Friday, July 15, 2011 The Nelson Star

B r e a k i n g n e w s a t n e l s o n s t a r . c o mNELSON STARLeafs head coach

moving onSee 6

CPR station model stars in new art projectSee Page 3

FERRYTALEThe Glade ferry will get its biggest workout in recent

memory this month as the community on the south side of the Kootenay River marks its centen-nial with a three-day extravaganza. The celebration from July 29 to 31 will include his-torical displays, multimedia presentations, sports,

live entertainment, and traditional Doukhobor food.Planning began last October, according to organizing commit-

tee chair Rob Zwick.“The community’s interesting because right now it’s about half

Russian and half non-Russian,” he says. “It’s a community that gets along great.”

Zwick himself is a self-described urban refugee from Vancou-ver, who moved to Glade with his wife in 1995. She was originally from the community and her parents still live there. Zwick’s great grandfather John W. Sherbinin, meanwhile, was a Doukhobor community administrator.

But while the celebration will have a strong Doukhobor fla-vour, it won’t be exclusively so. First Nations representatives have been invited, and the organizing committee itself includes people

Once exclusively a Doukhobor community,

but now a mix of cultures, Glade is throwing itself a

100th birthday party this month

TOP: The Glade ferry as it was long ago and as it is today. The ferry — in one form or another — has been a lifeline connecting residents to the outside world for almost the entire 100 years of the com-munity’s existence.

BOTTOM: The Glade community prayer meeting ca. 1925. In its early years Glade was home to 1,750 residents — six times the current population.

GREG NESTEROFFNelson Star Reporter

Story continues to ‘The fertile land’ on Page 12

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Tenth Street dorms on trackWork on the $7 million

overhaul to the student residences at Selkirk Col-lege’s Tenth Street campus is behind schedule, but still expected to be completed in time for the upcoming school year.

Ron Zaitsoff, the college’s director of facilities and maintenance, says finishing work has started over the last several weeks.

“They’re seal-coating the concrete and painting the drywall,” he says. “The heat-ing system is installed and is being pressurized and com-missioned.”

The roofing work is also pretty much finished, so in-terior work is now the pri-ority.

“We asked our contractor probably two months ago to focus on the actual room completion because Septem-ber’s not too far off,” Zaitsoff says.

Redevelopment of the theatre in the same build-ing complex — the former Studio 80 — isn’t slated for completion until early Oc-tober.

Zaitsoff says they en-countered some challenges renovating the old building, which set them back from the original timeline, but “I think in general we’ve been pretty pleased with the per-formance of the last three or four months, once all the design work was finalized.”

Orders have been placed for beds, desks, chairs, and other furniture.

Once completed, the building is expected to house about 100 students. Prior to the announcement that the residences would be ready this year, Selkirk had 70 stu-dents on a waiting list. They have since confirmed 56 ap-plications and are processing more.

“I am certain we will have a full residence for the fall semester,” says residence co-ordinator Carolyn Tuai.

A variety of accommo-dation will be available,

ranging from one-bedroom suites with kitchenettes and private washrooms that go for $600 a month to three and five-bedroom pods for $435 to $475 per month.

The latter will be in the east wing, accessed by an exterior balcony, which al-lows the interior corridor to be converted into a func-tional space.

The west wing will serve several purposes, includ-ing the theatre space on the bottom floor; lounges, study rooms, offices, and poten-tially a student-run coffee shop and bookstore on the

first floor; and additional dorms on the second and third floors.

The middle of the build-ing will have a main en-trance atrium with a glass wall, lounge area, and patio.

Funding for the project came largely from the fed-eral and provincial govern-ments, as well as the Co-lumbia Basin Trust and City of Nelson.

The Tenth Street resi-dences consist of St. Mar-tin’s Hall, built in 1961 with solid cast concrete walls and floors, and McCarthy Hall, added two years later using concrete post and beam with cinderblock infill walls.

They were home to stu-dents of Notre Dame Uni-versity, David Thompson University Centre, Canadian International College, and finally Selkirk College, but have been empty for several years.

Selkirk says the closure was related to the “unsuitability of the traditional dorm con-figuration with large group washrooms and inadequate kitchen and lounge facilities which did not attract resi-dents or help them live com-fortably or affordably.”

The City of Nelson owns the residence, along with the rest of the campus, which it leases to the college.

The work is being done to Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design gold standards. Penticton’s Wild-stone Construction and En-gineering is the contractor.

Although behind schedule, the redeveloped student resi-dences at the Tenth Street Campus — including an atrium with a multi-storey glass wall — should be ready by fall.


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Art project more than window dressingDowntown Revitalization

Vacant storefront windows on Baker Street will be get-ting a much needed makeover as a group of community partners prepares to unveil its art in store front windows project.

“The idea actu-ally first came from Mayor John Dooley,” said cultural devel-opment officer Joy Barrett. “He had been walking down Baker Street and saw that so many of the stores were closed. It looked really bad both to locals and to tourists. It presents a poor im-age of what’s happen-ing economically.”

She said that a group began look-ing into what could be done and saw that other cities had been facing a similar problem, particularly in the United States where they were facing a significant economic decline.

“What some cities did was an art in storefront windows program or a store-front revitalization program, and we thought that would be a great idea for Nelson,” said Barrett.

The project has been embraced not only by the city but also by the Nelson and District Cham-ber of Commerce, the Nelson Eco-nomic Development Partnership and the Nelson Business As-sociation.

Barrett said the project’s tight bud-get caused them to

look at some creative approaches to the windows.

“At first we thought we might just put artists’ work in the windows and leave it at that, but it’s a bit difficult to do that because you have to deal with insuring the artists’ work,” said Barrett.

The first installa-tion of the project is in the windows of what used to be Hazeldean.

“I approached Deborah Loxam-Kohl, who used to do installations at Touchstones, and we thought we’d do a couple of things. With one of the win-dows she’s going to highlight local inter-ests of the area from Nelson up to and including Kaslo. In

the other side of the window she is going to showcase the CPR station using models and show the work that we are doing there,” said Barrett.

The windows of the former Redfish Grill will also get a revamp with the installation of an historical photo.

“We had to come at the Redfish Grill

from a whole dif-ferent perspective. Because the inside of the building is burned out we can’t access it from the inside, so we have to put something up from the outside,” she said.

Barrett said they will be putting up plywood in front of the burned out win-dows.

“On top of the plywood we are going to put a vinyl wrap of an historical Nel-son photo of horses racing down Baker Street. It will be 10 feet tall so it’s going to look really cool,” she said.

Loxam-Kohl has also done stylized versions of a “For Lease” or “For Rent” sign to decrease the hodgepodge of hardware store signs that appear on Baker Street.

Even though the project is exciting, Barrett is hoping that if the economy is booming the need for art in storefront win-dows will decrease.

“But in the mean-time we want the downtown to look beautiful both for lo-cals and for tourists.”

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Travel Becomes YouMadrid–MilanBy Joe Dunn

Th e thing about plane travel in the late sixties is that you were special. Everyone dressed up for the trip and you were treated like a guest. I showed up at the Lisbon airport with my ticket, they pulled off the coupon for the next leg and waved me in. Th at’s when tickets were made of paper. Show your passport and you’re good to go.

An hour or so and you’re in another country, culture and language. Never mind the money. I’d spent a week getting used to Escudos and now it’s Pesetas so my “go to” is how much is a loaf of bread then I’d know what the money was worth.

I forgot to tell you that before I left Canada I’d bought a membership in the Youth Hostel Association and a Eurail pass good for one month. So I looked in my $5/day book and found a hostel in Madrid.

Big city, fi nancial and cultural capital. I got a sense of tightly wrapped, sophisticated well dressed people. Probably the result of being in charge of most of the world for 150 years.

Th e hostel was a real education – you get a single bed in a dorm and you supply your own sleeping bag and are expected to do a chore. Th e trade off is the cheap sleep and

a shower and you meet the world at breakfast. It opened my mind to talk to “travelers” from everywhere and this was when I realized that this trip was going to be much more than I’d though it would be.

I make my call to Isobel and my Spanish cultural education begins. We agree to meet downtown and see a movie – sounds pretty safe – sit in the dark, maybe hold a hand; I can do this. I met Isobel outside the theatre and the fi rst warning to me was that the movie was 2001- A Space Odyssey, in Spanish of course. I’d seen it in Toronto in English and didn’t understand it then. Th e second

warning was a rather large aunt who suspected my intentions towards her niece and who also had a rather prominent Ronnie (a word I’d later learn in England which referred to a hairy upper lip)

Since I was obviously a villain I was designated to buy three tickets to the show and waited to pay as the aunt loaded up at the snack counter. Th e aunt got the middle seat and Isobel and I talked a bit over her popcorn and soda. Th e movie ended and Isobel understood about as much as I did and the aunt said it was time to go home. I never saw Isobel again but wished her a good Spanish life.

Off to Barcelona and the south.I stayed in another youth hostel and met a great group of

young people. I wandered the Ramblas, the throbbing heart of Barcelona and spent evenings in small bars and cafes talking with young people from all over Europe. Th is was the fi rst time that I realized I was poorly educated. Everyone spoke at least three languages including English Th ey would apologize to me that their English wasn’t very good then go on talking in French, German or Swedish. I had a lot to learn.

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Nelson doctor calls for ‘robust surgical service’

He didn’t connect the dots, but a Nelson physician left people at a health care forum this week won-dering about the relationship be-tween cuts to Kootenay Lake Hos-pital over the last decade and the facility’s performance on the Fraser Institute’s latest report card.

Dr. Raz Moola’s presentation pointed to a number of indicators where the local hospital scored significantly better or worse than the rest of the province.

Moola, one of Nelson’s two ob-stetricians, noted they did very well in minimizing the rate of Caesare-an sections, based on 2008-09 data, the most recent available. Koote-nay Lake Hospital ranked seventh out of 52 in BC.

“I’d like to think that nobody is having a Caesarean section unless they need it, but there’s huge dif-ferences from 25 per cent in our hospital to upwards of 40 per cent in other communities,” he told the audience.

Kootenay Lake Hospital was also ranked first in the rate of vag-inal births that occurred in moth-ers who previously delivered by Caesarean section.

“It’s an indication of comfort level among midwives, family phy-sicians, and obstetricians,” he said. “Many organizations suggest this is a marker of good quality health care.”

However, obstetrics is the only type of inpatient surgery offered at the local hospital, which Moola says probably makes them one of a kind.

“As far as I can tell, we’re the only hospital in BC and probably the nation where you have full service obstetrical/gynecological service and nothing else when it comes to surgery. From my view, this is not the right kind of bal-ance you need to say you have a healthy community.”

Moola cited other data in the Fraser Institute report released last week that was less encouraging.

An indicator called “failure to rescue,” which measures a hos-pital’s ability to respond to com-plications ranked Kootenay Lake Hospital as seventh best in BC in 2001-02, prior to major changes. It has fluctuated wildly since, but is now near the bottom.

“The numbers and rankings aren’t so important, but before the changes in our health care system,

Nelson did well in terms of our ability to deal with complications,” Moola said.

Based on measurements that track patients by municipality, Nel-son area residents fare much worse than those in Trail in dying in hos-pital of congestive heart failure and gastrointestinal hemorrhage.

“It’s not clear to me why hospi-tals an hour away should have pro-found differences,” Moola said.

“Someone suggested this is about transport. It may be about the lack of an intensive care unit. This might be about the lack of a general surgeon. I can’t tell you.

“It’s difficult to draw conclu-sions from the data, but I think it’s important that we ask questions of health care providers and admin-istrators to say what has happened over the last ten years that is plac-ing communities at risk?”

Moola also suggested having a “robust surgical service” including a general surgeon was important not only for the region’s health, but its economy, with many spin-off effects. “I suggest for business-es, tax base, and a variety of other reasons, it’s good to have a well-functioning hospital,” he said.

