Bring friends, a healthy appetite and come prepare to have lots of summer fun. Th e tailgate party will be held at 708 Vernon Street (the old Extra Foods site parking lot.)

Every Saturday this summer at Touchstones Nelson a museum docent will be available for guided tours. Beginning Saturday, July 7 and running to August 25 tours will be available from 10:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. Free with Admission.

St. Saviour’s Anglican Church hosts summer public tours. Th e Church, located at the corner of Silica and Ward streets, will be open during the months of July and August with volunteer tour guides in attendance to answer questions. Visitors can also pick up an infor-mational pamphlet for a self guided tour or just enjoy a quiet contemplative time. Concurrent with this year’s tours, St. Saviour’s will be off ering for sale a 32-page full colour guidebook to these stained glass windows. Architectural plans for the imminent expansion of the Church will also be on display. Th e Church is open for tours, 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. Monday to Saturday inclusive, continuing during the months of July and August. Tours are free, though donations are accepted.

Learn to meditate and practice meditation on Monday nights at the Kootenay Shambala Medita-tion Centre at 444 Baker Street. No previous experi-ence is required. Admission is by donation.

On Tuesday, July 10 hear Sam Simpson speak about her trip to Bangladesh and her experience teaching for a semester in the nursing education department of the International University of Busi-

ness Agriculture and Technology in Dhaka. Slides, information, questions and discussion will make for an informative evening at the health unit multipur-pose room on the second fl oor at 333 Victoria Street. Cash donation appreciated and all proceeds will be donated to the Bangladesh health project to support the nursing education program. Th e presentation starts at 7:30 p.m. sharp. For more information call Simpson at 250-226-7682.

Linda Hoskins is retiring from Alzheimer’s BC. Please come to toast or roast her on Wednesday, July 11 at 7 p.m. in the community meeting room at the Nelson Health Co-op on Lake Street.

Teens! Wild and Wacky Sizzling Summer Wednes-days at the Nelson Public Library. First program is button making on July 11 from 3:30 to 5 p.m. for youth entering Grade 7 and up. Use a professional button maker, bring a slogan and a friend. Drop-in for a great free event with snacks and prizes. For more information contact Joanne at [email protected] or call 505-5683.

Come see a fantastic show by Norden the Magician on Monday, July 16 at 3:30 p.m. at the Nelson Public Library. Everybody is welcome. For more informa-tion about Summer Reading Club check the website at nelson.bclibrary.ca, the online Summer Reading Club at kidssrc.ca or simply email [email protected].

Touchstones Nelson will celebrate the public open-ing of its exhibit Baker Street Th an and Now (and the

Future of Heritage?) Th ursday, July 19 at 7 p.m. with a talk by Bob Inwood, about the Baker Street Revitaliza-tion Project. Th is exhibit features a montage of past and present photos of many of the historic buildings on Baker Street from the Touchstones Nelson Ar-chives, as well as considering other examples of what heritage may look like as we move further into the 21st century.

Th e Grassroots Grandmas are hosting tools and treasures, a deluxe rummage sale, on Saturday, July 21. Proceeds from this event will go towards the Ste-phen Lewis Foundation in support of African grand-mothers who are turning the tide of HIV/AIDS in their communities.

MARKETS

Head down to the Cottonwood Falls Community Market on Saturdays from 9:30 a.m. to 3 p.m. Th ere is a wide selection of vendors that include live plants, craft s, baked goods and more.

GETTING ACTIVE

Th e Nelson Killjoys, Lumber Jackies, Salmo’s Babes of Brutality and Rossland’s Gnarlie’s Angels will be at the Nelson and District Community Complex on Friday, July 6 for Crashablanca. Doors open at 5 p.m. with the fi rst whistle at 6 p.m. For more information turn to Page 17,

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Arts

Collier cracks the mystery

It was in the pages of Nancy Drew and Agatha Christie novels the seed was planted for Confi ned

Space, the fi rst in a crime fi ction series by Nelson-based writer Deryn Collier.

Growing up in Ottawa and Mon-treal, Collier quickly found herself writing, reading and dreaming of a career as a crime fi ction writer.

“I think it was that I loved the expe-rience of reading it,” she said. “I loved the feeling that it took me into another world and there was this puzzle and everything seemed to fall into place at the end, even though part way through it seemed absolutely impos-sible that it would. I loved that experi-ence as a reader. And even at a very young age I was aware of wanting to create that experience for the reader.”

Collier’s plans to pursue writing took a turn when she was sitting in her school library with her friends at eight years old.

“We were talking about what we wanted to be when we grew up,” she said. “We had to do this task and there were these pamphlets by the government with diff erent oc-cupations. I immediately went to the author one and said ‘well, this is what I’m going to do. I’m going to write books.’ It said, ‘unless you are Mar-garet Atwood or Margaret Lawrence give up on this and go into PR, mar-keting or advertizing.’ Th at was the Canadian government telling me that when I was eight. I believed it.”

Collier went about the rest of her life, got married, had kids and pur-sued an array of diff erent jobs, never committing fully to one.

“I had all these diff erent jobs and could never really commit to any of

them because I had this idea in the back of my head that really I am a mystery writer,” she said. “I would be working a part time job and someone would off er me a full time job and I would say no, because if I am this, then I can’t be a mystery writer.”

But eventually Collier decided she either had to be the mystery writer she thought she was or give it up completely.

For six years she focused on writ-ing what would become Confi ned Space, a crime fi ction novel set in a quiet mountain town called Kootenay Landing.

Th e story involves an ex-Canadian Forces commander named Bern Fortin who is called in for a routine investigation aft er a worker at a local brewery is found fl oating in the large bottle-washing tank.

Fortin brings in the brewery safety investigator and together they risk their jobs and lives to solve the mys-tery around the body and fi nd a killer.

“Th e characters really developed

over time,” said Collier. “It’s been six years, and I probably spent about four years of that writing. It’s not going to take me that long to write the next book, but a lot of the time spent was used fi guring out how I was going to put it together. Th e characters kind of started two-dimensional and just grew with every draft . It’s really hard to say where they came from. I started with the character of Evie and then I had a very diff erent version of Bern and he was really the character that just grew and grew and grew with each draft until he became the main character of the whole book.”

In addition to receiving rave reviews from readers across North America, Confi ned Space was short-listed for the Arthur Ellis Award for best-unpublished fi rst crime novel by the Crime Writers of Canada.

“I’ve worked really hard,” said Col-lier. “Th ere have been a lot of steps along the way. I can’t say that I’m surprised but I’m very pleased with how it’s gone.”

Knowing she wanted to dive into the world of writing crime fi ction from a very young age, Nelson-based author Deryn Collier begins journey with fi rst novel with familiar surroundings


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NewsJessica Biel Film May Premiere in September

Th e Tall Man coming soon?Th e Kootenay’s next silver

screen showing is fi nally slated for release.

Th e Tall Man, fi lmed in Sal-mo, Ymir, and Nelson in 2010, is rumoured to be debuting in France in September under a new title, Th e Secret.

The film was scheduled to have a local screening last spring, but aft er changes with the distributor, the dates were cancelled.

Local fi lm commissioner Jo-anna Maratta hadn’t heard of the fi lm’s new name, and suggested it might just be an international alternative.

Th e movie has already been shown at fi lm festivals around the world, but has yet to be seen in wide release.

Th e Internet Movie Database suggests it’s coming out August 31 in the US and September 5 in France.

Some bloggers also say the fi lm will debut in August, but no dates have been confi rmed.

Th e fi lm is a horror movie by director Pascal Laugier staring Jessica Biel.

A wooden canopy erected above the fi rst story of the former Redfi sh Grill on Baker Street last month is intended to prevent debris from landing on the sidewalk, a city building inspector says.

John Southam told radio

station 103.5 Th e Bridge that during recent heavy rains, small amounts of mortar and stucco fell from the burned-out build-ing. Th e canopy is designed to catch the debris but not obscure the historical mural along the lower storey.

Meanwhile, the building’s long-term fate is still up in the air.

“Th e owners are still in dis-cussions amongst themselves to decide what to do,” Southam said. “Th ey are aware the city is anxious to see something done. We’re not expecting this [canopy] will be in place for any more than a few months at the most.”

Fire gutted the building in July 2010.


Film crews spent several weeks on location in the Nelson area shooting the movie that was originally known as The Tall Man. The movie poster — now calling the fi lm The Secret — features a familiar scene. The old Mount St. Francis exterior in Fairview was used as one of the locations in the horror fi lm that stars Jessica Biel.

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FortisBC is advising local residents that Kootenay Lake is at the highest levels since 1974. Kootenay Lake reached 1753 ft. at Queen’s Bay on June 26th, and may, depending on weather, reach 1754 ft. in the next few days. There is a risk of flooding in some areas. FortisBC has been operating the Kootenay River system at the maximum discharge since the middle of March and will continue to do so until after the lake peaks.

Queen’s Bay: Present level: 1753.78 ft. 7 day forecast: Up 4 to 6 inches. 2011 peak: 1751.71 ft. / 2010 peak: 1748.68 ft. Nelson: Present level: 1750.88 ft. 7 day forecast: Up 4 to 6 inches. For more information on emergency flood preparedness contact your local authority, or visit the Provincial Emer-gency Program (PEP) website at www.pep.bc.ca or call 1-800-663-3456.

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News

An unexpected send off

Rosemont elementary stu-dents ended their school year with a special sendoff for their principal Diane Larcombe.

On their second last day of classes, students gathered in their school yard. When their principal came outside, the 95 students from Kindergarten to Grade 5 broke into dance.

“It was a complete surprise,” Larcombe said through tears.

A week earlier, while Lar-combe was away from the school on district business, stu-dents had gathered in the gym, where Kindergarten teacher Wendy Maslechko and her 15-year-old daughter Oksana taught them choreography for Th e Beatles song “Ob-La-Di, Ob-La-Da.”

“We almost got caught,” laughed Maslechko, explaining

that Larcombe had unexpect-edly shown up at the school with a fl at tire while they were rehearsing the dance. “Luck-ily she didn’t know what we were up to. She left again and we continued practicing it over and over.”

