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Selects squads off to BCsSeven of 10 soccer teams head to provincials

Strike on as talks fail School year may be over

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Helen Jameson cradles a week-old fawn at her Blewett Farm. Jameson has been rehabilitating vulnerable wildlife there for 45 years, and a fundraiser on June 19 aims to provide goat’s milk for her animal boarders.

Startling statistics

Failing the homeless

populationWILL JOHNSONNelson Star

Nelson is currently failing to adequately support its homeless community, which includes a disturbing number of youth, seniors and people su� ering from mental illness, according to the 6th annual Report Card on Homelessness released yesterday.

“Here in Nelson, as in anywhere else across Can-ada, homelessness is inextricably tied to poverty, lack of a� ordable housing and not enough resources, such as mental health services and other supports for those in need,” the report states in its introduction.

Our Daily Bread hosted a day-long forum for the community to share the � ndings of the report, which was prepared by the Nelson Committee on Home-lessness (NCOH). � e trends the report identi� ed and the statistics provided paint a bleak picture of Nelson’s current situation, and places the blame on systemic and societal barriers rather than the vulner-able individuals involved.

“Nelson’s own youth and seniors are among the most hidden homeless in our community,” stated Phyllis Nash, co-chair of NCOH.

From 2011 to 2013, the number of food bank visits in Nelson jumped from 18,306 to 20,596. Meals served at Our Daily Bread skyrocketed from 11,700 to 14,534. One in � ve people supported by the local food bank were children. Meanwhile, the average length of stay at the shelter has risen from 9.5 to 16 days.

According to the report, the rise in these numbers is due to the shrinking number of rental vacancies, the rising cost of rent and inadequate support, � nancial and otherwise, for those who need it.

� e current amount granted to those living on income assistance is $610, which is intended to cover rent, utilities and food. In Nelson, where the average rent for a one-bedroom place is higher than that, this situation disquali� es those struggling � nancially from joining the community.

Jameson currently has a baby moose and fawn at sanctuary

Milk drive for wildlifeWILL JOHNSONNelson Star

Most people would consider it a rare privilege to cradle a week-old fawn in their arms, but Helen Jameson got used to it a long time ago.

For over 45 years, Jameson has been nurturing and rehabilitating vulnerable wildlife on her Blewett farm. Currently she has a month-old moose and week-old fawn in enclosures that shield them from the bears in the area. Both of the animals were orphaned recently. But she said she won’t be sad to see them go.

“It’s a lot of work and a lot of

expense. It’s good enough for me to see them alive. � ey can go back out into the forest and have their life. � at’s the whole point of it,” she said.

Jameson has no way of pre-dicting which animals she will be nursing from year to year. She raised a moose last year, and was surprised to � nd another one on her doorstep only months later, dropped o� by Creston conserva-tion o� cer James Barber.

“He called me up and said ‘I’m sending over a moose’. I said you can’t be sending me a moose. I had a moose last year. Maybe they skip a year before I get another moose.

But he said he’s coming, and it’s just new.”

“He’s only a baby,” said Jame-son. “He lost his mother when he was just about a day old. � ey found her dead and he was alone, hungry. � at’s where I come in,” she said.

Jameson explained all this to the Star while the calf suckled her � ngers. “He’s going to be pretty disappointed when he � gures out there’s no milk in there,” she said.

James recently had to rig up a small tarp to help protect the fawn from the weather, because

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A vehicle lost control early Saturday morning (June 14) and slammed into the Nelson Courthouse.

Nelson Police Department (NPD) responded to multiple 911 reports of a single vehicle collision at approximately 1:45 a.m.

Police arrived on scene and found the extensively damaged vehicle still occupied by a male driver and male passenger. Both the driver and passenger side airbags were deployed.

Witnesses at the scene reported observing the vehicle lose control while attempting to negotiate the corner at a high rate of speed. � e vehicle then reportedly collided with a stone wall in front of the courthouse. A section of the stone wall was signi� -cantly damaged during the collision.

� e driver of the vehicle, a 23 year old Nelson man, was subsequently investigated for Impaired Driving and is facing several charges in relation to the incident. � e driver also sustained minor injuries from the collision.

Any further witnesses to this incident are encour-aged to contact the Nelson Police Department at 250-354-3919.

TAMARA HYNDNelson Star

Bells were ringing on bicycles as the Critical Mass Bike Ride for a Clean En-ergy Future rolled down Baker Street

Cyclists chanted “Bikes not pipes,” as they rode to rally for clean energy sources on Saturday, June 14.

Kootenays for a Pipeline-free BC and Kootenays for Non-Violent Direct Ac-tion organized the ride. Before hitting the road, organizers spoke to the crowd about prioritizing clean energy sources as an alternative to the oil industry.

Bikes and riders were adorned with signs, balloons, and baskets full of � ow-ers and puppies. Parents rode with their children and costumes varied from a bumble bee and baby elephant to a mighty eagle.

Cyclists rode through downtown Nelson and � nished their ride at Lakeside Park to gather for short rally speeches and music.

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Cyclists chant ‘Bikes not pipes’Critical Mass Bike Ride takes place in Nelson

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Hoping she can retire soon

Will Johnson photoA baby moose is one of the latest guests at Helen Jameson’s sanctuary.

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it hadn’t yet learned how to shield itself from the elements. She said the fawn is still nervous around her, but is healthy and should be able to return to the wild along with her moose companion.

� is year may be one of Jameson’s last as the sole wildlife rehabilitator in the West Kootenay. Her hus-band Syd is sick and she feels it’s time for someone else to take over her responsibilities.

She hopes to retire in the next year or two, but said so far people interested in the gig have been put o� when they heard about her current wage: nothing.

“I guess most people think if they’re going to do something like this they need a government salary or something,” she said. “It’s a lot of work and you don’t get paid to do it. But if anybody feels in their heart they want to help out, they should.”

� e Nelson Save-On-Foods will be running a fun-draiser from 11 to 5 on � ursday, June 19. Last year they raised just shy of $3,000 for Helen’s farm. � is year the emphasis is speci� cally on milk, because both the fawn and the moose will be consuming enormous amounts of it.

“Ordinary cow’s milk is bad enough when you’re wanting gallons of it,” said Jameson. She needs goat’s milk.

Assistant manager Greg Wheaton was e� usive about Helen’s sanctuary and said Save-On-Foods was thrilled to contribute to the farm’s future.

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� e accepted measure of housing a� ordability is that it doesn’t exceed 30 per cent of a household’s income. However, 1 in 3 Nelson households pay more than that for shelter. And though only 20.8 per cent of owner households do, 46.8 per cent of renter households are forced to.

Currently, 20 per cent of Nel-son households live below the Low Income Measure � resh-old. And while a healthy rental vacancy rate is 3 per cent, Nel-son’s was a mere 1.9 per cent for 2013.

� e report states there is cur-rently no local youth emergency shelter or safe home program,

and that youth can � nd them-selves in situations where they are exploited. “It’s a reality that many are unaware of,” says the report.

In the portion of the report devoted to addressing youth homelessness, NCOH inter-viewed 290 youth aged 13-19, primarily at L.V. Rogers Sec-ondary.

