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Home Owners helping home owners
B r e a k i n g n e w s a t w w w . n e l s o n s t a r . c o mNELSON STARNesteroff’s latest list will set you straight
See Page 2
Beesley comfortable with going it aloneSee Page 21
QUEENCOFFEE
She rode the first wave of Nelson’s coffee shop craze, but after 16 years at the community’s
confluence Sandi Barton is moving on. As she gets set to explore new roads in her Volkswagen Beetle,
the queen of Heritage City coffee looks back at Jigsaw’s run atop the caffeine buzz culture
by Greg Nesteroff
For Sandi Barton, it was always more about community than coffee. Sixteen years almost to the day since she opened Jigsaws at the corner of Ward and Baker, she insists it better resembled a family than a business.
“It truly was a family in every sense of the word,” she says. “It was a place for people who had nowhere to go.”
Barton recently sold her popular shop to Amy Stewart, who is in the midst of renovating and rebranding. But while she felt the time was right for a personal and professional change, she’s still emo-tional about it.
“My last few days were awful,” she says. “I can’t walk down that street. I’ve been struggling because I feel like I let people down by clos-ing.”
She figures several hundred customers came into Jigsaws daily, making it part of their routine. And over the years she got to know them.
“Everybody has a story and everybody needs somebody to listen,” she says. “Anybody can sell coffee, but it’s what you do when you’re selling it. That’s what I’m going to miss so much.”
Story continues to ‘Making’ on Page 15
Sandi Barton enjoys a cup of coffee from
one of her former competitors. The
local coffee pioneer simply likes her
favourite cup black.
Bob Hall photo
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Eight curiously named streetsSecond in a Series of West Kootenay-Related Lists
Photos and Text by Greg Nesteroff
WINLAW
KASLO
APPLEDALE
GRAY CREEK
LEMON CREEK
SOUTH SLOCAN
WARFIELD
Don’t know if it was named before or after the show debuted in 1969.
Behind Pennywise, naturally. The name was adopted a couple of years ago. Alas, while Kaslo has an Abbey family, there is no
Abbey Road.
Yet no Superman Street or Clark Kent Avenue.
The Junction Church is on the corner, although the street names predated it.
In honour of one of the chief products of the Gray Creek Store. It’s also one of the few places you can buy a woodstove and a carton
of milk at the same time.
Friendliest street in West Kootenay?
One in a series of streets named for mostly English authors, playwrights, and poets. Others include Dickens,
Kipling, Shelley, Wordsworth, Thackeray, Byron, and Keats. The
Greenwood suburb of Anaconda was laid out with similarly named streets, but they are no longer in use. There’s
also a Shakespeare Avenue in Nakusp.
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Ambitious plan unveiled
The pastor of Kootenay Christian Fellowship calls the vision for redeveloping the old Savoy Hotel a “social enterprise” he hopes will receive strong community buy-in.
Jim Reimer confirmed in a interview with the Star this week that the church has made an offer on the build-ing at Falls and Baker, and hopes to use it not only for religious services but hous-ing and retail. They also plan to make it available to performing arts groups.
“Our vision is quite ex-tensive,” Reimer says. “It’s a huge project. We want to turn it into a wonder-ful community place on all three floors.”
Although they don’t yet own it, they have applied for a zoning amendment to al-low the building to be used for church purposes. It’s expected to go before city council on March 7.
Reimer says the recent Kerr Apartments fire made it apparent “like an exclama-tion mark” that the commu-nity needs more affordable housing. Their proposal is to create up to 18 spaces on the second floor.
“We have always taken a wholistic approach to home-lessness,” he says. “Just feed-ing people isn’t all we want
to do, but we’re limited in our [current] space. If the building can become self-sustainable, instead of trying to make money on the units, we can actually provide housing people can afford.”
The main floor could have a small coffee shop, book-store, and other retail space. The area used for Sun-day church services would double as a performing arts venue.
“We’re going to have all the technology in there anyway for our church, so we thought wouldn’t it be great to have a space the arts community could use?” Reimer says.
The basement would be-come the new home of Our Daily Bread, the hot lunch service provided five days per week. Reimer suggests it could also be used as a
training ground.“If we can have it as a
place where people learn how to work in the kitchen, they can move nicely into a job in a restaurant envi-ronment, and then into the community elsewhere.”
Another possibility for the basement is a laundromat.
Reimer says the idea has been in the works since be-fore Christmas, but it will require significant capital outlay to acquire the prop-erty and carry out the reno-vations.
“It’s going to take over $1 million. We’re starting to raise money now,” he says.
Because it is a non-profit development, donations are tax-deductible. For now, any money raised will be placed in a separate account so it can be refunded if the project fails.
While they will apply for grants and develop a busi-ness plan, Reimer says com-munity support is critical.
“We’re not waiting on the government. We want this to be a community project. To make it sustainable, we need to raise quite a bit of capital to bring the mort-gage down.
“This is a social enter-prise right from the get-go. We’re not planning on making money, we’re plan-ning on helping people. The retail and other stuff is to make it sustainable so we can provide low-cost, high-quality housing and con-tinue our services for Our Daily Bread.”
The building, erected in 1913 as the Athabasca Ho-tel, has been derelict since a fire in 2007.
If the project proceeds, Reimer says Kootenay Christian Fellowship’s pres-ent headquarters on Stanley Street would likely be sold.
l Reimer’s return to Haiti
is tentatively scheduled for March 18. He’ll be part of a group of 12 who will use $20,000 in donations to build houses.
They initially planned to be there last month on the first anniversary of the earthquake that devastated the nation, but were forced to postpone their trip due to political instability.
The old Savoy Hotel could become a mix of residential, commercial, and church use if a proposal to redevelop the building goes ahead.
Kootenay Christian Fellowship aims to transform the old Savoy Hotel into low-cost housing, performance space and a self-sustaining facility that can address many low-income issues
GREG NESTEROFFNelson Star Reporter
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Friday, February 11, 20114 Nelson Star nelsonstar.com
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A report of an attempted child abduction in Salmo on Tuesday led to a scramble of RCMP all over the region looking for a man that didn’t exist, as it was later proven the report was a hoax.
Staff Sgt. Dan Seibel of the Kootenay Boundary Regional De-tachment said a 13-year-old boy showed up at the Salmo RCMP station and said he had just been thrown out of a van by a man that had allegedly abducted him from the side of Highway 3.
“The investigators backtracked to the area where the alleged cul-prit had thrown the 13-year-old boy out of the vehicle and into the snow and they were able to note that there were some inconsisten-cies there,” Seibel said.
The boy told RCMP that be-tween 8:30 and 9 a.m. a man driv-ing a Dodge van grabbed him and drove off, but because the boy had made so much noise, the alleged abductor threw him out of the van and drove westbound on Highway 3 out of Salmo.
“When I was advised of this, I quickly did up a media release and the investigators sent out a ‘be on the look out for,’” Seibel said.
Surrounding school districts and RCMP detachments were alerted as well.
“We have a duty to inform the public and keep the public safe,” Seibel said. “Two of us in our of-fice here in Nelson were involved, two plainclothes officers, two offi-cers in Salmo, not to mention all the other officers, upon receiving this, patrolled the highways in their own jurisdictions.”
When RCMP first interviewed the boy they believed his story to be true, Seibel said, even after ex-plaining to him that what he was
telling them was very serious.“If we didn’t act on this, based
on the information that we had, and we believed at the time the boy to be truthful, should that alleged predator stop at the next school in Trail, boy oh boy, who knows what could’ve happened.”
In truth, following extensive in-terviewing and investigating, it was determined the boy had skipped school after being dropped off at a grocery store. He then walked to the Esso gas station to buy a pack of gum and got lost while walking around the rail bed area.
“He ends up finding the highway and he’s worried that his parents are going to be mad at him. He’s cold and wet and he’s crying. He flags down a vehicle, he looks like he’s gone through an ordeal… then he’s taken by a local Salmo resident to the RCMP office,” Seibel said.
Once RCMP discovered the story was a hoax, they explained the repercussions and strain of re-sources on this case to the boy.
“The parents of the boy were involved in this, the boy ended up receiving a long, detailed, lecture from the police and the parents were supportive of the police and their actions,” Seibel said. “They were disappointed in the boy and his behaviour.”
Seibel said the police are not pursuing any charges against the boy or his family.
Salmo abduction story unfolds
Tuesday Incidentnews
BRIEFSJANUARY SAW RECORD LOW
One record low temperature was estab-lished last month, according to stats from the Southeast Fire Centre’s weather office in Castlegar.
The mercury dipped to –19.5 on Janu-ary 11, breaking the old record set in 1975. However, it was nowhere near the record low for the month: –25.7 set on January 1, 1979.
The highest temperature was 5.6 degrees on the 17th. Despite being in a moderate to strong La Niña phase, the average monthly temperature was 0.3 degrees milder than normal.
We received pretty much the typical amount of rain and snow, although there were three more days of measurable precipi-tation than usual.
The biggest dump came on the night of the 11th, when 13.2 centimeters fell, rep-resenting 22 per cent of the total monthly snowfall.
That turned to rain several days later, with 13.2 millimeters falling on the nights of the 15th and 16th, accounting for 64 per cent of the monthly total.
LOCAL UNEMPLOYMENT DIPS SLIGHTLY
January’s jobless rate of 8.3 per cent in the Kootenays was down from 8.7 per cent in December. It was also lower than January 2010, when the figure was pegged at 9.6 per cent.
Statistics Canada estimates 6,300 people were looking for work last month, but with 2,300 fewer jobs to go around the region than at the same time last year.
The figures cover both the East and West Kootenays.
The national unemployment rate was 7.8 per cent, slightly higher than in December, despite the creation of 69,000 jobs. The rate was skewed because the labour force grew by over 106,000 people.
Nelson’s 2011 budget goes back to council chambers Tuesday at 9 a.m., when city council will look at a preliminary draft. This year’s budget is expected to contain a tax increase of about three per cent.
The meeting is open to the public, and Nelson mayor John Dooley is encouraging people to sit in on the deliberations and of-
fer their feedback.“It’s very important people let
us know what their thoughts are,” he says. “It’s not good enough to come forward after the fact and say, ‘I don’t like the tax increase.’”
So far, Dooley says only one member of the public has attend-ed the city’s budget meetings.
Once it passes council, the draft budget is presented to the public at an open house.
KIM MAGICastlegar News Reporter
“The boy ended up receiving a long, detailed lecture from the police and the parents were
supportive of the police and their actions.”
Dan SeibelNelson RCMP
Budget up for discussionNelson Star Staff
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Kutenai Landing goes back to marketAfter another round of
legal wrangling, the Kutenai Landing development is up for sale for a third time.
The marketing campaign for the waterfront housing complex was initially re-launched last November, but all new listings for the prop-erty had to be pulled when parent company New Future Group, headed by Kamloops developer Mike Rink, sought protection from bankruptcy under the Companies’ Credi-tors Arrangement Act.
New Futures currently has until April 30 to refi-nance and restructure more than $120 million of debt, but must also declare it
sought credit protection on its legal documents — in-cluding those that allow it to market Kutenai Landing.
“That’s why there hasn’t been any activity around here, because we’ve been waiting for them to jump through the hurdles that they needed to,” says rela-tor Phil Hare, who is in the process of listing the condo-miniums once again and re-opening the development’s Cedar Street showroom.
“Everything else is the same, the dates are the same. It just says that New Future had to apply for the CCA and they’ve been suc-cessful.”
Hare says nine of the 17 buyers who originally pur-chased units in the project
have stayed on, and several more have suggested they will return to the project “once they see some move-ment.”
Hare estimates he’s sold $6 million of the $12 mil-lion he’ll need for New Fu-ture to begin building.
This is only the latest in a series of hiccups for the development, which met with criticism and legal ac-
tion when it was originally proposed. But Hare says he doesn’t think New Future’s credit problems will scare off potential buyers.
“The reason I’m sticking with it is because this proj-ect has legs,” he says. “I’m not worried about it at all. Despite the problems the de-veloper had or has, the city needs this housing area.”
According to an indepen-dent assessment of New Fu-ture’s current projects done by financial advisory firm The Bowra Group, Kutenai Landing is one of only two that could see the developer make money.
