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Friday, December 30, 2011 Vol. 1, No. 43building Nelson & area community since 1988
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Page 2 - 3 Community newsPage 4 Arts & entertainmentPages 5 - 7 Holiday SurveyPages 8 - 9 Opinion & EditorialPage 10 ObituariesPage 11 CrosswordPage 12 Live music & Ongoing EventsPage 13 Special Events & Classifieds
In this issueIN THIS ISSUE
Polar Bear Swim
Take a “chili” dip in the lake
Kootenay Lake Hospital Foundation welcomes all of Nelson’s swimmers and floaters, young and not so young, to take the plunge for health, personal pride, and, appropriately, to raise money.
The Polar Bear swim will be preceded by hot chocolate and even hotter chili, which can be pur-chased by donation, at 11:30 a.m. While the Foundation gladly provides the warm snack, in turn, they wel-come the environmental-ly conscious. Please feel free to bring your favorite washable bowl, mug, and spoon.
Proceeds will support surgical services at our local hospital through the purchase of an Insufflator, camera system and three high definition-monitors.
Pledge forms for the Polar Bear Dip can be found at the front desk of Kootenay Lake Hospital in Nelson, as well as at www.klhf.org. Donations will also be accepted at the hos-pital and at Lakeside Park during the event.
Start the New Year with a splash. Bring your sup-porters. Make them pay.
New Years
Day: noonat Lakeside
Sunday, Jan. 1. Chili lunch by donation at 11:30 a.m., plunge at noon. Lakeside Park
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Colleen Driscoll, a maternity ward nurse at KLH, dresses up us the New Years baby with fellow Polar Bear swimmer, Annie Strucel. They hope to encourage people to join them in the dip in support of the Hostpital Foundation. This will be Driscoll’s 7th dip, she says, “my friends think I am crazy. I believe they donate just to have a good laugh.”
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The Tipi Camp is host-ing its 3rd annual Yogathon in Nelson. The first two gatherings were such a suc-cess that we are delighted to announce this third event. Yoga classes at the Yogathon will be for all levels, so any-body wishing to have a day of practice or to support Tipi Camp is welcome to attend. Participants can stay for one class, all day or any-where in between.
Peter Duryea, founder
of Tipi Camp, will gift the event with stories of this spectacular and special place that is in our own beautiful back yard. The afternoon classes will be led by Eliza Gooderham, Anna Colin and Karuna Erickson, who will bring the day to a close with Heart Yoga.
To make a donation or get a pledge sheet go to http://www.tipicamp.bc.ca/yogathon/yogathon-for-the-tipi-camp-2012/
The Nelson Lions Club and Air Cadets are once again teaming up to pick up Christmas trees in Nelson on Saturday January 7th between 9 AM and noon. A donation of $5 per tree is requested. Please leave the tree in a visable location
in front of the residence. If you will not be home leave the donation attached to the tree or leave a note indicat-ing where the donation can be found. If you have any questions, please phone 250-352-9771 or contact [email protected]
Nelson Christmas Tree Pick-up
Third Yogathon for the Tipi CampSunday, Jan. 8, 9 a.m. to 9 p.m. at Self Design High, 402 Victoria St.
Nelson Rural RCMP wishes to warn the public of a recently reported phone scam where a Nelson area resident was victimized and defrauded thousands of dollars.
An elderly female from Taghum first received a phone call in late August 2011 from Jamaica. She was advised that she had won the “Winners Circle International” for 5.5 million dollars. The woman recalled entering a contest through a magazine subscrip-tion and thought this must have been what she had won.
The caller advised that $25,000.00 was required to obtain a “tax exemption” in order to process the winnings for delivery to Canada. The caller told the victim in this case not to discuss the win-nings (and tax exemption) with anyone, even family members, until they received the jackpot. Following receipt of the initial $25,000, the scam artist called back a number of times over the fol-lowing months and convinced the woman to send additional funds.
RCMP advise NOT TO SEND MONEY in order to secure so-called lottery win-nings. Any phone solicitation of this nature where a lot-
tery win is required to provide funding to “obtain their win-nings” is a scam. If it sounds too good to be true then it probably is.
The women is this par-ticular case doesn’t wish to be identified. She was defrauded of over $78,000.
If anyone has been a vic-tim of a similar scam they are asked to contact their local police.
If you have information about who is responsible for this or other similar scams please phone the Nelson Rural Detachment at (250) 352-2156 or CRIMESTOPPERS at 1-800-222-TIPS.
