Nelson Star, July 24, 2015

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Nelson Hydro’s storm repairs cost almost $1 million

BILL METCALFE Nelson Star

Nelson Hydro spent between $800,000 and $900,000 on repairs a� er the recent windstorm in Nelson. About $500,000 to $600,000 of that was for immediate emergency response during and immediately a� er the storm, and the rest is still being spent on more long-term matters, says Hydro’s Alex Love.

He said although there were some equipment costs, “the lion’s share is labour costs.”

“It was de� nitely all hands on deck in the line department,” he said, “and we brought in several contractor crews, so we were de� nitely a bolstered work force, and some other sta� were reallocated to assist in damage patrols.”

� ese expenses apply to Nelson Hydro only, and do not include costs incurred by public works crews cleaning up streets and parks. � e city’s chief � nancial o� cer, Colin McClure, says those numbers are not yet � nalized.

Love said Hydro is reviewing whether the costs will be covered by insurance, and he is looking into whether provincial emergency disaster funding might cover it.

He says the non-emergency work still be-ing done (and included in the above-described costs) mostly involves replacing damaged poles or cross-arms, or dealing with leaning trees that would be brought down onto power lines by the next wind.

Love said the trees that were pruned last year, sometimes controversially, caused “minimal concerns and no damage” in the storm, reaf-� rming, that pruning was the right thing to do.

He said the extra costs this year are a concern and means they will be able to put less than usual into Hydro’s capital reserve.

“We have several million in our capital reserve and usually transfer about $2 million into it, but this year it will be less.

“It was a costly outage. I would be concerned if this happened yearly, but in the seven years I have been here this is the � rst time. � e utility is � nancially healthy enough that we can weather it on an occasional basis.”

BILL METCALFENelson Star

Performers in the Capitol � e-atre’s annual summer youth production may be young

(ages 12 to 18), but the direction, sets, lighting, and sound are of adult professional calibre. � at’s what makes the project so unique: young people are supported on all sides by very high production standards.

� at really motivates them, ac-cording to Adriana Bogaard, 29, who designed the sets for this year’s production of Mary Poppins.

� e Nelson native, who is en-tering her � nal year of the set and costume design program at the National � eatre School in Mon-treal, performed in several Capitol

summer productions in the 1990s.“As soon as the set is installed,”

she says, “the performers step up their performance level because they have a higher standard to live up to.”

For 27 years the Capitol’s sum-mer youth production has been a training ground for young actors, singers, and dancers, many of whom return year a� er year.

Emma Chart is Mary Poppins

Emma Chart, 17, is playing Mary Poppins. She says the part isn’t as simple as one might think.

“Mary is very proper and so smi-ley. She is like the perfect person.

But then when you try to play her, what is she thinking underneath all that? How is she always so smiley, and how does she always know what is coming next? You really have to think about her motives. � ere is a lot more stu� underneath that she has to � gure out.”

� is is Chart’s third Capitol youth production, having also ap-peared in Sweeney Todd and � e Se-cret Garden in past summers. What has the experience meant for her?

“I’ve gained a lot of con� dence,” she says. “It shows you what you can do. It is pretty amazing that a bunch of kids who don’t know each other can come together and do this.”

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Emma Chart is Mary Poppins and Quinn Barron (inset, with Chart) is Bert in the Capitol Theatre youth production which opened last night. Frankie Defeo photos

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RDCK begins improvements to Crescent Valley beach parking

Submitted to the Nelson Star� e Regional District of Central

Kootenay will begin upgrading the parking lot at the Crescent Valley beach over the next month. During this time the parking lot will be closed periodically.

In collaboration with the Ministry of Transportation, Yellowhead Road and Bridge and Selkirk Paving, the lot will be upgraded in conjunction with paving on Highway 6. � e lot will be closed on days the work occurs.

� is is the � rst of two phases to ex-pand the parking lot for the popular

regional park. It will develop the entry into the park, 14 parking stalls, and a drop-o� /pick-up area. � e second phase will develop an additional 45 parking spaces and two RV spaces.

“� e present historic parking situa-tion is dangerous,” says regional direc-tor Walter Popo� . “Completing both phases of the parking lot will make visiting Crescent Valley beach much safer.”

� e full dra� management plan for the beach can be viewed at rdck.ca/EN/main/services/parks/park-man-agement-plan.html.

Court reserves judgement in EcoSociety’s Jumbo suitBILL METCALFE

Nelson StarA judge has reserved judge-

ment in Vancouver in the West Kootenay EcoSociety’s case against the government’s cre-ation of the Jumbo Glacier Re-sort municipality. � e society’s David Reid says it could take up to six months for a decision.

� e society asked the court to review the legality of the govern-ment’s formation of a munici-pality with no residents. � ey argued the stated purpose of a municipality in the Local Gov-ernment Act and Community Charter is to serve its electors

and residents, and since the Jumbo municipality has none of those, it should not exist.

� e court’s reserved judge-ment comes a� er a decision by the provincial environment minister that cancels the proj-ect’s environmental certi� cate. However, the court hearing last week went ahead because the government-created municipal-ity at Jumbo still exists.

Judah Harrison, one of the society’s lawyers, told the Star the government’s lawyer rebut-ted the society’s arguments by stating the legislature passed a new law allowing municipalities

with no residents, and govern-ment managers simply did what the legislature approved.

However, he said the EcoSo-ciety’s point was that the new law itself (an amendment to the Local Government Act) was im-proper.

“� ey argued it at such a shal-low level,” Harrison said. “� ey addressed everything by saying, ‘� is is allowed in the statute, go away.’”

He said he hopes the judge will recognize the complexity of the case. “� e lack of e� ort by the crown will require the judge to do some homework,” he said.

“We hope the judge will grapple with this. If she does, we have a good shot, and if she doesn’t, and � nds an easy way out, we don’t.”

� e Star called the Ministry of Justice to get its version of the province’s argument in court. � e reply, a one-sentence email from a communications o� cer at the ministry, reads:

“In response to the petition-er’s argument, the government’s lawyer, generally, argued that the statutory language was clear in providing authority to incor-porate municipalities without residents and that there were no restrictions on timing.”

Gra� ti project underway in Salmo

SHERI REGNIERTrail Times

� e beauty of art lies in the eye of the beholder. Certain expressionism isn’t pretty to some, a debat-able art form or, in some cases, a criminal act — especially when it’s street art, also known as gra� ti.

So when gra� ti becomes vandalism, how can communities counter the defacement of private and public lands? A Nelson artist isn’t turning a blind eye to the illegal practise. In fact he’s facing it head on and teaching young people to express themselves with aerosol paint at the right time and in the right place.

A mural project underway in Salmo for youth aged 13 to 18 o� ers planning sessions for the design and execution of a gra� ti piece that will showcase what the community represents through the vision of a teenager.

“Right now we are brainstorming ideas and getting the juices � owing,” says Coleman Webb, who’s helped various organizations come up with creative solutions to gra� ti that support youth. “Typically my workshops are self-motivated. Some kids show up without planning to be involved but will eventually become key players in the project.”

Planning times are scheduled at the Salmo Youth Centre on July 28 and 30 from 4 to 7 p.m., with the mural being painted on the back of the building Aug. 29, Aug. 30 and Sept. 12 from 10 a.m. until 5 p.m. For more information and to become part of the mural project, contact Webb at 250-509-0998 or visit colemanwebb.ca.

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Petition decries boat launch closureBlewett and Taghum-area residents ask regional district to create new site

Will JohnsonNelson Star

Blewett boat owner Darrel Planden has been using the Fisherman’s Road launch in Ta-ghum since he was a little kid, so when Teck decided to block access due to contaminated soil in the area, he wasn’t pleased.

“That’s where our volunteer fire trucks go to get water, and it’s always been an open area where you can launch canoes, kayaks, any kind of boat. Now all of the sudden they’re saying the dirt’s contaminated and they don’t want us to use it. I think it’s a bunch of B.S.”

Planden is one of 300 resi-dents who have signed a petition addressed to Area E director Ra-mona Faust urging the RDCK “to establish a safe, reliable and accessible public boat launch in the Taghum/Blewett area.”

It goes on to say Teck’s closure of the Fisherman’s Road launch affects both recreational boaters and emergency personnel “as the nearest launch site is now lo-cated approximately 15 km away

at Lakeside Park in Nelson. We believe there is a strong demand in the boating community for a launch and demand that the regional district work with com-munity members to establish a public boat launch.”

Tailings remediation

When the Star attended the launch on Wednesday, a hast-ily dug trench was lined with a number of cement blocks that had been twisted and over-turned. A new path has been created where boat owners can maneuver around the obstacles.

Teck’s Catherine Adair said they understand the commu-nity’s frustrations.

“Teck is supportive of the Re-gional District of Central Koo-tenay and the community work-ing to determine an appropriate location for a public boat launch in the Blewett/Taghum region,” she said in an email.

“Testing has confirmed the area used as a boat launch has elevated levels of metals associ-

ated with the historical Kenville mine, which deposited tailings intermittently between 1890 and 1956, and could potentially pose low health risks, particularly for young children.”

She said options for reme-diating the area are being ex-plored following Teck contrac-tor SNC-Lavalin sampling soil in the area.

In a fact sheet, Teck empha-sized there is no health concern for fishing or swimming in the Kootenay River.

“Once the additional sam-pling is complete and analyzed, we will share the results with local residents and discuss our potential path forward.”

Collecting names

Petition organizer Jamie Gavin said he’s met with both Faust and Area F director Tom Newell, and accompanied them to the site. During their visit a pair of teenagers arrived, stepped over the trench, and launched their canoe.

“I guarantee you somebody’s going to push them out of the way, and two guys with shovels could probably fill in that hole in a half hour.”

Gavin asked why the block-age was necessary, and suggest-ed maybe a “Use at your own risk” sign could be erected.

He doesn’t believe the con-tamination is a significant risk.

“Rumour has it certain neigh-bours have complained enough times and this was just another way to shut it down.”

Gavin said the Fisherman’s Road launch is the only spot on the river west of Lakeside Park where it’s feasible to launch a boat, and residents unable to traverse Grohman Narrows have no other options.

“There are so many people in Blewett, Beasley, Bonnington and Taghum who want to get out on the water every day. We’ve got families using it, people go-ing for a paddle after work. They need a safe, legal place to launch their boats without driving all the way over to Lakeside.”

A hastily dug trench and several large cement blocks have been placed in the path of a boat launch on Fisherman’s Road to discourage use. A petition has collected ap-proximately 300 names urging the Regional District of Central Kootenay to introduce a safe public launch in the area. Will Johnson photo

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Thieves target Slocan campersCulprits took various camping equipment from Springer Creek

RV Park and Campground in middle of the nightTAMARA HYND

Nelson StarRCMP have no suspects in a

rash of thefts from campers at the Springer Creek RV Park and Campground in Slocan.

