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1Wednesday, September 3, 2014 arrowlakesnews.com • 250-265-3841 • $1.25 • PM40036531 Vol.91 • Issue 36

Arrow Lakes Arts CouncilArrow Lakes Arts Council presents some food for thought.See page 6

Birds of NakuspAfrica has an incredible variety of sunbirds.See page 9

Seen and heardWhat’s been happening in the area.See back page

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If only the archaic video game chronicling the trials and

tribulations of digital frogs crossing traffic infested streets had the help of safety-vest wearing flaggers; there would have been fewer squashed

frogs by pixilated trucks and a much higher record score.

Much like the game, the western toad population faces a yearly challenge of crossing

highway 6 in a migration from the Summit Lake to their habi-tat up the adjacent mountain.

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Neva Willman shows off her toad catching skills. Photo by Scott Palmer

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� e journey is perilous, as the in-di� erent motor ve-hicle tra� c makes the crossing next to impossible for the tiny hoppers. High-way safety concerns as well as the notice-able drop in the toad population prompted the Fish and Wildlife Compensation Pro-gram to step in and give nature a helping hand.

In cooperation with BC Parks, the Ministry of Forests, Lands and Natural Resource Op-erations, the Columbia Basin Trust, the Min-

istry of Transportation and Infrastructure and YRB, the yearly Toad Fest event has enjoyed outstanding success.

Communications Coordinator for Fish and Wildlife Compen-sation Program Angus Glass responded to this year’s relatively small population of toads as a result of the region’s hot, dry weather in July and August.

“� e result was the tadpoles developing faster than normal,” Glass explains adding, “the main migration occurred a couple of weeks earlier that usual near the beginning of August.”

Despite the low toad

numbers for partici-pants to gather, Glass was enthusiastic about the turnout.

“It was great,” Glass commented, “� ere were su� cient toad-lets for everyone to collect a few and car-ry them safely across the road. We had be-tween 350 and 400 people over the two days.”

Toad Fest is an event designed to as-sist with the migra-tion of toads as well as raise awareness about their natural history, habitat needs and challenges they face.

� e annual event takes place around the end of August in line with the toads’ natural migration timeline.

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Community

A young western toadlet in need of a helping hand. Photo by FWCP

Registration opens for parent support programStarting today, parents of public

school students 12 years old and un-der can register at bcparentinfo.ca to receive $40 per student for each day school is not in session due to the on-going labour disruption in B.C. public schools.

� e Temporary Education Support for Parents (TESP) program is intend-ed to help parents with the added cost of learning and supervision for the du-ration of the labour disruption.

Parents and primary caregivers are eligible to apply. Primary caregivers can include step-parents, legal guard-ians, foster parents, host parents for international students, caregivers with temporary custody arrangements, and family members who normally care for the student, such as grandparents.

To register parents and primary caregivers will need to provide the

name, address, date of birth, school district number and school for each eligible student.

Payment will be made by cheque in a single payment mailed to the address provided during registration. Most payments will be processed within 30 days a� er the month that the labour disruption ends. Payments for stu-dents attending kindergarten, and for students who are new to B.C. public schools, will also be made a� er the la-bour disruption ends, once enrolment for the current school year can be con-� rmed.

Eligible parents will have four months from the end of the month in which the labour disruption is settled to register for the temporary education support. No new registrations will be accepted a� er this date.

For more information: Go to B.C. Parent Info website: bcparentinfo.ca.

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September 2 - 7, 2014As the newly nominated Federal Liberal Candidate for the South Okanagan-West Kootenay, I am eager to meet up with people throughout the riding.From September 2 - 7th, I will be camping at Champion Lakes, Syringa Creek and Silverton Municipal campground. I hope people will join me for conversations around the campfire and discuss issues that are important to local residents.We will also visit some coffee shops in the area, and invite people to join us to discuss what they would like to see from their next Member of Parliament, and talk about the hope that is offered by electing a Federal Liberal Government.

My schedule is as follows:Sat, Sept. 6 - Coffee with Connie in Winlaw - 10 AM- Kayu’s CafeSat Sept 6 - Campfire with Connie - Silverton Municipal campground- 6:30 – 8PMSunday, Sept 7 - Chat with Connie at the New Denver Garlic Fest.

Meet around the campfire or over coffee with Connie Denesiuk!

Royal Canadian Legion Br. #20 Nakusp_________________________________

What’s happening in NAKUSP LEGION?

Our lounge opens at: 3 p.m. on Wednesday, Thursday & Friday. 2 p.m. on Saturday & Sunday

All Members and Guests welcome!

Come out and Support our Meat Draws which are held every Saturday at 4 p.m.,5 p.m. and 6 p.m. Nakusp Hospice Society will sponsor the Meat Draws for May.

Did you know that you can purchase all your lotterytickets in the Legion? Includes 649, BC49, Lotto Max etc!

CRIB TOURNAMENTSunday May 25th at 1:00pm

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OPEN at 3pm • Wednesday, Thursday, and Friday • 2pm on Saturday

Meat draws are held every Saturday- 4PM, 5PM & 6PMSeptember meat draws sponsored by the Nakusp Museum Society

All members and guests welcome!

Did you know that you can purchase all your lottery tickets in the Legion?That includes 649, BC49, Lotto Max etc!

If you have any gently used or new items that you aren’t using and would be interested in donating, the Legion would be most grateful to accept these items.

• Call Cheryl at 265-3810 or drop at the Legion!

Watch for the Christmas Craft Fair November 22• The tables for vendors are going fast!

Crib Tournament on Sunday, September 28Thursday night Bingo starts on Septemger 18 • Doors open at 6pm

REQUEST FOR PROPOSALS: RFP 2014-10 HOT SPRINGS AND

CEDAR CHALET ROOFREPLACEMENT

The Village of Nakusp is seeking proposals for the replacement of the existing roof of its Hot Springs Facility. The Village’s hot springs building is built around its commercial hot springs pools. The roof area is approximately 535 square meters (4,800 square feet) and is a unique semi-circular design. The roof is plainly visible to users of the hot pools. Accordingly, an aesthetically pleasing finish should be considered in any proposal.

Included with the Hot Springs Roof upgrade is the replace-ment of four (4) Cedar Chalet Roofs. The Nakusp Cedar Chalets provide tourist accommodation, adjacent to the Hot Springs facility, in the form of small A-Frame cedar chalets.

Additional questions can be directed the following individuals:Technical Questions:

Submission Requirements:

This RFP closes on Tuesday, September 9, 2014 at 3:30, local time. Submissions must be in a sealed envelope clearly marked: RFP 2014-10 Hot Springs & Cedar Chalet Roof Replacement. Submissions are to be delivered to the Village of Nakusp office at PO Box 280, 91 1st Street NW, Nakusp, BC, V0G 1R0, by mail or courier.

Proponents are required to check www.bcbid.gov.bc.ca for any updated information and addenda issued before the closing date and time.

Proponents must carefully read the entire RFP package and by submitting a proposal agree to the terms and conditions specified therein.

Warren Leigh, Acting Director of Operations Phone: 250-265-1725Email: [email protected]

Clyde Bersky, CFOPhone: 250-265-3689Email: [email protected]

VILLAGE OF NEW DENVER2014 GENERAL LOCAL ELECTIONS

NOTICE OF NOMINATION

Public Notice is given to the electors of the Village of New Denver that nominations for the offices of:

MAYOR – ONE (1)COUNCILLOR – FOUR (4)

will be received by the Chief Election Officer or a designated person, as follows:

By hand, mail or other delivery service:New Denver Village Office115 Slocan Avenue, New DenverPO Box 40, New Denver, BC, V0G 1S0

From 9:00 a.m. on September 30, 2014To 4:00 p.m. on October 10, 2014Excluding statutory holidays and weekends

By fax to: 250-358-7251

By email to: [email protected]

From 9:00 a.m. on September 30, 2014To 4:00 p.m. on October 10, 2014

Originals of faxed or emailed nomination documents must be received by the Chief Election Officer by 4:00 p.m. on October 17, 2014.

Nomination forms are available at the New Denver Village Office from 8:00 a.m. on August 22, 2014 to the close of the nomination period.

QUALIFICATIONS FOR OFFICE

A person is qualified to be nominated, elected, and to hold office as a member of local government if they meet the following criteria:

•Canadian citizen;•18 years of age or older on general voting day November 15, 2014;•resident of British Columbia for at least 6 months immediately before the day

nomination papers are filed;•not disqualified under the Local Government Act or any other enactment from

being nominated for, being elected to or holding the office, or be otherwise disqualified by law.

FURTHER INFORMATION on the foregoing may be obtained by contacting:Catherine Allaway, Chief Election Officer at 250-358-2316

Bruce Woodbury, Deputy Chief Election Officer at 250-358-2316

QUICK FACTS:

• For those without access to a computer, registration by paper form is also available by calling 1 877 387-3332 or 250 387-3332.

