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The Blossom Valley Singers (group at right) hosted their annual Christmas concert, this one titled Christmas Magic, on Friday and Sunday at the Prince Charles Theatre. The group was joined by the Creston Children’s Choir (left), the Prince Charles Secondary School Choir and Key of She.

Food action coalition enjoys successful year

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A year in which the Creston Valley Farmers’ Market has grown dramatically has helped solidify the Creston Valley

Food Action Coalition (CVFAC) as one of Creston Valley’s most important organizations.

President Len Parkin said recently that the market and the popular Harvest Share program have benefited from the support

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agers and volunteers worked with the British Columbia Association of Farmers’ Markets to detail the social and economic benefits of the market in the Creston Valley.

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of community groups, individual volunteers, landowners and customers.

“We wouldn’t have been able to achieve so much this past year without them,” he said.

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until Jan. 12. It is a combination of Mellowood Studio and Art Gallery and Huscroft Studio.

Mellowood Studio shows the work of Val van der Poel and is located in the glass cabinets at the chamber building. It features handmade painted purses, scarves, brooches, painted rocks and paintings in a variety of mediums.

Huscroft Studio features the paintings of Carol Huscroft and her

art students: Lois McNeice, Aaron Weitman, Devon Weitman, Tyler Nixon, Benjamin Nixon, Jen Huscroft, Julia Huscroft, Donna Huscroft and Laurie Boehmer. The youngest student was six years old. There is a variety of styles, including abstract, wildlife, portrait and landscape.

The Creston Valley Chamber of Commerce, located at 121 Northwest Boulevard, is open Monday through Friday.

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When STARS is asked to fly outside the unrefueled range, it will refuel at the local airport or any location with a fuel cache, and works closely with a number of operators in the area to ensure that fuel is available for the helicopter 24/7. A new AW139 helicopter planned for in Calgary in 2013 will be able to better respond to southeastern B.C. “It flies further and faster than our current fleet of BK117 helicopters and will be an even more viable option for your area,” said Heke.

He added that STARS also provides emergency physician referral for critical patients in southeastern B.C. Last year, members of the STARS outreach team met with staff at the Creston Valley Hospital in Creston to discuss this process.

STARS is just one part in the region’s overall chain of survival, Heke said, and works closely with other emergency services.

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Market one of longest running in province

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AWARD EARNED — FortisBC has named the Creston and District Community Complex a recipient of its 2012 Kootenay Conservation Excellence

Award. Energy upgrades over the last few years have resulted in savings of nearly $30,000 in electricity costs. New mechanical systems incorporate variable speed drive, energy-efficient motors and a system for better managing consumption. (From left) Creston Mayor Ron Toyota, Regional District of Central Kootenay community services manager Joe Chirico and RDCK chair and Area B director John Kettle, who recently received the award at the RDCK’s Nelson office.

From page 1 “The estimated benefit of the Creston Valley Farmers’ Market to the local economy is approximately $1.72 million annually,” Parkin said.

The value of the Harvest Share program is harder to assess, but the demand has grown since its inception.

“Our Harvest Share program harvested approximately 30,000 pounds of produce locally this year, which otherwise would have gone to waste,” he said. “About a third of that amount is distributed to 14 local charities.”

Harvest Share volunteers and the property owners each receive a third of the picked produce.

“These figures clearly indicate that our farmers’ market manager and Harvest Share co-ordinator are doing a fabulous job for all of us in our community,” he said.

Parkin acknowledged the commitment of the local business community to the programs’ success. The Creston Valley Advance sponsors advertising, Kokanee Ford supplied a truck for the Harvest Share program’s pickups and deliveries and Pro-to-Call donated a computer.

The Creston Valley Chamber of Commerce, he said, provides office space that allows the organization to function more professionally and effectively, the College of the Rockies provides monthly meeting space, the Columbia Brewery donates boxes for the fruit and vegetables and the Town of Creston allows use of the farmers’ market space adjacent to Millennium Park.

“And, of course, Lloyd Morris has provided rental space in the Morris Flowers greenhouse for the past three years, giving us one of the longest running farmers’ markets in the B.C. Interior,” Parkin said.

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RCMP arrest male who robbed Extra Foods pharmacy

•A male behaving suspiciously was reported by a Cedar Street resident.

•A person reported missing from a Kootenay Extra Foods was the scene of a robbery on River Road residence was found to be in Alberta Sunday when a male told the pharmacist on on a holiday.

•A 911 call traced to an empty Riondel Road duty that he had a gun and wanted some diazeresidence was attributed to a history of phone pam.

Creston RCMP Staff Sgt. Bob Gollan said the problems at the site.

•A white GMC Sierra bearing Alberta licence male then attempted to leave through a locked entrance before exiting through the store’s front plates was reported to be driving erratically near Helen Street. entrance.

•Police were unable to get a response at a “I’d like to commend store employees and people in the parking lot, who did everything Sixth Avenue North residence when they arrived right,” Gollan said. “They were able to give us a to conduct a requested well-being check. They description and other information that helped us were able to get a key to gain entry, where they arrest him a short time later. They didn’t attempt found the 87-year-old female resident comfortably asleep in her armchair. to obstruct him.”

•A Chevrolet Avalanche was stuck in a Police arrested a suspect at a residence a short time later and now believe he was bluffing about Northwest Boulevard ditch when a driver having a gun. He was taken into custody and attempted to make a turn without seeing the ditch between him and his destination. will likely face armed robbery charges.

•Minor damage was reported when one vehicle backed into another on 12th Avenue Police News Creston RCMP responded to 64 calls for ser- North.

December 4 vice from Dec. 3-9, Gollan said.

•A 911 hang-up call from Lister was attributDecember 3 •Police were called to Canyon-Lister Road ed to a malfunctioning phone line.

•A wallet was reported stolen from a vehicle to put a deer with two broken legs out of its in a Cook Street parking lot. misery.

•A series of breakins to summer residences in the Kingsgate area in recent months was reported.

•An elderly male driver backed into an Wednesday, December 19, 2012 elderly female in a Cook Street parking WATER SERVICE WILL BE UNAVAILABLE lot, pinning her against a row of shopBETWEEN 9AM AND 3PM ping carts before driving off, unaware of We ask that all water customers please limit their water use, where possible, on this day. what he had done.

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The female was taken to hospital for a We expect this to be the final water outage checkup, but susassociated with the Upgrade Project. tained no injuries. thank you for your co-operation during this water supply upgrade.

The male’s driving competence will now For further information, please call the local RDCK Water Services office be investigated. at 250-428-2612 •A driver reported to be driving erratically on 10th Avenue was stopped at 16th Ray's Garbage Holiday Schedule Avenue and Canyon Street and will be issued a ticket.

•A report from 10th Avenue of an inappropriate email was deemed to be not crimCHRISTMaS SCHedULe inal in nature.

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•Police were called Wed Dec 26 will be picked up on Thurs Dec 27. about emails from a female making disThurs Dec 27 will be picked up on Fri Dec 28. paraging statements Fri Rural pickup will remain the same. about an ex-boyfriend and his current girlneW yeaR'S SCHedULe friend.

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December 5 •Minor injuries NOTE * Please have your garbage out by 8:00 am were sustained by a male whose vehicle Ray's Garbage would like to wish went out of control on everyone a very Merry Christmas and an icy Highway 3 near Kootenay Pass. all the best in the New Year!

•A 911 call was From Ed, Carol & Family and traced to an uninhaball the staff at Ray’s Garbage ited seasonal cottage in Riondel.

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From page 4 •When police attended a Duck Creek Road residence to arrest a male in a car theft case they learned the thief had provided a false name to Regina police and that he wasn’t from this area.

December 6 •A fight between two females on 16th Avenue South is being handled by their school.

•Minor damage resulted when a vehicle went off an icy Hazel Creek Forest Service Road.

•Some contents were stolen from a trailer on Helen Street.

•A dog owner has co-operated with police and agreed to secure his dog after it attacked another dog on Meadow Wood Road.

•The theft of pants, keys and a cellphone was reported at the rec centre.

•An investigation of a report of shots being fired near Erickson Road revealed that a resident had set off fireworks to scare away a skunk.

•When police were called about an intoxicated female on Meadow Creek Road they were able to resolve the dispute without further incident.

December 7 •Minor damage was sustained by a vehicle that collided with a deer on Highway 3A. •No injuries were reported after a vehicle lost control in slush on Highway 3 near Goatfell and rolled several times.

•A vehicle went into a ditch on Highway 3 near Canyon-Lister Road when the driver lost control on slippery roads and swerved to avoid another vehicle.

•A driver reported to be intoxicated on Highway 3A was later located in a residence, where he was warned about the consequences of drinking and driving.

•A female on 38th Avenue was found to be in contravention of a no contact order.

•Police were able to resolve a child custody dispute on Vance Road.

•Two intoxicated males who were hammering at street signs with a metal pipe were arrested and held in police cells in sober, then turned over to guardians. No property damage was found. The sounds of metal striking metal also elicited a report of shots being fired in the area.

