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Eight years a� er a devastat-ing � re reduced Nelson’s historic Savoy Hotel to a

derelict state, local entrepreneur Jimmy Bundschuh is ready to res-urrect the venue with an ambitious development that will include a night club, cafe and music lounge.

“I never thought I’d have this opportunity. To have a piece of Baker St. is pretty huge,” Bund-schuh told the Star last week, while sitting on the roof overlooking downtown. Best known to the community as the founding owner of Shambhala Music Festival, he purchased the property in 2013.

“Our intent is to create a mini-resort right on Baker St. We want to cater to outdoor-oriented, cul-turally savvy visitors by providing healthy go-to food, an evening-oriented music lounge, a 12-room hotel with roo� op chill-out space, and a state-of-the-art night club.”

Bundschuh’s partner Jenna Ar-

pita said the development pairs nicely with their annual festival.

“It’s about keeping the vibrancy and the culture of Shambhala go-ing for the rest of the year. We’re trying to create a hub, a place of connectedness and openness and bliss.”

In June the Savoy will unveil the � rst stage of their development when they open Bloom, a night club with a 300-person capacity.

Situated on the lower � oor, the space will boast state-of-the-art visual e� ects and a world-class entertainment system installed by PK Sound.

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When the Star visited on � urs-day, construction crews were busy preparing the night club for its opening in a few weeks. Arpita ex-pressed enthusiasm for the space, which will feature a living garden on one wall.

“� is is really Jimmy’s brain-

child. I just get to grow and main-tain it. It’ll be a 30-foot (9 m) long � oor-to-ceiling vertical garden with tropical plants, begonias, that sort of thing. It will bring a lot of life into the environment, and oxygen.”

She noted this means the venue will literally “bloom” and she can’t wait to hear what the community thinks of their vision.

“It doesn’t matter what genera-tion you’re from, almost everyone in Nelson has had some sort of festive experience here, whether it was Kips, Twilight, Utopia, the Savoy Pub, Mazatlan …everyone has a night of memories from this place. I think it’s going to be really special for a lot of people to come back here.”

Originally a stable, the space is surrounded by historic stonework complete with coal chutes.

“� e mortar was deteriorat-ing so we chiseled it all out and

BILL METCALFENelson Star

Nelson city council approved the rezoning of the Ancron medical clinic site Monday following a public hearing.

Council gave the green light to changing the zoning of the property on View St. across from the emergency ward from low density residential to institutional, along with a corresponding amendment to the o� cial community plan, to allow Dr. Andre Kirsten to construct a two-storey building for a medical centre.

At the hearing, the main speakers were Kirsten, along with his architect Cal Meiklejohn, and the project’s main opponent, Dr. Trevor Janz, who is an emergency room physician at Kootenay Lake Hospital and a residential neighbour of the new development.

Rezoning applications require a formal public hearing so neighbours and other people who may be a� ected can have their say. � e Ancron project has already gone through a lot of discussion at council, in the city planner’s o� ce, and at an open house.

During the hearing, Meiklejohn and Kirsten outlined the concessions they have made to neighbours over the past year including increasing setbacks and landscaping, lowering the building height to two stories in front and one in the back, reducing ventilation and heating noise by putting those systems inside the building, commissioning a tra� c study that found congestion would not be a problem, commissioning a business study that found no disadvantages for Nelson businesses in moving Ancron from its present downtown o� ce to the View St. site, agreeing to create a sidewalk along View St. adjacent to the building and also a crosswalk, putting some of the parking underground, and agreeing to more parking spaces than required by the city.

Kirsten explained his clinic and the adjacent hospital would create a medical “campus” on View St. that would attract visiting specialists so patients did not have to travel so far.

Janz argued specialists aren’t likely to visit

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Buying plants, selling them, talking about them, celebrating them, and socializing with friends — that’s Nelson Garden Fest. This year’s 14th annual festival on Saturday drew huge crowds. More than 50 vendors and community groups were on hand with perennials, annuals, vegetable seeds, trees, furniture, and flowers. “The event is always held on Mother’s Day so we can always get something for Mom’s garden as well as our own,” says Glynn Violini, one of the founders. B i l l

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CALCIUM Although not required in

the sheer bulk as other nutri-ents, crops will not grow without calcium in greater proportion than any of the other elements combined! Calcium is acquired in many limes, including calci-um carbonate, dolomite (which also contains magnesium), and oystershell � our; so you may be easily replenishing your Calcium whenever you adjust your PH. Calcium Sulphate, gypsum, is a source of sulfur as well.

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portant for chloro-phyll production and photosynthe-sis, and it is easily

acquired in Dolomite lime in addition to its calcium content, but there are other cheap sourc-es that may re� ect a better ratio between these two secondary nu-trients. Many growers recommend a tablespoon of epsom salts in the planting hole of every tomato

or potato plant because it is 10% magnesium and 13% sulphur. It also dissolves into water very easily and can

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On Saturday, about 25 people gathered at the Ka-lein Hospice Centre in Rose-mont to receive a sculpture, Mother and Child, donated to the centre’s garden by Nelson sculptor Denis Kleine.

“We have come together to say thank you to Denis Kleine,” said Kalein’s Sandi Leatherman, “on this beauti-ful day, the day before Moth-er’s Day.

“People have each brought a perennial that will be in-

cluded in the Kalein garden.” she said. “The garden is a cen-tral part of Kalein’s vision and art is also a central part of that vision. We have come to-gether with champagne and chocolate-covered strawber-ries and our stories about our mothers and our grandmoth-ers and the greater mother. The place is full of art by Ra-chel Yoder and Cam Mathe-son and now Denis Kleine.”

“I have always loved the image of mother and child,” said Kleine, “the nurturing of a mother’s love and how

powerful it is and how deli-cate too. I have done a few pieces like this over the years. The original of this one was bronze, but I have trans-formed it into a sandstone piece.

“I got to know Sandi and Brooke Leatherman a little bit and understood what they were doing here at Kalein,” Kleine said, “and it seemed so appropriate. This piece needed to find a home that was a healing and nurturing place, so I just called and said, ‘Would you accept this?’”

SHERI REGNIERTrail Times

With any research project you are answering a question, says Brenda Hooper, a retired community health nurse who remains active in the home health care field.

During a three-year Uni-versity of BC study that posi-tioned Hooper in a new “nurse navigator” role for chronically ill seniors in Trail and Castle-gar, the answer was clear.

“Yes, people with life limit-ing chronic illness do benefit from having a nurse navigator visit them on a regular basis for help,” she explained. “So if that made a difference, the question is, “Can a volunteer be trained to be a navigator, with the back up of a nurse? So that’s what we are working on now.”

The pilot program recently morphed into the new project that now includes participants and volunteers living in Nel-son.

Seven people from the three cities were trained to become volunteer navigators.

Volunteers with a medi-cal background or experience working with hospice, were se-lected for the three-day course that essentially has them tak-ing over the role Hooper filled during the study.

Twice a month she would make home visits to answer questions about medical care, resources in the community as well as offering advice to families and caregivers.

That directive continues,

but enables educated vol-unteers to help chronically ill seniors maintain better, healthier lives through their knowledge of available health care resources and services.

Participants could be deal-ing with a range of long term illnesses, including cancer, chronic lung diseases, heart failure, and other serious de-bilitating issues.

The role moves palliative care upstream and into the population with chronic ill-ness, said Hooper.

“They are not palliative, they are struggling, when things start to get worse and they’re having to go to the doctor a lot,” she explained. “Often it’s in between first diagnosis and the end stages when end-of-life care may be required.”

Hooper describes the stage of illness like “Humpty Dump-ty sitting on a wall.”

“Because they may go crashing down,” she said.

“When I use those words with people they nod their heads.”

For those who feel they might be missing key pieces of information regarding their condition and treatment, Hooper helps the person sift through complicated informa-tion they receive from phy-sicians and other healthcare specialists.

“The new training program for specialized volunteers will help them assist in ways that were noted during the [nurse navigator’s] time with that person,” she added.

Almost half the original 25 participants are part of the project’s extension, and volun-teer navigators are matched to each, much like hospice and bereavement programs.

The study is currently re-cruiting participants in Nel-son. If you know an older adult who might benefit from navigator services, contact Hooper at [email protected].

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Meadow Creek Cedar license to be cancelled

GREG NESTEROFFNelson Star

For the second time in little over a year, the Meadow Creek Cedar forest license is on the brink of being cancelled.

The notice, announced by the Ministry of Forests on Monday, is effective Aug. 7, barring any postpone-ments. The Forest Act requires a 90-day notification period and a chance for the license holder to request a review or appeal the notice.

In a statement, the ministry said it issued the notice due to its dissatisfaction with steps taken to date by Meadow Creek Cedar to meet remediation order deadlines and its “extensive history” of non-compliance in managing financial and legal obliga-tions under the license.

It’s still possible for Meadow Creek Cedar, owned by Surrey’s Dale Kooner, to sell and transfer the license, but only if the ministry is satisfied a quali-fied buyer can be found before cancellation takes effect. Kooner is believed to be in negotiations with several parties.

