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The West Kootenay welcomes the 2011 BC Seniors Games

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From whist to cycling to ice hockey... action around the West Kootenay is going to heat up next week as

Nelson, Trail and Castlegar welcome the 2011 BC Seniors Games. Thousands of participants

will converge on the area for five days of competition and camaraderie that will create new friendships

and lasting memories. In today’s Nelson Star we are pleased to present everything you will need to know

about the Games and some of its participants.

BC Senior Games Information & Map Pullout,Pages 10 & 19 in the West

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NewsNelson City Council Briefs

Cemetery bylaw tweakedNelson city council voted

to adopt an amended Nel-son Municipal Cemetery Bylaw. The amended bylaw redefines the land included in the cemetery.

The border change re-moves a portion of the cem-etery that isn’t in Nelson’s boundaries (and thus can’t be municipally regulated) from the bylaw, and added a small portion of the grounds already in use that isn’t for-mally identified.

The bylaw also now reads, “No person shall play a game or sport without express written permission of Council,” and the words “or plays any game or sport” have been deleted.

The change stems from a request for a frisbee golf course proposal in the cem-etary lands area.

TRANSIT FIGHT CONTINUES

“We’re not going down without a fight,” said a crowd of passionate transit riders outside council chambers.

A handful of transit sup-porters arrived at Monday’s council meeting to speak up

in defense of transit, but due to the structure of regular council meetings were un-able to voice their concerns.

Acting mayor Margaret Stacey addressed questions of when the public can ad-dress council and said there is time at committee of the

whole meetings or that they can speak to city staff about speaking at delegations.

SNOW CLEARING CHANGES AHEAD

An amended traffic by-law will be going to third reading.

In February council passed a resolution to have to the bylaw changed to ad-dress prohibited parking and snow clearing. In July, council also asked that the bylaw include a section to address boulevard mainte-nance.

The bylaw, when ad-opted, will include regula-tions on parking to make snow clearing on residential streets more accessible, and that owners of a business or residence adjacent to a boulevard will be respon-sible for mowing the lawn, raking the leaves and other general maintenance.

City councillor Marga-ret Stacey is happy with the numbers presented by city staff around seniors parking passes.

In July, councillor Stacey stated her concerns about the use of seniors parking passes in the city, and asked that city staff look into the

numbers of passes being is-sued.

The numbers were pre-sented at Monday’s coun-cil meeting and Stacey said they didn’t reflect what she thought was going on.

“I have received an in-credible amount of flack over this. The seniors are alive and kicking,” she said.

The number of seniors parking passes issued were

at it’s highest in 2005 at 407 and the lowest number is-sued was in 2007 when 361passes were given out.

So far this year 387 se-niors parking passes have been issued.

“Boomers are starting to feel like every seniors privi-lege is being yanked away and I think that this is some-thing we can do for seniors,” said Stacey.

MEGAN COLENelson Star Reporter

Stacey satisfied with seniors parkingMEGAN COLENelson Star Reporter

Councillor Margaret Stacey

City council changed a bylaw impacting land around the Nelson Cemetery. Bob Hall photo

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News

A relatively calm ShambhalaPolice and Internal Security Keep Festival in Check

Traffic violations and drug possession were two of the main issues RCMP dealt with over the weekend as 10,000 festival-goers rolled through the area for the Shambhala Music Festival.

“Whenever you have a large number of people get-ting together there is the potential for problems,” said Nelson RCMP staff sergeant Dan Seibel.

“I was up at the site on Friday and did a walk through with security and the people were very mel-low. I didn’t notice as many people who appeared under the influence of drugs and alcohol compared to last year, but again who knows whether it was the timing of things, it was earlier in the day, perhaps the majority of the people that were there at the time weren’t using drugs, or perhaps the people that were there were non-drug users, I don’t know.”

Seibel said the main goal

of the RCMP going into the Shambhala weekend was to keep people safe in town and on the roads.

“The bottom line is that there were no fatalities,” he said.

The RCMP issued 52 vio-lation tickets to people not wearing seatbelts and 13 vi-olations to drivers without insurance.

“In this day and age driv-ing a vehicle on the road-way, that’s a lot of people not wearing seatbelts,” said Seibel.

He said roadside alcohol-related suspensions were also high.

“People know that police are going to be there but for some reason still continue to commit offenses,” said Seibel.

The Salmo RCMP de-tachment is recommending charges for eight separate counts of possession of a controlled substance for the purpose of trafficking.

“The quantity that the individual had was not deemed to support a per-sonal habit, and they might have other equipment like scales, capsules that would be used in selling and traf-ficking in drugs,” said Sei-bel.

The security staff at Shambhala were also instru-mental in searching vehicles as they entered the site.

“I think last year was the first time that we worked closely with the security

where they were conscious of searching vehicles, and because it’s private property they have the right to search vehicles for alcohol weap-ons or drugs. There was a large number of seizures last year and we were down this year,” he said.

Seibel thinks some people may have heard about the

RCMP road checks and the security checks on site and may have decided it wasn’t worth the risk.

“I don’t know if you can compare it to fishing, but the humans are a little smarter than fish, they hear over the


They partied this past weekend at the Salmo River Ranch, but police say they were impressed with the way Shamb-hala organizers managed to control the chaos.

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“People know that police are going

to be there but for some reason still

continue to commit offences.”

Staff Sgt. Dan SeibelNelson RCMP

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The Mark of the MarbleheadWest Kootenay History

photos and text by Greg Nesteroff

Members of the Arrow Lakes Historical Society recently toured the old Marblehead quarry in the Lardeau. Discovered around

1898, the site just north of Meadow Creek was active off and on from about 1908 through the late 1930s and provided marble for such noteworthy edifices as the Revelstoke courthouse, Mormon temple at Cardston, Saskatchewan legislature, and Great West Life building in Winnipeg. Since the 1970s, legions of graffiti artists have left their mark on the abandoned cavern.


Business

The world of meatsThere is nothing

like food to bring a family together, and

for the owners of Railway Station Specialty Meats and Deli nothing could be closer to the truth.

Betty Peterson and Barry Jones aren’t just the owners of Railway Meats, they are brother and sister.

“We fight, but I’m the older one so I always win the fights,” says Peterson with a laugh.

They were born and raised in Nelson, but after buying a gym Jones moved up to Tumbler Ridge.

“My other sister had a grocery store in Tumbler Ridge. We ended up selling the gym, and I was in the grocery business, and it was a small store and it was a small community so I had to learn to do everything including how to butcher meat, it was necessity more than anything,” he says.

Like her brother, Peter-son had no prior experi-ence as a butcher.

“I ran the Chevron sta-tion for years and years, and they closed it down. We had to do something, and we decided this would be a good thing because there was no butcher in town,” she says.

Jones and his family moved back home soon after and the siblings began working together.

When Railway Meats first moved into their location at the west end of Baker Street their only neighbour was Sunsport, but they were convinced that with the upgrades to the neighbourhood prom-ised even six years ago, that more business would come.

Jones learned to be a butcher by filling in at the grocery store, but he also learned from a long time butcher who worked with him.

“He showed me a few things, and he was close to retirement, so he moved away and I fell into it more or less. When we closed the grocery store I worked in a meat shop where they did custom cutting like moose

and hanging meat,” he says.Since Railway Meats

opened, they have made a name for themselves with sausage lovers.

“I had no idea, even after 30 years working in gro-cery stores, the market for sausages,” says Jones.

Railway Meats makes 25 kinds of fresh sausages and Jones says they could prob-ably sell 100 varieties if they had the space.

“We make smoked sau-sages as well, like pepperoni and garlic sausage. I think people like to come in and know what’s in it and how it’s produced. We use really good quality product and they aren’t that fatty. There has to be a little bit of fat to make them moist, tender and juicy. And if people want to know what they are made out of they can come back and see,” says Jones.

Railway Meats also smokes 80 to 85 per cent of all their smoked prod-ucts including bacon, ham, smokies and smoked turkey.

“People seem to like the idea that they know what’s in it and how it’s made,” says Jones.

When Railway Meats opened, Jones says they car-ried all the wrong things.

“Not so much the meat. We had the meat that you

could find anywhere else, and it was fine and we trimmed it nicely, but we didn’t have the impact like we have now since we went on the licensing program,” he says.

They also weren’t ready for how much they would have to make themselves.

“We make meat pies, I never would have thought we’d sell that many meat pies,” says Jones.

Peterson says they thought customers would also be more price con-scious than they are.

“We were trying to com-pete with grocery stores. They have the flyer pro-grams with deep discounts, but on the average week our pricing is probably about the same,” she says.

As consumers become more aware of what they’re eating, Jones says he is star-ing to notice that customers are coming in asking for organic, grain-fed, or hor-

mone and anti-biotic free.“I think it is changing

slowly, we get those ques-tions all the time, and we tell people what we have to offer like hormone and anti-biotic free chickens, lamb, buffalo, and we can get organic beef,” he says.

But for Jones and Peter-son the priority is quality and providing a good eating experience for their cus-tomers, and organic doesn’t always mean quality.

“People are fooled by that word ‘organic,’” says Peterson.

The beef sold at Railway Meats is the top eight per cent of Angus Beef and they are the only butchers in the West Kootenay that sell it.

“What we carry in the case is the top grade of product,” says Jones. “The people that are looking for a good eating experience, especially as far as beef and chicken, they are looking for quality and consistency.”

As food trends progress, Railway Meats is getting more requests for the unusual cuts like ox tail, brisket and flank steak.

“We carry them, and as long as people give us a bit of lead time, most items, we can get,” he says.

Railway Meats is located in the lower end of Baker Street.

Profile on Business: Railway Station Specialty Meats and Deli


Barry Jones and Betty Peterson have opened up a whole new world of meat options for locals.

“People seem to like the idea that they

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SCHOOL DISTRICT NO. 8 (KOOTENAY LAKE)

SCHOOL OPENING –

TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 6, 2011

All schools will open at regular times on Tuesday, September 6, 2011. Kindergarten students DO NOT attend on this day. Please contact your school regarding Kindergarten schedules.

Some bus runs have changed, please check the District website www.sd8.bc.ca for all bus schedules or contact the Transportation Departments: 250-354-4871 (Nelson) or 250-428-5329 (Creston)

ALL END OF THE DAY BUS RUNS ON TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 6th WILL COMMENCE 3 HOURS PRIOR TO REGULAR DISMISSAL TIME.

Wednesday, September 7th, 2011 will be a full school day, with regular schedules in effect.

REGISTRATION OF STUDENTS NOT PREVIOUSLY REGISTERED

Please register at your neighbourhood school from August 26 to 30, 2011. Counselors will be available at secondary schools. Reports from the last school attended should be presented at registration.

Kindergarten Registration: A birth or baptismal certificate must be shown before a child can be registered.

HOME-SCHOOLED STUDENTS

As per the School Act and Regulations, parents/guardian(s) who choose to school their child(ren) at home are advised that they MUST register their child(ren) by September 30th with:

any public school in the school district where the parent(s)/guardian(s) reside; the Distance Education School that serves that school district; an independent school anywhere in the province.

Thank you, JEFF JONES, SUPERINTENDENT OF SCHOOLS

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Editor: Bob HallPublisher: Chuck Bennett

Editorial

An army of seasoned citizens will march into the West Kootenay next week for the BC Seniors Games. It’s certainly

cause for celebration. The Games are a major undertaking. More

than 3,200 competitors and 1,200 volunteers are at the heart of the Games starting Tuesday. For five days the Nelson/Castlegar/Trail area will be alive with activity in events ranging from whist to shot put to one act plays.

The first round of applause of the Games goes to the local organizing committee. For the core group putting these Games together, it’s been many months of hard work. Now they are going to watch excitedly as it all un-folds before our eyes.

Take a look at the list of Nelson area participants on pages 20 and 21 of today’s paper. It’s long and the odds are pretty good you know at least a few of the names. These men and women are in for a tremendous few days of competition, camaraderie and lasting memories. They will push their bodies and minds to the limit. In the end they will all be able to bask in a job well done.

Beyond the organization and competition is the communities themselves. The 2011 Games have been an exercise in cooperation between towns that are traditional rivals. Next week we will have an opportunity to show off the wonderful plot of the province we call home. In that sense we are all ambassadors to our guests. A simple smile and “hello” to a stranger will help leave a pleasant impression on those who are coming to compete.

At the root of all of this is a lesson. Politi-cians, professionals and advocates spend a lot of time debating the future of health care. Health care wants and needs for an aging population are many and it’s an impossible puzzle to solve.

But if we are looking for the key to a healthy and happy life beyond the age of 55, it will be on full display for five days next week. Take the time to have a look around and soak in the spirit of all those involved. Wearing a swim cap, riding a road bike or dealing a hand of cards, the answer will be right before your eyes.

The key to a happy life

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“I don’t call it rioting, I call it an insurrection of the masses of the people. It is happening in Syria, it is happening in Clapham, it’s happening in Liverpool, it’s happening in Port-of-Spain, Trinidad, and that is the nature of the histori-cal moment,” said Darcus Howe, a black British jour-nalist, in an interview with BBC television on Tues-day. The revolution has finally arrived: after the “Arab Spring”, here comes the “English Spring”.

