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Evacuation alerts li� edRain helps crews get upper hand on Sitkum and Mt. Aylwin � res

BILL METCALFE and TAMARA HYNDNelson Star

Residents who have been living under evacuation alerts due to the Sitkum/Duhamel and Mt. Aylwin wild� res can breathe a little easier: the alerts have been li� ed.

� e Regional District of Central Kootenay made the announcements based on recommendations from the BC Wild� re Service.

� e alert on the 450 hectare Sitkum � re, a� ecting about 350 homes, was cancelled Monday night, nine days a� er it was issued. An alert issued Saturday for the Mt. Aylwin � re, covering about 35 residents between Enterprise Creek and Red Mountain Road along Highway 6 south of Silverton, was rescinded Tuesday morning.

� e Southeast Fire Centre reports the Sitkum � re was 50 per cent contained as of Tuesday morning, up from 20 per cent a few days earlier.

Information o� cer Noelle Kekula said the change was thanks to precipitation and higher relative hu-midity.

“But don’t let your guard down,” she says. “Even though the weather feels calm, if it starts that warm trend again, it won’t take long to get dry again. We are not out of the danger zone.”

Access restrictions imposed Friday remain in place as follows:

• All Crown land west of Sitkum Creek from the � rst switchback on the Sitkum Alpine Forest Service Road;

• All Crown land north of the private properties south of the � re;

• All Crown land east of Duhamel Creek from District Lot 10423 to District Lot 9835 and District Lot 8411;

• All Crown land within one kilometre north of the � re from Sitkum Creek west and over the height of land to Duhamel Creek.

A map of the a� ected areas is available online at bit.ly/1MiCcy0.

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Nelson Selects U18 mid� elder Abbie Bourchier-Willans (right) battles and wins this ball against Chilliwack in Sunday’s gold medal � nal in Penticton. The Nelson girls played well but dropped a 2-0 decision to their Lower Mainland rival. See complete coverage and more photos, pages 12-13. Chuck Bennett photo

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WILL JOHNSONNelson Star

Nelson residents familiar with the green shed near Gore and Stanley streets may be surprised to learn

that there’s a 34-foot hand-built sailboat inside. But Don Kurylko, who has been working on the project for decades, is pre-paring to set sail in it.

“We’ve got 16,000 hours into it, which is eight man-years of labour, but it’s been sit-ting here for decades,” Kurylko said � urs-day. “� e project got extended over a long period of time. Sometimes I worked on it in the summer, some years not at all. � e kids called it the Forever Boat.”

But now that it’s completed, he’s eager to get on the open ocean with wife Sandra Laine.

“We’re taking the shed down and getting ready to move [the boat] down to the coast. We sold our house, we’ve taken everything apart and we’re going to move onto the boat and sail o� into the sunset,” he said.

Kurylko expects to � nish dismantling the shed this week, at which point a boat mover will transfer it to a marina in New Westminster.

“We still need to do a little more work, and the sails won’t be ready until October, but then we’re o� ,” he said. “We’re going to live on the boat and travel.”

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Rosemont hit-and-run turns into assault caseNelson Star Staff

Nelson police say a woman was “severely injured” a� er being attacked by a man with a weapon in Rosemont on Wednesday af-ternoon.

Police were called around 2 p.m. to what was initially report-ed as a hit-and-run accident in the 1100 block of West Innes St.

BC Ambulance, Nelson Fire and Rescue, Nelson RCMP, and the Nelson Police Department all responded and found a 54-year-old woman “unconscious, heavily bleeding, and severely injured” in the middle of the road.

Her seven-month-old grand-son was found nearby, unharmed,

in a stroller.Before emergency services

arrived, a 48-year-old man had been taken from the scene to Kootenay Lake hospital by a neighbour. According to Det.-Cst. David Laing, the man told bystanders that both he and the woman were hit by a vehicle.

However, police say they have determined the man attacked the woman, a visiting Alberta resident, with an “edged weapon,” in� icting serious injuries. � e victim is in hospital.

Police don’t think the she knew the man, who was ar-rested and remains in custody. Police say they are working with

the Crown and mental health personnel on the matter. Any witnesses are asked to contact police at 250-354-3919.

Woman arrested twice for assault

A woman is facing charges of assault and uttering threats following two separate incidents last week in Nelson.

Police say on � ursday around 11:10 p.m. they received a call about an assault in the 1100 block of Lakeside Dr.

Sgt. Corey Hoy said upon ar-riving, they determined a woman assaulted a man while he was

walking home. � e assault was not a random act and the woman is known to police, Hoy said.Police are recommending charges of assault and uttering threats.

� en at about 12:15 p.m. Fri-day they received another call about the same woman causing a disturbance at a local business, where she allegedly threatened and assaulted sta� . She was ar-rested and taken to hospital in consultation with mental health o� cials.

Police say they will seek ad-ditional charges of assault and uttering threats. � e woman was released again on a promise to appear in court.

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Water restrictions imposedNelson residents ignoring Level 3 lawn-watering restrictions could be fined; Urban wildfire concerns high after campfire left smouldering above Uphill

Submitted to the Nelson StarEven with this week’s forecast

calling for milder temperatures and some rain, the City of Nel-son is stressing that residents need to follow watering restric-tions issued last week or face fines.

The restrictions require res-idents to significantly reduce lawn, flower bed and garden watering and stop all outdoor water use such as car washing and driveway rinses.

“These restrictions are offi-cially in place now, and every-one in the city needs to abide by them,” says Mayor Deb Kozak. “I’m confident that we can pull together and significantly reduce our water usage.”

Here are the restrictions:• Lawn sprinkler or irriga-

tion watering is only permitted between 4 and 9 a.m. or 7 to 10 p.m. once per week, on Wednes-days (for even-numbered ad-dresses) or Thursdays (for odd-numbered addresses).

• Garden watering is only permitted with a hand-held wand or drip irrigation system and only between 4 and 9 a.m. or 7 to 10 p.m.

• Do not use water to wash sidewalks, driveways, parking lots, exterior windows or exteri-or building surfaces or vehicles.

“There are four levels of conservation when it comes to the state of the city’s water sys-tem,” says public works director Colin Innes. “And those levels are based on two things: how much water we currently have to provide fresh drinking water and for fire protection, and our projected run off and precipita-tion levels.”

“And right now, based on our current water usage and supply, we have had to move to Level 3 — which means nothing more than once-a-week lawn and gar-den watering.”

Fire chief Len MacCharles, who visited the city’s reservoir along with Innes on Friday af-ternoon, says Level 3 status is concerning but manageable — but only if the public complies with the watering restrictions issued last week.”

“If local residents do not comply with the new water restrictions,” MacCharles says,

“we’ll have no other choice but to begin enforcing the restric-tions with bylaw patrols and fines. For every litre of water we pour onto our lawns or drive-ways, that’s one less litre we have for drinking and fire protection.”

Previous restrictions did not reduce water use enough. Con-sistently hotter-than-normal weather has increased demand on the city’s reservoir. Residents have used 35 percent more water so far than last year at this time.

In fact, this summer is recording the highest level of water use in recent years.

The city figures if current use doesn’t slow, the fire de-partment’s ability to fight fires could be compromised.

Household irrigation — which includes watering lawns, gardens and other outdoor us-ages — accounts for 39 percent of Nelson’s water consump-tion. Residents’ attention to the restrictions would result in a significant savings of water — providing the surplus required to provide fire protection for the city.

Fire protection is a high pri-ority this summer given tinder dry conditions that have resulted in fires throughout the province including the nearby Duhamel/Sitkum wildfire.

“We all have to be very aware of the dry conditions,” says Mac-Charles. Last week a small camp fire was found smouldering and unattended along the rail grade pathway above Uphill. “It was shocking,” adds MacCharles, “and needless to say, very dan-gerous.”

Watching your water:With urban interface fire preven-tion in mind, Nelson Fire and Res-cue is asking you to:

• Cut your lawns short, and water once a week;

• Ensure all debris from the re-cent wind storm is cleaned up;

• Cut back tall grasses and brush, especially along homes, and unkempt parts of your prop-erty;

• Water gardens and flower beds by hand.

The city is doing its part:• Lakeside Park and the soccer fields are watered from the West Arm of Kootenay Lake, not the reservoir;

• Street cleaners use water from the West Arm too;

• The cemetery uses well water;

• The spray park has been closed to conserve water;

• Downtown planters on streets like Vernon are self-watering.

Nelson fire chief Len MacCharles and public works director Colin Innes (top) at the city’s reservoir last week. As MacCharles explains, “for every litre of water we pour onto our lawns or driveways, that’s one less litre we have for drinking and fire protection, in what is a very dry summer thus far.” The city put water restrictions in place last week. Residents and business owners will face fines if they don’t comply. Courtesy City of Nelson

Need more help?Contact the city’s water ambassador through the public works depart-ment at 250-352-8102 or [email protected]. The ambassador is available for home visits and has a lot of advice on how to restrict your water use without losing important gardens and greenery.


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House burns in Hills, woman missing

Sitkum fire now 50% contained

Nelson Star StaffA house in Hills burned to the

ground early Monday and the homeowner is missing.

Slocan Lake RCMP received the call just after midnight and arrived on Purdy Road to find a house fully engulfed in flames and the homeowner, a 44-year-old woman, unaccounted for. It’s

believed she may have gone back inside to save some personal items and been trapped inside, but police can’t confirm this yet.

Local residents with help from the Hills volunteer fire department extinguished the blaze before it could spread to the nearby forest, but according to Sgt. Darryl Little, the house was destroyed.

The investigation is still in its very early stages, Little said, so the cause is undetermined. However there was no sign of foul play.

The investigation will be con-ducted by RCMP with the assis-tance of the Fire Commissioner’s office who provided an investigator Tuesday. Anyone with information is urged to contact RCMP.

Continued from page 1A security guard has been post-

ed at the base of one road into the area, for public safety reasons.

