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Mountie Bob Gollan might not always get his man, but gets the information he needs. The RCMP Staff Sergeant appeared at the March 13 Creston town council meeting to ask for its policing priorities after he got no reply to a similar request in January. “I need to know your community policing priorities by the end of the week so I can prepare my annual plan,” he told councillors. “We’ve been pretty busy working on policing,” Coun. Tanya Ducharme laughed, referring to census results that now require the town to pay for a portion of local policing costs. Gollan didn’t walk away empty handed. “I want to see more ‘boots on the street’,” Coun. Wes Graham said, referring to foot patrols, especially in the downtown area. Coun. Scott Veitch asked for a focus on teen drinking. As a parent of two teens, he said he thinks the issue needs attention. Gollan replied in the affirmative to Coun. Joanna Wilson’s question about whether he had identified domestic abuse as a priority. “Domestic abuse is identified as part of our quality assurance review to ensure that the policies we have are being correctly followed,” he said. See POLICING, page 4

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Creston Fire Rescue updating bylaws BY LORNE ECKERSLEY Advance Staff

Creston Fire Rescue has undertaken a review of existing bylaws and is recommending a number of changes to update the regulations. Most contentious among the changes is a proposal to require private company inspectors and installers of fire safety equipment to be certified by a provincial body. Deputy fire chief Michael Moore said that he has discovered that some local businesses have paid for services that have not been correctly carried out and, in one case, a fire has resulted. “I can go into a business and check their fire extinguishers and find a tag with a date and initials, but I have no idea who the person is who did the inspection or whether they are qualified to do so,” Moore said at the March 13 town council meeting. A new provincial certification body has been established, he said. “The certification is not onerous and some local providers have already voluntarily been certified,” he said. In response to Coun. Tanya Ducharme’s concerns about certification costs and the implementation of the bylaw, town manager Lou Varela said council could pass the bylaw and then create a policy that would instigate enforcement of any part over any time span it chooses. “Enforcement could kick in after 12 or 18 months, for instance, if that is council’s wish,” she said. The bylaw will be presented for a third reading at the next regular council meeting.

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SVL seniors support literacy BY LORNE ECKERSLEY Advance Staff Swan Valley Lodge residents care about literacy. So much, in fact, that they were willing to forego their usual wine and beer happy hour on March 9 to listen to poetry. Linda Steward, who co-ordinates Columbia Basis Alliance for Literacy (CBAL) activities in the Creston Valley, welcomed residents, read a poem, When I Grow Old, then introduced the event’s emcee, Harriet Moore, a resident of the Swan Valley Lodge Pioneer Wing. From her wheelchair, Moore read her favourite poem, The Olive Branch: How does the lowly olive branch Observe the sky, begin to blanch Without a murmur or a prayer With no betrayal of despair?’ Oh Lord above, please grant to me The courage of that olive tree. Poetry readers included Swan Valley Lodge staff, residents and family members. Elementary school student Summer Linwood was the youngest, reading a couple of short favourites, including Don’t Let the Bed Bugs Bite: Don’t let the bed bugs bite. If they bite— Squeeze them tight. Then they won’t bite Tomorrow night. and When I Was a Wee Wee Tot:

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Among the poems included in the program were several by former Lodge resident Ruth Avery. Swan Valley Lodge staff member Karen Powis read To the One I Love, a tribute to Ruth’s husband, Ab: When I think of you my darling

Someone to love me, someone to care To give life meaning, my life to share. Someone to hold me close in his arms Someone to kiss me and thrill to his charms. Darling I love you, need I say more? You are my loved one, you I adore. Staff member Linda Tompkins ensured that war veterans were honoured during the event. She read Love of Life — A Veteran’s Honour: We love and respect you Who gave your lives for our protection. We owe each one of you A debt of gratitude for a job well done. We promise that we will Forever honour you and will not forget. Forever in high regard. (Followed by a salute) We only can imagine Loss endured trudging to victory. We see images of suffering For the quality of life you gave us. We now have freedom Because YOU made the world a better place. Thank you — Lest We Forget. (Followed by a salute)

When I was a wee wee tot I slept in a wee wee cot I sat on a wee wee pot Whether I could wee wee or not.

Some of the poetry readers at a recent event at Swan Valley Lodge.

I think of what you mean to me. Someone warm and loving Things a lover ought to be.