The other project is a 30-acre RV resort being devel-oped in the Shuswap, which is valued at $29 million.
Contentious Condo Development Fires Up
Federal Government
Local MP’s bill defeated
Southern Interior MP Alex Atamanenko says the defeat of his private member’s bill on genetically modified organisms Wednesday shows the Conserva-tives and Liberals are putting the interests of “their big business buddies” ahead of ev-eryday farmers.
The bill fell 178 to 98 in the House of Com-mons following heavy lobbying by the bio-tech industry. The Bloc Quebecois and 18 Lib-erals joined the NDP in supporting it.
Atamanenko says he was disappointed but not surprised.
“For some reason [the Liberals] didn’t want to approve the bill, even though their critic says he’s worried about contamination.”
The proposed legis-lation would have obli-gated the government to consider the effect of overseas exports on Canadian farmers before approving new genetically modified seeds.
Late last year, indus-try lobbyists blitzed
MPs and one bluntly told Atamanenko they didn’t want the issue discussed.
“We’ve succeeded in the sense we’ve had a democratic discussion and consciousness [on the issue] has been raised,” he said, add-ing the NDP will keep up its fight on behalf of Canadian farmers.
ANDREA KLASSENNelson Star Reporter
“The reason I’m sticking with it is
because this project has legs.”
Phil HareNelson-Based Realtor
fill please
MP Alex Atamanenko
GREG NESTEROFFNelson Star Reporter
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Friday, February 11, 20116 Nelson Star nelsonstar.com
Editor: Bob HallPublisher: Chuck Bennett
Editorial
In the last few years the affordable housing discussion has become a permanent part of Nelson’s political landscape. It’s been
discussed at City Hall, by our representatives in Victoria and even trickled its way to the federal realm.
Plenty has been discussed, yet the statistics and the optics show the situation is worse than ever in Nelson. This community is a magnet for people — rich, poor and every-body in between. It shouldn’t be a surprise to see more extremes as the popularity of the city grows.
While politicians continue to talk and reports continue to be written, it’s encourag-ing to see Kootenay Christian Fellowship’s ambitious plan to offer at least some form of practical solution to the issue.
As Pastor Jim Reimer lays out in a story on Page 3 of today’s paper, the plan is turn the old Savoy Hotel into a “social enterprise.” A combination of low-cost housing, a worship area, performance space, retail and the Our Daily Bread meal service would take over the derelict building. It’s an idea with the poten-tial to make a pretty significant dent in issues pertaining to some of the most vulnerable in our community.
At its best, this is what organized religion does — help the people who need it most. Kootenay Christian Fellowship has proven with Our Daily Bread what can be achieved through kindness and wants to make a further commitment to change.
The community should embrace the idea by standing with Reimer and those trying to make it happen. It won’t be easy.
To make the transformation of the Savoy a reality it’s going to take money. Lots of money. Reimer has thrown out figures of more than a million dollars to make it happen. At this point there is no government support and the goal is to make it a self-sustainable operation.
This community showed its heart when the Kerr Apartments burned last month. The cri-sis made us think about the needs of strang-ers. That outpouring can continue with this project and even more lives can be changed through local solutions to daunting problems.
Time to make bigger change
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Sh C i M d l i F lt J if C G N t ff
There is an extraor-dinary disconnect between what the
experts write about oil prices, and what is likely to happen out in the real world.
The pundits inhabit an economist’s perfect dream-world, where oil prices respond to changes in supply and demand that are driven mainly by production costs and eco-nomic conditions. In the real world, it’s a lot more complex.
The question of price is back on the table, because oil just broke through the $100-per-barrel level for the second time in his-tory. (The first time was July 2008, when it briefly reached $147 per barrel before falling back to a low of $33 the following De-cember.) But the experts have concluded that this time, cheap oil is never coming back.
A typical offering was a document published by the oil industry giant BP a couple of weeks ago. BP Energy Outlook 2030 fore-cast that fossil fuels — oil, gas and coal — will still account for 80 per cent of primary energy worldwide in 2030.
Moreover, total world energy consumption will grow very fast. Demand in the developed countries will not grow by much, if at all, in the next 20 years, but it will rise by almost two-thirds in the larger economies of the develop-ing world, notably China’s and India’s.
If 80 per cent of the en-ergy mix is still fossil fuels in 20 years’ time, then the amount that the world
burns will have to rise, too. Oil currently accounts for 35 per cent of primary energy in the world, and if that ratio persists then the we’re going to need a lot more of the stuff. That means the price will go up and stay up.
Finding new oil will get more expensive, for the cheap, “sweet” oil in easy-
to-reach places was devel-oped first. Most of the new oil will be found under the sea, or in the Arctic, or trapped in tar sands in Canada and Venezuela, or it will be “sour” oil with a high sulphur content. The price per barrel has to be high to make it worthwhile to develop those resources — but it WILL stay high, because the demand for oil is going to rise so steeply.
Or so it says in BP Energy Outlook 2030. Well, you didn’t expect an oil company to publish a report saying that demand for its product is going to dwindle and prices are going to fall, did you? But BP’s analysis leaves out politics, technology and even fashion.
The politics first. One major implication of a ris-ing demand for oil is that the importance of Middle Eastern oil will grow,
for this is the one place where relatively modest investments can increase production rapidly. How-ever, the Middle East is unpredictable politically, and getting more so by the moment. The consumers hate uncertainty, and this gives them a strong incen-tive to move to alternative sources of energy.
Concerns about global warming are pushing them in the same direction. The key to stopping the warm-ing is to cut the amount of fossil fuels we are burning, and ultimately to stop us-ing them entirely.
Government programs to do that already exist in most countries, and even in the United States, where Congress blocks direct action, the Obama administration has used the Environmental Protec-tion Agency to raise the fuel efficiency standard for American-built vehicles to 35.5 miles per gallon by 2016. (The current average is 25 mpg.) That alone will result in a 29 per cent cut in American oil usage.
Now the technology. The hunt for a substitute fuel for vehicles is already underway. ExxonMobil, for example, is investing $600 million in research
into producing a cost-effective alternative from biomass — specifically, from algae that require no agricultural land and use only waste or salt water.
And finally, fashion. In the 1934 movie It Hap-pened One Night, Clark Gable, the leading male movie idol of the day, undressed to get into bed with Claudette Colbert (they were married, of course), and under his shirt was... a bare chest! He wasn’t wearing an undershirt! Shock, horror — and then the treacher-ous thought: why ARE we all wearing undershirts? In less than a year, the market for undershirts collapsed.
So here we have a world where almost all the cars are oil-fuelled or at best “hybrid,” although elec-tric-powered alternatives are beginning to appear on the market.
The electrics are still not satisfactory for long-distance driving, but mass-produced cars burning carbon-neutral oil substi-tutes in internal combus-tion engines are probably only five to ten years away.
And in ten or 15 years’ time, after we have had a couple of really big environmental disasters or a new oil embargo by Middle Eastern oil pro-ducers, might the motor-ized masses ask them-selves: why ARE we all driving petroleum-fuelled cars? And act on their conclusions.
The BP study is a sooth-ing bedtime story for worried oil industry execs. In the real world, the long-term future of oil prices may be down, not up.
The World View - Gwynne Dyer
Oil, CO2 and Undershirts
Nelson Star 7Friday, February 11, 2011 nelsonstar.com
Letters to the Editor
Open letter to Nelson city council regarding the Nelson Landing re-zoning and devel-opment proposal:
Nelson-Creston Greens, on behalf of our members and all citizens of Nelson and area, respectfully ask that council make sure no toxic materials from the site will be released into the Kootenay River, that the health and safety of future inhabitants will be 100 per cent assured, and that Nelson taxpayers will be protected from the potentially very high cost of toxic clean up.
We ask that council insists
that Red Sands Beach and the last small stand of water-front forest in the city will be protected and that exist-ing ecological values will be maintained or enhanced.
The proposed rezoning, which includes public land, would allow the developer to build more than double the number of houses currently allowed.
We believe that in return Nelson should also receive important benefits, possibly in the form of much needed affordable housing units in the development.
Last but not least we hope
council will allow Nelson and area citizens to participate in the entire Nelson Landing decision making process — not just at the very end when everything is written in stone and it has become an angry and divisive “yes or no” issue.
Nelson citizens are pas-sionate about their water-front, and have shown many times that in a positive atmosphere they will freely contribute their remarkable talents, knowledge and ideas; they just need to be invited to do so. We hope you will.
Sjeng DerkxNelson-Creston Greens
Flowers to... the awesome person who has tracked the rails to trails for xc skiers. It is so much better for us! Thank you so much.
Uphill XC Skier
Flowers... A big bouquet of flowers to the Express for the 20+ years of contributing to Nelson’s eclectic diversity in print form.a thankful Nelsonian currently in Victoria,
waiting for spring to arrive back home
Flowers... to my amazing, kind hearted neighbor, who came to help me shovel my driveway in my husband’s absence. Neigh-bors like you are valued. Thank you for mak-ing our hill a wonderful community!
Appreciative wife
Flowers... Thank you to our amazing techni-cal fix it guy. You always show up at our work place with a smile, a friendly hello and a great work ethic. We are so very fortunate to have you! I hope your employer realizes what a star employee he has!
So thankful our copier works
Flowers... for resurrecting the column in hon-or of Nelson, both the man and the townsfolk who have enjoyed “Fish Heads and Flowers” for so many years.
Fish Heads... to the suggestion of changing the name.
Richie_T
If you have a Fish Head or a Flower... we’d like to hear it. Simply email us at [email protected] with your quips, compliments or complaints.
We’ll print the anonymous submissions for all to see. Be honest, but all we ask is you keep it tasteful. You can also drop by written submissions to our office at 514 Hall Street.
Greens on Nelson Landing
Beeps a flawed safety methodOh gads! If I hear another
peep of a beep....As a resident of downtown
Nelson I took residence in signing a year lease... I don’t think moving is an option, nor do I feel concessions from city workers appropri-ate. (smirk)
I was here before the new city busses arrived making that beep three times on ar-rival and on multiple arrivals there is a domino of beeps... how annoying. (eyes crossed)
As for the safety factor, whoever invented this way of safety alertness has to have their heads re-examined; I would prefer an automated
voice, “Please stand back” as an intelligent approach towards the peace and safety for everyone. (smilin’) Be-sides are we to be evolving in technology?
I am a safety oriented person and one can only question: Does the tractor/loader only beep backing up? (UGGH!) If those beeps aren’t so loud why does the heavy duty operator have to wear ear mufflers? (puzzled) When my sleep is disturbed, I agree, it becomes a safety hazard on my job. (stressed)
For peace sake, let’s adopt the audio voice and flush the beeps down the toilet and/or
I don’t mind the suggestion of the 6 a.m. beep alarm clock...(BEEP BEEP BEEP!)... we are all ready to wake up then. (yawn/stretch)
In the awareness that we are all entitled to a peaceful, enjoyable living environment and yes sire, ya you, are in violation of disturbing the peace between 10 p.m. and 6 a.m. I will have to be armed with my phone in case of another disturbance... camera too! Maybe even YouTube the event of a city worker dis-turbing the peace in a mul-tiple of BEEPS!
Jana Harmon Nelson
Wayne GermaineServing Nelson &Area Since 1987.
“When you’re ready, I would love to sell your home!”250.354.2814
www.valhallapathrealty.com
$119,900
Grohman Creek ParadisePerfect for Home, Recreation or Investment. 2.1 acres bordering a 20+ acre waterfront park conservation property only a 5 minute boat ride from Nelson near Grohman Creek. There are 2 separate 1.05 acre lots. This is an absolutely wonderful setting and a very rare opportunity to own such a unique property for this price. This is an exciting and peaceful place to build a cottage or full time residence. You will love living so close to the lake.
$134,900
Near the LakeHere is an opportunity to own a level, fully serviced lot in this beautiful lake front subdivision. This lot is only steps away from the water view pathway and close to Lakeside Park. The lake and mountain views are incredible. New homes are being built in this very attractive neighbourhood.