� ey found that 1 in 10 youth responded that they had couch-surfed once or twice in the past 12 months because they felt they could not go home or it was not a safe place to stay.

One in four responded that they’d allowed a friend to stay in the past year, once or twice. Seven per cent responded that friends stayed longer than seven

days, o� en not consistently.“Cicada Place has 38 Nelson

youth on our waiting list al-ready,” said Joyce Dahms, youth services manager. “With only 10 units and little turnover, many of them will not be able to access this housing.”

“Some of our hidden home-less can sleep rough (outside), while others have to make the choice between maintaining their housing or putting food on the table,” said Nash. “� e lack of adequate income, the lack of a� ordable housing and mental health issues are major concerns around homelessness in Nelson.”

And though there’s much work le� to do, Nash said there’s also room for gratitude.

“We see how the work every-one is doing makes a real di� er-ence to people who are home-less, or at risk of homelessness in our community,” said Nash.

� e forum was crowded with interested residents and a few city councillors on June 17.

Special guest speaker Brad Crewson, from Victoria’s Streets to Homes housing project, gave a lecture.

Participants were encouraged to contact their MPs, MLAs and municipal authorities to express their outrage at the current fail-ings of the system.

� e report is available for download at nelsoncares.ca.

For a physical copy you can call 250-352-6011, extension 19.

Report: ‘No local youth emergency shelter’

GREG NESTEROFFNelson Star

Residents of Kaslo and three rural areas of the Regional District of Central Kootenay may vote this fall on creating a conserva-tion service.

� e matter is on the board agenda � urs-day, where directors will decide whether to seek approval through refer-endum or counterpetition, and if the service will be paid for through a parcel tax or by property assessment.

“� e service will raise funds that can be used for projects that do not receive funding from either local or senior levels of governments,” according to a sta� report. � e funds would “provide local � nancial support for important projects that will contribute to the conservation of valu-able natural areas and restore and preserve

a healthy environment.”If approved, it would cost taxpayers in

the a� ected areas — Kaslo, Area D (Ru-ral Kaslo), Area A (East Shore), and Area E (Rural Nelson) — a combined total of $81,000 per year. Although the regional dis-trict would be responsible for � nal approval of all matters, the Kootenay Conservation Program would administer the fund.

� e group’s main goal is to increase pri-vate land conservation to protect species and landscapes. � ey were involved with the Nature Conservancy of Canada’s purchase of the Darkwoods Forest on Kootenay Lake as well as the provincial government’s acqui-sition of the Valhalla Mile on Slocan Lake.

� e regional district sta� report doesn’t name any speci� c projects the conservation service might fund, but Kootenay Conserva-tion Program manager Dave Hillary said a similar fund established in the Upper Co-

lumbia Valley in 2006 has paid for things like fencing, water quality monitoring, and invasive plant control.

POLL FINDS SUPPORTIn late 2012, the Kootenay Conservation

Program hired a polling � rm to conduct a telephone survey of 800 East and West Kootenay residents, with a margin of er-ror of plus or minus 3.5 percentage points. � e data was weighted to re� ect the higher population of East Kootenay.

It found 82 per cent of respondents sup-ported the idea of a region-wide conserva-tion fund, with 59 per cent in favour of a mandatory levy.

“As the concept moves from the idea stage to the � nancial consideration, support diminishes; however, it remains relatively strong and quite broadly based,” the sum-mary report says.

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Tamara HyndNelson Star

It was a quiet evening on a property on the back road, just outside of Winlaw when a young couple encountered a cougar in their yard.

On June 9, Jade Harmer was outside feeding her cat around 9 p.m. Her boyfriend, Bryan Lindstein, was inside. He glanced out a window and saw a cougar poking around the corner of their driveway.

He ran outside to warn his girlfriend and she in-stantly began to yell, scream and clap her hands. The cougar started running towards them. Their house cat, Max, was startled by the noise and ran right in front of the cougar. “It was 20 to 25 feet away,” said Lindstein. “The cougar turned on a dime and chased the cat right up the tree. The cougar swiped at Max who then fell out of the tree and the cougar reached out and clamped onto the cat’s head.”

Her sister, Lily Harmer-Taylor, named the cat. Lily passed away in May along with three companions when their canoe tipped on Slocan Lake.

As Harmer continued to yell at the cougar, a con-cerned neighbour, Jason Humphrys, came over to ask what all the commotion was.

Lindstein explained the situation as he pointed to the cougar in the tree.

Humphrys then ran into the house, grabbed his crossbow and returned to the yard.

“Jade was freaking out,” said Lindstein.She shook the tree branch directly below the cou-

gar, which caused the cougar to drop the cat, and Lindstein ran to grab Max.

The cougar started coming down the tree towards Harmer and Lindstein yelled “shoot, shoot, shoot it now.” Humphrys shot his crossbow and the arrow connected with the cougar which then ran away in the fading light.

Castlegar conservation officer Blair Thin con-firmed they received a call from the neighbour re-porting his actions and that he was concerned there could be an injured cougar in the area. They warned the neighbour about the risks of continuing to search

for a potentially injured animal in the dark. Thin and the Cranbrook houndsman went at first

light the next morning and found the cougar dead approximately 150 meters away from the shot site. The conservation office investigation determined that in this instance there a was a direct threat to someone’s safety — otherwise people are required to back away and remove themselves from the area of wildlife.

“Normally when a cougar is up a tree, people can just back away from the animal and the area. How-ever, in this situation the shooter was justified in protecting her.”

While Thin doesn’t recommend this choice, he said the neighbour reported his actions to them im-mediately, and warned all neighbouring properties as he was very concerned about the entire scenario.

Thin said the cougar was a 14-month old juvenile with the large stature of a 100-pound adult. The arrow went clear though the cougar and out the other side. The adolescent male had also been sprayed by a skunk which indicates the animal was desperate for food.

Max the cat died after three days of extensive sur-gery at Selkirk Animal Hospital.

Thin said June is a common time of conflict for cougars as juveniles are in transitory mode looking to establish their own territory.

They often die as a result of a tangle with another cougar fighting for territory. Hunger will direct ado-lescents to easy food sources like chickens, house cats and puppies.

Two weeks ago two cougars in Passmore were also reported. Thin said the animals were starving as they were less than 50 pounds with their hip bones sticking out. Residents treed one animal which conservation officers then euthanized.

Without enough caloric intake, the second cougar will likely die, said Thin. Cougars usually feed on deer, elk and moose calves, coyotes and rabbits.

Monitoring the movement of wildlife is core to their program. Conservation officers ask you to re-port any animal sightings by calling 1-877-952-7277 (RAPP) or dialing #7277 on your mobile.

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Schools closed as strike startsTAMARA HYNDNelson Star

Th e BC teachers’ strike is on. Yesterday, Nelson pub-lic schools, like the rest of the province, sat virtually empty as teachers took to the picket lines.

Th e BC Teachers Federa-tion (BCTF) had submitted a revised proposal to BC Public School Employers’ Association (BCPSEA), the bargaining agent for BC’s 60 school boards, on Friday, June 13.

Late on Sunday the BCSPEA came back with a counter off er that the BCTF spent Monday reviewing.

However an agreement has yet to be reached.