Moola noted he and colleague Dr. Carrie Fitzsimons, a pediatri-cian, are among the rare number of specialists outside major ur-ban areas, disproportionate to the population they serve.

“There’s a huge disconnect. When we talk about two-tier health care in Canada, it’s not about pub-lic and private medicine. It’s urban and rural medicine. Where you live has a huge impact on the quality, access, and timeliness of care you may receive.”

Fitzsimons, who is also the med-ical staff president, told the forum she senses a “slow, steady, painstak-ing movement to more regional thinking and working together,” and hoped they would “continue going in that direction without be-ing inflammatory and destructive to bridges built over the years.”

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BRIEFSCOMPLAINT LODGED

AGAINST NELSON POLICEA Nelson man has filed a formal complaint

with the Office of the Police Complaint Com-missioner.

Domenic Coletti, who is on probation for harassing a neighbour, alleges he was wrongly arrested on a breach June 27, with-out being told what he had done.

He now faces two new charges.Coletti also complains he was arrested in

front of his elderly mother. “Arresting me in front of mother was a

major trauma for her, as she does not under-stand, is very leery, suspicious, and afraid of police,” he writes. “They just ignored my mother’s anguish.”

Nelson police chief Wayne Holland said Wednesday he hasn’t received the complaint.

“The legislation requires me not to say anything because the [complaint commis-sioner] is reviewing the matter if it has been filed. We’ll participate and assist them, and they’ll determine if it’s a matter that should be investigated,” he said.

POLICE OFFICER’S NOSE BROKEN

A Nelson police officer suffered a broken nose and a concussion while dealing with a small group of men drinking in public Sat-urday night.

The suspect, a 31-year-old Chilliwack man, was arrested and appeared in court Tuesday facing charges of assaulting a police officer causing bodily harm and two counts of resisting arrest.

In a news release, acting Sgt. Janet Scott-Pryke said the assault was unprovoked.

LOCAL JOBLESS RATE DOWNThe Kootenay unemployment rate was 8.3

per cent last month, according to Statistics Canada. That was down from 9.5 per cent in May, but higher than the 7.6 per cent figure recorded in the June of last year.

The national number crunching agency says 6,400 people were looking for work in the East and West Kootenays.

Provincially, the jobless rate dropped for a fourth straight month to 7.3 per cent while the national rate was unchanged at 7.4 per cent.

SENIORS PARKING PERMITS QUESTIONED

The necessity of seniors parking permits came into question at Monday’s Nelson city council meeting.

Councillor Margaret Stacey asked city staff to look into how many permits there are. She said with an aging population, the number of permits may increase, causing revenue from parking metres to decrease.

Stacey said based on the permit numbers staff present, it would be worth looking at either increasing the price of the permits or abolishing them all together.

She joked she’s been told bringing up the issue of seniors parking permits might jeop-ardize her re-election.


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Editorial

No matter where you go, parking seems to be a hot button issue.

There isn’t enough of it, it isn’t con-venient, it’s too expensive and the list goes on.

This week parking came up a couple times: once in the presentation of the city’s finalized Sustainable Downtown and Waterfront Mas-ter Plan, and again when councillor Margaret Stacey questioned the need for seniors park-ing permits.

During the presentation at Monday’s coun-cil meeting by city manager Kevin Cormack, he mentioned that the parking lot across from Best Western might be better used for devel-opment.

Development is a great thing and necessary for a booming downtown neighbourhood, but so is parking.

No matter how we improve transit, boost parking fees, or encourage alternate transpor-tation methods, people are still going to opt for the convenience of driving. Many of us are guilty of this.

We can’t convert all the parking lots to de-velopment opportunities, but we may give up on some development opportunities because we need parking.

There are spots around the city where park-ing lots could be built.

Now that the Regional District of Cen-tral Kootenay has found a new home for the transfer station, maybe we could put some parking where the dump is currently located.

Or perhaps people could be encouraged to park in the railtown area, which might end up encouraging new business to move in that direction.

The one thing both these suggestions imply is that maybe we might have to be okay with parking a little further away from our intend-ed destination instead of circling the block over and over in hopes of the perfect parking spot.

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While taking my en-trance exam for the jour-nalism certificate program at Langara College, the head of the department told the crowd of eager journalists that only a couple dozen of us would get in, so it might be a good idea to come up with a back-up plan. I went home and started look-ing up culinary schools in Vancouver.

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The instructor giving the tour essentially said “this is a high stress indus-try. It is the industry with the highest rate of divorce

and the highest rate of alcoholism.” For some warped reason, I sat there with a smile on my face, and thought that doesn’t sound bad to me.

Again, I went home, sat down at my computer, filled out the application and hit send.

Months went by and finally in one week, I re-ceived an acceptance letter from Langara and another from Vancouver Com-munity College. “Darn, how did this happen?” I thought. One of my clever friends said, just make a pros and cons list. Maybe it was a silly way to decide my career, but I did it anyways.

Pros for journalism: less stress, more regular work hours, better pay.

In the end, you know what I chose. But the funny thing is, everything I saw as a pro for journal-ism, was pretty inaccurate. But in the end, it didn’t matter. After a year in journalism school, in-ternships with the CBC,

including working for BC Almanac during the Van-couver 2010 Games, I was bit by the journalism bug, and I can’t imagine doing anything else.

I did go back to the culinary industry for a bit, but after a leg injury, and a bit of soul searching, I realized I missed journal-ism and got back on the computer and started looking for jobs.

I applied for jobs all over BC. After a phone in-terview with The Free Press in Fernie, I was offered the job, and a month later I was on a plane to a town I had never been to, where I knew no one.

I became a sports reporter, covering the Fer-nie Ghostriders. I learned about the unique dynam-ics of a city with a strong environmental community and an equally strong rod and gun club and I learned how much I love small towns in the Kootenays.

When the opportunity to move to another paper came up a few weeks ago, I started thinking of where I would want to move. One of my former co-workers and friends said to me “Maybe it needs to be as much about lifestyle as it is about your career.” When she said that, I knew I wouldn’t be going back to Victoria or Vancouver, and that I would stay in the mountains.

It feels like I’ve been in Nelson for months. Something about it seems familiar, like an old friend I haven’t seen in years. I’m excited to learn about Nelson and get to know the people and stories of this great town.

Musings – Megan Cole

From the city to the Kootenays

Megan Cole with The Titan in Sparwood, which is part of the area that The Free Press covers. The Titan was the world’s largest truck, but recently lost the title and is now known as the “world’s largest truck... almost.”


Letters to the Editor

Something on your Mind?Has a recent city council decision made your blood boil? Is the state of our

local health care making you furious? Have the shenanigans in Victoria made you shake your head? Let it out and let us know. Write a letter to the editor.

It’s perfect stress relief. Let the community know how you feel.email us at [email protected]

The May 26 West Koote-nay EcoSociety AGM, gave me a sense of the intent and direction that now rudders this environmental society. Friendly, well-intended me-diocrity comes to mind.

I played a small part shap-ing this society that has had significant impact on BC’s environmental movement and the Canadian Green Party political struggle. I am concerned about the size of the board of directors and West Kootenay EcoSociety connections with Transi-tion Nelson that featured independent power producer corporation Selkirk Power at a weekend forum about sustainability last summer.

There is, in my opinion, nothing remotely sustain-able about this corporation’s intention to dam up Ventego, Alder and Cupola creeks. These are pristine wilder-ness drainages on the edge of Glacier National Park. The folks in the Golden area are freaking out.

When I realized the West

Kootenay EcoSociety was part of a sustainability forum promoting a corporation that has the potential to destroy grizzly, caribou and fish habi-tat, I started paying closer attention because an influ-ential environmental group

in an area rich with fresh water, minerals, timber and vast hydro power is a likely target for industrial provoca-teurs and government agents. Our resources are fodder for warring economies and that is what currently makes our

stock markets tick... war.We are on the war planet.British Petroleum and

Appache Resources started exploration to frack for coal bed methane last summer on the Elk River near Fernie. Talisman Energy of Calgary just published a children’s colouring book to promote their coal bed methane frack-ing activities in northern BC. Nelson’s socialist MLA, MP and environmental group have said little about these planet destroying war mon-gering industrial activities.

The EcoSociety appears to be ignoring or shying away from these issues. Most other major environmental groups in BC and Canada/US are foaming at the mouth about coal bed methane fracking.

My hope as a long time member of this environmen-tal society is they not lose the courage that is necessary to stand up for future genera-tions against irresponsible governance.

Tom PriorNelson

EcoSociety not doing enough

Re: “Kerr deserved better fate,” July 8

Rod Retzlaff implies it was the decision of “engineering” to de-molish the burned out shell of the Kerr Apartment block, and that “whatever engineer decided to destroy this beautiful old building should hang his or her head in shame.”

This is highly unlikely, unless it was an engineer who owned this property, which is not the case.

The true likelihood is that the owner hired a consulting engineering firm to evaluate the remaining structure and provide estimates of what it would take in terms of time, technical feasibility and costs, to restore the building. The owner — not the engineer — that then made the demolition decision, based on those factors, and presumably also on his/her sense of history in the commu-nity.

As for Mr. Retzlaff ’s comment: “Must be the same engineers that decided that they had to close off

the spiral staircase in the old City Hall...” again, engineers would have provided the city with an evaluation of the condition of this, and presumably a process and cost to bring it into compli-ance with the building code to protect the public from a safety hazard, and the city from law-suits. The city (or perhaps Touch-stones) then made the decision to close it off rather than go to the trouble and expense.

One can understand Mr. Ret-zlaff ’s emotional dismay at the disappearance of parts of Nelson’s visible history. None of us like to see this happen, but engineers rarely decide these things; they provide the kind of professional analysis and evaluation that al-lows the person with the cheque-book to do the deciding.

Mr. Retzlaff needs to do his homework on these unhappy events so he can target his anger more accurately.

Bob WilsonNelson

The HST refer-endum empowers citizens to make a decision.

I’d like to see this style of self-gover-nance end the sup-port of billionaires with their huge con-glomerate companies, offshore accounts, subsidies and tax breaks while work-ing people struggle to live.

If we can fight to change a tax law like the HST, why not go even further to really affect wealth distribu-tion in this country?

Josh WappNelson

HST fight just the start

Don’t blame engineers

“My hope as a long time member of this

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NDP Leader Takes Battle to the Box

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Provincial NDP leader Adrian Dix (right) and Nelson-Creston MLA Michelle Mungall led a rally outside the Nelson post office this week, encouraging residents to vote to rescind the harmonized sales tax in the mail-in referendum. It was Dix’s 26th stop on his tour of the prov-ince, while Mungall has held similar events in six other local communities. “The response is very positive, whether it’s downtown Quesnel or downtown Nelson, particularly from small business people who know the impact of the HST on their customers,” Dix said. The dead-line to return ballots is August 5.

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Lousy spring or not, wildfire risk a summer staple Southeast Fire Centre Prepares for Busy Times Ahead

Nelson is finally enjoying hot summer weather, but with the sunshine comes fire bans and increased forest fire risks.

The Southeast Fire Centre announced last week that all open fires are pro-hibited until further notice.

The ban specifi-cally includes burn-ing any waste, slash or other material. It also prohibits burn-ing stubble or grass.

The use of fire-works or burning barrels of any size or description was further banned.

Fire information officer Karlie Shaugh-nessy said it’s difficult to predict what the summer holds for forest fire risk be-cause it’s dependant on the weather.

“Long term weather models may give us an indication, but the weather can change a lot in just a couple days,” she said.

As of Wednesday, the fire risk for the Nelson area was rated at low or very low.

Shaughnessy said this year’s high snow pack and wet spring would have little ef-fect on the outcome of the fire season.

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crews responded to 18 wildfires, which together burned 28 hectares,” she said. “Last year at this time we responded to 31

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Councillor Donna Macdonald asked that council and city staff look at having a few sec-tions removed from the bylaw.

The sections address musical instruments being played in the downtown core without a permit.

