Friday February 4, 2011 Nelson Star

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Budget options weighedNelsonites, start saving your

loonies. Parking fees could double in metered spots, as the city looks for ways to pull in more revenue for its paving and transit programs.

While city council hasn’t signed off on the plan, city manager Kevin Cormack says they’ve indicated a move to $1 an hour parking is under seri-ous consideration as Nelson’s 2011 budget takes shape.

The city pulls in about $450,000 a year from its park-ing meters, which fund side-walk and road maintenance. But Cormack says the 2011 paving budget alone will cost the city around $650,000.

Nelson’s six low-emission buses, which replaced Nel-son’s old fleet this summer, have also racked up roughly $130,000 in unforeseen ex-penses. While their opera-tional costs are similar to the vehicles they replaced, Cor-mack says they’ve required the city to spend more on la-bour and fuel.

“They’re larger buses,” he explains. “And even though they have less emissions and burn cleaner, they do con-sume more fuel than our old buses.”

Doubling parking fees would bring in about $300,000 extra for the city, one-third of which would cover the extra

cost of the buses. If the city doesn’t pick up

extra funds from its meters, or find another similar way of generating the cash, Mayor John Dooley says the city will face two unpalatable options.

“We could not do the work, or we could do the work and that would cause additional taxation,” he told the Star.

Complaints lead to WorkSafeBC inspection of Meadow Creek Cedar

WorkSafeBC has cited Meadow Creek Ce-dar for more than 30 safety violations on area logging roads and at its Lardeau Valley saw-mill.

Documents obtained by the Star show the company has complied with certain orders, but faces a fine for flaunting others.

Following complaints to Kaslo RCMP about unsafe practices, in-spectors visited the mill in early Decem-ber to follow up on previous inspections and “evaluate a num-ber of non-com-pliance allegations brought against this employer.”

They found that although the mill was a “high-risk work site,” it had no qualified first aid attendant. An emer-gency vehicle fitted with lawn chairs was being used to take employees to work, and migrant workers from Mexico had not been given safe-ty orientations.

“The number of non-compliance condi-tions and acts observed during this inspection would indicate that the employer has failed to ensure that regular inspections are made of all workplaces,” the report read.

Local sawmill flagged for

safety breaches

GREG NESTEROFFNelson Star Reporter

“...the employer has failed to

ensure regular inspections are

made of all workplaces.”

WorkSafeBC report

City Faces Rising Fees, Trimmed Services, Increased Taxes

Story continues to ‘Meadow’ on Page 13

See related story on Page 3

ANDREA KLASSENNelson Star Reporter

Doubling parking fees is one way city council is considering raising revenues for projects like paving roads.

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Story continues to ‘Budget’ on Page 9

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Pews a tool in awarenessGrans to Grans Unleash Major Fundraiser

At the moment, the seven wooden pews all look the same.

But by the end of May, they’ll be transformed into unique works of art thanks to seven local artists.

In Praise of Pews is the latest fundraising effort from the Nelson Grans to Grans society, which raises funds to fight HIV/AIDS in Africa.

A lineup of artists in-cluding illustrator Murray Kimber, fibre artist Angeli-ka Werth and metalworker Brian Malley will spend several months reworking pews originally housed in the First Baptist Church. At the same time, youth at the Nelson and District Youth Centre will make over five chairs taken from the old Willow Point church.

Irene McIlwane, In Praise of Pews coordina-tor, says she’s hoping the

project’s youth artists will be inspired to learn more about the spread of HIV/AIDS in Africa. She’s also hoping some local busi-nesses will see buying a bench as “good advertis-ing,” for a good cause.

“I think it’s a wonderful opportunity for the busi-nesses of Nelson to give something to the Stephen Lewis Foundation,” she adds. “And they’ll have this lovely bench, a unique piece of art done by a

Nelson artist.”In May, all 12 pieces will

go on display at Grid Art Gallery, and on sale via an online auction. Members of the public will also be asked to drop by the gallery and vote for their favorite piece. The winner of the vote receives a two-week trip to Cabo San Lucas, Mexico.

A reception announc-ing the winners of both the vote and the auction is slated for late May.


Locals artists Matty Kakes, Carol Reynolds, Shayne Brandel, Brian Malley and Murray Kimber will each put their spin on an old church pew for the Nelson Grans to Grans’ latest fundraiser. Seven pews and five chairs (painted by local youth) will be auctioned off in May, with money going to the Stephen Lewis Foundation’s fight against HIV and AIDS in Africa.


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Logging trucks towed for violations

Meadow Creek Cedar

A Surrey transport company hauling logs for Meadow Creek Cedar has had four trucks taken off the road for safety viola-tions and faces a provincial audit.

The vehicles were stopped and towed during a joint roadblock by Kaslo RCMP and the Ministry of Trans-portation’s commercial ve-hicle safety and enforcement branch on Highway 31 last November.

“The violations pertained to the braking systems, ad-justment of brakes, and also to lights, suspension, tires, load security, and coupling devices,” ministry spokes-man Jeff Knight says.

“Those four vehicles are still off the road. They haven’t been repaired, and they’re not allowed to be back on the road until they are and are re-inspected.”

Knight says the trucks belonged to a Surrey trans-port company, which also has two other vehicles reg-istered in its name.

Although the company had a “satisfactory” safety rating, it faces an audit this month.

“The ministry does au-dits as part of the routine in making sure carriers are

safe,” Knight says. “They go through every-

thing, the safety of the fleet, the paperwork of the com-pany, and make sure all the records are correct.”

Knight says it’s “unusu-al” to have so many trucks in the same fleet deemed unroadworthy.

He couldn’t name the company, but said it was not Grand Pacific Trans-port Inc. nor Quick Ser-vice Transportation Ltd., two Surrey companies that Meadow Creek Cedar own-er Dale Kooner has been involved with.

In 2003, eight charges were laid against Kooner and the companies after an incident in which an em-

ployee was pinned between two trucks.

Kooner pled guilty to one count and was fined $7,500, while the charges against the companies were dropped.

Both companies had their licenses to operate in Ontario revoked due to poor safety records.

Kaslo RCMP Cpl. Chris Backus says the roadblock that led to the vehicles be-ing towed resulted from a tip that some local logging trucks did not meet safety standards.

He also received com-plaints about working con-ditions at Meadow Creek Cedar in general, which he referred to WorkSafeBC.

After making it into the fi-nal round of the Aviva Com-munity Fund competition, Nelson’s outdoor skatepark didn’t bring home the fund-ing it was hoping for.

The idea was one of 30 from across the country to receive enough votes online to be eligible for a piece of the insurance company’s $1 million community project fund. But in the final stages of the competition, a panel of judges chose instead to fund 11 projects based mainly in Ontario (funds also went to a playground project in Van-couver and an animal shelter in Yellowknife).

“That was kind of a tough blow, not coming out with anything when we made the final,” says Kootenay Lake Outdoor Skatepark Society president Rob Levesque.

But, he adds, the effort re-quired to make the final did bring the community togeth-er.

“We had 4,200-plus regis-tered members on the Aviva site who were voting every day,” he says. “If anything it really helped gel the commu-nity and show the support.”

Levesque says he’s now working on grant applica-tions and looking at other sources of fundraising for the skatepark. It’s expected to cost about $400,000 to build.


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Aviva cut


Four trucks hauling for Meadow Creek Cedar were tak-en off the highway late last year.

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Old Savoy could become churchKootenay Chris-

tian Fellowship plans to redevelop the old Savoy Hotel.

They’ve applied to the city for a zoning amendment that would allow the building to be used for church pur-poses.

Senior planner Dave Wahn says staff have reviewed the applica-tion, but it has yet to go before city council. He expects that could happen as early as this month, but more likely in March.

“The proposal is to use the entire build-ing but the church would only be part of it,” Wahn says. “The existing zone does not allow for church operation.”

He adds the idea is to redesign the space for residential, com-mercial, and church use, with a soup kitch-en operating in the basement.

The building has been mostly or en-tirely vacant since a fire in the Mazatlan restaurant in Novem-ber 2007.

At that time it also

had a hostel upstairs and a lounge.

While a permit was previously issued to renovate the building, a full-scale redevelop-ment did not proceed.

A notice of de-velopment sign was posted on the building within the last couple of weeks.

Kootenay Chris-tian Fellowship pres-ently operates out of a building on Stanley

Street, and through its Our Daily Bread pro-gram provides low-cost luncheons five days a week.

Pastor Jim Reimer is away at meetings in Calgary and was unavailable for com-ment.

Kootenay Christian Fellowship news

BRIEFSKERR FUND HITS $60K

Fundraising efforts for displaced resi-dents of the Kerr Apartments have reached $60,000 — not including donations of phone and grocery cards, goods, furniture, and other materials.

Nor does it include the $2,400 the Sel-kirk College students’ union raised for the handful of students living at the Kerr, or over $2,000 in donations of food or funds to Our Daily Bread, which has been providing meals.

According to Allison Alder, chair of the committee tackling the residents’ unmet needs, spending has focused on immediate accommodation, advocacy to get damage deposits back, utility reconnection charges, replacing things like school supplies, dental equipment, and eye glasses, as well as trans-portation both within town and out of town for those choosing to return to their families in other locations.

Kidsport has offered to replace all sports equipment for the 13 children who lived in the building, while MacAttack in Nelson has donated a few refurbished Mac computers.

Two more residents recently came for-ward to the Red Cross for needs assess-ments, and any others who haven’t done so, or whose needs have changed are asked to call June at 250-505-2510.

REPAIRS PLANNED FOR MCDONALD’S LANDING

Work should begin shortly on repairing the McDonald’s Landing wharf.

Fisheries and Oceans Canada plans to re-place rotten deck boards and install new rail-ings. The contract is expected to be awarded soon, and the project should be complete by March 4.

A notice of development is posted on the old Savoy Hotel on Falls Street. Kootenay Chris-tian Fellowship is the applicant.


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Editor: Bob HallPublisher: Chuck Bennett

Editorial

Next week marks yet another change in the local media landscape. For the first time in 22 years, The Express

newspaper will no longer be on the scene. Like so many, we too wish publisher Nelson Becker the best in his next endeavour and thank him for his many contributions over the years to this community.

Since the announcement that The Express was closing its doors, not surprisingly we have received a flood of emails, phone calls and visits to our office wondering about how the Nelson Star will react to the loss. The Express had many unique and popular features in its fold, some many readers don’t want to lose.

The Nelson Star is your newspaper. We fill the pages, but you set the course. The stories, features and columns reflect this community. With such a diverse place as Nelson it’s not always an easy task, but we’re confident this newspaper holds up a pretty great mirror.

One of the most popular features in The Ex-press was Fish Heads and Flowers. Little quips, compliments and complaints about every day life in our area. An outlet for folks to let oth-ers into their little worlds. A way to post what makes us happy and what makes us sad.

Almost immediately after the news broke about the fate of The Express, folks began ask-ing us if we would include a similar feature in this newspaper. With the last edition of The Express now put to bed, the answer is yes. As both a compliment to Nelson Becker and a service to our readers, we will make Fish Heads and Flowers a regular part of the Nelson Star.

Now it’s your turn. You can start emailing or dropping off short submissions. All we ask is that you keep it classy, clean, and compact. Once we get enough entries we will share them with the community. All of the com-ments will be kept anonymous.

Fish Heads and Flowers certainly has a good ring to it, but again this is your newspaper so we are open to a name change. If you have some suggestions we’d like to hear those too.

Email submissions to [email protected] or drop them off in person at 514 Hall Street (you will find us below BiBO Wine Bar).

We’ve listened, now it’s your turn

The Nelson Star is a member of the British Columbia Press Council, a self-regulatory body governing the province’s newspaper industry. The council considers complaints from the public about the conduct of member newspapers. Directors oversee the mediation of complaints, with input from both the newspaper and the complaint holder. If talking with the editor or publisher does not resolve your complaint about coverage or story treatment, you may contact the B.C. Press Council. Your written concern, with documentation, should be sent within 45 days to the B.C. Press Council, 201 Selby Street, Nanaimo, V9R 2R2. For information, phone 888-687-2213 or go to bcpresscouncil.org

Why have four BC Liberal leadership candidates visited Kootenay West

and Nelson-Creston, despite the fact both are NDP strongholds?

