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Taking a look back at the events of 2013

In this issue, we take a look back at 2013, with excerpts from and summaries of stories from each of the 52 issues of the Creston Valley Advance. To read the original stories, find each month’s entry at www.crestonvalleyadvance.ca/ news, where we have done our best to link each entry up with the online version of its source.

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3—Creston RCMP were seeking a witness in a Dec. 29 hit and run on Canyon Street, in which a Saskatchewan resident sustained a broken leg after being hit by a darkcoloured SUV. 10—Property values in the Creston

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•Physiotherapist Joanne Gailius and chiropractor Michelle Mayer added massage therapist Norm Eisler and exercise therapist Michelle Ares to their practice, creating a multidisciplinary wellness team.

“Each of the disciplines in this group is like a tool in a carpentry belt,” said Gailius. “Our focus is on having highly ethical, highly skilled co-practitioners.”

•Lori Wikdahl completed a journey on Jan. 8, having walked 40,007 kilometres (the circumference of the Earth at its poles) since she was diagnosed with multiple sclerosis in 2002.

She started the 4.5 billion-step trek in 2003 by walking across Canada in 287 days, the first woman to do so.

17— A sudden increase of students from the Bountiful school in September left School District. No. 8 (Kootenay Lake) with $625,000 in additional costs, much of which was covered by the province.

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Homelinks and DESK (Distance Education School of the Kootenays) attracted 141 new students. Both programs combine home and classroom schooling under supervision of school district teachers.

•Wear Withall owner Beth Kastelan discovered she was a victim of fraud when her Canyon Street shop’s natural gas bill listed her supplier as Active Renewable Marketing Ltd., charging $10/gigajoule when Fortis BC was charging $2.977/ gigajoule for the same period.

When she contacted Active Renewable Marketing Ltd. she was told she had signed a contract to purchase natural gas from the company. But when she received a copy of that contract, she said it was clearly not her signature.

24—Creston town council got a reminder at its Jan. 15 regular meeting that signing a provincial agreement committing to carbon neutrality by 2012 came with a cost. Trish Dehnel of Carbon Neutral Kootenay told council that the town would be about 300 tons over neutrality, and would need to purchase nearly $7,500 in carbon credits for its remaining emissions.

•Municipal services co-ordinator Ross Beddoes reported that 2012 was a 10-year low for construction in Creston.

A total of 42 building permits were

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issued, with only two for new single-family residences. The 2012 construction value was under $2 million, compared to more than $11 million in 2011.

•Four dogs were taken from the Creston Valley on Jan. 19, headed from the Pet Adoption and Welfare Society to a new life offering companionship to veterans, through Citadel Therapy Canines.

“These were throwaway dogs,” said volunteer Pat May. “People didn’t want them.

Now look what they’ve become in the community!”

•The Town of Creston approved a $1,000 grant for the Creston Valley Thunder Cats hockey team after council learned that it faced an operating shortfall due to the loss of concession revenues. Areas A and B also committed to helping make up the anticipated $2,500 loss in revenues.

31—Creston began to offer a complete range of funeral services when a crematorium built

by G.F. Oliver Funeral Chapel Ltd. opened quietly in December on Davis Drive property east of Highway 21. The quarter-million-dollar investment means the deceased no longer have to be transported to Cranbrook for cremation, saving on time and transportation costs.

•The final key piece to the huge community complex facelift and expansion was finally in place when a long-awaited food concession opened a week earlier, with Calvin Germann and family operating the roomy facility. Germann, who manages and cooks at the Break in Time Caffé, said that the business is a family affair, with daughter Heidi helping manage and operate the concession and another daughter, Becky, and his wife, Judy, looking after the financial side.

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Creston Valley Advance Thursday, January 2, 2014 From page 2 •Staff Sgt. Bob Gollan believes that positive reinforcement can be an important tool in policing, and a handful of local residents received tickets to Creston Valley Thunder Cats games as a result. Some drivers who were stopped at police road checks became lucky recipients. So was a young man who called for a ride after he had too much to drink, as was his mother, who showed up to drive him home.

“This encourages positive interaction between police and the public, and maybe someone who doesn’t usually go to a game will take someone with them, or go back for more games because they enjoyed the experience,” said Gollan.

FEBRUARY 7— Plugging parking meters went the way of the dodo after a town council decision on Jan. 29 to continue with free parking in metered spaces. Town manager Lou Varela told council that studies conducted in the summer months of 2011 and 2012 showed there is no shortage of parking in the downtown core. Enforcement of the two-hour limit will continue with random checks and by responding to complaints from businesses and citizens.

•About 60 people gathered at Prince Charles Theatre on Feb. 1 to witness the installation of two Lower Kootenay Band councillors who were elected in November.

Incumbent Mary Basil was re-elected and Robin Louie will serve his first term after returning to Lower Kootenay in 2011. Also on council are Chief Jason Louie and Couns. Anne Jimmie and Farlene Basil.

•A forum held at Prince Charles Secondary School on Jan. 30 identified safe youth space, a youth co-ordinator and youth activities as priorities for the Creston Valley. About 70 people — including regional district directors, the RCMP and members of the social services sector and arts communities — attended the forum, part of an initiative by Columbia Basin Trust (CBT), which gave communities $25,000 a year for four years to put toward youth projects.

•Five years after its formation, the Creston Valley Community Housing Society partnered with the Town of Creston for a building site, when an agreement was been reached paving the way for construction of affordable family housing units on the south Millennium Park parking lot.

“It has been a real challenge,” said CVCHS spokesperson Rita Scott. “We looked at many other possible sites. Now we will work with architect Christine Ross to try to be really innovative and be environmentally responsible.”

14— Area B director John Kettle, who was recently re-elected to his second term as Regional District of Central Kootenay board chair, has been given another vote of confidence, being named to a sixth term as chair of the Kootenay East Regional Hospital District board.

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•On Feb. 6, a female reported to Creston RCMP that she was the victim of an online “secret shopper” scam. She received a cheque in the mail, and soon after was directed to send three of her own cheques via Western Union to New York addresses. As well, she was told to visit a Walmart store, buy $100 worth of merchandise, then fax some forms reporting her experience.

21—With playoff hopes dashed a week earlier, the Creston Valley Thunder Cats played their final game of the 2012-2013 season on Feb. 16, losing 5-3 to the Columbia Valley Rockies, who finished the season with 48 points, seven ahead of the Thunder Cats.

“Our guys played pretty hard,” said head coach Josh Hepditch. “We outshot them 45-32. I give them full credit for that.

It’s a tough game to get motivated for.”

•The death of Irwin Kenneth “Ken” Huscroft, 88, on Feb. 8, left Creston Valley residents searching for words to describe his impact on the community. The son of John Henry and Amy Huscroft, he went on to build the family-owned J.H. Huscroft Ltd. sawmill into one of Creston Valley’s biggest employers. He also owned the largest farm on the Creston flats.

“It’s difficult to assess the impact that his loss will have on our community," said Creston Mayor Ron Toyota. “As the son of parents who were among our earliest settlers, Ken lived a remarkable life, one that touched hundreds — probably thousands — of people in countless ways.”

•At the Feb. 8 regular Creston town council meeting, Mayor Ron Toyota and Regional District of Central Kootenay chair John Kettle were presented with Queen Elizabeth II Diamond Jubilee Medals.

Toyota presented Creston Fire Rescue Deputy Chief Mike Moore with the Fire Services Exemplary Service Medal in recognition of “20 years of loyal and exemplary service to public safety in Canada.”

28—Lower Kootenay Band Chief Jason Louie became one of two Creston Valley recipients of a BC Community Achievement Award. Louie and Tom Lymbery, longtime owner of Gray Creek Store, were among 34 recipients who would receive the provincial recognition for 2013 at a ceremony at Government House in Victoria.

“When I received the news I was going to be awarded the BC Achievement Award I was and am surprised,” Louie said. “I am honoured and humbled by the award and will do my very best to represent not only the Lower Kootenay Band but also the Creston Valley.”

•A year into its provincial contract, it appeared the Town of Creston was justified in negotiating its share of policing costs downward from the original offer.

According to statistics released by RCMP Staff Sgt. Bob Gollan at the Feb. 12 council meeting, in the 2012-2013 fiscal year, files originating from within town limits dropped to 47 per cent of the RCMP workload (1,606 out of 3,341).

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Clockwise from top right: Lori Wikdahl cutting the ribbon after walking 40,007 kilometres (Earth’s circumference) for multiple sclerosis awareness on Jan. 8; Adam Robertson Elementary School students dancing with Cresteramics clients at a May 2 Focus on Youth concert; Canyon-Lister Elementary School students volunteering with the Harvest Share program, harvesting potatoes at Full Circle Farms on Sept. 24; Elementary school students taking part in National Aboriginal Day events on June 21 at the Lower Kootenay Band complex; Special Olympics player Dodi Benincasa during a game of floor hockey in March; Santa Claus arriving in town at the end of the Santa Claus Parade on Dec. 7; Federal Liberal Party Leader Justin Trudeau stopping at Truscott Farms on July 21 as part of a whirlwind B.C. tour.

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Originally, the town was told it would have to foot the bill for eight of the detachment’s 13 members, but Mayor Ron Toyota and town manager Lou Varela were able to negotiate a reduction to seven of 13 RCMP members’ costs. They were told at the time that such a result was virtually unprecedented.

