The Express News Update

Friday, Oct. 5, 2012 Vol. 2, No. 37building Nelson & area community since 1988

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Test your smoke alarm!

Nelson firefighter Leo Grypma holds up two smoke detectors, one recovered from a burnt home with no battery installed and a new, fully funtioning one with a battery. 2012 Fire Prevention Week takes place from Oct. 7th through to October 13. See page 2 for more on this story.

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ko..l lmeSee Nelson from 85 feet up in the airFriday, Oct 5. 11 a.m. - 3 p.m.at the corner of Josephine & Baker

Want to see Nelson from the top of the fire truck lad-der? Want to learn how you could win a year of fire insur-ance or an iPod Touch? Think you know all there is to know about a simple smoke alarm?

Nelson fire fighters will be offering advice, and show-ing the “ins-and-outs” of their trucks and equipment. They might even let you go up in the ladder truck for an amaz-ing view from high above Nelson’s downtown.

Grown-ups can learn how a working smoke alarm could earn a free pizza. Kids can learn how an effective Fire Escape Plan could net them dinner with the fire fighters!

For more information visit Nelson Fire Rescue’s “Fire Prevention Week” webpage on the city’s website (nelson.ca) If you don’t have access to the internet, call the fire hall’s non-emergency line at 352 3103. submitted by

Nelson Fire Rescue

Nelson Fire Rescue pushes buttonsThis year, Nelson Fire

Rescue Services has been undertaking the most wide-spread and personalized public education effort in their history. With a multi-faceted approach, they have been reaching senior citi-zens, youths, schools, pro-fessionals, the unemployed, and families in their own homes, with a focus on having a working smoke alarm.

The first phase started in May, when the depart-ment launched its tele-phone-contact program. Members of the department split up the phone book and started calling every sin-gle residential number in the city. Residents were advised of the recent chang-es to the fire code, requiring all homes in BC to have a working alarm, and were provided an incentive to check to see if they com-plied. They were told that if they tested their alarm

immediately, and if the fire fighter calling them could hear the alarm sounding over the phone, the house-hold would be entered into a draw for a year of free home fire insurance. If a home did not have a work-ing alarm, the fire fighter offered to install a donated alarm (or battery, if that was the issue) for free.

Residents were also advised to replace alarms older than 10 years, as the detectors’ sensitivity would have decreased by some 30% by that time. A large portion of those who thought they were protected, but due to a dead battery or ancient alarm were not, were senior citizens living on their own. In some rare instances, the residents had to be convinced that this was an unnecessary risk. As Fire Chief Simon Grypma says, “If you have a fire tonight and you don’t have a working smoke alarm, it

doesn’t matter how many fire fighters show up at your door: You’re done!”

Phase two of the cam-paign addressed targeted groups of people. The department identified at-risk populations, such as senior citizens, low-income earn-ers, handicapped citizens, and others who may have difficulty either procuring an alarm of their own or main-taining one. Community groups for these people were contacted and a standing offer was made to have a fire fighter conduct a group pre-sentation, at a time and place that was convenient to them. These people were offered the same opportunities and information as those con-tacted over the telephone.

The third phase of the campaign involved students. Teaming up with a local radio station, a fire fighter would, once a week, join a radio host to briefly discuss a fire safety issue. At the end

of the segment, elementary-school kids called into the station to show they had a working smoke alarm. One caller would be selected to go on the air and as a reward would later be offered the chance to have a fire truck deliver them from their home to their school.

Older students were engaged through personal contact and social media. Fire fighters attended the high school to hand out sili-cone wristbands bearing the phrase “I never sleep alone” on one side, and “smoke alarms save lives” on the other. Students were encour-aged to submit a photo of their wristband “being fire-safe” to the department Facebook page. As a sug-gestion, students were told they could show their hand, wearing the band, press-ing the test button on their smoke alarm at home.

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CommunityNewsThe Regional District of Central

Kootenay, Regional District of Kootenay Boundary and the City of Nelson received the Union of BC Municipalities (UBCM) Community Excellence Award in the Partnerships category for their joint submission outlining the Integration of West Kootenay Transit Services.

The UBCM, with its Community Excellence Award in the Partnerships category, honoured the leadership and innovation shown by the West Kootenay Transit Committee and local leaders for introducing a unified riders’ guide and fare structure with the goal of creating seamless regional travel.

BC Transit approached community leaders with 9 separate operating agree-ments and encouraged them to strike their own regional transit committee.

On June 6, 2012 the West Kootenay Transit Committee held its first meet-ing. The Committee, consisting of 3 area directors from each of the Central Kootenay and Kootenay Boundary Regional Districts along with a coun-cil representative from the City of Nelson work together to best manage resources and funding.

“The high level of communica-tion and cooperation demonstrat-ed by the West Kootenay Transit

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(Left to Right) Community Excellence Awards Chair Mary Sjostrom presents City of Nelson Mayor John Dooley; Councillor Donna Macdonald, City of Nelson; Councillor Bob Adams, City of Nelson; City of Trail Mayor Dieter Bogs, Kootenay Boundary Regional District, with the award for the Partnerships Category at the UBCM Community Excellence Awards Thursday, Sept. 27 in Victoria.

Local governments honoured for their co-operative work

Committee is exactly what the BC Transit Independent Review Panel recommended last August,” said Transportation and Infrastructure Minister Mary Polak. “In September the Government of British Columbia announced an action plan to further

partnership between local govern-ment and BC Transit throughout the province. We have a great transit system and a strengthened partner-ship approach will make it even better.”

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The Board of Directors of the Regional District of Central Kootenay (RDCK) announce it has hired Brian Carruthers as its new Chief Administrative Officer. Mr. Carruthers will assume his duties at the RDCK no later than November 19th.

“The Board is excited to welcome Brian to the RDCK

family. We believe he will be a great fit with our organiza-tion and look forward to his leadership and vision,” said Board Chair John Kettle.

Mr. Carruthers comes to the Central Kootenay from Williams Lake, where he worked for the City as direc-tor of leisure services for two years, general manager of

community services for six years, and CAO for the last three years. He also worked for BC Parks for 20 years, where he served in a variety of locations throughout the province. Additionally, Mr. Carruthers was the Protected Areas Section Head for the Ministry of Environment—Cariboo Region before join-

ing local government in 2001.

Retiring RDCK CAO Jim Gustafson will contin-ue to serve the organization on a contractual basis until Christmas, helping the orga-nization to resolve outstand-ing issues and transition to a new leader.

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Carruthers hired to be Regional District CAO as Gustafson retires

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Science & Technology: Science Summer Studenthabitat through a community-based inventory project, and (3) to conserve and enhance bat critical habitat, particular-ly for vulnerable and threat-ened species.