Ask them — namely Christy Clark, George Abbott, Mike DeJong, and Kevin Falcon — and you mostly get answers about the premier having to represent all parts of the province, and/or an acknowledgement that much of B.C.’s material wealth is generated in the hinterlands.

But there’s another key reason: it is precisely because these rid-ings have such a dearth of paid-up Liberals that makes them appeal-ing campaign territory.

Proposed rules to be voted on by party members February 12 would give constituencies equal weight in choosing the new leader. Each would be worth 100 points, no matter how many members it has — 2,500 or less than 50.

Candidates would be accorded an equivalent number of points for whatever percentage of votes they capture from each riding membership, and then the points would be tallied.

Before Gordon Campbell’s resignation announcement last November, Kootenay West had 44 Liberal members — third lowest in the province — while Nelson-Creston had 208.

A modest number of sign-ups by a particular candidate in these ridings could change the balance of power in their favour, whereas the same number of sign-ups in a large riding would hardly cause a ripple. (The deadline for recruit-ing new members is today.)

But while all six leadership can-

didates support the equalized vot-ing plan and are working under the assumption it will be adopted, things may still go sideways on them.

One-third of voting delgates could block the move, Vancouver Sun columnist Vaughn Palmer wrote Saturday, “particularly if they see the switch as a way of empowering riding associations in places where the party is weak at the expense of those places where it is strong.”

In which case, Clark, Abbott, DeJong, and Falcon may wish they hadn’t bothered with their West Kootenay swings.

Relatively recent arrivals to Nelson may not realize that

last week’s change-of-command ceremony illustrated how far the city’s police department has come in the last 30 years.

Chief Dan Maluta, like his im-mediate predecessor Ron Brock, retired after long service.

It wasn’t always so. In the 1970s, as the crime rate soared, three chiefs were either fired or forced to quit. The first two were blamed for low morale on the force, al-though they responded that poor working conditions had more to do with it.

The police then operated out of the decrepit provincial jail, where the White Building now stands, before moving temporarily above a tire shop and then to the lower levels of the regional district building — the present Salvation Army. (They have been in their current headquarters since the early 1990s.)

However, the force’s very nadir was reached in 1980 when a chief admitted to defrauding several lo-cal banks and was sentenced to six months in jail.

While there have been no shortage of more recent police controversies, the department’s darkest days are long behind it. Under the last few chiefs, it has enjoyed enviable stability.

Uncommon Knowledge – Greg Nesteroff

Liberals play the numbers game

It’s been a Liberal leadership roll call in the Nelson-Creston riding over the last few weeks. Prospective premiers who have vis-ited include (from top) Kevin Falcon, Christy Clark, George Abbott, and Mike DeJong.

“A modest number of sign-ups by a particular

candidate in these ridings could change the balance of power in their favour.”


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]

Fletcher appeals to fear

Fletcher over the top again

Re: Tom Fletcher’s column “NDP’s Problems Run Deep,” January 26

I was shocked at the bla-tant and unbalanced politi-cal parochialism displayed by your columnist. I certainly echo the letter from a reader you published last week about this very issue.

Furthermore what Mr. Fletcher seems to have to say is ignorant. The comments he makes about a disparity in wealth study mentioned by Mr. Dix and then sug-gesting a great conspiracy by the NDP was ridiculous and somewhat like a sensational-istic American TV show with a rabid host.

The years of collabora-tive research collated in the book I presume Mr. Dix was referring to correlated greater disparity in wealth between rich and poor, with poorer

quality of life indices for the entire population, including the wealthy. It comes from a landmark international project done by unaffiliated academics.

Mr. Fletcher would ap-pear to be appealing to fear and greed while fostering ignorance or displaying his own lack of homework, if he claims to be a professional journalist. Ideology over substance has no place in journalism.

His suggestion that the HST is another example of redistribution of wealth from the wealthy to the poor is also entirely ignorant or should I say the exact op-

posite of the truth. VAT taxes, as they were originally called, are the archetype of “regressive” taxes (as opposed to “progressive” taxes like income tax, that progress or increase as income increas-es). These disproportionately affect the less wealthy as a higher percentage of their income.

So not only does he appear biased but either ignorant or intentionally misleading your readership. If you indeed have any freedom to choose what you carry, kindly find someone else other than our very own “Fox News North.”

The writing represents a breach of the BC Press Council Code of practice with respect to accuracy and misrepresentation of com-mentary as fact.

Andre Piver Nelson

Re: “NDP’s Problems Run Deep,” January 26

Once again Tom Fletcher attacks democracy. This time referring to it as “stinky” be-cause Adrian Dix got his act together and signed up a lot of new NDP memberships in the Vancouver South Asian and Filipino communities.

Why does it matter to Fletcher that they are Asian or Filipino? Why not just “Vancouver South Commu-nities”? Would he be more comfortable with a provision stipulating there be at least one cracker in their woodpile or perhaps just a “newbies exclusion” clause?

He’s looking for effect of course, trying to scare us with the idea that our perfect system is being corrupted by the abuse of immigrants, in this case the “yellow menace.” His whole column is fear mongering, the summation of which amounts to: vote NDP and we’ll have social-ism — soooooocialism! — SOOOOOOOOOOOOO-CIALISM! Quick honey! Get

the family to the safe room before the red zombie hordes give us universal health care — OH, NO! We’re too late! Hurry, board up the win-dows before they provide old age security pensions to the grandparents — OH, NO! Too late again! They even created a pension for our mentally challenged, left-leaning son! OHHHHHH! THE HUMANITY! Great scott! Now they’ve teamed up with the unions! Break out the shotguns or we’ll all be working for decent wages and spending weekends and holidays with our families!

I’m surprised Fletcher didn’t quote Ayn Rand’s Fountain Head or reiterate Senator McCain’s Joe the Plumber — which even the Americans didn’t buy. Why? Because for some reason, under capitalism, it’s okay to throw $700 billion to the richest one per cent of soci-ety when it’s their own greed that brings down the house of cards. Wow, $700 billion (1.3 trillion if you look at the

total recapitalization). Sud-denly free enterprise doesn’t sound so free; it sounds expensive. And who’s going to pick up that bill? Why, Joe the Plumber, of course. The one per cent would love to, but their money’s all tied up in Jersey or the Caymans.

Unfortunately, that’s the game we have to play with corporations. Their mandate is purely profit and that boils down to extracting resources without any social commit-ments and getting the wealth out into the banking shell game where shareholders can wallow in it.

No wonder the Liber-als have been hobbling any Crown ownership. That’s wealth that would stay in our pockets. If you disagree, consider where Nelson would be if we didn’t have our own electric utility.

So, how do the Liberals plan to maintain our safety nets? Create more need for them by imposing the HST.

Mike Pearce Nelson

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Letters to the Editor

Red Sands advocates choose

Careful to avoid a greenwash

Re: “Nelson Landing devel-oper presents options,” January 26

Support proposal B — It’s our only choice!

As a spokesperson for “Save Red Sands — Keep it Natural!” I wish to let the public know our position on the three options for Red Sands Beach that David Sorensen gave to Nelson city council.

We expect city staff will make a formal recommenda-tion at the Monday, February 14 council meeting, and it is possible that the Nelson city council will support one of the three options.

So, here is our position on the three options from David Sorensen:

1. We are adamantly op-posed to proposals A and C! We want areas J and K to remain zoned as P2-park and open space. We do not want residential units built in our park land.

2. We support proposal B. It’s our only choice!

Why do we support pro-posal B?

a) Proposal B keeps our park land, in areas J and K,

zoned as P2-park and open space. That is terrific! We need to preserve our park land. It’s not a place to build residential units.

b) Proposal B means that the City of Nelson would own areas J and K, which is the area beyond the Crown land to the eastern city limits, which is just beyond Red Sands Beach. That would be a great thing! A private developer should not own land zoned as P2-park and open space. Developers want to develop. This one is a no-brainer. If David Sorensen is offering to “give” this park land area to the City, we can’t refuse. It’s a wonderful park area.

c) The pathway will go along the path in Area J and through Red Sands forest (Area K) to the beach. This is a fantastic walk. It’s one of those special things about Nelson. There is no need to ruin the waterfront in Areas J and K with an expensive walkway when we already have a beautiful path through Red Sands forest.

We do have one concern. Proposal B does show eight parking spots. We would not

want to see the parking spots damage the Red Sands forest. In the future, we believe the City of Nelson will have more time to look at the parking issue in more detail. If that parking is necessary, we know there are less costly and much more suitable places for eight parking spots.

Let me say that this deci-sion is an important decision for our beloved city.

If Nelson city council intends to make a decision to support one of the three options for Red Sands Beach, there is only one choice. Sup-port proposal B.

It’s important to note that our support is for proposal B in areas J and K. The Nelson Landing Development Cor-poration rezoning application and development plans cover seven areas. Our support for proposal B is in areas J and K and it does not mean that we support or reject the propos-als in the other five areas of E-H. We have always asked for a fair, transparent, demo-cratic and inclusive public process regarding areas E-H.

Herb CouchNelson

Open letter to Selkirk Col-lege and Dr. Mel Reasoner:

I recently came across a continuing education flyer for the short course “Understand-ing Climate Change Fact and Fiction” with Dr. Mel Reason-er (February 1 to March 22). I was wondering if you could forward me some information to support your claim in the opening statement: “Our local governments are making sig-nificant strides in addressing the issue of climate change”.

I have some concern about such a claim.

For example the Regional District of Central Kootenay is landfilling untreated septic sewage at the Salmo dump.

Will this not create meth-ane? Is it possible Dr. Rea-soner and Selkirk College could measure the methane production? Or is there no methane production? What about the efficacy of this untreated sewage to pollute ground and surface water as it seeps into Sheep Creek to the Salmo River? Or perhaps it is not?

The RDCK and the City of

Nelson vetoed a proposal I made to a citizen committee several years back to instal a geo-thermal system to heat water for pool and cool water for ice rink at the Nelson and District Community Com-plex.

Weeks before we voted on a referendum for the tax hike to build the new recreation complex they mailed every household in the area with the geo-thermal system in place and than it disappeared, confusing and disappointing many. We now must raise fees to run these facilities.

The RDCK and city are now trying unsuccessfully (as I understand) to glean heat from the mechanics of our current facility to help heat the pool. Electricity costs are rising big time here in the

next year. Can Selkirk College and/or Dr. Reasoner investi-gate the cost of retro-fitting these building with geo-ther-mal? It should have been done originally of course but better late than never. If not, why?

The building is not far from the West Arm of Kootenay Lake. We could run geo-ther-mal pipe there or dig up the large parking lot for geo-ther-mal piping. Which would be more cost effective? My fear is only well-off folk are going to learn to swim and skate.

My goal is not to cause discordance with local government and university, but encourage you not to greenwash. It is profligacy at its best. I simply do not believe “significant strides in addressing issue of climate change” or the many other environmental issues are being addressed by local gov-ernments. There is certainly a lot of rhetoric.

I would appreciate a re-sponse to my concerns and suggestions.

Tom PriorNelson

“My fear is only well-off folk are

going to learn to swim or skate.”

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News

City Hall facelift in the offing?

Continued from Page 1According to Cormack, every

additional $65,000 of expenses the city has to cover becomes a one per cent raise in taxes for the general public.

“So transit alone would be a two per cent tax increase to fund that,” he adds.

The city’s transit and paving programs aren’t the only ones whose budgets have increased this year. Cormack says the city is sitting more than $700,000 short of the requests made by its own departments and the community groups it funds—mostly due to “wage pressures” from the city’s unionized employees.

“Even with the suggested rev-enues, we’d require between a 5.5 and 6.5 per cent tax increase right now,” Cormack says. “But coun-cil’s said that’s higher than they’re willing to consider.”

The initial round of budget pre-sentations wrapped up earlier this week, and staff are now looking for places to chop to get the increase to somewhere between zero and three per cent.

That will likely mean trimming funding for outside programs as well as reducing costs in-house, Dooley says.

