Nelson Star, August 05, 2015

Vol. 8 • Issue 9Free Wednesday, August 5, 2015

New tourist attraction full of zipSee Page 14

Tramway societyunveils museum

See Page 4

Public says no to heli-ski application

Hundreds of participants convened at Lakeside Park Sunday morning for the annual Cyswog’n’Fun Triathlon. Athletes completed Olympic and sprint distance events, and competed both as individuals and in teams. The weather cooperated beautifully. Rossland’s Dallas Cain placed � rst for the seventh time, while Calgary’s Isabel Ramsay was the fastest woman in the event. See full story on pages 10 and 11. Will Johnson photos

Another sunny Cyswog

Nearly all comments received reject idea of tenure bordering

Kokanee Glacier ParkTAMARA HYND

Nelson StarMany concerned Nel-

son area citizens believe they will have to say goodbye to peace and quiet in their backcoun-try should a land tenure application by Kootenay Heli-Ski inc. be approved.

While many people wrote in a response to a call for public submis-sions that they see the value of heli and cat ski-ing operations, they also believe there are already enough in the area.

A freedom of infor-mation request by the Star for submissions to FrontCounter BC be-tween March 28 and July 3 resulted in 383 pages containing 258 separate comments regarding the application.

Of those, all but three opposed or strongly op-posed the tenure being awarded. One asked for careful evaluation and two were in favour, cit-ing economic bene� ts.

BC Parks Kootenay Lake area supervisor Hugh Ackroyd wrote that he had been contacted by

a number of park users concerned their back-country ski experiences will be disrupted in the Gibson Lake area as well as by skiers who stay at the Kokanee Glacier cab-in as they tour the park.

Lawrence White of the Alpine Club of Canada wrote that the tenure would be “detrimental to guest experience at Ko-kanee Glacier Provincial Park,” adding that there are approximately 2,000 user nights between Dec. 1 and April 30 each sea-son and 3,200 year round. � e popularity has led to a lottery draw over the past 10 years to reserve a place in the facility.

Kootenay Mountain-eering Club president Doug Clark voiced the club’s concern that the proposed landing sites may con� ict with backcountry ski areas frequented by their 350 members and other ski-ers, as well as with wil-derness values in the park.

� e tenure application

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Keeping time at KASLO JAZZMusic rang from the floating stage during the 24th annual Kaslo Jazz Etc. Festival this past weekend. Acts included (top left and right) Cumanko, an eight-member world fusion band; the Dan Brubeck Quartet (bottom left) and Red-eyed Soul (bottom right), a local group made up of Selkirk College music program alumni. See more photos at nelsonstar.com. Tamara Hynd photos

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Nelson CARES nears housing goalWard Street place adds new supportive housing units, Stepping Stones shelter relocated

Will JohnsonNelson Star

Nelson Mayor Deb Kozak has an intimate connection with Ward Street Place — she acted as its landlord for three years — so she was especially thrilled to attend the grand re-opening of the space Thursday.

“I am deeply pleased to be here,” said Kozak. “I am so proud and happy that money is being put into this 100-year-old facil-ity, not only to upgrade it but to make it a real home … I’m very proud to be standing here upon the completion of this project.”

Ward Street Place has added 10 new supportive housing units for people who are homeless or at risk of homelessness, bring-ing the total to 45 units. Exten-sive renovations have also been completed.

Additionally, Stepping Stones emergency shelter has moved from the basement of Ward Street Place to 816 Vernon St., which has four new supportive housing units and a 17-bed year-round shelter.

But Kozak reminded the community there’s more work to be done.

“The affordable housing cri-sis in this country is not just Nelson-centric or BC-centric. It’s national.”

She said at a recent Federa-tion of Canadian Municipalities conference, all the mayors and regional directors in attendance talked about how to address it.

“We need a spectrum of hous-ing options available to people in our communities,” she said, praising the Housing First mod-el. “We have to do better.”

Grateful for shelter

Ward Street Place resident Deb Blenderman shared her

personal story and expressed gratitude for the support she’s received over the years.

“I moved here October of last year, and I love it,” she said.

She previously lived there in 1980s and believes the landlord from that time would be pleased to know the space continues to be used to support vulnerable citizens.

“He would be so proud we’re continuing with low-income and helping people out,” she said.

Blenderman said mobility is-sues have been plaguing her, but Nelson CARES was able to get

her a room where everything’s easily accessible.

“It’s gorgeous. I’m really proud of my space. I got one of the nice ones.”

Blenderman said the newly-opened space Thursday’s news conference was held in will work well as a community space, and she’s trying to start a craft night to get people out of their indi-vidual units.

“I’m working to make a com-munity here and this room is a real asset,” she said. “I can’t say enough for all the money that’s come in and all the support.”

Nearing $3 million goal

Nelson CARES executive di-rector Jenny Robinson said the announcement is part of their larger project to see the full re-newal of Ward Street Place by the end of 2017.

“We started out with a goal of $3 million,” she said, recounting how they were able to leverage $2.3 million through the Colum-bia Basin Trust, BC Housing, federal government and City of Nelson.

Fundraising efforts so far have come up with half of the remaining $700,000.

“We just have this last little bit left, so I’m excited about the prospect of seeing that goal met and seeing this building renewed.”

She thanked everyone for their support. Along with rep-resentatives from the Nelson Police Department, city coun-cillors Michael Dailly and Bob Adams were in attendance along with former councillor Donna Macdonald and former mayor John Dooley and his wife Pat.

Kootenay-Columbia MP David Wilks and Boundary-Similkameen MLA Linda Lar-son both spoke, as did Columbia Basin Trust president Neil Muth.

Robinson thanked them.“We are grateful for the part-

nership with the federal and pro-vincial governments and with Columbia Basin Trust. This project demonstrates a deep commitment to providing safe affordable housing in Nelson.”

She said they’re looking to the future.

“This is a 100-year-old build-ing and we’re hoping through our efforts it will stand for an-other 40 years and house people in the community with health and prosperity.”

Cutting the ribbon Thursday at Ward Street Place were (from left) former mayor John Dooley, Columbia Basin Trust CEO Neil Muth, Kootenay Columbia MP David Wilks, Boundary Similkameen MLA Linda Larson, Nelson CARES treasurer and past chair Ron Little, mayor Deb Kozak, Nelson CARES executive director Jenny Robinson, and city councillors Michael Dailly and Bob Adams. Will Johnson photo

TOP: Mayor Deb Kozak speaks at a press conference Thursday to celebrate investments to the building and the recent move of Stepping Stones Shelter to 816 Vernon St. ABOVE: Ward Street Place resident Deb Blender-man praised renovations being done in her building. Will Johnson photos

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Celebrating 73 years of Nelson streetcarsNelson Electric Tramway Society hosts grand opening for Car Barn museumWill Johnson

Nelson StarFor members of the Nelson

Electric Tramway Society, the grand opening of the Car Barn Museum on Monday afternoon was the culmination of a labori-ous, multi-year project.

And when they invited the public to join them in celebrat-ing 73 years of streetcars in Nelson (1899 to 1949 and 1992 to present), everyone was in a celebratory mood — the uni-form-clad tramway crew dishing out cake, making speeches and

taking pictures. “This is something I’ve been

wanting to happen for many, many years,” said society presi-dent Walt Laurie, following the ribbon cutting with Mayor Deb Kozak.

“Through the years it’s been talked about and talked about but it’s only since Jim Robert-son, our new superintendent, took over that we managed to get some funds from the Co-lumbia Basin Trust and the city.”

