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March 1

Teacher strike to start Monday

The B.C. Teachers’ Association has served strike notice for Mon-day through Wednesday after teach-ers across the province endorsed the option in a province-wide vote.

The union was required to give two school days’ notice before being in a legal strike position, under a Labour Relations Board rul-ing on essential services that allows for up to three consecutive days of full strike action next week.

Education Minister George Abbott said Thursday that schools will be open, and it’s up to par-ents if they want to send children to school.

The LRB ruling prohibits picket lines, allowing unionized support staff to go to work. Administrators will supervise students, but normal instruction will not take place.

April 11

Spruce Grove Cafe founder Mar-garet Williams turns 100

Margaret Williams turned 100 on March 30 this year, with the cel-ebratory shindig being held at the Rotary Villa. Relatives came from all over southern B.C. to ring in the turn of her century.

Although born in a small house in Nakusp, Margaret grew up in Burton. The two-storey log house built there is still in the family, being looked after by younger gen-erations.

Her marriage to husband Alf saw her move to Edgewood. Even though he had lost an eye in an acci-dent as a boy, Alf was an excel-lent marksman, serving as a sharp-shooter. Both Margaret and Alf enjoyed hunting and fishing in the Kootenays, as a photo on display at the party of Margaret with a bear she’d shot proved.

Lively and sharp, Williams

recalled clearing the land, building and running the Spruce Grove Cafe. The restaurant saw a lot of business, too much for Margaret’s heart con-dition, so she moved on in life.

April 26

Smart meter critic comes to Nakusp

The Coalition to Stop “Smart” Meters’ presentation at the Bon-nington Friday, April 20 was the one-man show of Werner Hoffe-linck and a series of slides and short videos. Even with sound difficul-ties, the audience of 45 Nakusp cit-izens sat captivated by the informa-tion Hoffelinck put forward.

Originally an electromechanical engineer from Belgium, Hoffelinck now lives in Vernon and is volun-teering with the Coalition spreading the word about smart meters.

The talk started with a descrip-tion of electrohypersensitivity, a condition Hoffelinck himself claimed to suffer from. The human

body, the brain in particular, has a fine electrical balance, one that can be upset by wireless transmissions from devices like cell phones and smart meters, he said.

June 16

Happyface unhappy with contract

Local bottle depot Happyface recycling may be closing its doors as of June 30, if the little company that could and product stewardship corporation Encorp don’t see eye to eye.

At the moment, Happyface’s con-tract with the company has lapsed, and a new one has yet to be signed. Encorp Regional Operations Man-ager Doug Merrier has told depot owner/operator Wendyle Jones that unless Happyface accepts the agree-ment as it stands, Encorp’s third party transporters will cease pick-ups from the Nakusp-based depot.

For Jones, who has serious res-ervations about the contract, this

could very well mean the end of what was an increasingly success-ful business.

July 5

Casseroles’ clang heard in New Denver

In one corner of the Hidden Gar-den Gallery, a small party of New Denver residents quietly unwrapped the pots and pans they had brought with them and took to the streets on Wednesday, June 27, 2012. The small parade was a show of soli-darity with Les Casseroles in Mon-tréal, the movement that started as a student protest against increased tuition fees, which quickly turned into a demonstration against the current economic inequity in our society and has now bloomed into a much larger statement against mea-sures taken by the government to quell social protest.

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Water levels reached highs in 2012 not seen since the early 1990s. The high reservoir tides meant peril for ferries in the form of shortened cable lengths and floating debris. Claire Paradis/Arrow Lakes News

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July 13

Arrow Lakes Res-ervoir expected to rise until Sunday; debris choked

BC Hydro is continuing to limit discharge at the Hugh Keenley-side Dam in order to mitigate flood damage below the dam, which is located just west of Castlegar.

As a result, water levels on the Arrow Lakes Reservoir will con-tinue to rise until an expected peak on Sunday, July 15.

As of July 13, the reservoir was at 440.486 metres (1,445.16 feet), 0.386 metres (1.16 feet) above nor-mal full pool. It is rising at about 0.2 feet per day.

The water level is expected to reach 440.588 metres (1,445.5 feet) by as early as Saturday July 15, 2012.

This year recorded inflows to Arrow Lakes Reservoir from Feb-ruary to July 3 are the fourth high-est when compared to inflows recorded in other years since 1970.

“Without the operation of upstream Treaty dams, the peak flow in the Columbia River at Cas-tlegar [and] Trail would have been approximately double the current flow and within 5 per cent of the historic maximum flows seen in the major pre-dam flood years of 1948 and 1961,” said Revelstoke-based BC Hydro spokesperson Jennifer Walker-Larsen in a statement.