Seven campsites were robbed over the weekend.

Campground operator Helma Rainey said one family lost hun-dreds of dollars worth of belong-ings. Items stolen include five coolers full of food and alcohol, numerous chairs including two gravity chairs, a purple fold-up ta-ble, cell phone, Bluetooth speaker and a wallet.

Rainey said one camper was

awakened at 2:30 a.m. Sunday by a flashlight in the campground. The camper heard a male voice say “Let’s go,” before the person hopped in a car and drove away.

Rainey thinks there was more than one vehicle involved.

“You couldn’t take all that in one small car,” she said. “In my opinion there had to be a group of them, like a bunch of clowns in a car that spread out. They didn’t linger around.”

Rainey suspects the culprits took the items to have a party.

“I just can’t believe how bold they were,” she said. “It would be good if they were caught.”

Rainey said three sites affected by the theft were occupied by people from out of the area and the rest by people from Nelson and Castlegar.

She hopes the thieves will re-turn the items by leaving them at the campground, no questions asked.

“Owners would be happy to get their coolers and chairs back, es-pecially the cell phone,” she said.

The 24-site municipal camp-ground has had petty thefts in the past. Two years ago thieves took the contents from a number of coolers and the office was broken into as well.

Crews continue to battle local wildfires

TAMARA HYNDNelson Star

The BC Wildfire Service has responded to dozens of new wild-fires this week in the Southeast Fire Centre, all but five lightning-caused.

“We’ve had an incredible amount of lightning with 76 new fires starts since Monday and a to-tal of 372 fires to date compared to 80 last year,” said fire information officer Fanny Bernard.

Ground crews are being sup-ported by helicopters and air tank-ers as they work to contain and extinguish the fires, with 39 already out or contained. None of the new fires is threatening any structures or communities. However, smoke from some of them may be highly visible in nearby populated areas.

New fires in Nelson area

Firefighters are working with helicopter support to contain three new spot-sized fires (less than one hectare) burning in the area. Initial attack crews are working on a 0.5 hectare fire on the north side of Coffee Creek.

A second spot fire was detected on Mt. Loki opposite Kaslo early Thursday. Bernard said the fire is on the bottom third of the moun-tain, adding there is still access to the Bernard Creek forest service road, the route to the Mt. Loki trailhead.

A 0.04 hectare fire near Kokanee Creek is in patrol stage. Bernard said you may notice smoke coming from a 1.5 hectare fire near Sheep Creek in the Salmo area.

The Sitkum Creek fire is resting at 777 hectares with 49 firefighters working on the blaze along with 10 contract workers, 10 support staff and one helicopter. The fire is 50 per cent contained.

Bernard said crews made good progress over the weekend with burn off operations with the use of a heli-torch. This week, firefighters completed small-scale burn-out operations using hand-held drip torches to light smaller pockets of unburned fuel.

These operations remove fuel from the fire’s path and reduce the chance of the wildfire breach-ing the control line. Most of the ground fuels were consumed and now crews are beginning the mop-up stage and are on the line apply-ing water to the ground, Bernard said.

You can expect to continue see-ing smoke from this fire, although the amount should be greatly di-minished, she added. The fire is constantly being patrolled and crews will continue to put out smoke.

The 22.8 hectare Akokli Creek fire on the East Shore is now in mop-up stage.

Fire hazard and weather

Bernard said even though some weather stations have received up to 36 mm of rain since Sunday, she cautions that the rain is localized, meaning some areas received zero precipitation.

“Even with that little rain, the low relative humidity, high tem-peratures, lots of sun and the con-stant wind has been drying,” said Bernard.

The chance of fire ignition is extremely high. As the summer progresses, the drying of larger fu-els continues meaning fires burn deeper and with higher intensity.

The forecast calls for possible thundershowers into the weekend.

The current fire danger rating is high in the Kootenay Lake zone as well as other parts of the region.

A repeating pattern of lightning storms accompanied by variable amounts of precipitation has ig-nited 308 fires in the Southeast Fire Centre so far this season. There have been a total of 372 fires since April 1, which have burned more than 2,012 hectares.

Although most of the fires that started this week were caused by lightning, five were started by hu-mans.

“It’s really important that people adhere to the campfire and burning bans,” said Bernard, urging us to be careful in or around forests or grasslands, since human-caused fires divert resources needed for naturally-occurring fires.

To report a wildfire or open burning violation, call 1-800-663-5555 toll-free or *5555 on a cellphone.

For the latest information on current wildfire activity, burn-ing restrictions, road closures and air quality advisories, go to bcwildfire.ca.

This helicopter was one of many pressed into action to help tackle Nelson-area fires. Tamara Hynd photo


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Stores to Shores on budget, slightly behind schedule

Businesses say parking and pedestrian access has been problematicWill Johnson

Nelson StarDowntown Nelson business

owners are eager to see the Stores to Shores revitalization project conclude, as ongoing construction continues to have a negative impact on their bot-tom line.

But they’re trying to remain positive.

“This is certainly the tough-est spring we’ve ever had. The main issue we’ve had is access,” Itza Pizza’s owner Rick Nixon told the Star, while crews were noisily paving Hall St. outside.

“There’s no parking anywhere in the area right now. A lot of people are tentative about walk-ing through a construction zone, and I haven’t been able to put my patio up. Normally people like to sit on the patio with a beer and a pizza, but we haven’t had the opportunity to offer that this year.”

Nixon said he hired fewer seasonal employees in antici-pation of the slow-down, and had to cut hours for his full-time staff. And though he un-derstands the necessity of the project, and admires the work being done by Maglio Installa-tions, that doesn’t mean he’s not struggling.

“They’re working as hard as they can, I think. You can’t do a project this size and think everything will go tickety-boo. I’m not dissatisfied,” said Adven-ture Hotel’s Danny Rickaby. “I think once it’s done everybody will benefit.”

Tourist season affected

Since the genesis of the proj-ect, there have been concerns expressed about the project’s potential effect on Nelson’s busi-est tourist season — July and August.

Chamber of Commerce ex-ecutive director Tom Thomson said there’s no way to avoid the financial impact.

“Even here at our visitor cen-tre we’ve seen people pull a U-turn and head elsewhere. Our numbers are down. Everyone’s

doing their best, and we’re cer-tainly still seeing a lot of people, but the timing’s not great. We have to put our head down and do the best we can.”

He said the chamber is pleased with the work Maglio Installations is doing, though he’s concerned about the poten-tial loss of parking spots.

“This is a good thing for the majority of businesses in this area, so we’re pleased it’s mov-ing ahead. It’s the feeling of the chamber board that it will ben-efit everyone when it’s finally completed.”

Slightly behind schedule

Public works director Colin Innes told the Star the project is on budget but approximately five days behind schedule, due to some adverse weather condi-tions and unforeseen circum-stances.

“Hitting that gas line [last Thursday] set us back a couple of hours, and we had some is-sues with the weather on a few days, but Maglio Installations has indicated they’re on sched-ule to be completed in the first two weeks of October,” he said.

“For a project this big, over this duration of time, to be out by a week at this point is not something that alarms me. I’m not nervous, schedule-wise.”

He said the blacktop and con-crete that’s gone in at the 500 block make a huge aesthetic difference.

“It makes a huge visual im-pact, especially to a layperson walking by. It really looks like progress.”

New “social steps” have been installed at IODE Park, and new sidewalks have been poured in front of Sidewinders and Gerick Cycle & Ski.

“I really like the look of them,” said Innes. “Before with the wall, I think some people didn’t realize there was a nice little park up there. With this enhancement it will be a perfect place for someone to go in the summer to enjoy a cold drink or an ice cream.”

He said the view from the steps is unbeatable.

“You can sit back and watch all the beauty going on as people bustle around downtown Nel-son.”

Road closures scheduled

With the installation of shal-low utilities, storm sewers and irrigation lines progressing, crews have established a tem-porary roadway and pedestrian crossing at the corner of Ver-non and Hall for the complete closure of the Baker and Hall intersection which began Thurs-day and continues until next Wednesday. The closures will last from 6 a.m. to 3 p.m. daily.

Also, the 300 block of Hall remains closed to all vehicles due to open excavation.

Pedestrians can still use the staircase on the west side of the street in front of Dr. Bibby’s, Juice FM and Kootenay Co-op Radio.

Installation of sidewalks has already begun on the 400 block.

To keep up to date, visit the City of Nelson and the Stores to Shores Downtown Revitaliza-tion project on Facebook.

TOP: Crews from Selkirk Paving have been putting blacktop down on the 500 block of Hall St. BOTTOM: The newly installed “social steps” at the bottom of IODE Park are complete. Courtesy City of Nelson

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Waking up with LNG

A public school science student understands that even if you only pee in your corner of the pool, it will eventually reach all corners of the pool. Perhaps Premier Christy Clark and Finance Minister Mike de Jong missed that class.

If you haven’t noticed, the planet is in a crisis that has been accelerated by human generated green house gases (GHG). Given all the evidence from intelligent peer-reviewed sci-entists and climate data collected over the last 100 years, there seems to be agreement that climate change is our new reality.

How can the government of British Columbia even consider participating in the creation of an infrastructure to produce fossil fuels? It does not matter in which corner of the global pool that LNG is pro-duced or consumed. We are all in the same pool.

At a time when we need clear leadership that will help in the transition toward energy sources that are renewable and “green,” what constructive role is currently being played by Minister de Jong and Premier Clark on behalf of the people of British Columbia? � is is bigger than a quick � x for the cur-rent electorate, this is about the “big pool” — planet Earth.

Quite obviously, our current eco-nomic models and thinking do not work, otherwise we would not be having this discussion — we are now in the time of the “Big � ink.” How do we want to design our future, when we still have that option; rath-er than a future that has happened based on earlier poor decisions? We are all in the same pool and in serious need of a global lifeguard.

Ron RobinsonNelson

Help shape climate team’s recommendations

� e Climate Action Leadership Team appointed by the provincial government has issued a discussion paper (see engage.gov.bc.ca/climate-leadership/� les/2015/07/Climate-LeadershipPlanDiscussionPaper.pdf) and opened up a public com-ment period which ends Aug. 17.

Although it is the height of sum-mer, hopefully we can all read and make some comments. Organiza-

tions that wish to make further com-ments can email them to [email protected]. � ere is also a survey to take at engage.gov.bc.ca/climateleadership.

I encourage everyone to read, comment and take the survey. � is plan will a� ect the way we live, work, travel and what we value in the fu-ture.

Your responses will shape the recommendations the Climate Ac-tion Leadership Team makes to the government.

