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Council not opposed to building setback variance

BY BRIAN LAWRENCE Advance Editor

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ON THE FENCE — Lindsay Daignault (above) joined Tracy Walker’s Adam Robertson Elementary School Grade 6 class and Judy Gadicke’s Canyon-

Lister Elementary School Grade 5/6 class in attaching handpainted sturgeon to the fence behind the Creston Valley Chamber of Commerce on Monday morning. The 732 fish — made from wood donated by J.H. Huscroft mill and cut out by Ian Currie — were painted by students from ARES, CLES, Erickson Elementary School, Yahk Elementary School, Mormon Hills School and Yaqan Nukiy School, and help raise awareness of the endangered species. For more photos, visit www.cresotnvalleyadvance.ca.

LKB invite all to open house

BY BRIAN LAWRENCE Advance Editor

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The Lower Kootenay Band wants to change the way some locals see the band, so it is hosting an open house on April 25 from 11:30 a.m.-2 p.m.

“We want to showcase what the band has to offer,” said Chief Jason Louie.

“Unfortunately, there have been a lot of stereotypes over the years. ... We are a legitimate government and our goal is to strive for excellence.”

The open house will allow visitors to

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learn more by networking and enjoying a Power Point presentation about the history of the band. Demonstrations of traditional games will also be featured, and members of the RCMP and Canadian Border Services Agency will attend.

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Creston town council directed staff to proceed with the required public notice to approve a development variance permit for the owner of a property at 324 16th Ave. N. Martin Campbell plans to build two eight-unit buildings on his property, and has requested that the required rear yard setback be reduced from 7.6 metres (25 feet) to three metres (10 feet) in order to fit the required 20 parking spaces at the front.

The yard is an unusual panhandle shape and “fitting the required number of parking spaces into that space is tricky,” municipal services co-ordinator Ross Beddoes told council at Tuesday’s regular meeting.

The property’s rear is against Alex Nilsson Field, and concerns were brought up about the buildings’ proximity to green space and the sports field.

“Maybe what he should consider doing is buffering it with some soft landscaping, like some trees,” said Coun. Scott Veitch.

“If he wants to build that close, it’s his building that’s going to get booted with the balls.”

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olunteers for this year’s Canadian Cancer Society Relay for Life are doing a bit more to recognize those who have been affected — and they need photos of anyone who has had, is living with or has been lost to the disease.

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Second prize is $5,000 and third is $2,500.

With 179 places entered, Creston needs as much support as possible to help it rise above the pack. The top five are currently Cape Hatteras, N.C., Wauconda, Ill., Lac La Biche, Alta., Temegami, Ont., and Del Rio, Texas.

“We will show both the U.S.A. and Canada how Creston NR Valley has spirit and pride,” she said. “Remember all those great fishing spots and memories!”

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hey may not be teenagers anymore if you check their birth certificates, but you would never know that if you observed what goes on at the Therapeutic Activation Program of Seniors at 402 22 Ave. S. Run by a dedicated group of volunteers, this organization aims to provide a variety of activities geared for our seniors. It has become a networking location for seniors who simply want to get out and work with others with the same needs and desires.

TAPS constantly is raising money to keep the programs going.

They have two buses to move the seniors, whose average age is over 80. One would think that an organization dedicated to our seniors would be free from the random acts of vandalism that the community is hit with from time to time. Unfortunately, TAPS had one of its buses damaged by vandals in a malicious way but volunteers have pitched in, some insurance was provid-

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ed and the bus is now back in operation.

The Creston Lions Club is running the second of its fundraisers for TAPS on April 21. The Lions, along with some willing hands from TAPS, are putting on a Lions signature breakfast at TAPS from 8-11:30 a.m. For only $5. you get two pancakes, two sausages, two fried eggs, juice and coffee.

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This CBC The Nature of Things production examines the campaign led by the residents of Fort Chipewyan, downstream of Fort McMurray, who believe oil sands toxins are destroying their territory and their culture.

We need the oil. We need the jobs. We also need clean air and water. Is there a sustainable balance between economic development and the environment?

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TAPS keeps Creston Valley seniors active

BY LORNE ECKERSLEY Advance Staff

Among Creston’s most beloved services is the Therapeutic Activation Program for Seniors (TAPS). It has needed a lot of love to survive this long, too, because it is among the few such programs in the province that was able to continue after severe provincial cutbacks in the 1990s.

Originally started 20 years ago

by Bridget Currie, a home support worker, TAPS began with 11 clients who received 10 hours of service a month. Funding came through the health care system.

“The program was designed to serve isolated seniors who had depression and mental health issues,” Currie recalls.

Currie ran the program for about five years, then moved on to other challenges. TAPS was then co-ordinated by Jill Fehr, who would run the program for more than a dozen years.

Funding cuts buy the Interior Health Authority (IHA) nearly caused the end of the program.

“Jill Fehr realized that Interior Health was going to stop the funding and she convinced (former Creston citizen of the year) Alex Nilsson that the program shouldn’t die,” said Serena Naeve, executive director of the nonprofit Creston and District Community Resource Centre (CRC) Society, which operates a dozen and a half programs, mostly under contract to various provincial government ministries.

“Alex came to me about the need for TAPS,” she said. “And when I listened to the heart of what Jill described — the value

Saluting volunteers April 15-21 is Volunteer Canada’s National Volunteer Week, and the Advance has decided to take it a step further. Each issue in April will have a story on a different non-profit organization, starting with the Handy Capable Housing Society on April 5 and the Creston and District Society for Community Living’s Therapeutic Riding Program last week. The April 26 issue will feature the Three Voices of Healing Society’s wellness centre.

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of independence for people who averaged 86 years of age — I thought, ‘This is what I want when I’m older and can no longer drive.’ TAPS fits my sense of community.”

By helping isolated and lonely seniors get out and participate in social setting, TAPS provides a lifeline to the larger community.

“These are people who have chosen to have continued independence, with some support from the community,” Naeve said. “They want to keep contributing. That’s what I want out of my life, too. Many of our participants would be extremely isolated without TAPS.” With the support of her board of directors, Naeve and CRC took over responsibility for the operation of TAPS and has, through fundraising and grants, been able to keep the program going. It’s a startling fact, given that most similar programs around the province simply disappeared when IHA funding dried up.

Ironically, nearly everyone involved with TAPS over the years, from clients to volunteers to support workers and professionals, has been convinced that the program actually saves the health care system money. They believe that TAPS participants are healthier, mentally and physically, and less prone to be spending time in hospital or using other health care services.

“But it’s very hard to quantify,” Naeve admitted.

Today, TAPS serves about 65 seniors and functions with five part-time staff and about 50 volunteers, including the Krafty Kronys, a group that once operated the tuck shop in the hospital. Now, they devote their efforts into raising funds to keep the program going by selling a variety of handcrafted items.

And, in a move that makes it seem like she has come full circle, TAPS founder Currie has, for the past 18 months, once again become the program’s co-ordinator.

“I had a 13-year break,” she laughed. “Then Jill called me and said she was ready to retire. I realized that I was ready to come back.”

Currie credits the community and its remarkable volunteers for sustaining the program.

“Creston people have such generosity,” she said. “Everybody volunteers for a different reason and we try to match them with an area they are interested in, to encourage them to keep coming back.”

If there is a perception that TAPS is a quiet gathering of elderly folks who get together to eat and participate in activities

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Members and volunteers from the Therapeutic Activation Program for Seniors recently participated in their annual spring concert, Tarts and Tunes.

designed to keep them amused, that perception needs to be corrected. Participants are eager to be productive and they, as much as anyone, have worked to keep the program going with fundraising efforts.

TAPS pies have become famous throughout the Creston Valley and huge baking bees keep the supply rolling out. But there have been numerous other efforts too, all of which harken back to Naeve’s comment.

“Quality of life from beginning to end,” she said. “That’s what we are all looking for. We want to feel as emotionally and physically intact as we can be.

We want to be useful to others.”

Regular activities include ripping up material into rag-sized pieces for the Creston Valley Gleaners Society, which responds by helping support the program.

Last year, the group was approached by some Telus ambassadors (retired employees who support charity work).

“We took on a project of making afghans, cookies and gift bags,” Currie said. “For three months it was just crazy around here. We ended up making 75 afghans — it was just amazing!”

That project raised $3,000 for TAPS and was so successful that gift bags and afghans were donated to other needy people in the community.

“We’re just waiting for the next Telus project,” she said.

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“Seniors have a role to play and they have amazing skills— they just need to be encouraged to use them.”

In another effort designed to connect TAPS seniors with younger generations, a College of the Rockies greenhouse program brought them together with young families to garden and cook.

“When you garden and cook, you talk and make connections between seniors and other community members,” she said.

Next month, TAPS will benefit from a concert by the visiting Kelowna International Choir.

“This came about from a connection of a cousin and a hair-

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dresser — it’s all very complicated,” Currie laughed.

But the end result is that the choir will perform its Golden Age of Rock concert at Prince Charles Theatre on May 27. All net proceeds go to TAPS. The death knell for TAPS has nearly been rung several times over the years, but each time some small miracle has occurred to keep this vital program in operation. Funding operations that include staffing, buses and a facility hasn’t been easy, but Naeve is optimistic for its future.

It’s simply too important to the community for it not to continue.

“Seniors, like babies and children, need to be hugged and touched,” she said. “That’s exactly what TAP provides for them — hugs and touches.”

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RCMP report missing licence plates, cows in road

BY BRIAN LAWRENCE Advance Editor

Creston RCMP responded to 88 calls from April 9-15, Cpl. Charlotte Joa reported on Monday.

SPRING YARD AND GARDEN CLEAN-UP Spring collections will be on May 1, 2 and 3, 2012.

The Spring Yard and Garden Clean-Up is conducted by Town crews and its purpose is to dispose of prunings from trees, shrubs and bushes, leaves, grass clippings, garden waste, and other compostable articles from yards not picked up during regular collection. No other items will be removed.

Trees or brush should be cut into three (3) foot lengths and wrapped in bundles. Grass clippings, leaves, etc, MUST be placed in rigid containers: e.g., garbage cans.

NO PLASTIC GARBAGE BAGS WILL BE ACCEPTED. On your pick-up day, please keep all compostable materials separate from household garbage and place at the curb for pick-up.

Questions: Please contact Public Works at 250-428-2214, ext. 233, or complete the Public Works Request/Concern Form located under Quick Links at www.creston.ca.

For information on the Regional District Landfill site, please call the Regional District of Central Kootenay at 1-800-268-7325 or visit their website at http://www.rdck.bc.ca/environmental/waste/ rdck_waste_facilities_hours_of_operation.html

Organic Waste Management April 14, 21, 28 and May 5 & 12 In an effort to reduce back yard burning, the Town of Creston is offering, to residents of Creston, the opportunity to dispose of their organic yard waste in town.

During the months of April and May, Creston residents are able to dispose of back yard organic waste at a town controlled drop off location.

This yard waste disposal site is located at the south end of the Waste Water Treatment Plant and is accessible via Davis Road.

The site will be available to residents on Saturdays between April 14 and May 12 during the hours of 10am – 2pm. Accepted yard waste will be tree pruning, grass clippings, leaves and other plant matter. Load volumes will be limited to residential quantities only. Tree pruning must be separated from grass and leaves with plastic bags, twine or other bundling material removed.

It is recommended that grass clippings and leaves be brought in garbage cans and not plastic bags.

If you miss this opportunity, the Town’s annual spring curb-side pick-up of yard waste is scheduled for May 1, 2 and 3.

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April 9 •A licence plate was reported lost near the junction of highways 3 and 95.

•A group of kids in a park on Hillside Street were causing a disturbance.

•Patrols were made in the area of an abandoned 911 cellphone call from Pilot Bay, but police didn’t locate anyone in distress.

•A licence plate was reported missing on Goat River Road.

•When one vehicle tried to pass another on the Kootenay Pass, the two collided. There were no injuries.

•A female reported that an unknown male sexually assaulted her between midnight and 3 a.m. on April 7, but she didn’t want proceed with an investigation.

•A patient in the hospital needed help with an elderly dog, which the police turned over to the Pet Adoption and Welfare Society until the patient is out of the hospital.

•When RCMP made a well-being check, they discovered a phone line was

dead, the reason the caller hadn’t heard from her mother in three days.

•The report of an assault on Kootenay River Road turned out to be a consensual fight.

April 10 •Police received an abandoned 911 call from the vicinity of Highway 3 and Blazed Creek Forest Service Road.

•A Clement Road resident complained that a visitor to a neighbouring residence entered with a long-barrelled firearm. The complainant didn’t feel the visitor should have a gun.

•A black cow was reportedly on the road near 40th Street and Highway 21, but the cellphone cut out during the call and no details were taken. The cow was gone before police arrived.

•An Ash Street resident reported receiving death threats from a neighbour who thought the complainant was driving too fast. An investigation revealed that no threats had actually occurred.

•RCMP responded to a breach of

TOWN OF CRESTON EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITY

SEASONAL SUMMER STUDENT OPPORTUNITY (Department of Development Services) The Town of Creston is now accepting applications for one seasonal summer student employment position starting on or about April 30 through to August 31, 2012 in the Department of Development Services.

Employment conditions and wages for this position will be as per the Collective Agreement between CUPE Local 2092 and the Town of Creston.

The applicant for this position must be a mature, performance oriented individual with the ability to work both extremely well with others and independently with little supervision. dUtIes and resPonsIBILItIes: • Primary responsibilities include monitoring parking trends in the downtown core.