Macdonald said they were introduced in the 1990s when there was a lot of bongo drum-ming in the downtown core.

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Macdonald did joke that there may have to be a distinction made for new bagpipe players.

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Announcements EventsKRISTY GORDON ART WORKSHOPInternationally acclaimed artist and Nelson native Kristy Gordon will be teaching a three day portrait painting workshop. The class is geared towards painters of all skill levels, and is a great opportu-nity to learn the process of painting with oils. Each day will include a painting demonstration, discussion and individual instruction at the easel. To register for the workshop, or for further information, please contact Bev Gordon by email at [email protected].

72 HOUR ART SLAMNelson’s AIDS Network Kootenay Outreach and Support Society are organizing an a 72 hour art slam to address social issues and stigma surrounding HIV/AIDS in the community, while celebrating artists and art in the community. Teams or individuals will have 72 hours to create and submit an original piece of artwork. Participants can submit a film, poetry, theatre, song, painting, sculpture, dance and any other type of artist expression. The only rules are the theme and prop (as given at the kick-off meeting) must be present in the final product, and the deadline is absolute. The competition will be held between August 19 and 22, with a showcase event on the 26th for the general public to attend. For more information contact Please con-tact Carmen or Brahm at [email protected] or 250-505-5506

INDOOR WORM COMPOSTING WORKSHOPFor apartment dwellers, those who do not want to compost outdoors due to bears or space constraints, or those interested in fun and fas-cinating red wiggler worms Earth Matters is presenting an indoor worm composting workshop. Participants in the workshop will each assemble their own worm bin (worms included) and learn how to successfully worm compost indoors. The workshop is on July 21 at 6 p.m. at the Earth Matters ECO Centre, 563 Ward Street. Please visit Earth Matters or call 250-352-2513 to pre-register. The cost is $55 including worms; participants need to bring their own Rubbermaid style bin to be transformed into their worm composter — all other supplies will be provided.

GENEALOGY PROBLEM SOLVING CLINICHave you hit a roadblock with your family history research? Come out to Touchstones Nelson on Saturday, July 16 from 2 to 4 p.m. to get expert advice on how to get back on track. Cost is $10 for mem-bers and $12 for non-members. The workshop will be held at in the Shawn Lamb Archives at Touchstones. For more information contact Laura Fortier at 250-352-8268 or at [email protected].

SENIORS TEA IN THE PARKThe Nelson and District Seniors Coordinating Society is hosting a Seniors Tea in the Park, Sunday, July 17, 1:30 to 3 p.m. at the Rotary Shelter. Enjoy some free tea and cake while listening to Ray Burgess the Music Man.

BLISS IN THE BLOSSOMSCome and see some of the beautiful artwork and sculptures on dis-play. Summer garden metal art with Nathan Smith’s leaf swings; metal sconces for the patio by Carter Balzer; unique bird houses by Brian Mally; recycled metal archway by James Harris; and more. Craft Connection and Gallery 378 is open Monday to Saturday from 9:30 a.m. to 5:30 p.m.

NELSON YERC SCAVENGER HUNTThe Nelson Youth Employment Resource Centre is inviting youth between the ages of 15 and 30 to participate in the Nelson YERC Scavenger Hut. Participants will have until July 16 to complete a set of questions relating to and directing them to other important ser-vices in Nelson. On July 16 at the Youth Centre, we will be hosting a fun, free barbecue and scavenger hunt prize draw starting from noon. The Scavenger Hunt is free to enter! You will find competition cards at the YERC and NDYC locations at 608 Lake Street, sponsor locations around Nelson and online at kootenayquickshot.com.

FRIDAY, JULY 15The 12th annual Starbelly Jam Festival kicks off at 9 a.m. and runs until Sunday in Crawford Bay. The festival is sure to offer an eclectic selection of music and entertainment for the whole fam-ily. Headlining acts include Midnite and Ron Sexsmith. For moreinformation about the lineup and tickets visit starbellyjam.org

SATURDAY, JULY 16Kootenay Festival is a multi-faceted event encouraging the rec-ognition and appreciation of our community diversity through entertainment, cuisine and interactive educational activities, dis-plays and performance. The festival will take place in Castlegar. For more information about the festival including a schedule of events, visit the website at kootenayfestival.com.

Come out and enjoy fresh local produce, crafts and more at the Cottonwood Falls Market. The market runs 9:30 a.m. to 3 p.m.

SUNDAY, JULY 17Interested in learning the healing art of Reiki. Reiki master teacher Sara Kuhn will be teaching a level one shoden initiation workshopin Nelson. Class size is limited. For more information contact SaraKuhn at [email protected] or 778-786-8210.

Crescent Valley will be holding its first summer market of the sea-son at the Frog Peak Cafe. It runs every Sunday from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. until August 21. The market includes amazing breakfast andlunch, live music, fresh produce, art, clothing, pottery and more.

MONDAY, JULY 18The summer’s first Body Luv: Summer Camp for Teens kicks off.The goal of the camp is to guide and inspire girls through yoga and nutrition. The camp will include holistic nutrition, yoga, local farmtrips, hiking in the mountains and loving your body! For more in-formation contact Jennifer: 250-509-1417 or Anie: 250-505-9807. TUESDAY, JULY 19For the month of July, the Nelson and District Youth Centre is host-ing cartooning time every Tuesday from 4 until 7 p.m. Learn funda-mentals of cartoon rendering, ink use, and visual narrative. Work inyour sketchbook, make a comic, make a painting, whatever inspires you. We’re going to have comic books, cartoons and music.

Looking to start a career as an electrician or welder? The KootenayCareer Development Society is offering a free workshop to help you learn about pursuing a career in the trades. Register early to saveyour space in this free workshop. For more information contact: [email protected] or 250-352-6200 or kcds.ca

The Women’s Centre invites you to go shopping at the Kootenay Co-op. It’s Community Days and the Co-op will donate one per cent of the total sales that day back to our Women’s Centre. Stock up and save on the specials while supporting the essential work of theWomen’s Centre.

WEDNESDAY, JULY 20You have a job interview — now what? In this workshop explore first impressions, body language and what the questions really mean andhow to answer them effectively. Register early to save your place in this free workshop. For more information contact [email protected]

Patient Voices will be holding an orientation in Nelson from 10 a.m.to 2 p.m. People interesting in Shaping the System, Community Ac-tivation and Peer Coaching components of the Patient Voices Net-work are required to attend the one or two day orientation work-shop. Patient Voices is led by ImpactBC and creates mechanisms for patients, their families and other community stakeholders to participate in primary health care. Those interested should contact 1-888-742-1772 or patientvoices.ca

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Thursday, July 21 – Saturday, July 23The Capitol Theatre’s offering for its 23rd annual summer youth program is the presentation of You’re A Good Man Charlie Brown (Revised). An ambitious troupe of young actors will take half of their summer break to prepare a production that will once again pack the house. Lucy, Linus, Sally, Schroeder, Snoopy and of course Charlie Brown will all come alive on the stage in a showcase of local talent. Come and see tomorrow’s stars in what is always a great family outing. This year’s presentation is directed by Allison Girvan and Laura Metcalfe, choreography by Lynette Lightfoot and set design by Murray Kimber. Tickets for this show go fast, so don’t delay: $15 for adults, $10 for students and $45 for a family of four.

The Library LoungeIn the Hume Hotel

Sunday to Thursday until August 31The Library Lounge will be offering some great jazz music for dinners throughout thesummer. Nikko will perform on Sunday night followed by Sarah McGlynn on vocals andRich Rabnett on guitar on Monday; Cliff Maddix and Friends will entertain guests onTuesday; Paul Landsberg with Strings on Wednesday and Thursday night’s performer willbe Rob Johnson and guests. For more information on the schedule for the summer visitthe Library Lounge website at humehotel.com/library-lounge

Ymir Community HallFirst Street

Thursday, July 21Whether performing to thousands at the Royal Albert Hall or the lucky few who made it inside the packed past capacity speakeasy, C.R. Avery is a unique, raw and dynamic performer. His genius lies in many genres — blues, hip-hop, spoken word and rock ‘n’ roll. He is a one-man band, but one for this generation; with the rare ability to sing poetic verse while beatboxing simultaneously while pounding the piano and adding harmonica like a plot twist. His incredible live performances have been described as Bob Dylan in the body of Iggy Pop; colliding with Little Walter, the Beastie Boys and Allen Gins-berg. Every show is all or nothing and his fearless approach to all genres of music both on stage and in the studio proves the longevity of this talented, astonishing cre-ator has so much more to come. Tickets are available at the Goods in Ymir, Eddy Music in Nelson or by email [email protected]. Tickets are $10 in advance or $12 at the door.

The Royal330 Baker Street

Monday, July 18The Royal is proud to be bringing back Canadian icon, the Juno award winning Fred Eagle-smith. Joined by The fabulous Ginn Sisters, this will be a top notch evening showcasing some of Canada’s finest country folk rock per-formers. Country-folk

singer/songwriter Fred J. Eaglesmith was one of nine children born to a farm-ing family in rural southern Ontario. The show starts at 8 p.m. Tickets are $15 in advance and $20 at the door. Advance tickets are available at liveattheroyal.com, Royal Espresso and Eddy Music.

Wednesday, July 20

Two time Juno award winner and Latin Grammy nomi-nee for Best New Artist, Alex Cuba is set to hit the stage at The Royal. He’s living in BC these days, and all of us here at The Royal are thrilled to have him coming to Nelson. Known for his explosive live performances, Alex Cuba is a show not to miss. The show starts at 9 p.m. Tickets are $15 in advance and available at Royal Espresso, Eddy Mu-sic and liveattheroyal.com.

Thursday, July 21New Country Rehab is a younger band, just cutting its teeth on the Canadian live music scene, but being met with huge critical ac-claim. Featuring John Showman of Creaking Tree String Quartet, New Country Rehab is going to make a lot of new fans this sum-

mer, and we hope you are one of them. The band hits the stage at 9:30 p.m. Tickets $10 available at Royal Espresso and liveattheroyal.com.

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Wednesday, July 20Bassbizniz presents our official Shamb-hala pre-party fea-turing Nero from London. Nero is one of the biggest names in electronic music in the world right now, headlin-ing every major fes-tival and selling out every club around the world. Nero has made it to the top in the dubstep, electro, and drum and bass scenes with tons of #1 selling tracks with every major music retailer over the past five years. With one of the busiest tour schedules in the business, Nero is luckily coming to Nelson for a very rare small market appearance. Very limited tickets available at Hume Hotel (Nelson), Ross Vegas (Rossland), and Black Russian (Castlegar). Tickets are $30 in advance. The show starts at 9 p.m.

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The fertile land on the riverCont. from Page 1of diverse back-grounds.

“Everybody seems to be fairly accom-modating on re-specting each other’s cultures,” Zwick says. “It’s an overall celebration, but un-derstanding we have strong Doukhobor history.”

FERTILE GROUND WAS

HOME TO 1,750

Glade — also known as Plodor-

odnoye, meaning “fertile” in Russian — was founded as a Doukhobor colony in 1910, but didn’t become a major settlement until the following year.

Peter (Lordly) Ver-igin bought the 1,100 acre tract from John W. Moore, a South Slocan hotel propri-etor, for $35,000. The area was originally known as Passmore, after rancher Richard Passmore (not the namesake of Pass-more in the Slocan Valley).

An initial party cleared land, planted orchards, built the first ferry, and erected a sawmill that produced railway ties. The mill burned the following year, but was soon rebuilt.

On April 13, 1911, the Nelson Daily News announced: “Since the recent burning down of the original mill, and the erection of a new one, which has just been completed, the name of the locality has been changed by the CPR from Pass-more to Glade.”

Before long, Glade was the second-largest Doukhobor settlement in the area, after Brilliant.

An October 1912 census found it home to over 1,750 people — about six times the present population.