“I know curiosity gets the best of people,” Kekula said, “but that fire is still burning. Let’s say the fire takes another run, and we have people in the bush and we have to start bucketing again. We don’t want to wonder if there are people in there.”

One hundred 20 firefighters, four helicopters, and five pieces of heavy equipment are working on the fire. The control lines are on the Duhamel Creek side and on the south and east flanks of the fire.

It has not been an easy fire for the crews, says Kekula, because of terrain too steep for machinery.

“There are lots of hand-built fire guards up there,” she said.

At Mt. Aylwin, cooler tempera-tures and rain helped cool the eight hectare blaze. Crews will work to-wards mop-up in the next few days, according to information officer Jordan Turner.

A 20-person unit crew from Revelstoke is working directly on the fire putting out hot spots.

“We believe the risk [to resi-dents] is substantially reduced,” Turner said Tuesday morning, adding the evacuation alert was issued late Friday when the fire

was burning “quite hot and dry, and burning at night and was fairly intense.”

Initially two groups of air tank-ers attacked the fire on Friday and into Saturday morning.

Crews built a helipad to gain better access to the blaze as the ground is quite steep, making the access difficult and time consum-ing. This has allowed the firefight-ers to get onsite earlier and stay

later. Firefighters are being sup-ported by two helicopters.

The fire was one of 46 in the Southeast Fire Centre started over-night Friday by lightning.

Turner said there have between 253 fires in their jurisdiction so far this year, compared to 36 at the same time last year. “We had more fire starts in a 24-hour period than we had in the first few months of the fire season last year,” he said.

Smoke from a lightning-caused fire is seen from downtown Slocan on Saturday morning. Fire information officer Jordan Turner said it was a small fire that had potential to grow. Tankers were on scene by 8:30 a.m. and hit the fire “hard and fast.” Aline Winje photo

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Retiring MP reflects on nine years in office

Alex Atamanenko admits to pessimism over the state of Canadian politicsSheri regnier

Trail TimesWhen Alex Atamanenko first

arrived in Ottawa nine years ago, he recalls Canada being a more caring and compassionate coun-try that it is today.

The three-term MP for BC Southern Interior is not running in the upcoming election but that didn’t deter Atamanenko from sharing his views of the fate and future of our country.

He admitted his overview of Canadian politics is somewhat pessimistic.

“Others may not agree with me but that’s how I perceive it from someone who came out of nowhere when I ran in 2004 and arrived in parliament in Febru-ary 2006,” said Atamanenko, 70.

“I’ve always believed in the democratic process, that poli-tics is a noble profession, and I believe in my country having always been a Canadian nation-alist.

“But it’s been hard with this majority government because they do what they want and always out-vote you. I always wanted us to chart our own way and seek peaceful solutions.”

Although Canadians were already fighting in Afghani-stan when he was first elected in 2006, Atamanenko says the country was a strong supporter of the United Nations and in the-ory, still acting as peacekeepers.

Instead of remaining a world leader in peaceful resolution, he maintains the majority govern-ment nudged its way into be-coming a proxy of US policies and chose a reactionary “boots on ground” approach in resolv-ing global conflicts.

“Internationally we’ve be-come a warring nation,” he said in a phone interview. “We are not as respected in the in-ternational community for try-ing to seek peaceful solutions to very complicated conflicts,” Atamanenko continued. “In my opinion there was and is no reason for us to go into combat.”

Canada did not have to send its military into Afghanistan (2001 to 2011), he emphasized, noting the European presence in Afghanistan that didn’t include combat troops.

“There was no need to have this tragic loss of over 150 sol-diers killed, others committing suicide, and all the other effects we are seeing that our military has been put through with this horrendous experience — we didn’t have to do that.”

The Iraq war is another ex-ample where Canada should not

be combat ready, he explained, reiterating there are tactful ways of resolving very complex issues besides the use of arms.

Most recently, he said the Canadian government’s stance in the Ukraine conflict could have been a strong opportunity for the country to once again demonstrate peacekeeping lead-ership.

“We’ve closed all doors and demonized Putin. This govern-ment takes every opportunity to criticize Russia for its inva-sion into Ukraine,” explained Atamanenko, mentioning Leona Aglukkaq’s, Canada’s Minister of Environment, related com-ments during the Northern

Conference.“But we never criticized the

United States for invading Iraq and the one million people killed as a result of that invasion.”

He said shuttle diplomacy should have been the country’s policy instead of the Conser-vative government’s weighted opposition against Russia.

“We have a strong Ukrainian community here and with our position in the world, we should be trying to broker some kind of lasting peace,” Atamanenko added. “We missed that oppor-tunity.”

The politician says the last four years in parliament have also been “tough slugging” for

domestic policy, beginning with talks, or lack thereof, in the House of Commons.

“There’s been a real erosion of the democratic process in parlia-ment,” said Atamanenko, noting his experience with a majority in power began in 2011.

“I’ve talked with my col-leagues and colleagues from other parties who agree there was more give and take with pre-vious majority governments,” he explained. “Amendments to legislation were accepted and there was more discussion and more openness to accepting comments from the opposition.”

He said the inordinate num-ber of omnibus bills and quick closure of debates stopped over 100 pieces of legislation from passing.

“The whole process has been convoluted,” Atamanenko con-tinued, pointing out an example. “There was a food safety bill (S11), when I was on the agri-culture committee, that every-body agreed was a necessity to tighten up.”

Between the NDP and the Liberals, he said up to 20 amendments were suggested to strengthen, not change, this particular bill.

“Each amendment was re-jected by the majority on this committee,” he added.

The Castlegar-based politi-cian is proud of being part of a number of initiatives, and there are a few he’s hoping will come to fruition after his fall retirement.

“We tried very hard to save the Canadian Wheat Board from being dismantled and sold to foreign corporations,” he ex-plained. “And we were able to do that until the majority gov-ernment. I was lucky to play a role in that.”

With a passion for agricul-ture, Atamanenko recently seized the opportunity to be-come part of Canadian history by helping create the first bill on genetically modified organisms, which passed first reading and went to committee.

“When I look at individual accomplishments I think I am pretty proud of that. And I am proud of the chance I had to criss cross the country in what we called a Food for Thought tour.”

While visiting communities shore-to-shore, that particular committee gathered Canadian opinions on their rights for food sovereignty.

“Some of those findings are actually reflective in the current food policy our party has put out, so that’s kind of nice.”

Retiring BC Southern Interior MP Alex Atamanenko speaks at Canada Day celebrations in Nelson in 2012. He thinks the country has gone downhill in some ways since he was first elected. Nelson Star file photo

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What community recorded the highest temperature in Canada in 1977?

Full marks if you said Salmo.� e recent heat wave got me wondering

about all-time record highs, and it turns out there’s a Wikipedia page devoted to such trivia. While the list is subject to existence or non-existence of recording stations, to my surprise, BC generally and West Koo-tenay/Boundary speci� cally are very well represented.

Between 1900 and 2014, Canada’s hottest annual temperature was recorded in BC 66 times — Saskatchewan was the runner up with 32, followed by Manitoba with 12, and Alberta and Ontario with eight each (some years there were ties).

Lytton has been Canada’s annual hotspot 14 times, followed by Spences Bridge and Osoyoos at eight each. (Osoyoos’ appear-ances all fell between 1992 and 2002.)

Communities closer to home have led the nation in sweltering temperatures a combined ten times.

In 1922, 1923, and 1924, Grand Forks tied for the hottest place in Canada with temperatures of 40, 38.9, and 42.8 degrees Celsius respectively. (In the latter year, Waneta was the other place to reach that scorching mark.)

In 1927, 1928, and 1929, Greenwood held or tied the hottest temperature when it reached 43.3, 41.7, and 42.2 degrees re-spectively.

When the mercury rose to 43.9 in Rock Creek on July 29, 1934, it was, at the time, the hottest temperature ever recorded in Canada. However, the mark was exceeded on July 5, 1937 in Midale and Yellow Grass, Sask., when it reached 45 degrees in both

places. (A separate, contradictory Wiki-pedia list claims those towns reached an unbelievable 51 degrees that day.)

� e BC record was broken on July 16-17, 1941 when it got up to 44.4 degrees in Lytton, Lillooet, and Chinook Cove. (Rock Creek’s record day remains Canada’s 11th hottest temperature ever.)

Grand Forks had Canada’s warmest tem-perature of 1940 at 42.2 degrees, and Waneta topped the list in 1945 at 41.1.

However, in the last 70 years, a local community has only once registered on the hottest-place-of-the year list — Salmo, as mentioned above, in 1977 when it reached 41.5 degrees. But in reviewing data from the National Climate Archive, I note that while it hit at least 40 degrees in Salmo on three days in August 1977, the hottest I could � nd was only 40.6 on the 18th.

As for Nelson, the data goes back to 1904. On June 28 of this year, it reached 37 de-grees, breaking the old mark for that day of 33.9 set in 1932. According to theweath-ernetwork.com, 29 other BC communities also set new records — Castlegar also hit 37 degrees, besting the old mark of 35 set in 1922; Creston got up to 38.1, nearly � ve degrees higher than the 33.3 recorded in 1926. Kamloops broke a record that dated back to 1896.

Although � guring out Nelson’s all-time high temperature isn’t simple — you have to comb through monthly highs year-by-year, and I could have easily overlooked some — the best candidate I came up with was July 28, 1934 when it hit 39.4 degrees (just shy of 103 Fahrenheit).

I checked the Nelson Daily News to see how people coped with that sort of heat in the pre-air conditioning era. � e big

headline of the day was “Italian rebuke is aimed at Hitler; note demands disbanding of troops.” � e secondary headline was “Mills in paths of � res in Kootenays.” � e story began: “Spread by a strong gale, � res raged over a great area of Nelson Sunday night, endangering two mills, valuable stands of timber and blocking the Nelson-Nelway highway.”

Another story con� rmed “Nelson resi-dents had reason to complain about the heat Saturday. Soaring to 103 degrees, the government thermometer recorded the highest temperature in over 13 years.”

