Karen Marsden’s Grade 2-3 class and Laura Koochin’s Grade 1-2 class treat- ed an audience to a colorful and hopping performance at the Bonnington on May 21. The performance was anchored by the refrain of “Children everywhere love to dance,” which was inspired by a song from children’s entertainer and songwriter, Bing Jensen. The performance included selections of singing and choreographed dancing with each piece introduced by a student who spoke about the history and context of the music. The evening was concluded with a cleverly modified ren- dition of the classic silver screen tune, So Long Farwell from the Sound of Mu- sic. The concert was a delight to those who attended and warranted an encore de- mand performance at the Monday morning assembly at the elementary school. Birds of Nakusp See page 12 Class wins trip to Science World See page 7 National Immunization Day See page 6 7 7819 5 5 0016 1 Thursday, May 28, 2015 arrowlakesnews.com • 250-265-3841 • $1.25 • PM40036531 Vol.94 • Issue 21 RYAN WILLMAN Arrow Lakes News CALL CHANTELLE 250-265-3841 Since 1923 BE SEEN BE HEARD BE REMEMBERED Front Page lug deal on now!!! JOIN US Wednesday, June 17 th 12pm-4pm The OverwaiteaTravelling 100th Birthday Road Show Reminder: Ch hildrens Hospital ROUND UP event still on. Runs until March 12th OF GOING THE EXTRA MILE JOIN US FOR A COMMUNITY CELEBRATION Nakusp Elementary giggles, bops and wiggles A COLOURFUL EVENING
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Karen Marsden’s Grade 2-3 class and Laura Koochin’s Grade 1-2 class treat-ed an audience to a colorful and hopping performance at the Bonnington on May 21. The performance was anchored by the refrain of “Children everywhere love to dance,” which was inspired by a song from children’s entertainer and songwriter,
Bing Jensen. The performance included selections of singing and choreographed dancing with each piece introduced by a student who spoke about the history and context of the music. The evening was concluded with a cleverly modified ren-dition of the classic silver screen tune, So Long Farwell from the Sound of Mu-sic. The concert was a delight to those who attended and warranted an encore de-mand performance at the Monday morning assembly at the elementary school.
JOIN US Wednesday, June 17th 12pm-4pm The Overwaitea Travelling 100th Birthday Road Show
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Hydro bills are on the rise. Electric-ity costs account for a big chunk of the monthly budget, especially in winter. Families struggling to make ends meet often straddle the line between discon-nection notices and keeping the bill cur-rent. To add insult to injury, they may even be wasting energy unknowingly, and may be misunderstanding how con-sumption is billed. This article should offer a better understanding and plenty of tips to lower those bills, so that every-one can be aware of how to use energy more wisely.
One misconception is there are par-ticular hours of the day during which hydro costs more. This is a myth in BC but other provinces charge fees this way. Ontario customers pay more for power usage between 7 a.m. and 7 p.m.
According to Jen Walker-Larson, Stakeholder Engagement Advisor, Com-munity Relations with BC Hydro, “No, we do not bill customers different rates at different times of the day. We have a two-step conservation rate in place for residential customers so there is an incentive for customers to reduce con-sumption.”
This where the confusion occurs. There is a lower rate for the first 1,350 kWh used by a residential customer in each billing period (called step 1) and a higher rate for additional electricity used (called step 2). Further explana-tion can be found at: www.bchydro.com/accounts-billing/rates-energy-use/elec-tricity-rates/residential-rates.
Home heating alone can account for 40 to 50 per cent of the electricity bill. Heating costs rise about five per cent for every degree above 20°C (68°F) on the thermostat.
The most common energy wasters in a home are older appliances or appli-ances being used inefficiently. Clothes dryers typically use the most electricity of anything else. Buying an Energy Star model is worth it; they use 20 per cent
more efficient than standard models. Refrigerators and freezers are also power hogs, since they run 24 hours a day.
Walker-Larsen adds, “A full fridge or freezer is more efficient than a near empty one. For families with spare re-frigerators, each one is costing custom-ers up to $90 a year to operate. We also encourage customers to unplug unused electronics. The average Canadian has more than 25 electronic devices that use standby power – this can cost house-holds up to $50 a year in electricity ”
Belkin makes a power conservation adaptor that switches off the electricity to a device without having to continu-ally unplug and plug cords back in. For $10 per plug, it would eventually pay for itself as many people don’t realize the vampiric electricity draw of having idle devices plugged in. This includes the toaster, computer, chargers, lamps, home entertainment components and space heaters, even when they are shut off.
Another way to really get a grasp on household consumption is with an en-ergy monitor. According to its website, “Blue Line’s PowerCost Monitor™ is compatible with, and mounts easily on, the vast majority of electricity meters in North America. It works by “seeing” the moving disk on a mechanical meter or light pulses from a digital meter and is compatible with most “Smart Meters.”
The buyer attaches an optical reader to the power meter, which then sends a continuous stream of information to the monitor. The monitor is portable and shows how much energy is being used at any given time. Such devices are avail-able at hardware and home improvement stores for about $100. Playing around with different electrical components in the house while reading the monitor can provide helpful information. One user reported that several strings of twinkly lights use the equivalent of $0.04/day and a laptop about $80/year but in-floor heating can cost $6/week.
It works solely as an information tool. Once a homeowner knows what is us-ing the most power they can then make
educated decisions about their own consumption. In a 2012 study, Alberta’s Energy and Environment ministries gave the monitors to 300 people for two months. They found an average saving of 9 per cent and 17 per cent for those with electric heat once customers knew how to control their usage.