And the revolution is going to spread. There’s apparently a “Trinidadian Spring” too (although it’s also possible that Howe only mentioned Port-of-Spain because he grew up in Trinidad). Whatever. In any case, the English Spring is certainly an earth-shaking event.

With London in flames, thousands dead, and the British government trem-bling before a full-scale insurrection of the masses, the collapse of the entire capitalist order is only moments away. As the Tunisian revolution led to the overthrow of Mubarak in Egypt and then to a non-violent revolutionary movement in Syria, so the overthrow of the British government will quickly lead to the destruction of the US government and the Chinese Communist regime.

Wait a moment! This just in! London isn’t in flames after all. Some dozens of buildings have been burned in various residential parts of Lon-don, but none in the centre. Apart from the original demonstration outside a police station

in the London suburb of Tottenham by relatives of a suspected drug dealer who was shot by police on Sunday, it’s opportunistic looters who have been out on the streets, not political protesters.

We in the media love stories of death and destruction, but it turns out that there aren’t thousands of dead either. As of Wednesday, there had been only five deaths that might be linked to the turmoil: three people killed in Birmingham by a speeding car probably driven by looters, one man found shot dead in a car in London for unex-plained reasons, and the drug dealer, Mark Duggan, whose death at the hands of the police unleashed these events.

There are certainly questions to be answered about Duggan’s killing (it appears that the gun he was carrying was never fired), and further ques-tions to be asked about the way that the police dealt with his family afterwards. The demonstration outside Tottenham police station was genuinely political, and there are plausible claims that the police re-sponse was excessive.

But after that, every-thing changed. On the second night, there was

no rioting, in the sense of demonstrations with a political motive or goal. There was just looting, as disaffected youths from the under-class seized the opportunity to acquire a little property from the rest of the population and damage a lot more. They feel that they have been abandoned by the society, and they are right.

Every post-industrial society has a large and growing minority of per-manently unemployed or under-employed people who would once have grown up into the good working-class jobs that no longer exist. They are pres-ent in significant numbers in Britain and in France, in the United States and in Russia, even in Japan. It’s those bored and angry youths who are looting in England now.

Some people want to impose an ethnic explana-tion on this phenomenon. They try to define the looting and violence as a response by underprivi-leged black youths in Brit-ain (or by underprivileged Muslim youth in the 2005 and 2007 riots in France). But the truth is that rioting and looting have always been equal-opportunity activities in both coun-tries.

In the past 30 years of

sporadic rioting and loot-ing in England, every out-break has included a large, probably majority par-ticipation by young whites from the under-class. The same was true of France in 2005 and 2007, where the young “Muslim” rioters were quite happy to be ac-companied by their white and Asian friends from the same tower blocks.

For complex cultural reasons, the looters in England are dispropor-tionately Afro-Caribbean youths, but it is not a particularly racist society. Afro-Caribbeans come last in school performance in England, but the children of immigrants from Africa come first. Fifty per cent of second-generation Afro-Caribbeans in England end up in inter-racial relationships – but often in relationships with people of the white under-class. No escape there.

The real issue here is class — or to be more precise, the despair of the under-class. Less brutal and insulting behaviour towards the under-class by the police in normal times would reduce the level of resentment and the frequency of rioting and looting, but it wouldn’t stop it.

So there will probably be at least a few days’ more looting in England, until the under-class youths in every city and neighbour-hood have had a chance to vent their anger and fill their pockets. And then it will stop. For a while.

Gwynne Dyer is a London-based independent journalist whose articles are published in 45 countries

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Letters to the Editor

At the city council meeting when the transit petition was presented on July 25 it was suggested by members of the council and the city manager that the public should make comments on the city website or write to individual council members or staff. This we did shortly after that meeting, but to date have no reply.

The following are com-ments on the matter of reducing the transit service in our city and I would hope others will take the time to write to the City of Nelson with their thoughts and share them with a letter to the edi-tor of the Nelson Star.

The City of Nelson, mayor and council are saying they need to reduce the amount of subsidy they give to the op-erations of public transporta-tion in our city, but haven’t indicated an amount. Based on information obtained from statistics found on their own website, Nelson subsi-dizes bus fares by approxi-mately $2.07 per rider. In the greater Vancouver transit sys-tem that subsidy is approxi-mately $3.85 per passenger, as recently reported in the news, with a much greater population and on top of that they collect a gas tax to pay for new infrastructure thus reducing their interest expense. The passenger sub-sidy cost for our city buses is about half what it costs for the city to provide streets available for the over 6,000 vehicles used by its citizens. This is in fact a subsidy paid for these citizens use which is contributed to by everyone who lives here, one way or another.

We regularly hear our city boasting of how green we are now and how they plan to be GHG emission neutral. How does this decision to reduce our public transit system make sense in this regard? Should we not be improving

the system with more service to encourage more citizens to leave their gas guzzlers at home and use this less pollut-ing system? Other cities have gone this way, by improving the system and reducing the cost to users with the result of immense user increases. This would also reduce the parking congestion we all complain about down-town and probably increase business for our downtown merchants, because people will be able to find a parking spot when they have to, for various reasons, bring their vehicles.

Currently we have four vacant lots in the city that formerly had service station businesses on them. They now sit vacant and polluted. How much taxes is the city losing by not having these lots usable again for operat-ing businesses? Should we not have a city bylaw that doesn’t allow large and very profitable transnational corporations to pollute land and then simply walk away from this property, which thus significantly reduces the tax base for our city? And of course we can’t forget about the huge piece of property currently owned by CP Rail, which is virtually unused and so polluted that very limited use could be made of it, until it is remediated.

Why then are these billion dollar corporations allowed to get away with reducing land values within the city and thus reducing tax revenues while low income or fixed income people are asked to suffer because of a very few

dollars needed to provide a good transit system? In many cases this is these folks only method of getting around to do business in the commu-nity. And you can be assured these people are shopping locally. Isn’t this a positive thing for local businesses? Lo-cal business will surely see a reduction of Sunday shoppers because there is no longer a local transit system. Oh! Some may say take a taxi. People who take the bus are mainly doing so because this is all they can afford.

One final point. People who actually take the bus see the importance to so many citi-zens in our city for which this is their only method of getting around. Young people, fami-lies, particularly mothers with strollers, seniors and people with disabilities actually use and need this service to live in our community. Personally, in our family we spend close to $40 per month to ride the system and over the past 10 years I have never witnessed any of the current members of our council use this system.

The survey done by BC Transit is based strictly on numbers and no faces are ever put to these statistics. Please, Mr. Mayor and council take the time to ride the system over a period of weeks before making any final decisions. We challenge the council to make a sched-ule for each of them to take turns leaving their vehicles at home and use the system so that you see first hand your constituents needs before you make up your minds.

Looking forward to the open meeting scheduled for sometime down the road on this issue. Council, please en-sure plenty of notice and lots of it is given for the citizens to be aware of this event.

Wendy and Barry Nelson, Nelson

Roads subsidized too

Council didn’t do the proper mathThe transit dilemma came

with the deal when City Hall bought these buses; once again it succumbed to its ad-diction to wanting to be more than it is — a medium-sized town in a pleasant setting. City hall was not forced to buy them, but there was that afterglow of Olympic pro-portions. So nobody did the

math then — as a prudent precaution — which is being done now — as a justifica-tion! With many of Nelson’s neediest expected to pay for city hall’s folly in more ways than one!

There is no reason why city hall — if willing — can’t go back on its motion — the swiftness with which the

condo heron-head-on-a-post was rammed through council shows what is possible.

I find the city’s current attitude towards those who either rely on the bus system or prefer using it for practi-cal, financial and/or environ-mental reasons immoral!

Claus Lao SchunkeNelson

“Why are these billion dollar corporations

allowed to get away with reducing land

values within the city.”


Arts

Few can boast of seeing The Beatles live. So this might be as close you get.

Billed as “the world’s best Beatles tribute band,” Revolv-er is coming to the outdoor stage at Balfour’s Kootenay Lakeview Lodge.

“It’s the overall sound that comes off the stage… you go ‘wow, that sounds so much like The Beatles it’s scary,’” says Revolver bassist Michael Sicoly. “You will think you’re in the company of The Beat-les themselves. It’s a damn bold statement, but I’m that confident.”

The 55-year-old Sicoly has been playing Beatles music since he was a kid. Like so many others of his generation, it’s the music that defined the 1960s.

“The Beatles changed mu-sic. I know when I first heard them I said ‘that’s what I want to do,’” says Sicoly. “They influenced us as we grew up, they were our mentors. It’s probably the best pop music ever written… look at the way it’s stood the test of time.”

Originally from Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario, Sicoly moved to Vancouver in the mid-1970s where he was involved in the music scene. In 1986 Sicoly was approached by for-mer Prism drummer Rocket Norton to put together a Beatles tribute band for Expo. Sicoly recruited boyhood friend Mick Dalla-Vee who also shared a passion for the Fab Four. The three added Lower Mainland guitarist Skip Prest and Revolver was born.

Revolver was an instant fan favourite at Expo as the lads perfected their tribute to the well-known classics.

After Expo, all four Revolv-er members carried on with their regular jobs as session musicians and entertainers. Revolver continued for a few years, playing the odd special show. Then for several years the long and winding road for Revolver looked be over.

Two years ago Sicoly was approached about an idea for a special show to mark The Beatles 45th anniversary of playing Empire Stadium in Vancouver.

“I really wasn’t into it, I had this hang-up that we’re too old to be doing this,” says Si-coly. “But I talked to the guys and they said ‘you’re never too old to play Beatles songs.’ So we dusted off the outfits from the closet and they all fit, which was good.”

The Empire show attracted 15,000 at the PNE, proving to the members of Revolver that The Beatles music is as popu-lar as ever. With that boost of confidence they started to play a little more frequently and found the crowds were very enthusiastic.

“It’s brilliantly written and it’s catchy as hell,” Sicoly says of the attraction to music that is almost half a century old. “It’s just really fun to sing those tunes and fun makes people excel at anything they do.”

Last summer Sicoly was in the Kootenays visiting old pal Reg Clarkson at Kootenay Lakeview Lodge. Sharing a love for golf and music, the two became friends in Van-couver “back in the old days.”

“We were two members of a mutual admiration society,” laughs Clarkson. “I admired him because he was such a

talented musician and he admired me because I could hit a golf ball 300 yards.”

Clarkson bounced the idea of an outdoor concert off Sicoly. A few years back Lakeview Lodge hosted EdFest — a fundraiser for Ed Natyshak who was seriously injured in a mountain bike accident — that attracted 900 people to the grounds. Clark-son saw the venue as a place where outdoor events could regularly be held and Sicoly agreed.

“I figured bringing Re-volver here was perfect for this area and for this kind of launch,” says Clarkson.

On August 20 the plan born on the golf course will play out when Revolver hits the stage.

“It’s a spectacular setting,” Clarkson says of the venue. “I mean where is a more spec-tacular spot… really.”

The four lads from Revolv-er can’t wait.

“It’s fresh because we don’t do it a lot,” Sicoly says of playing the Beatles tunes. “This show in Balfour, we’re just dying to do it because we haven’t played in a couple months. We don’t run the thing ragged and that’s what’s good about it.”

There are a number of packages available for the concert, some that include dinner and accommodation. Tickets are available at Eddy’s Music, Stuart’s News and several Balfour locations. For more information head to kootenaylakeviewlodge.com.

Travel in time at BalfourConcert at Kootenay Lakeview Lodge features ‘world’s best Beatles show’ and a natural setting organizers hope will be the next great outdoor venue

BOB HALLNelson Star Editor

Revolver will be the closest thing you will get to The Beatles live to the outdoor stage at Balfour later this month.

“It’s a spectacular setting. I mean where is a more spectacular

spot... really.”Reg Clarkson

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Arts

Blues fans pinch themselves

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It was the kind of concert that many blues fans dream about, blues legend John Mayall in a small bar. For Nelson blues fans, that dream came true last Thurs-day night at the Royal.

Mayall and his band hit the stage at the Royal for two back-to-back shows playing songs from the Bluesbreakers, Turning Point and finishing the night off with an encore performance of Freddy King’s Hideaway.

The songs were full of long guitar riffs by Rocky Athas and powerful rhythms on bass by Greg Rzab and on drums by Jay Davenport.

Even though the early show got started a bit late, fans left happy with their fill of the blues.

For more information on upcoming concerts at the Royal go to liveattheroyal.com.


Megan Cole photo

Blues legend John Mayall at The Royal last Thursday night.

The otherworldy artwork of George Michael Binns is now on display at the Nelson Public Library. These rich, landscape-inspired abstract and figu-rative works add texture and colour to the library’s walls, from the vertical, li-lac-hued acrylic Into the Mystique to the acrylic and rice paper vista in Extreme Exposure, every mountain climber’s ultimate dream.

“I paint to express the wide range of possibilities available to human conscious-ness,” explains Binns. “On a daily basis we deal with a multi-tude of stimuli from multi-dimensional realities. My art is a juxtaposition of multi-dimensions; a journey into the mys-tique.”