• The payment is not taxable and will not affect provincial and feder-al tax credits and bene� ts such as the new BC Early Childhood Tax Bene� t, BC Low Income Climate Action Tax Credit, Sales Tax Credit or the federal Canada Child Tax Bene� t or GST credit.

• The payment will not impact other provincial support assistance such as income or disability assis-tance, child care subsidy, subsi-dized housing, MSP subsidies, or Fair Pharmacare.

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Community

Council Meeting August 25

Speed sign debate showing no signs of slowing

Linda Tynan, the Chief Administrative O� cer, CAO, report-ed on the outstanding action agenda item concerning speeding motorists along 8th Avenue and Broadway Street. In response to reports of high speeds on the aforementioned roads around the Nakusp beach area, council has been con-sidering options that would seek to alleviate the abuse of 8th Ave-nue’s lack of stop signs. $5000 was allocated in council’s spending to address the issue and sta� was directed to research the purchase of a mobile speed sign that would � ash a ve-hicles speed in an ef-fort to remind drivers to slow down. Tynan informed council that a speed sign could be purchased within the council’s budget, how-ever, the charge pack that would be required for the machines op-eration would incur an additional $3000.

In light of the $8000 price tag, councilor Jo-seph Hughes entreated the group to recon-sider the installation of speed bumps along 8th avenue.

“I appreciate the justi� cation for the sign because we can

move it around the community and make use of it in several locations,” Hughes explained, “but lets just put in a couple of speed bumps and be done with it and it will be taken care of for the next 15 years.”

Councilor Guy Duchaine reminded council that discus-sion held last meeting justi� ed the purchase of a speed sign as a so-lution to the speeding issue, but in addition, could be used to col-lect data that would provide council with accurate information on speeding hot spots.

“Lets gather the in-formation and see if what people speculate is actually true,” Du-chaine reasoned, “then the council can con� -dently move to install speed bumps in the required areas.”

� e motion to pur-chase the speed sign was defeated by a council vote. Sta� was directed to research alternate options in-cluding purchasing the proposed speed sign second-hand, the possibility of reselling a speed sign a� er use and the rami� cations of speed bumps.

Association of Koo-tenay & Boundary Local Governments (AKBLG)

Nakusp is sched-uled to host the AK-BLG general meet-

ing and convention on April 22-24, 2015. � e AKBLG is a lo-cal government asso-ciation that represents the municipalities and electoral areas around southeastern British Columbia and is con-cerned with issues that impact the economy, environments and so-cial well being of their membership. � e AK-BLG conference will involve organizing presentations around a theme chosen by the host village, as well as providing an oppor-tunity for community representatives to net-work and collaborate. Last year’s conference was held in Creston un-der the theme of “Tying Communities Togeth-er.”

Linda Tynan in-formed council that changes in the AKBLG structure has allevi-ated some of the prepa-ration work required for the conference. � e host is no longer required to seek out sponsorship packages from the greater region, but remains responsible for organizing a local sponsorship package. Tynan also added, “I would attend to issue an expression of inter-est this week to recruit an event coordinator for AKBLG to organize speakers and programs for the conference.”Water Treatment Plant Update

� e Water Treat-ment Plant has been running successfully despite some equip-ment issues that were triggering alarms ev-ery 20 minutes during the � rst week of opera-tion.

“Everything is func-tional, the wells are being fed into the sys-tem,” CAO Tynan ex-plained. “� ere were just a few bugs to work out. It’s a complex sys-tem.”

Tynan praised the dedication of public works employees for their e� orts in bring-ing the Water Treat-ment Plant online; “Warren Leigh (tem-porary Director of Operations) is a cham-pion of the system,” she stated.

With the plants construction complete and operation under-way, the village will now turn its attention towards maintaining their water license as regulated by the Inte-rior Health Authority.

License of Opera-tions proposed for Library and Museum

� e Nakusp Library and the Nakusp and District Museum have been occupying the Centennial Building for a number of years, but have never signed a License to Occupy (LTO) agreement with the village. With the additions to the Centennial Building

complete it has been recommended that council seek to sign LTOs with the Library, Museum and the His-torical Society in an e� ort to clearly de� ne and record the pa-rameters of the build-ings use. � is would include speci� cs such as fees, usage and re-sponsibilities.

� e Arrow Lakes Historical Society has

signed their three-year LTO and it is currently in place.

CAO Linda Tynan Honored

At the conclusion of the council meeting, Mayor Karen Hamling presented CAO Linda Tynan with a bouquet of � owers in honor of her service to the vil-lage of Nakusp. Ham-ling spoke warmly of

Tynan’s dedication and professionalism saying “three years ago council made a wise decision when we hired Linda as our CAO. She has worked hard to bring our organization for-ward.”

Tynan was hired in February 2011 under a contract basis and by August 2011 council hired her in a perma-nent position.

VILLAGE OF NEW DENVERADVANCE ELECTOR REGISTRATION

Are you eligible to vote in the November elections for the Village of New Denver? Is your name on the current list of electors?

If you are not sure you can find out by calling or visiting the New Denver Village Office at 115 Slocan Avenue, New Denver, or by phoning 250-358-2316. The office is open from 8:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m., Monday to Friday (excluding holidays).

Advance elector registrations will be accepted at the New Denver Village Office until 4:00 p.m. on September 22, 2014. With the exception of registrations on voting days, elector registrations will not be accepted during the period September 23, 2014 –November 15, 2014.

ELECTOR QUALIFICATIONSRESIDENT ELECTORS:• 18 years of age or older on general voting day for the election or assent voting;

and• a Canadian citizen; and• a resident of British Columbia for at least 6 months immediately before the day

of registration; and• a resident of the Village of New Denver for at least 30 days immediately before

the day of registration; and• not disqualified under the Local Government Act or any other enactment from

voting in an election or assent voting and not otherwise disqualified by law.

NON-RESIDENT PROPERTY ELECTORS:• 18 years of age older on general voting day for the election or assent voting; and• a Canadian citizen; and• a resident of British Columbia for at least 6 months immediately before the day

of registration; and• a registered owner of real property in the Village of New Denver for at least 30

days immediately before the day of registration; and• not entitled to register as a resident elector; and• not disqualified under the Local Government Act or any other enactment from

voting in an election or assent voting and not otherwise disqualified by law; and• if there is more than one registered owner of the property, only one of

those individuals may, with the written consent of the majority of the owners, register as a non-resident property elector.

LIST OF REGISTERED ELECTORSBeginning September 30, 2014, until the close of general voting for the election on November 15, 2014, a copy of the list of registered electors will be available for public inspection, at the New Denver Village Office at 115 Slocan Avenue, New Denver, during regular office hours, Monday to Friday, excluding statutory holidays. Before inspecting the list, a person must sign a statement that they will not inspect the list or use the information included in the list except for the purposes of Part 3 – Electors and Elections of the Local Government Act. An elector may request that their address or other information about them be omitted from or obscured on the list of electors.

OBJECTION TO REGISTRATION OF AN ELECTORAn objection to the registration of a person whose name appears on the list of registered electors may be made in accordance with the Local Government Act until 4:00 pm on October 10, 2014. An objection must be in writing and may only be made by a person entitled to be registered as an elector of the Village of New Denver and can only be made on the basis that a person whose name appears on the list of electors has died or that a person whose name appears on the list of electors is not qualified to be registered as an elector of the Village of New Denver.

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Catherine Allaway, Chief Election Officer at 250-358-2316Bruce Woodbury, Deputy Chief Election Officer at 250-358-2316

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Contact Chantelle CarterArrow Lakes News

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Lindsay Hawley and Kyle Gaileyhelp introduce Kubb (aka Viking Chess) to Nakusp. Kubb

is a throwing game along the lines of horseshoes and boccee. Hawley and Gailey went practically undefeated

during the weekend.

RYAN WILLMANArrow Lakes News

There are 7 BILLION people. There are 14 BILLION pounds of garbage per year being dumped into the ocean. There are 9000 blue whales.

Help by recycling & reducing waste.

Smile of the Week

Joost Snyders, Hot Springs Assistant Manager, retired on July 31, 2014 after 21 years of service. During the August 25th Council Meeting Mayor Hamling awarded Snyders a life time pass to the

Hot Springs in honor of his service.

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EditorialOur View

Deadline dancing proves nerve-wracking

If the people at the centre of the teacher/government duel have any real idea of the consternation stirred up over their confron-tation, it hasn’t seemed to add any urgency to their e� orts at gaining an agreement.