Th e BCPSEA has posted on their webpage a backgrounder comparison chart, as they see it, of the key proposals the two sides now have on the table.

Meanwhile BCTF president Jim Iker continues to push that any bargained agreement must

address class sizes and compo-sition. On Friday, June 13, the Nelson District Teachers’ Asso-ciation (NDTA) teachers picket-ed at the approach to the orange bridge as part of the fi nal day

of rotating strikes by the BCTF. NDTA President Paul Bos-

cariol said Nelson District teachers picketed off of school district properties to bring a heightened awareness to the

strike action. Boscariol said that Salmo teachers picketed along Highway 6 in Salmo while Slocan Valley teachers picketed at the junction of Highways 6 and 3A.

It also meant that ancillary school staff , like custodians, educational assistants, and other CUPE members, could attend schools without crossing BCTF picket lines on Friday.

With full withdrawal of teachers services as of yester-day, students will not be able to attend school other than the arrangements that are made for provincial exams which has been deemed an essential ser-vice by the BC Labour Relations Board so marks can be provided for graduating students applying for post-secondary education.

Provincial bargaining with the BC Teachers’ Federation and the BCSPEA resumed on October 30, 2013. Th e BCTF contract expired in June 2013.

Bridging the gap between BCTF and BCPSEA

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Paul Boscariol (far left), Nelson District Teachers’ Association president and Nelson BCTF teachers picketed at the approach to the orange bridge in Nelson last Friday.

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A grizzly was sighted on Monday morn-ing at the intersection of Honey and Little Buddha Trails near Mountain Station.

Cab driver Dale Morris took his golden retriever Leif for a walk to celebrate his eighth birthday. Around 10:30 a.m. Leif stopped ahead in the trail, wagging his tail.

“Th at’s what he does when he sees bikers. He wants to run up and say hi,” said Morris.

“But then he started barking. My dog doesn’t usually bark.

Once Morris got closer he saw what had caught Leif ’s attention: a large, dark-coloured grizzly bear with a humped back.

“It was supposed to be a special walk. It ended up being more special than we could hope for,” he said.

According to Morris, the grizzly stood up on its hind legs. Leif then chased him away.

“I couldn’t believe it,” said Morris. “I was

running down the road aft er him. Leif ’s chasing a grizzly! Leif ’s chasing a grizzly!”

Th ere have been multiple reports of a grizzly in the area on Facebook and in the mountain biking community. Morris said this is only the most recent time he’s seen the bear. He’s spotted it a total of three times in recent weeks.

Due to the continuing bear activity, the

Grizzly sighted near Honey Trail

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Editor: Kevin MillsPublisher: Karen Bennett

Editorial

I’m not sure my coverage of the Marilyn James criminal con-tempt trial adequately conveyed

the courtroom atmosphere, which was unusual to say the least.

James is the Sinixt woman arrest-ed on a Slocan Valley logging road in March a day a� er an injunction was granted to Galena Contracting.

She denies obstructing the com-pany from doing its work, although a co-accused pled guilty and received a 14-day conditional sentence. She is representing herself.

I was in the courtroom this month for the trial’s second day and listened to the audio transcript of the third and � nal day. A ruling is expected Tuesday morning.

� roughout the trial, James’ voice was rarely below a bellow and she frequently sco� ed at BC Supreme Court Justice Mark McEwan’s ques-tions.

Nevertheless, he gave her wide latitude, only interrupting occasion-ally to tell her to stick to the events in question. About a dozen of James’ supporters were in the gallery.

Amid the otherwise charged and contentious proceedings, there was one bit of levity, when James described her arrest and mimicked the sound of a police radio.

McEwan couldn’t help but chuck-le with everyone else. “� at’s a pretty good imitation,” he said.

PAY GRID: It doesn’t surprise me that three of the City of Nelson’s top paid employees are on the hydro line crew. � ey have a dangerous and di� cult job that requires being called out at all hours in all weather.

What’s interesting is that a line-man’s base salary is about $84,000. � e $129,000 to $155,000 paid to the highest earners is the result of hundreds of hours of overtime.

Sub-foreman Garth Georgetti, one of � ve linemen, � gures he worked 900 hours of overtime last year restoring electricity to everyone in the service area. � at’s the equiva-lent of 24 extra weeks.

“I cannot count over the last 27 years how many of my son’s hock-ey games, goals, and saves I have

missed including Christmas gi� openings when the kids were little, family dinners and events, leav-ing parties, etc. because the phone rings,” he says.

He acknowledges it’s what line workers choose when they enter the trade and says most people are “extremely positive” toward them, but a minority are highly critical of

what they earn.“You’d be surprised,” he says.

“Even my wife gets comments where she works. One business a couple years ago told one of the guys buying a sled that he should pay top price because of what he makes. I have almost come to blows when people who barely know me accost me in stores and embarrass me.”

Meanwhile, to put this year’s civic salaries in further context: the 37 employees making over $75,000 had a total remuneration in 2013 of $3.84 million, up from $3.8 mil-lion in 2012.

� at’s a one per cent hike, consis-tent with the 0.9 per cent increase in the consumer price index during the same time.

Employees earning under $75,000 made a combined $5.4 million in 2013, up from $5.6 million the previ-ous year — a collective increase of 4.6 per cent. But it’s not clear from the annual statement of � nancial information whether sta� ng levels went up, down, or stayed the same. I haven’t yet been able to � nd out.

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� ey say the key to good comedy is timing. � e same could be said of labour action.

� e BC teachers strike, which be-gan in full yesterday, is an example of questionable timing.

It appears to be a gamble, that may not pay o� .

� e strike is taking place at a time when students are normally preparing for � nal exams. � is is a time when some children have the most need of a teacher’s help.

Classes designed around reviewing the year’s curriculum will be lost and while the government has assured that exams will go on, you have to wonder if the students are properly prepared to take those tests.

If the teachers were hoping that a mid-June strike would provide the needed pressure to bring a quick end to the dispute, they appear to be mis-taken.

On Monday talks collapsed between

the two parties and the strike is on.Now comes the waiting game.With negotiations stalled and the

school year winding down, the pressure to sign a new deal will soon evaporate.

If the strike continues into July, why would either side feel the need to make concessions?

What will result is two long months of speeches, saber-rattling and rhetoric as both sides claim to be � ghting for a just cause.

Worse is the fact that parents, and the general public, will begin to lose interest as normal summer vacation activities begin.

With no pressure to make a deal, the strike could linger. � en comes Sep-tember. � ere is no justi� able reason to let this strike continue into another school year.

� e time to make the deal is now, otherwise both sides can expect a long summer and possibly, a volatile autumn.

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SummerTime

This photo comes from Lisa Williamson Quinn who posted it on our Facebook account.Every Wednesday, the Nelson Star will publish a reader’s photo based on a weekly theme. All you have to do is snap a photo and post it to Instagram (#nsreaderphotos) or post it on the Nelson Star Facebook site under the reader photo challenge posting. Next week’s theme is “Cycling” so all of you cyclists can send in you favourite shots of you bikes, the view from your favourite trail or anything that catches your eye.

Uncommon Knowledge — Greg Nestero�

No lack of drama in contempt trial

Kevin Mills photoMarilyn James, seen here at a rally earlier this year, chose to defend herself during her criminal contempt trial.


