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Controlled burn great training for local firefightersEDGEWOOD — The Edgewood Volunteer Fire Department

and The Fauquier Volunteer Fire Department combined forces recently to watch over the controlled burn of an abandoned house in Edgewood.

The two-storey log house was originally built in 1934 by William Partridge and his family. In recent years the house had begun to

tumble down and had become a danger to local inquisitive children.With permissions from the land owners, the old house was set

ablaze. The Edgewood Fire Department had all their fire fighting equipment on hand. It was a great opportunity to practice skills learned over the years and to test equipment.

By the end of the day there was nothing left but a small pile of

smoldering rubble.Hundreds of feet of hoses were rolled and gathered up and

pumps were refuelled and stored safely.At a debriefing meeting held following the fire, everyone involved

agreed that the afternoon’s staged burn was very worthwhile and a great training event.

Firefighters from Edgewood and Fauquier took part in a controlled burn of an abandoned log house in Edgewood as part of a recent training exercise.

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There are 7,000,000,000 people. There are 46,000 rainforests left. Around 1/5 of all the earth’s plants grow in rainforests.

Help by recycling & reducing waste.

School district to host social media awareness night

School District 10 will be host-ing a social media awareness/management night on March 29.

The community information session is to help the public un-derstand the social media land-scape children are, or soon will be, living in.

It’s important to ensure that parents are aware of what youth are doing on their phones and computers, and to make sure they’re safe when the youth are online.

The parent presentation will focus on all things digital.

Family rules, parental controls, and developing a family tech plan will be outlined. At this age, youth will encounter situations that will challenge their independence, including cyberbullying, cyber-exclusion, the dangers of ano-nymity, privacy, and much more.

The event will take place at the Bonnington Arts Centre at 7 p.m.

Harvard Ph.D studentAmelia Peterson, Harvard

Ph.D student visited the district on March 7 and 8 , with the aim at looking at innovative practic-es and pedagogy in the district. She joined the Collaborating to Engage All Learners team, along with Dr. Leyton Schnellert at the Learning Round in the Grades 3-7 class at Edgewood Elementary School (EES). Peterson was very impressed with the quality of teaching and learning at EES.

On March 8, she visited Lucerne, Nakusp Elementary School, and Nakusp Secondary School, talking to students, teachers, and principals. She also joined the District Leadership team after school on March 7 and 8, and worked with the dis-

trict Educational Transformation Committee.

SD 10 obtains Skills Training Access grant

For the second year in a row, SD 10 has been successful in obtaining a $5,000 Skills Access Training grant. The district would like to thank Ken Barisoff, shop teacher at NSS, and Michael Myhal, the district hands-on learning teacher for their support in helping to develop the criteria. Funding has been approved for student work experience trans-portation, robotics equipment, and a Maker Bot 3D printer.

District receives Skills Training Tapper grant

The $25,000 grant will en-able the district to do a variety of things. These include liais-ing with the Selkirk College Outreach Centre in Nakusp, and the Nakusp office of WorkBC Outreach to identify opportu-nities for partnership and skills training; produce by the end of 2016 an eight minute film on student skills training as a re-sult of the Solar Energy Project, expand working relationships with a range of local and regional partners to increase opportuni-ties for students in ICT, trades, and technology skills, and much more.

Bugs begonePesticides for silverfish at

Nakusp Secondary School, flies at Burton Academy School and Edgewood Elementary School will be administered over spring break. This will be done on a weekend by a local certified ex-terminator. Safety precautions will be well communicated, and there is no risk after six hours.

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Nakusp Golf Club applies for CBT community initiatives grantJILLIAN TRAINOR

Arrow Lakes NewsThe electrical ca-

pacity at the golf club needs to be upgraded, both in and around the club house. The club is running at full capacity right now, and no new outlets can be installed as a result. To help with the cost of upgrades, the club has applied to

the CBT Community Initiatives Forum vote for funding.

Irrigation system pump rebuilt

Along with being re-built, the irrigation sys-tem pump was upgraded. It originally had a two-

inch suction capability, and now has a four-inch suction capability. This has increased the gal-lons per minute suction considerably. The pond reservoir now fills more rapidly, which in turn re-duces the pump time and use of electricity.

New directors electedThree new people

have been elected to the golf club’s board of direc-tors. Joe Williams, Rene Bruneau, and Cheryl Nishida now join Jim Davidson, Merl Exner, Ken Ponto, Bud Adair, and Bill Treherne.

