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RCMP crusier set ablaze, police seek public’s help

The Slocan Lake RCMP have released a photo of a police cruiser which was set on fire back in December.

At 2:45 a.m. on December 19, 2013 Slocan Lake RCMP responded to the report of a fire in front of the RCMP Detachment in New Denver.

Police attended to discover the front of the vehicle fully engulfed in flames.

The New Denver Fire Department attended and were able to extinguish the fire prior to it spreading to the detachment. No injuries were sustained as a result of the fire, however the vehicle was burnt beyond repair.

The vehicle and scene were examined; evidence obtained indicates that the fire was suspicious in nature. Anyone with information regarding this incident is asked to call the Slocan Lake RCMP at 250-358-2223 or Crimestoppers at 1-800-222-TIPS.

Slocan Lake RCMP are asking the public for help to solve a suspicious police vehicle fire which occurred on December 19, 2013 in front of the detachment in New Denver. Courtesy RCMP

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Water and sewer rates on rise, but operating costs still unknown

Water and sewer bills will be going out next month, but setting the rates with an eye to the future has been a challenge for the Village due to major utility projects still being in the works.

In order to understand how the proposed

rates for water and sewer are set, Nakusp mayor and council attended a presentation by CAO Linda Tynan, CFO Rob Richards and Director of Operations Mike Pedersen.

The two utilities have had major proj-ects in construction for years now, and unknowns about what it will take to run them has made forecasting costs difficult. Once the sewer and water treatment plants are up and running, long term financing

strategies will be possible and a priority, said Tynan.

The major overhaul of both sewer and water treatment was long overdue, said Pedersen, who told council that Nakusp has been close to its maximum capacity for both for a long time.

“Did you know the Village was experi-encing a water crisis?” he asked. Growth in the population has been severely limited by water and sewer capacities. For example, a shift in the course of the Kuskanax River one year had resulted in the need for water-ing restrictions. The inability of sewage lagoons to empty in time for more waste input was another sign that major changes needed to be made.

Without the new water system, Nakusp has been using water that is techni-cally untreated. Although the water is fil-tered and chlorinated, the water is consid-ered untreated. With the new system that includes UV treatment, the Village will be bringing its system into compliance with water regulations.

What the cost of that compliance actu-ally is, is still unknown. Although Pedersen said that at the moment chemical costs are high and likely higher than what they will be with the new system as the amount of chlorine required will drop, what operating costs will be are still undetermined.

A bright light on the water side is the micro-hydro plant, which was not only

financed 100 per cent by grants as a green technology, but will also be generating money as well as power. The plant was started up on Wednesday, Jan. 15, and a conservative projection is that it will bring in $30,000 a year.

Mayor Karen Hamling commented that it was indeed one of those projects where Hydro “pays us [as small power produc-ers] more than we pay them” that has been criticized for driving up consumer Hydro rates. In this case, it’s to the advantage of the Village.

Another part of the water system upgrade is the development of Well #2, a second source of water that with its flow rate of 60 litres per second (versus the first well which flows at 25 litres/second) will easily supply redundancy for the entire water sys-tem. It will also make expansion of water up the north road a possibility.

With the need for an upgraded sewer system, the Village took advantage of the opportunity to develop green components such as a water reclamation system. This system will filter water and make it usable for irrigation of fields and green space in the Village. Grants that have made work on the waste water system have been available because there are innovative green com-ponents, which have been drawing a lot of attention from around the province.

Mike Pedersen explains part of the Nakusp water system to NSS students as part of the Know Your Watershed Program. Courtesy Know Your Watershed

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NADB and Chamber visit Jan. 13 Nakusp council meeting

There was a bit of an audience for the Jan. 13 Nakusp council meet-ing. Two annual reports were given to council; Laurie Page presented for the Nakusp and Area Develop-ment Board and Cedra Eichenauer presented for the Chamber of Com-merce.

Annual Reports from NADB and Chamber of Commerce

Laurie Page’s Prezi-powered presentation impressively showed not only what free software can do, but also what NADB has done in the past year and where they’re headed. The organization is very proud to have representation of and collaboration between many dif-ferent sectors of the community on their board, said Page, which has a huge value.

As for projects, NADB’s Busi-ness Retention and Expansion sur-vey run by Vivien Berry is now in the action phase, moving on the data gathered by the survey. The Business and Organization Direc-tory is also now up and running, a great resource that makes it easy to find information and services in the region. A Tourism Marketing orga-nization under the leadership of Peter Welkerling is on task to coor-dinate strategic marketing for the area as well. NADB is interested in the Waste Wood 2 Rural Heat proj-ect too, and hopes to be involved with projects that arise.

