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When the Nakusp CIBC decided to put together a team for the Ride to Conquer Cancer, branch manager Steven Coulthard wanted to get involved.“I wanted to do something, and it came up, and it matched with our values and everything at CIBC,” he said.

“I’ve seen the e� ects of cancer on di� erent people, my father included, so I � gured we should try to do something, and do some fundraising, and see if we can get rid of it.”In order to take part, Coulthard had to raise money. In total, he wound up raising over $2,600, mostly through friends, lo-cals in the community, and businesses. “People really stepped up. It was pretty amazing.”Normally, a person can sign up for the ride almost a year in advance, but the team was a little late signing up, with only two months to train before the big event.

“We’d be riding, maybe, 20-25 km, and by the end, we had a loop. We would ride up to Summit Lake and then back around town a bit, and it was usually about 40-45 km in the morning and then on weekends we did ride upwards of 130 km. It was a lot of kilometres,” Coulthard said.He said it was never an easy ride. As he went, he was pushing himself more and more. As he got faster, he pushed himself to go a little faster, cover more of a distance.

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are...First and second place winners of the Leland Best Ball Golf Tournament held last Saturday, Back Row: (L-R) Rob Coates, Lisa Bate-man, Wayne Hascarl and Connie Zeleznik took home the championship trophy with a � nal score of 30. Second place winners and course challengers during the tournament are Back Row: (L-R) Chantelle Carter, Leah Gilliland, Front Row: Garret Brinker and Kyle Grenier � nishing with a score of 33, which was a tie with many teams but won second by retrogression. Photo submitted

Rosemarie Johnson, Nakusp’s first female mayor and longest serving one to date, has passed away at the age of 78.

Born in Revelstoke, Johnson moved to Nakusp at the age of ten with her father and stepmother.

After going away to Victoria for university, she came back and married a local man, Fred Johnson.

She served as a teacher in the education system for 28 years.

“She was very committed to Nakusp,” said her sister, Emily Rollins.

“She complained bitterly about the state of the grounds, and the people not really looking after their gardens, and that sort of thing. She always felt that there was something that they could do.”

Fred convinced her to run for the village council.“Her husband told her, ‘If you’re going to com-

plain about it, carry on, but do something about it. Put your hat in the ring and see if you can make a difference.’ And so she did.”

From 1985-1987, she was a village Alderman.In 1987, while still a teacher, she ran for, and

won, the position of mayor.“I think maybe she felt that it was just going to be

part of her,” said Rollins.“She was always involved with the Kinnettes and

the Kinsman. By this time, her husband had passed away, so she had the time, and it just seemed to grow, as an Alderman, as a representative for the Kootenays, she got a lot of people together to make changes.”

Not everyone was happy with her as mayor. She was criticized for just making everything look pretty. She’d had garbage and debris thrown at her house on several occasions.

“She rattled a lot of people’s chains.”During an interview shortly after her retirement,

she was quoted as saying, “There’s a lot of good peo-ple in Nakusp, and [I had to remember] they’re not really mad at me personally. I just tried to remain calm.”

She may have rattled chains, but she got a lot

done. From paving roads, to curbing sidewalks, even getting the village to take over the water sys-tem from the RDCK.

In 1989, she and her council created a committee that would become the Nakusp and Area Develop-ment Board. The Board formed a forestry branch, and a tourism branch, and was involved with issues like timber licensing, the ferry fight, and trying to obtain a community forest and a training centre for forestry. Other endeavours of the board included promoting the area as a tourist destination, and a Burton trail project.

Her biggest achievement during her time as mayor would probably be the improvements made to the waterfront and park, which included the wa-terfront walk, Japanese gardens, a gazebo, as well as grassed area around the gazebo and concessions.

In 2003, she moved to Kelowna in order to be close to family.

In 2008, she was awarded the Freedom of the City. It’s an honour bestowed by unanimous vote from a town council. It gives recipients the right to vote in the municipality’s elections and to hold of-fice on the council. It had only been given out once before, to the 408 Helicopter Squadron in the early 1990’s.

“Nakusp is always in my heart,” she once said. “And it will always be home.”

About a dozen people gath-ered at the Nakusp Library on Thursday to hear of ways to help avoid conflict with bears during the fall season.

In less than two months, bears are set to go into hibernation. Be-cause of this, they need to build up their fat layers, which will help sustain them through the winter.

For most bears in B.C., their diet is about 80 per cent vegeta-tion, depending on where they are. However, because of unnatu-ral attractants like garbage, bird feeders, and fruit trees, they will occasionally wander into urban settings in search of food.

This can cause them to be-come comfortable with human presence, potentially leading them to become habituated.

