Nelson Star, November 13, 2015

Nelson soldier John (Jake) Loewen was 22 when he was killed during a military offen-sive at Vimy Ridge in 1917. Wednesday morning his great great grand nephew Ryan Evans was on hand at the Remembrance Day ceremony to pay his respects along with approximately 1,000 fellow res-idents.

He was my great great grandfathers eldest brother, and he was really young when him and 300 other Nelson boys went over. Most of them didnt come back, said Evans, who attended the parade with his partner Kate Arnold.

The significant thing about Vimy Ridge was that it was the

Canadians who took it away from the Germans, but Uncle Jake wasnt there to see the vic-tory. As far as I know, hes still over there.

Evans often ponders what it would be like if their roles were reversed.

If I was born in 1886 instead of 1986, and I was called up to serve, at some point there wouldve been a man behind me blowing a whistle and I wouldve had to go up and over. I think about that, especially this time of year, and I guess Im grateful theres nobody blowing a whistle behind me.

Evans said the occasion gave him an opportunity to pon-der the innumerable fates of those who were condemned to die in the muck.

Mayor Deb Kozak offered up memories of other Nelson sol-diers killed during World War I, including Nelson Mayor Mungo McQuarries son Robert and popular cub reporter William James McVicar.

A lot of these young men had no idea what they were get-ting into, said Kozak. They thought war was going to be a lark and theyd be back by Christmas. They had money in their pockets, three meals a day and a free trip to Europe.

Sixty-one thousand were killed.

Kozak also acknowledged the conscientious objectors and women who participated in the war effort as ambulance drivers, medics and nurses.

When Selkirk College president Angus Graeme announced Thursday that the pro-vincial government is investing $14.2 million in the trades training facilities at the Silver King campus in Nelson, welding and metal fab-rication student Katia Costanzo was one of the hundreds of stu-dents welcoming the news.

I can genuinely say theres no other cam-pus or facility that de-serve this more than Selkirk College, said Constanzo, who has already found work as a tradesperson and is now upgrading her skills.

I moved here from Vancouver, and I didnt go to BCIT or Kelowna because they have bet-ter facilities. I came back here because peo-ple really care about this school, and ev-erything we have here we use completely. Everything Ive learned has been right here on this campus.

She believes the in-vestment is money well spent.

Im so thrilled to have everybody here

to announce whats in my mind one of the next big steps Selkirk College is taking into the future, Graeme told those gathered. One of the things about today is it rep-resents a tremendous vote of confidence in what we do here.

The funds are com-ing from the provin-cial government, and though advanced edu-cation minister Andrew Wilkinson couldnt be there, he shared his enthusiasm in a press release.

Ensuring trades stu-dents have access to the best training avail-able in modern facili-ties such as the new Silver King trades facil-ities will help students get the right skills they need, Wilkinson wrote.

The funding is part of the governments commitment to invest $185 million in trades training facilities and equipment.

Selkirk College is focused on meeting the training needs for a range of high-demand trades, said Selkirk College presi-dent Angus Graeme. With the growing de-mand for skilled trades

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We remember all of them today and thank their families for their sacrifice.

Charles Jeanes was once again the only protester dur-ing the event, and held up a sign near the back of the crowd. Unlike last year, when a short scuffle ensued, nobody interfered with him.

Rev. Jeff Donnelly led those gathered in prayer and two planes flew overhead to mark the end of a reverent two-minute silence. And once again World War II veteran Lionel H.L. Binette, 96, was called upon to recite a rous-ing rendition of In Flanders Fields.

We are the dead, short days ago we lived, felt dawn, saw sunset glow, Binette recit-ed. Loved and were loved, and now we lie in Flanders Fields.

Evans believes his great great uncle is one of the un-identified bodies there.

At the time of his great great uncles enlistment with a Kootenay-Boundary battalion in 1915 Loewen was employed as a boilermaker apprentice in the Canadian Pacific Railway companys shops in Nelson. He was survived by his moth-er, Mrs. John Loewen, and three brothers: Jacob, who was in the employ of the News Publishing companys job printing department; Henry and Gilbert and three sisters, Mary, Kathleen and Alma.

Evans was introspective after the ceremony.

I think about the grand heartbreak of war and the futility of it. Thats a lot of broken hearts to gain a few

inches of ground. Then to go ahead and break more hearts the next generation. I partici-pate in the grand historical lesson of war: remember the dead, and hope they didnt die completely in vain.

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Demolition and renovation is expected to get underway in the spring with construction completed in fall 2017. An estimated 84 direct and 56 indirect jobs are expected to be created.

The province is providing funding of up to $14.2 million of the $18.9 million cost, Selkirk College will contribute $1 million, and the Columbia Basin Trust announced a $1 million contribution in

March 2014. The remainder is expected to come from donations.

Silver King campus opened in 1964 as the British Columbia Vocational school and became part of Selkirk College in 1975.

The funding will allow Selkirk College to renew and repurpose three exist-ing buildings, demolish an old cafeteria and administrative services building and construct a new building for the cafete-ria, multi-purpose open study area and aboriginal gathering place.

The renewal, replacement and demoli-tion of existing buildings will make way for a new, updated training facility that can accommodate existing demand as well as future growth by being more ef-ficient and use space more effectively, the government said.

Most of the trades training programs offered by Selkirk College are delivered at the Silver King campus, where theres about 500 trades seats.

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Nelson native earns award for valourNELSON STAR STAFF

A Nelson native now serving with the Saanich Police Department is being honoured for his role in pre-venting a suicide.

Sgt. Trevor Dyck will receive an award for valour from the lieutenant governor on Nov. 19.