Binns began life as a Toronto city slicker, but good sense prevailed, and

he found his way through a series of travel adventures to BC. Ten years in the Kootenays, the artist says he was “called here in spirit.” He brings to his paint-ings a background

in commercial art, adding inspiration from nature to create paintings as much mindscape as land-scape.

The exhibition continues through September.

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Announcements EventsCELEBRATE BC PARKS 100TH BIRTHDAY AT KOKANEE CREEKCelebrate 100 years of BC Parks on Saturday, August 13 with a spe-cial guest presentation by local author Eileen Delehanty Pearkes en-titled From caribou to camas: exploring wild foods in Sinixt Interior Salish culture. This event will dovetail with the celebrations planned for earlier in the day at Kokanee Glacier park. Finish off you day in the alpine with a fascinating lecture on the remarkable relationship between the Sinixt people and their traditional environment. The presentation will begin at 7:30 p.m. in the Kokanee Creek visitor’s centre theatre.

WEST ARM PADDLEPicture shoving your canoe or kayak off from a private sandy beach on the West Arm of Kootenay Lake and checking the wind as you turn and head toward the main Lake. The crystal droplets dance and fall off your paddle as you leisurely make your way past more beauti-ful private waterfront homes with their own docks and various water craft. On Saturday, August 13 that’s exactly what the Columbia Ca-noe and Kayak Club invites you to do. We will launch from Yvonne Tremblay’s private beach, where some will have camped the night before. The Tremblay home has been in the family for generations and we are fortunate that Yvonne wants to share this beautiful prop-erty with others. Phone Yvonne at 250-825-9238 for directions and launch time. The public is invited free and members (or soon-to-be members) should let Yvonne know if you would like to camp on the beach before or after the paddle.

RITA MOIR BOOK LAUNCHCommunities are bound together by their celebrations. Given that Rita Moir’s new book, The Third Crop celebrates the diverse commu-nities of the Slocan Valley, it makes sense to introduce this volume to the world at a great, big party. “The Third Crop celebrates abun-dance,” Moir says, “so all the food served at the launch will be locally grown or made. We’ll have locally grown veggies for dipping, pyrahi (vegetable tarts) made by Doukhobor women, and many goodies made by Fomi’s Bakery, including a cake decorated as the front of the book.” The launch will also feature music by Mabel Kabatoff, Mike Kooznetsoff, and Joanne Taylor. Festivities get under way Sunday August 21 with hors d’oeuvres and desserts starting at 3:30 p.m. and an author presentation at 4 p.m. The event will be held at Vallican Whole at 3762 Little Slocan River Road. This event is free and open to the public.

72 HOUR ART SLAMNelson’s AIDS Network Kootenay Outreach and Support Society are organizing an a 72 hour art slam to address social issues and stigma surrounding HIV/AIDS in the community, while celebrating artists and art in the community. Participants can submit a film, poetry, theatre, song, painting, sculpture, dance and any other type of artist expression. The competition will be held between August 19 and 22, with a showcase event on the 26th for the general public to attend. For more information contact Please contact Carmen or Brahm at [email protected] or 250-505-5506.

ARTWALK 2011Nelson’s premier arts festival is back for its 23rd year. Running for six weeks until September 2, Nelson’s ArtWalk offers area artists the opportunity to have their work viewed by more than a thousand art-lovers. It gives downtown businesses a doorway into creative culture; and it’s a veritable feast for the ArtWalking public. For a list of venues visit the Nelson and District Arts Council website at ndac.ca.

THE WAY OF WATERLooking for a weekend of yoga, ritual, meditation, raw food, mas-sage and more? Ashinah is offering a weekend retreat that will evolve around the transformational aspects of water. The aim of the week-end retreat is to awaken the internal rhythms, ebbs, and flows ac-cessing our natural balance. The retreat will take place August 12 to 14 in Winlaw. For more information and bookings visit [email protected] or call 250-354-0388.

FRIDAY, AUGUST 12Do your kids love making art? Do they love camping? If your kids are between five and 12 years old, join Kokanee Park art instruc-tors for regular or drop-in art classes at the Visitor’s Centre. Classes run from 1 to 3 p.m. every Wednesday, Thursday, and Friday until Labour Day. The two hour class fee is $10 including materials. Sevento 12-year-olds may be dropped off, and five to six-year-olds arewelcome to attend accompanied by an adult. For more informationemail [email protected].

SATURDAY, AUGUST 13Every Saturday this summer, Touchstones Nelson will be offering free guided tours of the permanent museum exhibit with paid ad-mission! Tours will run from July 16 to August 20 from 1:30 to 2:30p.m. Our experienced docents are available for information inqui-ries as well as informative tours that cater to all age groups! Witha friendly and knowledgeable docent you can see the museum like you’ve never seen it before!

SUNDAY, AUGUST 14St. Saviour’s Anglican Church is building on the success of its in-augural summer public tours launched last year by again throwing open its doors. The church, located at the corner of Silica and Ward Streets, will again be open during the months of July and August with volunteer tour guides in attendance to answer questions. Al-ternately, visitors can pick up an informational pamphlet for a self guided tour or just enjoy a quiet contemplative time. The church is open for tours, 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. Monday to Saturday inclusive, dur-ing the months of July and August. Tours are free, though donations are accepted and books detailing the church’s history are available.

TUESDAY, AUGUST 16What’s happening in the world of work? What’s happening in Nel-son? Where are the jobs? In this fun, interactive workshop we willexplore what’s happening and strategies to find work that works for you! Please register beforehand to save your seat in this free work-shop. Register at [email protected] or call 250-352-6200, 1-877-952-6200.

WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 17The 2011 BC Seniors Games comes to Trail, Castlegar and Nelson. Take in the events and cheer on the athletes. The opening ceremo-nies are at Haley Park and begin at 5 p.m. The Games will be in townuntil August 20. For information on the events and to see a schedulevisit 2011bcseniorsgames.org

The Nelson Library is hosting it’s final teen program of the summer: Jumpstart! With author Anne DeGrace. The workshop will teach tips and exercises to get you out of the starting gate and onto the page.Find out what makes a good story, how to get the most out of your characters, how to be a good eavesdropper and more. There will alsobe great writing exercises to take home. Program includes snacksand prizes and is absolutely free for teens ages 12 and up. Drop-ins are welcome. Contact Joanne at [email protected] for more info.

THURSDAY, AUGUST 18How does social media help in a job search? In this workshop we willexplore how job seekers and employers are using social media to findthe right fit. Find out more about Linkedin, Facebook, Twitter, etc.Please register beforehand to save your seat in this free workshop. Toregister contact [email protected] or call (250) 352-6200 or 1-877-952-6200.

FRIDAY, AUGUST 18MarketFest is back again for August. Featuring 100 vendors, two stages, live music, dancers, and much more! MarketFest is a fam-ily friendly event and the EcoSociety encourages the diversity of the Kootenays and encourages the use of our incredible local goods.MarketFest takes place on the 200 and 300 blocks of Baker Street. For more information visit ecosociety.ca.

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Aug. 12th - DeeklineAug. 13th - Big Jules & Philth KidsAug. 16th - Oka Live Austrailian Techno Funk

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PUBLIC MEETINGThe Developer West Creek Developments Inc. is holding a public meeting at 5:30pm, August 16th, 2011 in the Emporium room at the Hume Hotel to discuss the re-zoning of 2101 Perrier road in Nelson. The application has been made to the City of Nelson to change the zoning from R-1 single and two family residential zoning to apartment residential zoning R-4 to accommodate an eight unit multi-family building.

Please join us to view construction plans and share any thoughts or concerns.West Creek Developments Inc.

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Entertainment listingsThe B.O.A.T.Kootenay Lakeview Lodge, Balfour

Saturday, August 20Come and witness the greatest Beatles show on Earth! Live at the Kootenay Lakeview Lodge, Revolver, will be playing all of your favorite Beatles hits while putting on a show you will never forget. This two act performance will take you through all the decades of the Beatles unforgettable career. All the way from their beginnings at the Ed Sullivan Show to their last live performance together, atop Apple Records on Abbey Road. Don’t miss this once in a lifetime concert in the heart of the Kootenays! General admission tickets are $35,for reserved steak and prawn dinner tickets $85 and for the Skybox experience whichaccommodates four people it’s $500. Tickets are available in Nelson at Eddy’s Music, inCastlegar at Andre’s Audiotronic, at many businesses in Balfour, at McQ’s Restaurantand Kootenay Lakeview Lodge and by phone at 1-877-229-4141.

Kaslo Hotel430 Front Street, Kaslo

Saturday, August 13Local band, Oklahoma Connection plays the Kaslo Hotel Pub. This eclectic, fun adhocgroup of friends will get you foot stomping and dancing. Show starts at 8:30 p.m. Nocover charge.

Tuesday, August 16Something new for the Kaslo Hotel: the Sundowner Comedy Tour comes to Kaslo forone night only. $15 at the door for two great shows featuring the comedy of Brett Martinand Simon King. Show starts at 8:30 p.m. Why not stay over night or stay two nights andenjoy Wednesdays’ popular wing night? Special room rates for show goers. For informa-tion: 250-353-7714 or 866-823-1433 or [email protected].

SelfDesign HighSecond Floor, Canadian Legion, 402 Victoria Street, Nelson

Saturday, August 13Join us to welcome members of Wiñay Taki Ayllu from Pisac, Peru, who are visiting Nelson this summer. Dressed in traditional Andean costume, you will be greeted with Pututus - conch shells, fol-lowed by an introduction to the group. They will share the teachings of the An-dean calendar portrayed with traditional music featuring flutes and drums. After a short intermission Wiñay Taki will show a short video Kawsay Raymi, meaning a happy life, celebrating universal inter-connection, reciprocity, and respect that form the basis of the indigenous Andean value system. Following a performance with stringed instruments enhanced with projections of paintings, a portrait of Kusi Kawsay,a Waldorf inspired school based in the Andean traditions, will be given. The event startsat 7 p.m. and tickets are $10 at the door.

SpiritbarBelow the Hume Hotel

Saturday, August 13

Big Jules is back in his hometown and will be hitting the stage with the Philthkids for a post-Shambhala shake-down. During his more than 10 year DJ career Big Jules has been know for playing a diverse array of forward thinking club music. Currently residing in Vancouver, this one time Nelson local is sure to bring the heat. You can expect to hear everything from classic house and two-step to the latest bass music. The Philthkids productions are tearing in up on an international level. Their recent single Mo Fiyah was just featured in Wildlife!’s Juno chart. Cover is only a toonie so come on out for this locals night. Doors open at 10 p.m.

Sunday, August 14

When Stu Boga Fergie was only a child, his Yakin Andu elders gifted him with the nickname DidgeriStu, a nod to his prodigious skills on the didgeridoo. They must have had a gift of foresight. Now, DidgeriStu is all grown up, and his skills on the otherworldly Australian instrument are too. As one half of the genre-defying dance-roots duo Oka, Fergie rattles earth and sky on his didge; he also brings the ancient stories of his people to stages across the world. Next to him sits Chris, a man with haunting sense of melody and a daunting collection of instruments (bamboo flutes, harmonica, slide guitar and more). With or without their rhythm section, Oka updates the throb-bing, earthy beats of tribal music for the digital age, while keeping their spiritual melodies pure. Tickets are $10 at the door. The doors open at 10 p.m.

The Royal330 Baker Street

Saturday, August 13

The highly talented Juno winner, Mighty Popo, is bring-ing his African rhythm and roots band to the Kootenays for a very special performance. This is an opportunity to see one of the world’s finest performers right here in Nel-son. Opening the show will be Kirby, a talented, upbeat and contagious singer-songwriter and DJ Papa Roots and his blend of funky, world rhythms. Tickets are $15 avail-able at liveattheroyal.com and Royal Espresso.

Wednesday, August 17Come enjoy the open stage and all it’s goodness at the weekly variety show with Estevan and Tracey Lynn. Take your turn in the spotlight or enjoy the talented folk that do. The show starts at 8:30 p.m.

Thursday, August 18

Multi-instrumentalist Shane Philip returns to the Roy-al. Philip is known worldwide for his dynamic didgeri-doo-infused music and has been touring constantly for the past few years now. His rhythmic and intoxicating sounds are powerful enough to fill a room with dancing fans and soulful enough to quiet a packed house. Those songs have captured audiences for years in Canada, par-ticularly along the west coast, but for the past five years, he’s captured listeners around the globe. The show starts at 9 p.m. and tickets are $10 in advance or $12 at the door. Tickets are available atliveattheroyal.com, Royal Espresso and Eddy Music.

RevolverMighty PopoBig Jules

Oka

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Seen & Heard

The Nelson Pilots Association put on Flightfest 2011 at the Norman Stibbs airfield on Saturday. Under perfect blue skies, the crowds flocked to the waterfront to check out the sights and sounds of the aircraft that were on display on the ground and high above...