The high reservoir levels across the region are freeing and floating beached debris such as logs and stumps, creating a hazard for boat-ers.

The Shelter Bay/Galena Bay ferry has been forced to weave and detour through concentrations of stumps and logs in the past week.

Walker-Larsen said Hydro is taking steps to have contractors in place to deal with the debris. “Debris removal work is already underway with contracting crews and equipment mobilized on Arrow Lakes Reservoir. Currently we have a debris contractor en route to the Shelter Bay/Galena Bay area,” she said. “We expect the contractor to arrive and start work as early as Sunday July 15, the first priority being debris removal on the ferry route.”

Aug. 17

Internet disrup-tion interferes with meter instal-lation

After running into problems with interference in Silverton between BC Hydro’s new meters and local wireless internet service, Hydro has put a hold on installing meters in Fauquier, Burton and Arrow Park. All three communities rely on fixed wireless broadband for their inter-net access, and broadcast at 900 MHz.

“About a third of our people are on the 900 band,” said Fauquier Internet Society president Frank Poirier.

When Poirier received notice in the mail at the beginning of July that BC Hydro contractor Corix would be installing meters in town, he called the utility with his con-cerns about potential interference. He was told that the meter trans-mission would be at 928 MHz, and interference wasn’t likely.

Transmission of messages between the provincial utility and the small internet society seems to be an issue. Hydro representative Cindy Verschoor claims that Hydro “sent a direct email to the inter-net service provider in Fauquier to

make them aware of possible inter-ference issues.” According to Ver-schoor, Hydro is still awaiting a response from Fauquier.

“They made no effort to get in touch with us,” said Pat Kula from the Fauquier Internet Society.

Kula agreed that the meter trans-missions shouldn’t cause a problem in theory, “but you’ve got to know about the technology,” she quali-fied. “If [the meters] stayed to 928, then the theory is that they should be ok. But what seems to happen is that they’re broadcasting across the whole 900 spectrum.”

“We are still working with inter-net service providers to find a mutually agreeable solution,” wrote Verschoor, “In the meantime, we have temporarily stopped install-ing meters in areas where we are aware of possible wireless inter-ference issues until the situation is resolved.”

Sept. 23

Milton Parent posthumously awarded Queen’s Diamond Jubilee Medal

Milton Parent was awarded the Queen’s Diamond Jubilee medal posthumously by Senator Nancy

Greene on Sept. 11, 2012, in a cer-emony held at the Emergency Ser-vices Building.

The senator expressed her plea-sure at being part of the medal-awarding process, being able to honour individuals who make a dif-ference in their communities. She was aware that Milton was part of a team along with his wife Rosema-rie, who was happy she was able to receive the award on behalf of Mil-ton.

Nov. 2

Everyone is welcome to help build the Burton Community Learning Centre

The Burton Community Learn-ing Centre (BCLC) now has a board, as of August 2012, Isabelle Bergeron announced at the com-munity meeting held at the Burton School.

“Just because there are six of us on paper, everyone is welcome to the meetings,” she made clear, inviting the community to be part of the changes taking place at the school.

In a quick presentation, Bergeron outlined the board’s vision, values and principles and partnerships, the foundation of what would keep the school open to the community.

Learning and wellness, fitness, arts and culture, knowledge and skills, and food security were the values of the board, and their val-ues focus on community ownership and responsibility of the centre, an eye to maintaining sustainable and affordable access to creative pro-gramming while being environ-mentally responsible.

School District 10 and the BCLC are developing a shared use agree-ment for the building, and pro-grams like NSS’s Outdoor Educa-tion are already making use of the Burton School. The school district is responsible for all school-based programs, and according to the agreement will have priority access to the building.

A fire that blew out of control and threatened the Spicer farm got Nakusp Fire Chief Terry Warren hot under the collar. Claire Paradis/Arrow Lakes News

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NSS students keep Nakusp beautiful by planting flowers along Broadway. The students were fortunate enough to have warm sunny weather for it. Claire Paradis/Arrow Lakes News

Feb. 29

Aussie teacher exchange at NSS

Nakusp Secondary welcomes its new English and Social Studies teacher, Mr. Ken Cross, all the way from Mapleton, a small village near Brisbane, Aus-tralia. Mr. Cross came to our school through a for-eign exchange program for teachers. This one-year exchange is between him and Nakusp teacher Mr. Stuart Hobson.