I was interested to learn from the website that, if you have bats on your proper-ty, and, if you wish to be rid of them, then contact the people at the Kootenay Community Bat Project, and they will have biologists help you develop a conservation-based strategy for removing them that is sensitive to the bats and you, and will result in a removal process where neither you nor the bats are injured. I was also curious to discover on the website that over 400 site visits have been made in the Kootenay region, and over 280 roost sites for 8 species of bat have been discovered.

In discussions with Juliet, she mentioned that it was important from her per-spective to change attitudes towards bats. Much of the information that is common-ly discussed about bats is untrue, and through: articles, school visits, presentations, site visits, and the website;

Juliet hopes that attitudes will change. In fact, it seems that many land owners are now quite enthusiastic about putting up dedicated bat houses. This is one way to enhance habitat for bats. Juliet also mentioned that she is quite concerned about a disease that is spreading across North America called “White-Nose Syndrome”. It is quite lethal to bats. She hopes that what they are learning about the local bat population could be helpful in preparing for the arrival of this devastating bat disease. The work that Juliet is doing in this area is funded from the Columbia Basin Trust.

Inspired by Juliet I did a little bat research myself, and discovered on pages 449 and 524-525 in my old biology text book (Biological Science, 3rd Edition, by William Keeton, and pub-lished by W.W. Norton & Co., 1976) that whereas humans can hear in the range up to 20,000 Hertz for women (about 15,000 Hertz for men), bats can hear sound frequen-cies up to and over 100,000 Hertz. In 1793 Italian natu-ralist Lazzaro Spallanzani

deduced that many bat spe-cies used their ears to ori-ent themselves, but he did not determine how this was achieved. In 1938 Ronald Griffin discovered the high frequencies that bats could hear (and which humans couldn’t), and he determined that the reflected sound waves off of objects in the vicinity of the bats could be used to orient bats and aid them in flight (echolocation).

Has anybody seen a nocturnal mammal of the order Chiroptera lately? They are capable of flight by means of membranous wings extending from their forelimbs according to the Oxford Canadian Dictionary. They are, in fact, bats!

I recently interviewed Juliet Craig (Registered Professional Biologist and Registered Professional Agrologist ), and discovered we are very fortunate to have her and her colleagues working on the Kootenay Community Bat Project. The project goals according to its website (www.kootenaybats.com) are: (1) to promote the conservation of bat species in the Kootenays (particularly species at risk) through edu-cation and awareness, (2)

to identify the spe-cies of bats found in the Kootenays and their critical roosting

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CommunityNewsIn this presentation,

one of the province’s lead-ing grizzly bear research experts, Michael Proctor, seeks to peel back the intri-cate layers and put forward some broad-scale solutions for grizzly bear conserva-tion in the region. As well as putting forward his solu-tions for the region’s grizzly bear conservation issues as seen through the eyes of a scientist, Proctor will bring to life his research work

with photographs and tales from the field.

Grizzly bears are, per-haps, one the most revered species to roam this earth. They inspire awe, plenty of respect and more than a touch of fear in many of us. Given their Blue-listed (vul-nerable) status in province, they are also a touchstone for plenty of debate and dis-agreement, especially over land-use issues.

“I approach the topic

of grizzly bears strictly from the science side,” says Proctor. “There are some very hot topics out there that we, as a society, have to deal with; including grizzly bear hunting and the Jumbo ski resort development. I tell the bear story, in terms of numbers, distribution and ecology, and leave it to the decision makers, and the people, to make up their own minds as to the best way forward.”

The free presentation is hosted by Bear Aware, whose mission statement is “to reduce human-bear conflict through educa-tion, innovation and coop-eration”, and is supported by the Fish and Wildlife Compensation Program. Doors open at 7:00 p.m. No registration is required. For more information call Joanne at 250-825-9585

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Grizzly evening promises to dig deep into bear conservation issuesWednesday, Oct. 10, 7.00 pm at the Nelson and District Rod and Gun Club next to Cottonwood Falls.


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CommunityNewsNelson recognizes homelessness issues and solutions

This October 7 to 13 marks Homelessness Action Week 2012 in Nelson BC. Homelessness, although hidden and often misun-derstood, deeply impacts our community. The defi-nition of homelessness includes those who are at risk because their housing is unaffordable or unsafe. 1 in 5 Nelson households pay over 30% of their income on housing.

“Many Faces, Many Stories” is this year’s theme. Organizers take aim at homelessness myths and recognize the many faces and many stories of home-lessness within the heart of

our community. Everyone is invited to take part in the free and inclusive events happening during the week, which include a Thanksgiving Dinner at Our Daily Bread, week-day morning interviews on our local commercial radio station, and an evening of entertainment on Thursday night at Self Design High.

For more informa-tion please call Katie at 250.352.6011 ext. 19, email [email protected], or visit Nelson Committee on Homelessness on Facebook.

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on Homelessness

Our Daily Bread’s turkey dinner with all the fixings will kick off the Nelson Action on Homelessness Action Week. Last year, there were over 150 people in attendance from the community.

The kitchen at Our Daily Bread runs five days per week year-round and is almost completely run by volunteers. They maintain a barrier-free environment that is open to anyone. All

are invited to come to the Thanksgiving dinner to enjoy good food and a time of fel-lowship.

If you would like more information, or to support Our Daily Bread or join their

team of volunteers, contact their office at 1-888-761-3301, [email protected], www.kootenaychristianfel-lowship.com.

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Annual Community Thanksgiving DinnerMonday, Oct. 8, 5:30 p.m. at Our Daily Bread 812 Stanley Street, Nelson BC

The Regional District of Central Kootenay (RDCK) and CUPE Local 2262 reached a tentative agreement for the Nelson and District Community Complex the evening of Oct. 3. The agreement requires ratification by the CUPE Local 2262 members and the Board of the Regional District. The wage increases in the tentative agreement are: 1% for 2011, 1.5% for

2012 and BC CPI will be used for wage increases in both 2013 and 2014.

The ratification vote for Local 2262 members is being held this Saturday, Oct. 6. The RDCK Board will address the negotia-tions at its Oct. 18 meeting. All facilities at the Nelson and District Community Complex are open as per the regular schedule.

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Tentative agreement reached in labour dispute

Nelson Nordic Ski Club Ski Swap & AGMSunday, Oct. 28 2012 Nelson Rod & Gun Club 701 Railway St.

The day’s events begin with a drop off of items for sale from 9-10 a.m. This will be followed by the Annual General Meeting (AGM) at 10 a.m. Anyone attending the AGM will be the first to the Ski Swap.

The public Ski Swap will be from 11 a.m. to 12:30 p.m.

Volunteers wishing to help out should call

250-354-4299 or email [email protected] or [email protected]

More information about the Nelson Nordic Ski Club including mem-bership apllication and rates can be found at www.nelsonnordicski.ca. The Nelson Nordic Ski Club is also on Facebook.

