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� is year’s Community Initiative Grants were doled out at a recent council meeting. Forty two groups had requested funding and, with not enough money to go around, 14 went away with nothing.

� e Columbia Basin Trust gives the City of Nelson about $126,000 to distribute among applicants each year. � e city generally allocates 35 per cent ($44,000) of that to arts, culture and heritage groups whose applications are judged by the cul-tural development committee. � e rest ($82,000) goes to other commu-nity groups who make their case to Nelson council.

Council has the � nal say on the funding decisions and could choose to move money allocated for arts groups to a community project it deems more worthy — though this year no such adjustments were made.

� e cultural development commit-tee considered applications from 13

Nasty gra� ti tagging on a prominent rock wall in Nelson’s downtown received quick action from a resident who hopes to be-gin an ongoing assault against il-legal spray painting.

Sometime overnight between Saturday and Sunday, a spray paint vandal tagged the rock wall at the base of IODE Park on Hall Street. When he returned from a day of

� shing, Nelson resident Doran Amatto saw a post on Facebook showing the damage to the wall.

“It disgusts and infuriates me,” Amatto told the Nelson Star. “I grew up here. � is is my town and I take a lot of pride in this little community. It’s frustrating to see this kind of tagging.”

� rough Facebook, on Sunday night Amatto attempted to rally those with similar concerns to meet him bright and early Mon-day to get rid of the tag. When he

showed up at 5:30 a.m. with buck-ets, brushes and other supplies he was the only one. Undeterred, the 43-year-old attempted to remove the large tag scrawled across one-quarter of the wall.

It proved di� cult, so he decided to head down to the City of Nel-son’s public works building to seek help. Public works manager Karen MacDonald responded and told

Local Man Wants to Start Ongoing Clean Up Campaign Community Grants

� e tussle against taggingNelson’s Doran Amatto and City of Nelson public works crews worked to remove graf� ti tagging from a rock wall at the base of IODE Park on Monday morning. Bob Hall photo

BOB HALLNelson Star Editor

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NewsCabaret Opens at End of May

The Kit Kat Klub’s charactersRehearsals are ramping

up for the local production of Cabaret opening at the end of this month. While a raft of theatre veterans are memorizing their lines and perfecting solos, a pack of dancers are learning rou-tines for the show’s numer-ous dance numbers.

With most of the action taking place inside the Kit Kat Klub, a seedy nightclub where burlesque dancers entertain their audience with their sexy stage shows, choreographer Mackenzie Hope has had his work cut out for him.

“Of all the shows I’ve choreographed, this one has the most dancing by far,” the 29-year-old says, noting there are six big dance numbers in the first act alone.

Hope grew up in Fruit-vale performing with Steps Dance Centre and has been teaching dance since he was 16. He left the Kootenays after high school and spent some time living in Van-couver and Mexico before moving to Nelson in 2006.

His first local theatre gig was the Rocky Horror Show and he’s worked on a handful of productions since, always doubling as both choreographer and actor. He was an apostle in Jesus Christ Superstar and in Cabaret he plays Bobby, one of ten Kit Kat dancers

and a love interest of the male lead.

Among the other Kit Kat dancers is Carly Brandel, who will be making her local theatre debut in the show, though she’s been part of several productions in Vancouver. Like all the dancers cast in Cabaret, she has a strong background in modern dance styles, par-ticularly jazz and hip hop. She’ll be playing Frenchie in the show.

“All I know about the character is her stage name,

so I assume she’s from Paris and I’ve made up a bit of a backstory for her,” the 31-year-old explains. “She doesn’t have any lines, but her character is brought out in the way she moves.”

Brandel says during rehearsals she and the other dancers are often reminded not to make their routines too perfect.

“[Hope] is always telling us to ‘make it ugly’ — like we’re trying to be sexy, but failing,” she laughs. “It’s really the opposite of what

we usually try to achieve as dancers. We’re kind of breaking the rules, which is a lot of fun.”

Cabaret opens at the Capitol Theatre on Thurs-day, May 30 and contin-ues Friday, May 31 and Saturday, June 1 at 8 p.m. nightly. There will also be a 2 p.m. matinee on June 1 and a late night show on May 31 at 11 p.m. Tickets are $22 for adults or $17 for students and are available through the Capitol Theatre box office.

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The crew that will be doing most of the dancing at the Capitol Theatre staging of Cabaret at the end of this month include Mackenzie Hope (middle) and Carley Brandel (being held by Hope). Sam Van Schie photo

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Damaged trees a concern for CityCity Reminds Property Owners of Tree Policy

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The City of Nelson’s public works de-partment is concerned about unauthor-ized tree pruning on public property.

In the past month, city crews have had to deal with badly damaged boule-vard trees that were victim to adjacent homeowners saws. In both cases those responsible did not follow the proper procedures.

“Homeowners need to realize that the trees in front of their houses on a boulevard don’t belong to them, they belong to the citizens of Nelson,” public works manager Karen MacDonald told the Nelson Star. “There are strict rules to follow when it comes to these trees.”

In late April, a homeowner on Hall Mines Road butchered a 25-year-old flowering crabapple tree to the point of no return. City crews discovered it the next day.

“It was hacked pretty good and it will not survive,” said MacDonald.

“We need to educate the citizens of Nelson more to this fact. I am sure the homeowner doesn’t even realize what they have done to this tree.”

If the public has issue with a tree on city property they must call the public works department. If the homeowner

wants the tree altered in any way, city staff will come and take a look at the problem.

If the complaint is reasonable, Mac-Donald said it will get on a list and city crews will take care of the issue. If there is an urgency and the homeowner is willing, a qualified arborist can be used at the cost of the homeowner.

The City of Nelson has the Municipal Tree Bylaw and other policy regard-ing trees on public property. All tree removal and planting are part of the city’s tree master plan which has been hammered out over the last few years.

Those who damage or alter trees without permission from the city can be subject to a $2,000 fine under the by-law. MacDonald wouldn’t say whether those who damaged trees this spring would be fined.

The bottom line for City crews is that homeowners call before they cut.

“We can’t have this happening all over town… can you imagine?” Mac-Donald said of the two severely dam-aged trees her team has dealt with in the last few weeks.

You can contact the City of Nelson public works by phone at 250-352-8238.

BOB HALLNelson Star Editor

City of Nelson public works manager Karen MacDonald stands by the hacked flowering crabapple tree on Hall Mines Road.

Bob Hall photo

Over a year after the case was heard in Nelson, a discrimination complaint brought against the provin-cial government by a group of Doukhobors has been re-jected.

In her 76-page ruling re-leased Friday, tribunal mem-ber Enid Marion concluded there was no evidence the government discriminated against the group, known as the New Denver Survivors, in its response to a 1999 om-budsman’s report. The report suggested they were owed an apology and compensation for being sent to a New Den-ver residential school in the 1950s.

“While I may sympathize with their personal feel-ings about this issue, I can-not conclude, based on the limited evidence before me, that the Survivors’ race, an-cestry or religion was a factor in the Ministry’s refusal to implement any of the report’s recommendations,” Marion wrote.

“I also appreciate that the Survivors felt deeply hurt and

offended by the Ministry’s re-fusal to formally apologize to them, despite their consistent expression of need for a real and sincere apology in order to truly heal. The value of a sincere apology cannot be underestimated.”

Elsie Eriksen, among four Survivors who testified at the tribunal hearing, told 103.5 The Bridge she was surprised and disappointed with the ruling. “I was expecting some justice finally,” she said, “but I guess justice is not to be done for us.”

Eriksen said she and oth-ers had been pinning their hopes on a positive outcome and will have to discuss if there is anything more they

can do. Some, she expects, have already given up.

“Of course that hap-pens,” she said. “People get their hopes up, then they get dashed and they say ‘ah, it’s not worth it.’ Because it’s very emotional and taxing. I thought it would be differ-ent this time, but it’s not. It’s frustrating.”

The hearing, held in Nel-son and Vancouver in Janu-ary and February 2012, got off to a shaky start when the group’s lawyer quit for unex-plained reasons. Complain-ant Walter Swetlishoff then conducted the case himself.

The tribunal heard testi-mony from the group that they were offered several

million dollars for a research project to unearth docu-ments related to their seizure as children.

However, a retired bureau-crat refuted the claim, say-ing while such a project was considered, it had no firm price tag.

Marion said she accepted that no financial offer was made by the ministry.

The tribunal also heard from former attorney general Geoff Plant, who insisted that for liability reasons a “state-ment of regret” was the best he could offer the survivors, rather than the apology they wanted.

The government seized nearly 200 school-age chil-dren between 1953 to 1959 and placed them in a former tuberculosis sanatorium be-cause their parents refused to send them to school.

The ombudsman said the seizures were rationalized as necessary for the sake of the children’s education, but also because it would minimize their parents’ influence.

However, some children later alleged physical, sexu-al and psychological abuse while in government care.

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Greg Garbula has been described as down-to-earth, a portrayal he shrugs o� as “easy to say.”

“I just like to relate to people,” says the Liberal’s candidate for MLA in Nelson-Creston, thinking nothing of the description that pegs him as an ev-eryman.

But in his 11 years as general manag-er of the Kokanee Springs Golf Resort, he proved he could relate to visiting oil executives while picking up and pitch-ing in.

“I have no problem picking up a shovel and helping someone out,” he says. “When we need to get something done, we need to get something done and at the end of it all, if we want to go for a beer, we want to go for a beer.”

Lately, Garbula’s been making his rounds for co� ee, excited for the chance to chat with folks he considers lucky to call the Kootenays home.

� e businessman, with 17 years expe-rience in the hospitality industry, made the Kootenays home with his wife, son and two young daughters when he took the job at Kokanee Springs.

“We packed up and moved and lived in this little log cabin on the side of the golf course,” he says. “It was all � ve of us with an Irish wolf hound. � ose were some wild years.”

Deciding that this neck of the woods was where he and wife Victoria wanted to settle, they built a home on the East Shore, “this ultimate home for me, scratching out the drawing on the back of a napkin,” Garbula says.

� ere, the couple raised their family for 16 years.