• Training will be provided.

• Extensive walking is a key component of this position.

MInIMUM QUaLIfIcatIons and eXPerIence reQUIreMents: • Class 5 BC Drivers’ Licence.

• Physically fit and able to walk long distances for extended periods.

• Must be able to clearly communicate verbally and in writing with the public and fellow employees.

• General understanding of how to work safely.

• General understanding of computer use for data compilation.

• Post-secondary full-time registered student (2012-2013 semester). addItIonaL InforMatIon: • The applicant must be a minimum 18 years of age prior to commencement of employment with the Town.

• The applicant must be returning to a postsecondary institution as a full-time registered student.

• Criminal Record Check and Driver’s Abstract are mandatory for application consideration.

Written applications, with resume, proof of registration for post-secondary education enrolment for September 2012, Criminal Record Check, and Drivers’ Abstract to be submitted no later than 4:30 p.m., friday, april 27, 2012, to: “sUMMer stUdent – dePartMent of deVeLoPMent serVIces” town of creston Po Box 1339, 238 - 10th avenue north creston, Bc V0B 1G0 fax: 250-428-9164 email: bev.caldwell@creston.ca Only those applicants being considered for an interview will be contacted.

peace at the hospital, in which a female was verbally abusive to emergency room staff because she wanted to be taken care of immediately. Police stood by until they were advised everything was calm.

April 11 •A cow was reported on Highway 21 near Mallory Road.

•An abandoned 911 call in West Creston came from the same cellphone as the April 10 Blazed Creek call.

•A truck — in which the owner was living — parked in the museum parking lot was not drivable, and RCMP advised that the vehicle could be towed.

•An elderly male on Cavell Street has been the victim of significant ongoing fraud from another country.

•A male visited the RCMP detachment to drop off a cellphone that he had received from an unknown sender in Calgary. The phone had pornographic images of a woman on it.

•Movies and unopened razor blades were stolen from a grocery store, which plans to initiate better loss prevention activiTOWN OF CRESTON ties at store.

•A wallet found in EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITY the Dairy Queen parkSEASONAL SUMMER ing lot was picked up STUDENT OPPORTUNITY by its owner at the RCMP station.

(Works Department) •Patrols could not The Town of Creston is now accepting applications locate two girls reportfor two (2) full-time summer student positions in the edly fighting on the Public Works Department (Parks). grounds of Prince Charles Secondary Employment conditions and wages for these positions School. will be as per the Collective Agreement between CUPE •On East Arrow Local 2092 and the Town of Creston.

Creek Road, a female Applicants for the positions must be mature, drove up to an other performance oriented individuals with the ability to female who was walkwork extremely well with others and independently ing, and started yelling with little supervision. and swearing at her. dUtIes and resPonsIBILItIes: Police advised the par• Primary responsibilities will be maintenance of ties to stay away from community parks, green spaces, playground each other, not to leave equipment and facilities. voice mails and not to • Training will be provided. go to each other’s homes. Both were MInIMUM QUaLIfIcatIons and eXPerIence happy with the outreQUIreMents: come.

• Class 5 BC Drivers’ Licence.

April 12 • Physically fit and able to perform labour intensive •A cordless drill work. and ratchet set were • Must be able to clearly communicate verbally and missing after a break in writing with the public and fellow employees. and enter to a Devon Street garage.

• General understanding of how to work safely.

•A driver reported • General understanding of the use of a variety driving into another of tools and equipment related to Parks vehicle at 19th Avenue maintenance. and Canyon Street the addItIonaL InforMatIon: night before. There • All applicants must be a minimum 18 years of age were no injuries and prior to the commencement of employment. damage was minimal.

• All applicants must be returning to a post•Police found 10 secondary institution as full time registered small campfire prostudents. pane tanks, a highpowered rifle and • Proof of registration and tuition payment for full ammunition when time studies in September 2012 is mandatory investigating a report from all students, as well as a criminal record of loud shots fired at a check and drivers’ abstract. See our website gravel pit in Lister. www.creston.ca for more information.

•Two partially filled jerry cans were found Written applications, with resume, proof of inside Pioneer Villa, registration for post-secondary education enrolment which had been broken for September 2012, Criminal Record Check, and into within the previDrivers’ Abstract to be submitted no later than ous two weeks.

4:30 p.m., friday, april 27, 2012, to: •An abandoned 911 “sUMMer stUdent – call was made from WorKs dePartMent” Cedar Street. town of creston •A court-ordered Po Box 1339, 238 - 10th avenue north DNA sample was creston, Bc V0B 1G0 taken on Haskins fax: 250-428-9164 Road on behalf of the email: bev.caldwell@creston.ca Nelson RCMP detachOnly those applicants being considered for ment. an interview will be contacted.

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Farmers’ market starting FOR THE new season with workshops RECORD

BY BRIAN LAWRENCE Advance Editor

The Creston Valley Farmers’ Market returns in just over two weeks, and two workshops have been scheduled to help out vendors.

The first is a display workshop that runs from on 9 a.m.-noon on April 21, taught by artist Win Dinn for $10.

“That’s going to teach people the ins and outs of getting a display set up,” said market manager Jen Comer. “She’s going to be able to give tips and tricks.

A lot of it is about repurposing thrift store stuff.”

A “market safe” course will be offered for $100 on April 28 to teach Food Safe guidelines. Although Food Safe is not yet required for farmers’ market vendors, Comer said it likely will be in the future, and this course will give vendors a great start.

The first farmers’ market runs on May 5 in the lot behind the Creston Valley Chamber of Commerce (the usual Millennium Park location will be taken up by the visiting West Coast Amusements).

Shoppers can expect to find bedding plants and perennials, honey, art and donuts, as well as early produce, including lettuce.

“Joy Tomlinson’s been growing tomatoes in her greenhouse and getting them ready since December,” said Comer.

Cassandra Viers, she added, will be there with open pollination seeds and tomato seeds.

With an average of 25 vendors expected at the spring markets, the timing couldn’t be better.

“In the spring, people get into the mindset of eating local food,” said Comer.

The farmers’ market is run by the Creston Valley Food Action Coalition,

which now offers members an incentive packages, developed by food action assistant Tamara Movold. Local food makers and businesses, she said, were eager to get on board.

“Everyone said they wanted to do it,” said Movold. “It was just a matter of coming up with incentives.”

Available for a $25 membership, the package contains a dozen incentives, including a free dessert with the purchase of a meal at Real Food Café, and 50 per cent off a member’s first bottle of milk and five per cent off farm gate sales of cheese and meat at Kootenay Alpine Cheese.

Previously, membership was gained by a voluntary donation, but the charge is designed to help the coalition meet one of its goals.

“Part of the food action coalition’s strategy is to cover operating costs without relying on grants,” said Comer.

Variance applies only to project From page 1 The property is currently zoned for apartment and residential development, but if it were rezoned for multi-family dwelling, the required setback would be only the 10 feet Campbell has requested.

“I’d be more comfortable with that than setting a precedent,” said Coun.

Judy Gadicke.

Coun. Wes Graham, acting as mayor in Ron Toyota’s absence, said that he was comfortable with the idea of simply varying the setback on that property.

“If you change one, you don’t have to change the next one,” he said. “It’s only precedent if you feel you need to do that

on the next one.”

The variance, Beddoes noted, would only apply to this developer for this project, so it wouldn’t carry over if the property sells prior to building or the project falls through.

“If nothing happens for two years, it goes away,” he said.

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the hospital for treatment after her vehicle crossed the road for an unknown reason and headed down an embankment.

•An abandoned 911 call was received from the vicinity of Ash Street and 25th Avenue South.

•A social insurance card is being held at the RCMP detachment after police were unable to locate the owner.

•A white four-door car was driving erratically on Erickson Road and Highway 3, forcing another vehicle into the ditch. No plate number was obtained, and the car was not located.

•A girl burned by a fire reported a disturbance at the west end of Kootenay River Road, where 40 kids were drinking. The emergency room nurse said the girl had no reason being in the hospital as the burn was superficial, and no disturbance was found at the scene.

April 14 •A male watching female staff through the window of a Cook Street store was warned by police to stay away, and said he would not go back.

•An assault resulted when a female visited her ex-partner’s Ninth Avenue home to pick up some photographs.

After the male came outside and assaulted her, she tried to force her way inside and damaged the door. The male was arrested.

•A landscaping company was burning leaves in an alley behind 15th Avenue North, causing smoke to enter a home. Police were tied up with a higher-priority call (the above assault), and the landscapers were gone when they arrived.

•A car was keyed overnight on Hillside Street.

•An eight-year-old in Lister was embarrassed after giving in to a friend’s dare and prank calling 911.

•Patrols could not locate a male with a rifle near Highway 21 and Snider Road.

•A male youth was arrested for being drunk in public and held in cells until sober after RCMP visited a group at the corner of Seventh Avenue and Pine Street who were reportedly smashing bottles and fighting.

•The owner of a bar on Northwest Boulevard was having a private party without a special occasion permit and overserving guests. The party was shut down when police arrived.

April 15 •A male visited a home on LakeviewArrow Creek Road, asking for directions to Vancouver and Trail, and for food. Police searched the area but could not locate the male.

•The male who had previously been watching female employees at a Cook Street business returned, so the store drafted a no trespassing letter, which RCMP served and the male signed.

•A male reported an intoxicated female destroying things in a residence on McDonald Road in Kitchener. She was taken to cells and released when sober.

•A female on 11th Avenue called the police stating an ex-spouse was at her residence demanding to see their children, against the orders of the Ministry of Children and Family Services due to behaviour and substance abuse. When police arrived, he started shouting and showed signs of drug abuse.

•A male passed out in front a Canyon Street bar was not responsive and taken to hospital for treatment, where it was discovered he had opiates and marijuana in his system.

•Nothing appeared out of the ordinary when police investigated a report of shots fired on Canyon-Lister Road.

From page 4 •A doghouse with a red tin roof and white tin walls was stolen from a Cook Street yard 10 days earlier. Witnesses saw five males lifting it into the back of a pickup around midnight.

•An unlicensed trailer found in a Highway 21 ditch was towed.

•A neighbour who reported a possible break-in to a home under construction on 10th Avenue North actually observed the drywall contractor.

•Police were unable to locate a female reportedly driving an ATV with her child on Wiebe Road without helmets.

April 13 •A male reported that trees had been cut down in his parents yard on Simmons Road. Neighbours saw the suspect cutting the trees.

•One male PCSS student assaulted another male student, as the result of an assault on the school bus the day before.

One received a minor concussion and the other a minor hand injury, and both were suspended for five days. The case may be referred to restorative justice.

•A female on Highway 3 was fine when RCMP performed a well-being check.

•A licence was reported stolen from a vehicle at Crawford Bay Park.

•A home was engulfed in flames when RCMP arrived at the scene on Airport Road.

•Nobody was home when RCMP followed up on an abandoned 911 call on Simon Road.

•A lost rear licence plate was reported on Channel Road.

•A female, who had previously been westbound on Highway 3, was taken to

The article “CBT wants to expand Internet infrastructure” in the April 5 Advance should have stated that the Columbia Basin Trust’s Internet network runs at 100 megabits, not megabytes, per second, and that there are 29 Internet service providers operating in the basin area, not 290.

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Unfinished business leads to Paris

When I was 18, I travelled to Europe with two high school friends.

It was 1972 and we had each worked part-time jobs for more than a year to save for the trip, which we decided was more important than to head straight into university after our graduation.

To make a long story shorter, we left in September, then travelled throughout the United Kingdom before boarding a hovercraft from Dover to Calais, France.

Because by then it was October, we decided to head northward before the weather turned too cool. Oslo was as far north as we got and then we made our way southward. Eventually, I tired of the endless negotiations involved when three people travel together. It was in Florence that I said goodbye, hopped on a train and made my way to London, then flew home.

Later, among my regrets for having left at that point and time was that I didn’t get to Rome, Paris or anywhere in Spain. It took me more than 30 years to get to Rome, a city I have since come to rate among my favourite of all places.

Last November, Angela and I had only just began talking about another European trip. That discussion got more serious when we walked out of the Tivoli Theatre, having watched a Friends of the Cinema presentation, Midnight in Paris, the charming Woody Allen film. “I want to go to Paris,� I said. Then added, jokingly, “Paris in the 1920s.�

Well, the latter wasn’t possible, but the former was, and we began to narrow down our preferred destinations.

Paris isn’t all that far from Spain and, over the last couple of decades I’ve become an admirer of the great architect Antoni Gaudi, so Barcelona became part of our focus. It didn’t hurt that the city also has a lot of history in common with two of my favourite artists, Salvador Dali and Pablo Picasso.

We added a week at the start of the trip so that we could visit friends in Bristol and then spend a few days in London, in part because we both like the city and have spent time there —

time and context for all.

When we travel, we rarely take cabs, preferring to walk and use public transit. On this trip our only cab rides were to meet our apartment owners in Paris and Barcelona. I fell in love with the Paris Metro, the underground train system that sets a high standard for cleanliness and efficiency. Five minutes was a long wait for a train on the several routes we took.

But walking is really what city travel is all about. Most Lorne Eckersley European cities, while they may be large, are concentratbut not since 1976 — and more so ed in the centre, where most of the because we could see an opera in the historical attractions can be found. famed Covent Garden opera house.