Centennial fes-tivities will include tours of Glade’s historic sites, al-though sadly not many traces remain of the 11 Doukhobor communal villages. Each was comprised of two large wooden houses, plus a U-shaped outbuilding, barn, bathhouse, and blacksmith shop.

Lifelong resident

Nick Denisoff, born there in 1933, says unlike other Douk-hobor settlements, the villages in Glade were named not after families who lived there but for values and principles, or other villages left behind in Saskatch-ewan.

For instance, he grew up in Khleb- odarovka, which means gift of bread or grain — bread is a Doukhobor symbol of peace, hospitality, and friendship.

When Denisoff was young, lightning struck the neigh-bouring village of Starozhilovka, and burned down one of the houses. Decades later, long after com-munal life ended, the only original house left in Glade was also from that village — and it was torched for a fire department practice.

In the interim, all others were torn down, some to make way for new homes and roads, and others simply because they were derelict.

BRIEF LIFE FOR BRICK SCHOOL

Glade also had two key brick buildings.

A school built around 1929 used the same design as still-standing schools in Raspberry and Grand Forks. It had classrooms on either end and a four-room teacherage in the centre. However, its existence was trou-bled and brief.

Like many schools of the era, it was guarded from arson-ists. Polly Romaine, who taught there from 1933-37, recalled the guards were discontinued in early 1936, “some-what prematurely, I thought.”

On June 21 of that year, the school was bombed.

“Fortunately no one was present,” she wrote. “We teach-ers were away for the weekend. The primary end of the building suffered the most damage but the entire structure was useless.”

The school was rebuilt on the dam-aged foundation and expected to reopen in the fall, but as it neared completed in August, fire levelled the building. Once more it was rebuilt on the same foun-dation, and finally opened in November.

The school was destroyed for the fi-nal time in the fall of 1938. Classes moved to one of the commu-nal homes and then to a former general store on the north side of the river — a narrow, tall build-ing with two-storey balconies.

Although long since demolished, some of the store’s bricks were left on site, and in recent years used to build a new guest house at Verigin Memorial Park in Brilliant.

Longtime Glade resident Paul Strelive has compiled more than 100 im-ages of the community which will be shown on a continuous loop dur-ing the centennial celebration. Included are photos of the potato har-vest in 1933 (above) and the men’s softball team of 1944 (opposite).

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A century after Glade was founded, the ferry re-mains the community’s

symbol and lifeline.The original vessel, a reac-

tion scow, was installed by the Doukhobors soon after their arrival, and later replaced by a pontoon-type reaction ferry.

There was no scheduled service. You simply yelled “Parome!” — meaning ferry — when you wanted it brought to your side of the river.

“If anyone heard your re-peated calls, you were fortu-nate,” according to a history of the Castlegar school district. “Otherwise your weekend trip home or other plans had to be forgotten. Since the teachers lived close to the ferry, they frequently got out of bed at odd hours, even in winter, to fetch latecomers from the op-posite shore who were calling Parome.”

After the Brilliant dam was completed in 1944, the river’s current was no longer strong enough for a reaction ferry. For the next 11 years, unless you had your own boat, the only access was via a community-

owned rowboat, and later a privately owned barge and tug.

Eventually the provincial government began operating a single-lane, three-vehicle cable ferry, and moved the land-ing downstream to the centre

of the community to make it more convenient for residents, who still mostly walked every-where.

Service began on April 23, 1955 — a date Nick Denisoff and wife Mabel remember vividly.

“We got married that Satur-day,” he says. “But I didn’t know I would spend 30 years on that ferry.”

When Denisoff began work-ing as an operator, the hours were 5 a.m. to 7 p.m. Then they were extended to 10 p.m., then midnight, 1 a.m., 2:30 a.m., and finally 24 hours.

The ferry was never out for an extended period except during high water, he says. One year, the Slocan River went on a rampage and large debris came floating down the Kootenay.

“Those were rough times. Sometimes it got to the point where we had to chop the cable off and throw it in. We couldn’t take it apart. That’s how many stumps there were. Then we got a high line the ferry held on to and went back and forth.”

Although the river rarely froze, Denisoff does recall us-ing the ferry as an icebreaker.

On one occasion, he had just left the north side by himself because a car was waiting on the opposite side when a man walked halfway across on the ice and hopped aboard.

“He didn’t make the ferry,

and I didn’t see him — it was in the dark. He walked on the ice and caught up to me. He got in and I just about jumped off. Scared the heck out of me.”

In later years, the ferry’s capacity increased to five, and then in 1980, the present eight-car ferry began crossing the river. Denisoff retired about 20 years ago.

Periodically, the notion of replacing the ferry with a bridge is suggested, such as in 2002 when the BC government threatened to reduce service and slap tolls on inland ferries.

Denisoff recalls one public meeting where he suggested they vote on it.

“I think 80 per cent were for the bridge,” he says. However, “now that we’ve got a lot of new people, it’s getting to be pretty even.”

He says Glade is becoming a “semi-recreational” haven, popular with hikers, canoeists, ATVers and snowmobilers. They like their seclusion, and fear a bridge would change that. To them, a short, free ferry ride is an asset, not an inconvenience.

“We have people from Kel-owna and the Lower Mainland, and for them to wait the five or

eight minutes, they’re laughing, because you go to the coast, [ferry sailings] will take you two hours at times.”

CHANGING DEMOGRAPHICS

After the Doukhobor communal enterprise foundered in the late

1930s, non-Doukhobors began moving to Glade — but very gradually.

The population today is about 300 and not likely to grow much so long as Glade re-mains in the Agricultural Land Reserve, restricting properties from being subdivided.

There are homes, small farms, a hall, and a cemetery, but few businesses.

“We’re in a transition of sharing the community with [non-Doukhobor] people,” Denisoff says, noting with delight that a non-Doukhobor man has taken up his hobby of crafting wooden spoons and ladles.

“It’s a unique lifestyle here. At this time, 100 years since we’ve been here, it’s shifting. And there’s nothing wrong with that. I see a very interest-ing story developing.”

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Glade’s centennial celebrations begin Friday, July 29 with a baseball game. Things continue the next day with a pancake breakfast and opening cer-emonies at 10 a.m. Doukhobor leader J.J. Verigin and MP Alex Atamanen-ko are expected to be among dig-nitaries on hand. Atamanenko will also be one of the musical perform-ers. A prayer service will be held Sunday, followed by Doukhobor choir performances. A full sched-ule of events can be found at sites.google.com/site/twooldkoots/home or call 250-399-4773.

Friday, July 296 to 7:30 p.m: Baseball game (North Glade vs. South Glade)5 to 11 p.m.: Concession and refreshments8 to 11 p.m.: Live music

Saturday, July 308 to 11 a.m.: Pancake breakfast10 a.m.: Opening ceremonies12 to 4 p.m: Doukhobor meal (vareniki and salads)1 to 3 p.m.: Doukhobor games for all ages

Sunday, July 308 to 11 a.m.: Pancake breakfast

10 to 11 a.m.: Prayer service11:30 a.m. to 12:15 p.m.: Doukhobor choir performance12 to 4 p.m.: Doukhobor meal (borsch and fruit tarts)6 p.m.: Closing remarks

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The Nelson Leafs are look-ing for a new head coach and general manager after Chris Shaw decided to take a po-sition with the BC Hockey League’s Vernon Vipers.

Shaw says the position came up suddenly after chang-es were made to the coaching staff at the Vipers.

“Mark Verner took a head coaching job with the WHL in Everett, and Jason William-son was promoted to the head coach position in Vernon,” he says. “I had a relationship with Jason previously and he called me up and asked if I would take the assistant coach posi-tion for him.”

Until the call from Wil-liamson, Shaw says that he had every intention of staying in Nelson and coaching the 2011-12 season.

“It was out of the blue and it was an opportunity I really had to think about, but at the end of the day it was an op-portunity for me to move up to another level,” he says.

Shaw had only been with the Leafs for a year, piloting them a 25-22-0-3 record. Nel-son pushed the Beaver Valley Nitehawks to game seven in the first round of the KIJHL playoffs, but was eliminated.

“I was building a team here to win a championship and put the best possible product on the ice. I had worked really hard in the last six months as far as recruiting to bring in guys that would be a great fit with Nelson,” he says.

If a championship is what Shaw is after, then the Vipers are a good team to work with. They are six time national champions and the BCHL’s 2011 Fred Page Cup champi-ons.

Shaw had previous coach-ing experience with the Alber-ni Valley Bulldogs, the KIJHL’s Penticton Lakers and the Oka-nagan Hockey Academy.

Vipers head coach William-son knows Shaw from play-ing in the BCHL against each other.

“We’re the same age (30) so we played in the league to-gether and we actually fought once,” recalled Williamson, as he discussed Shaw’s appoint-ment Tuesday afternoon.

The duo were recruited by the NCAA Division 1 Niagara Purple Eagles in their 20-year-old BCHL seasons, and have since become good friends.

Williamson stayed in Ni-agara to secure a business de-gree, while Shaw went on to play six seasons of minor pro across North America in the ECHL, CHL and UHL.

He says they share similar mind-sets: “You have to trust someone who works with you and Chris and I already have a good relationship.”

Regarding their junior tilt, Shaw grinned: “I was a de-fenceman with the Burnaby Bulldogs and he was a forward for the Vipers. We were both

similar players, played simi-lar roles, both captains of our team.

“We share very similar phi-losophies, we played the game the same way and we know what it’s like being players re-cently.”

Shaw says he likely wouldn’t have considered an assistant coaching job in the BCHL, but when he learned of the vacancy in Vernon, combined with Williamson’s promotion to head coach, it was a “no-brainer.”

“I couldn’t be more excited. Ever since I started coachingI’ve always wanted to progress and move to the best possible spot.”

Shaw says that going to Ver-non what he’ll take from hisexperience with the Leafs isworking in a community that is enthusiastic and knowl-edgeable about hockey.

“Being a first year head coach coming into Nelson, I really learned a lot as far as communication with players and what the city’s expecta-tions are for its junior hockeyplayers,” he says.

— With files from Graeme Corbett, Vernon Morning Star

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SportsJunior Leafs begin search for new bench boss as last season’s coach takes up

Vernon Vipers assistant position alongside old pal Jason Williamson


Granite Pointe’s Josh Coletti and Jordan Melanson will need a miracle to catch leader Rich-ard Jung after two rounds at the BC Amateur Championship.

Coletti shot identical 74s in the first two rounds at The

Dunes Golf Club in Kamloops. He is currently four over parand 12 shots off the lead.

Melanson shot a pair of 75s and his six-over puts him 14 off Jung’s pace.

The tournament wraps up to-day. For the latest scores check out britishcolumbiagolf.org.

Chris Shaw guided the Junior Leafs to a third place Neil Mur-doch Division finish in 2010-11. Bob Hall photo

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Out of nowhere

The Nelson U13 Selects boys team surprised many by taking home the silver medal in the Provincial B Cup held in Powell River on Sunday.

After winning their group in the three preliminary round games, the boys faced the fa-voured Prince George Kodiaks in the gold medal final where they lost 2-0.

The U13s — who had to beat Kootenay South in a shootout to even qualify for the provincial championship

— were thrown in a difficult preliminary round group that included Kamloops, Coquit-lam and Comox Valley.

The first game of the tour-nament was against Kamloops Blaze, a team that Nelson had faced earlier in the year at a tournament in Kelowna.

Quinn Dawson scored the opening goal of the tourna-ment for Nelson with 10 min-utes left in the first half, deking around a defender and beating the Kamloops goaltender at his near post.

Kamloops was given an op-portunity to tie the game up

just before the half when they were awarded a penalty kick, but Parker Shaw-Lintz made a superb save to give Nelson the slender lead at halftime.

In the second half, Dawson turned provider, threading a pass through two defenders to Bryce Twible who made no mistake to double the Selects’ lead.

Kamloops responded just two minutes later, to provide a tense finale to the game, but Nelson hung on for victory.