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PHOTO BY NELSON BECKER

Chloe Sage and Casey Hicks seek shelter in a box to raise awareness to the afford-able housing dilema of Nelson during the 2011 Homelessness Action Week.


PoliceNewsNelson City Police Reports: intoxication and vandalism

On Sept. 25, at 6:45 pm, Nelson Police Department (NPD) members received a report of a domestic dis-pute in progress in the Wal-Mart parking lot. Members arrived on scene to find an intoxicated male and a female engaged in verbal dis-pute. The intoxicated male, later identified as a 37 year old resident of South Slocan, became evasive with police and displayed symptoms of a high level of intoxication. The male was subsequently arrested for being Intoxicated in Public, transported to NPD cells and later served with a Violation Ticket upon his release.

On Sept. 26 at 7:40 pm, NPD members received a report of an unwanted and intoxicated male causing a dis-turbance in the Alpine Suites at 1102 Gordon Rd. The male had been banned from the premises on previous occasion for similar behavior. NPD members arrived on scene and located the male inside one of the apartment units. The male was escorted out of the

building and, once outside, became extremely violent towards members. During the exchange that followed, the male bit one of the NPD members in the hand, caus-ing injury to same. The male also made repeated threats to kill both of the officers on scene. The male, known to police as a 31 year old Nelson resident, was arrested for Assaulting a Police Officer, Uttering Threats, Obstructing a Police Officer and Causing a Disturbance. The arrest-ing officer was treated at Kootenay Lake Regional Hospital for a minor injury to his hand.

On Sept. 27 at 9:18 pm, NPD received a report of a single vehicle motor vehicle accident on Hwy 6 just South of Nelson. The report indicat-ed that the vehicle lost control and came to rest off the travel portion of the highway. NPD members arrived on scene and located the vehicle par-tially in the ditch and close to rolling down an embank-ment. The 72 year old driver and Nelson resident was also

located inside the vehicle and displayed symptoms of being under the influence of alco-hol. The male provided a breath sample at the scene and was subsequently issued a 3 day Immediate Roadside Prohibition (IRP) and his vehicle was impounded for 3 days.

Overnight between Friday, Sept 29 and Saturday, Sept 30 a resident living near Trafalgar School and South Nelson School heard the sound of breaking glass. The next day she noted broken glass on both schools and reported this to NPD. It appears no one gained entry to either place but the investigation is ongo-ing. Anyone else that might have heard or seen anything during that time is encouraged to contact NPD.

During the night of Friday Sept 29 unknown culprits broke into the old Mount St Francis hospital. It appears they broke out a glass door and removed a security chain. Once inside the alarm sounded and scared the culprits off. A property representative came

and re-secured the building. The break in is still under investigation.

A well-known to police local male was detained for causing a disturbance at a local restaurant in the 500 block Baker St Saturday night at 7 p.m. The restau-rant owner advised he habit-ually disturbs the customers and he is no longer welcome there. A couple who were there stated they were think-ing of giving him a ride out to a party in the valley. The male was released to continue his way out there. At about 4AM a carload of people arrived at NPD office with the male reporting he was at their party scaring the females, claiming to be the “Shambala rapist”. He admittedly was under the influence of LSD and was lodged into cells until sober. The males transporting him were advised that any crimi-nal allegations would have to be investigated by the RCMP.

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Trail R.C.M.P. Crime Reduction Unit focuses on outstanding warrantsOn Sept. 25 members of

the Trail Crime Reduction Unit arrested a 24 year old male for outstanding war-rants of arrest for Uttering Threats and Failure to Appear in court. He was arrested at his residence in Trail without incident and appeared in Nelson Provincial Court the fol-lowing day. The man was released from custody after entering into a 12 month no contact Peace Bond with

the persons involved in the original incident.

On Sept. 26, a 20 year old male was arrested for an outstanding warrant of arrest for Breach of Probation. The man had been observed outside of his residence con-trary to his court imposed curfew which resulted in the warrant being issued. Crime Reduction Unit members found him inside his Trail residence after conducting numerous local enquiries,

and arrested him without incident. He appeared in Nelson Provincial Court the following day and was sen-tenced to 10 days jail as a result of his breach of pro-bation.

The following day the Crime Reduction Unit arrest-ed a 32 year old male relat-ing to two outstanding war-rants of arrest for Uttering Threats and Assault. He was found hiding inside a Trail residence and was arrested

without incident in the late afternoon.

The Trail and Castlegar RCMP Crime Reduction Units will continue to close-ly monitor offenders under court imposed conditions. RCMP also remain commit-ted to apprehending any per-sons in Trail and Castlegar with outstanding warrants of arrest to ensure the safety of the communities.

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NonProfitNewsNelson CARES takes over affordable housing

After thirty-one years of quality service to the community Nelson and District Housing Society (NDHS) handed over operations of their assets and properties to Nelson CARES Society on October 1, 2012. This includes the properties known as Copper Mountain Court, Cedar Grove Estates and Lakeside Place located in Nelson, B.C.

“It was time to find a new model of business that would ensure afford-able housing in Nelson for decades to come. We selected Nelson CARES Society through an appli-cation process guided by BC Non-Profit Housing Association. They clearly demonstrated that they have the capacity, com-mitment and structure to manage the properties and keep them in good repair” states Roland Perrin, Chair of the Nelson District Housing Society.

The two Boards and the Executive Director of Neslon CARES have worked through the sum-mer months to organize the transfer and make it

seamless for the tenants, staff and the community.

“Our priority is to ensure that the service to the community contin-ues to be at the high-est level. The two orga-nizations have worked in deep collaboration to meet all the legal and operational requirements to complete the transfer”, explains Jenny Robinson Executive Director (Neslon CARES).

There will be no change in the access, availability, and appli-cation process related to these properties. Contact information for the staff will remain the same.

“Nelson and District Housing Society has built an unparalleled commu-nity asset that offers 106 affordable housing units to the residents of Nelson and area. This achieve-ment is to the credit of community visionaries and stalwart volunteers who have worked tirelessly to give affordable homes to so many,” Chris Ingles, Chair Neslon CARES.

Affordable housing is a determinant of health

that sets lives on a steady course. Keeping these assets under local commu-nity non-profit manage-ment is the goal of Nelson CARES Society. Neslon CARES will maintain the values and goals that have guided the service over the years. Between the two organizations there is a 65 year history of providing housing in the

community of Nelson. Finally, it is with deep

gratitude that the com-munity says goodbye to the Nelson and District Housing Society and sin-cerely thanks all previ-ous and present board members for their effort and dedication to making affordable housing a real-ity in Nelson.

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Hospice seeks compassionate volunteers for intensive trainingNelson & District

Hospice Society seeks peo-ple interested in volunteer-ing one on one with the ter-minally ill, the dying and/or the bereaved. The next weekend training inten-sive is scheduled for late November.

