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Paul Burkart named Nelson’s new police chiefDeputy Chief Paul Burkart will be

the new chief of the Nelson Police Department starting Jan. 29, following the retirement of current chief Wayne Holland.

Burkart, a 20-year veteran of police work, has risen through the ranks dur-ing his 15 years in Nelson, and says his promotion to chief is the result of Holland deciding, when he arrived here five years ago, that the next chief should be groomed from within the ranks.

“It made sense for us to do that,” Burkart says. “I have been 15 years on the job here, and will start my role as chief knowing the businesses, the schools, the organizations, and the people of the community. It is an ab-solute advantage.”

Burkart and his wife Eve, a clinical practice educator at Kootenay Lake Hospital, moved here from big-city policing in Calgary, where he worked in several specialized units. Although he found that work exciting, he want-

ed to raise his children in a small town. It’s the environment he likes best: Burkart grew up in Fort St. John.

Burkart’s daughters, Julia, 15, and Kyra, 17, both students at L.V. Rogers, were young children when they moved here.

“We have enjoyed every minute of being here,” Burkart says, speaking enthusiastically about the variety of activities his daughters have enjoyed in

Nelson. Burkart has served as treasurer of Nelson Youth Soccer, and has been a house and rep coach for the past 11 seasons.

Burkart has a bachelor of social sci-ence degree in criminology and French, and a master’s in labour relations with majors in human resources and labour law. He says that’s a useful combination.

“Police departments are a big busi-nesses,” he says. “The Calgary depart-ment has 2,500 members, and even here, with volunteers, there are 55 people. So my human resources and labour law background is valuable.”

A people person

Asked what he likes most about po-lice work, Burkart said “I am a people person. I love dealing with the com-munity. I like making a difference. If a person comes in and has a concern, I am willing to sit down right there and help them out.

“When I coach girls’ soccer, it is not

about just learning how to kick a ball. It is about working as a team, about being good people.”

He says that in the same way, policing should not just be about responding to a crime, and that ideally it involves find-ing a way for that crime to not happen again, and delving into the social issues that might have caused it.

“Eighty per cent of what we do is not in the crime stats. Working with community organizations, that’s what I enjoy.”

The challenges of police work

Asked about the challenges of police work, Burkart said “There is a lot of stress and shift work is hard. Some of-ficers work 50 per cent of their shifts at night. The types of calls are very rarely pleasant. It is hard for us to go out and arrest somebody who has a family or talk to somebody after they lost a loved

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Cartolina wins city’s inaugural heritage award

Nelson’s first annual $1,000 heritage award has gone to Fiona Richards and Douglas Jones, the owners of Cartolina at 652 Baker Street. In 2014 they discovered, preserved and enhanced the heri-tage characteristics of the build-ing, formerly the home of King’s Restaurant.

“We have lived in Nelson a long time, and it is important to us that we take care of the his-tory of Nelson,” Richards told the crowd on Monday at the city’s an-nual reception where the prize was presented. “We have realized it is great for business. It is beneficial to the businesses on Baker St. to take care of the old buildings and promote them.”

The award was presented by Greg Nesteroff, a member of the heritage working group, a sub-committee of the city’s Cultural Development Committee. He ex-

plained the building was part of the old Tremont Hotel, and until recently was one of the few heri-tage buildings in Nelson that had never seen any interior renova-tion.

“The couple behind it are no strangers to heritage restoration, having tackled other projects be-fore, but this was their most ambi-tious work,” Nesteroff said. “They not only revitalized a 114-year-old building, but documented every step of the way, sharing online and in their store the many discoveries they made as they literally peeled back the layers on the building.”

Nesteroff then read two ex-cerpts from the several nomina-tions the recipients received:

“The transformation of 652 Baker St. is not only remarkable and award-worthy because of the building’s revitalization but it is helping to educate visitors to the store about Nelson’s rich history and market our city as a heritage

destination.”A second person wrote:“I watched the restoration un-

fold day by day through Instagram pictures and soon a number of surprises that the building had been keeping behind the 1960s restaurant decor were revealed. The first was the wonderful origi-nal brick walls and wood floors ready to be polished up. Then came the showstopper, a breath-taking pressed tin ceiling. With a careful eye and a willingness to get it just right, great lengths were taken to preserve and restore the grandeur of the building.”

In a news release, cultural development committee chair Stephanie Fischer wrote: “Fiona and Doug’s thoughtful and care-ful restoration preserves, honours, and celebrates this heritage build-ing, and by documenting their process from start to finish, they have shared their journey with us all.”

ABOVE: Fiona Richards and Douglas Jones of Cartolina, are the winners of Nelson’s first annual heritage award. “With a careful eye and a willingness to get it just right, great lengths were taken to preserve and restore the grandeur of the building,” wrote one of the several people who nominated the pair for the award. TOP: Cartolina’s store (top right) was once King’s Restaurant (top left). Top photos courtesy of Cartolina/Bottom Greg Nesteroff file photo.



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Nelson’s sustainability awards recognize innovation, energy

The word “sustainabil-ity” is hard to define and some people say it’s over-used. In Nelson it means SEEDS, Uphill Bakery, and Amelia Martzke, among other things. The three winners of this year’s second annual sus-tainability awards give us a fascinating glimpse into the innovation and en-ergy present in this city.

One of the winners was Amelia Martzke, a 17-year-old Grade 12 student at L.V. Rogers. Over the past few years she has initiated or been one of the organizers of an array of initia-tives including the an-nual youth-run Keep the Beat music festival,

a composting system using LVR’s food waste, a school garden fertilized by that compost, a stu-dent election during the recent federal election that attracted 403 votes, student rallies during the 2014 teacher strike, and a letter-writing campaign several years ago to pro-test the planned closure of the Trafalgar school band program.

Martzke is also one of the initiators of a unique program in which se-nior girls at LVR men-tor younger girls, help-ing them adjust to high school and teenage life. This has included the fa-cilitation of sexual health workshops and Talking Tuesdays, a weekly dis-cussion group between

younger girls and the older mentors. Martzke is also one of the initia-tors of a newly-formed student council at LVR, and is a member of Allison Girvan’s Corazón choir.

City councillor Anna Purcell says she is im-pressed by how Martzke’s activities bridge all of the four pillars of sustain-ability — cultural, en-vironmental, social, and economic — set out in the city’s Path to 2040 Sustainability Strategy.

The prizes this year were given to one person or group in each of three categories: individual (Amelia Martzke), non-profit organization, and business.

The non-profit win-ner was the Seniors Economic Environment Development Society (SEEDS) which over the past few years took over the city-owned green-houses at Lakeside Park to grow and donate or sell 30 pounds of veg-etables per week. They provide gardening edu-cation to school groups and to the community, and have created a new focus for many seniors as volunteers.

“Even though many people have told us how valuable we are, it is very nice to get this recogni-tion,” SEEDS president Jim Parr told the Star. “We are thankful also for the support the city has given us throughout.”

“The loss of the green-house [destroyed in the storm last June] was a definite setback,” he said, “because it allowed us to provide greens in the winter. It was such a beautiful place in the

winter — the bright light from the grow lights and the smell and the atmosphere of growing greens.”

The third recipient was Uphill Bakery, and specifically owner David Beringer’s electric tricy-cle with which he delivers bread during the non-snow-covered months of the year.

“I am really happy that this acknowledgement has been made,” he said after receiving the award.

His colourful vehicle, the ELF — which stands for Electric Light Fun — is an attention-getter and it fits Beringer’s desire to create simple transporta-tion that cuts pollution.

At the award ceremo-ny, Beringer was wearing a t-shirt with the slogan “Less car, more go,” put out by the American maker of a documentary on cargo bikes. He said the slogan sums up his philosophy.

“Driving such short distances in a car, none of the pollution con-trols work at that level,” Beringer says. “My un-derstanding is that the catalytic converter needs to reach a certain tem-perature before it kicks in.”

Commenting on the sustainability awards and the variety of activities that were recognized, Beringer said, “I feel it shows the broad scope of the concept of the sus-tainability. It can apply to refugee children flee-ing war, to growing our own food. Sustainability should be applied to every decision we make.”

Each winner took away $1,000 in prize money.


From left: Jim Parr of SEEDS, Amelia Martzke, and David Beringer of Uphill Bakery received the 2015 sustainability awards from the city. Bill Metcalfe photo.


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Ascension Lutheran Church in Rosemont hasn’t quite been completed in time for Christmas, but parishioners hope it will open within the next two months. Funds are still being raised. Chairwoman Mari Plamondon told the Star the space is “beautiful and peaceful” inside. “It is truly a blessed place,” she said.

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Nelson woman’s car stolen on test drive

A Nelson resident says she doesn’t want anyone falling victim to the same scam she did, which resulted in her car being stolen.

The woman, who asked that her name not be used, placed an online ad to sell her 1992 Honda Accord and received a phone call on Sunday from a couple with an out-of-town cell number.

“I met with them at the Hume Hotel,” she said. “We chatted, and they seemed normal. They said they were on their honeymoon, she was pregnant, and they needed a car because theirs had been stolen in Ainsworth the night before.”

The couple claimed to be from Calgary and said they needed to get

home for Christmas. They asked to take the car for a test drive and in-dicated they would be back in 20 minutes. But much to her chagrin, they never returned.

“They were going to take it for a spin around the block. They had a convincing story. I didn’t have a lot of gas so didn’t think they were going to get far.”

The woman said her fatal mistake was not insisting on going along with them.

The man gave his name as Pablo, who the victim described as Hispanic looking, about six-foot-one, with a slender build and short facial hair. His partner did appear to be pregnant, and had shoulder length, light brown hair. He was in a black jacket while she was in a bright red jacket.

“I’m lucky that least I have a back-up vehicle,” the woman said. “I want other people to know so it doesn’t happen to anyone else.”

She filed a police complaint but so far her car hasn’t turned up.

Sgt. Dino Falcone of the Nelson Police Department said they are in-vestigating. He suggested being wary of anyone you don’t know who wants to use your car.

“Do your homework before you let anyone drive it. Try to get as much ID as possible. If they’re a prohibited driver, or intoxicated, you could have your car towed for 30 days.”

Falcone said he wasn’t aware of any similar incidents in Nelson in recent memory.

Police expected to provide more details Thursday, past the Star’s deadline.

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Facebook poll unreliable indicator

Re: “Nelson council backs Shaw’s free Wi-Fi,” Dec. 9

I seriously question the validity of Nelson city council’s “summary of a Facebook poll.” A statistical study on Facebook does not accurately represent the Nelson population. It only represents those who are active Facebook users and happen to see that post.

