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Volume 19, Number 13 June 30, 2010 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.” Cody Caves park operator may be forced to shut down by Art Joyce permit operator to uphold the park simply increasing fees won’t be public money to hire a grader to run opened a file on the case. He says An iconic West Kootenay park mandate of resource protection, he enough to recoup his losses. over it.” his best hope at this point would be may be seeing its twilight years says. In the ’60s and ’70s, prior to Because the fees don’t go into Normally during the tourism for the Minister of Environment to due to government policy changes. the caves’ protection as a provincial parks budgets, but into general season Cody Caves is a seven day per intervene and make an individual Cody Caves Provincial Park operator park, much damage was done by revenue, he likens it to a hidden tax week operation, but Stanway has had exception, something that is within Kevin Stanway says changes to the partiers. Stalactite formations in or fine for tourists. Meanwhile, parks to let go of seasonal employees so they the minister’s power to do. Failing fee structure for contractors from a caves are extremely fragile and take budgets have been continually cut can find alternate summer work. He that, Stanway would at least like flat rate of $250 per season to $1 thousands of years to form, so once back in recent years. No government is in debt for unpaid fees and will also to see some parks staff presence at per visitor or $250, whichever is they’re damaged they are virtually money was spent in the park for be looking for work. Two high school the caves this year to protect the greater, will probably put him out of irreplaceable. Cody Caves was first about 30 years, until recently, when jobs, five part-time summer service resource. business. Damage to the access road gated and guided in 1982. extensive trail remediation was industry positions, and one career “The death knell of a eco-tour from logging operations has also “You can’t really visit a cave completed. management position in tourism operator in the West Kootenay has made visitor access difficult. park on your own without doing Further impacting Stanway’s and environmental protection have sounded, alongside is the possible Stanway has worked at the caves significant damage. Just a little tourism business has been winter been lost. Stanway has contacted loss of a jewel in the West Kootenay for 12 years, seven of those as the bit of ignorance or neglect can do logging and spring hauling operations MLA Michelle Mungall, who has park system.” permit holder and operator. He lasting environmental damage. To on Cody Caves Road. He estimates oyce j
says the fee structure for the permit do equal damage in Kokanee Park, loss of business due to road damage t ar :
was changed midway through his for instance, you’d have to actually of approximately $30,000 over the t i five-year term without notice or strip mine the mountain.” past three years. He says it has also d
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the permit act. Last year there were regional parks staff by conference were not up to negotiating the road. p about 4,500 visitors to the caves but call and at press time the issue According to Ministry of Forests his revenues have left him about was being discussed in Victoria. spokesperson Cheekwan Ho, as of $2,000 short. Canadian Cave Conservancy, a press time the road had been repaired, Stanway is particularly concerned registered charity dedicated to “making it passable for two-wheel about the conservation implications cave conservation, is involved in drive high clearance vehicles and for Cody Caves. Cave parks, unlike the discussions. BC Seleological thereby re-establishing access for other parks, rely entirely on the Federation, another non-profit that recreational and commercial use.” acts as an umbrella group for all She said the road is designated for DOUG PYPER the caving groups in the province, industrial use and cites the rainy is also providing input. According spring weather as the cause of to Ministry of Environment public damage. Ho added that although Photographics affairs officer David Currie, “No industrial users are required by decision has been reached at this time legislation to maintain logging roads, around any changes to the park fee they are not required to maintain it for structure. The fee is a legislated fee non-industrial users. Compliance and for any commercial operator, which enforcement staff monitor the road. cannot be changed to accommodate “There has been a gentleman’s individual operators.” However, agreement to make the road more Currie said operators can increase accessible for tourists,” says Stanway. their visitor fees. But Stanway says “But the Ministry of Forests used The Art Gallery Studio Connexion is proud to present this season’s exhibitions. Over two decades of creative images Y&Z Kate Tupper: June 18 — July 4 Now serving Kaslo and area Blossom, Jetsam, Ligan and Derilect Family • Children • Pets Remember, we travel July 8-August 2: Rose Eysmond throughout the Slocan Nature Morte et Vivante Valley, too! www.dougpyperphoto.com Dustan Tyers lights a candle in the candle lighting ceremony at JV Humphries Gallery Hours: Wednesday to Sunday 12 – 4 pm grad ceremonies June 25. Graduates lit candles in honour of art, music, 250-353-9611 203 - 5th Avenue Nakusp drama, science and other worthy pursuits.
The Valley Voice is 100% locally owned 2 NEWS The Valley Voice June 30, 2010 BC Hydro operations update for Duncan and Arrow reservoirs by Jan McMurray Hydro system inflow is forecast at 14% The Duncan is expected to reach the maximum level is 1444 feet. the summer. BC Hydro representatives stopped below normal, as is the Mica reservoir maximum elevation of about 1890 feet One of the factors contributing to In the fall, BC Hydro will be in Meadow Creek and Nakusp on inflow. The US side of the Columbia in early August – it will fill later than the higher reservoir levels is the Fall seeking input from stakeholders about June 16 and 17 on their annual tour to Basin is even drier, making this year usual this year, partly because of the Storage Agreement. This agreement, a new Non-Treaty Storage Agreement provide the public with an update on probably the third driest year since low snowpack. It will draft to 1888 feet developed last fall, allowed water that (NTSA). Kelvin Ketchum of BC Hydro their operations. 1961for the Columbia Basin as a whole. by Labour Day and continue to draft to was supposed to be released from the explained that Mica was built with This year, snowpack is below The Arrow reservoir is forecast at 80% near empty in late April or early May. Arrow Lakes in October and November extra storage, and this extra storage normal in most of the province, but of normal; the Duncan at 85% of normal Kootenay Lake was at 1748.7 feet to be released later, in December, was governed by the NTSA from 1984 normal on the coast. The entire BC and Kootenay Lake at 67% of normal. in mid-June, and was expected to fill February and March. This resulted in to 2004. The NTSA was terminated another two feet to about 1751 feet this a historic record high in April 2010. because market conditions changed and year, which is one foot higher than last In mid-June, the level was 1434 feet, it was felt that Canada was not getting year. “We like to keep the lake above which is five feet above what it was a fair share of the benefits; and because 1738 feet so it doesn’t impact ferry last year. July levels are expected to be BC Hydro was not able to keep control operation,” said Gillian Kong of BC between 1440 and 1442 feet. During over Mica and Arrow levels. “We’re Hydro. She said the maximum elevation the summer, levels are expected to be planning a similar agreement, but it may for Kootenay Lake was 1752 feet. within the 1430 and 1440 feet range. On have an impact on levels – there could Despite the low snowpack, the Labour Day, the reservoir will probably be lower levels at certain times of the Arrow reservoir water levels are reach 1435 feet. year – so we want to talk. We’re going expected to be between 1407.5 feet A Summer Storage Agreement to start a stakeholder forum in the fall” and 1444 feet this year. The minimum may be developed, which would likely said Ketchum. More information can level under the Treaty is 1378 feet and result in higher Arrow levels during be found at www.compassrm.com/ntsa.
A sure sign that the school year is coming to an end is when the New Denver Nursery School children parade through town on their annual Toddle-a-Thon fundraiser. Interior Health undergoes restructuring by Jan McMurray Boundary Acute Area Director. achieve seamless, integrated care across Interior Health has reorganized its Whereas the previous senior the continuum,” she said. leadership structure. The new structure executive team had positions that were There are fewer leadership positions was created by IH CEO, Dr. Rob geographically based in four health in the new structure. “This is in line with Halpenny, to reflect his vision of ‘one service areas, the new team is made up our commitment to find efficiencies in IH’ and to increase standardization, of nine vice presidents whose roles have administration across Interior Health,” explained Ingrid Hampf, Kootenay an IH-wide focus. “This will help us to said Hampf. Although Diane Gagnon’s position has changed, her new role will still include administration of the New Denver, Kaslo and Nakusp facilities. Gagnon’s new position, Community Integration Health Service Administrator for the West Kootenay-Boundary region, focuses on the non-acute services that IH provides in the communities themselves, such as mental health and addictions, primary care, rehabilitation, home care, and aboriginal services. Her new position also focuses on the facilities that do Excavating and Dump Truck Services not have in-patient units, such as New Denver and Kaslo. Strategic, budget, and planning for the in-patient unit and the emergency room at Arrow Lakes Hospital will fall under the administrative support of Ingrid Hampf. Gagnon will no longer be administrator of Nelson’s Kootenay Lake Hospital. Under the new structure, a new person will be the administrator of both the Nelson and Trail hospitals. 14TH ANNUAL SUMMIT LAKE WALK/RUN/BIKE FOR FUN Hosted by Three Islands Resort Come out and walk, run or cycle the 10 kms around beautiful Summit Lake on Sunday, July 11 Walk begins at 9 am sharp. Registration ($5) begins at 8 am Refreshments & Gifts – everybody walks out a winner. All proceeds go to the Arrow Lakes Hospital with Three Islands Resort matching funds raised June 30, 2010 The Valley Voice NEWS 3 Local representatives discuss forestry cuts with RDCK board by Jan McMurray relatively painless as far as people use electronic signatures on all Program, resource based the province are addressed. For M i n i s t r y o f F o r e s t s were concerned,” said Beaudry. documents and will file everything ministries are working together example, if a conservation officer representatives Garry Beaudry and Round two was in January 2010, electronically. “So there will be a to gain efficiencies by sharing goes out to check on a bear trap Russ Laroche attended the June when two positions in Nelson and lot less time that staff has to touch vehicles, office space and by and finds an illegal campfire, he 24 RDCK meeting to address the one in Castlegar were cut. Round a piece of paper,” he said. coordinating their First Nations can deal with it. directors’ concerns about budget 3, in April 2010, saw 15 positions Second, he said the ministry referral processes. Director Zaitsoff asked why cuts and the amalgamation of the cut in Castlegar and seven in was moving from a compliance- Directors Peterson and the Kootenay Lake office was Arrow-Boundary, Columbia and Revelstoke. The fourth round based model to an enforcement- Popoff voiced concerns about the chosen as the main district office Kootenay Lake Forest Districts. came in May 2010 and affected based model. Currently, regional environmental risks of moving instead of the Arrow Boundary “Ours was one of the hardest only one position in Nelson. staffpeople review all appraisals of away from the compliance-based office, as most of the major hit ministries in the province,” said Although these positions are timber. “We think we can change model. “The 96% compliance rate licencees are operating in the Beaudry, who is now the district gone, Beaudry said the people this to more of an audit-based may not be maintained when you Arrow district. Beaudry said he manager for all three districts. The who held them have been offered system. We can rely to a greater are not looking as hard…I think thinks the key reason is that the districts will continue to function work elsewhere, as per the union degree on professional foresters this is going to be a disaster for main BC Timber Sales office is under their current names until the contracts. Some have chosen to to make sure the licencees are our forests,” said Peterson. located in the Kootenay Lake fall, when a new district name will accept a severance package. meeting their obligations,” he said. Popoff said he wanted to see office building, presenting more be announced. Beaudry and Laroche also He added that major licencees more emphasis on compliance opportunities to gain efficiencies. The amalgamation of the three brought some good news. A in the area have a 96% compliance before logging could go ahead in Director Cunningham asked if districts will result in the Castlegar decision to cut reception services rate with the legislation. “We sensitive areas. He said Springer the cuts would affect firefighting and Revelstoke offices being in Castlegar and Revelstoke was have excellent companies in the Creek was planning to log in capability. Beaudry said there restructured to field offices, with overturned, so there will be a Kootenays,” he said. “With all the Sandon, a historical site that is were no reductions in the Wildfire the main office in Nelson. receptionist in both field offices. public concerns, the companies prone to slides. “Springer assures Management Branch (WMB), and Ministry of Forests budget Thirty positions remain in realize they have a social licence me that the studies will be in place, said the Forest Service would look reductions province-wide total $32 Castlegar and 23 in Revelstoke. to log, so they do a good job of but I have heard that before and it at the WMB in the fall “to see if it million in 2010/11 and $40 million Beaudry then explained how managing that.” didn’t work out so well,” he said. could be aligned differently.” in 2011/12, with 40% of the cuts the ministry would manage under Beaudry said they felt that Director Jackman asked if Director Faust wanted people coming out of salaries. the new circumstances. “The cuts part of the solution was also the Forest Service intended to to know that the ministry had a Beaudry explained that there are quite substantial, so there is no the certification process. He use conservation officers for new mission statement with more have been four rounds of staff silver bullet to solve that,” he said. said the market was demanding enforcement. Beaudry said emphasis on the commercial reductions. Round one was in “It will be many small solutions more certified lumber, and this that Forestry’s compliance and aspects of forestry. Beaudry said 2009, when all three districts had that will make it up.” process involves audits and field enforcement officers are working the new mission statement talks a 12% staffing cut. These cuts were First, the ministry is inspections. with conservation officers to about the economic well-being of achieved by attrition and not filling “streamlining” wherever Finally, under the Resource come up with a joint work plan the operators and their stewardship vacancies, “so this round was possible; for example, they will Management Coordination to ensure that the highest risks in role. Columbia River Treaty review in the works as 2014 nears by Jan McMurray flood protection means that the US terminated. “The studies are limited The Columbia River Treaty would have to fill their reservoirs to to power and flood control only, but was discussed at recent BC Hydro maximum capacity before calling on I hope they will be of some value,” Operations Update meetings in Canada to help. “I’m not sure if this he said. Meadow Creek and Nakusp. is workable for the US,” commented Visit www.empr .gov.bc.ca/ This treaty between Canada Ketchum at the Nakusp meeting. EAED/EPB/pages/CRT.aspx for and the US has a minimum term In the event the treaty is more information on the review of of 60 years, so the treaty will be in terminated, Ketchum said the the Columbia River Treaty. effect until at least 2024. If either Duncan and Mica Dams would country intends to terminate the probably be operated the same way Support the Valley treaty in 2024, notice must be given they are now. “The way we operate Voice with a voluntary by September 16, 2014. With 2014 Duncan is good for flood control on subscription approaching, the BC government Kootenay Lake,” said Ketchum. He has struck a steering committee to said the Arrow reservoir could see Only $10-$30 look carefully at the treaty, and has some changes. indicated a desire to consult with the Josh Smienk, who is very public on this issue. knowledgeable about the treaty WANTED “I think we have to be as because of his long association with educated as we can about the costs the Columbia Basin Trust, was in TO BUY: and benefits of the treaty,” said attendance at the Meadow Creek Kelvin Ketchum of BC Hydro at the meeting. “They would probably run CEDAR AND Meadow Creek meeting. the dams the same if we terminate the The purpose of the treaty is to treaty,” he said. “If we terminate, the PINE POLES deal with flood control in both the Arrow Lakes might be higher in the John Shantz US and Canada, as well as to increase recreation season. The water has to • 250-308-7941 (cell) power generation in both countries. run over the dams regardless – it’s Ketchum said that although most of just a matter of when.” Please contact: Gorman the need for hydro power and flood Smienk added that it would be Brothers Lumber Ltd. control is in the US, the treaty also useful to discuss other issues that provides power and flood control have never been resolved, such as the benefits in Canada – for example, fact that Libby is a “lost child,” with 250-547-9296 Kootenay Lake is much less prone no water licence and no one taking to cause flooding now that it is 8-10 responsibility for it. feet lower than it would be without Ketchum said the decision to the Duncan Dam. terminate or not to terminate the Slocan Lake The treaty resulted in the treaty was “not an easy slam dunk construction of three dams in BC decision in my mind,” pointing Dance Camp – Duncan, Keenleyside and Mica. out that Canada would lose the It also allowed the US to build the ‘downstream benefits’ money from Thursday, July 24 through July 27, New Denver Libby Dam, flooding Canadian land. the US. Latin, Smooth, Country and Swing. Daily workshops, nightly classes & Under the treaty, half of the power BC Hydro and CBT, both dances PLUS Sunday Argentine Tango Milonga generated in the US as a result of the represented on the steering Early Bird Deadline: July 8 - Singles register Early! Canadian project operation is given committee, are doing a joint report, to BC in the form of cash. which is expected to be out this $20 per person per workshop/$12 for teens Ketchum explained that even if summer. For the report, BC Hydro the treaty is terminated, Canada is is doing studies on what would Schedule & registration at www.dancingbeat.org obligated to provide ‘on call’ flood happen to power generation and email: [email protected] phone: 250-358-2448 protection for the US. ‘On call’ flood control if the treaty were 4 OPINION The Valley Voice June 30, 2010
above Kaslo Bay Park. These slash S o m e o f c o u n c i l a n d wild herbs. More on the piles would do credit to any logging administrative staff have to start Confusion Ironically, these very plants operation – the largest of them is leaving their personal problems at can support young women through Carpenter some 125 feet long, 20 feet wide and home and act for the betterment of about KDCFS the hormonal changes of puberty. Creek Trail 15 feet high. When they burn you’re the whole. spending? St. Johnswort famously helps with I think it is important to going to see (and breathe) the smoke The last time I checked, we live There seems to be some depression. The prescription of acknowledge many more ‘unsung for miles and maybe days. If you in a democracy, not a dictatorship. confusion about the amount of psychoactive drugs to teenagers heroes’ who have contributed over thought winter woodstoves were bad Welcome new business, new growth money spent on the long term is on the rise – throwing this the decades to the clearing out and due to the inversion layer that keeps and new endeavours. This in turn planning initiative undertaken by beautiful plant away is such a maintenance of this local biking/ wood smoke hanging in the air, then will bring new business when the Kaslo and District Community shame. Burdock root, besides being walking trail. In the 1980s, Frank you’re going to love this! people realize Slocan City is living Forest Society. Here are the figures, a delicious addition to stir-fry, is an Barnes and Hugh Wilson worked One of our local volunteer in the future not in the past. supplied by the KDCFS office, as effective long-term treatment for on it. In the ’90s, people from firefighters walked the bay and K. Cumming of June 15. acne, eczema, dandruff and other the mountain biking community made comments such as: “ I wonder Slocan Total funds available, $52,500; conditions resulting from liver did the same - Rob Farrell, Jamie where they’ll get the water from? $5,000 from the society in 2009; imbalance – all issues that affect the Grierson, Jeff Bustard, Mike Sorci, The nearest hydrant is on the other Kootenay another $5,000 in 2010; payments self-esteem and health of teenagers. Davis Moore. Others including side of the highway... Mr. Penner of $30,800 from Columbia Basin Besides learning to support Craig Pettitt, Bob Dubreuil and hasn’t put any hydrants into his Katimavik Trust, with a final CBT payment of themselves, the girl guides could Hank Hastings have contributed development yet... The trees (on $11,700 pending. also learn to help their greater to its upkeep with a light touch the northern slope) are going to go projects say Expenses from January, community. For example, mullein over the years. These are the ones unless he foams them first.” goodbye for the 2009 through May, 2010 totalled leaf is used to treat upper respiratory I know about. There may be others. Peter Bryce $48,034, which breaks down infections. The flowers make an Apologies if anyone has been Kaslo summer as $28,675.70 already paid out; effective oil against ear infections. missed. On January 13, 2010, Katimavik pending payment of $1,560 to Our young women could be I thank them for the many Disappointed in came to the Kootenays. In the towns Atlas Information Management following in the footsteps of their peaceful walks I have taken on that of the Trail, Castlegar, Nelson for maps; uncleared cheque for ancestors who gathered medicines trail over the past seven years. Slocan council and Kaslo, youths from all over $13,474 for Romella Glorioso and from the forests and meadows I attended the June 14 meeting every part of Canada came to Susie O’Donnell of Slocan council and waited till Laurie Moss, consultants/strategic for centuries. Indeed, according New Denver volunteer and become part of the planners; pending payment of to herbalist Rosemary Gladstar, the ‘public participation’ item on communities. We didn’t know the agenda. $1,560 for Glorioso/Moss; and 80% of the world today uses plant what to expect. For many of us pending payment of $2,765 to Rainer medicines. Kaslo council Council has been advertising volunteers, the Kootenays were for an artist with an airbrush to Muenter, KDCFS manager. I understand that there is concern approves unheard of, a magical mysterious In addition to the uncleared about these plants dominating less cover up the graffiti on the loggers land somewhere in the interior of sports booth. cheque and the pending payment, vigorous plants that may have massive slash British Columbia. Glorioso/Moss received $18,750 been in the bioregion longer than When I stood up to volunteer What we found was a place burn downtown my time, air brushes, compressor from January, 2009 through May, they. We find mullein, burdock, At a Development Services filled with warm and kind people; and most of the paints needed to 2010, bringing total payments to St. Johnswort, knapweed, daisies, Committee meeting on June 10, what we found was a landscape remove the graffiti on the logger them of $33,784. dandelion, plantain and clover 2010, Kaslo council members not of unspeakable beauty; what we sports booth, I wasn’t allowed to In addition to the pending in areas that have been greatly only condoned the burning of huge found was a sense fulfillment and an speak due to the fact that the allotted payment, Muenter received damaged. Perhaps one of the roles slash piles located on the Kaslo experience that will last us a lifetime. 15 minutes of public time were payments of $4,439.75 from January, that these plants have on Earth is to Bay construction site, but eagerly We’d like to thank everyone who used up. 2009 through May, 2010, bringing grow fast and strong on decimated accepted Bernie Penner’s offer made our experience so wonderful – All I needed was council total payments to him for work on land. They bring minerals, shade and to add to them whatever slash the volunteer organizations and non- to grant my request that Public this project of $7,204.75. This is beauty to a place after a clearcut, was produced from the cutting of for-profits who worked alongside Works arrange 110 power for my in addition to his pay as KDCFS burn, mow or trample (farmers know cottonwood trees felled as part of the program and took us in to work, compressor. I was also prepared to manager. this; they plant clover to replenish the Water Street project. At least the community contacts who were touch up some of the sun damage to The other KDCFS manager, their fields). These plants grow six gravel truckloads were seen always there to help us out, the the mural on the south side curling Richard Marchand, has received when nothing else can. In time – trundling debris onto the pile the billeting families who took us into rink. It would have taken less than $945.75 for his work on this project. slow, long, earth time – they heal following morning. their homes, and the communities a minute to make this proposal. Jane Lynch an ecosystem so that other plants For those not familiar with the themselves, for letting us into their Needless to say this offer is now Shutty Bench can thrive. Kaslo Bay development, it’s located world. withdrawn. The girl guides and others who As this year’s project winds Saddened by wish to contribute to the Central EDITORIAL / LETTERS POLICY down and we leave for our homes, destruction of Kootenay Invasive Plant Committee The Valley Voice welcomes letters to the editor and community news we hope that future Canadian youths could consider learning to use the articles from our readers. will be able to enjoy and learn from wild herbs plants they remove for medicine, Letters and articles should be no longer than 500 words and may be the same great experiences we When I saw last issue’s photo or donating them to local herbalists edited. We reserve the right to reject any submitted material. did with the Kootenay Katimavik of the girl guides who had spent who work long, hot hours to provide Please mark your letter “LETTER TO THE EDITOR.” Include your projects. the day pulling knapweed, mullein, for their community (you can find address and daytime phone number for verification purposes. Thanks again to everyone. daisies, St. Johnswort and burdock them through the natural food We will not knowingly publish any letter that is defamatory or libelous. If you’d like to find out more, from the rail trail, I felt sad. These stores). To burn or throw away these We will not publish anonymous letters or letters signed with pseudonyms, visit www.katimavik.org. young women had an opportunity to except in extraordinary circumstances. plants is poor treatment of some of James Gutman learn about medicinal plants that can Opinions expressed in published letters are those of the author and not our greatest allies. Kaslo Katimavik volunteer support them and their community. necessarily those of the Valley Voice. Kate Guthrie Ottawa Instead, they learned to destroy the Winlaw The Valley Voice Box 70, New Denver, BC V0G 1S0 Phone: 250-358-7218 Fax: 250-358-7793 E-Mail: [email protected] Website: www.valleyvoice.ca Publisher - Dan Nicholson • Editor - Jan McMurray • Food Editor - Andrew Rhodes Arts & Culture Editor - Art Joyce • Staff Reporter - Dan Spring Published and printed in British Columbia, Canada The Valley Voice is distributed throughout the Slocan and Arrow Lake Valleys from South Slocan/Playmor Junction to Edgewood and Kaslo on Kootenay Lake. Circulation is 7,200 papers, providing the most complete news and advertising coverage of any single newspaper serving this area. SUBSCRIPTIONS: CANADA $54.60, USA $84.00, OVERSEAS $126.00. E-Mail Subscription $21.00 (Prices include GST) Canada Post Publications Mail Agreement #40021191 June 30, 2010 The Valley Voice LETTERS 5