The ideal volunteer

should feel at ease with people who are ill and/or grieving, have a willingness to be open and to learn from others, and have respect for philosophical or spiri-tual beliefs other than one’s own.

To apply, volunteers should first become famil-

iar with Nelson Hospice by viewing www.nelsonhos-pice.org. and then down-load and complete an appli-cation. All prospective vol-unteers must complete the mandatory training and ori-entation program. Past ses-sions have included topics such as: the healing journey

of grief; spiritual aspects of dying; the physiology of dying; dying at home; Alzheimer’s/dementia and palliative care.

For more info contact [email protected]

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Staff and volunteers from the Nelson and District Housing Society (NDHS) and Nelson CARES Society (NSC). L-R Ron Little (NCS), Jenny Robinson (Executive Director NSC), Chris Ingalls (NCS), Kim Boddy (NDHS), Zelda Morrison (NDHS), Phyliss Nash (NCS)Roland Perrin (NDHS) and Cathy Heyland (Property Manager)


What the Heck is Going on Inside Your Teenager’s Brain?Wednesday, Oct. 17, 7-9 p.m. Mt. Sentinel Secondary School, 1014 Playmor Rd., South Slocan

Take a fascinating tour of the magical teenage brain with brain-based learning facilitator Gary Anaka.

Today’s high schools are full of teenagers strug-gling with learning chal-lenges, fragile brain issues, boredom or stress. How can teachers and parents unlock

and engage the adolescent “digital” brain?

Gary will help explore why the adolescent brain is in biological turmoil; why teens need to leave every class with experiences, not notes; how dopamine drives their risk taking behaviour; what teenagers crave most;

and will provide strategies to effectively reach and teach adolescents, leading them to academic success and increased life-long learning potential.

This free presentation is generously supported by RDCK Area H, the Prestige Lakeside Resort in Nelson,

plus the Heritage and Kootenay Savings Credit Unions.

For more informa-tion, contact Louise Poole, [email protected]; 250-825-9202.

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Parent Advisory Council

HealthNewsWest Kootenay infant feeding study launched

October 1st to 7th is World Breastfeeding week and a great time to ask feed-back from mothers living in the West Kootenays about their infant feeding choic-es. With support from Interior Health, the Nelson Breastfeeding Taskforce is initiating an anonymous study aimed at mothers with children up to three years of age. The survey takes

about ten minutes and can be completed online (www.fluidsurveys.com/s/wkoote-nayinfantfeeding) or picked up at the Public Health Units in Castlegar, Nelson or Trail.

Since 2005, the West Kootenay region has seen changes in services and support available to new mothers and incidentally has also seen a noticeable

reduction in breastfeeding duration rates. The study will contribute to a great-er understanding of what influences a woman’s deci-sion to initiate breastfeed-ing, the length of time to continue breastfeeding, and to determine the resources and support that will enable mothers to initiate and con-tinue breastfeeding if they so choose.

The group hopes to learn from a variety of perspectives and hear from many mothers in the region, especially those liv-ing in outlying communi-ties. Completing the West Kootenay Infant Feeding survey will benefit the com-munities where we live.

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Our dogs have signs and symptoms of pain much in the way that people do, but often this pain is unrecognized, not diagnosed, and hence not treated. Signs of pain are often very subtle and can be difficult to see. Some dogs may just be reluctant to move, to jump up, or have difficulty rising after lying down. They may trem-ble, eat or drink less, be gener-

Pets - Purely NaturalBy: Dr. Andrew Jones

DISCLAIMER: This information is for educational purposes only and is not intended to replace the advice of your own veterinarian. Dr. Andrew Jones resigned from the College of Veterinarians of B.C. effective December 1st 2010, meaning he cannot answer specific questions about your pet’s medical issues or make specific medical recommendations for your pet

Dog Pain: Five Safe Solutions That You Can Give At Homeally depressed, or be panting more. Some dogs have strictly behav-ioral changes, such as being more aggressive, or not really reacting to being petted and groomed.

Causes of pain in dogs can be many, but arthritis is at the top of the list. Back disorders such as spondylosis (vertebrae fusing), disc disease, and pinched nerves are increasingly being recognized as chronic sources of dog pain. Chronic allergies with inflamed skin will cause irritation and pain in your dog, and closely related to allergies are ear infections, which can be extremely painful. Dog can-cer affecting the bones, skin and organs has many signs, one of them being pain. Dental disorders, such as a tooth root abscess can be very sore, and your dog may just be reluctant to eat.

So if you suspect that your dog is in pain, what can you do?

Clearly a diagnosis of the cause of the pain is best, and this means you performing a basic exam of your dog, or visiting your vet-erinarian. If your dog has a more chronic condition, such as arthri-tis, then I would suggest some of the safer home remedies, before using the potent, conventional vet-erinary drugs.

Glucosamine hydrochloride is the most important supplement to add to your dog’s diet.

Aspirin is safe to use with dogs, but never with cats.

Of all the herbs, valerian is the most helpful one for sudden pain. Other herbs are more useful for chronic pain seen in arthritis, and these include willow and devils claw.

Homeopathic remedies can be surprisingly effective for pain relief in your dog, and even more impor-tantly come with no side effects.

Arnica is used for trauma, sudden pain, including back pain, such as prolapsing discs and spondylosis.

An often overlooked home remedy is a topical compress; the type of compress depends upon the injury. For a sudden injury accom-panied by inflammation, ice is help-ful. Apply a block of frozen ice wrapped in a towel for 15 minutes 2-3 times daily for 2 days. When the injury is more long-term, then applying heat is more appropriate. Wrap a hot water bottle in a towel and apply it 2-3 times a day for 15 minutes to the affected area.

Chinese Medicine in the form of Acupressure can give your dog some instant, side effect free, pain relief. There are many at home remedies for treating your dog in pain, and I encourage you to try some of the above suggestions if your dog is experiencing pain now.

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Arts&EntertainmentAn official ‘unveiling’

later in October is planned for the sculpture entitled “Heron’s Landing”, but it is kind of hard to miss the 25 ft tall bronze sculpture at its new home in Lakeside Park. The sculpture was installed on Friday, Sept. 28 along the pathway near the soccer fields.

Originally com-missioned by Michael Lobsinger of Lake Placid

Group Of Companies for a Kelowna condominium complex, the heron is the creation of Kelowna artist Jock Hildebrand.

When difficulties arose and the sculpture could not be installed where originally intend-ed, Lobsinger offered it as a gift to the City of Nelson for a tax receipt. The sculpture is valued at $ 200,000.00.

There’s a new bird in townby Robin Murray

PHOTO BY NELSON BECKER

Stephen Harris, one time editor of the Express, is caught by CBC reporter Bob Keating asking people what they think of the Heron’s Landing.