Now residing on Nelson’s North Shore, they hold onto that Crawford Bay home despite leaving rural life be-hind for more opportunities for their daughters, 17 and 15, now attending L.V. Rogers secondary school.

� eir son remains on the East Shore in Riondel where Garbula hopes he can eke out a living as he too starts to consider family life. Passion about strengthening rural economies comes from close to Garbula’s heart.

“We’ve got to be able to have more young families and people come here and stay here — enjoy it, work here and survive comfortably,” he says

No stranger to venturing o� to make a life, Garbula is originally from Wind-sor where he started work at a very young age. He put himself through St. Claire’s College, where he earned a busi-ness administration diploma, working in manufacturing plants. But the high wage didn’t hook him.

Moving to Lake Louise in the early ‘80s, Garbula found adventure, mostly on the slopes where he spent 100 days a season wearing skis.

“You can’t beat that. It was a great life,” he says.

It was there he also got his start in the hospitality industry, launching a lifetime of customer service and a keen interest in tourism.

“I started out as a room clerk at the Chateau Lake Louise, at the front desk. I was a bellman and a bartender and a busboy,” he says. “I followed all the way through the hotel doing whatever needed doing. And I kept getting pro-moted. I had no intention of really being in this industry. It found me.”

And � nd him, it did. Garbula’s career took him from Fairmont’s Chateau Lake Louise to the Ban� Springs Hotel, as well as the Fairmont Jasper Park Lodge, Delta’s � e Lodge at Kananaskis and the renowned Emerald Lake Lodge, moving up along the way.

“It wasn’t like I was out there trying to work my way up for the sake of my career. If you do a good job, they tell you ‘this is where you should go.’ It’s sort of

how I’ve fallen into this political scene. � ey said to me, ‘you should be that guy, Greg — you’re going to do a good job. We need a guy like you to do this.’”

Working hard, putting in the time and the e� ort is what he does. His � rst foray into politics is a new challenge and that comes with great appeal.

“Politics is wild,” he says. “It’s a roller coaster ride but it sure is interesting.”

Garbula also sits on the board of Di-rectors of the Kootenay Rockies Tour-ism Association, the regional transpor-tation advisory committee, and is the past president of the Kootenay Lake Chamber of Commerce.

A� er years working in Alberta resort communities, the Kootenays were an easy sell for Garbula.

“When you get here, you see there’s the whole package. � e weather, the lake, the glacier,” he says, adding com-munity cohesiveness rounds out the perfect picture.

Garbula still likes to ski as much as he can. He golfs and has a boat he likes to put into Kootenay Lake.

“� at’s why we’re here — to try and get out and enjoy the area,” he says.

But most o� en, his hobby is his work.“I enjoy it. � ere’s nothing wrong

with that. It’s my passion,” he says.

An everyman on a mission Meet the Nelson-Creston Candidates: Liberal’s Greg Garbula

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“When we need to get something done, we need to get something done and

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Focussed forums up nextCandidates running for

election will field questions on health care and education at two upcoming events as they continue their quest to become Nelson-Creston’s MLA.

Always hotbed issues in this riding, NDP candidate Michelle Mungall, Green Party candidate Sjeng Derkx and Liberal candidate Greg Garbula are all confirmed to attend the focused forums.

The Kootenay Lake School Board is hosting an all-can-didates education forum on Wednesday, May 8 from 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. Held at the Nel-son board office boardroom (570 Johnstone Road), su-perintendent Jeff Jones will moderate the event featuring questions from the audience and trustees.

“Trustees are interested in having a greater public dia-logue about our candidates’ understanding and commit-ment to public education,” Jones says. “The questions will focus on education from a provincial perspective and a local perspective.”

This is the first time the trustees have hosted a forum as a vehicle for questioning candidates running for elec-tion.

“It’s an important time in the history of public educa-tion. We’re moving forward toward a future that we’re still

creating together. There’s a lot of debate at the provincial level about education. Our board are the locally elected representatives and their connection to the provincial picture is very important to them,” says Jones.

The forum will be viewed via videoconference from the Creston Education Centre Board Room. It will also be streamed on YouTube.

“We know it’s a reality of today’s world that many members of our community will want to sit in the com-fort of their homes to watch the forum,” says Jones. “We have been working with a great deal of intentionality to increase our use of tech-nology to inform and engage our communities.”

Nelson’s health care pro-fessionals along with com-munity members have also teamed up to organize an all-candidates health care forum on Thursday, May 9. Held at the Hume Hotel, the event will highlight one of the emerging issues of the provincial election.

Called, “What’s in your Health Care Future,” the fo-rum will feature questions prepared by local health care professionals in the first half of the evening.

Candidates will receive some of these questions beforehand. In the second half, candidates will address health care questions from the audience.

Dr. Shiraz Moola says the forum isn’t about catching the candidates off guard.

“We have arrived at this format as a way of allowing the candidates time to pre-pare thoughtful responses that outline concrete solu-tions,” says the obstetrician/gynecologist at Kootenay Lake Hospital since 2003. “We hope to have the candi-dates touch upon elder care, child and youth services, mental health and acute services [emergency and surgical care] for the riding of Nelson-Creston.”

Also a researcher with the Center of Rural Health Re-search, Moola’s work in Nel-son was featured on CBC’s

White Coat Black Art series, along with the midwives and family physicians, as an out-standing example of collab-orative rural medicine.

“We recognize that robust, accessible and safe medi-cal care is the backbone of many rural communities. These health services also provide an economic mag-net to attract and maintain businesses and to keep our elders and young people in the community,” says Moola.

Pointing to the loss of local general surgical program in Nelson over a decade ago as the source of problems con-tinuing today, Moola says the real two-tier health care sys-tem is about urban compared to rural service.

“Where you live and where you get sick can have profound impacts on one’s access to care and health out-comes. At present only 14 per cent of British Columbians live rurally, though in this riding it is greater than 50 per cent,” he says. “That is why I feel it is so important to recognize the health care challenges facing our com-munities.”

The health care forum will be held at the Hume Hotel from 7 to 9 p.m. It is spon-sored by the Nelson Area Health Society (NASH), the Community First Health Co-op, the Kootenay Food Co-op and Kootenay Co-op Radio.

Health Care and Education the Topics for Nelson-Creston Candidates

KIRSTEN HILDEBRANDNelson Star Reporter

Shambhala festival explores onsite ambulance

In light of its first fatality last summer, the Shambhala Music Festival commit-tee is exploring ways to improve em-ployee and patron safety.

In March, the committee organized a meeting with emergency health ser-vices; the Provincial Emergency Pro-gram team from Trail and Nelson; and Interior Health.

“We are just trying to get everybody to the table to talk about how we can mitigate the impact of our festival on the regional resources,” said Alex Chudis, first aid coordinator for Shambhala.

At that meeting, Chudis introduced the idea of a private ambulance, pur-chased by Shambhala, which would stay on site for the entire festival.

However, for now, the ambulance cannot be used for any of the 14,000

people who will be attending the festival in August.

“From a personal point of view, I think it is a good thing that we are try-ing to help mitigate the impact of our festival in the community,” he said.

“But there are a lot of rules and regu-lations that need to be complied with, and it is a fine line we walk.”

Chudis said that the emergency transport vehicle can be used for the 2,000 staff and volunteers, some of who begin set up on May long weekend.

“The purchase of an emergency trans-port vehicle is to be in compliance with WCB and Worksafe BC regulations,” explained Chudis.

“We are seen as a camp that is remote from any service in the community [ex-cluding Salmo].”

“We have weeks and weeks of work and hundreds of people who are going to be on site during construction,” he

said. “And, there are always incidents during construction.”

Over the five-day festival, Shambhala has at least two doctors, and 40 regis-tered nurses on site.

Additionally, the festival has set up facilities with medical equipment, in-cluding heart monitors, oxygen tanks, defibrillators and spine boards.

“Every year, we review a mass sce-nario with all the staff and department heads, to make sure that safety training is up to date,” said Chudis. “All we are striving to do at Shamhbala is improve safety.”

Salmo councillor Jennifer Peel said Shambhala is listening to the commu-nity’s needs.

“This has been such a struggle for them, and they have gone above and beyond to listen to the needs of the community on this particular issue,” she said.

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Editor: Bob HallPublisher: Karen Bennett

Editorial

It’s a scourge that’s taking over the blank spaces in our community. Graffiti tag-ging is on the rise in Nelson and a prime

example was this weekend’s scrawl across a stone wall at the foot of Hall Street.

As you can read in our front page story, the mess was quickly taken care of by a local man with community pride. His efforts are appreciated and so is his pledge to keep up an ongoing assault on those vandals who tag without regard for anyone but themselves.

But will it be enough to stop the jerks who deface private and public property? Unlikely.

The website graffitiactionhero.org explores this issue and here is one of the statements on its website: “The unwritten rules of street art used to be widely honored. Unless you could do something better, you don’t touch it.”

This creed held true in Nelson at one point too, but now these spray paint thugs have no respect. Nelson Hydro’s fantastic new elec-trical boxes were quickly tagged. Murals in alleys are now being damaged. It seems this new breed of tagger has lost any semblance of respect for others clearly more skilled than themselves.

A common wall for graffiti lovers to pursue their art is one possible solution. But as is quickly pointed out, the sad urge to be recog-nized for vandalism is sometimes the driving force behind senseless tagging.

As graffitiactionhero.org points out: “Street art is constructive, graffiti tagging is destruc-tive. Street art is about the audience, graffiti tagging is about the tagger.”

The best solution is to come down hard on those caught in the act or revealed through investigation. The Nelson Police Department has a thick file on graffiti tagging and on a few occasions has been successful in making arrests.

Ultimately it will be up to the courts. No more slaps on the wrist for this kind of vandalism. A message must be sent that will make those committing these acts think more than twice about pulling out the spray cans.

Get tough on tagging

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The Nelson Star Facebook page and nelsonstar.com commenting has been busy over the last week. Many readers had thoughts about the graf-fiti on the stone wall on Hall Street, the decision on the Doukhobor dis-crimination complaint, the Nelson Police Department reintroducing Tasers and many more. Here is a sample of some of the dialogue go-ing on right now at nelsonstar.com and facebook.com/nelsonstarnews.