Tompkins then acknowledged the veterans who live in or attend day programs at Swan Valley Lodge: Walter Chatwood, William Edgar, Henry Gay, Kaiser Muszty, Sam Rota, Dennis Williams, Larry Belodeau, Norm Barrett and Jim Scarrow. A total of 16 poems, most of them short, made for a thoughtful and entertaining afternoon and residents clearly enjoyed the efforts by the organizers and presenters.

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New Seventh-day Adventist Pastor Josue Molina.

New pastor arrives at Adventist church BY LORNE ECKERSLEY Advance Staff

Josue Molina has arrived to take over the duties of Pastor Ian Cotton, who has conducted Seventh-day Adventist Church services in Creston and Cranbrook for six years. The native of El Salvador, who grew up in Costa Rica, will be residing in Cranbrook, where his wife, Tammy, works as a hospital social worker. Molina, 34, has been in the ministry for 12 years. “I’m happy to be in Cranbrook and Creston,” he said on Wednesday. “It is such a blessing to be here.” Molina grew up in the Adventist church, “but I didn’t have that experience with Jesus” to think of becoming a pastor until he was a young adult. “I am the youngest in my family and I’m not the most intellectual one,” he said. “God had already called my brothers, but it wasn’t until I had decided to become a policeman that my path changed.” He had a long talk with his father and confirmed that law enforcement was his career choice. “But then suddenly I began thinking about being a pastor, more and more,” he said. “Then God chose me — I felt very honoured.” The Spanish-speaking seminary student learned English “from others, not in the classroom,” while he was living in Costa Rica. He had never considered Canada as a destination, but while he was studying in New Jersey, he met Tammy at a worldwide church conference in Atlanta. See NEW, page 12

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Out-of-service cellphones can still call 911, warn RCMP BY LORNE ECKERSLEY Advance Staff

Creston RCMP responded to 50 calls for service from March 12-18, including at least a half-dozen 911 calls made from cellphones that are no longer in service. “We suspect that most of these calls originate from cell phones whose plans have expired,” Staff Sgt. Bob Gollan said on Monday. “But the 911 feature continues even when the phone can’t be used to make other calls, and we have no way of tracing the source of the calls because phone service providers can’t tell us who has the phones or where they are.” Police Beat March 12 •No injuries were reported when a vehicle went off Highway 3 and into the ditch near Summit Creek Bridge. The vehicle sustained minor damage. •A snowmobile went over a bank near Highway 3 and has yet to be recovered. The driver was not injured. •A Nick’s Island Road resident complained about a person walking on property near the river. •A wallet found on Second Avenue North was turned over to police, who in turn located the owner, who was happy to get the wallet and cards, but less so that it was missing $80 in cash. •A vehicle backed into another one on Canyon Street, resulting in minor damage. •Investigation of a vehicle reported as abandoned on Goat Mountain Forest Service Road revealed that it had been stolen in Cranbrook. March 13 •An old, rusted rifle found near Erickson Road was turned into police. It has been destroyed. •Police were called to a 16th Avenue North residence, where they learned two

Policing From page 1 Prolific offenders will continue to be a priority, too, he said. He said

sisters had been arguing. No assault occurred. •A witness reported that a vehicle had backed into a male cyclist on Canyon Street. When police arrived both the driver and cyclist were gone and the investigation continues. •A driver lost control of a vehicle on Highway 3 near Irishman Creek Bridge and drove into a barricade. No injuries were reported. •When police arrived at a CanyonLister Road residence to respond to a 911 call, the intoxicated female caller said her bank card had been taken by her boyfriend. He said he had taken it so she couldn’t buy more alcohol. •A warrant has been issued for the arrest of a male who left the scene when police were called to a domestic assault complaint at a Haskins Road residence. •An elk and a vehicle sustained extensive damage in a collision on Lower Wynndel Road. The vehicle is repairable. March 14 •Police assisted Ministry of Children and Family Development personnel in seeing to the transfer of children from one parent to another. •Police are investigating a complaint about harassing phone calls from an unknown male to a Cook Street resident. March 15 •A Nick’s Island Road resident complained that a diking district employee had been on private property without permission. •A large boulder was reported on Highway 3, about 10 kilometres west of Creston. March 16 •A power line was reported to be down on Hurl Street. •Police were called to keep the peace at a Riverview Road facility.