NACFOR to continue with toad researchJILLIAN TRAINOR

Arrow Lakes NewsToad research will be continued

with studies done by the Fish and Wildlife Compensation Program for 2016 and 2017. NACFOR is very interested in Western Toad movements and terrestrial use. They will use the data they accu-mulate to formulate planning for further development, and ongoing development planning.

NACFOR’s president Kathy Smith said it was a great pleasure to work with professional research people to help build and develop learning experiences for them and other companies in the area. Right now, there is no solid plan, and NACFOR wants to assist in developing work site plans that will be followed

Fire chief ’s reportIn the last month, there have

been 10 fire-related incidents. These include two chimney fires, one cooking fire, and two false alarms.

Backyard burning is now al-lowed as per Fire Bylaw 588. These permits are available from the fire chief or at the village office. Fires under 1 meter in size and larger piles must be authorized by fire chief only.

Wildfire Management Branch IA Crews will be doing more fuel mitigation work on the Rifle Range.

Director of Operations reportThere are several works in

progress for operations staff, in-cluding the wastewater treatment plan monitoring. Sampling for the monitoring is to continue monthly through the spring. The results will be evaluated to identify is-sues with the biological process

and determine how best to run the lagoon system to provide better quality effluent. In April, the sam-pling will occur every two weeks.

A mapping of village infra-structure is also in the works. The village has begun a mapping project that will realize the digital mapping of water and sewer in-frastructure. The project is being facilitated by a company called LandInfo Technologies Inc. With their assistance, the village will obtain maps comprised of many layers, including water mains, sewer mains, storm drains, and much more. This mapping will be maintained in-house. Data is currently being entered into the mapping system.

Recreations and Parks updateTerry Welsh, director of

Recreations and Parks highlighted some successful events that took place between the council meet-ing of Feb. 18 and March 14. One event was the Mitch Zorn con-cert that took place at the Nakusp Arena on Feb. 20. Over 300 people attended the event.

Parkour continued to be ac-tive in the auditorium on a weekly basis throughout the period. Day walkers have access on a daily basis to the auditorium with no charge.

General work activities have also taken place. Staff painted dressing rooms three and four, and have completed renovations and painting of the public dressing room. A bike rack has also been installed at the complex entrance.

Some current works in prog-ress for Recreations and Parks include the Trails Master Plan, work in support of the Nakusp Rail Committee, and chalet roof replacements at the Nakusp Hot Springs.

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Community

Youth centre plans epic Easter egg huntJILLIAN TRAINOR

Arrow Lakes NewsThe centre would like

to host the event for the teenagers of Nakusp. In order to avoid coincid-ing with the children’s Easter egg hunt held by Overwaitea on Easter Sunday, this hunt would take place on Saturday, March 26. It will be held at the skate park and at the Nakusp Arena and the forest nearby. All teenagers are invited to take part.

Youth centre discusses ways to attract more

visitiorsNakusp Secondary

School (NSS) teacher Dorian Boswell dropped by the youth centre’s monthly board meeting, presenting ideas to bring more teenagers into the centre.

Boswell asked students at the school what they would like at the centre, and a number of sugges-tions were brought up.

One thing Boswell noted was that NSS is kind of an anomaly when it comes to rural schools. About 80 per cent of the students play sports, and would like more opportu-nities to play, whether it be floor hockey, badmin-ton, volleyball, etc.

Getting youth more involved in organizing

events was also brought up. It was noted when teens have more in-volvement in organizing an event geared toward them, there is a better chance they’ll attend the event.

Coordinator’s reportYouth centre coordi-

nator Stephanie Roger was recently interviewed on the local radio sta-tion, and the idea was brought up to possibly start a youth radio show. The idea would be to run the radio show from the

youth centre. The centre’s board of directors is on board with the idea, and thinks it’s a good way to get the youth involved in the community, and help prepare them for future jobs.

Ideas were also dis-cussed for things to do involving the younger youth in town. There are things for kids ages 0 to 6 to do, but from 6 to 12, there isn’t really a whole lot offered. There are thoughts of potentially organizing an old-fash-ioned teddy bear picnic.

Lots of guns, but no rods for ceremonyJILLIAN TRAINOR

Arrow Lakes NewsThe Nakusp Royal Canadian Legion hall was full

as people came out for the annual Rod and Gun Club award ceremony.