And the real joy is to become familiar By sheer coincidence, I booked enough with one’s environs to put seats at Paris’s Bastille Opera for the the map in the back pocket and just night after we would see Rigoletto at wander without fear of getting hopethe Royal London Opera. We lessly lost. We were able to do just enjoyed the very fast 135-minute that in Montmartre and in the Born train ride to Paris, took a cab to meet area of Barcelona, walking and winthe owner of an apartment we had dow-shopping and looking up at rented in Montmartre, familiarized spires and domes and people-watchourselves with the area and soon ing, too, which is one of our favourite were on our way to the opera — pastimes.

Bastille, the more modern of Paris’s In Barcelona, my fascination for two main opera houses is wonderGaudi has only been further fueled ful, by the way, as was the producby visits to at least seven of the tion of Don Giovanni. buildings he designed. Most notable Over the course of the following is La Sagrada Familia, the almost week, we walked our proverbial butts indescribable cathedral that has off, taking in many of the expected been under construction for a centusites. MusÊe d’Orsay, with its fabulous ry. It is surely among the most speccollection of impressionist artwork, tacular and admirable of all conwas my clear favourite over the struction projects during its time. It Louvre, which is enormous and really is one of those places that packed with tourists running from must be seen to be believed. one major piece to the next. Among The chance to take in the sights, our most satisfying hours were spent sounds and smells of these two in cathedrals. We are not normally amazing and very different cities, to churchgoers, but we love going into sit in sidewalk cafes and observe the churches, and we attended an evening culture, has been a treat. And it realservice in Montmartre’s SacrÊ-Coeur ly does, for me, feel like the compleand then followed up the next day by tion of something I should have standing for a mass in Notre Dame. I done 40 years ago. It is, thankfully, am fascinated by stained glass, archinever too late. tecture and history, and attending a Lorne Eckersley is the publisher of service in a church provides welcome the Creston Valley Advance.

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Area needs public reps

To the Editor: (Re: “Dike issue a conflict over area’s policy”, April 5 Advance, page 7) It is important to point out that Richard Dalon is making a very complex matter out of a simple common sense application of wetland management, with management supported by a mandate and act.

Dalon also emphasizes careful consideration was taken in restrictions to access and vegetation management techniques on dikes, which are nothing more than earthen landfills to separate ponds of water within the confines of the CVWMA, necessary to reclaim a natural wetland, the natural wetland being destroyed by the Columbia River development.

Who manages this 17,000-acre wetland? Locally, Richard Dalon and biologist Marc-André Beaucher, and far from here, biologist Tony Widesky (Forests, Lands and Natural Resource Operations in Cranbrook) and biologist Andrea Breault (Environment Canada in Delta).

Disturbing is that with no public consultation the following events have taken place: •With no advance notice, an 80-year-old ferry operators’ dwelling (of heritage potential with built-in maintenance) and other capital investments with taxes paid were trashed and hauled to the landfill.

The residents were evicted as “trespassers”.

•A large barn structure commonly known as the bat barn was trashed and hauled to the landfill. The bats were left homeless and a bat house was later constructed to accommodate any bats left.

•Mature vegetation (trees with 40 years of maturity) was trashed on approximately four kilometers of earthen-type structures for a convenience (publicly stated) to inspect the structures for leaks, removing years of established wildlife habitat and protection from predation, and removing the opportunity of nature enthusiasts locally and from abroad the convenience to experience discoveries.

•The Duck Lake Diking District appears to have been intimidated into supporting the CVWMA in blocking vehicular traffic from the west end of the Duck Lake cross dike south to the old ferry landing.

•Vehicular access was blocked on the CVWMA south cross dike at Channel Road.

•It appears to have supported the compromising actions of Farmin Road, a public road, by gating and removing a culvert, resulting in a large waterfilled ditch where even foot traffic cannot reach the CVWMA Duck Lake south pond.

•It refuses to allow vehicular access for hunters to remove game from the CVWMA. •It refuses to allow feeding of elk on CVWMA property to help relieve the risk of vehicular traffic conflict on west Highway 3.

•The Channel Road access to Duck Lake is accessible by four-wheel drive vehicles only.

•It has created an unsafe situation for extraction of any person suffering from injury or illness by blocking accesses to ambulatory care.

Richard Dalon remarks that Gordon and Barbara Ogilvie initiated a petition.

This is true. It takes courage, time and financial cost as well as a reason to undertake such a venture.

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When the CVWMA was established, the management authority was given the power to appoint one representative from the public at large to the authority. One of the first was a man by the name of Steve Kenyon from Trail.

The most recent one was Steve Bullock from Creston. Steve retired from the position five years ago. The present management has chosen not to appoint a public representative. This seemingly has reflections of a covert operation, resulting in no public consultation and major conflict with the public — and a petition with over 800 signatures.

Things have changed. I personally feel two public representatives should be appointed, one from each gender, male and female. The choosing of these representatives should be by local organizations with direct wildlife interests and no biologists. My reasoning is that females, as well as males, play a large part in the access of this grandiose wetland facility.

Cyril Colonel Wynndel

of this document.

4) Your decision is a top-down decision forced upon the people who live here. We are like the people of the Mayan Riviera, who once lived in a place coveted by developers and now work as waiters and do the laundry.

Why should the one per cent live in the world’s most beautiful places? You have stolen something precious from the people and given it to the wealthy from afar.

5) Will taxpayers pay for costly road and avalanche maintenance to this high elevation private resort once it is built?

Please reconsider your decision.

Tanna Patterson Wildsight (Creston Valley)

Jumbo bad for taxpayers

To The Editor; Is Creston next? On March 20, B.C.’s Liberal government gave the green light for the development of the Jumbo Glacier Resort. Another portion of B.C.’s beautiful pristine landscape to be scarred with ski tram lines, towers and gondolas with a large multi-complex resort to be built at the base of the glacier. Added to all of this will be a 57 km highway, 60 metres wide, and when it’s under construction it’s going to destroy the wild animal habitat in its To the Editor: path. There will have to be a couple of NOW (Re: “Gleaners not a shop for businesses”, wild game underpasses plus miles of March 22 Advance, page 7) chain-link fencing to prevent the RECYCLING Bravo! And I mean three times slaughter of deer and elk and lives on LEADto cost in the bravo for a fitting, on-the-dot letter — the highway. This is going not too much and nothing missing. I neighborhood of overACID $200 million and believe that the message is loud and at the expense of the B.C. taxpayers.

VEHICLE clear. You deserve an honorable menIn addition to B.C.’s annual debt, there tion, Thelma. If not, a medal, eh? will have to be oneBATTERIES police car and one Let us see some red cheeks here for ambulance designated for that stretch of a brief period and then, God willing, highway 24/7. I doubt if the Liberal govthe shiny new trucks will stop appearernment gave any forethought to the ing. By the way, I hope they were not highway and its maintenance at all prior asking for a receipt. Jeez! Do these peo- to the green light. Which is understandple know no shame? able after the millions spent on the 2010 Frank Belavy Olympics that has put B.C.’s ledgers in West Creston the red for years to come.

Some people say that the resort will be an economic boost to the town. For 2012 Fusion SE some, yes, but for the longtime resident Fully equipped w/ SYNC and Remote Start Once the wellseniors a detriment.

REG 27199.00 Sale Price heeled $ 20,699.00* Albertan baby boomers and the foreign elites start moving in and purchasing property. Real estate prices will escalate drastically. Then the BC with its guidelines of *includes cash discount &Assessment Costco discount.

To the Editor: “market value” makes its survey. The (Open letter to Premier Christy Clark) retired people who built their commuThe Creston Valley branch ofwith $1000.00 nity and raised their Add a starburst discount for families and made Wildsight is disappointed with your lifelong friends are forced to sell and eligible decision to approve theCostco Jumbo members.

Glacier move because of unaffordable taxation. alpine mega-resort. Had you This is happening all across southern announced your decision in the B.C. like a transmitted disease.

Kootenays, you may have noticed we After making a good buck on the sale are a world away from the financial of their home, the seniors will start lookdistrict of Vancouver. For many of us, ing for another town similar to the one wild places are more precious than they had. Creston will pop up in their material goods. It is why we live here. minds like a blueberry in a bowl of We oppose your decision for the folmilk. Having 150 or so families converglowing reasons: ing on Creston to purchase real estate is 1) Size does matter. An all-season luxgoing to create the same dilemma they ury ski resort with 23 lifts and a 5,000just left behind, not to mention the burplus bed hotel is an old-fashioned den dumped on our already overEuropean design with too high a carbon stressed medical services here and footprint for 2012. It is not Kootenayshortage of permanent doctors. style locally-based tourism, which would But lets not give up hope entirely embrace the environment, not crush it. here. Our Regional District of Central 2) Grizzly bears. If you were to disKootenay could step up to the plate, cuss habitat needs with any biologist, saying, “We can save the town. We can you would learn that a large predator save the Creston Valley.” requires a large area. We have a responWe could have a ski chalet built on sibility to the world to maintain grizzly top of the Huscroft mountain at Dodge bear populations and not contribute to Creek to attract permanent doctors and the decline of another great species. new business for an economic boost.

3) Native issues. The Ktunaxa Hallelujah! Let’s build it. Let’s have Nation spoke of its spiritual traditions another referendum! in the Qat’muk Declaration. Your deciMichael Bunn sion does not show any understanding Creston

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Fundraisers help out Technology keeps Creston TAPS, seniors back library moving into future in greenhouse

April 15-21 is National 5 at TAPS. Mark it on your calenVolunteer Week in Canada and at dar. There will be new projects the Therapeutic Activation from the Kronys, as well as TAPS Program for Seniors, pies and several we depend on our other vendors who volunteers to keep have found that this our program runis one of the best ning. I can't even attended craft sales guess the number of in the valley. Thank hours shared each you, Krafty Kronys. week to keep our The Community seniors involved in Greenhouse at the community activities College of the and enjoying their Rockies is again Terry Nowak lives outside of their hosting TAPS seniors homes. TAPS will and some young host a lunch for our volunteers families to plant and grow togethlater this month to thank them for er. This intergenerational program their love and support. started last year and was so beneThe Lions Club is again cooking ficial that it will run again. their signature breakfast for the Yesterday, seniors, young moms community on April 21 at TAPS. and small children started the Join us for good food and friend- seeds for plants for their own garship. This partnership between the dens and gardens at the TAPS site.

Lions and TAPS is a form of volun- The interaction between the genteerism that has many rewards erations is valuable to all and the including the chance for TAPS rewards of the project are not just members to meet with friends they flowers and vegetables. I watched may not have seen for years and an yesterday as the ladies from TAPS income for the program. Thank sat in the sunny greenhouse and you, Creston Lions. showed children how to plant You have already heard how seeds. The young moms did the wonderful our Krafty Kronys are, physical work and served coffee how they support our programs, and cookies. Were they planting and bring color and fun into our marigolds or “miracles”? Thank projects. This group always seems you, Christie and Anita, for your to be full of energy and ideas for knowledge and kind support. more things to do. Each person One final thank you goes to the within the Kronys has particular Advance for the coverage they skills, some knit or sew, some generously give to TAPS and other paint, one has computer skills, one non-profit organizations. This or two make jewelry and hand- information gives all of us the made cards, some make pies. The opportunity to know what really list is too long for me to remember holds our community together. and even if I could they would Terry Nowak is an outreach worker come up with another skill. Their with the Therapeutic Activation big spring craft sale is set for May Program for Seniors.

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This is your opportunity to nominate an outstanding citizen of the Creston Valley for recognition of their volunteer work to our community.

The nominee’s volunteer activities may be in business, government, social improvement, community service, cultural arts, religion, youth work, or any other area of activity that you feel contributes to a better community.

Submissions MUST be detailed as to the accomplishments, involvement, and contribution to the Creston Valley of the nominee, or your nomination CANNOT be considered. Attend the Citizen of the Year presentation at the Friday evening Opening Ceremonies of the Creston Valley Blossom Festival celebrations.

NOMINATION FORMS ARE AVAILABLE AT: Town of Creston - 238 10th Avenue North or Creston Valley Chamber of Commerce / Visitor Info Centre - 121 NW Blvd or Creston Valley Advance - 1018 Canyon Street Letters marked “Citizen of the Year - Confidential” can be dropped off or mailed to: Creston Valley Advance 1018 Canyon Street, Box 1279 Creston, BC, V0B 1G0 Deadline for nominations: May 4, 2012 at noon Unsigned nominations will not be accepted.

The book for today’s preschool story time (Thursdays at 10:30 a.m.) was Kitten’s First Full Moon by Kevin Henkes, and the app used for the iPad was Play Tales Kid’s Interactive Books. The story also involved the moon but not a small cat

@ Your Library Ann Day

and the app was free (they get you later on when you want more). The audience, both moms and children, were pleased with both formats and as engaged with the book as with the iPad screen.

The iPad also had several interactive games that reinforced some of the concepts of the story as well as words and numbers. Another dimension has been added to storytelling and we are enjoying it immensely, as are the participants. One of the mothers called later to get the correct name for the app.

Still on computers, we had a call from the Girl Guides leader asking if her group could have their next meeting in the library and access the computers. One of the badges now available is a computer badge and our space and computer set up is ideal for them to work as a group. The request worked out better than expected as not only will they get use of the computers but they will also have the skill and expertise of our computer technician for a short workshop and that will include the audiovisual room. That is also quite timely as we have had a request from a Grade 7 student for a tutorial on the Garage Band program on the computer in the audiovisual room. We are putting a program together for the grade 7 and 8 age group to introduce them to programs their computers might not have.