“We have a couple of rebates/ offers at the moment,” explains Walker-Larsen, “If a family is in the market for a new refrigerator, washing machine or clothes dryer, customers can save up to $300 through rebates from BC Hydro Power Smart, select retailers and municipalities until the end of June.”
Households with secondary or spare fridges can schedule a pick-up from BC Hydro through the Refrigerator Buy-Back program, helping customers save up to $90 a year. More information is available at powersmart.ca/fridge.
Additional no-cost tips can be found at www.bchydro.com/powersmart/resi-dential/savings-and-rebates/everyday-electricity-saving-tips.
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Understanding hydro billinga definitive guide to using electricity wisely
Energy and cost saving tips:
• Turn down the heat by just two degrees can reduce home heating costs by five per cent.• install a programmable thermo-stat and lower the heat during the night or during work/school hours• Program the thermostat to set back the temperature by five de-grees for eight hours every night will save approximately 10 per cent on the heating bill. • Hang the laundry to dry; hang-ing eight loads of laundry a week, could save $47 a year• Toss a clean, dry towel in the dryer with wet laundry — this significantly reduces drying times, saving up to $27 a year• Fill the fridge/freezer with plastic jugs of water to make these appli-ance as efficient as possible
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Residents please note that the Village has year-round watering restrictions: ODD numbered house water on odd days
EVEN numbered houses water on even daysWatering is restricted to 7–9 AM and 7-9 PM.
Automatic underground sprinkler systems are permitted to operate in early morning hours between 4 AM – 6 AM.
Village of Nakusp Bylaws 463 and 517 provide for $100 fines to anyone who contravenes these watering restrictions.
The Village intends to enforce this bylaw in cases of disregard of watering restrictions.
First Responders Dinner-May 30 @ 6:30
Tickets available in the Legion Lounge for those who want to honor our First Responders
First Responders can pick up a free ticket All others $12 a ticket
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BC Hydro is hosting an open house in Nakusp to provide information about BC Hydro’s operations and programs/activities in the Nakusp area. Topics include the operation of our Columbia facilities and expected summer Arrow Lakes Reservoir levels, Columbia River Water Use Plan projects and programs, and other BC Hydro programs and initiatives.
When: Wednesday, June 10, 2015 Time: 6:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m.
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The Nakusp and Area Trail Society has been hard at work taking advantage of the favorable weather to complete a number of trail maintenance projects in preparation for the upcoming hiking season. Wulf Mense, vice chair for the society and head of the maintenance crew works with volunteers to clean and brush all eight of the trails the society has accepted responsibility for so they are ready for use by the public.
“We work on these trails building bridges and clearing blow-downs,” Mense commented, “and there is always something that comes up; they re-quire constant maintenance throughout the year.”
The society is also working above and beyond their standard maintenance schedule in coopera-tion with the Ministry of Forests and local contrac-tors to perform some significant improvements to the rail bed trail starting from the viewpoint over-looking Nakusp and ending at the top of Summit Lake.
“This is the section that the society has taken on stewardship of,” explains Mense. “The rail bed trail is a multi-use trail that is used by everybody, includ-ing ATV users and horses. The ATV club, which is also part of our society, came out and helped with the brushing this year and with the extra bodies, we were able to get a lot of work done.”
Due to the variety of use, the rail bed trail has suffered wear and tear and is developing issues with water pooling in the ruts and divots. The society is working to initiate a plan to resurface the trail and restore the tread. Barb Chwachka, a member of the society’s board of directors, is also looking into de-veloping an education program for the high school and plans to increase signage along the trail that would seek to instruct all users about the etiquette required of a multi-use trail.
“It’s really important that we get that out to the community to make this work and ensure that ev-eryone is respectful. Signage and talks at the school
will help promote shared and respectful use,” Chwachka said.
The Trail Society is also excited to announce the approval of a proposal to renovate the Saddle Mountain lookout. Money from the Ministry of Forests has been made available and the Trail Soci-ety has employed a local carpenter to renovate the lookout and improve the building’s appearance and upgrade its safety.
“We get lots of support from the government and the community to make these projects happen, but we are not seeing the same support from our local government,” Chwachka commented. The Trail So-ciety is committed to promoting adventure tourism and providing active and healthy living opportuni-ties for residents and tourists, “but I don’t think our local government recognizes the importance of ad-venture tourism and that there is a need for these trails,” Chwachka explained. “I am not laying any blame, but our volunteers don’t feel supported.”
The Nakusp Trail Society plans to continue with programs that have been popular with tourists and residents and will be finalizing their group hiking schedule on their website in the next few days. They are also excited to announce the return of the popu-lar full moon paddles and have worked in partner-ship with the Nakusp Chamber of Commerce to produce an updated trail map for hikers.
The map is set for release this summer and a keen eye will notice that the previously unnamed cross-country trail that runs parallel along the hot springs road has received the unofficial moniker, the Peter Roulston Trail.
“We help maintain that stretch, but it is not offi-cially our trail,” Chwachka explained, “but we were approached by a group in Creston Bay requesting that we honor the late Peter Roulston by naming that trail after him.” Roulston was a resident of Na-kusp and a huge advocate of the trail system per-forming independent maintenance and producing maps for interested hikers.
“He was a great outdoorsman and I think it is a good fit to give his name to that trial,” Mense added.
Nakusp Trail Society prepares for the 2015 hiking season
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Since the April 30 issue of the Arrow Lakes News there has been plenty of reaction from the failure of the M. V. Colum-bia, in both local papers.
