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Vol. 7 • Issue 82

Naomi Klein draws packed house

Construction work is underway near the waterfront to construct a retaining wall for the public waterfront pathway. The old Kootenay Forest Products deck will be adapted to create a public marina.

Photo by Bill Metcalfe

More lakeshore to be rezoned for Nelson Landing

BILL METCALFENelson Star

On April 7, Nelson city council went part way toward approving a number of zoning changes for the proposed mixed-use residential development at Nelson Landing. � is was for a di� erent section of the development than the changes to Phase 1 that made the news last year.

Phase 1 of the development, which will consist of eight housing units to be priced at around $400,000, is currently under construction.

Last year council approved, a� er some public controversy, a number of variances for Phase 1 which essentially allowed the developer to put more units in a smaller space.

Rezoning the rest of the propertyNow the developer has applied to rezone the rest of the

property, and this will also involve some amendments to the O� cial Community Plan. � e city planning department and the developer want to scrap the mix of � ve zoning designations that were already there and replace them

with the designation Comprehensive Development 5, and they have divided that into three physical areas: Area V, Area W, and Area W1, each with di� erent requirements.

Nelson Landing is a mixed commercial-residential development of 265 housing units proposed to be build by the Storm Mountain Development Corporation on the old Kootenay Forest Products site on the shore of Kootenay Lake. � e development will be phased in over ten years, and if 40 housing units have been built by then, the phase-in period will be extended to 20 years

Area VArea V is just west of Phase 1 of the development and

it includes a large metal structure le� over from the old lumber mill site. � at structure will be incorporated into a public marina and dock. � e area will also house a 40-unit hotel, o� ce space, and retail space.

“� is area is meant to be a village, not a through street,” city manager Kevin Cormack told council.

WILL JOHNSON Nelson Star

Hours before author Naomi Klein took the stage at the Brilliant Cultural Centre on Saturday evening, six Greenpeace activists camped out atop a Seattle-bound Shell drilling rig near Hawaii were forced to climb down a� er a week-long demonstration.

“Shell has been trying to get them o� using the courts, but what brought them down was the weather. � e winds were too high and rough and they were worried about safety, which is something they can’t expect from Shell,” said the 44-year-old bestselling author, who recently won the Hilary Weston Writer’s Trust Prize for Non� ction.

Klein went on to praise the protesters, who are emblematic of the transnational environmental movement she has dubbed Blockadia, and encouraged those present to � nd their own individual ways to stand up to the current “merger of oil and state”.

“� e Obama administration has refused to stop Shell, so people have taken it into their own hands.”

Klein praised 21-year-old activist Zoe Buckley Lennox, one of the six who climbed the rig.

“She’s like a real world action hero. She scaled up this rig and then gave amazing interviews informed by her science education. She pointed out the insanity of taking advantage of melting Arctic ice. It’s only possible to drill because of climate change, and you’re digging it up to cause more climate change,” she said.

“She describes it as psychopathic and she’s right.”

‘� is is why we � ght’Klein’s talk, which was brought to the

Kootenays as part of the Mir Centre for Peace lecture series, primarily focused on the thesis of her latest book � is Changes Everything: Capitalism vs the Climate.

But she also took the opportunity to share her personal re� ections on recent events, such as the recent oil spill in Vancouver’s English Bay.

She wrote both Everything and � e Shock Doctrine while living in the area.

“I deeply believe I could not have written

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Barry Nelson celebratedTAMARA HYND

Nelson StarNelson’s 2014 Citizen of the Year Barry

Nelson was honoured at a banquet at St. Joseph School on Friday evening. Nelson was selected by the Knights of Columbus and the Nelson Star for his social justice work and transportation advocacy, including founding the Kootenay Carshare Co-op.

Several speakers took the opportunity to share their sincere gratitude for Barry and Wendy, telling personal stories with more than a touch of humour.

Brian Deon gave a friendly toast and roast, describing his bluegrass friend as a “can-do guy” with “unwavering optimism”.

“It is very hard to discourage Barry,” said Deon. “He manages consistently, simultaneously to see the forest and the trees.”

Deon listed Barry’s many contributions to social justice internationally and local initiatives such as recycling at the hospital, the Kootenay car share program and, more recently, low cost dental care.

“It’s exhausting just to talk about all these things,” exclaimed Deon, adding, “Barry is an exemplary citizen of the world.”

Accompanied by his wife Wendy, the couple were led to the head table by piper Kevin Underwood and guards of the Nelson Knights of Columbus, Armando Savarin and Vito Tummillo.

Chuck Bennett, publisher for Black Press,

was the emcee for the evening as the Nelson Star is a new co-sponsor of the 51st annual Citizen of the Year.

Barry was presented with a plaque by Peter Defeo, 2013 citizen of the Year, with a long list of activities and accomplishments that led to the 2014 award.

Barry said the award is very humbling as so many people in the community are deserving.

“It’s truly an honour,” he said. “As volunteers, you do it for the immediate reward and then it’s a surprise that there’s a list somewhere.

“People ask me, ‘How do you get involved in all these things?’

“I was asked,” he said. “You have to be open enough to ask. Virtually none of [these projects]

were initiated by me. Without collaboration, the success would be limited. � e need is out there.”

Presentations were made by judging committee chair Bruce Morrison, MP Alex Atamanenko and Mayor Deb Kozak.

Barry’s son-in-law, Stuart Minns, gave congratulations on behalf of the family, who are “very proud”. He pointed out the “tireless volunteerism” of a “tireless worker”, who is always involved in family matters.

� e Knights of Columbus have been presenting the Citizen of the Year award for over 50 years, recognizing individuals who have made all-round volunteer contributions to the community in recreation, civic service, youth work and/or religious activities.

Nelson’s 2014 Citizen of the Year Barry Nelson was honoured at a banquet at St. Joseph School on Friday evening.

2014 Citizen of the Year Barry Nelson (front left) with his wife Wendy Left to right back row: MP Alex Atamanenko, Mayor Deb Kozak and judge chair Bruce Morrison.Tamara Hynd photo

Indulge Nelson is backNelson Star Staff

For the next four weeks, Nelson residents can sample the culinary excellence of the city at reduced prices.

Indulge Nelson will o� er a three-course restaurant meal for the price of one course at Louie’s Steakhouse, Uptown Sports Bar, the Hume Hotel, Cantina del Centro, Rel-ish, Jackson’s Hole, and Sage Tapas and Wine Bar.

� e event runs Sunday through Wednesday for four weeks starting on April 19.

Once diners have collected at least three

receipts for Indulge meals, they can drop them in to the Nelson Star o� ce for a chance to win a draw for a gi� certi� cate to any of the participating restaurants.

Ryan Martin of the Hume Hotel says the event is timed to coincide with the shoulder season, “when tourists have stopped coming, ski season is over, and we are all waiting for the busy season to hit, which doesn’t really happen until early July, so it is a pretty long o� season.”

Martin says last year he tracked the numbers

of Indulge customers at the Hume, and the results were very good, and he said he knows other restaurant owners who felt the same.

He likens the event to Burger Week, which he says was very successful. “It highlighted di� erent restaurants in town. We are still growing Indulge Nelson and getting the word out. One of the wonderful things about living in Nelson is the culinary side of things, something you would usually only

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“� ere are no major red � ags” – Mayor Kozak on Nelson Landing rezoning

Activist journalist comes to the Kootenays for lecture on global capitalism, climate change

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Areas W and W1Area W is the narrow part of

the property running up the lake from the Phase 1 development. The main zoning attributes of that area will be the reduced front and rear setbacks and increased building height already approved in the Phase 1 variances, and reduced parking for care facilities.

Area W1 begins where the property, further east, widens out, and is designated as a “pocket neighbourhood.” This neighbourhood will be zoned for more density, minimum lot area, and a maximum of 22 building units.

The city council document describing the pocket neighbourhood states that this “smaller footprint (will mean) a more efficient use of land, and potential reduction in housing costs provides for a variety in housing forms.”

Other zoning detailsOther proposed changes to

existing zoning applying to all areas of the development include:

• increased residential density to 265 units from a previously

proposed 200, • increased lot coverage to 55

per cent, minimum frontage on street reduced to 12 metres

• increased amenity space including the provision of a waterfront pathway and Red Sands beach

• reduction of road width to 7 metres

• reduction of sidewalk width to 1. 5 metres

• reduction of driveway width to 3 metres

• allowing permeable surface for the pathway,

• reducing waste and recycling containers to to 4 for entire site, and

• twenty parking stalls provided in designated pullouts but no parking on the road.

Collaboration between city planners and the

developerThe plans for the rezoning

that were presented to council on April 7 were the result of discussions over the past months between Storm Mountain and city planning staff.

“Management staff is trying to apply the Official Community Plan here,” Cormack told council. “So these are the results of negotiations.”

Council votes in favour—for now

Council discussed the proposed changes in some detail but had only a few concerns.

Councillor Anna Purcell wondered if the development would create a colourless enclave that would act as a barrier to the public’s access to the waterfront.

Councillor Michael Dailly wondered why the development had to be phased in over such a long period of 20 years. Cormack explained that it is a complex development requiring remediation of contaminated land and that the developer will be contributing a waterfront retaining wall and pathway and that it is therefore best seen as a long-term investment.

And Councillor Janice Morrison said that if carefully phasing it in over time would ensure a quality development she was all

for it because, “the KFP land has lain fallow for so many years.”

Cormack said the developer will sign a Phased Development Agreement with the city that will govern the timelines over the ten or twenty year period.

Councillor Robin Cherbo said he was concerned about increased traffic on John’s Walk.

“There were no major red flags,” Mayor Deb Kozak said in an interview later. “This project has been in the making for years, and this newest developer has been taking some time to figure out how things are going to fit on the waterfront.

“We went to community consultation around the waterfront master planning process,” she said, “and this is part of the master plan. The details of how it looks, we can discuss those, but this is what we envisioned for the waterfront-- the community envisioned it, not just council.”

Council approved the proposed zoning changes for first and second reading, paving the way for a public hearing and then a final vote.

