July 2, 2020 The Valley Voice 1

Volume 29, Number 13 July 2, 2020 Delivered to every home between Edgewood, Kaslo & South Slocan. Published bi-weekly. Your independently owned regional community newspaper serving the Arrow Lakes, Slocan & North Kootenay Lake Valleys. Local residents join global fight against racism, police violence by John Boivin, Local Journalism of solidary to the black community weeks, and are planning other special written by black and indigenous Nakusp Initiative reporter, with notes from on a Kaslo community Facebook programs, activities and events to people of colour for the local public The organizer of Nakusp’s anti- Kathy Hartman page, and there was quite a lot of highlight antiracism activities. library, and for the high school and racism rally thinks the event was a Chanting slogans and waving negative feedback,” said Margaret Some of the organizers are raising grade school libraries as well. real eye-opener for some people in placards, or walking in silence, Smith, one of the event organizers. money for a project called ‘SLIDE: They will be fundraising on the community. hundreds of residents from Nakusp, “There was also quite a lot of positive Support for Learning Inclusivity, Front Street on July 4 from 10 am to “With everything that’s been Kaslo and the Slocan Valley staged feedback, but some negative, too. Diversity and Empathy.’ The money 2 pm, or you can send a donation by going on in the States, and here in marches and rallies in June as part of “So a group of us got together they raise will be used to purchase e-transfer to slidebookfundraiser@ our own backyard, I felt Nakusp the worldwide protest against racism after that, saying let’s organize and a large selection of books that are gmail.com. continued on page 2 and police brutality. get together.” The protests were much smaller Demonstrators began by walking than many others across Canada down the town’s main street, and and around the world, organized ended up at Front Street Park. after Minneapolis police killed There they lit candles and knelt in George Floyd, a black man who was silence, honouring Floyd and others suspected of passing a fake $20 bill. who have lost their lives to police But the outrage and sadness violence. over systemic racism were just as But the demonstration, as strongly felt. successful as it was, was just the Kaslo beginning, says Smith. For eight minutes and 46 seconds “We want to continue to learn – the length of time it took George together and hold actions. Because Floyd to strangle under the knee of we realize it is an important thing a Minneapolis police officer – more to do in our community, to stand than 200 Kaslo residents remained in solidarity with marginalized silent. communities and find ways that are But the genesis of the June 19 relevant and impactful actions in our march and vigil was a much noisier community and beyond.” affair. Smith says the anti-racism group “Someone had posted a message is going to continue to meet every two Over 200 people showed up at Kaslo’s Black Lives Matter march on June 19. 2 NEWS The Valley Voice July 2, 2020 Local residents join global fight against racism, police violence continued from page 1 20 demonstration. “And I thought a local Facebook group, however, Law Nakusp, it is a small village, and it is racism against black people has was ready to have a discussion,” march would be a good start.” got a mixed response. somewhat in a bubble, so I want to caused and continues to cause in our said Jo Law, organizer of the June After posting about the plan on a “There were close to 200 make sure everyone is prepared that world,” said organizer Gabe Miller. comments, from ‘I’m so proud of if they leave they’ll have some tools “Antiracism is action!” my hometown,’” she says. ‘And then to recognize some patterns in others The demonstration stretched for there were – the others. The kind like and themselves.” half a block as it moved through the ‘all lives matter.’” The demonstrators gathered at the quiet streets to the village’s waterfront. But Law, a local businesswoman, marina, and moved down Broadway Some carried homemade signs, some wanted to reach out to everyone, so to a park gazebo where they heard pushed wheelchairs or baby strollers. she wasn’t “preaching to the choir,” calls to speak up against racism. It was an exuberant, diverse, and she says. Participants were invited to tell their peaceful crowd on a sunny Saturday As a woman of colour herself, own personal stories of race and in Slocan. Law has worked over the years to racism. A smudging ceremony was A moment of silence was held engage people in a discussion about also held to bless the event. at the recently opened Slocan Beach racism, but found many times people Law says she was floored by the Park, where some people took a knee just weren’t ready to listen. But with turnout for the demonstration. to complete the march. recent events, that’s changed. She says “I was pumped when the first “It’s not just the other side of the more people seem ready to tackle the five people showed up,” she says. border; Canada has a serious history troubling issue of race in our society. “And then they just kept coming. And of racism and hurt,” said Miller after “What I wanted to do is give coming. It was amazing. I’m so proud the march, explaining why she felt it people an opportunity to learn some of this community.” was important to organize the event. of the tools to deal with people that Since the rally, Law says she “White people have to listen.” may not be ready to listen, and warn feels a weight off her shoulders, that For demonstrator Luis Merez them of tactics I’ve seen patterned out the burden of calling out racism and Alvarez and his family, a resident in your experiences.” inequality, of engaging with people of Slocan and a recent immigrant She says it’s a conversation who oppose or don’t understand from Mexico, the protest had a deep Nakusp needs to have. the experience of minorities in the personal meeting. “It’s hard to be “I don’t feel hate here, but country, is being shared by more an immigrant. To leave everything what I did want to address is those people in Nakusp. behind, everyone you love, to start little off-the-shoulder, casual-racist “It’s not just not being racist, it’s fresh.” comments,” she says. “Being in actually practicing antiracism,” she Alvarez says he’s experienced says. “This is just the beginning.” discrimination and profiling People wanting to learn more personally. can visit the Anti-Racism Nakusp “You can get questioned any Facebook group and join the time by police just because you look conversation. different,” the carpenter said. “I’ve Slocan been ID’d many times. It feels unfair More than 100 people of all ages because I have not committed any carried signs and chanted the names crimes.” of black men and women victimized He said he found the show of by police as they walked down Harold support for the BLM movement Street in Slocan Village on June 6. comforting. The demonstrators gathered at “It’s nice to know, at least in noon at the village’s historic Swan this town where I came to look for House for the march. They met there a safe place to raise my family, raise “…in recognition and solidarity, to my children… that there are all these acknowledge the hurt and pain that people that’ll speak up,” he says.

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Police said at the time that it does not appear BOTTLE DEPOT Police say the woman was a passenger on a that impairment was a contributing factor to motorcycle on Sunday, June 21, when the driver this crash. ATTENTION! ATTENTION! of the vehicle lost control. The motorcycle left Anyone with information about this event, the highway and entered the river about 15-20 including any dash camera footage, is asked to kilometres west of Kaslo. contact WKTS in Nelson at 250-250-354-5180. THE ENCORP FLYER THAT WAS The man, in his 70s and from the West Perry Siding man drowns in Kootenay area, was able to swim ashore and drag kayaking mishap himself up to the highway where he flagged down by John Boivin, Local Journalism Initiative CIRCULATED RECENTLY IS a passing motorist for help. reporter “The man was taken to an area hospital for A Slocan Valley man drowned last month 3 YEARS OLD AND INCORRECT. treatment of non-life-threatening injuries,” the while kayaking in the Slocan River near Perry police report says. “His female companion, a Siding. – NEITHER ENCORP OR MOUNTAIN VALLEY woman in her 60s, also from the West Kootenays, Police say the 59-year-old man was a is believed to have been swept downstream in the skilled paddler, but overturned while navigating STATION AUTHORIZED THIS – fast-flowing river.” in the side channels in the area on the evening The woman was missing and presumed of June 17. drowned, but the search continued for her into He was not wearing a life jacket. MOUNTAIN VALLEY STATION a second day in the turbulent, dangerous waters “Neighbours observed him and were able of the river. to communicate with him, but he slipped under “Chris Armstrong, BC Swiftwater the water before they could get out there,” said BOTTLE DEPOT HOURS REMAIN Specialist, arrived and was able to oversee and Constable Corey Chaloner of the New Denver direct the swiftwater teams and did a stellar job,” RCMP detachment. THE SAME AS ALWAYS: said a news release from the Kaslo Search and The neighbours were able to pull the man Rescue Team. “The woman was located mid- out of the river but could not revive him. afternoon (June 22) and unfortunately had not Police can’t say why the man lost control of TUESDAY – SATURDAY 9-5 survived the ordeal.” his kayak, but say the river in full spring runoff Kaslo Search and Rescue managers Robyn can be dangerous. CLOSED SUN, MON and Glen Skobalski were in charge of the search. “Unfortunately, this is a tragedy that did Other ground search and swiftwater teams were not have to occur,” says Chaloner. “We really called in to assist from Revelstoke, Nelson, would like to remind people going on the water & HOLIDAYS Castlegar, South Columbia, Rossland and Grand to always wear a personal floatation device. It Forks. The search also involved members from could save your life.” 4 NEWS The Valley Voice July 2, 2020 Hidden Garden Gallery launches 20th season with silent auction art show First artist show features Nancy Anderson’s photos of the Slocan Submitted by HGG gallery. Final bids for each piece will The show runs July 14-19. of its backwoods characters. she had known in her youth. She had The Hidden Garden Gallery kicks be updated online at the end of each Nancy was born in New Denver In 1976, Kennecott Copper wanted always had a camera, and her picture off the 2020 season July 7-12 with a day until the end of the week. in 1930 and grew up on the Bosun to move John to Costa Rica. On the taking continued. When she died, in silent auction art show to celebrate A series of artist shows follows, (Harris) Ranch between New ranch, Nancy’s father, Sandy, was 2008, she left thousands of photos, a its 20-year anniversary. Check it out July 14-September 6. Denver and Silverton. She moved to alone and lonely – his wife Mollie’s record of her life throughout British at the gallery at 112 Slocan Ave, Submitted by Cole Harris Vancouver for grade 12, and in 1948 memory had failed and she was in Columbia and in the Slocan. It is from New Denver, or online at www. The gallery proudly announces enrolled at UBC. She majored in a home in Vernon. It was in these a small fraction of her Slocan pictures hiddengardengallery.ca. Artists are its first 2020 artist show: Nancy biology, did a master’s degree, then a circumstances that John quit his job, – her many photo albums – that the donating half of the proceeds to the Anderson’s Photographs of the Slocan. year of teacher training and taught for and that he and Nancy left Vancouver colour pictures in this exhibition have a time. She married John Anderson, and moved to the ranch. They settled in been selected. The black and white a young mining engineer. They lived with Sandy in the house where Nancy pictures are not hers; they have been in North Vancouver, but John’s work had grown up, and lived there for the included for context. Overall, the with Kennecott Copper took him into rest of their lives. exhibition is a glimpse of Nancy, of many corners of the province. Nancy In the Slocan, Nancy became the Slocan Valley, and of Nancy’s often accompanied him, and year after a pillar of a known community. way of seeing it – a glimpse of one year attended (and often organized) the She participated in its life, had a who loved the Slocan, and whose life, BC Natural History Society’s summer legion of friends, and was particularly the Bosun ranch, and the valley were camp somewhere in the mountains forward in ecological and historical deeply intertwined. of British Columbia. She knew the organizations. She also returned to and Nancy’s cousins Cole Harris and province’s natural spaces and many explored the land – the nature – that Haide James selected the photographs. Upcoming events with WildSafeBC in Nakusp-New Denver and Kaslo areas submitted information about these events and other Please report wildlife in conflict to Local WildSafeBC Coordinators opportunities for education programs in the Conservation Officer Service 24/7 Cora Skaien (New Denver-Nakusp and the Kaslo and Area D region, contact at 1-877-952-7277. Residents can also area) and Brian Montgomery (Kaslo Brian, at [email protected] or report sightings of bear, cougar, coyote and area) have some exciting events 905-977-8288. or wolf in an urban area. These reports coming up to help keep wildlife wild Both Cora and Brian will also be are uploaded daily to WildSafeBC’s and communities safe. conducting garbage tagging throughout Wildlife Alert Reporting Program In the New Denver-Nakusp region, the summer to note garbage left out (WARP), available at www.wildsafebc. Cora has a number of free events lined before designated times within each com/warp. This program allows the up, including an online Wildlife Safety municipality. They will also do door- public to see what wildlife has been and Awareness webinar on Tuesday, July to-door campaigns, and will leave reported in their neighbourhood and be 7, 6:30-8 pm, and an Electric Fencing informative door hangers at homes alerted of new sightings. Workshop in Nakusp on July 21, 6:30-8 in communities where there has been WildSafeBC is grateful for the pm in collaboration with Grizzly Bear recent wildlife conflict. generous support the program receives Coexistence Solutions. Keep an eye For further information on wildlife from its funders including the Regional out for Cora at local trailheads and and how to reduce human-wildlife District of Central Kootenay, Columbia campgrounds to learn about safety in conflict, visit www.wildsafebc.com, Basin Trust, the British Columbia the backcountry and use of bear spray. follow your local WildSafe community Conservation Foundation, the BC For more information about these events page on Facebook (WildSafeBC New Ministry of Environment and Climate and other opportunities for education Denver-Nakusp and WildSafeBC Change Strategy, Village of New Eric McConnell Day programs in the New Denver-Nakusp Kaslo), or call your WildSafeBC Denver, Village of Nakusp and Village 1931-2020 region, contact Cora, at newdenver@ community coordinator. of Kaslo. It is with great sadness that we announce wildsafebc.com or 778-987-3652. the passing of Eric McConnell Day on In the Kaslo and Area D region, Silverton Council ponders campground questions April 4, 2020 at the Arrow Lakes Hospital Brian will be delivering the Wildlife by Moe Lyons the opportunity to comment, and many in Nakusp. Safety and Awareness webinar on At a Committee of the Whole went into great detail about what they Eric was born on December 29, 1931 to Tuesday, July 14, 6:30-8 pm. You meeting on June 23, Silverton council thought should happen. Some people Thomas Henry and Sarah Annie Day (neé can find Brian throughout Area D discussed its options regarding the local were alarmed about the scale of the Botham) in Workington, England. He was providing information and outreach campgrounds for 2020. Consensus was logging at Lakeside and upset they had their second child after his elder sister to residents on wildlife safety and at to open Creekside Campground as soon received no notice about it. Ethel Irene. While growing up, Eric would trailheads during the summer. For more accompany his family on weekend picnics into the nearby Lakeland fells, where he as possible, and to hire a planner to re- Councillors asked staff to find first got his life-long love for the outdoors and hill walking. A favourite picnic spot design Lakeside Campground. suitable planners to bid on the contract was on Whinlatter Pass. Council decided that Creekside to redesign Lakeside. Councillor Main would open on a first come first served proposed that all the public input be Eric graduated in 1954 from Manchester University with a BSc with Honours in basis this year – no reservation – and provided to the successful campground Physics. Upon graduation he set out ready to work anywhere in the world with the hopes of retiring at age 40. His career as a seismologist took him to Iran (in the time the washrooms will not be opened designer. of the Shah), Libya (before Colonel Gaddafi) and Norway (during the late 1960s early at this time. Water will be supplied. Main also said the cost of the exploration of the North Sea oil fields). Depending on what can be determined planner could be covered by the gas tax about physical distancing, there may or COVID-related funds. “We can afford He did indeed retire at 40 in the early 1970s, but the investments which he had planned be as many as 20 or as few as 10 sites. this,” she said. to live on did not fare so well. Also at this time, a breathing condition that he’d had since childhood, led him to seek a specialist who advised he needed cleaner air and As CAO Hillary Elliott put it, “Not Council agreed that Lakeside would could either live in the Alps or Rockies. opening the campground could result not open this season. “We don’t want in camping on our boulevards and to put up a bunch of money to do Choosing the Canadian Rockies, Eric settled in a suburb of Calgary and made friends elsewhere and result in social issues something slapdash,” Mayor Jason with ‘Red’ Fischbach with whom he began exploring the mountains. When he left arising due to this behaviour and no Clarke said. Alberta, he moved to Burton and built a small house from trees on his land, and pursued his interests in hiking, skiing and bird watching. Several years after, Eric designated place for camping.” The letters with input from Silverton met Gay Houston who was his partner for over 10 years. It was when Eric moved to Congratulations to Maddie Elliott also stated that not opening citizens on the campgrounds are available Hills to be with Gay in the 1990s that his affection for Slocan Lake, Bonanza Marsh Adair on her graduation Creekside Campground would for public viewing in the agenda package and the soaring Valhalla Mountains captured his heart. Soon after Gay’s passing in from Westmount Secondary negatively affect the Village’s 2020 at http://www.silverton.ca. budget and the local economy. She 2004, Eric moved back to Burton for a time before moving to Nakusp. School. Eric was usually seen with a book in his hand, or binoculars around his neck, or pointed out that other than taxation, CORRECTION holding a basket of fresh picked berries. He was a kind and generous friend and a Maddie will return to work at the campground is the largest revenue In the June 10 Silverton council beloved community member of Burton, Hills, and Nakusp. He leaves behind a host Nuru Coffee Bar this summer generator for the Village. notes in the June 18 issue, we reported of good friends and an important legacy of helping preserve forever Snk’mip Marsh and will be attending UBC Council was very happy with the that Mayor Clarke had offered his Sanctuary – a large portion of Bonanza Marsh at the head of Slocan Lake. Okanagan in the fall. response to the request for community resignation to council. Mayor Clarke Eric, we will miss you. May your spirit be free to soar with the birds. input on the campgrounds. More than didn’t offer his resignation to council – Best of luck and lots of love 50 detailed responses were received. he took a leave of absence. Therefore, Donations in Eric’s memory can be made to the Valhalla Wilderness Society, Nakusp from proud grandparents Opinions were many and varied. there is no letter from Clarke offering Public Library and BC Green Party. Teri and Bruce! People were clearly pleased to have his resignation. July 2, 2020 The Valley Voice NEWS 5 Recycling depots will be closed during transition to new system by Jan McMurray an effort to reduce contamination The switch to the new recycling and improve recyclability,” the system at depots throughout the RDCK release says. “Core depots region is underway. will be accepting the full suite of The green recycling bins will Recycle BC materials, whereas the all be removed by the beginning satellite depots will collect limited of July. Most depots will be closed materials. Hours of operation and for up to a month, while the new acceptable materials can be found infrastructure is being installed and on the RDCK website.” until the new hauler is ready to start Hours of operation collecting in the area. Hours of operation of depots “Recycle BC and their post in our area are as follows: Burton collection contractor, Green for (satellite depot) - Saturday 10 Life (GFL), have committed to am-2 pm; Crescent Valley (core having all depots open by August 1. depot) - Tuesday, Thursday, However, depots will open earlier Sunday 10 am-5 pm; Edgewood if possible,” says an RDCK press (core depot) - Sunday 9 am-1 release. “The RDCK is working pm and Sunday, Wednesday 9 with Recycle BC, GFL and local am-1 pm (June 1-September 30); haulers to expedite the transition Kaslo (core depot) - Sunday, process. Please check the RDCK Tuesday, Friday 9 am-3 pm (May website for updates. Residents are 1-September 30) and Sunday, asked to hold on to recyclables if Tuesday, Friday 10 am-3 pm their local depot is closed, or travel (October 1-April 30); Marblehead to the closest Recycle BC depot.” (satellite depot) - Wednesday, The first depot in our area Saturday 10 am-2 pm; Nakusp to make the switch was the one (core depot) - Monday 9-12:30 at Crescent Valley Hall, where and Wednesday, Saturday 9 am-4 the old bins were removed June pm; New Denver (core depot) 23 and the new facility was - Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday open June 26. Other depots in 10 am-4 pm; Silverton (satellite the Regional District of Central depot) - Wednesday, Friday 10 Kootenay (RDCK) that have made am-4 pm; Slocan (core depot) the switch and are open include - Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday 9 Nelson Lakeside, Ooteschenia, am-3 pm; Winlaw (satellite depot) Grohman Narrows, Yahk, Boswell -Monday, Wednesday 10 am-4 pm. and Creston (Helen St.). Removal of the old bins All other depots in our area will happened in Burton and Edgewood be launching throughout July. June 25; at Marblehead June 26; in “The Recycle BC program Slocan, Silverton and New Denver requires residents to sort recyclables June 29; in Kaslo and Balfour June into main categories and requires 30, and in Winlaw and Nakusp depots to be staffed and secured in July 2. New recycling system intended for residential use only submitted Valley, New Denver, Nakusp, The new recycling program in Ootischenia, Nelson (Lakeside) and the region will have an impact on Creston depots. All depots will have businesses. set hours. Rolling out at RDCK depots Businesses that produce high from now through July, the new volumes of other recyclable material program is residential only, and are encouraged to reach out to private will accept only flattened cardboard collectors. from the industrial, commercial and Recycle BC is a stewardship institutional sector (ICI). program responsible for residential “The RDCK board recognizes packaging and printed paper. ICI that in many of our small, remote recycling and non-packaging communities it makes little sense for material are not accepted in the the provincial program to expect our Recycle BC system. local businesses to make their own Under the new program, the arrangements to recycle materials RDCK is responsible for the which come from commercial collection of acceptable recyclables, packaging, but in most respects are which are then hauled, processed and the same as residential recycling,” marketed by Recycle BC. Recycle said Garry Jackman, Area A Director, BC is funded by producers of Chair of East Resource Recovery packaging and printed paper intended Committee. “This only makes sense for the residential market. Producers for institutions, industry or big box of products intended for the ICI outlets found in larger urban centres market do not financially contribute which is the model on which the to the program; therefore, Recycle program was based. The RDCK and BC considers ICI recyclables as other Regional Districts are lobbying contamination. the Province to address this gap.” The BC Recycling Regulation Where ICI recycling was does not address ICI recyclables, previously accepted at all RDCK thus these materials do not currently depots, under the new program only fall under the mandate of a flattened cardboard will be accepted stewardship program. The current from businesses, institutions and recycling market creates high costs industry. ICI cardboard recycling and challenges for private recycling will be accepted only at the Crescent programs. 6 OPINION The Valley Voice July 2, 2020