$550,000
Prime Commercial BuildingLand and building for sale. A prime location in the heart of downtown Nelson. This building has a very attractive brick front with huge windows and is well positioned on the busiest block of Baker Street. The main floor retail space is approx. 2300 sq ft with tall ceilings. There is a 1550 sq ft basement that provides lots of storage and additional work space. The lane provides access to a carport and single garage. Also potential to add another floor.
$199,900
Own Your Own HomeBeautifully remodeled townhome includes a lovely new maple kitchen, quality laminate floors throughout, new bathrooms, fresh paint and newer windows. With over 1300 sqft there are 3 bedrooms and 1 1/2 bathrooms. A private location with a great yard. QUICK POSSESSION AVAILABLE. This is a wonderful tidy home.
NELSON ROTARY CLUB Now accepting applications for the ADVENTURE IN CITIZENSHIP award
The Rotary Adventure In Citizenship Program, now in its 62nd year, is intended to promote a greater understanding and appreciation of citizenship in Canada. It poses questions to the participants concerning the ethical and moral dimensions of citizenship in a rapidly changing world. It challenges participants to consider how a country as large and diverse as Canada can foster amongst its citizens a sense not only of the rights and responsibilities of citizenship but also commitment to the values we hold as Canadians.
The program provides a unique opportunity for participants to meet their peers from every part of Canada and to discuss and debate with them issues facing Canada today. It also gives participants the opportunity to see “behind the scenes” at many of our national institutions, a rare opportunity!
Selected students must be between the ages of 16 and 19 years of age (on May 1, 2011), enrolled in and attending school, Grade 11 or 12, and preferably considering a career in the applicable program.
To enable the selection committee to assess the candidate’s interest and capabilities, a written outline on why the candidate wishes to attend the conference, is required to be submitted by 1:00 pm on Tuesday, February 22, 2011 to Christopher Fairbanks at 404 Vernon Street, Nelson, BC V1L 4E5.
The program includes billets for the out of town students and local transportation. Travel arrangements and expenses are provided by the nelson Rotary Club. For more information and application forms, contact Chris Fairbank at 250-352-5371.
Friday, February 11, 20118 Nelson Star nelsonstar.com
Letters to the EditorI write in response to the letter by S.M.
Simpson about the pet obituary. I take great offense to the statement that an obituary of a loved family member such as a pet has no place on the obit page. Losing a loved one is always traumatic, whether it be a human or a pet.
At times pets are more loved by and
more supportive of a human than another human. I am glad I have that love in my life and will most likely also put an obitu-ary in the paper (and would hope it would be placed on the same page as other loved ones obits) when my 14-year-old dog is no longer there to give me her uncon-ditional love. After all, she is known by
many people in the area. To the family who lost their beloved
pet, my deeply felt sadness for your loss. And my apologies for having to read S.M. Simpson’s mean-spirited letter, especially at this time.
Ann Alma and her dog ShiraNelson
Pet obituary was in the perfect spot
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or less
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2011
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vailab
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nd can
only b
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applied
toward
the pu
rchase
or lea
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eligib
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in con
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most r
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availa
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Ford o
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of fac
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the Co
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3,500/
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/$4,50
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factur
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purcha
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a new
2011 R
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Cabs/
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cludin
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s). All
GT500
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Rapto
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Truck m
odels a
re excl
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his off
er can
be use
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junctio
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most r
etail c
onsum
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availa
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Ford o
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of fac
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delive
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consum
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from F
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purcha
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lease m
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w 2010
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1 Ford F
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on Tra
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qualify
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bate (“
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either
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livered
by Su
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act wi
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upport
from t
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nada, o
r Summ
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’s “Car
Heave
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o qual
ify for
the “R
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300 cas
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bate o
n the p
urchas
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2004 o
r newe
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tomer m
ust tur
n in a 1
995 mo
del yea
r or old
er vehi
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runnin
g condi
tion (
able to
start a
nd mo
ve) wh
ich ha
s been
proper
ly regi
stered
and in
sured
for the
last 6
month
s to an
autho
rized re
cycler.
To qua
lify for
the “Ca
r Heave
n Prog
ram”, c
ustom
er must
turn in
a 2003
model
year or
older v
ehicle
in run
ning
condit
ion wh
ich ha
s been
registe
red an
d insur
ed for
the las
t 6 mo
nths to
an au
thorize
d recyc
ler. If a
custo
mer qu
alifies
for Car
Heave
n or Re
tire Yo
ur Ride
, Ford o
f Canad
a (“Fo
rd”) w
ill prov
ide an
addit
ional R
ebate,
with th
e purc
hase o
r lease
of an
eligible
new 2
010 F-1
50/201
1 Ford o
r Linco
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cle (ex
cludin
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anger a
nd Me
dium T
ruck m
odels),
in the
amoun
t of $1,
000CDN
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(exclu
ding 2
011 S),
Fusio
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2011 S
), Taur
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cludin
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SE), M
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xcludi
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2011 SE
), Flex
(exclu
ding 2
011 SE
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exclud
ing 20
11 Base
model
s), Spo
rt Trac
, F-150
(exclu
ding R
aptor a
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XL 4X2
), F-25
0 to F-5
50, E-S
eries, E
xpedit
ion, M
KZ, MK
S, MKX,
MKT, N
avigat
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ch an
“Eligib
le Vehi
cle”).
Taxes p
ayable
befor
e Reba
te amo
unt is d
educte
d. RYR
Rebate
s are a
vailab
le to re
sident
s of Can
ada on
ly excl
uding
Northw
est Ter
ritories
, Yukon
Territo
ry, and
Nunav
ut. Eli
gible V
ehicle
must b
e purc
hased,
leased
, or fac
tory o
rdered
durin
g the P
rogram
Period
to qua
lify for
a Reba
te. Reb
ates ca
n be u
sed in
conjun
ction w
ith mo
st reta
ilcon
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RDCK preserves historyMcDonalds Landing to be Transferred from Feds
The Regional Dis-trict of Central Koo-tenay is set to assume ownership of the wharf at McDonalds Land-ing.
Area F director Ron Mickel says Fisheries and Oceans Canada will transfer the North Shore facility to local government hands at no cost after replac-ing all the woodwork above the high-water mark.
“It was fast-tracked because we were pro-posing to go after it anyway as part of our official community plan,” Mickel says, “and the federal gov-ernment had some money to spend be-fore the end of its fis-cal [year].”
Mickel says the wharf was offered to the regional dis-trict some time ago, but things began to happen last summer when some residents approached him, con-cerned private inter-ests would buy it or that it would be dis-mantled altogether.
Federal officials in-dicated they weren’t prepared to pay for repairs unless some other body agreed to look after it.
According to Mick-el, the regional district may have to spend “$5,000 every 20 years” on upkeep, which could be recouped through dock rentals.
“It has a very nice ramp and dock,” he says. “Moorage is al-
ways at a premium, so we’re looking at pos-sibly renting some out and putting that mon-ey aside for mainte-nance.”
McDonalds Landing is a former sternwheel-er stop which is today perhaps best known as the launching point to reach Camp Koolaree on the opposite side of Kootenay Lake.
“I think it’s impor-tant we preserve it as an historic site,” Mick-el says. “We don’t have too many left in Area F.”
The transfer would include the wharf and access road only. The surrounding land is privately owned, al-though Mickel says they may look at buying some of it for parking.
While the agree-ment has not been finalized, he doesn’t expect any problems.
Fisheries and Oceans Canada regional man-ager Robin Richardson says the wharf repairs
will be done in three phases, “the first be-ing the approach, which we’re trying to finish by first week in March. That’s railings and deckings. Later work includes a ma-jority of the float work — replacing planking and tie-up rails.”
The contract for the first phase has al-ready been awarded, and the entire project should be complete by the end of March.
“Our intention is to give [the regional district] a nice, fresh facility,” Richardson says.
It’s not the only site Mickel has his eye on.
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McDonalds Landing is expected to be trans-ferred to the regional district following a re-build of the wharf by Fisheries and Oceans Canada. “It fell into our laps,” says regional director Ron Mickel. “The whole community will benefit.”
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CREATIVE JOURNEY CELEBRATED AT LIBRARYPaula Smith has arrived heads, hands, and heart back in the art world, and celebrates with works in acrylic, pencil, and mixed me-dia exploring subjects from abstract to realist. Her work is now on display at the Nelson library through March.
COLUMBIA BASIN TRUST ARTS, CULTURE AND HERITAGE FUNDINGThe Columbia Kootenay Cultural Alliance, in partnership with Columbia Basin Trust, invite individuals of all artistic disciplines, arts, culture and heritage groups in the Columbia Basin to apply for project funding. Info and applications available at basinculture.com, or call 1-877-505-7355 or email [email protected]. Deadline for applications is March 11 or March 25 depending on the program.
FAMILY FUNK DOWN ON THE NORTH SHORECome one, come all to the first annual Family Funk Down, February 12 at the North Shore Hall. The dance will take place from 6 to 11 p.m. with a special leave taking ceremony at 8 p.m. for families with younger children who need to get home early. Music provided by the one and only Rafferty Funksmith! Tickets are available by call-ing the Waldorf School at 250-352-6919, Shyloe at 250-352-2994, Jeanine at 250-229-5645 or Alia at 250-399-4554.
VALENTINES TANGO WORKSHOPWe local tangueras and tangueros are hosting an Argentine tango Valentine weekend (February 11 to 13) with all interested beginners and experienced dancers. Contact Heather at 250-226-7229, or Beth at 250-352-5081 or [email protected] to register.
AUDITIONS FOR KHAOS, THE OPERAThe Amy Ferguson Institute invites experienced musicians inter-ested in singing a role in the June workshopping of Don Macdonald and Nicola Harwood’s new opera, Khaos, to audition for solo roles on Sunday, February 13. For more information and to schedule an audition call Marty Horswill at 250-352-2595 or e-mail [email protected]. Performers will be modestly remunerated for their par-ticipation in this three-day workshop. Singers experienced in vocal styles other than opera are also encouraged to audition.
DRUM CIRCLE AT BIGBY PLACECommunity drum circle, Bigby Place, 509 Front Street, every Tues-day night 7 till 9 p.m. Drop in fee $5. A fun, relaxing, healing experi-ence. We are all beginners. For more info call 250-352-5616.
CALL FOR SUBMISSIONSThe Craft Connection is seeking submissions for Bursting into Blos-som, its annual garden show featuring outdoor oriented fine art and craft. Submission deadline March 21. Entry forms available at the Craft Connection (378 Baker Street) or craftconnection.org.
AT THE LEGIONAt the Nelson Legion: Tuesday and Friday evenings – free movies; Wednesday evening – darts; Saturday afternoon – meat draws with karaoke in the evening; Sunday afternoon – crib tournament; last Sunday of every month – Texas Hold’em Charity poker (open to the public); month-end birthday bash; occasional fundraiser barbecues, ribs. etc.; snooker; pool; shuffleboard; darts; 10’ big-screen TV for sports and movie nights; beverage room with a welcoming, friendly atmosphere. Info 250-352-7727 or e-mail [email protected]. Mem-bers and guests welcome.
BREAST CANCER SUPPORT GROUPNelson’s breast cancer support group meets at Community First Health Co-op (518 Lake Street) at noon every fourth Tuesday of the month. For more information call Alice at 250-352-6223 or Nadine at 250-359-7777.
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Announcements EventsFRIDAY, FEBRUARY 11A Valentines coffee party will be held at the Nelson United Church from 10 a.m. to 12 p.m. There will be baking and books for sale. Ad-mission is $3.
Canadian Parents for French will be hosting another fun filled Winter Carnaval from 7 to 9 p.m. at Trafalgar School. Everyone—both Eng-lish and French speaking—is welcome to attend this family friendly event that has a focus on all things French. Along with plenty of de-licious maple treats and baking, there will be DJ-hosted music and dancing, broomball, crafts, French quizzes, and more! Two dollar en-try includes maple treat.
MP Alex Atamanenko and the Nelson-West Kootenay Chapter of the Council of Canadians are holding a public forum at the United Church at 7:30 p.m. The forum is about CETA, the Comprehensive Economic Trade Agreement, being negotiated by our federal govern-ment and the European Union without public or parliamentary input. MP Peter Julian, federal NDP trade critic, will be one of many guest speakers to talk about the effects on all levels of society if this deal should go through.
SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 12Valentines dinner and dance at the Prestige Lakeside Resort ballroom. Break out and dance to the Playmor Junction Big Band after a sumptu-ous buffet dinner—with chocolate fountain, of course. It all begins at 7:30 p.m. Tickets at Eddy Music and Vogue Studios.
MONDAY, FEBRUARY 14Valentines Day banquet, 6:30 p.m. at the Adventist Church (1502 Granite Road). Plan to attend the Italiano banchetti Valentine and en-joy a wonderful three-course vegetarian Italian menu. Admittance is by free ticket only. A donation for the True North Pathfinder Club would be appreciated. For reservations, call 250-352-6102.
TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 15Parkinson’s meeting at Christie Lee Hall (701 Gordon Road) from 1:30 to 3 p.m. Guest speaker Remi Champagne.
FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 18The Nelson Refugee Committee invites you to a fundraising din-ner at the Nelson United Church. Money raised from this event will go towards sponsoring a Burmese refugee family to live in Nelson. Doors open at 5:30, with dinner at 6 p.m. Tickets available at Otter Books. Cost: $15 per person or $45 per family.
FLIKS presents Force of Nature: The David Suzuki Story at the Valli-can Whole Community Centre and Kaslo’s Langham Theatre at 7:30 p.m. In the captivating and award-winning documentary, the pas-sionate environmentalist’s legacy lecture is entwined with interviews where he shares deeply personal stories.
SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 19The Nelson chapter of the Canadian Federation of University Wom-en will meet at the New Grand Hotel from 9:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. Our guest speaker is Paula Kiss, she will discuss green building and the LEED model. For further information please phone Frances Wel-wood at 250-825-4743.
TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 22What are the challenges between second and third wave feminism? Agreements? Disagreements? What does this have to do with me? The West Kootenay Women’s Association is hosting a discussion to look at these questions at the Women’s Centre from 6 to 8 p.m. as part of their series Feminism Across the Ages.
THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 24The next regular meeting of the board of the Regional District of Central Kootenay will be held at 9 a.m. at the RDCK board room, 202 Lakeside Drive.
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Friday, February 11A Valentines Day weekend bass massacre featuring maybe the hottest producers in Canadian electronic music right now, Zeds Dead. They are returning to Spiritbar with an exclusive two-hour, two-member set. Zeds Dead has built a reputation as remixers par excellence by pulling from a vast array of source material and molding it into their unique brand of dancefloor classics. Opening set by local star DJ Bryx and exclusive beatbox set by Robgoblin.
Saturday, February 12
Scarlet Mary Rose and the Heavy Petal Burlesque pres-ent a Valentine’s cabaret full of classic and neo burlesque entertainment to entice and titillate you. Starring the in-corrigible Scarlet Mary Rose and a cast of gorgeous lo-cal dames including Erin “eat-your-heart-out” Thomson, Flora Fandango, Lucy Lovelace, Lornita Hornita, Madame Honey Flower and featuring our very special guest Judith Stein. Ms. Stein is the only Canadian to be inducted into the Burlesque Hall of Fame. Come out early, the fun be-gins at 10 p.m. and the house packs fast! Admission $20.
Benwell LoungeHume Hotel
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Once-local jazz chanteuse Flora Ware returns to Nelson. Joining her will be the handsome and talented Cliff Mad-dix on guitar, Rob Johnson on bass, and Steve Parish on drums. Flora is excited to perform her newest original material, along with jazz and soul classics. This is a special early show. Doors at 7:30 p.m., music starts at 8 p.m.
The Royal330 Baker Street
Monday, February 14What could be more romantic than sizzling Latino food and music on Valentines night? Soniko is a solo singer-song writer from Quito, Ecuador. With a combination of original songs and Spanish and English rock anthems, Soniko creates the perfect atmosphere to enjoy an awe-some evening among friends or with that special half. Following that, you can hang out and dance salsa with the very popular seven-piece band Salsa Caliente. Last time they played the Royal they got several encores.
Thursday, February 17There is no real true way to describe the music that is Johnny Don’t. With such a wide spectrum of influences you could say that they play anything and everything that is entertainment, and with each song comes a new sur-prise and an irresistible hook that commands your atten-tion. The dub, funk and ska sounds of Dope Cat will start the night off. Admission $7, show starts at 9:30 p.m.
Sunday, February 20Montreal’s beloved six-piece, the United Steel Workers of Montreal, have wowed audiences from coast to coast with their unique brand of blue-collar alt-country. A po-tent mix of blues, jazz, country and swing, The USWM’s live performances are filled out with dry wit, tall tales and some outright lies. Dancing is optional but hard to avoid. Admission $10, showtime 9 p.m.
Kootenay PrideVarious locations
Saturday, February 12Valentines dance at the Royal with DJ Stoudy. Drink spe-cials and $10 admission at the door. Everyone welcome.
Thursday, February 17Balls Beers and Queers monthly bowling night. 7 p.m. at the Savoy Lanes.
St. Andrew’s Church4th Street and B Avenue, Kaslo
Friday, February 11Kaslo Concert Society is pleased to present Lacafamore, a made-in-the-Kootenays string quartet. Tickets $22 at Figments or the door. Show starts at 7:30 p.m.
Grid Art Gallery351-B Baker Street
Monday, February 14In celebration of St.Valentines day, we have put together a special evening with local chef Jesse Phillips. Doors open at 7:30 p.m., when Phillips serves up a special Valentines dessert. It will be paired with a B.C. Wine and followed by a performance of Scaramouche Jones. Tickets sold by the pair for $50 at Otter Books or Grid Gallery. Only 15 pairs available.
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April VerchSteal the Blue
April 15, 8 p.m.
Margie GillisThreads
March 26, 8 p.m.
Laila Biali TrioMarch 5, 8 p.m.
Ballet JörgenCoppéliaFeb 20, 8 p.m.
Heavy Petal Burlesque
Ty West
Ellison’s Market & Cafe523 Front Street
Saturday, February 12The Unplugged Sessions is pleased to open with the talented 15 year-old Brooke Crowdis. She is follow-ing in her family’s musical footsteps and planning a career in this field. Brooke has a strong melodic voice and brings a nice arrange-ment of contemporary music. Next up is the Ty West Trio. Ty is an acous-tic guitar playing singer-songwriter, who weaves to-gether many musical styles to create his own unique sound. His songs and per-formances blend elements from folk, jazz, funk, rock, and eastern music. Joining him will be Katie Moran, a talented songwriter as well as a captivating singer and guitar player. Rounding out the trio will be Jesse Lee, a local bass player, guitar player, disc jockey and music nerd. Expect clever lyrics, lush three-part harmonies, wittybanter, and an energetic performance. The closing act, Heartsong, are a husband andwife duo whose performance will draw you in with captivating acoustic guitar, djembe and soulful harmonies.
The Capitol Theatre421 Victoria Street — tickets at capitoltheatre.bc.ca
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ArtsOxygen Art Centre’s New Show Opens Tonight
The Joy of Silence
The breakthrough in Deborah Loxam-Kohl’s war with noise took place as
she attempted to carry on a conversation in a small cafe with a concrete floor and bare walls.
Though she was standing only a few feet away from the person she was talking to, the noise-sensitive artist couldn’t hear a thing.
“It was just this combina-tion of concrete floors, high ceilings, blank walls and that reverberation of noise,” she explains.
“I looked around, and it was a small space, and I thought, ‘you know, it wouldn’t make much effort to do something to improve the sound.’”
Soon she was dreaming of noise-dampening installa-tions with scales, or ridges similar to those on the Sydney Opera House.
This weekend, her first experiment in fusing noise control with art gets its unveiling at the Oxygen Art Centre, where she’s been the artist in residence for the past two months.
The Sound of... (silence) takes its inspiration from ver-tical gardens. A curved wall is filled with sculptures remi-niscent of flowers, seed pods, leaves and buds, all built or carved from felted wool.
Because most noise-
control materials are just “a big chunk of foam,” Loxam-Kohl’s goal was to create something “teeming, organic, thriving.” And as the first buds and leaves began to appear, the sounds in the gallery — once a room with nothing more than a concrete floor and bare walls — began to change.
“Before it was kind of like a tin box,” she says.
The completed project, however, gives the noises in the gallery some shape.
“It’s almost standing at the mouth of a cave feeling. That experience of noting how different the sound is from behind you to in front of you.”
This is the first major installation Loxam-Kohl’s undertaken in years, though she’s curated several in the Oxygen, and more when she was the inaugural curator at Touchstones Museum and Art Gallery.
Since leaving that post, she’s been leading an inven-tor’s life, researching and patenting a device which makes three dimensional felted forms out of wool. And while that device was used to create many of the floral-type pieces in The Sound of, it’s sometimes proved to be a double agent in the ongoing sonic battle.
“I had it running for 10 minutes and was like, ‘no way!’” Loxham-Kohl laughs, pointing to a small closet where the din of the ma-chine is relegated. “The irony of
it. I’m here doing this instal-lation on improving sound quality, and then there was this ruckus created by this thing.”
The Sound of... (silence) opens tonight at 7 p.m. and is on display through the week-
end at the Oxygen Art
Centre.
ANDREA KLASSENNelson Star Reporter
Nelson artist Deborah Lox-am-Kohl’s new show is The Sound of... (silence).
Loxam-Kohl’s art is beautiful and practical.
Andrea Klassen photos
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ArtsCreative journey
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Paula Smith’s mother still has Paula’s Grade 8 sketchbooks. At first she drew from photographs and pictures cut from magazines, but as her creative bent took root, and she began taking additional courses, Paula began to draw from life while studying the work of other artists. It was about this time that the dream of being an artist — even a starving artist — took hold. It hasn’t let go.
College programs provided op-portunities for skill development, but also presented challenges in conflicting art ideologies, and so when romance led to marriage which led to children, the pencils and brushes were shelved for a time.
And yet the creative drive was never far away, surfacing again in the medium of stained glass and a side-job of creating custom glass panels alongside ongoing art proj-ects with growing kids. Her recent multi-venue exhibition, Blueprints of Youth, celebrates the journey, and also served as an introduc-tion in her new home of Nelson. She’s happy to be here, where the creative juices have begun flowing in earnest.
“People back in Ontario thought I was crazy for leaving a good job at City Hall,” Smith explains.
“We moved for a better life-
style: calmer, clean fresh air, cool summer nights, not over-popu-lated, peaceful, and most of all, creative.”
Now, kids grown, Smith has arrived heads, hands, and heart back in the art world, and cele-brates with works in acrylic, pen-cil, and mixed media exploring subjects from abstract to realist.
Her work is now on display at the Nelson library, including a wall hanging in the stairwell inspired by Smith’s earlier stained glass work.
The show continues through March.
The City of Nelson and its Cultural Devel-opment Commission will be continuing with last year’s initiative to devote up to 35 per cent of the Columbia Basin Trust community initiative funding to local arts, culture and heritage projects.
Last year more than $40,000 was distrib-uted, helping to create a stable funding base to sustain Nelson’s vibrant arts community. The deadline for submitting project proposal applications is March 7.
“We’re very pleased that for the second year running, council has approved a more strate-gic approach to supporting our vital arts and heritage sector,” says councillor and commis-sion board member Donna Macdonald. “This allows the commission to oversee a process whereby an independent jury of local arts, culture and heritage professionals adjudicate the applications, a process we consider both objective and informed.”
“This is a wonderful opportunity for art-ists and arts and heritage organizations to continue the important work they are doing strengthening Nelson’s cultural sector,” says Stephanie Fischer, commission chair. “Don’t miss it!”
The commission’s decisions will be for-warded to city council for review. The process concludes at the RDCK board meeting when the regional district directors consider all of the recommended projects.
For more information, contact Angela Lund at the RDCK, 250-352-6665 or [email protected]. Applications can be downloaded from rdck.bc.ca/corporate/grants/cbt.html.
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NewsBarton makes peace in the bustling downtown core
Continued from Page 1
AN AMAZING CORNER
Before Jigsaws, Barton ran a high-end shoe store in the same space. After about five years, she felt the
shoe business had run its course and wanted to try something new.
“I had this location and thought what am I going to do? This is such an amaz-ing corner. I’m not going to do shoes anymore. What about a coffee shop?”