Maslechko said she chose the song because she’d seen dances done to it before, and she thought the “life goes on” lyric was fi tting for the occa-sion.

Larcombe was principal at Rosemont for three years. Th e 57-year-old accepted early retirement to work overseas.

She and her husband, a teacher in Kaslo, will move to China and work at a BC curriculum school there.

“I probably would have re-tired next year anyways, and I didn’t want to miss the oppor-tunity,” Larcombe said, noting schools in China don’t gener-ally accept new teachers over the age of 60.

Her new job will be at a private boarding school for Kindergarten to Grade 6. Her husband will teach high school math and physics in a diff erent part of the school. Th ey plan to stay for at least two years, then return to the Kootenays and retire at their home in Kaslo.

While Larcombe is looking forward to the new opportuni-ty, she said she’s grown attached to the students at Rosemont.

“It’s been a pleasure working with these kids, I’m going to miss them,” she said.

Rosemont Students Perform Flashmob for Departing Principal

Students performed a dance to “Ob-La-Di, Ob-La-Da” for their principal (below). Sam Van Schie photos


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Nelson energy program a hitA program aimed at help-

ing Nelson residents make their homes more energy ef-fi cient is “beyond successful” aft er its fi rst two months, ac-cording to its coordinator.

Carmen Proctor says 110 participants have registered so far for the EcoSave pro-gram, which gives access to home energy assessments at a reduced cost, up to $7,000 in rebates for effi ciency improve-ments, and on-bill fi nancing through Nelson Hydro.

Between 70 and 80 per cent of those signed up have completed home energy as-sessments, while one person has already been approved for on-bill fi nancing — a fi rst in BC.

“It’s a two-year pilot phase, and for 2012-13 we had a tar-get of 200 to sign up, 100 to hopefully do some retrofi ts and maybe 50 to use the fi -nancing system,” Proctor says. “We’re blowing those num-bers right out of the water.”

Proctor says contractors are telling customers about rebates and an informa-

tion session last month was standing-room only. She adds FortisBC and BC Hydro are both watching closely, as they’re mandated to roll out similar programs later this year.

Home energy assessments are $50 if you register before the end of July. Aft er that, it goes up to $100, and later in the fall $127, which Proc-tor says is “still a really good deal,” because a regular as-sessment is $150 to $200.

Th ere’s a post-retrofi t cost of $150 as well, which has to be paid to access rebates.

Register online or at city hall or at hardware stores. Proctor can be reached at 250-509-2021 or [email protected]. The pro-gram’s website is nelson.ca/ecosave.

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Th e Nelson U12 Selects brought four development teams to Kelowna this past weekend and returned with three bronze medals.

Enjoying high numbers in the rep program for 11 and 12 year old male and female players, this season the Nel-son Youth Soccer Association has taken teams to tourna-ments with a mix of players from both ages.

Th e two Nelson U12 Se-lects boys teams played in diff erent pools in the annual Kelowna Canada Day tour-nament with both coming up with decent results.

Th e Nelson “B” side came away with a 2-1 round robin record thanks to wins against Yukon and Prince George where they outscored their opponents 10-2. Th eir only loss was a narrow 3-2 result in their opening game.

Th e Nelson “A” boys squad ended up with a 1-2 round robin record that included a 6-1 win over Prince George, a narrow 3-2 loss to Yukon and a loss to a strong Whistler team that ended up winning the tournament.

“Th e boys played well in

all of their games,” said coach Mark Harold. “Th eir eff ort and level of play got better in each subsequent game. Th ey competed and over-come many obstacles, includ-ing heavy rain, to reach the bronze medal game. It was a great team eff ort and every boy contributed and should be proud of their accomplish-ments.”

Both teams ended up fi n-ished tied for second in their respective brackets and were matched against each other in the bronze medal game.

“Th e boys appeared quite excited by this and clearly did not want to lose to their teammates on the other team,” said Selects mentor coach Jamie Spendlove. “To

a player, every one of the boys raised their level and com-peted in a thrilling, tightly matched game.”

Th e bronze medal game ended up tied 1-1 at the end of regulation. At this point the coaches — unbeknownst to the players — approached the tournament organizers and asked if it would be pos-sible to declare the teams co-bronze medalists which was agreed to. Th e players were still allowed to complete the penalty shootout which was won by a narrow single goal aft er fi ve shooters by the Nel-son “B” side.

“We thought it was only fi tting that every player from both teams be awarded a bronze medal, since they are

really all part of one larger team and since they played such an equally balanced game in the bronze medal match,” said coach Kerry Dyck.

Th e Nelson U12 Selects girls program also sent two teams to the tournament.

Th e Nelson White team fi nished with a 2-2 record which was good enough to earn them a bronze medal.

Th e Nelson Blue side fi n-ished with a 1-3 record that included a fi nal match vic-tory that went to shootout. Th e two teams were also matched up against other in the round robin where the Nelson White team edged Nelson Blue by a 3-1 mar-gin.

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The two Nelson U12 Selects teams ended up in a tie during the bronze medal match in Kelowna.


Sports

Derby girls back at NDCC

Roller derby is back tonight at the Nelson and District Community Complex.

Hot off the heels of the West-ern Canadian tournament, Klash in the Kootenays, four of the West Kootenay Roller

Derby League’s teams will skate in Clashablanca.

Salmo’s Babes of Brutality will take on Rossland’s Gnar-lie’s Angels and Nelson’s Kill-joys will battle the Lumber Jackies.

Doors open at 5 p.m. with fi rst whistle at 6 p.m.

Th ere will be beer, cider, and

team and league merchandise available for purchase.

Tickets are available in ad-vance through brownpaper-tickets.com for $10 or $15 at the door. Kids 12 and under are always $2 at the door.

For more information about the local derby league visit koo-tenayrollerderby.com.

Clashablanca Rolls Into Arena Tonight


Action at last month’s Western Canadian tournament. Some of the local teams will be back in action tonight.Megan Cole photo

The Nelson and District Chamber of Commerce would like to thank everyone involved in making Canada Day 2012, a true community and regional celebration. The Chamber of Commerce takes on the organizational role of this free family fun day in Rotary Lakeside Park. We are able to pull off a successful event thanks to the contributions by the following business, which we encourage you to support and thank, as well all the performers and community groups. Thanks to the thousands of folks who showed up making for a great atmosphere in one of the best venues in Canada despite the afternoon deluge of rain.

The Chamber is looking forward to rescheduling the reworks and possibly another community celebration event on the BC Day long weekend.

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Nelson’s fi shing set to cast global Kootenay Lake’s fine

fi shing scene is going to be broadcast to angling enthusi-asts everywhere this Friday.

Last fall the popular Ca-nadian documentary fi shing program Th e Dimestore Fish-erman was in the area shoot-ing an episode with Nelson’s Kerry Reed of Reel Adven-

tures Fishing. Th is weekend on the World Fishing Net-work (channel 152 on Shaw Cable), the episode will air. Th e airtimes are Friday at 2 p.m. and 10 p.m. and again on Saturday at 6 a.m.

“From our perspective when you’re out there and you’re on that water and those mountain peaks are breaking through the clouds and you can see the ceiling

and it’s pretty amazing,” Jim Hoey, host and producer of Th e Dimestore Fishermen, told the Star last fall. “It’s an amazing feeling. We certain-ly want to encourage anyone who lives in the Kootenays to experience Kootenay Lake themselves. It’s a resource that’s right there and it’s one of a kind.”

Th e Dimestore Fishermen is in its 14th season of pro-

duction and travel across Canada.

“We’re travelling through the spring, summer and fall all over Canada to produce our program,” said Hoey. “It’s something where we do try to explore the cultural, his-torical and recreational as-pects of the Canadian com-munities that we visit.”

Th e episode will also air on Shaw video on demand.

Th e Dimestore Fisherman Episode on Kootenay Lake Airs Tonight

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Did you know? The telephone was developed mid-1870s by Alexander Graham Bell. He placed the fi rst New York to Chicago telephone call in 1892.


I live in the Kootenay’s, there’s not supposed to be any stress here, so why do I often feel so wound up and often

over the top? I am beginning to realized that this is a very busy world and I seem to be being pulled by this busy world in many diff erent directions all at once. Any one else feeling that way? Not a great feeling. Somebody told me when I fi rst moved here nearly 2 years ago that overstressed uptight people get kicked out of the Kootenay’s. I’m a little nervous.

I have been reminded several times over the past few weeks of a scripture verse from the book of Psalms, “Be still, and know that I am God; I will be exalted among the nations, I will be exalted in the earth.” Being still does not come natural for many of us, it is defi nitely a struggle for me. But this verse reminds me that we do need to stop from time to time and just be still. Stop for a few moments and refl ect on where we are, where do we want our life to be heading and maybe even what we might need to change

in our lives to get to where we want to be. A n o t h e r

verse from the Bible, Philippians 1:6 says, “He who began a good work in you will carry it on to completion until the day of Christ Jesus.” We are all unfi nished products or works in process. So don’t be d i s h e a r t e n e d when you are taking those few moments to refl ect and you fi nd you are not where you want to be. You are still being refi ned and made perfect, for some of us, that’s not an easy task. Stop and

refl ect, listen, turn back if needed and rest once and a while. Th e old saying, ‘stop and smell the roses,’ might be good advice after all.

Th e Salvation ArmyNelson Community ChurchSunday Worship Service

at 11:00 amEveryone is Welcome

Your Pastors: Majors Robin and Yvonne Borrows

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EvangelicalCovenant ChurchLoving Jesus, Loving People,Loving Jesus, Loving People, Transforming Lives Transforming Lives

• Nelson-702 Stanley St. • 352.9613Sundays at 10:00 amPastor Arden GustafsonPastor Chris Wiens

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• Balfour-7741 Upper Balfour Rd. • 229.2301Sundays at 9:30 amPastor Jason Ashley

• Playmor Junction-2840 Eden Rd. • 359.5065Sundays at 10:00 amPastor Jesse Lerch

Anglican Church of CanadaSt. Saviour's ProCathedralWard & Silica, NelsonFamily Service & EucharistSunday 10:30 AM

St. Matthew'sVillage Road, South SlocanSunday 9:30 AM(No service third Sunday)

St. Michael & All AngelsBusk Road BalfourSunday 11 AM

Office: 8am - 1pm Tue - Fri

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Sunday Morning Worship 10:00 am Special Guest Speaker Jared Keber

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Quietly at Jubilee Manor on June 28th in his 67th year with

family by his side. Loving father of Andrew and Julia and also leaving

behind three brothers, two sisters and many many friends.