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Continued from Page 1those books without the solace of the beauty of the Sunshine Coast, where my family is,” she said, going on to express her shock and anger at the devastation.

She said people o� en question whether she feels daunted by the climate crisis.

“� e only thing that kept me going was the beauty of that place. Seeing those beaches coated in oil and knowing that the marine life that has given me so much pleasure, inspiration, sustenance and solace is now in grave danger, and the government wants nothing more than to up the ante many times over and turn BC into an ever-larger portal to transport the toxic stu� …Sometimes it’s simply too much to bear.”

She encouraged those present to look at the photos of the disaster.

“If you haven’t yet, look at those images of people in Vancouver cleaning up their beaches with their own hands while the government is nowhere to be found. � is is what happens when you systematically attack the public sphere. � is is why we � ght. We can’t just feel the love, we also have to feel the threat.”

She said the old model of putting aside land as a sacri� ce zone is

no longer feasible.“We’re all in the sacri� ce zone

now.”Welcome to Blockadia

Much of Klein’s book is devoted to detailing the way the forces of global capitalism are intrinsically at odds with the natural world, and at the event she encouraged those present to help dismantle the current system before it’s too late.

In Everything, Klein asserts that “Resistance to high-risk extreme extraction is building a global, grassroots, and broad-based network the likes of which the environmental movement has never seen”.

Pointing out that we’re heading for 4 to 6 degrees of worldwide warming, and that a 2 degree bump would already be problematic, she said the time for action is now.

“� is is a profound spiritual crisis. � is is the atmospheric version of class warfare,” she said.

In order to adjust, she said humans need to realize, “You were never in charge. We can think of it as a terrible demotion, or as a gi� .”

And though many social movements are dominated by young radicals, she said systematic

change will only come when the older generations and established institutions start throwing their weight and money behind renewable energies and transitioning into a post-extractive economy.

“Nature speaks, man must listen,” she told the crowd. “It’s time for old people to start getting arrested.”

And though she encourages people to continue living in an environmentally friendly fashion, the issue is no longer about individual choice.

“So many of you have been doing the right thing, but the temperatures continue to rise. � is has become a much bigger issue.”

� e future is radicalKlein received a number of

standing ovations over the course of the night, and the facility was full to capacity. Cars were parked for kilometers down the highway.

“I really am incredibly moved by this warm welcome. � is is a part of unceded Turtle Island I’ve been to before, and it feels particularly overwhelming to be greeted in this way.”

Klein said she’d received o� ers of meditation retreats, massages and yoga classes. But she was

most excited to hear about a local meeting that had been set to explore a potential coalition of the federal NDP and the Greens in the Kootenay-Columbia riding.

“I hope to be hearing more about that soon,” she said, noting that “the idea that Harper might get back in horri� es me.”

She encouraged those present to start engaging aggressively with the climate change issue, and to consider the environmental implications of who you vote for. � ough she lambasted Harper, she was not keen on the Liberals or NDP either.

“Mulcair and Trudeau have each picked their pipeline.”

Klein is part of a group convening a coalition of social movements. She encouraged everyone present to become involved, and to encourage their employers and governments to divest from the fossil fuel industry.

And though that may sound extreme to some, she’s convinced it will become the new normal.

“� e future is radical,” she said.For more information visit

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Opinion

Recently, we learned that Lower Kootenay Band

south of Creston will be taking over ownership of the popu-lar destination Ainsworth Hot Springs. After fifty-three years in the same family, Norm and Joyce Mackie handed the torch back to indigenous people of the region. The Ktunaxa Nation’s relation-ship with the hot springs spans hundreds of years, so it comes as wonderful news that Yaqan Nukiy, the Ktunaxa name of the Lower Kootenay Band community, will now be operating this Kootenay gem.

It is an understatement to say that economic development and social justice are imperative for Aboriginal people in Canada. The centuries of injustice and poverty resulting from colonialism need to end, and we all have a part in making that happen.

Presently, the government of BC has not fulfilled its part well. You may have read how Premier Christy Clark pulled out of the

existing treaty process at the eleventh hour without consulting anyone. She did this by reneg-ing on the approval of George Abbot as the new Chief Treaty Commissioner to replace outgo-ing Sophie Pierre.

Abbott, a former cabinet min-ister for Aboriginal Relations and Reconciliation, had the expertise and the full support of the other treaty partners. He had been working with Sophie Pierre for six months on a smooth transi-tion process. To his surprise, just two weeks before he was to take over, he got a call that he was out.

Abbott was joined in his shock by First Nations who had been spending millions on the treaty

process for over twenty years. When Sophie Pierre asked why this decisions was so abruptly made, the Liberals offered this: it was a confidential cabinet deci-

sion. After a week of questions,

Christy Clark is now saying that she is ending the slow and difficult treaty process in favour of devel-oping a new process and that this was her plan along. She insists that her sudden choice was never about Abbott having challenged her for the BC Liberal Party leadership.

Whatever her reason for this decision, she has no right to make it unilaterally. While all agree that the current process is problematic, government acting like it knows

best is the same old colonial atti-tude that has caused centuries of injustice. Sophie Pierre points out that “you don’t make positive change by unilaterally blocking the Chief Commissioner appoint-ment. This does not create the right atmosphere for reconcilia-tion.” Failing to work with First Nations partners in this decision is disrespectful in the extreme, unacceptable and just plain wrong.

This current breach of trust not only has negative impacts for First Nations, but it will have consequences for all economic development in BC. The Supreme Court of Canada’s June decision on Tsilhqot’in land title cemented Aboriginal people’s constitutional right to meaningful consultation and input into activities on their land base. This being the case, treaties are important to ensure social justice and economic well-being for generations of both Aboriginal and non-Aboriginal communities. Now, no one seems to know what’s going to happen to get us there, except maybe Christy Clark and her recently revealed secret committee of Liberal cabinet ministers.

We can do better than this in British Columbia. Regardless of which party is governing, the gov-ernment must be fully committed to working in partnership with First Nations. Mutual respect and collaboration must be the founda-tion of relationships and reconcili-ation. What we have recently seen from the Liberal government is not in that spirit, so let your part in reconciliation be a call to Christy Clark to rebuild trust. She needs to come clean and work from a place of honesty. I hope she is up to the task.

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Touchstones Nelson: Museum of Art and History recognizes the valuable contribution of our many volunteers during

National Volunteer Appreciation WeekApril 12-18, 2015

Court & Marion commissioned Max to create a pendant from their diamond rings.

Cash for gold and silver: Out of town buyers often give 20% of value. Max gives 66%.

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Ministry mulls options as Meadow Creek Cedar misses deadline

GREG NESTEROFFNelson Star

� e Ministry of Forests is getting legal advice a� er Meadow Creek Cedar met some but not all of the requirements of a remediation order by a March 31 deadline.

District manager Garth Wiggill says while the company fell short, it wasn’t for lack of trying.

“� ey still have four sta� actively working on the ongoing obligations in the order,” he told 103.5 Juice FM. “Meadow Creek has ordered trees for planting this spring. We are, however, considering further legal action on the license, which remains suspended.”

Wiggill said the ministry has seized about 11,000 cubic meters of unmilled logs from the site of the company’s mill, which burned in November, and is selling them to other mills in the area to service debts to the Crown.

He added that the ministry is aware the company is “actively negotiating with several interested buyers” for the license. “We would support the transfer of the license to a suitable and quali� ed buyer,” he said. “We [told] them time is of the essence if they are planning to sell. We would like to see it concluded sooner than later.”

Wiggill said he expects to have the legal opinion on how to proceed within the next

couple of weeks and con� rmed cancelling the license remains an option.

� e license, suspended in November for the second time since 2012, was on the brink of cancellation last year when owner Dale Kooner worked out a deal to sell it to San Group of Surrey. � e company paid o� $150,000 in accrued debts, “substantially met” a remediation order, and restarted the mill.

However, rural Kaslo regional district director Aimee Watson said the license transfer fell through and Kooner has since hired an asset manager to help bring the company back to good standing. She worries that whoever buys the license may not rebuild the mill.

see in larger metropolitan areas.”Martin says he has not yet decided

what menu items the Hume will feature, but “we will o� er a choice—two or three appetizers, two or three main courses, and some desserts, to give people options.”

Rob Little, food and beverage manager at Louie’s Steakhouse, agrees with Martin that “Nelson is a dining mecca, for a small town.”

Little was one of the originators of Indulge Nelson three years ago, along with the Star’s Karen Bennett, when it

was just a week long event. “It’s always fun when we can work

with businesses to come up with new and di� erent ideas to help them. � is is a slow time of year for restaurants, so it is a great time to get locals out, trying something new,” says Bennett.

“It makes it a� ordable for people to come out and support local businesses,” Little said. “And it exposes our restaurant to people who might not otherwise have known about it. It shows that it’s possible for everyone to win.”

Dine while supporting local businessesContinued from Page 2

For the next four weeks, Nelson residents can sample the culinary excellence of the city at reduced prices.

For the RecordIn our Friday, April 10 edition:

In “Martial artists practice global citizenship”, we erroneously said last year’s Breaking Boards, Breaking Chains event raised $60,000. In fact it raised $16,000.

In “Trombonist releases debut album” we erroneously used the name “Hunter” in reference to L.V. Rogers music teacher David Glackin, who passed away in 2014.

In the “Slush Cup” photo collage on page 2, we erroneously labelled Zeva Rushforth in the top photo. She was in fact on the front page.

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Given that April is National Poetry Month I thought it appropriate that I share my favorite poem.

Out beyond ideas of wrongdoing and rightdoing,

there is a field. I’ll meet you there.When the soul lies down in that grass,

the world is too full to talk about.Ideas, language, even the phrase “each

other” doesn’t make any sense.

mevlana jelaluddin rumi - 13th century

You may be familiar with this particular poem because the message it conveys is timeless.

Taking a position that is safe and popular is easy, just as raising my hand to vote on matters before council is the easy part. However, finding common ground and agreement on a best course of action takes time. Having different ideas is healthy. Having the opportunity to share opposing views is critical to finding shared solutions.

