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The November election looms and locals will soon head to the polls to choose our municipal leaders. As the current crop

shakes off summer, the Star checks in to see who is going to be back on the ballot

With municipal elections just over two months away, some Nelson city

councillors are still on the fence about whether they will run for re-election in November.

Councillors Margaret Stacey, Bob Adams and Robin Cherbo say they are throwing their names back in the ring for council again, but are not planning on running for mayor.

“There are a lot of important election issues. I’m hoping that transit won’t be the major one but I’m sure it will be,” says Stacey.

She questioned whether another council would have acted differ-ently with the transit issue.

Stacey hopes that the Downtown and Waterfront Sustainability Plan will become an election issue.

“It’s just really visionary and it’s something I’m really passionate about, not even from a political perspective,” she says.

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Reeling in the years

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Queen City Cruise Arrives this Weekend

Friday Night’s Soap Box Derby

Members of the Nelson Road Kings may have been drawn into the world of classic cars and hot rods because of old memories, but this weekend they will be making new ones as the Queen City Cruise pulls into town.

“I had a shaggin’ wagon van with murals, crushed velvet interior, mirror above the bed and all the toys. We went to California in that and that was a lot of fun,” said Road Kings vice-president Stan Brost.

Brost is currently the owner of a bright orange 1928 Ford hot rod.

“It’s funny even little kids in their strollers will stop and point at my car. I don’t know why. Maybe it’s the bright colours, but they seem to enjoy it. And the older people seem to enjoy it because it brings back memories of their cars,” he said.

For Brost a lot of things that drew him to the world of classic cars.

“I like the style and look of them,” he said.

In addition to the “shag-gin’ wagon,” Brost said he’s always had a lot of fun cars, but it was the Queen City Cruise that pulled him back.

“I’ve been involved in the car show for six years. I like the camaraderie,” he said. “My favourite part of the weekend is seeing people that you’ve met in the past that come back to town year after year, or the new people that you meet and contacts for cars that are similar to yours and other events. It’s just nice to meet people.”

A couple of the found-ing members of the Road Kings, Frank Anderson and Tom Yasek, are also looking forward to the weekend’s events.

“I really look forward to the fellowship that you generate over the years with the people that come in and they tell their friends and friends tell their friends,”

said Anderson.Anderson and Yasek

along with a half dozen other car enthusiasts, in-cluding current Road Kings president Mike Keegan, founded the Road Kings as they are today.

“The club was actually started by a bunch of local Nelson boys in the ‘60s, and when we all started settling down, of course the club sort of disbanded,” said Anderson. “And on a car club venture to Spo-kane, Tom and I and Mike Keegan and some others stopped for a little refresh-ment along the way, and we said with our heritage city we’d be the best back-drop for a car show. So we said let’s bring the Road

Kings back to life. We got together and decided that. We had about half a dozen members and we have over 100 today.”

Anderson owns a ‘55 Thunderbird, and has six cars altogether.

“But I’m retired now and the beat goes on, I built a four-car garage and now I have six so I have two cars farmed out. It gets in your blood,” said Anderson.

The Queen City Cruise starts on Friday with a parade through downtown. Other events include a rooftop dance, the soap box derby and the show-and-shine on Saturday.

For more information about the weekend’s events visit nelsonroadkings.com

Nelson is going car crazy as the Queen City Cruise comes to town, but there won’t be just classic cars on the streets. Soap box cars will join the ac-tion on Friday.

“Last year there was a guy who converted a GT racer and he won,” said the soap box derby organizer Lisa McGeady. “Another entrant con-verted a keg into a soap box and that was pretty fun. Another guy who is a mover in town converted his moving dolly.”

This is McGeady’s second year orga-nizing the event for the Nelson Busi-ness Association, and since she began it’s become a family affair.

“My son built his car last year and

he’s in the process of building one with another friend this year. He made it out of wood and old bicycle tires and skateboard wheels, and whatever else he could find,” she said.

In addition to friends building and racing their cars, McGeady said fa-thers and sons team up to build cars for the race.

The derby gets started at 4 p.m. on Kootenay Street.

“There are teams of four people (a driver and three pushers), and so the drivers do a couple of trial runs. Last year I think most people did about two, and then whoever has the best times, race for the final. There is an under 18 and an over 18 category,” said McGeady.

She said it has become a great com-munity event that all ages enjoy.

“It’s been a lot of fun,” she said. “The kids just love it, it’s a great community event. People come out and they real-ly have fun and they are excited about building cars.”

For more information on the Queen City Cruise events visit the Nelson Road Kings website at nelsonroad-kings.com.


(L-R) Frank Anderson, Stan Brost, and Tom Yasek with the rides they will have on display this weekend at the Road Kings annual Queen City Cruise. Megan Cole photo


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Randy Hanoski’s former partner was the first wit-ness to testify Tuesday as the trial of the man accused of burning Ainsworth’s historic Silver Ledge Hotel began in Nelson Provincial Court.

Catherine Brewer told Judge Ron Fabbro, who is hearing the case alone, that the fire on June 3, 2010 oc-curred one day after Hanos-ki was ordered by the courts to leave the premises.

They co-owned the hotel, used in recent years as a summer museum, as well as an adjacent trailer also destroyed in the fire.

Hanoski and Brewer were in a relationship that broke down after several years and an attempted reconciliation, she said.

Brewer testified that

Hanoski, 53, appeared distraught after learning he would have to move out and she told him “Just don’t do anything stupid.”

Hanoski was a Kaslo vol-unteer firefighter for six or eight months, she said.

The Crown expects to call up to 14 witnesses during the trial, which is expected to run through Friday.

Hanoski, who pleaded not guilty to one count of arson, was arrested at the scene of the fire a few hours after it began. He has since been on bail and living in Calgary.

The Silver Ledge, which was built in 1896, was not insured. Although some fur-niture was salvaged, Brewer said many antiques were lost in the blaze.

Hanoski appeared in court Tuesday wearing a black suit, tie, and white shirt.

A 31-year-old Nelson man is in trouble after allegedly threatening a bylaw enforce-ment officer on Thursday.

The Nelson Police Depart-ment says around 4:05 p.m., the man approached the officer about a parking infraction and “began to verbally abuse the of-ficer using offensive, degrading and profane language.”

According to Sgt. Steve Bank, the man then “threatened violence and death to the officer and towards the officer’s family.”

The bylaw officer called po-lice, but Bank says the suspect continued to berate her.

Once he saw police arriving, he ran into a business in the 500 block of Baker Street.

The man was arrested and jailed a short time later. He’ll be in court December 6.

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Faust in, Mickel probably out

Incumbents hoping for challengers

One Regional District of Central Kootenay director for rural Nelson plans to run for re-election, while another is pretty sure he will pack it in.

Ramona Faust, director for Area E, which includes Balfour, Procter, and Blewett, says she will seek a second term in the fall.

However, Ron Mickel, director for Area F, which includes Bonnington, Taghum, and the North Shore, is “99.9 per cent cer-tain” he won’t be back.

“Never say never, but right now, no,” he told the Star.

Mickel always indicated he would only serve one term and says he plans to

stick to that.That’s despite “two or

three things” nearing completion but not quite done.

“I would hate to see those derailed. Right now

is the most inconvenient time to have all these things on my plate. But it doesn’t matter when [I retire]. Down the road there will always be certain things that won’t be completed.

At some point I have to decide.”

Meanwhile, Slocan Val-ley director Walter Popoff says he will seek a second term and rural Kaslo direc-tor Andy Shadrack hopes to be back as well.

“I have determined that I will seek one more term before retiring,” Shadrack says. “I turned 61 in June and even though I was diagnosed with a heart condition in 2009 I still feel fit enough to run again.”

Shadrack was first elected in 2005.

Longtime rural Salmo director Hans Cunningham has announced he will run again as well.

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Regional District of Central Kootenay

Continued from Page 1Macdonald is still unsure whether she’ll add her name to the ballot.

“I’m thinking about it a lot. I don’t know when I’m going to decide,” she says.

All the councillors agreed that new faces would be welcome in this year’s election.

“Usually there have been a lot more faces when there has been a controversial is-sue, so are there any issues that might spark some con-troversy?” says Macdonald. “Maybe. Maybe the transit issue might bring some-one to the floor. I haven’t heard a lot of interest, but we’re reaching the end of summer and people will be thinking about it more seriously now.”

Macdonald says even though it’s good to have continuity in council, it’s “advantageous to have some fresh people with new ideas and new issues and new energy.”

Mayor John Dooley has not yet decided whether he will be looking for the

three-peat in November.“I haven’t made any

decisions. It’s a little early in the day for that yet,” says Dooley.

But like Macdonald, Dooley hopes to see new names on the election bal-lot.

“It’s always been my experience in Nelson that there is no shortage of people who will put their name up for municipal government, so I wouldn’t expect this election to be any different,” he says.

Dooley expects some is-sues raised at the Union of British Columbia Munici-palities meeting at the end of October will encourage people to join the election race.

“Most people that run for local government feel that they want to make a difference and contribute to the community, so you never know what drives people to run for local government,” says Dooley. “It’s different in the bigger city centres where there is a lot of party politics. We don’t have that here. People generally seem to put their names forward because they want to do good things for the community.”

Councillor Deb Kozak, who has yet to decide whether she’s running, also welcomes new people to join the election race.

“It’s always good to have new faces pop up and to have people that represent our community in so many different ways,” she says. “We have a diverse commu-nity, so it’s always good to see new faces and have dif-ferent people to work with. I’m looking forward to see-ing that and I’m looking for-ward to seeing who comes out of the woodwork.”

Kozak said the com-munity will be looking to council for leadership around transit issues, changes in the business community and the revi-talization of the downtown and waterfront areas.

“The community is really going to be looking at what developments are taking place on the waterfront,” says Kozak. “There are a couple of really positive things in terms of the move-ment of the transfer station which is going to be a big boon, and I think people have really been interested in what’s going to happen with the revitalization of downtown [and] water-front.”

Councillors Kozak and Kim Charlesworth both say they are considering the mayor’s position.

When the Star asked Charlesworth about the possibility of running for mayor she said, “All things are possible.”

Like the other council-lors, she says it would be good to have some new people on council.

“I do hope there are new folks who are interested in stepping up for their com-munity because having the same folks around the table term after term, I don’t think is healthy,” says Charles-worth, who was the only new face added to the coun-cil table three years ago.

Municipal elections will be Saturday, November 19.

In Nelson, there is one position for mayor, six positions for councillor and two positions for school trustee available.

People interested in running should contact chief election officer Janet Postlethwaite at 250-505-0468 or deputy chief elec-tion officer Frances Long at 250-352-8254.

Area E director Ramona Faust (left) will be on the ballot in November, but Area F director Ron Mickel (right) won’t.