If cancelled, the license would revert to the Crown to decide how best to use the volume. However, it probably wouldn’t be transferred until the next timber supply review. The license has an annual allowable cut of 96,500 cubic meters, with most of the opera-tion located around Kootenay Lake north of Kaslo.

Rural Kaslo regional director Aimee Watson said if the license is cancelled, there is no guarantee whoever gets the timber would rebuild the mill at Cooper Creek that burned last year or have a stake in the immediate community’s well being.

“Nothing in legislation gives preference to local

capacity,” she said. “It’s really just hoping at this point the Crown recognizes how important [the license] is to North Kootenay Lake economic activity and chooses an outfit that keeps the mill open. Without it, the logs will be transferred somewhere else.”

Watson said some local contractors were trying to team up to buy the license, and the cancellation no-tice, with its looming deadline, may or may not help.

“It changes the game a bit and could be advanta-geous or not,” she said.

Meadow Creek Cedar met some but not all of the requirements of a remediation order by a March 31 deadline. District forest manager Garth Wiggill said last month the company ordered trees for planting this spring, but the ministry seized about 11,000 cubic meters of unmilled logs to sell to other mills and service Crown debts. However, at the time the ministry was waiting on a legal opinion before de-ciding how to proceed.

Wiggill wasn’t available for an interview this week, but Watson said he has “been fantastic” about doing his best within limited legislation to look out for the community’s interests.

The Meadow Creek license was previously issued cancellation notice in January 2014. However, the cancellation was rescinded after Kooner worked out a deal to sell it to San Group, which paid off $150,000 in accrued debts, “substantially met” a remediation order and restarted the sawmill at Cooper Creek.

The license was suspended again last November not long before the mill burned due to outstanding debts and not meeting reporting requirements.

The company faced lawsuits and liens from its former logging contractor and a woodlot owner.

Nelson Star StaffA 25-year-old man has been

charged after an armed robbery at the 7-Eleven in Nelson at 2:35 a.m. last Wednesday.

A man entered the store with his face covered, demanding cash from the register while concealing an un-known item under his jacket.

Police found a man matching the clothing description within a block of the store.

He ran and was eventually located on the roof of a building in the 300 block of Hall St. and taken into cus-tody after he came down from the building and attempted to continue running away.

He’s charged with attempted rob-bery, disguise with intent, and breach of recognizance from an unrelated matter.

Dog fight leads to assault charge

A 42-year-old local man has been charged with assault after another man was punched while trying to break up two dogs fighting in Cot-tonwood Falls Park.

Police say it happened around 1:30 p.m. Saturday when one dog attacked the other. The owner of the aggressive dog punched the victim in the face.

The man was arrested and will ap-pear in court July 14. In the mean-time, he’s banned from the park and not supposed to have contact with the victim.

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On Friday, a would-be DJ set up a small station in Cottonwood Falls Park, but the volume was so high that nearby residents complained.

Police seized the equipment. The owner came forward later to claim it and was fined under noise bylaw.

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On Thursday, two local businesses called police after receiving a tele-phone call from someone claiming to be with a local hydro company.

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“This clinic will not add new medical services to Nelson, and will not mean new services at the hospital,” Janz said.

Janz also said several other clinics in Nelson are trying to recruit doctors and have empty office space, so there is no need for more. He said the health author-ity has identified that Nelson needs four more family physicians but the new Ancron clinic would have room for up to 15, and he wondered why its number of square feet per doctor appears to be so high.

Kirsten has said the clinic will house from six to nine doctors.

“This building will almost double the amount of available space for doctors in Nelson,” Janz said. “This could mean 15 doctors moving up from downtown, and their patients. It is appropriately sized to ac-commodate all the family doctors in Nelson under one roof.”

There was some back-and-forth at the hearing about number of doctors and the building’s capacity, with no clear resolution.

In any event, Mayor Deb Kozak said in an interview after the hearing that a re-zoning hearing does not look at the vi-ability of the proposed business, only at whether the land and the neighbourhood are suited to it.

“Council’s purview [in a zoning hearing] is to define what activity or commerce can take place on the site. It about making a development fit in the community. What takes place inside, as long as it is legal, is not our concern.”

Janz extrapolated beyond his specula-tion that the building would house 15 doc-tors to create a dire parking scenario: 15 physicians at five patients an hour means 75 patient visits per hour, doubled to account for arriving and leaving, resulting in 150 vehicles trips in and out per hour, he said.

Kirsten’s response is that there would not be that many physicians, and that a

professional traffic study he commissioned found there will be no significant increase in congestion.

“I am asking you to put 80 per cent of the parking underground so there is not park-ing around neighbours’ kitchen windows, to avoid degrading the properties around you,” Janz said. “It is not fair to ask to have a Canadian Tire parking lot beside them.”

Later in his presentation he likened the project to the West Edmonton Mall.

Kirsten said the building would have to be several stories higher to make under-ground parking affordable.

Asked after the meeting whether council had heard these arguments before, Kozak said they had, although the new council-lors may have been less familiar than those who were re-elected. During the meeting, councillor Michael Dailly assured Janz and Kirsten council had carefully considered all the information given to them over the past few months.

Two members of the public spoke in favour of the clinic, as did two Nelson physicians, Dr. Andrew Murray and Dr. Svetoslav Gueordjev.

A majority of council voted in favour of the rezoning, with only Robin Cherbo vot-ing against it, based on his concerns about traffic congestion, especially in the winter, around the emergency ward. Councillor Janice Morrison was absent.

After the meeting, Kozak spoke posi-tively about the outcome.

“I think council took a long and thought-ful look at this development,” said Kozak, “and council was thorough in researching and asking questions and the proponent was very open to those questions, and I am pleased with the outcome.

“We have done our due diligence on this project and I think it will be a good one for the community. I think this is probably one of the most cooperative proposals that has come forward.”

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Clinic approved with little debate

The new Ancron medical centre will be built on three lots across View St. from the emergency ward at Kootenay Lake Hospital, following city council’s approval this week. Bill Metcalfe photo

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Jon Townsend got a surprise recently while rebuilding a staircase at his Rosemont home. � e stairs were on

top of a piece of marble, which he li� ed to move, only to discover writing on the bottom.

“I � ipped it over and see it’s a head-stone,” he said. “It creeped me out because I’ve been standing on it. It was the � rst step going into the trailer — wooden stairs built on an upside-down headstone.”

It read: “Grotkowski/Clements 1924-2008/Bernette 1930-2009/In Loving Mem-ory” and had images of a hummingbird and � owers on either side.

� ere were no � aws in the stone that he could see, so he was puzzled how and why it ended up there. He has lived in the West Gore St. home for two years.

He went online and looked up the name Grotkowski — fortunately there aren’t many — and called the lone list-ing in BC, which turned out to be Clem’s sister-in-law in Ymir, Deirdrie. Her late husband was Clem’s older brother.

She was just as ba� ed by the headstone. Clem and Bernette are buried in Salmo, and their grave is marked with an identical stone — except for one thing.

Bernette died in 2010, not 2009. So this marker was presumably a discarded error, but how did it end up supporting Townsend’s stairs? Neighbours told him a previous tenant used to work in the monu-ment business, but she le� long ago.

Even if you didn’t know the Grotkows-kis, you’d recognize their home on High-way 6 if you ever drove by it while Clem

was alive: the front yard was � lled with windchimes, whirlygigs, and other whim-sical devices that he fashioned and sold.

Clem was pro� led in Larry Jacobson’s book Jewel of the Kootenays because he worked at the Emerald mine in the 1950s and ‘60s.

He was born in Poland, moved to Can-ada as an infant and grew up in Webster, Alta. He came to Ymir in 1955 to work in a sawmill on Porcupine Creek, but the owner went broke, so he went to work in the mines. He also logged, cut fence posts, and worked for the Ministry of Highways.

He and Bernette, who was born in Sexsmith, Alta., were married for over 60 years. � ey had seven children, a dozen

grandchildren, and four great grandchil-dren.

Deirdrie came with her truck to get the headstone from Townsend, but before that he lit candles for the Grotkowskis on their faux headstone, feeling uneasy about the whole thing.

“I’m not religious but I guess I do be-lieve somewhat because I kind of freaked out. We’re not stepping on their names anymore.”

Deirdrie will ask the rest of the family what they think she should do with it.

“If you can � nd two strong men to get it out of the back of my pickup, I really don’t need it adding to my gas bill,” she joked.

She’s thinking of getting rollers and inching it onto the ground and then � ip-ping it up against her garage door. “I don’t need it in my back yard, but it won’t be bothering anyone.”

Ron Baerg at � ompson’s Funeral Home in Nelson said while headstone mistakes are uncommon, they do hap-pen occasionally.

“We check them, the family checks them, but sometimes everyone overlooks that missing letter or incorrect date,” he said.

When there is an error, “the family has an option to keep it or have it destroyed. Or we will use it in our selection room as a showpiece.”