� ey only had access to records back to 1921, but said in that time “only once before has the mercury gone over the 100 mark. � at was in 1930 when 102 degrees was recorded.”

So how did people beat the heat? � ey jumped in the lake.

Under the headline “Nelson area a bath-ing beach; water teems with bathers,” an-other story read: “Shore of the West Arm in and near Nelson were one continuous bathing beach Sunday, when uncounted hundreds went into the water under the spur of the hot wave.

“Actual count showed at times 150 bath-ers on the � oat at Lakeside park and of the subsidiary � oat, apart from other scores in the water on the four sides, besides other hundreds bathing or wading inshore all along the park frontage. Possibly 1,000 were in the water at the park during the day.”

� e story added that every beach for 10 miles upstream from Nelson was covered with bathers.

� e lake is still a nice way to cool o� , but I’ll be quite happy if we don’t break further temperature records this summer.

In search of Nelson’s hottest dayElecting Wilks would be worst possible outcome

Now that the Harper government has gerry-mandered Nelson into the Kootenay Columbia federal riding, Nelsonites should know that if things go as the Conservative Party of Canada planned, we will be getting a Conservative mem-ber of parliament — David Wilks — who missed more than half of the local debates held during the last election.

Mr. Wilks recently voted for Bill S4 which states in part that “organizations that are parties to a prospective business transaction may use and disclose personal information without the knowledge or consent of the individual.” I don’t know about you, but to me giving that kind of power to corporations is a very bad path to travel down.

Since I believe that not voting is the same as voting for the worst possible outcome, and since having Mr. Wilks as my MP strikes me as the worst possible outcome in the upcoming elec-tion, I encourage everyone in Nelson, especially those who did not vote last time or who are new voters, to get up and vote in October.

I am a swing voter with a progressive bias, currently strongly attracted to the Green Party because of what is happening to the planet. But because of what seems to me the obvious ger-rymander of our riding so that it will return Conservatives to parliament, I will vote NDP this time — not so bad a second choice — and I encourage others to do likewise.

Cameron CarterNelson

Broader Horizons closure disregards elders’ needs

Re: “Nelson community decries Broader Hori-zons closure,” June 29

We are dismayed and deeply shocked at the thought of Broader Horizons closing its doors. � e bene� ts of this organization are huge and the programs are immeasurable. Among many other bene� ts, mental health is strengthened, which in turn contributes to better physical health.

Earlier in June, there was a story on the Day-break South CBC radio program regarding el-der abuse. Although we do not consider closing Broader Horizons to be an abuse, we do consider it to be a disregard of the needs of elders.

We are not asking for something for nothing. We have, as every generation has, contributed to society mightily. Now we are asking for a little back as you will be doing when your turn comes. Also, please take into account all the wonderful people who donate their time to help and entertain our group; this is a priceless gi� that will be lost.

We feel that Broader Horizons should be con-sidered as an essential service. We sincerely hope Interior Health will reconsider its intentions to close Broader Horizons for the summer.

Lorraine and Gordon FlemingNelson

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Activist finds reason for hope in Germany

Montana Burgess encouraged by outcome during United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change

Will JohnsonNelson Star

Local activist Montana Burgess has returned from the United Na-tions Framework Convention on Climate Change in Bonn, Germany feeling inspired and tentatively hopeful.

“These intercessionals are not quite as dramatic, because often you don’t have the higher-powered decision makers in the room,” said Burgess. “But some really interest-ing things happened, including all countries committed to making emission reduction pledges.”

She said Canada’s track record on climate disruption — failing to adhere to Kyoto Accord promises, for instance — doesn’t mean there can’t be meaningful action in the future.

“The pledge is to reduce our emissions by 2030 by 30 per cent from 2005 levels … okay, it’s a com-mitment. But frankly it’s not very good based on science and histori-cal responsibility. When you do the math, reducing by 30 per cent by 2030 is about a 1.5 reduction from our Kyoto commitment, which we haven’t even met.”

She remains skeptical.“They don’t even have a plan to

implement it.”During the conference the G7

met — the UK, US, Canada, Italy, Japan, Germany and France —and pledged to eliminate fossil fuels by the end of the century.

“But the end of the century is way too long. Science says we need to be more ambitious,” she said.

All of this is building up to UN climate talks in Paris later this year. Burgess believes the Bonn meeting set the tone.

“I’m very hopeful and the rea-son is I think we’re going to get a deal coming out of Paris. It won’t be what we need to stop climate change, but it will signal an end to the fossil fuel era.”

Meanwhile, Burgess has re-turned home to spearhead a cross-community faith-based event expressing solidarity with Pope Francis’ recently released encyc-lical on climate change.

“This is a really positive moment for climate action, now that the G7 has sent this message and the Pope has come out in support. We’re do-ing lots of stuff locally to keep the ball rolling,” she said.

Burgess now has her gaze fixed on the upcoming federal election. She’s working to support candi-dates who commit to taking action on climate disruption.

“Folks should look for them-selves at the candidates and their track records on the climate, on social justice and democracy, and then we can think about how we’ll elect someone who will take real climate action,” she said.

Montana Burgess recently traveled to Bonn, Germany to attend the Unit-ed Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change. Will Johnson photo

Jumbo suit goes to court todayNelson Star Staff

The future of Jumbo Glacier Resort may be in doubt after a re-cent government decision sent the developer back to square one, but the West Kootenay EcoSociety has not given up its legal challenge to Jumbo resort municipality.

The Nelson-based group will go to court this week in a bid to overturn the creation of the mu-nicipality on the grounds that while it has an appointed mayor and council and has received over $450,000 in provincial funding, it is unconstitutional because it has no residents.

The case will be heard in BC Su-preme Court in Vancouver starting today. The EcoSociety is represented by Judah Harrison of Nelson and Jason Gratl of Vancouver. The case, initially filed in February 2013 and amended last August, was originally set to be heard in Vancouver in February but was adjourned after lawyers for the municipality pre-sented new evidence.

“The Jumbo Valley is still at risk as long as there is a city council wait-ing to approve a development,” said executive director David Reid. “It’s time to put this issue to rest once and for all, and getting rid of this so-called city is an important step.”

Reid says the case has ramifica-tions beyond the development of a remote wilderness.

“We are a small non-profit com-munity organization challenging the BC legislature and the lieuten-ant governor in council over the use of public resources to support corporate interests. Our case says that local decision making mat-ters.”

The West Coast Environmental Law Foundation has supported for the case and the EcoSociety has launched a crowdsourcing page on defendbc.ca to help cover the remaining legal costs.

The Jumbo ski resort project lost its environmental approval from the province last month after fail-ing to substantially start within a ten-year window.

David Reid of the West Kootenay EcoSociety is seen in February 2013 when the original petition was filed challenging the creation of Jumbo Glacier resort municipality. The case finally reaches court today. Bob Hall photo

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Salmo byelection set for Sept. 12Nelson Star Staff

Salmo residents will go to the polls in September to choose two new village councillors to replace the pair who resigned last month.

Nomination packages will be available today and candidates can submit their papers between July 28 and 4 p.m. on Aug. 7.

If fewer than two people run, the nomination deadline may be extended until Aug. 10. If there are exactly two, they could be declared acclaimed on Aug. 17.

If three or more people run, a byelection will be held Sept. 12, with the winners sworn in on Oct. 13 for a three-year term.

The byelection was called after Cathy Paton and Ken Anderson quit suddenly and with little pub-lic explanation. The village has declined to release their letters of resignation based on legal advice, as the letters refer to “confidential matters and personal information.”

Anderson and Paton topped the polls in last year’s general election.

In a brief statement after step-ping down, Paton said she was sorry she wasn’t able to continue the job. “I was honoured that so many residents voted for me, and it was definitely an honour to rep-resent them for the short time I did,” she said.

Anderson did not explain his decision in detail either but in an email said he had “much support and encouragement” from resi-

dents.“I was hoping for an enjoy-

able four years on council to help Salmo move forward in a posi-tive direction, but unfortunately a number of issues that caused me to resign.”

Council is continuing to func-tion with a bare quorum of three: mayor Stephen White and coun-cillors Steven Dimock and Dan Danforth.

White told the Star the resigna-tions surprised him.

Columbia Basin Trust to receive $3.34 million for broadband

School district acknowledges aboriginal territory

Nelson Star StaffLocal communities are expected

to benefit from $3.34 million in federal funding to the Columbia Basin Trust to bring high-speed Internet services to Kootenay households.

The broadband infrastructure project is expected to be completed by the end of 2017, delivering In-ternet speeds of up to ten megabits per second.

Among the West Kootenay communities mentioned in a news release this week: Ainsworth Hot Springs, Blewett, Boswell, Craw-ford Bay, Ferguson, Glade, Gray

Creek, Harrop, Riondel, Salmo, Sirdar, South Slocan, the Slocan Valley, and Ymir.

“The Columbia Basin Trust is committed to bringing better broadband to the region, and this funding is an important step for-ward in giving over 11,000 house-holds the ability to participate fully in the digital world,” said president and CEO Neil Muth.

Last year, Industry Canada invited Internet service provid-ers to submit proposals for fund-ing to build the wireless or wired infrastructure needed to provide services to rural and remote com-

munities. They received over 300 applications.

“The announcement marks the next important phase in our plan to bring the benefits of high-speed Internet to more than 280,000 Canadian households, including in the Kootenays,” said industry minister James Moore.

The Trust’s subsidiary, the Co-lumbia Basin Broadband Corpo-ration, will coordinate the project and work with 12 Internet service providers in the region, including Columbia Wireless, the East Shore Internet Society, and Kaslo InfoNet Society.

Nelson Star StaffThe Kootenay Lake school

board has unanimously approved a motion requiring all public School District 8 meetings to begin with an acknowledgement of aboriginal people and a show of respect for their traditional territories.

“I am very pleased the board approved this,” said superintendent

Jeff Jones. “This acknowledgement is the one to which our district agreed through the development and signing of the aboriginal edu-cation enhancement agreement.”

