Nelson Star, August 12, 2015

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Over 12,500 people attended the 18th annual Shambhala Music Festival at the Salmo River Ranch from Wednesday to Sunday. On Saturday morning, effusive dancers crammed into the Village Stage (top left) — one of six permanent stages at the venue — and enjoyed a small fraction of the 20 hours’ worth of music played each day. Fruitvale residents Wendy and Earl Morissette (top right) have been coming for 12 years, bringing along their trusty Shambhala bear skull. West Coasters Kyle Doherty, Gemma Reeks-Coad, Chris Savage and Alex Johncox (above left) were � rst timers, and praised the festival as the highlight of their year. Peter Fischer and Polly Orr (above right) were return-ing for their second and third times respectively. See full coverage in Friday’s Star. Will Johnson photos18Shambhala Music Festival turns

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Music abounded at Lakeside Park Saturday as the 12-hour Keep the Beat concert provided entertainment for the masses.Swing Theory graced the stage with jazzy tunes while those looking for a morning stretch were lead in a yoga practice nearby. The student-organized charity event included entertain-ers such as All Canadian Back Bacon, Playmor Junction, Keith Todd, Mark Spielman, Back Water Blues, Charlie Jacobson, Paul Prappas, Tyler Dejong and Arynn Sheriff. This year’s event was organized by Galen Boulanger and Tibo Kölmel. All proceeds go to War Child Canada.

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Maglio’s Building Centre burglarizedThieves entered business overnight Sunday in third break and enter in two weeks

Will JohnsonNelson Star

Thieves broke into Maglio’s Building Centre in Railtown on Sunday night, accessing the building by an exterior window along Government Road. It was the third break and enter in Nel-son in the last two weeks.

“It would be premature to sort out exactly who did it, but it doesn’t appear to be random,” Cst. Matt Caldwell told the Star at the scene. “This would be somebody who appears to know something about Maglio’s, the layout, and how things are set up.”

The theft wasn’t discov-ered until the manager came into work Monday morning, Caldwell said. It comes on the heels of two similar incidents,

one at a home in lower Fairview and another at the car wash.

“This is a good opportunity for people to make sure they

have good locks and they’re using them. These criminals are mostly creatures of habit, looking for unlocked doors and windows, dark areas where windows or doors are obscured from sight.”

He said “if you hear some-thing go bump in the night” you should contact police im-mediately.

“Our response time is one of the best in the province so hopefully we can catch them while they’re in the business or the home.”

Caldwell said breaking and entering is a niche crime, and it’s likely the same individuals are behind all three incidents.

He said these incidents are “uncommon” in Nelson and residents shouldn’t be alarmed.

Maglio’s Building Centre in Railtown was burglarized overnight Sunday. Thieves got in through a window. It was the third break and enter in Nelson in the last two weeks. Will Johnson photo

Man stops driverless vehicle on Stanley St.Nelson Star Staff

Nelson police are hailing the “selfless and brave” actions of a man who stopped a runaway vehicle from doing even greater damage than it did on Wednes-day.

While driving on Wednesday afternoon, John Irwin noticed an older SUV roll back out of a parking spot and across Stanley St., into the far lane and back. It crossed the sidewalk and smashed into the concrete wall of the police station parking lot, then began to roll forward across the sidewalk for a second time and into the street.

“Recognizing the danger to the nearby pedestrians, ve-hicles and passengers driving by, Irwin decided to leap into action,” Acting Sgt. Brian Weber said in a news release. “Having only a split second to react, he

quickly parked his own vehicle, sprinted to the SUV, opened the driver’s door and secured the vehicle by applying the parking brake — all while the SUV was still moving.”

No one was hurt and prop-erty damage was minimal.

Police were removing the SUV when the owner returned. She recognized her minor mis-take could have resulted in se-rious injury. She was ticked for failing to properly secure her vehicle.

“She is not likely to soon for-get her error,” Weber said. “It is incumbent on all drivers to ensure your vehicle is secured in a gear or in park with the parking brake applied and the wheels turned toward the curb.”

Weber noted the block of Stanley St. in front of the library is very busy in the afternoon, as

vehicles are driving by, parking, turning, picking up and drop-ping people off and there are many pedestrians.

“The Nelson Police Depart-ment would like to thank John Irwin for his selfless and brave act,” Weber said.

Love won and lost

Police say a fight at the cor-ner of Baker and Stanley streets just after noon Tuesday was the result of a lovers’ spat.

They responded to numerous 911 calls to find a large crowd standing around a young man who was arrested. Weber said he appeared dazed and confused and had a bloody nose. Another man was also arrested.

Police interviewed everyone involved and discovered the fight was the “result of love won

and love lost.” The man with the nosebleed came across his ex-girlfriend and her new boy-friend and asked her to return a necklace he had given her. She did so, but received in return a nasty insult. The man then spat on her.

The woman’s new boyfriend ran after the man and caught up to him.

“Although one would expect a beating to take place, the man took control of the spitter and held him for police,” Weber said. “While the spitter was re-strained, another man unrelated to the incident rode up on his bicycle, dismounted, taunted the spitter and punched him on the nose.”

