July 14, 2010 - Valley Voice

July 14, 2010
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Bachman & Turner headline Nakusp Music Festival this weekend
by Jan McMurray
The seventh annual Nakusp
Music Festival – the highlight of the
summer for many people from the
local area and beyond – is happening
this weekend, July 16-18.
Tickets will be available at the
front gate as of noon on Friday, with
the festival gates opening at 5 pm.
On Saturday and Sunday, the box
office and gates open at 11 am. For
ticket prices, see the advertisement
on page 11.
“We’ve got a really strong lineup again this year – I think people
will really enjoy the whole show,”
said Doug Switzer of Octopus
Productions. “There’s lots of stuff for
kids, another great Vendor Village…
I think the whole package is going
to blow people away again. And
of course we always get the best
weather.”
Headlining acts are 54/40 on
Friday, Bachman & Turner on
Saturday and Eric Burdon & the
Animals on Sunday.
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“We are especially proud about
booking Bachman & Turner. After
two decades apart, Bachman &
Turner are back together and ready
to rock Nakusp for the first and only
Canadian show so far scheduled
on their reunion world tour,” says
producer Willi Jahnke in his welcome
message in the festival program.
In the mid ’70s, Bachman Turner
Overdrive was huge, with more
than 30 million records sold and
several number one hits, such as
You Ain’t Seen Nothin’ Yet, Takin’
Care of Business, Let it Ride and
Hey You. The band split up in the
mid ’80s. When Randy Bachman
began recording a solo album last
year and invited Fred Turner to sing
on the title track, the album morphed
into a Bachman & Turner album and
precipitated the reunion.
The Nakusp Music Fest presents
a total of 19 bands this year, among
them such favourites as the Powder
Blues Band, Delhi 2 Dublin, Corb
Lund & the Hurtin’ Albertans, Doc
Walker, and the Headpins. Local band
Shades of Loud, out of New Denver,
play Saturday afternoon from 12:20
to 1:20.
The big screens will be onsite as
usual, so a good view of the bands
can be had by all.
This year’s Kid Zone features
the Harry Potter Bouncy Castle, the
climbing wall, the Dance Dance
Revolution, the Hoop Fairy and
three other characters named Elmo
Prestley, Solid Gold and Chuck ’n
Chicken. Entertainers roaming the
grounds will include two magicians
(James Hanson and David Moon),
the Moving Mosaic Samba Band
and MythMaker, masters of theatre
and circus arts.
Vendor Village will be full of fun
shopping and delicious food choices,
and don’t forget to stop by the Nakusp
Music Fest store.
Helicopter rides will be offered
this year, and keep your eyes open for
the kayak raffle by Endless Adventure
of Crescent Valley.
To warm up for the fest, check out
Thursday night’s free entertainment at
the Leland Hotel and the Nakusp Golf
Club. Both venues feature the same
three shows – singer Alan Kirk from
Nelson, comedians Rob Balsdon and
Jamie Charest, and mentalist Colin
Cunningham.
If you can swing the cost of
upgrading your ticket to VIP, it is well
worth it this year. The VIP area will
include a dance floor this year, with
DJ Matt Hawkins and dance contests
on Friday and Saturday nights. There
will also be a massage tent, and an
air-conditioned double-deck smoking
area, where drinks will be served.
Everyone with a VIP ticket will be
entered in a draw for a grand prize of a
three-day stay in a penthouse suite in
Kelowna with a dinner cruise, second
prize of a dinner cruise, and third
prize of two VIP lounge packages
for the 2011 festival. Only 350 VIP
tickets are sold, so the odds are good.
“The highest calibre of
programming, seen nowhere else is
in BC, is what we always guarantee
to all our guests,” says Jahnke.
Randy Bachman and Fred Turner, legendary frontmen of Bachman-Turner Overdrive will be taking care of
business at the Nakusp Music Fest, this Saturday, July 17.
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NEWS
The Valley Voice July 14, 2010
Mountain bike tourism tenure application raises concerns
by Art Joyce
An application for a mountain
bike tourism business has been raising
concerns with locals and Regional
District directors. The proposed
business, Rilor Wilderness (RW)
owned by Riley McIntosh, seeks a
licence to operate commercially on
Crown and Regional District lands
near Kaslo, Argenta, Nelson, New
Denver and Silverton. Although the
public comment period with the
Integrated Land Management Branch
(ILMB) closed July 9, regional
directors feel more time is needed for
consultation.
At the RDCK Rural Affairs
committee meeting of July 8, directors
voted unanimously to recommend
that ILMB open up the application
to a series of public hearings.
Concerns expressed by residents
making submissions to ILMB include
the granting of commercial rights
on public trails, the potential for
injury to non-bikers using the trails,
excessive noise from helicopters
bringing in clients to the proposed
base of operations at Kokanee Falls
development in Enterprise Creek, and
the potential environmental impact
from heavy use on trails. Others are
concerned that McIntosh has already
begun building the ‘Tunnel Vision’
trail leading to Kokanee Falls prior
to receiving authorization.
The main trails planned for use
in the New Denver/Silverton area
are Wakefield, Alamo, Galena, and
Choices, accessed from Idaho Peak.
Proponent Riley McIntosh plans
to have five to eight trips during
the 2010 season with a goal of 20
trips per season or up to 40 trips per
season for a maximum of 400 riders
per year. The business’s clients are
said to be in the 30-35 age range, of
medium to high income, and are at an
intermediate skill level in mountain
biking.
Some of the six proposed trails
will utilize former mining roads
and trails, and forestry service roads
such as the Salisbury Creek road
between Argenta and Johnson’s
Landing. Some trails, such as the one
descending from Morning Mountain
near Nelson, already have mountain
bike bridges and landscaping. New
sections of trail would be built to link
up existing trails in some cases, with
berms and jumps created to make the
course more challenging for bikers.
Bridges would be built for stream
crossings and to avoid damaging
wet areas.
“My intention is to build trails
that don’t create a serious hazard
to mountain bikers and are hiker
friendly,” said McIntosh in an email
to the Valley Voice. “My taste is for
fun trails that don’t require you to be
willing to plunge off huge drops or
cliffs or anything like that.”
In his application McIntosh
acknowledges that “Idaho Peak and
its forestry road are heavily used by
tourists and locals alike in the summer
months. Therefore, RW hopes to
slowly build an itinerary based around
newly built proposed trails so that
as time goes by pressure can be let
off Idaho Peak.” McIntosh says he
will be following trail maintenance
standards set by the International
Mountain Bike Association. He has
consulted with biologist Emily Nilson
of The Land Conservancy in Nelson
regarding sensitive ecosystems and
endangered plants along the trails.
McIntosh doesn’t foresee using
the Galena Trail more than once
per trip, or 10-15 times per season.
He says precautions would include
having a pilot rider at the head of bike
groups to slow down speed, avoiding
it on weekends and heavy use days,
and moving aside for other trail users.
Area H director Walter Popoff points
out that the Galena Trail tenure is
already held by the Regional District,
so he believes ILMB is unlikely to
grant commercial tenure on that trail.
“I would have zero ability to
block anyone else, or privatize trails
in any way, nor do I seek that,”
says McIntosh. “I view trails as an
essential recreation resource for
communities. If I am successful,
the new trails that I hope to build
would be open to the public for use
as recreation facilities.”
Under ‘private land and mineral
claims conflicts’ in the application,
McIntosh writes that he is unaware
of any of the proposed trails crossing
private land except for land owned
by the Bulmer’s Pointe development
at the bottom of the Salisbury Creek
forest service road near Argenta.
However, the main trail leading
to the proposed business’s base of
operations at the Kokanee Falls
development does cross a residential
water licence.
“If there is going to be a
commercial enterprise using Crown
land and building trails, then there
should be a contribution from the
operator towards maintaining those
trails or roads,” says Area H Director
Walter Popoff. “There is also concern
about crossing water licences and
the impact that could have. I don’t
support the application in its current
form unless these concerns are
addressed.”
McIntosh said he is willing to
contribute toward trail upkeep and
make a donation toward the upkeep
of the Galena Trail. His application
states that he has also been doing
maintenance work on other trails
he uses.
Due to a technical glitch with
the transmission of the application
package from ILMB, the RDCK
Rural Affairs committee was unable
to consider it until the day before
deadline, and would like more time
for staff to review the application,
says Area E director Ramona Faust.
“I love mountain biking, it’s a
great sport, but I just want to make
sure that we’re all on the same page.
We do need to consider what the
alternate uses for lands that involve
us are. The area is widely used by the
public as a whole,” she said.
submitted
Did you know that invasive
species are globally considered to
be the second largest contributor
to species extinction after habitat
loss? (International Union for the
Conservation of Nature, 2010.) The
impacts of invasive species are far
reaching and typically irreversible
– once an area is invaded it is often
difficult, if not impossible, to restore.
Therefore, preventing the introduction
and spread of these ‘unwanted’
invasive species is critical.
The Central Kootenay Invasive
Plant Committee is a group of
concerned local citizens, land
managers, and government and nongovernment agencies who share a
common concern about the increase
of non-native invasive plants in
the Central Kootenays and BC.
Invasive plant species are brought
to Canada either accidentally or
intentionally, and include species like
purple loosestrife (Lythrum salicaria),
spotted knapweed (Centaurea
biebersteinii), and common tansy
(Tanacetum vulgare), to name just
a few. Arriving in Canada without
their natural predators to keep their
populations in check, invasive species
can spread rapidly, forming dense
patches over huge areas. Invasive
species can choke out native plants,
affecting local plant populations and
altering ecosystem functions. Since
animals rarely eat these species,
infestations can impact wildlife
habitat and degrade rangeland values.
Agriculturally, invasive plants can
have huge economic impacts by
competing with desirable crops.
Some invasive plants, such
as St. John’s wort (Hypericum
perforatum), do have medicinal
properties; however, these benefits
are far outweighed by their negative
impacts to ecosystems and wildlife.
For example, St. John’s wort grows in
dense stands, displacing native plant
species and reducing wildlife and
livestock forage. St. John’s wort can
also cause skin irritation and blistering
in light coloured livestock, when they
are exposed to sunlight, because of a
toxin contained in the plant.
Here in the Kootenays, there
are many examples of noninvasive species that may be used
for medicinal purposes, such as
fireweed (for eczema and other skin
conditions); common juniper (for
colds, respiratory infections, and
cardiovascular ailments); browneyed Susan (for dandruff and other
skin conditions); goldenseal (for
skin diseases and gastrointestinal
conditions); devil’s club (for arthritis,
diabetes, fertility, and tuberculosis).
For more information on the
benefits of selecting non-invasive
medicinal species visit http://www.
npsbc.org. To learn more about the
impacts of invasive plants, visit
www.kootenayweeds.com, call 250352-1160 or email coordinator@
kootenayweeds.com.
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July 14, 2010
NEWS
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Nelson Daily News to close down after 109 years of service
by Jan McMurray
The Nelson Daily News will shut
down before the summer is out.
This announcement was made
on Friday, July 2, after media
giant Black Press purchased the
Nelson Daily News and 10 other BC
newspapers from Glacier Ventures
International Corp. Nelson Daily
News staff were informed on the
morning of Monday, July 5.
“My initial reaction was total
shock,” says publisher Peter Howie.
“Now, a couple of days later,
everyone, including my staff and
people in the community, are going
through the process of grieving. It’s
like a death.”
He said that many, many
community members had contacted
the office to express their condolences
and support.
Howie said he knew the sale
of the paper was coming, but he
did not think Black would shut
it down. “Business has been
tough, but there was never any
discussion about closing down the
paper,” he said. “I guess these are
business decisions that are made.
The newspaper industry has been
struggling everywhere, so we’re no
different. The community, through
lack of subscription and ad revenue,
couldn’t provide us the sustainable
support we needed to maintain the
paper.”
Black Press intends to vacate the
building by September 3. The date
of the last edition of the NDN is still
unknown, pending the negotiation
of a final date with the union. Howie
said there were four non-union
employees at the paper, 21 union
employees, and several contractors
and carriers. “This affects over 100
people,” he said, adding that there
are provisions in the collective
agreement for severance payments
for the union employees.
MP Alex Atamanenko weighed
in on the issue in a July 7 press
release. “The closing of the Nelson
Daily News and the loss of 25 jobs
in this community is another blow
to rural BC,” he said. “As well, I
am concerned about the increased
concentration of ownership of
print media in the province. This
could have serious consequences,
by Jan McMurray
Members of the Slocan Park
CARE Society have been diligently
monitoring logging operations
on Radcliffe Ridge above the
community of Slocan Park, and
feel they have made a difference in
the quality of the job.
“We’ve been the squeaky
wheel,” says Sandi Kabel. “We’ve
had our voices heard, and every
time our voices have been heard,
there’s been a repercussion or a
concession.”
Peter and Sandi Kabel and
others have accompanied officials
on regular field inspections and have
taken trips up to the blocks on their
own on weekends, when logging
operations are shut down. Three
issues have come up during these
walks that have caused considerable
concern to the residents, and that the
foresters have addressed.
Al Skakun of BCTS calls the
three issues “minor” and says that
none of them have resulted in
any impact to any resource or
environmental value in the area.
“The licencee has been cooperative
and responded promptly to correct
non-conformances,” he said.
On June 28, during a BCTS
inspection, it was discovered that
machines had run over a spring
on one of the blocks without any
measures taken to protect the spring.
“We had specifically asked that
this particular spring be dealt with
in an environmentally sensitive
manner – by placing geofilter cloth
and bales of hay. And they were
supposed to culvert it, according to
the prescription,” said Sandi. “None
of this had been done.”
Sandi took a water sample
from the spring before logging
commenced, and another on June
28, during the BCTS inspection.
She reports that the first sample
measured 1.8 NTU (turbidity units)
and the second sample measured
1250 NTU – a huge increase.
Following the June 28
inspection, the contractor installed
the culvert, as per the prescription.
Al Skakun of BCTS says there
were no impacts as a result of the
late installation of the culvert. “This
was a seepage area on an old existing
road that has been used by vehicles
for hydro line access for many
years,” he said.
On Sunday, July 4, the Kabels
walked the block on their own
and found an oil spill from an
excavator that was parked with
geotech material under it instead of
a tarp. They also found a machine
without a tarp underneath it.
BCTS was notified immediately,
and contacted the Kabels the next
day to report that the contractor
had been ordered to remove the
contaminated soils and to make sure
that all vehicles have protection tarps
at the end of the day.
“The timber sale licence requires
that all equipment be parked on
tarps overnight and on weekends
to catch any potential fluid drips,”
said Skakun. “This did not take
place on one weekend and the
licencee has taken steps to ensure
there are no further instances of
non-conformance.”
Also on the July 4 walk, the
Kabels saw that the contractor had
finished the construction of a road,
but had not installed three culverts,
which were laying alongside the
road. BCTS has since made an
agreement with the contractor that
the three culverts will be installed
by July 12 at 4 pm.
