THE KOOTENAY WEEKLY


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                                                                                 100°,(oOWNED&OPERATEDINTHEKOOTENAYS                                            VOLUME 6, NUMBER 18
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   Banner on Baker welcoilles visiting skiers
                                                                                                                                                                         STAR-SPANGLED BANNER:
                                                                                                                                                                         Some of Nelson's community
                                                                                                                                                                         representatives were out early
                                                                                                                                                                         last Friday morning to hang a
                                                                                                                                                                         30-foot banner across Baker
                                                                                                                                                                         St. The banner welcomes
                                                                                                                                                                         skiers to the area and is a
                                                                                                                                                                         joint project between
                                                                                                                                                                         Nelson's Downtown Business
                                                                                                                                                                         Association (BIA) and
                                                                                                                                                                         Whitewater Resort. Present at
                                                                                                                                                                         the banner-raising are
                                                                                                                                                                         firefighter Jon Pachal (left),
                                                                                                                                                                         Mark Daines of Whitewater,
                                                                                                                                                                         Woody Wudkevich, owner of
                                                                                                                                                                         Kootenay Connection Tours,
                                                                                                                                                                         Anne Pigeon, administrative
                                                                                                                                                                         supervisor at Whitewater,
                                                                                                                                                                         Verne Shaull with the BIA, Al
                                                                                                                                                                         Klassen, member of the
                                                                                                                                                                         Chamber of Commerce board
                                                                                                                                                                         of directors, Barry Bartlett of
                                                                                                                                                                         the BIA, Ross Shuman,
                                                                                                                                                                         member of the Chamber of
                                                                                                                                                                         Commerce board of directors,
                                                                                                                                                                         Mike Adams, general
                                                                                                                                                                         manager of Whitewater, Jeff
                                                                                                                                                                         Sturgeon of Kootenay
                                                                                                                                                                         Country Tourist Association,
                                                                                                                                                                         firefighter Gordon Rae and
                                                                                                                                                                         Mayor Bill Ramsden.
                                                                                                                                                                                                Sabine Bos




Heritage looks for new location
□ The proposal to put a beer and wine store on the first floor of Mike's Place had customers defending their
desire to belly up to the bar.
NELSON - Patrons of Mike's                                 petition Friday, March 4, in           changing it," said Martin.        ges at Mike's Place and to            side of the Heritage Inn.
Place located in downtown                                  protest to the proposed changes             With the proposed changes,   please consider, if the approval            "I would like to look at the
Nelson's largest bed and break-                            to the inside of the pub. The          tht: number of seats in the pub   goes through, an alternate loca-      parking lot between the hotel
fast, the Heritage Inn, love the                           petition gathered more than 250        would be reduced from 166 to      tion on the premises that will        and the parkade as a possible
pub just the way it is.                                    signatures in three days.              125, said Martin.                 still meet all the guidelines of a    site," said Martin. ''The store
     In response to a public                                    The notice which sparked the           Martin said he has written   beer and wine retail outlet."         would be on the ground floor
notice nailed to the outside of                            creation of the petition states that   to the Liquor Control Board             One site Martin is consider-    and, because of the shortage of
the building, patrons began a                              the lower level of Mike's Place        stating that "there have been     ing for the beer and wine store is
                                                           has been granted preliminary ap-       numerous protests to the chan-    in the parking lot on the east                Please see BEER - page 2

In thisIssue                                               proval as the new site of a retail
                                                           beer and wine store.
                                                                "It's not as if the customers
Missing persons                                            were worried that their barstools
page2                                                      would be removed, they just
                                                           don't want the character of the
Agreement between                                          room destroyed," said Sheila
J>rovince& Cominco                                         Outfield, day bartender           at
page3                                                      Mike's Place. Outfield started
                                                           the petition at the request of a
Home & Garden                                              number of concerned patrons.
page9                                                           "Most people aren't op-
                                                           posed to the idea of a beer and
Film festival rolls into                                   wine store, they just don't want
Nelson                                                     this beautiful room changed,"
page 10 & 11                                               said Outfield.
                                                                Dave Martin, owner of the
                                                           Heritage Inn, said he will listen
Index                                                      to the concerns of the patrons
Edltorlal page ................................... 4       and "will definitely look at an al-
Streetalk ........................................... 5    ternative location for the beer
Aero" Our Desk ............................. 5             and wine store."
Art Alert ............................................ 6
On Stage ........................................... 7          "I am very proud of the peti-
                                                                                                                                                                                                  Sabine Bos
The Calendar ................................... 8         tion, I see it as a great compli-
Sports ............................................... 9   ment. Obviously I did something        BEER, WINE OR BAR?: Dave Martin, owner of the Heritage Inn and Sheila Outfield, day bartender
cIa .. lfled• ................................ 13-15       right when I created the pub if        at Mike's Place pub, display the petition signed by more than 250 pub patrons opposed to the
Crossword ...................................... 14                                               proposed loss of part of the bar to accommodate a beer and wine store.
Horoscope......................................
                                           15              so many people are opposed to