November 17, 2010

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November 17, 2010 The Valley Voice
Volume 19, Number 22 November 17, 2010 Delivered to every home between Edgewood, Kaslo & South Slocan. Published bi-weekly.
“Your independently owned regional community newspaper serving the Arrow Lakes, Slocan & North Kootenay Lake Valleys.”
Court prohibits Perry Ridge logging until Sinixt case heard
by Jan McMurray
The Perry Ridge logging issue has
wound up in the courts again, and the BC
Supreme Court has issued an order that
no road building or logging can happen
until the case has been heard.
This time around, the Sinixt
launched the lawsuit – because the
Crown did not consult them before
awarding the timber sale. Last time,
in 1997, it was Perry Ridge residents
who took the Province to court over
terrain stability and hydrology issues
on the ridge.
The Sinixt filed a petition on
November 4 in the BC Supreme Court
in Vancouver, naming the Ministry
of Forests and Sunshine Logging as
the respondents. The Sinixt want the
judge to declare that the Ministry of
Forests has a legally enforceable duty
to consult with the Sinixt on the Perry
Ridge timber sale. They want the judge
to quash the licence that’s been issued
to Sunshine Logging, then order the
Crown both to consult with the Sinixt
and to provide funding so the Sinixt
can participate meaningfully in the
consultation process.
On November 15 in BC Supreme
Court in Vancouver, Madame Justice
Gerow issued an order prohibiting
Sunshine Logging from doing any work
on the Perry Ridge timber sale pending
the court’s decision on whether or not
the Crown has a duty to consult with
the Sinixt. The case will be scheduled
for a five-day hearing in Vancouver in
the new year.
Meanwhile, on November 3,
Sunshine Logging applied in the Nelson
court for an injunction to remove the
Sinixt blockade on Perry Ridge Forest
Service Road. On November 5, Justice
Bowden denied Sunshine Logging’s
application on the basis that it would
“pre-empt” the November 15 court
hearing.
The Sinixt petition to the court
states that the Crown did not consult
with them on the basis that it was “not
clear” to the Province that the Sinixt are
‘an aboriginal people of Canada.’ The
petition asserts that the Sinixt are indeed
an aboriginal people of Canada by the
definition in the Canadian Constitution.
Further, the Sinixt filed a land claim that
includes Perry Ridge in 2008, and the
petition states that knowledge of this
claim suffices to trigger a duty to consult.
“The commencement of work
under the Licence / Road Permit in
absence of consultation with the Sinixt
stands to cause irreparable harm to the
constitutional rights of the Sinixt as
well as the Sinixt’s aboriginal rights in
relation to the significant archaeological,
cultural, hydrological, wildlife and
plant values on Perry Ridge,” states
the petition.
A n a ff i d a v i t b y M a r i l y n
James, spokesperson for the Sinixt,
accompanies the petition. In the
affidavit, James explains that Perry
Ridge was the location for the Sinixt
women’s huckleberry ceremony, as well
as being particularly significant “as it
represents that last mid/low elevation
forest area within our Territory that has
not been ecologically undermined by
industrial development. Perry Ridge is
an island in a landscape that has been
compromised by logging and damming
of our land and water resources.” She
further states: “In the current context of
the Sinixt as we stand in relation to our
Territory, Perry Ridge is the seat of our
responsibility under the wbuplak’n and
smum iem [Sinixt law]. It is all that is
left. I believe that Perry Ridge embodies
so much of what ties my people to the
land culturally. Perry Ridge is the last
example of that bond; the last holdout;
the last place for us to be connected with
our cultural responsibility.”
James also outlines the consultations
that have taken place with the Sinixt.
They were the recognized First Nation
representatives at the BC Government
Commission on Resource and
Environment (CORE) Planning Table,
Slocan Valley Pilot Project, in the 1990s.
They were invited to the Premier’s
Summit on Economic Opportunity for
the Kootenays in 1998. BC Hydro has
consulted them on five different projects
in 2009 and 2010.
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NEWS
The Valley Voice November 17, 2010
RDCK board, November 4: Hydro grants in lieu policy remains largely as is
by Jan McMurray
• A circular from the Province
regarding Regional District financial
management of Hydro grants in lieu of
taxes prompted a lengthy discussion on
this topic. In the end, the board decided
to keep things largely as they are.
In 2008, the RDCK decided to
set up a ‘Community Development
Fund’ with hydro grants in lieu of taxes
received from BC Hydro and Columbia
Power Corporation. Community
Development funds are distributed
to each electoral area and small
municipality in the RDCK. Nelson and
Castlegar do not participate because
they receive substantial hydro grantsin-lieu directly (over $300,000 each)
and have decided not to contribute to
the Community Development Fund.
In 2010, the grants-in-lieu totalled
almost $703,000 and were distributed
as follows: the five electoral areas most
impacted by the hydro dams (Areas
Cedar Mulch
- suitable for landscaping
$40.00 per pick up load
Kiln Dried Shavings
-suitable for animal bedding
$40.00 per pick up load
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end loader, customer responsible for
tarping loads for highway travel
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D, E, H, J and K) were each allocated
over $85,000; the remaining six areas
over $24,000 each; municipalities
over 1,000 population over $24,000;
municipalities under 1,000 population
almost $10,000.
For 2011, the board amended
the Community Development Fund
policy slightly. The directors of the
five electoral areas most impacted
by the dams (D, H, K, E and J) have
agreed to transfer $20,000 each of their
allocation to Rural Administration,
reducing overall taxation in the rural
areas by $100,000.
The board also decided to charge
a 5% administration fee from the total
annual amount for processing of the
grants.
• The Village of Kaslo’s application
for its annual allocation of $20,000
from the Community Development
Fund was approved.
• Silverton Director Carol Bell will
be sent to the Invasive Plant Council of
BC’s Public Forum being held January
18 and 19 in Richmond, with stipend
and expenses to be paid from General
Administration.
• Director Paul Peterson was
recommended by the board to continue
as the RDCK’s appointee to the CBT
board for a term ending March 21,
2013.
• The bylaws authorizing taxation
from defined Area H and Area F
residents for the library service were
adopted.
• The chair and secretary were
authorized to sign the Service
Agreement between the Nelson
Municipal Library and the RDCK.
• The Geospatial Information
Service Establishment Bylaw was
adopted. In the Alternative Approval
Process (AAP), 301 people registered
their disapproval of the bylaw. In order
to defeat the AAP, 37,374 people would
have had to register their dissent.
• In acknowledgement of the
successful referendum and the
adoption of the Balfour Water Service
Establishment Bylaw No. 2142, 2010,
the RDCK endorsed the dissolution of
the Balfour Improvement District and
the transfer of responsibility for its
water system to the RDCK.
Electoral Area H
by Jan McMurray
The RDCK has completed a draft
plan outlining how it will deal with
our garbage over the five-year period
from 2012 to 2016. Formerly called
the Solid Waste Management Plan,
the plan’s name has changed to better
reflect the RDCK’s commitment to
zero waste and carbon neutrality. The
Resource Recovery Plan ensures that
waste and resource management in the
RDCK continues to move towards a
sustainable future, both environmentally
and financially.
“Environmental sustainability and
striving to achieve Zero Waste are
important goals for the RDCK; however
financial sustainability and ensuring that
community resources are used in the
most effective and efficient way possible
are critical to achieving these goals,”
states RDCK Board Chair Gary Wright
in his written introductory message in
the document. “This Resource Recovery
Plan will help us to achieve the balance
between these goals and guide the
Regional District to refining Resource
Recovery Services in this region.”
The RDCK currently has four
operating landfills. By 2016, it will
have two – Ooteschenia and Creston.
The landfills in Nakusp and Salmo will
be shut down, and two ‘multi-point
bins’ will be installed at each site.
Residents will dispose of their garbage
in the bins, which will be transported to
Ooteschenia.
The Ooteschenia landfill will take
the garbage from all the transfer stations
in the Arrow/Slocan and Kootenay Lake
areas. All transfer stations in these areas
will be converted to the ‘multi-point’
system, which will allow one truck
to collect the garbage from up to five
transfer stations on a single trip. This
will significantly reduce costs and
greenhouse gas emissions. Multi-point
bins are stationary, and are emptied into
a large tractor trailer unit via the tractor’s
hydraulic system. The trailer also has
a system on board that compacts the
garbage.
The plan states that alternative sites
for the Kaslo transfer station will be
evaluated in 2011, and for Marblehead,
in 2013. Public consultation processes
will occur before any final decisions
are made.
Although the Nakusp and Salmo
landfills will close, the sites will continue
to be used for disposal of soil, biosolids,
septage and concrete and asphalt. The
Nakusp site will get a septage facility
upgrade, clean wood receiving and
grinding area, and a yard and garden
waste compost area.
The plan outlines many projects
to be completed within the five-year
timeframe, including the permanent
closure of landfill sites that are no longer
active in Slocan, Rosebery, Edgewood,
Kaslo, Marblehead, Balfour, Nelson,
Crawford Bay and Boswell. Some of the
other projects have to do with upgrading
organics management infrastructure at
RDCK facilities.
Organic waste is wood waste, yard
and garden waste, food waste, municipal
biosolids and domestic septage. Keeping
these materials out of landfills has many
benefits. The plan states that this is the
‘next frontier’ for waste diversion in
the RDCK.”
Currently, the RDCK takes products
such as tires, batteries, paints and
household hazardous waste. These
programs will be evaluated, and the
RDCK will discontinue hosting the
programs that do not allow the RDCK
to recover costs.
Resource recovery services are
funded through taxation and user fees.
The RDCK will slowly phase in more of
a user pay system over the years.
By 2016, the RDCK’s goal is
a 20 percent reduction of per capita
waste being generated for landfill
disposal. This can be achieved “if RDCK
residents, businesses, industry, as well
as municipalities and the provincial
government commit to finding better
waste management solutions,” states
the plan. The RDCK will work to instil
a greater sense of public responsibility
through public education and outreach
programs.
submitted
Ktunaxa Nation has called for
the government of British Columbia
to reject the proposed Jumbo Glacier
Resort.
“The Qat’muk Declaration is a
clear expression of Ktunaxa interest
in the Jumbo-Toby Creek watershed,”
said Kathryn Teneese, Ktunaxa Nation
Council Chair. “The Declaration clearly
prohibits the development of the
Qat’muk area by the proposed Jumbo
Glacier Resort.”
The Qat’muk (GOT MOOK)
Declaration is an expression of Ktunaxa
sovereignty and stewardship principles.
The Declaration was delivered to the
provincial legislature after a lengthy
journey from Ktunaxa territory and a
brief ceremony welcoming the Ktunaxa
Nation flag. For more information on the
Declaration go to www.beforejumbo.
com.
Qat’muk is the Ktunaxa name for
the area that encompasses the JumboToby Creek watershed. The Qat’muk
Declaration has now been released
publicly along with a Stewardship
Principles document and map of the
area. The Declaration is a demonstration
of Ktunaxa sovereignty.
“The provincial government is about
to approve an environmental disaster in
southeastern British Columbia,” said
Teneese. “The Ktunaxa Nation is calling
on all British Columbians to help prevent
this jumbo mistake.”
The Qat’muk Declaration comes on
the heels of the rejected Fish Lake mine
proposal as well as the recent ratification
of the United Nations Declaration on
the Rights of Indigenous Peoples by the
government of Canada.
“The provincial government process
of engagement with the Ktunaxa has not
heard our voice,” continued Teneese.
“After today, no one can mistake the
Ktunaxa position on the proposed Jumbo
Glacier resort.”
The Ktunaxa Nation has never
extinguished their aboriginal title within
their territory, and government and
proponents have a legal obligation to
consult about and accommodate impacts
upon Ktunaxa interests. The Ktunaxa
Nation has continuously opposed the
development of the proposed resort due
to its impacts upon Ktunaxa interests.
Discretionary grants were
approved, as follows; Slocan Valley
Early Childhood Community Advisory
Council $900; Silverton Community
Club $750.
Community Development grants
were approved as follows: The
membership of the New Denver and
Area Fire Department $5,000; WE
Graham Community Service Society
$4,000; Hills Recreation Society
$7,000.
Electoral Area D
Community Development grants
were approved as follows: Mosquito
Control $12,000.
Electoral Area K
Community Development
grants were approved as follows:
Nakusp Karate Society $422.64;
Nakusp Public Library $1,500;
Inonoaklin Valley Reading Centre
$500; Fauquier Reading Club $500;
Burton Community Reading Centre
$500.
Efficiencies gained in garbage disposal in RDCK’s Resource Recovery Plan
Ktunaxa deliver Qat’muk (Jumbo) Declaration
NEWS
November 17, 2010 The Valley Voice
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Glacier/Howser project loses Electricity Purchase Agreement with BC Hydro
by Jan McMurray
Purcell Green Power’s Electricity
Purchase Agreement (EPA) with BC
Hydro for the Glacier/Howser project
has been terminated.
However, the company has not given
up on the independent power project and
will continue with the environmental
assessment process, reported company
spokesperson, Simon Gourdeau.
Under the terms of the contract,
awarded in 2006, BC Hydro was
supposed to start purchasing the
electricity generated by the Glacier/
Howser project in November 2010.
Gourdeau reported that there
were two reasons for the termination
of the contract. First, the company
was obviously not able to start selling
electricity to BC Hydro by the deadline
set out in the contract. This was BC
Hydro’s concern, he said. Second, the
contract was no longer very attractive
financially for the company. This was
Purcell Green Power’s concern.
Gourdeau explained that the price
for electricity in the contract was not
fully indexed to the cost of inflation.
“You would normally want the price
quoted in 2006 to increase with the
increasing costs of construction, but the
prices in the BC Hydro contracts are only
going up at half the cost of inflation. So
every year of delay chips away a little bit
on your revenues,” he explained.
Gourdeau said that the termination
of the contract “does not change our
commitment to the project. Our focus
remains on completing the environmental
assessment process. Then we will reassess our options as far as a contract
with BC Hydro goes. We’ll see what’s
on the table with BC Hydro at that time,
whether it be a call for power, a Request
for Proposals, or whatever form it takes.”
Gourdeau pointed out that BC
Hydro now prefers to award contracts
after the environmental assessment
certificate and other permits are in place.
“With each call for power, the status of
the permitting is becoming more and
more important. So this is in line with
BC Hydro’s preferred steps for power
projects,” he said.
Gourdeau also pointed out that
without the contract, the company has
a bit more flexibility as it re-designs
the project. The project capacity in the
contract was 90.5 MW. “Now we are
not tied to the amount of energy we
have to produce, so it gives us more
leeway on, for example, scaling back
on components of the Glacier Creek
by Jan McMurray
Everyone in the area who is
involved with food – from growing it to
eating it – is invited and encouraged to
provide input into the Area Agricultural
Plan commissioned by the RDCK.
An online survey is posted at www.
agplan.ca, and meetings are scheduled
in communities throughout the region
this month (Kaslo, November 22, 7-9
pm at St. Andrew’s United Church;
Winlaw, November 24, 7-9 pm, Winlaw
Hall; New Denver, November 30, 7-9
pm, Hidden Garden Gallery; Nakusp,
December 1, 7-9 pm, Seniors Hall;
Nelson, November 23, 7-9 pm, United
Church basement hall; Castlegar,
November 25, 7-9 pm, CBT meeting
room).
“One of the requirements of the
plan is to get extensive input from
across the region – from farmers,
growers, people who are involved in
distribution, restaurateurs, retailers
and eaters – everyone connected to
moving food through the system from
the ground to the plate,” said Russell
Precious of Brynne Consulting, the
local team that was awarded the contract
to develop the plan. “There have been
lots of professional studies done over
the years, so there’s a good tabulation
of how much agricultural land we have,
the different soil types, etc., but the aim
of this plan is to come out with practical
recommendations that can be carried
out on a regional level. It will work to
the extent that we can get a lot of public
engagement.”
Precious said the local consulting
team thought the RDCK was “quite
astute” to have chosen a local firm to
develop the plan. “We are connected
with the farming community and we
live here, so we really care that the
completed plan is very practical and
useful.”
The final plan, to be completed in
May, will make recommendations to
help the RDCK in its goal to increase
the quantity and quality of agriculture
in the region. “There’s no shortage of
very practical recommendations that we
can make that will help on the ground –
that’s our commitment and that’s why
the RDCK chose us. We all have our
hands in the soil; we are not professional
consultants who sit in windowless
buildings and make regulations that
make it harder and harder for local
agriculture,” said Precious.
Precious says there are quite a
few areas where regional and local
governments can have significant
influence on agriculture, such as zoning,
taxation and waste disposal. He says
the team also wants to look at the
distribution of local food, the “huge
potential” for processing local food
and creating value-added products, and
marketing the area’s agriculture.
“The pendulum of awareness is
swinging towards locally grown food
so how can we take advantage of
that momentum? Why would you do
anything else?” he commented.
In addition to the town hall
meetings throughout the region, the
team is holding kitchen table meetings
with some of the more serious players.
All this consultation will happen before
Christmas.
A background document
synthesizing all the studies that have
already been done is scheduled to
be drafted by the end of December.
“We need to do a historical overview
of agriculture in the area, and the
evolution – or in this case the devolution
– of agriculture in this area, and what’s
happening now in the region,” said
Precious. This background document
will include a number of maps showing
what land is in the ALR, what ALR
land is being used and not being used
for agriculture, and land not in the ALR
but that has potential for agriculture.