In conclusion, here is a message Bad experience at ER to the thieves: Keep your hands off Old woman with heart condition other people’s stuff. goes to emergency. For several days Margaret Hill now, she’s had repeated, prolonged Crescent Valley episodes of cardiac distress. She doesn’t know what it is. Comments to She is asked to go sit in the reception area. Within minutes a Mountain Resorts nurse appears and tells her they won’t Branch re: Zincton see her, that it’s a chronic condition, My preliminary areas of concern and she should go home and call are habitat displacement, quality of her doctor. life and affordability. This corridor No one asks what she has come in of interest for up to 4,500 hectares for. No chance to explain symptoms. of Crown land, not to include the In her hand she has her medical card. privately owned lands, may have She didn’t need it. implications for further erosion of We are so lucky! We have such natural wilderness habitat for several an excellent health care system. species. Something like that could never Changing flow of water channels happen here. is also a factor of significant concern But it did. After five or six days once there is disturbance on hillside of recurrent, incapacitating atrial slopes. Keeping hillsides intact fibrillation, the old woman was seems to be a better priority. turned away at the door. Once water starts moving, it is I know this. I was there. That unpredictable as to what unknown was me. Hospital management is paths and quantity of flow may result. unavailable. – KASLO HOTEL OPENS JUNE 1 – Drainage into some water sources Pub open noon to 10 pm, dining-in noon to 8 pm, take-out noon to 8 pm, off-sales Elsje de Boer for human consumption needs to be Fauquier a top priority. Mitigation, through or WELCOME BACK! Thieves among us after the fact, is not the best policy. www.kaslohotel.com 250-353-7714 I used to enjoy living in Crescent Culverting does not provide an The Ingrid Rice cartoon is a satirical look at current events in politics and is sponsored by the Kaslo Hotel. The Hotel does not necessarily share the political views of the artist. Valley, but lately not so much because adequate precautionary principle in afford the Zincton experience may equipment sales…” problems we’d only read about of two thefts, trespassers and the many terrain settings. have serious implications for the This is what it’s all about – a before investors decided this was the noise pollution from the screaming With respect to the quality of life affordability of people who need huge ski development to pay off in promised land. Here, as elsewhere in roars of two mini motorcycles which for neighbouring rural communities, to live and work in neighbouring skyrocketing sales for Valhalla Pure the Green Mountains, property has have injured one of my ears, and will there be resulting over- communities. – but it has no concern for the nature become highly coveted, exploitable, scared away the wild animals I very congestion and travel complications Sheila Haegedorn of our community. I’ve lived here for expensive. Extra services required much like seeing. along Hwy 31A itself? Presently, Kaslo 53 years and have seen developments because of the current buying binge In addition to having my cane many people gain a sense of that have been shaped to not disrupt saddling us Vermonters with some stolen from the Crescent Valley Post peacefulness for the spirit and soul Zincton our lives. This began with Valhalla of the highest taxes in the United Office on April 8, 2020, a month later when being able to get into quieter Park, and with the widespread desire States... a trespasser walked into my part of areas. This is not just a topic of Development in the community and elsewhere that “In the past generation, prices the forest and stole a large, pink rock disrespect for increased traffic on it be kept a roadless wilderness park. have soared from $50 a tillable acre that I’ve admired since I moved here a very precarious highway already; Problematic I read with dismay the description If permitted, the Zincton to as high as $20,000 for a quarter in 1975. The rock was 18 inches this is about people’s well-being of the grandiose project of a ski development will not just bring acre lot... many newly purchased long, 11 inches wide and 2 inches and desire to live more balanced development, with chalets and in 1,750. There will be further properties are fringed with no- thick. I miss it and I want it back. lives – the people who live year- bunkhouses for 1,750 or more, at expansion (plus the employees trespassing signs and the imported We have thieves and murderers round in areas of the RDCK and the Three Forks to Zincton. This will alter to serve these numbers). What sophistication behind (these signs) in our midst and we need to continue municipalities of Kaslo and New for the worse our local communities follows such an enterprise is the leaves no time for town affairs.” to outnumber them with decent Denver particularly. and the natural corridors that provide influx of the wealthy, who buy up or In another part of the article, people who respect the lives and As for the socio-economic scenic beauty and animal refuge. The build properties (for their winter ski a man owning some woods and a property of others. aspect, attracting people who can Expression of Interest (EOI) for this holidays), who pay bribing sums to weathered house told the Geographic proposal by the owner of Valhalla acquire what they want, raising the that his land valuation and taxes have EDITORIAL / LETTERS POLICY Pure (which actually constitutes a The Valley Voice welcomes letters to the editor and community news property values and the taxes so that risen threefold. articles from our readers. chain of stores), offers as a rationale ordinary people can no longer live This occurred some time Letters and articles should be no longer than 500 words and may be for the proposal: in the area. This is the major danger. ago, but the same thing has been edited. We reserve the right to reject any submitted material. “Ski, boot and binding suppliers I’ve seen this repeatedly. It repeatedly experienced in area Please mark your letter “LETTER TO THE EDITOR.” Include your report 20-40% annual growth in happened in a remote area of Vermont, after area in connection with this address and daytime phone number for verification purposes. units sold. Backcountry equipment reported by the National Geographic. kind of development. The changes We will not knowingly publish any letter that is defamatory or libelous. surpassed 12% of all ski equipment In the article, a councilman for the it generates are drastic and to me, We will not publish anonymous letters or letters signed with pseudonyms, sales in 2015 and continues to Village of Wilmington said: “‘We completely unwanted. I’d like to except in extraordinary circumstances. expand rapidly… it is reasonable to were naive, a little ski hill looked see Valhalla Pure make a normal Opinions expressed in published letters are those of the author and not anticipate that backcountry gear will like a good thing… but we soon had profit, not sacrifice our area to gain necessarily those of the Valley Voice. soon equal more than 20% of total ski a snowball we couldn’t control... an extra percentage on the sales of ski equipment, at the expense of wildlife, Box 70, New Denver, BC V0G 1S0 scenic values and the simplicity that The Valley Voice characterizes our lives here. Phone/Fax: 1-833-501-1700 E-Mail: [email protected] Website: www.valleyvoice.ca The developer’s citation in his Publisher - Dan Nicholson • Editor - Jan McMurray • Food Editor Emeritus - Andrew Rhodes • Arts & Culture Editor - Art Joyce rationale about ski equipment annual Reporters - Barbara Curry Mulcahy, Moe Lyons & Kathy Hartman growth is the undisguised aim behind this venture, and I believe he has ohn oivin This position is funded by the Government o Local Journalism Initiative Reporter - J B blindly ignored the impact the project Published and printed in British Columbia, Canada would have at all these levels. I The Valley Voice is distributed throughout the Slocan and Arrow Lake Valleys from South Slocan/Playmor Junction to Edgewood and Kaslo on Kootenay Lake. intend to object to the project in every Circulation is 7,600 papers, providing the most complete news and advertising coverage of any single newspaper serving this area. public forum to which I have access. 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get sheep and knit you a sweater! report has apparently concluded to sell their services in or from the In the land of Let’s get quality internet services Response to that caribou are designated extinct local economy, and are forced to from the fibre-optic backbone wired in the area, and that no signs of other move away from their families. sweaters and in to homes and businesses. ‘Where does ungulates were found. Really… I believe that the Zincton sticks Also, China’s Hua Wei/ Meng Canada stand?’ not one? Not a goat, nor a deer, nor development can add a valuable And COVID and 5G and the Wang Zhou = 5G wireless. Can we I am responding to Ed Zak’s an elk, nor a moose. Correct me asset to the West Kootenays and internet. Sweaters: may you have do without Chinese products? Ah, we letter on Israel and the West Bank if I’m wrong, but an ungulate is a to the province. It will draw more a cozy one because we always would be so rich and free if we did. and Israeli Arabs rights. hoofed mammal, and yeah I’m quite tourists and permanent residents seem to need one around! Sticks: (Well rich in real things....) Israel has held a historic right confident I’ve seen a few of these to the area. Tourism continues to well, they’re plentiful – sometimes Struggling continually against and claim to Judea and Samaria roaming happily on the proposed be a key sector for the local and troublesome, sometimes wonderful, my own fear and shock-caused (West Bank) even before it came into site. You have to then ask where such provincial economy. This results in if you’re a country dweller. COVID: apathy, possession of these areas in an act of reports come from? Clearly not from new capital investments, operational No matter what your opinion, hard Daphne Fields self defence in 1967. The question anyone who has actually skied or spending, and consumer spending to not feel somewhat pleased. Our Slocan now is whether to fully assert its hiked London Ridge! Of course it’s a for hotels, bed and breakfasts, air leading lady tells us simply to wear sovereignty title to certain of these report designed to mitigate concerns BnB providers, new and renovated a mask during our protests and if Building territories by simply extending its the public may have of the adverse housing, grocery stores, meat we don’t, she lightly chides us, and monuments law there. impact that 1,700 skiers, bikers, markets, restaurants, tourism we oblige. Many tourists come to New The Jewish people’s claim to the hikers a day could have… and it’s operators, retail stores and the The internet, which if it is to be Denver to visit the Nikkei Centre, historic land of Israel was recognized not accurate! like. Capital spending, operational an essential service – great – but the ghost town at Sandon, and the by the International Committee at the We’ve heard about the great spending, and consumer spending are let’s get quality service that does not Galena Trail along the former CPR San Remo Conference in 1920 and economic spin-offs all before, with fundamental to sustaining existing contribute to the demise of ourselves railbed. Each one tells a story of an in the League of Nations mandate in the likes of Retallack. I would argue jobs and for new job creation, not and the planet. Fibre-optic for the assumption that was developed with 1922. This was not a new right to the that similar exaggerated claims were just during summer months, but all trunk or mainline or backbone as a minimum of foresight, lots of hard land but recognition of the Jewish made then to garner approval for their year round. they’re calling it and wired into the work, and much suffering. Each is people’s pre-existing claim as an proposal. Just the language David I believe the Zincton home or business for the ‘last mile’ now a monument to the limits of Indigeous people to reconstitute their Harley uses “…Mountain Village” development will result in economic is the best option in terms of speed, human vision and the transitory national sovereignty in their ancestral doesn’t evoke a feeling of support growth in the area. I still need to be reliability and of course privacy. nature of our certainties. And each homeland, including the area now for the local communities and their convinced it can do so in a socially 5G, whose roll-out ushered in engages the visitor’s imagination. called the West Bank. amenities. Harley specifically states and environmentally responsible COVID-19 (see below), is the worst All people love stories. Sovereignty also includes the it will be intended for non-locals who manner. I look forward to further type of wireless and the worst option Over 50 years I have seen right to yield lands. The Israeli will be encouraged to book stays for opportunities to be involved in the for the ‘last mile.’ Kaslo seems to many proposed monuments to people must now decide whether several days, but then generously public consultation process and have done it right. For Crescent the human imagination. In 1969, to fully assert their right to certain says that he is sure there will be a to understand whether the social, Valley to New Denver, we need a smelter at New Denver was portions of Judea and Samaria (West core of dedicated local backcountry environmental, and economic to empower and counsel the main considered, promising many jobs. Bank) or yield other areas to the enthusiasts. Can’t imagine too benefits, costs, risks, and risk players (CBT, the municipalities, The envisioned development Palestinian claimants for the sake of many local backcountry enthusiasts mitigation measures can make this and Area H Director) to do this inflamed passions and divided the peace. Sadly, previous attempts to willing to pay for and share their a valuable project for everyone. too. Fibre-optic is on its way, just community until the proponent achieve peace by yielding disputed ‘backcountry’ experience they have Gerry Devine awaiting permits so it can travel – disappeared overnight, leaving lands to the Palestians were met by enjoyed for years with 1,700 out-of- Kaslo under the lake no less! So let’s get behind considerable debts with rejection, violence and bloodshed towners, but thanks for thinking of Logging caribou fibre-optic into as many homes and his supporters. Since then, there (Gaza a good example). us, I think? businesses as we can afford, and get have been several promised mine We have travelled and worked in Joseph Matthews habitat on the AJL Face federal or other funding if necessary. reopenings, luxury property Israel and were impressed by how the Silverton It was surprising to see the ‘good A must read at this time to do developments (one with a marina, Israeli Arabs and Israeli Jews have the news’ article about the Argenta- what’s best for the ‘last mile’ is: another with an airplane runway), same rights in freedom of worship, Support for Johnson’s Landing Face logging plans The Invisible Rainbow – A History sawmills, and various tourist are mayors of towns, own their own Zincton in your June 4 issue. Another perspective of Electricity and Life by Arthur attractions, each one promising businesses, are members and have I support the proposed is needed here. Firstenberg. jobs and economic prosperity seats in the Knesset (Government), development as outlined in the Proposed block 7 was entirely left Here are a few grim correlates: to the community. But, none of have the same voting rights, etc. Zincton Expression of Interest, May out of the article while it firmly remains 1889 power line harmonic radiation these poorly thought out ideas left There are bombs coming into 20, 2020, prepared by Brent Harley in Cooper Creek Cedar’s (CCC) cutting began. From that year forward, behind a visual attraction substantial Israel very often and this causes a and Associates Inc. provided that it plans. This is the most contentious block the earth’s magnetic field bore the enough to illustrate their story of lot of trauma. It was touching to see follows a comprehensive stakeholder as it would decimate 26.3 hectares of imprint of power line frequencies folly and cupidity for visitors. We wounded people from Gaza and other consultation process and meets the active mountain caribou habitat. and their harmonics. The power line are only left with memories. countries that were sending bombs requirements of science-based due Biologist Brenda Herbison found age ushered in the 1889 pandemic of History seems to be accelerating. brought into the Israel hospitals diligence for social, environmental, evidence of three mountain caribou influenza. Noah Webster in A brief In only a few years, speculation where they were treated, operated and economic impacts. utilizing this exact area last spring. It is History of Epidemic and Pestilential about a changing climate has on and looked after and sent home. Citizens in the West Kootenays now thought that these caribou are part Diseases, 1799 clarified earlier: become an inescapable reality. I know of no other country that does are fortunate to live in one of the most of the Central Selkirk herd. At last count, “If the atmosphere is, at times, Racial and economic inequalities this. pristine and beautiful parts of British less than 30 animals remain in the herd. electrified beyond the degree which can no longer be ignored by affluent Joan Law Columbia, maybe the world, if they These are the last mountain caribou in the is usual, and necessary to preserve white people. Capitalist resource New Denver can afford it. Jobs are hard to find and Kootenays south of the Trans-Canada. the body in a due state of excitement, extraction policies are having many young and older workers need So, the mountain caribou on proposed the nerves must be too highly excited, equally catastrophic ecological and Zincton to work multiple jobs to generate cutblock 7 represent about 10% of and under a continued operation of economic consequences. And an smokescreen the income they need. Those who caribou remaining in the Kootenays and undue stimulus, become extremely overpopulated and overly mobile Is there a better way to promote can’t work locally, or can’t make are now the southernmost mountain irritable, and subject to debility.” species has become a perfect petri and sell off, for the most part, enough money working locally, end caribou on the planet. Just south of In 1918, the radio era began. dish for microbes. What better time worthless private property? Probably up travelling to other parts of BC, here, both the South Selkirk herd and Enter Spanish flu influenza. In has there been for people to look at not. Alberta and elsewhere in Canada the South Purcell herd have recently 1957, the radar era began: Asian themselves and their community and Really this reminds me of the to generate income and then return been functionally extirpated. The line flu. 1968, satellite era: Hong Kong think about doing things differently? good old ‘prospecting’ tradition that to the Kootenays and their families of extinction must stop here! To log flu pandemic. Other great mileposts I won’t live long enough to see was, and apparently still is, such when they can. With the increasing mountain caribou habitat within these of technology (of course there are the proposed Zincton development a part of the local history. Go and availability of high-speed internet circumstances is entirely irresponsible. always sunspots too!) HAARP and acquire the patina that would make stake a claim, build up its value with services, telehealth, etc., there is Shamefully, our government simply the beginning of the wireless era, an abandoned ruin in the mountains unbelievable hyperbole such as: an increasing trend for experienced looks the other way. upped in 2005/06 a spike which an attractive and illustrative parable environmentally sensitive, socially workers with college and university Karen Newmoon, a volunteer ‘got’ me, and many others. 2019 for visitors. I think we already have and culturally responsible, near educations to ‘live local, and work member of a community liaison 5G rollout. This rollout needs to be enough monuments to this old story. carbon-zero, blah blah blah. global.’ Unfortunately, many young committee with CCC, is the only rolled back. Daniel Hellyer No “full” environmental study workers and older workers in the individual quoted in the article. She states: Read the book. Google 5G. I’ll New Denver has been completed, and yet a Kootenays don’t have the experience continued on page 8 8 LETTERS The Valley Voice July 2, 2020