LettersIt’s the owners, not the dogsWe are visiting your beautiful town from the

United Kingdom and we have much to learn from the obvious community within the town.

Your parks and gardens are immaculate with in-teresting sculptures abounding. Everywhere there are signs urging dog owners to keep their pets on a leash. The townspeople are friendly and helpful and there are so many interesting locally owned shops.

With nearly everyone pulling in the same direc-

tion, what a pity it is that dog owners, as well as keeping their pets on a leash could not be persuaded to clean up after them.

I am not a dog lover, but it’s not the dogs who bespoil your wonderful town. It’s the owners. Thank you all for making our stay enjoyable.

Martin and Rosemary ChambersUK

Michelle Mungall’s column in your June 11 paper was an inter-esting diatribe in defence of de-mocracy in which she urges us all to speak up in between elections.

I can never resist such a re-quest especially when it comes from our exalted MLA. The truth

is though… Michelle was elected to her job to represent the NDP in a decidedly un-democratic way, in that, only women were allowed to run for the position.

I don’t call that democracy, I call that “Femocracy”.

If Michelle truly believed in

democracy she would never have accepted the job under those con-ditions. Apparently, she likes to “talk the talk”, but not to “walk the walk”.

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Regional District of Central Koo-tenay has extended the closure of the Nelson-Salmo Great Northern Trail. They expects to re-open it on June 30.

Conservation officer Jason Hawkes said he’s aware of the grizzly. He said many people don’t bother to report sightings in that area because of its proximity to the wilderness, but hikers and mountain bikers in the are should use extra caution.

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‘Always try to improve the world’Earlier this month, David Black, chair-

man of Black Press (which owns The Nelson Star) received an honorary degree from the University of Victoria. The following is a copy of his speech to the graduating class.

Chancellor (Murray Farmer), President (Jamie Cassels), graduating scholars, to whom I offer my congratulations, faculty, family and friends:

Today is a great day for me. The doc-torate is a wonderful honour from a Uni-versity I have watched grow and flourish into a world-ranked institution. It is also embarrassing because I don’t feel my work is completed yet. Nevertheless, I would like to pass on to the graduating class some lessons I have learned thus far in my career in the hopes they may be of some use.

My story is not complex. I received an Engineering degree from UBC and an MBA from Ivey in London. In 1975 I started my own business by buying a small weekly newspaper in Williams Lake. Over the years with the help of a terrific wife, a father who mentored me, and the hard work of a great many employees, we have grown to 200 publications with revenues of half a billion dollars.

I had no plan in 1975 to grow the busi-ness like this. My only thought was to pub-lish the best paper I could. I worked long hours because we were in debt and we had a growing family. Over time I came to be an expert in every phase of the business. Because of that I fell in love with publishing.

My first career lesson for you then, is just show up. If you are like I was at your age you have no idea what career will appeal to you. You don’t have to know. Just dive into something. Work hard. The more skill you develop the more you will enjoy the work. You will know when or if it is time to move on to some-thing else.

I mentioned my wife and father and what a help they were to me. My second piece of advice is to surround yourself with bright people, both as workmates and friends. Listen to them and help them in return.

With my four children on our compa-nies’ Boards of Directors and an excellent management team in place I thought, now that I am over 65, I would be easing back somewhat, enjoying more sailing, and baby-sitting grandchildren.

My only real career regret was that I hadn’t had a chance to practice any engi-neering.

It’s funny how life unfolds. Instead, over

the last two years I have embarked on one of the biggest engineering projects in Canada’s history and I am working harder than ever. When not working on Black Press I am con-sumed by trying to build a BC oil refinery, pipeline and tanker fleet at a total cost of $32 billion.

So my third career message for you is that you cannot know your future. By all means plan. But don’t assume things will

go as expected. I will tell you a little

about the refinery project because it leads to my fi-nal and most important piece of advice. The proj-ect is called Kitimat Clean. The refinery will convert Alberta’s bitumen to gaso-line and diesel, products which float and evaporate if there is a spill at sea. Bi-tumen acts differently. If it is spilled off our coast it will sink and we won’t be able to recover it. It will also blanket the intertidal zone and we won’t be able

to remove it. The damage could last for hun-dreds of years. I got into this project to help ensure this doesn’t happen.

A world-scale refinery has other great advantages for us all: it will create 10,000 new permanent jobs in BC and it will gener-ate billions of dollars of new taxes annually for government coffers.

My children and I are concerned about the environment like most of you are, so we decided to spend an extra $3 billion to build the refinery with new Canadian technology, cutting CO2 emissions by five million tonnes per year. This is equivalent

to avoiding the annual emissions of 1.2 mil-lion cars. The refinery will be so clean it will more than compensate for the extra CO2 emissions in the oilsands.

Clearly we need to ratchet down our use of fossil fuels. But that does not influence whether to build a refinery in Canada. Asia needs more refined fuel every year. If we don’t build the refinery in Canada it will be built in Asia. By shipping our bitumen to Asia for refining, we not only put the ocean at risk and lose the enormous value-add benefits, the planet will end up with twice the CO2 emissions. Unfortunately for a va-riety of reasons our big oil companies are not interested in a new Canadian refinery.

The president of one of our largest oil companies told me that he agrees it is vi-able to refine bitumen in Canada, and that it is nation building at its best, but that no oil company in Alberta will do it. In fact some oppose it.

So it came down to this. If I thought it important enough, I would have to spear-head it. That is what I am doing. I hope by setting high standards we can show the way forward for responsible management of Canada’s bitumen from an economic and an environmental point of view.

My final message to you today is simple. When your big challenge or opportunity arises do the same. Do it better. When you know something is wrong step up. Take a risk. Challenge tradition and fight vested interests. Use your education, experience and networks in a positive way to benefit yourself and your family of course, but whenever you can always try to improve the world around you as well. The satisfac-tion that gives you will fulfill you.

Go to it graduates and best wishes for the future.

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Nelson Grans for Grans received many waves of support on Saturday as they began their fundraiser walk from Lakeside Park.

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The Nelson Grans for Grans walked from Lakeside Park to the Cottonwood Mar-ket on Saturday morning as part of a national fundraiser.

Grandmothers and grand-children are walking, all across Canada, to raise funds for grandmothers in Africa as they carry the enormous burden of caring for their or-phaned grandchildren.

The Nelson Grans for Grans fundraised to help “Turn the Tide” on HIV AIDS in Africa. All of the proceeds went to the Grand-mothers to Grandmothers campaign by the Stephen Lewis Foundation.

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information about the process and about healthy living on the lake, the Kootenay Lakes Part-nership (KLP) is hosting a public open house in Nelson.

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Others have created cozies for bridges, lace coverings for trees or knitted scarves for statues.

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The U13 girls had a stellar weekend of play downs braving cool rainy weather conditions winning both their games to move on to provincials.

The U14 boys played a solid weekend of soccer, but despite their efforts they narrowly missed out on the provincials after losing both games 1-0.

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After a stellar weekend of play downs the Nelson Selects Rep soccer program will be sending seven teams onto provincials.