� is summer, which is just about to end, may have seemed like a long one to those � ghting wild� res, or those trying to cope with a lack of air-conditioning. But to par-ents of school age children the clock has likely been ticking at double time since the job action began in June.

For families, the school calendar must be adhered to. Every part of life needs to fall in place according to the school schedule for a minimum of 10 months a year.

Some families, thanks to stay-at-home parents or � exible working arrangements, can likely deal with the extended strike with a minimum of upheaval. Others, unfortu-nately, will have to scramble, trying to make arrangements with day care providers who will likely be swamped with enquiries. For some people there would even be the chance that a job could be lost or a child neglected.

� is submission does not suggest for a moment that there is anything simple about achieving an agreement that satis� es two sides, each with widely di� ering agendas. But if two sides in a labour management dis-pute are far apart, they still need to to keep at it. Perhaps early mediation could become mandatory in this type of negotiation.

� e whole unpleasant situation illustrates the scope of the issue, how deep an impact in makes in every single community in the province. It also makes an observer wonder why a lot more e� ort was not devoted to set-tling the dispute, a lot earlier than the end of August.

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� is week’s column is dedicated in honour of all those, both past and present, who have given their time and e� orts freely to ensure that the annual Nakusp and District Fall Fair has taken place consistently throughout the last century and to-day.

Sadly, small town fairs are quickly fading out of existence across the nation, partly because of the high costs involved in organizing and presenting such community events. However, residents within Nakusp and the surrounding district still continue to value long-standing home town traditions, choosing to throw their shoulders to the wheel, supporting their fall fairs in a variety of ways at the lowest cost possible.

Many of us remember well how patiently our elders and other mem-

bers of our families made a point of carefully passing along customs and ideals to be practised by persons of all ages on a consistent basis.

Fall fairs serve as an ideal venue through which we can con� rm those of our family, friends and neighbours who have not forgot-ten or chosen to overlook the value of creating a wide variety of articles made by real people, not machines.

� ese rare and valued items are primarily produced by hand using both standard and traditional meth-ods to create fashions or unique items such as furnishings, toys, artwork and needlework. Also on display, one can � nd numerous ex-amples of deliciously made baked goods, jams, jellies, fresh or canned fruits, vegetables and countless oth-er delicious consumables. Unique gi� s of nature, including colourful � orals of every category serve to inspire and beautify our homes, en-vironmental surroundings and our lives abundantly.

Congratulations to everyone who participates, whether a ribbon award

winner or not, you do your commu-nity proud.

Note that registration and set-up of all exhibits takes place at the arena auditorium from 3:00 p.m. to 6:00 p.m. on Friday, September 5. � ere is no entry fee and the judging begins at 7:00 p.m. � e fall fair takes place on Saturday, September 6 from 9:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. General admis-sion is $3 for adults; children under 12 are free. Funds collected through the admission fees are used to cover the auditorium rental and expenses asso-ciated with the Arts Council’s profes-sional concert series. Exhibit owners are required to remove their items between 3:30 p.m. and 4:30 p.m. on fair day.

Everyone involved in organizing and presenting the fall fair does so on a volunteer, non-compensated basis for which the sponsor, Arrow Lakes Arts Council, expresses its sincere thanks and appreciation.

For additional information and vendor table rental, call the fair co-ordinator Gail Ponto at 265-4526 (leave message).

Senior’s ColumnMARILYN BOXWELL

Senior’scolumn

Nakusp Museum open 9:30-5 pm daily.

September 2-20 Studio Connexion pres-ents: Water, Paintings by Betty L. Fahlman. For more information contact Anne @ 265-3586.

September 3 Workshop Wednesday is a FREE ongoing series of employment focused workshops designed to help you gain the skills and knowledge you need to get a job. This week is: What Are My Choices? Are you looking for a job but not sure where to start? This introductory workshop provides an overview of navigating career choices to help you begin to map out long and short term employment goals. Where are you now? Where do you want to go? Where can I � nd support? 9:15 a.m. to 11:30 a.m. Pre-registration is required. To register, or if you have questions, call WorkBC at 265-3318.

September 3 Feldenkrais ‘Awareness Through Movement’ Class 9:15 to 10:15 a.m. @ NaCoMo. For more information, contact Tyson Bartel @ 250 226-6826 or [email protected].

September 3 Coffee and goodies at the Senior Centre in Nakusp. Every Wednesday from 10 to 11 a.m.

September 3 Creative Writing Club @ Na-kusp Youth Centre 3:30 to 4:30 p.m.

September 3 Poker Night at the Leland Hotel. It’s free and beginners are welcome. 7 p.m. start. For more information contact Dan @ 265-3314.

September 3 AA Meeting from 7 to 8 p.m. For more information call 265-4604.

September 4 Nakusp T’ai Chi in the Park by Gazebo 10 to11 a.m. Weather permitting. If raining it will be held at the Legion. Call Ruth 265-3353.

September 4 Body in Mind Pilates. 3:30 to 4:30 p.m. @ Nakusp Elementary School. Call Anne Ralson @ 265-4290 or Roelie Van Dam @ 265-2160.

September 4 Nerd Night @ Nakusp Youth Centre. 6 to10 p.m. For more information contact Cassia @ 265-2000.

September 4 Nakusp Spinners 7 to 8 p.m. in the park. Everyone welcome. For more infor-mation contact Christine Meyer @ 265-4359.

September 4 African Drumming Group @ NaCoMo at 7:15 p.m. Bring your own drum. New drummers welcome.

September 4 Men’s night at Nakusp Golf Club. For more information contact the pro shop @ 265-4531.

September 5 Storytime with Skye at the Nakusp Public Library 10 to11 a.m.

September 5 New Denver Farmer’s Market 10 to 2 p.m.

September 5 Ankors Mobile Needle Ex-change in Nakusp 2:15 to 3:15 p.m. To arrange for a meeting place and/or more information call (250) 505-5506 or toll free at 1-800-421-2437.

September 5 Drop in Tennis at the courts every Tuesday and Friday from 4 to 6 p.m. Singles, doubles or mixed, just bring your own tennis racket. For more information call Gene at 265-4011.

September 5 Studio Connexion presents: Water, Paintings by Betty L. Fahlman. Artist Reception from 5 to 8 p.m. Refreshments provided. For more information contact Anne @ 265-3586.

September 6 Edgewood Farmer’s Market 9 to12 p.m. in the � eld beside the Legion.

September 6 Nakusp Farmer’s Market 9 to 1 p.m. every Saturday until October 11 be-tween KSCU and What’s Brewing, just south of Broadway. Contact Collette 250 269-7326 or email [email protected].

September 6 Nakusp & District Fall Fair @ Sports Complex 9:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m.

September 6 Meat Draws @ the Legion Nakusp 3:30 to 6:30 p.m. This months proceeds go to support the Nakusp Senior Citizens Society.

September 6 Outdoor Movie Night @ Arena Soccer Field at 8 p.m. Bring an item for your local food bank, a chair or blanket and warm clothing. Presented by Kootenay Savings.

September 7 Hills Garlic Festival @ Centen-nial Park- New Denver. 10 to 5 p.m.

September 7 Burton Farmer’s Market 10 to 1 p.m. every Sunday until September 7. Held at McCormack Park. Contact Barbara Ross 250 265-0066 or Joanne Alaric @ 265-0088.

September 7 AA Meeting 5 to 6 p.m. For more information call 265-4604.

September 8 Bridge @ Nakusp Senior’s Centre, every Monday 1:15 to 3:30 p.m. Cost is $2.50, and beginners welcome.

September 8 Music Jam @ Nakusp Youth Cen-tre 3:30 to 5:30 p.m. Contact Cassia at 265-2000.

September 8 Village Council Meeting @ Nakusp Village Of� ce 6:30 – 8:00 p.m. The

public is welcome to attend. For more in-formation contact the Village of Nakusp at 265-3689.

September 8 Dance and Chant 7 pm @ Na-como. 1 hour of free dancing (wave dance) followed by 20 minutes of chanting.

September 9 Feldenkrais ‘Awareness Through Movement’ Class 8 to 9 p.m. @ NaCoMo. For more information, contact Ty-son Bartel @ 250 226-6826 or [email protected].

September 9 Ladies night at Nakusp Golf Club. For more information contact the pro shop @ 265-4531.

September 9 Workshop Wednesday is a FREE ongoing series of employment focused workshops designed to help you gain the skills and knowledge you need to get a job. This week is: Suit Yourself: Personality and Career Choice. Are you hoping for a career that � ts who you are and brings out the best in you? This interactive workshop will give you the opportunity to explore how your personality type can be a factor in � nding career satisfaction. 9:15 a.m. to 11:30 a.m. Pre-registration is required. To register, or if you have questions, call WorkBC at 265-3318.