Like all annual reports, the NADB’s asked and answered the question: why would the Village continue to invest $6,000 a year.

The amount is small change, said Page, but it builds up and is better than asking for money when there’s a large project. Even so, the Chair was pleased that the NADB was able to provide seed funding for projects that serves the double

purpose of providing cash as well as showing community support.

But the money isn’t the most important thing the Village gives the NADB, said Page. It’s the responsiveness from the Village and the continued participation of councillors at meetings that is the most valuable.

Councillor Joseph Hughes asked Page if she thought that there was more collaboration over the years, to which she replied that the people at the table are really really good, working together with no egos.

Cedra Eichenauer presented the Chamber’s annual report which focused on an ever-increasing need for the visitor’s centre to be available more to tourists. At the moment, the centre has reduced hours during the winter, but the emails keep coming in.

“Because we’re closed on week-ends, we don’t know who we’re missing,” Eichenauer told council. The chamber would like to be open more hours – the intent every year – but their hopes are bigger than their budget.

Roughly 6,000 parties came through the centre last year, and $2 million was spent in Nakusp by overnight visitors. Visitor Centre staff help to get people to stay and explore – and spend their money – said Eichenauer. It helps that both she and Elaine Lindsay have more than one language under their belt too.

“There are a lot of repeat vis-itors,” Eichenauer told council, “ and they remember us.”

The chamber is requesting an increase of their funding from the Village from $10,000 a year to $15,000 a year for operations at the Visitor’s Centre.

Comptroller’s response about Nakusp wharf

With clear frustration, Nakusp mayor Karen Hamling brought up the Comptroller of Water Rights’ response to the Village’s request to

BC Hydro for maintenance of the breakwater and year-round access to the water via the wharf.

“Council subsequently appealed to the Water Comptroller for an interpretation of the initial order. As evident by the letter attached, the Comptroller of Water Rights is not prepared to order BC Hydro to comply with either of these requests by the Village at this time,” read the staff report.

“The CAO and I have had con-versations with them and I don’t know if they’re not understanding our communications,” said Ham-ling about discussions with Hydro and the Comptroller.

The mayor said Hydro is claim-ing that the marina is protecting the wharf and therefore no break-water is needed at this point. Ham-ling pointed out that the marina is therefore taking the beating that the breakwater should be blocking.

“The marina’s going to deteri-orate,” she said. “Why should we lose one facility and then have them come in and do it. I’m totally frus-trated with this.”

Hamling also said Nakusp was exempted from the seasonal access order initially.

CAO Linda Tynan said there was no indication that the Comptroller was looking at the technical part of the letter the Village sent, and said his decision was his interpretation and does not supersede law.

The ramp will be extended to 420.5 metres, and this will be under water most of the time, although the water may still drop below this level, but the issue may become one of who will be maintaining the ramp in the winter. The letter from the Comptroller indicated that the terms of reference did not require BC Hydro to plough and maintain the ramp during winter, and if they have been doing so it has been at the Crown corp’s discretion.

NACFOR shareholder clarity sought

NACFOR is looking to hand out a bunch of money, but a few wrin-kles need to ironed out to make it easier in the future.

“We’re talking about the poten-tial for a fairly significant amount of money for the community,” said CAO Tynan, who said she felt awk-ward in the course of researching NACFOR’s profit disbursement.

She said it felt awkward because council hasn’t had a strategic plan-ning session envisioning the Vil-lage of Nakusp, the role of the sole shareholder, has not been made clear, nor how the funds will be best distributed to serve the com-munity as a whole.

As the shareholder, the Village could determine that the profit dis-tribution come as dividends payable to the municipality for distribution to the community or as an operat-ing expense payable directly from NACFOR to community groups. If the profits were to come as div-idends, they could be used to pur-chase Village assets like the Cedar Chalets, said Tynan as an example.

Council voted that for this year that council direct NACFOR to distribute funds in the community this year as outlined in the busi-ness plan, but also that council sit down and clarify the Village’s role as NACFOR’s stakeholder.

Springs rate increase hotly debated

At about a six per cent increase, rates will be going up at the Nakusp Hot Springs, and not everyone is happy with the changes. One pro-posed change was to the Youth cat-egory from ages 6–17 to 4–17. Councillor Joseph Hughes made the point that a four year old with a parent is like one person compared to a more independent six year old.

“I think we want to be sup-portive of younger families,” said Hughes. Other councillors agreed and the category was switched back to 6–17.

Hughes was also not impressed

with the removal of a locals’ rate, arguing “the hot springs are a com-munity asset that we want the com-munity to use.”