December 8 •The owner of a change purse found on 15th Avenue North was located.

December 9 •A 911 call from a Riley Road residence was attributed to children playing.

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If you haven’t heard about the End of the World Masquerade Party that runs next week, you can be forgiven — posters for the event have been disappearing all over town.

Vern Gorham, the producer behind the Kootenays’ Best Singer contest series, is hosting the Dec. 21 party, which coincides with the supposed end of the Mayan calendar. But he’s been kept on his toes by replacing posters, some from inside stores, and put up over a dozen on Wednesday last week.

“Most of those were places they were taken from,” he said.

The plan of whoever took down the posters backfired, however — word reached the ears of the CBC Radio morning show producer, who slated Gorham for an appearance yesterday morning.

The subject of the end of the world is touchy for some, but for

Gorham — not to mention the dozens who have already purchased tickets —it was just an excuse to have a blast.

“I thought it would be fun to throw a really crazy party,” he said. “I respect other people’s beliefs. But I don’t believe the world is going to end that night.

And if it does end, we’ll all be together.”

The 19-plus event runs from 8 p.m.-2 a.m. starting Dec. 21, and will have a cash bar, snacks and appetizers, as well as prizes for the best male and female costume.

And of course, great entertainment will be a highlight. In addition to dance music DJed by Gorham, Trena Speers, who won Kootenays’ Best Singer in June, will perform two sets of country music, and Creston’s Best Singer winner Matt Hansen and his band, Bred for Noise, will take to the

stage at midnight — provided the world hasn’t ended, of course.

“I love to showcase the talent I’ve found in the Kootenays,” Gorham said. “It’s a great opportunity to hear people who, in my mind, are as good as professionals, and celebrate them.”

Tickets for the party at the Creston and District Community Complex are $25 ($40 per couple), available at Black Bear Books and Kingfisher Used Books.

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Here we are, nearly Christmas time, not an NHL game has been played and yet somehow the world, or at least our part of it, has managed to trudge on. If you are honest with yourself, chances are that you have found the peaks and valleys of the collective bargaining talks a lot more entertaining than a Nashville versus Columbus tilt.

When I want to see just how whacky the world of hockey fans without NHL games to follow has become, I just scroll through the reader comments on sites like Sportsnet.ca. The angst is astonishing, the opinions endless and the number of commenters who seem convinced they have inside information or a completely unique solution to the squabble is, if not enlightening, certainly amusing.

Most peculiar is the prevailing thought that the dispute between owners and players should be easily resolved because it is a “fight between millionaires and billionaires.” For players’ supporters, this means that the billionaires should just cough up — they are wealthy hobbyists who dabble in the hockey business because they have too much money and should continue in what for many, perhaps most, of them is a losing proposition. Those who take the owners’ side — and there are many — argue that players already make lots of money and they should be ready and willing to have their existing contracts rolled back to accommodate these poor rich guys.

Personally, I align myself more closely with the players, but not because I’m sympathetic to the amount they earn. The truth is that there isn’t likely a player in the

growth in revenues, owners, having found any number of creative ways to spend ever more money on players, are back at the table, demanding an agreement that — once again — limits the way they can spend dollars. They are, in essence, asking players to do for them what they have proven unable to do themselves — govern their own stupidity. No one put a gun to the head of Alexei (remember him?) Yashin to get him to sign a ridiculous Lorne Eckersley contract. Same for underperformers like Scott Gomez or malcontents like Sheldon Souray. adoring fans, having all his needs and wants catered to as long as he is Can anyone ever be blamed for sitting across from an employer who in the Big Show. offers an enormous amount of So what turns me away from the money over too long a period of owners’ point of view when I believe time, and then signing that contract? that most teams really don’t make a You might feel a twinge of unease if profit? I suppose it’s mainly the idea that owners have dug themselves into the little old lady next door offers you $50 to shovel her sidewalk, but a hole with their own stupidity. Think when a guy who was (typically) a about it: The same owners who lose, billionaire before he became a hockor at least claim to lose, money are ey team owner opens up the vaults, also the very ones who bought franwhy would anyone say no? chises in non-traditional hockey marPersonally, I’d be just as happy to kets, in a league that has never had see the whole league fold and make much appeal for American TV viewroom for a new league. How cool ers, which dramatically reduces revewould it be for our best players to nue potential. They have to spend a minimum amount on players’ salaries perform in games that a family but many spend right to the cap. They could attend without breaking the bank? That’s a dream, though. signed a collective agreement six Eventually an agreement will be years ago that they thought would reached and fans who can afford it address their financial issues (rememwill grudgingly open their wallets ber the reports that the owners got everything they wanted out of the last for tickets that cost too much, beer that costs too much, hotdogs that work stoppage) and then set to work cost too much and parking that costs (or at least their general managers did) at finding ways to circumvent the too much. And then we can get back to what hockey fans do best — comrules. Hence, the absurdly large, back plain about the quality of the game. end-loaded contracts that left anyone Lorne Eckersley is the publisher of with a lick of sense shaking his head. the Creston Valley Advance.

Now, after six years of dramatic league that wouldn’t still be there if he was making a tenth of his current salary. The money would still be good to great, and he would still be playing a game he loves in front of

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In fact, it is so important that you may need to actually bring them to the surface so that you can examine them in detail.

The usual idea of meditation and Zen practice is to calm down, relax and have a little break from self-obsession and disturbing emotions. But according to slogan 55, unless we are willing to scrutinize our deep-rooted emotional undercurrents and long-standing fixation on ourselves, our so-called calmness and relaxation will be superficial and can be turned into chaos and tension with changes in external conditions that come about through loss: loss of health, loss of a loved one, loss of material security.

The tendency to pretend everything is okay, while avoiding unpleasant realities, shows itself both in conflicts that arise in external social relationships and in inner conflict. In order to feel good, we often tell ourselves that everything is OK when it isn’t. But to train our heart/mind we need to stop pretending completely. We need to

drop the solace we find in religious beliefs and material comfort. Zen training is not about putting on a show or keeping up appearances.

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human experience to the surface, even those that provoke us the most.

In working with this slogan, we deliberately and systematically bring to mind the kinds of situations that make us crazy and that trigger a defensive reaction. We drop denial.

In other words, through the power of our minds, we push our own buttons, and then see what happens.

Often, just thinking about such things is enough to create a whoosh of simultaneous emotional upheaval and a re-solidified focus on the self.

But only when harmful tendencies have entered conscious awareness can we take the necessary steps to take responsibility for them and eliminate them completely.

Deception of others is always rooted in deception of self. Destructive patterns thrive on being hidden, not only from others, but from ourselves.

That is what allows them to maintain their power over our thoughts, our speech and our actions.

But if we are brave enough to arouse the powerful forces that are deeply ingrained in our brain we can confront and examine them, we can begin to free ourselves from their control. Ironically, in order to develop true peace, we need to be willing to rile things up.

Suggested practice: Bring to mind something that gets a rise out of you. Notice the heightening of emotionality and the strengthening of a frozen and solid self-regard. Try to stay with that experience and examine it in depth, as a mental, bodily and emotional sensation. In doing so, remember that Zen practice is gentle, so don’t begin with your most challenging and deep-rooted habit patterns, but with something more ordinary.

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 Creston’s ZenWords Zen Centre. For more information, she can be reached at 250-428-3390.

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BCAS serves Creston more than Stars To the Editor: (Re: “Stars saved Creston woman’s life”, Nov. 29 Advance, page 7) I do believe that STARS (Shock Trauma Air Rescue Society) is a very good air ambulance service, and they are now supplying services into Saskatchewan and Manitoba.

I have contacted STARS in regard to the calendar donations; this was in regard to the person who was representing them telling people that Stars was coming to Creston.

I was advised by STARS that they are not coming to Creston, they do not have a contract with the province of B.C. and, also, Creston would be at the very end of their flying ability with the aircraft they have.

You can go to the STARS website and see that they have not provided any recent medevac flight out of Creston.

Creston is serviced by BC Ambulance Service air ambulances, which provide fixed wing and rotary wing service here, about 100 flights a year.

If someone wants to give a donation to STARS, I do believe it is going to a organization that does provide a excellent service.

The concern I have, as well as others I have spoken with, is that the person selling the STARS calendars was doing so by telling people that STARS was going to be providing that service to Creston, which is not true. BC Ambulance Service are the people that look after us here, so maybe your dollars should go to them if you want to keep up the excellent service.

George Green Lister

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catchment areas for Wynndel Elementary School, which has been closed since 2008. When South Creston closed, the lines for Erickson elementary were never enlarged. Children that went to South Creston were given a choice to go wherever. Even as recently as last school year, people in that area were given a choice. If families move now into the ARES area, and they have children kindergarten through to Grade 4, they have to go elsewhere, making it not attractive for families wanting to move into the Town of Creston.

I brought up to the board that the idea for what the board termed “revenue generation” for catchment fees was implemented without due process.