Michael JessenCitizens’ Climate Lobby

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Green Party is a viable alternative

Re: “Electing Wilks would be worst possible outcome,” July 15

While we agree wholeheartedly with Cameron Carter’s concern that electing David Wilks and an-other Conservative government is the worst possible outcome, we do not agree with his solution of vot-ing NDP.

� e Green Party is a viable al-ternative to any of the historic par-ties. Our leader, Elizabeth May, has shown herself to be an exemplary parliamentarian, winning Parlia-mentarian of the Year once and Hardest Working Parliamentarian twice, both awards voted by her fel-low MPS.

� e Green Party has a six-part policy (greenparty.ca/en/vision-green) to address greening the

economy, acting on climate change, restoring the environment, helping people and communities to thrive, re-establishing Canada as a leader in peace-making, and improving our democracy including a change to proportional representation.

Here in Kootenay-Columbia, we have an excellent candidate in Bill Green. Bill has worked for over 30 years as a consultant in economic de-velopment, an aquatic biologist, and manager of the Canadian Columbia River Inter-Tribal Fisheries Commis-sion. He is known as a good listener and mentor, and is well respected by First Nations. Bill is passionate about creating a thriving economy in a healthy environment in Kootenay-Columbia.

Local residents can meet Bill at the Green Party booth at MarketFest tonight and at an open house at the Green Party o� ce (306B Victoria St.) on Saturday from noon to 4 p.m.

Take time to get to know our rid-ing candidates, attend debates, follow the polls, and then decide closer to election day which candidate is best positioned to defeat Wilks.

Lisa Bramson and Julia RobertsNorth Shore

Search party needed for water and sewer dollars

Where has the money gone?Over the past decade our water

and sewage rates have almost dou-bled. We have been told that these huge increases were needed to fund:

1) � e pipeline carrying water from Nine Mile Creek to the Moun-tain Station reservoir;

2) A line to bring water during droughts from Kootenay Lake to the reservoir;

3) � e continuing replacement of the miles of old leaking pipes under most of our streets.

Where has the money gone? � ere has been no discernible

increase in the replacement of the distribution lines — the same one or two blocks replaced per year as before the rate increases. Not an inch of pipe laid to bring water up from Kootenay Lake has been laid. Noth-ing more than a few little projects have been completed.

Where has the money gone? Democracy requires the mayor

and council to show us the numbers, by publishing the revenues collected and expenditures made for each of the past ten years.

David ClarkNelson

Herbicide use a bad idea

I have lived in Glade for almost 40 years. Shortly a� er we moved here in the 1970s BC Hydro cut a power line straight up the centre of the hill at the south end of our community. It is an eyesore, but it does supply much needed pasture for the deer and elk, and a good hunting area for local hunters.

While I can’t really say I like that power line, I do recognize that it is necessary, and I have always, to

date, been impressed that BC Hydro has chosen to keep the vegetation down by manual brushing. By do-ing so they provide much needed employment for forestry workers, and enhance the viability of the land for winter forage for the native un-gulates.

Yesterday while enjoying a co� ee break on my veranda, I noticed that the top of the power line that goes up the hill was no longer green, but brown. On closer inspection with my binoculars it became clear to me that the power line had been sprayed with a herbicide killing all the vegetation. I later took a drive to the Bombi sum-mit where it was evident that they had sprayed all the power line from there to Glade.

So I assume they have now decid-ed to save money in the backcountry by spraying all the backcountry lines. � is in my opinion is a bad idea that will have very negative impact on all the animals who live on, or graze on that land, and also on the hunters who eat those animals.

BC Hydro seems to have forgotten they are a publicly owned company, and should be doing what is best for their owners. Shoving smart meters and the Site C dam project down the public’s gullet, and spending public money to facilitate the destruction of the geography of the Kootenay River by dredging it is not doing what is best for the public.

� is morning I heard on the news that a Site C protester got a little car-ried away and ended up getting shot by the RCMP. I don’t know whether the public will ever hear the details of the man’s death, but I wouldn’t be surprised if he was one of the land owners who is having his farm expropriated to make way for Site C. No doubt those poor people are plenty frustrated.

But be assured the Independent Investigations o� ce, which the CBC announcer referred to as the “police watchdog” is on the case. Trouble is we have had two police killings in the West Kootenay in the past nine months, and we haven’t heard a bark or a whimper from said dog, so I suspect we won’t hear any more about this man’s death either.

Seems like the general public is happy to keep their head buried in the sand. I think it is about time they pulled it out of there.

Rod Retzla� Glade

Last Wednesday evening volunteers laid out the swim course for Nelson’s annual Cyswog‘n’fun triathlon and we noticed some sailboats anchored farther along the shoreline towards Lakeside Park. � e most northerly anchored boats are within the swim course boundaries. � ere seem to be more boats anchored than in previous years and they are migrating north past the duck pond.

We could change the swim course to detour farther out into the lake to attain the 1,500m length we require but this increases risk to the swimmers the farther out from shore we go. If you have one of these boats, we are hoping you could move the boats and anchor buoys south of the duck pond. � anks in advance for your consideration.

Bill Harbord Race director, Cyswog‘n’fun

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HUGS: To the emergency room staff for their kindness, pro� ciency and professionalism.

HUGS: To those who bring an extra bag to the beach and clean up garbage you � nd. You’re wonderful.

SLUGS: To the workers using profanity as we walked past one of the various construction sites in Nelson with our children.

SLUGS: To the tenant and her three children who damaged my rental property to the tune of $20,000. Shame on you!!

SLUGS: To people with automatic sprinklers who haven’t adjusted their timers to meet the water re-strictions. Everyone must do their part. Including you!

SLUGS: To those who ride horses on the highway. Their poo takes up all the space there is to walk/ride a bike. ALL THE SPACE. Poop and scoop on the highway!

SLUGS: To the political party who put a 40-word billboard on the highway. There is no safe way to read it while driving by. It is distracting and hurts their message.

HUGS: To the wonderful young man with the ATV in the back of his truck who unjammed my bike chain at the corner of Bedford and Fisherman’s Road near Taghum. You made my day!

HUGS: To the businesses trying to survive despite the construction chaos, especially the one where the awesome staff makes up for all the challenges they face by offering over-the-top service and positive atitude to their customers. You guys rock!

HUGS: To the people of Nelson and tourists alike who still � nd their way around the Hall St. mess to get their bikes repaired, enjoy a cup of coffee, have their shoes � xed, eat great pizza, get braces tightened, buy a beer, and receive tourist information. Thank you!

HUGS: Big loving hugs to the anonymous good Samaritan who took my small black wallet and phone to the police station. I know exactly where I dropped it on Silica St. When I went back to look, it was gone because it was being well looked after by the Nelson police. Thank you, you amazing human being!

HUGS: To the young man who came along in his boat when ours was disabled, very kindly towed us four miles back to our boat slip, and then refused our offer to pay for his gas and time. A truly lovely expression of people caring for others and a reminder of the great community we live in.

HUGS: To several young “skater” boys who rode the same streetcar as we did on Canada Day. Each one of you thanked the conductor, were respectful and won-derful ambassadors to your city and good role models for everyone else. Hugs also to those polite and hard working streetcar volunteers. – An impressedgrandmother

SLUGS: To the person who took my tablet during our garage sale on Saturday. That was a lovely group of people who showed up. Why were you the one to spoil it? Yes, it’s my fault for leaving it out where you could see it. It will not be much use to you when the battery dies, as it is very fussy about its re-charger which I still have. If you’d like to return the tablet, just leave it on the porch, out of the weather, and we’ll ask no questions.

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and anonymous — no names of individuals, businesses, or places please. You can also drop by a written submission to our o� ces at 514 Hall St.

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Common name: Glossy AbeliaBotanical Names: Abelia x grandi� ora ‘Edward GoucherIf I was stranded on a deserted Island and I was allowed only one shrub, I think I would choose the glossy Abelia, ‘Edward Goucher’ – just saying. This hybrid cross was � rst introduced in 1911 by Edward Goucher of the US Department of Agriculture , it was the best Abelia of its time, and still remains number one today. As a landscape shrub the canes of the glossy Abelia produce clusters of trumpet-shaped blooms that are lavender pink with orange yellow throats. It’s no surprise that they remind one of the honeysuckles, since they belong to the honeysuckle family! But better than the honeysuckles they remain in bloom

from early summer to late fall, just when most other shrubs are fading. The fragrant blooms attract bees and butter� ies and are beautiful to behold in just about any sunny or partly sunny area of our West Kootenay gardens. At higher elevations such as Blewett or uphill Nelson you should place in a sheltered location out of the prevailing wind. In late fall the glossy leaves of the Abelia turn a nice rich purplish-bronze and certainly add a point of interest even at this late time of year. It can be pruned in spring as it produces � owers on new growth; however please do not shear its beautiful arching branches but prune selectively.

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Community Celebrate the Kohan Garden’s 25th anni-versary in New Denver on Sunday, July 26, from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. A cultural event with a Japanese tea ceremony, poetry, music, painting, and much more, all culminating with the fabulous Taiko drummers. Also on Sunday is the Obon ceremony at the Nikkei Centre. This is a ceremony to commemorate one’s ancestors. An antique fair will also be on main street.

Whimsical Wednesdays at the Nelson library presents: Kids yoga with Malin on Wednes-day, July 29 at 1 p.m. Stretch your body and your imagination! Come play yoga games, get into action with yoga storytelling, and try partner yoga. Limited space. Preregister at nelsonlibrary.ca or call 250-352-8283. No charge. For ages 6 and up.

AnnouncementsFire� ghters and community support meditations at Lakeside Park every Tuesday morning from 7:30 to 7:45 a.m. To support � re� ghters and the community, Christine

Boyd of Meditation Escape is holding free, weekly, early morning short meditations for adults. Mornings are cool. Please bring a jacket or blanket and chair or cushion. To take place through end of September. Meet at the � agpole near Rose Garden Cafe. For more info: [email protected].

Nelson Dances of Universal Peace, with live music on Sunday, July 26, 3 to 5 p.m. Dance and walks with singing, representing spiritual traditions from the world over. No experience necessary. Located at Victoria and Kootenay St., 602 Kootenay. For infor-mation call Candace at 250-354-4288.

Commemorating Hiroshima: Kootenay area residents are invited to commemorate the 70th anniversary of the atomic bombing of Hiroshima on Thursday, August 6 at 6 p.m., at the Mir Centre for Peace at the Selkirk College Campus in Castlegar.

Columbia Basin Culture Tour is August 8 and 9, from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Explore art-ists’ studios, museums, art galleries, and

heritage sites through this free, self-guided tour within the Columbia Basin. Meet the artists, shop for � ne art and craft, view dem-onstrations, special exhibitions interpretive displays or chat with local historians during this two day cultural celebration. For more info, contact cbculturetour.com, call 250-505-5505 or 1-877-505-7355.

