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e Arrow Lakes Historical Society just celebrated their 30th
anniversary from when they obtained their Society registration on
Dec. 4 1984. During the rst year, they com-
pletely overhauled the museum, which was started in 1968 by the
Kinettes of the Kinsmen Club. When the Kinettes had to move on to
other projects, Harry Murphy and Bert Gard-
ner tried to keep the museum open during the summers. ey asked
for assistance and a few meetings later, the Society was formed and
work was started cleaning, making
new display areas, painting the cement oors, repairing the
showcases and getting it ready to reopen in the summer of 1985.
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The happy homemakerSee page 4
Blackman off to Special OlympicsSee page 7
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FarWest names winter boots after Nakusp
Andrew Minchin was shopping online for new footwear when he came
across a familiar name. ere on the screen at marks.com was a rugged
pair of boots aptly called FarWest Nakusp Packboots which retail
for $139.99.
My husband Andrew thought that it was cool so he texted a photo
of them. I thought it pretty was cool too and I wanted to share
with the people of Nakusp. I even wanted a pair but they dont come
in my size. Mens size eight is the
smallest, said Joleen Minchin. It was a bit of matchmaking
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ally, shared Dave Stephens, buyer for Marks, in a phone
conference with the Arrow Lakes News. We build a product with an
end user in mind. In this case, the boot is for wet weather and
some snow pack. Its among the rst of a line of names inspired by
various Brit-ish Columbia locations To no, Vernon and Coldstream
are oth-ers.
Britney Wilson, Communi-cations Advisor for Marks said, e
FarWest brand originated in Vernon, B.C.,and in keeping with
tradition and the brands heritage, all boots are named a er a
British Columbia locale. Were excited to be carrying this great
Canadian brand in our stores.
Marks is a retailer of clothing and footwear, formerly known as
Marks Work Wearhouse. It has recently acquired the licensing to
Canadian-made FarWest products.
If youd like to own your own pair of FarWest Nakusp Pack-boots,
youre in luck! One pair will be given away to a lucky win-ner.
Watch out for next weeks is-sue of the Arrow Lakes News for details
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TRISHA SHANKSArrow Lakes News
This casual mens winter boot from clothing retailer Marks was
named after Nakusp, in honour of its wet and snowy climate. Photo
courtesy of Marks
NYC gets creative in new fundraising initiative
e Nakusp and Area Youth Society wants to help you do odd jobs
around the house. e non-pro t drop-in com-munity centre for kids
ages 12-18 is in need of cash and they have deemed this month as
Fundraiser February.
In exchange for a do-
nation, youth volunteers are available during Youth Centre hours
to land a hand. Services available include dog walking, snow
shoveling, moving furniture or whatever similar tasks might be
re-quested. e jobs will be completed in one-hour increments with
money raised going toward ac-tivities, furnishings and snacks.
Currently the
group has four volunteers ready to provide these services and
are looking for more.
All youth ages 12-18, please help us out to make you Youth
Centre experi-ence better, said Leah Greschner, Youth Centre
Manager.
In addition to raising capital, the Youth Centre is hoping to
recruit adult volunteers. All youth ages
16-18, seniors, or anyone in between is asked to consider
volunteering a few hours a week or even a month in order to help
keep the doors open.
Without volunteers we cant keep the Centre running, said
Greschner.
Local mother of two teenagers Chantelle Cart-er added, We
desperately need to help keep this open in town!
TRISHA SHANKSArrow Lakes News
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To contact the Recreation Dept. or to book a seat on the Minto
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Thanks to everybody who supplied silent auction items and those
who ruthlessy outbid their competition during the 2014 Convergent
Management Group Ltd. Holiday Charity Event.
Convergent Management Group Ltd. is a local consortium of
logging, road building and forestry contractors who work together
on local and regional forestry, road construction and logging
projects. Together we employ approximately 150 local people.
Thank you to the suppliers: Arrow Lakes Ready Mix, BHEX
Contracting Ltd., Brandt Tractor, Canada Culvert, Convergent
Management Group Ltd./Alturus Equipment, Crescent Bay Construction,
Finning Tractor, Galena Contractors Ltd., Harlow Creek Contracting,
Hewat Repairs, Nakusp Home Hardware, Inland Kenworth, Kal Tire,
Machinehead, Nakusp Mobile Mechanics, Napa, Narrows Timber Co.