CAO Tynan said what “local” means was unclear and led to dif-ficulties to staff. She also said that getting locals to the springs was part of the rationale for the inclu-sion of passes with tax forms. A season’s pass would be a great way for locals to get the most out of the springs, but more research needs to be done, said Tynan.

Hughes said he was really both-ered that accommodators are given a reduced rate lower than the punch pass rate. Councillor Guy Duch-aine said the tickets were loss lead-ers designed to promote the hot springs, hopefully drawing people back again.

The first, second and third read-ings of proposed changes to the Nakusp Hot Springs rates passed, with Coun. Hughes voting in oppo-sition.

Three biomass possibilities discussed

A report prepared by Wood Waste to Rural Heat’s (WW2RH) David Dubois outlined different costs and benefits associated with developing biomass projects to heat various Village structures. Depend-ing on the location of the proj-ect, the estimated costs of a bio-mass project range from $50,000 to $200,000. Heating the Public Works shop with biomass would cost around $50,000; the Emer-gency Service Building, $150,000; The Arena, $200,000. Proximity to other buildings that could bene-fit from biomass heating is one fac-tor taken into consideration as well.

Although there are not funds available to help with the project at the moment, a public-private part-nership is one possibility raised by Coun. Tom Zeleznik, who said he could have more to bring as infor-mation to budget discussions.


Although the history slideshow at the Nakusp Public Library on Jan. 25 is sold out, word is there will be another show this spring. Courtesy Arrow Lakes Historical Society

Making history again in future

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The Village of Nakusp invites proposals from individuals or organizations for Municipal Campground Operator for the 2014 camping season. General duties will include overall management of the campground, collection of fees, cleaning and maintenance of the campground. Details of this opportunity are outlined in a Request for Proposal-Campground Operator and RFP packages are available at the Village of Nakusp Office, 91-1st Street NW, Nakusp BC or on the Village website at www.nakusp.com.

The contract period will be negotiable and may include a right of renewal for 1-2 years upon mutual negotiation. The campground is open from May to October.

All submissions for responding to this request must be submitted to the Village of Nakusp Office, as stated below, on or before the following date and time (the “Closing Time”):

Time: 4:00 pm local timeDate: Friday, February 14, 2014

Late submissions will not be accepted. Submissions will not be opened in public.

Please submit proposals to the Village of Nakusp Chief Administrative Officer before the Closing date and time addressed to:

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RDCK okays ungraded lumber as ‘alternate solution’

Small sawmills in the Regional District of Central Kootenay are poised to benefit from changes to the way ungraded lumber is han-dled.

Several local mills without qualified graders on staff want to sell unstamped, ungraded lumber for construction but have been prevented from doing so under the BC Building Code.

However, in a memo, develop-ment services manager Sangita Sudan said the regional district has the power to come up with “alternative solutions” — in this case allowing ungraded lumber

as a building material so long as the mills “gain and demonstrate proficiency in lumber grading.”

This can be achieved through a certificate or diploma available through Selkirk College, and the board agreed last week a diploma is sufficient.

Buyers of ungraded lumber would also be supplied with a let-ter explaining quantity, species, grade, and moisture content, and a copy would be kept on file with any building permit application.

“I’m ecstatic about [the deci-sion],” said Nakusp mayor Karen Hamling, whose commu-nity has been hard hit by indus-try job losses in recent years, but still has several small mills, each

employing a handful of people.“Had the regional district not

provided this option, those mills would have had to shut down. So they’ve been lobbying quite heavily and are very happy with it.”

Hamling said the issue was first brought to her attention about six months ago.

She added ungraded lumber is often equally strong as graded lumber, but until now if it wasn’t stamped, it wasn’t considered acceptable.

The new policy does not apply to engineered lumber like beams, but will cover wood used for things like barns, sheds, or sid-ing.

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The RDCK has approved using ungraded lumber as a material for outbuildings and other uses. Black Press stock photo

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Wednesday, Jan. 22FELDENKRAIS WITH TYSONStarts at 9:15 a.m. at NaCoMo (90 5th Ave SW). For more info email Tyson at [email protected]’ COFFEEAt the Seniors’ Centre (210 8th Ave) between 10 and 11 a.m.WINTER WEDNESDAY AT NAKUSP HOT SPRINGSSoak at the Springs for only $5.25. Can’t beat that with a stick!LOONIE HOCKEYDrop in and play between 11 a.m. and 1 p.m.WOOL CRAFTS FOR KIDSCome down to the Nakusp Public Library and make some fuzzy fun 3-4 p.m. For ages 6-12, and cookies will be served. PUBLIC SKATINGAt the Nakusp Arena 3-5 p.m. Be there or be square!NAKUSP YOUTH CENTREFoosball, pool table and more! 212B Broadway in Nakusp, open from 7-11 p.m.ALCOHOLICS ANONYMOUSMeeting starts 7 p.m. at Terra Pon-dera 97 2nd Ave. in Nakusp.BELLYFIT IN BURTONGet ready to get fit and have fun at the Burton Community Learning Centre 7-8 p.m.