It will also look at the implications of
climate change.
The final draft plan is expected
to be ready early in the new year and
will be presented in another round of
public meetings. The final plan will be
completed in May.
RDCK Area Agricultural Plan team seeks public input
facility.”
Gourdeau says the termination of
the contract does not change much for
Purcell Green Power (a subsidiary of
AXOR). “We’ve been highly focused
on the environmental assessment of
the project and we will continue this in
the coming months. It will be a bigger
milestone to finalize the environmental
assessment process than to see what can
be done with BC Hydro afterwards.”
The West Kootenay EcoSociety
disagrees. A press release issued by the
organizations states: “If AXOR ever
wants to progress with this project,
they would be required to re-apply
for another EPA in a future call for
power; a chancy proposition given
the strenuous public opposition and
ongoing environmental concerns that
have dogged the controversial proposal.”
In the press release, Raelynn Gibson
of the society says: “Losing the EPA
could be the rock that sinks the ship.
This is a project that has profound
public opposition, a project that is
environmentally unsound and now it
is a project that has lost an extremely
lucrative financial agreement with BC
Hydro. It looks like a project that is
finished.” Dag Sharman of BC Hydro
confirmed that the contract had been
terminated, but said he was not able
to comment further, as this involves a
commercial contract.
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OPINION
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On greenhouses
and gardening
Being a member of Hummingbird,
a group of community gardeners in
Nakusp, and having spent the past year
and a half establishing four gardens here
(for a wonderful visual record of our
work to date go to YouTube and search
‘Nakusp gardens’), I have witnessed
the willingness of local businesses
and other supporters to help, and the
enthusiasm and gratitude of those
benefiting – most notably the folks at
Halcyon House and Rotary Villa.
We are currently talking about
building a small, easily dismantled
greenhouse at the Garden of Eden
(behind St. Mark’s Anglican
Church) and have the congregation’s
wholehearted support. We believe
the project will further our mandate
to help educate those with little or no
food growing experience and provide
us with the means to start our own
plants, grow specific heat friendly
varieties and possibly even extend the
growing season to include early spring
and winter greens.
I have been following the issue of
the proposed community greenhouse
on the school grounds in New Denver.
Upon reading Wanda Palmer’s latest
letter my first thought was a question
for her and the others opposed: What
are you afraid of?
Ty Klassen
Nakusp
under the Canada Health Act (CHA).
By law, monies accrued illegally should
be returned to the feds through reduced
transfer payments.
The Canada Health Act provides
for universal, equitable access to health
care and prohibits user fees. This doesn’t
stop our provincial government from
charging a monthly fee for health
services, or for charging this new fee.
Many who need time to regain
strength and mobility are seniors; the
average convalescent stay is one to oneand-a-half months. That’s $800-900. The
waiver form for hardship is complex and
difficult to fill out.
The alternative is to be discharged
and receive home care, which is a free
service (currently). Last we checked,
home care time was less than adequate, as
were the plans given at discharge. Home
care cannot provide the same services as
the hospital or another care facility.
Convalescent care is considered a
core service under the CHA, although
respite, palliative and long-term
residential care are not. According to
Ujjal Dosanjh, federal Liberal health
critic, “there’s law in this country that
says hospital care cannot have any user
fees. If a hospital is still in charge of
your care, whether it’s in building A or
building B, that’s irrelevant.”
For more information go to
bchealthcoalition.ca. Use the online
form to take action or write Minister of
Health, Kevin Falcon, PO Box 9050,
Station Provincial Government, Victoria,
BC V8W 9E2, phone 250-953-03547,
fax 250-356-9587, email hlph.health@
gov.bc.ca
Kate O’Keefe
Argenta
Illegal and
discriminatory
BC government
practices, AGAIN Open letter to
It now costs you $29.40 per day Premier Gordon
for hospital care after illness, surgery
or injury – even if your doctor says you Campbell need it.
In July of this year, the BC
government instituted convalescent care
fees, even though such charges are illegal
First Call: BC Child and Youth
Advocacy Coalition was one of
the organizations that took time to
respond to the call for input into
next year’s budget by the Select
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Government Services. Many of our
coalition partner organizations also
participated in sharing their ideas and
recommendations with the committee.
We all participated in this exercise in
good faith, trusting that the committee’s
report and recommendations, expected
on November 15, would reflect our
views, among others.
Your announcement on October
27, 2010 of an income tax cut costing
the 2011 provincial budget $568
million was a slap in the face to the
Standing Committee and everyone who
made submissions to its deliberations.
The consultation document specifically
asked British Columbians to share our
budget priorities for 2011/12, with
the figure of $650 million shown as
“Available Revenues.”
Our coalition exists to mobilize
British Columbians on behalf of
children and youth. We regularly
encourage our coalition partners and
contacts around the province to engage
in the democratic process, such as
participating in formal consultations
by legislative committees, in order to
make the case for the importance of
allocating resources to properly support
children, youth and families. Your action, pre-empting even the
appearance of considering the standing
committee’s recommendations, has
made it harder for people to believe
that their time is well spent preparing
briefs and recommendations to inform
government decision-making. It
has increased cynicism about our
relationship as citizens with our
government. It has made it more
difficult to convince young people that
public consultations by government
have integrity and are worthy of their
interest and effort.
On behalf of our coalition partners,
we would appreciate hearing from you
as to why this 2011/12 budget decision
was made prior to the submission of
the standing committee’s report from
its public consultations.
We look forward to your reply.
Adrienne Montani
Provincial Coordinator
First Call: BC Child and Youth
Advocacy Coalition
Confused by
theism...
I have read and re-read my letter
which appeared in the October 20 edition
of the Valley Voice under the heading
‘miracles and mining disasters.’ I am
hard-pressed to find any evidence of an
The Valley Voice November 17, 2010
“attack,” as mentioned by Mr. Lamb of
Nelson in your November 3 edition, on
the Roman Catholic Bishop of Copiapo,
Chile – short, of course, of his statement
mentioning God. I am well aware that
Christians, Jews and Muslims tend to
mention their gods at the drop of a hat,
but that is something we non-theists live
with. We actually do practice live and let
live, unlike some religious people.
I confided last week to a Catholic
friend in Nakusp that, if I were not an
atheist I would be a Roman Catholic.
I am a very traditional man and lack
any vestige of humility. I was raised in
the High Anglican tradition (the AngloCatholic church), but being a bright,
intelligent child, I developed an antipathy
to belonging to a church that based its
values on the family values of Henry
VIII. (I was 14 at the time but the word
‘teenager’ had not been invented and we
were children until we became adults.)
I toyed with the idea of conversion
to Catholicism but settled instead on
agnosticism and eventually atheism. I
have read the Bible three times from
Genesis to Revelation and it is that
to which I attribute my atheism. I
had no taste for the other later manmade, non-conformist religions such
as Methodists, Presbyterians, Baptists,
Congregationalists, Unitarians and
many others, ad nauseam. All of which,
I reasoned, were founded by ego-tripping
preachers or charlatans with delusions
of grandeur.
I must also take issue with Mr.
Lamb’s description of Judas Iscariot as
“a bishop in training,” which is a very
Christian concept. Surely Judas would
have been – at best – an apprentice rabbi,
since the early Christians were merely a
Jewish sect who had serious problems
with the Sanhedrin (a Jewish high court)
because of their perceived blasphemy.
Moreover, Judas is said to have hanged
himself shortly after betraying Jesus, so
he would not have lived to see the dawn
of Christianity proper many decades
later.
John Perkins
Nakusp
More on
capitalism/
socialism…and
Afghanistan
In the great Newberry-Pratt standoff
debate on your letters pages in the
summer, the writers did not persuade
anyone that socialism or capitalism is
the system we all would endorse if we
had our optimal choice.
No one, not even Pratt, would deny
the abuses of capitalism. Concentrations
of wealth, in private hands and corporate,
and the gross maldistribution of wealth
among populations, cannot be approved.
Irresponsilble self-interest leads to crimes
against people and the environment.
But no one disapproves of the small
individual capitalist with a passion for his
or her business enterprise. Entrepreneurs,
and the middle class which is created by a
high level of material prosperity, generate
democracy and free governments that are
measurably more in the control of voters
than any system under other economic
orders. China’s one-party state is trying
to square a circle when it tells its new
middle class to “enrich yourselves” – but
don’t ask for a government under middle
class electoral control.
Now, as for socialism, the idea that
it can intelligently plan an economy
and fairly distribute wealth for more
social justice is a grand idea. No one
knows how to do it. The institution
presumed to do it is government. It
would take a government of impossibly
ideal people with pure ethics, lacking any
ego or what we call “human nature,” to
not abuse the power that control of an
economy bestows upon such governors.
It is very remarkable that today
the word favoured to describe an order
opposed to capitalism is ‘the anticapitalist movement.’ Not very helpful.
It would be good to replace the grand
idea of socialism, so well articulated
by theorists, both Marxian and opposed
to Marxists/Leninists, with some other
blueprint. I have not yet come across
the word or theory or movement. I
know intellectuals like Naomi Klein are
working on some such big-picture plan
yet we have been stymied since socialism
in the Soviet bloc so disastrously crashed.
Environmentalism is not a politics. It is
not left nor right, it is not ultimately about
government as much as how we live.
No matter what economic system
and social order can succeed capitalism,
it is still true that war such as we are
fighting in Afghanistan is not going
to help this country nor transform that
distant and alien Asian nation. I am
appalled that we are headed for more
involvement there after 2011. Canada is
not a policing power like America and
we should steer well clear of wars in
small, poor states so culturally strange
to us. We stayed out of Vietnam and
Iraq. Why have we gotten mired in
Afghanistan? I feel like we moved
backward since 1975.
Charles Jeanes
Nelson
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LETTERS
November 17, 2010 The Valley Voice
Open letter to
The Sinixt stand
federal Minister up for sanity on
of Justice
Perry Ridge
Dear Minister Nicholson,
I have just received a disturbing
account by a young woman from my
riding regarding her experience at
the G20 Summit in Toronto.
Enclosed please find her detailed
explanation of her arrest.
It is important to state that I am
not writing to discuss the Summit
itself, but rather feel it is imperative
that you see firsthand how a young
Canadian woman was treated by
the authorities in Toronto. Whether
we agree or not with her reason for
being there is immaterial, what is
important however is the flagrant
abuse of her democratic rights as a
Canadian citizen.
As you read her account I am
certain that you will be sickened
and appalled at the treatment she
received. This is not something that
we expect from the authorities of a
democratic country such as Canada.
This is what happened. As she
was reaching to put on her gas
mask (having heard that tear gas
was being unleashed), she was
violently grabbed and her face was
smashed into a brick building. Her
lip was split open and she started
bleeding. Painful zip ties were put
on with police swearing and making
other derogatory comments. Being
charged with “a breach of peace,”
she was taken to the temporary
detention centre at the Toronto Film
Studio. Her pleas to use the toilet
were ignored and she was taken to
an empty cage and belt removed.
When permitted to use the toilet,
she had to do so in front of police
who mocked her and made sexual
insinuations. She was stripped
searched and told that her nose ring
would be ripped out, and then spent
12 – 13 hours alone in a cage. She
was cold, hungry and thirsty and
told that if she wanted a drink, she
could use the toilet; no blanket was
permitted. Further mocking and
insulting comments were made by
the police officers.
When you read her story
you will see other details of this
humiliating inhumane treatment. In
my wildest dreams I never thought
that I would see this abuse of human
rights take place in Canada.
Minister, those responsible
must be punished and this type of
sadistic treatment must never be
allowed to happen again. Many
have fought and died so that we can
enjoy freedom in a democratic and
secure society.
It is our collective responsibility
as members of the Parliament of
Canada to ensure that it respected
by our law enforcement officers and
all Canadians.
Thank you for your consideration
of this very important matter.
Alex Atamanenko, MP
BC Southern Interior
In recent weeks the Sinixt First
Nation has been keeping a protection
camp for Perry Ridge at km 6.5 along
the Little Slocan Forestry Service
Road. They do not want the four large
clearcuts, planned by BC Timber Sales
and awarded to Sunshine Logging Co.,
to happen. I and hundreds, maybe
thousands, of non-aboriginal people
in the area are in total agreement
with this.
The mainstream society of
Canada accepts the routine cruelty
of factory farming as acceptable
collateral damage, sees the regular
accidents destroying the seas with
oil as unfortunate but, hey, we need
the stuff, and reckons wild animals
should just move over a bit more each
time we take out some of their habitat.
This attitude embodies a profound
disconnect between human life and
the natural world that we are in fact
part of. There is no respect, just plenty
of arrogance and indifference. Our
governments, deep in the ideological
pathology of believing that letting
corporations do what they damn
well please is the answer to all our
problems, are now very dangerous to
the survival of our species and most
others.
For this reason, I rejoice that
an older, wiser culture lives among
us and is currently asserting itself
against the madness planned for Perry
Ridge. The Sinixt believe in living in
harmony with nature, a concept that
would simply be laughed at by our
neo-liberal politicians, if they were
honest, but which is the essence of
wisdom on this planet. Contrast the
Sinixt belief in planning for seven
generations ahead with the inability
of governments around the world to
consider anything much longer than
a voting cycle. The latter then looks
like what it is – pitiable, profoundly
stupid and suicidal when applied to
issues like climate change.
There are many excellent reasons
to protect Perry Ridge from the assault
of industrial logging or mining. The
ridge has an unusual and fragile
ecosystem with several rare and at
least one unique species. It is an
integral part of the range of larger
mammals that also inhabit the Valhalla
Provincial Park. It is part of the
territory that the Sinixt have always
cared for.
Please support the Sinixt in their
courageous effort to protect Perry
Ridge. Look up www.sinixtnation.
org for information. Write to our
MLA (katrine.conroy.mla@leg.
bc.ca); tell BC Timber Sales (Forests.
KootenayTimberSalesOffice@gov.
bc.ca) that you want them to take
Perry Ridge off their list of places to
log, permanently; donate to help with
the mounting legal fees that the Sinixt
are having to pay to uphold sanity and
wisdom for all of us. This is our chance
to support many of the most important
things we believe in. If we really want
a gentler world that respects all life,
let’s all stand up and do something
about it. The time to act is right now.
Keith Newberry
Slocan
Our food supply
damaged by
logging
We’ve all heard the quip that
everyone needs toilet paper. How
about the fact that, more importantly,
we all need food? We all need to find
a way to participate and escalate our
actions against logging to protect our
basic needs for high quality food, air
and water.
Considered one of the 100
great minds of our time, James
Lovelock cites that when the human
body loses 70% of its skin, death
results. The earth has lost 65% of its
(comparative) vegetative protection
skin. Our living planet may soon be
unable to transpire (sweat) and create
the evaporation needed to recycle
water we are made of.
We r e c e n t l y t o u r e d t o
Whitehorse, visiting Lake Lakelse
(outside of Terrace), once a lake of
abundant fish. It has been monitored
by the Department of Fisheries for
over 100 years. Each incremental
increase in logging decreased fish,
so for the last 5 + years there is no
“run” left.
Another very wet day, as we
drove north on Hwy 37 from
Kitwanga to the Alaska Highway
Junction, we passed over 100 creeks,
of which two ran clean, and the
huge Stikine River ran black. This,
too, is an area of traditional fish
abundance. We all know fish cannot
handle such flash flushing of creeks
and the siltation. Logging of those
watersheds parallels this destruction
too.
Foresters, calling their tree
harvest operations a science and
assigning profit allowing ‘risk
factors’ are not protecting our
interests as is expected of a trusted
profession. My math says that the
‘risk factors’ in the above horror
shows are 98%. The forester’s
mandate does not permit wholistic
considerations like precautionary
principles that can protect whole
ecosystems and historic water, air,
soil and wildlife qualities.
Logging destruction is done
under the watchful eyes of politicians,
with their short-term election goals
the guide. We live in the ‘here
and now’ with few people hungry
yet. No government politicians
have demonstrated conservative
forethought, like Jacob in the time
of the Pharaohs. Must we remain
as lemmings in the rush to the sea
cliff, or can we use our knowledge
to change?
The economy can no longer
consider the environment to be
only a minor part of government
direction: There is no economy
without ecology: ECOLOGY must
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come FIRST!
Twice I responded to the
foresters’ advertising requesting
public feedback in the Valley Voice,
with no acknowledgement. Is this
the kind of professional institution
that we should trust? I think that
they have reduced themselves to
symbiotic accomplices of industry
and government in their incomplete,
questionable and damaging
economic ‘science.’ I think that
it is treasonous to damage our
grandchildren’s common needs of
high quality food, water, soil, and air.
The Sinixt are proceeding legally
to protect their heritage in our
Slocan ecosystem. That heritage
has a spiritual nature, which means
to me that they are a ‘lookout’ for
all of us. Like most of us, they
want consultation with principled
participation.
The Sinixt need financial
support for their legal costs, but
more importantly, their leadership
can help bring those of us in the
Slocan together to network and stop
these criminal activities against
our commons. Your energies to
participate in your own way will help
all our grandchildren.
Eric Faulks
Hills
Open letter
to Bruce
MacDonald,
DFO
Bruce, I remember you from a
meeting at Argenta Hall quite a while
ago concerning this same subject. I
really appreciate your explanatory
light on the subject of the proposed
marina at Bulmer’s Pointe in your
letter to the editor in the October 20
Valley Voice.
I know all of us who negotiated
in good faith with the developer,
Ryan O’Connor, and his real estate
agent, Ross Lake, were as surprised
as I am by your information.