These incidents are documented
in a complaint submitted by the
Slocan Park CARE Society to
Kalesnikoff Lumber, in connection
with the company’s attempt to get
forest management certification
under the Forest Stewardship
Council (FSC) BC Standard. The
complaint is based on the society’s
objection to Kalesnikoff’s agreement
with Porcupine, the licencee, to
acquire some of the wood that comes
off the Slocan Park cutblocks.
Sandi indicated that the diligent
monitoring of this logging operation
requires a lot of volunteer time and
dedication. “We haven’t just been
talking to BCTS, Porcupine [the
licencee] and Barabonoff [of CPS
Investments, the contractor]. We’ve
also gone to Kalesnikoff and the
Forest Stewardship Council,” said
Sandi.
Logging has been completed on
the first cutblock (block 2). Blocks 3
and 4 are expected to be completed
by the end of August.
The society has hired Herb
Hammond, Registered Professional
Forester from Winlaw, to do a prelogging study on block 1, which
has the most sensitive terrain and
is the last cutblock in this timber
sale. Information from Hammond
following his preliminary study
on the cutblock was very recently
delivered to the society.
“The information from
Hammond is significant and he
strongly advises further study,”
states a press release issued by
the society. “Hammond’s report
recommends that if logging is to
occur at all in this environmentally
sensitive consumptive watershed, it
should occur in winter with a strong
stable snowpack.”
The society has requested a
meeting to review the information
from Hammond with BCTS,
Porcupine, CPS Investments and
Kalesnikoff.
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diminishing the diversity of voices
heard in our communities, given less
competition.”
Glacier Ventures Corp. still
owns the NDN building, which
was constructed in the early 1900s
for the London and BC Goldfields
Company. The Nelson Daily
News moved into the building in
1908, occupying it for 102 years.
Speculating on the building’s future,
Howie commented, “I think it’s got
another life, other than what we
used it for, with someone with some
vision.”
Black Press purchased 11 papers
from Glacier: the Trail Daily Times,
the Creston Valley Advance, the
Fernie Free Press, the Grand Forks
Gazette, the Nelson Daily News, the
Weekender, the Prince Rupert Daily
News, the Quesnel Advisor, the
Cariboo Advisor, the 100 Mile House
Advisor, and the Coast Mountain
Advisor. Black will shut down four
of them: Nelson Daily News, Prince
Rupert Daily News, Quesnel Advisor
and 100 Mile House Advisor. The
company already had newspapers in
three of those four communities: the
Nelson Star, 100 Mile Free Press,
and the Quesnel Cariboo Observer.
The company also owns the TrailRossland News, but intends to keep
the Trail Daily Times operating.
The Nelson Daily News is the
oldest publishing newspaper on the
BC mainland and third oldest in the
province. Started in 1902 by Frances
J. Deane, it changed hands a few
times before being purchased by the
infamous Conrad Black and David
Radler of the Hollinger Group in
the 1970s. Glacier bought it in 2006.
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OPINION
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Eat the weeds
A crown of daisies and a bouquet of
burdock to Kate Guthrie for her letter of
June 30 regarding the pursuit of dreaded
weeds.
Much of my childhood was spent
upon the banks of the Slocan River,
weaving daisies and buttercups for
my friends and Irish Setter. I often
returned home to a dinner of pigweed
and venison. We ate huckleberries and
a family trip was often just gathering
them – the stuff that was at our doorstep.
I have shared most of my adult life
with a man who survived the Second
World War and its aftermath because his
mother and grandmother knew what to
eat from the roadside.
So don’t do that, all you people with
good intentions and perhaps, perfect
lawns. I toast you with a mug of nettle
soup. And if anyone can find a use for
knapweed, please let me know.
Ann Swanson Gross
Winlaw
Commending
Slocan council
With regards to the meeting held in
Slocan this evening I want to commend
our Major and Village council for
moving ahead with the new zoning and
land use bylaws passed this evening and
for going ahead with the development
plan of Slocan Holdings with regard
to the building of 16 condominiums
in Slocan. This should not be the end
however: it should just be the beginning
of growing our community for everyone
in town.
Doug Burton
Slocan
Food
sustainability
To all those interested in food
sustainability and the economy, and
especially to those who don’t pay
attention when they’re shopping, I
suggest investing a mere three minutes
of your time visiting the following
site: http://hotpepper.posterous.com/
excellent-ad-by-hellmans.
And thank you to those who grow,
raise, produce and sell local food, despite
the small monetary return, and to those
who support them by buying at the farm
gate, at New Denver’s Friday Market,
and at Ann’s Natural Foods.
Katrine Campbell
New Denver
Open letter to
hikers
Imagine that crossing your property
is a much loved and well used historic
trail, and imagine that hikers unload their
bowels on your lawn before or after their
walk. Imagine, too, that there is a toilet
facility within walking distance. How
do you feel?
I live at the start of the historic Fry
Creek Trail. For about a century, hikers
have crossed the private property which
begins this trail. There is usually some
debris left by trail users, but increasingly
there are more piles of you-know-what
deposited on my trails and my land.
Whether you call it poop, excrement,
feces, shit... it smells, it’s usually partially
covered with masses of TP, it’s unhealthy
and unsanitary, it attracts my dog who
would love to roll in it, and I don’t want
to see any more of it.
You are able to carry toilet paper,
so carry a plastic bag and pick up your
deposit. Use your foot to carve out a
hole and bury the stuff. You have our
community’s permission to use the
facilities at the community hall, 1/2 km
down the road. GO THERE if you can’t
poop in the woods sanitarily.
Interestingly no one poops right on
the Fry Creek Trail; they head off behind
a tree. Well, the most frequently used tree
happens to be about 3 metres from my
path, so I get to see it even if the depositer
no longer does. And I see it for a long
long time. When someone clever uses
a different tree to hide behind, my dog
and my nose find it.
You have our permission to hike
the trail AND WE WANT YOU TO
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OUR PROPERTIES. The land you are
on is like my front yard, and the trail is
my sidewalk. Think of your neighbours
using your front yard and your walkway
for their bathroom. Not just once, but
every time someone walks by.
I expect this behaviour to stop, and
if it doesn’t my next step is to ask Parks
to move the trailhead. Over the last
two decades I’ve picked up your cans,
bottles, wrappers, cigarette butts (yepyou used to empty your ashtrays right
beside your car), clothing, gear, orange
peels. I’m not picking up your shit, and
I am not putting up with it any more.
Kate O’Keefe
Johnson’s Landing
Letter dampens
mood
What a difference a day can make!
The day before the last issue of the
Valley Voice, I got a very nice letter in
the mail from the Central Kootenay
Invasive Plant Committee thanking
myself, Rory Pownall and our 1st
Valhalla Girl Guides and friends for
our participation in their “Communities
Pulling Together” program along with
our $250 honorarium cheque. In part, the
letter praised our girls saying our group
was “very knowledgeable, enthusiastic,
and diligent” and that “by teaching youth
about the importance of invasive plants,
your group has made a difference in your
community.”
It was the end of another year of
Guiding and I felt pretty good about
what we had accomplished – we’d
participated in the Remembrance Day
parade, had taken four of our girls
to Vancouver to celebrate the 100th
anniversary of Guiding in Canada with
a sleepover at the Pacific Coliseum
with 7,800 other girls and women, we’d
sung our way through the May Day
parade, and had completed an array of
badges: Astronomy (thanks Carol Bell!),
Wildflower, Streetwise, and Peace.
The next day, the letter from Kate
Guthrie was printed and put a damper
on my good mood. She had many
suggestions for things the girls could
have learned that day. As she wasn’t
there, she doesn’t know that the program
starts with an information session talking
about the difference between native and
invasive plants and during that time we
did discuss the medicinal purposes of
some of the invasive plants we were
about to pull. We’d also talked with the
girls about this when we completed our
Wildflower badge. Ironically, of all her
examples on how to use these herbs,
we’d talked about all but one of them.
We only briefly touched on this topic as
it was not our intended goal for the day.
Perhaps another topic for the day
should have been that no matter what
you do in this world, even when you
think you are doing something good and
helpful, there will always be someone
there to kick your feet out from under
you and put down what you have done.
And if that gets you down, well then you
can always take some St. John’s Wort!
I can tell that Kate Guthrie is very
passionate about the topic of medicinal
plants and I can appreciate that. And
as that is the case, I would suggest that
if she feels the girls should learn about
this in greater depth, then she is more
than welcome to volunteer to come and
teach them about it! We will be having
a three-night camp at our Slocan Lake
Guide Camp at the beginning of August
and she is welcome to contact me about
coming out and teaching the girls. I can
assure that there are still plenty of these
medicinal plants out there as we barely
put a dent in them as they are invasive
(read: taking over).
I’d like to give a big thank you to
everyone in the New Denver area who
has helped Rory and me in a multitude
of ways over the last six years of Guiding
from the community buying our cookies
twice a year, to everyone involved in
keeping the Bosun Hall (our meeting
place) up and running, to the parents
who’ve volunteered time driving for
cookies and camps, to those who’ve
helped us deliver our program to the
girls.
We look forward to our summer
camp and then another year of Guiding
in the Fall.
Tamara Claxton
New Denver
Open letter to
FrontCounter BC
I am a hiker on trails in the Slocan
Valley. I write to protest the application
of Rilor Wildernesss Mountain Biking
in its quest for tenure in the Slocan
Valley. This outfit, with its owner,
Riley McIntosh, purports to have been
maintaining trails (Idaho Peak, Galena
Trail, etc.) for eight years, but his work
is unknown to the many who have been
maintaining these trails for years. If he
doesn’t respect the truth and he doesn’t
respect other users before he gets a
tenure, what can we expect after he
gets one?
I am particularly against Rilor
constructing a trail on Mt. Alwyn using
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helicopter access. I am totally against
having helicopter tourists flood into our
valley. Their entertainment would inflict
on our communities the injurious noise
of helicopters resounding against steep
valley walls, all in the name of bike riders
getting thrills on a steep descent down a
mountain.
The Forest Service uses helicopters
in the summer because they are working
to protect our forests from fire. But to
bring helicopters to this valley for “high
end” mountain bikers, whose loud
helicopter noise will be at the expense
of communities, hikers and nature lovers
in Valhalla Wilderness Park, represents
a mind-set in Riley that is aggravating
and objectionable. The Slocan Valley
does not have a lot of helicopter tourism
and a very large number of people here
do not want it, which has been affirmed
in many community meetings and in
the master planning for Valhalla Park.
Rilor’s base is right across the lake from
the Park. The helicopter will be hearable
from the park, and it is almost inevitable
that his helicopters will one day wind up
in the park.
Secondly, there are hundreds of
kilometers of mining and logging roads
around here for mountain bikers to
use. Few communities are as rich in
them as we are. To let an entrepreneur
just go willy-nilly building trails in our
mountains, causing new erosion and
jeopardizing wildlife, is unacceptable.
I understand that the tenure would
be non-exclusive, so other businesses
and noncommercial users could still
use the trails. But by giving Rilor trail
maintenance responsibilities, doesn’t
that mean he will control the way the
trail is built and kept? Currently an
informal group of local mountain bikers
collaborates on trails near New Denver
and they’ve done a good job. McIntosh’s
proposal for helicopter access exposes
his disconnection to our community
life. He is an entrepreneur first and
foremost and, in my opinion, should be
told his proposal is out of keeping with
Valhalla Wilderness Park and the Slocan
communities, the very nature of which
has many people hereabouts riled up,
Richard Caniell
New Denver
Valley Voice
does well
I would like to say how much I
appreciate the great job you do reporting
the news of our community!
I recently got my day timer
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LETTERS
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schedule mixed up and I missed the
grad ceremonies here in New Denver.
I was particularly unhappy about that
blunder as Tisha and Yuki are two young
people in this community whom I have a
connection with, along with Ryan, Wade
and Dahv, all of whom have attended
dance lessons with me over the years.
So I was so pleased to get to read
Tisha and Yuki’s full valedictory speech
in the pages of your paper and the
extensive coverage of remarks and
speeches and awards. It was almost like
being there! In some ways better, as I
don’t like crying in public.
Anyway again thanks a bunch to the
Valley Voice team. And congratulations
to all of this year’s grads, you are a stellar
bunch – beautiful and brilliant – and you
have my heartfelt blessings for whatever
you do... and keep dancing!.
Abrazos,
Fran Wallis
Silverton
Open letter to the NDP,
Green, Marijuana and
Communist Parties
Our Liberals and Conservatives
have merged with big business to form
a corporate state, and the rest of the
population has no voice. The corporate
state wishes to privatize and deregulate,
and believes that freedom is for markets,
not for people. Privatization takes
power from public hands and gives it to
unelected, for-profit organizations, trying
to pretend it is the best thing for all of us.
“Capitalism is the extraordinary belief
that the nastiest of men for the nastiest
of motives will somehow work for the
benefit of all” (John Maynard Keynes).
The whole world is now suffering
from the effects of the insane official
belief that corporations can effectively
regulate themselves. As a direct result
we have the world’s worst environmental
disaster still developing in the Gulf
of Mexico, and a massive global
economic crisis caused by bankers’
casino capitalism that, we are told by the
G20, is to be paid for by those in need
by cutting social programs of all kinds.
How do we stop this ongoing,
accelerating, in-your-face, daylight
robbery of the poor to give to the
rich, and all the other corporate state
moral crimes and outrages? All our
political parties who truly understand
the fundamental importance of a healthy
planet, of human dignity and rights, that
life comes before profits, must unite,
now. No ifs and buts, sane Canadians
are relying on you to unite and give them
something to vote for that might be able
to change the present terrible course of
events. Work something out, and please
do it now.
Keith Newberry
Slocan
Wake Up Call
Gaza was once a part of Egypt,
The Westbank a part of Jordan, and
the country now known as Israel was
inhabited by Palestinians. Now, what
would make you abandon your house,
your livelihood, and the beautiful valley
you live in and go to a foreign land and
live in a refugee camp? Maybe a terrorist
or two?
In 1948 the state of Israel was
formed, ringed by refugee camps. Still
they wanted the land the refugee camps
were on. The Palestinians, now the
terrorists, resented their land having been
taken away from them and their present
living conditions. This presented a threat
to Israel and in 1956 and 1967, using its
right to self defence again invaded and
occupied the lands the refugee camps
were on.
Jewish settlements soon sprang up in
the Westbank, Gaza, and the Sinai. What
to do with the people? The resentment
or “terrorism” of the Palestinians to the
ocuppiers’ actions again gave Israel the
excuse to use its right to self defence.
The ocuppied lands were heavily policed
by the Israeli military, their leaders
imprisoned, and bombed when they
were out of control. The theory was
the Palestinians would always be rebuilding and afraid lest what they had
was destroyed by bombing, and easy
to control.
Gaza was locked down. It became
the world’s largest prison. One and a half
million people living in a strip of desert
7 km wide by 40 km long. No one can
enter or leave. Its borders sealed. One
and a half million people sentenced to
life imprisonment. Not allowed to import
cement lest they rebuild their city after
being bombed in January of last year
--1200 dead. Denied gasoline, something
that is plentiful in the Middle East but
something the people of Gaza cannot
have. If this is not provactive enough, the
hot desert sun beating down on Gaza will
soon produce an excuse for Israel to use
its rights to self defence again.