Both men who were arrest-ed were drunk and jailed until sobering up. Both face assault charges.

In BriefBroader Horizons hires

new staff, will reopen

The recently closed Broader Horizons adult day care pro-gram in Nelson will reopen now that they’ve successfully hired two new staff members.

“I’m really happy to announce that we’ve hired permanent staff and will reopen Sept. 1,” Cheryl Whittleton of Interior Health told the Star Monday.

“We’ve hired one permanent staff member and one casual to support the regular staff when they’re away. We’re also continu-ing to recruit casual staff. We’ve arranged for a full return to the program in September and sent out letters notifying everyone.”

Whittleton said concerns about the program’s future we unfounded.

“I’ve always indicated this was a temporary closure. IHA has no intention of shutting this program down. We see the value it brings to our clients.”

She said anyone interested in casual employment can visit their Room to Grow website to look for positions.

— Will Johnson

No byelection needed in Salmo

Salmo won’t need a byelec-tion to fill vacancies on village council after only two candi-dates put their names forward.

Diana Lockwood and Jona-thon Heatlie, who both ran un-successfully in last November’s general election, were the only ones to let their names stand by Friday’s deadline. Former coun-

cillor Bob Vliet also filed nomi-nation papers but withdrew.

Barring any complications, they are expected to be declared elected by acclamation on Aug. 17 and be sworn in soon after for a term of slightly more than three years.

They will replace Cathy Paton and Ken Anderson, who both

resigned recently with little ex-planation.

— Greg Nesteroff

Meadow Creek forest license extended

Friday’s deadline for the can-cellation of the Meadow Creek Cedar forest licence has been extended for two months.

That’s because there is a po-tential buyer and negotiations are underway, according to the company’s Rod Arnold.

The Aug. 7 deadline was set by the provincial government after several years of turmoil over the license and failures to meet forest requirements.

If the current sale does not go through, it’s expected the licence will revert to the crown.

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FortisBC hike will affect Nelson Hydro, but not yet

greg nesteroffNelson Star

FortisBC’s 1.6 per cent rate in-crease this month will have a small effect on Nelson Hydro customers, but not immediately.

General manager Alex Love said the rates Nelson Hydro established this year won’t change until 2016 but because they buy wholesale power from Fortis, “an increase in costs will put upward pressure on our rates when we’re setting them.”

Nelson Hydro is coming to the end of a five-year contract with Fortis which spells out the terms of service, but is not on a fixed price, allowing for periodic increases.

Love said since Nelson Hydro buys about half its power from Fortis, the 1.6 per cent increase would translate into a roughly 0.8 per cent increase for its customers.

The actual amount, however,

would be even less because it took effect mid-year — although For-tisBC has not ruled out a further increase in January.

Nelson Hydro generally adjust its rates on April 1.

“Extra costs we carry this year will roll into revenue requirements for next year,” Love said.

Nelson Hydro spends about $6 million per year buying power from FortisBC at a rate approved by the BC Utilities Commission. Love said while FortisBC has many rates for differing customer classes, the 1.6 increase applies to all.

Nelson Hydro will begin look-ing at its 2016 budget in October and should have a “pretty good sense” of its next proposed rate increase by December, Love said. He previously indicated that a re-vised rate structure may charge in-town and out-of-town customers

differently.Rate increases in the last few

years have averaged between two and three per cent, although a few years ago customers were hit with a 9.6 per cent increase.

Love said those hikes are de-termined by capital requirements, wholesale power purchase costs, and labour costs.

BC Hydro rate increases also have a trickle down effect as For-tisBC buys power from the crown corporation and in turn sells to Nelson Hydro.

Nelson Hydro provides power to the city as well as Blewett, Ta-ghum, Balfour, Harrop, Procter, Queens Bay and other places on the north and south shores of Koote-nay Lake. BC Hydro serves Upper Arrow Lake, the Lardeau Valley, and upper Slocan Valley. FortisBC serves the rest of West Kootenay.

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Nelson police chief confirms January retirementNelson Star Staff

Nelson’s top cop will step down when his five-year con-tract expires early next year.

Chief Wayne Holland told a recent police board meeting that he will end his policing career on Jan. 29. Holland came to Nel-son in 2011 following almost 30 years with the Vancouver Police Department.

In a news release, Holland said leading the local police force has been “one of the most enjoy-

able and rewarding experiences” in his long career.

“We have excellent sworn, civilian and volunteer person-nel who have been a pleasure to work with,” he said.

Although Holland has no immediate plans, he expects to do some travelling. He and his wife Eileen — who served on the Nelson library board and wrote a book updating its history — plan to return to the Lower Mainland to be near family and friends.

During the police board meeting, Mayor Deb Kozak, who chairs the board, thanked Holland for his service to the department and community and wished him well in retirement.

The board has appointed a committee to find Holland’s re-placement.

Holland is the 20th chief in the department’s history, which dates back to the city’s incorpo-ration in 1897. He succeeded Dan Maluta.