Thursday, Jan. 23TAI CHIBeginner class begins at the Nakusp Legion at 9:30 a.m.; continuing class takes place at 10 a.m. Call Ruth at 250-265-3353 or email [email protected] SKATINGAt the Nakusp Arena 11:30 a.m.-1 p.m. and 3-5 p.m. Be there or be square!NERD NIGHT AT NYCEvery Thursday come be all the nerd you can be! At 6 p.m., for info: Cassia 250-265-2000 or [email protected] IN BURTONAt the school at 6:30 p.m. $2 drop-in. BINGO AT THE LEGIONThe action is non-stop, starting at 6:30 p.m. in Nakusp. BADMINTONAt Nakusp Secondary 7-9 p.m. $3 drop-in, $45 for the season. Begin-ners are welcome. Bring a racquet and non-marking shoes.

Jan. 24-Jan. 26ATOMS HOCKEY TOURNA-MENTStarts at 5 p.m. at the Nakusp Arena and goes until 3:15 p.m on Sunday.

Friday, Jan. 24

BELLYFITCome get fit while you have some dancing fun! Starts at 9 a.m. at NaCoMo (90 5th Ave. Nakusp).LOONIE HOCKEYDrop in and play between 11:30 a.m. and 1 p.m.PARKOUR In the basement of the Nakusp Arena between 3:30-5:30 p.m. For youth ages 13-19. Contact Michael Garvey, 265-1778 or [email protected] NIGHT AT NAKUSP YOUTH CENTRECrafts at NYC; 212B Broadway in Nakusp, open from 7-11 p.m.FILM: SWEET LANDIn 1920, Inge, a German national, travels from Norway to rural Min-nesota for her arranged marriage to Olaf, a Norwegian farmer; bureau-cracy and prejudice cause major complications. Starts 7:30 p.m. at the Hidden Garden Gallery in New Denver.

saTurday, Jan. 25OUR COLOURED PASTSee history come to life in a colour slideshow at 7 p.m. at the Nakusp Public Library.

sunday, Jan. 26ARTIST TRADING CARDS

Trade your hockey card-size art at the Broadway Deli 1:30-2:30 p.m.; for more info call Don Mabie 250-265-3673.ALCOHOLICS ANONY-MOUSMeets at 5 at Terra Pon-dera.Info 250-265-4604.

Monday, Jan. 27DROP-IN HOCKEYAt the Nakusp Arena for one whole dollar. 11:30

a.m.-1 p.m. For info call 250-265-4500.BRIDGEHave a hand at the Senior’s Centre 1:15-3:30 p.m.NAKUSP YOUTH CENTREMonday music jam starts at 3:30 p.m.BELLY DANCECome celebrate your curves at 7 p.m. at NaCoMo.

Tuesday, Jan. 28

PUBLIC SKATINGAt the Nakusp Arena 11:30 a.m.-1 p.m. Be there or be square!BELLYFITCome get fit while you have some dancing fun! Starts at 6 p.m. at NaCoMo (90 5th Ave. Nakusp).FELDENKRAIS WITH TYSONStarts at 8 p.m. at NaCoMo. For more info email Tyson at [email protected]

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Let’s use a little common sense

I wonder if the rapid devel-opment of resources in a nation leads equally to the decline of resourcefulness in its peo-ple. At least one aspect of the thought is undeniably true. For instance, relying so heavily on outside sources of entertainment, we have become almost inca-pable of entertaining ourselves. How many parents face the daily question from young children: “Gee, what is there to do any-way?” How many of us, for that matter, can even share a fam-ily evening without resorting to the electronic entertainment that has inserted its wedging effect in nearly every North American home?

Nowhere is our lack of inner resourcefulness so appar-ent though, as in the exhaus-tive land-wrecking we condone for the mere sake of keeping an ephemeral, materialistic “prog-ress” on its feet. The ravishing of land has hidden beneath the ambiguous term “development.” Whereas the natural commu-nity of land is a mixed healthy, self-sustaining enterprise; our form of development is unilat-eral, and simply provokes ruin-ation of the stable community for the sake of extracting a mate-rial that is eventually translatable into dollars. That such develop-ment is unilateral, is further indi-cated by the generally irresponsi-ble attitude humanity has exhib-ited in destroying rivers with filth; mocking the beauty of its landscape with litter and gar-bage, and accumulating goods in some insatiable urge to clut-ter dwelling places with mate-rial objects of an accumulative

quest. Strange to say, when a per-son destroys the work of man we call him a vandal, but when one destroys the work of God we call him or her a developer!

