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Volume 17, Number 8 April 24, 2008 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.” Nakusp honours its Citizens of the Year at annual awards banquet by Jan McMurray and it’s an honour to know these three fundraising for the expansion project. Nakusp in 1940. For almost 60 years Year. Legion members did the March Dorie Cowan, Beth McLeod and women who make this wonderful She has since accepted the offer to now, she has been a member of the of the Colours to commemorate the Melissa Koftinoff were honoured at community work,” he concluded. return in the paid position as library Legion Ladies Auxiliary. In the early occasion. the Nakusp Rotary Citizen of the Year Area K Director Paul Peterson treasurer. The Silent Auction was her years, she served and waited on tables Bill Cowan, Dorie’s son, said her Awards Banquet on April 19 at the thanked Rotary for the honour of idea, and it has turned out to be the at the Legion banquets. In 1981, she family recognized her as Citizen of the arena auditorium. celebrating the three Citizens of the biggest annual fundraising event for became kitchen convenor. Year every year. “She has been there Terri McLeod, Rotary member Year, who had been recognized by their the library. “She is thorough, accurate Dorie was awarded the distinction for us through tough times and good and MC, praised the award recipients peers to be outstanding volunteers, and professional in her work, but of lifetime member of the Ladies times. If it wasn’t for her, some of us as people who exemplify the Rotary on behalf of the RDCK. “Village the most wonderful thing about her Auxiliary in 1981, and earned a wouldn’t be here today,” said Bill. motto, ‘service above self.’ “Each council and the RDCK, we do our is her attitude. She’s calm, cool and meritorial medal from the Legion There were 16 members of her family recipient is to be commended for best, but if it wasn’t for the people collected, even when the hammers in 1991. She has also been involved in attendance at the banquet. their commitment to making the like you, everything would come to were banging,” recalled Evelyn. with figure skating, the golf club To conclude the ceremony, dreams of their communities come a halt in a minute, so thank you,” he Rene Bruneau, Legion President, and the senior citizens association. longtime Rotary members Glen and true,” she said. acknowledged. spoke about Dorie Cowan, Lifetime Bruneau said it was heart warming Grace Weatherhead lit 15 candles to Larry Parkes, Rotary president, Sue Paterson introduced Melissa Achievement Citizen of the Year. Dorie that Dorie was now being recognized remember the past Citizens of the Year said that since 1974, the club has Koftinoff, the Youth Citizen of the was born in Arrowhead and moved to by the community as a Citizen of the who are no longer with us. been honouring those who have Year. She said that ‘youth’ may imply given outstanding service to their ‘junior’ but “the only thing junior community and who have made about Melissa is perhaps her height Nakusp and the Arrow Lakes a better – she packs quite a punch and is a place to live. heavyweight in her accomplishments.” Mayor Hamling thanked the She has been on the CBT Youth Rotary Club for providing a venue for Advisory Committee for three years, recognizing and honouring community has volunteered with the Chamber volunteers, whom she described as of Commerce, is student council “our lifeline.” She said she has had president, and a member of the Rotary the privilege of working with Beth Interact Club. The next day, she was on many projects, giving mention scheduled to leave for Vancouver to a to the Nakusp and Area Community Climate Change Youth Dialogue on an Foundation, the community calendar invite from the Premier. and the sandcastle competition. She has Rosemarie Parent introduced Beth had the honour of golfing with Dorie, McLeod, Active Citizen of the Year. who taught her the valuable lesson that She summed Beth up nicely when she you never have to use a wood – you said, “She is a multi-talented lady who can always use an iron. “She’s the has been involved with many groups.” Banquet Queen of the Arrow Lakes These groups include the library, and a marvelous lady,” said Hamling. the Chamber of Commerce, and the Of Melissa, Hamling said she is Cultural Community of Nakusp and everywhere, and always smiling. Area Society – and she is treasurer MLA Corky Evans said that of all of all these groups. As Community the towns he represents and has visited, Projects Co-ordinator, she plays a Nakusp is unique for the participation key role in the July 1st and Christmas of the people who live here. He said parades. “She gets things done quickly that to be chosen as Citizens of the Year and quietly, without fuss and without in Nakusp was like “the cream of the drawing attention to herself,” said cream.” Evans announced that with Rosemarie. the change in electoral boundaries, Evelyn Goodell, librarian, spoke he would not have the opportunity to about Beth’s contribution to the library. be the MLA for Nakusp after the next She was a trustee from 2000-2006, election. “Thank you for the honour won a Super Trustee Award, and was of knowing you and representing you, treasurer during the time they were Nakusp’s Citizens of the Year, from the left, Melissa Koftinoff, Dorie Cowan and Beth McLeod. Two Kaslo heritage buildings receive new cedar shake roofs by Jan McMurray the City Hall straight away.” 13,1938; and the other saying that on support himself on the steeple. It took placed back into the bottle along with The City Hall building (1898) and City Hall’s new roof cost about August 5, 1976, the spire was painted two weeks to complete the steeple.” the names of Robert, Alex and James St. Andrew’s United Church (1893), $54,000. Funding came from a BC and shingled by K. (Kim) S. Martin, This year, using a ‘cherry picker’ the of Kootenay Shakes. located across the street from each Heritage Legacy Trust grant and the Tom Axenroth and Denny Blouin. crew took only two days. Rumour has it that St. Mark’s other in Kaslo, have been re-roofed Village’s City Hall reserve fund, which Tom Axenroth recalls the event: The pieces of paper from the Anglican Church (1895) will be the with local Remco cedar shakes from contains revenue from fundraising and “Kim wore a rope harness and used steeple were photocopied and kept next historic building in Kaslo to have Cooper Creek. donations. a footing scaffolding technique to for preservation. The photocopy was a new roof, so stay tuned. “It’s so exciting to drive into The BC Heritage Legacy Trust, Kaslo and see those new roofs,” says which grants matching funds, was Donna Cormie, chair of the City Hall also the main funder of the church Conservation Committee, a select re-roofing project. Mary Stickel from committee of Village council. the United Church says although it Cormie says the committee has was a challenge to get the matching been working towards replacing the funding in place, it was well worth it. roof on the City Hall building for quite An added bonus was that the roofers some time. “We’ve been in contact made a significant find during the with Robert from Kootenay Shakes course of their work. ever since they re-roofed the Langham On a tip from a passer-by on the in 2006. What spurred everything on street, the Kootenay Shakes team – was Mary Stickel arranging for the Robert and Alex Schacher and James United Church roof to be done,” she Faulds – found a Bayer aspirin bottle says. “When we knew the Kootenay in the top of the spire of the church. Shakes roofers were going to be in The bottle contained two pieces of town to replace the church roof, we paper – one faded and torn, declaring quickly got our ducks in a row so that that Larson(?) and A.L. McPhee they could move across the street to shingled and painted the spire on May Both St. Andrew’s United Church and the Kaslo Viilage Hall have received new cedar shake roofs. Country Furniture & Home Decor Looking for something out of the ordinary? Country Furniture & Home Decor, 115 Hall St. Nelson, Toll-Free 1-866-352-3665 2 NEWS The Valley Voice April 24, 2008 Visiting scientists explain how to weather the ‘perfect storm’ of climate change by Art Joyce Why has it been so difficult to come and food shortages. Populations will notable upward rise on temperature risk to hydropower generation, including Climate change could become the to a consensus on climate change? move inland as coastal regions are graphs was seen from 1980 to the market fluctuations, infrastructure ‘perfect storm’ that levels our civilization. Besides the political-economic elements, flooded. The Columbia Basin, with its present. Areas formerly collecting snow damage, etc., was glacial variation. Or it could be an unprecedented our unprecedented mobility and the abundant water resources, will become at lower elevations are now having more Hans Schreier, a professor with opportunity for change, from the local fact that more and more people live increasingly desirable. Are we prepared? rain, creating earlier runoff, with the the UBC Institute for Resources and to the global scale. The choice is up to and work almost entirely indoors has We have two things, Sandford said: potential for water shortages by the end Environment Soil Science and Westwater us. That’s the message being presented alienated us from nature. If you only time, and communities where we can of summer. By the mid-21st century the Research, contrasted the traditional by scientists touring with the Columbia live in a place for five years, how are act. No single generation will be able Canadian portion of the Columbia Basin way we have been building housing Basin Trust’s public forum, Climate you going to know how it’s changing to solve the problem. Young ones will lose about 3.6% of its snowpack developments and a better way based Change in the Basin. over time? Sandford cautioned against need to be educated. The survivors while the US side loses 21.4%. on current science. He explained that the Robert Sandford, Chair of the the idea that we can be saved by new will be communities that can build Regardless of what we do now, tendency to pave every inch of ground Canadian Partnership Initiative for the technologies rather than by modifying physically resilient infrastructure that we’ve “bought” a guaranteed 1.7˚C in urban or residential developments United Nations ‘Water for Life’ Decade, our behaviour. Undisturbed ecosystems can withstand greater weather extremes warming by mid-century due to the is contrary to science, creating heavy said the perfect storm is an apt metaphor act as mitigators of climate change, while conserving and protecting water inertia of climate systems. If we do runoff and leaching of toxins into for climate change, since such storms are hence their critical importance. Climate supplies. There’s a need to ‘act locally’ nothing, we can expect 4˚C warming groundwater. Schreier showed slides of influenced by human impact on climate. change doesn’t fall under standard but also keep the global context in mind in the Columbia Basin, enough to turn new housing developments in the lower It’s also an illustration of how seemingly business risk management planning in planning decisions. our winters into a mixed rain and snow mainland with streets allowing ample unrelated elements in ecological systems frameworks, based on quarterly, even “There are few places on the climate. Hamlet calls such a scenario boulevards with sand and soil that act as can combine to create unforeseen weekly performance standards that don’t continent that imagine themselves in a “train wreck” that could cause 40% ‘rain filters.’ Scientists have determined impacts. Other elements combining allow for a long-term view. the context of watersheds the way that species loss worldwide. that a 60-70 metre buffer zone is needed to create the perfect storm include “Nature operates on its own rules you do here. You’re at a very important A community guidebook has for wetlands, and that retaining wetlands deteriorating environmental conditions, and with different thresholds than we juncture as to how you’ll develop policy been prepared by Hamlet’s climate in developed areas actually helps prevent shortsighted economic strategies, and do,” said Sandford. “Small temperature on water,” said Sandford. impact group, highlighting the need erosion and flooding. Residential areas degraded public discourse. The UN changes are magnified at the molecular Alan Hamlet, research professor at for changes in engineering design need to retain water on site with rain initiative hopes to develop scientific and cellular level, but will move the University of Washington Climate standards, i.e. storm water systems, barrels that can be used for yard needs. research into language the average gradually up the chain of life, all with Impacts Group explained by a series flood plain definitions, building design, Large grass lawns need to be eliminated person can understand, with the goal unpredictable results.” of graphs that climate change models etc. Communities will need to anticipate as they are huge wasters of water. Plant of creating inter-generational equity, or Part of the perfect storm of climate postulated by scientists over the past climate changes and plan based on new trees in your yard – a single cedar can taking actions now that will help future change will be violence and civil century have been remarkably close to information from climate models, and intercept 66% of rainfall. generations. unrest as areas are impacted by water actual temperature changes. The most create adaptive responses that can be Schreier called Canadians “the easily modified to suit changing needs. biggest water wasters in the world,” Michael DeMuth of the Geology pointing out that we used 325 litres per Survey of Canada is an expert on glaciers person daily, compared to 150 litres whose work has been concentrated for Europeans. He endorses the BC in the Yukon and the eastern slopes government’s idea of installing ‘smart of the Rockies, particularly Peyto meters’ in every home that tell not only the Glacier. DeMuth said most media volume but the type of water usage, and discussion focuses on glacier advance charge customers for usage. Canadians or retreat instead of the mass of glaciers, pay about $33 month for unlimited use whose increase or decrease has a direct of water, Europeans about three times that impact on water reservoirs. He showed much. While some object to this strategy graphs projecting backward in time to as yet another money-making scheme, compare current glacier mass with 1650, he points out that in some countries it considered the end period of the ‘Little has been done fairly. The World Health Ice Age’, showing that we’re far beyond Organization has determined daily water normal historical range for glacial losses, needs at 50 litres. Thus, the first 50 litres especially since 1950. would be free, the next 50 moderately DeMuth said TransAlta Power and expensive, and anything above that very BC Hydro are becoming more interested expensive. Schreier says by installing in studies on glaciology as they impact a low-flush toilet in his house he saved storage reservoirs. At a February 2006 141 litres a day. It takes about 5000 litres hydro conference in Winnipeg, the of water per person to produce North conclusion was that the single greatest Americans’ daily diet. April 24, 2008 The Valley Voice NEWS 3 Koch Creek microhydro open house draws angry capacity crowd by Art Joyce by Fear, who said that the project has transmission lines will need to be built, taxes. When asked how much of this will An owner of a kayaking business Crescent Valley Hall was packed to completed wildlife, archaeology, in- as there is an existing Fortis line within benefit locals, Kalke admitted, “probably expressed concern that the project could standing room only April 17 with about stream flow, fish species and other 200 metres of the site. none.” About 15% of the total capital cost endanger the burgeoning outdoor tourism 200 people for a presentation by Koch studies. Engineer Sam Mottram, of The intake will divert a maximum will be expended locally, or $6 million, industry in the West Kootenay, and Creek microhydro proponents Darcy the international engineering firm flow of 20.8 cubic metres per second or over the two-year period of construction. that “preserving these areas for true Fear and Harold Kalke. Residents were Knight Piésold, showed slides of similar up to 50% of the water at peak flow during Kalke was noncommittal on the question green growth is far more in our interest.” concerned that a creek that represents projects engineered by the company, April to July. A two-metre high weir will of local hiring. Biologists have advised the proponents that “a sacred place” to the community will such as McNair Creek. The Koch Creek be built but is not designed as a storage When questioned about the projected 99% of kayaking occurs upstream of the be ruined by the proposed development. project would be designed to produce 18 reservoir. There will be three turbines in income from the project, Kalke said project and will therefore be unaffected. Fear and Kalke tried to assure the megawatts, with a portion of the creek the powerhouse, with the smaller turbine that hadn’t been worked out yet. One Lee Ann Unger of the West Kootenay crowd their project is truly ‘green’ and diverted into a 3.5-kilometre buried able to run on as low as one cubic metre businesswoman in the audience found EcoSociety alluded to a recent BC would have a minimal environmental penstock about 2.7 metres in diameter. per second of flow. However, during this laughable, since even her small tea Hydro report stating that with significant impact. Despite this, in a show of hands, A clearing width of 15-20 metres will minimum flow periods the plant will business required an earnings projection. conservation measures, the province only one person expressed support for be required to allow machinery in for automatically shut down. Water turbidity Kalke expects the Koch Creek project to could have power to last until 2027 the project. A mining tenure holder said construction to build the 4 metre deep will be mitigated during construction but represent a $40 million capital investment. without building any new facilities. Moe that his claims may have priority on the trench. The forest type to be removed is not expected to increase once the plant He insisted that his commitment to Lyons concluded audience comments site. Moe Lyons, of the Friends of Koch will be cedar hemlock, 80-90 years old, is completed. the project was because he believes by extending an olive branch to the Creek, spoke to thunderous applause and the corridor after construction will Water licence and land tenure microhydro is a far more green energy proponents. “We encourage you to work when she said: “You will never have the be reseeded with a selection of native applications and the project development than biofuels or hydrogen. In response with the Friends of Koch Creek to create a support of the community to turn Koch grasses. The project would make use of plan have been submitted. The proponents to comments that the only thing ‘green’ solution that works for us, not an imposed Creek canyon into an industrial site. It the existing forest service road, with only plan to submit an application for an about the project was the money, Kalke solution from outside. We believe the won’t happen.” 250 metres of new road built to access Energy Purchase Agreement (EPA) when said in his experience as a real estate proponents should be on the same side The presentation was introduced the site, ending at the river. No new the next open call for power is issued by developer, this project has a minimal of the table with us, not on the opposite BC Hydro, likely this fall. Without an profit margin. side.” Bill 15 creates contention over public power EPA they can’t proceed to construction, One man claimed we can buy power by Art Joyce rates, and allow BCUC to take action to which won’t happen until the end of this on the spot market at freshet for $10-12 a Computer Depending on how you see it, Bill keep rates among the lowest in North year at the earliest. megawatt-hour, and that Koch Creek will 15, the 2008 Utilities Commission America. But according to Horgan, by When asked what period the flow actually be a net user of power during low Problem? Call Ron at the Old Grey Barn Amendment Act, is either a way to enshrining their Energy Plans in law, study was averaged over, Mottram flow periods to keep operational. “It’s 250-265-2163 legally enshrine clean energy targets thus assuring that the majority of new said there have been three years of not self-sufficient if you’re generating or yet another means of guaranteeing power projects are created by IPPs, instream flow monitored in Koch Creek. power at freshet when we don’t need it,” independent power producers (IPPs) British Columbians are being locked Comparative data from Kuskanax someone added. their profits. Bill 15 was introduced in into a “buy high, sell low” situation. Creek records were used to generate Many comments were made that the BC Legislature by Minister of Energy, Bill 15 will entrench the Energy Plan’s a 20-year synthetic flow record for IPPs are buying public land and water, Mines and Petroleum Resources Richard Standing Offer program for IPPs under Koch Creek. Many in the audience that the 40-year water leases being granted Neufeld and has passed second reading 10 megawatts. IPP contracts are typically thought this approach unsound, since developers amount to diverting resources WOOD PRESERVERS LTD. despite fierce criticism from the NDP. 30-40 years in duration and at the last call Kuskanax is glacier fed and Koch Creek for private profit. Mottram explained that BUYERS OF CEDAR “The Province is ensuring that the for power averaged 8.5 cents per kilowatt is not. Mottram said those variables were water licences are conditional and have Utilities Commission Act is consistent hour, compared with a current rate of adjusted for in the data. Global warming clear stipulations attached. People were & PINE POLES with our ambitious energy security and about 6 cents. Critics of ‘run of river’ IPP impacts on rainfall and glacial retreat also upset with Bills 30 and 15 in the Mike Casey cell 344-8477 Offering planning, management conservation objectives,” said Neufeld. projects point out that due to minimum are factored into project projections, BC Legislature, which seem designed and sales for Woodlot Licences “The Commission had to be updated to stream flow requirements, they are unable as required by financiers. When asked to entrench private profit for IPPs and and Private Land Owners. reflect the values we had in the plan.” to generate additional power at the very how the project will be monitored for stifle any meaningful local input. As one Neufeld is referring to the BC