Kootenays now on Level 3 droughtNelson Star Staff

With the weather expected to remain warm and dry, the provincial government has announced a Level 3 drought rating for the Kootenays and is urging us to reduce water consumption.

Level 3 drought conditions call for volun-tary water-use reductions of an additional 20 per cent beyond Level 2 conservation levels (30 per cent overall) from all municipal, agricultural and industrial users.

In a prepared statement, the Ministry of Forests, Lands and Natural Resource Opera-tions said it expects this region could expe-rience significant water supply shortages.

Ministry staff are monitoring river lev-els and ecosystems, and may upgrade the drought level if the weather continues to have a negative effect on stream flows and water supply.

Although residential, agricultural and

industrial users within municipalities and regional districts backed by reservoir storage are less vulnerable to water supply shortages than water users served by smaller water systems from streams, lakes and wells, all water users are encouraged to observe lo-cal water conservation bylaws to prolong water supplies.

Water users are also encouraged to ensure that water intakes are screened to prevent fish from being pulled into water systems as water levels drop. Low water levels can impede the passage of salmon to spawning grounds, increase susceptibility to disease, or cause stranding or death due to low oxygen and high water temperatures.

Level 4 drought conditions, the highest rating, are determined by factors including regional stream flows, water storage capacity, ecological concerns, weather forecasts and impacts on water users.

Should conditions reach Level 4, pro-vincial water managers may exercise their authority to temporarily suspend short-term water permits or industrial water licences in affected watersheds.

Further reductions in stream, lake and aquifer levels could lead to water shortages and affect people, agriculture, industry and fish stocks. Ministry staff will continue to monitor conditions, work closely with lo-cal governments and key stakeholders, and provide updates as the need arises.

Nelson is already on Stage 3 water con-servation measures.

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Stephen Harper should stay quiet on election day

In the last federal election, Ste-phen Harper won a majority gov-ernment by cheating. Not just with robocalls. He also managed to get the CBC to allow him to address the Canadian electorate on election day, during the blackout period in order to congratulate the Americans on a job well done for violating Pakistan’s territorial integrity by sending in a hit squad to murder Osama Bin Laden.

He of course then went on to praise our Canadian soldiers for a job well done in Afghanistan, etc., etc. His address was clearly political, and should never have been per-mitted during the blackout period. I � led a complaint with Elections Canada along with 300 other Ca-nadians about that address, but we were told that it was not political campaigning ... just an interview.

Any government announcements to Canadians during an election campaign should surely be made by the governor general or the queen. So why was Stephen Harper allowed to violate the blackout period?

I believe that judgment was com-pletely wrong, and I challenge Elec-tions Canada to show me one case where an incumbent prime minister was permitted to go on national radio similarly during the blackout period in the past. It has never happened in my lifetime, but I surely expect Stephen Harper to � nd a way to be interviewed on election day during this campaign too, now that he has been allowed to set the precedent. � is time I surely hope he o� ers us each a plate of beans and a beer like any other good Banana Republican.

Rod Retzla� Glade

On the prime minister’s supposed strengths

On the economy:Any student of economics should

tell you — it’s not rocket science —that bringing back the home reno tax credit in a couple of years, once the economy has improved and tax revenues are increasing, will (a) be too late for any stimulus during the downturn, (b) add to in� ationary pressures during the upturn, and (c) only help a few people, but not the people who need it the most. So not any real economic bene� t, just

pure politics, like the multitude of Stephen Harper’s boutique tax cuts and election-time funding for lo-cal projects being splashed around. But what else can you expect from someone who single-mindedly cuts the budget during a “downturn”?

On security:� e deadly attacks in Canada have

been carried out by lone wolf, men-tally unbalanced guys with a bone to pick with the government for join-ing in the US-led attacks in foreign countries. To combat that, Harper brought in legislation — and now promises additional measures — to massively beef up the appearance of security, but which will have very doubtful e� ectiveness. (Maybe more trials for other pitiful mental health cases like the BC couple entrapped by the RCMP?) So, pure politics, not so much for Canadians’ safety. But what else can you expect from a politician with an election to � ght and not much else to run on?

Steady hand on the tiller:More like set in concrete, Harper’s

policies are singularly designed to appeal to his base, so seem cra� ed purely for fundraising, especially since they repeatedly fail the test of being legal. � is is not good gover-nance for all Canadians, so this is not a good kind of “steadiness”! But what else can you expect from some-one who governs from ideology, not from the facts, and who repeatedly replaces facts with spin?

So, four more years of Harper-land, where handing out baubles is good but dealing with recession is not, spying on all of us is essential, and only 30 per cent of the popula-tion are counted as “real Canadians”? Or?

Alternatives to the Harper gov-ernment:

If you prefer to vote Conserva-tive, what a pity there isn’t a Pro-gressive Conservative — remember them? — to consider. One could wish Conservatives would just take back their party.

But for now, keep in mind that the NDP proved to be good stewards of the economy in Saskatchewan and Manitoba, as have the Liberals federally. And if you also long for a return to Government of Canada days, I really believe it would come true under both the Liberals and the NDP. (Voting Green is voting for principles, not for a government — sorry folks, just a fact.)

