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Greg Nesteroff photoElliot Robins is organizing a scavenger hunt on April 27 inspired by Nelson’s underground.

GREG NESTEROFFNelson Star Reporter

An unusual scavenger hunt this month will lead participants in pursuit of the secrets of Nelson’s underground.

Elliot Robins, who is organizing the Sunday, April 27 event, says he can’t give away too many details without spoiling the game, but promises “a series of clues, challenges and riddles that will lead you on an adventure throughout Nelson that features history, culture, colourful characters and local folklore.”

“I wanted to host a really fun Nelson experience,”

he says. “But I didn’t want it to be just a scavenger hunt where you collect random items on a list and earn points or be too much like a walking tour. I wanted to somehow tie those elements together.”

Th e theme comes from the city’s so-called cata-combs — a cribbed area beneath Ward Street be-tween Baker and Vernon that has been elevated to urban legend status. While participants won’t actually get to visit that space, it inspired Robins to create a narrative mixing fact and fi ction.

SAM VAN SCHIENelson Star Reporter

Nelson City Council approved a re-zoning applica-tion to allow medium density residential development at 2000 Choquette Avenue, clearing the way for three townhome condo buildings to be built on what was previously undeveloped golf course land.

About 30 residents who felt they’d be negatively aff ected by the change attended a public hearing and about a third of them used the opportunity to voice their concern to council. Th e project proponent — Nelson’s Patrick Davis of West Creek Developments — spoke in favour of the rezoning, as did Barry Au-liff e, vice president of Granite Pointe golf club, and Hollie Wallace, a local realtor.

Th e main concerns for neighbours was that a condo development on the site wouldn’t fi t with the neighbourhood and lead to increased vehicle traffi c in what is already a busy area with narrow roads and inadequate sidewalks.

But Auliff e said it would be a good opportunity for the golf course, which needs to sell land in order to pay down its debt and ensure the long term viability of the greens.

Wallace added that there’s local demand for the type of compact condo units West Creek builds at an entry-level price range. And Davis stressed that his project was specifi cally designed to mitigate the impact on neighbours.

“To have good fl ow with the neighbourhood, it was our intention when we designed the site to have everything pushed back, as far away from the neigh-bouring properties as possible,” said Davis, noting that the closest structure to the property line would be a row of car ports and storage lockers, which would be more than 15 metres from existing homes.

He also cited a traffi c study that his company com-missioned at the request of city council, which veri-fi ed that the development would not have a signifi cant impact on the area.

But councillor Robin Cherbo thought the traffi c study was misleading because it was carried out in December. He was the only councillor to vote against the rezoning, saying the roads and intersections in

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“It’s been a lot of research and talking to different people to make sure I have my facts straight about the underground since there are so many misconceptions,” he says. “I try to take a step back and in all steps of the process and think ‘is this something I would want to do?’”

Robins has been in a few scavenger hunts himself, but nothing like this. Similar things exist in larger cities, including Accomplice, New York, which marries the search for clues with theatrical elements, leaving participants wondering who’s in on the game and who isn’t.

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Robins, who has been working on the event for the last two months, says if it goes well, he’ll put on another. “There are so many di-rections you could go in Nelson. It’s endlessly fascinating.”

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Councillor Candace Batycki was also concerned about traffic. She pointed out that the homes would be quite far from commercial areas and most people living there would likely rely on their vehicles for daily trans-portation. But she said any development in that area would face the same prob-lem and didn’t consider it a strong enough reason to oppose having something built there.

Councillor Donna Mac-donald added that if the property was instead zoned for low density residential development, as some neighbours suggested they would prefer, then only a few very wealthy people would be able to afford to live there. Both councillor Paula Kiss and councillor Deb Kozak agreed, saying they liked the idea of having relatively affordable housing op-

tions near the golf course. Ultimately the majority of councillors

voted in favour of rezoning the property. The developer will now be allowed to go ahead with construction on the site,

though Davis said he plans to come back to council to request a variance to the permitted building height.

Without the variance, the development would still go ahead with 24 units spread over three build-ings.

But with the variance West Creek could up that to 30 units, by allowing some additional ground-level development.

The variance will have no effect on maximum height of the building, and Davis said if those addi-tional units go ahead his company would use some of the revenue to cover the

cost of installing a sidewalk along Cho-quette Avenue, which would otherwise be a $20,000 expense the city would have to cover.

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Townhome construction can beginDeveloper will be asking council for another variance

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Patrick Davis of West Creek Developments, the proponent for The Crossing at Granite Pointe, needed Nelson City Council to re-zone a portion of golf course land for medium density residential development to allow his project to go ahead.

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Interior Health says a regional planning process to refurbish or replace old hospitals in West Kootenay Boundary remains two to three years away but in the meantime it’s considering improvements to the layout of the regional hospital in Trail.

Todd Mastel, the health authority’s busi-ness support director, and Ingrid Hampf, acute health services administrator, de-livered the news to the regional hospital district last week.

“We’re not in a position to start regional planning based on the availability of capital dollars,” Mastel said. “But we do need to look at current pressures and challenges at Kootenay Boundary Regional Hospital, especially in ambulatory care, pharmacy, and emergency services.”

It comes after a report last November indicated that a thorough overhaul of the Trail hospital would cost about $44 million while replacing it within its existing foot-print would cost about $84 million. Koo-tenay Lake Hospital in Nelson, meanwhile, could use about $30 million worth of repairs and has an estimated replacement value of $63 million.

But Mastel said it doesn’t make sense to start planning their replacements knowing they would be a long way from securing pro-vincial funding. Cost estimates and other information would likely get dated, he said.

“The interim measure of looking at what we need to do to sustain regional services in Trail is the next best step. Knowing func-tional needs at all of our sites, it is the next priority for the health authority within Koo-tenay Boundary.”

For instance, Mastel said despite the ad-dition of an ambulatory care wing in 2001, those services are provided at several loca-tions throughout the facility. They would

prefer to have everything in one place.Hampf said the health authority will pay

for the planning, which is in its very early stages. Eventually the hospital district will be asked to kick in 40 per cent of the capital cost.

“We are going to see if there are oppor-tunities to improve our flow,” Hampf said. “Interior Health is committed to putting those operating dollars in.”

She said by the hospital board’s next meeting in June they should have a better handle on timeframes and other details, but a final proposal won’t be ready until fall.

Rural Castlegar director Gord Zaitsoff said he was disappointed to hear the larger planning process is on hold, as he expected it would be underway by now.

(Castlegar has hired former city man-ager and regional district administrator Jim Gustafson to gather input from local governments in the region on a strategic plan for acute care, but Nelson and Trail declined to take part for fear of upsetting the status quo.)

Nelson mayor John Dooley asked if any improvements are planned for Kootenay Lake Hospital but was told that since it re-cently received a new emergency room, the health authority is now focusing on Trail.

The hospital board also urged Interior Health to get on with upgrades to the emer-gency room at Arrow Lakes Hospital in Nakusp. The project didn’t make it onto this year’s list of funding requests, but remains on the books for next year.

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Kootenay Lake Hospital, which has seen major upgrades to its emergency room in recent years, isn’t on Interior Health’s radar for further capital improvements in the short term.

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Hospital tax will decreaseGREG NESTEROFFNelson Star Reporter

Another $2 million will be added to a capital reserve this year for major health care up-grades in the West Kootenay Boundary, even as hospital taxes drop.

The regional hospital district board, which pays 40 per cent of capital improvements, chose that amount last week over three other options: zero, $500,000, or $1 million, each of which would result in a tax decrease because Interior Health is ask-ing for about $900,000 less this year. The option endorsed by the board will mean a 16.4 per cent tax break.

The reserve is revisited an-nually. The 30-member board, which is comprised of directors of the Central Kootenay and Kootenay Boundary regional districts, also set aside $2 mil-lion last year, bringing the total to $5.7 million.

East Shore director Garry Jackman, who made both the original motion to create the reserve three years ago and the

motion last week to maintain the same contribution, told 103.5 The Bridge it’s intended to “respond to any unexpected requests to partner in a major planning process for the future of acute care in this hospital district. It’s a message to the province: if they want to put up money and do something for us in the long term, we’re ready.”

