D2 CASTLEGAR NEWS, June 1) 1980 NELSON — HERITAGE CIT by GERALD ROTERING (Reprinted with permission from ful British Columt The time was the late 1800s, booming, Vancouver Victoria ¢ was was growing, and prospectors and travellers were fast ex- tending the frontier deep into British Columbia. Hard on the heels of the two coastal cities, Nelson was rapidly becoming the province's third-largest city and the heart of southern interior. the developing It was a wild town in a wild district known as Kootenay. A military man of the day described it bluntly. “The camp was new and short of frills — boiled shirts, par- sons, lawyers and prohibition orators," wrote Colonel Lowery of the young settlement in about 1890. “It had plenty, of whis- key, a few canaries and other birds, and several pianos, All the rest of the. population were mule skinners, packers, trail blazers, remittance men and producers, with a slight trace of tenderfeet. The police slept only in the day- time." Civilization fast replaced the frontier. By the turn of the century, Nelson was rec- ognized as the major centre of southeastern British Col- umbia. Today, a modern city of 10,000, it remains the ap- pearance bestowed by its Victorian origins. After Van- couver and Victoria, Nelson has more historic buildings than any other city in the province. The look of a stable community was already a hallmark of Nelson when the boom town incorporated in 1897. Building with brick, the pioneers showed their confi- dence that this town, blos- soming at the junction of three valleys and in the centre of a mining district, would survive. For a few decades, there was rapid expansion. Banks chose to build here rather than in other communities that eventually died as ore ran out and mines closed. Government offices located in Nelson, as did trading firms. The town grew and, to accommodate the future, British Columbia's first hy- droelectric plant was built nearby. Then came the first tramway west of Winnipeg, carrying commuters up and down Nelson's San Francis- co-style hills. Serviced by trams and lit by novel electric lights, Nelson's streets were lined with impressive masonry buildings. After the initial mining Prosperity faded, Nelson's growth slowed to a crawl, based now on emerging lum- ber and orchard industries, The lack of rapid economic growth prevented the town's Victorian buildings from be- ing torn down and replaced with more modern struc- tures. A walk down Nelson's ORIGINAL home built for and still oc- cupied by the superintendent of the CPR. "We know we have the finest cohection R. T. NELSON COURTHOUSE designed by F.M. Ri was also d le of pi to the class A bullding A they are historically signifi- cant, architecturally interest- ing and in good repair. Another 123 are rated as class B, meaning they are missing one of the three above criteria, And 183 build- ings were rated class C, and thus are historically valuable, although they may have badly deteriorated or have some other failing. Among those 872 build- ings sit another 117 that could not be rated A, B or C by the government research- ers, but which are old build- ings that help create the feeling of Nelson as a com- munity, frozen in time. Entrusted with the task or preserving Nelson's heri- tage and encouraging its revitalization is a group of citizens legally designated as the city's heritage advisory committee, which works in conjunction with city council. Its chairman is Dr. Neil Baker Street in 1980 is a walk through living history, where turrets, gables and pink brick archways rise on all sides. For years, the legacy was ignored as townspeople failed to realize the value of what they possessed. But in 1977, this began to change. The B.C. Heritage Conser- vation Branch undertook a $100,000 study of the city and its history. Two years later, the final report was de- livered: Nelson — A Proposal for Urban Heritage Conser- vation. City council, itself housed in a prize historic building erected in 1902 as post office, recognized what was happening as the study began and quickly endorsed the proposed historic revival of Nelson, Since then, controls have been imposed on the city’s old sector to prevent demoli- tion or drastic changes to buildings with heritage and architectural value. Several prime commercial and resi- dential buildings have been saved from decay, restored and put back into use. A * walking tour has been laid out to guide visitors past the city’s most interesting land- marks. And an enthusiastic community is led by its mayor in planning the future. “I think it’s fantastic,” says Mayor John