“Through regular contact with humans, the bear learns tolerance and the bear learns to take more risks so it can continue using the food source,” said Bree Lillies, of WildSafe BC.

“Habituated bears often ap-pear to be tame, allowing people

to stop and take photographs of them or watch them at close dis-tances.”

Bears have a sense of personal space, which they will defend ag-gressively if other animals get too close. This makes a dangerous situation for both humans and animals.

If a bear becomes habituated in town, typically, they are de-stroyed. This doesn’t solve the problem though.

“Conservation officers have to respond to any kind of public safety issue, but ultimately they don’t want to be destroying bears that are coming into conflict.”

John Perkins and his wife, Trish, attended the meeting, and found it very instructive and in-formative.

“She confirmed that the con-servation people are a little more sympathetic to the bears than they used to be,” he said. “We live in the village, but we did have a bear on our deck, it was shot by the Mounties, this was about 12 years ago. It was not nice.”

Some ways to help keep bears out of the community include keeping your garbage secure, ei-ther stored in a secure location

or in a bear-resistant container, don’t put garbage out until the day of collection, and pick fruit from the trees as they ripen, in-cluding any windfalls.

For more information on how to help prevent animal conflict, go to www.wildsafebc.com.

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“We were building up distances consistently through the whole process, so it definitely was never an easy learning curve, or train-ing curve,” he went on.While the course itself was nice, the weather proved to be any-thing but. For the first few hours of the ride on day one, there was a torrential downpour, with winds of about 80 km/h.Quite a few people weren’t able to compete the first day. The course had to be shut down shortly after Coulthard finished.While the second day was beauti-ful, the winds were just as harsh.“It was like climbing a steep hill for the whole time. Pedalling as hard as you could, in your easi-est gear, and not really going any-where very fast.”

Coulthard said it was very chal-lenging, probably the hardest ride he’s done. With the wind try-ing to blow him off his bike, he really had to focus.The ride was fully supported. Riders mainly had to bring their bikes, jerseys, and shorts.“Over the first and second day they had a camp set up for us halfway down to Seattle. They provided us with dinner, and tents, and stuff like that. It was a pretty great experience,” he said.Coulthard said he felt a sense of accomplishment in doing the ride.“It’s nice to know that I’ve done something to be proud of for cancer research.”There are potentially plans in the works to do this again next year.“I haven’t had that confirmed yet, but it’s something that I think

will probably turn into an annual event, and try to get more riders to ride with us,” Coulthard con-cluded.

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Organizers hope to make Ride to Conquer Cancer annual event

Steven Coulthard as he was training for The Ride to Con-quer Cancer.

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For the last 21 years I have been systematically monitoring the Osprey nests between Nakusp and Fauquier. There have been a few occasions when I was away during the summer or at least away enough of the time that I was unable to get an ac-curate picture. But for 14 of the 21 years I have suf-ficient data to determine the outcome of the nests.

Each year I determine several things: 1) at how many nests birds are present at the beginning of the season; 2) in how many nests eggs are laid; 3) in how many nests young are produced and 4) how many young are produced in all the nests.

Ospreys spend the winter in Central and South America. They usually arrive back in the valley around the middle of April. Early in the season, usually at the beginning of May, I check all of the nests to see at which ones adult birds seem to be present. This ranges from a low of 22 in 2012 to 36 in 2010; the average is 27. Not all of these nests, however, will actually be used. For reasons which are unclear, there are always a few pairs that go through the motions, perhaps make some repairs to the nest, but do not lay eggs. The number of nests in which eggs have been laid ranges from a low of 14 in 1998 to a high of 27 in 2010; the average is 19. But even in those nests in which eggs are laid, not all

will actually produce young. The number of nests that have produced young ranges from a low of 8 in 2012 and 2013, to a high of 19 in 2010; the average is 14. The total number of young produced in all the nests ranges from a low of 12 in 2013, to 31 in 2011; the average is 23.7.

My statistics show that 2012 and 2013 were the worst two years for which I have data. Nest fail-ure was high. In 2012 only 50 per cent of the ac-tive nests produced young; that number dropped to 40% in 2013; the average prior to 2012 was 72 per cent. These two poor years came immediately after a very good season in 2011 in which 85% of the ac-tive nests produced young. The actual number of young produced in those three years was 31, 13 and 12 respectively. It is difficult to explain why these consecutive years should produce such different re-sults! In 2012, water levels were extremely high dur-ing June and July; I had wondered if this may have been a factor. But levels were not unusually high in 2013 and results were again poor. At that point I was keen to see what 2014 and 2015 would bring!

Fortunately, it seems those two years were anom-alies; there has been no repeat of these poor years. 30 young were produced in 2014, (a near record high), and 23 in 2015, (about average).