“We had quite a lineup of re-quests at our last committee of the whole meeting from various orga-nizations within the municipality,” he says.

“Some of them are actually al-ready funded quite heavily by the city and are requesting additional money. That would be an example right there.”

Cormack has another solution that could be on the table: staffing cuts.

“When staffing costs are a high component of your budget, then it really results in reducing staffing,” he says.

“If that’s ultimately where coun-cil points us to, there will be some impact on services, whether it’s how much snowplowing we do or what our service levels are at our front desks or wherever.”

A preliminary budget will be back before council February 15, before it’s turned over to the public for comment later in the month.

The city could spend between $75,000 and $350,000 cleaning, repairing and redecorating City Hall, if it approves one of the capi-tal requests submitted for the 2011 budget. According to the request, the building’s stucco front is “dirty and dated” and mould may be growing in the space behind the wall because of improper cleaning in the past.

Also on the table is a $25,000 proposal to replace the 40-year-old linoleum on the first, second and basement floors of city hall with a “stone carpet with the City of Nelson crest laid in full colour.”

Other requests put to council during its three weeks of budget

meetings include:-

itol Theatre, bringing the city’s contribution up to $70,000

for the Nelson Police Department

and work with the Minor Baseball Association to improve the ball

-tary Club replace the boat launch

tourists

cost increases for its Civic Centre renovations, bringing its funding up to $60,000

Budget will go public later this month


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BC Hydro is currently working on projects to upgrade and expand the Mica Generating Station with the installation of two additional 500 megawatt generating units into empty bays 5 and 6. Construction will start in early spring 2011. The work, expected to take 4 years, will be completed by two main contractors. BC Hydro has contracted Andritz Hydro to supply and install the turbine and generating unit. BC Hydro has not yet awarded the civil contract for the concrete work required to house the new turbine and generating unit.

Employment Opportunities

Construction of the Mica Projects is expected to require roughly 650 person years of trades work over four years.

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For the benefit of Kootenay Lake area residents, the following lake levels are provided by FortisBC as a public service.

Queen’s Bay: Present level: 1743.48 ft 7 day forecast: Down 4 to 6 inches. 2010 peak: 1748.68 ft / 2009 peak: 1747.89 ft

Nelson: Present level: 1743.39 ft 7 day forecast: Down 4 to 6 inches.

Levels can change unexpectedly due to weather or other conditions. For more information or to sign-up for unusual lake levels notifications by phone or email, visit www.fortisbc.com or call 1-866-4FORTIS (1-866-436-7847).

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FAMILY FUNK DOWN ON THE NORTH SHORECome one, come all to the first annual Family Funk Down, Febru-ary 12 at the North Shore Hall. The dance will take place from 6 to 11 p.m. with a special leave taking ceremony at 8 p.m. for families with younger children who need to get home early. The dance will help support our community in bringing world-renowned speaker, Waldorf educator and psychologist Kim Payne to Nelson. A portion of proceeds will also be donated to the Kerr residents. Music pro-vided by the one and only Rafferty Funksmith! Tickets are available by calling the Waldorf School at 250-352-6919, Shyloe at 250-352-2994, Jeanine at 250-229-5645 or Alia at 250-399-4554.

VALENTINES TANGO WORKSHOPVisiting instructors Ricardo and Violeta Pacheco have been sharing their passion for tango with area residents of the Kootenay valleys for the last four years at the very popular annual Slocan Lake Dance Camp. We local tangueras and tangueros are pleased to host Ricar-do and Violeta and to share an Argentine tango Valentine weekend (February 11 to 13) with all interested beginners and experienced dancers. Pre-registration is required as we do our best to maintain gender balance. Contact Heather at 250-226-7229, or Beth at 250-352-5081 or [email protected] for more information.

AUDITIONS FOR KHAOS, THE OPERAThe Amy Ferguson Institute invites experienced musicians inter-ested in singing a role in the June workshopping of Don Macdonald and Nicola Harwood’s new opera, Khaos, to audition for solo roles on Sunday, February 13. For more information and to schedule an audition call Marty Horswill at 250-352-2595 or e-mail [email protected]. Performers will be modestly remunerated for their par-ticipation in this three-day workshop. Singers experienced in vocal styles other than opera are also encouraged to audition.

DRUM CIRCLE AT BIGBY PLACECommunity drum circle, Bigby Place, 509 Front Street, every Tues-day night 7 till 9 p.m. Drop in fee $5. A fun, relaxing, healing experi-ence. We are all beginners. For more info call 250-352-5616.

CALL FOR SUBMISSIONSThe Craft Connection is seeking submissions for Bursting into Blos-som, its annual garden show featuring outdoor oriented fine art and craft. Submission deadline March 21. Entry forms available at the Craft Connection (378 Baker Street) or craftconnection.org.

THE SOUND OF... (SILENCE)Deborah Loxam-Kohl is artist-in-residence at Oxygen Art Centre until February 10. She is exploring the use of felted wool forms to construct a large-scale sculptural installation.

AT THE LEGIONAt the Nelson Legion: Tuesday and Friday evenings – free movies; Wednesday evening – darts; Saturday afternoon – meat draws with karaoke in the evening; Sunday afternoon – crib tournament; last Sunday of every month – Texas Hold’em Charity poker (open to the public); month-end birthday bash; occasional fundraiser barbecues, ribs. etc.; snooker; pool; shuffleboard; darts; 10’ big-screen TV for sports and movie nights; beverage room with a welcoming, friendly atmosphere. Info 250-352-7727 or e-mail [email protected]. Mem-bers and guests welcome.

BREAST CANCER SUPPORT GROUPNelson’s breast cancer support group meets at Community First Health Co-op (518 Lake Street) at noon every fourth Tuesday of the month. For more information call Alice at 250-352-6223 or Nadine at 250-359-7777.

NELSON AND AREA ELDER ABUSE PREVENTION RESOURCE CENTREOpen Wednesdays from 12 to 2 p.m. at 719 Vernon Street. Phone 250-352-6008 or visit nelsonelderabuseprevention.org

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Announcements EventsFRIDAY, FEBRUARY 4Cuba night at the Vallican Whole Community Centre. Stories, music, slides and questions regarding Marcia and Dale’s deep and delightful trip in December. Evening begins at 6:30 p.m. Admission with a $5 donation for venue and Cuba projects. Rice and black beans served. RSVP at 250-226-7624.

SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 5Nelson Grans to Grans are hosting a morning craft and tea party for children aged 2 to 12, at the Nelson United Church from 9 a.m. to noon. Tickets are $10 per child and are available at Mountain Baby (Baker Street). Adults need to accompany younger children, and are free of charge. All proceeds go to the Stephen Lewis Foundation to help ease the pain of the HIV/AIDS epidemic in Africa.

Nelson Community Acupuncture Clinic is hosting a open house and Chinese new year celebration at the Yoga Loft (room 302, 625 Front Street). We are offering $5 community acupuncture treatments for new patients, qi gong demonstrations, refreshments and door prizes. Phone 250-509-1466 to call ahead and book a time.

SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 6The Slocan Valley Heritage Trail Society hosts its seventh annual Day on the Trail from noon to 2 p.m. on the Slocan Valley Rail Trail. Join the directors of the Society around the bonfire for hot chocolate and refreshments at this popular annual event. For more information cal them at 1-888-683-SVRT or 250-355-2397. Donations for the volun-teer society are always gratefully accepted.

Nelson United Church Taize service 7 p.m. in the church hall. A ser-vice of prayer, song, candlelight and quiet meditation.

THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 10Please join us at 7 p.m. at the Nelson United Church for a free public discussion and lecture by Dr. Brian Burtch on responses to homopho-bia and transphobia in high schools. Dr. Burch is an associate profes-sor at SFU and co-author of Get That Freak: Homophobia and Trans-phobia in High Schools. For more information phone Christopher at 250-505-5506.

The Vallican Whole Community Centre is offering Greening Your Business With Permaculture. This presentation will look at how to ap-ply permaculture ethics to your operation: care of earth, care of people, return of surplus and more. For more information contact Slocan Val-ley Recreation at 250-226-0008 or email [email protected]

The Mount Sentinel Stage Band invites you to attend the annual Café Jazz fundraiser at the school from 6:30 to 9:30 p.m. This year, Café Jazz will feature performances from Playmor Junction Big Band, the Mount Sentinel Stage Band and Jazz Combo Band. Admission $5. There will be decadent desserts, coffee, tea, juices and a silent auction. Admission at the door is $5, and desserts and drinks are individually priced.

The next regular meeting of the board of the Regional District of Cen-tral Kootenay begins at 1 p.m. at the RDCK board room, 202 Lakeside Drive, Nelson.

FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 11A Valentine Coffee Party will be held at the Nelson United Church from 10 a.m. to 12 p.m. There will be baking and books for sale. Ad-mission is $3

Canadian Parents for French will be hosting another fun filled Winter Carnaval from 7 to 9 p.m. at Trafalgar School. Everyone—both Eng-lish and French speaking—is welcome to attend this family friendly event that has a focus on all things French. Along with plenty of de-licious maple treats and baking, there will be DJ-hosted music and dancing, broomball, crafts, French quizzes, and more! Two dollar en-try includes maple treat.

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The Capitol Theatre Presents... STEPHEN HARPER! THE MUSICAL- Second City Touring Company -Sunday, February 6th, 2011 at 8:00 pmTickets: Adult, $25.00. Full Time Student, $20.00Season Package (4+), $20.00

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Sunday Brunch · Dinner Specials✳ Burlesque Show ✳

Valentine’s Platter for Two Choice of Starter

Beef Medallions, Lemon & Pepper Halibut, Grilled Jumbo Prawns, Chicken Princess, an array of fresh vegetables & roast potatoesLover’s Dessert For Two - White Chocolate Cheesecake, Stawberry Cream Puff & Chocolate Pate with Chocolate Dipped Fruit

Choice ofChocolate Eclairor White Chocolate Cheesecake with Wild Blueberry Coulisor Kahlua & Bailey Creme Brulee

Choice ofPrime Rib Au Jus with Yorkshire Puddingor Breaded Chicken Breast filledw/ Herb & Garlic cream cheeseor Bacon Wrapped Filet stuffed with Blue Cheese & a green peppercorn sauceor Grilled Halibut with Dill Hollandaise & a scallop & prawn brochette

Choice ofRoasted Red Pepper & Garlic Soupor French Onion Soupor Mixed Wild Greens with Bay Shrimp & Honey Dill Dressing

Sunday Brunch Valentine's Dinner

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Friday Feb 11 2011 7pm-9pm

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Intermediate Tango 6:00pm-7:30pm

Drinks & Dinnner a la carte /Milonga (Dance) 7:30pm-11:30pm

Ric’s Grill at Prestige Lakeside Resort

Sunday Feb 13 10:30am-12:00pm

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Friday, February 4Outcast for his unintentional destruction of Atlantis 11,000 years ago, DJ Deeps has resurfaced from hiding to share his story sonically with the world. Thousands of years in solitary training have enabled him to drop watery basslines and bottomless breaks, safely raising any party to its threshold. A known expert in Dirty Speckledbelly Bass and Grimey Tailfin Bass he always produces fresh plates filled with filthy whomp filets.

Saturday, February 5

Last year’s Bob Marley celebration hosted by Gisto was such a big success that we are doing it again. This time, however, Gisto is fresh back from his trip to Jamaica and the reggae vibes are flowing strong. Guest DJs Dubcon-scious and Ben Lee will round out the night.

Friday, February 11A Valentines Day weekend bass massacre featuring maybe the hottest producers in Canadian electronic music right now, Zeds Dead. They are returning to Spirit Bar with an exclusive two hour, two member set. Zeds Dead has built a reputation as remixers par excellence by pulling from a vast array of source material and molding it into their unique brand of dance-floor classics. Opening set by local star DJ Bryx and exclusive beatbox set by Robgoblin.

The Royal330 Baker Street

Friday, February 4Woodhead of SaunaSessions.ca has been hard at work. His newest series of meaty disco arrangements, HIS-CORE 600 are being released on the PUNCHOUT/Homebreakin’ label and to celebrate he’s laying down some dancefloor bombs alongside Rhapsody of Break The Stereo 93.5fm. Doors open at 9 p.m., admission $5.