The western leaders say they support
the creation of a Palestinian state. In
the next sentence they say they support
Israel and its rights to self defence. This
is what they have been saying for the last
60 years. Lately they have been saying
it is a problem dealing with Israel. It is
still building on the Westbank and is
cleansing Jerusalem. The West is losing
its ability to deal with the situation.
Indeed, the floatilla to break the Gaza
blockade was a wake up call. Soon the
Middle East will be settling its own
problems.
Ed Zak
Nakusp
Riley Tribute
unwanted
Dan Nicholson, I have never met you
and it’s a cinch that I don’t understand
you. I have known Robert Riley for
almost 50 years, since August of 1963. I
knew him as a cheerful and resilient child
with a bright mind and a wonderful sense
of humour, who wouldn’t let difficulties
stand in his way. I have known and loved
him for his intelligence, his tenacity, and
his caring for others – especially those
less fortunate than himself.
I have loved him for his strengths,
and in spite of his weaknesses. I never
knew him to claim to be better than
anyone else. I am aware of the many
ways that you and Jan have helped
Robert over the years, and I am thankful,
as was he. That being said, let me tell
you that I was astounded at the editorial
that you wrote in your paper about him.
He thought of you as more than
a friend, and he trusted you with his
private life. You have betrayed him.
Shame on you.
I have known people that
I thoroughly disliked and I would
never have even contemplated putting
something like that in the paper, never
mind making it accessible on the
Internet. And I know that Rob would
not have written something like that
about you. Even if it were true, he would
never have dishonoured you by printing
anything that spoke of things that no one
else needed to hear about.
I feel that you took advantage of
your position at the paper to print a
‘tribute’ to Rob, that frankly sounded
rather self-serving.
I am only grateful that his mother
never lived to read this Mourning Rob
Riley as written by his close friend.
Would you have felt comfortable letting
her read this about her youngest child?
Rob would have been astonished
and disappointed to know that a friend
of his could write these things about him.
Some of what you wrote was really quite
nice, but I feel that it was completely
overshadowed by the negativity. Rob
was never lazy, and I am proud of the
fact that he tried to make his own way
without claiming disability.
Robert wasn’t a perfect man but I
loved him in spite of and maybe because
of it. I was very aware of the many
difficulties in his too-short life. And I
was not privy to some things which he
chose to keep private. I respected that.
That was his prerogative, and his own
business. Robbie was my brother and I
am proud of him. And I will miss him.
Barb Riley
Manitoba
Planning needs
more public input
Planning exercises do not interest
a lot of people. Too many Plans (with a
capital P) seem to end up on the shelf to
gather dust. Plans get dusty for several
reasons: because they are too vague or
ideological, because it’s discovered that
they are based on insufficient groundtruthed information, or because the
divide between the Planners and those
that must implement the Plan, or benefit
from the Plan is too great. Lack of
support and enthusiasm for Plans about
us and our area also happens when there
has been little opportunity for public
interaction.
No one should be surprised that
only about half of the people who were
presented with the Kaslo Community
Forest’s Long Term Strategy at the
Society AGM bothered to show up
for the July 7 meeting to “Review and
Adopt” the Plan. The Plan, as presented
to the membership for the first time in
May, was brief. The point that it was
a summary of the Plan’s content was
insufficiently made, so many were
scratching their heads, wondering how
7 pages could cost over $50,000. When
asked, the membership at the AGM
declined to endorse it without more time
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to review it.
A promise was made that the Plan
would be uploaded to the KDCFS
website. Members were asked to submit
any comments they had and a meeting
was to be scheduled after the conclusion
of the public review period.
On June 30, exactly one week
before the advertised public meeting, a
“Final Draft” of the plan was uploaded.
For the first time, the draft actually had
“Action Items,” unlike the two drafts
that came before. On the day of the
public review meeting, the final draft
had garnered 20 hits on the website – so
at best, 20 people had read the action
items in advance of their opportunity to
review and endorse the new Strategy at
a meeting. Those attending the Review
meeting were provided with hard copies,
and Lawrence Moss, the consultant hired
to facilitate the Plan, began to present a
review. Actually, he appeared to want
to read most of it out loud. When one
woman, startled at the suggestion that
the Strategy’s Mission Statement had
de facto become the Mission Statement
of the Society, raised her hand, Mr Moss
curtly informed the audience that he
would accept questions after he finished
presenting his review.
It was like high school again. The
teacher launches into a review of the
subject, and the students listen. A few
people had questions, and there was
some discussion, but basically we were
all expected to accept that input into
the Strategy, both from “experts” and
the public, was a done deal. (Only one
person had written to the team about
the content of the draft Strategy, as it
turned out.)
When I expressed my concern that
adopting the Long-Term Strategy that
night was premature since the public had
been only given one week to read a draft
with action items, Mr Moss went from
smooth talking to loud. He insisted that
the “action items” had been published
with the first draft (Web only), and that
there were no substantial differences
between it and the Final Draft that had
been available (for those watching out
for it on the Internet) for a week. Either
Mr Moss hadn’t checked that some pages
were missing from the first Draft on the
website, or he honestly had forgotten
that the Action Items were developed
after that. I’m surprised that he made
that mistake, and made it with such
conviction.
I’ve always figured that $1,000 a
day Planner/Facilitators get paid so much
because, in addition to their knowledge
and experience, they possess better than
average people skills. So it was a real
surprise to me to hear him assert, quite
loudly in response to my concern, that “It
is my turn to speak!” and that I mustn’t
interrupt him, that the public review of
the draft (with Action Items) had been
more than adequate. Pretty much, he
shut me down.
The KDCFS membership did, in
the end, vote to adopt the Strategy. I
just hope that when the public outreach
strategy for the Community Forest gets
crafted (one of the Plan’s Action Items)
it will be decided that a more interactive
public process must be embraced.
If you’re like me, being asked to
submit my comments by email seems
more like a sop than any real attempt to
engage people. If an organization wants
people to “buy into” a plan, to feel that
they have ownership or some influence
over the management of their natural
resources, KDCFS’ current methods
(request for letters and “Open Houses”)
are leaving most of us in Kaslo and
Area D cold.
Erika Bird
Kaslo
Forestry practices
need to keep pace
with climate science
Thanks to the Columbia Basin
climate change education program for its
research and outreach programs helping
local citizens prepare for warming
trends. Thanks to the local citizens who
have put so much effort into promoting
the 100 mile diet food growing program
to help us all reduce our carbon footprint.
However, the success of our local area to
adapt to global warming and a potential
peak oil fuel crisis hinges on our forests
and water supply.
Without forests keeping our
mountain sides stable and cool, many
of our larger creeks will flood causing
slides and the small streams will stop
flowing during the heat of summer.
Life is dependent upon a reliable source
of water.
Why haven’t forestry practices
changed to keep pace with climate
science? Why don’t they ensure more
generous riparian buffers for our streams
and wetlands? How do we prevent
machinery from driving through wet
areas in our watersheds? Why is it
still allowed for logging companies
to clearcut in sensitive community
headwaters with no guarantees to
downstream users that there will be
clean water to drink 10 years later?
Something seems terribly backwards
here.
Porcupine Wood Products of Ymir
intends to log the headwaters of Aylmer
Creek in Queens Bay end of July. For
more than 10 years on and off, the
community has been talking with the
mill reps. asking them to selectively log,
to increase the streamside and wetland
buffers, to be more conservative in
harvesting in anticipation of climate
change and its affects. Nope. Business
as usual. The Ministry of Forests is
mandated to cut not protect. And now
it has been suggested we ‘quit fighting’
and save our energy to monitor this work
and make sure it is done properly. How
ignorant and galling can our government
agencies get?
The historic pattern is that without
a reliable water source, people
quickly become impoverished. Often
community infighting starts over the
diminishing supply. No local wants
this. The CORE process gains have
evaporated. Victoria seems deaf. Can
we get the Basin Trust to exert influence
on the MoF so this watershed by
watershed struggle is changed?
C. Burton
Queen’s Bay Townsite
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SLOCAN VALLEY
Goddess Quest project sets out creative treasure hunt
by Art Joyce
As kids we all enjoyed a treasure
hunt—the mystery, the sense of
discovery was irresistible. Now
there’s a ‘treasure hunt’ for adults,
whose goal is not so much the treasure
as the journey of discovery into
goddess energy. The Goddess Quest
project co-created by potter/sculptor
Elly Scheepens and photographer
Virginia Boyd kicks off on July 25
with a route that encompasses the
West Kootenay.
On that day, goddess questers can
take their treasure map and set out on
the circle tour. At each location, which
includes parks and hiking trails as
well as Nelson’s Gyro and Lakeside
parks, there will be 25 or more goddess
figures for participants to find. The route
encompasses Nelson to Kaslo, back to
New Denver and through the Slocan
Valley. Each sculpture is numbered and
by finding the corresponding number on
the website, questers will also find an
inspiring message related to that goddess
figure. If people want photographs of
the goddesses, these can be obtained
by emailing the Goddess Quest project
at goddessonfire@goddessquest.com.
Scheepens and Boyd would also like
participants to respond with their
experiences at the website’s blog. Maps
can be downloaded from the website and
3,500 will be distributed along the route.
“On a walk through the forest
three years ago the presence of allpervading but hidden feminine energy
was revealed to me everywhere. That
started the quest,” says project initiator
Elly Scheepens.
At the time, Scheepens, who has
been working as a sculptor and potter
in New Denver since 1992, had been
creating personal altars for clients.
A native of Holland, she trained in
pottery in Gouda and sculpture at
Alberta College of Art and Science
in Calgary. The inspiration came to
Scheepens to have an altar in the forest
to honour its energy. Boyd, a professional
photographer, had recently moved to
New Denver and was eager to lend
her talents to the project. Boyd was the
creator of the Lighthouse retreat centre
on Vancouver Island, which she ran for
13 years in conjunction with a bed and
breakfast.
RDCK - Operational Fuel Management Program
Village of Slocan City – Open House
When: 6:00 pm to 7:30 pm, Thursday July 15
Where: Slocan City Village Hall
Background: The Central Kootenay Regional District is undertaking an
operational fuel management project on Village land bordering Springer Creek.
The primary goal of the project is to reduce hazardous forest fuel loads as
identified in Community Wildfire Protection Plans. Local forest workers, forest
professionals, and contractors will do the majority of this work.
The project involves several key elements including, but not limited to:
• Gathering GIS data to obtain a full understanding of the extent of lands
requiring treatment;
• Consulting with First Nations and local communities to identify areas that are
the highest priority and do not have existing barriers to treatment;
• Prescription development, layout and fuel treatment work;
• Hiring forestry workers and contractors to carry out the work.
The Open House is being held at the Village Hall to provide an opportunity for
residents to ask questions and to understand the proposed work, the timelines
and the expected outcomes
Public input will be incorporated into prescriptions prior to treatment
implementation.
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Originally Scheepens had planned to
create 500 goddess sculptures but soon
realized the sheer scale of production
would be too great and decided on 333.
In Tarot symbolism the number three
represents the mother and three times
that multiplies the energy. She wanted
to understand the femininity of nature
through its regenerative powers, as a
counterbalance to the materialism of
society.
“Goddess energy is free, so we got
the idea of giving the sculptures away.
People were asking me at Friday Market
to buy them, but I refused. You have to
go out and find them.”
Boyd says her photographs are
not only a document of the project, but
pieces of art in their own right. Goddess
questers have the option of taking or
leaving behind the goddess sculptures
on the treasure trail, so having an image
is one way people can take home a
memento. Local photographer Juscha
Grunther provided high quality printing
services and web designer Michael
Hornyak of www.h-i-r.org created
the website. The goddess sculptures
can double as maquettes that can be
reproduced for clients in larger format
or as part of international exhibitions.
“Seeing the figure in nature seems
to really hit people in the heart,” says
Scheepens. Positive responses to the
project have been received from as far
away as New York.
“We’re hoping to engage people to
love our planet in a deeper way,” says
Boyd. “With all it gives to us, it’s the
least we can do to give back.”
Boyd adds that the quest could
help stimulate tourism in the region.
All of the work has been done by local
professionals, something she feels bodes
well for a self-sustaining local economy.
“If I was in a hotel and selling room
nights I would definitely use this as a
venue to encourage people to come out
and spend more time in the area.”
The project will have an opening
celebration and exhibition July 18 at the
Silverton Gallery. To participate, go to
www.goddessquest.com.
by Art Joyce
Lucerne School in New Denver
has received a grant of $27,000 to build
an educational greenhouse facility on
school grounds. The school district was
co-applicant with the Village of New
Denver in the project.
Project proponent and Village
councillor Kevin Murphy said the
funding comes from a joint project by the
BC School Trustees Association and the
Union of BC Municipalities (UBCM)
called Community Connections, which
seeks to fund learning centres that
connect existing facilities with the
needs of communities. In a community
economic sustainability workshop
sponsored by the New Denver Healthy
Housing Society last fall, residents
identified community greenhouses as a
top priority interest.
The school’s greenhouse will
function as a neighbourhood learning
centre by offering hands-on workshops,
consultation with professionals, and
continuing education programs. The
facility will be available to community
groups throughout most of the year.
“My vision is that it’s a selfsustaining, high-tech demonstration
facility for the community that will
include organic and possibly some
hydroponics,” says Murphy.
The school’s lower soccer field will
be partly taken up for the greenhouse,
planned to be 30 by 60 feet, though
the size could change dependent upon
septic field setback requirements. One
quarter of the facility will be set aside for
primary school students, one quarter for
the high school, one quarter for seniors
and disabled, and one quarter for public
demonstration. To accommodate seniors
and the disabled, that section will make
use of raised beds and a wheelchairfriendly surface installed in half the
facility. The plan is to have it ready for
fall, with a pre-made greenhouse erected
with local volunteer help. “The idea is to
show people how to start a greenhouse
right from scratch,” says Murphy. “We
have to have better food security for the
Kootenays.”
It is a separate project from the
current feasibility study for greenhouses
in the north Slocan Valley being
conducted by the Healthy Housing
Society. That study will conclude in
September this year after assessing the
local food network and opportunities
for a community greenhouse for food
production.
submitted
Slocan Valley’s Littlefest will start
a little early this year, Friday night at 7
pm. Gates open at 4 pm, and the music
continues throughout the day Saturday
and into the evening. So yes, that’s now
two nights of frivolity on July 23 and 24.
What makes Littlefest special?
Well, for a start, folks appreciate the
beautiful setting at Little Slocan Lodge,
the onsite camping, discovering their
new favorite band, the musical flow of
the day and the intimacy of such a tiny
little festival. It’s a shared experience
with people from the community,
visitors, musicians and volunteers.
Littlefest is little, with a maximum
attendance of 500 folks. It’s easy to
find your way around, strike up a
conversation with your neighbor and
have a drink – while keeping an eye on
your kids.