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•A complaint about the theft of a laptop computer on Riverview Road was determined to be an internal issue. •A complaint about mischief from Balsam Road is under investigation. •Theft charges are being recommended to Crown counsel after a shoplifter was caught stealing two rib-eye steaks at a Northwest Boulevard store. •The theft of cash from a 16th Avenue residence was reported. •A power line on Elsie Holmes Road in Wynndel was down. March 17 •Police checked on a party on Kootenay River Road, but found no problems. •A female, new to town, got lost in the 25th Avenue South area and called 911. She was located and taken home. •A vehicle went into the ditch on East Haskins Road when the driver swerved to avoid a deer. No injuries were reported. •A wallet was reported lost in the 1400 block of Cook Street. •When police investigated a report that four male youths had entered a home under construction on Fourth Street, they found no damage and the youths were gone. •Two youths who shoplifted candy from a Northwest Boulevard store have been recommended to the youth justice program. •A Highway 3 resident blamed pocket dialing as the reason for a 911 call. March 18 •A group of partiers with a bonfire near Lyons Road in Lister agreed to move on when police arrived. •Police were called to a domestic dispute on 10th Avenue North, where they learned that no assault had taken place. •Police are investigating a complaint from a Highway 3 resident that fence posts are missing.

make sure they are aware that there is help for those who want to change their ways.” Coun. Jerry Schmalz asked whether there is a problem with teens and young adults being homeless and either living outdoors or “couch surfing” at the homes of friends. Gollan said there is, and that this small group is mostly responsible for thefts from vehicles. “These aren’t kids who are going to break a window to get into a vehicle,” he said. “But they wander around trying car doors to see if they are open. Then they look for change or items that can be quickly sold for cash. It’s a problem that can be pretty much solved by people locking their vehicle doors.”

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Creston’s Footlighters Theatre Society returns to its roots next week with a presentation of Deathtrap, which was its first ever production in 1995. While the play remains Broadways longest-running comedy thriller (1,809 performances), Deathtrap wasn’t a big draw for a new theatre troupe in Creston 16 years ago. “No one knew what Footlighters was at the time, so it was sparsely attended,” said co-director Brian Lawrence. “Now that the group is well established, we thought it was time to bring Deathtrap back and give a new audience the chance to see it.” Deathtrap, written by Ira Levin (Rosemary’s Baby), opens with playwright Sidney Bruhl (played by Marc Archambault, coincidentally also a writer) struggling to write his next big hit. The dramatic stage is set when Bruhl receives a play by an unknown young writer, then decides to kill him and pass off the work as his own. “It’s full of twists and turns that seem to come completely out of the blue. It’s really hard to imagine what’s going to happen next,” said Lawrence, who shares directing duties with singing teacher Geri Buchanan. Deathtrap has a small cast that demands a lot from its lead characters, so its success depends on the actors’ ability to carry the story. “We are very happy with our choic-

es,” he said. “A couple have to be onstage nearly every minute of the show, and all five have risen to the challenges of going out of their comfort zone and doing something different than they’re used to. It’s been exciting to watch them grow as performers and bring something new to their characters with each rehearsal.” Lawrence said that directing a small cast thriller has its challenges. “I usually direct musicals or lighter pieces that have a lot of characters, but Deathtrap has some extended scenes with just two characters, which is both a blessing and a curse,” he said. “It’s been a challenge to keep the action moving without getting repetitive or stale, but it’s also been exhilarating to really work closely with a few people and push them to put everything they can into the roles.” Lawrence and Buchanan have teamed up previously, co-directing the popular musicals The Music Man and The Sound of Music. “In some ways, we’re treating this very much as we would a musical,” said Lawrence. “I handle the majority of the staging, and Geri looks after the vocal side — even when you’re not singing, the voice is a major part of developing and enhancing characterization.”

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While Archambault is new to Footlighters productions, the other cast members will be familiar to a Creston audience. Aspiring young playwright Clifford Anderson is played by Jordan Koop (The Villain Wore A Dirty Shirt) and Bruhl’s wife, Myra, is played by Suzanne Chubb (The Villain Wore A Dirty Shirt, When the Reaper Calls). Jennifer Dewald (The Villain Wore A Dirty Shirt, Curse You, Jack Dalton) appears as psychic Helga ten Dorp and Vern Gorham (Aladdin, The Sound of Music) rounds out the cast in the role of lawyer Porter Milgrim. “A show like this, which has some violence and language that may not be suitable for younger theatre-goers, is something that will appeal to people who might be looking for something a bit more serious,” Lawrence said. “Plus, it gives the actors a chance to play characters who are more ‘real’ and learn some new skills.” Deathtrap is set for three performances at Prince Charles Theatre, March 29-31, 7:30 p.m. Tickets are $10 for adults and $8 for students and seniors, available at Black Bear Books and Kingfisher Used Books. For a sneak peek, find this story under News at www.crestonvalleyadvance.ca to view a video trailer created for this production of Deathtrap.