Saturday, February 5Three great west coast bands—one from Vancouver, two from Nelson—join together for a night of high energy rock and roll, no limit thrashing and smashing. Alma-nak, Nelson’s own powerhouse, will be joined by Louder Than Love and My Pet Lion for an amazing triple header that will leave you screaming for more. Admission $5, doors at 9 p.m.

Ellison’s Market & Cafe523 Front Street

Saturday, February 5

Acoustic Loki opens this week’s Unplugged Sessions. The group is composed of Heidi Bell, Mark McGivern and Randy Janzen. They will perform a mix of folk and contemporary music, taking songs and adding rich har-monies, a guitar and some a capella.Rhoneil will follow with anti-folk on guitar and vocals. This soldier of light has just returned from a musical jour-ney stretching from Vancouver to San Francisco, New Orleans, and beyond. Along the way she was befriended by gypsies, a banjo-playing sailor who can peer into the future, and a handsome priest. She’ll perform old favor-ites, as well as new sonic visions captured on the road.Susu Robin has returned to Nelson after a year of travel-ing around B.C., Saskatchewan, and the Yukon. This past October, Susu released a CD titled Balloon String com-prised of eleven ukulele/voice originals (whimsical, curi-ous and poetic little stories of kittens, balloons, pileated woodpeckers and such). Susu plans to present her ukulele and vocal pieces, and perform a little Bach, Cole Porter and Scott Joplin on the piano as well.

Benwell LoungeHume Hotel

Friday, February 11Once-local jazz chanteuse Flora Ware returns to Nelson. Joining her will be the handsome and talented Cliff Mad-dix on guitar, Rob Johnson on bass, and Steve Parish on drums. Flora is excited to perform her newest original material, along with jazz and soul classics. This is a spe-cial early show. Doors at 7:30 p.m., music starts at 8 p.m. Tickets $10 at door.

St. Andrew’s United Church4th Street and B Avenue, Kaslo

Friday, February 11Kaslo Concert Society is pleased to present Lacafamore, a made-in-the-Kootenays string quartet. Tickets $22 at Figments or the door. School age children admitted free when accompanied by an adult. Show starts at 7:30 p.m.


Entertainment listings

The Capitol Theatre421 Victoria Street — tickets at capitoltheatre.bc.ca

Friday, February 4Master Pauline Bao and the Bao Academy of Tai Chi and Kung Fu would like to invite you to the first annual Bao Academy Chinese New Year Celebration. Get ready for some sword-swinging, knife-wielding, staff and spear smashing Kung Fu action from our brave 5-11 year olds, Yang Tai Chi performances by the adult classes, and a surpris-ing and dangerous performance by Master Bao and her son George. The event also fea-tures traditional Chinese music, ang pao packets, dragons, balloons, a special Chinese New Year gift for all children and much more! Tickets are $4 for children, $6 for students and seniors, $8 for adults and $17 for a family of four. Show runs from 7 to 9 p.m.

Thursday, February 10Alright all you saucebuckets and sass-ka-teers, it’s time for the annual Valentine’s Bur-lesque show! Scarlet Mary Rose and the Heavy Petal Burlesque present Aphrodite’s Dream. Starring the incorrigible Scarlet Mary Rose and a cast of gorgeous local dames. Show starts at 8 p.m and features all the glamorous trappings of the theatre and the mu-sical talents of Varouj and the Very Burly Band. Tickets $20 at the box office.

April VerchSteal the Blue

April 15, 8 p.m.

Margie GillisThreads

March 26, 8 p.m.

Stephen Harper:The Musical

Feb 6, 8 p.m.

Laila Biali TrioMarch 5, 8 p.m.

Ballet JörgenCoppéliaFeb 20, 8 p.m.

Gisto

Rhoneil

Kootenay PrideVarious locations

Saturday, February 12Valentines dance at the Royal with DJ Stoudy. Drink Specials and $10 admission at thedoor. Everyone welcome.

Thursday, February 17Balls Beers and Queers monthly bowling night. 7 p.m. at the Savoy Lanes.


Arts

During the eight years Declan O’Driscoll lived in Nelson, his Yggdrasil theatre company toured

West Kootenay with plays based on the mythology of the Valhalla moun-tains and classics such as The Lion the Witch and the Wardrobe.

But when O’Driscoll returns to the city February 11, he’ll be showcasing a work that’s all about contemporary concerns.

On November 21, 2006, 20 armed officers stormed a small dairy farm north of Toronto and arrested owner Michael Schmidt (seen in photo above). His crime? Selling unpasteur-ized, “raw” milk.

O’Driscoll was on the scene within a day, shooting what would eventu-ally become the documentary film Milk War, which kicks off this year’s Canadian FLIKS Festival.

“My mother actually got milk from him for years, so she told me that he was just arrested and his farm was raided,” explains O’Driscoll. “So I just picked up the camera and started shooting.”

Selling unpasteurized milk has been illegal in Ontario since 1938, when about 800 people fell ill after drinking milk from cows with tuber-culosis. Since 1991 it’s been federal law as well.

But as O’Driscoll followed Schmidt’s four-year court case he began to see how raw-milk laws were, as he puts it, “catering to the lowest common denominator.”

While he’s not sure he’d want to buy unpasteurized milk at a supermarket, he points out that none of Schmidt’s customers ever got sick because of his milk in the farm’s 20 years of

operation. And he’s sympathetic to Schmidt’s belief that his customers should be allowed to eat what they want, even if there are risks involved.

“It raises some serious questions about where government might be overstepping the rights of people,” he says.

“People that can make a conscious and well-informed decision aren’t al-lowed to do so.”

Schmidt was eventually acquitted of all charges — but not before stag-ing a 28-day hunger strike, dumping his high-profile legal advisor and taking on a pack of lawyers for the provincial govern-ment singlehandedly.

Since the verdict last year, the raw milk debate has reared its head in B.C., and it’s bringing O’Driscoll with it.

Before heading to the FLIKS festival, he’ll screen Milk War in Vancouver in support of Chiliwack’s Home on the Range Farms, which is facing similar legal troubles.

The man in charge of the farm’s case? None other than Michael Schmidt.

Milk War is the first of six Cana-dian films screening at the Capitol Theatre February 11 and 12. The film begins at 7 p.m., and is followed by a question and answer session with O’Driscoll and Kootenay Co-Op radio’s Jon Steinman, host of Decon-structing Dinner.

Admission is $10, with a full fes-tival pass available for $30. Tickets are available in advance from Otter Books. For more information and a full schedule of films, visit flicks.ca/festivals_canadian.html.

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NewsMeadow Creek firmly on WorkSafe radarContinued from Page 1

The company was required to pro-vide in writing the steps it would take to correct the infractions. WorkSafeBC regional prevention manager Shawn Mitton says this has since been done.

“The firm did submit a notice of com-pliance,” he says. “The officer has done some follow up. He’s working with the firm on some of the items, both in the short and long term.”

Compliance timelines are worked out based on risk to workers — high-risk activities are to be dealt with im-mediately, while matters relating to ad-ministration or training can be allowed more time to implement.

However, because the mill was pre-viously cited for similar violations, it may be fined.

“[A] recommendation for an ad-ministrative penalty will be prepared and submitted to the prevention man-ager for approval,” the inspection re-port says. “A follow-up inspection will occur to authenticate appropriate com-pliance with the orders.”

Fines are determined by the size of the employer and seriousness of the violations, to a maximum of about $565,000.

During the inspection, the employ-er’s representative was told they had four hours to find a first-aid attendant or the operation would be shut down.

They were also told their emergency transportation vehicle was unaccept-able, in that it lacked required equip-ment, had garbage on the floor, and “workers were using lawn chairs for seating during transportation.”

The company was ordered to clean and sanitize the vehicle, outfit it with proper equipment and seating, and stop using it for commuting purposes.

The inspection further noted the company “has not insured that work-place conditions hazardous to the health or safety of workers are reme-died, or ensured that workers are aware

of all safety hazards they are likely to be exposed to, and made aware of their rights.”

In particular, “The Mexican or mi-grant workers at this employer’s site had not been provided with a health and safety orientation and training specific to the young or new worker’s workplace.”

Mitton said his understanding is the foreign workers have since returned to Mexico.

Other infractions involved a loader repaired after an accident without consulting the manufacturer, a mobile crane that had not been regularly in-spected, missing logbooks, and various equipment not properly guarded.

The company was also cited for not maintaining several logging roads and bridges, and failing to use a traffic con-trol system, which resulted in a near miss.

Although Meadow Creek Cedar filed a compliance report stating it had dealt with some of these problems, fol-low-up inspections found that wasn’t the case.

“Unsafe or harmful conditions… have not been remedied without de-lay,” the report says. “The employer

has had unsafe conditions brought to their attention regarding forest service roads and their resulting inspection of these non-compliance issues… have not been dealt with in an appropriate time frame.”

Mitton says that doesn’t necessarily mean the employer did nothing, but they didn’t achieve the level of compli-ance required.

Meadow Creek Cedar has com-plied with three other orders to Work-SafeBC’s satisfaction, dealing with the planer, hazardous areas, and personal locks.

Mitton says it’s not unusual follow-ing a thorough inspection of a plant for many problems to be flagged, “but when we have that many orders it does raise a concern for us, and we pay a lot of attention to those issues.”

In 2005, Tricon Construction of Vancouver bought all of Meadow Creek Cedar’s shares from a Japanese com-pany. Tricon’s president, Dale Kooner, is also president of Can-Pacific Packers Inc. of Surrey.

Phone and email messages left for Kooner and local management at Mead-ow Creek Cedar were not returned.

The mill employs about 30 people.

Meadow Creek Cedar is facing a fine for workplace safety infractions.

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‘It was mission barely possible’

Boxing Day came late for the Kaslo and District Public Library.

Over the last few weeks, an army of volunteers helped the library move to a Front Street storefront expected to be its home for the next eight months — the result of ongo-ing restoration work to the 113-year-old village office, where the library occupies the basement.

While it was initially thought the library might only have to close for two weeks and the collection could be draped during that time, it became apparent the ceiling had to be torn out for duct work and wiring, so they would need to pack up.

“It was a very big project,” says library director Eva Kele-men. “It was mission barely possible.”

They learned just before Christmas they had to move, but due to the holidays weren’t able to secure a temporary location in the former Fern’s Flowers until January 6.

Kelemen measured the 1,200 square foot space four days later and spent all night drafting a floor plan, “because there was no time to lose... We had 25 days total to get it done.”

She figured out how many books would fit the indus-trial shelving the village was buying — only about half the collection, it turned out. The rest would go into storage in the basement of the village-owned Kemball building.

The collection was split both physically and in the comput-er system, so they could track what went where. Packing of items bound for storage began January 14, while the weather was dry. The library stayed open until the 24th and then closed for one week.

“We had a work party build the shelves when the li-brary was still open, and then Wednesday the 26th was our boxing day,” Kelemen says. “We had 16 volunteers, but

didn’t have enough boxes.” Two people went around

town, grabbing every box in sight. They finally ran out with 30 to 40 shelves left and had to stop, deciding to return once other boxes were unpacked.

In the next few days, people brought trucks and a trailer to move furniture and prepared the new space. Then Saturday was the big moving day.

“We had 25 volunteers that day, including all the Ka-timivik crew,” Kelemen says. “By noon we had 300 boxes moved in, coming in the front and back doors.”

The boxes were numbered, colour coded, and labelled by sections. They were piled ap-proximately where they were supposed to go, sorted, and then shelvers went to work.

At one point, however, it looked like they were running out of space.

“I had to run home and empty an ugly kitchen shelf unit,” Kelemen laughs.

“I threw all my jars on the floor and came back with it so the adult fiction could fit.”

Everything was on the shelves the same day.

The library reopened Wed-nesday and, although small-er, it will maintain the same hours, programs, and services — including story time, inter-library loans, and public com-puter terminals. The books in storage, however, will be inac-cessible.

Kelemen expects the move home in a few months to be much easier, in part because they mapped the collection and know exactly where ev-erything goes.

In the meantime, she’s let-ting out a well-deserved sigh of relief.