Cst. Bill LongNelson Rural RCMP
DetachmentPhone (250) 352-2156
Nelson and rural RCMP Warns of phone scam
Peter Duryea founder of the Tipi Camp and Kootenay Lake in the background
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Peter Duryea founder of the Tipi Camp and Kootenay Lake in the background
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Sudoku Medium
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The Science of Suduko
Dr. Science is in real life, Dr. Christine Humphries, a molecular biologist
Last summer, I offi-cially became addicted to Sudoku and, ever since, a Sudoku a day has kept me sane. A Sudoku is a puzzle made up of 81 cells (nine rows by nine columns) that are further divided into nine squares containing nine cells each. A few numbers are already filled into the puzzle, and it is then up to the player to figure out
what number, from one to nine, can go in the remain-ing empty cells. Each row, column and smaller square must only contain the num-bers one through nine with no repetition. The puzzle can be easy or challenging depending on the starting numbers given. To solve a Sudoku puzzle, no math-ematics are needed, just logic. However, mathemat-ics is used to generate the puzzles and to solve them. A Sudoku puzzle is a spe-cial case of a Latin square, a type of mathematical
object that was first studied by a mathematician called Leonhard Euler (1707-1783). A Latin square has n sets of numbers from one to n, which are arranged in a square so that no row or column has the same num-ber twice. As n becomes bigger (i.e. the number of numbers) the number of different possible combina-tions of these numbers to satisfy the “no same number twice rule” becomes very large. A Sudoku puzzle is a Latin square of order nine (n=9) that is further con-
strained by the smaller 9 by 9 squares. There are, apparently, 6,670,903,752,021,072,936,960 possi-ble unique Sudoku puzzle solutions (I will be busy for a while!). Scientists from the University of Tokyo have also proved that solving a Sudoku puz-zle is a type of computa-tional problem called NP-complete. This means that it is much easier to verify that the puzzle is solved correctly than to solve it.
dr. scienceChristine Humphries
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Arts&Entertainment
Erica Dee - with Dj Rhapsody - will play the Royal. She will be bring-ing you a full live set filled with R&B, Hip-Hop, Reggae, Soul, funk...the perfect way to fill the soul this holiday! She will be accompanied by some of Nelson’s finest: Paul Landsberg-Bass, Tony Ferraro-Drums, Tyler Toews - Guitar, VJ Mardirossian -Keys
+ Miss Evy Jane-Vocals. DJ Rhapsody of “Break The Stereo” will be bring-ing you break beat music through funk, soul, and rare groove and lots more! Erica Dee will also bring a Special DJ SET with more special guests to be announced.
Tickets $10 available at Royal Espresso and www.liveattheroyal.com
After a two year hiatus, Vinyl Ritchie is making his return to the Spiritbar alongside Foxy Moron. Known for his party rockin style and loyalty to vinyl, he gets it going every time.
The back Benwell Lounge will also be trans-
formed through visuals and sound by the BC Dub Cats aka Naasko and Craig Mullin.
The usual party favors, confetti canons and mid-night toast will help deco-rate the night.
Tickets available at the Hume front desk
The Royal is hosting a New Year’s party the best way they know how....with a New Year’s Eve Tie Dye Ball! They are going to host a trip where consciousness is open, senses are hightened and peace, love and happiness are a way of life. The royal will be transform into a psy-chedelic treat for your eyes, and of course, your ears.
The night will feature the alt-country-gypsy-circus music of the one and only Blackberry Wood, the stoke
folk band Shred Kelly, local Balkan brass band Oxygen Orkestar and Rafferty Funksmith.
The Tie-Dye Ball will be full of weird and wacky hap-penings with special suprises at midnight and balloons...lots of ‘em! And of course, remember to be there dressed in your finest psychedelic threads!!
Tickets $25 available at Royal Espresso, www.live-attheroyal.com and Eddy Music
Erica Dee is full of soulFriday, Dec. 30, 9 p.m. at the Royal
New Years Eve Tie Die PartySaturday, Dec. 31, 6 p.m. at the Royal
Vinyl Ritchie returnsSaturday, Dec. 31, 10 p.m. at the Spirit Bar
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theHolidaySurvey
TO stop wishing and enjoy what I already have.
I wish that a nice family will buy our wonderful home in Balfour so that we could move into town.
PEACE.WORLD peace
would be nice but I would settle for a Ferrari.
BE fitter, healthier, have more money to travel and time... the usual requsts to Santa.
THAT everyone would take care of one another and realize that we are as strong as our weakest link. Donate, reach out, dont discrimi-nate and empathize.