the legal option of landing at Ashdod. rock cairns. It was so unnatural that and others voiced their opinions And now you want our creeks Problems with Egypt had offered a port as well. it drew your attention away from against Bill 17. Riparian rights were and have been waiting for the law Slocan council Instead, they chose the illegal the surroundings and ruined the removed and we became stakeholders, to change and give you full power. The June 14 Slocan council route of attempting to break the enjoyment of what formerly was a meaning having a stake in a business BC Hydro will raise the rates for us meeting really highlighted some blockade that Israel has every right pleasant and serene trail. or perhaps it means we’re tied to the peasants to pay for it. problems with this council. to have put into effect due to Gaza I objected to these, which were stake while you hold the match and Two years ago, we were presented I don’t know what they are having been taken over by a terrorist as many as 20 to 30 in a 100-metre we scream for water. an injunction for protesting the Axor doing other than attending numerous regime which regularly lobs rockets stretch and felt that others, as You carry on with the great dream Group from damming Glacier Creek meetings for everything imaginable. into Israel. The actions of Hamas well, wanted to enjoy the sense of jobs, taking men and women away and were taken to court. They were As far as I can see, they are not on the ground and the action of the of wholeness without obtrusive from their homes to harness nature forced to show us their Independent enforcing any of their bylaws except humantiarians on the ship where the monuments indicating that I have and build these jumbo, mega, titanic Power contract; out of 59 (?) pages, when it comes to Slocan Holdings violence took place are effectively been here. These rock cairns are in no schemes to block a river, a creek, like 19 were forwarded, of which six and then they are trying to enforce perpetrating an act of war. Any way necessary to mark the trail route blocking an artery. had printed matter and the rest was a bylaw that doesn’t even exist. The country would consider it so if was as the trail itself is so plainly defined You coin the word self-sufficiency blackout. Madame Justice Loo, who one good thing that is happening in happening to them. Five of the ships that if you require additional marking when we all have to pay you forever presided over the case, worked for BC the Village is the construction on the of the six-ship fleet complied with you are probably unsafe to be there. to light our homes and we are subject Hydro for 10 years. How convenient old hotel site, yet council is bound Israel’s directions and no violence of I for one started knocking down to your rate increases anytime you that nobody was allowed to see and determined to screw that effort any kind occurred on them. these rock cairns and cutting some of deem it necessary. ‘the real deal’ and those that render at every opportunity. Israel and Egypt had both agreed the worst areas of high stumps down To me, self-sufficiency means I judgment are on your side. Council should be putting their to let any legitimate goods that to ground level, as well as picking up don’t have to depend on corporations I take exception to your motto time and effort into getting some of could not be used as or turned into the heavy areas of slash and piling for my sustenance – I can have a solar ‘FOR GENERATIONS’ when, in fact the townspeople to clean up in front weapons into Gaza ports. Israel it off the trail. But this year I see panel or a wind thing on my house or you are leading the next generation of their properties and the laneways, weekly sends tons of needed supplies that sections of the trail have been get together with the community and down the drain in a world running or enforcing their dog bylaw. The into Gaza. l50 trucks a day. Hamas unnecessarily slashed to full road have micro-hydro or geothermal. out of fresh water. It should be FOR beach has so much dog crap on right now might be preventing them width and the trail used by ATVs You all refer to the original GENERATORS because it’s all about it! Some properties are starting to from entering. Israel also supplies at least up to the old powerhouse. Columbia River Treaty, which was machines and BIG IS BEST. resemble junkyards. When you live their water and electrical power The powerhouse site is now graced written without any consultation with What a footprint – hydro in this little community, it seems while being bombarded by rockets with ugly stumps that were recently our First Nations. When I questioned lines criss-crossing the nation and you can do anything that you want and outright lies. Israeli hospitals 10- to 15-metre-high trees for no it, you just said you weren’t there devastation to islands of intact old because they can’t (or won’t) enforce regularly treat people from Gaza reason other than to expose decaying at the time but you still use it as growth, fish, animals, sanctuaries any laws. I have heard, and so have and especially children with heart cement. Judging by the excessive your template. When I question BC of what’s left of biodiversity on the others, that the bylaws are there but problems. width of slashing and the signs of Hydro’s plaque on the Arrow Lakes planet. no one follows them. When members I think this is true humanitarian ATV activity, I can only assume that honouring the extinction of the Sinixt Dams put pressure on fault lines of the council don’t follow the rules aid. somebody is trying to convert this people, you weren’t there then either and waterways are fault lines. Large how can you expect the taxpayers to. Danny and Joan Law trail from a serene walking trail into but you assured me that you are bodies of water heat up our valleys Once again Slocan has lost out New Denver an ATV route. working with the Sinixt people to and make us prone to molds. because council wouldn’t bend There are over 10,000 kms remedy the mistake and that today Last but not least, in your two- the rules at the meeting and let Carpenter of forestry roads that ATVs have you are hand in hand with them page press release, you quote the word anyone else speak during the public Creek Trail access to in the Arrow Boundary concerning future hydro plans. When “clean” 22 times and “energy” 20 participation part of the agenda. Forest District and less than 600 km I asked a spokesperson for the Sinixt times, almost in every sentence. The There are other issues people want changing for of foot trails. Surely ATVs, which about this, they rolled their eyes and definition of propaganda is when you to talk about other than Slocan can easily travel up to a 100 km per shook their head stating there was no try to convince others of your agenda the worse day, can leave this 3-km trail that is such thing. by using selected words and repeating Holdings. An offer was going to be For many years after the power easily accessible to local residents The poor Columbia is the most them over and over again to lodge it made to the Village to touch up the plant ceased operation, the Carpenter for walking and bike use, and should. dammed river on earth. We have into people’s sub-conscious. There murals at the Logger Sports free of Creek Trail has been a gently graded, Craig Pettitt destroyed entire ecosystems that is nothing clean about this type of charge, but this person wasn’t given quietly used route that crossed New Denver sustained life for the sake of energy. behavior; there is nothing clean about the opportunity to speak so the offer sections of private and Crown land If you put all the Hydros together, this type of energy. has been taken off the table. that was easily accessible to folks in To BC Hydro you have the largest corporation on Your greatest concern is the When someone is going to run New Denver. I first walked this trail earth with the biggest land grab in low snowpack that will affect your for council or for mayor, they should in the early 1970s and started biking with love history: waterfront property. And yet, operations, not what we are doing is ask themselves if they can put their it in the 1980s. Sometime in the early As we approached Meadow you say we, the people, own BC Hydro affecting the climate of the earth. personal feelings to the side and just 1980s it was reopened for logging Creek for the BC Hydro meeting, when we are being dispossessed of the Someone once pointed out your deal with things in the best interest of truck traffic to access the timber on I noticed a truck uncoiling several land beneath our feet, drink bleached symbol for BC Hydro, I responded it’s the Village as a whole. If they can’t private land in the vicinity of the thick electrical wires to upgrade an dirty water and eat orphaned fish. an H and he said no it’s a double-cross. then they shouldn’t run for office. power plant site. area that often experiences blackouts. Then on top of this you are going Eloise Charet In business we often have to do that Over the ensuing years many How unusual that they were working to ‘educate’ us on how to save energy, Bear Clan or we wouldn’t be in business long. different volunteers and groups, as tirelessly into the evening on the date put a meter in our house to curb our Girls, you need to clean up well as myself, have maintained this of the meeting. Where was Hydro appetite for power when most of your act and do something for your trail, which had since grown in and when you needed them, and here they the hydro lines are going to sustain taxpayers! become a narrow, pleasant and safe are when they need you? Expect corporate institutions. Like everybody Embarassed and living too close, walking and biking trail. Your thrilling news release, hot teaching us to save on gas when the Glenda Zwer Volunteers built the connecting off the press from the premier’s US army is the largest consumer of Pedestrians Slocan grade up to the Galena Trail, as well office, informs me that Bill 17 oil on the planet. as connecters to the Village dyke. It (another money word), powered by Response to has always been kept low key but unprecedented investments, powers letter re: Gaza adequate for safety and sight lines. BC forward with clean energy and Two years ago something jobs. You quote the premier’s holy flotilla changed. Somebody started slashing words: “…an exciting new age... We would like to reply to Marc 20- and 30-year-old trees, many of unleashing British Columbia’s full Heroux’s letter about humanitarian them Douglas Fir at waist to chest potential…maximize the value aid to Gaza and the flotilla incident. height, leaving the slash where it fell of our public heritage assets… We know the reason there is alongside the foot trail. What was a generating new streams of revenue a Gaza blockade is because ships serene route along the creek became (my favourite!)…” and so on. were found loaded with rockets and akin to a logging slash. Many of the It’s all about business, it’s all ammunition to be used against Israel trees cut were three to four feet off about money. I see a source that coming into the port there. Ships the trail and didn’t need to be cut at nourishes life, and people in power see are now asked to land at Ashdod, all. To compound this travesty, this a source as an asset to exploit. where they can be inspected. If that person started placing rocks on top You see a dam, I see a river. You flotilla was really intent on bringing of these cut stumps and building write like everybody is on your side humanitarian aid into Gaza they had when I know that our First Nations 6 SLOCAN VALLEY The Valley Voice June 30, 2010 Slocan council, June 14: ‘Kick Ass Citizens of Slocan’ proposal presented by Laura J. Craig donations from the Women’s Institute the oak tree, centering the boulder the water plant site and those crown photo sensors have been installed at • Pat Ashton, on behalf of ‘Kick ($300) and the Legion ($500). in front of the oak tree, adding portions of the access road. all sites, and regular outlets replaced Ass Citizens for Slocan,’ gave a Ashton said the group would provide complementary stones on either side, • The Village will grant $285 to with GFI protected outlets. Repairs presentation on the group’s proposal volunteer labour and would continue cleaning the weeds from the pebble the Slocan Loggers Sports Committee were done at the beach washrooms to create a welcoming town centre soliciting donations. He asked the area under the boulder, installing a for insurance for the July 3 show, as and the ballpark concession water at the Health and Wellness Centre Village to make a commitment to large sign in the front of the property, long as the committee agrees to pay system. property. seeing this first phase of the project and installing landscaping lighting the deductible in the event of an • A letter was received from the The group has broken the project through to completion, including in the oak tree and the surrounding insurable incident. Outdoor Market Committee with a down into three phases, and would covering the balance of the costs. shrubbery. Phase three involves • The Public Works supervisor request for funding “to ensure that like to start on phase one very soon. Phase two includes installing capital improvements and “as reported that he has discussed the the market will be a success for Ashton said the cost of the first phase interpretive signs along the stone volunteers, we are not willing to repair of Arlington Road with YRB everyone.” After discussion, council was estimated at $4,890 and would seating with historical pictures and take that on. It will require significant and will prepare a report. Eight loads decided to grant the committee one- include stucco repair, painting, and stories, moving the cenotaph to the grant money but will be held as a of road crush have been brought in to time funding of $300. landscaping. northwest corner of the property, vision.” the RV Park and roadways have been • The age friendly report was The group has commitments of creating some seating space beneath Council seemed very supportive graded. Doors and frames that were referred to the OCP committee. and decided to have a special meeting vandalized were replaced with the • Staff will purchase a new regarding the proposal. addition of steel reinforcement. New photocopier for the Village office. Team of the week • The Village will establish an informal working group mandated Slocan condo project proponents to develop and execute a physician recruitment process and marketing frustrated with process strategy. Staff was directed to notify by Jan McMurray and Laura J. Craig of the questions asked at the March the IHA, Health Match BC and any It looks like the Slocan hearing were irrelevant to the issue at other potential advertising source of condominium project may be out hand, which was the re-zoning, not the the Village’s current vacancy. Staff from under all the paperwork required development permit application. was also directed to inquire as to the by Slocan council. Eunice Ludlow, another Slocan cost of a consultant for a physician At the June 14 council meeting, a Holdings employee, stated that there recruitment program and report back public hearing was scheduled for the should only be one public hearing. She to council. re-zoning of the old hotel property to also said that the advertisement for the • CAO Shana Paivarinta multi-family residential to facilitate the March public hearing was incorrect announced that Fortis has a kit condominium project. because the applicant was listed as Ray available at no charge to low income This is the second public hearing Caouette instead of Slocan Holdings. residents. The kit includes items that for the re-zoning. At the first one, held She added that she felt it was acceptable will help save money on Fortis bills, March 8, council and many of the for Slocan Holdings to have sent two such as a low volume showerhead, members of the public who attended representatives to the public hearing. TEAM OF THE WEEK - Micro-Soccer experienced another great hot water tank line insulation and expressed concern about the lack of Ray Caouette said he feels there season. In Crescent Valley, coach Erin Korbatoff had the kids learning electrical outlet insulation. For more information about the project. The have been issues with communication the basics of the game. Team members are (left to right). Spencer, information, stop in at the Village developer, Ray Caouette, was not able and added that council failed to disclose Sage, Liam, Miles, Ben, Mikayla, Nyah, Rachel, Hailey, Beynon, office. to attend the first public hearing and that an oil tank was formerly buried had two of his employees attend on under the laneway that the Village Aaron, Ethan and Tao. The League has been co-ordinated by Slocan • Staff will prepare an application his behalf. sold to him. Valley Recreation. to amend the Village waterfront crown tenure licence to consolidate Following the first public hearing, Councillor Patterson explained that Slocan Valley Co-op the waterfront lots and include two council decided to table the bylaw that council is not allowed to receive any Genelle Division small parcels of Crown tenure into would allow the re-zoning at second new information after the close of a Bulk Fuels • Heating Fuels the current licence. reading, and schedule another public public hearing. So when it became clear 250-226-7433 • Staff was directed to prepare an hearing when the developer submitted at the first hearing that council wanted application to secure crown tenure for the information requested in the form more information, council realized that of a development permit application. they would have to schedule another After receiving a report from CAO hearing. Shana Paivarinta at the June 14 council Mayor Perriere assured the Time for a meeting confirming that the missing company representatives that if council information had been submitted, was not in support of the multi-family council agreed to schedule the second development, they would have denied public hearing. the application for re-zoning back in change . . . Evidently, however, representatives November. After serving the community as an from the development company, Slocan The second public hearing is set accountant for over 20 years, I have decided Holdings, are quite frustrated with the for June 29, which is after Valley Voice to retire from the profession. My accounting process. During a very heated public press time for this issue. The public office will close permanently on June 30. time at the beginning of the June 14 hearing proceedings will be reported council meeting, Ray Caouette and on in the next issue, coming out July 14. I struggled with leaving the community three of his employees addressed MLA Conroy healthy without a resident accountant, and made council with their concerns. after donating kidney several attempts to sell the business as a Employee Floyd Verigin said he submitted Susan Bridgett & Mark Adams going concern with no success. I feel felt he and his colleague, Bob Caouette, Kootenay West MLA Katrine had answered all the questions at the deeply grateful to have been able to run a successful practice here, and would like to thank Conroy is making a gradual return to first public hearing in March. Bob work after she donated a kidney and everyone who put their faith in me. I am saddened to be giving up the practice, but also Caouette added that he felt many her husband Ed underwent a successful looking forward to the changes that are coming in my life. As Sue and I feel that we aren’t kidney transplant. yet ready to retire, we have a couple of new ventures we’ll pursue. Cob Oven Workshop The couple participated in a Canada- Learn How to Build Your wide ‘domino’ kidney transplant that Firstly, we’ll continue to do some bookkeeping work, under the new name of Valhalla own Earthen Oven involved six people. Katrine volunteered Office Services Inc., but as I’m giving up my CGA certification, I will no longer do any tax At the Harris Ranch, near New Denver to donate a kidney to her husband, but or year end work. We will instead use our years of experience in the accounting field to offer July 17 & July 18 was not a compatible donor for him, so instead donated to another matched bookkeeping services and office systems advice. $100/person (lunches included) • Learn to build an outdoor recipient who also had a willing but Meanwhile, you may see us doing renovations to our office on main street in New woodfired oven with local incompatible donor. That donor helped natural materials. yet another unmatched pair, and Ed Denver throughout the fall and winter. The plan is to open a new store under the name of • Lay fire bricks, identify clay and mix up materi- Conroy ultimately received a new Valhalla’s Garden Market in the late spring of 2011, and to sell a range of products so there’s als for the various layers. kidney. Both Ed and Katrine Conroy • Mix cob and learn how to sculpt your oven something for everyone – both organic and non-organic produce (hopefully a lot of it local), into any shape. have been released from hospital, and are wholesome foods including natural foods, good meat and dairy products, and for the rest - • Discuss firing the oven. Once fired, you can doing fine. Ed’s new kidney is already bake for many hours. functioning better than doctors expected. we’re open to suggestions. So watch that space . . . To Register, or for more information, contact Cindy Walker at 250-505-4532 For more information on organ donation, visit www.transplant.bc.ca June 30, 2010 The Valley Voice NAKUSP & THE ARROW LAKES 7 Nakusp council, June 22: Permissive tax exemptions discussed by Art Joyce “Some groups are making them a $2,000 and only collected back $1,550. not actually a non-profit. “We’re giving Mueller added that council is actively • The Village’s policy on regular part of their budget, which isn’t Our policy states we don’t give out cash half of the best rate that we can give and working with a group interested in an permissive tax exemptions, which is up appropriate.” which is what we’d be doing.” Council we’re being