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Osprey nests along the power line south of Nakusp. Photo by Gary Davidson

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My thanks are extended to Sharon Montgomery of the Nakusp Museum for sharing the following local history infor-mation (part one) with readers of this col-umn.

According to Sinixt Protocol, only Sinixt people are permitted to speak on their histo-ry. With that said, I (Sharon) speak to you as a Sinixt Nation Advocate and Associate Member.

People of the Bull Trout“Arrow Lakes Indians” is the White

Man’s name for the Sinixt Nation. � e word “Sinixt” means “People of the Bull Trout” or Dolly Varden, as we know the � sh.

� e Sinixt traditional territory extends from � ree Valley Gap in the north to Northern Washington, Idaho and Mon-

tana States...from the top of the Mona-shees in the west to the Rockies in the east. About 250 years ago, � e Ktunaxa People from the Assiniboine were driven west from the plains, across the Rockies. � e Sinixt People awarded them a small land base in the East Kootenays, the Nelson area being the new territorial border.

When the White Man came shortly af-terward, they couldn’t tell the di� erence between the Ktunaxa Plains Indians and the Sinixt — hence the “Kootenay Indian” misnomer to all aboriginals in this area.

When the ice sheets receded, they melt-ed westwards and the Columbian Basin along with the Slocan Valley were among the � rst valleys to be ice-free. Archaeolo-gists con� rm the Sinixt were here — that’s 10,000 years of occupation!

Mountain people have historically been the keepers of tradition and customs, and the Sinixt were no exception. � e Sinixt Ancestors of this region were the court system. Tribes such as the Shuswap, Okan-agans, Spokanes, Flatheads, Nez Perce and surrounding Salish Peoples came here to have disputes settled by Sinixt Elders. � eir decisions were respected and carried

out because they are the Mother Tribe and a Matriarchal Society.

� e Sinixt controlled the � shing rights on the Columbia River and delegated to the various Salish Tribes where they could � sh and what volume of bounty they could take. � ose were the days before the Grand Coulee Dam when the Salmon or “En-tee-tee-veh” came up here in the millions.

� e Sinixt wintered throughout their territory in subterranean pit-houses, close to their burial grounds. � ere is a myth that natives only hunted here — not so — burial grounds have been found as far north as Revelstoke and Arrowhead and the Sinixt made permanent winter villages close to their ancestral graves.

� ere were burial grounds here in Na-kusp, just below the Leland Hotel to the right, where the stone piles mark the Sa-cred Spot. � e Sinixt can map their terri-tory by their unique burial customs of put-ting the corpse in a fetal position (sitting curled up), usually facing east covered in black or red ochre, then moss and � nally encased in cedar bark and placed in a ce-dar root basket. � is is their cultural law.

Part Two follows in next week’s column.

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I’d like to make a correction to your report on the Su� erfest Corporate Challenge. It was actually the amazing team, “� e Animals” from Nakusp Veteri-nary Clinic who won second place, not the SPCA.

We had greyhound Jackie Phillipson � rst out of the starting gate. Next was gazelle Bill Sones riding his bike through the hills and navigating the com-plex route. Finally, racehorse Jade Cohen came � y-ing up the home stretch. We had no idea Jade could run so fast!

We appreciate the second place prize of $200 from Arrow Lakes News. We don’t have an SPCA branch in Nakusp, but we do have PALS, a wonder-ful group of volunteers helping animals in need. We will be donating the advertizing prize to them in support of their mission.

It was very generous of Shon’s Bike and Ski to do-nate the � rst prize of a beautiful bike to kick start the � rst ever Su� erfest Corporate Challenge. I hope it becomes an annual event, as it was a lot of fun. Businesses of Nakusp: Join us in the Corporate Challenge next year!

Dr. Laurie Page, Nakusp Veterinary Clinic

CorrectionIn the Sept. 10 edition of the Arrow

Lakes News in the story “Kootenay Suf-ferfest rocked the waterfront.” we incor-rectly stated the SPCA won second place in the corporate challenge. It was, in fact, “� e Animals” from the Nakusp Vet-erinary Clinic who placed second. We apologize for any misunderstanding this may have caused.

Council Highlights SEPTEMBER 14

Multi-use trailIt was standing room only at the Nakusp Village Council meet-

ing on Monday night.Most of the villagers in attendance had come to show their

support for multi-use of rail trail highway 23, which is currently for walking only.

Presenter Danny Wiebe said he realized there were dangers along the trail, and it needs to be made safer for everyone. He said he also understands people being upset, and the potential for injury on the trail.

Wiebe brought up the fact that there doesn’t seem to be many places in town for a person to ride their bike or quad.