� e Beaton Arm Crossing Association (BACA) has been pushing for a � xed link at Beaton Arm and crossing again at Sidmouth thereby retiring the ferry. � e Arrow Lakes News May 7, 2015 “� is Week in History” — May 13, 1965 indi-cates that the Department of Highways will spend 25 million dollars in the west Kootenays for Highway improvements including a bridge over the next 5 years. Where did this go wrong? We still don’t have a � xed link, and now are looking at some 300 to 400 million dollars for a � xed link.
BACA had a booth at the AKBLG Conference, April 22-24. Many people stopped at my booth. One couple from east of Golden indicated that they waited two and a half hours to get on the ferry and they felt it went backwards across the lake taking 45 minutes to cross, then taking ten minutes to dock. It isn’t any wonder that a round trip was two hours. I did not have one person indicate that a � xed link was the wrong idea. In fact, I had one person come running up to my booth saying “where do I sign?” I was not doing a petition
but was there only to promote the � xed link. On Saturday morning one delegate told me that he now had an eight hour drive home as he was taking an alternate route because he would not go north and take a chance of another ferry delay. Bottom line — the ferry gave us a black eye during the AK-BLG Conference.
A couple of issues that don’t get much press are:1. Ferry Operating Costs: � e ferry cost the tax payers
$12,876 per day or $4,700,000 per year for the current con-tract. � is will escalate in future years. � e cost over 25 years will exceed 250 million dollars.
2. Carbon Emissions: Carbon emissions caused by the fer-ries well-tuned diesel engines are 5.9 tons per day or 2154 tons per year. � is does not include emissions from idling vehicles at the ferry terminals. How does this � t in to the Government’s 2020 GHG reduction plan?
BACA will continue to push for the building of a � xed link. To this end we have produced a promotional video. It can be viewed at vimeo.com/124363033. We have been having great reviews on this � lm. We are also working on a power generation plan and on May 7 we met with the President and
CEO of New Energy Corporation Inc. to discuss the possible generation of 8mw of power without building a dam by only using the regular � ow of the river at the Sidmouth crossing. � is looks very feasible!
� e directors of BACA are in regular contact with the Ministry of Transport on the various issues surrounding the ferry operation and the � xed link project.
We will continue to push for the � xed link until it is com-pleted.
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Opposition politicians were outraged over the B.C. government’s latest effort to secure its first major liquefied natural gas deal, announced last week.
Premier Christy Clark, Natural Gas Development Minister Rich Coleman and Finance Minister Mike de Jong signed agreements with Pacific Northwest LNG for a long-term gas royalty structure that could run for 30 years.
The government says the deal guar-antees minimum royalty revenue for the province, while the investors increase their revenue if the spread between gas prices in North America and Asia in-creases during the term.
Pacific Northwest is a partnership of some of the biggest investors and gas cus-tomers: Malaysian state giant Petronas, its Canadian subsidiary Progress Energy, Chinese state firm Sinopec, Indian Oil Corp. and Japan Petroleum.
These corporate giants will review a
project development agreement, and if they approve, Clark will convene the leg-islature to approve changes that would compensate them if the new LNG income tax increases.
Environmental changes such as a “discriminatory” carbon tax increase or greenhouse gas regulations on LNG would also trigger compensation. Future changes to general carbon tax or corpo-rate income tax rates would not.
NDP leader John Horgan warned that “too much lolly” is being offered, with no word of job guarantees for B.C. or a deal with First Nations at the proposed site near Prince Rupert.
“My biggest concern is that we’re tying the hands of future governments because a desperate government made commit-ments that they over-promised on and now they want to get a deal at any cost,” Horgan said.
Green Party MLA Andrew Weaver called it “shocking and irresponsible,” repeating his prediction that the global market is swimming in gas and will never support huge green-field projects across
B.C.For the investors, it’s like a mortgage.
There are “subjects” to be removed before the deal closes, and this is a proposed $36 billion mortgage for pipelines, LNG pro-cessing and shipping facilities.
This isn’t just a political dispute. For example, Progress has drilled about 500 gas wells in northeastern B.C., and Petro-nas took it over with this development in mind. Without exports, B.C.’s whole gas industry is looking at a bleak future of low prices and demand.
Petronas delayed its investment deci-sion to this year and cited exactly these concerns, certainty on taxation and royal-ties beyond the election cycle. With that in hand, their obstacles remain federal environmental approval and a revenue sharing deal with a First Nation to host a terminal.
Pacific Northwest CEO Michael Cul-bert notes that answers to questions posed by the Lax Kw’alaams First Nation were submitted to federal regulators only days before they started voting on a $1 billion share of LNG proceeds over 40 years.
The vote was a resounding no, despite a redesign that put pipelines on a suspen-sion bridge over the most sensitive salmon habitat. Culbert suggests that given some time to examine environmental mitiga-tion work, that answer may change.
Does aboriginal title offer a veto over projects like this? According to the re-cent Supreme Court of Canada decision on the Tsilhqot’in case, the short answer is no. Objections could be overridden if governments determine a project is in the interest of the greater public.
Talks have taken place with 19 First Na-tions affected by pipelines and facilities, and 14 have agreed. While they continue with Lax Kw’alaams and other Tsimshian Nations on the coast, it’s worth recalling that others are not so reluctant.
The Nisga’a Nation has identified four sites as suitable for LNG terminals with a shorter pipeline route to the coast than Prince Rupert.
So now you have settled on a long-awaited retire-ment plan. What is there to do now that you have stepped back from the everyday rigours of the busy workplace?