Interior Health said such a planning process is at least two to three years away. But Jack-man said he also wants to look at paying down debt, as the East Kootenay hospital district has done. Its tax base is now able to support major renovations and expansions without needing to borrow, he said.

He added that while they

could reduce taxes even more by placing less in reserves, the hospital district has a respon-sibility to consider long-term needs: “While I’d like to leave as much money in the public’s pocket, we are so far behind on the big picture that this is a deci-sion we need to take. We’re tell-ing people you will pay now or you will pay much more later.”

The lone voice of opposi-tion came from Trail direc-tor Robert Cacchioni, who argued the reserve has grown large enough and didn’t sup-port adding any more than $500,000. However, others including rural Slocan Valley director Walter Popoff and New Denver’s Henning Von Krogh said they wanted to take advantage of the opportunity to maximize reserves without increasing taxes.

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Regional hospital district directors have agreed to sock away $2 million in a reserve fund, bringing the total to $5.7 million.

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The use of medical marijuana has come to council’s attention and may have to be dealt with by our local law enforce-

ment or by drafting new bylaws. At our last council committee of the whole meeting, Chief Wayne Holland gave a presentation on the new medical marijuana regulations which took effect on April 1.

The new federal regulations could make current legal marijuana patients criminals. A quote in the Nelson Star states “There are cur-rently only 10 companies in Canada licensed to produce medical marijuana, and NPD chief Wayne Holland says his observation of the lead-up to the introduction of the new regula-tions indicates that when the law changes there won’t be enough supply to meet the country-wide demand for medical marijuana.”

It is further explained by a quote from the Health Canada website, “If you are a Canadian citizen, you can legally obtain your medica-tion by registering your medical document with a licensed producer that is authorized by Health Canada’s Medical for Marijuana Purposes Regulations (MMPR).”

There are many problems with the new regulations, as there are currently approxi-mately 14,000 medical marijuana “patients” in BC alone and there is no way that an “au-

thorized licensed producer” could even begin to meet the demand after April 1.

Rather than continue with a program of patients providing their own marijuana under a legal licence, the federal government has decide to pass the production and distribution of marijuana onto new corporations

This new law Medical for Marijuana Purposes Regula-tions (MMPR), stinks, if you will pardon the pun.

It shows the federal gov-ernment has decided to make it more difficult for medical marijuana patients while passing the profits onto the new corporations. Not to mention the proposed dis-tribution from marijuana corporate growers by courier or mail to medical patients in the Canada Post community mail boxes.

After April 1, the new Health Canada MMPR could make a number of former legal medical marijuana growers and patients criminals if they have to continue to supply their own needs by ignoring the new

regulations. News quotes state “Vancouver City Police

say they won’t bust down the doors of the city’s many illegal medical marijuana dispen-saries April 1 when a new federal law will del-

egate weed production and distribution to a handful of licensed premises.”

“It really is about access to medication, and the rules un-der the new federal law would essentially block people from getting their medication.”

“We just don’t see these dispensaries as something we need to shut down, as long as they are only provid-ing marijuana to people who medically need it.”

Following with a quote in the Nelson Star, “With that in mind, chief Holland says police across the country un-derstand that people need ac-cess to their medicine so they

won’t be heading out bright and early on April 1 to shut down medical marijuana production facilities licensed under the old regulations.”

The approach the federal government is

taking appears to be something from the 1936 movie Reefer Madness. Rather than coming up with better solutions, the new MMPR will drive the whole process underground and/or back into the courts.

In the US, Colorado and Washington State have legalized small quantities of marijuana and passed or are proposing taxing legal mari-juana sales to adults where they are expected to reap millions of dollars.

It seem that with the cost of health care and infrastructure in Canada, taxing current legal marijuana production would have been a more positive approach for the Canadian government rather than making the current licensed production and distribution illegal.

Municipalities and councils across BC may have to deal with the change to current legal production and use of medical marijuana through increases in budgets for bylaws and law enforcement.

As it seems now, as of April 1, only the new legal marijuana corporations and lawyers are going to be the winners in this regressive change in medical marijuana regulations.

— Robin Cherbo is a Nelson city councillor. He shares this space with his colleagues around the table.

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You’d be hard pressed to find any-one who could argue that recycling is anything but a good idea.

How we pay for that recycling is an-other issue entirely.

The new Multi Material BC (MMBC) recycling system is set to begin, province-wide, on May 19 and businesses are rebelling against the new system.

The MMBC approach basically takes recycling out of the hands of local gov-ernments and puts it under the control of one, Ontario-based company.

Under this system, municipalities that sign on — including Nelson and Castlegar — will be compensated by MMBC for the recycling they collect, and businesses that produce the recy-clable material will be charged a fee to pay for the program.

Those areas who have not signed on — the Regional District of the Central Kootenay wanted to, reluctantly, but was told it didn’t meet the deadline

— must continue to pay for their own recycling programs.

At quick glance, this may seem like a good idea, but as the saying goes, the devil is in the details.

Consumers are not going to receive a financial boost from this new effort; in fact the opposite is true.

It is unlikely that municipal govern-ments will decrease taxes for collecting recyclables, even though they receive compensation.

Add to that the fact that businesses will be forced to increase product costs to pay for the new fees and the result is consumers end up paying twice for the same service.

And it gets worse.Some businesses are threatening lay-

offs to compensate for the new fees. Other companies have even suggested the new system will force them to close.

Any employee impacted by the new MMBC program would be paying for the third time.

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Service key to successSam Van SchieNelson Star Reporter

Twenty years ago, Petra Lehm-ann opened Lakeside Physiothera-py and Sports Injuries Clinic with just one other practitioner and a receptionist. Now the clinic has a staff four times that size and was recently recognized with a Nelson Chamber of Commerce award for Professional Service Excellence.

Lehmann said it’s never easy establishing a new practise (espe-cially for somebody raising two kids along the way) and there were certainly bumps in the road, but being named for the award is evi-dence that she’s created something the community values.

“It’s always been really impor-tant to me to provide really good service,” Lehmann said. “It felt really fantastic to be recognized for that.”

The clinic is dedicated to help-ing its clients get over painful injuries or other circumstances that cause discomfort or restrict a person’s movement. All the phys-iotherapists that work there have a broad range of specialties and are encouraged to continually upgrade their skills.

“There’s always more to learn,

even after you’ve spent six years in university to become a physio-therapist,” Lehmann said.

“I believe that every year of your life you should learn something new and take another course... If you don’t change and learn and evolve, you can’t really provide the best care.”

Lehmann has personally spe-cialized in women’s health, while some of the other physiotherapists have added skills like acupuncture,

IMS needling and spinal manipu-lation. The clinic also offers cus-tom knee bracing and bike fitting.

Amid all the serious work being done at Lakeside Physio, Lehmann said her staff still finds time to laugh with each other and their clients.

“Humour goes a long way when you’re dealing with people who are having struggles,” Lehmann said. “We always try to keep people smiling and having fun around here.”

Lakeside Physiotherapy honoured by Chamber

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Petra Lehmann (right) and her team at Lakeside Physiotherapy and Sports Injuries Clinic were presented with the Nelson Chamber of Commerce award for Professional Service Excellence.

Sam Van SchieNelson Star Reporter

An interactive night of theatre, set at The Royal nightclub and featuring a supporting cast of local actors, will take its audience into the freak show that is a regular night out at a club.

Electro Social Club was written and produced last year by Rossland’s Rupert Keiller and Nadine Trem-blay, who are also the narrators, singers and DJs for the event. The pair are currently touring the show through six cities in the Kootenays, with the last stop this Friday in Nelson.

“It’s a show where we invite the audience to come to the dance floor and be a part of the action,” Trem-blay explained.

From the stage, she and Keiller tell stories and sing about the nightclub characters (actually local actors arranged before the show) who they see roaming through the crowd. Each of the 11 characters reveal themselves over the course of the show, and include The Dance Fluffer, The Bouncer and The Connais-seur, to name a few.