Dyck and a fellow officer, Cst. Francisco Aviles, arrived at the back-yard of a home on June 9, where they immediately began negotiat-ing with a shotgun-wielding man. After identifying themselves, they witnessed him attempt, on multiple occasions, to pull the trigger with his toe while aiming the barrel at his chin.

After approximately one hour, the officers were able to convince the subject to eject the live shell from the shotgun and surrender.

This was an exceptionally chal-lenging and stressful call for all involved, Saanich police chief Bob Downie wrote when giving the pair a chief constables commendation last year. Their actions had a direct impact on preventing the distraught male from ending his own life.

The pair will join Nelson Cst. David Laing, who is also receiving an award for valour in relation to a separate suicide attempt, at the Vancouver ceremony. Trevor Dyck

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The West Kootenay EcoSociety has lost its challenge of the cre-ation of Jumbo Glacier Resort Municipality.

BC Supreme Court Justice Grace Choi ruled Tuesday that the municipalitys creation was reasonable and dis-missed the societys ap-plication for a judicial review.

The case was heard in Vancouver in July. The EcoSociety argued the governments forma-tion of a municipality with no residents was wrong because such a municipality can only be created where there is a reasonable expecta-tion that it will have an electorate and elections within four years.

However, the prov-ince responded that the Local Government Act places no such restric-tions on the ministers discretion and that the only prerequisite is that a development agreement must be in place.

Choi agreed: I con-clude the minsters de-cision [was] reasonable and that the ministers discretion is not lim-ited by election time-lines in the way the society claims In my view, while much of the Local Government Act is intended to further the pillars of commu-nity and democracy, [it] also intends to fa-cilitate ski resort devel-opment.

In light of what in my view is an unam-biguous legislative scheme, reading in a requirement for elec-tions or an electorate within four years would directly contradict the intention of the legis-lature.

We are disappoint-ed, said EcoSociety ex-ecutive director David Reid. While we under-stand the judges rul-ing, we disagree with it. Cities must have citi-zens, and town coun-cils must be elected by someone. The province should not be allowed to create a municipality in order to overcome

the opposition of local people and their elected representatives.

The judge took a narrow approach to the legal question. She did not take into consid-eration the purpose of the Local Government Act, which is to serve communities.

Jumbo was incorpo-rated as a municipal-ity on Nov. 19, 2012. Greg Deck has served as its mayor since. The EcoSociety filed its pe-tition in February 2013 and amended its brief in August 2014.

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resort has been on hold following a decision by the environment min-ister in June that the project had not been substantially started by the expiry of its envi-ronmental assessment certificate.

Glacier Resorts Ltd. has since said they plan to submit a scaled-down proposal that would not be subject to the same review process.

We will participate in that regulatory process, Reid said, to make sure all the regulations are applied stringently.


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The first one that arrives has the right of way. If two arrive at the same time, the one on your right has the right of way.

Falcone says three-way stops are a bit simpler because there is always one approach that has the right of way, as in the lane coming up the 300 block of Hall Street. But the steepness of that approach tends to slow people down, and thats a good

thing, he says.When they come up the hill,

they come through cautiously. There is a new crosswalk there now too [crossing Hall on the north side of the intersection]. The engineering and design there seems to be safer now. People are getting used to it.

City manager Kevin Cormack advises pedestrians on that crosswalk to yield to drivers coming up the hill in the winter. He describes the intersection as improved but not ideal.

Falcone acknowledges that at another one of Nelsons four-way stops, drivers seem to have made up their own rule. Thats the intersection of Baker and Highway 3A, where by local

custom the two streets simply take turns. But from the polices point of view the conventional rule still applies, Falcone says.

You can get a fine of $167 for not yielding the right of way in an intersection.

According to ICBC accident statistics the most dangerous intersection in Nelson is a two-way stop: the meeting of Granite Road and Government Road with Highway 6, where there were 45 accidents be-tween 2009 and 2013. Next dangerous was an intersection with traffic lights: Vernon and Ward with 33 accidents, fol-lowed by the traffic lights at Front and Hall with 28, and the one-way stop at Stanley

and Vernon with 22.As for other traffic changes as

a result of the Hall St. project, Cormack says he hears many positive comments from pedes-trians about the bulb-outs at the intersections on Baker St. and Vernon St., and no nega-tive comments from drivers about them.

It is a good balance between pedestrians and vehicles, he said.

Cormack said snow removal will be trickier especially be-cause of the bollards (those upright metal pieces that out-line the traffic flow around the bulb-outs), but crews will use bobcats and a loader as they do in some other parts of the city.

An electric tooth-brush for kids. A $150 martial arts gift certifi-cate. A poinsettia.

Those are three of the more than 130 things in Andrea Purcells Facebook auction in aid of Nelson Friends of the Family. They are all donated by Nelson businesses, and she didnt have to work hard to get them. In fact many were unso-licited.

They are just hap-pening. They are com-ing out of the wood-work, Purcell says.

A leather backpack made in Argenta. A sil-ver pendant worth $225 retail. The Humans of Nelson BC book.

Facebook seems to be made for auctions. Go to the item, put your bid in the comment section, keep watch-ing to see if someone outbids you, bid again. The auction started Wednesday, the third anniversary of Purcells daughter Paiges sur-gery, when she was three, to remove a brain tumour.

Bath salts, some fancy tea, backcountry ski rental.

None of this goes to my family, Purcell says. She got $600 from Friends of the Family in 2012 to help her get to Vancouver when Paiges life was in danger, and shes been raising money for the organization ever since so far, about $17,000. In the mean-time, Paige is doing well.

Shes better, Purcell says.

Gift certificates from a muffler shop, a spa, and a paint store.