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Seen & Heard

Flightfest took off on Sat-urday as aviation fans of all ages descended on the Nelson Airport.The morning started

off with a pancake breakfast and visitors were able to see a variety of aircrafts from World War II era planes and a Cold War Jet to Piper Comanche’s and float planes.

People were also able to take part in the fun by going up on a sight-seeing tour in a plane or a helicop-ter.

There were acrobatic demonstra-tions visible through out the city by Bill Carter, John Mrazek and Paul Hajduk.

Even though the airport was the hub of activity for Flightfest, the sites and sounds were visible around town.

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There’s a real pleasure to knowing that

the tomato on your plate came from the garden in your yard. You planted that seedling, mulched and watered, watched

it blossom, prayed for bees, and waited for that moment of per-fection so you could cradle that perfect, ripe fruit and liber-ate it. Most of us can grow a pretty good tomato; probably all of us can grow a zucchini (smile at one sideways and it’ll double in size); but who among us knows how to grow a lentil — or many hundreds of thousands. Luckily, Roy and Sherry Law-rence of Creston do. Luckily, also, there is Kootenay Grain CSA (Community Sup-ported Agriculture) to help get grain to plate, with the added bonus that we know where they came from — and that’s our neighbourhood.

The Lawrence farm is in West Creston, following fam-ily tradition; Roy’s grandfather started farming in Creston in the early 1940s. Em-ploying sustainable farming practice, the Lawrences are work-ing towards making their farm 100 per cent organic.

Kootenay Grain CSA members buy shares at the start of the season. By the end, the size of the share depends on the success of the year, but one thing is cer-tain: oats, spelt, kam-ut, lentils, and several kinds of wheat will be on the menu — from the farmer’s

field to your table, with nary a middle-man to be found. It’s healthy, sustainable, and — well, friendly. It doesn’t get much better than that.

Seasonings recipes and literary contri-butions celebrate locally available foods, embrace the seasons of growing, harvesting, drying, milling, and preserv-ing, and honour the time-honoured tradition of over-the-fence food exchange — whether that’s trading tomatoes for zucchinis, or simply leaving the latter like a foundling on your next-door-neigh-bour’s fence. It also honours community, which is what both the Kootenay Grain CSA and the Greek-Style Creston Lentil-Feta Burger (see recipe this page) are all about. Thanks to Jody Eaton of Feast-West Foods for this one.

Brought to you by the Nelson Public Library, nelsonlibrary.ca, and the Kootenay Country Store Co-operative, kootenay.coop. Photograph by Heather Goldsworthy, imageobscura.com. Seasonings is available locally at the library, the Kootenay Co-op, Otter Books, Cotton-wood Kitchens, and Culinary Conspiracy. All proceeds benefit the Nelson Public Library.

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The incredible taste of growing your ownGREEK-STYLE CRESTON

LENTIL-FETA BURGERThis Greek-inspired recipe features the

lentils grown in the Creston Valley and goat feta produced locally. The fresh herb fla-vours can be found in your summer garden or local market. This burger is easily adapt-ed for a vegan diet and is excellent topped with a finely diced Greek dalad!

Makes: 4 large patties, or 8 appetizer sized patties

1 cup well-cooked Creston lentils1 onion and 1 clove garlic, minced½ cup cooked brown rice¼ cup fresh bread crumbs (optional)¼ cup ground goat feta1 Tbsp plain yogurt1 egg1 Tbsp each freshly minced parsley, mint,

oreganoSalt and pepper to taste

Saute onion and garlic in a tsp of oil and set aside. Mix all remaining ingredients in a bowl and let stand 10 minutes. Add onion and garlic and mix well. Divide and form into patties. Fry until both sides are golden brown, about 10 minutes.

Vegan option: Replace goat feta with ¼ - ½ cup vegan friendly cheese, omit egg, use 1 Tbsp non-dairy yogurt.

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The stories and the spiritNext week hundreds of 55-plus

athletes will decend on Nelson, Castle-gar and Trail for the 2011 BC Seniors Games. The Nelson area alone has 164 seniors taking part in the different sports at the scattered venues.

Though we would love to tell the story of all the local athletes that will be in action over the five days... time and space does not allow for such an ambitious project. Instead we chose five locals who are participating in the traditional sports and BC Seniors Games-unique events next week.

All five of those we chose help capture the spirit of what these Games are about. We hope you enjoy their stories...

Jack Richards set the stakes high when he bowled his first game in Dauphin, Manitoba.

“I was in the Air Force, and I’ve only bowled one game bigger since. I think I bowled 387 that day,” he said with a laugh.

Richards, who is 89, is part of the West Kootenay bowling team for the upcom-ing BC Seniors Games.

“I’m not nervous like I used to be for competitions,” he said. “I used to sweat blood pretty much,

but now I just take it as it comes more or less.”

Richards hasn’t always bowled, but he’s always been active.

“When I came here I thought there was nothing like badminton. Roger

Kerby and I were badminton partners for about 12 years. Then when I was a carpenter for some reason I found it too difficult and my legs wouldn’t work. The doctor solved that, so I could have gone back to it,” he said.

Richard was also involved in square dancing but found that too much.

The promise of work in Castlegar drew Richards from Tappen, B.C. in 1952.

“They were going to build the big sawmill and all that, and all the dams that were put in. It looked like it was going to be really progressive,” he said.

Richards worked for T.H. Waters for a number of years, which meant that he was away from home nearly all the time.

“I couldn’t do any bowling, and as soon as I was home for a while I started bowling. My wife was a good bowler and we did a lot of bowling together,” he said.

This isn’t Richards first time com-peting in the Seniors Games. He has participated three times in the past.

“My goal is to just bowl as high as I can. I’ve been bowling well in the last few years for some strange reason. My average is way down from what it used to be, it used to be 222, and now it’s 161,” he said.

The five pin bowling will take place in Trail at Glenmerry Bowl on Wednesday, Thursday, and Friday.

Throwing horseshoes has always been a family affair for Nancy Cataford. Her dad taught her

and her sister to play when she was seven.

“We went out to a farm and got real horseshoes from a horse for us to play with. He would often have to fish them out of the trees because

we would throw them too high. He was so patient all those years, I bet he fished a thousand horseshoes out of the trees for us,” said Cataford.

She played with her dad in regattas near the lake in Ontario where her family had a trailer. She still has the trophies that she and her dad won in 1979 when they played together.

“My dad always played, not profes-sional or anything, but he played with a lot of guys that were professionals, so my dad was good. He could just toss it and it would go on the pin,” said Cataford.

She moved to Nelson in 1989 from Oshawa, Ontario after her husband said he was going to move to Nelson.

“My husband had worked out here as an electrician at Chahko Mika Mall and he always said he wanted to come back. When I met him, which was in 1988, and he said he was going to Nelson and I said, ‘not without us you aren’t,’” she said.

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Gunning for ‘shoes gold



Jack Richardson

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ABOVE — Cataford practices for the upcoming Games in her “slanted” backyard horseshoe pits. BELOW — With the trophies she won with her fa-ther when she was just getting started.

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SportsContinued from Page 17Cataford sold everything and quit her job and the left for the Kootenays.

“I didn’t have a clue where I was go-ing to, but when we got to the orange bridge, because we left our two kids in Wycliffe with my best friend while we

looked for a house, and I just saw the bridge and thought, ‘Oh my God, this is just amazing,’”

She’s been practicing for the upcom-ing BC Seniors Games in her backyard.

“I find with horseshoes it’s an indi-vidual sport and there is a lot of skill to

it, so you are always trying to improve every time. Now I have horseshoe pits in my backyard, but mine are slanted on a hill, so if I can throw ringers there, I know I can throw it on flat ground,” said Cataford.

She took home the bronze medal at the BC Seniors Games in Richmond in 2009.

“I don’t remember their names, but the two that won gold and silver were good, I beat them in some games, so I knew I could do it but I hadn’t played in years. I’ve just been away. I was in Europe and I just got back from the Arctic, so I need to get out there and practice,” she said.

“I’m really excited I want everyone to see what it’s like. You don’t die at 55, I was looking forward to participating in the Seniors Games, and I think it keeps me young.”

Horseshoes will take place in Castle-gar at the Pass Creek regional exhibi-tion grounds.

Swimming has become more than just a hobby for Wilma Turner.Since she learned to swim as a

child in Peru, it has become an impor-tant part of who she is.

“My dad had us in the swimming pool when we were about two or three, and I swam from then on. I guess it’s my thing,” said Turner.

She started competing as a child while still living in Peru and then when

her family moved to Calgary, she con-tinued to swim.

“I took aquatic courses through the Royal Lifesav-ing and the Red Cross, and then I got married and moved to Nelson, and had children and I knew that swimming was going to be a part of their life. I got recertified and became a swim instructor and lifeguard,” said Turner.

She began managing pools and the guards at Lakeside Park and Gyro Park in the 1960s.

“We really decided we needed an indoor pool and I got on a committee

Swimming

Wilma Turner

Born for the water


“You don’t die at 55, I was looking forward to participating

in the Seniors Games, and I think it keeps me young.”

Nancy CatafordNelson Horseshoes Competitor

Wilma Turner

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Continued from Page 18in 1966 and it was to strive to get an indoor pool,” said Turner.

It took seven years for the indoor pool to get to a referendum in 1973, and the pool that is at the Nelson and District Community Complex is the one that Turner helped create.

“It was managed for a few years, and it wasn’t too successful to get it going, so they came to me and said ‘Well, you wanted this pool, so what would you do different?’ They hired me as manager in 1979 and I managed until 1995,” she said.

Turner spent many years complet-ing courses in synchronized swim-ming, diving, first aid and other aquatic courses.

“I loved it and a felt like that was where I really belonged,” she said.

The BC Seniors Games will be the first time that Turner has swam com-petitively since she was a 18 years old.

“I’ve had two knees replaced and I’ve

found going back to the pool and the gym three days a week is just the best

thing you can do for yourself if you want to achieve that mobility again,” she said.

“Now that I’m training for the BC Seniors Games, I’ve been going to the pool and working on what I’m going to compete in, and then I go up to the gym, and I love it.”

Turner has some nerves about competing

for the first time in such a long time but feels good about the competition.

“I’ve looked at the times from last year and I feel that I’m close, but there’s

no promises just a lot of positive think-ing,” she said.

Swimming will take place at the Trail Aquatic Leisure Centre.

Every morning for the last 30 years, Paul and Vera Holitzki have played a game of cribbage. From

their North Shore lakefront home, the couple counts 15s, looks for runs and pegs points.

Next week the Holitzkis will match hands with the best cribbage players around the province in the BC Seniors Games.

“We have a game every morning, shortly after breakfast,” says Paul.

The couple are BC Seniors Games rookies. In fact, they had no idea such an outlet for their card playing passion even existed until a couple of months ago.

“I just happened to see it in the newspaper and because it’s right on our doorstep… I just thought why not?” says Vera. “At first I thought it was kind of unusual to have cribbage and bridge in a Games. I can’t run fast anymore, so I thought why not try cribbage.”

Vera, 75, and Paul, 78, both grew up in Kelowna. They moved to Nelson in 1975 with their four kids when the Min-istry of Forests transferred Paul. It was

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Turner during her competitive years.

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The Nelson area’s Super SeniorsCheer On the Home Team Next Week

Roger Kerby Nelson 79Anne Kwan Nelson 66Kathy Letham Nelson 61

Vito Tummillo Nelson 73

Lynn Adams Nelson 63Marie Berg Nelson 73Harry Coreton Nelson 76David Hersh Nelson 70Susan Johnsen South Slocan 66Susam Mackintosh Winlaw 57Catherine Mccormick Kaslo 60Dorette Schiemann Nelson 57Joan Thomas Balfour 85Laura Tiberti Winlaw 64

Casl Burton Slocan Park 65Mabel Kabatoff Winlaw 67Lydia Kania Winlaw 86Marion Williamson Winlaw 74

Vera Holitzki Nelson 75Paul Holitzki Nelson 78

Iris Benger Nelson 76Len Dunsford Nelson 73Bill Maslechko Nelson 77Margaret McRory Nelson 74

Mike Adams Nelson 58Danny Babin Nelson 63Ed DeVries Nelson 70Ted Ibrahim Nelson 75Nancy Rosenblum Nelson 57John Tees Winlaw 85Yvonne Tremblay Nelson 76

Ruth Baumanis Nelson 61Vivian Baumgartner Nelson 66Judy Deon Nelson 61Judi Evans Nelson 59Susan Faye Nelson 58Ruth Baumanis Nelson 61Vivian Baumgartner Nelson 66Judy Deon Nelson 61Judi Evans Nelson 59Susan Faye Nelson 58Rebecca George Nelson 56Pat Gibson South Slocan 65Pat Glackin Nelson 71Sophie Goodwin Nelson 61Dorothy Hatto Nelson 57Linda Hoffman Nelson 66Willa Horsfall Nelson 64Sheila Howard Nelson 62Cath Little Nelson 58Bobbie Maras Nelson 66Lorna Maxwell Nelson 65Jeanette McCarvell Nelson 55Patty McMillian Nelson 63Suzanne McPherson Nelson 56Teo Nicholas Nelson 61

