Flash does it again!
Dog breeder Til Niquidet’s Nova Scotia Duck Toller won best in breed on Nov. 19 at the National Dog Show at the Philadelphia Kennel Club.
“He’s very confident,” she said. “People watching the show were astounded at how he ignored the cameras, and how his tail was up and wagging, and he never had a moment where he looked a little bit nervous.”
For Niquidet, this would have been enough, but he then went on to take third place in the best sporting group, beating out other well-known breeds like the Irish Setter, the Labrador Retriever, and the Golden Retriever.
There were plans to retire Flash after he won best in breed at the Westminister Kennel Club Show in February, but those plans might be put on hold. At the recent Maryland Sporting Dog Specialty he took first place for best in breed. The dog who came in second in the category was his 13-year-old father, Cumin.
“If he’s competing and doing well with his own father in the ring, I can’t see why Flash won’t be in the ring at 13, and maybe even still winning,” Niquidet concluded.
Local man reflects on life since fire destroyed his home
Jamie Paish did not expect to be woken up in the early morning hours of July 2 with news that his house was on fire.
Paish took a couple of days to process what had happened and then started thinking about what he was going to do. After much thought, he decided to go with his original plan, which was to live off-grid.
For Paish the hardest struggle has been his inability to help someone if they need something he used to have.
“A lot of it is people wishing ‘Oh, I wish I had a meat grinder,’ or something like that, and I’m like ‘I’ve got that, oh, no I don’t have one of those.’ A lot of that has happened,” he said. “Everything was in the house.”
And Rotary said ‘Let there be light’
Things along Nakusp’s waterfront walkway are looking a lot brighter at night thanks to the Nakusp Rotary Club.
Over the last two years the club has been working toward creating a better lighting situation along the walkway. While there are streetlights along the waterfront they’re spaced very far apart and a resident soon finds themselves walking in areas that are pitch black.
Now there are 145 sealed, low voltage LED light fixtures along the walkway. Most of the lights are along the railing, but there are some in the pergolas and up trees as well.
About halfway through it was discovered the cost of the project was going to double from the original estimate because three kiosks instead of one would be needed to supply the electricity to the lights.
“I was so discouraged for a little while, but then I thought ‘Well, we came this far,’ so we started applying for grants again,” said Rotary member Mayumi van der Pol. “Now it’s finally happened, and I can’t believe it.”
Along with being a project residents of Nakusp can enjoy, Artistic Lighting and Design, the company which designed and installed the lights, will be submitting the project to the Association of Lighting Professionals, for an international award.