MARCH 7—The Creston Museum began using modern technology to bring the past to life, with a new app leading cellphone users on a scavenger hunt of Creston’s heritage buildings. A photo of one popular artifact was uploaded to Twitter, and retweeted many times, which led manager Tammy Hardwick to create a heritage building scavenger hunt through www. ooklnet.com, where users can download an app through iTunes or Google Play.

•Sustainability issues have been on the table at Creston Town Hall since it cosponsored 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 council adopted an integrated community sustainability plan.

“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.”

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and Canyon-Lister fire departments joined forces on March 9 for a fire practice that saw the former Lower Kootenay Band office on Highway 21 burned to the ground. The office was built in the 1960s and had not been used in several years. Its destruction was part of the chief and council’s desire to clean up the area.

•The Creston Valley Farmers’ Market was preparing to kick off another season on March 23 at a new site, now operating on land adjacent to the Creston Valley Chamber of Commerce.

“This is a giant move toward our longterm plan to become a year-round market,” said volunteer Len Parkin.

•Victoria Bowns finally made it to the top, being named the winner of Creston’s Best Singer on March 7, with Ben Lansing and Marybeth Stenhouse placing just behind her. It was her third time in the contest, having competed in the 2011 and 2012 editions, and making it to third place last year.

“It’s the cherry on top of the cake,” the 16-year-old said.

21—The possibility of Creston becoming a city was slated to be discussed in the fall at a strategic planning session. Steffan Klassen, finance and corporate services director, reported that Creston can be designated as a city now that its population exceeds 5,000.

Klassen said there are no direct benefits to the designation, but there are costs, including changing legal documents and all signage and stationery.

Such a move would require approval of 50 per cent of those voting in a plebiscite, which would also have a cost, he said.

•At least 18 vehicles were damaged early in the morning on March 11 and Creston RCMP were asking for local residents to help identify suspects. Police had a number of clues from various scenes, as well as video taken by victims, but they needed more information.

28— Two men arrested in a home invasion on Seventh Avenue suspected to be linked to a drug dispute remained in custody as Creston RCMP continue their investigation. The men, later determined to be in breach of probation orders, were being held pending a court appearance.

One suspect was believed to have shot a lock to open an exterior door.

•Regional District of Central Kootenay (RDCK) board chair John Kettle said he was satisfied with a 2013-14 budget that will increase by just over one per cent over the previous year. The projected 2013 budget, expected to be approved March 28 at the board’s regular meeting, totaled $58,686,050, up by 1.14 per cent over 2012’s $58,022,994.

“We worked very hard to keep the budget in check,” Kettle said. “There are some increases, such as 25 per cent to the cost of water for Erickson residents, that I’m not very happy with, but overall I think it’s a good budget.”

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2013 in ReView From page 3 •The federal budget announced by Finance Minister Jim Flaherty would be good for Canada and the KootenayColumbia riding, MP David Wilks said from Ottawa. He said it is important for people to recognize that the government is ensuring a balanced budget by 2015. It would be the first balanced Canadian budget since 2008, the year the Conservatives lowered the GST to five per cent, which ended a string of 11 consecutive surplus budgets.

•To most of the world, Peter Duryea was best known for a role in the pilot episode of the original Star Trek series.

But on Kootenay Lake, he was a revered East Shore elder and environmentalist who fought against clearcut logging and started a now-thriving nature retreat. Duryea, who was also a writer, director, tree planter, cook, boat guide and naturalist, died at home March 24 at 73 after a long illness.

“He was a visionary — one of the most amazing I’ve ever met,” says Susan Hulland, who like Duryea, came to the area in the 1970s. “He always insisted on figuring out a good way to do things. … He was always looking for win-win scenarios, even during down and dirty environmental squabbles.”

APRIL 4— For the first time since its inception, the Independent Investigations Office made a report to Crown counsel, which left it to the Crown to determine whether charges should be laid against a Creston RCMP officer.

In a review of an incident at a Creston pub on Oct. 6, 2012, the chief civilian director report indicates that “an officer may have committed an offence under any enactment,” according to a press release. “While police were dealing with the situation, an adult male became involved and a physical altercation ensued. This resulted in the male sustaining serious facial injuries.”

•Creston property owners were told to expect a 5.8 per cent tax increase, all of it going into the town’s share of policing costs. In his presentation at the March 26 council meeting, finance and corporate services director Steffan Klassen, indicated that police and victim services now make up 16 per cent of the town’s general fund expenses, accounting for $1,095,767 of the 2013 budget total of $6,818,120. The taxpayers’ cost for policing is being buffered by a $425,000 transfer from the policing reserve fund, which will be drained in 2015.

•Technology use — including Wi-Fi and online communication — was a strong focus at the March 26 School District No. 8 (Kootenay Lake) board of education meeting. The board moved to have the policy committee discuss a proposed resolution by Creston trustee Annette Hambler-Pruden to instruct SD8 staff to use discretion and take precautions when allowing students, particularly in primary grades, to use Wi-Fi connected devices.

“Heaven knows the little devils have enough of them at home,” said HamblerPruden.

•Critically ill patients and their families are the beneficiaries of a 60th anniversary legacy grant from the Creston and District Credit Union. The Butterfly Suite, once a two-bed acute care room in the Creston Valley Hospital, was decorated with warm colours and artwork, and furnished with comfortable seating for family and friends of palliative care patients.

•A debate about reducing the required lot sizes in Lister from 20 to 10 acres wasn’t going away quietly, if sentiments expressed at the April 1 Creston Valley Food Action Coalition

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meeting were any indication.

Following remarks by Lister farmers Randy Meyer and Wayne Harris, not a word was spoken in support for the Regional District of Central Kootenay Area B’s advisory planning commission’s proposed changes to the official community plan (OCP).

Harris, whose family runs Kootenay Meadows Farm, an organic operation whose products include cheese and milk, told the meeting that the Agricultural Land Reserve (ALR), created in 1973, made B.C. “probably the first place in the world to preserve agricultural land in legislation.”

•At the March 26 regular meeting of the School District No. 8 (Kootenay Lake) board of education, trustees considered moving a professional development day then scheduled for Sept. 20 to either Sept. 3 or Oct. 24; the latter could be added to an Oct. 25 professionaldevelopment day, which could make it easier for teachers to travel to a Provincial Specialist Association conference in Vancouver.

“I’m shocked that the board is considering a travel day as a pro-d,” said Creston Valley Teachers Association president Rebecca Blair, when the board asked for her opinion.

11—Tilley Kaye became another senior who has fallen victim to the Ministry of Justice’s DriveAble program, a combination of verbal and driving exams designed to take cognitively impaired drivers off the road.

Kaye’s troubles started last year, when her foot slipped off the brake and onto the gas pedal in a Canyon Street parking lot. By the time she came to a stop, the car had driven through a steel railing and across 20th Avenue.

“I’m a bum now,” she said. “I have to walk past my own car to beg rides from friends to get around.”

•Creston RCMP learned that Crown counsel was proceeding with obstruction charges against two men involved in a barroom incident last year. The decision follows lengthy investigation by Delta Police Department and the Independent Investigations Office (IIO).

Although the IIO did not exonerate the police officers after one of the men suffered facial injuries during the incident, Crown counsel did not proceed with criminal charges against them, after concluding there was little likelihood of a successful prosecution.

“This is relief to all of us in the detachment,” said Staff Sgt. Bob Gollan.

“I have always believed our members acted professionally and used force only when necessary for the safety of themselves and the others in the premises.”

18—Regional District of Central Kootenay Area C director Larry Binks offered a $2,000 reward to anyone providing information about dumping on Kootenay River Road that led to a conviction under the Pollution Control Act. In addition, he promised to arrange for the installation of hidden motion-triggered video cameras that could help identify future culprits.

“It’s a select few adults — disrespectful, self-centred people who are too lazy to drive to the landfill,” the Area C director said on Monday. “This isn’t about the kids who go down there and party, it’s adults and even commercial businesses.”

•A 29-year-old Creston man faced charges of production of a substance and possession of a substance for the purpose of trafficking following a raid at his house on April 12. Two hundred plants were seized from the residence, along with a collection of marijuanagrowing equipment.

•“Not a week goes by that I don’t get a phone call about DriveAble,” said MLA Michelle Mungall. In Creston for the opening of her election

campaign office, she said that the NDP rural caucus has raised concerns about the program to test seniors’ ability to drive safely. Despite protests and petitions, the government hasn’t made further changes.

•At least three dogs died after being caught in beaver traps along the dikes on the Creston flats, said RDCK Area C director Larry Binks.

“The beavers create havoc with the dykes and they can’t be shot, so I don’t have a problem with the traps,” he said.

“But I do have a problem with there being no signage and flags to warn dog owners who walk their animals in the area.”

•A year after it elected to end its long-running grant-in-aid program as a cost saving measure, Creston town council continues to struggle with how to handle requests from community groups. At the April 9 regular council meeting, one request was rejected, another succeeded and a third also got money, after previously being turned down. Hit with huge policing costs in 2012, the grant-in-aid program was pulled, but some money was set aside in what was then called the “mayor’s discretionary fund”.

25—Vicki McDonald was preparing to leave the Creston Valley after 15 years of volunteering with Creston’s Pet Adoption and Welfare Society, many of those as president. During that time, she oversaw PAWS purchase land off Lower Wynndel Road in 2004, and open a shelter in 2010.

“If I was in the least bit concerned about leaving PAWS in their hands, I’d maybe be having second thoughts about leaving,” she said. “The best kind of people are the people here.