Mr. Cross has been teaching for fourteen years, due to what he describes as being a lack of imagina-tion! He also works part-time at a snake interpreta-tion center. He chose to go on a teaching exchange because of his love of travel.

Retired teacher Gary Davidson, whom Mr. Cross met through bird-watching, connected his to Naksup. Mr. Davidson had been on the exchange to Austra-lia twice and contacted Mr. Hobson with the offer of a year-long exchange to Australia. After Mr. Hobson communicated with Mr. Cross, the two came to the conclusion that they were both very keen.

March 19

“The Arrow” is coming straight to you via the internet

“It’s a new day for community radio in the Arrow Lakes region with the formation of the Nakusp Community Radio Society (NCRS),” reads a recent press release from the group, and it’s true.

The new group has taken over CJHQ 107.1 FM “The Arrow” from the Nakusp Roots Music Soci-ety, giving the valley its first volunteer group exclu-sively dedicated to maintaining the community-run radio station.

The NCRS is a mix of old and new faces, with President Chris Ewings and Vice-President Kyle Kusch both having spent years with the radio station in its previous incarnations.

Another big move is out of the airwaves and on to online streaming, something that happened recently, thanks to a happy discovery.

“Because we have zero budget, we had to find a stable, free streaming platform,” Ewings explained. Now, with the ability to stream with relative stabil-ity, residents from all over can listen in.

The strength of the radio signal at the moment makes it to Carson’s Corner, maybe to Crescent Bay, but it’ll be fading out in the driveway, said Kusch. With streaming, the station is actually covering the area they’re mandated to, and beyond.

“Now, anybody in the world can hear it,” he said. The change has made all the difference to the little radio station that could.

May 2

Madden and Waterfields honoured

It was standing room only at the Rotary Citizen of the Year and Lifetime Achievement Award dinner Saturday, April 28. Honourees Suzie Madden and

husband John, and Nigel and Ruth Waterfield were seated at the head table with Rotary President Kees van der Pol and MC Dan Nicholson.

June 21

Aboriginal Day made for an original last day of school

School District 10 elemen-tary students spent their last day of school out in the sun, taking part in Aboriginal Day celebrations in Nakusp. Orga-nizers had erected a tipi where children could listen to stories, and there were stations that dis-played carving, offered ban-nock and jam, showed arti-facts, sold books. At one table, faces were painted and tempo-rary Native design tattoos were affixed to kids.

After lunch, students chose to listen to stories, watch films or play sports outside. Sounds like a great day at school, and it was. The difference on June 21 was that the focus was on aboriginal culture.

First Nation stories were told in the tipi, and the films were ones that the older elementary kids had made with the focus

on Aboriginal culture and his-tory. Film topics ranged from the retelling of legends to rec-reation of historical moments to tackling the enormous sub-ject of residential schools.

Out in the sports field, stu-dents learned how to play dif-ferent games, most of them from the Inuit up north. Sledge jumping, striker, the shoe game and more were played, but no face pulling (probably a wise decision).

At the heart of the tables and displays were several drums, and many people took their turn at them, playing together on the grandmother drum or on their own with the smaller drums. Each beat sounded out into the vast blue sky, signal-ling the end of school and the beginning of summer.

June 10

Dr. Diana Kelland honoured with rural service award

Local doctor Diana Kel-land was awarded the Rural Long Service Award at the 20th Annual Rural and Remote

Medicine Conference held in Whistler, B.C. on April 27, 2012.

The honour was bestowed by her fellow doctors in the Society of Rural Physicians in Canada (SRPC) in recog-nition of her 20 years of work in rural Canada. Dr. Kelland was among 20 physicians to receive the award this year, nine of which were from Brit-ish Columbia.

Over 700 physicians, res-idents, and students attended the conference in Whistler this year. Next year, the awards will be announced in Victoria as part of the conference.

July 30

Diamond Jubilee medals awarded in Nakusp

This year, 2012, is a year for celebrations! Not only because of the end of the Mayan calen-dar and the myths surrounding it, but because 2012 marks 60 years since Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II became the Queen of Canada.

In Nakusp, the pomp was marked by the Diamond Jubi-lee medal being given to two

local residents on Wednesday, July 18 during Music in the Park.

Dr. Norm Lea and Bea Anton each received one of the 60,000 medals to be awarded in Canada, presented by MP David Wilks for Kootenay-Columbia.

Sept. 6

St. John the Baptist gets new coat in Fauquier

St. John the Baptist Catho-lic church in Fauquier received a long-awaited exterior paint renewal in August and now gleams like new.