“They’re the typical night club characters that you’d find in a dodgy nightclub place — like The Royal,” Tremblay said. “They’re people we’ve all met before, like The Forever Raver, who’s been around since the breach birth of rave culture and he’ll tell you about it and give you hugs and dance all night.

“Or The Pickup Artist who will probably hit on you if you’re in the venue.”

Scenes play out on the dance floor, among the audience, with a camera guy there to capture the action. The video is streamed live on a big screen on stage, so not matter where you’re standing you can see and hear what’s going on.

“It’s a lot of fun,” Tremblay said. “The show’s a little

bit different in every town and we love seeing what the local actors in different communities do with it.”

Electro Social Club goes Friday, April 11 at The Royal. Tickets are $12 in advance, available at The Dominion Cafe, or $15 at the door. Doors open at 9 p.m.

Meet the nightclub freaksAudience becomes part of the action

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Rupert Keiller and Nadine Tremblay are the writers, pro-ducers and stars of the Electro Social Club, an interactive theatre production coming to The Royal this Friday.

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A New Green for the Kootenays!Just five minutes North of Kaslo and Nestled into the west shores of the Kootenay Lake is Wing

Creek Resort, a 20-acre phased strata development that has raised the bar in residential building. The first of 27 private residences to be constructed within the development is the Birchgrove Residence. A Hamill Creek timber frame home designed to show Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design.

This luxurious home which features the timber frame craftsmanship for which the Kootenays are known, is a registered project with LEED Canada for Homes, and is currently targeting a gold certification. Sculpted into the hillside above Kootenay Lake, this house offers breath taking views of the Kootenay Lake and the Purcell Mountain Range just across the water.

As an internationally renounced builder with more than 30 years of ties to the community, Hamill Creek decided that a project in their own backyard was deserving something special. The Birchgrove was designed and constructed by Hamill Creek Timber Homes with a greener vision in mind from inception to completion. Packing lots of creature comforts into a smaller space while using green practices and products and building within a reasonable budget was the challenge presented to and overcome by Hamill Creek, their sub-trades, and suppliers. In addition to all of this, The owners of Wing Creek and Hamill Creek all agreed it wasn’t enough to just say they build green, but went on to Register this home with LEED Canada for Homes in an attempt to become one of the first LEED certified homes in the interior BC.

The Birchgrove opened its doors to the public on May 22nd, 2011 and has been turning heads and gaining recognition ever since. The project used locally sourced wood for the Timber frame, wall framing and roof framing. In doing so, they supported our local economy, and used less fuel and other resources to transport the material to site. Even the Insulation in the floor and the walls was produced locally in Grand Forks at the Roxul plant. Paints, glues and adhesives in the house contain low or no VOC, keeping the air quality up. Also in an effort to mitigate any radon gas that could seep in from the ground, there is an active system the consistently exhausts the air from under the slab through the ridge.

The landscaping around the Birchgrove is something of a natural work of art. The project team installed a system to collect rainwater runoff into rain barrels at all the downspouts and from there to feed into a drip irrigation system. With the planting of low ground cover and drought tolerant bushes around the home, the landscaping never needs a sprinkler or a lawnmower, saving on both water and time. The terraced rock walls and the recycled stone pathway help to blend this home into the surrounding natural beauty.

In addition to being built green, the Birchgrove was built with the luxury finishes for which Hamill Creek has become known. Locally-sourced Douglas Fir baseboards and handrails perfectly accent the rich dark brown Douglas Fir flooring on the main floor and the marbled concrete floor on the lower level. A large dormer window over the kitchen bathes the main living space and T&G ceilings in natural light. With a super insulated roof system, heat recovery system, in floor hydronic heating, Energy Star window, door and Appliances, LOW voltage lighting, it’s no question that Hamill Creek nailed it.

I strongly encourage everyone to come out and meet Kevin, Debra and the rest of the Wing Creek team and experience why they say “Relax. Breathe deeply. Discover where you truly belong.” ~ Ken Austin


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Interested in supporting Nel-son’s downtown vitality? Join the Nelson Business Association ev-ery Thursday at 8 a.m. at the Kootenay Coop meeting room above Hipperson’s Hardware.

The Nelson Chapter of the Kootenay Lake Hospital Aux-iliary will be holding its annual Easter (spring) Bake Sale on Friday, April 11 from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. in the lobby of Koote-nay Lake Hospital. There will be lots of great homemade bak-ing, including cakes, cupcakes, cookies, bread, pies and much more. All proceeds go to support patient care at the hospital. Stock up for the Easter week. You will be glad you did.

Friends of the Nelson Library host its Kids Size Book Sale on Saturday, April 12 from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m., downstairs at the Nel-son Public Library. Come see the selection of board books for little ones; picture and chapter books; DVDs, Blu-Rays and CDs; puzzles and games. Pro-ceed from the sale go to the Grow-A-Reader program! For information email [email protected] or call Catherine at 250-352-5975.

Trans Connect is hosting a free All Bodies Swim on Satur-day, April 12 from 8:30 to 10:30 p.m. at the Aquatic Centre. This is a pool party to celebrate all bodies, including trans*, queer, people of colour, fatties, scars, fur, mobility aids, inked and pierced. Children and allies welcome. For info call 250-354-5362

Kootenays for a Pipeline-Free BC is hosting a free video night to discuss how citizens can join in on issues like climate change, bitumen pipelines, Jumbo Wild, or even the ALR changes. All are invited to attend on Tuesday, April 15 at 7:30 p.m. at the Nel-son Seniors Centre (717 Vernon Street).

Celebrate the full moon lunar eclipse with Astrologer Michael O’Connor’s evening presenta-tion of “An Astrological Smor-gasbord” on Tuesday, April 15 from 7:30 to 9:30 p.m. at 533A Baker Street.

The Nelson Chapter of the Council of Canadians will hold its monthly meeting on Satur-day, April 19 at 10 a.m. at the Labour Exchange building at 101 Baker Street (next to the Best Western). Please note that this is a change from the usual second Saturday of the month. All are welcome.

Canadian Federation of Uni-versity Women Nelson and Dis-trict Club invites present, former and new members to its general meeting on April 19 at 9:30 a.m. at the Banquet Room of the New Adventure Hotel (616 Vernon Street). Guest speaker is Megan Squires from the Nelson Good Neighbour Programme. For info see: https://sites.google.com/site/nelsoncfuw

The Easter Egg Hunt at Lake-side Park is back on Saturday, April 19 from 10 a.m. until noon. The fundraiser for the Nelson Food Cupboard will have pictures with the Easter Bunny, crafts, balloons and face painting. Egg hunt start times are by age with under 2 years go-ing at 10:45, 3 to 4-year-olds at 11 a.m., 5 to 6-year-olds at 11:15 and 7 to 10+ years at 11:30 a.m.

Come on down to the Legion Hall on Saturday, April 19 at 7 p.m. for an Old-Time Hootenanny! It’s a community dance and social with live music, called dances and a licensed bar. No experience nec-essary! Tickets are $10 for adults and $5 for youth. Children 12 and under are free. Tickets are available at Otter Books.

Trash to Treasure day returns on Saturday, April 26. This one-day event is your chance to help reduce waste by giving away your used household items or claiming old treasures from your neigh-bours. To participate, simply place unwanted items on the curb with a sign identifying them as part of Trash to Treasure. Then go trea-sure hunting around your neigh-bourhood. All unclaimed items should be removed from the curb by 4 p.m.

“Adopt A Pot” of organic veg-etables from SEEDS, at Lakeside Park greenhouse on Sunday, April 27 at 10 a.m. SEEDS will be selling five-gallon pots of lus-

cious organic greens that you to take home and grow on your pa-tio, balcony or in your yard. For details call 250-352-3870.

Alcoholics Anonymous holds 14 one-hour meetings weekly in Nelson, at 717A Vernon Street (in the Cellar downstairs), including early morning, noon hour, and evening meetings on specific days. For a schedule please call 250-352-3391 or pick up a complete meeting list at the Cellar.