It is a music lover’s festival, with
loads of high calibre alt-roots and indie
music with a couple of left-turns. This
year’s line-up features Greg Brown, the
veteran folk-blues poet; Hot Buttered
Rum, the well-loved San Francisco
string band; Western Canada Music
Award winners The Deep Dark Woods;
plus The Pack A.D., Woodpigeon,
Meatdraw, The Dutchess and The Duke,
Rabnett 5, Billy Jive and the Funktastics,
Pureblend, Dominique Fraissard,
Blackberry Wood and Lily Fawn.
Entertaining the crowd off-stage will be:
The Moving Mosaic Community Samba
Band, The Dharmas, Cattle Annie and
the Crooked Corral, and others.
Littlefest has a beverage tent and
breakfast-lunch-dinner food concession
area with a gourmet, conscious BBQ
Burger Bar plus local favorite vendors
The Preserved Seed, Cinnabar, Little
Miss Gelato and Nico’s Coffee
Emporium.
There’s a kid’s zone, lots of shade,
bonfire (restrictions permitting) and
free camping. Car camping is permitted
in the lot while tent campers can walk
their gear in closer to the action. Festivalgoers are reminded not to bring dogs
or alcohol.
Tickets are on sale at Eddy Music
in Nelson, Slocan Village Market, Gaia
Tree in Winlaw, Rossland Chamber of
Commerce, and Sunnyside Naturals in
Kaslo. They can also be purchased online via PayPal at Littlefest’s website.
Weekend pass tickets are $70
advance, $80 at the gate. Friday-only
tickets are $30 advance, $35 at the gate.
Saturday-only tickets are $50 and $60
respectively. Special rates for kids and
seniors can be found on the Littlefest
website or at ticket vendors. Avoid
disappointment and buy your tickets
in advance.
For more information visit www.
littlefest.ca.
Lucerne School receives grant for greenhouse
Littlefest adds second evening of performances this year
The Slocan Community
Library has new
windows thanks to
the generous support
through funding from
Columbia Basin Trust
Venerable folk-blues songwriter Greg Brown will be playing Friday, July 23 at
this year’s expanded Littlefest at the Little Slocan Lodge.
July 14, 2010
COMMUNITY
The Valley Voice
Slocan condominium project gets approval to proceed
by Jan McMurray
Slocan council has given Slocan
Holdings Ltd. the green light for the
condominium project on the former hotel
site in the village – after having given
many yellow and red lights over the past
year, according to the developer.
At a special meeting immediately
following public hearings on June 29,
council voted to adopt the OCP and
Land Use bylaw amendments that
allow the condo project to proceed.
The amendments create a multi-family
zoning designation in Slocan and rezone the hotel property to multi-family
residential.
Council also approved the issuing
of the Development Permit at the same
meeting.
At the public hearing, four
people spoke in favour of the bylaw
amendments and the project itself, and
one person expressed cautious support.
No one spoke against.
“I am wondering why there seems to
be so much opposition in the community
when it will be a big bonus,” said resident
Doug Burton. “This community is going
to die if it doesn’t grow.”
“How long are you people going
to drag your feet?” asked resident Ed
Roshinsky.
The one cautious comment came
from Linda Taylor, who has experience
in real estate. “I think it’s fine that we’re
changing things, but I hope council
will stand their ground and make sure
everything is done according to the
bylaws and the necessary paperwork
done,” she said.
The developer, Ray Caouette,
replied, “We have no problems following
the rules – we just need to know what
the rules are – in time and in the proper
procedure.”
In an interview after the June 29
meeting, Eunice Ludlow of Slocan
Holdings said the developer is very
pleased that he can get working on the
project again. “It’s been a long, slow
and frustrating process for the developer
and I’m sure it’s been a frustrating
process in many ways for the Village,”
she said. “The Village has had to work
its way through a process that it had
no previous experience with, and as
a consequence, some mistakes were
made. Some requests were made of
the developer and then retracted, and
different requests made.”
These mistakes have cost the
developer hundreds of thousands of
dollars, said Ludlow, and a number of
people lost jobs that they should not
Glenn Miller Orchestra to
perform at Nakusp arena
submitted
On Sunday, July 25 the Arrow
Lakes Arts Council is presenting a
summer extravaganza at the Nakusp
Arena Complex Auditorium. Starting
at 6 pm the world famous Glenn Miller
Orchestra is performing all of the ‘hits’
of the Glenn Miller sound. Doors open
at 5:30 pm.
The legendary Glenn Miller was one
of the most successful of all the dance
bandleaders back in the swing era of the
1930s and ’40s. A matchless string of
hit records, the constant impact of radio
broadcasts, and the drawing power of
theatres, hotels, and dance pavilions
sustained the momentum of popularity.
Miller disbanded his musical
organization in 1942, at the height of
its popularity, volunteered for the Army
and then organized and led the famous
Glenn Miller Army Air Force Band. It
went to Europe to entertain servicemen,
and then, on December 15, 1944, Major
Miller took off in a single-engine plane
from England to precede his band to
France, never to be seen again. The army
declared him officially dead a year later.
Because of popular demand, the
Glenn Miller Estate authorized the
formation of the present Glenn Miller
Orchestra in 1956 under the direction
of Ray McKinley, who had become the
unofficial leader of the Army Air Force
Band after Glenn’s disappearance.
The 19-member band continues
to play many of the original Miller
arrangements that keep fans excited.
They are also playing more modern
selections in the big-band style, carefully
selecting only those newer tunes that
lend themselves naturally to the Miller
style. The entire repertoire which now
exceeds 1,700 compositions keeps the
band popular with both young and old.
As this performance is advertised
as a dance/concert, there are only 300
tickets being sold, to accommodate the
‘swingers’ who like to dance. There
will be a concession and wine available
at the bar. Tickets are available at the
Broadway Deli in Nakusp for $25. July 5-6 power
outage affects
Nakusp, New
Denver area
by Art Joyce
Nakusp and New Denver area
residents were plunged into darkness
the evening of July 5 when a power
outage struck, affecting 2,800 people in
Nakusp, New Denver, Rosebery, Hills,
and Silverton. According to BC Hydro’s
Jen Walker-Larsen, at 9:30 pm a tree
came down on a transmission line in
the 800 block of Billings Road, causing
a transmission line and a distribution line
to break and fall to the ground. BC Hydro
line crews repaired the transmission
line by 1:30 am on July 6, with service
restored to most Nakusp customers. In
New Denver and Silverton service was
restored to customers by 5 am, with
service on Billings Road restored by
11:30 am.
“BC Hydro would like to thank the
Nakusp Fire Department and Emergency
Coordinator for their quick action to
secure the site of the downed lines,” says
Walker-Larsen. “BC Hydro would also
like to remind customers to stay at least
10 metres (33 feet) away from downed
lines at all times and do not attempt to
remove debris surrounding the line.”
BC Hydro has a multi-million
dollar program to remove trees and
vegetation providing potential safety and
security threats near our power lines and
facilities. This includes trees affected by
the Mountain Pine Beetles. Last year the
program removed over 450,000 such
trees near transmission lines.
To report fallen lines call 1 888
POWERON (1-888-769-3766) or log
on to your BC Hydro account online.
have lost. Because of ‘mistakes,’ the
company had to re-build the rock wall
around the perimeter of the property,
and remove some of the roofing to meet
the height requirement. Last year, there
were 22 people working on the site,
but that diminished to seven people in
January 2010.
“I hope it will be smooth sailing
from here,” she added.
Ludlow said that a ‘continuation
permit’ will now be issued, allowing the
company to complete the exterior of the
building while they are putting together
the documentation for the final permit.
She said they hoped to have 20 or more
people working on the site again very
soon, and to finish the project this fall.
At the public hearing, the company’s
lawyer, Ken Watson, described the
project. It is a 16-unit, two-storey,
townhouse-style condominium building,
with essentially the same footprint as
the old hotel. There will be two- and
three-bedroom units, ranging from
approximately 1,100 to 1,350 square feet.
Each condo buyer will own the unit plus
1/16 of all the land and common areas.
Each owner will pay taxes to the Village.
Each owner is a member of the strata
corporation, but the strata corporation
does not pay taxes; individual condo
owners do. The property is always
subject to Village bylaws. The project
will use Village water, and will have
its own community septic system. The
rock wall defines the exterior boundary;
parking and landscaping will be inside
the wall.
A Summer Extravaganza
for the “SWING” Crowd!
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RDCK - Operational Fuel Management Program
Village of New Denver Public Meeting
When: Wednesday, July 21 7:00 pm to 8:30 pm.
Where: Knox Hall
Background: The Central Kootenay Regional District is undertaking an
operational fuel management project on Crown land adjacent to New Denver.
The primary goal of the project is to reduce hazardous forest fuel loads as
identified in Community Wildfire Protection Plans. Local forest workers, forest
professionals, and contractors will do the majority of this work.
The project involves several key elements including, but not limited to:
• Gathering GIS data to obtain a full understanding of the extent of lands
requiring treatment;
• Consulting with First Nations and local communities to identify areas that are
the highest priority and do not have existing barriers to treatment;
• Prescription development, layout and fuel treatment work;
• Hiring forestry workers and contractors to carry out the work.
The Open House is being held at the Knox Hall to provide an opportunity for
residents to ask questions and to understand the proposed work, the timelines
and the expected outcomes
Public input will be incorporated into prescriptions prior to treatment
implementation.
More Summer
Clearance Sale
Barn and Fence Paint 5 Gallon Bucket
White Flat Latex
Reg $ 82.99 SALE $59.95 (2 only)
All “Flood” wood finish products
(Natural, Clear, Cedar-Oil) – 50 % OFF
and Misc Woodsman Stains – 50% OFF
Hot Deal – Armstrong Solarian Traditions Vinyl flooring 12” Reg $24.95/ sq yd SALE $12.95/ sq yd Old Country Natural Wood
The World Famous
GLENN MILLER
ORCHESTRA
On Sunday, July 25
6:00 pm at the
AUDITORIUM of the Nakusp
Arena Complex
Come and enjoy
A dance/concert evening!
Presented by the Arrow
Lakes Arts Council Tickets : $25.00
per person
Available at
Broadway Deli
2 x 12 Clear Hemlock 8’ Reg $18.99 SALE $12.95 ea
10’ Reg $23.99 SALE $16.20 ea
Presto Portable Garage 2 x 4 wood frame 11’ x 20’ Reg $499.00 SALE $379.00 (1 only)
Columbia Skylight 2’x 4’ Clear Flat
Reg $159.55 SALE $139.95
COMMUNITY
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Mirror Lake residents create anti-speeding petition
by Art Joyce
Fifty-one Mirror Lake
residents have signed a petition
calling for action to slow down
speeders in their community.
The petition was sent to Area
D Director Andy Shadrack,
Kaslo Mayor Greg Lay, MLA
Michelle Mungall, the RCMP
detachments in Kaslo and
Nelson and the Ministry of
Transportation.
According to petition
organizer Birgit Stradal, seven
out of 10 drivers observed by
residents exceed the 50 km/h
speed limit. Some have been
observed speeding as fast as 90
km/h, highly dangerous on the
narrow, windy stretch of road
that meanders through the small
community. Stradal says she
has spoken with Corporal Chris
Backus of Kaslo RCMP but has
been told that the detachment
is too small, with only three
officers, to cover a territory that
extends as far as Trout Lake.
In the cover letter for the
petition the residents are asking
for the installation of speed
bumps and two pedestrian
crossings. They are urging the
installation of a radar camera
along with signs at both ends
of Mirror Lake indicating that
speed is being monitored. The
community would also like more
speed limit signs placed in more
visible locations.
The Ministry of
Transportation’s Bruce Lintott
came to Mirror Lake on June
25 with an engineer. As yet
the ministry is still considering
The Valley Voice July 14, 2010
options such as more signage,
but Stradal says drivers are
ignoring the signs anyway.
“We’re not alone, the
same problem is happening in
Ainsworth and Shutty Bench,”
says Stradal. “Everybody pays
police taxes, but we don’t see
them here much. We think the
only real solution is to ticket
people because that’s the only
way they’ll stop speeding.”
At Ainsworth the speed limit
is also 50 km/h but most drivers
have been clocked at 80 km/h.
She believes a bylaw officer
hired to cover these areas and
issue tickets could be a costeffective solution. Although the
summer traffic is the heaviest,
she says winter traffic can also
be a problem with the icy road
conditions. ICBC provides a
SpeedWatch program that offers
residents the use of a radar
device, but this can only be used
to gather statistics, not issue
tickets. Although the program
is active in the community and
is designed to be highly visible
to drivers, it has yet to result in
a change of driving behaviour
in Mirror Lake. “There are
grandparents and kids trying to
cross the highway with inner
tubes and canoes and stuff, so
we’re afraid of a real accident
happening here,” says Stradal.
RDCK Area D Director
Andy Shadrack has been giving
interviews with KBS Radio
on the issue, realizing it’s an
area-wide problem. As of
July 9 Shadrack reports that
the Ministry of Transportation
has agreed to a meeting with
residents and possibly the
RCMP.
“I’ve observed that on the
east shore they now have signs
up that tell people where there
are congested areas. I’m not just
concerned about Mirror Lake
but Ainsworth as well. One of
the problems we have is that
there’s nowhere for pedestrians
to walk.”
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Children will discover that
Reading Rocks this summer
at Nakusp Public Library.
Children can participate in this
free program by signing up for
the 2010 Summer Reading
Club starting now.
Children of all ages
can join this summer-long
program and receive a free
reading record and bookmark
to start them on their voyage of
discovery. The reading record
is a fun way to keep track of
the amount of reading or the
number of books that children
read. Each child will receive
stickers as they reach their
reading goals. Readers who
complete their reading record
will be eligible to receive a
special Summer Reading Club
medal in recognition of their
achievement. Throughout the
summer, children can take
part in the many Summer
Reading Club programs and
contests offered by their local
public library.
This exciting and
educational provincewide program encourages
children to read over the
summer holidays in order
to maintain and develop
their reading skills. Studies
show that voluntary reading
is the number one factor in
establishing good reading
habits in children. This is best
accomplished when children
get to choose their own books.
And where better than the
public library, where there are
books on every topic?
The Summer Reading Club
reaches over 80,000 children in
British Columbia every summer
and is sponsored by the British
Columbia Library Association
with funding assistance from
the Public Library Services
Branch, Ministry of Education.
Over 50 children have
already registered at the Nakusp
library, which is looking to
breaking last year’s record of
72 registrants. The library is cooperating with Success by Six
to offer Family Fun in the Park
on Wednesday afternoons from
1-3 pm, beginning July 14. The
librarian will offer a story time
at the first four sessions at 1 pm.
For more information, drop
in to the Nakusp Public Library
or check out the website at
www.kidssrc.ca.
Reading Rocks for kids at Nakusp Library
The Kaslo Car Show Committee would like to thank the following businesses & individuals
for making this past May 23 May Days Car Show another successful event. It was attended
by hundreds of appreciative folks who enjoyed a sunny day, topped off by a well-attended
and exciting Burn-Out event.