The church has been through many transformations and transportations over the years. Originally built in Burton with construction starting in 1925 and completed and consecrated for use in 1926, it was relo-cated to Fauquier during the Hydro flooding and townsite changes.

The new paint job on one of the town’s tourist draws was done this summer by Arrow Lakes Painting, who did a fine job, according to Pat Kula.

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The last of the logs coming to the Halfway log dump before the spring break and the unstable conditions dur-ing warming temperatures. Claire Paradis/Arrow Lakes News

Feb. 22

Discipline Fitness devoted to a healthy lifestyle

Tucked away behind the pharmacy, clinics and hair salon on the corner of Broadway and Nelson is Nakusp’s fit-ness facility, Discipline Fitness. The understated but fully stocked gym is easy to miss, unless you like tak-ing slow, leisurely walks through the town’s alleyways.

What owner Logan Marchischuk is aiming for is a space where people can come and feel comfortable while they pursue their fitness goals.

“It’s a process,” he emphasized, “Don’t expect to get a one month membership and lose 40 pounds. It’s like having 40 grand in debt. You’re not going to get rid of that in a month.”

For Marchischuk, it’s been both a very humbling and rewarding experi-ence.

“It’s been humbling being a role model to teen boys,” he answered when asked, “and ever since I was a teenager I thought it would be cool to own a gym.”

Discipline has made it happen; Marchischuk has created a space

everyone can come and feel better, inside and out.

March 25

Community forestry breaks for springtime

Wind and snow ushered in the ides of March around Nakusp. Although the thermometer read warm and warmer, the snow kept falling.

On the last week before the log-gers and school kids took their spring break, Jesper Nielsen, Nacfor man-ager, went to check out what was happening on the community forest blocks near McDonald Creek.

“This area’s called Slewiskin or McDonald Creek,” Nielsen said, as the truck headed up the numbered for-estry service road.

Operations are scheduled to shut down soon for the “spring break” which allows the roads to remain undisturbed during the wet spring sea-son, and ensures drainage patterns aren’t interfered with. As we start up the first fork in the road, mud changes to wet snow. Up above, it’s snowing on the mountainside.

“Diversion of drainage, that’s when things go wrong,” said Nielsen, who

has full confidence in the workers using the roads. “Experienced logging contractors are diligent and conscientious, partly because they’ve been scruti-nized for around twenty years.”

Aug. 19

Box Lake Lumber puts Nakusp on the map

If you keep your eyes peeled on the way out of town toward New Denver, you’ll spot a new sign on the side of the road just before Brouse Loop. It says: Box Lake Lumber 3 km.

If you turn off Highway 6 and drive up Wilson Lake Road to the mill, you’ll quickly see it’s a very busy place. Large trucks back in and are loaded, and forklifts and other machinery roam around the work

yard.It was bright skies and good weather the day that

the Seniors Association took their tour with Dan Wiebe, the mill’s owner, who guided the group of ten through the site’s operations, which employs around 40 people in two shifts.

Danny handed out bright orange earplugs to the seniors, and there were a few jokes about just turn-ing down hearing aids instead. Outside, the noise of the mill isn’t that bad, it’s the trucks and machines making their way through the site that are loud.

This is the third incarnation of the Wiebe mill that Dan has been part of, thanks to fires. With each rebuilding, Dan and his father took advantage of the opportunity to try something a little different. Box Lake Lumber now specializes in cedar products, from split rails to chips to bark mulch.

The lumber mill is a much-admired business, and Dan Wiebe was nominated for an Order of B.C. for his innovative, positive and hard-working approach. His nomination was supported by the Village and the Development Board as well as Tom Zeleznik, and

the letters they wrote all emphasize the importance of the mill for the Village, as well as Dan’s upstand-ing character. Unfortunately, he wasn’t chosen, but that’s alright; he’s still busy doing good work here in Nakusp, including taking time out of his busy day to lead a tour of seniors and one Nakusp journalist through the work site.

Sept. 23

New operator for Arrow Lakes ferries

The contractor that operates the Galena Bay, Arrow Park and Fauquier ferries is changing from Western Pacific Marine Ltd. to new contractor Waterbridge Ferries Inc. on Oct. 1, 2012, the Arrow Lakes News can confirm.

A B.C. transportation ministry spokesperson said the contract to operate the ferries was tendered this spring when the old one expired. Waterbridge emerged as the winning bidder.

The Arrow Lakes News spoke with represen-tatives from both companies and the ministry. All were reluctant to divulge details, saying an official announcement was pending.

The ministry said the contract had not yet been finalized.