We have just heard the news there will be a garden show this year featuring the work of local gardeners at seven different locations. It was one of the couples participating in the show who gave me the information, and coincidentally I was talking to them about a new DVD in our collection

called Great Gardens of England. It features 58 quite amazing gardens in the U.K. shown on six DVDs. Unfortunately, it takes some time for some DVDs from the U.K. to be available to Canadian viewers and this set of DVDs is quite dated; however it’s only noticeable when the gardeners themselves are being interviewed. There are some very large glasses and some very interesting hairdos. The gardens themselves are quite timeless and every one of them memorable.

Carrying on with the garden theme, thanks to information from friends, I found the TV Ontario website and a huge variety of interesting documentaries available for viewing. I immediately honed in on the BBC production of Monty Don’s Italian Gardens and was captive for the 54 minutes of my tour of Baroque gardens in Northern Italy. If you go to the list of programs and then to the program page, you will see the four hourlong programs available for viewing. They have not adapted the DVD series for Canadian viewing yet nor Monty Don’s other series, Around the World in 80 Gardens. We have had our eye on that one for some time now. I have ordered both of the books for the library and we will maintain hope that DVDs will eventually be available in Canada. I suggest you hook your computer to your television screen to watch the videos from the website. You will never look at your own garden the same way again.

We just had a visitor in the library from Chilliwack, who, with his BC OneCard, borrowed several books in a series he was interested in reading. He will be dropping them off at his Chilliwack branch and they will get them back to us. With your Creston library card and a piece of picture ID, you can be added to any library system in B.C. and borrow any items their OneCard policy allows. Any of those items can be returned to any library in B.C., including ours, and they will be returned to the home library. The traffic of library items between our library and Cranbrook, as well as numerous other libraries, has steadily increased since the OneCard was introduced. The increased strength of library connections not only in the Kootenays but the entire province has become noticeable and very helpful as we are all faced with an interesting future.

Ann Day is the chief librarian at the Creston and District Public Library.

DriveABLE leaves rural seniors at disadvantage

For the past two years, I have been receiving many phone calls and letters about the DriveABLE program. If you are an elderly driver, chances are you’ve heard about this driver screening test or done it already. For those who haven’t, let me provide some background.

In Your Corner Michelle Mungall

Developed by Dr. Allen Dobbs, a University of Alberta professor and a director of the Northern Alberta Regional Geriatric Program’s neurocognitive research unit, DriveABLE is not only a test but also a spin-off company from the university. The test is meant to determine a person’s cognitive abilities and fitness to drive using a computer program. Drivers touch the screen in response to cues and a score is obtained

that passes or fails the driver. If a driver fails, they lose their licence.

DriveABLE was first introduced in B.C. in 2005, and then expanded from three to 17 centers in 2010. That same year, guidelines changed for determining driver fitness, now requiring all drivers over 80 to be routinely screened for driving ability. When a doctor sends a patient for a driver fitness test, that patient has had only one test available to him or her, and that’s DriveABLE because the Liberals did a single-sourced contract with the company.

Approximately 1,500 people are sent to the DriveABLE test each year and 15 per cent pass the initial assessment. Another 40 per cent fail and lose their licence immediately, while the remaining 45 per cent have to take a driving test.

If a person wants to take the DriveABLE test again, they have to pay $170 to the Office of the Superintendent of Motor Vehicles plus a second round of travel costs. That’s right — with only 17 test centers, seniors had to pay for their travel costs to take this test and that left seniors in rural areas like the Creston Valley at a particular disadvantage.

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Petroleum industry now a threat to survival

Here in the Creston Valley, and in most parts of the world for that matter, people have very little experience of the

for our long-term good and for the fate of our world.

The problem, you will have guessed, is global warming. The polar bears in our Arctic are already suffering because of it. The rest of us will share their fate unless we do something — indeed, a lot — about it pretty soon.

Granted, it’s not a problem that we can solve as individuals or little valleys or even countries as large in area as Canada. It’s going to take decisive, far-reaching action by at least a great majority of the world’s nations — especially those that are most responsible for causing the problem in the first place.

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problem I’m about to discuss.

I’m not sure whether that is a good thing.

Certainly, we’re fortunate.

On the other hand, I fear that our good luck makes us more complacent than we should be

Canada is one of those nations. Yet our petroleum industry and our federal government seemingly find it impossible to understand that what was once a vital contributor to our economic wellbeing, and that of much of the world, has now become a threat to our survival as human beings.

I don’t think I’m being unjustifiably alarmist. Pollution arising from the consumption of petroleum products is not the only cause of global warming and ours is not the only culpable oil producing and consuming country.

But it is a major factor and we must take responsibility for what we do and, to the best of our ability, we should provide

Practices best when shared

We had our best practices meeting here at the Creston and District Community Complex a couple weeks ago and it was probably the best attended one I had seen in some time. These twice-a-year meetings involve our leisure services colleagues from Castlegar, Nelson, Trail and, new this year, Slocan Valley.

From the Centre Neil Ostafichuk

With the exception of Trail, we all fall under the cloak of Regional District of Central Kootenay, but you would find that most leisure service providers in the province (and most likely Canada) follow similar philosophies or mission statements as well as all the pitfalls and challenges that accompany the business. Each attending facility tries to have representatives from each department within their area such as maintenance, aquatics, fitness, and dryland programming as well as customer service heads and management.

In order to cram as much into a day, a quick overview on what each facility is doing is followed by a session that is applicable and beneficial to all departments. The afternoon has breakout sessions for each department and a more intense focus on current issues and resolutions. In seeing this type of meeting develop and mature over the past years, you really see

DriveABLE

From page 8 As people began to contact my office as well as my NDP rural colleagues, we started to look into the issue. At our weekly rural caucus meetings, we discussed strategies to advocate for changes. Safe roads are paramount, and testing to keep our roads safe needs to be accessible, transparent and fair.

We asked questions in the legislature, held town hall meetings and put forward a motion that calls on the government to make testing centers more accessible throughout the province.

If you want to see my contribution to the debate on that motion from Feb. 27, please visit www. michellemungall.ca or call my office and we would be happy to send you a transcript.

Because of our advocacy, the Liberals have

the benefit of colleagues meeting, sharing ideas and overcoming obstacles in a face-toface interaction uninterrupted by phones ringing, emails beeping and people tapping on your door that need just a minute of your time.

I am a firm believer in not reinventing the wheel — somewhere out there, your ideas exist in one form or another, awaiting your particular experience and input to develop and enhance them further, and by meeting as a group, you sure see how the whole is greater than the sum of its parts.

Drifting from philosophy to reality, make sure you take in the Creston Valley Chamber of Commerce’s Home and Garden Show this weekend either on Friday from 2-9 p.m. or Saturday from 10 a.m.-5 p.m. The show returns to the hockey arena this year after the construction in 2011 relocated it to the curling arena but the days of displacement are coming to an end as we wrap up the last remaining areas this summer construction-wise. I would have to check to see how long the show has been going on in one form or another, but in my tenure this past 17 years, there haven’t been too many seasons that have been missed. Events like these are one of my favourites because you can circulate around and visit whomever you want, avoid whomever you don’t want and you don’t have to go through a grocery checkout at the end.

If you haven’t seen the new board system and lobby in the arena yet, now is your chance; just remember that we have a bit more flooring and paint to go in. Hats off to the folks at the chamber of commerce and anyone else involved in providing this event for another year. See you there!

Neil Ostafichuk is the recreation supervisor at the Creston and District Community Complex.

leadership and set an example for others.

Yes, the oil industry has been good for Canada. The industry has been especially good to Albertans.

It has made a lot of them and a lot of its owners elsewhere very rich. It has the capacity to go on doing so for several decades.

But times have changed. What was once unchallengeably good (or so we thought) has now become a very mixed blessing, at best, and unless we do something drastic about it within the next few decades, it will become a curse.

Unfortunately, we can’t carry on as we have been for a few years and then begin to take drastic action. We need to begin now to find alternatives to petroleum production and consumption.

Some of our provincial governments, B.C.’s among them with its surtax on automobile and heating fuel consumption, have recognized this and taken preliminary steps to meet the challenge. But our federal government either doesn’t acknowledge that the challenge exists or refuses to tackle it meaningfully.

Instead, it is promoting the building of oil pipelines to serve Asian

and U.S. markets. Apart from the ecological harm done during the construction of the Enbridge line across B.C., the direct risks arising from these projects may or may not be overblown but it is inevitable that their operation will add to global warming, worldwide. And certainly they send Canadians and the rest of the world the wrong message.

The Harper government is taking only token steps to deal with this and other environmental threats, and even those have been offset by budgetary cuts and the gagging of scientific employees who might warn us about the growing environmental hazards.

Harper will only do what he needs to do if we, the people, use every legal means available, especially the ballot when we get the chance, to make him understand that “jobs, jobs, jobs” are fine but that there won’t be any jobs for our grandchildren and great-grandchildren unless he starts now to launch a meaningful assault on global warming.

It’s up to us — and we can’t afford to wait.

Peter Hepher is a retired journalist who lives in Creston.

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Mane & Nails Unisex Salon & Day Spa realized that they need to make changes.

Unfortunately, the changes have been minimal.

In March, the B.C. government announced that it will no longer use DriveABLE as the sole determinant for driver fitness. Now it will look at the DriveABLE results, a road test and medical information. There will also be one more testing centre added this May — in Cranbrook.

These changes don’t address all the issues I have heard from local seniors and their families, so I will continue to work with constituents and my colleagues to ensure that tests are fair and more accessible. After all, we’re not just dots on a map. We are communities of real people, and when someone is told to make a major life change, we have to be confident that the change came from an accessible, fair and transparent process.

Michelle Mungall is the member of the legislative assembly for the Nelson-Creston provincial riding, and is the Opposition critic for advanced education, youth and labour market development.

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BY BRIAN LAWRENCE Advance Editor

A $400,000 grant from the Ministry of Community, Sport, and Cultural Development’s community recreation program will be a boost to the town’s trails network.

The grant is 80 per cent of funding that will see improvements made to Creston’s trails, with the town, and the Creston and Creston Valley Rotary clubs adding $80,000 to the trails project.

“We’re planning on paving all the trails we’ve ever done, including Steve’s Ride,” said Coun.

Judy Gadicke.

Steve’s Ride, named for the late Steve Hernandez, a Town of Creston employee, runs from Cedar Street near Millennium Park to 11th Avenue South. It will be expanded to add two branches to the trail, one parallel to the railway tracks and another by the seniors housing, and

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will gain picnic tables.

The development is part of a three-year process that will include an off-leash dog park, as well as the installation of outdoor exercise equipment along Steve’s Ride and in Centennial Park near the Creston Rotary Splash Park.

“Parents could be using it while their kids are in the splash park,” Gadicke said.

The project was already in the planning stages when the grant was applied for — that planning and the Rotary buy-in helped to secure it.

“It all came together,” Gadicke said. “It’s very exciting.”

Creston and the West Kootenay received over $1 million from the ministry. The other projects include Kaslo’s sustainable complex project ($188,666 to renew the Kaslo and District Arena and Curling Complex), Nelson’s Kootenay Lake Outdoor Skate Park Society ($400,000 to build an outdoor skate facility) and the Salmo Valley Community Centre health and fitness expansion project ($80,000, expansion of facilities for fitness and recreation programming).

Ninety-eight projects throughout the province will share $30 million, and in some cases, the province is providing up to 80 per cent of eligible costs for projects that enhance recreation infrastructure. The total value of approved projects is more than $70 million, which will create an estimated 458 direct jobs and 251 indirect jobs.

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The World Harmony Run, which passed through Creston in 2008, is returning in May, and the Town of Creston will be asking the Regional District of Central Kootenay to work together to host a welcoming reception.

“I would like to see that happen again here,” said Coun. Joanna Wilson at the April 10 regular meeting. “It was very good in 2008.”

She offered to help organize the event. The difference this year is that the Lower Kootenay Band dancers and the Creston Commu-

nity Band will not be available this time around.

“The principal of ARES (Adam Robertson Elementary School) has contacted us saying they would like students to participate,” said town executive assistant Bev Caldwell.

Council voted in favour of working with the RDCK and having the reception at the Creston and District Community Complex after the suggestion of Creston Valley Chamber of Commerce executive director Jim Jacobsen.

“The directors have been quite vocal that it’s a community hub,” he said.

Council ups budget for Kaminoho visitors

BY BRIAN LAWRENCE Advance Editor Creston town council passed a motion at the April 10 regular meeting to increase the budget for the Creston-Kaminoho Friendship Society from $4,000 to $6,000 to accommodate expenses relating to a delegation visiting from Seki City and Kaminho, Japan, in June.

The increase doesn’t actually affect the town’s budget, but comes from reallocated funds, and doesn’t all need to be spent during that trip.

The first thing the Japanese visitors plan to do is visit the Forest Lawn Cemetery, where former mayor Lela Irvine and former councillor Lawrence Lavender, both supporters of the sister city program, are buried.

Council Briefs The Town of Creston is offering a one-year extension to the Regional District of Central Kootenay for fire services provided to Areas B and C, but only if the RDCK renegotiates and signs an agreement by the end of May. The fire protection agreement — which costs the RDCK $130,000 a year — currently expires at the end of 2012, and the proposed extension would be for one year beyond that.

The conclusion of the agreement will allow the RDCK to hold a referendum to create its own fire service in those areas.

•Town council will discuss applications for the Columbia Basin Trust’s Community Initiatives Grants during its committee of the whole meeting on April 17. The program was undersubscribed this year, with about $61,000 out of a possible $65,000 being applied for; the remainder will be carried over and added to the funds available in 2013.