At that point, Nelson only had one, and it was across the street: Wait’s News.
Barton decided she didn’t want to hurt another business and consciously chose to create something very differ-ent.
As opening day neared, however, she still didn’t have a name. Passersby were encouraged to write suggestions in felt pen on a Gyproc wall, but it didn’t produce any finalists.
“My husband finally said ‘It’s a puzzle to me how you can get this to work. I don’t know how you’re able to make all the pieces fit.’”
With that, inspiration struck, and on February 1, 1995, Jigsaws Coffee opened.
ON THE FRONT LINES OF THE COFFEE REVOLUTION
Barton’s timing was propitious: Starbucks was then taking the world by storm, opening a new
outlet every day and converting the masses into coffee consuming connois-seurs. Her business was an immediate success.
“It just worked,” she says. “It was new and hadn’t been done in this town. Really, from day one it was an absolute thrill.”
It was also a lot of work. For many years, the shop was open seven days a week from 7 a.m. to 11 p.m. and Barton put in 17-hour days.
“My staff had pictures of me col-
lapsed on my office floor sleeping,” she laughs.
She never did slow down much, although by the end, they only stayed open to 7 or 8 p.m.
In the beginning, they also made sandwiches, but she later decided to stick to coffee and bagels.
The coffee itself was Seattle’s Best, procured through a friend with a shop in Kelowna. After a few years, Craig Bennett of Kootenay Coffee Co. ap-proached her about carrying their product.
“I was a hard sell,” Barton admits. “I’m really stubborn. But he convinced me. They had great coffee.”
From then on, she carried a mix of the two.
(Barton herself favors Kootenay Cof-fee’s Colombian brew. “I’m just a simple black coffee drinker,” she says, but then chuckles: “Or a large mocha.”)
Many other coffee shops opened in Nelson in the following years, and Bar-ton says she welcomed them.
“I never felt threatened, because the moment you do, you need to look within: is there something I’m doing wrong? This town is obviously able to sustain it all, and I think that’s good. I like to have variety. I wouldn’t want just
one restaurant to choose from.” Far from hurting her, the growing
number of coffeehouses “just made business better.”
TACKLING TROUBLE
After about four years, Jigsaws added a patio — the second in town, following DJ’s restaurant.
However, it attracted a clientele more inclined to loiter than sip lattes. Other customers didn’t always appreciate them, although Barton made a con-scious decision to welcome all comers.
“I remember this group of kids was driving me nuts on Baker Street,” she says. “I watched them for a few days after school. They would be swearing and spitting.”
Eventually she figured out the ring-leader and brought him into the store.
“I said, ‘Obviously I’m not going anywhere, and it’s clear you’re not going anywhere. So you and I have to become friends so you can live out there and I can live in here.’”
From that day on, the spitting stopped.
Another boy from the group came to her years later and asked for a job.
“I hired him and he worked for me for years. We still talk all the time. It
was learning to go with it rather than trying to fight it.”
PEACEFUL, EASY FEELING
Over the years, Barton employed an average of nine people, al-though she started with 16. She
says there are “hardly any” she doesn’t stay in touch with.
“I was really blessed with long-term staff — girls who were there eight or nine years. Now they come back with their husbands and babies.”
Although she still enjoyed the busi-ness, she was getting tired and felt it was time for new blood. Barton listed the business with a real estate agent, and im-mediately had potential buyers. The sale closed within weeks — “almost too fast.”
January 29 was her last day. She’s still thinking about what to do next, but she and husband Ed will pile into her red Volkswagen Beetle convertible and take several weeks off.
“We’re just driving to get away. It’s really hard for both of us right now. He was as involved as I was. He was our maintenance man and did the milk run every night for 16 years.”
Selling the business will give her an op-portunity to do things with family and in the community that she couldn’t before.
“As much as I loved it, it was seven days a week. You couldn’t go on holiday. It was hard for me to stay away.”
Her parents moved here in Decem-ber, and she’s planning to do lots of volunteer work, “to give back to this community because it has really given to me for a lot of years.”
While her days as a coffeehouse doyenne are over, her staff presented her with a book full of customers’ com-ments and pictures, which “I will cher-ish the rest of my life.
“It’s been the most wonderful 16 years of my life,” she says. “It was never about the coffee. It was about a million and one relationships.”
Barton and her Jigsaws’ crew, who she says she misses already.
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Continued from Page 9a number of public accesses are important.”
In fact, Six Mile Beach will benefit from the McDonalds Land-ing project. A piece of the dock that broke loose after a fire grounded on the beach, and Mickel says it’s been “a real pain in the butt ever since. It’s a hassle for swimmers.”
Fisheries and Oceans has agreed to remove it as part of the upgrade.
lMickel says the idea of build-
ing a pedestrian crossing on the
pilings of the old Taghum bridge is still alive. Spearhead Timber-works is putting together a design and cost estimates.
“Maybe it will be out of reach. I’m not sure. But it’s definitely something we want and something the former director [Al Dawson] wanted.”
The project would likely need buy-in from the City of Nelson and Area E as participants in the re-gional parks program, Mickel adds. “I’m hoping to lay the groundwork, at least get them to accept the vi-sion we can work toward.”
Taghum bridge still on table
Nelson’s GroundhogGreg Nesteroff photo
Is spring coming or isn’t it? It’s the February guessing game in the West Kootenay as the snow is mixed with warm, sunny days. Last week these bikes in front of Sacred Ride provided a tease for what is in the future... but when?
The old Taghum bridge is seen in this ca. 1930s postcard view. The notion of building a pedestrian crossing on its pilings remains under consideration.
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The gift of getting around A Nelson woman is grateful for
the support of the Variety Club of B.C. in helping provide a special walker for her 2½ year old son.
Todd St. Pierre was born with bi-lateral perisylvian polymicrogyria, a rare genetic disorder that impairs his motor functions.
“It affects more than just his limbs, but his lower limbs are very weak,” says his mother Holly.
“His muscle and his fat tissue is intertwined, so he was very weak at birth.”
Todd isn’t able to stand on his own, but thanks to Kid Walk, a
“pediatric mobility system,” pur-chased with Variety’s help about six months ago, he’s in the process of learning to walk.
“The walker has a bicycle seat he sits on, and then puts pressure when he needs to,” St. Pierre says. “He’s got to push with his arms.
“He loves it. It gets him off the floor. Normally he’s crawling around, but this gets him upright. He sees things from a toddler’s view instead of on the ground all the time. He gets mobile.”
The walker is adjustable, so Todd will be able to continue using it as he grows.
St. Pierre says with the help of Todd’s occupational and physical
therapists, she approached Variety to help fund the walker, and they were “gracious enough to get us the money for it.”
The total cost of the walker was $4,543. Variety provided $2,195 while the Ministry of Children and Families funded the rest through its At Home program, which helps parents with the costs of caring for a disabled child.
The Variety Club’s 45th annual telethon goes from 7 p.m. Saturday through 6 p.m. Sunday on Global TV, hosted by the station’s news and weather personalities.
Last year’s show raised $7.4 mil-lion for kids with special needs and organizations that support children.
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NewsNelson and District Credit Union switch put on hold
The Big Switch has been delayed.
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day to upgrade to a new banking system.
But marketing
manager Tom At-kins says they’ve postponed it because
they don’t feel they’re ready.
“Our mission from the start was to be readiness driven, not date driven,” he ex-plains.
“We reviewed our readiness document, which is almost a thou-sand-point checklist, and there were a few issues that weren’t up to the standard we ex-pected.”
Atkins says those issues involved the Memberdirect mobile banking system and ATM point-of-sales. They didn’t want mem-bers to have problems following the conver-sion, so they decided to hold up.
“We’re expecting from the system pro-vider that a lot of these issues will be resolved in a couple of system upgrades over the next two months,” he says.
“We want minimal impact to the mem-
bership, so we’re go-ing to wait until we’re comfortable.”
No new date has been set for the change-over, but Atkins hopes it will be in two to four months.
He says they are actively working with several third-party providers who support home, telephone, and Internet banking, and trying to find a mutu-ally agreeable time to do the switch.
It will still happen over a weekend and require a closure of all branches.
“The process hasn’t changed, it’s just going to be a different four days,” Atkins says.
While they felt they did a good job alert-ing members to the transition and getting them ready for it, now they have to switch gears and advise them it’s not going to hap-pen just yet.
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Leafs pin hopes on Beesley
He may be flying solo in between the pipes, but Nelson Junior Leaf Marcus Beesley isn’t letting the pres-sure get to him as the team heads into its last weekend of regular season play.
“The more I play, the bet-ter I feel in the net,” he says. “So I’m actually pretty hap-py with the way things are.”
The 18-year-old rookie spent most of the season splitting ice time 50-50 with fellow newcomer Darren Hogg. But when Hogg in-jured his leg during a road trip game against the Gold-en Rockets in early January, Beesley found himself the sole defender of the Leafs’ net.
Since then he’s played 11 games straight, picking up five wins and six losses. And with Hogg now confirmed to be out for the rest of the season, he’s facing at least another half dozen — more if a playoff series with Bea-ver Valley goes the Leafs’ way.
But Beesley shrugs off any suggestion that being the Leafs’ lone goalie might be a lot to handle.
“I’m a guy that thrives on a lot of playing time,” he says. “Obviously I’m not happy that Hogg got hurt, but it’s an opportunity and I feel I’ve stepped in and done a pretty good job in his ab-sence.”
That’s not to say there haven’t been bumps in the road. When the two back rivets in Beesley’s skate popped out during a home game against the Kelowna Chiefs, Trail midget goalie Jeremy Mandoli stepped
into the net long enough for him to perform some quick first aid. But minutes later Beesley was back to contin-ue the game with his blade taped in place.
And, he admits, there is “a little bit” more riding on his performance in net now.
“I’ve pretty much got to hold the team in there, and it’s a lot on my shoulders. But I’m pretty much used to it and I thrive in that kind of situation,” he adds.
There are also side ben-efits. With playoffs starting next week, Beesley says he’s looking forward to being
“the guy in net every night. I should be as much fun in the KI as it was in minor hockey.”
The Leafs play their final home game of the regular season Saturday against the Creston Valley Thunder Cats at 7 p.m. at the Nelson and District Community Complex.
Playoffs begin Febru-ary 14, with an away game on the Beaver Valley Nite-hawks’ turf. The series shifts back to Nelson for games three and four next Friday and Saturday at the Nelson and District Community Complex.
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SportsLeague Standings
As of February 8Neil Murdoch DivisionTEAM GP W L T OTL PCastlegar 48 41 7 0 0 82Beaver Valley 48 31 13 1 3 66Nelson 48 24 21 0 3 51Spokane 50 21 26 1 2 45Grand Forks 48 7 40 0 1 15
Eddie Mountain DivisionTEAM GP W L T OTL PFernie 48 41 5 0 2 84Creston Valley 48 25 18 3 2 55Golden 49 22 25 0 2 46Kimberley 48 17 27 2 2 38Columbia Val. 49 10 35 0 4 24
Okanagan DivisionTEAM GP W L T OTL POsoyoos 48 40 2 2 4 86Kelowna 48 24 21 1 2 51Princeton 48 16 26 3 3 38Penticton 48 11 36 0 1 23
Doug Birks DivisionTEAM GP W L T OTL PRevelstoke 48 38 9 0 1 77Kamloops 48 24 22 0 2 50Sicamous 48 16 26 1 4 38N. Okanagan 48 18 28 1 1 38
Upcoming GamesFriday, February 11
Nelson at Creston ValleyKamloops at RevelstokeSicamous at PrincetonKelowna at Penticton
Beaver Valley at CastlegarGrand Forks at Golden
Kimberley at FernieNorth Okanagan at Osoyoos
Saturday, February 12Creston Valley at Nelson, NDCC 7 p.m.