These catchment-fee letters were sent out without redrawing the lines and basically thinking it through thoroughly. It makes it even more difficult for one of the lowest income areas (if not the lowest) in the Kootenays. To the credit of the board, they will waive the fees if the family goes through a process of declaring hardship (not that that is an easy process for someone dealing with hardships), but then again, the board also said they “might” make the individual schools cover those that are in hardship. The board members also said they are reviewing this whole process, but I suggested that these reviews should have been in place before they sent out these bills to parents throughout the district.

Public education is supposed to be free, but you have got to be able to get to the education source. It was suggested that maybe everyone could be charged a small fee, perhaps $50 a child, for more revenue generation, but to me that’s a slippery slope towards not-free education. Schools often have free food for children that are not adequately provided with nourishment, but free transportation to school should also be there.

Rhonda Barter Creston

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ACID Most Palestinians suffer from abject poverty and have no reason to be optiVEHICLE mistic for a better future. Red tiled BATTERIES roofs of illegal Israeli settlements can be seen on every high point of land throughout the West Bank, and these settlements are connected by a network “MOCHA” says support a of expressways. The expressways have good cause like P.A.W.S. high security fences built down each by donating some of your side and can only be crossed by recyclables.

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To the Editor: The addition of the security wall furI was recently invited by a friend to ther restricted free movement of the a meeting about school busing and To the Editor: Palestinians and encompasses large catchment areas in the Creston Valley.

This is a huge thank you to all the tracts of the West Bank. As a result, The meeting was with Creston’s School wonderful east and west Kootenay West Bank citizens are virtual prisoners District No. 8 (Kootenay Lake) board people who volunteer their time and in their homeland. members Mel Joy, Annette Hamblermoney to resettle refugees into our The security wall arbitrarily sepaPruden and Rebecca Huscroft, SD8 small towns. We honour and celebrate rates families from each other, from the operations director Larry Brown, and the thousands of volunteer hours connearest village, hospitals or schools. concerned people of the community. tributed to settling our 10 newest resiTHE LAST 2012 Farmers often find their fields on the My friend is a single mom who presdents (seven of whom are now in opposite side of the wall from their 27337_R1_DecJanSalesEventAdblock_11.4x1.8.indd 1 FUSION SEL AWD V6 ently has two children attending Creston) who arrived in July of this house and cannot access them to plant 3.0L DOHC V6, All Wheel Drive, Rear Spoiler, Erickson Elementary School (two more year from refugee camps on the or harvest their crops. If this wall was DOCKET # FOC RET A27337 Remote Start, Fully Equipped. will also one day hopefully be attendThailand-Myanmar (formerly Burma) intended to protect Israelis from terrorREgiOn None STK# 12C385 ing Erickson elementary). She lives border, where they had been waiting ist attacks why wasn’t it built only almost right across from what used to for over 10 years. Thanks to all of you along the border separating Israel from no be South Creston Elementary School, who have voluntarily contributed the West Bank? Once the wall was built 27337 the building that now holds other eduhours of support in so many different and the Israelis abandoned their illegal cational enterprises, including ways. Everyone is now settled in to settlements surely peace could follow.

Homelinks. their new homes and feeling well supUnder the present situation, the In the summer, my friend received a ported by their new volunteer friends.

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in the mail. Anything that has showed up from the beginning of March to the end of August has been piled onto the bookshelf unopened, along with some other mail.

Apparently, I didn’t have time to read. There will be good information on new plants, new bugs and new trends in colour, and state of the industry-type Evan Davies articles. Roughly half are of through the bleakness of this day. Canadian origin and the other half The dusting of snow accents the are American. In any case, lots to graceful branching of the threadleaf catch up on over the winter break. cypress across the parking lot. Most I had thought to myself the other of the ordering and production plan- day that this autumn would have ning has been completed. There are been a great year to plant pansies, a few loose ends around the nursery violas, ornamental cabbage and but not many. I would like to update kale, dusty miller, asters and fall my master list of all the plant inven- mums around the yard or at least in tory for next spring — there are some colourful pots by the front upwards of 900 different cultivated door. It is hard to predict the weathvarieties to keep straight now. er but El Niños seem to be good As I begin to write in my office a years to enjoy late planting and new task becomes apparent. I receive even later snowfalls. a dozen horticultural magazines.

Back to the magazine articles. I’d They come free every month or two like to share a few bits of informa-

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tion regarding the plants around your home or office. A recent article in Nursery Management (November 2012)

by Charlie Hall, entitled “Shout It Loud”, states plants enhance people’s social, physical, psychological, cognitive, spiritual and environmental well-being.

Aside from the fact that houseplants, flowers, flowering shrubs and ornamental trees help beautify in and around your home and workplace, they also help draw people into shopping districts, reduce shoppers’ stress while they are there, enhance overall curb appeal, boost apartment and commercial building occupancy rates, increase tourism revenue, create local jobs and

increase property values. Plant life also helps clean and purify the air, attracts wildlife, reduces noise pollution, mitigates soil erosion and storm water runoff, minimizes wind damage and reduces overall energy usage. Quite the list!

While all these economic and environmental benefits may not come as a surprise to you, there is a whole plethora of health and well-being benefits that might. Interestingly enough, peer reviewed research has documented a person’s ability to concentrate in their work environment is enhanced by the presence of plants and flowers.

Children learn faster and are less distracted in flower and plant filled environs. Flowers

A simple solution to taxes

Writing letters to the editor and this column, I ety: Issue currency free of usury, fund basic educanever thought that the day will come when I have tion, health care, pensions and essential governa dozen letters in my head yet no desire to submit ment services by it and let the people enjoy lives any. Some fellow citizens told me they liked my free of taxes. Instead of bankers punching com(fiery) letters from the past more than last few puter keyboards, creating money out of thin air, charging usury on it Consider This columns. and loading people So what is going on? with debt, why can’t First, about half a the government issue year ago, I reached the and regulate our curstage when I felt hitting rency? Because it the brick wall on every would benefit society turn. Second, I believed instead of parasitic that I needed to touch puppet masters? the hearts, consciences Vladimir Certik The British North and souls of readers America Act of 1867 before appealing to their gave the right to issue minds. Third, I got tired and regulate our currency to our government. of all the battles and sold-out politicians.

Where do I stand now? I came to the conclu- Sold-out politicians gave this right to banking sion that much of my submissions will be gangsters. Approach any elected politician with brushed off or discarded. Little will change. this and you will see a sour face, big time. How “Why bother?” one might ask. Simply because about taxing natural resources only (like oil) for the there are many who need to hear it, and some benefit of our people instead fattening oil (and who will grasp it and benefit from it. If I bring other) barons? As it is now, we are raping nature the problem into the open, explain it and present (tarsands), and Chinese and other outsiders reap a solution, what matters in the end is that those the profits while our beloved government (sarcasm with listening ears will consider, understand and intended) adds to the Canadian half-a-trillion-dolact upon it. They will see that democracy, prog- lar federal debt. How come we export crude and ress and civilization are but empty words, and pay some 20-30 cents per litre more than at the that crooks will remain crooked as hell while pump across the line? Why do politicians do noththose of pure and honest heart will come out of ing? Isn’t it because they represent whoever and the rat race having peace in the midst of storm whatever but Canadians?

Politicians at the trough, you have absolutely and living fulfilling lives instead of chasing the carrots and pipe dreams. They will recognize no excuse. No more sitting on your hands, hangand avoid smooth talkers, profiteers, scammers, ing Canadians out dry, and selling us, our children and this once great country to your puppet opportunists, smarties and their clones.

Let me give you one example of problem-solu- masters. Do the right thing once in your lifetime.

Vladimir Certik believes that thinking outside the tion sequence: taxes. Did you ever hear that there are only two things sure in our lives, death and box and engaging fellow citizens may bring simple taxes? I know about a simple way to avoid all but solutions to complex problems. The West Creston one tax at no cost to citizens, for the benefit of soci- resident can be reached at 250-402-0055.

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Have a great holiday season and a very merry Christmas, from all of us here at the nursery — Evan, Wendy, Brynn and Siobhan.

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1152 Hwy 21 N.

CRESTON BAPTIST CHURCH Sunday Worship - 11 am VALLEYVIEW BAPTIST CHURCH Service - 11 am

2431 Ash St.

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315 - 15th Ave. North

250-428-4861 250-428-9100

2408 Cedar Street

250-428-7418

TRINITY UNITED CHURCH Sunday Worship - 10 am

128 - 10th Ave. North

ST. STEPHEN’S PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH Sunday Service - 10:30 am HOLY CROSS CATHOLIC CHURCH Sat. Service 5 pm, Sun. Service 9:30 am ERICKSON COVENANT CHURCH Sunday Service 11 am ericksoncovenant.ca

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SEVENTH-DAY ADVENTIST CHURCH Sabbath Sch. 9 am • Worship Serv. 11 am 713 Cavell St. 1821 Elm St. NEW LIFE CHRISTIAN CHURCH Sunday Service 10:30 am

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Cindy C Spr. State of the Union Fareed Zakaria Reliable Sources State of the Union Fareed Zakaria Next List Newsr’m Xtreme Horse. Trucks! Muscle Tattoo Tattoo Tattoo Ways Ways Ways Ways Ways Holmes on Homes Holmes on Homes Holmes for the Holmes Makes Hazards Hazards Hunters Hunt Intl ››› “The Perfect Storm” (’00) Å ››› “The Shawshank Redemption” (’94) Tim Robbins.