times of year it’s needed most – when P.O. Box 4, compliance, Mottram said BC Hydro is woman put it, “What are we doing here? Brisco, B.C. V0A 1B0 Liberals’ 2003 and 2007 Energy Plans, water levels are at their lowest. Neufeld’s planning to install surveillance cameras Are you just going to listen to us and then which critics say the bill will essentially reply is that BC’s historically low hydro and in-stream flow monitors. go and do what you want?” Others were Phone (250) 346-3315 make law. According to a BC government rates are a thing of the past, a legacy of Fees paid by the project will include offended that while Ktunaxa, Okanagan Fax (250) 346-3218 media release, “the amendments align the dams that could never be built as cheaply $110,000 per year in water rental charges, and Adams Lake First Nations have been act with the BC Energy Plan objectives now as they were 40 years ago. and about $400,000 per year in property consulted, the Sinixt had not. TOLL FREE 1-866-346-3315 and will encourage public utilities to “What this government is doing, by reduce greenhouse gas emissions, pursue policy and now by law,” says Horgan, energy conservation and efficiency, “is they’re saying to B.C. Hydro, ‘You produce and obtain electricity from must buy power from one source and one clean or renewable resources, develop source only, regardless of what the price energy transmission infrastructure and is, regardless of the common economic capacity… and leverage innovative sense of the idea, of the initiative, go forth energy technologies. These objectives and buy power from our friends’.” will be considered by the BC Utilities The BC Liberals maintain that the Commission (BCUC) when it makes province has been a net importer of decisions about utility plans, projects and electricity for eight of the past 12 years. supply contracts.” Critics such as the NDP and energy While this may sound harmless expert John Calvert have pointed out enough, NDP Energy Critic John Horgan that this is due to the fact that BC Hydro says the amendments grant more powers has chosen to buy and sell power on the to the Minister of Energy and the Cabinet open market because it earns money for to entrench the model of privately British Columbians to do so. However, developed power. In an interview with Neufeld disputes charges that the Crown the Valley Voice, Neufeld admitted that corporation has been prohibited from with Bill 15 his office would have more building new, publicly-owned facilities. direct influence over the BCUC. The Expansion is going forward at Revelstoke, BCUC has until now been considered an WAC Bennett, and possibly Site C, arm’s length, quasi-judiciary body which though critics say these projects will add makes decisions on utilities rate increases little generating capacity. based on evidence presented. According “We’re not saying to BC Hydro you to the Minister it also regulates utilities can’t build new generation, or that you monopolies such as BC Hydro, BCTC, can’t trade on the markets anymore,” Fortis, and Terasen, though IPPs are not says Neufeld. “We’re saying what’s included in its oversight. wrong with buying electricity within BC, Neufeld claims that the Bill will help keeping the jobs within BC.” BC Hydro meet the growing demands Neufeld claims that when he came for power in a sustainable manner. into office in 2001, he closed a loophole British Columbians currently consume that would have allowed for BC Hydro to about 55,000 gigawatt-hours (gWh) become privatized. Others point out that of electricity per year, and the Liberals with its ability to create publicly-funded project the need for an additional 30,000 projects limited, it remains a shell of its over the next 20-25 years. former self. Horgan says the NDP is not “We’re saying to the Utilities opposed to private power development as Commission, we want you to meet 50% long as the facilities built are public assets. of that new growth through conservation. “What the government has done We want you to look seriously at the is create a myth that we’re starving for sources of power generation so they energy,” Horgan explains. “The envy address the issue of greenhouse gases. of North America… is somehow on the This isn’t meddling in the system, it’s precipice… never to return again unless just telling them what we want to have we have independent power producers happen.” generating little tiny chunks of power at a The government says the amendments time when we don’t want it, at a price that include provisions to ensure competitive we shouldn’t pay.” 4 NEWS & OPINION The Valley Voice April 24, 2008

with skiers cut between me and a of their water resources. Ownership RDCK 2008 budget: an overview Attention family of mergansers swimming implies control, and if I (collectively) by Gary Wright, have increased. within a few feet of shore without am prevented from exercising RDCK board chair Overall taxation will be $18.1 citizens seeing any of us. Talking to a friend control over my asset, then I’ve lost The RDCK provides important local million, up $1.3 million from last Even as you read this message, 700 billion samples of Dick Cheney’s on Carpenter Creek bridge feels ownership, haven’t I? services to nearly 60,000 people living year. dangerous as chip trucks thunder by. Citizens living in the Regional within its 23,000 sq. km. boundary. •Operational surpluses were used to DNA are being encapsulated in glass pellets, to be deployed in space by Trucks honk at cyclists, attempting District of Central Kootenay are Most of those services have been offset taxes in 2007. The board does not to share the road. Hardly a day goes thinking of sponsoring a referendum established and had their taxation limit want to reduce its operational surplus the newly acquired YANKARM on the shuttle Endeavor, with the by without sightseeing flyovers by about these IPPs, and suppose it set by popular vote. Others have been any further. small planes. turns out that we don’t want these provincially legislated. •The actual impact of the increase hope that they will become the “starseed” of newly emerging This is not a theme park; it is a developments? Under Bill 30 it District programs provide a way varies widely from one area/municipality village. Our greatest assets – beauty, seems that there is no longer any local for our rural areas and municipalities to to another. For example, Area G residents planets, engendering a race of universe-conquering superheros, as peace and quiet, clean air and water control. And under TILMA, couldn’t cooperatively and efficiently manage and will pay $345,000 this year. Two years – are being squandered. I’m quite the proponent sue the RDCK if it pay for our community complexes, parks ago, they paid $343,000. Nelson will God Himself intended. Message out. willing to welcome visitors, but not restricts or zones limitations on IPPs? and recreation, rural fire protection, waste contribute virtually the same amount to have my home spoiled forever TILMA’s private dispute panels can management (including recycling), land ($2.48 million) as it did in 2006 ($2.45 g.turner Edgewood by reckless consumption and waste. award up to $5 million to an investor, use planning, economic development, million). Ratepayers in Silverton, Slocan The good nature of us locals is not per instance, if a decision made by general government, much of our public and New Denver will actually see a KDCFS AGM infinite! Please consider how best to a BC government body “restricts or transit, and a host of other services – decrease in their requisitions. Taxes will To the folks who showed up at protect our beloved Kootenay. impairs” their investment. nearly 200 in all. increase to varying degrees in all other the Kaslo Community Forest AGM Eleanor Quirk I would like to know how I can District residents only pay for areas and municipalities. on Wednesday, thanks. To the folks New Denver become involved in the decision- services they either asked for or are •Building Inspection has become who didn’t show up but wish they making process around these entitled to use. self-funding. It is not supported by had, don’t worry, we’ll get ’em next Open letter to industrial river-diversion projects. Overall, this year’s budget of taxation. time. To the folks who persistently The decisions to sell off our assets $38.6 million is up $3.5 million from •There is no increase in taxes for vote to prevent their neighbours from the premier were made in secret, and now it last year. General Administration. voting; how long do you think you about IPPs appears it has become illegal to •Columbia Basin Trust has increased can keep your finger in the hole in The other night I had a dream in complain. Have you deliberately our grants from $436,000 to $1.1 that particular dyke? which I invited you and some of your created a situation where the only million. Good luck to the new board, friends to come live in my house. available citizen response is civil •Debt servicing costs (including you’ll need it. You said you were eager to help out disobedience, or perhaps you can those for the Creston Complex and Gary Cockrell with some painting, new wallpaper suggest avenues for dialogue on Nelson water improvements) are up Kaslo and so on. Time passed, and I lost this issue. from $1.4 million in 2007 to $2.9 track of what was going on. Then Harvey Armstrong million in 2008. Note: the RDCK is the Thanks to the suddenly I saw that everything that Kaslo borrower of record for all its member wasn’t nailed down had been taken municipalities and electoral areas. first responders Our local New Denver and out of the house and sold, including Caribou habitat •Inter-service transfers are up $2 Area Fire Department has some of the trees outside. I went million. Note: there is no taxation or protection just demonstrated their devotion, caring to the police and was told that I fee for these “paper” transactions; they and professionalism time and again. was breaking the law by making a are necessary to make certain that each one of many There is an unsung group that stands complaint. of our services pays its fair share of next to them. This is the family of first This was just a dream, of course, pressures to administrative and general costs. responders. I live on Slocan Avenue but when I was fully awake I realized •An Occupational Health and Safety local mills Dan Pasemko, owner of the Tin Cup and see how often there is a callout. that the current situation in BC is not contract for specialty services, and a Back in October the government Café building that recently burned The amount of missed dinners, much different. This government is part-time Accounting clerk have been committed that no mill would be down in Sandon, reports that some family time, etc. is, surprisingly, a now selling off (privatizing) BC’s added to our payroll. In addition, a new rendered “non-viable” due to the looting has taken place on the lot. There is also the worry – when waterways, the culmination of years Building Inspection Plan Checker will be protection of mountain caribou property. The bronze statue of two will they get home? What have they of stealthy and crafty legislation! It hired to meet increasing public demand habitat. Not that no mill would be kissing birds pictured here is one of the seen? I would like to say thank you feels like it has the right to do this! for services in that department. impacted, but that no mill would items missing. Anyone with information to the partners and families of these The following is from an article from close its doors because of habitat •Costs for Information Systems, is asked to contact the Slocan Lake responders who quietly go about The Tyee February 19, 2008: protection. equipment, vehicle operation, staff RCMP detachment at 358-2222 or their day supporting the firemen and, “When asked for comment about But with the BC timber industry salaries and directors’ remuneration CrimeStoppers at 1-800-222-8477. in turn, all of us. public opposition to private hydro in a 30-year low, and dozens of mills EDITORIAL / LETTERS POLICY Ann Bunka development, public affairs for shut down, how is government to The Valley Voice welcomes letters to the editor and community news New Denver the Ministry of Energy, Mines and judge if or when protecting caribou articles from our readers. Petroleum stated the government habitat will be the straw that breaks Letters and articles should be no longer than 500 words and may be Open letter to is not considering a moratorium the proverbial camel’s back? Housing edited. We reserve the right to reject any submitted material. the RDCK board and e-mailed The Tyee an opinion starts in the US are in the tank and Please mark your letter “LETTER TO THE EDITOR.” Include your editorial from Minister Richard not expected to turn around any time address and daytime phone number for verification purposes. of directors Neufeld about private electricity soon. Other areas of the world can We will not knowingly publish any letter that is defamatory or libelous. Perhaps you could look at the generation in BC. provide lumber cheaper than we can. We will not publish anonymous letters or letters signed with pseudonyms, whole issue of traffic in the RDCK. “IPPs may own their generating Add to this a loonie near par with except in extraordinary circumstances. I moved here in 1977 for the infrastructure but they do not own the US, a new 15% export tax, and Opinions expressed in published letters are those of the author and not spectacular beauty, peace and quiet the rivers and streams. The people increased fuel costs. And put this all necessarily those of the Valley Voice. of this valley. I have climbed to the of British Columbia continue to in the context of our local harvest Glacier, swum across the lake, hiked, own these water resources,’ states history – the big easy trees are long skied, canoed, kayaked, cycled, the letter.” gone: industry is cutting ever-smaller Thousands of used Books loving every day in my chosen In the case of the 125 MW trees at ever-higher elevations ever- home. power project proposed for Glacier farther from their mills. Blaming and new & used CDs Recently, hikes above the tree Creek and Howser Creek, suppose caribou for mill closures is easy, but line have been spoiled by the noise the people of this area felt that the without support. • Just in - a tremendous and smell of ATVs. Drivers expected mining of huge penstocks next to The writing has been on the wall our help when they rolled off a these rivers and dumping the tailings for some time. We have had mill collection of used Jazz CDS steep trail. I’ve sat at water’s edge who knows where, along with the over-capacity in the Kootenay region in our village campground and had roads and camps such a project for at least a decade, perhaps longer. a ‘boat’ the size of an RV fire up would entail, as well as a loss of up to Many have warned of “fall-down” – Packrat Annie’s its gas generator right beside me 80% of the water for vegetation and the point at which we “hit the wall” 411 Kootenay St. Nelson 354-4722 in order to watch TV. Power boats wild life, was an inappropriate use continued on page 5 The Valley Voice Box 70, New Denver, BC V0G 1S0 Phone: 358-7218 Fax: 358-7793 E-Mail:[email protected] Website: www.valleyvoice.ca Publisher - Da n Ni c h o l s o n • Editor - Ja n McMu r r a y • Food Editor - An d r e w Rh o d e s • Contributing Writers - Ar t Jo y c e , Do n Cu r r i e , An d r e a Du p u i s 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 April 24, 2008 The Valley Voice LETTERS 5

continued from page 4 opportunity for local communities but I don’t like the things anyhow, so for excitement! (PC) program was very intensive, and the industry runs out of trees to to have meaningful input into their the mail-out is generally okay. 5 minutes of shock – To my considering that we all stayed up economically cut. Some believe we approval, or to have a say in the My concern is that people like surprise, I found myself in a crowd till 12 every night for discussions have been there for a while. future of their community. Abram Davis of Slocan, who sent in of tanned people in the Canadian and reluctantly woke up at 5 with an So how is government planning In Canada, it’s against the law to a letter last issue, think that Slocan Delegation. Some of them possessed unpleasant morning call that sounded to decide whether or not protecting silence people; we have our voices. Lake should have NO powered boats Canadian Citizenship, yet they lived like an ambulance siren. Yet, we had caribou habitat will be the deciding And when the Liberal government and that they be phased out over a in the Caribbean and had never even quite a few short opportunities to factor that shuts down a mill? MOFR of BC wants to take that away, I five-year period in favour of electric been to Canada! I was expecting visit historical attractions around DC, has abandoned the idea of doing believe you are committing a crime. powered boats. This is silly and real Canadians to take a lead at including Capital Hill, Organization mill-by-mill analysis: the analysis How would we communicate our unrealistic. Even sillier is his idea the country presentation that was of American States, Smithsonian is too complex, and too much of the concerns for all things living without that the Columbia Basin Trust could scheduled for the next day. When Museum, Old Post Office and Lincoln information is proprietary. They are our voices? “KEEP OUR RIVERS help fund the formation of clubs for I found out that only two out of 20 Memorial. Due to a delay in the now looking at the forest district WILD!” “KEEP JUMBO WILD!” electric motor using persons. people in the delegation had lived in schedule, we were able to have just level, and proposing a simple timber can you hear that Gordon Campbell? At best, electric motors serve as Canada, including myself, it was my a quick look at the White House. As volume analysis. The thinking is, It’s not too late. an auxiliary source of propulsion on turn to take an initiative to put things our instructors yelled at us to return in if mills didn’t historically close at I am outraged by the attempt of medium to large gas-powered boats, together. five minutes, we rushed down to the a given low volume, there would our Liberal government to encroach or as the main thrust on very small 2 hours of voyage around the White House, took a picture and ran have to be less volume than that to upon our Rights to the Freedom boats and canoes. Slocan Lake is a world – The country presentations back to the bus not to be left behind. put them under. In the next step the of Information and Protection of big, storm-prone lake and certainly were one of the main attractions of 2 hours of teen time – On MOFR will analyse the habitat maps, Privacy Act. The general public larger gas-powered boats are the that week. Some delegations wore Thursday night, the instructors calculate timber volume impacts (in has the right to know how the smart choice for those conditions their traditional dresses and danced. suddenly announced that we were itself a very difficult analysis) and government is managing our and also for many common private As the Swiss Delegation threw to leave for Pentagon City Mall for arrive at a prediction regarding risk finances. The amendment made recreational purposes. Lindt chocolate from the stage, the shopping. We got very excited and as to future mill viability. to Bill 30 directly threatens the I suppose there are people who audience jumped up to reach the soon as we arrived there, we scattered Problem is, there are many livelihood of communities across prefer to see Slocan Lake a deserted, souvenirs. All the presentations so and were soon lost in crowds. Like variables that affect what makes a BC. When you take Our Rivers, unrippled sheet of water with perhaps far were fabulous, and as our turn got myself, a lot of students brought pins mill viable, and timber volume is only Our Lakes, Our Forests, Our Earth, only the occasional passage of pious, closer, we were disappointed about symbolizing their counties and we one of them. Meadow Creek Cedar All Things Living, Our Knowledge, pure persons in electric boats, which not having prepared enough. As the were obsessed about collecting more recently announced an “indefinite and Our Voices…what are we left are the only ‘correct’ choice. This leader of the Canadian Delegation, I pins. In the next two hours, my friends shutdown,” and Pope & Talbot’s with? How do we work together smacks of elitism and exclusion, stood in front of over 300 students, and I bought 50 pins in total. quieted mills will only reopen when with Bill 30? with more than a little snobbery to answering prepared questions asked 10 hours of Future World new owner Interfor decides it makes I believe very strongly that if the boot. by our delegates. In the back of my Leaders Summit – Throughout good business sense. How can these Liberal government of BC allows the Oh, I could go on, but I’ll end mind, I thought about what I was Thursday and Friday, we attended the companies reasonably argue that amendments of Bill 30 to proceed, now with a true story… A couple like three years ago. I was very summit where each Working Group protecting an endangered species we are looking at a very grave future. of years back I was heading into shy back then and couldn’t even presented their solutions to global habitat will cause them to shut down We are well aware that secrecy leads Evans Creek beach in my powerboat. imagine having over 600 eyes fixed issues and each country voted for and when current closures very clearly to oppression of one form or another. Sitting there on the beach was Dr. on me. All in all, we did a great job against them. We had worked very have nothing to do with availability The potential for fraud, greed, and David Suzuki. He was just down of introducing the prestigious nation hard on our communiqué based on of timber? mismanagement lies in the passing from a hike to Evans Lake with his of Canada to a group of people who creating an organization to provide Of the numerous factors of the amendments made to Bill 30. wife, daughter and son-in-law. We knew nothing about Canada, and energy to all nations. Therefore, pressuring the viability of local I encourage citizens in the Kootenay chatted a bit, and he said he had believed that marijuana was legalized when three countries out of seven mills, caribou are a ‘straw’ among Region to act now! Write a letter thought I was the water taxi guy, by the government. voted against us at the first meeting, many ‘bricks.’ Commodity lumber NOW. This Bill is intended to pass coming to fetch them, as was the 10 hours getting to know about it was very disappointing. However, production will never again support by May 26th, 2008. Use your voice plan. Pretty soon along came the our country – As a representative of we talked to the people from the small operators; global competition while you can! Valhalla Venture water taxi, with Canada, I joined a working group to opposed nations to find out what our and BC’s forest policy deregulation I want the Liberal government Kim Roshinski smiling at the helm. discuss the Environment and Energy. resolution lacked. Feeling tired after has made certain of that. BC’s future to delete the amendments from Bill The happy Suzuki family climbed Our mission was to bring up issues running around crazily at the mall, our market advantages lie in adding value 30 and preserve British Columbians’ in and enjoyed the motorboat ride concerning climate change from our working group members all stayed up to the unique wood products only we right of access to information in the back to their vehicle parked at own delegation and put them together late to come up with a new solution can produce, and in maintaining a interests of accountability, and act Slocan City. with others. I found it very hard to from scratch. At the final summit, reputation for sustainable practices. with integrity on behalf of the people Peter Roulston come up with a resolution that all we presented our communiqué with Driving a major wildlife species and environment of BC. New Denver boater nations agree with because every a regard to the roles of each country extinct could do significant damage LISTEN – to what the people are country has different demands. according to its GDP. Although to that reputation. telling you. Future World 9 hours of precious education we could not still persuade Japan, Candace Batycki, ForestEthics Shannon Isaac Leaders Summit – As a part of the program, we we were able to get the other two Nelson Nelson Just before landing at Reagan attended six seminars where we delegations to be affirmative. National Airport, I had a look at the had the honour of meeting famous A memorable 5 hours of our last Bill 30 – Act Let’s keep city where I would be spending the people. On Wednesday, as we were night — Right after the final summit, now or forever motorboats on next six days. As I saw historical getting exhausted, we visited the we had a luxurious dinner, graduation buildings, I felt my heart filling up floor of the House of Representatives. ceremony and a celebration dance. be silenced Slocan Lake with excitement. At the same time, As we were attending a lecture on As we saw a slideshow of the week, “We will bring in the most Over the past year there’s been I was nervous. Would I be able to ‘Public Service & Congress,’ many I couldn’t believe all that I had done. open and accountable government increased attention paid to activity meet the expectations as a youth of us were falling asleep. We were all Even though it was an intense week, in Canada. I know some people say on Slocan Lake, the concern being representative? Yet, the beautiful awakened, however, when a student it seemed to me that I had just arrived we’ll soon forget about that, but I noise factors, unsafe actions and cherry blossoms promised me that from the working group asked his the day before. As I thought of the promise that we won’t.” – Gordon increased boat traffic. The Village of everything was going to be great. prepared question on climate change, fabulous time that was about to leave Campbell (2001). What does this Silverton has received over 20 letters Here, I’d like to share my 144 hours and the Honourable Todd Akin of me, it made me sad. We all danced statement mean to you today, Gordo? opposed to the idea of houseboat of a great experience in my lifetime. the Republican party said, “Climate like crazy and had great fun. When This is what it means to me! and Jet Ski rentals and one of those 5 minutes of delay – Despite my Change!? There’s no such thing the clock struck twelve, we all burst The amendment to Bill 30 is letters was from me, as I don’t trust hope to get to the site immediately, happening, no evidence. We need into tears as we said goodbye to our designed to place restrictions on BC the promoters of this idea and I don’t I missed a shuttle bus and ended up to put our money on other useful PC friends. Hydro rather than on private interests trust the likely behaviour of rental waiting for two and a half hours at projects.” Since we all had agreed Now sitting on a couch and that are directly eroding our public customers. the airport. Luckily, I met a Danish that climate change is taking place, finishing up my report of my trip power system and its environment. I moved to New Denver from student in the same situation and we everybody rolled their eyes to look to Washington, DC, I miss the The amendment to Bill 30 threatens Nakusp five years ago mainly for became good friends. at each other. wonderful time very much. As a our rivers and creeks by removing the appeal of the lake and I spend 5 hours of socializing – I found 1 hour of terrifying but representative of Canada from this the transparency and giving power around 100 days per year out on it myself in a crowd of people with significant time – A memorable small town, New Denver, I still over to corporations with projects in my kayak, canoe, or one of my different backgrounds as I arrived at presentation was given by a Holocaust cannot believe that I stood on the that are environmentally unsound, powerboats. This large body of water Georgetown University. With smiles survivor, Erika Eckstut. Her story global stage and went through a such as the Axor and Dandelion has a history of over 100 years of use on our faces, we were all asking was threatening and sad, and as she once-in-a-lifetime experience. Yet, IPP projects and Jumbo Glacier by all types of boat, with powered each other: “Where are you from?” described the deaths of her relatives, without the support of people in this Resort placing our local Koch, and craft performing a variety of work That week, the university was a the image almost choked me. In area, I couldn’t have done this all. Glacier/Howser creeks on the top and rescue duties. real melting pot – students gathered closing, she stated that people have to I would like to thank everybody. 10 endangered rivers and creeks The recent mail-out from the from Argentina, Chile, Cuba, China, stop hating each other. As a German Special thanks to Lucerne School, list of BC. Valhalla Committee pointing out the Dominican Republic, Germany, student fearfully asked if she forgave Arrow Lakes Teachers Associations, The success of the Upper Pitt undesirable traits of houseboats, Jet Honduras, Ireland, Japan, Rwanda Germans, she said yes and gave him a Village of New Denver, all the local River Project protest is clearly Skis and party-type boats was really and many other nations. kiss. At that moment, we all burst into businesses and individuals for their stating that BC citizens stand firm very well done and I agree with much 1 hour of orientation – Hearing tears, realizing that Ms. Eckstut had monetary support as well as their on the issue that the power belongs of its content. I don’t agree with the all the exciting things that were about just given us the answer to the world encouragement. A special thanks to in the hands of the public. The fact page paragraphs that claim how to happen, we all couldn’t wait. If I peace that we human beings have not those who performed at my coffee Campbell government is stealing much fuel is consumed, discharged were not wearing my 3-inch-heeled yet attained. house fundraiser. the ‘power’ from its people. The and spilled by Jet Skis (i.e. 4 gallons shoes, I would have been jumping up 5 hours of touring – So far, Rumi Nakabayashi amendments to Bill 30 remove the per hour discharged, unburned gas) the Presidential Classroom’s New Denver 6 COMMUNITY The Valley Voice April 24, 2008 Nakusp Minor Hockey awards presented to deserving players by Jan McMurray been happier to be part of a group Player awards were presented Best All Around - Kylie Gardner. Most Improved – Levi Cordingley. The Nakusp Minor Hockey of kids.” He praised team members, as follows. Hockey School Bursary - Jessica Trophies: Playmaker - Jacob Balske; awards night was held April 15. saying they worked harder than any Atoms Giants Carter (Tyson Cann). Best Defense - Jade Streliev; Goalie All players received Certificates minor hockey team he has ever been Esso Medals: Most Sportsmanlike Bantam House Nakusp Hawks - Terryn Stenseth; Best All Around - of Participation, and some received involved with. He thanked players, - Austin MacDonald; Most Dedicated Esso Medals: Most Sportsmanlike Kristopher James. Esso Medals or trophies. The assistant coaches, manager, parents, - Logan Hascarl; Most Improved - Avery Palmer; Most Dedicated - Midget Rep North Kootenay association thanks Benny and Wendy arena staff and the community for a - Ashlee Herridge. Trophies: Cole Adams; Most Improved - Matt Falcons Bruneau for sponsoring certificates great season. “It was amazing to see Playmaker - Logan Mengler; Best Bergman and Jordan Trenholm. Esso Medals: Most Sportsmanlike and medals. 200 or 300 people out to a game – I Defense - Kira Streliev; Goalie - Greg Trophies: Playmaker - Mitchel - Curtis Rogers; Most Dedicated Coach of the Year went haven’t seen that anywhere else,” Markholm and Dugan McInnes. Hascarl and Greyson Reitmeier; - Cody Abbey; Most Improved - to Brandon Buliziuk, who was he said. “Keep it up. Support your Pee Wee House TNT Best Defense - Mateus Dachwitz; Kalum Stevens. Trophies: Russel described as a “hard working, caring hockey. It’s looking good for this Esso Medals: Most Sportsmanlike Goalie - Brandon Olson; Best All Jones Playmaker - Joel James, and dedicated coach.” He coached community.” - Tyson Cann; Most Dedicated - Around - Kellan Nishida. Randi Obayshi; Most Sportsmanlike the Midget Rep team, which brought Junior Referee of the Year Nathyn McInnes; Most Improved Bantam Rep Nakusp Falcons - Curtis Rogers; RCMP Goalie - home the league banner and placed went to Ryan Bateman and Senior - Nathan Hawe. Trophies: Playmaker Esso Medals: Most Taylor Reitmeier and Shane Abbey; third in the province this year. Referee of the Year went to Jesse - Connor Reimer; Best Defense - Sportsmanlike - Ryan Bateman; MVP - Tyson Klein; Defenseman of Buliziuk said he “couldn’t have Hornby. Jessica Carter; Goalie - Josh Rivers; Most Dedicated - Logan Marshall; the Year - Brad Dupuis.

The North Kootenay Falcons Midget Rep team brought home the league banner and placed third in the province this year. Brandon Buliziuk was named coach of the year. Kaslo Jazz Etc Festival set for another weekend of sizzling summer music submitted the First Kaslo Country Etc. concert. Saturday features world class Emily Braden brings her powerful Gran Union, a 13-piece Cuban band It’ll be another unforgettable A new vibe will be rippling through talent, showcasing Jesse Cook, range and soulful vocals. Altogether with a soul-stirring, era-spanning weekend at this year’s Kaslo Jazz the crowd as Kaslo gets back to its virtuoso flamenco/classical guitarist. a tasteful fusion of jazz, funk and sound, and Kristin Sevaldsen, an Etc. Festival, August 1-3. Bands are grassroots. The headliners will be Joining him for this special show is the blues. electronic/jazz band that can’t be making their way from around the Abigail Washburn and the Sparrow Vasyl Papadiuk, who will amaze you Sunday offers a blues/jazz ignored, among other artists. world to play on the floating stage in Quartet featuring Bela Fleck with with his gypsy violin music. Blues smorgasbord, with Bettye Lavette, There are a limited number of early bird the outdoor natural amphitheatre, with Casey Driessen and Ben Sollee. Local aficionados will flock to see John 2007’s Female Blues Artist of tickets for Saturday and Sunday on sale now a stunning backdrop of mountains performers the Perrault-Daley Band Hammond, world-renowned blues the Year, Argentina’s Jazz artists for $50/60, so be sure not to miss out. Tickets and lake. will open. Friday is a separate ticketed master, plus The Chris Bergson Band, Cuartoelemento, Cuban jazz pianist are available online at www.kaslojazzfest. Friday kicks off the weekend with event, Early Bird ticket $20/25. a talented blues band from New York. Hilario Duran, Wil Campa with La com, or at the ticket hotline, 353-7548. WE Graham Community School has lots to offer submitted of outdoor activities, Phys Ed, Applied Studies are taught primarily in the work, and independent study. During who are demonstrating high levels The BC Ministry of Education Skills (wood working, textiles, home mornings, although a portion of the course of the year students take of achievement on the Provincial recently released school data economics) and Fine Arts. The students the academic curriculum is also their St. John’s Ambulance Level Exams. summaries to all BC schools, tracking also participate in six 3-5 day outdoor integrated with wilderness studies One First Aid and CPR C course For further information on the student performance for the past three trips, each focusing on a specific and outdoor living skills. Classes in addition to the Avalanche Skills school or either of these programs, years. The data in this document outdoor activity. Class activities are taught using a broad spectrum Level One course to enable them to call (250) 355-2212 or check out the indicates that the grade 10 students include hiking and backpacking, of strategies, including: role play, participate more safely in backcountry website at: www2.sd8.bc.ca/schools/ at WE Graham Community School canoeing, cycle touring, rock simulations, drama, cooperative group activities. It is the students in the VWP weg/default.htm. have consistently exceeded both the climbing, cross country skiing, alpine averages of students within School skiing, mountain biking and essential Swimming Pool project proposed for Kaslo District #8 and the province. outdoor skills. The OELP enables by Andrea Dupuis energy efficient swimming pools in uses energy every day to keep the Carol-Ann Leidloff, principal of students to meet curricular outcomes The newly forming Kaslo and communities about the same size ice cold. Instead of pumping that WE Graham Community School, while allowing them to apply the Area Swimming Pool Association as Kaslo, and will be looking into heat into the air, it can be used for states that “the school offers a unique concepts in a variety of environments. (KASPA) is assessing the feasibility geothermal heating and cooling a pool.” educational experience for students.” Students are provided with activities of an indoor swimming pool for systems, a heat recovery system, KASPA is in discussions with The small class sizes allow teachers that will enable them to participate Kaslo and Area D residents. and a pool structure that maximizes Fortis about being included in the to provide individualized instruction safely in outdoor adventures both at “We envision a financially insulation, dehumidification and upcoming study on electrical usage that more effectively meets students’ school and beyond. At the end of the self-sustaining, energy efficient energy efficiency. at the arena. academic needs. This is particularly year, all OELP students will have met pool that would offer therapeutic “Many regional districts are The group is in the process of important for students in Grades 7 the requirements for completion of and health benefits for people of now realizing the potential for registering as a non-profit society. to 10 as both academic and social grade 7 or 8 (credit in English, Social all ages, and provide a recreational energy-efficient heat exchange They have received a letter of pressures tend to increase. Studies, Math, Science, Phys Ed, and competitive facility for the between ice rinks and swimming support from the Village of Kaslo The school also has a focus on Applied Skills, Fine Arts and Outdoor community,” said Hamish Shaw pools,” he says, so the group would and verbal support from the Arena health and physical fitness and is able Education). of KASPA. like to explore this possibility with Association board, the curling club, to utilize the local area to promote The Valhalla Wilderness Program He says that because heating the Kaslo arena. and Area D Director Shadrack. The practical application of skills and (VWP) is a self-propelled wilderness costs typically account for 70-95% “If we can create a heat group has also looked into potential concepts that are taught. Over the experience that offers a high level of the total operating costs of a recovery system running off the funding programs for the project past three years, the school has of personal challenge. For some, the pool, energy efficiency is key. arena, it would make so much from the Province, the RDCK and developed the Outdoor Environmental challenge is physical; for others it is He says KASPA is researching sense,” Shaw explains. “The arena Columbia Basin Trust. Leadership Program (OELP) for working as a team. This program is students in grades 7 and 8. This demanding physically, socially and Slocan Valley Recreation hosts Seventh Annual Bike Swap submitted benchmark of local bike swaps and 9:45 am and unsold bikes or cash must program is designed to complement academically. Students participate Got a bike you no longer need? attracts buyers and sellers from around be picked up before 12:30. the Valhalla Wilderness Program in six week-long out trips and Looking for a bike for those ever- the region. Last year over 90% of the To help with your purchasing (grades 9 and 10), which has been weekly day trips involving hiking, growing kids? Want to hit the bikes in the swap were sold. Bikes have decision, Mark Holt of the Sacred Ride operating at the school for the past backcountry skiing/snowboarding backcountry but needing just the right ranged from single speed road bikes to will be on site to answer any cycle ten years. and winter camping, mountain ride? Then may we suggest circling high-end mountain bikes to tricycles maintenance questions. You can also The OELP is a full-year, enriched biking and canoeing. This is a full your calendar for Sunday April 27, and everything in between. If you’re bring your bike over and they’ll give educational program that offers year 8 credit program that offers when the Slocan Valley Recreation planning on selling a bike, please ensure it a quick inspection to make sure it’s students the opportunity to learn in students the opportunity to learn in Commission will be hosting its 7th that it has been cleaned up and is in good roadworthy. A little attention now can many environments. In the mornings many environments. Students spend Annual Bike Swap at the Slocan Park working order. Please note that 10% of save a lot of aches and pains down students are involved in regular approximately 40% of their time Hall from 10 am-12 noon. Watch for the selling price (to a maximum of $20) the road. academic classes. In the afternoons, outdoors and 60% in the classroom. signs. goes to Slocan Valley Recreation. Bikes For more information call students participate in a combination Science, Math, English and Social The event has become the being sold must be brought to the hall by 226-0008. April 24, 2008 The Valley Voice SLOCAN VALLEY 7 Kootenay legend Pied Pumkin returns to the Slocan Valley by Art Joyce early ’70s Joe Mock taught guitar at people who live there.” needs, which airs regularly on Pied Pumkin is dedicating the Anyone who isn’t a newcomer to Selkirk College where Pied Pumkin Pumkin’s eighth recording and Treehouse TV. The new CD includes 2008 tour to Colleen McCrory, her the West Kootenay probably knows played its first big public show in first children’s CDPumkids – Tuneful the theme song for the 2006 World life and inspiring achievements. and has danced to the joyful, upbeat 1974. They appeared at midnight and Tales For Kids and Kin won the 2007 Congress on Down Syndrome, The Pumkin will play a Mother’s music of the Pied Pumkin String the crowd went wild, dancing into Canadian Folk Music Award and Upside of Down, recorded with Fred Day family matinee May 11 at Ensemble. The Pumkin are returning the dawn and launching the legend. Western Canadian Music Award Penner. Nelson United Church, perform in to the Kootenays for a tour from May Pied Pumkin went on to pioneer for Best Children’s Album and The trio’s halcyon years were elementary schools in school district 11-19, with a special performance at independent folk music in Western Parents’ Choice and North American short-lived. In 1976 Shari left to #20 (Castlegar, Trail, Rossland, the Silverton Memorial Hall Sunday, Canada. Their first records were self- Parenting Publications (NAPPA) tour with Valdy and the Hometown Robson, Fruitvale) May 12-15, a May 18 at 7:30 pm. produced and some Slocan Valley Honor Awards in the US. The album Band while Rick and Joe carried concert at Castlegar’s Castle Theatre Rick Scott, Joe Mock, Shari locals still have copies of their mail- is inspired in part by Rick’s work as on for another decade as Pied May 16, and their award winning Ulrich have been legendary in the order LPs, with now classic songs a children’s entertainer and goodwill Pear. Rick went on to become an Pumkids family show at the Creston Kootenays for over 30 years for like Kootenay Bark, Fear of Flying, ambassador for the Down Syndrome internationally acclaimed actor and Children’s Festival May 17. But combining dulcimer, mandolin, and You Can Change the World. Research Foundation. Illustrations family entertainer, releasing six the show closest to the good old guitar and fiddle exuberance with “The long and storied history of for the album artwork were drawn award-winning children’s CDs and days will be the all-ages event in gorgeous vocal harmonies. The Pied Pumkin is firmly rooted in the by Castlegar artist Kari Burk, mother performing in nine countries. (www. the Silverton Memorial Hall May result is original songs filled with Kootenays,” says Rick Scott. “Our of Scott’s granddaughter Mielle. rickscott.ca) Joe continued his career 18, with the first set for the little life-affirming energy and warm- groove and sound is very much She inspired his song Angels Do, in Japan and France, where he now folks and families followed by a hearted humour for all ages. In the inspired by the Kootenays and the celebrating children with special lives with his family (www.joemock. concert with room for dancing. Bring piedpumkin.com). Shari forged a blankets for the kids. Local filmmakers produce film trailer for Sinixt history career as a singer/songwriter both Everywhere they play, fans by Art Joyce for nearly 20 years, working on a business he had there to follow solo and with Roy Forbes and Bill flock out of the woods and out of A Slocan Park family has just Detroit Rock City, Universal Soldier, a dream of independent living and Henderson in the trio UHF (www. the woodwork to hear them play, completed a film trailer for The The Spartan, and many other films. artistry in the Kootenays. Max senior shariulrich.com). In 1998 Rick, Joe so get your tickets early. Tickets are Bone Game, a docudrama based on Sekersky has also worked on TV and his wife Virginia established