They are here because they care and love animals, and to me, those are the best kind of people.”

•A steady stream of criminal record check requests was piling up on Creston RCMP Staff Sgt. Bob Gollan’s desk, fuelled by the federal government’s plan to start licensing private medical marijuana producers in 2014.

But approved producers will have to meet a number of strict criteria, starting with meeting local government regulations.

“There are people who think they are going to grow medical marijuana in their homes,” he said. “But that wouldn’t be allowed in the Town of Creston or RDCK (Regional District of Central Kootenay) zoning bylaws.”

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2—Excitement was building for the Creston Valley Farmers’ Market’s 10th season, which would start on May 4, next to the Creston Valley Chamber of Commerce, a new and permanent location.

“Everyone is talking about it,” said manager Martha Boland. “All of the vendors are coming to the office saying, ‘Everyone is so excited.’ The energy around it is just phenomenal.”

•Fewer than 100 attended a forum sponsored by the Creston Valley Chamber of Commerce for the candidates in the May 14 election.

Liberal Party candidate Greg Garbula focused on the need for a strong provincial economy from which health, education and social services can improve as more taxation rolls into government coffers.

Incumbent Nelson-Creston MLA Michelle Mungall said that even in opposition the NDP has done “what some thought would be nearly impossible to achieve.”

Sjeng Derkx described his Green Party as “fiscally conservative and socially progressive.”

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Creston Valley Advance Thursday, January 2, 2014 From page 4 •Creston RCMP were seeking information following an alleged break and enter and alleged assault, which resulted in the arrest of two males, 21 and 22.

Police had been called to a Creston home when a resident and friends arrived at the residence just as suspects who broke into the home were leaving. The occupant apprehended one suspect, but the other fled and was arrested on Tuesday, after which an investigation revealed the pair was allegedly involved in unreported violent offences prior to the break and enter.

9—Nelson-Creston MLA Michelle Mungall said she has learned a lot in her four years representing her constituents, and her fondest memories include “keeping the Glacier and Hauser Creeks running free.” The West Kootenay creeks were targeted for controversial independent power projects, an overall approach that has saddled British Columbians with high-cost power purchase agreements with private developers.

Lack of consultation by the Liberal government is evident in they way the Creston Valley Wildlife Management Area has been handled, she said.

“We all know the CVWMA has been neglected by this government,” she said. “A government cannot move the CVWMA forward without working with the local community. It is integral to the process to include people with the strongest vested interest.”

16—The Creston Valley Public Library and Lower Kootenay Band teamed up to enhance their connection. A sign welcoming library patrons in the Ktunaxa language was slated to be installed, First Nations artwork displayed and historical items — like a sturgeon-nosed canoe — given a home in the library.

“I hope we can explore the bigger question about how to share this knowledge and information that isn’t in a conventional form,” said chief librarian Aaron Francis.

“Lower Kootenay people are keepers of the deepest knowledge of this place we live in.”

•A partnership between Adam Robertson Elementary School and Cresteramics, which provides day program for adults with developmental disabilities, earned an award from the BC Principals’ and Vice Principals’ Association, a recognition that the adult-student relationships have provided

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clear benefits for all involved.

“The program with ARES has been a wonderful part of Cresteramics community inclusion program for the last several years,” said Cresteramics director Donna McCready. “Three developmentally delayed adults have been attending classes with grade 2 and 3 students. While at first there was some hesitancy from both the students and visiting adults, this was quickly overcome.

The clients from Cresteramics now await their visits to ARES eagerly each week.”

•After months of seeing his detachment members dealing with an ongoing neighbours’ dispute on Erickson Street, Staff Sgt. Bob Gollan said he “assigned one of our officers to looking into recommending charges of public mischief against these two men.”

A week earlier, two calls came from one who called on consecutive days to complain about early morning noise; the neighbour was using firecrackers to scare skunks away from the rabbits he raises. A third call on May 8 reported a neighbour cutting tree branches along the property line, but attending officers could find no evidence.

•A private room at Creston Valley Hospital was furnished with proceeds from Tim Hortons ($5,040 from the Smile Cookie campaign) and the Tuck Shop ($4,025). Brand new were cabinets, a couch and recliner, and over-bed table and blinds.

23—For his long commitment to Creston, where he has lived for 20 years, Henry Schoof was named the 2013 citizen of the year at the Creston Valley Blossom Festival opening ceremonies on May 17.

He has been a member of the Lions Club for 40 years, and in his time in Creston has been a member of the Creston Rotary Club and founded the Creston Valley Heide Club. He also helps Adam Robertson Elementary School students with a reading program, and was awarded a Queen Elizabeth II Diamond Jubilee Medal in 2012.

•Nelson’s Michelle Mungall romped to a runaway election win on May 14, amassing more votes than her Liberal and Green opponents combined. With 7,576 votes, she easily outdistanced rookie candidates Greg Garbula (4,348 votes) and Sjeng Derkx (3,133 votes), in an election that saw the Christy Clark-led Liberal

Party wipe out expectations that a New Democrat government would be elected.

“It’s not what people were saying as I toured around the province,” Mungall said this morning. “I wonder, did people just not show up to vote, thinking the election of an NDP government was a foregone conclusion?”

•After reviewing the procedure for granting permissive property tax exemptions, Creston town council voted May 14 to cap the total amount at 1.75 per cent of the local tax base. Non-profit organizations that own or lease property in Creston that is used for the benefit of the community can request to be exempted from paying property taxes, which fund most services provided by the town.

“A permissive exemption is the equivalent of a donation to an organization by all property taxpayers,” said Mayor Ron Toyota on Friday.

“Council must operate with the awareness that as more exemptions are granted, taxes are higher for everyone else.”

•After nearly $40,000 in renovations and upgrades, as well as the purchase of a new horse, the Creston and District Society for Community Living’s Therapeutic Riding Program celebrated its grand reopening on May 18.

Funding came from a variety of sources — Kootenay Employment Services, the Creston-Kootenay Foundation and Columbia Basin Trust locally — including $25,000 from the Kraft Celebration Tour, which the program won last year. A large portion of the Kraft

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30—With the former Wynndel Elementary School — operated from 1955-2008 and unused since — about to be put up for public tender, residents made one last push to buy the property.

“This isn’t about the building,” resident Korie Bartsch said on Friday. “The building is dying. But the property is very important green space in the heart of community and adjacent to our community centre. It would be devastating to lose it.”

•Nearly 200 people marched along Canyon Street on May 25, part of a worldwide protest against global giant Monsanto, a producer of genetically modified crops seeds and agriculture chemicals. In the March Against Monsanto were people who drove from Cranbrook and Nelson to participate in what local organizers believe was the smallest community to participate in the day of protests. Families with young children walked alongside senior citizens.

•After a day of intense snowfall on Kootenay Pass, travellers driving between the east and west Kootenay were able to safely take Highway 3 between Creston and Salmo on May 23. The day before, Yellowhead Road and Bridge urged motorists travelling between the east and west Kootenay to take the Kootenay Lake Ferry, as a weather system had created winter conditions on Highway 3. Over 30 centimetres of wet

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6—A local forum timed to acknowledge United Nations World Environment Day drew about 40 invited guests to the Creston Valley Golf Club on June 3. Co-sponsored by the Town of Creston and Labatt’s Columbia Brewery, it brought together businesses, government and other organizations to celebrate local water conservation, collaborate on conservation best practices and explore ways of working together toward long-term sustainability in the Creston Valley.

“We all share the same planet, and the same corner of it that we call the Creston Valley,” said Creston Mayor Ron Toyota. “If we’re to grow together, we need to conserve it together, too, looking for opportunities to take action as a committed group of Creston’s leaders to address and resolve a wide range of environmental issues together.”

•Gord Perrin — a Prince Charles Secondary School and Thompson Rivers University graduate who plays professional volleyball in Turkey — was among the starting six when Canada took to the court for the prestigious FIVB (Fédération Internationale de Volleyball) Volleyball World League championship on June 1, defeating the Netherlands three sets to one. The game was played in front of 3,500 in the Quebec Coliseum.

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“You were pretty as a princess, quiet as a mouse and a little bit nutcrackers,” I told my granddaughter as I gave her a hug at bedtime on Dec. 23. She just smiled, already inured to her Pop’s sense of humour at the ripe old age of four-and-a-half.

Earlier in the day we had picked Quinn up to take her to her first ever ballet, an Alberta Ballet production of The Nutcracker, Tchaikovsky’s classic that surely features some of the most beautiful music ever written. Dressed to the nines in a lovely red and white ensemble, she was excited. On the day before, she and her grandma had spent an hour pulling out and assembling all of the The Nutcracker characters’ cardboard cutouts, which can be arranged on a pair of stages. That morning, Quinn’s mom had read her the story from a book we had given her.

When we arrived at Calgary’s Southern Alberta Jubilee Auditorium, she was fast asleep in the backseat and still a bit groggy as we entered the building. We were there an hour early so that she could participate in the various events organized for kids — costume dress-up, colouring station, crown-making and decorating, and story time. Instead of jumping right in to the activities, she wanted to ride the escalators and check out the rest of the building. It was her first time there. Eventually, we went to the colouring station, where she got busy with crayons, enjoying the performance of a children’s choir nearby. Next we headed over to make crowns for Quinn and her little brother, Wilson, who is still a few years short of qualifying for the cul-

tural tradition we were about to enjoy.