WorkshopsJoin the Tasty Tofu workshop and recipe exchange at the Nelson Women’s Centre on Wednesday, August 5, 5:30 to 7:30 p.m. Erin Bruce of Alligator Pie Catering will lead the cooking. Register at 250-352-9949 or email [email protected]. There is a $5 fee.

FundraisersOngoing bottle drive supporting the local rid-ers participating in the Cops-for-Kids Charity which rides through Nelson on September 14. Drop-off points are in Nelson and the on the North Shore, or call for pick-up. Contact Iris or Peter Stef� er at 250-825-4141 or wkstef� [email protected].

Every Saturday night is Stories In The Park from 7:30 to 8:30 p.m. at the Kokanee Creek visitor cen-tre. Blast into your imagination as local storytellers spin their web of tales. Camping families and locals are welcome.

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Walk into the pastJoin the Historic Buildings Walking Tour of Touchstones Nelson’s exhibition 60 Years, 60 Objects on Saturday, July 25 and August 1 from 10:30 to 11:45 a.m. If you have seen the show you know that the � rst 15 objects are photographs of historic buildings that have moved, been altered, or are gone entirely. Now is your chance to hear the fascinating stories behind these businesses and hotels from Nelson historians Ron Welwood and Greg Scott. Cost is $3 per person, drop in. Meet at Touchstones Nelson Museum of Art and History, 502 Vernon St.

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MarketFest returns on Friday, July 24 with music on two stages with So� ella Watt and The Huckleberry Bandits and 100 vendors of all kinds. MarketFest is one of Nelson’s premier summer festival so don’t miss it! Join the EcoSociety for an evening of family-friendly fun from 6 to 10:30 p.m. on the 200 and 300 blocks of Baker St. A $5 donation is kindly requested for persons over 13 years of age. For more info: [email protected].

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Friday JULY 24Dinner with Jimmy Lewis

Friday Night Live Jam to follow until 2AM. Fish and chips for ten bucks.

Saturday JULY 25 Lazy Poker with Clint Swanson, Aryn Sheriff, Bill Lynch, Rob Van Der Laan, Steve Wilson &

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West Kootenay Ecosociety’s July 24 Marketfest will feature live music, hot food, tons of local vendors and activities for the whole family. With performances from Gabriel Palatchi, Good Ol’ Goats, Sunshine Drive, Erin Eat Your Heart Out and the Showcats, as well as Cam Penner and Sofiella Watt & the Huck-leberry Bandits. Marketfest takes place on Baker Street from 6 to 10:30 p.m. For more information visit the West Kootenay Ecoso-ciety on Facebook.

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Kaslo’s Langham Cultural Society Gallery Program and its Japanese Canadian Museum is proud to present Regeneration, a major exhibit by Tsuneko Kokubo and Toru Fujibayashi. They are celebrated local senior artists with extensive, fascinating and varied backgrounds, who have been part of the West Kootenay arts and culture fabric for many years. A gala opening event on Friday, July 24 from 7 to 9 p.m. The artists will be in attendance and there will be a short performance and spoken word presentation in the theatre. The exhibi-tion will run to October 4. Gallery hours are Thursday to Sunday 1 to 4 p.m. For more information, please contact 250-353-2661 or visit thelangham.ca.

Oxygen Art Centre presents a workshop on the ancient art of marbling by Vancouver-based artist Natalie Purschwitz. Dating back to 12th century Japan, the ancient craft of marbling has amazed artists all around the world with its magical process of swirling inks, dyes and paints on a liquid surface to produce beauti-ful, organic patterns. For hundreds of years throughout Asia, the Mediterranean and across Europe, marbling has been used to create original artworks, endpages for books and colourful patterns for textiles. According to Purschwitz, there is a perfect balance between

control and unpredictability in the process that is undeniably addictive. Every new piece is both a surprise and an accomplishment. The workshop will take place on July 25 and 26 from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Oxygen Art Centre is located at 320 Vernon St. Register online at oxygenartcentre.org.

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Mary Poppins lands on the Capitol Theatre stage this summer. Everyone’s favorite practi-cally perfect nanny takes us on a Supercali-fragilisticexpialidocious musical adventure. The summer youth production celebrates the famous nanny who helps the Banks family discover what really matters and advises that “Anything can happen if you let it.” Directed by Geoff Burns, with unforgettable songs directed by Allison Girvan, breathtaking dance num-bers choreographed by Lynette Lightfoot, and astonishing stagecraft created by the Capitol Theatre team, the production features a cast of 33 local up-and-coming youth performers including Emma Chart as Mary Poppins and Quinn Barron as Bert. Performances are July 23, 24, 25 and 26 at 7:30 p.m. and July 26 at 2 p.m. Admission is $15 for adults, $10 for students and $45 for a family of four. Buy tickets online at capitoltheatre.bc.ca.

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Clinton Swanson Trio will play the third house concert of the season at Ravencourt B&B in the Slocan Valley on Saturday, July 25 at 7 p.m. In the classic trio setting of drums, acoustic bass, and tenor saxophone the Clinton Swanson Trio pays tribute to the legendary jazz saxophonist Sonny Rollins. Admission is by donation with all proceeds going to the performers. Located at 4615 Upper Passmore Rd. (ravencourtbandb.com). Refreshments will be available. For more information phone 250-226-7801.

On Saturday, July 25 singer-songwriter Mat-thew Osepchook will host a free concert at the Nelson Evangelical Covenant Church on Stanley and Silica at 7:30 p.m. Donations will be accepted to go towards a church roof renovation.

The Kaslo Jazz Etc. Festival runs from July 31 to August 2 in Kaslo Bay Park. Daily ad-mission is free from 11 a.m to 4:30 p.m., at which point the ticketed portion of the event will begin. Performers include Dan Mangan + Blacksmith, Lucas Myers, Rafferty Funk-smith, Elliot Brood and Sofiella Watt and

the Huckleberry Bandits. Tickets are $50 in advance and $60 at the gate per fay, or $140 for an advance weekend pass. For more information email [email protected] or call 250-353-7577.

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Magic Mike XXL will play at the Nelson Civic Theatre on July 24 and 26 at 7 p.m. and July 25 and 28 at 9:30 p.m. Directed by Gregory Jacobs, this sequel follows male stripper Mike (Channing Tatum) three years after he bowed out of the life at the top of his game. Him and the remaining Kings of Tampa hit the road to Myrtle Beach to put on one last performance. For more information visit civictheatre.ca.

I/O and Wandering Worx Entertainment pres-ent the Nelson premiere of The Shambhala Experience Short Documentary by Kevan McGovern at the Capitol Theatre on July 29 from 8 to 9 p.m. Tickets are $10 at the door. which open at 7 p.m. Advance tickets available at capitoltheatre.bc.ca. Come early to secure your seat. Showtime is 8 p.m.

Testament of Youth plays at the Nelson Civic Theatre at 9:30 p.m. on July 24 and 7 p.m. on July 25. Set during World War I and based on Vera Brittain’s memoir, this is a story of young love, the futility of war and how to make sense of the darkest times. This searing journey from youthful hope and dreams to the edge of despair and back has become a classic testimony of the war from a woman’s perspective. For more information visit civ-ictheatre.ca.

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UBCO names Nelson creative writing instructor

Award-winning author Sonnet L’Abbé will teach Writing from the Ground Up Will Johnson

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The four-weekend creative writing in-tensive being offered by UBC Okana-gan at its new campus on Baker St.

in Nelson this fall has hired its instructor — award-winning author Sonnet L’Abbé.

“I’m really excited about this opportunity, especially because it means I get a chance to live in the Kootenays,” L’Abbé, who is cur-rently writer-in-residence at Wilfred Laurier in Waterloo, told the Star.

A poet and a critic, L’Abbé writes about identity, race, gender and language. She’s a regular reviewer of fiction and poetry for The Globe and Mail, has taught at the University of Toronto and in 2010 won the Bronwen Wallace Memorial Award for most promis-ing writer under 35.

On top of teaching the class, L’Abbe will act as a writer-in-residence for any interested Kootenay writers thanks to a donation from Nelson Rotary.

“I’m looking forward to seeing what’s in the notebooks and file folders of every-one writing in Nelson,” she said. “I got my own start in writing with the support of a writer-in-residence, so while I’m in Nelson I’m happy to talk to anyone looking for that kind of support.”

And though she’s primarily a poet, she’s happy to look at work from all genres and offer insight.

(L’Abbe’s first name isn’t the result of pre-scient parents anticipating her poetry career. Instead, it’s a portmanteau of their names, Jason and Janet.)

Tom Wayman of the Kootenay Liter-ary Society said he’s thrilled by the interest they’ve received so far.

“We quickly heard from a flood of people wanting to be notified when registration

opened for the course — double the number UBC had named as the minimum enroll-ment for their class,” he said.

“UBC has said that they’ll accommodate as many people as are interested in taking the course. Since we want to show UBC there’s solid interest in a credit writing program in Nelson, we hope everyone possible registers.”

Wayman said the class is part of their continuing push to develop the writing scene in the Kootenays.

“Besides the chance for you to gain skills this fall at writing anything from a family history to a novel to a film script, you’ll be potentially aiding the development of a much larger credit educational opportunity right here at home.”

Housing for L’Abbé is provided by the Kootenay Literary Society, parent organi-zation of the Elephant Mountain Literary Festival.

The course will be held on Sept. 25 and 26, Oct. 9 and 10, Oct. 23 and 24, and Nov. 6 and 7.

“We’re proud Sonnet will be teaching for us in Nelson this fall,” said UBC Okanagan’s head of creative writing, Ashok Mathur. “She brings a depth of experience in all the genres, plus a breadth of knowledge about the current Canadian writing and publish-ing scene.”

Details on how to register are available at emlfestival.com under “courses.”

UBC Okanagan has announced Sonnet L’Abbé will teach the upcoming creative writing course Writing from the Ground Up at the new education center on Baker St. in Nelson. Submitted photo

Otter hosts author kc dyer tonightNelson Star Staff

BC author kc dyer has earned glowing reviews from the likes of Diana Gabaldan, author of the Outlander series, and now she’s coming to Otter Books today to introduce her book Finding Fraser to the Kootenays.

From 7 to 9 p.m. dyer, who does not capi-talize her name, will host a unique author event that will include a prize for the “best set of legs in a kilt,” as well as a reading, signing and other giveaways.