Nelson
Kootenay Lake Auto, Midas, Apple Auto Glass, Glacier Honda, OK Tire, Western Auto Wreckers, Nelson Chrysler, Nelson Ford, Nelson Toyota, Mode’s Muffler, Taylor Wilton, Bill’s Heavy
Duty, Main-Jet Motorsports, Len Thompson
Kaslo
North Kootenay Vet, Rosewood, Treehouse, Kaslo Pump, Mohawk, KSCU, Falkins Ins.,
Lardeau Valley Service, Figments, Barren Fly and Tackle, Clothes Hanger, Herb’s True
Blue, Kaslo Front Street Market, Kaslo Hotel, Signs by Len, VSA, Thomas R Humphries,
Dave Boland, Stan Baker Trucking, Manon Van Tuyl, CMA, Boards by George, Brian Surina, Settle Holdings, Mike and Jennifer Zimmerman, Megla Trucking, Dennis Warren, DW
Sicotte Trucking, Ltd, Sunshine Logging, Kaslo Shipyard Co Ltd, Pennywise, CJ Logging
Ltd, Kaslo Building, Kaslo Sourdough Bakery, Freybe, Grimms, Kraft Canada, Coca Cola,
Molson Breweries, Foothills Creamery, Dee Dee Bendis, Kaslo Liquor Store.
2010 Show ‘n Shine Trophies
Best Antique Car or Truck
Harry Summerville
‘30 Plymouth 4 dr sedan
Best Motorcycle
Tom Smyth
‘70 Norton
Best under construction
Irvin Ziegler
‘32 Ford “B”
Best Paint
Tom Kubos
‘34 Ford 3-Window Coupe
Best Orphan
Alan With
‘62 Daimler
Best Import
Alan With
‘62 Daimler
Best Engine
Wally Drezdoff
‘66 Chevelle
Best Ford
Colin Sherbinin
‘55 Crown Vic
Best Chevy
Brady Benton
‘55 Belair Hardtop
Best Mopar
Brenda & Denise Simard‘70 Plymouth Cuda
Best Street Rod
Tom Kubos
‘34 Ford 3-Window Coupe
Wayne’s Pick
Tom Kubos
‘34 Ford 3-Window Coupe
Chamber of Commerce ChoiceJohn Nesbitt
‘31 Chevy Coupe
Fire Chief’s Choice
Bill Carlson
‘57 Buick
Mayor’s Choice
Gaye Isenor
‘37 Hudson Terraplane
Long Distance
Robb Eggerston
‘64 Caddy Hearse
People’s Choice
John Reichert
‘46 GMC Rat Rod
Best of the Best
Harry Sommerville
‘30 Plymouth 4 dr sedan
Best Burnout - Oral Amoroso
Jeremy Down will present his recent works at the Hidden Garden Gallery July 20-August 1, with
an opening reception Friday, July 30 at 7:30. Organica highlights Jeremy’s paintings created in
the Selkirk Mountains and at the edge of Slocan Lake, informed by the extremes of nature and the
rhythm of light and weather on the creation of outdoor paintings.
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SLOCAN VALLEY
The Valley Voice
Nikkei Internment Centre to receive national historic status
by Art Joyce
New Denver’s Nikkei Internment
Memorial Centre will be receiving
recognition as a historic site of
national significance. The Kyowakai
Society will be hosting the unveiling
of a plaque at the centre on July 31, in
conjunction with Parks Canada and
the Historic Sites and Monuments
Board of Canada (HSMBC). The
Village of New Denver will also
be unveiling a plaque to honour
the contributions of the Kyowakai
Society to the community.
The Kyowakai Society, founded
in 1943 by the New Denver internees,
is the only wartime JapaneseCanadian internment organization
still in operation. Its members used
funds from reparations paid by the
Canadian government to establish
the centre.
“Rather than keep the money for
themselves they decided it was more
important to let future generations
know about that very sad part of our
history,” says New Denver Mayor
Gary Wright.
On February 24, 1942, a
federal Order in Council under the
War Measures Act authorized the
internment of “enemy aliens” and
Canadians of Japanese descent were
moved to camps for the duration of
the war. By the summer, the British
Columbia Security Commission,
the provincial agency charged
with implementing the federal
government’s internment policy,
had constructed a makeshift centre
at New Denver. The first internees
arrived soon after, eventually
housing 1,500 Japanese Canadians.
According to New Denver 2010
Citizen of the Year Nobby Hayashi,
the first winter proved brutal for
internees, with some of the lowest
temperatures in recent memory.
There was nothing more than boards
and tar paper between internees and
the freezing cold. The shacks lacked
running water, so ice blocks had to
be chopped from Slocan Lake and
melted on woodstoves.
While other centres were
demolished after the war’s end,
some of the buildings still exist
or have been reconstructed at
New Denver. The centre is one
of the few internment sites to be
preserved in such detail, complete
with photographs, letters, documents
and a wide range of artefacts. With
its Centennial Centre and peace
gardens, the centre has become a
treasured place of remembrance
and community identity for today’s
Japanese Canadians.
The ceremony will begin at 1 pm
with brief speeches so as to conclude
by 2 pm. Dr. Harold Kalman of the
HSMBC will do the official unveiling
of the plaque designating the Nikkei
Centre as a national historic site, with
the federal government represented
by Conservative MP for KelownaLake Country Ron Cannan. NDP
MP for BC Southern Interior Alex
Atamanenko and MLA Katrine
Conroy have been invited as well.
New Denver Mayor Gary Wright
will preside at the official unveiling
of the Village plaque. That evening
at 7 pm guests will be treated to
a performance by dancers and
drummers from the Chibi Taiko
troupe of Vancouver. Some 200-300
guests from the Japanese Canadian
community across the province are
expected.
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Are you between the ages of 9
and 14 and looking for some serious
outdoor adventure? Want to climb to
the mountain top, shred a trail on your
mountain bike or hike and camp in
Valhalla Park?
The Valhalla Adventure Week,
which runs from August 3-7, is set
to make that happen. The camp is
being run by Leah Brown of Footsteps
Eco Adventures in partnership with
Slocan Valley Recreation and Endless
Adventures. It offers full days of fun for
those who sign up.
During the week kids will hike up
Idaho Peak and ride the Galena Trail.
After getting a canoeing lesson, they
paddle into Valhalla Park for an overnight
adventure under the stars. As well there’s
a field trip into Bannock Point for a day
of picnicking and swimming.
These may be the activities of the
day, but expect a lot more in each of them.
From learning about the ecosystems
around us and how we interact with
them, to discovering the rich history
of the area. Add in orienteering and
wilderness survival basics and these
days will be full. Each day will see the
kids gaining more outdoor confidence
and it’s being hosted by an instructor
with extensive experience.
For more information contact Leah
at 250-355-2937. To register contact
Slocan Valley Recreation at 250-2260008 or by email at slocanvalleyrec@
rdck.bc.ca .
by Jan McMurray
Some very good news is coming
down the pipe for the smallest
communities in the Columbia Basin.
The Columbia Basin Trust board
has endorsed new parameters for the
Community Initiatives / Affected Areas
funding program. One of these new
parameters is that no municipality,
electoral area or First Nations band will
receive less than $30,000 per year under
the program.
This makes a huge difference for
Silverton, Slocan, New Denver, Salmo,
and other communities in the Kootenay
Boundary and East Kootenay. For
the last three years, based on the per
capita formula, Silverton has been
receiving $2,660; Slocan has been
getting $4,514; New Denver $7,361;
and Salmo $14,477. For the next five
years, these communities will likely get
$30,000 per year.
Area K (Arrow Lakes) Director Paul
Peterson, also the RDCK representative
on the CBT board, delivered the good
news to the RDCK board at its June
meeting. “I was very pleased to make
that announcement at the meeting – I’ve
been pushing for this,” he said.
Although this is not yet a done deal,
it is very close. At the RDCK meeting,
Peterson distributed a letter from Neil
Muth, CEO of the CBT, outlining the
new parameters that have been endorsed
by the CBT board and asking for input
on these parameters by July 30. CBT
spokesperson, Delphi Hoodikoff, said
that after the consultation period, “we
will finalize the new parameters – no
later than September – as our current
agreement expires this year.”
Muth’s letter explains that the
current agreement was a three-year
commitment. The new parameters
include a five-year commitment, and the
minimum amount of $30,000 per year.
Hoodikoff says the board came up
with the new $30,000 parameter based
on feedback from the public and a revisiting of the goal of the program and
CBT’s mandate.
“The goal of the program has always
been to give communities an opportunity
to shape their futures, and that can’t be
done in small communities based on
a per capita figure,” she said. “CBT’s
mandate is to play a meaningful role in
communities. Communities will now
be able to shape their futures in a much
more meaningful way.” Hoodikoff added
that CBT had received feedback from the
smaller communities that the application
process was too onerous for such a small
amount of funding.
This funding program comes around
every February or March, with decisions
finalized in April or May.
The block of Josephine Street
between Second and Third Avenues
will be closed for the weekend,
with a stage set up in the street
and bleachers from Centennial
park. Diana Hartog, Taeko Miwa,
Tsuneko Kokubo will be reading
Mrs. Kamegaya’s haiku. There
will also be shakuhachi flute by
Takeo Yamashiro, Japanese dance,
song and poetry by Mariko Kage,
guitar and song by Eiichi Ishikawa,
and Akido demonstrations by Jean
Leduc.
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The Nikkei Centre will be open,
free admission, Saturday 10 am-7
pm and Sunday 10 am-5 pm. There
will be workshops held Sunday, with
the Kyowakai (Old) Hall closed to
allow for the Obon Service at 2 pm. Smokey Creek Salvage
24 HR TOWING
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Certified Welding & Repairs, Vehicle Removal
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Kids Valhalla Adventure Week set for early August
Increased CBT funding for
small communities in the works
New Home for Sale!
photo credit: art joyce
CANADA DAY
The Valley Voice July 14, 2010
RCMP officers from the Slocan Lake detachment turned out in their finest red
serge to lead the Canada Day parade in Silverton this year.
Silverton’s Canada Day celebrations close with a bang thanks to the fireworks display coordinated by the New Denver/Silverton fire department.
WE HAVE MOVED
to 308 Broadway
Street, Nakusp
Over 1100 sqf of retail space to
serve you better
Outdoor clothing, casual
fashion, footwear, beach wear,
equipment and more
Outgoing Nakusp ambassadors, incoming Nakusp ambassadors and all 2010 candidates participated in the July 1 parade. L to R: Devon Leitch (2009 first
ambassador), Carter Stenseth (2010 Mr. Congeniality), Montana Robins, Morgann Black (2010 second ambassador), Rachel Wiebe, Shaely Gresiuk (2010
third ambassador), Hannah Guidon, Megan Hughes, Mateus Dachwitz, Alisa Carter (2009 third ambassador), Nicole Marcolli (2009 second ambassador).
Now open 7 days a week Excavating and Dump Truck Services
Crescent Bay Construction’s float rocked!
Slocan Lake
Dance
Camp
photo credit: art joyce
photo credit: art joyce
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Thursday, July 22 through
July 26, New Denver
Latin, Smooth, Country and Swing. Daily
workshops, nightly classes & dances PLUS
Sunday Argentine Tango Milonga
Singles register Early!
$20 per person per workshop/$12 for teens
Schedule & registration at www.dancingbeat.org
email: magic@redmtn.ca phone: 250-358-2448
The dog tricks category of the Great Canadian Dog Show at Silverton’s
Canada Day celebrations had the crowd laughing. Chloe and her master
walked off with a bucketful of awards.
July 14, 2010
COMMUNITY
The Valley Voice
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Karl Bischoff from Celista, BC, and Danielle Tkach from High Level, Alberta, tried their
luck in the Canadian Championship 100 cc hot saw event at Slocan Loggers Sports, July
3. Neither claimed the title – the championship went to Peter Colliver of Chase.
Janice Burns of Slocan and Brenda Pouchnik of Viola, Idaho compete in the Canadian Championship Ladies Log
Birling at Slocan Loggers Sports on July 3. Pouchnik came out the champion.
Cedar Creek Café hosts eclectic lineup of music for July
the Jeremy Down Band. Buttle has
performed with bluegrass ensembles
as well as alt-rock bands, while Warren
provides funky beats for his Fuzzy
Logik DJ outfit, and has beaten skins for
Chesterfield Dreams.
For more information contact the
band at shadesofloud@gmail.com.
Then on July 20 restaurant patrons
are in for a treat with a double bill: Miss
Quincy and Locomotive Ghost. Miss
Quincy comes alive on stage through
the stories and characters she picks up
along the way. Audiences are captivated
by her blend of tales that incorporate
Wild West wrangling, saloon brawls
or midnight serenading. Miss Quincy
draws her musical inspiration from the
classic blues ladies of the 1930s, boot
stompin’ bluegrass and a healthy dose
of vaudeville.
Playing with the energy of a
derailing freight train, Locomotive
Ghost has stoked the excitement of
photo credit: art joyce
by Art Joyce
New Denver’s own Shades of Loud
will be performing at Cedar Creek Café
on Thursday July 15 at 7:30 pm on the
outdoor stage, weather permitting. The
cover charge will be $5.
The band, which formed in 2007,
will also be performing at the Nakusp
Music Festival this year. Their press
kit describes them as “all-original
psychedelic punk” with generous
helpings of funk and rock, or a crossover
of the White Stripes with the Red Hot
Chili Peppers.
The band’s personnel are Jeremy
Down on guitar and lead vocals, J Buttle
on bass and Chris ‘Fuzzy’ Warren on
drums. The rhythm section shares vocal
duties. The three describe themselves
as having “completely different musical
backgrounds” that have that rare gift of
a musical combo: chemistry that not
only works, it sizzles. Down has rocked
out with Lorded and his solo project
Jon Burden and Bill Lynch kept the dinnertime crowd spellbound with
fretboard-ripping acoustic blues at Cedar Creek Café the evening of July 8.
The café has an eclectic line-up of entertainment this month, featuring altrockers Shades of Loud and bluegrass queen Miss Quincy. Nelson’s fiery music scene. Their
original rock and roll melds smoky
grooves and full-steam dance music,
steered by songwriters Mike Buckley
(guitar, keyboards, vocals) and Tyler
Toews (guitar, vocals), and propelled
by rhythmic duo Ben Nixon (bass) and
Cortney Osness (drums). Locomotive
Ghost tips their conductors’ hats to
legends like Bob Dylan, Neil Young, and
The Band. The cover is by donation; $5
recommended.
The café serves up delicious
Kootenay Fusion diner fare, and the
OceanWise certified menu entrées
include vegetarian fare, grass-fed beef
and bison burgers, and their famous
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Nakusp reviews permissive tax exemptions
by Art Joyce
Nakusp council held a special
meeting the afternoon of July 6 to
hear from community organizations
and non-profits regarding their tax
exemption needs. Council is conducting
a review of its permissive tax exemption
policy. Although many were concerned
that the Village might be considering
eliminating these tax breaks, Mayor
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case.
