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Town report outlines Age Friendly Action Plan

BY LORNE ECKERSLEY Advance Staff

ing to engage through that medium.”

A photo of one popular artifact, the mustache cup (designed with a barrier to keep beverages from messing up a mustache), was uploaded to Twitter, and retweeted many times.

With one in three Creston residents over the age of 65, age friendliness isn’t just a desire, it’s a necessity.

A newly created action plan is slated for approval next week after town council decided on Feb. 26 that some minor changes were needed.

Funded entirely by the Seniors’ Housing and Support Initiative and supported by the Union of BC Municipalities and Healthy Families BC, the Age Friendly Action Plan did not use local taxation dollars.

A 10-person committee of locals who have regular interaction with seniors in assessing their needs was supported by 14 other volunteers who take an interest in the community. Co-ordinated by the Centre of Sustainability in Whistler, the report used the 2008 Creston Valley Agefriendly Assessment as background information.

“An age-friendly community is one where older adults can enjoy good health, community support and feel a sense of security as they engage and participate in the community,” the report begins. “In 2011, 33 per cent of the Town of Creston’s population was 65 years and older, up slightly from the 2006 census data of 31 per cent and much higher than the 2011 provincial figure of 16 per cent.

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ON THE JOB — The Creston Valley Figure Skating Club held its annual ice show on Saturday at the John Bucyk Arena, this time with the theme Workin’ Nine to Five, featuring over 70 locals skating to work-related songs. The skaters ran through the show at a dress rehearsal on Feb. 28 (above) to prepare for the two weekend performances.

Museum creates scavenger hunt app

BY BRIAN LAWRENCE Advance Editor

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The Creston Museum is using modern technology to bring the past to life, with a new application, or app, leading cellphone users on a scavenger hunt of Creston’s heritage buildings.

“Technology is changing and museums have to keep up,” said manager Tammy Hardwick. “There’s a huge number of our visitors who come in and are taking pictures with their cellphones. …

Even in the little Creston Museum, there’s this very obvious move toward people using their cellphones, and want-

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College offering mindfulness courses

BY BRIAN LAWRENCE Advance Editor Two new courses being offered through the College of the Rockies will help participants tap into mindfulness, an ancient practice that has been making its way into modern medicine in recent years.

“It’s based in meditation practice that has its roots in Buddhism,” said instructor Kuya Minogue. “The medical profession has taken the skill of meditation and applied it to the mind and body.”

Mindfulness training is being used in Harvard Law School for stress reduction, and Dr. Kate Partridge of Ontario’s London Mindfulness Clinic “feels it can be used to replace medication or enhance it,” said Minogue.

The courses, suitable for older teens and adults, will cover mindful eating, running March 30-May 11, and stress and chronic pain management, running May 25-July 13. Both run seven weeks, the average time needed to break a habit, and require more than just showing up for a weekly class — they are basically home-

work with a weekly meeting.

“Everyone thinks they know this stuff,” said Minogue. “But to do it successfully requires intensive training.”

Minogue is in the process of becoming a certified mindfulness-based stress reduction instructor, which would allow her to teach in medical centres, as well as train doctors and counsellors.

The last time Minogue taught a mindful eating course — which helps answer questions such as, “Are you really hungry?” — the participants lost an average of 12 pounds. At least three have maintained that, and others have said they feel calmer. With those classes, held at the ZenWords Zen Centre zendo, participants will be taught in the morning, followed by a lunch.

For the stress and chronic pain management course, Minogue will call in the help of yoga and qui gong instructors, as well as teach students how to become more in touch with their bodies. As with the mindful eating aspect, Minogue has firsthand experience.

She had osteoarthritis and serious pain in her Achilles tendon, so she stopped taking her daily walks.

Realizing that wasn’t a healthy course, Minogue lost 30 pounds and began paying more attention to her ankle. She noticed her mind would constantly get off track, and create a story of what the pain would do in her future.

“When I would bring mindfulness to bear, I would come back to the immediate moment and I found none of it was true,” she said. “It was just a story I was telling myself. … I discovered that the whole phrase, ‘I’m in pain,’ is an illusion.”

Of course, pain can’t be completely eliminated.

“It’s not about getting rid of pain; it’s about having a meaningful life in the face of it,” said Minogue.

With mindfulness becoming more mainstream, Minogue is happy to teach the practice that has been the centre of her life since the 1980s.

“I was only ever taught it in the context of Zen and Buddhist ideas,” she said.

“It’s very exciting to see mindfulness being brought into a secular setting.”

For registration information, contact the Creston campus of the College of the Rockies at 250-428-5332.

Town approves sustainability plan

BY LORNE ECKERSLEY Advance Staff

Sustainability issues have been on the table at Creston Town Hall since it co-sponsored a two-year sustainability pilot project 20 years ago. How to deal with environmental, social and economic impacts in the Creston Valley took another step forward on Feb. 26 when an integrated community sustainability plan was adopted by town council.

“Cultivating Creston gives us a vision of the future as seen by local residents,” said Mayor Ron Toyota. “I think it will be an important tool for many years, and one that will help inform our official community plan, which should be updated in the next few years.”

Ross Beddoes, Town of Creston municipal services co-ordinator, spearheaded the project locally. He said last week that no local taxation was used to create the report conducted by the Centre for Sustainability in Whistler.

“Funding was partially provided by a grant from the Real Estate Foundation of BC and CMHC,” he said. “The remainder of the project was funded as an eligible project under our gas tax funding.”

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A 16-member local advisory team included a high school student, a young post-secondary student, seniors, business professionals and others who are active in the area’s social and economic well-being.

The Cultivating Creston sums up its goals as: •the articulation of the community’s vision for success and sustainability in the future; •actions to move the Creston Valley toward the desired future; •indicators to monitor progress; and •an annual process and the tools for ongoing implementation, alignment and continuous improvement.

The 66-page report cautions, “Achieving success and sustainability will be a long-term journey — not something that can be accomplished overnight.

We cannot crush our local economy as we move toward this goal — in fact, increasingly aligning our economic system with the objectives for sustainability will help us get there.”

Cultivating Creston outlines the “benefits of a sustainability approach to longrange planning and innovation”: •helps communities to avoid economic development pitfalls and identify economic development opportunities within today’s major societal trends; •helps to ensure that activities to support local environmental, social and economic values are conceived and implemented; •helps to attract people to the community and to instill an even greater sense of

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The local advisors identified priorities, including the enhancement of community life for all ages, revitalizing the “Creston Valley experience”, creating collaborative partnerships, protecting natural and agricultural areas and strengthening the local economy.

Working to enhance community life for ages will mean that by 2030: •people are supported to live healthy, well-rounded lifestyles through recreation, leisure, learning, education and cultural pursuits, and convenient access to health services is enabled; •the culture of respect, inclusion and participation is strong, where people of all ages, incomes and abilities feel connected, valued and safe; •people can afford and enjoy life in the Creston Valley, enabled through such things as adequate employment, economic activities and available and affordable housing; •homes, buildings and places are healthy, enjoyable, attractive, accessible and affordable; and •community needs for adequate, efficient and high quality food, water, waste, energy, communication and transportation systems and infrastructure are met.

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Fall fair desperately seeking volunteers

BY LORNE ECKERSLEY Advance Staff

In only five years the Creston Valley Fall Fair will celebrate its 100th birthday. If it lasts that long.

“Lots of our local organizations are crying for volunteers and the fall fair is one of them,” former mayor Joe Snopek said last week. “It’s an event that celebrates who we are and the importance of farming and gardening and food production, but without new blood it will all come to an end.”

While conveners are in place to organize the display and judging for the various categories this year, the fall fair committee is currently without a president, and help is always needed to set up and take down the displays and tables.

“We’ve lost some of our most reliable volunteers this year, and they were in their 80s,” Snopek said. “Many of us started out when we were younger and healthier. We could really use the help of some new volunteers.”

The fall fair offers numerous volunteer opportunities. Some positions involve attending monthly meetings and getting the event organized. Others mean a commitment for the evening setup before the fair starts, then during the two days (Friday and Saturday after the Labour Day weekend in September) that it runs.

Snopek said the existing committee is frustrated because members think that an opportunity has been presented after Kimberley announced an end to its popular annual accordion championships (also for lack of volunteers).

“We think we might be able to combine accordion and fiddle competitions — for many, many years the Creston Valley Fall Fair had a great fiddle championship event,” he said.

“But that will take some help to get it going. …

“This year’s theme is ‘Hometown Roots and Rubber Boots’. It’s a slogan that describes just what the fall fair needs — people who are willing to roll up their sleeves and help get things done.

“The fall fair celebrates the best of what we all love about the Creston Valley — it would be a shame to lose it, but that’s exactly what will happen if more volunteers don’t step forward.”

Anyone who would like to volunteer or ask questions about how to help is welcome to call Snopek at 250428-4277.

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Drivers reminded to stop for school buses

BY BRIAN LAWRENCE Advance Editor

Creston RCMP warned the owner of a Jeep that passed a bus at Connel Road on Feb. 28 while children were being unloaded, and are reminding drivers that it is against the law to pass a school bus with its stop sign extended and lights flashing.

Some drivers feel the requirement to stop only applies to vehicles behind the bus, but the lights and sign actually require drivers in both directions to stop for the safety of the children getting on or off.

“If you see the school bus lights flashing, stop and wait,” said Cpl. Charlotte Joa. Drivers passing a school bus in this situation could receive a $167 fine.

Police Beat Creston RCMP responded to 47 calls from Feb. 25-March 3, Joa reported.

February 25 •The registered owner of a blue Hyundai Tiburon didn’t realize it was stolen until it was found shortly before 8 a.m. in a slough off Highway 21. The airbag had been deployed and windows smashed, likely as the occupants exited.

•Police received a complaint of crim-

inal harassment. The matter is under investigation.

•A dispute over property ownership on 35th Avenue South was found to be a civil matter.

•A Goat Canyon Road resident reported the theft of a credit card, which was used for online purchases totalling nearly $3,800.

•A breach of an undertaking was reported on Cook Street.

•The report of a possible break and enter on Pit Road turned out to be a false alarm.

•When police responded to a report of a possibly suicidal person, they discovered the subject wasn’t suicidal.

•A teenager reported missing from 25th Avenue South later returned home.