As a Nelson and area resident for the past 82 years, having wit-nessed many changes, I am com-pletely appalled and disappointed in council’s decision. Have they not educated themselves on the volumes of research that indicate the harmful effects of cumulative electromag-netic radiation? I have heard that the World Health Organization has classified wireless types of radiation to be possibly cancer-causing.

Please do not be pressured by industry and do me a favour and include all of us in your next poll. I continue to hold great hope for the future.

Nellie KonkinNelson

The War on Carbon

Re: “Folly lies in thinking we can control climate change,” Letters, Dec. 11

Robert Leggett’s letter deserves acknowledgement because the dog-matic passion of believers in man made climate change has ensured that only an occasional brave voice would have the temerity to challenge the “consensus of proof ” that our planet is heading towards an avert-able catastrophe.

As Leggett states though, “only one molecule of every 85,000 in the atmosphere is CO2 of human ori-gin, and yet we are asked to believe that this one molecule compels very complex climate change systems.”

When considering the “castastrophic CO2 levels” it is help-ful to remember that these scientific conclusions are based on computer generated theoretical models, not facts, and if the IPCC’s conclusions are part of what informs you they have admitted to falsifying data. The term “agenda” comes to mind.

Bill Bonner stated in one of his recent editorials: “Like the War on Drugs, the War on Poverty, and the War on Terror, we predict that the War on Carbon will prove successful

– but only for the warriors.”In light of the Paris climate talks

Bonner indicates $16.5 trillion of other people’s money will be brought to bear in addressing the issue. That seems like it could be enough incen-tive to keep a world wide bureau-cracy fully engaged in administering this “War on Carbon.”

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The Paris summit and the BC wolf cull

The Columbia Basin was well represented at the Paris climate summit. One keeps fingers crossed that the efforts of these well-mean-ing young environmental delegates will bear fruit.

There is little doubt their efforts will amount to little if we continue to ignore the obvious efforts in our local communities to greenwash air, water, land and climate pollution.

We live luckily in and near some of the very last intact pockets of temperate ancient/old growth for-est in the known universe. These old growth red cedar/hemlock forest sequester 15 times more carbon than a tropical jungle.

Large clear-cut logging opera-tions immediately begin releasing the carbon stored in the thick layers of soil build up in these very wet old growth creek/river forest eco-systems. These forests also produce very sweet water.

Deforestation is the number one carbon release on planet Earth.

These high altitude, weeping wet old growth forests, which did re-cently exist in Tea or Rory Creek in the Duncan valley, were burned not long ago after huge clearcuts. It was so hot it literally started melting the nearby glacier and turned the soil to glass. No joke.

These unbelievably scarred high places will never never produce another old growth forest and will never again be viable habitat for mountain caribou.

Now that BC’s crown and private logging corporations have nearly creamed all these ancient forest with near extinction of mountain caribou/grizzly, etc. out comes the sharp shooters. The real tough men/women with their high powered rifles and helicopter for our annual West/East Kootenay wolf cull. Two hundred dead wolves for 2016.

It appears BC’s military wolf genocide is supported by the local

environmental NGOs that are in Paris — or maybe not. It is diffi-cult to figure. They raise money for summits and get a chance to rub elbows with the queen of BC’s wolf kill, our premier, but appear ready to accept or ignore this hate crime against wolves.

This animal is a spirit host for an entire nation of BC First Peoples. The wolf is a wild spirit that cannot be ignored by well meaning banter. Please for Christmas’ make an effort to help stop the West/East Kootenay wolf genocide.

Tom PriorNelson

How you can help the Salvation Army

The holiday season is fast ap-proaching and many of us have heard the bells on Baker Street and are already donating to the Salvation Army kettles at the Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce on Baker and at the Chahko Mika Mall by Save-On-Foods.

2015 promises to be a very busy holiday for Nelson businesses, churches, service clubs, and agen-cies. The Salvation Army has been helping those in need in Nelson for 125 years. Registrations for food hampers and assistance are already up from 2014 and the Army expects to service 375-to-400 families who won’t have a Christmas meal or toys for their children this year without help.

Helping is easy!As always the kettle volunteers

accept cash and cheques with tax receipts issued for contributions that provide the giver’s name and contact information. You can also complete the Please Say “I Care” envelope that arrived in your mail and drop it in one of the kettles.

If you, your service club or office co-workers want to ring the bells on Baker, just call the officers to sched-ule an hour or two on a kettle. The mall location unfortunately does

not ring bells at the request of mall management.

Internet donations using a credit card are quick and simple — just go to salvationarmy.ca and look for “fill the kettle” to provide your in-formation.

If toys are how you want to help please drop off an unwrapped toy at either the Angel Tree at the mall kettle or at the Church Hall at 601 Vernon St.

The Nelson Bank of Nova Scotia — the bank with a big heart at Ward and Baker — is helping by spon-soring a Salvation Army kettle on Friday. The bank has agreed to match all kettle donations made on both days up to a maximum of $5,000 per day. Just think, when you drop either cash or a cheque into the kettle on either of those days you get a tax receipt for your donation when you provide your name and contact information, the Bank of Nova Scotia matches the donation and the Christmas program gets a double bang for your buck.

It’s time to make sure Christmas happens for everyone.

Pamela St. ThomasNelson

Banner’s message needs to be heard

Re: “Banner is discriminatory and offensive,” Letters, Nov. 27

To acknowledge the scientific fact that human life begins at concep-tion is no different or judgemental than a banner that advises, “While pregnant, take vitamins, eat healthy, and avoid alcohol and drugs.”

Respect Human Life rejects harm and the labelling of vulnerable indi-viduals as less valuable than others, encompassing the elderly, the handi-capped, and not just the unborn.

How can anyone not support respecting human life? It does not seem plausible that our banner could cause the traumatic stress disorder symptoms that this letter has projected on all post-abortion women. These women clearly need counselling, as they must have a pre-existing condition, triggered by any words or images associated with pregnancy.

Moreover, pro-life organizations never condemn women who have abortions; we only condemn the act of abortion. With abortion, there are two victims, the child and the mother. Pro-life members, who have had past abortions, formed the

organization Silent No More and Rachel’s Vineyard, organizations that help women suffering from and regretting their abortions. The ABC (abortion/breast cancer) awareness program was initiated by the pro-life movement. Crisis pregnancy cen-tres, financial aid, counselling, and advocacy for single mothers, and abstinence and sexually transmitted disease education are all supported and often initiated by pro-life orga-nizations. All are non-profit.

The banner, sponsored by com-munity members, is associated with Remembrance Day to invoke mem-ories of the Holocaust, and the mis-ery and injustice that results when a sector of society, such as the Jews or currently, the unborn, is deprived of their human rights. Clearly, we also need to recall the dangers of the Nazi regime’s enforced compliance and suppression of information.

We are called to make judge-ments about all kinds of issues. With today’s busy lifestyles, it is difficult to educate ourselves about issues. Dictators and profiteers will sup-press and alter information, belit-tling anyone who challenges the status quo as a community divider, offender or fanatic. In a democratic society, it is fundamental that in-formation and public awareness of issues always be available, no matter how controversial.

As for the organizations that wrote this letter, neither public health nor Options for Health have heard of the Reproductive Health Coalition of the Kootenays and there is no website. Even more questionable is the Full Spectrum Doula Collective website, which is encouraging women as young as 18 to participate in a study that encour-ages “alternative abortion methods, using medication or physical extrac-tion methods obtained outside of a medical clinic or hospital.”

They offer a $50 gift certificate for participants, and encourage them to use a fake name. Some poor girl who might now attempt an alternative abortion method will have no redress, having used a fake name, when she suffers injuries from experimenting with dubious medications or devices. Is this care for women? Is this even legal in Canada?

Over 100,000 abortions are performed in Canada every year. Clearly there is a need for the mes-sage “Respect human life.”

Nelson Right-To-Life Society


December 17, 2015

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Nelson: Present level: 1743.62 ft.7 day forecast: Down 0 to 4 inches.

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HUGS: Huge fatty hugs to the North Star for always making it possible to find direction when it is needed most.

HUGS: To the older couple walking down at lakeside. A lovely reminder that once you’ve found true love, companionship can be eternal.

HUGS: Big hugs to the awesome ferry crew for the wonderful Xmas lights and tree each year. Thanks also for the incredible service you guys and gals provide all year round.

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HUGS: Super special hugs to all the fabulous volunteers who contribute knitting, quilting, sewing, baking, gardening, special cakes, and their precious time to help make our local health care facility wonderful and caring. We appreciate every one of you!

SLUGS: To the people who told two little girls that they could not sit on Santa’s knee, or tell him what they wanted for Christmas, unless they paid $14 for a photo. One of those girls believes fiercely in Santa and now she knows that you aren’t the real one, as real Santa would never do that.

HUGS: To all of the stores in Nelson who choose to celebrate the beau-tiful holiday season by playing Christmas music for a few weeks heading up to Christmas. There is

such a short window to enjoy the sounds of the holidays. I love that I get to hear it everywhere I go to shop for a couple of weeks. Thank you for spreading the cheer.

HUGS: My car was scratched by another driver. In the end the issue was easily taken care of. I am sure most would have charged me for the slightest service but not a local autobody shop. They provided excellent service, did not want a cent and sealed the deal with a friendly smile and Merry Christmas wishes. Many hugs for the support I received.

SLUGS: To the transit system for not having any lights at the rural bus stops. Many times the bus has almost missed me because my phone light was not bright enough. Also, it is not fair for the bus drivers to criticize people for not having flashlights on them. Who always has a flashlight? Solar pan-els, motion detection, a flashlight at each bus stop … so many options to help our community.

HUGS: A very big hug and a Merry Christmas to the fellows who picked me up from the sidewalk outside a local craft fair. They offered to call an ambulance, which I declined as I was trying to help my wife with the craft items — it turned out to be quite serious, blood pressure on the brain. I want also to extend my thanks to the neurosurgeon in Kelowna who operated on my skull.

Sir, you did a wonderful job and a hearty Merry Christmas and a big hug to you also. May God bless you.

HUGS: To Ms. Claus for joining her husband Santa Claus at this year’s light up event, and hugs to the organizers and planners who made this happen. My daughter, who has always been apprehen-sive of Santa and of men in gen-eral, was delighted to run up and visit the warm and welcoming Ms. Claus and tell her all her Christmas wishes and secrets, whilst my son hopped up happily on Mr. Claus’ lap beside them. I love how the whole town gets together in the street to welcome the holiday season. This festive community spirit is part of what makes Nelson so special and part of the reason why we plan to stay here long term. We are in love with this city. Nelson rocks!