Al-anon meetings are held Wednesdays from noon to 1 p.m. at the Cellar, 717 Vernon Street, and on Fridays from 8 to 9 p.m. at 601 Front Street in the basement. For more about the Cellar meetings contact Norma at 250-352-3747 and for the Front Street meetings contact Sharon at 250-352-7333.

Nelson and District Seniors Coordinating Society is a seniors’ one-stop centre for free informa-tion on community and services. It also offers affordable help with household tasks. The office is open Monday to Thursday from 10 to 2 p.m. at 719 Vernon Street. Available on Tuesdays from 10 to noon are seniors’ counselling and free income tax service. On Wednesdays from noon to 2 p.m. learn about elder abuse preven-tion. Call 250-352-6008.

WorkshopsNelson and District Youth

Centre hosts Community Yoga on Thursdays from 7 to 8:30 p.m. This fun evening practice is suitable for all levels, focusing on fluidity empowerment. Admis-sion is by donation ($5 recom-mended). Yoga for Girls is also offered Wednesdays from 3:45 to 5:15 p.m. for ages 12 to 18 for a $2 fee.

Ellison’s hosts free workshops every Saturday from 10 to 11 a.m. The topic on April 12 is raising chickens, everything you need to know about how to begin rais-ing chickens, from layers to meat birds. Have chickens already but need some tips? Come and bring all your chicken questions!

There will be a three-day series of African drum and dance work-shops with Mohamed Duranteau and Alseny Diallo at Winlaw Hall and Studio Alive in Nelson hap-

pening April 11 to 13. Sessions are $20 each. All levels are welcome. For details see wontanaradru-manddance.ca.

A free Essentrics introduction class for both men and women will be offered on Saturday, April 12 from 9 to 10 a.m. at The Mov-ing Centre. Essentrics is a stretch and strength class that has count-less benefits to include improved posture, pain relief, anti-aging, joint protection, increased flex-ibility, stronger, longer and leaner muscles, better balance, weight loss and toning, etc. Give it a try! Bring a mat or towel. Bare feet is suggested but indoor shoes are accepted.

Learn how to needle felt spring decorations such as birds, small animals or fairies. Workshop is at Maplerose (390 Baker Street). Call 250-352-5729 to pre-register or for more info.

Casting CallThe Capitol Theatre Summer

Youth Program auditions will be held on Sunday, April 13. The program runs daily, 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. from July 2 to 26. This year’s show is The Secret Garden. Directed by Geoff Burns, music director Allison Girvan and cho-reographed by Lynette Lightfoot. Those interested in auditioning, contact Eva at the Capitol Theatre to book an audition time at 250-352-6363.

announCEmEntSlocan Valley Softball is look-

ing for all types of players. Maybe a mixed adult slow pitch team to play in Nelson or Castlegar, maybe a slow OR fast pitch team to play in tournaments, maybe a contingent of 55+ players to Lang-ley’s BC Seniors games, maybe just family teams to scrimmage locally. Also hunting for sponsors. Contact Rick at 778-800-9821 or [email protected].

MEND (Mind, Exercise, Nutrition, Do It!) is a free pro-gram for families with children between the ages of seven and 13. This 10 week, twice-weekly program promotes healthy eat-ing and physical activity to help families work together towards healthy weights. Next session April 23. For info call 250-505-4708.

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Nelson City Soccer Outdoor League start week April 28, 2014.

Nelson City Soccer Leagues (Spring/Summer/Fall Outdoor)

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To register visit www.nelsoncitysoccer.com or call 250.551.6972


Entertainment listingsTheaTre Electro Social Club, an interactive theatre performance created by Rossland’s Rupert Keiller and Nadine Tremblay, will be in Nelson on Friday, April 11 at The Royal. Tickets are $12 in advance, available at The Dominion Cafe, or $15 at the door. Doors open at 9 p.m.

The Kootenay Festival of the Arts wraps up this weekend with a highlights concert on Saturday April 12. The show features performances covering speech and dramatic arts, choral and vocal arts as well as piano, strings and guitar. The concert takes place at Nelson’s Capitol Theatre at 7 p.m. and admission is by donation. The festival is sponsored by the Nelson Musical Festival Association and provides an opportunity for young people in the Kootenay to showcase their talent.

Hume elementary school’s production of Roald Dahl’s Willy Wonka Kids goes Tuesday, April 15 at 10 a.m. and 1 p.m. and Wednesday, April 16 at 10 a.m. Tickets are available at the school (seating is limited).

Nelson Youth Theatre presents Greaze: A Live Tribute to the Hit Movie on Thursday, April 24 at 7:30 p.m. at the Capitol Theatre. This show will have you singing and dancing in your seat, with the T-birds, Pink Ladies and old Rydell. Zoe Burrell and Evan Forst star as the unlikely couple Sandy and Danny. They’re accompanied by past NYT actors, such as Zooey Bingham, Zorn Rose, Tate Whitman, Maddy Reilly, Tucker Bingham and more. There will also be some new faces among the NYT gang. Tickets are $11 for adults or $6 for students and seniors available at capitoltheatre.bc.ca or by phoning 250-352-6363.

LiTeraTureJoin Nelson author Deryn Collier for the launch of Open Secret, her latest in the Bern Fortin novel series, on Friday, April 11 at 7:30 p.m. at Oxygen Art Centre (3-320 Vernon Street, alley entrance). Donations will be accepted at the door ($5 recommended).

Nelson poet Jane Byers will be celebrating the launch of her first book of poems, Steeling Effects, at the Nelson Library on April 17 at 7 p.m. All are invited to attend this free event.

Karen Rivers, a children’s author from Victoria, is touring libraries throughout the Kootenays with her book The Encyclopedia of Me, which has been nominated for this year’s Red Cedar Book Award. She’ll be at the Nelson Public Library on Tuesday, April 29 from 10 to 11 p.m. Her presentation is suitable for ages 10 and up. If you are interest in attending, please contact [email protected] or Nancy at 250-352-8283.

DanceThe Capitol Theatre Season Series presents: Shay Kuebler Dance Company’s Karoshi on Wednesday, April 16 at 8 p.m. Don’t miss this contemporary dance performance with explosive choreography and an all-male en-semble of six dancers. A thrilling and visceral experience. Tickets are $30 for adults or $24 for students at capitoltheatre.bc.ca or phone 250-352-6363.

FiLmThe Nelson Civic Theatre will be showing Captain America: Winter Soldier this Wednesday, Thursday and Friday (April 9 to 11) at 7 p.m. nightly. In the film, Steve Rogers struggles to embrace his role in the modern world and battles a new threat from old history: the Soviet agent known as the Winter Soldier. For more information, visit civictheatre.ca.

Village Portraits: Then and Now, a photographic film created by Proctor residents Ursula Heller and Barry Gray, will be shown at Procter Hall on April 12. During the 1970s Heller travelled across Canada photographing small communities, then she repeated the journey about 35 years later. The film shows how the communities have changed over almost two generations. Doors open at 6:30 p.m. for socializing and the film will start at 7:30 p.m. Attendees are encouraged to bring a snack to share.

Nelson Cohousing presents a screening of the documentary film Happy on Sunday, April 13 from 2 to 5 p.m. at Expressions Cafe. The film explores human happiness through interviews with people from all walks of life in 14 different countries, weaving in the newest

findings of positive psychology. Admission is by donations with proceeds going to Kootenay Kids. Following the film, a cohousing group will speak about their new development at Six Mile.

The West Kootenay EcoSociety and Nelson Hydro’s EcoSave Program present the film Deep Green at the Nelson Civic Theatre on April 23 at 7:30 p.m. This thought provoking movie highlights innovative solutions to our growing climate and energy crises, and provides specific concrete steps you can take to join the green energy revolution. Tickets are $5.

musicGrammy award-winning Jamaican reggae artist Beenie Man (aka “The King of Dancehall”) will be at Spiritbar on Wednesday, April 9 with an opening set by Dubconscious. Doors open at 9 p.m. Tickets available at the Hume Hotel front desk.

Miss Quincy and The Showdown will be celebrating the release of their latest album Roadside Recovery at Spiritbar on Friday, April 11. This is an early show. Doors open at 7 p.m. and the show will start at 8 p.m. Tickets are $10 in advance at the Hume Hotel or ticketweb.ca (search “Hume Hotel”).