and Shari reunited to play a few $20 adult, $15 student/senior, $10 the recent history of the Sinixt First productions, including Star Hunter, the Gallery of the Kootenays and shows just for fun, and 18 sold-out children under 12, or $50 for a family Nation. The Frobe family, well known Due South, Relic, Earth: Final Conflict, Kootenay Gold Jewellers, now better concerts later, they realized that other pass for four, available at Ann’s locally through the longtime Nelson and many others. Executive producer known as Max the Jeweller. Max, folks missed Pied Pumkin as much Natural Foods in New Denver, Gaze business Max the Jeweller, are the Morgen Boardman has worked for a native of Pittsburgh, met Virginia as they did. Once or twice a year ’n Chat in Silverton, and Earth Spirit producers. a decade in film production, most while they were both students at since then, Joe travels from Europe Metaphysical Books in Winlaw. The story is based on A Twist in notably as line producer for Rajiv the Pittsburgh Playhouse School and the Pied Pumkin bandwagon hits For more information visit www. Coyote’s Tale, the memoir of Celia Anchal’s Oscar-nominated Nothing of Theatre. They studied acting in the road again. piedpumkin.com. Mgunn, the heritage coordinator of But Life, and the critically acclaimed New York City, performing in off- the Vallican archaeological site in the Dragon. Boardman will work with Broadway theatre and TV productions late 1980s. It was her phone call to the Max E. Frobe on editing the film. as well as summer stock theatre across Sinixt people living south of the border Award-winning sound designer and the US. Max received his Master that alerted them to the designation of Shambhala festival favourite Adham of Arts degree from the University their ancestral village as a picnic and Shaikh will produce the soundtrack. of Denver in 1965 and taught high campground. As a result of that call The docudrama will feature school in San Francisco while Virginia in 1989, the site was occupied, and dramatic re-enactments of the 1989 worked as an actress. Max learned the has since become the longest peaceful events by a cast still in the making. craft of jewelry from John Jackson, occupation in Canadian history. The two actors already signed on then known as Hollywood’s jeweler About this time the Vallican- are Tracy Creasey, who will play to the stars, as well as studying at the Passmore bridge was slated to Celia Mgunn, and Antonio Bastone, Gemalogical Institute of America. go through the Sinixt graveyard. playing Bob Campbell. The Frobe’s Frobe says the filmmaking team Fortunately for the Sinixt, the 900-year- granddaughter Kayla Frobe-Wilding, is using the film trailer to attract old bones of a young Sinixt girl had who is of Cree ancestry, will also play funding to the project. He has funded been unearthed, proving the nation’s a role in the film. the production himself to this point, ancestral occupation of the site. As a The Frobes moved to Nelson on good faith that the film is a result, the Sinixt people petitioned the in 1982 from Northern California’s viable project that will attract wide Royal BC Museum for the return of redwood and wine country, selling attention. their ancestor’s remains. These were subsequently re-interred at the Vallican burial site, the first time in Canadian history that First Nations had remains returned for reburial. The Bone Game will be directed by Virginia Frobe, who is adapting the memoir to a screenplay. The screenplay is also based on information from Sinixt spiritual leader Bob Campbell, and Sinixt spokesperson Marilyn James, and material from Nakusp author and historian Cliff Woffenden. Son Max We can’t all be William Shakespeare, but E. is generating the computer special we can all attend the effects and editing. Cinematographer Lucerne School and Rob Sekersky has worked in the film Agnice Campbell, first Sinixt born on the traditional land in 100 years, receives industry as a director of photography, the gift of the Sinixt song from Kayla Frobe-Wilding (right), while seated in the Community Writers screenwriter, and producer-director lap of Angela. Excerpted from the forthcoming film, The Bone Game. Festival Slocan skatepark moves closer to reality as grant funds received by Art Joyce down 4.3 metres to check drainage. A skatepark through to completion, so A meeting was held April 15 at site plan can then be drawn up based Ellis will consult with them for input the youth centre in Slocan to discuss on this data. Ellis says it takes 10 once the drawings are received. All the long-awaited skatepark. Joanne weeks to build a skatepark, and hopes are graduating from high school this Ellis – a longtime proponent of the construction could start within 6-8 year, and enjoy skateboarding for fun, skatepark – had exciting news. She was weeks. Ellis estimates it takes an average not competition. They credit Ellis with notified March 24 by the BC Gaming of five years to build a skatepark, from persisting with the idea through even the Commission that her application for initial fundraising efforts to actual hardest times. $98,737 had been successful. With the construction. This project has been ongoing for other funds that have been raised, the The projected budget of $200,000 nearly 6 years, counting from when proposed budget of $200,000 has been is comprised of $98,737 from the the first notice went into the newspaper reached and planning can begin. BC Gaming Commission, $25,000 in 2002 for a meeting to raise interest. “The folks in Kaslo were just confirmed from the Vancouver The initial group of kids on the original Coffeehouse as excited as I was to hear about the Foundation, $15,000 from Columbia proposal helped raise $9,000 in 2004. Friday, May 2nd grant,” said Ellis. Spectrum Design, Basin Trust Youth Initiatives, and Ellis estimates they raked 2.1 km of Lucerne School Gym the designer of the skateparks in Kaslo $20,000 in-kind promised from Slocan beach at the mill that summer to help 7:00 pm and Castlegar, has offered a design Valley Community Complex Society. raise money. Presenting George Bowering, Stuart which would also be bicycle friendly. The balance has been raised from Skateparks have been shown to A site close to WE Graham school has community fundraisers, community attract economic activity in communities, Ross, Don Sawyer, Nikki Tate and tentatively been settled on, pending pledges and concerts, and about $1,000 Ellis said, as parents drop off kids for the Lucerne student writers the outcomes of negotiations with per year in bottle returns. day, have lunch, shop and return later Attend Poetry Boot Camp with Stuart Ross - Wed. April 28th the RDCK, which Ellis says has been The three core students who have to pick up the tired out skaters. Having 7 pm at Lucerne School “extremely cooperative.” been consistent supporters since the the Slocan skatepark built would make Once site negotiations have been beginning are Wyatt Roussain, Dan it more likely professional skateboard With thanks to our sponsors: Lucerne School PAC, SD # 10, completed, a geotechnical assessment Bjerg, Alex Eaton-Campbell. They tours could come here as part of a circle must be done. This will require digging will be on the committee to see the tour of West Kootenay skateparks. Ministry of Education, BC Gaming Commission 8 COMMUNITY The Valley Voice April 24, 2008 Benefit dance for Doug Sexton on May 2 at the Silverton Hall submitted Memorial Hall with the Raspberry he has been in Rehabilitation Hospital silent auction currently underway will Tickets for the dance are $20 and A benefit dance for Doug Sexton Rockets from Slocan providing live in Vancouver and is scheduled to come end at midnight the night of the dance. are available at Silverton Building will be held May 2 at the Silverton music. back home in June. The works of art that are up for auction Supplies, Fat Kat’s, Panini’s and Slocan Lucerne DI teams do Sexton, a Slocan Valley resident for His partner, Shelley Pentland, and bid sheets are at Panini Bistro in Village Market. There will be many well in provincials more than 25 years, has been confined and friends are raising funds for the New Denver. Some auction items are door prizes and good food. Organizers submitted to a wheelchair since he suffered a necessary home renovations, and a van on display in the window next door to are hoping that everyone comes out to Lucerne School’s junior and senior spinal injury in the fall. Since January with a lift for Doug’s wheelchair. The Panini’s. support this worthy cause. Destination Imagination teams travelled On the verge of yet another Winlaw moment to Vancouver on April 12 to compete in submitted This year’s plans are for a super a diverse array of Kootenay generosity, Jeremy Down. We gonna get juiced! the provincial competition for problem Do you feel the excitement growing? fun all-day family-friendly fiesta, that including lots of beautiful creations and So come on out and be someone. solving. The senior team came home Winlaw’s 5th annual Mayday Water begins at 11 am with face painting and several interesting objects. Take some pride in our local ways of with a silver medal, placing second out Festival is nearly upon us, slated for mask making for kids, the outdoor stage The stage line-up this year includes colour and caring. We have so much of six teams. Members are Tisha Becker, Saturday May 3 at the Cedar Creek Café tuning up at noon, parading to the river at some of our very best: Stephanie gratitude for this place and one another Marcus Mellen, Kyla Smutney, Kayla in Winlaw, noon till midnight. 1 pm, live music and food and dancing Dufresne, the Nelson Samba Band, that there’s no holding back. Come Driedger and Hazen Donnet. The junior Come Celebrate Water! It’s into the night. The silent auction boasts Mahzu, Teradactagon, Pureblend, and Celebrate Water! team received a bronze medal, placing everywhere, and we are of it. The will be required to keep the water decided to hire Smart Growth BC to lead third out of 16 teams. Members are Brett local stuff is some of earth’s best. And Silverton supply in top shape. Items that have the process because of their expertise Mengler, Josh Ryu, Zach Friedenberger, Winlaw’s Mayday Water Festival has been identified are: a second reservoir, in small communities and emphasis on Carolynne Carruthers, Sadye Butler and become an institution unto this heritage Mayor’s Report It seems the elections were held just repairs to the current reservoir, a second quality of life and the environment. I Danika Hammond. of wetness. yesterday, but we are 28 months into the well to provide redundancy, water main thought it best to use an outside source term, with just over a half year to go until upgrades, fencing and security. We have to take a fresh look and hopefully bring the next election. already completed a back-up power the community together. Unfortunately, It is easy to make campaign promises system, which kept our water flowing Tom Lancaster, the facilitator for Smart when you are looking at Village politics during last summer’s extended power Growth, took a leave of absence shortly from the outside with no experience. I outage. after the process began. The subsequent do not mind admitting that I had no idea Amalgamating our fire department meetings seemed to be repetitive rather how complicated municipal government with New Denver was accomplished than moving forward. In early January, was and I was naïve in many of the early in our term. Transition was not as Smart Growth presented a first draft of things I thought I could accomplish in smooth as I had hoped but the reality the OCP to council and the Community a short time. The Community Charter, is a village the size of Silverton cannot Advisory Committee. Local Government Act, budgets, five- support its own fire department. Rules Frankly, we were all disappointed in year plans, reporting to senior levels by Insurance Underwriters, WCB and the document and this information was of government, bylaws, building codes the provincial fire marshall regarding relayed to Smart Growth. I am happy to and heritage designations are just a few mandatory equipment standards report that Lancaster has returned and is items on the learning curve of an elected make running a fire department very working very hard to produce a second official. expensive. It makes far more sense to draft of the OCP. He also plans on being Continuity from one elected council share the cost with New Denver and here to meet with the CAC and to hold to another comes from the role of the residents of Red Mountain Road a public meeting in early May. It is and Rosebery. important as many residents as possible A unique feature of this year’s Lucerne and Community Writers Festival is the shoebox Village administration and re-elected Word Wall. Here, the Word Wall is being constructed by Lucerne students Derek Hicks, councillors. In 2005 the people of We did a six-month trial of sharing attend the next public meeting. It is your Allan Shepherd-Maika, Chelsey Mellen, Pacific Thompson and Rayan Duerichen. Silverton elected an almost entirely new both garbage collection and our backhoe OCP; we need your input. council, and administration was only a with New Denver and it worked well Spring of 2007 saw a byelection for Come to the writers coffeehouse year into the job. for both Villages. I feel this is the way the council seat vacated by councilor submitted pm. This is your chance to hear readings We quickly learned that we had debt of future with the cost of equipment Mason when her husband obtained Community members, take note of by local students and by four famous that needed to be dealt with – $250,000 and labour. Unfortunately, council did employment in Williams Lake. Former two great opportunities to participate guest writers: poet laureate George for water system upgrades and $53,000 not share my opinion and voted not to Mayor Wiseman was elected to in the Lucerne School and Community Bowering, Toronto poet Stuart Ross, for the breakwater. Council converted proceed with arrangements between council on his platform of sustainable Writers Festival. and dynamic children’s authors Nikki these amounts to long-term debt and New Denver and Silverton. budgeting, employee relations and the The writers coffeehouse is not to be Tate and Don Sawyer. began making annual payments. In Council applied for a 2010 grant fire department. Councilor Wiseman missed and takes place at the Lucerne These four guest authors are addition, we were already paying for to complete renovations and upgrades brought some badly needed experience, School gym in New Denver, May 2, 7 conducting workshops for Lucerne leases on the fire truck, fire equipment, to Memorial Hall with an eye to having served five years previously on students during the week of April 28 to the backhoe and the Ford truck and making it more appealing to a wider council. I have appreciated his input. Sm o k e y Cr e e k Sa l v a g e May 2. Some great writing is expected office equipment. range of renters. The Village received Budgeting and taxes are always 24 HR TOWING to emerge, so head down to the school Quality water is a priority for any approval of a 2010 legacy fund grant a challenge each year. No council New & Used Auto Parts, Back Hoe Work, for $176,000, of which the Village ever wants to raise taxes, utilities or Certified Welding & Repairs, Vehicle Removal gym to check it out on Friday night. community. With the aid of a grant, WE BUY CARS & TRUCKS The innovative Word Wall, consisting we have been able to complete an contribution was 50%. We raised our municipal fees. Unfortunately, other 359-7815 ; 1-877-376-6539 of shoeboxes displaying the students’ engineering study of the Village’s portion from tourism grants and the levels of government tend to download 3453 YEATMAN RD, SOUTH SLOCAN writing, will be set up for all to see. current and future water needs. The good sale of a piece of property. The original the cost of services. Two examples are Community members are also news is we have a very pure (almost too project had to be scaled back to new fire inspections and policing costs. This invited to participate in a Stuart Ross pure) and ample water supply. However, storage space, new washrooms and year council decided to trim the budget ‘poetry boot camp’ workshop, to be we need to plan for the future and budget sound and video equipment due to ever to the maximum and reduce municipal Raven’sCustom Picture Nest held Wednesday, April 30 at 7 pm at for system maintenance. The Village changing engineering requirements, taxes by approximately 5% to the 2006 Framing, Art Lucerne School. Email Terry Taylor has applied for a Towns for Tomorrow building codes and rapidly increasing level and put approximately $27,000 in cost of building materials. It is expected reserves and surplus. Supplies, Gifts at [email protected] or call her at grant in the amount of $400,000 and is the renovation will be complete by early In order to accomplish the savings and Clothing 358-7222 ext 206 for more info or saving the gas tax rebates it receives to register. Admission to this terrific to cover its $100,000 portion of the summer. in budgeting it was necessary to reduce writing opportunity is by donation. estimated $500,000 the engineers feel The Friends of Memorial Hall office staff and hours. The Village now Clearance recently donated 200 new folding chairs consists of the Chief Administrative to the hall. Thank you! Officer, part-time Chief Financial Sale for Council decided it was time to renew Officer, the public works foreman and a custom the Official Community Plan, which was part-time public works person. In order well done but dated back to 1996. It was to accommodate the CAO’s need to framed attend to administrative duties, public office hours were reduced to Tuesday posters through Thursday, 10 am to 4 pm. Silverton is seeing an unprecedented 30-40% off boom in new construction. The Village currently has 19 active building permits. In the month of May, we will again be having an Arbour Day and electronics recycling. I would like to thank the citizens of Silverton for all the input and support you have given council. Silverton is a very active and vibrant community with many community volunteer organizations that Selected help make our community unique. Hats off to the Silverton Community Club, lamps Historical Society, the Silverton Gallery Society, Destination Silverton, the Arena 25% off Society, the Friends of Memorial Hall, Valhalla Fine Arts Society, July 1st Open 10:00 am - 4:30 pm Committee and the many volunteers Sundays 11:00 am - 3:00 pm who help on an individual basis. Main Street • New Denver • 358-2178 John Everett, Mayor April 24, 2008 The Valley Voice SLOCAN VALLEY 9 Slocan council, April 9: Court case dropped, by-election stands by Jan McMurray contact three people on the list and was delegation from the Slocan Fitness bill, council asked Boisvert to arrange resignation from former CAO Eunice •The court case launched by Ray waiting to hear back from them. Mayor committee to ask council if it would to have someone from Telus come talk Ludlow. Caouette has been dropped. Van Bynen stated that the permanent support the formation of a club to to them about telephone packages. •Councillor Elliott was appointed The council meeting opened with position will not be posted “until things operate the facility. He said it would be The idea of moving the Emergency to the Recreation Commission. Councillor John Gates reading a letter get straightened out.” much like the curling club. If council Operations Centre and phone lines •Councillors Perriere, Elliott and from the Village’s law firm notifying Caouette also wanted to know is interested, the committee will want from the Valhalla Unit Camp to the Gates will attend the Association council that Caouette’s lawyer, on April if council had received a letter from to know about insurance, rent and library was discussed. of Kootenay Boundary Local 4, offered to consent to a dismissal of Janet Boisvert’s doctor to confirm that renovations. Councillors Perriere and •The mayor reported that the Governments conference. the petition and proceedings as long she was well enough to return to work. Elliott expressed interest in sitting on Valhalla unit crew would not be •Janet Boisvert will attend an as the Village did not seek costs for Boisvert went on stress leave on March the committee. stationed in Slocan this year, as the Elections BC workshop in Cranbrook itself and its employee, Janet Boisvert. 