Mayor John Dooley is not sure whether he will be seeking a third term as the city’s top elected official.

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There was a time when municipal elec-tions in Nelson could be summed in two words: challenge and choice.

Frustrated with decisions coming out of City Hall, folks took action and put their name on the ballot. Back in the Gary Exner era there were 21 choices for six council spots and five candidates took a run at the then-mayor.

Three years ago, seven names showed up on the council ballot and a trio joined the mayor’s race. Very little challenge to those sit-ting in power and very little choice for voters looking for inspired new direction.

It’s difficult to say exactly when the mu-nicipal election begins. Some could argue it starts as soon as a fresh council is sworn in for a three-year term as the politicians work towards building trust with constituents.

On the front page of today’s paper, we have decided to kick up some dust on the loom-ing election. We started with the low hanging fruit — the seven sitting members of council.

Three didn’t hesitate when asked if they were going to be on the November ballot. Margaret Stacey, Bob Adams and Robin Cher-bo are all in. Veteran politicians John Dooley and Donna Macdonald are not surprisingly holding their cards close to their chest as they wait to see what unfolds in the next few weeks. Deb Kozak and Kim Charlesworth are similarly not divulging much, but the latter did pique our interest by leaving the door open for a run at the mayor’s chair.

One question all incumbents seemed to agree on is they too would like see more names on the ballot. Though every person that steps forward for the challenge means more competition, it seems this crew wants a spirited race. We completely agree.

Seventeen names on the council ballot may be a bit much, but a healthy 14 would make the campaign much more interesting. Win or lose, the greater number of personalities and ideas added to the discussion is sure to produce a more vibrant community.

Are you up to the challenge?

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It’s amazing how fast the end of summer creeps up on you.

There I was recharging my batteries by camping in one of our local provincial parks and I realized my column for after the Sep-tember long weekend was due! Luckily I had also got hikes to Jumbo Pass and Kokanee Glacier in over the summer, as well as go-ing on the Great Chicken Adventure — babysitting a friend’s 65 chickens over-night! Great fun! The sum-mer was a nice balance of fun, family and staying in touch with community.

Now it’s back to bal-ancing the needs of our wide variety of citizens, all within the budget frame-work of the city. Our an-nual municipal report will be presented at the council meeting on September 19 at 7 p.m. Come check it out. The city will also be hosting a public open house on the proposed Nelson Landing develop-ment. Find out what’s been happening and come ask questions at City Hall on September 14 from 5 to 8 p.m. Oh yeah, and stay tuned for the municipal election in November and watch out for unbalanced election promises!

The city has defined bal-ance using the four-pillar approach: considering the impact of decisions on social, cultural, economic and environmental sectors. Focusing only on creating jobs isn’t a balanced ap-proach, nor would be only looking at how a decision impacts one sector of the population, or only how it impacts the environment. Perhaps we are most familiar with how bal-ance works in a marriage

or family — everyone’s interests must be consid-ered and basic needs met. In business the owner must balance paying good salaries to keep good staff with making some kind of profit that makes the risk worthwhile. Young entrepreneurs must bal-ance doing what they love with what needs to happen for their business to be successful. In government where we put money in a budget is a reflection of trying to balance priori-ties.

Balancing priorities doesn’t mean keeping things the same every-where. The idea of lead-ership requires that we facilitate change where it is clear that we need to be going in a different direc-tion. Over the last year the city, with your help and input, has developed policy and strategies to balance needs, but still forge a clear path into an uncertain future.

We know we can’t continue to raise taxes and

civic spending beyond the capacity of citizens. We also know we cannot continue to use the Earth’s resources at the same levels we have for the last 50 years. North American habits of consumption and production need to change. That means each one of us needs to think “what can I NOT buy today,” as well as “how can I buy what I really need locally?” But how do we balance reducing consumption with encour-aging folks to buy local in order to support our local economies? One way would be to encourage our local entrepreneurs to focus on producing products that people need in their everyday lives. For example this area used to support a thriving can-nery, as well as exporting fruit. We could encourage not only increased local production of fresh food, but also secondary food processing of produce, meat, and dairy products. What if we had a textile

mill that local wool or hemp producers could sell their fiber to? We could have more local producers of building supplies — like the Harrop-Procter com-munity forest.

What if, on a larger scale, our provincial and federal governments made it easier to take all the energy and capital that currently goes into pro-duction and consumption of products we don’t really need and instead focused that capital on solving problems like how to get clean water or affordable transportation to everyone that needs it? Or creat-ing affordable, renewable energy sources? Those endeavors would still pro-duce jobs, and contribute to the economy. It would be a balancing act that takes into consideration neighbours both local and global, and our own future generations.

Kim Charlesworth is a Nelson city councillor who shares this Wednesday

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I, (parent/guardian)_________________________ hereby grant permission (for my son/daugh-ter/ward) to enter the Soap Box Derby, held on , Friday September 9th, 2011 in Nelson, British Columbia, Canada.

Further, I understand and agree that as a prerequisite to competing in the Nelson Soap Box Derby, that my (son/daughter/ward) together with (his/her) custom car (where applicable), may be subject to inspection by the of cials of the Soap Box Judicial Committee. I further understand and agree that such inspection shall be conducted using the manner and methods deemed appropriate by the of cials in their sole discretion to determine compliance with Derby rules, and that the de-cisions of the of cials regarding quali cation and disquali cation and compliance with the rules, spirit and speci cation applicable to the Nelson Soap Box Derby shall be nal and binding.

Finally, (as such parent or guardian), I acknowledge that participation in the Soap Box Derby and the related or incidental activities will expose my (son/daughter/ward) to certain risks includ-ing the risk of an impact or other accident involving my child and his or her vehicle or the vehicle of another participant and, in consideration of the bene ts received as a result of the participation herein, and for the mutual bene ts received by myself and my child and the other participants herein, I hereby assume all risks associated with this activity and speci cally waive and release any and all claims, rights, causes of action, demands or otherwise, whether for personal injuries, property damages, or any other loss, damages or expenses which I (as a parent/guardian and/or son, daughter or ward ) may have against the Nelson Soap Box Derby and Nelson Business Association, and any and all sponsors, staff and volunteers, arising from or in any manner related to my, (my son’s, daughter’s or ward’s) participation in the Soap Box Derby and/or any activities incidental or related thereto. By signing this waiver, l additionally permit Derby of cials to autho-rize emergency medical treatment for the aforementioned minor in my absence, if necessary.Participant Signature: Witness

Print Name Print Name

Date DateWaivers can be picked up at the Nelson Star, Mountain FM or Kokanee Camera.

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Letters to the Editor

A business like no other

Seniors impressed by Games effort

Something on your Mind?Has a recent city council decision made your blood boil? Is the state of our

local health care making you furious? Have the shenanigans in Victoria made you shake your head? Let it out and let us know. Write a letter to the editor.

It’s perfect stress relief. Let the community know how you feel.email us at [email protected]

Re: “The Baker Street shuffle,” August 24

For those of you who may not know, the word “kaput” has a few meanings; “Utterly finished, defeated, or de-stroyed; unable to function; hopelessly outmoded.” So, as you may appreciate it’s very difficult to see the word “ka-put” used to refer to my par-ents’ long-standing business in a recent article describing some changes afoot on Baker Street.

Ben Sutherland’s Mu-sic and Appliances has proudly been in business for 52 years on Baker Street. Through those years stock has changed, names have changed, as well as some of the faces working in the store. Customers were con-sistently met with honest and respectful customer service, a willingness to accommodate, assistance finding creative solutions to your electronic quandaries and no doubt a story or two. Thank you loyal customers!

The memories made in that store are rich, plenty and everlasting. For me, they

consist of playing hide-and-go-seek and racing on stock dollies or piano movers in the basement with my brother, visiting dad and grampa (who always had a sweet treat for us), helping to

stock bags and batteries and pop bubble wrap. As both my brother and I grew older, we had our first jobs working as salespeople at the store, learning how to count change back to customers, washing the sidewalk and windows but most importantly finding out what it means to have a responsible work ethic.

As many of you know, running a small business is a challenging, exciting, reward-ing and also a tough 24 hour a day, seven day a week job. Choosing a date to retire from owning a business is a difficult one, especially when it’s been your life for many years.

It is tough to thoroughly enjoy the fruits of your labour whilst balancing the demands of a business too; so earlier this year, my dad made the decision to retire, locking the doors for the last time at the end of August.

So, as my parents stride into retirement together I can think of many phrases to describe this exciting time in my parents’ lives. To list a few: proud, honest and respectful business own-ers, contributors to the deep history of Baker Street, and generous providers for their family.

Congratulations on your retirement — you deserve it! We are proud!

My hope is that the new and moving businesses on Baker Street will create a new generation of fond memories and will, with the support of the same loyal customers, be able to successfully provide for their families, as my parents worked hard to do for us. Wishing you the best of luck!

Monica SutherlandWilliams Lake

On behalf of the Zone 6, West Kootenay Boundary participants in last month’s BC Seniors Games I would like to thank the host orga-nizing committee made up of volunteers from the cities of Nelson, Trail, Castlegar and the surrounding region. What a great job you did!

Thank you for the hours and hours you put in begin-ning way back (last year) when the bid was put to-gether. Thank you also to the hundreds of citizens of the region who volunteered their time to ensure the games were a success! Without you, all the planning could not have made the games hap-pen.

The word coming back to our participants and the Zone 6 executive has been that they were the best games

ever held! The host commit-tee and the volunteers went far beyond expectations to ensure the problems were solved and all the needs met!

For the Zone 6 team it certainly was our best ever games. Our participating members rose from about 130 to over 400 due in large part to our three communi-ties hosting the games. We increased participation in most activities and expanded participation into new sports such as the equestrian,

dragon boating, hockey and soccer to name a few. That is what these games are all about: getting and keeping seniors active.

Our team finished third overall, behind the Fraser Valley and the Lower Main-land. We gained 115 gold medals, 73 silver medals and 78 bronze medals for a total of 266 points, our highest total ever achieved and our highest standing.

We are hopeful that many of the new participants from Zone 6 will be trying out for the 2012 games at the coast.

Thanks again to the host committee and the volunteers who made it possible for so many to participate on their home turf.

Mac GregoryChair, Zone 6,

BC Seniors Games

“The memories made in that store

are rich, plenty and everlasting.”

“The word coming back to our

participants has been they were the best games ever held.”


Editorial

Writing recently in the Washington Post, Brian Michael

Jenkins, a senior adviser at the Rand Corporation think tank, claimed that the 9/11 attacks ten years ago were not a strategic success for al-Qaeda. He’s right. Osama bin Laden’s strategy did fail, in the end — but not for the reason that Jenkins thinks.