Mieke Nyst Nelson 71Marlene Pozin Nelson 63Sandy Price Nelson 61Holly Reid Nelson 63Jude Schmitz Nelson 63Bess Schuuman Nelson 67Sylvia Smith Nelson 72Janet Stephenson Nelson 54Joan Tagami Nelson 64Mary Walters Nelson 63

Mary Garnett Kaslo 64Jocelyn Heighton Nelson 58Barbara Lindsay Slocan 64Betsy Nasmyth Nelson 59Sharyn Nixon Winlaw 65

Diana Dunsmore Nelson 78Bob Dunsmore Nelson 83Lorna Hamilton Nelson 80Audrey Kempin Nelson 72Jack Parr Nelson 68Blaine Rains Nelson 82Effie Rains Nelson 71Jack Richards Nelson 89Anne Secord Nelson 71Arlene Sorenson Nelson 76Linc Vital Nelson 77Dawn Williams Nelson 73

Paul Anutooshkin Nelson 72Bill Denys Salmo 73Fran Denys Salmo 78George Forrest Nelson 69William Kalyniuk Nelson 87John Kazakoff Nelson 76Anne Renee Pettyjohn Nelson 70Ray Pettyjohn Nelson 71Olwyn Ringheim Nelson 83Rick Roberts Nelson 58Carleen Roebuck Salmo 73Rodger Roebuck Salmo 73Chuck Symmonds Nelson 78Wayne Vienneau Nelson 62Lee Waddell Nelson 82Mike Wagg Nelson 58

Andy Adams Nelson 64Buck Crawford Nelson 69Norman Deverney Nelson 55Bill Gould Salmo 67Doug Heslip Nelson 62Bill Kestell Nelson 59Greg Lawrence Nelson 60Brad Letham Nelson 64Dan Maglio Nelson 60Larry Martin Salmo 60Brent Mason Nelson 58Jim McDonald Nelson 61Wayne McElory Kaslo 68Keith McFayden Nelson 76Doug McMullin Nelson 60Leroy Mowery Nelson 67Harry Pringle Nelson 58Pat Severyn Nelson 55Doug Thompson Nelson 55Kim Weberg Nelson 56

badminton

bocce

bridge

carpet bowling

cribbage

ice curling

cycling

golf

ice hockey

five pin bowling

equestrian

dragon boat

Full list of Nelson area particpants who will fly the colours of the West Kootenay Boundary team

THANK-YOUThe LVR Grad Class of 1991 would like to say a great big THANK YOU to the Hume Hotel and the Nelson Lion’s Club for the excellent food and service

during our 20-year reunion events!

Share your walking photos, videos, stories and maps. You and your community could win big!

Contest runs Aug. 8 through Sept. 19, 2011

healthyfamiliesbcwalkingchallenge.caSee website for contest details. Restrictions may apply.

experience

life in their shoesThe Hero In You® education program offers a series of FREE curriculum-linked lesson plans (grades 4-7) aimed to motivate children to find the champion within themselves. In addition, teachers can request a FREE classroom presentation delivered in-person by a Hall of Fame athlete!

If you are a principal, teacher or parent and would like to book a presentation for your classroom, call

Michael Markowsky (604) 647-7449 or visit www.heroinyou.ca to download lesson plans.

AttentionTeachers:

If you have any Marketing questions, please feel free to contact me.

Madi Fulton

• New Home Owner• Environmentalist

• Animal Lover• Nelson Star Sales Rep

250.352.1890 [email protected]

Dylan HumphriesDylan expresses the feeling that “Life often begins to feel like a trap, I am ensnared in my locations, and the people I know. Perhaps the imagery of my life has more to do with my identity, than for instance, the clothes I wear or the cantankerous hair that sprouts from my head.”He grew up with cartoons and they still have very much to do with his identity. Th rough his work he uses the same medium he grew up with to “understand the negative at-tributes, I attempt to hijack the same medium taught to me by Walt’s minions, and wreak havoc on institutionalized knowledge.”

Dylan’s work can be seen at the Royal Bar & Grill during ArtWalk – on now until September 2nd.


Local Seniors Games participantsSports

Nancy Cataford Nelson 57

Bill Anderson Nelson 59Harvey Andrusak Nelson 66Larry Bagan Nelson 65Arvid Carty Salmo 67Steve Fountain Nelson 61Rick Harding Nelson 60Kim Harrison Nelson 59Ken Haynes Nelson 56Mike Laughton Nelson 67Bruce Lockhart Nelson 72Rick Loewen Nelson 56Tony Musa Nelson 58Jack Piderman Nelson 57Armando Porco Nelson 61Mark Rutherglen Nelson 55David Sigaty Nelson 64Doug Stramm Nelson 64RJ Warren Nelson 60Warren Wuori Nelson 61

Dan Conne Nelson 55Michael Costello Nelson 57Bruce Fuhr Nelson 55David Lawrence Crescent Valley 60John Legg Kaslo 65Jerome Lisoiron Winlaw 56Bill Lynch Nelson 59George Perriere Slocan 60Andrew Pritchard Meadow Creek 57

Marylee Banyard Nelson 76Bev Derby Nelson 57Dot Doyle Nelson 85June Johnston Nelson 66Peter Lee Nelson 57Christine Sutherland Nelson 60Bill Triol Nelson 57Wilma Turner Nelson 81

Michael Brownstein Nelson 56Katherine Hayward Nelson 59Ron Stinson Nelson 63Elizabeth Zemmels Nelson 71

Don Currie Slocan 77Joan Deans Winlaw 68Bob Herring Winlaw 55Elaine Marasek Slocan 78Linda Martin Winlaw 65Sharon Myers Winlaw 62Barbara Saunders Nelson 71Clint Saunders Nelson 73Dan Seibel Nelson 56

John Dale Nelson 67Frank Derby Nelson 62

Nancy Larsen Slocan 65Jens Larsen Slocan 70

horseshoes

slo pitch

soccer

swimming

tennis

track and field

table tennis

whist

The secret to marriage happiness

Cont. from Page 19the family’s 12th move as Paul — who was a forest ranger — was in a position that required plenty of new posts. Nelson was the final stop. Two of their four children — and five of their nine grand-children — still live in Nelson.

The Holitzkis have played competitive sports like baseball, volleyball, hockey, bowling and curling all their lives. With a thirst for competi-tion and enjoyment of cards, they went to the qualifying tour-nament in Castlegar in the spring.

“My knees were

shaking when we went to qualify because I wasn’t sure what they expected or what we needed to do,” says Vera. “But it was very casual and very fun to meet dif-ferent people.”

Cribbage has been around since the 17th century where the early version was played in England. It involves playing and grouping cards to gain points. The points are marked on the cribbage board which races to 120 points.

The Holitzkis will be playing as a team in a four-person version of the game. Like most games,

cribbage requires a solid understanding of the strategy to do well. But Vera, who plays bridge with a group of ladies twice a month, says there is plenty of luck involved.

“It’s not a game like bridge where there is a lot of skill,” she says. “If you don’t get the cards, then there is not much you can do.”

The cribbage venue will be set up at Nelson’s Central School next week where the couple will see if their top finish in the qualifying tournament carries over to provincial test.

Though they wouldn’t divulge any of their strategy, the couple — who have been married for 54 years — did impart a nugget of wisdom on how to stay happy after all these years.

“It’s a real com-bination and whole array of different things, but that

doesn’t mean we haven’t had our dif-ferences,” says Paul. “We love each other and always have… that’s the most im-portant part.”

Paul and Vera Holitzki get down to business.


Community

DatelineAugust 1, 1938

That he could not help feel-ing “some of

these witnesses were lying”, that he “could not trust” some of the statements they made, that there

were discrepancies in them, and that more was known about the death of the child than had been revealed were asser-tions by Dr. H.H. MacKenzie, coroner, as he instructed the jury near the close

of the inquest into the death of Carmen Lajeunesse, age 18 months, whose body was found in Bear Creek a month after she disappeared. The jury brought in a ver-dict that she came to her death apparently by a blow received over the back of her ear, was dead before being placed in the creek and that the injuries were admin-istered by a person or persons unknown.


The first con-tingent of Vancouver’s

unemployed single men who are mak-ing a relief-financed tour of the province searching for work, are due in Nelson to-day. It is understood the party will consist of about 60 men, the first of about four contingents now on the road. The men will probably spend five or six days in Nelson. During this time each expects under an agreement with the provincial government to obtain three day’s relief work, for which he will receive $9.60 subsistence allow-ance. The city has ar-ranged for the group to occupy the unused portion of the Nelson tourist park and tents will be erected for the men.


A minor-ity group of Douk-

hobors demanding the discharge of the officers of the Chris-tian Community of Universal Brother-

hood, were dispersed with the aid of tear gas when they con-gregated around the

company’s offices at Brilliant. The Pro-vincial Police stated the tear gas was used to prevent a clash between the milling Doukhobors and Provincial Police, which might result in injuries. The police were called out by the National Trust Com-pany to protect the property for which they are receivers.


When lightning struck a

Doukhobor village at Glade Sunday night flames spread out from it to engulf almost the entire village and to leave 40 persons home-less. The local forest ranger reported that a two-story house, 11 cottages of the common Doukho-bor type spreading out from the main building, and a large hay barn had been destroyed. Of the entire village only one two-story house remained standing,

saved by a forest service branch pump sent to the scene shortly after a patrol-man on the old Sho-reacres forest fire saw the lightning strike. The lightning struck the barn and the flames with a breeze behind them, spread rapidly through the tinder-dry wooden buildings. The village was close to a school on which a number of incendiary attacks have been made in the past.


A suspected case of infan-tile paralysis

(polio)- a 14-year-old nelson boy who returned home a few days ago from a trip on Kootenay Lake, is isolated and under observation at Koo-tenay Lake General Hospital. It is the first suspected Nelson case this year. Two others have occurred in the district. The patient, who has been up the lake, returned to his home for treat-ment of a wrenched knee. Development of a headache and other symptoms resulted in the family doctor being called and the boy being isolated for observa-tion as a suspected poliomyelitis patient. A small amount of paralysis serum was on hand and if more is needed a call for blood would be sent out to persons who had previously had poliomyelitis. Meanwhile, Trail has reported its fourth case, a six-year-old girl and Rossland, its second, an 18-year-old girl.

Touchstones of Nelson — Greg Scott

City prepares for transients

“The first contingent of Vancouver’s unemployed

single men who are making a relief-financed

tour of the province

searching for work are due in Nelson today.”

DONE THATBeen Th ereFirst hand reports from local travellers

Travel Becomes You:Milan to Zurichby Joe Dunn

Milan, a northern capital so very sophisticated and tense. Even La Dolce Vita lifestyle doesn’t overcome the businesslike, fashionable Milanese. Th ese busy northern Italians can cut you down with a raised eyebrow.In Barcelona I shed my Toronto skin and packed all

my clothes in my suitcase and sent it home. I went out and bought a backpack, sleeping bag, jeans and a shirt, combined with my all-weather coat and my trusting baby face how could I go wrong?Well you know those very sexy Italian women

love men but only if they are as trendy and sexy as themselves so I thought I’d better get some culture. What’s got more culture than yogurt? – Opera. Milan is the home of Opera at La Scala so with my $5/day book I bought a discount nose bleed ticket to the show. And they actually let me in.Lots of dressed up people giving me the once over

and that was just the ushers. It was a beautiful house full of beautiful people and some rotund ladies singing very loudly with great passion. It didn’t take. I left thinking well that’s $3.50 I’ll never see again.

I spent a few days taking in the ambiance of northern Italy and then got out my plane ticket and off to Switzerland and a whole new awakening....I was born in Toronto and had

never seen mountains but for some reason I started skiing in Toronto which has no hills let alone mountains. I saw skiing on TV and liked it so I found some wooden strap-on skis and got on the bus to a hill with a rope tow and a 200’ vertical that ended at a freeway. In the winter I’d schlep my stuff up there and race down the frozen crud for 30 seconds of bliss. Imagine the Alps.Flying into Zurich was a life

changing moment- to see the frozen grandeur of the Alps. .Zurich is pure Teutonic – clean, well managed and effi cient, with good food and great beer. Streetcars will take you anywhere. So I used my Eurail pass and got on a train east into the mountains.( Sandy can explain this better but a Eurail pass gives you unlimited travel for a defi ned length of time – just get on and off ).I saw a poster on the train for a village near Zermatt

and the Matterhorn so I got off the train and took a bus up to the village. Th is sounds easy but bear in mind that I don’t speak German or Swiss and I was making it up as I went. Th e secret to travel is to plunge in and fake it. A strange area is someone else’s back yard. I ended up in a small village, small room and mega skiing in the shadow of the Matterhorn. Skiing in the Alps is not just a hobby it’s a way of life with lifts and trams throughout the valleys. You take the cable car to the top and see mountains and lifts to the horizon with buses at the base to take you back where you started. Spring skiing in the Alps means from the frozen tops through miles of glades and alpine wine bars at mid level to slushy fi elds and cows at the bottom. My love of the mountains was born.

Back on the train and off to Vienna and the Iron Curtain, Prague and Check Point Charlie.