Finding Fraser is an Amazon No. 1 best-seller and Kindle All-Star, and it is now available in paperback. It tells the story of 29-year-old Emma Sheridan. Her life a di-saster, she’s tired of waiting for the perfect boyfriend to step out of the pages of her favourite book. “Can Emma face down a naked fishmonger, a randy gnome, a per-fidious thief, and even her own abdominal muscles on the journey to find Fraser?” reads the book’s summary. kc dyer reads in Nelson tonight. Submitted photo

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Quinn Barron is Bert

Quinn Barron, 15, agrees. He plays Bert the chimney sweep, the other lead in the produc-tion.

“It gives a strong sense of community,” he says. He says he’s “ecstatic” to be playing Bert, and that in preparing for the role he has studied the work of Dick Van Dyke (who played Bert in the movie) and the actor who played Bert on Broadway. He says they are “both geniuses.”

“I feel the part fits my per-sonality and I can pull it off if I work really hard at it. There is something about Bert that is very magical. He has a charisma that is difficult to nail, but when you get it, it feels so great.

“The challenge,” Barron says, “is that Bert is the narrator, so he has to break the fourth wall, so I am working on speaking directly to the audience.”

The dream team

The heart of the professional team that has supported the performers for many years is the trio of director Geoff Burns, music director Allison Girvan, and choreographer Lynette Lightfoot.

“This cast started working cohesively from day one,” says Lightfoot. “It’s been wonderful. The personalities have jelled and their work ethic has been amazing.”

This is the 16th summer youth production Burns has directed. Why does he keep coming back?

“For the sheer joy of it,” he says. “It is so much fun work-ing with young people, that age group who want to be here, and who love being here, and work-ing with the Capitol Theatre. The people who work here and support the program are fantas-tic. The kids this year are doing a fantastic job.”

Why Mary Poppins? “Mary Poppins is one of my

longtime family favourites,” says Burns. “The music is fabulous and so familiar, but also because we have a slightly younger cast this year we wanted to have something more family-orient-ed. And also because this is the first year the music was released for public consumption. It has been locked in on Broadway. So we grabbed it right away.”

Girvan, in her 18th year as musical director, says Burns is one of the reasons she keeps coming back to the summer production.

“He is just the best,” she says. “With Lynette, this trio of us have done quite a few shows and of course the kids are the number one thing, but it is the people you work with that makes the difference.”

The instrumental music for the production is created by a computerized program called

OrchExtra, which allows Gir-van to direct a computerized full orchestra at a keyboard, in real time from the back of the the-atre. She can control the pacing of the music to make sure the music and dialogue are in sync. And she can change it to suit the singers’ voices.

“Quinn Barron, our fantastic Bert, is young enough that his lower notes are still a thing of the future,” Girvan says. “It was necessary that we transpose a lot of the music. He is the natural Bert. He is unbelievable at it. If it were not for this program I would have had to transpose all his songs myself or we would have had to find a different Bert, which was not an option given how fantastic his audition was.”

Mary Poppins runs tonight, Saturday, and Sunday at 7:30 p.m. with a matinee at 2 p.m. Sunday. Tickets are available at the Capitol box office, online at capitoltheatre.bc.ca or by phone at 250-352-6363.

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Across Canada by wagon train

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A former workaholic from Quebec is pursuing his childhood dream of be-coming a cowboy, with a trip out west by wagon train.

Pierre Cloutier, 41, crossed the Koo-tenay Pass over the weekend and pulled into Trail Monday night to meet with local horse enthusiasts.

Tuesday morning he pointed his four Belgians to Castlegar.

“I had kind of a dead end in Quebec,” he told the Trail Times. “I leave a sepa-ration there, and a broken heart and I was kind of a workaholic, so I decided to drop everything and sell everything.”

His horses have pulled him and two wagons, one a chuckwagon full of gear and the other a covered wagon for his horses’ supplies, about 4,800 km to date.

Cloutier and his dog ride up front, travelling about 15 km a day and stop-ping at towns in between. He estimated he’s met about 75 people a day in the eight months he’s been on the road.

“It’s a guy like you who makes a dif-ference,” he said to Clay Johnson, a Co-lumbia Gardens resident who donated two bags of horse feed. Ross Spur’s Rene Girolami tagged along and directed traffic while Cloutier gave his horses some water and a short rest on the side of the road.

The Francophone left home at the beginning of November with inten-tions of heading west to the Okanagan. But now he’s waiting for fate to decide where he’ll take on his next ambition — starting a country western band and going on tour.

“I decided to cross Canada like the old people did 200 years ago, move out west to find their gold,” he said. “To me, it’s my gold, a new world, and new life.”

The self-proclaimed “show cowboy” can’t believe the generosity he has re-ceived along the way. The winter wasn’t as hard as he’d imagined because Ca-nadians opened their doors to him and

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up on supplies when needed, but so far he’s gotten by quite well on donations from kind people.

He sports leather chaps, gifted from Alberta, and two knife holsters, one en-graved with “Lord of Stars,” an English translation for a nickname he received as a kid with a longing to travel under the stars.

“I didn’t dream of crossing Canada as a kid, but I had a dream to be a cow-boy,” he said.

Growing up in Quebec, Cloutier only knew of the farms with tractors and only dreamt of a real western expe-rience, which further presented itself in the TV show Little House on the Prairie.

“I wasn’t watching the stories; I was watching the details of the wagons, the horses,” he said. “I always had a fasci-nation for cowboy style and cowboy things.”

He got his first horse when he was 12 and has been horsing around since. He built his first wagon in 1985 and has dedicated time throughout the years to perfecting it all while keeping it au-thentic looking.

Cloutier has maintained his focus on the way by following three rules: don’t be scared to work hard for what you want, believe in what you’re doing and break the rules.

In his past life, Cloutier worked as a truck driver, pulling 20-hour days at times, and shared his gift for gab as an auctioneer.

He said he’s found his element and intends to ride out to his next success.

“If you’re following people you’re going to have the same result,” he said. “If you want something different, you have to do something different and this is what I’m doing.”

West is best for Cloutier, who still has yet to meet a bear in his life and keeps a couple knives nearby should the opportunity to shake a bear’s paw go wrong.

LEFT: PIerre Cloutier stopped Tuesday morning to give his horses a rest and talk about his trip across Canada. (Valerie Rossi/Trail Times photo) RIGHT: Cloutier’s wagon train reached the top of the Kootenay Pass over the weekend. (Facebook photo)

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The regional health community has come together to deal first hand with a projected doctor shortage.

Dr. Cheryl Hume is the director of the new Kootenay Boundary Ru-ral Family Practice Resi-dency Program that just welcomed its first crew of rural family practice residents.

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“It’s very interesting and it’s a real privilege to be a rural doctor,” she said. “It’s a demanding job and it takes someone who has adventurous and courageous spirit.

“Rural doctors have to cope with a lot of stuff that urban doctors don’t have to cope with because they’re often on their own,” she added.

“Many of them have advanced skill training in lots of different things and they are very adept or they have to learn to become confident and competent in dealing with stuff that’s quite broad ranging in terms of the skill sets that are demanded.”

The regional approach to the program has the doctors working in Trail, Nelson and remote areas in between.

“Nelson physicians and Kootenay Lake Hos-pital will be playing an

integral role in these pro-grams,” Dr. Hume said.

Dr. Hume considers rural doctors to be full-service care providers, citing the work covered from emergency, obstet-rical, general primary outpatient and knowing how to function in clinic and then in hospital set-tings.

Above all, she said, it’s their duty to be a con-stant advocate for their patients.

“To do that year in, year out, day in, day out over many years is a big job,” she admits.

“When those kinds of people retire or leave practice, it leaves a big hole. Family doctors are the foundation for the

health care system.”The first welcome bags

were doled out last week when four rural family practice residents were joined by three medical students from the inte-grated clinical clerkship program.

In its fifth year, the program invites third-year medical student to rural medical offices and hospitals for hands-on training.

Unlike a traditional block rotation where a student would work in one area of the hospital for a time then move on to another, the integrated clerkship allows a student to work with patients through the entire care cycle — from diagnosis to treatment and follow-up.

Dr. Hume suggests enticing medical profes-sionals with programs like this is only half of the equation. The com-munity needs to convince them to stay after their stint.

“What happens of-ten is that we have to be careful that we really wel-come and include these people in the community and that we make their experience happy for them so they’re encour-aged to stay and that they establish and set up,” she said.

Two longstanding Nelson family physicians, Dr. Jim Noiles and Dr. Trevor Janz, recently hosted separate welcome events at their homes for the new medical residents and students. Acting mayor Janice Morrison was on hand to help celebrate the occasion. Submitted photo

Selkirk receives funding for new equipmentSubmitted to

the Nelson StarSelkirk College is re-

ceiving $87,000 from the provincial government to purchase new industry-standard technology for its trades programs.

The government is investing $12 million in 2015-16 for new trades equipment at 14 public post-secondary institu-tions so students plan-ning to enter in-demand occupations learn their trade using the best qual-ity technology.

“We appreciate the investment by the pro-vincial government to help provide top notch training for Selkirk Col-lege students,” says Rob Schwarzer, chair of Sel-kirk College’s school of industry and trades training. “We will put this funding to good use and continue to ensure

that the students who at-tend Selkirk College are job ready.”

Consultations with institutions, the Indus-try Training Authority, as well as current labour market data, inform deci-sions for funding.

Selkirk College will use the $87,000 to pur-chase a vertical milling

machine (millwright/machinist), Dynasty 350 power source (welding), ProStar manual cold saw (welding) and Stonebake oven (professional cook training). Last year the province provided Sel-kirk College $315,000 for equipment for the shops at Nelson’s Silver King campus.

ABOVE: Selkirk College mill-wright/machinist program student Josh Carr works on the new industry-standard drill press that was pur-chased with funding from the provincial government. The college will receive another $87,000 for new trades equipment.

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Diana van Eyk pens first novelNelson author weaves narrative about middle-aged homeless pair

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Now that Nelson au-thor Diana Van Eyk has penned her debut novel In the Valley of Lost Souls, she feels like she’s come out of the closet as an environmentalist and activist.

“I’ve done a lot of office work, so you’re always quiet about the things you do on the side. But I’ve always been an activist,” said van Eyk, who said her novel is a solutions-oriented ex-ploration of the environ-mental challenges facing the world.

“I’ve been paying at-tention to the whole cli-mate issue for years and it really scares me. Like a lot us, I’ve gone through hard economic times and once I started to do better I became worried about other people, and how they’re doing during these challenging times.”

That led her to a narra-tive, inspired by a dream, involving two newly homeless middle-aged people who move into a

squatting encampment together after meeting outside an environmental

gathering.“They’re sharing this

house with these other

people, but these people have it together in a way they don’t.”

Van Eyk began writing the novel on a blogging platform online, setting the goal of producing a chapter a week. Her growing online audience convinced her to publish a print version through Balboa Press. It’s now available at bookstores in Nelson.