Doing the research to understand the issues, listening to each other and explor-ing the short and long term ramifications of each decision is the work we do around the council table. What has become most clear to me over these past four months is just how everything is interconnected.

Some of the most pressing issues council is dealing with include: affordable housing, police services and health care services. These three seemingly separate spheres are absolutely connected. It is obvious to me that police, health and housing services share the same goals, which is to ensure the health and safety of all our citizens.

We have been hearing from the police that their capacity to respond to all the policing needs of the community are being taxed because more and more of their time is being spent responding to calls related to health care. Interior Health is delivering programs to identify the people most at risk and get them the help they need.

Meanwhile we know that not having a secure and safe place to live escalates existing health issues and leads to people making more visits to the hospital and contact with police. Our local non-profit agencies are working to provide affordable places for people to live and advocating for services they require. To the people who work in police services, health services and social services, we thank you for the job you do. You do amazing work especially considering the chronic funding struggles and tight budgets.

How can we help these dedicated profes-sionals do a better job? Every single person who lives in this community can share in the responsibility to keep our city a safe and healthy place to live. Some of the ways that you might do this is to stop and talk to the people on our streets, listen to their stories. Thank a front line service worker. Talk to your neighbours, volunteer, donate or consider creating a secondary suite in your home to help alleviate Nelson’s affordable housing shortage. This working together must extend beyond our front line workers. The energy spent building relationships and collaboration will pay dividends.

How can you get involved? I want to highlight two community initiatives; the first, “Nelson @ its Best” is a project that is engaging as many people as possible in a broad conversation about making Nelson the best place it can be. More information about this can be found at www.bestnel-son.org or attend the “Nelson @ its Best” summit to be held May 21st at the Central School Gym.

Another worthwhile program, “Nelson Good Neighbour” offers Community Mediation to help people resolve disputes and build relationships more information about this program can be found at www.NelsonGoodNeighbour.com

Together we can and are making a dif-ference.

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LettersRe: Food security in Nelson

The recent “Food Security Asset Mapping and Gap Analysis” study financed by the city of Nelson and Nelson Food Cupboard Society to date has not addressed our destruction of wild foods that sustained tens of thousands of humans for thousands of years until a genocidal gold/silver based religious/economic order arrived.

Real food security is political/religious sanity. West Kootenay folk are dreaming in colour to think we would have food security while our near neighbours are not. They would demand at gun point if their food supply is threatened and ours is secure. This is the very basic order of the dominant current human psyche.

It is not to suggest that the food security con-sultants hired are not sincere and well intentioned; it is just difficult to believe that the European pilgrim corporate structures that run our planet and fair city, can do anything but destroy local food security. This paradigm favours monied religions and political forms they have schooled into existence.

It was paramount for early European settlers to destroy vast herds of bison, caribou and huge schools of wild fish, in favour of a domestic slow golden cow and caged salmon.

Feeding our current population here in the West Kootenay is a piece of cake; if we don’t continue to look the other way when corporate municipal, provincial and federal political elite want to flood or industrialize, wilderness and agricultural lands that can produce venison and beef, as is currently wanting to happen on the Peace River and Jumbo resort. Those that are concerned for local food security should help stop the Site C dam. It is far from a done deal. The Site C reservoir will also increase the pine beetle problem, as the standing water will cause the winter temperature to increase.

Our best chance at a foreseeable food security is not continuing to poison the world around us.

Tom PriorNelson

Re: “A Hall Street Retrospective”My memories of Hall street in the 50 and 60s:The 200 block, west side, where the West Arm

Plaza is now, there was a large wood building and yard at the corner of Lake street for the Nelson Equipment Company (Mr. Greenwood, local man). He salvaged old mining equipment from areas and sold to new mines. I understand Nelson Equipment had another site in North Vancouver.

Rest of the triangle area: Hall, Lake and Front street was all Chinatown. There were two stores, one restaurant (Chunking Chop Suey House?) and Chinese Freemason temple on Lake Street.

On the 200 Block East side was all ball park except the present mining museum (only half of the existing size). There were three baseball teams in town: Nelson Tigers, Nelson Outlaws, and Fairview Athletics (juniors). They practiced in the evenings and there were games every

weekend in the summer.On the 300 block West, you’ve covered with

Co-op radio, was all boardwalk and wooden stairs to the top. The corner of Vernon and Hall Street where the video rental was, there was a large grocery store, Liberty Store, operated by the George Kiway and Joe Hingwing familes. The Liberty store was larger than the Safeway on Baker Street location at the time. There is still another Liberty store in Fruitvale now, owned by the same family. The present Finley establishment was the Civic Hotel but people named it “the zoo.” It was a popular stop for a quick beer in between a periods and the end of Maple Leaf hockey games.

Jim SawadaNelson

“A deal is a deal.”Surprise, surprise. The capitalist developer of

the Nelson Commons wants to change a signed, sealed and agreed upon contract, in order to pad his precious profits. He wants to extort City Council of at least $54,000 by having his agreed upon payment to the city, waived.

I would hope that our new mayor and new city council will have enough fortitude to tell this capitalist that a deal is a deal and he is expected to follow it.

Bob AbrahamsNelson

Stop the war-mongeringThe Harper-Conservative government is

synonymous with the US/CIA Republican Party. The Fortress America War Economy is based on fossil-fuel extraction and use. Try to wage a war without fossil-fuel.

What we are witnessing is fundamental-ist Christians battling fundamental Muslims, both focused on bringing about Armageddon through violence. “Do unto others, as you would have them do unto you” explains the so-called Christian Harper-Conservatives fear-hype about terrorism. With all the war waged in the Middle-East, the trauma suffered by countless families who like you and me want peace, it is any wonder that terror should come to our lands?

Stop the war-mongering, cease the excessive fossil-fuel extraction. Life is and can be such a glorious opportunity to love and cherish and nurture. Save lives, bring peace back to Canada and keep the planet Earth livable for our Grandchildren.

Susan EyreYahk, B.C.

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Fire� ghter Greg Proctor, Cal Renwick and Brian Renwick of Nelson Toyota and Captain Rick Maida presented a cheque to Bryna Idler of the Kootenay Lake Hospital Foundation. � e � re � ghters volunteered their time to clean Nelson Toyota’s large lot. In return, Nelson Toyota donated $400 in their name to the Foundation.

� e Foundation is raising funds to purchase a new Surgical Table. Used for almost every procedure we perform, it is the most important piece of equipment in the OR.

Although school is a place where people go to learn,

it is a fact that most high school students, myself included, generally place more value in their test scores than in actual learning. � ese tests are, ironically, supposed to measure how much learning actually took place during the school year. No matter the mark, a good long summer break is all it takes to cure you of everything you’ve memorized.

� e few things that really are important for our generation to learn, more than dusty old history facts, are rarely paid enough attention. Upon starting the Earth Sciences unit in my grade 10 science class, my teacher informed us that the climate chapter had been cut out of the curriculum. � at seemed okay to me. Just a few less climagraphs, right? When I examined the skipped chapter out of curiosity, I found that it was mostly about climate change. Climate change, arguably the de� ning point of our future, replaced with notes on Pompeii.

If the really important things are le� out, one might just decide it doesn’t matter. If I carry a calculator all the time, why would I need math? What use is learning how many lines are in a sonnet? Why shouldn’t I just guess all C’s on the multiple choice? I’ll just forget it all anyway. But this mindset gets us nowhere. Even if our education system is a bit � awed, we are so lucky to have the opportunity to learn history at all. Even if doesn’t seem too interesting at the time, chances are, at some point, we may need to do some trigonometry or compose a good essay.

A� er all of this ‘hard studying’, a break is de� nitely warranted. In fact, why not have two? Within four days of each other! Just when our two-week spring break ended, a long weekend is just the thing.

Easter came and went at LVR with a bit of a surprise: the always active leadership class who run

school activities had placed caches of foil-wrapped eggs in classrooms all over the school. Needless to say, all of them had been hunted out by lunch, which was, conveniently, when the o� cial Easter Egg Hunt began. Participants followed an obstacle course (quite literally) of clues leading all around the school and back to the gym. Winners received chocolate bunnies, and the rest had to console themselves with more of the aforementioned foil-wrapped eggs.

Two weeks of spring break have le� students reluctant to get back into the rhythm of waking up early. We have all returned with vacation tans, or possibly pasty skin from all the time we spent indoors watching Net� ix. And now that our alarm clocks are set again, people are casting their eyes to the next big chunk of time o� : summer break. For everyone in grade 12, Grad 2015 is rapidly closing in.


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CommunityNelson At Its Best public con-versation tonight, 7 to 9 p.m. at the Vienna Cafe, 411 Kootenay Street. Nelson is a great place to live, but there is room for improvement. Many people are living in poverty and the whole community suffers as a result. Come together to develop solu-tions and make a difference. Participate in this public conver-sation to help make Nelson the best place possible, for everyone.www.bestnelson.org.

Spring Kids Carnival at St. Joseph School on Saturday, April 18 from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. at 523 Mill St. (Mill and Josephine Street). Kids of all ages welcome. Concession is available and game tickets are 50 cents each. Volunteers are needed-please email [email protected]. All funds raised support the PSG and St. Joseph School programs.

The Nelson Women’s Centre Library is having a sale of used books on Saturday, April 18 from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m., 717 Vernon Street (Senior Citizens’ Association Branch #51). Most books will go for a dollar, or fill up a book bag for $5 or less. For more information, call 250-352-9916 or 250-352-9871. Storytimes are back at the Nelson Public Library. Family sto-rytime from Saturday, April 18 to May 30, 10:15 – 10:45 a.m. Pre-school storytime for three to five year olds from Wednesday, April 22 to May 27, 10:15 – 10:45 a.m. Preregister online at www.nelsonlibrary.ca or call 250-352-6333 to join seven weeks in the library storytime room for a variety of exciting books, lively songs, loveable puppets and easy fingerplays.

Monthly MeetingsThe Canadian Federation of Uni-versity Women Nelson & District general meeting is Saturday, April 18, 10 a.m. at the banquet

room of the Adventure Hotel in Nelson. Yvonne Shewfelt and Christie Heuston are presenting at 11 a.m. the topic of represen-tation agreements.

