THEEXPRESS February 9, 1994 Page 5 STREET TALK After 75 years of continuous service the Canadian National Institute for the Blind Do you believe in love at first sight? is still here today because we're needed ... but we'll be here tomorrow ONLY if you care. Please give when our canvasser calls. The Canadian National Institute for the Blind B.C - Yukon Division I certainly do. I've had an experience Yeah, and she's standing right next to Hey, at my age, I believe in love at where I've met somebody whose eyes me. We actually met over the phone any sight. But I remember having love and mine met and it was love at first and we are now engaged, so I believe at first sight happen some time in my 532 Josephine Street, Nelson 352-2288 sight. We were together for seven or in love at first hearing, too. I think you youth, but I can1 really remember. My eight years until circumstances just know when you meet a person daughter is my Valentine now, she BUY-1 SET OF PRINTS, changed. People grow, and we're no longer together, but I've had it hap- whether they are the one, it's a certain feeling you get. You just know that was born on February 10. BUD BAYES, Ymir Special GET 2ND SET FREE pen with other people where we've had that eye or body contact. I you'll be able to stay with them. KYLE LEWIS, Grand Centre, Alberta OFFER: (or 15% off Processing Price) definitely believe it exists. JEAN JONGEJAN, Nelson t,•od11eing: TheNEW FUJIMINILAB I ACROSS OURDESK using Environmentally Friendly Products) For your convenience • 1 hour photofinishing ..... ..... ....... . teach participants skills for let- more information, call Mother- (with Quality Guarantee) lode Bookstore at 358-7274. Whi;e cane we:k 0 ting go of anger·and blame. And Building Self-esteem for Adults will teach participants skills to • 24 hour drop off, prints back by noon the following day. C;nadJan·.,~~:~:i:onalInst:;~{! f~r ihe Blind strengthen their independence "In order for us as people and autonomy. Kooten;y··p;·rma~·~·t,~·;9··.-~~;1i1·~·~·· ..... with a disability to achieve full All workshops will be led by The Kootenay Permaculture integration in the near future, Marvel Rogers, a consultant Institute is presenting a weekend society must recognize us as who has lived in Trail for the workshop on fruit and nut grow- people first and not as clisabled past year. She has studied ing with Michael Pilarski and people," says Geraldine Braak, Reality Therapy with Dr. Wil- Greg Lamoureux at the Vallican president of the Canadian Coun- liam Glasser and the concepts of Heritage Hall Saturday, Feb. 12 cil of the Blind. Total Quality Management with and Sunday, Feb. 13 The message for Canaclians Dr. W. Edwards Deming. All The emphasis of the THE CORPORATION OF THE CHY OF NELSON during White Cane Week, workshops will be held at the workshop will be on using per- February 6 to 12, is to focus on Trail Campus, Selkirk College. Call 368-8229 for information re: maculture principles to grow NOTICE the abilities of a blind or visually fruit and nut trees. Many topics RESOLUTION OF COUNCIL impaired person, and consider dates and to register. will be covered, Agroforestry, PROPOSED FOR FEBRUARY 14TH, 1994 the disability as a characteristic pruning, fencing, trellises, cover ~~it2~;;!~~~!~~;! • REGULAR MEETINGS OF COUNCIL of that person. crop, integrated pest manage- "In this decade and into the ment, propagation, grafting, etc. WHEREASthe DTUC Library Collection \"the Collection') continues next century, we are going to Motherlode Bookstore Pilarski is the founder of to be a valuable community asset, vital to tl1eacademic and intellectual have to develop a healthy at- The Motherlode Bookstore Friends of the Trees Society and life of Nelson and tl1ereforemust be preserved in perpetuity; titude about blindness and visual in New Denver is pleased to an- editor of Kiwifruit Enthusiast impairment. People like myself AND WHEREASpreserving tlie Collection requires the dedicatedcare nounce its sponsorship of the St. Journal. Lamoureux formed the ofconununity members committed to its survival and the survival of the who are blind, or others who Valentine's Poetry Confessional, Kootenay Permaculture Institute education it supports now and in the future~ have poor or failing vision, have a gala event for lovers and poets in 1991 to promote, research to be made comfortable in the at the Silverton Gallery. The and exreriment with sustainable AND Wl IEREAS it is no longer appropriate or practical for the recognition that there is nothing evening begins at 7:30 p.m. ways·o living. CoBection lo remain a Council responsibility~ wrong with this human condi- Friday, Feb. ll and features Participants must pre- AND WlffiREAS Council has already decided that 3,500 art-category tion," says Dr. Euclid Herie, home-grown poetry, surprise register. For more information, books and items will be made available to, and at a location selected by, president of the Canadian Na- musical guests, and edible call Greg at 226-7302. the Kootcnay School of the Arts, while the Nelson UmversityCentre has tional Institute for the Blind. delights from Denver Canyon been the primary agency responsible for and making use of, tl1eDTUC ,s·:···.