Jenkins argues that Osama bin Laden believed the U.S. was a paper tiger because it had no stomach for casual-ties. Kill enough Americans, and the United States would pull out of the Middle East, leaving the field free for al-Qaeda’s project of overthrow-ing all the secular Arab re-gimes and imposing Islamist rule on everybody.

In bin Laden’s 1996 fatwa declaring war on America, Jenkins pointed out, he claimed that the U.S. would flee the region if attacked seriously. Indeed, bin Laden gave the rapid U.S. military withdrawal from Lebanon after the bombing of the Marine barracks in Beirut in 1983, and the equally rapid retreat of American forces from Somalia in 1993 after 18 U.S. soldiers were killed in Mogadishu, as examples of American cowardice.

Other al-Qaeda command-ers disagreed, Jenkins says, warning that the 9/11 attacks would enrage the United States and “focus its fury on the terrorist group and its allies, but bin Laden pushed ahead. When the United States did (invade Afghani-stan), bin Laden switched gears, claiming that he had intended all along to provoke the United States into waging a war that would galvanize all of Islam against it.”

Jenkins is quite explic-itly saying that bin Laden never realized that the United States would respond violently when his organiza-tion murdered thousands of Americans. He would have been dismayed when the U.S. invaded Afghanistan and destroyed his training camps. And therefore, the think-tank expert concludes, the United States did not fall into a trap that bin Laden had deliberately laid for it when it invaded Afghanistan.

Well, that’s one point of

view. Here’s another. Bin Laden was fully aware that the United States would in-vade Afghanistan in response to the 9/11 attacks, and he wanted it to do so. He be-lieved the U.S. would then get mired in a long and bloody guerilla war in Afghanistan, a replay of the war against the Soviet invasion of Afghani-stan in the 1980s in which bin Laden himself had first risen to prominence.

Military commanders are always planning to re-fight the last war; terrorist com-manders are no different. Bin Laden hoped a protracted guerilla war in Afghanistan, with American troops kill-ing lots of Muslims, would indeed “galvanize all of Islam” against the United States.

So why didn’t he say that beforehand? Why did he claim that the United States would flee screaming at the first atrocity, if he really ex-pected it to invade Afghani-stan? Because revolutionar-ies who resort to terrorism always talk freely about their goals, but they NEVER pub-licly discuss their strategy for achieving them. They can’t, because the strategy is so pro-foundly callous and cynical.

Terrorists generally have rational political goals — usually a revolution of some kind. In bin Laden’s case, he wanted Islamist revolutions across the Muslim world, but he had been notably unsuccessful in whipping up popular support for such revolutions. So how could he build that support? Well, how about luring the United States into invading a Muslim country?

Revolutionary groups often resort to terrorism if they think they lack popular support. Their aim is to trick their much more powerful opponent (usually a govern-ment) into doing terrible things that will alienate the population and drive it into

their arms: it’s the political equivalent of jiu-jitsu.

They are trying to bring horror and death down on the population by triggering a government crack-down or a foreign occupation, in the hope that it will radical-ize people and turn them into supporters of the terror-ists’ political project. But the people they seek to manipu-late must believe it was the oppressors or the foreign occupiers, not the terrorists, who pulled the trigger. That’s why bin Laden lied about his strategy.

He probably didn’t even warn his Taliban hosts in Afghanistan that he was planning 9/11, because they would not have welcomed the prospect of being driven from power and having to fight another ten-year guerilla war against another invading superpower.

Bin Laden’s strategy was not original with him: he had been fighting as a guerilla and a terrorist leader for 15 years by the time of 9/11, and people of this sort have ALWAYS read all the stan-dard texts on their chosen trade. The notion of using the opponent’s strength against him absolutely permeates the “how to” books on guerilla war and terrorism, from Mao to Marighella.

So bin Laden dug a trap, and the United States fell into it. In that sense his strategy succeeded, and the guerilla war that ensued in Afghani-stan did much to turn Arab and Muslim popular opinion against America. (The inva-sion of Iraq did even more damage to America’s reputa-tion, but that really wasn’t about terrorism at all.)

In the long run, however, bin Laden’s strategy failed, simply because his project was unacceptable and im-plausible to most Muslims. And the most decisive rejec-tion of his strategy is the fact that the oppressive old Arab regimes are now being overthrown, for the most part nonviolently, by revolutionar-ies who want democracy and freedom, not Islamist rule.

Gwynne Dyer is a London-based independent journalist whose articles are published in 45 countries

The World View – Gwynne Dyer

The strategy of 9/11

“In the long run, however, bin Laden’s strategy failed, simply because his project was unacceptable and implausible to most Muslims.”

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SMALLWOOD TRAIL DEMOCRACY: ONE RIDE, ONE VOTESunday September 11th

Come celebrate the baptism and naming of the Nelson Cycling Club’s fresh-ly built trail in Smallwood Creek. Th is celebratory, group ride is scheduled for September 11th and marks the completion of the 25 km. loop the club has been working on for the past fi ve years. Th anks in large part to a fi nan-cial grant from the Nelson & District Credit Union; the loop was fi nally complete this summer in August.

Rider sign up starts at 9:30 AM at the 2 km. kiosk on the Smallwood Forest Service Road; ride begins at 10:00 AM. Th e ride begins with a nice climb that leads to Sweet [or savage?] Sally, followed by a short road section to the entrance of the yet unnamed trail. Rolling, weaving and bobbing along the ridge with stunner Valhalla and Bonnington range views leads you to a sweet fresh downhill from sub alpine to cedar-hemlock. Pinch yourself, and then begin the twisty fun of Antler, followed by the stalwart Smallwood Lookout climb. Finish off with some tight turns down Bigwood, and voila,-you are looped!

If you’re not familiar with the area check in with your local bike stores. On average, the complete loop will take approximately 5 hours; a half loop 3 hours. At the end of the ride, all riders shall refresh themselves, eat, be merry and cast their vote for their favourite trail name. Th e winner of the “Name Th at Trail” contest takes home a heft y $200 gift certifi cate to their favourite outdoor store in Nelson. As well, all riders of the day have a chance at winning a $50 gift certifi cate draw prize. Entry fee is by donation but all participants must be Nelson Cycling Club members.

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THE CORPORATION OF THE CITY OF NELSON Proposed Nelson Landing Development

City Council is hosting a Public Open House on the proposed development called Nelson Landing at the North Eastern part of the City between Sproat Drive to Red Sands Beach.

• Lot A, District Lots 58A, 97, 4280 and 16272 Kootenay District Plan NEP70102 Except Plan NEP74998 and that a portion of Foreshore Lease Lot 14562, Kootenay District

• That Part of the Remainder of District Lot 4280, Kootenay District; located between District Lot 4280, Plan NEP20485, Kootenay District and Block B, District Lot 14562, Kootenay District and containing 1.5 hectares, plus or minus.

An application to amend the City of Nelson Of cial Community Plan Bylaw 3114, 2008 and Land UseRegulation Bylaw 2243, 1987 has been received by the City of Nelson.On February 14, 2011, City Councilgave First and Second Reading toamending bylaws to allow for adevelopment on the above-notedlands. At that time City Councilrequested that a Public Meeting beheld prior to any public hearing toensure the public continues to beinformed on the project as theproponent moves forward on theirplan. The public meeting will beheld in an Open House format toallow interested individuals to speak openly to the proponent and Staff.

The Open House will be held from5:00 pm to 8:00 pm on Wednesday September 14, 2011 at City Hall, 310 Ward Street, Second Floor City Council Chambers. The proponent will be on hand to discuss their proposal with the public. Staff will be on hand to answer questions on process followed on this application.

Comment sheets will be available for the public. All written comments received at the Open House will be received by Council. Further information is available on the City of Nelson Website: www.nelson.ca

Nelson Youth Soccer will be holding its Annual General Meeting at 7 p.m. on October 12 at the Best Western Hotel. Notice of Motion of proposed change or amendments to the Constitution must be made in writing to the secretary of the board not later than 21 days prior to AGM in order for notice to be given the membership.

Please mail to Nelson Youth Soccer Association, PO Box 162, Nelson B.C. V1L 5P9. All members of the public are welcome to attend, but only members will have voting rights.

Notice of Annual General Meeting


News

Forums slatedGenetically Modified Products

BC Southern Interior MP Alex Atamanenko will be offering up some food for thought as he stops in Nelson as part of a series of forums to discuss issues surrounding genetic modification.

The science of genetically modified foods is relatively new and according at Atamanenko, the government has been slow to react to the changes in the food industry caused by the introduction of genetically modified products.

According to a press release from Atamanenko, “The Canadian govern-ment has no manda-tory labelling re-quirement for foods that contain GM products, and no tracking or monitor-ing of possible health impacts.”

The local MP will be joined by several guest panelists as he makes the tour, including Lucy Shar-ratt, the co-ordinator of the Canadian Biotechnology Ac-tion Network. She has been active in the area of genetically modified foods for the past 15 years.

“I am extremely happy that Lucy Sharratt has found time to visit our area,” said Ata-manenko. “She is one

of Canada’s foremost experts on geneti-cally modified organ-isms, and worked very closely with us when I was drafting my Bill C-474 on the economic impact to farmers of genetically modified organisms.”

Abra Brynne, advocate for the production and consumption of local products and John Steinman, author, broadcaster and former producer and co-host of the radio program Decon-structing Dinner will also participate in the Nelson discussion.

The forums are in-tended to educate the public about what genetically modi-fied foods are on the market, what is com-ing and what actions the public can take against the introduc-tion of genetically modified foods.

The Nelson forum will be held on Sep-tember 19 at Nelson United Church Hall at 7 p.m.

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BRIEFSAUGUST SECOND-DRIEST

ON RECORDSix straight months of cooler-than-aver-

age temperatures ended in August.Stats from the Southeast Fire Centre in

Castlegar show the mean temperature last month was 20.8 degrees, 1.1 degrees warm-er than normal. The average daily high was 30.3.

Forecasters Ron Lakeman and Jesse Ellis say last month was “dominated by an upper ridge of high pressure for fairly clear skies and very warm temperatures.”

The highest reading of the month, 35.5 degrees on the 27th, was also a record for that day. The lowest temperature was 6.6 de-grees on the 19th.

It was also even drier than normal. With only three days of measurable rain totaling 3.2 millimetres — eight per cent of normal — it was the second driest August on re-cord. Only August 1967 was less wet.

One other record was established: the av-erage wind speed of 5.5 km/h was the low-est ever for the month.

PROVINCE BUCKS UP FOR TRAFALGAR PLAYGROUNDNelson’s Trafalgar Middle School will

receive $50,000 in provincial funding for a new playground.

It’s one of 44 schools around the province benefitting from an $8 million fund.