Harper has given us time to con-sider the alternatives in this long, expensive election, time to make a reasoned choice. In the words of Brian Mulroney, we do have op-tions.

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Candidates threaten to split the vote

Re: “Federal campaign kicks o� ,” Aug. 7

It was great to see the pictures of David Wilks and his three support-ers, Bill Green, Don Johnston and Wayne Stetski, the three opposition candidates who will be squabbling amongst themselves in order to get their fair share of the opposition vote. Well done, Wilks; unless you really � ub it you’ll be back again in Ottawa and we’ll have another four years of Stephen Harper.

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Jumbo plans change

� e July 21 meeting of Jumbo Glacier Mountain Resort Municipal-ity received a letter from the Jumbo Glacier Resorts and development proponent, Oberto Oberti. It said: “Glacier Resort Ltd. (parent corpora-tion of the proposed resort) cannot allow the project to be dismissed af-ter having substantially done every-thing that it was asked to do and was permitted to do up to Oct. 12, 2014, and it believes that a judicial review will show clearly that the minister did not make a correct decision in declaring the project not substan-tially started. Glacier’s lawyers will submit a request for a judicial review as soon as the case is prepared.”

� at will make the fourth judi-cial review relevant to the proposed Jumbo Glacier Resort and develop-ment. � e most current is the West Kootenay EcoSociety challenging the authenticity of the Jumbo Glacier Resort municipality. And last March the Ktunaxa Nation appealed to their previous judicial review requesting Jumbo Valley remain wild forever as it is their Qat’Muk, a very sacred place.

Mr. Oberti’s letter also stated, “Glacier Resort Ltd. intends to work with minor amendments to the resort master plan and the master development agreement, reducing the size of the project below the thresholds of the Environmental Assessment Act by moving forward under the All Season Resort Policy as the policy does not contain the same substantially started deadline aspect as the Environmental Assess-ment Act.”

In a recent interview with my

government contact person in the mountain resorts department of the Ministry of Forests, Lands, and Natural Resource Operations I learned the following: “� ere is still some evaluating happening having to do with the latest events for the Jumbo Glacier Resort proposal but we are close to the end. And so far, a scaled-down version has not been submitted. � e scaled-down version allows a maximum 2,000 bed resort with a maximum of 600 beds for resort guests.”

I asked “Does that mean 1,400 beds for employees and private own-ership like condos, townhouses and private residences?” � e answer was a� rmative.

Any resort proposal over 2,000 beds falls within the Environmental Assessment Act. � e original Jumbo Glacier Resort and development pro-posal was for a city the size of Nelson with a 6,200 hectare land base. Now, looking at a nose count of 2,000 we see a place twice as big as Kaslo.

At that July 21 Jumbo Glacier Mountain resort municipality meet-ing council members voted unani-mously to give the third and � nal reading to the Jumbo o� cial com-munity plan and formally adopt it.

“� e OCP is now a fact on the ground, one of the few at the mo-ment,” said Mayor Greg Deck, add-ing that “if nothing comes of the proponent’s judicial review petition against Minister [Mary] Polak’s deci-sion, then I expect the municipal-ity and its OCP and bylaws will be dissolved. If the judicial review is successful, then the OCP is already in place; and if a scaled-down resort proposal ends up going ahead, then we will do what every municipal-ity does — amend and change our OCP.”

So that’s what’s been brewing while we took a little breather — not at all surprising, actually. � e All Season Resort Policy has a rep-utation for not being as stringent as the Environmental Assessment Act so we should expect the pace to quicken. For Jumbo Wilders it’s back to the front lines — while the government and proponent continue their marathon of smoke and mir-rors that has, thus far, been part of three di� erent political parties and eight di� erent governments.

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Voter challenge, carshare requests, rezoning also endorsedBILL METCALFE

Nelson StarNelson city council has agreed

to write a letter of support for Pas-tor Jim Reimer’s proposed afford-able housing project that would be built in the parking lot behind the Kootenay Christian Fellow-ship’s current building on Falls St. Reimer requested the letter last month.

The first floor of the proposed building would provide rented commercial space and house SHARE Nelson, whose current lease on Lakeside Dr. expires next year. The upper two floors would provide 40 housing units with monthly rents ranging from $600 to $800.

Council’s letter of support does not involve contributing any money to the project, but Reimer said it will help him raise money elsewhere.

Kootenay Lake Partnership granted funds

Council agreed to give $2,000 to the Kootenay Lake Partner-ship without a presentation by that group. The Kootenay Lake Partnership is creating a shore-line guidance document that would help guide environmental decision-making on the lake. The group’s letter said the grant would unlock another $12,500 from the Columbia Basin Trust.

Council agreed it needs to clar-ify its policy on giving money to

groups that didn’t apply through the annual community initiatives grant process.

The Kootenay Lake Partnership was formed in 2010 to address the increasing growth and develop-ment pressures on the lake.