He also pointed out the trail would be great for tourism. People who come for the hot springs won’t be staying in the hot springs all day. � ey’ll want something else to do. If the trail went back

to being multi-use, they could take their bikes or their quads and enjoy the scenery.

Council members were given a petition with 297 names of people in support of leaving the trail as multi-use, along with a number of handwritten letters of support.

Mayor Karen Hamling has been getting feedback from both sides and said one thing she was taken aback by was the amount of near misses, either on the trail or on the highway, that she’s had people phoning her about.

Currently the village is doing research, checking legalities, and safety for everyone, and will be taking into consideration what was heard at the meeting.

Water levelsAlso discussed at council was how low the water has been in

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September 18, 1925 � e long looked for event of the open-

ing of the Edgewood - Vernon road was celebrated nobly on the 17th of September amid many cheers. We were favoured with a � ne day and all enjoyed this ceremony and the picnic which followed. An address of welcome was presented by the commit-tee representing the inhabitants of Edge-wood and district to His Honor, the Minis-ter of Public Works, W.H. Sutherland, who o� cially declared the road open.

� e National Anthem was appropri-ately played by the Abbots Orchestra from Vernon. It was a great sight to see the line of cars on the bridge at Kettle River, from Vernon, Lumby, Edgewood and other points along the Arrow Lakes, in all about 200 attended the event.

� e dance in the hall at Edgewood was very much enjoyed by all. A large crowd being in attendance. � e Abbots Orchestra from Vernon provided the music.

� e annual meeting and election of of-� cers of the Ladies Hospital Auxiliary was

held Tuesday a� ernoon at the home of Mrs. George Keys. � e annual report of receipts and disbursements was read and it showed that during the year past the Auxiliary raised the sum of $526.49, all of which has been expended in improve-ments, repairs and supplies for the Arrow Lakes Hospital. Among the items appear screen doors, screen windows, linoleum for the hallways, one bed complete, sheets, pillow cases, towels, blankets, kitchenware, glasses, dishes, hose and sprinkler as well as repairing and painting tables, chairs, stands, etc.

September 19, 1935L.J. deGans won the Grand Challenge

Cup at the Edgewood and Inonoaklin Val-ley Fair on Sept. 12. It was presented by Capt. A Forslund to the exhibitor scoring the most points for Field and Garden pro-duce.

� e Red Poll Association ribbon win-ner was John Eglo� . � e Curlew Challenge Cup was won by the Donselaar brothers for the best type of Dairy Cow in the fair.

John Pender Jr. won the Dr. Yeld Challenge Cup for the junior scoring the most points in the fair. � e Jowett brothers received the Bank of Commerce Cup for the most points in the Dairy Section.

September 20, 1945Word has been received that Wm. Rog-

ers and Cyril Kershaw are in Canada, enroute from overseas. Norman Harrison, RCAF, who has just returned from over-seas, accompanied by Mrs. Harrison, ar-rived here Wednesday. L/Cpl. Jack Walker of Burton, returned from overseas on Sat-urday. It was � ve years to the day since he had enlisted in the Forestry Corps. Delbert Olson, RCAF, arrived home recently. F.O. Wilfred Bredy passed through Nakusp enroute to his home in Carroll’s Landing. Word was received here Tuesday that Larry Ward would return home on Wednesday’s boat. He was met at Vancouver by Mrs. Ward and his four children met him at Ar-rowhead.

September 22, 1955Main prize winners at the annual Ar-

row Park fall Fair were as follows: Vegeta-bles- W.J. Moles, A.J. Harrison. Fruit- Miss Hartt, Mrs. S. Evans. Flowers- Mr. Duck-worth, Mr. Harrison. Dairy produce- Mrs. Evans, Mrs. Mole. Home Baking- Mrs. El-der, Mrs. Mole, Mrs. � nch. Canning- Mrs. Finch, Miss Hartt, Mrs. Stenseth. Needle-work- Mrs. L.J. deGans, Mrs. Bateman, Mrs. E. Cra� . Most points in the school section- Bev Mole. Hobby Section- Pam Taylor. 4-H Calves- Beryl Mole, Olwen Ir-ving. Poultry- Pam Taylor. Rabbits- Lorne Stenseth.

September 16, 1965� e B.C. Telephone Co, will mark an-

other milestone of communications prog-ress Sept.19 when it converts Nakusp and Edgewood area subscribers to automatic dial telephone service. � e conversions at Nakusp and Edgewood will give dial phone service to about 700 subscribers served previously by rural toll lines and a magneto switchboard at Nakusp.

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Mayor Karen Hamling has been part of several discussions involving BC Hydro and the issues. Aside from the beach being a disaster area for swim-mers in the summer months, concerns have been raised over the Galena Bay Ferry. � e ferry was to be constructed to 1379 feet, but has constraints at 1390 feet, due to the docking mechanisms, and can-not operate under 1390 feet.