Nelson Friends of the Family was formed in 2000, and Pat Dooley has been the president ever since. She says they have a budget of about $20,000 per year and have never turned anyone away. Last year they helped 24 fami-lies.

The organization supports families of children who have been incapacitated due to illness or an acci-dent before their 19th birthday. The group gives monetary aid for travel and accom-modation for medical treatment. To qualify, a family must live in the Nelson area (defined on the groups website).

A pizza. A haircut. A one-night hotel stay.

We started in 2000 with two families, Dooley says. There were community fund-raisers, and we realized how much that sup-port meant to the fami-lies. When we started had no guidelines, and over the years we have really nailed it down. It has to be for medi-cal treatment and we fund parking, air fare, Canada Line or taxi, and accommodation although in many cases people stay at Ronald McDonald House.

I get very emotional about this, Dooley says. It is amazing. It is such an important resource in our com-munity because not ev-eryone has a bunch of

money sitting in a bank account when you are told your child has to be in Vancouver tomor-row.

Monetary dona-tions can be made to Friends of the Family on their website at nel-sonfriendsofthefamily.com.

A mini chocolate fondue, ski goggles, a snowman statue.

Purcell is also on the Friends of the Family board.

Every month we get two to three applica-tions, she says. We accept most of them. It could be cancer, it could be a tumour, or a baby born with hearing defects. It is across the board, you name it.

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is great and the finan-cial help for families takes the pressure off. I dont think people in those situations should have to be concerned about that. Morally it seems wrong to me that they should be struggling.

Purcell says the idea of local fundraising for local families is power-ful.

We ask for local sup-port, and it stays local, she says.

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How deep is the Clark government culture of delete and deception?How deep does it go? was my question to the BC Liberal minister respon-sible for British Columbians freedom of information laws when we discovered that senior staffers in ministers and the premiers of ce were breaking the law.

Two hours earlier, BCs independent infor-mation and privacy commissioner, Elizabeth Denham, had released a report explaining the BC Liberal governments practice of triple-deleting to fully expunge the public record of important government decisions like the decision to not put buses on the Highway of Tears.

Triple-deleting contravenes the laws of the land, and it was clear from the report that we had only hit the tip of the iceberg which sparked my question, How deep does this go?

As it turns out, it goes very deep. Over the last few weeks in Victoria, my New Democrat colleagues and I have been digging into this scandal because it isnt the rst time Christy Clarks Liberals have been caught failing to obey our freedom of information laws.

Back in 2013, Ms. Denham raised the alarm that the premiers of ce had the worst rate of disclosing information about govern-ment decisions. It seemed that no one kept records in Ms. Clarks of ce. Then we found out that her staff were using Gmail accounts to hide their partisan work on the taxpayers dime in the quick-wins scandal.

And now, after four reports and years of advice and recommendations on how to be open and transparent, we learn that the pre-miers staff still choose post-it notes and daily triple-deletion of emails instead of disclosing what they are doing on the publics behalf. This doesnt look like some accidental mis-take where staff just dont know the rules.

But it doesnt stop at the premiers of ce. Denhams report pointed to similar practices in the ministry of advanced education under Amrik Virk, who Clark has since appointed the minister responsible for freedom of in-formation.

When he was minister of advance educa-tion, we uncovered attempts to conceal his misdeeds from his time as a board member of Kwantlen Polytechnic University. Thats when Clark shuf ed him to his current post.

The minister of transportation, Todd Stone, has since admitted that he too triple-

deletes. A few steps over to the next computer, his staff thought that deletion rather than disclosure was the appropriate course of ac-tion in responding to a request for informa-tion about the highway of tears. Having lied about his actions under oath, the staff person now faces an investigation by the RCMP.

In response, weve seen denials, diversions and de ections. Christy Clark has re-assigned all freedom of information requests to an of- ce headed by someone who to date has not produced any records on some of the most notable decisions under his purview, such as the ring of seven health researchers and the departure of Clarks former chief of staff.

How does someone who fails to produce records on decisions that impact the public be responsible for disclosing information about decisions impacting the public? Perhaps x-ing the problem is the problem for Ms. Clark, and so she does her best to de ect it.

However, this is your information. You have a right to know the reasons and ratio-nale behind government decisions deci-sions made on your behalf. That is the law. So when government has created a culture of deleting those records, you are facing a culture of secrecy and deception. Thats not okay, as our now former prime minister re-cently learned.

Nelson-Creston MLA Michelle Mungall writes here once a month.

Delete, delete, delete should be Liberal motto

MICHELLEMUNGALL

View from the Leg

RDCK must revisit recycling policy

We all want what is best for the environ-ment. By making recycling dif cult and trash disposal expensive the environment is suffering. In the RDCK dump fees are now so prohibitive many cant afford to pay them. Recycling takes hours out of ones life waiting in line, then disposing items one at a time. This is crazy!

Under the guise of a reduced carbon footprint, the RDCK is dramatically in-creasing the footprint, and creating a hor-rible mess in the woods. Drive up any backroad and youll nd bags and bags of garbage, discarded furniture, construction waste and more.

By making it dif cult to put cardboard into the recycle bins, people are going back to burning their boxes. Businesses have started putting their plastic, tin and glass into regular waste because paying an employee to ll the recycle bin one item at a time is a big cost. And, the holes in the bins are so small that buckets and other items dont t!

This letter is calling on the RDCK to look at the reality of the situation and put in a convenient, affordable system that will work. Consider the East Kootenay: trash disposal is covered within the tax struc-ture and recycling works well. European countries discarded the RDCK method 20 years ago because it didnt work.