Ltd., Nitto Tire, Reitmeier Logging Ltd., Reitmeier Transport Ltd.,
True North Forestry Consulting Ltd. and Western Equipment.
Thank you to the generous winning bidders: Coleman MacIntosh,
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Ken Reitmeier, Kevin Carter, Matt McKee, Paul Detta, Ray Hascarl,
Rod Reitmeier, Ross Shkuratoff, Sandi Nagorski, Sarah Rousell, Sue
Groenhuysen, Terryn Stenseth and Tony Bjarnason.
Together this year we raised $5729 for the Arrow Lakes Hospital
Foundation, and a good time was had by all.
Thank You From Convergent Management Group LtdWork continues on
boat launch
Anyone spending time along the waterfront may have noticed some
work going on around the boat launch and marina. Colum-bia Power is
in the next phase of construction on the mandated accessibility
required for each community that has been af-fected by the
hydroelectric dam. Water access requirements are recommended by the
Columbia River Water Use Plan and or-dered by the Comptroller of
Wa-ter Rights.
Jennifer Walker-Larsen, a spokesperson with BC Hydro said,
Columbia Power Corpo-ration has contracted Landmark
Solutions who are moving ma-terials to the site this week with
work scheduled to start next week.
When asked about the contro-versy and upset that the unfin-ished
launch has caused, Walker-Larsen responded, It has been a
challenging project because of high water levels. Our goal is to
get as much done as possible be-fore they rise again this spring,
bringing in some crushed gravel for a good transition for boat
ac-cess during low water levels.
The crew of six plus occasional contractors will be able to
con-tinue working on concrete pads as long as the water levels
remain low. They can only work where its dry, so how much they
get
done will depend on water levels remaining low.
In 2016, the plan is for con-struction to be completed by divers
working under water with specialized marine equipment.
What they are doing now will improve access for the next win-ter
season. It will be better than the last couple of years,
Walker-Larsen said.
This should have winter fish-ermen and emergency rescue workers
relieved that even in low levels, the boats will be able to go out
and come in via the public launch.
BC Hydro is running ads and is distributing a flyer to residents
which discuss the project more in-depth.
Trisha shanksArrow Lakes News
Chamber of Commerce holds AGM meeting
The Nakusp and Dis-trict Chamber of Com-merce held their An-nual
General Meeting on Thursday night with attendance of 21 mem-bers.
There were a few changes to the board including the addition of
Trisha Shanks repre-senting the Arrow Lakes News.
President Peter Welk-erling gave a verbal re-port covering the
high-lights of the last year. During 2014, more than 13,000 full
colour bro-chures were given out, new signs were erected at both
ferry landings (Ga-lena and Needles), new ferry racking (brochure
display) was installed and then immediately sold out. Ferry racking
offers local businesses a slot to advertise their product or
service to the people travelling on the ferries and is considered
to be a very prominent and effective means of advertising in the
area.
Welkerling acknowl-edged the tremendous
job that the Festival Committee did with the years events,
namely the Mushroom Gala and the Festival of Lights held prior to
Christmas. He discussed some of the goals for this year. They
include hiring a new Events Coordina-tor since Craig Savage has
moved away from the area, a booth at the Calgary Outdoor Show and
updated signs at both entrances to town on Highway 23 and Highway 6
south of the village. The Chamber also hopes to purchase and erect
banners upon which the messages can be changed by adding and
removing letters, similar to a marquee.
Cedra Eichenauer gave a report about the Visitor Centre which
included some informa-tive statistics. During the 2014 tourist
season, close to 5,000 parties were served. Most were looking for
maps, direc-tions, attractions and facilities such as wash-rooms or
Wi-Fi. They gave out 3000 hiking and biking maps and
1500 winter guides. The website has had 54,600 page views with
visitors staying longer and view-ing more items.
Mayor Karen Ham-ling was on hand to swear all of the Directors
in. I want to thank the Chamber for being ex-tremely active,
putting on a number of things this year. And that was one of the
best Christ-mas events we have had in a long time, she said.
The meeting ended with former President Dawn Devlin present-ing
information and a survey on the West Koot Route, the new tour-
ism branding project which is a joint effort between several
com-munities in the West Kootenays. Their web-site states, The West
Koot Route is a peaceful two-lane highway which gives access to
this stun-ning landscape, winding through quiet lakeside villages,
traversing up and down rocky moun-tain passes, and serpen-tining
along cliffs that offer scenery rivaling any on the planet.