Laurie said it took a lot of volunteers countless hours of

hard work to make the museum a reality. Community members have entrusted personal belong-ings and artifacts to their care, and now all are on proud display.

During Monday’s open house the tramway society offered free streetcar rides. Historic-looking cars were parked out front for residents to check out.

Laurie said he’s thrilled the streetcar’s history will be kept alive.

“Basically we’re recording the 73 years of running street-cars in Nelson through pictures

and write-ups and everything else, and keeping the memories alive.”

You can also buy tramway memorabilia.

“We’ve got hats and jackets with the streetcar on it, T-shirts and coffee mugs and books about the history of streetcars in Nelson,” said Laurie.

For more information on the Car Barn Museum call 250-352-7672 or email [email protected]. It’s located beside the soccer fields and next to the Nelson Rowing Club.

The Nelson Electric Tramway Society hosted a grand opening for their Car Barn Museum in Lakeside Park on Monday afternoon. Nelson Mayor Deb Kozak (top left, centre) was on hand for the ribbon-cutting. The space now features a gift shop and historical displays.

Will Johnson photo

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for gardeners who may be lacking them in their soil. Potassium in particular is copious in algae, along with 30 trace minerals.One important class of nutrients that are abundant in seaweeds are the plant-hormones. Some

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July warmer, drier than

normalNelson Star Staff

We received only half as much ran last month as normal, while the average temperature was 2.5 degrees warmer than a typical July.

However, the only record tempera-ture was set on the 3rd when it reached 38.8 degrees, according to a monthly roundup of statistics from the South-east Fire Centre’s weather office. That was also the hottest temperature of the month.

“As was the case the past two months an upper ridge of high pres-sure dominated during July,” said fore-caster Ron Lakeman. “The resulting conditions were notably warmer and drier than normal.”

The average daily high was 31.1.Lakeman said several weak distur-

bances clipped the area with frequent thunderstorms and minor amounts of rain. The only significant rainfall (16.3 mm) occurred with the slow passage of a more substantial Pacific system dur-ing the weekend of the 25th and 26th.

In all, 23.9 mm of rain was record-ed, compared to the typical 48.1 mm. The record high is 143.2 mm in 1998 and the record low was in 1985 when it barely rained at all.

Temperature-wise, Lakeman said last month was “amazingly similar” to July 2014. Both months exhibited the same high, low, and average tem-peratures, and both were drier than normal, although last year was the drier of the two with only 23 per cent of the normal amount of rain.

The lowest temperature last month was 7.3 degrees on the 28th. The all-time high for the month is 39.9 degrees set July 30, 2003. The all-time low is 4.1 on July 3, 1979.

Nelson smoke up from US

Smoke from forest fires burning in Wash-ington and California is drifting into Nelson and obscuring the horizon, according to the Southeast Fire Centre.

“The smoke will remain there until the wind shifts,” said fire information officer Fanny Bernard, who said they received a number of calls about it.

“With temperatures going back up and lower humidity these fires are becoming reactivated. They find a bit of fuel and go for a little burn, which produces the smoke we’re seeing.”

And though there are some fires still burning in BC, including a 200-hect-are fire in the St. Mary’s alpine area, that smoke isn’t being funnelled in our direction.

For updates, check bc-wildfire.ca. The website features real-time radar imaging of the smoke. — Will Johnson

Nelson featured in British Columbia Magazine

There’s no shortage of Nelson content in the summer issue of British Columbia Magazine (pictured above).

Shelley Adams, author of the Whitewater Cooks series, gets a two-page spread by Steve Ogle. Her latest book, Whitewater Cooks with Passion, has been pinned to the top of the BC bestseller list for months.

Another Nelson culinary institution also receives a shout-out: Bite is included in John Lee’s feature on food trucks. There’s a short run-down of its menu and other particulars as well as a photo.And a feature on farmers markets in BC devotes a full page to the Cottonwood Com-

munity Market and Downtown Local Market. Writer David Webb interviewed markets director Jesse Woodward for the piece.

Taghum Beach safe to swim

The Regional District of Central Koo-tenay has rescinded a swim advisory for Taghum Beach.

“Tests show that the wa-ter is now safe for swim-ming,” says Cary Gaynor, parks operation supervisor.

A swim advisory was issued July 24 after weekly testing revealed bacterial counts exceeded Health Canada guidelines.

The beach is placed off-limits to swimmers for a few weeks nearly every year.

FortisBC power rates rise 1.6%

Rates for FortisBC electricity customers rose 1.6 per cent Sat-

urday after the company received approval from the BC Utilities Commission.

FortisBC spokesman Michael Allison told 103.5 Juice FM it’s unusual to have two rate increases in one year — power rates also went up 3.5 per cent on Jan. 1 — and it doesn’t necessarily mean there won’t be a further increase next year.

The increase is necessary to upgrade the electrical system and buy added capacity during peak times, the company said.

“We understand that our customers are concerned with the cost of electricity, as it touches everyone’s daily lives,” said Roger Dall’Antonia, executive vice president. “We continue to work internally to find efficiencies and make sure that we deliver safe and reli-able electricity at the lowest reasonable cost.”

FortisBC serves much of West Kootenay and also sells power to Nelson Hydro.

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Recently, an issue over which the city has little authority has again come

to council’s attention. � e issue relates to the placement of cell and other communications tow-ers and antennas (base stations) within city limits.

� e authority to approve placement of this infrastructure is federal rather than munici-pal. Nevertheless, some residents have expressed concern about the growing number of towers and antennas located in and near Nelson due to the micro-wave radiation they collectively produce and the potential for adverse health e� ects.

According to Nelson Citizens for Safer Technology, microwave and electromagnetic emissions in Nelson have risen dramati-cally in recent years. � e group is concerned about the impact of clusters of closely-located base stations. � ey point to one such cluster of towers and antennas located near the intersection of Victoria and Stanley streets where three towers are located less than a half block from one another.

� e tallest of these sits atop the Telus building and is thought to have been grandfathered to remain within the city when cur-rent regulations came into e� ect. Heightening concerns about the high emissions already produced in this small area, Rogers Com-munications has indicated its intention to add another tower to the mix.

In seeking to respond in an informed manner, I did some research into the e� ects of the microwave radiation produced by the equipment in question and found that there is signi� -cant global scienti� c debate on the subject. Very credible studies have linked microwave exposure

to neurological and reproductive problems, higher incidence and growth rates of cancer, in� am-matory responses, depression, attention de� cit disorder and various other conditions and symptoms.

Many of these e� ects were found to be enhanced in chil-dren due to deeper penetration of radiation into their smaller brains. Other, equally credible studies report little or no evi-dence to support a link between exposure to microwave radiation and health problems.

With respect to this debate it is worth noting that although longer-term health outcomes are disputed, it is widely accepted that microwave radiation does disrupt biological systems. It is also worth noting that few health studies are based on current con-centrations of emissions which continue to increase each year.

Nor have many studies con-sidered the increased frequency and length of time people are exposed to emissions currently. � is situation has come about with society’s continued, rapid adoption of cell phones, Wi-Fi,

smart meters and similarly-func-tioning technologies that require ever more continuously-emitting base stations.

� e trend toward greater ex-posure coupled with inconclusive health information has led many health authorities to acknowl-edge a potential health risk. � e World Health Organization has responded by recommend-ing a precautionary approach that includes maximizing the distance between base stations and human beings as microwave radiation declines rapidly with distance.

Accordingly, and as just two of many examples of this precautionary principle in ac-

tion, France’s Versailles Court of Appeal ordered a company to remove a tower deeming the concerns of residents serious and reasonable in light of health un-certainties. � e government of India reduced allowable emis-sions to one tenth of the interna-tional standard and banned base stations from residential, school and hospital zones.