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Duck Lake, according to longtime Creston Valley resident Cyril Colonel, is where it is all happening â&#x20AC;&#x201D; it is the great landing site for many birds as they migrate each spring and winter. Rather than restrict access to the area around the lake, Colonel says, access should be iimproved to allow local residents and visitors to appreciate its abundant wildlife. My first memories of Colonel go back to when, shortly after we moved to Creston in 1979, he was a leader in saving thousands of historical artifacts when a privately owned museum in Yahk went under. Colonel and others worked tirelessly and incredibly quickly to get legal and financial support to ensure the collection stayed in the area, and it became the basis for what we now enjoy as the Creston Museum. To say he has lived a life of dogged determination is an understatement. When Colonel got wind of my intent to write a column about Creston Valley Wildlife Management Areaâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s restrictions of vehicle access on some of the dikes and roads near Duck Lake, he began to send me a series of fascinating, articulate and detailed email messages. Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ll let Colonel speak for himself, with a selection of the observations he has copied to me: â&#x20AC;&#x153;In my railroad, construction and trucking days I travelled most every rail line, highway and byway in B.C., part of the Yukon, a little of Alaska, a good portion of Alberta and Saskatchewan, and as far as Brandon, Manitoba. Needless to say I have never experienced a valley like we live in.

During my time on the farm, through different commodity promotions I had visitors from Europe and they had similar comments and a few took residence here.

and federal governments. When that ceased things went seriously down hill to the point of closing until a group gathered and shamed the government through BC Hydro to put up some dollars. The place went through a series of managers and they all failed, and the present management is not doing any better as far as creating good will and harmony and what it is making out of the area. Evidence of that shows in a petition, which Lorne Eckersley is now circulating, with hundreds of signatures on â&#x20AC;&#x153;So I guess basically I have a it. There are more serious issues passion for this valley and the peo- that have occurred but no one ple in it and personally feel a knows what they are unless you degree of remorse when I see peoare a wildlife enthusiast. ple â&#x20AC;Ś I might feel are trodden on â&#x20AC;&#x153;A major attraction, Duck Lake, and restricted in various ways is suffering from horrendous road from experiencing all this valley conditions where only a four-wheel has to offer. There are people in drive vehicle with high clearance this valley that can afford to travel can reach it. It was this way all last to distant places. Also, there are summer. When I made that compeople in this valley that cannot ment to the biologist, the remark afford to travel to distant places was passed that they donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t get as and deserve the opportunity to many visitors. Comparatively take in and enjoy our local territospeaking, as far as wildlife is conries. They are the people that cerned, Duck Lake is far more watch or, maybe, patrol what we active than the region of the interhave for others. I have a bit of a pretation centre. What is happenpassion for those types and have a ing because of the remoteness to tendency to act if something the administration area is that the appears not right to me. management is trying to manage â&#x20AC;&#x153;There is one major factor I canthe people and visitors. I visit this not forget, which is there is 17,000 area and meet people that both acres not on the tax roll in this valley canâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t get to it and those that manin the CVWMA and to me it is critiage to make it, and they have some cally important that this territory is very unbecoming statements about operated and managed to its full the CVWMA and its operations capability so it is a full benefit to and maintenance and ask why wildlife, as well as to the people of doesnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t the chamber of commerce this valley. or some business association do â&#x20AC;&#x153;Over the years it was a great something about it. place and very accommodating when funded by our provincial See VISITORS, page 14

This is the Life

Slogan 38: Donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t use pain for happiness This saying is the last of 15 slogans in the Lojong teachings that are about arresting common human traits that impede spiritual practice in everyday life. If we fail to pay attention to these 15 slogans, we curtail our spiritual training practices, and wonâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t derive benefit for self and others from those practices. The final slogan in this section reminds us of the human tendency to gain happiness that depends upon the suffering of others. It tells us to be alert to the habit of wishing for the failure of others because we expect to benefit from their misfortune. We hope that someone else will lose, so that we can win. We develop the dog-eat-dog or yourpain-my-gain mentality that is most obvious in politics. This slogan is really about exploitation â&#x20AC;&#x201D; that is, about taking advantage of others to maintain wealth and privilege. European colonizers built empires all over the world by ignoring the spirit of this slogan. If we apply its principle of generosity to our attitude to Earth we would give up the habit of take, take, take, and drop our blindness to the consequences of self-serving action. It is embarrassing to recognize the extent to which we base our own

happiness on the pain of others, and when we do, our so-called â&#x20AC;&#x153;happinessâ&#x20AC;? is threatened and begins to ring hollow. So we cover up this reality in a cloud of vague ignorance. We act as