Devlin is busy con-ducting visits with many area businesses to
garner support and information to support the program.
Trisha shanksArrow Lakes News
Past President Dawn Devlin presents the West Koot Route at the
Chamber of Com-merce AGM held Thursday at Chumleys.
Photo by Trisha Shanks
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Ever since I moved into the Columbia Valley nine years ago, this
has been the time of year I tend to go a bit stir-crazy; actually,
more like a lot stir crazy. Im pretty con dent all of us valley
people living under the fog, are feeling it. Hav-ing grown up in
sunny Alberta, then to move here from Kimberley where I was usually
above the valley fog the winter gloom was quite a shock to my
system. It didnt take me long to realize that I wasnt the only one
su ering. e usually chatty and friendly community members instead
exchange only forced smiles or simple grunts as niceties in the
streets and grocery aisles. However, when that sun does decide to
shine, the town comes alive like a scene from Mary Pop-pins. People
virtually sing and prance in the streets, with smiles so bright
they are as blinding as the sun.
Yes, I take vitamin D supplements and have a sun lamp, but
nothing can replace the real thing. As I sit here writing this, I
can see the outline of the sun through the
fog mocking me while I dream of the warm tingles when the rays
of sunshine tickle my face. I have been Googling tropical vacation
deals for the past three weeks, but have given in to the fact that
it just isnt nancially possible for me. So how does a person get
out of this funk if they cant get to the sunshine?
I realized from quite a young age that the easiest way to put a
smile on my face and a bounce in my step is to listen to music.
Music will play in my house before I even grind my beans for co ee;
which speaks volumes as I really love my co ee. Once the music is
playing, its hard not to move and nothing heals the soul like
danc-ing. ere are many great music events in our community and the
surrounding area which o er ample opportunity to get your groove on
all winter long. Try a Zumba class, or belly- t if youre not
comfortable in a freestyle dance atmosphere.
ose combine with my next tip for combating the winter blues:
exercise. Not only is exercise good for your health, its
good for your mind. Go outside to ex-ercise if you can; fresh
air works won-ders. Living in a mountain paradise, trails abound
waiting for exploration by cross-country skis or snowshoers. Up the
Kuskanax valley, Wenseley Creek, Summit Lake, Summit Lake Ski Area,
the ats down by the lake and Rails to Trails here in town are just
a few examples of the beautiful places this area has to o er. And
as youre getting some fresh air and exercise its also a great time
to connect with your loved ones. Bring them along with you. Nothing
chases the blues away like the laughter you share with your dear
friends and family.
Music, dancing, outdoor exercise and being with good friends
have made a huge di erence to my sanity during the winter months.
ose, as well as daily reminders of how beautiful the rest of the
year is in this valley, are what stop me from packing my bags and
moving south. Keep smiling valley friends, keep dancing like we do;
the sun will be shining real soon.
When is a wolf a goat?
What if the way to curb our grow-ing global population was to
poison the food source or round up a variety of people from
different age groups and shoot them with a firing squad? This is
how ecologists and governments deal with growing populations of one
species or another. The humans kill our way out of everything. It
seems we always have.
Right now, the target is on the back of the wolves living in the
south Selkirk range. What is disturbing is the poi-gnant argument
both for and against the cull. There are scientists, ecologists,
politicians and more silently but no less involved, business
owners.
The worst of it is the method being used. It is
controversialinvolving noisy and invasive helicopters manned with
sharp shooters, which to us seems like a frightening and traumatic
way to die. There are laws around this. In 1993, a set of
guidelines was created to regu-late animal culling and nowhere does
it condone shooting from a chopper. The only humane way to shoot an
animal is in the brain, tough to do when youre hovering above them
as they run away from you at top speeds. Even if you are a sharp
shooteris there some sort of evaluation between a sharp shooter and
a shooter? No matter which side of the argument you are on, the
method is flawed and it isnt getting much air time.
Wolf packs will be unnecessarily splintered and the cull will
leave the scars on the remaining wolves. Why is nobody talking
about the fact that the wolf is being made into a goat- a
scape-goat? A convenient patsy for the loss of caribou at the hands
of deforestation of their preferred habitat- old growth for-ests.
But that is an argument for another day.
Our View
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Part one of a special report produced by Connected Communities
on the topic of seniors and their special needs, was published in
last weeks column. Part two follows.