The RDCK has created an expensive trash industry, and made recycling more dif cult and time consuming. The result is people are disposing their waste anywhere but the dumps and recycling depots. This must change, and the change must be in RDCK policy.

Robin GoldsburyBalfour

Single-transferable vote like ordering pizza

Canadians need to try the single trans-ferable vote, which 200 random citizens in BC chose after a full unbiased educa-tion on the options provided by a univer-sity, self-directed as a group over many months.

Try ordering pizza with eight other friends. Its amazing how well it works. Everyone got at least one fav. It is hard to get how the process works via a verbal description but trying it leaves no doubt how every vote counts. If your rst choice is already picked or out of the running, your second and third choices are trans-ferred and still count.

Furthermore it takes away the parties central control over who votes are trans-ferred to. True people power. The only

downside is larger constituency areas, however this is easily taken care of by having several constituency of ces which could be shared. Please help educate the public and investigate these ndings.

Andre C. PiverProcter

Solar project a good way to lose money

Re: Solar garden project grows, Nov. 11

Nelsons solar garden project makes no sense. The proposal is to replace hydro generated electricity with solar gener-ated electricity at a much greater cost. The Nelson Hydro cost to generate power is less than seven cents per kWh where the cost to generate solar power is over 70 cents per kWh. Why would we want to increase the cost of power generation by ten times?

The most important consideration be-fore embarking on new power generation is do we need more power? Are we run-ning short? Clearly the answer to both questions is no. Nelson Hydro generates enough power to supply 100 per cent of the citys demand, and it buys power from Fortis to supply its customers outside of the city.

The cost to buy the extra power from Fortis generators is just over seven cents per kWh. In other words, one-tenth of the cost of solar-generated power. There is a massive amount of available hydro-generated power in our immediate area at similar prices to the power purchased from Fortis. Well never run short.

I wonder why anyone would put their money into a project that will produce intermittent electricity at a cost of ap-proximately 74 cents and receive a return of about one-tenth of the cost of produc-tion. Seems like a good way to lose your money.

Finally, we are continuously told to reduce, reuse and recycle and here the city is proposing to spend nearly $200,000 on infrastructure that we dont need. How does that t into reducing consumption?

Stu McDonaldNelson

No shortage of scapegoats

The recent news of panhandling bylaw discussions in our fair city has left me thinking about the socio-economic and political conditions in BC and Canada that has helped create such a situation. I never met anyone who wanted to be a victim but I sure know a lot of scapegoats.

Josh WappNelson

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HUGS: To the service clubs of Nelson for all their good work that they do in our community.

HUGS: Heartfelt thanks to a local family for helping out someone in need. A grateful renter

HUGS: Many, many hugs and thanks to the best neighbourhood one could wish for. My dog and I will miss you all. Soon to be a former neighbour

HUGS: It takes a real hero to save someones life. As it turns out, I have played hockey with a team full of heroes. Hugs to the teammates who saved my life and hugs to the paramedics who continued their e orts.

SLUGS: A big slap upside the head to the hus-band and son-in-law who was too stubborn to stop and get gas thereby making his wifes and father-in-laws morning longer than it should have been. Sorry guys.

SLUGS: To patrons who attend live theatre performances and proceed to take photos throughout the show. It is so disruptive to performers and other theatre-goers. Please put your phones away and enjoy the show!

SLUGS: To whoever thought moving the bus stop at the Chahko-Mika Mall from Save-On-Foods to Walmart by the garden centre. They were not thinking about the passengers, especially seniors. Please move the stop back to Save-On-Foods.

HUGS: A great big thank you to a man driving an HVAC truck. I ran out of gas and he was kind enough to pick me up. Not only did he give me a lift to the gas station but went the extra mile and gave me a ride back my truck. (See slug above for further comment.)

HUGS: To the man at Six Mile with his fabulous black and yellow shing boat and his four kids who noticed my are reworks and came and got me as my boat was sinking (I cant swim). And to the men who towed my boat to Nelson so I could get it xed.

SLUGS: To whoever came onto our property in Blewett and cut down three huge cedars and a Douglas r, then tagged eight more beauti-ful 60-foot live larch trees. You are trespassing, which is a legal o ence. Shame on you for steal-ing from two old ladies. You are being watched!

HUGS: To those churches and groups organiz-ing and hosting the inter-faith discussions. Pope Francis writings are an inspiring call to action to protect the plant. Exciting to know we can be part of the solution by working together as a community. Many the seeds that you have planted grow into big, strong trees.

HUGS: To the many alert, accomplished, cour-teous drivers in Nelson. I have seen some of you avert an oncoming four-car pileup with just a turn of your wheel now how did you do that? You are the high-quality drivers who really stop for pedestrians, letting us go on our way safe and happy. Grateful dog walker

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Special events

The Nelson womens centres annual fund-raiser Womaginarium is tonight at the Prestige Hotel. Featuring performanc-es from The Martinis, the Showcats and the Circus Act Insomniacs. There will also be a si-lent auction, live body painting from Alexis Stafford and Tarot reading from Shonna Hayes. Foot massages will be offered by Lotus Thai Massage. It begins at 7:30.

Nelson Community Opera brings another musical milestone to the Capitol with the world premiere pro-duction of Nelson com-poser Doug Jamiesons opera Jorinda. This innovative work uses dance and puppetry to animate the story rath-er than the usual oper-atic format of singers acting the roles. But the principal soloists for Jorinda will still be visible to the audience

throughout the show on either side of the stage and slightly less prominently lit than the dancers and pup-pets at centre stage. It will appear tonight at 7:30 p.m and tomorrow at 2 and 7:30 p.m.