SLUGS: Big huge slugs for the ongoing shocking inaction at the what can only be described as the new bus stop at the mall. It started with new pavement, now still no lights. I strongly suspect there was no plan in place to make sure of a safe alternative for the changes. Is anyone going to admit to a mistake? Myself, I’ve changed my shopping habits so I don’t have to seethe at the end of my chores.

HUGS: A big hug to my mom for bringing me a nice hot beverage and a cinnamon bun to work today. It really brightened my day!

Special events

Tonight and Saturday at St. Saviour’s Pro Cathedral in Nelson there will be a per-formance by classical guitarist and com-poser Rita Deane, along with the vocal trio Ananta (featuring Allison Girvan, Noémi Kiss and Kathleen Neudorf). Joining Deane and Ananta in these concerts will be the Kootenay Christmas Youth Choir, a choir of 18 young voices directed by Allison Girvan. The concerts will feature both traditional and newly composed music. Five new composi-tions by Rita Deane will be performed for the first time in these concerts. The concerts begin at 7:30, with doors opening at 7 p.m.

Theatre

The Great Balonzo comes to the Capitol Theatre on Sunday, Jan. 10 at 2 p.m.. A contemporary vaudevillian who presents a gourmet mix of circus and comedy that’s been seen live by more than a million people around the world over the last 20 years. He has presented performances at most of the biggest and best events in the country.

Lucas Myers’ murder mystery comedy Campground is returning to the Capitol Theatre on Saturday, Jan. 16 at 8 p.m. After consulting with local writer Deryn Collier, Myers plans to revisit the script before re-mounting the tale, which tells the story of a young man who goes missing from a pro-vincial campground while on a personal journey to discover himself. Four people are suspects, despite lack of evidence aside from Facebook posts and the video from the young man’s cell phone but the overzealous detective is undeterred.

On Thursday, Jan. 21 the Capitol presents a tribute to Dave Brubeck. The Rémi Bolduc Jazz Ensemble with special guest pianist François Bourassa are proud to present a brand new production, performing the music of Brubeck’s celebrated band. “Take Five,” “Blue Rondo a la Turk” and several other compositions from the album Time Out are on the program. Time Out is one of the most famous and best-selling albums in the history of jazz, even to this day.

Movies

Star Wars: Episode VII opens tonight at the Civic Theatre at 6:45 p.m. and plays again at 9:30 p.m. It will play tomorrow at 4 p.m., 6:45 p.m. and 9:30 p.m. On Sunday it will play at 2 p.m. and 6:45 p.m., then on Dec. 21 and 22 and 23 it will play at 4 and 7 p.m. On Christmas Eve it will play at 2 p.m. Thirty years after defeating the Galactic Empire, Han Solo (Harrison Ford) and his allies face a new threat from the evil Kylo Ren (Adam Driver) and his army of Stormtroopers.

Music

Tonight Bloom Nightclub is hosting the Village Stage Christmas Party at 10 p.m. Victoria’s top turntablist DJ Anger, Calgary’s ragga jungle fanatic Hush, and the roving roof jockey Mr. B will provide the entertainment.

Tonight from 8 p.m. to 2 a.m. the Selkirk College music students will host a perfor-mance at the Spiritbar, with all proceeds going to the Room to Live campaign. Doors open at 8 p.m. with five groups planning to deliver a music-filled evening.

Smalltown DJs are coming to Bloom Nightclub on Saturday, Dec. 19 at 10 p.m. The Canadian duo’s uncanny ability to make crowds feel like schoolkids at recess stems naturally from their focus on maximizing fun for themselves. With an opening per-formance from DJ Soup.

Ellison’s Cafe Acoustic Unplugged Sessions will have its last performance of the year on Dec. 19 from 1 to 3 p.m. with Michael and Suzanne Butterfield playing as Hot Buttered Blues and My Wife’s Quartet. They have teamed up with Judy Runions on piano. They will be performing a variety of Christmas songs.

BC/DC will play Spiritbar at 9 p.m. on Saturday, along with La Chinga. Pre-sale tickets are sold out, but there will be 50 available at the door. This is ninth Christmas Crankoff.

Meadow Creek natives Tom and Derek van Deursen will debut their rock act Small Town Artillery at the Royal on Baker this Sunday at 8 p.m., playing songs from their yet-to-be-released album. They are touring with JP Maurice, who recently won the PEAK Performance Project’s $75,000 top prize.

On Dec. 23 Bloom Nightclub presents Shasta and Leif are playing a Home for the Holidaze concert at 10 p.m. Shasta & Leif will be trading off turntable duties all night long, mixing up a wealth of sounds includ-ing house, breaks and bass music, emplying both vinyl and digital mediums.

Bloom Nightclub presents Ryan Wells and Sweet Pickle for their Dec. 26 concert at 10 p.m. Over the last five years, Ryan Wells has cemented his reputation as one of Western Canada’s most exciting and enthusiastic young DJ/producers. After establishing a name for himself in Nelson and across the Kootenay region, he has carried momentum to Vancouver.

Bloom Nightclub will host a Midnight Masquerade Ball with Moontricks, Metaphoracle, Fluxo and Dubconscious. Organizers are encouraging formal attire and elegent masks in the style of 15th cen-tury masquerade balls by offering up a free Shambhala Music Festival 2016 ticket to the most impressive mask or costume of the night.

Led Zeppelin cover band Heavy Airship will play a New Years’ Eve concert at the Royal on Baker, starting at 10:30 p.m. Airship consists of Craig Thiessen on vocals, Gus Dixon on guitar, Quillan Hanley on bass guitar and Nate Stilwell on drums.

Visual Art

Wildlife photographer Jim Lawrence’s work is on display now at Selkirk Eyecare at 543 Baker St. It will be on display until the end of January. The showcase will include his shot of a young bear looking through his tripod, a photo that went viral online last year.


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This image of a bear peering through wildlife photographer Jim Lawrence’s camera went viral online last year. It’s part of his exhibit at Selkirk Eyecare on Baker St.


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On Dec.10th the Fraternal Order of Eagles #22 presented donations to several community groups. On behalf of Nelson Aerie #22 and the bingo committee, worthy president Les Johnson presented donations totalling $27,600.00Many thanks again to our hard working volunteers, and to the dedicated bingo players that make these donations possible.

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History

What came before Nelson Commons?

I’ve been meaning to write about the history of the Nelson Commons site since February,

when Mitzi Hufty phoned to share her memories. She worked across the street at the Civic Theatre in the late 1940s and early ’50s and couldn’t help but reminisce as the former Extra Foods building was demolished to make way for the new Kootenay Co-op and housing complex.

“When you see everything gone on the site, my mind goes back to the way it was years ago,” she said. “That’s when the memories get invoked.”

There were a few things in that block in those days, the most prominent of which was West Transfer, founded in 1899 by C.W. West, an early Willow Point settler. In 1903 he sold the company to George F. Morton, who ran it with his wife Margaret. After George’s death in 1931, his second wife Augusta and their son William continued to operate the business until 1965.

West Transfer built a brick warehouse at 723 Baker St. around 1910 (previously they’d been in the 600 block). They advertised

themselves as “Distributing and forwarding agents/General team-sters and dealers in coal and wood/Agents for Imperial Oil” and later as “Local and long distance house-hold goods movers/Storage, dis-tributing and general transfer.”

Hufty recalled when West Transfer still kept horses and deliv-ered milk by wagon. One of their more unusual jobs came in 1935 when a plane made an emergency landing in Rosemont. The plane’s wings were removed and West’s hauled it to the CPR station.

West Transfer is still around, of course, having traded in horses and wagons for trucks, but their beautiful brick warehouse on Baker St. was demolished in early 1966.

On July 5 of that year, the Nelson Daily News revealed: “Plans for construction of a new 16,000-square foot Super-Valu supermarket on Hendryx St., be-tween Baker and Vernon streets,

was announced yester-day by Kelly Douglas and Company Ltd. A company spokesman said the new store will incorporate all of the latest shopping facili-ties and customer conve-niences. Included is provi-sion for an 84-car parking lot. Tenders for the new building are now being called, and construction is scheduled to begin later this month with comple-tion for January of next year.”

Super-Valu became Extra Foods sometime in the 1990s and operated until 2012.

Another noteworthy business in that block was Stevenson’s Machine Shop at 708-712 Vernon St., founded by Hazel Stevenson in 1924. It did blacksmithing and repair work, built mining and log-ging equipment, and made bodies for buses, tractors, and trucks.

Henry Stevenson, who died this year at 99, worked there along-side his father and took over the business when Hazen died in 1955. He moved it to the present brewery building on Latimer St. in 1965, and I assume the Vernon St. building was demolished ahead of Super-Valu’s construction. A dip in the sidewalk today indicates the spot where vehicles would drive in through the shop doors.

Henry’s granddaughter Cynthia kindly gave me a photo he took of the shop and its staff in 1939.

One old building in that block that has survived is the New China Restaurant, formerly the Shamrock Grill, formerly Grenfell’s Cafe. Hufty recalls the Armison family ran the Shamrock as well as the restaurant in the Greyhound bus station a block away at the corner of Hall and Baker.

See nelsonstar.com for more old pictures.

GREGNESTEROFF

Uncommon KnowledgeStevenson’s Machine Shop in 1939. The building was opposite the Civic Theatre. Pictured are George Johnson (welder), Joe Stein (apprentice), Alex McDonald (welder), Vic Graves (machinist), Dave Hale (forger), Don McDonald (machinist), Tom Carlisle (machinist), Jim Carlisle (machinist), and Hazen E. Stevenson, president and owner.

Henry Stevenson photo


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one after an accident. And we are under scrutiny. Every minute someone is watching what you are doing. You can go into a situation where both sides of a disagreement can disagree with what you have done. We spend hours investigating things and find-ing out later they were not an issue, and we spend a lot of time defending our actions.

“You have to be a jack of all trades, physically fit, able to take care of yourself, a good communicator, and have a strong legal mind.”

Coming soon: a beat officer on Baker

Burkart says the most significant change under his watch will be the restoration of an officer to walk the downtown beat. To fund that position the depart-ment will not hire a replacement for Burkart’s current deputy position. He says it will be done on a trial basis.

“We want to put more focus on the street by taking away some of the administrative part, which is hard, but we are going to try it. We have suffered from not having enough people on the street, somebody walk-ing down Baker, tackling some of the drug dealing and other criminal activity.”

Policing and mental health

Burkart says he supports, and is involved in, the street culture initiative, a large group of Nelson or-ganizations trying to get a big-picture handle on policing and mental health in Nelson.

There has been much talk and media coverage about policing and mental health in Nelson over the past year, since the police asked the city for two new officers and an administrative staff person and council refused. That request has gone to council again this year, and will be decided in the spring.