La Leche League Nelson provides breastfeeding informa-tion and support to moms and soon-to-be-moms. They meet at 1 p.m. on the third Monday of each month at The Family Place, 312 Silica St. The next meet-ing is Monday, April 20. More information: 352-3583.

All seniors welcome to the monthly meeting of the Senior Citizens’ Association Branch No. 51, at 717 Vernon Street. Meet-ing commences at 10:30 a.m. on Wednesday, May 6. Refresh-ments will be served after the meeting. Activities enjoyed at the centre include bridge, crib, dominos, chess, euchre and snooker. For further information, call 250-352-7078 weekday afternoons.

WorkshopsRegister now for the upcoming cooking workshop at the Nelson and District Women’s Centre on Wednesday, April 29 from 5:30 to 7:30 p.m. Laura Ong pres-ents a workshop on Lentils: the Convenience Food of Legumes. Learn how to cook different lentils, why they are so good for us, and how quick and easy they are to prepare. Participants will share a delicious meal together and leave with nutrition informa-tion and easy recipes. The cost

is $5 and registration is required. Email [email protected] or call 250-352-9949.

AnnouncementsAttention all photographers: West Kootenay camera club 25th annual photo show requests your submissions for entries. Deadline is April 29. Drop-off centers: Kel Printing in Castlegar, Vogue Photography in Nelson and Doell Photography in Trail. For entry forms and information, visit westkootenaycameraclub.com.

The Nelson and District Seniors Coordinating Society offers a vol-unteer income tax service. If your income is less than $30,000 (single) or $35,000 (couple), volunteers at the NDSCS can help prepare your tax forms. Please call 250-352-6008 for an appointment (no drop-ins).

Healthy Child Day on Friday, April 24 at the WE Graham Com-munity School in Slocan, from 10 a.m to 1 p.m. A free, fun event to connect families with young children to health and wellness service providers in the Slocan Valley. Displays and staff on hand, crafts, songs and stories for the children, plus lunch and door prizes. Individual sessions available with a trained consul-tant to learn more about your child’s development. Call Penny at 250-226-7605 to book.

Royal Canadian Legion Branch #51 is a non-profit organization aiding veterans and providing charitable funding to local non-profit groups and high schools. Membership is available to the public. Members and their guests enjoy billiards, snooker, shuffleboard, big-screen television for sports, barbecues, monthly celebrations, beverage room, darts (Wednesdays 7:30 p.m.), meat draws and karaoke (Saturdays, 3:30 p.m.) and crib-bage (Sundays 1 p.m.). Call for upcoming jam sessions. Info: [email protected] or 250-352-7727/250-352-6464.

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SEEDS Adopt-a-Pot fundraiser is happening now. Come down to the the Lakeside Park Greenhouse every Saturday morning between 10 a.m. and 12 p.m. until the lovely pots have been adopted. These five gallon pots are full of organic cold loving greens like arugala, spinach, rainbow chard, kale, lettuce varieties etc. Pots can go outside but they will need protection from frosts. For more information visit www.seedsnelson.org/events or Facebook. Tamara Hynd photo

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Selkirk College presents an evening of music for their year-end show on April 17. Featuring student-based bands, the night will be diverse, rich and funky with sounds no one will forget. The show starts at Spiritbar at 9 p.m. (doors at 8:30 p.m.). All proceeds from the evening will go to the Nelson CARES Society’s Room to Live campaign.

The Self Design High Youth Film Festival will be at the Nelson Civic Theatre on April 15 at 7 p.m. It will feature short art, animation, action, documentary and fiction films created by youth aged 13 to 30. Six prizes are available for exceptional filmmakers. Three winners will receive tuition to the Gulf Island Film and Television School, and other scholarships will be awarded. For more information visit youthfilmfestival.wordpress.com.

Martial Arts for Justice, Break-a-thon fundraiser will be at the Nelson Civic Theatre on April 18 at 1:30 to 5:30 p.m. An estimated 36 million men, women and children are held as modern-day slaves in the world today. Master Dean Siminoff and the students of Kootenay Christian Martian Arts School here in Nelson are participating in their third annual Breaking Boards Breaking Chains event to raise awareness and financial support to help free modern-day slaves. For more information visit civictheatre.ca.

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Slava Doval’s DanceFusion presents it’s 4th Annual Showcase on April 18 at the Capitol Theatre. Be inspired by over 135 students taking to the stage to perform dances inspired by contemporary, urban street styles, folk, belly dance, breakdance, Bollywood, jazz and more. Matinee is 2 p.m. and tickets are $9. Evening show is at 6:30 and tickets are $13, doors half-hour prior. Purchase tickets at the box office or online at www.capitoltheatre.bc.ca.

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Following the Self Design High youth film festival, the Toronto International Film Festival’s Top 10 Student films will screen at the Nelson Civic Theatre on April 16 at 7 p.m. New this year: Canada’s Top Ten lineup features TIFF’s Student Film Showcase, now billed as Student Shorts, to shine a spotlight on the next generation of homegrown talent. Fore more information visit civictheatre.ca.

Furious 7 plays at the Nelson Civic Theatre on April 17 at 7:30 p.m. Dominic Torretto and his crew thought they left the criminal mercenary life behind. They defeated an international terrorist named Owen Shaw and went their seperate ways. But now, Shaw’s brother, Deckard Shaw is out killing the crew one by one for revenge. For more information visit civictheatre.ca.

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In celebration of National Poetry Month, on Tuesday, April 21 at 7 p.m. Nelson poet Jane Byers and Ellen Jaffe will share their work at the Nelson Public Library. Ellen’s latest collection is Skinny-dipping with the Muse, and Byers will be reading from Steeling Effects. Slam poet Damian John will also make an appearance.

Join Mandy Bath at Touchstones Nelson for the Nelson launch of her new book, Disaster in

Paradise: The Landslides in Johnson’s Landing. The event will take place on Thursday, April 30 at 7:30 p.m. Admission is free, and the event will include a reading, presentation and book signing. Books will be available for sale through Touchstones Nelson’s gift shop. The evening is jointly presented by the Elephant Mountain Literary Festival, Touchstones Nelson, the Nelson Public Library, and Oxygen Art Centre.

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On Wednesday Selkirk College’s band Yellow Jack will have its final performance from 8 to 10 p.m., followed by an open mic. Thursday will be Ladies Night Dance Party from 9 to 12 p.m. featuring DJ Mach 1 and DJ Eyedawg with their funky breaks, future bass and swagger. For more information contact the Royal on Baker at 250-354-7014.

On Thursday, April 23 at the Royal on Baker there will be an open mic night for Bob Dylan songs. All are welcome to play. There will be a sign-up list. Please arrive before 8 p.m. if you

wish to play. The event will end at midnight.

On The Road Productions and the Hume Hotel present 2014 Kootenay Music Awards winner Lisa Nicole live at Spiritbar on Saturday, April 25, playing two full sets of her original country-rock music along with some popular country covers. Advance tickets are $10 and are available from the Hume Hotel.

Nelson poet Jane Byers and Ellen Jaffe will share their work at the Nelson Public Library on Thursday, April 21 at 7 p.m.

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A Hall Street RetrospectiveContributed to the Nelson Star

In preparation for the city’s Stores to Shores downtown revitalization project, the City of Nelson and the Star are presenting historical retrospectives of the important properties along Hall Street.From track runners to hockey

parents, the Hall Street parcel currently housing the Nelson and District Community Complex has come a long ways from its days of dirt diggers and volunteer landscapers.� e lands where Queen City

folks go for � tness and to cheer on their favourite hometown teams were always recreation focused. In 1904, the property between Vernon and Front Streets was acquired from the Canadian Paci� c Railway. Called the Hall Street Recreation Grounds, a history of sport and leisure was established.� e Civic Centre itself was built

with its Art Deco style theatre and arena replacing the Nelson Fair

Building, which was destroyed by � re in the ‘20s. � e fair building housed curling for a while a� er Nelson’s � rst club on Stanley and Robson Street burned down. In 1934, a new facility featuring arti� cial ice was built next to the present curling

rink and in 1945 the world famous Midsummer Bonspiel was born. It went on for over 60 years with the parking lot just o� Hall Street o� -packed with RV and tenters camped, brooms in tow.

� e outdoor � elds of recreation hey-days past are now a modern indoor ‘campus.’ � e Nelson and District Community Complex came to be in several phases of building over 30-plus years.� e swimming pool opened in

1973. In 1975, the � tness centre took shape and then, in 2005 the $12 million multi-purpose arena was built a� er a referendum gave it the go ahead, adding a second contemporary ice surface to serve the community, alongside the historic Civic Centre.Today, the lot is jammed with

visitors taking in endless tilts featuring tots hockey squads, the Nelson Leafs, roller derby and hundreds who make daily visits to stay healthy in one of

BC’s � nest small-town pool and � tness facilities.Keep an eye on facebook.com/

storestoshores for weekly additions the City of Nelson’s Stories + Storeys Hall Street Retrospective series!

Nelson Recreation Grounds, 1914Submitted photo

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Right from the inception of motion pictures, two directions emerged almost simultaneously: to look

outward and expand the documenting prowess of photography or to look inward and represent the fantasy and imagination of the human mind. � e distinction between � ction and documentary used to be pretty clear, until gradually more sophisticated audiences began to question the ‘truth’ of the documentary ‘voice of god’. � is, in turn, led documentarians to cinéma vérité, where the � lm’s makers remained silent. � e camera was le� to capture objectively and unguided the ‘real’ events unfolding.

As the frame, by nature, excludes what isn’t under its gaze, this technique too, although hidden, revealed itself to be under the in� uence of an author and ine� ective at objective truth. Finally the documentary form came around to the point where, rather than presuming an ability for objectivity, embraced the � lmmakers voice, their own

biases and failures presented on-screen for scrutiny with the truth lying somewhere in the mix to be interpreted by the viewer.