“We’re really proud of everyone’s efforts. All of the games were close, the teams that have gone through and the teams that haven’t made it, we are really proud of both,” said Kootenay Regional Whitecaps Acad-emy head coach Brett Adams.

Playing games all over the West Kootenay region the boys and girls teams from U13 to U18 played two games each.

The U13 boys had mixed results drop-ping their first match against the KSYSA Storm. In their second match the selects rallied and defeated the KEYSA Rovers 6-2. Despite their efforts the U13 boys will not be moving on to provincials.

The U13 girls will move on to the pro-vincials after they played Kootenay South and defeated their opponents 3-0 in the first game and 5-3 in the second game.

“There were some good things and some lessons in both the games for the girls, but they did what they had to do and got the two wins over the weekend,” said U13 girls head coach Rob Borhi.

A close pair of games for the U14 boys against Kootenay South led to them losing 1-0 in both matches and narrowly missing out on provincials.

The U14 girls received a bye and auto-matically moved onto provincials due to the fact that there was no other team in the area registered to play.

After a well played 4-0 win over Kootenay East the U15 boys took their second game 2-1 against Kootenay South to move onto provincials.

“I told them they had to get out there and ramp up their game and they played phenomenally well. They played great es-pecially considering the first game was in the pouring rain and cold. They had to earn the right to go to provincials and they did,” said U15 boys coach Jenny Heston.

The U15 girls rebounded after a 2-1 loss against Columbia Valley in their first match

and dominated their second game against Kootenay South 6-1 to move on to pro-vincials.

With a last minute withdrawal from Co-lumbia Valley the U17 girls received a bye into provincials.

The U17 boys team could not find their footing after losing their first match 3-1 against Columbia Valley. Their effort in a 1-1 tie against Kootenay East was not enough to secure them a spot in provincials.

After a weekend off due to a bye, the U18 boys team will be moving onto provincials.

Practice Makes Perfect

With play downs now complete and final places in provincials decided, the Nelson Selects Rep soccer program will be focusing on their upcoming Sam Steele tournament in Cranbrook from June 20-22.

“Basically next weekend they will be

going to the Cranbrook tournament and obviously that’s a perfect warm up before they go to provincials after a weekend off,” said Adams.

As the season comes to a close the Nelson Youth Soccer Association will be already looking forward planning for next year’s season.

“It’s a slow winding down process, we will review the season and that gives us an opportunity to look at where we want to go for next season. We are already planning on how we can get better for the future,” said Adams.

For provincials, all of the girls teams will play their matches in Chilliwack, while the boys will head to Vancouver.

“It will be difficult in Vancouver because they play year round, but it’s just fantastic for the association that so many teams are going,” said Adams.

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The Langham in Kaslo continues to celebrate its 40th anniversary with a new speaker series, The Café Langham – Inspired Ideas. Thursday, June 19 at 7 p.m. is the first in the series with political anthropologist, Lori Barkley, presenting “At the end of the dog’s tail” - A Journey through Aboriginal Policy and Sinixt Extinction in B.C. Lori Barkley will speak on the Sinixt’s struggle to maintain their existence within the absurdity of bureaucratic extinction. She is currently exploring how and why Sinixt were declared “extinct” by the Canadian government in 1956.

See the rings of Saturn and other wonders of the night sky through astronomy telescopes, Friday, June 20 at Taghum Hall. On Sunday, June 22 there will be two solar telescopes set up from noon to 2 p.m., allowing you to see active regions of the Sun. For more info., contact Wayne at 354-1586.

Seniors who are 90 years of age or over, are invited to a Strawberry Social on Saturday, June 21, at 2 p.m. at the Senior Citizens Association, Nelson Branch No. 51. Need a ride? Please call 250-352-6637 or 250-352-6198.

Summer Solstice and 10th anniversary Labyrinth Walk Saturday, June 21, 1 p.m. Rotary Lakeside Park, Nelson. Celebrate the longest day of the year and the 10th anniversary of the ribbon cutting to open the Lakeside Labyrinth. Special guests and refreshments. See: labyrinth.kics.bc.ca

Come join the Nelson Lions Club at Lions Park on Sunday, June 22 from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Free hot dogs, chips and a beverage. There will be games for the kids such as a bean bag toss, a fish pond, big boxes that kids craw through and paint (washable paint and kids are given old shirts to wear). As well as a dog contest at 11 a.m. with prizes for tallest, shortest, etc!

Teen Summer Club coming.

If you are entering Grade 7 in September and up, you can join in the Nelson Public Library July and August programs. They have snacks, prizes and great activities and you can broing a friend For all things teen; joanne@[email protected] or 505-5683.

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

The Nelson Legion will be hosting a mixed scramble 18-hole golf tournament open to the public on Saturday, July 5, 12:15 p.m., at Granite Point golf course. Teams of four can sign up with individuals being placed into a make-up team. Price is $50 per entrant which includes golf, Italian buffet and prizes. Sign-up sheet is available in the Nelson Legion lounge. Call 250-352-6464.

mARKEts Cottonwood Community

Market every Saturday, 9:30 a.m. to 3 p.m. at Cottonwood Falls park. Local food, produce, crafts, and vendors. For more info, visit eco.society.ca.

MarketFest returns on June 27 with an amazing lineup of musicians, dancers, and vendors of all kinds. One hundred vendors, six bands on two stages, MarketFest is Nelson’s premier summer festival. Join the EcoSociety for an evening of family-friendly fun. MarketFest runs from 6 p.m. to 10:30 p.m. on the 200 and 300 blocks of Baker Street. A $5 donation is kindly requested for persons over 13 years of age. For more information [email protected].

Downtown Local Market every Wednesday from 9:30 a.m. to 3 p.m. on the 400 block of Baker St. You will find fresh local produce and locally made products including jewelry, pottery, paintings, natural body care items, essential oils, fresh flowers, garden stepping stones, and clothing. For more info ecosociety.ca.

WoRKshopsNelson and District Youth

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

WEEKly mEEtingsJoin the Liba walking group,

this Wednesday, June 18, at 10 a.m. under Orange Bridge in Nelson by Lakeside Park. Established four years ago, they meet for a walk every Wednesday for fun. For more info email: Liba [email protected]

Non-structured, free flow Djembe circle every Monday night at Cottonwood Falls, 7 to 9 p.m. Come, chill, chat and play. Participants are encouraged to bring their own drums and other instruments that complement the rhythm. No experience necessary.

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

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

Nelson and District Seniors Coordinating Society is a seniors’ one-stop centre for free information on community and services. It also offers affordable help with household tasks. The office is open Monday to Thursday from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. at 719

Vernon Street. Available on Tuesdays from 10 to noon are seniors’ counselling and free income tax service. On Wednesdays from noon to 2 p.m. learn about elder abuse prevention. Call 250-352-6008.

Interested in supporting Nelson’s downtown vitality? Join the Nelson Business Association every Thursday at 8 a.m. at the Kootenay Co-op meeting room above Hipperson’s Hardware.

monthly mEEtingsLa Leche League Nelson

provides breastfeeding information and support to moms and soon-to-be-moms. They meet at 1 p.m. on the third Monday of each month at The Family Place, 312 Silica St. Their next meeting is on July 21. Call 250-352-3583 for more info

AnnounCEmEntsSt.Saviour’s Anglican

Church continues to build on the success of its summer public tours by again throwing open its doors. St. Saviour’s, located at the corner of Silica and Ward Streets, is a by-law designated Heritage Church built in 1898 and is open for tours, 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. Tuesday to Saturday inclusive, commencing Wednesday , July 2 and continuing during the months of July and August. Volunteer tour guides will be in attendance to answer questions. Tours are free, though donations are accepted.