U13 Selects Surprise at Provincial B Cup

(Back row) Damien Engelbrecht (asst manager), Oscar Seagram, Simon Lintz (asst coach), Joey Timmermans, Akira Engelbrecht, Stryder Scott, Guus Lammers, Sam Barrett, Paul Dawson (coach), Maya Engelbrecht (manager); (middle row) Andrew Falcone, Taylor Pritchard, Ben Woodward, Ni-gel Ziegler, Quinn Dawson (captain), Bryce Twible, Darian Johnson; (front) Parker Shaw-Lintz.

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Silver a tough pill to swallow for U18 boysDespite a some-

what nasty Provincial B Cup final that saw the Nelson U18 Se-lects boys side finish with a silver medal, the team’s coaching

staff is giving full marks to the under-dog locals.

“On our best day we could defeat them,” Nelson coach Keith Williams says of the powerhouse Chilliwack Attack, who claimed the pro-

vincial title with a 5-1 win on Sunday.

“Unfortunately we didn’t put forward our best performance in the final and when we began to get anything going, the officiating destroyed any chance of flow

and momentum.”Finishing atop their

Group A standings in the round robin por-tion of the Penticton-hosted tournament, the Nelson side were looking to mirror the 2010 finals where the locals took home the provincial champion-ship.

A slow start by the Selects allowed the favoured Chilliwack team to take advan-tage early, scoring off a deflection. Nelson’s best chance in the first half came off a Graeme Bakker rock-et from just inside the penalty area that missed top corner. By the half Chilliwack built a 3-0 lead.

Though Nelson came out in the second half with comeback on their minds, Williams says the officials became the story of the last 45 minutes. The half featured a Chilliwack player spitting on Nelson players and a nasty collision in the goal area that blood-ied Selects keeper Andrew Woodward, knocking him out of the game.

Frustration resulted in three Nelson players be-

ing ejected from the game and an impos-sible task of mount-ing the comeback. Erik Norberg scored midway through the second half, but the score ended up 5-1.

“Officiating aside, my guys were ready to play and could have put on a much more enjoyable and competitive match if given the freedom to play football, not this BC version of a game that is becom-ing a sort of bal-let,” says Williams. “Tennis has more contact these days. That said, Chilliwack was obviously a gifted team with two PCSL (Pacific Coast Soccer League) players in their midfield and gifted finishing.”

Though a some-what forgettable final,

the U18s’ highlight of the tournament came in the opening game where they took on one of the favourites, Bulkley Valley.

“They were a strong, fast, clean tackling, good for-ward ball movement side that proved to be difficult to contain at times,” Williams says of the opening game competition.

Nelson came out strong and it paid off as Luke Mori — returning from a season-long injury — put the Selects up 1-0 when he finished a cross from the left wing at the five min-ute mark.

Bulkley Valley then took over with strong pressure for the next 20 minutes which resulted in an unchallenged header

to tie the game 1-1.Midway through

the second half Nelson’s Kevin Lewis took matters into his own hands when he made an impressive offensive run, pursu-ing possession all the way to the penalty area and finding the back of the goal for what would be the winning goal.

In the second game, Nelson eas-ily disposed of host Penticton with a 5-0 win. Goals came from Mori, Mitch Melanson, Michael Hii, Carsen Willans and Norberg.

Though having to settle for silver, Wil-liams says the group of athletes on the U18 team deserves plenty of praise.

“This is the end of youth soccer for play-ers I have become very close to such as Erik Norberg, Kevin Lewis, Danny Santano, Luke Mori, Russell Ray,” says Williams. “The years spent with these guys have been incred-ibly amazing and they have earned my utmost respect and garnered a future in this sport like few others.”

No Provincial B Cup Repeat for Nelson Youth Soccer’s Senior Side

The Nelson U13 Selects girls squad had a strong Provincial B Cup tournament in Powell River, but narrowly missed a shot at the medals.

The first game of round rob-in play had Nelson facing the very strong Kamloops Blaze.

Nelson had numerous op-portunities in the early min-utes of play, but were unable to find the back of the net. It was a hard fought contest but Nelson lost the match 3-0.

In the second game of the tournament, the Selects bat-tled hard to defeat the Comox

Valley Fury 2-1. Darian Voisard scored both

goals for Nelson and a goal by Comox in the final 10 minutes of play made for an exciting finish.

In the final game of the round robin, Nelson faced the West Vancouver Lightning in a game that would decide which team went forward to the bronze medal match.

West Vancouver opened the scoring, but a goal by Naomi Perkins on a well struck free kick tied the match at 1-1.

The game featured numer-ous additional scoring chances on both sides, but there were no more goals and the match

concluded in a one goal draw. Although both teams fin-

ished the round robin withfour points, West Vancouverhad a lower scoring differen-tial and moved forward to the bronze medal match.

In the final game of thetournament, the Nelson Se-lects secured a fifth place fin-ish by beating the SquamishFireballs 2-0.

Perkins scored both goalsfor the Selects, the first with across into a crowd of Squamish players in front of their goaland the second from a well placed shot from outside of the 18-yard box.

Nelson finished 2-1-1.

Nelson Star Staff

U13 girls miss out on medalsProvincial B Cup in Powell River

Nelson Star Staff

The U18 boys final was a physical affair.

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U11s nab bronze in KelownaThe Nelson U11 Selects

boys took home a second medal of the season with a bronze at the Kelowna Canada Day weekend tour-nament.

“We were approaching this season as one of devel-opment, and that still is our focus, developing the players and the team, and preparing for the future,” said co-coach Kerry Dyck.

“But it has been a nice bo-nus to have achieved medal results in two of the four tournaments we have played in so far.”

The team started the tour-nament a bit slow and tenta-tive, not playing to their full potential. This lead to con-secutive 1-0 defeats to teams

from Greater Vancouver and Kelowna that eliminated the team from the opportunity to compete for gold.

The squad gained mo-mentum toward the end of the tournament with a

very strong game against the Okanagan Mission Se-lect Team. The Nelson boys dominated much of the match and were rewarded with a 1-0 win, that could have been several goals

more. Milo Baranyai-Shep-pard scored the only goal Nelson would need in that game for the victory.

“The boys really brought their A-game in the bronze medal match,” said co-coach James Baxter. “I am very confident that if we had played at that level from the beginning of the tourna-ment, we could have beaten any of the teams we faced.”

Player of the match rec-ognitions throughout the tournament were awarded to Angus Paterson, Ernesto Archambault, Ezra Foy and Jacob Erickson.

Tournament MVPs were given to Foy, Grayson Hill and Archambault, with rec-ognition for selfless team play and consistent defen-sive effort to Michael Par-ish.

SportsRookie Selects in Action

Cont. from Page 17“Kamloops had

defeated us rather easily 7-2 the last time we met, and we knew they would be a difficult op-ponent,” said Selects coach Paul Dawson. “Parker’s penalty save was the turning point of the game, and his stop on a Kamloops breakaway earlier in the game was prob-ably the save of the tournament.”

In the second game, Nelson faced Coquitlam, who had earlier tied Comox Valley in their first game.

Nelson came out strong and was rewarded with two goals by the same scorers as the first game. Twible got his second of the tour-nament 10 minutes into the game to give the Selects the early lead. Fifteen minutes later, Oscar Seagram’s corner came to Guus Lammers who passed to Dawson. Dawson volleyed the ball into the top right corner to give Nelson a two goal lead.

Coquitlam came back strongly and scored two goals of their own to tie the game up at halftime. In the second half, Coquitlam continued their aggressive play and scored two more goals to lead 4-2. Dawson responded with a goal off a pass from Twible to cut the lead to one, but Coquitlam scored just before the end of the game to put the final score at 5-3.

“They were a large and physical team,” said assistant coach Simon Lintz. “Full credit to them for coming back after our early goals.”

Going into the final round-robin game, Nelson knew that they could end up anywhere from first to last in their pool, depending on the result of their game against Co-mox Valley. Again, the Selects came out blazing and took advantage of a foul by the Island team. Lammers took a free kick that landed in the penalty area.

Nigel Ziegler coolly controlled the ball, before turning and lashing it into the top left corner of the net.

Ten minutes later Comox Valley tied up the game, but Nelson came right back with a goal of their own. Dawson powered a strong header over the Comox defend-ers, sending Darian Johnson in on goal by himself. Johnson took one touch and powered a left footed shot past the helpless keeper. That would prove to be the win-ner, as the Nelson boys played a strong defensive second half and held on for a 2-1 victory.

By winning their pool, Nelson earned the right to face the unbeaten winner of the other pool, Prince George Kodi-aks. Unfortunately, the northern team proved too strong for the Nelson team and with two goals in the first half and a defensive second half, shut down the Nelson attack and re-signed the U13 boys

to second place.“It was a little

disappointing to fall short at the very end of a long, hard road, but the boys can hold their heads high,” said coach Paul Dawson after the team collected their silver medals in the closing ceremony. “Prince George is a well-coached, tacti-cally sound team and they deserved the victory. The boys gave everything they had for the four days, but in the end, miss-ing five key players for various reasons meant it was always going to be challeng-ing. By the last game, four of our players on the field were play-ing with injuries, but they continued to fight hard to the final whistle.

“At one point it looked like we might not even be able to attend the provin-cials, so to win silver against the best teams in BC at this level is a remarkable achieve-ment. We’ve had great support from the parents, the team

manager, and the rep coordinators at Nelson Youth Soccer. Having Soccer Quest assist us in develop-ment helped us peak at just the right time, and Simon and I are very proud of the boys for what they’ve accomplished this year.”

Nelson Star Staff

The U11 Selects brought home medals for the second time this season, this time a bronze from Kelowna.

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Positive results for U12 boys Impressive teamwork and

skills of the Nelson U12 Se-lects boys side were on dis-play in Rutland over the Canada Day weekend as the squad competed in their sec-ond tournament of the year.

The locals came home with two wins and two loss-es, but more importantly strengthened a sense of their potential as a team.

“The boys came up against some very strong competi-tion and never gave up,” said coach Andy Simmonds.

“They showed how much

they have learned over the past three months and they repre-sented Nelson very well.”

Central Okanagan proved to be the toughest team the Selects came up against, beating Nelson 4-0.

Okanagan-Mission were even more competitive, but Nelson held them off im-pressively, keeping the game scoreless until the last few minutes when the oppo-nents found the net twice.

The team’s third game against Airdrie FC was perhaps the most exciting. First to score for Nelson was Kody Pearce, with a swift

volley coming off a cross by Spencer Pearson-Atkinson. Nelson went ahead 2-0 on a goal by Marco Falcone, but it was matched.

At the end of regulation and overtime the score was 2-2 which sent the game to a penalty shoot-out. Falcone and Sam Howard both scored for Nelson and the Selects bagged their first win.

Nelson won their fourth game of the tournament handily by a score of 3-0 on goals from Aaron Abrosi-moff and Marco Falcone.

“The boys showed solid playing in all positions and

demonstrated their under-standing of the possession game,” said Simmonds. “Ku-dos were widely shared with strikers, midfielders, defend-ers and goalies variously get-ting the nod as player-of-the-game from one team or the other.”

Falcone was named team MVP of the tournament for his very capable playing both up front and in back, with Quinn Barron named runner-up for his rock-solid defending as sweeper.

The U12 boys head to Revelstoke for one last tour-nament September 10-11.

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Solid start to summer for Neptunes

The Nelson Neptunes dove into their summer season achieving many best times and a lot of improve-ment in all the swimmers.

“We have a lower enrol-ment than we usually do, but we’ve been able to work it out and are having a great season so far,” said Rebecca Afford, one of the coaches.

The Neptunes have about 50 swimmers between the ages of three and 20.

“The younger swimmers are usually newcomers and

then the older swimmers, they usually stick with swim-ming or quit, so we have quite a few veteran swim-mers,” said Afford.

The team is currently in the middle of an intense training period, which Afford de-scribed as “hell week.”