Locally, a variety of well organized educational, recreational and miscellaneous leisure opportuni-ties help to quickly answer that question. � e fact is, numerous cultural, historical, music and arts groups exist within our community, signi� cantly bene� t-ting both the individual and organized groups in general.
Also within our reach, is an excellent opportunity to highlight the beauty of our natural surroundings such as Nakusp Hot Springs, the community beach-es, parks, walking trails and more. All are within easy reach for most of us, and of course the commu-nity bus steps in to supplement the available private vehicles on hand.
� ere is something quite magical about learning the joys of creativity. One feels upli� ed through the colourful application of natural or a blend of man-made materials used to produce unique works of art.
In recent times, a small and friendly group of in-dividuals referred to as Nakuspspinners, felt drawn toward actively promoting various forms of tra-ditional � bre arts. It didn’t take long to discover a realm of hidden talent amongst those who shared a common interest in working primarily with natural coloured and dyed wool, silk and mohair � bres.
Since then, thanks to the generous donors who put together an abundant supply of not only the � bres themselves, but also the associated tools and equipment needed in order to learn how to put into action locally, numerous new techniques. It is highly possible to obtain available and inexpensive materials needed to complete one’s project.
Local cra� er Christine Mayer invites all interest-ed persons to contact her for more information con-cerning get-togethers as well as the availability of loaned out yarn-making spindles, weaving shuttles, spinning wheels and hand weaving looms.
Skilled artisans have presented a number of in-structional workshops, over the years. Christine herself o� ers a variety of workshops demonstrating the creating of one’s own wire-based jewellery, tra-ditional moccasins, natural stone rings, unique but-tons or closures as well as superb embellishments of every type plus the exchange of many other Christ-mas gi� ideas.
For more information, contact Christine at 250-265-4359. Or look for her at the Saturday morning Farmer’s Market to engage in idea exchanges.
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Meals on WHeelsAVAILABLE THROUGH HALCYON HOUSEMeals On Wheels provides tasty, nutritious hot meals that are delivered to your home by volunteers between 12 noon and 1:00 p.m. on Monday, Wednesday and Friday. The cost for this service is $7.00 per meal.
To arrange for Meals On Wheels please call Anne at Community Services 250-265-3674 ext. 213 between 8:30am & 4:30pm.
FRoZen MealsAVAILABLE AT COMMUNITY SERVICES
16 professionally prepared meals for $100.Orders are to be taken on the 1st & 3rd Monday by 10 am. Pickup is 2nd and 4th Wednesday of each month. SEVERAL MENU CHOICES!
Meals must be prepaid. Call 250-265-3674.
SPECIAL EVENTSAT HALCYON HOUSEAll Seniors in the community
welcome to attend all Activities Any questions call Judy at
250-265-3056 (eve.) or 250-265-3692
Arrow & Slocan Lakes Community Services NEW HORIZONS VOLUNTEERS ARE THE HEART OF
HalcYon House actiVitiesExercises/Birthday Teas – Elaine, Judy
Social Time – Dawna, KarenBingo – Christina
Cards – Caroline, IleenTai Chi – Barb
Time Wise – JudyChurch – Hilary, BeaBurton Church – Gale
Always welcome new student/adult volunteers!
Contact: Judy Adams at250-265-3692 or 265-3056
To contact the Recreation Dept. or to book a seat on the Minto Medical Bus for Vernon phone 250-265-3622 ext. 259.
RotaRY Villa lounGeMonday: BINGO 7:00 pm at the New Lounge
Thursday: SOUP & BUN DAY12:00 Noon at the New Lounge
Monthly Dinner with DebSingalong 2nd Friday of the month, 7:00pm
Minto House actiVities(Located at the Arrow Lakes Hospital)
Monday: Bingo 10:00 am Ice cream 1:00 pm Tuesday: Piano 10:00 am Junior Volunteers 3:30 pm Wednesday: Minto Medical Bus to Vernon Departs ALH 7:00am - Arrives Vernon 10:30 am Departs Vernon mid pm - Arrives Nakusp 6:00 pm Thursday: Church 10:30 am Crafts at 1:00pm Friday: Exercises 10:30 am Gentlemen’s Afternoon 1:00 pm Pub visit every third Thurdsay at 2:00pm
Minto House Medical Bus
Wednesday: Minto Medical Bus to VernonDeparts Arrow Lakes Hospital 7:00 a.m.
Arrives Vernon 10:30 a.m.Departs Vernon mid p.m. Arrives Nakusp 6:00 p.m.
$7.50 one way, and $15.00 return.Please book ahead by Noon the previous Tuesday
to book a seat on the Minto Medical Bus for Vernon, or to contact the Minto House Recreation dept., phone 250-265-3622 ext. 259.
• This Week in History •May 29, 1925 � e Old Timers Reunion at Na-
kusp was a great success in every aspect except numerically, many having failed to make good the promise to be there. � e weather was ideal and the town looked splendid in its regalia of � ags and bunting. Tuesday evening’s dance was by far the most popular, the crowd � lling the Opera House and entering into the occasion as they don’t o� en do at a public dance. Tuesday a� ernoon the Old Tim-ers lined up in front of the govern-ment o� ce and had a group pic-ture taken. � e work was done by George Meers and the Campbell Art Studio in Nelson.
May 30, 1935 � e 24th of May celebration in
New Denver was one of the most largest gatherings for many a year and the day’s weather was almost ideal for the occasion. � e day’s events started at 9 a.m. with races
and a so� ball game between New Denver girls and a team of old timers. When the Perry’s Siding baseball team arrived the game between them and Silverton be-gan. Silverton won the game. � ey also later defeated the New Den-ver team by a score of 21-1. � e day was wrapped up by a dance in the Bosun Hall.