Ed Solo will be at Spiritbar on Friday, April 11 with Bryx. Doors open at 10 p.m. Tickets are available in advance at the Hume Hotel front desk.

Sons and Daughters will play Expressions Cafe on Thursday, April 10 with Thea and the Fine Gentleman. Cover is $10, or $5 for students. Doors open at 7 p.m. with the show starting at 7:30 p.m.

There will be a Roots ‘n’ Culture Celebration at Sleep Is For Sissies in Winlaw on Friday, April 11 from 7 to 11 p.m. Performers include Mohamed Andre Duranteau, Mama Sa, Farrada Dance, Yardy Fryz and Lady Humble. Bring your dancing shoes!

On Saturday, April 12 from 1 to 3 p.m., Ellison’s Cafe Acoustic Unplugged Sessions presents Sons and Daughters, a folk ensemble from Selkirk Music composed of eight harmonizing vocalists. They will be followed by Stephanie Dufresne with guests Glen Martin (mandolin) and Jesse Lee (upright bass).

Corazón, Nelson’s celebrated 66-member youth choir, will perform at Touchstones Nelson on Saturday, April 12. There will be five, 20-minute performances starting at 1:30 p.m., 2 p.m., 2:30 p.m., 3 p.m., 3:30 p.m. Tickets are sold out.

Edmonton prog-metal gods Scythia play the basement of Kootenay Co-op Radio on Saturday, April 12 with Nelson’s Sack Grabbath. Doors open at 8 p.m. Cover is $10.

The Galena Trio will perform at the Capitol Theatre on Saturday, April 19 at 8 p.m. This trio, sharing a passion for the art of Chamber music, consists of Nelson clarinetist, Nicola Everton, pianist Susanne Ruberg-Gordon and cellist Johanne Perron. Tickets are $14 for students and $24 for adults and are available atcapitoltheatre.bc.ca or phone 250-352-6363. Students from schools participating in the NOCS Outreach Program can access tickets at no cost.

Stickybuds will be celebrating four-twenty at Spiritbar on Saturday, April 19 with Mister Leon. Doors open at 10 p.m. Tickets are $20 available at the Hume Hotel front desk.

Toronto’s multi-instrumental duo Sunparlour Players play Spiritbar on Thursday, April 24 with local songstress Rhoneil. Doors open at 8 p.m. Tickets are $10 in advance at the Hume Hotel or ticketweb.ca (search “Hume Hotel”).

Three DJs from Vancouver — The Librarian, Max Ulis and Sobata — will be spinning at Spiritbar on Saturday, April 26. They’re here to promote the upcoming Bass Coast Music Festival. Doors open at 10 p.m. and Tickets are $15 in advance at the Hume Hotel front desk.

Winnipeg singer-songwriter Ruth Moody of the Wailin’ Jennys plays an all ages concert at the Nelson Civic Theatre on Wednesday, April 30. Local troubadour James Lamb will open the show. Doors open at 7 p.m. and the show will start at 7:30 p.m. Tickets are $15 in advance at The Music Store (580 Baker Street) or $20 at the door.

aT The pubFinley’s Irish Bar and Grill hosts a rock ‘n’ roll jam night Tuesdays from 8 p.m. to midnight.

Finley’s Irish Bar and Grill hosts Karaoke on Wednesday and Sunday nights from 9 p.m. to close.

Spiritbar hosts Top Spin Thursdays, a free weekly ping pong tournament with prizes each week. Doors open at 7 p.m. for registration and the tournaments begin at 7:30 p.m. sharp. All skill levels welcome. Details at facebook.com/topspinthursdays.

Miss Quincy, aka former-Nelsonite Jody Peck, plays the early show at Spiritbar this Friday.

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On the heels of finally losing round-the-clock emergency coverage, Kaslo may become part of a telemedicine pilot project.

Rural regional district director Andy Shadrack says a proposal is be-ing discussed with Interior Health on a program called LiveCare, which is currently available at Nelson’s health co-op and provides remote access to family doctors and specialists.

“They’re also interested in doing an ER pilot project,” Shadrack told 103.5 The Bridge. “We as a community are very interested and have notified In-terior Health.”

Shadrack said a number of grant programs would have to be in place. LiveCare is also in discussions with Logan Lake, he added, “so maybe this is something Interior Health could look

at for all its remote communities.”After several reprieves and frequent

closures, the ER at Kaslo’s Victorian Community Health Centre has finally converted to Monday to Friday 9 a.m. to 5 p.m., but even that was fraught with challenges. Although the change was supposed to take effect April 1, due to an ongoing physician shortage, the emergency room was actually closed from the evening of March 27 until the morning of April 2. Two days later it closed again for lack of nursing staff. However, Interior Health said that was just a one-off scheduling problem.

Shadrack said even if the telemedi-cine project goes ahead, it doesn’t change the need for Kaslo to recruit more physicians: “That’s still the back-bone for the clinic. Then it’s how to build the add-ons to get the care.”

April 12 10am and repeated April 13 1pmAll about Perennials

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Students from Selkirk College’s Con-temporary Music and Technology Pro-gram are getting ready to wrap up an-other school year, but not before leaving their mark on the town.

� e acoustic folk ensemble Sons and Daughters and Selkirk’s jazz ensemble � ea and the Fine Gentlemen will be tak-ing the stage at Expressions in downtown Nelson on April 10. � e groups will be performing songs that range from Espe-ranza Spalding to Neil Young.

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NewsStolen car found burned

Nelson police recovered a stolen car last week in Rosemont — but dis-covered the interior had been set on � re. � ey didn’t identify the make or model or indi-cate where it had been stolen from.

� ey ask anyone who noticed any suspicious ac-tivity in the 400 block of West Beasley Street to contact them.

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The Nelson Leafs kick off the 2014 Cyclone Taylor Cup on Thursday night against the Victoria Cougars. On Friday, the Leafs will rekindle their rivalry with the Beaver Valley Nitehawks.

Ready for the rematchHost Nelson Leafs have chance to avenge playoff loss to Beaver Valley

Kevin MillsNelson Star

The entire hockey season has been leading up to this week. The Nelson Leafs are ready to host the 2014 Cyclone Taylor Cup (April 10 to 13). The event will decide the junior B hockey provincial crown.

For the Leafs to take the title, they will have to beat a familiar foe — the Beaver Valley Nitehawks.

The Nitehawks eliminated the Leafs in post season play and went on to win the Kootenay International Junior Hockey League (KIJHL) crown.

Now Nelson has the chance for a little payback.

“They are a great team and we are excit-ed to have them here. It’s going to be great for two local teams to be in the Cyclone Taylor Cup and I think it’s going to be an exciting game on Friday,” said Leafs head coach Frank Maida about facing Beaver Valley once again.

While his squad is motivated and itch-ing to get back on the ice, Maida said the Nitehawks do provide a little bit of extra incentive.

“I think the boys are focussed and ready to go, regardless if Beaver Valley was com-ing or Kamloops. But, being Beaver Valley, I think we owe them one and we are going to be ready to go.”

The Cyclone Taylor Cup is a four-team tournament featuring the champions of the KIJHL (Beaver Valley), the Vancouver Island Junior Hockey League (Victoria Cougars) and the Pacific Junior Hockey League (Aldergrove Kodiaks) as well as the host team (Nelson).

While the Leafs coaching staff is fa-miliar with Beaver Valley, the other two teams are a bit of a mystery.

“I know Victoria in the past has put together a pretty good team and they’ll be strong and so will Aldergrove... Hopefully we’ll get some video and have a look at the teams,” said Maida.

While the other three teams have been playing in their respective playoff series, Nelson hasn’t played a game in weeks.

However, Maida said the squad has been getting healthier during that time and preparing to return to game action.

“We’ve been practicing hard. We’ve gone seven days straight of practice get-ting ready for Thursday night.”

As the host team, Nelson has a big advantage by playing at the Nelson and District Community Complex.

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Jamie Vlanich won the award for lead-ing scorer and was named team MVP. Vlanich was also the leading scorer in the entire KIJHL.