Voting is now open for One Book, One Kootenay. A ballot box is located across from the Nelson library circulation desk until August 9. Cast your vote and be entered to win a copy of the selected title. One Kootenay selection will be announced on September 8.

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FestivalsAdvance tickets are now available for the first annual Kootenay Spirit Festival, which will take place in a variety of studios, venues and parks around Nelson from September 12 to 14. Aspiring to ignite and unite the community, this spiritually-charged festival will offer chances to meditate early in the morning or dance late at night. Music by Desert Dwellers, Buckman Coe, John de Kadt and others. Presenters include Yasodhara Ashram, Lynn Dragone and Dances of Universal Peace. Follow #kootspirit on Facebook and Twitter or visit kootenayspiritfestival.ca. Early bird tickets are $157.76. Day passes may be available if quantities allow.

MarketFest will take over downtown Baker Street for three days: June 27, July 25 and August 22 from 6 p.m. to 10:30 p.m. Over 100 vendors, live music, dance performances, kid’s entertainment and more. A $5 donation is kindly requested from anyone over the age of 18. Everyone welcome.

Starbelly Jam runs from July 18 to July 20 in Crawford Bay. Performers include Mockingbird Orchestra, BC/DC, Trypta and Mrs. Strange. Advance tickets will go on sale July 17. For more information visit starbellyjam.org. Tickets range in price from $150 to $50. Children under 12 are free when accompanied by an adult.

Unity Music Festival runs from July 25 to July 27 in Slocan. Performing artists include

Los Rastrillos, Gaudi, Locarno and the Tequila Mockingbird Orchestra. Early bird tickets are $65 until June 24. Day passes are also available. Children under 12 are free when accompanied by an adult. For more information visit unitymusicfestival.ca.

The second annual Kaslo Guitar Festival takes place August 11 to 16. Guitarists Daniel Boyshow, Marc Teicholz, Rita Deane, Stephanie Judy and David Stewart make up the faculty. Classes and workshops run from 9 a.m. until 4:30 p.m. each day and there will be public concerts throughout the week featuring faculty members. For more information email [email protected] or call 250-266-4623.

The Kaslo Jazz Etc Festival runs from August 1 until August 3. Performers include George Leach, Current Swell, Maz and Craig Korth & Guilty Pleasures. Also featuring workshops on Saturday and Sunday. There will be a free concert downtown on Friday afternoon. Tickets online at kaslojazzfest.com or email [email protected].

A weekend pass is $161, or $500 for a VIP pass that includes special seating and an invitation to a backstage party.

MusicLegendary Canadian act D.O.A are returning to Nelson to celebrate their 35+ year career with a night of loud and uncompromising punk rock on June 21. Local acts Drunk on Purpose and Dealer will open. Doors at 9, show at 10 p.m. Advance tickets are $15 and are available from the Hume Hotel or online at ticketweb.ca

American funk/soul/R&B singer Charles Bradley and his Extraordinaires will be playing live at the Capitol Theatre on Wednesday, July 30 at 8:00 p.m. Bradley was recently the subject of the documentary Soul of America that premiered at South by Southwest. Tickets can be purchased online at capitoltheatre.bc.ca

DJ Colin Hargreaves will play at BiBo Nelson on Friday, June 20 as part of the Beats@BiBO series. The theme will be retro and nouveau house. Starts at 6 p.m. Visit colinhargreaves.com for more information.

Seun Kuti, youngest son of legendary afrobeat pioneer Fela Kuti, will be at Spiritbar on Saturday, July 19 at 9 p.m. with DJ Papa Roots and Egypt 80. Tickets are $30 and are available from the Hume Hotel’s website.

Neighbour will play at Spiritbar on Friday, June 20 for the official Shambhala Music Festival pre-party with support from DJ Soup. Doors open at 10 p.m.

Clinton Swanson hosts an after-work dance party at Finley’s Irish Bar & Grill on Friday, June 20 from 7 to 9 p.m. Filling out the rhythm section will be Colin Spence on keys, Doug Stephenson on bass, and Steven Parish on drums. Suggested donation $10.

literatureMoira Young, the internationally acclaimed author of dystopian science fiction for young adults, will bring the concluding novel Raging Star of her Dust Lands Trilogy to the Nelson Public Library on Friday, July 4 at 1 p.m.

The Nelson Public Library will host Nelson-born Padma Viswanathan for a reading on July 8. Viswanathan’s novel The Ever After of Ashwin Rao tells the story of an Indian

psychologist trained in Canada who returns 20 years after the fatal bombing of Air India.

The Kootenay Literary Society presents an evening with Gail Bowen and Eleanor Wachtel at the Capitol Theatre on Friday, July 11 at 7:30 p.m. Tickets are $23 and can be purchased at capitoltheatre.bc.ca Bowen will be giving a reading from her award-winning crime novel A Colder Kind of Death.

CBC national book show host Eleanor Wachtel, 2011 Canada Reads finalist Angie Abdou, McClelland & Stewart publisher Douglas Gibson, and nonfiction author and singer/songwriter Sid Marty are among the presenters at Nelson’s third annual Elephant Mountain Literary Festival, July 10 to 13.

PerForMing artsThe Secret Garden, a summer youth program musical, will play at the Capitol Theatre from July 24 until July 26. Shows start at 7:30 Thursday to Saturday, and at 2:00 on Sunday. The story, set in the early twentieth century, tells the story of a young English girl born and raised in India who is orphaned by a cholera outbreak.

FilMThe box office dominating animated feature How To Train Your Dragon 2 will play at the Civic Theatre until June 19. When Hiccup and Toothless discover an ice cave that is home to hundreds of wild dragons a mysterious ride, they find themselves at the center for a battle for peace.

Of Saints and Outlaws is a full-length feature filmed in Nelson and the surrounding area. It tells the story of a righteous church inspector whose dismal servitude was to burn heretics until he encounters a mysterious vagabond. The movie plays at the Civic on Wednesday, June 18 and at the Capitol on Saturday, June 21.


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Playing seven games in two days the Nelson Tigers braved wet weather conditions to take third place in the Nelson Little League Minor Baseball division playoffs.

Competing against 10 teams from around the West Kootenay Region the Tigers maintained a stellar 5-2 record.

“Minor ball is really about skill development, having fun, and get-ting a love of the game. It’s not about wins and losses, it’s really about being active and building character,” said Larry Martel, president of the Nelson Little League Baseball Association.

Teams are made up of both boys and girls, of various skill levels, ages nine to 11.

The tournament was designed as a double knockout which meant teams were seeded based on their regular season standings and were out as soon as they had two losses.

The Tigers entered the quarterfinal game against the Beaver Valley Mari-ners and were quickly put on their back foot after giving up seven runs.