The ceremony itself has been happening since the 70s, though in a different form. There used to be a wild game banquet. Hunters were asked in the fall to set aside a roast or other type of wild game, and the items were cooked at home and later brought to a central location for the banquet, with awards being given out as well.

Because of restrictions concerning health, the ban-quet gradually stopped happening. The ceremony as it is today was started up again in the 1990s.

When it comes to determining how prizes are awarded, the club goes by the Boone and Crockett Standards.

The Boone and Crockett Club is the oldest wild-life conservation organization in North America, founded in 1887 by Theodore Roosevelt and George Bird Grinnell.

“We use their scoring system, but we don’t do anything as crazy as saying ‘A deer has to be a 10 to be Boone and Crockett,’” said Hank Scown, president of the Rod and Gun Club. “The deer that’s entered for us, if the biggest one is a two, that one gets the prize. We’re not hung up on their hierarchy of numbers.”

Scown says the entries are fairly measured, because they’re all compared to the same standard.

While there were many people at the ceremony, it was noted there were fewer entries this year.

Fishing in the area has been really poor, along with deer hunting.

Scown thinks part of the reason there weren’t any entries for the moose category is time.

“It’s quite an onerous job to prepare that skull to get it to the scoring committee,” he said.

“In order to clean it, you’ve got to cut the skull and boil it, and get the hide and skin off. That’s a fair amount of work.”

At the ceremony, a variety of knives were given out as prizes for the various awards. They ranged in size and style from small pocket knives, to a large hunt-

ing knife who’s handle was made out of an elk antler.The big winner of the night was 12 year old Ledger

Coates.He won the award for best junior hunter, and also

received the Fred Pigott Memorial Award.Upon accepting, he joked that he was the first

person in his family to get lucky (in hunting) in a few years.

When asked what his first thought was when he found out he won: “Ha, dad.”

Hunting is something Coates has been doing for as long as he can remember.

“I was raised in a hunting family,” he said. “My dad grew up here hunting, I’ve been growing up here hunting, I was just kind of raised to hunt.”

He said he enjoys hunting because it gives him an opportunity to spend some time with the people he cares about.

“I think it’s a good way to bond with my friends and family, and I like meat.”

When it comes to hunting and fishing, Scown sees the importance of acknowledging those in the community who take part.

“It’s part of the Nakusp culture of using fish and wildlife. I think it’s pretty important to recognize that part of our community that still does that.”

Winners of the evening went as follows:

SeniorsRocky Mountain Elk Typical: Terry WarrenRocky Mountain Elk Non Typical: Ray HascarlWhitetail Deer: Terry WarrenWhitetail Deer Non Typical: Jordan TrenholmMule Deer: Chris Ewings

ArcheryWhitetail Deer: Mike Smith

JuniorWhitetail Deer: Ledger Coates

Fred Pigott Memorial AwardLedger Coates


Hank Scown, president of the Nakusp Rod and Gun Club smiles as he hands Ledger Coates the prize for best hunter in the junior category. Coates also won the Fred Pigott Memorial Award.


A group of concerned citi-zens hold a candlelight vigil in front of the office for the Village of Nakusp during a village council meeting. The group has been protest-ing the fact that NACFOR, which is owned by the vil-lage, has been logging in a habitat area for the Western Toad.

CANDLELIGHT FOR HABITAT


Editorial Publisher: Chuck BennettPublished Thursday

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The village-owned company called Nakusp and Area Community Forest (NACFOR) has said that people who wish to prevent the extinction of another fragile creature are a “special interest

group.”So, is a profit motivated logging com-

pany a “special interest group”?Walter Pasieka,

Nakusp

An open letter to Mayor Karen Hamling and Nakusp Village Council regard-ing Nakusp & Area Community Forest (NACFOR) logging in Western Toad habi-tat:

I am deeply saddened that road-build-ing with heavy equipment and logging has started in the core habitat of the imper-iled Western Toad above Summit Lake. Shame on you, Nakusp Village Council and shame on you, Nakusp Mayor Karen Hamling: as owner of the logging company NACFOR, you could have stopped this.

I am disappointed that in this day and age you could be so short-sighted. Those toads are worth much more to Nakusp alive than dead. They offer a wonderful asset, a unique selling proposition for your village’s branding. You had a chance to say to the world: “come here for our unspoiled nature, we even have one of the last vi-able populations of endangered Western Toads!” Instead, you applied 1950s-era thinking and supported a few logging jobs for a few weeks, wiping out some of the critical forest habitat of the western toad. This is a dark day for us in the Kootenays.