HALL STREET GRAFFITII just think it’s so lame when they

do it to old stuff. Just saw today that someone did the Kootenay Baker building with a bat symbol and a skull. They would look better on some boring wall than on old quar-ried rock.

- Jill Beaulieu

Have some space set aside for graffiti artists to work. Check Rick Mercer’s rant alley in downtown Toronto. Most of that was “ok’ed” by the property owners. It looks better now than it did when random tag-gers and vandals had free reign.

- Derek Baker

Well maybe this can be a form of vandalism to you, but to a 13-year-old this can be a start and a practice session, although in this particular case it looks like a lame tag.

Nonetheless, if you had a few des-ignated areas for graffiti, for example possibly next to the new skatepark, then maybe you’d see less vandal-ism on rocks and buildings. Oth-erwise this won’t stop. The idea of a designated wall is to spray it over and over, and an endless amount of pieces can constantly be going up.

- Alla Lala

There is a difference between those who tag crap and those that actually use graffiti as an art form. So giving people a graffiti art wall is not going to stop people making a mess everywhere.

- Tamaira Christianson

Make these useless wastes of skin clean up their mess then break their

spraying fingers! Bring on the crying bleeding hearts, but if you’re bored get a job or do something useful to help your communities instead of wrecking its beauty!

- Mark Mcmurphy

GRAFFITI CLEAN UPGood to see someone taking

charge in this. The quicker these messes are removed the less likely graffiti thugs will revel in them. An-other eye sore is the shoes hanging from wires.

- James Falvo

I do not think any amount of removing the tags will stop it sadly... only way to end it is to catch people in the act.

- Mack Magilicuty Wassick

DOUKHOBOR DECISIONNo justice or peace for the chil-

dren and families... just sweep it under the carpet and hope it goes away — a disgrace!

- Perry Salikin

I cannot understand how forced assimilation and the ripping apart of families and communities isn’t enough proof. Shameful.

- Miriam MacFarlane

Well for what it is worth I think that you were wronged and there should be an apology. Whether or not there should be a price tag

attached to it I’m not sure that would help much. It is very sad and we Canadians should learn from it and not allow it to happen again.

- Charles Isaacs

This is disgraceful... they suffered just as much as others.

- Sal Isaacs

TREE VANDALISMAmazes me how often people

think they own something they don’t... trees on the other side of public sidewalks, public sidewalks, parking on public streets just be-cause it happens to be in front of their house, etc.

When you buy a home (or rent even), pay attention to what is in your purchase. Learn bylaws that ap-ply to home ownership. Be a respon-sible home owner.

- Shannon Ackerman-Jones

POLICE GET TASERS BACKJust what we need more deaths by

Taser.- Lorraine Saliken Walton

If you’re not breaking the law why would you be Tasered or shot? And how many police related shootings have there been in Nelson lately?

- Megan Cole

Get into the conversation by head-ing to nelsonstar.com or finding us on Facebook by searching “Nelson Star.”

Soundoff: From Facebook to Your Front Door

Graffiti and tribunal strike up dialogue

The morning after the graffiti tag went up on the stone wall at the base of IODE Park, some-one posted this sign. By Monday morning, local resident Doran Amatto had taken matters into his own hands and spurred action on removing the graffiti (see front page story).

Bob Hall photo

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Letters to the Editor

Re: Vagina MonologuesI almost didn’t go. I fought

against it — for years actually. � e title put me o� , to begin with. It annoyed me — like a little child using swear words or dirty words, for shock val-ue — a way to get attention. Well, I guess that worked. And besides, if I never went, how could I know whether I liked it or not — how could I not like something I knew nothing about? I might be surprised!

I wasn’t.Somehow, something so

intimate, so (potentially) beautiful, and necessary, (true), and a real part of a meaningful and enduring relationship, was turned into a joke — a vulgar, com-monplace, group activity comic routine. I came away feeling sullied, a little dirty, saddened, and very, very, worried.

We — women — have been trying for decades to be taken seriously, equals as candidates for leadership roles in politics, in business corporations, in government positions, as teachers and (God help us!) parents. But as I looked around � e Old Church Hall, packed full both nights (May 8 and 9) with mostly youngish, (thirtyish to sixty-� veish, some more, some less-relatively healthy,

vibrant, passionate women, very few men with little, if anything, to say) all these women moaning and sway-ing with simulated ecstasy, shouting with raised arm, fore� nger extended (remi-niscent of Hitler’s Nazi youth shouting “Zeig Heil! Zeig Heil!) the most foul word used to indicate the part of a woman’s anatomy, which is in the name of this dialogue. (I cannot bring myself to even

write it!) � ese are our future role models, wanting to take leadership roles in govern-ment, lead our corporations, be our ambassadors to other countries, our teachers, our, (again, my appeal to God!) parents?!

Interestingly enough, the brain was never mentioned once. � e heart was — once — and then as an emotional centre. In fact, there was a distinct lack of knowledge about the function and loca-tion of two or three parts of the female anatomy. � e entire two-plus hours was de-voted to the part of the body above the knees and below the umbilicus!

If anything has been needed to put a cap on feminism and all they have been trying to achieve, this performance would be it. � e only thing that seemed im-portant, indeed even needed by women was the achieve-ment of sexual satisfaction by any means. Surely, wonder-ful, exciting and even neces-sary as it is, there has to be some kind of balance. Nature demands it in everything she does. Without it, nothing can be or will be sustainable.

I almost decided not to claim ownership of this letter, thinking perhaps it would embarrass my children (it won’t) or my friends (maybe) or their friends and maybe many others (I may never know) and then my “Popeye” nature asserted itself. I “yam what I yam!” said Popeye the Sailor Man. And that is cer-tainly true about me — I am what I am. And this is how I feel about this performance. Is this what we as women have been reduced to? Is this as far as have come in our � ght to be recognized as equals and serious contend-ers for leadership roles in the future?

And that is, dear readers, if there be any, I am saddened and very, very worried.

Mary MortimerNelson

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� is week’s question: Should Nelson council be wading into the Jumbo Glacier Resort Municipality controversy?

Last week’s result: Will you be attending any all-candidates meeting this election season? YES 20% NO 80%

Moving away from the heart

Prevention should be a key strategyOpen letter to Nelson-Creston candidates:I attended the all-candidate forum at the

Prestige Hotel in Nelson last week, however, I was unable to ask you a question due to the large turnout.

Preventing disease saves valuable health care resources. We continue to spend too little of the entire health care budget on preven-tion and health promotion. We continue to focus on hospitals and illness care which, due to shi� s in demographics and arrival of new technologies, will have expanding costs. We know regions which spend more on � tness and health promotion have populations with less chronic disease and longer life spans (eg: Richmond, Vancouver, Kelowna, Victoria).

My question was regarding your physical activity strategy if your party has one. First, the recreation facilities in this region need increase space and funding. For example, the

Nelson and District Community Complex has one � tness room which holds 20 people and serves a population of over 25,000. Most recreation facilities have gyms where � tness classes can be held. Private � tness facilities in Nelson are cost prohibitive, especially to low and middle income people.

Physical activity is essential to health, mental wellness and healthy aging. It reduces chronic disease therefore, saves health care dollars.

My question: How is your party going to advocate and support the recreation centres in this region to increase physical activ-ity? How is your party going to support and advocate for more bike riding, walking, and running in Nelson, in the region, and in the province?

Linda RollinsNelson

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The City of Nelson Utilities Department will start the Water Main Flushing Program. The flushing will be done Monday to Friday from 7:00 am to 3:00 pm, commencing immediately and continuing into the month of June.

Flushing water mains is carried out as part of an annual scheduled preventative maintenance program to remove sediment that gradually deposits in the pipes and to help maintain water quality in the water distribution system. The benefits include maintaining and potentially improving the water quality level in the mains. This method will also reduce bacteriological growth, restore disinfection residuals, improve colour, control corrosion and can help restore flow and pressures in the distribution system. As your area is flushed, your plumbing may experience a temporary reduction in water pressure and/or discoloration of the water. These conditions are normal during flushing activities and are only temporary. Please run your drinking, cooking and laundry water before using. To clear your water lines, turn on your cold water tap or outside hose bib and let it run until the water is clear for approximately 15 minutes. Residents on a dialysis machine should call us at the number listed below and the crews will work to accommodate the resident. Some larger facilities will be contacted prior to work being done in their area of town.

We apologize for any inconvenience this work may cause.

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Comment magazine pub-lisher Michael Chesney was told Monday to remove the to-bacco plants from his Victoria Street storefront or face a fine under the Tobacco Control Act.

Since 2008, the province has prohibited the display and promotion of tobacco products anywhere that could be seen by minors. Similar regulations exist all across Canada with the aim of deterring younger peo-ple from taking up smoking.

Chesney was growing a crop

of about 50 tobacco plants at his magazine office that he formerly ran as the Kootenay Time cafe. He said the plants were grown from seed and were being used to provide shade and privacy for people working inside.

“I’m not selling tobacco here. I don’t even smoke my-self,” Chesney said. “I think it’s a little extreme that I’m being told what type of plant I can grow in my window.”

The notice came from an Interior Health enforcement officer, who advised Chesney that he was welcome to grow

the tobacco plants in his home garden or under grow lights in a back room, as long as they’re out of sight of passersby. He was given two days to either remove them or face a fine of $575 each day they remained.

Chesney said Monday he planned to relocate the plants, which had been in his office window for about five weeks and were just starting to bloom.

“Maybe I’ll trade them out for some tomato plants in the window or maybe something else,” he said, clearly plotting something. “I’ve been known to pull great practical jokes.”

Businessman forced to remove tobacco plants

The Nelson Police Depart-ment is looking for help in solving a hit-and-run near Gyro Park last week.

Last Wednesday at 3:45 p.m., police say a 12-year-old was riding her bicycle near

the entrance of the Gyro Park parking lot when she was cut off by an unidentified motor-ist. The young girl and her rid-ing partner were on their way to Lakeside Park for a soccer game.