Industry has responded to these precautions by arguing that existing safety limits for base sta-tions are conservative enough to account for any safety concerns. Similarly, Health Canada states that there is no need for addi-tional precautions because ex-posure levels are typically below regulatory standards.

Despite these assurances, To-ronto city council has adopted a “prudent avoidance policy” that sets emissions levels at 100 times below Health Canada recommendations in densely populated areas. Although not legally enforceable, city sta� works with industry to encour-age voluntary compliance. As a result, the initiative has been no-tably successful at in� uencing the location and size of cell towers and wireless antennas. � is suc-cess demonstrates that stricter regulations do not over-burden industry, and that a shi� from decision-making based primar-ily on cost and convenience, to decision-making based primarily on mitigating potential health risks, is possible.

Nelson city council has asked the Federation of Canadian Mu-nicipalities for a review of work done by and options available to municipalities in responding to this issue.

Nelson city councillor Valerie Warmington shares this space weekly with her council colleagues.

Council ponders electromagnetic risks

VALERIEWARMINGTONCouncil Comment

Canada dragging its heels on nuclear ban

“Hiroshima and Nagasaki are the most unspeakable crimes in history.” — Noam Chomsky

On Aug. 6, 1945, the US dropped an atomic bomb on Hiroshima, Japan, and three days later another bomb on Nagasaki. More than 100,000 people were killed instantly, and later from horrible burns and radiation sickness. Death, destruction and human su� ering were the legacies.

Seventy years later, nuclear weapons re-main a constant threat. � ousands of nuclear weapons remain on alert, ready to be � red at a moment’s notice, intentionally or even accidentally.

Most nations, including Canada, signed the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty in 1970, agreeing to prevent the spread of nuclear weapons and to work towards eliminating them. Since then, the number of nations with nuclear weapons has nearly doubled, and there is still no timetable to eliminate nuclear weapons.

� e answer seems clear: there must be a global ban on the development, possession, testing and use of nuclear weapons, with speci� c provisions for the actual elimina-tion of nuclear weapons and a timetable for implementation. Unfortunately, Canada is dragging its heels on this issue and remains committed to � rst strike and pre-emptive doctrines.

� e International Campaign to Abol-ish Nuclear Weapons is a global campaign coalition working to mobilize people in all countries to pressure and persuade their governments to initiate and support a treaty banning nuclear weapons.

� e campaign calls on state and society to acknowledge that any use of nuclear weap-ons would cause catastrophic humanitarian and environmental harm; acknowledge that there is a universal humanitarian imperative to ban nuclear weapons; acknowledge that nuclear armed states such as Canada have an obligation to eliminate their nuclear weapons completely; and take immediate action to sup-port a multilateral process for a treaty banning these weapons. Prominent individuals such as Desmond Tutu and the Dalai Lama have lent their support to this campaign.

Finally, I would like to quote Isaiah 2:4: “And they shall beat their swords into plough-shares, and their spears into pruning hooks; nation shall not li� up sword against nation, neither shall they learn war anymore.”

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Election like a job interview

Remember — it’s an employment proposal. It has started again, only this time it will be much longer. Our political parties will be submitting their proposals as to why we should hire them to run the business of the nation —

our business and our nation. If we think of it as a family business, one that has been so since 1867, we want to keep it in the family. It is so important that we all participate in selecting the most appropriate applicants for the future we want to see. We need to be aware of how the applicants propose to run our family business.

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Postal union leader balks at community mailboxes

Nelson Star Staff� e president of the Canadian

Union of Postal Workers’ Nelson local doesn’t think much of Canada Post’s announcement last week that it will stop door-to-door delivery in the city next year.

Brenda Muscoby-Yanke said community mailboxes, expected to be introduced in 2016, might make sense in rural areas but not in urban settings.

She said local management advised carriers last week that the restructuring will occur in late winter or early spring, meaning the work force will be cut approximately in half — although Canada Post has stated that job losses will only come through attrition.

“Not only will it a� ect our members but also the company that delivers parcels in your neighborhood, employing about � ve people who live and support this city just like the letter carriers of this town,” she said.

Muscoby-Yanke said her concerns include the additional fossil fuel that will be burned once mail is no longer delivered by Canada Post “foot soldiers.”

“People who receive their mail in community mailboxes usually drive to them, leave their vehicle running, grab the mail and leave,” she said.

She said the boxes themselves are also purchased from a US company and raised doubts about their security.

She also said the boxes will be hard to access in winter for the elderly and disabled.

Muscoby-Yanke said the change should be a federal election issue.

“Its’ not just about our jobs and our future, it’s about what we as Canadians citizens will have to face,” she said.

The union has a caravan travelling across Canada to support its members. National president Mike Palacek is expected in Nelson on Aug. 17. Muscoby-Yanke said a rally is being planned.

Canada Post says starting in 2016 everyone whose postal code starts with

VIL — nearly 3,600 addresses — will be converted to community mailboxes.

It’s part of a � ve-year initiative to convert the one-third of Canadian addresses who still have door-to-door delivery. A� ected residents are expected to an information package with a survey in the mail.

BELOW: Canadian Union of Postal Workers rep Brenda Muscoby-Yanke isn’t happy with a plan to bring com-munity mailboxes to Nelson. Nelson Star � le photo

On Friday the City of Nelson and Chamber of Commerce will hold a Stores To Shores business appreciation cel-ebration from 4:30 to 7 p.m. in the Hall St. plaza, below the new social steps and public patio. Pictured above is Rick Nixon from Itza Ristorante and Pizzeria. For the � rst time since the downtown revitalization project started, the new and improved 400 and 500 blocks have opened to pedestrian and vehicle traf� c. Meanwhile, a heads up for motorists: the Baker and Hall intersection will be a four-way stop, while Vernon and Hall will be a three-way stop. Courtesy City of Nelson

A Stores to Shores celebration

Community Today the Nelson Public Library presents the Minute to Win Games from 1 to 2 p.m.. A variety of quick and fun games utilizing everyday objects. The challenge is to com-plete them in 60 seconds. For ages six and up. Drop-in. Next is Tween Thursday on Aug. 6 with Duct Tape Crafts. Come be creative from 1 to 2 p.m. Ages nine to 12. Drop-in. For more information visit nelsonlibrary.ca or contact [email protected].

Commemorating Hiroshima: Kootenay area residents are invited to commemorate the 70th anniversary of the atomic bombing of Hiroshima on Thursday, Aug. 6 at 6 p.m., at the Mir Centre for Peace at the Selkirk Col-lege Campus in Castlegar.

Weekly eventsWild and Wacky Summer Wednesdays at the Nelson Public Library is happening for three terri� c weeks on Aug. 5, 12, and 19 at 3:30 p.m. For youth going in to Grade 7 and up. Art, games, challenges, good books, snacks, and prizes. FMI contact Joanne at [email protected] or call 250-505-5683. Drop in and it’s free.

Learn to meditate, free outdoor classesshort meditations, easy to learn. Christine Boyd of Meditation Escape is holding weekly meditations for adults every Tuesday from 7:45 to 8:30 a.m. Please bring a jacket and chair. Meet at Lakeside Park’s � agpole, near the Rose Garden Café. Contact [email protected].

Monthly MeetingsThe Nelson Alzheimer’s Caregiver Support Group is holding its regular monthly meet-ing today at 7 p.m. For further information please call Gail at 250-352-7444.