The present economic crisis has led us to justify the sanction-ing of huge oil pipe lines through vast tracks of unspoiled wil-derness. Since we lack both the character and wisdom to moder-ate our own demands on the envi-ronment, we unconcernedly plan to subject our country to further despoliation for anything that will provide propulsive power. Though most of us have nowhere of importance to go – and should realize by now that we can-not escape from ourselves – the final irony may be that we travel onward to the last gasp and drive our nation to the poorhouse in an automobile.

Basic to our increasing lack of resourcefulness is the fundamen-tal mythology we have come to accept – that man is more impor-tant than the Earth itself. The rise of humankind may be a flowering of the Earth, but it has sickened our planet to the point whereat it will soon be no longer capable of sustaining that flower. Nature’s experiment with an intelligent being will have been a failure. The efficient operation of the environment depends only on the sunshine-trapping green plants and on the organisms that decom-pose material that is no longer living. The passage of man along the extinction trail would only be marked by more lush greenery on Earth. Like Adam in the Garden of Eden, we are ignoring our role “to dress and keep the Earth.”

Instead of resourcefully using our technological expertise for man and the continued health of the planet, we have become cap-tives of our machines. We have been lulled into the state of bring

unable to distinguish between luxury and necessity. We are blinded to the simple fact that clean, fresh water is a neces-sity to the basic health; and have instead decided that some labour-saving gadget is a necessity that makes the sacrifice of clean water an “externality.” We truly have things backward. The thought has already been well stated: “What matters it if you gain the whole world and lose your own soul?” But we haven’t time to figure out what that means. We are too busy chasing the illusionary happiness of wealth and power.

Every day we let pass with-out moving in the direction of restoration of harmony with the Earth moves us that much closer to the point of no return. At this point, there is little more permit-ted than harassment by words such as these. Society prefers the glibness of the advertiser who blesses their wants, and it is an ultimate paradox that a conser-vationist is considered a radical. We have no time to listen to any-thing that smacks of conscience and if one listens there is still the gap between hearing and acting. All that we have now is a “per-mitted lip-service” which may be used to prove that we live in a democracy. Sadly though, there is no abatement of demand on resources, no abatement of the philosophy that we need to be over-warmed, over-entertained and over-coddled by the envi-ronment. It is evidence of short-term thinking that neither indi-viduals nor industries nor insti-tutions have ever recognized a moral responsibility to the natu-ral world which would transcend the greed which we fancy to be need.

Yet we say that we are con-cerned with the future of our children. What future?

Bob HarringtonIt’s Your World

Be seeing you, next spring

To echo Laurie Page, I get the feel-ing that 2014 is going to be a great one for Nakusp. And not just for Nakusp, but the whole area. I’m sorry I’m going to miss it.

It’s been a whirlwind two and a half years. It never ceases to amaze me how much is happening around here. When there aren’t planes falling from the sky, there are always the most interesting little ventures happening tucked out of sight to write about.

Nakusp, Arrow Park, Burton, Trout Lake, Galena Bay, Fosthall and all points between – there are a million stories in the mountains, and I only discovered a fraction of them. There are so many stories that I didn’t get a chance to write, but maybe with luck I’ll get to them in the future. It’s been an honour to write some of the commu-nities’ stories.

Two and a half very busy years later, I look back and see how much I’ve wit-nessed and learned about the amazing people who choose to live here. When folks pull together, they can accom-plish the incredible. The recent Blue Knuckle Derby is just one example among many. What is accomplished by volunteers is astonishing. If it weren’t for their many hours, there wouldn’t be a ski hill, a library, a youth centre, or so much more.

In my time at the Arrow Lakes News I’ve learned huge lessons, one of the most acute has been sussing the dif-ference between dreams and reality. Deadlines are a hard taskmaster, and they don’t allow for much dreaming;

print shows the reality of typos and mistakes to the whole reading world.

My first contact with ALN was a call to the editor to volunteer as a proofreader for the paper. There were so many errors it was like shooting fish in a barrel. Now I see those errors as a lack of time as the deadline comes crashing down each and every week without fail. Joke’s on me. The flip side of making heaps of mistakes is that you learn heaps as well, one lesson being that mistakes are just learning in action.

If it sounds like I’m going some-where, I am. I’m heading out to the Big Smoke (d meat) of Montreal. For just over a year, I’ll be in the big city again learning new skills that I can bring back to the jewel of the Arrow Lakes, one of the most beautiful places in the world.