There will be a gathering of friends and family at the Nelson Rod

& Gun Club on Sunday July 8th between 1:00 and 5:00 pm to

celebrate his life. All are welcome. In lieu of fl owers a donation

to Kootenay Co-op Radio in Ian’s name would be gratefully

appreciated.

Ian CroftonNovember 12th, 1944

to June 28th , 2012

Lloyd A. Robertson

September 19th, 1941 to

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A celebration of His Life will be held Saturday, July 7, 2012 at the Nelson Lakeside Park Rotary Shelter from 1:00 pm-3:00 pm.

Perrin, Ernest Douglas of Nelson, BC passed away in Mountain

Lake Seniors Community on June 30, 2012 at the age of 93 years.

Doug was born in Trail, BC on February 10, 1919. He received his

education there.

After being introduced by George and Nyrna Heroux, Doug

married Marie Preston on April 26, 1957. They resided in Nelson,

with Doug working at Kootenay Forest Products in the boiler room

until he retired at the age of 65 in 1984. He enjoyed looking at rocks

and minerals, spending lots of time at Riondel and Kootenay Bay. He

also taught himself to play the guitar.

Doug will be lovingly remembered by his wife of 55 years, Marie,

Son Jeff of Nelson, BC, Daughters Nadia Wright of Saskatoon,

Sk., Lynn Berkich of Nelson, BC, and Jackie (Mark) Pollard of

Balfour, BC, 2 Grandchildren Spencer and Jory, Niece Cecilia of

Sprague, Manitoba, nephews Peter of Toronto, Ontario and Fred of

Fruitvale, BC.

He was predeceased by 8 brothers and sisters.

There will be no service by his request. Cremation has taken place.

As an expression of sympathy family and friends may make donations

to the Cancer Society Box 292 Nelson, BC V1L 5P9.

The family would like to thank the staff at Mountain Lake Seniors

Community and to Dr. Janz.

Funeral arrangements are under the direction of Thompson

Funeral Service Ltd. on line condolences may be expressed at www.

thompsonfs.ca

NOTICE OF PASSINGPerrin, Ernest Douglas

Obituaries &

Memorials

A20 www.nelsonstar.com Friday, July 6, 2012 Nelson Star

Health & Wellness Connection

HELP WANTEDWe are seeking an individual with

either a Cosmetic, Esthetic or Salon

background who is interested in a

career in Cosmetic Department

Sales/Management.

Please forward resume to:

Pharmasave, Attn: Tim

685 Baker Street, Nelson, BC

V1L 4J3

www.nelsonpharmasave.com

Administrative Assistant (part-time)

Kootenay Boundary Division of Family Practice

This contracted position is for approximately 22 hours per week and will involve

working from a home offi ce.

Key tasks include:

• Ensuring that the Division’s administrative systems are effi cient and effective

• Supporting the fi nancial management of the Division

• Providing support to the Division board and committees

• Assisting in event planning and hosting

The successful candidate will:

• Have at least three years experience in offi ce administration

• Be highly organized, pay attention to detail, able to perform multiple tasks,

balance priorities and meet deadlines

• Have excellent computer skills, including in Excel. Simply Accounting

would be an asset.

• Have excellent communication and interpersonal skills

• Be able to work well alone and as part of a regional team

• Have good writing skills; minute taking and transcribing skills would be an asset

• Be able to travel within the Kootenay Boundary region

• Provide their own computer / home offi ce

The hourly fee rate is approximately $25 (excluding HST if applicable), dependent

on experience.

For a detailed Job Description please see www.divisionsbc.ca/kb/careers

Please email your resume with a letter outlining the skills you bring to this job to

[email protected]

Or mail to:

The Kootenay Boundary Division of Family Practice

P.O Box 9

Nelson, BC V1L 5P7

Closing date: July 18, 2012

AINSWORTH HOT SPRINGS RESORT has an opening for a Housekeeper/Laundry Person. Competitive wage and bene t package is offered to the successful applicant. Apply in person or submit resumes to: [email protected] or fax to 250-229-5600 Attention: Karen LeMoel

Are you different?You might be different if:

• You’re looking for a change, but don’t really like change;

• You like Accounting because it’s exacting with rules and regulations;

• You like the challenges of technology and the principals of Bookkeeping;

• You like details and the little steps of a process to get to the big picture;

• You’re a common sense, experienced Accounting Specialist;

• You’re still reading and need more details; (you’ll fi nd them at www.dropdesigns.com).

At Drop Designs, we’re different, and that’s how

we like it. If you really think you’re different, and are an Accounting Specialist, send

a cover letter and resume to: [email protected]

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Announcements

Coming Events

Learn, Play and have Fun! Kokanee Creek Park

Visitors Centre at 12 mile open July 1st. 9am-9pmdaily. Global Rhythms

Aerobic Fitness, Yoga, Kids Programs, Evening

Presentations, Books, snacks, Oso Negro coffee bar. Great for families and

guests. Complete schedule: www.ecosociety.ca

Nelson Market Season is Here Again!EcoSociety presents:

Cottonwood CommunityMarketSaturdays 9:30 am - 3:00 pm May 19th - Oct 27thCottonwood Falls Park

Nelson Downtown LocalMarket Wednesdays 9:30 am - 3:00 pm June 13th - Sept 26th400 block of Baker Street

MarketFest6:00 - 10:30 pm June 29th, July 27th & Aug 24thBaker Street

SLOCAN LAKE DANCE CAMP

July 26-29 New Denver. 4 days of

Ballroom Dance Workshopsslocanlakedancecamp.ca

or 250-358-2448

Lost & FoundLOST: 4 gb Memory Card Wed. June 20th call 352-6993

STOLEN: Black KONA bike with Blue Pedals on July 3rd from porch on Victoria Street. If seen please call Nelson City Police fi le #2012-2930 or Julie

at 352-5341 or 352-3164

Children

Childcare Available

Child Care avail your home 1 or 2 days a week, Mature, positive, fun, physically fi t,energetic, retired teacher, with many years of child-care experience infants to

teens, Salary-make an offer. 250 777-0825

Employment

Business Opportunities

$30,000-$400,000yr.

P/T or F/TMagazine Publishing

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Exclusive Protected License.We Teach You & Provide Content!Toll Free 1-855-406-1253

Drivers/Courier/Trucking

CLASS 1 Flat Deck Driver Mountain Experience. Some Tarping. Paid by mile, empty or loaded. Group Benefi ts. Email or fax current resume & abstract to:[email protected] or Fax 250-447-9003

Education/Trade Schools

21 WEEK HEAVY EQUIPMENT OPERATOR

APPRENTICESHIPPROGRAM

Prepare for a Career in Heavy Equipment Operation. Intro-ducing our new Apprenticeship Program which includes:

• ITA Foundation• ITA HEO Theory• Multi Equipment Training -(Apprenticeship hours logged)

Certifi cates included are:• Ground Disturbance Level 2• WHMIS• Traffi c Control• First Aid

Reserve your seat for August 13, 2012.

Taylor Pro Training Ltd at 1-877-860-7627

www.taylorprotraining.com

Help WantedCooks required at Kokanee Spring Golf Resort Golf in Crawford Bay.

Free golf & staff accommodation available.

Email resume to [email protected]

or call 1 (250)227-2006Driver wanted with Class 1

full/part time position. Day shift in Trail area, Must be

able to get a fast card 250-365-7321

Employment

Help Wanted

ARE YOU EXPERIENCING ARE YOU EXPERIENCING FINANCIAL DISTRESS?FINANCIAL DISTRESS?

Relief is only a call away! Relief is only a call away! Call Shelley Cameron Call Shelley Cameron Estate AdministratorEstate Administrator

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Employment

Help Wanted

ATTENTION ROOFERS!Come work with the industry leader in roofi ng and exteriors. We are a Calgary based Compa-ny looking to hire skilled, profes-sional roofers with foreman expe-rience who are seeking year round employment. Must have 5 years of experience in steep sloped roofi ng, valid driver’s li-cence, vehicle and tools. $27 - $32 per hour depending on expe-rience with potential benefi ts. Subcontract crews also welcome to apply. Must have all of the above and current WCB cover-age.

Please call 403-366-3770 Ext. 258 or email

Todd@epicroofi ng.ca Epic Roofi ng & Exteriors has been in business since 2001.

Employment

Help Wanted

Couple With Horses. Large Central BC Cattle Ranch seeks couple with horses to spend summer on range with cattle herd in the spectacular Chilcotin country. Travel trailer provided for housing. Low pay, but an adventure of a lifetime. Alexis Creek Ranch (425) 481-8451 Email: [email protected]

Kootenay Society for Community Living is looking

for a casual CommunitySupport Worker to support

individuals with developmental disabilities in the community

and at a day program.Experience and/or Education

as well as use of a vehicleessential. Please fax your

resume by July 10th, 2012 to250-352-0866 or email:

[email protected]

Employment Employment

Your community. Your classifi eds.

250.352.1890

fax 250.352.1893 email classifi [email protected]

Classified Deadline 4pm Monday & Wednesday

How to place aClassified Ad

with

Call 250.352.1890Or Drop by our office at

514 Hall StreetNelson, BC

8:30-5:00 Monday - Friday

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The eyes have it

Fetch a Friend from the SPCA today!

spca.bc.ca

A single unspayedcat can produce470,000 offspringin just sevenyears. Sadly,most of them end

up abandoned at BC SPCA shelters orcondemned to a grim life on thestreets. Be responsible - don’t litter.