The protagonists, Dagmar and Ross, are inspired by their house-mates to change the way they view the world and the way they live.

“In this environmental catastrophe, people are struggling so much and this is an exploration of how we can heal socially, personally, financially and communally,” said van Eyk.

Part of the proceeds of the book are going to Pull Together, an initiative to represent First Nations’ legal challenges to pipe-lines.

For more information on In the Valley of Lost Souls, visit volsdve8.com.

Nelson author Diana van Eyk has penned her debut novel In the Valley of Lost Souls, about a pair of newly homeless middle-aged people forced to move into a squat.

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Matti Erickson of Nelson’s Kootenay Chaos Track Club set his second BC provincial record this past weekend at the BC Club Championships in Kamloops. This time he ran a new record in the 1200m race. Earlier this season he set a new provincial record in the 800m. He also came home with gold medals in the 80m hurdles, 200m hurdles, and won the 800m race and added a silver in the 300m and a bronze in the 100m dash. Matti’s brother Mitchell won gold in the nine-year-old boys 1000m race and was the silver medallist in the 600m run. Submitted photo

Erickson brothers clean up at club championships

Nelson Neptunes alumna wins bronze at world paralympicsTAMARA HYND

Nelson StarFormer Nelson Neptune swimmer Sarah

Mehain has won a bronze medal at the 2015 IPC Swimming World Championships in Glasgow.

Mehain, 20, came third in the 50m butter� y S7 with a time of 36.98 seconds. (Categories are S2 to S14 with S2 as the highest level of disability.)

She quali� ed for the � nals a� er a stellar per-formance during the heats. She and American Cortney Jordan were neck-and-neck in lanes beside each other. Mehain � nished a fraction of a second behind Jordan in a time of 37.56, compared to Jordan’s 37.43.

“You could hardly tell who was � rst,” said Sarah’s mother Mae, who watched the com-

petition on the Internet with her husband. “It went so incredibly well and for her to

come out and stand on the podium — a young Canadian — and hear the announcer call out her name just gives me goose bumps.”

Since birth Mehain has had right-sided hemiplegia, which means that side of her body is weaker. Swimming since she was three, she has trained hard and as a result has a very strong body.

As a child, Mehain swam with the Nelson Neptunes for 12 years including swim meets every summer. She joined the Kokanee swim club when her family moved to Vernon when she was 12.

Mehain attends McGill University in Mon-treal and trains on the varsity team with coach

Peter Carpenter. Mae said Sarah is swimming the best she ever has, shedding time o� her personal bests.

Mae said her daughter is “incredibly happy” and grateful for her parents’ support.

“She wanted this medal really bad,” said Mae. “You could just see the great big smile on her face on the podium. And her coach is really happy with what she has done.”

Sarah will head to Gatineau, Que. this week for a staging camp to prepare for the 2015 Parapan Am Games to be held in Toronto next month. � ese games are the quali� ers for the 2016 Paralympics in Rio de Janeiro.

To watch video of Mehain competing on Saturday, visit youtube.com/watch?v=2-7� -W6oyfY.

Former Nelson Neptune swimmer Sarah Mehain won a bronze medal at the Paralympic World Championships in Scotland in the 50m butter� y.

Courtesy IPC Swimming World Championships

From Hicksville to the WhitecapsPro soccer player Tim Parker visits Nelson to meet aspiring athletes

WILL JOHNSONNelson Star

“I think if you really love this sport, you should do all you can to make it your ev-erything.”

� at’s the advice Vancou-ver Whitecaps pro soccer player Tim Parker had for aspiring athletes taking part in soccer camps at Lakeside Park in Nelson on � ursday morning.

“I’m not from a town as small and close-knit as this — I’m from Hicksville, Long Island in New York — but that’s a town where every-body wants everyone else to do well. I had that community backing me up, and now that I’ve made it they still support me 100 per cent,” he said.

� at community support is crucial, he said, and if play-ers work diligently towards their dreams, they could one day � nd themselves � lling his soccer cleats.

“Being drafted by the Whitecaps was amazing,” he said, sharing a story about how he went with his home-town team to US Nationals three times before making the dra� . “We never ended up winning but to come from where we were, a couple kids from Hicksville, was a bond and a team I’ll never forget.”

He now has his � rst few games under his belt, and the 22-year-old has lo� y ambi-tions for his professional career.

Parker answered ques-tions, shared advice and showed o� a couple tricks during the visit. He also met with � ve Whitecaps Academy coaches, many of whom are pursuing coaching opportu-

nities elsewhere and some who are working towards a professional career.

Both Tara Yowek and Hailee Gerun competed this year as U18 girls, and brought home a silver medal. � ey’re now using their skills to men-tor younger athletes, and plan to continue their pursuits into university. “It makes you a better player, trying to get this stu� in the kids’ heads, because it gets in your head as well,” Yowek said.

Dylan Bennett, 18, agreed.“I’ve played soccer since I

was a little kid, and my dad’s always been my coach. As I got older it just made sense to go into coaching,” he said.

Many coaches are still as-piring players. Cole Suther-land, 19, is one example.

“I plan to [attend] � omp-son Rivers University and try out for the Kamloops team this August. I plan to apply my training and use my best ability to make the team.”

And Max Sombrowski, 20, is already playing at a uni-versity in Spokane. He said he admires the Whitecaps’ pedagogical technique.

“I like the way they’re coaching here, how they’re focused on implementing skills and training the kids for the future,” he said.

All � ve coaches expressed enthusiasm about meeting Parker, who had their play-ers feeling inspired and mo-tivated.

“It’s important the White-caps have these camps,” said Parker. “To see some stories and meet the � rst-team guys. Hopefully I can give them the hope and aspiration to play professionally one day.”

LEFT: Professional soccer player Tim Parker (middle, in white) meets participants of a Whitecaps soccer camp in Nelson on Thursday morn-ing. ABOVE: Five Nelson coaches hoping to inspire the next gen-eration are (from back row left) Max Sombrowski, Dylan Bennett, Cole Sutherland and (front from left) Tara Yoweck and Hailee Gerun. Will Johnson photos

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Nelson ball players off to Washington state finalsGuy Bertrand

Trail TimesThe Trail AA Orioles coaching

staff laid out three goals for the team at the outset of the baseball season — make the district playoffs, make the Washington state finals and win the Washington state title.

“We’ve completed two steps to-wards that goal,” said Orioles coach Kyle Mace.

The Orioles — whose line-up fea-tures Nelson products Austin Tam-bellini, Reese Tambellini, and Casey Harrison — will look to make that final step beginning Saturday when they join the top 16 baseball teams in Washington competing for a state

championship in Lacey, Wash.The Orioles open the six-day

tournament on Saturday afternoon against Bellingham, the number-two seed out of District 1. Trail is the number-four seed out of District 3.

Bellingham is a perennial con-tender in Washington State Ameri-can Legion baseball and should prove to be a tough opening test for the Orioles, the lone Canadian entry in the tournament.

Mace admitted he doesn’t have much of a scouting report on Bell-ingham but that’s the way he wants it.

“Actually I like it because the kids don’t get psyched out,” he said prior to the team’s practice on Wednesday.

“We go out and play and let the kids do it and let the best team win.”

The team is getting in as much practice time as possible while resting up from its weekend dis-trict playoff run where it was one of four teams to qualify for the state championships from District 3. Mt. Spokane came out of the playoffs as the number-one seed followed by Gonzaga Prep, Asotin and Trail.

Mace explained the team went through some light throwing on Tuesday “to rest tired arms” and worked on the fundamentals in its final two practices prior to heading to the coast.

It’s the execution of those funda-

mentals, like bunting, relay throws, advancing the runner, that will be the difference at the state championships said Mace.

“That’s what we’ve been preaching to the kids since day one.”

While the coaches have been stressing the fundamentals, Mace admitted the team’s demeanour has changed over the course of the sea-son and with its current success.

“Now I’m starting to see that confidence in the players when they come to the park.”

He acknowledged it takes that confidence, even swagger, to take on the top teams, rally from a deficit and keep a positive outlook in the

face of adversity.Win or lose on Saturday, the team

is back on the field Sunday against an opponent to be determined from Saturday’s results.

And it won’t get any easier.The Yakima Valley Peppers are the

defending state champions and could be next up for the Orioles should both teams win their opening games.

Prior to the start of the state championships, the team will do a little fun bonding when they take in the Seattle Mariners-Toronto Blue Jays game in Seattle Friday night before heading to Lacey, a suburb of Olympia, Wash., which is about 100 km south of Seattle.

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Connie Wah1916-2015

Th ursday, August 611 a.m. - 1 p.m.

Family and friends are invited to gather, remember and celebrate Connie’s life,

and to dedicate a memorial bench.Lakeside Park: west end of soccer fi elds,

near the mall.

Henry Everett

StevensonSaturday, July 25 2pm-4pm

Th e Stevenson Family, with the assistance of

the Nelson Pilots Associ-ation, invite you to join us

for an afternoon of remember-ing Henry at the Nelson Airport, 91 Lakeside Drive, Nelson BC. Please come and bring your memories with you.

Celebration Of Life

Steve MaySeptember 19, 1958 – June 29, 2015 Stephen (Steve) Shawn May passed away suddenly and peace-fully from natural causes. Steve leaves his mother Mary Glen of Nelson, daughter Tash (Mike) Biscaro and granddaughter Taylor of Ontario, son Ryan of Ontario, brother Jim (Cathy) of Nelson, aunt Lorraine (Red) of Nelson, and numerous nieces, nephews, cousins and friends. He was predeceased by his brother Peter of Penticton. Steve was a life-long Nelson resident and general guy about town. He enjoyed time with friends, had a ready laugh and was willing to share it. Cremation has taken place. Th e family will host a celebration of life with place and time to be announced. In lieu of fl owers, donations can be made to the Salvation Army.

Bernice Ellen Kuntz was born in Nelson, BC on September

17, 1933. It is with sadness we announce the passing of our

mother on July 18th, 2015. She was predeceased by her husband

Mathias James Kuntz in 1993, brothers David and Milton Langill. She is survived by two loving brothers Jack and Terry Langill. Jim and Bernice raised seven children; Gloria (predeceased 1966), Donna, Karen, Debbie, Kevin, Greg and Doug. She also leaves behind 12 grandchildren and fi ve great grandchildren as well as numerous niceces and nephews. She will be fondly remembered for her fl owers knitting and great vegetable garden. Always in our thoughts … Always in our hearts.

We would like to thank the professional staff at Kootenay Lake Hospital and Mountain Lake Seniors Community.

At Bernice’s request, there will be no funeral service. Cremation has taken place. Megan Johnson of Th ompson Funeral Service, Nelson is entrusted with the cremation arrangements.