It’s hard to say goodbye to all this beauty and all the friends and acquain-tances I’ve been privileged to encoun-ter here. I’m really going to miss the camaraderie and real connections I’ve found, but their flame will be with me, warming and inspiring me in the heart of the city.

Taking my place is Alex Cooper, whose name you may have seen on the pages of the Arrow Lakes News. Although he’s new to Nakusp, he’s not new to the wonders of the mountains, having lived in Revelstoke and worked for the Revelstoke Times Review for several years. He’d be happy to go back country skiing with you, if you asked him.

Alex is an actual journalist, as in he went to school for it, and has a back-ground in the field. He will be bring-ing his considerable reportage skills to the paper which will give it a new feel for sure. As of the end of this week, if you call my cell phone, you’ll get Alex, who is looking forward to getting to know you and discovering the stories of the communities here.

So, although this is farewell for now in print, I’ll be seeing you around town for a few more weeks, and then again next spring. May all your dreams come to fruition in 2014.

Claire ParadisYour Editor

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Making Memories is very curious. From where it sits on the corner of Sixth Avenue and Third Street in Nakusp, it looks like your average home, although one with an OPEN sign in the window.

Once inside (you have to ring the bell and keep the cats indoors), visitors find them-selves confronted with an eye-melting array of coloured paper, ribbon, sparkles, cards, emboss-ing machines, stamps, and much much much more. There is so much more that there’s not much left of Ken and Moira Miller’s living room as the scrapbooking business has slowly eaten up the space over the last seven years.

“My husband has one tiny chair by the TV,” said store owner Moira Miller. “Now he’s made a man cave with heat in the shop and hides out there during classes.”

Miller’s quiet humour is always bubbling beneath the surface as she ushers me around the front room craft store. It’s a very cozy blend of home and work: you have to pass through the kitchen in order to get to the former living room turned craft-central. Tucked in one corner is friend and scrapbooker Judy Struck, drinking tea.

“Where do you want to start?” Miller asked, but my mind had been blown by the onslaught of textures, colours and objects.

“Uh…” Seeing I was clearly at a loss,

she led me to the small room that used to be a vestibule but is now stuffed full of rhinestones, stamps, paper punches, enve-lopes, fancy brads, glitter and did I mention stamps? Pulling out what looked like a good-sized photo album, she showed me the unadorned book part of scrapbooking, a ring or post binder where the creative can put their decorated memories.

“Journalling is supposed to be a big part of scrapbooking,” Miller told me. “Photos are no good if we don’t know who’s in them and where. Eventu-ally you get rid of them.” At my mother’s house, there are a few boxes of black and white pho-tos of mysterious relatives that have a nose or chin or eyes that look familiar… or maybe not.

Maybe we have a box of strangers. Being mostly unlabelled, where the pictures have been taken is largely unknown, with often only a shack or car as background (the only earl we had in our family was the Earl of Dixon and he didn’t live at Downton Abbey).

The rise in scrapbooking is an archivist’s dream: at last, photos are

labelled and put in a context, mys-terious no more. Usually, the books have a theme, or are made to docu-ment a special event (Judy Struck just finished three wedding books, for example). Miller even has a scrapbook about scrapbooking that she started when she and Struck began learning the craft a decade ago. Flipping through it, she giggles at its simplicity as well as the pho-tos’ millennial hairstyles from back in the day.

This first book, as well as being a record of different crafting tech-niques like torn paper, is also a visual account of their journey to their first “crop,” or gathering of scrapbookers. “Crop” circles are

day-long affairs that can run for a single day or for several in a row. Taking its name from paper crop-ping, the events are 10–12 hours of nonstop crafting that usually include food. And the Scrappy Chicks here in Nakusp hold a crop once a month at the Seniors’ Hall with about a dozen women coming to scrap it up. Lately numbers have been down, with some Chicks having “excuses like a broken shoulder,” said Miller rolling her eyes in mock disbe-lief. Nakusp crops sound a lot like very crafty parties: they often have a theme and participants are encour-aged to dress up and run with it.

Miller carts enough crafting materials to cover five fold-up tables to some out-of-town crops, the most notable of which is the Crop for the Cure that’s held in Genelle in the springtime. The event is a four-day crop fundraiser to help people deal-ing with cancer, and has been able to help two families in Nakusp with $500 donations this year.

“Nakusp girls always raise the most money,” said Miller, who is understandably proud to be part of the event.