TO stay healthy.MY wish for 2012
is that we survive it relatively intact.
I wish for defen-sive and courteous drivers around every corner.
A more fair and just and open government that truly represents the people.
HEALTHMORE econom-
ic growth for the Kootenay Region, with greater focus on social programs for the elderly, full time job creation and hopefully.....a Movie Theatre!!!
PROTECTION of Gaia from destruction and more good news that politicians are being held account-able along with cor-porations who speak with forked tongue.
I wish that people would not kill each other to solve their problems.
THAT people do not see others any dif-ferently than them-selves...
WORLD peace,the end to all the con-flict worldwide, and enough food and housing for all that are in need.
C O M P A S S I O N and Peace with Inner Strength to get there.
I wish for renewed health and vitality.
THAT City of Nelson will invite public input into the new planning for the public transit service.
LESS messing around with busi-ness taxes in this town. Spend more money on the down-town core, look and appeal.
I wish that rich fas-cists would stop try-ing to subvert the rule of constitutional law in North America, and that we could have more socialism to balance our capi-talism.
PEACE on Earth! Goodwill to all!
TH AT our Canadian economy would bounce back and we can afford to live normal lives again without every-thing running away on us.
THAT the 99% will triumph in a peace-ful just way that all can agree to and embrace.
I WISH that every-one who laments the “Dire Direction of our planet”, would actually DO SOMETHING!! ! . . .join a positive group in 2012, reduce “Christmas con-sumption”, donate to charities, help old neighbours, do some free child-sitting for a single Mom...USE YOUR I M A G I N AT I O N AND GOD-GIVEN GIFTS!! Love and Merry Christmas!! Marion Bergevin
THAT Nelson REALLY deals with homelessness and lack of housing for poor working peo-ple.
FOR Community Spirit to continue to grow........
WISH: DO YOU HAVE A WISH FOR 2012?
We asked our readers what their wish-es, reflections and resolutions were for 2011 and 2012? The next three pages show the answers.
The staff at the Express News Update hope you have a wonderful season and wish you the very best in the New Year. Thank you for your continuous support.
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MOMENTS and memories with my family.
I remember how nice it is to let go of ‘stuff ’, stuff that clut-ters up a life and a home.
IT wasn’t unlike 2010.
WE adopted a cat from the SPCA this year. That was a defi-nite highlight.
YEAR I chose to take better care of myself and a good friend passed away.
THE Kerr Fire, Nelson starting up 2 roller derby teams and Occupy Nelson.
SUPERB Fall weather.
THE incred-ible surge in people demanding equal-ity worldwide, and the huge changes brought about by their actions and sac-rifices, were not only awesome but also tremendously inspir-ing.
I found the most inner peace when I remembered to count my blessings.
TURMOILBLESSED with a
phenomenal family.THE unusal weath-
er....especially the cold, rainy spring...early summer. “Juneuary” in par-ticular, gave us the doldrums....A spec-tacular September of sunny days gave us a taste of what we missed!
SLOW and steady announcements that the people are finally waking up to the fact that not is all as it seems. The maya of money is becoming more real.
ABOUT as much as I remember from the 60s
ALL the tragedy in the world. The birth of my beautiful teeny weeny grand-daugh-ter.
THE confusion and the sense of aggres-sion increasing in the world.
GIVEN the oppor-tunity to help heal my fiance and fall-ing more in love with him, for his strength and kindness.
STEVE Jobs died. Egypt began the movement of throw-ing off dictators; North African coun-tries are all going that way. Gadhafi was killed.
MANY friends hav-ing serious concerns about the reduction in transit service.
NOT much.BEING screwed
over by greedy land-lords, and having my business tax raised beyond what is real-istic for this city.
I remember the rich fascists trying to subvert the rule of constitutional law in North America, and the Occupy move-ment standing up to them.
OCCUPY Nelson, mostly because it’s so recently in my brain
IT was definitely a year for change that helped make some improvements for everyone in their homes and business-es in the area.
THAT there is hope in the realm of humanity’s voice.
THE Occupy Movement!! This has been criticized for a “lack of focus”...yet instead, I perceive it as an acceptance that “we’re all in this together”...and that there is an “intercon-nectedness’ between all social justice issues, people, and com-mon ground in posi-tive points of view! To return to “People Power”...versus the destructive power of money...is what this planet needs, at this point in time!! This movement represents the acceptance of a diversity of people, their issues and what’s important to them as being valid, and that if we are “unified in a desire to change” positive things will come!!
THE recognition of systemic econom-ic problems may be closer to home than we realize?