Meticulous TravelFull Service Agency3062 Hwy 3A Nelson, BC V1L 6Z9

250-825-9668 •1-855-825-9668 • [email protected] • www.meticuloustravel.ca

Sandra BabinOwner/Agent

CPBC licence No. 54033

Fall Registration Starts Now!Call 250-352-2071for early registration,

information and formsIn person registration at

Dance Studio at the Old Civic Centre - Sept 8, 2011 5-7 pm

Some classes may be full by this time so register early!!!

NOTICETO: Students and Parents of School District #8

(Kootenay Lake)Please be advised that there are some minor changes to our school bus routes for the 2011-2012 school year.

Please check our website at: www.sd8.bc.ca after August 12, 2011 for updates or phone the

Transportation Department at 250-354-4871.

The Yoga Loft

THE YOGA LOFT 625 Front St. Nelson • theyogaloft.org

with jenna arpita 250-365-7414

SUMMER YOGA WITH JENNA Tuesdays and Thursdays 11am-12:30 625 Front Street, Nelson Tuesdays 5:30pm Pass Creek HallAll levels welcome Drop in $11-$15 sliding scale P.P. $50

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mmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmHappy 60th

Love you!Mom, Dad, Family & Friends

HAPPY 21ST BIRTHDAYKimberley Louise

Cross Bedford

Still Lovin’ the Beach!

250.352.7202

[email protected]

www.nelsonfordsales.com

Are you looking for a great paying sales job?Look no further!!!

Nelson Ford is growing and we are lookingfor a dynamic individual like YOU!

Remember! Go Auto is in the automotive business, sales experi-ence is an asset but not necessary! We are proud to state - we hire Top Achievers! If you are New to this industry and have the right attitude, we offer excellent training to enable you to earn $60,000 to $80,000 in your first year! If you are a star in the automotive business you can earn $200K plus!

Plus! Go Auto offers

We are looking for an individual who:

Don’t miss the opportunity to join an exceptional team within Western Canada’s Largest Automotive Group! APPLY NOW!

Teck Metals Ltd. is currently seeking an Employee Relations Assistant accountable for processing documentation for the salary system, job evaluation systems, demographic reports, and providing administrative services to the Employee Relations section. This position is temporary for approximately four to six months.Candidates must be able to produce accurate information in a timely manner utilizing a personal computer coupled with a proficient knowledge of various software including Microsoft Office, purchase order and HR demographics modules/systems. Knowledge of VIP, Parklane, and JD Edwards would be an asset. Organizational skills as well as previous clerical experience are required. Teck Metals Ltd. is committed to employment equity and all qualified individuals are encouraged to forward their resume by August 18, 2011 to [email protected] wish to thank all applicants for their interest and effort in applying for the position; however, only candidates selected for interviews will be contacted.

EMPLOYEE RELATIONS ASSISTANT - TEMPORARY

Help Wanted

Announcements

Coming Events

Call 250-352-2071for early registration,

information and formsIn person registration at Dance Studio at the Old

Civic Centre - Sept 8, 2011 5-7 pm

Some classes may be full by this time

so register early!!!

Fall Registration Starts Now!

Tai Chi & Qi Gong Camp focusing on principles Kaslo, Aug 17 - Aug 21 [email protected]

The Pyramid of Light & The Invisible World

An evening presentation with Rinaldo Lampis from

Italy about “The Pyramid of Light” and Bernadeth,

Spiritual Medium from the Philippines. How the subtle world functions, and what

are the reasons for the present thickening of the

planets energies. Everything you wanted to know about the invisible world but were

afraid to ask. Nelson Prestige Lakeside August 24th at 7:30pm by donation and Gray Creek Hall, September 31st by

donation. Bernadeth, Spiritual Medium will be

doing private sessions with helpers from the Invisible

World in Nelson Aug. 25th, 26th,& 27th, and in Gray Creek Sept. 1st & 2nd.

Contact Blanche Tanner for more info 250-227-6877

Help Wanted

Announcements

Coming EventsTUPPERWARE BACK TO SCHOOL SALE! Saturday August 27, Sandman Inn 1944 Columbia Avenue, Castlegar, 10:00 am to 4:00 pm. Great in-stock savings. Susan Wilson, Independent Tup-perware Consultant (250) 226-7751, [email protected] or visit http://my.tupperware.ca/susanwil-son

Vacation Church SchoolAscension Lutheran

1805 Silver King RoadMon-Weds Aug.22-24,

3-5:30pm, $10reg., 352-3203 [email protected]

InformationNelson Community Servicesprovides professional confi -dential counselling to women who have experienced any kind of abuse at any time in their lives. Support group for women who have experienced relationship abuse will start in Sept.Please call 250-352-3504

STORE CLOSING SALE - LARGE ILLUMINATED DIS-PLAY - LOCKING PLEXI - STORE SHELVING - ASS’T STORE FIXTURES - STORE CLEARANCE SALE - TONS OF IN -STORE BARGAINS SAVE UP TO 30 - 50% SU-THERLANDS IN NELSON 250 352 3737

WOMEN’S SUPPORT GROUP Nelson Community Services is

offering a support group for women who have experienced mental, emotional, physical (or other) abuse in relationships. Group will focus on gaining self-esteem,assertiveness,

building support systems, self-care, and making healthy

choices. Starts Wed. Sept 7th, 9:30 to 11:30am. If interested

call 250-352-3504

Help Wanted

Classifi ed Ads Work!

Announcements

Lost & FoundIt was not ‘Free Stuff’. Could you please return my 2 blue lawn chairs & 4 air mattresses. Thanks, Cam. 250-505-2004LOST: Car keys on long, red “Canadian” lanyard Sun Aug. 7th hiking Pulpit Rock area. Pls call 250-354-1279LOST: July 4th near Nelson Hospital, set of remote Toyota keys. Attached is a silver key chain with a picture of a dog. Please call 250-352-0825

Travel

Bed & BreakfastCasa del Soul B&B, Nelson. Artistic, serene, joy fi lled spac-es. Decks, views & wonderful breakfasts! [email protected]

HousesittingLong time Kootenay resident looking for long term house sit-ting opportunity in Nelson. Up to date criminal record check & bondable. Please contact: [email protected] 250-777-1169

TravelOkanagan Wine Tour

September 30th - October 2nd Call Glacier Travel

@ 250-352-2200 to book

Help Wanted

Travel

Travel

Short Term Holiday HouseDowntown Nelson

$100 per night... sleeps 41 night minimum... no max

250-352-5726nelsonshorttermhouserental

@gmail.comfully furnished...pets okay

Available now

Employment

AutomotiveSERVICE TECHNICIAN

Our busy Service Department has an immediate opening for a qualifi ed service technician. We will also consider a 3rd or 4th year apprentice. GM training is an asset but is not mandatory. The ideal candi-date will have good computer skills and will be able to work as a member of a team. Weprovide competitive wages and an excellent benefi ts package.

Send your resume to:Dale SalchenbergerService ManagerKalawsky Chevrolet Buick GMC1700 Columbia AvenueCastlegar, B.C. V1N 2W4Email: [email protected]

Help Wanted

Classifi ed Ads Work!

Employment

Drivers/Courier/Trucking

DRIVERSYSCO Kelowna has an immediate opening for a Driver based out of Castle-gar, BC. The position pro-vides timely and accurate delivery of products to our customers. Qualifi cations include Class 1 driver’s li-cense with a clean driver’s abstract. Previous driving experience is an asset. Lift-ing up to 100 lbs is re-quired. Better than industry average pay, full benefi ts, pension and home on the weekends.

Qualifi ed candidates may email resume to:

[email protected]

Anniversaries

Celebrations

Employment

Drivers/Courier/Trucking

EQUIPMENT OPERATORS

Alberta - based oilfi eld ser-vices company is currently hiring equipment operators. Class 1 or 3 license preferred, but we will train the right candidate with a Class 5.

Please call 250-718-3330 for more information or send your resume to: [email protected]

Anniversaries

Celebrations

Classified Deadline 4pm Monday & Wednesday

How to place aClassified Ad

with

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8:30-5:00 Monday - Friday

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Employment

Education/Trade Schools

INTERIOR HEAVY EQUIP-MENT OPERATOR SCHOOLLocations in Alberta & BC. Hands on real world training. Full sized equip. Job place-ment assist. Funding Avail. www.iheschool.com 1-866-399-3853

Help Wanted

Integra Tire, Woody’s Tire & Auto is looking for an

experienced full timeTIRE TECHNICIAN

If you have experience mounting and balancing tires,

are available for full time employment, and work well in a fast paced environment

please contact Woody at Phone 250-364-1208

[email protected] or in person at

1995 Columbia Ave in Trail

Accounting TechnicianBerg Naqvi Lehmann, a busy accounting fi rm, requires an experienced fi le preparer to begin October 1. Knowledge

of Caseware and Taxprep software would be an asset. We offer a competitive salary

and benefi t plan, and a pleasant working environment. Please email your resume to

[email protected], or fax (250)352-7166 by

September 1, 2011

Cornerstone Children’s Centre seeking licensed ECE for part-time position. Call Dorothy at 250-352-9910 or email resume to [email protected]

Flat Rate Technician required by Honda Auto dealership in Vernon BC. Competitive wage and benefi ts package and all that Okanagan lifestyle! [email protected]

FULL-TIME CERTIFIED Heavy Duty Mechanic required by Bailey Western Star & Freightliner. Experience in ser-vice & repair of trucks, trailers & equipment. Fax resume to 250-286-0753 or email:[email protected]

WANT A CAREER IN THE MEDICAL INDUSTRY?Medical Offi ce & Admin. Staff are needed now!

No Experience? Need Training?

Career Training & Job Placement Available!

1-888-778-0459

We are still hiring Dozer & excavator operators required by a busy Alberta oilfi eld con-struction company. We require operators that are experienced and preference will be given to operators that have construct-ed oilfi eld roads and drilling locations. You will be provided with motels and restaurant meals. Competitive wages, bonus and transportation daily to and from job sites. Our work is in the vicinity of Edson, Alberta. Call 780-723-5051.

HospitalityResident Caretaker (semi re-tired or retired couple pre-ferred). Wanted to overlook 20 unit motel in Vernon, BC. Ac-commodation included. Fax resume to: 250-545-3859 or email to: silverstarmotel@ shaw.ca

Buying, Selling?

Employment

Trades, Technical

PIPELAYERS2 PIPELAYERS required im-mediately for installation of underground services (water and sewer) in Whitehorse, Yukon. Duties include follow-ing blueprints; coordinating layouts w/ superintendents; cutting and installing pipe; supervising labourers. Must have experience with survey equipment such as lasers, grade rods & transit levels. MUST BE EXPERIENCED IN WATER / SEWER PIPE INSTALLATION.

Excellent Wages!Please fax resume to

1-867-633-2620 or e-mailto: [email protected]

Services

Health ProductsIf You Don’t Have Your Health You Can’t Enjoy Your Wealth! Herbalife for life 250-352-3651

Financial ServicesBANK SAY NO?

WE SAY YESConsolidate or get your personal loan started with us. Up to $200K with low interest rate starting at 1.9%. Bad credit OK.

Call: 1-855-222-1228

GET BACK ON TRACK! Bad credit? Bills? Unemployed? Need Money? We Lend! If you own your own home - you qualify. Pioneer Acceptance Corp. Member BBB. 1-877-987-1420.

www.pioneerwest.com

Home CareCare Aid Certifi ed & Experi-enced will provide help in ex-change for separate 3 bdrm accom. in Nelson 505-7752

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

Pets & Livestock

Feed & HayHAY for sale, small square bales, no rain, Creston area. Call (250) 428-1793.