May 31, 1945 � e New Denver Brass Band
gave the citizens of New Denver and District two nights of hi-larious entertainment with their “Skits and Skittles Show” under the able direction of E.J. Leveque. Neil Tattrie welcomed all to the show, and a series of band and vocal numbers followed. Sing-ers included Mrs.G.Plaethrope, Miss D.Gunn, A.D. Trickett, James Moir, J.Rowe, T. Clark, E.J. Leveque, L.R.Campbell, Audrey Leveque, Mrs. A.L. Harris, Miss M.Remple and Miss H. Lawson.
� e minstrel show was the hit of the evening with N. Trattrie as Mr. Interlocutor. Five high school girls, Audrey Leveque, Frances Burkitt, Frances Hawthorn, Bev-erly Dans and Nancy Harris acted out a short burlesque skit entitled “� e Pig-tailed Bandit.” In the Dutch band number, Julia Christie and Evelyn Enockson did a Dutch dance. Ted Roberts, kilt and all, played a rousing bagpipe solo.
Fire completely destroyed the powerhouse of the Whitewater operation at Retallack last Tuesday night. All machinery was lost.
May 23, 1975 � e Annual Nakusp Conserva-
tion Fish Derby took a total of 352 pounds of � sh. � e largest trout 1 lb, 5.5 ounces, was taken by James Andrews, while David Jansen won the junior Dolly Varden with an 8 lb. 1.5 oz. beauty. Art Abbey took the largest � sh by number, a 10 lb. dolly.
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Thanks in part to efforts by Rotary, whose motto is “service above self,” polio is a disease that is close to being eradicated from the world population. Since 1986, the polio project Polio-Plus, has been a signature objective for Rotary and through initiatives in cooperation with gov-ernments, non-government organizations and the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, mem-bers of Rotary have raised over $1.2 billion and claim a 99 per cent completion rate of their mis-sion. The world has seen a shift since the cam-paign was started over thirty years ago — at the time, there were about 300,000 new cases of po-lio per year throughout more than 90 countries. According to Rotary International, there have only been 22 cases of polio in 2015 and there are only three countries left in the world that are still identified as endemic.
Polio, short for poliomyelitis, is an infectious disease spread through bodily fluid contact and has also been known to spread through popula-tions via unsanitary water and food. Symptoms of the infection are characterised of muscle weakness and nausea resulting in irreversible paralysis. Polio is treated by a vaccination that strengthens the body’s immunity to the infection and must be administered over the course of sev-eral doses in order to be effective.
� e volatile political and economical environ-ments of some countries have complicated the
distribution of the polio vaccine on a global scale.Last February, the Nakusp chapter of Rotary
was honoured to have two of its members lead a team on Friendship-National Immunization Day (NID) trip to Pakistan. Kees and Mayumi van der Pol were joined by Carl Bach from Colville, WA, and Sara Archer from Walla Walla, WA and traveled together to the city of Lahore where they began 12 days of intervention. The group arrived on the third day of the three-day immunization campaign and participated by administering the polio vaccine at a polio clinic attached to a hos-pital in Multan, a city five hours from Lahore.
“The highlight for me,” Kees recalled, “was when our driver, came to me with his young daughter in his arms and said ‘Kees, I would like you to give the polio drops to my daughter.’ I be-lieve that he went out of his way to make sure his daughter was at the hospital to make this happen for me, because he knew how important this was to us.”
In addition to the polio campaign, the group traveled between Rotary Club meetings, multi-club meetings, and Rotary projects connected with schools, orphanages, clinics, and hospitals and were even invited to observe inside a five-bed cataract operating theatre.
Upon their return, members of the group of four have presented to seven different Rota-ry clubs including the Nakusp Rotary Club, on the highlights of their trip. “One of our goals is to promote the concept of Rotary friendship ex-changes, NIDs, and medical missions” van der Pol explained.
Local Rotarians participate in eradicating polio in Pakistan
RYAN WILLMANArrow Lakes News
A visit to the Lucklines Orphanage in Lahore. Photo by Megan Jamison
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AmazementPastor Jim Reimer – Kootenay Christian Fellowship
What would you have to do to amaze Jesus? What amazes you? What makes your jaw drop? What leaves you standing there, unable to say a word because of the amazing thing you just witnessed? Is it a sunset? Is it a performance at an Olympic event? A drum solo at a concert? Or the incredibly stupid thing somebody just did? Our amazement is usually provoked by the fact that we are
privy to something way beyond our ability or understanding. If that is true, then just what would it take to amaze Jesus? I am talking about the one who knows all, created us, can walk on water and raise the dead. If anyone could roll their eyes and say, “I’ve seen that before”, it would be Jesus. Yet the bible records Jesus was amazed on two occasions. On these occasions it had to do with people’s extraordinary faith or the lack there of. If you want to impress Jesus positively, exercise faith. If you want to amaze Jesus negatively, turtle in faith. What surprises me is that we don’t impress Jesus by our righteous acts, or our hard work, or even our knowledge of the bible. What really amazes Jesus is when an individual lives by faith and acts in faith. Trusting God can be di� cult. Our failed expectations,
disappointments, and failures challenge our ability to have faith in God. Here is what I have found; when I take tentative steps towards God, he meets me right there and my faith comes alive. I don’t need “big” faith, I just need to exercise the amount of faith I have. As my faith awakens, so does my hope and with hope comes encouragement. Soon those things that seem like mountains begin to shrink. Do you want to embark on an exciting journey? � en exercise faith towards God today. For background
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The Grade 6 class of Nakusp Elementary School (NES) recently won two awards through the BC Green Games for their entry to the annual environmental competition for students. One award was $1500 towards a trip to ScienceWorld in Vancouver. Parents of the students also organized a bottle drive fundraiser in April that raised over $4000 towards the costs of the field trip. The NES Parent Advi-sory Council (PAC) contributed another $500, along with various other donations from people in the community.