September 9 Feldenkrais ‘Awareness Through Movement’ Class 9:15 to 10:15 a.m. @ NaCoMo. For more information, contact Tyson Bartel @ 250 226-6826 or [email protected].

September 10 Coffee and goodies at the Senior Centre in Nakusp. Every Wednesday from 10 to 11 a.m.

September 10 Creative Writing Club @ Nakusp Youth Centre 3:30 to 4:30 p.m.

September 10 Poker Night at the Leland Hotel. It’s free and beginners are welcome. 7 p.m. start. For more information contact Dan @ 265-3314.

September 10 AA Meeting from 7 to 8 p.m. For more information call 265-4604.


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Days a� er the injuries from a tow truck accident claimed the life of Doug Courage in Septem-ber 2011, the men who used to golf with him organized a tour-nament in his honor. Entitled the Doug Courage Ironman, this style of golf game was chosen be-cause it was Courage’s favorite game to play himself. Based on the support that � rst year and its success, it was decided that this would become an annual event to honor the local dad who had also just become a grandfather for the � rst time.

His untimely death means that Madalyn Jane Courage has to grow up without her grandfather. His former golf buddies —and now many others—get together each year to continue to play in his honor.

In charitable fashion and in order to have a little bit of good come from such a loss, green fees proceeds go into a Registered Education Savings Plan (RESP) set up in Madalyn’s name. � e � rst year it raised more than $7000. � ough she will never get to know her father’s father, there is a legacy developing for her future from those who knew and loved him.

Each year, Doug’s son Frank and his wife Sara attend with Ma-dalyn. � is year, there is a new addition to the family— Doug’s � rst grandson.

� ursday, September 4 will see anywhere from 45 to 55 gentle-men playing a round of golf at the Fourth Annual Doug Courage Ironman, also Men’s Night.

� e tournament will be fol-lowed by a steak dinner for par-ticipants and their guests and of course, the awards. � e tourna-ment will be held at the nine-hole Nakusp Golf Club. Registration is between 4:00 p.m. and 6:00 p.m.

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Consider the char-acters that speak the truth; those poor un-fortunate souls that are fated to suffer the Carmen paradox by either being labeled fools or insane. In the face of truth, the com-mon reaction is to laugh or dismiss the information thereby discrediting the in-dividual in favor of maintaining an al-ready established and comfortable reality. There is no room in society for truth, as the concept is shuffled off into the realm of the heartless villain, the social outcast or paraded in a com-edy tour de force as a clown.

The latter is per-haps the most puz-zling, as the act of truth telling forms the basis of some comedy,

employing the idiom ‘its funny because its true.’

Author Robert Heinlein, himself a truth teller of sorts, used the voice of his social outcast char-acter Valentine Mi-chael Smith in the book, A Stanger In a Strange Land to shed light on this quagmire when he observed, “I’ve found why peo-ple laugh. They laugh because it hurts so much… because it is the only thing that’ll make it stop hurting.”

Ty Klassen, author and performer of the one-man show, You Are What You Eat, created the princi-pal character Johnny Whistleblower, as a manifestation of the Carmen paradox by juxtaposing truth with character flaws.

The play opens with the haunting, dystrophic lyrics of

In the Year 2525 by Zager and Evans as the house lights reveal Johnny Whistleblow-er locked in a room scattered with pages detailing evidence of his conspiracy theo-ries.

Through a series of monologues the audi-ence learns of John-ny’s fall from grace, when his life on the farm was shattered by the unexpected death of his father. Johnny developed the conclu-sion that corporate chemicals were the cause of his father’s death, and he sought revenge by attacking the CEO of a major corporation with a syringe of Roundup. Johnny was convicted and sentenced to an in-sane asylum, thus pro-viding him a soap box to trumpet the awful truths he has discov-ered as well as lament his paradise lost.

You Are What You Eat is not a comedy. However, in the face of being verbally beat over the head with Johnny’s emotional rollercoaster of observational truths regarding food, social media and mobile de-vices the tendency is to find the comedy within the social commentary. The audience man-aged a few thoughtful chuckles at Johnny’s singing and dancing performance as he di-rected the brunt of his conspiracy dialogue at an invisible doctor sit-ting in an empty chair.

Klassen, a resident of Nakusp, developed the content of the play through a series of ‘morning papers’, a writing technique de-veloped by Julia Cam-eron and taught via the course The Artists Way.

The production was produced by Mir-ror Theatre under the

umbrella of the Arrow Lakes Arts Council and is directed by Anji Jones. Under Jones’s direction, Klassen de-veloped his script and performance, draw-ing on his experience working on farms throughout the Slocan as part of the Willing Workers on Organic Farms (WWOF) pro-gram.

“For years I lived and worked with animals,” Klassen ex-

plains, “and I have even done some farm sit-ting. I also grew up in Manitoba with a Men-nonite background, so farming was always in my life.”

“(Klassen) has done a wonderful job” Jones praises. “He takes my input, goes home and returns the next day with changes that blow my mind. I feel this is a play that needs to be watched again and again.”

You Are What You Eat was made possible through the finan-cial support of Area K RDCK director, Paul Peterson, Mirror The-atre and support from the Nakusp Youth Cen-tre. Proceeds from the show were donated to the Nakusp Youth Cen-tre and the Arrow Lakes Arts Council. The pro-duction was showcased at the Bonnington The-atre during the August 29 long weekend.

Arrow Lakes Arts Council presents some food for thoughtRYAN WILLMAN

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Ty Klassen during a rehearsal. Photo submitted by Ty Klassen

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NOTICE OF A MAINTENANCE POWER OUTAGE REVELSTOKE

We will be making electrical system improvements in the Revelstoke area on September 14. To ensure the safety of our work crews, it will be necessary to interrupt electrical service for approximately 30 minutes from 6:00 a.m. to 6:30 a.m. and again from 10:00 a.m. to 10:30 a.m. Revelstoke and the surrounding area including Mount Begbie Road south to the Galena Bay Ferry, across to Highway 31 including all of Trout Lake and up to and including Halcyon Hot Springs and all roads off of Highway 23 and 31 will be affected by the power interruptions.

An extended power outage will occur between the hours of 6:00 a.m. and 10:30 a.m. for all of the CPR line up to and including the Rogers Pass.

To prepare for this interruption and protect your equipment from damage, turn off all lights, electric heaters, major appliances and unplug all electronics.

For the first hour after the power comes back on, please only plug in or turn on those electronics and appliances that you really need. This will help ensure the electrical system does not get overloaded.

We are sorry for the inconvenience. We will restore your power as soon as we can.

Prepare for outages and stay informed by visiting bchydro.com/outages or bchydro.com/mobile from your handheld device. Please call 1 888 POWERON (1 888 769 3766) for more information.

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There will be traffic delays on Nakusp Hot Springs Road on Sunday September 14th between 10am and 3pm. The road will be open with an escort through every 20 minutes.

The event is the Rocky Mountain Motogiro featuring a timed race up Hot Springs Road with small vintage motorcycles. The event is run by the Canadian Vintage Motorcycle Group, Rocky Mountain Section.


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his summer’s wildfire sea-son will go down as one of the most destructive on record in B.C.

As of Thursday, fires had burned up more than 330,000 hectares across the province and are expected to soon sur-pass the 337,000 hectares de-stroyed in the 2010 fire season.

This year is still far short of 1958, when 856,000 hectares burned, but 2014 could move into fifth place if it surpasses 1950’s 343,339 hectares, or even third if it tops the 351,000 lost in 1971.

While much timber has burned, no homes or other sig-nificant structures have been lost this year, so by that measure it’s been nowhere near as cata-strophic as the 2003 fire season,

when more than 300 homes were lost or damaged in the Okanagan Mountain and Mc-Clure fires.

But it has been costly.The province has so far

spent more than $246 million fighting wildfires, almost four times what was budgeted, and more than the $212 million ex-pended in 2010.

Despite wet weather on the Labour Day weekend, fire of-ficials are bracing for more warm dry spells in September.

“It’s unlikely we’ve seen the end of the fire season by any stretch of the imagination,” fire information officer Dustin Eno said.

The actual number of fires this year – just over 1,300 – is well below the average of 1,600 a year.

But many of the fires have

been very large.The biggest, and still only

20 per cent contained, is the 130,000-hectare Chelaslie River fire, which is between Anahim Lake and Burns Lake, near Entiako and Tweedsmuir provincial parks. Homes re-main under evacuation order there.

The largest evacuations this summer have included the Chi-na Nose fire near Houston and the McAllister fire, which forced the evacuation of the entire town of Hudson’s Hope in July.

Assisting B.C. crews have been large numbers of imported firefighters and equipment, from other provinces, Alaska and Aus-tralia.