“We are asking for more manpower and with that comes a cost,” Burkart said. “The cost of policing is an issue and we understand that, and we know what we are asking for is going to require funding. But it is necessary, so we are going to work with the police board and the council to be sure that the funding required is available, in the least painful for the city as possible.”

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Rock of Ages auditions coming

If you enjoyed the local pro-ductions of Cabaret, Chicago and Hedwig and the Angry Inch, chances are you’ll get a real kick out of Rock of Ages.

“You might even love Rock of Ages more because all of those shows are really dark,” produc-er Sydney Black told the Star. “Cabaret is sad, in Chicago you realize you’ve been siding with the bad guys the whole time, and Hedwig has hope at the end of it but there’s still an underlying grimy despair.”

Not so with her latest show, which is the fourth musical she’s mounted in Nelson. And she’s hoping that means plenty of com-munity members will be champ-ing at the bit to join her vocal team.

Auditions will be held at the Selkirk College music building on Saturday, Jan. 9 and Sunday, Jan. 10. They are looking for singers, actors and dancers 18 and older.

“This is our first production where it’s been fluffy and fun and happy. The songs are really high-lighted. Hedwig was a heavy acting show, Cabaret and Chicago had a lot of dance, but this show is put together and organized to high-light the songs.”

Those include crowd-pleas-ing favourites like “Don’t Stop Believing” by Journey and “Every Rose Has Its Thorn” by Poison.

“This show is more accessible because of that,” Black said. “It’s

like a rock concert.”But this time around, she won’t

be front and centre.“This show I’ve decided to step

back from taking a lead role and I’ve taken a part in the ensemble. This is a community group and we change directors all the time — our choreographer Mackenzie Hope is the only one who’s been consistent —and I thought it was time to change things up.”

So who are they looking for?“Traditionally we haven’t been

getting enough men, and we need men,” Black said, noting one of the plum roles is that of aging rock-star Stacey Jaxx, who was played by Tom Cruise in the big-screen version.

They’re also looking for Dennis Dupree, a seedy nightclub owner, and a female gentleman’s club owner named Justice Charlier. The lead roles of Drew and Sherrie are

also still up for grabs.“They’re younger characters,

and they both have to sing crazy high. The male needs to be a tenor and the female needs to be a mez-zo-soprano or a soprano-belter.”

A number of characters will be scantily clad, so Black said many of roles require a comfort with being disrobed on stage. They’re bringing in exotic dancing expert Emma Kjelson to school the cast on their sexy choreography.

Black encouraged everyone and anyone to come out for auditions, if only for the experience.

“We just like to have the most fun while being as professional as possible for small town com-munity theatre. We want to el-evate it to the point where people don’t feel like they have to drive to Spokane to get inspired and see a quality show. They can have that right here in Nelson.”

Fourth musical produced by Black Productions will be performed at the Capitol Theatre

WILL JOHNSONNelson Star

Sydney Black (centre) is mounting her fourth local musical with Rock of Ages, along with music director Rick Lingard (left) and stage director Lisel Forst (right). They’re encouraging adults, even those with little or no experience, to come out for auditions in January. Will Johnson photo


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Food

Recipes from Pairings: Grandma Giasson’s tortière

We all have favourite dishes for special times of year. Laurel

Giasson, co-chef with husband Matthew Theoret at Frog Peak Café in Crescent Valley, makes her grandmother’s signature tor-tière each Christmas because it is “simple, delicious and comforting.” This recipe — enough to satisfy a full table — features in the Nelson Public Library’s new cookbook Pairings: a Compendium of Beloved Recipes and Books from the Chefs of Nelson, available at the library and around town.

•Grandma Giasson’s TortièreMakes 3 9-inch pies3 lbs ground pork4 large onions2 tsp salt1 tsp pepper10 whole cinnamon sticks1/8 cup whole cloves3 cups water

•Put cinnamon and cloves in a

cloth bag and put all ingredients together in a thick-bottomed pot; simmer for two hours. Keep add-ing water if needed. Take out spice bag. Meat should be tender and moist, but not too wet. Strain off extra water if needed.

Make pie pastry of your choice. Put a thin layer of meat in each pie, about 1½ inches thick, and cover with a top crust. Prick crust to let steam escape.

Bake until golden brown: 450 for 10 minutes, then turn oven down to 325 and cook for 35-40 minutes.

•Pairings also celebrates the

favourite books of Nelson chefs.

Laurel’s choice is The Secret Life of Bees by Sue Monk Kidd. In this powerful novel about human rights, “food has a way of bring-ing people together in ways you wouldn’t expect,” explains Laurel. “It’s a beautiful book.”

Laurel Giasson and Matthew Theoret at Frog Peak Café in Crescent Valley share a Christmas recipe this week which comes from the Nelson library’s new cookbook, Pairings.

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Family portraits to benefit refugees

Because the Syrian civil war is raging on the other side of the globe, most Nelsonites have primarily experienced the esca-lating crisis through photogra-phy. Whether it’s the picture of a drowned four-year-old lying dead on a Turkish beach resort or the one of desperate father Laith Majid fleeing with his lifejacket-clad child in his arms, these are im-ages most of us won’t soon forget.

“We haven’t seen anything like

this for decades and decades. I was spurred into action because of what an acute, intense, terri-fying situation these people are in,” Nelson photographer Bobbi Barbarich told the Star. “We have to try to help somehow and I felt compelled to help this cause be-cause those pictures really spoke to me.”

That’s why Barbarich has decid-ed to donate the proceeds of her family portrait work to incoming Syrian refugees until Dec. 31. In her head, she’s fighting fire with fire — or photos with photos.

“I was inspired by seeing all these families, and that connec-tion makes me think of my own family and our families around

here. Getting photos done is an annual tradition, and it’s never felt so important to support families and demonstrate what a Canadian family looks like.”

She believes the images will demonstrate Canadian values, and show Syrians the life they can look forward to once they reach refuge on our soil.

“This is something we would normally do — so we’re still being who we normally are, but now we get a chance to help someone at the same time.”

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Three Owls Studio is donating proceeds to those fleeing

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Nelson photographer Bobbi Barbarich is offering her services as a portrait pho-tographer (seen here is her shot of Blewett musician Cam Penner’s family) to go towards supporting Syrian refugees. Bobbi Barbarich photo

David McLellan says interference from the Nelson Leafs’ board of directors has led him to resign as the team’s head coach and general man-ager.

McLellan and assistant coach Greg Andrusak both told the board they were stepping down Wednesday morning.

McLellan, who was hired by the Leafs in August 2014, said in an interview with the Starthat he wasn’t comfort-able with the direction of the franchise or the board’s influence on ros-ter and team decisions.

“They’re really out of touch with modern hockey,” said McLellan.

Leafs president John Dooley denied Thursday the board ever interfered with hockey operations. He said he planned to fire McLellan in a meeting Wednesday morning, but McLellan declined to attend the meeting and resigned instead.

“We had absolutely no interaction into hockey

operations,” said Dooley. “The only interaction we would have with him on roster moves, if he was making a roster move, he would have to make us aware immediately be-cause that would general-ly trigger a response from the billet co-ordinator to move a player to a new residence, in or out.”

Sean Dooley, John’s son, who has served as assistant coach since 2010-11, will replace McLellan as interim head coach and interim GM. John Dooley said the board will consider permanent replacements during the holiday break.

McLellan declined to say if the board directly interfered with trades or roster moves, but added that he grew uncom-fortable following a pre-season meeting in which he began to receive opin-ions outside the coaching staff.

“I get that [the board] are volunteers, but they should stay in the volun-teer realm and not move into the hockey realm too much,” he said.

John Dooley said he thought the board start-ed the season on good terms with McLellan, but had made clear at the pre-season meeting

that they wanted to avoid another mishap like one during the 2014-15 sea-son. McLellan was sus-pended in January for the remainder of the season after the KIJHL found the Leafs used an ineligible player for nine games.

Dooley said on-ice results were secondary to McLellan’s handling of off-ice interaction with billeting families and vol-unteers, which he alleged were non-existent. Those responsibilities, Dooley said, were made clear to McLellan and the reason why the board planned to fire him.

“He was not in touch with the billet families,” said Dooley. “He was not making sure the students were attending school. He got 40 cards this year to sign players and we have two left. That’s absolutely unheard of. We have had a revolv-ing door of players in and out of our dressing room, in and out of billet families in Nelson from September right up until now. And that’s just sim-ply not acceptable. We as a board are responsible for that oversight.”

McLellan said he ini-tially drafted a letter of resignation in October.

The Leafs snapped a seven-game losing streak Tuesday night, but McLellan said that had nothing to do with his decision.

“We just got the feel-ing that [Dooley] in par-ticular, and the board, just doesn’t really know what junior hockey’s about anymore, how you recruit,” said McLellan. “We were really trying to rebuild a whole pro-gram that had nothing left this year. I don’t know if there’s another team in the league that started with 15 new bod-ies and only returned five players.

“So I spent the whole summer recruiting, con-ducted very successful camps. We’ve got a really young team … and un-fortunately the board in my mind is in the 1990s. They think players just show up and try out for a team. They don’t under-stand recruiting. I wasn’t really seeing a program being built. It’s a haphaz-ard program at best.”

The board, Dooley said, met with McLellan on Dec. 3 to bring for-ward their concerns. Dooley said McLellan reacted poorly and told them the board shouldn’t be involved in player movement, education well being or finances.

McLellan said he hadn’t had a chance to speak to his play-ers before the decision was made. Injuries and plenty of offence with little to show for it have left the Leafs with just three wins in 17 games going back to Oct. 31. The Leafs are 14-19-1 and in fourth place in the Neil Murdoch Division following Wednesday’s 4-2 road loss against the Spokane Braves.

“For our players I feel bad,” said McLellan. “They’re going to face another disruption and that’s directly a respon-sibility of the president of the board.”

Prior to joining the Leafs, McLellan coached the BCHL’s Burnaby Express, the PIJHL’s Delta Ice Hawks, and also did a stint in Japan.

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Leafs snap losing skid but suffer another loss

No one wanted a tie. No one wanted half measures. The losses were piling up, and the Nelson Leafs needed something better than a moral victory. Only a win would do.

Jordan Davie gave the Leafs that win with a top-shelf goal Tuesday in double overtime that put the Leafs past the Grand Forks Border Bruins 4-3 and snapped a seven-game losing streak.

Davie’s goal, which involved an inside-out move around a defence-man and a pin-point shot over Border Bruins goaltender Nikki Maciurzynski’s shoulder, released all the pressure off a weary team who celebrated as though they’d just won a playoff game.

So no, Davie said, a tie would not have been good enough.