continued from page 7 $50,000; third offence $250,000; fourth the real evidence, as the George Floyd I sincerely hope that taxpayers wake comfortless culture. Many people “No logging plan will be satisfactory to $1 million, etc. murder clearly shows. up and elect representatives at the next are suffering from hopelessness everyone in the community, but we’ve Fuel storage: There should be no fuel RCMP in Canada have enormous civic, provincial and federal elections because they don’t have the God of had a lot of back and forth with Cooper storage allowed without the approval of powers with more added every year who will have some balls and stand up All Comfort. Consider your ways. Creek and have been able to work every property owner downstream from from Ottawa. Let’s make the RCMP to the bureaucrats who advise them to Consider the reality of your life and towards a reasonable plan.” I am sure that the storage facility. accountable and transparent to the public spend, spend, spend. the uncertainty of your future and find very few people in the community would One of the most important reasons they serve. Watered-down half measures Val Koenig comfort in the One who can provide consider logging mountain caribou such enterprises should not go ahead is will not do. People worldwide have had Kaslo certainty for you. Jesus said, “I am habitat a part of any reasonable plan. But because the high alpine is equivalent to enough of the racism and systemic police the Truth.” (John 14:6). Comfort is this is much bigger than a community the high Arctic. Environmental damage surveillance and violence. Truth brings found in Truth. issue. Losing an iconic mammal of done will not recover in a year or two. I recommend the public get dash comfort Rhys Demman Canada is a national tragedy. I would It will take decades or maybe even cams in their vehicles and use them when Christians have a saying: “There Kaslo venture to say that most Canadians centuries. in a traffic stop by the RCMP. Forget is nothing new under the sun.” would be dismayed to know the truth of Ed Varney the foxes taking care of the hen house; (Ecclesiastes 1:9) We constantly Dialectic what is happening to mountain caribou Winlaw outfit yourself with some protective hear people saying that we are in reasoning in our country. equipment. You have the right to conduct “unprecedented times.” This is not the Socrates was mentioned a couple of Cooper Creek Cedar will seek Racism in yourself in a lawful and respectful case. Everything we see happening times in recent letters to the editor. We cutting permits and road permits soon. North America manner, officer! in the world around us has happened relate Socrates to a reasoning process If you care about our last mountain That a racist was even elected Nick Chatten before. There have been plagues known as the dialectic. Dialectic may caribou in the Kootenays, please write president speaks volumes about white Crescent Valley throughout history, and humanity will be defined as a discourse between two or to BC Minister Doug Donaldson supremacy in the USA. It’s all being continue to be plagued until the end of more people holding different points of [email protected] and Federal laid bare now, eh Donnie? The racist Open Letter to time. When we forget history, it can view and establishing the truth through Minister of Environment Honourable confederate statues are being torn down, Village of Kaslo seem like we are floundering in a sea reasoned methods of argumentation. Jonathan Wilkinson ec.ministre-minister. even Christopher Columbus statues are of uncertainty. You can compare it to what we call a [email protected] to protest the issuance being beheaded or tossed into the drink. and RDCK Truly, there are events in our debate, but debates are more adversarial of permits that devastate endangered After 400 years of blatant racism, its It has taken me three weeks and lifetimes that leave us fearful. and tend to involve our ego’s need to mountain caribou habitat. reckoning time for the USA. Donnie four drafts of this letter to cool down Unfortunately, we have developed be right. In dialectic reasoning, we are Gary Diers is running scared with his approval enough to submit my final comments. for ourselves a very insulated culture challenged to set aside personal interest Argenta rating way down. Even Donnie’s To say that I am Pi*#$* Off would be an which does its best to ignore suffering in consideration for truth that lies outside generals are hoofing it out of the White understatement. I am a senior on a fixed or to soften the blow. Instead of saying ourselves. Open letter House. Donnie claims to be the “most income, and over the last five years my that someone is dead, we say, “They In debates, there is a winner and to Mountain militaristic” president in history. Donnie Old Age Pension went up 7.1% or 1.4% passed away.” This sort of language a loser; in dialectic reasoning, all dodged Vietnam because of bone spurs per year or $1.86 per week. My tax bill is designed to insulate us from reality participants become the winners. Debates Resorts Branch – it’s laughable. over the same five years went up 58.2% and make it easier to handle in the will often have an audience which the This resort should not proceed The scary part will be after the or 11.6% per year. My total increase from short term. The more we do this, the debaters wish to influence. Many of us because it does not serve the people November election if dear Donnie 2019 to 2020 was $277 or 13.44%. harder the truth is to deal with. enjoy listening to ‘the Debaters’ on CBC of BC or provide any benefit. Such LOSES. Will the military keep King Let me start with the Village of This plague has exposed our radio. The winner is the one who gets resorts should not be allowed in caribou Don in the White House? Will King Kaslo. In your press release you indicated shortcomings when it comes to truth. most of the cheers. In a serious debate, habitat or any region deemed to be Don respect the US election and step no tax increase this year. When I received We have avoided unpleasantness for we must be more discriminating in order caribou habitat. However as we have down if he loses to Joe Biden? USA is my tax notice, General Municipal taxes so long that now when something to avoid being misled. We must expect a government that caters to the ‘money looking like a thug country like Egypt, went up $38 and my Water Frontage unavoidable happens we can’t deal disinterest among the debaters. pigs’ of the world, the following should Turkey or North Korea. Not everyone went up $66 for a total of $104. So much with it, so we shut society down We should be suspicious of the win/ occur. loves a fascist strongman, Donnie. Your for holding the line! altogether. We avoid the truth in our lose approach that we see too often in The people of BC must come first. white base is finally waking up that their I understand the Village has to fear, choosing to hide rather than deal debates. This came home to me recently All back roads in BC must be reopened country has itself turned into a crater collect taxes for shared services with the with the issue. when I saw the empty chairs of a group and maintained for all people of BC. of racism and Police State fear with a RDCK, which increased by $115 over There were those at the beginning of experts who chose not to show up for a People who come here to enjoy it will pandemic that will kill at least another 2019, and by a total of $278 or 42.8% of the plague who called on us to scheduled debate. I can only imagine that pay a fee in an amount that will provide 100,000 Americans by September. over the last five years. I have to ask: Are ‘flatten the curve’ – a common-sense they discussed the matter and decided the money to maintain these roads. That bunker under the darkened you guys crazy?!? It is long past due that idea which is intended to draw out that they could better ‘win’ the debate Having these roads open will provide White House is a good place for you either you cut staff or services or both. the infection rate over a longer period with their lobbying, their influence in access for salvage of wood fibre for BC Donnie: out of sight, out of mind. Taking Taxpayers on fixed incomes or minimum of time so that medical institutions the media, and of course their money. mills and put people of BC to work. that walk to the St. John’s Episcopal wage cannot afford to be used as cash would be able to handle it. But in our Wealth that was once used to buy one’s Caribou and helicopters: If the Church to hold up your prop of a Bible cows. Nor should you have your hands desire to hide from reality, we began way out of purgatory was now applied ministry studying caribou wants to was a dumb idea, Donnie. Instead of in our pockets continuously. As elected to fool ourselves into thinking that in an attempt to influence inconvenient know where and why the caribou are being dominant, strongman Donnie, representatives, it is your job to keep the ‘flattening the curve’ meant that the laws of nature. disappearing or have disappeared, they you looked like a weak, failed Bible salaried bureaucrats under control, which plague would go away and we would We must also expect disinterest in should plot a graph showing the increase salesman. Using tear gas on peaceful you are not doing. all be permanently safe. That was the search for facts and the willingness in helicopter fuel sales compared with people demonstrating the George Floyd The provincial and federal never the purpose. In our fear, we are to conduct research when the facts are the decrease in the number of caribou. death by a white policeman’s knee to the governments are no different. They now demanding that the shutdowns not available. Recently, I watched a US When this was suggested to the ministry, neck was a bad political move, Donnie. appoint their friends to high-paying continue while levelling accusations senator question industry representatives the response was simply this: ‘you White people are waking up to the positions on various boards, and turn against others who want to go back to on whether there was any information on are preaching to the choir but I’m not ugly truth that Canada is a racist nation, them loose to soak the taxpaying public life, saying that they ‘want Grandma the safety of 5G. They had to admit there allowed to say anything.’ So the people just like the USA. The RCMP and justice at will. A prime example is the Utilities to die.’ But ‘flattening the curve’ and was none. This, ‘conveniently,’ gives the whose wages we pay to advise the system better take a hard look in the Board and ICBC. Both continuously shutting down was never a cure; it industry the ability to maintain that there government are not only ignored, they mirror and take steps to be truly fair and increase fees with no corresponding was simply meant to postpone. Death is no evidence of harm. are silenced. In BC, in the name of equitable for ALL Canadians. increase in service. I have never had is not something we can stop. At best, Profits are likely to trump disinterest. caribou, the government will put people Body cameras on RCMP seem like an accident or a claim and am at their we are only able to postpone it. This I watched an interview with a major of BC out of work, alleging impact on a great solution, but sadly they are not. highest discount rate, but my invoice doesn’t mean we should be callous investor in pharmaceutical products. The caribou habitat while welcoming ‘money The USA has had body cameras on went up $51 or 5.16% for 2020, after an toward the fears of others, but it also investor proudly stated that he realized a pigs’ to put their asses on helicopters. police officers for five years and police increase of $71 or 7.73% the year before. doesn’t mean we should pretend that 20 to one return on his investments. Disposal of human waste: When brutality has not gone down. Getting Before the COVID-19 pandemic the truth is untrue. Death and plague When this pandemic has passed, we Valhalla was opened, tourists polluted access to body cam footage can almost hit, both levels of government had no are our reality. Even if we continue have an opportunity to investigate some Slocan’s drinking water in Mulvey be impossible with police stonewalling. money for the homeless, mentally ill or our shutdown, we will not make this associations involving our lifestyles, our Creek. All human waste must be taken RCMP Commissioner Brenda Lucki for drug addiction treatment. Now they plague go away. environment, and our medical histories out. Absolutely zero on Crown land. The says she will move forward with the have dipped into our pockets and our Now is the time for us to think and learn how we might mitigate future number of people will dictate the weight body cams to try and raise public trust. children and grandchildren’s pockets for rightly, and deal with our fears in the pandemics. The findings would possibly and volume that will be present. If waste Judging from the USA experience, it will billions of dollars that will likely never right way. This plague has exposed not support corporate interests. amounts do not add up, fines be levied. be more secrecy and cover-ups. CCTV be paid back and will be a drain on our the hopeless and comfortless culture Norbert Duerichen First offence $10,000; second offence and people with their cell phones have economy forever. we live in. A godless culture is a New Denver July 2, 2020 The Valley Voice COMMUNITY 9 Bringing a climate change lens to conservation: Greg Utzig submitted by Nicole Trigg, Kootenay consultant. occupy many valley bottoms in the uptick in interest in his work, in part Martin Carver, Greg has also Conservation Program In 2010, the BC Future Forest East and West Kootenays, and even due to the Kootenay Connect project developed projections for the Basin’s Much of what we know about Ecosystems Scientific Council mid and upper elevations in the that focuses on key wildlife linkages hydrologic regions using the most landscapes in the Kootenay region offered an opportunity to work on Boundary region. in the Kootenays. current set of climate models from can be traced back to Greg Utzig. climate change modelling. Greg “The study showed that certain “The important cross-valley the Intergovernmental Panel on In some way or another, for the and other Kootenay researchers ecosystems are likely to undergo corridors that Kootenay Connect Climate Change (IPCC). past 40 years Greg has been at (Rachel Holt, Cindy Pearce and drastic change, going from a really has identified end up being an Not surprisingly, when he the centre of landscape analysis Heather Pinnell) received funding nice lush forest to weeds and brush,” important component of my regional compared the new projections to for land use planning, climate to look at climate change impacts Greg says. “We tried to identify climate corridors, which have more the older models that came out of the modelling, watershed and habitat on forest ecosystem resilience in ways to make those changes less of a north-south emphasis because 2010-2012 study, Greg discovered analysis, terrain stability mapping, the West Kootenays. Completed in catastrophic and more gradual so species are going to be moving the outlook has grown even more forest management and biodiversity 2012, the project generated a series species could have an opportunity upslope and to the north seeking grim. protection — and that’s just the tip of 12 reports, which are available at to potentially adapt.” cooler temperatures.” “You have to keep in mind, what of the iceberg. kootenayresilience.org. Although Greg feels that in Greg has also been looking at we do now determines what’s going “I’m actually trying to retire but “We analyzed potential general a strong emphasis on climate what climate change means for to happen decades down the road. people keep calling me,” Greg says bioclimates for different forest zones change has been lacking, in the last aquatic ecosystems. On a project We’ve already pretty much locked in with a laugh. and how vegetation communities year he has noticed a significant for CBT, in collaboration with what our projections demonstrated. Greg, who lives in Nelson, grew might change. We really focused That’s why it’s extremely important up in Wisconsin and earned his on the 2080s, because if you plant a we reduce GHG emissions now, or undergrad degree in geology at the tree today, you can’t usually expect preferably yesterday.” University of Wisconsin during the to harvest it for 100 years.” Greg’s report outlining a height of the Vietnam War. Although The study examined the results potential approach to incorporating he was declared a conscientious of three different scenarios to capture changes associated with climate objector, his opposition to the war led some of the uncertainty that the future disruption into threat assessments and him to look north. He was accepted holds. One thing all three scenarios management planning for Kootenay into grad school at the University of agreed on was that the Engelmann Connect wildlife linkage areas can be British Columbia and by the time he Spruce-Subalpine Fir Zone climate viewed at kootenayconservation.ca. graduated with a Master’s degree in envelope — the uppermost forested soil science in 1978, he had already zone in the East and West Kootenays been working as a regional soil — will disappear by the 2080s. scientist for several years for the “What the three models differ on Ministry of Forests in Nelson. is what it’s replaced by,” says Greg. “I was in charge of developing In low elevation zones, all three the biogeoclimatic ecosystem scenarios indicated that all seasons classification for southeastern BC, will be warmer and winters slightly from the late ’70s into the ’80s. When wetter, but summers will likely be I started studying climate change in much hotter and drier. Many species the 1990s, I realized it was going to will have to shift their ranges to negate much of my previous work.” survive. In some cases, they may Greg worked as a forest manager have to adapt to climates similar in Mozambique in the mid-1980s to those that exist in places as far before returning to the Kootenays as away as Arizona today. Climates an ecologist and land use planning associated with grasslands may Ecologist and land use planning consultant, Greg Utzig. Kootenay Lake fund helping support local landscape and wildlife submitted dedicated funds for conservation, worst invasive species,’ and to the conservation project qualifies, or Seven important conservation the KLLCF distributes funding to Kootenay Native Plant Society’s if you have any questions about projects were recently approved successful projects that are approved work with landowners to increase the fund, contact Juliet Craig at by the Regional District of Central by the service area’s RDCK directors native wildflower populations for 250-352-2260 or email juliet@ Kootenay (RDCK) to receive each year. native bees and other pollinators. kootenayconservation.ca. funding from the Kootenay Lake The wildlife species that will The fund is also continuing to The application intake for 2021 Local Conservation Fund (KLLCF) be helped through the KLLCF are support critical water monitoring projects will open in August 2020 in 2020. These projects will benefit grizzly bears, bats and western toads. taking place on North Kootenay and all applications must be received Areas A, D and E by lending Beavers, a species of special concern, Lake by the Kootenay Centre for on or by October 30, 2020. For Our valley’s green a helping hand to a number of will also be studied to help begin Forestry Alternatives, which is more information on the KLLCF, grocer since 1990 local at-risk species, by removing beaver restoration in the region in helping inform water management visit kootenayconservation.ca/ destructive invasive species from the future. in the face of climate change. conservation-funds/kllcf/ local ecosystems, by supporting The KLLCF is also contributing “We were impressed by the • Fresh native bees and other pollinators, to the Central Kootenay Invasive number of excellent project proposals and by informing water management Species Society’s work of helping that we received this year,” said Juliet • Organic in the Kootenay Lake watershed. address knotweed in Areas A, D Craig, program manager for the A local government service with and E, one of the ‘world’s 100 Kootenay Conservation Program, which works in partnership with • Wholesome the RDCK to administer the fund. 1290 Hwy #6 “We had far more applications than funding dollars this year, and this Crescent Valley level of interest suggests there are 250-359-7323 many local organizations ready to address the conservation issues of – Open daily – this region and work towards the (Closed Christmas & New Year’s day) healthy functioning ecosystems that contribute to our prized way of life in the Kootenays.” The KLLCF was established by the RDCK in 2014 by referendum. Property owners in RDCK Electoral Areas A, D and E pay an annual tax of $15 per parcel towards this dedicated fund, which provides financial support to local projects that help conserve and restore the area’s Western toads are among the species that will be helped through the KLLCF. prized natural surroundings. To find out if your idea for a 10 COMMUNITY The Valley Voice July 2, 2020 First Nakusp, then New York: café owner has plans for a global brand by John Boivin, Local soda, to create the enhancer Top because my father’s been hasn’t diminished much in A portion of the sales of experience and skill into this Journalism Initiative to have a coffee that has a distributing the enhancer to nearly 40 years in the Slocan. the enhancer will go to support project, creating a world-class reporter smooth brew.” local stores for the past year,” “I am happy my son came, the elder Cifarelli’s favoured experience for his customers. The owner of Mountain The organic additive he adds. “And it’s exciting because my dream would charity, Operation Smile, “What excites me is Top Coffee Shop on Nakusp’s changes the acidity without when somebody says they never have happened. I’m not which provides surgery for giving something back to the Broadway Street hopes his affecting the aroma or flavour, couldn’t drink coffee without a businessman. children born with cleft lips community,” says Richard. new café will be what Pike’s he says. this product because of the “This is going to click. or palates. “Creating a shop that has the Place is to Starbucks: the While he’s new to the acidity. So it’s nice it’s going It’s going to come together In the meantime, his warmth, the ability to make flagship store that launches coffee business, Cifarelli says to help people and give people like magic.” son says he’s putting all his people feel good.” an international brand. he’s been an entrepreneur all a chance to have a coffee they “We’re trying to create his life, and now he wants to don’t have to smother with an experience, it’s not just a bring his skills to make his milk and sugar.” coffee shop,” says Richard father’s invention a success. But this store is more Cifarelli. He’s been in Nakusp since than a showcase for his On the outside – and the new year, and the New dad’s invention. Part of the PHOTO CREDIT: JOHN BOIVIN CREDIT: PHOTO in – Mountain Top Coffee York-based businessman space will be dedicated to looks like a typical coffee found the building, leased and manufacturing and packaging shop: funky, earth-coloured gutted it, renovated it from top the enhancer for sale in décor with a touch of design to bottom, and purchased the grocery stores far beyond the sensibility; a building equipment. When the Valley Kootenays. repurposed from a ‘colourful’ Voice visited, he was in the “We’re going to have past; a barista bar with all final stages of preparing to multiple businesses in the US sorts of equipment and open. That’s scheduled for and Canada,” he predicts. “It’s supplies; and a selection of July 1. all starting here in the Slocan coffees supplied by Nelson’s “It’s going to be a kind Valley.” Oso Negro, considered by of chic, rustic environment, The inventor who started many the best coffee roaster a kind of place you feel like all this fuss has been watching in the region. you can come and hang out his son at work. But it’s what Cifarelli and have your coffee,” he “People are just going to plans to add to the coffee that says. “There will be outdoor love it,” he simply says, in a makes his product stand out. seating, a 25-foot outdoor strong New York accent that Richard Cifarelli (right) and his father Nick pose behind the soon-to-be busy barista stand at Mountain Top Coffee in Nakusp. His father – known as ‘New community table. There’ll York Nick’ in his adopted be an open mic throughout Free wildfire resiliency home assessments in Slocan, Silverton, New Denver home town of Silverton-New the week. submitted event is an important step. We come within close proximity,” home ignition. Denver – invented a powder “We want people to feel Free wildfire resiliency have tools to help us prepare says Stephan Martineau, To inquire about a free formula that when added to earthy, and comfortable.” home assessments are for wildfire, one of which is manager of SIFCo. home assessment, or learn coffee, cuts the drink’s acidity. Customers can choose being offered to residents encouraging residents to do The assessment will more about the SVWRP, visit That makes it more palatable between having a coffee with of Slocan, Silverton or all they can to ensure that offer the homeowner clear www.sifco.ca/svwrp or contact and flavourful, and reduces his dad’s enhancer, or regular. New Denver by the Slocan their home is not susceptible guidelines on what can be SIFCo at [email protected] to the need for milk or sugar, But Cifarelli thinks most will Integral Forestry Cooperative to ignition if a wildfire were to done to minimize the risk of set up an appointment. says Cifarelli. choose the former. (SIFCo). These assessments “It’s an enhancer,” he “I believe Canadians – are part of the ‘Slocan Cops seek man who damaged police car, other vehicles in June says. “My father, over 20- the people of the Kootenays Valley Wildfire Resiliency submitted the Nakusp RCMP that a police coloured hoodie with the hood plus years, played around – have a desire to be more Program’ (SVWRP) and are RCMP are looking for a vehicle was targeted, as damage pulled up over a baseball cap, with different ingredients healthy,” he says. “So the less an important step towards brazen vandal who damaged to the vehicle could have resulted a pair of light-coloured pants on his land, and over time acid in the coffee gives you a creating wildfire resilient several cars last month in the in a front line police officer not and a pair of black shoes with established a certain formula healthier brew. communities. area of 5th St. NW in Nakusp– being able to respond to an a reflective tab on the back. He of fruits, herbs and baking “People know Mountain “Residents of the Slocan including a fully marked RCMP emergency call for service from was carrying a light-coloured Valley live within the wildland vehicle. the public,” says Cpl. Jaime backpack with a black zipper. urban interface, so the risk of Police say the incident Moffat. If anyone has any wildfire potentially entering occurred in the early morning The suspect’s image was information regarding this one of our communities is a hours of June 14. captured on a security camera. incident please contact the reality. Preparing for such an “It is of great concern to It shows a male, approximately Nakusp RCMP at 250-265- 5’8”- 6’ tall, wearing a light- 3677. New shipment Nakusp Public Library offers summer of fence posts reading club with space theme and fencing submitted their reading progress and receive now in!!! Looking for something fun badges for their accomplishments. Animal feed for for your kids to do? The free This is also where you can access chickens, horses, BC Summer Reading Club, weekly activity videos that the BC pigs, sheep, dogs, run through the Nakusp Public Summer Reading Club team is cats & more Library, has you covered. providing. To receive the materials This year’s theme is ‘Explore for these activities, the library will Septic tanks our universe,’ so we will be be putting together packages that learning about many different include everything you need for & pipe aspects of traveling to space the BC wide activity, as well as an including technology, astronauts, additional weekly craft, activity, We are limiting people and even aliens. Kids will be or colouring page especially to 3 customers in the able to ask a real astronomer for Nakusp participants. These store at any one time. their questions through Zoom packages will be available for Social distancing of 6 presentations in July and pick-up every week at the Nakusp feet is required. August. Participants will also be Public Library (more details to be Please no sickness encouraged to explore the local announced). allowed in the store. area through scavenger hunts and For up to date information, other activities. follow us on Facebook or Due to COVID-19 Instagram. If your family is not Be flood prepared – restrictions, the program is going to online, we can still accommodate sump pumps, hoses look a little different this summer. you. Call us at the Nakusp Library Register online at bcsrc.ca, where 250-265-3363 on Tuesdays and you’ll also access the virtual Thursdays between noon and Open 10-4 daily, including Sunday reading log where kids can track 4 pm. July 2, 2020 The Valley Voice COMMUNITY 11 SUPPORT LOCAL BUSINESSES – NOW MORE THAN EVER! Wilf Hewat Repairs LTD. New Denver Community Pharmacy NAKUSP & AREA Open Open Mon-Fri, 10 am-5:30 pm Anderson’s Automotive Services 250-265-4388, Facebook: @hewatrepairs We look forward to serving you! Open 7 am - 8 pm (temporarily – will resume regular hours to 9 pm when restric- Welcome to shop by visiting during business hours or: Save-On-Foods By phone: 250-358-2500, By fax: 250-358-2524, By email: kaslopharm@gmail. tions are lifted.) Practising physical distancing, enhanced cleaning Open 8 am - 7 pm daily; 7-8 am for seniors and people with health issues needing 250-265-3313 com (please use reference “NDCP”) more space to shop. Max customer limit in place. Please shop individually; leave 309 6th Avenue, New Denver V0G 1S0 Bon Marche Dollar Dollar recycle bags at home; No bottle returns at this time. Mailing: PO Box 550, Kaslo, BC V0G 1M0 Open 9 am - 5 pm Monday to Saturday. Contactless debit/credit 250-265-3662. Store Manager: Duncan, Asst. Manager: Ryan Phone 250-358-2500, Fax 250-358-2524 Cleaning protocols in place, customers reminded to social distance. Facebook: Bon Marche Dollar Dollar Nakusp New Market Foods 250-265-3644 KASLO & AREA Open every day, 8 am-6 pm ACE Building Centre-Kaslo You are welcome to come and shop. Keep your distance as much as you can Chumley’s Restaurant & Three Lions Pub with others. We have hand sanitizer at the door as well as at the tills. Now open with limited hours in both Chumley’s and the Three Lions. Closed Open 8 am-4 pm Mon-Sat, closed Sunday If you are self isolating or not wanting to come to the store, we can do your Sunday and Monday until further notice. Four customers at a time 250-353-7628, [email protected], www.kaslobuilding.com shopping for you and have it delivered to you or you can pick it up. 250-265-3331 You can call the store at 250-358-2270 or email [email protected] to Crescent Bay Construction Ltd. Angry Hen Brewing Company place your orders. Open for off-sales Wed through Sun 3-6 pm Phone 250-353-7446 to pre-order Open Mon-Sat, 8 am-5 pm Nuru Coffee Bar Nitrile gloves must be put on (available beside the door) when entering and or to arrange a ‘beer-it forward’ delivery for a friend. Opening soon for indoor and patio service - see you there! Open for business discarded (beside the door) when leaving. Tues-Sat, 9 am-4 pm Phone orders and pick-up available. E-transfer payment available at cresbay@ 250-353-7446, [email protected], https//m.facebook.com/angry- henbrewing, https://www.instagram.com/angryhenbrewing Nuru Nights Grab n’ Go available Thursday, Friday & Saturday telus.net • 250-265-3747 Please pre order one day in advance: [email protected] Kal Tire Nakusp Cornucopia 513-6th Ave, New Denver Open Mon-Sat, 8 am-5 pm Now open Mon-Sat, 9:30 - 5:30, closed Sunday 250-353-2594; [email protected]; Facebook Cornucopiakaslo Raven’s Nest Call or book online for appointment or tire purchases. Emergency and commer- Now open with regular hours from June 10: Wed thru Sat, 11 am-3 pm. Take cial work done as required. Please only one customer in showroom at a time. Eric’s Meats care and we hope to see you soon. Payments accepted by Debit or Credit. NO CASH please. Open Tues-Sat 9:30 am-5 pm Sanitization precautions being taken in showroom and all customer vehicles. 