Sex and the Kitty

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Nelson Star Friday, July 6, 2012 www.nelsonstar.com A21

Bright, quiet 2 bedroom lake view, walking distance to town W/D N/S N/P $750/mo.

Available June 1st.

250-352-5634 or 208-304-5297

Nelson Rental

Systems Analyst Trail, BC

better. together

Kootenay Savings continues to grow as we strive to fulfill our vision:

To be the best provider of financial services

and the best place to work in the communities we serve.

We currently have an opportunity to hire a Systems Analyst in our Information Technology Department. The incumbent is responsible for helpdesk and desk side support, installation, configuration, maintenance and administration of all software, telephone, hardware and local area networks in the branches and the Corporate Office. If you are a team-oriented individual interested in growing with an organization where you can demonstrate your talent, we'd like to hear from you! For full details about this position including qualifications and information about how to apply prior to July 30, 2012, please see the Careers Section of our website at www.kscu.com

AINSWORTH HOT SPRINGS RESORT

has an opening for a pool attendant. Competitive wage and bene t package is offered to the successful applicant. Apply in person or submit resumes to : [email protected] or fax to 250-229-5600 Attention: Karen LeMoel

NOTICE TO CREDITORS AND OTHERSRe: The Estate of PAUL GERGELY, deceased,

formerly of 306, 620 Second Street, Nelson, BC V1L 2L8, who died on May 18, 2012.

Creditors and others having claims against the estate of PAUL GERGELY are hereby notifi ed under section 38 of the Trustee Act that particulars of their claims should be sent to the Executor c/o Alan P. Czepil, Barrister and Solicitor, Box 1800, 6313 Main Street, Oliver BC V0H 1T0 on or before August 21, 2012, after which date the Executor will distribute the estate among the parties entitled to it, having regard to the claims

of which the Executor then has notice.

AINSWORTH HOT SPRINGS RESORT has an opening for a full time Line Cook. Food Safe is mandatory. 5 years work experience in a similar position and 2 years minimum culinary college certi cation are required. Competitive wage and bene t package is offered to the successful applicant. Apply in person or submit resume to: [email protected] or fax to 250-229-5600

AINSWORTH HOT SPRINGS RESORT has an opening for a SOUS CHEF. Food Safe is mandatory. 5 years experience in a similar position and 2 years minimum culinary college certi cation are required. Competitive wage and bene t package is offered to the successful applicant. Apply in person or submit resume to: [email protected] or fax to 250-229-5600 Attention: Karen LeMoel

Help Wanted

Help Wanted

Employment

Help Wanted

Make a difference in the lives of seniors. Come work for AdvoCare Health Servic-es, we take “Pride in Caring”Now recruiting casual, po-tentially permanent positions at Mountain Lake Seniors Community in Nelson.

· Registered Care Aides· Cooks· Registered Recreation

Aides

For more information and to apply please

see our website www.advocarehealth.com

or email resume to [email protected]

or fax (1)250-352-0056

Employment

Medical/DentalRegistered Nurses &

Licensed Practical NursesBayshore Home Health

Bayshore Home Health is currently seeking Registered Nurses & Licensed Practical Nurses for night shifts in the Castlegar/ Nelson area to work with children with complex care needs. If you are an RN or LPN and love working with children and their families , we would appreciate hearing from you. Pediatric experience is an asset and we do offer client specifi c training.

Please send your resume and cover letter to:[email protected] or

fax to 1-866-686-7435

Services

Financial ServicesGET BACK ON TRACK! Bad credit? Bills? Unemployed? Need Money? We Lend! If you own your own home - you qualify. Pioneer Acceptance Corp. Member BBB. 1-877-987-1420.

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Services

Home CareNursing Foot Care

foot care nurse with 18 yrsexperience available at the

mall Walk In Clinic onSundays 11:15 am - 1:30 pm

call for appointments250 352-4666 in home visits

also availible call Barb at 250 229-5777

Legal Services

CRIMINAL RECORD?Guaranteed Record Removal

since 1989. Confi dential, Fast, & Affordable. Our A+BBB Rating

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Household ServicesA-1 FURNACE & Air Duct Cleaning. Complete Fur-nace/Air Duct Systems cleaned & sterilized. Locally owned & operated. 1-800-565-0355 (Free estimates)

Misc ServicesKOOTENAY HOME Mainte-nance & Handyman Services.Please contact Jeff @250-505-9693

Merchandise for Sale

Food Products

BUTCHER SHOPBC INSPECTED

GRADED AA OR BETTERLOCALLY GROWNNATURAL BEEF

Hormone FreeGrass Fed/Grain Finished$100 Packages Available

Quarters/Halves$2.50/lb Hanging WeightExtra Lean Hamburger

$4.00/lbTARZWELL FARMS

250-428-4316 Creston

Help Wanted

Cleaning Services

Apt/Condo for Rent

Merchandise for Sale

FurnitureFor Sale: 9 drawer dresser w/mirror, matching high boy,

cedar lined metal trunk, New massage table & drop

leaf table. 250-551-9317

Garage SalesSat July 7th 811 7th St 8am - 1pm kitchen stuff, furniture, vintage & summer items

Heavy Duty Machinery

A- STEEL SHIPPING STORAGE CONTAINERS /

Bridges / EquipmentWheel loaders JD 644E & 544A / 63’ & 90’ Stiff boom 5th wheel crane trucks/Excavators EX200-5 & 892D-LC / Small forklifts / F350 C/C “Cabs”20’40’45’53’ New/ Used/ Damaged /Containers Semi Trailers for Hiway & Storage-Call 24 Hrs 1-866-528-7108 Delivery BC and AB www.rtccontainer.com

Misc. for SaleHOT TUB (SPA) COVERS. Best price. Best quality. All shapes & colours available. 1-866-652-6837 www.thecoverguy.com/news-paper?

TV Specials Panasonic 32” $280 Samsung 51” $690, Samsung 55” 3Dincludes BluRay player

$1050 warranty included West LiquidationCastlegar call for

Appointment 250-365-3367www .WestLiquidation.com

Misc. WantedI Buy Old Coins & Collections Olympic, Gold Silver Coins etcCall Chad 250-863-3082 Local

CCommunity NewspapersWe’re at the heart of things™

Cleaning Services

Apt/Condo for Rent

Real Estate

For Sale By OwnerUnfi nished cabin on 2.8

acres on Riondel Rd near the Ashram. Will be

appraised in May. Making a list of interested individuals.

Price likely well under $200,000. Terms Negotiable. Excellent for handy person

or couple 780-566-0707

Houses For SaleGENEROUS SRI INCEN-TIVES & now government grants for fi rst time buyers! SRI Homes and Lake Country are offering unbelievable dis-counts. Lake Country Modular Homes, located next to SRI’s Winfi eld factory, offers custom designs, factory tours, expert advice & service and the best price! Call Don Purdie toll free at 1-866-766-2214. www.LCMhomes.com

Lots1/2 ACRE fully serviced lot in quiet, newer sub division in Salmo, BC. NOT located on the fl ood plain, meaning you can build a basement. - Cus-tom made home plans de-signed specifi cally for the lot available as well if interested. Call Lynnette @ Century21 Mountainview Realty For more info 1-877-304-7952

Mobile Homes & Parks

1974 12x56 Moduline sm porch & shed , no mould or leaks good cond. @ 6 mile M.H.P. $24,000. 250 777-0636

Rentals

Apt/Condo for RentNelson: 2 bdrm apartment avail. Immediately. NS/NP $750/mo incl. power 365-7335Small 2 bdrm apartment min out of town $650/m + utilities N/S N/P 354-4381or354-7949

Commercial/Industrial

Large A/C Offi ce downtown Nelson $750/m including utilities 354-4381 or 354-7949

Homes for Rent2 bdrm house immediate North Shore N/S N/P $875/m + utilities 352-9136 after 6 pmCHARMING 3 bedroom 1 bath home in Convenient downtown Trail location, Bring your ideas and make this house your home! MLS #K213619, Call Lynnette @ Century 21 Moun-tainview Realty Today 1-877-304-7952

NELSON 12 Mile: Spacious 3bdrm Family Home on beautiful Kootenay Lake.

Lovely sandy beach, sloped ceilings, skylights, fi replace, lrg kitchen, ensuite, family room, formal dining + 40ft screened covered deck to

relax & enjoy the view. Gentle sloping 1/2 acre lot on lake + fenced pool area for children. Away from hwy

noise, paved driveway & carport. Asking $1850/mo or

$2000 furnished. contact Rose 250-825-4499

Nelson: 3 br,2.5 baths duplex, hardwood fl oors front & back yard Rosemont furnished $1450 +util.July 15th 352-9686

Suites, LowerBRIGHT and spacious! fi re-place, 2 bedrooms, carport, claw foot tub, sauna, laundry, private entry, coat room and patio. Property backs onto trails. 250-551-3553.

Legal Notices

Rentals

Suites, LowerNelson: 1 brdm suite (middle of Nelson). Looking for long term working person or couple $875/m includes utilities F/S W/D N/P N/S of any kind352-7884 or 551-0289

Want to RentNelson: 30 yr old male with secured monthly income seeks housing/room for Aug 1st. Clean, tidy, responsible & personable. Good References avail. Contact Jesse M @ 250 352-9876

Antiques / Classics

Auto FinancingDreamCatcher Auto Loans“0” Down, Bankruptcy OK -

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Transportation

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YOU’RE APPROVEDCall Dennis, Shawn or Paul

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We Will Pay You $1000All Makes, All Models.New & Used Inventory.

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Must be employed w/ $1800/mo. income w/ drivers license. DL #30526

Recreational/Sale2000 TRAVEL TRAILER:29.5’ full KN/LR slide, rearqueen bed, A/C, new awning,clean $12,9000 250-428-5609/ 780-554-1282 (cell)

VIKING Tent Trailer. Beautifultrailer. King, Queen, Doublesized beds. U shaped dinette.Shower, toilet, hot & cold wa-ter, 3 way fridge, furnace, in-door/outdoor stove, lots of stor-age, awning & screen room.$5000 OBO 250-352-1221 orbfl [email protected]

Boats

BOATING SEASON IS HERE FINALLY!