When we entered the main floor of the auditorium to take our seats her eyes widened at the sight of the

Not every volunteer could come to the Therapeutic Activation Program for Seniors to be thanked in person this month, but so many were able to make it that Rosalie, Bridget and the staff cooked three meals in one week with helping hands. Forty-five people are listed as volunteers assisting with the daily operation of the program or on call for special projects, or some have specialized roles, such as maintaining the TAPS bus or doing repairs on the building, and, of course, the Krafty Kronys who fundraise and support TAPS in many ways.

Creston Lions Club members were welcome guests at one dinner for their continuing support and inclusion of TAPS in special projects. And a great thanks to the Creston Rotary Club, whose willing hands served one of the meals, with no mishaps whatsoever and some of the ladies attending were quite impressed by the presence of so many gentlemen!

It seems to have been a month of entertaining with intergenerational events, for — in addition to our SchoolWorks student, Jared, and our special ed students, Nicky and Jackson, all helping out — a group of Advancement Via Individual Determination (AVID) students from Prince Charles Secondary School volunteered to help prepare and serve at our TAPS Christmas party. All joined in the singing led by some of the Happy

Gang musicians, with Ward on harmonica, Velma on guitar, Della on piano and Bridget on ukulele. One of the volunteers coordinating the AVID

Calgary Philharmonic Orchestra perform. The sounds that came from the stage were curious and wonderful, but eventually the demands of having to sit still and quiet for many, many, many minutes would take their toll and the sense that the performance would never end would take over. It was better when we entered the building to sing in the annual Kiwanis music festival, and much better when I walked across that stage to accept my high school diploma.

Lorne Eckersley When the second act started, I wondered if Quinn huge stage and its painted backdrop would experience that same antsyness I used to feel as a child in that of an old Russian city. “I bet the same building. She did, to a small dancers will come out of that door,” she said, pointing to a staircase lead- extent, but soon settled back down and was the perfect young lady for ing up to a building. the remainder of the show. We had We put her into an aisle seat, purchased her ticket knowing full which I always try to reserve for well that it carried a risk. There was myself in any venue, as it afforded a every chance that she might just be perfect view of the stage from our seats six rows from the front. For the too young to sit quietly for that length of time, but we couldn’t have first hour she sat, unblinking eyes taking in every movement and char- been more proud at her behavior and of the obvious pleasure she acter, making quiet comments to showed.

Angela, who was seated beside her.

She was puzzled that “the lady “Why do we have to clap so much?” she asked at one point, although she with the big dress” didn’t make an appearance. In her Nutcracker book, participated with enthusiasm. a woman wears a huge dress, from I regularly glanced toward her, under which a bunch of kids make our first grandchild, and tried to remember how I felt at that age. Not an appearance. But she accepted our explanation that each production of that I ever attended a ballet as a four-year-old, but the sense of magic any show is different.

Quinn slept for most of the drive and wonder of seeing something home. Her eyes probably needed to new still revisits on occasion. I hope remoisten after a couple of hours of it’s something I never lose. her not blinking enough. That she The Jubilee Auditorium was the enjoyed the experience was a wondersite of some of my most memorable ful Christmas gift to her grandparents. childhood moments. Occasionally Lorne Eckersley is the publisher of school buses would transport our elethe Creston Valley Advance. mentary school classes to watch the

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Volunteers keep program going

Rosalie Wilson has retired. Judging by her smile, it’s a happy decision for her of course, and Rosalie, we wish you a much-deserved “kick back time”. Her cooking, organizing and creative uses of donated food are going to be missed as will her smile, generosity, hard work and caring warmth with everyone. Rosalie’s frequent steady helper in the kitchen, Esther, has left us also, and we wish her well as her presence Maureen Cameron is missed by all.

I’ve mentioned it before, and it strikes me yet again students’ experience tried to keep it to that it’s so easy to write about the 10 students this year — but enthusiasm details of activities, yet hard to convey to participate meant we got to enjoy the the resulting pleasure we hear and see company of 14 youth. The meal ingre- on the faces of individuals touched by dients were donated anonymously and the spreading warmth, good energy seniors donated to the AVID Honduras and connections. And what it really Market Children program. Enough means to each one to join together like funds ($283) were raised to help three this is what it is really all about.

Thanks from all of us to you who children go to school for a year.

Wearing our paper hats and wip- make TAPS a reality in Creston for ing traces of dessert from our chins those who need and want this place we got to hear and sing along with and wishing you all joy for you and the Ewashen brothers, Larry, Bob and your families. Thank you, Brandy Alex, during a fine performance of Dyer of Imagine Ink, for donating Russian folk songs and Christmas printing costs for our TAPS newsletter for December, and to Lori favourites. Thanks!

For anyone who comes to spend Cameron for her donation of equiptime here and interacts with our cli- ment for our craft program.

Here’s to 2014 and being together ents, you can be sure that you will be welcomed when you return again in community!

Maureen Cameron is the community (hint, hint) and many seniors comment on what they appreciated as even the liaison development co-ordinator for the Therapeutic Activation Program for simplest gesture can make an impact.

On a somewhat sad note for us, Seniors.

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2013 in ReView

Creston Valley Advance Thursday, January 2, 2014 From page 5 13—West Creston was inching closer to having a formal fire protection service, when Area C director Larry Binks said he had received Regional District of Central Kootenay approval on the wording for a petition that, if successful, would approve taxing residents at a rate of 69 cents per $1,000 of assessed property value.

Meanwhile, the West Creston Fire Protection Society, a volunteer group, continued to collect funds to build a fire hall. The area has been without a building since a storm two years ago destroyed the structure that housed a fire truck.

•The College of the Rockies began seeking input on a beginner farmer training program. The 10-month program, funded with seed money from the B.C. Ministry of Advanced Education, Innovation, and Technology, will start in February 2014, and will be one of four in Canada. Its purpose will be to prepare people from all walks of life to engage in human-scale agriculture enterprises.

•BC Hydro once again stepped up as a major funder of the Creston Valley Wildlife Management Area, with community relations manager Diane Tammen visiting Creston recently to hand over a cheque for $407,522. The money would be administered by Ducks Unlimited Canada, which now operates the management area under agreement with the province of British Columbia.

•A new program to improve maternity services at the Creston Valley Hospital was launched on June 4. MORE (Managing Obstetrical Risk Efficiently) OB, a three-year program funded by Interior Health, will allow doctors and midwives to take part in online learning, drills and workshops that will provide instruction on the most up-to-date evidence-based practices for taking care of maternity patients and families.

“It’s going to unify all the professionals in the Kootenays with what we’re doing,” said Dr. Karen Persad.

20—To raise awareness about diabetes, Lower Kootenay Band Chief Jason Louie planned to climb on a bike in Bonners Ferry on June 21 and start out his ride home by crossing the bridge over the Kootenay River and making the long uphill climb toward Three Mile.

In preparation for the 58-kilometre ride, he was training almost daily since December. Workouts at the Creston Fitness Centre, which donated a oneyear gym pass that would be given out as a prize during National Aboriginal Day festivities.

Pharmasave’s Mike Ramaradhya and Jodie McBlain donated a one-year pass to the Creston and District Community Complex fitness centre, and Nadan Nessie Gear gave him “a great deal” on the use of a lightweight road bike.

•Nelson pilot Anthony Arnold Quibell, 53, was killed in a plane crash northwest of Crawford Bay on June 12, when his twin engine Cessna 337, on its way from Nelson to Saskatchewan, went down around 2 p.m. The plane crashed in the mountains at an altitude of about 1,980 meters (6,500 feet); Crawford Bay itself is at an altitude of 536 metres (1,760 feet).

•More than six months after the retirement of former fire chief Bruce Mabin, Creston Fire Rescue once again had a fire chief when deputy chief Michael Moore was promoted in a ceremony at the June 11 regular council meeting. Four firefighters were also appointed to new positions: Randall Fabbro (captain), Dayle MacRae (lieutenant), Dean Armitage (lieutenant) and Andrew Bibby (lieutenant).

•The Gray Creek Store celebrated a milestone in 2013, serving Kootenay Lake with groceries to fireplaces and books to lumber for 100 years — with

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Lower Kootenay Band Chief Jason Louie (back row, centre) with councillors (clockwise from back right) Robin Louie, Anne Jimmie, Mary Basil and Farlene Basil. An installation ceremony was held Feb. 1, attended by local elected officials, including member of Parliament David Wilks (back row, left).

20,000 items in stock, customers can find just about anything imaginable. It recently got bigger, with a warehouse, built over the winter and replacing a row of oaks planted by founder Arthur Lymbery, housing storage for lumber, woodstoves, drywall, fenceposts and more.

“The customers become your friends,” said owner Tom Lymbery, son of founder Arthur. “I get so many interesting people in here. ... You’re not sitting behind the counter selling the same thing.”

27—Experience running her own businesses helped Alison Bjorkman jump headlong into her new job as a business counsellor with Community Futures.

Bjorkman, who owned Black Bear Books for many years, has been “repurposing” old items into stylish furniture and home décor items most recently, in a partnership with another experienced entrepreneur, her husband, Bart Bjorkman. They ship items all over the world.

“I have a lot of empathy with my clients,” said Bjorkman, who also makes and sells pottery. “I’ve been operating businesses for a long time — you have to walk the talk. This work inspires me to better use my skills in my own businesses, too.”