However, Baerg was “quite shocked and surprised” to learn the Grotkowski stone was repurposed: “It’s an awful thing for sure. It’s disappointing something like that would happen.”

Jon Townsend lit candles for Ymir’s Clements and Bernette Grotkowski, whose headstone he discovered last month holding up a set of outdoor stairs at his Rosemont home Bernette Grotkowski died in 2010, not 2009 as indicated on the monument, which is presumably why it was discarded and remade. Courtesy Jon Townsend

Ymir couple’s headstone found

GREG NESTEROFF

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Memories of VE Day

Remember when we knew the war in Europe was nearly over? When we knew our troops were advancing, now in Germany, and the end was in sight? Remember when the announcement was made that May 8 was to be VE Day?

In Richmond, my home town, a bene� t dance was held to help returning prisoners of war, now coming home in increasing numbers.

� at was one joyful dance! Everyone was so happy and excited that, for us, the war was over. I was young and foolish (some would say stupid) so when I won a bottle of gin, in the middle of a dance, I gave it to a sailor to hold. I never saw the sailor or the bottle of gin again!

Later, my Canadian boyfriend appeared and joined in the celebrations. When the dance ended we car-ried on in the streets, linking arms and singing Rule Britannia at the tops of our voices. As we headed home, we passed a street party in full swing, and when they spotted us, they shouted “Come over here, Canada” and o� went my shy Canadian to � nd himself doing Knees up Mother Brown, with more enthusiasm than skill.

Truly a night to remember. � e next day was unreal. We knew the war in Europe was over. It was total euphoria!

I was working in London and the rockets kept coming, so we were still not feeling safe. Towards the end of March a rocket hit very close to where I worked. My boss may have saved my life that day.

A stall in the market sold sausages. People in the o� ce ordered them and one of us would be sent to queue up for them. It was my turn, but my boss had work for me to � nish, so someone else went in my place. � at poor girl was killed, along with 130 others.

� e Saturday a� er VE day, I was walking home when it hit me: No more bombs, no more air raid shelters, no more doodle bugs and rockets, no more death raining from the sky. We had beaten the Ger-mans and survived. We could make plans and look forward to a life ahead. For those of us planning to marry our Canadian sweethearts, we could look at a future far from war-ravaged England. I remember how proud I was of being a Brit!

Joan ReichardtNelson

Freezers help prevent wildlife con� icts

Regarding protecting bears and other wildlife from being attracted to household yummies: I am fortunate enough to have a freezer. I put all compostable and non-compostable (animal proteins) food waste into clearly identi� ed plastic bags in my freezer.

When the time is right, the compostable goes to the compost and the animal protein waste goes to the dump. I hope others will be able to use this idea. I hope someone else has viable ideas for those who do not have freezers.

Kris WittGranite Road

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LettersDevelopments should address waste, energy

Nelson’s mayor, council and local environmental NGO (the EcoSociety) are missing the op-portunity to encourage the high-end Nelson Commons and water-front development to build waste management infrastructure and energy-saving technology into these wealthy endeavours.

Both developments should have organic and non-organic waste fa-cilities build into their plans. � e new socialist real estate/grocery store and the restaurants that will be part of this high-end condo world could easily have in-vessel composting machinery that would drastically lower their ecological footprint.

Cardboard, glass, paper and tins could all be partially processed at the point of origin if we had progressive municipal leadership that accepts more from wealthy bankers and their socialist and capitalist counterpart developers.

We do not need more years of willy nilly waste and energy man-agement. We need to start lowering and consolidating waste and re-ducing energy into these new very wealthy neighbourhoods. � eir socialist and capitalist bankers can easily a� ord to fund wisdom and not just greedy speculation.

Nelson’s in-town waterfront is one of BC’s most valuable pieces of real estate. We do not need to compromise or beg these bankers/developers, we simply need the political will to start directing

them, rather than them dictating to municipal elected pundits and the entrenched bureaucrats that run our town.

� e waterfront development should have been directed by our political pundits to do a cost analy-sis of conserving energy by piping into the lake for 50 or 60 per cent of the heating cost of the develop-ment with heated greenhouses for the much bantered “food security.”

We are adding more high-end consumers/taxpayers to Nelson’s population base with no e� ort to start lowering the cost of servic-ing these folks. As it stands these wealthy folk cost more than they contribute. In reality this is the plight of our planet.

Tom PriorNelson

“Tickle bees” in Nelson

Recently I noticed a small group of ground nesting native bees in Nelson. � ey live on the median between the Nelson and Dis-trict Credit Union and Touchstones.

Many people take a shortcut across the grassy part of this medi-an. I did too and noticed something interesting — ground nesting bees!

� ese are mild-man-nered bees. School chil-dren have nicknamed them “tickle bees.”

Native ground nest-ing bees are less aggres-sive than European hon-eybees, since they don’t have a colony or hive to defend. � ey are gentle bees and would rather not sting, unless pro-voked. � ey lay eggs in underground burrows.

You can see the holes to the burrows if you look carefully. Although the bees are called “solitary,” o� en many bees nest at one site because the con-ditions are right.

Just like us bees need food and a safe home to raise their young. � e less we disturb the nest site the more energy the female bees will have to tend their young.

While the female bee is busy gathering nectar and pollen for her o� -spring she is also doing us humans a favour and pollinating our � owers.

If you would like to help these bees, please don’t step on their homes.

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Eva JohanssonWinlaw

Power poles irk resident

As a resident and owner of 1412 Trevor St. I am disturbed to learn from my neighbour that Nel-son Hydro has dug four holes to accommodate the installation of 50' power poles and electrical lines at the edge of our street while I am currently away in Vancouver.

� ere was no notice received by owners and residents that this project was planned, much less being implemented. Sud-denly trees were cut down and holes were dug. � is project will have serious negative implications with respect to views, prop-erty values and additional, likely unnecessary EMF.

� is block of Trevor St. was developed with underground electrical services, which was a sig-ni� cant factor in choosing

to purchase a home here.Why are these unsightly

and seemingly unnecessary poles and power lines be-ing imposed on our block?

How is it that this rela-tively new subdivision is somehow under serviced? Is there new development planned for the street? If so, doesn't it make sense to continue with under-ground services?

If upgrading is required, why not utilize the existing right of way of the exist-ing poles and power lines further down the slope where they do not impose on anyone’s view?

Ease of access is not a good enough justi� cation for destroying views and property values.

It is my sincere hope that this assault on my neighbourhood is halted until a reasonable solution can be reached.

Gabriele SinclairNelson

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Fundraiser

On Friday May 22 the L.V. Rogers Global Perspectives class will host a family dinner and dance at the school courtyard. Student band All Canadian Back Bacon will play while student chefs and foreign exchange students will enjoy a five-course meal. Nelson talent Tibo Komel will also perform, followed by Swing Theory. The aim of the fundraiser is to send funds to war-stricken students through the Free the Children charitable foundation. Tickets are $20 for students, $25 for adults and $75 for a family of four. Tickets are available at Otters Books and L.V. Rogers. Only 100 tickets will be made available.

Community Events

Djembe drum circle every Mon-day night at The Old Church, 602 Kootenay at Victoria St. from 7 p.m. A fee of $5 for the evening. Participants are encouraged to bring their own drums.

Join community yoga at the youth centre every Wednesday. Afternoon practice for girls and women is 4:15 to 5:30 p.m. All levels welcome. A fun evening practice at 6 to 7:15 p.m. for anyone to open up and stretch. For all ages: teens and 19-plus. Pay what you can. Contact Ur-sula at [email protected].

The Nelson Knitting Co-op has an ongoing knitting group every Thursday from 12:30 to 3 p.m. at the Nelson and District Com-munity Centre general purpose room ($2 drop-in).

Nelson Chess Club Saturdays, 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. Nelson Seniors Association (next to the Civic Centre), 717 Vernon St. All ages

and levels are welcome and it’s free.

Alcoholics Anonymous holds 14 one-hour meetings weekly in Nelson, at 717A Vernon St. (in the Cellar downstairs), including early morning, noon hour, and evening meetings on specific days. For a schedule, call 250-352-3391 or pick up a complete list at the Cellar.

Al-Anon Family Group meets twice weekly. Wednesday noon to 1 p.m. at the Cellar, 717 Vernon St. and Friday 8 to 9 p.m. at 601 Front St. at the side basement. The only requirement for membership is that there may be a problem of alcoholism in a relative or friend. For more information call Norma 250-352-3747 for Wednesday and Sharon

250-352-7333 for Friday.Royal Canadian Legion Branch #51 invites guests to enjoy billiards, snooker, shuffleboard, big-screen television for sports, barbecues, monthly celebrations, beverage room, darts (Wednes-days 7:30 p.m.), meat draws and karaoke (Saturdays, 3:30 p.m.) and cribbage (Sundays 1

p.m.). Call for upcoming jam ses-sions. Info: [email protected] or 250-352-7727/250-352-6464.