WIERD weather patterns this past year in BC. Challenges that push the bound-aries of our existence make me grateful
theHolidaySurveyREFLECTIONS: WHAT DO YOU REMEMBER ABOUT 2011?
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I want the Occupy Movement to grow stronger and influ-ence the 99/1 ineq-uities.
I would like to have my daughter back in my life.
I want to be more active, spend more time at the cabin and continue further conversations with my dogs.
UM, yeah, I’d really like that Ferrari, but I wouldn’t want to have to get the job to pay for it. Or the gas. I’m not sure which would cost more.
MY wish in ques-tion #1 to come true of course!
MORE affordable housing!
QUIT drinking beer.
I want to see ‘The Love of Power’ replaced by the ‘Power of Love’, as well as more com-mitted involvement by ALL citizens to achieve that goal.
TAKE charge and choose the better story.
MORE love, more equality and more freedom.
MAKE someone smile everyday.
NEW year...new b e g inning s . . . l e t ’s hope to see more action in our fair region to help people help themselves, to be good citizens, good parents.....and boy oh! boy.....Let’s real-ly hope the Mayans were wrong!!! :)
C O N T I N U E D acceptance that there is a bigger picture and that we see how ‘we are all one’. The planet is our refec-tion... may I continue to support her.
THAT the world bankers let true democracy run the countries of the world.
THAT everyone has a healthy and happy year without any type of unhappiness.
I don`t make reso-lutions. We should all be happy and con-tent with all that we have. Stop complain-ing, and enjoy all this beauty.
I wish that some of the heroic stories of overcoming adver-sity are published more often and less anger stories...
I would like to meet someone to love.
MORE people to participate in the democratic process, which does not end because a person casts a vote. A per-son needs to offer their opinions on issues that affect the common good.
GOOD weatherEVERY City
Councilor to visit every downtown business and find out what is really going on. As well, they can go down to the US border and see how many of their friends and citizens spend their money in the USA, taking money straight out of Nelson and area!
HEALTH, compas-sion and forgiveness!
PRACTICE “do unto others, as you would have them do unto you”!
I want to see mil-lions Occupy their Hearts with courage, and stop the rich fas-cists from stealing our democracy and destroying our social programs.
C O N T I N U E D prosperity for all the citizens who try to make the world a bet-ter place to live in.
THE movie theatre to return to Nelson
I would love to see less “planning, more DOING”; less study-ing, more innovative projects; less hope-lessness, more CAN DO spirit; less talking, more putting your money and efforts, where your mouth is!!
BUILD more hous-ing and open the seniors’ building on Nelson Ave across from the Safeway. Hope that the new council continues to be progressive.
TO stay strong in mind and body, and have compassion for those who struggle in life. An old saying goes: What can I do, what can I bring!
theHolidaySurveyRESOLUTION: WHAT DO YOU WANT TO HAPPEN IN THE NEW YEAR?
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Dear Editor,Here is a Christmas/Yule/Solstice
wish for Nelson. We’ve just had a very political season, with an election and the Occupation camp at city hall. Politics has, perhaps, exhausted us.
My wish for us is this: May a new dawn of understanding rise in our con-sciousness this coming year, that politics is not something other people do. We are practicing politics every day when we have any interaction with another human being.
We want government to do positive things for us. Who will do the hard thing? Those who can. You and me, perhaps.
To be the change we want from politi-cians is the commonplace wisdom. Listen to everyone, even the dull and the ignorant – for they too have their truth. Speak your truth quietly, and as far as possible do not surrender it, while living in harmony with others. Look at them to see their good, and don’t forget that life is full of hero-ism where people try hard to live for high ideals.
Resolutions are important. They are affirmations of how we want to grow and improve. It is very nice to think about better habits, it is another to say them or to write them down. For myself, I am putting the words down in a public way. I will not feel guilty if I do not do every-thing I want to. It is just a goal.
Resolutions are not only about bad habits, they are also about things we want to do. Every year, I make out a list of ten wishes. I then date the list and put it in a drawer. I don’t look at it for a year. It is amaz-ing how successful I have been.
Here is my list for 2012:I resolve to go cross-country
skiing ten times this year. I resolve to do yoga on a regular
basis.I resolve to exercise at least
every other day (skiing counts).
I resolve to leave town for at least one week for a personal vaca-tion.
I resolve to start writing a book of short stories.
I resolve to start making a movie, maybe several.
I resolve to make dinner for friends at least once a week at my house.
I resolve to throw out all those love letters I have carrying around for the last 50 years.