•Engineering and public works director Iain Bell told council that the murals on the side of

Pharmasave will be repaired to prevent water damage. The lower portion of the paintings has a small gap that is allowing water inside; filling the gap with silicone is expected to solve the problem.

•March “was not a banner month for the building department,” municipal services co-ordinator Ross Beddoes told council.

Three new building permits were issued last month, for one minor residential addition and two smallscale commercial projects. In March 2011, four building permits were issued.

So far this year, the town has issued five permits, and permits for three single-family residences are pending.

•The town will spend $250 to sponsor a hole in the Creston Valley Thunder Cats annual golf tournament.

•Council adopted a revised fire services bylaw and the five-year (2012-2016) financial plan bylaw, and gave the new tax rates bylaw its first through third readings.

The tax bylaw stems from the fiveyear plan, which will see taxation due to RCMP costs start with a 3.3 per cent increase this year, and rise 1.5 per cent the following four years.

•Council approved a request from the Creston Valley Blossom Festival Association to use the parking lot south of Millennium Park on May 19. The association will hold youth events on that site to tie in with children’s events in the College of the Rockies parking lot and entertainment in Millennium Park.

•The Creston Valley Farmers’ Market was approved to relocate for May 5 only to the lot south of the Creston Valley Chamber of Commerce, while the West Coast Amusements carnival makes its annual visit.

“That’s also the site they’re looking at for a one-year trial basis for their midweek market,” said Beddoes.

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Canyon-Lister students dare to stay safe

Canyon-Lister Elementary School teacher Judy Gadicke with her Grade 5/6 class and DARE instructor Const. Wally Bursey.

This year, millions of school children around the world will benefit from DARE (Drug Abuse Resistance Education), the highly acclaimed program that gives kids the skills they need to avoid involvement in drugs, gangs and violence.

DARE was founded in 1983 in Los Angeles and has proven so successful that it is now being implemented in 75 per cent of our nation’s school districts and in more than 43 countries around the world.

DARE is a police officer-led series of classroom lessons that teaches children from kindergarten through Grade 12 how to resist peer pressure and live productive drug and violence-free lives.

At Canyon-Lister Elementary School, our DARE police officer was Constable Wally Bursey. We appreciated his commitment to teaching us how to be safe. Here are a few of the speeches given by our 2012 Grade 5s during our DARE graduation:

In DARE, I have learned that drugs can be very bad for you, so the best thing is

not to have anything to do with drugs, smoking and other things. I feel that DARE will help me later in life because we’re being taught about alcohol, tobacco and other drugs. So when we’re older, we know about it and that it’s not good for you.

If you are in a bad situation like someone telling you to drink, smoke or do other bad things like that, then leave, make a lie or tell an adult so you can stay safe. A lot of people do drugs because they don’t know what’s in the drugs and when they find out they become addicted and it’s hard for them to quit.

It’s better if you have close friends that don’t drink, smoke or do drugs so then you don’t have to struggle just to say no because they’re not close. But it’s better if you don’t smoke at all.

With all the advice I will use the information and make wise decisions and stay safe because I know that smoking, drinking, tobacco other drugs are bad. I pledge that I will not drink, smoke, chew tobacco or do any other

drugs, especially if I’m told to do it by a friend.

— MAKAYLA WALTON

In DARE, I learned that if you drink or smoke or do other drugs, you could die, get sick or lose brain cells. DARE has taught me how to define, assess, respond and evaluate.

I know a person that does drugs, smokes and drinks. He does not eat or drink water hardly ever. It makes me sad to know that people do that stuff.

I am glad to know that there is a DARE program to set people on the right track including me. I pledge I will never smoke or do drugs and will not drink underage or become an alcoholic.

— KYLA BLACKMORE

sure and how to choose your friends.

We’ve learned many health effects of tobacco, marijuana and alcohol and their legality. It is important to know so that we stay away from these things that can destroy our brain, body, future and bring violence into our lives.

My parents already told me about the dangers of smoking, alcohol and drugs, but I really enjoy the examples on how to deal with peer pressure. We learned how to define and assess some peer pressure problems and opportunities related to drinking alcohol and smoking, which will make me more confident handling them in real life situations. I commit that I will make wise decisions about drugs, alcohol and smoking.

— EMMA PENNER

The DARE program gave us awareness of the effects and consequences of drugs, alcohol and smoking in our lives. It also taught us the skills to define, assess and respond wisely and solve problems.

We learned how to deal with peer pres-

I have learned that drugs, tobacco and alcohol are very bad for your body. The officer has helped me by telling me about the dangers of these things. DARE has helped me a lot. I really liked doing this program.

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Music Yu-Gi-Oh Almost Squirrel Squirrel Squirrel Squirrel Almost Almost Almost Almost Sidekick Sidekick CBC News Now National One/One National Issue Tornado Rampage fifth estate National One/One “Hancock” (’08) Will Smith.

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Fairly Legal Frozen Planet MythBusters Cash How/ Cash Cash Toughest Trucker Deadliest Catch Dance Princess Housewives/Atl. Bubble Wrap Kids Debt Debt Princess Princess Four Weddings Dateline: Real Life Dateline: Real Life Dateline: Real Life Hard Evidence Hard Evidence Hard Evidence “Very Brady” Smash Way Off Broadway Where Playlist The Bridge “Miss Congenial” Scooby Looney Ninjago Johnny T Deten Drama Skatoony Babysit “Chicken Run” (’00) Minute Phineas ANT Deck Good Sonny Jessie Wizards Shake It Austin Good Really King King Fam Guy Fam Guy Office Office Seinfeld Seinfeld MLB Baseball My Boys Cash Cash Gas Gas N’Radio Seinfeld Seinfeld Cleve My Boys LOL :-) LOL :-) Diners Diners Diners Diners Eat St. Eat St. World’s World’s Gotta Gotta Iron Chef America Ghost Hunters Ghost Hunters Python Hunters Mantracker Descending Saw Dark American Pickers Pawn Pawn Canadian Pickers Battle Castle Weird or What?

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Places of CHURCH OF GOD IN CHRIST (Mennonite)

1152 Hwy 21 N.

250-428-9079

CRESTON BAPTIST CHURCH Sunday Worship - 11 am

2431 Ash St.

250-428-7547

VALLEYVIEW BAPTIST CHURCH Service - 11 am

234 - 36th Ave. North

250-428-4861

REDEEMER LUTHERAN Praise 9:30am Sunday Worship -10 am

315 - 15th Ave. North

250-428-9100

GLAD TIDINGS PENTECOSTAL CHURCH Sunday Worship - 10:30 am

2408 Cedar Street

250-428-7418

TRINITY UNITED CHURCH Sunday Worship - 10 am

128 - 10th Ave. North

250-428-4015

ST. STEPHEN’S PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH Sunday Service - 10:30 am

306 NW. Blvd

250-428-9745

HOLY CROSS CATHOLIC CHURCH Sat. Service 5 pm, Sun. Service 10:00 am

128 16th Ave N

250-428-2300

ERICKSON COVENANT CHURCH Sunday Service 11 am ericksoncovenant.ca

6017-Canyon/Lister Rd

250-428-4174

Anglican Christ Church (Episcopal)

Sunday Worship 9:30 am 422 7th Ave. North 250-428-4248

Take Me Home a P.A.W.S. project Call 250-428-7297

“Kitkat” Kitkat is an older male tabby who was recently surrendered to PAWS and will be available for permanent adoption once vet-checked. He is neutered friendly and loves to cuddle and purr!

Kitkat is eligible for the Seniors for Seniors program! Contact P.A.W.S. for more information.

250-428-7297

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Under Rated A Kid Sponge. Almost Sponge. Squirrel Sponge. Sponge. iCarly Big Time “Arctic Tale” CBC News Now From Toronto. (N) CBC News Now From Toronto. (N) Paid Paid Paid Paid Paid Paid Combat Hospital Rookie Blue “Live Free-Die” Curiosity The icy water. (DVS) Mighty Planes Prank Auction Flying Wild Alaska Mounted Oddities Debt Debt Property Property Million Dollar “Date Movie” (’06) “Epic Movie” Say Yes Say Yes Say Yes Say Yes Say Yes Say Yes Hoard-Buried Hoard-Buried Hoard-Buried Defying Gravity Castle “Be Kind Rewind” (’08) “Blades of Glory” (’07) Spliced Hole Scooby Jerry “Aliens in the Attic” (’09) Hole Skatoony Ben 10 Avengers Manny Mickey Phineas Deck Wizards Warth ANT Jessie Austin Shake It “Sharpay” Career P. Affairs “American Pie 2” (’01, Comedy) “Fantastic Four” (’05, Action) “Fantastic Four” Red...

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Monster Man Monster Man Monster Man (N) Monster Man Monster Man Monster Man Mad Men (:04) “Meet Joe Black” (’98, Fantasy) Brad Pitt, Anthony Hopkins.

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INTERESTED? Call Dianne 250-428-2266

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1018 Canyon St.

Kootenay Lake Ferry Schedule

* Times listed are Pacific Time

VESSEL NAME Osprey 2000 Osprey 2000 Osprey 2000 M.V. Balfour Osprey 2000 M.V. Balfour Osprey 2000 M.V. Balfour Osprey 2000 M.V. Balfour Osprey 2000 M.V. Balfour Osprey 2000 Osprey 2000 Osprey 2000

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National Volunteer Week Celebrating our Community ‘s Volunteers • April 15 - 21

We are all so grateful for our local volunteers every day.

Thank you for all the incredible work you do throughout our community!

From the staff at the

Lorne, Brian, Dianne, Anita, Jacky, Montana & Carole

It’s Volunteer Appreciation Week and New Life Furniture & Recycling would like to take the time to give a

Are you looking for an opportunity to volunteer in the community?

to each and every one of our volunteers!

We greatly appreciate everything that each and every one of you do to contribute to a very special cause that makes a world of difference to members of our community, and to the clients of the Kootenai Community Centre Society.

Our Volunteers!

The PaWs animal shelter is a successful operation because of the generous support of our donors and our awesome volunteers. From baking for our fundraising bake sales, building construction, cleaning up puppy poo, tending sick animals, taking out the garbage, to stafďŹ ng the ofďŹ ce and everything in between, our volunteers are there.

PaWs animal shelter is willing to take all kinds of domestic animals. We do not receive any ongoing support from government.

The true heart of the PaWs organization is our fantastic volunteers. They are the best of the best! They are what makes the PaWs shelter the awesome place it is HUGS for pets and people!

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“Animals are such agreeable friends - they ask no questions, they pass no criticisms�- George Eliot

Brighten our Community National Volunteer Week April 15-21 Are YOU a volunteer?

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Volunteer Appreciation Social Wednesday, May 2 Come to the Community Pride Booth at the Home & Garden Show on April 20 & 21 to register or email loretta.huscroft@creston.ca or call the Town of Creston 250-428-2214 ext 0

Gleaners & Gleaners Too

would like to send a big THANK YOU to all the truly dedicated volunteers who work so tirelessly throughout the year.

They have generously given their time and heartfelt compassion so that we can continue to run the local Food Bank, donate funds to our fellow charity groups, and provide an inexpensive alternative to our wonderful community.

If you would like to join this special group of people, Gleaners needs you!

Please call 250-428-4166 Gleaners Too 250-428-4106

National Volunteer Week April 10-16

“Volunteers are seldom paid; not because they are worthless, but because they are PRICELESS!�

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Visually impaired songwriter The Pearl brings wide range to Creston celebrates SASQUATCH ARTS AND MUSIC SOCIETY

The inspirational songbird and multi-instrumentalist, Penny Buhr Johnson, is coming soon for some spring-like sunshine in beautiful B.C. Whether or not the sunshine is “provided” in the sky, Johnson’s performance is guaranteed to bring sunshine to your heart and musical medicine for the soul.

Having performed in the Cranbrook area last year at various venues, this multiple award winner has won the hearts of many new friends and now the stage is set for the opportunity to have this talented person at the Snoring Sasquatch on April 28. She has four CDs out, with her newer CD release, Growing Deeper.

With a very entertaining repertoire of bluegrass, smooth jazz, blues, gospel, country and inspirational adult contemporary, this entertainer is ceaseless in her songwriting and musical development.

“All my life, I’ve felt driven to learn and develop as a musician, adding guitar and fiddle playing to my daily devotion and concert rep-

ertoire,” she said. “I wish to acknowledge God for giving us the gift of music. It is wonderful to explore, but not complete in itself, until it is shared.”

“Her songs are touched by spirit, and the joy she takes in them, makes it all irresistible,” said Kimball J. Meyer (a.k.a. Kim Berly, drummer and singer with the Stampeders).

After a very fulfilling 19 years of teaching young and advanced students in the Music for Young Children program, Johnson received teacher of the year award in 2004 from the South Okanagan and District Arts Council. But, a visual handicap was taking its toll. It was becoming increasingly difficult to teach. Now legally blind, due to retinitis pigmentosa, a gradual vision loss genetic disorder, Johnson and her family seriously considered a change of pace.

In June 2007, they moved from the South Okanagan to the prairies of Southeast Saskatchewan. The timing was perfect to bring out the dream of performing her own music, which had taken a quiet back seat in her life.

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Last year, Johnson exercised her invitation to compete in the Canadian National Institute for the Blind (CNIB) and finished in the top 10 in Canada.

“Well, Penny, you friggin blew me away Tuesday night,” said Rob Lamonica, a regular performer at a top restaurant in Mazatlan.