Fall Family Fair: a fun filled afternoon Sunday, Oct. 7, Noon to 4 p.m. Touchstones Nelson: Museum of Art and History 502 Vernon Street, Nelson

Touchstones Nelson celebrates Thanksgiving with an afternoon of heart-warming seasonal activities. There will be colouring and crafts for the kids, guessing con-tests for prizes, cookies and hot apple cider.

At 1:30pm and 3pm, storyteller Natasha will tell her Once Upon A Bedtime stories.

Visitors can stroll through the Permanent Museum Exhibit where docents will answer ques-tions about the history of Nelson. The current art gallery exhibits: learn about what people in dif-ferent countries eat in What I Eat: Around the

World in 13 Diets and interact with sound draw-ings and playful sculp-tures in Klang & Squeal will be open, as will the museum, archives and galleries.

Touchstones Nelson is hosting this event by donation. One half of all donations raised over the course of the day will be donated to Nelson Food Cupboard. Bring a non perishable food item to add to the cornucopia, which will be given to the Nelson Food Cupboard.

All ages are wel-come.

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A decade ago I was introduced to the music of Rodney DeCroo and from the first song I was hooked. His music for me has always been the kind of music that really grabs a hold of your soul and you will want to hear his music over and over.

In the time of fluffy pop tunes it was finally real musicians playing real music. I find his lyrics written so beauti-fully that everyone in the audience will find a song to relate to. I am not say-ing they are all cheery and light but quite the opposite, real life situa-tions full of challenges and sometimes sorrow make for some amazing

songs from the heart. In this visit to Nelson

he will once again bring something new and impressive. I have had the opportunity to lis-ten to his new album ALLEGHENY and found it to be so incredible and at one point brought a tear to my eye .

Rodney will be per-forming songs from the album and readings from his book of the same name. With Rodney will be Upright Bass player Mark Haney.

I am looking forward to another entertaining evening and I encour-age you all to come out enjoy the show at Expressions!

Rodney DeCroo touches heartsby Laurie Anderson

See Rodney DeCroo live at Expressions on Thursday, Oct. 11 at 8 p.m.Watch Rodney DeCroo at http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gpomAq-R5AA&feature=player_embedded

Listen to his CBC interview at http://www.cbc.ca/player/Radio/Local+Shows/British+Columbia/ID/2282676295/

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dr. scienceChristine Humphries

Why do women get cellulite but not men?

Cellulite is a condi-tion, not a disease, called gynoid lipodystrophy that, indeed, afflicts many more women than men (yes, men can have cellu-lite too). Cellulite is often described as the “cottage cheese” or “orange peel” look on the thighs, but-tocks and lower abdomen.

The bumps are projections of fat cells that have accu-mulated enough fat that they protrude through the dermis layer of skin. Because cellu-lite is caused by a structural conformation of fat cells below the skin, even thin women can have cellulite. However, cellulite can be less visible with proper exer-cise to increase muscle mass and decrease fat content.

There are several rea-sons men rarely have cel-lulite: first, their epidermal

and dermal skin layers are thicker such that the under-lying fat cells are better hid-den. Second, the fat cells and the connective tissues surrounding them are orga-nized in a different configu-ration than in women and this organization does not create the “dimpled” effect.

Thirdly, man typically have a much lower percent of body fat than women. The excess fat storage around the pelvis, buttocks and thighs of women is

thought to act as a fat reserve for the energy demands on the body dur-ing pregnancy and lacta-tion. Women are made, quite simply, to hold more body fat than men.

If you think it is unfair that women get cellulite but not men, at least be comforted that it is men who typically get a “beer belly” during middle age and, unfortunately for them, this beer belly has no biological function!

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Peter Winstanley and Nick Toner are excited for the upcoming art show at the Kootenay Bakery Café. Both art-ists have a piece of art in the show.

Show opening: Celebrate a diverse community through artThursday, Oct. 11, 4-6 p.m. at the Kootenay Bakery Café

Nelson CARES Society’s Supported Employment Program and Community Living BC are pleased to present Community Living Month with a vibrant and unique art show at the Kootenay Bakery Café during the month of October. Come by the café and see paintings, photography, poet-ry and jewelry, featuring artists from KSCL Bigby Place, the Clubhouse and Nelson CARES Society.

The art opening reception will have cake, light refreshments, give-a-ways and an opportunity to meet the diverse group of artists. This is a no-cost event and everyone is welcome!

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Nelson Committee on Homelessness seeks diverse performers for celebrationOn Thursday Oct 11 the Nelson

Committee on Homelessness will pres-ent Poverty Unplugged: An Acoustic Evening, as part of Homelessness Action Week 2012, which runs from October 7th to 13th in our commu-nity.

Organizers are currently seeking musicians, poets, story tellers, writers, artists and community members to share their gifts on the theme of home-lessness and poverty. Nelson’s own Gerald Beaudry aka Mr. Aardvark will host the evening and perform

original music.Interested performers should con-

tact Katie at [email protected] to be added to the evening’s line up.

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Does the City of Nelson need more public art?What do you think of the new heron sculpture at Lakeside Park?

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Travis T. in the Kootenays, Wish You Were Here by Chris Rohrmoser

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Last week’s survey responses:Would Justin Trudeau winning the leadership of the Liberal Party

change the way you would vote in the next federal election?

MOST Canadians know we have get rid of Harper but don’t see the NDP or Liberals as a good alterna-tive. Trudeau could instill enough trust in the Liberals to allow them to win, which would be wonderful in my mind.

THE NDP are far too socialist and would knock this country into fur-ther economic chaos. The Conservatives aren’t inter-ested in the good of the pop-ulation. The Greens don’t have enough of a platform. The Liberals, like it or not, are my only option.

HAPPY with our pres-ent elected federal gov’t, we need strong, experienced gov’t in todays economy.

I’D vote for him, and not just because he’s hot.

I have always been a Trudeau fan from way back....the good old years when Pierre was leader. I hope he wins & I hope he does as good a job as his father did.

IF the polls showed the Liberals could unseat the Conservatives then I would vote Libs or in a strategic voting scenario where the NDP and Libs had agreed not to contest ridings

HE has no policy yet, unproven record, little expe-rience, etc

YOUNG, smart, gutsy and in tune with the heart of the Canadian spirit. A leader for the ages...

DEPENDS on his plat-form and also how likely the NDP could win. In other words, I would be happy to overthrow Harper

NO use for this rich kid. He stands for nothing. I believe Justin Trudeau is one who is capable of leading Canada as a whole. Justin will be able to unite the regions of this coun-try and make us whole again. He is experienced yet young enough to be a visionary and not stuck in the “old school” mentality and ways. It’s what the country needs and wants.

I would vote for our cur-rent MP regardless of what the Liberals do. But if he didn’t run again, I might consider a decent Liberal candidate.