National pharmacare program backed

Council agreed to write an ex-pression of support for a national pharmacare program. The letter will be written to the Union of BC Municipalities, asking it to urge the provincial government to work with the other provinces and fed-eral government.

“People might think this is not a municipal issue,” said Council-lor Janice Morrison, “but it is a health care issue. We have a large employee group that requires it.

“It would save employers a lot of money. It’s time to get moving on this. It first came up in 1964 and here we are in 2015 and we have not moved one inch on it.”

Morrison said Canada is the only country with a national medi-care program that doesn’t have a national pharmacare program.

Thumbs up for Kootenay Voter Challenge

Council agreed to support the Kootenay Voter Challenge which was first brought to council by a community group last month. The initiative would see Mayor Deb

Kozak challenge other Koote-nay-Boundary communities to a friendly contest to see which mu-nicipality can most increase the percentage of its voter turnout in the next federal election over 2011.

Kootenay Carshare gets free parking space

Council agreed to do three things for the Kootenay Carshare: become a member, give the group increased presence on the city’s website, and provide a free park-ing space for the carshare on the street outside its office at 525 Jo-sephine St.

This followed a presentation to council last month at which executive director Colleen Doyle explained why the Kootenay Car-share is “the world’s most success-ful rural carshare.”

Alpine Lake Suites rezoned

Following a public hearing ear-lier in the day and an open house in May, council agreed to re-zone 0.51 hectares of land located in Fairview at 1102 Gordon St. — the Alpine Lake Suites.

The existing multi-unit resi-dential apartment building and parking lot is currently zoned R2, medium density residential. It will be rezoned to a comprehensive de-velopment zone R4A, medium-high density residential to allow the owner to carry out renovations.

Wilks issues debate conditionsALEX COOPERRevelstoke Review

The debate over election de-bates continues with MP David Wilks issuing his conditions for a series of all-candidate forums in the Kootenay-Columbia riding.

The Conservative Party cam-paign team said they would only take part in debates organized by local Chambers of Commerce, and only between Sept. 21 and Oct. 2.

“Voting is a solemn obligation. The conduct of formal debates should reflect that responsibility and be encouraged by organiza-tions that are non-partisan,” the Conservatives said in a news re-lease. “To facilitate understanding and comparison of the differences between parties, structure and or-derly format for candidate dialogue is of paramount importance.”

As well, they want questions to be collected in advance in order to “create efficiency and reduce dupli-cation” and “allow maximum time for the four candidates to engage in debate.”

Wilks issued his own conditions despite the fact the other three

candidates have been working to organize a debate schedule.

A month ago, NDP candidate Wayne Stetski issued his own chal-lenge to his opponents to organize debates in Revelstoke, Cranbrook, Fernie, Creston, Nelson, Invermere, Kimberley and Golden over the course of the campaign.

The challenge was ac-cepted by Liberal candi-date Don Johnston and Green Party candidate Bill Green, who also sug-gested debates in Salmo, Kaslo and the East Shore of Kootenay Lake.

Wilks rejected it, say-ing he wouldn’t respond until the official campaign started. Now that the campaign is underway, he’s proposed his debate conditions.

Stetski said he, Johnston and Green would continue to work on their own debate schedule — whether Wilks participates or not.

“Our committee will look at all proposals, but in the end we are going to go with the debates that give the maximum opportunity for

the public to have their concerns expressed and their questions an-swered,” said Stetski. “Three of the four parties have agreed to work together. Mr. Wilks has not.”

In an interview, Wilks said until the writ was dropped last week he had been focusing on his job as MP and not the cam-paign.

“Once the writ was dropped, I was able to sit down with my cam-paign team and set out the course that we felt we wanted to do,” he said.

He added: “I’d pre-fer if the chambers got involved because for the most part they’re non-partisan groups that have the capability of putting it together. They’ve done it in the past, they can do it this time as well.”

Nelson Chamber of Commerce manager Tom Thomson said they are planning an all-candidates meeting, but details are still be-ing worked out.

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Celebrate Kaslo’s Unity bridge grand opening on Sunday, Aug. 23, from 2 to 4 p.m. The Kaslo Trailblazers Society invites you to the ribbon-cutting on the south side of the new pedestrian bridge (5th St and Kaslo River). Goodies and refreshments will be served. Visit kaslotrailblazers.blogspot.ca.

Weekly eventsDjembe drum circle at Lakeside Park near the greenhouse on Mondays at 7 p.m. Par-ticipants are encouraged to bring their own drums and chairs.

Learn to meditate with free outdoor classes.Christine Boyd of Meditation Escape is holding weekly meditations for adults every Tuesday from 7:45 to 8:30 a.m. Please bring a jacket and chair. Meet at Lakeside Park’s flagpole, near the Rose Garden Café. Contact [email protected].

Oldies soccer every Tuesday. Join in a fun soccer scrimmage for everybody over 55. Come kick the ball around every Tuesday from 10 to 11:30 a.m. at Mount Sentinel school. Contact Jerome at 250-226-6927.