Oct. 13

CMH and K2 bring energy and enthusiasm to new lodge

The change in signage and appearance at the Kus-kanax – now the K2 CMH Rotor Lodge – heralds a new partnership between the ski manufacturer and heli-skiing company. The collaboration is already wreaking change on the winter season in Nakusp.

The assembly of world-class skiers – each to

spend a week with guests at the lodge this winter – introduced themselves to NSS students, each con-veying their friendliness and down-to-earth nature through a quick autobiographical sketch...

K2 Global Marketing Manager Mike Gutt feels like the company and the town are a “natural fit.”

Nakusp was specifically picked out from all the CMH lodges thanks to its low-key, homey feel, Gutt told the Arrow Lakes News. “We had gone to two other lodges, but they were too high end, which didn’t fit K2’s style. We’re not hoity toity.”

K2 Skis started on Vashon Island off the coast of Washington between Seattle and Tacoma. Nakusp’s relaxed small town culture and extreme natural beauty reminded Gutt of the “little hippy island.”

After spending a down day off the slopes, visiting local businesses and hitting it off with folks in town, the seed was planted for the CMH-K2 lodge to take root in Nakusp.

“We’ve never done anything on this scale, so this is a lot of fun,” said Gutt.

Cedar chips, rails, fibres and more are processed at the Box Lake Lumber mill in Brouse. Claire Paradis/Arrow Lakes News

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March 4

Nakusp takes West Kootenay Peewee House banner

Nakusp was home to the league playoffs from Feb. 24-26, which saw seven teams visiting our town: Nelson 1 and 2, Cas-tlegar 1 and 2, Rossland/Trail 2 (the Wildcats, an all-girl team), Beaver Valley, and Boundary. Unfortunately, Rossland/Trail 1 decided to sit this one out.

Games were played starting

Friday and ran until Sunday after-noon when the final game decided who would take home the West Kootenay banner.

The crowd’s excitement could be heard through the walls on Sunday. It was Nelson 2 ver-sus Nakusp in the finals and it sounded like everyone was los-ing their heads watching a really great game.

And it was a great game, pretty much as good as it gets. The teams were well-matched

in skills, and both teams had a couple of taller players that had already started sprouting up in the mix as well.

Five on five overtime resulted in no change in the tied 4-4 score, so on to the final option: shoot out. Nakusp’s first shot went wide, but Nelson’s didn’t get in either. Both players who were up next for the teams made their shots, but Nakusp got a second one in and the Peewee Falcons erupted from the bench.

Helmets and gloves and sticks rained down, and the crowd sup-plied the thunder for the storm of excitement that took place on the ice and in the stands. The feeling

of pride and accomplishment was overwhelming. Once the noise died down, the announcement that the Falcons had won the ban-ner was officially made, and the team carried their hard-won pen-nant around the rink in victory.

March 10

West Kootenay Nancy Greene Zone final

The Summit Lake Racers were excited to host the West Koote-nay Nancy Greene Zone Final ski races on Sunday, March 6. This was a big event for our hill which welcomed and accommodated 125 competitors (6–12-year-old racers) from all over the West Kootenays.

March 22

Fishing for a little March Mad-ness at derby

Over a hundred people turned out for the first annual March Madness Derby sponsored by the Nakusp Esso. Folks from Wash-ington, Alberta, the coast and many from the Kootenays reg-istered and got their boats into the water for a couple of days of March weather and sport.

Ali and Dustin Raskob, the owner-operators of the gas sta-tion, pinned all the credit on Michael and Shawna Lagore. The Lagores are avid fishers, and love to travel to derbies but wanted one on their own lake. The irony is, organizing the event meant they weren’t able to do any fish-ing themselves.

May 27

Junior Golf aims for fun as well as skills

On a given Friday afternoon for the next few weeks you’ll likely find youngsters from around Nakusp swinging their clubs at Linda Henke’s driving range learning the basics from her and Golf Pro Burt Drysdale.

This year, the Junior Program has 59 kids enrolled, and for the ease of both kids and instructors, there are three classes running each week.

For the younger kids taught by Linda Henke, the goal was to get the iron to hit the ball. To Henke, the aim was to get the kids to learn the skills so they could play if they ever wanted to.

“I’m not out to make you pros,” said Henke, “but to give you the skills to play.”

The Nakusp Midget Falcons had an excellent year in 2013, which culminated in hosting the provincial tournament. Claire Paradis/Arrow Lakes News

Doug Brown cuts it close to the barrel at the last Nakusp Gymkhana. Claire Paradis/Arrow Lakes News

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Jan. 15

An introduction to zen and the art of bird watching

Walking along third avenue, I spied birder Chris Siddle, the man you may have seen wandering the streets of Nakusp last week with a pair of binoc-ulars.