One point raised was water level issues for Inter-for’s Castlegar marine operations.

Water levels above 1410 feet result in no incre-mental marine activity impacts. Levels between 1410 and 1395 feet result in moderate impacts, in-cluding smaller tows between the upper and lower Arrow Lakes, and the use of dumping skids that see little use. Levels between 1395 and 1390 will result in severe impacts, such as restricting and prohibit-ing the safe use of large towing vessels. If levels fall below 1390, it will likely end up curtailing all tow-ing activities.

RecyclingCurbside recycling has been happening for a year

and a half. However, starting in October, the bins are going to be moved to the land� ll and the village is requesting a glass bin be located in town, near the village o� ce.

It was also revealed during the meeting that the Nakusp Hot Springs website has been having ongo-ing issues with security. Twice now it’s been hacked, with contractors essentially having to tear the site apart each time in order to � nd out whatever bugs, traps, or back doors the hackers are putting in. Be-cause there is no valuable information on the Hot Springs website, it can bee assumed this was for amusement purposes only.

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It was a beautiful day for the 23rd annual Hills Garlic festival.

Because the festival has become so popular over the years, it had to be moved from its original loca-tion in Hills, to the larger venue in New Denver.

If you were hungry, there was food to be had. Ev-erything from Mexican, to Greek, and, of course, a food truck featuring foods of the garlic variety.

There was face painting, and balloon animals. If you were sitting by the water at the right time, you could see the dragon boat row by.

A wide variety of vendors attended the festival as well. There were garlic and other vegetable vendors, along with those selling jewellery, clothing, pottery, even pressed flowers and metal design work.

A few drops of rain did fall, but wasn’t enough to keep the crowds away.

Garlic Festival

Top left: Ian Richardson of Rocky Ridge Farm shows off his organic garlic.Right, top to bottom: Garlic spices and jellies from Goodness of Garlic. Stoneware piggy banks from EEK Pottery. A selection of dips from Goodness of Garlic.

Photos by Jillian Trainor

� e annual Nakusp & District Fall Fair took place Sept. 12 at Nakusp Elementary School.

Tables at the fair ranged from homemade preserves, to art and jewellery by local talent.

For some, it’s a good way to help get their name out.“About four or � ve years ago, I got the idea that it might be

fun to just kind of spend a Saturday out selling art to make a bit of extra money for some di� erent stu� I wanted to do,” said Amy Surina. “I phoned them up one day and asked how much it was to do a table. It was my � rst kind of big leap into doing something in the community sales wise.”

Others were there to see the results of the various entries in each division.

Participants had to bring their works in the day before, be-tween 3 p.m. and 6 p.m. Judging took place at seven.

“Every area, every division, has a whole bunch of di� erent classes, and within those classes, they’re really specialized as to what’s required of them,” said Sue Paterson, Principal of Nakusp

Elementary.“You have to look at the quali� cations, you have to look at

the colour, the quality. You have to make a decision ‘Is it good enough?’”

Paterson said one of the hard parts about judging is if there was only two entered in a category, but the quality isn’t quite high enough for either to be considered for � rst place. Judges might give a second and a third, or a third and a participant.

Another tough thing to judge is fruits and vegetables.“Some of them are a display, or the best three that you have, or

they’ll say ‘A collection of � ve’ and you look at each one to see if it’s plump and � rm and no blemishes. Once you get into it, you can really tell,” Paterson continued.

One table attendants could vote on was the trashion show. Par-ticipants made wigs from found material. � is year’s winner, Al-ice Smith, made her wig from a second-hand mop doll.

“I had to really work at pulling it apart, because it was hot-glued on really well,” Smith said.

She then re-braided and re-glued and said it was quite wonder-ful to work with.

“I’ve been part of the trashion show for the last few years, and it’s always really fun and challenging.”


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interest in receiving this information. Forecast information is subject to change at any time if there are signi� cant changes in the pro-jected weather patterns in the Columbia basin, load requirements, Columbia River Treaty provisions and other variables during this period.

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ARROW RESERVOIR FORECASTThe following forecast information is provided to federal, provincial and municipal officials, media and others who have expressed interest in receiving this information. Forecast information is subject to change at any time if there are significant changes in the projected weather patterns in the Columbia basin, load requirements, Columbia River Treaty provisions and other variables during this period.

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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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September 17 Mother Goose @ Nakusp Public Library. 10 to 11 a.m.

September 17 Nakusp T’ai Chi @ the Legion 10 to11 a.m. Call Ruth 265-3353.

September 17 African Drumming Group @ NaCoMo at 7:15 p.m. Bring your own drum. New drummers welcome.