“Anytime my piano is set up, consider yourself welcome to play all night. … What a joy. … Alfredo, the owner of Pedro y Lola’s, really enjoyed you, too. You could easily be playing here regularly during the season. We’d love to have you again, but let me know so that I can invite some folks, and turn people on to the beauty that is you!”

For more information, visit Johnson’s website, www.pennybuhrjohnson.com.

Advance tickets are $10 at Kingfisher Used Books and Black Bear Books, and $12 at the door, which opens at 7 p.m.; the show starts at 8.

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Home & Garden Show Booth #9 for ideas and samples of all your summer food and picnic needs!

BONNERS FERRY, Idaho — The Pearl Theater offers food for mind, body, and spirit with two separate events in celebration of Earth Day this weekend.

On April 20 at 7 p.m., a film festival features The Story of Stuff by Anne Leonard and I Am, featuring comedy director Tom Shadyac.

The Story of Stuff is a fast-paced 20-minute fact-filled look at how all the stuff in our lives affects communities here and abroad. It teaches, provoking laughter and promoting change.

The second film, I Am, is an entertaining and provocative look at the interconnectivity of all life. It offers intriguing solutions to the challenges and inspiration from scientists and luminaries including archbishop Desmond Tutu, historian Howard Zinn and philosopher Noam Chomsky. It is hosted with great humor by Tom Shadyac, who directed Ace Ventura: Pet Detective and Bruce Almighty. Tickets are $5 at the door.

On April 21 at 7 p.m., the Pearl hosts the Earth Day dance, which will feature multicultural music and dances. These dances are a simple, fun, active celebration of the variety of cultures on our planet.

No partners are needed. Everyone dances with everyone. Families are welcome. Anyone who can walk can enjoy this kind of dancing. Lots of laughter and an immediate sense of community rise naturally from these dances of the common folk.

Several traditional dances will be taught and then there will be great music for just shaking it loose. Traditional dances will be taught and called by Victoria Thompson, who taught multicultural dancing for three years at the University of Idaho in Moscow. Tickets are $5 at the door.

The Pearl Theater is located at 7160 Ash Street in Bonners Ferry, Idaho. For more information, call 208-304-0866 or visit www.the-pearl-theater.com.

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… All the hardworking volunteers throughout our community for your tremendous generosity. … Mrs. Coté and Mrs. Casemore for having a fun party.You’ll make a great teacher, Mrs. Coté. … 12th Ave Hair & Esthetics for your generous donation to the Opt Clinic– Creston. … Integra Tire for your kindness and help— much appreciated. … Pro-To-Call for the help with our “tab”.You’re the best. … Many people in our small community who provide supportive information and guidance during times of challenge and change. … Natalie for taking super awesome pictures— memories forever. … The Mountainview Terrace staff for devoted care to our mother Mary. Keep smoking cheezies! … Lillian Larose for the flowers— flowers— you you made my day— no— my week! … Andrew for fixing the time on my tablet and downloading my book.You are the best. … All the people who donated to the fund for Belle who suffered fire damage at her residence. … All the businesses who allowed us to put donation boxes in their stores.

Warm Fuzzies may be submitted to: advertising@crestonvalleyadvance.ca or classifieds@crestonvalleyadvance.ca Just A Reminder: A Warm Fuzzy is a way of letting the people of our community know about the random acts of kindness that happen on a daily basis. A Warm Fuzzy will not replace a Thank You ad. Please make sure you include your name and phone number. The Creston Valley Advance retains the right to edit or reject any or all Warm Fuzzies submitted.

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Survey will help town create sustainability plan

twenty years from now and do business in the future,” Toyota beyond. said. “Council and staff will be The Cultivating Creston process to develop Led by the Town of Creston and actively engaged in the ICSP develan integrated community sustainability plan the Whistler Centre for Sustainability, opment, and we are encouraging (ICSP) to guide Creston into the future is just the ICSP will be developed between our community partners to get underway, and partner organizations and citi- now and the end of the year through involved too. Achieving the ICSP zens are being asked to get involved in the pro- a streamlined and innovative pro- vision will only be possible with cess to create the vision for the town’s success cess, informed by an advisory team community-wide commitment, so and sustainability. comprised of staff, council, partner we hope partners and citizens will Most immediately, they are invited to provide organizations and citizen represen- get involved so they too can take input regarding the vision and priorities for tatives. Once developed, the ICSP ownership of the direction being Creston’s future — what they want the town to will be used by the Town of Creston charted for Creston.” look and be like 20 years from now. and by partner organizations to For more information about pubThe first opportunity for public input is guide decisions and activities at all lic participation, visit the Cultivating through a 15-minute survey that will be online levels, and across all functions.

Creston link at www.creston.ca or from now until 11:59 p.m. April 24. Go to www.

A community sustainability visit the Facebook page, Cultivating surveymonkey.com/s/CultivateCreston to pro- advisory team (CSAT) has been cre- Creston. vide your input. ated to represent community partThe Whistler Centre for The next opportunity will be at public events ners and stakeholders planned for the evening of April 27 and all day in the ICSP developApril 28. These events will be Valley an opportunity for ment process from start Creston Minor Baseball citizens to hear about the ICSP process and to to finish. The April Association AGM C.V. Minor Baseball share ideas for Creston’s future success and sus- public survey and partainability. ticipation events will “Planning for theSaturday, future of our community be followed by opporApril 28th, 12isnoon planning for success, resiliency and sustainabili- tunities for the public the Rec Centre East baseball ty,” said Mayor RonatToyota.

“This type of work to provide feedback on is now standard for fi most communities.” the draft vision for the eld Saturday, April 28 at 12pm The ICSP is a high-level policy document future, identify actions and process that is comprehensive, long-term, necessary to get there, East Baseball Field, and will guide the Open decisions practices and also give feedback to alland who wish toofattend Creston & District the local government and participating part- on the draft ICSP before ner organizations moving forward. The ICSP council approval.

Community Complex will deliver a vision, strategic plan and imple“The ICSP will be mentation process for creating a successful the lens for all our deciOpen to all who wish to attend and sustainable future for the community sions and for how we TOWN OF CRESTON

Annual General Meeting

Seniors CRESTON VALLEY SENIORS ASSOCIATION Cribbage scores from March 30: Ladies: Liz GordonCooper, 825; Dorothy Eisenhut, 823; Betsy Bronkhorst, 806. Men: Gary Krause, 830; Rody Malnor, 823; Neil Groot, 809.

Dart scores from April 2: Ladies: Connie Opsahl, 95; Darlene Thompson, 81; Erika Reinke, 75. Men: Chris Covington, 122; Ray Pederson, 112; Hans Reinke, 93.

Whist scores from April 4: Ladies: Cora Stach, 31; Kay Heffner, 28; Dorothy Douglas, 23. Men: Karl Zimmerman, 33; Stewart Douglas, 30; Art Stach, 25.

Dart scores from April 9: Ladies: Connie Opsahl, 111; Darlene Thompson, 95; Jean Hume, 76. Men: Chris Covington, 100; Hans Reinke, 87; Gordon Hume, 79.

Whist scores from April 11: Ladies: Margaret Adams, 45; Dorothy Douglas, 31; Sally Malner, 30. Men: Stewart Douglas, 32; Rody Malner, 32; Art Stach, 31.

Cribbage scores from April 13: Ladies: Dot Eisenhut, 842; Elaine Truscott, 826; Margaret Adams, 825. Men: Chris Havstein, 844; Gerge Kutbach, 824; Irene Deprey, 818.

Bridge Results of bridge games at Rotacrest Hall:

March 26 First: Marg Roy, Marion Smandych; second: Bill Reid, Rose Hoag; third: Audrey Vance, Ann Lees.

March 27 North/South: First: Karl Zimmerman, Joe Schlapsi; second: Jack and Betty Bailey.

East/West: First: Marilyn Geortz, Claudia Huber; second: Myrl and Norma.

March 28 First/second: Louise Catherall, Sandi Haley tied with Joan Fahselt, Lou Beduz; Third/ fourth: Ann Lees, Marion Smandych tiedwith Margaret Roy, Bill Reid.

March 29 First: Audrey Vance, Jack Cowan; second: Louise Catherall, Joan Fahselt; third: Jack and Betty Bailey; fourth/ fifth: Ani McDowall, Joe Schlapsi tied with Marion and Harold Nygren.

March 31 First: Syd Chihonik, Audrey Vance; second: Alexandra Heal, Lou Beduz; third: Pat Downie, Dorothy Hobbs; fourth: Nadine Nickel, Marian Smandych.

April 2 First: Marg Roy, Marion Smandych; second: Ted Heal, Bob Purdy; third: Sandi Haley, Hennie Webster; fourth: Mogens Eliasen, Verne Warwick.

April 3 North/South: First: Syd Chihonik, Donna Stutter; second: Claudia and Doug Campbell. East/West: First: Marilyn Geortz, Claudia Huber; second: Mike Stutter, Joan Fahselt.

Creston Valley Minor Baseball Registration Service BC Office, 1404 Canyon Street Monday–Friday: 8:30–12, 1:00–4:30

T-Ball (ages 4-7) $60 All other leagues (ages 8-16) $75 For further information

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Bonners Ferry, Idaho Friday, April 20th • Small Farm Tour in Boundary County • ‘Story of Stuff’ Film Festival at the Pearl Theater Saturday, April 21st • Earth Day Fair at the Boundary County Fairgrounds Sustainable living ideas, green products, great local food, kids craft corner, live music and a wide variety of vendors!

•Earth Day Dance at the Pearl Theater Sunday, April 22nd • Bird Walk & Talk at the Kootenai Wildlife Refuge • Mammals of the World: A Skeletal Presentation For more information about the weekend events visit www.bonnersferrychamber.org

Sustainability is a non-profit organization that provides sustainability planning and implementation advisory services to local governments in B.C. and across Canada. To learn more about the centre’s work, visit www.whistlercentre.ca.

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Wendell Ferguson back for New book shows Blossom Fest stage show everyday role

BY HUGH JOHNSTON

Spring is finally here and that means that the Creston Valley Blossom Festival is just around the corner. A hard-working, dedicated group of volunteers has been busy since late last fall making preparations for the biggest annual get together celebration of the year which kicks off May 18 and runs right through the Victoria Day weekend until May 21.

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Wendell Ferguson at the Creston Valley Blossom Festival in 2009.

The Blossom Fest, as it has become known, begins with a stage show featuring local talent and a headliner that only an event like the festival can bring in. It is also the night when the citizen of the year is chosen by the Creston Rotary clubs.

Headlining the stage show is multi-talented singer, songwriter, guitarist and comedian Wendell Ferguson. If the name sounds familiar, he headlined the same show in 2009. The Ontario-based country and western entertainer who frequently appears on CMT has a resume much like a who’s-who of show business. A busy session musician in the music studios in Toronto, he has worked and recorded with Gordon Lightfoot, Jane Siberry, James Keelaghan, the Arrogant Worms, Duane Steele and Katherine Wheatley.

Ferguson has spent a lot of time on the road touring with the likes of Sylvia Tyson, Caitlin Hanford, Cindy Church, Tommy Hunter, Lisa Brokop, Patty Loveless, Shania Twain, George Fox and the Dixie Chicks to name a few.

Awards for Ferguson include two Juno nominations; The $#!T Hits the Fans was nominated for album of the year in 2006. He did win the Canadian Country Music Association guitar player of the year six times before they told him it was time to let somebody else win.

He is one of the best, if not the best, guitar pickers in Canada.

Tickets for the stage show will go on sale this weekend at the Home and Garden Show.

Local outlets Black Bear Books and the Creston Valley Chamber of Commerce office will also have tickets.

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YASODHARA ASHRAM While there may not seem to be much connection between a ripening apricot and the practice of yoga, a new book by the spiritual director of Yasodhara Ashram makes clear the link between the two.

Living the Practice: Collected Writings on the Transformative Potential of Yoga draws on Swami Radhananda’s 30 years as a yoga teacher and her rich experiences as a mother and educator. She presents yoga not as the esoteric art of a few flexible people, but as an everyday spiritual practice that can play a role in anyone’s life — at a business meeting, while driving in traffic, cooking or gardening.

“An ordinary life infused with practice becomes a meaningful life,” said Radhananda.

Director of the ashram since 1993, Radhananda has overseen its recent efforts to receive carbon-neutral certification by 2013 — in time for its 50th anniversary.

Living the Practice will available both in paper and digital format and is printed on 100 per cent postconsumer-waste recycled paper.

Join the community in launching the new title on April 29 at 2 p.m. at Yasodhara Ashram, at the end of Walker’s Landing Road near the Kootenay Bay ferry terminal.

Radhananda will read from the book

and there will be group discussions, followed by tea. All are welcome.

For more information, visit radhananda.org or call 1-800-661-8711.

To order the book, visit the Timeless Books website, www.timeless.org.

In response to ‘Gleaners should be grateful’ (April12, 2012)

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The food bank is not designed to provide a family’s monthly provisions. It’s considered an emergency source between paycheques; a ‘help’ package. About “doling out a cup of flour...” obviously, you haven’t been hungry, or appreciative to a ‘help’ package. Those in need are truly grateful to have a cup of flour to be able to make a biscuit, a bannock or a dumpling to go with a soup or stew.

Gleaners is one of the very few food banks in our province that actually provide a list of basic foods available, and the recipient chooses the items that are needed/required for their family. The price of groceries has increased,so I don’t know the value of Gleaners’ packages at this time...but only a few weeks ago I calculated it to be about $93, twice a month. That is considerable, and does not include the fresh fruit available from our orchardists, or fresh produce from our farms. And it is all due to the generosity of the people of Creston and surrounding areas...both in their donations and in their purchases at Gleaners.