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though our good fortune is our due and has nothing to do with anyone elseâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s problems or suffering. But often, in fact, our own happiness and the suffering of others are inextricably interconnected. Even the orange we enjoy with breakfast might have been a source of suffering to a migrant worker who contracted disease from the pesticides the orchard owners sprayed to insure large profits. According to this slogan, if our happiness is based on the suffering of others it cannot be true happiness because it is tainted, flimsy and dependent on external conditions. True happiness is free of external conditions. It is a state of mind that can persist under all conditions, and it is

developed through spiritual practices that foster generosity, kindness and selfless service in our families and in our community. Ask any volunteer and he or she will report that working for the benefit of others has brought more joy than working for their own happiness. So once again, as in so many other slogans, the habit of putting ourselves first and looking out for number one proves to be a completely dysfunctional approach. It is based on winning while others lose, and on false hope. Happiness that depends on conditions will disappear when conditions change. Happiness that comes from developing generosity and kindness will persist under all conditions. Todayâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s practiceâ&#x20AC;¨: Whether you think of yourself as privileged or as underprivileged, contemplate the effect of buying into the paradigm that increasing your own happiness depends upon decreasing the happiness of others. This column is a long series of short essays exploring the meaning of the Lojong Slogans. It is inspired by the work of Judy Lief. Kuya Minogue is the resident teacher at Crestonâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s ZenWords Zen Centre. For more information, she can be reached at 250-428-3390.

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Why should we contribute to U.S.? To the Editor: I worked for the oil industry in Alberta for about 25 years as a draftsman and later graphics designer. Maps, land positions, financial pictures, strategies and prognoses all passed through my hands and, to a degree, I have some understanding of the strategies, costs and returns on investment. These sentences, however, have to do with what the media (TV, papers, Internet) is preparing us for. Us? Yes, us Canadians. We are an independent, sovereign, self-sufficient land as far as energy is concerned. If the theoretical happened and the consumers refused to line up at the pumps, we would quite miraculously prove to the greedy insatiable barons in Alberta that there is no way to suddenly fly the excess oil to starving Europe, India or China. It is our land, mineral riches, trucks, pipelines, refineries and, in the end, fancy self-serve pumps. Anybody remembers the corner stations with attendants wiping your windshield clean and checking oil and tire pressure? What happened in the last 40 years? Did we all sell out to the highest bidder? What does the threat of some midget nuclear armed state pulverizing Iran mean to us 10,000 miles away? Are we not a self-contained interdependent bunch of provinces and territories having each other’s welfare in mind? I personally think that collectively we should hide in shame and cry about how low we have sunk, offering ourselves on the silver platter to the multinationals, literally offering to be skinned alive. And a barrel of oil is nowhere near 150 bucks! Does the leadership of this country, and provinces, cities and towns, have any bone left in their bodies? Am I as a retiree left with only one option, to cross the line and contribute to my neighbor’s economy in order to survive? Buying untaxed fuel refined in Alberta? I find it hard to walk 12 kilometres, and my knees will not make it one way. Anybody out there who is offended by my thoughts? Frank Belavy West Creston

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make goods available to the less fortunate. Without this opportunity, many simply have to go without items often considered as necessities for normal living conditions. While the reply to this situation could be, “Their money is as good as anyone’s,” in providing funds for the food bank and other worthy donations, it is obvious to volunteers that advantage is taken by a select few in that buyers are seen shopping several times a day, taking advantage of quality items being delivered throughout the open hours. It would be appreciated that these individuals consider the impact of their actions. In recognition that more than 100 citizens donate their time and talent in good faith, it would be fitting that said business owners in Creston appreciate and respect the incentive that encourages this successful project in our community. Please be a customer in the same manner as the majority of shoppers in Creston. Please help us carry out the Gleaners mission to lend a hand where most needed and treat with dignity and caring those individuals in our community who are less fortunate. Gleaners President Thelma Johnson