We now find ourselves with a
most undesirable outcome. That is,
the proposed marina is to be located
immediately adjacent to the small
public beach which is used by locals,
and is also the only beach access for
all the strata members who do not
have their own waterfront property.
Argenta’s proposal to locate
the marina at the S. Bay seemed
completely logical as it is centrally
located within the subdivision. We
knew some kind of breakwater
would be necessary; we are very
familiar with the winds in our neck of
the woods. As well, a nice beach park
for the subdivision could have been
located there. We also suggested
individual docks and moorages to
no avail, no explanation.
Yet almost from the beginning
of our negotiations, Ryan and Ross
told us that DFO and MOE said no
to the S. Bay location. The reason
being that the site was not suitable
no matter what breakwater and/
or log booms were suggested. And
almost in the same breath they said
DFO and MOE insisted that the N.
E. part of the N. Bay, the very edge
of the development, Lot #1, adjacent
to the public access, was acceptable.
Then we flooded FrontCounter
BC with comments about the
abundance of aquatic and terrestrial
wildlife because a detached eddy is
present in the N. Bay. And, of course,
we wrote about potentially unsafe
situations that are possible with the
proposed marina directly adjacent to
the large quantities of swimmers and
the continual flotilla of various and
sundry non-motorized craft.
After that, all seemed quiet and
Argenta figured no news is good
news. Only now, with your letter,
did we learn that DFO did not reject
the S. Bay location, but rather the
developer did due to costs. We also
learn that DFO suggested individual
docks, but this was rejected by
the developer due to aesthetics.
Speaking of this subject, we find the
rejection of individual docks surely is
a perfect example of “do as I say and
not as I do” because as I write, Ryan
O’Connor, the developer, has built
an elegant home with landscaped
yard and a private cement dock at
the suggested south bay marina site,
all of which were recently listed for
over a million dollars.
We further learn that “DFO did
have concerns about the potential
impacts of a marina located in
the beach area and required the
developer to complete a fish use
study of the foreshore at the current
proposed location.” So now we
know the fish study was being done
and that swimmers and marinas are
a social issue.
We feel bamboozled by Ryan
and Ross, and are disappointed that
the marina can go ahead when there
are grave discrepancies between
what they told us in their public
consultation process and what we
have learned by your letter.
Rowena Eloise
Argenta
JUMBO ACTION
ALERT
YES Jumbo Wild Forever
NO Jumbo Resort
Margaret MacDiarmid
Minister of Tourism, Trade
and Investment
PO Box 9071 – SPG
Victoria, BC V8W 9E2
Margaret.macdiarmid.
mla@leg.bc.ca
Peter Walters
Assistant Deputy Minister
for Tourism Development
PO Box 9846 – SPG
Victoria, BC V8W 9T2
Peter.walters@gov.bc.ca
Thanks from the West
Kootenay Coalition for
Jumbo Wild
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SLOCAN VALLEY
The Valley Voice November 17, 2010
New Denver council, November 9: Fuel management project underway
by Michael Dorsey
• Councillor Bunka reported
that there would be a tour of the
fuel management project sites in
the New Denver area on November
17. Crews have been working in the
Carpenter Creek area, and Councillor
Murphy stated the site “looked good.”
Administrator Gordon reported that as
the site was in Area H jurisdiction, the
Village would not be able to use the cut
wood for campground firewood.
• Councillor Murphy reported that
campground attendance and revenues
were down 5%, and closer to last year’s
actual figures.
• Councillor Greensword reported
attending the YRB stakeholders meeting.
New at YRB are a grader and cat; traffic
control tendered out of Nakusp; a winter
driving safety campaign; a new look to
the Drive BC website; a new chemical
for sanding roads, replacing magnesium
chloride; and confirmation on trucks and
drivers for plowing. Greensword also
noted that the boundaries of plowing
are now variable, allowing trucks
from adjacent areas to overlap during
snowfalls. Also, Highway 31A will get
some signage.
Greensword also attended the ferries
stakeholder meeting. She reported that
some upgrade work will be done to the
Needles ferry next year. While the work
is being done, a replacement will be
used. The work will take five weeks. She
noted that vandalism has been reported
at Needles, and the cell phone problems
at Shelter Bay are being fixed.
• Administrator Gordon reminded
council of the November 18 OCP public
meeting, commenting that the November
town hall meeting would follow, with
Councillor Campbell as chair.
• The new water pump will be
started up as soon as the on-order
surge protector is installed, and further
investigation will be done to solve
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problems with the big tank.
• Mayor Wright reported meeting
with the Hills Recreation Society
regarding the 2010 Garlic Festival. The
general feeling is that even though the
weather was bad, the event went very
well. Issues concerning the condition
of washrooms and the lack of RCMP to
prohibit out-of-grounds peddlers were
discussed. Council approved renewal of
the lease for the years 2011-2013.
• Wright met with the Slocan
Lake Garden Society to discuss the
Shoreline Project and rehabilitation of
the Mori Trail and the beach/shore area
at Bellevue Street. A program will be
developed and brought to council. SLGS
will provide the funding.
• In a meeting with Gail Swanson of
the Kyowakai Society, Councillor Bunka
and Administrator Gordon discussed the
Village assuming the administrative role
for the Nikkei Centre. Swanson asked
Bunka and Gordon to attend the society’s
next meeting to speak to this. She also
noted that the Japanese Consul General
would be visiting the Nikkei Centre in
December, date to be announced.
• In RDCK news, Mayor Wright
informed council that the next election
for the chair and vice chair of the board
would be in December.
He reported that the board voted 18-1
to keep the Community Development
program as is. The Community
Development Fund is made up of the BC
Hydro and Columbia Power Corporation
grants in lieu of taxation to the RDCK,
amounting to over $700,000 this year.
The funds are distributed to the electoral
areas and to the smaller municipalities in
the district. Nelson and Castlegar receive
grants-in-lieu directly, and have decided
not to contribute to the Community
Development Fund, so they are excluded
from the program.
• Council amended the Parks and
Public Lands Policy. Reservations to use
Village parks and lands for events are
permitted only by resolution of council,
except Kohan Garden. The management
of Kohan Garden lies with council,
in consultation with the Slocan Lake
Garden Society.
• Council discussed a letter from
Jim Davis of the West Kootenay Model
Club regarding extending their weekend
model float/fly events at Centennial
Park. Council authorized three days for
the events next year, noting the public
majority feels the club’s events are fine.
The noise is minimal, and gasoline
engines will operate only during specific
short periods.
• Council received a letter from Max
Hoedeman, Chief Building Official,
RDCK, welcoming councillors to
contact him directly with questions
about “the current initiative to have all
participants to the Regional District of
Central Kootenay Building Inspection
Service operate under one single, same
building bylaw.” Hoedeman also sent
a copy of the bylaw, amended as per
recommendations from New Denver
council that were discussed with
Hoedeman at the last council meeting.
Hoedeman would like to have the bylaw
adopted at the December 9 RDCK
board meeting. Council questioned the
validity of one level of government
overriding another level. Administrator
Gordon has emailed the ministry with
this question, with no response. Mayor
Wright commented, “Everybody is
looking for answers.”
• Administration reported
that November 22 was a tentative
meeting date to discuss the Statements
of Significance for New Denver’s
heritage sites and their importance to the
community. Corinne Tessier, consultant
hired to complete the project, would like
to meet with council, the Silvery Slocan
Historical Society and the Kyowakai
Society.
• Council discussed some requests
from the Chamber of Commerce. The
annual grant-in-aid to the Chamber (80%
of all business license fees collected) was
authorized, as was the closing of one
block of 6th Avenue between Kildare and
Josephine for the downtown merchants’
night on Friday, November 26.
The Chamber also asked to install
two small signs directing people to
the Visitor Info Centre – one at the
campground info sign and one at the
boat launch. The Chamber will provide
drawings and assume all costs. Staff will
meet with Chamber reps and/or approve
designs for the signs.
• Accounts Payable of $46,110.80
(General) and $18,907.27 (water) were
approved. The expenditures from the
water account were mostly for the new
pump and motor.
submitted
Settle in the warmth of the music
and be entertained by home-grown
talent as Valhalla Community Concert
Series presents local violinist Erin
Burkholder at the Silverton Memorial
Hall, November 19 at 7 pm. This special
concert launches the opening of the
Valhalla Fine Arts Society’s 2011 season.
The audience will enjoy listening to
classical pieces by Bach, Saint-Saens and
Mendelssohn performed by Burkholder
on violin, accompanied by Sandra
Fletcher on piano.
Sixteen-year-old Burkholder has
been playing the violin for 12 years
and has studied under the tutelage of
her grandmother and Suzuki Method
instructor, Daphne Hughes of New
Denver and Theresa and Jeff Plotnick
of Calgary. Currently a high school
student at Lucerne School, Burkholder
is also an accomplished pianist and is
the accompanist for the local Valhalla
Community Choir. She also sings in
the Nelson-based Corazon Youth Choir.
Although Burkholder has shared her
musical talents in front of the community
before, this will be her debut solo recital
and she is thrilled to perform in front
of her hometown crowd. Burkholder’s
passion and dedication for her craft
shines through when she talks about the
future: she hopes to further pursue music
by teaching violin, playing in orchestras,
and performing in more solo recitals.
Stick around after the concert for
cake in celebration of the society’s
upcoming programs. Admission is by
donation.
Don’t miss the next concert in
January with Juno award-winning
singer-songwriter Connie Kaldor
performing at the Silverton Memorial
Hall Monday, January 31 at 7:30 pm.
Tickets ($18) are on sale now and are
ideal for gift-giving this holiday season.
The Valhalla Community Concert
Series was established to thank the
community for supporting the Valhalla
Fine Arts programs. Besides donations,
the concert series is also made possible
through the support of Columbia
Kootenay Cultural Alliance and Slocan
Lake Recreation Commission #6. For
more information call 250-358-7151.
by Gary Wright
input and review process that’s
a major part of updating New
Denver’s Official Community
Plan (OCP) and zoning bylaws.
We will be presenting for public
comment amendments to both.
Some are required by the provincial
government. Others have been
submitted by our residents. We
want to know your thoughts on
these matters, and look forward to
seeing you there.
That meeting will be
immediately followed by a ‘town
hall’ meeting to be chaired by
the inimitable Councillor Katrine
Campbell. The style will be
informal, with everyone getting
an opportunity to ask questions or
talk about village business. This is
something new for us. It promises to
be a little bit rowdy and fun. I also
expect that it may be enlightening
for us all. We plan to hold more.
Local violinist Erin Burkholder featured in concert debut
New Denver Mayor’s message
On Ken Casley
Former Mayor Ken Casley is no
longer with us. It was powerfully
fitting to learn that he chose to pass
away in the arms of his large and
loving family. As a mayor, Ken was
‘old school.’ He didn’t enjoy ‘being
in politics’ or giving speeches or
chairing meetings, even though he
was a meticulous reader of every
piece of information that crossed
his desk. What he really believed
in was community service – the
idea that we all need to be actively
involved in village life. He lived
the way he thought, and we’re all
the better for it. Thank you, Ken.
Everyone is invited
It’s ‘double feature’ night at
Knox Hall, beginning 7 pm on
Thursday, November 18. Chief
Administrative Officer Carol
Gordon and I will start the public
COMMUNITY
November 17, 2010 The Valley Voice
Slocan council, November 9: New CAO introduced
by Jan McMurray
• Acting Mayor Jean Patterson
introduced Slocan’s new Chief
Administrative Officer, Jack Richardson
from Rossland. She said he had a lot of
experience in municipal government
in the area. She also introduced Nicole
Laframboise, who will take Michelle
Gordon’s position while she is on
maternity leave.
• Corporal Bryson Hill attended to
provide a report on RCMP activities.
He explained that he was put in charge
of the Nakusp and Slocan Lake (New
Denver) detachments as of January
1. Prior to this, there was a corporal
in charge of the Nakusp detachment,
overseeing three constables, and a
corporal in charge of the Slocan Lake
detachment, overseeing two constables.
Now, Hill oversees three constables in
Nakusp and three constables in New
Denver.
The negative aspect of this change,
he said, was that Slocan, Silverton and
New Denver don’t see Hill very much.
His role is primarily administrative and
he is generally in Nakusp. The positive
aspect, he said, was that the Slocan Lake
area had “one more man on the ground.”
Hill said this had made a significant
difference; both the number of calls and
the number of Criminal Code charges
nearly doubled from last year to this
year. “This difference can be attributed
to road blocks and an increase in drug
charges,” he said. He also explained
that when they have Criminal Code
charges, the officers are not as visible
because these charges require so much
paperwork.
In the Village of Slocan and nearby
area, there were 189 calls and 10
Criminal Code charges from October
2009 to October 2010.
The three constables working out
of the Slocan Lake detachment, which
services the area from Hills to Slocan
Park as of July 1 this year (formerly
servicing Hills to Lemon Creek),
include Cst Kent Kryzanowski (18
years of ‘all-round’ experience), Cst
Shaun Foley (strong background in drug
investigations) and Cst Kelly Barrie
(specializing in road blocks).
Hill explained that he was recently
able to change the way they provide
back-up locally. Before, Nakusp and
Slocan Lake detachments backed each
other up, so it could be a long wait until
back-up arrived. Now, there is always
an officer on call in Nakusp to provide
back-up in Nakusp and an officer on
call in New Denver to provide back-up
to the Slocan Lake detachment. Hill
said this was a huge improvement, and
was thankful to have that changed as
it is expensive, costing the Province
$100,000 per year.
Hill said that the big geographical
areas they must cover in this area pose
a huge challenge for them.
One resident said she would like to
see a detachment in Slocan City. Hill
encouraged her to start lobbying for
that now, and indicated that it would
take persistence.
• A letter with accompanying copy
of a historic photo from Nick Verigin
states that many people do not want
the cenotaph moved from its location
on the former main street of Slocan.
“Slocan was a vibrant community and
bit by bit it has been allowed to virtually
disappear because of a lack of interest
in maintaining and encouraging the
archiving and sharing of our history,”
states the letter.
by Jan McMurray
New Denver area residents will
have an opportunity to learn about
BC’s Water Act Modernization (WAM)
from a Slocan Valley resident who has
researched it in-depth. Nelle Maxey
will make a presentation at Knox Hall
on Sunday, November 28 from 1 to
3 pm.
“The basic issue is whether our
water will be commodified under the
new legislation,” Maxey says. “It is
extremely important for the public to
understand what is really being placed
on the WAM table.”
The BC government has held one
round of public consultation meetings
on this, and has committed to holding
another round. “I would like to see
people as informed as possible in
preparation for the second round of
consultation with government,” she
said.
Maxey was invited to present
on WAM at the BC Food Service
Network’s annual gathering in Ymir
in September, and recently gave a
presentation at Slocan Park Hall. She
hopes to present in Winlaw, as well.
She reports that more than 20
people came out to the Slocan Park
presentation, including Area H Director
Walter Popoff. “They really appreciated
getting the information and they want
to be proactive,” she said.
Maxey says her PowerPoint
presentation is “jammed full of
information,” outlining the WAM
process as well as getting into “the
meat” of the government’s proposed
changes to the Act. As part of the
presentation, Maxey shares quotes
from the ‘Report on Engagement’
compiled by government after the first
round of public consultation.
The recent cabinet shuffle raises
questions about the process as initially
set out by government, she says, and
she has not received any responses
to her email queries about this. She
hopes to have some answers before she
presents in New Denver.
The New Denver presentation is
sponsored by the Valhalla Wilderness
Society.
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Staff was directed to respond,
explaining that the Legion is moving
the cenotaph, not the Village. The
Village is supporting the Legion in
this project. The letter will also say
that Slocan council appreciates that the
town has a rich history and is committed
to documenting any change such as
this one. Councillor Elliott added that
the Legion is considering moving the
shrubs around the cenotaph to the new
location, as well.
• Public Works Foreman Tim Hill’s
written report describes measures the
crew have taken to save fuel over the
last couple of years. He included a
spreadsheet, which shows that fuel costs
were $12,943.30 in 2006 and $9,324.84
in 2009. CAO Richardson added
that they were going to start tracking
monthly mileage to get a more accurate
picture of fuel costs.
The Halloween Hoot was a success
again this year. Because hand firing
fireworks is no longer allowed, Slocan
and Silverton will partner to purchase
a control panel so that fireworks can be
fired electronically. The unit will cost
$3,000; fundraising events will be held
throughout the year.
The 26 new membranes for the
water plant should arrive in midNovember.
• At the last meeting, council
resolved to transfer $70,000 from
the Land Sales Reserve Fund to the
Water Capital Reserve Fund in order
to purchase 26 new membranes for the
water plant. However, neither of these
reserve funds has ever been established
by bylaw to the best knowledge of
Village staff, who have reviewed
and organized all Village bylaws. So,
council gave three readings to the
bylaws establishing the two reserve
funds.
The Land Sales Reserve Fund has
been on the books for many years, so
will have $120,976 in it, as outlined in
the 2009 financial statement. Added to
this will be the $17,733 from the sale
of the lane.
The bylaw authorizing the transfer
of the $70,000 from one reserve to the
other, and authorizing the expenditure
of $70,000 on water membranes, was
read three times.
• Councillor Elliott reported that
she had been in contact with several
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referendum on the issue, Slocan was not
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Economic Development Commission
in 2011. Taxation for the Slocan Valley
Recreation Commission will increase
by $1,500 in 2011 because of the two
percent wage increase for employees.