Community Threads holds a fibre craft-themed project every Friday from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. at the Nelson and District Women’s Centre, 420 Mill St. Knit a sock, crochet a cap, sew a hem, spin some yarn, knit a scarf, hook a rug, and make a friend. Call Tira at 250-505-0698 or email [email protected].

Join the Ymir Hotel’s country and bluegrass jam every Friday night. Things get started around 5 p.m. and wrap up around 9.

Nelson Trail Runners drop-in trail

runs, Sundays at 7:30 a.m., and weekdays at 6:30 a.m. Meet at Mountain Station rail trail parking lot. Check them out on Facebook at Nelson Trailrunners or email [email protected] to confirm times. It’s an open, non-competitive, all abilities trail running group with over 100 members. Trailrunners or email

[email protected] to confirm times. It’s an open, non-competitive, all abilities trail running group with over 100 members.

The Nelson Ultimate Frisbee Association hosts weekly drop in Ultimate Frisbee at Nelson’s indoor soccer facility, 308 Cedar St., every Monday from 7 p.m. to 9 p.m. The drop in fee is $10. Co-ed Ultimate is a great way to stay in shape and meet new people during the winter months. All levels welcome. Beginner basics and throwing clinics avail-able. Check out nelsonultimate.ca or contact [email protected].

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When The Iron Bird Flies will screen on May 13 at 7 p.m. as a Nepal earthquake relief fundraiser. The director of this film has kindly donated her feature film for the event, and all proceeds will go to the Shedrub Development Fund to feed and rescue those in need and to begin rebuilding homes and monasteries. For more information on Shedrub Development visit shedrub.org. Tickets are on a sliding scale from $10 to $20, and are $16 online. For more information on the screening visit civictheatre.ca.

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The Capitol Theatre and Pilot.Co.Pilot presents Ramshackle Theatre performing puppet show Sci-Fi Double Feature on Saturday, May 16 at 7:30 p.m. and Sunday, May 17 at 2:00 p.m. Visually gorgeous, full of wit and humour, anarchy and magic this show is a one-take 1960s sci-fi B-movie. First, the Attack of the Slime-O-Tron: two intergalactic lovers must save earth from a hoard of vengeful invaders or perish in the fight to save the world. That’s followed by Last Day on Earth: a genius professor and his dog travel back in time on a quest to prove the existence of a three-headed dinosaur, only to find they’ve arrived minutes before an impending meteorite threatens mass extinction.Tickets are $15 for adults and $12.50 for students at capitoltheatre.bc.ca or by phone 250.352-6363.

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This month’s edition of Cantina Sessions is featuring Wallis. A favourite on the local DJ scene and a Pagoda stage regular, his seamless mixes are always a hit on the dance floor. Blending house, smooth breaks and sweet tech house, this will be the perfect warmup for your Saturday night. As always Cantina Del Centro will be serving up cocktails and tacos.

The Implicate Order will hit the stage at The Royal on Baker tonight at 9 p.m. This alternative rock quartet is infused with pop and progressive elements, making for a unique sonic mashup. With blazing musical chops, blissfully dynamic vocals, and a rebellious energy similar to 90s ska-punk rockers No Doubt. Tickets are $5 at the door. For more information visit royalgrillnelson.com or call 250-354-7014.

The Royal on Baker has Ladies Night Dance Party on Thursday, May 14 with DJ Eyedawg, Dazza and DJ Suplex playing hip hop, house and breaks. For more information visit royalgrillnelson.com or call 250-354-7014.

On Friday, May 22 at 9 p.m. Carmanah will make their Spiritbar debut will local rockers Andrew Parkhouse and The Magpies. Tickets are $10 and are available from the Hume Hotel. For more information call 250-352-5331.

cOncerts

Corazón (68 singers) and the Lalin Ensemble (15 singers), both directed by Allison Girvan, present their year-end concert When the Earth Stands Still. Four shows: Friday May 29, 6pm and 8pm, and Saturday May 30, 2pm and 6pm, at the Nelson United Church. Tickets at the Capitol Theatre box office or online at www.capitoltheatre.ca. Regular admission $18. Students $12. Balcony seating $12. Proceeds from the Friday 6pm concert will be donated to the Pura Vida Foundation.

A concert by cello/bass duo, The Cellar Notes will take place on Monday, May 18 at

Saint Saviour’s Pro-Cathedral commencing at 7:30 p.m. Admission is by donation. The Cellar Notes Duo of Jeff Faragher, cello and Alex Nichol, double bass will be presenting a musical offering spanning four centuries and six cultures.

On the Road Productions presents The Great Lake Swimmers at the Civic Theatre in Nelson, playing live on Monday, June 1 with The Weather Station. Advance tickets are $25 plus taxes at Eclectic Circus and the Hume Hotel. Also available now online at OnTheRoadManagement.com. Doors open at 7 p.m., show starts at 7:30 p.m.

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The Knowledge Network is hosting a free screening of Nelson filmmaker Amy Bohigian’s Dreamers and Dissidents, a 9-part series about Kootenay characters. From war resisters to residential school survivors, hopeful immigrants to pioneering women, Dreamers and Dissidents explores why certain people are drawn to BC’s rugged interior. Through family albums, archival photos and intimate interviews, we learn how Nelson – and the broader Kootenay region – came to be known for its resilient spirit. For more information visit civictheatre.ca.

The Civic Theatre presents White God, the story of a 13-year-old’s fight to protect her dog Hagen, on May 14 at 7:30 p.m. Devastated when her father sets Hagen free on the streets, she still innocently believes love can conquer any difficulty and sets out to save her dog. For more

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Mad Max: Fury Road opens at the Civic Theatre on May 15 at 7:30 p.m. Directed by George Miller and starring Tom Hardy and Charlize Theron, the film takes place in a stark desert landscape where humanity is broken and two rebels must fight to restore order. The film will screen on May 16 at 7 and 9:30 p.m., as well as May 17, 18 and 19, 20 and 21 at 7:30 p.m. For more information visit civictheatre.ca.

Dance

Get Bent Bollywood Bellydancers are performing in Nelson on May 15 at the Capitol Theatre. This high-energy dance show is a non-profit fundraiser for positive youth programs. Doors will be at 7:30 p.m., and the show will start at 8 p.m. Tickets are $20 for adults and $13 for students.

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These are two of the puppets who will star in Ramshackle Theatre’s Sci-Fi Double Feature, playing at the Capitol on May 16 and 17.

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Springtime sounds and smells of high school

Springtime sounds and

GILLIANWILEY

Student Perspectives

Springtime in high school means grass in your hair, � ip � ops clapping in the halls and

the smell of pollen dri� ing through a dark classroom’s window. Here’s the LVR column, back again this month to give you the scoop on the school.

Springtime at LVR also means sports. Rugby, soccer and baseball are all entering game season, and sports are a good way to get outside and into the May sunshine.

� e Terry Fox Run, usually set for September, was rescheduled to the end of April because of the teachers’ strike. � e theme was “Terry’s Favourite � ings” and students could be seen jogging down the street covered in green (Terry Fox’s favourite colour) and plastered with stickers and tattoos

depicting the Canadian hero’s face. I believe a fair amount of money was raised for cancer research, and it was good fun for a good cause.

In mid-April, the school hosted Jesse Miller to speak on the dan-gers of social media. Miller talked about being safe on the Internet and remaining aware of your on-line presence. Most people Google their names quite frequently, as a way to be Internet-safe and also just to see how prominent you are when searched. But when Miller requested that students take out their phones and Google their Instagram names, a collective gasp circled around the room. It seems that more exists on the In-ternet about you than you know, if only one knows how to look. Miller was an impactful speaker and also spoke to parents at an evening discussion, answering illu-minating questions such as “What is Facebook?”

In an earlier column I men-tioned a change to the cafeteria. � e new, healthier options for drinks in our cafeteria, o� ered by the Kootenay Co-op, have in-

tegrated nicely into the system. When compared with lunchrooms across Canada and the US, Nelson is actually much healthier, with sal-ads and curries o� ered instead of chicken strips and fries. � e added drinks are only the � nishing touch on what is already a great place to healthily feed the hungry teenagers of Nelson.

Upcoming in May, the drama department will be boarding the bus for the Summerland Shake-speare Festival. It’s the one trip drama kids get in a year, and we make the most of it. � is year, LVR is taking the play Fi� een Minute Hamlet to the festival. � e show is directed by Grade 11 student Ingrid Love. “Shakesfest,” as the kids lovingly call it, is four days of workshops, meeting new people, and yes, Shakespeare.

April was an exciting month, and May will be even more packed as L.V. Rogers gets ready for sports games, drama festivals and most of all, grad.

Gillian Wiley’s column appears once a month.

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Continued from Page 1put new concrete in there. We used some charcoal to contrast the colours. Now we plan to image-map it, so we can animate each stone differently,” Bundschuh said.

Arpita said the visual effects Shambhala is known for will be on proud display.