10. She was to be away for one month, •Accounts payable of $25,729.02 crew was being centralized in Castlegar. on April 30. Court costs for the March 27 hearing but returned to work on March 31. and March disbursements of $61,398.91 However, they will come if there are amounted to approximately $2,300. Councillor Gates reported that council were approved. It will be noted that no fires in the valley and have indicated The letter concludes: “We are of had received the doctor’s letter. more be paid to the commissionaires that if council makes a to-do list for Read the Valley the view that the claims made could Boisvert told council that she felt until the contract is straightened out. them, they will try to come to Slocan Voice online! never have been successful, and the she could handle the day-to-day office •Councillor Gates reported on to perform those duties. www.valleyvoice.ca dismissal of them is an affirmation of job as long as council understood that RDCK business. The $250 grant for •Council accepted the letter of this view.” some of the workload would have to Project Save the Turtles was approved. Council congratulated Hillary wait until someone was hired. She Waste Management was awarded the Elliott on her successful election to asked if she could have some extra contract for recycling services again. council. hours in the meantime. The mayor said A community wildfire protection plan •During question period, Ray council would discuss this. has been completed. Many emails Caouette asked what council was The Village’s other office employee, have been received at the RDCK doing to fill the vacant CAO position Ella Michiels, went on stress leave soon regarding motorized vehicles on Slocan at the Village office. Councillor Gates after Eunice Ludlow resigned as CAO Lake and these have been referred to said the Ministry had provided a list on March 19. Margaret Markovic was Development Services for possible of people who were willing to fill in as hired temporarily to replace Boisvert inclusion in the OCP for Area H temporary administrators in these kinds while she was away. North. of situations. Gates said he had tried to •Jamie Ingram attended as a •In an effort to save on the phone New Denver council, April 8: ASLCS interested in assisted living by Leah Main Heritage Registry, providing the ability Application from Mark Adams was • Mayor Wright reported that he to write local policies into the Register approved, with a recommendation that had spoken with Mark Brunton of is satisfied. he also look into the Village Façade Arrow/Slocan Lakes Community • Councillor Bunka reported that Program. Adams plans to do some Services (ASLCS), which is interested the Nikkei Centre is now listed in the work on the exterior of his downtown in being the lead agency to develop and National and Provincial Heritage Sites building. manage a potential Assisted Living Brochure. • Councillor Greensword was facility in New Denver. Brunton • Council will advertise the contract authorized to attend this year’s FCM has extensive experience in this for the campground attendant, as Isabel (Federation of Canadian Municipalities) field, and the proposed partnership Reitmeier will not seek the position conference. Mayor Wright will between the Village and the Society this year. not be able to attend due to family would strengthen any application • The Development Permit commitments. for funding the Village may make. All you need to know about wills and living wills Council authorized Wright to continue submitted legal aspects of living wills, discussions with Brunton. Do you have a will? A living representation agreements, powers • The Village will continue to will? What is the difference between of attorney and estate administration. explore options with RDCK regarding them? Do you know what to do Physician Kay Costley-White will the Denver Siding Water System, with when someone dies? What are the discuss medical and personal issues the stipulation that there is no present duties of an executor? How can covered by living wills, with a slide commitment toward any form of family stress be reduced by planning show of real life examples. amalgamation on behalf of the Village. ahead? Saturday, May 3, 9 am to 1 pm at Area H Director Don Munro will be The Last Wishes Group, New the Silverton Gallery. $5 admission included in the ongoing discussions. Denver’s burial society, offers a covers expenses; added donations to • Council approved submitting workshop on medical and legal the Last Wishes Group. For further an application to BC Heritage Branch issues at the end of life. Lawyer information, call Kay Costley-White for a grant to create a Community Michael Sweeny will cover wills, at 358-7991. Valhalla Fine Arts Society sponsors evening of fine classical music submitted recently in the Atlantic Provinces and Phillipines. Among Nigel’s many A rare performance by two Shanghai, China, and, like Mr. Boehm, musical accomplishments, he placed internationally acclaimed classical is frequently heard on CBC Radio third in the Concours International musicians will be presented on May 1 broadcasts. A Halifax Chronicle Herald d’Orford (1999), was string finalist in at the Silverton Gallery, 7 pm. critic said, ”Her touch, her musical the Canadian Concerto Competition Swedish-born and trained pianist, grace, her momentum and meaning (2000) and has collaborated with Anton Susanne Ruberg-Gordon will join all struck me so intensely I wanted to Kuerti, Gil Kalish and violinist Thomas Nigel Boehm, Canadian violon-cellist, hear her play solo the rest of the night.” Brandis (Berlin Philharmonic). for the second in the Spring Concert Renowned American pianist Gilbert The VFA is pleased to announce Series presented by the Valhalla Fine Kalish terms her “a musician of true that Susanne Ruberg-Gordon will join Arts Society (VFA). Both accomplished eloquence and deep conviction.” the esteemed faculty of the Valhalla soloists and faculty members of the Mt Mr. Boehm, with advanced music Summer School of Music in August. Royal Conservatory of Music, they degrees from McGill University, The Spring Concert Series concludes will collaborate on presentations of currently plays principal and solo cello with the Mt Royal Conservatory String Also check out our website at www.silvertonbuilding.ca Beethoven’s Sonata No.2 in G minor, with the Red Deer Symphony Orchestra Trio, May 18, and Angela Ruthven for Red Hot Monthly Specials, A How-To Section, Lots Bartok’s Roumanian Folk Dances, and three other Calgary area groups. (violin) with Arnold Draper (piano) on Shostakovich’s Sonata, and Pampeana In addition to Silverton, his spring June 29. of Manufacturers website links, and local links No. 2 by Ginastera. touring schedule includes concerts in Ms Ruberg-Gordon has performed North Carolina, USA, and Manila, Slocan Lake Stewardship Society hosts evening of tall tales submitted Moderators keep the whoppers from If you want to tell about that huge getting too outrageous and the talkers one that got away, the Ogopogo that from going on too long. We’ll also be capsized your kayak, or the crazy beaver showing, for the first time ever, footage you met at the end of the lake—or if you of the train that now rests on the bottom just like to listen to a good yarn—don’t of the lake. The evening will end with you dare miss ‘Lake Lies, Tall Tales, Sob the awarding of prizes for the best story, Stories and Fishy Fantasies’. the funniest story, and the story that At 6:30 pm on Sunday, May 18, at departs most from accepted reality. Knox Hall in New Denver, the Slocan If you, or anyone you know, have Lake Stewardship Society is sponsoring a tale to tell about our lake, please an evening of stories about life on, in, contact Tracy Oldham at 358-7986 and around Slocan Lake. Tales of glory, or [email protected] by Friday ignominious defeat and deep mystery May 2 to reserve a spot in this fun-filled will entertain the listeners as the Mystery evening. 10 COMMUNITY The Valley Voice April 24, 2008 Five new directors elected at Kaslo Community Forest AGM by Jan McMurray Bird (97) and Gary Cockrell (86). forward,” he said. He said the board Richard Marchand gave the report appointments – to keep a balance on At the Kaslo and District Community Continuing board members are chair had made “significant strides” towards from the management team. Road the board.” Forest Society AGM on April 16, there Rob Mitchell (Village appointee), being open and transparent in the past construction for the blocks above Shutty Kubara favoured getting rid of the were 231 votes cast in the election for treasurer Steve Fawcett (RDCK two years, and encouraged members to Bench was complete, and most of the appointments because the society is now five directors. Not all 231 stuck around appointee), Pat Mackle and Brodie communicate with the board by writing harvesting took place over the winter. open and runs by a democratic process. for the meeting, but it was still very Whitney. Retiring board members are letters to the board, participating in the Operations will start again after spring Key to this process is the membership well attended. Suzan Hewat, Donna Cormie, Kim Residents’ Advisory Committee and break-up. electing directors to represent them. The five new directors are Stan Planidin and Don Scarlett. asking to attend a board meeting as a The priority for future development The motion to remove the Baker (142 votes), Steve Anderson Board Chair Rob Mitchell gave the delegation. will be areas identified by the Ministry appointments failed, with 40 in favour (139), Bruce Freeman (175), Tom directors’ report. He thanked the nine Treasurer Steve Fawcett presented of Forests as areas with forest health and 29 opposed. The bylaw that was Duchastel (124) and Greg Lay (118). candidates running for the five available the 2007 financial statements, showing a issues. He said a wildfire protection voted in retains the two appointees. Unsuccessful candidates were Rick seats on the board. “I believe our conduct loss of $570 for the year. Erika Bird asked plan had recently been tabled at the Shadrack urged the membership to vote Korens (115), Ken Wapple (98), Erika has encouraged more candidates to step Fawcett to give a broad explanation of RDCK and the team is looking forward for it because he said it was much clearer the difference between these financial to working with the district to implement than the old version. statements and a previously released a trial block. They are also working with Greg Lay put forward a resolution profit and loss statement showing a council to protect the watershed after the asking that documents, maps and loss of about $360,000 for the year. Kemp Creek fire. correspondence, other than in camera Fawcett explained that the profit and The team held an open house so personnel and financial negotiations, loss statement Bird was referring to was that people could review the Forest be made available to the members and a “trial balance” before the accountant Stewardship Plan (FSP) and identify the public in a library/reading room. did his work and should not have been potential harvesting issues. The FSP Don Scarlett said he hadn’t seen enough posted publicly without notes attached. was submitted to the Ministry of Forests demand in his time on the board to He said the accountant moved some at the end of March. He said when the warrant a separate reading room. Kubara Hola! expenses, such as road building, into FSP was approved, hopefully in early said she was sitting on the society’s 2008 because this is when the work summer, they could begin applying for policy committee, which is looking at would happen. cutting permits. the issue of what documents should be Fawcett also presented the projected Resolutions to change the bylaws available to members and how they will budget for 2008, which shows a $169,557 were next on the agenda. These be made available to members. She said profit. In response to a comment from resolutions needed 75% support of the the issue would be covered by policy a member, Fawcett confirmed that no members present to pass. The bylaw and did not have to be in the bylaws. REOPENS money was budgeted for disbursements committee, appointed at the 2007 AGM, Lay said he had experienced difficulty to the community. He explained that worked to refine the bylaws and came up getting some information about the MAY 8 the board does not make any decisions with these proposals. Bylaw committee society. He said the intent of the motion MOTHER’S about disbursements until after it knows members Andy Shadrack and Sean was to formalize the process of getting whether or not it has made a profit and Kubara presented the resolutions. information in an organized way. DAY WEEKEND has money available. The first resolution was dubbed an However, he ended up withdrawing SPRING HOURS: Gary Cockrell said the volume that “omnibus resolution” to replace nearly the motion. THURS, FRI, SAT, SUN was harvested this year was available for all the old bylaws. This resolution Gary Cockrell had submitted 5-9 pm harvest in 2006 and 2007. He said the passed, with only 11 people opposed. a resolution calling for the bylaw FOR RESERVATIONS community forest lost close to $500,000 The second resolution proposed committee to facilitate a public PLEASE CALL: because it logged in the poor market adding a clause into the bylaws that discussion about the bylaws and to bring 358-7744 conditions of this past winter. Don would require the board to notify proposed changes to the next AGM, but Scarlett explained that the main reason members of any non-operational he withdrew the motion before it came Located in Rosebery, BC the logging was not done until later was spending above $15,000. This resolution up on the agenda. because the society did not have enough failed, with no one voting for it. At the end of the meeting, Shadrack money to build the road. He said they The third resolution allowing for said he wanted to refer Cockrell’s had to get a deposit from the company mail-in ballots also failed, with 18 in resolution to the board. He asked the that was buying the logs in order to make favour and 44 opposed. People voted for board to come back to the 2009 AGM the deadline for cutting Shutty Bench. the other option, which disallows mail- and ask the membership if they want “The World’s Most Efficient Oil-Fired Furnace” He said the “difficult management in ballots and “cleans up the language” another bylaw committee. “Give people situation” may have contributed to the of the current bylaw, according to equal voice. That’s how we work Up to 96% AFUE Efficient Condensing Oil-Fired Furnace delay, but the road building was the real Shadrack. together in this community,” he said. problem. Sean Kubara spoke against mail-in 50,000 Through 250,000 BTU • 2.5 Through 10 tons Cooling ballots, because of her concern about

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New Local Art Pottery by Susan Janzen • Oil paintings by Boukje Elzinga Carvings and prints by Lewis Sherrod 318 Broadway St. Nakusp, BC 265-3288 April 24, 2008 The Valley Voice COMMUNITY 11 Village of Silverton Official Community Plan Open House coming on May 7 th, 2008. submitted Similar to Silverton today: a turned the results of public meetings, While we held several meetings and and comment on the materials at the The Official Community Plan vibrant, unique village in transition surveys, and online input into the first made many visits to Silverton and the Open House. The second draft of the (OCP) is the most important guiding from a resources based economy to draft of the OCP. surrounding region, it is important OCP will be available for review ahead document for directing the future of an education and eco-tourism-friendly Silverton’s Guiding Principles: to have a dedicated group of local of time on the project website (www. change in the Village of Silverton. community able to support citizens of Maintain the unique character and people to act as a sounding board. kootenays.sgas.bc.ca), as well as in the The OCP reflects emerging issues and all ages; magic of Silverton. The Silverton CAC members have Village Office. An overview of the Plan responds to growth pressures to ensure A community that has a mixture of Protect the local environment. volunteered their time to review the will be presented at the beginning of the that the future of Silverton will be housing types, green spaces, safe roads Encourage local self sufficiency. first draft of the OCP and have provided meeting and again at 8:00 PM. sustainable. While the Plan must address and walkways, economic opportunities Promote a resourceful and diverse valuable feedback into the second draft. We hope that as many people the legal requirements set out by the supported by modern communications, economy. This draft OCP will be the subject of the as possible make it out to this Open provincial government, it also contains transportation infrastructure and a multi- Support the housing needs of the upcoming Community Open House on House. It is critical that we get as much a variety of tools that provide clarity for generational community. entire community. May 7, from 7:00 pm to 9:00 pm at the feedback as possible to ensure that we elected officials in making decisions One of the challenges of official Encourage services that add value Memorial Hall. are heading in the right direction for around development. Since the OCP is community planning is getting the to the community. At this Open House, we will be the next draft. It is a community plan used to guide all growth in the Village community vision right. Since every Let the public landscape reflect the asking specific questions about how and must have input from you - the into the future, it is very important that town has a range of people with often spirit of the community. well the Guiding Principles have been community. the Plan reflects the vision that Silverton differing opinions, it is a subtle task Make it easy and safe to get turned into the tools for implementing Any citizen of Silverton is welcome residents have for their community. to weave the various preferences, around. the OCP: the Land Use Plan, Policy to email or call us with any questions or Silverton’s Vision Statements: opinions, and visions into a coherent set To augment the public process, Statements, Development Permit concerns. Questions can also be directed The most desirable community of Guiding Principles, which we use as a volunteer Community Advisory Areas, and Design Guidelines. Pointed to the Junko Ida at the Village Office. in BC; the foundation for the Plan. Committee (CAC) was established at questionnaires will guide the input Tom Lancaster, 604-689-4600 In Silverton, we heard from the outset of the planning process to process. Citizens will be able to drop-in [email protected], www. OCP open residents over the course of 2007 and guide the development of the Plan. for as little time as they like to review smartgrowth.bc.ca, www.sgas.bc.ca house coming to Kaslo April 29 Kaslo residents are urged to come out and provide their input on the draft Official Community Plan (OCP) at an open house on April 29 at the Legion, 7 to 9 pm. “This is a critical meeting,” says Tom Lancaster, Manager of Smart Growth Advisory Services and lead planner for the project. “If you only get involved in the OCP once, this is the one for you.” The OCP process kicked off in April 2007. The Community Advisory Committee, made up of volunteers, reviewed the first draft of the OCP. “This second draft is for the community to edit,” says Lancaster. “The content of the plan has to reflect what the people of Kaslo want for their community.” He says there will be questionnaires about the draft at the open house, at the Village Hall, and posted on the project website after the open house (www. kootenays.sgas.bc.ca). “If you don’t participate, you leave the future of your community in someone else’s hands,” he warns. Lancaster explains that Kaslo’s OCP is the guiding document that provides direction for the future of the Village of Kaslo. “In this second draft OCP you will find several tools for directing change. The Guiding Principles outline broad future directions for the community and the OCP. The Land Use Plan designates various uses for all land within the Village boundary. Policy Statements provide detailed direction for decision-makers. Development Permit Areas (DPAs) contain guidelines for achieving desired goals in specific areas, for example: environmentally sensitive areas, downtown/mainstreet redevelopment, or riparian protection zones.” The regulatory tool that enforces the OCP is the Zoning Bylaw, which is separate from the OCP, he explains. The guiding principles for the OCP were formulated by the public during the open house and online public engagement process in 2007. Village of Kaslo guiding principles are: encourage local self sufficiency; protect the local environment; encourage services that effectively support the diverse needs of the community; manage growth and change to effectively promote a more livable and sustainable Kaslo; support the housing needs of the entire community; maintain the unique character and image of the community; promote a resourceful and diverse economy; develop a public realm that reflects the spirit of the community; make it easy, enjoyable, and safe to get around town. For more information, contact the Village of Kaslo at (250) 353-2311, or Tom Lancaster at 604-689-4600 or [email protected] 12 COMMUNITY The Valley Voice April 24, 2008 Nakusp council, April 8: Official Community Plan adopted by Jan McMurray were also several questions about the chamber was going to write letters had to be special ordered and were Endless Adventure has enough liability •The Official Community Plan ALR and boundary expansion. Council and perhaps spearhead a community expected to arrive around April 1. insurance and does not interfere with (OCP) was given third reading and final agreed that no additional amendments campaign. Remaining work on the deck planks and the booms. adoption. Mayor Hamling practically were needed to the OCP as a result of •The Village will send a letter to guardrail replacement was estimated to •Council agreed to waive the jumped for joy. “Thank you council. concerns expressed at the open house. Telus requesting cell phone service in take 15 days. development permit for the Nakusp That’s been a huge effort – way bigger •Mayor Hamling reported that she, the Galena Bay, Burton and Fauquier •Councillor Switzer reported that Masonic Holding Society for its project than we thought. Thank you to the staff. as part of the ferries advisory committee, areas. the community forest committee was to enclose and enlarge the roofed entry Everybody’s to be congratulated,” she had been emailing the ministry with •Council authorized staff to go going to meet April 14 to go through the area on the parking lot side of the said. concerns about the increase in chip truck ahead with arranging for the oil tank to one proposal they had received for the building at 317 W Broadway Street. Council will plan a social evening traffic and the impacts on ferry ridership. be replaced at the hot springs. management contract. The proposal is •Councillor Dahlen was appointed during Pride Week in honour of the She said there were an estimated 25-30 •Councillor Mueller reported on from True North Forestry Consulting. as Village representative on the library OCP committee, and a letter of thanks chip trucks on the Fauquier run every the March 31 meeting of the hot springs •The Village will spend $4,100 on board. and flowers will go to Ramona Mattix day and 60 chip trucks plus 15 logging advisory board. There was a loss in advertising with the Music Fest, as it has •Council agreed to the request of the RDCK. trucks on the Galena run every day. The January and February, with revenue at the last three or four years. Council will from the Arrow Lakes Ambassador The CAO reported that about a DEV Galena can carry three loaded $45,000 and expenses at $65,000, plus work with festival organizers this year Committee for the use of the arena dozen community members attended chip trucks per run, leaving room for 13 debt servicing of $6,000. However, to see about sponsoring a banner. auditorium for practices on Tuesday the OCP open house March 27 pickup trucks or 26 cars. The Needles these numbers are better than last year’s •Nakusp Roots Music Society and Thursday evenings at no charge. and 28. There were concerns about ferry can take four full-sized trucks per – revenue is up 10% and attendance is asked council if Endless Adventure The value of this is $1,320. drainage at John Faulkner’s proposed run. “So, it would appear that we are up 20%. Kayaking could provide free water •Council agreed to waive the fees subdivision, and side yard requirements going to have a lot of issues with ferry She brought forward three activities and if David Ducharme could for the arena auditorium and kitchen in the Comprehensive Residential waits this year,” she said. recommendations. The first was to delete do sand sculpture on the beach during for the Citizen of the Year awards. The Area north of the Kuskanax. These Hamling said she has also asked the rates for the after-hours rental of the Music Fest. Council agreed, as long as value is $300. will be addressed in the zoning and that a well be drilled for the washrooms hot springs facility from the Village’s subdivision