I resolve to dance more.I resolve to be a better listener.I resolve to give anonymously.I resolve not to feel guilty if I
am not sucessuful at keeping my resolutions.
There, I’ve said it. If you see me on the street, ask me how I’m doing on my resolutions. I’ll tell you, but please, no guilt.
Publisher’s Note: Nelson Becker My New Years resolutions
Yours unoriginally, Charles Jeanes
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I hear from constituents on a reg-ular basis who are concerned about their retirement future. The reality is that twelve million Canadians lack a workplace pension plan. Only one in four Canadians can afford to pur-chase RRSPs each year. One quarter of a million seniors live in poverty in Canada. One in four workers is in a low wage job paying $13.32 an hour or less.
Basically, many people don’t have enough income left after their monthly expenses to save much, if anything, toward their retirement. This is a looming problem in Canada. With the real costs of basic living rising faster than Canada Pension Plan rates, it becomes a crisis.
The federal Conservative gov-ernment’s approach to retirement security is to ask many families to face the crisis alone. This was illustrated in November when the government announced a Pooled Registered Pension Plan (PRPP), a type of group RRSP that employers may now offer. Instead of defined-benefit workplace pensions or mean-ingful changes to the Canada Pension Plan, the federal government has given you the choice to pump even more of your savings into risky pri-vate funds and stock markets.
To me, this Plan seems to serve the banks and brokers, not the citizens. You’ve probably watched your or other people’s RRSP savings tumble in the past few years, with additional costs of fees paid to fund managers. (In 2007 alone, RRSP holders lost a whopping $25 billion to management fees.)
The Conservatives have also
announced a recent change to the Canada Pension Plan (CPP) eligibil-ity, “allowing” people to work lon-ger and still contribute to CPP past the age of 65, while increasing the penalty for retiring before 65. This may be good news to some people – those who wish to continue to work and both draw on and contribute to CPP. But many Canadians work at jobs that are very demanding to their health. Maintaining full employ-ment to the age of 65 is already a challenge for some.
Constituents are telling me they want less risk in their retirement planning and savings, not more.
In the mid-1960s the New Democrats helped launch the Canada Pension Plan. Public pension plans work. The large scale and profes-sional management of the CPP helps keep costs down and accrues ben-efits for citizens.
Most provinces are also now calling for an expanded CPP with most provincial leaders agreeing: increasing the CPP benefits is the best, lowest-cost pension reform option available. Yet in December 2010, at a meeting of provincial finance ministers, Ottawa rejected this idea.
Alex AtamanenkoMP of Southern Interior
Commentary Retirement Roulette
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Opinion&Editorial
Travis T. in the Kootenays, Wish You Were Here by Chris Rohrmoser
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inMemory
Marian Hale passed away peacefully December 19th, 2011 at Mountain Lakes at the age of 80. She was born on March 14th, 1931 in Willow Point, North of Nelson in her family home, to parents Alice and John Learmonth. She was predeceased by her first husband David Hale, and brother Herbert Learmonth. She is survived by her hus-band Dick Doorschot, son Dan (Lynn) Hale, daughter Sharon (Bud) Edgar, daughter Colleen (Dick) DeJong, grandchildren Ryan and Ashlie DeJong, Leah (Reuben) Chenenkow, Tyler Hale, great granddaughter Kayln Chernenkow, and sister Marge Carlson.
Marian worked at the Greyhound bus depot in the 50’s, where she met David Hale. They married in 1957, raised a family and built a home in Six Mile. From cows to horses, chickens to dogs, animals were a huge part of their life. She worked for a few years at Willow Haven in the 70’s and then took up odd jobs around her home.
Grandma could always be found sitting in her favourite chair knitting a sweater for the kids. She was always busy, mowing lawns with grand-kids in tow, building elaborate rock walls, growing veggies
in her garden, hosting frequent weenie roasts, gambling in Reno Nevada, and later tend-ing to orchids.
In 1994, Marian married Dick Doorschot, their mutu-al love for orchids stemmed their relationship. They hon-eymooned in Holland, Dick’s home land. It was the first flight of her life. They later built two large orchid greenhouses at their home.
When her health declined, Marian moved into Mountain Lakes and Dick was by her side every day for the next four years. Marian’s room was always adorned with orchids. On their anniversary, Dick would bring the original orchid plant which flowered her wed-ding bouquet.
The family would like to thank all of the staff at Mountain Lakes Seniors Community Complex for all of their sup-port and care over the years.
In lieu of flowers, dona-tions in Marians name may be made to the Parkinson’s Society ([email protected]) or Canadian Red Cross (www.redcross.ca).