Mowatt from his office below the four-storey turret of city hall. “These buildings in Nelson aren't clapboard as in ghost towns. These are all wellbuilt ‘buildings of the period. There's no question they should be restored. It's a matter of pride for the com- munity to do so. We'd be honoring the pioneers who had a vision for our city.” The mayor's words seem to echo from the brick walls of the impressive city hall across a downtown intersec- tion to Nelson's imposing courhouse. That castle-like structure, draped with ivy, was built in 1905 and was designed by F.M. Ratten- bury, the same man who planned the provincial legis- lative buildings in Victoria. y who tld Those who studied Nel- son for the Heritage Conser- vation Branch state clearly the impact of these struc- tures alone. Their final re- Port says, “. . . these two buildings complement each other's design and create a powerful visual setting un- paralleled in any other In- terior town of the province.” These are only two of the 872 homes, stores and office buildings that merit rating in the study's report. Among these, 62 are labeled Photos by Maurice Borrelly and residential that exist in the interior of B.C.,” says city's heritage advisory Or. Neil of heritage buildings, both coniuzcrsia @ man who recog- nizes the value of what the Present has inherited from its past. “There are just dozens of buildings on Baker Street alone that are of very ornamental design and that date back to the 1900's,” the life-long Nelsonite said. “We know we have the finest collection of heritage build- ings, both commercial and residential, that exists in the interior of B.C." Dr, Morrison points for LJ NP 3 Nelson Coke and Gasworks Building, built of solid rock in 1900 to withstand fire and possible explosion as coal was converted into natural. gas, tar and coke. Today a desig- nated historic building, it has been converted into shops and offices, with the exterior repaired and the interior re- built along turn-of-the-cen- tury lines. Another is the KWC Block, whose turret towers over the city’s central Ward - and Baker streets intersec- tion only a block from city hall and the courthouse. Until recently a condemned ’struc- ture, the rambling brick'and timber building has been re- fitted with two floors of suites and a sophisticated fire-detection system after zoning bylaws were changed to allow the conversion. Only two blocks down Baker Street lies a concen- tration of historic buildings bounded by the Bank of Montreal (1900) and the Nelson Daily News building (1900), with the tiny but architecturally matching Hamilton Power Company office (1905) squeezed in be- tween. It is buildings such as these that will first catch the eye of visitors coming to view interior British Columbia his- tory in Nelson, And in the nearby Uphill residential area can be found a trove of classic Victorian-designed homes. With the tree-lined streets, stone retaining walls along many of the steep roadways and sidewalks, and: with the brick schools built between the homes, Nelson's residential district is as in- teresting to the history or architecture buff as is the downtown itself. There are many prop- osed ways the city might im- prove its historic atmosphere to create even more the ambience of a young -nine- teenth-century resource city. Being considered by cit- izens, building owners and city council are the return of the original glass-globe street lights, a tram running down Baker Street, plaques on buildings outlining their past and, more immediately, stripping away false fronts from. historic buildings hid-' den by the dress-up notions of hte 1950's and 1960's. Although its heritage conservation program is still new, Nelson as it is can provide a historical insight into how Canada’s West was in our grandparents’ days, Maps, walking tour pam- phlets and helpful residents are ready to help you find Nelson's, and thus British Columbia’s past. PROBLEMS Not Humen . BEINGS! FORINFORMATION CONTACT RIGHT TO LIFE Box 1124 Rossland, B.C. VOG 1V¥o - TKooten ay Pest Contio? Services “Your local structural specialist" Gua carpenter Box 1523 Rossland ranteed control of structural ‘ants, cockroaches, flees, rodents ete, Call For Free Estimates 362-7654 Joam Joyota ARCHIE CORDEIRO A PLAZA TOYOTA Sosee AUTO REPAIR LTD. 