AnnouncementsLow cost dental applications will be ac-cepted on Aug. 10 and 24 (the second and fourth Monday) of each month at the Seniors Coordinating of� ce 719 Vernon St., 10 a.m. to 12 p.m. 250-352-6008.

St. Saviour’s Anglican Church offers free summer public tours from Tuesday to Sat-urday, from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. with volunteer tour guides. Located at the corner of Silica and Ward.

Every Saturday night is Stories In The Park from 7:30 to 8:30 p.m. at the Kokanee Creek visitor centre. Blast into your imagination as local storytellers spin their web of tales. Camping families and locals are welcome.

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The Civic presents Judd Apatow’s Trainwreck, starring Amy Schumer and Bill Hader, tonight at 7:30 p.m. Having thought that monogamy was never possible, a commitment-phobic career woman may have to face her fears when she meets a good guy. For more information visit civictheatre.ca.

Local Nelsonites Jon Long, Mike Parenteau and Laura Zeman present The Search for Free-dom at the Nelson Civic Theatre on August 6 at 7:30 p.m. The film tells the story of a cul-tural revolution fueled by the human desire to live in the moment and do what makes you feel the most alive. Written and directed by Long, the film is a visceral, visual experience told through the eyes of some of the brightest

pioneers, legends, visionaries and champions of surfing, snowboarding, skiing, skateboard-ing, mountain biking and more. For more information visit civictheatre.ca.

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Sofiella Watt and the Huckleberry Bandits will kick off their BC and Alberta tour with a concert at the Royal on Baker at 9 p.m. to-night. The gypsy folk act will play tunes from their latest self-titled debut album. Tickets are $7 at the door. For more information visit royalgrillnelson.com.

The 18th annual Shambhala Music Festival runs from August 7 to 10 at the Salmo River Ranch. With over 10,000 guests expected, the festival will feature performances from Adham Shaikh, Tipper, Bonobo, DJ Jazzy Jeff, Mix Master Mike and many others on six unique stages. For more information visit shambhalamusicfestival.com.

Keep the Beat will be held at Lakeside Park from 10 a.m. to 10 p.m. on Saturday, August 8. With a wide selection of musical entertainment and dancing, this community event is designed to get your feet tapping and fingers snapping. The event is being held in association with War Child Canada, a non-government, non-profit organization that works with children and their families in war-stricken countries around the world. For more information contact Galen Boulanger at [email protected] or Tibo Kolmel at [email protected]. Also check out Keep the Beat on Facebook and

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On August 12 at 8 p.m. Rising Appalachia’s sisters Leah Song and Chloe Smith will tear into sound with sensual prowess as stages ignite revolutions and words light up soul fires. Listen to their beautiful sound for banjo and fiddle duets and poetic harmonies. The concert will be at Spiritbar, with Rising Ap-palachia taking the stage at 9:30 p.m. Tickets are available online and from the Hume Hotel.

On Thursday, August 13 at 10 p.m. Spirit-bar presents a Shambhala after-party with 3 acts: Biome, Geode and Naasko. The first 100 tickets are $10 and will be $15 after that. Tickets are now available online and from the Hume Hotel.

On Thursday, August 13 there will be a Shamb-hala after-party featuring El Papachango and Lion-S at Bloom Nightclub. El Papachango is also one of the core creators of the legendary El Circo, one of San Francisco’s most prominent avant-garde performance groups. The first 100 tickets are $10, then $15 thereafter. Tickets are available from Bia Boro at 680 Baker Street. For more information visit Bloom Nightclub on Facebok.

On August 14 Bloom Nightclub celebrates Nelson DJ Hoola’s 31st birthday. As a founder of The Living Room Stage at Shambhala Music Festival and The Pride Productions, Hoola’s influence is felt far and wide throughout the underground dance scene. From Halifax to Victoria, people know magic is about to hap-

pen when he steps in the room. The party will begin at 10 p.m. Tickets are $5 and doors are at 9 p.m. For more information visit Bloom Nightclub on Facebook.

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Four plays will be presented as part of TNT Theatre’s Summer Theatre Festival. The first, A Duet for One, stars Richard Rowberry and Carly Brandel and runs from August 6 to August 10 at 501 Carbonate Street. That will be followed by Saltwater Moon, starring Sarah Jane Hicks and Gabriel Macdonald, which will run from August 14 to 23. The Passage, starring Jen Viens, will run from August 21 to August 29 and Loony Tunes with Sarah Jane Hicks and Gabriel Macdonald will run from August 26 to August 30. Tickets are available from Booksmyth Used Books. For more in-formation visit nelsonsummertheatre.com.


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Student-organized concert for War Child With live performances from Swing Theory, All Canadian Back Bacon, Charlie Jacobson, Playmor Junction and many other live music acts, annual student-organized charity concert Keep the Beat will be held at Lakeside Park from 10 a.m. to 10 p.m. on Saturday, August 8. Will Johnson photo

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Rossland’s Cain wins seventh CyswogHundreds of pro athletes and amateurs of all ages descended on

Lakeside Park Sunday morning for popular annual event WILL JOHNSON

Nelson StarIt was a gorgeous, calm Sunday morning

as hundreds of Cyswog’n’Fun triathletes gathered on Lakeside Beach to participate in the annual event. And it only got sunnier as the day progressed.

“It seemed like everybody had smiles on their faces and was having fun,” said race director Kim Irving.

“� ere were people who were competing for the � rst time, others were just trying to � nish, but then we also get pros like Dallas Cain at the other end of the spectrum,” said Irving. “But everyone mixes together and cheers everyone on.”

Athletes competed as individuals or as teams, and completed Olympic or Sprint distances.

� e former consisted of a 1.5 km swim, 39-kilometre cycle and 10km run and the latter saw athletes � nishing a 500 meter swim, 22 kilometer cycle and a 5 km run.

Olympic Distance

Rossland’s Dallas Cain took the top spot in the Olympic Distance, beating his closest competitor by nearly eight minutes.

Cain competed in the Men 30-39 cat-egory and � nished the course in 2:05:52 while Seth Bitting came in at 2:13:33.

Both are from Rossland.� is is the seventh time Cain has won

the event, though last year he completed the course slightly faster with a time of 2:03:12.

Nelsonites Nelson Rocha, Kurt Beerens and Dave Harasym came in 6th, 8th and

12th respectively with times of 2:21:41, 2:28:17 and 2:34:38.

Nelson’s Con Diamond came third in his 60-69 age category at 2:50:37 and placed 25th overall.

Calgary’s Isabel Ramsay was the fastest woman in the event, coming in at 2:32:29. She was in the Women 20-29 category.

Nelson’s Catherine Lundstrom, who competed in the Women 50-59 category, � nished fourth with a time of 2:41:47.

Nelson’s Kim Irving came in at 2:59:37, women 50-59, third in the age group and ninth overall for women.

� e Slocan Valley’s Bernie Clover com-peted in the Men 70+ category and complet-ed the race in 3:58:55, placing 51st overall.

Sprint Distance

Jackson Konkin of Trail, 15, was the � rst past the � nish line in the sprint distance, but was penalized for going o� course and the top spot went to Bragg Creek’s Rob Roth, who competed in the Men 30-39 category.

Roth � nished the sprint race with a time of 1:09:40.

It was Konkin’s � rst time competing in the triathlon, and though he was dis-appointed by he result he told the Star he was proud of his performance and plans to return next year.

� e top Nelson male was Andrew Kyle, who competed in the 60-69 category and � nished at 1:20:05.

� e fastest female competitor was Kim-berley’s Sierra Cooper, who competed in the Women 16-17 category.