February 26 •A subpoena was served to a Seventh Avenue North resident on behalf of the Calgary Police Service.

•The case of a person escaping lawful custody is under investigation.

•A Creston resident visited the RCMP detachment to seek advice in a child custody issue.

•Police are investigating the complaint of a person being banned from the Lower Kootenay Band.

•Extensive patrols did not locate a brown Chevrolet being driven by a pos-

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sibly impaired driver in the 4200 block of Highway 3. The anonymous report did not provide a licence plate number, but stated the vehicle could not stay in its westbound lane.

February 27 •A vehicle received under $1,000 damage after a hit and run in a Northwest Boulevard parking lot.

•A purse and swimming bag were reported missing from the 1800 block of Canyon Street.

February 28 •Patrols located no one when police responded to 11th Avenue South, where a resident was tired of and unknown person continually knocking on the door.

•A Dodge pickup was reported to have been vandalized in the 8000 block of Highway 3A at Sirdar on Feb. 16. The windshield, mirrors and headlights were smashed, and the interior upholstery was slashed. There are no suspects.

•Police were warned of a scam after an elderly person on Erickson Street was sold a vacuum cleaner in order to claim a “prize”. The complainant cancelled the cheque on the elderly person’s behalf.

•A lost B.C. driver’s licence was reported on Ibbitson Street.

•When police checked out a report of a person lying in the street on 16th Avenue North, they found an intoxicated male on the ground. He was lodged in cells until sober.

•A youth was reportedly running around the downtown area with an air-

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soft gun. The matter was dealt with by the high school.

•Police are investigating a complaint of sexual interference that occurred in another area.

•RCMP assisted with a mental health patient on Vancouver Street.

March 1 •The driver’s side of a semi received over $1,000 damage after a collision with a deer the night before, while heading west in the 4700 block of Highway 3.

•A driver reported hitting a deer on Feb. 23 near Wynndel, which caused damage to the vehicle’s front bumper.

•A 12-speed bike found on Highway 21 was turned in at the RCMP detachment.

•RCMP received two complaints about horses on the highway near Erickson Elementary School. They were gone when a patrol was made.

•A 40th Avenue resident changed their locks after finding that someone had been in the home while the resident was out of town. The matter is under investigation.

•Two males stole energy drinks from a store in the 5000 block of Highway 3A, then agreed to pay for them after finding the theft was captured by surveillance cameras.

•At 6:03 p.m., two males stole two bottles of Royal Reserve from a Ninth Avenue liquor store.

Both wore dark hoodies, but patrols revealed no one matching their description.

•A male offered to pay for an outboard motor when he was caught attempting to steal it from a boat on a property in the 5000 block of Highway 3A. •An intoxicated person was reportedly “flipping out” at an Erickson Street residence. Police attended and arrested the male, who was lodged in cells until sober.

March 2 •Police assisted with a next of kin notification in the 3200 block of Highway 3.

•A female was found to be in good health when RCMP were asked to perform a well-being check.

March 3 •Surveillance video will be used to determine why a multi-hit alarm went off at the community complex around 3 a.m.

•Just after 7 p.m., a complainant contacted police advising of a breach of an undertaking.

The matter is under investigation.

Action plan

From page 1 This statistic emphasizes the importance of making Creston an age-friendly valley and community, and is at the heart of the Town of Creston’s desire to ensure that older adults are active participants in community life and municipal planning initiatives.”

The action report is broken down into themes including housing, outdoor spaces and buildings; community support and health services; respect and social inclusion; social participation; civic participation and employment opportunities; transportation; and communication and information.

A two-page action plan is included in the yetto-be-adopted report. As proposed, it calls for the creation of a seniors resource centre and expansion of seniors advocate services.

Wheelchair access to the community complex from Hillside Street is identified as a need, as is the need for more park benches around town and better communication about the Creston Valley Thunder Cats “Snow Cats” snow-clearing program for seniors.

The long-discussed need for a downtown public washroom appears once again and affordable housing and ready access to health services remain a priority.

The Age Friendly Action Plan will be posted on the Town of Creston website, www.creston. ca, once it has been adopted by town council.

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Town satisfied with policing priorities

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BY LORNE ECKERSLEY Advance Staff

Don’t look for any dramatic change to what the town council wants in the way of policing priorities. At Tuesday’s regular council meeting, councillors expressed satisfaction with the directions taken last year by the RCMP under Staff Sgt. Bob Gollan.

“I am pleased with the attention paid to frequent offenders,” Coun. Judy Gadicke said. “It seems to be working.”

Gadicke’s comments referred to efforts by the RCMP to make frequent, often daily, contact with local residents who have a lengthy history of criminal activity.

Couns. Scott Veitch and Tanya Ducharme both commented on the visibility of police in the community and on the volunteer efforts by some of the members.

“Their visibility at events and attending community meetings has been very positive,” Veitch said. “It’s great that Staff Sgt. Gollan is president of the Thunder Cats hockey team. He’s at every game and his presence has really helped keep fans in control.”

Ducharme commented on another member, who coaches a minor hockey team.

“The community involvement is working and it’s great for the kids to see police officers in positive circumstances — the interaction is very positive.”

Coun. Wes Graham asked that police put a priority on cutting down on speeding drivers on Valleyview Road, and their was a consensus that police bicycle patrols in the downtown core would be appreciated.

Council Briefs •To allow the Town of Creston meet its commitment to be carbon neutral, $8,000 is being budgeted for an undesignated project. The intent is to find a local initiative to invest in rather than spend it in another location.

•The Creston Valley is part of a research study being conducted by a professor and master’s degree student from University of British Columbia’s Okanagan campus.

Professor John Wagner and Joanne Taylor made a presentation to council about their research, which is intended to help inform the Columbia River Treaty renegotiation process, particularly as it affects agriculture. Taylor intends to spend May and June in Creston for the next three years as part of her work.

•A public hearing was held to invite input to a rezoning application on land at 133 Eighth Avenue North. There were no objections to the rezoning from R-5 (rural residential) to R-1 (single family residential), which will allow a building lot to be subdivided. The application was approved.

•Graham will attend a session on the Columbia River Treaty and dam operations in Nelson on March 13.

•The town will renew its septage agreement with the Regional District of Central Kootenay for another year, during which the RDCK will fund a study on how to best to proceed with the handling of septage in the area.

•A request for financial support for the Creston Valley Crush senior girls volleyball team trip to Hawaii was received. The club will be encouraged to apply for Columbia Basin Trust community initiatives funds. A request for player development funding from the Creston Valley Thunder Cats was treated the same way.

•Mayor Ron Toyota will travel to Spokane, Wash., to tour the waste management recycling plant in his efforts to explore opportunities for the handling of recycled materials locally.

•Council approved and adopted the Cultivating Creston — Creston’s Integrated Community Sustainability Plan (reported in detail on page 3).

This image shows a portion of one of the 15 buildings on the Creston Museum’s scavenger hunt app.

Museum From page 1 “It was all over the place,” said Hardwick.

And that led her to create a heritage building scavenger hunt through www.ooklnet.com, where users can download an app through iTunes or Google Play.

The app is usable worldwide, and will offer historical activities in whatever location it’s used.

The scavenger hunt was created mainly in anticipation of February’s Heritage Week, and

will be updated with something new, likely before summer. It currently contains 15 buildings, all within a couple of blocks of downtown, starting at the Creston Valley Chamber of Commerce, running along Northwest Boulevard and Hillside Street, down 15th Avenue North and returning west on Canyon Street.

Sharp-eyed scavengers will have to find buildings based on limited visual information.

“We just took a picture of a chunk of a building that has an identifying architectural detail,” said Hardwick.

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tourist season draws closer, but for now, Hardwick is pleased to see so many local enjoying the hunt.

“I know of probably a dozen people who have seen it and love it,” she said. “And of course, a few local longtimers are doing it in their armchairs.”

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The search has just begun

I persisted watching the CTV live streaming of the 2013 Academy Awards despite interruptions for commercial messages every five minutes, regardless of what was happening on the screen. Let’s just say the CTV people are idiots and leave it that. The effort was worth it though, with the announcement of the winner in the best documentary feature category, proof that sometimes the stars really do align in just the right way.

A few days earlier, I had been bummed out, feeling too fluish to go to the recent Friends of the Cinema presentation, Searching for Sugar Man. Angela came home giving it a rave review (which prompted me to download some of Rodriguez’s music onto my iPod), so a few days later I dragged myself over to the video shop and rented the DVD. Searching for Sugar Man is one of those true stories that would have made lousy fiction — too unbelievable for a decent novel plot.

But as a documentary, it is a moving and very satisfying film experience.

For those who haven’t seen it, the documentary tells the story of Rodriguez, a musician in Detroit who had a brief flirtation with fame in the early 1970s. Call him inexplicably unsuccessful. The son of a Mexican labourer, Rodriguez was tabbed by some as being better than Bob Dylan, and the next sure thing in pop music. He was signed by none other than the head of Motown Records. Two long-play records later, he was dropped like a hot potato, no longer a shooting star, but a flameout in an industry that chews up tal-

ent and spits it out like so much tobacco juice.

Rodriguez disappeared from the music scene, but not from life, as his adoring South African fans came to

who didn’t participate in many interviews but allowed himself to be filmed walking in the wintery Detroit streets. He shows no inclination toward bitterness, accepts his life for what he made of it and now seems content to return to performing. He chose to visit South Africa and not attend the Oscar ceremonies, saying that he didn’t want to take attention away from the filmmakers.

I found myself wonderLorne Eckersley ing, as I so often do, about how the public ends up embracing some performers or believe. He raised a family, worked music or books or art or movies, as a construction and demolition and rejecting others. Rodriguez’s labourer and even had a go at civic music was catchy, the lyrics powerpolitics. ful and he had the support of the Luckily for music fans, some persome of the right people. His clear, sistent South African fans, having appealing voice and shy manner grown up with the bootlegged copshould only have helped him sucies of Sixto Rodriguez’s music, took ceed. One man in the film suggeston a search for information about ed that Latino musicians “weren’t the man who became a bigger idol hot” in the 1970s, trying to explain than Elvis among young fans in the his lack of success, but he was in apartheid nation. No one was more error. At the very time that surprised to learn of his popularity Rodriguez’s albums were being in South Africa than Rodriguez. released, Jose Feliciano was one of Many of his fans grew up under the the most popular performers on belief that he had killed himself on the planet. stage.