ning and management. With the present council in its second term, it appears as if they decide as to how the taxpayers will pay for their mistakes rather than how to get rid of the problem with alternative solutions. Now again, without foresight in these lean economic times, our council allowed the issue of a building permit to a multi-corporate to build a onestop-and-shop tourist destination, a Ramada Inn with a restaurant, plus a strip mall with four rental spaces for retail outlets such as a ladies boutique, a jewelry store, perhaps a sporting goods store and maybe a scaled down casino. The location for these businesses is ideal with the inn’s patrons arriving in their BMWs and Mercedes SUVs with holiday money to spend. I wouldn’t be surprised at all if the Ramada Inn gave a year’s free rent to these businesses to help them get established. And why not? It got five years free rent from town council. This is not creating growth. This is creating a funeral for Creston’s downtown core. And how does the council get off at being so generous with our tax dollars by paying the fire chief $104,000 per year? It’s not as if he was blessed by the pope and unexpendable. This salary seems a little extravagant for a small town, to say the least. For town hall to burden the Creston taxpayers with another increase for any reason at all is not acceptable. Does town council think we are going to act like a flock of sleeping sheep again on this one? I don’t think so. People are starting to To the Editor: pay attention to the overstaffed town Often, progress is not only difficult hall in that it has enough personnel in to see, but even more difficult to meait to govern a territory a quarter of sure. Progress within a community the size of B.C. Already, there is talk often goes unnoticed. After being away of a tax revolt with people holding from Creston for a few years, I am back on their property tax payments impressed by the progress of the in protest of a tax increase. Creston Valley Food Action Coalition Overstaffing in town hall should and, in particular, the Creston Valley and could be reduced by 50 per cent. Farmers’ Market. The remaining 50 per cent can double I recently had the pleasure of attend- up on the duties. Five of the town crew ing a meeting and noticed the dedicatcould be eliminated and have a 32-hour ed commitment and seemingly tireless week two weeks out of every month of efforts of Len Parkin and Gerri Lee. the summer season. These combined Things have come a long way from a efforts would create a savings of few tents outside on a vacant lot. My approximately a half-million dollars hat is off to Len and Gerri for having per year to the Creston taxpayers. what it takes to make a huge differThen, if necessary, the swimming pool SE 5DR HATCHBACK ence. Yes, there are always many 2012 who FIESTA and adjoining facilities could be shut move the ship along, but without1.6L a EFI, down by the Regional 5 SPD, A/C, PW, PL, District FULLYof good captain and navigator, it could Central Kootenay during the winter EQUIPPED have sailed into oblivion. months to save costs for policing as Alfred Seidl opposed to increasing our taxes. List $17,599.00 Sale Price 14,849.00* Creston It is in my opinion these changes are necessary to alleviate the policing costs to produce a budgetfor that Starburstand with 0% ﬁnancing 72will save the town. The town hall employees months OAC aren’t on some kind of make work project subsidized by taxpayers. The council price has to or be held all the *Cash sale 0% ﬁaccountable nancing inonlieu above issues mentioned. of cash discount. If council is unable to come up with any innovative ideas of their own to alleviate costs for the policing and still chooses to abuse the Creston taxpayers with a tax increase instead of executing To the Editor: the appropriate necessary cuts with The problem of paying for policing staff and town crew, then I suggest did not just happen. It was allowed to council set a date for a by-election and be brought on by the present and preprepare to resign. vious town councils for the past 10 Michael Bunn years for lack of foresight in town planCreston

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It’s time to wet your whistle Out There

Ed McMackin

That is, if you have a whistle to wet. The expression can mean several things. How about a willow whistle? There is such a thing. You can have a willow whistle. In early spring, or anytime for a month or two after, when the sap is flowing strong, cut a smooth, six-inch piece of halfinch willow branch. Cut one end like the mouthpiece of a flutophone, then ring-cut the bark through to the wood about two inches from the mouthpiece. Also, cut a V-notch in the bark about threequarters of an inch from the mouth end of your willow whistle. Now, the two-inch tube of bark should just slide off by gripping it in the hand and applying a twist pull. If it does slip off, you are in business. If it doesn’t, you may have to try another stick or cut a few more pieces on a warm, sunny day when the sap is flowing well, or soak it in warm water. After it does slip off, in one piece, cut a flat passageway in the wood from the mouth end to the notch. From the point of the notch, cut a cavity a half-inch to three-quarters of an inch long. This length may be varied. I think the shorter it is, the higher the pitch of the whistle and vice versa. Wet the bark sleeve and the wood and replace it so the notch is over the cavity. Now, give it a blow. It may need some doctoring up or you may need to try it again. Soaking in warm water may help remove the bark. You may notice a slight bitter taste from the bark; this is typical of willows. Perhaps it’s the naturally occurring salicylic acid, the precursor to the pharmaceutical aspirin. Hence, the Latin genus name of Salix for true willows, which do best in full sun. Most people have some acquaintance with those narrow-leaved willows through the pussy willows that appear in the spring. Several species of willow have attractive furry repro-