It’s true that none of this would be possible if only the poor shopped at Gleaners; people from all walks of life are imperative to the growth of Gleaners. In the original letter to the editor, I implied that people in business should not be PROFITTING from the donations that were destined to those in need.

Now, the part of Ms Smandych’s letter that truly irked me was the fact that the volunteers get first crack at the ‘goodies’ and walk out with bags of merchandise. I wonder if she would consider volunteering a little of her time to see exactly what does go on in this incredible establishment.

Volunteers take home boxes of stuff.... yes, they sure do! Toys to be cleaned and organized; buttons, beads, thread and craft items to be bagged; lace and fabric to be measured, rolled and readied; mending to be done; towelling and cotton to be made into bags of rags; dolls and clothes taken to the ladies at T.A.P.S. to wash and dress. Yes, they take home many bags, and spend many hours preparing items for the customers. I suppose they could stop all this extra handling of merchandise, but then the reputation that Gleaners has earned would be completely out the window. Customers would receive soiled clothing and bedding; is this what you would have us do? Gleaners would not be so stocked every week if it weren’t for these volunteers, and I personally resent the fact that you presume them to be helping themselves to the bounty. Shame on you! And as an afterthought, I don’t think the $60,000 to $70,000 dollars that Gleaners provides for community organizations, educational bursaries, children’s lunches, ministerial aid, T.A.P.S. contributions, (to name only a few) would feel that the food bank should give out bags of flour. Gleaners’ mandate is the food bank. It does NOT go short!

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Creston students join in tan-free campaign CANADIAN CANCER SOCIETY

The Canadian Cancer Society (B.C. and Yukon) launched its second annual tan-free grad challenge, and secondary school students across B.C. are set to fight back against cancer by encouraging their classmates to forego the “prom tan”, and instead, rock it in the skin they’re in.

“We want our classmates to embrace their skin tones and know that they don’t need to be tanned to be beautiful,” says Caileigh Rendek, a student at Prince Charles Secondary School in Creston.

“We want to get the facts about tanning out there so that our classmates can make their own informed decisions.”

Melanoma skin cancer — the most

severe form of skin cancer — is the third most common form of cancer for people between the ages of 15 and 29. In an effort to prevent skin cancer, Grade 12 students are leading the challenge by educating their peers on the dangers of ultraviolet radiation from both the sun and indoor tanning equipment and collecting pledges from fellow students to be tan-free for their graduation.

According to Cranbrook Mount Baker Secondary School student Amanda Musso, “We know that there is no safe way to get a tan and that any use of indoor tanning equipment before the age of 35 can increase a person’s risk of melanoma. Our goal is to help change peoples’ attitudes towards tans and save our peers from making harmful choices.”

“Last year, over 3,000 students pledged to be tan-free for their graduation,” said Patti Moore, team leader of health promotion at the Canadian Cancer Society. “The society hopes to increase this number significantly by engaging over 30 schools in 2012.”

In addition to the challenge, the society advocated to the B.C. government to follow the lead of Nova Scotia and Southern Vancouver Island by banning indoor tanning for youth under 18 — which the province did last month — a recommendation that was shared by leading health organizations such the World Health Organization, the BC Medical Association, the Canadian Paediatric Society, the Canadian Dermatology Association, the Medical Health Officers of BC and the BC

Centre for Disease Control.

According to Moore, a recent poll commissioned by the society shows that threequarters of British Columbians supported restricting youth access to indoor tanning equipment.

For any schools that are interested in holding a tan-free challenge at their school, contact Amanda Harris at the Canadian Cancer Society Southern Interior region office at 1-800-403-8222.

Established in 1938, the Canadian Cancer Society is a national charity that fights cancer by doing everything we can to prevent cancer, fund research and support people living with cancer. Join the fight! Visit our website at cancer.ca or call our toll-free bilingual Cancer Information Service at 1 888 939-3333.

Mustang winner CHOOSE ONE: Treat this patient Or this one Or this one

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Knights of Columbus Grand Knight Brian Lansing (left) recently congratulated Creston’s Mike Megale upon winning the 2012 Ford Mustang convertible in the organization’s 2011-12 charity appeal draw.

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The Regional District of Central Kootenay has adopted a second resolution backing the rights of power consumers to decline smart meters.

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Rural Samo director Hans Cunningham agreed the board ultimately has no control over the matter, but the motion was a “statement of intent and belief.”

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In Loving Memory Of JAMES HENDRICKSON Passed Away April 16, 2012 Age 65 Years Residence Creston Cremation Friends wishing to make a memorial contribution may do so to the Creston Valley Hospital Equipment Fund Bag 3000, Creston, BC, V0B 1G0 In Loving Memory Of Lorraine & Dale VanRuskensvelde Celebration of Life Gathering Saturday April 28, 2012 from 1 pm – 3 pm At the Crawford Bay Hall Crawford Bay, BC Interment of Ashes for Lorraine Saturday April 28, 2012 At 11:00 a.m.

Crawford Bay Cemetery In Loving Memory Of STEFANIA WOJTKOW Passed Away April 14,2012 Age 90 Years Residence Creston Funeral Services Holy Cross Catholic Church Father Tom Kakkaniyil Celebrant Prayers Tuesday April 17,2012 at 6:15 pm Funeral Mass Wednesday April 18,2012 at 11:00 am Interment Forest Lawn Cemetery, Erickson, BC Friends wishing to make a memorial contribution may do so to the Creston Public Library 531 -16th Ave. South, Creston, BC V0B 1G5

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Obituaries William John Cook October 19, 1929 ~ April 6, 2012

William John Cook passed away on April 6, 2012 in Creston, BC at the age of 82 years.

William was born on October 19, 1929 to parents Violet and Hugh Cook in Manitou, MB. He received his high school education in Manitou, MB, then attended Tuxedo Normal School in Winnipeg, MB, before attending the Bob Jones University in Greenville, SC. William will be lovingly remembered by his wife Elaine; two sisters Donelda (Jake) and Zelly (George) both of Edmonton, AB and many other extended family members.

A small gathering of family and friends was held at the Homestyle CafĂŠ in Kitchener, BC on Thursday April 12, 2012 at 1:00 p.m.

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Jan was born on December 6, 1955 in Creston, BC, where she received her education. She married Perry Giella on March 3, 1998 in Laughlin, Nevada, on the Riverboat. The couple owned and operated the Dairyland delivery business in Penticton, BC. Jan was predeceased by her grandparents and nephew Donavon Chadwick.

Jan is survived by her husband Perry Giella; parents Don and Ruby Chadwick; inlaws Joe and Gisela Giella; daughter Stacey (John) Miller; son Travis (Julie) Butz; her loving grandchildren Brittni Miller, Brayden and Makayla Butz; sisters Irene (Ken) Wood and Sheila (John) Stishenko; brothers George (Janice) Chadwick and Bill (Kim) Chadwick; many nieces and nephews she loved so much; and stepsons Joey and Jason.

Services were held at Redeemer Lutheran Church in Creston on March 17, 2012 at 2:00 p.m.

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Lorne Carston

Lorne Carston passed away peacefully on April 4, 2012 after a short illness in Creston, BC at the age of 78 years.

Lorne was born on January 10, 1934 to parents Edna and Fred Carston in Druid, SK. Lorne spent three years in the air force at Cold Lake, AB and then he ďƒžred on steam engines in Cranbrook, BC. He came to Creston, BC in 1956 to work for BC Tel and retired after 37 years. Here Lorne met and married the love of his life, Helen Boffey on July 21, 1962.

Lorne was a member of the Creston Curling Club, the Rod and Gun Club and President of the Golf Club.

He loved almost anything outdoors including: ďƒžshing, hunting, skiing, camping, cutting wood, biking, hiking and long walks with his wife. Some of his favourite pastimes were wood working, intarsia, making toys for his grandchildren and bread making.

Lorne was predeceased by his parents Edna and Fred Carston along with his brothers Carl and Bill.

He will be dearly missed by his wife of nearly 50 years, Helen; son Kirk (Lori); daughter Heather (Luis); grandchildren Ally, Danelle, Dallas, Ben and Sanni; sister Dot Creighton of Penticton, BC; brother Pat of Vancouver, BC and numerous nieces and nephews.

A Memorial Funeral Service was held on Wednesday April 11, 2012 at 11:00 am in the G. F. Oliver Funeral Chapel with Pastor Harry Haberstock ofďƒžciating.

Friends wishing to make a memorial contribution in Lorne’s name may do so to the Swan Valley Lodge – Equipment Fund Box 1880, Creston, BC, V0B 1G0.

We would like to thank Dr. LeRoux, the Creston Valley Hospital and Swan Valley Lodge for their care and compassion. Also, a big thank you to staff of G. F. Oliver Funeral Chapel and Pastor Harry Haberstock for their kindness during this difďƒžcult time.

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GARAGE SALE 223-25th Ave South Saturday April 21 7:30 - Noon Lincoln welder, tools lots of household items.

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GARAGE SALE. Sat. April 21, 8am-3pm. 325, 22 Ave North.

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ESTATE / FARM AUCTION FOR THE ESTATE OF MR. MURRAY CARRY

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STEEL BUILDING- Blowout sale! 20x26 $5,199. 25x28 $5,799. 30x42 $8,390. 32x56 $11,700.

40x50 $14,480.

47x76 $20,325. One end wall included. Pioneer Steel 1-800668-5422. www.pioneersteel.ca

THE CHURCH

1913 Elm St. Creston BC Just east of PCSS

250-428-5975 OPEN MON, TUES & FRI

1 1/2 STOREY CUSTOM BUILT HOME 4 bdrm, 2 1/2 bath Large kitchen/dining room full finished walk-out bsmnt close to park & elementary school 44 ft deck Phone for appt.

250-428-2645 ibbi1122@hotmail.com

9AM - 3:45PM except holidays

Misc. Wanted Local Coin Collector buying Collections, Accumulations, Olympic, Gold & Silver Coins.

Call Chad 250-499-0251

Stereo / DVD / TV 50INCH SONY TV, $100. Call 250-428-2821

Rentals

Erickson 1/ACRE CORNER LOT with fruit trees, beautiful view of the Skimmerhorn Mountains. Perfect site for building your dream home.

Creston - 250-428-1742 1/BDRM SENIORS $160,000.

Apt in down-town Creston $440-$535.

W/D, Storage, Parking.

NP/NS. 250-4289995 or 250-435-5999

Apt/Condo for Rent

NOTICE

Bring your used stamps to: The Drop off Box

Creston - 1/BDRM SENIORS Apt in downtown Creston $440-$535. W/D, Storage, Parking. N/PN/S. 250-4289995 or 250-435-5999

located at

3600 sq.ft. of Retail Space

Located DOWN TOWN Excellent High Traffic Area Plenty of Parking 250-428-5240

Cottages / Cabins ADVENTURE HUT view of Dark Woods in Selkirk Mountain Range. 10min drive from Creston, 2/twin beds. Private setting, parking. $600/mo 3/month maximum stay.

Available May 1st.

250-7411490

Halls/Auditoriums Canyon Hall

Newly Renovated & Ready for your Events!

Ask about the Small Hall Henri 250-428-8852 Canyon Park Reservations Shelly 250-428-3356 ROTACREST HALL RENTAL Special Occasions/Events Call 250-428-7127 For Information and Booking WEST CRESTON HALL and/or grounds available.

Full kitchen facilities.

Leona 250-402-6643 Visit www.westcreston.info

Homes for Rent Creston - 2/BDRM 1/BATH Avail Feb 1. Shared laundry, 6 appliances $850 + 2/3 util. Call 780-402-2346 after 5pm.

Creston - 2/BDRM HOUSE with finished basement, 1 1/2 baths Available June 10 , $750 plus util. Call 250-402-3343 Creston 4/BDRM HOUSE, 2up & 2 down; 4pc bath up, 3pc bath down; garden area, all appliances incl. $1000 + utilities.

Lister 2/BDRM SUITE, all appl. incl, ideal for mature single or couple. $500/mo + utilities.

Ken 250-428-6168 or pick up “tenancy request form” from Century 21 front desk.

1131 Canyon St. Creston 250-428-9331

HOUSE RENTALS coming soon. Contact Heather 250428-9040 or go to Creston Valley Realty Ltd to fill out a rental enquiry form.

MOUNTAIN SHORES 3/bdrm 2/bath, new appl, big yard, N/S, ref req. $850/mo + util.

250-426-5999 / 250-223-8394

Transportation

Motorcycles

2005 Harley Davidson FLHRS Road King Custom with Stage 1 Performance Kit and pipes, 26500 km/19575mi 12,500.

250-489-1308

PROPERTY MANAGEMENT For your Property Management

Rental & Sales needs Ingrid Voigt

RE/MAX Discovery Real Estate

250-428-2234,1-877-428-2234

Shared Accommodation

Off Road Vehicles

NOW - NEW 8 week courses covering snowmobile or quad or marine outboard repair.

Take one course or all - fit your interest and your timeline.

GPRC Fairview Campus, Fairview, Alberta. Affordable residences.

1-888-999-7882; www.gprc.ab.ca/fairview.

Creston - UPSTAIRS BEDROOM & own bathroom.

Shared Kitchen, Laundry downstairs.

Located on 1/2acre w/large yard. $450/mo. 250-428-4233

Suites, Lower

Recreational/Sale

Creston - AVAIL MAY 1: very nice 1000 sq.ft. Close to Kinsmen Park. Best suited for single person $675 incl/util, cable & laundry. 250-428-8866

1993 5TH. WHEEL Prowler with hitch $5,000obo.