� e recent Civic documentary screenings of Red Army and Marinoni: � e Fire in the Frame are great examples of this. In both cases, the distrust and almost irritation of the subject for the o� -screen puppeteer is revealed early on in the � lms. Both Slava Fetisov and Guiseppe Marinoni berate their directors for their lack of understanding and lack of respect for their (the subjects’) personal space. It is an interesting dynamic that in turn translates to viewers’ relationship to the � lm. We see the directors as � awed people with a particular access that we don’t.

What we will learn over the next hour and a half is the understanding that we must interpret this slice of the bigger picture and that the ‘real truth’ lies in the � lmmaking apparatus, the space le� between what is provided us from the director, and what is or isn’t granted us by the subject.

As a documentary � lmmaker, this is much more interesting terrain. Freed from the burden

of the impossible task of objective ‘truth’, the � lmmaker is

granted the freedom of interpretive creative and stylized approaches that involve the medium and how best to communicate the subject, not unlike � ction. In fact the distinction between narrative � lm and documentary � lm has never been so blurry.

� e process goes both ways where the documentary form is itself a narrative style. In the just � nished run of What We Do In the Shadows, the brilliantly funny creators of Flight of the Conchords used the distinctly documentary approach of capturing unaware moments to highlight the mundane reality of vampire � at mates in the modern world. For example, Vladislav, the rebellious young vampire (183 years old) exasperates his roomies by ignoring the chore wheel.

� is cross-pollination between narrative and documentary is responsible for much richer formal and expressive � lm making practice as a whole and I have never seen how e� ectively this can be used until I recently watched Tambien La Lluvia (Even the Rain)directed by Icíar Bollaín and starring Gael García Bernal. � is � lm is brilliant in its use of layers. � e � ction of the � lm re� exively revolves around a Spanish � lm crew making a historical � ction � lm about Christopher

Columbus in Bolivia. � e � ction created in the story not only mirrors the current events of exploitation of the Bolivian people

from the privatization of water, which has made even the collection of rainwater illegal, but its production is also guilty of exploitation, � lming in Bolivia for its cheap cost, even though it isn’t even on an ocean coastline, which one would think would be requisite for a � lm about Columbus.

One character in the � lm is responsible for making

another � lm, a documentary of the making of the � lm within the � lm, but instantly recognizes the real documentary subject in the political uprising. � e results of all these � ctive layers of a social realist topic add a deeper understanding of the epic history surrounding events. � e re� exive trope of a � lm within the � lm implicates the viewer and therefore, the medium becomes the “truth”, that prompts, if not a catalyst for change, at least a nuanced place for discourse.

� e Civic looks forward to introducing a new bi-weekly Monday documentary series starting in May.

Jason Asbell is the � eatre Manager and Programmer for � e Civic � eatre.

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Sinixt culture celebratedWILL JOHNSON

Nelson StarIt’s been nearly 75 years since the Sinixt were

declared extinct by the Canadian government, but a collaborative evening between Selkirk College and Touchstones Nelson celebrated their still-existing culture, language and ancestors at Shambhala Performance Hall last � ursday.

“We are drawn here because our ancestors took care of this land, and they loved it. It’s very spiritual when we come up here because we can feel our ancestors,” said Virgil Seymour of the Colville tribe in Washington State.

Seymour thanked everyone in attendance, and called for more cooperation between the Sinixt and other locals.

“We can’t do this without the support of the local people, and that’s what this is all about. It’s so we can get to know each other. You can understand what we’re about, and we can understand what you’re about.”

Selkirk Anthropology and Peace Studies instructor Lori Barkley spoke at the event, aiming to educate those present on the complex issues surrounding the Sinixt.

She demonstrated how when the census was taken in the 1950s, many Sinixt were overlooked or le� uncounted.

“� e Indian Act doesn’t only have the power to recognize some people as Indians, it also has the commensurate ability to not recognize them.”

She said the decision to declare the Sinixt extinct was � nancially motivated, because granting Indians status meant the government had � nancial obligations to them.

“It’s less about how people see themselves and more about handling � nancial obligations.”

Barkley said she has to work hard to “decolonize my settler mind” and she encouraged those in attendance to do so as well.

Conspicuously absent from the proceedings was former Sinixt spokesperson Marilyn James, who nonetheless made multiple appearances via Erica Kowz’s � lm � e Journey Upstream.

In the � lm, James interviews a number of Sinixt people and gives viewers a � rsthand tour of her people’s land. In one memorable scene she crouches in the forest and describes her connection to a polished rock that had been used by her ancestors hundred of years before.

James was acknowledged and thanked for her hard work on multiple occasions over the course of the evening, and the Sinixt present asserted that her work has been crucial in bridging cultural gaps.

Nelsonites were given a unique opportunity to experience Sinixt culture, language, music and art � rsthand. Attendees were educated on “Canada’s termination strategy” and were encouraged to acknowledge that the Kootenay area continues to be unceded land.

“We aren’t extinct and we never were,” said Seymour.

Shambhala Performance Hall event featured Sinixt artists, musicians

Sinixt elder Bob Campbell was interviewed by Marilyn James for the � lm The Journey Upstream, which was shown at an evening celebrating the Sinixt last Thursday. Attendees were educated about the Sinixt’s marginalization in Canada and treated to a night of music and dance. Web photo


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According to the National Sleep Foundation, changes in sleep pat-terns are a part of the aging process. Many people experience dif� culty fall-ing asleep and then staying asleep as they age, and that dif� culty can make men and women over 50 feel more tired during the day.

But even though dif� culty sleeping may be a part of aging, that does not mean men and women over 50 cannot take steps to improve their sleeping patterns. For example, cer-tain snack foods may help to improve quality of sleep, especially when

these foods replace less healthy snacking options. While men and women over 50 should always con-sult with their physicians before mak-ing any changes to their diets, the AARP notes that the following are a handful of snack foods that promote better sleep.

• Almonds: Magnesium is a min-eral with muscle-relaxing properties, and almonds contain enough magne-sium to help men and women get a better night’s sleep. A small amount of almonds before bed might be enough to make falling and staying

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• Cheese and crackers: One more traditional snack may just help you

get a better night’s sleep. Cheese and crackers contain tryptophan and carbohydrates, which can induce a better night’s sleep and help you fall asleep sooner.

• Cherries: Cherries contain the sleep hormone melatonin, and the AARP notes that recent studies in-dicated that participants who drank tart cherry juice on a daily basis fell asleep more quickly and slept longer and better than participants who did not.

• Hummus: The primary ingredient in hummus is chickpeas, which are loaded with tryptophan, folate and vitamin B6. Folate has proven es-pecially bene� cial to older men and women who need help regulating their sleep patterns, while vitamin B6 helps the body regulate its clock.

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A spring market dedicated to health and wellnessContributed to the Nelson Star

On Saturday, April 18th, the organizers of last year’s � rst annual Kootenay Spirit Festival will be hosting their � rst follow-up event – the Spring Awakening Market: Health and Wellness Expo – acting as a fundraiser for this year’s second annual Spirit Festival that promises to build on the great energy and momentum of last years successful event.

� e Spring Awakening Market will be a community event with a health and wellness market featuring local practitioners showcasing their products and services. It is an opportunity for our community to awaken into spring and explore our community’s tremendous depth and diversity of healing arts including chiropractic, re� exology, coaching, meditation practices, shiatsu massage, spa services, � tness and much much more.

Spring is traditionally the time to cleanse and renew especially when it comes to our health and wellbeing. � e amazing local practitioners will provide information to start you in the right direction. � is will include free demonstrations and samples of health and wellness products such as herbs, tinctures and salves.

� ere will also be an all day schedule of mini workshops including: Yoga, Belly� t, Chinese Medicine, Coaching, Juicing, Meditation, Massage, NIA, and more, all free for the price of admission which is $3-5. A few additional attractions include a little cafe serving fresh juices, local Mandala Chai and

raw food delights. � is is also a family friendly event, so to capture the spirit of our children in the community, we will have a kids (and adults too) cra� table for those seeking a creative outlet.

� ere will be a ra� e to win a free weekend pass for the second annual Kootenay Spirit Festival which will take place the weekend of September 18-20, 2015. Save this date and visit http://www.kootenayspiritfestival.ca for the latest information on program and tickets.

� e market will occur at Hart Hall, located at 510 Carbonate Street, Nelson.

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Not all debt is created equal… the di� erence lies in how it helps – or hurts – your pursuit of your � nancial goals. Some debt can be seen as an investment in one’s future:

• Borrowing money to maximize your RRSP contributions.

• Loans with tax-deductible interest to earn investment income.

• Borrowing to acquire an asset that may increase in value, such as your home or a rental property.

• Student loans that enable you to get an education leading to a good career.

However, other types of debt can act as a � scal drag, limiting future opportunities: • Revolving consumer debt with high

rates of interest, such as maintaining balances on credit cards or department store cards.

• Buying something that will depreciate using borrowed funds.

• Cash advances on your credit card. Interest is charged right from the date of your advance.

• Making deferred consumer purchases (i.e. “do not pay until 2016”) where the cost of the item includes � nancing charges.

Ultimately identifying the di� erence between “good debt” and “bad debt” will help you to make smarter decisions when it comes to purchasing. If you require � nancing to purchase something that has potential for appreciation, tax bene� ts or personal growth, go for it. Pay cash for the depreciating assets and material items that are not needed to live.As a independant mortgage professional, I work for you not the bank and always have YOUR best interest in mind. Talk to me to better understand your borrowing situation and to � nd solutions that � t your needs.

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A C o n s i d e r i n g buying a stand up board and can’t � gure out what type of board

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A displacement hull are the pointed boards. � ese hulls look a little more like a boat hull and have rails that extend well above the waterline. � e point at the front of the board cuts through the water pushing the water around the nose , routing it along the sides rather than trying to ride on top of the water. � is makes displacement hulls far more e� cient for � at water paddling.

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Your personal investing success largely depends on how well your portfolio � ts with your goals and comfort with risk. How can

you be con� dent you have the right mix of investments without putting considerable time and money to the task? Mutual funds have attracted many investors because they o� er as simple, yet attractive premise. By pooling your money with other investors, mutual funds provide cost-e� ective access to professional money management and greater diversi� cation than you could achieve on your own. If you choose to do it yourself, building an e� ective portfolio can be a tall order.