In early December, a new chair and vice
chair of the RDCK board will be elected,
as well as a chair for the Rural Affairs
Committee. “We are very sad to see
Gary Wright stepping down,” she said.
• Councillor McGreal reported
that the library was able to purchase 70
books at good prices from an itinerant
bookseller who comes to the area
periodically. He also donated $1,864
worth of books to the library. She said
many of the books are for teens.
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• Joyce Johnson reported during
public time that she would like to start
the Slocan and Valley Historical Society.
• Slocan Gardening Concepts will
discontinue use of vacant Village
property on Harold St. and offered
to donate a faucet they installed on
the property to the Village. Council
accepted, and asked staff to ensure that
the faucet is in good working order.
• Council adopted the schedule for
regular meetings in 2011. They will take
place on the second Monday of each
month, with the exception of February
(15), October (17) and December (5).
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2007 (Zoning Bylaw), copies of which are available for
inspection at the Village Office, weekdays between 8:00 am
and 4:00 pm.
In accordance with Section 879 of the Community Charter,
residents of the Village of New Denver are invited to attend
a public meeting on Thursday, November 18, 2010 at 7:00
p.m. in Knox Hall to provide public input regarding issues that
residents or property owners would like to see addressed in the
Official Community Plan or Zoning Bylaw. Council will also be
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NAKUSP & THE ARROW LAKES
The Valley Voice November 17, 2010
Ideas to support local forestry generated at Nakusp Economic Summit meeting
by Jan McMurray
What can the Arrow Lakes
community do to support the local
forestry industry? This was the key
question posed at Nakusp’s second
Economic Summit session on November
3. By the end of the evening, several
answers to this key question had been put
forward: establish a co-generation plant,
identify land for industrial development,
find a shorter route for the Galena/Shelter
Bay ferry, and form a community group
to advocate for the industry.
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(Interfor), Jesper Nielsen (NACFOR),
Dan Wiebe (Box Lake Lumber), Cam
Leitch (Village councillor, with lots of
experience in forestry) and Jim Guido
(Ministry of Forests), the challenges
facing the industry both locally and
provincially were outlined. There was
general agreement that forestry will
probably never return to its heyday again.
One of the challenges faced locally
is that operating costs in this area are very
high because of the rocky, mountainous,
steep terrain and the long distances to
markets. Leitch said that BC has the
highest operating costs in the country,
and this area has the highest operating
costs in BC.
Wiebe said that Box Lake
Lumber pays $1,000 more per day on
transportation than the mills he competes
with. Because the ferries cannot handle
all the truck traffic, drivers have to be
paid for waiting in ferry line-ups. Wiebe
said it would be very helpful if a shorter
route could be found for the Galena/
Shelter Bay ferry, allowing a higher
volume of truck traffic. He added that
he did not feel it was feasible to replace
the ferry with a bridge.
Another problem for Box Lake
Lumber is getting rid of the wood waste
(kiln-dried sawdust) they produce.
Wiebe said the solution would be a
wood-fired co-generation plant, which
would generate both heat and electricity
using the wood waste produced by
Box Lake and Springer Creek Forest
Products in Slocan. BC Hydro would
have to be convinced to purchase the
electricity from the plant. He said Box
Lake Lumber produces two loads of
wood waste per day, and Springer Creek
produces five loads per day, which could
be transported to Nakusp in an empty
chip truck. “It’s really important that the
community is behind it. We will never
get it off the ground if it’s a business – the
community has to do it.”
A co-gen plant would also make
Nakusp more attractive for other
companies with wood waste issues,
said Wiebe, like a pole yard company,
for example. He said Nakusp would be
more attractive if it had land for industrial
use, which is being worked on, a better
ferry service, and a co-generation plant.
Bekker said that the land base had
shrunk due to management of mountain
caribou, old growth forest and visuals.
Large licencees such as Interfor are
clearly affected by this, but Wiebe also
pointed out that this affects the Box
Lake Lumber wood supply. Box Lake
uses cedar only, and the local Interfor
woodlands operation cannot supply it
“because most of it is tied up in caribou,”
Wiebe said. Box Lake gets its wood from
Revelstoke and Nelson.
Bekker pointed out that Revelstoke
did not lose as much of their land base
to mountain caribou because “they are
better organized for political wrangling.”
Leitch suggested forming a grassroots
advocacy group in support of industry.
“Communities have more pull at the
ministry level than industry does,” he
said. “With an advocacy group, we can
better deal with people with a cause,
as well, by making sure there is a real
reason and not just a cause.”
Nielsen indicated that today’s
markets were the biggest challenge
for the community forest. “Do you log
your AAC when the markets are poor?
Are you prepared to lose money in
order to keep people working through
tough times? It’s tough working with
the markets today, and I don’t see
things getting better anytime soon.” The
community forest’s annual allowable cut
is 20,000 cubic metres – they cut only
2,400 last year and will probably cut
8,000 this year.
Leitch described how the poor
markets are affecting the industry
province-wide when he said, “We’re
cutting about half our AAC in the
province and the mills are colluding to
not flood the market.” Bekker explained
that most mills, including Interfor’s mill
in Castlegar, were running only one shift.
If they all ran two shifts, they would
flood the market, he said.
Bekker, Wiebe and Nielsen gave an
idea of how much economic activity is
created directly by forestry in Nakusp.
Interfor has five staff in Nakusp,
and employs 50 logging contractors.
Interfor’s mill in Castlegar employs 80
people and processes about 37 logging
truck loads per day. Markets are Canada,
US and China. Box Lake Lumber
employs 33 people, produces cedar
bark mulch, shake blocks and split rail
fencing, and sells it mostly to the US.
NACFOR employs one manager, and
would employ roughly six people for six
months if it cut its entire 20,000 cubic
metres of AAC.
by Jan McMurray
A group of mushroom pickers
attended a Nakusp Community
Forest (NACFOR) board meeting on
November 8 to present their concerns
about NACFOR’s logging plans in the
mushroom-rich Fosthall area.
No resolution was reached, but
the two groups agreed to meet again.
NACFOR would like to submit the
cutting permit application by February 1.
Jesper Nielsen of NACFOR said he
felt the meeting was productive. “I got a
better idea not just of their concerns but
also of their passion for it and the value
they attach to that particular area,” he
said. “We had an opportunity to enlighten
them on our plans – often, these things
are just a matter of seeing it from the
other side’s perspective – and I think we
had good opportunity to do that.”
Lisa Bjarnason, mushroom picker,
said the group hoped they could stop the
logging altogether, but if they can’t, they
are looking for a compromise.
She said she and three other
mushroom pickers from the Nakusp
area, and Tyson Ehlers, biologist from
Winlaw, attended the meeting with
NACFOR. Ehlers has done long-term
studies on mushrooms. “I have to give
NACFOR credit,” said Bjarnason. “They
looked at Tyson’s studies and they fully
intended to protect the mushrooms. But
I feel their research and solutions are
inadequate, and Tyson agrees.”
Nielsen says the next step is to sit
down with Ehlers and have a look at
the maps.
“I’m looking at the plans as we
speak,” he said. “It really comes down
to prioritization. It’s not just between
timber values and mushroom values –
there are many factors that come into
play. Something has to take priority
over something else. For example, if
mushrooms are given a higher priority,
then the long-term regeneration of stands
may have to be compromised. The
bottom line is there is no perfect solution
– which is not unique to this situation.”
Bjarnason says the group’s
presentation to the board looked at the
value of mushrooms and the positive
impacts of the industry on the local
economy, tourism, recreation, culture,
socioeconomics, plus the scientific and
educational importance of mushrooms.
“And at the core of it all is the Fosthall
area. Fosthall is a real gem of a
mushroom area.”
Bjarnason pointed out that the
message at the recent forestry meeting as
part of Nakusp’s Economic Summit was
that the forestry industry will never again
rise up to what it once was. She said the
mushroom industry had contributed to
the economy for 35 years and should
not be dismissed.
The group has collected about
200 signatures so far on a petition in
opposition to NACFOR’s logging plans
at Fosthall.
NACFOR’s plans include some
road building, which was completed
this fall. The logging would take place
in spring at the earliest, said Nielsen,
depending on markets. The area includes
six cutblocks in a total cutting permit
area of 618 hectares. The biggest block
is 46.7 hectares. Five of the blocks have
a ‘strip selection’ prescription, where less
than half of the trees in the block are cut
in 30-metre strips. One of the blocks is
a 2.6-hectare clearcut.
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response to feel uncomfortable around
people with developmental disabilities.
But the failure to interact with them
can leave them feeling excluded.
‘Start with Hi’ is a program whose
approach provides a simple solution
to both problems. Community Living
BC (CLBC) works with regional and
community councils of volunteers to
deliver the program. If there’s enough
interest, the local council would like to
have an information meeting in Nakusp.
CLBC is a Crown agency that
provides support and services to over
12,700 eligible adults and their families
through a network of 3,200 contracted
service providers across the province.
CLBC’s vision is one of full citizenship
where people with developmental
disabilities lead good lives, have
rich relationships with friends and
family, financial security, choices in
how they live their lives, employment
opportunities, and are accepted and
valued as citizens.
Start with Hi, a CLBC public
awareness campaign, supports this
commitment by encouraging all
British Columbians to say “Hi” to a
person they see regularly who has a
developmental disability. CLBC is
inviting organizations from across the
province to join in the Start with Hi
campaign, and help create inclusive
communities for all British Columbians.
The website features videos of six people
with developmental disabilities who
share their different experiences and
stories bout inclusion. The campaign also
encourages sharing stories of inclusion
and acknowledgement on the site or on
Facebook, Twitter or Flickr.
Community councils work with
CLBC to raise awareness about
Start with Hi and the issues that are
most important to individuals with
developmental disabilities and their
families. Councils around the province
are comprised of self advocates,
family and community members who
volunteer their time. The East and West
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developmental disabilities and help them
to feel supported, connected, heard, and
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Adventurers Colin and Julie Angus to speak in Nakusp
by Art Joyce
It’s not every day you get to meet
a world class adventurer with a vision
for sustainability – a 21st century Thor
Heyerdahl. Husband and wife team
Colin and Julie Angus will be coming to
Nakusp to tell the stories of their latest
adventures crossing the globe using only
human power for transport. The twohour presentation includes a one-hour
talk combined with stunning imagery,
followed by a screening of the awardwinning documentary, Beyond the
Horizon. They will be appearing at the
Nakusp Secondary School gymnasium
November 27; doors at 7 pm, show
at 7:30 pm. Door prizes from Little
Mountain Equipment will be offered.
Colin is the first person to
circumnavigate the globe by human
power, a 43,000-kilometre journey
across three continents and two oceans
by foot, bicycle, ski and rowboat. He has
sailed the South Pacific Ocean and rowed
and paddled thousands of kilometres in
waterways around the world. He will
relate his experience rowing across the
Atlantic and North Pacific as well as his
most recent adventure, an expedition
with Julie from Scotland to Syria. This
latest journey was a way of learning
more about the lands their families
both hail from Angus’s family is from
northern Scotland and his wife Julie’s
family originates in Germany and Syria.
Surprisingly, neither came from
a particularly athletic family, and it’s
the expeditions that keep the couple
motivated to stay in shape. Julie came
from a more scholastic background. A
move from Ontario to BC heightened
her awareness and interest in outdoor
activities such as mountain climbing,
kayaking, skiing and snowboarding.
Colin grew up fishing and virtually
living in the woods when he wasn’t in
school. He decided when he was 12 that
he wanted to own a sailboat and sail the
oceans. It was a dream he was able to
realize at age 19 when he made his first
major ocean journey, which took five
years to complete.
“It was a lifestyle, living on the boat
as your home. The preparation for that
was quite tough. A lot of people were
saying, you shouldn’t be doing this, it’s
too tough.”
Colin had little money for training
but was able to learn the necessary skills
from reading library books. Dan Audet,
a high school buddy, decided to join
him. It took scrimping and saving to
pool together $15,000 to buy a sailboat,
working at odd jobs. At one point they
ran out of money in French Polynesia
and ended up working on a luxury
yacht for nine months to earn enough to
continue the journey. Audet decided he’d
had enough and Colin bought him out.
A lot has happened in the 20 years
since. After that first trip, Colin thought
it was time to go home and study science
at UBC. But after a year the wanderlust
struck again when he was inspired by a
book called Running the Amazon, about
the first team to navigate the entire
Amazon River. He and two friends
began learning whitewater rafting in
Canmore, Alberta. The successful
completion of their Amazon journey
led to the publishing of a book that was
later made into a documentary, aired on
National Geographic and other television
channels. They traversed the entire South
American continent, covering some
7,000 kilometres.
“It was then I realized this could
become a career.”
That prompted Colin to organize a
similar expedition on the Yenisey River.
The fifth longest river on the planet,
it begins in Mongolia, makes its way
into Siberia and from there to the Arctic
Ocean. In total, the trip was over 5,000
kilometres.
Colin met Julie while planning
his global circumnavigation, a process
that took two years to organize. They
realized it would mean up to two more
years apart, so Julie decided to take
9
time off work to join the expedition in
Moscow, and completed the final half of
the journey with Colin from there to BC.
“It was pretty daunting, in terms of
the magnitude of the journey. Nobody
had actually ever done that before.
People had cycled or jogged or walked
but crossed the oceans in conventional
ways.”
The most recent expedition involved
travelling via the British coastline,
man-made canals and rivers from north
Scotland to Syria, revealing a side of
Europe seldom seen in conventional
travel.
The couple works with schools
getting the message across that a healthy
lifestyle involves more physical exercise.
Today’s digital lifestyle makes that a
challenge compared to a generation ago,
and childhood obesity rates have soared
as a result.
“A lot of people come up to us after
and say they’ve changed their travel
plans. Most of our journeys have been
zero or low emissions. In this day and age
it’s so important from an environmental
as well as a personal fitness perspective.”
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Local girls travel to United Nations biodiversity conference in Japan
by Art Joyce
It seems that when it comes
to the environment these days,
it’s the children who are leading.
Two local girls, Annie Collins
of Hills and Leah Holden of
Nakusp, recently travelled
to Japan to attend the United
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(UNEP) Children’s Conference
on Biodiversity. Collins has
been on the junior board for
UNEP for the past two years and
helped organize the conference.
“Biodiversity is a global issue
that’s affecting everyone,” she
says.
Held in Nagoya, Japan,
October 20-26, the conference
brought together over 220
children and chaperones from
some 40 countries and took
place simultaneously with the
UN conference on the protection
of biodiversity. It was hosted
by UNEP in conjunction with
the Convention on Biological
Diversity, established by the UN
in 1993. The Convention has
three main goals: the conservation
of biodiversity; sustainable use of
the components of biodiversity;
and sharing the benefits arising
from the commercial and other
utilization of genetic resources in
a fair and equitable way.
Kids were selected as
delegates based partly on the
projects they’re doing in their
own communities. Leah Holden
from Nakusp was selected based
on her ‘greening’ project for the
grounds at Nakusp Elementary
School. Support for travel costs
was raised by local businesses
and community. UNEP also
provided subsidies for kids
travelling from poorer countries.
The children participated
in workshops and viewed
presentations to prepare them
for drafting their own declaration
on biodiversity. Presentations
were made by children doing
projects in their countries either
to preserve biodiversity or raise
awareness of it. In Malaysia a
campaign is being held to save
the tigers, using a kids’ theatre
troupe to get the message across.
In Mexico a project is being
done to reintroduce native plants
and other species. A pond at the
convention educated the kids
about invasive species and their
impact on native ecosystems.
“It was really interesting
to learn about the problems
they’re having with biodiversity
in Japan,” says Annie. “There
are major things affecting people
all over the world, but definitely
some that were more affecting
certain countries. In Africa there
was a big focus on poverty and
the impacts that has on climate
change.”
After some days of discussion
a consensus was reached and the
declaration gradually reached a
final draft. In her capacity as chair
of the children’s conference,
Annie presented the declaration
with other youth representatives.
As children their action plan
will be to plant trees, become
more familiar with nature in
order to realize its importance
and endeavour not to litter.
They declared that in order to
sustainably support biological
resources, they would use food
wisely, recycle daily and use
paper resourcefully.
In response to this adults
were asked to make a more
significant commitment to the
enforcement of laws which limit
the amount of fishing and protect
the environment from pollution
by creating more protected areas.
Adults were asked to set the rules
with strict penalties for nations
or people who fail to observe
these laws. Annie then presented
Japanese Environment Minister
Ryu Matsumoto with a copy of
the declaration.
Among the documents
that laid the foundation for
the Convention on Biological
Diversity was the Brundtland
Commission of 1987, which
concluded that, “Humanity has
the ability to make development
sustainable – to ensure that
it meets needs of the present
without compromising the
ability of future generations to
meet their own needs.” Sadly,
little progress has been made.
According to Ahmed Djoghlaf,
Executive Secretary for the
Convention, during the past eight
years most nations have failed to
meet agreements for preserving
biodiversity. Meanwhile species
have been disappearing at 50100 times the natural rate and
extinction rates are accelerating.
Thankfully the children are
pointing the way forward.
submitted
The Arrow Lakes Arts
Council is presenting Mirror
Theatre’s production of All’s
Well on Saturday, November
20, at 7:30 pm at the Bonnington
Arts Centre. Then on Saturday,
November 27, accordionist
Alexander Sevastian will
perform at the Bonnington at
7:30 pm.