250-402-2005

CRESTON -LARGE bsement suite, NS NP, quiet prof adult preferred, $650/mo +util. Refs 250-428-2577

2008 33’ PARADISE Trailer.

Large pullout electric awning, heated mattress, as new. $24,000 250-428-0412

Creston - MAY-OCT: Quiet Individual Only! Furnished bsmt. suite, 5 appl. internet sat tv. N/S N/P $600+D.D. 403-813-7911

Scrap Car Removal

SPACIOUS 1/BDRM suite New appliances super clean $600 incl utilities 250-8665566

Townhouses Creston TOWNHOUSE/CONDO Adult only 55+ 2/BDRM, 2 bath, 5 appl.

N/S, N/P $950 mo. 250-4023262

Transportation

Auto Financing

Mortgages

for Pre-Approval www.amford.com or www.autocanada.com

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Mortgages

Janis Caldwell-Sawley

Mortgage Specialist Cell: 250-417-1336 janis.sawley@rbc.com

Flexible Appointments Serving the Creston Valley Subject to standard lending criteria of Royal Bank of Canada.

250-428-2323

GUARANTEED

Auto Loans or

Scrap Batteries Wanted We buy scrap batteries from cars & trucks & heavy equip. $4.00 each. Free pick-up anywhere in BC, Minimum 10.

Call Toll Free 1.877.334.2288

We Will Pay You $1000

All Makes, All Models.

New & Used Inventory.

Must be employed w/ $1800/mo. income w/ drivers license. DL #30526

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Call Dennis, Shawn, or Patti

1-800-910-6402

www.greatcanadianautocredit.com

CESSNA 180 1976 on 3000 Caps for lease. DeHavilland DHC-2 1957 on 4930 Floats for lease. Van. Is. E-mail; rleroy@telus.net

YOU’RE APPROVED

Paying $20 - $200 for your SCRAP Vehicle

1-888-229-0744 or apply at:

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APARTMENTS for rent: Call Michele or Paulette 250-4282562 or 250-428-3096 Creston 1,050SQ.FT. 2/bdrm. apartment $1,025/mo. incl.water, sewer, electric & gas util.

Large covered deck. W/D, F/S, DW, window coverings, A/C. N/S,N/P,refs.required. 418-9th Ave.S. By appointment only .

403-835-8907 Creston - 1/BDRM APT $535 + elec. N/S N/P call 250-2540840 or 250-866-5789 Creston - 1/BDRM APT N/S N/P $450/mo + plus elec. DD & ref req. Avail Mar 1st.

250-428-2202 CRESTON 1/BDRM renovated suite close to library, brewery, parks. Quiet building, N/S, no drugs, no parties, no pets (will consider small dog) $625/mo + elec. 250-431-8353 Creston - 2/BDRM CONDO style apartment. F/S incl. N/P. N/S. Located downtown.

250-428-5240. Refs req.

Creston - 2/BDRM + DEN 50+ Condo, 5/appl, 2/decks, covered parking, NS, $850/mo + elec. DD & refs required. call: 250-428-8727 Creston - 2/BDRM SUITE, avail immd. Responsible, quiet tenants only. 250-428-4918 Creston 55 + 2BDRM CONDO 5 appl. Walk to all amenities top floor, elevator. N/S N/P $875 + elec/D.D. 250-428-4984 CRESTON ATTENTION SENIORS Nikkyl Place Seniors APARTMENTS provides 2 meals a day house keeping,laundry & reg bus service.

Wheelchair access main floor 1/bdrm units $1150/mo 2/bdrm $1250/mo.

250-402-9351 Creston - SPACIOUS WELLKEPT 2/bdrm suite 55+ no pets. 250-428-2111 Creston UPSCALE 1 1/2/BDRM Studio Apartment. Balcony, mountain view, quiet downtown location, W/D F/S, $595/mo. 250-428-2117 or 250-428-3001 Erickson - 1/BDRM Walkout suite, great view, 6 appl, satellite & internet incl,small pet ok $800/mo incl. utilities. Avail.

March 1st. 250-402-9001 PARKVIEW MANOR 1 & 2/Bdrm Apartments Available now!

N/S N/P Children OK 250-428-9560 Creston

Creston COMMERCIAL BUILDING

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Trucks & Vans

2006 DODGE 3500 Flat Deck, 4/dr 99,000kms. Diesel, auto, duels, $32,000. 250-428-5559

Boats

Cars - Sports & Imports

17.5 ft INBOARD Reinell V6 Mercury engine. Also a new top. Call 250-428-9157

2003 MAZDA PROTEGE LX Exc. cond., silver, 140,000km, new fronts, air $4,000. Call 250-428-3395

World’s Finest FISHING BOATS

2004 Honda Civic LX Coupe, runs great, well maintained, CD player, spoiler, tinted glass, $7900, 250-342-1345

Weldcraft, Hewescraft, Lund, Godfrey Pontoons Mark’s Marine, Hayden, ID 1-888-821-2200 www.marksmarineinc.com

Legal Notices

Legal Notices

WAREHOUSE LIENS ACT

Notice is hereby given to Willy Ens of Erickson, BC that steps as per the Warehouse Liens Act are in effect for the collection of monies on UNIT #68 at Arrow Mountain Mini Storage.

The deadline for a response to this matter is on or before May 7, 2012 at 5:00 pm.

Signed, Arrow Mountain Mini Storage, Box 1968, Creston, BC, V0B 1G0.

250-428-4673

Your donation can help support the many worthwhile programs at Kootenai Community Centre Society SENIOR PROGRAMS Advocacy, Shelter from Abuse ADVOCACY STOPPING THE VIOLENCE PROGRAMS Outreach and Support, Older Women, Safe Home - Irvine House YOUTH PROGRAMS Beyond Wild, PARTY CHILD CARE PROGRAMS Teddy Bear Day Care and Grizzly Bear Out of School Care

Creston Valley Advance Eating disorders are the deadliest of all mental illnesses.

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Learn more at lookingglassbc.com

This is an ongoing year round fundraiser for various cancer programs including research and dressing materials conducted by

Order of the Eastern Star

Stamps should be cut with at least a 1/4” border around.

Thank you for your support!

Please include your name and address for tax receipt

Creston Citizens On Patrol NEED YOU For information call 250-428-9584 Pick up applications from the RCMP

1508 Cook Street, P.O. Box 237 Creston, BC V0B 1G0 250-402-0068

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EQUIPMENT • MACHINERY • CONSTRUCTION

Serving the Creston Valley

Shopa's Excavating Ltd.

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Wynndel, BC 250-866-5770

Ph/Fx: 250-227-9679 Box 101, Crawford Bay, BC V0B 1E0

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What Services do you have to OFFER?

EXCAVATION ROAD BUILDING LAND & SITE DEVELOPMENT LOGGING DUMP TRUCK EXCAVATOR

Call Sean at 250-428-9957 or 250-402-8135 (cell)

When you can

RENT?

KOOTENAY LAKE LOG STRUCTURES LTD. • Backhoe • Auger • Jackhammer • Dump Truck

Phone: 250-428-7232 Cell: 250-428-1601

Arlen Johnson, Proprietor 4015 Hwy 3, Erickson BC

• Licensed New Home Builder • Renovations • Concrete Work • Quality Assured

Tom Morris

call 250-428-2266

Ph: 250-428-2071 Fax: 250-428-2036

250-428-9887

Anderson & Buchy

Serving Creston Kootenay Lake

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Quality Handcrafted Homes

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EQUIPMENT RENTAL & SALES

WHY? BUY

SERVICES INCLUDE:

Logging/Subdivisions Basements/Demolition

JA-CO

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sales@crestonvalleyadvance.ca

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Spring & Fall Cleanup Dump Runs Landscape Preparation Topsoil Retaining Walls Stump Removal Water Lines

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Serving the Creston Valley

CONTRACTORS • RENOVATIONS • HOME AND YARD SERVICES

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Tip Top Chimney Service 250-919-3643 Sweeping the Kootenays Clean!

Serving the Creston Valley since 1984

tiptopchimneys@gmail.com

250-428-2426 www.nuoors.ca/creston 1518 Northwest Blvd Creston

Bryan 250-428-8425 What Services do you have to OFFER?

Smart Service. Great Products.

• Tile • Vinyl • Laminate • Hardwood • Carpet • Window Shades • Phantom Screens • Aluminum railing • DURADEK waterproof decking

Serving Creston & Eastshore for over 20 years

R.C.W. Woodcraft Cabinets

LOCAL and LONG DISTANCE

250-428-5215 (days) 250-428-4765 (eves.)

DRYWALL

1033-25 Ave S. Creston

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250-428-9835 Cell: 250-254-0857

ORCHARD VALLEY

250-428-0806

RESIDENTIAL CLEANING

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LAWN & YARD MAINTENANCE

Your WINDSHIELD specialists *55 years combined experience

HOUSE CALLS Auto Interiors • Fabric Protection Area Rugs • Flood & Fire Restoration Licensed Painter 408-16 Ave. S. Creston, BC V0B 1G5 Terry Dugdale • Fax 250-428-4819

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JC’S

Arrow Mountain

(turn east between Northstar & Iron Kettle)

• Largest self storage in Creston • 24 hr. Security • Safe, dry storage

250-428-9933 www.jcstorage.com

AndrĂŠ Robert

250-428-4914 YVONNE’S

PAINTING SERVICE

Journeyman All Aspects of Painting - Residential - Commercial - Interior - Exterior

Tel: 250-428-0438 Cell: 250-428-6468 Fax: 250-428-0437

Serving The Valley Since 1986

ALL-RITE

SEWAGE PUMPING SERVICES

Edwin Johnson 250-428-9097

ICBC EXPRESS windshield replacements

620 Payne St. Creston, BC

• Renovations • Eavestrough • Fascia • SofďŹ t • Vinyl Siding • Metal RooďŹ ng • Window Capping

Portable restrooms Tanks and risers Pumps Float switches ...and more

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• Residential • Commercial • Fire & Flood Restoration Serving Creston since 1991

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Footlighters casting melodrama to run in July FOOTLIGHTERS THEATRE SOCIETY

Auditions will be held at the Snoring Sasquatch on April 24 for the melodrama Someone Save My Baby, Ruth, which will kick off Footlighters Theatre Society’s 18th season in July. Directed by Brian Lawrence, with Jacqui Vezina assisting, this play follows in the foot-

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“Melodramas have always been popular with local audiences,” said Lawrence. “The stock characters — hero, heroine, villain, villainess — are so much fun to watch.”

Someone Save My Baby, Ruth is set in 1890s Boston, where the young widow, Penny Candy, and her baby,

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Other characters include shop assistants Taffy and Toffee,

who have caught the eye of customers Hubert and Tom, Mrs. Murphy and her young daughter, Minnie, and candy cooks Farron Heit and Cindy Grade.

“The characters’ names are a dead giveaway that this show is pure, simple fun,” said Lawrence. “It’s a great opportunity for someone who wants to try out acting for the first time.”

Auditions for the roles will

LKB changing with the times From page 1 The open house will be held at the complex on Simon Road, where the band’s offices and gymnasium are housed in a facility that was constructed in 1991, replacing 1950s band office on Highway 21.

“Any band members here would say that was the place you could come and you’d hear laughter in the building,” said Louie. “That is something we’re working toward today.”

Since Louie was elected chief over a year ago, he has encouraged the band council and staff to work more closely together; last year, they attended a retreat where the facilitator discussed meditation, conflict resolution and goal setting.

One of those goals is to establish partnerships with others organizations in the Creston Valley, and the LKB already works closely with the Regional District of Central Kootenay and its east waste subcommittee, Department of Fisheries and Oceans and the Kootenay Lake Partnership, and is helping to develop a flood-

plain management plan.

“We want to build bridges, not walls,” Louie said. “We’re going to continue walking down that path.”

The band’s financial policies are currently in the process of being certified by the First Nations Financial Management Board, and the band is also in the process of writing a constitution to govern its 210 members.

“Basically, a big family is what our band is,” said Louie.

He noted that there are only a few elders left, but “the ones we do have we really cherish, and incorporate their knowledge into our views.”

At the same time as the band is working to solidify its government, it is also trying to develop a more vibrant economy.

“Yaqan Nukiy had an economy within its own community, within its own people,” said development services director Curtis Wullum.

“Now we’re in a position to try to work to rebuild the government using traditional and contemporary values, and try to find a way to fit in with the other governments in the area.”

“We want to build an economy in the valley, so the kids don’t to leave,” said Several widths available. 30 Day Comfort Guarantee. have Louie.

To that end, the band has had four trainees working with contractors who have recently renovated and repaired a number of LKB homes — among other projects, 12 homes have new roofs, six have new floors, 10 have new front windows and five have new decks.

It couldn’t have been done without the co-operation of the band’s council and staff.

“I’m really proud of the council and staff for the commitment they’ve made to do things differently,” said Louie.

But Louie said one of the biggest signs of change came during last year’s Creston Valley Blossom Festival, when Creston Mayor Ron Toyota, of Asian descent, and Louie, of First Nations descent, rode in the same vehicle in the parade.

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The first production of the 2012-13 Footlighters season, Someone Save My Baby, Ruth will be followed by Fractured Fairy Tales (featuring the oneact plays Big Bad and The Storybook Reunion Murders) from Nov. 29-Dec.1 and the musical Annie in April 2013.