slammed,” said Mueller. industrial complex at Box Lake. for review, drew commentary from the • Council voted to include the voted to cover street barricade costs. “I’d like to get the right information ULRIKE ZOBEL, LAWYER audience in council chambers June 22. matter of the hot springs committee • In response to complaints from to the right people.” Council voted to CUSTODY, SUPPORT, DIVORCE Council voted to set up a meeting with as part of its review of committee the community on the use of ‘jake’ post rates information at the arena and DRUGS, DRIVING, CRIMINAL interested parties for July 6 at 4 pm. structures this summer. Mayor Hamling brakes by trucks at First Street and in its newsletter. BY APPOINTMENT ONLY In response to a question from said she only wants the committee Highway 23, Mayor Hamling said she • Councillor Mueller reported 208 Broadway St., Nakusp, BC Laurie Page, Mayor Hamling said if they can resolve to work within would like a sign put up prohibiting that because not all the CBT money 250-265-4372 • 1-877-265-4372 the Village actually gives away more budget without having to go to council, their use at that location. Ministry of came through, the serving area part www.ulrikezobel.com than what the current bylaw allows. otherwise it can take too long for Highways representative Bruce Lintott of the arena renovation has had to be Serving the Arrow and Slocan Lakes Some applicants may need to reassess decisions to be made. Anything over has been contacted and says new signs abandoned for now. The new storage whether they still need the exemptions. budget requires a resolution from can be posted and then would be area will proceed as planned to prevent The mayor said council wants to see council. Council asked CAO Lafleur enforceable by the RCMP. loss of arena equipment. Construction their budgets in order to determine their to produce options on the committee • Council appointed Councillor of the sound room and kitchen have tax exemption needs. Recipients to date for next meeting. Mueller, Wendy Moser, Patty Lea, already been approved. include the Legion Hall, Arrow and • A request was received from the Laurie Page, Val Hill, Kim Reich, Patti • During question period, a resident WOOD PRESERVERS LTD. Slocan Lakes Community Services, Chamber of Commerce to cover costs Adam to the physician recruitment asked if the Village has a committee Seventh Day Adventist Church, for street barricades for its Canada committee, with Mayor Hamling as dedicated to bringing new industry BUYERS OF CEDAR Halcyon Home, Nakusp Launch Club, Day celebrations. The Chamber also chair. into town. There are more houses for & PINE POLES and Arrow Lakes Historical Society. asked that council provide liability • A request from the Nakusp Karate sale today than there have been for Mike Casey cell 344-8477 These exemptions total about $28,000 insurance coverage for the event club for a reduced rate for use of the years, she said, and both husbands Offering planning, management annually, which comes directly out under its Village policy. CAO Bob auditorium was considered. Councillor and wives are having to work away and sales for Woodlot Licences of Village revenues. As more and Lafleur was concerned about paying the Mueller said some parents who have from home. Mayor Hamling said the and Private Land Owners. more of the tax burden is shifted insurance costs. SportsCan charges the been given wrong information have Nakusp Community Forest has been P.O. Box 4, from federal and provincial levels Village a $2,000 retainer for the policy been sending the Village angry emails. investigating the possibility of a wood Brisco, B.C. V0A 1B0 to municipal, some communities are which the Village must pay back from The regular rate per year would be pellet plant for the community. She phasing out permissive tax exemptions. individual users. “If we pay the money $14,000, or $5,600 for a non-profit. The added that attracting new businesses Phone (250) 346-3315 Nakusp’s policy states that permissive up front and then offer it to people for karate club has been charged $2,100. falls within the mandates of the Nakusp Fax (250) 346-3218 tax exemptions are not intended to free then it comes out of our pocket,” The request will be sent on to Area K and Area Development Board and the TOLL FREE 1-866-346-3315 be perpetual, explained Hamling. said Lafleur. “Last year we paid out Director Paul Peterson, since the club is Chamber of Commerce. Councillor Nakusp Veterinary Clinic celebrates 20 years Arrow Lakes Theatre & Video presents by Jan McMurray to keep up with a rapidly changing College of Veterinary Medicine in Iron Man 2 The Nakusp Veterinary Clinic profession, retain wonderful support Saskatoon, married after they graduated, PG G celebrated 20 years in business on June staff and feel good about being able and then worked in mixed practices 16 with an open house. to offer modern equipment and a high in rural Manitoba, Vanderhoof and Owners Laurie Page and Bill Sones standard of care.” Williams Lake before moving to are very happy with their decision to She says they appreciate that Nakusp. Being outdoors people, they move to Nakusp and set up shop. “We Nakusp is a small town where they had visited Nakusp for its hiking and hot have never looked back,” said Page. can provide personal care to clients springs. “Once we started looking for “The last 20 years have been everything and patients. a place to live and work, we found the we could have wished for.” “Also, we feel fortunate to have people here so kind and so genuine, we Page says that business is been able to raise our children in a were permanently hooked,” says Page. surprisingly good for such a small safe, caring community. We enjoy the She sends a message to any place. recreational and volunteer opportunities physicians who may be reading this: “We draw our clients from in Nakusp, and we love that something “you won’t regret moving to Nakusp. Edgewood to Slocan, and this provides new is happening all the time.” You’ll have a great job with a fantastic Plays July 2 - July 7 Plays July 8 - July 14 us with enough business to be able The couple met at the Western quality of life.” 7:30 pm Nightly 7:30 pm Nightly 24 hr Recorded Information (250) 265-3700 For general information (250) 265-3703
209 Kilarney Crescent, Edgewood $215,000 Large family home only ½ block to Park, Lake, Credit Union & store. Home was moved up from Old Edge- wood in 1967 and has been vacant since 2000. New roof, some new windows and a fairly new furnace. Home is in need of updating and some repair. A full family room off the dining area is awaiting your finishing ideas. Large ½ acre level lot with several fruit trees and large shade trees in back yard. MLS. To view this home call Darline Scott 1-888-547-9266
Lot B N. Needles Road, Edgewood $475,000 Robin Sones, Laurie Page and Pam Gosselin celebrated the 20th anniversary of the Nakusp Veterinary Clinic on June 16. 2.56 Acres of paradise & privacy Edgewood Women’s Institute supports children’s hospital on Arrow Lake. 500’of lakeshore and a submitted The Women’s Institutes of BC Nakusp Safe House, crochet lap robes nice cedar forest for shade. Gentle slope to the water with sandy The Queen Alexandra Foundation helped establish the Queen Alexandra for seniors, and nursery clothing to the beach.Located next to Plum Hollow Campground, minutes to the for children congratulates Audrey Solarium for Crippled Children, the Vernon Hospital,” says Edgewood- Ferry, Fauquier Golf course & general store. Would make a great Balock, Petra Boronowski and Deborah forerunner to the Queen Alexandra Inonoaklin Women’s Institute secretary group purchase for recreation property. MLS. Call Darline Scott Jones for being selected as the 2010 Centre for Children’s Health. Each year Rachel Eckert. to view 1-888-547-9266 recipients of the Queen Alexandra the local Women’s Institute contributes The institute also sponsors an Foundation/Women’s Institute Bursary. to the centre by sending a ‘comfort fund’ anti-litter poster contest at Edgewood Darline Scott The bursary, a total of $2,000, was to provide gifts and treats for the children Elementary school, with prizes awarded. RE/MAX Lumby distributed between the recipients. The as well as contributing to the bursary. It supports the Edgewood Reading Toll-free: 1-888-547-9266 bursary is supported by the Edgewood- “We continue to knit blankets for Centre, and the BC, Federated and www.remax-lumby-bc.ca Inonoaklin Women’s Institute. the homeless, give personal items to international Women’s Institute projects. 8 COMMUNITY The Valley Voice June 30, 2010 Greenhouse feasibility study seeks to make community vision a reality by Art Joyce community greenhouse projects have they currently use greenhouses or cold and education so we can mostly focus that it is possible here, so we can move An enterprising group of New been providing valuable guidance, frames to extend the growing season; on production for local food security.” to the next step which is to actually start Denver area citizens are working including Invermere, Creston, Meadow whether they typically buy vegetable “We’re not in competition with any building it. If we can find the site we can to make the dream of a community Creek and Whistler. The scope of the starts; whether they would buy more of the stores or restaurants in town,” start to move on.” greenhouse a reality. The North Slocan project covers Hills to Slocan City. locally grown food if a greenhouse adds committee member and market Mahr says she gets a strong sense Greenhouse Project arose out of the So far the study committee has met could provide fresh produce earlier in gardener Mick Wilson. “What we want that local businesses are in favour of the ‘Building a Sustainable Economy’ with commercial greenhouse operators, the spring and later in to the fall; and to do is provide fresh local food for greenhouse, both to extend the season workshops sponsored by the Healthy food vendors, market gardeners, whether people would like to see local them. So far all of them have indicated and avoid trucking so much produce in Housing Society. A community restaurants, and created a community restaurants serving more locally grown they’d welcome more local supply.” from California. The costs of such an greenhouse topped the list for projects input survey. Lucerne school’s June food, among other questions. Capacity building for locals seeking operation will also be studied but at this suggested by participants. newsletter also carried the surveys. Configurations and designs of more efficient ways of using their own point community support for the project A grant for $9,395 was obtained Already about 60 surveys have been the proposed greenhouse are being greenhouses is another aspect of the is the key ingredient to building a plan. from the CBT Community Development returned, indicating a high level of studied, as well as what types of food project. The greenhouse could provide A further benefit would be reducing our Program for a feasibility study interest. Although surveys have been to be grown. Project coordinator Mahr both bedding plants for local use as well environmental footprint and reducing which includes the surveys recently picked up from commercial locations, attended a CBT sponsored workshop on as production areas for large volume energy consumption. According to CBT placed in area stores. The study will those still interested can pick up and community co-ops and non-profit social buyers. A key priority is determining Community Liaison Linda Lafleur, determine the level of support from drop off surveys at the Valley Voice enterprise to learn ways in which the a suitable location for the community community greenhouses have surpassed residents and businesses, a site for the until July 9. greenhouse could be operated. greenhouse; about a dozen sites have affordable housing as the most popular greenhouse, consider various co-op The survey includes questions “This area has more co-ops than any been considered so far. project choice in Basin communities. models for running it, and how to make about where residents purchase the other area in BC,” says Mahr. “They “We have yet to find a site that meets “At this point we just need to find it economically viable. According to majority of fresh produce during the vary depending on whether they’re all of our needs as well as those of the out what peoples’ wants and needs are project coordinator Marcy Mahr, other summer; if people do garden, whether consumer oriented or membership site owners,” says Mahr. “I think we can and what shape the project should take,” oriented.” do a good job on this study and show concludes Wilson. VILLAGE OF Mahr emphasizes that the project has the potential to create plenty of Celebrating Our Seniors project local employment, ranging from NEW DENVER artistic drawings of the greenhouse to exhibits at Silvery Slocan Museum construction to an eventual greenhouse by Art Joyce Another of Harrop’s inspirations FOR TENDER manager position. She adds that the In a culture that often seems youth for the project came from a letter One 1990 John Deere 650 Tractor, 4 wheel drive, Roll Guard, research and analysis, including market obsessed, it’s all too easy to overlook to the museum from a woman in with Model 160 – 60 inch mid mount mower, 1830 hours. Sold analysis for anticipated sources of the value of our older citizens. A reprise Wales seeking information about her income, are a critical component of on an “As- Is, Where-Is” basis. Reserve bid of $2,500.00. The showing of the photo/biography project grandfather, who had played hockey in the project. This will help determine tractor may be viewed at the Village of New Denver public Celebrating Our Seniors at the Silvery the community. Unfortunately nothing how local food security can be made works yard located at 115 Slocan Avenue, New Denver, BC. Slocan Museum in New Denver aims to was found on the individual, which sustainable both economically and change that. An opening reception will made Harrop aware of the need to Please submit sealed bids to : Mayor and Council, environmentally. Outreach connections be held July 10 from 2-4 pm. record peoples’ histories before they’re Village of New Denver in the community will also be explored. The project was created by lost. PO Box 40 Mahr sees the project as complimentary Trevor Harrop in response to the UN Although Harrop has profiled New Denver, BC to the one being planned by Lucerne declaration of 1999 as the International people of widely varying backgrounds, V0G 1S0 school, which would likely be inclusive Year of the Older Person. Harrop began a common denominator that drew many of seniors and focus mostly on photographing local seniors and enlisted here was mining. When some of the Bids must be received no later than 4:00 p.m., Friday, July 16, horticultural education. Elizabeth Carlson, wife of the former mines closed down, logging became 2010. Highest or any bid not necessarily accepted. “The school’s greenhouse project Silverton mayor, to conduct interviews their occupation. But it was the beauty would relieve the burden of training and write the biographies. The project of the place that kept people here exhibited that year with profiles of 48 through thick and thin. local seniors, and again in 2005 as “Almost everyone mentions how Lives Lived, a title suggested by the late they love living in the valley. People Lorna Obermayr, at the Hidden Garden who have been here and gone away The Slocan Lake Stewardship Society (SLSS) requests bids from interested Gallery. It has gradually acquired have come back. There’s a mystique a life of its own, expanding now to about this place that draws people.” Biologists to manage a Water Quality Monitoring Program for Slocan Lake over 60 local citizens with the help of The cosmopolitan aspect of the in RDCK Area H-North. The project consists of near-shore and deep-water interviewer Wendy Harlock. Valerie village became apparent to Harrop as he sampling, beginning 01 August and ending 15 October, 2010, with a final report Piercey-Wilson supported the project by documented locals who migrated here and public presentation in November/December 2010. engaging her grade seven students to do from Ireland, Italy, Germany, France, interviews of their relatives. Spain and other countries, as well as QUALIFICATIONS “Society has to recognize that you those born locally. • Registered Professional Biologist of British Columbia (R.P.Bio) don’t live in the past but you make a The UN’s IYOP provided a list lot of mistakes if you ignore the past,” of objectives to help incorporate • Field experience in aquatic or fresh water studies says Harrop. “You have to have one eye seniors into community life. Harrop • Experience in project and personnel management ahead and one eye behind.” felt his project fit the objectives of • Required insurance and WCB coverage the theme, which include promoting understanding, harmony and support MANAGEMENT REQUIREMENTS across generations; helping people • With SLSS, recruit and train volunteers in sample collection techniques understand that decisions made today • Ensure quality control of sampling techniques/methodology affect their future; encouraging people to respond to an aging population in a • Assure timely delivery of samples to registered laboratories rapidly changing world; recognizing • Oversee technician for sampling/data compilation contributions seniors have made to their • Analyze data and prepare report, with peer review and agency feedback families, community and their country; • Present final report to SLSS; prepare media & public presentations and furthering the development of products, technology and services for For further information contact Lane Haywood at
DUTIES: • Constructs, renovates and repairs district equipment, furnishings, fixtures and removing or building walls, ceilings and doorways. George Harding of School District 10 signs the Arrow Lakes Aboriginal Education Enhancement Agreement at • Repairs and/or replaces windows, doors, mirrors, furniture, chairs, tables Nakusp’s National Aboriginal Day celebration on June 20. and desks. • Builds and/or installs mounting boards, cupboards, book shelves, black- Burton Beach Daze a success boards, door closures, locks and hardware, notice boards, tables and submitted relay race. The first leg was a 6.5- the team of Jerome Goodman, various holders. Burton Beach Daze, an km bike race, followed by a 2.5-km Isabelle Bergeron, their daughter • Applies paint and other liquid coatings to interior and exterior of district experimental adventure in foot race, followed by a 1.5-km Adrielle, and Colin Cowl. Although buildings, equipment, furnishings and fixtures. community collaboration and canoe race. The winning team was the weather threatened on Sunday • Sands and varnishes woodwork. volunteerism, was a great success. dubbed the ‘Out-Of-Towners’ since, afternoon, the activities were not • Estimates cost of materials and timelines for completion of district projects. The weekend’s events began with although they work in Nakusp, all abandoned and the evening ended • Maintain and use equipment such as table saw, hand saw, radial arm saw, the first annual Burton community are from Nelson. The team’s official with a heartily enjoyed community planer, shaper, router, drill, ladder, scaffolding, etc. name is ‘Nakusp Initial Attack,’ as all potluck supper. • Operates district vehicles and equipment used in construction and painting. four are part of the Forestry Service’s A Summer Extravaganza • Performs other duties which can be considered reasonable and as assigned firefighting detail. The team was by the Maintenance/Custodial Working Foreman. presented with a small cash prize and for the “SWING” Crowd! a trophy. In a spontaneous gesture of REQUIRED QUALIFICATIONS: generosity and community spirit, the • BC or Interprovincial Carpenter trade certificate as recognized by ITA winning team donated the cash purse (Industry Training Authority) back to the community. • Valid BC Class 5 driver’s license. Local band ‘Colin’s Oscopy’ • Completion of grade 12 or equivalent. entertained with their own unique • Ability to read and interpret plans and blueprints applicable to the trade. and enjoyable music. Other activities • Knowledge of building codes, restrictions, safety regulations. included bocce, horseshoes, The World Famous • Ability to estimate costs of a project and materials. volleyball and, of course the dunk Physically capable of performing the job duties. GLENN MILLER • tank. Some of the most popular • Experience in trade and/or other trades. dunk tank targets were Linda Golds, ORCHESTRA retiring Manager of Arrow Lakes On Sunday, July 25 RELATIONSHIP: Hospital, Lori Eger of McCormack 6:00 pm at the • Responsible to the Maintenance/Custodial Working Foreman. Farm, and Paul Peterson, local AUDITORIUM of the Nakusp • Courteous and co-operative manner with students, other employees, and RDCK representative. Arena Complex the general public. A wonderful catered evening Come and enjoy This is a 40 hours per week position commencing as soon as possible. Actual meal was provided by John, Carol A dance/concert evening! hours of work will be in consultation with the Maintenance/Custodial Foreman. and Jolene Moroz, along with their Presented by the Arrow The salary for this position will be as per the Collective Agreement between crew of assistants. Lakes Arts Council the Board of School Trustees of School District No. 10 (Arrow Lakes) and the Sunday’s activities were taken up Tickets : $25.00 mainly by the free fishing derby and Canadian Union of Public Employees, Local 2450. All interested employees must per person Frank Moroz runs to the finish line volleyball tournament. The fishing apply in writing to the Superintendent/Secretary-Treasurer, School District No. Available at after the last leg of the relay race at derby was won by Paul Peterson 10 (Arrow Lakes), Box 340, Nakusp, B.C., V0G 1R0 by 11:00 a.m. on Friday, Broadway Deli Burton Beach Daze. and the volleyball champions were July 9, 2010 10 COMMUNITY The Valley Voice June 30, 2010 Lammarato and Treschow exhibit at Silverton Gallery by Art Joyce Willo Treschow. The show, Lammarato makes extensive has been working as an artist found on heritage buildings mankind.” For some artists, the best which runs until July 9, includes use of natural materials, professionally since 1991, after across the UK, where she studied Other events to watch for materials come in the most paintings and jewellery by especially birch bark, woven four years of study in Fine Arts 3D art and art therapy at Weston at the gallery in coming weeks raw, natural forms. Nowhere Lammarato and hand-built clay into the paintings and frames and Jewellery Art and Design at College of Art and City of Bath include the Great Canadian is that more evident than in the vessels and reliefs by Treschow. seamlessly with the artwork. Her Langara College and Vancouver College. Treschow trained as a Dog Show, fast becoming a current fascinating exhibition Gallery hours are Monday birch bark screen is reminiscent Community College. potter in England but has moved local Canada Day tradition; at the Silverton Gallery, Mud, through Saturday 10:30 am of native weaving techniques. “Having always been frequently and finds it difficult Crystal Bowls and Planet Gong Metal and More, featuring to 6 pm, with artists present Lammarato’s jewellery uses a eclectic in my work and while to move the kiln and wheel performance by David Hickey artists Giosi Lammarato and each day. fold forming technique using balancing two disciplines I have typically used by potters. By on July 7; a Rails to Trails brass, copper and some gold leaf often thought how to merge using a hand-tooled approach, watercolours workshop with to create beautiful petal-adorned both,” she says. “The paintings it enables her to set up quickly Donna Hicks from July 5-9, headdresses and other jewellery have become more jewellery- and get to work. She sees her opening July 19 at 7 pm; and the pieces. She says this technique like as I incorporate more found reliefs as a form of painting in Valhalla Fine Arts Society kids’ allows the creation of forms objects and consider the framing clay, drawing on ancient themes. Theatre Camp from July 11-16. that are themselves expressions to be as much a part of the picture “In all of the mythologies The gallery is available for events of nature, “and once again a as the paint itself.” that have come from as far back bookings as well. reminder that metal is liquid.” Treschow utilizes a pottery as we know,” says Treschow, For more information But her repertoire is extensive, technique that dates back some “there are those threads of truth contact Michael Dorsey at 250- including exquisite silver work 5,000 years, forming her vessels with a capital T that feeds our 358-7704. To book an event and a resin technique she learned with clay coils, gradually shaped spirituality. It’s like a thread contact Sue Mistretta at 250- in Florence, Italy. Lammirato into their final form by hand. throughout the history of 358-2167. Instead of glazes, she burnishes oyce j
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On June 16, the Minister of State for Mining and the president and CEO of the Mining Association of BC came to Trout Lake to celebrate with employees of the MAX Molybdenum Mine. The mine in Trout Lake was honoured with a 2009 Mining and Sustainability Award, announced in Vancouver on April 1. Back row, L to R: Pierre Gratton (president and CEO of the Mining Association of BC), Lloyd Addie, Bob Chambers (VP, Environment and Sustainability, ROCA), Robert Jomphe, Mark Sinclair; Randy Hawes (Minister of State for Mining), Al Linden (MAX Mine Manager), John Mirko, Crosley Coates, Ray Hascarl (Galena Construction), John Baker, Brian Mills, Paul Albers. Front row, L to R: Bob Bourdon, Scott Broughton (president and CEO of ROCA Mines Inc).