I recently met with some Nakusp area seniors who expressed
concern over the lack of bus transportation services in particular,
which are designed to ensure that out-of-town medical appointments
as well as social opportunities can be attended with minimal
inconvenience. The goal is designed to enhance ones quality of life
and keep older members of our population living a comfortable and
affordable lifestyle within their own homes and communities.
Seniors are sometimes required to travel outside ones home base
in order to be able to access programs related to chronic disease
management. The fact is, those who are aged 75 years and over are
frequently the least familiar with computers. This results in them
not being able to access information con-cerning health related
issues and also benefit forms, which are required to be completed
as part of the mandatory application process. Whats more,
com-promised hearing or cognitive prob-
lems impair ones ability to navigate telephone options.
Many low-income seniors experience problems when needing to
drive long distances in order to access medical specialized
services. Some do not even own a car or have a drivers license any
longer. The question of affordability is another concern. A
round-trip for two running from Nakusp to Kelowna, for example,
stands as a major reason why
some appointments are cancelled in spite of their importance in
the patients achieving healing and wellness accord-
ing to plan.Self-respect and pride within the se-
niors age group can mean that these individuals are the least
likely to ask for help if they cannot afford it, and may result in
being forced to cut costs from somewhere else in order to manage
their budgets successfully. The stress of having to face these
difficult situations tend to negatively compound the im-pact of
dealing with ones health overall.
Connected Communities states in its report that the BC Ministry
of Health Services is challenged to accept respon-sibility for the
problems it has caused where it placed sustainability (mean-ing
affordability) over and above the five principles of the Canada
Health Act, which are mandated federally.
Health authorities and supporters are asked to deal with
problems ow-ing to the declining rate of available and affordable
medical and home sup-port services as well as the increasing
financial burden placed on not only the patients themselves, but
also their families. Whats more, the widening gap between the
quality of rural and urban health care is a major issue, which must
be addressed without delay.
Sincere thanks are expended to col-league Sally Williams, a
member of the Kaslo branch of Connected Com-munities, for keeping
me informed and aware of our mutual need to work together now and
in the future for the sake of maintaining current and up-coming
older residents, their families, care givers and stakeholders
overall.
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Seniors' ColumnMARILYN BOXWELL
Seniors'column
Pee Wee Falcons play final league gameLast Saturday, the
Nakusp
Pee Wee Falcons played their last regular league game against
Kaslo. Kaslo got on the scoreboard quickly but Devon Coates tied
the game a couple of minutes later, unassisted. Kaslo got the
go-ahead goal midway through
the second, but Coates tied it up 2-2, again, unassisted. In the
third period, Kaslo got two more goals to achieve a 4-2 lead, but
the Falcons still battled back. Coates got his third goal of the
game assist-ed by Ewan Carter to narrow the gap. The Falcons had
nu-
merous shots on net, but the Kaslo goalie was hot. Late in the
third period, Coates would get his fourth straight goal of the
game, assisted by Carter. Time ran out and Kaslo secured the 8-4
vic-tory.
The Falcons are now pre-
paring for their home tour-nament February 13-15 with teams
visiting from Kaslo, Vernon and Kamloops. Fol-lowing the home
tourna-ment, the Falcons will be travelling to Grand Forks to
participate in the West Koo-tenay playoffs.
Many low-income seniors experience problems when needing to
drive long distances in order to access medical specialized
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CommunitySmile of the Week
Brenyn Groenhuysen caught smiling at the Summit Lake Ski
Hill.
Photo credit Trisha Shanks
Heritage week in Arrow Lakes Continued from page 1
To do this work, we contacted Denis Stanley of the Arrow Lakes
News to print several small books to cover the costs the Pioneer
Cook Book, Christmas Stories, a poem book, the Arrow Lakes Indians
booklet and a reprinting of the PTA cook book that was printed in
1949 as a fund raiser to build the elementary school.
In 1989, through the help of a Feder-al grant, they printed
their rst book of the Centennial Series called Faces of the Past.
We had archival material brought to the Society from Milton Parents
hob-by of taping pioneers and copying their priceless pictures with
names and occa-sions already given. is made the writ-ing of the
book much easier because we already had the information needed. is
won them their rst Award for Historical Writing from the BC
Historical Federa-tion. As they sold their books, they saved the
funds from book sales to produce six more books. Port of Nakusp,
Silent Shores and Sunken Ships, Circle of Silver, and Bugles on
Broadway completing the ve books of the series. In 2001 Milton
Parent won the coveted Lieutenant Gov-ernors award for Historical
Writing for the book Circle of Silver. He then wrote Halcyon: a
Captains Paradise and Caulk-boot Riverdance. We have had to reprint
four of these volumes and we have them all in stock.