“I’m not even a fan of the tie, honestly. I don’t like it. I’d rather have a shootout or something. I can’t stand ties,” said Davie. “But to come away with the two points, it felt like today that was our only option. Even though we were down 3-0 we knew we were going to win. That was our goal and we did it.”

Samuel Weber, Dashiel Thompson, Levi Hulston also scored for Nelson, while goalten-der Patrick Ostermann made 20 saves.

Logan Casavant, Tyler Fyfe, and Trey Mason replied for Grand Forks (14-16-3), which relied on Maciurzynski for 38 saves.

“Everyone feels good but to break a streak, it’s like a monkey off the back,” said Davie. “It’s like I

just lost 10 pounds. It feels unreal.”Nelson wasn’t able to build on

the win, however, in a 4-2 loss to the Spokane Braves on Wednesday.

Davie and Andy Fitzpatrick scored for the Leafs (14-19-1). Zakery Babin allowed all four goals on 30 shots in Nelson’s net before being briefly replaced by Ostermann, who made four saves.

Paxton Malone scored twice for the Braves (5-25-4), who also had goals from Mason Jones and Elliot Plourde. Braves goalie Patrick Kasper stopped 20 shots.

Too much physical play cost the Leafs in the first period Tuesday.

Defenceman Cole Arcuri was sent to the box for roughing and fellow blue-liner Kyle Chernenkoff followed for cross-checking, giving Grand Forks a 5-on-3 man advan-tage to work with. Nelson did well killing off the first penalty but with 50 seconds left Casavant struck on a slick one-timer to put the Border Bruins up by one.

The Bruins weren’t done, and their next goal appeared to stun the Leafs. Some mild pressure by

Grand Forks ended with a lacka-daisical point shot from Garret Brisebois that was misdirected by Fyfe past Ostermann with just over a minute left in the first and sent Nelson’s players into the intermis-sion shaking their heads.

The second period started with another surprise goal in favour of the Bruins. A sharp-angle goal by hulking forward Mason fooled Ostermann for a 3-0 lead.

But instead of resigning them-selves to another game of bad luck, the Leafs began to push back.

Nelson poured on the offence — outshooting Grand Forks 17-5 in the second — and was rewarded by a pair of goals by Weber, on the power play at 6:39, and Thompson, with his first of the season, three minutes later.

Nelson completed the come-back just 30 seconds into the third. Hulston fired the puck past Maciurzynski and celebrated with a fist into the air that had Nelson’s bench shaking and put some hope into the Leafs’ arena for the first time in recent memory.

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Getting your weight forward key to skiing success

December is a time of gathering with friends and family and the place

where I feel the greatest sense of community is at Whitewater Ski Resort. The first days on the hill are filled with hugs and smiles as we celebrate our shared passion for winter and ski culture.

This shared passion creates a sense of stoke that brings out the best in all of us and makes us all better skiers. It is no coincidence that we have a hugely successful alpine ski team and that our junior freeride team is one of the best in

North America. The success that these kids experience when they travel is a reflection of the support that they feel when they charge down the Blast with hoots of en-couragement.

As we do our first turns of the season feeling super stoked, we’re trying to get our skiing back to what it was at the end of last season. For ski team athletes this means months of conditioning and some intense fall ski camps that focus on rebuilding a strong foun-dation. A key element to build-ing this foundation is getting our weight forward and is the perfect way to get us skiing our best early in the season.

Why do we need to get our weight forward?

As we charge down the moun-tain there are many forces trying to push us into the back seat, and we only have complete control when we are centred and balanced press-ing on the front of our boots.

When do we need to get our weight forward?

The transition between turns is the time to get forward. The pole plant is a chance to reset our bal-ance as we start that new turn.

How do we do it?Do a firm pole plant using

your shoulder, not just your wrist, and put some body weight on it. Then, with your skis unweighted, lift your hips up and press your shins into the front of your boots. Simple!

I find that the Spiess drill is the best way to get centred at the beginning of the season. This is a difficult drill, but it immediately brings out any balance problems and can be a work in progress through the season. Essentially it is skiing in slow motion, so take your time and make sure that you stop between hops.

1. Find a steep but smooth run and point your skis across the hill without sliding. Face your shoul-ders downhill but not your hips. Plant your pole a foot or so below your boot and put some weight on it. Stand on balls of feet with pres-sure on shins. Bounce a few times in this position to get mobile and then spring into the air.

2. Turn skis 180 degrees in the air with all weight on your pole.

3. Land with skis pointing

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Getting your weight forward key to skiing success

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Nelson Brewing Company: Bent Pole Organic IPA

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in the Kootenays and this very tasty beer and label pay tribute. Happy anniversary, Whitewater. Here’s to the next 40!

Suggested serving temp is 3 degrees Celsius and would pair very well with Mexican or Indian food and aged smoked cheddar.

Mt Begbie Brewing: Cold Smoked Porter

I was at the government liquor store

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community, the Torchlight guys have been brewing big and dynamic beers since they opened their doors last year. Their Triple is bottle refermented, and at nine per cent alcohol by volume is the only of these three that would qualify for aging in your cellar. This one has a nice spice on the nose and an impressively consistent flavour profile. A great beer to sit by the fire and nurse over an hour with a cigar. It’s great to have a local option for this style of beer that has such a rich history.

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Sportsacross the hill in the op-posite direction. Stop! Body should still be fac-ing down the hill.

4. And repeat.You can take this drill

to more difficult terrain as you get more confi-dent. It is actually easier the steeper the slope! Remember it is virtually impossible if you are not leaning forward using your ankles, knees and hips.

You will be skiing your best in no time!

Dylan Henderson is the head coach of the Whitewater ski team. He is a certified devel-opment level coach with the Canadian Ski Coaches Federation and a Level 1 ski instructor with the Canadian Ski Instructors Association. His column appears here every other week during ski season.

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The Spiess drill is a good way to get centred, Dylan Henderson writes.

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Interoute donates $15,000 to Room to Live campaignAfter another sold out

show, hosted by the ever-funny Lisel Forst, with songs that hit notes high above the rafters, the per-formers received a much-deserved standing ovation for another great perfor-mance at this year’s Room to Live Benefit Concert. Nelson CARES Society extends heartfelt thanks to everyone involved with the concert.

“The audience not only raised to their feet

at the end of the show, they also helped us raise over $15,000 towards our matching donation fund,” said campaign co-ordinator Lisa McGeady. “We had 100 items do-nated for our silent auc-tion from local artists and businesses. We really want to thank them for help-ing us reach for our goal through their generosity of goods and services. We are very fortunate that our local business owners do a lot to support events and organizations in our com-munity, especially when

they are asked for dona-tions, sometimes daily in a season.”

At the start of the show, McGeady was joined on stage by Sante Pulice, division manager for Interoute Construction Ltd., to announce a donation of $15,000.

“This generous do-nation is the equivalent of completely upgrad-ing one room at Ward Street Place. Interoute’s donation was also the first to be put towards the matching donation fund, which means it will be doubled,” McGeady said. “Their $15,000 has become $30,000, which means two rooms instead of one will be renovated.”

One of the goals of this benefit concert is to bring the community to-gether to raise awareness and help support afford-able housing in Nelson.

“The community is

really getting behind this campaign and helping us take advantage of the matching fund donation,” said Ron Little, chair of the Nelson CARES board.

“The $15,000 raised at the benefit concert will become two renovated rooms at Ward Street Place, thanks to the matching donation. So far, we have raised $35,000 to-wards the matching dona-tion fund, which doubled is $70,000. Thank you to everyone who has contrib-uted and if you are consid-ering making a donation, please note that we have until the end of February to raise a total of $50,000, which would then become $100,000.”

‘Tis the season of giv-ing and big or small, every dollar you donate will get doubled thanks to an anonymous donor, who is matching donations up to a total of $50,000.

To donate go to room-tolive.ca. Donations can also be made in person at Nelson CARES Society.

The next event for the Room to Live campaign is the Coldest Night of the Year walk on Feb. 20.

Ward Street Place is a 102-year-old building and one of the only low income housing blocks in the re-gion. It is home to people living in poverty and those who have escaped home-lessness. Nelson CARES receives no public fund-ing to operate the building and it serves the region’s most vulnerable citizens.

From left, Lisa McGeady, Room to Live campaign co-ordinator; Nelson CARES Society board chair Ron Little; Sante Pulice, division manager, BC South, Interoute Construction; Shawn Rokosh, Selkirk Paving Ltd. general manager; Tony Maida, Selkirk Paving operations manager; and John Dooley, community relations manager with Interoute.


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Winter brings hard water fishingCommunity

Tis the season everyone, and winter fishing is here!

We spent most of November chas-ing rainbows, both on Kootenay Lake and on the Columbia River.So, here are the latest reports:

Kootenay Lake

With the colder temperatures, we will be concentrating on the main lake a lot coming up, as we have the comfortable heated cabins of our lake boats. The main lake fishing has remained the same as last month. Lots of rainbows between two and five pounds and a few bull trout from three to eight pounds.

Our average trips seem to hook into 10 to 15 fish each day, with the odd crazy day of more than 20 fish. It seems to be a mat-ter of quantity over quality right now, although a lot of people are happy with the perfect eating size of fish. Either way, it’s lots of ac-tion for our groups. Fun, family trips happening lately, as we can keep the kids entertained with constant action.

The holiday season is upon us

and we will be on the water daily to accommodate all the families and friends who are in town and looking for some things to do.

Some of our best fishing days seem to happen every year dur-ing the holidays. So I hope the tradition continues.

Columbia River

The river has been producing some hogs lately. Must be the time of year. These fish seem to be much fatter at this time of year and should remain plump throughout the winter months. Our biggest river fish seem to happen from now until March or April. So, we will be choosing our nice winter days to spend on the river. Our latest trips have seen six to 10 fish per day, with the average size being three to six pounds. Lots of fun on a spin-ning rod or fly rod. Also hoping to start with the centrepin fish-ing for our steelhead fishermen. Always lots of fun.

Some of my favourite fishing is coming up. While most people are switching to ice fishing, we are lucky enough to have open

water all year round. So, let’s get out there!

Ice Fishing

Ice fishing opportunities are coming up. And while I haven’t been out yet, I do look forward to a change of pace. I don’t know the ice conditions yet, but here are a few popular lakes to check out this winter: Cottonwood Lake is nice and close to Nelson. It’s a great place to take kids and is a fun lake to fish. We will be check-ing it out soon. Rosebud Lake and Erie Lake are closer to Salmo and they provide some great fish-ing opportunities for everyone. And just to name a couple more, Summit Lake and Box Lake are close to Nakusp. They are great fishing and fun to explore. We are looking forward to getting out for some “hard water” fishing soon. Will keep you posted.