School District #10 staff appreciation day was held June 21. Front row, L to R: Deb Jones (20 years), Alice McKee (25 years), Susan Bampton (25 years), Jan Dion (10 years), Cheryl Jackins (20 years), Gertrud Klopp (20 years), Valerie Piercy-Wilson (retiree, 30+ years). Back row: Gord Hogaboam (20 years), Henning von Krogh (retiree), Gary Grout (retiree). June 30, 2010 The Valley Voice SLOCAN VALLEY 11 Valhalla Film School screening honours Japanese community by Art Joyce Students were asked to create interviews. Many were surprised by one student. About 22,000 Japanese Design instructor Kayla Krause. “Memory is the mother of a 60-90 second digital film on the what they learned. One of the results Canadians were forced to register The instructors screened examples community,” wrote Vancouver poet theme of the Japanese internment was a determination among students as ‘enemy aliens’ and of these, of their own work after the student Sandy Cameron, and it was a fitting during World War II. Student that such an event should never 1,400 were sent to New Denver. As films. Lucerne school teacher Terry slogan for the short films created filmmakers began in April studying happen again. The words of Mrs. Hiyashi explained, the first winter of Taylor said the rationale for starting in the Valhalla Film School June 5 experiences of the internment in Pauli Inose drove the point home: internment, 1942, was spent living the film school is to bring high quality and 6. About 80 people showed up BC and trying to capture its essence “It would be good if we could let in tents during one of the coldest artists to the valley to work both with for the screening of both student within a few minutes of film. Citizen children know how quickly freedom winters in recent memory. Hiyashi students and adults, partly inspired and adult works at Bosun Hall the of the Year and former internee can be taken away.” says it was hard for those not used to by her work with the ViSTA theatre evening of June 6. The New Denver Nobby Hiyashi toured students “What really stands out for doing heavy chores, such has having school program. Japanese community was honoured through the Nikkei Centre where us is the hardships the Japanese to chop holes in the ice and then haul “Film is a perfect medium for in the films. students shot footage and conducted communities went through,” wrote water from the lake. students,” says Taylor. “It’s 21st The Kyowakai Society that has century learning at its best – a West Wilson Creek Forest Service Road closed due to washout been a unifying force for the local powerful way to communicate ideas, by Jan McMurray explained that, typically, the users future to conduct operations in its Japanese community since 1943 was to express creativity, to engender Another resource road in the area of resource roads are responsible for Wilson Creek tenure. This leaves the also portrayed. Kyowakai means teamwork and collaboration.” is closed due to a washout, blocking the maintenance and repair of those immediate problem of fixing the road “peacefully working together.” Also Longmuir currently runs the access to a private property, a small- roads. The ministry spokesperson up to the private landowner and the featured was a short film on the Our World project, an outreach film scale salvage operation, and Springer reported that staff has determined that salvage operator. Kohan Garden, narrated by Jan school for remote native communities Creek tenure. the cost to fix the road is comparable “The private landowner and the McMurray. Appropriately, one of the in BC and the Yukon. Students create West Wilson Creek Forest to deactivating it, at approximately salvage operator have the option of films,Winter’s haiku, uses the flowing short digital films using themes and Service Road in Rosebery has been $10,000 to $20,000. The spokesperson being issued a road use permit to fix brushstrokes typical of Japanese art language from their own culture. closed since late April when an old said that no decision has been made; the road,” she said. “Or, the private to commemorate the internment. She is also involved with the NFB wooden culvert collapsed, causing the ministry is working with road land holder could obtain a licence of Adult filmmaker Ashley Barker, a initiative Citizenshift.org, a website about 3,000 cubic metres of sandy fill users on options for the road. occupation from the Integrated Land teacher and dance instructor, based for social justice films. Rose showed to wash downslope to Wilson Creek. However, if the users of the road Management Bureau and take over her filmLetters to Wes on the letters an instructional film called Animate Staff from the Kootenay Lake are not using it, they are required responsibility for maintaining the of Muriel Kitagawa. These were also Everything, showing kids how Forest District office inspected the to maintain it to a lower standard, road and proceed with repairing the the basis of the novel Obasan by Joy simple animation can be to create. site on May 21 to assess the extent of which does not guarantee access. washout.” Kogawa. The adult students had only Simpson screened an excerpt of her the damage to the road, as well as the Ralph Tomlin of Springer Creek When asked about a general a day and a half to create their films. film on the Kosovo UN mission to condition of the remainder of the road. Forest Products reported that the province-wide plan for resource There were many more gems to be bring democratic elections into that A Ministry of Forests spokesperson company has no plans in the near roads that are in need of maintenance, seen, and the students’ work will be country. the spokesperson reiterated that the shown on two national websites, the Smokey Creek Salvage Register today for Slocan Lake Dance Camp responsibility lies with the users of Canadian citizenship website and the roads. However, she said that the History Education Network site 24 HR TOWING submitted to July 25. New & Used Auto Parts, Back Hoe Work, the Ministry of Forests and Range (www.thenhier.ca). The Steveston It may be a West Kootenay first – a The other evening dances, Certified Welding & Repairs, Vehicle Removal spends approximately $20 million Japanese Canadian Cultural Centre in WE BUY CARS & TRUCKS Milonga in New Denver, on Sunday, Thursday, Friday and Saturday, will annually to maintain non-industrial Richmond has also asked to receive 359-7815 ; 1-877-376-6539 July 25 at the Slocan Lake Dance feature a good mix of dance tunes 3453 YEATMAN RD, SOUTH SLOCAN forest service roads in BC to a copies of the DVDs. Camp. including swing, smooth, Latin and wilderness standard. Two years ago, The VFS boasted first-rate What is a Milonga? Two things: the country styles. These dances are open the ministry committed an additional instructors, with Moira Simpson name of a six-count dance step done to to the public and will be a chance to Paul Merrifield, $20 million over two years to upgrade and Catrina Longmuir, both of whom Argentine tango music, and the name of practice all other dance styles. more than 200 forest service roads have produced or directed films for an actual tango dance event. This year Friday evening is the polka-dot Bookkeeper in about 70 communities around the the National Film Board, as well the camp offers ten hours of Argentine dress-up party and Saturday is a Are you tired of paperwork? province. The federal government as past NFB producer Martin Rose Tango/Milonga instruction winding featured sit-down dinner. also committed $10 million for forest and Emily Carr College of Art and up with the Sunday Milonga of 90% The daily ninety-minute workshops service road capital projects. Tango music. begin at 9 am and dancers can choose “If these roads become unsafe or The Ricardo Pacheco will return to from only one workshop or several are at risk of causing environmental Valley instruct the Argentine workshops after offered in two venues throughout the damage, government can deactivate honing his own skills on a recent visit four days. The evening dances are them or close the road until such time to Argentina which several locals also included in the workshop fee. VOICE as a licensee or other user needs to attended. So load up the canoe, dig out your use the road, which requires them to Long-time favourite instructor, twirly skirts and come dancing and Try our FLYER service! fix the problem first,” she explained. Well I’m not! Michael Wiebe from the University camping in New Denver. Meet up with “In the cases where the roads access Target your customers from our of Calgary Dance Club, returns to your dance friends from around the • financial reporting residences, funding could be available 7400 CIRCULATION the camp, along with Randy Tapp region. Here’s a chance to learn a new • HST balancing through the Ministry of Transportation from Cranbrook, Sharon Sebo of pattern, log some miles on the floor and Pick and choose where you • receipt organization and Infrastructure Roads Serving Kelowna and local Fran Wallis. These reconnect with nature in this pristine Residences program. In cases where want your flyer to go • personal tax returns instructors, armed with some exciting environment. the Ministry of Tourism Culture and • monthly bank reconciliations new material, will teach the other Visit www.dancingbeat.org for the Arts determines that the roads Contact us for details Paul Merrifield, Bookkeeper dance styles offered during nine daily the full schedule and registration access high value recreation sites, 250-358-6806 work workshops. The annual event starts information. Register by July 8 for a 250-358-7218 funding could be available through 778-867-2447 cell Thursday, July 22 and runs through 10% discount. the Ministry of Forests and Range.” [email protected] [email protected]
About 100 people were served at the June 20 Slocan Valley Legion barbeque in celebration of Legion Week. 12 LUCERNE GRAD The Valley Voice June 30, 2010 Lucerne’s Class of 2010 graduation ceremonies by Jan McMurray tale about 15 small people living in Reder, gave a personal glimpse into do Nike commercials; Chelsey will Arrow Lakes Teachers Lucerne School’s graduation a land of giants, and their journey the lives of each grad. make millions as an esthetician Association Scholarship, Yuki ceremonies took place on June 26 through school to become giants. Trish Hawkins, former principal, using renewable resources such as Miwa. in the gym, which the Class of 2010 “So here we are celebrating 15 was very sorry to have to miss the bamboo and hemp; Stephanie will Cinta Batik Arts Scholarship, had transformed into a fairy tale people who become giants today, ceremony. Her introduction to the swim across the ocean with her Rachael Hodsall. setting. The theme, ‘Once upon a who are walking tall, who we are class history was read by Katrina dolphin to raise money to clean up Columbia Basin Trust Youth time,’ was evident in the elaborately proud of, who are ready to take their Sumrall and included many of the Louisiana oil spill; Wade earns Community Service Award, painted backdrop of the stage. place in the world.” the fond memories she had of this the name ‘Magic Nelson’ when he Brandon Gustafson. Katrina Sumrall, this year’s Attendees got to know a lot class. Graduates Wade Nelson and breaks six NBA records; Rachael Columbia Power Corporation grad advisor, welcomed everyone about each graduate as Terry Taylor Brandon Gustafson went through creates opportunities for youth as Bursary, Rylan Bokstrom, Brandon to the ceremonies. She then read introduced them and they took the history of the class, from part of her career as an artist; Ryan Gustafson, Yuki Miwa. a statement from Marilyn James, their places on the stage. MP Alex kindergarten through to graduation. makes gold chains and sells them CUPE Local 2450 Joe Lee appointed spokesperson for the Atamanenko brought greetings from Tisha Becker and Yuki Miwa, to famous people such as 50 Cent; Scholarship, Dahv Reinhart. Sinixt Nation. This was the first the Parliament of Canada and had top academic students in the class, Emma becomes chief advisor to Eugene Huss Memorial graduation ceremony in the district two messages for the grads: follow gave the Valedictory address. President Barak Obama; and Dahv Bursary, Jeremy Reitmeier. to include James’ welcome message your dreams, and continue to be According to the class finds an all natural cure to AIDS. Facilitated Learning Centre acknowledging the traditional involved in your community. prophecies delivered by Emma Marianne Vanish, who taught Award, Rachael Hodsall. territory of the Sinixt. Superintendent Walter Dahl and Dahv Reinhart, these the class in grade 2, was the guest Goat Mountain School Principal Natasha Miles’ Posnikoff brought greetings and students will certainly make a mark speaker. She said her favourite Scholarship, Yuki Miwa. greeting came in the form of a fairy congratulations from School on the world. Tisha will become animal is the turtle because in order Grad Bursary, Tisha Becker. District 10 Arrow Lakes. Board of one of the greatest humanitarian for the turtle to move, it has to stick J. Stan Rowe Award, Matthea Education Chair Pattie Adam asked workers ever; Kyle will be a famous its neck out. “You have met many Eales. the grads to look around the room inventor; Max will design one board challenges to get to where you are Katrine Conroy MLA Bursary, and see the people who had helped for all seasons and thus invent today, but darlings, they don’t stop, Chelsey Mellen. shape who they are. “As this village ‘snadurfing’; Matthea will win the so instead of hiding in your shell, Kootenay Savings Credit has had the privilege and honour Nobel Prize for finding the cure to you have to stick your neck out and Union Scholarship, Rylan to raise you, it will be your turn to breast cancer; Jeremy will end up meet them,” she said. However, the Bokstrom. raise the children of your village,” fleeing to the rainforest of Cambodia part of her speech that she really Kootenay Savings Community she said. “The way you influence to become one with the animals; wanted the grads to remember was Foundation Bursary, Tisha Becker. your village will ultimately shape Brandon will create a protoype for this: “Floss, brush, rinse – keep Lucerne Scholarship Society the world of tomorrow.” cattle housing; Rylan will be the your teeth!” Awards: Citizenship Recognition Class of 2010! A video presentation, put world’s best mountain biker; Yuki Tisha Becker and Yuki Miwa Award, Brandon Gustafson; Edith together by graduate Stephanie will play professional soccer and gave acknowledgement and thanks to J. Greer Millennium Scholarship, parents, staff, community members, Dahv Reinhart; Sandy Harris Briana Ward, Scott Kipkie, Walter Scholarship, Tisha Becker; Posnikoff, Alex Atamanenko, Pattie Chie Kamegaya Memorial Adam, Natasha Miles, Chiyoko Scholarship, Tisha Becker; Fujiko Reitmeier, Marianne Vanish, Terry Matusushita Scholarship, Yuki Village of New Taylor and Katrina Sumrall. They Miwa; Andrea Mengler Memorial Best wishes to the presented Sumrall with a mountain Scholarship, Chelsey Mellen; Denver bike in thanks for her amazing job General Scholarship Award, Congratulations to the Lucerne as grad advisor. Rylan Bokstrom, Rachael Hodsall; Graduates of 2010 Diplomas were presented by Lucerne High School Students from the Council & Staff Graduating of the Village of New Denver Walter Posnikoff and Natasha 1959-65 Reunion Bursary, Emma Class of 2010 Miles. Dahl, Matthea Eales, Stephanie In her final words, Natasha Reder; Lucerne Scholarship Miles told the grads to remember Society Special Awards, Kyle Village of what it was like to be a child, and Bernhof, Max Bonazzo, Matthea to find time to laugh and giggle and Eales, Wade Nelson, Ryan Pownall. Silverton enjoy the simple things in life. “I Lucerne Teachers and am reassured that you will, because Principals Attitude and you chose the ‘once upon a time’ Achievement Award, Brandon Congratulations theme,” she said. “Congratulations Gustafson. CONGRATULATES for your accomplishments and know New Denver Women’s Institute THE LUCERNE that ‘they lived happily ever after’ is Scholarship, Stephanie Reder. to the all we want to say about you.” Royal Canadian Legion GRADUATING CLASS Awards and scholarships were Branch #20 New Denver/Silverton, OF 2010 Lucerne Grads! presented, as follows. Emma Dahl, Chelsey Mellen. School District #10 Dogwood District Authority Award, Brandon Congratulations Gustafson. Soup du Jar Award for to the Lucerne Individuality and Entrepreneurial Graduates of 2010 Spirit, Ryan Pownall. Slocan Lake Early Learning Bursary, Rachael Hodsall, Chelsey Mellen. UBC Okanagan President’s Entrance Award, Tisha Becker. 702 Eldorado Yellowhead Road and Bridge New Denver 358-2415 Scholarship, Tisha Becker. Congratulations Warm wishes of Congratulations to the happiness to the and best Class of Lucerne Graduates 2010! wishes of 2010 Best of Luck from Raven’s Nest Lucerne Grads C & D Enterprises Gallery Silverton • 250-358-2749 309 Kildare, New Denver 358-2119 June 30, 2010 The Valley Voice LUCERNE GRAD 13 Lucerne Secondary Valedictory address By Tisha Becker and Yuki Miwa separate ways. But today is not doors of opportunity. We will meet and independent. And although shrinking We know life is not a fairy only about the past; it is about new people, make new friends, and the future may seem frightening so that other people tale and ‘happily ever after’ is not looking forward into the future as learn new things. We will become now, looming over us like a dark won’t feel insecure around you. something easily achieved. But well. We face now thousands of more experienced, responsible, thundercloud, we must remember We are all meant to shine as children every single person in this class has that it is just a light spring rain that do. the ability to be great and do great brings the tidings of a rainbow. So It’s not just in some of us; it’s in things. We know that no matter let us face all of life’s challenges everyone. what goals you envision or what head on without fear, self doubt, And when we let our own light shine, aspirations you dream of, if you set or prejudice. Don’t look back, and we unconsciously give other people your minds to it, you will accomplish regret, look forward, and smile for permission to do the same. anything. Nothing is impossible. our future has just begun. Today is a turning point in We would like to leave you with As we are liberated from our own all of our lives. The past years this poem by Marianne Williamson: fear, we have learned, laughed, and our presence automatically liberates grown up together. We have made Our deepest fear is not that we are others. unforgettable memories and life inadequate. lasting friendships. Although our Our deepest fear is that we are Congratulations to the school may be small, there are so powerful beyond measure. many qualities that make it special. Lucerne Graduates! It is our light, not our darkness, Our small class sizes may seem that most frightens us. like a disadvantage at first, but in We ask ourselves, who am I to be – truth it is quite the contrary. We have brilliant, gorgeous, learned to work together and accept talented and fabulous? everyone for who they are. Everyone Yuki Miwa and Tisha Becker were the 2010 Lucerne Valedictorians. Actually who are we not to be? in this class has distinctive ideas and values but we discovered that Your playing small doesn’t serve we were able to put our differences the world. aside and put together this amazing There is nothing enlightened about graduation ceremony. Everyone sitting here on stage helped make this possible, by contributing in their own way. Another great aspect of this school is the many unique activities offered. Spring and Fall into Learning is a program that only exists at Lucerne. Students get to participate in a weeklong learning experience from a wide variety of choices. The activities include rock climbing, canoeing, website design, and trips to Vancouver. It creates a unique environment for learning outside the classroom. Since the school consists of students who range from Kindergarten to Grade 12, much more responsibility and maturity is required. This is exemplified in school-wide fitness where four teams from all ages must work Lucerne’s Class of 2010 presented their grad advisor, Katrina Sumrall, with a together to compete a multitude of mountain bike at the grad ceremonies. exciting sports. Everyone is required to work together with one another regardless of age. The important lessons we have learned during our time at Lucerne will serve us well as we go our
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Lucerne Graduates of 2010 Back row, L to R: Ryan Pownall, Wade Nelson, Kyle Bernhof, Yuki Miwa, Dahv Reinhart, Rylan Bokstrom, Max Bonazzo, Jeremy Reitmeier, Brandon Gustafson. Front row, L to R: Chelsey Mellen, Tisha Becker, Stephanie Reder, Rachael Hodsall, Matthea Eales, Emma Dahl. Congratulations Congratulations to the Lucerne We To the Graduating to the Class of 2010! congratulate Graduates Graduating Class of 2010 To the Lucerne Graduates May you have every the graduating and best wishes for your success in your future future endeavours! I congratulate you and I endeavours! Class of Thank You! Lynn-a-Teck Jim Pownall & Co. I thank you for being Log & Timber Lucerne Silverton, BC such an amazing group of Frame Homes Fuel Injection and on-board students. 2010 computer specialists It was an honor and a pleasure to be your grad Congratulations advisor. and best wishes to I truly enjoyed working with each one of you. Lucerne School’s Your gift continues to class of 2010 have me overwhelmed. I love you all. McCrory Electric Ltd. [email protected] – Katrina 250-358-2576
Congratulations Best Wishes Congratulations to all The Lucerne Class of 2010 and Best to the Lucerne Kootenay grads from Wishes to the Graduating Class of 2010 Graduating Edgewood to Creston McKee’s Class of Carpet 2010 Cleaning June 30, 2010 The Valley Voice JVH GRAD 15
JVH Graduates of 2010 Back row, L-R: Forest McKeating, Joe Lee, Cam Settle, Dustan Tyers, Jayson Foley, Dean Strilaeff, TJ Thom, Erlend Mainland, Sam Thibault, Mackenzie Humphries, Shane Abbey, Spencer Davie, Morgan Humphries, Liam Mitchell, Micheal McLean, Robert Mitchell, Alan Grant, Caleb Khalsa Lang. Front row, L-R Harmony Ellert Maeser, Robin Klassen, Krystal Tyers, Maria Vasquez Gates, Andrea Lake, Laura Conrad, Devon Leathwood, Danica Semenoff, Rebecca Haegedorn, Shara Orr, Rebecca Sicotte, Sydney Smith-Brinkman, Xyiah Morley, Chelsea McDonald. Kaslo grads clean up with scholarships and bursaries by Art Joyce costs of post-secondary tuition these Tyers. Edie Allen scholarship, $200, Kootenay Savings and Credit At the JV Humphries graduation days, furthering that education is not Village of Kaslo, $400, Harmony Andrea Lake. Union, $750, Robin Klassen. ceremonies June 25, School District cheap. Fortunately the community Ellert-Maeser. Howard Green Memorial Royal Canadian Legion Branch #8 trustee Dawn Lang summed it has stepped in with generous support Alan Hoshizaki Memorial, $250 Scholarship, $1000 each, Shane #74 Ladies Auxillary, $200, Sydney up for the students when she said, for its budding scholars, with over each, Andrea Lake, Forest McKeating. Abbey, Spencer Davie, Rebecca Smith-Brinkman. “Always know that the answers are $20,000 in scholarships. Aya Higashi/John Mcnabb Haegedorn, Danica Semenoff. Kootenay Association for out there and are available. Don’t Kaslo Jazz Etc. Society, $250/ scholarship, $250 each, Chelsea H e w a t B a k e r M a t t e s Science and Technology, $250, TJ be afraid to ask questions and find each, Rebecca Haegedorn, Joe Lee. McDonald, Shara Orr. scholarship, $600, Cam Settle. Thom. answers.” Judging by the number of Kaslo and District Community Barry Butler Memorial, $1000, Inter-church council, $200, Liam Fortis BC, $500, TJ Thom. scholarships and bursaries awarded, Forest Society, $500, Sam Thibault. Morgan Humphries. Mitchell. Kaslo Golf Club, $250 each, this graduating class has already Shelagh Leathwood/Kathy Columbia Power Corporation, Jack McDowell Memorial, $400, Shane Abbey, Shara Orr. acquired this healthy attitude. Lang Wynnychuck scholarship, $400, $500, Erlend Mainland. Laura Conrad. Selkirk College Entrance urged the grads to leave high school Joe Lee. Dallas Benwell Memorial, $100, JV Humphries, $100, Erlend scholarship, $1,500, Cam Settle. with a continuing desire to learn, Nelson Rotary Club, $500, Mackenzie Humphries. Mainland. Columbia Basin Trust be adaptable, and become strong Morgan Humphries. Dinosaur Hockey Club, $300, Royal Canadian Legion Branch Community Service, $2000 each, community contributors with a sense Kaslo Afterburners Hockey Spencer Davie. #74, $400 each, Chelsea McDonald, Rebecca Haegedorn, Mackenzie of responsibility to their communities. Club, $500 each, Liam Mitchell, Dogwood District/Authority, Devon Leathwood. Humphries. The range of occupations the grads Cam Settle. $1000 each, Shane Abbey, Rebecca Kootenay Lake Teacher’s Aboriginal Education, $500, plan to pursue include physiotherapy, J V H P a r e n t A d v i s o r y Haegedorn. Association, $1000 each, Mackenzie Hayley Walker. kinesiology, gemology, sciences, Committee, $300, Sam Thibault. Farmer’s Institute, $500, Krystal Humphries, Forest McKeating. Ernie Gare scholarship, $750, aeronautics, special needs education, St. Marks Anglican Church, Tyers. Kootenay Lake Principals and Spencer Davie; $500, Mackenzie early childhood education, business, $100, Laura Conrad. Geoffrey and Stuart Sinclair Vice Principals Association, $250 Humphries; $500, Morgan Humphries. mechanics, and several pursuing Trades Scholarship, Kaslo Memorial Scholarship, $300 each, each, Morgan Humphries, Devon Mckinnon Family Fund, music and the arts. And with the high Community Forest, $500, Dustan Devon Leathwood, Andrea Lake. Leathwood. $1057.75, Shane Abbey. Sunshine Congratulations Pub & Congratulations Logging and best wishes Restaurant from to the 2010 Wishes the JVH would like to wish Graduating Class of graduates of the JVH Graduating 2010 every success in J.V. Humphries Class every Success. life! School Follow your Falkins Insurance dreams! Kaslo