Merchandise for Sale

Food Products

BUTCHER SHOPBC INSPECTED

GRADED AA OR BETTERLOCALLY GROWNNATURAL BEEF

Hormone FreeGrass Fed/Grain Finished$100 Packages Available

Quarters/Halves$2.35/lb Hanging WeightExtra Lean Hamburger

$3.50/lbTARZWELL FARMS

250-428-4316 Creston

Merchandise for Sale

Free Items23” TV. RCA. 250-352-7958Leather & rubber cork boots, Women size 8. 250-354-0292

Garage Sales2428 Ymir Rd. Tools, plumb-ing supplies, misc and more. Saturday Aug 13. 9am - 3pm.301 Latimer St. Saturday Aug 13th, 8am - 12noon. House-wares, kids toys, & more!318 Robson St, Nelson. Items too numerous to mention! Sat & Sun, Aug 13 &14. 9am - ?Corner of Hoover & Stanley. Use Hoover St. entrance. Sun-day Aug 14th. 9am-1pm.NELSON: #60 Sunnyside Mo-bile Home Park, Sat. Aug.13th 8am Camping & Xmas Stuff

Heavy Duty Machinery

A-STEEL SHIPPING STORAGE CONTAINERS /

Bridges 20’40’45’53’ Used / Damaged 40’ insulated makes great shop. Only $2300! Needs door and 40’HC $2800 No Rust! Semi Trailers for Hiway & stor-age. Delivery BC and ABCall 24 hrs 1-866-528-7108www.rtccontainer.com

Misc. for SaleHOT TUB (SPA) COVERS. Best price. Best quality. All shapes & colours available. 1-866-652-6837 www.thecoverguy.com/news-paper?LIKE NEW! 6’X9’ bamboo rugs & dish rack, entry rug, sm. vacuum, sm. African stool, closet doors, lamp... 352-0811Moving to England - every-thing must go! Couches; love seats; chairs; dining room; bedrooms; desks; lamps; bookshelves; coffee tables; garden equip; lawn mower; camping stuff; bike; tons of books/CDs; misc. items. Jude/ Claire 250-825-4075Musician moving overseas - lot’s for sale! Keyboards; sound modules, stands (2 mu-sic, 2 keyboard, workstation); upright bass; drums; djembe; speakers; guitars; Atari com-puter; misc. items (song books, Selkirk College music & ear training theory texts). Jude 250-825-4075Nexus walker, nearly new. 14 ft alum. boat, 7.5 HP Johnson outboard motor. 250-352-7958

Misc. WantedI Buy old Coins, Collections,

Silver, Gold, Olympic sets etc.Chad: 250-863-3082 (Local)

Real Estate

Acreage for Sale11.6 ACRES - Crawford Bay- 5 acres are level and mostly cleared, cabin, power, beauti-ful wide views, southern expo-sure, small year round creek, borders crown land, water li-censes, septic site approved, 400m from Kokanee Springs Golf resort. No HST. $299,000. 250-227-951582.8 ACRES, 300’ lakefront, S Cariboo. Beautiful, pastoral, private, rural setting. Borders crown land. Adjacent 80+ acre parcel available.

www.bchomesforsale.com/view/lonebutte/ann/

Real Estate

Duplex/4 PlexNELSON: 1201 Davies St. new 2bdrm, 2.5 bath duplex. Half sold, high quality, ener-guide 80, great views, great lo-cation, $349,000 incl. HST, 226-7809. propertyguys.com ID#196677

Houses For SaleBeautifully reno’d, 3 bdrm, with offi ce 2 bath, 5 blocks up from downtown. New roof, off street parking, fl at corner lot, river views, fantastic yard and much more. $389K. 352-9364

Kootenays4 Houses on 5 Acres with Shop just outside Nelson City Limits. $890,000 call 354-7949

AFFORDABLE WATERFRONTBeautifully renovated 3 bdrm

beachfront mobile in Bonaventure Park @ 6 Mile Perfect retirement home or

cottage $159,900. Call 250-825-0194 or

250-551-2841

Waterfront, Bonaventure Park #34. 3 bdrm, 2 bath & shed.

Million dollar views without million dollar price tags! Call Lil 250-825-3476 or

250-509-0538. Open houses for two weeks:

July 30th & 31st, 2-4pm Aug 6th & 7th, 2-4pm

Mobile Homes & Parks

Whispering Pines Manufactured Home Park

Home Sites availableBeautiful riverside community

in Genelle. New Homescoming in August or Septemberreceive 3 months Free site rent

Phone: 250-693-2136 www.whisperingpinesmhp.com

MortgagesMortgage Help! Beat bank rates for purchases and refi -nances, immediate debt con-solidation, foreclosure relief, and equity loans. Free, fast, friendly, private consultations.

Call 1-888-685-6181www.mountaincitymortgage.ca

Open HousesOPEN House - Sun. Aug 14 12-2:00 1101 Carbonate, Nelson. Gorgeous sunny views. 3-4 bdrm, 2 bath solid well cared for home; new roof, private lot, room to expand, excellent neighborhood. 378,000, offers. (by owner). 250-354-0206

RecreationalRARE OPPORTUNITY: wa-terfront property on beautiful Jim Lake, 0.83-acre with 360 sq ft insulated cabin, located near Green Lake/Watch Lake. Rare privacy, only three lots on the lake, good fi shing for rainbows to 10 lbs, nice swim-ming, surrounded by crown land. Great trails for hiking, ATV and snowmobile. Sea-sonal 10-km back road access in 4x4 or pick-up. FSBO. $230,000. 250-395-0599. (Please see bchomesfor-sale.com/70mile/frank.)

Rentals

Apt/Condo for Rent2-BDRM, 2 BATH condo in Silver Bay. Fully furnished, 1 indoor parking spot incld. Top fl oor with great views & all up-grades. Avail. Sept. 15th. $1650. 1(215) 692-0277.

Cottages / Cabins7 mile, Nelson. Lakeside cabin, long term rental. Suits 1 person. NS/NP. $650 util incl. 250-825-4424

Small 2 bedroom cabin on large acreage, very private, 1km south of Slocan City. Wood heat, creek water $850 /month + Util. 250-355-0035

Duplex / 4 PlexLower Fairview, Nelson. Newer 3 bdrm, upper duplex, near schools, Safeway, en-suite, fi replace, deck, NS/NP, $1350/mo + util. Avail Sept 15th, references. Application form: call 250-352-6966 or email [email protected]

NELSON: Uphill Sunny 2 bdrm wood fl oors, gas f/p, yard. NS/NP $1000/mo + Util Avail. Sep 1st 250-505-2103

HousesittingHouse sitting provided by responsible, working, family of 3 in Nelson area. 505-7752

Homes for RentBalfour: 3 bdrm, 2 bath, for long term rent, $950+util. NS/NP, bus stop meters away. Available now. 250-229-4669 520-260-0768

CASTLEGAR Small 1.5 Bdrm House, with lrg fenced yard, F/S, W/D, $800/mth + utilities, suitable for single or couple only, No children, Pets nego, 403-276-5765

NELSON- 2 bdrm executive waterfront home, 6 mile Nel-son, partially furnished. NS/NP. Refs req’d. $1700+ utils. (250)825-4471 or 250-354-9434.SMALL Genelle 2 bdrm house for rent for Sept 1. $875.00 per month plus utilities. References required. 250-304-7686.

Offi ce/Retail250 Victoria St. Mountain Wa-ters Wellness building. Quiet, well-lit suite, avail Sept. 1. 200 sq. ft. Rent is $375/mo. incl. utilities. Call Richard 509-0553

DESIRABLE OFFICE space for rent: 406 sq ft w/ skylights, avail Aug. 1, 700 sq ft store front w/ washrooms and stor-age area, avail Sept. 1, 406 sq ft, lower level w/ window, avail Sept. 1. Front Street Empori-um. 601 Front St., Nelson. For more info call Gord at 250-304-4554 or preferably email: [email protected]

Retail & Offi ce Space for Rent

It’s the place to be!Nelson Trading Co.

For information drop into unit 206 or call 250-551-6911

Check Classifi eds!

Rentals

Suites, LowerFairview, Nelson: 1bdrm, 2 blks from 10th St. Campus, on bus route, sm bdrm, suitable for 1 person. Incl. F,S, access to W/D. NS/NP. $625 incl. util. avail. immed. 250-825-4424

Want to RentKSA student looking to rent in Nelson Sept - Apr, 250-304-0867, Please leave msg

Transportation

Auto Financing

YOU’RE APPROVED

Call Dennis, Shawn, or Patti

for Pre-ApprovalFinance at autocanada.com

or amford.com

Cars - Sports & Imports

‘08 Subaru Impreza, $15,900; great condition; automatic; sil-ver w/ black interior; 5-door hatchback, seats 5, all-wheel drive;AC/CD/radio; 109,000km (mostly highway); regularly & fully maintained. Moving over-seas. Call Jude/Claire 250-825-4075

Motorcycles1989 KAWASAKI

DIRT BIKE 2/stroke 125cc Rebuilt Engine

MOVING - MUST SELL!$1,000/obo OFFERS?250-357-2708 (Salmo)

Scrap Car RemovalSCRAP BATTERIES WANTED

We buy scrap batteries fromcars & trucks & heavy equipment.

$4.00 each. Free pick-up anywhere in BC, Minimum 10. Call Toll Free 1.877.334.2288

Trucks & Vans1990 GMC SIERRA 4x4

lifted, standard shiftnew parts

paperwork for work doneMOVING - MUST SELL!$2,000/obo OFFERS?250-357-2708 (Salmo)

Transportation

Trucks & Vans91’ GMC raised roof, semi-camperized. Great [email protected]

Boats

1987 Aquastar, 26’X10’ Beam, Volvo V8 duoprop, dual station, full bridge & rear deck enclosure, 9.9

Honda Kicker, electric anchor winch. Beautiful turnkey condition. Located @ the Prestige Marina.

Asking $18,000 OBO ph: 354-4588

For Sale:A Cabin on the LakeThe Kootenay Queen

• 1976 30ft cabin cruiser with a 185 merc

• Full galley (fridge, stove, sink, furnace, toilet)

• Fold down table for a queen sized bed

• Fold up bunk beds• VHF radio• Hull is sound, galley is

dated.• Low draft• 200 hrs on new engine• A great boat that needs

some TLC.$12,000.00 invested, will take offers starting at $9KCall 250-362-7681 or email [email protected] for more information

World’s Finest FISHING BOATS

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Legal

Legal NoticesNOTICE TO CREDITORS

AND OTHERSTHE ESTATE OF

MAITREYA SARAH BURRELL, DECEASED

All persons having claims against the above estate are required to send full particulars of such claims to the undersigned Admin-istrator, at 400 Burrard Street, 3rd Floor, Vancouver, British Colum-bia, V6C 3A6, Canada on or be-fore the 19th day of September, 2011, after which date the es-tate’s assets will be distributed, having regard only to claims that have then been received.

CIBC Trust Corporation,AdministratorCLARK WILSON LLPSolicitors

Oops, sorry Piggy!Paper routes available, call the Nelson Star at

250-352-1890

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Sat. Aug. 13th 8:30am-2:30pm

Household items, gym equipment, microwave & lots of girls toys, games,

books, brand name clothes (for girls ages 1 - 6)

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Sat. Aug. 13th 8am-12 noon

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Festival organizers pleased with final result of effort Continued from Page 3past year of our efforts, so they aren’t going to bring in as large a number of drugs, or they know they are going to get checked so they aren’t going to bring in any drugs at all. So numbers would be down because of our proac-tive efforts last year.”

Seibel said there were inci-dents that occurred related to problems people brought with them to Shambhala.

“There was one incident of an ex-boyfriend finding the ex-girlfriend and assaulting her in

her tent and keeping her force-fully confined,” he said. “Indi-viduals come from all over and their history and background come with them. If there are conditions of non-contact or no communication and they choose to breach that at the Shambhala site or in town, then we have to deal with that.”

The RCMP meets with the organizers of Shambhala several times throughout the year, and Seibel said they have a strong background and training.

“Some of them are involved

in law enforcement in other areas. Some may be retired law enforcement or, current reserve or auxiliary officers, so their training and professionalism is key when you have a large group of people. They help keep people calm and cool, and keep incidents from escalating.”

There were 10,000 ticket-holding attendants at Shamb-hala last weekend with more than 1,000 additional staff, vol-unteers, and musicians.

“Shambhala Music Festi-val maintains an excellent and

professional working relation-ship with the police established through 14 years of safe festi-val planning,” said Shambhala production manager Corrine Zawaduk.

“Shambhala continues to champion safe festival celebra-tions, and will continue to coop-erate with local and regional po-lice with timely information and cooperation. The festival’s goal is to set safety benchmarks for fes-tivals in Canada,” she said.

Zawaduk said that there are 350 festival staff on shift at any

time during the festival includ-ing licensed security, emergencyresponders, and traffic control-ers.

“It’s been a really great year,”she said. “The atmosphere wasvery positive and relatively calm.The stages and artwork turnedout beautifully, we had a greatcrew of volunteers and staff. Wecouldn’t have asked for a better weekend.”

Shambhala was voted bestlarge festival in the world at theannual Breakspoll Awards inLondon, England in March.

News

A beloved Mother, Wife & bon vivant social butterfl y passed away peacefully on May 31, 2011 at Mountain

Lakes Care Home in Nelson, B.C. Dorothy’s journey began

in Macoun, Saskatchewan but saw her move to the thriving metropolis

of Bienfait until the bright lights of Vancouver lured her out west in the late 1940s. Always a clever chap and fond of numbers she took a job at the downtown branch of the Bank of Montreal until she married Eric Barratt & left to raise a family on the sultry slopes of South Burnaby. Eventually fi nding herself an empty nester she returned to BMO in the 70s. She eventually married well known jeweler Bert Flewwelling & lived happily until his passing. Dorothy loved people and her friends numbered in the hundreds. An avid & accomplished golfer she joined the Vancouver Golf Club in 1954 and remained a member until recently. She even notched a hole-in-one on the 3rd hole on August 26, 1966. It was there that she met the dashing Jack Gilmore - a renowned educator. Th ey married & shared the last chapter of their lives for 23 wonder-ful years until Jack passed away in 2006 – they are now together forever.