WANNA HAVE SOME FUN WITH YOUR FAMILY &

FRIENDS THIS SUMMER!!

Your Cabin on the LakeThe Kootenay Queen

• 1976 30ft cabin cruiser with a 185 merc

• Full galley (fridge, stove, sink, furnace, toilet)

• Fold down table for a queen sized bed

• Fold up bunk beds• VHF radio• Hull is sound, galley is

dated.• Low draft• 200 hrs on new engine• A great boat that needs

some TLC $12,000.00 invested, will

take offers starting at $9000 as is, where is

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hotmail.com for more information

World’s Finest FISHING BOATS

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call now forhelp and information anytime, anywhere

in BC.


Sports

Champs in the Stampede CityA pair of Nelson hockey players were part of a regional team that captured the Stampede Challenge AAA title late last month. Haley Elias (middle row far right) and Taylor Harrison (middle row fourth from right) joined female hockey players from around the Kootenay and Okanagan at the 18th annual tournament where they went 5-0-1 to win the gold medal. The Kamloops Ice Pirates defeated the Red Deer Rustlers 3-0 in the fi nal to capture the tournament that draws teams from all across Canada and the United States. It was an impres-sive end to the spring season for the team which attended three tournaments over the course of the last few months. The girls compiled a record of 12-2-3 in tournaments in Vancouver and Calgary. Nelson’s Doug Har-rison (back row middle) was behind the bench as one of the team’s assistant coaches.

Total Car Care.Total Customer Care.

618 Lake Street 250-354-4866

Plus Tax

Most Vehicles

$69†

$49*

Plus Tax

Per Axle

Most Vehicles

Lifetime GuaranteedBrake Pads or Shoes

SeasonalMaintenance Package

Installation Extra

Service includes: Lube, oil (5W/20 or 30) and filter

Rotate and inspect 4 tires

Top off windshield washer fluid

Courtesy check including

Visual Brake Check:

Battery Fluids Air Filter

Coolant level and strength

Lights, hoses, belts and more…

*Up to 5 litres of oil. Synthetic and other grades of oil extra. Environmental disposal and shop supply fees may be charged, where permitted by law. Diesel vehicles, custom wheels and vehicles with TPMS may be extra. Installation of seasonal tires extra. See manager for details. †Ceramic pads extra. There may be substantial extra cost for additional parts and labour. Lifetime Guarantee valid for as long as you own your vehicle. See manager for limited guarantee terms. Not valid with other brake offers. © 2012 Midas Canada Inc.


Cool teen stuff for hot summerSummer becomes

wild and wacky with Wild and Wacky Sizzling Summer Wednesdays for teens at the Nelson Library. Teen Services Librar-ian Joanne Harris — with help from teen advisors Noelle and Emma — has cooked up some hot activities.

“Cool teens really

do hang out at the li-brary, especially in the heat of the summer” said Harris. “Now, with our Wednesday summer program, there’s even more cool stuff to do.”

Th e free program, running most sum-mer Wednesdays from 3:30 to 5 p.m., includes prizes, snacks, and a chance to learn something cool. On July 11, teens

can learn to make buttons with a profes-sional button-making machine — just bring your own slogan. Get your game on July 18 with retro board games or Wii and Xbox 360. Th e July 25 program off ers a new spin on an old standby, with Altered Books. Take an old

book and recycle it into something ex-traordinary!

Decorate your nails using polish, designs, stencils and comics in a special nail art program on August 18 (teens are asked to pre-register for this program only by calling Joanne at 505-5683 or emailing jhar-

[email protected]). And August 15 is mystery Wednesday — stay tuned for details.

Watch for details also on the very cool Teen Summer Read-ing Challenge. Who needs to hang out on a hot street corner when things are wild, wacky, and sizzling at the library?

CommunityNelson Public Library

THIS IS YOUR NEWSPAPER

THIS IS YOUR COMMUNITY

Th e Nelson Star is proud to be your community newspaper, but we need your help. If you have an event, organization or accomplishment that the Nelson area needs to know about... here’s your

chance. Simply email us a write up, photo or tidbit of information and we’ll print it. No story is too small, no accomplishment ever unworthy. Write it like you

would like to read it and the community will be better off for it. Email us at [email protected]

SUBMITTEDSpecial to the Nelson Star

www.homesforanimals.comwww.homesforanimals.com

Kootenay Animal Assistance Kootenay Animal Assistance Program Society (KAAP)Program Society (KAAP)

Pets Available for AdoptionCall 250-551-1053 for information

or visit: www.homesforanimals.com

45 cats & kittens need new homes!The Kootenay Animal Assistance Program (KAAP)

volunteers are still helping out with a situation in which 45

cats must fi nd new homes. They are beautiful cats, some

are still shy and need patience to help them trust. KAAP

is spaying and neutering, and tattooing these cats, and

fostering them until forever homes can be found. These

cats are used to a family setting, with indoor/outdoor

privileges as safety permits. The adoption fees The adoption fees are waived for these catsare waived for these cats. Call Daryl at 250-

551-1053 to book an appointment to view.

Animal HospitalAAniiiimalllNelson

Healthy Pets, Happy Pets

250.352.7178520 C Falls Street Nelson

(Above Savoy Bowling Lanes)Open Tues - Sat.: 12:00 - 5:00pm

View our current animals available for adoption and check out the new Lost & Found section on our website!

www.spca.bc.ca/nelson

250.352.78612124 Ymir Road

www.nelsonvet.com

We Love Your Pets & They love Us!

STILL DOING TIME!

Cutie Patooties!Just in! We have 5 gorgeous grey-and-white kittens

with their pretty mama. Adorable! They will be ready

for new homes in another week, but can be met and

reserved now! Call Daryl at 250-551-1053..

www.valhallapathrealty.com

Valhalla Path Realty

280 Baker St., Nelson, BC(250)354-4089

[email protected]

Wayne Germaine250.354.2814

[email protected]

Robert Goertz250.354.8500

[email protected]

Lev Zaytsoff250.354.8443

[email protected]

Norm Zaytsoff250.354.8584

[email protected]

James Loeppky250.509.0804

[email protected]

Yara Chard250.354.3382

[email protected]

$269,900 $269,900

$329,900$329,900

RENT & RESIDENCEThis 3-bdrm home with a legal 3-bdrm

daylight suite in the hospital area

is the best buy in its category. Both

suites are spacious and bright and

offer an unobstructed view of the lake

and mountains. Big rear deck and off

street parking. Can bring in as much as

$2,400/mo.

THE GREAT OUTDOORS

A log home overlooking Kootenay Lake

that sits on 17 private acres and has a

large detached workshop, and custom

built kitchen is your opportunity to

enjoy the incredible lifestyle that the

Kootenays has to offer.

$465,000 $465,000

$395,000$395,000

JUST MINUTES FROM TOWNCreative styling and well-appointed

landscaping define this attractive rural home

and property. Privately situated on approx. 1

acre, this home offers 3-4 bdrms, 2 baths, a

hand-crafted river rock fireplace, a sun-filled

family room, and a welcoming foyer. Move

from a well-organized kitchen to a relaxing

deck with ease. You will be so proud to be the

next owner of this fine home.

SWEET SETTINGThe perfect country starter home just

outside of Nelson on Granite Road. A

warm and inviting 2 bedroom home

with rustic wood floors, a wood stove

and lots of windows. There is a covered

porch and large deck with city views.

The 3-acre hillside has fruit trees,

garden space and mature evergreens.

Call Lev or Norm

Call Norm or Lev

Call Robert

Call Wayne

WALK EVERYWHEREThis lovely 3-bedroom, 2-bathroom home is a

nice blend of old character charm and modern

upgrades. Featuring a brand new kitchen,

hardwood fl oors and mouldings, charming

built-in cabinetry, large bathrooms, and

covered off-street parking, it is situated on a

cute low maintenance lot with a small garden,

only 2 blocks from downtown. This is a great

property for a fi rst time buyer.$289,000$289,000Call Yara or visit www.NelsonLocal.com

$388,900$388,900

LOCATION, LOCATION … LOCATION! This home is a true reflection of the

quintessential Nelson lifestyle. A heritage

home with quality upgrades, unique low

maintenance landscaping and ‘location,

location, location’. Enjoy the lake view, or

easy walk downtown. 3–4 bedrooms and 2

full baths can appeal to a growing family,

or the recently retired.

Call James

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If you have any marketing questions, please feel free to contact me.

KarenBennett

• Mother • Rotary member

• Nelson Star Sales Rep• Wanna-be Hockey Player

250.352.1890 250.352.1890 [email protected]@nelsonstar.com

nelsonmha.ca to download application, Closing date July 27

If you are interested in coaching, please download, print, fi ll out and mail in a

coaching application form toNelson Minor Hockey Association

PO Box 766Nelson, BCV1L 5R4

Attention: Greg Andrusak

NMHA now accepting coaching applications for 2012-13 season

ARTWALKNelson’s art showcase returns and {vurb} features an artist profi lePage 3

Nelson punk rockers

set to take

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Drunk Uncle

Friday, July 6, 2012 Vol. 1 Issue 23

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July 6th - The Dudes

July 7th - Apathy & Celph Titled

with DJ Swan

July 10th - K’Naan w/ Full Live Band

with Guests

July 13th - DJ D!GGY Hip Hop DJ of Down

with Webster

July 14th - Liquid Stranger

July 19th - Gaudi w/ Naasko

July 27th - Inspectah Deck w/ Erica Dee

Aug 2nd - The Boom Booms

Aug 3rd - DJ Czech With Breakfl uid

Aug 4th - Val Kilmer & The New Coke

Live 80’s Band

Every Thursday features various dj’s.

No Cover!

Nelson from Nelson{vurb] contributor

Punk rock is all about a lack of pretension. Hailing from Ontario, but relocating to the Kootenays, the members of Drunk Uncle formed their band under

the best kind of premise. They are the best of friends, who decided to buy instruments, learn to play, and form a band together while drinking.