Funeral arrangements are under the direction of Thompson Funeral Service Ltd.
Online condolences may be expressed at www.thomp-sonfs.ca
Marian Irene Hale (Learmonth)
GREENAWAY, Fumiko (née Endo) slipped quietly out of this world on Wednesday, December 21, the shortest day of the year, in Nelson, BC. Fumiko was born in Moosejaw, Saskatchewan on April 16, 1929, daughter of George and Tomie Endo. She attended art school before meeting her future husband Tod through mutual friends. The newly-weds ran a fish-ing camp in La Ronge for a year then travelled to Europe where they lived in sever-al countries before settling in London, where Fumiko gave birth to John and then Rachel. The family moved back to Canada in 1962, first to Montreal--where Rafael was born--then Toronto, and finally Vancouver, where they put down deep roots. They helped form Strathcona’s first housing co-op on Union Street and took part in the fight to stop the destruc-tion of the neighborhood by a proposed freeway. It was here that Fumiko recon-nected with her Japanese roots, becoming involved in the Japanese Canadian Centennial Project, the first Powell Street Festival and then the Redress movement. During the fight for Redress Fumiko was part of a group that took over The Bulletin, a local community publica-tion, eventually becoming managing editor. She is per-haps best remembered for her cooking column, Community Kitchen, and her recipes are enjoyed to this day.
Following health issues in the late nineties, Tod and Fumiko moved to Nelson,
where they settled into a qui-eter way of life. When Tod passed away In 2008, Fumiko moved in with Rachel, where she lived until deteriorat-ing health required more extended care. We would like to thank the staff at first Kootenay Lake Hospital and then Mountain Lake Seniors Community for their remak-ably compassionate and lov-ing care of Fumiko in the last years of her life.
Fumiko is survived by her sisters Marian and Joyce and brother George; children John (Amy), Rachel (Daniel) and Rafael; and grandchil-dren Charles, Taiyo, Emiko and Kaya.
Fumiko loved to cook but her most enduring legacy is the connection she formed with people. Over the course of her life she touched so many with her spirit and we are all the better for hav-ing known her. Her many friends will be happy to know that she left this world peac-fully and pain-free. As the days grow longer and our memories deeper, we ask that her friends not grieve, but rather remember her for the quietly remarkable woman she was. In lieu of flow-ers or koden, a donation to The Bulletin through the Japanese Canadian Citizens’ Association in her honour would be appreciated - #200, 6688 Southoaks Crescent, Burnaby BC, V5N - jccabul-letin-geppo.ca.
A celebration of Fumiko’s life will be held in Vancouver at a later date.
With love, John, Rachel and Rafael.
Fumiko (née Endo) Greenaway
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live musicstuffHappens
Fri. Dec. 30Erica Dee with Dj Rhapsody.
The Royal. Doors 9pm. Erica Dee will bring you a full live set filled with R&B, Hip-Hop, Reggae, Soul and funk. She will be accompanied by some of Nelson’s finest. DJ Rhapsody of “Break The Stereo” will also play the show. Tickets $10 available at Royal Espresso and www.liveattheroyal.com -
All Request DJ. Finley’s Irish Bar and Grill
Sat. Dec. 31NYE with Vinyl Ritchie, Foxy
Moron & BC Dub Cats. The Spiritbar. Known for his party rockin style and loyalty to vinyl, he gets it going every time. Tickets $20 at the Hume front desk
New Year’s Eve Tie Dye Ball w/ Blackberry Wood & Shred Kelly - Doors 6pm - Tickets $25 avail-able at Royal Espresso, www.live-attheroyal.com and Eddy Music. The Tie-Dye Ball will be full of wierd and wacky happenings with special suprises at midnight and balloons.. And of course we want you all to be there dressed in your finest psychedellic threads!!
Sun. Jan. 1Niko at the Hume Library
Lounge. 6p.m. to 10p.m.Karaoke. Finley’s Irish Bar and
Grill. 9p.m.Mon. Jan. 2Sarah & Rich at the Library
Lounge. 6 p.m. to 10p.m.Tues. Jan. 3Magic Bus w/ Rob Funk and
Friends. The Royal. 10 p.m. It’s the evolution of the Magic Bus...it’s not just a night for Dj’s any-more. No Cover!
Cliff Maddix and friends 6p.m. The Library Lounge
Wed. Jan. 4Variety Shows w/ Estevan and
Tracy Lynn. The Royal. 8:30 p.m. Come to listen, come to play! The stage is open.