My generation lost part of our Rodriguez hadn’t received royalvoice when the music of Rodriguez ties or any other indication that didn’t reach most of us. We, like another country had embraced his young South Africans, should have music. He was in his mid-50s when grown up singing: he learned the truth, and accepted I wonder about the love you can’t an invitation to fly across the find Atlantic Ocean with his family. He And I wonder about the loneliperformed to sellout crowds of adorness that’s mine ing fans late in the second millenniI wonder about how much going um but it took until last year before have you got a four-years-in-the-making docuAnd I wonder about your friends mentary pieced the whole story that are not together.

I wonder I wonder wonder I do.

I have no doubt that part of the Lorne Eckersley is the publisher of film’s appeal is the Shaman-like the Creston Valley Advance. presence of Rodriguez himself,

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Election most historic since 1952 To the Editor: This letter is essentially a continuation of the one that appeared in the Dec. 6, 2012, Advance, in regards to the upcoming B.C. provincial election in May. I have a feeling that this year’s election just may very well be one of the most historic since 1952, when W.A.C. Bennett, leader of the Social Credit Party, was elected premier. This is because the issues of today are as important as they were more than 60 years ago.

Now, as promised, I am going to share my political views and innermost thoughts with you, so pull up a chair and lend an ear. Basically, I have borrowed elements of traditional conservatism from Ronald Reagan, Margaret Thatcher and Brian Mulroney, and incorporated them into my own personal philosophy. (I refer to these three iconic leaders of the 1980s as “the big three”.)

I believe in complete and unconditional equality between men and women, creating employment for everyone, protecting health care, education, the environment, seniors pensions, same-sex marriage, working with union and non-union employees in a positive manner, and also eliminating poverty, hunger, racism, bigotry, antiSemitism and bullying because they have no place in society. I am also quite progressive in my thinking, which may surprise some people, despite the fact I’m very conservative. I possess a warm heart, and am also very sentimental, compassionate and spiritual, and believe that everyone has a guardian angel watching over him or her.

To conclude my letter on something completely different: I thoroughly enjoyed the play, Anne Frank and Me, at the Prince Charles Theatre on Feb. 23. It was also quite emotional, moving me to tears. This coming weekend, I will attend the Kelowna Ballet, which should be a great performance. I enjoy all types of music, including heavy metal, if you can believe that — and I am 53 years old (soon to be 54 on June 11)! You take care, and have a nice day.

Allan Clement Creston

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First a bit of historical fact: The Palestinians were offered nationhood alongside Israel in 1947 under the United Nations Partition Plan for Palestine, a plan that Israel accepted but the Palestinian leaders rejected.

Israel accepted the plan because the Jewish people were determined to make for themselves a Jewish homeland after 1,900 years of being scattered among the nations. The poor Palestinians, rather than working toward establishing a homeland of their own, chose to throw in their lot with Egypt, Libya, Iraq, Lebanon, Jordan, Sudan and Syria, who attacked Israel as soon as she declared her independence. These people underestimated Israel’s determination to make a homeland, and were misled by Islamic leaders who chose to blame and destroy Israel rather than to create a nation for themselves. As Proverbs tells us, people groan under wicked leadership.

As to Mr. England’s assertion that no one can say with authority which is correct, the Bible or the Qur’an, I would like to point out a couple more facts: Archaeology and manuscript evidence both testify to the accuracy of the Bible, as does historical evidence of the two millenniums since Christ’s birth. Jesus said that a tree would be known by its fruit. The fruit of biblical belief is forgiveness of sin, people set free, and reconciliation between man and God, and between man and his neighbour. The fruit of false teaching is fear, intimidation, historical revisionism, blasphemy laws, repression of human rights and even killing people in the name of God, things we sadly see regularly in the Islamic world. What gospel is this, which produces such fruit?

The birth of Jesus Christ, the single most important figure in history, was proclaimed as good news of great joy, “for unto us is born a Saviour who is Christ the Lord.” This news has reverberated though time as the best news ever. Why? Because the problem with man is sin, and Jesus came to deal with our sin once and for all, by taking our sin onto Himself and dying in our place. The message of the Gospels is that “God is not dead, nor doth He sleep.” The God who knows the numbers of hairs on our heads cares. Christians have been taking this message to all the world, assuring us that there are solutions to our problems.

I would encourage readers to read the Bible for themselves, and to call on the living God revealed there. I can testify to the fact that He is merciful, and can be known, personally and in reality.

Robert Slimm Erickson

Christ died to deal with DriveAble is world’s sins a ‘dangerous experiment’ To the Editor: Thank you for printing my letter of Feb. 7 (“Israel conflict is spiritual”), and I must say I am impressed by Mr. England’s quick, and well-written, reply (“Those with dogmatic beliefs are the problem”, Feb. 14). I am glad Mr. England’s disagreement with Canada’s support of Israel is motivated by compassion for people; however, to characterize the people on one side of the conflict as gun-toting thugs and those on the other as victims with only sticks and stones for their defence is neither realistic nor helpful. Although Israel is at the centre of a volatile region and a volatile conflict, she is not the problem in the Middle East.

To the Editor: Concerning the much-criticized tests called DriveAble, developed in Edmonton, Alberta, by married professors Allen R. Dobbs and Bonnie Dobbs, Nelson-Creston MLA Michelle Mungall’s April 19, 2012 column (“DriveAble leaves rural seniors at disadvantage”) offers a short introduction to this system. Among others, she states: “DriveAble was first introduced in B.C. in 2005, and then expanded from three to 17 centres in

2010. … Safe roads are paramount, and testing to keep our roads safe needs to be accessible, transparent and fair.” There is no doubt we need safe roads, but her statement appears to imply that the seniors are the problem, and testing them was the key to road safety.

However, the statistics present a very different picture. The Alberta Ministry of Transportation’s 2010 traffic collision statistics showed that per 1,000 licensed drivers involved in casualty collisions, ages 18-19 had 3.1 per cent of all collisions for males and 5.3 per cent for females; ages 20-24, males 8.1 per cent and females 13.3 per cent; ages 25-34, males 14 per cent and females 23 per cent; ages 35-44, males 10.8 per cent and females 17.8 per cent; ages 45-54, males 10.4 per cent and females 17 per cent; ages 55-64, males 6.9 per cent and females 10.6 per cent; and, age 65 and over, males 4.4 per cent and females 6.8 per cent.

The above percentages, with but minor adjustments are likely also valid for B.C., and show fairly accurately that drivers over 65 are not responsible for most collisions. Why then does DriveAble target them? Because DriveAble is a moneymaking racket, already into multimillion-dollar category, and will gladly prey on anyone, but specializes on 65-80 age group and over, who can’t effectively defend themselves. DriveAble is accused of being “poorly conceived, unsupported by current science, a violation of charter rights and tainted by conflict of interest” by the BC Retired Teachers’ Association. The efforts to improve accessibility are pointless; they will only bring more harm. Rather than a scientific breakthrough in public safety, we have a program based on outdated research, privatized, delegated to clerks and computers and outsourced to independent contractors.

The process is initiated by your family doctor, who shares your health information with the Office of the Superintendent of Motor Vehicles, which then asks you to have your cognitive abilities measured: “memory, attention span, reaction time, spatial judgment and/or decision-making.

DriveAble is the tool used to measure cognitive abilities as they relate to driving.” The test done in a doctor’s office consists of 1) a group of unrelated nouns 2) written groups of numbers and 3) a shopping list. These tests have been invented by professor Bonnie Dobbs, they take about 10 minutes and are seemingly organized to assure failure, and that delivers you to the next step — the screen test — invented by professor Allen Dobbs. This sequence unnoticeably secures the original purpose of the tests; the maximum returns for DriveAble Company. The nearest centres for the screen tests are Nelson or Cranbrook, your choice. The test “computer” has a touch screen and three buttons wherewith you indicate your selections. The test takes 30-45 minutes. The road test that follows later is also either in Nelson or Cranbrook, and it takes 30 minutes — in their car. If you have to repeat the tests, it is your responsibility, and costs over $170.

The Monash University in Melbourne, Australia, assessed the DriveAble screen test as third rate. The “cognitive” test in the doctor’s office, which has been lauded as scientifically proven, has not been validated by even one independent researcher. Regardless what our politicians in Victoria want us to believe, DriveAble is a dangerous experiment, conceived by a disoriented, cruel mind, and causing countless instances of harm to seniors.

Anton Skerbinc Boswell

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Five common mortgage questions answered

Through the years that I have worked in the field of lending there are certain questions that seem to come up a lot.

Here are the five most common questions I get when people call about mortgages:

card bills). Your TDS ratio should be no more than 40 per cent of your gross monthly income.

Keep in mind that these numbers are prescribed maximums and that you should strive for lower ratios for a more affordable lifestyle. Before falling in love with a potential new home, you may want to obtain a preapproved mortgage. This will help you stay within your price range and spend your time looking at homes you can reasonably afford.

Dean Bala 2. How much money do I need for a down payment?

The minimum down pay1. What’s the maximum mortgage ment required is five per cent of the amount for which I can qualify? purchase price of the home. And in To determine the amount for which order to avoid paying mortgage default you will qualify, there are two calcula- insurance, you need to have at least a 20 tions you’ll need to complete. The first is per cent down payment. In addition to your gross debt service (GDS) ratio. GDS the down payment, it’s recommended looks at your proposed new housing that you put aside at least 1.5 per cent of costs (mortgage payments, taxes, heat- the purchase price (in addition to the ing costs and 50 per cent of strata/condo down payment) strictly to cover closing fees, if applicable). Generally speaking, costs. Most lenders will require proof of this amount should be no more than 32 the down payment and closing costs per cent of your gross monthly income. before approving a mortgage. This 1.5 For example, if your gross monthly per cent is just a general figure which is income is $4,000, you should not be used to cover closing costs including: spending more than $1,280 in monthly property transfer tax, lawyer/notary, housing expenses. Second, you will need appraisal fee (in certain cases), title to calculate your total debt service (TDS) insurance, property taxes, HST (on cerratio. The TDS ratio measures your total tain purchases) and a home inspection. debt obligations (including housing 3. What happens if I don’t have the costs, loans, car payments and credit full down payment amount?