The Ministry of Education asked school districts to identify public elementary and middle schools that didn’t have, but wanted, playgrounds.

Trafalgar is the only beneficiary in the Kootenay Lake school district.

GRAFFITI ARTIST AGREES TO REPAIR DAMAGE

A 16-year-old from Calgary has agreed to clean up graffiti he sprayed at six places around Nelson.

Police arrested him one night late last month as he was tagging a wall on the Nel-son curling club. He also admitted to spray-ing graffiti in Calgary, and local police have contacted authorities there.

He’ll be off the hook here if he repairs the damage, but face a charge of mischief if he fails to do so.

Nelson Star Staff

MP Alex Atamanen-ko is bringing along a number of speakers on his tour of local communities.


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Announcements EventsWORLD TRADE CENTRE MEMORIALLutherans, United Church members, and Anglicans will be worship-ing together at Lakeside Park on Sunday, September 11 at 10 a.m., remembering the day that people and the World Trade Centre were devastated by terrorism. In a service of peace and shared commu-nion, the three churches will recall the heart of faith as Christians - that we work always toward peace, forgiveness, and mutual under-standing. The whole community of greater Nelson is invited to this worship service, and to share in a potluck picnic lunch after worship together.

TRILLIUM DANCE STUDIO GRAND OPENINGTrillium Studio, in the south Slocan schoolhouse, is having its grand opening and open house the week of September 12 to 16. During this week all dance classes from the regular programs will be offered for free. Trillium Studio is located at 3253 Village Road, South Slocan which is central to Nelson, Castlegar and Slocan Valley. The studio is run by three highly experienced instructors: Jennifyre of trillium school of dance, Shauna Robertson of soul fire dance and Lisa Han-ning, certified dance and movement therapist and dance fitness in-structor. A wide variety of programs are offered for children, youth and adults. Such programs include ballet, modern, jazz, hip-hop, Egyptian bellydance, tribal style bellydance, world folk fusion, par-ent and child world dance, contemporary, creative dance and dance fitness. All Trillium Studio dance programs are founded in funda-mental techniques and support students in a fun and positive envi-ronment that encourages creativity, confidence and self-expression. For more information on free classes and program details visit Tril-liumStudio.webs.com or call 250-359-2288.

HEARTLAB COLLABORATIVE ART WORKSHOPLocal art duo heartlab (Anita Levesque and Bradley Smith) will be offering a hands-on collaborative art making workshop that will include a brief discussion about their work. Pairs of any kind are encouraged to attend (e.g. friends, siblings, couples), although any individual is welcome, and will be matched with a partner. Partici-pants will playfully explore the creative dynamics between text and image, and between one another as collaborators. No experience is required and materials will be provided. The resulting works will be exhibited in the display cases in the hallway leading to gallery B (with permission of the participants). Participants are asked to register in advance to secure their seat, as there are only 12 spaces. The work-shop is September 8 from 7 to 9 p.m. at Touchstones. The cost is $7 for non-members and $5 for members. Please contact the front desk for more information: 250-352-9813.

AUTHOR TOUR ENGAGES STUDENTSHugh Brewster captures the tragedy of the Titanic in his latest his-torical novel, The Deadly Voyage, with historical accuracy and real-life drama. He uses his extensive knowledge of the Titanic, which he gathered while writing Inside the Titanic and 882 1/2 Amazing Answers To Your Questions About the Titanic, to create the novel. Brewster, a well-known Canadian writer of historical non-fiction for young people, will be touring six Kootenay libraries at the end of Sep-tember. The Kootenay Library Federation, the Canada Council for the Arts, and the Nelson Public Library are please to sponsor Hugh Brewster’s Kootenay Tour. Brewster will be at the library on Septem-ber 28 at 1:15 p.m. KOOTENAY BOOK WEEKENDOnce again summer is upon us and it’s time to put your feet up and read a good book. The Kootenay Book Weekend has a great selection for you to read this summer and provides the format to join in for some stimulating discussion and fun. The books up for discussion this year are: The Slap by Christos Tsiolkas, The Help by Kathryn Stockett, Mao’s Last Dancer by Li Cunxin and two selections by Ruth Ozeki, My Year of Meats and All Over Creation. So get reading and come join us September 23 to 25 at the Best Western on Baker Street in Nelson. For more information or to register kootenaybookweekend.ca.

WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 7All seniors welcome to the monthly meeting of the Senior Citizens’ Association Branch No. 51, located at 717 Vernon Street. The meet-ing starts at 10:30 a.m. Tea and goodies will be served after the meet-ing. Some of the activities enjoyed at the centre include bridge, crib,whist, dominos, chess and snooker. For further information, call 250-352-7078 weekday afternoons.

This popular four day, free, career exploration workshop is designed to help you explore work that fits for you. Using a variety of assess-ments and tools, including Myers-Briggs Type Indicator, you will de-velop a list of careers based on your strengths, passions, and values. Are you unemployed and wondering what your next career step willbe? What is the work that fits for you? In this workshop, we will usea variety of assessments and tools to assist you in discovering yourperfect work. Please register beforehand to save your space in this workshop. To register or for more information contact [email protected] 250-352-6200 or toll free: 1-877-952-6200.

Grans to Grans Nelson will be meeting Wednesday, September 7 andthe first Wednesday of each month at 1 p.m. in the basement of the United Church on Josephine Street. New members welcome. For more information call 250-825-9349.

THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 8This workshop is designed for those who have a Facebook account and are familiar with the Facebook environment and its basic fea-tures. In this workshop participants will learn to setup a page for theirbusiness and explore promoting this page with social ads, events and linking and advertising outside of Facebook. To get the most of thisworkshop bring along your images, logo, text and artwork. To regis-ter or for more info 250-352-1933 ext 100 or [email protected]

FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 9A fascinating evening with some of the region’s best storytellers. These folks spin yarns that captivate and mesmerize children of all ages. Engaging and entertaining, hear stories the way they were toldbefore texting and twitter. The stories start at 7:30 p.m. at Kokanee Creek Visitor’s Centre.

SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 10To all the pug lovers out there. The sixth annual pugapalozza, to be held at Frog Peak Cafe from 1 p.m. to 3 p.m. All pugs and friendsof the pug are welcome. There will be prizes for best dressed pug,biggest pug, littlest pug. Good times will be had by all. Hope to seeyou there.

The Nelson-West Kootenay chapter of the Council of Canadianswill hold its monthly meeting in the basement of the Labour Centre Building at 101 Baker Street. All are welcome. Contact 250-352-5274for further information.

Relax and learn yoga in the cool of the Kokanee Creek Visitor’s Cen-tre with Jewels. The class will start at 10 a.m.

MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 12These workshops are geared towards small business operators in-terested in using video to market or demonstrate their business orproduct on the web. Students must have their own recording deviceto use during these workshops. This can be a digital photo camera orcell phone if no video camera is available. Instruction in editing withWindows movie maker, Windows live movie maker and iMovie willbe available. These are the programs freely available with any Win-dows or Mac operating system. How to upload a video to YouTube.com and how to optimize your youtube.com channel for best effect will also be taught. The two-day course costs $200. The class is of-fered by Central Kootenay Community Futures. For more informa-tion contact Janeen Mather at 250-352-1933 ext. 100 or [email protected].

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Entertainment listingsThe Capitol Theatre421 Victoria Street, Nelson

Saturday, September 24

Celebrate the launch of the Capitol Theatre’s new season with some burlesque. TheCheesecake Burlesque Revue keeps audiences coming back for more: more laughs,more tease and more body confidence. The Cheesecakes are multiple award winners who have shimmied across stages in Las Vegas, Vancouver, Berlin, Seattle and Victoriato name a few. With influences from cult classics like Priscilla Queen of The Desert to Broadway favourites like Guys and Dolls to imaginative roller coasters like their original Cheesecakes In Space, these girls know how to put on the modern day show-stopper!The performers are as individual as the stars on the walk of fame - cute, geeky, rock and roll, classic, and elegant - audiences can’t help but have a favourite or two or three! The Cheesecakes are known for their high energy acts, stand out performers, comedic tim-ing, seductiveness and girl-next door accessibility. The show starts at 8:00 p.m. Tickets are $20 for adults and $16 for full-time students. For more information or to purchasetickets visit capitoltheatre.bc.ca.

The World AnewBackAlley Studio, 351-B Baker Street, Nelson

Wednesday, September 14

Experience The World Anew, a film screening event presented by Cineworks Independent Filmmakers Society from Vancouver featuring contemporary aboriginal film. Bringing together short films by six filmmakers, The World Anew celebrates a multitude of First Nations identities in Canada, as well as past and current indigenous forms of exchange through diverse forms and genres, from documentary, to narrative, to experimental. The event will also include youth film workshops starting on September 17 at Oxygen Art and SelfDesign High. These four day-long workshops for both aboriginal and non-aboriginal youth will develop individual problem-solving and narrative skills for film while challenging participants to develop a cohesive vision. To register contact [email protected].

SpiritbarBelow the Hume Hotel

Friday, September 9DJ Terrantino is kicking off a retro weekend with some of your favourites from the 70s, 80s and 90s. Get out your dancing shoes and get ready for a blast from the past. The doors open at 10 a.m. and cover is $5.

Saturday, September 10

Val Kilmer and the New Coke are a great 80s band from Nelson. If you haven’t seen them, come on out this week-end. Not only are they talented musicians, but their 80s song selection has been carefully handpicked bringing you back to that time and place. Cover is $10 at the door.

Thursday, September 15

Melbourne, Australia’s Opiuo and Portland’s Russ Liq-uid are hitting the stage at Spiritbar. Imagine a precisely blended concoction of tight irresistible grooves, chunk fueled bouncy beats, luscious brooding soundscapes, dol-lops of stomach morphing bass, and a bowl of scrump-tious glitch: Welcome to the musical world of Opiuo. Russ Liquid brings a much-needed injection of melody and emotion to the thriving dance floor community. Classi-cally trained on the piano, trumpet, saxophone and flute, Russ Liquid applies the colourful tones of instrumental music to the realm of beats with dance floor-rocking re-sults. Doors open at 10 p.m.

The Royal330 Baker Street

Wednesday, September 7Do you have a song you’d like to debut or maybe you’re just interested in checking out great local musicians? Ev-ery Wednesday at The Royal Estevan and Tracy Lynn host the Variety Show, The Royal’s open mic night. The show starts at 8:30 p.m. and cover is free.

Friday, September 9 and Saturday, September 10

Legendary Blues Promotions and The Royal are thrilled to have blues legend Sonny Rhodes for two nights in Nelson. As a singer and lap steel guitar player, Rhodes is a disciple of the blues. His musical career spans over almost 40 years while recording over 200 songs and re-ceiving many awards. Rhodes continues to tour interna-tionally and we are extremely lucky to have the man and his blues make a stop at the Royal. Showtime is at 8 p.m. and $20 advance tickets are available at liveattheroyal.com, Royal Espresso and Urban Legends or tickets are $25 at the door.