Wild and Wacky Summer Wednesdays at the Nelson Public Library is on today and Aug. 19 at 3:30 p.m. For youth going into Grade 7 and up. Art, games, challenges, good books, snacks, and prizes. FMI contact Joanne at [email protected] or call 250-505-5683. Drop in and it’s free.

Alcoholics Anonymous holds 16 one-hour meetings weekly in Nelson, at 717A Vernon Street (in the Cellar downstairs), including early morning, noon hour and evening meet-

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Al-Anon Family Group meets twice weekly. Wednesday noon to 1 p.m. at the Cellar, 717 Vernon St. and Friday 8 to 9 p.m. at 601 Front St. at the side basement. The only requirement for membership is that there may be a problem of alcoholism in a relative or friend. For more information call Norma 250-352-3747 for Wednesday and Sharon 250-352-7333 for Friday.

WorkshopsJoin the Jam Session at the Nelson Women’s Centre on Saturday, Aug. 15 to make jam together. Good music and many hands make light work of preserves. Leave with a jar of goodness! Back porch of the centre from 12 to 3 p.m. Call 250-352-9949 to register or email [email protected].

FundraisersBeautiful classical music with Nialllan Collier on piano, Jeff Faragher on cello, Angello Sammartino on guitar, at St. Saviour’s Angli-can Church, 701 Ward St. (at Silica) Friday, Aug. 14 at 7:30 p.m. A fundraiser for St. Saviour’s food pantry. Admission by donation. Info: 250-352-9871 or 250-352-3747.

AnnouncementsLow cost dental applications will be accepted on Aug. 24 (the second and fourth Monday) of each month at the Seniors Coordinating office 719 Vernon St., 10 a.m. to 12 p.m. Call 250-352-6008.

St. Saviour’s Anglican Church offers free summer public tours, Tuesday to Saturday, from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. with volunteer tour guides. Located at the corner of Silica and Ward St.s.

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Nelson author launches book on youth success

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Nelson author Joan Posivy is releasing a new book today timed to coincide

with United Nations International Youth Day.

In The Way Success Works, Po-sivy has collected stories of youth achievement around the world and tied them to her three-part formula for success.

“It’s a set of principles on how to build the best life,” she says, and it’s part of her new Global Youth Project.

Posivy has years of experience as a motivational speaker in several countries and has always been at-tracted to youth audiences.

“It is the perfect age when they have their whole life in front of them but they are their own deci-sion makers now,” she says. “But not all of them have been offered

a set of ideas that help them get where they want to go.”

That’s what she hopes How Suc-cess Works will do. The book sets out a system of developing a goal and allowing yourself to believe in it. The next step is to start and the book gives directions on how to do that.

“It is the start that stops most people,” she said. Many people wait and procrastinate, thinking we should be able to visualize the end result before we actually start. Instead, she says, we should take the advice of Martin Luther King: “Faith is taking the first step, even if you can’t yet see the whole stair-case.”

The book’s practical advice is interspersed with stories about young people around the world who have accomplished extraor-dinary things, like Deep, a young man in India who developed an

online platform on which people can register their name and blood type to be called if their blood is needed, in a country plagued by chronic blood shortages. His sys-tem is now being adopted across the country.

Or like Rachel, a young woman from Ontario who developed a marker with which you can draw an invisible picture on your skin before you apply sunscreen. Invis-ible, that is, until your sunscreen starts to wear off, and then your drawing becomes gradually vis-ible. It’s currently in the regulatory testing stage and has been profiled on CBC television.

Another example is a local one. Posivy profiles Nick Waggoner, a Nelson adventurer and film-maker who heads Sweetgrass Productions.

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The second annual Kootenay Spirit Festival will run from Sept. 18 to 20 this year. It will be a celebration of yoga, dance, meditation and music held in the natural beauty of Nelson, aspiring to ignite and unite community within this region and beyond.This spiritually-charged festival has it all – whether rising early to meditate or dancing late to the beat of world music (or both!). Participants will be inspired by top local and visiting teachers, speakers and musical acts. Tickets range from $21 to $177, depending on the pass. For more information visit kootenayspiritfestival.ca or email [email protected].

Iconic Canadian singer/songwriter Ron Sex-smith returns to Nelson for a special perfor-mance at Spiritbar on Friday, September 25 at 7 p.m. Touring in support of his newest album Carousel One, the night will feature a special guest. Doors open at 7 p.m. Shows are at 8 p.m. Tickets are $25 plus tax and are available from the Hume Hotel.

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Three more plays will be presented as part of TNT Theatre’s Summer Theatre Festival. Saltwater Moon, starring Sarah Jane Hicks and Gabriel Macdonald, which will run from Aug. 14 to 23. The Passage, starring Jen Viens, will run from Aug. 21 to 29 and Loony Tunes with Sarah Jane Hicks and Gabriel Macdonald will run from August 26 to 30. Tickets are avail-able from Booksmyth Used Books. For more information visit nelsonsummertheatre.com.