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There are programs available that enable you to use other forms of down payment, such as from your RRSPs, a cash-back product or a gift.

4. What happens if my credit score isn’t great?

The following are five steps you can use to help attain a speedy credit score boost: •Pay down credit cards. The number one way to increase your credit score is to pay down your credit cards so they’re below 70 per cent of your limits.

Revolving credit like credit cards seems to have a more significant impact on credit scores than car loans, lines of credit, and so on.

•Limit the use of credit cards.

Racking up a large amount and then paying it off in monthly instalments can hurt your credit score. If there is a balance at the end of the month, this affects your score — credit formulas don’t take into account the fact that you may have paid the balance off the next month.

•Check credit limits. If your lender is slower at reporting monthly transactions, this can have a significant impact on how other lenders view your file.

Ensure everything’s up to date as old bills that have been paid can come back to haunt you. Some financial institutions don’t even report your maximum limits. As such, the credit bureau is left to only use the balance that’s on hand.

The problem is, if you consistently charge the same amount each month — say $1,000 to $1,500 — it may appear to

the credit-scoring agencies that you’re regularly maxing out your cards. The best bet is to pay your balances down or off before your statement periods close.

•Keep old cards. Older credit is better credit. If you stop using older credit cards, the issuers may stop updating your accounts. As such, the cards can lose their weight in the credit formula and, therefore, may not be as valuable — even though you have had the cards for a long time. Use these cards periodically and then pay them off.

•Don’t let mistakes build up. Always dispute any mistakes or situations that may harm your score. If, for instance, a cellphone bill is incorrect and the company will not amend it, you can dispute this by making the credit bureau aware of the situation.

5. How much will my mortgage payments be?

Monthly mortgage payments vary based on several factors, including the size of your mortgage, whether you’re paying mortgage default insurance, your mortgage amortization, your interest rate and your frequency of making mortgage payments. You can view some useful calculators to find out your specific mortgage payments at www.dominionlending.ca/ mortgage-calculators.

Dean Bala is a mortgage broker and Realtor working out of the Creston Valley Realty office in Creston. For more information, he can be reached at 250 402-3903 or dean_bala@yahoo.com.

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Creston Valley Advance Thursday, March 7, 2013

INTERNATIONAL WOMEN’S DAY

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Budget fails Creston Valley violence victims

KOOTENAI COMMUNITY CENTRE SOCIETY

The 2013 B.C. budget has just been released, and again there are no increases provided for critical services that respond to violence against women and children throughout B.C. or in the Creston Valley.

Yet awareness of violence against women and children is rising and service delivery pressures are at an all time high.

Many reports make recommendations for change and increased funding; however, no new resources have been allocated in the government’s budget for safety and services for women and children. How many more need to die before we address this? These are preventable homicides. We do not live in a war torn, undeveloped country yet these tragedies continue.

“Concrete action is needed to prevent this senseless violence. The time for general statements of support and further study has passed,” says Ending Violence Association of BC executive director Tracy Porteous, “We need action and programs, not merely more committees, more reports, more plans and more summits”.

The Creston Valley is not immune to the devastation and trauma created as a result of domestic and sexual violence.

The non-profit agencies that provide services for the women and children who experience this abuse continue to see increased and unmanageable workloads.

Awareness is at an all time high and this is the first step to begin to eliminate or at least address some of the contributing factors.

As more women begin to seek services it is unconscionable that they are further systemically victimized as they face full shelters, lack of legal aid and family lawyers, unimaginable court backlogs and delays, and wait lists for Stopping the Violence Programs that provide support and counselling for women and children. The Creston Valley has many families facing these factors on a daily basis.

This is despite numerous coroner’s inquests and death review panels across North America that have identified that access to such services is critical to life-saving help for victims. These issues and facts have been studied to the literal death of too many women and children in this province.

The 2013 budget includes a $197 million dollar surplus. It also includes an added $5 million to address problem gambling and $52 million for increased RCMP costs including costs associated with gang activity. Yet there are no increases to ensure victims of domestic and sexual violence have access to important life-saving support services.

While the BC Government has spent significant resources on commissions of inquiry and justice reform initiatives, there are no funds in the budget to implement these and other report recommendations.

Examples of these reports include: Forsaken: The Report of the Missing Women Commission of Inquiry; B.C.’s Domestic Violence Death Review Panel report; Honoring Christian Lee; Kaitlyn, Max and Corydon; BC Policing and Community Safety Plan; family law reforms; and white papers on justice reforms.

There was some optimism as the B.C. government continued to provide the oversight of the representative for children and youth and added the Office of Domestic Violence last March.

Both these offices are responsible for monitoring, evaluating and regularly reporting progress as

well as consultation with stakeholders to support a co-ordinated, systemic approach to domestic violence.

The decade of reviewing and reporting seemed to be moving into a finale that would see some real change to this long unfunded sector. Sadly this budget proves otherwise.

If this wasn’t bad enough, last week also saw the introduction of

legislative changes to the Child, Family and Community Services Act, which were made without consulting front line service providers. Those that work in the trenches to assist victims of violence are predicting the changes will make it harder for women to ensure the safety of themselves and their children and create more barriers to life-saving services.

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Women are financial drivers For more than a century the financial services industry has focused on men as the primary target for individual insurance and retirement savings. The tide has changed as women have surpassed men in their educational careers. A Statistics Canada report from 2007 stated that 61.5 per cent of undergraduate degrees and 54.6 per cent of master's degrees are held by women. As a result, women have become the dominant economic force in our society.

According to Mike Aziz, vice president of sales at Desjardins Financial Security, women's purchasing power extends to all areas because they tend to control of most of these decisions for themselves, their families and other dependents. In fact, women influence: •91 per cent of home purchases;

•80 per cent of health spending; and •90 per cent of financial decisions.

Actually according to a study by the Boston Consulting Group, Canadian women control 67.2% of all household spending. That's a lot of purchasing power in our economy.

“What's interesting is that while many women today are able to assert their independence through their lifestyle and career choices, many still find personal financial planning to be very stressful,” said Janey Leslie, a certified financial planner with Desjardins Financial Security. "”Statistically, women live longer than men, they play a key role in family care-giving and decision-making, but they are often in a more vulnerable financial position. So, it's essential that women create a financial plan that can support their

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There will be a series of presentations with various gardening tips and local tricks. Footlighters will be giving sneak peeks of their production, the musical Annie, taking place the same weekend (and you get a chance to WIN tickets just by attending the trade show).

If your business or organization is not yet registered for the trade show, there is still time.

A quality consumer trade show like the Creston Valley Home and Garden Show is one of the most effective uses of your advertising and promotion dollar. It allows you to take advantage of many benefits that combined, are not offered in any other media: •the opportunity for buyer and seller to meet face to face; •potential buyers get a hands-on experience with your product or service; •a qualified audience with specific interests who attend the show to learn about products and services available; •the opportunity to reach people who are not ordinarily accessible to your business; and •a place where potential buyers can discuss their unique problems with your trained professionals.

Our job is to attract well-qualified attendees to the show, and 3,000 are expected this year!

Your job is to attract as many people as possible to your exhibit. This is accomplished by setting objectives, careful planning and followthrough. You may choose one or several of the following objectives to concentrate on: •to make sales; •to make initial contact with potential buyers; •to create an image for present and potential customers; •to introduce new or existing product or service; •to relate to the competition; or •to conduct market research.

To reserve your spot in the Creston Valley Home and Garden Show, stop by the chamber at 121 Northwest Blvd. or call 250-428-4342.

Jim Jacobsen is the executive director of the Creston Valley Chamber of Commerce.

together to share resources and promote the valley, “growing together” is the perfect philosophy for our community.

The Creston Valley Chamber of Commerce, on behalf of its membership, works with all these parties to improve the business climate and quality of living in the Creston Valley for residents, workers and visitors.

“A chamber of commerce is founded on the belief that people working together can achieve more than any of us can individually,” said Steve Leahy, former CEO and president of the Greater Seattle Chamber of Commerce. “Only by working together will we truly succeed in maintaining a quality community. Treat it as a long term investment.”

A great example of this philosophy is the upcoming Creston Valley Home and Garden Show on April 12 and 13 at the Creston and District Community Complex. The chamber of commerce has partnered with Home Hardware Building Centre, Columbia Basin Trust, the Creston Valley Quilters Guild, Footlighters Theatre Society, Beltane Nursery and the Creston Valley Food Action Coalition to put on the best trade show in the Kootenays.

We anticipate a sold-out show featuring over 70 different vendors. As always, there will be tons to see, do and buy. The grand prize is donated by Home Hardware. This year will also feature the Creston Valley quilt show and sale.

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Register online, at the College of the Rockies, or at the festival May 10.

Book early as some events are limited!

Donations welcome

Well, that was a busy weekend — another great Butterfly Bonspiel as well as the Creston Valley Figure Skating Club ice show on the other ice surface, not to mention a retirement party and a whack of birthday parties. There was a time not so long ago when both arenas

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were used for the bonspiel — way back when, we used to put in six additional sheets of curling ice on the hockey arena to accommodate the number of teams. In fact, we have heard tales of round the clock curling — could you imagine staggering on to the ice for a 3 a.m. draw? Of course those who got the draws on the hockey arena ice were often less than enthusiastic as it could be a totally different play than the ice in the curling centre. Face it, when you are flooding the ice to make curling

sheets and the water is flowing like Sanca Creek in the spring from the edges to the middle because of heaving, it tends to be slightly thicker on the outside.

In comparison, the curling ice tended to be about three-quarters to one inch thick and was a little more predictable than the hockey ice, which was probably crowding three inches thick on the sides. The flip side is that, I believe, the organizers had everyone moving around on all the rinks so you got the good with the not-so-good.

Anyway, the show always went on with lots of great stories created and I imagine some were generated at this last one, as well. I believe there was a total of 48 teams this year with 24 local and 24 from out of town, including a regular contingent of about five teams from the Coeur D’Alene/Spokane area. Of course when you start bringing in people from out of town, the economic ripples spread a little further than the community complex. These people are staying somewhere, eating something, fuelling up their vehicles and maybe even doing a bit of shopping, which really supports our local economy.

