THE KOOTENAY WEEKLY

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                                                                                      Struggle
                                                                                      in
                                                                                      Sandon
                                                                                         see page     3




                                                                                      Advice
                                                                                      from Audia
                                                                                      on
                                                                                      Alzheimer's
                                                                                           see page       6


 Christopher Lamb,4, chats it up with Michaelangelo on an icy Ninja Turtle
      tour to Silica St. in Nelson. We've had average snowfall, says the
 Castlegar weather office. But lower temperatures have kept the snow from
   melting ... "causing it to pile up and continue to pile up!" says weather
     officer Jim Richards. Just perfect for Christopher's Uncle Matthew
                  Lamb-Yorski to keep making ice sculptures.




    Tenants                          Fight                   Back
by Suzy Hamilton
     NELSON - A fire safety dispute        crease to cover the installation cost of   Reggae
among elderly tenants, a North Van-        sprinklers in the 61 suites. And now
couver landlord   and City Hall has        they are organizing to put pressure on     Boogie
moved into the provincial      political   the provincial government to come up       Bash
arena.
     Residents of the Valhalla Apart-
                                           with a solution to the increase which
                                           has nearly doubled their rent.
                                                                                      Jan. 26
ments were handed a $350 rent in-          Please See Valhalla Page 6.                    see page    7