Where the Ocean Meets the Rainforest: Exploring Canadas Great Bear Rainforest is a multi-media pre-sentation exploring 25 years of wildlife research, photogra-phy and conservation from photographer Ian McAllister. It will be at Nelson Civic Theatre at 4 p.m. on Saturday. The event is a fund-

raiser for Pacific Wild.

Oxygen Art Centre is hosting a Barbaric

Cultural Practices Cabaret on Friday and Saturday, Nov. 27 and 28, at 8 p.m. This fun-draiser will feature Morgan Beck, Hayden Wasylyk, Alex D. McMahon, Tyler James and Graham Lingard, alongside Bessie Wapp, Hiromoto Ida, Julie Johnson Murray, Krista Lynch, Lisa Menna, Lindsay Clague, Eva McKimm and Laurie Jarvis.

Blue Night Nelson is a free city-wide arts and culture event where participants can take in visual art, per-formances, markets and more at over 20

venues including Bibo, Booksmyth, Finleys, Oxygen Art Centre and many others. The reception and dance showcase will take place at Bloom Nightlclub at 10 p.m. on Nov. 27, featuring Slava Doval, Scarlet Mary Rose, Vesper Valentine and others. Hosted by Blair Leaman, with DJ

Sugarbear until 2 a.m.

Movies

Bridge of Spies, star-ring Tom Hanks and directed by Steven Spielberg, will show at the Nelson Civic Theatre tonight and to-morrow at 7 p.m. and Nov. 15 at 2 and 6:45 p.m. During the Cold War, an American law-

yer is recruited to de-fend an arrested Soviet spy in court, and then help the CIA facilitate an exchange of the spy for the Soviet captured American U2 spy plane pilot, Francis Gary Powers.

The next installmant of the Hunger Games, Mockingay comes for

a sneak preview to the Nelson Civic Theatre on Nov. 19 at 9 p.m. After being symbolized as the Mockingjay, Katniss Everdeen and District 13 engage in an all-out revolution against the autocratic Capitol. It will then show at 6:45 and 9:30 p.m. on Nov. 20 and 21.

Music

On Saturday from 1 to 3 p.m., Laela Heidt, a popular songwrit-ing major and pianist from Selkirk College, will perform. Most of her songs are original. Laelas older material is a mixture or coun-try/pop/rock and folk while her newer songs have a lot of acoustic groove hinted slightly with jazz plus you can expect a rap cover or two. She will be joined by Amber Leake for a few songs.

Rococode will play Spiritbar at 9 p.m. on Nov. 21 with their lush tapestry of synths, guitars, soundscapes around duelling boy/girl vocals, and heavy bass and drums. They recently released their latest album Panic Attack EP. Special guest to be announced. On Saturday, Nov. 21 at the Capitol Theatre pianist Sergei Saratovsky will play a concert. This ex-ceptional and versatile performer will lead you on a breathtaking voy-age through his favou-rite works by Chopin, Liszt, Tchaikovsky, Rachmaninoff and oth-ers. It begins at 8 p.m.


Kman and The 45s & DJ Suplex Rocking Ska with a hot horn section, catchy songs,

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Top sirloin steak dinner $12. 5-10pm

Saturday NOVEMBER 14

The Brains w/ locals NewtronBomb. Montreal Psychobilly. An unholy collection

of mind-bindingly ear-scorching tracks that grab you by the neck, stare straight into

your eyes and dare you to ght back. 10pm Door $10

Tuesday NOVEMBER 17

French 5-7 AFKO friends and family with French music and Poutine for $6 and wings

$7, Open stage at 8 until late, hosted by Marty Carter and Jimmy Lewis. No cover

Wednesday NOVEMBER 18

Odessey 3 Weekly event with A night of music Improv and explorations - cosmic - hosted by Adrian Wagner, Paul Landberg

and Jimmy Lewis 7-10pm no cover all ages. Come try the best burger in town. Tippy

Agogo One of the original electro-organica (no pre samples) one man orchestral act.

11pm-2am no cover.

Thursday NOVEMBER 19

Annual General MeetingPlease join us!

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Laela Heidt, a popular songwriting major from Selkirk who plays the piano, guitar and sings will perform at Ellisons on Saturday from 1 to 3 p.m.

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Opinion

We have all been told that the portion of the Cana-dian population over age 65 will increase incredibly over the next 20 years. What are we doing to prepare for this silver avalanche?

Some facts (taken from Dr. Terri MacDonalds presentation at the Aging in the Kootenays forum):

In 2015 in rural BC, people aged 65-plus make up 21.3 per cent of the population (up from 18.2 per cent in 2011).

The proportion of the popula-tion aged 65-plus will grow to 30 per cent by 2035.

The Kootenay Lake health area is expected to have the high-est senior population component in our region by 2035 at 34 per cent of the population a 58 per cent increase from 2015 to 2035.

Forty-eight per cent of RDCK households are owned by seniors. Of all seniors residences, 88 per cent are owned by the senior and 77 per cent are single detached.

The median income of ru-ral seniors in rural BC in 2013 is $25,550.

Some societies and not-for-pro ts are focused on identifying gaps in services or collaborating and coordinating around ad-dressing seniors services delivery. The volunteers at the Nelson and District Seniors Coordinating Soci-ety are delivering tangible services to individual seniors today. Since 1998, Joan Reichardt and her fel-low directors have created and operated a low pro le, functional organization focused on making the lives of individual seniors bet-ter every way we can.

The society is an umbrella or-ganization managed entirely by volunteers, delivering tangible services directly to local seniors, mostly those in need. And we only exist with community support. The City of Nelson provides the Society with our facilities at 719 Vernon St. at a very nominal cost.