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Library celebrating International Women’s Day with National Film Board documentary

Please note that the NFB Film Club films are not necessarily added to the library’s collection. If you want to see a film please attend the screening at the library. Alternatively, most NFB Film Club features are available for viewing through its website (www.nfb.ca) for a small fee.

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In celebration of International Women’s Day the Creston and District Public Library presents the National Film Board of Canada feature documentary, Status Quo? The Unfinished Business of Feminism in Canada on March 14.

International Women’s Day has been observed since the early 1900s, a time of great expansion and turbulence in the industrialized world that saw booming population growth and the rise of radical ideologies. Since its birth in the socialist movement, International Women’s Day has grown to become a global day of recognition and celebration across developed and developing countries alike.

Annually on March 8, thousands of events are held throughout the world to inspire women and celebrate achievements. A global web of rich and diverse local activity connects women from all around the world ranging from political rallies, business conferences, government activities and networking events through to local women’s craft markets, theatrical performances, fashion parades and more.

Feminism has shaped the society we live in. But just how far has it brought us, and how relevant is it today? In comprehensive and clearminded fashion the film zeroes in on key current concerns such as violence against women, reproductive rights,

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and universal childcare, asking how much progress we have truly made on these issues. Rich with archival material and startling contemporary stories, Status Quo uncovers answers that are provocative and at times shocking.

Archival and recent interviewees include Adrienne Clarkson, Henry Morgentaler and a number of prominent politicians and feminist thinkers.

Not surprisingly, this look at the history of the women’s movement in Canada concludes that the struggle is even greater today, at a time when government concern over economic challenges seems to take precedence over progressive social issues.

Touted by the NFB as “crucial viewing for every Canadian”, Status

Quo is being presented at more than 60 grassroots community screenings across Canada, by the YWCA, the Canadian Federation of University Women, Cinema Politica and the NFB’s Film Club in partner public libraries.

Status Quo will be preceded by the animated short, An Artist, a story of a young girl who manages to develop her musical talent without the knowledge of her family.

See Status Quo and An Artist at the library at 7 p.m. March 14. Admission is free and running time is 90 minutes.

Seating is limited. For more information on this and upcoming NFB Film Club documentaries, please call the library at 250-428-4141.

Leisure guide offers fresh programs From page 12 By now, our spring leisure guide is on the Internet at www.rdck.bc.ca/ creston, with a fresh batch of programs as well as old favourites. The paper version of the guide will be here shortly, as well, so come and grab a copy when you get the chance. Lots of summer camps for youth are happening — these just get more and more popular each year so we keep adding to meet the demand. Experience has shown us that parents or grandparents tend to prefer the one-week type of camp because they can then do the camping thing or swim lessons or get the kids back out weeding the garden for the rest of the summer. I also see we have a

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“Kids in the Kitchen” course during April, at which Karin Ritter will show the little dudes and dudettes how to create some of their favourite foods, as well as using healthy alternative ingredients. Karin also has a German cooking class for adults in April preparing schnitzel, spaetzle and kartoffelsalat, as well as several other foods I can’t pronounce. Man, I should not be describing this before lunch — I’d walk a mile for a spaetzle.

We have Zumba, both wet and dry, as well as line dancing and a couple levels of belly dancing (which is good, because I have a couple levels of belly). We have also really noticed a marked increase in hours booked with

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our three personal trainers, who will develop a specific program based on your wants or needs in the health and fitness. It’s interesting — the usual New Year’s resolutionists never really dropped off this year as they usually do; in fact, we see some increases in numbers, which indicates a change of attitude towards personal health and fitness. Did we have something to do with that? Let’s see... fantastic staff who are encouraging, knowledgeable and passionate about what they teach.

Hmmm, we’ll take a bit of the credit.

Have a great week!

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

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Society presenting Ballet Kelowna’s Passages CRESTON CONCERT SOCIETY

On March 9, be moved! You won’t want to miss the magnificent Ballet Kelowna, the next performance presented by Creston Concert Society. This wonderful ensemble, whose mission it is to inspire, educate and entertain through the energy and artistry of ballet, captures the entertainment interest of all members of the family.

Ballet Kelowna, which has performed to sold out audiences, enhances the image of ballet, making the art form more inviting, fun and personally meaningful. You must take advantage of this brilliant ensemble; sadly, Ballet Kelowna has recently made news that it may be ending its very exciting 10-year run due to lack of support for the arts.

Ballet Kelowna was incorporated in 2002 as the Kelowna Ballet Society, and gave its first performances in the fall of 2003. Its genesis was due to the strong leadership of many, including founding artistic director David LaHay. LaHay has enjoyed a long and successful career as principal dancer with Les Grands Ballets Canadiens and as guest artist with the Royal Swedish Ballet, the Alberta Ballet and the Cuban International Dance Festival. As a performer, his many classical roles included Albrecht (Giselle), Prince Seigfried (Swan Lake), the Poet (Les Sylphides) and the Cavalier (the Nutcracker), as well as many neo-classical, contemporary and modern works

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by such renowned choreographers as George Balanchine and Brian Macdonald.

LaHay has taught master classes and has been ballet master for Les Grands Ballets Canadiens, the Ottawa Ballet and the Alberta Ballet, as well as guest ballet master for Sweden’s the Gotheburg Ballet;

his extensive teaching affiliations include Les Ballets Jazz de Montreal, the Vancouver Ballet Society, the Banff Centre Summer Dance Program and the Canadian School of Ballet. He has choreographed many original works and staged works from the classical repertoire, as well as contemporary ballets by

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Canadian choreographers to wide public and critical acclaim. His 11 original choreographies for Ballet Kelowna include Bolero, Donizetti Dances, Five for Frank, In Arden Woods, Liebeslieder Waltzes, Romanza, and Romeo and Juliet Appassionata.

Ballet Kelowna enjoys a widespread reputation documented through many critical reviews from regional media that laud the breathtaking beauty and excellence of the company, which performs high quality dance in intimate settings, making ballet accessible to audiences throughout B.C. and beyond. It continues to launch the careers of aspiring professional Canadian dancers by employing six talented dancers for 36 weeks per year to train, rehearse and perform a diverse repertoire of classical and innovative dance. Because of the excellent training and experience Ballet Kelowna dancers receive, several have gone on to be scouted and hired by the Alberta Ballet, Ballet British Columbia, Ballet Jörgen, National Ballet of Canada, Royal Winnipeg Ballet and others.

Ballet Kelowna has also proved inspirational to future generations of dancers and audiences by presenting fun educational programs to primary through secondary school children, introducing 1,600 students annually to this art form and demystifying ballet. For the majority, this is their first experience of ballet, giving them an education and appreciation for the discipline, athleticism, and dedication that is required in this performing art. Ballet Kelowna has produced Kelowna Dances and Penticton Dances to showcase the talent of all dance students participating in local dance programs.

Passages, this year’s repetoire, requires no actual passport as Ballet Kelowna exudes artistic excellence with a performance that takes us on a journey through Spain, Russia, England and then home to Canada. Our trip begins in Spain with the pas de trois from Paquita, a story of a beautiful gypsy girl who falls in love with a French nobleman and a clash of social classes, and then to England and Journey out of Darkness, a performance that moves us from sorrow to hope, loss to salvation. Britain also brings a touch of whimsy with Five for Frank, choreographed by LaHay. Our journey ends in Canada with a reprisal of Double Variations, the co-choreographed work by two of Vancouver’s most dynamic talents, Simone Orlando and Joe Laughlin.

Ballet Kelowna is breathtakingly bold and beautiful, captivating audiences with a mosaic of classical and contemporary dance. Its performances are intimate and carefully crafted and captivates audiences through the movement of dance. The power, grace, beauty and athleticism of the dancers is only achieved through dedication, hard work and a driving commitment to be excellent. Please don’t miss this exciting and inspiring performance; it may, but hopefully won’t, be a last opportunity to enjoy Ballet Kelowna.

The March 9 performance begins at 7:30 p.m. at the Prince Charles Theatre. Tickets are $22 for adults and $10 for students in advance at Black Bear Books, or $25 and $12 at the door. For more information, email info@crestonconcertsociety.ca or like “Creston Concert Society” on Facebook and keep up to date on upcoming shows and music news.

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Creston judokas bring home 12 medals from Fernie tournament CRESTON JUDO CLUB

On Jan. 26, 13 competitors from the Creston Judo Club travelled to the 27th annual Fernie judo competition. Also attending the tournament were teams from Invermere, Lethbridge, Raymond and Salmo.

All of the Creston competitors did very well and the Creston team came away with four gold, seven silver and one bronze medal, earned by Adam Hansen (silver), Nolen Asleson (silver), Kyle Qualtieri (gold and bronze), Justin Juurlink (gold), Joseph Albert (silver), Brae Booth (silver), Kaydon Booth (silver), Kaeden Rendek (gold), Leelen Samuelson (gold and silver) and Kim Francoeur (silver).

The Creston team also competed in the team competition where each

judo club provides five of their best fighters to compete for the prestigious Fernie Challenge Cup. Competing for the Creston team were Hansen, Brae Booth, Sidney Leclerc, Qualtieri and Rendek. Creston won the matches against its Alberta counterparts but unfortunately lost the gold medal match to Salmo. The team was still very pleased with their silver medal and hopes to equal that or do better in next year’s competition.

The team appreciates the efforts of senseis Ben Reinhardt, Munroe Albert and Leelen Samuelson for their patience and guidance, as well as preparing the team for this competition, and the parents who took the time to travel to Fernie, support the team and cheer on the Creston competitors.

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The Prince Charles Secondary School junior boys basketball team placed second in the East Kootenay.

PCSS junior boys place second in East Kootenay

PRINCE CHARLES SECONDARY SCHOOL

The Prince Charles Secondary School junior boys and girls basketball teams finished off their seasons on the weekend at the East Kootenay championships.

The boys finished second overall. They defeated Fernie and Selkirk (Kimberley) 58-43 and lost to

David Thompson (Invermere) in the final 66-61.

The girls played in Jaffray and finished sixth overall. They lost to Selkirk (Kimberley), defeated Fernie 36-25 and lost to David Thompson 43-41.

PCSS extends its appreciation to coaches Lyndi Gerlinsky, Tara Sandoval, Rob Simpson and Rick Czar.

BORDERLINE BOWLING Feb. 8-14 Sunday Mixed: Ladies’ single-triple: Marlene McGunigle, 228-577.