The presentation of All’s
Well is the only performance
in this season’s concert series
that features local talent. This
pantomime (or ‘panto’) is a ‘Tale
of Three Ducks’ that contains all
the traditional characters but with
a modern twist. All is not well in
the sleepy village of All’s Well.
A greedy property developer
threatens the tranquility of the
ancient wells and it seems like
there’s nothing anyone can do.
The ‘panto’ is a type of
British farce that was originally
silent, and now is anything but.
Pantos are usually based on a
fairy tale, and the lead character,
‘the dame,’ is performed by a
man. The ‘dame’ is a highly
coveted role – men train for it and
have a marvelous time ‘going
over the top’ in the part. These
productions use actors of all ages
and a lot of well-known tunes to
help tell the story.
The character of the Dame is
being portrayed by Troy Watson,
our own Overwaitea employee.
The three ducks are Sarah
Aspeslet, Bailey Henschke, and
Chelsea Pike. The Baron is our
local ‘bus driver’Alan Niquidet,
and the Spirit is portrayed by
Leah Holden.
Alexander Sevastian takes
the audience on an extraordinary
musical adventure that combines
classical music with impeccable
arrangements and a good dose of
humour. Born in Minsk Belarus,
Sevastian is a three-time prize
winner of the International
Accordion Competition. In
November 2009 he was crowned
the third Roland V-Accordion
National Finals Grand Prize
Winner in Toronto. Sevastian is
also a member of the renowned
Quartetto Gelato. He is a true
musical virtuoso.
Tickets are available at
the Broadway Deli until 2 pm
Saturday or at the door the
evening of the concert. The
prices for All’s Well are adults
$10, seniors $7.50 and students
$5. The family rate is (2+2) $20.
Tickets for the Sevastian concert
are adults $20, seniors $15 and
students $10. Doors open at 7 pm.
Arrow Lakes Arts Concert Series offers pantomime, concert
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November 17, 2010 The Valley Voice
Controversial new MS treatment gives hope to locals
by Art Joyce
For New Denver resident Linda
Mennie, the world is looking a lot
brighter lately. Mennie, an MS patient,
recently travelled to Poland to undergo a
controversial new surgical procedure that
has given hope to thousands of people
suffering from the disease.
Preliminary studies indicate
that a phenomenon called Chronic
Cerebrospinal Venous Insufficiency
(CCSVI), a reported abnormality in
blood drainage from the brain and spinal
cord, may contribute to nervous system
damage in MS. This hypothesis was
developed by Dr. Paolo Zamboni from
the University of Ferrara in Italy, who
published his initial findings in June
2009 from a study of approximately
65 patients. There have been additional
studies published since then, some of
which show results that conflict with the
original findings.
“We had decided to go and so we
just went,” says Mennie. “We weren’t
following the online debates over the
treatment.”
Nor has it stopped MS patients
around the world from flocking to
clinics in Bulgaria, Poland, Mexico,
India, Kuwait, and Italy, where it was
pioneered by Dr. Zamboni. Initially
Mennie travelled to the west coast to
get an MRI of her neck and discovered
that her jugular veins were blocked
by 90 and 75 percent. She decided on
the Ameds Centrum clinic in Warsaw,
Poland and travelled there in October
with her husband Richard.
“People have been really supportive.
Poland was wonderful. And Dr.
Burkholder has been so supportive.”
The operation makes use of a
medical team skilled in angioplasty. A
mild sedative is administered while an
angioplasty probe is put into a vein in the
groin area and fed up to the jugular veins.
Very much like cardiac angioplasty, the
probe uses a balloon to unblock the veins
leading to the brain. For most patients it’s
mere day surgery – all over in an hour
and a half, not counting MRI scans and
basic MS testing. At the Warsaw clinic
another scan was done on Mennie and
the blockages were assessed at 80/80
percent. Some MS patients also need
to have the central (azygus) vein done.
Previously Mennie did the David
Wheldon treatment for a year, and says
that too led to a great improvement.
Wheldon is an Engish author with
medical training who uses a regime of
antibiotics and vitamins. It helped her
go from three or four hours per day
of functionality to 12. The traditional
pharmaceutical approach to MS never
appealed to Mennie, who only uses pain
medication. Often MS drugs create a
long list of side effects. This approach is
also very expensive; even with medicare
picking up 85 percent of drug costs, it can
cost patients $1,800 a month.
Dr. Zamboni’s procedure isn’t cheap
either. The cost was between $15,000$20,000, including the west coast trip
for the initial scans, plane fare to Poland,
accommodations and of course the
operation itself.
Another MS patient who traveled
to the Polish clinic for the treatment is
Peter Welkerling, a Nakusp resident
who has had the disease for 14 years.
He was first treated in July but after a
brief improvement in his condition the
old symptoms returned, probably due
to stenosis or a collapse of the veins.
Welkerling returned to the clinic in
September and discovered that the
right jugular vein had collapsed and
was 80 percent blocked. This time
a stent was put in to keep it open;
although the clinic tries to avoid this,
there is a percentage of patients who
will require this. Welkerling has been
confined to crutches or wheelchair but
is now finding he’s able to do more
with his physiotherapy exercises. He’s
also noticing far less fatigue and heat
sensitivity.
“These things are huge for us
because for years we’re going downhill,
so any improvement is quite something
for us,” he says.
The treatment has yet to be approved
for coverage under Canadian medicare
plans. Mennie – who heads up a local
MS support group – says in Canada
alone there are 85,000 people with
the disease. The Quebec College of
Physicians and Surgeons said scientists
don’t know whether the blocked veins
cause the disease or are a symptom of
it, and are warning MS patients not to
get the procedure until more research
is done.
Welkerling has been frustrated by
Canada’s reluctance to approve the
procedure, saying he’s written to his
MP and the MS Society but basically
has been ignored. He notes that the
pharmaceutical industry is on the verge
of releasing MS drugs in pill form for the
first time and expects to double its profits
from these drugs to $15 billion over the
next five years.
“It’s a safe procedure and if a
vascular problem is part of MS, then
that needs to be fixed,” he says. “They
can still research solutions for the other
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symptoms – it’s crazy to try to stop this
treatment.”
Mennie says she’s experiencing
much greater clarity of mind and sharper
hearing since the operation. Her speech
is clearer and she’s been able to make a
circuit of her yard without her cane for
the first time in years.
“It’s not the be-all and end-all for
MS, it’s one of many things you can do.
But I highly recommend it. I’ve had 15
years of going downhill, and I do still
have MS. But I’ve got my thinking back
and my walking back. I have something
to work with now.”
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COMMUNITY
The Valley Voice November 17, 2010
Artists Natasha Smith and Rachel Yoder show at Touchstones Nelson
submitted
Touchstones Nelson will feature
the exhibition ‘Complementary
by Contrast,’ the work of Natasha
Smith and Rachel Yoder, opening
November 19 at 7 pm. Touchstones
has divided its large ‘Gallery A’ space
to accommodate these fine artists. The
show will run until January 16.
Smith lives in Passmore and
Yoder is a Salmo resident. The
artists are friends and are at similar
points in their art careers, but the two
exhibits in many ways could not be
more different in concept, style and
technique. One artist creates purely
abstract paintings that investigate
colour relationships and structure
in a controlled way, while the other
artist creates expressively, using
symbols and building tactile surfaces
on alternative supports. A common
technique that they both incorporate in
their work is layering, one creating a
consistent clean even surface while the
other creates heavily textured surfaces
using various materials.
“We are excited to be sharing the
gallery space and to be teaming up for
our artist talk,” says Smith; “although
visually our work is very different,
Rachel and I share the same passion
for creating and communicating
visually and look forward to sharing
the last part of our creative process
together.”
Natasha Smith’s work explores
archetypal mark-making in a visual
dialogue between mother and child.
The exhibition features a series of
runes or hieroglyphs (inspired by the
drawings of her son, Dylan), which
form a visual language between mother
and child that the artist calls ‘Joining
Worlds.’ By collaging and building
layers of paint, and acrylic medium on
seven unusual doors, a visual story is
created, with each door being opened
by the imagination of the viewer.
Rachel Yoder, in creating her new
body of paintings, ‘Consanguinity,’
placed severe restrictions on herself.
Each painting would be a 24” x
24” panel with two colours placed
side by side with an overlapping
band. Her carpentry experience using
small pieces of material to create
structure and her preoccupation with
colour combine to explore the nature
and mutability of colour perception.
Stripped of all but colour and line, the
vibrant abstract panels are displayed
to create dynamic structures that allow
us to observe shifting relationships
and expand our visual and intellectual
perception of colour.
Join the artists for their opening
November 19 from 7-9 pm and their
talk on November 30. For more
information call 250-352-9813.
submitted by Penelope Stuart
The fourth annual Christmas by
the Lake promises to be even bigger
and better this year. Up to 22 vendors,
from as far away as Rossland, Ymir
and Creston, are coming to offer their
quality, handcrafted products at the
Christmas Village in Silverton on
December 3-5. There will be a free
shuttle service from both Nakusp and
Nelson on Saturday.
Join us for this delightful
weekend event full of all the
enchantment and magical ambiance
of a European Christmas faire. The
quaint Christmas Village is a wonder
and delight for young and old as
they wander by the assortment of
charming wooden huts adorned with
Yuletide decorations and sparkling
lights. Here you can savour the
traditional Christmas delights of
roasted chestnuts, potato pancakes,
German cookies, hot chocolate,
Gluehwein and much more. Enjoy
the experience of cooking bannock
over an open fire as you watch
demonstrations of traditional
crafts such as blacksmithing and
glassblowing.
Once again, the world-renowned
sculptors, Peter Vogelaar and David
Ducharme, with Luc Vreys, will be
creating their wonderful ice slide –
much loved by all the children – and
beautifully crafted angels of ice.
Again this year, the children will have
an opportunity to be photographed
with Santa, who is coming to join
us at our Christmas Village. Word
is out that the Gingerbread Man and
Grinch will also be there!
On Saturday and Sunday there
will be Christmas card creation
workshops for the children while
all those from the age of 6-16 can
take part in the competition to win
a digital camera. There will be live
entertainment all weekend with the
Nelson and Slocan Community
Bands, local choirs and an array of
fine musicians.
The fun begins on Friday,
December 3 at 4 pm. The New
Denver Royalty will launch
Christmas by the Lake at 5 pm with
the lighting of the Christmas tree
and the tolling of the bell, and with
a welcome to all the visitors.
The event continues on Saturday,
10 am to 6 pm and on Sunday, 11
am to 3 pm. Santa will be coming
to town between 1 and 3 pm on
Saturday, followed by storytelling
until 3:30 pm.
Don’t miss this unique
opportunity to experience the wonder
and magic of a time-honoured
Christmas celebration, as seen in
Europe. For you and your family,
memories of Christmas by the Lake
will last a lifetime.
For more information, visit
www.christmasbythelake.ca.
Celebrating our fourth Christmas by the Lake in Silverton
Join the fun at Silverton’s fourth annual Christmas by the Lake, December 3-5.
Here, the kids wait for roasted chestnuts, one of the traditional goodies offered.
COMMUNITY
November 17, 2010 The Valley Voice
Deck the Walls exhibit at Studio Connexion in Nakusp
by Art Joyce
This Christmas season the place
to be in Nakusp for art is Studio
Connexion, where the Deck the Walls
exhibit will feature a wide range of
local artists, Nov. 18 to Dec. 22. There
will be sculpture, pottery, fabric art and
painting in a variety of styles.
“It’s Christmas time and so I wanted
to encourage people to shop in Nakusp
instead of going elsewhere. It’s also a
way for people to be environmentally
friendly by not driving so far to shop,”
said Studio Connexion owner Anne
Beliveau. Glass artist Kathleen Jones
will feature stained glass works with a
Christmas theme. Elly Scheepens will
bring sculptural work from the Goddess
Quest exhibition. Gillian Redwood will
have gift packs of her signed greeting
cards, including two polar bear images
– one from a commissioned painting
and the other a special design for a
canvas mat. Jan Burks will present her
fibre art, combining quilting techniques
with dyeing, stamping, painting and
embellishing to create one-of-a-kind
items. Linda Dixon offers natural fibre
art using a hand-dyed process to create
images inspired by nature, resulting
in highly original pillows, quilts, wall
hangings, scarves and bags.
Ed Kemp, father of Nakusp artist
Barbara Maye, will have his wildlife
paintings available. Kemp has placed
as a finalist with the Saskatchewan
Wildlife Federation Contest and a top
five finalist with Ducks Unlimited. His
work has sold to collections around the
world. Paul Kelly, a local sculptor who
works with wood, metal and found
objects to create folk art and masks, will
also be featured. His masks are made
from red cedar cut to a similar thickness
as musical instruments so that they
resonate when people speak through
them. A beautiful heron Kelly made
from wood and covered with copper,
brass and tin will also be exhibited.
Susan Janzen will show examples of
her pottery. Janzen has been producing
unique hand-thrown pottery for over 20
years. She has worked with many styles
over the years and is now focusing
by Jan McMurray
Lucerne and Nakusp Secondary
Schools are gearing up to take in some
international students in September
2011, opening up opportunities for
families in the New Denver and Nakusp
areas to host students.
The local Arrow Lakes School
District No. 10 is partnering with
Rocky Mountain School District No.
6 to deliver the international program.
Duncan MacLeod, international
program coordinator from Kimberley,
was in the area in early November to
provide information about the program,
particularly the homestay component.
“The kids are in school for six hours
a day and in the homes for 18 hours, so
the homestay families are key to the
success of the students,” he said.
Families are paid $600 per month
and are required to provide students
with three meals a day and a separate
bedroom. Typically, students stay for
either five months or one year.
“We have all different kinds of
host families – young families with
kids, retired couples, single parents. We
have families who host more than one
student,” said MacLeod. However, two
kids who speak the same language or
who are from the same country are never
placed together in the same home. This is
because they are here to have a Canadian
experience and improve their English.
Students come from Germany,
Austria, Spain, Mexico, Guatemala,
Japan, South Korea, Taiwan.
“Our greatest assets are teachers
who love having international students
and homes who love having them,”
commented MacLeod.
MacLeod said having international
students often inspires local youth to
have a similar experience. He said one
kid in Kimberley got involved and
took the Teaching English as a Second
Language course, and then went to Japan
on a working holiday visa.
“It indelibly impacts the school and
community in a positive way. At least 10
kids came back to Kimberley last year to
see their host families and go skiing.”
Currently, Niko Gallas, a German
boy, is attending Lucerne School through
the program. “It’s a great experience to
be part of a small community,” he said.
Lucerne principal Natasha Miles pointed
out that the camping trip he went on
during the Fall Into Learning week was
unique for him – he would never have
an experience like that in Frankfurt.
MacLeod said most of the kids come
from big cities and want to check out
small town living.
“I think there is great potential to
have kids come here,” he said.
Rocky Mountain School District
No. 6 has one of the oldest international
programs in BC, operating out of
Kimberley since 1981. Recently, they
have had more demand for the program
than they can meet. Arrow Lakes School
District No. 10 is happy to partner with
them to help meet the demand. For
more information, visit www.sd6.bc.ca/
international.php. In New Denver, contact
Katrina Sumrall at Lucerne School.
Homestay families wanted for international
students in New Denver and Nakusp
on the production of unique, oneof-a-kind, pit-fired pottery art. Bryn
Stevenson, a self-taught artist raised
in the Slocan Valley, will feature his
stunningly realistic paintings of the
region’s mountain peaks. He works
mostly with a knife like an instrument
to create the natural patterns and thick,
rough textures of mountains. And there
will much more at Deck the Walls
besides what’s described here.
“There’s a pretty good variety of
art in Nakusp,” says Beliveau. “We
have plenty of talent here.” The gallery
attracted 450 visitors this year, split
between roughly 60 percent tourists
and 40 percent locals. Not bad for a
small gallery two blocks off the main
street.
Studio owner Anne Beliveau will
also have available for sale maple
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syrup from her home town St. d’Aston
Léonard, Quebec, from an artisan-scale
family farm business.
Studio Connexion will be open
Tuesday to Saturday 11:30 am to 4:30
pm during the Christmas season.
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Stepping Stones Children’s Centre would like to extend a very big Thankyou to everyone who has given us such a fantastic start to our fundraising
this year.Our children are so lucky to live in this amazing community which
receives such incredible support from everyone. 80’s night at Three Lions
Pub was extremely well attended, along with the children’s halloween party
hosted in part by The Royal Canadian Legion. A huge thank-you to all of
our generous sponsors:
Arrow Lakes Redi-Mix
Arrow Lakes Theatre
Beautiful Image Naturally by Patti
Bon Marché/ Dollar Dollar
B-Rad Cycles & Gear
Broadway Deli Bistro
Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce
Carson’s Corner
Columbia Basin Alliance for Literacy
Columbia Basin Trust
Councillor Hughes
Crescent Bay Construction
Cutrite Meats & Deli
Dogsense Boutique
Esthetics by Kristy
Evolution Boutique
General Store
Grooming By Til
Gutter Getter Done
H&R Block
Halcyon Hot Springs
Home Hardware
Hook it up Tackle and Sport
Hub Barton Insurance
Igloo Loma
Kal Tire
Kootenay Savings Credit Union
Kuskanax Lodge
Leland Hotel
Lester’s Hobbies
Linda Snyder
Little Mountain Outdoor Gear
Making Memories
Marvin’s Small Motor Repairs
Merixtell Books
Naksup Veterinary Clinic
Nakusp Centennial Golf Course
Nakusp Glass
Nakusp Music Fest
Nick’s Place
North Nakusp Automotive
O’Briens Service & Repair
Overwaitea Foods
Paddyshack/Rice Paddy
Party Lite Candles
People’s Pharmacy
Prima Materia
Royal Canadian Legion Br#20
Selkirk College
Shaggys Hair Care
Sharon Jones- Avon Representative
Spiritwood
Studio in Balance
Summit Lake Ski Hill
Three Lions Pub
Touch of Fashion
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The Valley Voice November 17, 2010
Kaslo council, November 9: Council supports increase in taxation for library
by Jan McMurray
• Minutes of a special budget
meeting held November 3 were
adopted. At that meeting, the chair of the
library board attended to ask the Village
to support the library’s request for an
increase in 2011 taxation for the library
to 12 cents per $1,000 of assessed value.