Wednesday, September 14Looking to enjoy some great local talent. Come down to The Royal to take in the music or even play some yourself. Every Wednesday at The Royal Estevan and Tracy Lynn host the Variety Show, The Royal’s open mic night. The show starts at 8:30 p.m. and cover is free.

Thursday, September 15

When Adrian Glynn stands alone at the microphone, there is a pause; something changes in the air and then the whole room leans in to listen. The Vancouver-based mu-sician composes on acoustic and lap-slide guitars, as well as a balalaika, a Ukrainian folk instrument passed down through a century of his ancestry. Glynn takes the stage at The Royal at 8 p.m. and tickets are $7 at the door.

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2011 GENERAL LOCAL ELECTIONS

GENERAL LOCAL ELECTIONS HAVE BEEN SCHEDULED FOR SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 19, 2011 FOR PURPOSE OF ELECTING SCHOOL TRUSTEES FOR SCHOOL DISTRICT NO. 8 (KOOTENAY LAKE)

IF YOU ARE ELIGIBLE TO VOTE IN THE NOVEMBER ELECTIONS, MAKE SURE YOUR NAME IS ON THE LIST OF ELECTORS BY CONTACTING:

School District No. 8 (Kootenay Lake) 570 Johnstone Rd., Nelson, BC V1L 6J2

Phone: 250-352-6681 Toll Free: 1-877-230-2288 8:00 am to 4:00 pm, Monday to Friday (excluding holidays)

Ask for Audrey MacKenzie or Willow Makortoff

ADVANCE ELECTOR REGISTRATIONS will only be accepted until close of business on Tuesday, September 27, 2011. For those electors not on the voters list who register to vote on voting day, two pieces of identificationwill be required (at least one with a signature) to prove both residency and identity of the elector.

Note – a person may be registered as an elector in only one trustee electoral area for any one school district.

ELECTOR QUALIFICATIONS

RESIDENT ELECTORS: age 18 or older; and a Canadian citizen; and a resident of British Columbia for at least 6 months immediately preceding the day of registration; and a resident of the School District No. 8 electoral area for which the vote is taking place for at least 30 days immediately before the time of voting; and not disqualified by any enactment from voting in an election or otherwise disqualified by law.

NON-RESIDENT PROPERTY ELECTORS: age 18 or older; and a Canadian citizen; and a resident of British Columbia for at least 6 months immediately before the time of voting; and not entitled to register as a resident elector; and not disqualified by any enactment from voting in an election or otherwise disqualified by law; and

a registered owner of real property either as joint tenants or tenants in common, are individuals who are not holding the property in trust for a corporation or another trust; School District No. 8 electoral area for which the vote is taking place for at least 30 days immediately preceding the day of registration; and if there is more than one registered owner of the property, only one of those individuals may, with the written consent of the majority of the owners, register as a non-resident property elector.

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Beginning October 04, 2011 until the close of general voting on November 19, 2011, a copy of the list of registered electors will, upon signature, be available for public inspection, at School District No. 8 (Kootenay Lake), 570 Johnstone Road, Nelson BC. during regular office hours, Monday to Friday, excluding statutory holidays. NOTE: An elector may request that personal information respecting the elector be omitted from or obscured on the list for protection of privacy.

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ArtsOxygen Art Centre

A dynamic trioOxygen Art Centre

is welcoming a new collaborative exhibi-tion by three artists, Sarah Alford, Jen-nifer Bowes and Dee Gibson.

Upon Reflection showcases works that examine the patterns and details of our natural surround-ings using everyday materials such as hot glue, baking parch-ment, butcher cord, and staples.

Through the art-ists’ labour inten-sive, process driven, and site responsive practice, they create a space for contemplat-ing and re-imagining what it means to know the world.

This will be the first exhibition for the three artists who are also long-time friends. Although living in differ-ent provinces, they communicate online and offer feedback to each other on an ongoing basis.

On exhibiting in Nelson for the first time, Alford said, “Nelson is a won-derful city with a

dynamic art scene. There are world-class artists living here and we wanted to be a part of this vibrant culture.”

The suggestion to exhibit at Oxygen came from Bill Met-calfe, a well-known name in the Nelson arts community as well as Alford’s uncle.

“[Alford] shares with the Oxygen Art Centre a delightful, innovative spirit,” says Metcalfe.

“That’s why I think her work will fit well at Oxygen and why I suggested, a few years ago, that she try to get an exhibit there. I am really excited that it is actually happen-ing.”

As individual art-ists, Alford, Bowes, and Gibson each

have a unique back-ground in the arts. Across their various disciplines and ap-proaches, some com-mon themes in their work are silence, fragility, and living in a rural landscape.

Alford currently resides in Halifax where she teaches in the department of historical and critical studies at the Nova Scotia College of Art and Design Univer-sity. She has studied art history, jewelry, metalsmithing, and fiber and material studies and her work has been exhibited both nationally and internationally.

Bowes is an Al-berta native who is a full-time instructor and program coor-dinator in the visual

arts department at the Northern Lights College in BC. She specialized in paint-ing and drawing at the University of Alberta. A seasoned globe-trotter, she has spent time in Scot-land, England, Italy, Turkey, and Nepal.

Gibson grew up in Ontario and graduat-ed with a bachelor of fine arts in painting from the Nova Scotia College of Art and Design University. Her work can cur-rently be found in the collection of the Art Bank of Nova Scotia. She now resides in Saskatoon.

The exhibit will be at Oxygen Art Centre until September 24. Gallery hours are 1 to 5 p.m., Wednesday to Saturday.

Local art duo heartlab (Anita Levesque and Bradley

Smith) will be offer-ing a hands-on col-laborative art making

workshop that will include a brief dis-cussion about their work.

The Touchstones Nelson workshop goes Thursday night between 7 and 9 p.m.

Pairs of any kind are encouraged to attend (e.g. friends, siblings, couples), although any individ-ual is welcome, and will be matched with a partner. Partici-pants will playfully explore the creative dynamics between text and image, and between one another as collaborators. No

experience is re-quired and materials will be provided.

The resulting works will be exhib-ited in the display cases in the hallway leading to Gallery B (with permission of the participants).

Participants are asked to register in advance to secure their seat, as there are only 12 spaces. Please contact the front desk for more informa-tion: 250-352-9813.

The cost for the workshop is $7 for non-members and $5 for members.

Nelson Star Staff

Collaborative workshop at Touchstones

TRAILMIXThe Nelson Star brings you Trail Mix, a page dedicated to the outdoor activities that we enjoy in the Kootenays.

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Community

Kokanee by the thousandsCome see thou-

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at the north end of Kootenay Lake at an open house on Sun-day between 11 a.m. and 2 p.m.

The event is hosted by the Fish and Wildlife Compensa-tion Program which is a partnership

between BC Hydro, the Province of BC, and Fisheries and Oceans Canada. It works on behalf of its partners to conserve and enhance fish and wildlife affected by the creation of BC Hydro owned and operated generation facilities. The spawn-ing channel is jointly funded and managed by the compensa-tion program and the Ministry of Forests, Lands, and Natural Resource Operations.

Each year between 300,000 and 500,000 kokanee make their way into the Dun-can River at the top end of Kootenay Lake and then home into Meadow Creek spawning channel.

“A large part of the channel’s success is due to the relatively high and consistent egg-to-fry survival rates,” says the min-istry’s senior fisheries biologist, Jeff Bur-rows. “In natural streams the egg-to-fry survival rate is usually less than 15 per cent, but due to careful monitoring and management of water flows and spawning gravel con-dition, the survival rate in this channel is usually just under 50 per cent.”

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Continued from Page 14every 100 eggs deposited in the fall, nearly 50 fry exit the channel the following spring. The channel usually receives more than 40 million eggs each year.

The 3.3 km looping spawn-ing channel was the largest of its kind in the world when it was built in 1967, with BC Hydro funds, compensating for upstream spawning habitat lost due to the construction of Duncan dam. To this day the channel continues to play a very important role for ko-kanee; it accounts for about 75

per cent of total kokanee fry production in Kootenay Lake.

While the spawning chan-nel is open to the public for the duration of the spawn-ing season (unless there is unusually high bear activity), the open house provides an opportunity for the public to ask questions to biologist about the kokanee and the nutrient restoration program of Kootenay Lake.

“Since 1992 the Fish and Wildlife Compensation Pro-gram and the province of BC have been adding nutrients to Kootenay Lake and it is

widely viewed as one of the most successful large-lake restoration projects in the world,” says compensation program public representa-tive Grant Trower. “It helps the kokanee which is consid-ered a keystone species and important prey for predator fish; the Gerrard rainbow and bull trout thrive here because of the bountiful kokanee.”

The spawning channel is located 4 km north west of Meadow Creek off Highway 31. For more information on the open house visit fwcp.ca or call 250-352-6874.

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Plenty to sign up for this fall

The fall leisure guide for Slocan Valley rec-reation is now out so make sure to check it out for all the great programs coming up. Here are a few highlights:l Get insights of the trials and rewards asso-

ciated with getting off the grid when Val Mayes and Gary Yakimchuk share their experiences on Sunday, September 18. l Shanoon Bennett returns on September 24

for the native edibles harvest walk, where she completes the cycle focusing on the roots, ber-ries and fruits of a variety of beneficial native plants. l The P.A.L. and C.O.R.E. hunter training

programs are also happening at Winlaw School in September, beginning the weekend of Sep-tember 17.

You can find the guide on line at rdck.bc.ca/community/recreation/slocan_valley/sv_lg.html.

For more information call them at 250-226-0008 or find them on Facebook to keep up to date on everything.

CommunitySlocan Valley Recreation Pug Lovers Unite

Pennies Add Up

How could you not love that face? Plenty do and this Saturday pug lovers are invited to the sixth annual Pugapalozza in Crescent Valley at the Frog Peak Cafe. The event runs from 1 to 3 p.m. and all pugs and friends of the pug are welcome. There will be prizes for best dressed pug, biggest pug and littlest pug. For more information call 250-359-7261.

When the Kerr apartment building in Nel-son tragically burned down this year and residents needed assistance, the Kootenay Savings South Slocan branch didn’t hesitate to ask how can we help? Partnering with the Our Daily Bread hot lunch program based in Nelson, the branch held a coin drive, collect-ing $318.79 to help offer meals and a com-fortable place to gather for those affected by the fire. Along with the coin drive, some staff also volunteered their time to cook and serve at the Our Daily Bread kitchen. South Slocan’s Debra Storey (left) and Sylvia van’t Kruis (right) recently presented Pastor Gor-don Malcolm of Our Daily Bread (middle) with the donation.