Our major service, the Home Help Program includes a low-in-come subsidy program directed at

keeping seniors in their homes where they want to be. This program addresses the growing need evidenced by the facts stated above. The program and its subsidy (some clients pay as little as $5 per hour) is made possible by generous donations by local organizations: the IODE, Friends of Nelson Elders and the Nelson Lions. We help with common home duties essential to maintaining a comfortable, healthy environment part-time workers do cleaning, laundry, and light food prep, services necessary to keeping seniors in their homes and out of public institutions. The age friendly committee of Nelson CARES has also provided needed support to this program.

Nelson Senior Coordinating also provides a free income tax and nancial advocacy service to low income seniors and vulnerable adults. We all know the growing complexity involved in ling an income tax return. Filing a return is essential to maintaining the social income and public services low income seniors and others with low incomes need. In the last year over 700 tax returns and individual advocacy cases were handled by the our CRA quali ed volunteers. This essential service has enjoyed the generous nancial support of the Nelson and District Credit Union for many years.

Yet another service provided under the Senior Coordinating umbrella is the elder abuse preven-tion program. Volunteers carry out training presentations on prevent-ing the abuse of elders in many Kootenay communities. Clearly the prevention of elder abuse requires proper planning (wills, power of attorneys, representation agree-ments) and a general awareness. This programs steering group monitors and supports agencies in place to protect seniors.

The most successful and grow-ing program currently offered is the low income dental program TEETH. Volunteers and local den-tal care professionals have come together to provide a subsidized dental program to those in our community who can least afford it. Seniors, working parents, dis-advantaged and most importantly, children, are all given increased access to affordable dental care. Recently a low cost denture com-ponent has been added to the list of services offered. New dental professionals are welcome to join the work at the clinic.

So why am I telling you this? First, to make you aware of what we do. Second, to get some recog-nition for our dedicated volunteers and nancial supporters who make it possible. Finally to ask for your support, either in time or money, to continue our work. All these pragmatic services and others like our grocery run, and reading in local classrooms were initi-ated and are operated to meet a real need in our community. And that need is clearly increasing.

The society is continually look-ing both for volunteers to con-tinue the delivery of our programs, clients for whom we can make a difference and donations to help with the costs and subsidies. We can provide tax deductible receipts for donations to any current pro-grams. Call 250-352-6008.

Brad Howard is chair of the Nelson and District Seniors Co-ordinating Society.

Preparing for the silver avalanche

BRADHOWARD

Community Comment

Transit user unhappy with new bus stop

I am a regular transit user and I am upset with the moving of the bus stop at the mall, which we were never informed about until after the fact.

I feel that the bus stop that got moved to the side entrance of Walmart is unsafe.

The stop is at a three-way intersec-tion and even though there is a sign for cars to not go around the bus, cars still do so, making it unsafe. If the ramp needs to be lowered for a rider, the bus has to pull further away from the curb into the intersection for the ramp to be used.

There isnt good lighting and waiting for the bus at night could make people feel unsafe. Once off the bus, the patch that leads to the sidewalk is not level and is cracked and dont forget to add a tree into the mix. There is a step down and seniors with an eye impairment nd it even trickier.

I would like to see the bus stop down at Chahko-Mika Mall put back to Save-On-Foods.

Karen RymalNelson

Recycling needs a boost

We are lucky at Granite Manor that the owners have taken a posi-tive step and installed a second por-table bin to hold recyclables. We have one garbage bin and one recycle bin and that serves the population here. Trucks arrive regularly and empty the bins. Some people are older and do not drive and having the bins is a blessing. My question to the mayor and city staff is why not coordinate with apartment and condo owners on any needed additional bin for recycle items? It keeps stuff out of the land ll and make life easier for seniors and complements recycling programs within the City of Nelson.

Rubenoff JohnsonNelson

Water issues still challenge Nelson

They should go to a voluntary wa-ter meter system where those that install an approved water meter can get lower annual water fees if they show they are using way less than the average amount of water and let those that dont opt in know that their annual fee will be seeing large annual increases. That way those that get on the conservation wagon are rewarded and those that dont face higher bills for wasting water.

If someone knows washing their driveway is going to cost them they will soon pick up a broom to sweep it instead.

Brian Von-Niessen

Doing nothing is not the answer. We need to get more water into the system. We have had water restric-tions on and off for 25 years. It needs to be taken care of.

Dan Soukeroff

What is the contingency plan? Billy Pascal

FACEBOOK FEEDBACK

October was a great month for weather and the fish-ing was good too. We fished both the East and West Kootenays in order to keep busy. And both regions had their mo-ments.

The rivers in both regions were teeming with bull trout. And this is the time of year to target the giant bulls. We had a few great days targeting these big fish throughout the month. Using both techniques of fly fishing or spin casting we managed to hook bulls between six and 16 pounds throughout October. A lot of these big fish will remain in the Kootenay River throughout the winter, as there seems to be more food for them to choose from. So, we will continue to make the odd trip over and keep everyone posted of the conditions.

Kootenay LakeOctober was a pretty good

month for fishing the lake as well. There seems to be still a lot of rainbows between two and four pounds feeding. And we have been catching more and more bull trout as they slowly return to the lake. Most bulls have been between two and five pounds, with a few up

to 10 pounds lately. The smaller rainbows are usually fairly ag-gressive until the water cools down, so expect lots of action for the next little while. And, normally when the water cools down, the bigger fish start to feed. It remains to be seen what this fall/winter will bring us, but I expect to see a lot of bull trout caught and hopefully a few big rainbows still around to catch.

Either way, its still a beautiful background to be fishing in. So, well be out there as much as we can.