The Tigers made a late rally put-ting up eight runs in two innings de-feating the Mariners 8-7 to move on to the next round.

“It was a really good run for the Tigers. They knocked off the top team which is Castlegar and they knocked some top teams out of the tourna-ment. They were ranked seventh and they almost won it,” said Martel.

Unfortunately in the latter half of their semifinal game on Sunday — against the Trail Red Sox — the weather turned and it started to rain heavily. The game was called just as the Tigers were putting together an-other late rally, and they ended up losing 7-6.

The final game of the tournament between the Trail Red Sox and the Trail Mariners was cancelled due to the weather, and was rescheduled for this afternoon in Trail.

As it sits the Nelson Tigers took third place while the Beaver Valley Mariners and Castlegar Stealers took fourth and fifth respectively. The sec-ond team from Nelson finished in ninth spot after their three games.

Tigers take third

Sports

Malcolm McCutcheon photoBatter Up. A player from the Nelson Tigers takes a swing at a pitch,

You & The LawTYLEEN UNDERWOOD LAW OFFICE presents

TO SORT OUT POST-BREAK-UP ISSUES, THINK MEDIATIONWe probably all know the stories of divorcing couples at each other’s throats in court, � ghting to the bitter end, sometimes even using their kids for leverage. That’s awful for the adults, worse for the children.

One aim of our novel family law is to avoid such ugly court � ghts where possible. B.C.’s Family Law Act (which came into effect on March 18, 2013) aims to steer couples toward solving their post-break-up issues – such as parenting arrangements, � nancial support obligations, dividing property and debts – in less destructive ways.

The new law encourages using “alternative dispute resolution” (ADR) methods. You and your ex may never have to go to court – and save yourselves money and grief to boot. Typically, you and your ex split the cost of the mediator.

One favoured ADR process is mediation. This involves engaging a certi� ed mediator to help you and your ex sort out your issues.

In a mediation, unlike court or arbitration (another ADR method), solutions aren’t imposed from on high – ultimately you and your ex must decide and agree on solutions for the mediation to succeed. So mediation is essentially a negotiation, with a seasoned professional

there to assist. Decisions are reached only by agreement, and cannot be dictated by the mediator.

In contrast to the “take no prisoners” approach of a court battle, the less adversarial mediation process fosters better ongoing relationships during and after the break-up. That’s a big bene� t. Particularly where you have kids, it’s important for you and your ex to stay on speaking terms. You’ll both be involved in your children’s lives (and so with each other) for many years to come, and it’s important for the kids’

well-being to see their parents being civil to each other.

Another bene� t of mediation is that, because you and your ex have “bought in” to the solutions you agree on, they tend to stick (rather than stick in your throats).

Surprisingly, mediations very often succeed even if you and your ex seem miles apart at the start. Of course, neither of you will get everything you want, but chances are it’s the best way for you to each get many of the things most important to you individually.

That’s because the mediator talks to each of you privately up front to try to � ush out key points of concern and what’s most critical to each of you. This allows the mediator, using some tools, skill and experience, to nudge you both in the right direction and, with some give and take by both sides, help engineer an acceptable result.

If successful, you’ll come away with more custom-tailored solutions than a dictated result would achieve.

If you agree to mediate, you both settle on a mediator. The mediator in a family law dispute, often a lawyer, is a professional with extensive training in mediation (required to be accredited as a mediator).

There’s lots more to the new law, and to mediation. If you’re involved in a family break-up, mediation may be the right choice for you. Seek trusted professional guidance. Tyleen Underwood is a quali� ed family law mediator.

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Written by Janice Mucalov, LL.B. 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.

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Brian Renwick of Nelson Toyota, Captain Rick Maida, Fire Chief Simon Grypma and Fire� ghter Greg Proctor of Nelson Professional Fire Fighters Association presented a cheque to Bryna Idler of Kootenay Lake Hospital Foundation. � e � re � ghters volunteered their time to clean o� the large lot where Nelson Toyota keeps their cars. In return, Renwick donated $500 in their name to the Foundation.

� e Hospital Foundation is raising funds to purchase a new Birthing Bed, an ActiVac Wound Care � erapy System and a Procedure Lamp for our hospital.

Keep it clean out there.

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It is with great sadness that we announce the passing of Viola Thompson(Radcliffe) of Balfour, B.C. (formerly of Edmonton Alta.).

She is survived by her husband Keith, two daughters Lynne (Roy),Brenda (Dave), 5 stepchildren Darwin(Iris), Aaron, Greg(Barb), Nichole, David(Amy), 9 grandchildren, 6 great grandchildren, 6 sisters, Lorna, Chris (Len), Virginia (Art), Karen(Renzo), Sandra(Mel), Debbie(Edwin), and 3 brothers Ron, Ken, Colin(Betty). She was preceded by her fi rst husband Walt Sherban, her parents, Archie and Alta Radclilffe, and brother, Dennis and his wife Helen Radcliffe. Viola was a very caring and loving person. She loved to garden and later on in life took up painting. We all have her pictures hanging on our walls. In keeping with Viola’s wishes a cremation has taken place. The family will have a private service in Balfour at a later date. In lieu of fl owers please consider a donation to the Cancer Society or the MS Society in her memory. A special thank you to the staff at Nelson hospital and to Dr. Noiles

Viola Thompson

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It is with great sadness that we announce the passing of Harvey Andrew Glock: Beloved husband (Lila), father, grandfather and great grandfather. Harvey passed away peacefully at KLDH on June 10th, 2014, in Nelson B.C.

Harvey was born July 3rd, 1929 in Medicine Hat, Alberta. His family moved to Vernon in 1946 where he graduated from Grade 13 in 1947. He continued his education attending teacher training in Victoria BC, graduating in 1949.

As a young man, Harvey’s courage, strength and determination were powerfully demonstrated through his passion for boxing. In 1947 Harvey achieved the title of BC’s Golden Glove Featherweight Champion, along with many other successful accomplishments.

Harvey and Lila met at a dance in Lumby BC in 1946 and married in 1950. Their relationship spanned 68 years. During their 64 year marriage and they raised three daughters; Sally Glock, Debbie Lamoureux (Frank Stalinski), Rae Macklon (Chuck), and one Grandson, Quinn Glock (Sharla). As a Dad, Harvey was kind and wise, and always had time for fun with us. He was our mentor and true friend.

Harvey was appointed to his first teaching post in Armstrong BC where he taught for 9 years. In 1958, Lila and Harvey moved to Narcosli BC. As a teacher and principal, Harvey taught Grades 1 to12, in a one-room schoolhouse out the bush. From there he took a teaching and further administrative position in Quesnel BC. In 1963, Harvey took on two assignments in Nelson BC; one to design and teach an Occupational Program at Trafalgar Junior Secondary School, and the second to start the Canadian Armed Forces Cadet Program in the Nelson area. Harvey continued his education at UBC, and later NDU in Nelson summer school programs, graduating in 1970 with dual degrees: Bachelor of Education and Bachelor of Arts. In 1970, Harvey was appointed to the position of Vice Principal as well as teacher and Librarian at Hume Elementary School, and retired from teaching in 1984.