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F 2 UY , if we get five straight days of sunshine, people whisper’‘drought,”’ city hall ; Prints notices about Ssprinkting a fs Issue sun for the delicate heads of their blonde and fragile children. : Hints towards successful] job hunting Job-hunting can become tedious and frustrating if you are not organized. Here are some helpful hints for start- ing a successful job-hunt this summer: Tell everyone that you are looking for a summer job, That includes your friends, your parents’ friends and relatives. See your guidance counsellors at school — local employers often phone schools to find summer help, Make a list of all or- It It rains too much or stays cloudy for more than a week people bi depressed and make jokes about the short spring and non-existent summer. In my opinion you will never get the weather Just right to sult everybody and thelr personal plans for the day. So | say leave it well'enough ajone. Let the rain fall as It will on the rich and Poor alike,” - fc oan Let the sun turn my grass yellow, because It ls doing the same for my nelghbor. { notice that puddies form in the driveway across the street just as quickly as In our driveway. We are all equal in the rain and the difference in our dedication, stamina or stupidity only begins to show when one or the other makes a dash for cover. From weather we get to volcanoes and the fallout therefrom. Nothing | can , do about that elther . . . except get out of the way of that which descends from above, In fact, | Ike acts of God because If It doesn’t work out nobody can blame me. | like to lump acts-of God and the weather together where people can talk and for which you would like to work. The yellow pages of a telephone book are often a useful guide. Visit the per- sonnel managers several times in order to convince them that you seriously want to work for them. Read the want ad col- umns in the newspaper ev- ery day. Don't let the words “experience necessary” scare . you away from applying for the job. If you hear about a job opportunity, contact the about them, look at It and moan and groan about the effects such are ig on thelr lives. It Is interesting to see how these common things can draw people together. Lika a common enemy we can do asthing about. Gr a common iriend that we both get a chance to enjoy. : Maybe It's easy for me to say because all in‘all we can't complain here because the weather always seems just about right to me. Look at the trees and the green hills. Sense the water power In the great Columbia and its little sister the K . They both came from rain and snow. Without them we would be back on kerosene lamps or, worst yet, doling out @ week’s wages for electricity from the People’s power company. e Don't get me wrong. | think people have been picking on B.C. 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Promises are many during the early da: depend upon them for thet upon them for their well-being may find them- selves quite out of things bi week's end. The wise will take full advantage of every chance to help themselves; the unwise will indulge a tendency toward laziness. <'- Success is apt to be mea- sured out in teaspoons this week. Fortunately, so is fail- ure. Those who fail to con- trol their emotions, who laugh too easily and cry too much, may work against their own interests this week. The unresponsive fare relatively well, however, for they are able to manage hardships -- of which there may be many -- with a cer- tain alacrity. GEMINI:(May 21-June 6) ~ Your ability to adapt to another's wishes is the key to success this week. Give in - but graciously. (June 7- June 20) - Keep a tight rein on you temper. To lose con- trol early in the week may -Mean not regaining it until the week is long gone. . 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Don't overdo things at mid- week (Oct. 8-Oct. 22) -- Styl- ish e the PISCES:(Feb. 19-March 5) — An increase in your per- ‘atify- help you. (April 5-April 19) -- A lack of cooperation on the scene is both sonal ity is gr ing. It does little for your pocketbook, however. (March .6-March 20) -- An intensified personal tionship may make this a week to remember for a long time. Guard against fatigue. ARIES:(March 21-April 4) — Teamwork is the answer frustrating and harmful to your financial situation. to your Ip mak actual participation seem more than they are. Impress fuperions with your know- OW. SCORPIO:(Oct. 23-Nov. 7) — Accent the positive — no matter how much negative looms on the horizon. Time change for the better. (Nov. 8-Nov. 21) - An unusual opportunity for gain could easily be overlooked today. Make an effort to discover new sources of work. is concerned this week. Persuade a friend to where T (Record Tracks’ Gordon Lightfoot’s ‘Dream Street Rose’ As a singer and song- writer Gordon Lightfoot can point with pride: to over two oO SAGITT. 