Columbia RiverThe Columbia has produced

some beautiful fish in the past few weeks. Rainbows up to seven pounds have been caught lately, with lots of the usual two to four pound fish to make up the bal-ance. This is a great year round fishery and if the weather coop-erates, we plan on spending a lot of days on the river throughout this winter. Both fly fishing and spin casting have been produc-ing well for us lately. Looking forward to the next little while.

What are they biting on?On the lake we have been

catching most rainbows on the surface on bucktail flies or spoons. There also seems to be a lot of rainbows hanging around the depths with the bull trout. So, experimenting with the down riggers has been key. Lots of bull trout lately on the usual flasher/hoochie combo, as well as our lyman plugs. Common depths have been between 100 and 150 feet (30 to 45 m).

On the rivers, we have had best luck for the big bulls using large streamer patterns, sculpins, or rabbit tail flies. Spoons have also worked well for the bulls. And on the Columbia, we have been having our best luck on wooly buggers, or nymphs on a sinking line. Also using spinning rods with the usual three-way bottom rig has been working well. Look for back eddies or current seams to find the fish.

All in all I think its shaping up to be a good winter for fishing. We will just have to travel a bit more to find the good fishing. Tight lines

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figures as to the re-sult of the first days canvass of the citizens of Nelson for sub-scriptions and pledges to the Patriotic Fund cannot be given, the committee in charge of the campaign states that if the canvassers continue the same ac-tive campaigns today as they did yesterday and are met with the same hearty responses there is little doubt but that the full amount will be raised by to-night. The men and women who volun-teered and conducted the house to house canvass yesterday and who will continue the work this morning, all testify to the readiness with which their re-quests were responded to. It is evident that Nelson is resolved to shoulder the responsi-bility and care for those who are unable to care for themselves, owing

to their breadwinners having enlisted.

Nov. 22, 1915There is a great

scarcity of poultry at Saturdays market, the available supply being picked up quickly and bringing good prices. Trading was brisk with a good attendance of both vendors and cus-tomers and a large quantity of produce was disposed of. A shipment of Japanese oranges has arrived in Nelson and sugar, which has made several advances in price re-cently, is expected to go still higher before the winter is far advanced. Fresh eggs are selling from 60 to 75 cents per dozen. The direc-tors announce that there are 500 boxes of apples, two tons of on-ions and five tons of potatoes stored in the market building. The building was rendered more comfortable on Saturday by the instal-lation of the winter doors.

Nov. 24, 1915It is estimated by the

bankers and broker-age firms of the city that the amount of the subscriptions to the Canadian Government War Loan from Nelson will total not less than $200,000. It is said that even before the terms of the loan were made public a number of pri-

vate individuals placed applications with the banks and brokerage firms for allotments of from $100 up to $5,000. Since the ap-pearance of the adver-tisement in The Daily News a steady stream of applications has come in to the banks, according to the state-ments of the city man-agers, and it is estimat-ed that exclusive of the applications of the city for $125,000 worth of War Bonds, each bank will send in applica-tions for from $18,000 to $20,000. ($200,000 is $4,173,771 in 2015 dollars)

Nov. 27, 1915Coasting down

Nelson hills resulted in an accident to the six year old daughter of Charles Shaw of 606 Carbonate St., yester-day morning, when she collided with one of the horses drawing a sleigh in charge of Mr. D.L. Kerr, at the intersection of the lane below Silica St. and Josephine St. Mr. Kerr states that he was driv-ing the sleigh along the lane at a foot pace after having delivered a load of wood at his apartment house. The horses were crossing the sidewalk where the lane crosses Josephine St. when the little girl, lying flat on her sleigh, shot down the

hill and passed under one of horses and be-neath the tongue of the sleigh. She would have escaped without injury if the horse had not at that moment, in taking a step, raised a hind hoof and stuck her on the forehead inflicting a bad cut above the left eye. She was carried to the nearest home and a doctor called. Several stitches were necessary and she is reported in no danger and resting at home. This makes the fourth accident re-ported in two days on Nelson hills.

Nov. 30, 1915Perhaps the greatest

factor contributing to the pleasure of the long overland train journey to the Atlantic coast just concluded by the 54th Battalion was the many substantial gifts of tobacco, fruit and eatables distributed among the Kootenay boys on the way across the continent. The 54th lived up to its good re-cord on the long train journey. There was not a single desertion or a solitary crime, no drunkenness, disobe-dience or rowdyism, but the men were all in high spirits at the prospect of England and the nearness to the fighting, also the relax-ation from the months of strenuous training was enjoyed.


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Nelson CARES Jenny Robinson was helping a tenant move into her new unit in Ward St. Place the former down-stairs shelter has been convert-ed into seven brand new apart-ments and was surprised when she was met with tears.

This woman, when she saw her own private bathroom, started crying. She said Ive never had my own bathroom before, Robinson told the Star, in sharing the impetus behind next Fridays fundraiser concert for the Room to Live campaign.

Its really important that people who live in poverty are treated with dignity. I look at the system a different way, and our systems arent fair to peo-ple. The work of Nelson CARES is to level that playing field as much as we can.

Six Kootenay divas will be fea-tured at the concert, which sold out last year, and local musi-cian Clinton Swanson will bring his six-piece band. The audience can appreciate the vocal stylings of Nelson cultural amabassador Bessie Wapp as well as Sydney Black, Laura Landsberg, Melody Diachun, Bo Conlan and Aryn Sherrif. Robinson promised it will be an energetic night with something for everyone.

Nelson residents will also get the opportunity to hear testi-monials from residents such as Tom, who spoke to the crowd

last year and shared his experi-ence of poverty.