He continued his service to the Royal Canadian Armed Forces through his work with Legion Branch 51. He was a social butterfly bartender, a member of the executive, ran the Legion’s Bingo and prepared hot rums for Remembrance days. As the Service Officer for the Department of Veteran Affairs, he advocated for and improved the quality of life of many fellow veterans and their families. One of Harvey’s greatest passions was for fishing and he spent many successful, and unsuccessful hours fishing on Kootenay Lake. He loved working on projects in his workshops, making wine, colouring Easter eggs, huckleberry picking, and was always “working out in the yard”. Harvey shared many trips and adventures with his family, and took up surfing in Mexico at the age of 75. He loved playing cards, chess, gambling (for 45 years!), and going on trips. Harvey was a gifted musician even though he never took a music lesson in his life.

Harvey and Lila supported many social organizations and were members of The Independent Order of Foresters & Kinsmen. They supported the rights and causes of seniors, and delivered “Meals on Wheels”.

Harvey was naturally cheerful and enjoyed lifting the spirits of others. He had a laugh that warmed everyone’s hearts and a terrific sense of humor. He was always interested in learning new things, as well as teaching and helping others by sharing his wealth of information and wisdom. His generous heart, enthusiastic smile, and great ideas have inspired us all.

Husband, Dad, Grandpa (Charlene & BJay Pasutti, & Natasha McCreight), Great-Grandpa (Kira, Josh & Adam, Celine & Taylor, Zackery & Jackson), you will be sadly missed by all of us and you will live in our hearts everyday, forever.

Please join us for a Celebration of Harvey’s life at the Royal Canadian Legion, Branch 51 (402 Victoria Street), on June 23, 2014, from 1-3 PM.

Online condolences may be expressed at www.thompsonfs.ca

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

Harvey Andrew Glock

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School’s out early this year and it has le� mixed feelings in its wake. While the kids may be somewhat happy for the sleep–in, parents have been le� scrambling for daycare options.

� ankfully the community is pulling together to help ease the scheduling challenges.

■ � e Nelson and District Community Complex is o� ering an interim program for children aged seven years and up. � e Emergency Child Care program at the NDCC Arena and Aquatics Centre started yesterday and goes until June 27 (between 8 a.m. to 5 p.m.) on a � rst come, � rst serve basis. � ere are up to 40 children per day. � e cost is $18 per day/per child (the Leisure Access Pro-gram is $9 per day/ per child). Sign in and payment runs from 8 to 9 a.m. Games in the arena take place from 9 a.m. to noon. Lunch and transition to the pool is from noon to 1 p.m., and pool time is from 1 p.m. to 5 p.m.

Parents need to call the NDCC front desk to � nd out details about the Leisure Access Program, in-cluding a child’s CareCard num-ber, emergency contact, liability release forms, allergy or special needs details, pick-up times and what to pack. For more informa-tion call 250-354-4386.

� e Nelson and District Youth Centre is working to get additional programming together for these extra two weeks also to help with the day care issue. For details call 250-352-5656.

■ � e outdoor skatepark is open of course, but please con-sider that there is no supervision until the o� cial summer break, therefore, it may not be the best solution given appropriate par-ent/adult guidance is necessary for younger ages.

Further summer activities in-clude various camps and activi-

ties. See below, but also check the summer leisure guide for a suitable camp and details.

■ Gymnastic summer camp registration is now open. Camps run weekly at a cost of $60 per week. Check out the schedule for themed camps for ages 4-6, camps for kids ages 6+, and the new tram-poline camps for ages 9+. Visit gla-ciergymnastics.com for program information or to register, or con-tact [email protected] or 250-352-2227.

■ Nelson has another competi-tive sport in developmental and competitive trampoline programs that will be o� ered by Glacier Gymnastics for the 2014-2015 season. Athletes will participate at the local and provincial level.

Tryout for boys and girls ages eight to 18 years is this Friday, June 20. Register by June 19.

■ A great way to stay cool while

playing, is in the rink at Skate Nel-son’s summer skating camp. � e Nelson Figure Skating Club under the new name Skate Nelson will run a three week summer camp for advanced � gure skaters that includes on ice group lessons, coupled with o� -ice classes such as yoga, � exibility and dance.

For those wanting to learn to skate, or improve basic skating skills as a jumping o� point for hockey, speed skating and � g-ure skating, the club will o� er a week-long CanSkate blast-o� to give skaters a head start for the fall season.

� e camp runs from August 5 to 22, with the CanSkate program running the � nal week August 18 to 22 at 9 a.m. each day. For reg-istration information please call Jane Macleod at 250-352-6510, or visit the club website: www.nelson-� gureskatingclub.ca.

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Will Johnson photoNelson’s outdoor skatepark is open to the public. However, supervision doesn’t begin until the of� cial summer break.

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New wrap for boxesTouchstones Nelson is look-

ing for images to cover two hydro boxes located on the Ward Street side of the gallery, as well as two other locations outside the build-ing that they are considering.

� is project is supported in part by the City of Nelson’s Cultural Development Committee (CDC).

According to Touchstones Nel-son executive director Leah Best, sta� members and CDC members are looking forward to seeing what comes in.

“We’re very excited,” said Best, “we’ve got some great talent in the area, and I’m sure whatever the jury ends up picking will be amaz-ing, and a real improvement.”

� e call is open to all residents of Nelson and the surrounding area, including youth, students, and professional and emerging artists.

Work can be in any media that can be translated into a digital image and wrapped onto a hydro utility box, including painting, photography, collage, etc.

� ose entries selected for use

will be paid an honorarium of $250 and given a one year indi-vidual membership at Touchstones Nelson.

� e � nal selection will be deter-mined by a jury, with Touchstones Nelson reserving the right of � nal approval of the images and designs used.

For detailed submission re-

quirements, either email [email protected], or pick them up in person at Touch-stones Nelson.

Entries must be received by 5 p.m. Monday, June 30. Touch-stones Nelson: Museum of Art and History is located at 502 Vernon Street. For information call 250-352-9813.

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A pair of hydro boxes located by Touchstones Nelson could soon have a new look.

The Kootenay Book Weekend is coming soon, so get comfortable and start reading!

On September 19-21 the 11th edition of the Kootenay Book Weekend will take place at the Best Western in Nelson.

Following its usual format, the event features discussions on four diversely-themed novels in-cluding:

419, by Will Ferguson is a heady concoction of international fraud, heartbreak and suspense, a thriller with a raw nerve ending.

Asne Seierstad wrote The Bookseller of Kabul after spending four months sharing the life of a bookseller and his family. The result is a unique portrait of a family and a country.

A Tale for the Time Being by Ruth Ozeki weaves

two parallel stories between Canada and Japan in the aftermath of the tsunami; equal parts mystery and meditation.

In The Reinvention of Love by Helen Humphreys, an ambitious journalist, Charles Sainte-Beuve, meets Victor Hugo’s wife Adele. Their star-crossed love affair becomes the talk of Paris and changes the life of those around them.

Helen Humphreys, author of four books of po-etry, six novels, and two works of creative non-fic-tion, will be the guest speaker on Sunday morning.

These four books are sure to intrigue and en-tertain you so get busy reading in preparation for the event.

For more info, go to [email protected] or www.kootenaybookweekend.ca.

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Nelson Star, June 18, 2014