“Sometimes you’ll come in and you’re going to think you’re in an aquarium, swimming with the fish. But sometimes we’ll have folk players and we’ll light them nicely and leave it at that. We have 30,000 LEDs in there. We can have it be really subtle lighting or we can blow your head off.”

Bundschuh said the room is quite versatile.

“We didn’t want it to just be DJs, or just what we do at Shambhala. Nelson’s quite broad and diverse as a community, and we wanted to cater to that.”

With that in mind they have two primary stages — one for bands and one for DJs. They’ve extensively soundproofed the space to make sure the noise doesn’t travel between floors or into the surrounding area.

“We’ll also have earlier shows, like 8 p.m., because a lot of DJ sets start at people’s bedtimes,” said Arpita.

Standing beside the coal chute, Arpita

and Bundschuh debated how to best use the space. “I was thinking maybe we’d put a huge disco ball in there,” he said.

Further development

Once the night club is open, development will continue on the rest of the hotel.

As well as modern-styled, comfortable rooms, the hotel will boast a breakfast and lunch place called Farm Fresh Cafe and a high-ceiling, casual space called the Falls Music Lounge.

Farm Fresh will feature quick, healthy food and drinks for skiers and bikers to grab on-the-go, as well as a curbside patio. The lounge will feature BC-sourced food with beers, wine and spirits specifically oriented towards live music and entertainment.

Once the renovation is completed, the century-old building will essentially be brand new both inside and out. All the electrical and plumbing is being replaced, and they plan to develop the rooftop space so visitors can enjoy a view of Elephant Mountain and Kootenay Lake, perhaps even from a hot tub.

Bundschuh hopes the Savoy will once again be a Nelson landmark, welcoming

visitors to town right at the foot of Baker St.“The Kootenays have much to offer for

adventurous holidays and mountain culture. Ultimately, the goal of the Savoy Hotel is to help showcase those qualities.”

ABOVE: The Savoy Hotel is seen around the time of its completion in 1914. (Courtesy Touchstones Nelson Archives) BELOW: A rendering of what the restored building may look like once work is completed. (Submitted)

Bloom Nightclub will feature a sound system in-stalled by PK Sound. There will be over 30,000 LED lights in the space.

Club will feature diverse entertainment

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“We’re celebrating all mothers everywhere,” said Judy Ban� eld, the owner of Mountain Baby, on Satur-day at her downtown store, “whether they are biological mothers, adop-tive mothers, stepmothers, surrogate mothers, grandmothers, godmothers, mothers-in-law, aunts, loving cous-

ins, loving friends, ‘just like a mom to me’ mothers, and all the nurturing and caring women in the world.”

At the same time, the store cel-ebrated its 20th birthday and had two live concerts by Morien Jones, formerly known as Mr. Mojo, a lo-cal children’s performer, who wrote a song speci� cally for Mountain Baby.

Children’s performer Morien Jones, formerly known as Mr. Mojo, helped Mountain Baby celebrate its 20th anniversary — and Mother’s Day — this past weekend.Bill Metcalfe photo

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Authors at Slocan library FridaySubmitted to the Nelson StarOn Friday at 7 p.m., three ca-

pable writers will entertain you with readings from their latest works at the Slocan Community Library.

Ernest Hekkanen will present imaginative stories from False Memories and Other Likely Tales; Sean Arthur Joyce (a.k.a. Art Joyce), will again visit the library, this time to launch his new book of poetry entitled The Price of Transcendence; and Owain Nicholson, recent re-cipient of the Banff Centre Bliss Carman Prize for Poetry, will in-troduce his work.

Nicholson is a poet from Win-nipeg and the West Kootenay. He is a recent graduate of the University of Victoria in both creative writing and anthropology. As a working archaeologist in the oilsands bo-real forest, his poems often explore people, our histories, the dig site, and how we choose to interact with nature.

His work has appeared in Planet Earth Poetry’s recent anthology Poems from Planet Earth, as well

as in Prairie Fire, a Canadian lit-erary magazine of new writing. He won their Bliss Carman Award in 2014, and placed second in the same competition in 2013. On Sept. 26, 2014, Nicholson was presented with a jeweller-cast replica of poet Bliss Carman’s ring at the Poetry Bash of Thin Air 2014. He will be returning to the Slocan Valley fresh from his recent travels.

You will also meet Ernest Hek-kanen from Nelson, a most prolific writer and publisher of all kinds of work. Along with so many other skills and achievements, Hekkanen is editor-in-chief of The New Orphic Review, an independent literary magazine, and has published 47 books.

Listen to this description of his latest book of tales that ‘unfold in the landscape of his youth’: “All the stories in False Memories and Other Likely Tales are fundamen-tally true, although the author’s reconstructions are as inventive as the imagination will allow, or so he would have us believe.”

A year ago, Sean Arthur Joyce included the Slocan library in the tour to launch his successful non-fiction book, Laying the Children’s Ghosts to Rest: Canada’s Home Children in the West. He returns now with a book of poetry released in April, in time for National Poetry Month. It was published by Hek-kanen’s New Orphic Publishers of Nelson, and was edited by Tom Wayman (another friend of the library), who calls it “a first-rate collection.”

In it, Joyce draws on his close interactions with birds and other animals that share this planet with us. “When we see them as individu-als with their own lives and com-munities, rather than a disposable commodity, we are on a potential path to ‘transcendence’ beyond our limiting tendency to see humans as the centre of the universe.”

Each writer will be featured for about 20 minutes, followed by time for questions. The library is at 710 Harold St. across from the Harold Street Cafe.

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Corazón ensemble presents When the Earth Stands Still

Submitted to the Nelson Star

Corazón, directed by Allison Girvan, will present When the Earth Stands Still, four concerts in Nelson on May 29 and 30.

The youth ensemble is just back the Rocky Mountain Festival in Banff and was one of only a few groups from across Western Canada asked to give a showcase concert there.

“Corazón was amaz-ing in Banff this year,” said Scott Leithead, the director of several vo-cal groups in Edmonton including the celebrated Kokopelli youth choir, who has worked as a choral director on sev-eral continents.

“It was a very timely

and touching perfor-mance by the group. There was not a single heart in the room that wasn’t moved by them.”

The Lalin Ensemble, 15 of the most experi-enced Corazón singers, also directed by Girvan, will perform at the Nel-son concerts as well.

The performances will, as always, include movement, body percus-sion, various configura-tions of the group around the room, face art, and an eclectic choice of music.

“This year’s reper-toire,” said Girvan, “has as its theme compassion and reconciliation. The arrangement of Mother-less Child alludes to the ongoing unrest in the Middle East and uses the text as a metaphor

for searching for a sense of home. The choreog-raphy during this piece illustrates the power of community to support and heal.

“Other songs such as Ute Sundance, Paul Si-mon’s Kathy’s Song and Lou Reed’s The Power of the Heart hold imag-es of forgiveness and an appreciation for human connection,” she said.

Dr. Brainerd Blyden-Taylor, an adjudicator at the Banff festival, listened critically to Corazón and did a workshop for them, giving them feedback on their performance. He is a renowned choral director, conductor, and university level music instructor from Toronto.

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you,” he told the group. “The fact that I actually got to hear you twice was exquisite. What I like about you is that you know that you are good, you know that you are special, and you sing not to take that for granted or to be full of yourselves. I appreciate that.

“And I appreciate your conductor for what she does. And the home that she provides for you on this earth. It is very powerful when you can be part of such a com-munity.”

Corazón’s program will also include songs from Indonesia, Africa, Norway, Ireland, and Ap-palachia, as well as songs arranged by Girvan spe-cifically for Corazón and a song newly composed

for Lalin by her husband, Don Macdonald.

Tickets are on sale at the Capitol Theatre box office. The concerts are at the Nelson United Church on Friday, May 29 at 6 and 8 p.m., and Saturday, May 30 at 2 and 6 p.m. Admission is $18 regular, $12 for balcony seating and for students.

Proceeds from the Friday 6 p.m. show will be donated to the Pura Vida Foundation.

This year Corazón re-designed and re-made its unique costuming so that it is, as several of the singers put it, “even cooler than before.”

The group thanks the Columbia Basin Trust, Nelson and Dis-trict Credit Union, and Osprey Foundation for funding that project.

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VOILÀ! Votre page mensuelle en français

Par Nancy GuillemetteÉpicuriens, entourez bien le dimanche 31 mai 2015 sur vos calendriers. Au programme de cette 3e édition : une tour Eiffel géante, un bistro parisien (vin, café, pâtisseries, pâtés), des artistes et artisans francophones, des montgolfières et encore plus à découvrir! À 16h, venez aussi profiter du passage de Marie-Jo Thério, au-teure, compositrice, interprète et actrice, d’origine acadienne dans les Kootenays. Unique chance de la voir dans un concert intime.

Join us on Sunday May 31st for a French cultural experience!

The Marché French Extra will be on from 10am to 3pm with Francophone artists and artisans, French bistro, pastries, and much more to entertain you! At 4 pm, the one of a kind singer songwriter, actor from New-Brunswick; Marie-Jo Thério will perform! This will be a unique chance to see her live in the Kootenays in an intimate concert. Don’t miss it! Tickets are available at : 723 Ward Sreet for $20/each.