When a space for rent became avail-able in the Hydro o ce, the
Historical Society and the museum decided to sep-arate. ere had
never been any room in the museum for the archival material that we
were accumulating and which was stored and worked on in the
basements of
members. We moved into the new o ce at the Hydro o ce in 1999. A
er een years of being at this o ce, we wondered how long we would
be allowed to stay there and also what would happen if the valuable
items we had were put into stor-age. Photos, negatives, and paper
items would soon deteriorate. Milton decided to ask the Village of
Nakusp if we could build an addition onto the Centennial Building
that already housed the muse-um and the library. e village agreed
to the construction and a er several years we managed to build a
spacious o ce to house all our material.
On April 5 we opened our new o ce to the public and we were
thrilled to be able to have more room to do our work and to hold
meetings. rough another grant (Columbia Kootenay Cultural
Alli-ance), we managed to obtain funding to buy the desks, tables,
chairs, and an 80 TV set with complete sound system so that we
could show our slide shows to the public and hopefully to school
aged stu-dents in Nakusp as well.
With the sudden passing of author/
historian Milton Parent in 2012, we had to nd someone with
expertise to dig-itize the over 10,000 photos that Milton had
accumulated while taping interviews from 1972 on. Most of these
early pio-neers are gone but the photos are named and therefore
very valuable. Kyle Kusch has been working with us and is very
ca-pable of doing the work on the photos. So far, over 15,000
photos have been dig-itized and named and are available for the
slide shows that we have been putting on. Even though these photos
have been used in the books that we published and used in newspaper
articles, the photos were not given to the society until last year
as part of Miltons estate.
A book on the SS Minto is being pre-pared now and we hope that
it will be ready to publish next year. We will be doing more family
tree work as well, es-pecially of the pioneer families. We man-aged
to complete taking photos of the houses on the avenues and nding
the information of when they were built and by whom, and hope to do
the same on the streets of the town this coming year.
Lexus Coates and Elias Lampimaki work together on spelling a
word for the Unplug and Play weeks spelling bee held in their Grade
4 classroom. Inset: Jadyn Jansen and Saphryn Blattnig put their
heads together. Photo by Trisha Shanks
Historical books in stock and on sale at the Arrow Lakes
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Coach Eric Water eld with Jo Blackman at the Summit Lake Ski
Hill. Photo by Trisha Shanks
Blackman headed to Special Olympics provincials
Alpine skier Jo Blackman did so well at the region-als last year
that he is head-ed to the provincials later this month. Blackman
and his coach Eric Waterfield leave on Feb. 19 for Kam-loops where
he will compete against 40 other athletes.
Hell be competing in alpine skiing the slalom, giant slalom,
super G and downhill, Waterfield said.
Jo Blackman, who has an intellectual disability, started skiing
in elementary school. He has been working with Waterfield for
around eight years, since the age of 19.
Im excited about going
away. I get to ski on a big-ger hill with chair lifts, and
socialize over the weekend, said Blackman. Hes feel-ing the
pressure to perform though and admits he has more fun when hes not
com-peting.
Nationals are held every four years. Blackman will be one of
about 80 athletes com-peting in the skiing events. The Special
Olympics is for individuals with intellectual disabilities and not
to be con-fused with the Paralympics, which is for individuals with
physical limitations.
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TRISHA SHANKSArrow Lakes News
Nakusp alpine skier Jo Blackman practices regularly at the
Summit Lake Ski Hill in preparation for the Special Olympics
provincials being held in Kamloops later this month. Photo by
Trisha Shanks
Cypress Rose Wojnarowski and her mother Brendalee Morgan
attended the Nakusp Public Library annual general meeting on
Thursday. Photo by Trisha Shanks
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CASUAL HOME SUPPORTArrow & Slocan Lakes Community Services
has openings for Casual Home Support in the Nakusp, Burton,
Fauquier, Edgewood, New Denver and Slocan areas. Duties include
providing home support services to clients such as assisting with
activities of daily living. Successful candidate will have a Home
Support Certi cate or Residential Care Aide Certi cate, as well as,
a class 5 drivers license and current rst aid.