Wishing the Best wishes We are proud of the Kaslo Automotive 2010 Graduates entire Graduating of JVH School to the JVH would like to every success in Graduating Class of 2010 Congratulate the the future Class of 2010! class of 2010! Real Estate in Kaslo and from the North Kootenay Lake Village, Mayor, [email protected] 250-505-4722 6510 Hwy 31 353-2533 Councillors Century21 Mountainview Realty Ltd. and Staff 16 JVH GRAD The Valley Voice June 30, 2010 JV Humphries Grad 2010 Valedictory address Forest McKeating and Rebecca been full of ‘troublemakers’, as the great these memories are for all of this stage in this ridiculous attire, it days to know the name of every kid Haegedorn teachers call us. We would welcome us grads of 2010 they should not be means a lot to all of us, that’s why in your graduating class, much less Forest: Good evening. First of substitute teachers with our sly yet the best years of your life. That is a we’re still here. As you venture to know them as well as we know all, I’d like to say how honoured innocent smiles, but have them pain I do not wish upon any of my out into the world, no matter how each other. For this, I believe we we are to stand before you all. pulling out their hair in no time. enemies. If reflecting upon your life tentatively I would like to leave are lucky. For all we may complain Our friends, families, Classmates, Subs would literally pull names out many years from now, homework you with this piece of advice, live about Kaslo and its lack of teenage teachers, and fellow community of a hat to determine the unfortunate and provincial exams are the best out your dreams, for they create friendly activities, we will always members. But before I begin, Mr. soul who had to deal with us next. years of your life, you have done the best memories. So that when have a home here. And while at Miles has kindly asked me to point From Mrs. Mckegue’s grade six something wrong. I hope you will all we meet again somewhere down times we may feel that a small town out your emergency exits which are class to the infamous, parent/teacher leave here today and make memories the road we will have something to education is a disadvantage, it has to the left and right of the building meeting in grade eight; the grads of so great that, If these memories from talk about. Once again I would like given us the confidence to pursue and in case this speech crashes, your 2010 have given our teachers quite the past 12 years sole job in your life to say how honoured I am to have nearly any dream, and that is half seats do double as flotation devices. the challenge, we truly appreciate was to make a shelf for your new been given the opportunity to speak the battle to success. In the words Perhaps it is from living in such a your efforts, even if we have not ones, they would fail the weight. before you all. Thank you, to my of Alexander Pope, “Tis education small community that I can look shown it, as we never would have Becca: As we go into the world, fellow graduates of two thousand forms the common mind, just as around this room and see so many made it this far without you. making these new memories, we will and ten and congratulations. I wish the twig is bent, the tree’s inclined.” familiar faces. The faces of people Forest: On that day many face numerous changes. Our past you the best of luck in all of your While each of us will be inclined that over the past 18 years we have years ago as Becca and I discussed worries about who-likes-who will future endeavours. in a different direction following become very close to, so close that graduation, the first major milestone turn into worries about university, Becca: For many of the grads, our education here, it is our strong instead of giving the speech that we in the path to our inevitable finances, and jobs. For many of us JVH is the only school we have roots in the Kootenays that will keep had in theory written we will tell you successes, we thought we may they already have. We are no longer attended, and Kaslo the only home us standing tall and proud. I would about a conversation we had some need to cry. But for some reason I children who turn to adults for help, we have known. We have all grown like to thank my fellow graduates for years ago. have no urge to shed a tear, happy we are the adults. Slowly we are up on ‘Kootenay time’ and been giving me the opportunity to speak Becca: In this conversation we or sad. Partially because I know if detaching ourselves from the lives surrounded by the same classmates tonight and wish you all good luck, spoke about crossing this very stage I do, Spencer would never let me our parents provided us with to and teachers ever since kindergarten. even though I am certain you will on this very day, about these funny live it down. But a more legitimate become our own people. I think I It is a very rare occurrence these not need it. geometrically shaped hats with the reason for my lack of tears would speak for every grad in saying thank oyce j
little dangly cat toy on one side. We be this, and I can’t express it better you to our parents, you have helped t ar :
were young, small and innocent, than Dr. Suess, who said before me and influenced us more than you will t i with stars in our eyes thinking about “Don’t cry because it’s over, smile ever know. As we develop into our d
that day, which is now finally upon because it happened.” And when I own people, it becomes apparent o cre t o us. From day one our class has read this quote while preparing for what a diverse group we are. We h p this speech I felt kind of selfish to have athletes, actors, scientists and Congratulations think that I would cry tonight while educators all of whom will achieve we stand in front of you all. When I success in their own way. Just 2010 Grads! look back on all the memories we as remember, “Success is a journey, not Best of luck to Danica a class have made over the years, I a destination.” While I am saddened and Dustan and all their should be smiling for the rest of the that this group will soon be parting classmates summer, maybe longer if I wasn’t ways I am excited for our futures, going to university in the fall. These because the possibilities of what Rebecca Haegedorn and Forest McKeating were the JVH valedictorians. memories are more important to our extraordinarily diverse class can oyce j
me than anything I’ve had over the achieve are endless. t ar : t More than just a health food store past twelve years, more important Forest: I’m sure we’re not the i d 422 Front St • Kaslo • 353-2594 than this cap and gown and this – only ones who have had dreams or o cre whatever this is. But no matter how conversations about walking across t o h Ronnie, Pauline & Congratulations to p the J.V. Humphries staff would like to graduating class Way to go, of 2010! congratulate the Class of 2010! 2010 Graduates. KASLO MOHAWK Best Wishes! 250-353-7409 Joe Lee seems pleased about winning this scholarship. Eric’s Meat Teresa’s Congratulations Way to go, kids! Congratulations to our Market from the Meadow & Deli Coffee Shop Creek Store! Willow Home Gallery 2010 Grad class. We wish “ Serving Kaslo and Area since 1942” To all the Kitchen • Bed you all the best! Bath • Walls Congratulations & 2010 Graduates best wishes to the Best Wishes for Home décor 2010 Graduating Kootenay Style Class of J.V. a happy & successful future! General Delivery, Meadow Creek, BC Humphries School! V0G 1N0 429 Front Street, Kaslo 250-353-2257
Congratulations Congratulations and best wishes to Congratulations and To the 2010 Grad the 2010 Best Wishes to the and best of Graduating Grad Class of 2010! Class luck in your Class! We are so proud of Best wishes for future success to the Class of 2010! The you! endeavours! Clothes Hanger 400 Front Street Kaslo, BC Fern’s KASLO 416 Front St • Kaslo • 250-353-2250 (250) 353-9688 Kaslo, BC BUILDING SUPPLIES June 30, 2010 The Valley Voice COMMUNITY 17 Moving forward on rural library service submitted on whether to contribute $10.30 per and up Kootenay Lake. There will the library will be unable to offer difficult to ensure that a family would Two key decisions were recently $100,000 of property assessment be improved hours and service at new services that are specifically not simply purchase one membership made that will help determine the for library services. For example, the Nelson Library location and an designed to meet the needs of and use it for everyone. As a result, future of library services for the rural someone with a home valued at improved and expanded collection those rural communities. Their the library board decided that for any communities surrounding Nelson. $300,000 would pay $30.90. of materials to use and borrow. membership fees will also have to rural area that does not contribute to At its June 24 meeting, the If the referenda pass, the Nelson There will be shut-in service for increase to more closely reflect the the library through local taxation, RDCK board of directors approved library will receive stable funding rural people who can not leave their true cost of delivering the existing then as of January 2011 the cost of a draft bylaws that move residents of that will enable it to address the homes. If all three Electoral Areas services. library membership will increase to Electoral Areas E, F and south H needs of rural communities, which vote yes, there will be new and During the community $120 for one or more members of a one step closer to voting in referenda were identified during the recent improved services for youth. Rural consultation process, the library family residing in single household. on library services. Three separate community consultation process and residents will have representation on sought input from residents on a “We want to ensure residents referenda are proposed with each are as follows. the library board of trustees. proposal to increase fees to $90 have all the information they need Electoral Area making its own Residents will no longer have to At their June meeting, the library per person with no discounts for to make an informed decision, decision. purchase a membership to the library. board of trustees considered their seniors or families. Residents including the difficult decisions we If the bylaws are approved by All residents will have equal access options should any Electoral Area expressed concern that a family must implement should any of the the provincial government, then in to library services. Satellite service not pass its referendum. Without of four would face a $360 bill for referenda fail,” explained Dianne October 2010 residents will vote will be offered in the Slocan Valley stable funding from the rural areas, library membership. It would also be Harke, chair of the library board. One Book One Kootenay gears up for second year submitted Luanne Armstrong, In the Path of visits host communities giving following six experienced skiers We had a lot of great discussions Imagine a program that promotes an Avalanche by Vivien Bowers and readings and talks. The short-listed on an ill-fated trip in the Selkirk about the Olympics (Abdou’s novel, the joy of reading, celebrates the Treading Water by Anne DeGrace. books are available at all participating Mountains. Anne DeGrace of The Bone Cage, is about competitive writers living in the Kootenay “It’s a great way to connect libraries, and readers can check them Bonnington wrote Treading Water athletes), about the role of fiction, Boundary, and provides a chance to people throughout our far flung out, feature them in their own book (McArthur and Co., 2005), which about the importance of celebrating discuss a great book and its themes. library region,” says Joanne Richards, clubs, join on-line discussions, meet traces a fictional community based on our region’s writers, about the writing There is such a program, in its KLF Director. “The Federation the author, or simply enjoy the quiet Renata, from its first settler to the last process, and about the function of second year of connecting people represents libraries and their readers pleasure of reading a locally written to leave in the face of development libraries.” through the literary arts: One from Sparwood to Midway, from book. of the Hugh Keenleyside dam in the Multiple copies of these three Book One Kootenay. Last year, Nakusp to Creston, and everything Luanne Armstrong’s Blue Valley 1960s, which submerged the village books are available at your local The Kootenay Library Federation, in between. When we select a book (Maa Press, 2007), a memoir about under 35 feet of water. public libraries: Nakusp Public representing 19 libraries in the East by one of our wonderful local writers, her family farm on the east shore of Angie Abdou wrote from the Library, Kaslo Public Library, and and West Kootenays and Boundary we create a region-wide book club.” Kootenay Lake, is grounded in her midst of her breakneck six-week Nelson Municipal Library. Check area, selected Angie Abdou’s The On September 8, Book One deep tie to the land, ecology, and tour last year: “Interest in One Book them out. Bone Cage for its inaugural year. Kootenay announces its selected language. Nelson’s Vivien Bowers’ In One Kootenay seems to be building. A website, www.obok.ca, The One Book One Kootenay 2010 author and book. In October, the Path of an Avalanche (Greystone, The turnout at all of my events was featuring all three books, will be up shortlist includes Blue Valley by Canadian Library Month, the writer 2003) is a story of death and survival, fantastic and enthusiasm was high. and running in June. Pure Water volunteers help in aftermath of Haiti earthquake submitted by Dave Puttå damaged beyond repair. The city has water shortages increased, Sebastien and season in the poorest areas next to the the Kootenays $50,000 was raised to What would you do in a major about the same population as greater Dave began distributing Pure Water’s sea, thousands of people live in muddy, aid the earthquake relief effort thanks earthquake? It’s a question most will Vancouver. This destruction, resembling small ceramic and bio-sand water contaminated water to their ankles or to the generosity of many Kootenay never have to answer. But for three that of a nuclear bomb, took place in filters to groups of people who had lost higher. On the streets you can on any residents and to Rik Valentine who Nelsonites doing volunteer work in Port a country where more than half the their homes and to improvised medical day buy baked patties made of salt, flour, organized donations through the Argenta au Prince on 4:53 pm January 12, the population eke out a bare living on less clinics. These efforts were hampered water and mud – pancakes to soothe the Society of Friends (Quakers) to Pure question proved inescapable and horrific. than $1 a day. by a lack of diesel for their truck and hunger pangs of the poor. Water for the World (Haiti) and for a Nelson residents Marie-Paule With their home severely damaged the increasing shortage of water from Haiti was self-sufficient in food until discretionary fund. The funds donated to Brisson, Sebastien DeMarre and Dave and unsafe, the three Canadians took any source. massive US food dumping into Haiti Pure Water will be used to restore a water Putt have just returned from work in up residence in the street with their As the water shortage became more in the 1990s drove people off the land. distribution centre in Cité Soleil that Haiti with the non-profit organization, neighbours. In the following days they critical, and with financial assistance Bernard Aristide, elected president by was damaged by UN troops in 2005, to Pure Water for the World. Prior to the gathered scarce medical supplies and from Save the Children, Pure Water large majorities in 1990 and 2000, was repair wells in Cité Soleil, and to launch quake they set up hygiene education helped the injured and dying at an organized trucking of water mainly into deposed by coups in 1991 and 2004. rainwater collection. Discretionary funds programs and installed water filters in improvised clinic on a nearby football Cité Soleil, an infamous shantytown The 2004 coup was orchestrated by the have been used to support rehabilitation schools and clinics. Clean water and field. Marie-Paule, who speaks Haitian in Port au Prince. Now 400,000 litres US and France and was, unfortunately, for amputees, to buy a sewing machine sanitation are critical public health issues Creole, proved to be the neighbourhood’s per day are being delivered, enough for actively supported by Canada. The for a street tailor who lost everything in Haiti. Florence Nightingale. She helped save 80,000 people at the rate of five litres Haitian people deserve better. in the quake and for tuition for school After the earthquake struck, the many lives, particularly by organizing per person. With typhoid fever, cholera Pure Water for the World Haiti students (most schools are private and volunteers learned the earthquake had treatment at a Belgian field hospital and other diseases a growing threat, they supports basic development. It is charge fees). killed 250,000 people and left half the set up on day four after the quake. As also recruited local teachers to promote reviving the schools’ hygiene promotion To support the work of Pure Water buildings of Port au Prince destroyed or medical supplies ran out and potable hygiene and safe water practices for and water filtration programs using contact Rik Valentine at 250-366-4325 over 20,000 people. During the rainy bio-sand filters built in Haiti. Here in or [email protected].
Pure Water relief worker Marie-Paule Brisson of Nelson with Rose and Naika (right) in Haiti. Rose had a severe head injury from falling debris and lost half her ear. Brisson probably saved her life by arresting an infection which had just started into her brain. 18 COMMUNITY The Valley Voice June 30, 2010 MedWolf delivers aboriginal education in School District #10 Arrow Lakes by Jan McMurray happy to have received an invitation ever seen.” When Ganishka Silverfox- passed it around so the kids could MedWolf, a Metis Indian from to come back again next year. MedWolf started his cultural Dann, a First Nations elder living experience a smudge ceremony. Old Battleford, Saskatchewan, has “This community is wonderful – sharing program in the Battlefords, in Nakusp, learned about MedWolf He also spoke about animals, been teaching his cultural sharing the parents and kids are wonderful,” and has taken it far and wide. He has and his program in 2008, she invited saying that animals had taught his program at Nakusp Elementary for he said. “These are the most worked with youth in youth centres, him to Nakusp and introduced him people everything they know. He the past three months. He is very environmentally aware kids I have schools and a survival camp. to school principal George Harding. told a story of his own personal Both Silverfox-Dann and Harding experience learning from a rabbit, are members of the council that and then asked the kids to share their developed the Aboriginal Education animal stories. Enhancement Agreement for the “This cultural sharing program Arrow Lakes School District. has been received with genuine “MedWolf was invited to offer enthusiasm by the students,” says lessons to the schools because Harding. They are proud of the his cultural sharing program is tomahawks or rattles they have made closely aligned with the objectives as well as learning about survival and of the Enhancement Agreement. We how to make fire.” wanted to share aboriginal culture Although MedWolf’s program will all our students, and his program is aboriginal based, Harding says has a successful track record,” said it very much honours all cultures. Harding. “MedWolf’s program has opened MedWolf’s classroom is a up the door to acknowledging that fascinating place, with an elaborate we all have stories and culture to ‘Little Peoples’ Village,’ and displays share and that we are more the same of furs of several animals and than different. This fits in so well medicinal plants he has gathered in with the goals of our Enhancement the Nakusp area. He also found some Agreement – to celebrate diversity ancient Sinixt tools near Burton and and cultural sharing with all students. has them on display in his room. We have so much to learn from one On June 23, I joined a grade 2 another,” said Harding. class that was visiting his classroom. The Arrow Lakes School District The kids sat in a circle with Medwolf is able to host MedWolf, thanks to while he prepared a smudge with the Ministry of Education’s targeted the four sacred medicines – sage, funding for delivering programming MedWolf and the Little Peoples’ Village in his classroom at Nakusp Elementary. sweetgrass, cedar and tobacco. He to students of aboriginal ancestry. Nakusp & Slocan Valley Bear Smart program update submitted by Wayne McCrory where its persistence needs to be or to order a bear-proof residential Unlike last year, the black bears For more information, contact: There was good news recently maintained (such as large urban garbage container (at cost). The are everywhere so let’s all continue Upper Slocan/Nakusp - Daniel when a number of community centres). The Valhalla Society society has a few of these garbage to work together to proactively Sherrod or Erica Mallam 250-358- programs were funded by Bear felt that the required door-to-door containers for people to borrow and minimize conflicts and work out a 2333; Lower Slocan Valley - Evelyn Aware through the Columbia Basin canvassing and talks under the Bear try out. better coexistence. Kirkaldy 250-359-6611. Trust, with some support from the Aware program would be over- Province. doing the public education side at Columbia Basin Trust board comes to Nakusp The community bear-people this stage in communities that have by Jan McMurray educating the public about firesmarting in quite a fix,” she said. She also listed conflict reduction program that has become very well informed over the The Columbia Basin Trust board their properties. He said the single most several small projects supported by been run by the Valhalla Wilderness years on how to reduce bear-people held a public session in Nakusp on effective thing property owners could do CBT: Halcyon Home garden, signage Society in the area for the past five conflicts. Also under Bear Aware, the June 4. was to install roof sprinklers. for the farmer’s market, and the band years (and for a long time before) coordinator is not officially allowed Mayor Hamling, Jesper Nielsen Brunton’s suggestions for areas at the July 1st parade. Larger projects was also offered funding through to help people set up electric fences, of NACFOR (community forest) and where CBT could help included she mentioned were the business plan Bear Aware as a result of the society’s which has been part of the Valhalla Mark Brunton of Arrow and Slocan continued capacity building for non for the hot springs ($10,000), the seed initial application to CBT. However, program for a number of years. Lake Community Services made profit organizations, leadership training, funding for the community foundation after much discussion with the Bear In any event, the society will be presentations that showed how much technology development, food security ($50,000), and the start-up funding for Aware administrators, it was mutually continuing with the largely volunteer the Trust has helped the community in and affordable housing. the community forest ($200,000). decided not to operate the program ‘Bear Smart’ program without Bear recent years. Nielsen and Brunton also Laurie Page, local resident, asked Mayor Hamling also thanked the under Bear Aware, but rather to Aware funds (as last year) and is let the board know where help is needed. if the board was considering investing board for the affected area funding. “I continue with the normal program for grateful for some funding support Nielsen suggested that reducing the in alternative energy. Board chair Garry can’t tell you how important that is. the Slocan Valley and Arrow Lakes. from RDCK to help with travel and risk of wildfire through fuel management Merckel said this was on the agenda for The healing process started with that Bear Aware primarily does other costs. The sandwich board was an area where the Trust could play their meeting the next day. money in Nakusp and Area K because good work in start-up programs in signs are back up at the transfer a role. He indicated that help would Mayor Hamling thanked the finally there was some recognition that communities where a good deal of stations with instructions on how to be appreciated in getting projects off board for contributing $290,000 to the people’s lives were changed and there public education is necessary or obtain information on electric fences the ground operationally, and/or in Emergency Services building. “It made were losses. We don’t want to dwell a big difference as to whether or not on it, but we can’t forget. People in the New Home for Sale! the project would be done – we were community are very thankful.”