Nouvelles de l’École Sentiers-alpinsPar Carole Massé

Semaine de la lecture

De 27 avril au 1er mai, l’école Sentiers-alpins a orga-nisé une semaine de lecture. Tous les élèves, le per-sonnel ainsi que plusieurs parents ont participé à plusieurs activités pour souligner l’importance de la lecture dans nos vies.

Pendant la semaine, les élèves ont complété des bin-gos de la lecture et ont participé à un compte des minutes de lecture à la maison pour faire grandir la Chenille alpine, qui a pris résidence à la bibliothèque.

Mercredi, le 29 avril toute l’école a participé à un marathon de la lecture. Tous ensemble, les élèves ont relevé le défi et ont lu au total 1440 minutes! Bravo à tous les participants et aux parents qui sont venus lire avec nous! La semaine s’est clôturée par une as-semblée où on a dévoilé le Grand Prix des lecteurs

choisis par le vote secret des élèves.

Un immense merci à Mme Pascale Boyer, l’organisa-trice de l’événement, à la patience de son petit gar-çon, Philémon (3 ans) et à nos commanditaires pour les prix de participation : la bibliothèque municipale, Otter Books, Mountain Baby, AFKO, APÉ de ESA.

Concours d’art oratoire

Le 2 mai dernier, trois de nos élèves ont participé à la finale provinciale du Concours d’art oratoire qui se déroulait à SFU –Surrey. Cet événement d’enver-gure nationale est organisé par le Canadian Parents for French à chaque année. Nous sommes très fiers de nos trois finalistes qui ont présenté des discours de qualité et qui ont si bien représenté l’école Sen-tiers-alpins.

6e année : Solange Machado L’autisme

7e année : Aube Jolicoeur Nelson

8e année : Teagan McTague Les champignons

Un atelier sur la discipline au quotidienPar Madeleine Arsenault

Vous souhaitez obtenir plus de ressources: (recherches récentes, meilleures pratiques) au sujet de votre encadrement parental? Vous aimeriez explorer de façon vivante et créative les différents besoins des enfants et ajuster vos inter-ventions parentales? Vous voulez rencontrer d’autres parents fran-cophones tout en partageant vos réflexions dans un environnement accueillant et respectueux. Vous voulez réfléchir à vos pratiques parentales et améliorer votre rela-tion avec votre enfant?

Jacinthe Sévigny, de passage à Nelson, offrira un atelier, présen-té dans le cadre du programme ministériel 1, 2, 3, allons-y! et de Franc-Départ, qui explorera des outils pour mieux observer la ré-

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Derek DienerMortgageBroker

Of� ce (250) 229-5711Cell (250) 505-5850 Fax (888) 628-2867

[email protected]

When I write columns and advertise I quite frequently mention that I will work with you to get the right mortgage product that � ts your needs. � is confuses some people

because they dont realize that there are so many options out there. Without confusing the matter too much when I refer to a mortgage product I am talking about the length of term, length of amortization period, term type (open, � xed, variable...) and which lender would work best given my clients situation. In short the best mortgage product out there is the one that � ts the needs for your situation. � is is where you need a Professional to assist you in making this decision.For me it is so important that I speak with my clients and get to know everything about their situation. Everyone has unique aspects to their life that need to be brought to the table and discussed to ensure the � nancing put in place matches future events. People call me all the time that are not happy with their current debt situation or bank. In most cases when they originated their � nancing (this is relavent to all type of debt) the person that put it together for them didn’t ask them any questions or take the time to get to know them. When you are taking on debt it is very, very important that the person putting together the agreement understands your needs and takes the time to get to know you to ensure the product � ts your needs now and into the future.My services are FREE and I am more than happy to assist people with all of their debt managment needs. Call anytime to discuss anything Real Estate or debt related.

What is the best mortgage product out there?

AI was recently out and about doing

some groceries, and a local business owner asked me this question. � e simplest answer is: *** Pricing a

property correctly from the start. Of course there are other factors at play; however this one is paramount.

If you’ve been trying to sell your property for awhile, & there doesn’t seem to be much interest; it’s time to ask why? Sit down with your Realtor® & analyze the situation. *** You must be open to hearing the answers in order to attain your goal.

Have you had many prospective Buyers come to see your house? If not, � nd out why? Ask your Realtor® for some current market data to see where your property sits in the housing market at this time. Find out how many days on average a home is on the market before it sells. Is your home priced accurately? How is your property being marketed? Does your home look appealing on the MLS website & during showings? Are there some quick � xes and a� ordable solutions that may showcase your home better?

Take the emotion out of the equation, and look at your property as a stranger might see it. Remember what attracted you to your property in the � rst place and make some notes. Discuss these things with your Realtor® and have your ideas incorporated into their marketing strategy. Try and listen to the advice and expertise your Realtor® is o� ering you. � ey are on your team and trying to sell your home and get you on your way to the next chapter that awaits you. Make your property a STAR (Stand out, Transform, Attract, and Return on your Investment) if you have further questions, don’t hesitate contacting me.

CHRISTINEPEARSONSalesAssociate

593 Baker Street, Nelson, BC250-505-8015

[email protected]

Each office individually owned and operated

Why do some properties seem to stay on the Market for years?Q

A

ROSLING REAL ESTATE

PROFESSIONALSAsk the

If you are interested in participating in our next edition of Ask the Professionals contact Kiomi or Adam at 250-352-1890

� e Tax-Free Savings Account (TFSA) is a � exible savings plan that allows Canadians to invest and earn tax-free returns. It’s a great way to save for short or long

term goals.

It is available to Canadian residents over the age of 18 who have a social insurance number and are registered with the Canada Revenue Agency (CRA).

� e TFSA annual contribution limit is:

2009-2012 $5,000 per year

2013 & 2014 $5,500 per year

2015 and onwards $10,000 per year (under current CRA rules)

Contribution room accumulates, even if a TFSA account has not been opened, and it can be carried forward inde� nitely.

Withdrawals may be made at any time, depending on the type of investment held inside the TFSA.

Investment options include cash, GIC’s, Mutual Funds, and Stocks and Bonds. � is account can be self –directed meaning you choose your own stocks and investments, or it can be managed with a Financial Planner.

Upon death, depending on the province in which the individual resides, a bene� ciary may be designated for a TFSA, which makes this account an essential part of your ESTATE PLAN.

Please contact me to discuss this and online/self-directed investing with BMO InvestorLine.

Geraldine Solodky 250-354-2122

Geraldine Solodky, B.A, CFP ®

® Registered trade-marks of Bank of Montreal.

Date: Thursday, May 19, 2011

Time: 3:30 p.m. to 6:00 p.m.

6:00 p.m. Registration and Refreshments6:30 p.m. Presentation8:00 p.m. Reception

Venue: BMO Financial GroupFirst Canadian Place100 King Street West, 68th FloorToronto, ON

Room: York

Women and Money

Dr. Amy D’Aprix is an internationally renowned expert on lifestyle issues relating to caregiving, retirement, aging, and family dynamics. In Canada, she works with a number of organizations and consults to BMO Financial Group as a Life Transition Expert.

Women often invest a lot of time and energy into relationships… except perhaps the one they have with money. This is the one relationship that women tell us that they aren’t as proactive or confident about managing.

Join Dr. Amy D’Aprix and discover how you can improve your relationship with money and become more confident and in control of your financial life. Click here to learn more

Thursday, September 26, 2013 Nelson, BCSeating is limited

6:00 p.m. Registration and Refreshments RSVP required6:30 p.m. Presentation There is no charge for this event8:00 p.m. Reception

Please register before September 23 by contacting Geraldine Solodky , Financial Planner, Investment and Retirement Planning, at 250-354-2122 or [email protected]

BMO Financial Group 298 Baker Street

Nelson, BC, V1L [email protected]

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Financial Planner Investment & Retirement Planning Q

Matthew StanleyArchitectAIBC, LEED

A� e internet is over� owing with plans and prefab models for just about any kind of house you can imagine. Some

of these houses look great at � rst glance, and the ease of online shopping can be seductive to home buyers. HOWEVER, there is a signi� cant di� erence between an online product designed for “anyone anywhere” and a home that is designed for you and your property. Any successful and beautiful piece of architecture meticulously considers its physical and natural contexts. � is includes: (1) how the house is integrated with existing landscape features such as rocks, water, trees and slopes, (2) how it is oriented to the sun during all four seasons, (3) the arrangement of interior spaces toward speci� c views, (4) positioning windows and decks for privacy, (5) is the the size and shape of the house compatible with the street, sidewalk, and neighbours (6) how a roo� ine compliments nearby geometries and sight lines, (7) are the materials and colours of the house harmonized with the surrounding visual landscape. � e list of site-speci� c, contextual factors that make a home beautiful goes on and on. Importantly, these are all things you sacri� ce when buying pre-designed homes online. � e home you build on your property could be there for more than 100 years. Do you want it to be a ‘product’ from the internet? Or, a ‘home’ that was designed for you, your family and your property?