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Matthew StanleyArchitectAIBC, LEED

A� e internet is over� owing with plans and prefab models for just about any kind of house you can imagine. Some

of these houses look great at � rst glance, and the ease of online shopping can be seductive to home buyers. HOWEVER, there is a signi� cant di� erence between an online product designed for “anyone anywhere” and a home that is designed for you and your property. Any successful and beautiful piece of architecture meticulously considers its physical and natural contexts. � is includes: (1) how the house is integrated with existing landscape features such as rocks, water, trees and slopes, (2) how it is oriented to the sun during all four seasons, (3) the arrangement of interior spaces toward speci� c views, (4) positioning windows and decks for privacy, (5) is the the size and shape of the house compatible with the street, sidewalk, and neighbours (6) how a roo� ine compliments nearby geometries and sight lines, (7) are the materials and colours of the house harmonized with the surrounding visual landscape. � e list of site-speci� c, contextual factors that make a home beautiful goes on and on. Importantly, these are all things you sacri� ce when buying pre-designed homes online. � e home you build on your property could be there for more than 100 years. Do you want it to be a ‘product’ from the internet? Or, a ‘home’ that was designed for you, your family and your property?

Nelson is fortunate to have several skilled Architects and professional Building Designers who can work with you to design your new home.

I have a property and would like to build a new home. With so many resources on the internet these days, is it wise to buy house plans from a website?

Brooke Mandseth M.Ed.

RCC, CHT

How do I “� x” and/or “� gure it all out”?

We live in a world where there is an expectation that there is always a solution, that if you put your mind

to it, all things can be fixed or figured out, typically in a logical, linear, step-by-step instruction format. Of course, for some situations, this method of problem solving applies. In others, clients will come in for counselling with an urgent drive, with a clear intention to come fix themselves and figure out what they have to do. And then quickly (and typically) realize that there is no clear-cut answer or method to get to the solution. The looming unknown comes rolling in, a sense of helplessness, sadness, grief, anger, anxiety, fear, etc. We want to be able to bypass these feelings and the time it may take to process these experiences that have brought us to this frustrating place of NOT BEING ABLE TO FIX IT. Take heart, this doesn’t mean there will not be some sort of solution or feeling resolved, it just means that sometimes all that we can really do is to hang out in the reality of not being able to find a quick solution. Amidst the processing of experiences, events, feelings, and our history that has led us to this moment, the answers will come and/or the path will become clearer. The relationship with a Hakomi therapist gives you a place of support, soothing, and coping as you explore what your answers may be.

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Nelson Hydro Customers:

Carmen ProctorEcoSave Program [email protected]/ecosave

Is the rebate program extended past March 31, 2015?

Yes! � e Home Energy Rebate Program (HERO) has been extended to end of

March 2016. � at means that you can register for EcoSave, have an energy assessment and complete your upgrades throughout the year. Or, if you are already in the program, then you have an extension.

3.5% on-bill � nancing is also available, this is a simple way to make the upgrades in your home that will start saving you money, use that saved money towards your payment. � e payment comes o� of your Nelson Hydro bill. � is loan is based on account history and whether you own the home, so it is available to those who may not be able to access credit or cannot a� ord to make those energy saving retro� ts.

What are the insulation levels like in your home and how much money could it save you to top up? Call or email me today to � nd out.

Is your name added to the community solar garden interest list yet? Save the date of April 8th 7pm, for a Conversation Café on the upcoming community solar garden plans.

Carmen ProctorEcoSave Program Coordinator

COLETTE VENIER

Registered Massage � erapist

The intention of Cranial-Sacral Therapy (CST) is to enhance health and resilience in the

nervous system of the client. It is a gentle hands-on practice of bringing awareness and fluidity into specific areas of the body that are experiencing discomfort and rigidity, or are feeling separate from the whole. The therapist and the client work together to find the best touch that will be helpful for these tissues. The nervous system of the client responds to the safety inherent in this negotiation and begins to relax and resolve the held trauma and overwhelm. This transformation happens in the Autonomic Nervous System, the part of our brain that regulates our response to stress and trauma. Because this response is automatic thus unconscious, bringing awareness and safety to the tissues, and to the whole being, are paramount in the healing. Clients report feeling grounded, relaxed, lighter, more integrated. Treatments, on their own or in conjunction with Visceral Manipulation and Massage Therapy, can be deeply relaxing and restorative.

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strengthening their e� orts to attract more doctors to rural and remote communities with a new shared $100,000 � nancial award for medical students who demonstrate an interest in practising medicine in those communities and to support rural students entering medical school.

“� is new scholarship fund re� ects government’s focus on supporting health care in rural communities,” said Health Minister Terry Lake.

“Municipalities, government, health authorities, Doctors of BC and UBC are working hard to attract and retain doctors who are invested in the wide scope of medicine practised in these areas and the

strong community ties they will build.” � e � rst set of British Columbia Rural Interest

Awards have been granted to 20 University of British Columbia medical students who come from a variety of rural communities or have demonstrated an interest in entering rural medicine once training is complete. Annually, up to 20 medical students will be given individual awards of $5,000 to support their pursuit of practising rural medicine.

“We know that students who train in rural communities are more likely to consider practicing rural medicine,” said Dr. Bill Cavers, president of Doctors of BC. “� is initiative demonstrates our


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Dr. Michael BrennanB.Sc., D.C.

384 Baker StreetNelson, BC V1L4H5

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Satellite clinics in New Denver & Nakusp

What are “growing pains”?

“Growing pains” are commonly defined as recurrent leg pain in children ages 2–12 years, however it may also include

back/spinal pain and also may occur after age 12. Although there are no known medical causes, theories of cause range from muscle fatigue to juvenile arthritis. The Journal of Pediatrics found that approximately 36.9% of children 4–6 years of age experienced growing pains. During the first year of life, the spine increases 12 cm in length and another 15 cm between 1 and 5 years of age. Between 5 and 10 years of age, the growth rate decreases to 10 cm. There is another increase at puberty between approximately 10 and 18 years of age with 20 cm of spinal grown in males and 15 cm in females. So, the greatest rate of spinal growth occurs in the first 5 years of life. It is hypothesized that the bones growing at such a fast rate increases tensile stress on the muscles. This can lead to spinal imbalance and pressure being put on the child’s nervous system which can result in pain. Gentle adjusting techniques in combination with muscle work and stretching have been found to be effective in reducing the discomfort associated with “growing pains”. The treatment protocol to help your child, so they don’t have to suffer unnecessarily, can be determined with a relatively short, but thorough examination. If you have questions please call our office.

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Earth Day is Wednesday April 22nd. You can be a local champion of the earth and our environment

by pledging your Earth Day participation.How? By logging onto www.earthdaynelson.ca, and then pledge to do one, or more of the following:• I will participate in an Earth Day event• I will unplug items when not in use• I will research ways to reduce my energy consumption One pledger will be randomly selected to choose a local (within Nelson Hydro’s service area) registered, non-pro� t society or charity of their choice to receive $1,000 from Nelson Hydro. Be kind to mother earth and look into how energy e� cient your home is. Call me for more information on energy evaluations, rebates and low-interest � nancing.� e Solar Conversation Café attracted a great crowd, if you want to learn more about the community solar garden, please let me know and I will add you to the interest list.

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How can I win a $1,000 on Earth Day?


PROFESSIONALSAsk the

If you are interested in participating in our next edition of Ask the Professionals contact Kiomi or Adam at 250-352-1890

Well, the obvious one would be to increase the value of your home; however, the big picture doesn’t stop there. The other benefits include

having a mortgage helper. A rental suite could allow you to stay in your home once you’re on a fixed income. Secondary Suites also allow families to stay together; by providing a home for a family member, and keeping family connected. At times’ a Legal Rental Suite can help you to meet the criteria needed to qualify for a mortgage.

Based on “A Guide for Local Governments,” put out by the Ministry of Community and Aboriginal Women (revised in 2005), they studied several B.C. communities, including � e City of Nelson. Due to Nelson’s geographical constraints for development, low rental vacancy rates and the fact that Nelson is a College Town, the City of Nelson encourages Secondary Suite Development. Having Secondary Suites enables our town to meet housing needs, while preserving the character of our community.

In summary, if you’d like to explore these options further, don’t hesitate contacting me, and I’d be happy to assist you with exploring the options most suitable for your needs. If you want to investigate further; head on down to talk with your local City Planning Department representative, or if you’d like to purchase an existing property that has a suite, come and talk to me, I’d be happy to assist you in your search.

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Matthew StanleyArchitectAIBC, LEED

A� e internet is over� owing with plans and prefab models for just about any kind of house you can imagine. Some

of these houses look great at � rst glance, and the ease of online shopping can be seductive to home buyers. HOWEVER, there is a signi� cant di� erence between an online product designed for “anyone anywhere” and a home that is designed for you and your property. Any successful and beautiful piece of architecture meticulously considers its physical and natural contexts. � is includes: (1) how the house is integrated with existing landscape features such as rocks, water, trees and slopes, (2) how it is oriented to the sun during all four seasons, (3) the arrangement of interior spaces toward speci� c views, (4) positioning windows and decks for privacy, (5) is the the size and shape of the house compatible with the street, sidewalk, and neighbours (6) how a roo� ine compliments nearby geometries and sight lines, (7) are the materials and colours of the house harmonized with the surrounding visual landscape. � e list of site-speci� c, contextual factors that make a home beautiful goes on and on. Importantly, these are all things you sacri� ce when buying pre-designed homes online. � e home you build on your property could be there for more than 100 years. Do you want it to be a ‘product’ from the internet? Or, a ‘home’ that was designed for you, your family and your property?

Nelson is fortunate to have several skilled Architects and professional Building Designers who can work with you to design your new home.

I have a property and would like to build a new home. With so many resources on the internet these days, is it wise to buy house plans from a website?

Q My neck and shoulders are always sore and tight. Is there anything that I can do about this?