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There will be three free film screenings this month as part of the Nelson Civic Theatre Opera for Everyone program. The first, La Boheme, will show at 6:30 p.m. tonight, followed by Moulin Rouge! at 9:30 p.m. This is a new opportunity for people to experience opera for

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On Aug. 13, the Nelson Civic Theatre will show The Water Diviner starring Russell Crowe at 7:30 p.m. After the Battle of Gallipoli, in 1915, an Australian farmer, Connor (Russell Crowe), travels to Turkey to find his three missing sons. While staying at a hotel in Istanbul, he meets Ayshe (Olga Kurylenko), the hotel manager. And tries to find a way to Gallipoli. For more information civictheatre.ca.

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Tonight at 8 p.m. Rising Appalachia’s sisters Leah Song and Chloe Smith will tear into sound with sensual prowess as stages ignite revolutions and words light up soul fires. Listen to their beautiful sound for banjo and fiddle duets and poetic harmonies. The concert will start at 9:30 p.m. Tickets are available online and from the Hume Hotel.

On Thursday, August 13 at 10 p.m. Spiritbar

presents a Shambhala Music Festival after-party with 3 acts: Biome, Geode and Naasko. The first 100 tickets are $10 and will be $15 after that. Tickets are now available online and from the Hume Hotel.

On Thursday there will be a Shambhala after-party featuring El Papachango and Lion-S at Bloom Nightclub. El Papachango is also one of the core creators of the legendary El Circo, one of San Francisco’s most prominent avant-garde performance groups. The first 100 tickets are $10, then $15 thereafter. Tickets are available from Bia Boro at 680 Baker Street. For more information visit Bloom Nightclub on Facebok.

The Royal on Baker presents a night of hip hop and reggae soul featuring DJ Rippel and Droop Capone. The show will be from 10 p.m. to 2 a.m. on Thursday, August 13 at 10 p.m. Tickets are $5. For more information visit royalgrillnelson.com.

On Aug. 14 Bloom Nightclub celebrates Nel-son DJ Hoola’s 31st birthday. As a founder of

The Living Room Stage at Shambhala Music Festival and The Pride Productions, Hoola’s influence is felt far and wide throughout the underground dance scene. From Halifax to Victoria, people know magic is about to hap-pen when he steps in the room. The party will begin at 10 p.m. Tickets are $5 and doors are at 9 p.m. For more information visit Bloom Nightclub on Facebook.


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Ktunaxa’s Jumbo appeal dismissedSTEVE HUBRECHTColumbia Valley Pioneer

The BC Court of Appeals has dismissed an appeal from the Ktu-naxa First Nation over Jumbo Gla-cier Resort.

Last year the BC Supreme Court ruled in favour of the provincial government after the Ktunaxa ar-gued they had not been properly consulted during the approval pro-cess, which eventually resulted in the provincial government signing a master development agreement for Jumbo Glacier Resort with Gla-cier Resorts Ltd. in 2012.

They further claimed that building a ski resort in the Upper Jumbo Valley and Upper Farnham

areas would infringes on Qat’muk, a territory the Ktunaxa consider sacred.

The petition was dismissed in April 2014, with the judge in that case writing that in his opinion “the accommodations offered [to the Ktunaxa by the provincial govern-ment] fall within a range of reason-able responses which upholds the honour of the Crown and satisfied the Crown’s duty to consult and ac-commodate the Ktunaxa’s asserted aboriginal rights.”

The appeal was heard in May and a ruling was issued on Thurs-day, in which the Court of Appeal upheld the initial 2014 ruling, say-ing “the chambers judge made an

affirmative finding that the minis-ter acted in good faith throughout the consultation process.”

Writing for the unanimous three-judge panel, Justice Rich-ard Goepel said “In my view the chambers judge did not err with respect to the consultation or the accommodation analysis. I agree with the chambers judge that the process of consultation and the ac-commodation offered meets the reasonableness standard.”

The Court of Appeal further concluded the decision to approve the master development agreement didn’t violate the Ktunaxa’s free-dom of religion guaranteed under the Canadian Charter of Rights.

Council asks for grant deferralSTEVE HUBRECHTColumbia Valley Pioneer

Jumbo Glacier Mountain Resort Municipality is asking the province to hold off on paying its small community grant pending the outcome of the proponent’s appeal of a government decision that stalled the project.

The grant, which for Jumbo municipality to-tals about $200,000 a year, far exceeds current operating expenses and has so far been put into the municipality’s gen-eral reserves. The money has attracted criticism from resort opponents.

Jumbo mayor Greg Deck pointed

out there is no precedent for a com-munity deferring or refunding the grant. He later said the Union of BC Municipalities indicated to the minis-

try that it wasn’t keen on simply denying the grant to Jumbo since “they don’t want a history of some communities get-ting the grant and others not. They want it consis-tent across the board.”

Simply deferring the payment won’t set that

precedent, and will save the money being transferred from the province to the municipality and then the mu-nicipality turning around and send-ing it right back, Deck said.

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Nelson foursome wins at regatta

TAMARA HYNDNelson Star

More than 50 rowers teamed to-gether for the annual Nelson Sprints regatta hosted by the Nelson Rowing Club on Saturday.