Men’s single-triple: Bill Drefko, 304-740. POA: Gary Edwards, 91.

Monday Golden Age: Ladies’ single: Maddie Loehndorf, 188. Ladies’ triple: Florence Messinger, 473. Men’s single-triple: Larry Vandebogart, 184-477.

POA: Ric Little, 45.

Monday Ladies: Singletriple: Gin Bergman, 261-642. POA: Tamara Romana, 91.

Wednesday Matinee: Ladies’ single-triple: Sara Childs, 228-570.

Men’s single-triple: Cameron Mitchell, 299731. POA: Jessie Kemp, 79.

Wednesday Mixed: Ladies’ single-triple: Gin Bergman, 266-742.

Men’s single: Kevin Viers, 294. Men’s triple: Andy Ahlefeld, 731.

POA: Bergman, 91.

Thursday Golden Age: Ladies’ single: Liz Bryans, 236. Ladies’ tri-

ple: Eleanor Vandebogart, 555. Men’s single: Ralph McGunigle, 309. Men’s triple: Earl Ambrose, 886. POA: Ambrose, 274.

Youth Bowling Dinos: Girls’ single: Cassidy Wood, 75.

Jets: Boys’ single-double: Oakley Aklefeld, 110-213.

Juniors: Boys’ singletriple: Gregory Viers, 196-465.

Bantams: Girls’ singletriple: Keda Ahlefeld, 101-244. Boys’ singletriple: Jackson Barker, 137-377. POA: Barker, 65.

Seniors: Girls’ single-triple: Kelsey Speiss, 230503. Boys’ single-triple: Dakota Maatz, 217-538.

POA: Maatz, 94.

Special Olympics Three Games: Ladies’ single-triple: Kathy Schmidt, 204-514.

Men’s single-triple: Robert Ganser, 226614. POA: Dallan Ellerby, 114.

Two Games: Ladies’ single: Audrey Kiss, 132. Ladies’ double: Janice Androsoff, 235.

Men’s single: Morgan Fleck, 151. Men’s double: Gen Olson, 265.

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Creston Duplicate Bridge Club Jan. 16: First: Verne Warwick, Ralph Stone; second: Ann Lees, Marian Smandych.

Jan. 17: North/South: First: Alexandra Heal, Robert Purdy; second: Joan Fahselt, Louise Catherall. East/West: Verne Warwick, Ralph Stone; second: Patricia Downie, Vern Ronmark.

Jan. 18: First: Alexandra Heal, Lou Beduz; second: Hennie Webster, Syd Chihonik.

Jan. 21: First: Ted Heal, Alexandra Heal; second: Verne Warwick, Ralph Stone.

Jan. 22: North/South: First: Marilyn Goertz, Claudia Huber; second: Mike Stutter and Marion Nygren. East/ West: First: Bill Reid, Margaret Roy; second: Eric and Valerie Halliday.

Jan. 23: First: Joan Fahselt, Louis Beduz; second: Verne Warwick, Ralph W. Stone.

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Golf club pro Randy Panton Peewee Chiefs win retiring after 29 years East Kootenay zone

BY PHIL THOMAS

If you happen to be over in Belgium, biking along a canal path near his floating hotel barge on your way to Paris, look out for a familiar wide smile this spring. For the first time in 29 years, Randy Panton will not be in the pro shop of Creston Golf Club.

Born and raised in Trail, Panton showed early leadership qualities, captaining the golf teams of J. L. Crowe Secondary School and Selkirk College. After gaining experience as an assistant in Rossland-Trail Country Club and Grande Prairie Golf and Country Club, he came to Creston highly recommended, foresaw the growth potential in the nine-hole course and welcomed the opportunity to grow with our club.

In his first year, he had no permanent staff, but after hiring Cherie Baker in 1987, he played on the Canadian tour to supplement his income. He was the top B.C. professional three times at the Canadian Club Professional Championship. He set four course and tournament records including a personal best 62 (10 under par) in competition. He coached players to four different provincial championship titles —amateur, junior, junior match play and Professional Golf Association of BC. In 2002, he was the PGA of BC junior promoter of the year.

In the 1990s, he hired Garth Baulkham, one of the many assistants who helped make the pro shop, one of the most pleasant and efficient in B.C. Another of his strengths was his promotion of the club. He initiated the Kootenay Trail concept and built the club’s website with outstanding photography, along with colorful advice to enable visitors to prepare for and remember their rounds.

Enjoy your retirement, Randy. Thanks for your dedication in helping make our club one of the best in the province.

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The Creston Valley Minor Hockey Association’s peewee Chiefs were on the road on Friday in Kimberley for zone game 2 versus Cranbrook. The Chiefs were victorious 5-1 and with the win they should have better seeding for the Tier 3 peewee provincials to be held in Creston from March 17-22.

The locals opened the scoring with 9:17 left in the first period, with Ty Gudjonson scoring, assisted by Davis Nelson. Cranbrook would tie with a power-play goal midway through the second with the Chiefs down two men. After the break, the Chiefs had a chance to regroup and refocus and it paid off when Logan Rast, assisted by Shayne Walker, gave the team a lead late in the second frame.

The coaches challenged some of the forwards to step up their offensive game and they responded with a solid second half, started to move their feet and be more aggressive on the puck. Gudjonson would make it 3-1 unassisted at 18:39 into the third, and Brayden Jellis, assisted by Serge

Chatwin and Nelson, and Gudjonson netting a hat trick goal, assisted by Chatwin, late in the third would round out the scoring.

The Chiefs played a great road game and took care of business as they have done all year. The team has been playing a well-structured and disciplined game, the key to having success in a couple of weeks. Between now and then, the team has two weeks of practices and time to get healthy and heal from some injuries after a lot of hockey in the last month.

The Chiefs have ended the year with 28 wins, six losses and two ties, and now move on to the big challenge of provincial hockey on home ice. The team has second-year players who have experience from last year’s trip to Quesnel, and those players and coaches now know what it takes at the championship level — hopefully that helps when play starts on March 17. Creston’s goal is to get in the final four semis and see what happens. Creston is hosting 10 other teams from across B.C. and the Yukon, and the team is really excited and looking forward to the challenge ahead.

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TROPHY TAKERS — The best of 48 teams competing, a Kimberley/Cranbrook rink

took home the A event trophy at the Creston Curling Centre’s annual Butterfly Bonspiel.

(From left) Skip Dave Parker, third Todd Pellerin, second Jeff Langin and lead Gregg Huculak received the trophy sponsored by the Interior Brewery Workers Local 308 from Leigh Walker. Creston’s Kriese rink placed second, followed by Trail’s Thorimbert (third) and Beauchamp (fourth) rinks.

Three of four B event winners, from Castlegar, were on the team that earned the same trophy last year. (From left) Third Stew Higgins, lead Paul Semenoff, second Terry Kryczka and skip Myon Nichol accepted the trophy on Sunday afternoon from Falkins Insurance Group’s Charlene Everitt. They were followed in the rankings by Creston Haberstock team (second), Creston’s Olsen team (third) and the Chapman team (fourth).

A Creston team won the C event trophy. (From left) Lead Hans Bissig, second Tom Morris, third Paul Meekes and skip Chris Ducharme received the Creston and District Credit Union trophy from Jim Stewart. They finished ahead of Creston’s Eddy (second) and Samuelson (third) teams, and Trail’s Albo team (fourth).

Creston players also took home the D event trophy, with (from left) lead Jim Reid, second Bryan Smithson, third Doug Thompson and skip Doug Hannah accepting the Nufloors trophy from Randy Samuelson. Castlegar’s Morehouse (second), Creston’s Terrill and Trail’s Marsh (fourth) teams brought up the rear in that event.

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Two Kootenay families linked by a war correspondent’s battlefield dispatch have made contact for the first time in almost 70 years.

Nelson’s Ron Cox, 92, was astonished to receive a letter early last month from the sister of Lt. Denis Huscroft, with whom he served on a dangerous mission during the Second World War. On Remembrance Day, the Nelson Star profiled Cox, who stormed the beach at Normandy with the Canadian Scottish Regiment and also figured in a 1945 Star Weekly article by journalist Matthew Halton. It chronicled the attempted capture of a prisoner from behind enemy lines at Little Tobruk, Holland. It was, Halton wrote, “Nothing titanic or historic — just another patrol,” but demonstrated how a few young Canadians did their duty “brilliantly and bravely.”

Huscroft, a young Creston Valley man who’d just received word he had a three-day-old son named George, led the way. During a three-hour reconnaissance, he and Cox saw several machine gun posts surrounded by mortar and decided it was impossible to safely snatch a prisoner. They reported back, but the officer in charge told them to try again. Huscroft protested, “I don’t know how anybody could get in there, sir. Only one opening through the dike and in that moonlight we’re a sitting duck.”

But the colonel was adamant, so Huscroft relented. “Okay, sir, I will go again, but the men are done in. If I can have fresh men ...”

The colonel agreed, but asked “Will Cox go with you again?”

“There was a painful silence then as we waited for Cox to speak,” Halton wrote. “At last Cox said ‘I’ll go with you, sir, I’m all right.’ The tension seemed to snap and Huscroft turned to Cox almost eagerly. ‘You mean you will come with me and have another spit at it?’ And slowly, Cox replied, ‘Sure I’ll come again.’ They looked at each other, the lieutenant and the corporal, two brave men, friends. It was like a film.”

Joining them was a “remarkable little sergeant from another regiment,” Cpl. Ian Sutherland of Calgary. Huscroft led the patrol along the dykes to the German strongpoint, and then the three men went in by themselves, a “great feat of nerve and skill.”

Four hours passed. The trio was trying to find a way to attack one of the machine gun posts when they were spotted, and 500 artillery men who’d waited all night to help the patrol unleashed their might. “Thousands of bullets from everywhere ... turned the silent night into bedlam,” Halton wrote.

“Huscroft and Sutherland and Cox had to get out, and they’ll never know how they got out alive.”

“Believe me,” Huscroft said, “I was sure thinking of Little George right then.”

Huscroft’s youngest sister Muriel Lasuta, who lives in Sechelt, saw the Star’s story online and sent a letter to Cox that read, in part, “In the past, as I re-read Mr. Halton’s article, I often thought about Denis and wondered about his two companions on that infamous patrol and if they survived the war. Now I know that you did and am so glad. All of you were indeed heroes.”