TimeKill Colour Colour Property Brothers Will Will Will Will “A Holiday Engagement” (’11) Kid Super Boys Young Naughty Zoink’d! Sponge. Sponge. Winx iCarly ’ Victo Rock CBC News Now CBC News Now With Nancy Wilson From Toronto. (N) Å CBC News Now Paid Paid ›› “Home Alone 2: Lost in New York” (’92) ››› “The Simpsons Movie” (’07) Grwn Auction Auction Volcano Time Strip the City MythBusters Å Dirty Jobs Å Auction Auction Debt Debt Princess Princess For Rent For Rent Flipping Out Å ››› “The Blind Side” (’09) ’ Å Four Weddings ’ Four Weddings ’ Four Weddings ’ Four Weddings ’ Dateline: Real Life Dateline: Real Life “Baby’s First” ››› “Finding Neverland” (’04) ’ “3 Holiday Tails” (’11) Julie Gonzalo.

“Christmas Kiss” Amazing Spliced Johnny T Scooby Dragons Looney “Legend of Frosty” Jingle “Ice Age: Dawn” Wingin’ It Deck Hannah Wizards Phineas Gravity Good Wingin’ It ANT Jessie Austin Shake It Sports Mad Career P. Affairs ››› “Madagascar” (’05) ›› “Men in Black II” (’02, Action) Road Hiccups Dan LOL :-) LOL :-) Comedy Now! ’ Cash Cash Match Match Seinfeld Seinfeld Best Dishes Chuckmas Å Gia.- Christmas Be.Best Unwrapped Å Recipe to Riches Paid Paid Paid Paid Paid Paid Mantracker Å Mantracker Å Mantracker Å Paid Paid Pawn Pawn Pawn Pawn Pawn Pawn Pawn Pawn Pawn Pawn 2012: Startling New Secrets ’ Å ›› “2012: Ice Age” (’11) ’ Å ›› “2012: Supernova” (’09) ’ Å (6:00) “Roman Holiday” (’53) (:45) ›››› “White Christmas” (’54) Bing Crosby. Å “All I Want for Christmas” Fish TV Paid Casino Casino Friends Friends Friends Friends Friends Friends ››› “Die Hard” CTV Lovett CTV News Weekend ’ Å CTV News Weekend ’ Å Octo Bubble Care Brs Little Mike Umi Max, Rby Big Angelina Franklin Babar Builder Sunday Morning News (N) Block Context Hour of Power (N) 16x9 Å Record Wash.

Best of Pledge Creflo D. Jewish Cope Facts Islam Hour of Power ’ Context Living Truth Å Faith Food Ours Rosie Manny Benjamin Mécani. Schtrou Garfield Oniva Jour/Seigneur Les Coulisses Sunday Morning News (N) Block Context Osteen Minis 16x9 Å MuchMusic Count Landing Prep & The Voice Å The Voice Å The Big Jingle The Voice Å (6:30) ›› “Patch Adams” (:40) ››› “A Beautiful Mind” (’01) Å ›››› “All the President’s Men” Matière Cliquez Temps présent Kiosque TV5 Jrnl Science Faut pas rêver (SC) Garage Classic Classic Chop Cut Boats Boats German Touring Road Champ.

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News News NFL Football: 49ers at Patriots Quarter KING 5 News (N) Dateline NBC ’ News Back NFL Football: 49ers at Patriots SportsCentre (N) Motoring SportsCentre (N) SportsCentre Bobsledding Skiing The Ultimate Fighter ’ Å Sportsnet Con. European Poker (6:59) News Hour Simpson Cleve Survivor: Philippines ’ Å Survivor-Phil.

News Block Frontiers of Stonehenge New Tricks (N) ’ Lewis “The Great and the Good” “Lightning-Bottl” “Eloise-C’mas.”

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Kootenay Lake Ferry Schedule

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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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The Canadian Cancer Society held its Southern Interior region volunteer summit on Sept. 22 in Trail.

B.C. and Yukon division CEO Barbara Kaminsky welcomed the 80 volunteers, gave a very encouraging update on the achievements of the society and presented awards for outstanding service. Two of the worthy recipients were former staff members of Prince Charles Secondary School.

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What some birds do the night before the Christmas Bird Count

A number of times I have made very short outings in the forest around the cabin or a campsite in late evening or in total darkness.

As I move over the soft ground under the trees everything is quiet till I hear a sharp chirp, or a flutter of wings and light cracking sounds as beating wings hit twigs in nearby trees. Quite obviously, a bird was hustled from its nighttime perch by my unexpected nocturnal visit. In many cases, by the sound of the initial chirp, I assume, even though I don’t see the bird, that it is a robin. Had it been an owl, with special nocturnal seeing capabilities, it may

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Judging by the circumstances, the robin, like many other types of birds I

have flushed at night, was set up to spend the night perched on a protected branch in a thick part of the tree. Many birds that perch in tree branches for the night have a built in safety feature that keeps them from falling off the branch while they sleep.

Unfortunately, or fortunately, I don’t have that special feature and like Eutychus, and most other people, if I fell asleep in a window opening the results could be disastrous.

The special feature that birds have for staying on a perch while they sleep are “locking” joints in the toes and feet

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An occasional winter resident, a cedar waxwing feasts on local holly berries.

that help keep a firm hold on the branch, preventing them from falling off or swinging beneath. So, they can huddle down on the branch, fluff up their feathers to keep out the cold, stuff their beak and head into that warm coat, and pass the night in total comfort — that is, total comfort for a bird, looking like a small burl on the branch.

I can understand that perched on a branch a bird could maintain pretty good balance but for a bird to hang upside-down all night would be something a bit more amazing. Toby, my cat, was staring intently late one evening into the space under the gable overhang of the cabin. Equipping myself with a headlamp, I went back to investigate. As I began to check out the overhang, a flicker flew out from under the overhang and away into the gathering darkness. Further checking revealed a second flicker snuggled, upsidedown, into the corner formed by the underside of the gable roof and a beam. As far as I could see, the only toehold was a single crack where the beam joined the overhang. Amazing! Its head was tucked away somewhere in its plumage. We don’t know how birds are spending the night as we humans, for the most part, are comfortably situated in our dwellings, our thoughts far away from the night world out there!

Another common practice of many birds is to take advantage of the protective shelter of a vacant bird nest for their nighttime sleep. The nest of choice would be one that was built in a thick conifer, away from the trunk but in enough to be away from snow and all but heavy rain that would be shed down the tips of the branches to the ground, keeping the inner part of the tree reasonably dry. Birds perching on a branch for the night would also pick a similar location.

Birds also take to natural cavities in tree trunks and old woodpecker excavations for nighttime shelter. They will even take shelter there in the daytime during severe storms. Once, 30 bluebirds were found in a bird nest box during a late spring snowstorm. It’s a good idea to leave your bird boxes up for winter nighttime bird shelters, but clean them out first. Barns, hay-sheds, carports and many more structures have made a haven for birds seeking nighttime shelter.

Of course birds do all this not just on the night before the Christmas Bird Count, but every night of the year and we seldom think about it or check it out! By the way, if you wish to check in for the Christmas Bird Count, give Sharon a call at 250-428-7289 or Irene at 250-428-7500. The count is planned for Dec. 27. Go out and see if the birds have had a good night!

Now, one more thing. Watch out for the little sugar molecules that clump the blood cells.

Hoping you have a safe, healthy and happy holiday season, from all out there!

Ed McMackin is a biologist by profession but a naturalist and hiker by nature. He can be reached at 250-866-5747.

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The Creston Valley Youth Soccer Association’s U12 team is one of many that will benefit from upgrades to Kinsmen Park.

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The Creston Valley Youth Soccer Association (CVYSA) is pleased to announce receipt of a $2,500 grant from the Creston and District Credit Union.

This generous grant will allow for the next phase of work to be completed on the field at Kinsmen Park.

The spring and summer of 2012 have seen significant improvements made to the quality of

the playing surface at the park. Old tarmac has been removed and much of the field has been levelled. Dedicated volunteers Todd Hawton, Bill Ferguson, Jim Jacobsen and Pam Huber have co-ordinated the effort.

The next phase will include final levelling and prepping of the field, adding topsoil and reseeding areas in need. User groups to benefit from the upgrade include the CVYSA and the Creston Valley Slo-pitch Association.

Though not part of the current project, the possible future enhancement of the walking trail that surrounds the park is being considered by a separate volunteer group.

The parkland is owned by School District No. 8 (Kootenay Lake) and is currently leased to the CVYSA. As work progresses, the CVYSA extends its appreciation to all involved for making this positive enhancement to Creston a reality.