“Council is just doing due diligence
because this policy has never been
reviewed before. What we thought
we’d do is take a look at the needs of
everybody to see if they need the full
tax rebate or not. We’re not out to beat
anybody up here.”
She added that other municipalities
are reviewing their permissive tax
exemption policies and some are even
phasing them out. More and more of the
tax burden is being shifted from federal
and provincial to municipal and regional
levels, so the shortfall must be made up
by the local taxpayer base.
As it stands, Nakusp’s policy allows
for 1.5 percent of the total tax base to
be exempted for community groups
and nonprofits. The mayor explained
that with current Village exemptions at
over $28,000, the total is closer to three
percent, in contravention of the bylaw.
Under the Local Government Act
permissive tax exemptions can be
given for periods of up to ten years, in
order to avoid organizations becoming
dependent. Council can decide, based on
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applicants’ budgets, to grant only partial
exemptions if their financial health
improves. Currently, Nakusp reviews
exemption applications annually,
something several community groups
would like changed.
Representatives from the Royal
Canadian Legion, Nakusp and Area
Community Services, Nakusp Launch
Club, Halcyon Assisted Living Society,
Nakusp Historical Society, Nakusp
Childcare Society, and Nakusp Hospital
Auxiliary made presentations to council
and submitted budgets.
Legion representative Rene
Bruneau said the local chapter operates
on a five-year plan and finds it difficult to
plan based on the current annual review.
He would like to see the exemptions
granted for three to five years, as would
most of the other applicants.
CAO Lafleur pointed out that one
reason for the Village’s annual review
policy is that property tax assessments
tend to rise each year. Consequently, the
amount of the exemptions granted could
rise quite steeply over a five-year period.
Nakusp and Area Community
Services director Mark Brunton
said he felt the review represented a
“crossroads” for council in terms of
its general attitude toward supporting
nonprofit groups. He said that 99
percent of the money received by the
agency is returned to the community
through the 22 programs it offers. A
recent provincial review of Employment
Centres, which the agency also operates,
exempted Nakusp’s centre from closure
due to its low operating costs and record
of success helping locals get jobs.
“Some time ago the work we do
used to be done by government; that was
handed to nonprofits to do,” explained
Brunton.
Brunton also spoke on behalf of the
Halcyon Assisted Living Society and
said that the facility is operating without
any reserve funds, so the loss of their tax
exemption would make them insolvent.
Mayor Hamling sympathized, adding
that during past negotiations with IHA
regarding the facility, “we couldn’t get
a penny out of them.”
Rosemarie Parent spoke on behalf
of the Arrow Lakes Historical Society,
noting that after this year the society
will lose the funding it has had from
BC Gaming for the past 10 years. This
will likely mean the archives will have
to start charging for information it
has traditionally given for free. “This
operation is not a business and cannot
be treated as one,” said Parent.
Rosann Brunton of the Nakusp
Childcare Society said the daycare
centre they operate is widely considered
one of the best in the West Kootenay.
With more and more people having
to work out of town, their services are
needed more than ever. She said the
society will have a balanced budget
for the first time but the loss of the
exemption would put them in the red.
“We don’t have a lot of reserve or extra
money in place for when things go
wrong,” she said.
Ken LaFrance of the Nakusp
Launch Club said the group is in a
slightly different position than the nonprofits, because the facility is actually
owned by the Village. However, he
explained that with the exceptional
stresses on the infrastructure from the
raising and lowering of lake levels,
maintenance costs are high. Part of
the club’s philosophy, unlike more
exclusive launch clubs, is to keep rates
low so locals can continue to use the
facility. The club has had to raise rates
by 25 percent the past two years already
and if the tax exemption is lost, rates will
have to be raised higher yet, potentially
excluding many local seniors who use
the facility.
Dale James spoke on behalf of the
Nakusp Hospital Auxiliary, explaining
that they have no paid staff and are
blessed with a very active volunteer
force that keeps operating costs down.
Jim McCurry read a letter on their
behalf, emphasizing the non-financial
value of the services such groups
provide to the community. “The $28,000
tax exemptions in a $6 million dollar
budget is a small amount compared to
what we’d lose if these organizations
had to leave or shut down.”
by Art Joyce
Continuing in her series of
fascinating, innovative artists, Anne
Beliveau’s Studio Connexion will
be featuring Russian artist Rose
Eysmond from July 8 to August 2 in
an exhibition entitled Nature Morte
et Vivante.
The nature vivante element of her
exhibition includes landscapes of New
Mexico, where she lived for about
two years, as well as Whistler and the
West Coast near where she now lives
in Vancouver with her husband and
children.
Eysmond was born in Saint
Petersberg, Russia into an artistic
family. Her mother is a writer and
her father a philosopher. Early in
her childhood her father noticed her
talent and sent her to an art school for
young children. Later she attended
the Academy of Fine Arts in Saint
Petersberg, graduating in 2004 with a
master’s degree in fine arts.
Eysmond says her influences
include Gustav Klimt, Rembrandt,
Paul Klee, Brueghel and Chagall,
who was originally from Russia. She
prefers oils but has more recently been
working with acrylics.
Eysmond has an interest in
exploring symbolism derived from
literature, as reflected in some of her
paintings entitled Ophelia, Hamlet,
and Juliet. Occasionally she finds
that the characters in her paintings
unintentionally become self-portraits,
continuing in a long tradition of fine
art painting.
“For me, the process of creating
an artwork is like a journey to a distant
country from which I come back with a
magical gift intended to please the eye.
Each painting embodies a little piece
of my life, a piece of my experiences.”
Her still life paintings comprise the
nature morte element of the exhibition.
Eysmond enjoys painting still lifes
for the decorative element, bright
colours and interesting compositions.
She is always on the lookout for an
interesting bottle or other item to add
to a composition.
“It fascinates me with its immobility
and calmness, inaccessibility and
arrogance. Sometimes just a plant
in a pot on a windowsill next to a
watering can or some droplets on a
window glass may be enough to create
a concept.”
She chose the pseudonym Rose
Eysmond as a means of separating
her personal and professional life.
Her mother wanted to name her Rose
but the family tradition of Russian
names prevailed so her birth name
is Anastasia. Recently however she
discovered that Eysmond was the name
of a great-great grandmother who was
an English baroness.
The show’s opening will be July 8,
5-8 pm at Studio Connexion, located at
203 5th Avenue, Nakusp. Phone 250265-3586 for information.
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KASLO & DISTRICT
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Kaslo community forest adopts long-range strategy
by Art Joyce
The Kaslo and District Community
Forest Society held a meeting July 7 to
call for a vote on its proposed long range
strategy. The vote had been postponed
from the annual general meeting in order
to allow members 30 days to review the
document. When the vote was called,
adoption of the strategy passed easily.
“We’ve been working for just over
a year to create a long term strategy
for the community forest. We built a
team with a range of perspectives and
expertise,” said KDCFS board member
Steve Anderson.
The strategy as it stands now is not
a draft but a final version. In the areas
of economics and climate change, the
committee felt their team was weak, and
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said he thought the team had done an
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Anderson said another area of
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community forest. Although the KDCFS
charter has a section devoted to this, it
was felt this needed some strengthening.
“Community members have put an
immense amount of volunteer time into
this project,” said project coordinator
Laurie Moss. “They were heroic in
getting involved; it was a methodology
many weren’t familiar with.”
Moss explained that the
methodology adopted for use in
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considerable uncertainty, change and
complexity for an organization impacted
by external forces. Flexibility and early
warning feedback is needed to respond
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the board has already received positive
feedback from the Ministry of Forests
and Range.
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planning process is that you evaluate
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One concern raised by a member was
the issue of having an implementation
program in place to ensure the strategy’s
objectives are actually carried out “on
the ground.” Moss said this is a top
priority item in the nine-point strategy
implementation list. Board member
Rob Mitchell said he was concerned
about the potential for shifting priorities
with future boards and wants to see this
list clearly posted on the website as a
“constant reminder for this board and
future boards that we have some steps
to complete.”
Another member asked what the
board’s intention was with regard to
producing value-added wood products.
Anderson replied that the board is
interesting in providing material for local
certified value-added manufacturers but
aren’t interested in becoming primary
producers at this time.
RDCK Area D Director Andy
Shadrack said as a member of the
Climate Change Adaptation Strategy
committee he is “extremely worried”
about the water situation, and wants
to ensure water stewardship remains a
priority issue for the community forest.
Moss said that water is central to the
sustainability of the forest, and has been
identified as a major issue in the strategy.
Some locals had been confused that
there seemed to be different versions
of the strategy document posted on
the website recently. Erika Bird asked
how the board could expect to proceed
without sufficient ‘buy-in’ from the
community. Moss explained that
the ‘new’ documents were simply
summaries of the strategy, including
a five-page summary issued for the
AGM and the 27-page summary issued
for this meeting. Anderson pointed
out that the entire document has been
available on the website for months
and the membership was given 30 days
to review it and comment. He added
that the process has been advertised
“every step of the way,” but that only
two submissions were received since
the AGM.
Another question asked was
whether the board had considered the
various governance options for the
community forest, including corporate.
Moss said weighing the different types
of governance, including corporation,
co-op, society, etc. were all analyzed for
their inherent strengths and weaknesses.
A citizens’ board was settled upon.
“The bottom line is not the
overarching criteria,” Moss concluded.
“The social and environmental benefits
are major factors.”
by Jan McMurray
The Lakehead and Beyond Produce
Society has just received a $5,000
grant from Area D’s Community
Development funds for a business plan
for the Marblehead project in Meadow
Creek.
“We’ve already completed a
business plan for the greenhouse aspect
of the project,” explained Len Trenholm
of the society. “This funding is for a
business plan for the other aspects of
the project, which could include tourist
cabins along the riverfront, a pellet plant,
an artisan/entrepreneurial centre and
perhaps a dry kiln.”
Trenholm reported that the society
had hired three local people to produce
the business plan, and that they hoped
the plan would be done in four to five
weeks. One of the three people hired did
the business plan for the greenhouses.
Phase one of the project involves
purchasing the riverfront property
across from the old Marblehead Station,
originally the site where marble from
the Marblehead Quarry was milled. The
two heritage buildings on the property
were recently burned down – police
suspect arson.
The property has more recently
been used as a dumping ground, so
an environmental assessment needs to
be done. The society has applied for a
provincial grant for the environmental
assessment, and expects to hear in the
next few weeks.
Meanwhile, the society has been
able to negotiate a very reasonable
five-year lease, with the option to renew
for another five years, on a piece of
farmland in Meadow Creek. Volunteers
are preparing the land for market
gardens to be planted in spring 2011.
The group aims to raise $250,000
for phase one of the project, and is
offering memberships to the society
as well as applying for grants to meet
this goal. Annual memberships are $10
per person. Founding memberships
are $100 (bronze), $200 (silver), $300
(gold), and $500 plus (platinum plus).
The mailing address is Lakehead and
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Following her Community Forum
on Agriculture in Creston, MLA
Michelle Mungall has engaged the
help of University of British Columbia
Masters student Paris Marshall Smith
to support initiatives that will increase
Kootenay Lake communities’ food
security.
In March, Mungall heard from
local farmers and food lovers that there
is much to be done to support farmers
and strengthen local food systems,
so Mungall took on the task. UBC’s
School for Community and Regional
Planning offered the expertise with
graduate students like Marshall who
were interested in internships. Pairing
Marshall Smith with the project of
supporting local food in the Kootenays
“was a natural fit.”
“Many people have told me that
they want to make the 100 Mile Diet
more than just a trend, but a normal
way of life,” says Mungall. “In fact, the
Creston Community Forum not only
inspired this project, but also Jen Barclay
who has started Frattoria, a marketing
business for local food. The momentum
is there, and Paris is here to capture it and
work with locals for local food.”
Familiar with the region, Marshall
has been managing the large gardens
and ‘food flow’ at the East Shore’s
Yasodhara Ashram for the past two
years.
Over the summer months, Marshall
will start by meeting with agricultural
producers and distributors throughout
the Kootenay Lake region to identify
the infrastructure and networks needed
to get locally grown food to local tables.
A draft action report will come forward
in the Fall for public input at a large
regional meeting.
For more information, please
contact Mungall’s community office at
1-877-388-4498 or Michelle.Mungall.
MLA@leg.bc.ca.
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School District 10 to open distributed learning school and host international students
by Jan McMurray
School District 10 Arrow Lakes
has two initiatives on the go that
will increase enrollment – the Arrow
Lakes Distributed Learning School
and an international students program.
The Arrow Lakes Distributed
Learning School will hopefully
open in September at two sites –
Lucerne School in New Denver and
Selkirk College in Nakusp. “We
expect to serve nine elementary
students in New Denver and 15
secondary students in Nakusp,” said
Superintendent Walter Posnikoff.
Posnikoff said that Distributed
Learning is very individualized, with
some computer-based courses.
The elementary students who are
expected to register in New Denver
are currently home-schooled, and
will continue to study from home.
The teacher will have weekly contact
with the families. Students will have
the use of the school gym and library,
and will be included in field trips
and other activities at the school.
Students must meet BC curriculum
requirements. “We are designing the
curriculum with the parents,” said
Posnikoff.
The program delivered to
secondary students out of Selkirk
College in Nakusp will have an
alternate education focus, with selfpaced learning and some instruction
by Jan McMurray
The notion of taxing Slocan
Valley residents to support the
Search and Rescue (SAR) groups in
Castlegar, Nelson and Nakusp has
died because it did not get support
from the Villages of New Denver,
Silverton and Slocan.
Area H Director Walter Popoff,
who introduced the idea at the RDCK
board table, said he is not prepared to
have Area H as the only participant.
“As a result, my proposal has died,”
he said.
Slocan did not support the
proposal because Slocan council feels
that SARs are the responsibility of the
Province; New Denver is not willing
to participate because it has its own
rescue group, organized under the fire
department; and Silverton’s RDCK
representative had not presented the
idea to Silverton council because she
was not sure of the costs to taxpayers.
Popoff said he would be speaking
to the Castlegar SAR very soon to
explore other funding sources for
the group.
Popoff reported that a few
firefighters from Area H belong to the
Castlegar SAR, and that the Castlegar
SAR has set up a repeater system for
communications in Area H.
Nelson and the surrounding
electoral areas are going ahead with
establishing taxation for the Nelson
SAR. Castlegar and surrounding
electoral areas are still considering
the concept.
“I originally proposed RDCKwide taxation to be divided among
all the SARs in the region so that
these kinds of inconsistencies and
inequities would not happen,”
commented Popoff.
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The Langham Cultural Centre
presents the works of Boundary
artist Tajai Alexev in the main gallery
and local artist Shelley Ross in the
community gallery on Friday, July
23. A reception will be held between
7-9 pm with artist talks to begin at
7:30.
With his exhibition, Essence,
Alexev explores the states of
imperfection and temporality by
painting macroscopic tropical leaves
in a decaying state. Some of the
background treatment includes
‘infinite’ repeat designs reminiscent
of Muhgal miniatures or temple
carvings of southeast Asia. The
recipient of an award for the study
and research of natural dyes and
surface textiles, Alexev uses a paste
resist technique to bring emphasis
by Greg Nesteroff
The man accused of burning
down Ainsworth’s historic Silver
Ledge Hotel has pled not guilty.