“The female cyclist sus-tained a chipped tooth and minor abrasions to her face,”

stated the police release. “For-tunately, she was wearing a hel-met and was travelling at a low rate of speed.

Police would like to speak to the driver in this matter or anyone else having relevant information into this investi-gation.

The vehicle is described as a

smaller red automobile similar to but not confirmed to be a Toyota Yaris.

Although the driver did stop at the scene, police would like to speak to the driver to obtain further information.

You can contact the Nelson Police Department at 250-354-3919.

RCMP are asking for the public’s help in finding a Slocan man.

Daniel Crossley, 18, hasn’t been seen or heard from since leaving home about 4 p.m. last Tuesday.

He’s described as white with Asian features, 5’6”, 140 lbs., with medium length black hair, wearing a green coat over a brown hoodie, dark jeans, and black shoes.

Police said in a news release that it’s believed Crossley may be hitchhiking along BC highways and they ask any-one who may have seen him in the last few days to let them know.

Call the Slocan Lake detachment at 250-358-2222, or 911 and quote file number 2013-1854.

RCMP seek help in locating missing

Slocan man

Nelson Star Staff

Daniel Crossley has been missing since last Tuesday

Nelson’s Downtown Core

Police looking for leads in hit-and-run near Gyro ParkNelson Star Staff

SAM VAN SCHIENelson Star Reporter

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NewsChamber the big winnerContinued from Page 1organizations and awarded funding to all but two.

Oxygen Art Centre was given $8,000 to fund its artist residency program and the Nelson Civic � eatre Society received the same amount for its lobby and washroom renovations. Nelson and District Arts Council got $6,500 for Art-Walk, and the Kootenay Literary Society received $6,000 to host the Elephant Mountain Literary Fes-tival. Seven other grants between $1,000 and $3,000 were also dis-tributed.

City councillors had some hard decisions to make with 29 organiza-tions requesting a total of $230,000 in funding — nearly three times the amount they had available to distribute.

Each group was given the op-portunity to present their case at a special meeting earlier this month. � e mayor and � ve councillors (ex-cluding councillor Donna Macdon-ald who was on vacation) voted on what projects they most wanted to fund. Projects that received fewer than three votes received no fund-ing. Twelve projects were excluded, including several food security projects and groups that were ask-ing for amounts in the excess of $10,000.

Councillor Deb Kozak said many of the food projects were lacking a strong business case — not enough bene� t for the cost — or dupli-cated services already available in

the community. While supporting more of the costly projects (like the Kutenai Institute of Integrated � erapies’ request for $24,000 for a supporting secure attachment project, or a request for $20,000 to support Habitat for Humanity) would have meant fewer groups getting grants.

In the end only two organiza-tions were granted � ve � gure amounts. � e Nelson and District Chamber of Commerce received $33,000 for its regional visitor gateway and the Nelson Curling Club got $10,000 for accessibility upgrades — though both of these groups hoped for $5,000 more than they received. Five groups received grants around $4,000: Kootenay Climbing Association, Kootenay Carshare Co-op, Central Koote-nay Invasive Plant Committee, KidSport and Nelson CARES. � e Nelson Regional Sports Council received $3,500 for Civic Arena upgrades and nine other groups received grants between around $1,000 and $3,000.

It took council about 30 minutes to settle on the funding amounts, down from the two hours they spent agonizing over their deci-sions last year. In all but six cases, groups that were funded were given the full amount they requested.

Councillor Paula Kiss said the process went considerably smoother than last year and thanked city sta� for helping facilitate the process.

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Nelson Chamber of Commerce – Regional visitor gateway $33,000 (requested $38,000)Nelson Curling Club – Accessibility upgrade $10,000 (requested $15,000)Oxygen Art Gallery – Residency project $8,000Civic � eatre – Washroom and lobby reno $8,000Nelson and District Arts Council – ArtWalk $6,500Elephant Mountain Literary Festival $6,000Kootenay Storytelling Festival $6,000Kootenay Climbing Association – Climbing equipment $4,300Kootenay Carshare Coop – Mobile app $4,300Central Kootenay Invasive Plan Committee – Weed removal $4,000 (requested $6,500)Nelson Regional Sports Council – KidSport $4,000Nelson CARES – Stepping Stones emergency shelter $3,800Nelson Regional Sports Council – Civic Arena Upgrade $3,500Social Planning Action Network – Poverty Reduction $3,000 (requested $5,000)First Nelson Scouts – Youthful Yeti Project $3,000Nelson Electric Tramway Society – Museum project $3,000Kootenay Festival of the Arts $2,500Selkirk Pro-Musica – Concert Series $2,500Glacier Gymnastics – O� ce reno $2,500Capitol � eatre – Sound and Light equipment $2,600Kootenay Literary Competition $2,000Kootenay Kids – Volunteer support $1,700Canadian Red Cross – Health Equipment loan depot $1,200Nelson and District Hospice Society – Technology upgrade $1,200Kootenay Lake Sailing Association – programming $1,000Nelson 4H Club – Horse Project $1,000 (requested $1,900)Health Arts Society – Concerts in Care Project $1,000

Groups that didn’t receive funding:First Nelson Scouts – Camp BuskAscension Lutheran Church – Rosemont Community Kitchen Kootenay Animal Assistance Program – A� ordable spray/neuter for pets Nelson Good Neighbour ProgramSEEDS – Lights for LakesideWest Kootenay EcoSociety – Community Sustainability Support Wild� ower Parent Advisory – Central Park Playground Upgrade Seventh Day Adventist Church – Morning Glory Farm Garden Project Habitat for Humanity – Nelson ReNew It ProjectKutenai Institute of Integrated � erapies – Supporting Secure Attachment SPCA Nelson – Spray/neuter InitiativeTagham Community Hall Society – Tagham Hall improvementsNelson and District Arts Council – Summer Arts Showcase SQX Danza – Public school programs

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Community organizationsAll seniors welcome to

the monthly meeting of the Senior Citizens’ Association Branch No. 51, located at 717 Vernon Street.  Meeting commences at 10:30 a.m. on Wednesday, May 1.  Tea and goodies will be served after the meeting. Some of the ac-tivities enjoyed at the centre include bridge, crib, whist, dominos, chess and snooker.  For info, call 250-352-7078 weekday afternoons.

Next Wild and Wacky Wednesday at the Nelson Public Library is May 1 from 3:30 to 5 p.m., for 12-year-olds and up. Have you always been curious about Tae Kwon Do? Want to see a demo from the experts and try it out. Come to our free demonstra-tion with experienced teens and their teachers and try out a beginner’s class. Local members of the Nelson club will be presenting this fun session. Snacks and prizes as always. For information contact jharris@nelson.ca or 250-505-5683.

Nelson Minor Hockey Association AGM on May 1 from 7 to 8 p.m. at the ban-quet hall in the New Grand Hotel.

More than a dozen Nel-sonites went to Cambodia last month to work with a charity called Kone Kmeng, which helps educate youth in the boarder town of Phnom Penh who are at risk of be-coming involved in human trafficking. The group has returned from their mission and will share their experi-ence at Eleos Centre Min-istries (711-10th Street) on Thursday, May 2 at 7 p.m. for details email eleos@telus.net

Nelson Knitting Co-op meets every Thursday from 12:30 to 3 p.m. at the Nel-son and District Commu-nity Complex. The meeting is open to anyone interested

in sharing their projects, learning new techniques and socializing with other fibre enthusiasts.

Friday, May 3 is Interna-tional Women’s Motorcycle Riders Day and to celebrate, Mainjet Motorsports (708 Hwy 3A) is hosting a com-plimentary event. At 11 a.m. gather at the store for a bar-becue, then a ride thru Nel-son and beyond. Call Marg Hart 250-352-3191 to regis-ter your participation.

Nelson Covenant Church is hosting a multi-family ga-rage sale in the church base-ment at 702 Stanley Street on Saturday, May 4 from 8 a.m. to 1 p.m.  All proceeds from this sale will be directed to a “water/well project” in Africa.

Fifth Annual MS cut-a-thon in memory of Nina Ara-bia on Sunday, May 5 from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. at Waves on the Lake Hair Design. Minimum $20 donation, walk-ins wel-come. For an appointment call 250-352-9283.

The 12th annual Nelson Garden Festival is Saturday, May 11 from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. in the 200-block of Baker Street. The festival brings you plants, trees, seeds, flowers, garden tools and furniture and more, from more than 50 local vendors — everything to make your garden beauti-ful. Rain or shine, come early, bring a wagon.

Sunday, May 12 is the annual Mother’s Day Break-fast at Passmore Hall (3656 Passmore Old Road) from 9 a.m. to noon. Silent auction, draws and door prizes. All are welcome.

Nelson and District Arts Council annual general meeting on Thursday, May 23 at 7 p.m. in the Chamber of Commcerce board room (225 Hall Street, upstairs).

Seniors aged 90+ or turn-ing 90 this year are invited to the 11th Annual Strawberry Social and Birthday Party at Senior Citizen’s Association Nelson Branch #51 on Sat-urday, May 25 at 2 p.m. Call 250-352-6198 by May 10 to reserve a spot.

Nelson Grans to Grans will host a Kazuri Jewellery Sale Saturday, May 25, from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. at the Hume Hotel. A buffet lunch will be served, and there will be a fashion show of Kazuri Jew-ellery with clothing from Sensations Dress Shoppe and Cottons. Tickets are $20, available from Cottons (390 Baker Street) and Sensations (534 Josephine Street).

MS Society Walk at Nel-son’s Lakeside Park on Sun-day, May 26 at 9 a.m. Walk lengths range from 1 km to 5 km. Register online at mswalks.ca or phone 1-866-352-3997.

WorkshopsEvery Friday, Communi-

ty Threads meets at Nelson and District Women’s Centre from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m.  Come learn to knit, crochet, spin, embroider and make rag rugs. On Wednesdays, Com-munity Threads offers quilt-ing lessons from 9 a.m. to noon at the same location. Women of all ages welcome. Call 250-551-4951 for info.