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Successful applicants must have a valid Class 2 BC Drivers
License including a valid air endorsement; minimum of Grade 12 or
its equivalent; and complete a medical exam-ination and Drivers
Abstract if hired.
The position will start February 16, 2015 until return of
incumbent or June 26, 2015.
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Application forms are available at the School Board office, 98
6th Avenue NW, Nakusp, BC or can be found online. Please submit
your application, including a detailed resume with a minimum of
three references by Thursday, February 12, 2015 to:
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applicants must submit to a criminal record search before being
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February 5 Curbside Recycling Pick Up Day. 7:30 to 8:30 a.m.
February 5 Mother Goose @ Nakusp Public Library 10 to 11 a.m.
Parents and babies welcome.
February 5 Nakusp Tai Chi @ the Legion 10 to11 a.m. Call Ruth
265-3353.
February 5 Strong Start a school based early learning program
for ages 0-6 years. @ Fauquier Communication Centre. 8:30 to 11:30
a.m.@ Edgewood Elementary School. 12:15 to 3:15 p.m.@ Nakusp Strong
Start Building at NES. 12:30 to 3:30 p.m.
February 5 Public Skating @ Nakusp Arena. 11:30 to 1 p.m. and 3
to 5 p.m.
February 5 Bingo @ Nakusp Legion. 6 p.m.
February 5 Nerd Night @ Nakusp Youth Centre. 7 to 10 p.m. For
more information contact Cassia @ 265-2000.
February 5 Badminton @ NSS Gym (Use gym door) for NSS students
and adults. $3 drop in rate or $30/year + $15/yr insur-ance
membership fee. Beginners welcome. Bring racquet and non-marking
indoor shoes. For more information call 265-3326.
February 5 African Drumming Group @ NaCoMo at 7:15 p.m. Bring
your own drum. New drummers welcome.
February 6 Strong Start @ Strong Start Building at NES. A school
based early learning program for ages 0-6 years. 9 to 12 p.m.
February 6-8 Public Skating @ Nakusp Arena. 3:30 to 5 p.m.
February 6 Drop-In @ Nakusp Youth Centre. 7 to 10 p.m. Re-member
its Free Ski Night @ Summit Lake! Youth needing a ride to and from
the hill, please call the Youth Centre to make arrangements.
265-2000.
February 7 Summit Lake Ski Hill Club Races Pre-registration $5.
Registration on February 8 until 9 a.m. is $10. Pre-register with
Nancy Plank by email at [email protected] or phone 265-3456.
February 7 Stew night @ Burton Community Hall. 6 to 7 p.m. Stew,
Chili, Perogies and Desserts. Fundraiser for the Burton
Seniors.
February 8 Summit Lake Ski & Snowboard Area Club Races @
Summit Lake Ski Area. 10 a.m. start.
February 8 Drop-In Floor hockey @ Burton Learning Center. 1 to 3
p.m. Cost $2.00 and a waiver must be signed before play. For ages
16 and up, or younger depending on ability.
February 8 AA Meeting 5 to 6 p.m @ the Terra Pondera Clubhouse
in Nakusp. For more information call 265-4216.
February 8 Music Recital by Nancy Bertoia and students @ Nakusp
United Church. Piano, clarinet and ddle. 2 p.m. Admis-sion by
donation.
February 9 School District #10 Closed for Family Day.
February 9 Bridge @ Nakusp Seniors Centre, every Monday 1:15 to
3:30 p.m. Cost is $2.50, and beginners welcome.
February 10 Public Skating @ Nakusp Arena. 11:30 to 1 p.m. and 3
to 5 p.m..
February 10 Badminton @ NSS Gym (Use gym door) for NSS students
and adults. $3 drop in rate or $30/year + $15/yr insur-ance
membership fee. Beginners welcome. Bring racquet and non marking
indoor shoes. For more information call 265-3326.
February 10 Village Council Meeting @ Nakusp Village Of ce. 6:30
to 7:30 p.m.
February 11 Strong Start is a school based early learning
pro-gram for ages 0-6 years. @Edgewood Elementary School. 8:30 to
11:30 a.m @ Nakusp Strong Start Building at NES 9 to 12 p.m.@Burton
Learning Centre 12:15 to 3:15 p.m.
February 11 Workshop Wednesday is an ongoing series of free
workshops designed to help you gain the skills and knowledge to get
a job. This week is:Using the Internet for Effective Job Search.