“I look like a perv,” Siddle said jok-ingly when we met up, “but if anyone asks, I say ‘I’m with Gary’ – no last name – and they know I’m doing the bird count.”

He had already found a treat today in the compost at Spicer’s: a Wilson’s Warbler who has decided that the heat from the decomposing vegetable mat-ter is preferable to Central America this winter.

Birders’ best finds are often found near or even in human wastelands. Sid-dle related that some of his best birding days were spent near sewage lagoons. In Fort St. John, he saw an amazing 72 species in one hour, and the ironically named “Sweetwater” sewage lagoons in Tucson, Arizona are a hot spot for birders.

“They don’t advertise they’re sew-age lagoons,” Siddle said dryly, “but they are.”

Siddle traveled from Vernon to come help with the bird count in Nakusp. Like most visitors, he likes the quiet and the remoteness.

There are too many people and too much traffic in the Okanagan now, he said.

“Too many birders?” I asked.

“That too,” he confirmed, something not unique to the Okanagan. Down at the coast, Siddle had witnessed bird-watchers outnumber the owls they were watching. Some of the “watch-ers” were so engrossed in their pho-tography that they kept moving in on the birds’ territory and crowding them, a big no-no. That kind of behaviour impacts the birds, and impacts bird watching too, Siddle told me.

May 31

Getting smart about the birds and the bees

Sex. That’s right; what you’re about to read is all about the “birds and bees,” or at least what it takes to teach our kids about it.

Often a complex topic that many parents find difficult to broach and more kids find totally embarrassing to talk about with their moms and dads, sex can be a subject of intense curios-ity and mystery.

Teresa Weatherhead, the newly-minted official sex educator in Nakusp, has been bringing “Sex Talks” to schools in the area for years. Now that she has completed her training, she can help more kids get a good education about the facts of life.

“Parents can have a hard time talk-ing to their kids. It can cause great anx-iety to a parent to have to know quite how to go about the task,” said Weath-erhead. Kids who get education in school can go home with specific ques-tions that can make The Talk a little easier to navigate.

Aug. 24

Anthropological research starts with local artifacts

If you travel up and down the shore of Upper Arrow Lake enough, you’re likely to find arti-facts of first nation people who populated the area long before Europeans came here. In fact, you might have already held an artifact in your hand and not known it.

Picking a small, flat-bottomed pestle from the table full of shaped stones, Charles Maxfield told me it had been painted green and used by a local family as a door stop.

“Most people would just walk by these,” Maxfield said, but their subtle shaping caught his eye, so he picked them up.

The arrival of Nathan Goodale and Alissa Nauman, anthropolo-gists, and David Bailey, geologist, and a handful of their students was announced by the barking of the dogs.

Hailing from Hamliton Col-lege, a small college in upstate New York, the researchers were spending three days in the area collecting data and visiting private collections like Maxfield’s. Goo-dale and Nauman have been work-ing on uncovering the site of sev-eral pit houses south of Slocan, and each year they invite the pub-

lic to visit the site in July during their summer school.

Oct. 25

‘Jet-propelled chess’ available in arena

The faded pink flamingo clock in 80s art deco style tells the right time twice a day: five minutes to eight. The clock is a reminder of the faded heyday of racketball (back before squash got big) and the opening of the Nakusp squash court.

Rod Dahlen remembers those days. He was one of directors on the board who built the new arena, and he remembers it was Dick Chambers that encouraged the building of a squash court. The decision was made in 1983, and the court was built by Gary Grout, among others. Like many others in town, Grout was soon stuck on squash as a sport of choice.

The surge in squash’s popular-ity (and the decline of racketball) synergistically dovetailed with the new court, and during the 90s, the Nakusp Squash Club had over 100 members, with some players at the top of the game in B.C. The last tournament the club held was three or four years ago.

Now, however, numbers have dropped to under 20 in the club. Why the drastic change?

“There are no young peo-ple taking up the sport,” said for-

mer long-time squash club presi-dent Dahlen. Current club presi-dent Bill Sones pointed out that of the 18 or 19 members, only seven were under 40 years of age.

Nov. 5

The Kootenay means snow, sleds and ...fine wine?

Wine making is complex. Grapes must be picked, crushed and pressed, each step having a million variations for a million dif-ferent types of wine.

There are, also, a million types of things that can go wrong. The wine could be too sweet, or too dry. It could come out hazy.