•The once familiar sound of clinking milk bottles in local dairy cases returned to the Creston Valley when Kootenay Meadows, a family-owned organic farm in Lister, began selling a full line of milk products. It was another giant step for a family farm that has laboured to create a value-added product line to sustain a future for owners Wayne and Denise Harris and their daughters, Erin and Nadine. Single source, locally bottled dairy products haven’t been available in Creston stores for more than 40 years and the community’s appetite has clearly been whetted.

JULY 4—A flurry of email and telephone complaints kept the Meals on Wheels program alive in Creston until the fall.

The controversy started when word got out that Meals on Wheels, a program in which volunteers deliver hot, hospitalprepared dinners to homes three times a week, would be discontinued. Clients were to be informed that the program would end on July 12, to be replaced by Interior Health’s Dinners @ Home program, which offers case lots of frozen meals prepared at Penticton Regional Hospital.

•Canadian troops in Afghanistan were able to hoist their favourite regional brew, including Kokanee, to toast Canada Day,

thanks to employees of Labatt Breweries of Canada. Beer from each Labatt brewery across the country was shipped to the remote Asian country, following a tradition of troop support dating back to the Second World War, when Labatt opened the Motor Mechanics Army Trade School to train soldiers as mechanics.

11—Only 11 days after Bill Dyck and Derek Doyle took their concerns about food truck licensing costs to Creston town council, the entrepreneurial pair got their answer. Council held a special meeting on July 5 to approve an interim exception to bylaws regulating mobile vendors. The Purple People Feeder ice cream and hotdog truck was allowed to set up in Centennial Park through September, with the vendors paying $150 for the seasonal license.

•Creston police spent another week responding to reports of thefts from unlocked vehicles, but a suspect was identified in the two-week-long spree, said Staff Sgt. Bob Gollan. Police suspected two or more people were roaming the streets at night, testing vehicle doors. They searched unlocked ones for valuables, and more than 20 reports were received from town residents.

18—When it became clear that two of their four kids wanted to be in the dairy business, Randy and Carla Terpstra knew the farm Randy’s dad started farming in Chilliwack in 1971 was too small. But on the Creston flats, they found a parcel of more than 400 acres on land reclaimed in a 1930s diking project, with good growing conditions, availability of water and no suburban conflicts, just other farming neighbours.

“There is just farming here,” said Bryan Terpstra, who manages the new farm with his dad. “There are no worries about encroachment and conflict with neighbours.”

25—Over 150 people attended a reception for federal Liberal Party Leader Justin Trudeau when he stopped at Erickson’s Truscott Farms on July 21 as part of a whirlwind tour of Western Canada.

During the last federal election, “there was tremendous interest from around here,” the 41-year-old Trudeau told the Advance after the reception.

“I’m not giving up on any places in Canada as places where the Liberals aren’t relevant.”

Those places include small towns, which, he said, are just as important as larger centres.

“People tend to forget that’s what Canada is,” said Trudeau. “We’re a country of big cities but with small towns scattered across this beautiful land.”

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RDCK funds are too limited to purchase the $20,000-$25,000 board, but Miller’s committee researched grants and found a non-profit organization willing to apply for one. The Town of Creston and the owner of the Kal Tire property were also consulted, and the sign could go on either the tire shop’s property or a small strip of adjacent town land.

AUGUST 1— A pilot program to test the viability of a compostable material program was underway in Creston. For two months, 20 residents around town set out small green wheeled bins for pickup each Saturday. In those bins is a surprising variety of waste material, including meat, poultry, fish, shellfish and bones — virtually any kitchen waste. Also, yard debris and even torn-up pizza delivery boxes are included.

The pilot program was intended to provide data to help determine what it would take to extend pickup throughout town. With data from the pilot program, town staff will work under council’s direction

in 2014 to create a business plan for the pickup and recycling of “green waste.”

•A scheduling conflict forced Creston’s Black Eyed Cherries and the East Kootenay Roller Derby League to move their Aug. 10 games to Sparwood. Regional District of Central Kootenay Area C director Larry Binks said the conflict came as a result of a decision to make ice in the Creston and District Community Complex’s John Bucyk Arena earlier than originally planned.

“Apparently the computer scheduling system didn’t pick up the conflict until it was too late,” said Binks. “Nobody feels good about this.”

“This could mean a loss of $4,000 to $5,000 in income to the league,” said Amanda Kerr, one of the team’s founding players.

•Swimmers in Goat River upstream of the Canyon-Lister Road bridge need to exercise caution, warned Creston Fire Rescue Chief Michael Moore after a male in his early 30s became trapped in the canyon on July 24.

“The popular swimming spot on the north side of the bridge is near a cascading waterfall that drops down about 20 feet,” he said. “The water is rapid and could easily pin or trap a person against a rock, being too swift to get out of [and] would lead to a drowning easily.”

It is possible to survive being washed down the falls, but once a person is at the pool below, getting out of the river is difficult — it continues about a quarter-mile with sheer rock walls leading to the hydroelectric dam.

8—The Creston Valley’s approach to attracting new

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Dr. Susan Hopkins and her family can be seen in a Health Match BC video, parts of which were shot in Creston, including at the community complex, on Aug. 2.

physicians to the area has won recognition and accolades, and would be featured in a Health Match BC film made to supplement efforts to address the doctor shortage.

A film crew visited Creston on Aug. 2 to shoot footage of Dr. Susan Hopkins, who chose Creston as her family’s new home last year. She was actively courted by what is now the Health Working Group and recruiter Marilin States.

“The film is being produced to showcase B.C. to physicians practicing in the United Kingdom through the eyes and experiences of physicians who have located to our provinces,” States said.

•Months of hard work paid off for the Creston and District Community Resource Centre

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(CRC), which was told it earned a three-year accreditation through the Commission on Accreditation of Rehabilitation Facilities, a requirement when an organization receives over $500,000 from the Ministry of Children and Family Development, which funds the majority of the CRC’s $1.2 million budget.

Led by executive director Serena Naeve, finance and administration manager Justine Keirn and clinical supervisor Colleen Deatherage, the CRC’s staff and management worked to ensure 13 of 27 programs met CARF standards — each program in the areas of counseling, children in adolescence, early childhood development, intensive family based services, and promotion and prevention programming had to meet 1,300 internationally-recognized standards for administration and direct services.

•Twelve--year-old Kaeden Rendek brought home a silver medal from the 2013 Canadian Judo Championships, becoming this area’s first-ever national medallist in his chosen sport. The lead-up to his medal-winning efforts came after nearly a year of travel to tournaments in Prince George, Edmonton, Montreal, Fernie, Invermere, Regina and five in the Lower Mainland.

15—At 14 years old, Skylar Eyre was already an old hand when it

comes to art — pencil and paper, ink and paper, ink and skin were just a natural progression of a talent that emerged at an early age. But he met with a new challenge: painting a mural in the children’s area at the new Black Bear Books location at 1229 Canyon St. With bright colours well suited to the children’s play area it overlooks, owner Paula Carpenter was thrilled with Skylar’s initial design, which actually ended up being the final design.

“This was just a really big learning experience for me, and I’m really happy with how it turned out,” said Eyre.

•Facing another hockey season with no food concession pushed local regional directors to reverse an earlier decision to keep the facility open to all caterers.

At the Aug. 7 Creston Valley services committee meeting, a unanimous vote directed Creston and District Community Complex staff to advertise inviting proposals that could see all food services in the building provided by one operator.

“We handcuffed the staff when we directed them to only accept proposals to operate the concession, and that hasn’t worked,” said Regional District of Central Kootenay Area C director Larry Binks, who chairs the committee.

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Creston Valley Advance Thursday, January 2, 2014 From page 10 •Hikers on Goat Mountain found Gordon Hume, 79, on Aug. 7, after he had been missing for about 24 hours.

“Gordon Hume had overheard a group of youths on Goat Mountain talking about starting a fire during a fire ban, so he travelled up the mountain on his quad to speak with them,” Creston RCMP Col. Monty Taylor said in a press release.

•Over 700 Fortis BC customers in the Creston Valley went without power following a windstorm that started around 11 p.m. Aug. 6.

North of Creston, power was out in Wynndel and Lakeview, and in intermittent places along Highway 3A after the windstorm broke poles and downed power lines. That outage affected about 520 customers, who had power restored around 11 p.m. Aug. 7.

Other crews were fixing a West Creston power outage that occurred midmorning, affecting 220 homes on West Creston, Cedar Hill, Reclamation, Corn Creek, Smith, Simmons and Balsam roads.

22—Regional District of Central Kootenay directors are requesting that the board withdraw the current alternate approval process to fund the Pet Adoption and Welfare Society through taxation.

“We need to do a better job of communicating the need to taxpayers, so we are filing a request to the RDCK board to kill the current alternate approval process,” said Area C director Larry Binks. “We will bring back a proposal when we are better prepared. The taxation was not a request of PAWS and the organization should not be taking the heat for our failure to help people understand why the funding plan was brought forward.”

•Town council approved a location for an off-leash dog park at the Aug. 13 regular council meeting. The option chosen was about 1,400 square metres (0.35 acres), an L-shaped area adjacent to the Steve’s Ride trailhead off Cedar Street. That space was big enough to create an environment suitable for many types of dogs and their owners, said engineering manager Colin Farynowski in a presentation to council.

A 45-metre long dog run, located across the trail and alongside the CP Rail tracks, could also join the offleash area. It would be five metres wide, and suitable for playing fetch.

