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Author: ingrid

Ingrid has been the owner and editor of The East Shore Mainstreet newspaper since 2002. She lives and works out of her home in Gray Creek alongside her husband Juergen and children Zoe and Luka.

David Zaiss’ Book Release/Signing Party

The Ping Pong Club – a new book by David Zaiss, will be available for purchase and the author available for Q&A and a little visit tomorrow night at Junction Creek Hub in Crawford Bay at 8:30 pm.The book centers on the realities of wrongful discharge and is a counter to the corporate mentality taking […]

Buying Groceries for a Good Cause

– BEFORE YOU GO TO NELSON FOR GROCERIES – PLEASE CHECK THIS OPPORTUNITY OUT!   The Crawford Bay School Parent’s Advisory Council (PAC) is doing a Grocery Gift Card (GGC) fundraiser for the general account in order to allow us to continue supplying bursaries, providing funds for educational extras and supporting student work. The GGC […]

Coins for Mexico

by Janet Schwieger I recently donated the entire contents of my coin jar, (minus most of the loonies and twoonies), to the upcoming high school Mexico trip.  The students are fund raising, and after seeing the humble coin container at The CB Market, I remembered my full jar, which is gathering dust as I put […]

Beatles Vs Stones – The Great Divide

A recent conversation got me thinking about change and how we can best facilitate it. The conversation started by discussing the age-old Stones vs. Beatles battle… about how that discussion could, forty years ago and still today, dramatically cause great divisions. It moved (naturally) on from there to the polarization in our western societies between […]

Gray Creek Pass Road Open… but for how long?

by Tom Lymbery Forest Service advised us in earlier October  that they have finally been able to take the CLOSED signs down after completing repairs to the slides and ditches. The subsidence about five miles up has been filled.  Forestry also said,  “A lot of credit was due to the Kootenay Lake Chamber of Commerce […]

Alanda Greene’s Book Launch and Reading

Join us for an exciting opportunity to celebrate a local writer! Yasodhara Ashram, located in beautiful Kootenay Bay, is hosting the book launch of Alanda Greene’s recently released historical fiction novel titled Napi’s Dance. The story involves two women, one Blackfoot and one white, who are united by a chance encounter in the prairies of […]

¿Qué está pasando?

¿Qué está pasando? (What’s Going On?) Something wonderful is simmering away in a pot of spicy south-of-the-border deliciousness… and it involves our youth doing something wonderful in their towns and in a Mexican community too! If all goes as planned, sometime in this school year a good percentage of the high school students will be […]

Fitness Place… Needing Energy?

by Ingrid Baetzel and Doreen Zaiss Summer is winding down and the desire to exercise in the milder temperatures is rising. As our summer sports and activities slowly get replaced by more indoor pursuits (dealing with harvest, preparing for fall and winter), we may find this an excellent time to visit the local fitness centre […]

Fall Fair 2012 – Coming Soon!

A delicious remaking of a comforting tradition: KOOTENAY LAKE FALL FAIR 2012 by Jacqueline Wedge September 15 will mark the 101st Kootenay Lake Fall Fair. Though it has had other names, been hosted at various locations on the East Shore, and been organized by a diverse and ever-changing group of volunteers, the century-long Fall Fair […]

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