“It was fabulous to see peo-ple come out and make it hap-pen in this amount of time,” she says.

The village covered the re-location costs and loaned staff to help.

Kaslo Library Moves to Temporary Home

LIBRARY ON THE MOVEItems in the Kaslo library collection: 12,943Items placed in storage: 6,156Boxes moved to the new location: 300Boxes placed in storage: 177Volunteers involved in the move: 60, including eight from KatimivikTotal volunteer hours: At least 315, based on sign-up sheetsDuration of the move: 16 days (January 14 to 30)Size of the temporary location: 1,200 square feetEstimated time the library will stay there: Eight months

The Kaslo library is in a new location on Front Street during res-toration to the village office. “Boxing Day usually falls December 26,” library director Eva Kelemen says. “We had it January 26.”


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History

Five men who died twiceThe West Kootenay

is filled with historical quirks, geographical curiosities, and fasci-nating footnotes. Who better to present these lists than our own re-porter Greg Nesteroff, who has a long list of, well, lists.

We’re pleased to in-troduce this new regu-lar feature that will present knowledge you never thought you would need but will somehow be better off knowing.

We start with a group of five who had the unnerving experi-ence of reading their own obituaries ...

JOHN HOUSTON

Nelson’s found-ing mayor was twice

considered gone be-fore his time. In 1906, a rumor circulated that he had been killed in Nevada, but it proved to be mis-taken identity.

Four years later, Houston literally read his own obituary in the Vancouver Prov-ince while ailing from pneumonia.

He reportedly asked that the paper not bother with a correction, as he planned to make good on the story. He died in Quesnel days later and was brought back to Nelson for the largest funeral the city had ever seen.

JOHN SANDON

The namesake of the Slocan Valley ghost

town was reported lost on Kootenay Lake in 1890 when his boat and hat were found floating after a storm. Shortly thereafter, two bodies were recovered from the lake, and it was believed Sandon’s was among them.

Yet he reappeared

days later, vigorously denying his death. He said he wasn’t “fool enough to get into water that he couldn’t wade through to shore, should he be upset.”

The incident eerily presaged his actual passing in 1893, when he left his ranch for Ainsworth along with Ken-neth McLeod. Their overturned boat was found on the lake, and they were pre-sumed drowned.

However, the Kaslo Slocan Examiner wrote, “no one knows that John Sandown [sic] really met his death from drown-ing or that he is really dead at all.”

His mother and siblings suspected foul play, disputing a will that left his ranch to a hired man named Joseph Heth-erington.

ELI CARPENTER

The circus tightrope-walker turned

prospector, who helped start the Silvery Slocan rush by discovering the Payne mine, departed for the Klondike in the fall of 1897 with Peter McNichol. When nothing was heard from them for close to a year, he was given up for dead.

However, Carpen-ter was soon reported alive and well, and “expected to turn up in the spring with ei-ther news of another big strike or with a large bundle of the finest furs.”

Still, it had been a harrowing journey. He arrived alone in Dawson “nearly starving and almost naked,” and con-sidered the journey his greatest achieve-ment. Friends said that given matches and a small sack of salt, he could stay in

the mountains for months. Carpenter died for real in 1917 at Annis, near Salm-on Arm, where he was a watchman for a lumber company. Some history books, however, still say he perished en route to the Yukon.

Carpenter Creek, which runs through Sandon and New Denver, is named for him.

FRED STARKEY

As Nelson-based com-missioner

of the Associated Boards of Trade of Eastern British Columbia, Starkey kept a mini-museum in his office, includ-ing artifacts such as Eli Carpenter’s pick and shovel (which alas, have long since disappeared).

Like Carpenter, he was wrongly believed to have checked out on his way to the Klondike. Starkey left England for Canada at 16 and wrote his sister from Winnipeg that he was joining the gold rush. How-ever, he lost touch with his family, who then read someone of the same name had died in the region. They took his silence as confirmation.

As Walter McRaye recounted in Town Hall Tonight, after rambling around the west for years and finally settling in Nelson, Starkey returned home for a visit. He showed up on the doorstep of his brother John, who didn’t recognize him.

“I’m Fred,” he said. John replied: “What — our Fred? Oh no, you’re not. He’s dead.”

Fred strode into the house and rattled off family names un-til his shaken sibling conceded he was still alive. Starkey died in Nelson in 1931.

RAY BRANDON

The manager of the Jeanne Russell Co.,

a travelling theatri-cal troupe, Brandon gave movie star Boris Karloff his first acting job in 1911.

(Karloff actually misremembered his stage debut as occur-ring in Nelson; while he performed here twice, including on his 24th birthday, his first show was prob-ably in Vernon or Salmon Arm.)

In October 1912, a report appeared in a Colville news-paper that Brandon had died in Nelson.

Where this notion originated is unclear. There’s nothing to suggest he was even here then, much less involved in anything fatal.

Passing through Colville a few months later, Bran-don stopped at the newspaper office to read the account of his demise. He remarked: “I will send this notice to some of my creditors, which will save me the embarrassment of receiving statements from them.”

Brandon was killed in a car accident in Oregon in 1933.

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John Houston reads his own obituary, depicted in the Victoria Daily Times of March 5, 1910.


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Business

One of the big-gest boosts the Koote-

nay Carshare Co-op ever received was when the price of gas skyrocketed in 2006, suddenly making many motorists think about how much it cost to run their vehicles.

“Car sharing be-came more popular,” says manager Colleen Matte. “People didn’t know what it was before.”

Back then they were still the Nelson Carshare, a fledgling organization started around 1998 when a group of friends decided they didn’t each need to own a vehicle.

More people found out and wanted to join, and it was for-mally incorporated in 2001.

After a few years, a truck was added, further encouraging new members.

“It was very slow process, Matte says. “Often they were relying on members’

credit cards to keep things going. There were times they thought they would lose the truck. But the dedication of the core group kept it going.”

They opened branches in Kaslo and Revelstoke, and Kimberley and Fernie subsequently came on board as well.

The co-op now has 182 members and 19 vehicles, and most branches have trucks.

“We grow every year. We’re always looking at buying newer, better, more efficient vehicles and we’re in a solid finan-cial place,” Matte says. “Other carshares are quite envious, because we’re not in debt.”

Barry Nelson, a retired bank manager and business owner, brought the co-op to the point where in August 2009 they were able to hire Matte as the first staff member.

Until then, volun-teers did everything.

“A lot of things

that developed the carshare to this point were because of the members’ willing-ness to work in trade for carshare use,” she says.

Kootenay Carshare is different than oth-ers across Canada in several ways.

First, it is the only rurally-based one. Most carshares rely on population density to be successful, with lots of short trips, but around here getting to a neighbouring community often means driving 40 km or more. In reflection of that, Matte says they have the lowest rates.

Also unusual is their fleet, which consists of mostly older models. In fact, the Honda Civic that gave the co-op its start is still used as an administrative and spare vehicle.

“We prevent cars from being scrapped,” Matte says. “We re-pair them and make sure they run well a lot longer than they

might have. Nobody really has a fleet like ours.”

She says some members use the ve-hicles regularly, while others might only do so a few times a year.

“We typically say if you’re going to be us-ing a vehicle less than four times a week or less than 10,000 km per year, it’s going to be more affordable than owning your own.”

Members pay $500 for a lifetime share, and per-kilometer and per-hour rates, but no fuel charges.

Booking is done on-line. The nine ve-hicles parked around Nelson can be signed out on as little as 15 minutes’ notice, and used as long as the member wants.

Kootenay Car-share’s office is at 410B Hall Street. They’re open Monday to Thursday from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m and can also be reached at 250-352-2033 or carshare [email protected].

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A Public Forum on CETA: The Canada-European Union Comprehensive Economic & Trade Agreement

Friday, Feb. 11 Nelson United Church 7:30pm Special Guest Speaker: Peter Julian International Trade Critic, Federal NDP Guest panelists: COC, WK EcoSociety, & IBEW speakers & RDCK VP, MLA & MP How we produce energy, grow food & supply water, to public services, government local contracting & procurement is on the table, with concerns of undue power & influence of European corporations.

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Business

Nelson’s coffee dynasty has staked claim to a new location.

Anybody who has strolled through the downtown this past week will have noticed there are some big changes in store at the corner of Ward and Baker. One of Nelson’s original cafes — Jigsaws — has changed hands and is now undergoing renovations in anticipation of an early March relaunch.

The new owner is 30-year-old Amy Stewart, whose family is no stranger to the world of lattes and espressos. Amy’s mom Jennifer Gare bought the Dominion Cafe in the late 1990s and then started Grounded in 2004. Though mom has retired from the coffee business, her oldest daughter happily waded into the biz when she purchased Jigsaws from founder and local coffee shop pioneer Sandra Barton at the end of January.

“I learned a few things from my mom along the way,” Stewart says. “I had an idea of what I was getting into.”

Amy is the oldest of four Stewart sisters. A standout soccer player in high school and at Simon Fraser Univer-sity, the young businesswom-an returned to Nelson last year to raise her young son.

Like her mom, Amy will keep family close. Sister Heather is helping with the renovations and will do some barista work when the cafe opens next month.

Currently the Stewart sisters are gutting the place. They will repaint, add new flooring, new seating and a new name which will be unveiled next month.

“There will be a new con-cept. It will be quite a shift,” Amy says.

She is shooting for an early

March opening.“It’s great for walk-by

and this space is beautiful,” she says. “The windows are huge... I just love it.”

It’s official, Nelson has a new scooter shop. New

Age Scooters opened this week. There was free cof-fee, donuts, pop and even a chocolate fountain with fresh fruit that added a touch of class.

There were shiny new scooters to check out plus small ATVs (for kids and adults) as well as gloves, hel-mets, backpacks, locks and other scooter accessories.

Owner Peter Gallant

says if you are fed up with the skyrocketing cost of gas ($1.18/litre at last report) this might be an exciting new idea to check out.

The gas-powered scooters are environmentally friendly, easy to operate, quiet and affordable (not only to pur-chase but to insure as well). Added bonus... parking for scooters is free in Nelson.

The new scooter shop is located in downtown Nelson at 721F Front Street (directly across from the NDCC).

If you have any business news you would like to share with the community, email me at [email protected]

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Big change at Jigsaws

Young businesswoman Amy Stewart recently bought Jigsaws and is currently renovating the cafe. The new look and new name will be unveiled in early March.

New Age Scooters owner Peter Gallant at the grand opening.

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Leafs get final regular season shot at RebelsAs the KIJHL’s regular

season winds down, the pressure on the Nelson Ju-nior Leafs continues.

After two consecutive games against the Beaver Valley Nitehawks, the Leafs have another home-and-home ahead of them this weekend against an even tougher rival.

The Leafs host the Castle-gar Rebels Friday night at 7 p.m. in the Nelson and District Community Com-plex, before heading down the highway for an away battle Saturday.

The Rebels come into the two game set perched atop the Neil Murdoch di-vision, and only two points behind the Kootenay Con-ference leading Fernie Ghostriders.

But while they’ve posted wins in nine of their last 10 games, the Rebels’ only re-cent blemish came the last time they set foot in the

NDCC.The late January game

saw the Leafs finally break a five-game losing streak against the Rebels, win-ning the contest 5-3.

With what had become one of the Leafs’ biggest stumbling blocks finally conquered, head coach and general manager Chris Shaw says he’s hoping to see another strong outing when Castlegar returns to town.

“We can play with them,” he says. “This last month I thought we played some pretty good hockey. We had a couple overtime loss-es, some really close games. I think we’re moving in the right direction, and to play against a team like Castle-gar, they’re just any other team in the league.”

This is the last time Nel-son will play a Murdoch team in the regular season. (Another two game series with the Creston Valley Thundercats rounds out the schedule next weekend.) But if the team can make it past Beaver Valley in the first round of post-season action, it’s more than likely they’ll have to face the Reb-els once again.

“They’ve clinched the division and they’re a con-fident bunch over there, and they’re a good hockey team,” notes Shaw. “They’re not going to lose too many games. But when you get to the playoffs it’s an entirely new season.”