Teacher Megan Jamison writes about the experience:
We left Nakusp at about 8:40 on Tuesday morning (May 19), and caught the 9:30 a.m. Needles ferry. We arrived at our accommoda-tions at UBC at about 6:45 p.m. The pizza I had ordered arrived soon after, so we had a little picnic on the lawn. We were all very happy to be off the school bus! No kids had gotten sick on the ride so we were very happy about that too!
After we checked in and had dinner, we walked the short 10 minute distance to the UBC Aquatic Centre. The students got to play with the toy boats in the pool, and later, after a short swim test, they jumped off the 3m and 5m diving boards into the deep end of the pool. They also had lots of fun swinging on a rope swing.
The next morning, the students were all up really early and ready to eat breakfast in the cafeteria -which I had pre-booked and paid for. However, the cafeteria was locked and the lights were all off. After almost an hour of waiting around, we found out that, due to a mistake made by the manager of UBC Food Services entering the order in the computer, we instead had to walk about 10 minutes to the Student Union Building cafeteria to eat breakfast there. After a very tasty breakfast, I went over the plan for the day with the group.The next morning, the students were up really early and ready to eat breakfast in the cafeteria — which was pre-booked and paid for, however, the cafeteria was locked and the lights were all off. After almost an hour of waiting around, we found out that, due to a mistake made by the manager of UBC Food Services entering the order in the computer, we instead had to walk about 10 minutes to the Student Union Building cafeteria to eat breakfast there. After a very tasty breakfast, I went over the plan for the day with the group.
We caught the city bus from UBC to ScienceWorld, which was the first time many of the students had ridden on a public city bus. At ScienceWorld, we watched a live program about climate change called the “Hot Stuff Game Show” that many students participated in as contestants. Next, we went up on the roof for a Green Roof Tour and saw the gardens and the honey bees that they keep on the roof. The rest of the morning as well as the afternoon of the next day, the students got to explore the many fun, informative, and hands-on galleries at ScienceWorld.
After a lunch from a nearby Subway, we loaded our school-bus and were driven to Lighthouse Park in West Vancouver. This is a beautiful park where old-growth forest meets the ocean and I had timed it so that we arrived at low-tide. The intertidal zone was teeming with life that the students excitedly discovered, such as hundreds of purple starfish clinging to the rock faces, and countless mussels and barnacles, as well as tiny crabs and other creatures. We hiked down to the lighthouse viewpoint and on some other trails through the forest filled with huge old trees.
The school-bus then dropped us off on Granville Island around 5 p.m., where the students got to walk around and explore the mar-kets and shops with their adult chaperones. They had lots of fun trying on hats in the hat shop, sampling different kinds of food in the market, feeding nuts and seeds to the pigeons, and discovering the candy store. After dinner, we went to the Improv Centre for a hilarious live improve show by Vancouver TheatreSports. One stu-dent, Ledger Coates, was asked to be a judge and was also invited on stage to provide sound effects for one of their skits. This perfor-mance was full of lots of laughs for the students and adults alike.
Afterwards, we caught another city bus to get back to UBC, where everyone was ready for a good night’s sleep.
On Thursday morning, our all-you-can-eat buffet breakfast was
ready for us, and we filled up in preparation for another big day. We loaded the school bus around 8:40 and were driven to Lynn Canyon Park and Suspension Bridge in North Vancouver. This was a big hit with the students, from walking on the suspension bridge over a narrow and deep river canyon, to walking on steep trails through the forest, to wading in the beautiful green river. Some stu-dents even went for a little swim in the pool in the river.
We ate our bagged lunches from UBC on the school-bus around noon as we headed back to ScienceWorld. We went to a special pre-sentation and awards ceremony there at 1:00. A band called Mindil Beach performed some of their high energy original rock songs for us, followed by a presentation to raise awareness of overfish-ing in the world’s oceans, pollution, and ocean acidification. They hope to inspire more people to take action to protect our oceans. After some great questions from the students, the grade 6’s were given a short awards ceremony for their BC Green Games awards. The rest of the afternoon, students explored more of the galleries in ScienceWorld.
Around 5:00, we caught the SkyTrain across the street and took it to the Chinatown stop. We walked to the public park at the Dr. Sun Yat-Sen Classical Chinese Gardens, where students saw huge goldfish and koi fish in the ponds, a mini-forest of bamboo, and a pagoda. We walked around Chinatown to see the sights, and we had dinner there as well. Many students enjoyed eating authentic Chinese food and buying some souvenirs in stores crammed full of unique goods from China. We saw the gates to Chinatown on Pender Street and caught the SkyTrain and city bus back to UBC later in the evening.
It was one student’s birthday (Tayla Raskob) that day, so we had cake to celebrate back at our accommodations. We packed our bags that evening for an early start on Friday morning.
We arrived back in Nakusp at 6 p.m. on Friday, and everyone had many stories to tell. I heard many positive comments from stu-dents as well as their parents. One student said to me, “This is the coolest field trip ever. It tops all the other ones I’ve been on.” The students had many new experiences and learned many new things. We will be debriefing the field trip in class this week.