Jones said it was proposed at the most recent meeting of the ab-original education committee that trustees be asked to consider this.

Every meeting will now begin

with these words: “We acknowl-edge, respect and honour the First Nations in whose traditional ter-ritories the Kootenay Lake school district operates and all aboriginal people residing within the bound-aries of School District 8.”

The district is home to the traditional territories of both the Ktunaxa and Sinixt First Nations.

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Dewdney Trail almost went through NelsonEdgar Dewdney was taken with Kootenay Lake 150 years ago — but didn’t think travellers would be willing to pay ferry tolls

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“The scenery on both sides of the lake is very bold

and grand.”So said 29-year-old civil

engineer Edgar Dewdney in a letter to BC colonial governor Frederick Seymour a� er ca-noeing for the � rst time on the north end of Kootenay Lake in early June 1865.

Dewdney was in the mid-dle of his contract to build a four-foot wide mule trail from the Similkameen Val-ley through the Kootenays to the booming gold� elds of Wild Horse Creek, about 10 km northeast of today’s Cran-brook. � e letter, dated June 29, 1865, was sent from Wild Horse Creek.

He was selected in April 1865 by Seymour to head the project because of his success in building a trail from Hope to gold diggings in the Similkameen four years earlier. Standing six feet four inches in height and brim-ming with energy and en-thusiasm, Dewdney stood out in any crowd, and impressed government authorities and trail-building crews with his engineering and surveying skills.

Dewdney’s primary mis-sion was to build the trail, but Seymour also asked him to provide geographical details to aid mapmakers, as well as notes on timber, soil, rock and potential pasture land, and sketches of the various route prospects he evaluated. He was not asked to comment on scenery, but he did.

In late May 1865 Dewd-ney was designing the trail in some sections at the same time as construction was go-ing full speed at other sections. About half the trail-builders were Chinese and half were of European extraction. Men and women from First Na-tions worked as packers and guides. Hearing reports of a good pass on the east side of Kootenay Lake through the Purcells, he decided to take a side trip from the construc-tion base at Fort Shepherd (near today’s Trail) to check it out as an option for the trail.

Many years later Dewd-ney fondly recalled exploring Kootenay Lake in a birchbark canoe with two First Nations guides. � ey le� Fort Shep-herd in late May 1865 for the con� uence of the Columbia and Kootenay rivers (near today’s Castlegar), and from there up the Kootenay River against rapids and waterfalls to Kootenay Lake.

A� er three days and 14 portages they arrived at calm waters at, or near, the current site of Nelson, where they camped and Dewdney sent a progress report dated June 2, 1865 to Governor Seymour before the trio paddled up the main lake.

� ey went into what later was known as Crawford Bay, examining potential passes by foot and canoe, and then paddled up the north part of Kootenay Lake hugging the east shore, before returning south close to the lake’s west shore.

While Dewdney was im-pressed by the beauty of

Kootenay Lake and intrigued by lakeside outcroppings of mineralization — particu-larly near the future site of the Bluebell Mine — he con-cluded that miners and other travellers would object to pay-ing for a steam ferry to trans-port them and their animals several miles from the west shore to the east side of the lake.

Instead, he chose to build the trail between the south end of Kootenay Lake and the 49th parallel, on a route via Summit Creek that the Salmo-Creston highway of to-day generally follows. In blaz-ing the trail, Dewdney o� en chose from among walking trails established over time by First Nation tribes.

What became known as the

Dewdney Trail was completed on time and within the allot-ted budget by mid-September 1865, but by then the White Horse Creek gold� elds were mostly played out and miners moving on to new prospects.

� e trail was still valuable as the only all-Canadian travel route across southern BC, and as a statement of British — and later Canadian — sov-ereignty over the region at a time of United States expan-sionism. � e US purchase of Alaska from Russia in 1867 was a reminder of the threat posed by the neighbour to the south which had power-ful voices preaching Manifest Destiny.

Had Dewdney chosen a Kootenay Lake route for the trail, a ferry service that depended on a substantial amount of tra� c would have been in � nancial trouble a� er the gold rushers moved on to other prospects.

Dewdney went on to an eventful and controversial career as a government ap-pointee and federal cabinet minister under Sir John A. Macdonald. He has the dis-tinction of being the only person to serve as lieutenant-governor in two Canadian ju-risdictions – the Northwest Territories between 1881 and 1887, and British Columbia between 1892 and 1897.

In July 1911 Dewdney, slowed down by rheumatism at age 76 but still keenly inter-ested in the Kootenay mines, stopped in Nelson with his second wife Blanche on the way to visiting friends.

In an interview at the

Hume Hotel with the Nelson Daily News, Dewdney de-clared his amazement at the tremendous changes in Nel-son in the half century since he � rst passed through, when the future site of a bustling city did not even have a log cabin. He recalled that trav-elling up the Kootenay River was “no picnic,” but the re-turn trip down the river was much faster, as they rode the rapids and only needed three portages.

One memory that stood out for him was encountering Bonnington Falls for the � rst time on the upstream voyage. Dewdney said he heard the falls in the distance while coming back to the river from a long portage.

“I made my way to the river and saw what I then consid-ered and, in fact, still consider the most beautiful falls in the world. � e scene was mag-ni� cent,” he said in a July 10, 1911 Nelson Daily News story.

He also recalled taking nu-merous trips from Fort Shep-herd across the US border to Fort Colville to buy supplies for the trail project.

Today, most of Highway 3 between Hope and Cranbrook follows the Dewdney Trail. And Kootenay Lake — which Dewdney saw as a forbidding obstacle for the trail — is reg-ularly traversed by free fer-ries. Like Edgar Dewdney 150 years ago, many West Koote-nay residents of today travel to Colville on shopping trips.

Local historian Sam Mc-Bride is a descendent of Edgar Dewdney.

Edgar Dewdney is seen in 1912, a year after he visited Nelson and reminisced about building his eponymous trail. Courtesy Sam McBride

Langham celebrates Regeneration Major exhibition explores memory and a way of seeing, like a garden of contemplation

Submitted to the Nelson StarKaslo’s Langham Cultural Soci-

ety gallery program and its Japa-nese Canadian museum are proud to present Regeneration, a major exhibit by Tsuneko Kokubo and Toru Fujibayashi.

� ey are celebrated local senior artists with extensive, fascinating and variant backgrounds, who have been part of the West Kootenay arts and culture fabric for many years.

Regeneration evokes a minimal-ist design and aesthetic — like a Japanese-style garden of contem-plation — with its tightly bounded compositions of gravel and rocks and sparse vegetation.

Regeneration, at its heart, is a way of seeing; a study of memory and the motivations and methods with which we are able to under-stand lives lived. As the title sug-

gests, these works are about life and death, but they also give us a glimpse of the doing in between.

� e Langham welcomes every-one to the gala opening event on Friday, July 24 from 7 to 9 p.m.

� e artists will be in attendance and there will be a short perfor-mance and spoken word presenta-tion in the theatre, in lieu of artist talks.

� e exhibition will run through Oct. 4. Gallery hours are � urs-days to Sundays, 1 to 4 p.m. � e Langham thanks the Columbia Kootenay Cultural Alliance, the Columbia Basin Trust, BC Arts Council and the Kaslo Hotel for sponsoring this event and exhibi-tion.

For more information, please contact 250-353-2661 or visit thelangham.ca

Toru Fujibayashi’s work is featured in Regeneration, a major exhibit opening at the Langham in Kaslo on July 24. Submitted photo

Swanson comingto Ravencourt

Submitted to the Nelson Star� e third house concert of the season will be

coming up at Ravencourt B&B in the Slocan Valley on Saturday, July 25 at 7 p.m. A� er touching on the Celtic, then ringing in the blues, it’s time for a little classic jazz when the Clinton Swanson Trio drop by to bend some notes in the courtyard of this straw bale B&B.

In the classic trio setting of drums, acoustic bass, and tenor saxophone the Clinton Swanson Trio pays tribute to the legendary jazz saxophonist Sonny Rollins. Saxophonist Clinton Swanson has always been inspired by Sonny Rollins and will perform songs from Sonny's famous repertoire of calypsos, originals, and jazz standards. Joining Clinton will be Doug Stephenson on acoustic bass and Steven Parish on drums.

Ravencourt B&B hasn’t moved an inch. It’s still located at 4615 Upper Passmore Rd. Turn o� High-way 6 at Passmore, cross the bridge and follow the signs to pure musical enjoyment. Admission is by donation with all proceeds going to the perform-ers. For more information phone 250-226-7801.

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Stellar soccer weekendSilver, bronze for Nelson’s U18 and U14 girls teams at provincial tournaments

Nelson Star StaffNelson soccer teams brought

home two provincial medals over the weekend.

� e U18 girls led the way with a silver medal at BC Soccer B Cup Provincial Champion-ships in Penticton a� er falling to Chilliwack in the gold medal game Sunday.

Despite a strong start that generated two very good chanc-es, including a goalmouth miss that would have given the girls a quick lead, Nelson was unable to generate much o� ence a� er that. Although the two teams were well matched in the game, Chilliwack had more o� ensive chances during the match. Chilliwack opened the scoring midway through the � rst half a� er a clearance by the Nelson defender de� ected o� another player and right on to the foot of the Chilliwack striker.

� e game stayed 1-0 until the second half. Nelson continued to press for the equalizer, including two good chances by Hailee Ge-run, but they just couldn’t break through to get the tying goal. With Nelson pushing forward,

Chilliwack countered late in the half to double their lead and clinch the gold medal.

For the Nelson team it was the end of a great run through what would be the last youth provin-cials for a number of its players. Nelson opened the tournament with a 4-1 win over Columbia Valley, followed by a 0-0 draw with Williams Lake. Needing a win in its � nal round robin game to clinch top spot, the girls came with a well-deserved 2-0 win against Powell River.

U14 girls win bronze

A dramatic goal just before � nal whistle propelled the Nel-son U14 girls to a bronze medal at Lakeside pitch Sunday a� er-noon.