A crop would be overwhelming for a newbie, and Miller is happy to run through the basics of scrapbook-ing with newcomers so they have a grasp of the lingo, and the differ-ent glues and tapes, and how to cut, mat and trim, and what a brad is. If you’re keen to start, bring eight to ten pictures and a theme and Miller will show you the basics of layout. For those daunted by the commit-ment that a scrapbook takes, there are card-making classes every week at Making Memories, or you could try making a calendar. Or if you really don’t have time, you can buy a card made by Moira and Nicoline at Carson’s Corner.

But really, if you like crafts of any kind, or just like colour and neat things, go explore the store that ate the Miller’s living room. Making Memories is usually open Monday to Thursday 11:30 a.m–4 p.m.

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Making Memories owner-operator Moira Miller stands in front of one wall of crafting that makes up the store which has taken over her living room. Claire Paradis/Arrow Lakes News


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The third annual Gord Roberts Blue Knuckle Derby was a go again this year, thanks to the quick thinking and acting of local organizers who were able to get an alternate launching site ready to accommodate the 124 partic-ipants.

The boats were able to come in and drop fishers and fish off at the weigh station down at the marina, and the first day was the only day of weigh ins. After Mike Smith weighed in his 16.5-pound dolly, the competition was pretty much done and he took top prize of $1,200. Charlie Wild’s 13-pound

dolly took second for $700 and Ernie Marven walked away with $500 for a 10.5-pound trout.

The fun was on the Saturday night when 23 North played to a packed and happy crowd at the Nakusp Legion. Door prizes were plentiful, and a Trevor Linden jersey was auctioned off for $725 to a proud Tammy Has-carl. The money from the jersey will become a bursary that will be given to a student. Exactly what the student will have to do to qualify for it is unknown, but there were some hilarious sugges-tions at the final weigh in, the best of which came from Tracey Roberts.

It was a great event, all around, and it’ll be coming back next year.


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The Nature Conservancy of Canada has just made it easier for the threatened South Selkirk population of grizzly bears to connect with a larger population to the east. The group has added over 370 acres (150 hectares) to the Frog Bear Conservation Corridor that runs through the Creston Valley and creates a safe passage for grizzlies travelling between the Sel-kirk and Purcell mountains.

“Providing for wildlife connectivity through human environments has become the issue of our times, here in southern BC and around the world,” said Michael Proctor, grizzly bear biologist and lead researcher of the Trans-border Grizzly Bear Proj-ect. “Enabling grizzly bears and other species to be inter-connected between mountain ranges and across regions might be the single best thing we can do to provide options for species, ecosystems and nature to adapt to climate change.”

Connecting the threatened South Selkirk grizzly bears with the more abundant grizzly population to

the east is considered critical to the long term prospects for this species in this corner of the province. Biologists have iden-tified the lands being conserved as key areas used by bears as they move through the valley.

The Frog Bear Conserva-tion Corridor is named for two important species that will ben-efit from these conservation efforts: grizzly bear and north-ern leopard frog. The two par-cels announced today enhance efforts to create a protected wildlife corridor through the valley.

“The Creston Valley is an incredible hot spot for con-servation,” said Nancy New-house, Canadian Rockies Pro-gram Manager for the Nature Conservancy of Canada. “Researchers have mapped the movements of bears through the valley and know that a con-servation corridor is vitally important for the long-term prospects of the South Selkirk grizzly bear population. It will also reduce human-bear con-flict.” Several other rare spe-cies have been documented in the Creston Valley, including the northern rubber boa, great blue heron, American bittern and western screech-owl.

One parcel is a 162-acre (65-hectare) forested property on the western edge of the val-ley that serves as a gateway for bears moving down from the mountains. The land was pur-chased from Creston-based Wynndel Box and Lumber and

is adjacent to the Creston Val-ley Wildlife Management Area.

An additional 211 acres (85 hectares) has been protected through a conservation cove-nant that will prevent the sub-division of the valley-bottom land. The property will con-tinue to be used for agriculture.

The Yellowstone to Yukon Conservation Initiative (Y2Y) played a critical role in this project. The joint U.S.-Canada

organization works to ensure that wild animals are able to move through and around human communities and activ-ities within the 1.3 million square kilometre Yellowstone to Yukon region. Y2Y not only provided half of the purchase funds for the property, but also helped fund the research that identified the significance of this parcel.

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Water and sewer rates on rise, but operating costs still unknown

The advantages of the rec-lamation system are poten-tially very large: Nakusp would be able to meet its Water Smart water reduc-tion targets of 15 per cent by reclaiming and using only 25 per cent of the daily sewage flow, said Pedersen. The 15 per cent reduction could be achieved in phase one of the project alone, which would irrigate the fields near the arena, he emphasized.

A potential barrier to water reclamation could be public perception, Pedersen noted, but once the public accepts it, the system could be used to provide water for green spaces at schools, cemeteries, as well as parks and along the waterfront.