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In late 1946, their mother married James Hulme, a returned soldier, and had two other children.

She died four years ago.

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George Huscroft (left) and Reg Cox met for the first time last month.

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From page 20 “It’s quite a letter,” Cox says.

“Right out of the blue.”

“A real surprise,” his wife Sheila concurs. “I couldn’t believe it. It’s amazing.”

A SOLDIER’S SOLDIER Born Jan. 22, 1924, Denis George Morris Huscroft was the second of George and Doris Huscroft’s four children. Raised in Wynndel, he showed great promise from an early age.

“Although only six years separated us, I regarded my only brother with a respect bordering on awe,” says Lasuta, 83. “Through my young eyes he could do everything and do it well. And now as I look back on his life from the vantage point of maturity, I marvel still at his character.”

Denis was smart, athletic, and always busy, she recalls. He was on the national honour society, a crack shot with a rifle, and caught trout for the family’s breakfast on early morning visits to Duck Creek. He built bobsleds, skied the steep hill behind their house, and earned awards in school track meets. He was also an excellent swimmer, fine basketball player, and took up boxing in the army.

When Muriel was seven, Denis made her a doll house for Christmas, complete with hand-crafted furniture and electric lights. He also trapped rabbits and squirrels, tanned the skins, and gave the finished product to elder sister Nesta to trim her doll clothes.

Nesta, 90, of Tigard, Ore., says she and Denis were very close: “Mama used to tell us that when we were small, everything one did, the other did. It was always us. Not me, not I, us.”

At 16, Denis fibbed about his age and enlisted. He finished his education in the army and quickly rose to captain, making him one of the country’s youngest commissioned officers. However, at his request, his rank reverted to lieutenant, ensuring he’d see action overseas — although it also meant he couldn’t refuse assignments such as Little Tobruk.

Inspired by her brother, Nesta left college and joined the air force.

Denis visited when she was stationed in Lethbridge.

“We got together as much as we could. He always wrote to me. I kept every letter.”

One of those letters described a close call in the Aleutian Islands,

where he was nearly blown up by a land mine.

In November 1942, Denis married Grace Anne Barrett, whom he met in Calgary while serving with the Rocky Mountain Rangers. He confessed on their wedding day that he was two years younger than her.

“I remember his buddy writing to my mother and saying Denis was young but his men looked up to him because nobody would have ever thought of his young years,” Muriel says. “He didn’t look it and didn’t act it. He was a soldier’s soldier.”

FAMILY’S GRIEF Denis brought Grace and baby Shirley Anne to stay with his family in Wynndel when he went overseas — she was then pregnant with “Little George” but didn’t know it yet. (From the incident at Little Tobruk, Denis salvaged a nylon parachute that his mother turned into a christening dress for George.)

On April 21, 1945, Denis was with the Canadian Scottish 21st D Company as they pushed their offensive through Wagenborgen, a village in northeastern Holland.

But with strong defensive positions and plenty of firepower, the Germans devastated the Can Scots’ lead platoon. When artillery fire struck the barn that was the company’s makeshift headquarters, Denis was among three men killed.

He was 21.

The family received a telegram that he was missing in action, and a few days later, confirmation of his death. It cast a pall over them, with only weeks left in the war.

“It just tore the family apart that Denis didn’t come home,” says Nesta. “It was so hard to understand. Everyone was celebrating [the war’s end], but we weren’t.”

Denis’s personal effects were sent to their mother, “and when she saw them, it hit her really bad.”

“It killed my father,” Muriel adds. “He couldn’t get over it.”

George Huscroft died in 1947, at the age of 53.

The exact circumstances of Denis’s death are a bit hazy. A colleague offered to provide details, but his wife declined. However, Nesta wrote to her brother’s commander: “He told me Denis was shot by a sniper. He ran out to his jeep — I don’t know why.”

Denis died without ever meeting his son. Now 68, George still lives in Creston, where the Huscroft name is prominent, while his sister Shirley, 69, is on Vancouver Island.

SEEDS OF GREATNESS In 1970, Muriel and husband Paul, a veteran himself, visited Denis’s grave at the Canadian military cemetery in Holten. They also went to the farm in Wagenborgen where her brother died, but opted not to view the rebuilt barn.

Muriel took with her a book about the Canadian Scottish, and presented it to the family that owned the farm. They recounted the battle for her.

Other Huscroft family members, including Nesta and both of Denis’s children, have since visited his grave.

“It’s a beautiful place,” Nesta says. “I’m glad I saw it because I know it would be where Denis wanted.”

Nesta’s son and George’s son were both named after him.

“I still miss him,” she says. “I still get emotional talking about him.”

She plans to pass her brother’s letters on to George, though she hasn’t yet brought herself to re-read them.

“His lifetime was short and eventful and I believe he had within him the seeds of greatness,” Muriel says. “For those who knew and loved him he left profound and lasting memories.”

The skirmish at Little Tobruk, celebrated in the Star Weekly article, was the last time Ron Cox saw Denis Huscroft, who soon transferred to another unit. Cox knew of Huscroft’s sad fate and even visited his grave in 2005, but was never in touch with his family. He doesn’t know what became of Sutherland, the third man named in the article.

Cox’s daughter replied to Muriel Lesuta’s letter, while George Huscroft recently visited Cox — a reunion of sorts for two men who had never met.

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Former Kokanee Springs manager running for Liberals in Nelson-Creston riding

BY GREG NESTEROFF and KIRSTEN HILDEBRAND Nelson Star

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Greg Garbula will run for the Liberals in the May provincial election.

Nelson-Creston Liberals have given Greg Garbula the official nod to represent the party for the election slated for May 14.

Nominated at a meeting held Feb. 18, the former vice-president and general manager of the Kokanee Springs Golf Resort enters the ring with NDP candidate Michelle Mungall and Green Party hopeful Sjeng Derkx.

Garbula, who lives in Nelson and Crawford Bay, said in an interview he’s spent the last three months thinking about running.

He left his position as general manager and vice-president of operations of the East Shore golf course last October.

“I took a few months off, and everyone kept saying, ‘You should be doing this.’ I thought long and hard and here I am,” he says.

Garbula has served on different boards, but this is his first crack at politics.

“As a manager and businessman I’ve always struggled with the amount of representation we’ve

been getting, especially lately.

We’re not getting enough strengthened presence in Victoria. I think we’re being under-represented.

“We’re not talking to communities well enough. We’re not talking to the city councils and mayors, and helping their causes as well as we should.”

Garbula believes communities across the region are looking for new leadership in the riding.

“Our riding needs an MLA who will help grow our local economy,” said Garbula. “We don’t need an MLA that stands on the sidelines – we need someone who will dig in and fight for a stronger economy.”

Garbula said he is one of many businesspeople who want to see more economic growth in the region.

“We’re not progressing to the potential of the region. How can we help with transportation, tourism, different areas that need to be pursued?”

Garbula is impressed with a renewal taking place with today’s BC Liberals, citing the BC Prosperity Fund as an example.

Similar to Alberta’s Heritage Fund, the B.C. fund would capi-

talize on future natural gas development as announced in the government’s throne speech this week.

“Under Premier Christy Clark, B.C. is headed in the right direction,” said Garbula.

He has lived in Nelson for about five years, although he and his wife still have a home in Crawford Bay. They have a son, 25, and two daughters, 17 and 15.

He spent 15 years with Kokanee Springs and 18 years before that at Canadian Pacific hotels in Banff, Jasper and Lake Louise.

“Hospitality is very much like politics,” he said. “You take care of your customers. You listen and react and do what needs to be done.”

In the 2009 election, New Democrat Mungall easily defeated Liberal Josh Smienk, but Garbula predicted a closer race this time.

“I wouldn’t be standing here if I didn’t think so. I think a silent majority is looking to have a better economic community. If we can get those people to make their voices heard, I think we have a real good opportunity.”

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… The former Creston Lady Curlers for the thank you! It was a pleasure to see and visit with you all. … Jason Deatherage for the great first aid kit. … Rick Czar for coaching high school basketball. … John and Sandy Hopcraft for joining us for the Guide Scout celebration. We really enjoyed your stories. … Gary Edwards for reliable paper delivery over the years. … Emmett Maguire for turning 100 years old March 14!! … Lorne Mann for so generously giving his time and support to PCSS students, who need official documents to travel internationally on Spring Break. Not the first time, either! … Pyramid Building Supplies for putting up ‘STOP BULLYING’ on your sign for ‘Pink Day’ on Feb 27. Hopefully other businesses will follow your lead. … Christine Munkerud for a well written article “A voice of experience” in the Feb 21 Creston Valley Advance. … Home Hardware, Tim Hortons, Gleaners, Shukins, Harvest Share for all the yummy donations for our CLES Breakfast Program! … To everyone who contributed to the Canyon School penny drive - so far we have raised enough for 7 people to have water for life!

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

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July 20, 1984 ~ Feb 16, 2013 Nicole passed away suddenly in her sleep in Creston, BC on February 16, 2013 at the age of 28.

Nicole Ann Trainor was born in Creston, BC on July 20, 19 4. She was the Àrst child of Larry David Trainor (Creston) and Robin Fay Trainor (Spokane). She was the eldest, then came her sister Heather Elizabeth (1986) and the youngest sibling John Lawrence Trainor (1988). She also has a half brother Jeremy in Ontario.

She attended Erickson, Adam Robertson and PCSS schools, and spent a season at College of the Rockies while living with her Aunt Linda.

As a youngster Nicole had great fun spending time at Grama McMahon's playing dress-up, singing and dancing with siblings and cousins, camping and swimming at Garland Bay, sometimes with her dad who was a good cook! She also spent time with Great Grama Esther in Yahk.

One camping day, Grama spotted Nicole (5) and her cousins up a high cliff, Nicole in the lead, of course. Grama called to them (with her à yswatter in hand) and told them to come back. They all got a swat on the seat and were relegated to the tents. Many years later, they would all laugh about the incident, and the fact that the swat from Grama didn’t hurt! In her late teens Nicole even hiked up Mt. Baker outside Cranbrook.

Nicole eventually met Fred Martineau.