“We’ve brought in a lot and have been very grateful to be able to draw on those relation-ships, both right across Canada

and internationally,” Eno said. “Last year we exported a lot

of firefighters to fight in other jurisdictions and this year they were able to return that favour.”

There are still 152 active fires and another 85 out-of-province firefighters arrived Thursday from Ontario so B.C. crews could take mandatory days off.

Total area burned will soon pass 2010 tallyJeff Nagel

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Wildfire season will rank among B.C.’s worst

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Tis’ the season of the berry

How can one forego the brambly blackberry? My first foraging feat for these ber-ries, which I’ve only previ-ously seen in grocery stores at an exorbitant price, was everything but enjoyable. My bounty that first time was of cuts and lesions, because sadly (yes, there were tears) my pail emptied itself amongst the impenetrable labyrinth of thorns. Lessons learned that day were: do not wear loose, flowing clothing or flip flops, have long hair tied back, and watch your footing as if you were walking through a mine-field as those barbed branches seem to come alive solely to grab your ankles. I have had many bountiful pickings since then, but have never managed to come home unscathed.

Blackberries are a deli-cious little aggregate fruit

that grow wild and/or are cultivated on every tem-perate continent including Africa and Asia. They are easily identifiable by their rambling growth, thorns, and very dark blue raspber-ry like berries. Surprisingly their nutritional benefits outweigh the hassle of pick-ing them.

These berries have one of the highest antioxidant levels of all fruits, making it one of the best cancer pre-vention foods out there as well as one of the richest sources of fiber in the plant kingdom. Blackberries are also composed significantly of high amounts of phenolic flavonaoid phytochemicals, Vitamins C, B, A, E, and K, potassium, manganese, cop-per and magnesium. Some of the health benefits of blackberries include alleviat-ing inflammation, sun dam-age, macular degeneration,

labour pains, symptoms of menopause, PMS, digestive tract issues and neurologi-cal diseases. Blackberries can inhibit the growth and spread of tumors, help in the production of white and red blood cells, lower the risk of heart disease, pro-mote the healthy tightening of tissue, which makes skin look younger. Prolonged consumption also helps to keep your brain alert there-by maintaining clarity of thought and good memory. I feel it is definitely worth the effort of foraging to have such a medicinally vibrant and delicious berry in your fridge and freezer.

Blackberries can be eat-en fresh, frozen, dried or canned. They are popularly made into jams, syrups, juic-es, desserts, and even wine. To make a delicious and easy blackberry jam all you need is:

4 cups blackberries1 cup white sugar2 tablespoons cornstarch 1/4 teaspoon ground cin-

namon 1/4 teaspoon ground all-

spice 1/2 teaspoon lemon juiceMash blackberries in

a saucepan with a potato masher. Stir in sugar until juices form; place about 1 tablespoon blackberry juice in a small bowl and stir in cornstarch. Pour cornstarch mixture into saucepan.

Bring berries to a boil, stirring often, until jam is thickened, about 15 min-utes. Stir in cinnamon and allspice. Remove from heat and allow to cool. Transfer jam to a bowl, cover, and re-frigerate until chilled. Stir in lemon juice.

Dress appropriately and have fun foraging for these nutritional darlings of the berry world, valley friends.

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Galena Bay was once Thumb Bay

Sixty-eighth in a roughly al-phabetical series on West Koo-tenay/Boundary place names.

� ere are two Galena Bays in West Kootenay, one on Koo-tenay Lake at Riondel, and the other on the east side of Upper Arrow Lake, which we’ll dis-cuss today.

� e latter was � rst men-tioned in the Kootenay Mail of Revelstoke on April 28, 1894: “Mr. Wm. Mackenzie is up on a visit a� er spending the last six months on his ranch at Galena Bay, Arrow Lake.”

Galena is the natural min-eral form of lead sulphide, the principal source of lead, as well as silver. It was mined in abun-dance in this area.

� is part of the lake was pre-viously known as � umb Bay. As Milton Parent writes in Si-lent Shores and Sunken Ships: “Because of the bay’s peculiar shape in relation to the Arrow Lakes, the early explorers, or more likely surveyors, noticed when the maps were drawn it had the appearance of a giant thumb. Consequently, even on

our earliest map, the site was named � umb Bay.”

� e � rst mention of � umb Bay is in George Dawson’s 1889 Report on a Portion of the West Kootanie [sic] District, British Columbia: “� umb Bay … is an indentation in the east shore of the lake immediately south of the North-East Arm.”

An undated newspaper story titled “An outline of Galena Bay history” in the Arrow Lakes Historical Society archives claims the name was changed when a post o� ce was applied for and another � umb Bay was discovered.

However, no post o� ce named � umb Bay ever existed in Canada, and the Canadian Geographical Names Data-base doesn’t list a � umb Bay (though there is one in Alaska). Furthermore, Galena Bay never did get a post o� ce. However, a post o� ce called Galena opened in 1889 southeast of Golden. It changed its name to Spillimacheen in 1946.

In 1897, the Lardeau Railway Co. was incorporated to build a railway from Galena Bay to Trout Lake and Camborne. � ey hired Victoria surveyor

� omas Harbridge Parr to lay out a townsite for a railway ter-minus at Galena Bay between Payne and Jennings creeks called Rosenheim, honouring Henri Rosenheim, a director of the Lillooet, Fraser River, and Cariboo Gold Fields Ltd. otherwise known as the Horne-Payne company, which invested in the railway.

� e � rst mention of the townsite was an ad for the Rosenheim Hotel in the Koo-tenay Mail on November 21, 1896. By mid-1897, 40 acres had been cleared and crews were at work on an additional 40 acres. However, work on the railway was suspended in Sep-tember and the hotel closed. Rosenheim faded from view and the community’s name re-verted to Galena Bay.

In 1947, a post o� ce was again proposed, and at a public meeting to decide on a name, Bay View won residents’ en-dorsement. But it was a moot point, for the o� ce never opened.

Today Galena Bay is best known as the southern termi-nal of the Upper Arrow Lake ferry.

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Galena Bay was the � nal stop for the SS Minto, seen here in July 1967. The following year it was towed into the lake and burned. Photo by Arrow Lakes Historical Society

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Africa has an incredible variety of sunbirds

Arrow Lakes News Wednesday, September 3, 2014

Birds of NakuspA few months

ago, Marie and I spent four weeks on a birding tour in Africa. We spent two weeks each in Kenya and Uganda, and although it was primarily a birding trip, one can’t go to Africa and not seek out some big mammals. We saw an amazing assort-ment of wildlife, in-cluding such iconic African species as lion, leopard, chee-tah, impala, gazelle, giraffe, zebra, el-

ephant, hippopota-mus, rhinoceros, and several species of monkey.

In addition to the amazing animals, Africa has an in-credible variety of birds. In the month we spent there, I saw 508 species of birds. That’s 100 species more than I’ve seen in Cana-da in my lifetime! Clearly I can’t begin to list them all, but I will mention a few of the more inter-esting ones.

Africa has sev-eral bird families

that are not at all familiar to North American birders. This makes birding over here a chal-lenge since when a new bird is seen it’s sometimes difficult to know in which section of the field guide to look.

One such fam-ily is the cisticolas. These small birds are various shades of brown and grey and superficially look very much the same. There are 28 cisticola species in Kenya alone, and we saw half of them.

Had it not been for the sharp eyes of our guides, we would have been hard-pressed to identify most of the ones we did see. As it is with similar looking species at home, knowing the bird’s call is a huge advantage. Many of the cisticolas are named for the sounds they pro-duce. We have seen singing xisticola, trilling, rattling, wailing, winding, zitting, croaking, and wing-snapping citicolas.

Other bird groups completely unfamiliar to North Americans are the crombecs, the er-emomelas, the pri-nias, the batis’s, the wattle-eyes, the hyl-iotas, the apalis’s, and the camarop-teras.

I think my fa-vourite group of new birds was the sunbirds. There is one sunbird found in Australia with which I am very fa-miliar, so the fam-ily is quite recogni-sable. But the sheer number of varieties makes this fam-ily yet another big challenge. There are 37 species in Kenya alone—we saw 20 of them.

Sunbirds eat nec-tar and insects, much as our hum-mingbirds do. They also show a great deal of iridescence in their feathers, again just as our hummers do. One

moment a sunbird appears to be black, but then it moves and it becomes blue, or green or gold. If the hummers are the jewels of the Americas, then surely the sunbirds are the jewels of Af-rica. Unfortunately, they are very diffi-cult to photograph.

I have included two photos here, one of a black-headed ba-tis, the other of a lilac-breasted roller.

There are sev-eral other interest-ing families I could have discussed here, all of which were quite new to me, but the line must be drawn somewhere!