250-353-2436 Valley Voice Visit our Facebook page for full details. 250-265-4155, www.kaltire.com Open 1-833-501-1700; [email protected]; www.valleyvoice.ca JB’s Pub & Restaurant Kim’s Kustoms Open Thurs-Sun, 3-9 pm. Hours will extend in the summer. Wilds of Canada Cycle Open regular hours, 8:30 am-5:30 pm Take-out available 250-353-7716; 250-353-7717 Bicycle sales and service 250-265-4012 Open Thurs-Fri, 10 am-5 pm Jones Boys Boats Drop-off service for bicycle repairs. Call for appointment: 250-358-7941 Leland Hotel We are open for business! Off-Sales: 11 am-11 pm; if door is locked, call 250-265-3314. www.jonesboysboats.com SLOCAN Restaurant: Open 4-8 pm for takeout. Closed Tuesdays. 250-265-3314 250.353.2550 [email protected] Mountain Valley Station Gas/Convenience https://www.facebook.com/Jonesboysboats Open regular hours 8 am-7 pm daily Marvin’s Small Motor Repairs Bottle Depot open Tues-Sat 9-5, closed holidays Mon-Fri 9 am-6 pm; Sat 9 am-5 pm Kaslo Hotel Taking precautions for everyone’s health and safety Open regular hours 250-265-4911 Open! Pub 12-10 pm; Dine in 12-8 pm; Take-out 12-8 pm; Off sales 12-10 pm 250-355-2245 Front desk 12-8 pm for check-in and reservations. Strict sanitizing protocols in place. NACFOR 250-353-7714; kaslohotel.com; Facebook Village of Slocan – Fitness Centre, Library, Campground, The NACFOR office is now open to the public for regular business hours between 8 am and 5 pm, Monday to Friday, with COVID-19 safety precautions in place. Kaslo Husky Playgrounds 250-265-3656, [email protected] Open Mon-Fri, 6 am-8 pm; Sat & Sun 8 am-8 pm Village Office open by appointment. Other facilities temporarily closed. Physical distancing measures in effect. 250-353-2205 Campground open June 15 to BC residents, self-contained units only. Nakusp Computers 250-355-2277, [email protected], www.slocancity.com Open Mon-Fri, 10:30 am - 3:30 pm Kaslo Community Pharmacy 250-265-0129; [email protected]; facebook.com/nakuspcomputers Open Monday-Friday 9:30 am-5:30 pm Slocan Village Market We look forward to serving you! Open. Limiting number of customers in the store. Providing gloves and masks Nakusp Farmers’ Market Welcome to shop by visiting during business hours or: to shoppers. Saturdays 9 am - noon, starting May 16 By phone: 250-353-2224, By fax: 250-353-2336, By email: [email protected] We are accepting orders by phone for pick-up for those who prefer not to Locally raised foods and vegetable starter plants. For prescription refills online visit: kaslopharmacy.myrefill.ca enter the store. We are also offering delivery services on a weekly basis. Crowd limit and handwashing stations. Bring your reusable tote bags. Money 403 Front Street, PO Box 550, Kaslo V0G 1M0 250-355-2211, [email protected] handling will be separate from vendors. Vendors of exposed products will wear [email protected], phone 250-353-2224, fax 250-353-2336 masks and gloves; produce will be shielded. Food harvesting done safely. WINLAW Kul Nijjar, REALTOR(R) Fair Realty Ltd. Emery Herbals Botanical Dispensary, Healing Suites and Nakusp General Store Open Open 10 am-2 pm or call us to make arrangements to come at other times [email protected], 250-505-4722 Teaching Centre Sanitizing and bleaching. 250-265-8423 The Botanical Dispensary Open Thurs and Fri, 12-4. Limit of one client in the SS Moyie National Historic Site and Kaslo Visitor Centre shop at a time. Nakusp Glass Open with restrictions, July 1, phone for details Order requests can be sent to [email protected] or by phoning 250- Open Please visit our website for information on the ship. www.klhs.bc.ca 226-7744 for pick-up using our safe pick-up guidelines. We offer a $10 local Drop in, call or email to make an appointment. 250-353-2525; [email protected] ship rate and all local orders over $75 are shipped free. We ship once weekly. 250-265-3252, [email protected] Our online shop is https://emeryherbals.com/online-apothecary/ Sunnyside Naturals • Colleen Emery, RHT (CHAofBC) is conducting all client consultation online Nakusp Taxi Open Mon-Sat, 9 am-6 pm or via the phone. Priority is for acute cases, new clients are welcome. Pick-up and delivery of anything from licenced food, beverage and retail stores. Physical distancing measures in effect. Food take-out • All classes have moved online at this time. 250-265-8222 Phone orders and delivery available. 250-353-9667 Gaia Tree Whole Foods Nakusp Tirecraft Village of Kaslo New COVID hours: Mon-Sat, 10 am-5 pm (closed Sun) Open Open 10 am-3 pm, Mon-Fri. We’re also available by phone or email. Email to order for pick-up 250-265-4438, https://tirecraft.com/tirecraft-nakusp/ Facebook: @tirecraftnakusp [email protected], 250-353-2311 x101, www.kaslo.ca, facebook.com/KasloBC/ [email protected] 250-226-7255 Selkirk Realty Woodbury Resort WINLAW The office is closed, but the agents are working remotely and more than Boat rentals, Camping, Fishing! Angler Incentive Program Depot happy to help! They can be reached directly, or via 250-265-3635 or Nakusp@ Ph: 250-353-7717; Fax 250-353-2004 [email protected] Kootenay Country Craft Distillery royallepage.ca Open for online/telephone sales. Tasting room closed. Hand sanitizer available. Shon’s Bike - Ski - Stay SLOCAN VALLEY [email protected] Mon-Sat, 9 am - 5:30 pm 250-355-2702 Please drop off bike repairs to the rear entrance (in alley) of the shop. No NEW DENVER appointments are necessary for bike tune-ups. Our coffee shop and lounge Charlie’s Needful Things Mama Sita’s area is currently closed. Toys, Food, Basic Necessities. Tanning now available! Open for take-out and delivery, 10 am-6 pm All 2019 bikes are on sale. Open Mon-Sat, 4-8 pm. Call anytime if you need something. 250-777-3789 Phone or come in 250-226-7070 For all inquiries, call us as (250) 265-3332, email: [email protected], website: www.shons.ca, Facebook: Shon’s Bike - Ski - Stay. Glacier View Service Winlaw Brew Op Open by appointment only Studio Connexion Art Gallery Open 7 days, 8 am-5:30 pm 250-358-2445 250-226-7328, [email protected] Open by appointment or by chance Tues-Sat 11 am-4 pm 250-265-8888; 203 Fifth Ave NW, Nakusp New Denver Coin Laundry SLOCAN PARK Open 9 am-7 pm, 7 days a week The Lodge at Arrow Lakes StillPoint Pottery Use your intelligence, engage in physical distancing and wash hands when you 250 226-6876, 3019 Slocan Valley East Road, Slocan Park Restaurant Hours: 12:00PM – 8:00PM Front desk hotel hours: 8:00AM – come in and when you leave. Soap is good. The premises are being cleaned 10:00PM You are welcome to visit us Tues-Sat, 10 am-4 pm in a safe, hygienic environment. twice a day. For updates check Facebook, Instagram or our web page stillpointpottery.ca Re-opening date for The Lodge Lotto & Liquor Store still to be determined. Contact: Wendy @ 358-7792 or Rod – phone numbers on signs inside the building. www.arrowlakeslodge.com; www.arrowlaketavern.com; 1-800-663-0100 Your business could be listed here for only $10 + GST 12 COMMUNITY The Valley Voice July 2, 2020 Nelson Library Centennial exhibit seeks historic artifacts submitted particular, the Library is funny or quirky moments at business, but all entries will book. submissions to hgoldik@ The Nelson Public seeking a card catalogue. the library or the ways the be considered for Touchstones Guidelines for the writing nelson.ca or mail to 602 Library’s Centennial When the Nelson Library library has had an impact are Nelson historical exhibition contest can be found at www. Stanley St., Nelson BC, V1L celebrations are continuing. moved into a fully online all welcome. this fall, or in its companion nelsonlibrary.ca. Email 1N4. The Library’s history will catalogue, the standing People can answer the be showcased at a historic catalogues were sold, question, “What did the exhibition at Touchstones DeGrace explains. Now library mean to you during Nelson, Museum of Art and they’d like to borrow one COVID-19 isolation?” or get History from September 12 back for a while. imaginative with “What will to November 15. Anyone with library the Nelson Public Library And they need the public’s artifacts or ephemera is asked of the future look like in help. to call the library at 250-352- 2120?”, among other prompts. “Our Gallery B exhibition 6333 or email Chief Librarian Submissions must be 500 will feature a timeline, Tracey Therrien at ttherrien@ words or less. NELSON TOUCHSTONES COURTESY PHOTO photographs, artifacts, and nelson.ca. Prizes will be awarded ephemera,” says co-curator Add your writing to in two story categories (Best Anne DeGrace. “We are the library Story and Most Creative looking for anything that The library isn’t just a Story) in three age categories people are willing to lend place to find stories – it wants (Children, Adult, and Teen). us from their personal to collect new ones in a writing Contest prizes have been collections to help celebrate contest open to all ages. generously donated by the this milestone anniversary.” Creative written Canadian Federation of Possibilities may include storytelling methods are University Women Nelson library cards, bookmarks, encouraged, including stories and District. photographs, newspaper and anecdotes, poetry, and Winners will receive The Nelson Civic Centre was home to the Library for five decades. Card catalogues such as the one pictured in this articles, and souvenirs. In comics. Memories, such as a $50 gift card to a local 1938 photo were once a fixture in libraries everywhere. informed, supervise the work. serve as wildlife trees. Cavities in wood for nesting and foraging, too. of expert machine operators Mike commercial-scale gravel removal Swamp All our work as VFE directors is dead trees are used as habitat for Here is what Todd and Stuart Nelson. We will be and road-building. done as volunteers — learning we woodpeckers, tree-nesting ducks, recommends, from a recent concentrating on two areas that We’ve already done a have tadpoles and salamanders in bats, insects, etc. report created for BC Ministry of were considerably altered by the considerable amount of work Tails that new pond made every single Once faller Adrian scaled Forests, Lands, Natural Resource previous owner of the property. there (saving L’Archie the larch Cheerful notes from the Valhalla moment of effort worth it. all the way up a tree, limbing Operations & Rural Development, The first is at the north end of tree, creating a large pond and Foundation for Ecology Moving from creating habitat it as he went, he cut the tree regarding “application of bat the property where we’ll be working many small pools, creating These notes from the field micro-habitat features and other to remove fill (sand and gravel) hummock topography to mimic are submitted by Lorna Visser mechanical stem damage”: that was pushed into the wetland. a natural wetland, etc.) but there and Registered Professional “Vertical and slightly spiralling Times certainly change: it used to is more work required to be done Biologist Wayne McCrory, cuts (a.k.a. bat slits) and what are be the fashion to fill in wetlands, in the gravel pit area closest to directors of the Valhalla termed “undercut bat flanges” as now we go to considerable effort the rail-trail. That area will be Foundation for Ecology. The well as superficial “stem scuffs to protect and expand them. rehabilitated and replanted and VFE presents this paid column to and scars” can be applied to any After all that in-fill is dug out we hope to open up the view so educate readers about wetland trees which receive tall stub, dead (and returned to the gravel pit that walkers and cyclists on the restoration and to support our top or window treatments. Bat area) exposing the original wetland rail-trail pathway that runs through Valley Voice newspaper. This slits and flanges provide potential pond, we’ll also be recontouring the marsh ecosystem will have a edition’s Swamp Tails column is immediate habitat for roosting bats, the bank and stabilizing it with nice vista. sponsored by the Fish & Wildlife and are generally 1-2 cm wide, 10- the stumps and debris we have When that’s all done, there Compensation Program. 20 cm depth into the stem, and stockpiled (brought to the marsh will be more replanting with native variable in length (i.e., 50-100 from the Silverton campground tree species of shrubs, trees and Greetings, marsh fans. cm). Stem scuffs serve as visual removal project) and then planting grasses… and the inevitable Birds, bees, and bats; frogs, indicators/stimulants for primary native shrubs and grasses. weeding to get rid of hawkweed toads and salamanders: all cavity excavators (woodpeckers) We’ll also be tidying up the and knapweed. In 2021 we’ll creatures that need our protection of potential stem damage and public marsh-viewing/interpretive be looking at installing some and that are provided with much- internal decay at this position area and developing a public interpretive signs and creating a needed habitat at the Snk’mip within the tree trunk… Trees access plan. The intention is to marsh-overlook path and a forest- Marsh Sanctuary. which are specifically selected keep things natural, low-key and walk trail. First the truly thrilling news: to enhance bat roosting habitat easily accessible for visitors who Snk’mip will be turned back salamanders have moved in to should usually be located near wish to quietly enjoy nature. over to Mother Nature to heal her our newly created Big Pond at the natural forest openings or riparian The second major job will wounds and provide the wetland south end of the Sanctuary! areas, where bats routinely forage be to rehabilitate the gravel pit ecosystem services that are so This means that an area for airborne insect prey.” (From: area at the south end of the vital to birds, plants, animals, that last year at this time was an Manning, Todd (RPBio., RPF), Snk’mip property. This area was reptiles, amphibians… and us ecologically sterile, compacted Holy Bat-Tree, Batman! Expert tree-faller Adrian from Kodiak Tree Service Strategic Resource Solutions. seriously ecologically damaged by humans. parking lot/road is now a pond gives the thumbs-up to a bat slit he just created in a dead tree at Snk’mip 2018. Kootenay 2018 wildlife tree that is home to baby amphibians Marsh Sanctuary. The slit is to the left of his hands. creation project.) beginning their life-cycle. for water-based creatures to down in sections from top to So we have the perfect Wildlife biologist Jakob creating habitat for terrestrial bottom. We’ll use the chunks of conditions for bats at Snk’mip with Dulisse stopped by the marsh to creatures… we recently brought in tree as coarse woody debris for these “bat trees” located near the check on the new wetland and a specialist faller from Kodiak Tree our slope stabilization and wetland marsh and at the edge of a large found long-toed salamanders and Service to cut down several tall restoration work this August — forest opening (a cleared area). Pacific tree-frogs breeding there. dead trees at the marsh property. nothing gets wasted at Snk’mip This is so bats (and birds such Adult Columbia spotted frogs were These trees were right next to the Marsh. as swallows) can swoop down present too. The birds were very public-access swamp-viewing As the finishing touch, he cut and gobble up bugs including active so he stayed for a couple of area and we didn’t want them a two-inch slit near the tops of mosquitoes and those pesky no- hours of birding and recorded 51 to fall over in a strong wind and the stubs to serve as a roosting see-ums — we say: “go bats, go!” species, including two new species potentially injure anyone. place for bats. We checked with We hope to do more bat-slit for the wetland: cinnamon teal and It is our intention to once again tree-habitat expert and biologist creation in the fall, once we’ve cliff swallow. host school groups at the marsh, Todd Manning who confirmed that completed the “heavy lifting” of To be honest, when we once school is back in session, this technique is helpful to create the work of wetland restoration this learned about the salamanders plus we see a fair number of local hiding places for bats to hang summer. Here is what is planned: from Jakob it made me (Lorna) people there for birdwatching and out. Something to keep in mind Our wetland restoration expert cry. It’s been a long, intense and, nature appreciation. if you have dead trees on your Robin Annschild will be with us Faller in action, taking down a danger tree near the public marsh-viewing area at times, frustrating journey to In the interests of safety we property, if it is possible to leave once again, supervising the work but leaving a 16’ stub to serve as habitat for bats and birds. acquire the property, hire experts called in the experts to deal with the lower part of the tree in place, to do the restoration planning, these trees. Instead of cutting them bats will roost under the bark as it raise all the money required to down completely, we had them loosens and in stem cracks and do the restoration work, plan the limbed and left as stubs about 16 small cavities. Woodpeckers will logistics, keep our community feet off the ground so they could excavate cavities in the decaying July 2, 2020 The Valley Voice MSSS GRAD 13 Epic valedictorian speech by ya bois Chase ’n’ Aidan by Aidan Ostrikoff and Chase welcoming schools they have been for Chase: While we’re making occasional offer for a quick grade boost while still remembering our roots. Stoochnoff us grads, and we can’t thank you enough. reference to people who sadly won’t to paint his fence. Aidan: And so this is it. The Chase: High School seemed to go Our school has really become a second be seeing us graduate, I’d like to make Aidan: What?! I didn’t get that offer. bittersweet end of the first chapter in our by really fast. It feels like I just woke home for many of us, and leaving it will reference to the volunteer coaches for Well, from the bottom of our hearts, thank lives. And now, we’re all heading off to up one morning in grade 7 and now I’m be very bittersweet. We will take a little all of our sports teams. Thank you for you Mr. Campbell, and enjoy retirement. start our own journeys. Where life takes here. I remember thinking Campbell of Mount Sentinel wherever we go, along helping us learn and better ourselves, and Chase: And the copious amounts of us, who knows. We may end up in places was the strict guy around here… BOY with all the memories we made. we apologize for any injuries that may golf you’ll be playing. Now, the grads. we never thought we’d be, but wherever it was I wrong. Chase: Thank you so much Mr. have happened over our time together. Well, we’re not going to lie, this year takes us, we will always have a home here Aidan: Yeah, and I remember Leeming, Mr. Schindel and the entire Sorry, Colin. has kinda sucked. This definitely wasn’t at Mount Sentinel Secondary School. thinking that Leeming was this funny, Perfomance and Media Academy for Aidan: Wait, hold the phone! how any of us planned it to end, but all of And while this may be the last time we are tech dude who played video games… all your hard work in making this Campbell and Ms. Anderton are leaving us have made the best of a bad situation. all together, it won’t be the last time we’re wait. virtual grad possible. And Leeming and next year! First we need to thank Ms. We have come a long way together and thought of together. Our parents bragged Chase: Hey, do you remember when Schindel, keep inspiring kids to create Sarah “Ando” Wick. Whether it was with although we couldn’t be together to about going to school and it being five that rumour of Joe retiring went around? awesomely cool things. an interesting game like Kahoot or having celebrate the end of this journey, it is miles uphill both ways, but we finished Aidan: Haha, which one? Aidan: We would now like to make us use our poor acting skills and put on a definitely one we will never forget. All the high school through a global pandemic. Chase: At the end of every year. reference to some of the teachers who play, you always made English class fun. times we’ve had here, and the memories We are the grad class of 2020, and we are Aidan: Oh yeah, that one. Well, have have left Mount Sentinel over the years, Chase: I think I still have bruises made, both good and bad, will help us all now more resilient and ready than ever fun at the school next year, Joe. but are still with us in our hearts and from that damned clapping game. grow into the people we are meant to be for all of life’s challenges. Chase: What about Oly? Who’s memories. First we have Mr. Davina, who Aidan: So have fun being some gonna keep the other old man from was one of our beloved science teachers, big shot principal in Crawford Bay or Congratulations Graduates! making kids do jumps forever? and crossword puzzle enthusiast. Waiting whatever, not like we care. (Sad face.) As you make your way in Aidan: Or give us a math lesson in for the rest of the class to finish their And now we have to make mention to You every class but math. work? Not to worry, Mr. Davina has an the man, the myth, and the legend, Chief the world, never forget Chase: But in all seriousness, we unlimited supply of puzzles just for you! Campbell. where you came from... did would like to say a very special thank Chase: Next I would like to mention Chase: I mean Campbell has been Walter you to all the teachers that have taught us Mr. Brian Simpson. Brian and I had a here for quite a while. He’s no Joe, but he it! throughout the years, the custodians for very odd connection. He would never was almost half way. During his time at Popoff keeping us clean, the hot lunch program admit it, but I was obviously his favourite Mount Sentinel, he made a great positive Director, The Maple for keeping us fed with nutritious and student. impact on the school’s community and Area H, RDCK Leaf Store creative meals, the Junction church for Aidan: Riiight. And last, but certainly whoever comes after will have some (Slocan Valley) Crescent Valley providing free lunch on Thursdays and not least, the wonderful Ms. Shippit, big shoes to fill. From being an amazing 250-359-7996 the bus drivers for getting us here on who always made drama, English, volleyball coach and leading the smallest time… most of the time. and any class she taught super fun and team in BC to a fourth place finish in Aidan: All of these people and so meaningful. I’ll never forget the many provincials this year to being a great many others have really made Mount plays and performances I got to watch substitute teacher, he has always been Sentinel and Sequoia the warm and and be a part of because of her. willing to put in the work for us. Even the Credit Union Bursary, Rotary Club of Mount Sentinel PAC Scholarship, Mount Sentinel Nelson Scholarship. Kootenay Lake PVP Association Freya Emery: Beedie Luminaries Scholarship, District Fraser, James A. 2020 Scholarships and Scholarship, Slocan Valley Co-op & Margaret Memorial Bursary. Awards Bursary, Mount Sentinel Student Ryan Pearce: Columbia Power Ginny Abrosimoff-Penner: Council Award. Bursary, McEwan Law Bursary. Devon Dunkley Memorial Bursary, Emily Henderson: Indigenous Tanner Ranta: Selkirk Paving Kootenay Lake Healthcare Bursary, Education Award. Bursary. Slocan Valley Co-op Bursary, Brent Desmond Heyliger: Selkirk Gavin Rexin: Kootenay Area Kennedy PAC Scholarship. College Board of Governors’ Early Skilled Trades Award, Crescent Valley Congratulations For a good life, try to get Jennah Al Hanafy: District/ Entrance Award. Fire Department Bursary, Slocan Valley to the Mt. Sentinel the best education Authority scholarship, Selkirk College Kyle Kabatoff: Kootenay-Slocan Legion Branch 276 Bursary. Board of Governors’ Early Entrance Lions Bursary. Riley Shlakoff: Heritage Credit graduating class of you can Award, Heritage Credit Union Bursary, Micah L’Ecuyer Morison: Union Scholarship, Katrine Conroy - 2020. May you be get! Mount Sentinel PAC Scholarship, Masonic Lodge District Scholarship, MLA Bursary. successful in all your Mount Sentinel Student Council Award, Nelson & District Credit Union Bursary, Haley Soukeroff: Columbia Basin SD ‘Get High on Nature’ Scholarship, Slocan Valley Legion Branch 276 Trust Youth Community Service Award, future endeavours! BC Excellence Award nominee. Bursary, Winlaw Elementary Alumni Arrow Lake Tugboat Society Bursary. Rowan Cormie: Devon Dunkley Scholarship, Schulich Leader Award Chase Stoochnoff: Columbia Memorial Bursary. nominee. Basin Trust Youth Community Service Mia Daviau: Rotary Club of Xavier Moore: Mount Sentinel Award, Mercer Celgar Scholarship, Nelson Scholarship, Mount Sentinel Principal and Vice Principal Award. Selkirk College Board of Governors’ Yearbook Award. Bruce Opp: Zach Harvey Memorial Early Entrance Scholarship, Mount Congratulations Congratulations Lotus DeVore: Mountain Valley (The Whole School) Scholarship. Sentinel PAC Bursary. to all the 2020 Station Bursary, Masonic Lodge District Aidan Ostrikoff: Selkirk College Dylan Strelaeff: Kyle Levy Pride Scholarship. Board of Governors’ Early Entrance in Logging Bursary, Selkirk College Graduates! Good Class of Lowell Ehlers: Kootenay Savings Award, Richard District Scholarship, Board of Governors’ Early Entrance Luck from all of us Award. 2020 on your Yana Woods: District/Authority at Emery Herbals. Scholarship, Kootenay Area Skilled Trades Award. success! Melissa Zoobkoff: Selkirk College PHOTO CREDIT: RITA MOIR RITA CREDIT: PHOTO Board of Governors’ Early Entrance 5729 HWY 6 WINLAW Award. 250 226 7744