She completed the race in 1:15:51.She was followed by Sarah Berett at

1:19:27 and Nelson’s top female athlete, Louise Poole, competed in the 50-59 cat-egory and � nished with a time of 1:25:23.

Poole � nished 25th overall.

Team results

Shona Lindsay, Darin Lindsay and Nel-son’s Leanne Kalabis took top spot in the team competition, coming in at 2:25:05.

� ey were � ve minutes ahead of both the second and third place teams, Tri Like A Girl and Fishryder Bailey, who � nished at 2:30:51 and 2:30:56.

“Almost all the teams were Nelson teams, which was really cool,” said Irving. But she was most thrilled by how female-centric the podium was.

“In past years women have said they want it broken down to mixed women and men because the women never win medals, but this year the gold and silver went to almost all women,” she said.

Fourteen teams participated.

Spectator participation

Irving said one of the things that makes the Cyswog’n’Fun competition so unique is the spectator involvement. Families in lawn chairs sat along the North Shore portion of the race, lining up along Lower Six Mile and gathering on the bridge.

“People were out their with their hoses spraying you down. � e spectators really embrace and support it.”

Sunday’s Cyswog’n’Fun Triathlon attracted hundreds of participants. Rossland’s Dallas Cain placed � rst for the seventh time, while Calgary’s Isabel Ramsay was the fast woman in the event. Will Johnson photo

CYWSOGRESULTS

OLYMPIC DISTANCE INDIVIDUALWomen 20-29 Time1. Isabel Ramsay 2:31:102. Linsi Comfort 2:43:453. Robyn Sutherland 3:25:49

Women 30-39 Time1. Suzie Poirier 2:33:322. Lauren Koch 2:43:243. Anna Hume 3:03:334. Elizabeth Kleider 3:16:01

Women 40-49 Time1. Gabrielle Jangula 2:52:002. Karrie Parent 2:57:143. Kathleen Clover 3:03:32

Women 50-59 Time1. Carol Currie 2:38:082. Catherine Lundstrom 2:41:473. Kim Irving 2:59:374. Kim Illing 2:59:565. Denise Lemay-Moore 3:10:20

Men 20-29 Time1. Scott Nicol 2:16:182. Spencer Bourne 2:34:493. Sheld Shurgelo 2:52:02

Men 30-39 Time1. Dallas Cain 2:05:522. Jay Krieger 2:21:023. Kurt Beerens 2:28:174. Dave Harasym 2:34:385. Michael Hendriks 2:35:216. Chauncy Blair 2:35:517. Alexander Kalabis 2:39:078. Bob McCuiag 2:50:46

Men 40-49 Time1. Seth Bitting 2:13:332. Nelson Rocha 2:21:413. Greg Welwood 2:22:494. Paul Sawatsky 2:28:315. David Konkin 2:42:376. Andrew Jones 2:55:467. Kevin McGuire 2:58:008. Bill Clark 3:10:49

Men 50-59 Time1. Stephen Weber 2:18:092. Mike Krahn 2:32:283. Peter Ward 2:53:404. John McKenzie 3:01:015. Bill Wallace 3:04:296. Michael Primeau 3:13:177. Curtis Sherstibitoff 3:17:138. Graham Jamin 3:19:329. Roger Fontaine 3:58:58

Men 60-69 Time1. Con Diamond 2:35:372. Murray Roth 2:41:31 3. Mal Finch 2:42:33 4. Bob Jensen 2:51:015. Milo Fink 2:58:546. Mel Hunt 3:05:327. Hannu Harinen 3:09:038. Peter Lee 3:19:3

Men 70+ Time1. Bernie Clover 3:58:55

OLYMPIC DISTANCE TEAM1. Team Lindsay 2:25:05Swim: Shona Lindsay 23:42 Bike: Lindsay Darin 1:07:52Run: Leanne Kalabis 53:32

2. Tri Like a Girl 2:30:51Swim: Cynthia Pfeiffer 24:23Bike: Kathyrn Bibby-Fox 1:18:16 Run: Leanne Douglas 48:13

3. Fishryder Bailey 2:30:56Swim: Kim Irving 35:31Bike: Mike Adams 1:04:09Run: Glenn McCallum 51:17

4. Team Salmo Shopeasy 2:31:14Swim: Steve Bradley 26:00Bike: Mario Parnmentier 1:16:16Run: Brent Gallie 48:59

5. Worth Considering 2:31:44Swim: Austin Ryter 31:41Bike: Andrew Berry 1:07:20Run: Austin Ryter 52:44

6. Hey baby...no more cryn’ 2:34:24Swim: Nadine Benrhaba 31:06Bike: Wayne Schuab 1:06:55Run: Jennifer Straub 56:24

7. TriDaddysSwim: Chad Badry 27:46Bike: Garry Bibby-Fox 1:17:35Run: Brad Janzen 52:08

8. Saskabush Rangers 2:44:46Swim: Courtney Crush 34:43Bike: Ashton Igini 1:18:34Run: Courtney Crush 51:31

9. 3 Ys 2:48:20Swim: Val Yowek 40:14Bike: John Yowek 1:12:54Run: Tara Yowek 55:13

10. Road Dogs 2:49:26Swim: Connor Clover 38:43Bike: Gavin Clover 1:23:44Run: Dylan Clover 47:00

11. Xtreme Team 2:55:07Swim: Tim Beecham 33:12Bike: Darcy Ingram 1:20:03Run: Mike Rogers 1:01:53

12. Coyne Collection 2:59:44Swim: Carol Gibson Coyne 27:01Bike: Karly Coyne 1:22:20Run: Carol Marie Coyne 1:10:24

13. Tawnacious D 3:01:34Swim: Danica Lee 31:43Bike: Peter Lee 1:30:45Run: Tawnee Matheson 59:07

14. Laker Girls 3:25:54Swim: Christina Sommerfeld 53:36Bike: Debra Storey 1:34:59 Run: Tara Kerin 57:20

Sprint distance results will appear in Friday’s paper.

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Many of you may think “I don’t know the opera, this isn’t for me,” but if

you have watched even a moder-ate amount of Bugs Bunny, you already posses a solid foundation for diving into the next level of your opera education.

You will already be familiar with elements of Rossini’s � e Barber of Seville and Wagner’s � e Ring Cycle and of course, no one can forget the hushed awe when Bugs walks out on the Hollywood Bowl stage dressed as conductor Leopold Stokowski.

Expanding on the groundwork laid by Looney Tunes crew, the Civic � eatre would like to o� er an opportunity to step up your education with our Opera For Everyone event. On Aug. 12, we will screen the latest 2015 Royal Opera House performance of La Bohéme, open to the public for free, starting at 6:30 p.m.

� e Civic � eatre has been pro-graming monthly performance-on-screen presentations for almost a year and although our regulars can attest to the quality of these pro-ductions, there are still many who

are unaware of the Opera, Dance and Art series. It is for this reason that we want to o� er this summer treat before the launch of the new season beginning in September.

� ose already initiated in the world of opera will surely know Puccini’s famous opera, but even if you haven’t, you most likely have already come across the storyline that has been adapted for screen in Rent, Moonstruck and Moulin Rouge. So If you really want your � ll of Mimi, come to the free pre-sentation of La Bohéme and stay for the licensed screening of Baz Luhrman’s dazzlingly beautiful Moulin Rouge starting at 9:30 p.m. Virgin Moulin Rouge slushy cock-

tails will also be available.Civic memberships and our

brand new subscription options to the Opera and Dance series and � ex passes that o� er deep discounts at the box o� ce will be available in the lobby at the event and anytime you visit the theatre.