··• ................. •.•.• ....•.·.:·.·.•.•• .................... :.•.•·········· ..................... .. Library Collection, and is housed alongside the Collection; Dessert Company. The "rules" for the poets are: elf-management TIIEREFOREBE IT RESOLVEDthat, effective March I st, 1994, A.dult w?~kshops poetry read must be original; the ownership oftl1e respective portions of the DTUC Library Coileclion be Sch~i;:~01:t:r~~:·tt~:;-:~::;:;::,:•~:,::.,:~·.:.·theme for the evening is Love - .l»,,,~,g9,~:~,:':c'.·/::K:l":S':':':'i::'.f''"''?''':':'· '':'::::::::,,::::M transferredto the NUC Education Society and the Kootenay School of romantic, rejected, reciprocated, Canadian Arthritis Society tl1eArts, under the condition tl1atboth parties will enter into contractual The continuing education department of School District long distance, etc.; each poet is to One in seven Canadians has agreements witl1the City of Nelson guaranteeing: read one selection, not to exceed arthritis; one family in three. Four No. 11 is offering three I . tlie non-profit managementof their portions oftlie collection in four minutes; use any form that ap- hundred thousand British Colum- perpetuity for tl1ebenefit oftl1e community; workshops this month. Making Relationships looks ~ to you; and three secret bians have arthritis. This is Canada's most common chronic 2. tl1atshould their agencies cease to exist, tliey propose to dissolve or at the magic of relationships and Judges will assess each brave soul to move the collection, that portion oftl1e collection will revert to the ways to strengthen its mosaic. and award a prize accordingly. ownership of the City; Freedom through Forgiving will For encouragement and Please see DESK - page 6 3. tliat, under no condition, shall tl1ecollection be located outside the City of Nelson; 4. that each contractually agrees to give tlic otl1eragency the first right CENTRAL KOOTENAY UNION BOARD OFHEALTH to receive without charge any books, periodicals,shelving or assets whatsoever that might be weeded from the collection or otherwise be proposed for disposal, The Central Kootenay Union Board of Health is benefit all areas covered by the Central pleased to announce that a grant in the amount Kootenay Union Board of Health. We invite 5. tl1ateach contractually agrees, to the extent of their capabilities,to make their portions of the collection available to the general public, of $15,000 has been received from the Ministry applications from community groups or and tliat each operate their segments in consultation with the other to of Health. The grant is aimed at developing individuals for consideration of funding. facilitate public access lo what was once a unified collection. projects within a community in regard to the Application forms are available at the Regional AND BE IT FURTIIERRESOLVEDthat, once contracts of obligation Ministry of Health "Strengthening the Family and transfer of ownership have been completed, the City dissolve its District of Kootenay Boundary office, 202-843 Initiative Program". The purpose of this program DTUC Library Trustees Committee, and invite its members and all Rossland Avenue, Trail, B.C. (Elaine Kumar is to build healthy individuals and strong interested citizens to join either of, or both of, the agencies owning the 368-9148) and the Health Units throughout the families in caring communities, by enabling collection, that the community might work through those agencies for Central Kootenay Health Unit Region (Kelly community participation in developing local the good managementof the DTUC Library collection. Wage 365-4300). programs. A committee has been appointed to PLEASENOTE, IF YOU WISH TO ADDRESS COUNCILON nns facilitate the distribution of the funds. It is the Applications will be accepted by Elaine Kumar, MATTER,PUBLIC COMMENT IS INVITED BE1WEEN 8:00 AND intent of the committee to provide support to Grants Committee, c/o 202-843 Rossland 8:30 P.M. FEBRUARY 14TH, 1994, AT TIIE COUNCIL MEETING, projects aimed at individual locally developed Avenue, Trail, B.C., VIR 4S8. Please note that COUNCILCHAMBERS,CITY HALL, 502 VERNONSTREET, programs or to develop a project which will the deadline is March 3, 1994. NELSON, B.C.