Princeton at PentictonKelowna at Sicamous
North Okanagan at RevelstokeOsoyoos at Kamloops
Castlegar at Beaver ValleyFernie at Kimberley
Grand Forks at Columbia ValleyEND OF REGULAR SEASON
Nelson Leafs LeadersAs of February 10
PLAYER Position GP G A PColton Schell Forward 47 17 31 48Joel Stewart Forward 42 20 25 45Gavin Currie Forward 33 17 26 43Marcus Dahl Forward 43 10 18 28Riley Henderson Defence 40 4 21 25Cody Abbey Forward 30 16 7 23Taylor O’Neil Defence 48 6 15 21Braeden Hikichi Defence 46 6 15 21Patrick Martens Forward 44 13 8 21Jeff Hodgkinson Forward 39 9 10 19Dustin Johnson Forward 14 8 10 18Connor Enright Forward 45 6 9 15Cam Dobransky Forward 36 3 12 15
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With the season-ending injury to his goaltending partner confirmed, Junior B rookie now the last line of defence for Nelson as the regular season winds down and playoffs begin next week
ANDREA KLASSENNelson Star Reporter
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At the start of the season Leafs rookie goaltender Marcus Beesley was sharing duties with fellow freshman Darren Hogg. In early January Hogg sustained a season-ending leg injury which has thrust the 18-year-old Prince George native into the number one spot.
“Obviously I’m not happy that Hogg
got hurt, but it’s an opportunity and I feel I’ve stepped in and done a
pretty good job in his absence.”Marcus BeesleyLeafs Goaltender
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Post season arrivesThe payoff for six months
of practice and preparation starts this weekend as Nel-son’s rep teams head into the West Kootenay playoffs.
All three rep teams will tangle with squads from around the area with shots at a provincial champion-ship for those who survive the next couple weeks.
Here’s a look at how the teams break down…
PEE WEE REPIt’s a tale of two teams
evenly matched. When Nel-son takes on the combined Rossland/Trail/Beaver Val-ley team starting Saturday afternoon at the Nelson and District Community Com-plex, few will be able to pre-dict an outcome.
“They should be close,” says head coach Ron Podg-orenko of the upcoming games. “Our goaltending has been a strength this year and they have been able to steal games. If that happens and our second year players come alive like they have of late then we have a pretty good chance.”
Podgorenko describes this season’s edition of pee wee rep as small and young. Consistency has been a problem all season long, but the team has shown signs that they could contend for a provincial title.
“When they want to play, they can play against any-body,” says Podgorenko. “We’ve beat some pretty good teams in tournaments from much bigger associa-tions, so we have the poten-tial.”
Nelson’s season record against the Trail team is 2-2 with all games being close.
Like all West Kootenay rep playoff series, the pee wee set will be the first team to four points. The winner of the series gains a berth in the Tier II provincials which are being held in Al-dergrove in late March.
Game one starts at 12:45 p.m. Saturday at the NDCC and game two will be played in Trail on February 19. If needed, a third game will be played on February 20 at the NDCC.
BANTAM REPThere will be few surpris-
es when the Nelson ban-tams take to the ice against Castlegar Friday night at the NDCC.
“It will be very physical,” says bantam head coach Jeff Hunt. “We’ve seen a lot of this team in regular sea-son, exhibition and tourna-ments… there’s no escaping them. There is certainly a bit of rivalry that has been established.”
Coming into the series Nelson has to be consid-ered the favourite. The lo-cals won the West Kootenay bantam rep regular season banner with a 10-2-0 record. Castlegar and Spokane both finished with 3-7-2 records.
Because Spokane can’t vie for a provincial title, it will be the Kootenay neigh-bours battling it out to see who gets the Tier III ban-tam berth.
“If our kids play well then they will enjoy some success,” Hunt says of the series. “But Castlegar is a good team, they are physi-cal and have a couple really talented kids.”
Nelson has been plagued by injury and illness for much of the season. Ear-lier this week was only the second time this season the coaching staff had every kid at practice.
“We’re a bit of a unique beast,” Hunt says when asked to describe his team. “We have two great goalten-ders who can win us games.
We have a really strong de-fence and forwards with a lot of energy.”
Game one starts tonight at 6 p.m. at the NDCC. Game two will be played in Castlegar on Saturday night and if required game three will be back at the Complex on Sunday starting at 12:15 p.m.
The Tier III bantam pro-vincials are being held in Smithers in late March.
MIDGET REPWearing the underdog
mantle, the combined Nel-son/Castlegar Midget Reps will attempt to knock off a powerhouse Trail/Rossland/Beaver Valley team.
“We’ve played them twice during the season and have lost both times,” says midg-et coach Tony Maida. “But I think we are going to come a little more prepared for the playoffs.”
At the start of the 2010-11 season, low numbers in both Nelson and Castlegar forced an amalgamation which in turn bumped the locals to the more competi-tive Tier II provincial status. But with the pressure of Junior B and Midget AAA hockey in the area, there were few alternatives.
“That’s the biggest chal-lenge for midget rep, but with the guys I have on this team it’s been great,” says Maida. “They are commit-ted all year coming to prac-tices… it’s not always easy at this age with some of them
having full time jobs and school.”
Another challenge at the outset was combining a team made up of players who battled hard against each other throughout their earlier minor hockey ca-reers.
“It’s gone really well right from the start,” says Maida. “We had a parent/player meeting first thing and I asked everybody to put their past differences aside. They have done that and it’s been excellent.”
Heading into the post season, the Nelson/Castle-gar team sports an overall record of just below .500 in exhibition, league and tour-nament play. If they hope to get a shot at the best in Salmon Arm in late March, they will have to play their best hockey of the season.
“They’re [Trail] a very strong team and have some very skilled players that can put the puck in the net. I’m hoping we can compete with them and we will outwork them,” Maida says. “The last couple games we have played the boys have really showed up. So if we play our game then we have a pretty good chance.”
The series is tentatively scheduled to open on Feb-ruary 22 at the Nelson Dis-trict and Community Com-plex starting at 5 p.m. The game is dependent upon the Nelson Junior Leafs’ playoff fortunes and may have to be changed.
Minor Hockey Rep Playoffs Begin this Weekend
BOB HALLNelson Star Editor
Nelson pee wee rep defenceman Merissa Dawson rushes the puck up the ice in action earlier this season. All three Nelson rep teams will lay it on the line starting this weekend when playoffs begin.
Jeff Godfrey photo
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Jesus loves you. Everyone else thinks you’re an idiot.” I had to laugh.The t-shirt logo conveyed at least one simple and profound truth – Jesus loves you.
The theologian, Karl Barth, was once asked to sum up all his writings. He thought for a moment and then responded with the popular Sunday School song, “Jesus loves me, this I know, for the Bible tells me so.”
And yet the words ‘Jesus loves you’ still seem flimsy to me. Perhaps it’s because of the churchy overuse of the phrase and the sickly sentimentality that is often found in our worship songs.
Or, perhaps it’s because of a cultural overuse of ‘love’. So much of what passes for love in pop-culture is self-centred, needy and narcissistic. It lacks depth and power. It is mushy and fickle and not very attractive.Switchfoot, classed as “Alternative Rock” by iTunes, sings a song titled, “Do You Love Me Enough to Let Me Go.” The song reflects the dance of love and the letting go that is essential to the rhythm of healthy relationships.
The lead singer, Jon Foreman, had this to say about the song: In our bar code media, love is often portrayed as consumption. As consumers in a commercial driven culture we can begin to view other souls as objects, or potential cures for our deepest fears and insecurities. “Perhaps if I found the right lover I would no longer feel this deep existential despair.” But of course no human soul could be the Constant Other, the face that will never go away. Only the infinite can fill that role. But the silence can be deafening. It’s a fearful thing to be alone. . .”I can’t live without you”- “I would die if you ever left me”- These are not the songs of love, these are the songs of consumption.
For Jesus, love means learning to let go. He let go of status, control, safety and his own life to show his love. And he calls us to do the same. When he said, “Whoever loves his life will lose it” I sense that he was referring to that kind of narcissistic self-love that refuses to let go for fear of being alone. Yet, it is only in letting go that we are able to feel the strong embrace of God. It is only in letting go that we are able to embrace one another.
Like a good parent, God loves us enough to let us go - free to doubt, and make our own mistakes and go our own way. And also free to believe and turn around and return to our Creator who loves us and who doesn’t think we’re idiots.
Contact Jennifer if you would like to see your place of worship on the
Churches of Nelson Page.Printed every Friday in the Nelson
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Churches of Nelson
CATHOLIC CHURCHCATHEDRAL OF MARY IMMACULATE
813 Ward Street 352-7131
Sunday Mass Times:
Parish office open weekday [email protected] www.catholiccathedralnelson.ca
Loving Jesus, Loving People, Transforming Lives
Saturdays at 6:30 pm Sundays at 9:30 am Pastor Arden Gustafson Pastor Chris Wiens
Sundays at 9:30 am Pastor Jason Ashley
Sundays at 10:00 am Pastor Jesse Lerch
www.ecov.org
The Salvation ArmyNelson Community Church
Sunday Worship Serviceat 11:00 am
Everyone is WelcomeYour Pastors:
Majors Robin and Yvonne Borrows(New to Nelson)
250 551 4986 601 Vernon Street (Middle Level)
A Friendly Bible Centre Church
623 Gordon Rd. Nelson BC V1L 5X6
10:00am Service: “Jesus Speaks To His Church” 6:00pm Service: “The Bait of Satan”
Refreshments are served after the service(Affiliated with the Pentecostal Assemblies of Canada)
Letting GoBy Rev. Scott SimpsonFirst Baptist Church
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
www.stsavioursnelson.org
First Baptist Church611 Fifth Street 250-352-3212
Worship Service: 10:00 amPastor: Rev. Scott Simpson
Check out our new website:
First Baptist Church
fbcnelson.ca
Nelson Seventh-day Adventist Church
1502 Granite Rd., Tel (250) 352-6102 – nelsonadventistchurch.org
Saturdays:
10:00am Family Bible Study11:00am Worship Service12:30pm Fellowship Lunch (vegetarian)1:30pm Prayer Ministry
“Come now, and let us reason together, says the LORD.”Isaiah 1:18
Join us each Sabbath for Bible study, prayer and Christ-centred worship in a spirit of true Christian fellowship.
NelsonUnitedChurch
All are welcomeNursery Room AvailableSunday School (ages 4 and up)
Nelson United Church
602 Silica Street, Nelson BC V1L 4N1
Ministers: David Boyd, Christine Dudley
Sunday Worship Gathering: 10:00 am
This Week:The Season of Epiphany and Light“From the Heart”
Valentine Coffee Party - Church HallFriday, February 11, 10 a.m.-NoonCoffee and Goodies; Baking and Book sales
Unity Centre of the Kootenays
905 Gordon Rd (IHA Bldg., back door)
Sunday 11:00 amThis week:
Darlene GieslerHealing Herbs
Everyone Welcome!
It is with great sorrow that we announce that after a long couregous battle with cancer, Maureen Palmer passed away on February 4, 2011 at the Hospice House in Kelowna, BC. Maureen leaves behind her husband Alan of 37 years, her daughter Bridget, granddaughter Callie, grandson Seth, step-daughter Cristie and her
family, and was predeceased by her daughter Tammy in 1987. Maureen was born in Nelson on September 23,
1948. Maureen and Alan were married March 2, 1974 and purchased a trucking company from his father, Star Transfer
Ltd, that year. She worked for School District #7 as a secretary for several years as well being the bookkeeper for Star Transfer Ltd. Maureen and Alan sold their business in 1997. Upon retirement they started a new journey in life as travelers. In the winter time, they became snowbirds as they traveled throughout the Arizona and California deserts. She had favourite places within the desert that they would go to almost annually. During the summer months, they found themselves traveling throughout beautiful British Columbia as they camped, boated, and golfed with family and friends. She treasured her daughter and grandchildren and spent as much time as possible with Bridget, Callie, and Seth. Her hobbies were family, skiing, curling, boating, and golf.
At Maureen’s request there will a Celebration of Life on Saturday, May 21, 2011 at 3p.m. at The Hume Hotel in Nelson. Cremation has taken place. In lieu of flowers, donations may be made to the BC Cancer Foundation.
We wish to thank our family and friends for all their support and prayers throughout her battle with cancer and now in our time of sorrow.
Maureen PalmerSeptember 23, 1948-February 4, 2011
Tanner and Zakary are thrilled to announce the arrival of their sister,
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Request for Proposals – Know Your Watershed Phase 2 Delivery: Water Stewardship Education. Deadline February 25, 2011 at 4:00 p.m. MST. Contact Charlene Desrochers at [email protected].