With time winding down, Nelson striker Sophie Borhi � oated in a perfect corner kick to the Powell River goal and both Reece Hunt and Michaela Anderson got a head on the ball that went into the net. � e play ended with no time remaining and the 1-0 victory was secured.

“It was an amazing � nish,”

said Nelson coach Rob Borhi. “� ey controlled most of the play in the second half, but we held them o� without any real good scoring chances. One goal was all we needed.”

� e teams played even in the � rst half with Selects keeper Camryn Parnell proving to be the di� erence with several key saves that included turning away a penalty kick just outside the 18-yard box late in the half.

Parnell was also a factor in the second half which saw the Pow-ell River club dominate play for the majority of the 35 minutes.

“She has done a great job for us all year,” said coach Borhi. “She makes the saves she should and even makes the saves that she maybe shouldn’t.”

Despite being outplayed for most of the second half, Nelson did come on in the last � ve min-utes with pressure in the Powell River zone. � e corner kick set up the eventual winner for a ju-bilant Selects side.

“It’s not too o� en Nelson teams have a chance to medal in the provincials and I told the girls before the tournament

that our goal was to do just that,” said Borhi. “� ey played hard all tournament and it was well earned.”

� e team advanced to the bronze medal match by beat-ing rival Kootenay South 4-2 on a blustery Saturday a� ernoon.

Injuries take toll on U16 girls

� e U16 Nelson girls placed sixth in Penticton, but coach Chuck Bennett said overall he was happy with the girls’ play in the tournament.

“We didn’t get a couple of results that I felt we could have gotten, but overall the girls were in every game, including a tough loss to the eventual gold medal team from Kelowna, and showed that they are every bit as good as any of the other teams in their age group at this tournament,” said Bennett.

� e U16s opened with a thrilling 1-0 victory over Burn-aby. Emma Wheeldon buried a spectacular goal in the � rst half

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The U18 Nelson Selects brought home silver from the soccer provincials in Penticton over the weekend. Chuck Bennett photo

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SportsContinued from page 12to put the Nelson team ahead. The second game, against Kelowna, end-ed 5-1 but according to Bennett that score certainly didn’t represent the play of the game.

“I think they were the better side, but not by much,” he said. “It was a much closer game than the score indicated.”

Nelson actually took the lead 1-0, but then gave up two quick goals midway through the first half. With less than 20 minutes left Nelson had the chance to equalize, but missed a penalty shot that would made it 2-2. Kelowna then took control of the game late and were able to bury three more goals for the lopsided score.

In its next game, the girls needed a win or a tie to finish second in their pool and earn a shot at the Bronze medal game. Unfortunately, the girls dominated the game, but were un-able to overcome a tough goal and fell 2-1 to Juan de Fuca. In its final match the girls simply ran out of steam against Penticton. The girls went up 2-0 but just couldn’t hold on and fell 4-2.

“Injuries and a very short bench finally took its toll,” added Bennett. “By the end of that game we were the walking wounded.”

Heartbreaker leaves U15 girls out of medal round

The Nelson U15 girls lost 2-0 to Maple Ridge on Sunday to finish sixth — following a heartbreaking loss that left them out of medal con-tention.

Despite outplaying and out-chancing Kelowna United on Sat-urday afternoon, the Selects fell 1-0.

“That was the best game this team has played all season and they should be proud,” said coach Paul Burkart. “At this point of the season you are supposed to be peaking as a team and we showed that. We were inches away from scoring multiple goals.”

With the wind howling off the water at Lakeside Park pitch, the Selects had Mother Nature’s advan-tage in the first half. Ten minutes into the game Shianne Michalchuk had a great chance, but the strong Kelowna keeper was up to the task, turning away the bullet. Off the en-suing corner, Selects defender Emily Taylor also put a great shot on goal but was denied.

Just under 20 minutes into the half, Shane Panko-Dool just barely missed off a rebound to keep the score knotted at zeroes.

Though the Nelson side controlled play in the first 40 minutes, Kelowna escaped without a goal allowed.

Playing against the wind in the second half, the Selects played a tremendous passing game that kept momentum in their favour. Ball movement up the pitch and against the steady gusts produced several great chances.

Five minutes into the half, Kelow-na managed to find a small crack in the solid Nelson defence and Selects’ keeper Hanna Quinn turned it away.

The best chance of the half for Nelson came 28 minutes in when Michalchuk was again denied in close by the Kelowna keeper.

At the 34-minute mark, a wind aided pass from deep in the Kelowna

end sprung a pair of United strikers on a partial breakaway and the tie was broken.

The Selects continued to press and dominate play, but it was not to be. Nelson’s chance at the gold medal game was over.

“Playing against the wind, we had more chances than they did,” said Burkart. “It was a tremendous effort by the girls. We absolutely deserved to win that game.”

U13 boys fifth in 100 Mile House

The Nelson U13 boys finished fifth following a 2-1 win over Terrace Sun-day in 100 Mile House.

Coach Kevin Carmichael said Nel-son “dominated play, out-chancing and outscoring Terrace.”

Carter Anderson put Nelson up 1-0, which is how the half ended. Terrace tied it with a defection off of one of the Nelson defenders and then Noah McBriar scored late in the game after consistent pressure to put Nelson back in the lead for good.

“The entire team competed well,” Carmichael said. The team finished with one win and two losses, with the losses coming against the even-tual gold medal winner, Coastal FC Royal, and the bronze winner, Kelowna United FC.

Carmichael credited the outstand-ing play throughout the tournament of goalkeeper Finnegan Megale and centre defender Jasper Ander.

‘Awesome’ weekend for U14 boys despite finish

The U14 Nelson Selects finished seventh in 100 Mile House, which didn’t stop coach Tony Marzicola

from describing the weekend as “awesome.”

“It was a great team bonding ex-perience for the players and parents,” he said. “We did not have high ex-pectations going into our first pro-vincial tournament, but as a team we decided to play for gold, hope to place, and learn as much as we can from our losses.”

In their first game against the Central City Breakers, Nelson was up 1-0 at the half, but their opponent changed stragegy and came back to win 5-1. Josh Sookorukoff scored Nelson’s goal, Ryder Marizicola made 14 saves, and Brett Anderson and Elijah Havers also had strong outings.

“It was our best game of the week-end and we proved to ourselves in that first half that we can hang with the provincial champions as we were the only team to hold a lead on them all tournament,” Tony Marzicola said.

In the second game against the Prince George Timberwolves, Nelson led the entire match. At the end of regulation time the score was 2-1, thanks to goals from Mike Zarikoff on a penalty shot and Iyra Cristofoli-Couling.

However, in the extra five minutes, Nelson was caught off guard twice as Prince George got the ball deep in Nelson’s zone and scored twice for a 3-2 win. Ryder Marzicola made 12 saves and Luke Taylor was another standout player.

The third game was against Coast-al FC Royal, which Tony Marzicola described as “by far the most physical team” they played. The first goal was counted after the ball was kicked from the keeper’s hands into the net, he said, while the second goal was on a “soft call” on the Nelson defence at the top of the keeper’s box, resulting

in an penalty kick.“Emotions rose but we did not

give up. Instead we fought back with physical play and they continued to bump and push us off the ball to a 6-0 score.” Top Nelson players included Tyler Colgan and Keefer Barclay.

In their fourth game, against the host team, Nelson opened the scor-ing but 100 Mile House tied it up in the second half. Nelson scored a late goal to win 2-1. Fynn Keywood and Zarikoff, on a penalty shot, scored for Nelson. Jesse Harold was another highlight player.

Marzicola said captain Max Spielman showed solid leadership, although “I am very proud of our entire team. We played united, we held our heads high and we main-tained a positive attitude throughout the tournament.”

‘Frustrating’ tournament for U15 boys

The Nelson U15 boys finished seventh after defeating Quesnel 3-0 on Sunday in 100 Mile House.

“Overall, it was a very frustrating and disappointing tournament for us, losing all three of our pool games, finishing last in our pool and playing for 7th/8th in the end,” said coach Kerry Dyck.

Leading up to provincials, Dyck noted the team was playing “some fantastic soccer” and in its two previ-ous tournaments even played up an age group and still came home with medals, so he was excited about their prospects at provincials.

However, the team came out “misfiring” and playing below their recently established calibre.

Dyck attributed this to two fac-tors: poor turnout for practices in the

2½ weeks before provincials due to many players being away on vacation, leaving the team not as well prepared, and injury troubles, including to the team’s leading striker, who accounted for nearly half of their goals during the season. He was unable to play at all and in the finals, the team also lost their top goalkeeper after the second game as well as their second leading scorer.

“In spite of all this, we actually played decently during the event,” Dyck said. “However, critical (and very uncharacteristic) individual errors and lack of scoring cost us.”

The Selects fell 7-0 to Langley United in the opener, but while you might conclude the team was soundly beaten by a much stronger team, Dyck insisted that wasn’t the case. Rather, critical individual de-fensive and goaltending errors lead directly to the first four goals, all of which were preventable. After that, the team felt demoralized and fell apart, surrendering another three goals in the final 20 minutes.

The second and third games were 2-1 and 1-0 losses to Saanich and Bulkley Valley, teams that Dyck felt certain they could have beaten had they played at their usual level. The teams generated a combined 39 at-tempts on goal in those two games, but only converted once. Dyck said they felt the absence of their leading striker acutely.

In their final game, Nelson domi-nated Quesnel with 24 shots (15 on target) to their opponent’s six (none on target). Dyck said it was nice to end the tournament with a win, but even at that, they should have scored at least twice as many goals.

“As disappointing as the tourna-ment was, there was an encourag-ing aspect,” Dyck said. “None of the teams we played were out of our class, and I feel next year, if we work on improving our shooting, eliminate the errors and have a healthy roster, we have every reason to believe we can do very well.”

U13 girls defeat regional rivals

The Nelson U13 Selects beat Koo-tenay South 3-0 at Lakeside pitch on Sunday, to finish seventh.