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Carson Willans — Most Valuable Play-er in the Playoffs;

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Tire maintenance an important safety precautionTires are the link between a vehicle and the roadway, and tire quality has a direct impact on the performance and safety of an automobile. But tire maintenance is easy to overlook. However, ignoring tire maintenance can threaten driver and passenger safety and make a vehicle operate inefficiently.Steering, breaking ability and traction are all governed by good tires. Worn tread can result in longer stopping times and make it difficult to brake immediately in an emergency situation. Although driving tends to be the primary culprit behind worn down tires, sometimes bald or unevenly worn out tread is indicative of a larger problem, such as a misaligned wheelbase, improperly aligned tires or tires that are underinflated. The following are some common problems associated with tires and how to address these issues should they arise.

BloWouTSWorn tire treads increase the risk of punctures, which can lead to blowouts. Bald tires also may blowout as a result of friction on roadways that is met with minimal rubber. Getting caught on the side of the road with a tire blowout can be a hassle, so routinely check tire treads and replace tires accordingly.

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Average new tires on cars usually start with 10/32 inch to 11/32 inch of original tread depth. When tread reaches a depth of 2/32 inch, they are considered worn out. There are different ways to gauge tread depth. Insert a penny into the tread groove with lincoln’s head upside down and facing you. If you can see all of lincoln’s head, it is time to replace the tires. Another coin test is to insert a quarter into the groove. If the tread touches Wash-ington’s head, you have at least 4/32 inch of tread left. don’t have any currency on hand? Then look at the treadwear indicator bar molded into the tires. When these bars become flush with the adjacent ribs of the tire, the tires should be replaced.

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Inga was born in Northern Germany (Grafelde) in her grandmother’s farmhouse on Jan. 10, 1925, and grew up in a small community, Syke, near Bremen. She was the eldest of 7 children and was always busy babysitting. Her father was a high school teacher in Syke. Her parents built a large, isolated house on a forested hill with a magnificent view of Syke. There the family raised rabbits, silkworms, kept bees and tended a large forest garden. Inga’s mother sewed, embroidered, knit, cooked and kept house for her growing family. Her mother came from a musical family, sang and played lute and piano. Inga’s father played cello and the children played violin, piano and recorder. They practiced music together and had regular family concerts. Every Sunday, they would sit together and listen to concerts on the radio. Books were held in high esteem, and Inga grew up with a love of reading.

From the roof of their hilltop home the family saw the fire bombing and resulting inferno of Bremen during the war, but they were safe except for a stray fire bomb which they managed to move outside before detonation. Inga’s father had received an iron cross for valour in the first world war, and was one of very few survivors of his regiment. Because of invalidity, he stayed in Syke as a schoolteacher during the second world war. This was extremely lucky for the children. With their large gardens, the family managed to be self sufficient.

Inga was sent to a girl’s high school in Bremen 1938, but by the summer of 1939 the students were spending most of theirschool day in bunkers because of random bombing and air attacks. Inga returned to Syke and completed her schooling there. Inga’s very kind and much loved mother died after childbirth when Inga was only 15. After that, Inga had to take on many household responsibilities, staying home from school regularly to care for the household until the family employed a housekeeper.

Inga started studying to be a home economics teacher in Nienburg (1942). Since increasing air raids made the train trip to the school impossible, she could not continue her course. She was then sent to Greifswald for one year on work duty where she adjusted barometers with her sister Hilde.

Inga started her nurse’s training in Tuebingen in 1943. She recalled always being hungry and tired. The nurses often had to move all of their patients into the hospital basement during nightly air raid alarms. Upon the end of the war, in 1945, Inga walked about 650 km from Tuebingen to Syke through a war-ravaged Germany. She was relieved to find yher members alive. Inga always expressed deep sympathy for the people of all war-torn countries.

Inga completed her training as a sick-children’s nurse in Bremen at DRK Krankenhaus, and from 1945-49 she nursed in Bremen. In these post-war years, her salary for one month was just enough to buy some underwear. As a nurse, she received her uniform, her accommodation, and a small allowance. She worked 12 hour days, 7 days a week, and had only ½ a day off each month. The few times she had a full day off, she walked 20 km to Syke to help her family with chores.

Inga lived in England from 1950-54. She studied midwifery in Wolverhamptom, and then worked as a midwife in London. She really enjoyed these years. She delivered over 1,000 English babies, including many home-deliveries in houses without running water. Inga was a regular visitor to London’s art galleries and museums and took long walks in the countryside. Inga returned to Bremen in 1954, and worked at St. Josefs Stift as a midwife. She wished to see the world, and was deciding whether to work in Canada or Peru.

In 1956, Inga emigrated to Canada. She had found a nursing position in St. Cathrine’s, Ontario. She left Germany by boat with one suitcase and 20$. In St. Cathrine’s, Inga worked in a maternity ward. After a few years she moved to Edmonton and became head nurse of a maternity ward. She was a midwife, and a sick-children’s nurse, but still did not expect to be offered the position of head nurse. She worked as head nurse in a maternity ward until moving to the Kootenays.

Inga met Michael Frass at the home of mutual friends in Edmonton. They began corresponding and then married 8/8, 1961. Their first home was in Castlegar, then they moved to Nelson in 1962. Inga would be a resident of Nelson for over 50 years, more than half of her life. Inga was not able to transfer her RN (registered nurse) credentials directly from Alberta to BC, and it took some years before she became an RN in BC. Inga worked at KLDH until she had children. Since there were only full-time nursing positions at KLDH at that time, Inga chose to work part time at Mt. St. Francis’ hospital when her children were small until her retirement. Inga always regretted not being able to work as a midwife in Canada. She loved midwifery. She was excited when midwives were finally allowed to practice in Canada, but she was already retired then.

Michael and Inga bought a house on 614 Latimer St. They had 2 children, Chris and Hanna. Michael worked at the CPR, and was tragically killed in an accident in 1966 when the children were very small. As a widow with 2 children, Inga worked very hard and had to be very thrifty. She was grateful to her neighbors on Latimer St and to friends from the United Church for their kindness during these years. In 1972 the family moved to Rosemont when the children started school. Inga was always grateful that she had been granted a bank mortgage to buy her own Rosemont home. In the early seventies, single women with children were only rarely granted mortgages. Inga often spoke about how difficult life was for single parents, both in the 60’s and later.

Over the years, Inga kept busy working, raising 2 children, caring for her beautiful garden, canning and preserving, doing needlework, reading many books, doing crossword puzzles, listening to CBC radio, feeding birds and growing medicinal herbs. She was a member of the rock club, and a volunteer at the IODE. Inga was a Lutheran since her baptism, and a member of the Lutheran church in Rosemont after 1972. She supported numerous charities, two favourites were the Christian Blind Mission and SOS children’s villages. Inga was a unassuming and shy, but very well read. She had well-informed, progressive views on many topics.

Inga worked hard all of her active life, and took pride in what she had achieved. Though she was a single parent (widow), Inga went without herself in order to save for Chris, Hanna and her grandchildren. She helped them as she was able. She was proud to give Chris and Hanna property and to be able pay to build Chris’ house. She was a very fair and unselfishly loyal mother. She cared for and loved us deeply. Her children and grandchildren always came first. She worked so hard for us, and did what she could for us. We are deeply grateful.

Our dear mom was very independent until she suffered a stroke in May 2011. After her stroke Inga understood her surroundings, but had difficulty expressing herself (expressive aphasia and dyspraxia). She still loved to see friends and family and loved watching good movies, the news, soccer, and nature programs. She liked puzzles and looking at books. She especially appreciated books and programs about geology, rocks and minerals. After her stroke, Inga had a beautiful smile, and though she could not speak, her lovely smiles brightened our days and our lives. She was our sunshine. During the last 2 years of her life, Inga was well and dearly cared for by the staff of Jubilee Manor. She passed away on August 7th 2013, the day before her 52nd wedding anniversary to her late husband Michael. Inga was much loved, and we miss her so much! Her life was not easy, she had to work very hard, her youth was disrupted by war, and she was widowed with two babies. But her life was full of caring in her own loyal and unassuming way; For her siblings, father, children, grandchildren, and for her patients as a children’s nurse, midwife, and geriatric nurse (she loved her infant patients most).