Nakusp hosted the annual Search and Rescue regional training exercise for the first time this year, June 4-6. Seven SAR groups attended, along with the RCMP, BC Ambulance and the 442 Squadron out of Comox. This year’s exercise involved a simulated plane crash. June 30, 2010 The Valley Voice VISITOR INFORMATION 19 20 KASLO & DISTRICT The Valley Voice June 30, 2010 Kaslo council, June 22: ‘Suffer Fest’ races being planned by Jan McMurray Railroad Avenue and 5th Street and part add the RCMP property was defeated. space he refers to is not controlled by Helping Hand Trust for its requests • Janis Lapimaki, co-owner of of Front Street be closed, that a banner Councillors Frary and Cormie feel that the Village. relating to the annual July 1 run and the Kootenay Mountain Sports store, across Front Street be permitted, that this issue needs more discussion, and • Minutes of a Development walk. attended to speak about a day of Front Street park rental fees be waived, perhaps a “better solution” can be found Services Committee meeting on the City • Minutes of the June 7 Kemball sporting events she is organizing for that the Village provide cones, fencing that “works for the whole town.” Hall project were received. Attached to Memorial Building Select Committee October 3. The day is called ‘Suffer and barricades and that the Kaslo River • The feasibility of adding Kaslo the minutes was an email from Parks were received. As recommended by the Fest’ and events include a trail run, a Trail be closed to pedestrians. Her campground to the specified sewer Canada with suggestions for Kaslo’s committee, no rent will be charged to the mountain bike race and a kids’ race requests were referred to Development area was referred to the Liquid Waste next application for funding for the Kootenay Lake Historical Society for (bike or run). Services. Management Select Committee. project. Close attention must be paid to the archives effective August 1. The trail run will happen on the • School District No. 8, in • Council received a copy of a letter the federal Statement of Significance of • The Mayor and CAO were True Blue Trail and finish on Front partnership with the Village, has applied from the Kaslo Jazz Etc. Society to the the national historic site and no aspects authorized to sign an agreement for Street. The bike race route will go up for a $10,000 grant to create a Kaslo Nelson Health Unit, advising them of a of the work should compromise the membership in the Invest Kootenay logging roads and down the Monster Preschoolers’ Playspace at the school, rave planned for the Jazz Fest weekend heritage value or character-defining Partnership for 2010 at a cost of $2,500. Trail. The kids’ race will take place adjacent to the Strong Start and Family in a location adjacent to the Village of elements of the site. Adherence to Park • The Kaslo Riding Club will be on the River Trail. After the races, Centre classroom. Kaslo. The society board is concerned Canada’s policy and guidelines for the asked to attend the Municipal Services there will be a luncheon and awards • The RCMP will temporarily about the impacts to the community of funding program is also very important. Committee as a delegation to discuss presentation at Front Street Park. She move into the Kemball Memorial having two large events for Kaslo on • A letter was received from the its request for a lease and utility cost said the day would serve to showcase Centre (KMC) as of August 1, while the same weekend. Council supports the Communities in Bloom committee, reduction. the trails, to give local people an the RCMP detachment is being torn society’s position and will contact the requesting permission to host • Dennis Jensen was appointed to opportunity to train, and to bring people down and rebuilt. They will occupy IHA and the RCMP. Also, the Village a small party on August 14 on the the future organization being formed to Kaslo during the shoulder season. KMC Units 101, 102, 105, 105A and will ask the RDCK to investigate the Kemball Memorial Centre grounds in to deal with wildland/urban interface Lapimaki asked council that the vault, and will pay monthly rental requirements for “mass gatherings” celebration of the anniversary of Kaslo’s fire issues. fees of $2,401.99 plus taxes. on private property within the regional incorporation. Permission was granted. • Council received an email Real Estate in Kaslo and • Minutes of the June 8 Liquid district, and provide the information to • Andy Pritchard was engaged to regarding a television production North Kootenay Lake Waste Management Select Committee all organizers of mass gatherings. repoint the A Avenue fire hall (thrift company that was to be coming through www.century21kaslo.com were received. Dennis Jensen was • A letter was received from Peter store) for a total cost of $3,500. the area in June, working on a series [email protected] appointed as chair and Mel Bryce as Bryce and Pamela Griffin regarding • A quote submitted by TRUE featuring ‘undiscovered’ areas of the 250-505-4722 recording secretary. Meetings will be the presentation by Bernie Penner of Consulting Group for $19,200 reservoir province. The email was referred to the Century21 Mountainview Realty Ltd. held on the second Tuesday of every Kaslo Bay Estates at the Development line replacement engineering services Chamber of Commerce. month at 4:30 pm in council chambers. Services Committee of June 10. The was accepted. • Accounts payable of $95,365.58 A recommendation from the committee letter was forwarded to Penner. • Permission was granted to the were approved. Thank you to amend the sewer specified area to The Bryce/Griffin letter points out Valley Voice perceived discrepancies in Penner’s Kokanee and Gerrard trout post The only newspaper that Advertise in the newspaper that comments, which the authors describe as record runs this year tells us what is going on in everybody reads - the Valley Voice “a stretch of the facts.” Bryce and Griffin the Kaslo area. The only also ask about the Village slash from the submitted Why is the lake so productive? A newspaper that gives us a Your locally owned, independent removal of the Water Street cottonwood The kokanee population in significant reason is likely the success community newspaper chance to say what we think trees, which was added to Penner’s slash Kootenay Lake for 2009 has set a of the Nutrient Restoration Program pile to be burned in the fall. They wonder record, calculated at approximately 48 (NRP). The liquid blend of nitrogen about it, free of charge, in Call 250-358-7218 for details Voices from the Valleys. why the Village would choose to burn million fish, not including spawners. and phosphorus added to the water’s rather than chip the waste wood. The second highest count was 35 million surface during the four summer months Paid advertisement by Jane Lynch Email: [email protected] in support of the Valley Voice Councillor Cormie pressed Mayor back in 2002 and 1996. And the positive replaces nutrients trapped by the Duncan Lay for an answer to this question. Lay results did not end there, with solid and Libby dams. The nutrients feed the ... in Kaslo said his understanding from the foreman numbers recorded for all levels of the lowest trophic level, and clearly the Open Daily See our new selection of pewter was that it was more cost effective to lake’s food web, including the mighty positive impacts are filtering up through 6:30 am to products from Nova Scotia. Func- take the slash to Kaslo Bay, saving the Gerrard rainbow trout. the entire food web. 7:00 pm tional, beautiful, and affordable. costs of hauling it to the transfer station “The results indicate that we are The two NRPs reflect a cross- Licensed Now open every day. and chipping. He added that the transfer seeing sufficient food at all levels in border, multi-agency partnership, jointly station was not open the day the trees the ecosystem,” says Fish and Wildlife coordinated by the FWCP and the Located at the Heart of were removed. Compensation Program (FWCP) crew Ministry of Environment. The nutrient Front Street • 353-2955 • The Village received $1,645 for lead John Krebs from BC Hydro. “With additions began in the North Arm, with “Best Eggs Benedict Ever” the electrical upgrade at the campground kokanee numbers and measurements of funding from BC Hydro, in 1992, and in the zooplankton biomass both high we the South Arm, increasing nutrients by “Mexican, Salads, 408 Front St, Kaslo • 250-353-2566 from the CBT Community Initiatives/ Affected Areas Funding programs. can expect good survival rates for the another 45 percent in 2004. The South Dinners, Wraps & Stir-Fry • Development plans for the kokanee, as well as sufficient food for Arm restoration effort is funded by the campground were referred to the the larger fish species.” Kootenai Tribe of Idaho and Bonneville Development Services Committee Larger fish species like the Gerrards Power Administration through the The meeting of July 8. have certainly benefited from the well- Northwest Power and Conservation Clothes Hanger • Dave May wrote to council to ask stocked food cupboard, as shown by Council’s Columbia Basin Fish and for support in getting suitable moorage the 2010 run to the main spawning area Wildlife Program for the sternwheeler he is building. He in the Lardeau River. The peak count The FWCP is a joint partnership of suggests that the spot beside the old of 725 on April 27 was the highest BC Hydro, the Ministry of Environment forestry boathouse on the west end past observed since daily counts began in (MOE) and Fisheries and Oceans the boat club would be ideal. The Village 1960. The second and third highest peak Canada to conserve and enhance fish will respond, informing May that the counts occurred in 2009 (620) and in and wildlife affected by the construction 1979 (618). of BC Hydro dams.
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The Fish and Wildlife Compensation program reports a record number of 250-353-9688 Kokanee and Gerrard rainbow trout this year in Kootenay Lake. This 14-pound Gerrard was caught and released in May. June 30, 2010 The Valley Voice COMMUNITY 21 Felde, Kokubo and Stefan exhibit at Hidden Garden submitted Garden Gallery’s 10th anniversary origins, adaptation and alteration Tsuneko Kokubo (Koko) draws artwork relates to themes regarding Galen Felde, Tsuneko Kokubo celebration. A common thread of the landscape. Echoing familiar her inspiration from nature and equilibrium and the interplay of (Koko) and Nadine Stefan present does run through their work – not landforms, her paintings are a describes herself as a seasonal natural laws. Each individual piece their upcoming exhibit of painting surprising considering the singularly complex and often disguised collage painter – working with seasonal and explores the interaction of these and mixed media works titled o rich place that they create their art of natural and urban imagery. daily changes of light and weather forces and the dynamic between Terra: ode to earth, at the Hidden in. Terra will provide a platform for Tangled branches, leaves, light and painting in the moment. Her the feminine and masculine, the Garden Gallery July 6-18. They will these artist’s three distinct voices, as particles, transformers, wings and subjects emerge from the beauty physical and psychological, man celebrate their opening reception on they pay homage, utilize nature as wire are some of the key elements, which surrounds her – the mountain versus nature and the conflicted Friday, July 9 at 7:30 with the music medium and metaphor, and bid to magnified, distorted, layered and landscapes and the flowers which social constructs of our time. Using of Osmosis. connect us with one another and the sculpted to form the substructure she grows in her garden. All of recycled lumber, paint, tree branches The three working artists have complex place that supports us all. of her work. Use of trace images, her work is imbued with a deep and a variety of other materials, been acquainted for many years Galen Felde shows work skewed focus and saturated light reverence for the earth. When asked this work is an interpretation of the living in New Denver, have shown from her continuing exploration refer to the construction of memory, to describe her style Koko says: “I tension and release at play in the together on a number of occasions of empathy, impermanence and the resonance of absence and the dance on my canvas.” world and the potential for balance and decided to team up for the Hidden our difficult relationship with process of release. Nadine Stefan’s latest series of within opposing ideals. Community Fund of North Kootenay Lake announces 2010 grants submitted An additional $4,231 from the the Kootenay Savings Community Theatre. during the 2010 Jazz Festival; The Community Fund of North McKinnon Family fund goes to the Foundation. $3,785 of that gift was The 2010 grant recipients were OPTions for Sexual Health, $900 to Kootenay Lake, operating under Kaslo Library, the Kaslo Victorian set aside for granting in 2010 with Kaslo and Area Hospice, $1,000 upgrade the Sexual Health library; the wing of the Osprey Community Health Centre, and a bursary to a the balance creating an endowment for grief and trauma team training; Kaslo Community Response Foundation, is pleased to announce JVH graduate. Total disbursements fund in the name of Kootenay Kaslo Concert Society, $1000 for Network, $900 for abuse prevention grant recipients for 2010. Twelve amounted to $18,041. This is nearly Savings Community Foundation. 2010-2011 season; JV Humphries and education. Kaslo and area organizations three times what CFNKLS was able The presentation of grant cheques School, $2,000 in support of the CFNKLS has over $425,000 in received $13,810 from the various to grant in 2009, in large part due took place during the CFNKLS Ashland OR Drama Field Trip; endowments which should generate endowment funds. to a generous gift of $75,700 from AGM on June 3 at the Langham Langham Cultural Society, $1,500 about $15,000 in available grants for for exhibition of visual art with 2011. Included in these endowments Silverton’s Official Community Plan adopted a water/sustainability theme; are five ‘field of interest’ funds: The by Jan McMurray until the beginning of 2009. SmartGrowth. Langham Cultural Society, $1,550 Seniors Fund; the Child, Youth, Silverton’s Official Community As the SmartGrowth draft The executive summary of the for a live art event during Jazz Fest; and Family Fund; Arts, Culture Plan (OCP) was adopted at the June contained some inaccuracies and document states that the overarching Kootenay Lake Independent School and Heritage Fund; Environment 22 council meeting. some objectives that council had no concept for the OCP is sustainability. Society, $1,500 for food service/ Fund; and the Kootenay Savings The public hearing for the OCP authority over, council enlisted the The community vision is for food sustainability director; Argenta Community Fund. The interest was held on June 15, with no members help of Ramona Mattix of the RDCK. Silverton to be “a vibrant, unique Library, $785 for maintaining library from these permanent endowment of the public attending. She went through the SmartGrowth village in transition from a resource service; Kootenay Lake Historical funds generates the granting pool, In 2007, council began the draft with council, and together they based economy to an eco-tourism Society, $1,000 to catalogue and and contributions are welcome at review of the old OCP, which was came up with this final version. At the friendly community able to support display the Bill Curran collection of any time. adopted in 1996. The Village hired public hearing, Mattix explained that citizens of all ages with a mixture shipwright tools; North Kootenay For details about how to SmartGrowth BC to help with the the final document had not changed of housing types, green spaces, safe Lake Community Services, $1,000 contribute to these endowment revision. SmartGrowth was involved substantially from the draft done by roads and walkways, and sustainable towards the Emergency Baby Needs funds, write to CFNKLS at PO Box economic development opportunities.” Cupboard; Kaslo Jazz Etc. Society, 661, Kaslo, BC, V0G 1M0 or check Helping Hand Canada Day run to The guiding principles to achieve $675 toward youth master classes out www.nklcommunityfund.org. this vision are to: maintain the unique raise funds for medical needs character and magic of Silverton; submitted will be prizes for female and male protect the local environment; On July 1, the Helping Hand categories, draw prizes, snacks and encourage local self-sufficiency; Trust will be holding its third annual beverages. promote a resourceful and diverse Canada Day 5-km run or walk in This is a fundraiser for the economy; support the housing needs Kaslo. This year there will also be a Helping Hand Trust, which offers a of the entire community; encourage 10k run for avid runners. Registration helping hand to Kaslo area residents services that add value to the is at 8:15 am. and the race starts at 9 in need and who are required to community; let the public landscape am at the picnic shelter at Vimy Park leave the area for medical treatment. reflect the heritage and historical spirit by the lake in Kaslo. If you know of someone in need, of the community; make it easy and Entry is by suggested donation please contact one of the following: safe to get around. of $5 per person or $10 per family Larry Badry, Dave Boland, Ian Einer, Development Permit Areas for the 5k walk or run or $10 for Jannemé Frouws, Mary Johnson, or include all commercial development the 10k run. Alternatively, people Elizabeth Scarlett. areas along the highway corridor and may enter by submitting pledge For more information or to all lots with lakeshore frontage. donations. Entry and pledge forms volunteer contact Mauritz at 250- are available at Kaslo Hotel and 353-7744 or Elizabeth at 250-353- Not getting Kootenay Mountain Sports. There 2563. enough bang for your direct advertising buck? Use the Valley Voice! Because the Valley Voice is a Community Newspaper, and not treated as junk mail, your advertising goes into every mailbox - whether you buy an ad, or insert your flyer into the paper. The Valley Voice delivers - to over 7,000 households. Put our circulation to work for your business, event, or campaign. 250-358-7218 Dan Wack, Chair of the Heritage Credit Union Board of Directors, and CEO Lorne Myhra presented a cheque for $12,000 at the festive gathering in the [email protected] Winlaw StrongStart Centre to support services for families with young children. 22 COMMUNITY The Valley Voice June 30, 2010 Hidden Garden Gallery art auction a successful fundraiser by Art Joyce donated. chair, blue glass vases, and a beautiful for public art in the community.” Champagne credits the late artist When it’s for a good cause, people Most of the items were paintings, hand-woven shawl. The artwork The silent auction closed at 8:30, Lorna Obermayr for the idea to have in this community are more than including works by Les Weisbrich, spanned several continents, including with bidding getting intense from a public sculpture in New Denver and generous. The Hidden Garden Gallery David Smith, Lorna Obermayr, Jane Indonesia, Europe, the US and Canada. about 8 pm. Over 50 art lovers attended it was a natural for the gallery’s tenth fundraiser for the Toru Fujibayashi Champagne, Boukje Elzinga, sketches The show was hung by board members and enthusiasm for the event ran high, anniversary celebrations. public sculpture project on Saturday, by Tsuneko Kokobo, a traditional Elzinga and Evelyn Goodell to create with many suggesting art auctions as “Lorna spoke often of her dream June 19 raised $3,900 toward the Egyptian painting done on papyrus, thematic groupings from the wide a regular fundraising event for the of an installation at the foot of main cause. batiks by Dot Finlay, prints of well- range of art represented. gallery. street,” notes board member Eleanor The gallery board put out a call known sketches by Henri Matisse, a “The hottest item was the moose “Among the most popular shows Spangler, “as an artist and teacher to the community for ‘art recycling,’ mask by Rosalie Bird, a bronze figure antler cribbage board from Nunavut at the gallery have been the collector’s as well as the activist she was in our asking people to donate art that they by Toru Fujibayashi, and photographs that went for over $400,” says board choice events,” says Champagne. “You larger Slocan Lake and Kootenay may have tired of over the years that by Patrizia Menton and Michael member Anne Champagne. “The fact get an interesting glimpse into the community, she advocated for art as a could be auctioned. By the time of the Hartley. There were also handcrafted that the event was so well supported community by the kind of art people testimony to all of our best efforts for auction, 100 pieces of art had been wooden boxes, an antique rocking indicates that there’s substantial support enjoy.” full and expressive lives.” NDP calls for national food security strategy submitted processing capacity and distribution sure that everyone has access to safe local initiatives such as farmers’ The tour also found a wealth Canadians are looking to their networks, such as farmer’s markets and nutritious food and who better markets and cooperatives, and of organizations and communities government for a comprehensive and agriculture co-operatives. to produce it than our own farmers. creating regulations adapted to the across the country that have or want food strategy to protect our food “Throughout the tour, Canadians We already trust them to put healthy realities of small scale farmers, to develop an action plan to deal security and sovereignty, says a told us that when it comes to food, food on our plates. It’s time our are just some of the solutions that with various aspects of food security. report released by the federal NDP we have to start thinking locally,” government did the same.” would ensure our food security and There is a strong appetite for federal party. said Atamanenko. “We need to make The tour found that supporting sovereignty. leadership to support these initiatives. Over the past two years in public forums in 28 communities across the country, Agriculture Critic Alex Construction begins on new Arrow zone fire base Atamanenko led the New Democrat submitted “Construction will wrap up is reminded that anyone found in campfire, call *5555 on your cell ‘Food for Thought Tour,’ and spoke A new $1.9-million Arrow before the 2011 fire season,” said contravention of a burning restriction or 1-800-663-5555. For more to over a thousand Canadians about Fire Zone Base will improve the Boundary-Similkameen MLA John can be fined up to $345 or held information on open fire prohibitions, their thoughts and concerns about Province’s response to wildfires. The Slater. “The property surrounding the responsible for suppression costs if area restrictions or for updates on food. new two-storey, 540-square-metre base will also be used as a FireSmart their negligence results in a wildfire. current wildfire activity, visit www. “Food is not only fundamental to (5,800-square-foot) fire base will demonstration project to educate area To report a wildfire or unattended bcwildfire.ca. healthy living but it is fundamental be strategically located near major homeowners on how they can protect to a healthy economy,” said NDP intersections on Highway 3A. their own properties from damage due Riverwatch in need of volunteers leader Jack Layton. “Urban or rural, “Currently, the zone’s fire to wildfire.” protection officers are in Castlegar, Improvements to the Williams to help protect Slocan River Canadians want their government submitted the river, seasonal dumpsters were while wildfire crews and equipment Lake and Castlegar airtanker bases to step up to the plate and develop Are you comfortable with the installed at the main entry and exit are in the town of Brilliant – about a are also underway. These capital a national plan to protect the food Slocan River being a dump for empty points and ‘river litter’ bags were sold 10-minute drive away,” said Forests upgrades have been funded from we eat and promote the food we bottles and cans? For the past four to give the garbage somewhere to go and Range Minister Pat Bell. “When a capital infrastructure program produce.” years, the ad hoc group Riverwatch other than in the river. An education it comes to fighting wildfires, every supported by the Province to create up Key priorities revealed by the has been trying to bring attention to the program is still in the infant stages of minute counts. Stationing our staff to 88,000 jobs and build vital public Food for Thought Tour included a dangers and damage being done to the development. and equipment in one location will infrastructure in every region of BC. need for legislation that requires