They opened Thursday with a 4-1 loss to Kelowna United FC. They dropped their Friday match against the Cliff Avenue Snipers by the same score, and then fell 6-1 to Prospect Lake on Saturday.

“It was a great experience for our team, both the players and the coaches,” said coach Darren Peloso. “We all learned a lot about what the level of soccer is when the best teams in the province get together for a tournament.

“I thought we played well and were probably more competitive in our games than the score showed. We created similar numbers of chances as most of the teams we lost to, but they had a bit more composure and finished their chances while we did not.

“It was nice to end the tournament with a win.”

For more photos, see nelsonstar.com and facebook.com/nelson-starnews.

The U14 girls took bronze over the weekend playing on their home pitch. (Bob Hall photo)

Community Wild & Wacky Summer Wednesdays at the Nelson Public Library begins this week. Drop in today from 3:30 to 5 p.m. For youth going in to Grade 7 and up. Art, games, challenges, good books, snacks, prizes and it’s free! FMI contact Joanne at [email protected] or 250-505-5683. Check the library website for more details.

The Starry Night Astronomy program takes a look at Saturn, its rings and moons and other wonders of the night sky, through two astronomy telescopes, at Taghum Hall, on Friday, July 17. Admission is free and viewing will start about 9:45 p.m., weather permitting. For more information, contact Wayne at 250-354-1586.

Airport appreciation day and pancake break-fast at the Nelson Airport (Norman Stibbs Airfield) on Sunday, July 19. Gates open at 8 a.m. with breakfast available until 10 a.m. This is a chance to visit your airport from the inside, see airplanes and talk with pilots. Air-plane rides available, conditions permitting.

Weekly EventsDjembe drum circle at Lakeside Park near the greenhouse on Mondays at 7 p.m. Participants are encouraged to bring their own drums and chairs.

Join community yoga at the youth centre every Wednesday. Girls and women all levels practice from 4:15 to 5:30 p.m. A fun evening practice at 6 to 7:15 p.m. for anyone to open up and stretch. For all ages: teens and 19-plus. Pay what you can. Contact Ursula at [email protected].

The Nelson Knitting Co-op has an ongoing knitting group every Thursday from 12:30 to 3 p.m. at the Nelson and District Community Centre general purpose room ($2 drop-in).

Community Threads holds a fibre craft-themed project every Friday from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. at the Nelson and District Women’s Centre, 420 Mill St. Knit a sock, crochet a cap, sew a hem, spin some yarn, knit a scarf, hook a rug, and make a friend. Call Tira at 250-505-0698 or email [email protected].

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Nelson Chess Club Saturdays, 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. Nelson Seniors Association (next to the Civic Centre), 717 Vernon St. All ages and levels are welcome. It’s free.

WorkshopsJoin Friends of Kootenay Lake for a free workshop about cavity nesting animals like bats, waterfowl, owls, and swallows. Partici-pants will receive a free package with nest box designs and a chance to win a nest box. Space is limited: register at [email protected] or call Claire at 250-777-2955. On the East Shore, Saturday, July 18 from 10 to 11 a.m Yasodhara Ashram - 527 Walkers Landing Rd., Kootenay Bay. In Balfour on Sunday, July 18 from 3 to 4 p.m. Balfour Community Hall - 8435 Busk Rd. Also in Argenta and Kaslo next week.

Attention 10 to 16 year old scientists! Koote-nay Nature Investigator is at Kokanee Creek Provincial Park every Monday, Wednesday, and Friday in July and August. Explore with a naturalist, aboriginal educator, and an artist. Learn about tracking, botany, keeping a field journal. For more info or register, visit kokaneevisitorcentre.org.

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Starbelly Jam, an annual outdoor music festival held in Crawford Bay, runs from July 17 to 19. The music choices are soulfully eclectic, and will include funk, world music, rock, hip hop, reggae, blues, bluegrass, folk and other acts harder to define. There will be activities for family and children, and children under the age of 13 are free with an adult. Perform-ers include Aidan Knight, DJ Rippel, Slova Doval’s DanceFusion, Sofiella Watt and the Huckleberry Bandits, Shred Kelly and more.

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Kaslo’s Langham Cultural Society Gallery Pro-gram and its Japanese Canadian Museum is proud to present Regeneration, a major exhibit by Tsuneko Kokubo and Toru Fujibayashi. They are celebrated local senior artists with extensive, fascinating and variant backgrounds, who have been part of the West Kootenay arts and culture fabric for many years. A gala open-ing event onFriday, July 24 from 7 to 9 p.m. The artists will be in attendance and there will be a short performance and spoken word presentation in the theatre. The exhibition will run to October 4. Gallery hours are Thursday to Sunday 1- 4 p.m. For more information, please contact 250-353-2661 or visit thelangham.ca.

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Mary Poppins lands on the Capitol Theatre Stage. Everyone’s favorite practically perfect nanny takes the Capitol Theatre stage in a Su-percalifragilisticexpialidocious musical adven-ture. Mary Poppins summer youth production celebrates the famous nanny who helps the Banks family discover what really matters and advises that “Anything can happen if you let it.” Directed by Geoff Burns, with unforgettable songs directed by Allison Girvan, breathtak-ing dance numbers choreographed by Lynette Lightfoot, and astonishing stagecraft created by the Capitol Theatre team, the production features a cast of 33 local up-and-coming youth performers including Emma Chart as Mary Poppins and Quinn Barron as Bert. Perfor-mances are July 23, 24, 25 and 26 at 7:30 p.m. and July 26 at 2 p.m. Admission is $15 for adults, $10 for students and $45 for a family of four. Buy tickets online at capitoltheatre.bc.ca or by phone at 250-352-6363 Tuesday to Friday, noon to 4:30 p.m.

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On Friday Bloom Nightclub presents BC Dub-cats and SiJay James. On Saturday, JGirl and Manousos take the stage. The show begins at 10 p.m. and there’s a $5 cover for each event. For more information visit Bloom Nightclub on Facebook.

It’s open stage at The Royal on Wednesday with Danny DeVillo from the Handsome Liars. Bring your instruments. On Thursday it’s the mid-summer Opry featuring Jenny Ritter and James Lamb, David Vertesi, Twin Bandit and Michael Fitzgerald. For more information call the Royal at 250-354-7014.

Toronto’s The Sadies are coming to Spiritbar on Thursday, July 16 at 8 p.m. They will play two sets with no opener. The show starts at 9

p.m. Their music is a mix of bluegrass, blues, 60s garage and psychedelic and punk rock. Tickets are $20 and are now available from the Hume Hotel. On Friday night, it’s DJ Rhapsody .

Next week Jenn Grant takes the Spiritbar stage on Wednesday, July 22. Grant opened for Ron Sexsmith in 2013, and since then the Juno nominated indie folkstress has been developing as one of Canada’s premiere singer/songwrit-ers. Don’t miss your change to see her live! Australian roots pop band Mama Kin will open the show. Doors open at 7 p.m. Showtime approximately 8 p.m. Advance tickets are $12 plus tax/fee and available now through the Hume Hotel.

On Thursday, July 16 Nelson musician James Lamb is hosting Midsummer Opry: a folk’n extravaganza at the Royal on Baker. Featuring Jenny Ritter, Twin Bandit, Michael Bernard Fitzgerald and David Vertesi, as well as an opening set by Lamb. Doors at 8 p.m. and show will be over by 11 p.m. Tickets are $10.

On Saturday, July 18 at 8 p.m. Texture & Light will play at the Blue Mule Espresso Bar. Their music is described as electronic dream rock, and they’re playing in Nelson as part of a cross-province tour. Tickets are $5 to $10 sliding scale. For more information visit textureandlight.ca.

Clinton Swanson Trio will play the third house concert of the season at Ravencourt B&B in the Slocan Valley on Saturday, July 25 at 7 p.m.

In the classic trio setting of drums, acous-tic bass, and tenor saxophone the Clinton Swanson Trio pays tribute to the legendary jazz saxophonist Sonny Rollins. Admission is by donation with all proceeds going to the performers. Ravencourt B&B hasn’t moved an inch, located at 4615 Upper Passmore Rd. (www.ravencourtbandb.com). Refreshments will be available. For more information phone 250-226-7801.

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The Nelson Civic Theatre presents Salt of the Earth for one showing tonight at 7:30 p.m. Directed by Juliano Ribeiro Salgado, Wim Wenders. For 40 years, the photographer Se-bastião Salgado has been traveling globally, in the footsteps of an ever-changing human-ity. He’s witnessed some of the major events of our recent history; international conflicts, starvation and exodus. He now embarks on the discovery of wild fauna and flora, and of grandiose landscapes as part of a huge photo-graphic project,a tribute to the planet’s beauty.

On Thursday night at the Civic Theatre, is a single showing of I’ll See You in My Dreams at 7:30 p.m. Directed by Brett Haley, the film is about a widow and former songstress who discovers that life can begin anew at any age.

The movie Minions arrives on Friday, July 17 Australian roots pop band showing at 7 p.m. Minions Stuart, Kevin and Bob are recruited by

Scarlet Overkill, a super-villain who, alongside her inventor husband Herb, hatches a plot to take over the world.There will be a special matinee and evil party is Sunday, July 19 at 2 p.m. All ages are welcome and costumes/alter egos are encouraged. Advance purchase is recommended at civictheatre.ca.The film will screen through until July 23.

I/O and Wandering Worx Entertainment pres-ent the Nelson premiere of The Shambhala Experience Short Documentary by Kevan McGovern at the The Capitol Theatre on July 29, from 8 to 9 p.m. Rated PG, tickets are $10 at the door, which open at 7 p.m. Advance tickets available at capitoltheatre.bc.ca. Come early to secure your seat. Showtime is 8 p.m.


