Teachers, parents turn out in numbers to School District No. 8 board meeting, voice opposition to budget
The School District 8 Kootenay Lake Education Board faced a room of more than 60 concerned teachers, parents and students demanding they review their budget priorities during the regular meeting, Tuesday, June 19. “A lot of teachers voiced concern about the way in which the board has handled the budget,” said Nelson and...
Science camps open for youth this summer
Science camps offering a fun, interactive learning environment with some basic electricity, chemistry, physics, and biology will be running this summer in Grand Forks and Christina Lake. The three camps, running through Selkirk College, are for youth ages six - 12 years-of-age. Camps are three days in duration with two taking...
Mount Sentinel Valedictorian Address — Be yourself no matter what
When Reanna Donald and Eddie Podovelnikoff stepped to the podium during the Mount Sentinel Graduation Ceremonies, the crowd began to stir. Both Donald and Podovelnikoff could feel a bit of tension, so both began to chime into a three-minute-plus comedy sketch about their time at the South Slocan high school. The sketch quickly...
Fight the bite! Take precautions to avoid West Nile virus
Interior Health is reminding residents to take extra precautions against mosquito bites this summer. West Nile virus, a disease that is spread from infected birds to humans through mosquito bites, has been present in B.C. since 2009. West Nile virus (WNv) was first detected in B.C. in the South Okanagan during the summer of...
US: Grieving father struggles to pay dead son’s student loans
By Marian Wang in ProPublica. A few months after he buried his son, Francisco Reynoso began getting notices in the mail. Then the debt collectors came calling. "They would say, 'We don't care what happened with your son, you have to pay us,'" recalled Reynoso, a gardener from Palmdale, Calif. Reynoso's son, Freddy, had been...
Clean, Drain, Dry will help prevent the spread of zebra mussels into the Kootenays
Clean. Drain. Dry. These simple steps will prevent zebra mussels and other aquatic invasive species from spreading into the waterways of the Kootenays. Aquatic invasive species, such as zebra mussels, Eurasian water-milfoil and New Zealand mudsnails have devastating impacts where they are introduced. They can ruin fishing and...
LVR Valedictorian Mikaiya Austin — Opportunities for success in this room are endless
The Class of 2012 at L.V. Rogers culminated their high school career this past weekend with graduation ceremonies. During the Cap and Gown Friday at the NDCC Arena, LVR Valedictorian Mikaiya Austin spoke on behalf of the grads. Here is a copy of her address to the sellout crowd. To begin my speech this evening, I would like...
A little rain never bothers a graduating class at L.V. Rogers
It must have been grad weekend at L.V. Rogers High School. Why do you ask? It rained. Almost true to form, every year the graduating class at LVR fights the weather conditions to celebrate their completion of school. The 2012 class was no exception. Although this class was well prepared with umbrellas of all sizes as the grad...
Education Briefs: Kootenay Lake School District developing ways to save teaching resources
After receiving numerous letters and comments of concern over the closure of the two District Resource Centers in Creston and Nelson, the Kootenay Lake School District Board of Education will be trying to keep those resources available to teachers. "We are in the middle of developing processes to keep the resources for teachers...
Selkirk College successfully opens the Aboriginal Gathering Place in Castlegar
In June of 2010 Selkirk College marked the beginning of construction on their Castlegar campus Aboriginal Gathering Place with a ceremonial blessing and ground breaking. On May 24, 2012 they celebrated the official opening of the facility with over 100 invited guests in attendance. “The Gathering Place project was initiated...