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Tangerine Swing offering swing jazz concert SUBMITTED

The Nelson-based Tangerine Swing will entertain a Creston audience when it plays at the Snoring Sasquatch on Dec. 16.

Tangerine Swing was formed in Nelson late in 2007 when Diane Ermacora asked David Mitchell to accompany her piano and vocals with his acoustic upright bass.

Ermacora played and sang a broad spectrum of music, from Broadway to folk to country to jazz to ’70s singer-songwriter music. She loves swing jazz, a love that came from listening to the radio as a child and was later developed by attending

seven summer swing music camps in Sorrento held by the BC Swing Association.

“It’s such a fun and lively style of music,” she said. “Even though a lot of people say they don’t listen to jazz, pretty soon you’ll see them tapping their feet when they hear that swing.”

Ermacora started playing piano and singing when she was five years old; she started with classical lessons, then played by ear throughout her life. She loves to sing and has performed not only as a solo act and with Tangerine Swing, but also in theatre productions. Ermacora attended the music program at

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The bottom half of Tangerine Swing is Mitchell on acoustic stand-up bass. Mitchell started by playing (sideways) electric bass in a loud blues-rock band as a young man to pay for his university science studies. His preference is for upright bass, which he played in an amateur symphony in Burlington Ontario 30 years ago. After a 20-year hiatus from bass playing, he is at it again, this time playing an entirely different style of music. Mitchell plays a beautiful and unusual black larger-than-standard-size bass that was hand made in New York and took three months to build.

Both Ermacora and Mitchell were part of the late Paul Gergely’s String of Pearls swing band, and more recently were in the rhythm section for the Nelson Opera Society’s production of the rock opera, Jesus Christ Superstar.

The music of Tangerine Swing lends itself to play venues that are not part of the regular club scene. They have played outdoor fairs, street festivals, wine festivals, weddings and conferences. The Snoring Sasquatch is one of those special performance venues that Tangerine Swing are looking forward to playing. For this performance Tangerine Swing will be playing some of their regular swing numbers that were popular 50 to 80 years ago, alongside a few blues tunes. The second set will be non-secular Christmas songs that everyone knows, but probably have not heard played in this variety of styles.

Tangerine Swing often plays with special guests. For this performance the band, features Eric Johnson on drums and Michael Meyrhofer on saxophones.

Johnson is a venerable member of the music scene in Creston, Nelson and beyond.

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He plays in a multitude of bands and is a mentor to many musicians, always patient and encouraging and extremely generous with his time. Johnson drums with a supple touch, steady rhythm and is adept at playing almost any genre from swing to Latin, rock, folk, country or concert band.

Meyrhofer has played music since he was a child, studying piano and then taking up saxophone and clarinet in high school. He played for 18 years in the Playmore Junction Big Band and has performed at festivals such as the Kaslo Jazz Fest and Starbelly Jam. Meyrhofer will be playing his alto saxophone and his postSecond World War-era tenor saxophone, which has a very rich distinct sound.

Tickets for Tangerine Swing are $10 in advance at Kingfisher Used Books and Black Bear Books, and $13 at the door, which opens at 6 p.m.; the show starts at 7.

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John and Ute for welcoming us to Creston and being great neighbors.

Varied Programs Law & Order Varied Programs Friends Friends (12:00) Express Power Play Direct Varied Power Play … Brian for being such a great director, truly the best “gift” of all.

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Flashpoint ’ Criminal Minds ’ The Mentalist ’ “Christmas Mail” Adven Bugs Merry Deten Total Adven Futurama Fam Guy American Chicken Fam Guy Dating ANT Wizards Jessie Good Jessie Really Wingin’ It Warth Lizzie Raven Cory Princess Browns Payne Seinfeld Seinfeld Fam Guy Fam Guy American ››› “Double Jeopardy” (’99) Double J Just for Laughs Match Gags Gas Simpson Big Bang Commun Just for Laughs Daily Colbert Cupcake Wars ’ Cupcake Wars (N) Cupcake Wars ’ Diners Diners Cupcake Wars ’ Cupcake Wars ’ Man v Fd GetS Storage Storage Storage Storage Man v Fd GetS Storage Storage Ghost Hunters ’ Pawn Pawn American Pickers Canadian Pickers Cajun Cajun History’s Secrets MysteryQuest ’ ››› “Black Swarm” (’07) ’ Å Stargate SG-1 ’ Star Trek: Voyager Supernatural ’ “Black Swarm” ’ (6:00) “A Christmas Carol” ›› “A Christmas Carol” (’84) George C. Scott. ››› “A Christmas Carol” Christ 3rd Rock 3rd Rock M*A*S*H M*A*S*H Debt ET Friends Friends 3rd Rock 3rd Rock Married Married Direct (N) News National News National News National News National News National Toopy Mike Caillou Cat in Big Max, Rby Backyard Dora... Umi Band Max, Rby Thomas ET Ent Vegas “Estinto” NCIS (N) ’ NCIS: Los Angeles News Whatever ET The Talk Freedom Iranian Amer Frontline Å (DVS) Charlie Rose (N) First Freedom: Fight A Christmas Carol Holiday Special ’ Journey ››› “Scrooge” (’70) Albert Finney.

Being Popoff Telejnl 2012 vue 30 vies Rire Petite séduction Un train pour Noël TJ Nou Telejnl Pancho ET Ent Vegas “Estinto” NCIS (N) ’ NCIS: Los Angeles News Hour Final ET The Talk One Direction Today’s Top 10 Trial RapCity One Direction: All the Way Music Prince Prince ReG (:20) ›› “Emile” (’03) Å “Fast Times at Ridgemont” (:35) “The Breakfast Club” “The Lost Boys” Cathé Trésors Jeunes du monde TV5 Jrnl (:35) L’enquête corse France Horizons (SC) Champ Parts Parts My Ride My Ride Dumbest Dumbest Parts Parts My Ride My Ride Unique Whips

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In Loving Memory Of CLARA ELLIOTT Passed Away December 5, 2012 Age 52 years Residence Creston, BC Funeral Service Friday, December 14, 2012 At 11:00 a.m.

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Doreen J. Truelson April 14, 1922 ~ November 15, 2012

Doreen Truelson passed away at Glengarry +ospital in 9iFtoria BC, at the age of 90.

Doreen grew up in Rossland BC. She married George in1943. In 1953, they moved to Whitehorse for 20 years, then Creston for 13 years and Ànally 9iFtoria, BC. She was predeFeased Ey George in 2003.

Doreen is survived Ey daughter Georgina -ohn

0orley son RoEert 0anola sister 0ary three grandFhildren and two great grandFhildren.

A Celebration of Doreen's Life will be held on December 15, 2012 at 11:00am in Oaklands Chapel, Victoria, BC. Condolences to the family may be sent to www.carefuneral.com

Trudy TrudyChebry Chebry (nee (neeStenberg) Stenberg)

August 11, 1930 August~11, 1930 November~24, 2012 November 24, 2012 It is with profound sadness

that we profound announcesadness the It is with passing of announce our Mom,the our that we Miimi, of Trudy passing our Chebry.

Mom, our Miimi, Chebry.

Trudy was a gentle, loving soul andTrudy it is only Ă€tting that she left this world gently, in her sleep, surrounded Trudy was a gentle, loving soul and it is only ďŹ tting by herworld family. thatthe shelove leftof this gently, in her sleep, surrounded by the family.

Left to love carryof onher without his best friend, and the love of his 58on years is William Chebry. children, Leftlife to for carry without his best friend,Their and the love of Shelley (Jeff) Nick (Joanne) Chebry, Charles his life for 58 Chebry, years is William Chebry.

Their children, (Christine) Chebry, Suzy (Chris) Peacocke, andCharles Niina Shelley (Jeff) Chebry, Nick (Joanne) Chebry, (Rob) Chebry will continue to be Peacocke, inspired byand herNiina zest (Christine) Chebry, Suzy (Chris) for life and positive energy.

Also missing their Miimi (Rob) Chebry will continue to be inspired by her zest are her and beautiful andenergy. well-loved for life positive Alsograndchildren missing their Anna Miimi and Peacocke,and Clinton, Jett, Cassandra and Chase are Nick her beautiful well-loved grandchildren Anna Chebry, and Kara, Kale and Brooke Chebry. Trudy and Nick Peacocke, Clinton, Jett, Cassandra and Chase also leaves her sister Ilmi Butterworth, several special Chebry, and Kara, Kale and Brooke Chebry. Trudy nieces and nephews and many precious friends. also leaves her sister Ilmi Butterworth, several special Trudy her parents and Bente nieces was and predeceased nephews andby many preciousAnn friends.

Stenberg; brothers Neil, Leo and George Stenberg Trudy predeceased by her parents Ann and Irene Bente and herwas sisters Ester (in childhood), Elna Lanki, Stenberg; and brothers Leo and George Stenberg Matheson, Ellen Neil, Laakso. and her sisters Ester (in childhood), Elna Lanki, Irene Trudy grewand upEllen in Thorhild, Matheson, Laakso. homesteading with her family, and later was swept off her feet by Billy C, Trudy grew up in Thorhild, her who promptly tricked her into homesteading farming again. with For 40 family, and later was swept off her feet by Billy C, years they worked, played and raised their family in who promptly tricked into farming again.theFor 40 Barrhead, making manyher lifelong friends along way. years they they retired worked, played andinraised theirBC family Later to an acreage Creston, wherein Barrhead, making many lifelong the way. they immersed themselves fullyfriends in thealong community.