THE Liberals don’t stand a chance in our riding

IT depends, would he lead a sweeping anti-brib-ery investigation, and pun-ish treason with jail time? Would he finish his father’s work and fully separate the British Crown from our sovereign constitutional republic?

37% of our survey reponses say yes, 41% say no and 22% say it depends

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Spencer Pollard is an young man living in Nelson BC with an interest in digital arts and writing. His ideas are of benefit to all of Nelson, and to stroke his abnormally large ego

I enjoy the fallby Spencer PollardMy Opinion

Fall is here and with it comes not much cheer. Despite what most may believe, fall is my favourite season of the year. The cool

air flows as the leaves billow down. I enjoy most of what this season has to offer and always have. Ever since I was young, I associated the fall with going back to school which unlike most people, I actually enjoyed. With kids back in school and various holidays around the corner, this season is just as important as any other.

Things are no longer at a boil and have finally cooled off; the leaves adopt a gorgeous shade and the general feeling is much more relaxed than the summer for me. Another great thing to associate with the fall is the lack of kids running around. No longer do adults need to cower in fear among those of smaller stature as they occupy the halls of learning. Winter is also coming, which is another season that has a mixed reception but that will be a topic for another day. Overall, fall is a season full of mixed blessings but among them are ones worth being happy about.

Fish Heads and Flowers

Flowers to energetic youth who stand up for what is right and push us older people to action. Thanks for helping us remember to be passionate about life.

Signed: a former youth

Flowers a googleplex of flowers to our Nelson Fire Rescue people who go beyond the written description of their job to call every home in Nelson to make sure everyone has a working smoke alarm.

Signed: I feel safer

By Nelson Becker

Publisher’s noteCastlegar may have upstaged Nelson

with its sculpture all over their city, but we beat them with the biggest. If you’re walk-ing out by our soccer fields, you’ll find it hard to miss the big metal heron. In a way, it seems out of scale, but it is an exclama-tion point on our waterfront. Hopefully it will encourage our community to install more art pieces along our lakeside.

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Opinion&EditorialCommunity Forests - Part 1

Commentary by Alex Atamanenko, NDP for BC Southern Interior

BC’s forest based communities are fac-ing dramatic changes due to a range of eco-

logical and economic factors. Rural communities and First Nations are looking for alternatives that will help stabilize their local economies and pro-vide long-term employment opportuni-ties. An increasing number of these see community forests as a way to meet many of the challenges they face.

At its core, community forest-ry is about local control over, and enjoyment of, the benefits offered by local forest resources on crown land. Community Forest Agreements are managed by local governments, First Nations, not-for-profit societies and cooperative organizations interested in the environmental, social and eco-nomic health of their community.

A Community Forest Agreement allows communities to determine the values and objectives for management of the land surrounding their commu-nities, the methods to achieve those objectives and the benefits that derive from management. The forest tenure in turn leverages unique opportunities for community economic develop-ment and diversification.

The benefits of community for-estry vary from community to com-munity as they each identify their own values and priorities. For example, one rural mountain community has identified water protection as their highest priority, while a First Nation community forest sees education and long term employment of band mem-bers as their key priorities. With com-munity forests typically located in the land surrounding a community, inter-face planning and fuel management to reduce risk of wildfires is often a management priority.

Province-wide, there are 47 oper-ating Community Forest Agreements

and an additional eleven communities and First Nations in the application process. While the program has grown significantly, the combined annual harvest represents only 1.5% of the provincial total. To put this in per-spective, one company holds licenses for an annual harvest of 2.7 million cubic metres in the Prince George area alone. This is almost double the total amount allocated to the Community Forest Program.

The Legislative Assembly of BC’s Special Committee on Timber Supply is considering ways to address the pine beetle epidemic related loss of timber supply in the Central Interior. These recommendations are to be examined with due regard to maintaining high environmental standards, protection of critical habitat and key environ-mental values for the optimal health of communities in an orderly a transi-tion as possible. The Committee has asked some fundamental questions including: “How do we support com-munities with a falling timber supply? How do we do more with less? Can area based tenures help mitigate this issue?”

Despite their small footprint, com-munity forests have shown they can provide a range of benefits to commu-nities, First Nations, and the province as whole. They are a valuable tool to help communities to become more resilient and self-reliant. By increas-ing the size of existing community forests and making more of these ten-ures available to additional communi-ties, the contributions of community forests can be much greater.

The British Columbia Community Forest Association (BCCFA) is a net-work of community-based organiza-tions in BC that manage community forests or are striving to establish community forests. For more infor-mation, please visit : www.bccfa.ca

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Grace Beatrice (Etter) Randall

September 5, 1915 – September 20, 2012

Grace “Mickey” of Calgary, passed away on September 20, 2012 at the age of 97 years at the Rockyview Hospital in Calgary.

What do you do when they pass? Do you mourn, do you cry?

She was born in a little wooden miner’s hospital in Kaslo, BC with her twin brother.

She was born at the end of the mining and explora-tion era that began BC.

There were no mines named after her like there were for her mother.

There were no lakes and waterfalls named after her like there were for her grandfather.

But she was proud of living in logging camps in the Arrow lakes region before they were dammed, being burnt out, escaping, rebuilding.

She was proud of liv-ing in White Rock, BC when one only got there by train, and no one lived there in the winter.

She was proud of liv-ing in Port Moody across from the CPR and feeding the west bound migrants as they rode into town on the rails during the 30s (some of whom never forgot).

She was proud of her life long CCF, NDP member-ship (always a “socialist”).

She was proud of her family’s involvement in the wars of 1812 and American Independence and always

maintained her UEL desig-nation.

She was proud of her connection with the navy at the (Victoria) Naden naval base

She was proud of her veteran husband, proud of her family through all their trials.

She was proud of her designation as a pioneer (Salmo and Nelson) during the BC centennial.

She was proud of get-ting an education in her 60s, and getting her driver’s license renewal at age 89 for a 5 year period

She was always, quiet - but proud.

So what do you do when they pass? Do you mourn, do you cry, or, just be proud?

Grace is survived by her children David (Calgary), Jerryl Tancon (Port Alberni) and Jacquie Rud (Nanaimo); ten grandchildren and numerous great-children.

She was predeceased by her husband, Randy and her daughter, Robyn Patricia Billy

Memorial Services will be held at the Seventh-Day Adventist Church, 300 Thulin Street in Campbell River, BC on Sunday, October 14, 2012 at 1:00 p.m. Please forward condolences through www.hffs.com.

Thank you to all of the wonderful nurses at the Peter Lougheed Hospital and the Rockyview Hospital.

InMemoryHans L. Elias

April 12, 1932 – October 1, 2012 Hans was born in

Leipzig, Germany. An adventurer from early on, he immigrated to Canada at the age of nineteen.