“It’s two weeks of intense training including dry land times, practices and we ran up Pulpit Rock,” she said.

“The beginning of the season was a lot of technique work and drills, and now we are working on speed and endurance. We are really fo-cusing on races.”

The Neptunes have been busy with meets in Creston, Trail, Colville and Grand

Forks. Their next meet is in Castlegar this weekend.

“There are seven teams in our region, and we’ve even had teams from the Oka-nagan come to our meets to compete,” said Afford.

The main goal for the Neptunes now is the region-al swim meet at the begin-ning of August in Castlegar.

“We also really enjoy the fun meets like the one in Colville and the one com-ing up in Kimberley,” said Afford.

The Neptunes will be in Kimberley the following weekend.

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As I write this article, I am sitting and looking out of the window of the home that I grew up in. It is located on East Vernon Road in Vernon BC. Th ere are many wonderful memories for me here. One of the things that I so greatly appreciate is the fact that as a young man I had parents that I could trust and talk to about anything any time. I know that this is not the case for everyone, but for me I was truly blessed in this and so many ways. Over my adult years this blessing has not really changed. I have always been able to call and talk to either of my parents at any time.

As wonderful as my parents are, they are not perfect. I am sure that they would be the fi rst ones to admit that they have made mistakes or that they wished they could do some things over. In the midst of a world of imperfect people, it is wonderful to know that we all have a Heavenly Father who loves us unconditionally. A Heavenly Father that makes no mistakes, which means that He is perfect. We may not understand everything that goes on in our lives, but everything that happens in our lives happens for a purpose. For those of us who have already chosen to follow Jesus Christ, the Bible says that everything works out for our good and for God’s glory. For those of us who do not know Jesus Christ, both the good and the diffi cult things that happen in our lives happen to give us the opportunity to recognize our need for Jesus Christ in our lives. According to the Bible, every person in the world needs Jesus in their lives. We may fi ll our lives with many things to try and fi ll this need. Th ings like drugs, alcohol, illicit sex, gambling, humanistic based religions that deny Christ, and the list could go on and on.

Jesus Christ said “I am the way, the truth and the life. No one comes to the Father but through me.”

If we want to know the perfect unselfi sh love of our Heavenly Father, then we need to listen to what Jesus Christ has to say. He says to all of us, “Behold I stand at the door and knock. If anyone hears my voice and opens the door, I will come in and fellowship with Him.”

Jesus Christ stands at the door of your heart, and like a gentleman He gently knocks. He wants to be part of your life. He wants

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Hugo GehrmannJuly 31, 1923—July 7, 2011Hugo Gehrmann (Opa) passed away quietly on the evening of July 7, 2011 at Kootenay Lake Hospital.Hugo was born in Mehlsack,

Germany on July 31, 1923. He and his family immigrated to Nelson, from

Bochum Germany, on June 22, 1957. He spent his career working for the City of Nelson. He enjoyed travelling in later years, but was always glad to return to Nelson as he considered this community his home and the best place on earth.

Hugo was predeceased by his spouse Anna Elizabeth April 21, 1991, and son Harold Joseph August 10, 1998. He is survived by his daughters, Hanna (Al) Slusarenko, Judy (Ugo) Porco, and daughter-in-law Carole Gehrmann. He is also survived by 7 grandchildren, 8 great-grandchildren, and one great-great grandchild, as well as many close friends. He will be dearly missed but not forgotten.

Cremation has taken place, and a private graveside service will be held July 23, 2011 at the Nelson Memorial Park Cemetery. As an expression of sympathy, family and friends can make donations to the Canadian Cancer Society, Box 292, Nelson, BC, V1L 5P9.

Funeral arrangements are under the direction of Th ompson Funeral Service Ltd.On-line condolences may be expressed at www.thompsonfs.ca

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On Friday, July 8, 2011 Robert Walter Harkness passed away at Kootenay Lake Hospital at the age of 79 years. Robert is predeceased by his parents,

Walter and Augusta Harkness, as well as his sister Dorothy. He is survived by his wife Lucille,

sons Brian (Bernadette), Micheal, and David, daughter Marie, brother William (Ruth), grandchildren Erin, Trevor, Jonathan, Kelsey, Kathryn, Lyle, and Christina, nieces and nephews Diane, William Jr., Kerry, Lucille, Ronald and Donna as well as many great nieces and nephews.

Funeral services will be held at the Cathedral of Mary Immaculate, 813 Ward Street, Nelson, BC on July 18th, 2011 at 10:30am. Interment will follow in Nelson Memorial Park Cemetery.

As an expression of sympathy, family and friends may make donations to the Heart and Stroke Foundation 4-1551 Sutherland Avenue, Kelowna, BC V1Y 9M9 or to the Canadian Cancer Society, Box 292, Nelson, BC V1L 5P9. Funeral Arrangements are under the direction of Th ompson Funeral Services Ltd.

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Harvest Rescue program gets ready for picking season

Now that summer is well underway and the gardens are planted, you may be look-ing at your yard wondering how you will deal with it all.

Spread the abundance by donating your surplus veg-gies and fruits to the Harvest Rescue Program, operating for its fifth year.

Harvest Rescue has many

benefits. Once arrangements are made with the program coordinator, trained vol-unteer pickers will come to your yard and harvest fruit trees, nut and berry bushes, a section of your garden — any area that you have reg-istered.

Typically, one-third of the harvest will go to you, one-third to the Nelson Food Cupboard and one-third to the volunteers.

It is crucial that you ad-vance register your tree with Loray at Harvest Rescue, 250-551-8343 (VEGE), to ensure available pickers and that the fruit isn’t overripe.

Advance booking is also very important to reduce interactions with bears — keeping the bears as well as residents safe. Please note that they cannot accept worm-in-fested, wind fallen, bruised or slashed fruit.

Fresh surplus produce of any kind or grow-a-row do-nations can also be dropped off at the Food Cupboard Mondays and Wednesdays 9 a.m. to noon and Thursday from noon to 2 p.m.

Harvest Rescue is grateful for its volunteers who are the key to this program’s success. Interested volunteers can email [email protected] or sign up on their web-site at harvestrescue.org

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57 VIEW STREETGARAGE SALE

Entire Home ContentsHousehold items, lots of tools, 200 + DVD’s,

some furniture, 1 mattress, box spring, Jeldwen Patio Door, bull fl oat.

Saturday, July 16th 10am-2pm

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GARAGE SALE

Large Variety of Items!Saturday, July 16th

9am-3pm

1122 KOKANEE AVENUE

HUGE GARAGE SALE

GARAGE SALE

Sat. July 16, 2011 9am-4pmNo Early Birds

912 KOKANEE AVENUEGARAGE SALE

HUGE! EVERYTHING!LP’s, turntables & mixer, household items,

toys, salon equipment, furniture & lots of other things!

Sat. July 16 and Sun. July 17 8am-3pm

504 WEST RICHARDS STREETGARAGE SALE

Great Items!Entertainment Stand, books, dishes &

other misc items. No Early Birds Please. Coffee will be served.

Saturday, July 16th, 8am - noonish

451 JOHNSTONE ROAD GARAGE SALE

Household items, furniture & lots more!

Saturday July 16th 8am -12noon

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Sat. July 16th 2011 7:00 am

Rain or ShineA little bit of everything

804 SIXTH STREET GARAGE SALE

Sat. July 16th, 7am - 11am

Tools, fi shing Stuff, Books, Household Items & MISC!

724 SECOND STREET GARAGE SALE

Sat. July 16th, 9am - 1pm

Craig & Julie’s Yard Sale Part Two! Giant Lava Lamp, cowboy Shirts, Antique Oak Offi ce Chair, Vintage Volvo, Ludwig Snare Drum, Acoustic Guitar and

much more! No Early Birds, Please and Thanks!

920 FOURTH STREET GARAGE SALE

Sat. July 16th, 7:30am - Noon

Years of Accumulation Lots of Stuff ! Early Birds Pay Double!

513 THIRD STREET IN THE LANE

GARAGE SALE

No Early Birds

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The Morning Star in Vernon, B.C. has an opening for the position of Publisher.

The Morning Star, one of Canada’s leading community newspapers, is published every Wednesday, Friday and Sunday and has an extensive distribution network throughout the North Okanagan. More than 33,000 homes and businesses are reached in the communities of Vernon, Coldstream, Armstrong, Enderby, Lumby, Cherryville, Oyama, Spallumcheen, Grindrod, Falkland and Silver Star.

The Morning Star is the No.1 news source in the North Okanagan and has been committed to serving its communities with in-depth local news, sports, entertainment, events and happenings since 1988.

The Morning Star is part of Black Press, Canada’s largest private, independent newspaper company, with over 150 community, daily and urban newspapers located in BC, Alberta, Washington State, Ohio and Hawaii.

Black Press is seeking a proven leader with an impressive track record in newspaper management, to build on the considerable growth the Morning Star has experienced over the past 23 years.

Ideally, you should have a good understanding of all facets of newspaper operations with emphasis on sales, marketing and fi nancial management. As publisher, you will be instrumental in developing a multi platform strategy for the newspaper and its online initiatives, as it continues to serve a rapidly expanding and diverse marketplace.

If you are a critical thinker, customer driven and possess strong entrepreneurial skills, Black Press wants to hear from you. Please send your resume by July 22, 2011 to:

Bruce McAuliffe, PresidentBlack Press BC Southc/o Kelowna Capital News2495 Enterprise Way, Kelowna, B.C. V1X 7K2Email: [email protected]

Publisher

There is an urgent need for more Registered Psychiatric Nurses (RPN), particularly outside the urban areas of the province. And with the workforce aging – the average age of a Registered Psychiatric Nurse in BC is 47 years – the number of retirees from the profession is exceeding the number of graduates. Entry-level earnings start at $29/hour to $38/hour.

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Career Opportunities

Education/Trade Schools


Announcements

In Memoriam

A Memorial Service for George & Dawn Penniket will be held on Saturday, July 23rd, 11am at the Trinity United Church,

Coffee and snacks to follow.George and Dawn were long time residents of Nelson and

District. Their fi nal years were spent with family in

Lethbridge, Alberta

A memorial will be held for George & Dawn Penniket on July 23rd at 11am in the Nelson United Church with Rev. David Boyd offi ciating.

George & Dawn were longtime Nelson residents

who passed away in Lethbridge on

Oct 31, 2010 & Feb 20, 2008 respectively. In lieu of

fl owers, those wishing to donate in memory of them are asked to consider the Parkinson’s Society of BC, #600, 890 West Pender St,

Vancouver BC. V6C 1J9 or the CNIB, 1929 Bay Ave,

Toronto ON, M4G 3E8

Coming EventsCalling Artisans/Crafts/Pro-duce Vendors. New juried Xmas Fair in Nelson early Dec. Email:[email protected] for application, info & portfolio submission out-line. Apply by July 15, 2011.

SLOCAN LAKE DANCE CAMP

July 21-24 in New Denver. Four days of Ballroom Dance Workshops

www.dancingbeat.org or 250-358-2448

InformationWOMEN’S SUPPORT GROUP Nelson Community Services is

offering a support group for women who have experienced mental, emotional, physical (or other) abuse in relationships. Group will focus on gaining self-esteem,assertiveness,

building support systems, self-care, and making healthy

choices. Starts Wed. Sept 7th, 9:30 to 11:30am. If interested

call 250-352-3504


Announcements

Lost & FoundFOUND: Set of keys on Mon-day July 4 between the trolley tracks close to soccer fi eld. Go to Nelson City Police to claim.


Classifi eds = Results!