Later to an acreage in Creston, where It wasthey hereretired that Trudy’s incredible talents ofBC quilting they immersed themselves fully in the community. blossomed and all types of handicrafts became works It was here that Trudy’s incredible talents in ofCreston quilting of art. Many special friendships blossomed blossomed all treasured types of handicrafts became works as well, andand Trudy these relationships.

Most of art. Many friendships in Creston recently Bill special and Trudy movedblossomed to Vancouver and as well, andnew Trudy treasuredbut these Most anticipated adventures, thatrelationships. was unfortunately recently Billtoand Trudy moved to Vancouver and cut short due her illness. anticipated new adventures, but that was unfortunately Mom instilled in all of us the importance of love, cut short due to her illness. kindness and patience and there is no better tribute to us the these importance of love, herMom thaninstilled for all ofinusall toof emulate qualities in our kindness andHer patience andhas there is no better tribute to lives. memory been celebrated herbythan all of usfamily to emulate qualities in our her for immediate and a these special gathering lives. Herfamily memory beenwill celebrated for extended andhas friends take place by her immediate a special gathering laterfamily in the and summer. for extended family and friends will take place In lieu of à owers, donations may be made later in the summer. in Trudy’s name to the St James Cottage Hospice, In lieu 650 of owers, donationsStreet, may be made North Penticton in Trudy’s name to the St Cottage Hospice, Vancouver, BCJames V5K 3L8.

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Obituaries Lea Theoret

December 9, 1943 ~ December 3, 2012 Lea Theoret passed away on December 3, 2012, with family by her side at the age of 68 years.

Lea was born to parents Annette and Raymond Pinette on December 9, 1943 in St. Rose DuLac, MB. Upon retirement in 2006, Lea and Harvey moved to Creston, BC from Edmonton, AB. Lea (Angel) would always greet everyone with a bright smile and hug. She often spoke of the physical activities that she would be doing. We Ă€nd comfort in our hearts knowing that she is getting the R & R that she spoke about. “High-Ă€ve Plus Plusâ€?.

Lea will be dearly missed by her husband Harvey Reese; daughter Chantelle (Luke) Brimmage with grandsons Zachary and Caleb Brimmage of St. Albert, AB; stepson David (Shalina) Reese of Calgary, AB and brother Marcel Pinette.

A Celebration of Life Tea was held Thursday December 6, 2012 from 1:30 – 3:30 p.m. at the Holy Cross Catholic Church Hall.

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

Marjorie Fay Fay Marjorie Parke Parke

October 9, 9, 1928 October ~ 1928 ~ November 30, 30, 2012 2012 November

Marjorie Fay Parke Marjorie Fay Parke passed away on passed away on November 30, 2012 November 30, 2012 in the Creston Valley at the in theage Creston of 84Valley years. at the age of 84 years.

Marjorie Fay Parke passed away on November 30, Marjorie was born to parents Ella Claire Edward 2012 in the Creston Valley at the age of 84and years.

Klinkner on October 9, 1928 in Lea Park, AB. Marjorie was bornBruce to parents and together Edward Marjorie married ParkeElla in Claire 1947 and Klinkner on October 9, 1928River in LeaCountry, Park, AB.near Marjorie they moved to the Peace High marriedtoBruce Parke in together they moved, Prarie, homestead in 1947 1955.and They farmed there until in 1955, near High Prairie they moved to Canyon, BC inwhere 1973.they farmed until they moved to Creston, BC in 1973.

Marjorie was predeceased by her parents Edward Marjorie Ella was Claire predeceased by herand parents Klinkner, Klinker-Perks “Pop� Edward George Klinkner, and “Pop� George Perks and Ella sisterClaire JunitaKlinker-Perks in 2012.

Perks and sister Juanita.

She will be lovingly remembered by her husband Her lifeFrederick was dedicated to God and her Phyllis family. (Tom) Bruce Parke; children Fischer Prairie, AB, Bobby(Violet) Parke She willofbeGrande lovingly remembered her husband of Pinehouse Lake,Parke; SK, Karen (Tom) Whitford of Bruce Frederick children Phyllis (Tom) Creston, BC,Grande Marly Prairie, (Mardy)AB, Beam of Grande Fischer of Bob (Violet)Prairie, Parke AB, Michael (Ă€ ancpeSK, Rose) Parke(Tom) of Penticton, of Pinehouse Lake, Karen WhitfordBC, of and ScottBC, of Marty Vancouver; three sisters, ShirleyPrairie, (Bob) Creston, (Mardy) Beam of Grande Bexson of Lloydminster, AB,Parke Helenof Forlus of Tulliby AB, Michael (ďŹ ancĂŠe Rose) Penticton, BC, Lake, AB and Betty (Ed) three Andrechou Bruderheim, and Scott of Vancouver; sisters,ofShirley (Bob) AB; brother Keven (Elaine) of Coldstream, Bexson of Lloydminster, AB,Klinkner Helen Forbus of Tulliby BC, with nineteen grandchildren; thirty-four Lake,along AB and Betty (Ed) Andruchow of Bruderheim, great-grandchildren; one great-great-grandson and AB; brother Keven (Elaine) Klinkner of Coldstream, many, manywith nieces and nephews.

BC, along nineteen grandchildren; fourty-three great-grandchildren; great-great-grandson and A Funeral one Service was held on many, Thursday many nieces, nephews, relatives and p.m. friends.

December 6, 2012 at 2:00 at Athe Creston Baptistwas Church with Funeral Service held on Jeff Friesen ThursdayPastor December 6, 2012 and at 2:00 p.m.

5ichard ciatinJ. at thePastor Creston BaptistPeacock Church ofĂ€ with Pastor Jeff Friesen Interment and Pastorfollowed Richardthe Peacock serviceofďŹ at ciating.

Forest Lawn Cemetery, Erickson, BC. Interment followed the service at Friends wishinJ to Cemetery, make a memorial contribution Forest Lawn Erickson, BC. may do so to the Hearta&memorial Stroke Foundation Friends wishing to make contribution 1212 West may do so200 to -the Heart & Broadway, Stroke Foundation, Vancouver, BC, V6H 3V2 BC, V6H 3V2 200 - 1212 West Broadway, Vancouver, or to the charity of the donor’s choice.

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Isaac James (Jim) Edwards June 6, 1921 ~ December 1, 2012

Isaac James (Jim) Edwards passed away peacefully on December 1, 2012 in Swan Valley Lodge at the age of 91 years.

Jim was born to Martha and George Edwards on June 6, 1921 in Bredenbury, MB. Jim married Mary Stella Spychi on January 5, 1946 in St. Catheral, ON, after spending six years in the war.

Jim was a long time member of the Royal Canadian Legion and in his free time he enjoyed camping, Àshing and playing darts.

Jim was predeceased by his wife, Mary Stella Spychi, on April 21, 1969; son-in-laws Darwin Hollowink on August 1, 2004 and Glenn Johnson on September 21, 2012.

He will be lovingly remembered by sons Jimmy (Dorothy) Edwards, Alvin Edwards, Garry Edwards, Dennis Edwards and Robert Edwards; daughters Becky Johnson, Carrie Hollowink, Shirley Kovich and Christie (Ted) McQuarrie A Memorial Service was held on Wednesday, December 5, 2012 at 1:00 p.m. at G. F. Oliver Funeral Chapel with Canon 5andy Wood ofÀciating.

Interment followed the service at Forest Lawn Cemetery, Erickson, BC. Any friends wishing to make a memorial contribution may do so to the 5oyal Canadian Legion Poppy Fund, P. O. Box 135, Creston, BC, V0B 1G0

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Hazel Roberta Smith (nee Oakes) June 30, 1926 ~ December 2, 2012

Born in Blairmore, Alberta, Hazel grew up in the heart of her little town. Her father, Robert Oakes, was a Fire Boss at the coal mine. Hazel’s mother, Sarah Jane, was a dedicated homemaker and mother. Hazel grew up with her sister Ruth and also had three half-siblings, Jack, Olive and Edna.

Hazel spoke often of her happy childhood and she remembered her school years with fondness. After graduating from Grade 13 in 1945, she worked at Thompson’s Dry Goods and then on March 5, 1946, she married her sweetheart, Joseph Smith from two towns over, Bellevue, Alberta.

They headed for greener pastures - the BC Kootenays, settling in Creston. Joe and Hazel set up house temporarily in the Bide-a-Wee cabins, as they built their home on the Erickson property they called “The Farm”.

They quickly began their family, creating a haven brimming with life.

Their six children were born over a span of three decades, ensuring a lively and busy household.