•The new location behind the Creston Valley Chamber of

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29—The fence around Wloka Farms in Erickson started out as just a fence. But it turned into something more: a message board that raises funds for a worthy cause.

For $25 a day (plus $5 for each additional day), messages commemorating birthdays, weddings, graduations and more will be hung on the fence, with all proceeds going to the Therapeutic Riding Program operated by the Creston and District Society for Community Living.

“It is the most wonderful program in the world,” said Barb Wloka. “You see the progression and it’s marvelous.”

•Creston RCMP identified the man who tore up Regional District of Central Kootenay alternative approval process (APA) petitions in several businesses on Aug. 19.

Police were prepared to recommend charges against the man, but Regional District of Central Kootenay Area C director Larry Binks directed police to look into the possibility of using the Restorative Justice program, typically used for first offenders.

The Creston man, who identified himself to the Advance as Bill Cook, said the incidents stemmed from misinformation spread about the Pet Adoption Welfare Society, which the RDCK had intended to fund through the alternative approval process (AAP). He overheard someone saying that the PAWS on-site caretaker lived on the property rent-free with the help of taxpayer funds — in fact, the situation is cost-neutral, with the caretaker’s wage returned in full as rent.

“To my mind, there is a big stretch between the two. … I just couldn’t get over that particular lie, my emotions boiled over and I got stupid,” said Cook.

SEPTEMBER 5—Nearly a dozen volunteers were gearing up in the Creston half of the Nelson-Creston riding to start collecting signatures for a

provincewide drive with the goal of a referendum for the decriminalization of cannabis when Sensible BC kicked off a 90-day campaign on Sept. 9.

With no plans to go door-todoor, they would set up tables around town to provide information and gather signatures.

“We don’t want to cause trouble,” said local volunteer co-ordinator Marc Archambault. “We want to be respectful.”

12—While ridership on the regular BC Transit bus increased after changes in the service were made in 2012, Regional District of Central Kootenay directors say it isn’t worth the cost.

“It is not providing the service levels to make it sustainable. It isn’t close to giving value to taxpayers,” said Area B director John Kettle at a local services committee meeting on Sept. 4, responding to a presentation by BC Transit regional manager Kevin Schubert, who presented figures showing that riders pay for less than 10 per cent of the cost of the service.

•The Creston Music and Media Society was established to better the lot of performers in the Creston Valley, with goals of promoting “local music and media arts with a particular focus on profitability and business development, and working co-operatively with other organizations and businesses,” said chair Marc Archambault.

“There’s not really a history of beneficial representation for either segment of the arts community. … Musicians are viewed as disposable commodities, almost. They’re not valued.

There’s an expectation they will work for free.”

The goal of CMMS is more than just entertainment,

www.crestonvalleyadvance.ca 11 though, with education, project assistance and identification of funding also in its mandate; its philosophy statement says, “The particular focus of the CMMS will be to promote local musicians and media artists, to contribute to the local economy, and to facilitate business development in those fields.”

•Columbia Basin Alliance for Literacy co-ordinator Linda Steward presented volunteer Linda Price with the annual Creston Community Literacy Award at the Creston and District Public Library on Sept. 5.

Price has a long history of working with refugee families in Creston, and in Calgary before she and her husband, Don, retired. In Calgary, her friendship with a refugee family led her to become and English language tutor.

“Tutoring is so much fun and it’s really rewarding,” she said.

•Dr. Sid Kettner remembers well the impact Dr. Hans Diehl’s Coronary Health Improvement Project (CHIP, now Complete Health Improvement Program) had on Creston Valley residents when it was introduced in 1988.

“The town changed in character,” said Kettner. “Walking shoes were ordered in by the hundreds, bananas by the ton, bakeries and coffee shops were trying to outdo each other in offering healthy sandwiches with the most number of grains in their breads, and restaurants were spreading flyers offering steaks at half price. But the CHIPpers and their friends weren’t buying!”

•Longtime Gigabytes print shop owner Steve Austin was presented with a Rotary Paul

Harris Fellow certificate and pin in recognition of his support of the Creston Rotary Club.

“During my presidency, I approached Steve to assist with the design and development of a banner that our club could use to display when we attend events for awareness and promotion of our many activities,” said Marilin Grahn. “When the job was completed I was told there would be no charge. This is his way of ‘giving back’ to Rotary for what we have done for the community.”

17— Creston’s ability to attract new business is being hampered by the lack of highspeed Internet availability, Creston town council was told at the Sept. 10 regular meeting.

KC Dyer, a local computer network specialist, told council that current service for businesses in the downtown core is woefully lacking.

“Most Kootenay communities have higher speeds and others, like Rossland, are working on it,” Dyer said. “We are losing business opportunities because there is no high-speed service in sight.”

Dyer said most Internet service providers are designed to offer much higher download speeds than upload speeds, something that will only change if the Town of Creston, like other Kootenay municipalities, takes a leadership role.

•Decades since they met, 12 seniors from around the province gathered at Lister Park on Sept. 14 to celebrate 60 years since they attended the Youth Training School, a program subsidized by the federal and provincial governments, and ran from around 1939-1959.

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26—In 1913 in Wynndel, Monrad Wigen took delivery of a small portable sawmill, which led to the creation of Wynndel Box and Lumber, which celebrated its 100th anniversary in 2013.

Late in his life, Jack Wigen would describe the clever structure that Monrad created to ensure the business could be sustained without creating a rift between his two sons, Jack and Bob. The company was organized into three divisions — forest operations, the sawmill and lumber sales. When Monrad passed on, Jack and Bob each ran one division independently, but shared in the operation of the third.

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3—Changes in 2014 to medical marijuana production will address some concerns, but create others, Creston RCMP Staff Sgt. Bob Gollan told Creston town council on Sept. 24. He said that people with medical marijuana prescriptions are being recruited by criminal organizations, as are doctors who will issue the prescriptions.

“Some doctors are prescribing the maximum — up to 60 grams a day — for their patients,” he said.

“This is enough for 30 joints a day.”

•Members of the Kokanee Country Snowmobile Club and the Association of British Columbia Snowmobile Clubs gathered at a location near Boundary Lake on Sept. 21 to dedicate the new Terry Watt Memorial Cabin.

Started in the late summer of 2012, it was finished and named for the longtime club member who died in February 2010, while he and others were planning the project.

Watt was a strong advocate for the sport, raising awareness of the local club right up to the provincial level.

“He opened so many doors and so many lines of communication,” said KCSC president Dean Bala.

•A 36-year-old male driver died at the scene of a single vehicle crash on Sept. 29. RCMP Staff Sgt. Bob Gollan said Derek Grindle, a Creston resident, apparently was unable to negotiate a curve with his pickup and went over a small embankment. He was not wearing a seatbelt, but had not been consuming alcohol.

•With its summer season finished, the Creston Valley Farmers’ Market prepared to move to Morris Flowers Garden Centre for the fall.

In the summer, the market had a peak of 41 vendors. A third of vendors reported a significant increase in sales at the new location, which drew as many as 1,000 customers on one day in early August.

10—About 300 people attended the 50th anniversary celebration for the Kootenay Pass, held on Oct. 6 at the top of the Highway 3 pass between Creston and Salmo.

Organized by the Creston Museum, with the assistance of the Ministry of Transportation and Infrastructure and Yellowhead Road and Bridge (YRB), the event included historical displays and a commemorative ribbon cutting, which briefly stopped traffic.

“We find excuses to make local history fun and enjoyable,” said museum manager Tammy Hardwick.

•Gary and Susan Snow’s business, Tabletree Enterprises, won a World Juice Award in 2012 in Barcelona, Spain, where its black cherry juice was named best pure juice. This year, red apple juice was one of two finalists for best new nectar or juice product. Tabletree didn’t win, but its owners could only see the bright side of being short-listed.

“We came in second for best new juice in the world and not too many folks can say that and mean it tonight,” Gary said after the announcements were made in Cologne, Germany.

17—“I’m thrilled,” said Creston literacy co-ordinator Linda Steward on Oct. 10, as she walked away with nearly $350 in donations collected in the Reach a Reader campaign.

“Do you know how many things we can do with that money?”

In exchange for donations to the Columbia Basin Alliance for Literacy (CBAL), volunteers offered Oct. 10 editions of the Creston Valley Advance to passersby at the Canyon Street Walkthrough and the Creston Valley Public Library. Among the volunteers were members of the Creston Valley Thunder Cats hockey team, Regional District of Central Kootenay Area C director Larry Binks, Couns. Scott Veitch and Joanna Wilson, and Advance staff.

•After twice delaying a decision on a rezoning application for a 14th Avenue property Creston town council voted unanimously to pass the bylaw’s third reading on Oct. 11. Final approval of the rezoning allowed the brewery to construct a railway spur on its property that will provide for the storage of four railcars, two each holding malt and syrup. Brewery manager Murray Oswald estimated the four cars will provide for four or five days of brewing at peak capacity.

•Creston Valley seniors will have more support in their efforts to remain living independently beginning in 2014, Creston town council learned at the Oct. 8 meeting, when Myrna Johnson reported that she was the community developer for Better at Home, funded by the provincial government and managed by United Way. Better at Home is intended to supplement existing services, helping seniors with simple, non-medical tasks to enable them to continue living independently and remain connected to their communities.

•Town council’s decision to cap the total property tax exemptions at 1.75 per cent of the total property tax paid by town residents resulted in Friends of the Ingham Arts and Culture Centre and Kootenay Employment Centre being shut out completely.