September 18 AGM & Free Community Barbeque presented by Columbia Basin Trust. AGM 4 to 5 p.m. @ Emergency Services Building, 300- 8 Ave NWBBQ 5:30 to 8:30 p.m. @ Gazebo in the Park.

September 18-21 Touchstone Museum’s award-winning Roll on Columbia CBT Exhibit @ Na-kusp Public Library during regular library hours. Roll on Columbia explores the legacy of the Columbia River Treaty in order to inform present day understanding of the trans-boundary Columbia River watershed ecosystem. View the exhibition and ask yourself- do the public values that originally formed the treaty remain the same today?

September 18-20 Rocky Mountain MotoGiro. An event promoted by the Rocky Mountain Section of the Canadian Vintage Motorcycle Group. For more info contact Dave Marshall at 1 (403) 982-4272.

September 19 Nakusp Farmer’s Market between KSCU and What’s Brewing. 9 a.m. to 1 p.m.

September 19 The Nakusp & District Museum will close for season at the end of their day. Reopening May long weekend 2016.

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

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

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

September 21 Bridge @ Nakusp Senior’s Centre, every Monday 1:30 to 4 p.m. Cost is $2.50, and beginners welcome..September 22 Nakusp T’ai Chi @ the Legion 10 to11 a.m. Call Ruth 265-3353.

September 22 The Articulators Toastmasters Club @ Selkirk College. 7 p.m. For more information call Reta @ 265-4263.

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

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

September 23 Author Caroline Woodward presents: Light Years – Memoir of a modern Lighthouse Keeper @ Nakusp Public Library. 7 to 9 p.m.Everyone wel-come. Refreshments will be served.

September 26 ***Mark Your Calendar*** RDCK Househole Hazardous Waste Round-Up in Nakusp!! 11 to 2 p.m. For more info call 1-800-268-7325 or visit www.rdck.ca.

September 26 Trail Building Workshop presented by the International Mountain Biking Association Trail Care Crew @ Knox Hall in New Denver. 9 a.m. Limit is 20 participants for this event so register early. For more info to register call Mike at (250) 358-2680 or email [email protected].

September 27 Hike to Saddle Mountain with Nakusp & Area Community Trails Society. Meet at Arena Parking Lot at 8 am. Car pooling available. Hike: 10 km/5 hrs return. Drive: 2 hrs return 4x4.

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Learn more about the activities of Columbia Basin Trust (CBT) at its Annual General Meet-ing and celebrate the Trust’s 20th anniversary at a free barbecue din-ner on Friday, Sept. 18.

“We look forward to connecting and cele-brating our 20th anni-versary with Nakusp and area residents,” said Laurie Page, board member, CBT. “Bring your family to enjoy dinner, meet our sta� and board, and learn more about the work we do in the Basin.”

Attend the Annual General Meeting from 4 to 5 p.m. at Nakusp’s Emergency Services Building. � e meeting will focus on the pre-sentation of the Trust’s 2014/15 Annual Ser-vice Plan Report and is

an opportunity to ask questions and meet the Trust’s Board of Direc-tors. Copies of the re-port will be made avail-able at the meeting or it can be viewed online at cbt.org/annualreport.

From 5:30 to 8:30 p.m., join the Trust at the gazebo in the park for a free barbecue din-ner and family activi-ties.

� e 20th anniversary celebrations also occur earlier in the week. On Wednesday, Sept. 16, from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m., visit the Arrow Lakes Historical Society to view a � lm from the region’s archives. Also, during the same hours, stop by the Nakusp and District Museum to view a celebratory dis-play of our region’s his-tory.

Visit the Nakusp Public Library to see the award-winning “Roll on Columbia” exhib-it. Brought to you by Touchstones Museum, this display explores the legacy of the Colum-bia River Treaty. View it during usual library hours:

• Friday, Sept. 18, from noon to 5 p.m.

• Saturday, Sept. 19, from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.

• Monday, Sept. 21, from 6 to 9 p.m.

Columbia Basin Trust supports e� orts to de-liver social, econom-ic and environmental bene� ts to the residents of the Columbia Basin. To learn more about the Trust’s programs and initiatives, visit cbt.org or call 1-800-505-8998.

CBT AGM and community BBQTrust holding AGM in Nakusp on September 18

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Margaret Williams (nee Marshall) passed away in Nakusp on Friday September 4, 2015 at the age of 103 years.

Margaret was raised in Burton and lived her life in the Arrow Lakes valley. She married Alfred Williams in 1931, moved to Edgewood and lived there most of her life.

Margaret was predeceased by her parents Clark and Margaret Marshall, her husband, her siblings Clark, Violet, Lily, James and Florence, her son Donald and her grandson Alf.