Always a caring & giving friend she seemed to be con-stantly shuttling someone to the hospital or an appoint-ment which may explain her skills behind the wheel. Put it this way – her driving could give Buzz Aldrin motion sickness! She was short in stature but huge in heart & per-sonality and remained that way until her last breath. She was the best Mum in the world & a favorite of the staff at Mtn. Lakes – our special thanks to the wonderful staff for their care. Survived by her children Scott (Pam) & Marne Hughes, Jack’s kids Kevin, Celia & Alison. Grandchildren Kaylan, Sara & Jessica (Barratt) & their Mother Dwyn, Liam & Lane (Hughes) & Great Grandchildren Carys (Cutler) & Dayton (Merkley)

Dorothy Lavonne Gilmore

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Richard Irving Greyson

It is with great sadness that we announce the sudden passing of Richard Irving Greyson, age 79,

in Vancouver after a brief struggle with cancer. Richard

was pre-deceased by his wife, Dorothy (Auterson). He is survived by his children Maureen, Peter, John, Philip and Cecilia, his eight grandchildren, his sister-in-law Maureen Davis and her family, and relations across Canada. In particular, we will miss his sense of humour, his great kindness and generosity, his commitment to social justice, and his love of nature.

Born in Nelson, BC, Richard studied botany at the University of British Columbia and the University of Oregon, and taught for thirty years at the University of Western Ontario. In 1994, he was awarded the George Lawson medal from the Canadian Botanical Association. A pioneering researcher in the fi eld of plant sciences, he will be greatly missed by his many colleagues and students.

In lieu of fl owers, please send donations to: Nature Vancouver, PO Box 3021Vancouver BC V6B 3X5.

Obituaries

By the rivers of Babylon we sat and wept when we remembered Zion.Psalm 137Exile is the physical or existential

experience of being dislocated from a sense of ‘home’. Sometimes, exile is forced upon us. Sometimes we choose it in hope of a preferred future. However it occurs, we should know that we are not alone in the experience.Individuals and families

and whole communities can experience the dislocation of exile. Families displaced by natural disasters, ethnic communities fl eeing from persecution, couples torn apart through divorce and high school graduates leaving home in search of work or education all experience a form of exile.Th e exile of Adam and Eve

from the garden sets the stage for the common human longing for home. And in this generation, more than others, that longing seems more intense.Th e great Star Trek series

began in the 1960’s with the optimism of modernity – ‘To boldly go where no man has gone before’. By the late 1990’s, the Captain of Voyager was leading a new quest that captures the generational shift - ‘Th e Journey Home’.Th e Christian writings depict

the church in a constant state of exile as we make our way home. We are warned not to get too attached to this life because it is not our fi nal residence. Paul compares our present body to living in a ‘tent’ while we await a permanent dwelling. We are sojourners, travelling through on our way to a better place. As followers of Jesus, we fi nd ourselves living in the margins between what is and what is yet to come. So, how should we then live in

this experience of exile? How do we ‘sing the songs of the Lord while in a foreign land’?Th e Hebrew people were

familiar with exile. And their experience provides, for me, the best response. Th e prophet Jeremiah writes

from Jerusalem to the exiles in Babylon. His instructions to them from the Lord are,

“Build houses and settle down; plant gardens and eat what they produce. Marry and have sons and daughters . . . Increase in number there; do not decrease. Also, seek the peace and prosperity of the city to which I have carried you into exile. Pray to the LORD for it, because if it prospers, you too will prosper.”Th e church in Canada in this

present generation fi nds herself

in a period of exile. We are a dislocated people, no longer sure of our place in society and uncertain of our future. May we, like the ancient Hebrews, seek the well-being of this place even as we wait, and long for, a better country, a new city, a permanent dwelling in our Father’s house of many rooms.

Churches of NelsonLonging for HomeBy Rev. Scott SimpsonFirst Baptist Church

Loving Jesus, Loving People, Transforming Lives

• Nelson-702 Stanley St. • 352.9613Summer schedule: one serviceon Sundays at 9:30 amPastor Arden GustafsonPastor Chris Wiens

www.ecov.org

• Balfour-7741 Upper Balfour Rd. • 229.2301Sundays at 9:30 amPastor Jason Ashley

• Playmor Junction-2840 Eden Rd. • 359.5065Sundays at 10:00 amPastor Jesse Lerch

Anglican Church of CanadaSt. Saviour's ProCathedralWard & Silica, NelsonFamily Service & EucharistSunday 10:30 AM

St. Matthew'sVillage Road, South SlocanSunday 9:30 AM(No service third Sunday)

St. Michael & All AngelsBusk Road BalfourSunday 11 AM

Office: 8am - 1pm Tue - Fri

[email protected]

www.stsavioursnelson.org

The Salvation ArmyNelson Community Church

Sunday Worship Serviceat 11:00 am

Everyone is WelcomeYour Pastors:

Majors Robin and Yvonne Borrows(New to Nelson)

250 551 4986 601 Vernon Street (Middle Level)

CATHOLIC CHURCHCATHEDRAL OF MARY IMMACULATE

813 Ward Street 352-7131

Sunday Mass Times:

Parish office open weekday [email protected] www.catholiccathedralnelson.ca

First Baptist Church611 Fifth Street 250-352-3212

Worship Service: 10:00 amPastor: Rev. Scott Simpson

First Baptist Church

fbcnelson.caDay camp Aug 15-19 for grades 1-5 cost: $50

A Friendly Bible Centre Church

623 Gordon Rd. Nelson BC V1L 5X6Phone 250-352-9322 • Pastor Rev. Ken H. Keber

Refreshments are served after the service(Affi liated with the Pentecostal Assemblies of Canada)

You are invited to join us Sunday Mornings at 10:00am.“The Lord’s Prayer”

Guest Speaker: Susan Taylor

NelsonUnitedChurch

All are welcomeNursery Room AvailableChildren’s Quiet Play Space

Nelson United Church

602 Silica Street, Nelson BC V1L 4N1Ph: 250.352.2822 • www.nelsonunitedchurch.ca

Minister: David BoydSunday Worship Gathering: 10:00 am

C V1L 4N1nelsonunitedchurch ca

athering: 10:00 am

Unity Centre of the Kootenays

905 Gordon Rd (IHA Bldg., back door)

Sunday 11:00 am

Bo Pearce“The Space of Love”

Nelson Seventh-day Adventist Church

1502 Granite Rd., Tel (250) 352-6102 – nelsonadventistchurch.org

Saturdays:

10:00am Family Bible Study11:00am Worship Service12:30pm Fellowship Lunch (vegetarian)1:30pm Prayer Ministry

“Come now, and let us reason together, says the LORD.”Isaiah 1:18

Join us each Sabbath for Bible study, prayer and Christ-centred worship in a spirit of true Christian fellowship.


Community

Do your kids love making art? Do they love camping? Are you planning day-trips or holidays close to home? If your kids are between five and 12 years old, join Kokanee Park art instructors for regular or drop-in art classes at the visitor’s centre.

Certified art teachers Fiona Brown and Charlotte Erlandsson are offering mixed-me-dia art classes including photography, book-making, paper-making, printmaking, collage, drawing, painting, sculpture, and nature-arts.

“It’s a wonderful opportunity to involve kids in low-tech art making by introducing them to new techniques and materials that they can continue to explore once holidays are over,” says Brown. “It’s great fun to meet a bunch of kids for just two hours, expand our visual universe together, then return home with a wonderful sense of inspiration and ac-complishment,” she adds.

Classes run from 1 to 3 p.m. every Wednesday, Thursday, and Friday until Labour Day. The two hour class fee is $10 including materials.

Everybody WinsCowan’s Office Supplies on Victo-ria Street recently donated $1,000 to Nelson C.A.R.E.S. from its toner recycling program. An excit-ing addition to the program for Cowan’s staff is that they are now selling the recycled inkjet and toner cartridges which: a) don’t end up in the landfill and; b) are less expensive, print just as much and are 100 per cent guaran-teed. Both retail and commercial customers can get on board now with a great closed loop system that is great for the environment and their pocket books.

Art fun at KokaneeSUBMITTEDSpecial to the Nelson Star

www.homesforanimals.com

STILL DOING TIME

250.352.7178520 C Falls Street

Nelson, BC Above Savoy

Bowling LanesOpen Tues - Sat.: 12:00 - 5:00pm

View our current animals available for adoption and check out the new Lost & Found section on our website!www.spca.bc.ca/nelson

250.352.78612124 Ymir Road

We Love Your Pets & They love Us!www.nelsonvet.com

Second Chance Animal Shelter250.352.2228

www.secondchanceadoption.com

Kootenay Animal Assistance Program Society (KAAP)

Pets Available for AdoptionCall 250-551-1053 for information

or visit: www.homesforanimals.com

3 yr old Torti with gorgeous green eyes. Follow Miss Ally Golightly’s Facebook page!

10-week old most adorable Tux kitten, such a lovable hug-a-bug.

Just fixed and vaccinated, and ready to take a road trip with you! Adorable and lots of fun and romping.

Young mama cat who was found in a taped box with her kittens. Now spayed and wanting her own family. Very affectionate!

Ever seen a prettier cat? Gorgeous girl, 3 years old, lovable, easy keeper.

7-month old neutered Lab/Malamute. Will be size of small pony, maybe. Does tricks with buckets, see his video on our web site.

Miss Ally Golightly

Polly Pocket

Harley + Davidson

Cristabel

Koda

Belle

Valhalla Path Realty

280 Baker St., Nelson, BC(250)354-4089

[email protected]

www.valhallapathrealty.com

Wayne Germaine250.354.2814

[email protected]$389,900

$319,900

JUST MOVE INThis completely remodelled three bed two bath home is sure to catch your eye. The house offers generous room sizes a great fl oor plan and a list of upgrades you will have to see for yourself. All this sits on a fl at manicured half acre with terraced gardens and mature ornamental trees. This puts V in value and all you need to do is move in.Call Norm or Lev

Robert Goertz250.354.8500

[email protected]

$55,000

LOOKING FOR AN AFFORDABLE ALTERNATIVE?This 2-3, 1 bath mobile just might be what you are after. Located on a large corner lot with ample garden space and foliage. The mobile has had many upgrades over the years and has been well taken care of. In addition there is a 192 sqft shop and 2 additional garden sheds. Within walking distance to Taghum beach and 10 min to town this won’t last long. Call Lev or Norm Call Norm or Lev

Lev Zaytsoff250.354.8443

[email protected]

Norm Zaytsoff250.354.8584

[email protected]

$277,000

VINTAGE WHITE PICKET FENCED HOMEThis affordable 3 bedroom heritage home sits on a superb lot in a desirable neighbourhood and offers views of Kootenay Lake and surrounding mountains. This is a comfortable home with a good fl oor plan and a fantastic fenced yard that should be considered by the astute buyer. Call Robert

INVESTMENT POTENTIAL BESIDE HOSPITALInvestors! Low maintenance, modern construction home. In-law suite in basement currently rents for $1,900/m. Additional suite potential on upper fl oor. Adjacent to the Kootenay Lake Hospital, it has short term or long term rental possibilities. Main fl oor and basement have wheelchair access. 4 bdrms, 3 baths, 2 kitchens, ample storage & R-4 zoning make this a solid investment opportunity.

Call James

START PACKINGThis cute 3 bedroom, 2 bathroom home is a nice blend of old charm with modern day upgrades. Many original features, a newer roof, a low maintenance yard, and only 2 blocks to Baker Street. Call Yara or visit www.NelsonLocal.com

James Loeppky250.509.0804

[email protected]

Yara Chard250.354.3382

[email protected]

$347,000

$294,000

REDUCE

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ROOM FOR EVERYONEA spacious modern home with approx. 3500 sq. ft. of living space plus a cute 3 bedroom rental/in-law house ($800/month + utilities) all on a 1.1 acre property in sunny Krestova. 3 bedrooms, 3 bathrooms including a classy master suite, 2 dens and 4 fi replaces. A welcoming living room, family room, dining and kitchen layout. The level property has a large patio and a big garden.

Call Wayne

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CONTACT:WEST CREEK DEVELOPMENTS250.505.4820 [email protected]*For approved buyers, contact developer for details

www.WestCreekVillage.caBreathtaking Interior Design by Kootenai Moon Furniture

Two Bedroom Des ignFROM $395 Bi-weekly

Two Bedroom • 3 piece Bath Maple Kitchen - Stainless Steel Appliances • Over 850 sq ft • Built in Fireplace Designer Lighting • 9ft ceilings • 2yr/5yr/10yr Home

Warranty • Ground level entry - No stairs

$215,000NET OF CASHBACK

INCLUDES HST*

Four Room Des ignFROM $485 Bi-weekly

Two Bedroom - Plus spacious Den with Studio off Master Bedroom • Custom Built-in

Entertainment Centre • 3 piece Main Bath and 3 piece Ensuite • Built in Fireplace • Solid Maple

Kitchen Custom Staircase • Vaulted Ceiling Over 1500 sq ft • Walk in Closet

$279,000NET OF CASHBACK

INCLUDES HST*

NOW SELLING!NEW CONSTRUCTION PRE-SALES MOVE IN READY SOON!

TAKE ACTION NOW!First 3 Home Buyers

RECEIVE $10,000 CASH BACKSales launch incentive

OPEN HOUSE SATURDAY

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