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Tell us how your team is doing, email: [email protected]

SportsLeague Standings

As of February 2Neil Murdoch DivisionTEAM GP W L T OTL PCastlegar 45 38 7 0 0 76Beaver Valley 45 29 13 0 3 61Nelson 46 24 19 0 3 51Spokane 46 18 25 1 2 39Grand Forks 44 7 36 0 1 15

Eddie Mountain DivisionTEAM GP W L T OTL PFernie 45 38 5 0 2 78Creston Valley 46 24 17 3 2 53Golden 46 21 23 0 2 44Kimberley 46 16 26 2 2 36Columbia Val. 47 10 33 0 4 24

Okanagan DivisionTEAM GP W L T OTL POsoyoos 45 37 2 2 4 80Kelowna 46 23 20 1 2 49Princeton 46 15 25 3 3 36Penticton 47 11 34 0 1 23

Doug Birks DivisionTEAM GP W L T OTL PRevelstoke 46 37 8 0 1 75Kamloops 45 22 21 0 2 46Sicamous 44 16 23 1 4 37N. Okanagan 45 17 26 1 1 36

Latest ScoresFriday, February 4

Castlegar at Nelson, 7 p.m. NDCCKamloops at Revelstoke

North Okanagan at PrincetonOsoyoos at Kelowna

Sicamous at Beaver ValleySpokane at Grand ForksCreston Valley at Fernie

Golden at Columbia ValleySaturday, February 5Nelson at CastlegarPrinceton at PentictonRevelstoke at Kelowna

North Okanagan at KamloopsSicamous at Spokane

Golden at FernieGrand Forks at Beaver ValleyKimberley at Creston Valley

Sunday, February 6Grand Forks at Spokane

Osoyoos at North Okanagan

Nelson Leafs LeadersAs of February 2

PLAYER Position GP G A PColton Schell Forward 45 17 30 47Joel Stewart Forward 40 20 25 45Gavin Currie Forward 33 17 26 43Marcus Dahl Forward 41 9 17 26Riley Henderson Defence 38 4 20 24Cody Abbey Forward 29 16 7 23Taylor O’Neil Defence 46 6 15 21Braeden Hikichi Defence 44 5 15 20Patrick Martens Forward 42 13 6 19Jeff Hodgkinson Forward 37 8 10 18Dustin Johnson Forward 12 8 7 15Cam Dobransky Forward 34 3 12 15

KIJHL Stats


“They’re [Rebels] not going to lose too many games, but when you get to the playoffs it’s an entirely new

season.”Chris Shaw

Leafs Head Coach


Nelson Leafs newcomer Jeff Hodgkinson and his teammates battled the Beaver Valley Nitehawks hard last weekend, but came up empty in the points department. This weekend the locals take on the Neil Murdoch Division powerhouse Castle-gar in a two-game set starting tonight in Nelson.

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Wild Action for Female ‘CatsBob Hall photo

Kootenay Midget Wildcats forward Katie Yuris fights off the check of an Okanagan Rockets player last Sunday at the Nelson and District Community Complex. The female midget team lost 4-0 to Okanagan on Saturday and lost a 5-3 thriller on Sunday. The Wildcats are back in action this weekend in Nelson. They play the Prince George Cougars on Saturday at the Civic Centre starting at 3:30 p.m. and Sunday morning at the NDCC at 7:45 a.m.

Attack of the BombersAndrea Klassen photo

The L.V. Rogers junior boys and girls teams hosted a six-team tournament this past weekend at The Hangar in Fairview. The powerful boys team (above) came away with the tournament title after crushing Trail’s J.L. Crowe 81-23 and defeating Invermere’s David Thompson 57-24. The girls squad battled hard, but dropped two one-point games. The LVR girls lost 33-22 to Rossland and 43-42 to David Thompson. The senior Bomber teams host their own tournament this weekend at the local high school. Games go Friday night and all day Saturday.


Local flees Egyptian crisisA Slocan Valley woman

has returned to Canada from Egypt amid political protests aimed at ousting president Hosni Mubarak.

Mekaila Frajman, 24, ar-rived in Edmonton this week after a long journey.

“She’s pretty bagged,” says her sister Kamala Davies, a local realtor.

“I talked to her Wednes-day night. She’s just happy to be home, and trying to get her bearings straight.”

Davies says Frajman was torn about leaving the coun-try where she has taught for close to two years.

“I don’t think she wanted

to go. She has a real passion for Egypt. She loves her job, enjoys the people she works with and her students. But it came to a point where all of us on this end were worried sick.”

During the protests, Fraj-man holed up in her apart-ment.

She taught biology, chem-istry, and math at the British Columbia Canadian Inter-national School in the Cairo suburb of Maadi, where she was among 30 faculty from B.C.

Frajman graduated from Mount Sentinel and the Uni-versity of Alberta, where she took her teacher training.

“She was looking for work as a new teacher, and

was offered an opportunity that would give her the op-tion to travel,” Davies says. “She jumped on it.”

Her friend and mentor, Peter Stoll, has been teach-ing at the same school since 2007.

Aside from flight delays, Frajman didn’t have any

trouble leaving the coun-try. Her family booked her ticket before foreign affairs announced it would help Canadians leave.

“We were concerned whether she would be able to make it to the airport, but she did and went on her scheduled flight home,” Da-vies says. “I don’t think she made a selfish decision [to leave]. She made it for her family.”

From Cairo, Frajman flew to Frankfurt, and was supposed to go to Toronto. But because of a large snow-storm there, the flight was redirected to Calgary.

She finally made it back to Edmonton on Wednes-day afternoon.

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The Nelson Chapter of the Council of Cana-dians and MP Alex Atamanenko (B.C. Southern Interior) have invited international trade critic Peter Julian to speak at a public forum in Nel-son next week on the Canada–European trade agreement and its threats to Canadian sover-eignty. The agreement is officially known as the Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agree-ment with the European Union.

“We are extremely pleased to have Peter Ju-lian able to visit the West Kootenay and speak to us about this deal that is being negotiated behind closed doors and without meaningful public consultation,” said Sandra Nelken, local contact for the Nelson chapter of the Council of Canadians.

“Everything from how we produce energy, grow food and supply water, to public services and intellectual property rights — all of this is on the table,” she added.

As the NDP international trade critic, Julian has visited Nelson before, speaking to an over-flow meeting of more than 400 people in Nelson about the Security and Prosperity Partnership agreement in January 2008.

Guest speakers representing other levels of government and sectors of the community will join Julian for a panel discussion with the public following the speech.

“It is imperative that the public learns more about these trade negotiations, and helps call for a deal that actually benefits the citizens of Canada and the EU, rather than catering to a handful of big corporate interests,” added Atamanenko.

The event takes place at 7:30 p.m. on Friday, February 11 at Nelson United Church.


“I talked to her Wednesday night. She’s just happy to be home and trying to get her bearings

straight.”Kamala Davies

Sister

An innovative educational program starting in early March will help caregiving family members from Nelson deal with the loss and grief issues associ-ated with dementia.

“The dementia journey re-quires ongoing adjustment to many changes over a long peri-od of time that result in feelings of loss,” explains project leader Dr. Penny MacCourt, from the Centre on Aging at the Univer-sity of Victoria.

“You are witnessing the pro-gression of your family mem-ber’s dementia. The progression results in many changes: in your relationship, in shared activities, in roles and responsibilities, in dreams and plans for the future, and in living circumstances, to name just a few.”

The new Coping with Tran-sitions program will connect residents with a skilled reg-istered coach with extensive knowledge and experience in counselling caregivers of peo-ple with a dementia.

Coaching is being offered in both online and telephone group formats, allowing partic-ipants to share experiences and to learn from each other, says

MacCourt.The choice or phone or on-

line groups provides conve-nience, since participants don’t have to leave their homes, and accessibility, which is vital for those living in rural areas.

Interested caregivers in the Nelson area can choose from four options:

-ning Mondays from March 14 through April 18, from 1:30 to 3 p.m.

-ning Thursdays from March 17 through April 24, from 7 to 8:30 p.m.

Tuesdays from March 8 through April 12 from 9:30 to 11 a.m.

Tuesdays from March 8 through April 12 from 7 to 8:30 p.m.

Interested residents must pre-register for the program by contacting MacCourt toll-free at 1-877-244-0419. She will ex-plain the research project, an-swer any questions, and provide assessment forms that are re-quired before the first meeting.

Coping with Transitions aims to identify tools and strat-egies for weathering the losses and provide a greater number of options for caregivers to bet-ter meet their needs.

Trade agreement to be discussed

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Funding Available for Youth ProjectsColumbia Basin Youth Grants is a program that funds projects that benefit Basin youth, develop youth leadership skills, and meaningfully involve youth in the planning, development and implementation of the project.

The next deadline for applications is Monday

Contact Michelle d’Entremont, Basin Youth Liaison to discuss your project at [email protected] or by calling 1.800.505.8998

The Nelson Knights of Columbus are seeking nominations to recognize an individual who has made the greatest contribution through volunteerism.

Nomination forms and cover letter are available at Nelson City Hall, Chamber of Commerce and Sonja’s China Cabinet.

Nominations close at 4:00 p.m. February 28, 2011

Knights of Columbus 813 Ward Street Nelson V1L 1T4

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Slocan Scrabble success

The Slocan Valley Scrabble Club’s first annual scrabble tournament was a great suc-cess. Thirteen players attend-ed the event which was held at the Slocan City Legion Hall on January 22.

Participants came from all around the area including Castlegar, Shoreacres, Nelson, Winlaw, and New Denver.

Luke Wells had the highest game score in the four-play-ers category and was awarded a signed print donated by Winlaw artist Pam Sims. Luke also won highest single-word score in the four-players category and received a Typo

game donated by Secret Gar-den Toys of Nelson.

In the two-players catego-ry, highest game score went to Joyce Kozdrowski, and highest single-word score was won by Alan Brown. Evan Butler of Winlaw, age nine, won a prize for being the youngest player.

Alan Brown, organizer of the event and spokesman for the scrabble club, said they donated the admission fees and food concession sales to the Slocan Community Li-brary. The club meets in that library at 710 Harold Street every Tuesday from 1 to 3 p.m. Email Brown at [email protected] for details.

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A Noisy ReadLiteracy is alive and “noisy” at South Nelson School. On Wednesday, students at South Nelson along with parents, teachers and teachers’ aides moved into multi-age groups to hear stories read aloud at the “Noisy Read” in hon-our of family literacy. February is Family Lit-eracy Month at South Nelson. Students and families are also recommending their favourite books which are being displayed in the school library.

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PUBLIC SERVICES/CATALOGUING LIBRARY TECHNICIANApplications are invited for a Library Technician who will be responsible for circulation functions, interlibrary loans, assisting patrons in the use of online databases, cataloguing, maintaining the integrity of the library bibliographic database and other related duties. Qualifications include the completion of a two-year Library Technician Diploma, one year post-secondary education, and three to four years of library experience including two years of cataloguing using MARC and AACR2. FULL-TIME, REGULAR: commencing immediately. Competition #06. Closing: February 11, 2011.

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CAREER OPPORTUNITYgreenclean,

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A detailed description of duties, skills and qualifications can be viewed at www.cbt.org/careers or requested from Debra Stewart at 1.800.505.8998.

Please forward resumes to [email protected] by noon (Pacific) February 7, 2011 for consideration.

SERVICE TECHNICIANOur busy Service Department has an immediate opening for a quali ed service technician. GM training is an asset but is not mandatory. The ideal candidate will have good computer skills and will be able to work as a member of a team. We provide competitive wages and an excellent bene ts package.

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Request for Proposals – Know Your Watershed Phase 2 Delivery: Water Stewardship Education. Deadline February 25, 2011 at 4:00 p.m. MST. Contact Charlene Desrochers at [email protected].

Request for Proposals – Land Conservation Initiative Evaluation. Deadline February 28, 2011 at 4:00 p.m. MST. Contact Tiffany Postma at [email protected].