NACFOR’s claim they are logging re-sponsibly is an exercise in semantics. In the end, habitat protection is the number one need of Canada’s endangered species no matter how you finesse the argument. The so-called best practices logging guide-lines for toad habitat are on very shaky and speculative scientific ground. It makes no sense to log first and then do research to determine how much damage you’ve done. We know the best way to conserve Western Toads is not only to protect their breeding and migration areas, but the core terrestrial habitat where they spend 95 per cent of their lives.

There has been a lot of discussion along the lines of “we’ve logged here before and

we still have toads,” or “there are all sorts of other threats to the toads’ habitat so we should be able to log as well.” Let’s remem-ber what happened with the cod fishery in Atlantic Canada. “There’s plenty of cod!” bellowed the fishermen until the day the fishery collapsed from overfishing. This is about cumulative effects. They creep up gradually… and then the ecosystem hits the tipping point and a species (or many) is in danger of extinction.

Let’s also remember what happened with Mountain Caribou in the Nakusp area. You ignored warnings about logging their winter range and about unsustain-able hunting — now they are critically endangered and we are spending millions of taxpayers’ dollars to save the few that are left. Will Nakusp ever learn?

Mayor Hamling, you spoke to the media about the impacts of logging on toads, stating that “some will die,” and implying that destroying toad habitat was a neces-sary cost of doing business. Honestly, what century is this? Can you think more pro-gressively than that about what a healthy economy looks like for Nakusp and area?

At the very least, you could have in-sisted that the Ministry of Forests have that cutting allocation substituted for a location not in core Western Toad habitat. It would have been a worthy position to take a stand on but political opportunism seems to have been more important than taking a principled stand.

You missed a huge opportunity to put Nakusp on the map for good reasons — to show the world what a special, progres-sive, intelligent place this is. Instead, you defaulted to the stale old “we need the few short-term bucks” trope and gave Nakusp a big black eye in the national media.

Lorna Visser, Hills BC

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A growing number of grand-parents who reside throughout the Nakusp region, are dedicat-ing support and resources in favour of raising their grand-children as a means of helping the children or other relatives’ family members, especially dur-ing these trying economic times so many of us are facing at this time.

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Sports/Community

A tricky balancing actJILLIAN TRAINOR

Arrow Lakes NewsBeing a student can be very stressful. From tests, exams,

and big projects, to finding time to hang out with friends and family, it can be hard. What about when a student is an athlete as well? How do they handle balancing everything?

Arrow Lakes News spoke to Nakusp Secondary School stu-dent Broden McLean to find out how he handles balancing his life as a student and as an athlete.

ALN: How long have you been playing sports?McLean: Pretty much my whole life. I started snowboarding when I was about four years old, and then in elementary school I joined the soccer club, and I was in basketball and stuff like that. I’ve always been an outdoorsy person with my family, so hiking, fishing, hunting, and lots of summer activities.ALN: What got you into sports?McLean: My parents always encouraged me to do all the sports and activities that I could, especially when I got to high school. The trips were fun, but by then I was already really passion-ate about it, because I was always quite a lot bigger than my friends, and faster too.ALN: How many teams are you on?McLean: I play basketball, and I’m on the golf team, the snow-board team, and I downhill mountain bike quite a lot in the summer too. I’m really big on swimming, so in the summer I’ll do purposeful swimming for exercise, like long distance, and stuff like that.ALN: What is a typical day like for you during a sporting season?McLean: Usually we only have practise twice a week, so it will be a pretty average school day. At least once a week, we’ll leave early for sports, or I’ll miss some school. On an average day of school, I’ll go to the gym after.ALN: Is it hard staying on top of school work?