Whether you come dressed in tails, look as though you’ve walked out of a Toulouse Lautrec painting or have large furry ears tucked un-der a striking shock of white hair, everyone will feel right at home at Opera For Everyone.

Jason Asbell is the programmer, theatre manager and lead can can dancer at the Civic � eatre.

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LEFT: Bugs Bunny imper-sonates Leopold Stokowski in Long-Haired Hare (1949). BELOW: A scene from La Bohéme.

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Nelson City Council will hold a Public Hearing for the proposed amendment on:Monday, August 10, 2015 at 6 pm

City Hall, Council Chambers, Second Floor,310 Ward Street, Nelson B.C.

at which time and place all persons who deem their interest in property a�ected by the amending bylaw may be heard on matters contained therein. Written submissions for or against the proposed amendment can be read, or verbal submissions made at the Public Hearing.

If you are unable to attend the Public Hearing, written submissions must be delivered to the City of Nelson prior to 4:00 pm on the day of the Public Hearing. All written submissions are public information pursuant to the Freedom of Information and Protection of Privacy Act.

The amending bylaw, location map, and application may be inspected at the front counter of Development Services & Engineering at: City Hall, Second Floor, 310 Ward Street, Nelson, B.C.from 8:30 am to 12:00 pm, Monday to Friday, or by appointment inclusive with the exception of Statutory Holidays, from the date of this notice until August 10, 2015.

What is Proposed?& Where?

PUBLIC HEARING

TAKE NOTICE that the Corporation of the City of Nelson proposes to amend the Zoning Bylaw No. 3199, 2013.

THE CORPORATION OF THE CITY OF NELSON ZONING BYLAW AMENDMENT

The proposed Zoning Amendment (Alpine Lake Suites) Bylaw No. 3303, 2015 will change the zone for 5 properties from “R2 - Medium Density Residential” to “R4A - Medium-High Density Residential”. This change will ensure that the existing multi-unit building complies with zoning.

Manager of Development Services Dated at Nelson, B.C. July 24, 2015

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The rezoning will a�ect the following lots:Lot A, District Lot 97, Kootenay District Plan 2865Lot B, District Lot 97, Kootenay District Plan 2865Lot C, District Lot 97, Kootenay District Plan 2865Lot D, District Lot 97, Kootenay District Plan 2865Lot A, District Lot 97, Kootenay District Plan 14307

Nelson City Council will hold a Public Hearing for the proposed amendment on:Monday, August 10, 2015 at 6 pm

City Hall, Council Chambers, Second Floor,310 Ward Street, Nelson B.C.

at which time and place all persons who deem their interest in property a�ected by the amending bylaw may be heard on matters contained therein. Written submissions for or against the proposed amendment can be read, or verbal submissions made at the Public Hearing.

If you are unable to attend the Public Hearing, written submissions must be delivered to the City of Nelson prior to 4:00 pm on the day of the Public Hearing. All written submissions are public information pursuant to the Freedom of Information and Protection of Privacy Act.

The amending bylaw, location map, and application may be inspected at the front counter of Development Services & Engineering at: City Hall, Second Floor, 310 Ward Street, Nelson, B.C.from 8:30 am to 12:00 pm, Monday to Friday, or by appointment inclusive with the exception of Statutory Holidays, from the date of this notice until August 10, 2015.

What is Proposed?& Where?

PUBLIC HEARING

TAKE NOTICE that the Corporation of the City of Nelson proposes to amend the Zoning Bylaw No. 3199, 2013.

THE CORPORATION OF THE CITY OF NELSON ZONING BYLAW AMENDMENT

The proposed Zoning Amendment (Alpine Lake Suites) Bylaw No. 3303, 2015 will change the zone for 5 properties from “R2 - Medium Density Residential” to “R4A - Medium-High Density Residential”. This change will ensure that the existing multi-unit building complies with zoning.

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The rezoning will a�ect the following lots:Lot A, District Lot 97, Kootenay District Plan 2865Lot B, District Lot 97, Kootenay District Plan 2865Lot C, District Lot 97, Kootenay District Plan 2865Lot D, District Lot 97, Kootenay District Plan 2865Lot A, District Lot 97, Kootenay District Plan 14307

TAKE NOTICE that the Corporation of the City of Nelson proposes to amend Zoning Bylaw No. 3199, 2013.

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A combination of smoke and clouds obscured the moun-tains during a ride on the Kootenay Lake ferry (top images) and an evening stroll through Lakeside Park (left). The smoke is coming from fires burning in the United States. The forecast calls for a chance of showers today and tomorrow before returning to sunshine Friday.

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Zipping and zoomingTAMARA HYND

Nelson Star

If you’re looking for an ex-hilarating outdoor experi-ence, a tour with Kootenay Mountain Zipline Tours might be just the thing.

The new zipline attraction on the North Shore features a series of six — count them, six — lines on which thrillseekers zoom through the forest canopy of ponderosa pine, fir and hemlock until burst-ing out into the open sky hundreds of feet above the tree tops.

Looking down, Kokanee Creek appears as a blue and white ribbon snaking through the dense green forest which seems more like 500 to 600 feet (152 to 183 m) than the 300 feet (91 m) that it is. Staring down, the tree tops look like green pipe-cleaners sprouting from the earth, the similar view you get when flying low in a helicopter.

But you’re not on your own. Well-trained guides like Ashley Lacoursiere and Amy Richardson are there to take care of everything so you don’t have to. From getting snug into a full-body harness to attaching equipment to the steel cables, you will glide from one sta-tion to the next.

Even when you’re not attached to a cable, the guides clip guests into a station at all times when standing on one of six elevated platforms built around towering ponderosa pines whose striking orange and black bark command attention.

Once you have the guide’s okay, all you have to do is get the gump-tion to take a step forward. The

first two stations are tame. Con-sider them appetizers to the main course.

That’s when the real rush hap-pens.

You will eventually cross vast open spaces with views of Koote-nay Lake downstream and moun-tain tops looking west. Not only will you feel the wind, you will hear it and the hum of the line which amplifies as you accelerate.

While the weight restrictions range from 50 to 275 pounds, it’s hard to believe a child could handle the heights. But in the first week, a five-year-old and an 83-year-old both ventured out with a family and loved it.

Lacoursiere said the facility is designed to help build up cour-age for those who fear heights. That and the “comfort sandwich” of being between two guides can help ease apprehensive guests. Lacoursiere loves getting people adventurous.

“After they try it, they’re in-spired and tell me they are going to start trying ‘bigger and better’ things. Of course, we get to zipline too,” she smiled.

“It’s such a nice area to be in,” added Richardson, sweeping her arms upwards to the forested val-ley lining the sloping drainage of Kokanee Creek.

On the half kilometre walk through the woods on the oppo-site bank, you can wet your dry mouth with a swig of water from coolers delivered via zipline earlier in the day.

Guides also share a bit of lo-cal history as you walk on the

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Owners and brothers Todd and Jay Manton said their July 1 open-ing went “extremely smooth.”

“I couldn’t have seen it go-ing any better,” said Todd, who has worked with two previous zipline start-ups in New Zealand and Oyama. Their guest numbers doubled each of the first three days from 15 to 60. Their maximum capacity is 90 per day.

That said, there were some un-expected interruptions days be-fore they opened. While the vio-lent wind storm on June 29 didn’t touch any of their lines or stations, about 12 large trees fell, blocking the access road to their south-side stations.