“The Ingham centre is a wonderful concept that we support, but it isn’t in operation, so it doesn’t meet the criteria,” said town finance director Steffan Klassen. “KES’s needs didn’t outweigh the needs of the other applicants.”

24—Following the throne speech, Kootenay-Columbia MP David Wilks said the new session of Parliament promises to be a productive one. He said budget forecasts continue to be optimistic.

“Nationally, I think for me, the most important one for me is that our government is still on target to balance the budget by 2015,” he said. “As a result of that we’ll put a freeze on the overall operating budget which will continue to restrain hiring.”

•Deemed a liability by owner CP Rail, demolition of Wynndel's United Grain Growers elevator began Oct. 18, expected to take about a week. According to the Creston Museum, the grain elevator “was built in the mid-1930s, was sold into private hands in 1971, and was operating as a private grain storage facility as recently as 2001.”

31—Born in England and raised in other areas, including Africa, new College of the Rockies manager Kerry Hobbs lived a largely nomadic life. And happily so.

Something in her changed, though, when she and her husband, Guy, moved to Creston.

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partnerships it has within the Creston Valley.

“To be able to link education with our other community partners is our mission,” she said.

•Representatives from Kootenai Community Centre Society arrived at the Oct. 22 regular Creston town council meeting hoping to get another kick at the town’s property tax exemption decisions. The bylaw was passed before the meeting’s end, though, as question period is one of the last items on every meeting agenda.

KCCS executive director Lendina Bambrick said that the criteria used by the committee that recommended that some KCCS properties should not get a 100 per cent property tax exemption did not follow guidelines.

“The report clearly outlines the criteria (for a tax exemption) and ‘compete with private sector businesses’ is not one of the criteria, “she said.

“So we are feeling the process was flawed in that regard.”

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• Have your chimney cleaned twice a year, and inspect your flue vents regularly. To prevent creosote from building up in your chimney flue, don’t burn cardboard, trash or green wood. Instead, opt for well-seasoned logs and kindling.

• Keep a Class A fire extinguisher on hand. Make sure smoke alarms and carbon monoxide detectors are installed in the proper locations in your home, and test them regularly.

• Don’t use gasoline, charcoal starter fluid or other flammable liquids to start your fire.

• Teach your children to stay clear of a hot stove or burning fire.

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CRESTON CUBS & SCOUTS BOTTLE DRIVE Friday Jan 10 3 - 6 pm January 11 10 am - 2 pm If you would like us to pick up your bottles and cans Please call 250-402-3201 or e-mail firstcrestonscouts@gmail.com

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Trades, Technical

Massage (Reg Therapist)

Catering/Party Rentals

Legal Services

JOURNEYMAN AUTOMOTIVE Service Technician(s) in Hanna Alberta. Hanna Chrysler Ltd. offers competitive wages, relocation allowance, negotiable depending on experience. Bright, modern shop.

Full-time permanent with benefits. Friendly town just 2 hours from major urban centres. More info at: hannachrysler.ca. Fax 403-854-2845; Or send by email to: chrysler@telusplanet.net

CENTURY PLAZA HOTEL Best Rates. 1.800.663.1818 century-plaza.com

Information ADVERTISE in the LARGEST OUTDOOR PUBLICATION IN BC The 2014-2016 BC Hunting Regulations Synopsis

Healing Arts Restoring Balance to Body and Mind

250-428-0165 or 250-428-7064

CRESTON AL-ANON MEETING Thursdays 7:00 pm Creston Valley Hospital Meeting Room A (downstairs) Phone: 250-402-8685 “Are you affected by someone else’s drinking?”

POTTERY Pridham Studio Gallery

OPEN Tues-Sat 10am-5pm

138 12 Ave. N. Creston BC

250-428-5080

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Weekly start dates. Job board!

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Zea Friesen R.Ac. 1821 Canyon St. Creston

250.428.0207 crestonacupuncture.com Kveta-Natural Healing Centre

• Emotion Code • Reflexology • CranioSacral Therapy

250-428-5515

LaDonna Smith R.M.T. Tues, Wed, Fri & Sat

Creston 250-254-4747

R.M.T.

Registered Massage Therapist EXCELLENT THERAPY FOR YOUR BODY For Appointment Call...250-428-5737

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H&R ORCHARDS LTD. 4733 Canyon Lister Rd Canyon BC V0B 1C0 Need 8 workers March 1 - Nov 15, 2014 Wage $10.25/hr Fax 250-428-7573 harbansdaliwal@hotmail.ca

In Memoriam

In Memory of Ray Brost In tears we saw you sinking, We watched you fade away; Your suffered much in silence You fought so hard to stay.

You faced your task with courage, But still you kept on fighting Until the very end.

God saw you getting tired, When a cure was not to be; So he put his arms around you, And whispered “Come with Me.” So when we saw you sleeping, So peaceful, free from pain; We could not wish you back, To suffer that again.

In our hearts forever Helen and Family

www.dialalaw.org

ext 2 dmunro27@gmail.com

When only the best will do!

Household Services

A-1 FURNACE & Air Duct Cleaning.

Complete Furnace/Air Duct Systems cleaned & sterilized. Locally owned & operated. 1-800-5650355 (Free estimates)

Telephone Services

Susan Smith IF YOU own a home or real estate, Alpine Credits can lend you money: It’s That Simple.

Your Credit / Age / Income is not an issue. 1.800.587.2161.

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Cleaning Services

Cleaning Services

Financial Services

Dustpan Diva Cleaning Services

Check out drivebc.ca or call 1-800-550-4997

www.kveta-healing.com

250-866-5677

YRB Highway Maintenance 1-888-352-0356

Career Opportunities

Career Opportunities

Help Wanted Experienced parts person required immediately for James Western Star in Williams Lake.

Full time, competitive wages, benefits and signing bonus.

Fax resume to 250-398-6367 or email: nwejr@jamesws.com

at the Creston Golf Club or offsite We can provide everything!

ALCOHOLICS ANONYMOUS

315 15th Ave N (Lutheran Church Office) Saturday 7pm (Open)

Creston, BC

Services

Please call Annemarie 1.800.661.6335 email: fish@blackpress.ca

250-428-5954 or 250-428-0310

Registered Massage Therapist

250-428-3445

The most effective way to reach an incredible number of BC Sportsmen & women.

Two year edition- terrific presence for your business.

422 - 7th Ave N (Anglican Church Basement) Monday 11am (closed) Wednesday 8pm (closed) Friday 8pm (open)

Julie Malowany

NELSON POLICE DEPARTMENT

A quality cleaning service to meet all your home & office needs!

YES, WE CLEAN UP CONSTRUCTION SITES! 250.428.1546 www.dustpandiva.com

Garage Door Services

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RECRUIT POLICE CONSTABLE The Nelson Police Department has an immediate opening for a recruit police constable. The successful candidate will be trained at the Justice Institute of British Columbia beginning in the spring of 2014.

Further information regarding this opportunity can be found at www.nelsonpolice.ca

EXEMPT PATROL CONSTABLE The Nelson Police Department has an immediate opening for an Exempt Patrol Constable. The successful candidate must be a certified Municipal or RCMP Constable.

Detailed information regarding this position can be found at www.nelsonpolice.ca Expressions of interest, including a covering letter and resume may be submitted by 4:30, January 15, 2014 to: Office of the Chief Constable, Nelson Police Dept.

606 Stanley Street Nelson, B.C. V1L 1N4 administration@nelsonpolice.ca While we appreciate the interest of all applicants, only those selected for involvement in the selection process will be contacted.

Garage Door Services

Need it Fixed?

REPAIRS & SERVICE RESI'E17IA/ & C200ERCIA/ 1E: I1S7A//A7I21S S7EE/-CRA)7 '22RS

Gordon Hegland

250-402-9818

OVERHEAD DOOR Company of Creston

Red Cross MEDICAL EQUIPMENT Loan Service

The eyes have it

Walkers Wheelchairs Crutches • Canes • Bed Rails Raised Toilet Seats • Commodes Donations Accepted

Fetch a Friend from the SPCA today! spca.bc.ca

Creston Valley Hospital Lower Level

250-428-9619

Mon • Wed • Friday 2pm - 4pm

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Pets & Livestock

Merchandise for Sale

Rentals

Transportation

Feed & Hay

Misc. for Sale

Halls/Auditoriums

Auto Financing

HAY FOR SALE small square $160/ton 250-428-4316

NEW LIFE FURNITURE & RECYCLING 114 NW Blvd. 250-402-0098

Canyon Hall

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Pet Services LIL’ MUTT PET RESORT

• Boarding dogs & cats • Grooming • Pet Foods & Supplies 1304 NW Blvd and 3323 Phillips Road Creston, BC

250-428-5837

www.lilmuttpetresort.com

Merchandise for Sale

Firearms

NEW HOURS Mon - Sat 10am - 5pm DONATION PICK UPS Call to arrange a pick up Interested in joining our team of great volunteers a few hours a week?

Contact Amanda for more information Quality second-hand Furnishings, Appliances, Electronics & More!