Randolph Paul Hanoski, 53,
wasn’t present for the hearing in
Nelson provincial court last week,
but lawyer Tyleen Underwood
entered the plea on his behalf and
said he wished to be tried by judge
alone. The case was adjourned until
Sept. 21 to set a trial date.
Crown prosecutor Sunday Patola
indicated a significant amount of
evidence still needs to be disclosed,
including an as-yet incomplete fire
marshall’s report. She said the trial
would hear from a number of police
and civilian witnesses and likely take
two days, although Judge Don Sperry
suggested three days was more likely.
Hanoski was arrested June 3
and charged with arson after fire
levelled the 114-year-old hotel
and a trailer next door. He was
released on $10,000 bail and has
been staying with family in Calgary.
Hanoski and his former partner Cathy
Brewer owned the hotel, which they
purchased in 2007 from longtime
owner Lawrie Duff, who ran it in
summer as a museum.
to these states. He says that in his
exploration of textile practices, the
pieces that held the most relevance
were the ones exposed to the elements
in one or a number of ways and for
days at a time. These works conjure
up ‘memories’ of the Old World,
suggestive of trading cloths, maps
forgotten in tombs and parchment.
The Shelley Ross exhibition
of watercolour paintings, Lichens
of the Kootenay Valley: Lovely,
Luscious and Likeable, is the result
of a year’s exploration of the lichens
that grow in this region. Although
her academic background is in
biology, in nature, she sees colour,
form and patterns before species
identification and classification.
Ross is a self-proclaimed messenger
for an under-appreciated life form.
Her watercolours bring light to the
unusual, intricate forms and beautiful
colours provided by these organisms.
Her work invites, indeed urges us
as viewers to carry the intrigue of
her exhibition to the outdoors – to
our great forests, where one can
appreciate the myriad of lichens
growing there firsthand.
Slocan Valley Villages reject Search and Rescue tax proposal
Langham Gallery to feature artists Alexev and Ross
Hanoski pleads not guilty to
burning down Silver Ledge
Only rubble remains where the Silver Ledge Hotel once stood.
offered. The teacher will provide
tutoring, support and instruction out
of the college.
“The district, and particularly
Terry Taylor, has worked very hard
to make the Arrow Lakes Distributed
Learning School happen, and we were
very pleased to receive the contract
from the ministry on July 8,” said
Superintendent Walter Posnikoff.
International students may be
coming to both Nakusp Secondary
and Lucerne Secondary Schools as
early as February 2011, but perhaps
not until September 2011.
The program is in partnership
with School District 6 Rocky
Mountain, which has the oldest
running international student program
in BC. SD6 has interest from more
international students than it can
accommodate, so SD10 is prepared
to take some of the extra students.
Representatives from SD10 met
with Duncan McLeod of SD6 at the
end of June, where McLeod outlined
the details of the program. It is
expected that a formal agreement will
be signed by the two school districts
in late August or early September. A
homestay coordinator will be hired in
each community.
International students pay their
own tuition and homestay fees,
resulting in $6,000 per full-time
student for the school district and
$600 per month for the homestay
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Why Food
Security?
by Aimée Watson
This column is the first in a series
written by the Kaslo Food Security
Project. Over the next few months, the
KFSP will be writing articles about
how individuals and communities
can address food insecurity. The
column is sponsored by St. Mark’s
Anglican Church in Kaslo.
Food security is when all
people, at all times, have access
to nutritious, safe, personally
acceptable and culturally appropriate
foods, produced in ways that are
environmentally sound and socially
just. If food were not a basic need
to human survival, this may seem a
high moral to attain; however, food
is essential – and most importantly,
what sustains our lives.
Food is a commodity that
is traded, regulated, priced and
controlled by those that are legally
required to produce a profit. Due
to this constraint, the food that the
majority of the population has access
to is not produced for the purpose
of sustaining life, but of meeting
corporate needs.
If you can afford it, you can eat.
If you choose to eat healthy food,
you have to be able to pay more.
If you choose to eat food that does
not damage the earth while causing
many human and animal rights
violations, you have to pay even
more.
Food security is an urgent
need in communities across the
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world because the most accessible,
affordable and physically available
food is the least nutritious and most
harmful. The food that best supports
healthy living and the sustainability
of the system that we require to
live is the least accessible and most
expensive.
Food security initiatives can
offer a broad range of programs that
address health, justice, economy, and
the environment. All of these areas
are in crisis within our modern food
system.
People in need of healing,
whether in hospitals, care facilities,
or at home, are receiving or accessing
food that is highly processed, full of
chemicals, and rarely fresh. How
can people get better when the basic
Restaurant
at Retallack
Lodge highly
recommended
by Jan McMurray
The restaurant at Retallack Lodge
is now open for the season.
Through to October 1, the fine
dining restaurant is open for breakfast,
lunch and dinner, Thursdays to
Sundays from 8 am to 8 pm.
Chef Yves Robitaille, who has
been the chef at the lodge for four
years, offers a beautiful menu at
surprisingly reasonable prices.
Breakfasts range from $9 to $12;
lunch entrees from $12 to $14; and
dinners from $17 to $30.
On July 10, the resort hosted
a special nine-course meal and
graciously invited the Valley Voice.
This was a wonderful chance to
sample several of the items from the
menu with friends from Kaslo and
New Denver.
We all agreed that the food at
Retallack is exceptional.
To begin, we were served an
appetizer of salmon gravelox on
toast. This was the first time for many
of us to try gravelox – raw salmon,
cured in salt, sugar and dill. We were
all delighted with the mild, delicate
flavour. Salmon gravelox is a choice
in the breakfast dishes at the lodge.
The second course was a truly
St. Mark’s
Anglican
Church
5th at C, Kaslo
Sunday worship 9 am
with church school for
children
Coffee hour following
OPEN
7 am - 5:30 Weekdays
9 am - 5:00 Saturday
July & August
Wednesday 8-8:30 pm:
silent meditation with
Taize chants
The Best Lumberyard
in the Kootenays
We deliver!
In the quiet grove behind the
church, walk the labyrinth
whenever you need time for
personal meditation.
The Valley Voice July 14, 2010
building blocks of good food are not
accessible?
According to the Sierra Club, out
of 35 million pounds of antibiotics
used last year, 70 percent of the drugs
went to animals living in CAFOs
(concentrated animal feeding
operations). Researchers say the
overuse of antibiotics in humans
and animals has led to a plague of
drug-resistant infections that killed
more than 65,000 people in the US
last year – more than prostate and
breast cancer combined.
The principles of justice,
democracy and equity require that
good food is available to everyone,
not just those who can afford to
pay for it. Nor is it acceptable
that BC’s food policy is based on
the exploitation of people or the
environment in other countries. Slave
traders are trafficking boys ranging
from the age of 12 to 16 from their
home countries and are selling them
to cocoa farmers in Cote d’Ivoire,
according to research conducted
by the University of America in
Washington, DC.
Without food production, there
is no economy. Full-cost accounting
reveals the costs as well as the risks
of a food system which is dependent
on outside sources, long-distance
movement of food, high-input
agriculture, and poor population
health. Food dependency holds
political as well as economic dangers;
any jurisdiction which cannot feed its
people is at the mercy of whoever
does. When these ‘externalities’ are
included, the cost of a conventional
bread basket goes up by 16 percent.
A locally based, organic bread basket
with externalities included goes up
by 3 percent.
The impact of industrial food
production on the environment
is huge. Our food depends on a
substantial amount of manufactured
implements derived from oil. In
1940, our food system used one
calorie of fossil fuels to produce 2.3
calories of food. Today, we use 10
calories of fossil fuels to produce
one calorie of food. After cars, food
is the biggest user of fossil fuels at
19 percent.
For more information, visit
www.fooddemocracy.org.
scrumptious mushroom velouté
soup, spiced beautifully with a hint
of ginger and chili.
The third appetizer was the
Scallops & Crab. The scallops, panseared and stuffed with warm crab
salad, were served over a pepperonata
– a stew of sweet red and yellow
peppers.
The first main dish was the Duo
of Lamb, featuring two different lamb
dishes – a roasted rack of lamb, and
lamb rillettes in a panko crust, which
is a light Japanese bread crumb crust.
On the side was a wonderful red
currant compote. Couscous, roasted
cauliflower and fresh mint beautifully
complemented the lamb dishes.
A butter lettuce salad was served
next. Tender butter lettuce leaves
were topped with beets, carrot,
cucumber, cherry tomato, toasted
seeds, mizuna and pea shoots, and
finished with creamy tahini dressing.
Next up was the halibut dinner
dish. Sitting in a most amazing wild
mushroom lemongrass broth, the
tender halibut steak was seared, and
served with roasted corn and potato
puree, and rapini (Italian brocolli).
Another appetizer emerged from
the kitchen next. The Fresh Salmon
& Corn Croquettes are a mixture of
potato, corn and salmon, breaded with
the delicate Japanese panko. This dish
was served with a tantalizing spicy
green tomatillo sauce.
The final main dish was
a combination of the Scented
Vegetables with Polenta and the Red
Wine Braised Beef.
To finish – a decadent but
delicate chocolate brownie tart with
strawberry sauce and whipped cream.
Chef Yves Robitaille came out of
the kitchen at the end to ask us how
we enjoyed our meal. After a hearty
round of applause, comments such as
“stunning” and “beyond delicious”
were heard from the guests at the
table.
Not only is the food fantastic
and the prices affordable, but the
ambience of the dining room and the
lush forest setting of the lodge make
an outing to the restaurant at Retallack
a truly special experience.
Rotary
Exchange
student says
farewell
of the community.
I come from a city of 80,000,
so coming to such a small and tight
community was quite a change. It
was not until halfway through the
year that I really started feeling like
part of it. It was interesting for me
to see how different it can be to live
in a place where everyone knows
everyone – and to see that as with
all other things, it has its good and
bad sides.
Now, I can take the best from this
small community, where people are
always ready to help each other out,
and bring it home to inspire people
and mix it in with the great things a
city has to offer.
The move from Denmark to
Nakusp taught me more than just the
fact that I can build a life in Nakusp.
It proved to me that no matter where
in the world I go, I can make a
life because the difference is only
superficial; people are and always
will be people.
If you have ever thought about
being an exchange student – do it!
You won’t regret it.
by Kirsten Jensen
When I left Denmark a year ago,
I had no idea what Nakusp was like.
When I arrived here, it was nothing
but a strange place to me – all I knew
was that I was going to spend a year
of my life in this small town. What I
did not know was that it was going to
be a year of great trips, good times,
and amazing people.
This year was full of new and
different experiences, from holidays
like Thanksgiving and Hallowe’en,
to skiing in the Kootenays and tubing
on the lake, to learning how to be a
real Canadian redneck.
Once school started, I met
more and more people and started
establishing a normal life. Everyone
was very open and welcoming,
which made it easier to become part
Chef Yves Robitaille in his kitchen at Retallack Resort. His food is beyond
delicious, and the prices are reasonable.
Thanks to the community of
Nakusp for being nice and helpful,
to the Rotary Club because it would
not be possible without them, to my
host families for giving me a place to
live and more than that, and finally to
my friends for making sure that my
year was beyond awesome.
Rotary Exchange student Kirsten
Jensen is returning to Denmark.
July 14, 2010
The Valley Voice
Announcements
WILLOW HOME GALLERY has gifts
from here and afar for your home, your
friends and yourself. Open 7 days a week.
It’s worth the drive to Kaslo! 250-353-2257.
THE CUP AND SAUCER CAFÉ.
Silverton. Summer hours Mon-Thurs 8-4,
Fri & Sat 8-8, Sun 10-4. We are open till
8 at weekends for Chef’s Surprise hot dish
and specialty desserts, available from 5
pm onwards. Did we mention the Gelato,
Summer Rolls, Iced Coffee and Spelt
Lemon Squares available all day everyday?!
250-358-2267.
ROB RILEY Memorial Service –
CHANGE OF DATE - A celebration of
the life of Rob Riley will NOT be held on
July 21 as originally planned – service has
been postponed to September. Date TBA.
Business Opportunities
DO YOU HAVE A GREAT BUSINESS
IDEA? Community Futures welcomes our
two new business counsellors to the Arrow
and Slocan Lakes area. CF provides program
info, business counselling and training.
Wednesday appts. available in Nakusp and
New Denver by calling 265-3674 ext. 201
or email Nakusp@futures.bc.ca.
Personal Classifieds start at $8.00
Call 250-358-7218 for details
Coming events
LAKELORE GALLERY in Slocan
City is pleased to host the reception of the
‘Goddess Quest,’ a search for miniature
ceramic Goddesses hidden throughout the
valley. The ‘Quest,’ seeded by artist Elly
Scheepens and documented by Virginia
Boyd, will be on exhibit at the gallery
Sunday July 25, with wine, cheese and
music from 4-6 pm. Lakelore Gallery has an
ongoing call for artists and craftspeople, and
those angel volunteers. Lakelore Gallery
thanks all for their continued support.
Volunteers are always welcome for daily
ongoing projects. If you can find one day
a week you would like to be a part of our
membership, please drop us a line or better
yet, come by the Gallery.
THE FRIDAY MARKET happens in
downtown New Denver every Friday, June
to September, 10 am to 2 pm. Features local
produce, plants, herbs and a great selection
of Kootenay artisan wares.
HIDDEN GARDEN GALLERY: Sunday,
July 18. Tenth anniversary celebrations
begin at 1:00 pm with a toast at the gallery.
Unveiling at Greer Park of Toru Fujibayashi
sculpture around 1:45. Local band, ESQUE,
plays from 2 - 4. Refreshments at Sweet
Dreams and birthday cake for all.
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SLOCAN LAKE DANCE CAMP for
Youth & Adults, Thursday, July 22 Sunday, July 25, New Denver. Choose
one or attend several. Four days of dance
workshops & nightly dances plus a Sunday
afternoon Tango Milonga. Early bird
deadline July 8. www.dancingbeat.org or
franwallis@redmtn.ca or 358-2448.
NEW DENVER STREET FAIR, tenth
annual, Sunday, July 25, 8 am-3 pm, Main
St., New Denver. For space rental contact
Joan 250-352-3788.
KASLO SATURDAY MARKET, Front
St. Park 10:00-2:00. Great variety of
vendors with live music and hands on art
projects. The place to be on a Saturday.
250-353-7592.
CREATIVE KOOTENAY KIDS CAMP
- A creative arts day camp that is affordable
for Kootenay kids! (Partly funded by
Columbia Basin Trust). Mon-Fri 9 am-3
pm. Aug 16-20 (Ages 4-9 yrs), Aug 23- 27
(Ages 10 & up). Children will be guided by
a different local, professional artist each day,
creating a themed masterpiece! Aug. 21 &
28, 1-3 pm ART SHOW- A public viewing
of the art that the kids created that week.