The Creating Caring Com-munities committee second annual spring conference is scheduled for May 2 and 3 at Selkirk College in Castle-gar. The theme for this year’s conference is “Keeping the Doors Open: New Begin-nings for Creating Policy that Supports Marginalized Populations,” featuring key-note speakers Carrielynn Lund, Eugene Oscapella and Dr. Tessa Parkes. Cost for the conference is $85 including lunch, beverages and snacks. Students can pay a reduced

fee of $30. For more informa-tion, call ANKORS at 250-505-5506.

Peggy Frank, an HIV ac-tivist and artist from Victo-ria, BC, will facilitate a free workshop on May 6 from noon to 2 p.m. at the Kutenai Art Therapy Institute.  This two-hour event hosted by ANKORS will showcase the unique and extraordinary work of Frank, who created a seven-foot tall sculpture of a martini glass made solely of HIV medication bottles, which is a finalist in the 2013 Canadian Sculpture Compe-tition in New Brunswick. As she drives the sculpture across the country for the competi-tion, she’s stopping in cities along the way to share her experience living with HIV.

FundraisersTransitional Training stu-

dents at Selkirk College in Nelson are hosting a huge garage sale on Saturday, May 4, from 8 a.m. to 1 p.m. in the parking lot of the Silverk-ing Campus (2001 Silverking Road). Many quality items will be available, including furniture, amazing clothing, top-notch sporting goods, and even a boat! Proceeds from the sale will benefit further Adult Special Edu-cation student projects and activities that support the development of life skills.

Investors Group will be at the Nelson Safeway from 2 to 6 p.m. on Monday, May 6 collecting food and cash donations for Nelson’s food banks and Our Daily Bread in recognition of Hunger Awareness Week. Please stop by and make a donation.

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Entertainment listingsTHEATRE

Dance Umbrella Showcase at the Capi-tol � eatre on May 9, 10 and 11 at 7 p.m. and a matinee May 11 at 2 p.m. All seats are $11. Buy tickets in advance through the Capitol � eatre box o� ce.

A local production of the musical Cabaret, directed by Pat Henman and featuring a slate of local actors including Michael Graham, Lisel Forst, Michael Calladine, Sydney Black, Je� Forst, Louis Butter� eld opens at the Capitol � eatre on � ursday, May 30 and continues Fri-day, May 31 and Saturday, June 1 at 8 p.m. nightly. � ere will also be a 2 p.m. matinee on June 1 and a late night show on May 31 at 11 p.m. Tickets are $22 for adults or $17 for students and are available through the Capitol � eatre box o� ce.

LITERATUREDawn Rodman, author, illustrator

and song writer, is launching her � rst children’s story, Hideous Horrible Bart, with a reading at the Nelson Library on Saturday, May 4 at 1 p.m. � is is a family event, suitable for preschool and elementary school aged children.

TALKS � e Local Intelligence Gathering will

feature presentations by dozens of local experts on topics of leadership and in-novation. � e event goes May 25 at Mary Hall, Selkirk College, 10th Street Campus, from 10 a.m. to 8 p.m. Lunch and din-ner included. Tickets are $59, bursaries are available. Registration is through the Kootenay School of the Arts or by calling 250-352-2821.

VISUAL ARTSBirds and Blooms art show featuring

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Graham Gillmore artist talk at Touch-stones Nelson on � ursday, May 9 at 7 p.m. Admission by donation.

Kootenay School of the Arts graduate Meghan Dauphinee has an exhibit called It’s All Uphill on display at Oso Negro Café until May 31. � e collection of 10 acrylic paintings feature Nelson streetscapes.

Jane Merks’ mixed media lace collages entitled Enlacement are featured in the lobby of the Capitol � eatre until the end of May.

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Come out to enjoy the choir's repertoire of choral works ranging from the Baroque to Broadway. � e Faculty of Handbell Ringers will also play one of the largest collections of handbells and chimes in Canada. Tickets are $15 for adults and $10 for students. Children under � ve are free.

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All ages hip-hop night at � e Royal on Saturday, May 4, features a lineup of local talent including, Dope Sounds, Lokal Motif, Soulemnity, Evade Beatz, and more. Doors at 10 p.m. Admission by donation.

Nelson Choral Society presents its spring concert: LUX (Light) with musical director Kathleen Neudorf. Special guest: Castlegar’s Twin Rivers Chorale Society under the direction of Christina Nolan. Sunday, May 5 at 4 p.m. at Bethel Christian Centre (623 Gordon Road). Admission by donation.

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Kootenay Music Awards at Spiritbar on Friday, May 10. Featuring music by Shred Kelly, � e Automation, Shambhala Showcase, Melody Diachrun, � e Shyness of Strangers, Immune 2 Cobras and Lucas Myers. Awards sound and visuals by Joel West and Sijay James. Doors open at 7:30 p.m and the awards start at 8:30 p.m. sharp. Nelson Brewing Company tastings from 8 to 8:30 p.m. Cover is $15 or $10 for Kootenay Co-op Radio members.

� e Abramson Singers play a public house concert at � e Special (810 Silica Street) on May 14 at 7:30 p.m. Tickets are $10 at the door.

� e Ga� will be at Spiritbar on Saturday, May 11 with DJ Rich Rabnett. Doors open at 10 p.m. Ticket information at the Hume Hotel.

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Awna Teixeira of Po’ Girl brings her accordion-driven European folk music to the Cedar Creek Cafe in Winlaw (5709 Highway 6) on � ursday, May 23 at 6:30 p.m. Admission by donation.

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Tagging ‘offensive’

Continued from Page 1Amatto she would send a crew downtown to help. Using a new product called “World’s Best Graf-fiti Removal Agent,” Amatto and the city crews had the paint re-moved by 9 a.m.

“They were fantastic,” Amatto said of the City workers.

Amatto now hopes to take his battle against unwanted tagging to the next level. For years, the Nelson Rotary Daybreak Club has spent a couple weekends each year on a massive graffiti removal effort which they just carried out this past Saturday. Amatto ap-plauds that effort, but would like more of an ongoing project.

A painter by trade, Amatto lived in Kelowna where 12 years ago, he helped organize a group that went out on a regular basis to combat graffiti in that Okana-gan city.

“We really attacked it and knocked it back. It took a lot of work, but we did it,” Amatto said of the Kelowna effort. “Now I see it happening here more and more. I don’t want to see it get out of hand. Tourism really keeps this place going and the crap writ-ten all over the walls leaves a bad impression for visitors and the people that live here.”

Amatto understands graf-fiti tagging will always take place and some of it is actually art, but he agrees with a comment left on Facebook that stated: “Street art makes you laugh, makes you think, makes you cry, makes you feel… graffiti just pisses you off.”

“That was really well put,” he said of the comment left by Philip Markin. “There are a lot of times when I see graffiti and if there is some thought put behind it and it’s not plastered on a heritage building… maybe there is a place for it. Tagging is just a need for people to get attention and it’s offensive.”

For his effort on Monday morning and his idea for an ongo-ing project, Amatto has received support from Nelson’s Home Hardware. He said if the com-munity comes together then the battle can be won.

“If you keep knocking it down, it will get the point across to the people that are doing it,” said Am-atto. “If it keeps getting knocked down, you hope they will lose interest in doing it.

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Feature

� e Nasookin ashore

In July 1950, Earle Cutler of Taber, Al-berta was in Nelson visiting his brother, who took him to see the old SS Nasookin.

� e queen of the Koote-nay Lake sternwheelers — launched 100 years ago this week — was lying fallow with a broken back and its owner, the Navy League of Canada, was accepting bids.

Cutler sailed on the Na-

sookin once, as a newlywed, in 1944.

“We travelled by bus and of course it was carried across from Gray Creek to Balfour,” he recalls. “I have a picture of my wife and I sitting on the deck just below the Nasookin sign.”

His $1,100 o� er was ac-cepted and he moved to Nelson the following year.

“Originally my plan was to re� oat and refurbish it,” he says. “But by that time the wood had all been stretched out and twisted. We just

decided to scrap it.”Stripped to the main deck,

the machinery was all sold, the lifeboats were sent to Vancouver on a railcar, and the whistle went to Glacier Lumber, later Kootenay For-est Products. However, Cutler thought certain portions could still be salvaged for a summer place.

He sold the hull, pilot-house, ladies’ forward obser-vation deck, and what was

Second of Two Parts

Today the remains of the Nasookin continue to be a North Shore curiosity as both locals and visitors who pass it by at Three Mile wonder about the story behind the grounded vessel. Greg Nesteroff photo

GREG NESTEROFFNelson Star Reporter

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ing is fun. Students are not afraid to be

themselves!

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We spend two to three years with

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— Dierdra

I like that there is home schooling

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WMS has a nice community. Kids

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really engaging. Th e class discussions

we have are really interesting. I like

how we can choose our areas of study

for our inquiry projects. I like how we

have a school garden. — Quinn

Th is school is awesome! Th e school

makes learning fun and the staff is

awesome.

— Graham

What makes WMS such a good

school is that there is a real sense of

community and a commitment to

learning from the teachers and the

students.

— Xavi

I fi nd WMS awesome because you

learn in diff erent ways because you are

mixed in with diff erent age groups.

Another attribute of awesomeness is

that everyone has a positive attitude.

—

Jack

For myself aft er a long week of

school and work I look forward to

the Friday home-school day. Aft er all

the homeschool work is done you can

spend time with your friends and fam-

ily or do an out-of-school activity.

— Morgaine

We get to call the teachers by their

fi rst names. We only have two teach-

ers in our class so they get to know

each student really well. Th e students

all get along and are not gossipy or

mean. We do lots of interactive group

activities and active learning. Th e

teachers give us responsibilities. For

example, students who are in the P.E.

group designed the P.E. activities and

helped teach them to the class. Learn-

ing is fun. Students are not afraid to be

themselves!

— Sonam

We spend two to three years with

one teacher. Th e teachers take the time

to get to know you. Bullying doesn’t

happen here.

— Dierdra

I like that there is home schooling

on Fridays, and that you can work at

your own pace.