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information and we’ll print it. No story is too small, no accomplishment ever unworthy. Write it like you

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


Melanson repeats at September classic

He headed back to Simon Fraser Uni-versity this week, but Granite Pointe’s Jor-dan Melanson might

find himself getting a bit homesick after the impressive summer he enjoyed on the lo-cal links.

On Sunday Melan-son captured his sec-ond straight Granite

Pointe SPL Open — formerly Labour Day Open — after rounds of 70 and 73.

The title was his fifth this sum-mer, joining wins at Creston, Castlegar,

Birchbank and a BC Amateur zone title.

“When I came home last summer I had some success and didn’t think I could do any better,” says Melanson, who is a key member of the SFU men’s golf team. “But I did.”

Melanson was on fire when he teed off at his home course on Saturday, shooting a five-under-par 31 on the front nine. His opening round 70 left him three strokes up on the nearest competitor — older brother Brendan Melanson.

“It was great to hang out with him for the weekend,” says Jordan.

The Melanson brothers are no strangers to duelling each other at the local

course. Growing up they both took home junior club cham-pionships and have battled each other several times at the Labour Day event.

Though a decent player, Brendan has not taken the com-petitive route and hasn’t even played much in Calgary where he attends uni-versity and stayed for most of the summer.

“If he beat me this weekend, that would have been trouble,” Jordan said with a smile.

On Sunday the big brother could only muster a 75 and fell short of upsetting Jordan by five strokes.

Jordan is now back to the books in the Lower Mainland and getting ready for the fall golf schedule.

Granite Pointe’s SPL Open

Tell us how your team is doing, email: [email protected]

SportsBOB HALLNelson Star Editor

Jordan Melanson goes through his pre-shotroutine on the final hole of the SPL Open on Sunday afternoon as brother Brendan lookson. Bob Hall photo

THE CORPORATION OF THE CITY OF NELSONADVANCE VOTER REGISTRATION

CITY OF NELSON &SCHOOL DISTRICT NO. 8, ELECTORAL AREA 1

THE CITY OF NELSON WILL be accepting voter registration for the upcoming Municipal and School District No 8, Electoral Area 1 elections which will take place on November 19th, 2011.

Advance registration closes at 4:30 p.m. on September 27th, 2011. If you are NOT on the list of electors for the City of Nelson or the School District No. 8, Electoral Area 1 and you are ELIGIBLE, you may register to vote at the Administration Of ce, City Hall, 2nd Floor, 310 Ward Street, Nelson, B.C. during regular of ce hours 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m Monday to Friday, except statutory holidays. For further details or to check if you are on the list, please call 352-8233 OR 352-8234.

ELECTOR QUALIFICATIONSRESIDENT ELECTORS:• age 18 or older; and• a Canadian citizen; and• a resident of British Columbia for at least 6 months immediately before the day of registration; and• a resident of the City of Nelson or School District No. 8, Electoral Area 1 for at least 30 days immediately before

the day of registration; and• not disquali ed by any enactment from voting in an election or otherwise disquali ed by law.

NON-RESIDENT PROPERTY ELECTORS:• age 18 or older; and• a Canadian citizen; and• a resident of British Columbia for at least 6 months immediately before the day of registration; and• a registered owner of real property in the City of Nelson or School District No 8, Electoral Area 1 for at least 30

days immediately before the day of registration; and• not entitled to register as a resident elector; and• not disquali ed by any enactment from voting in an election or otherwise disquali ed by law; and• if there is more than one registered owner of the property, only one of those individuals may, with the written

consent of the majority of the owners, register as a non-resident property elector.

Should you miss the opportunity to register in advance and you meet the quali cations as a resident or non-resident elector, you may register on voting day by producing at least two pieces of acceptable identi cation and proof of residency, one of which must have your signature.

LIST OF REGISTERED ELECTORSBeginning October 4th, 2011 until the close of general voting for the election on November 19th, 2011, a copy of the list of registered electors will, upon signature, be available for public inspection, at the Administration Of ce, City Hall, 2nd Floor, 310 Ward Street, Nelson, B.C., during regular of ce hours, Monday to Friday, excluding statutory holidays. An elector may request that their address or other information about them be omitted from or obscured on the list of electors.

OBJECTION TO REGISTRATION OF AN ELECTORAn objection to the registration of a person whose name appears on the list of registered electors may be made in accordance with the Local Government Act until 4:00 pm on October 14, 2011. An objection must be in writing and may only be made by a person entitled to be registered as an elector of the City of Nelson or School District No. 8, Electoral Area 1 and can only be made on the basis that the person whose name appears has died or is not quali ed to be registered as an elector of the City of Nelson or School District No. 8, Electoral Area 1.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION on these matters, the following persons may be contacted:Janet Postlethwaite, Chief Election Of cer at (250 505-0468)Frances Long, Deputy Chief Election Of cer at (250 352-8254)

Janet PostlethwaiteChief Election Of cer

Fall Registration Starts Now!Call 250-352-2071for early registration,

information and formsIn person registration at

Dance Studio at the Old Civic Centre - Sept 8, 2011 5-7 pm

Some classes may be full by this time so register early!!!

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Sports

Local ScoreboardNelson Youth Soccer Nelson City Soccer League

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U12 GIRLSTEAM GP W L T PKootenay Co-Op 7 7 0 0 14Maclean & Taylor Chiropractic 7 5 2 0 10Carmichael Toews Irving 7 4 3 0 8Nelson Stars 7 3 4 0 6Abacus Heating & Air Cond. 7 2 5 0 4Jamieson Contracting 7 0 7 0 0

U12 BOYSTEAM GP W L T PPeak Freaks 5 3 1 1 7Nelson Pro. Firefighters 5 2 1 2 6Slocan Valley Tri City Pump 5 2 1 2 6Range Helicopters 5 2 2 1 5Investors Group 5 2 2 1 5Mistiso’s Place Vacation 5 2 3 0 4JY Contracting 5 2 3 0 4Pacific Insight Electronics 5 1 3 1 3

LEO’S MEN’S OPENTEAM GP W L T PInnkeepers 12 7 2 3 24West Kootenay United 12 5 6 1 16The Action 12 4 4 4 16Kootenay Co-Op 12 4 8 0 12

FINLEY’S LADIES RECTEAM GP W L T PDirty Dozen 10 9 1 0 27Lily Whites 10 7 3 0 21Red Dog 10 4 5 1 13Finley’s Jiggers 10 2 7 1 7Selkirk Eyecare 10 2 8 0 6

JACKSON’S HOLE MEN’S MASTERSTEAM GP W L T PJackson’s Hole 13 11 1 1 34Bia Boro 13 10 1 2 32Club Inter 13 5 4 4 19Real Nelson 13 4 7 2 14Ted Allen’s 13 2 10 1 7Red Dog 13 2 11 0 6

U14 GIRLSTEAM GP W L T PHanley & Sons Construction 8 7 1 0 14Sidewinders 8 5 1 2 12Spearhead Timberworks 8 2 3 3 7Prestige Lakeside Resort 8 2 4 2 6Big Cranium (Kaslo) 8 2 5 1 5Selkirk Veterinary Hospital 8 1 5 2 4

U18 BOYSTEAM GP W L T PCanFilters Canada Ltd. 6 6 0 0 12Pacific Insight Dodgers 6 4 2 0 8Maglio Building Centre 6 2 4 0 2WWOOF Canada 6 0 6 0 0

U18 GIRLSTEAM GP W L T PRemedy RX Pharmacy 6 5 1 0 10RHC Insurance Brokers Ltd. 6 4 2 0 8Pacific Insight Porsche 6 2 4 0 4Rotary Day Breakers 6 1 5 0 2

U14 BOYSTEAM GP W L T PQuizno’s Subs 10 7 1 2 16BC/DC 9 7 1 1 15Kootenay Lake Electric 10 3 6 1 7Western Auto Wreckers 10 2 6 2 6KBS 9 1 6 2 4

Pre-Season Scores and Upcoming GamesThursday, September 1

N. Vancouver Wolf Pack 4 Grand Forks Border Bruins 2Friday, September 2

Beaverlodge Blades 2 Chase Heat 7North Okanagan 7 Kelowna Chiefs 1

North Vancouver Wolf Pack 4 Osoyoos Coyotes 3Saturday, September 3

Chase Heat 10 Beaverlodge Blades 0North Vancouver Wolf Pack 7 Osoyoos Coyotes 5

Sunday, September 4North Vancouver Wolf Pack 3 Princeton Posse 3

Tuesday, September 6Columbia Valley Rockies at Golden Rockets

Okanagan College Coyotes at Kelowna ChiefsWednesday, September 7

Nelson Leafs at Castlegar Rebels, 7:30 p.m.Creston Valley Thundercats at Beaver Valley Nitehawks

Revelstoke Grizzlies at Kamloops StormKelowna Chiefs at North Okanagan Knights

Osoyoos Coyotes at Princeton PosseThursday, September 8

Castlegar Rebels at Nelson Leafs, 7 p.m. NDCCCreston Valley Thundercats at Beaver Valley Nitehawks

For the latest on the Nelson Junior Leafs during the upcoming season be sure to check out

nelsonstar.com

The Kootenay Thunder regional girls soccer team returned last month from the highly competitive Mt.Hood Nike Challenge in Portland where they impressed the competition with solid team play.

If you would like to have your team featured in the Jackson’s Hole team of the week please submit the photo and information (including who is in the photo) to [email protected].

Team of the Week524 Vernon St, Nelson (250) 354-1919


Community

The sounds of well roundednessIt is that time of year

again. Along with the re-turn to school, the regis-tered music teachers return to the work of musically educating their students.

The value of music les-sons has been well docu-mented. Musical training has been shown to de-velop brain areas involved in language, reasoning and spatial intelligence. Students learn to think creatively and they learn the value of sustained effort in order to see the concrete

rewards of hard work. Mu-sic allows self-expression and encourages risk-taking. It provides glimpses of other cultures and a look at craftsmanship. These wide-ranging benefits most importantly transfer into life experiences.

If you are considering music lessons for your child, consider a registered music teacher. A registered teacher has met criteria which ensure a high level of education and commitment to the profession. You are assured of competent and qualified instruction as well as performance opportuni-

ties such as Canada Music Week, music festival and recitals.

BC registered music teachers are dedicated to

the educational, cultural and artistic development of their students. Whether you are a beginner (adult or child), training for a career in music, or studying for pleasure, there is a regis-tered music teacher for you.

The Nelson branch of the BC Registered Music Teachers is pleased to offer a wide range of programs for students: piano, theory, strings, voice, flute, gui-tar and Music for Young Children.