Nelson is fortunate to have several skilled Architects and professional Building Designers who can work with you to design your new home.

I have a property and would like to build a new home. With so many resources on the internet these days, is it wise to buy house plans from a website?

Start by centering yourself in the middle of the

board. Place your feet hip width apart. � e � rst part of the stroke “� e Catch” , is the most e� ective part. � e paddle must be vertical and close to the board. Don’t just use your arms, but use your whole body to push the blade deep into the water and pull back to your heels. � e power of the stroke comes from a twisting action, mostly from the lower body. A mistake made by many beginners is the bring the paddle forward in a wide, circular motion. Bringing the paddle straight to the front is much faster than making a long detour out to the side.HAPPY PADDLING,

AQ What is the SUP

Forward Paddle Stroke?

Bob HellmanHellman Canoes & Kayaks & S.U.P.RCABC Master Instructor,Paddle Canoe S.U.P. Advance Instructor.

& S.U.P.2645 Highway 3A, Nelson.

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Satellite clinics in New Denver & Nakusp

What is one of the most common causes of Vertigo?

BPPV stands for benign paroxysmal positional vertigo. BPPV can vary in intensity from mild to severe and is classified

as a sudden spinning sensation of your surroundings or a feeling of spinning inside your head. The sensation of dizziness or spinning is usually triggered by changes in your head position. People can experience spinning even while lying down and nausea is common, although vomiting is rare. The cause of BPPV is due to incorrect positioning of crystals in your inner ear that may come on from such things as quick movements of the head, poor sleep or changes in barometric pressure. The crystals become dislodged from the inner canal and travel to other canals in the ear, which affects fluid displacement in the ear resulting in the sensation of dizziness. This dizziness is diagnosed quite easily and can be distinguished from other forms of vertigo by using the Dix-Hallpike maneuver. Reorientation of the crystals can be achieved by a series of maneuvers that can be performed by trained healthcare practitioners. Under proper supervision these maneuvers are very effective at getting the crystals back to the proper position in the inner ear. If you have any questions about BPPV or other causes of vertigo please contact me or ask your healthcare professional.

AQ

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Community

The realities of a dream job

People probably think the life of a cinema programmer is one of life’s pinnacles. Children

lump the job in with the dream list careers of firefighter, police officer,

president or brain surgeon. Well, I’m here to wake you up, kiddies. Pro-gramming product from monolithic studios for a single screen can make you feel like you are at the bottom rung of a crime syndicate.

Recent demands from the mob boss, Mickey Mouse, made a three-week commitment mandatory to open Avengers: Age of Ultron on the break, May 1. In a smaller communi-ty with only one-screen and a desire to meet the needs of the community, these terms don’t feel unlike those made by a mafia bookie following a request for delayed payment after losing big at the track.

So with Disney and Avengers out,

the utopia of an apocalyptic open-ing of Mad Max: Fury Road on the break, May 15, presents a consola-tion to recoup some of the hit of our demographic streaming westish for Avengers.

All films require a two-week com-mitment to be opened on the break, but fortunately we are lucky that our film booker finds other theatres in his circuit to take the second week, but with everyone waiting on the Avengers to loosen its reigns on May 22, it was also looking like opening Mad Max was also going to be an issue.

Like I said, it is time to wake up, kiddos. However, unlike the presi-

dent or brain surgeon I am not be-neath singing for my supper and sing we shall do. Like a negotiated draft pick, we are trading second weeks with another theatre; our Mad Max for their Pitch Perfect 2.

May has shaped up to be a busy lead-in to the summer blockbuster season and I am happy to say that despite our single-screen challenges, Nelson and area are lined up for a trio of big films over the following three weeks.

Mad Max: Fury Road opens on release May 15 to 21, Pitch Perfect 2 on its second week, May 22 to 28, and for the patient ones, Avengers: Age of Ultron will finally play the

Civic starting May 29.Maybe programmer does belong

on that list.

Jason Asbell is the programmer and amateur astronaut for the Civic Theatre.

Mad Max: Fury Road

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Can your will be changed after your death?

Yes. I recently made a successful application to the court to vary a will

on behalf of an 11 year old boy whose father had died. The will granted the boy about 10% of the estate, with the balance going to the boy’s paternal grandmother. The will was varied so that 90% of the estate was awarded to the boy. Most will variation applications are contests between adult children and step-parents. Only children and current spouses of a deceased have the right to apply to the court to vary the will. You can significantly reduce the chance your will might be varied after your death by proper estate planning. The law with respect to wills changed significantly last year so it is wise to review your will with your lawyer to avoid family upset and unnecessary expense after you are gone.

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Carmen ProctorEcoSave Program Coordinator

Yes! Even though heating is not likely on anyone’s mind right now, it is the time to think of

heating upgrades because there are deadlines. In order to access the $800 furnace or boiler rebate you must apply by July 1st.

And that’s not all, until July 1st you can register for an energy evaluation for a $165, which is over a $100 savings; access more rebates for insulation, weatherization plus a $750 bonus rebate.

� ere are several rebates through FortisBC that Nelson Hydro customers can access, ranging from annual servicing of your heating equipment, new appliances and energy e� cient upgrades.

Having a home energy evaluation identi� es where your heat is escaping, explains your rebate eligibility and tells you how much energy you will be saving by completing upgrades.

Contact me for more information on what you may be eligible for, on-bill � nancing or how to save energy and save money no matter where you live or work.

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Nelson Hydro Customers:

Carmen ProctorEcoSave Program [email protected]/ecosave

Q Is the $800 furnace/boiler rebate back, and are there deadlines?

CHRISTINEPEARSONSalesAssociate

593 Baker Street, Nelson, BC250-505-8015

[email protected]

Each office individually owned and operated

AI find that people ask me this question fairly often and there isn’t a “one liner” I can give to answer it. The answer is multi

faceted, and requires much consideration to cover all the bases.Realtors® undergo continual professional training to keep abreast of shifting and changing Real Estate conditions. Realtors® have the tools at their disposal to market your property effectively & reach a wider group of potential buyers. Realtors® can conduct a thorough Market Evaluation of your property & have the ability to screen potential buyers to see if they are qualified to buy your home.Realtors® have the skills to create a binding contract and keep the deal on track; while avoiding emotional attachments during the negotiating process. We make ourselves available beyond 9am-5pm, to work for your best interests. Statistics provided by the Canadian Real Estate Association show that people who try and sell their own home, end up using a Realtor® in the end, & sell faster and for more money. When you require dental work; you go to your Dentist, when your vehicle needs work; you take it to your Mechanic, and when you want to buy or sell your home; it’s in your best interest to do this with your Real Estate Professional. If you don’t have a Realtor®; find one that suits you and remember that in the end; it is money well spent to help you navigate your way through the biggest investment you have.

Why Use a Realtor®?Q

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I tend to sit all day and my back gets really sore. I eat and sit, drive and sit and work and sit. What can I do to help my body

deal with so much time in this detrimental sitting position?

There are many things that you can do to benefit your back and body when life seems to be spent seated. Here are my top 4

things you can do for yourself.1) Stand more. This seems like simple advice but at least every hour you should get up and stretch or walk around. If you work at a computer then set a timer to remind you or set up a standing work station2) Make a habit of parking at least 3 blocks away from work or the grocery store. Carrying a few heavy bags of groceries can also strengthen your arms and shoulders3) Walk at least 30-60 minutes each day. Our bodies are built to walk for hours4) Do exercises and stretches daily to off load the spine. For example~ the glute bridge~the table pigeon-for details of these and more sign up for my newsletter at www.topfitnesswithanna.comThere are many other exercises and stretches that you can do to help yourself. Book an appointment today to find out what is suitable for YOUR body so you can enjoy the many years left in your life.Book with Anna Topf at Blackbird Physio at (250) 352-1100

Anna TopfKinesiologist/Trainer

250 352-1100email: [email protected]

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Sports

Spring weather is fi-nally here! And the water is warming up

and so are the fish.With the warmer

weather here, we have seen the beginning of our flying ant hatch. This seems to bring all of the

fish to surface and creates a feeding frenzy.

We have had lots of days with over 15 to 20 fish to the boat. It’s an excit-ing time of year. Most of the fish left in Kootenay Lake seem to be of the younger age class. So a normal day would consist of many fish between two and three pounds, with a few over five. There have also been a few fish over ten pounds caught, so it keeps it interesting.

May 1 saw another weeklong opening for kokanee fishing in the

West Arm. And just like the April opening, the fishing was good. The first few days were bet-ter than the last few days, but that seems to be the norm. For the first couple days we were limited out and back to the dock by 8 a.m. Then the last few days made us work a bit harder for the prize. But, still lots of action and some great tasting kokanee.

Looking forward to the June opening, as these fish should be even bigger.

The Gerrard run of spawning rainbows has

peaked and the numbers are about what we had expected. Low numbers this year similar to back in 2000 when the lake crashed. Hopefully they can rebound again as they have in the past. We shall see.