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GREGSCOTT

Touchstones of Nelson

Police warn cyclists to avoid sidewalks

Dateline:July 2, 1915

Expectations enter-tained by those respon-

sible for the Rose Festival for an exhibition which would outdo all previous e� orts were fully justi� ed in every respect when the rose show opened yesterday with 427 en-tries as against 290 last year, and an array of ex-hibits, which, according to � ower enthusiasts who viewed them reached a standard far above that which has ever been set before.

� e sweepstake for the best rose in the

show was carried o� by Mrs. John Fraser with a bunch of Duchess of Wellingtons. � is is a yellow hybrid tea rose, introduced by a � rm in Newtonards, Ireland, which is also introducing the new Kootenay rose, named in honor of the district.

Dateline: July 3, 1915

During his stay in Nelson, the remount buyer for the Militia De-

partment, was not suc-cessful in his attempt to purchase horses of the type desired by the mili-tary authorities for use in France. A good number of horses were o� ered, but none of them com-plied with the speci� ca-tions. He stated that he is buying a certain type of heavy animal suitable for use in the artillery and transport service and that unless he can get the horses he requires no others will do.


Yesterday a� ernoon William Ferino and William Murano, two 12-year-old boys who live on Falls St., near Silica, were injured by the ex-plosion of a detonating cap which they set o� by hammering it with a stone. � e two boys were playing about the old smelter where they found a number of caps. Ferino placed one of them on a large rock and held it while Murano pounded it with a small stone, caus-ing it to explode.

� ey were removed to the o� ce of Dr. Gil-bert Hartin where it was found necessary to amputate part of the le� thumb and fore� n-ger of Ferino, while Mu-rano had minor injuries about the body and legs dressed.


In a letter to the Daily News, Harry Broadwood states that there are still

20 Kootenay boys le� in the trenches and that the rest are by no means all dead. He states that in hospitals in England and France are many Koote-nay men. Many others are prisoners.

Also the Kootenay Boundary soldiers of the late Major Rigby’s com-mand who subscribed $35 for a permanent memorial to their gal-lant o� cer gave a les-son in generosity which should be taken to heart at a time when so many patriotic funds have to be maintained. Of scant cash at their disposal these men contributed with the same generous spirit as that in which they o� ered their lives for the cause.


Monday a boy on a bicycle ran down the infant son of Capt. G. Anderson while he was playing on the sidewalk before his parent’s house.

� e police have issued

a warning to all boys who have been in the habit of riding bicycles and coast-ing on city sidewalks that in future the laws con-cerning this practice will be enforced and that there will be no further warnings. It is stated that boys riding bicycles and coasting down the side-walks on hilly streets of the city in handcarts have become a considerable source of danger to pe-destrians and the next o� ender will be severely punished.


Twelve thousand Kamloops trout fry are breaking the journey from the Gerrard hatch-ery to Christina Lake in a nice cool trough of running water at Cot-tonwood Creek. � ey ar-rived in Nelson in charge of L. Ogilvie, superin-tendent of the Gerrard hatchery yesterday and will be taken on their way to their new home on Monday morning.

It’s so good to be badSubmitted to the

Nelson StarMinions Kevin, Stuart,

and Bob are not the only ones headed to Villain-con this year — despi-cable bad guys from around the world are packing their shrink-rays and light sabers to go to this trade show that fuels evildoers and their yellow followers of all shapes and sizes.

� e Civic � eatre has been fortunate enough to have a super master bad guy joining the lineup for the Sunday, July 19 mati-nee screening of Minions.

Theatre program-mer Jason Asbell is glad to be able to bring this guest to their stage: “We knew that with so many people coming as their minion and villainous alter-egos, we would be o� ering a service to the community to have this celebrity drop in and say hello, o� er some pointers, and maybe share some stories from the � eld.”

� is isn’t the � rst time that a bad dude has trav-elled through the region. Back in 1911, Boris Karl-o� came through Nelson, but hadn’t yet reached the heights of his theatrical

antagonism, which later included a classic por-trayal of Frankenstein’s monster, as well as the voice of the Grinch in the original How the Grinch Stole Christmas.

Countless baddies, from Rumplestiltskin to wicked witches have graced the Capitol stage in pantomimes over the years. And those zombies on Baker St. last October may have been mindless, but don’t forget that they were indeed a� er your brains. Nelson is no stranger to the villain, evil-doer, and all-round bad guy.

� e Civic � eatre’s De-spicable Super Evil Bad Guy (a new character to be unveiled by Lucas My-ers) is no slouch next to

these historical local en-counters, and may even be scouting locally for new additions for his own subservient minion army.

While he would not allow us to reveal his name publicly (for fear that arch-enemies may be watching, we suspect), this evil guest did grace us with the answer to one pivotal question: Why be a Despicable Super Evil Bad Guy at all? His re-sponse? “It’s so good to be bad.”

� is special screening of Minions will take place at the Civic � eatre on Sunday at 2 p.m. Family-friendly, all-ages welcome. Costumes/alter-egos en-couraged. Advance pur-chase is recommended at civictheatre.ca.

The Minons appear in their own movie on Sunday at the Civic Theatre, along with a special guest villain.

You & The LawTYLEEN UNDERWOOD LAW OFFICE presents

Child support obligations aren’t always clear, especially if there are unusual circumstances. The B.C. Court of Appeal recently dealt with such a case.

The court considered the child support obligations for Peter (all names changed here), a pleasant 24-year-old man with a mental disability. Peter couldn’t make basic decisions for himself and likely would never be able to live independently. His life expectancy was normal, and he would need support for the rest of his life.

Peter’s parents, Mark and Linda, had divorced in 1995. They initially shared joint custody and guardianship of Peter, fi ve years old at the time, but in late 1996, they agreed that Mark would have sole custody. Since Mark’s business took him to the United States a great deal, he also agreed to pay Linda (who earned only a modest income at the time) $300 a month in child support. This was essentially to enable her to travel to the U.S. for visits with Peter, which she did frequently over the years.

By the time of the court hearing over child support, however, both Linda and Mark were very well-off fi nancially.

Linda had married a venture capitalist in 1998 and enjoyed an affl uent lifestyle. She didn’t work, and details of her current income were sketchy (she got some money from a company her husband was involved with). Before her fi rst marriage to Mark, she had earned roughly $20,000 a year as a charter airline employee, and in the initial court documents in this case, she said she earned $20,000 annually, though later said it

was less.

Mark, 68 and retired, owned a mostly U.S. real estate portfolio worth $11 million (in addition to a substantial inheritance)and earned some $168,000 a year.

Their son Peter had some signifi cant assets himself, partly from an inheritance from his grandmother and partly from a trust fund, though that fund could only be accessed if the Public Trustee agreed. Peter also got some monthly government assistance.

Due to the substantial change in Linda’s fi nancial circumstances and her no longer having any fi nancial diffi culties in exercising access, the lower court decided Mark didn’t have to pay Linda any arrears dating from 2008 or make any further child support payments to her.

But Mark also wanted his ex-wife to help pay for the ongoing support of their son.

The Court of Appeal emphasized that, even though Mark could well afford to support Peter alone, Linda was also responsible for Peter’s support – it’s fundamental that both parents have an obligation to support a child like Peter, who was likely to outlive his parents.

It was Linda’s voluntary choice not to work, observed the appeal court. So it said Linda should be treated as earning $20,000 annually. Using this income fi gure and the child support guidelines, the appeal court ordered Linda to pay Mark $174 a month toward Peter’s child support.

Each case is unique and depends on its own facts and circumstances. If you’re involved in a diffi cult family law situation, consult your lawyer for help.

TYLEEN UNDERWOOD LAW OFFICEFamily Law • Criminal Law

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

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

CHILD SUPPORT RE-EXAMINED

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Carmela CampeseJanuary 2, 1930 – July 8, 2015

Carmela Campese, loving wife, mother, grandmother and great-grandmother, passed away peacefully, surrounded by her five children on July 8, 2015, at the age of 85. Carmela was born on January 2, 1930 in Serra San Bruno, Calabria, Italy.

Carmela married the love of her life, Antonio Campese on December 2, 1953. Thirteen months later she made the brave and incredible journey to Canada to be reunited with Antonio, where they would eventually put down roots in B.C. Over the next 10 years, her parents and her nine siblings would join her in Nelson. Being the eldest, she selflessly devoted her motherly instincts to help care for her younger siblings while starting her own family.

Carmela cherished time spent with her husband, family and friends. She worked tirelessly to provide her family and loved ones with love, laughter, comfort and amazing food. You could always find Carmela working in the garden or preparing the next meal in the kitchen. She enjoyed nothing more than having you sit down at her table to enjoy her cooking and hear your stories. She had a genuine desire to put others ahead of herself.

Carmela is survived by her loving family, children: Sam (Linda), Joe (Emma), Dolores (Randy), Bruno (Maria) and Margaret (Kelly), her grandchildren, Anthony (Robin), Christopher (Dominik), Jessica (Damiano), Michael (Jennifer), Jordan, Melissa, Eric, Matthew and great-granddaughter Alina. She is also survived by her siblings Frank, Angelo (Gina), Catarina, Assunta, Bruno (Wendy), Cosmo (Palma), Rita (Alfio) and Yolanda (Bob). She is also survived by brother-in-laws Pasquale, Bruno (Vincenzina), sister-in-laws Adalina, and Natalina (Angelo) and many nieces and nephews.

She is predeceased by her husband Antonio; infant daughter Assunta; parents Giuseppe and Adoloroata Chirico; brother Sam and sister-in-law Domenica Chirico; parent-in-laws Salvatore and Assunta Campese; brother-in-laws Michele Campese, Francesco Campese, Vito Carchidi; and sister-in-laws Rosaria Chirico and Giuseppina Campese, Maria Zaffino and Dora Timpano.

The family would like to express their extreme gratitude for the amazing love and care our dear mother received. We would especially like to thank Dr. Jeanette Boyd, her home caregivers Cathy Burke and Penny Cummings, as well as Dr. Trevor Janz and the incredible loving staff of The Jubilee Manor.