What are they biting on?

Kootenay Lake fishing has seen some good days using our usual bucktail flies on the sur-

face. We are also catching a lot of fish on spoons or apex lures. Fly colors have been blacks, purples, and pinks. And our spoons that seem to work best are silvers, blues, and orange for some rea-son. Bull trout have been caught on plugs or flasher/hoochie combos. Most bulls have been hanging in the depths of 120 to 160 feet.

On the river, we have had best luck with sinking fly lines and streamer patterns. The wooly bugger, Columbia River bugger, and the bulldog have all been producing well. Also using spin-ning rods with bottom bounc-ers and bait to attract some nice rainbows. The bait technique usually takes over during the winter months, so we’ll see what happens.

So, as you can see, there is lots of opportunity for winter fishing in our area. Just a matter of mak-ing the time.

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We’ll miss you, Joanne Harris

It’s an exceptional person who can start the day with the Isty Bitsy Spider and finish with The

Hunger Games. When it comes to teen and literacy services coordina-tor Joanne Harris, it makes some sense: many of the teens who popu-late the library’s TeenScene first met Joanne during her Mother Goose sessions.

Joanne is retiring, and there’s nothing itsy bitsy about that, as generations will attest. Joanne has not just been an exceptional advo-cate for literacy, she has changed lives.

Columbia Basin Alliance for Literacy community literacy co-ordinator Joan Exley first met Joanne in the 1990s, when her now nearly grown-up kids were babies. “Joanne has been commit-ted to literacy for as long as I’ve known her,” she says.

Joan trained as a tutor when Joanne led Project Literacy West Kootenay. The two sat on literacy committees together and plotted ways to encourage love of reading in people of all ages. Parent Child Mother Goose, a place for care-givers and babies to learn songs together, was begun to fill a com-munity gap in those early days.

Mrs. Mother Goose, as Joanne grew to be known, Roly-Polied her way into the hearts of every-one. Retired public health nurse Pat Gibson, who took the Mother Goose training with Joanne, brought her grandson to Joanne’s very last program. “Joanne’s dedica-tion in supporting young parents was still obvious,” Pat says. “She paid attention to each and every parent and child, could pull out of a hat an appropriate rhyme and action, and keep us having fun.”

Nicole Cameron first met Joanne when she brought her baby to Mother Goose in 2004. Then new to Nelson, Mother Goose is where Nicole met other fami-lies, forming lasting friendships. Nicole’s positive experience led her to become a part of the Columbia Basin Alliance for Literacy and fa-cilitate Mother Goose herself.

“All those songs and rhymes have been handed on to the parents in our community,” she says. Now, Nicole sees the effects with her pre-teen daughter, “a prolific writer, full of imagination and language.” Nicole will carry on the Mother Goose tradition, and “as long as I’m facilitating Joanne will be there with me, reminding me — with a

twinkle in her eye — about all the important stuff.”

A library staff member since 1985, Joanne began doing Mother Goose with children’s services co-ordinator Nancy Radonich as a partnership with CBAL, where “we bounced, rocked, and tick-led our way through many babies and toddlers. We’ve laughed and cried together. For the sake of lit-eracy we’ve roamed the schools on International Literacy Day stamping kids’ hands with the word READ.”

From the Reading Buddies Program, which saw Nelson Leafs hockey players help kids with read-ing and numeracy skills, to the A-Book-Under-Every-Tree ini-tiative, for Joanne it’s always been about bridging gaps and building community. “Teens can be a tricky audience, but Joanne has created a vibrant teen program,” says chief librarian June Stockdale. “She en-couraged the teens to lead, allowing them to share their unique talents and develop leadership skills.”

One mother of a teen concurs. Her son struggles making connec-tions with peers because he has Asperger’s Syndrome. “A couple of years ago Joanne let him take

the reins of a Wacky Wednesday program, turning it into a Magic, The Gathering card game tourna-ment. The experience was a huge boost to his confidence in interact-ing with other people. I’ve always been grateful to Joanne for giving him that opportunity.” For other teens, Joanne’s insightful book sug-gestions kept the pages turning.

In the last couple of years Joanne earned the handle of Grandma Goose thanks to a new generation of wee ones in her own family. She’s also earned a Community Literacy Award, to be awarded on Family Literacy Day on Monday, Jan. 22 at 4 p.m. at CBAL, lower level of city hall. It’s a way to honour the way in which Joanne has always “held the ideals and philosophy of literacy close to her heart,” says Joan, who will present the award for CBAL.

No doubt there will be repre-sentation from the generations of readers that Joanne has touched, not many dry eyes — and possibly a round or two of Roly Poly for fun, and for the love of literacy.

Anne DeGrace is the adult servic-es coordinator at the Nelson Public Library. Check This Out runs every other week. For more information go to nelsonlibrary.ca.

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Dateline Dec. 4, 1965

“In many instances, meter-ing will bring about a reduc-tion in water rates, and not an increase,” Mayor E.T. Bodarddeclared in rebuttal to charges by T.S. Shorthouse that the city was “wasting public funds” in its proposal to spend $100,000 in metering the Nelson municipal water system.

He said the main reason for metering in any form was to es-tablish what size and type of an additional water service was re-quired in future years.“We must know our needs before we can make an expenditure for any addi-tional source of supply.” Stressing that the metering proposal was not “finalized” the mayor added that indications were that in-creased water rates would amount to “less than one cent a day.”


In what was undoubtedly the greatest election upset of Nelson’s modern-day political history, un-tried and unproven Louis Maglio,

making his first appearance in the political wars, handed a stunning defeat to two battle-scarred veter-ans as he captured the mayoralty race. Most significant was Mr. Maglio’s lop-sided victory over incumbent Mayor Gene Bodardwho ran a poor third in the three-man race behind former mayor Tom Shorthouse.

Mr. Maglio, in scoring his victory, polled 898 votes, 36.8 per cent of the ballots cast, Mr. Shorthouse ran second with 841, and Mr. Bodard third with 697. Aldermen Fritz Farenholtzand Kennedy Facchina were re-turned to two-year aldermanic seats along with newcomer E.B. White. Incumbent M.B. Ryalls, seeking his second term, failed in his bid for re-election.


A roguish rodent who believes in starting Christmas celebrations early is under surveillance by the Nelson Police Department. The whole thing began when Chief H.M. Thomlinson left a “li-

quored” chocolate on his desk the other night. When he came back next morning to enjoy the forgotten tidbit, suspicious teeth marks were discovered on the bon-bon. The same thing hap-pened the next night.

Although no clues were left be-hind to confirm the culprit’s iden-tity, the modus operandi together with the size of bites have led police to the conclusion that the sneaky snitcher is a sweet toothed mouse who by now must have an elephant sized hangover since the chocolate he has been sampling is spiced with gin.

“We’re not going to catch him until he has squeaked three bars of Auld Lang Syne on New Year’s Eve,” smiled chief Thomlinson. From the rate in which the suspect has been nibbling on the spirited sweet, it just might last that long. “He wants to save some for the New Year,” observed the chief, who fully believes to have the mouse-adventurer in irons before 1966 rolls around. “We’ve got the whole department working on the case,” he added.


On Monday as snow fell in all areas of the Kootenay-Boundary country, traffic became less and less and Nelson chalked up a near record fall of 17½ inches over the past weekend. In 1956, Nelson had a snowfall of 20½ inches over one December weekend. Snow slides on the Salmo-Creston Skyway early Tuesday morning claimed their first victim when a 500-yard-wide avalanche buried a Vancouver man’s car a short dis-tance from the 5,800-foot sum-mit on the Salmo side. The slide blocked traffic on the Skyway for most of the day, but the road was reported cleared by nightfall.

The continuing danger of snow slides, however, led the highways department to close the road to traffic overnight. Nelson Fire Department answered an emer-gency call at 7 a.m. Tuesday to the home of Mr. Kazakoff on Vancouver St. Firemen had to plow through 2½ feet of snow for about 100 yards to get to the woman suffering from a chest condition. Oxygen was applied but it was after 8 o’clock before she could get to the hospital, it hav-ing been necessary to get a plow to plow a way out. At one point, Fire Chief Elwyn Owens said, they considered using a toboggan.

In spite of the heavy snowfall that has blanketed the city, city buses have been able to main-tain scheduled runs without any time delays. Police Chief H.M. Thomlinson has warned motor-ists that cars parked on arterial roads, blocking plowing opera-tions are to be towed. Last year at this time 29 vehicles had been towed but this year’s operation has been delayed due to lack of tow trucks.

1965: Louis Maglio wins stunning victory

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Touchstones of NelsonFrom the � les of the Nelson Daily News

1965: Louis Maglio wins stunning victory

Louis Maglio celebrates his first election victory with wife Laura in 1965. He would go on to become the city’s longest-serving mayor.


Walter Paluchowski

October 23, 1915 – December 9, 2015.

Walter passed away at Mountain Lake Seniors

Community on December 9, 2015. Walter is survived

by his wife Molly of 47 years, stepson Ken Planden (Sharon),

daughter in law Beatrice Planden, grandchildren Patty (Russ) Evans, Karen (Dave) Jeff ery, David (Laverne) Planden, Steven Planden, Jeff rey (Sue) Planden, Michelle (Russ) Dalgetty and 13 great grandchildren. Walter was predeceased by his family in Poland and stepson Harry Planden.Walter was born in Poland and immigrated to Canada in 1947 fi rst working in the forest industry before spending the next 30 years in the mines in Salmo BC. He truly loved living in Nelson and would not consider moving anywhere else.Th e family would like to thank Dr Janz and the wonderful staff at Mountain Lake Seniors Community for their compassion and excellent care provided Walter during his short stay.No service will be held at Walters’ request. A memorial will be held at a later date.Charitable donations may be made to the Kootenay Lake Hospital Foundation, 3 View Street, Nelson BC V1L 2V1. Cremation arrangements are under the direction of Th ompson Funeral Service Ltd.

Aged 51 of Wightwick Rd, North Shore, Nelson

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prolonged illness.Born: Rossland, BC, 6th December, 1963

Sadly missed by parents Irene and Dale Williams, sister Leanne, brother Jason, children Jesse, Deanna, Cristian and Anna, as well as numerous aunts, uncles, cousins, nieces, nephews and friends.

Shane went to school in Procter and Nelson. Shane loved Kootenay Lake and spent many happy hours snorkeling in Queens Bay where he amassed a large collection of fi shing lures both old and new.

His great love was music and he was an accomplished drummer and guitarist. He discovered chainsaw carving a few years ago and produced bears, eagles, herons, wolves and many other critters and caricatures in cedar, much sought after by local collectors.