Announcements

Lost & FoundLOST: Black size 9 ladies cowboy boots with Vibram soles. Dearly missed! Reward!Please call 250-825-4336

Travel

Travel

Short Term Holiday HouseDowntown Nelson

$100 per night... sleeps 41 night minimum... no max

250-352-5726nelsonshorttermhouserental

@gmail.comfully furnished...pets okay

Available now

Employment


HR Administrator

AdvoCare Health is now re-cruiting an HR Administrator at a Nelson Care Home. This position is F/T Mon – Fri (35 hrs/wk) and offers Extended Medical, Dental and RSP Program. Success-ful candidate should have 2 years’ experience preferably within a union and/or health care setting. Effective and positive communication skills essential, enthusiastic and a commitment to teamwork required; as are strong organizational and computer skills. Need a clear Criminal Record Check. To apply please send resume and cover letter to:

[email protected] (no hyphen)

or fax 250-861-3112


Employment

Career Service /Job Search

CARETAKER, EAGLE Pointe Lodge, BC live-in during off-season, general maintenance, basic plumbing and electrical, Ref req’d. Send resume to [email protected] or call 250-627-1840


INTERIOR HEAVY EQUIP-MENT OPERATOR SCHOOLLocations in Alberta & BC. Hands on real world training. Full sized equip. Job place-ment assist. Funding Avail. www.iheschool.com 1-866-399-3853


Employment


Parents! Ever wished for a small, safe alternate school

at the Junction? Experienced BC certifi ed & alternate trained

teacher. Vibrant, thematic hands on learning Sept. start.

Call 359-6993 by July 31.



Employment

Help WantedP/T Housekeeper, North Nel-son. Exp required, reliable &available Saturdays. 352-0766eternityforever@shaw. ca

Traffi c Control (fl agger)2 day training classes

WL Jul 20/21 PG Jul 23/24 Ques Jul 26/27 CHWK Jul 30/31

KMLPS Aug 3/4 KELOWNA Aug 6/7.

New $224.00 Renew $112.00incl taxes, photo & manual

go online www.roadsafetytcs.com or call 1-866-737-2389



Your community. Your classifi eds.

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fax 250.352.1893 email classifi [email protected]

Classified Deadline 4pm Monday & Wednesday

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The Coordinator will be responsible for developing and implementing a regional Continuing Medical Education (CME) strategy that meets the needs of physicians and other health care professionals across the West Kootenay / Boundary Region. Key tasks include: • Building relationships with physicians and others involved

in CME• Establishing an online CME calendar• Managing CME events with appropriate technology The successful candidate will have:• Excellent communication, interpersonal, and organizational

skills.• Strong computer skills and familiarity with web based

technology systems • Experience in event planning or training/education an

advantage.The position is up to an average of 14 hours per week and will involve home-based working. Travel across the region is involved, so the coordinator will need transportation.The hourly fee rate will be commensurate with the individual’s skills and experience. Visit the Kootenay Boundary Division of Family Practice website for a full job description: http://www.divisionsbc.ca/kb/careersPlease email your resume with a letter outlining the skills you bring to this job to: Abby Oosthuyzen [email protected] or mail it to: The Kootenay Boundary Division of Family Practice, PO Box 9, Nelson, BC V1L 5P7Closing date: July 31st 2011

Continuing Medical Education Coordinator

(part time)

Kootenay Boundary Region

Pacifi c Insight Electronics (PI) is a world-class designer, manufacturer and supplier of electronic solutions for the automotive, specialty and commercial vehicle sectors. To support our ambitious growth targets and further increase shareholder value, PI is recruiting for the following positions at our Nelson, BC operation:

Surface Mount Technology (SMT) Machine Operator –

2 available positions – Reference #1110 This position is responsible for operating PI’s Surface Mount Technology (SMT) equipment for automated assembly of printed circuit boards. The successful candidate must be available to work a continental shift pattern consisting of 12 hour shift rotations alternating monthly between day and night shifts.

For more information on Pacifi c Insight please visit our website: www.pacifi cinsight.com

Resumes can be emailed directly to: joinus@pacifi cinsight.comPlease quote job reference ID #1110

Help WantedHelp Wanted

Employment

Help WantedDozer & excavator operators required by a busy Alberta oilfi eld construction company. We require operators that are experienced and preference will be given to operators that have constructed oilfi eld roads and drilling locations. You will be provided with motels and restaurant meals. Competitive wages, bonus and transporta-tion daily to and from job sites. Our work is in the vicinity of Edson, Alberta. Call 780-723-5051.

RS Line Contracting Co. Ltd. (a Western Canadian Powerline Co.) is looking to hire the following for a pro-ject starting in Golden BC:

• Offi ce Administrators• Equipment

Operators/Truck Drivers• Labourers

• Journey Linemen• Powerline Apprentices

• Certifi ed Safety Personnel

Top Wages/Benefi ts,non-union Company.E-mail resumes attn: Matt to: [email protected] fax to: 780-960-3543

Of ce SupportAdmin Assistant Trainees

Needed! Professionally trained Administrators needed!

No Experience? Need Training? Career Training &

Job Placement Available! 1-888-512-7116

Administrative Assistant

AdvoCare Health is now recruiting an Administrative Assistant at a Nelson Care Home. This position is P/T (20 hrs/wk). Successful candidate should have 2 years’ experience within a fast paced offi ce environ-ment. Must have strong attention to detail, strong communication skills, ability to be proactive, manage simultaneous projects, work independently, and have the ability to handle highly sensitive and confi dential information. Superior work-ing knowledge and profi -ciency utilizing PC based tools (Microsoft Offi ce). Must be able to create and track data using PC based tools (Microsoft Offi ce) and a clear Criminal Record Check.

To apply please send resume and cover letter to:

[email protected] (no hyphen)

or fax 250-861-3112

Services

Financial ServicesGET BACK ON TRACK! Bad credit? Bills? Unemployed? Need Money? We Lend! If you own your own home - you qualify. Pioneer Acceptance Corp. Member BBB. 1-877-987-1420.

www.pioneerwest.com

Household ServicesA-1 FURNACE & Air Duct Cleaning. Complete Fur-nace/Air Duct Systems cleaned & sterilized. Locally owned & operated. 1-800-565-0355 (Free estimates)

Misc Services3 black leather barber chairs: $700 each. 1 black salon hair sink & black leather shampoo chair: $70. 1 free-standing old-er hair dryer: $30. 352-5460

Pets & Livestock

EquestrianThe ultimate pet, the incredible miniature horse. Safe & responsive with your children. Loving pets, and great show prospects. Super pricing. Armstrong 250-546-9323 or 250-308-2746.

PetsBLACK Lab pups 1st shots, de-wormed Great family or working dogs 250 442-8380

Merchandise for Sale

Farm EquipmentJD 4230 100hp tractor, $18,500. JD 2130 w/loader, $17,000. JD 5400 4WD w/loader, $18,500. MF 135 w/loader, $7,500. JD 6400 FWD w/loader, $36,000. JD 435 4X6 baler, $9,500. NH 1037 bale wagon, $11,500. NH S 1048 bale wagon, $18,500. NH 1032 bale wagon, $6,500. JD 348 baler, $13,000. Bauer reel w/2” hose, $4,500. Ed De Boer 250-838-7362.

Merchandise for Sale

Food Products

BUTCHER SHOPBC INSPECTED

GRADED AA OR BETTERLOCALLY GROWNNATURAL BEEF

Hormone FreeGrass Fed/Grain Finished$100 Packages Available

Quarters/Halves$2.10/lb Hanging WeightExtra Lean Hamburger

$3.50/lbTARZWELL FARMS

250-428-4316 Creston

Misc. for SaleComplete set of Mother-ease diapers for sale. 250-354-4433HOT TUB (SPA) COVERS. Best price. Best quality. All shapes & colours available. 1-866-652-6837 www.thecoverguy.com/news-paper?

Real Estate

Houses For SalePROCTOR: 3 bdrm, large cor-ner lot, landscaped, garage, close to amenities. Reduced to $265,000 250-229-4940

Kootenays4 Houses on 5 Acres with Shop just outside Nelson City Limits. $890,000 call 354-7949

Mobile Homes & Parks

Canadian CSA Modular, Manufactured, and Park Model Homes @ US factory direct wholesale prices. Starting @ 39,824 better features + more options = best value. The Home Boys 877-976-3737 or 509-481-9830 www.hbmodular.com We will beat anyone’s price. Guaranteed!

MortgagesMortgage Help! Beat bank rates for purchases and refi -nances, immediate debt con-solidation, foreclosure relief, and equity loans. Free, fast, friendly, private consultations.

Call 1-888-685-6181www.mountaincitymortgage.ca

Rentals

Apt/Condo for Rent1 bdrm apt for clean/quiet ten-ant. Close to Baker & KSA. NS/NP. $550+. 250-229-4119Nelson: Near downtown. 1 bdrm, bright/quiet/parking. $650. Aug 1. NS/NP/WD. 250-352-5634, 208-304-5297

Help Wanted

Rentals

Apt/Condo for RentNelson: Newly renovated, bright, quiet, walk to town. Ref required. NS/NP/WD. Aug 1.250-352-5634, 208-304-5297

Commercial/Industrial

Beautiful downtown profes-sional /offi ce building for lease, 601 Kootenay St. 825-9932Nelson, Victoria St. Ground level retail/offi ce space. 1000+ sq ft. To view call 825-9334PROFESSIONAL offi ce space located in 500 block of Vernon St. Includes 3 offi ces and open area workspaces, conference room space, and fi ling storage. 1,300 sq ft, parking available, fi ber into the building, modern HVAC system. Contact 250 354-1213 or email at [email protected]

Housesitting25-35yrs old housesitter want-ed. Free rent. Must have driv-ers licence. Responsible men-tor needed. Rural setting in Grand Forks. Start Aug 15th or sooner if required. PH: 780-940-1784

Homes for RentLONGBEACH: Large 3 bdr House on Lake Property. Beach access, deck, bsmt, ns/np $1200 + Util. 352-0009NELSON- 2 bdrm executive waterfront home, 6 mile Nel-son, partially furnished. NS/NP. Refs req’d. $1700+ utils. (250)825-4471 or 250-354-9434.NELSON: 4 Mile, 3bdrm wa-terfront home. 10month lease req’d Sept-June. Ref Req’d $1600/mo + util 250-825-4741NELSON - 912C Stanley Street (blue house) – Beauti-fully designed, spacious, new throughout, energy effi cient, very private, 2 ½ bathrooms, 9 ft. ceilings, designer kitchen with stainless steel appliances, W/D. 2 BR, large master with en suite – patio off living room – large rec room (suitable for family with teens or home of-fi ce). $2000/month + utilities. Tel: 604 617 6560 or [email protected]

Offi ce/RetailDESIRABLE OFFICE space for rent: avail Aug. 1, 450 sq ft w/ windows, 406 sq ft w/ sky-lights. Will rent separately or as one unit. Avail Sept. 1, 700 sq ft store front w/ washrooms and storage area, also avail 600 sq ft corner offi ce w/ win-dows all around. Front Street Emporium. 601 Front St., Nel-son. For more info call Gord at 250-304-4554 or preferably email: [email protected]

Help Wanted

Rentals

Suites, Lower2 bdrm almost new suite. $800-$1000+util. Vegetarians preferred. N/P,N/S, 352-1826

Nelson: spacious 1 bdrm suite available July 15. $900/mo. NS/NP/WD/FS. 250-352-6975

TownhousesNelson: Available Sept 1. Per-fect for family, newly renovat-ed 3 bdrm townhouse. Fenced backyard, near school & bus line. $1200/month +util. No dogs, non-smoking. 353-7404

Transportation

Auto Financing

YOU’RE APPROVED

Call Dennis, Shawn, or Patti

for Pre-ApprovalFinance at autocanada.com

or amford.com

Motorcycles1981 RM465 Gobs of Power, Runs Great! Needs NOTHING $1200 ph-250-352-3160

1989 KAWASAKI DIRT BIKE

2/stroke 125cc Rebuilt Engine

MOVING - MUST SELL!$1,000/obo

250-431-8522 (Creston)

Help Wanted

Classifi eds = Results!

Transportation

Scrap Car RemovalSCRAP BATTERIES WANTED

We buy scrap batteries fromcars & trucks & heavy equipment.