Athletes from Coeur d’Alene, Kelow-na, Cranbrook, Vernon, Salmon Arm and Surrey pulled their way across the 1,000m course in a series of 17 races.

Boats lined up at the start opposite the Prestige Lakeside Resort with the help of referees like Nelson’s Kurt Ed-mond and Debbie Sage of Mill Bay.

� e men’s quad was a tight race with Nelson rowers Dom Preney, Aaron Beck, Steve Knight and Jim Grant taking � rst in a time of 04:17.92 with Shuswap and Kelowna second and third respectively.

Regatta chair Kim Shea said the Nel-son crew su� ered a technical di� culty early in the race setting them back but in the end came out a sliver ahead of the competition making it an excit-ing race to watch from the shores of Lakeside Park.

“� e weather was a blessing on race day and we had lots of positive feedback from our event,” said Shea.

While the calm waters made for per-fect race conditions, rowers still faced the challenge of faring the wakes of other recreational users who seemed oblivious to the race course.

Nelson Search and Rescue assisted by redirecting motor boats pulling wa-ter skiers, a sailboat and even a tugboat delivering a new dock to a North Shore property, around the route.

Nelson Sprints regatta resultsNelson’s Dominique Preney was � rst in the masters men’s Single (MM1X), beating competitors from Shus-wap and Coeur d’Alene. 1st Preney (Nelson) 4:29.15, 2nd Miege (Shuswap) 4:36.27, 3rd Anderson (Coeur d’Alene) 4:47.59.

Nelson’s Jim Grant was second in the open men’s single behind a Kelowna rower. 1st Chris H. (Kelowna) 4:29.39, 2nd Grant (Nelson) 4:46.86, 3rd Thurgood (Coeur d’Alene) 5:03.06.

Nelson rower Sophie de Pauw combined with a rower from Vernon for third place in the women’s double (MW2X). 1st Leslie (Kelowna) 4:32.96, 2nd Sandy G. (Kelowna) 4:39.40, 3rd O’Gorman plus De Pauw (Vernon and Nelson) 4:48.20.

Kim Shea and Dom Preney of Nelson were second in the mixed double (MMix2X). 1st Surrey 4:46.78, 2nd Shea and Preney (Nelson) 4:50.84, 3rd Coeur d’Alene 5:07.34.

Nelson was second in the mix quad race behind Shuswap. 1st Shuswap 4:04.21, 2nd Nelson 4:07.10, 3rd a composite team of Surrey, Vernon and Kelowna 4:21.55.

The Nelson men’s quad took � rst in an exciting race where they came from behind to beat Kelowna and Shuswap. 1st Nelson 4:17.92, 2nd Shuswap 4:20.47, 3rd Kelowna 4:24.83.

Pictured below: Members of the Nelson men’s quad crew were Dom Preney, Aaron Beck, Steve Knight and Jim Grant. Tamara Hynd photo

Kelowna Rowing Club placed third in men’s quadTamara Hynd photos

Women’s single

Junior mixed combined Coeur d’Alene and Kelowna paddlers

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A Coeur d’Alene rower in the junior women’s single

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Pair of Kootenay Swim Club members compete at nationals

Submitted to the Nelson Star

Kelsey Andrusak and Samuel Matthew of the Kootenay Swim Club were in Quebec City recently to compete in Swim Canada’s age group championships held at Laval University.

Both competed in four events over the course of the week. Andrusak started the competition with what turned out to be her best swim of the meet, finishing tied for 11th place in the 50m breaststroke in a new personal best.

As a result of the tie she had to have a swim off to determine the first alternate in case one of the top 10 wasn’t able to start in the final. Matthew competed in the 50m breast, finishing 21st, also a new personal best.

On day two of the competition, Andru-sak finished 19th in the 100m free. Day three saw Matthew finish 19th in the 100m breast with a

new best time. Andru-sak swam in two events, finishing 21st in both the 100m breast and 50m free. On day four Mat-thew had his best result of the meet, finishing 15th in the 200m breast, taking off over two seconds from his previous best time.

Matthew’s last race was on day five where he placed 22nd in the 200m

individual medley. It was the first time for

both swimmers compet-ing at this level and they both can be very proud of their results.

They are both placed well for the upcom-ing season which will begin in September as they have both already achieved two of the three time standards at the next

age level that they need to qualify for the 2016 age group championships in Calgary.

In addition they have both qualified for four events at the 2016 Speedo Western Championships, which will be in Winni-peg next spring.

Both swimmers thanked coach Chris Wright for his dedica-tion and support. Unfor-tunately, due to the cost and time commitment he was unable to attend in Quebec but the prepa-ration he provided over the course of the year certainly showed in the results obtained.

They also expressed gratitude to all the sup-port provided by mem-bers of the Kootenay Swim Club and the community for providing support through a recent bottle drive.

For more information on swimming with the Kootenay Swim Club, go to thekootenayswimclub.com.

Kelsey Andrusak and Samuel Matthew represented the Kootenay Swim Club at the age group championships in Quebec City. Submitted photo


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