22- Dec. 7) — You will have to give in early in the day — but if you do so gracefully, you should suffer no trauma. (Dec. 8-Dec. 21) - You would do well to let sleeping dogs lie -- at least for week. Many differences. CAPRICORN:(Dec. 22- Jan. 6) — Pleasurable fami- y affairs take away much of ie sting from a week that seems otherwise doomed to failure. (Jan. 7-Jan. 19) — Your flair for the dramatic should save you from an embarrassing situation ear- ly in the week. Play a fair music-making, a fact which audiences, record buyers, critics and observers, all over the world have tong acknowledged. Lightfoot's contributions have en- riched American. folk and popular music immensely and now, with the release of Dream Street Rose, his tenth LP for Warner Bros., Gordon Lightfoot has taken the consummate artistry of his music into a new decade with stunning results. Although he pro- fesses to be “travelling folksinger,” by Lenny Waronker and Russ Titelman, Dream Street Rose contains nine new Lightfoot originals plus an unforgettable rendition of the Leroy Van Dyke-Buddy Black tune ‘The Auction- eer.’ ‘Sea of Tranquility,’ ‘On the High Seas,’ ‘If You Need Me,’ ‘Mister Rock of Ages’... any and all of the tunes on Dream Street Rose are destined to become Lightfoot classics, It is a superb effort by a consistently refreshing art- ist. merely a i anyone's standards Gordon § Lightfoot is one of the most game. J 20-Feb. 3) ~ Your enthusiasm for the week's projects may encour- age others to join you -- with Success at week's end. (Feb. 4-Feb. 18) — If travel is part of ‘another’s plan for you, you might do well to take a second look. Can you spare the time. r d singer/song- writers of our time. He is certainly one of the most prolific, having written about’ 400 songs in his career to date. His songs, however, continue to be timely and refreshing, meaningfully absorbing and to the paint. He may be “doing what f{'ve always done," but no one could do thing it better or with more joy for the love of doing it. To many, Lightfoot repre- sents the quiet and mag- nificent grandeur of moun- tains, lakes and river, the solitude of idyllic scenery.A District graduates from Simon Fraser The largest class of graduates to receive degrees from Simon Fraser Univer- sity will be honored Satur- day, as colorful convocation ceremonies take place at the University’s Burnaby Moun- tain campus. Graduates at both the morning and afternoon ses- sions will be led to the cer- emonies in the traditional manner by Simon Fraser pipers, as they have been throughout the University's 16-year history. Approximately 1,250 students will be awarded degrees during the convo- cation which will be attended by the university «visitor, Lt.-Gov. Henry P. Bell-Ir- ving, who will present the governor-general's gold medal to the university's most outstanding student, Samuel F. Kuzmick during the afternoon session, The Gordon Shrum medal and prize will be awarded to Daniel Jed Har- rison during the morning ceremony. District graduates are as follows: Nelson: Master of Pest Manage- ment — Dominic Mayro Col-. etti. New Denver: Bachelor or Arts — Kathleen Elaine Armstrong. Rol $ Bachelor of Arts — Julie Ann Webster. Trail: Bachelor of Arts — Ron- ald George Zahn; Bachelor of Science (Kinesiology) — chronicler of the high country or a poet of the city. Love songs and Can- ada. A whole range of emotions in one album, or in one song. But he is definitely not the pensive brooder. “I just like to hang out where my friends are, and have a good time," he says. “As long as | get my work done, that is. I'm not the quiet introvert that some of my writing might sug- gest." Co-produced by Light- foot, long time producer In addition to writing and recording, Lightfoot is a much sought-after concert performer whose shows hardly deviate from pertec- tion. “I'm out there to create a focal point for the audience,” he explains. “'! try to set up a coffee house atmosphere at center stage, a small intimate space where everyone's thoughts are focused on the same thing at the same time. | always keep in mind that everyone has to go through the hassle of buy- ing the ticket and getting to the hall and all that, so it’s up to me to give out a good feeling in return—music- ally, emotionally, sound- wise, etc. | try never to give my audience less than they expect, nor do ! ever take them for granted.” Sponsored by: Grant Peter L di and evenly waters up to 2,200 square feet of lawn or garden. 5.99 (F36-23781F) 8.79 9.99 Oval Laundry (F19-25016F), 10-qt.. 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