Jay said it was a good thing they spent the day clearing the trees away immediately because within 12 hours a small forest fire erupted within view of the first two zipline stations. Firefighters and aircraft hit the blaze hard, Jay said appreciatively. While the smoke and activity halted their guides’ training briefly, in the end they opened only two days behind schedule.

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Guides Ashley Lacoursiere and Amy Richardson (above left) are just two of the zesty team (centre bottom) at Kootenay Mountain Zipline Tours. Francoise Pouliot of Rossland (top centre) built the actual ziplines. He and his wife run a zipline contracting company and he’s thrilled to create one so close to home. Heather Good of Calgary (far right) gathered her courage to share the breathtaking ziplining experience with a high school friend, adding one more crazy experience to their memories. Tamara Hynd photos

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Sofiella Watt releases debut albumWILL JOHNSON

Nelson Star

In the eight months since Sofiella Watt and the Huckleberry Bandits re-leased their debut song

“Junkyard Bettie,” the popular gypsy folk band has made a name for itself touring through the Rockies, regularly appear-ances at local events, and tak-ing home a Kootenay Music Award. All this before even releasing their six-song self-titled debut album, which is now available.

“Sometimes I ask myself, how did we end up playing country music?” Watt told the Star. “I used to do a lot of solo work, and I travelled as a duo, but I hadn’t played in a band for years. Then this all just sort of came together.”

The Australian songstress’ part-ner Jimmy Maher, aka Huckle-berry Jim, brought her to Canada because he wanted her to experi-ence snow. Now they’re sharing the stage with hand-selected Kootenay musicians.

“It was a telling moment when we both went out and bought ban-jos. We should’ve had a good idea where things were going then,” said Maher.

And Watt couldn’t be more pleased. It was only last year she was working at Itza Pizzeria, day-dreaming about assembling a band, when local musician David Reid came in to buy a slice.

“I was determined to put to-gether a band, so I harassed ev-eryone I met,” she said. “One day I was serving at Itza and talking about my banjo with one of my

coworkers. Dave said ‘oh, I play mandolin’. I said ‘really? Here’s my number. Come to my house and be in my band.’”

Reid is joined by drummer Lee Campese and upright bassist Jakob Simek — who recorded their album at his home studio in Argenta. The quintet admire bands like the Tall-est Man on Earth, Tiny Ruins and Rapskallion, but their sound has a unique Kootenay vibe.

Watt said the album has a mix of silly, high-energy tunes and more thoughtful tracks. She’s invented a number of characters, including Junkyard Bettie and a caravan fol-lower named Gypsy Green Eyes.

“This one song, ‘Old Man Trou-ble,’ we wrote while Jimmy and I were doing a tour back home. We had about three nights to ourselves in a month and we went camp-ing in this national park where it was just us and the birds. That’s where I wrote it, and I think it re-ally translates on the recording. It’s

about finding one spot where you can detach from everything and find a place where trouble can’t find you.”

And though there are only six songs on this album, the band already has more in the works. Online they describe their sound as a “motley mix of win-some folk, bruised with blues and infused with banjo, with heady jazz notes, a hint of country and spicy gypsy under-tones.”

Watt and Maher hope to extend their stays in Canada. Both have tem-

porary visas.“It’s a constant battle for us be-

cause we’ve absolutely fallen in love with the place. We’re from small communities back home and Nel-son’s got a great spirit. I love walk-ing down Baker St. and running into all the fantastic characters all the way down.”

And those characters all come out in droves for their performanc-es, such as their recent concerts at MarketFest, Kootenay Festival, and the Kaslo Jazz Festival. Watt said she loved seeing dancers in front of her mimicking her signature Elvis-style leg wobble.

“It’s the biggest gift. It’s so nice when you see people out from en-joying what you’re doing. It was so lovely,” said Watt, who noted some of her hardcore fans come out to see their performances multiple times a week.

“We feel really lucky to be here,” said Watt.

Sofiella Watt and the Huckleberry Bandits have released their debut album. Seen here performing at MarketFest are Jimmy Maher (Huckleberry Jim), Lee Campese, Sofiella Watt, David Reid and Jakob Simek. Will Johnson photo

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Creston artist releases second sketchbook of historic places

LORNE ECKERSLEYCreston Valley Advance

When Bruce Paterson pub-lished Kootenay Cameos: Tales of the West Kootenay a year ago, he spoke of the difficulty he had in selecting which pen and ink illustrations and stories he would include. After all, he had a collec-tion amassed over a more than eight years from 1987-95, during which they were published in the now-defunct Kootenay Review.

Now, with success selling the first printing, Paterson has re-leased a second volume of an-other 21 finely detailed sketches depicting places of interest from Yahk to New Denver and Sandon. Each illustration is accompanied by a one-pager description of the history of each building, and of-ten interesting anecdotes as well.

“I’ve been very pleased with the response to the first book,” Paterson said.

Among the buildings included this time round: Harrison Me-morial Church and Ledlanet Ranch in Crawford Bay, the Sal-mo Hotel, Palace Hotel in Ymir, and Blaylock mansion.

Paterson said one of his moti-vations for making the sketches in the 1990s was to capture their images before they were torn (or fell) down or succumbed to fire. The Lower Kootenay Band church remains standing, for in-stance, but has been unused for years and is in poor condition. Who knows how long the 1892 building will remain standing?

In his second volume, Pater-son also pays tribute to the im-portance of early transport on Kootenay Lake, with features on the SS Nasookin, a sternwheeler built in 1913 in the CPR shipyard in Nelson. The upper deck, which

was converted into a home, can still be seen just a couple of miles east of Nelson.

Paterson also tells the story of the SS Kuskanook, which he drew

from a postcard dated 1913. It was launched in 1906 to accommodate increasing demand for travel be-tween Nelson and Kootenay Land-ing.

Among the buildings captured in the second volume of Bruce Paterson’s Kootenay Cameos are (above) the C.F. Nelson drug store in New Denver (it was Sears when he drew it in 1994) and (top) the CPR district superintendent’s residence near the foot of Baker St. Courtesy Bruce Paterson


Community

Two-year-old Nelsonite Henry MacKay (far left) spent the morn-ing in Gyro Park with his mother Amy last week, and showed off his climbing abilities. Meanwhile three-year-old Eli Graf (centre) practiced stopping mid-slide while his 11-month-old brother Eli took a break from eating wood chips to explore. Nearby, downed trees were piled by the pool and the spots where they toppled in a recent storm have been tidied, leaving little evidence of the de-struction. Will Johnson photos

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Ed Mannings (far left) and other CIBC Wood Gundy staff present Leah Best (centre), executive director of Touchstones Nelson, with a $1,000 donation from the CIBC Children’s Foundation in support of children’s programming at Touch-stones Nelson. Submitted photo

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Central School is seen in this Valentine and Sons postcard not long after it opened in 1909. Courtesy Greg Scott

Nelson public school enrollment tops 600

Dateline: August 5, 1915In launches, canoes, rowboats,

motors and by trolley as well as by the steamer Moyie, which made two trips to accommodate the crowd, the citizens of Nelson gathered at the city park yester-day a� ernoon to hear read and to endorse several resolutions put before them on the � rst an-niversary of the war.

In the absence of Mayor J.J. Malone, Ald. A.S. Horswill acted as chairman and prior to the resolutions made a short ad-dress in which he pointed out the solemnity of the occasion and the need of public recognition of the hand of the almighty in the present struggle.

On this occasion he reminded his hearers, in every city, town, village and hamlet throughout the whole Empire the people were raising their voices in a unanimous declaration to con-tinue to the last man a righteous war for liberty and justice.