But, until then, we will just have to enjoy the fast paced action of the high population of smaller fish. Lots of fun on the lighter gear.

Columbia RiverThe fishing is in full

swing on the Columbia

now. We had some crazy days with lots of Rainbows taking our lures and flies. Mostly two to five pounds as of late, but we have hooked into a few in the seven pound range and I’m pretty sure there were a couple over ten pounds that just wouldn’t stay on. But that’s normal. The big ones always get away …

The hotter weather has produced some hatches on the river lately. So, dry fly fishing is making for some exciting days. Looking for-ward to the next month of fly-fishing, as the dry flies should get more and more productive.

Walleye fishing was pretty good for the past little while also. The usual bottom bouncer or jigs have been working well. Some good sized Walleye at this time year too. Always makes for a good fish fry.

And again, Pike have been caught in the past little while also. Concen-trate on the shallower, warmer water for the Pike. They seem to hang around the weeded bays and drop offs. You never know what you’re going to catch out there now.

Duncan LakeDuncan was good

throughout April, but is slowing down now. As the water rises, the fish get more spread out and are a bit tougher to catch, although we still always seem to scrape a few up. So, it’s always worth the trip.

Bull trout up to ten pounds have been caught in the past week, as well as some nice kokanee. The warmer temperatures will help activate the kokanee feeding, so that’s another option while fishing up there.

What are they biting on?

Our bucktail flies have been working best for the rainbows on Kootenay. The magic colours have been purple/pink, grey/pink, and black/white. We’ve also been catching lots on the Lyman plugs. Mostly blues and greens have been working best for the plugs.

On the river we have had our best days using fly rods. Sinking tips with nymphs or woolly buggers have been producing well

for the rainbows. And for the walleye, we have been using the three-way bot-tom bouncing rig as well as rubber twisters with jigs.

And on the Duncan, the best lures have been my Lyman plugs. Trolled on the surface or down to 60 feet seems to work best. Again, blues and greens seem to be the ticket.

What’s coming up:We are expecting the

lake fishing to pick up even more as the water gets warmer. So, expect lots of fish in May, and June. Our river fishing should only get better and better as well. As the weather warms up and the bugs start hatching, the fish will become more and more aggressive. Look-ing forward to the next few months of fishing.

We are almost fully booked for our upcom-ing salmon/halibut fish-ing season. This year is expected to be another good run of salmon and we still have about ten days to fill. So, drop me a line if you’re interested in filling your freezer with fish for the year.

Fishing heats up on Kootenay Lake

KERRYREED

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MEN’S OPEN TEAM GP W T L P Old Dogs 2 1 1 0 4 Kootenay Co-op 2 1 0 1 3 U18 Nelson Selects 2 1 0 1 3 Hume Innkeepers 2 0 1 1 1

Nelson Youth Outdoor SoccerU17 CO-ED

TEAM GP W T L P Active Balance 4 2 0 2 6 Golder 4 2 0 2 6 Paci� c Insight 4 2 0 2 6 Cowan’s 4 2 0 2 6

U14 GIRLS TEAM GP W T L P Natural Pharmacy 2 1 1 0 4 Back in Motion 2 1 1 0 4 Paci� c Insight 2 0 2 0 2 12 Mile Storage 2 0 0 2 0

U14 BOYS TEAM GP W T L P Mallard’s 2 2 0 0 6 EZ Rock 2 1 0 1 3 Paci� c Insight 2 1 0 1 3 Can-Filters 2 0 0 2 0

U12 GIRLS TEAM GP W T L P Sweetwater 3 3 0 0 9 Red Dogs 3 2 1 0 7 Vibe 3 2 1 0 7 Tad Lake Realty 3 1 0 2 3 Vogue 3 0 0 3 0 Canadian 2 For 1 3 0 0 3 0

Broadway on ice

The Nelson Skating Club presented On Broadway this weekend, with over 70 skaters ranging in age from 4 to 17, with some of the younger skaters pictured here. The skaters interpreted Broadway shows including Mary Poppins, Annie, The Lion King, and more. The event was the skating club’s annual showcase, after a year of practice and competitions.

Nelson’s Roger Kerby, 83, attended the Canadian Masters Badminton Tournament in Edmonton recently, which had 350 competitors from 15 countries. Playing in the 80-plus age category, Kerby came home with three medals: gold in mixed doubles with partner Shirley Graham of Ottawa; silver in men’s singles against Jim Duberry of Victoria, and silver in men’s doubles — this time playing with Duberry instead of against him. “It was an excellently run tournament,” Kerby said.

Bill Metcalfe photo

Greg Nesteroff photo

Badminton master snags three medals

New name, new look for Wildcats

Nelson Star Staff� e West Kootenay Wildcats

female midget AAA hockey team will be called the Koote-nay Wild next season. � ey’ll also wear new green and white jerseys. BC Hockey is now re-sponsible for overseeing teams and registering players, and the program is receiving a makeover thanks to an agreement equip-ment manufacturer Easton.

� e six teams each have new names and logos. In addition to the Wild, the others are the Fraser Valley Rush, Greater

Vancouver Comets, Northern Capitals, � ompson-Okanagan Lakers, and Vancouver Island Seals.

“We are taking bold strides in the development of our female hockey programming and we wanted to make sure that each team had a fresh new look to re� ect this initiative,” said BC Hockey executive director Barry Petrachenko.

� e Kootenay Wild’s name is “intended to re� ect the wilder-ness of the Kootenays.” � e logo features a mountain peak.

New Kootenay Wild uniforms are being adopted. Courtesy BC Hockey

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Celebration of Life forDanny Dillabough & Ronny Hagen

Please join us as we celebrate the lives of Danny & Ronny on Saturday May 16th at

Th e Hume Hotel (Hume Room) Nelson from 1 - 5 pm

Winifred Joan PopeJune 21, 1927 (Timmins ON) -

April 22, 2015 (Nelson BC)

It is with great sadness that we share the passing of Joan Pope, our dear Mother.

Joan was predeceased by her parents, Jack and Winifred Pye, and her husband David Hall Pope. She is survived by her daughters: Elizabeth, Trisha, and Wendy, and her brother Donald.

Many Nelsonites will remember Joan walking her beloved terrier, Molly, down by the waterfront. She always had dog treats in her pocket and a smile on her face. She loved living in Nelson and appreciated the natural beauty every day.

Joan trained as a nurse at Women’s College Hospital in Toronto. Aft er raising her family, she went back to school and earned her BSc in Nursing, and became a Public Health Nurse. Helping people and animals was her joy and purpose in life.

Th e family would like to thank Dr. T. Janz, Dr. P. Malpass, and Dr. M. Van Der Vyver, for their excellent care. Th e staff at Mountain Lake Seniors Residence, Lombardy Cottage, went above and beyond for Joan in her fi nal year. Th ank you.

One of Joan’s favourite charities was KAAP, Kootenay Animal Assistance Program, 3423 Renwick Rd, Nelson V1L6X7. She loved saving lives.

Joan was kind, compassionate, and generous. We will always miss her.

GROCERY MANAGERKootenay Co-op is seeking a creative and dynamic individual to be our new Grocery Manager. This position requires the applicant to possess skills and experience in all aspects of grocery retailing including excellent leadership, communica-tion and time management skills, customer service, inventory control, product selection, merchandising, human resources and financial management. The ability to work a flexible work schedule including evenings and weekends is also required. The successful applicant must be highly motivated to grow with this department into our future new store!

We offer a competitive salary, great benefits package and a cooperative work environment.

If you possess the skills and availability described, apply with resume and cover letter before Monday, May 22nd to:

Paul Kelly, Interim General ManagerKootenay Co-op,295 Baker Street,Nelson, BC, V1L [email protected]

We thank all applicants in advance for their applications; only those selected for an interview will be contacted.

Kootenay Co-op 295 Baker Street, Nelson BC, V1L 4H4

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The roads may be closed for a bit — but the stores are all open!

Come on down to Hall Street, Baker and Vernon and see what’s up with the City of Nelson’s terrific Stores To Shores Downtown Revitalization Project.

While some of our downtown roads may be intermittently closed during the Stores To Shores project, all of Hall Street’s businesses are open to all pedestrian traffic. There’s parking nearby your favourite Hall Street shopping and dining venues, short walks through easy access points and helpful directional signs.

“For the Stores To Shores project to be a true success,” says Mayor Deb Kozak, “it’s really important that Nelson residents and visitors continue to shop local, and support the retail and hospitality venues that are alongside the construction zone, on Hall, Baker and Vernon Streets.”

The City of Nelson is helping ensure our downtown business sector maintains its traffic flow throughout the construction process.

For updates on intermittent traffic and service interruptions, weekly bulletins and interesting background on Hall Street’s important history and profiles on many of the thoroughfare’s businesses:• Like us at Facebook.com/storestoshores• Click on nelson.ca/storstoshores• E-mail us at [email protected]• Call 250-352-8283

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