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Residents of the Passmore Lodge and local residents of Vallican set up at the Passmore Hall to welcome and celebrate the 2020 Grads as they wound their way in pickup trucks and cars from Perry’s Bridge to GROCERIES/ORGANICS/LOTTO/LIQUOR Krestova. There were folks all along the way, with a large group at the Passmore Bridge. We were a noisy bunch with steel drum, First Nations drum, pot and pans and strong voices, cheering as the Grads drove by. 14 MSSS GRAD The Valley Voice July 2, 2020 Mount Sentinel Secondary School graduates a class of 48 young men and women in 2020

Kolbe Friesen Grace Lamb Chase Stoochnoff Ryder Brattebo Patrick Courtney Tristan Geswein Jacob Robinson Tula Belanger

Emily Taburiaux Brandon Barisoff Aidan Ostrikoff Ryan Kooznetoff Hunter Te Boekhorst Aisha Makortoff Dylan Strelaeff Freya Emery

Riley Shlakoff Lowell Ehlers Lotus Devore Ginny Abrosimoff-Penner Nathan Hernandez Mya Buchanan Megan Kraft Ryan Pearce

Tanner Ranta Melissa Zoobkoff Yana Woods Hannah Soukeroff Bruce Opp Logan Smart Abriel Stoltz Kaiya Heaney

Cody Lemay Colton Hauge Desmond Heyliger V Derrick Te Broekhorst Eric Rilkoff Solara Wild Rowan Cormie Ryan Henderson

Xavier Moore Jennah Hanafy Mia Daviau Haley Soukeroff Kyle Kabatoff Reilly Podovelnikoff William MacLeod Gavin Rexin July 2, 2020 The Valley Voice MSSS GRAD 15 Mt. Sentinel grad Freya Emery receives Beedie Luminaries Scholarship submitted “I am grateful to my teacher communications and has been schools moving to online learning money, Beedie Luminaries are Winlaw resident Freya Emery Danny Leeming and counsellor accepted into the ‘IDEA School of for Fall 2020, Freya will begin her provided access to mentors, paid is the recipient of a $40,000 Beedie Mark Bonikowsky for encouraging Design’ at Capilano University. studies on the virtual CapU campus summer internship opportunities, Luminaries Scholarship. This new me to apply for this scholarship,” “Freya has worked tirelessly to in September, and won’t be moving student support and access to scholarship program is “aimed said Freya. “They assured me I was capitalize on opportunities provided out of the valley just yet. the Beedie Luminaries online at giving promising BC students the perfect candidate, and they were her and created some of her own, Along with the scholarship community. the opportunity to advance their right!” from publishing her own book to education, achieve their dreams and As a member of Mt. Sentinel’s contributing to a grad mural in these inspire others and is for “students Academy Performance & Media final days of her grade 12 year,” who are resilient, have grit and are program for the last three years, said Mt. Sentinel Principal Glen ready to make a positive change in Freya’s dream is to continue her Campbell. their lives.” education in design and visual With most post-secondary

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Congratulations to the 2020 Graduating Class of Mt. Sentinel Secondary School Make us proud as you make your way in the world! Slocan Frog Peak Café Valley 250-359-7261 Co-op Crescent Valley 16 LUCERNE GRAD The Valley Voice July 2, 2020 Lucerne Valedictorian Speech – Gabriel Nemiroff Hello everyone. Thank you for used her talents to create a mural for pandemic, we’ve taken on new channel. our community. being here today to celebrate with the counselling office, and along with projects, and spent more time on our I’d like to sincerely thank We wouldn’t be here today us. Throughout our time spent here at Aleks and Charlie, they designed hobbies and passions. everyone who helped us get to without all of you, so thank you so Lucerne, we’ve grown as individuals, the logo that is currently on our We have learned to look for the where we are now. Parents, teachers, much. For everything. as members of our community, and gym floor. positives. No longer do we hear dad friends, school administrators, the I’d like to end this speech with we’ve all learned a lot. Devon built a Go Kart from jokes every morning over the PA volunteers and school staff that made a quote from Mr. Graves: “What do In Math class, Mr. Kipkie taught scratch and is now beginning the system, instead we get an optional this ceremony so special for us, and you call a fish with no eyes? Fshhh.” us valuable problem-solving skills, construction of a custom sailboat, video on the Nick Graves YouTube of course all of the lovely people in Thank you everyone. and through sciences he helped us which is cool and all, but I’m still understand the world we live in and waiting for the lightsabers and how it functions. jetpacks that you promised back in We learned about new languages Kindergarten. and cultures with Mr. Lada, and also As all of you know, school has how to use Google Translate. been very different for the past In Ms. Baker’s English class, we couple of months. Life has been studied all sorts of literature, and we different for all of us, and we have learned how to construct arguments, all experienced unique challenges. and use evidence to back up our We have had to rethink our beliefs. post-secondary education and other So, when Mr. Kipkie tells us that aspects of our future, and with the moon landing was real, we say all of this uncertainty it has been to him: there’s no way man – the hard at times to continue with our earth is flat, and therefore the moon schoolwork and online classes. doesn’t exist. We made it though, with the help This past year we have all of our community, our families, our achieved some really neat things. friends, and our teachers, we are Mason, Aleks, and I constructed the here today to continue into the next first Lucerne Basketball team in over chapter of our lives. a decade. Lucerne School has taught us to Over the years, Raven has make the best out of situations, and to become an amazing artist. She has always look for a silver lining. Some of us have taken the opportunity to Congratulations Aleks, Devon, work and save money during this Lucerne valedictorian Gabriel Nemiroff. Gabriel, Mason & Raven Bursaries and scholarships – Lucerne School Arrow Lakes Teachers’ Gabriel Nemiroff; Slocan Duerichen & Gabriel Nemiroff; Mason Jennings; Silverton/New Association Scholarship: Devon Community Health Care Auxiliary Cinta Batik Arts Scholarship: Denver Legion Branch 101: Mason Duerichen & Gabriel Nemiroff; Society Scholarship: Raven Lovas; Raven Lovas; General Bursaries: Jennings & Aleksander Ratynski; Jo Lane Haywood Memorial Columbia Power Corporation: Mason Jennings, Raven Lovas & Lee Bursary: Devon Duerichen & Bursary: Devon Duerichen & Devon Duerichen & Gabriel Aleksander Ratynski; Edith J. Greer Gabriel Nemiroff; Katrine Conroy Gabriel Nemiroff; Lane Haywood Nemiroff; Mission Statement Scholarship: Aleksander Ratynski; Bursary: Devon Duerichen; Slocan Memorial Scholarship: Mason Award: Devon Duerichen; Sandy Harris Scholarship: Gabriel Legion Branch #276: Mason Jennings; Rotary Club Scholarship: District Authority Award: Devon Nemiroff; Health Careers Bursary: Jennings & Aleksander Ratynski; Raven Lovas; Chie Kamegaya Kootenay Savings Community Memorial Scholarship: Devon Foundation Bursary: Gabriel Duerichen & Gabriel Nemiroff; Nemiroff; Columbia Basin Trust Fujiko Matsushita Scholarship: Community Youth Service Award: Gabriel Nemiroff; Special Award: Devon Duerichen July 2, 2020 The Valley Voice LUCERNE GRAD 17

The Lucerne Graduating class of 2020: Aleksander Ratynski, Mason Jennings, Raven Lovas, Gabriel Nemiroff and Devon Duerichen.

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To the Graduating CONGRATULATES THE LUCERNE Class of GRADUATING CLASS 2020 OF 2020 18 JVH GRAD The Valley Voice July 2, 2020 Valedictorian Speech - JV Humphries Class of 2020 by Sage Matthews & Jace Lamoureux we may not have and we were always meter stick on the tables we sat at. And The teachers and staff at JVH who feel quite real, we all are here today and We’d like to begin with a confession open to trying new things. Seventh and what about prom? Eh? There’s no way were ever supportive of our passions, we are all here together, and we hope to and an apology. We may, or may not eighth grade is when we as a class really we can forget that. strengths, and helped us through our keep it that way. I had a German friend have written this speech less than 72 became “us.” From getting some new It was a night filled with dirt, mud, weaknesses as well. And the community once and when he was leaving Canada hours ago… But we also think that if independence from going downtown for campfire smoke, stars, and laughter. It of Kaslo and surrounding area for being to go back home, I had to say goodbye. there is one thing that can bring our lunch, to getting your first locker. It made was a unique night, to reflect our unique here for us to explore, make memories Saying goodbye and letting go can mismatched class together, it is that us not only grow stronger as a group but class, and we’ll leave it at that. in, learn new things, and for being the be incredibly hard. But he told me in we procrastinate, A LOT, and that we as individuals. Finally, today we are in the act place we can call home. Germany, they have a saying, “People don’t always have our socks pulled all Now there are probably some of making what is perhaps the most Even though we have all had always meet twice in life.” Now maybe the way up, if you know what I mean. common memories we all share. We significant memory yet. It feels surreal different starts, whether that was it isn’t an actual German saying and So we’re sorry Mr. Rude and Ms. T for know we can’t read your minds to find to be here all together again today. It’s growing up in Kaslo vs. Up the Lake, instead, this was his way of comforting probably stressing you two out. But we them, but we think we’ve got them down interesting how even though we have or outside of Canada, or having changed me, but I hope he was right. know you’re going to miss us and our pretty close. Take your mind back to such a relatively small graduating class schools a couple of times, we’re all here, And we hope one day in the near questionable life skills. grade six… Are we the only two who compared to, well, almost everyone, and connected nonetheless for the rest future we can all be reunited and can Despite being born in different had chalk and other small things thrown we have still become a broad spectrum of our lives. Over the past 12 years, we reminisce about all the good memories areas, we all grew up in Kaslo. With not a at us in Mr. Dunnet’s class? You’ve all of individuals. have all worked towards the same goal we made not only at the school but in lot to do other than dirt biking at Glacier got to remember the push-ups too. But But standing before you today together. And here we are, finally, we are this little town called Kaslo, which we and having a little too much fun on the if that was too long ago to remember, is a class of future doctors, nurses, graduating. Although graduation doesn’t will forever call our home. beach, we learned to make the best of we can all still hear the nostalgic noise carpenters, mechanics, and anything what we had. Because of our small class of Mr. Einer screaming at us when we else you can possibly think of. We have JV Humphries scholarship recipients size, we became friends with people were late for class and the smack of his no doubts that our fellow students will Justin Anderson: Kaslo Excellence, CBT Youth Community be successful in whatever career or life Community Forest Trades, Royal Service, Farmer’s Institute, Rotary Club Congratulations choices they decide to pursue. But there Canadian Legion #74, Alan Hoshizaki of Nelson, Royal Canadian Legion Grads are many people that, without them, Memorial, Columbia Power #74, District Authority, Kootenay Go confidently in the we would be nowhere near as ready Corporation, Hospital Employees’ Lake Principals’ and Vice Principals’ to begin the next chapter of our lives, Union, Kaslo Association, Royal Canadian Legion directions of your Congratulations as we are today. That’s why some time Jenna Cameron: Community #74 Ladies Auxiliary, Kootenay Lake dreams Graduates! has to be spent paying a great thanks to Fund of North Kootenay Lake, Kaslo Teachers Association, Kootenay Savings the people responsible for preparing us: Community Forest Trades, Edie Allen, Credit Union, Community Champs Live Our families, who have supported us and Sinclair Memorial, JVH Parent Advisory Sage Matthews: Georgia Ethel Council, Rowan Wiltse Memorial McKeown, JV Humphries, Kaslo Golf healthy, have been our safety nets as we went out and had new experiences in the world. Rosie Carter: Royal Canadian Club, Hiltrud Rohlmann shine bright Legion #74, Howard Green Memorial Nioki Sicotte Cox: Aya Higashi, Finley Chant: Kaslo Community Bob Douglas Memorial, Rowan Wiltse Class of 2020, the Forest Trades, Kaslo Golf Club, Village Memorial future is yours. of Kaslo Liam Tremblay: Jack McDowell Jacob Chymko: Columbia Power Memorial, Kaslo Jazz Etc. Society, Kaslo Nothing can stop Corporation, Howard Green Memorial Masonic Lodge #25, Shelagh Leathwood Kailen Coghlan: Kaslo Masonic and Kathy Wynnchuck you! Lodge #25, Howard Green Memorial Murphy Troseth: Georgia Ethel Kaslo Masonic Ethan McCowan: Columbia Power McKeown, District Authority, St. Mark’s Corporation, Barry Butler Memorial Anglican Church, Aboriginal Education Lodge #25 Julian Enns: Columbia Power Layla Tyers: Kootenay Lake Corporation, Howard Green Memorial Teachers’ Association, Kootenay Savings Jace Lamoureux: Selkirk Board Community Foundation, Royal Canadian of Governance Early Entrance, BC Legion #74, Aboriginal Education Best wishes to Congratulations all of our Grads! to the Class of Congratulations Grad 2020!!! 2020!