Bernice EllenKuntz

James William Dow

In Loving Memory

April.1st, 1943 - July.15th, 2015

It is with great sadness that we had to say goodbye to a

man loved by all. James Dow passed peacefully in his 72nd

year after battling kidney disease for the past 7 years. He is survived by his loving wife Nancy; three daughters, Elise (Chris), Aimee (John) and Wendy (Darren); son, Bob (Renee); six grandchildren, Amanda (Jessie), Tyler (Kassandra), Max (Robynne), Cody, Sage, and Hunter; four sisters, Jackie, Monica (Ray), Margret (Ed), and Janet (Vic); brother, John (Dee), brother in law, Tony (Jeanie); nieces, Trisha, Kelly, Koraley, Shar, Barbra, Tina, Cynthia, Candi, and Sarah; and nephews, Todd, Tom, Robert, Patrick, and Derick. James is predeceased by parents Robert and Isabel Dow, older sister Jeanie. He will fondly be remembered for his unmatched sense of humour and goofy smile. There will be a celebration of life held on Saturday, Sept.5th 2015 in Kelowna, BC.You may express your condolences via mail to 1015 Gordon St. Nelson, BC V1L-3M2 or online at www.thompsonfs.caMegan Johnson of Thompson Funeral Service, Nelson is entrusted with the cremation arrangements.

WIKKERINK: RUDOLF (RUDY) August 30, 1936 – July 18, 2015

It is with great sadness that we mourn the sudden passing of a dear husband, father, grandfather and broth-er who has gone to be with his Lord and Saviour. Rudy is survived by his wife of 55 years, Sadie and his children; Christine and Pete Peereboom and their children Sharlene (Stefan), Daryl (Hilary) and Christopher (Darien); John and Dorothy and their children Tiffanie (Ryan) and Tasha; Fred and Marjan and their children Laurisa, Breanna and Eric; Eileen and Doug Dykstra and their children Kevin, Ryan, Sarah and Alisha.

Rudy is also survived by six brothers, one sister and nu-merous other family members. He was born in Aalten, the Netherlands. He went to trades school to become a paint-er and in April 1954 he immigrated with his parents and siblings to Taber, Alberta where they worked on a farm.

In December 1955 they settled on Vancouver Island. Rudy had many jobs during his time here, from Bamberton cement plant, to Chemainus sawmill, to egg farmer and finally to a dairy farm that he purchased in 1971 and fully retired from in 2014. Rudy was active in the church, the Christian School and Island Farms.

He will be greatly missed and his strong faith in God was evident to all.

A Memorial Service will be held at the Duncan Christian Reformed Church, 930 Trunk Road at 1:00 pm on Thursday, July 23, 2015.

In lieu of flowers donations can be made in his name to Duncan Christian School.Online condolences may be made at www.hwwallacecbc.com

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AVAILABLE

Help you or your loved ones with shopping,

appointments, personal care, cooking/serving &

companionshipKootenayCareGivers.ca

250-777-1169

Medical/Dental

RN’S(Registered Nurses)

Bayshore Home Health is currently seeking Registered Nurses for daytime shifts, 30 hours week, 0800-1400 for youth to attend full time school in the Castlegar / Nelson area.

Pediatric exp. preferred; some lifting & transferring required. Client specifi c training will be offered.

Please send your resume & cover letter to:Pedsvancouver@

bayshore.ca orFax: 1-866-686-7435

Services

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Personal Care

Capilia Hair & Scalp Centre“We care about your hair loss”

Thinning hair or hair LossDandruff, dry or oily scalp

Psoriasis & EczemaChemotherapy/radiation therapy

Wigs & hair systems for men & women

3019 Hwy 3CRESTON, BC

250-428-0354www.hairandscalpcentre.ca

Household ServicesA-1 FURNACE & Air Duct Cleaning. Complete Fur-nace/Air Duct Systems cleaned & sterilized. Locally owned & operated. 1-800-565-0355 (Free estimates)

Misc ServicesIna ‘s Cleaning

12 years of experiencecall 250 352-6553

Merchandise for Sale

Food Products

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LOCALLY GROWNNATURAL BEEF

Hormone FreeGrass Fed/Grain Finished

Freezer Packages AvailableQuarters/Halves

$4.90/lb Hanging WeightExtra Lean Ground

Beef Available TARZWELL FARMS

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Merchandise for Sale

Garage Sales8670 HWY 6, Slocan Sat July 25th & Sun July 26th 8 am - 2 (?) Loads of treasures!!!!

Massive Moving Sale!3002 Kirby Road (Slocan

Park) Sat July 25th & Sun July 26th 8 am - 2 (?) Tools,

furniture kitchen stuff, holidaydecorations. lots of free stuff &

everything must be sold!

Heavy Duty Machinery

A-CHEAP, LOWEST PRICES STEEL SHIPPING Dry Storage Containers Used 20’40’45’53’ and insulated con-tainers all sizes in stock. 40’ containers as low as $2,200DMG. Huge freezers. Experienced wood carvers needed, full time. Ph Toll free 24 hours 1-866-528-7108 or 1-778-298-3192 8am-5pm. De-livery BC and AB www.rtccon-tainer.com

Misc. for Sale

Affordable Steel Shipping Containers for sale/rent

20’ & 40’ Kootenay Containers Castlegar 250-365-3014

Topsoil, Sand, Road Gravel Fill with delivery call

for prices 250.359.7188

c:250.304.8158Rubber Tire

Backhoe, MiniExcavator & dump

truck service

Real Estate

For Sale By Owner

5 bdrm, 2 bath bungalowlocated in Slocan Park,

many improvements,. 2 bay shop, outbuildings, on .084 of a acre, steps from Slocan

River $279,900 seriousinquires only 250 226-7789

LakeshoreCabin on Beach at

CRESCENT BEACH with boat slip, 10 Mile, North Shore.

REDUCED to $115,000 OBO208-755-7763

Rentals

Apt/Condo for RentLAKE/MOUNTAIN VIEW

UPPER LEVEL APTGyro Park/ Hospital area -

park like setting.Private entrance, recently renovated. Bright & sunny

space with skylights. Claw foot tub. Hardwood cork fl ooring. 1

or 2 Bd Apt. Semi furnishoptional. Shared laundry.

Cable/Internet. N/S N/P. Ref Req. $1200/mth Inc. Available

Aug 1/15Joanne 250 352-0776

Commercial/Industrial

Multipurpose commercial space downtown Nelson:2 rooms/390sq ft. Private

parking 250 777-0796

Homes for Rent1Bd Apartment 5 mile NorthShore, Self contained withwasher & dryer. $650/m825-4416 or 354-2854

Seasonal Accommodation

Kelowna annual timeshareuntil 2092, 2-bdrm & 2-balco-nies each week. Ed Johnson,(250)426-7415

Want to RentFully employed 23 yr oldresponsible male req housing in Nelson for Aug 1. Willing to rent a room from a reliable person. Price negotiable. Issac 250 352-9876

Male, 36 yrs req housing inNelson. Can afford $400/m. Friendly, helpful & respectful. Chris at 250 352-9876

Transportation

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Career Opportunities

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Community

ANKORS hosting event

to mark World Hepatitis Day

Submitted to the Nelson StarTo mark World Hepatitis Day on Tuesday, AN-

KORS West (AIDS Network Kootenay Outreach and Support Society) is hosting an information table on Baker St.

This will be one among many events taking place across Canada and the world to raise awareness about viral hepatitis, and details about testing, prevention and treatment.

ANKORS West wants to make people aware that hepatitis is an issue in the West Kootenay and that most people do not have enough information about the disease.

Worldwide, 400 million people are living with hepatitis B or C and approximately 80,000 British Columbians. Over 330,000 Canadians have the blood borne virus. Baby boomers, or people born between 1945 and 1965, are particularly at risk for hep C infec-tion — over 75 per cent of British Columbians who have HCV belong to the baby boomer generation.

Liver disease, liver cancer, and deaths from hepa-titis C are on the rise.

Hepatitis C, the most common strain of the illness, is a liver disease caused by the hepatitis C virus. Some people are able to clear the virus from their body early on in infection; however, in about three-quarters of people, the infection becomes chronic. Chronic infection can lead to severe liver damage (cirrhosis), liver cancer and liver failure (which requires a liver transplant). There are treatments for hepatitis C, but no vaccine exists to prevent infection.

At the end of 2011, an estimated one out of every 100 Canadians was antibody positive for hepatitis C, indicating either a current or past infection.

In one study, 70 per cent of the about 138,600 Canadians infected with hepatitis C based on blood tests did not know they had the virus, according to Statistics Canada.

Hepatitis C is transmitted when the blood of some-one carrying the virus gets into the bloodstream of an uninfected person. This can happen through un-safe medical practices or unsafe drug use. For many people, treatments are available that can cure hepatitis C and prevent liver damage, cirrhosis, and even liver cancer. The importance of getting tested is one of the key points World Hepatitis Day is trying to make.

ANKORS’ World Hepatitis Day event starts at 10 a.m. in the amenity area on Baker St. outside CIBC. Lucky Cupcakes will be available to munch on for free.

Contact ANKORS at 250-505-5506 for more in-formation on HCV and getting tested.

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Churches of NelsonBringing to you our weekly words.

St. Saviour's Anglican Church

The Rev. Jeff Donnelly • kokanee-parish.comOf� ce: 9 a.m. - 1 p.m. Tue. - Thu. • 250.352.5711

ALL ARE WELCOME!

Family Service & EucharistEvery Sunday 10:30 a.m.

St. Saviour’s Food Pantry Open Every Friday 9 - 11 a.m.

Heritage Church Tours Tue. – Sat., 11 a.m. – 3 p.m.

St. Michael & All AngelsSunday Service 11:30 a.m.

8551 Busk Road, Balfour

701 Ward St. at Silica St., Nelson

The Salvation ArmyNelson Community Church

Sunday Worship Serviceat 11:00 am

Everyone is WelcomeYour Pastors:

Majors Robin and Yvonne Borrows250 551 4986 601 Vernon Street (Middle Level)

Nelson Christian Science SocietyA Branch of the Mother Church in Boston MA

Sunday Service in Balfour9:30 am at the Anglican Church on Busk Rd.