In his own words, Tom came to Ward St. Place sick and broke. Through his residency with us he regained his health. Sometimes you just need a hand up. Hes now completely rebuilt his life, which is a great story for us and a better story for him.

Tom now has a full-time job and is a participating member of society.

Without us Tom, and people like Tom, would likely end up in the hospital system, and that costs the system an incredible amount of money.

Robinson said most people dont realize its significantly cheaper to house the homeless than to pay for the services they need without a home.

If you dont have a house, you dont have anything, she said. An acute care bed at the hospi-tal is $1,500 a night. A months rent at Ward St. Place is about $400. Do the math. If you have

someone thats ill with a mental health disorder plus physical illness, over the course of their adult lifetime theyre going to cost the system millions of dol-lars.

Shes grateful to live in a com-munity that cares about the most disadvantaged among us. And the results are becoming tangible: theyre currently in the midst of renovating the rooms.

Its been a slow process, but weve done about 10 rooms moving slowly through the building. Theyve got new floor-ing, new kitchens, new drywall. The rooms are completely re-freshed and they look great.

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Nearly 300 youth raised their voices in beautiful harmonies Saturday night in a concert that completely wowed their audience. The concert was held at the Brilliant Cultural Centre for a sold-out audience, which means that including the con-cert participants, about 1,000 people filled the centre.

Castlegars Vision of Peace Choir opened the evening by wel-coming the participat-ing choirs, explaining a bit of their heritage and presenting several traditional Doukhobor numbers.

The performance was part of the the Voices West youth choir fes-tival which brought together six of west-ern Canadas most vi-brant youth choirs for a weekend of song. Voices West takes

place every two years and this year the event was hosted by Nelsons Corazn choir, directed by Allison Girvan.

Girvan orchestrated an amazing program which culminated in a mass choir consisting of all of the festival par-ticipants performing two awe inspiring num-bers. After the concert was over Girvan said she was pleased with the results.

I am completely overwhelmed at this point. It was incred-ibly successful. That was due largely in part to all of the volunteers that were helping and the willingness of all of the participants to buy into this energy that is spectacular, she said.

Girvan was also im-pressed with the sing-ers themselves and their attitudes. We worked together all day today from before 9 a.m. this morning

until just after 10 p.m. this evening and there has not been a moment of flagging energy. It has been completely focused energy, ex-pressed Girvan. They are beautiful, beau-tiful people and they all enjoy being around each other and it was a spectacular weekend.

The choirs involved were the Ihana Youth choir from Red Deer, Kamala Youth Choir from North Battleford, Edmonton Youth Choir, Kokopelli Youth Choir from Edmonton, Coastal Sound Youth Choir from the Metro Vancouver area and the hometown favourite, Corazon from Nelson.

The six different choirs performed an amazing repetoire ranging from charm-ing folk tunes and historic spirituals to majestic sixteenth century hymns. A var-ied selection of inter-

national music was also on the program featuring sounds from Africa, Latvia, Norway and Scottland. Several numbers had the crowd on their feet for stand-ing ovations.

Kathena Lin, a mem-ber of the Edmonton Youth Choir who at-tended the previous Voices West really en-joyed this years festi-val. The environment this time is really nice, really friendly and re-ally relaxed, said Lin. It is very nice to be a part of this huge group of singers and to know that we have some-thing that connects all of us. We get to share music and share our talents.

After such an inspir-ing evening, choir and music lovers will most likely be anx-iously awaiting the next time it is the Kootenays turn to host Voices West.


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Six choirs from all over western Canada joined together Saturday night at the Brilliant Cultural Centre for a concert that was the culmina-tion of the Voices West youth choir festival.

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On Saturday, Nov. 21 the Nelson Overture Concerts Society will present Russian-Canadian pianist Sergei Saratovsky in concert at the Capitol Theatre at 8 p.m. The program includes Liszts Liebestraum no.3, Polonaise, op. 53 by Chopin, and Sonata no. 2 by Rachmaninoff, plus works by Debussy, Tchaikovsky, and Lyadov.

Students attending schools participating in the societys school outreach program are granted free admission. These are Blewett Elementary, Trafalgar, St. Josephs School, Waldorf School, L.V. Rogers, Ecole des Sentiers-alpins, South Nelson and Wildflower.

Saratovsky was born into

a family of musicians in Karelia, Russia. He received his university education at the Petrozavodsk State Conservatory of Music, gradu-ating with a bachelor of music degree in piano performance in 2004. In 2002 he became a resident of Canada. He com-pleted a master of music de-gree in piano performance with Alexander Tselyakov at Brandon University, where in 2006 he received the gold medal for aca-demic excellence and graduated with greatest distinction. In 2012, Saratovsky was granted the degree of doctor of musi-cal arts at the University of BC where he studied with Jane Coop.

He has garnered acclaim both at home and abroad, receiving an award from Russian presi-dent Vladimir Putin, recogniz-

ing his achievements in music, as well as performing in the presence of former Canadian Governor General Michalle Jean. He has won competi-tions in Portugal, the United States and Canada and has per-formed for audiences in Russia, Portugal, Italy, France, Canada, the United States, and Australia, He has also been the featured artist on radio and television broadcasts aired across the world. During the 2009-10 con-cert season, he completed a concert tour of Canada pre-sented by Jeunesses Musicales du Canada.

In addition to his perform-ing career, Saratovsky enjoys giving master classes and is in demand as a guest clinician and jury member of international and national competitions and festivals.


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Dubconscious was hours into his first DJ set at the Shambhala Music Festival years ago, pumping reggae-themed tracks for the early Monday morning crowd, when fellow DJ Hoola gave him a shoulder rub mid-set. The sun was just begin-ning to rise.

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