Hazel and Joe dedicated their lives to serve Jehovah in 1955. They Àrmly believed in a resurrection to a restored paradise earth, which scriptural hope they shared for over 50 years with their neighbours in Creston.

Hazel was an organized housekeeper and was very industrious. She loved to work in her vegetable and Áower gardens, taking pride in the things she grew. She spent many hours in her kitchen, cooking delicious meals and baking her favourite goodies. She was famous for her large “family” dinners.

For 44 years of her married life, she was employed for a portion of each year at the fruit-packing shed where she worked efÀciently as a packer.

Since her husband Joe also worked there, supper table conversations were often Àlled with packing shed stories.

She loved the “Girls” she worked with and spent the last several years of her life visiting many of them at their homes.

Hazel was a loving wife and mother and always had time to listen in spite of how busy she was. She was eager to have fun, whether it was playing a game, going out for a meal or enjoying an outing. She loved to be around people and was sincerely interested in the welfare of others.

Joe and Hazel spent sixty-two years from, 1946 to 2008, in the home they built and the orchard they loved. Due to health concerns, they had to leave their home in March of 2008. They lived brieÁy in Crest View Village before moving to the Swan Valley Lodge in Creston where Joe passed away in November of 2008. Hazel remained in the tender care of the kind Harris Unit staff until her death.

She will be deeply missed by children David (Cheryl), Robert (Diane), Judy (Robin), Roger (Shelley), Kathy (Greg) and Douglas (Chelsey); grandchildren Andrew, Cadence, Susan, Jason, Joseph (Michelle), Deborah (Devon), Erin (Vance), Willow (Jon), Chelsea (Micah), Logan, Forrest, Austin, Brooke, and Tia; great-grandchildren Spencer, Capri, Sawyer, Hayden, Cole, Lindyn, Rhys, Seth, Shae, Parker and two more on their way.

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Rentals Apt/Condo for Rent 2/BDRM BSMT suite gr. level avail. immed. F/S W/D DW & microwave. $700/mo incl. power 250-428-2012 before 6:30pm 2/BDRM CONDO full bsmt, part. furn. in seniors complex $850/mo 250-428-0697 APARTMENTS for rent: Call Michele or Paulette 250-4282562 or 250-428-3096 Creston- 1 & 2/BDRM APTS $535/$625 + elec. N/S N/P call 250-254-0840 or 250-8665789 Creston: 1 & 2/BDRM APTS $575/mo & $725/mo + elec.

N/S; N/P; DD & ref req. 250428-2202 Creston - 2/BDRM CONDO style apartment. F/S incl., N/P. N/S. Located downtown Creston 250-428-5240. Refs req.

CRESTON - 2/Bdrm - Ground floor of nice 2 level house, renovated, D/W, washer/dryer in suite. $875 includes utilities, cable TV, internet. N/S, N/P, DD & ref. required. Call 403528-1074 Creston - 2/BDRM SUITE, $600/mo incl. heat and lights D/D req. 250-428-4918 CRESTON ATTENTION SENIORS Nikkyl Place Seniors APARTMENTS includes 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- BACHELOR SUITE mature tenant N/S N/P $475/mo incl. util.+DD. Refs required. 250-428-2333 Creston- BRIGHT, CLEAN quiet 1/bdrm Apt. Avail. immed. $475/mo incl. dishwasher, sat TV & PVR, utilities extra. 250-428-9303 CrestonDOWNTOWN 1/bdrm suite. W/D, storage, parking.

55+ N/P N/S. $535/mo Commercial office space $435. 250-254-1970.

HILLCREST APARTMENTS Large Bright 1/Bdrm. 50+ Close to downtown u/ground parking, N/S N/P. $700/mo. incl.heat, laundry Creston 250-428-8458

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PARKVIEW MANOR 1 & 2/Bdrm Apartments Available now!

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Flexible Appointments

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Creston COMMERCIAL BUILDING

3600 sq.ft. of Retail Space

Located DOWN TOWN Excellent High Traffic Area Plenty of Parking 250-428-5240 Creston- FOR LEASE Commercial property - 1126 Canyon St. 2200 sq.ft. New flooring & retail shelving. Exc. high traffic area, new tenant incentive.

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Den, f/rm, front rm, 2 appl., bath & 1/2, laundry hook-ups car port, fenced N/S N/P $800/mo 250-428-5997

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Jan 1. N/S N/P $625/mo util. incl. 250-428-5649 HALF house for rent. Opposite Esquimalt High on 828 Colvile Rd. 3 Bedrooms, large yard for pets and kids. 250-885-8002 or 250-8858090

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

250-426-5999 / 250-223-8394 RENTALS AVAILABLE Please call Heather at Creston Valley Realty Ltd 250-428-9040 or go to the office to fill out a rental enquiry form RENTALS AVAILABLE South Creston: 2/bdrm unit in a 4 plex. All appliances and utilities included. Avail. immed.

Crestview Estates: 2/bdrm condo w/garage, appliances, rec. room. Avail. immed.

Damage deposit, no smoking, pets with restrictions, references required for all properties.

Ask for a “Tenancy Request Form” available from the Century 21 front desk or call Ken at 250-428-6168

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Feb1 $1100/mo 250-428-5972

CRESTON - ROOM TO RENT for one mature professional working person. N/S, N/P 1500 sqft living space, 1-level, 2/bath. Util incl. 250-402-6698 royalcreston@telus.net

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YOUR Creston Valley CARRIER EANERS GLOUT!

Currently there are two Gleaners outlets to serve the citizens of the Creston Valley and beyond.

The main store sells clothing, shoes, wide selection of crafts, linens, toys, jewellery, puzzles for all ages and sizes.

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Land Act: Notice of Intention to Apply for a Disposition of Crown Land FrontCounter BC Cranbrook has accepted an application made by Raymond and Faith Brausen of Grande Prairie, AB, on behalf of the Ministry of Forests, Lands and Natural Resource Operations (MFLNRO), Kootenay Region, for a License of Occupation to legalize an existing Àlled foreshore and private moorage situated on Provincial Crown foreshore North of Boswell along Kootenay Lake and containing 0.159 hectares more or less.

The MFLNRO File Number that has been established for this application is 4403595. Written comments concerning this application should be directed to FrontCounter BC, 1902 Theatre Road, Cranbook, B.C., V1C 7G1 or email to: AuthorizingAgency.Cranbrook#gov.bc.ca. Comments will be received by FrontCounter BC until January 11, 2013. FrontCounter BC may not be able to consider comments received after this date. Please refer to our website: http://www.arfd.gov.bc.ca/ApplicationPosting/index. jsp Search by File Number: 4403595 for more information.

Be advised that any response to this advertisement will be considered part of the public record. For information, contact the FOI Advisor at the Ministry of Forests, Lands and Natural Resource Operations regional ofÀce in Cranbrook.

It would be greatly appreciated if you would help out your Creston Valley Main Store Hours: 807 Canyon Street 250-428-4166 Advance carrier by Gleaners Too Hours: containing 113 - 8 Ave. N. (across the street) 250-428-4106 your dogs during the Food Bank Hours: 807 Canyon Street (behind Main Store) time carriers usually Drop-Off Hours: (both locations) deliver your Gates Open paper.

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NOTICE TO CREDITORS AND OTHERS NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that Creditors and others having claims against the Estate of Heinz Fritz Betzelt also known as Heinz Betzelt, Deceased, who died on the 8th day of February, 2012, are hereby required to send particulars thereof to the Executor named hereunder at PO Box 9, 2001 Miller Street, Lumby, BC V0E 2G0 on or before January 31, 2013, after which date the Executor will distribute the said estate among the parties entitled thereto, having regard only to the claims of which the Executor then has notice.

Proposal documents may be obtained from the Regional District of Central Kootenay website at www.rdck.bc.ca.

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It will be MANDATORY for Proponents to attend the LANDFILL SITE TOUR scheduled for 10:00 am (MST) Tuesday, December 18, 2012 at the Creston Landfill site located at 1501 Mallory Road, Creston, BC in order for their Proposal to be considered.

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A ripping good yarn is spun in Canyon

R

iverstone Yarns has been in business for just over six months, and already the products from Canyon are gaining an excellent reputation — even as far away as New York state.

With Story and online orderphoto by ing possible, Brian yarn Lawrence the dyed in the Creston Valley can be purchased with ease, but it’s also popular among Kootenay stores, including Creston’s Stitchin’ Time.

“It’s a big thing to local retailers,” said Riverstone owner Susan Chamberlain.

“They’ve been very supportive when approached.

It’s going to be from Invermere to Castlegar and Rossland.”

Chamberlain offers three lines of yarn: medium worsted weight wool (suitable for hats, scarves and sweaters), worsted weight mohair (sweaters, shawls and combinations) and sock wool (a durable blend of wool and nylon).

They’re available in 30 colours — with more colours and lines to come.

She and her husband have been in the Creston Valley for nearly three years, having lived most recently in Portland, Ore. Through Community Futures, the Canyon resident purchased her equipment in January, starting up Riverstone Yarns in May. Dying yarn isn’t exactly what she’s done in the

past, but it follows in a similar vein, which grew out of acting in high school.