Learn basic internet skills including setting up email, effective
use of job search engines, on-line job applications and uploading
your resume. 9:15 to 11:30 a.m. @ ASLCS Building. For more
information or to register please call 265-3318
February 11 Coffee and goodies @ the Senior Centre in Nakusp.
Every Wednesday from 10 to 11 a.m.
February 11 Hosting International students information meeting @
Lucerne Elementary Secondary School library. 7 to 8 p.m.
February 11 Community Choir practice @ Saddleback Church. 7 to
8:30 p.m. For ages 19 years and up. Cost is $7 on your rst practice
only. For more information contact Marilyn Massey @ 250
265-4087.
February 11 Drop in @ Nakusp Youth Centre from 7 to 10 p.m. For
more information contact Cassia @ 265-2000.
February 11 P.A.L.S AGM @ Nakusp Public Library. 7 to 8 p.m.
February 11 Poker Night @ the Leland Hotel. Its free and
be-ginners are welcome. 7 p.m. start. For more information contact
Dan @ 265-3314.
February 11 AA Meeting from 7 to 8 p.m. @ the Terra Pondera
Clubhouse in Nakusp. For more information call 265-4216.
February 12 School District 10 Homestay Information Meeting.
7:00pm @ Nakusp Secondary School library. An opportunity to be
informed of everything you need to know about hosting a student.
For more information email: [email protected] or call:
250-265-3638 local 3312.
February 12 Hosting International students information meeting @
Nakusp Secondary School Library. 7 to 8 p.m.
February 12 ANKORS Mobile Needle Exchange@ Slocan Lake Community
Health Centre in New Denver. 1 to 1:30 p.m. Naksup 2:15 to 3:15
p.m. To arrange for a meeting place and/or for more information
please phone: (250) 505-5506 or Toll free: 1-800-421-2437, Cell
phone: (250) 777-0733
February 13-15 Nakusp PeeWee Falcons Home Tournament @ Nakusp
Arena. Come and cheer on your local Minor Hockey team! Raf e table,
50/50, concession, and much more.
Reminder: It is that time again to renew your Trails Society
Membership. For the very reasonable fee of $10 per person or $15
for a family you have an opportunity to support your local trail
system! Membership forms are available at Little Mountain Outdoor
Gear store and Meritxell Bookstore on Broadway Ave.
February is Fundraising month @ Nakusp Youth CentreAvailable
booking times and dates: Wednesdays 7-9 pm and Fridays between 7-10
pm. Special arrangements can be made for alternative times. Please
leave a message at 265-2000.
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Community
January 30, 1925 The entire district was
plunged into grief with the news that Mrs. A.D. Powell had
passed away. She had been suffering for some time with Addisons
disease. She had been a resident of Na-kusp for over 13 years.
January 31, 1935 Following the heavy
snowfall Sunday night, the government snow plow was unable to
leave Nakusp until Tuesday morning. The pres-ent equipment for
plowing snow is entirely too light. It seems ridiculous to expect a
plow with a blade less than three feet high to plow snow up over
six or eight feet high.
February 1, 1945 Mrs. Lana Anetta Blon-
din died in the Arrow Lakes Hospital Jan. 15, 50 years
after doctors had given her but a few months to live. She lived
to be 94 years of age. She first came to Kaslo in 1893 to work as a
nurse.
February 3, 1955 For the third successive
year Violamac Mine near Sandon has won the safety award as the
mine in Nelson district having the lowest accident rate.
February 4, 1965 A heavy snowfall last
Thursday disrupted power lines. Power was out in Na-kusp from 11
p.m. till 1 a.m.
February 4, 1975 Feb. 1 marked the 50th
anniversary of Mr. and Mrs. Merril Barrow of Nakusp. The couple
were married in St. Marks Anglican Church in Nakusp. They owned the
Leland Hotel from 1937 un-
til 1957.January 30, 1985 Harry Mayson has been
named Citizen of the Year. The Rotary Club of Nakusp has changed
the annual presentation of the Citizen of the Year format and
an-nounced the winner ahead of time.
February 1, 1995 Cathy Leahy is no longer
the Arrow Lakes Hospital administrator. She has been terminated,
Hospi-tal Board Chairman Mike George confirmed. We are not able to
give any reasons why. George said Leahy was let go on Janu-ary 24
and insisted the matter is still one of a con-fidential matter
regarding certain aspects of the fir-ing. A meeting on January 11,
called by the Arrow Lakes Hospital Society,
was a spirited evening of questions why Hazel Ross-man, the
director of nurs-ing, was let go last summer.