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Coming Events

Free talk on responses to ho-mophobia & transphobia in high schools by SFU au-thor/prof Dr.Brian Burtch. Feb 10,7pm. Nelson United Church

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Auditions for “KHAOS”, The Opera. The Amy Ferguson In-stitute invites experienced mu-sicians interested in singing a role in the June 2011 initial “workshopping” of Don Mac-donald and Nicola Harwood’s new opera, KHAOS, to audi-tion for solo roles on Sunday, February 13th. For more infor-mation and to schedule an au-dition call Marty Horswill at 250-352-2595 or e-mail [email protected]. Perform-ers will be modestly remuner-ated for their participation in this 3-day workshop. Singers experienced in vocal styles other than opera are also en-couraged to audition. Visit khaosopera.com to learn more about this exciting opera that will premiere in Nelson in 2012

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LOST: GOLD OWL RING. Xmas present from sister, sen-timental value. Lost Dec 28 on path between View St. and Trevor. REWARD. 825-9334.

MISSING: GOLD JEWELRY18K. 9 items including 1 watch, 2 brooches, 2 brace-lets, 2 necklaces, 1 pin & 1 photo of family member in gold case. All have great senti-mental value! If found please drop off at the Nelson Star of-fi ce, 514 Hall St, Nelson. No questions asked. REWARD.

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Traffi c Controller (fl agger)2 Day Training Classes

Road Safety TSCClasses held in Kamloops,Kelowna, Penticton, Princeton & Williams Lake. Starting Feb. New $252.00 Renew $168.00 For Dates & Info 1-866-737-2389, www.roadsafetytcs.com

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Experienced Hairstylist needed. Reply with resume 601 Lake St. Nelson

Help WantedA-DEBT-FREE Life. We’ll help you. Call MNP 877-898-2580. Free consultation.Creditor pro-posals, trustee in bankruptcy, 320-1620 Dickson Ave. Kelow-na - Resident offi ce. Appoint-ments available in your area

COORDINATOR Men’s Out-reach - Castlegar Community Services requires Coordinator for community development initiatives. See www.cdcss.ca for details.

Gold Island Forest Products Ltd. is currently looking for experienced lumber graders and sawmill employees. Please apply in person with a current resume to 2896 Senti-nel Road in South Slocan or call Silvia at 250-359-7000 with any questions

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Hair Stylist, FT perm position. Great position to jump start your career. Easy to build clientele, Invermere B.C. Leave message 250-342-9863

OTH Enterprises Inc. is cur-rently hiring Lease Operators. 2 Tridem and 5 Super Train for BC & Western Canada. Need to have newer model equip-ment and a clean abstract. Need to be fl uent in English.Call 1-800-667-3944 or (250)983-9401 Larry or Dennis

Medical/Dental

Dental receptionist wanted. Experience required. Tempo-rary position possibly leading to full time. Reply to Dr. Daan Kuiper at 201-402 Baker St. Nelson or email [email protected].

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Services

Alternative Health

ANNI MUHLEGG, B.S.W. from Whispering Herd offers counseling & equine-assisted learning for all ages. Holistic health, transpersonal psy-chology and outdoor-based therapy. www.whisperingherd. com 250-354-7778

Education/Tutoring

French tutoring:L’Association des Francophones des Koote-nays Ouest. Private/group les-sons & homework tutoring. All levels, competitive rates. Call AFKO 250-352-3516 or email [email protected]

French Tutor: need to im-prove French in school? Plan-ning a trip? Interested in con-versation? Any age/level. Call Estelle 250-777-1533 or email [email protected]

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433 Josephine St.Nelson, BC V1L 1W4Ph. 250.352.2100 Fax 250.352.6888

To view these and other listings please go to:www.nelsonrealty.caDave Gentles

250.354.8225Burke Jones

250.354.8515John Knox

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SALMO RURAL renovated 4 bd starter home. .41 ac Level/fenced/gardens. Workshop Quick Possession. $199,900. Call Burke Jones.

PRIVATE .42 ac south of Nelson. 2 bd Mobile, addition & 2 garages. $249,900. Call Burke Jones.

6-MILE Great Starter home on .38 ac. 3 bd, 3 bt. Deck. Suite possible. $299,000. Call David Gentles.

YMIR - 4 bd 2 bt home on spacious lot. Many upgrades. Ready to move into! $299,000. Call Burke Jones.

UPHILL 1.5 storey home. Lots of improvements Corner Lot. In-law suite. $300,000. Call Burke Jones.

HERITAGE LODGE. circa 1920. Majestic 8 bd 6 bt, w/ suite. Maintained Heritage thru-out. Lake views. Treed & private 3.43 Ac. $995,000. Call David Gentles.

DUPLEX Each unit is 1000 sf. A 3 bd & a 2 bd. Easy to rent. Close to downtown. $329,000. Call David Gentles

NEW 1/2 duplex. Quality construction, open concept 3 bd 3 bt. Full basement. $329,000 ea. HST incl. Call John Knox.

UPPER KASLO. Beautifully expanded spacious open 3+ bd home. Garage, deck & bonus room. $356,000. Call David Gentles.

UPHILL RANCHER. 3 bd 2 bt. Level lot. Fenced. Bachelor suite potential. $359,000. Call David Gentles.

KRESTOVA 7.9 Acres. Level/fenced. Private treed setting. 3 bd 1 bt home. $365,000. Call Burke Jones.

TOAD MOUNTAIN LOG. Exquisite home on 2.77 ac. Separate, heated garage, Lake views. Suite. $569,900. Call John Knox.

COMMERCIAL ZONING Heritage home conversion near downtown core. $355,000. Call David Gentles.

MIRROR LAKE Gambrel style 3 bd 2 bt. Great views. .86 ac. $375,000. Call David Gentles.

LONGBEACH. 4-level split. Spacious 4 bd, deck, gardens, garage. Private 1/2 ac. $389,000. Call David Gentles

KAYS RD. 2,012 sf 3bd 2bt Rancher on 2.46 private acres. Separate Shop. $424,900. Call David Gentles.

POPOU RD 4.96 private ac. 3bd 3bt. Elevator, Shop, Garage. + 2bd Mobile. $425,000. Call Burke Jones.

UPHILL. Pride of ownership!! Classic decor. 3bd 3bt walk-up. Quick possession. Suite potential. $490,000. Call David Gentles.

FORT SHEPPARD Unique frame & log design. Upgraded 4bd 3bt. 3 levels. Views. Huge decks. $549,000. Call David Gentles.

FAIRVIEW Two bdrm starter home on 60 x 110 corner lot. Potential!! $249,000. Call David Gentles.

CLASSIC CHARACTER HOME 5bd 3bt 2 storey. Uphill. Legal 1 bd suite. Dble corner view lot. $579,000. Call John Knox

WATERFRONT. 55’ level beach, 2 storey home, foreshore lease & marina. $599,000. Vacant adjoining lot with 52’ of waterfront available for $374, 900. Call Burke Jones.

KENIRIS RD. Straw Bale on 3.29 acres. Custom features thru-out. $599,900. Call John Knox.

BALFOUR 5.91 wooded ac. 1500 sf private home. Huge 30x60 shop. $679,000. Call Burke Jones.

SLOCAN RIVER FRONT @ PASSMORE.

Custom 2100 sf Rancher. Level 1.48 ac. 1600 sf garage. All in-floor heat. Wheelchair access. $689,900. Call Burke Jones.

KOOTENAY LAKE Waterfront @ 17 mile. Spacious bungalow, in-door pool. .80 ac w/ 125 ft sandy beach & new deep water dock. $699,000. Call John Knox.

SLOCAN RIVER RD. Pristine 83 acres @ Cougar Bluffs. Private wilderness. $374,900. Call Burke Jones.

BOSUN’S REACH. A pristine development of private acreages above Slocan Lake near New Denver. Sizes range from 4 to 35 acres. 13 available parcels. Priced from $700,000 + HST. Call John Knox.

BONNINGTON 1.58 acres on Brown Rd. Treed, South facing.Close to Park. $149,900. Call David Gentles.

SALMO 3.57 level ac a stone’s throw from the Salmo River. RV & outbuildings. $175,000. No HST. Call David Gentles.

SPROULE CREEK/TAGHUM 4 bd 3 bt, full basement. Suite potential. .83 ac. $434,900. Call David Gentles.

NORTH SHORE Lake view .47 ac building lot. UG services. Great Value. $110,000. No HST. Call David Gentles.

SLOCAN PARK 5 mostly level acres. 4bd home, 1bd suite, large shop. Central location. $429,900. Call Burke Jones.

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Accounting/Tax/Bookkeeping

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Household Services

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

Misc Services

ORCA TRUCKS FOR HIRE: Will do dump runs, moving etc. Call Patrick, 250-505-0612.

Pets & Livestock

Feed & Hay

ALL TYPES of hay for sale! all in medium squares (3x4x8). For all your Dairy, Horse, Feeder Hay needs, visit www.hubkahay.com or call Cale @ 403-635-0104. Deliv-ery available and Min order is a semi-load.

Merchandise for Sale

Food Products

BUTCHER SHOPBC INSPECTED

GRADED AA OR BETTERLOCALLY GROWNNATURAL BEEF

Hormone FreeGrass Fed/Grain Finished$100 Packages Available

Quarters/Halves$2.05/lb Hanging Weight

Extra Lean Hamburger $3/lbTARZWELL FARMS

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Heavy Duty Machinery

A-STEEL Shipping Containers/Bridges Super Sale On Now-New/Used/Damaged.

BEST PRICES.20’24’,40’,45’,48’,53’ Insulated Reefer Containers 20’40’48’53’ CHEAP 40’ Farmers Specials all under $2,200! Semi Trailers for hi way & storage. We are Overstocked, Delivery BC & AB 1-866-528-7108 Call 24 hours www.rtccontainer.com

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Misc. for Sale

HOT TUB (SPA) COVERS. Best price. Best quality. All shapes & colours available. 1-866-652-6837 www.thecoverguy.com

WHEELCHAIR: MWC-Orion II 2014 Full tilt manual. Clean, fully functional, mint condition. Includes optional padded foot plates, extra padded seat cushion & head rest. Used for 5 months. New was over $3000. Asking $1650. Pierce 250-354-1944.

Sporting Goods

Skis for sale: 170 cm Volkl Kiku. Freeride bindings, like new. $900 obo. 250-319-3648

Real Estate

Mobile Homes & Parks

2011 CANADIAN Dream Home 3 bed/2 bath, 1512 sqft, CSA-Z240 $109,950 includes delivery and set up in lower BC, 877-976-3737 or 509-481-9830 http://www.hbmodular.co m/images/email_jan2.jpg

6 MILE, Nelson. Upgraded mobile in quiet park, no dogs. $25,900.Owner fi nancing avail with small down payment. Pad rent $365. Call Liam at 250-777-1040 or 250-428-1638.

Rentals

Apt/Condo for RentWANT a life style change? 100 Mile House welcomes you. Cariboo Garden Apt. Bright, clean, 1 block from hospital and shopping, seniors welcome. Willing to help fi re victims. 1bdrm. $550/mo. 2bdrm. $650/mo. (1-250)395-0809 or (1-250)395-0168

Apartment Furnished

Six Mile 1bdrm furnished suites, N/P,N/S. $750 utilities incl,monthly.250-825-9421

Rentals

Commercial/Industrial

4800 sq ft. Commercial space with parking, above bowling alley. Ph 250-551-5035

Beautiful downtown profes-sional /offi ce building for lease, 601 Kootenay St. 825-9932

Duplex / 4 Plex

NELSON- 2 bdrm, 1/2 duplex, recently renovated, deck, yard, parking. NS/NP. Refs. $995. Avail Mar 1. (250)354-1030.

Homes for Rent

NELSON, dwntwn. Lakeview, garden, yard, 2bdrm, 1 bath, basement, storage. 352-5810

Winlaw area, newer cottage. Quiet valley views, suits 2 people. $775. 250-226-0034.www.merryproperties.com

Transportation

Auto Financing

Cars - Domestic

1985 - BUICK SKYLARK, 4dr, rebuilt carb + motor. Good snow & all-season tires. Runs well. $850 obo. 250-352-0975

Buying, Selling?

