b'WE\'RE PROUD TO FEATURE NEVADA COUNTYS SUPER SENIORSNEVADA COUNTYS OWN SUPER SENIORSDiane Helms, 50+ she helped co-found the Conflict Resolution Center as a Longtime Nevada County real estate broker, conflict mediatorvolunteer. Helms also started her own mediation service and and great-grandmother charges on a sliding scale so it is affordable for everyone.Helms also conducts classes in mediation as a volunteer for By Heather Macdonald her church, Twin Cities, and also real estate organizations. M ost people run from aShe is a director for the California Association of Realtors and presented a mediation training class for the CAR Ombudsman battle, but not Dianecommittee.Helms. She places herselfAs a real estate broker for C21 Cornerstone, she said her right in the middle. mediation skills come in handy. The real estate contract "We work together for a goodcontains a clause that if there is conflict, the parties must first outcome, said the experiencedgo to mediation. So Helms is busy teaching classes to her fellow mediator. Realtors and being a resource for them.Helms, a 45-year real estateIn her own mediation business, anyone can contact her broker, is one of the foundingfor help. Maybe someone has an ongoing problem with their members of the Conflict Resolution Center of Nevada MY TRAINING AND EXPERIENCE IN MEDIATION HAS County. She is a volunteer mediator in the courtsREALLY HELPED ME IN REAL ESTATE.and volunteers at the nonprofit Conflict Resolution Center.Every week volunteerneighbor, Helms can get them talking again and working out mediators can be seen at thetheir differences.Nevada County courts ready to be assigned mediations fromGet it out of your head she advises, There\'s nothing worse the judge.than going to bed thinking about it and waking up thinking Helms and the others are involved in a variety of conflicts, fromabout it. She said once neighbors sign their own agreement, it custody battles to disagreements over rent. works out.We volunteer for the court, she said, We have to make sureThe possibility is far better to work out the resolution than the court is part of our mission. spend money going to court, she said.Helms interest in conflict resolution began as a child whenHelms has two passions: conflict mediation and real estate.her parents divorced. She said she knows what constant conflictI think my training and experience in mediation has really between parents can do to a family, especially the impact it hashelped me in real estate, she said.on the children. Most days she is selling and listing homes and commercial Growing up I was always the kid that wanted people toproperties in Nevada, Placer and Sierra counties.make peace, she said. A two-time cancer survivor, Diane finds time to babysit In 2001 she took a mediation class and earned a certificate.her first great grandchild with her husband Charlie, help him She has taken continuing courses in conflict resolution evertend her forested acres and perhaps find time for a horseback since. She not only volunteers, Helms also has a privateride and fishing. She says she wouldnt live anywhere else than mediation service: Sierra Gold Mediation Services. Nevada County.As she got more and more involved with conflict resolution,I love the beauty, the scenery and the people. I call it Gods Country. I think it is amazing here.She helps the county and its people stay happy and serene aFresh-food Oasis with her mediation skills.in aDesertofFast-food There are people who have not spoken to each other for years, she said. To be part of helping BREAKFAST - LUNCH - DINNER them is a real high, a gift to myself.Eat In - Walk-up - Take Out (CALL AHEAD)M-F 8-6 SA 10-6 SU 10-6Fresh Organic JuicesDelicious Organic Wraps TrippsSalads & Rice BowlsHomemade Vegan Soups ALL MAKES & MODELSAll-natural Fruit SmoothiesOrganic Coffees & TeasFOREIGN & DOMESTICAUTO BODY FREE ESTIMATES815 ZION ST., NEVADA CITY 530-265-5282SINCE 1975MANUFACTURER CERTIFIED (530)273-8515FULL MENU ATfudenjuce.com 600 FREEMAN LANE, GRASS VALLEY trippsautobody.com2024 Western Nevada County Edition SENIOR DIRECTORY 17'