Without the typical conventions of serious musicians, everyone learned to play together, but not just on a single instrument. Ryan Hallewick, Justin Moroz, and Ben Holek would convene in their jam space, work on song ideas, and use each others strengths. Whoever was strongest on drums, with the stamina to play their version of classic So-Cal skate punk, got the stool for that song, and so on. It’s a fresh ver-sion of musical chairs, and has a surprising effective.

The X factor in this equation of course, is their propensity to live up to their moniker, and consume beer and alcohol, sometimes to excess.

Like gasoline on a fi re, three already-fi ery personalities in the band, rocking at full throttle, plus alcohol, can lead to yelling, shoving, and destruction of instruments and ob-jects. Don’t be afraid, the risk and danger is all part of the fun.

Vancouver’s Babysitter, and possibly a couple more punk bands, open the show at The Royal on Thursday, July 12.

Tickets are $7 at the door and doors open at 8 p.m.

Drunk Uncle

The DudesModern GrassBorn in 2011, Halifax’s Modern Grass has quickly

gained a reputation as one of Nova Scotia’s best

country/bluegrass bands.

The quintet pays tribute to a number of musical

traditions, but leaves plenty of room for innovation

and improvisation.

Modern Grass plays The Royal tomorrow night.

Doors open at 9 p.m. and tickets are $10 and are

available at The Royal or liveattheroyal.com.

Apathy and Celph TitledHip hop lovers get ready, Connecti-

cut’s Apathy and Celph Titled will be taking the stage at Spiritbar on Satur-day night. Before they take the stage Christine Hunter caught up with Apa-thy for a few questions.

1. What have you heard about the Nelson hip hop scene? What does it mean to come here after all the years of Peter and Christine trying to book you over the past fi ve-years?

Honestly I’ve never heard of Nelson before. I’m not too educated on Cana-dian geography. But I’m defi nitely ex-cited to see it.

2. What artists inspired you

to become involved with hip hop? What is your favourite album of all time? What is your ultimate goal at the end of your career?

The list is so long as far as artists who inspired me. I’m an above aver-age hip hop fan, so everyone from Run DMC, Beastie Boys, Rakim, Chuck D and Ice Cube to the more obscure

groups like The Legion, The Boogi-emonsters and Organized Konfusion, inspired me to want to do this shit. My favourite album of all time is Illmatic by Nas. And I can never call it, as far as career goals. I just take what comes and try to navigate through the indus-try, the best I can.

3. Having worked with the likes of Sage Francis, Fort Minor, Mike Shinoda, 7L and Esoteric, Jedi Mind Tricks, Army of the Pharaohs just to name a few. An with the forth-coming of your latest project Will Sing For Vengeance EP who are some other individu-als you guys would like to co-lab with, or some of the most memorable ones?

Showbiz and AG, Pete Rock and CL Smooth, and Ghostface, there’s a lot of people I wanna work with. My most memorable colabs would have to be working with DJ Premier, Xzibit, Cy-press Hill, Busta Rhymes, Mad Lion, Beatminerz and Pete Rock, there’s a lot. I defi nitely feel blessed.

Megan Cole{vurb} editor

Since The Dudes came together in 1996, they haven’t aspired for national and international fame. Instead they focused on playing for as many Calgarians as possible.

“It’s been a slow burn,” said The Dudes drummer Scott Ross. “We’ve never been one of those bands who’s had instant success. It’s been a fun slow burn. It’s been really reward-ing. We’ve been championing the City of Cal-gary to prove it’s about writing good songs and not where you pay your rent.”

Musical inspiration for Ross came early and in the form of hip hop and later on So-Cal Punk.

“I enjoyed a lot of indie bands like Pavement, Archers of Loaf and the Pixies. I could see my-self maturing into that but my heart was always in that teenaged punk rock phase,” he said.

Ross didn’t start playing drums until around the time that The Dudes formed.

The Dudes didn’t meet in a true rock and roll fairy tale kind of way, instead they met thanks to a Calgary trivia night and a guy who knew a guy.

“I only went to that bar because they were giving out $50 vouchers for free food and I went down because I was too broke to buy food,” he said. “I ended up joining this team for the trivia night and they were mutual friends with the guys who were in The Dudes.”

Ross said he played drums and his team-mates said we know these guys who play mu-sic and the rest is history.

The Dudes – including their new drummer – Ross played the Metro seven days after he joined.

“On one side there were male strippers and on the other side there was an indie rock band,” he said. “There was only a thin purple curtain to separate us from the male genitalia and screaming women.”

The Dudes play Spiritbar tonight

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Creative cartographyTouchstones Nelson is excited to announce

the opening of Landon Mackenzie: Mapping History.

Mackenzie is an internationally renowned artist, and has been an instructor at Emily Carr University of Art and Design in Vancou-ver since 1986.

Standing in front of her enormous paintings (over 7 feet tall and 10 feet long), one’s senses are dazzled by layers of vibrant colour, intri-cate meandering lines, clusters of dots and radiating shapes.

What appears at fi rst to be purely abstract is actually informed by the artist’s research into Canadian history, geography and cartog-raphy.

Continents, time zones, satellites and ship-ping routes overlap into complex networks, forming a new vision of place and history.

This combination of intellectual rigour and the sheer beauty of painterly abstraction has lent her work broad appeal.

Mapping History will feature some of her most celebrated large scale paintings, as well as a selection of other smaller works.

All are welcome to the opening on Friday, July 13 from 7 to 9 p.m.

Mackenzie will also be giving an artist talk Saturday, July 14 at 1pm, admission by dona-tion.

The exhibition runs from Saturday, July 14 to Sunday, September 16.

ArtWalk presents...

Suzanne Maclean

Suzanne Maclean has always been in love with landscape, from her very fi rst excursion into the northern Canadian wilderness, to her travels across Canada and abroad.

The landscape has always been there, in-spiring interest in colour and movement, shape and pattern.

Coming from an artistic family, she was al-ways encouraged to become involved in the arts.

She worked behind the scenes in theatre and music, exploring literature in the off

hours, until greener pastures called and she became nomadic.

Following her love of landscape, she trav-elled to England and France, and settled in Ireland for a while, before returning to Cana-da where she lived in various towns and cit-ies across Canada, from Cape Breton Island to Nelson, before heading further north into the BC interior.

Maclean now lives with her husband in Kaslo where she paints in a small studio, in-spired by the landscape that surrounds her.

Maclean’s work can be seen at Kutenai Clothing Co. during ArtWalk, from July 6 to August 31.

Bard in the bushTo be in love, or not to be in

love? That is the question to be explored by Shakespeare Shorts VII: Greatest Love Scenes as Lisel and Jeff Forst reenact legendary affairs of the heart, July 18, 19, 20, 21, Wednesday to Saturday at 7:30 p.m., live under the maple leaves of Nelson’s Gyro Park!

In Act I of the fourth annual Bard in the Bush Shakespeare Festival, audiences at Shakespeare Shorts VII: Greatest Love Scenes pick their show’s sequence of sassy scenes out of a foolish cap. Show-cased famous lovers are: Beatrice and Benedick, Kate and Petruchio, Cleopatra and Antony, Cressida and Troilus, Hermia/Helena and Lysander and more surprises. Though nothing is publicly risque, Shakespeare Shorts VII: Greatest Love Scenes is rated PG-13 for its ribald repartee.

Lisel and Jeff are carrying the torch lit by Susie O’Donnell in the 20th century. Inspired by memori-zation guru Scott Swan, O’Donnell launched the Shakespeare Shorts empire in her Gyro Park backyard. Lisel and Jeff enjoy honouring the Bard’s language as intended, via the dictates of the fi rst folio text itself. This is spicy Shakespeare served fresh with passionate care.

Presently branching into pro hairstyling, Lisel’s dynamic theatre highlights include Loco Phantas-mo, Into the Woods, The Nuppet Show, Sylvia, Fore-play!, You’re

a Good Man, Charlie Brown, The Marriage of Figaro, Leave andLes Miserables.

Nelson Youth Theatre direc-tor Jeff Forst has helmed several dozen plays, along with being a producer, writer, and actor.

He has a degree in English Lit-erature from the Univeristy of Victoria, with professional train-ing from the Gastown Actors Stu-dio. Local stage credits include Into the Woods, Deathtrap, More Willful Pursuits and The MelvilleBoys.

All-weather, all-terrain, and all by donation, the fourth annual Bard in the Bush Shakespeare Fes-tival venue is Ye Olde Stone Quarry at the top end of Vernon Street, a short walk up from Nelson’s Civic Centre.

In lower Gyro Park, with all the amenities of the wilderness, it’s best to access Ye Olde Stone Quarry from the Vernon Street sidewalk below (as opposed to the steep trail by the pool and parking-lot above.)

Audiences are encouraged to bring their own comfy thrones and yummy feasts to the festival. Non-alcoholic beverages are welcome. There are several picnic blankets for seating available as need be. Visit forstmedia.ca for more infor-mation about Shakespeare ShortsVII: Greatest Love Scenes, the Forsts and the fourth annual Bard in the Bush Shakespeare Festival.

Oxygen Art Centre’s third annu-al summer art camp will take place from August 20 to 24 and 27 to 31.

Oxygen has another fun fi lled, imagination exercising, mixed me-dia art making camp planned this year.

All their wonderful instructors are back again with Fiona Brown alternating bookmaking and print-making workshop weeks, while Lauryn Asbell will work with the younger ones on soft scultpure assemblage.Charlotte Erlandsson will teach photography to the 10 to 13 year olds, and Krista Lynch will teach drama to all ages in week one.Week two will bring mixed media projects with Laura Hyde and Clancy Moonbeam Fitzgerald, and breakdancing with our awe-some new instructor Martine Star!

Please refer to the Oxygen web-site for the detailed schedule and our instructor bios.

Camp is for one week or two weeks from Monday to Friday and age groups, times and costs are as follows: Ages 5 to 6 from 9 to 11 a.m. for $120, ages 7 to 9 from 11:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. for $120 and ages 10 to 13 from 2 to 5 p.m. for $180.

You can register online at oxy-genartcentre.org or call Oxygen at 250 352 6322 Or email [email protected]

Oxygen Art Centre gratefully acknowledges the support for this programming from our funders and sponsors; Government of Brit-ish Columbia through BC Gaming and Nelson And District Credit Union.