It could smell of wet dog, or, apparently, nail polish remover. Even wine-making giants still have problems from time to time, which is why Jody Scott’s oper-ation, “The Vine House” is so impressive.

Sunset Ridge Bed and Break-fast sits at the end of a long drive-way at the end of a long road. Tall trees line both, rendering it rather somber and dark. The prop-erty itself is open, allowing you to gaze at the impressive mountains the Kootenays are known for. It is here, in the cold and the wet, that Jodi Scott makes wine.

Trail Society trailblazers take a break from creating hiking pathways through the sur-rounding forest. Photo courtesy Trail Society

A Mountain Bluebird rests and shows off his brilliant colour. Photo courtesy Gary Davidson

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March 4

See how Deep Runs the Canyon

Plunging down a fifteen-foot waterfall into the roiling rapids of a Kootenay creek is paddler and videographer Carl Jacks’ idea of a great time, and it shows. In fact, it’s showing in New Denver as part of the North Valley Mountain Film Festival.

“Deep Runs the Canyon,” 34-year-old Jack’s latest doc-umentary film, mixes artistic visionary elements with stories of local whitewater kayaking adven-ture. Filmed throughout the West Kootenays, the film follows the Endangered Creeks Expedition, a collective of area paddlers con-cerned about the offsets of Run-

of-River hydroelectric projects.“Much of the footage is from

around Nakusp,” Jacks told the Arrow Lakes News over the phone last week, “The Kuskanax is a hidden gem in the area.”

May 4

Wassabi Collective schools kids in rock

Classes were clapping along to Stevie Wonder and rocking out to Nirvana when Nelson’s Wassabi Collective came to town Wednes-day, April 25. Finishing the last leg of their ankle-biter tour, the musical group brought a whole lot of sound to Nakusp’s two schools.

The group has been playing to a different, much shorter crowd than their usual for the last two weeks, touring schools through-out the Kootenays from Cres-ton to Kaslo, to New Denver and Nakusp, and it sounded like a happy change.

“Usually we play at festivals and bars,” said singer-drummer Jimmy, “It’s really great to play

for you kids.”July 2

2012 Burton Beach Daze sog-gy but still fun

After what can only be described as a sodden start to summer, the forecast for Burton’s Beach Daze looked grim. Not only were there (more) rainfall warnings being issued by Weather Canada, but not a severe thunder-storm was being predicted.

Despite the doom and pre-dicted gloom, Friday was one of the few really beautiful days of summer yet, even though a haze did overtake part of the afternoon. Still, the evening was lovely, and enthusiasm was undiminished

even by thunder and lightning in the distance.

Saturday morning the ground was wet at Burton Beach, but no rain was falling, and the parade line up was a motley and merry crew of Burtonites dressed for anything. Togas, heels, horses; the variety from the hamlet was alarmingly funny.

July 6

Hooking show has punch

“My daughter tells people I teach punching to hookers,” joked artist Sara Judith, “and I sell drugs when I’m not hooking” (she’s also a pharmacist).

Sex? Drugs? Where’s the rock’n’roll? Actually, none of the three were the subject of the most recent show at the Hidden Garden Gallery.

Judith and her co-exhibitor Heather Fox are textile artists whose chosen medium is hooked and punched rugs, a kind of craft that utilizes traditional tech-niques of pulling or pushing dif-ferent kinds of material through a grid backing to create beautifully designed rugs.

July 5

Nakusp 120th birthday a soggy celebration

Beautiful weather came and went the week before the July 1 long weekend, and the variable forecasts had everyone guess-ing whether they’d be dressing in their vintage bathing costume or antique wellingtons.

Saturday arrived at last with a good start: sun breaking through cottony clouds, but it didn’t last. By the time the dog contests were being held on Broadway, the sky had thickened with clouds and was dumping rain.

Aug. 4

Nakusp’s first rodeo gets town hootin’ and hollerin’

Over the past week, Nakusp seemed to have been filling up with people from out of town. New faces from new places pop-ulated the streets, and accommo-dations, many but not all of them here for the First Annual Nakusp Rodeo.

J.R. Bruvall, the rodeo orga-nizer responsible for bringing C+ Rodeos to our town, had said he was a little concerned that he had hardly any ticket sales locally before the event. Taking a look at the crowd in the stands on Satur-day, July 28, it looked as though there were quite a few locals who had decided last minute to see what all the commotion was about.

Scattered around the site were merch tents and games for kids, including a mechanical bull and two shooting areas. An inflatable “OK Corral” had a bucket filled with water guns that kids could use to reenact a much cooler and less fatal version of the legend-ary final shootout. Livestock were corralled, waiting for the main events, with bulls lying in the heat, conserving their strength.