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Aimee Watson Front Street Market Director Area D Toll-free: 1-888-244-3977 Kaslo, BC RDCK 20 COMMUNITY The Valley Voice July 2, 2020 Nakusp starts new community garden by Moe Lyons to take this seriously, and stresses, “They Community Garden, it was initially garden site is not as accessible as the mission is: “To restore agriculture An exciting new community have to understand they are committing sponsored by Arrow and Slocan Lakes previous one, the group decided it was and promote self-sufficiency in food gardening project has just started in to something.” Community Services, and eventually too good an offer to pass up. It is on the production within a 50-mile radius of Nakusp. Each individual plot is 4’ x 100’ found its main home behind St. Mark’s bus route to the hot springs, and people Nakusp.” Thanks to the generosity of and can be shared among more than one Anglican Church. Unfortunately, the have agreed to carpool. The site has Funding for the fencing was landowner Dennis Bruneau, the Old person. Individual gardeners provide church is now for sale and this garden is beautiful soil and is in an open area, provided by the federal New Horizons Firehall Collective has organized a their own tools and materials, and will no longer available. meaning it has full sun all day long. for Seniors Program and from the large community garden up Hot Springs have the same plot year after year. There Although the new community The Old Firehall Collective’s Kootenay Co-op. Road. Bruneau has agreed to lease five is a small fee for use of the plot. acres to the organization for $1/year. The This year, any spaces not leased by gardening committee has now fenced off individuals and families is available to one acre and it is tilled and ready to go. local children as part of a school project Old Firehall Collective coordinator to grow pumpkins, which they will sell and society president Rosemary Hughes at Hallowe’en. Hughes describes this as is pleased that there has been so much “a great learning experience for the kids.” interest in the new community garden. The garden is also involved in a PHOTO CREDIT: ROSEMARY HUGHES ROSEMARY CREDIT: PHOTO Currently, six people have plots, two province-wide potato-growing project. of whom have two plots each. The group Hughes says the community garden hopes for at least another three plots to is organized by a group of established be taken in this phase. gardeners that meets regularly. Although Hughes says interested people have they don’t all necessarily use the garden themselves, they hold workshops and Smokey Creek Salvage offer mentoring to people who want to 24 HR TOWING New & Used Auto Parts, Back Hoe Work, learn how to garden. Certified Welding & Repairs, Vehicle Removal Nakusp has had a community garden WE BUY CARS & TRUCKS since 2009, growing out of weekly 359-7815 ; 1-877-376-6539 3453 YEATMAN RD, SOUTH SLOCAN meetings held by a small group of avid gardeners. Known as the Hummingbird VILLAGE OF A happy group of volunteers works to get Nakusp’s new community garden underway. NEW DENVER Rural Dividend grants focus on recreation and job creation PUBLIC NOTICES by Jan McMurray attraction strategy, affordable housing, and Parks Enhancement Project The suspension of the Rural connectivity, non-profit network ($163,450): Rehabilitate recreational PROPERTY TAXES Dividend Program has been lifted, and development, digital media, refresh trail assets, improve connectivity of Property owners of the Village of New Denver are reminded that a round of grants of nearly $14 million Economic Development Strategy, and the existing network and infrastructure the 2020 Property Tax notices have been mailed out. If you have has been announced for recreation destination marketing. at two Community Hubs in RDCK not received your notice, please call or email the Village Office. and economic development projects • Arrow and Slocan Lakes regional parks. Residential property taxes are due on or before Wednesday, throughout the province, including our Community Services, Mt. Abriel • Kootenay Association for Science region. Trail Network - Destination, Peak and Technology, Kootenay Investment July 15, 2020. If possible, please arrange your payment by This round of Rural Dividend grants to Beach ($100,000): Further develop Readiness for Tech Start-ups and mail, e-transfer or KSCU online payment. The Village Office was suspended last fall “in order to Upper Polygon Down Hill Destination Angel Investors ($100,000): The is open to the public in a limited capacity allowing only one support workers and communities in the Trail from the peak of Mt. Abriel to Kootenays are experiencing a tech person at a time. interior as they face an unprecedented Upper Arrow Lake, showcasing Nakusp sector boom, but critical barriers are Completed home owner grant forms are due on or before July situation in the forestry sector economy,” and area as a world-renowned mountain the availability of capital and investor 15, 2020 and can be mailed to the office or placed in the drop- said Minister Doug Donaldson in a biking destination and attraction for readiness. Focus on investment readiness box located outside the office. September 19, 2019 letter to all Rural tourists and residents. training for entrepreneurs and investors Dividend Fund applicants. Donaldson • Community Futures Central and establish key connections to external For information regarding property tax deferment programs, said applications would be “retained Kootenay, Kootenay Business venture capital through a high-profile please visit our website. for vetting and funding consideration at Transition and Investment Attraction investment summit. a future date.” Project ($100,000): Increase regional More than $2.6 million is going WILDFIRE MITIGATION REBATES That “future date” has arrived, and supports for small business transitions, to 24 projects across the Kootenay Planning to do some wildfire mitigation this summer? Did you grant recipients were identified from and grow Imagine Kootenay’s investment and Boundary regions. In total the know that you can get up to 50% of mitigation costs (maximum applications submitted last summer attraction initiatives through marketing, province is providing nearly $14 $500 per property) reimbursed? To qualify, you will need to during the sixth intake of the Rural succession-planning resources, and million in grants for over 150 projects have a FireSmart Assessment on your property conducted Dividend Program. There were 338 connecting investors to opportunities. to support economic development and by a qualified Local FireSmart Representative. After your Rural Dividend funding applications • Regional District of Central recreational opportunities for rural first assessment, you are required to complete activities that submitted in this sixth round, Kootenay, RDCK Trail Connectivity British Columbians. are recommended and that are eligible under the FireSmart including applications for community Former BC minister and MLA Ed Conroy passes away Community Funding & Supports program. After completing the development projects in Nakusp, Kaslo submitted 1991, and was re-elected in 1996. activities, a follow-up assessment is required to review your and the Slocan Valley. Former BC minister and Kootenay Since 2005, Ed’s wife Katrine activities, as well as costs or receipts before your rebate is “Priority was given to economic MLA Ed Conroy passed away June Conroy has served as the NDP MLA approved. For more information on eligibility or rebates, please development projects that have a focus 26 at the age of 73. He died of natural for the renamed constituency (West contact the Village Office. on and a potential for job creation,” says causes. Kootenay Boundary and Kootenay a government press release. “It is with a heavy heart we learned West), and is currently the Minister for Residents who would like a free home or land assessment Successful projects in our area are of the passing of our dear friend Ed Children and Family Development. on their property can contact Slocan Integral Forestry CO-OP as follows. Conroy,” said New Democrat BC In addition to serving as a minister (SIFCo) by phone 250-226-7012 or email [email protected]. • Silverton Co-work Society, Government Caucus Chair Jagrup and MLA, Ed Conroy was a towboat Lift Co-work phase two - Building Brar. “Ed gave so much to the province operator, school trustee, school board GARBAGE COLLECTION Capacity ($100,000): The Lift provides of British Columbia, and did so with vice-chair, and helped create the Municipal garbage collection takes place every Tuesday for res- dedicated co-work space for local and kindness at every step. Our entire New Columbia Basin Trust along with idential properties in New Denver. Residents are reminded that seasonal individuals and groups to use Democrat caucus sends our condolences Corky Evans. solid waste must be bagged, tagged and placed in a garbage for office work, workshops, etc. This and love to Ed’s wife Katrine, and their Ed lived with his wife Katrine in can before being placed curbside for collection. Do not place project will take the Lift from a lean whole family.” Pass Creek, where they ran a ranch garbage outside before 6 am. Please assist the Village in its start-up to a fully operational facility. Ed Conroy served as the Minister of breeding prize-winning Polled Hereford efforts to remove bear, dog and crow attractants by ensuring • Slocan Valley Regional Economic Agriculture, Food and Fisheries for BC cattle. Development Implementation Project that solid waste is placed in secure containers. and the Minister Responsible for Rural He is survived by his wife, ($100,000): Complete project with Development from 2000 to 2001. 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Box 40, New Denver, BC V0G 1S0 outcomes to include agriculture and was first elected to the BC legislature grandchildren and a large extended (250) 358-2316 · [email protected] · www.newdenver.ca tech sector business retention and as the NDP MLA for Rossland-Trail in family. expansion, cannabis industry transition, July 2, 2020 The Valley Voice VISITOR INFORMATION 21 Open burning temporarily allowed in Southeast Fire Centre submitted to temporarily allow category 2 2 open burns include one or two always check the ventilation index, with ashes cold to the touch before However, category 3 open Effective at noon Pacific open burning throughout the entire concurrently burning piles no follow the open burning smoke leaving the area for any length burn prohibitions will remain in Time on Thursday, June 18, the Southeast Fire Centre and category larger than two metres high by control regulations and practice of time. effect for the Boundary, Cranbrook, following amendments have 3 open burning to be allowed in three metres wide; stubble or grass safe burning. Create a fireguard Category 3 Open and Invermere fire zones. been made to both Category 2 specified areas. burning over an area of less than around the planned fire site by Burning Anyone wishing to light a and Category 3 open burning Category 2 open 0.2 hectares in size; the use of clearing away twigs, grass, leaves Category 3 open burning Category 3 open fire must obtain prohibitions within the Southeast burning: fireworks; burn barrels and burn and other combustible material. will be temporarily permitted a burn registration number ahead Fire Centre’s jurisdiction. Category 2 open burning cages; sky lanterns; and exploding Have an adequate source of for the Arrow, Kootenay Lake, of time by calling 1-888-797- Given weather patterns will be temporarily allowed binary targets. pressurized water on hand. Never and Columbia fire zones within 1717. A burn registration number and time of year, the BCWS throughout the Southeast Fire Anyone planning to conduct leave a fire unattended and make the Southeast Fire Centre’s is not required to light a Category has identified a brief window Centre’s jurisdiction. Category category 2 open burning, should sure the fire is fully extinguished jurisdiction. 2 open fire. 22 KASLO & DISTRICT The Valley Voice July 2, 2020 Kaslo council, June 23: Zincton, aerodrome upgrades, and water for the Thrift Store by John Boivin, Local Journalism potential developments as a whole the real work can begin on improving Open for business website housing the Kaslo Auxiliary Society’s Initiative reporter rather than individually,” the letter the airport. The bulk of the money for Council approved spending Thrift Store is going to get running The council meeting opened with reads, “…as together these proposals the project will come from a Rural $1,000 to support a new website water. a talk on the future. Randy Morse can bring both significant benefits and Development Fund grant ($16,000) planned by the Nelson-Kootenay While in camera, council of the BC Rural Centre appeared undesirable impacts to the area.” as well as the Aerodrome’s own Lake Tourism Association. The approved a motion to spend just under as a delegation to discuss what Among those impacts would be reserve fund. goal of the new page is to “provide $9,000 to help the store link up to the community will look like, its greenhouse gas emissions, increased COVID Recovery support information to locals and visitors on the Village water and sewer systems, opportunities and challenges, as traffic along the winding, narrow Acting on a recommendation which businesses are open and to allowing it to reopen. the world cautiously (and in some highway, the greater demand placed from the COVID-19 Response and what level during COVID-19.” The The Thrift Store is in a building cases prematurely) eases out of the upon public services like emergency Recovery Committee, Village staff group hopes to increase awareness leased to the auxiliary by the Village. COVID-19 lockdown. And he said services and infrastructure, as well will write a letter to local businesses of what is open and what locals and This brick building was first used as a Kaslo could become “a lodestar as impacts on affordable housing in to let them know that the Village is visitors can experience in the NKL bonded warehouse and subsequently across the basin and beyond.” The the area. there to help and support them. Staff region (Nelson, Balfour, Ainsworth used as the Village’s fire hall until the proposal was forwarded to the COVID “With great interest, we would will draft a letter that describes the Hot Springs, Kaslo, East Shore, early 1970s. recovery committee for approval. See appreciate being included in future services available to businesses and North Kootenay Lake). Council did The building was never hooked more on this story elsewhere in this consultations on this and other property owners, information about have some debate over the project’s up to water service, but that became edition of the Valley Voice. proposed developments in the area support programs and initiatives value, considering its own economic a possibility when a sewer main was More info on Zincton ski as they evolve, and hope that the from other organizations, and general development group is working on a installed along the laneway to the rear project proponents will reach out to us planning and development matters. similar site. But in the end, they felt of the building in last year’s sewer Proponents of the Zincton in Kaslo about their plans at an A night at the ballet at more exposure is never a bad thing, expansion project. The auxiliary ski resort proposal for Highway appropriate time,” council concluded. City Hall and approved chipping in the $1,000 wants to connect to water and sewer 31A likely didn’t get the letter of Aerodrome upgrade A bit of higher culture is coming towards the project’s approximately so a washroom can be installed. endorsement they were hoping for There’s going to be a lot of work to City Hall. The Kaslo Dance Studio $8,300 budget – if the money can The Thrift Store cannot reopen due from council as they move through up at Kaslo’s Aerodrome over the has been given permission to film a be found in the Village’s advertising to COVID-19 health regulations, the regulatory process. Council had next few years. Council’s Committee dance performance on Thursday, July budget. because there is nowhere to wash been asked by the project owners for of the Whole (COTW) reviewed the 9 from 3 to 7 pm in the municipal Peanut gallery to reopen hands. support for their project, which would current situation at the 100-year-old building. The performance will be a As the province moves towards With the auxiliary planning to see a ski resort town and backcountry facility at its recent COTW meeting. part of the virtual programming Kaslo reopening, Kaslo council is doing the add a washroom to the rear of the facility built between Kaslo and New Among the plans are a number of new Jazz Society is offering during the same. Council adopted a provincial building, council approved paying Denver. hangars for airplanes, better roads in August Long weekend. directive allowing it to partially all connection fees and costs to bring Council wrote to the Mountain and out of the area, and new security “The Studio and its students will reopen its public gallery during the services to them. One proviso, Resorts Branch, who are reviewing fencing. be highlighted as local performing council meetings and allow for in- though – the auxiliary is responsible the proposal, that it needs “further “New development, the growth artists, and our hope is to film our person delegations. Up to 10 people for all renovation and building costs, information before being able to of heli-skiing, and limited space contribution in advance of the long will be allowed in the room, including including plumbing and permitting. consider supporting such a venture.” available at Nelson Airport have weekend,” wrote dance teacher council itself and staff – which should They are also responsible for the While council recognized the increased the demand for hangar Glynis Waring. leave seats for about three members ongoing water and sewer utility fees. economic boost it could give to the space in Kaslo,” staff noted. The virtual jazz festival planned of the public. The value of the project – region, they cautioned that there were But first council needs to know for August “wishes to spotlight The changes approved by council mandatory connection fees, materials other proposals in the works for the who owns what up there: legal local Kaslo heritage and significant will come into effect at its July and three days of Village crew time same area. surveys and land titles are many buildings to bring more awareness meeting. Zoom access will continue, and equipment to bring the services “It is important to consider these decades old, if they exist at all in some to the beautiful community, which is however, for those wishing to follow to the rear of the property – is valued cases. So council approved a plan to why I think the Kaslo City Hall would council hearings at a socially safe at $8,965. spend $20,000 on a complete re-do be a great fit for this performance,” distance. The matter was discussed by of the surveys of the facility. From she added. council in camera because it related Water for the Thrift Store to Village-owned real estate. there, legal titles will be refreshed and After 120 years, the building Victorian Hospital of Kaslo Auxiliary Society news submitted the community as a whole throughout the Kaslo Community Garden and Lamoureux this year. Tuition was Victorian Hospital of Kaslo the year. pays its annual insurance fee. The granted for a paramedic to upgrade Auxiliary Society (VHKAS) is more At the March AGM, a new garden has about 20 plots (plot size skills, which will provide increased than the Thrift Store! Although many executive was elected: Dianna can be flexible) and all are occupied level of ambulance care. The Youth people associate the Thrift Store with Parker, president; Kate O’Keefe, this year with happy gardeners. The Centre, JVH breakfast program, Kaslo VHKAS, the money raised benefits vice president; Annalisa Reynold, public is welcome to sample food Community Acupuncture Society, secretary; Wanda Ammon, treasurer; at the ‘help yourself’ beds, or pick JVH Exercise Room, NKLCSS and Catherine McCormick and Annie at the strawberry, raspberry, and Health Arts Society, Kaslo seniors and ACUPUNCTURE AGAIN! Ferncase, directors-at-large. blueberry patches. The garden had individuals have all benefited from KASLO COMMUNITY ACUPUNCTURE will be VHKAS supports the COVID a very successful plant sale at the VHKAS support. Relief activities organized by Andy end of May with proceeds going to At this time, the Thrift Store is starting Friday, June 26, 1:00 at a new Shadrack, which provides shopping VHKAS. All plants were donated by closed and is being freshened and location, 430 “B” Ave - Kaslo Community delivery to vulnerable folks needing to growers and purchased by donation. repainted. When all your COVID- Church, back entrance. Extended hours 1- 5, keep well distanced and out of stores VHKAS thanks all who participated. cupboard-cleaning efforts are donated, every 2nd and 4th Friday. By donation or MSP. at this time. The program extends to The organization asks that anyone there will be space for them. As the ‘Art For the Joy of It,’ student art on visiting the garden be healthy, keep store is small, a limited number of Only 4 allowed at a time, no waiting space at display at the Langham and digitally two metres’ distance and bring their customers will be allowed in at a this time. Watch for posters & Facebook for for the home- and hospital-bound. own tools if working in the garden. time. Your patience and support will more details. VHKAS is also the sponsor for The Primary Health Care Centre’s be required. Purchases will continue gardens are maintained by VHKAS to be made by donation (transfer or volunteers. Trudy Lindstrom and exact cash). Support the Hazel Calder are the stalwarts of this Because of the Thrift Store group. Over the past year, they were closure, VHKAS income is down, Valley Voice helped out by several JVH students and community support programs will who are part of the Green Club. be limited. You can help by donating with a voluntary Walk by and admire the gardens at cash or time and energy. All members your leisure. VHKAS thanks Trudy of VHKAS and staff are volunteers. subscription and Hazel for their dedication to the To join as a volunteer, contact beautifying of the grounds, which President Dianna Parker (250-353- are a colourful viewscape for the 1037, [email protected]), Only $10-$30 residents. check the Facebook page or drop Send Cheque or Money Order What else does VHKAS support? by the Thrift Store. Donations can to: Valley Voice, Box 70, The annual scholarship for a student be made directly to KSCU account New Denver, BC V0G 1S0 continuing their education in a #25098 Maximizer-0, marked medical field was awarded to Jace ‘donation’ or ‘membership.’ July 2, 2020 The Valley Voice COMMUNITY 23 Kaslo 2.0: planning a ‘renaissance’ for the post-COVID world by John Boivin, Local Journalism virtually every business in Kaslo – “We need to be a stand-alone, tracking the families and individuals transform the way civic government Initiative reporter and the province—was closed by sustainable community that doesn’t that want to work with the kind could work. Everybody on Kaslo’s COVID the pandemic. need to be reliant on money coming of product that the Kaslo infoNet “If Kaslo does this, it’s not only Recovery Committee turned to the “So we have this really interesting in, and how do we do that?” she says. Society can offer – that to me is the going to be an economic, social and communications guy at the table. snapshot of what businesses were “How do we become our own best gold there,” says Knowles. “What civic benefit for the people who live Their meeting had touched on a saying at the beginning of the week,” clients?” we’re going to see is this growth and work here, it ends up being a dozen crises, problems, connections recalls Burton. It would be valuable She is confident her home town through that sector, because we have lighthouse, a lodestar, to every other and opportunities they might have information to use to respond to this can not only survive, but thrive. the lifestyle to offer, and the product community across the basin, across rebuilding the town’s economy, crisis. “The people Kaslo is attracting people need to compete globally.” the province and beyond,” predicts which at that point had been With their own plans kiboshed, are action-takers, they’re these A lot of hope is riding on the new Morse. completely shut down for nearly Burton says they pivoted to what people who are collaborative and “co-working” space at the historic The idea will be discussed further two months. they could do to help the village innovative,” she says. “It’s kind of provincial government building in by the COVID Recovery Committee. They needed something to right away. like going back to the pioneer days, to town. But all this is not going to happen capture what they were trying to “We saw the opportunity to take what built Kaslo. It was those kind of The plan is to turn the Kemball overnight. There are months – if not achieve. the feedback we received and make people, who wanted to make it work. Memorial Centre into a rural tech years – of work ahead. Randy Morse, who works as a sector-specific recovery plans,” he And that hasn’t really changed…” innovation centre, and Knowles And the recovery committee is communications director for the BC says. “Because retail hasn’t been Councillor Knowles says he’s says it already has a dozen people hardly working in a vacuum. The Rural Centre, thought a minute. affected in the same way forestry been impressed by how Factor 5 has interested. area’s representative on the RDCK “How about ‘Kaslo 2.0: has, or agriculture, or tourism. pivoted from academic project to “We established it before COVID board, Aimee Watson, has been Stunning, stubborn and smart’?,” They’ve all been affected differently practical work. happened,” he says, but it’s the new working on building up food security he said. so they all need to recognize unique “They changed it into an instant 10GB internet access that’s the systems for the community. Other “It’s not necessarily going to be challenges and opportunities.” business support project, almost,” game-changer. “We have to dangle regional and provincial politicians are ‘the’ slogan, but it was a conversation Factor 5 started coming up with a he says. “They’ve gone business- that carrot out for our next economic working on supporting the tourism starter,” says Morse, recalling events series of 30-day economic strategies to-business in our area… building piece.” sector, forestry, agriculture, etc. a month after the meeting. “And to navigate the hard times. Their capacity for the new ‘touchless’ But Randy Morse sees an even But the people trying to build the it does – in a fun, tongue-in-cheek work naturally began to coordinate society, and internet shopping. brighter future created by the high- community’s future say the elements way – sum up who we are.” with council’s COVID Recovery “That’s exactly where we need to speed fibre-optic backbone. are in place for Kaslo, not just to Stunning, he says, obviously Committee. go with our businesses here. We were Saying Kaslo should take on the survive the pandemic, but to thrive. refers to the local topography. And they began to reach out kind of behind the curve at times and title of ‘Communi-cultural Capital of “It’s not a recovery plan. It’s a Stubborn is for the perseverance to regional organizations, like this seems to have brought us right up BC,’ he recently pitched a new way of renaissance plan,” says Factor 5’s of four generations of dreamers, Community Futures, the Columbia into the 21st century.” civic engagement to Village council. Burton. “It’s not just getting back entrepreneurs and families in the Basin Trust, and the RDCK’s regional Smarter world “The idea is to create open what we lost, it’s about where do boom-and-bust economy. Smart economic groups to create more links Kaslo is sitting on another ‘gold and transparent engagement by we go from here, what kind of refers to the next ‘gold’ rush that to build support for business. mine.’ But it’s not metal. It’s made connecting local folks to local community are we building out of Morse says could make Kaslo an They began developing a of glass. issues,” he said last meeting. this?” example for the world. communication strategy for tourism While tourism has been the Using secure software to confirm “This is the moment for rural BC COVID Recovery as well. mainstay of the town’s economy citizens’ identities, residents could to come back into the spotlight, to be Committee And then they hired Sarah for decades, it’s the community- respond to Village surveys and the economic driver of our province,” Kaslo’s mainstay tourism Sinclair. controlled, fibre-optic high-speed polls, or participate in discussion predicts Knowles. “In the past we economy has been hit hard by the On the ground internet network that points the way forums, “providing insight to how know it’s the rural economy that’s pandemic. With its famous jazz “This pandemic is hard, but no to the future. folks who live here feel about a held up the province. And we’re festival cancelled and hotels empty, harder than our mill shutting down, “Watching the tech sector, particular issue,” he says. It would going to see that again.” businesses on the busy main street or our hospital shutting down,” were hurting. says Sarah Sinclair, an economic “It was a deep feeling of development consultant—and born helplessness, almost, ‘what can and raised Kaslovian. “The people I do?’” that prompted Village of our community will rise up and Councillor Kellie Knowles to move rise together to combat this, and that council strike an emergency COVID is going to make sustainable, resilient Recovery Committee. “I thought change. let’s just start with that, a meeting “We have action-takers in this where people can come in, talk community – we love where we live, about their issues and seek solutions now how can we make this happen?” together.” For the last month or so, Sinclair’s The committee heard moving been Factor 5’s – and the committee’s stories from many businesses about – boots on the ground, going store- their situations, says Knowles. to-store, interviewing businesses, Developing a strategy could take determining their needs, finding months of study and research – if the help for those she can and bringing community hadn’t just happened to concerns back to the committee. be in the middle of developing an She’s helped businesses work economic development strategy. through emergency funding options, Instead of taking weeks or COVID compliance regulations, and months to get the information they how to run a Zoom meeting. needed, it was right at their fingertips. “To talk to business owners and Factor 5 community members has been really On Monday, March 9, Eric insightful and really hopeful,” she Burton was a little disappointed by says. “Not everyone is hopeful, but the turnout to his roundtable on Kaslo there’s an underlying confidence in economic development. this community that we can make His consulting company, Factor this happen.” 5, had been contracted to come up The town’s small businesses have with an economic development plan been moving online. It’s building an for the North Kootenay Lake region. interactive business resource website, “Bottom line, don’t hold a and helping stores improve their meeting on a Monday in Kaslo,” he Google search results. says. “No one is open on a Monday.” She’s also helping produce a It didn’t turn out too bad in the “Welcome to Kaslo” video to reach end. He says thanks to the work out to tourists, letting them know of Mayor Suzan Hewat, they got what’s available and what’s not. about 50 surveys answered by local But Sinclair says she sees the businesses. real recovery not in tourism, but in Four days after the roundtable, local growth. 24 NAKUSP & THE ARROW LAKES The Valley Voice July 2, 2020 Nakusp council, June 22: Council nixes rural multi-unit housing proposal by John Boivin, Local Journalism stands now I am wondering if it may will see if the rack is being used by $60,000. It’s been a cash-cow for the washrooms down by the marina for Initiative reporter be wise for me to stop construction the public over the coming weeks. Village in recent years. a year. Council approved a plan to Nakusp Village councillors met on my lot and put it up for sale.” Depending on public use, staff will Otherwise, Tennant told council compensate the club for the cost. face-to-face for the first time since No one spoke in favour of the then look at possibly commissioning spending is on track, with about 41% This time, the club wrote to the outbreak of the COVID-19 proposal. up to five more racks for locations of the year gone by. Administration council pointing out that upon further pandemic on June 22, and wasted Complicating matters was a around the downtown. Those racks and Public Works are a little low on investigation, it had been paying for no time getting down to business. revelation that a covenant had been would be custom-made by a local their spending, while the Parks and the power for the washroom for a No to housing proposal attached to all the properties in the artisan. The public will be asked to Rec department is a little higher. decade. The club “conservatively A public hearing opened initial subdivision, back in the ’70s, submit designs. Breakwater coming estimated” the total hydro bill for the the meeting, with residents of that forbids building multi-family Last year the Village had two Tennant also told council washroom from 2010 to 2020 at just Glenacres Road telling council units. While that wasn’t necessarily a large racks made and installed on construction of the new marina under $5,450. The staff report called they didn’t approve of a plan to deal-breaker, council was concerned Broadway, but they were roundly breakwater has commenced and the estimate “fair.” build multi-unit housing in their enough about the community panned by the public for being is expected to be complete and Councillor Ken Miller moved rural neighbourhood. The developer feedback that the requested zoning unwieldy and poorly-placed. One of ready to be shipped July 13. Marine the Village reimburse the club from wanted to build a four-unit structure, change was unanimously rejected. those racks is now in the municipal Construction will be installing its surplus funds. The motion was with three one-bedroom units along Bike rack designs campground, the other is being the structure once it arrives. The approved unanimously. with a unit for the homeowner. wanted stored at the public works yard. boat launch will be closed for the The washroom became the But to do so, he needed to change Council continued its quest Revenues down construction period – once the exact responsibility of the Village the zoning from R2 Suburban for the installation of bike racks The Village’s financial officer date is known, the public will be sometime in the 2000s, the letter Residential to R3 Multi-Family downtown, a process that’s taken the told council the pandemic has notified. The project is expected to says. A staff report confirms that Residential. better part of a year. This meeting, affected municipal revenues. Mark total $317,000 which is within the the last lease agreement between The proponent noted a “history they got the job part-done. Council Tennant said about 20% of taxes had $330,000 amount budgeted, he said. the Village and the club excluded of lack of rental accommodation passed a motion to have staff move been collected compared to 24% by Balance of power the washroom from the leased lands. supply in Nakusp for many years, an unused bike rack located outside mid-June last year. The hot springs Last meeting, the Nakusp CFO Mark Tennant reported that but considerable worsening supply the arena doors to a spot just outside are also being hit hard by the forced Launch Club brought to council’s a new agreement with the Launch over the last two years” as a reason the Save-On grocery store. closure due to the COVID-19 virus. attention that the club had been Club will be coming before council for supporting the project. Council and administration It’s operating at a net deficit of about paying the hydro bill for the public soon. The last one expired in 2009. But his neighbours were having none of it. Among the concerns Nakusp Hot Springs cautiously reopens; others remain closed to public council received – both written and by John Boivin, Local journalism guests registering for a two-day stay to get a spot. And if you do, make the required to observe and follow the in presentations that night – included Initiative reporter at Halcyon Hot Springs are permitted most of the 60 minutes you can stay. signage and protocols for occupancy traffic, safety, privacy and noise. Nakusp’s famous community hot to use their facilities. “All pool users will be required limitations, physical distancing “I am now extremely concerned springs are reopening – cautiously. BC Parks lists the Halfway Hot to sign in for one-hour time slots and health regulations in the hot that my property will become less The facility announced last Springs Recreation Site as still closed which include entering, changing, springs lobby, change rooms, pools, valuable,” wrote a resident who said week it was going to reopen its to the public. showering, enjoying the pools and washroom, campsite and chalets.” she was “devastated” when she chalets, campground and pools on But while Nakusp’s municipal exiting our facilities,” says a release. More information is available received notice of the project. Monday, June 29, though there will springs are open, it may be difficult “All guests and customers will be on the Nakusp Hot Springs website. She wrote she was moving to be restrictions in place. Nakusp and was building on a There are the typical provisions: Storm damages private bridge near Burton neighbouring property. “…As people are to keep physically by John Boivin, Local Journalism owner about the cleanup process, Levitt says no further action is it distanced, and not visit the facility if Initiative reporter Levitt added. planned by the department as the they have symptoms of COVID-19, A private bridge across Caribou “The water stewardship team owner has been given guidance on been exposed to someone who has Creek near Burton was swept off is trying to help the landowner find the federal procedures. The owner or may have had it, or have travelled its moorings by flooding as a result the best way to get the bridge out will have to apply for permits to outside of the country in the last 14 of the massive thunderstorm that of the creek,” said a spokesman remove the structure. days. moved through the area on May 31. for the Ministry of Forests, Lands, The bridge was legally Access to the pools will also The bridge now lies in the Natural Resource Operations permitted and installed more than be limited. The hot springs will be water, and a log jam is slowly and Rural Development, which 30 years ago and was insured, opened (with capacity restrictions) building up behind it. oversees such situations. “The Levitt says. for camping and chalet guests Officials say they’re on top of landowner is working on getting the Levitt says fish habitat in the FOREVER HOME NEEDED! only from 9:30 to 11:30 am and the situation. bridge removed, and the in-stream creek was likely already impacted Tia is the perfect companion. She loves to 7:30 to 9:30 pm daily. Public and “When we became aware of the works have to authorized by [the by scouring caused by the water be beside you, follows you around, talks all guest access (again, with capacity washout we attended the site,” says department].” and debris from the flooding event. the time. She would fit in best with an older restrictions) will be permitted from federal Fishery Officer and Field family who has no other pets. 12 to 7 pm daily. The pools and Supervisor Brian Levitt. “And we Tia is 4 years old, spayed and ready for a change rooms will be closed for explained to the landowner what loving and safe home. Call PALS today at cleaning between those periods. 250-265-3792 to see if your home is the our concerns would be in terms of perfect fit for our beautiful Tia! Other hot springs remain protecting fish habitat. We left him with information he would have to WEEKLY SPONSOR: closed The Village-run hot springs review in order to have the bridge facility is the only one in the area removed.” opening up to the public at this time. The Province’s natural resources Nakusp Ainsworth Hot Springs remains ministry has also investigated and (250) 265-3635 www.selkirkrealty.com closed until further notice, and only has a team consulting with the