Oxygen summer camps

Bellafl ora presents...

Opening Friday, July 6 at Bellafl ora fl oral de-signs, Brian Kalbfl eisch will be showing new artwork along with the local artists: Prospero Pottery, Clair Wensveen Ceramics and Cut Threads Designs.

There will also be music by Scott Milne at 8 p.m.

Bellafl ora is located at 621B in Herridge Lane across from All Seasons.

Artwork by Brian Kalbfl eisch

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www.shadesofnature.ca

When: Artwalk Opening Night,July 6th from 6:00pm to 9:00pm

Where: Habits Clothing Store, 579 Baker St.

Come by for refreshments and meet the artist behind Shades of Nature + reLit Lamps, Lynn Melanson.

Artwalk runs from July 6th to August 30th, so drop by anytime to check out my work.

ARTWALK 2012:FASHION + ILLUMINATION

Reserve now: 250-353-7714 430 Front Street, Kaslo BC

Eggs BlackstonePoached eggs, smoked ham and fresh tomato on an English muffi n served with hollandaise sauce.

Smoked Salmon Omelette3 eggs stuff ed with smoked salmon, cream cheese, scallions and asparagus with hollandaise sauce.

Crepes KasloCreamy mixed seafood (shrimp, scallops, crab and red snapper) in wine sauce.

Banamas Foster Hotcakes3 large hotcakes topped with vanilla ice cream and warm bananas in brown sugar rum sauce.

Praline Crunchy French ToastServed with a buttery pecan, maple and brandy topping served with a smoked pork chop.

Cherries Jubilee Waffl eA Belgian-style waffle topped with brandy flambéed cherries and a scoop of vanilla ice cream.

Served Saturday & Sunday 8:30 am to 1:30 pm

in our lakeside dining room.

Enjoy a scenic drive…

Try our New Weekend Brunch

Come to Kaslo for Brunch this weekend.

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Choices include:

From the SHELF

Stash TraxI listen to a whole thwack

of new music that passes

my desk every week. On any

given day I have an album

or some singles that need a

listen.

This week, I’m changing

things up a bit. Normally, I

walk you through an entire

album but today all you get is

a single tune. After all, I’m all

about “variety being the spice

of life,” which is admittedly,

why I’m still single - but in

this case it’s different and I’ve

been faithful to one song.

The song I am referring to

is Tell me Something I Don’t

Know by Herman Dune.

This song is romantic,

beautiful, and striking and

you’ll want to listen to it for

the rest of your life.

Now, it’s very rare for a

music video to capture that

same fresh feeling you get

when you fi rst hear a song,

but it’s bang-on for Tell Me

Something. I’ll even go as far

as to suggest that you watch

the video fi rst just so you’re

able to fully appreciate the

experience.

The video sees none other

than Jon Hamm (of Mad Men

and just being handsome

fame) pick up a blue Yeti

(seriously) who’s hitchhiking.

I don’t want to ruin it for you

so I’ll just say rest of the video

is a road trip and possibly the

most fantastic day this Yeti

has ever experienced.

Here’s your thought

process when watching the

video:

“What the hell is this Yeti

thing?”

“Well, that’s pretty cute.”

“Best road trip ever.”

“This song’s catchy.”

Then you’ll smile from ear

to ear, and hit the refresh

button.

This song/video shares

the wide-eyed innocence

everyone should have about

the world.

We have unfortunate

experiences that thicken our

skin and set up walls that

people can’t get through,

which deters potential great

possibilities.

Often we forget that

letting our guard down

and just letting life happen

is perfectly sane. There’s

no judgement. It’s damn

beautiful. If there’s one song

that makes it on any of your

mix CDs this summer, make it

Tell Me Something.

If you’ve got a song you

think we need to hear email

[email protected] or fi nd

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Catherine CoursonOtter Books

Who remembers The Time Traveler’s Wife? Answer: Everyone who read it, everyone who watched the fi lm adaptation, and everyone who was told that they “have to read this book!” Au-drey Niffenegger has a unique sensibility when it comes to how she weaves a world of magi-cal realism. Always a fan of this style, I was im-mediate swept into it. So when I received her second novel, Her Fearful Symmetry, I was thrilled.

Twins Julia and Valentina inherit a fl at next to London’s Highgate Cemetery from their es-

tranged aunt Elspeth. But while Elspeth mayhave died she hasn’t gotten around to the leav-ing part yet. This is not a haunted house thriller.With a haunting tone and a somewhat twistedromance, I think of this novel as a contempo-rary Gothic.

Mysteries begin to unfold as the twins, for thefi rst time, experience a fi ssure of their selvesinto truly separate identities. With a strong sup-porting cast of characters, as well as some hu-mour and vivid imagery, Niffenegger creates afully fl eshed (well, perhaps only part corporeal)world. Don’t read this book expecting a sequel.This is not that kind of story. But, if you enjoya little darkness and some interesting fl aws inyour characters, then this book is for you.

Panty party at L Boutique

Dustin StashkoAfternoon Drive Announcer 103.5 FM The Bridge

Vancouver band Five Alarm Funk were in Nelson late last month to play Spiritbar. While they were in town they stopped by the grand opening celebration of L Boutique to sample some of the Calvin Klein underwear and cause some excitement.

Sam Van Schie photo

Friday night from 6-9 pm will be an evening to remember as venues in and around Baker Street showcase our amazing artists for Nelson’s 24th annual ArtWalk.

Kicking off with the Moving Mosaic Samba Band, there will be a smorgasbord of fabulous fun, with sand sculptors, chalk artists, roaming musicians and performance artists.

Children can get into the creative spirit by making their own masterpieces at the 4Cats Art Tent and having their faces painted, and for the fi rst time ever art lovers will be invited to try their own hand at the creative process by ParticiPainting! Finished works of art will be showcased throughout the summer at the Nelson & District Chamber of Commerce.

Nelson’s ArtWalk offers area artists the opportunity to have their work viewed by more than a thousand art-lovers; it gives downtown businesses a doorway into creative culture; and it’s a veritable feast for the ArtWalking public. Last year art sales reached a record high, and we’re hoping to top that number this year!

This cultural smorgasbord is served up by the Nelson & District Arts Council with the generous support of the City of Nelson, the Columbia Basin Trust, Nelson Kootenay Lake Tourism and everyone involved. Locals and tourists alike simply pick up a brochure and get ArtWalking!

Contact: Joy Barrett, Cultural Development Offi cer,

[email protected] or 250-354-9169

Put On Your ArtWalking Shoes!

The Capitol Theatre is thrilled to currently be hosting the 24th annual Summer Youth Program.

Each year this program’s young casts work together with experienced directors to create productions that have become a tradition for Nelson theatre goers. The theater is at the moment fi lled with more than thirty talented actors, singers, and dancers. The artistic team at the helm this year includes Oscar Derkx as Director, Malaika Horswill as Musical Director, and Lynette Lightfoot as Choreographer.

This year’s production is the classic musical comedy, “The Pajama Game.” This hilarious and high energy musical launched the career of Bob Fosse and has won numerous Tony Awards including Best Musical in 1955 and Best Revival of a Musical in 2006. The fantastic score has spawned many Broadway standards including “Hey There,” “Hernando’s Hideaway,” and “Steam Heat.” “The Pajama Game” is based on the novel 7½ Cents by Richard Bissell. It features a score by Richard Adler and Jerry Ross. The story deals with labour troubles in a pajama factory, where worker demands for a seven-and-a-half cent raise are going unheeded. In the midst of this ordeal, love blossoms between Babe, the grievance committee head, and Sid, the new factory superintendent.

The show runs July 26 through July 28 at 7:30 pm with a 2:00 matinee on the 28th. Get your tickets online at www.capitoltheatre.bc.ca or stop by the box offi ce Tuesday-Friday noon-4:30pm

The Capitol Theatre Board invites you to consider supporting the Capitol Theatre by becoming a 2012-13 Theatre Partner. Contact Stephanie Fischer at 250.352.6363 if you are interested in learning more about our fi ve partnership levels reaching from $10 - $5,000+. Thanks to the generous fi nancial support of individuals, businesses, and foundations we can keep ticket prices low and rentals affordable for a wide spectrum of our community.

SummerArt Camps!

2012

AugusT 20-24 & 27-31Ages 5-6 Ages 7-9 Ages 10-139-11am $120 $120 $180

Register online atwww.oxygenartcentre.orgor by phone at250 352 6322

11.30am-1.30pm 2-5pm

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ArtWalkNelson, BC

6 July - 31 August 2012

Opening Night Friday 6th July 6-9pm

Chalk Art, Sand Sculpting, Face Painting,

ParticiPainting, 4Cats Art Tent,

Performance Art and Live Music!

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Five essential food tools:

I am not a chef. Nor am I a culinary art expect. What I am is a food lover and a passionate home cook. I spend a lot of time reading cookbooks, food blogs, talking to chefs and people who know more about food,

cooking and baking.I started cooking when I was a teenager because simply I love food

and because I was curious. I started buying cookbooks and just cooking things I had no idea how to make. I made samosas, pad Thai (even though I’d never eaten it), I roasted a turkey at 16 and just kept learning as much as I could.

In my experience as a home cook, I’ve come a few tools that make cook-ing at home a lot easier, and they are tools that you often see in the kitch-ens of professionals. These are fi ve tools that will make cooking at home easier and even more fun.

1. Parchment paper: I could probably write an entire love song about how much I love parchment paper and how it has made my life in the kitchen easier. Basically parchment paper will keep everything from stick-ing to baking sheets, cake pans, muffi n tins, etc. It’s as easy as rolling off a piece big enough to fi t whatever you are cooking and putting your pizza, chicken, bacon or whatever on top and then putting it in the oven. You can wrap it around fi sh or veggies to steam them or garlic to roast it. It makes clean up easier too because basically all you need to do is crumple up the paper and toss it in the garbage. Use parchment paper!