Slocan River over the summer months With the reduced volunteer base improve coordination and response The Arrow Zone is one of six food to be properly labelled with by increased recreational use. Now, the to manage Riverwatch and the fund times.” zones in the Southeast Fire Centre information on its origin, nutritional group itself is struggling to survive. empty, times are dire. Would the The facility will incorporate and is bounded by Glacier National value and whether it is genetically After a series of public meetings in community like to see a return to environmentally friendly elements, Park in the north, the Duncan, Slocan modified or not. Also recommended 2006 intended to draw attention to the piles of garbage once again littering including solar energy and use of and Nelson ranges in the east, the US was that imported foods meet the increased abuses taking place during the beaches and waterway? Is there pine beetle-killed wood pellets for border in the south and Monashee same environmental and health ‘floating’ season the group stepped someone out there willing to step heating and hot water. The building mountains in the west. standards that apply to food produced into action. With support from the up and continue shining a light on also reflects the Province’s Wood Since April 1, fire crews have in Canada and providing the resources Columbia Power Corporation and the the risks and hazards that come with First policy that requires wood be responded to more than 249 fires to enforce those standards; and Regional District of Central Kootenay, recreational use of the river? the primary building material in across the province, 235 of which offering incentives and tax policies large information warning boards Help is desperately needed to provincially funded buildings. were person-caused. The public to promote local food production, were erected on prime entry sites of keep up the work being done by too few at this point. Area H Director Walter Popoff is willing to support these endeavours, but a strengthened group is needed to be in charge of the efforts. The floating season is upon us soon, so please make contact by July 8 if you wish to get involved. A meeting will be arranged shortly after that if the support shows up. If you wish to help, contact Ben at 250-359-7731 or Craig at 250- 226-0008. Kaslo Artwalk starts early at Landmark Bakery submitted Local artist Jennifer Halliday is showing her original acrylic paintings at the Landmark Bakery from June 14 through August 31. Landmark Bakery is situated at 416 Front Street, Kaslo. Jennifer Halliday’s paintings consist of portraits, landscapes and still life. If you appreciate the style of art but would like a more personal piece, consider having a painting commissioned. The display will be changing through the summer, so visit often. June 30, 2010 The Valley Voice LIVING 23 I’ve also noticed that some of How do these claims stand up to time you re-inflate your tires you are saves the rims from rusting on the the local garages and many of the scrutiny? Let’s look at all the claims actually accumulating the nitrogen inside, there may be some validity in dealerships are now advocating the in detail. because this is what stays in the tire this, but rims are usually discarded safety and economic advantages of It is true that tires lose air through longer. A simple calculation tells us because they get bent, not because with Jamie Barber nitrogen-filled tires as opposed to the wall. It is also true that oxygen that re-inflating your tires once a they rust from the inside out. old-fashioned air. The cost is about diffuses through this wall faster than month, (which is the recommended If you are getting the idea that $7/tire – is it worth it? Doc set out to nitrogen and it is also true that under- procedure), will accumulate the nitrogen-filled tires are on par with Filling tires investigate the matter. inflation of tires leads to poor fuel nitrogen in them to the level of the old snake oil scam, you are As we all know, air is about economy and diminished tire life. 92.5% in a four-month period – all probably not far from the truth. In with nitrogen 80% nitrogen in the first place Consumer’s Report recently for free! fact, Bridgestone tire manufactures vs. air and the nitrogen accumulator completed a year-long test on 31 I don’t think we even need to claim in no uncertain terms that We have had some fun boosts this up to about 93% before different all-season radials and discuss the claim that nitrogen-filled while nitrogen-filled tires may not discussions in the staff room in the compressing it into your tires. The compared the difference between tires are less of a fire hazard. In all be harmful to your tires, they don’t last few weeks about the benefits accumulator device costs in the pressure losses in nitrogen-filled my years as a mechanic, I have never believe there is any appreciable of filling your car’s tires with vicinity of $10,000, so the garage has tires compared to air-filled tires. even heard of a tire bursting into advantage to spending the extra nitrogen. It all started when one of to recoup this cost by charging you They found the average difference flames because of the dangerous money. In fact, they point out that my colleagues purchased a car from for something that used to be free. to be a miniscule 1.3 PSI. This is air inside. that it is important to stick to the a Penticton dealership and they They claim the advantage of less approximately the tire pressure The same is true of the claim that monthly check of tire pressure and charged him $300 to fill the tires loss of pressure due to air diffusion change you would normally observe air leads to diminished longevity of if you are forced to top up your tires with the stuff. He really didn’t want through the tire wall, less fire hazard, in a tire that undergoes a 10-degree the tire carcass – in other words, the at a designated filling location, you what they were selling, but like many less corrosion on the inside of the change in temperature – an everyday tire breaks down from the inside out. are much more unlikely to refill your dealership dodges, they wouldn’t sell tire rim and longer tire life due to occurrence. In addition to this, I can guarantee that you will wear out tires in a timely manner. him the car unless he bought it with the oxidative effect on the inner tire because oxygen diffuses out of the the tread long before this happens. The verdict then – while there the nitrogen package. lining. tire faster than the nitrogen, every As to the claim that nitrogen may be some minimal benefits to filling your car’s tires with nitrogen, Financial of two children, and some opted out real estate. While this has served them primarily from two demographics: these are far outweighed by the costs completely. The result: fewer children well in the past, it gives rise for concern the Generation X group (those born and inconvenience. Keep things Forum being born, hence the closure of those as we look into the future. between 1965 and 1979) and the simple. Check your tire pressure with Debbie community schools. If the oldest of the boomers is now Generation Y demographic (those born once a month, fill them with free Pereversoff We have also come to recognize in their mid 60s, it stands to reason that between 1977 and 1994). air and worry about something else. that many boomers became more over the next 10 to 20 years there will The problem I see looming ahead is investment savvy than their parents, be significant changes in their lives. For that the population number within these The future of real who were more trusting of the tried those who have acquired real estate, two demographics is much smaller than estate and true method of saving within this will be the period of time when the millions born in the boomer era. Many of my past articles have traditional banking institutions. One ‘downsizing’ is considered. The big So here are some things to ponder. touched on topics relevant to the thing the seniors may have instilled family home might become too much Have you ever gone into a store where baby boomers and how this particular in their boomer children was to invest to handle; the rental properties (and all you’ve seen a specific gizmo heaped demographic has shaped our world in the tangible asset of real estate. The of the headaches that come along with in those huge bargain bins? You may over the years. People who were born concept of having land and/or buildings it) may be losing its luster; and the question the store clerk as to why they between 1946 and 1964 fall into the seemed to offer long-term security and vacation property just doesn’t seem to are so cheaply priced and the response classification of being abBoomer, steady growth. be getting utilized as much as before. you receive is, “I’m over-stocked. No with the oldestbBoomer now 66 years For many boomers, this was taken There is also that real necessity to have one is buying them at the retail price, Nakusp, BC of age. to heart, and many have experienced cash in hand just to provide for day-to- so now I need to slash the cost just to 250-265-3681 If we look around our significant wealth creation over the day income needs. get rid of them!” neighborhoods, we see those old years. Many people not only bought What we may experience is a Hmm, kind of sad for the store • LUMBER empty schoolhouses which were once their own home, but they acquired glut of real estate that could flood the clerk – (the profits have shrunk • SIDING filled to the brim with all of the children rental, commercial and vacation markets, just as many of your fellow considerably) - but for the consumer • INSULATION born in the boomer era. Ironically, as properties as well. boomers think about off-loading their – it’s a happy day! They had the • ROOFING the boomers grew up and went on to As we work on financial plans for real estate right around the same time. advantage of selecting and purchasing • DRYWALL have families of their own, most chose our boomer clients, we see that a lot of The potential purchasers of all quality gizmos for a fraction of the • FLOORING to limit their offspring to an average their net worth is now wrapped up in of this real estate are going to come original price. • HARDWARE This really should give you • GENERAL PAINT Rotary Club says thanks to the Nakusp lasting comfort these quilts offer to these something to think about – especially • PLUMBING Rotary Quilt Guild. You see, there is a Nakusp patients and their families. The quilts are if you are more heavily weighted in • ELECTRICAL Minute connection to Rotaplast – unnoticed, treasured. They are beautiful pieces of real estate. If we look carefully into • WOOD STOVES quietly doing good for children and art that give warmth and comfort. The the crystal ball of the future, we may • WINDOWS/DOORS Rotaplast and adults in Nepal. quilt also reaffirms that there are people find the same supply and demand issue • SCAFFOLDING The Nelson Sunrise Rotary Club around the world who care. That care lurking in the shadows. • ENGINEERED FLOORS the Nakusp put out a call to quilters around British came from the quilters in Nakusp. Each What do you think is going to • ROOF TRUSSES Columbia to donate quilts to be given choice of pattern, colour selection, and happen when we have too many • TOOL RENTALS to patients in Nepal after their surgeries. stitch design comes with the knowledge boomers selling and not enough people Quilt Guild • AGRICULTURAL FEEDS Rotaplast Canada is a non-profit The Nakusp Quilt Guild donated 65 that some child or adult will wrap this buying? – Hello shoppers - it’s your • GARDENING SUPPLIES humanitarian organization which quilts of the 400 collected, more than creation around their body, fall asleep lucky day! Have we got a deal for • GREENHOUSE provides free reconstructive surgery to any other community. and awake to a new and brighter future. you!!! children and adults born with a cleft Apart from the miracle accomplished The families in this specific project Debbie Pereversoff CFP CSA is a OPEN lip and palate anomaly. The Nakusp by the surgeries, there is also the long were very poor and lived in very remote Financial Planner with her company 7 am - 5:30 Weekdays areas of Nepal. There were no medical The Affolter Financial Group Inc., 9 am - 5:00 Saturday clinics for tens of kilometres. The in Castlegar and Assante Financial families came to the makeshift clinic, Management Ltd. (Mutual Fund The Best Lumberyard travelling any way they could manage, Dealer). Please speak to a professional in the Kootenays often on foot. Rotaplast brought the advisor to discuss your particular We deliver! medial equipment with them but often circumstances prior to acting on the there is not enough bedding to go around. information above. Surgeons, medical and non-medical personnel volunteer their services and For Clients Who Appreciate... travel halfway around the world to do the Serious Planning... Serious Advice... humanitarian work of Rotaplast. Serious Results... Although we may become Collin Ludwar - B.Comm, CFP discouraged by the evening news, Debbie Pereversoff - CFP, CSA there is goodwill all around the world. Tim Affolter - CFP, FDS, CLU, ChFC It stretches far and wide. The hand of goodwill has been touched by Rotary and Financial Planners with the Nakusp Quilt Guild. Quilts made in Assante Financial Management Ltd. Nakusp have brought hope and touched www.affolterfinancial.com Members of the Nakusp Quilt Guild display one of their quilts, destined for Nepal. the lives of many in Nepal. 1127 4th St. Castlegar, BC 1-888-365-4888 • 365-2345 24 CLASSIFIED ADS The Valley Voice June 30, 2010 WOULD ANYONE who was at the A nNOunCEMENTS C oMING eVENTS HIDDEN GARDEN GALLERY: Burgin, Fr o rENT Umewaka-kai Japanese music performance Morgen and Rosalie opening reception at Lucerne School who has video footage LAKE LORE GALLERY - Open stages TWO-STOREY LOG HOUSE on acreage Friday, July 2 at 7:30. Music by Matthew please contact me. I would like copies if Thursdays continue to be a great hit. off Red Mountain Road. 3 bedrooms. $800 Fry and Lena. possible. Liz: 250-358-2231. Saturday night with the house band and + utilities. Deck and basement under Bu O sINESS pportunities special guests is a great chance for visitors THE SILVERTON GALLERY has an exciting construction. 250-358-2707. to meet local musicians. We now have program for the summer, rich with Slocan Valley FOR RENT: August 15, 2010. Comfortable DO YOU HAVE A GREAT BUSINESS local organic preserves and locally crafted talent. We invite you to attend our stimulating well maintained 3 bdrm home with full IDEA? Community Futures welcomes gifts. There is an ongoing call for artists, art exhibitions, musical performances, creative finished basement. Downtown location our two new business counsellors to the musicians, poets, and volunteers. Music camps and artistic workshops. Pick up our in Nakusp. $850 per month. References Arrow and Slocan Lakes area. CF provides lessons are being offered by Terry and program flyer at the Cup & Saucer Café, required. Call Shirley 250-265-8040 or program info, business counselling and Cindy Moore for all levels. Thank you for Ann’s Natural Foods, Mountainberry Foods or email [email protected]. training. Wednesday appts. available in your continued support. New gallery hours e-mail [email protected] to request 55+ RENTAL HOUSING - Nakusp BC. DANNY TEECE & STEPHANIE Nakusp and New Denver by calling 265- are Thursday through Sunday noon to 6 a program. We look forward to seeing you and New Building Rotary Villa, 4 rental suites, LARSEN would like to announce the 3674 ext. 201 or email Nakusp@futures. birth of their beautiful baby boy, Silas pm, Thursday and Saturday, 7:30 to 10:30 appreciate your support. all one bedroom. Pets welcome. www. bc.ca. for open stage and house band and guests. SLOCAN LAKE DANCE CAMP for Yvonne Teece. Born on June 18, 2010 at C f aRD o tHANKS arrowtarian.com, 250-265-3370 (9:00am- 4:20 am, in Kootenay Lake Hospital. A very Would you like to rent our space? Thank Youth & Adults, Thursday, July 22 - 12:00pm) [email protected]. DAN & JAN would like to thank everyone special thank you to Dr. McKechnie and Dr. you for your continued support. Sunday, July 25, New Denver. Choose ROOM FOR RENT – Slocan City. who offered their condolences and support Geurdjev, and all of the wonderful nurses. THE FRIDAY MARKET happens in one or attend several. Four days of dance Female. No parties, drugs, or alcohol. following the death of our dear friend, Rob IF YOU WOULD LIKE to donate to the downtown New Denver every Friday, June workshops & nightly dances plus a Sunday Shared kitchen and bathroom. Available Riley. Special thanks to our neighbours Ron purchase of a sculpture by Toru Fujibayashi to September, 10 am to 2 pm. Features local afternoon Tango Milonga. Early bird immediately. 250-355-9247. Huss and Liz Farrell; to the ambulance for public display, please mail your produce, plants, herbs and a great selection deadline July 8. www.dancingbeat.org or FrS o aLE attendants - Joe, Wren and Suzanne; and contribution to Hidden Garden Gallery, Box of Kootenay artisan wares. [email protected] or 358-2448. to the fire department members – Len BONAIR TENT TRAILER for sale. An 201, New Denver V0G 1S0. THANK YOU! 2 N D T E X A S H O L D ’ E M NEW DENVER STREET FAIR, tenth and Doug. We are always thankful to be older trailer but still in good shape. Full BAMBOO SHEETS, TOWELS and cutting TOURNAMENT to be held at the Slocan annual, Sunday, July 25, 8 am-3 pm, Main size. Sleeps 6 with 2 way fridge. Propane part of such a wonderful community, but Legion Hall 502 Harold St. Slocan on July St., New Denver. For space rental contact boards. Organic sheet sets, cozy quilts, wool an experience like this one brings home 3 burner stove, furnace and sink. Can email duvets and down pillows. Quality dishes 10 starting at 6:30 pm. $30 buy-in. Advance Joan 250-352-3788. photos. $1,700 obo. 250-265-3185. just how special this place and its people tickets must be purchased at Mountain KASLO SATURDAY MARKET, Front in fun colours with gorgeous table linens. really are. TONER CARTRIDGES for LaserJet laser Garden accents and cast iron hardware. Local Valley Station in Slocan or phone 250- St. Park 10:00-2:00. Great variety of printers 2100/2200 series. $60 each or 3 for artisans. Practical gifts at affordable prices. Personal Classifieds start at $8.00 355-2672 to reserve. Tickets will not be vendors with live music and hands on art $150. 250-358-7218. available at the door. projects. The place to be on a Saturday. Willow Home Gallery in Kaslo. Home Decor Call 250-358-7218 for details Kootenay Style. 250-353-2257. 250-353-7592. BUSINESS DIRECTORY CONSTRUCTION • HOME • GARDEN COMPLETE SALES Crescent Bay HALL LUMBER SERVICE AND & BUILDING SUPPLIES INSTALLATION Construction Ltd. Open Mon, Tues, Wed, Fri & Sat Eric Waterfield — Septic Planning/Installation 10 am to 5 pm YOUR VALLEY COMFORT AND BLAZE KING DEALER • Registered Septic System Indoor Garden SPECIALIZING IN WOOD/ELECTRIC, WOOD/OIL AND PHONE 250-269-0043 Nakusp, BC • Ph. 250 265-3747 • Fx. 250 265-3431 designer and installer • Find us at 280 Lower Inonoaklin Rd. WOOD/GAS COMBINATION FURNACES • Email [email protected] • Ready Mix Concrete • Edgewood, BC Supplies Certified • Insured • Lock Blocks • Drain Rock • Peter’s New & Used Windows & More • Road Crush • Sand & Gravel • Castlegar Sales & Installations • Dump Trucks • Excavator • 250-304-2911 • Energy Efficient Vinyl & Wood Windows • • Crusher • Coloured Concrete • Slocan City, BC • (250) 355-0088 • Residential Installations & Renovations/Upgrades • • Site Preparation • 1730 Hwy 3, Selkirk Spring Building website: www.kootenayfurnace.com • Wooden & Metal Doors • Box 1001, Nakusp, BC, V0G 1R0 • general contractor email: [email protected] Peter Demoskoff • Cell: 250-608-0505 Ph. 265-4615 • [email protected] [email protected] Tel: 250-399-4836 • Fax: 250-399-4831 • new homes & renovations • design/build JEMS Propane Ltd. KF PowerVac HPO licensed/Home Warranty Installation and maintenance KOOTENAY RAISED CONTRACTING Fully insured. 30 yrs.+ exp./ cert. Duct Cleaning & Duct Sanitizing Kaslo, BC carpenters/ foundation to finish/ COMPUTER New Construction, Timber Framing, Renovations, custom trim/heritage work. Local: 355-2485 • Toll-free: 1-888-652-0088 Design, Outbuildings, Decks, Cabins, Eco-Friendly - Repairs Journeyman Carpenter • Call Today Call Drew 250- 353-2450. email: [email protected] 0850743 B.C. Ltd. dba Vista Custom Builders Palmer 250-353-2614 - Upgrades Computer - Consulting Hardwood Floors Only S Microsoft Certified Canadian Flooring at Wholesale Phone:ervices 355-2235 Systems Engineer Pref. Antique. R Oak or Maple [email protected] call Jim Berrill 3 1/4 x 3/4 – $4.39/sf pallet (250) 359-5922 – Bamboo from $3.99 sf – Tradesman Electric Cork from $4.39/sf at commercial • residential JUAN’S FLOORING new construction • renovations 1503 Hwy 3A Thrums • Mon - Sat 8:30-5 pm Reliable friendly service Free Estimates Call Steve 226-7163 250-399-6377 Window Washing Gutter ARROW LAKES Cleaning Nakusp • Spring Cleaning • Home Detailing FLOORING • House Prepping • Painting Call now for your free consultation! INSTALLATIONS Redi-Mix 265-0241 Carpet • Lino • Laminate serving the Kootenays since 1973 Ceramic Tile • V/C Tile DAVID WEATHERHEAD Jacob Butt, Bergevin Hardwood • Tub Enclosures FOR ALL YOUR Box 83, 848 Hwy 6, Nakusp Electrical Inc. – 30 yrs experience – PROPANE NEEDS Gord Jones 365-9958 250-265-4311 (ph) Please call Cell: 250-515-1584 250-358-2479 Home: 250-358-7711 1-800-471-5630 or 250-505-6182 Your local bulk dealer & service centre 250-265-3468 (fax) Support the Valley and leave a message J.C. Roofing Company EARTHWORM For all your roofing needs Free Estimates. Certified, Voice with a voluntary YARD CARE CONSTRUCTION Serving the Arrow and Slocan Lakes Licenced, And Insured Serving Nakusp & Area FOUNDATIONS • FRAMING 16 years of professional installations - Lawn Mowing & Trimming ROOFING • RENOVATIONS WCB • All work fully guaranteed subscription Serving New Denver, Nakusp We also install Soffit and Vinyl Siding - Yard Maintenance/cleanup Experienced Professionals and the Slocan Valley H. & L. MANCIA CONSTRUCTION • PO BOX 97 • For your free estimate, Call Only $10-$30 per year Contact Barry @ (250) 265-9086 NAKUSP, BC • V0G 1R0 • PHONE: 250-265-4525 Curtis Roe at 250-265-9087 June 30, 2010 The Valley Voice CLASSIFIED ADS 25 H eALTH on Sunday, July 11th from 2:00-10:00pm R eAL eSTATE S VlOCAN aLLEy Recreation Wanted YOGA AT THE DOMES - Wear layers at Centennial Park in New Denver. Please CENTURY 21 Mountainview Realty JUNIORS GOLF LESSONS - At Valley WANTED – MUSIC FEST for the next month - come to class - bring a potluck dish, a favorite appetizer, OPEN HOUSES: #A13, Canyon Court View Golf Club. June 30, July 11 and 12 ACCOMMODATIONS July 15-18 Monday & Saturday mornings 9-10:30 and/or something for the BBQ grill. We Mobile Home Park 9A Ave . Come and see STICKS & STONES - A kids art program in Nakusp. Do you have a room, suite, am - Flow; Thursday afternoon 3:30-5:00 also encourage you to bring your own this upgraded mobile. Great first home in using found options with Tim Farrugia. guesthouse you want to rent during the pm - Restorative Flow. dishes, chairs, blankets and beach toys. well run park. 12:00 noon, Sat. July 3, 2010. July 6-8. fest? Yard space to rent for RV or tents? Call H WeLP aNTED We will be gathering off and on around the #8, 94 SW First Ave: (Townhouses on the RHYTHMIC GYMNASTICS WEEK - Colleen at 250-265-2141 or email nakusp@ THE HILLS RECREATION SOCIETY gazebo and anyone wishing to share music lake). High end gracious living. Phenomenal With Gisele Chouinard at Winlaw School. nakuspmusicfest.ca for more details. is seeking an individual to facilitate summer (bring your instruments), songs, photos, views. 2:30 p.m. July 3, 2010 July 13-16 recreation activities for children in Hills stories, poems, etc, is more than welcome Call Shirley for all your Real Estate ECO CRAFTS CAMP - With Shauna BC Hydro seeks during the months of July and August. For to do so. We look forward to seeing you needs: 250-265-8040, email shirley@ Robertson. July 20 - 22 at the Vallican biomass projects more information, please contact Daniel at there...The Lamare family. century21nakusp.com Whole Community Centre submitted 358-2612 or Paula at 358-2774. FOR INFORMATION ON AA OR R WeNTAL aNTED S U M M E R C L A Y B U I L D BC Hydro has released details of EXPERIENCED JR. SOUS-CHEF/1st ALANON MEETINGS contact in New RENTAL WANTED in New Denver area. WORKSHOPS - For younger and older Denver: 358-7904 or 358-7158; Nakusp the second phase of the Bioenergy Call Cook wanted for busy, modern, well- Will accept cabin with minimal facilities or kids. With Erin Prospero. Week of July 19 for Power. The Crown corporation is organized kitchen. Kaslo Hotel. Drop by 265-4924; Kaslo 353-2658; Slocan 355- house equivalent. Phone Sean-Patrick @ SUMMER SKATECAMP IN SLOCAN requesting proposals from projects with your resumé or email it to info@ 2805; South Slocan 226-7705. 