Transportation

Cars - Sports & Imports

2007 HONDA CIVIC loaded, 5 spd, 34,000km, warranty, mint cond, c/w snow tires on rims, $15,995 (250)421-0925

‘98 Subaru Impreza. 5 dr, 5 speed, good winter tires. 230,000km. $2950 obo.250-354-8512

Subaru Legacy 2001 All Wheel Drive with only 105,000 km’s FOR SALE - $9,900. Ex-cellent condition... only high-way driven... includes roof racks, winter and summer tires, rubber mats (even for the back), power locks, windows and mirrors.Call 250-352-2449 to see.

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Community

Canada Council offers

workshops

On February 23 information officers and program officers from the Canada Council for the Arts will offer a free grant-writing work-shop for professional visual artists and profes-sional writers. The workshop will be held at Touchstones Nelson from 1 to 4 p.m.

The workshop will focus on:

and long-term-

sual arts

writing

During the workshop participants will learn how to complete an application form, submit support material and how the application will be assessed.

Participants are encouraged to read up on Canada Council and its grant programs on-line at canadacouncil.ca and come prepared with questions. Seating is limited, and artists are asked to confirm their attendance by send-ing their name and artistic discipline to Hélène Pollex, information officer, at 1-800-263-5588, ext. 4075 or [email protected].

Grant Writing

Nelson CARES Society



Updated guide on Nelson’s free and inexpensive

resources

The Advocacy Centre is pleased to announce that it’s popular Nelson On a Shoestring guide is now available with updated information, tips, and resources on free and inexpensive living in Nelson.

This free booklet offers those with little money an easy way to get informed and get in

can find information on anything from food and transportation to employment, welfare, and health.

The guide is now available at The Advocacy Centre, which is located at 521 Vernon Street, Nelson.

Many thanks to The Osprey Community Foundation, The Columbia Basin Trust, and Service Canada’s Summer Jobs Program for making this new edition possible.

The Advocacy Centre is a program of Nel-son CARES Society.

Last week, while sitting at the Full Circle waiting for my lunch appointment, I noticed a man attempting to stuff what looked like a perfectly good heart shaped box of chocolates into the trash can. The act, it turns out, was being staged for a photo and I can only guess at the subject matter. It is, after all, the month in which we celebrate Valentine’s Day - that quasi holiday event that makes some people queasy.

Love. We hear the word often enough to jeopardize its meaning. And then in the church, we hear that God loves us and that we are to love one another. Somehow I sense that the raw power of these statements is lost on a humanity sick of love.

When Jesus showed his love it wasn’t simply a divinely condescending, martyr-like love from above. The great charge that the opponents of Jesus levelled against him wasn’t that he loved sinners but that he liked them – he ‘ate with sinners’. In fact, Jesus seems to prefer and seek out the lost, the last and the least – the group of people dubbed ‘sinners’ by the religious and civil establishment. He brings wine to their weddings, eats at their tables, chats with them at the local watering hole and he even breaks the golden rule of segregation by touching them. He seems to enjoy their company.

And in doing so, this ‘Friend of Sinners’ gives us a glimpse of true humanity and teaches us that love is bigger than a box of chocolates.

Contact Jennifer if you would like to see your place of worship on the Churches of Nelson Page.Printed every Friday in the Nelson Star.

250.352.1890

Churches of Nelson

CATHOLIC CHURCHCATHEDRAL OF MARY IMMACULATE

813 Ward Street 352-7131

Sunday Mass Times:

Parish office open weekday [email protected] www.catholiccathedralnelson.ca

Loving Jesus, Loving People, Transforming Lives

Saturdays at 6:30 pm Sundays at 9:30 am Pastor Arden Gustafson Pastor Chris Wiens

Sundays at 9:30 am Pastor Jason Ashley

Sundays at 10:00 am Pastor Jesse Lerch

www.ecov.org

The Salvation ArmyNelson Community Church

Sunday Worship Serviceat 11:00 am

Everyone is WelcomeYour Pastors:

Majors Robin and Yvonne Borrows(New to Nelson)

250 551 4986 601 Vernon Street (Middle Level)

A Friendly Bible Centre Church

623 Gordon Rd. Nelson BC V1L 5X6

10:00am Service: “Jesus Speaks To His Church” 6:00pm Service: “The Bait of Satan”

Refreshments are served after the service(Affiliated with the Pentecostal Assemblies of Canada)

The Love of GodBy Rev. Scott SimpsonFirst Baptist Church

Anglican Church of CanadaSt. Saviour's ProCathedralWard & Silica, NelsonFamily Service & EucharistSunday 10:30 AM

St. Matthew'sVillage Road, South SlocanSunday 9:30 AM(No service third Sunday)

St. Michael & All AngelsBusk Road BalfourSunday 11 AM

Office: 8am - 1pm Tue - Fri

[email protected]

www.stsavioursnelson.org

Unity Centre of the Kootenays

905 Gordon Rd (IHA Bldg., back door)

Sunday 11:00 amThis week:

Brenda WisemanHolistic Health

Everyone Welcome!

NelsonUnitedChurch

All are welcomeNursery Room AvailableSunday School (ages 4 and up)

Nelson United Church

602 Silica Street, Nelson BC V1L 4N1

Ministers: David Boyd, Christine Dudley

Sunday Worship Gathering: 10:00 am

This Week:The Season of Epiphany and Light

“Restoring Beauty”

Service of Holy Communion

7:00 pm Taizé Service-Church Hall

First Baptist Church611 Fifth Street 250-352-3212

Worship Service: 10:00 amPastor: Rev. Scott Simpson

Check out our new website:

First Baptist Church

fbcnelson.ca


Taming your inner critic

Our inner critic is as old as time.

It is the voice and be-liefs of our ancestors handed down to us to tend, nurture and grow for generations. And we’ve done an excellent job, because everyone has an in-ner critic.

I believe we receive our inner critic as children when it’s quick and easy for its message to take hold in our minds. I’m sure it first began as a way to protect and keep us safe. Mine comes from Russia, wrapped in love but deeply rooted in fear.

The inner critic can hang on tight and hold you cap-tive, deep inside for years. It can build a wall around your heart and imagina-tion and stop you from deserving to dream your dreams, from reaching out to find your place in the world and from living and loving life fully.

It’s a negative, nagging voice. In my years of coaching women, I am struck by how loud, menac-ing and similar the inner critic’s voice is in all of us. And, how common it is for us to listen, take our cues from it and allow it to pollute our inner world.

I have wrestled with my inner critic for longer than I care to admit. It’s stub-born, tricky and puts up a powerful fight. I’ve tried exorcising and banishing it but that doesn’t work either. It’s cagey and always on the look-out for a place or a thought to attach to.

We have been feeding our inner critic a steady diet of fear for centuries and giving it a home in our minds. It’s not

easy to get rid of but it can be tamed.

The key to taming the inner critic and learning its valuable lesson lies in our hearts. It will take patience, love and a willingness to make peace with it. It can be messy, like train-ing a puppy.

Step one is to remember that the inner critic is an ancient echo that repeats endlessly in your mind. It’s been with you since day one and you may hardly notice it. It’s not real and it’s not you.

Step two is to be-gin to recognize your inner critic’s lan-guage. It takes many forms and to write about it here would take pages. Start by becoming aware of your thoughts and how they make you feel and behave. Aim for good-feeling thoughts.

Step three is to be-gin to pay more atten-tion to your desires. Imagine life without your inner critic. The more you do this and the longer you stay in the wisdom of your heart the sooner new thought patterns and possibilities will emerge.

Our inner critic teaches us compas-sion each time we rec-ognize it in someone else and see past it. Releasing your inner critic’s hold is deeply transformational.

If you want help taming your inner critic call me.

Pauline Daniel is a certified life coach and owner of Coach-ing Connections in Nelson. She special-izes in working with women and can be

reached at www.coachingconnections.ca or Pauline@coach-ing connections.ca or contact her directly at 250-505-5491

CommunityLead Yourself to Wisdom

PAULINE DANIELSpecial to the Nelson Star

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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.com

Kootenay Animal Assistance Program Society (KAAP)

Pets Available for AdoptionCall 250-551-1053 for information or visit: www.homesforanimals.com

KAAP is in 1st place in the newest Pepsi Refresh Project contest and we need your help to stay there! Please go online to www.refresheverything.ca/kaapnelson log in, and vote. This money will be used to spay/neuter 150 pets, thus reducing the overpopulation of unwanted cats and dogs, and to help low income families pay for vet bills, medicines, and food. KAAP is 100% volunteer, non-profit, no kill, and has helped over 800 pets in the past 3 years!

NEW PUPPY: Klinger

LILY is a sweet kitty a little shy at first but will warm up soon.She and her mother should be indoor cats as they would be sitting ducks so to speak if they went outside.This is Lily, a sweet loveable chubby 11 year old female calico. She is a very calm, happy, purr-ry cat...very lovely & affectionate.

TIGER is Lily’s mother.Tiger has had her claws removed on the front paws.Both kitty are wonderful and so deserve a new home.This is Tiger, a chubby 13 year old black & white medium tabby with bunny-soft fur & a very cute, humourous personality.

GEMMA has come to the shelter for a bit till she finds a new home. She is a stunning colored cat that would prefer life outside. She isn’t a big fan of dogs and hasn’t had much experience with small children. She would do best in a home with no other cats.

MISS MOO what should you do?...She has come to stay with us because her former owner’s were allergic to her.She was raised in a family setting for some time she is good with children.She would rather a home without dogs as she dosen’t really like them to much.

PINTO is a new boy here at the shelter. He is just full of love and wanting to share this with everyone. Stop by and meet this fellow and you will not be disapointed.

Lily

Gemma

Miss Moo

Tiger

Pinto

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]$625,000

A TRUE HERITAGE TREASUREThis beautiful late Victorian home has been cleverly developed into a triplex with 3 absolutely stunning living spaces. The heritage charm and warmth has been nicely updated and preserved. The main floor has two lovely one-bedroom suites and upstairs has an amazing two-storey unit. Features include wood floors, 3 fireplaces, glass doors, high ceilings, hot water heat, wrap around verandah and sun porch. Incredible location, close to downtown.Call Wayne

$119,900

BUILDING LOT WITH GREAT VIEWS!1.28-acre serviced lot with lake and mountain views. This north shore property is close to recreation for the outdoor enthusiast. Located on the end of a quiet cul-de-sac in an upscale neighbourhood, this lot is a great option for those looking to build.Call Robert

$289,900

HOUSE AND STUDIOFrom the fenced private yard to the detached studio, this 4 bed, 2 bath home puts the ‘V’ in value. With generous room sizes, a great floor plan, a full finished basement and a high efficiency heating and cooling system, few houses in this price range can match. Great value will not last long. Call Norm or Lev

$79,900

PRIVATE BUILDING LOTThis 1 acre building lot is within walking distance to Winlaw community. It offers treed privacy while being a part of a rural subdivision. There are many opportunities to access the beauty and recreation in the valley just minutes from your door step.Call Yara or visit www.NelsonLocal.com

$309,900

CLOSE TO DOWNTOWN WITH MORTGAGE HELPERLocated across from St. Joseph’s Elementary, this character filled 3-bed, 2-bath home has many upgrades and features including the spacious, newer kitchen and ample master bedroom with skylight. There is an original construction kitchen on the upper floor with separate entrance from a shared foyer making for easy suite potential. Fully insulated with 200 amp upgrade and a new forced air furnace, this home is good value and well worth looking at. Call James

SLOCAN LAKE OFF-GRIDLocated on the east side of Hwy 6 approx. 8 km north of Slocan with magnificent views of Slocan Lake and the Valhallas and bordered by Crown land on two sides, this sunny 3-bed, 2-bath home has a full undeveloped basement with roughed-in bath and entry, and a covered all-season deck wrapping two sides. Memphis Creek drives an off-grid system delivering limitless electricity and water to the home and cabin. Truly a one-of-a-kind property. Call Norm or Lev$429,900


702 Baker Street Nelson 250.354.4622 www.gericks.com

GERICK’S Winter Clearance Sale

25-50% off Winter Clothing All CROSS-COUNTRY and DOWNHILL SKIS PRICED TO CLEAR

ALL WINTER ITEMS ON SALE

Wednesday, Feb. 2 thru Saturday, Feb. 5

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