For more information contact Anne Macdonald at 250-352-7625 or [email protected].

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Th is handsome three-bedroom family home is designed so that the double garage, set at a right angle to the main living space, presents a pleasant view from the street and contains the front garden in a courtyard-like area.

Natural light will fi ll the foyer, thanks to a window well above. Directly ahead is the open-plan great room, with a wood-burning fi replace and french doors to a partly covered sun deck. Th e fi replace is fl anked by built-in entertainment units.

Th e dining area includes a built-out buff et that will be particularly welcome when guests are invited for dinner. Th e kitchen is separated from the great room and dining area by a work island, fi tted with a double sink, and a three-seat eating bar. A corner pantry will provides extra storage space and the L-shaped counter confi guration promises effi ciency.

Adjacent to the kitchen, through an archway, are the laundry room, a mud room with a coat closet and access to the double garage, and a two-piece lavatory. Th e double garage features a bayed-out window that looks out on the front garden, as well as access to the side garden.

Th e spacious master suite, located at the back of the home for privacy, includes a walk-in closet. Th e toilet and shower stall are separated from the rest of the ensuite, which includes double basins and a soaker tub with a tiled surround tucked in next to a window overlooking the back garden.

Th e second and third bedrooms share a split bathroom, where the toilet is separated by a sliding door. Bedroom No. 3 features a window seat.

All ceilings measure nine feet high.A U-shaped stairway between the foyer

and the third bedroom leads to an unfi nished basement, included in the plans.

Th is home measures 58 feet wide and 79 feet, four inches deep, for a total of 2,104 square feet on the main fl oor.

Plans for design 1-3-642 are available for $736 (set of 5), $825 (set of 8) and $880 for a super set of 10. Also add $30.00 for Priority charges within B.C. or $55.00 outside of B.C. Please add 12% H.S.T., 13% H.S.T. Or 5% G.S.T (where applicable) to both the plan price and Priority charges.

Our NEW 43RD Edition of the Home Plan Catalogue containing over 300 plans is available for $13.50 (includes taxes, postage and handling). Make all cheques and money orders payable to “Home Plan of the Week” and mail to:HOME PLAN OF THE WEEKc/o...Nelson StarUnit 7, 15243 91st Avenue,Surrey, B.C. V3R 8P8OR SEE OUR WEB PAGE ORDER FORM ON: www.jenish.comAND E-MAIL YOUR ORDER TO: homeplans @ jenish.com

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Telus helps with back to schoolAbout 120 students in Nelson will

receive a nice surprise in time for the new school year — a backpack filled with basic school supplies they likely would not have been able to afford otherwise.

Earlier this summer, Telus commu-nity ambassadors in the West Koote-nay gave 120 school bags filled with supplies to elementary, secondary and alternative schools in the Nelson area. School officials will distribute them to students in need.

Across Canada, nearly 9,500 stu-dents will receive a kit this fall, thanks to the Telus Kits for Kids program.

This year, Telus community ambas-sadors in the West Kootenay rolled up their sleeves and prepared the school bags for young students in Nelson, filling them with the necessary school supplies for each grade: pencils, glue sticks, notebooks, loose leaf paper, scissors, erasers, pencil cases, rulers, and much more.

This initiative was part of the Telus Day of Giving, an annual event dur-ing which Telus team members from across Canada donate their time and help local organizations.

“Going to school in September is a challenging time for many young people. They don’t need the added strain of not being able to afford the basic school supplies all their friends

have, not to mention the impact that can have on their ability to learn and grow,” said Marge Witton, president of Telus community ambassadors in the West Kootenay.

“They deserve the same chance as every other student, and we’re deter-mined to provide it to them. Telus’ community ambassadors are volun-teers who are passionate about Telus’ ‘we give where we live’ philosophy, and this work of equipping kids for school has been an integral part of the Telus community ambassador tradition for many years.”

Every year, Telus ambassadors pro-vide volunteer services at community events and support dozens of philan-thropic programs and initiatives.

CommunityCompany’s Ambassador Program Provides School Supplies

Points Add UpOver the last three months, local Save-On- Foods customers have been donating points for Our Daily Bread. Last week store manager Pete Taillon (right) presented Pastor Jim Reimer (left) with a cheque for $450 which included matching money from the grocery store.


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Community

Chainsaws and plenty more buzz at Crawford BayChainsaw collector Mike

Acres is bringing some of his unusual antique saws from Vancouver to the 100th Kootenay Lake Fall Fair this Saturday. He has also promised to cut a log with one of these unique machines.

Acres came here many times when Kokanee Karnival of Sports was part of the Southern Interior Loggers Sports Associ-ation. He helped come up with the fire pump contest — a team event that was one of the most exciting things on the program that drew up to 3,000 people to

the show in the 1970s and ‘80s.Acres was on the road for

many years as a service rep-resentative for several saw distributors, so always had his eye out for interesting saws — now his collection consists of at least 160 different machines. Some years back he started the Chainsaw Collectors Corner on the Internet, and from this evolved the large hardcover book, Chainsaws: A History by David Lee.

Since Gray Creek Store has been selling saws for 55 years, Tom Lymbery has to choose what to display from his stash — certainly including a 1954 Pioneer made in Vancouver,

which was the first ever direct drive unit, doing away with the weighty and expensive gearbox that earlier models had.

lThe 100th Kootenay Lake

Fall Fair will open to the public on Saturday at 10 a.m.and wrap up 4 p.m.

Admission is free, and there

will be lots to see and do for everyone, such as admiring the fall fair entries, listening to the live music from our local musicians, tasting some deli-cious treats, and enjoying the zucchini races for the kids.

The first Crawford Bay Fall Fair was held on September 22, 1911, in a small wooden

building which was the new community hall and school. There were 33 classes of fruit, vegetables, and flowers. Other activities included sports com-petition and an evening dance.

The first fairs were strictly local events initially hosted by the Farmer’s Institute and then the Women’s Institute. Over the years the fair has seen apple picking and livestock competitions, public speaking, fashion shows, children’s games, parades, musical entertainment, teas and bake sales. For one year during World War I the com-mittee did not organize a fall fair; otherwise there has been a fair each year for 100 years.

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EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITIESThe Regional District of Central Kootenay is accepting applications for the following positions:

• Manager of Recreation – Nelson & District Community Complex

• Aquatics Programmer – Nelson & District Community Complex

• Recreation Programmer – Slocan Valley

A detailed Job Description including a complete list of qualifi cations for this position is available on the RDCK website at www.rdck.bc.ca.

Two growing dealerships, Kalawsky Chevrolet and Castlegar Hyundai, require a diligent, fl exible person with solid accounting and computer skills to handle payroll, benefi ts administration, bank reconciliation, invoice posting, and other bookkeeping and reception duties. The position is part-time (8 am to 1 pm), fi ve days per week. Experience with payroll is preferred but an automotive background is not mandatory.

Please send cover letter, resume and references to:

Kalawsky Chevrolet Buick GMC1700 Columbia Avenue, Castlegar, B.C., V1N 2W4Fax: (250) 365-3949E-mail: [email protected]

Accounting and Payroll Clerk

COOK (CATERING) Competition #82 – Castlegar and Tenth Street campusesCOOK Competition #83 (2 positions) – Castlegar and Silver King campusesCooks will be responsible for preparing and cooking meals for college cafeterias and/or catering clients on an on-call as needed basis. Qualifications for all positions include high school graduation, successful completion of a cook training program (similar to the Level 1 course offered by Selkirk College), Foodsafe Level II, WHMIS certification and a minimum of two years of related food preparation and catering experience ON CALL: commencing immediately. All closing: September 13, 2011.

FOOD SERVICE WORKERS Competition #84 (80%) – Castlegar campusCompetition #85 (50%) – Castlegar campus This position will be responsible for providing food service for the cafeteria, cleaning of kitchen work areas and other duties as assigned. Competition #86 – (4 positions), Castlegar, Silver King and Tenth Street campusThese positions will provide a support role to the cafeteria services such as cashiering, food preparation, catering, dishwashing and cleaning.Qualifications for all positions include high school graduation, Foodsafe Level I, WHMIS certification and a minimum of one year of related experience. SESSIONAL (September to mid December and January to mid April): commencing immediately. All closing: September 13, 2011. Visit our website for details on this and other career opportunities.

A career that fits, naturally. Selkirk College values family, healthy living and a positive work-life balance in the scenic West Kootenay and Boundary Regions.

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• Canning tomatoes .65lb/case • pears .75lb/case • tree-ripened peaches • nectarines • apples • melons • peppers • squash • broccoli • caulifl ower and more.

Nelson Market Wednesdays and Saturdays Kinnaird Church 2404 Columbia Ave. Castlegar Thursdays

Terry & Val Rilkoff, 250-442-3514

GRAND FORKS FARMS

DAY TRIPNorthern Quest Sept.14th

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Oct.15thCall Totem Travel1-866-364-1254

Announcements

Coming Events

Call 250-352-2071for early registration,

information and formsIn person registration at Dance Studio at the Old

Civic Centre - Sept 8, 2011 5-7 pm

Some classes may be full by this time

so register early!!!

Fall Registration Starts Now!

DYNAMITE DANCERS Moving Centre w. “Miss.Karin” 3-4yrs,1:30-2:15;Creative Dnc 5-7yrs,3:30-4:30;Combo Class (ballet/jazz/hip hop). 7-10yrs,4:30-5:15;Breakin’ & Hip Hop (boys & girls).

10 classes $150. Sept 26th. 250-505-5013

InformationATTENTION RESIDENTIAL School Survivors! If you re-ceived the CEP (Common Ex-perience Payment), you may be eligible for further Cash Compensation. To see if you qualify, phone toll free 1-877-988-1145 now. Free service!

COMEDY & Stage shows for Staff Parties, Christmas Par-ties, Conventions, Community Clubs, Banquets. Booking for Christmas & 2012. Popovich Productions 25 years in busi-ness. Toll free 1-888-856-9282.

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BALLROOM DANCE CLASSES in Nelson!

Thursdays (Sept.22-Nov.10) 6-7pm BEGINNER

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PRACTICE, 8-9pm INTERMEDIATE

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Trades, TechnicalJourneyman Gas Fitter/Install-er wanted immediately. Com-petitive wage & Benefi t Pack-age. Relocation assistance available. Apply [email protected]. 250-992-9012.

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IF YOU own a home or real estate, Alpine Credits will lendyou money: it’s that simple.your credit / age / income isnot an issue. 1-800-587-2161.