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Castlegar Toyota is looking for an Accountant to join our team.
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The family of Molly Terekoff wish to express their appreciation for the care she received at Mt. Lake Srs. Community, Thompson Funeral Home, the pall bearers cemetery workers, the Legion Ladies Auxiliary for providing the lunch, and to all those who sent flowers, cards, and comforting words. A special thank you to Elizabeth Planidin for all her help and for officiating the service. Connie (Bob) Bush and Family
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SCHOOL DISTRICT NO. 8 (KOOTENAY LAKE). INVITA-TION TO PARENTS & STU-DENTS. FRENCH IMMER-SION INFORMATION NIGHTWednesday, February 16, 2011, 7:00 p.m. Trafalgar Mid-dle School Library
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VENDORS WANTED for the Creston Valley Trade Show. April 15 & 16, 2011. 8x10 Booth $300. [email protected]
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FOUND: 4 keys on ring with a clip clasp on 500 block of Ward Street. Feb 8. Please call 250-352-1708 to collect.
LOST: CROSS COUNTRY SKIS Wed. Jan 26th at hitch-ing spot in Nelson on road to Salmo. Call 250-352-6164
MISSING: GOLD JEWELRY18K. 9 items including 1 watch, 2 brooches, 2 brace-lets, 2 necklaces, 1 pin & 1 photo of family member in gold case. All have great senti-mental value! If found please drop off at the Nelson Star of-fi ce, 514 Hall St, Nelson. No questions asked. REWARD.
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Hair Stylist, FT perm position. Great position to jump start your career. Easy to build clientele, Invermere B.C. Leave message 250-342-9863
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Basic Chainsaw Operator Training- 2011.
The BC Forest Safety Council’s basic chainsaw op-erator course provides hands-on training to everyone from new to experienced chainsaw operators. Learn how to safely maintain and handle a chain-saw for most non-falling appli-cations. Key topics covered in-clude creating a personal safety plan, chain sharpening, identifying tension and binds and how to safely make your cuts. This two-day course is endorsed by the BC Forest Safety Council and provides participants with training and competency evaluation in a form acceptable to WorkSa-feBC.
Numerous sessions of chain-saw training are scheduled around the province starting in April, 2011. To learn more and to obtain an enrollment form, visit our website atwww.bcforestsafe.org or call toll free 1-877-741-1060, Mon-day to Friday, 8am – 5pm.
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AdvoCare is currently lookingfor casual Care Aides at our Nelson care centre location. SOME PERMANENT LINESAVAILABLE. For minimum requirements and experience please see our website atw w w. a d vo c a r e h e a l t h . c o m under Employment Opportu-nities. To apply send resumes to: [email protected] or by fax to 250-352-2665.
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Education/TutoringFrench tutoring:L’Association des Francophones des Koote-nays Ouest. Private/group les-sons & homework tutoring. All levels, competitive rates. Call AFKO 250-352-3516 or email [email protected]
French Tutor: need to im-prove French in school? Plan-ning a trip? Interested in con-versation? Any age/level. Call Estelle 250-777-1533 or email [email protected]
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Services
Household Services
A-1 FURNACE & Air Duct Cleaning. Complete Fur-nace/Air Duct Systems cleaned & sterilized. Locally owned & operated. 1-800-565-0355 (Free estimates)
Misc Services
ORCA TRUCKS FOR HIRE: Will do dump runs, moving etc. Call Patrick, 250-505-0612.
Pets & Livestock
Feed & Hay
ALL TYPES of hay for sale! all in medium squares (3x4x8). For all your Dairy, Horse, Feeder Hay needs, visit www.hubkahay.com or call Cale @ 403-635-0104. Deliv-ery available and Min order is a semi-load.
Pets
German Shepherd Puppieshttp://[email protected]
250-442-8070
Merchandise for Sale
Food Products
BUTCHER SHOPBC INSPECTED
GRADED AA OR BETTERLOCALLY GROWNNATURAL BEEF
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Quarters/Halves$2.05/lb Hanging Weight
Extra Lean Hamburger $3/lbTARZWELL FARMS
250-428-4316 Creston
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HOT TUB (SPA) COVERS. Best price. Best quality. All shapes & colours available. 1-866-652-6837 www.thecoverguy.com
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WHEELCHAIR: MWC-Orion II 2014 Full tilt manual. Clean, fully functional, mint condition. Includes optional padded foot plates, extra padded seat cushion & head rest. Used for 5 months. New was over $3000. Asking $1650. Pierce 250-354-1944.
Heavy Duty Machinery
Sporting GoodsSkis for sale: 170 cm Volkl Kiku. Freeride bindings, like new. $900 obo. 250-319-3648
Mobile Homes & Parks
2011 CANADIAN Dream Home 3 bed/2 bath, 1512 sqft, CSA-Z240 $109,950 includes delivery and set up in lower BC, 877-976-3737 or 509-481-9830 http://www.hbmodular.co m/images/email_jan2.jpg
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Apt/Condo for RentNelson, Lower Fairview, 3 bdrm, avail Mar. 1. $1100/mo. Clean, spacious, lower duplex. Call 250-825-9537
WANT a life style change? 100 Mile House welcomes you. Cariboo Garden Apt. Bright, clean, 1 block from hospital and shopping, seniors welcome. Willing to help fi re victims. 1bdrm. $550/mo. 2bdrm. $650/mo. (1-250)395-0809 or (1-250)395-0168
Apartment Furnished
Six Mile 1bdrm furnished suites, N/P,N/S. $750 utilities incl,monthly.250-825-9421
Commercial/Industrial
4800 sq ft. Commercial space with parking, above bowling alley. Ph 250-551-5035
Rentals
Commercial/Industrial
Beautiful downtown profes-sional /offi ce building for lease, 601 Kootenay St. 825-9932
Homes for Rent
Winlaw area, newer cottage. Quiet valley views, suits 2 people. $775. 250-226-0034.www.merryproperties.com
Suites, Upper
Nelson, downtown. 2 bed-room suite. W/D, N/S, N/P. $950/mo + util. Avail immedi-ately. 250-825-9498
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Auto Financing
Cars - Domestic
MUST SELL our blue 08 Pon-tiac Wave 4-door, auto., lease buy back, $2700. below retail. 55 mpg. hwy. No tax. $8200. 250-265-4419.
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Cars - Sports & Imports
Subaru Legacy 2001 AllWheel Drive with only 105,000km’s FOR SALE - $9,900. Ex-cellent condition... only high-way driven... includes roofracks, winter and summertires, rubber mats (even for theback), power locks, windowsand mirrors.Call 250-352-2449 to see.
Scrap Car Removal
SCRAP BATTERIES WANTED We buy scrap batteries from
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Landlord seizure and intentto sell 1976 Puritan travel trail-er VIN 38477612. Colour:white. Registered owner: Port-er, Brin Lee, 822 Sixth St.,Nelson BC, V1L 2Z1. Current-ly abandoned. Intent to sellMarch 13, 2011 in Nelson, Me-lectra Enterprises Ltd. C/O PObox 336 V1L 5R2. Contact Ka-ryn Shaundell, property man-ager, or Tiffany Underwood250-505-5042.
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433 Josephine St.Nelson, BC V1L 1W4Ph. 250.352.2100 Fax 250.352.6888
To view these and other listings please go to:www.nelsonrealty.caDave Gentles
250.354.8225Burke Jones
250.354.8515John Knox
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SALMO RURAL renovated 4 bd starter home. .41 ac Level/fenced/gardens. Workshop Quick Possession. $199,900. Call Burke Jones.
PRIVATE .42 ac south of Nelson. 2 bd Mobile, addition & 2 garages. $249,900. Call Burke Jones.
6-MILE Great Starter home on .38 ac. 3 bd, 3 bt. Deck. Suite possible. $299,000. Call David Gentles.
YMIR - 4 bd 2 bt home on spacious lot. Many upgrades. Ready to move into! $299,000. Call Burke Jones.
UPHILL 1.5 storey home. Lots of improvements Corner Lot. In-law suite. $300,000. Call Burke Jones.
HERITAGE LODGE. circa 1920. Majestic 8 bd 6 bt, w/ suite. Maintained Heritage thru-out. Lake views. Treed & private 3.43 Ac. $995,000. Call David Gentles.
DUPLEX Each unit is 1000 sf. A 3 bd & a 2 bd. Easy to rent. Close to downtown. $329,000. Call David Gentles
NEW 1/2 duplex. Quality construction, open concept 3 bd 3 bt. Full basement. $329,000 ea. HST incl. Call John Knox.
UPPER KASLO Beautifully expanded spacious open 3+ bd home. Garage, deck & bonus room. $356,000. Call David Gentles.
UPHILL RANCHER 3 bd 2 bt. Level lot. Fenced. Bachelor suite potential. $359,000. Call David Gentles.
KRESTOVA 7.9 Acres. Level/fenced. Private treed setting. 3 bd 1 bt home. $365,000. Call Burke Jones.
TOAD MOUNTAIN LOG Exquisite home on 2.77 ac. Separate garage, Lake views. Suite. $569,900. Call John Knox.
COMMERCIAL ZONING Heritage home conversion near downtown core. $355,000. Call David Gentles.
HEDDLE ROAD Executive quality & style. Open design. 5 bd 3 bt. 2yr old. Garage & shop to buy for. 1.26 level acres. $725,000. Call Burke Jones
MIRROR LAKE Gambrel style 3 bd 2 bt. Great views. .86 ac. $360,000. Call David Gentles.
LONGBEACH 4-level split. Spacious 4 bd, deck, gardens, garage. Private 1/2 ac. $389,000. Call David Gentles
KAYS RD. 2,012 sf 3bd 2bt Rancher on 2.46 private acres. Separate Shop. $424,900. Call David Gentles.
POPOU RD 4.96 private ac. 3bd 3bt. Elevator, Shop, Garage. 2bd Mobile. $425,000. Call Burke Jones.
UPHILL Pride of ownership!! Classic decor. 3bd 3bt walk-up. Quick possession. Suite potential. $490,000. Call David Gentles.
FORT SHEPPARD Unique frame & log design. Upgraded 4bd 3bt. 3 levels. Views. Huge decks. $549,000. Call David Gentles.
VIEW RIDGE Elegant timber frame. Detailed with consideration to style & beauty thru-out. 2 1/2 storey open design. + Full bsmnt. 2+ private acres. $919,000. Call David Gentles
FAIRVIEW Two bdrm starter home on 60 x 110 corner lot. Potential!! $249,000. Call David Gentles.
CLASSIC CHARACTER HOME 5bd 3bt 2 storey. Uphill. Legal 1 bd suite. Dble corner view lot. $579,000. Call John Knox
WATERFRONT. 55’ level beach, 2 storey home, foreshore lease & marina. $599,000. Vacant adjoining lot with 52’ of waterfront available for $374, 900. Call Burke Jones.
KENIRIS RD. Straw Bale on 3.29 acres. Custom features thru-out. $599,900. Call John Knox.
BALFOUR 5.91 wooded ac. 1500 sf private home. Huge 30x60 shop. $679,000. Call Burke Jones.
SLOCAN RIVER FRONT @ PASSMORECustom 2100 sf Rancher. Level 1.48 ac. 1600 sf garage. All in-floor heat. Wheelchair access. $689,900. Call Burke Jones.
KOOTENAY LAKE Waterfront @ 17 mile. Spacious bungalow, in-door pool. .80 ac w/ 125 ft sandy beach & new deep water dock. $699,000. Call John Knox.
SLOCAN RIVER RD. Pristine 83 acres @ Cougar Bluffs. Private wilderness. $374,900. Call Burke Jones.
COMMERCIAL SITE @ six-mile. Income Producing. 2 buildings. fenced compound. $499,000. Call Burke Jones.
BOSUN’S REACH. A pristine development of private acreages above Slocan Lake near New Denver. Sizes range from 4 to 35 acres. 13 available parcels. Priced from $700,000 + HST. Call John Knox.
BONNINGTON 1.58 acres on Brown Rd. Treed, South facing.Close to Park. $149,900. Call David Gentles.
SALMO 3.57 level ac a stone’s throw from the Salmo River. RV & outbuildings. $175,000. No HST. Call David Gentles.