McLean: Sometimes, especially when we go to provincials. Sometimes we’ll miss four days of school and we’ll have to catch up on all that homework, so if we miss tests or big proj-ects that are due, or introductions to new units, it can make it difficult to catch up sometimes, but usually it’s pretty good.Whenever I have time, I’ll do my homework. Instead of watch-ing TV when I’m bored, and I know I have homework to do, I’ll get it done just so I don’t have to worry about it anymore, especially when I have such a tight schedule.ALN: How do you balance being both a student and an athlete?McLean: It can be pretty tricky, especially with all the sports that I play. I go to different sports camps, and different stuff like that. I went to a sports and fitness week in Ottawa with a bunch of different kids, which made me miss a whole week of school during tests, but I couldn’t really choose the time. My mom helps me schedule a time where I can do my homework, where I’ve got to get a certain amount done by this point in time to stay on track so I don’t fall behind.ALN: Do you have a job as well?McLean: In the summer only. I try not to work during the school year, because it’s too much on top of it all. My work time is my homework time, so that’s kind of my job in the school year, to stay on top of my homework.ALN: Are there any sports you don’t play that you would be interested in taking part in?McLean: I was never on the hockey team, but I’ve always played with my friends. I’ve always been interested in playing hockey because I’m quite good at skating and I have good body control, but I never was actually on teams for it.We were all talking about maybe doing a team here next year. A lot of the boys had to travel to Nelson two or three times a week for practise, and games and stuff.That was the main reason we never did it in my family, all the driving, especially with playing all the other sports we play.

Broden McLean heads down the court during a basketball game for the NSS Cougars. McLean is one of many teenag-ers in the community who balance being both a student and an athlete.

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Local boarder takes first place at provincialsJILLIAN TRAINOR

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It was an exciting day for Nakusp Secondary School students as the ski and snowboard team went to Fernie for the BC School Sports high school Ski and Snowboard provincials on Feb. 28.

The team was one of 16 schools at the event, and proved they were a team to be reckoned with as snowboarder Colton Petterson went on to take first place in the giant slalom snow-board races.

This was the first time he’s taken first place at a provincial event.

“It was pretty exciting, but at first I didn’t feel like I deserved it,” he said. “My run felt really slow to me.”

While Petterson might have thought he was going slow, it was in fact the opposite.

When the times from the weekend event were added up, he was actually almost nine seconds faster than the boarder who took second place.

Petterson has been snowboarding for a while now, ever since the third grade, but it’s not what he originally planned on doing.

“I started out skiing,” he said. “I wanted to try snowboarding because it looked like a lot of fun.”

While he had fun at the event, he wished the race course could have been a little smoother.

“The race courses were all rutted from all the people running down it,” he said. “There were chunks of ice coming out of the race course.”

This was Petterson’s last competition for the season, but he plans on competing again next year.

FRINGE FRIDAY AT THE MARKET

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There was plenty to see and shop for at the Fringe Friday Farmer’s Market, held at the Old Fire Hall. From baked goods and jam, to jewelry and quilts, there was something at the market for everyone.

Left: Colton Petterson takes first place at the podium during the BC School Sports high school Ski and Snowboard provincials, which took place in Fernie on the weekend of Feb. 28. He was almost nine seconds faster than the athlete who took second place.Right: Colton Petterson smiles as prepares to head down the giant slalom.


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March 17 Recycling Day in Nakusp! Leave your recycling on the curb in clear blue bags, for 7 a.m. pick-up.

March 17 Mother Goose @ Nakusp Public Library. Free drop-in for ages 0-3 and their parents/caregivers. Songs, rhymes, and snacks. 10 a.m. to 11 a.m.

March 17 Nakusp T’ai Chi @ the Legion 10 a.m. to 11 a.m. Call Ruth 265-3353.

March 17 Strong Start @ Nakusp Strong Start Building in NES. 12:30 p.m. to 3:30 p.m. Free drop-in school-based early learning program for children age 0-6.

March 17 Nerd Night @ Nakusp Youth Centre. 6 p.m. to 10 p.m.

March 17 Bingo @ Nakusp Legion. 6:30 p.m. to 10 p.m.

March 17 Darts Night @ Nakusp Legion. 7 p.m. to 10 p.m.

March 17 African Drumming Group @ Move on the Kusp at 7:15 p.m. Bring your own drum. New drummers welcome.

March 17 Drop-in Badminton for adults and NSS Students @ NSS Gym. Every Tuesday & Thursday, 7 p.m. to 9 p.m. Bring your own racket and non-marking inside shoes. Beginners welcome! $3 drop in fee. For more information contact Lee-Anne @ 265-3326.

March 18 Strong Start @ Nakusp Strong Start Building in NES. 9 a.m. to 12 p.m. Free drop-in school-based early learning program for children age 0-6.