Submitted by Megan JamisonNakusp Elementary School
Winning entry results in school trip to Science World
Group photo taken at Science World. Photo by Megan Jamison
NES students travel to Vancouver
May 28 Strong Start a school based early learning program for ages 0-6 years.
@ Fauquier Communication Centre. 8:30 to 11:30 a.m.@ Edgewood Elementary School. 12:15 to 3:15 p.m.@ Nakusp Strong Start Building at NES.12:30 to 3:30 p.m.
May 28 Mother Goose @ Nakusp Public Library 10 to 11 a.m. Parents and babies welcome.
May 28 Nakusp T’ai Chi @ the Legion 10 to11 a.m. Call Ruth 265-3353. Cancelled this week due to event being held in the Hall.
May 28 Bingo @ Nakusp Legion. 6 p.m.
May 28 Nerd Night: D&D @ Nakusp Youth Centre. 6 to 10 p.m. For more information contact Leah @ 265-2000.
May 28 African Drumming Group @ Na-CoMo at 7:15 p.m. Bring your own drum. New drummers welcome.
May 29 Improv Night @ Nakusp Youth Cen-tre. 7 to 10 p.m.
May 30 Nakusp Farmer’s Market between KSCU and What’s Brewing. 9 a.m. to 1 p.m.
May 30 Community Choir practice @ Sad-dleback Church. 1 to 2:30 p.m. For ages 19 years and up. Cost is $7 on your � rst practice only. For more information contact Marilyn Massey @ 250 265-4087.
May 31 Artist Trading Cards Trading Session @ K2 Rotor Lodge. For more information call Don Mabie at 265-3673.ºMay 31 Jam Night @ Leland Hotel. Starts at 5:00 p.m.
May 31 AA Meeting 5 to 6 p.m @ the Terra Pondera Clubhouse in Nakusp. For more in-formation call 265-4216.
June 1 BC Transit Bus to Nakusp Hot Springs. The bus leaves Overwaitea at 1:15 and arrives back in Nakusp at 3:55 p.m. Cost is $1.25 one way, or $2.50 round trip
June 1 Bridge @ Nakusp Senior’s Centre, every Monday 1:30 to 4 p.m. Cost is $2.50, and beginners welcome.
June 1 Girls Night: Poetry Writing @ Nakusp Youth Centre. 6 to 9 p.m. For more informa-tion contact Leah @ 265-2000.
June 2-5 Escapees RV Club Rally for the BC Okanagan Chapter @ Nakusp Municiipal Campground.
June 2 Free Family Law and Child Protection information session @ Nakusp Community Services Building. 9 to 2 p.m. For more in-formation contact the Advocacy Centre at 1-855-552-2708.
June 2 Nakusp T’ai Chi @ the Legion 10 to11 a.m. Call Ruth 265-3353.
June 2 Music Jam with Lisa @ Nakusp Youth Centre. 3:15 to 5:30 p.m.
June 3 Strong Start is a school based early learning program for ages 0-6 years.
@Edgewood Elementary School. 8:30 to 11:30 a.m @ Nakusp Strong Start Building at NES 9 to 12 p.m.@Burton Learning Centre 12:15 to 3:15 p.m.
June 3 Coffee and goodies @ the Senior Centre in Nakusp. Every Wednesday from 10 to 11 a.m.
June 3 Community Choir practice @ Saddle-back Church. 7 to 8:30 p.m. For ages 19 years and up. Cost is $7 on your � rst practice only. For more information contact Marilyn Massey @ 250 265-4087.
June 3 Drop in @ Nakusp Youth Centre from 7 to 9 p.m. For more information contact Leah @ 265-2000.
June 3 Poker Night @ the Leland Hotel. It’s free and beginners are welcome. 7 p.m. start. For more information contact Dan @ 265-3314.
June 3 AA Meeting from 7 to 8 p.m. @ the Terra Pondera Clubhouse in Nakusp. For more information call 265-4216. June 4 Book Launch: The Price of Tran-scendence - Poetry by Art Joyce @ Nakusp Public Library. 7 p.m.
June 6 Nakusp Farmer’s Market between KSCU and What’s Brewing on Broadway. 9 a.m. to 1 p.m.
May 30 and June 6 Trails Society looking for volunteers for their booth at the Farmers’ Markets. If you can do a shift from either 9 to 11 am or 11 am to 1 pm on either of those days, please contact Karen Marshall at [email protected], or 250 265 7451, to volunteer.
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An evening of great music:
Slocan Lake Gallery Society Coffee House
FREYA with Martine denBok and Noel Fudge, an instrumental violin and guitar duo with popular melodies mixed/mashed/re-vised, originals and improvised styling.
VALHALLANS with Martine denBok, Noel Fudge Rebecca Fudge and Rob Godin - indie-folk covers and originals, a blend of acoustic and electric instruments with lush vocal harmonies
ADOBE with Shelley and Jim Dobie, Ty Klassen and special guest Paul Gibbons on Bansuri � ute original music with a sweet Latin � air. Bass, baritone ukulele, guitar, Af-rican djembe and vocals. Get ready to shake your maracas!
FOUR SHADES OF GREY with Terry Freeman, Susie O’Donnell, Sally Hammond and Susie Bolivar, winners of Silverton’s Air Band Contest.