Margaret leaves behind her Granddaughter, great granddaughter, great grandson, numerous nieces and nephews, grand nieces and nephews, great grand nieces and nephews, cousins and many friends.

At her request, no funeral service will be held. A gathering to celebrate her life is being planned for a future date yet to be determined.

Her family wishes to sincerely thank all of the people who have extended kindness to Margaret

over the years. She was a great lady and will not soon be forgotten.

Margaret Williams (nee Marshall) passed away in Nakusp on Friday September 4, 2015 at the age of 103 years.

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Rosemarie Johnson

Former Mayor of Nakusp, Rosemarie Johnson (nee Mason) passed away in Kelowna

on August 29, 2015 at the age of 78.

Rosemarie was Mayor for 12 years from 1987 to 1999 and was also Nakusp’s fi rst female Mayor. Rosemarie was given Freedom of the City at the July 1st Celebrations in 2008. Her focus was always on the beauty of the area and the talents of the people. She represented Nakusp on the RDCK Board for the 12 years that she was Mayor and was the fi rst person chosen by the RDCK to represent the Central Kootenays on the Columbia Basin Trust Board of Directors. She was Alderman from 1985 to 1987. She was also a teacher (Little Mrs. Johnson) in Nakusp for 26 years. Rosemarie lived in Nakusp most of her life and moved to Kelowna in 2003 to be close to family. Predeceased by her husband Fred on August 28, 1989. She leaves her daughter Nancy, son Kim, and Grandson Alexander. A memorial for Rosemarie will be held in Nakusp on the 3rd of October.

William (Bill) James Meneer

On September 6, 2015 William (Bill) James Meneer passed away peacefully in Nakusp, B.C. as a result of

complications with diabetes. Bill was born in 1953 in Trail

where he lived until 1973 when he left to attend BCIT where he trained as a chef. He returned to live in Rossland in the early 1980’s where he met and married Marsha Stewart who predeceased him in 1999. Since 1992 he has resided in Nakusp where he practiced his cooking talents in many of the local restaurants. His lovely yard and garden at his house in Nakusp was evidence of his love of gardening. Bill was a loving husband, son, brother, uncle and friend to many. He will be sadly missed by his family - step mother, Doreen Meneer, sister, Leigh Meneer Howard (Abbotsford), nephew, Evan Howard (Melbourne, Australia) and niece, Kelly Howard (Melbourne, Australia).

A Special thank you for the excellent care that was given to Bill in the Arrow Lakes Hospital. In Bill’s fi nal hours of life he was given comfort and was treated with great dignity by the emergency paramedics, Nurses, Care Aids and Doctors. The care could not have been better.

Funeral arrangements are under the direction of Valley Funeral Home.

On-line condolences may be expressed at www.valleyfh.ca.

ELSA (FROESE) KENNELLY

1933 - 2015Elsa passed away peacefully at the Arrow Lakes Hospital, surrounded by her family.

Elsa was born on a farm in Saskatchewan in 1933. The family moved to B.C. in 1948. On completing high school, she studied psychiatric nursing at Essondale B.C., graduating in 1954. She practised nursing in various parts of the province. In 1964, she married Brian Kennelly, and they had two daughters, Alison and Louise. In 1969, they moved to the Peace River country, where they homesteaded until 1980. The family then moved to Terrace, B.C., so that their girls could complete high school in a real school, instead of continuing with correspondence school which they had been doing. Elsa and Brian returned to psychiatric nursing until their retirement in 1992, when they moved to Nakusp. In retirement, Elsa volunteered for the Hospital Auxiliary Thrift Shop and Heart and Stroke Foundation.

Elsa is survived by her husband Brian, daughters Alison (Brent) and Louise (Rod), seven grandchildren, one great grandchild and a large extended family. She was predeceased by a granddaughter in 2013.

The family would like to thank so many people for their kindness, including Dr’s Subswari and Overhill, all of the hospital staff, from nurses to cooks and cleaners, who went above and beyond. Also, the friends who did night shifts sitting with Elsa, so that the family could get some rest and the many people who sent cards, fl owers, and gifts of food. The support from the community has been overwhelming. Thank you all from Brian, Alison and Louise.

A memorial tea will be held at the Seniors Hall on September 27th, at 2:00 p.m.

ELSA (FROESE)

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Look who we found around the shelves at the Nakusp Library...Mr. Ryan Willman. Many of us know Ryan through the many hats he wears throughout our community, such as the Athletic Director and P.E. teacher at the NSS, a coach for boys and girls soccer, the NSS Ski team, and of course, a reporter for Arrow Lakes News.

Ryan’s father would make a point to take time out of his day to read to him and his sister before they went to sleep.