Of his life "I have no disappointments, I've had a great life and many awesome friends"

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J G Y M‘In every river and stream – there will be John

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On the early morning of Monday, November 30, 2015, John Godfrey Yeatman Murray passed on, in the loving presence of family, at the age of 91.

On September 2 2015, John and Florence Ellen Terry Murray celebrated their 65th wedding anniversary. He will be greatly missed by his love Florence, and his daughters Caroline (and Pete) and Jane. John was predeceased by his daughter Noreen, and by his sister Molly.

John was born in Nelson BC to John Murray and Caroline Mary Matilda Murray, on October 8 1924. John spent his childhood in South Slocan, BC and then left to attend high school at North Shore College, in North Vancouver BC.

In the course of WW2, John joined the Canadian Army; The Second Anti Tank Regiment, Second Canadian Army Overseas - Reinforcement through England, Holland and Germany. After the war, he attended the University of British Columbia. He graduated with a double degree in Arts BA and Forestry BSF and went on to become a Professional Registered Forester.

While in the West Kootenays, John was employed by the Passmore Lumber Company, and then relocated to Cranbrook BC to be employed by Crestbrook Forest Industry and Tembec. John retired as the Vice President of the Woodlands Division. In addition, he was the chairman of many committees, and prepared many policies that were implemented.

His highest honour was being presented with the “Distinguished Forester Award” in 1981. It symbolized the high personal and professional regard of his fellow foresters and recognizes the unique contributions he has made to the profession of forestry.

One of the main contributions of John’s life was helping to found ‘Blue Lake Environmental Centre’. Being a lover of animals, the great outdoors, and helping people was in John’s nature, and one of his dreams was helping children experience this at Blue Lake Camp.

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Zellstoff Celgar operates a World Class1,500 tonne/day modern bleach kraft pulp mill located in Southeastern BC. This market kraft operation is committed to being its cus-tomers preferred supplier of customized pulp while maintaining its responsible position within the community. Presently we are seeking applicants for a Relief E & I Supervisor and an Instrument Mechanic. Relief E & I Supervisor Reporting to the Assistant Maintenance Manager you will play a key role as a member of our Maintenance Team applying your knowledge of pulp mill processes/equipment and the electrical/instrumentation trades to evaluate work requirements. With safety always a priority, you will plan, co-ordinate and monitor all aspects of regular maintenance activities. You will also assume supervisory responsibilities on a relief basis.Your experience/qualifi cations include:• Technical training and/or qualifi cations in the electrical or instrumentation trades• Excellent communication skills• Maintenance planning experience• Supervisory experience• 5+ Years in a heavy industry setting• Knowledge of pulp mill processes an asset

Instrument MechanicYou will be an integral member of the Maintenance Team. Responsible for the instal-lation, maintenance, repair, calibration and programming measurement and control instruments that are used in our pulp mill. Your experience/qualifi cations include:• Red Seal Interprovincial certifi cation• Knowledge and the hands-on experience in all areas of computerized control,

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production equipment• A self-starter and dedicated team playerWe offer a competitive compensation and benefi ts package, and the opportunity to work with a team focused on enhanced performance and improved quality and effi ciency. Zellstoff Celgar is just minutes from Castlegar, BC in the West Kootenay region. To apply, please Email your CV to: [email protected]

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Take notice that Lee Johnston from Nelson, BC, has

applied to the Ministry of forests, Lands and Natural Re-

source Operations (MFLNRO), Kootenay Region, for a License of Occupation for non-mechanized backcountry Skiing and yurt site situated on provincial Crown Land located near to Kokanee GlacierProvincial Park and con-

taining a total of 4143 hectares more or less.

The Lands File for this application is 4405655. Written

comments concerning this application should be directed

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*Take note that the intention of this application is for non-exclusive use of the area, minimal environmental impacts, and increased opportunity for local winter back-country recreation in a pristine mountain wilderness area.

**Public meeting space is available for community mem-bers to pose questions and discuss any related concerns with the applicant at the Nelson District Community Cen-ter at 305 Hall St. on Dec 16, 2015, and Jan 6th, 2016 from 4:00pm to 7:00pm in the Multi Purpose Room.

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Take notice that Lee Johnston from Nelson, BC, has

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taining a total of 4143 hectares more or less.

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comments concerning this application should be directed

to Front Counter BC, 1902 Theatre Road, Cranbrook, BC V1C 7G1 or email to: [email protected]. Comments will be received by Front Counter BCup to Jan. 8, 2015. MFLNRO may not be able to consid-

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information to learn more about FOI submissions.

*Take note that the intention of this application is for non-exclusive use of the area, minimal environmental impacts, and increased opportunity for local winter back-country recreation in a pristine mountain wilderness area.

**Public meeting space is available for community mem-bers to pose questions and discuss any related concerns with the applicant at the Nelson District Community Cen-ter at 305 Hall St. on Dec 16, 2015, and Jan 6th, 2016 from 4:00pm to 7:00pm in the Multi Purpose Room.

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Take notice that Lee Johnston from Nelson, BC, has applied to the Ministry of forests, Lands and Natural Resource Operations (MFLNRO), Kootenay Region, for a License of Occupation for non-mechanized backcountry Skiing (ski-touring) and yurt site situated on provincial Crown Land located near to Kokanee GlacierProvincial Park and containing a total of 4143 hectares more or less.

The Lands File for this application is 4405655. Written comments concerning this application should be directed to Front Counter BC, 1902 Theatre Road, Cranbrook, BC V1C 7G1 or email to: [email protected]. Comments will be received by Front Counter BC up to Jan. 11, 2016. MFLNRO may not be able to consider comments received after this date. Please refer to the website at http://www.arfd.gov.bc.ca/ApplicationPosting/index.jsp go to Search, then Search by File Number: 4405655 for more information.

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*Take note that the intention of this application is fornon-exclusive use of the area, minimal environmentalimpacts, and increased opportunity for local winter backcountry recreation in a pristine mountain wilderness area.

**Public meeting space is available for community members to pose questions and discuss any related concerns with the applicant at the Nelson District Community Center at 305 Hall St. on Dec 16, 2015, and Jan 6th, 2016 from 4:00pm to 7:00pm in the Multi Purpose Room.

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Love Them As YourselfA story from the Gospel of Matthew tells about Joseph, Mary and the infant Jesus escaping to Egypt from persecution by the despotic king Herod the Great. The Holy Family sought refuge from danger by traveling to another country until it was safe to return home again. It was a popular theme for artists. Google “Flight into Egypt” and you’ll discover beautiful paintings of Mary holding the baby Jesus with Joseph leading them on a donkey. You often see these scenes on Christmas cards this time of year. Looking at these images, I can’t help being reminded of the millions of families who have been displaced from their countries who are seeking refuge in a place of freedom and peace. This past Wednesday evening, I had the opportunity to join with people from around Nelson and the local area to discuss the possibility of sponsoring Syrian refugee families to live here. Members of the Anglican, Roman Catholic, United Church, Shambhala Meditation Centre and several other groups and individuals met to consider whether we have the resources for this to happen. We recognized this is a place with many generous, caring, talented people who are willing to help. We also identifi ed signifi cant challenges to providing adequate housing, employment, medical and other services. We also have our current commitment to the families being sponsored through the Kootenay Refugee Coalition. In all these discussions, I’m glad the focus is on how we can respond to this great need, not on whether we should respond. We hear in the news about people around the world who are afraid of welcoming refugees into their country. People are concerned about security, stress on their economies, and social changes. These are legitimate concerns that should be addressed. Here in Nelson, rather than focusing on our fear, I see generous amounts of faith, hope, and joy to share this special place with others who need a home. There’s a spirit of welcome here that says, “You’re home. You’re one of us.” There’s a precedent for this in the Bible where the people of Israel were taught: “The foreigner residing among you must be treated as your native-born. Love them as yourself, for you were foreigners in Egypt.”

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As winter descends, many of us look forward to our daily cup of coffee while sitting by a warm fire. It is a simple pleasure that eludes millions of Syrian refugees as winter becomes an additional threat to their survival. The stark contrast sparked one Nelson teen into action.

“One half of registered refugees are children or youth,” explained Micah May. “Tens of thousands have become separated from their parents making them even more vulnerable to violence and abuse. That could be me except I was lucky enough to have been born in Canada.”

May enlisted friends and re-tired foresters to spend a day cutting, splitting and hauling firewood from logs donated by Smokey Creek Woodlot and Gold Island Forest Products. They got drenched by cold rain, but raised $1,000.

He then approached Kootenay Woodstoves and Oso Negro Coffee, who turned $1,000 into $1,700. The federal government is matching donations for Syrian refugees until Dec. 31 so the tally has grown to $3,400.

May is concerned this current refugee crisis will not be the last in his lifetime. For the past two years, he has volunteered with a team of scientists from the University

of Northern BC who are studying the impacts of climate change on local glaciers.

“Climate change is real and will bring added stress to parts of the world already reeling from con-flict,” said May. “Mass movements of people could become more fre-quent.”

His solution?“I see myself as a global citi-

zen with a responsibility to sup-port members of my community, whether they live in Nelson or Syria. We do what we can and, working together with friends and businesses, hopefully our efforts will help a family through the dif-ficult winter months ahead.”

Something to think about the next time we settle in with a cup of coffee by the fire.

From left, Micah May, Josh Matosevic, Digby Benner, Simon Hradil-Kasseckert, and Brock Dixon split firewood to raise money for Syrian refugees.


Firewood raises $3,400 for refugees

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Kootenay siblings bring the noiseTake large-scale passion, couple

it with a Kootenay upbringing, and you’ll end up with Small Town Artillery — a rock band fronted by Meadow Creek natives Tom and Derek van Deursen.

“Part of the name of Small Town Artillery is keeping that lightheartedness and community-fed spirit that is imbued in kids that grow up around there,” Tom told the Star, in the lead up to their debut Nelson performance at The Royal on Baker on Sunday.

“We come from one of the smallest towns I can think of — there were about 100 people there when we were growing up —and that mentality we grew up wit-nessing is what we carried with us into the world. We’re friendly and light-hearted, not jaded.”

It comes through in their high-energy, funk-flavoured music, and it also comes through with their flamboyant personalities. The pair have learned a lot from their years gigging in Vancouver — includ-ing how to deal with the strains of constantly touring — but they feel they’ve retained their essential identity throughout everything.

And though they’ve been rock-ing out together since they were 11 and nine (Tom is now 26 and Derek 24), their trajectory didn’t work out quite like they imagined it. First, Tom found success with the Boom Booms, who have per-formed in the Kootenays on mul-tiple occasions.