— Holly

WMS has a nice community. Kids

work at their own pace, and people

support each other. —

Jess

More Wildfl ower on Page 9

Wildfl ower

Middle School

STUDENTS AGED 11 TO 15

12B Nelson Star nelsonstar.com Wednesday, March 14, 2012

EDUCATION IN NELSON Trafalgar Middle School

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FeatureContinued from Page 14le� of the freight deck to two North Shore couples, Lloyd and Pat Galbraith and Jim and Dora Carney.

In 1954, the pilothouse was trucked to � ree Mile while the tug Glacier towed the rest to the same point, and backed everything onto the beach. � e hull was eventually cut up for scrap, but the observation deck was further rolled and winched across the road to its present location.

Future cabinet minister and senator Pat Carney wrote in her autobiography Trade Secrets: “� e day I knew my mother had pow-er was the day I watched hydro crews remove the electric lines along the highway so that the sal-vaged superstructure... could be swung ashore.”

� e Galbraiths’ son Ian, who later wrote a history of Kootenay Lake sternwheel-ers while attending Nelson’s Notre Dame University, re-calls tra� c was at a stand-still for several hours.

“� ere was a lot of prep work to get it across the road in one piece,” he says. � e ship’s curved and co-loured glass windows were removed to prevent them from breaking.

At that time there were just a few homes in the area; the Carneys settled on an old orchard with a pre-First World War home called the Blue J.

� e Nasookin became part of a Kootenay trans-portation history tableaux, alongside Streetcar 23 which the Carneys previ-ously acquired from the City of Nelson for $10 and converted into a dog ken-nel.

With the Galbraiths, they ran a rock and handicra� shop in the Nasookin called Quill ‘n’ Cra� that sold local artwork, Doukhobor spoons, and Inuit soapstone carvings, among other things.

But according to Pat Carney, the two families were too busy to sta� it, so they had help from an-other friend and neighbour, Edith Brown. � e Carneys eventually sold their share in the ship and property to Brown for what Pat called “a ridiculously low price. ‘But she is such a nice lady,’ explained Mother when I returned, irate, from eco-nomics classes at UBC... to learn about the steamboat sale.”

� e Galbraiths retained their half stake. Much later they decided to sell too, but Lloyd died before it could happen. In 1980 the Nelson heritage committee asked Pat Galbraith to donate the Nasookin’s remains to the city, but she declined.

“No way,” she told the Daily News. “It cost us a lot of money to get her over here — not to mention blood, sweat, and tears. At that time, no one was inter-ested in her.”

� e ship was still on the block when Merv and Mae Coles passed by the follow-ing year.

“We were on a Sunday drive and saw it sitting there,” Merv remembers. “My wife said ‘Oh! Let’s go look.’ I wouldn’t have looked twice at it, but she just loved it. So I turned around. We climbed up here because there was a ‘for sale’ sign on it. But the writing was so faded you couldn’t read it from the road.”

� e Coles, who then owned the Silverton Hotel, agreed to buy the Nasookin for $40,000 from Galbraith and Brown, but before the deal closed, Brown died. Her heirs were given � rst right of refusal, but none were interested. A few months later, the Coles ac-quired the ship, which they considered turning into a cottage.

“We’re lucky,” Merv says. “Had we not [bought it], I’ve got an idea it wouldn’t be here anymore.”

AN OLD SHIP’S SALVATION

Merv says soon a� er-ward, he surprised a group of beachgoers using the va-cant boat as a changeroom. � ey were annoyed at the

intrusion until he told them he owned the Nasookin, and they could continue to use it so long as they remained respectful.

In 1982, the Coles hired a contractor to raise the boat so they could build a replica deck underneath, closely approximating the original. � ey did most of the work themselves: the walls and � oors were repannelled in cedar and � r, while bedrooms, bath-rooms, and a galley kitchen were created.

“It was a massive project for just the two us,” Merv says. “We’d been farmers so we’d done quite a bit of building and had quite a few of the skills, but we weren’t carpenters by any means.”

� e following year they moved to Victoria where Merv worked for an ag-ricultural co-op, but they continued to spend their holidays refurbishing the Nasookin until returning permanently in 1992. Even then, there was lots le� to do: “� e � rst year we did nothing but work.”

Original items on board include a chamberpot from one of the staterooms, the call bell system, several lifejackets, and inspection and ownership papers. � e pilothouse, reached by an outside staircase, has the Nasookin’s massive wheel and signboards from both its CPR and ferry days. � e second-� oor living space is � lled with all sorts of nautical memorabilia and artifacts. A spiral staircase found in a Nanaimo build-ing supply store connects the interior decks.

In its � nal resting spot, the Nasookin is a constant curiosity and the subject of countless pictures. � e adjacent subdivision, road, and bay all bear its name.

“For 100 years she’s either been on Kootenay Lake or overlooking it,” Merv notes.

“� e lake boats were re� ective of a very impor-tant part of local history,” says Ian Galbraith, now of Calgary although his brother Eric still lives near the Nasookin. “It’s too bad we can’t have something like that back on the lake. It would be such an amazing experience for everyone.”

See more photos of the Nasookin throughout its life at nelsonstar.com

Bibliography“Alberta man buys Nasookin,” Nelson Daily News, July 25, 1950“Nasookin’s hull to be removed,” Nelson Daily News, April 3, 1956“North Shore landmark on the block,” Nelson Daily News, Kathleen Rodgers, Sept. 9, 1980Trade Secrets: A Memoir, Pat Carney, 2002, p. 79-80

TOP: The inside of the Nasookin’s observation deck today, decorated with nautical artifacts by owners Merv and Mae Coles. (Greg Nesteroff photo) BOTTOM: In the 1960s and ‘70s the Nasookin was a gift shop while Streetcar 23 sat nearby. (Art Stevens photo)

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This year marks the 12th an-nual Juvenile White Sturgeon release, hosted by the Upper Co-lumbia White Sturgeon Recovery Initiative (UCWSRI).

The release events will take place at Beaver Creek Provin-cial Park, near Trail, on May 1, between noon and 1 p.m., and at Hugh Keenleyside Dam (on

the Celgar side), near Castlegar on May 2, between 2 and 4 p.m.

“This is a great way to really reach out, touch, and help an endangered species – quite liter-ally,” says Gerry Nellestijn, chair of the community working group of the UCWSRI.

“The fish look and feel like creatures from prehistoric times. In fact they have largely remained unchanged for 175 million years. By getting the

community, particularly the younger generations, involved, and increasing awareness, we feel there are much better chances for the survival of this population.”

Approximately 4,000 ten-month-old juvenile white stur-geon will be released into various locations of the Columbia River between Castlegar and Trail, with about 1,500 being released at the main release site below Hugh Keenleyside Dam.

The juvenile sturgeon are raised by the Freshwater Fisher-ies Society of BC in their Bull River hatchery in the East Koo-tenay through a program funded by BC Hydro and the Fish and Wildlife Compensation Pro-gram. They are produced from wild adults, caught in the Co-lumbia River last June.

“Juvenile sturgeon are doing well,” added Nellestijn. “For ev-ery 1,000 fish released approxi-

mately 180 survive to age 12. The Conservation Aquaculture Program is a critical stop-gap measure to save this population. Currently there is virtually no natural recruitment taking place — that is to say little survival of the eggs through the larvae stage, and growing into juveniles and adults.”

‘The Fish Look and Feel Like Creatures from Prehistoric Times’

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AI was recently out and about doing some groceries, and a local business owner asked me this question. The simplest answer is:

*** Pricing a property correctly from the start. Of course there are other factors at play; however this one is paramount.

If you’ve been trying to sell your property for awhile, & there doesn’t seem to be much interest; it’s time to ask why? Sit down with your Realtor® & analyze the situation. *** You must be open to hearing the answers in order to attain your goal.

Have you had many prospective Buyers come to see your house? If not, find out why? Ask your Realtor® for some current market data to see where your property sits in the housing market at this time. Find out how many days on average a home is on the market before it sells. Is your home priced accurately? How is your property being marketed? Does your home look appealing on the MLS website & during showings? Are there some quick fixes and affordable solutions that may showcase your home better?

Take the emotion out of the equation, and look at your property as a stranger might see it. Remember what attracted you to your property in the first place and make some notes. Discuss these things with your Realtor® and have your ideas incorporated into their marketing strategy. Try and listen to the advice and expertise your Realtor® is offering you. They are on your team and trying to sell your home and get you on your way to the next chapter that awaits you. Make your property a STAR (Stand out, Transform, Attract, and Return on your Investment) if you have further questions, don’t hesitate contacting me.

QWhy do some properties seem to stay on the Market for years?

A Each new day brings about a feeling of renewal and fresh

starts. As the sun rises, there is possibility for what the coming day will shine on us. � ere is always a sense of hope for the potential that the new day will bring.

Gaining clarity of your truest wishes is the ultimate goal for most of us. � ere is no better way to reveal true clarity then to approach thought, spirit, and body with balance. Being in balance o� ers a grounded and rooted position from which your honest inner voice can speak and be heard.

Acupuncture is a natural way to � nd your balance in health and spirit. Since this medicine has been around for centuries, there is substantial history to the value of this type of treatment. With daily stresses, shallow breathing, improper diet, lack of exercise, and excessive mental thought, our bodies are lacking a healthy homeostasis. Our wells of vitality are most likely weak or o� balance.

� rough the ancient knowledge of acupuncture, these wells of energy can be strengthened as well as re-directed so that your body is back to its best state- of- being--through this, purest health is attained.

Acupuncture is speci� c to you and your needs. Each treatment is very individual and will address exactly what your body is asking for. A� er a series of detailed questions from our practitioner, the right treatment is planned that is unique to you. You will leave the room knowing that you have been given speci� c care for your needs.

Now is the time to start each day on the right foot. We can help you ease into the fullness of yourself by receiving a relaxing acupuncture session. With complete and balanced health, there is no limit to what you can achieve.

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How to achieve a balanced state with Acupuncture?QCan I add money

to a purchase to do renovations?