Reasons for the increase are fair wages
for staff, increased administration time,
additional programming, increased
book budget and creation of a capital
budget. The Village will write a letter
in support of the increase to the RDCK.
Water rates will be increased by
10% in 2011, and discounts will be
decreased from 15% to 10%.
• Council received an email from
Berdine Jonker of the Provincial
Heritage Branch, following up on
council’s meeting at the UBCM
Conference. She suggests that Kaslo
may want to develop a heritage register,
review its tourism plan to see how
heritage conservation plays a role, apply
for Towns for Tomorrow funding for
the City Hall, and contact the Heritage
Tourism Alliance of BC to inquire
about promoting Kaslo’s heritage on
their website.
Council added the development of a
community heritage registry to the Short
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Term Action Chart. Councillor Hewat
will bring up the tourism plan issue with
the Kaslo Chamber of Commerce. Staff
will inquire if Kaslo can apply for this
second round of Towns for Tomorrow
funding for the City Hall, when there
is an ongoing geothermal project at the
City Hall which was funded by the first
round of Towns for Tomorrow grants.
• Lynda Lafleur of CBT sent the
first cheque ($37,500) for the City Hall
project to restore the original courtroom
to be a public space. The Village’s
interim report on this project is due by
April 30, 2012.
• A letter from Parks Canada
acknowledges receipt of the Village’s
application for funding for the City Hall
project under the National Historic Sites
Cost Sharing Program.
• A letter from the Kaslo Trailblazers
Society regarding the Water Street
project asks the Village for payment
of $10,436.28 “in accordance with our
agreement.” The letter is accompanied
by the final report to Western Economic
Diversification, which provided funding
towards the project. Deputy Clerk
Carol Hughes prepared an analysis of
the project budget and funding. All this
was referred to the Municipal Services
Committee for recommendation to
council.
• The following appointments were
made to the Water Street Planning
Committee: Robert Abbey, John
Eckland, Tyler Dobie, Haijo Meier,
Henry Van Mill, Gillian Froese.
• Councillor Leathwood reported on
the campground washroom project. The
committee working on this would like
the campground washroom to be hooked
up to the sewer system, and the Liquid
Waste Management Committee would
like more information. Council directed
staff to get the required information to
the committee. Leathwood also said that
they are looking at a cement building.
In response to a query from Councillor
Cormie, Leathwood said the location of
the washroom building would depend
on the sewer issue, and that whatever
the location, it would not affect the road
in any way.
• A letter from the Periwinkle
Children’s Centre asks for council
approval on an expenditure of $4,000,
which remains in the budget allocated
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for the maintenance of the Villageowned building. The Periwinkle board
has initiated a renovation/addition
project on the west side of the building
with a grant from CBT. During
the course of the reno project, they
discovered that the old roof is badly in
need of replacement. This was a surprise
and was not figured into the reno/
addition project funded by the CBT
grant. They would like the $4,000 from
the Village for the replacement of the
old roof. Council agreed to reimburse
up to $4,000 once the roof project was
complete and receipts provided.
During public time, a board member
from Periwinkle suggested that council
consider setting up a system to have
Village-owned buildings assessed on a
regular basis.
• Based on a report from the Public
Works Foreman regarding his meeting
with Sanitherm, the company that
installed the sewer treatment plant in
Kaslo, the Village will apply to Ministry
of Environment for a nine percent
increase in its wastewater discharge
permit.
• A camping policy, to deter
people from camping in undesignated
campsites, was adopted.
• The CAO provided an analysis of
the RDCK’s draft Resource Recovery
Plan to council. The draft plan includes
$886,500 in expenditures in Kaslo,
mostly in 2013 and 2014, for: a yard and
garden waste compost pile; evaluation of
alternative sites for the transfer station in
2011; landfill site permanent closure; a
clean wood receiving and grinding area.
The draft plan encourages home
composting. The CAO’s report states
that council may want to voice concerns
about this, given the local record with
human/bear conflict.
Councillor Cormie asked the mayor
where the RDCK was in the process of
studying alternative sites for Kaslo’s
transfer station. Mayor Lay replied that
the study done some time ago looking at
three options for the transfer station – to
stay where it is, to be moved to the YRB
yard, or moved to Rick Jones’ property –
had been found to be negligent, so it was
now in the hands of another consultant.
Council referred the matter of the future
of the RDCK’s Kaslo transfer station to
the Development Services Committee
for recommendation to council.
• Information from the RDCK
regarding proposed building bylaw
changes, and a summary by the
CAO of differences between Kaslo’s
building bylaw and the proposed bylaw
were received and referred to the
Municipal Services Committee for
recommendation to council.
• The Chamber of Commerce was
given permission to close Front Street
on December 3 from 5 to 8 pm for
Light Up.
• As requested in a letter from the
Community Fund of North Kootenay
Lake, November 15 was proclaimed
Philanthropy Day. Mayor Lay will
participate in a photo opportunity and
a banner will be placed on Front Street,
subject to agreement by private property
owners to anchor the banner.
• Bylaw 1100, Street & Traffic
Bylaw, was adopted.
• Council approved the 2009
Statement of Financial Information.
It will be submitted to the Ministry
of Community, Sport and Cultural
Development for its records.
• The 2010 fire inspection reports on
Village-owned buildings were received
and outstanding items were referred to
the Development Services Committee
for action.
• Accounts payable of $99,837.79
were approved.
submitted
FLIKS and the Langham Theatre
are teaming up for a second great
year of top-notch Indie films in
Kaslo. Screening Friday, November
26 at 7:30 pm will be the Crestonmade Lovers in a Dangerous Time
– a huge hit in Nelson. This will
be followed by the first film in the
monthly Friday night Film Series
with the hilarious Winnebago Man
on January 21.
Now just hitting the Toronto
International Film Festival circuit,
Lovers in a Dangerous Time is a tale
of small-town Canadian romance,
following a pair of childhood friends
reunited at their high school reunion.
Ten years after graduation, Todd
remains a local could-have-been,
while Allison illustrates children’s
books and wonders what might
have been. Fueled by hope, longing,
and nostalgia, they embark on a
romantic, if illusory, adventure to
recapture lost love and happiness. If
the wet weather has you down, the
wonderful scenes of Creston’s apple
orchards in full bloom, and boating
on Kootenay Lake will have you
longing for summer.
Winnebago Man is a laughout-loud look at an unlikely viral
video celebrity – the foulmouthed,
frustrated Winnegabo salesman
Jack Rebney. Rebney filmed a
disastrous Winnebago industrial
film in the early 90s. Somehow the
profane, angry outtakes surfaced on
YouTube in 2005, thrusting the now
reclusive and aging salesman into the
limelight. Director Ben Steinbauer
tries to track Jack down to see if he
really is “the angriest man on earth.”
Screening February 18 is the
award winning David Suzuki biopic Force of Nature: The David
Suzuki Story, voted most popular
documentary at the Toronto
festival. There are many Kootenay
connections – he spent his youth
in a Japanese internment camp in
the Slocan Valley. The film shows
how the past of one of our ‘Top
10 Canadians’ has contributed to
shaping the man he is today.
Masquerades will screen on
March 11. This wonderful Algerian
comedy follows the story of small
town resident Mounir, who tries to
raise his social status by concocting
a story that his narcoleptic sister
is going to marry a rich foreigner.
However, despite her condition and
her sex, she wears the pants in the
family and unbeknownst to Mounir,
she is in love with his best friend. As
the town gets behind the planning
of this imaginary wedding – finally
elevating Mounir to big-shot status
– his private life spirals downward.
April 8 is the final film in 2011
series and the title will be announced
later in the series.
Advance single tickets to Lovers
in a Dangerous Time or any of
the 2011 Film Series films can be
bought for $10 at the Langham
Theatre between Thursday and
Sunday from 1-4 pm. Series passes
can also be purchased at $30 for
Langham members and $34 for
non-members. All films are rated PG
except Winnebago Man, rated 14A
for swearing.
For more information visit www.
FLIKS.ca or www.TheLangham.ca .
FLIKS film series continues second year with Langham
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Toll-free 1-866-706-2566
• Fresh Meat Cut Daily
• Fresh & Frozen Seafood
• Freezer Packs
• Deli Sandwiches to go
• Awesome Cheese Selection
• Fresh & Smoked Sausage
• Smoked Salmon
• Awesome Beef Jerky
• Custom Cutting
• Weekly Instore Specials
Open Mon - Thurs
6:30 am to 3:00 pm
Fri, Sat, Sun
6:30 am to 8:00 pm
Licensed
Located at the Heart of
Front Street • 353-2955
“Best Eggs Benedict Ever”
“Mexican, Salads,
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A group of 16 exchange students from Bordeaux, France spent 10 days in the Kootenays during late October and early November.
They visited Kaslo’s SS Moyie and Ainsworth Hot Springs and soaked up the local culture.
COMMUNITY
November 17, 2010 The Valley Voice
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Nakusp council, November 9: Council discusses RDCK building bylaw
by Art Joyce
• The Regional District’s new draft
building bylaw caused considerable
discussion around the council table.
Mayor Hamling said the idea is
worthwhile – to cut down on errors
by having a single code for all the
municipalities in the district. However,
she is concerned that councils could
lose the power to make their own
amendments or lose authority over
local bylaws. Councillor Mueller said
she examined the new bylaw in detail
and felt it “goes over and above the
BC Building Code.” Her objection
was to a clause under the definition
of ‘standard’ buildings which could
require builders to have an engineer
sign off on the foundation. “That could
end up taking in every shed, garage,
house, or outbuilding, requiring an
engineered foundation for all of them.”
This could add thousands of dollars in
costs and many more weeks in time. She
noted that a subsequent clause allows
the building inspector to waive this
requirement, but felt that it places too
much authority in one person’s hands.
“It should say, if footings don’t comply,
then you could call for an engineering
report,” she concluded. Councillor
Hughes agreed, stating, “It’s within the
ability of local architects and certified
carpenters to do the job properly. That’s
what the BC Building Code does, we
don’t need to go above that. This would
be such an obstacle on every job site. It
would discourage people from building
in this area.” Council voted to write a
letter to the Regional District objecting
to this clause and to copy the letter to
New Denver and Silverton councils.
• Council approved a request from
the Chamber of Commerce to close off
Broadway Street on December 4 from 4
pm for its Winter Carnival. Permission
from Bruce Lintott of the provincial
highways department has already been
obtained.
• In response to an earlier letter from
Ione Kendall requesting that council
consider having a fall arbour day, Mayor
Hamling reported that the cost to the
Village Public Works department would
be about $10,000. Council voted to refer
the item to budget discussions.
• Mayor Hamling reported on a ferry
advisory committee meeting. There are
plans for a new, bigger ferry at Galena
Bay, similar in capacity to the Kootenay
Lake ferry, Osprey (80-85 vehicles). The
schedule would likely remain the same.
Arrow Park and Needles ferries will also
need replacement but no news on that
yet. Arrow Park will be getting dock
work in 2012; Needles in 2013.
• The mayor also noted that plans
are progressing for the Targa auto racing
group to have a race in Nakusp next
year, possibly spring. Originating in
Tasmania, the race is celebrating its 10th
anniversary in 2011. There is one other
Targa race held in North America in
Newfoundland. In March this year, West
Kelowna council rejected sponsorship
of the race due to community concerns
over noise and safety. Mayor Hamling
has written a letter of support and will
set up a meeting with Targa.
• CAO Lafleur reported that 60
loads of fill have been brought to the
emergency services building site and
tamped down but landscaping will begin
next spring. The mayor was hoping to
get painting started soon with volunteers
but light fixtures haven’t been installed
yet.
• Council discussed a request from
Fire Chief Warren for the use of a Villageowned vehicle as a backup command
vehicle for the Deputy Fire Chief and fire
department officers. Fire Chief Warren
cited the history of fires in the Brouse/
Glenbank/ Crescent Bay areas and the
potential to speed up response time.
Councillor Mueller said she understood
by Art Joyce
It’s not a sport that immediately
springs to mind when you think of
teenagers. Bryan Hardy, a 17-year-old
archery competitor from Burton, is
trying out for the right to compete at the
Canadian Winter Games at Halifax in
February 2011.
There will be three young archers
from BC competing to qualify for the
games. Hardy is shooting a recurve
or traditional bow (the only category
recognized by the Olympics), with the
others competing in compound style
bows. Hardy has been at qualifying
competitions at Cranbrook on September
11 and Port Coquitlam October 10, and
will be competing in Quesnel November
14. He was at the BC Winter Games in
Terrace last February and came in fifth
in the youth category for shooters of
recurve bows.
Both of his parents are archers. His
father David Hardy has been an avid
archer for 25 years. According to Bryan’s
mother Teresa, the family “rediscovered”
3D shooting when he was eight years
old. This sport uses three-dimensional
life-size models of animals made from
high-density foam for target practice.
Competitors earn points based on the
accuracy of their shooting. This led
Bryan to specialize in target shooting,
using Federation of International Target
Archery (FITA) standardized targets.
This ensures that he is training according
to international standards. Most of the
competitions are now done indoors.
Bryan has never taken formal
lessons but shoots with Kevin Evans,
a world competitor in the Paralympics
who lost an arm to an industrial accident.
Evans’ coach Vladimir Kopecki, who
coached the Korean Olympic archery
team, has also worked with Bryan.
“Sadly there aren’t any archery
coaches here,” says Teresa Hardy.
“Most of the shooters around here are
compound shooters.”
Bryan has had his bow upgraded to
a Hoyt competition model that includes
stabilizers, sights and other elements.
Yet even without this sophisticated
equipment he was able to place fifth in
Terrace.
“You’re basically as good as your
equipment. Even if he doesn’t make it
this time, he has until he’s 22 to compete
at this level,” explains Teresa.
She says archery is a less recognized
sport than hockey for kids nowadays,
something she hopes will change. “I’m a
big believer in individual sports, because
the only way you can improve is to
compete with yourself. It’s really helped
Bryan be more confident in himself. It’s
also been a great way to keep the family
together.”
Arrow Lakes teen to compete for archery title in Winter Games
from last year’s budget discussions that
there was to be only one fire department
vehicle, not two. Councillor Hughes
said the vehicle in question would be
costly to repair. Councillor Leitch said
he “doesn’t know of another town our
size that has a command vehicle.” Mayor
Hamling suggested that there is a need
for council to develop a policy on the
matter. Council voted not to approve
the request.
• Councillor Leitch reported
that the community forest met with
mushroom pickers regarding the Fosthall
Creek cutblock. He said “100 percent
agreement” is unlikely but discussions
are ongoing. The NADB now has Laurie
Page as its new president.
• The mayor also reported that
the Arrow Lakes Historical Society is
moving forward on its addition to the
arena. They have received $70,000
from Halcyon Home foundation and
are applying for funding from Canada
Cultural Spaces.
• Council voted to write Telus again
requesting cell phone service at Galena
Bay, citing safety and medical concerns.
ALEXANDER
SEVASTIAN
First prize winner
of the International
Accordion Competition
for three years
performing at the
Bonnington Arts
Centre
Saturday, November
27th, 7:30 pm
Presented by the Arrow
Lakes Arts Council
Tickets: Adults: $20
Seniors: $15 Students: $10
Available at Broadway Deli
Doors open
at 7:00 pm
24th Annual Community Carol Sing
Wednesday,
December 8,
7:00 pm
Nakusp Senior
Secondary Gym
Free Admission
sponsored by
the Nakusp
Rotary Club
Arrow Lakes archer Bryan Hardy will compete in the youth category at Quesnel, BC this month
in hopes of qualifying for the Canadian Winter Games at Halifax in February 2011.
ALL’S WELL
Produced by
Mirror Theatre
A Panto about A Tale
of Three Ducks
7:30 pm
BONNINGTON
ARTS CENTRE
Presented by the Arrow
Lakes Arts Council Tickets : Adults: $10
Seniors: $7.50 Students: $5
Family Rate: (2+2) $20
Available at
Broadway Deli
Doors open
at 7:00 pm
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Announcements
CHRISTMAS BAKING INGREDIENTS
don’t have to be expensive. Come to
Sappho’s Bakery in New Denver for your
mixed peel (the real thing, not sugared
turnips!), glace cherries and pineapple, and
marzipan. Don’t bake? We do! 309 Kildare,
rear entrance. Winter hours: Thursday 10
am – 6 pm, Friday/Saturday 10 am – 8 pm.
358-2119. (PS: Don’t forget we build the
best pizza in the area!)