March 18 Fringe Friday Market @ Old Fire Hall Collective, Nakusp. 1 p.m. to 6 p.m

March 18 Games Night @ Nakusp Legion. Come play Wii, darts, pool, or bring a game from home. Bring a friend or two along. 7 p.m. to 10 p.m.

March 18 Loose your Muse – Coffee House @ Old Fire Hall Collective, Nakusp. 7 p.m. to 8 p.m. Friday Night Coffee House Open mic: Play an instrument, sing, tell a joke, recite a poem, or have a good rant. Bring your guitar; keyboard supplied. Hang out, discuss and interact.

March 19 Farmer’s Market @ Old Fire Hall Collective, Nakusp. 10 a.m. to 2 p.m.

March 19 Community Choir practice @ Saddleback Church. 1 p.m. to 2:30 p.m. For ages 19 years and up. Cost is $7 on your first practice only. For more information contact Marilyn Massey @ 250 265-4087.

March 19 Drop-in @ Nakusp Youth Centre. 6 p.m. to 10 p.m.

March 20 AA Meeting 5 p.m. to 6 p.m @ the Terra Pondera Clubhouse in Nakusp. For more information call 265-4216.

March 21 Strong Start @ Edgewood Elementary School. 8:30 a.m. to 11:30 a.m. Free drop-in school-based early learning program for children age 0-6.


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March 21 BC Transit Bus to Nakusp Hot Springs.The bus leaves Overwaitea at 1:15 p.m. and arrives back in Nakusp at 3:55 p.m. Cost is $1.25 one way, or $2.50 round trip.

March 21 Bridge @ Nakusp Senior’s Centre, every Monday 1:30 p.m. to 4 p.m. Cost is $2.50, and beginners welcome.

March 22 Pitter Patter Play Group @ Nakusp Strong Start Building in NES. 9:30 a.m. to 11:30 a.m. A drop-in group for parents/care-givers and children ages 0 - 2 ½.

March 22 Nakusp T’ai Chi @ the Legion 10 a.m. to 11 a.m. Call Ruth 265-3353.

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March 22 The Articulators Toastmasters meeting @ Nakusp Selkirk College at 7 p.m. Meetings include speeches, evaluations, jokes, timing, and refreshments. Public is welcome to attend.

March 22 Drop-in Badminton for adults and NSS Students @ NSS Gym. Every Tuesday & Thursday, 7 p.m. to 9 p.m. Bring your own racket and non-marking inside shoes. Beginners welcome! $3 drop in fee. For more information contact Lee-Anne @ 265-3326.

March 23 Strong Start @ Fauquier Communication Centre. 9 a.m. to 12 p.m. Free drop-in school-based early learning program for children age 0-6.


March 23 Coffee @ Nakusp Senior’s Centre. 10 a.m. to 11 a.m.

March 23 Strong Start @ Edgewood Elementary School. 12:30 p.m. to 3:30 p.m. Free drop-in school-based early learning program for children age 0-6.

March 23 Make your own sock puppet @ Nakusp Public Library at 1 p.m. Bring your own sock.

March 23 Poker Night @ the Leland Hotel. It’s free and beginners are welcome. 7 p.m. start. For more information contact Dan @ 265-3314.

March 23 AA Meeting from 7 p.m. to 8 p.m. @ the Terra Pondera Clubhouse in Nakusp. For more information call 265-4216.

March 31 Recycling Day in Nakusp! Leave your recycling on the curb in clear blue bags, for 7 a.m. pick-up.

Editor’s note: First of a three-part series. This article was written March 13, 1996 for the Arrow Lakes News by Ron Ansell of the Arrow Lakes Historical Society

There is a saying, “a prophet is not without honour except in his own country.”

This, if true, may explain why there are no statues or plaques to honour Donald Waterfield in any communities along the Arrow Lakes.

For this former resident of Nakusp was truly a prophet with a clear idea of what would be involved in the flooding of the Arrow Lakes and Columbia Valley. He had stated, early in the 1960’s that water would become an increasingly precious commodity - a resource not to be wasted or too lightly bargained away. He recognized the negative effects of the Columbia Treaty and tried to persuade the governments of the day to cancel or amend the terms which he felt were not in Canada’s or the West Kootenay’s best interests. The correctness of his stand, while still in some dispute, has become increasingly apparent.