A possible contributing factor to your pain could be your posture. The ideal position of your head is to have your

ears line up directly above your shoulders which should be above your ankle bone. The human head weighs approximately 8-10lbs. For every inch that your head migrates forward of ‘ideal’, you double the relative weight of the head. So at a typical posture of 1 inch forward you are looking at your neck holding up 20lbs. Now that’s a lot of weight for those tiny neck muscles to hold! In turn the body overuses the neck muscles and starts recruiting shoulder muscles and eventually the back muscles to help. So until the posture is corrected the neck and shoulder muscles will never get a break and will chronically be tight and sore. Keeping this in mind and adjusting your posture while driving, using the computer and your cell phone can help decrease neck tension. Stretching out the chest muscles can also ease forward pull of the head. There are also other stretches, releases and exercises you can do to help correct this. If this sounds like a problem you have or if you have other body aches that you are ready to resolve then call for an appointment with Anna. Get in on the “Spring Special” for $80 (reg $100) for an assessment, home program and myofascial release (1.5hrs) until April 31st.

Anna TopfKinesiologist/Trainer

250 352-1100email: [email protected]

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Is the rebate program extended past March 31, 2015?

Yes! � e Home Energy Rebate Program (HERO) has been extended to end of

March 2016. � at means that you can register for EcoSave, have an energy assessment and complete your upgrades throughout the year. Or, if you are already in the program, then you have an extension.

3.5% on-bill � nancing is also available, this is a simple way to make the upgrades in your home that will start saving you money, use that saved money towards your payment. � e payment comes o� of your Nelson Hydro bill. � is loan is based on account history and whether you own the home, so it is available to those who may not be able to access credit or cannot a� ord to make those energy saving retro� ts.

What are the insulation levels like in your home and how much money could it save you to top up? Call or email me today to � nd out.

Is your name added to the community solar garden interest list yet? Save the date of April 8th 7pm, for a Conversation Café on the upcoming community solar garden plans.


Cristina OsadchukRMT

When looking at stress and tension, we need to consider two categories: somatic and cognitive. Techniques that

target somatic tension focus on the body, while those that are cognitive service the mind. When looking to understand and work with your own tension it’s important to investigate its causes in order to choose the most effective treatment.

One of my favourite yoga practitioners in town often cites that “a grip in the body indicates a grip in the mind”-- that to truly address the tensions we hold physically, we must also soothe our busy, over-worked, over-active minds.

Self-regulation is a broad term used to describe techniques that can help keep stress in check, dissolve tension and find a cool, collected calm. They include practices such as yoga, deep breathing, guided imagery and my favourite, autogenic training

Next time you find your tension building try this simple self-regulatory technique: take a slow, deep breath in and imagine your feet rooting firmly into the ground beneath you, much like the roots of a tree. While grounding down, imagine a subtle lift up through the crown of your head. On your exhale, soften into the posture. With practice, this will become easier-- tension absolved.

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commitment to working collaboratively and improving patients’ access to care in rural communities.”

� e British Columbia Rural Interest Award will be given to:

• Up to seven third year students who have completed the Rural Family Practice Clerkship or the Integrated Community Clerkship,

• Up to seven fourth year students who have completed a four-week rural elective, and

• � e remaining awards are granted to � rst year students

upon admittance to UBC Medical School.

“Rural medicine is broad, interesting and relational; you can do full service family medicine and provide signi� cant continuity of care,” said Samantha Chittick, a fourth year medical student from Kelowna. “I can’t understand why anyone would want to do anything else.”

For students applying upon completion of the third year Rural Family Practice Clerkship, Integrated Community Clerkship or fourth year Rural Electives, the deadline is June 30, 2015.

For � rst year students applying upon admittance to UBC medical school, the deadline is Sept. 30, 2015.

“Rural physicians ful� ll a special niche,” said Selena Demeno� , a � rst year medical student from Grand Forks. “As part of the community, they are their communities’ health advocates.”

� ese awards have been established through ongoing funding from the Joint Standing Committee on Rural Issues, a collaborative committee of the Ministry of Health and Doctors of BC.

“Rural physicians ful� ll a special niche.”


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Nelson Selects break the ice

Whitewater Freeride skiers competing at North American Junior Championships


� e Nelson Selects had some great results at the 14th annual Okanagan Icebreaker tournament on the long weekend.

� e U12 Boys won a silver medal, and the U13 girls brought home a bronze as did the U14 boys.

It was the � rst tournament of the season and U12 Boys’ head coach Allan Faraguna said all the teams did very well. � ey had teams competing in every age division, except U11.

Faraguna explained how the U12 boys earned second place.

“� ey stretched the � eld really well,” he said. “� ey moved the ball around and supported each other really well out on the � eld. And they put the ball in the net when the opportunity arose.”

Faraguna said their goal tending was “fantastic” with only three goals against in four games.

He said the U13 girls also played well, moving the ball around on the � eld and a made a good team e� ort.

Faraguna said the well organized tournament had a beautiful setting right on the water.

It was the Nelson Selects � rst time playing

outside this season as most of the soccer teams train all year with the indoor soccer facility in Nelson.

“I think our players are doing a lot better now that they have the indoor facility,” he said, adding it allows the players to be prepared for early tournaments.

Lakeside � elds in Nelson are expected to open around April 17.

� e next tournament for the Rep teams is the May long weekend at the Kamloops Slurpee Cup. � e Terry Walgren annual tournament will follow the weekend a� er in Nelson.


Whitewater Freeride athletes have travelled south of the border to Grand Targhee, Wyoming, for the 2015 IFSA North American Junior Freeride Championships from April 8 to12.

“Our guys are skiing well going into the � nals,” Coach Dano Slater wrote in an email to the Star.

Results from April 9 show Haley Cooke with a second place score in the Girls 15 to 18 category. On the same day, Dale Cushway placed � rst in the Boys 15 to 18, with Sam Kuch and Sol Butler scoring

third and fourth respectively. Seven skiers, Jona Caney, Sam Howard,

Sam Kuch, Savannah Leishman, Ben Woodward, Sam Woodward and Nigel Ziegler, all made the o� cial list for the � rst round of competitions thanks to their individual results at a combination of regional and national events throughout the 2014/15 season. � ere were 122 skiers in the � rst round.

More Whitewater team skiers quali� ed on the second round: Je� Ashton, Sol Butler, Brendon Kelly, Liam Kelly and Jesse � urston.

Final results to come next week.

The U12 Boys Rep team won a silver medal in the Okanagan Icebreaker Tournament on the Easter weekend. Pictured: Back row (left to right): Assistant coach Eric Sollid, Felix Barron, Matteo Faraguna, Mathew Erickson, Dylan Gyr, Edan Sollid, Matteo Mushumanski, Callum McClure, Kieran Dehnel, Callum Cutler, head coach Al Faraguna.Front left to right: Alexander Sowiak, Tommy Bryson and Mason Scott (goalie).

Ernie Sollid photo

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Nelson Youth Soccer Rep teams kick start the outdoor soccer season in Kelowna.

Whitewater Freeride team 2013-14Dave Heath photo

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You & The LawTYLEEN UNDERWOOD LAW OFFICE presents

WHAT CAN YOU DO ABOUT “PARENTAL ALIENATION”? Most of us have seen a friend or family member’s marriage go bust in a bitter divorce. Sometimes the couple’s children are victims in their parents’ ongoing con� ict long after the break-up. One parent, often the primary caregiver, may in� uence the kids to take sides and subtly turn them against the other parent.

Undermining the kids’ relationship with the other parent, even unintentionally, damages children’s emotional and psychological well-being and is contrary to the Family Law Act. This phenomenon is called “parental alienation” and may lead to children not wanting to see or have anything to do with that other parent. When a child’s previously close relationship with both parents turns sour with one parent without good reason, that’s a hallmark of parental alienation.

Our B.C. Supreme Court recently had to deal with parental alienation. Colin and Claire (all names changed) had two kids, Mary and Becky, born in 2000 and 2002. The couple separated in 2008 and divorced three years later. Both parents were intelligent and capable individuals who loved their children, and they agreed to equal parenting arrangements. The court subsequently gave them joint custody and joint guardianship of the kids and ordered a three-day alternating parenting schedule, later changed by Colin and Claire to a

� ve-day alternating schedule.

These arrangements worked well initially, but over time the kids became increasingly reluctant to spend time with their dad. One example: in late 2011 when Claire dropped Becky off to see Colin, Becky ran back to her mom’s car, buckled herself in and refused to come out for half an hour despite her dad’s pleading. By 2013, when Colin was to

pick the girls up from a church drop-off, or was to take them after school, he couldn’t because they ran away. They also refused to see him during a court-ordered holiday access. When interviewed by a psychologist, both children expressed strong negative

views of their father, but positive ones of their mother.

Colin thus asked the court for a “custody reversal order” and other orders to help resolve the problem.

The court concluded the children were a product of parental alienation – their negative feelings and rejection of their dad was signi� cantly out of line with their actual experience with him. Both Mary and Becky suffered from emotional and mental health problems – the older girl from depression and suicidal thoughts, her younger sister from an anxiety disorder and anger issues.

The focus in such cases is on the best interests of the children long-term. The court intervened in an effort to undo the girls’ alienation from their dad, to foster their future relationship with both parents and to minimize emotional damage.

Colin got sole guardianship, interim custody and primary residence of the two girls for the time being, and Claire was to have no direct or indirect access to them. Claire, Colin and the children also had to enroll in a family reuni� cation program for a year (the program’s director would make regular progress reports to the court).

Parental alienation situations are complex, and each case requires a unique solution. It’s important you act quickly and get legal and other help promptly if you’re caught up in such a con� ict-ridden situation.

TYLEEN UNDERWOOD LAW OFFICEFamily Law • Criminal Law

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(250) 352-6638Written by Janice and George Mucalov, LL.B.s with contribution by TYLEEN UNDERWOOD LAW OFFICE. This column provides information

only and must not be relied on for legal advice. Please contact TYLEEN UNDERWOOD for legal advice concerning your particular case. Lawyer Janice Mucalov is an award-winning legal writer. “You and the Law” is a registered trade-mark. © Janice and George Mucalov


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A book for a dollarContributed to the Nelson Star

� e Nelson Women’s Centre library has downsized, so we are having a fantastic sale of used books on Saturday, April 18th at 717 Vernon Street, Nelson (Senior Citizens’ Association Branch #51) from 10 am to 3 pm. Most books will go for a dollar, or � ll up a book bag for � ve dollars or less! You are welcome to come in and browse. All proceeds will go to the Nelson Women’s Centre Library - we are also accepting cash donations.