Paul Landsberg at the Library Lounge. 6p.m. to 10p.m.
Thurs. Jan. 5Kiyo Elkuf and friends at the
Library Lounge. 6p.m. to 10 p.m.Moonbeam Hustle with Breakfluid
. The Royal. Doors 9pm - An evening on the dancefloor with Breakfluid and guests and some of the best hip-hop, reggae, soul, dub, funk, disco, broken beat and rare grooves. No Cover!
Fri. Jan. 6All Request DJ. Finley’s Irish
Bar and Grill Ken K-man - The Man In Front
Of The Speakers @ Spiritbar. 10 p.m.
The Citizens w/ Mango Train. The Royal. Doors 9pm - Join us for an evening with The Citizens and become a citizen of the psy-chedelic society, with their blend of deep bass, artful lyrics and soul-ful riffs. The Citizens play music to keep you dancing with a mix of reggae, blues, latin and rock. Mango Train will open the show. Tickets $5 at the door
Sat. Jan. 7Suplex Sk8Park Fundraiser and
Birthday Bash. The Spirit Bar. 10 p.m. $2 at the door. All proceeds go to the Nelson Outdoor Skate Park
Sun. Jan. 8Niko at the Hume Library
Lounge. 6p.m. to 10p.m.
ongoing eventsWednesdaysAlzheimers/ Dementia Caregiver
support group meetings. 2nd Wednesday Monthly. 7 p.m. Call 250-352-6788 or email [email protected] for more info.
Downtown Nelson Local Market. 400 block of Baker St. 9:30a.m. - 3p.m.
Nelson Women’s Centre Drop-in. Noon - 4p.m. Free clothing and food. 420 Mill St. 250-352-9916
Darts at the Nelson Legion. 7:30p.m. 250-352-7727
ThursdaysFeldenkrais ‘Awareness Through
Movement’ Classes. Winlaw Whole School 7-8pm. First Class Free. Tyson 226-6826
Nelson Women’s Centre. Drop-in. Noon - 4p.m. Free clothing and food. 420 Mill St. 250-352-9916
Toastmasters: Improve your public speaking, communication and leadership skills. 2nd and 4th Thursday of every month. www.toastmasters.ca
Acupuncture for Addictions. Free drop-in clinic. 9:30a.m. Located at 333 Victoria St., 2nd Floor. 250-505-7248
FridaysGender Outlaws, a support and
social group for trans and gender diverse folks. 250-354-5362
SaturdaysMeat Draws at Nelson Legion.
3:30p.m., in beverage room with Karaoke after. 250-352-7727
The Nelson Scrabble Club meets at 1p.m. For further information, please call 250-352-6936
SundaysRC Electric Buggy and truggy
dirt track racing, at 6 mile North Shore, 11a.m. [email protected]
St. John’s Lutheran Church Service. Everyone welcome to 4p.m. worship. 321 Silica St. 250-354-3308
Nelson United Church Service. 10 a.m. All are welcome. 602 Silica St. 250-352-2822
Cribbage at the Legion beverage room, 12:45p.m. 250-352-7727
Ascension Lutheran Church Service 10:15a.m. 1805 Silverking Rd. All are welcome. 250-352-2515
Quaker Meetings at 723 Ward St. Upstairs. 10a.m. 250-354-3859. Everyone welcome
Texas Hold’em Poker at the Nelson Legion. 12p.m. Last Sunday of every month. 250-352-7727
MondaysScottish Country dancing 7 to 9
pm at the Central School Gym, 811 Stanley Street. For more info contact Kathy at 359-7545 or June at 352-1836.
Pool Table Nights, Finley’s Irish Bar and Grill
Heritage Harmony Barbershop Chorus. Welcoming anyone! Tim 250-825-9694 or John 250-352-6892
Drum Circle! Every 1st and 3rd Monday of the month. 6:30p.m. - 8:30p.m. 3374 South Slocan Village Rd. Old Church Hall. Beginners welcome. Joel 250-226-0068
TuesdaysNelson’s Parkinson Support
Group meets on the 3rd Tuesday of each month, 1:30 pm at 701 Gordon Road (in Christie Lee Hall). Contact Bob at 250-229-2272.