A private bridge across Caribou Creek near Burton was swept off its moorings by flooding as a result of the massive thunderstorm that moved through the area on May 31. July 2, 2020 The Valley Voice COMMUNITY 25 School (board)’s out for summer by John Boivin, Local Journalism learning, said Taylor, either because as scheduled September 8th and The system they are replacing uses Melissa Teindl, who left the board last Initiative reporter remote learning is working well for remains on budget,” Taylor told the MS-DOS as its base – an operating year. The byelection was going to be No more pencils, no more books, their family, or that it isn’t working board. Design work on play areas system that became obsolete when held in early spring, but the pandemic no more line-by-line debates on capital but change isn’t ideal for their kids at is proceeding after consultations Windows 95 was released a quarter- put a halt to those plans, and the school spending: SD #10 Arrow Lakes’ this time, or returning to class in June with user groups who may lose a bit century ago. district needs ministerial approval to board of trustees held its last meeting didn’t meet the family’s needs. of public space. However, the new • The new climbing wall at Nakusp hold a new one. They’re also hoping until fall in mid-June. Here are the Taylor thanked staff for their daycare’s play space will be available Secondary cost $84,223, reported the Province will allow them to offer highlights. adaptivity and flexibility in teaching to the public after school hours. the board’s chief financial officer. mail-in ballots for people who can’t or Superintendent Terry Taylor says kids both remotely and in person. The district is still waiting for The project, launched by a group of don’t want to attend a polling station. If it’s been a “smooth” restart across The Ministry of Education’s plans word from the Province for funding students about three years ago, received approved, the trustees hope to welcome the school district with students and for the fall include full-time attendance for a new daycare attached to Nakusp’s $55,000 in donations from various local their newest board member to the table staff excited to be back in school. for K-7 and 40% attendance for high elementary school. Word on that organizations and individuals, and used in September. Classes resumed on June 1, with junior school students, Taylor says, depending should come this summer. about $27,000 from the NSS Trust Fund • School district staff at the board elementary students (K-4) attending of course on the recommendations of • The board is finally getting to complete. The opening of the facility offices will be taking a break this twice a week, and older students the provincial health officer. Final around to replacing its antiquated has been delayed by the COVID-19 summer as well. The annual office (Grades 5-12) once a week. decisions about September’s return- accounting and human resources pandemic, but will eventually be used shutdown will be from July 27 to Taylor reported that in week one, to-school will be made by the ministry software. It approved the spending of by both students and the public. August 7. Other than that two-week 53% of students were in schools and in in late August. $200,000 over the next four years for • The trustees are hoping to start period, district personnel will be the next, 57% were in classes with their • SD #10’s new day care projects adoption and support of new software the new school year with a full board. available during regular office hours teachers and support staff. are proceeding. The Goat Mountain to replace its old system. And you can’t They passed a motion asking the through the summer. Forty-three percent of families to Child Care Centre in New Denver accuse the district of always chasing minister of education to approve a The board will next meet on date have chosen to continue remote “remains on target for opening after the latest computer developments. plan to allow a byelection to replace September 15. New Denver council, June 23: Are you ready for fire season? by Kathy Hartman needs help getting them fixed. Development Implementation credit union said it was unable on Title protects the Village from Help to fireproof your It will be sending letters Project, a partnership among the to transfer the Village credit card liability if there are any safety issues property to the RDCK requesting prompt Villages of New Denver, Silverton, from one staff member to another. resulting from the renovation. New Denver residents who want reopening of the Galena Trail, and Slocan and RDCK Area H. That causes issues when the staff “It was a perfect storm of to reduce wildfire risk on their to the Province of BC requesting Ron LeBlanc, the Slocan Valley person leaves their position or the screwing up,” Hellyer told council, property can now get some free help immediate repairs to the road to Economic Development Coordinator, Village office. Council approved explaining that he tried to get all from the Village, in partnership with Idaho Peak. According to Councillor will present a plan for the funding an application for a CIBC Visa card the inspections, but time was short, SIFCo (Slocan Integral Forestry Gerald Wagner, the west side of the to stakeholders in August. The that allows for more flexibility for winter was coming and the house Co-op). The municipality has been Galena Trail’s cable car tripod was funding can be used to support the purchases of municipal supplies needed proper insulation before the approved to use grant funding to undercut by the latest storm, creating business retention and attraction; and services. cold set in. offer homeowners two free visits a safety issue. Meanwhile, the RDCK expansion in agriculture and tech/ Homeowner slapped When asked if he felt the by a local FireSmart representative, has closed the trail between Three maker sectors; cannabis industry with a Notice on Title renovations were safe, Hellyer said and rebates for work completed. All Forks and Alamo, where a large transition; affordable housing; New Denver resident Daniel “I come from Hills. There, either private homes in the New Denver slide has taken out the trail. The internet connectivity; non-profit Hellyer was at the meeting when you do it right, or you do it again. area are eligible for the funding, cable car has been closed since last development; tourism marketing. council voted to place a Notice on Title Yes, it’s safe.” but there is only enough money season, and wasn’t reopened due to Village ditches KSCU on his property at 1105 Columbia. Council suggested that since for a limited number of homes, COVID-19. The June 1 storm (and credit card Hellyer did some renovations without Hellyer took pictures of the job, making this a first-come, first- subsequent extreme weather events) The Village voted to cut its ties a building permit, which contravenes perhaps an engineer could approve served program. A FireSmart rep caused erosion of sections of the with the Kootenay Savings Credit the BC Building Code and New his work. That would allow him to will come and visit your home and Carpenter Creek Canyon Trail, the Union’s credit card division. The Denver building bylaw. The Notice have the Notice on Title removed. make recommendations to reduce Idaho Peak Forest Service Road, and the chance of a wildfire spreading the Silverton Creek Forest Service through your property. Once the Road. As a result, these routes have FireSmart recommendations have been closed to ensure the safety of been completed, program officials the public. These roads and trails DONATION STORE OPENS will review costs (e.g. receipts and/ are top attractions for the area, or proof of labour) and approve the bringing thousands of tourists and rebates. Rebates are limited to 50% of the associated economic benefits to JULY 6 WITH COVID-19 the total cost of the eligible activities the community each year. Tourism identified above and no more than officials are concerned the closures $500 per property. will have a negative impact on the MODIFICATIONS To book a FireSmart assessment, economy, at a time when many visit www.sifco.ca or contact the businesses are already struggling Village office. from the pandemic-related travel Monday through Saturday 10:00 AM to 2:00 PM Trails and forest service restrictions. roads need repair Funding for economic • All patrons will enter through the Highway 6 door and The extreme weather events this development spring have taken a toll on many The Province has provided a exit through the Slocan Avenue door. popular trails and forest service roads $100,000 Rural Dividend grant for in the area, and the Village says it the Slocan Valley Regional Economic • Hand sanitizing will be mandatory; a station will be Regional government offices reopen to public submitted special sanitization and physical- available at the entrance. After three months of a distancing rules. There will be quarantine-imposed shutdown, maximum occupancy limits in the the Regional District of Central office, so the public is asked to • No personal shopping bags will be allowed; single use Kootenay has officially reopened its adhere to all policies and procedures bags will be supplied. head office in Nelson to the public. which may include waiting your turn However, offices in Nakusp and outside while practicing physical Creston remain closed until further distancing. First week only: NO DONATION ITEMS ACCEPTED notice. Residents are encouraged to The restored office hours are contact RDCK staff ahead of time $5.00 BAG SALE 8:30 am-4:30 pm Monday through by phone or email first to see if they Friday. can be helped remotely and, if not, Like most public facilities, there to make an appointment with staff. Thanks for your continued support. We look forward to are the usual pandemic protocols The office at 202 Lakeside Drive for visitors to follow. The office has in Nelson was closed by provincial serving the community again. posted entry guidelines, including health orders on March 20. 26 CLASSIFIED ADS The Valley Voice July 2, 2020 ANNOUNCEMENTS BUSINESS OPPORTUNITIES fun activities for you. Call Nakusp Public FOR SALE HEALTH BUDDY’S PIZZA, KASLO: Award HAVE YOU ALWAYS DREAMED about Library: 250-265-3363. FOR SALE: $5000 or best offer. Modular REIKI, HANDS-ON-HEALING AND winning, hand-stretched artisan pizza. starting your own business? If so, call AT THE HIDDEN GARDEN GALLERY building - approx. 28’ x 32’ /w truss roof. CCMBA sessions for past trauma, also 250-353-2282. Community Futures to learn about the free Nancy Anderson’s Photographs of the Sale includes all skirting/blocking, stairs/ Reiki classes. Agnes Toews-Andrews. 30 KOOTS KIDS CLOTHING Business Plan workshop open to anyone! Slocan, featuring selections from albums railings - must be dismantled to be moved. years experience. Winlaw. 250-226-7268. EXCHANGE has kids’ clothes! Please And if you’re eligible, you may also qualify in the attic. This show runs July 14-19. Removal and site clean up to be completed HELP WANTED contact Robin at 250-505-4610 or for the Self-Employment Program, where you The Hidden Garden Gallery is located by August 15, 2020. Located at WE EXPERIENCED BARISTA for new [email protected]. Donations will receive ongoing business training and at 112 Slocan Ave, New Denver, behind Graham School, 915 Harold St, Slocan, coffee shop in Nakusp, BC. Mountain can be mailed to LACE, Box 208, New coaching and usually financial support while Sweet Dreams Guesthouse. The gallery BC. For information or to arrange for Top Coffee Co. Send resume to support@ Denver, V0G 1S0. you start your business. 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I show all my listings! Serving the Slocan Valley for the New Market Foods 16th year. 518 6th Ave • New Denver 250-358-2270 Fax: 250-358-2290 Offices in Nakusp, Nelson & Kaslo email: [email protected] www.newmarketfoods.ca Delivery available in the New Denver Silverton area. Advertise in the For same day delivery call, email or fax by 2:00 pm. Valley Voice. Our hours are 7 days a week from 8:00 am to 6:00 pm Certified by the Province of BC to test drinking water It pays!!! Call 1-833-501-1700 for details Gaia Tree Whole Foods [email protected] Community Market Coldwell Banker Rosling Real Estate • All Organic Produce Valley Exchange • All Organic Grains Buying/Selling – Bulk Ordering – Gold & Silver Community Discount Day: Last Friday of the month 250-353-7844 Mon-Sat 9-6 AGRICULTURE Sunday 10-4 Tax Returns not Downtown Winlaw • 250-226-7255 behaving? Canadian Tax Whisperer (est. 1983) A small family-owned & operated tax and book-keeping service is taking on new clients. For by-phone appointments call on Sunday 12-4 to book. Now Open! 250-355-2822 Wednesday – Saturday Sam or Merina Support the Valley Voice with Support the Valley Voice with a voluntary subscription $60/return 11:00 am - 3:00 pm Only $5-$50 Subsidy available for low- Send Cheque to: Valley Voice, Box 70 a voluntary subscription Closed Sunday – New Denver, BC V0G 1S0 income clients Tuesday Main Street, New Denver Only $10-$30 250-358-2178 July 2, 2020 The Valley Voice COMMUNITY 29 Contest to support local businesses submitted said Nelson-Creston MLA Michelle Share your love for local Mungall. “So, let’s get out there and businesses and products and enter to show off our local businesses by win one of three amazing local gift buying local.” baskets valued at $200. To enter, share Winners will be drawn at random a selfie with your recent local purchase on August 31, October 29, and on Instagram or Facebook with the December 17, 2020. If you don’t hashtag #mmmkootenaylocal. Entries have access to a social media account, must clearly feature the local company contact Mungall’s community office or business name in the photo or post. of by phoning 1-877-388-4498 or All residents of the Nelson-Creston emailing michelle.mungall.mla@leg. riding are eligible to enter. bc.ca for alternative ways to enter. “Now more than ever, every For more details on eligibility, The upgrades to the emergency department at the Arrow Lakes Hospital are complete. There are now exam bays, a triage area, a multi-purpose room for families, dollar we spend at a local business how to enter and deadlines please a visiting specialist room and more space for physicians. A new trauma bay opened in September last year. The project cost $2.1 million, funded by Interior Health goes a long way towards supporting visit http://michellemungall.ca/news/ and the West Kootenay Boundary Regional Hospital District. The Arrow Lakes Hospital Foundation (ALHF) and the Arrow Lakes Hospital Auxiliary contributed our neighbors and our communities” mmmkootenaylocal-photo-contest/ $250,000 for equipment. The ALHF “warmly and deeply thanks the people of our community” for their support of the foundation and auxiliary’s fundraising efforts. Laurence Charles-Lundaahl November 11, 1952 – June 18, 2020 It is with great sadness that the family of Laurence Charles- Lundaahl announce his passing on June 18th, 2020. Laurence was born in Surrey, UK and lived in England until moving to Canada in 1982, and ten years later landed in Fauquier, BC. If you want to make a donation to Kaslo’s food bank and get yourself a locally-made curio at the same time, check out the models of a 1920 fire truck and 1930 coupe at Kaslo Building Supplies. The models were made by Phil Trotter for raffle at the annual May Days Show ’n Shine, which Laurence served as a volunteer member of the Fauquier Fire Depart- was cancelled this year. KBS owner Jeff Davie is happy to help with the fundraiser by having the models on display. Over 25 hours of labour went ment for twenty-five years, and frequently gave back to his community into each one and they’re for sale for $200 each. All proceeds go to the food bank. through music and entertainment. FAWNS Laurence will be forever remembered by his children Patrick and Fin- Deer fawns are born late May through lay Charles-Lundaahl and Neoma Parent; the mother of his children, June. At birth, mule deer weigh 2.7–4 kg Lotta Charles-Lundaahl; brother Terry Charles; sister-in-law Brenda and white-tailed deer weigh 3 kg. Fawns Charles; son-in-law Zakary Parent; and his two nephews. Laurence have no scent, are silent, and their spots was predeceased by his father and mother, Ron and May Charles. provide camouflage. Forty-six to 77% of white-tailed deer fawns die each year, A Celebration of Laurence’s life will be held at a later date. Memorial so to increase its chance of surviving donations made to Parkinson’s Canada at https://www.parkinson.ca/ don’t touch a fawn you find alone; mom getinvolved/waystogive/ would be greatly appreciated. is probably feeding nearby. Laurence’s family express their thanks for the care provided by the staff of Halcyon Home, Minto House, and Dr. Craig Courchesne. Valley Funeral Home in care of arrangements.