“As you get older, you realize that’s not your particular talent,” she said with a laugh.

Chamberlain, who was raised in Dawson Creek, got into the costuming aspect of theatre, and ended up in Toronto for seven years, where she dyed fabric for TV and stage productions. The work was stressful, she said, “especially TV, which is very different than theatre.”

But it offered a welcome challenge — she took part in the creation of “really campy, outrageous stuff” for a production of Cinderella, as well as making costumes without fabric.

“We actually didn’t sew things,” she said. “We dyed fabric-covered foam and glued it together. …

“I love having somebody ask me to do something different. That pushes me to find new ways to do it.”

An avid knitter, Chamberlain never stopped being creative, and found hand dying to be a perfect fit. She now creates new colour combinations, which vary slightly from one batch to the next.

“That’s the beauty of hand-dying — you never get two the same,” she said.

She makes it sound simple — take six to eight

skeins, soak them for 10 minutes in hot water, squeeze them out, and then put in a pot with dye and let them simmer. To create each specific colour, a second dye can be added at the appropriate point in the process.

Once the skeins are dyed, she rinses them well.

“One of my pet peeves is when you buy something and the dye comes off on your hands or needles,” she said.

Once they’re dry, the skeins are spun into loops, which are twisted and put on the shelf, ready for sale.

The majority of Chamberlain’s yarn is bought wholesale by retailers, but it has been a particular hit at the Creston Valley Farmers’ Market, one of the few places she directly sells.

“Of course, nobody goes to a farmers’ market to buy yarn,” she said. “But people from out of town buy it as a souvenir of the market. Men will buy it for girlfriends, mothers or wives.”

And as much as she loves making it, one of her favourite parts of the job is seeing what the yarn is turned into later.

“I love to get photographs,” she said. “When somebody on Facebook writes to me and says, ‘I made this,’ I love that. I love to see people’s creativity.”

For more information, visit www.riverstoneyarns. com or find Riverstone Yarns on Facebook.

Susan Chamberlain spinning wool in her Canyon workshop.

Qualified professionals providing quality advice and services Phone (250) 428-2248

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Thunder Cats end seven-game losing streak

BY BRIAN LAWRENCE Advance Editor

For the Creston Valley Thunder Cats, a 3-1 win on Saturday was more than just a victory over the Columbia Valley Rockies — it also marked the end of a seven-game losing streak.

“It was a good game,” said head coach Josh Hepditch. “We played a full 60 minutes.”

The Thunder Cats started the scoring with two goals in the first period, one by Joey Berget at 17:42 and a power-play goal by Trevor Hanna at 12:50. Jaiden Ward followed with a shorthanded goal in the middle of the second period.

Although the period saw some action — with Andrew Hodder earning a 10-minute misconduct penalty and Angus Johnston ejected from the game — “the kids stuck with it found a way to get it

Bowling BORDERLINE BOWLING Nov. 26-Dec. 2 Sunday Mixed Ladies’ single: Marlene McGunigle, 208.

Ladies’ triple: Rose McKinnon, 560.

Men’s single-triple: Kevin Viers, 311-795.

POA: Viers, 123.

Monday Golden Age Ladies’ single-triple: Florence Messinger, 218-544.

Men’s single-triple: Larry Vandebogart, 211-535.

POA: Messinger, 91.

Monday Ladies Single: Virginia Harder, 272.

Triple: Gin Bergman, 734.

POA: Char Menard, 132.

Wednesday Matinee Ladies’ single: Geri McIntyre, 239.

Ladies’ triple: Shelagh Schimdt, 546.

Men’s single-triple: Cameron Mitchell, 231-644.

POA: McIntyre, 105.

Wednesday Mixed Ladies’ single-triple: Marlene McGunigle, 296-702.

Men’s single-triple: Andy Ahlefeld, 323-743.

POA: McGunigle, 159.

Thursday Golden Age Ladies’ single: Marlene McGunigle, 224.

Ladies’ triple: Shelagh Schmidt, 643.

Men’s single: Ralph McGunigle, 273.

Men’ triple: Earl Ambrose, 643.

done,” said Hepditch.

Their goals went unanswered by the Rockies until mid-third period, when Byron Sam scored that team’s only goal.

“I think the guys took the right mindset into the game and really pulled through with this one,” Hepditch said.

It was a better effort than the pervious night, when the Thunder Cats started out dominating the scoring, but ended up losing 6-4 to the Golden Rockets.

“We started off really good in the first period like we wanted to, then slowly let them get going.”

The Rockets scored first at 19:02 in the first period, followed by goals

by Jesse Collins, Ty Kronewitt (unassisted) and Brady Ward. After a shorthanded Rockets goal, Ethan Rusnack scored the Thunder Cats’ fourth and final goal of the game.

Youth Bowling Dinos Girls’ single: Cassidy Wood, 81.

Jets Girls’ single-double: Oakley Ahlefeld, 118-209.

POA: Ahlefeld, 52.

Bantams Girls’ single-triple: Keda Ahlefeld, 161-389.

Boys’ single-triple: Jackson Barker, 119-338.

POA: Ahlefeld, 107.

Juniors Boys’ single-triple: Gregory Viers, 145-335.

Seniors Girls’ single-triple: Kelsy Speiss, 206-486.

Boys’ single: Dakota Maatz, 226.

Boys’ triple: Curtis Mayne, 521.

POA: Maatz, 70.

Special Olympics Three Games Ladies’ single: Kathy Schmidt, 186.

Ladies’ triple: Frances Collison, 458.

Men’s single-triple: Steven Stirling, 205-525.

POA: Cox, 55.

Two Games Ladies’ single-double: Janice Androsoff, 157-271.

Men’s single: Bob Letcher, 139.

Men’s double: Gordon Berrington, 238.

POA: Sandy R., 31.

Happy Holidays from School District No. 8 (Kootenay Lake) our staff would like to wish you a festive holiday season.

We hope that you have many joyous moments with family and friends and that you will return safely to us in the new year.

District offices and schools will be closed Dec 24 to Jan 4

Although the Rockets scored once in the second period and three times in the third, the Thunder Cats gave it their best effort.

“They really stuck to the game plan and did what we wanted them to do,” he said.

“It’s bittersweet when you can see the potential the team has.”

Hepditch was also pleased with Ward’s performance.

“He’s been one of our most consistent players all year,” he said. “He had a goal, but had a great game for us.”

Saturday’s win over the Rockies couldn’t have come at a better time, with the Rockies now just two points behind the Thunder Cats, who have 24, in the Eddie Mountain Division of the Kootenay International Junior Hockey League. Ahead of the Thunder Cats are the Rockets with 34, the Kimberley Dynamiters with 36 and the Fernie Ghostriders with 37.

This weekend, the Thunder Cats will be away on Friday, taking on the Nelson Leafs, who lead the Neil Murdoch

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“They've got an extremely good team,” said Hepditch.

“We’ve played them once before, and it was a good game. It will be a good measuring stick.”

In their only divisional game of the weekend, the Thunder Cats will host the Rockies on Saturday, and then be visited by the Summerland Steam on Sunday.

“That was where our streak got started,” said Hepditch.

“We’re looking forward to bouncing back with them.”

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the music of his three very talented children.

Wolf, a banjo, guitar and fiddle player, will MC, sing and play, as well.

“We had such a great response last year that I couldn’t resist getting the family together for another show,” Wolf said last week.

He had just returned from a prairie road trip

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with Hard Honey, the rock band his sons, Kyle and Shade McKearney, play in.

Wolf spent a decade working as a singer and songwriter in Nashville before returning to Canada a few years ago to start working on a fiction-writing career. He is now editing the second novel in a trilogy, the follow-up to last year’s popular fantasy novel, The Woodcutter. It will be published in the spring, he promised.

CRESTON VALLEY CHAMBER OF COMMERCE Wolf appeared at last Saturday’s Creston Valley Farmers’ Market, plucking on his banjo, The Beautiful selling a DVD of last year’s concert and prode The Creston Valley Chamber of Official 2012 Visitors’ Gui moting the upcoming Commerce Official Visitors’ Guide event, which is one of is a vital piece of marketing for the the rare times his family Visitor Information Centre and a key can get together. component of relocation packages Joyce McKearney, Wolf’s mom, will once delivered by the Chamber of again take the stage to Commerce and our local realtors, sing. The Creston resiplus dozens of businesses hand out dent spent many years the guide to their customers. in northern B.C., where The guide will be a fully searchable she played music with document on the getawaybc.com her husband and, later, Wolf. website promoted on all of Black Kyle and Shade Press newspaper websites, and have had a successful will also be available on the year with Hard Honey, Creston Valley Chamber which has become of Commerce website. increasingly popular on rock radio stations.

Joining her brothers on the stage once again will be Lorn’s daughter, Zarria Storm, a star track and field athlete who attends Sacramento State University on an athletic scholarship.

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The Christmas Show will feature some of the family’s favourite Christmas songs as well as a variety of country and rock and roll music, too.

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