Early bird investment - $100 for the week
with art supplies included! For detailed info,
contact Anastasia of Loving Spirit 358-7773
or lovingspirit@rocketmail.com.
THE SILVERTON GALLERY is hosting:
‘Goddess Quest’ (Elly Scheepens & Virginia
Boyd) opening July 18 at 4 pm with show
continuing till July 28, 1-4 pm daily. On
July 22 (11-3) ‘Create with Clay’ workshop
(part 1) with Willo Treshow. Brian Stolle
& guest artists will be hosting ‘Musical
Improvisation’ Coffeehouse on July 24 at
7:30 pm. ‘Rails to Trails to Watercolours’
workshop July 26-30 (9-12) by Donna Hicks
with evening show July 30. Call 358-7788 or
e-mail Silvertongallery@gmail.com.
MANDALA MAKING art workshops
held at Hand & Soul Healing Centre in
Silverton on Wed evenings - July 21 and 28
(7-9 pm) age14+, $15 or 2 for $25. Call Sue
Mistretta at 358-2177 to register.
GARAGE SALE – 708 Josephine, New
Denver. Friday, Saturday and Sunday (July
16-18), 10-2. Antiques and collectibles.
Unique plants in great containers. Frog
collection. Kitchen stuff. Much, much more.
MARKET FEST – Nelson’s popular
downtown night market and festival.
Fridays, July 23 and Aug. 20, 6-10 pm,
Baker St., downtown Nelson. This free
family community event features 50
vendors, lots of food, two stages with live
music, kids’ tent and an evening of fun,
Nelson style. For more information, contact
Rose 250-825-4034.
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ROB RILEY Memorial Service –
CHANGE OF DATE - A celebration of
the life of Rob Riley will NOT be held on
July 21 – has been postponed to September.
Date TBA.
For rent
55+ RENTAL HOUSING - Nakusp BC.
New Building Rotary Villa, 4 rental suites,
all one bedroom. Pets welcome. www.
arrowtarian.com, 250-265-3370 (9:00am12:00pm) arrowtarian@nakusp.net.
NEW DENVER APARTMENT for rent
$800/month, utilities included. Generous
size includes 3 bedrooms, 4-piece bathroom,
dining room, large kitchen and living room
area. Includes fridge and stove. Glacier
view and short walk to lake. Available
July 1. Contact 306-535-7222. References
required.
TWO BEDROOM double-wide, nonsmoker, no pets. $750. Nakusp. 250-2651730.
MILLION DOLLAR VIEW and bright
2-bdrm home on Red Mtn Rd available Oct
1. $800 + utilities. 250 358 7205.
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In Memoriam
WATERFRONT PROPERTY – 5+
mostly wooded acres. Just outside Nakusp
on the Arrow Lakes. Lake and mountain
views. Creek and southwest exposures.
Borders on Crown land. 250-265-4025 or
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ROGAN ELECTRIC Residential,
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RUSS STORMS passed away four years
ago, but we still remember all the times
he celebrated his birthday with his friend
Jerry Kinsel, both being July babies. Many
people would come to our place in Hills for
a potluck and some would stay to enjoy a
long night of wild fun (you know who you
are!). We miss you and love you, Dad.
- Marc, Waneta, and Jo.
ROB RILEY – CHANGE OF DATE
- A celebration of the life of Rob Riley
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postponed to September. Date TBA.
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The Valley Voice July 14, 2010
Silverton Gallery hosts clay workshop, musical improvisation coffeehouse
submitted
Whether you’re eager to get your
Slocan Valley Recreation
S U M M E R C L AY B U I L D I N G
WORKSHOPS - With Eryn Prospero.
Two age groups. July 19, 20 & 23.
ECO CRAFT CAMPS - With Shauna
Robertson. July 20 to 22 at the Vallican
Whole Community Centre.
KOOTS ROOTS SKATE CAMP With the Black Russians & friends. July
19 to 23. Tenacity Skate Park in Slocan.
VALHALLA ADVENTURE WEEK
- Ages 9 to 14 years. Hiking, biking
canoeing and more. Your Host: Leah
Brown. August 3 to 7.
16TH ANNUAL SLOCAN VALLEY
POKER FLOAT - Sunday, August 8.
Float the mighty meandering Slocan
River! Registration 11 am. Launch high noon.
FALL LEISURE GUIDE - Want to be
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be part of the fun!
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hands dirty learning to work with
clay or keep them clean while others
entertain you, the Silverton Gallery
has something for you this month.
Clay artist Willo Treschow will
offer a two-part workshop July 22
and August 12 from 11 am to 3 pm.
And on Saturday, July 24 at 7 pm,
Brian Stolle will host a musical
improvisation coffeehouse at the
gallery.
Treschow’s clay workshop starts
on day one, July 22, with helping
you create your own bowl, tile or
box as you learn primitive hand
building techniques. The workshop
will be inside on the main floor of
the gallery.
On day two, August 12, learn
how to open pit smoke fire your
work to create a beautiful finish to
your work of art. The workshop will
take place outside at the back of the
gallery/museum building.
Bring a light lunch and drinks on
both days. Open to all ages; children
under 12 must be with an adult. The
number of students is limited to
15, though a second group will be
created if interest is high enough.
The cost is $25 for both days and
for materials.
To book for the clay class, call
Willo at 250-355-2253.
The musical improvisation
coffeehouse on July 24 is hosted by
musician Brian Stolle. He has invited
local musicians who regularly gather
in Rosebery for evening jams, along
with other musicians from Nakusp
and Winlaw, to bring their talents and
creativity out for the public to enjoy
for this special event. Admission by
donation. No alcohol will be served
but there will be refreshments as
always.
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July 14, 2010
COMMUNITY
The Valley Voice
19
SCRATCH Youth Writing Challenge winners announced
submitted
Forty-four young writers took
part in Columbia Basin Trust’s
(CBT) creative writing challenge.
The challenge asked youth ages 1529 to submit works of fiction with
appealing characters, a dynamic plot
and magnificent style, all located in the
Columbia Basin.
Amos Tanguay from Nelson took
the top prize of $1,000 with his short
story, The Geese Know Where To Go.
Julia Caceres Booth from Winlaw was
selected as the runner-up for her story,
Trans-Canada, and received $500.
The other eight finalists, who
received a $100 gift certificate to a
Basin bookstore of their choice, are:
chase Walsh Kabatoff (Winlaw),
Ismael Bernier (Kaslo), Kim Wiest
(Nelson), Melinda Pedersen (Nelson),
Aanika Ruutopold (Rossland), Julia
Mason (Rossland) and Kristopher Ede
(Invermere).
But the challenge is not over
yet! CBT is asking Basin residents
to help decide who should receive
the remaining prize. The Reader’s
Choice Award will honour one more
writer with a $300 gift certificate to
their favourite local bookstore. Pick
up a copy of the SCRATCH Summer
Reading Edition at locations (www.
scratchonline.ca/mag) around the
Basin, or read the top ten submissions
at www.scratchonline.ca/vote and then
cast a vote before August 31.
“The writing challenge was a new
way for us to engage with youth, and
to form new partnerships with Selkirk
College, the College of the Rockies and
others from the literary field that will be
beneficial to the youth that will continue
to participate in SCRATCH Magazine,”
said Michelle d’Entremont, CBT Basin
Youth Liaison.
submitted
As part of the Valhalla Summer
School of Music August 8-13, artistic
directors John Kadz and Bill van der
Sloot are pleased to announce classical
guitar in the core programs this year for
the very first time in VSSM’s 12-year
history.
Guitarists of all levels will be
inspired after taking this program with
Calgary’s Scott Arnold, one of Canada’s
great guitar gurus (nominated by CBC
Radio 2 in 2009). The classes will focus
on musicianship and appreciation. The
core program will consist of a series of
workshops including ensemble, fretboard
harmony, technique, improvisation and
computers in music. The core program
costs $300 and will take place at Lucerne
School in New Denver.
Also, for the first time ever, VSSM
will be offering a unique Campfire Guitar
program. Guitar players looking for a
casual, fun instrumental experience can
sign up for this program. The program
is also led by Arnold and runs every
evening during VSSM week from 7:30
to 9:30. A few favourite campfire tunes
will be introduced, including words
with chords, a chart, melody line,
scales for improvisation, alternate chord
fingerings, harmony line, introductions –
and instruction on how it all works. Don’t
forget to bring a blanket or a chair to sit
on. Bring marshmallows for the campfire
for fun! Campfire guitar program costs
$50 for one week or $10 for drop-ins.
For more information on Classical
Guitar or Campfire Guitar programs,
call 1-877-458-7794 or email
vssminstrumental@valhallafinearts.
org. For more details on Scott Arnold or
the program, visit www.valhallafinearts.
org/vssm.
Nakusp RCMP report that the body
of Billy Coffman of Nakusp was found
by local kayakers on June 29 in Arrow
Lake, near the mouth of the Kuskanax
River. Coffman had been missing since
the early morning hours of June 9, when
he drove onto the Kuskanax bridge and
got out to have a look at the river. He lost
his balance and fell in.
Police, Nakusp Search and Rescue,
and a dive team conducted searches with
no success.
VSSM brings classical guitar into the program
Body of missing Nakusp man recovered
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SALES & SERVICE
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OPEN TUES - SAT
CHAINSAWS
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and
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265-3252
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Rear, 309 Kildare St. New Denver
Open Tues-Sat. Closed Sun-Mon.
Pizza, Fresh Bread Daily
358-2119
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Jo’s Jewelry
Gone Fishin’
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Slocan Auto &
Truck Repairs
24 hour towing
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355-2632
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MASSAGE THERAPIES
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MTA rates (Low income consideration)
also MSP, WCB, ICBC & care plans
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nourishing body, mind and spirit, and
by embracing family and community.
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Mondays & Fridays - Silverton
Every other Wednesday in Winlaw or Nakusp
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358-2177
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COMMUNITY
The Valley Voice July 14, 2010
Credit unions finance water awareness in the Slocan Valley
submitted
The Winlaw Watershed Committee
recently received a $3,000 grant from
three local credit unions: Heritage,
Kootenay Savings, and Nelson &
District. The funds will be used to create
an artistic information installation in
the entrance to the Cedar Creek Café in
downtown Winlaw.
The aim of this display is to give
people a deeper understanding of our
most valuable asset. Water.
Be sure to visit downtown Winlaw
in the coming months to check it out!
What do watersheds and local
banking have in common?
Water is the lifeblood of the planet
and of every living being upon its surface.
Nowhere do we see this connection more
vividly than in rural areas. And although
it could be thought of as the cornerstone
of a healthy community, it is only the
beginning.
Money is the lifeblood of the
economy, and therefore of every
community that is part of the dominant
culture. Money is a medium of exchange,
and one could also say a form of
energy. What you do with this energy
as it passes through your hands is of
crucial importance to the health of your
‘financial ecosystem.’
Although we vote in local elections
where the outcome can affect us directly,
we can also choose to vote with our
dollars. The only way to reshape the
economic landscape of a place is to
rethink how the money flows. An
obvious choice would be between
supporting a locally owned store or a
non-local chain store, but a more subtle
choice is where we choose to do our
banking.
Large banks finance big ticket
items, like the off-shoring of jobs
to third-world countries, as well as
promoting the trade of highly-leveraged
financial instruments. Community credit
unions have tighter capital controls and
therefore a healthier pool of reserves to
draw on. They also invest more money
back into the communities they serve in
the form of mortgages, small business
loans and donations to local causes.
It has become common knowledge
of late that one of the best things we can
do as a community is to build local selfsufficiency as a means of decentralizing
from a system that does not have our
best interests at heart. This can come in
many forms, from protecting our forests
and waterways, to natural home building,
starting farms and farmer’s markets, to
reengineering our local economy.
The three donors are in agreement
that giving strengthens and binds credit
unions to their roots – sustainable,
healthy and vibrant communities. By
working together and pooling financial
resources they wish to make a collective
difference for water awareness.
Heritage, Kootenay Savings, and
Nelson & District Credit Unions clearly
understand and implement fundamental
aspects of local economic well-being.
Through their collaborative generosity
in awarding funding for a watershed
art/info installation, they are also
demonstrating awareness and concern
for our local water sources.
submitted
The Black Russians are back! This
summer, the skatecamp planned for
Tenacity, the Skatepark in Slocan, will
be going ahead from July 19 to 23.
Members of the crew will be joined
by several special friends during the
week and they’ll be skating for love
– for the love of their great friend and
skater – Josh Evin. Josh hosted the first
skatecamp last year and was looking
forward to returning to offer it again.
The program is being offered
through Slocan Valley Recreation and
is being hosted by Shandy Campos of
BC Action Adventures. The hours are
set up so the valley bus can be used to
get to and from the camp.
“Josh was an influence,” says
Shandy Campos. “He had a passion and
love of skating that infected everyone
around him. He may have been known
around the world, but he always brought
it back home.” Evin tragically died in a
motorcycle accident last month.
Eugene Voykin & Nato Goer of the
Black Russian skate team will be on hand
to offer riders of all ages some great tips
during the week. They’re no strangers
to the camp, helping out with last year’s
group. Campos is also arranging to have
other guest skaters showing up every day
to share their love of the sport (and Josh)
with the kids. During the week there’ll
be barbeques, a road trip to another
skatepark, a dip in the lake when you
get hot and a whole bunch of great prizes
and gifts from sponsors for those lucky
enough to participate. So if you’re a rider wanting to get
some tips on improving your ride, then
call Slocan Valley Recreation at 250226-0008. Space may be limited so call
today for details.
Black Russian Team hosts skatecamp in Slocan
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Your “Boho Chic” destination store in the Kootenays!
3 1 8 B ro a d w a y S t .
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265-3288
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Located in Rosebery, BC
Heading back to Haiti
submitted
Three Mt. Sentinel students are
heading back to Haiti in August with a
group from Nelson.
“We are going down primarily
to help with the children, as they are
having a hard time after the earthquake,”
said Margaux Tappin. “We’re all
really excited to go and are organizing
fundraising events and accepting
donations.” To support the kids, a Nelson
hair salon, Waves on the Lake, is hosting
a cut-a-thon on July 22 and 23 from 4 pm
to 8 pm. Minimum donation is $20 for a
cut and $30 for a cut and style. Call 250352-9283 for an appointment; walk-ins
are also welcome.
Donation jars will soon be set up
at stores in the community. Anyone
wanting to help out by making a donation
can drop it off at Mount Sentinel School.
Don’t miss New Denver’s
street fair, July 25
submitted
Whimsies, what-nots, and
whatchamacallits – it’s everything
beautiful under the sun!
New Denver’s tenth annual street
fair is happening on Sunday, July 25
from 8 am to 3 pm. The main street
(Sixth Avenue) is closed to vehicles, and
vendors sell everything from antiques
and collectibles to new and gently used
stuff – retro, vintage, fun and funky.
Come stroll the street and find the
treasures you’ve been yearning for.
All proceeds from vendor rentals go
to local New Denver charities.
And
we are
staying
P
info@nelsonlaw.ca
250-352-7228