Inga is survived by her grandchildren Chad Frass and Elise Tesling; Her children Chris Frass and Hanna Tesling (Kent Lindqvist); Her brothers, sisters and in-laws in Germany, her nieces, nephews and their families. Inga was predeceased by her husband Michael Frass and her baby grandson Tyler Frass. It comforts us that she is together with these loved ones now.

Inga is deeply missed by her children, grandchildren, relatives and friends. Our dearest Oma and Mami has passed on. Our hearts are broken, and we long for her beautiful smiles. Granddaughter Elise (5) says: I want to kiss my Oma and snuggle with her! She was our little Oma, but she died. I love Oma!

Inga had a beautiful memorial ceremony in Syke, Germany (where she grew up) in September 2013. Inga wished to be cremated. Her urn will be interred in Nelson beside her late husband Michael on April 22nd at 11:00 am.In lieu of flowers, Inga would have asked for donations to SOS Children’s Villagages.

In Loving Memory of Ingeborg (Inga) Frass (Loennecke), January 10, 1925- August 7, 2013

Celebration of Life, Easter Monday, April 21st, 11:00 am at St. John’s Lutheran Church (321 Silica St.)

Ryan William Woikin1972 – 2013

In Memory of

In our hearts, love lives on and nothing beautiful is ever forgotten.

Joan & Bill Woikin, Tricia & Dwayne, Jack & Lily

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Black Press has a very

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We currently have an opening for a sales person to help us with our paid distribution newspapers across B.C. This position means getting out in the community and talking to subscribers about our newspapers and working to build stronger relationships with existing readers of our newspapers. It also includes finding new subscribers for our newspapers and helping introduce them our award winning host of community newspapers. This is not a year-around position and will run from March to October each year. We offer a spectacular compensation package and bonus incentives. Your own vehicle is required, but we cover all travel expenses. This is really a great opportunity for the right person. It is a different type of job, but definitely has different types of rewards. If you feel this position would be the perfect fit for you, then we would love to hear from you. Please email all enquiries to Michelle Bedford at [email protected].

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Full-time ReporterThe Nelson Star, a Black Press twice weekly publication in beautiful Nelson BC, is seeking an exceptional, full-time multimedia journalist/ photographer to join our editorial team.We are seeking a candidate who will find and capture compelling stories and features and who will thrive in a deadline-driven environment to produce stories for our newspaper and online products. The successful candidate will be able to write 10 to 15 stories per week, take photos and assist with online and social media responsibilities.

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Applicants must own a reliable vehicle. This position will require the applicant to work evenings and weekends.All applicants please send resume, cover letter, as well as writing and photo samples to Karen Bennett, [email protected]. Only those candidates under consideration will be contacted.

Sadly the family of Norma June MacDonald of Castlegar wishes to

announce her passing at Talarico Place Care Centre,

on Wednesday, March 26, 2014, blessed with 88 years of life.

Norma was born in Nelson on March 22, 1926 to parents Mabel and Ed Simpson. She had two much older half-sisters. On May 6, 1950, she married Gordon Alexander “Buzz” MacDonald and they raised three children. Th e family lived in Castlegar for the past 35 years. During her working career she was a book-keeper for many years and worked in diff erent offi ces. Norma enjoyed gardening and made many friends at the Golf Club where she was a member for many years. She was also a proud member of the Beta Sigma Phi Sorority.

She was predeceased by her son Russell in 1992 and her two half-sisters Hazel Marshall and Dorothy Mattice.

Left to mourn her loss is her loving husband of 63 years Gordon; her son Gary of Edmonton and her daughter Lynda (Cyril Esovoloff ) of Salmo.

Cremation has taken place in care of Castlegar Funeral Chapel and no funeral service is planned.

Th e family would like to extend their heartfelt gratitude to Dr. Merritt and the staff of Talarico Place Care Centre for their kind care, especially Donna Mydansky (neé Hickman) who knew Norma for many years.

Donations in Norma’s Memory may be made to the Diabetic Association, Box 1000, Fruitvale BC V0G 1L0 or Castlegar Hospital Foundation, Talarico Place, 709-10th Street, Castlegar BC V1N 2H7.

Norma June MacDonald

A Funeral Mass for Wendell “Lew” Llewellyn and Ioline Isabel Dempsey will be held on Friday, April 11, 2014 at 11:00 AM from the Cathedral of Mary Immaculate with Father David John as Celebrant.

Online condolences may be expressed at www.thompsonfs.ca

Funeral arrangements are under the direction of Thompson Funeral Service Ltd.

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International Forest Products Limited (Interfor) is a growth-oriented lumber company with operations in Canada and the United States. The Company has annual production capacity of 2.6 billion board feet and offers one of the most diverse lines of lumber products to customers around the world. For more information about Interfor, visit our website at www.interfor.com.

A great career opportunity for a certified Millwright, this person will be responsible for maintaining, repairing, installing and modifying all sawmill/planer related equipment to maximize uptime, quality and production.

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Above & BeyondThe selection committee is looking

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Building Inspector IDistrict of Kitimat, full time permanent bargaining unit position - wage range $36.33/hr - $43.63/hr, over 2 years. Duties include plan checking reviews, inspec-tions and enforcement func-tions related to building con-struction to ensure conformance with legislation, regulations and standards, and explaining and enforcing municipal bylaws. Preferred applicants will have a Tech-nology Certifi cate related to building construction or equivalent; BOABC level 2 certifi cation and a Class 5 driver’s license. Submit ap-plications by April 30, 2014, 4:30 p.m., to Personnel, Dis-trict of Kitimat, 270 City Cen-tre, Kitimat B.C. V8C 2H7, Tel 250-632-8900, Fax 250-632-4995, or by e-mail at [email protected]. Community information can be obtained from our website at www.kiti-mat.ca. Only those candi-dates selected for further consideration will be contact-ed.


Employment

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Landscaping

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Merchandise for Sale

Garage Sales2 Family Garage & Liquidation Sale, #20 Johnstone Rd, Sat Apr 12th 8- 3, Sun Apr 13th 8-3, call 250-688-1508 for more info or directions

MOVING SALE! 1100 Gilker St., Sat Apr 12th, 8-1

Living room, dining room & some bedroom furniture

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STEEL BUILDINGS. Hot sav-ings - Spring sale! 20x24 $4,348. 25x24 $4,539. 30x30 $6,197. 32x36 $7,746. 40x46 $12,116. 47x72 $17,779. One End wall included. Pioneer Steel 1-800-668-5422. Or on-line: www.pioneersteel.ca

STEEL BUILDINGS/metal buildings 60% off! 20x28, 30x40, 40x62, 45x90, 50x120, 60x150, 80x100 sell for bal-ance owed! Call 1-800-457-2206 or visit us online: www.crownsteelbuildings.ca.