It was his love of the outdoors that led him to work as a Logger, Firefighter and Forester in BC. He loved the bush – if you gave him a chainsaw, he was the happiest man around.

Hans fell in love with the Kootenays in 1954 and he finally made it his home in 1981.

His strong connection to nature led him to advo-cate for preservation and stewardship of the forests.

Hans was well loved. His gentleness of spirit drew people to him.

He was genuine, a good person and he inspired many people.

Hans will be missed. He is survived by his beloved wife, Flavia, his children, Tim (Chantal), Heather, Jock, Elske (Patrick), six grand-children, his brother, Wolfgang, (Gine), niece, Birte, nephew, Kristoffer

and other family members in Germany.

Many thanks to all who were involved with this journey; Dr. Malpass, Dr. Reinecke, the compassion-ate nursing team, home support, friends and family.

The following orga-

nizations were important to Hans, therefore, in lieu of flowers, donations can be made to the Cancer Society Box 292, Nelson V1L 5P9, the Nelson Red Cross 2280-B Leckie Road, Kelowna V1X 6G6 or the Nelson Salvation Army.

A Celebration of Hans’ life will be held at the Harrop Hall (6066 McConnell Rd),

Sunday, October 21st from 3pm–6pm. Please bring a potluck item to share and your loving memories of this beautiful man.

Online condolences may be expressed at www.thompsonfs.ca

Funeral arrangements are under the direction of Thompson Funeral Service Ltd.

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Nelson & Area: Fri. Oct. 5 - Sun. Oct 14●●● Live Music ●● Special Events ● Ongoing Events

What’sHappening

Fri. Oct 5

●●●All Request DJ. Finley’s Irish Bar and Grill

●●●Maria Muldaur at The Royal 6 p.m.

●●Vote Cromoli, a post-modern Vaudeville duo at the Capitol. 8 p.m, Tickets $16

●Gender Outlaws, a support and social group for trans and gender diverse folks. 250-354-5362.

Sat. Oct 6

●●●Maria Muldaur at The Royal 6 p.m.

●●●Ellison’s Cafe Acoustic Unplugged Sessions: Sarah & Carson, Meaning Seekers, Tofu Stravinsky 12-3. More on Facebook.

●●The Blanket Exercise: A New Relationship with Aboriginal Peoples. 10 am to 2 pm at St. Saviour’s Anglican Pro-Cathedral in Nelson

●●Vote Cromoli, a post-modern Vaudeville duo at the Capitol. 8 p.m, Tickets $16

●Meat Draws at Nelson Legion. 3:30p.m., in beverage room with Karaoke after. 250-352-7727.

●The Nelson Scrabble Club meets at 1p.m. For further infor-mation, please call 250-352-6936.

Sun. Oct 7

●●●Niko at the Hume Library Lounge. 6p.m. to 10p.m.

●●●Karaoke. Finley’s Irish Bar and Grill. 9p.m.

●St. John’s Lutheran Church Service. Everyone welcome to 4p.m. worship. 321 Silica St. 250-354-3308.

●Nelson Storytelling Guild meets the first Sunday of every month at the Back Alley Studio (across the alley from Oxygen) at 7PM on Sunday. Bring a story to tell. a friend and your open ears.

●RC electric 1/10 dirt track rac-ing, every Sunday 10am at 5 Mile tracks. Contact [email protected]

●Nelson United Church Service. 10 a.m. All are welcome. 602 Silica St. 250-352-2822.

●Cribbage at the Legion bever-age room, 12:45p.m. 250-352-7727.

●Ascension Lutheran Church Service 10:15a.m. 1805 Silverking Rd. All are welcome. 250-352-2515.

●Quaker Meeting 4th Sunday of each month in Winlaw. 11 a.m. Phone 250-226-6701. Everyone welcome.

●Texas Hold’em Poker at the Nelson Legion. 12p.m. Last Sunday of every month. 250-352-7727.

Mon. Oct 8

●●●Sarah & Rich at the Library Lounge. 6 p.m. to 10p.m.

●West Kootenay Ostomy Support Group meet at 2 pm, Kiro Wellness Center, Trail. Speaker: Ken Siemens.

●FREE ESL classes (CBAL) Mondays 9:30-11:30am and Thursdays 4-6pm. Everyone is wel-come. call Nicole (250)352-5431.

●Pool Table Nights, Finley’s Irish Bar and Grill

●Heritage Harmony Barbershop Chorus. Welcoming anyone! Tim 250-825-9694 or John 250-352-6892

Tues. Oct 9

●●●Cliff Maddix and friends 6p.m. The Library Lounge

●●●Indigo Joseph at The Royal 9 p.m.

Wed. Oct 10Variety Shows ●●●Paul Landsberg at the

Library Lounge. 6p.m. to 10p.m.●●Mir Centre for Peace

Lecture: Ronald Wright: Homo Sapiens: Repeat Offender guests corazon vocal ensembleCapitol Theatre 7 p.m., tickets $16 adults, $13 students/seniors

●Alzheimers/ Dementia Caregiver support group meet-ings. 2nd Wednesday Monthly. 7 p.m. Call 250-352-6788 or email [email protected] for more info.

●Nelson Tech Club: for elec-tronic hobbyists and Arduino enthusiasts to meet and work on projects. Every Wednesday 6pm Ste 207-601 Front St, old Jam Factory upstairs. New members welcome. Small facility fee, first visit free.http://www.nelson-tech-club.info/ email [email protected]

●Nelson Women’s Centre Drop-in. Noon - 4p.m. Free clothing and food. 420 Mill St. 250-352-9916.

●Darts at the Nelson Legion. 7:30p.m. 250-352-7727.

●Girls’ Night with Margaret-Ann at the Youth Centre. 6:30 p.m. - 8 p.m. 608 Lake St. ph. 250-352-5656.

●Nelson & Area Elder Abuse Prevention Resource Centre. Wednesdays from 12 - 2pm 719 Vernon St. www.nelsonelder-abuseprevention.org or phone 250-352-6008.

Mir Centre lecture series talk by Ronald Wright: “Homo Sapien: Repeat Offender?”Wednesday, Oct. 10, 7 p.m. at the Capitol Theatre in Nelson

Award winning historian and novelist, Dr. Ronald Wright will be speaking on humankind’s increasingly precarious “experiment” with civilization. Dr. Wright will offer a reflection on how progress and technology have put us in jeopardy but may also have the key to our salvation.

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Tofu Stravinsky, 4 mad music makers with connections to Selkirk Music Program, compelled to compose and impelled to inspire: Sarah Orton sings, Quillan Hanley lays down the low end, Tyler Toews strums things with strings and Malik Mourah hits a box. They will play at Ellison’s Cafe Acoustic Unplugged Sessions Saturday afternoon, Oct. 6, 523 Front St.