Summer had arrived, includ-ing a late thunderstorm on Friday evening that put a bit of a damper on the Friday night events, namely the dance held out at the rodeo grounds. Other than that, it was hot and clear, with the big-gest challenge for the folks sitting in the stands and not wrestling, roping or riding was keeping cool and shaded.

Dec. 1

Listen, can you hear the sing-ing rocks of Na-kusp?

Where can you find singing rocks? In the basement of the Nakusp Arena. The ice is in and the rocks are waiting for you in the curling rink.

Local painter Sharon Bamber was one of several to take part in the Columbia Basin Culture Tour. Claire Paradis/Arrow Lakes News

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Attention, Aquarius. Someone close to you has something to say, and they need you to listen. A home improvement project turns out better than expected.

It’s a tall order, Pisces, but it’s not impossible. Gather your supplies and the troops and get crackin’. A report receives glowing reviews just in time.

Please, Aries. You are a go-getter, but sometimes you go too far. Keep that in mind this week as you work with others to get a project off the ground.

Stop dragging your feet, Taurus. You know what needs to be done, so do it. The sooner you finish, the sooner you can move on to something you really want to do.

Pragmatic Gemini. You’re always looking to get things done well in the shortest time possible, but sometimes just won’t work. Patience is key.

Clarify, Cancer. Make certain you are understood on all accounts this week. Leave nothing to chance. A friend drops by with an unusual request.

Bickering rarely solves anything, so put a stop to the madness the first chance you get, Leo. You will get nothing done if you don’t.

A loved one has a meltdown, and you’re left to pick up the pieces. You can do it, Virgo, and you will do it well. A new do lifts spirits in more ways than one.

Clam up, Libra, and you will regret it. Prepare to present your idea and watch the sparks fly. The to-do list nears completion with an addition.

A change in attitude picks up the pace, and the team finishes well ahead of schedule. Bravo, Scorpio. Your efforts won’t go unnoticed.

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Take care of things on your own this week, Gemini. Others around you will be just as busy, so put your head down and get started on the many tasks at hand.

Sarcasm is not the right approach this week, Cancer. Focus on being amiable to all of the people you interact with the next few days and reap the rewards.

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You won’t be able to rest until you solve a problem that has been bugging you, Sagittarius. But the solution won’t immediately present itself.

Sometimes it takes more time and money than it’s worth to follow through with something that originally seemed like a good idea. Don’t think of it as giving up but redirecting.

It may take a little more time to work through the long to-do list, but that will make the satisfaction of getting the job done that much more worth it, Aquarius.

Words can be interpreted in many different ways, Pisces. Choose what you say wisely so you don’t give anyone the wrong impression.

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Alfred (Sonny)Roy McGregorBorn: May 9, 1925

Residence: Nelson, BCPassed: Dec 18, 2012

Sonny passed away peacefully on Dec 18, 2012 at Kootenay Lake Hospital surrounded by his loving family.

He was born and raised in Crawford Bay to Roy and Dorothy McGregor, one of the pioneer families in the area. His many occupations included logging, mining, farming and small businesses which included the Crawford Bay store, the Riondel store and the Kokanee Springs club house. He enjoyed his retirement years on the McGregor farm cutting wood to keep the home fires burning and going south in the winter.

Sonny was a loving husband, a caring father and a loyal and trustworthy friend. He liked nothing better than having friends over and debating the issues of the day. He touched the heart of everyone he met and he will be greatly missed.

He his survived by his loving wife of 62 years, Joanne, three children, Wayne (Connie), Keith (Wendy), Heather (Rob) and six grandchildren, Lexi, Lori, Mike, Desiree, Clinton and Lavonne, and four great grandchildren. He is also survived by one sister Winnie Charlton of Vanvouver and several nieces and nephews.

Cremation has taken place and at Sonny's request there will be no service. As an expression of sympathy, family and friends may make a donation to the Kootenay Lake Hospital Foundation or their charity of choice.

The family would like to thank Dr Noiles, Dr Grant and the third floor nursing staff at the Kootenay Lake Hospital for the wonderful care he received during his stay there.

Funeral arrangements were under the direction of Thompson Funeral Service Ltd. Online condolences may be expressed at www.thompsonfs.ca

Heavy Duty Mechanic Wanted Yellowhead Road & Bridge (Kootenay) Ltd. is looking for a Mechanic for our New Denver facility. Applicants should hold a valid TQ for Heavy Duty or Commercial Transport and a Motor Vehicle Inspectors Licence.

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