“When Tom first moved away and joined the Boom Booms, that’s when I realized what serious music is really like, how hard you have to work,” said Derek. “I was so happy for him, but at the same time I kind of felt left behind.”

That didn’t last long.“Our plan as young brothers

who were extremely passionate about music was to take the world together, to grow up and succeed as brothers,” Tom said. “So even as I was touring with the Boom Booms and having a great time, I was wishing he was there.”

Eventually Derek moved to Vancouver and started picking up drumming gigs to gain experi-ence. In 2010 they were finally able to team up, releasing their album CRASHDROPS shortly after. It’s

the juxtaposition between rural and urban life that informs some of their work.

“We’ve got a song called ‘Surface Guns,’” Tom said. “It’s about moving to the city and at first feeling weaker than my city peers, because I didn’t have an ego-shield, so the things they said, the sarcasm, all that stuff hit me directly in the heart. I wrote ‘Surface Guns’ when I realized I’d successfully built that shield.”

The track is helped along, he says, by “devastatingly heavy drums and screaming guitars.”

And though it was a transition getting used to city life, there was plenty to write home about too. While Tom continued to play with the Boom Booms, the pair received encouragement from a local restaurant, Nyala Ethiopian Cuisine, that gave them a weekly gig.

Around that time they picked up bassist Carson Webber, and started incorporating trumpets and trombones into their act. Things culminated in June 2014, when the pair won the Molson’s Big Band competition and $10,000 to complete a second album.

“When we won we knew right away all that money was going straight into doing this album, and doing it right,” said Derek.

One track Tom is happiest with is “Letters from the Past.”

“That song’s about this time I was entering this new relation-ship, it was going well, and then totally out of the blue a mistake I made in the last relationship and hadn’t chosen to share suddenly came up.”

The resulting drama was un-avoidable.

“Every time you think you’re in a new place, you’re going to receive that letter from the past and then you have to man up and say ‘okay, I admit I did that’ and then move forward from a truth-ful place. I don’t approach it with any malice, it’s about accepting. You know you wrote that letter from that past, now you have to deal with it.”

The 11-song album is due out in January. And that’s the album they’ll be playing from when they arrive in Nelson for their first per-formance back in the Kootenays. They’re touring with JP Maurice, who recently won the PEAK Performance Project’s $75,000 top prize.

“We’re super excited to go back and play,” Derek says. “Tom’s played there a bunch, and we still have all our connections there, so it’s going to be interesting to see how it turns out. We’ve cul-tivated a bit of scene out here in Vancouver, and they know us and what we’re like. It will be cool to share that with Nelson.”


Meadow Creek brothers Tom and Derek van Deursen (centre and right) are coming to the Royal on Baker this Sunday to perform for the first time as rock duo Small Town Artillery along with their bassist Carson Webber (left).

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Tryouts coming for 2nd Youth Arts Festival

Talent Slam

Auditions for Oxygen Art Centre’s second annual Youth Arts Festival Talent Slam take place on Saturday, Jan. 23 from 2 to 5 p.m. at the Capitol Theatre in Nelson. Anyone aged 15 to 29 and performing in any discipline is welcome to audition for a spot in this showcase of the Kootenay’s best young artists.

Singing, dancing, music, acting, comedy, per-formance art, poetry and spoken word, even short film and animations can be submitted for selection. Selected talent will receive one-on-one mentorship with professional artists Lucas Myers, Bessie Wapp or Slava Doval, to develop their acts for the big night. Pre-register for Talent Slam auditions online at oxy-genartcentre.org

Oxygen Art Centre’s Youth Arts Festival aims to encourage youth to pursue their artistic talents and interests, and those of their peers in a professional and meaningful way, that can be celebrated by the community at large though attendance at the all-ages events.

The first annual festival was a smashing success, providing young Kootenay artists with a professional show and auditions to try out for, and an opportunity for some to hone their acts with seasoned professionals in the community. Over 200 people filled the Capitol Theatre for the first Talent Slam, and it was an inspir-ing and very heartfelt event with many original acts performed for the first time in a professional context.

The backstage lounge provided a creative hang out space and hosted a collaborative drawing project and an open mic that morphed into a open jam session with a dozen musicians including a drummer, several saxophonist, keyboardists, vocalists and the like. Building on this programming the second annual Youth Arts Festival will take place Feb. 13 and 14 and will include workshops and professional development opportunities in the arts.

Star StruckThe LineUp crew had a chance to interview the international popstar Kiesza during her visit to Nelson. You can watch the interview with the singer at The LineUp’s YouTube channel or visit thelineup.tv.

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Country residential estate

Alan Tarr 250.354.8489 $329,900

Located in beautiful Salmo. This is a very solid built 2 bdrm and den 1898 square foot home. A double sided fire place in living room and din-ing room, vaulted beam ceiling. On 14.02 acres, treed and private, with a fantastic valley view. MLS 2409268

inCome suite!

Barbie Wheaton 250.509.0654 $489,900

Well-built home with spectacular water view. Open concept main floor living. Large, level asphalt driveway, attached double garage, with ample R.V Parking. 2 Bdrm income suite rents for $1100/month! Located at the Junction be-tween Castlegar and Nelson. MLS 2406554

CommerCial/residential opportunities

Barbie Wheaton 250.509.0654 $289,900

Three bedroom rental suite, with the upper level for more residential income and/or commercial income. So many opportunities on a beautifully landscaped half acre lot! MLS 2409483

motivated to sell!

Luke Mori 250.551.4917 $370,000

This 3 Bed, 2 Bath home is located in lower Fair-view and just a block away from Lakeside park. A great house with a large list of recent updates. Move into the house you’ve always envisioned with the potential for a basement suite. Moti-vated Seller. MLS 2409384

sloCan valley West road

Scandinavian Scribe fitted log home situated across from the Slocan River. Situated on a small clearing surrounded by 8.8 acres of mixed for-est, bush and mountain. The house offers pri-vacy and fabulous river views. Truly unique and enchanting. MLS 2404687Julie Wilson 250.777.4202

Christmas Gift for the family

$347,777

Located halfway between Nelson & Castlegar, 3 bed, 2 bath, amazing kitchen with hickory cabinets, corian counters, gas fireplace, brand new hardwood floors, Newer roof, windows, h/w and furnace. Just pack a bag & move in! MLS 2408273Laura Salmon 250.551.8877

privaCy & vieW

$428,000

Located in Nelson, near the hospital, this home is in excellent condition with 4 bedrooms, 3 baths, + a covered deck to expand your living area. A beautifully landscaped yard and a hot tub enhance this home. This home will not disap-point you. MLS 2409027Lorne Westnedge 250.505.2606

Waterfront aCreaGe

$885,000

Incredible 9.6 acres with sandy beach across the hwy. Old orchard lands w/heritage summer residence, park-like grounds & fantastic views. Development potential 8 minutes out the North Shore. MLS 2398337

Glen Darough 250.354.3343

lonGbeaCh Waterfront home

Alan Tarr 250.354.8489 $1,200,000

A lovely 4 bdrm 3 bath Chalet style home with new oak kitchen cabinets, oak floors and plenty of windows to enjoy the lake view. All on 0.59 acre beautifully landscaped land. 150 feet of gorgeous sandy beach with a small bridged creek & boat dock. MLS 2407201

salmo - 3 bedrooms

Lorne Westnedge 250.505.2606 $179,000

Family home on 1/4 acre level property with at-tached garage, covered patio, fruit trees and a brand new roof. Quick possession is possible on this home. 1.5 baths, shed & fruit trees. Salmo is a convenient commute to Nelson, Castlegar or Trail. MLS 2407193

duplex in upper fairvieW

Luke Mori 250.551.4917 $364,900

Only unit B available in this upper Fairview du-plex. With 3 Beds & 3 Baths this duplex is ready for a new family or potential to rent out. The up-per level is a bright and open area that extends onto a large deck that overlooks the beautiful city of Nelson & Kootenay Lake. MLS 2408716

708 Wasson street

David Gentles 250.354.8225 $299,000

4 Bedroom 2 bath home has a com-manding view. Easy care home, view deck, double garage, paved drive. 5 Minutes to downtown + just blocks from golf, school, corner store, bus & park. MLS 2407406

attraCtive aCreaGe & home

Glen Darough 250.354.3343 $347,900

Southwest-facing acreage with a 3 bedroom home. Very nice property with open field/yard as well as private forested area. Possibilities for a great hobby farm or potentially subdivide. Close to town! MLS 2404316

Friendly Active community

Julie Wilson 250.777.4202 $239,900

Live in year round or enjoy this 3 bdrm home as a cottage. Situated on 1.3 acres backing onto Crown Land. Across the road is a beautiful public beach. Love to fish, hike, swim, boat, this is the area. Substantially renovated, almost like new! MLS 2405064

Cozy Gray Creek starter

Dave Buss 250.354.9459 $200,000

This is a lovely 2 bedroom home that also in-cludes an unfinished guest cabin. The home is in a quiet location and is set on a private 1 acre property on the East Shore, just minutes from services in both Gray Creek and Crawford Bay.MLS 2408121

GorGeous 6-mile aCres

Lisa Cutler 250.551.0076 $199,000

1.25 level acres offering south west sun expo-sure w/ jaw dropping Kootenay Lake & mountain views. Open & spacious acres soaking in sunlight, new well, close to beaches, outdoor recreation & placed in an upscale neighborhood approx. 10 minutes to town. MLS 2409593

Close to toWn!

Lisa Cutler 250.551.0076 $29,900

Neat, Tidy, Affordable 2bdrm plus den & 2bthrm manufactured home. Great sized master bedroom w/ ensuite. Fenced in back-yard. Not in a mobile home park, pad rent only $100. Rentals and cats allowed. Quick Pos-session! MLS 2409139

Well maintained mobile

Dave Buss 250.354.9459

This 6 Mile area mobile home is only 10 minutes from town and offers an open floor plan with bed-rooms at either end of the home. Outside is cov-ered parking for one vehicle and a second paved parking spot, a covered deck and a storage shed! MLS 2405841

HArrop/proCTer

lAKevieW!

2719 fir drive

David Gentles 250.354.8225 $285,000

2-3 Bdrm/3 bath home with open liv-ing/kitchen. Good family spaces, fam-ily room with fireplace & games room down. Rear deck, private back yard. Steps from both elementary + high schools. MLS 2407933

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Glen Darough250.354.3343

Julie Wilson250.777.4202

Alan Tarr250.354.8489

Dave Buss250.354.9459

Lisa Cutler250.551.0076

Laura Salmon250.551.8877

Lorne Westnedge250.505.2606

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Barbie Wheaton250.509.0654

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