Although the project is not online yet, there is already 1.5 kilometres of pipe in the ground; only pumps and a few extra pieces of pipe are needed.

Another green innovation on the sewer side of things are the Hex covers that prohibit algal blooms in the sewer lagoons. With the reduction of algae, there’s the hope that the amount of sludge – a byprod-uct that needs to be managed – will also be reduced. This year will be about testing the systems, finding out the costs of operating them, and fine tuning them as necessary, Pedersen told council.

Because there are so many unknowns in terms of the costs of operating these new systems, it has been diffi-cult to forecast the costs for the next year’s budget. Both Tynan and CFO Richards were very clear that because the costs are to be determined in 2014, they have made only estimates in terms of revenue generation and costs. What the actual costs will be is to be seen.

In 2014, more capital proj-ects are on the horizon, one of which is the upgrade of the SCADA system which moni-

tors all water, sewer and pub-lic works systems remotely. It’s an incredibly powerful tool, said Pedersen, who also said it’s necessary to stay cur-rent with the specialized tech-nology. There are potentials for more costs over the next year’s, and technicians are expensive, said the Director of Operations. Another taller tower needed for the system will be installed at the Public Works yard.

The well protection plan will be completed in 2014 as well, which will protect groundwater from contamina-tion, at a net cost of $16,000.

Sludge management may become a necessity, but mag-nitude of the need remains to be seen until the sewer treat-ment plant has been in oper-ation for a while. In the pre-liminary budget, $50,000 has been earmarked for sludge.

The lift station fence by the Japanese garden along the waterfront has seen bet-ter days and will get a facelift itself this year.

The million gallon liner for the reservoir is also on the list for completion, with the Request For Proposal out and due to close in March of this year.

Even further on the hori-zon will be the consideration of more capital projects such as water metering, expansion of water up the north road, upgrades along Alexander and Shakespeare roads.

What all the discussion boiled down to was a change in rates, rates which Richards said the Village is working to ensuring are reasonable. There may be slight changes to categories in order to align them with “reasonableness,” he said, in response to feed-back from Village residents and business owners. For the moment, rates are scheduled to increase by two per cent for water and five per cent for sewer. The first three readings passed, and the final reading will come to the Jan. 27 coun-cil meeting.

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Nancy Greene Summit Lake Racers back in action

Skiers Cedar Cameron-Harding, Maia Zinselmeyer, Ewan Carter, Foster Katchen, Finn Watt, Colby Mackintosh celebrate a great day at Red Mountain. Courtesy Daryl Katchen

This blur of speed? It’s Colby Mackintosh. Courtesy Daryl Katchen

Early Sunday morning on Jan. 19, 18 of the 41 Summit Lake Racers travelled to Red Mountain Ski Resort in Rossland. Not only was this the first race of the season, but Red race is always the most chal-lenging race.

The race was delayed for a couple hours due to timing issues, but Summit Lake Racers didn’t seem to mind, it just allowed them to get some extra runs in before the start. Once everything was sorted out the racing began. The course was a little icy, but all the Summit Lake Racers managed to stay right on track and bring home a couple wins. SLR team 1 brought home a third place finish and SLR team 2 brought home a first place finish. All in all it was a great first race on the season, next weekend it’s off to Whitewater in Nelson.

Ski ya later!

Contributed by Daryl Katchen, NGSLR

Air bands rock the Nakusp Youth Centre

It was a night of live performance at the Nakusp Youth Centre Air Band contest on Friday, Jan. 17.

Pam and Margaret kicked it off with their costumed rendition of “I am a Man of Constant Sorrow” from the Oh Brother Where Art Thou Soundtrack. Pam’s beard was pretty awesome and their overalls were authentic!

The kids went freestyle, and picked whatever songs they wanted and per-formed them using brooms, mop han-dles and dusters. Pretty good for off the cuff!

Highlights might include the gang performing “White and Nerdy” by Weird Al, Xander and Phoenix sing-ing (not lip syncing!) “Roar” by Katy Perry, and Pam leading the dance to “Ra Ra Rasputin” to wrap it up... There was also a rockin’ performance of “Spice Up Your Life” by the Spice Girls.

There were prizes awarded to Xan-der and Phoenix Leeson-Booth for their awesome participation in almost every performance – they got t-shirts designed and printed by Pam which had a picture of a ninja with an electric guitar that read “Air Band Riff Ninja.”

The kids grabbed the limelight and ran with it at the NYC’s air band competiton. Courtesy Cassia Parent

Contributed by Cassia Parent, NYC

arrow lakes news, january 22, 2014

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