2. Spoons: If you open my cutlery drawer right now you will notice there are a lot more spoons than any other tool. Spoons are great for ev-erything. I taste with them, I add sauces, spices and other bits them. I stir with them. I turn things in frying pans over with them. I make cookies with them. Spoons are the ultimate cooking tool.

3. Tongs: If you’ve watched the Food Network I’m sure you’ve noticed chefs using tongs. They are a great tool for tossing pasta or fl ipping meat. They are defi nitely an essential tool and are very affordable.

4. Spare coffee grinder or a mortar and pestle: That’s right, I have two coffee grinders: One for my Oso coffee and the other for spices. I grind black pepper in it, make spice rubs for steaks and other meats, and cinnamon sticks if I need cinnamon for crisps and pies. If you want to go a bit higher end and buy a special tool, consider a mortar and pestle. It’s great for grinding spices and even making authentic curry pastes.

5. Cast iron frying pan: I love my cast iron frying pan. It makes perfect pancakes, is great for pan roasting meats and you can even bake bread or roast a chicken in it. The key to a cast iron frying pan is to season it and be careful when washing it. You don’t want it to sit with water in it or it will rust.

What are your favourite kitchen tools? What can’t you live without? Email me at [email protected]

Megan Cole{vurb} editor

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Let’s hope soup weather is behind us, but just incase we get another stormy day, or if you’re like me and had a stack of lovely little yams from my Endless Harvest box, this is a great go-to, easy and delicious soup recipe.

This recipe also utilizes one of my favourite must-have ingredients miso soup paste. If you’ve never used miso or even think you don’t like it, I would suggest you give it a try. It is a great addition to soups, sauces, salad dressings and marinades.

What you need:Grapeseed oil1 large onion, chopped 4 cloves of garlic, minced1 2-inch chunk fresh ginger, peeled and thinly sliced -

about 1/4 cup3 large sweet potatoes, about 2 1/2 pounds - peeled and

cubed4 carrots, peeled and cubed.

3 tablespoons light miso4 cups chicken or vegetable broth, or water1 cup whole milkSalt and pepper

What to do:Cook the onion and garlic in the olive oil until soft and

translucent. Raise the heat a little and add the ginger. Fry until the ginger is fragrant, but don’t let the onions and garlic brown at all. Add the sweet potatoes and miso and continue frying a bit, then add the broth or water. Bring to a simmer then cover, turn the heat to low and let it cook for about 25 minutes, or until the sweet potatoes are soft. Take off the heat and puree in a blender or with an immersion blender.

Return to the heat and warm, whisking in the milk and salt and pepper to taste. If it’s too thick, whisk in a little extra milk until you get the consistency you want.

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Arts and Entertainment Listings

The Harrop Farmer’s Market

Local organic produce!fruit • honey • preserves

Workshops! Food topics! Discussions!Sundays 10:00am - 2:00pm

For more information:250.229.5370 • [email protected]

Slocan Lake Dance CampJuly 26-29, NEW DENVERSlocan Lake Dance Camp

www.slocanlakedancecamp.ca250-358-2448

Four days of Latin, Swing, Smooth & Country Workshops & Nightly Dances. Polka Dot Party & Sat. Dine/Dance. 90 Min. workshop $20/$12 teens (include dance) Singles Welcome!

Buy a square foot of the skatepark for $50 or give a square foot as a gift. This campaign is aimed at engaging the whole community to help build this park 1 square foot at a time!

For more information visit: www.nelsonskatepark.com

check out

Rose Hodwitz’

latest pottery

Local Artisans NEW Caribou Antler Earrings by Naomi

Tues.-Sat. 10am-4pm

1277 Hwy 6 250.359.6804

Come in and be inspired!

Want to make a difference in your community?

Come volunteer for the ANKORS 2012 Walk for Life!Be a part of a time-honored tradition that makes a difference in the lives of HIV positive people right here in the Kootenay Boundary Region!

Contact Chelsea 250-505-5506 [email protected]

ON STAGETo be in love, or not to be in love? Th at is the question to be explored by Shakespeare Shorts VII: Greatest Love Scenes as Lisel and Jeff Forst reenact legendary aff airs of the heart, July 18, 19, 20, and 21, Wednesday to Satur-day at 7:30 p.m., live under the maple leaves of downtown Nelson’s Gyro Park. Audiences are encouraged to bring their own comfy thrones and yummy treats to the festival. Non-alcoholic beverages are welcome. Th ere are several picnic blankets for seating available as needed. Visit forstmedia.ca for more informa-tion about the production, the Forsts, and the fourth annual Bard in the Bush Shakespeare Festival. Th is is Shakspeare under natural light, like it used to be done, with the beauty of nature as a backdrop. All the scene needs is you. Th e players await your entrance!

FILMJoin Touchstones Nelson on Sunday, July 15 at 1 p.m. to celebrate the anni-versary of David Th ompson’s Brigade. Screening of the 2011 Th ompson Co-lumbia Brigade, Tracing the Columbia, by Jay Macmillan will begin at 1 p.m. In addition to the screening of this fi lm, guest speakers Dave and Jill Watson will share their experience of this brigade, answer questions and promote future brigades. Admission is $10 per person or $8 for members. Register for the event or purchase admission at the door.

MUSICTh e Dudes are coming to Spiritbar on Friday, July 6. Doors open at 10 p.m. and ticket information is available at the Hume Hotel.

Th e best outdoor concert of 2011 is returning to the Balfour Outdoor Amphitheater. Beatles tribute band Revolver will be back in the Kootenays on July 6 at 6 p.m. For more information call 1-877-229-4141.

Join Th e Royal for an evening of music that speaks to your soul, pleases the ears and gets you on those dancing feet as the Th e Royal presents Modern Grass on

Saturday, July 7. Tickets are $10 and are available at Th e Royal and liveattheroy-al.com. Doors 9 p.m. Showtime approx 9:30 p.m.

Apathy and Celph Titled will be at Spiritbar on Saturday, July 7 for an unforgettable night of hip hop. Doors open at 10 p.m. and ticket information is available at the Hume Hotel.

Hot Tin Can will be at the Cedar Creek Cafe in Winlaw with Dan Swearingin and Paul Erven on Saturday, July 7. Music will be on from 6 to 9 p.m.

K'naan will take the stage at Spiritbar for a very special show including a full live band. Doors open at 10 p.m. and ticket information is available at the Hume Hotel.

Tuesday nights at Th e Royal feature lo-cal musicians, and this week Funk Boat takes the stage. Come support local music. Doors at 9 p.m. No cover.

On Wednesday, July 11 Ramblin Dan Frechette will arrive at the Cedar Creek Cafe in Winlaw from Winnipeg.

Th e Royal presents Drunk Un-cle,

Babysit-ter and guests on Th ursday, July 12. Drunk Uncle are a trio originally from Wind-sor, who

now reside in BC and are ready to terrorize Nelson. Enjoy a punk rockin’ evening with some local heavy hitters. Tickets are $7 at the door. Doors open 8 p.m.

Cedar Creek Cafe in Winlaw wel-comes High Society for a super high energy show on Friday, July 13.

Th e Royal is proud to present Th e Battle of Santiago on Friday, July 13. Th e Battle of Santiago is a per-formance battle between strong Latin rhythms and deeply cultured Canadian infl uences, pushed into an improvisational post-Afro-Cu-ban-rock theatre. Tickets are $10 and are available at the Royal, Ur-ban Legends, Th e Music Store and liveattheroyal.com. Doors open 8pm.

Diggy hip hop DJ from the band Down With Webster is rolling through Nelson

on Fri-

day, July 13. He is an extraordi-nary DJ and brings forward many talents on the tables. Tickets $5 at the door. Doors open at 10 p.m.

VISUAL ARTSArtWalk starts Friday, July 6 with an opening event off ering new features like participainting and a kids tent from 4Cats. Th e open-

ing runs from 6 p.m. to 9 p.m. around downtown and Baker Street.

ArtWalk / Garden Inspirations recep-tion at the Craft Connection, Friday July 6 from 6 to 9 p.m. Th ere will be the delectable assortment of goodies and refreshments. Our ArtWalk artists are Mirja Vahala and Nicole Hobbs. Fea-tured this month in Gallery 378 is Giosi Lammirato.

Bellafl ora presents original artwork by Brian Kalbfl eisch opening Friday, July 6 from 6 to 9 p.m. Th e evening will also include art by Prospero Pottery, Claire Wensveen Ceramics and Cut Th reads Design. Scott Milne will share new mu-sic at 8 p.m. Bellafl ora is located at 621B Herridge Lane across from All Seasons.

AT THE PUBJoin the Ymir Hotel’s country and

bluegrass jam every Friday night. Th ings get going around 5 p.m. and wrap up around 9 p.m.

Enjoy music and wings every Friday night at Cedar Creek Cafe in Winlaw with Olin and Rob.

Every Monday at Finley’s check out the blues jam from 8 p.m. until midnight. Hosted by Magic Carpet Blues Band. Amps and drums are supplied but please bring your own instruments. Welcome all singers, bands and musicians.

CONCERT ANNOUNCEMENTSA series of unfortunate events has lead to the cancellation of the Nazareth and Headpins concert at the Nelson and District Community Complex arena on Tuesday, July 10. A lack of interest in ticket sales and unseen big expenses to host the concert has force the show to be cancelled. Ticket buyers can take their tickets to the ticket outlet at Phoenix Computers for the exchange for the October, 13 concert with Canada's most authentic Pink Floyd tribute Pigs or on November 1 bring your ticket into the ticket outlet at Phoenix Computers for a full money refund, as the legal timeline will be ended by November 1.We the promoters are very sorry for this incon-venience to the ticket buyers.

Th e Royal has announced a second night with Bruce Cockburn. For ticket infor-mation contact the Capitol Th eatre box offi ce or visit liveattheroyal.com

Th e Royal presents Joel Plaskett with Mo Kenney as part of the Capitol Series on Th ursday, September 20. Tickets are $25 and are available at the Capitol Th eatre Box offi ce located at 421 Vic-toria Street or online at capitoltheatre.bc.ca Doors open at 7:30 p.m. Showtime approximately 8 p.m.

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