April 24, 2008 The Valley Voice 1 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? 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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.