Merchandise for Sale

Misc. for SaleTopsoil, Sand, Road Gravel Fill with deliv-ery call for prices 250.359.7188 c:250.304.8158

Real Estate

Apt/Condos for SaleHigh St Place,2 bdrm + den,,1187 sq ft. fantastic

view, covered parking250-777-2778 to view byappointment $350,000

Houses For SaleLOWER ROSSLAND, Easy highway access. 2bdrm., 2bath, s/s appliances, gas fi re-place, new furnace, large deck and carport. $270,000. OBO. Call 250-362-9541MONTROSE, 5BDRM. Fully fenced & landscaped. $415,000. 250-367-2131

LotsWANETA, serviced 1/2 acre lot. $71,000. 250-358-7912

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Rentals

Rent To OwnRent to Own If you have a small down payment I have a nice home for you. Less then perfect credit OK call Jessica @ 250 505-7420

Apt/Condo for RentClean, Quiet, 2 brd on lake

N/S N/P suitable forsingle or professional couple, excel ant for person on shift work $1200/m Avail May 1st call evenings 250 352-7946

Cottages / Cabins1 bdrm cottage with loft & en-closed porch @ 7 mile North Shore $1000/m including utili N/S N/P825-4416 or 354-2854

Duplex / 4 Plex3 bdrm, 1-1/2 bath UpperDuplex, dogs considered, N/S & off street parking $1300/m + util, refs aval May 1st551-2400CLEAN, bright 3 br + 2bath duplex- 2 car garage in uphill. New stainless appliances, washer dryer included. Private covered deck overlooking small yard in natural setting. No smoking/pets $1500 + utilities. Ref. required. Call Tom 250-551-6007 for appli-cation. Available 1 May

Terrifi c LocationNelson/Uphill

half duplex, 4 bdrm,2 bath. $1200/mo + util. N/S,

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Homes for RentNELSON- 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.WARFIELD, 3BD. $925.mo. 250-512-1814

Suites, LowerBASEMENT suite, 1 bdrm, single occupancy 1/2 mile North Shore Nelson. W/D, utilities, Satellite in-cluded. N/S, no pets, N/P. $750./mth references required. text or call 250-551-4008

Want to Rent57 yr old visually impaired gentleman reqs affordable shared housing. Clean, quiet & responsible, looking for like minded, kind person. Willnegotiate for cooked meals. Close to downtown, Nelson preferred. John 250 265-7354

Transportation

Auto Financing

Cars - Domestic

94 Buick Century, veryreliable, V6, $1450 OBO

352-3160

Cars - Sports & Imports

2002 Nissans, 4cyl 2.5 & 1.8, Altima 187,000km & Sentra, auto & 5 speed, both 4dr and new snow tires. $3,100 & $4,900. 250-442-0122 or 250-493-1807. Run and look excel-lent. Sentra one owner, non smoker, 5 speed. Grand Forks

Recreational/Sale2002 24.5’ Cougar Fifth Wheel with slide. Great Shape. $9,500. OBO. 250.367.9175.

22’ TRIPLE-E “Regal” 2011 Motor Home on 2010 Ford 350

chassis. 5.4 Lt Motor only 36,000 km Exc. cond. A/C, corner bed, 7 brand new

Michelin tiresAsking $47,000 250-428-2739

Trucks & Vans1987 Dodge Dakota, reg cab, long box, auto, V6, one owner, 169,000km, very clean, cano-py, 2 wheel drive, $1,800/obo. 250-442-0122 or 250-493-1807. Grand Forks

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Spring is de� nitely here–get an early start to landscaping projects. Georama is the Kootenay’s largest supplier of all things gardening–no project is too large or small.

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Sports

We have a special event in our midst this week. For the � rst time in its 40 year existence the Cyclone Taylor Cup tournament will be hosted in Nelson.

� is Junior B BC Hockey Championship will host the winning league champs from the Kootenay International (KI-JHL), the Paci� c International (PIJHL), and the Vancouver Island (VIJHL) leagues, along with our host team the Nelson Leafs.

Leafs games are at 7:30 p.m. � ursday to Saturday (April 10 to 12) with � nals on Sunday at 10 a.m. and 2:30 p.m. � e Nel-son Leafs are proud to be host-ing such a prestigious event. To watch some great hockey see the full schedule details at http://www.cyclonetaylorcup.ca/leagues/schedules.cfm?clientid=4982&leagueid=18220.

❐ Of course, it is spring and outside action is gearing up. Granite Pointe’s pro-shop and driving range opened on April 5 and is open from 10 a.m.- to 6 p.m. every day and the course will open a� er the annual open house on Sunday, April 13.

Names will be entered for various ra� e prizes for anyone who spends more than $100 in the pro-shop (on memberships or golf shot items). Junior range passes are down to $79 this year.

❐ A� er a very successful

indoor tournament season the local Ultimate Frisbee teams, Homegrown and Homegirl, are readying themselves for their outdoor season at Lakeside.

Nelson Ultimate is also ex-cited to announce the o� cial launch of Junior’s Ultimate in Nelson this year with a youth team starting practices at L.V. Rogers secondary school with plans to attend the provincial

tournament later this spring.All students are invited to

check out practices to see if Ultimate is a � t for them. � e annual local disc break tour-

nament will happen July 26 and 27. Go to www.nel-sonultimate.ca for season details.

❐ Nelson Cycling Club is preparing for the season with a couple of events. � e first being the volunteer trail mainte-nance day on April 27 to get the trails on Mountain Station ready for the season.

Exact lo-cation will be decided closer to the date. Check the website at

http://www.nelsoncyclingclub.orgfor details.

� e second event is the an-nual Bike Swap on Sunday, May 4 at the Rod and Gun Club. New bikes, used bikes or parts to freshen up your current ride

can be found at the swap. Clean out your garage (or basement) and support the Nelson Cycling Club at the same time.

Bring your unused but work-ing bikes (mountain bikes, road bikes, tricycles, etc.) as well as any biking related equipment such as parts, clothing, shoes, etc. to the Bike Swap. Drop o� sale items between 11 a.m. and noon. � e doors will open for sales at 12:30 p.m. and will close at 2:30 p.m. (come early for the best selection).

� is community-centered event is the biggest annual fun-draiser for the Nelson Cycling Club that is a member driven organization with the mission of promoting and improving cycling opportunities in the Nelson area.

While focused on recre-ational trail riding, the Cycling Club also supports children’s programs, road riding, bicycle racing, commuting by bicycle, and bicycle tourism.

� e third event to kick the season into top gear is the Pa-per Bag Party in late April or early May. � e annual group ride kick-o� is a ride the “Paper Bag” then enjoy a barbecue, re-freshments and social. For more information on all these events please check http://www.nel-soncyclingclub.org or visit them on Facebook.

Game On – Kim Palfenier

Outside action is gearing up for spring

At the end of March, the Whitewater Ski Team hosted the Kootenay Zone Race Finals. More than 90 racers, 70 volunteers, 15 coaches and 60 parents came together to make this happen.

Athletes came from as far away as Cal-gary, and ranged in age from nine to 69. � ere were 49 racers from Fernie Al-pine Ski Team, over 20 racers from Red Mountain, racers from Kim-berly, Salmo, Summit and of course a huge group of over 20 very enthusi-astic racers from Nelson’s own Whitewater Ski Team.

� e race was held on Bonanza ski run, with the � nish line being only a short dis-tance from the lodge. It proved challenging

racing conditions with plenty of powder and so� snow, but thanks to the excep-tional course work there was some fabulous racing.

Whitewater Ski Team posted some excel-lent results. � ere were several U12 skiers on the podium in nearly all of the races

including Henry Leishman and Aliza Jones. Liam Jones came back from injury to get a silver medal in Slalom.

� e local club came second in the battle for the Kootenay Cup which is

a trophy awarded to the club that has the most podiums from the weekend. Fernie took the cup home this year.

Dylan Henderson, head ski coach for the Whitewater Ski Team was pleased with how

well the race was organized, and how his up and coming racers performed.

“� is shows that Whitewater is a serious ski racing venue that athletes want to come to. � ey love Nelson and skiing at Whitewa-ter. � is weekend also shows that we have a very competitive ski racing program that is producing some very talented ski racers,” said Henderson.

� is event brought the ski racing circuit to a close, but organizers are looking for-ward to next year with the younger racers in Nancy Greene Ski League, and the older racers skiing in the provincial league.

Anyone interested in skiing can visit the website at www.whitewaterskiteam.ca, or call Tracy Punchard at 250-505-5090.

Season ends on a high note for skiers

including Henry Leishman and Aliza

battle for the Kootenay Cup which is

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Whitewater team takes second place at zone race � nals

EASTER EGG HUNTLAKESIDE PARK Sat April 19 10am – 12:00pm Fundraiser

By donation to the Nelson Food Cupboard

EGG HUNTS START TIMES BY AGE GROUP:Under 2yrs 10:45am

3 – 4yrs 11am5 – 6yrs 11:15am

7 – 10+ yrs 11:30amPictures with the Easter Bunny, Crafts, Balloons & Face Painting. Bring your Easter Basket and Smile!

Thanks to our sponsors!

Nelson Rotary

Daybreak will host a hot dog sale

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