Donald Waterfield came to this area with his parents as a child of four. His father was from a distinguished English family and had previously served as secretary to the Governor General of New Zealand. In 1912 the decision was made to join the influx of English settlers coming to Canada. The father came to Nakusp, purchased land in the Crescent Bay area and planted 20 acres of apple trees which, according to popular wisdom and advertising of the day, would soon assure their fortune. Then he began the building of their house which he named “The Assart,: and when it was complete, sent for the family.

Donald, his mother and his two sisters soon arrived and commenced life and hard work on their land in the area of Crescent Bay Orchards developments some three miles from Nakusp.

While somewhat isolated, they had as neigh-bours others of similar circumstances and breed-ing. Thus pleasant afternoons could sometimes be spent in the company of fellow would-be orchardists and relatives at their homes, also named, and but a short walk away — albeit an often muddy and strenuous walk on narrow trails through the seemingly endless forest.

Young Donald spent the next five years with his family in this setting until there occurred what he was later to describe as the worst day of his life.

War had been declared by Britain in 1914 and this had meant that Canada was automatically at war also. Donald Waterfield’s father, along with many others from this area, had joined the army in 1915 to form the famous Fighting 54th Kootenay Battalion, and had gone to France to fight in World War 1. Then, in 1917 came word that he had been killed at Passchendaele. Donald’s mother was left a widow, with three young children and an orchard to run that was just beginning to come into production.

Suddenly, at the age of eight, Donald became the man of the house and was forced to accept the fact that the father he had last seen going off to war some three years before would never be returning.

Fortunately for Donald there were others to whom he was able to turn for guidance and advice in his growing years — his mother, Elspeth and his uncle, Captain Clifton Carver.

Nonetheless, it is obvious that Donald profited from his misfortune, that he became a decisive, better organized and analytical person with a strong sense of what he felt was just and right and a sympathy for those less fortunate.

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One hundred seventeenth in a semi-alphabetical series on West Kootenay/Boundary place names

Last week we started looking at Lemon Creek, the Slocan Valley stream named for pioneer mer-chant Robert E. Lemon (1855-1907). Several townsites popped up along the creek, and it’s not always easy to keep them straight.

The Ledge of Dec. 17, 1896 re-ported: “A townsite has been staked at the mouth of Lemon Creek by CPR men. Two hotels and a store will be erected this winter.”

The Nelson Miner of May 1, 1897 carried a report datelined Del Monte, which explained: “This is the latest addition to the towns of West Kootenay and the indications are that while it may not become a large settlement, it will be prosper-ous and a great convenience to the miners of Lemon creek. It is by no means certain that the name Del Monte will be finally agreed upon, but J.W. Thurston, who is at work constructing the pioneer hotel, says he was first on the ground and that will be the name if everything he can do will settle the matter.”

The story added that Del Monte was “something over a mile from Slocan river, and is at the point where one of the surveys of the railway crosses Lemon Creek. It is not certain that the railway will cross at that point, but the belief is that the fear of high water and the swift current of Lemon creek will lead to the company to do so …”

In fact, the railway, completed in late 1897, crossed the creek much closer to its mouth, so Thurston’s gamble may not have paid off. Del Monte — which means “of the mount” in Spanish — was never heard of again. Instead, the Slocan Pioneer of May 1 and June 12, 1897 carried references to the

hotel at “Lemon Creek Crossing.” No townsite plan, whether owned

by Thurston or the CPR, is known to exist and no lots were ever ad-vertised for sale.

At the same time, a second townsite was platted well up the mountainside at the confluence of Lemon and Summit creeks.

The Victoria Daily Colonistof May 25, 1897 reported: “Two new townsites have been started on Lemon creek — one on the railway five miles south of Slocan City, and the other, to be known as Summit, about 15 miles back from the railway. This last townsite is right among the mines located last year in the gold belt. The townsite company is about to build a trail up Lemon creek.”

Did the CPR have a silent inter-est in the latter? Their divisional superintendent, J.S. Lawrence of Nakusp, was one of the owners.

The Slocan Pioneer added on June 5: “Mr. A. Driscoll left this week for Lemon creek, where he goes to survey the new townsite, Summit, located about eight miles up the creek, near the well-known Alpine and Black Prince groups.”

However, the Slocan City Newsreported on June 19: “It has been definitely decided that the title of the new town shall be Lemon Creek — nothing more or less.”

Indeed, that’s the name on the plan by surveyor J. Herrick McGregor, dated July 24, 1897, which shows avenues named Balfour, Nakusp, Kootenay, Slocan, Kaslo, and Nelson, and streets numbered first through sixth.