February 2, 2005 School District No. 10
and the Nakusp Energy Corporation (NEC) have recently agreed to
a busi-ness partnership that will see wood waste used as fuel to
heat Nakusp Sec-ondary School. The ar-rangement believed to be a
first in Canada will see NEC establish and oper-ate a Brayno boiler
at no cost to the school district or the village. It is
an-ticipated that use of the boiler will significantly reduce NSSs
use of pro-pane and result in a 30 percent reduction in the schools
annual propane bill which translated into about $9,000 to $10,000
in savings annually.
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NAKUSP BOAT RAMP REPLACEMENT PROJECT - CONSTRUCTION UPDATE
BC Hydro and Columbia Power are pleased to announce that on-site
construction to extend the Nakusp Boat Ramp will resume this month.
The project contractor is expected to start moving materials to the
site this week with on-site construction starting the week of
February 9.
The Arrow Lakes Reservoir water level is fairly low, and based
on current conditions, BC Hydro forecasts the reservoir water level
to continue to drop. On site construction work will continue as
long as water levels allow. The boat ramp will be closed for public
access while the work is underway.
Crews will place a series of concrete panels to extend the ramp
as far down as water levels will allow this season and place
crushed gravel at the base to improve boater access at low water
levels. All work this year must be done in the dry out of the
water.
BC Hydro and Columbia Power are committed to complete the boat
ramp to its design toe elevation of 420.5 metres (1,379.6 feet).
Planning is underway for a new approach to finish the low water
portion of the boat ramp in spring 2016 using in-water construction
techniques that will not rely on a coffer dam. The in-water work
will involve specialized marine construction equipment and methods
that require special permitting.
We will continue to provide updates as the project progresses.
For more information, please contact:
Jen Walker-Larsen BC Hydro Community Relations 250 814 6645
[email protected] 446
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REQUEST FOR PROPOSAL
TO PROVIDE WASTE COLLECTION SERVICES FOR THE EDGEWOOD AND BURTON
TRANSFER STATIONS
The Regional District of Central Kootenay (RDCK) invites
Proposals for the provision of waste collection services for Mixed
Waste as well as other materials for the residents of a portion of
Electoral Area K. The Contract shall be for period of five (5)
years.
It will be MANDATORY for Proponents to attend the SITE TOURS
scheduled for Thursday, February 19, 2015.
Proposals will be accepted until 2:00 pm PST, Thursday, February
26, 2015.
Proposal documents can be found on the RDCK's website
www.rdck.ca.
Brittny AndersonEnvironmental TechnologistRegional District of
Central KootenayBox 590, 202 Lakeside DriveNelson, BC V1L 5R4Email:
[email protected]
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narrow path or road 26. Old Tokyo 27. Bound map collections 30.
Deliquium 35. Brownish coat mixed with white 36. 3 banded S. Am.
armadillo 37. Coat a metal with an oxide 41. Slave-like 44. 1950s
TV Wally 45. City founded by Xenophanes 46. Hermaphroditic 50. Kale
plant with smooth leaves 54. Forelimb 55. Unassisted 56. Jeweled
headdress 57. Auricle 59. Competing groups 60. Cardinal number 61.
Light bulb inventors initials 62. Heat unit 63. Doctor of Education
64. Make a mistake 65. Point midway between S and SE
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charity 4. Scourges 5. Alias 6. Origins 7. Subjugate using troops
8. Dutch name of Ypres 9. Siskel and __, critics 13. Teaspoon
(abbr.) 14. Herb of grace 17. Brew 18. Kilo yard (abbr.) 20. Barns
wind indicator 22. Griffi th or Rooney 27. Macaws 28. 2000 pounds
29. Offi cial language of Laos 31. Clevelands roundball team 32.
Offi ce of Public Information 33. Chum 34. Before 38. Nation in the
north Atlantic 39. Apportion into sections 40. Skilled in analysis
41. More assured 42. ___ Musk, businessman 43. In a way, tells 46.
Immature newt 47. Hawaiian taro root dish 48. Extremely angry 49.
Wrapped up in a cerecloth 51. Expression 52. Paradoxical sleep 53.
Tooth caregiver 58. Swiss river 61. Tae 62. Erg 63. EDD 64. Err 65.
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Brother and sister duo Shelley and Doug Thring who perform
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