SPROULE CREEK/TAGHUM 4 bd 3 bt, full basement. Suite potential. .83 ac. $434,900. Call David Gentles.
NORTH SHORE Lake view .47 ac building lot. UG services. Great Value. $110,000. No HST. Call David Gentles.
SLOCAN PARK 5 mostly level acres. 4bd home, 1bd suite, large shop. Central location. $429,900. Call Burke Jones.
TURN KEY BUSINESS Outstanding opportunity to own a successful & well established SEARS outlet in Castlegar. Call John Knox.
COMMERCIAL LAND & BUILDING. 1.78 acres. 11,750 sq.ft. well- maintained building. $749,000. Call David Gentles.
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Community
DatelineFebruary 1, 1938
Alderman T.H. Waters of the Nelson City Council would like
to see the people of Nelson embark on a housing plan which would fill the need for a larger number of modern, reasonably priced residences. He pointed out that while the Home Improvement Plan inaugurated by the Domin-ion Government proved a huge success, the Dominion Housing scheme had failed, particularly as far as the smaller towns are concerned. With the object of getting something started for the coming building season, the more particularly as dispatch-es indicate that Ottawa would like to see $18 million spent in British Columbia on new homes, and is willing to play its part towards that end, Ald. Waters will raise the question at tonight’s Council meeting.
DatelineFebruary 2, 1938
The Nelson Maple Leafs pulled out of the dol-drums Tuesday night
with the finest exhibition of team play that Nelson hockey fans have seen in two years. It was Rossland’s tough luck that they met Nelson on this particular night, for the Leafs produced combination that positively sparkled and the Miners were simply hapless victims in the 14-1 count. Fighting all the way, Miners were checked off their feet at every turn and even when it appeared that they had open
breaks behind a packed Nel-son attack, one of the Leafs inevitably speeded up to rob them of the puck or spoil their shot. On top of it all goalie Bill McKay was “on,” and was taking everything that came his way.
DatelineFebruary 4, 1938
British Columbia’s grant-in-aid from the federal government has
been reduced to 30 per cent of the Province’s relief costs. The new Government agree-ment, in essence, revives the old plan by making a strict definition between those who are destitute because they simply cannot get a job and those who are destitute because they cannot work. The general tendency would be to place ordinary indigents back in the category they were in before the depres-sion as an outright municipal responsibility. Prior to the relief system being set up in 1930 municipalities, by statute, were required to look after their poor and destitute, but the load became impos-sible when thousands became destitute because of unem-ployment.
DatelineFebruary 12, 1938
The keys to the City of Nelson have been thrown away. It’s open
house — carnival weekend — the winter holiday of the district — and the fun that began with the “Gold Rush” fun festival of the Junior
Board of Trade at the Civic Centre was just the fore-taste of the fun in store this weekend. Incomplete figures Friday night indicated at least 350 had taken advantage of low fares offered by railway and bus companies from district points to Nelson. Prime attraction tonight is the Kimberley-Nelson hockey game, the second appear-ance of the World Champion Dynamiters on Nelson ice this season. Nelson Curling Club has declared open hours for visitors and visitors who wish to go skating Sunday afternoon may go to the rink as guests of members of the Nelson Skating Club. Num-bers of skiers will play host at the club’s magnificent ski runs at the golf course.
DatelineFebruary 23, 1938
Definite steps prepara-tory to the laying of gas lines to Fairview
and in sounding out the atti-tude of Fairview residents to-wards the introduction of the system will be made by the gas committee of the Nelson City Council. An estimate as to the cost of installation had been forwarded by the City Gas Department, but was not given out. The Department will also forward to Fairview residents the estimates as to the cost of installing pipes from the property edge into the owner’s home, a cost to be borne by the homeowner.
Touchstones of Nelson – Greg Scott
Housing plan hatched
West Kootenay Career and Job Fair on tap
Selkirk College and Koo-tenay Business magazine are teaming up to host the annual Career and Job Fair. The 2011 Career and Job Fair will be held Wednesday, February 23 at Selkirk’s Castlegar campus.
“We are looking forward to this year’s career fair,” said Amy Kinakin, the educational recruitment co-ordinator at Selkirk College.
“Given that it has been a success over the last num-
ber of years, we have be able to build on that success with more businesses participating and more students and people attending.”
At the 2010 event, over 250 attendees visited the main campus of Selkirk College to learn about the various ca-reers offered by businesses and organizations representing a diverse assortment of indus-tries, from the service sector to health care.
An additional benefit to the expo is that it brings compa-nies into the Kootenay job
market, as opposed to tryingto attract workers from otherareas of the province or Can-ada.
“They are targeting studentsthat know the Kootenay areaand who want to live here,”said Kinakin.
“That will benefit employ-ers in terms of retention be-cause they won’t have to bringin someone from outside justto find that they are not goingto want to live here.”
The fair runs from 11 a.m.to 4 p.m. For more informa-tion call 1-800-663-8555.
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Children programs strengthened
Community
CARF International announced that Koote-nay Kids Society has been accredited for a pe-riod of three years for its family place resource centre programs, childcare resource and refer-ral programs, care to learn childcare centre, and governance.
“I am delighted to see Kootenay Kids achieve this level of professional evaluation” says Mary Walters, a longtime Kootenay Kids employee who runs the society’s regional childcare re-source and referral program.
“For me, accreditation was an exercise in or-ganizational development and team building and the result is that Kootenay Kids now shown that we deliver services to the highest standards and operate the organization on an accountable and reliable level. I have to thank a strong and dedicated Kootenay Kids team who worked dil-igently over the last two years to prepare for this important achievement,” says Stephanie Fischer, outgoing executive director, who is welcoming Valerie Warmington, incoming executive direc-tor for Kootenay Kids.
This is the first accreditation that the inter-national accrediting body has awarded to the society. This accreditation decision represents the highest level of accreditation that can be awarded to an organization and shows the or-ganization’s substantial conformance to the CARF standards. An organization receiving a three-year accreditation has put itself through a rigorous peer review process and has demon-strated to a team of surveyors during an on-site visit that its programs and services are of the highest quality, measurable, and accountable.
Kootenay Kids Society is a nonprofit orga-nization with its office at 312 Silica Street.
It has been providing family, child and care-giver services in Nelson and the region since 1986.
CARF is an independent, nonprofit accred-iting body whose mission is to promote the quality, value, and optimal outcomes of servic-es through a consultative accreditation process that centers on enhancing the lives of the per-sons served. Founded in 1966 as the Commis-sion on Accreditation of Rehabilitation Facili-ties, and now known as CARF, the accrediting body establishes consumer-focused standards to help organizations measure and improve the quality of their programs and services.
Kootenay Kids Society
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The gang at Kootenay Kids celebrates the CARF accreditation.
New to Town?Then let us welcome you to town with our greetings basket that also includes information about your new community.
Have you had a new baby? Then let us know as we have a special gift basket for your new baby.
Call us at 250-352-6095 or 250-825-4743 or 250-825-0008 www.homesforanimals.com
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250.352.7178520 C Falls Street
Nelson, BC Above Savoy
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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
We Love Your Pets & They love Us!www.nelsonvet.com
Second Chance Animal Shelter250.352.2228
www.secondchanceadoption.com
MISTY & TINY: The world’s two most child-friendly kitties (8 months old) that have ever lived. They love being held, petted and just being around us. They settled in very quickly (within a few days) into their foster home with 3 other cats, a large dog and 2 children. They were reluctantly surrendered by a family that moved and were notable to take them. These sisters are a lovely pair and will need to be adopted together.
EMERSON (and his buddy Loki, see below) came to KAAP from a very loving home. He is a smallish 2year old neutered male with the same baby face he had as a kitten. Emerson is a funny, entertaining tuxedo boy. He gets along GREAT with other cats and loves most dogs. He is fine with kids too. Emerson has always been an indoor cat and is content to find a spot up high where he can chill, and watch over everybody.
LOKI This stunning silvery-brown fluffy tabby has the brightest green eyes. Loki will be 2 years old in April and has lived his life so far as a gypsy. Now, through KAAP he is now looking for his forever home where he can have some peace and stability. He loves to be petted, and to sleep with you on the bed. He’s a very well-behaved boy,doesn’t jump up on the counter. Loki is buddies with Emerson (also on this site), but can be adopted separately.
ALLY was a young female stray in Fernie, who was brought to Nelson in August for a better life. Instead she spent over 2 months in a cage. Ally is a beautiful cat. Her green eyes are unbelievable, and her dark torti coat has the most beautiful colours. Ally is fearful and timid but this cat is worth saving. She needs patient home where she can take her time in becoming someone’s loving pet. If you would like to meet her, we can arrange a visit in her foster home.
HIS NIBBS is a lively, friendly 7 month old, neutered tabby boy. He is very curious, loves to hunt and retrieve. Needless to say he should prove to be a great mouser. Here is His Nibbs with hissister Isabel (Izzy) in this picture. Izzy is also for adoption. As siblings they get along just great,and would love to go to a home together, but they can also be adopted individually.
PENGUIN is a 7 month old neutered male with medium length fur. He is very loving, purrs loudly, and loves to play alone or with his buddies. Penguin will most certainly make a good mouser, although you might have to turn off the TV to get his attention -- he really enjoys a good cooking show.
LOKI
Ally
Emerson
His Nibs
PenguinWe will have kittens and puppies at KAAP’s adoption
clinic this Sunday afternoon at Streetclothes Named
Desire, 498 Baker St, Nelson, from 1 – 3 pm. Come
visit!Also check our website www.homesforanimals.
com to view all of our adoptable pets.
The best Valentine you’ll ever receive is probably waiting for you in a KAAP foster home.During February, we will adopt a pair of our cats/teenagers, for one adoption fee ($115). This in no way begins to cover the costs of spay/neuter, and vaccinations, but
our priority is to get these kitties into loving homes. Please help!
Misty & Tiny
Valhalla Path Realty
280 Baker St., Nelson, BC(250)354-4089
www.valhallapathrealty.com
Yara Chard250.354.3382
James Loeppky250.509.0804
Robert Goertz250.354.8500
Lev Zaytsoff250.354.8443
Norm Zaytsoff250.354.8584
Wayne Germaine250.354.2814
[email protected]$79,900
PRIVATE BUILDING LOTThis 1 acre building lot is within walking distance to Winlaw community. It offers treed privacy while being a part of a rural subdivision. There are many opportunities to access the beauty and recreation in the valley just minutes from your doorstep. Call Yara or visit www.NelsonLocal.com
$199,900
BEAUTIFULLY RE-MODELLED TOWNHOMEThis wonderful tidy home includes a lovely new maple kitchen, quality laminate floors throughout, new bathrooms, fresh paint and newer windows. With over 1300 sq. ft. there are 3 bedrooms and 1½ bathrooms. A private location with a wonderful yard. Quick possession available.Call Wayne
$410,000
STYLISH FAMILY HOMEOffered far below assessed value, this five-year-old home offers a unique design, great floor plan and stunning lake views all within 10 mins of Nelson. The home is thoughtfully constructed with a family in mind from a large living room and kitchen to a floor plan which will work for any family. This will not last long. Call Norm or Lev
$309,900
CLOSE TO DOWNTOWN WITH SUITELocated across from St. Joseph’s Elementary, this character filled 3-bed, 2-bath home has many upgrades including a spacious, newer kitchen and ample master bedroom with skylight. There is an original construction kitchen on the upper floor with separate entrance from a shared foyer making for easy suite potential. Fully insulated with 200 amp upgrade and a new forced air furnace, this home is good value and well worth looking at. Call James
$289,900
A FOUR SEASON PARADISEDiscover your own piece of paradise. An acre of flat usable land with 75 meters of waterfront just a short boat trip from Nelson. Whether you are looking for a place to build your dream home or for that magical recreation property, this is it! Call Robert
LEAVE THE WORLD BEHIND (DAILY)First time on the market. 45 magnificent acres in Blewett overlooking the Kootenay River. Same owners for 3 generations. No logging in recent history. Many remarkable building sites. Ideal for development or a group purchase. One of the last properties of this type still in existence. Not zoned and not in the ALR. Call Norm or Lev
$540,000
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