250-358-7995. - The Black Russian team returns to kaslohotel.com. O r bITua y S eRVICES continue the tradition. Week of July 19 utilizing any form of clean or M S eMORIAL ervices SPEIRS, LORNA BLANCHE - Lorna RESIDENTIAL & COMMERCIAL SLOCAN LAKE SWIM LESSONS - renewable biomass. That includes ROB RILEY – A celebration of the life of passed away peacefully in her sleep on SEPTIC TANK CLEANING: “Serving The Red Cross Swim Kids program. For forest-based biomass and sawmill Rob Riley will be held on July 21. Everyone June 12, 2010 at the Kaslo Victorian the Valley” 7 days/wk, 24-hr. All-Around pre-schoolers on up. Village of Slocan residue, and potentially dedicated is invited to witness the burial of his ashes Community Health Centre. The daughter Septic Services, Don Brown (250) 354- Beach. July 26 - August 6 energy crops, organically sourced at the Sandon Cemetery at 3:30 pm, and to of Fred and Cora (Isenor) Speirs, Lorna 3644, emergency 352-5676. VALLHALLA ADVENTURE WEEK was born in Kaslo on May 27, 1919. She material separated from municipal come to a potluck at the Bosun Hall at 5 ROGAN ELECTRIC Residential, – Ages 9 to 14 years. With Leah Brown. solid waste, and other fuels. The call will be missed by her nieces and nephews. August 3 - 7. pm. Bring your stories! commercial, industrial wiring. Local will strengthen BC communities and N oTICES In lieu of flowers, a donation references available. All work guaranteed. FALL LEISURE GUIDE – Want to be a toward the KLH CT Scanner would be diversify local economies by creating PLEASE JOIN US for a picnic style “We get the job done.” 353-9638. part of it? Give us a call today! appreciated. celebration of BARRY LAMARE’S life 250-226-0008 new job opportunities. BUSINESS DIRECTORY RESTAURANT/WINE & BEER PROFESSIONAL SERVICES Lemon Creek Winlaw Brew-Op For all your ick’s Lodge & Campground Wine & Beer Making Kits N lace Year-round facility insurance to satisfy all budgets! Colour/B&W Laser Printing/Copying • Digital Photography Licensed Restaurant Word processing • Scanning • Faxing • Binding • Laminating HUB INTERNATIONAL needs P Take-Home Kits, or Brew it with Us! CUSTOM CARDS • BROCHURES • CALENDARS • NEWSLETTERS Open Wed - Sun The best selection of photo cards of local views anywhere Barton 265-3631 SUMMER HOURS 5 PM - 8 PM Open 11:00 to 6:00 Tues. to Sat. 7 am - 10 PM 1007 Josephine St. (Box 298), New Denver INSURANCE 1-800-665-6010 1-877-970-8090 5972 Cedar Creek Road, Winlaw • 226-7328 Ph. 358-2435 [email protected] Fax 358-2607 BROKERS Seven Days a Week! QUALITY PIZZA anytime! The As v a ’ 265-4880 H a i r S t u d i o Air Conditioned Cup and Non-Smoking Saucer Open Tuesday - Sunday N O W O P E N 93-5th Ave. Nakusp Café 9 am - 4 pm 358-7769 Silverton, BC Main St. New Denver 358-2381 Far right entrance of the Wild Rose Restaurant in Rosebery Monday - Friday 8:30-3:00 Meat Cutting PAULA CONRAD Saturday 10:00-3:00 HOME: (250) 358-2707 Legendary Meats Soups, Stews, Sandwiches, CLEANING RECREATION Selkirk Realty Bulk - Beef, Pork, Buffalo Cookies and coffee 265-3635 E-mail: [email protected] and Sausage Sales 358-2267 Website: www.royallepage.ca/selkirkrealty Custom Cutting & Sausage Making, Free Consultation Curing & Smoking of Bacons & Hams The Apple Tree Beside Slocan Park Service Passmore Winter Hours: Sandwich Shop 2976 Highway 6, Slocan Park THE RIDE SAYS IT ALL Open Wed., Thurs. & Fri. Soup, Sandwiches & Desserts Laboratory Ltd. 9 am till 5 pm 358-2691 Water Testing • Flow Measurements Ph: 359-7111 Fax: 359-7587 Mon. - Fri. 7 A.M. - 4 P.M. CAEAL certified to test drinking water Phone: 226-7803 Sat. 11 A.M. - 4 P.M. www.playmorpower.com We’re in the Valley at: 1-250-226-7339 2826 Hwy 6 • Slocan Park OFFICE SUPPLIES Jennifer & Tony Yeow [email protected] Office, Art, Musician, Supplies & Service indelible ink Playmor Junction Hwy 6 & 3A Even little ads tues - sat from 9 - 4:30, earlier or Kootenay Restorative 1043 Playmor Specialty Coffees, Teas, later by telephone request Justice get noticed in the U-Brews and Kits for Home 317-A Lake Ave. (Hwy 6) Silverton working toward • Open Every Day phone: 250.358.7121, email: [email protected] restoring balance Valley Voice Nakusp 265-4701 online catalogues: http://indelible-ink.spaces.live.com and healthy communication in our communities www.jonesboysboats.com [email protected] Ainsworth, British Columbia GROCERY • HEALTH FOOD 4080 Hwy 31 N Call: 1-877-552-6287 Slocan Village Market (250) 353-2550 Fax (250) 353-2911 Re-AwakeningHealth Centre Groceries, fresh produce, fresh meat, • Health Products, healing sessions Natural Food Store Agency Liquor, organic foods, • New Age cards & books in-store deli, in-store bakery. • Sensual products ¶ 422 Front Street • Kaslo, BC ¶ ¶ Open 7 days/week, 9 am - 8 pm ¶ ¶ ¶ 1-250-353-2594 Slocan, BC • ph:355-2211 • fax: 355-2216 320 Broadway St. NakuSP 265-3188 HARBERCRAFT Ann’s Natural Foods CLOTHING Ann Bunka Your Local Grocer Lester Koeneman Phone 265-3128 or - 358-2552 - New Denver Silverton Men’s & Ladies Clothing 358-2443 24-hour Fax 265-4808 805 Kildare St., New Denver 358-7292 Broadway St. Nakusp The Clothes Hanger Advertise in the Valley Voice. It pays!!! Valley Voice ads make an impression! Call 358-7218 for details • email: [email protected] 441 Front St • Kaslo • 250-353-9688 Call 358-7218 for details • email: [email protected] 26 COMMUNITY The Valley Voice June 30, 2010 Province offers property tax deferment program to families with children under 18 submitted the Financial Hardship Property in their home and be a BC resident Families are no longer eligible at the chartered bank prime rate of Families with children under Tax Deferment Program, the who financially supports a child once their dependent children are interest. The rate will be set twice a the age of 18 can now defer their Families with Children Property under age 18. Eligible homeowners 18. However, there is no need to year. The present rate of interest is property taxes at low interest rates Tax Deferment Program allows can defer all or part of the unpaid repay the deferment loan until 2.25 percent. through a new provincial program eligible homeowners to defer their portion of their property taxes until the title is transferred, providing For more information visit www. introduced in the 2010 budget. annual property taxes for the 2010 they sell or transfer ownership of the family’s house remains their sbr.gov.bc.ca/individuals/Property_ With residential property and following tax years. To qualify, their home, or it becomes part of principal residence. Simple interest Taxes/PropertyTaxDeferment/ptd. tax notices being issued by a person must have 15 per cent equity an estate. will be charged on the deferred taxes htm. municipalities, informational brochures for families about how Upper Columbia Co-op Council receives award to sign up for the Families with submitted Boundary area, historically and unions. We look forward to further Castlegar, Grand Forks, The Slocan Children Property Tax Deferment The Upper Columbia Co-op currently known for its thriving benefiting our members and the Valley, and the East Shore of Kootenay Program are now available from Council (UCCC), based in Nelson, cooperative activity. greater community through learning Lake. the Province at municipal offices, was celebrated at the Canadian Co- “We are honoured to be events, public awareness initiatives, For more information about the Service BC Centres and local MLA op Association’s annual congress, at recognized by this prestigious award,” and forging connections to the council, its members, mandate and offices. These brochures explain who the Westin Bayshore in Vancouver, remarks Creighton. “The council’s provincial and national co-op sector.” activities, or for enquiries about qualifies for the program, how to June 14-16. success thus far has been to increase The Upper Columbia Co-op joining its expanding membership, apply, and when deferred taxes must Z o ë C r e i g h t o n , U C C C communication and collaboration Council incorporated in 2008, and please visit www.uccc.coop, or email be repaid. The brochures are also Coordinator, accepted the Co-op among our local co-ops and credit currently has members in Nelson, [email protected]. available on the Province’s website Excellence Award on behalf of the at www.gov.bc.ca/fin. association, at the Congress’s Gala Local Focus at ALFA Guild Gallery As with the Property Tax Dinner and Awards Ceremony. The submitted Silent Auction bidding closes at 4 pm 311 Broadway and is open Wednesday Deferment Program for seniors and award recognizes the council’s The Arrow Lakes Fine Arts Guild on Sunday, July 18. The gallery is through Sunday. Starting July 7, open Spectrum Domestic Services outstanding contribution to the presents its annual Local Focus and located in Nakusp’s Selkirk College at 10 am to 4 pm. Entrance by donation. • Full Spectrum of Home Support Services advancement of the BC cooperative Silent Auction June 30 to July 18. The Billy Coffman recovery fund • Downsizing • Life Skills Training • show features work by gallery members, sector. Credit union and co-op The family of Billy Coffman, who has asked for no wages, just their travel Advocacy and the silent auction provides an and so much more!!! delegates from across the country fell off the Kuskanax bridge on June and accommodation costs. An account opportunity to bid on work by local 250-265-3842 congratulated the UCCC for its 9, arranged for a private Search and has been opened at the CIBC in Nakusp, area artists. The opening for the show pioneering efforts in regional Recovery team to come to Nakusp to Account #75-23238, for anyone wishing Serving the West Kootenays takes place Friday, July 2, 6-8 pm. cooperation in the Kootenay/ recover Coffman. The recovery team to help the family with these costs. BUSINESS DIRECTORY AUTOMOTIVE • SMALL MOTORS • MACHINE SHOP Caribou Service 24 Hr Towing and Recovery (250) 265-3191 Auto Repairs & Tires Auto Parts
SALES & SERVICE 5549 Frontage Road 98 - 1st Street, Nakusp • 265-4911 Burton, BC OPEN TUES - SAT • welding repairs • full service CHAINSAWS TRIMMERS & repair • licenced technician • and • Stihl • Stihl radiator repairs & service • mobile • Husqvarna • Husqvarna service available • fast, friendly BCAA Towing MOWERS SMALL ENGINES 24 hour towing • Husqvarna • Tecumseh • Toro • Snapper • Honda 1007 hwy 23, nakusp Nakusp 265-4406 • Lawnboy • Briggs & Stratton ph: 265-4577 NAKUSP GLASS INDUSTRIES Nakusp Taxi 201 Broadway BAKERY Your Friendly neighbourhood Mechanic 265-3252 •Automotive Electrical Specialist •BC Certified Mechanic 250-265-8222 Sappho’s Bakery The clear choice for • Certified Vehicle Inspector •Small Engine Certified all your glass needs! (250) 353-2800 • 8845 Hwy 31 • Kaslo Pick up and Delivery Rear, 309 Kildare St. New Denver Let us get it for you Open Tues-Sat. Closed Sun-Mon. • Auto parts • Groceries Pizza, Fresh Bread Daily Slocan Auto & • Pharmacy • Cigarettes 358-2119 EQUIPMENT RENTAL Truck Repairs • Take out food 111 Mcdonald Drive, Nelson, BC 24 hour towing COLES RENTALS Just let your local business know your needs ph 250-352-3191 BCAA, Slocan, BC HEATERS (PROPANE & ELECTRIC) and we will deliver them to you. PLATE TAMPERS, JUMPING JACKS, REBAR BENDER Alcoholic beverages until 11:00 pm [email protected] • www.mainjet.ca 355-2632 JACKHAMMERS, HAMMER DRILLS, CONCRETE MIXERS, CONCRETE SAWS, TILECUTTERS, BLOCKCUTTERS, SCAFFOLDING, FLOOR SANDERS, NAILERS - ALL TYPES, LM ROTARY LAZER TRANSIT, JEWELRY RECYCLING GENERATORS, WATER PUMPS, COMPRESSORS, PILATES INSULATED TARPS, PRESSURE WASHERS, ROTO Spring into fitness at Your ad could be here for Jo’s Jewelry MOUNTAIN VALLEY STATION TILLER, LAWN COMBER, AERATOR, PROPERTY PIN only $10.00 + GST per edition BOTTLE DEPOT LOCATOR, CHIPPER/SHREDDER, GAS POST HOLE Body in Mind Pilates DIGGER, WOODSPLITTER, CONCRETE FLOOR Contact us at valleyvoice@ Gone Fishin’ Slocan City • 355-2245 Our total body workout benefits See you in September GRINDER ...AND MUCH MORE! netidea.com for details, or Open MON - SAT 9-5 PHONE 358-2632 golfers & gardeners alike! For more info call Anne call 250-358-7218 New Denver, Goldsmith Jo-Anne Barclay Your “Bottle Drive” Specialists 1-888-358-2632 @ 250-265-4290 HEALTH • WELL BEING • FITNESS Stone Massage • Deep Tissue MASSAGE THERAPIES FULL SPECTRUM HEALTH Wholistic Midwife Salt Glows • Mud Wraps & More Myofascial, Swedish, Lymphatic, Joint Play, Craniosacral, Hand & Soul Healing Centre • Deep Tissue Massage Lana Knoll Visceral, Somatoemotion, Chakras, Nutrition etc. Chiropractor, Larry Zaleski, D.C. • Nutritional Consultation 250-353-2213 MTA rates (Low income consideration) Mondays & Fridays - Silverton [email protected] also MSP, WCB, ICBC & care plans • Reiki DAY SPA Every other Wednesday in Winlaw or Nakusp Honouring natural childbirth through myofascial release • deep tissue massage • relaxation massage Garth R. Hunter, R.M.T. Counsellor/Healing Facilitator Sliding Scale - Mobile Service nourishing body, mind and spirit, and Susan L. Yurychuk • 250-358-6804 Slocan Health Clinic - Thursdays Sue Mistretta, M.A., CCC. Daniel Thorpe 250-358-6808 by embracing family and community. By Appointment Only • New Denver 250-358-2364 • Mobile & Office 358-2177 Silverton & Winlaw June 30, 2010 The Valley Voice COMMUNITY 27 Leaf roller infestation attacks trees throughout region by Art Joyce Early spring pruning will remove fruit damage. hence the recommended interval of Because Bt is sensitive to sunlight Slocan Valley residents are many egg masses but at this stage Bt is a bacteria that produces 10 days between applications. The it is recommended that Bt products noticing a particularly dense in the season only spraying with a toxin that makes holes in the gut best results are obtained when Bt is be applied in the very early morning infestation of fruit tree leaf rollers Bacillus thuringiensis (Bt; also lining of the leaf rollers, allowing applied during blossom or petal-fall. or after 4 pm in the afternoon. Bt this year and wondering what to do known commercially as BTK) will other bacteria to enter the blood Where leafroller and green products can be applied during the about it. Many are reporting seeing help. Prune older, low-density trees system and slowly kill them. Infested fruitworm numbers are low to day if partial or full cloud cover is the characteristic silken strings of to open up the canopy and improve caterpillars will stop feeding and moderate, a single application of Bt present and there is no threat of rain the little green worms in birch trees spray penetration and coverage, eventually die over the next two to in late bloom has given good control. for at least 24 hours. as well. especially into the upper canopy. ten days. Caterpillars receiving a However, where larval numbers are For more information visit According to the BC Ministry of Thinning fruit to singles where dose of Bt that does not kill them high, apply a bloom spray followed www.agf.gov.bc.ca/cropprot/tfipm/ Agriculture website, several species practical will help reduce the risk of will resume feeding in about 10 days, by a second spray 10 days later. leafrollers.htm. of leaf rollers attack fruit throughout the Southern Interior and South Oxygen Art Centre offers summer courses for kids Coastal regions of BC. The main leaf submitted with performance and stilts, and Anita Sign up for one week or two and get Class size is a minimum of six and roller pests include single-generation Join a wide array of professionally Levesque will bring drawing and art a taste for it all. Programs are available a maximum of 10. There is a discount species, the fruit tree lea froller trained artist instructors for one or two history to the course. Erica Conrad will for ages 5-6, 7-9, and 10-14. Courses for registering more than one child per and European leaf roller; and two- weeks of printmaking, performance, inspire earth art creations, Fiona Brown are Monday through Friday. The 5-6 family, or for attending both weeks. generation species oblique banded b-boy and b-girl dance, zine making, is returning with more book-making and year-old group is from 8:30-9:30 am Bring a snack and comfortable clothes. leaf roller and three lined leaf roller. earth art, drawing, creative writing, mixed media techniques, and Bradley ($50), the 7-9s are from 10 am-12 noon For more information visit www. The distribution and abundance of bookmaking, art history, and nature Smith is back with zines and creative ($90), and the 10-14s will be from oxygenartcentre.org. To register, phone these leaf rollers varies from region arts for Oxygen’s fourth Art Camp writing fun. Amber Santos will get the 12:30-3:30 pm ($130). Fees listed here 250-352-2821, Kootenay School of the to region and within regions, so it is For Kids. kids up and moving with her style of include materials. Arts at Selkirk College. important to know which species are Laura Hyde will be teaching hip-hop, and Tim Farrugia has a range present in your area. printmaking, Bessie Wapp is back of paper-making activities planned.
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Chipkickers offers mobile casino parties for fun and fundraising by Art Joyce licensing that is required. running the weekly games night at Young entrepreneur Paul BC gaming regulations are the Silverton Gallery as a not for Merrifield is doing his bit to stimulate quite strict, so the gaming provided profit community event. the local economy with two new by Chipkickers is for fun, not Merrifield also worked as a businesses – a mobile casino party profit unless being done to raise bookkeeper for the third-largest law venture called Chipkickers and money for charity. Merrifield firm in Vancouver for five years, and bookkeeping services. Merrifield provided a charitable Texas Hold is working toward his certification. grew up in New Denver but lived ’em tournament at Odin’s Pub for His mother Sherri Merrifield will be in Vancouver where he worked for the Jonathan White fundraiser, retiring soon so he will be available Wild Bill’s, a large casino party raising some $400 to help with the to take on her clients. He has been outfit that serviced the entire lower purchase of a specially fitted van. training in the HST workshops mainland. Chipkickers earns its income by and will be able to help clients “I wanted to move back here providing a service, with a portion of negotiate the complexities of the and after having been an employee I profits dedicated to charity. Gaming new tax, assuming it’s not defeated wanted my own company so I went regulations require a minimum of by referendum. Merrifield can also to Community Futures. I have tons ten percent but Merrifield says he assist with individual income tax of experience putting on special tries to donate more if possible. returns, but recommends businesses events in Vancouver, everything that Chipkickers will be organizing go to an accountant for taxes. goes together to make a good party.” the fundraiser for LACE on July 10 “I’m trying to add a couple For events such as staff, bachelor at 4 pm at Odin’s Pub to help raise of businesses to the ‘greater and grad parties, birthdays, family funds for the front of the Bosun metropolis’ of New Denver,” laughs reunions, Merrifield can supply Hall. The casino events are also Merrifield. “My mainraison d’être deal tables, dealers, chips, cards a boon for the business that hosts is to give people a good time and at and plenty of fun. Chipkickers can them, in this case the Valhalla Inn. the same time keep their finances handle most aspects of party events, “It’s a win-win across the board, in order.” from selecting a venue, to providing especially for the winners,” he says. To contact Merrifield for either tables, chairs, and technical gear Several locals have been trained business, phone 250-358-6806 or such as sound equipment, if to be dealers, providing them with [email protected], or visit necessary. He can also see to any part-time work. He has also been www.chipkickers.com. 28 COMMUNITY The Valley Voice June 30, 2010 2010 Columbia Basin Symposium set for October 22-24 submitted addressing some of today’s key challenges, including things that can community champions, tools and open in early September and space Columbia Basin Trust (CBT) is issues. be addressed on a regional basis and best practices. is limited. The symposium is free hosting the 2010 Columbia Basin “An important role for CBT is those are more community specific. There will also be an opportunity of charge. Interested individuals Symposium ‘Shaping our Future bringing residents together at events The symposium will include to connect with CBT board and staff, can sign up now at www.cbt. Together: Take Action - like the Symposium to celebrate our several facilitated sessions and learn more about the work CBT org/2010symposium to receive a Build Partnerships - Strengthen accomplishments and help the region covering topics such as economic is doing in the region. In addition, notification when registration opens. Communities’ October 22-24 in work towards solutions to shared development, alternate energy, an evening of cultural entertainment CBT delivers economic, social, Revelstoke, and residents are being challenges,” said Garry Merkel, CBT community engagement and featuring local and Basin talent will and environmental benefits to the encouraged to mark the date on their board chair. “It is an opportunity for building resilient organizations. be open to the public on Saturday residents of the Columbia Basin. calendars. Basin residents to connect with one These sessions will be supported by evening. A draft program agenda is To learn more about CBT programs The event seeks to engage key another to create momentum in the expert speakers from both within available online. and initiatives, visit www.cbt.org or leaders and residents active in their Basin for further local engagement and outside the Basin, as well as Symposium registration will call 1-800-505-8998. communities to collectively look and action, as well as develop a toward the future of the Columbia sense of interconnectedness within Basin, while also discussing and the region.” Helping to build our views about the future will be keynote speaker David Beurle. Beurle is the founder We’re and managing director of Innovative Leadership, a company that specializes in helping communities, still regions and organizations plan and prepare for their future and that pioneered the development and application of The Futures Game, here a tool to support critical decision making and good leadership. Building on attendees’ knowledge of current opportunities and challenges in their community, P Beurle will provide an opportunity for people to explore key drivers shaping the future of their community and region. [email protected] New Denver’s helipad was used to transport a seriously injured motorcyclist to Vancouver General on June 19. The This will be a catalyst for motorcyclist, a 61-year-old man from Alberta, lost control of his bike and went off the highway in Hills. The 250-352-7228 thinking about what actions people investigation indicates that speed was a primary factor in the accident.
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Come and enjoy our festive atmosphere, exquisite desserts and unique Mexican cuisine made with our own exclusive recipes since 1981. This summer catch a rare inside glimpse into a growing osprey family thanks to a webcam installed in a Creston valley osprey nest by the Fish and Wildlife Compensation Program. To view, visit www.fwcp.ca. Artists Borsos and Measures to exhibit in Nelson Artwalk submitted of her West Kootenay landscapes of this area. Come by and enjoy this A selection of new pastel (www.artkudos.com). new work along with artworks by Hola! work created on sandpaper will be She continues to explore the Salmo artist Yoshi Measures, and exhibited as part of Nelson Artwalk medium, the light, and the beauty meet both the artists. this year at the Dancing Bear Inn. Artist Deb Borsos from ‘the other end of the lake’ ( Argenta) continues to capture the West Kootenay Open 5 Nights landscape through all its many moods. The opening will be from a Week, 6-9 pm on Friday July 9. Borsos has been working only in pastel for the last six years. Starting July 1 Perseverance appears to be paying WED, THURS, FRI, SAT, off. A recent success for the artist SUN 5-9 pm was receiving the Established FOR RESERVATIONS Artists award in the 2009 West PLEASE CALL: Kootenay Regional Exhibit and 250-358-7744 the People’s Choice award for the same image. Also in 2009 Argenta artist Deb Borsos opens her exhibition at the Nelson Artwalk venue Located in Rosebery, BC she was a finalist in Art Kudos the Dancing Bear Inn on July 9. This scene, The End of the Orchard, is an International exhibit with another example of her beautifully impressionistic landscapes.