BED NEED A MAKEOVER? Bamboo,
wool, silk, down. Luxury and style for less
at Willow Home Gallery. It’s Worth The
Drive To Kaslo! 250-353-2257.
FERN’S FLOWERS – When you need
something special! Flowers, plants, crystals,
toys, chocolates, books, gifts. Delivery
throughout the area. 250-353-7474.
SLOCAN CURLING CLUB Registration now open for the 2010/11
season. No experience necessary, new
members welcome. Info: 250-355-2221 or
slocancurlingclub@hotmail.com.
ALL MUSICIAN AND ART SUPPLIES,
in-stock and ordered from catalogues,
are 10% off from now until Christmas at
Indelible Ink. 202 Lake Ave Silverton,
Phone: 250-358-7121, Winter hours: 10-2
Wed-Sat.
Automotive
95 FORD EXPLORER Limited Edition,
257K kms, white, leather, air, power
everything, sunroof, CD player, a well
maintained, very clean rig in top shape
with good rubber and unmounted snows.
$3995 OBO.
Business Opportunities
UNEMPLOYED and thinking of starting
your own business? Community Futures
offers the Self Employment grant, business
loans, counselling and training in the Arrow
& Slocan Lakes area. For more info leave
a message at 265-3674 ext. 201 or email
Nakusp@futures.bc.ca.
Card of Thanks
T H E B U RT O N C O M M U N I T Y
READING CENTRE volunteer members
wish to publicly express their thanks to
the Managers of the Burton Historical
Park and Campground. For the second
consecutive year, they have donated to
the Reading Centre in the same amount as
that garnered by proceeds from discarded
books and magazines at the campground
during the summer. We greatly appreciate
their cooperation and assistance in fundhungry times.
- submitted by PA Wind, Chairperson,
BCRC, on behalf of all Burton
Community Reading Centre Volunteers
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WHOLE SCHOOL THANK YOU!
We would like to sincerely thank all who
donated goods to our Halloween Benefit:
Oso Negro, Safeway, Save On Foods,
Frog Peak Cafe, Nomads Hempwear,
Ainsworth Hotsprings, Whitewater Ski
Resort, Sat Kaur, Christina Smith, Ghisto
and The Faires Pyjamas. Thank you for
your ongoing support of the Whole School.
Coming Events
SLOCAN CITY CHRISTMAS IN THE
VALLEY CRAFT FAIRE: Sun., Nov. 21,
10 am-3 pm in the Legion Hall. VENDORS
BOOK NOW! Phone 250-355-2672 or
email cbarclay@telus.net for application.
Everyone welcome!
HELLO BABY II: THE BABY STRIKES
BACK! By LUCAS MYERS. All Dates
November! 6-Silverton, 12-Vallican Whole,
13-Gray Creek, 19 & 20-Kaslo, 26-Argenta,
27-Ymir. Visit pilotcopilot.com for details.
C O M E T O T H E S I LV E RT O N
GALLERY COFFEEHOUSE for an
evening of music and story Saturday,
November 20, 7:30 pm. Dominique
Fraissard will launch his two new CDs and
special guest Art Joyce will read an excerpt
from his new novel Signs & Wonders with
a cast of actors. Refreshments served.
Admission by sliding scale $5-10.
KOOTENAY DANCEBEAT SOCIETY
dance November 20 at the Junction Church
7:30-10:15 pm $5 members and $8 non
members. Everyone welcome. No alcohol
please. Check out www.dancingbeat.org
for details.
TEXAS HOLD ’EM TOURNAMENT
Saturday November 27, 2010 at the Slocan
Legion Hall, 502 Harold St., Slocan starting
at 6:30 pm. $30 Buy-in. Advance Tickets
must be purchased at Mountain Valley
Station in Slocan or phone 250-355-2672 to
reserve. Tickets will not be available at the
door. BC Gaming rules will apply.
COME ON OUT to St. Anthony’s 37th
Christmas Flea Market, November 27,
10-2 at Bosun Hall, New Denver. There
will be new and used items, crafts, home
baking, walnuts, cosmetics, essential oils,
gift baskets, jewellery, etc. For a table phone
Leslie 358-7173 or Gail 358-2397.
DINNER AT THE CUP - Seafood
Lasagna, salad and lemon yoghurt cake
for dessert. $20 per person. December 11.
Reservations please 5:30 & 7:00. 358-2475.
LEARN INFANT MASSAGE - West
Kootenay Infant Development and New
Denver StrongStart are offering an Infant
Massage course to families/caregivers with
infants birth to 12 months of age. Date:
November 30 and December 7; Time:
The Valley Voice November 17, 2010
2:30 - 4:30 pm; Location: New Denver
StrongStart Centre; Registration: Contact
Charlene @ 250-358-7768. Cost: FREE!
HOLIDAY SALE, local artists Christmas
market. Ceramics, clothing, jewellery,
pillows, stationery, accessories and more.
December 3-5, at Bijou Hair Salon. 564
Ward Street, Nelson.
EXQUISITE
NATURE
PHOTOGRAPHY by Jim Lawrence will
adorn the foyer of Nelson’s Capitol Theatre
this festive season. An ethical photographer
and environmentalist, Jim strives to present
images that instill understanding of our
fragile environment, and inspire respect
for life in endangered ecosystems. Great
gift idea! www.kootenayreflections.com.
TURKEY BINGO Slocan Legion Hall,
502 Harold St., Slocan. 1:00 pm Sunday,
December 5. $2 per card. Everyone
Welcome.
SLOCAN CITY’S BIGGEST BOOK
SALE EVER! At the Royal Canadian
Legion’s annual Craft Fair on Sunday Nov
21. Over 1,000 books for sale. Get your
winter reading supply here. 3 works of
fiction for 99 cents. 10 am to 3 pm at 502
Harold St. Slocan City. Proceeds to the
Slocan Community Library.
Personal Classifieds start at $8.00
Call 250-358-7218 for details
BUSINESS DIRECTORY
CONSTRUCTION • HOME • GARDEN
COMPLETE SALES
SERVICE AND
INSTALLATION
YOUR VALLEY COMFORT AND BLAZE KING DEALER
SPECIALIZING IN WOOD/ELECTRIC, WOOD/OIL AND
WOOD/GAS COMBINATION FURNACES
Certified • Insured
Crescent Bay
Construction Ltd.
Eric Waterfield — Septic Planning/Installation
Nakusp, BC • Ph. 250 265-3747 • Fx. 250 265-3431
• Email cresbay@telus.net
Peter’s New & Used Windows & More
Sales & Installations
Slocan City, BC • (250) 355-0088
website: www.kootenayfurnace.com
email: kfurnace@netidea.com
• Energy Efficient Vinyl & Wood Windows •
• Residential Installations & Renovations/Upgrades •
• Wooden & Metal Doors •
Peter Demoskoff • Cell: 250-608-0505
Tel: 250-399-4836 • Fax: 250-399-4831
HALL LUMBER
& BUILDING SUPPLIES
• Registered Septic System
designer and installer •
• Ready Mix Concrete •
• Lock Blocks • Drain Rock •
• Road Crush • Sand & Gravel •
• Dump Trucks • Excavator •
• Crusher • Coloured Concrete •
• Site Preparation •
Box 1001, Nakusp, BC, V0G 1R0
Ph. 265-4615 • vieirac@telus.net
JEMS Propane Ltd. KF PowerVac
Installation and maintenance
Open Mon, Tues, Wed, Fri & Sat
10 am to 5 pm
PHONE 250-269-0043
Find us at 280 Lower Inonoaklin Rd.
Edgewood, BC
Castlegar
250-304-2911
• general contractor
• new homes & renovations
• design/build
HPO licensed/Home Warranty
Fully insured. 30 yrs.+ exp./ cert.
carpenters/ foundation to finish/
custom trim/heritage work.
Call Drew 250- 353-2450. Duct Cleaning & Duct Sanitizing
Local: 355-2485 • Toll-free: 1-888-652-0088
email: kfurnace@netidea.com
0850743 B.C. Ltd. dba Vista Custom Builders
Hardwood Floors Only
Canadian Flooring at Wholesale
Pref. Antique. R Oak or Maple
3 1/4 x 3/4 – $4.39/sf pallet
– Bamboo from $3.99 sf –
Cork from $4.39/sf at
call Jim Berrill
(250) 359-5922
Jim Pownall & Co.
LOG & TIMBER FRAME HOMES
New Denver • BC
250-358-2566
jpownall@telus.net
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for details
Bergevin Electrical
Inc.
Please call
250-358-2479
or 250-505-6182
and leave a message
Free Estimates. Certified,
Licenced, And Insured
Serving New Denver, Nakusp
and the Slocan Valley
Tradesman Electric
- Repairs
Palmer
- Upgrades
Computer - Consulting
Microsoft Certified
Services
Systems Engineer
Phone: 355-2235
ken@palmercomputerservices.com
Nakusp
Redi-Mix
serving the Kootenays since 1973
Design & Installation
Even little ads
get noticed in the
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COMPUTER
250-399-6377
Now booking landscape projects for the
2011 season!
Serving Nakusp & Area
- Lawn Mowing & Trimming
- Yard Maintenance/cleanup
Contact Barry @ (250) 265-9086
dan@canadiangardensupply.com
1503 Hwy 3A Thrums • Mon - Sat 8:30-5 pm
Uncommon Ground Farm
& Landscape
EARTHWORM
YARD CARE
1730 Hwy 3, Selkirk Spring Building
JUAN’S FLOORING
commercial • residential
new construction • renovations
Reliable friendly service
Free Estimates Call Steve 226-7163
cell: 250-354-8661 • uncommonground@
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Indoor Garden
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FOR ALL YOUR
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365-9958
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Your local bulk dealer & service centre
DAVID WEATHERHEAD
Box 83, 848 Hwy 6, Nakusp
250-265-4311 (ph)
250-265-3468 (fax)
J.C. Roofing Company
CONSTRUCTION
For all your roofing needs
Serving the Arrow and Slocan Lakes
FOUNDATIONS • FRAMING
ROOFING • RENOVATIONS
Experienced Professionals
16 years of professional installations
WCB • All work fully guaranteed
We also install Soffit and Vinyl Siding
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views. Suitable two people. $775. 250226-0034.
SUITE FOR RENT – One mile from
Nakusp. On acreage. 3 bdr. Appliances.
Available. $750/month. 250-860-0736.
HOUSE FOR RENT IN NEW DENVER
- 2+ bedr. wood/electrical heat, w/d carport.
Available December 1. Call 250-358-2689.
FOR RENT IN NEW DENVER – Single
wide 3 bedroom trailer. Addition with
woodstove, carport. F/S. $700/month plus
hydro and heat. 250-426-7814 or 250919-7814.
Health
YOGA AT THE DOMES - Restore your
body, mind and spirit. Monday & Saturday
mornings 9-10:30 am Flow; Thursday
afternoons - 3:30-5:00 pm Restorative Flow.
Help Wanted
TRAFFIC CONTROL PEOPLE
NEEDED for Kaslo, New Denver,
Silverton, Nakusp, Edgewood areas. Must
have valid traffic control ticket, driver’s
licence and own vehicle. Contact Kim at
250-265-3850.
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November 17, 2010 The Valley Voice
Notices
FOR INFORMATION ON AA OR
ALANON MEETINGS contact in New
Denver: 358-7904 or 358-7158; Nakusp
265-4924; Kaslo 353-2658; Slocan 3552805; South Slocan 226-7705.
Services
RESIDENTIAL & COMMERCIAL
SEPTIC TANK CLEANING: “Serving
the Valley” 7 days/wk, 24-hr. All-Around
Septic Services, Don Brown (250) 3543644, emergency 352-5676.
ROGAN ELECTRIC Residential,
commercial, industrial wiring. Local
references available. All work guaranteed.
“We get the job done.” 353-9638.
Wanted
WANTED – SOMEONE WHO CAN
DUB 11 cassette tapes onto new cassette
tapes. I have new blank tapes. Call Eric
Renk, 250-358-2794. Must have clean
heads.
Next Valley Voice
Deadline:
Nov 26,
2010
Slocan Valley Christmas Tea for seniors
submitted
On Saturday, December 4,
seniors from around the area are
invited to kick off the holiday season
at the Slocan Valley Recreation
Commission’s annual Christmas Tea
for Seniors. This relaxing fun-filled
afternoon event runs from 1 to 3 pm
at the Slocan Park Hall and is offered
at no cost.
During the afternoon there will
be refreshments, entertainment, draw
prizes, and the company of friends
past and present. Entertainment
this year includes Alf & John,
Mike & Mabel and a Bellydance
demonstration with Shauna
Robertson. Of course, the Rec Guy
will have another batch of incredibly
funny jokes to help get everyone in
the holiday spirit. Seniors throughout
the region are welcome to attend
this popular event. It is being made
possible with the support of many
area businesses and lots of happy
volunteers.
To make getting there a little
easier, the Handi-Dart will be coming
from the Castlegar area and seniors
are invited to take advantage of this
service, compliments of the Slocan
Valley Recreation Commission.
There’s limited space on the bus so
seniors should phone 365-3100 as
soon as possible to reserve a space.
Slocan Park Hall is located about
eight kilometres north of the junction
on Highway 6. For more information
on this year’s tea, contact the Rec
Office at 226-0008.
Slocan Valley Recreation
CORRECTION
SLOCAN SENIORS CHRISTMAS TEA - Saturday, December 4. 1:00-3:00 pm,
Slocan Park Hall.
HOLIDAY CHOCOLATE TRUFFLES - With Lorraine Robinson Carlstrom. Tuesday,
December 7 at the Vallican Whole.
BASKETBALL - Tuesdays at Brent Kennedy & Thursdays at Winlaw School.
VOLLEYBALL - Happens Tuesdays & Thursdays at Mt. Sentinel School.
CROSSFIT - A fitness class with attitude! Every Monday evening at Brent Kennedy
School.
TOTS PLUS PLAYGROUP - Every Thursday morning at the Slocan Park Hall.
SWIM BUS THANKS - To all the many helpers who are helping make our lessons so
successful. We couldn’t do them without you.
In the article ‘Silverton Gallery
coffeehouse to feature Fraissard,
Joyce’ in our November 3 issue,
Dr. Duncan Grady was described
as a “Métis counsellor.” He is in
fact a member of the Siksika/Sauk
Blackfeet nation and shares Scottish
ancestry.
Dr. Grady will not be able to
attend the coffeehouse.
226-0008
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The Valley Voice November 17, 2010
Area Reading Centres recognized by Columbia Basin Alliance for Literacy
all of the Reading Centres located
in the Arrow and Slocan Lake area
with the 2010 Community Literacy
PHOTO CREDIT: Shayla Marshall.
submitted
The Columbia Basin Alliance
for Literacy (CBAL) has recognized
Members of the Burton, Fauquier, Inonoaklin, and New Denver Reading
Centres, the Nakusp Public Library, and CBAL’s Community Literacy Advisory
Committee gather on the event of their award.
Award, presented Monday, October
25.
Members of the Burton Reading
Centre, Fauquier Reading Centre,
Inonoaklin Reading Centre, and
New Denver Reading Centre were
on hand to accept the award for
their long-standing contribution to
literacy.
Reading Centres have a long
history of providing quality reading
material in small rural communities
where there is no local access to
a public library. Each Reading
Centre is supported by a dedicated
and passionate group of volunteers.
Without the volunteers, the Reading
Centre simply would not exist.
Volunteers provide an array of
services, including maintaining the
collection, assisting patrons and
fundraising.
T h e p u r p o s e o f C B A L’s
Community Literacy Award is
to acknowledge and recognize
individuals, service groups,
businesses or organizations that
make a significant contribution to
literacy in their community.
by Art Joyce
Your local one-stop shop for personal
care services, Spectrum Domestic, just
got better. The name has been changed
to Spectrum Home & Family Care to
better reflect the broad range of services
they offer.
The range of services offered
includes personal home care;
homemaking services that includes
everything but personal care; respite
services that allow primary caregivers
to get a break or vacation; light duty
house and business cleaning; laundry
and grocery shopping services; home
and yard maintenance services; and a
downsizing service for those dealing
with bereavement or late life issues. Life
skills training for those who have been
hospitalized or otherwise incapacitated
is another feature of the service.
“The name change is appropriate,
because ‘domestic’ makes people think
of just housecleaning and we do so
much more than that,” says co-owner
Barbara Maye.
The company also assists veterans
with home care issues, or just helping
them fill out forms to get benefits.
Spectrum employees are licensed and
bonded.
“We recognize that trust is a big
issue for people letting someone into
their home. We have very trusted and
respected people working for us,” adds
Maye.
For more information call 250-2653842 or spectrumcares@telus.net.