$4.00 each. Free pick-up anywhere in BC, Minimum 10. Call Toll Free 1.877.334.2288

Trucks & Vans1990 GMC SIERRA 4x4

lifted, standard shift, new parts

paperwork for work doneMOVING - MUST SELL!

$2,000/obo250-431-8522 (Creston)

Boats

1987 Aquastar, 26’X10’ Beam, Volvo V8 duoprop, dual station, full bridge & rear deck enclosure, 9.9

Honda Kicker, electric anchor winch. Beautiful turnkey condition. Located @ the Prestige Marina.

Asking $18,000 ph:250-354-4588

SEA Ray 1998 185 Open Bow, 4.3 LX 68 Original Hrs, Bimini & Covers Immaculate Condition $13,500 250-427-3395

Transportation

Boats

For Sale:A Cabin on the LakeThe Kootenay Queen

• 1976 30ft cabin cruiser with a 185 merc

• Full galley (fridge, stove, sink, furnace, toilet)

• Fold down table for a queen sized bed

• Fold up bunk beds• VHF radio• Hull is sound, galley is

dated.• Low draft• 200 hrs on new engine• A great boat that needs

some TLC.$12,000.00 invested, will take offers starting at $9KCall 250-358-7794 or email [email protected] for more information

World’s Finest FISHING BOATS

Weldcraft, Hewescraft,Lund, Godfrey Pontoons

Mark’s Marine, Hayden, ID1-888-821-2200

www.marksmarineinc.com

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News

North Shore road resurfacing beginsCars were backed up

all the way along Nelson Avenue to Ward Street on Tuesday due to road resurfacing on the North Shore.

The project began Monday and according to DriveBC the wait’s ex-pected to be 20 minutes.

The roadwork is antici-pated to last until July 30.

Shane Stothert of Green Roads Recycling, which is doing the resur-facing project, said Tues-day’s delays were “abnor-mal” because the orange bridge was involved, but “now that we are moving away from Nelson and towards Kokanee Creek bridge we will have much shorter delays.

“Our operation allows for continuous single lane traffic configuration so

we have far less delays than the traditional method of rip it up and throw it away,” he said.

Green Roads Recycling isn’t just resurfacing the road; they are recycling it. It’s a market that is becoming increasingly competitive in BC and Green Roads is one of the world leaders.

“We do everything in one pass so once the road has been recycled we do not need to come back, unlike the conventional approach that trucks everything away to be stockpiled, then after that is complete they need to come back again with 80 per cent more trucks on the road to place the asphalt down.”

Shane’s dad Skip started the company 20 years ago, and the family run business has now paved and recycled about 11,550

kilometres of road.Shane said Green

Roads recycled the same stretch of road they are currently working on 18 years ago.

Green Roads uses a two-step process that recycles 100 per cent of the existing asphalt.

The machinery the company uses heats the

existing road to soften it, which makes it possible to remove two layers of asphalt.

The layers are me-chanically combined and mixed with a rejuvenat-ing agent and then the newly mixed asphalt is put down to create the new road.

“By recycling these non renewable resources in place it will help to minimize the demand on further development of oil wells and aggregate pits,” said Stothert.

One problem compa-nies like Green Roads are run into is roads that are not made with asphalt or recyclable materials, but with garbage.

“Questions that are not being asked when ‘green-washed’ products like rubber, plastic, asbestos, sulphur, heavy metals, etc., are stretched out

through pristine ecosys-tems and watersheds are: What will happen to the road when it falls apart? Are these products recy-clable? What will be the immediate health effect on the workers? Are the products non-reactive? Are we introducing un-necessary toxins? These questions are not being asked and as a result the ultimate losers are the taxpayers and in particu-lar our children,” he said.

Stothert is hoping the more projects Green Roads is involved in, the more people will notice the importance of the environmental impact of roads and not just the cars that drive on them.

Green Roads is based in Fernie but does proj-ects all over BC. For more information on the com-pany visit their website at thinkgreenroads.com

Company With Contract Recycling the Highway


PRESTIGE LAKESIDE RESORT701 LAKESIDE DRIVE, NELSON

Friday July 22, 12pm to 7pmSaturday July 23, 10am to 6pmSunday July 24, 10am to 5pm

[email protected]

BACK BY VERY POPULAR DEMAND!BACK BY VERY POPULAR DEMAND!


New chair selected for Rural

Development Institute

Community

Selkirk College is happy to announce that Terri MacDonald has been selected as the new BC regional innovation chair in rural economic development and the lead re-searcher of the Columbia Basin Rural Devel-opment Institute.

“I couldn’t be more excited to join Selkirk College and to initiate and oversee the efforts of the institute,” says MacDonald. “I’m look-ing forward to supporting the needs and pri-orities identified by our communities through the provision of timely, applied research.”

The institute is funded by Columbia Basin Trust and is the result of an important eight-year partnership between the Trust and Selkirk College. The regional innovation chair position is funded through an endow-ment established under the BC Leading Edge Endowment Fund.

Because of the increased demand for infor-mation and applied research, Columbia Basin Trust evolved its State of the Basin Initiative, which launched in 2008, with the first Basin-wide indicator report and website.

Simultaneously, Selkirk College’s regional innovation chair (previously held by retiree George Penfold) in collaboration with the Selkirk Geospatial Research Centre, has been a hub for data collection, research and analysis related to the regional economy since 2006.

The new chair will include a web portal that combines and expands on these as-sets, providing easily accessible, up-to-date research for communities in the Columbia Basin-Boundary Region.

“I have a strong commitment to rural re-vitalization research and dissemination,” says MacDonald. “I’ve seen an increase in demand for information and applied research by communities. The work of the institute fulfils a much needed resource in the Columbia Basin-Boundary Region.”

In addition to a PhD in educational stud-ies from the University of British Columbia, MacDonald holds almost 10 years of expe-rience working in economic development across BC, primarily in the Kootenay region.

Selkirk College

Finding Friends Everywhere

St Joseph’s Elementary School recently held its first annual walkathon at Lakeside Park. More than 120 children walked combined distances totaling 615 km and shared the proceeds with the Heart and Stroke Foun-dation and Nelson Friends of the Family. Walkathon coordinator, Sheri Allarie (left) awards Laura Torrans of Friends of the Family a donation of $1,000.

SUBMITTEDSpecial to the Nelson Star

www.homesforanimals.com

STILL DOING TIME

250.352.7178520 C Falls Street

Nelson, BC Above Savoy

Bowling LanesOpen Tues - Sat.: 12:00 - 5:00pm

View our current animals available for adoption and check out the new Lost & Found section on our website!www.spca.bc.ca/nelson

250.352.78612124 Ymir Road

We Love Your Pets & They love Us!www.nelsonvet.com

Second Chance Animal Shelter250.352.2228

www.secondchanceadoption.comKootenay Animal Assistance

Program Society (KAAP)Pets Available for Adoption

Call 250-551-1053 for information or visit: www.homesforanimals.com

Cristabel is a young short hair Silver Tabby with gorgeous eyes. Well-mannered and quiet, affectionate, a perfect house guest and companion.

Dixie

Cristabel

Parker

Cat-on-a-box Mama

New Puppies! KAAP has fi ve 9 week old Border Collie - Rotti cross puppies available for adoption. Three females and two males. The puppies have been vaccinated and are ready for their new homes! Please call 250-352-2008 for more information or to arrange a visit. Also visit KAAP’s facebook page (and like us!) and www.homesforanimals.com for pictures of each puppy.

Dixie is a healthy, active 5 1/2 year old, spayed female Border Collie cross, a medium size girl. She is very sweet and will be a loyal companion for someone who has the time and space for her.

Sadly this lovely young female cat was found in a taped box with her 5 tiny kittens. Everyone is fi ne, and the kittens are being fostered until they are old enough to be vaccinated. This Mama is loving and affectionate, quite a small cat, and probably would like an indoor-outdoor home. She has been spayed, tattooed and vaccinated.

Parker is a one and a half year old neutered male, Retriever / Rotti cross. A gentle giant who loves his people and his canine friends. Visit www.homesforanimals.com for more info & pictures of Parker and all of KAAP’s adoptable pets.

Valhalla Path Realty

280 Baker St., Nelson, BC(250)354-4089

[email protected]

www.valhallapathrealty.com

Yara Chard250.354.3382

[email protected]

James Loeppky250.509.0804

[email protected]

Robert Goertz250.354.8500

[email protected]

Lev Zaytsoff250.354.8443

[email protected]

Norm Zaytsoff250.354.8584

[email protected]

Wayne Germaine250.354.2814

[email protected]

THE QUINTESSENTIAL NELSON HOME A heritage classic that has been updated to today’s standards while maintaining the original detail work. Loaded with charm, you won’t be disappointed with this brilliantly renovated beauty from the past that features a new kitchen complete with period appropriate replica appliances. Call Robert

AN AFFORDABLE ALTERNATIVE This 2-3 bdrm, 1 bath mobile just might be what you are after. Located on a large corner lot with ample garden space and foliage. The mobile has had many upgrades over the years and has been well taken care of. In addition there is a 192 sqft shop and 2 additional garden sheds. Within walking distance to Taghum beach and 10 min to town this won’t last long.

Call Norm or Lev

$479,900

MOUNTAIN RETREAT 120 acres of absolutely incredible land next to the Pulpit Rock Reserve. Mostly level or gently sloping with amazing building sites. Sunny southern exposure. Basic serviced 2 bd home and a cabin. Spring water. Seasonal access from Marsden Rd. and year around boat access from the Grohman Creek Dock. Extremely rare property. Excellent opportunity for a group purchase for home or recreation. Quick sale required!

Call Wayne$415,000

YOUR PLACE IN THE WOODS Tucked into the heart of the Slocan Valley this 2 bed one bath home is as solid as they come. The fl oor plan fl ows seamlessly from room to room, there is a full unfi nished basement if more space is needed. The 3 acres lovingly surrounds the house in a picturesque forest setting making this package few could resist. Opportunity is knocking.

Call Lev or Norm

$58,000

WALK TO BAKER STREET This cute 3 bedroom, 2 bathroom home is a nice blend of old charm with modern day upgrades. Many original features, a newer roof, a low maintenance yard, and only 2 blocks to Baker Street. Call Yara or visit www.NelsonLocal.com$299,900

$279,900

ORCHARD WITH LOG HOME AT 6-MILELovely 5 bedroom, 2 bathroom log home close to Six Mile Beach and only minutes from Nelson on the North Shore. This tranquil setting includes 1.7 fl at acres and is brimming with organic gardens and fruit trees. Relax on the wrap around deck and watch your children and garden grow.Call James$439,900

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CONTACT:WEST CREEK DEVELOPMENTS250.505.4820 [email protected]*For approved buyers, contact developer for details

www.WestCreekVillage.caBreathtaking Interior Design by Kootenai Moon Furniture

Two Bedroom Des ignFROM $395 Bi-weekly

Two Bedroom • 3 piece Bath Maple Kitchen - Stainless Steel Appliances • Over 850 sq ft • Built in Fireplace Designer Lighting • 9ft ceilings • 2yr/5yr/10yr Home

Warranty • Ground level entry - No stairs

$215,000NET OF CASHBACK

INCLUDES HST*

Four Room Des ignFROM $485 Bi-weekly

Two Bedroom - Plus spacious Den with Studio off Master Bedroom • Custom Built-in

Entertainment Centre • 3 piece Main Bath and 3 piece Ensuite • Built in Fireplace • Solid Maple

Kitchen Custom Staircase • Vaulted Ceiling Over 1500 sq ft • Walk in Closet

$279,000NET OF CASHBACK

INCLUDES HST*

NOW SELLING!NEW CONSTRUCTION PRE-SALES MOVE IN READY SOON!

TAKE ACTION NOW!First 3 Home Buyers

RECEIVE $10,000 CASH BACKSales launch incentive

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