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Thurs. Oct 11

●●●Rodney DeCroo music and poetry from Allegheny, BC, 8pm, Expressions, $10 at the door.

●●●Kiyo Elkuf and friends at the Library Lounge. 6p.m. to 10 p.m.

●●●Vince Vaccaro at The Royal 8 p.m.

●FREE ESL classes (CBAL) Mondays 9:30-11:30am and Thursdays 4-6pm. Everyone is wel-come. call Nicole (250)352-5431.

●Toastmasters: Improve your public speaking, communication and leadership skills. 2nd and 4th Thursday of every month. www.toastmasters.or.

●Nelson Women’s Centre. Drop-in. Noon - 4p.m. Free clothing and food. 420 Mill St. 250-352-9916.

●Acupuncture for Addictions. Free drop-in clinic. 9:30a.m. Located at 333 Victoria St., 2nd Floor. 250-505-7248.

Fri. Oct 12

●●●Such a night: Willie MacCalder, boogie blues piano, Oct. 12, The Dam Inn

●●●All Request DJ. Finley’s Irish Bar and Grill

●●●Chinese For Traveler’s Album Release! Also Immune 2 Cobras and The Shyness of Strangers. at The Royal 8 p.m.

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Poverty Unplugged: An Acoustic EveningThursday, Oct. 11, 7-9 p.m. at Self Design High

Nelson Committee on Homelessness presents a celebration that will rec-ognize those who survive in poverty and homeless-ness; those who work in the field; those who gener-ously donate their time and energy; and all those who aspire to make a differ-ence. Everyone in the com-munity is invited to enjoy

this inclusive and all-ages event. Light refreshments will be provided.

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●Gender Outlaws, a support and social group for trans and gender diverse folks. 250-354-5362.

Sat. Oct 13

●●●Bocephus King w/ Pauline Lamb at The Royal 8 p.m.

●Meat Draws at Nelson Legion. 3:30p.m., in beverage room with Karaoke after. 250-352-7727.

●The Nelson Scrabble Club meets at 1p.m. For further informa-tion, please call 250-352-6936.

Sun. Oct 14

●●●Niko at the Hume Library Lounge. 6p.m. to 10p.m.

●●●Karaoke. Finley’s Irish Bar and Grill. 9p.m.

●●●Russell Jackson Band at The Royal 6 p.m.

●St. John’s Lutheran Church Service. Everyone welcome to 4p.m. worship. 321 Silica St. 250-354-3308.

●Nelson Storytelling Guild meets the first Sunday of every month at the Back Alley Studio (across the alley from Oxygen) at 7PM on Sunday. Bring a story to tell. a friend and your open ears.

●RC electric 1/10 dirt track racing, every Sunday 10am at 5 Mile tracks. Contact [email protected]

●Nelson United Church Service. 10 a.m. All are welcome. 602 Silica St. 250-352-2822.

Maria Muldaur wraps up her BC tour dates playing October 5 and 6 at the Royal on Baker in Nelson. Photo courtesy of www.mariamuldaur.com

●Cribbage at the Legion bev-erage room, 12:45p.m. 250-352-7727.

●Ascension Lutheran Church Service 10:15a.m. 1805 Silverking Rd. All are welcome. 250-352-2515.

●Quaker Meeting 4th Sunday of each month in Winlaw. 11 a.m. Phone 250-226-6701. Everyone welcome.

●Texas Hold’em Poker at the Nelson Legion. 12p.m. Last Sunday of every month. 250-352-7727.

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Automotive-Cars2001 TOYOTA COROLLA. Clean. 350000 km. 8 great tires. 5-speed. 4-door. CD/radio. A/C. Burns oil. $1,000. 250-352-6416FOR SALE 1984 Yamaha Golf cart. Good running condition. Call (250) 352 7958

Child CareC A S U A L / P A R T - T I M E CAREGIVER FOR our 2 year old boy in our Fairview home. 250-352-5606 for more info.

FREESWIVEL ROCKER. BROWN flo-ral design. Good shape. We’re too crowded. 250-352-5004.8 M.M. BELL & Howell camera & projector Call (250) 352-7958

FurnitureRED BUNK BED with mattresses & ladder $150, bookcase $20, desk $20, buggy $30, child’s dresser $offer, 250-352-6210HIDE-A-BED (COUCH) IN excel-lent condition. Too big to fit through our door! $95. (250) 352-5740

Help WantedLOOKING FOR LATIN-AMERICAN Spanish speaking teacher for language lessons in the Nelson area. Email [email protected]

Misc. for SaleAPT. SIZE WASHER AND drier. 100$ for both. Call 250-226-6727

Real Estate WantedWE WANT TO buy a house in Nelson. Uphill or Fairview, off street parking, potential to put in a rental suite, mid $200’s ok. Call Tira 250-505-0698

RentalsLAKE-VIEW BRAND-NEW THREE bed-rooms, two bathrooms duplex, 5 minutes walk to park, shops and down-town, $1500, Call 250-505-4925ONE BEDROOM SUITE, W/D, view, deck, non-smoking, no-pets, $590/month + utilities, 15 minutes to Nelson, 250-359-7758GREEN LIVING JOHNSTONE Rd. 2BR duplex Oct 15 F/S W/D Children welcome NS NP 250-352-5492

SPACIOUS AND BRIGHT, brand-new, lakeside, 3 bedrooms, 2 bathrooms, 2 story, walking dis-tance to down-town, heated tile floor, call 250-505-4925COZY 2 BEDROOM home uphill, quiet, lots of light, views. $1050/month October to June, contact 354-4884TWO BEDROOM SUITE in Rosemont. Lots of parking & stor-age. No dogs please. Laundry in building. private deck. $860+electri-cal. Phone or text 250-354-3697DOWNTOWN NELSON FURN. 1-BEDRM OPEN AREA LOFT (pro-fessionals only). NS/NP. Incl. utilities & parking. 898/mo. (250)352-5757.BRAND NEW 1/2 Duplex. 3 bed-rooms 1 1/2 bath. Uphill, family or couple preferred $1300+ utilities 250-825-9228

4 BEDROOM HOME, large kitchen with deck, two bathrooms,garage, parking, W/D, 1600 plus. N.S. 250-551-1088NELSON 1BR APARTMENT for rent, newly renovated, new kitchen & bath, quiet, 3blks. from downtown, NS/NP/Ref., private entrance, $700/mo+hydro. 250-352-60622 BEDROOM APT. Uphill Nelson. Available Nov. 1, $975.00 mo. utilities included. w/d/f/s. Call 250-421-1573, 250-427-4414COZY ONE BEDROOM apart-ment in Blewitt available October 1. Private entrance. Seek reliable tenant, quiet, & respectful. 500$/month includes heat, electric-ity and wifi. 250-354-7808. Pet friendly!


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