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Garage Sales2930 Silverking Road

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NELSON: Saturday Sep 10th 8am - ? Corner of Nelson & Behnsen Canceled if Raining

NELSON: Sidewalk Sale 800 blk of Victoria St, lwr side. Saturday, Sep. 10th 9am-2pm. Household & home made items, kids

clothing, clearance on pond plants & Children’s Home-made Crafts (fundraiser)

Misc. for SaleA FREE Telephone service - Get your fi rst month free. bad credit, don’t sweat it. No de-posits. no credit checks. Call Freedom Phone Lines today Toll-Free 1-866-884-7464.

BEASLEY: HD6 (Allis Chalmers) Crawler $2500,

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home gym $200, Weider weight bench $75. 250-

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BUILDING SALE... “”Rock bottom prices”” 25x40x12 $7350. 30x60x15 $12,700. 35x70x16 $15,990. 40x80x16 $20,990. 47x100x18 $25,800. 60x140x20 $50,600. End walls included, doors optional. Pio-neer Steel Manufacturers Di-rect 1-800-668-5422.

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SAWMILLS FROM only $3997 - make money & save money with your own bandmill - Cut lumber any dimension. In stock ready to ship. Free Info & DVD: www.NorwoodSawmills.com/400OT 1-800-566-6899 Ext:400OT.

Misc. WantedCHIPPER SHREDDER to shred small branches and leaves. 250-367-9693

Coin Collector Buying oldCoins, Silver, Gold, Olympic +Also buying bulk silver coins.Chad: 250-863-3082 (Local)

Real Estate

Acreage for Sale82.8 ACRES, 300’ lakefront, S Cariboo. Beautiful, pastoral, private, rural setting. Borders crown land. Adjacent 80+ acre parcel available.

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Duplex/4 PlexNELSON: 1201 Davies St. new 2bdrm, 2.5 bath duplex. Half sold, high quality, ener-guide 80, great views, great lo-cation, $349,000 incl. HST, 226-7809. propertyguys.com ID#196677

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For Sale By OwnerOne bedroom house for sale in Procter. 30 minutes outside of Nelson. Steps away from Kootenay Lake. Perfect cot-tage getaway. Updated plumb-ing. Reno’d kitchen and bath. New deck. $184,900. 250-551-0322/250-505-9511

Houses For SaleBeautifully reno’d, 3 bdrm, with offi ce 2 bath home, 308 Latimer St. New roof, off street parking, fl at corner lot, river views, fantastic yard, maple fl oors/cabinets, air jet tub and much more. $379K. 352-9364

KootenaysServiced lot for Sale 2 min-utes from Nelson on HWY6 call 250-352-5977

Waterfront, Bonaventure Park #34. 3 bdrm, 2 bath & shed.

Million dollar views without million dollar price tags! Call Lil 250-825-3476 or

250-509-0538. Open houses for two weeks:

July 30th & 31st, 2-4pm Aug 6th & 7th, 2-4pm

Mobile Homes & Parks

1981, 14X70, 12x20 Addition, 3 Bdrm, #12–217 Zacks Rd, Nakusp. Can be moved, $35,000 OBO, 250-265-9930

MortgagesMortgage Help! Beat bank rates for purchases and refi -nances, immediate debt con-solidation, foreclosure relief, and equity loans. Free, fast, friendly, private consultations.

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RecreationalRARE OPPORTUNITY: wa-terfront property on beautiful Jim Lake, (70 Mile House) .83-acre with 360 sq ft insulat-ed cabin, located near Green Lake/Watch Lake. Rare priva-cy, only three lots on the lake, good fi shing for rainbows to 10 lbs, nice swimming, surround-ed by crown land. Great trails for hiking, ATV and snowmo-bile. Seasonal 10-km back road access in 4x4 or pick-up. FSBO. $230,000. 250-395-0599. (Please see bchomesfor-sale.com/70mile/frank.)

Rentals

Apt/Condo for RentNELSON: Now Accepting

Applications for a 2 bdrm Apt in Quiet Adult Oriented Bldg.

N/S, N/P $645 + utilities call 250-352-0118

NELSON: Spacious 1 bdrm on Vernon St. w/d, balcony and lake views! $825/mo + utilities250-999-9530 / 250-354-3636

WINLAW: Newer quality cot-tage, 2bd w/loft. Quiet sunny valley views, suitable for 2 people. $795/mo 226-0034 www.merryproperties.com

Commercial/Industrial

NELSON: BRIGHT, modern, commercial space downtown, Vernon Street. Great visibility. Open fl oorplan. $950 + triple-net, negotiable on long term. call Sylvia 250-354-8185

Housesitting

Long-Time Kootenay resident available for long

term housesitting in Nelson. Up to date criminal record

check & bondable. Please contact Phil:

email: [email protected] phone: 250-777-1169

Homes for Rent5bd, 2bth log home w/views of Nelson & lake @ 6mile in the Middle Road Community. Suits family, 12mo lease only $2000 + util. 604-902-6705

NELSON: 2 bdrm/2 bth, large private deck, fully furnished, DW, W/D, 50” TV, NS/NP ref.req’d $700 + util. Avail. Nov.1 - Apr.1 call 352-7605

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Homes for RentNELSON- 2 bdrm executive waterfront home, 6 mile Nel-son, partially furnished. NS/NP. Refs req’d. $1700+ utils. (250)825-4471 or 250-354-9434.

NELSON: 3bd/1bth @ end of View St. $1250 + util. Gas stove, laundry, pets ok, NS. Walking distance to schools,

parks, lake & Safeway. Great family neighbourhood.

250-428-7789 (creston #)

NELSON: Beautiful Mtn Waters Retreat Centre for

Rent Nov.1/11 - Mar/Apr 2012. 7bdr/3.5bth, NP 4wd access

only $2200/mo incl util. contact 250-509-0553

alternatively 250-354-7758

Offi ce/RetailAccounting professional, spare offi ce for sub-lease or share offi ce cost, 601 Front St.,Nelson. Great parking, storage, new equip. & soft-ware, contact Anna toll free: 1-855-352-5191 or www.wharfhouse.caDESIRABLE OFFICE space for rent: 406 sq ft w/ skylights, avail immed, 700 sq ft store front w/ washrooms and stor-age area, avail immed, 406 sq ft, lower level w/ window, avail Sept. 1. Front Street Empori-um. 601 Front St., Nelson. For more info call Douglas Barber 250-551-4449 or pref-erably: [email protected]

NELSON: Spacious, private offi ce,event or treatment room 14’x20’ near Lakeside Park. separate entrance,parking,

wifi ,in-fl oor heat & bathroom. Daily / Weekly / Monthly Rates

call 250-551-1078

Shared Accommodation

Roommate Wanted: for large ground level apartment.

Private yard, utilities, w/d included. NS/NP. Close to

Selkirk College (Rosemont)for info call 352-3293/551-8987

TownhousesNelson: Perfect for family, newly renovated 3 bdrm town-house. Fenced backyard, near school & bus $1100/month + utilities,no smoking. 353-7404

Want to RentFamily of 3 looking for a 2bdr

home for October 1st in Nelson & area. Steady income

with great references, call Marcus 250-231-3400

Single, mature man looking for a private/quiet rental in Nel-son Area. Non-smoker with no pets. Interested in yard work if needed, can pay up to $550/mo, incl.util. Please call Charlie 250-551-1708

Single Mom with two teenage sons urgently requires

affordable housing in Nelson, near services or on bus route. Clean, respectful, will help with

property upkeep. Great references available. Please call Pam at:

250 352-9876.

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We buy scrap batteries fromcars & trucks & heavy equipment.

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Where: North end of Kootenay Lake. Look for signs in Meadow Creek.

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Roberta “Bobby” Gutwin of Balfour and formerly of Nelson passed away peacefully on August

29, 2011 at the Arrow Lakes Hospital, Nakusp,

BC. Bobby was born in Swift Current, SK on June 13, 1948.

She is survived by her loving husband of 45 years, Denis Gutwin, her father, John Philp of Fruitvale, BC, her children, son Robert (Susan) Gutwin of Ottawa, ON, daughter ScottieAnne (Dustin) Hoff man of Nakusp, BC, sister Lesle (Shash)Prasad, brothers Terry(Marlene) Philp, Peter(Ronda)Philp, sister in law Sandra Philp, and many nieces, nephews, and cherished friends. Bobby had four grandchildren whom she adored, Katie, Brennan, Kyle, and Samantha.Bobby is predeceased by her mother Scottie, and her brother Tim.Th e family wishes to express their gratitude to Dr P. Malpass, Dr S. Moola, BC Ambulance service, KLH third fl oor nurses, Dave Scanlon, Liz Edwards, Paul Moffi tt, and a very special thank you to Dr J. Noiles and to Annette and Cheryl in the chemo room, you ladies are the best.A memorial service will be held Friday September2, 2011 at 1pm, Balfour Evangelical Covenant Church, 7741 Upper Balfour Road, Balfour, BC Donations may be made to the Canadian Cancer Society in Bobby’s memory.Funeral directions are under the direction of Th ompson Funeral Service Ltd. Online condolences may be expressed at www.thompsonfs.ca.

Elma N. Verigin passed away peacefully at the Westview Continuing Care Centre in Stony Plain, Alberta on Tuesday, August 2, 2011 at the age of 85 years.

She was born in Verigin Saskatchewan on November 20th, 1925 to Nick and Mable Shukin.

As a young woman she moved to Nelson, B.C. and married Kay K. Verigin on June 3rd, 1945. Th ey had their fi rst child Laurence Kenneth on June 19, 1946 and their second child on December 2, 1950 when their daughter Sharon Kay was born.

Elma loved her role as mother and homemaker and enjoyed her hobbies of gardening, cooking, knitting, crocheting and bingo night with the ladies.

In 1998 Elma lost her husband of 53 years. Not long after, Elma had serious health issues and moved to Stony Plain to live with Sharon and Wayne. She especially loved spending time with her grandchildren.

She was predeceased by her father Nick (1952), her mother Mable (1978), sister Mary (1984), and brothers William (1989), Alex (1995) and Pete (2003)

She leaves to mourn her loss, her son Laurence, her daughter Sharon (Wayne), 11 grandchildren: Bob, Lana, Kelly, Chris, Dan, Melanie, Ron, Nancy, Dan, David and Susan, 17 great grandchildren and 2 great great grandchildren and numerous relatives and friends.

We would like to thank Dr. Greg Boughen, Dr. Kata Matic, Home Care and the Westview Health Centre Continuing Care facility for the care and compassion given Elma and the family. We would also like to extend out thanks to Parkland Funeral Services, Stony Plain; Th ompson Funeral Home, Nelson, B.C.; and the Hume Hotel, Nelson, B.C.

Th e family would like to say a very big thank you to all who have supported us in so many ways. It has helped us in our time of loss.

Elma VeriginNovember 25, 1925 – August 2, 2011

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