servicing bylaws. There at the Galena ferry landing area so rental rates policy. Instead of fixed rates, Uranium radiation expert to come to New Denver that they can be kept open year round. the committee would prefer to look at submitted uranium radiation. She says interest in Computer Currently, washrooms are not open in after-hours rental requests on a case-by- World renowned uranium radiation uranium mining has recently peaked Acting Up? winter because the water comes from a case basis. Council voted against this in expert and geoscientist Leuren Moret in the Kootenays and elsewhere, as the creek that freezes. the interests of consistency. will be speaking in New Denver on value of uranium has risen dramatically Call Ron at the Old Grey Barn •Mayor Hamling attended a The second recommendation was to May 10 at Knox Hall from 10 am to – from about $11.45 per lb. in 1999 to 250-265-2163 Chamber of Commerce meeting to revise the policy regarding consignment noon, in Castlegar on May 9 at 7 pm about $80 per lb. in 2008. speak about ferry issues. She said the items for sale at the hot springs. Council at the Castle Theatre, and in Nelson on She explains that depleted uranium, agreed that all items for sale must come May 10 at 7 pm at the library. the byproduct of uranium processing, from a business that holds a valid Village Moret is working with groups is radioactive and cannot be safely of Nakusp business licence. in many countries to establish an contained. “The radioactive state Finally, a new policy was adopted international moratorium on the use, lasts four and a half billion years,” regarding articles left at the hot springs. manufacture, deployment, storage and she says. “The best way to prevent Items will be held for 30 days. If the sales of depleted uranium weapons. this radioactive nightmare is to leave customer writes to the Village office Uranium Free Kootenay Boundary uranium in the ground. Leave it alone with their contact information and a (UFKB) is sponsoring Moret’s and it will leave you alone.” cheque for $30, the item will be sent Kootenay tour. Kitchen urges people to come out to them. “Leuren Moret is a most engaging, and hear Moret’s presentation. “Being •BC Hydro sent a progress report on interesting speaker. We are very pleased well informed has never been so critical the wharf dated March 30. Underwater to sponsor this dedicated humanitarian,” to the direction our future will take,” repairs were complete and the above says Celeste Kitchen of UFKB. she says. water work was 60% complete. Planks Kitchen says the group’s goal is For more information, contact to raise awareness of the dangers of [email protected]. Come see the largest rainbow trout on earth submitted Watch this unique fish spawn The Gerrard rainbow trout is one Each spring the largest rainbow in the wild, pristine waters of the of many species that benefit from the trout on earth returns to spawn in the Lardeau River. You can talk to addition of nutrients to help restore Lardeau River north of Kootenay fisheries biologists and others to find the ecosystem in Kootenay Lake. Lake. If you haven’t seen the mighty out more about this amazing fish and Come see the Gerrards at the Gerrard rainbow trout before, make the habitat it relies on. Plus, you can Lardeau River viewing platform on this the year. find out how efforts by the FWCP April 30. If you can’t make it to the The Fish & Wildlife and the Ministry of Environment to open house, the Gerrards typically Compensation Program (FWCP) is restore the ecosystem in Kootenay spawn from late-April to early-May hosting a free, outdoor open house Lake are helping the mighty so try again another day. featuring the Gerrard rainbow trout Gerrards. To get to the open house from on Wednesday, April 30 from noon “We’ve been adding nutrients Kaslo, take Highway #31 towards to 4 pm at the Lardeau River viewing to Kootenay Lake since 1992 to Meadow Creek. From Meadow platform. Everyone is invited. compensate for the Duncan dam that Creek stay on Highway #31 and traps nutrients upstream,” says Grant follow the signs until you cross the Trower of Lardeau, a public member Lardeau River (approximately 45 School District No. 10 on the FWCP steering committee. minutes north of Meadow Creek). “Since then the number of Gerrard For more information contact the (Arrow Lakes) rainbow trout spawners, plus sport FWCP at www.fwcp.ca or (250) catch and harvest, has increased.” 352-6874. The Fish & Wildlife CASUAL CALL-OUT The Arrow Lakes Arts Compensation Program works on Council presents behalf of its Program Partners – the EMPLOYEES BC Ministry of Environment, BC In performance at the Hydro and Fisheries and Oceans School District No. 10 (Arrow Lakes) is accepting applications for casual employees throughout BONNINGTON ARTS the district in the following job classification: Canada – to conserve and enhance CENTRE fish and wildlife impacted by the School Secretary construction of BC Hydro dams in the Columbia Basin. Qualifications: Completion of post secondary school degree/diploma in office administration Michael Kim or related program. Such degree/diploma to include course work in word processing, In an evening of piano record keeping, bookkeeping and computerized application. Considerable training and/or music experience in the secretarial field will also be considered. Tuesday, May 6th at 8:00 pm Successful candidates will have their names placed on the C.U.P.E. Casual Call-Out List and are needed to replace full and part-time employees on an as required basis. A resume outlining grade Tickets are $20 Adults and Jo hn H aggen O CRED I T:

12 completion, post secondary education, qualifications, and experience should be attached to $15 Seniors/Children PH O T your application. (60 and over) (12 and under) For further information please contact the School Board office in Nakusp, 265-3638 between the Piano students with coupon hours of 8:30 am and 4:30 pm $10.00 Please Note: that prior to being placed on the casual call-out list, applicants must submit to a Tickets available at the criminal record search. Broadway Deli or at the door. School District No. 10 (Arrow Lakes) Doors open at 7:30 pm P.O. Box 340 Hospitality Nakusp, B.C. Host: V0G 1R0 Selkirk FWCP Senior Fisheries Biologist, Fax: 250-265-3701 Inn James Baxter, with a Gerrard, taken at the Lardeau River last year. April 24, 2008 The Valley Voice NAKUSP & THE ARROW LAKES 13 Nakusp Secondary School hosts geography challenge provincials By Art Joyce across Canada have participated held outside the Lower Mainland. Helaine Oleski, a teacher at To get a sense of the kinds Nakusp Secondary School this year, with McLeod among Students came from Dawson Creek, Semiahmoo Secondary and former of questions the students will was host to the Great Canadian the 258 students qualifying for the Smithers, Kamloops, Vernon, Jaffray, provincial coordinator for the be answering and learn more Geography Challenge Saturday, provincials. The top five students and many from Vancouver Island challenge, was present to assist and about the challenge, visit www. April 19, an exciting event that in the challenge will then compete and the Lower Mainland. Van der judge, along with Dale Gregory, of geographychallenge.ca online. brought students from around the online for the national title. Over Pol is the provincial coordinator for the Canadian Council for Geographic province to compete. NSS student a two-year period, three students the competition. Competitors must Education. Van der Pol met Oleski at Support the Valley Voice with Hailey McLeod, the current school can qualify to compete at the world be under age 16 by August 31, so an educational event recently and it a voluntary subscription champion, was one of the local geography Olympiad. students from many grade levels and was this meeting that led to Nakusp competitors in the challenge. There were 42 kids in five ages compete with one another. hosting the challenge. Only $10-$30 The challenge begins with different classrooms competing Of the 14 times the challenge “She said, your school has been schools across the country each during the preliminary rounds. The has been held in BC, NSS has in this event every year – have you holding a classroom competition, results went to NSS Principal Kees competed 11 times, and all 11 times ever thought of hosting?” Honey Bear with high scorers earning the right van der Pol to determine the top have qualifed for the provincials. Van der Pol says the support to compete for the school title. About 10 students for the semi-finals, and NSS student Amanda Tole in 1996 from community businesses has Bakery 100 NSS students from Grades 8 to from there the top five in the finals. became third in the province, and in been wonderful. The challenge is Winter Hours: 10 participated in this year’s program. Preliminaries ran in the morning from 2005 Owen Scott came fifth in the sponsored by HSBC bank, the Atlas Of 15 finalists, McLeod was the top 9 am, with finals starting 12:30, with province, later competing online to of Canada, the Royal Canadian Tues-Fri 9:00-4:00 scorer. School champions then write parents and the public welcome. become 18th in Canada. There were Geographical Society, Canadian Closed Sat, Sun, Mon a test to see if they qualify for the This is the first time in the four former winners assisting with Geographic magazine, and the 311 7th Ave NW • Nakusp • 265-4633 provincial round. Over 600 schools 14 years the challenge has been the event on Saturday. Canadian Council on Geographic Education. Rear Alley Entrance

On Easter Sunday a combined church service was held in the Nakusp arena auditorium, hosted by Arrow Lakes Alliance Church, Saddle Back Community Church, and Burton Full Gospel Church. The combined offering from the service was designated to the building fund of the Arrowtarian Senior Citzens Society. A cheque for $543.69 was presented to Dennis Moorhouse by Pastor Warren Fulmore. L to R: Earl Frerichs(building committee chair), Pastor Dan Freeman (Burton Full Gospel), Pastor Warren Fulmore (Arrow Lakes Alliance Church), Dennis Moorhouse (Treasure Arrowtarian Society), Peter Gunn (Board Member). Absent: Pastor Andrew Holden(Saddle Back Community Church). Arrow Lakes Arts Council celebrates BC Arts and Culture Week submitted celebrated the contribution made Creating New Threads from Old Arrow Lakes Arts Council joins by arts and culture to the quality of Ideas, a collection of traditionally with BC’s community and regional arts life of our communities. Estimated created textiles, is on exhibition at councils along with its 10 local arts, revenues generated in 2004 by the Nakusp Public Library’s display cultural and heritage member affiliates 300 organizations that shared the case, a new venue offered to help in celebrating the 9th annual BC Arts $9.5 million BC Arts Council grants increase community awareness. and Culture Week, April 20-26. amounted to $34-41 million. The collection features examples of Each year since 1999 communities Among the special activities will locally handcrafted textiles, focusing throughout British Columbia have be the launching of the ever popular on spinning, handweaving, dye- ALAC presents Michael Kim ArtWalk, honouring the talents of work, felting and various forms of submitted district wide artists and sculptors. needlework. The Arrow Lakes Arts Council Nakusp and area merchants have This year also marks Arrow Lakes is presenting concert pianist Michael expressed their enthusiasm and support Arts Council’s 30th Anniversary. Kim for the fifth concert of the Concert by providing venues for artists to ALAC presents the Professional and Series on Tuesday, May 6 at 8 pm at the showcase their works. A brochure maps Community Artist Concert Series Bonnington Arts Centre in Nakusp. out the location of these venues along at the Nakusp Bonnington Arts Returning to Nakusp for his third with the names and creative media used Centre and other venues. For more performance, Canadian pianist Michael by each artist, and is available free of information on the range of programs, Kim continues to receive acclaim for charge from numerous merchants, the services and benefits of individual and his performances throughout Canada, Chamber of Commerce Visitor Centre group membership in this non-profit and recently the United States, South and Nakusp Public Library. organization, call 265-0075. America and Korea. As a recitalist and chamber musician, he has been featured at many international festivals. His performances are frequently broadcast on the radio networks of CBC, NPR, KBD and Chicago WFCT’s ‘Live from Studio One.’ He also collaborates with his wife, pianist Kyungran Kim in a special four hand-one piano program. Dr. Kim received his Masters and Doctor of Musical Arts from the Julliard School, where he held the Vladimir Horowitz scholarship. A veteran concert artist, Michael performs at a “consistently high level of professionalism and musicality” to quote the Globe and Mail. Remember that Karl Bender of Wood Fire Pizza will be staying open late on Concert night so that the artists and audience have a place to go and eat and relax after the concert. Come and join us on Tuesday, May 6 at the Bonnington Arts Centre, part of the Nakusp Elementary School, for an evening of piano music. Tickets are available at the Broadway Deli or at the door, the evening of the performance. Piano students with coupon may get ticket for $10. Doors are open at 7:30 pm and the concert starts at 8 pm. 14 NAKUSP & THE ARROW LAKES The Valley Voice April 24, 2008 RDCK board, March 29: Regional park planning to be re-assessed by Jan McMurray Joe Chirico, Manager of Community Bylaw), as well as the joint roles of •Three-year agreements with the •A request for $5,000 for the •After receiving a report on RDCK’s Services, the board agreed that the bylaw Development Services and Community CBT (April 1, 2008 to March 31, 2011) Woodbury Village Services Society regional park planning process from (no. 1714, Official Regional Parks Plan Services in the planning, development provide for Community Initiatives project to upgrade the water system and operation of RDCK parks, should Program funding of $2,410,251 and was approved for disbursement from be re-assessed. Affected Areas Program funding of Community Development Funds after The board is currently pursuing 21 $1,056,726. July 1. potential regional park proposals, which •Director Smienk reported that he •RDCK staff will work with Village of would more than double RDCK’s parks was frustrated that no money had yet Kaslo staff to apply for grants for a water within a two-year period. There are 15 “gone out the door” from the Southern study for Kaslo and a portion of Area D. existing regional parks in the district, Interior Development Initiative Trust •Bylaw 1951, Kaslo and Portion of created within a 20-year time frame. (SIDIT) fund and encouraged RDCK Electoral Area D Library Financial Aid Chirico’s report points out that the directors to attend an upcoming annual local Service amendment bylaw, was RDCK is currently having difficulty meeting. read three times. This bylaw changes the Always Fresh... maintaining and operating existing parks Chair Wright added that it had been boundaries of the taxation area to include at a sustainable level, and does not have two years since SIDIT was set up with Schroeder Creek and south to Kaslo. the resources to effectively plan for and a $50 million contribution from the •Discretionary grants were approved develop new parks. Province “and we’re still waiting to hear for: BC Sustainable Energy Association Schnitzel, Pizza, Steak •The RDCK was successful in its about programs.” $100; World Watch Institute $299.75; applications under the Public Transit Smienk indicated that the main Lardeau Valley Community Club $225. Infrastructure Program and will receive reason for the hold-up was in the •Mike Young (Schroeder Creek) Help Wanted: $406,843. This will add two new buses procedures set up by the group, requiring was appointed to the Area D Advisory to the system. a lot of work from directors and advisory Planning Commission for the term ending •The board received the final groups. He said he feels directors should December 31 to replace Liz Honey. • Waitress Community Wildfire Protection not be “micro-managing” and staff need Area H • Plan reports from B.A. Blackwell & to be given autonomy. “There are too •The board received the ‘Indian Point Prep Cook/Kitchen Help Associates. Staff was directed to review many cooks and not enough servers, so Road Flood Protection Feasibility Study,’ all the plans with affected stakeholders to speak,” he said. prepared by Klohn Crippen Berger, and directors and report back to the •The draft Heritage Conservation that the board requested after hearing a Please drop off resumé at board with recommendations. Bylaw No. 1958, 2008 was referred to presentation on the 2006 flooding in this 312 Broadway Street, Nakusp •The following were included as staff for report and recommendation area from resident Marcia Braundy. The board priorities for 2008: to the board about the implications of report concludes that a series of setback 1) Review of emergency service establishing heritage site designations dikes could be built to protect the area organization and workplan; from a local government and affected from flooding for an approximate cost 265-0060 2) Development of criteria and property owner perspective. of $1.2 to $1.5 million. A meeting was policies for the Community Development Area D scheduled for April 22 with Director Fund; •After much discussion, the board Munro and affected residents to discuss 3) Human Resources / Occupational authorized the signing of a ten-year ‘Boat the results of the study. Health and Safety implementation Ramp Construction and Maintenance •Waste Management of Canada strategy / staffing; Agreement’ with BC Hydro and the will be awarded a five-year agreement, 4) Development of a Climate Ministry of Tourism, Sport and the Arts. commencing December 1, 2008, to provide Change action framework; Under the agreement, BC Hydro will recycling services in Nakusp, New Denver, 5) Staff organization review construct a boat ramp in Glacier Creek Silverton, Slocan, Winlaw, Crescent including spatial planning and options; Park on the Duncan Lake Reservoir, Valley, Ooteschenia and Castlegar. 6) Implementation of Water and and will provide structural maintenance. •The board received a reply from Sewer Acquisition Strategy for existing The ramp will be owned by the Ministry BC Utilities Corporation regarding systems with a view to lifting the and day-to-day maintenance will be complaints about the Silversmith Power moratorium. provided by the Glacier Creek Regional & Light Corporation in Sandon. BCUC •A policy outlining requirements Park Commission. states that some of the issues are under that must be met before the board will Six directors were opposed – discussion with the utility, and that the consider acquiring a water or sewer Peterson, Hamling, Gates, Zaitsoff, commission is not considering a public system was referred back to the Rural Chernoff, and Kettle. hearing to determine if the corporation Affairs committee. Director Peterson pointed out that should retain its Certificate of Public •Director Peterson reported he had been discussing boat ramps on Convenience and Necessity. that the CBT had received a lot of the Arrow Lakes with BC Hydro for six •A $1,000 discretionary grant was negative feedback regarding the local years, as had his predecessor for eight approved for the Bonnington Regional selection committee requirement for years. “They should do the ramps on Park Society. the community initiatives and affected the Arrow Lakes first,” he said. Other •A $250 grant from the Village of areas funding programs. He said that concerns were related to liability and Slocan was approved for WE Graham this requirement would be suspended insurance. Community School. for another year. •The RDCK accepted ownership of •Appointments to the Winlaw Both Neil Muth and Wayne the Ainsworth Wharf from the federal Regional & Nature Park Commission Lundeberg from CBT wrote to confirm government, subject to the receipt of were made to: Victoria Carlton, Walter this. Lundeberg also informed the board $54,000 from the federal government Osachoff, Francine Griffiths, Ricardo that the Village of Nakusp had asked to and the necessary land transfers. The Hubbs, Tom Bradley, Joanne Chatten, pre-screen applications as part of the wharf is part of the Kaslo and Area D Lois Lawrence. evaluation process. The intent here is Regional Park service. Area K to give priority to applications from •Community Tourism funding of •Tawni Sidwell (Area K) and local groups. Lundeberg noted that $5,000 was approved for the Kaslo & Barb Lewis / alternate Mel Rode this would be a policy decision of the District Chamber of Commerce project to (Nakusp) were appointed to Recreation Second Sight’s RDCK board. replace signage at the entrances to Kaslo. Commission No. 4. Second annual Nakusp Celebration of Wellness gearing up 26th Anniversary submitted enjoyable experiences discovering this, of Communities in Bloom in Grand The second annual Nakusp all in beautiful Nakusp.” Forks and President of the Kettle Celebration of Wellness is only a few The festival’s broad mandate Valley Garden Club. She will speak weeks away and promises to be bigger includes both alternative and mainstream on ‘Horticultural Therapy: Promoting Sale and better, reaching out to a larger complementary healing modalities. Wellness Through Nature.’ Holmes, audience. Held at the Nakusp Arena There can be many forms your ‘health a resident of Vancouver, is president (New Stock only) auditorium May 10-11, the festival team’ takes. It can include mainstream of Conscious Planet and founder of takes in the natural advantages of physicians, nutritionists, naturopaths, Living Harvest hemp protein. He will the area. With its many hot springs, acupuncturists, chiropractors, and other speak on ‘The Cause and Removal of April 24-30 peaceful lifestyle, and beautiful therapies that include herbs, essential Disease.’ surroundings, Nakusp is an ideal oils, massage, iridology and many Some of the many stimulating Sale Rack $5-$10 misc. items ‘wellness’ destination. other choices. activities at the Wellness Festival are For one weekend a year, wellness This year, the Wellness festival is yoga, Reiki, Tai Chi, circle dancing, 30% off summer dresses & tops practitioners throughout the Kootenays expanding its roster of practitioners Thai massage, Brain Gym, art therapy, come together at this festival to help and bringing in new guest speakers cranial sacral therapy, dance, children’ enlighten festival-goers on ways to with exciting current information. The sstorytelling, storytelling with the Sinixt 30% off girls’ bathing suits attain a vibrant healthy mind, body, and lovely Nakusp Senior Serenaders will First Nation, horticultural therapy, spirit. Lifestyle changes are emphasized, sing our guest speakers into the evening iridology, vibrational therapy, animal 25% off girls, boys & infants as well as healing modalities. at 6:15. chiropractic, healthy food choices, “We’re focusing on bringing our Featured guest speakers this year local musicians, the Nakusp Senior summer clothing community together on the issues of are Grazyna Manturzyk and Charles Serenaders, and so on. wellness and health,” says Beverley Holmes. Manturzyk, a resident of For more information, schedules, Open 10:00 am - 4:30 pm Monday-Saturday Darnell, president of the Celebration Greenwood, BC, has a Masters or to contact the festival organizers 412 Broadway Street • Nakusp, BC • 265-3101 of Wellness. “We want to bring about degree in Horticultural Science and to register a booth, visit http:// new awareness, useful education and Horticultural Therapy and is President nakuspwellnessfestival.com/. April 24, 2008 The Valley Voice NAKUSP & THE ARROW LAKES 15 16 KASLO & DISTRICT The Valley Voice April 24, 2008 Kaslo council, April 8: Provincial building purchase a done deal by Andrea Dupuis government’s Risk Management at large include the Village Hall the times when burning is permitted in • Mayor Holland will present the •The Provincial building purchase Branch. The same insurance clause Conservation Committee, Kootenay the outdoor burning bylaw. He would $400 bursary from the Village to a is going ahead, with council satisfied in the take-back lease for the Nelson Lake Historical Society, RDCK and like the burning season to be from student at the graduation ceremonies with the terms of the take-back lease Courthouse cannot be inserted the Senior Citizens Association. November to March, instead of from on June 27. by the April 21 deadline. “The Village into the Kaslo lease because the Council referred the establishment April 15 to May 15 and October 1 to •Council received correspondence will be waiving the limitations by Nelson lease was with BCBC, a of a select committee for the October 31, as it is difficult to burn from both Erika Bird and Jane Lynch the deadline on April 21, having crown corporation, which has since management of the provincial stumps in the spring when they are wet regarding an email circulated by substantially improved the terms of become Accommodation and Real building to Municipal Services for and frozen. Late fall allows for cleaner, KDCFS President Rob Mitchell. In the liability insurance over the course Estate Services, part of government. recommendation to council. faster burning. Council decided to email, Mitchell indicates which five of the past week,” reported Mayor However, the parties have come to •Council approved a budget of rescind the third reading of the bylaw out of nine candidates he considers Holland in an interview on April 20. a satisfactory agreement around the $118,000 for Village Hall restoration and to refer it to Municipal Services to be “constructive additions to the At the meeting, council received insurance issue. in 2008. The funds will be distributed for further discussion. Councilor Jones board” to be elected at the AGM on emails between Village lawyer Lori •Greg Lay and Rob Lang attended as follows: $16,000 for south side was opposed. April 16. He also states that he is trying Staples and Andy Schimmel from as a delegation regarding their proposal doors, $54,000 for the roof, $8,000 •Council received a letter and to influence the outcome by emailing the Province, with comments from to form a committee to manage the for contingencies, $15,000 for roof information package from Silvio friends to let them know who he is Helen Oomen from the provincial provincial building. In correspondence structure upgrades and $25,000 grant Lettrari, who is concerned about water voting for. Both Bird and Lynch asked to council, they name several citizens seed money for a sprinkler system. quality as a result of fire retardant council to consider the actions of the Thank you who are interested in participating •Francesca Blishen wrote to sprayed on the Kemp Creek fire person they appointed to represent the on a select committee that would be inform council of the Swimming Pool in Kaslo’s watershed last summer. Village on the KDCFS board. Valley Voice mandated to develop a business plan Project’s intentions to facilitate the Council referred the information to the •Council received a copy of Bylaw The only newspaper that for the provincial building, and to act financing, building and maintaining Ministry of Forests for comment. 1963, McDonald Creek Water Service tells us what is going on in as management on the Village’s behalf of a swimming pool for Kaslo and •The Kaslo Trailblazers wrote Establishment Amendment Bylaw, the Kaslo area. The only to ensure the provincial building is not Area D residents. They would like to to invite the mayor and council to from the RDCK. The bylaw, which newspaper that gives us a a tax burden. The proposed committee situate the pool close to the arena and the grand opening of the covered will be presented to the RDCK board chance to say what we think would include Angus Paton as chair, are considering the use of geothermal bridge on May 17, when they will on April 26, removes two parcels about it, free of charge, in Jill Braley as secretary, Councillors heating and cooling with a heat symbolically hand over the bridge to mistakenly incorporated into mapping Voices from the Valleys. Leathwood and Jones, and members exchange running off the arena. the Village of Kaslo. Mayor Holland at the time of service expansion. Paid advertisement by Jane Lynch in support of the Valley Voice Greg Lay, Rick Hewat and Dawn Blishen stated they are currently and Councillors Hewat, Jones and Council consented to the adoption of Lang. They also suggest that members investigating the possibility and Leathwood will attend the opening. the bylaw. viability of the project, and suggested •On behalf on the Community •Council also consented to the KASLO MOHAWK the pool be included in the feasibility Consultative Group, Jill Braley wrote adoption of Bylaw 1951, Kaslo study planned for the arena. Council to ask when the signage would be and Portion of Electoral Area D referred the request to the Kaslo installed on Front Street displaying Library Financial Aid Local Service and District Arena Association for the new 25 km/hr speed limit. Council Amendment, which expands the local attention. will advise Braley that the Ministry service area boundary. Open every day of the year! •Stan Baker attended as a of Transportation will install the •Accounts payable of $66,974 delegation to ask council to change signage. were approved for payment. • Fuel • Groceries • Seventh annual Suzuki Celebration concert in Kaslo this year • Convenience Store • submitted cello, and guitar from the studios and working backwards, gathering – NOW OPEN 6 AM - 9 PM – The annual Suzuki Celebration of Daphne and Miranda Hughes, students until everyone is involved 353-2205 405-4th St. Concert takes place at St. Andrew’s Stephanie Judy, and David Stewart. in performing the Suzuki National United Church in Kaslo on Sunday, Each studio will present their own Anthem, variations on Twinkle, North Kootenay May 4 at 2 pm. The concert is brand of ensemble pieces from the Twinkle, Little Star. a collaborative effort of Suzuki Bach Concerto in D minor for two Admission to the concert is by Lake Community method string teachers from Kaslo, violins, to a set of Swedish Fiddle donation. The brief AGM of the New Denver, and Nelson, and their Tunes, to a Bohemian Suite for small West Kootenay Suzuki Association students. orchestra. A highlight of this event is immediately follows the concert. Services Society The program will feature about the Suzuki ‘playthrough,’ beginning For more information call 50 students playing violin, viola, with the most advanced repertoire 366-4623 or email [email protected]. Box 546, Kaslo, BC V0G 1M0 • Tel. (250)353-7691 • Fax (250)353-7694 Email [email protected] • RDCK announces winning bid for new Kaslo transfer station submitted move forward,” says Kaslo Mayor Jim the RDCK will present the information Website www.nklcss.org 1 The Regional District of Central Holland. “This is the first step towards to the community for review and Employment Opportunities: Kootenay (RDCK) has begun the the creation of an improved transfer comment. North Kootenay Lake Community Services Society in preliminary steps towards selecting station that will allow residents to The selection of the transfer station beautiful Kaslo BC has two exciting openings for Community a new location for the Kaslo Transfer recycle materials with greater ease and site will be a joint effort between the Counsellors. Station. At the beginning of this year convenience.” RDCK and the residents of the affected a request for proposal for the location, Conestoga Rovers and Associates area. Community participation in the Community Adult Mental Health and Addictions development, and conceptual design (CRA) had the successful bid. The process is being strongly encouraged. Counsellor of a transfer station in the vicinity of RDCK anticipates that the results For more information contact As the Case Manager for Adult Mental Health and the Village of Kaslo was sent out to of CRA’s work will be completed Wendy Horan at 352-8192, email Addictions you will provide clinical services to clients in our qualified engineering firms. within 12 weeks. After their report [email protected] or visit www. Community Outpatient Program. The Case Manager works “We are excited to see this project and recommendations are received, rdck.bc.ca closely with other members of the clinical team of psychiatrists, physicians, counsellors and outreach workers throughout the Bessie Wapp and Zeellia bring Slavic Soul music to Kaslo Kootenay Lake Interior Health region in assessing clients’ submitted performing ancient folk songs in their food, seasons and celebrations, war, mental health status, formulating a plan of care, implementing Vancouver’s Eastern European original Balkan, Slavic and Yiddish immigration and drunken husbands. planned care and evaluating outcomes. This position is for music ensemble Zeellia is on tour tongues. The Georgia Straight has The group’s lineup features three 30 hours per week. If you have mental health and addictions and thrilled to be playing the West called their music “sweet and fierce, female voices, accordion, violin, and counselling experience and a BSW or MSW and are looking Kootenay. The group performs in deeply moving, danceable, passionate upright bass, including Nelson’s Bessie for a position that offers a rewarding career in a beautiful and Nelson on April 26 at the Nelson and smart.” Wapp on voice and percussion. caring community setting, please consider this opportunity. United Church, 8 pm, and in Kaslo From kolomeyka to klezmer, Advance tickets are available for April 28 at Kaslo United Church, 8 acapella to instrumental, and waltz $15/12 at Eddy Music and Sunnyside Family Support/Children Who Witness Abuse pm. to 7/8, Zeellia’s contemporary Naturals, or $18/15 at the door. For Program Zeellia has played across North arrangements underscore the bitter more information contact Bessie As the Family Support Counsellor you will provide services America, from the Vancouver Folk and sweet concerns of women: love Wapp at 354-0288 or bessiewapp@ in Family Advancement, Parent Skills Acquisition, Parent-Teen Festival to New York’s Lincoln Centre, and children, growing and sharing yahoo.com Mediation, and Support to Children Who Have Witnessed Family Violence. This position is for 32 hours per week. If you have a degree in Social Work or a related field and 3-5 years of experience working with families and children and youth who are in crisis. Excellent file management and communication skills are required. Training in expressive therapies would be an asset • These positions require a criminal record check. • Wages, benefits, clinical supervision and professional development provided. • These positions will remain open until suitable candidates have been found. For more information check our website www.nklcss.org Send cover letter and resume to [email protected] Eastern European folk group Zeellia perform Balkan, Slavic and Yiddish traditional folk music in the original languages with special guest Bessie Wapp. April 24, 2008 The Valley Voice LIVING 17 Get Outta Town some bus-assisted shuttle rides at driver can see better. stopped a couple of times to admire on your determination or ease of this stage of the season, and I like to The twice weekly Nakusp the cascades of snowmelt streaming distraction. The road is narrow with remind folks of the range of choices to Nelson bus rumbles through down from way, way up the cliffs. not much shoulder, and traffic tends with that can be made using the bus as a New Denver at 9:15 am, so I got Saw a few deer and some ravens but to hurry past, so be plenty visible Peter one-way shuttle out or as a means to my bike and self on board and that was all, however you do notice when you’re out there and be alert Roulston commute to another area for a day of enjoyed the sociable little tour 33 lots of other trivia as you pedal when mingling with big trucks or riding unfamiliar roads and trails. kilometres south to Slocan City. I slowly along. lumbering campers. Our region is well served by disembarked at the edge of town and The new bridge at Enterprise Make a point to get the bus Take your bike the transit bus network, and these after breakfast at Harold Street Café Creek is coming right along, schedules for the area, and also think on the bus buses are available for all persons I rode to the north end of Slocan essentially an enormous half culvert Kaslo and Nelson runs, which can Winter sure is slow to leave of all abilities or means. Now all the Street and past the mill onto the covering the whole creek at least allow you some nice one-way rides the province this year, with fresh buses have bicycle racks on the front old one-lane highway following the 20 metres long and looking rather in new places. There are a few more powder snow still on trees in the bumpers and can hold two bikes of edge of the lake. This is the historic costly, so maybe it will become runs from Slocan to Nelson, and you alpine, and Slocan Lake at January nearly any style except perhaps tire route up to the bluffs on the main BC’s first toll culvert. Hey, I’m just can base your ride from anywhere low levels. Out in the boat on one of widths of over the 2.35 inch size. Highway 6 up above, or you can sayin’… the bus stops or may arrange to stop. the few real warm days, I measured The racks are user friendly and the take the modern highway, which is I stopped to see the new house Good way to see some of the new the water temperature as 7˚C one gig is to grab the handle (it’s all steeper, longer and smoother. Dan’s building on the highway, then rail trail in the valley between South metre down with clarity to a depth labeled) and drop the rack, hoist The weather was pretty good after a snack at Silverton Lookout I Slocan and Slocan City. Other ideas of 18 metres. your bike into the tire slots and and with the sun on my back and streaked down to lake level again can be to get off the southbound bus Nearly all the interesting trails simply put the spring-loaded arm mainly just truck traffic passing by, and got home in time for a late lunch. in say, Winlaw, then ride your face remain snowbound too, so bicycling onto the front wheel. You can load the ride went fine. Along the big The ride took two hours and a bit off, eat stuff, buy things, and then remains confined to roads and a few in under half a minute and if you bluffs I rode on the left side to get on my hybrid and you can spend catch the northbound bus hours later valley bottom trails. I generally do can drop or remove the seat post the a better look down at the lake, and more or less time doing it depending for the lift back home. Neat, eh? Probably wise to phone the bus half dozen time-share presentations like a fully-furnished condo instead companies, however, will not want the number 1-877-843-2877 for times Financial in our life and have painfully sat of a hotel room. You may also be negative publicity and should work and details on any of the West Forum through every emotionally-charged, entitled to a resort exchange network with you to reverse the contract. Kootenay regional transit runs and with Debbie arm-twisting sales pitch known to and access to almost 100 countries If you’re reading this and you see if you need to reserve at times. mankind. These recent presentations you may only have dreamed of bought longer ago than yesterday – The bus is cheap and fun anyhow, Pereversoff were no different. It was easy to make visiting. well you may be stuck. Whatever and if you haul along a bike it’ll a pact before going in – “we’re just All right, so after being in that you do, don’t just stop paying the make the whole day even better. going to listen for the 90 minutes, “pressure-cooker” of a sales pitch, payments. Remember, this is their Peter Roulston owns the Bicycle Investing in a bow out gracefully, collect the cash you decide to buy. And then reality business and they will send you to Hospital in New Denver and enjoys Time-Share and leave.” Why is that so difficult? hits! You go back to your resort collections and ruin your credit along bus rides in the country. 358-2133 Having just returned from a Although reputable resorts and and begin to have second thoughts. the way. lovely two week vacation in Puerto developers offer value and quality to You spend time reading the contract Communicate with the timeshare Vallarta, I thought I would write dissuade consumers from rescinding again, your hands begin to shake and company. Tell them that you realize Computer about some of our escapades and their contracts, make no mistake you break out in a cold sweat! You you are beyond the rescission period, encounters during this trip. I realize about the intention of timeshare have “buyer’s remorse” – big time! but that you still want to cancel and Acting Up? that this may not seem like my typical salespeople. Since the marketing Ah, there is nothing like the why. Depending upon the company Call Ron at the Old Grey Barn discussions on the world of finance, and sales costs for a timeshare feeling of being trapped and backed they may work with you, they may 250-265-2163 but the topic does concern money project account for as much as 60 to into a corner, eh? Don’t panic: if you not. If you don’t succeed in canceling nevertheless. 65 percent of costs, salespeople are feel like cancelling the timeshare is the timeshare and they won’t work For those of you who are avid trained to make the value clear and what you want to do then you need with you, are you willing to accept Want to travellers like me, I am sure that to request a decision – yes or no – to be aware what the rescission that you are bound to the contract and somewhere along the line you have during the 90 minutes of attention laws are in that particular country. will you follow through? Will you contribute to the been approached by the ghastly they ask for from consumers. In Mexico as an example, you have decide to use your timeshare? Valley Voice? “time-share” salesperson. Well, Gifts, money and free stays may five days to call the whole thing off. I highly recommend this over our trip to Mexico was no different seem to be the lure but the timeshare The timeshare company needs to be trying to sell your timeshare or Why not consider a this time. Yes, we were approached salesperson believes that you truly notified right away. They will require ruining your credit by not paying voluntary subscription? to attend some presentations and want the lifestyle and they will do a cancellation request in writing and the payments. If you try to sell your rather than the promises of tickets anything to encourage you to make most likely request your owner’s timeshare, you’ll have to pay the $10-$30 per year to popular tours and excursions, we that possible. package back as well. difference between the contract and were offered substantial amounts of Caution: Please don’t buy a There is a consumer protection what you sell it for, which is about cash. (Hey, better odds here than in timeshare expecting to get a cheap agency in Mexico called PROFECO guaranteed to be 50% or more of a Vegas!) holiday. What you will get for your which will assist you should you run gap. You’re “upside-down” between WANTED We have probably been to a money is better accommodations – into any difficulties. Most timeshare market value and purchase price. I hope I don’t have to tell you why you TO BUY: that Nancy’s complete openness about Nancy’s unique, easy laugh don’t want to ruin your credit! Remembering and honesty came out of these and how she was so full of joy and If you’re stuck, readjust your CEDAR AND Nancy circumstances. He said he looks at cheer. She said hiking with Nancy attitude, realign your point of view, the time he spent with Nancy over was a great privilege. “She loved turn lemons into lemonade – and PINE POLES Anderson the years with enormous affection the wind and the smells and sounds USE your timeshare. That’s the only John Shantz by Jan McMurray and recognizes that his connection it carried,” she said, recalling that way it can be of value to you. Maybe • 250-308-7941 (cell) April 19, 2008 was no ordinary with her largely shaped his life. Nancy gathered up balsam branches, you’ll decide it wasn’t such a weak Please contact: Gorman day. The snow was coming down as MLA Corky Evans shared his boiled them, and took the water to moment after all. if it were winter, causing a power experience of meeting Sandy and Vancouver with her so she could Debbie Pereversoff CFP CSA Brothers Lumber Ltd. outage for several hours. It was Nancy at a time when he was many rinse her hair every day and keep the (has been a time-share owner for also the day that people packed miles from where he was born and smells of the mountains with her. two years) and is the co-owner of the Bosun Hall to celebrate Nancy away from his family. He spent a “I would suggest that the way The Affolter Financial Group Inc. in 250-547-9296 Anderson’s life. lot of time on the Harris Ranch and to honour her is to learn the name Castlegar. Gary Wright, New Denver’s was impressed with the family’s land of a flower, bush or plant that you mayor, was Master of Ceremonies ethic and how they lived. He said don’t already know and see how for the service. He welcomed all to he was a child of a culture with a that acquaintance feeds your soul,” the hall that Nancy’s grandfather had disease called alienation, and Nancy she concluded. built and donated to the Village. He brought the antidote to alienation The service included a prayer reminded us that the weather would by teaching that we are of a place led by Pastor Christine Muise, certainly not have been a problem for and a people. He said she had a scriptures read by Pastor Danny Law, Nancy. “She would have strapped on spark in her eyes, and believed in a delightful slide show of Nancy’s her skis and gone for one last ski “comforting the afflicted, but also in life by Sue Chambers and Steve around the ranch,” he said. afflicting the comfortable.” Amsden, cards and letters read out Dr. Cole Harris, Nancy’s cousin, MP Alex Atamanenko said he from various people, some of whom took the mic. “What I really want first met Nancy when he was a were members of the Vancouver to say is that above all, Nancy was teacher and was arranging for a field Natural History Society, of which a product of this valley. She knew trip to Sandon, “and we’ve been Nancy was an honourary lifetime this valley and fundamentally came friends ever since.” As an active member. We sang Morning Has from here.” member of the Sandon and Silverton Broken and The Happy Wanderer, MOTHER’S DAY STORM WARNING Cole remembers “glorious Historical Societies, Nancy was his with help from the Valhalla Choir. The dear lady cooks, cleans, serves and nurtures us all year long hikes” with Nancy, who knew the contact for Sandon. Alex’s brother, Several members of the community and even bears our young. Likely holds down some job as well... For all this, she hopes only to be noticed just once on that special mountains and alpine meadows George, went to university with got up to speak about Nancy. day in May. This Mother’s Day, instead of the lame card and droopy of this place so well. She took her Nancy’s husband, John. Alex read At the conclusion of the service, flowers, get something nice done to her good old bicycle. Better yet, knowledge out into the province, tea was served to the sounds of a letter from George and his wife, get her a comfortable, stylish, functional new one! Or else don’t — he said, becoming one of BC’s best Gloria, who could not be at the Heather Huether, Judy Maltz and and brace yourself for the first storm of the season! naturalists. service. Miranda Hughes. By the time Nancy was born in Janet Amsden, Nancy’s fellow Many thanks to Tim Wiseman, PETER ROULSTON’S BICYCLE HOSPITAL 1930, there were no more fortunes member of the Silverton Ladies who set up his generator at the hall being made and not much wealth Hiking Club, started by reading a when the lights went out shortly after New Denver FRIDAYS, SATURDAYS in the Slocan Valley. Cole believes poem called Hyacinths. She spoke the service began. 