Gary DaviDsonArrow Lakes News

Lilac-breasted roller. Photo by Gary Davidson

Black-headed batis. Photo by Gary Davidson

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Workshop leader Gillian Sanders has helped to install more than 90 electric fences to successfully protect livestock and/or fruit trees from both black and grizzly bears. Correctly installed and maintained electric fencing provides a cost-effective and easy solution to prevent or stop bear con� icts. Beekeepers have successfully used electric fencing to protect beehives from bears since the 1930’s, and when used correctly this tool will also protect small livestock such as chickens, other poultry, goats, sheep, pigs, calves, or any other bear attractant. This workshop will discuss different e-fencing designs for permanent and temporary fences that can be adapted to your particular needs.

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September 5, 1924 The number of motor vehicles in Constable Jupp’s dis-trict between Nakusp and Edgewood now totals 75. Of this number 38 be-long to Nakusp, an increase of about 100 per cent during 1924.

September 13, 1934 At a meeting of the Nakusp Growers Co-operative Union held in the Small Hall Monday evening, the future maintenance of the Packing House was discussed and the possibilities of liquidation questioned. For some years now the interest taken in the Packing House has been declining and the responsibility is now resting on a few shareholders. Payments on insur-ance, etc. are due and there seems to be little hope of meeting them.

September 14, 1944 Over 100 Nakusp citizens turned out to see colored photo-graphs of the area as presented by James C. Vipond. Mr. Vipond is a historian of some note with regard to the district, gave sev-eral enjoyable stories in regards to names and locations.

September 16, 1954 New Bank notes were issued September 10. The same color has been used for each denomination but the tones are much deeper and have more contrast. The portrait of the late King, which appeared in the centre of the old bills, was re-placed by one of the Queen, which is placed in the right hand corner. The allegorical ap-pearance of the back of the old issue is re-placed by engravings of photographs of vari-ous scenes of Canadian countryside.

September 10, 1964 General speci-fications for a king-sized clearing job has been released by B.C. Water Rights Branch in Vancouver. The specifica-tions are for the reservoirs of the High Arrow Dam and the Duncan Lake Dam. All parts of the reservoirs near settled areas, main highways and other areas of public use must be completely cleared.

September 11, 1974 Canadian Pa-cific Railway has applied to the Cana-dian Transport commission to aban-don 31.2 miles of track from New Denver to Nakusp. The Village of Na-kusp, the Chamber of Commerce and various businesses using the service have indicated that they will protest.

September 12, 1984 It is going to cost 10 per cent more to live in Nakusp this year. At least if you use the sewer system or the arena complex. At the regular meeting of Council on Mon-day, it was decided to raise the sewer rates 10 per cent and also raise the rates across the board at the arena complex by the same amount.

September 7, 1994 Users of the In-onoaklin Road want a lift of pavement. The rural road which runs from the junction of Highway 6 to Edgewood is 10km long and is restricted to 75 per cent legal loading. The road is surfaced but in bad shape and needs an asphalt lift to upgrade it for 100 per cent loading.

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SCHOOL DISTRICT NO.10 (Arrow Lakes)2014 GENERAL SCHOOL ELECTION

NOTICE OF NOMINATIONPublic Notice is given to the electors of School District No. 10 (Arrow Lakes) that nominations forthe offices of:

Trustee

Electoral Area

Trustee electoral area description: # of trustees

Eastern

Attendance

Zone

Villages of Silverton, New Denver and part of Electoral Area H of Regional District of Central Kootenay(Rosebery, Hills, Sandon-

Enterprise Creek to Bonanza Creek)

One

Central

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Village of Nakusp, part of Electoral Area H(Bonanza Creek-

Summit Lake), part of Electoral Area K(Box Lake to Arrow Park Cenotaph to Halcyon Hot Springs) of Regional District of Central

Kootenay and part of Electoral Area B(Halcyon Hot Springs to Trout Lake) of Columbia Shuswap Regional District

One

Southern

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Part of Electoral Area K of Regional District of Central Kootenay(Burton, Fauquier, Edgewood-Arrow Park Cenotaph to

Wauchope Creek)

One

At Large

Attendance

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Villages of Silverton, New Denver, Nakusp, part of Electoral Area

H, Electoral Area K of Regional District of Central Kootenay and part of Electoral Area B of Columbia Shuswap Regional District

Two


By hand, mail or other delivery service:School District# 10 (Arrow Lakes) Board Office98 6th Avenue NWBox 340Nakusp, BC, V0G 1R0

From 9:00 am September 30, 2014 To 4:00 pm October 10, 2014

Excluding statutory holidays and weekends

By fax to: 250-265-3701

By email to: rhonda.bouillet @sd10.bc.ca

From 9:00 am September 30, 2014 To 4:00 pm October 10, 2014Originals of faxed or emailed nomination documents must be received by the Chief Election Officer by 4:30 pm on October 17, 2014

Nomination forms are available at the School District# 10 (Arrow Lakes) Board Office fromMonday-Friday 8:30 am-Noon and 1:00 pm-4:30 pm or Village of New Denver MunicipalOffice, 115 Slocan Ave, New Denver, BC Monday-Friday 8:00 am-4:00 pm or School District#10 (Arrow Lakes) website at www.sd10.bc.ca to the close of the nomination period.


A person is qualified to be nominated, elected, and to hold office as a School Trustee if they meet thefollowing criteria:

• Canadian citizen;• 18 years of age or older on general voting day [insert date of general voting

day];



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Central

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Southern

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day];• resident of British Columbia for at least 6 months immediately before the day

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nominated for, being elected to or holding office as a trustee, or be otherwise disqualified by law.

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Revelstoke Arts Council PresentsSpirit of the West

Location: Revelstoke Performing Arts Centre

Thursday, September 11th 2014, 7:30pmTickets: $35 Season Pass Holder: $27

Tickets Available:Online revelstokeartscouncil.com

ArtFirst and Tourism Info in downtown Revelstoke.

REGIONAL DISTRICT OF CENTRAL KOOTENAY

ADVANCE ELECTOR REGISTRATION2014 GENERAL LOCAL ELECTIONS / OTHER VOTING OPPORTUNITIES

GENERAL LOCAL ELECTIONS HAVE BEEN SCHEDULED FOR SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 15, 2014 FOR THE PURPOSE OF ELECTING DIRECTORS FOR ELECTORAL AREAS A – K, INCLUSIVE, OF THE REGIONAL DISTRICT OF CENTRAL KOOTENAY.

IF YOU ARE ELIGIBLE TO VOTE IN THE NOVEMBER ELECTIONS AND/OR AT OTHER VOTING OPPORTUNITIES THAT MAY BE SCHEDULED, MAKE SURE YOUR NAME IS ON THE LIST OF ELECTORS.

To make sure your name is on the list, please contact:Regional District of Central Kootenay202 Lakeside Drive, Nelson, B.C.Phone: (250) 352-6665Toll Free: 1-800-268-7325

8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.Monday to Friday (excluding holidays)Ask for Randy or Anitra

ADVANCE ELECTOR REGISTRATIONS will only be accepted until the close of business on Tuesday, September 23, 2014. For those electors not on the voters list who register to vote on voting day, two pieces of identification will be required (at least one with a signature) to prove both residency and identity of the elector.

ELECTOR QUALIFICATIONS

RESIDENT ELECTORS: age 18 or older; and a Canadian citizen; and a resident of British Columbia for at least 6 months immediately preceding the day of regis tration; and a resident of the Electoral Area of the Regional District of Central Kootenay for which the vote is taking place for at least 30 days immediately preceding the day of registration; and not disqualified by any enactment from voting in an election or otherwise disqualified by law.

NON-RESIDENT PROPERTY ELECTORS: age 18 or older; and a Canadian citizen; and a resident of British Columbia for at least 6 months immediately preceding the day of regitrAtion; and a registered owner of real property either as joint tenants or tenants in common, are individuals who are not holding the property in trust for a corporation or another trust; in the Electoral Area of the Regional District of Central Kootenay for which the vote is taking place for at least 30 days immediately preceding the day of registration; and not entitled to register as a resident elector; and not disqualified by any enactment from voting in an election or otherwise disqualified by law; and if there is more than one registered owner of the property, only one of those individuals may, with the written consent of the majority of the owners, register as a non-resident property elector.

LIST OF REGISTERED ELECTORSBeginning September 30, 2014 until the close of general voting on November 15, 2014, a copy of the list of registered electors will, upon signature, be available for public inspection, at the Regional District of Central Kootenay office at 202 Lakeside Drive, Nelson, BC, during regular office hours, Monday to Friday (statuto-ry holidays excluded).

NOTE: An elector may request that personal information respecting the elector be omitted from or obscured on the list for protection of privacy.