Spectrum Domestic changes name, expands services
BUSINESS DIRECTORY
AUTOMOTIVE • SMALL MOTORS • MACHINE SHOP
SALES & SERVICE
98 - 1st Street, Nakusp • 265-4911
OPEN TUES - SAT
CHAINSAWS
TRIMMERS
• Stihl
• Stihl
• Husqvarna
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MOWERS
SMALL ENGINES
• Husqvarna
• Tecumseh
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• welding repairs • full service
& repair • licenced technician •
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service available • fast, friendly
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1007 hwy 23, nakusp
ph: 265-4577
Nakusp 265-4406
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201 Broadway
265-3252
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The clear choice for
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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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JEWELRY
Jo’s Jewelry
Custom Work and Repair in
Silver and Gold, by Appointment
358-2134
New Denver, Goldsmith Jo-Anne Barclay
Slocan Auto &
Truck Repairs
24 hour towing
BCAA, Slocan, BC
355-2632
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BOTTLE DEPOT
Slocan City • 355-2245
Open MON - SAT 9-5
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INDUSTRIES
Your Friendly neighbourhood Mechanic
•Automotive Electrical Specialist •BC Certified Mechanic
• Certified Vehicle Inspector •Small Engine Certified
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EQUIPMENT RENTAL
COLES RENTALS
HEATERS (PROPANE & ELECTRIC)
PLATE TAMPERS, JUMPING JACKS, REBAR BENDER
JACKHAMMERS, HAMMER DRILLS, CONCRETE
MIXERS, CONCRETE SAWS, TILECUTTERS,
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GRINDER ...AND MUCH MORE!
PHONE 358-2632
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FULL SPECTRUM HEALTH
• Deep Tissue Massage
• Nutritional Consultation
• Reiki
Sliding Scale - Mobile Service
Daniel Thorpe 250-358-6808
MASSAGE THERAPIES
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• Auto parts • Groceries
• Pharmacy • Cigarettes
• Take out food
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and we will deliver them to you.
Alcoholic beverages until 11:00 pm
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OPEN ALL WINTER
358-7769
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BREWING
Winlaw Brew-Op
Wine & Beer Making Kits
to satisfy all budgets!
Take-Home Kits, or Brew it with Us!
Open 11:00 to 6:00 Tues. to Sat.
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U-Brews and Kits for Home
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November 17, 2010 The Valley Voice
K&S trail gets much needed upgrade to preserve historic route
submitted
Thanks to a $2,000 grant from
the Kootenay Savings Community
Foundation and considerable support
from the Ministry of Tourism, local
volunteers and a private donor, the
Valhalla Wilderness Society has been
able to upgrade much of the historic
Kaslo-Slocan (K&S) Rail Trail between
Sandon and Three Forks. During the
summer, Valhalla volunteers were also
able to put in a new kiosk at the showcase
Retallack Cedar Grove Trail and reinstall the black bear den interpretive
sign. The vision for the popular K&S
hiking trail along with its historic
interpretive signage was conceived about
20 years ago by the Valhalla Society in
consultation with local history buff, the
late Nancy Anderson, and well known
historian and author John Norris. The
idea was not only to provide the public
with a hike along the old railroad bed
through wild mountain scenery, but also
to connect people to the rich mining
history of the area.
Through a grant from the federal
government and the provincial Heritage
Branch, the society was able to turn the
overgrown railroad bed and rawhide
trail between Payne Bluffs and Three
Forks into a interpretive trail, complete
with historic signage, a trail guide, and
publication of the famous Payne Bluffs
K&S train photo by RH Trueman. John
Norris was pivotal in carrying out the
painstaking but rewarding research
for this historical project, including
digging up famous quotes from the early
newspapers by Colonel Lowery such as:
“Pumpkins, turnips and townsites are
easily grown.”
Unfortunately, over time, the
interpretive sign at Three Forks had to
be taken down when the highway was
redesigned. The Kootenay Savings
grant provided for a much-needed
sign upgrade. The Ministry of Tourism
provided the materials for the new kiosk
at Three Forks, as well as a new bridge at
the Sandon end that was built by VWS
director Craig Pettitt and volunteers from
the local mountain bike club.
The recent opening of the new kiosk
and sign at Three Forks was in honour
of John Norris, in recognition of his
wonderful contribution to preserving
so much of our rich and colourful
local history. Over the winter, the
Valhalla Society will be refurbishing the
interpretive sign at Sandon and hopes to
have the whole Sandon to Three Forks
trail project fully spruced up for early
summer.
This fascinating but short-lived
narrow gauge K&S railroad was blasted
out of the steep Selkirk mountainsides
from Kaslo to Sandon in 1895 in order
to compete with the CPR to move the
rich silver ore to markets in the south.
Colourful, cigar-smoking newspaper
editor Lowery, never too far from a
submitted
Nakusp and Arrow Lakes Economic
Summit’s next two meetings are
‘Tourism: Challenges and Opportunities’
on Wednesday November 24, 7 pm and
‘Land Development and Construction’
on Thursday December 2, 7 pm. Both
meetings are at Nakusp Seniors Hall.
Many believe that tourism will
become one of the main sources of
income for businesses in the Arrow
Lakes Valley. Nakusp and the Arrow
Lakes have already made a good effort
to understand this important industry
and support new tourism initiatives.
However, more work needs to be done
to ensure that development in the tourism
sector creates good jobs and supports our
values and way of life.
Guest speaker Graham Edwards,
Executive Director of the Nelson
Kootenay Lake Tourism Association,
has a wealth of experience pulling
communities together to develop and
market their destination in a way that
represents their values. He will be joined
by a panel of local tourism operators with
different experiences and perspectives.
Land development and construction
make a significant contribution to
our economy. As with tourism, we
must consider what plans and tools we
need to take advantage of new land
development opportunities. How will
we manage development to help build a
vibrant, diversified local economy while
preserving the rural, ‘mountain living’
feel of our valley?
Guest speaker John Guenther,
Director of Planning for the City of
Revelstoke, will be joining the panel. He
will share some ideas for better planning
and consultation based on his successful
work in Revelstoke and other smaller
communities. Ron Ozust, director with
the Columbia Basin Trust and developer
from Golden will tell us how that
community has promoted and controlled
development and how we can learn
from their experiences. Several local
land development proponents will join
John and Ron to discuss opportunities
and challenges.
Everyone is welcome to these
meetings – bring your questions and
your ideas. The economic summit
is organized by Nakusp and District
Chamber of Commerce and funded by
Nakusp and Area Development Board
and Columbia Basin Trust.
bottle of whiskey, wrote that not only
should the US president be invited to
the inaugural K&S train run but also,
“the royalty of the whole world should
be invited.” Lowery went so far as to
recommend the K&S inauguration have
such sports as horseshoes and a “fight
between a rival editor and an alligator”
although he indicated that it might be
better to substitute a big grizzly for an
alligator. However, it was not a big
grizzly but the CPR that caused the next
newsworthy event. After pushing its rail
tracks into Sandon on a separate grade
only several weeks behind the K&S,
the CPR hooked a cable from its steam
19
engine around the K&S depot and pulled
it over. The little K&S railroad struggled
bravely against incessant avalanches and
mudslides, with one paying passenger
writing an eloquent but sarcastic poem
about being an unwilling volunteer for
the snow shovel brigade to help clear the
track of avalanches. The big forest fire of
1910 burned the K&S trestles and many
sections of tracks. This was the last straw
for the little mountain railroad.
Today, more than a century later,
the hard work of the old-timers left us
the makings of a wonderful scenic and
historic hiking trail and the Valhalla
Society invites you to enjoy it.
Economic Summit to focus on tourism and land development
Lucerne and Co-op Radio to produce show on local culture
submitted
Don’t touch that dial! Kootenay CoOp Radio (KCR) and Lucerne School are
teaming up to produce ‘Getting to Know
New Denver,’ a show featuring local
students and musicians. A second event
sponsored by KCR, ‘Local Motion,’
will feature local bands performing at
the Silverton Memorial Hall Friday,
November 26 at 6:30 pm. Local teacher
Terry Taylor is co-producing ‘Getting
to Know New Denver,’ an entertaining
show with students from grades 11 and
12. The two-hour performance will
feature live music from students as
well as local musicians, spoken word
performances including poetry and
historical storytelling, as well as some
remarkable surprise guests. The public is
welcome to come to the school to watch
the performance on November 23, 1-3
pm, when KCR will be recording the
show. It will be broadcast on KCR (107.5
FM) on Sunday, November 28 from
8-10 am. The second event presented
by KCR is ‘Local Motion,’ an evening
of stellar local music at the Silverton
Memorial Hall. This evening features
a wide array of musical styles: old time
jazz and swing with Tangerine; energetic
and adventurous sounds from Esque;
toe-tappin’ and finger pickin’ tunes from
Kootenay Grass Co.; original heavy rock
with local favourites Shades of Loud and
to cap off the night, the world-class DJ
from the Slocan Valley, Adham Shaikh.
‘Local Motion’ is an all ages show
and a fundraiser for KCR. Tickets
are available at the door: $12 adults,
$5 teens, and kids 12 and under free.
Light snacks and refreshments will be
available. KCR volunteers will be on
site to answer questions and offer ways
you can become a direct supporter or
programmer at the community radio
station. Kootenay Co-Op Radio has
been broadcasting at 107.5 FM in the
Slocan Lake region for over two years
in partnership with the Area H North TV
Society, and is very excited to be a part of
such a beautiful and culturally rich area.
Check out cjly.net.
Wayne McCrory, John Norris and Daniel Sherrod pose with the recently
refurbished trail sign for the K&S historic rail trail at Three Forks.
Local Economic Development
Meetings focus on Tourism, and
Land Development
Tourism: Challenges and Opportunities
Wednesday November 24, 7 pm
Nakusp Seniors Hall
Guest speaker Graham Edwards, Executive Director of the Nelson Kootenay
Lake Tourism Association, will be joined by a panel of local tourism operators
with different experiences and perspectives.
Kootenay Co-op Radio presents
LOCAL MOTION
– an evening of stellar local music
Friday November 26 6:30 pm
Silverton Memorial Hall
• TANGERINE
• ESQUE
• KOOTENAY GRASS CO.
• DJ Adham Shaikh
This an all ages show
Tickets are available at the door
$12 Adults
$5 Teens
Kids 12 & under – free
LOCAL MOTION is a fundraiser for KCR and we would
like to thank the musicians for donating their talent
and time for our regional community radio station.
Land Development and Construction
Thursday December 2, 7 pm
Nakusp Seniors Hall
Guest speaker John Guenther, Director of Planning for the City of Revelstoke
and Ron Oszust, director with the Columbia Basin Trust and developer from
Golden will be joining our panel of local land development proponents to
discuss opportunities and challenges.
Everyone is welcome to these meetings! Please join us to learn more about
Tourism and Land Development. Bring your questions and your ideas!
Nakusp and Arrow Lakes Economic Summit meetings are organized by
Nakusp and District Chamber of Commerce, and funded by Nakusp and
Area Development Board and Columbia Basin Trust.
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COMMUNITY
The Valley Voice November 17, 2010
Arrow Lakes Historical Society proceeds with addition
submitted
The Arrow Lakes Historical Society
is going ahead with the construction of
the two-storey addition to the Centennial
building this spring, thanks to the grant
recently received from the Halcyon
Home Foundation, support from the
CBT, and in-kind donations offered.
Ulli Mueller drew up the initial
plans for the two-storey addition
and advised the historical society’s
building committee. She recommended
companies who can do the preliminary
electrical and mechanical engineering
work. When final plans are complete
and permits are obtained, excavation will
begin at the site, hopefully in the spring.
The historical society continues to
look for more funding for the project.
They have applied for a federal grant
under the Canada Cultural Spaces
program, which provides help for
heritage and cultural groups with
construction, renovations and upgrades.
The society hopes to provide a Cultural
Learning Centre at the Centennial
building, where the library, museum and
archives can work together on projects in
the future. This space would also provide
a safe environment for the extensive
archives and books that the Arrow Lakes
Historical Society has in its collection.
submitted
Paul Peterson, RDCK Director of
Area K, has kicked off the Nakusp Public
Library’s Annual Collection Fund Drive
with a Community Development Grant
of $1,500.
The library’s budget allows for
expenditure of $11,000 each year for
the collection, which includes books,
magazines, audio books, and movies.
In order to satisfy demand, the library
spends approximately $14,000 annually
on the collection. Therefore, each year
the library holds a collection fund drive.
Many businesses donate subscriptions
to magazines, and individuals are very
generous to the library.
Last year, the library raised
approximately $4,500 during the drive.
Donations of $10 or more are eligible
for a tax receipt, and the donor’s name
is put up on the Wall of Books sign in the
foyer of the library. If you’re looking for
a perfect gift for a special person, there
are attractive Christmas Gift Certificates
available which read, “A gift has been
given in your name to the Nakusp Public
Library’s Collection Fund. Your name
is on the library’s Wall of Books. Check
it out! Thank you from Nakusp Public
Library!”
The library’s mission is to serve the
community with excellent service. Most
suggestions and requests for additions
to the collection are purchased. And
Nakusp makes good use of its library.
Province-wide libraries circulate an
average of nine items per capita; Nakusp
Public Library circulates 13.9 or nearly
14 items per capita. The library aims to
please and the support of the community
is vital to its service.
Paula Rogers, chair of the Nakusp Public Library Association, gratefully accepts a cheque
from Paul Peterson, RDCK Director of Area K, to kick off the annual Collection Fund Drive.
submitted
The Nakusp Rotary Club is
celebrating its 60th anniversary on
November 20. The club will be having
a barn dance on Saturday, November
20 at the Nakusp arena to celebrate and
thank the community, Rotary District
5080, and Rotary International for their
support over the past 60 years.
The club was chartered on
November 20, 1950. The newspaper
announcement read: “The newly
organized Rotary Club of Nakusp has
been granted a charter by the Board of
Directors of Rotary International, it was
announced November 22 at Rotary’s
headquarters in Chicago. The Nakusp
Club is now a member of the vast Rotary
Nakusp Public Library kicks off annual fundraising drive
NAKUSP & DISTRICT CHAMBER OF
COMMERCE PRESENTS…
THE 1 ANNUAL WINTER
CARNIVAL & PARADE
st
WHEN: SATURDAY DECEMBER 4, 2010
WHERE: MAIN STREET FROM 4:00 – 6:30 pm
(Main Street will begin closing at 3:00 pm between 5th & 3rd Ave)
NAKUSP DOWNTOWN MERCHANTS
ASSOCIATION PRESENTS….
THE 1ST ANNUAL DOWNTOWN
HOLIDAY SALES BLAST
(FORMERLY KNOWN AS MOONLIGHT MADNESS)
SATURDAY DEC 4, 2010, (ONE DAY ONLY) - 9:30 am – 6:00 pm
— Check individual stores for their promotions —
COME JOIN THE FUN
EVENTS & ACTIVITIES FOR THE WHOLE FAMILY
SANTA ARRIVES AT 4:00 pm
KRAZY CARPET RACES
Race’s begin @ 4:30
(Kids races - Ages 10 & under with parent or grandparent, followed by 10 years and over)
DUCT TAPE TURKEY TOSS & KIDS BEAN BAG TOSS
1st toss begins @ 4:00pm
HOLE IN ONE GOLF
Thru out the evening
6:30 pm CHRISTMAS TREE LIGHT UP
50/50 DRAW
CHRISTMAS CAROLS
STUFF THE BUS WITH NON PARISHABLE FOOD ITEM AND CHARITY BBQ
Rotary dance to celebrate Nakusp club’s anniversary
Global Gift
Discoveries
Inspiring
Arts & Crafts
Textiles / Objects / Artwork / Clothing
Your “Boho Chic” destination store in the Kootenays!
3 1 8 B ro a d w a y S t .
Nakusp, BC
265-3288
organization which has 7,186 clubs with
a membership of 342,000 business and
professional executive in 33 countries
and geographical regions.” Today,
Rotary has 31,560 clubs, and a worldwide membership of 1.227 million in
166 countries.
In 1950 the board of directors of the
Rotary Club of Nakusp were Victor W.
Smith, charter president; Sidney Millard,
vice-president; Walker E. Addison,
secretary/treasurer; WGM Hakeman;
Dr. P.B. Maxfield; Kenneth Highland;
Fredrick Field; I.F. Morehouse; and
Donald H. Pye as Sergeant of Arms. The
Rotary Club of Nelson sponsored the
formation of the Nakusp Club in 1950.
The Nakusp community has
provided tremendous support to the
club and this has enabled the club to carry
out hundreds of community projects
and donations which directly benefit the
community and its youth.
For more information visit www.
rotary.org.
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CHILDREN’S USED, CLEAN WINTER CLOTHING DROP OFF IN FRONT OF
THE GENERAL STORE
DOOR PRIZES, PALS MASCOTS
BEST HOUSE LIGHT UP, BEST FLOAT & WINDOW DECORATING CONTEST
DINNER & DRINK SPECIALS AT YOUR LOCAL RESTAURANTS
PARADE BEGINS @ 7:00 pm
Road Closure from The Cenotaph to The Hut at 6:30 pm for the parade
If you would like to participate in the carnival or parade please contact the
Nakusp Chamber Office 265 – 4234 or meet our Parade Marshals Dawn &
Randy at the arena at 6:30 pm
THANK YOU TO EVERYONE FOR YOUR SUPPORT AND PARTICIPATION
The Downtown Merchants Association, Community Services, Overwaitea, Advantage Travel, Three
Lions, Halcyon Hot Springs, PALS, Nakusp Music Fest, 107.1 Community Radio, Selkirk College,
Kal Tire, Box Lake Lumber, Crescent Bay Construction, Barton Insurance, Arrow Lakes News, Valley
Voice, NADB, Village of Nakusp, Public Works, BC Hydro, BC Transport & Highways, RCMP, Nakusp
Search & Rescue, Cupe Local 2450, To all the Volunteers and our Parade Marshals Dawn & Randy
Wednesday, November 24th 6-9 pm
Come and enjoy seasonal
treats, free draws,
specials, and unlimited
socializing!