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The Nakusp Sr. Girls soccer team hosted a car wash on a balmy Saturday afternoon in the high school parking lot. All proceeds from the fundraiser will be used to help fun their upcoming trip to Surrey to compete in the single A girls soccer provincials. Photos by Ryan Willman
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Ninety-second in an alpha-betical series on West Kootenay/Boundary place names
A recent installment in this series on Healy’s Landing, a re-mote settlement on the Duncan River, stated its namesake, Jack Healy, was still alive as of 1922, but the date of his death was un-known.
While details of his passing remain a mystery, a recently-discovered photo in the Nelson Daily News of Jan. 29, 1938 re-veals Healy was still kicking as of that date.
The caption reads: “Healy’s Landing to most folks is ‘farthest north’ on the Upper Duncan, though Hall Creek is 12 miles further up. Left to right are shown Jack Healy, the famous pioneer; another pioneer, Jack McPhail, now passed on; Miss Maud Healy, niece of Jack Healy, who for 40 years has hunted and trapped fearlessly; and Kenneth Pond of Nelson, on a trip up to Hall Creek with his father to look at the Red Elephant group. Mr. Healy went home to Ireland a couple of years ago to live, but a year ago he came back to his ‘little gray home in the west.’”
Hudu ValleyThere are a lot of Hoodoo
place names in BC — creeks, glaciers, lakes, mountains, cliffs, and rivers — but there’s only one Hudu Creek and Hudu Val-ley, between Fruitvale and Ross Spur.
According to Beaver Valley & Pend d’Oreille, “Sid Ross owned most of the land in the Hudu Valley [and] employed quite a few of the local residents and
several Japanese as fallers. Over the years five Japanese fallers were killed due to the danger of falling dry snags; hence the name Hudu Valley: a bad place to be.”
Two Japanese fallers died in logging accidents around Salmo, one in 1910 and another in 1922, but both worked for the Koote-nay Shingle Co., not Sid Ross.
According to the BC Geo-graphical Names database, Hudu Creek first shows up on a 1915 map of the Kootenay, Os-oyoos, and Similkameen mining divisions.
In addition to the creek it-self, which flows into Beaver Creek, the name is perpetuated in Hudu Creek Road.
HuntingdonThis phantom Slocan Valley
townsite was first mentioned in the Spokane Spokesman Review
of Jan. 27, 1898 wrote: “Dan Hanlon has completed his cabin on the Anniston mineral claim on the first north fork of Lemon creek. This is the site of the con-centrator which will be erected early in the spring. The prob-abilities are that a town will also soon spring up. Huntingdon has been selected as the name for the place.”
Two days later, the Slocan City News ran a nearly identi-cal note, but added James Gross was Hanlon’s partner. Hunting-don was never mentioned again and the origin of its name is un-known.
It wasn’t the same place as the Lemon Creek townsite, also known as Summit; nor Lemon Creek Siding, also known as Lemonton and Del Monte. But it might have been the original name for the town of Oro. We’ll get to them all in due course.
This photo in the Nelson Daily News, Jan. 29, 1938 reveals the namesake of Healy’s Landing was still alive then.
Healy’s Landing namesake returned to Ireland
GREG NESTEROFFBlack Press
I am often asked at this time of year about a bright yellow bird with a red head. This is a West-ern Tanager. The tanager family is very large; there are over 250 members. Most live in South America, with only a handful making the annual journey to North America to breed. Those that do, however, are very colourful and add a splash of brilliance to our forests.
The Western Tanager is the only species that occurs regularly in BC. This bird is almost entirely yellow, with black wings and a red-orange head. It is just a little smaller than a robin. Western Tanagers are not abundant in our area, but they do occur regularly. Despite their size and bright plumage they seem to go unnoticed by many. This may be due to their habits. They show a preference for coniferous or mixed forests and often forage high in the tree. They generally build their nests in conifers; most are at least 5m above the ground, (some very much higher). Their song is quite sim-ilar to that of the American Robin. This further
helps them to “blend in” and remain unnoticed.Only one other tanager regularly breeds in
Canada. The Scarlet Tanager breeds in extreme southern Canada from eastern Manitoba east to Nova Scotia. As the name suggests this is a bril-liant red bird. The tail and wings are black. In contrast to the Western, the Scarlet Tanager pre-fers deciduous forests.
Of the 250 tanager species found in South America, only four regularly breed north of the Mexico-US border: the two already discussed plus the Summer Tanager and the Hepatic Tanager. The Summer Tanager is completely red in colour and is found primarily in the southeastern US. The Hepatic is largely red with greyish tones on the back and flanks and is confined to the southwest.
A quick glance through a book of South Ameri-can birds will quickly reveal that tanagers come in all sorts of shapes, sizes, and colours. The red and yellow that we see in North America is only the beginning! I have had the good fortune to visit Peru and Costa Rica in the last few years. Dur-ing those trips I have seen over 50 species in the tanager family.
A12 www.arrowlakesnews.com Thursday, May 28, 2015 Arrow Lakes News
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Birds Of NakuspWestern Tanager. Photo by Gary Davidson
Gold! Gold! Gold! The B.C. Historical Federation members followed the Cariboo Gold Rush Trail along the Fraser River to Quesnel for the annual meeting last weekend. A guided bus trip to Barkerville and many slide presentations were followed by a sumptuous supper at the Billy Barker Hotel. Afterwards, Jane Watt (sister to Hugh Watt), presented the Lieuten-ant Governor’s Medal for the Best 2014 B.C. Historical Book. The winners, Mark Forsythe and Greg Dickson wrote an account of B.C.’s WWI involvement, From the West Coast to the Western Front. (L-R): Gary Mitchell (President of BCHF), Mary Watt, Jane Watt, and Ken Williams.