Savanah Cockrell from Kaslo is graduating from Thompson Rivers University and has been chosen as valedictorian for the Faculty of Arts. Her message will be online as of 10 am on Monday, June 22 at www.tru.ca/convocation.html. RCMP execute drug search warrant in Castlegar submitted courts as part of an active investigation Police officers with the Castlegar into suspected drug trafficking in the RCMP Crime Reduction Unit arrested Castlegar area. six individuals during the execution of Six men were taking into police a search warrant, obtained under the custody without incident during Controlled Drugs and Substances Act at execution of the warrant, states Sgt. a local home on June 24. Monty Taylor, Castlegar RCMP The search of the property resulted Detachment Commander. in the seizure of substances believed A 56-year-old man and a 42-year-old to be cocaine, fentanyl and crystal man, both residents of Castlegar, face methamphetamine, along with approx. potential drug-related charges. $850 in cash. Police also seized a firearm A 46-year-old Castlegar man faces and ammunition which were allegedly potential drug and firearm-related unlawfully possessed, as well as other charges, along with criminal charges for related evidence to suggest the occupants allegedly breaching prior court-imposed were involved in drug trafficking. conditions. The search warrant was executed All three males have been released on a residence situated in the 3100 from police custody on strict bail block of Columbia Avenue in Castlegar. conditions to appear in Castlegar Courts The warrant was authorized by the on October 21, 2020. 30 COMMUNITY The Valley Voice July 2, 2020 RDCK board, June 18: Board supports anti-racism pledge by John Boivin, Local Journalism guidelines include following public step code is not mandatory. It is up to local the Province to promote building code sit on. Directors are also covered for any Initiative reporter health orders and recommendations, governments to use it or not. standards that are non-structural and non- expenses they incur while at work. Pledge against racism having safe work procedures in place The RDCK is considering safety related through incentives, and not RDCK Board Chair (and Area D Staff at the Regional District of as per WorkSafeBC, and following the incorporating step one into its bylaw, punitive or prescriptive measures. Director) Aimee Watson made the most Central Kootenay will be drawing up British Columbia Recreation and Parks but directors have been feeling the heat Wildfire mitigation money from her position, at $105,190 in anti-discrimination and anti-racism Association guideline for restarting from builders and residents in the district Another motion submitted by salary, committee work and expenses. policies for the regional government. operations. lately, who say the extra costs associated the RDCK to the UBCM asks the Area H Director Walter Popoff made The move comes as the board of directors Building Code with the new standards are yet another Province to commit to establishing and $67,896 in salary and expenses; and Area unanimously decided to endorse the Changes to the Building Code are barrier to making homes more affordable. supporting regional planning tables to K Director Paul Peterson made $54,384. ‘Different Together Pledge’ initiated by coming, as the Province has a goal The RDCK decided to submit a take a coordinated approach to wildfire For directors who also sit on municipal the province’s lieutenant governor. that all new buildings must be net zero motion for the Union of BC Municipalities mitigation. The planning tables would councils, Kaslo Mayor Suzan Hewat RDCK recreation and energy ready by 2032. To help local (UBCM) to consider, calling for building include local governments, First Nations, made $34,567 for her RDCK and other parks reopening governments phase energy efficiency in affordability and flexible low-cost forest licencees (including community committee work; Nakusp Councillor The board approved the RDCK to their building bylaws, the Province has building methods to be priorities for forests), Ministry of Forests, BC Wildfire Joseph Hughes made $28,872; New COVID-19 guidelines for the reopening come up with a five-step approach, called the revision of the BC Building Code Service, BC Parks, water user groups and Denver Councillor Colin Moss made of recreation and park services. The the BC Energy Step Code. However, the in 2022. The motion goes on to ask other interested parties. $27,937; Silverton Councillor Leah Winlaw Boardwalk contract Main, who is active on the Federation of The Winlaw Boardwalk project Canadian Municipalities, made $43,185; took another step forward when the and Slocan councillor Jessica Lunn made MADDEN TIMBER RDCK board approved entering into $26,540. a contribution agreement with the The report also gives a glimpse Columbia Basin Trust. The project will into the pay of the district’s executive. CONSTRUCTION INC see three aging boardwalks repaired The highest paid employee in 2019 and upgrades made to other park was Stuart Horn, who had two jobs – LICENCED BUILDER infrastructure to ensure the Winlaw chief administrative officer and chief Regional and Nature Park is accessible financial officer. He earned $237,537 250-265-1807 and inclusive for all users. plus expenses. The Trust has approved a contribution Other top earners were of nearly $156,500 to renovate and Environmental Services Manager Uli replace portions of the aging structure. Wolf, who made $137,333 plus expenses; Compressor for Passmore and Sangita Sudan, the general manager of development and Joe Chirico, the Fire Department general manager of community services, The Passmore Fire Department is who both earned $131,749 plus expenses. getting a new air compressor system. The existing system has failed and a Columbia Basin Trust compressor is required to fill SCBA (self- Community Initiatives contained breathing apparatus) personal funds disbursed protection equipment, like oxygen tanks. More than $1.5 million dollars Regional Fire Chief Nora Hannon will be distributed this year through the said in a report to the board that Columbia Basin Trust’s Community several fire departments will be buying Initiatives and Affected Area program equipment, and the bulk purchase will (CIP/AAP) grant funding. Among the result in some savings. The money for the more notable projects in the Arrow equipment ($35,000) was earmarked as a Lakes, Slocan Valley and Kaslo areas contribution to reserves, so the purchase are: Arrow and Slocan Lakes Community should have no impact on taxation. Services - Food bank ($10,000) and Financial statement Health Connection bus service ($25,000); released Arrow Lakes Cross-Country Ski Club The RDCK has filed its annual - snowmobile and groomer purchase, statement of financial information to the equipment shed ($25,000); Burton provincial government. The document Internet Society - enhancement program CONVENTIONAL CONSTRUCTION gives an insight into RDCK spending ($7,000); Edgewood Community – including salaries and benefits of staff Parks board - landscaping and drainage LOG AND TIMBER FRAME and directors. around public washroom ($6,550); Kaslo Rural directors make a base salary InfoNet Society- alternate power source, CERTIFIED PASSIVE HOUSE of $39,720 while municipal councillors trenching ($9,477); Kaslo Outdoor who also sit on the RDCK board make Recreation and Trails Society - trail re- DESIGN AND BUILD $15,408. But those numbers go up alignments ($5,000); Kaslo Search and significantly depending on the number Rescue ($7,366); Kootenay Boundary of committees and external bodies they Regional Hospital and Health Foundation - Urologist and ENT Support Project ($20,649); Kootenay Co-op Radio - upgrades to service ($6,125); Nakusp Centennial Golf Course - update golf cart fleet ($14,000); Nakusp Fire Brigade- road rescue stabilization equipment ($15,834); Nakusp Public Library- new computers ($9,999); Nakusp Rail Society ($10,000); Nakusp Ski Club - groomer shed expansion ($25,011); North Kootenay Lake Community Services ($39,000); Slocan Golf Club ($17,270); Slocan Solutions Society ($8,900); Slocan Waterfront Restoration Society - community events/brochures ($2,753); Valhalla Hills Nordic Ski Club – grooming ($4,870); W.E. Graham Community Services Society - youth network van ($6,870). A complete list of all the grant recipients can be found on the RDCK website. July 2, 2020 The Valley Voice COMMUNITY 31 Outdoor classroom completed at Winlaw Elementary submitted by Winlaw Elementary gathering before and after nature lessons, Building Centre, Ryan Boisvert, Blair School hosting presentations and discussions, Jewell, Home Hardware, Principal Once again, amazing things are sharing, singing and storytelling. The Jon Francis and the dozens of parent taking shape at Winlaw Elementary outdoor classroom was built beside the volunteers who helped construct and School – this time, an outdoor classroom. school garden and forest to facilitate raise the roof of the outdoor classroom. The vision began in spring 2014 connections and studies of plants and A special thanks to Tim Reilly from TRC with teacher Linda Out and parent animals. Timberworks, who volunteered many Shauna Robertson, who brainstormed The project began as the ‘Growing hours with the design, timber frame ways to deepen outdoor experiential Nature Stewards’ program and gained cutting and coordination of construction. learning. What resulted is the outdoor $5,000 from Canadian Scholarship Winlaw Elementary looks forward classroom, a sheltered outdoor learning Trust. The community further supported to Growing Nature Stewards in the space, which represents values held by the project goals through the RDCK upcoming generations of students at the school and the community: learning Community Initiatives, aka Dot Day, the school. Many thanks to principal outdoors, fostering stewardship and where nearly $3,000 was raised. Other Jon Francis, teacher Linda Out and working together. contributions came from the Winlaw parent Shauna Robertson for bringing Activities envisioned to take place in PAC, TRC Timberworks, the Elder this vision to fruition for the Winlaw the new outdoor learning space include family, Cascadia Roofing, Maglio Elementary learning community.

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For all your New Home The outdoor classroom at Winlaw Elementary School has been built, thanks to teacher Linda Out, parent Shauna Robertson, principal Jon Francis and Having trouble Construction & General a huge show of in-kind support from the community, a $3,000 CBT Community Initiatives grant, and a $5,000 grant from the Canada Scholarship Trust. acquiring a new Contracting Students at Whole School show love for community elders home construction Needs! submitted they want to do for their Generosity appreciation for elders loomed large. permit? During the COVID-19 pandemic Project is key to its success as they The art installation will be up outside and lockdown, Whole School students are invested in the outcome, but they the lodge for another week or so and We can have been thinking of our community’s overwhelmed my expectations and we will then be moved to the Whole School Help. elders. They decided to find an artistic hear a lot of gratitude from the elders, fence. In recent years, Whole School and socially distanced way to express which made it all worthwhile.” students have also volunteered in the their love and support. The Generosity Project is part of spring to help residents of the Passmore While learning at home, each student the students’ self-discovery through Lodge by tidying up the yard and came up with an image of joy that they The Circle of Courage – one of the gardens. decorated and attached to a stake for primary learning and integration tools The Whole School emphasizes installation on the berm on the edge of in the Whole School’s curriculum. It is small, multi-age classes of 15 Servicing New the Passmore Lodge property. In the first a model of positive youth development students or less in a nurturing, home- Denver, Nakusp, week of June when students came back based on the medicine wheel and the like environment. Applications for Kaslo & Slocan to school, they continued to work on their principle that to be emotionally healthy kindergarten and elementary level Contact Jesse Oldham creations and then installed them with all youth need a sense of belonging, students are being accepted. Financial area their families at the end of the school day. mastery, independence, and generosity. help is available. (licenced HPO Builder) “I was amazed by the beauty of the Their yearly project gives them the To learn more about Whole School kids’ projects,” said Anniah Lang, Whole chance to highlight an issue that is programs, visit www.wholeschool.ca (cell # 250 551 2593) • [email protected] School principal and teacher. “Having meaningful to them and within a larger or contact the school at wholeschool@ the students decide for themselves what community context. This year expressing gmail.com or call (250) 226-7737. Water conservation measures implemented in RDCK submitted hours of 7 pm and 10 am. However, A complete description of Residents of the Regional watering using drip irrigation, a RDCK water conservation measures District of Central Kootenay who watering can, and or hand-held hose stages one through four can be found get their water from community is permitted any time. at www.rdck.ca/water. systems are being asked to observe summer water conservation measures. That includes the communities of Burton, Fauquier, Edgewood, Denver Siding, Rosebery Highlands, South Slocan, McDonald Creek and Woodbury Village. Stage one water conservation measures are automatically activated each year June 1-September 30 for all RDCK water systems. There are four stages, and stricter measures may be required if demand increases significantly, hot and dry weather prevails, or if reservoirs decline to critically low levels. CFNKLS (Community Fund of North Kootenay Lake Society) held its AGM in Kaslo’s Vimy Park in Stage one water conservation centre field on June 17 at 5 pm. Members and guests brought their own chairs and social distancing measures include watering of lawns was practised, and a number wore face masks. The meeting was brief, as most of the grant cheques (including new lawns), gardens, had been distributed the week prior, and AGM reports had been distributed online in advance. It was trees and shrubs only between the a delight to hold a meeting on a bed of clover! Check the website and Facebook for more photos. 32 COMMUNITY The Valley Voice July 2, 2020