Derek DienerMortgageBroker

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AYes. This type of transaction is called a Purchase Plus Improvements application. A example would be that

you are purchasing a home for $300,000 and want to do a $30,000 renovation right away but only have the minimum 5% for down payment. In this scenario you would apply for a mortgage with your sale contract stating the $300,000 purchase price and also provide quotes for the the work you want to get done in the amount of $30,000. I would then apply for a mortgage for $330,000, you would be required to put down 5% on the $330,000 and the $30,000 for renovations would be held back until you complete the renovation. Once the renovation is complete you would then request the funds and pay your contractor for the completed work.

Remember to allow for some extra time to arrange your financing in this situation as you will need to provide quotes and plans for the renovation which could take some time.

If you require any mortgage financing advice please don’t hesitate to contact me anytime. As a independant Mortgage Broker my interest is to save you money and make sure you obtain the best mortgage product to match your needs.

QWhat does Wabi Sabi mean?

AAt lunchtime I was flipping through some reading lists and random pages and came across the phrase Wabi-Sabi. What a great phrase!

Thinking back to movies such as “Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon”, it would be the perfect phrase to say before flying through the air to land a most perfect round house kick, whilst balanced on a bamboo stick 40 feet in the air. Or maybe it is an exotic delicious, divine sushi I have never heard of ! I love sushi, thus a Wabi-Sabi must be a new lovely roll filled with rice, perhaps some Ahi Tuna, hopefully it has avocado as they are nectar from the gods, with a delicious dollop of Wasabi rolled up into it. I wonder what else is in it?So I did a little digging, once I got over my initial shock that it wasn’t a delicious new sushi roll that I could make; I giggled with delight when I started reading what the phrase meant. It was perfect and fun and delightful.Pared down its barest essence, Wabi-Sabi is the Japanese art of finding beauty in imperfection and profundity in nature, of accepting the natural cycle of growth, decay and death. It’s simple, slow and uncluttered and reveres authenticity above all. It celebrates cracks and crevices and all the other marks that time, weather and loving use leave behind. Through Wabi-Sabi, we learn to embrace liver spots, rust, and frayed edges, and things maybe not being or playing out as we think they should. Wabi-Sabi is underplayed and modest, the kind of quiet, undeclared beauty that waits patiently to be discovered. It’s a fragmentary glimpse: the branch representing the entire tree, shoji screens filtering the sun, the moon 90 percent obscured behind a ribbon of cloud. It’s a richly mellow beauty that’s striking but not obvious, that you can imagine having around you for a long, long time-Katherine Hepburn versus Marilyn Monroe. For the Japanese, it’s the difference between kirei-merely “pretty”-and omoshiroi, the interestingness that kicks something into the realm of beautiful.How delicious is that?To come to a place whether in relationship, work, writing, creating, taking a photo, trying a new sport – instead of being fixated on what is not perfect, we embrace the imperfect and see the beauty in it.So I wish you all Wabi-Sabi!

Jenny HestonCertified Professional Coach and Certified Life Coach

Jenny Heston1-250-509-1240

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Community

Access to historical images grows significantlyIn 2011, Touchstones Nel-

son completed the first phase of an image digitization project that, for the first time, provided online access to hundreds of photos from the archival col-lection. The photos are avail-able for viewing through the Touchstones Nelson Flickr Photostream site: flickr.com/

photos/touchstonesnelson.Touchstones Nelson has now

completed the second phase of this significant project with online access to an additional 1,000 negatives available to the public at: touchstonesnelson.ca/exhibitions/photos/.

Images include photos by J.H. Allen, J.D. Spurway, Ross Fleming, Nelson Daily News, and J.S.D. Smith. The images depict the Kootenays, but more

specifically the city of Nelson and district, its people, events, landscape, and buildings from the beginning of settlement to more recent times.

The public is invited to join Touchstones for the launch party on May 4 at 1 p.m. in the lobby to view the digitized images and learn more about the Shawn Lamb Archives col-lection. Refreshments will be served.

Touchstones Nelson Image Digitization Project

Eating Local

SUBMITTEDSpecial to the Nelson Star

Some of the photos now available in the Touchstones Nelson digital online collection have been mined from various local sources.

Breastfeeding group and Kootenay Co-op partner up

Have you heard of La Leche League? It’s not new. In fact this non-profit charitable volunteer-run organization has been advocating eating local for 60 years... breast milk that is.

La Leche League (pronounced La Lay-chay League), Spanish for milk, and active throughout the world, encourages, promotes, and supports breastfeeding as an im-portant contribution to the health of children, families and society. Its mission is to help mothers to breastfeed through mother-to-mother support and to promote a better understanding of breastfeeding as an important ele-ment in the healthy development

of the baby and mother.For the month of May in hon-

our of Mother’s Day, your Kootenay Co-op is creating a till donations card for La Leche League. Anyone can donate any amount right at the tills. In addition, the Co-op will match all donations to La Leche League Nelson for the month of May up to $500.

May 11 is the Garden Festival in Nelson’s downtown, right in front of the Co-op doors. It is also Moth-er’s Day Weekend. La Leche league will be on site with some giveaways and a gift basket for you to enter to win, all donated by the Co-op!

On behalf of mothers and ba-bies in Nelson and everywhere, La Leche League would like to thank the Kootenay Co-op for their sup-port and generosity.

SUBMITTEDSpecial to the Nelson Star

Continued from Page 16The sturgeon recovery initiative

annually assesses juvenile sturgeon stocking numbers and, based on feedback from the technical work-ing group of the UCWSRI, have and will adjust those numbers. In 2012 the Initiative went riverside to get and to share information about the Recovery Program and about sturgeon encounters.

“We found that sturgeon en-counters do occur, but we also know from 15 years of rainbow trout monitoring that rainbow numbers are steadily increasing,” said Nellestijn. “In fact 2013 may turn out to be the best year for rain-

bow trout yet.” The Initiative is a partnership of

more than 20 stakeholders from government, First Nations, indus-try, community and environmental organizations. Sturgeon recovery includes research to determine the causes of decline, release of hatch-ery-reared juveniles from wild stock adults, restoration of habitat, and monitoring and management of water flows.

Funding support for the release event is from BC Hydro, FortisBC, Teck and the Fish and Wildlife Compensation Program.

For more information about the sturgeon release call 250-365-4550.

Partnership includes 20 stakeholders

QWhat does Wabi Sabi mean?

AAt lunchtime I was flipping through some reading lists and random pages and came across the phrase Wabi-Sabi. What a great phrase!

Thinking back to movies such as “Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon”, it would be the perfect phrase to say before flying through the air to land a most perfect round house kick, whilst balanced on a bamboo stick 40 feet in the air. Or maybe it is an exotic delicious, divine sushi I have never heard of ! I love sushi, thus a Wabi-Sabi must be a new lovely roll filled with rice, perhaps some Ahi Tuna, hopefully it has avocado as they are nectar from the gods, with a delicious dollop of Wasabi rolled up into it. I wonder what else is in it?So I did a little digging, once I got over my initial shock that it wasn’t a delicious new sushi roll that I could make; I giggled with delight when I started reading what the phrase meant. It was perfect and fun and delightful.Pared down its barest essence, Wabi-Sabi is the Japanese art of finding beauty in imperfection and profundity in nature, of accepting the natural cycle of growth, decay and death. It’s simple, slow and uncluttered and reveres authenticity above all. It celebrates cracks and crevices and all the other marks that time, weather and loving use leave behind. Through Wabi-Sabi, we learn to embrace liver spots, rust, and frayed edges, and things maybe not being or playing out as we think they should. Wabi-Sabi is underplayed and modest, the kind of quiet, undeclared beauty that waits patiently to be discovered. It’s a fragmentary glimpse: the branch representing the entire tree, shoji screens filtering the sun, the moon 90 percent obscured behind a ribbon of cloud. It’s a richly mellow beauty that’s striking but not obvious, that you can imagine having around you for a long, long time-Katherine Hepburn versus Marilyn Monroe. For the Japanese, it’s the difference between kirei-merely “pretty”-and omoshiroi, the interestingness that kicks something into the realm of beautiful.How delicious is that?To come to a place whether in relationship, work, writing, creating, taking a photo, trying a new sport – instead of being fixated on what is not perfect, we embrace the imperfect and see the beauty in it.So I wish you all Wabi-Sabi!

Jenny HestonCertified Professional Coach and Certified Life Coach

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QCan I expect to ‘get my body back’ a� er pregnancy and childbirth and what can I do?

ABecoming a mother brings about so many unimaginable changes. Most are incredibly wonderful but some of them are not, especially in the realm

of how our body physically changes. Some typical body shi� s for new mothers includes; rounded forward shoulders from feeding and carrying your child; forward head posture from staring at your new little bundle for hours; a weakened core from being stretched out during pregnancy; a decrease in general muscle tone and o� en an increase in overall weight from lack of regular exercise due to the high demands of your time and energy for your child. All of these can lead to aches and pains. So how do we shi� these tendencies back to the way we used to be? Awareness is the � rst step and then as soon as possible a� er birth it is important to start walking lots and incorporating daily stretches and a few essential exercises. Stretch out your chest muscles by anchoring your arm on a door frame and turning away from it and hold for at least 30 seconds. Finding a basic postnatal yoga class is also a good place to start. You will also want to start doing subtle core exercises daily such as drawing your navel towards the spine for a 10 second hold 10X. Keigels are also essential to strengthen the pelvic � oor muscles. Depending on your postural tendency you may develop a “� at back” from so much sitting or some bodies go the opposite direction and you may have an increase in the curve of your lower back. Both of these extremes put undue pressure on the spine and all the surrounding muscles. Knowing your lower back tendency can be analyzed by a professional. Going through a full CHEK postural assessment includes looking at spinal curvature, core function, measuring muscle tightness and weakness as well as looking at how you functionally move. You are then given a home program of stretches and releases as well as appropriate exercises for your particular body. I am o� ering a Mother’s Day special! Regular $200 (for 3 hour assessment and program) now on for $175 until the end of May. If 2 mothers sign up together it is $150 each! You don’t have to be a ‘new mom’ to have these issues…sometimes they can last for years. I am also excited about my new studio ‘� e Lo� ’, in collaboration with Yoga teachers at 601 Front Street. Call Anna Topf for more information at 250.551.1370 or check out www.facebook.com/Top� tnesswithAnna

Anna TopfOwner/ Trainer

250.551.1370email: topfanna@gmail.com

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Sharks swim into Nelson Sports Museum Just in time for the NHL post-

season, the Nelson Sports Mu-seum has a new addition.