� e Nelson and District Women’s Centre provides a welcoming space, support and free resources for women to learn, connect and become empowered in their own lives and engaged in their community. For more information, or if you would like to volunteer for the book sale, phone 250-352-9916, or 250-352-9871. Thinkstock/Getty Images photo

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Obituaries & Memorials

Dorothy Nora Bayoff

Dorothy Nora Bayoff passed away on April 9th, 2015 at Mt. Lakes Seniors Community. Dorothy was born in 1914 and would have celebrated her 101st birthday on May 29th. She was born in Grand Forks to Nellie and Alex Chernoff and later resided in the Th rums area where she met and married Walter Bayoff in 1936. Together they raised 2 children, Janet and Ed.

Th e family moved to Nelson in the early 1950’s. Dorothy was counter manager at Nelson’s Woolworth’s Store and is best

remembered for her famous lemon meringue pies. Her passions included music, dancing and her fl ower gardens and while living in Nelson, received a Beautifi cation Certifi cate from the Mayor of Nelson. She spent numerous hours canvassing for the S.O.S. (Save our Services) for the Nelson Hospital and faithfully supported requests for donations required to purchase additional equipment. Dorothy also enjoyed theatre and in 2009 donated much of her clothing to the Capitol Th eatre wardrobe department.

She is survived by her daughter Janet Evdokimo of Phoenix, Arizona, grandchildren Allen (Sheryl) Evdokimo, great grandchildren Ashley, Adam (Laura) of Reno, Nev., Arnie (Racquel) Evdokimo, great grandchildren A.J., Allison and Autumn, Phoenix, Az, Andrew Evdokmo and great granddaughter Ariana, Nampa, Idaho. Daughter-in-law Jackie Bayoff , grandchildren Dan (Nichole), great grandchildren Lauren, Tyler, Tyson and Parker, Carlene (Dirk) MacFarlane, great grandchildren Breanne and Daniel, Heather Carson and great grandchildren Paige and Jared, all of Nelson. Grandson Rex (Amber) Skarbo, great grandchildren Tatiana and Shalynn of Kamloops, Debbie Jones and great grand children Kortney, Kimberley (Jason) Nixon and great-great granddaughter Millie, Courtney, BC. Dorothy was predeceased by her husband Walter in 1969 and son Edward in 1994.

Th ompson’s Funeral Home arranged a private family burial which took place on Monday, April 13th at the Nelson Cemetery offi ciated by Rev. Marcella Mugford followed by a Celebration of Life held at the Prestige Lakeside Resort.

Th e family would like to extend their gratitude to Dr. Janz and all the staff at Mt. Lakes Diamond Cottage for their exceptional care of mom during her residency. Special thanks to Vivian Kingdon who provided mom with private care.

Mom loved life and made a diff erence to everyone she met. Her motto in life was “Don’t worry, be happy”

Online condolences may be expressed at www.thompsonfs.caFuneral arrangements are under the direction of

Th ompson Funeral Service Ltd.

Saturday, April 25th12:00 - 3:00

Banquet Room of the Adventure HotelFormerly Lord Nelson Hotel

Celebration of Life Tea For Barb & Russ Browell

In Memory Vivian Iris Perrier

December 4th, 1930 - January 12th, 2015

Funeral Service April 18th, 2015 at 11:00 a.m.United Church 602 Silica Street

It is with great reverence towards him that the Grundy clan announce the passing of our Patriarch Victor(Vic) Bejermin Grundy, at 3:52 PM on March 10, 2015 he sucumbed to a life long condition.......time.

Vic was born in Crowsnest Alberta on Dec 9, 1931, the eldest son, and as someone who grew-up during this time he understood the value not the price of community, which he never forgot.

The family re-located to Grand Forks were he and his brother Don would plant Victory gardens, although the second world ended before he was old enough to serve, he was a reserve member and was an exellent marksman scoring 99/100 humbly stating “not perfect nobody is”

The family moved several times more before settling in Nelson and it is there that he found a place to call home.

His fi rst job was a joint adventure with his brother Don, a paper route in Rosemont, they were inseperable. The only diff erence between the two was Don didn’t like school and Vic had a passion for learning. He understood the power of words and had an incredible ablity to select the correct one to convey his position.

He worked for the CPR helping to maintain the lines between the other Kootenay townships, from there he went to BCTEL, a company that he retired from in 1985 with over 35 years of service. He worked under his Father, no easy task, however he did contribute this qoute to him “if the truck wont do the job,we’ll get one that will.” It was here that he got involved with what would later be known as the Telecommunications Workers Union, he served as a shopstewart, and plant counselor. It was this eff ort that he and other men and woman like him were able to fi ght for the rights of all those to follow is what he was most proud of. When asked later in life “How did you people achive this?” he said “back then we knew the diff erence between prosperity and greed.”

Never afraid of a hard days work and when ever the question was asked “How do we get this to work?” the answer was usually another question. ‘Where’s Vic Grundy?” He enjoyed the progressive nature of technology and the knowledge needed to use it. He had a quick wit and a great sense of humour. Not a religoius man, he still maintained the highest level of morality and stood by his convictions, not once waivering to his fi nal breath, the measure of a true man.

He believed that as a parent he had but one responsibitly “to provide a better opportunity at life than the one given.” We who remain will forever bare witness to the successful completion of this task.

For those who had the privildge to truely know the “Man” and whether you called him Dad, Grampa, Pops or Vic no words have yet been spoken that begins to discribe our feelings of loss and for those who didn’t....your loss is far greater than our own.

Never forgotten, Forever loved.

Victor(Vic)Bejermin Grundy

December 9, 1931 -March 10, 2015

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The Fishing Report

Chasing early spring Bull Trout on the rivers

March saw some mixed weather patterns rolling in, so our days were hit

and miss. We did spend a lot of time on the rivers chasing early spring Bull trout and we had a blast. � e jet sled proved itself very helpful this spring on the rivers so far. � e Kootenay River and other tributaries are full of Bulls in the spring. And when the ice came o� , we began to target these � sh. Bulls chasing spawning white� sh were pretty aggressive this year. Bull trout from six to twelve pounds were caught on a daily basis. A lot of fun was had by all who braved the early spring weather conditions. And the end results were very rewarding. We’re looking forward to the fall Bull trout � shery as the Bulls chase spawning Kokanee up the rivers again in the fall.

Kootenay Lake� e lake has been providing us

with lots of action each day lately. Most days saw us hooking into 10 - 15 � sh between two to � ve pounds, although we did have a few � sh in the ten pound range last month, but few and far between. Rainbows and Bull Trout up to 12 pounds were caught in the past month. We also had our � rst opening for West Arm Kokanee at the beginning of this month. � e Kokanee � shing was consistent and the sizes were good. Most anglers were back at the dock with their limits within the � rst couple hours of the day. Looking forward to what our spring weather could bring. Our next couple of months should prove interesting for the lake. � e Gerrard spawn

will be the telltale sign of what is to become of our lake. Stay tuned.

Duncan LakeDuncan Lake has been fun and a

nice change from Kootenay. � ere seems to be a lot more people � shing there as well. � e Bull Trout � shing has been good and as the water warms up, the Kokanee � shing gets better and better. Nice to see a healthy population of both Bulls and Kokanee in this lake.

We have had some great days up there so far with some double digit days with Bulls between � ve to ten pounds. Should be good � shing for a few more weeks or until the lake levels get really high.

Our Lyman plugs have been producing best. Surface � shing has been good, as well as the downriggers from 30-60 feet has produced well.

De� nitely a nice change of scenery and � shing.

Columbia River� e river is heating up nicely.

Rainbows, Walleye, and Pike are all cooperating right now. We have had some spectacular days � y� shing for Rainbows. Early spring Rainbows

are my favourite. We have hooked into some monsters already. � e average � sh have all been the usual Columbia River size ranging between two and four pounds, although we have hooked into some � ve to seven pound � sh in the past couple weeks. And some even bigger that screamed our line, but were never to be seen. Exciting spring action.

Some resident Walleye have been sticking around this year also. We usually don’t target these � sh until late summer when they seem to really stack up in the river, although we

have been � shing for them lately with some great success. Good to know there are a lot of options at this time of year. Pike are also being caught while targeting Walleye. Remember to keep every Pike you catch, as they are not native to this system. Walleye between one and four pounds have been caught lately, as well as Pike up to 18 pounds.

What are they biting on?On the lake, we are catching most

� sh on the surface. Bucktail � ies have been my favourite technique. Purples have been the most productive. Common numbers of 203, 207, and 224 have worked best for me, as well as some greys such as number 202, 210, and 221. And on the downrigger, we have been having success with our favourite Lyman plugs and � asher & hoochie combo.

Our speeds are still relatively slow due to the water temperature, but look to speed things up as the water warms up.

On the river, we have been having most luck with the Rainbows on the � y. Floating lines with an indicator and nymph have provided lots of action, as well as sinking line while swinging streamers. � e Walleye have been taking the usual bottom bouncer technique or jigs with twisters. And the Pike have been hitting on just about anything, although we haven’t been speci� cally targeting them.

What’s coming upWe are expecting the lake � shing

to pick up even more as the water gets warmer. So, expect lots of � sh in April, May, and June. Our river � shing should only get better and better as well. As the weather warms up and the bugs start hatching, the � sh will become more and more aggressive. Looking forward to the next few months of � shing.

We are also looking forward to our upcoming Salmon/Halibut � shing season. � is year is expected to be another good run of Salmon and we still have a few openings to � ll. Drop me a line if you’re interested in � lling your freezer with � sh for the year.

� at about sums it up. Hope this helps with your � shing excursions this month. Tight lines.

Nelson resident Con Diamond shows off

his trophy Bull trout.

Nick Diamond Photography photo


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