OBJECTION TO REGISTRATION OF AN ELECTORAn objection to the registration of a person whose name appears on the list of registered electors may be made in accordance with the Local Government Act until 4:00 pm on October 10, 2014. An objection must be in writing and may only be made by a person entitled to be registered as an elector of the Regional District of Central Kootenay and can only be made on the basis that the person whose name appears has died or is not qualified to be registered as an elector for the Regional District of Central Kootenay.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION on these matters, contact the follow-ing persons:

Randy Matheson, Chief Election OfficerAnitra Winje, Deputy Chief Election OfficerPhone (250) 352-6665 or 1-800-268-7325

R. Matheson, Chief Election Officer

REGIONAL DISTRICT OF CENTRAL KOOTENAY

ADVANCE ELECTOR REGISTRATION2014 GENERAL LOCAL ELECTIONS / OTHER VOTING OPPORTUNITIES

GENERAL LOCAL ELECTIONS HAVE BEEN SCHEDULED FOR SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 15, 2014 FOR THE PURPOSE OF ELECTING DIRECTORS FOR ELECTORAL AREAS A – K, INCLUSIVE, OF THE REGIONAL DISTRICT OF CENTRAL KOOTENAY.

IF YOU ARE ELIGIBLE TO VOTE IN THE NOVEMBER ELECTIONS AND/OR AT OTHER VOTING OPPORTUNITIES THAT MAY BE SCHEDULED, MAKE SURE YOUR NAME IS ON THE LIST OF ELECTORS.

To make sure your name is on the list, please contact:Regional District of Central Kootenay202 Lakeside Drive, Nelson, B.C.Phone: (250) 352-6665Toll Free: 1-800-268-7325

8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.Monday to Friday (excluding holidays)Ask for Randy or Anitra

ADVANCE ELECTOR REGISTRATIONS will only be accepted until the close of business on Tuesday, September 23, 2014. For those electors not on the voters list who register to vote on voting day, two pieces of identification will be required (at least one with a signature) to prove both residency and identity of the elector.

ELECTOR QUALIFICATIONS

RESIDENT ELECTORS: age 18 or older; and a Canadian citizen; and a resident of British Columbia for at least 6 months immediately preceding the day of regis tration; and a resident of the Electoral Area of the Regional District of Central Kootenay for which the vote is taking place for at least 30 days immediately preceding the day of registration; and not disqualified by any enactment from voting in an election or otherwise disqualified by law.

NON-RESIDENT PROPERTY ELECTORS: age 18 or older; and a Canadian citizen; and a resident of British Columbia for at least 6 months immediately preceding the day of regitrAtion; and a registered owner of real property either as joint tenants or tenants in common, are individuals who are not holding the property in trust for a corporation or another trust; in the Electoral Area of the Regional District of Central Kootenay for which the vote is taking place for at least 30 days immediately preceding the day of registration; and not entitled to register as a resident elector; and not disqualified by any enactment from voting in an election or otherwise disqualified by law; and if there is more than one registered owner of the property, only one of those individuals may, with the written consent of the majority of the owners, register as a non-resident property elector.

LIST OF REGISTERED ELECTORSBeginning September 30, 2014 until the close of general voting on November 15, 2014, a copy of the list of registered electors will, upon signature, be available for public inspection, at the Regional District of Central Kootenay office at 202 Lakeside Drive, Nelson, BC, during regular office hours, Monday to Friday (statuto-ry holidays excluded).

NOTE: An elector may request that personal information respecting the elector be omitted from or obscured on the list for protection of privacy.

OBJECTION TO REGISTRATION OF AN ELECTORAn objection to the registration of a person whose name appears on the list of registered electors may be made in accordance with the Local Government Act until 4:00 pm on October 10, 2014. An objection must be in writing and may only be made by a person entitled to be registered as an elector of the Regional District of Central Kootenay and can only be made on the basis that the person whose name appears has died or is not qualified to be registered as an elector for the Regional District of Central Kootenay.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION on these matters, contact the follow-ing persons:

Randy Matheson, Chief Election OfficerAnitra Winje, Deputy Chief Election OfficerPhone (250) 352-6665 or 1-800-268-7325

R. Matheson, Chief Election Officer

Weekly Question

Q How does the delay of Back to School affect your household?

Lora-Mae Swanson, new NES parent

“We want to be ready for school. We need to get supplies and don’t have a list. It affects work for us, and daycare for our younger kids and just knowing what I’m going to be doing next week.”

Sadie Wright, new NES grade 3 Student

“I don’t want to miss the � rst month of school because there might be spe-cial projects and stuff.”

Chantal Broughton, NSS parent

“Makes it dif� cult. My daughter is in high school. She needs to get on with her courses. We are worried about the extension of the school year. If we don’t go back to school in September, are we going to go into next summer and just how this is going to affect her learning in general.”

Nikolaus Pavan, NES parent

“It does not affect our household at all as I work from home.”

Your View


Community

Expression of Interest

HOT SPRINGS/CEDAR CHALET CARETAKER

The Village of Nakusp is looking for a live in Caretaker for the Nakusp Hot Springs and Cedar Chalets. An

opportunity exists for a personable individual or couple to receive accommodation (including utilities) at

the Hot Springs in return for night security services, after hour check ins and some miscellaneous

maintenance and hospitality services. Typically such services would be required after 9pm to before

9am.

If you are interested in learning more about this unique opportunity at the Hot Springs, please contact

Robert Richards (CF0) in the Village office 250-265-3689 to discuss or email him a letter expressing your

interest to [email protected]. This opportunity will remain open until a suitable individual/couple

has filled the position.

ADVANCE ELECTOR REGISTRATIONAre you eligible to vote in the November 15, 2014 elections for Mayor and Council? Is your name on the current list of electors?

If you are not sure you can find out by calling or visiting the Village of Nakusp, 91 1st Street, NW, telephone 250-265-3689. The office is open from 8:30 AM to 4:30 PM, Monday to Friday (excluding holidays).

Advance elector registrations will be accepted at the Village of Nakusp office until September 23, 2014. With the exception of registrations on voting days, elector registrations will not be accepted during the period September 23, 2014 to November 15, 2014.

ELECTOR QUALIFICATIONSRESIDENT ELECTORS:

• 18 years of age or older on general voting day for the election or assent voting; and• a Canadian citizen; and• a resident of British Columbia for at least 6 months immediately before the day of registration; and• a resident of the Village of Nakusp for at least 30 days immediately before the day of registration; and• not disqualified under the Local Government Act or any other enactment from voting in an election or assent voting and not otherwise disqualified by law.

NON-RESIDENT PROPERTY ELECTORS:• 18 years of age older on general voting day for the election or assent voting; and• a Canadian citizen; and• a resident of British Columbia for at least 6 months immediately before the day of registration; and• a registered owner of real property in the Village of Nakusp for at least 30 days immediately before the day of registration; and• not entitled to register as a resident elector; and• not disqualified under the Local Government Act or any other enactment from voting in an election or assent voting and not otherwise disqualified by law; and• if there is more than one registered owner of the property, only one of those individuals may, with the written consent of the majority of the owners, register as a non-resident property elector.

LIST OF REGISTERED ELECTORSBeginning September 30, 2014, until the close of general voting for the election on November 15, 2014, a copy of the list of registered electors will be available for public inspection, at the Village of Nakusp office 91 1st Street, NW, during regular office hours, Monday to Friday, excluding statutory holidays. Before inspecting the list, a person must sign a statement that they will not inspect the list or use the information included in the list except for the purposes of Part 3 – Electors and Elections of the Local Government Act. An elector may request that their address or other information about them be omitted from or obscured on the list of electors.

OBJECTION TO REGISTRATION OF AN ELECTORAn objection to the registration of a person whose name appears on the list of registered electors may be made in accordance with the Local Government Act until 4:00 pm on October 10, 2014. An objection must be in writing and may only be made by a person entitled to be registered as an elector of the Village of Nakusp and can only be made on the basis that a person whose name appears on the list of electors has died or that a person whose name appears on the list of electors is not qualified to be registered as an elector of the Village of Nakusp.


Anna-Marie Hogg, Chief Election Officer at 250-265-3689Linda McInnes, Deputy Chief Election Officer at 250-265-3689

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Nakusp,The Rotary Club introduces Patricio Morfin from San Leon Mexico. Patricio is the inbound participant of the Rotary Youth Exchange Program as orchestrated through the Nakusp Rotary Club. He will be hosted by three different local families for the duration of his stay in Canada and will be completing his grade 10 year at Nakusp Secondary School. Particio enjoys hunting, fishing and soccer. Photo by Ryan Willman


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Business & service Directory

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Box 368New Denver, BC

Phone: 250-358-2566Fax: 250-358-2817

Email: [email protected] site: jimpownallco.com

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REPAIRS98 - 1st. St., Nakusp BC V0G 1R0

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CommunityA14 www.arrowlakesnews.com Wednesday, September 3, 2014 Arrow Lakes News

Nancy Edwards -(nee) ZimmermanIt is with great sadness that we announce the passing of Nancy Lee Edwards on August 18, 2014 at the age of 56 years.