Though Vancouver Canucks fans will not be thrilled with the timing, the San Jose Sharks have donated a jersey that is signed by three of the players who took part in the 1996 U18 Pacific Cup that was hosted by Nelson.

Patrick Marleau and Joe Thornton were key components of Team Canada that won a gold medal in the 1996 tournament before a packed house at the Civ-ic Centre. Canada’s opponent in that final game was Team USA which included Scott Gomez.

All three players now suit up for the Sharks.

Nelson Sports Museum’s cu-rator Bill McDonnell secured the autographed jersey through a connection from his playing days in Ottawa. When McDon-nell played junior hockey, cur-rent San Jose Sharks assistant general manager Wayne Thomas was his back-up between the pipes. Thomas went onto the NCAA and then a career in the NHL.

Though Canucks fans will hold no love for the Sharks when the post season opens Wednes-day, the Nelson connection to San Jose is strong. Last sum-mer the Nelson Sports Muse-um hired former Nelson Minor

Hockey defenceman, Boston College standout and San Jose Sharks draft pick Isaac MacLeod as a seasonal tour guide.

Thornton led the Sharks in scoring during the regular sea-son with 40 points. Marleau was third on the team with 31 points and Gomez registered 15 points.

The Nelson Sports Museum is located throughout the Civic Centre and Nelson and District Community Complex.

McDonnell began the collec-tion in the NDCC in conjunc-tion with the 2007 Hockey Day In Canada event and has adding to it over the years. It includes memorabilia and information about all sports related history in the community.

Three San Jose Players Who Suited Up in 1996 Pacific Cup Tournament

Tell us how your team is doing, email: newsroom@nelsonstar.com

Sports

BOB HALLNelson Star Editor

The autographed San Jose Sharks jersey that will be featured in the Nelson Sports Museum includes the signatures of Patrick Marleau, Joe Thornton and Scott Gomez. All three played in the U18 Pacific Cup in Nelson in 1996.

Hume Crowned Rec KingsThe Hume Hotel (above) captured the Kootenay Lake Rec Hockey League late last month in convincing fashion capping off a season of dominance. In the best-of-three league final at the Nelson and District Community Complex against the Destroyers, Hume won the first game 8-4 and then followed it up with a series-clinching 10-2 win. The post-season crown followed a regular season which saw the team compile a 32-1-1 record. The championship is the third in a row for the Hume.

Nelson Figure Skating Club goes Around the World

Although the trip will take less than an hour, skaters from the Nelson Figure Skating Club are going globetrotting this Saturday when they present “Around The World” from 2 to 3 p.m. at the Nelson District Community Complex arena.

With music and cho-reography from South America, Europe and Asia, the club is closing out its 2012-13 season with an international flare.

“With so much mu-sic and dance to choose from, a globally-themed show was too good to ig-nore,” says coach Sarah Gower.

The hour-long pro-gram will consist of 19 group, pairs and indi-vidual performances, as well as guest skater Mackenzie Walts from the Beaver Valley Skat-ing Club.

As always the show is designed to be all-inclusive, with experi-enced skaters sharing the spotlight with kids who

have only been skating for several months.

“Our CanSkaters nev-er fail to amaze us,” adds Gower. “They are often the hit of the show.”

With this year’s Can-skaters performing the Mexican Hat Dance, that tradition is bound to continue.

Admission this Satur-day is by donation.

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The show this Saturday will feature the wee ones all the way up to the more experienced local figure skaters.

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OFF and RUNNINGLakeside Park was packed with people on Saturday morning as Nelson Youth Soccer Association’s house league season got underway. While some wee ones took to the field for the first time, proud parents cheering them on, older kids

proved they’ve picked up a few skills along the way. Coffee cups and cameras in hand, eager adults held up tradition as kids chomped on oranges nearby.

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Los Angeles Times Daily Crossword Puzzle Edited by Rich Norris and Joyce Lewis

FOR RELEASE MAY 1, 2013

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Tuesday’s Puzzle SolvedBy Erik Agard 5/1/13

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Notice of ServiceShirley Dianne

LipsackA memorial service will be held on May 04, 2013 at St. Andrews United Church in Kalso, BC at 11:00 AM. The service will be

officiated by Rev. Shelley Stickle-Miles. Interment will follow the

service at the Kaslo Cemetery. As an expression of sympathy, family and friends may make a donation the The Canadian Cancer Society,

BC and Yukon Division, 565 – 10th Ave W, Vancouver, BC, V5Z 9Z9.

Arrangements are under the direction of Thompson Funeral Service Ltd.

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Funeral Notice

Arthur Eugene Simmons1931 - 2013

Saturday May 4, 2013 at 1pmCrossroads Christian Fellowship

12 4th Street, Salmo BC

Larry passed away peacefully in the Nelson Hospital, surrounded by his loved ones on Wednesday, April 17, 2013 at the age of 67 years, after his courageous fight with cancer.

Born to Ralph and Inez McAllister in Macleod, Alberta. Larry worked at the Trail Regional Hospital for twenty seven years, before retiring to Balfour. He enjoyed his time fishing and his greatest moment was catching the elusive 25 pound rainbow. He also enjoyed golfing and after each season threatened to sell his golf clubs. He was no threat to the seniors tour.

Larry is survived by his wife Bernadette, son Mark (Michelle) brothers Ken(Hope), Ron(Sharon), Bob(Tracy), Don and sisters Grace Wilson, Betty Harshenin, Lorraine (Neil) Hickman and best friend Rachel.

The family would like to thank Doctors Milde, Malpass and Shumacher and the nurses in Trail and Nelson for their excellent care of Larry. Thank you for the cards, prayers, support and dinners . Special thanks to Lisa (our angel in Trail), our very dear friends, caring neighbors and loving family for being there through our most difficult time.

Larry has requested that there be no service or flowers.Donations may be made to;Kalein Hospice Centre P.O. Box 266, Nelson, B.C. VIL 5P9Arrangements are under the direction of Thompson

Funeral Service Ltd. Online condolences may be expressed at www.thompsonfs.ca

Lawrence Ralph McAllister

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Superheroes save the day for young movie lovers

Nelson Civic � eatre Society board mem-ber Darryl Santano

remembers when, as Civic � eatre projectionist, he got ready for the � rst night of Spider-Man.

“� e kid from Pleasantville was playing,” he says. “We were in for a big treat, watch-ing the web slinger shoot web and swing from building to building, beating up bad guys to save the day.”

With the theatre packed to the ra� ers, Santano held his breath.

“I was hoping that the � lm I had just threaded would run correctly,” he says, imagining � lm spooling on the � oor.

� ings like that had hap-pened, requiring superhero action. But that night the only superhero was the one on the screen.

Last month Santano and fellow board member Jason Asbell — our volunteer pro-jectionist team — were true superheroes in a midnight border run against all odds.

It’s tricky getting print � lms for the old projector, with fewer kicking around, soon to be obsolete. Everyone was excited at the prospect of showing two great animated � lms, with class visits booked � rst thing April 19.

But two days before the screening, the prints hadn’t arrived and Asbell was get-ting nervous. Where were the � lms? Using his x-ray vision (and the UPS tracking num-ber), he traced the delivery to — Wilmington, Ohio?

“� e shipping label had been addressed to Nelson Civic � eatre Society, Nelson, BC, USA,” explains Asbell.

� e � lms had been re-turned to sender.

One day before the screen-

ing, the � lms were shipped to Spokane. A courier could drive them to Metaline Falls that night, but couldn’t bring them across the border. Someone would have to meet him, or the kids of Nelville would wake to a sad day indeed.

Our superheroes leapt into action, racing through the dead of night, facing menac-ing border guards and work-ing against the clock. Could they save the day in the nick of time?

“Try telling border guards that you intend to meet an unmarked car in a dark street in a border town to pick up a package you want to bring back to Canada,” says Asbell, who had to use superhero persuasion in advance.

O� they went, to meet a silver Toyota Scion in front of the theatre in Metaline Falls. Simple — except for one thing.

“It turns out that this little town has two theatres — on opposite sides of town,” says Asbell. “So we started driving in circles between the two, through the dark.”

It was getting later and later, and feeling more and more like a movie script, with grizzled characters o� ering dubious assistance and no courier in sight.

Finally, into the dark street rolled a silver vehicle and — Holy roll-’em, Batman! — the � lms had arrived.

Santano and Asbell used their special powers to nego-tiate their way back through Canada Customs and pulled into Nelson in the dawn light, capes a-� apping, just in time to begin building up the reels for the � rst class. Our super-heroes had saved the day.

� ere’s been super-hero-ism in the air lately, as our community leaps � nancial hurdles to help the Nelson Civic � eatre go digital. No more middle-of-the-night cross-border � lm pickup. In fact, no more � lms at all.

What’s that, up in the sky? It’s — it’s — Digital Projec-tion and Sound!

� anks to the generosity of hundreds on donors, the goal of $150,000 for digital projection is within reach. How super is that? Success means digital � lms this sum-mer, four days a week, in your movie theatre!

Come to the steps of the theatre at 5:30 p.m. today (May 1) to � nd out the � nal tally. It’s just one more example of how the generous people of Nelville — uh, Nel-son — have yet again saved the day.

Anne DeGrace is the presi-dent of the Nelson Civic � e-atre Society. Large Popcorn, Extra Butter runs every two weeks. If you have a memory to share please email anne@civictheatre.ca. Find out more at civictheatre.ca.

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ANNE DEGRACESpecial to the Nelson Star

“I was just hoping that the � lm I had just threaded would run

correctly.”Darryl Santano

Civic � eatre Projectionist

The Tobey Maguire version of Spider-Man opened to a packed house at the Nelson Civic Theatre.

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