They travelled a lot through BC and Alberta, settling back in BC and had three handsome sons. Fred and the ...children Brandon Joseph (7), Jordan

David (6), and Michael John (4) still reside in Creston in the care of their family, including Fred’s mother Lori and grandmother Jo. Nicole adored her children and would spend a great deal of time with them, cooking and doing crafts. She would spend hours reading to them. Her love also extended to her siblings' children as well. Gardening was another favorite pastime and she enjoyed involving the children in all that she did.

Nicole Ann is survived by Robin Lloyd of Spokane; her three sons; sister Heather Trainor and brother John Trainor of Creston; older half brother Jeremy in Ontario; grama Betty McMahon, aunts Linda (Larry) Young and Kathy (Allan) Stace-Smith from Creston; aunt Brenda Trainor from Kelowna; grama Sally, aunts Rita and Ann, and an uncle (US); two nieces and a nephew and numerous cousins and friends; Rocky (Vancouver), Fred’s family, grama Lori, great grama Jo and great-great-grama Helen, uncles Wesley, Andy and Moe and great uncle Larry.

Nicole was predeceased by her father Larry David Trainor (2005), grampa Lawrence Trainor, stepgrampa Charles McMahon (2003) and great-grama Esther Grafenauer (2004).

A Memorial Service was held for Nicole at G.F. Oliver Funeral Chapel on Friday, February 22 at 3:00 pm.

The Service was conducted

by Rev. H. Haverstock.

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Alexander Joseph (Alex) Horvath August 24, 1937 ~ February 23, 2013

Alex passed away peacefully in Cranbrook, BC at the age of 75, surrounded by his family He was born and raised in Milk River, AB. He married Ruth Russell in December of 1960 in Calgary, AB. Alex worked in construction for many years. Operating heavy equipment and grading roads was his passion.

He worked on many Calgary streets, roads and the airport. In 1971, he moved his young family to Canyon, BC, where he began his grader business. He worked on many logging roads in the area and his Ànished product was appreciated by the local truck drivers.

Alex is survived by his wife Ruth and four children, Brenda (Russell) Retzlaff, Arlene (Terry) <oshikawa, :ayne (Carmen), and Roger (.aren) Ă&#x20AC;ve grandchildren: Tamara, Brett, Mika, Sarah and Riley; and his sister Susan (Lethbridge, AB).

He was predeceased by his mother, father, three sisters and three brothers.

A Private Family Memorial Service was held on February 28, 2013.

Any friends wishing to make a memorial contribution may do so to the Canadian Cancer Society c/o Bambrick & Associates, P. O. Box 999, Creston, BC, V0B 1G0 or to the charity of the donorâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s choice.

Fay Georgina Mary Burden (nee Huggett) May 16, 1935 ~ February 13, 2013

Fay Georgina Mary Burden died peacefully in her sleep at the Creston Valley Hospital in the early hours of February 13, 2013.

Fay was born on May 16, 1935 in Ashford, Kent, (ngland and lived in Hamstreet, Kent for the Ă&#x20AC;rst eighteen years of her life. She then lived brieĂ y on the island of Malta, where she was married to Jack Burden, before moving back to England. In 1964, she and her husband and two children immigrated to Red Deer, AB, Canada. They later lived in Rossland, BC before moving to Elkford, BC and then retiring to Creston, BC. Fay loved to sing and had a natural ability to do so.

She sang in the church. She sang in concert. She had professional training as a singer and as a teenager she made a recording that was pressed into a 45 rpm record. She encouraged her children and grandchildren to sing and play music.

Fay was also active in the church and in the Girl Guides of Canada and became district commissioner of Girl Guides for a period of time. She was a loving mother and grandmother and a devoted wife.

Fay was predeceased by her husband, Jack Burden; her father George Huggett and her mother Eleanor Huggett.

She will be lovingly remembered by her son Jonathan Burden (Jane, Holly, Saul, Aszjeca and Siarrah) and her daughter Lorraine Leduc (Don, Doug, Val, Ryan, Annaka, Lorissa, Kara, Michael, Sam, Jace and Melody (Colin)).

Fay will be sadly missed.

A Memorial Funeral Service was held Saturday, March 2, 2013 at Christ Church Anglican with 5ev. 5obin 5uder Celi] ofĂ&#x20AC;ciating.

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Many Thanks The family of Nicole Trainor is very grateful to those who attended the Memorial Service.

Also thank you for all the food, cards, phone calls, ďŹ&#x201A;owers and donations.

Nicole was a very special young lady who was ďŹ lled with such love â&#x20AC;&#x201C; especially for her children.

She will be deeply missed.

Thank you from Betty McMahon, Heather and John Trainor and the family.

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Sturgeon not spawning where eggs can survive

BY SALLY MacDONALD Cranbrook Daily Townsman

Scientists are still holding out hope for the endangered Kootenay white sturgeon after a three-year U.S. experiment failed to draw the fish upstream to where they could successfully spawn.

The largest freshwater fish in North America, white sturgeon can grow to 12 feet in length and weigh up to 1,000 pounds in their 100-year life span.

With an estimated 1,000 wild adult fish remaining, the Kootenay white sturgeon was listed as endangered in Canada in 2003, after nine years on the U.S. endangered list.

Wild sturgeon are found in Montana, Idaho and B.C. and they spawn downstream of Montana’s Kootenai Falls and Montana’s Libby Dam on Koocanusa reservoir.

The fish, which don’t begin reproducing until about age 30, have been in decline since the 1950s.

“Although they were potentially declining in the late ‘50s and early ‘60s, they were still reproducing, they just weren’t producing as large a year class.

The last year class produced naturally was in 1974,” said Jason Flory, fish and wildlife biologist with the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service in Spokane, Washington.

In 2008, biologists began spilling up to 35,000 cubic feet of water from Libby Dam into the Kootenay River each spring, timed to coincide with the sturgeon’s urge to spawn. The idea was to mimic the spring freshet the sturgeon experienced before construction of the dam began in 1965 under the Columbia River Treaty.

“The intent was to coax the sturgeon to migrate upstream to spawn,” said Flory.

After three years of spill tests, including two with naturally high spring freshets, Flory said, “it doesn’t look like we achieved the intended results.”

Instead of spawning upstream of Bonners Ferry in a cobble and gravel-bottomed stretch of the river, which is believed to be the most suitable, the sturgeon are still primarily spawning with little success in silt-filled gravel downstream of Bonners Ferry.

The annual sturgeon release held at the Kootenay River each spring usually attracts over 400 participants.

“The sturgeon are spawning; it’s just getting them to spawn in the right spots,” said Flory.

Biologists will continue their work to encourage the sturgeon to reproduce naturally, he went on, although the next step hasn’t yet been determined.

“We haven’t figured that out yet,” said Flory. “We are working with our other partners and we are going to sit down and figure out what to do. We still have the volume of sturgeon water that we work with every year.”

He added that they have not yet decid-

ed whether to continue spilling water from the dam each spring.

But the future of the white sturgeon is not dire, thanks to a white sturgeon hatchery in Bonners Ferry, operated by the Kootenai Tribe of Idaho.

Since 1991, the hatchery has produced about 200,000 white sturgeon, which are then released into the Kootenay River downstream of Bonners Ferry.

Each year, some of those young fish are released into Kootenay Lake in the West Kootenay.

In 2012, approximately 2,600 juvenile

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sturgeon were released in a special event in Creston, attended by First Nations members and elders, as well as members of the public.

Kootenay white sturgeon are important both culturally and for sustenance to the Ktunaxa Nation.

Last December, the Kootenai Tribe was given the green light to expand the existing Bonners Ferry hatchery, and build a new hatchery about 16 kilometres upstream where the Kootenay River and Moyie River meet.

“The next generation of sturgeon will be entirely from the hatchery,” said Sue Ireland, director of the Kootenai Tribe of Idaho’s Fish and Wildlife Program.

Each year since 1998, some fertilized sturgeon eggs spawned in Idaho are brought to the Kootenay Trout Hatchery near Fort Steele. They are cultured there for about a year before being released into Kootenay Lake.

Thanks to the hatchery’s work, Flory said there is still hope for the Kootenay white sturgeon.

“We do have the hatchery program, which is always going to provide the next generation of fish. We also have some habitat restoration work that the tribe is implementing. Those are targeted towards providing better spawning conditions for the sturgeon.

And we still have some things we can try with the flows, to see if they work. So we are still hopeful,” he said.

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Province awards Tom Lymbery for contributions Nelson Star

The province awarded Gray Creek resident Tom Lymbery this week for his contributions to his community.

Well-known on the East Shore, Lymbery has been vital to the growth and development of the community for over 50 years.

From the Chamber of Commerce to the East Shore Health Board to the Gray Creek Historical society, Lymbery has contributed immensely to several organizations. The semi-retired owner of the Gray Creek store also worked on the Trans Canada Trail project.

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Premier Christy Clark and Keith Mitchell, chair of the British Columbia Achievement Foundation, recently named this year's recipients.

“Communities are built by people who step up to the plate and contribute,” said Premier Christy Clark. “On behalf of all British Columbians, I would like to thank and congratulate the outstanding individuals named today for their contributions. British Columbia's biggest strength is people like them.”

The spotlight continues to shine on Lymbery who was also recently featured in Scrivener, the quarterly journal of the Society of Notaries Public of BC. As a notary he has served the East Shore since 1961.

Lymbery's autobiography, tentatively titled Tom's Gray Creek — A Kootenay Lake Memoir, will be published this year to coincide with his family store's 100th anniversary.

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Photographer kicking off library speaker series CRESTON AND DISTRICT PUBLIC LIBRARY

The Creston and District Public Library is pleased to introduce its Living Books speaker series.

Living “books” are real people, your friends and neighbours, volunteering to share aspects of their own “story”. Through living books, the library seeks to encourage the sharing of knowledge and passion among community members. Each month the library will host a get-together where a member of the community will share personal experiences. Topics will be as varied as the people who share them, from art to travel to local history to coping with loss,

and everything in between.

Attendees of the speaker series will learn more about the people in their community and their diverse backgrounds and expertise.

The living book concept began in Denmark in 2000 and has since spread to all corners of the globe, breaking down barriers and prejudices, and fostering community spirit. Also called human books, living library or similar titles, the program has become a popular and effective way of bringing individuals together from all walks of life in an open and safe environment.

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Smith will take “readers” on a photographic journey on March 16 at 1:30 p.m. at the library.

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