Breast Cancer Support Group. Community First Health Co-op, 518 Lake St. Noon on every 4th Tuesday. Alice 250-352-6223Nadine 250-359-7777
Sat. Dec. 31New Years Eve at the
Spirit Bar with VinylRitchie, Foxy Moron & BC Dub Cats. The Spiritbar. 10 p.m. Known for his party rockin style and loyalty to vinyl, he gets it going every time. Tickets $20 at the Hume front desk
New Year’s Eve Tie Dye Ball w/ Blackberry Wood &
Shred Kelly - Doors 6pm - Tickets $25 available at Royal Espresso, www.liveattheroy-al.com and Eddy Music. The Tie-Dye Ball will be full of wierd and wacky happenings with special suprises at mid-night and balloons.. And of course we want you all to be there dressed in your finest psychedellic threads!!
Sat. Jan. 7Christmas Tree Pickup.
The Nelson Lions Club and Air Cadets are one again teaming up to pick up Christmas Trees in Nelson on Saturday January 7th between 9 AM and noon. A dona-tion of $5 per tree is requested. Please leave the tree in a visable location in front of the residence. If you will not be home leave the
donation attached to the tree or leave a note indicating where the donation can be found. If you have any questions please phone 250-352-9771 or contact [email protected]
Sun. Jan. 8Third Annual Yogathon. 9 a.m.
to 9 p.m. at Self Design Hign, 402, Victoria St. Come down and support the Tipi Camp.yoga!
special events
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PSYCHIC READINGS WITH Rubiyah Ratna,BFA,MFA, experienced meditator and clairsentient reader for over 30 yrs. 250-352-4647
Automotive-Cars98’ SUBARU LEGACY Wagon, AWD, 5-Speed, Great Condition, Winter & Summer tires/rims, 195,000km., $4,200, 250-229-5742Automotive-Tires/
Parts/Other4 MICHELIN ALPIN tires 235/75R15. Mounted on Ford rims. Will fit F150 or Explorer. $100 Ph.250-352-7144LIKE NEW 4 Hankook winter tires on rims. 185/65R14 90T. Suits Ford Focus. $300 obo. 250-352-5434.
BeautySELKIRK COLLEGE’S ESTHETIC program offers facials, foot care, waxing, nail care and brow and lash services at competitive rates. Gift certificates available. Call 250.354.3290 to book an
appointment, Mon-Wed. 9:00 am - 3:30 pm.
Health & FitnessTECHNICA ROLLERBLADES LADIES size 6.5;aluminum frame; Used ~ 15 times; $120 OBO (pd $240); 250-359-5971
Help WantedNURSES & CERTIFIED Care Aides - Bayshore Home Health is seeking casual on-call care providers in the Nelson area. If you are empathetic, flex-ible, have an outstanding work ethic, reliable vehicle and are committed to excep-tional client care, we want to hear from you. Resumes to [email protected]
House SittingPROF. FEMALE IS available to housesit/petsit, do light housekeeping, water plants. Excellent references. [email protected]
Misc. for SaleM U L T I - A T T A C H M E N T ROTARY TOOL System. See Canadian Tire 54-4770-4 . Mastercraft Maximum. As new.
$60 250-352-1140Music & Dance
BACH TR300 TRUMPET for sale. Excellent student instru-ment. $200 obo. Please call 250-352-1794.YAMAHA ‘STAGE CUSTOM Advantage’ Drumkit. All cym-bals and hardware included! Excellent condition. $1500 all in. 250-352-6784ELECTRONIC ROLAND DRUMS with 500w Vdrum amp $1.700.00 250-509-0388Pets & Livestock
LARGE DOG CRATE. Black metal fold down style with side mount water dish. $50.00. 250-551-5501
RentalsFURNISHED CABIN, 5 min to Nelson, for one person. Available Jan 1st $600/mo plus utilities. 250-354-0299LOOKING FOR ROOMMATE to share home 8 min from baker st. Available immedi-ately or Jan 1st. 250-505-2851NEW BACHELOR SUITE, Uphill, $625 includes utilities.
NS/NP/FS. Quiet, mature per-son preferred. References required. 250-352-1951LARGE 2 BDRM basement suite, Rosemont, Nelson, NS, W/D, available now, 925.00 includes utilities 250-354-4257CRAWFORD BAY: LARGE 3 bedroom house $650.00 plus electric N/S Referrences/credit check required 250-505-2555
Rentals - Commercial
CRAWFORD BAY: ‘THE Barn’ attractive rustic studio/store-front, rent somewhat nego-tiable depending on use. 250-505-2555
Shared Accom.ROOM FOR RENT in Lower Fairview to NON SMOKER. Vegetarian preferred. $375. Bob 250-352-6317Sports Equipment
BLACK DIAMOND DRIFT skis 186cm. New and unmounted, asking $550 OBO (paid $700) call 250-352-1806