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Pussy willows are a sure sign of spring.

ductive beginning that house many simple flowers. There is a little ditty about the pussy willow that goes something like this: “Pussy willow, pussy willow, in your furry cap. Pussy willow, pussy willow, time to take a nap. Spring has come with skies of blue. Spring’s sweet voice is calling you. Wake up, wake up, pussy do. Pussy, pussy willow.” (This is one of several things I remember learning in Grade 2.) There are many kinds of willows. In fact, B.C. alone harbours over 30 species of willow. Most of these are indistinguishable by us unfamiliar pussy willow buffs. Most are shrubs but a few grow into massive trees like the black willow. The smallest species include the arctic willow of the Arctic tundra and arctic alpine in the Kootenays, which may form mats of shrubbery less than three inches high. The catkins, the advanced stage of the pussy, may almost appear to outsize these dwarf shrubs. The name willow is given to a few shrubs that are not true willows, as in red willow, which is actually

red-osier dogwood. They often grow together in the same habitat. The name willow is even applied to a mechanical device designed to clean cotton or wool, and you may be familiar with the willow or blue willow china pattern originating in China. Some people even carry not only Holly, a tree name, for a name, but also Willow. Willow wood has many uses. It has been used in weaving, for cricket clubs and for items requiring a flexible wood. Its most valuable role is in its natural habitat where it, among other things, stabilizes soil, makes good browse for moose and some deer, is used by beavers and, because of its abundance, provides shelter and nesting sites for many kinds of birds and insect food for the same. Willow thickets, which often forewarn a possible wet foot experience for the hiker, provide protective concealment for calving moose. Willow flowers are apetalous, which, translated, means lacking petals. The many small flowers clustered in a catkin, the product of the pussy willow stage, have only the basic reproductive flower parts. Also, male and female willow flowers of the same species are found on separate shrubs. In natural areas along the valleys of the Kootenay there is a willow that, although the name is unfamiliar to most, stands out in late winter and spring. It grows into a good-sized tree and in spring displays golden-yellow branches. It is similar to the introduced weeping willow planted in many communities and is a sharp contrast to the drab bark of cottonwood trees. The weeping willow charges for enjoying its beauty by providing lots of whip-like branches to rake up after winter and after every windstorm. Appreciate and enjoy the willows, that shrubs that have two little false leaves at the base of each stem leaf. They are the most plentiful of any group of trees or shrubs. Their role in natural or man-created habitats is an important one. Ed McMackin is a biologist by profession and a naturalist and hiker by nature. He can be reached at 250-866-5747.

Nursery Notes Evan Davies

NOTICE OF Nursery a PUBLIC MEETING busy place in spring Eagle Plains Resources Ltd. and Providence Resources Ltd. wish to inform the public on a proposed drilling program within the Arrow Creek watershed. Date: March 26, 2012 Time: 6:30 p.m. – 8:30 p.m. Place: Creston and District Community Complex, Erickson Room

Sixteen hours a day in March! No problem. It’s been known to happen. Unloading a semi-trailer in a mixed bag of spring weather — rain, then sleet, then snow. No problem. It can’t always be sunny. As I write these notes we have more mixed precipitation. I’ve measured six inches in the last week in my rain gauge. At least the basement is dry this spring. I worked till 2 a.m. last night moving plants into a warmer greenhouse. No, not those plants in the parking lot; they are OK. It was the tropical-type plants in baskets. The furnace that heated their greenhouse and was just fine all winter had quit — the pilot light was out and wouldn’t relight. We had gone over to the inlaw’s for dinner and came back to discover the temperature in the greenhouse way too low. I looked through all spare parts, but, of course, I couldn’t see what I was looking for. See NURSERY, page 11

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