A Funeral mass was held at the Cathedral of Mary Immaculate on Saturday July 11, 2015 under the direction of Thompson Funeral Home. As an expression of sympathy, family and friends may make donations to Alzheimer’s Society Canada or the Canadian Diabetes Association.

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Texture & Light grapples with consciousness

Electronic dream rock trio play the Blue Mule on SaturdayWill Johnson

Nelson StarTexture & Light’s front-

man Trevor Refix used to be a DJ — he played Shambhala back in 2005 — but after years living a city life he felt partied out and artistically depleted. That’s when he retreated to Powell River and reinvented himself as the frontman of an electronic dream rock band.

“I’m in Powell River now and people think you’re insane for leaving but the people in the small town are like ‘hey, that’s how I feel too’. What was I ever doing in the city? Now I work half as much and I have all this time to work on my art,” he said.

The band, which also includes his wife Clare Mervyn and drum-mer Lyell Woloschuk, is coming to Nelson on Saturday at 8 p.m. to play a show at the Blue Mule. Refix said he’s thrilled to return to the Kootenays after years away, and can’t wait to share his album, The Hard Problem of Consciousness.

“For me it’s all about change. Even if it’s hard or uncomfortable, staying the same is not how I live my life.”

He said the title was originally just a phrase he liked, but it has grown to take on more meaning.

“Consciousness is the final fron-tier that science can’t explain,” he said. “All these hypotheses are out

there about what makes life what it is, but nothing has cracked open yet.”

He said the songs on the album explore the choices he’s made and struggles he’s gone through since beginning this project in 2006. The album was released in 2013.

And now that’s he put partying and the DJ lifestyle behind him, he feels like he can really focus on

musical artistry.“I’m really glad I’m do-

ing this in my 30s because I feel like I would’ve self-destructed if I did it in my 20s. I’m just approaching it in a more methodical, logical way.”

He said having Melvyn and Woloschuk involved has taken his output to the next level.

“The advancements we’re making as musicians and pro-ducers are leaps and bounds. I mean, at first we were recording in our shitty apartment in Vancou-ver where you could hear people through the wall.”

Texture & Light’s live shows are energetic, sweaty affairs that feature an all hardware and instru-ment-based set up, live looping, and custom midi-synced lights. The album has received attention country-wide, with their single “A Quiet Place” receiving extensive international radio play.

Refix is thrilled to be bringing along Firewoodpoetry, a singer he met at a festival. He said her minimalist sound makes her a good complement to their gear-heavy set.

“Her music’s super down-tem-po and relaxed and lush. It’s good to start the night.”

For more information visit textureandlight.ca and firewood-poetry.com.

Studio Arts comes to Kootenay GalleryJUDY sMiTh

Special to the Nelson StarGraduates from Kootenay

Studio Arts at Selkirk College in Nelson opened an exhibit of their work last week at the Koo-tenay Gallery of Art in Castlegar. Artifacts on display and for sale include original creations in ce-ramics, fibre art, metal work and jewelry.

Students at the Studio Arts program combine hands-on stu-dio work with academic studies in design, drawing and professional practice. Working, professional artists provide students with in-dividual attention in small class sizes and extended studio hours.

In ceramics, students learn contemporary ceramic design as well as traditional techniques in hand-building, mold-making, wheel-forming, glazing and firing. There have been many interesting innovations in ceramics since the clunky coffee mug era of the 60s. We can admire and buy some of them at this exhibit.

Fibre art includes studies and design in weaving, felting, dye-ing, screen printing and pattern drafting — in short, anything that

involves fabric, from the clothes we wear to the drapes we use to adorn our homes. This is a marvelous op-portunity to purchase something new and unique for our home or fall wardrobe.

In metal work, students learn how to design, mold and cast in bronze and other metals, reaching a level appropriate for a blacksmith. Many creative works by local metal workers are included in the Castle-gar Sculpturewalk. Kootenay Forge in Crawford Bay, showcasing their

interesting hooks and closures, is responsible for decorating many bathrooms and hallways in the area.

People have been making and adorning themselves with jewelry for over 100,000 years. The jewel-ry studio courses provide students instruction in jewelry fabrication, forming and casting techniques in non-ferrous metals as well as jewelry design processes. The out-come from previous students has appeared at many farmer’s markets and craft stores throughout the area. Now we have the occasion to appreciate and purchase innovative work by this new class of artists.

We’re fortunate to not only be able to admire the work from grad-uates of the Studio Arts program, but also have the opportunity to purchase some of their creations. If you are redecorating your home or are looking for a gift, why not consider a locally-made product?

The exhibit continues through Saturday, Aug. 1 at the Kootenay Gallery of Art. It is open Tuesday through Saturday from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. and is located across from the West Kootenay regional airport on Heritage Way.

The work of metal worker Josh Koss and ceramicist Chasch Ray are among the items by Kootenay Studio Arts featured at the Kootenay Gallery in Castlegar through Aug. 1

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Clare Mervyn, Trevor Refix, and Lyell Woloschuk are Texture & Light, who perform in Nelson on Saturday with songs from their album The Hard Problem of Consciousness.

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Arts

Kootenay Lake Art Connection tour back for third seasonBRIAN LAWRENCECreston Valley Advance

For a third summer, the Kootenay Lake Art Connec-tion is showcasing work along Kootenay Lake’s East Shore, from Wynndel to Kootenay Bay. Nearly 30 venues are in-cluded on the tour.

“It’s better every year,” said Geri Gomola, a gallery owner who co-ordinates the event with Lillian Dejonghe for the South Kootenay Lake Com-munity Service Society.

A few new venues are in-cluded on this year’s tour, including the Sandy Kunze Gallery, Faeries Landing art market and bistro at the Koo-tenay Lake ferry landing, and the Circle of Friends Artisan Shoppe in Riondel.

“� ere are a lot of places for artists to put their things,” said Gomola.

East Shore communities, she said, are already abuzz over the tour, in part because anyone visiting 13 of the 28 galleries and having their bro-chure veri� ed is eligible to win

a $200 voucher toward their favourite artwork, to be drawn on Aug. 1 and Sept. 1.

“I think a lot of people who couldn’t a� ord to buy art are more into it,” Gomola said.

� e most southern stop on the tour is the Sandy Kunze Gallery, featuring the work of Kunze, Anne Fetterly, Heath Carra, Maggie Leal Vallas, Cory Cannon and Andrew Bibby. Harry Miller’s carv-ings are on display at Wyn-ndel Foods, and Val van ver Poel’s Mellowood gallery of-fers painting and more.

Just north of Wynndel, Stone Cold Ice Cream o� ers Dan Kumar’s stone creations and memorial work (along with 35 � avours of ice cream). And the award-winning Wyn-nwood winery has various art-ists’ work on display.

At Boswell, Karen Ar-rowsmith’s gallery shows her own work, as well as that of 14 other artists.

Getting closer to Gray Creek, Gomola’s Emerald Eastcli� Art Gallery o� ers

jewelry, sculpture and paint-ings, while Sacred Journey gallery features � ne art and handcra� ed furnishings for the home and garden.

Both nearby stores are also part of the tour, with Bruce MacDiarmid’s decorative and

functional pottery on display at the Lakeview Stores, and photographer Leon Lund’s work at the Gray Creek Store.

In Crawford Bay, displays include Elaine Van Staaldu-inen at Wedgewood Manor, Jenny Steenkamp at Kokanee

Chalets, Jenifer Harper at the Nelson and District Credit Union, Shelley Lamb at New Key’s Place, and Diane Trudel and Gary Sly at the Black Salt Café.

Several artists have work at Merv Robertson’s gallery, where his own wood carvings can also be seen — as well as one as Kokanee Spring Resort — and others are located at 1672 Highway 3A.

La Gala Jewelry features the work of owner Galadriel Rael, and across the highway are the shops of Kootenay Forge, Firestone Copper and Bare-foot Handweaving, the latter where Ted Wallace’s paintings are shown.

Nearby, the Celts and Vi-kings Store o� ers handcra� -ed North European-themed items — Canada’s � rst of-� cial store for collectors of such items — and the North Woven Broom Co. has a wide range of styles of its famous handcra� ed brooms.

For quilting and fabric art, look no further than Kootenay

Bay’s Stitch and Beach Quilt-ing Shop, where owner Jewel Endicott is showing various fabric artists’ work. At the fer-ry landing, Cherie Rensing’s Faeries Landing art market and bistro o� ers the work of glass jewelry, mixed media and wood artisans.

On the way to Riondel, stop in at the Yasodhara Ashram, where an art display by Art Connection artists — in-cluding Shirley Wyngaard, Danielle Tonossi, Gary Sly, Ted Wallace and Janet Wal-lace — is raising funds to help rebuild the Temple of Light, which was damaged beyond repair by a � re last year.

At Bob’s Bar and Grill, visi-tors can check out work by the Riondel Art Club, and Laura Leeder is the featured artist at Circle of Friends, which also show the work of many Kootenay Lake artists.

Brochures are available at all participating locations, the Creston Valley Chamber of Commerce and on the Koo-tenay Lake ferries.

Val van der Poel’s work is displayed at her gallery in Wynndel.

Special thank-you to:Finley’s Bar and Grill

PharmasaveWalmart

Sears NelsonNelson Homebuilding Centre

SafewaySave-On-Foods

SuperstoreHume Hotel

Gerda Liebenow

Also thank-you to all, for the donations thru GOfundme and Friends of the Family

towards Amylia’s journey

Amylia and her family wish to thank friends, family and everyone who came out to

support Amylia’s Burger & Beer fundraiser that was held May 28th at Finley’s Bar and Grill.


News

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Airport Appreciation Day and Pancake Breakfast

Nelson Airport (Norman Stibbs Airfi eld)

Sunday July 19, 2015

• Airplane rides available*• Gates open at 8:00• Pancake breakfast 8:00 - 10:00

• Airplane rides available*• Airplane rides available*• Airplane rides available*

*conditions permitting

Don’t miss the chance to visit your airport from the inside, see airplanes and talk with pilots!

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Documents

Nelson Star, July 15, 2015