Dateline: August 20, 1915

Leaving behind it, as a trail, a heterogeneous collection of odds and ends, technically referred to as “junk”, scattered along Jose-phine St. from Silica to Baker, a horse belonging to William Farino careened down the hill and a� er encountering the curb at Baker St., wrecking the cart to which it was attached, it brought up short on its back on the side-walk outside the Wood-Vallance Hardware store at the corner.

Farino’s son Louis, was in charge of the horse and the cart

at the time and it is said that while the lad was away in search of trade the animal started away from the lane at the sub-station and broke into a run, which de-veloped into a gallop down the hill ending up with the wreck at the corner of Josephine and Baker streets.


Nelson public school opened yesterday with an enrolment of 618 pupils and 16 teachers. Of these 43 were small children ad-mitted to school for the � rst time and 34 were new pupils who have recently come to the city.

� e principal states that there are still a number of children who are out of the city and will be coming back about Sept. 1, when he expects the enrolment will reach about 700. School assem-

bled for roll call in the morning and was dismissed for the a� er-noon. Today the classes will take up the regular work of the term.


A new chapter in the history of the Doukhobor colony in Brit-ish Columbia was opened today when the provincial government issued instructions to institute action against the members of the community who have refused to comply with the laws of the country. � e government has decided that the present situa-tion is too serious to be ignored.

At Carson there is a small school and at least 10 pupils are required under the statute to have it kept in operation. � ere are an insu� cient number of English speaking pupils to comply with the law, but the parents of the pupils thought that their chil-dren ought not be deprived of facilities for education in this way and pointed out that there were a large number of Doukhobor children who ought to be attend-ing school.

An appeal was made to the government and council has been instructed to institute prosecutions against Doukhobor parents whose children should be attending this school. Bar-rister F.C. Mo� att of Nelson has been instructed to proceed under the legislation of 1914 known as the Community Regulation Act which makes provision to insti-tute proceedings against people he chooses to name as o� ending members of the community.

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Continued from page 1specifies the Arlington and Outlook areas which appear to be on the park boundary, adjacent to, or near areas frequented by Kokanee Glacier cabin users. Clark also stated that all sites in the west Kokanee Creek drainage listed in the proponent’s application are commonly used by Nelson area residents. For these reasons they oppose the application although “We appreciate the importance of heli-skiing and other com-mercial recreation to the economy of the West Kootenay.”

They also requested the opportunity to meet with the proponent and ministry staff, preferably in a public meeting.

Letters of opposition were also received from Friends of the West Kootenay Parks and Wildsight, whose executive director cited impacts of mountain goats and wol-verine populations as a particular concern.

David Reid wrote on behalf of the West Kootenay EcoSociety, which was supported by dozens of form letters on the society’s behalf. The Duhamel Watershed Society and Valhalla Wilderness Society also wrote in detail their reasons for opposing the ap-plication.

Joan McKay of Rocky Tour Adventure Ltd. responded as a current operator who believes the proposed tenure may overlap with hers but stated that the lack of map detail or specific coordinates of proposed landing and pick up sites make it hard to tell. Regardless, she said her clients will likely run into Kootenay Heli-Ski’s clients at the end of their runs.

Valhalla Mountain Touring owner/op-erator Jasmine Cato, who operates a short distance northwest of the proposal in a well-established recreational ski touring area, said many of her clients remark on the “si-lence and tranquility that these mountains offer” when they visit the park on separate excursions. She said current tenure holders are doing well but another tenure would dilute the market.

Area F director Tom Newell wrote that several crucial aspects are missing from the application.

There was no formal public meeting with the proponents, no details of the potential impacts on water residents use, no defined helicopter routes and times and what citi-zens can expect regarding noise pollution, he said. He added that other concerns resi-dents have may not be raised without a full public meeting.

“This operation will affect residents and their collective voice is not being heard through this process,” wrote Newell. “For these process reasons I cannot support the project proposal.”

Neighbouring regional directors Ramona Faust, Walter Popoff and Aimee Watson also expressed concerns and posed questions they felt the proposal did not address.

In June, the Regional District of Central Kootenay formally asked FrontCounter BC for a public meeting with the proponent.

Regional district planner Mark Crowe specified additional requirements the pro-ponent must incorporate along with all the recommendations made in a consultant’s wildlife assessment, preventing flights from landing and activity from occurring within 1,000 meters of wolverine dens, instead of 500m and stay 1,000 meters away from mountain goats, rather than 100m.

The majority of the submissions had names and addresses redacted. Only clubs, regional district directors and staff, private business owners and societies were left vis-ible.

Most of those opposed to the application took issue with the location bordering a provincial park close to Nelson, rather than the idea of heli-skiing.

Common concerns included helicopter noise over residences, disturbing park ani-mals, and taking away the backcountry feel

from a popular recreation area. A decision by the Ministry of Forests,

Lands, and Natural Resource Operations on the application should be imminent, as a land officer had 140 days following the March 11 application, which put the dead-line at July 29.

Tour operators, user groups concerned

What the public had to sayA sampling of feedback received by

FrontCounter BC:• “One flight leaving in the morning and

coming back in the afternoon is a small price to pay for the economic benefit of this application. Even if they come back to fuel up I believe it is good for Nelson good for tourism and will help give Nelson more economic stability.”

• “We do not want visitors to Kokanee Park to leave complaining about another heli-ski outfit poaching their lines!”

• A long time Kokanee Park user: “We need to keep the park quiet and relatively undisturbed for the animals who live in the area (they don’t know park boundaries) as well as for the people who use the park in the winter. I know how unpleasant ongoing helicopter noise can be in a pristine moun-tain setting when camping near Assiniboine Park for a week in the summer.”

• “It’s ironic that Kootenay Valley heli-copters is the company that currently flies visitors into Kokanee Glacier cabin for an enjoyable ski touring vacation … if this ap-plication is approved they would then spoil that vacation by flying helicopters in ski terrain adjacent to the most used west side of the park. I’m sure people will vent their opinions directly to KVH on their flight out.”

• “Any tenure consideration should be restricted to areas which are too remote to be accessed by these existing businesses and people of the region.”

• “There are plenty of heli/cat ski tenures in the area and public use area are at a pre-mium. As a snowmobiler and backcountry skier I oppose this.”

• “This is a sledding area and should

stay as one.”• “The economic benefits to this project

will not outweigh the ecological impact.”• “Greedy generations are going to be

the death of our planet.”• “There are enough tenures in this area

already.”• “There are more and more heli-ski

operations popping up in this province that cater to an extremely small percentage of the population. It does not seem like a fair allocation of public crown land.”

• “This proposal makes no mention of the fact that Sitkum Creek Watershed is the water source for the Sitkum Creek Water Improvement District. Major disturbances in this watershed have compromised the ability to provide potable water to the com-munity. The statement that human waste will be buried in the snow leads to the logical conclusion that during snow melt that this waste contaminate Sitkum Creek and create health problems for the users of the Sitkum Creek Improvement District.”

• There are already many active tenures in the area and several said there is not much area left that does it not touched by a tenure of some sort.

• “I work in the in the ski industry, and the market does not need another operation.”

• “Helicopter skiing belongs in the back country far from human populations.”

• “Mt. Cornfield tenure is too close to residential areas.

• “I live in this water shed… please keep this away from us.”

• “A ski touring lodge would be more appropriate.”

• “No, just no.”

Although many people who provided feedback to the provincial government said they appreci-ate the importance of the heli-ski industry, they don’t think another tenure needs to be created adjacent to Kokanee Glacier Park. Tamara Hynd photo

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