For information 250-229-5237

CATHOLIC CHURCHCATHEDRAL OF MARY IMMACULATE

813 Ward Street 352-7131

Sunday Mass Times: • Saturday 7:00 pm • Sunday 8:30 am and 10:30 am

Parish of� ce open Tuesday – Friday 9:00 am - noon [email protected] • www.catholiccathedralnelson.ca

Spiritual Wisdom for Conquering Fear Eckankar Worship Service

Saturday July 25 at 11amWharfhouse Business Services

601 Front Street, Suite 108(down stairs)

Everyone Welcome

Kootenay Christian Fellowship 520 Falls St, Nelson

www.kootenaychristianfellowship.com

For more information call: 1-888-761-3301

This Sunday only Rotary Lakeside Park

Volunteers Appreciation Sunday

Celebration 10:30 am—great music Barbeque 1 pm—Yum

Guests $10.00; Volunteers FREE Special music: Country Gospel

BILLY CHERNOFF

Nelson United Church

Corner of Josephine and Silica StreetsPh: 250-352-2822 • www.nelsonunitedchurch.ca

Robin Murray PresidingSpecial Music by Zoe

All are Welcome

All children welcome for Sunday School and Nursery Room available

Sunday Worship Gathering 10:00 amMinister: David Boyd

Unity Centre of the Kootenays

Speaker - Michael Pratt Topic - “Oh My God!!!”

Any questions? Contact 250-354-5394

717 Vernon St.Sunday at 11 a.m.

GatherinG this sunday July 26th 10aM

2402 Perrier laneBring food to share at our

potluck brunch.all welcome.

Displaced rhythms? Come experience ours!

Beautify • Listen • Eat • Study • Send

Look for us on Facebook

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I believe the major reason most of us get stuck in our lives; in our marriages, in our work, in our parenting, in our own spiritual depth and vibrancy, is that we haven’t learned to invest our tears. That thesis may sounds strange at fi rst, but I’ve found that when people haven’t been taught what to do with their pain, spiritual deadness follows. Our tears are important because our tears are powerful.Maybe that’s why the Bible is so full of tears. Stories of tears show up again and again in Scripture. The pain may emerge from different tragedies (i.e. infertility, infi delity, betrayal, death, alienation, poverty), but the Bible is much more upfront and honest about facing suffering and pain than we often are.We are trained to hide our pain. Or dismiss it. Maybe minimize it. We may even think we can overcome it through “mind-over-matter” techniques. But the Bible invites us to do something with our pain: lament.Lament is the passionate expression of our tears before God. In Psalm 126, we read: “Those who sow with tears will reap with songs of joy. Those who go out weeping, carrying seed to sow, will return with songs of joy, carrying sheaves with them.” Life will consist of tears (the book of Psalms is 1/3 songs of lament!), but our tears can produce new life and new joy if we learn to lament in God’s presence.How do we do that? How do we “sow with tears”? We take time, alone before God, and get as honest as we can. We decide to feel our pain, we speak (or yell) as directly as we can to God regarding how we’re feeling, and we let ourselves cry. That process, however simple, is enormously powerful. It leads to “songs of joy” because it’s such a different process than dismissing or ignoring our pain.I believe one of the keys to spiritual health is learning to lament consistently. As we engage the Bible deeply and with an open heart, God will teach us how to do this through its words.That being said, the biggest obstacle in learning to lament is our view of God. If we view God as a demanding judge, a closed authority fi gure, or detached all-powerful creator, lament doesn’t won’t come easily (or at all). You can’t lament unless you’re in a context of complete safety and trust. That’s why it’s so important to understand who it is we’re coming to in times of deep pain.Did you know the Bible talks about Jesus as “a man of sorrows, and familiar with suffering”? (Isaiah 53). Did you know that? Read through the gospels sometime—Jesus cries a lot. His heart gets broken again and again. He’s crying all the time! Why? Because he’s perfect and he perfectly knows the hurts that each human heart carries. That’s why it’s completely safe to pour out your tears before Jesus, because he was a man of sorrows. When you come to God in prayer, you’re not connecting with this detached being who has no concept of suffering. You’re coming to One whose heart is breaking with yours, and will give you a new song of joy as you invest your tears in his presence.

Je� Strong, Nelson Covenant

Church

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Supporting seniors with dementia:LaViva Seniors Living offers a team-based approach to care

Life with dementia can be difficult for both the people diagnosed and family members who love them. Living with symptoms like behavioral changes and memory loss, while finding appropriate care can pose major challenges. These are challenges that currently affect one out of five North American families, and that number is increasing every year.

“By 2035, the tsunami of dementia is expected to affect half of North American families,” says Vivian Kingdon, owner of LaViva Seniors Living, a new Kootenay-based company that provides care services for seniors. “It is a chronic, progressive disease that is currently the fifth-leading cause of death in people over the age of 65.”

Kingdon, a registered recreation therapist, has more that 10 years of experience working with people and families living with dementia and other challenges of aging. “Getting an early start is the key to successful care and improved quality of life,” she explains. “It’s important to build a team early, when the first signs of dementia are recognized.

“Caregivers also need support and respite when facing the challenges of this disease. Identifying limitations and having strategies to cope and communicate are essential tools.”

At LaViva, Kingdon’s team offers a wealth of experience aimed at providing the best in seniors care. Registered Care Aides Olena Karpiv, Lise Comeau and Julie Doolan bring a combined 45 years of experience, while Soon-Yeen Ho adds skills as an art in healthcare specialist.

“We are a well-rounded team bringing a variety of skills and experience to our clients, their families and our community,” Kingdon says. “Our mission is to enhance the quality of life of our clients, while providing families with a peace of mind.”

LaViva provides a wide range of care services to seniors living both in-home and at care facilities, including: home support, companionship and outings, personal care, transportation and assistance to appointments, nutritional support, dementia education, and more.

“I’m also offering group programs this summer,” Kingdon adds. These programs include: social luncheons in the park, bocce ball; Head, Hearts and Hands programs that stimulate both the mind and body; as well as an exercise program in the park that starts in August.

For more information on what LaViva has to offer visit www.lavivaseniorsliving.ca, or contact Vivian at 250-509-0838.


History

Dateline July 5, 1965Representatives of the central

Kootenay, attending a special meeting here sponsored by the Department of Municipal Af-fairs, agreed in principle to the formation of a regional district to administer an area form of government.

� e meeting was held speci� -cally to outline the department’s proposed regional amalgamation program and elect a tentative study committee to iron out ini-tial di� culties of the new scheme.

� e most important function of the board is to provide “e� ec-tive representation,” something that was “completely lacking” in unorganized areas. Should the regional board be approved and organized two of the principal services it could begin to deal with were planning and zoning, which “should be put back in the hands of the region where it belongs.”

Dateline July 12, 1965Mary DeGirolamo of Nel-

son captured an unprecedented fourth Midsummer Curling Bon-spiel women’s title with a 14-7 victory over Myrt Fashoway of Cranbrook. For Mrs. DeGirola-mo, who won in 1950, 1955 and 1964, it was an uphill struggle until the eighth end when she laid one to tie the game.

� e veteran skip, taking the same rink that captured the title one year ago into the � nals, was cool throughout, even a� er the disastrous sixth when Fashoway counted three to take a lopsided 6-1 lead. � e 10th end spelled the end for the Cranbrook rink.

Dateline July 17, 1965Youngsters have discovered

a little known creek bed which runs beneath Ward St. and have been playing in the large dan-gerous, subterranean area. � eir adventures became known when occupants of the Fink building reported an odor of smoke. � e area is in pitch darkness and is littered with boards and debris.

� e � re department has made a complete search of the building and the subterranean area and found that the children playing in the cavern had started a bon� re and were using paper torches by

which to see. Remains were found of a

bon� re near the entrance and a secondary � re was found at the bottom of a 35 foot coal chute leading to the Hume Hotel. At one time Ward Creek used to run where the west sidewalk is now. � e water now runs through the storm sewers, the creek bed is dry, and only old-time residents know it is there.

Dateline July 27, 1965A 48-hour ultimatum from

Mayor E.T. Bodard to Parks Superintendent Neil Derby has failed to produce a solution to the problems besetting the ailing Lakeside Park swimming pool.

Termed by many as “Nelson’s $27,000 White Elephant,” the pool has been out of use since last Saturday, and at present is empty as city employees attempt to � nd a satisfactory method of stopping the leaks that are

losing an estimated 80,000 gal-lons of water daily.

Also the water temperature was so cold when the pool was � lled, 55 degrees, that swimmers have been giving it a wide birth and using the 62 degree waters of Kootenay Lake.

Earlier this year, before the pool was � lled, outside water pressure created fountains of water in the pool six inches high over some of the cracks in the bottom. Water is escaping from the pool, when it is � lled, at the present time so rapidly that em-ployees have been unable to make a chlorine count of the water.

Dateline July 27, 1965Nelson’s annual Barrel Derby

ended at 10 minutes and 12 sec-onds past 2 a.m. Monday morn-ing when the bobbing barrel bar-reled under the Nelson Bridge making F.W. Cartwright the city’s best guesser of 1965.

� e barrel had taken a total of 33 hours, 10 minutes and 12 seconds to complete its watery journey from the Harrop ferry. � e barrel was dropped into the water at exactly 5 p.m. Saturday.

It was accompanied during its entire trip by various members of the Nelson Rod and Gun Club to ensure that it did not become em-broiled in snags or backwaters, and fail to complete its journey. It was a successful event for the club who cleared in excess of $250.

BELOW: Mary DeGirolamo’s rink, as seen in a Nelson Daily News clip-ping, captured the 1965 Midsum-mer Curling Bonspiel.

Youngsters explore caverns beneath Ward St.

GREG SCOTT

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Before smart phones and video game consoles, kids had to make their own fun. Here six-year-old Cedric Tudor and eight-year-old Laird Scalia play tic tac toe in downtown Nelson.

Will Johnson photo

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A Sharpie-wielding vandal defaced one of the re-maining vestiges of the controversial downtown dog ban that was overturned in February. The sign at left is near the corner of Victoria and Ward streets. Anti-canine signs remain spray-painted on some Nelson sidewalks, though they have begun to fade.

Will Johnson photos

Dogs now allowed

Wondering how to donate to help KAAP pets? The Kootenay Co-op store in Nelson has a KAAP “Till Card”. When you

pay for your purchases, just ask to swipe the KAAP till card, and $2 will be gratefully received. Thank you!

www.spca.bc.ca/nelson • 250.352.7178520 C Falls Street Nelson (Above Savoy Bowling Lanes)

Open Tues - Sat.: 12:00 - 5:00pm

www.kaap.ca • 250.551.1053

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new home. They are 10 weeks old and being fostered in Nelson. Call KAAP at 250-551-1053.

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WinlaW chaRmeRThis rustic, open plan home has all the room for a family yet has a very cozy feel. 4-bdrm, 2-bathroom home has a wood stove and 2 decks to sit on and enjoy the 2.4 acre property. Many structural upgrades have already been completed.

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SuPeRb Family home Just a short walk to the golf course, school and parks, this 4-bed, 2-bath, split level home offers instant appeal. Thoughtfully maintained inside and out and recent upgrades make this a standout amongst houses in this price range. If you have been looking for a solid home at a great price, your search is over.

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