The birth of his daughter also reintroduced the world of chil-dren’s literature to him, and when he found an image of Pink Floyd’s vinyl album, Atomic Heart Mother in the background art of David Wiesner’s children’s book Art and Max he was struck by the notion that children’s books can be just as appealing to adults. He rediscovered Dr. Seuss, explored the unique storytelling style of Shaun Tan and was pleased to learn that Shel Silverstein not only penned clever poems for children, but has also written songs for such bands as Dr. Hook and Johnny Cash.

The constant in his reading world has always been graphic nov-els. Currently, Ryan is on a path to consume as many novels written by Canadian First Nations writers as possible. This journey was in-spired by The Rez Sisters by Tomson Highway, gained momentum with Joseph Boyden and has settled comfortably on Thomas King.

We’d love to see you around the shelves at our library.

The following described property and improvements thereon shall be offered for “Sale by Public Auction” at the Village of New Denver Municipal Office, 115 Slocan Ave, on Monday,

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Lots 5-8, Block 43, Plan NEP557 District Lot 549, Kootenay Land District

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Village of New DenverNOTICE OF TAX SALE

The following described property and improvements thereon shall be offered for “Sale by Public Auction” at the Village of New Denver Municipal Offi ce, 115

Slocan Ave, on Monday, September 28, 2015 at 10:00 am unless the delinquent taxes and interest thereon

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Lots 25 & 26, Block 36, Plan NEP557, District Lot 549, Kootenay Land District 402 6th Avenue

Lots 5-8, Block 43, Plan NEP557, District Lot 549, Kootenay Land District

Lot 4, Block 43, Plan NEP557, District Lot 549, Kootenay Land District, EXC PCL A (SEE

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LOTS 5-8, 511 10th Avenue

Bruce WoodburyChief Administrative Offi cer

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Ninety-seventh in a series on West Kootenay/Boundary place names

Last week, we saw that David Kane who, with his brother George, christened the Kaslo townsite around 1891, believed the river of the same name honoured a placer miner named John Kaslo or Jean Kasleau, who was part of a Hudson’s Bay Co. party. Other repeated this.

John C. Goodfellow wrote in 1939 to Dr. Robie L. Reid, in a letter now held by UBC special collections: “The late David Whitely (better known here as ‘Red Paddy’) used to speak of ‘Old Johnny Kasleau’ as if he were a living tradition in the Kootenays of the early ‘90s … But I must confess that about Kaslo himself I know very little.”

The August 1944 edition of Comin-co Magazine stated: “Frank Casleau, a French Canadian trapper, had a cabin at the mouth of the creek.”

A.L. MacPhee wrote to A.G. Har-vey around 1949 in a letter held by the BC Archives: “Yes, John Casleau. This is correct. He left here in 1895, never heard of him since.”

Kate Johnson wrote in The Kootena-

ian of July 6, 1967: “The stream was named for John Kasleaw who arrived in the Kootenays in the ‘80s with a Hudson Bay party to secure lead for bullets from the outcrop of the present Bluebell mine. His name spelled Kasleaw was later shortened to Kaslo.”

David Scott observed in the February 1980 edition of BC Out-doors: “There is scant evidence that the gentleman ever existed, but that has never mattered; in the mirage of a sparkling winter night, Kasloites can still see smoke rising from his lonely cabin; they are sure that his name Casleau was simply changed to Kaslo.”

The 1881 Canadian census finds a John Caslow in Ontario, a William Caslo in Nova Scotia, but no one named Kaslo or Kas-leau. No one by all of those spellings appears on the 1891 census. However, one of the petitioners for a post office at Bear Lake City in 1892 appears to have been a John C. Creslo.

While it’s probably unrelated, there’s a Kaslokan Point in Alas-ka and a Kaslow Prairie State Reserve in Iowa. In the US, there are 100 phone listings for the surname Kaslow, 15 for Kaslo (includ-ing a fellow who lives on Kootenai St. in Boise), seven for Caslo, and zero for Kasleau. In Canada, there are no listings under any of those spellings. A Google search turns up 358,000 hits for Kaslow, 92,000 for Caslo, and about 1,000 for Casleau, but fewer than 100 for Kasleau.

William Bambury offered another theory in an annotated copy of Tales of the Kootenays: “I was credibly informed that Kaslo Creek was named through a slurred pronunciation of the name of an Irish prospector named Paddy Costello.”

However, the better bet is that Kaslo’s name has a different ori-gin entirely.

Next: The blackberry theory

In search of Johnny KasleauJohnny Kasleau, supposedly the community’s namesake, is a phantom. This is a postcard view from ca. 1910.

GREG NESTEROFFBlack Press

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