Nancy was born on May 8, 1958 at Nakusp, B.C. to John and Margaret Zimmerman, the 7th of 14 children.Nancy leaves to mourn her son Joseph, daughter Jenna, ex-husband Mark and her mother Margaret Zimmerman - Nelson, her siblings Carol (Allan) Wohlgemuth - Nelson, Betty (Bob) Cumpstone - Chase, Mary (Martin) Thompson - Kamloops, John (Fran) - Nakusp, Jerry - Winlaw, Teresa (Martin) Brink - Morinville, AB, Richard - Vanderhoof, Leona (Richard) Rondeau - Comox, Linda (Goldie) Goldsmith - Vernon, Laura (Brian) Clarke - Sidney, Christi-na (Clayton) McQuair - Australia, Steven - Coquitlam, Paul (Nancy) - Pass Creek.Nancy was predeceased by her father, John Zimmerman and niece Magan McAndrew.

The family would like to thank everyone for their love and sup-port, and many thanks to the Doctors and Nurses who attended Nancy at Kootenay Lake Hospital prior to her passing.

In lieu of fl owers a donation to the Cancer Society in Nancy’s memory would be appreciated.Cremation has taken place. No service by request.

In Loving Memory

P.A.L.S. Is hosting the creative hands fair once again! If you have some homemade wares you wish to sell, here’s your chance to do so! Call Kathy Smith at 250-265-4950 to reserve your spot.

Date: November 29th, 2014 Time: 10 a.m. - 4 p.m.Location: Nakusp arena, 200-8th Ave NW

ATTENTION CRAFTERS!

Tables are $25 each and have to be booked in advance!

The province is con-templating changing how it punishes pubs, restaurants and liquor stores that violate liquor rules that ban over-serving and selling to minors.

Business owners

have asked govern-ment for a more flex-ible penalty system and a month-long online consultation running to Sept. 30 asks stakehold-ers for input on the op-tions.

One possibility to be explored is lower or higher penalties.

According to a gov-

ernment discussion pa-per released Friday, B.C. penalties are stiffer than most other provinces.

“Decreasing penal-ties would bring Brit-ish Columbia in closer alignment with the av-erage among the prov-inces,” it says, noting government must bal-ance business hardship

and the need for deter-rence for public safety.

A first offence for a B.C. liquor establish-ment typically means a one- to three-day sus-pension for overcrowd-ing and 10 days or a $7,500 fine for selling to a minor (the first-offence maximum is $10,000 and 15 days for serving minors.)

Alberta bars have a choice of paying a fine or serving a suspen-sion – which is one of the ideas up for con-sideration – and most operators there choose the fine, which is typi-cally $500 to $1,500 on a public safety first of-fence.

The stiffest penalties are in Ontario, where suspensions of 21 days and longer are are com-mon.

Another issue is per-ceived unfairness of the current system for dif-ferent business types.

Food-primary out-lets can keep on serving food during a suspen-sion, while liquor-pri-mary bars and retail stores must close en-tirely.

That raises the ques-tion of whether fines are a better option, the paper says.

It adds the penal-ties must spur liquor violators to voluntary compliance and not be so low they’re merely treated as a cost of do-

ing business.Fines or suspensions

get more onerous with repeat offences, poten-tially leading to licence cancellations.

But a second offence is only counted as such if it happens within 12 months of the first one – after a year the slate is clean.

One option is to increase that period to two or three years, which would put more pressure on repeat of-fenders whose subse-quent penalties would be more severe.

Another question asks if repeat offences should be fines rather than suspensions.

The consultation is in

response to recommen-dations flowing from the liquor policy review headed by BC Liberal MLA John Yap.

“We have been ask-ing for review of the penalty schedule for a while,” said Jeff Guig-nard, executive director of the Alliance of Bever-age Licensees, which re-prensents a broad spec-trum of bars, stores and other liquor sellers.

He said a $7,000 fine for failing to check an ID could be a month of profit for a mom-and-pop rural liquor store in northern B.C., but negligible to a big Van-couver bar.

Guignard also fa-vours some mechanism

to reward an outlet’s good compliance over past years, perhaps akin to how motorists with a long crash-free record build up safe driving discounts with ICBC.

There were 13,415 inspections of liquor licensees last year, re-sulting in just under 400 contravention no-tices or nearly three per cent of inspections. But of those, less than half (171) led to en-forcement action being taken.

The most common violation in recent years has been supplying liquor to minors, fol-lowed by permitting an intoxicated person to remain on the premises.

Next step in provincial booze regulation reformsJeff Nagel

Black Press

B.C. eyes looser liquor penalties for bars, stores

The 5th annual Kootenay Suffer Fest

The 5th annual Kootenay Suffer Fest took over Kaslo this Saturday and continued in New Denver Sunday and Na-kusp on Monday.

Racers came from as far away as Edmonton, Salmon Arm, Kelowna, Revelstoke, Victoria, and New Zealand.

Nakusp had the pleasure of hosting the new off-road du-athalon (run-bike-run) and cyclocross events on Labour Day.

Nakusp resident Janis Neufeld is the race director for

Sufferfest. She has watched the race grow from 150 partici-pants the first year to 600 at it’s entry peak two years ago. Last year’s numbers were lower due to the rainy and snowy weath-er conditions which made for what Neufeldt called “hypo-thermic conditions”.

It takes a year to plan this multiple day, multi-event by 230 volunteers with a core group of 20 people as team captains.

Neufledt said organizing the festival “is a lot of work but it’s worth it.”

What compelled Neufeld to create such an elaborate chal-

lenge?“It’s a passion for me, I love

getting people outdoors and healthy. I’m a racer and I find nature soothing. I get to watch all these people cross the finish line with smiles on their faces from their sense of accom-plishment.”

Neufeldt is a triathlete who just qualified for the Iron-man World Championships in Kona, Hawaii. Her third place finish in her age category at the Coeur d’Alene Ironman this June won her a qualifying spot.

Watch for full story cover-age in next week’s Arrow Lakes News

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EDMONTON BASED Compa-ny seeks qualifi ed & experi-enced Buncher, Skidder Op-erator & Processor Operator. Fort McMurray, camp work, 21/7 rotation, fl ight in/out pro-vided, safety tickets and driv-ers abstract required. Fax 780-488-3002; or email resume to: [email protected]

EDMONTON BASED Compa-ny seeks qualifi ed & experi-enced Mulcher Operators. Seasonal work in Fort McMur-ray and area. Camp work. Safety tickets and drivers ab-stract required. Work to com-mence the last week of Sep-tember approximately. Fax 780-488-3002; or email: [email protected]

Services

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Help Wanted

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Rentals

Homes for Rent2 bdrm, 1 bath, Subdivision in Nakusp, Columbia Cr, for Oct 1st, laundry room, tool shed,

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Suites, LowerNakusp - Bachelor Suite

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Cars - Sports & Imports

2001 Toyota Highlander, AWD; V6, original owner; well maintained, good condition, good summer tires, 4 studded winter tires on rims used only 1 season , Block Heater, Roof rack, A/C, 305,000 mostly hwy km’s, no accidents. $5400 obo. 250-489-3146 Cranbrook

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FIND A FRIEND

Today you look back with happiness and pride upon sixty cherished years spent side by side.

May all the memories you share and every dream that came true make this Diamond anniversary a special one for you!

God’s Blessings!With Love your family-

Deb & Darrel; Matt, Ella,& Mya; Scott & Rai , Jessica & AshtonGord & Lee-Anne; Rane & Ashley,Shayla & Logan

Nan; Alaura & Clark

Ken & Marilyn Marshall

Married Sept. 3rd 1954

HAPPY 60TH ANNIVERSARY!


Come InAnd Say

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9:00 AM TO 1:00 PMMONDAY TO FRIDAYNOW OPEN

Above: Traf� c control volunteers ensure the safe passage of toads and humans. Photo by Scott Palmer

Below: Young participants have their toads counted.

ToadfestProduce and crafts available for sale by local farmers and artisans at the Burton Farmers Market every Sunday from 10 a.m. to 1:00 p.m.

Below: Amber Enns and Alex Marshall buying produce from Simon Robinson of The Intentional Peasant. Photos by Trisha Shanks

Burton Fall Fair

Local creators and visitors from Calgary met at Nakusp’s Museum of Ephemera on Sunday. Don Mabie organizes the artists’ meeting once a month to socialize and exchange hand-made trading cards. All are welcome. Photos by Trisha Shanks

Artists Meeting

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Arrow Lakes News, September 03, 2014