The Nelson Miner on June 26 said “The townsite of Lemon Creek has been surveyed and will shortly be placed on the market.” Some lots sold but were probably never cleared much less built upon.

Next: The townsite that went missing


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Lemon Creek townsites hard to sort outGREG NESTEROFF

Arrow Lakes News

Lemon Creek was “The New Clondyke” according to this ad in the Slocan City News of Aug. 28, 1897.

Food prices on the rise in CanadaIt is becoming more

difficult all the time for Canadian families to put healthy and satisfy-ing meals on the table. We’ve experienced ris-ing food costs over the past year and this is forecasted to con-tinue throughout 2016. According to the Guelph Food Institute the high-est price increases will be fruit, vegetables and meat. Knowing this, how do you maximize your food dollars?

Grocery stores want shoppers to buy products on impulse and therefore spend more. Plan ahead by checking prices and making a grocery list in order to avoid spending money unnecessarily. It is also a great idea to prepare larger meals, this way you can buy in bulk to save money and then freeze leftovers for lunches and dinners.

To cut costs and boost your nutrition intake remember to use fruits and vegetables that are in season. Try to buy in bulk when prices are low and freeze or pre-serve to have on hand year round. At certain times of the year frozen or canned fruits and veg-etables may be cheaper than their fresh counter-parts. Freezing is an es-pecially good method for preserving nutritional value and remember to choose canned products with little or no added salt and sugar. Cook with root vegetables — such as turnips, parsnips, potatoes and carrots — by boiling, b a k -i n g o r

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Marcedes FinniganIt is with great sadness that we announce the passing of a beautiful lady, Marcedes Markin Finnigan of Williams Lake, B.C., formerly of Hills, B.C., on Th ursday, February 18, 2016.

She is survived by her daughter Cynthia Finnigan of Kelowna, B.C., sons; Brent (Tanya) of Williams Lake, B.C. and Shaun (Kinder) of Calgary, A.B.

Grandchildren Brianne, Caelin, Quinn, Ciara, and great-grandson Echo. She is further survived by sister Vera (Don) of Coldstream, B.C., brother Bill of Greenwood, B.C., and numerous nephews, nieces and cousins.

Cremation will be followed by burial at Hills Cemetery in July 2016.

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We’ve been in Panama for eight weeks now and have just two weeks left. It’s been a good experience and the birds have not disappointed. My species count is now up to 334. Most of our time has been spent in the general vicinity of Panama City and the Panama Canal. But last week we drove to the western end of the country and up into the moun-tains. We spent four nights there and it was a delightful relief to get away from the tropical heat for a few days. Our first accommo-dation was a cabin in the jungle at 2300m elevation, (about the same height as the top of Saddle Mountain). But unlike Saddle, where there is little but rock and a few bits of grass, here there was thick rain forest. The climate is perfect here in the mountains; in the mid- to high- 20’s during the day and cooling off considerably at night.

The combination of the west-ern location and the high eleva-tion made the bird life very dif-ferent. We added a few dozen species to our trip list and that included 22 “lifers”, (species I had never seen before).

Picking two photos to include with this article was difficult, there were so many to choose from! We saw seven different spe-cies of hummingbird; they always look good in photos. We also saw more than a dozen Resplendent Quetzals. This bird is quite spectacular and is more-or-less restricted to the mountains of Costa Rica and Panama. It would have been the ideal image to rep-resent the area, but they like to feed high in the trees and good photos are hard to get. Some of the families of birds we are seeing down here are also well repre-sented in BC, albeit by different species. Sparrows and vireos, for example, are quite common in

BC. But none of our sparrows are quite as colourful as the Rufous-collared Sparrow found here. Even though the local vireos here have ‘colourful’ names like Brown-capped, Yellow-winged

and Yellow-green, the colours are generally quite pale and subdued. In the end I decided on one hum-mingbird, the White-throated Mountain-gem; and one sparrow, the Rufous-collared Sparrow.

Birds of Nakusp Gary Davidson

BRINGING THE OUTDOOR INDOOR


Nikki Cole checks things out at the indoor garage sale, held at the Robertson Memorial United Church. The church held the garage sale as a fundraiser for outreach programs in the church.

Gary Davidson photos

Top: Rufous-collared Sparrow.Bottom: White-throated Mountain-gem.

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