358-2133 10:00 AM - 6:00 PM 18 CLASSIFIED ADS The Valley Voice April 24, 2008 Announcements Market. May 10, 10am-3pm. $10/table. Professional instruction, small classes. and legal planning for end of life issues, For sale Info/Booking call Jen 226-7029. [email protected] or 358-2448. with physician Kay Costley-White and TWO FLAT SCREEN CRT computer Coming Events In the Langham Art Gallery the work lawyer Mike Sweeny. Saturday, May 3 at monitors (17”). Cheap (obo). 358-7759. The Kootenay Dancebeat of Roger Fry entitled “Art (His) Story – A the Silverton Gallery, 9 am to 1 pm. For Free Society presents a Social Ballroom Family Legacy”. Curated by his great grand information, call Kay at 358-7991. FREE TO GOOD HOME – 12’ x 18’ Dance at Brent Kennedy School, South daughter Eliza Fry. You are invited to the Reading by Kootenay author approx. antique shed (garage). Plank- Slocan on the second Saturday of every opening Friday May 9th from 7 to 9 pm. Anne DeGrace at Nakusp Public Library nd sided, person agrees to move or ressurect month until June. Mini Lesson 7:30pm, Refreshments served. on Friday, May 2 at 7 p.m. Everyone is in new location. Move by May 15. Dancing 8 pm - 11 pm. Everyone MEMBERS OF THE SLOCAN VALLEY cordially invited. Refreshments. Free. 509-838-3670. Welcome! Cost $5.00. For more info www. Community Presbyterian Church welcome Education Health dancingbeat.org everyone to a service at 10 am on Sunday at FOUND! The Ultimate Alternative School! YOGA AT THE DOMES - Monday and COFFEEHOUSE - LUCERNE & the Passmore Hall. Come and enjoy music The VALLICAN WHOLE SCHOOL is Saturday mornings 9-10:30, Thursday COMMUNITY WRITERS FEST. May and praise that will lift your spirits. Come ACCEPTING REGISTRATIONS for Afternoons 4-5:30. Drop in $10 or $50 2 at 7 pm at Lucerne School Gym. Come and celebrate. Kindergarten to Grade 7 for the 2008-2009 package the 6th session is free. Find balance hear reading performances by high school RAIL TRAIL WORK PARTY DAY - school year. 35 years of experience offering and relaxation through movement. Call students, poet laureate George Bowering, Help us clear out some of the brush and get a vibrant teacher-parent cooperative, Madeleine for any questions 358-2475. Toronto poet Stuart Ross, and children’s the trail looking great for the summer. Bring creative child-centered learning, small FULL SPECTRUM BODY WORK authors Nikki Tate and Don Sawyer. pruning tools. Sunday, April 27th 10:00 to classes in a family-like setting. BC certified offers deep tissue and stress reduction COLLEGE IS OVER! Wonderful treats! ?, Meet at Copeland Rd. Need info phone teachers and curriculum. Call Rachel for treatments in the privacy of your own Well done, Geordie. There is nothing you MAY 2 / 08 FUNDRAISER DANCE 355-2397. more information at 226-7737. home. For additional info and to book can’t handle now because honesty, integrity, with Raspberry Rockets for Doug Sexton at CORRECTION - the Silvery Slocan “Understanding the Female appointments please call 358-6808. moral backbone will take care of the rest Silverton Memorial Hall from 9 pm to 1 am. Historical Society AGM will be held Pelvic Floor” and Prenatal Yoga CRANIAL SACRAL THERAPY with of your road to the top. I am very proud to Door prizes. Great food. Silent auction ends May 6, 2008 at the Hidden Garden Gallery workshop, Nelson, May 15-16. www. Darlene. Deep fluid inner massage available be your father. at midnight. Artwork for auction displayed and not April 30 as printed in the 358 motherwellness.com. Registration: alternate Tuesdays at Hand and Soul, Jamie Rice at Panini’s. Joanne 358-2658. Exchange. 1-866-862-4784. Silverton. Call 358-2177. VOLUNTEERS WE THANK YOU! You NEW DENVER MAY DAY MARKET, Build leadership skills while Wanna learn to blow glass? 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Fahlman, a letter of interest that includes relevant 358-2660. Business Opportunities Restaurant experience preferred. Call Boukje Elzinga. experience and interests. Please send to WANT TO START YOUR OWN For rent Lilliana at the Wild Rose 358-7744. Latin, Swing & Smooth Dance Circle of Habondia, habondiaco@gmail. BUSINESS? Community Futures OFFICE OR RETAIL SPACE - 16’ x DO YOU LIKE TO CLEAN? We are Classes start week of April 28th. Monday com or Box 143, Crescent Valley, BC V0G offers business counselling and start-up 24’, next to Silverton Building Supplies looking for casual help to clean cabins. & Friday in New Denver, Wednesday in 1H0. Deadline to apply is *May 9th, 2008.* information. Appointments available in on highway. $265.00/month. Call Please call Karin @ 358-2362. Nakusp & Thursday in Vallican. Latin Space is limited to 12 participants. Travel 250-358-2293. Nakusp and New Denver. Contact Marilyn and childcare subsidies available. For more MUSEUM ATTENDANT – Nakusp Dance Mix, West Coast Swing, East Coast FOR RENT IN NEW DENVER – Rivers at 265-3674, ext. 201 or email info contact 551-0671. Museum is looking for a full-time university [email protected]. Swing, Foxtrot & Waltz. Grads Learn Single wide 3 bedroom trailer. Addition WORKSHOP ON WILLS AND LIVING student who is returning to school this fall. Call for vendors to Dance for your Big Night! One Latin, with woodstove, carport. $700/month One Swing & One Smooth Dance. $50 WILLS – New Denver’s Last Wishes Must be no older than 30 years, have no Vallican Whole 9th Spring includes hydro and water. 250-426-7814 other full-time employment, a Canadian per person for five one-hour sessions. Group offers a workshop on medical or 421-7034. 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Home and Business energy products U-Brews and Kits for Home Open 11:00 to 6:00 Tues. to Sat. www.OsoSolar.com - Kip 9 am - 4 pm • Open Every Day Main St. New Denver 358-2381 Nakusp 265-4701 5972 Cedar Creek Road, Winlaw • 226-7328 250-358-2660 or 406-752-6837 Lemon Creek The Apple Tree For all your Lodge & Campground • Zack Graphics & Inks • insurance Year-round facility Sandwich Shop Printer Sales ~ Discount Inkjet Cartridges Licensed Restaurant Soup, Sandwiches & Desserts Photo Papers ~ Guaranteed Inkjet refills HUB INTERNATIONAL needs Beside Slocan Park Service Open Thurs - Sun 358-2691 eBay Marketing ~ Digitial Design Barton 265-3631 Mon. - Fri. 7 A.M. - 4 P.M. INSURANCE 2976 Highway 6, Slocan Park 5 PM - 8 PM 250-358-2111 • [email protected] 1-800-665-6010 1-877-970-8090 tfn Sat. 11 A.M. - 4 P.M. 612 Josephine St. • Box 292 • New Denver, BC V0G 1S0 BROKERS Passmore i c k s ’ Laboratory Ltd. REAL ESTATE N l a c e Water Testing • Flow Measurements RECREATION PAULA CONRAD Tammy Peitzsche P CAEAL certified to test drinking water HOME: (250) 358-2707 “Your Valley Specialist” WINTER HOURS We’re in the Valley at: 1-250-226-7339 - Honesty - Integrity 7 am - 9 PM Jennifer & Tony Yeow [email protected] Selkirk Realty - Customer Service 265-3635 Breakfast starts at 7:00 am E-mail: [email protected] Free Market Evaluation Website: www.royallepage.ca/selkirkrealty [email protected] QUALITY PIZZA anytime! Fr e e Consultation 365-9640 265-4880 ENGINEERED WITH YOU IN MIND Air Conditioned Ph: 359-7111 Fax: 359-7587 Advertise in the Valley Voice. It pays!!! Smoking & Non-Smoking Call 358-7218 for details or email: [email protected] 93-5th Ave. nakusp www.playmorpower.com

Window Washing GROCERY • HEALTH FOOD Gutter Playmor Junction Hwy 6 & 3A Cleaning 1043 Playmor • Spring Cleaning • Home Detailing Slocan Village Market Re-Awakening • House Prepping • Painting Groceries, fresh produce, fresh meat, • Health Products Health Centre Paradise Restaurant Call now for your free consultation! Agency Liquor, organic foods, • Books 265-0241 in-store deli, in-store bakery. • Greeting Cards Pizza - Open Late Open 7 days/week, 9 am - 7 pm Now serving chicken www.jonesboysboats.com Slocan, BC • ph:355-2211 • fax: 355-2216 320 Broadway St. NakuSP 265-3188 Ainsworth, British Columbia Take out or dine in Meat Cutting 4080 Hwy 31 N Fresh Produce, Call: 1-877-552-6287 Ann’s Natural Foods Free Range 358-7125 • 358-7929 Legendary Meats Eggs, Imported 12 Lake Ave • Silverton, BC (250) 353-2550 Fax (250) 353-2911 Ann Bunka Cheeses, Specialty & Bulk - Beef, Pork, Buffalo - 358-2552 - Ethnic Foods and Sausage Sales 805 Kildare St., New Denver 212 Broadway, Nakusp • 265-4039 WRITER/EDITOR Custom Cutting & Sausage HARBERCRAFT Making, Curing & Smoking This space could be yours for of Bacons & Hams Your Local Grocer $10.00 + GST per issue. Winter Hours: Thursdays & Fridays Lester Koeneman Call 358-7218 or email: 9 am till 5 pm Phone 265-3128 or New Denver Silverton [email protected] Phone: 226-7803 24-hour Fax 265-4808 358-2443 358-7292 for details 2826 Hwy 6 • Slocan Park Broadway St. Nakusp April 24, 2008 The Valley Voice CLASSIFIED ADS 19 REQUEST FOR EXPRESSION OF citizen or landed immigrant. This position whatshan.com for additional details. Rental Wanted ROGAN ELECTRIC Residential, INTEREST - Whatshan Lake Retreat is is subject to the museum receiving the Lost RENTAL NEEDED – another house sold commercial, industrial wiring. Local a non-profit society, operating 200 acre “Canada Summer Jobs” grant. An interest LOST – Grey snowboard mitts (Dakine) for vacation house. Local businessman references available. All work guaranteed. facility with a retreat centre, cabins and in local history and a second language is with pink printing. Love ’em. 358-2521 needs house – large or small, long term. “We get the job done.” 353-9638. an asset. Start date is May 25/08, at $12.00 campsites 129 km east of Vernon BC (near Terri. Call Chris at 358-2260. Wanted per hour. Please send resumes to Nakusp Edgewood). Whatshan is seeking to identify Notices PROFESSIONAL COUPLE SEEKING Museum, Hiring Committee, Box 584, potential caretaker couples interested WANTED: KIDS PLAY KITCHEN, FOR INFORMATION ON AA HOUSE in the area – Hills to Silverton by preferably wooden. 358-2521 Terri. Nakusp, BC V0G 1R0 by May 2/08. in providing on-site services related to st MEETINGS contact Dave 358-7265; June 1 . 358-7296. general operations, customer relations and Going bankrupt or have a divorce Villa Dome Quixote requires John 265-4924; Tonio 358-7158; Dave Services housekeeping staff. Can also include light site maintenance. Interested parties are or estate to settle? I’ll buy your house, 353-2658; Joan 355-2805; Dan 359-7817; RESIDENTIAL & COMMERCIAL SEPTIC office duties - answering phone, making expected to have customer service, basic condo, cottage, apartment block, or vacant Bill 226-7705. TANK CLEANING: “Serving the Valley” 7 room reservations. Good starting salary. building and yard maintenance skills. land anywhere in BC. I pay cash. Call days/wk, 24-hr. All-Around Septic Services, Don Call Erika 250-358-7242. Interested parties are asked to visit www. Mountainside Property Management Brown (250) 354-3644, emergency 352-5676. 250-574-7774. BUSINESS DIRECTORY AUTOMOTIVE • SMALL MOTORS • MACHINE SHOP WEST KOOTENAY Caribou Service 24 Hr Towing and Recovery (250) 265-3191 Auto Repairs & Tires MACHINE SHOP Auto Parts 915 Front Street Nelson, BC V1L 4C1 SALES & SERVICE (Railway Side Access) 5549 Frontage Road 98 - 1st Street, Nakusp • 265-4911 General Machining Burton, BC OPEN 6 DAYS A WEEK Parts Repaired or CHAINSAWS TRIMMERS • welding repairs • full service & repair • licenced technician • Remanufactured and • Stihl • Homelite radiator repairs & service • mobile • Husqvarna • Stihl • Toro service available • fast, friendly MOWERS • Husqvarna Shop Phone/Fax • Snapper SMALL ENGINES 24 hour towing 250-352-2123 1007 hwy 23, nakusp • Toro • Tecumseh Dave Smith Owner/Machinist • Lawnboy • Briggs & Stratton ph: 265-4577

Hiway 6 Service is now NAKUSP GLASS 201 Broadway FLORIST EQUIPMENT RENTAL 265-3252 The clear choice for COLES RENTALS AERATORS, HEATERS (PROPANE & ELECTRIC) all your glass needs! Fern’s PLATE TAMPERS, JUMPING JACKS, REBAR Now delivering to New Denver BENDER JACKHAMMERS, HAMMER DRILLS, & Silverton on Saturdays! CONCRETE MIXERS, CONCRETE SAWS, Slocan Auto & Call me and we can arrange anything! TILECUTTERS, BLOCKCUTTERS, SCAFFOLDING, BCAA Towing Truck Repairs KASLO: Phone/Fax: 1-250-353-7474 FLOOR SANDERS, FLOOR NAILERS, ROOFING 111 Mcdonald Drive, Nelson, BC 24 hour towing NAILERS, FRAMING NAILERS, GENERATORS, ph 250-352-3191 BCAA, Slocan, BC WATER PUMPS, COMPRESSORS, LAWN Nakusp 265-4406 TRACTORS, PRESSURE WASHERS, ROTO [email protected] • www.mainjet.ca 355-2632 TILLER, PROPERTY PIN LOCATOR, CHIPPER/ SHREDDER, GAS POST HOLE DIGGER, WOODSPLITTER ...AND MUCH MORE! Fresh Flowers for all occasions!! Delivery to New Denver PHONE 358-2632 CONSTRUCTION • HOME • GARDEN 212 Broadway, Nakusp • 265-4039 1-888-358-2632 Lower Arrow Contracting • Residential & Commercial JEWELRY Construction COMPUTER Property development, subdivision & services • Ready Mix Concrete • P - Repairs For estimates or consultation call • Lock Blocks • Septic Tanks • Jo’s Je w e l r y almer - Upgrades Bob or Kevin (250) 269-7497 • Drain Rock • Cu s t o m Wo r k a n d Re p a i r in Computer - Consulting • Road Crush • Sand & Gravel • Si l v e r a n d Go l d , b y Ap p o i n t m e n t Microsoft Certified • Dump Trucks • Excavator • S COMPLETE SALES 358-2134 Phone:ervices 355-2235 Systems Engineer SERVICE AND • Crusher • Ne w De n v e r , Go l d s m i t h Jo-An n e Ba r c l a y [email protected] INSTALLATION • Coloured Concrete • ICF Building Products • Site Preparation • YOUR VALLEY COMFORT AND BLAZE KING DEALER Box 1001, Nakusp, BC, V0G 1R0 Grey Barn Computers SPECIALIZING IN WOOD/ELECTRIC, WOOD/OIL AND “We provide Star Service” WOOD/GAS COMBINATION FURNACES 1-888-289-4731 Ph. 265-4615 • 265-4328 (eves) RECYCLING Certified • Insured Ron Nymeyer For all your painting needs Tradesman Electric MOUNTAIN VALLEY STATION 212 4th Ave NW commercial • residential BOTTLE DEPOT Nakusp Call new construction • renovations Slocan City • 355-2245 250-265-2163 Slocan City, BC • (250) 355-0088 Reliable friendly service [email protected] website: www.kootenayfurnace.com Open MON - SAT 9-5 NAKUSP Free Estimates Call Steve 226-7163 Your “Bottle Drive” Specialists email: [email protected] Service MAINTENANCE Repairs JEMS Propane Ltd. Free Written Quotations Upgrades Installation and maintenance LAUNDROMAT Sales 265-3082 • cell: 265-1574 Email: [email protected] HAIR Interior painting in wintertime * Air treated for odours & offgassing Beside Slocan Park Service Ava’s Hair Studio Serving the Slocan, Arrow Lakes & 2976 Highway 6, Slocan Park North Kootenay Lake Valleys Tuesday to Friday 10-4 1-866-355-9037 open late Thursdays call Jim Berrill 1-250-355-2790 358-7769 (250) 359-5922 [email protected] ACCOUNTANT Far right entrance of the Wild Rose Restaurant in Rosebery FOR ALL YOUR Interior Renovations & Repairs Mark Adams PROPANE NEEDS Chris Wasiuk HEALTH Certified General Accountant 359-7373 PO Box 972 Nakusp, BC V0G 1R0 P.O. Box 279 “Offers a wide ph 250.265.0050 BUS. 250-358-2411 Hand & Soul Healing Centre 1-800-471-5630 fax 250.265.0160 New Denver, BC Your local bulk dealer & service centre variety of home cell 250.265.1285 Chiropractor, Larry Zaleski, D.C. improvements...” [email protected] V0G 1S0 Certified Organic Bedding Plants Mondays & Fridays - Silverton Every other Wednesday in Winlaw or Nakusp Selected Perennials HALL LUMBER Advertise in the Valley Voice Counsellor/Healing Facilitator 9:00 - 5:00 Da i l y , & BUILDING SUPPLIES Your locally owned, independent Sue Mistretta, M.A., CCC. Ap r i l t h r o u g h Ju n e Open Mon, Tues, Wed, Fri & Sat SAWMILL community newspaper 358-2177 Silverton & Winlaw 10 am to 5 pm PHONE 250-269-0043 SOCKEYE SAWMILLS Perry Siding • 355-2459 This space could be yours for 7231 Avis Rd. Find us at 280 Lower Inonoaklin Rd. SLOCAN, BC Edgewood, BC • Custom on-site milling $10.00 + GST per issue. • Timber/Lumber sales • Cedar posts, fencing, decking Call 358-7218 or email: MASSAGE Support the Valley Voice with a voluntary subscription! • Untreated landscape ties [email protected] myofascial release • deep tissue massage • relaxation massage Phone: 355-0024 • email: [email protected] for details Susan L. Yurychuk • 250-358-6804 Only $10 - $30 per year By Appointment Only • New Denver 20 COMMUNITY The Valley Voice April 24, 2008 Animation Film Festival comes to New Denver, May 8-9 submitted Bosun Hall. teaching at the Valhalla Film School Smith. School and Festival are the latest May 8-9 Valhalla Animation Film Featuring premieres and Oscar- May 4-8. Admission May 8 is by donation, world-class programs presented by Fest features Oscar winners & the winning animation, the festival is hosted Thursday May 8, the Film Festival and May 9 is $7.50 adults, $5 youth. the Valhalla Fine Arts Society. For Kootenay premiere of Persepolis. by Academy Award winners David Fine opens with the unveiling of student Parental Guidance is suggested. Both more information about the Valhalla The Kootenay’s top animation event and Alison Snowden (of Bob’s Birthday works from the Valhalla Film School, evenings start at 7 pm. Film School or Festival go to www. is set to roll May 8-9 at New Denver’s fame). David and Alison also will be followed by a showcase of Academy The Valhalla Animation Film valhallafinearts.org. Award nominated and winning shorts.

Selected shorts range from the 2007 j o yce art nominee I Met the Walrus based on a : 14-year-old’s conversation with John

Lennon, to the 2008 nominee Madame o cred i t

Tutli-Putli and the Oscar winning Bob’s ph o t Birthday, to the early works of Academy Award winners Ryan Larkin, Richard Condie and the creators of Monk & Fish and more. Friday May 9 features the Kootenay Premiere of the 2008 Academy Award-nominated Persepolis - an adaptation of Marjane Satrapi’s best- selling graphic novel about a young girl coming of age in Iran during the Islamic Revolution. Despite her circumstances, the outspoken and principled 9-year- old Marjane, outsmarts the “social guardian” and discovers punk, ABBA, and Iron Maiden. “We are incredibly fortunate to have filmmakers of David and Alison’s calibre at the school and festival, and to be able to offer the Kootenay Premiere of Persepolis. If you have any interest in animation, this is the place to be May 17-year-old blues master, Jimmy Bowskill played to a sold-out crowd at the 8-9,” says festival co-ordinator Tamara Silverton Memorial Hall, on Saturday, April 19. Arrow Lakes Arts Council invites input for conversation on arts, heritage and culture Are you an artist, musician, actor, with the support of the Legacies will culminate in a complete arts, historian, or a supporter of the arts Now 2010 Fund and the Columbia heritage and cultural profile, an in the Arrow Lakes region? Do you Basin Trust, is undertaking the first extensive community consultation, have a vision of what the arts, heritage ever Arrow Lakes Arts, Heritage and a clear vision for the future and and culture sector in our region could Cultural Scan. This scan will be done recommendations for development be in the coming years? The artist’s through community conversations to of this sector. stock in trade is the visionary process bring together the arts, heritage and You are invited to attend a round – the power of imagination to bring cultural sector along with the broader table conversation in your area. Your creativity from concept to reality. community. input as someone who is involved And one way to do that is to engage Among the project goals are to with or a supporter of arts, heritage in conversation with others. create an arts, heritage and cultural and culture is vitally important. The Arrow Lakes Arts Council, sector profile, and develop a key For those in the Nakusp area, vision for the future. What are our the Arts, Culture and Heritage strengths? What’s missing? Where Conversation: Where We Are, would you like to take this vibrant Charting the Course, will be held part of our community in the coming Thursday, May 1, from 7-9 pm at the years? By considering these questions Bonnington Theatre, corner of Fourth and more, we can develop specific Street and Sixth Avenue NW, Nakusp. recommendations of where you For those in the Edgewood area, the would like to see it be in the next conversation will take place May 1, decade. from 3-5 pm at the Legion, 234 Granby There are a number of activities Street, Edgewood. Refreshments will planned, including a community be served at both events. To RSVP survey, two round table meetings to for these events, please contact Diane seek your input and a model review Janzen at [email protected], of cultural development in other or Janet Royko at cccommittee@ communities. All this information hotmail.com or phone 269-7384.