RECYCLING DEPOT for: -small appliances -electronics -batteries -toys STEEL BUILDINGS/Metal buildings 60% off! 20x28, 30x40, 40x62, 45x90, 50x120, 60x150, 80x100 sell for balance owed! Call 1-800-4572206 or visit us online at: www.crownsteelbuildings.ca

WANTED: RIFLES, shotguns, restricted weapons, reloading equipment, decoys or any other shooting related items. Fully licensed. Glen 250-428-6750

Real Estate

Food Products

LAKEVIEW LOT FOR SALE ON BOWRON LAKE, B.C. 2.58 acres, unserviced, small trees on it. 100 ft. from lake. $250,000. Call: 1-250983-2594

BUTCHER SHOP

BC INSPECTED GRADED AA OR BETTER LOCALLY GROWN NATURAL BEEF Hormone Free Grass Fed/Grain Finished $100 Packages Available Quarters/Halves $2.65/lb Hanging Weight Extra Lean Hamburger $4.00/lb TARZWELL FARMS 250-428-4316 Creston

Misc. for Sale Open This Winter

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Lots

Rentals Apt/Condo for Rent 2/BDRM APT in Creston.

Great view! Available now. $750/mo 250-428-2548 55+ 2/BDRM condo top oor elevator 6 appl. N/S N/P $875+ Avail. now 250-4286168 APARTMENTS for rent: Call Michele or Paulette 250-4282562 or 250-428-3096 BRIGHT, CLEAN & quiet 1/bdrm apt. Avail.immed. Covered patio.Parking for one car. $525/mo + Util. 250-428-9303 Creston: 1 & 2/BDRM APTS $575/mo & $725/mo + elec.

N/S; N/P; DD & ref req. 250428-2202 Creston: 1/BDRM APT $500/mo + elec. N/S N/P. Call 250-254-0840/250-866-5789 CRESTON ATTENTION SENIORS Nikkyl Place Seniors APARTMENTS includes 2 meals a day house keeping,laundry & reg bus service.

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

250-402-9351 Creston, BC PARKVIEW MANOR 1 & 2/Bdrm Apartments $550 & up. Secure Building Available now!

Rent Incentive N/S N/P Children OK Phone Ingrid 250-428-2234 CRESTON MANOR 406 - 16th. Ave. N 1 & 2/Bdrm Apts Available Adult building N/P Phone Randal 250-428-3503

Newly Renovated & Ready for your Events!

Ask about the Small Hall Henri 250-428-8852 Canyon Park Reservations Shelly 250-428-3356

lley Creston Va

GLEANEatRionSs Two Loc u!

To Serve Yo

Homes for Rent

RENTALS AVAILABLE Canyon: 3/bdrm 2/bath house on acreage, appliances. Avail. immed.

Creston: 3/bdrm 2/bath home in town. Avail. immed.

Canyon: 2/bdrm suite, appl.

Avail. Jan 1st.

Creston: 2/bdrm home, all appl., central location. 2 bay garage incl. Freshly painted.

Avail. immed.

Crestglen MHP: 2/bdrm mobile, 4 appl. New decor. Mobile park rules apply. Avail. immed.

Damage deposit, N/S, pets w/restrictions, ref. req. for all properties. Ask for a “tenancy request form� available from Century 21 front desk or call Ken at 250-428-6168

Property Management PROPERTY MANAGEMENT For your Property Management

Though the “Emergency Scam� (or sometimes referred to as the “Grandparent Scam�) has been around for years, the RCMP-led Canadian Anti-Fraud Centre warns the public to be on alert after noting a marked increase in the number of complaints.

Fraudsters contact potential victims while posing as a family member or friend in urgent need of cash. Often the scenario involves an accident or arrest while travelling abroad, with a request that cash be sent through a money transfer company, such as Western Union or Money Gram.

In the typical scenario, a grandparent receives a phone call from a con-artist claiming to be one of their grandchildren. The caller goes on to say that they are in some kind of trouble, usually a car accident, returning from a foreign country, or even bail money and need money immediately.

Victims don't verify the story until after the money has been sent as the caller speciďŹ cally asks that they do not want other relatives to know what has happened by asking “Can you please help me? I'm in jail (or in the hospital / or in some type of ďŹ nancial need). But don't tell Dad. He would kill me if he found out, please send the money ASAP. I'm scared!"

Wanting to help their grandchild, the victim sends money by a money transfer company such as Money Gram or Western Union.

Variations on the scam exist such as an old neighbor, a friend of the family etc. but predominantly the Emergency Scam is directed toward the grandparents.

ROTACREST HALL RENTAL Special Occasions/Events Call 250-428-7127 For Information and Booking WEST CRESTON HALL and/or grounds available.

Full kitchen facilities.

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

3/BDRM HOUSE garage, storage, fenced yard, parking $750/mo 250-428-5122 CRAWFORD Bay House Rental, 3.5 bdrm, dbl garage, new appliances, hot tub, $1200 + utilities (rent negot. for upkeep) 250-365-1005 CUTE 2 bdrm house close to downtown. Fenced yard, single car garage, partial basement, W/D, F/S. Non smoking.

Available immediately. $775 + utilities. 250-357-2599 LG. 2/BDRM 1/bath home w/den, walking distance to mall, covered carport, lots of storage. W/D F/S $850/mo 250-428-2004

SCAM ALERT

Currently there are two outlets to serve the citizens of the Creston Valley and The Creston Valley Advance beyond.you to call reminds the Canadian Anti-Fraud Centreshoes, wide selection of crafts, linens, toys, jewellery, The main store sells clothing, topuzzles report any suspicious for all ages andcalls sizes.

1-888-495-8501 Gleaners Too sells a variety of housewares, collectables, books, hardware, CDs, DVDs, small and large appliances, furniture and other miscellaneous goods.

Main Store Hours:

autocredit 911

807 Canyon Street 250-428-4166

Tuesday & Friday 9:30 am to 4pm Every Thursday 4pm to 7pm Closed Saturday

Gleaners Too Hours:

113 - 8 Ave. N. (across the street) 250-428-4106

Tuesday & Friday 9am to 4pm Every Thursday 4pm to 7pm

Food Bank Hours:

807 Canyon Street (behind Main Store)

Tuesday & Friday 9am to 1pm

Boats World’s Finest FISHING BOATS

Drop-Off Hours: (both locations) Gates Open

Monday to Friday 6am to 6pm Saturday & Sunday 1pm to 5pm

Drop-off for main store inside and in parking lot; all other donations received at Gleaners Too.

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

Rental & Sales needs Ingrid Voigt

RE/MAX Discovery Real Estate

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

Shared Accommodation Creston - ROOM TO RENT for one mature professional working person. N/S N/P 1500 sq ft living space, 1-level 2/bath. Util incl. 250-402-6698 email royalcreston@telus.net for pictures

...that’s why WE SERVE!

Want to Rent SEEKING RENT to own or manage small orchard/veg farm after Mar 1/14. Ref. 250719-1234

Mortgages

Please drop off your old eyeglasses to: Creston Optometric Eye Centre Creston Valley Hospital Swan Valley Lodge Royal Bank The Gleaners or any Lion

Mortgages

Commercial/ Industrial

Affordable Steel Shipping Containers for sale/rent 20’ & 40’ Kootenay Containers Castlegar 250-365-3014

Creston COMMERCIAL BUILDING

HOT TUB (SPA) COVERS. Best price. Best quality. All shapes & colours available.

1-866-652-6837 www.thecoverguy.com/ newspaper?

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

Help Wanted

Help Wanted

3600 sq.ft. of Retail Space

Janis Caldwell-Sawley

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

Flexible Appointments

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

Help Wanted

Help Wanted

Help Wanted

The Key To

Your New Career

Help Wanted

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EQUIPMENT • MACHINERY • CONSTRUCTION

Shopa's Excavating Ltd.

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Excavator • Backhoes Dumptrucks • Cat Work Water Lines • Septic Fields Subdivision • Site Preparation Sand • Gravel • Topsoil Rock Hammer Road Building

501 Helen St., Creston BC

Call Marcus 250-428-1953

Government Certified Sewage planner & installer

Wynndel, BC

EXCAVATION ROAD BUILDING LAND & SITE DEVELOPMENT LOGGING DUMP TRUCK EXCAVATOR

250-428-2939

Call Carl 250-428-1474

250-866-5770

KEPKE

What Services do you have to OFFER?

Excavating ◊ ◊ ◊ ◊ ◊ ◊ ◊

Landscaping Retaining Walls Retaining Wall Repair Spring & Fall Cleanup Dump Runs Stump Removal Water Lines

Call Ron Kepke 250-428-4306 Cell 250-428-1973

What Services do you have to OFFER? To advertise here, call

sales@crestonvalleyadvance.ca

Experienced in: Water lines • Wells • Stump removal Landscaping • Road maintenance

Gerlinsky Hoe & Skidsteer Services

250-428-2266

Anita sales@crestonvalleyadvance.ca

250-428-9453 • Cell: 250-428-1314

W.H. EXCAVATING

JA-CO

INDUSTRIAL LTD. EQUIPMENT RENTAL & SALES

WHY? BUY

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SERVICES INCLUDE: THIS

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call 250-428-2266

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

250-428-9788

Arlen Johnson, Proprietor 4015 Hwy 3, Erickson BC

starts from only $50 per month for annual booking Call 250-428-2266

Dump Trucks - Tandem & Single Axle Excavator • Bobcat • Auger Bits Rotted Manure • Topsoil Land Clearing • Rock Hammer Road Building • Site Preparation Logging/Subdivisions Basements/Demolition

250-402-9528 Will

18 www.crestonvalleyadvance.ca Serving the Creston Valley

Residential & Commercial Licensed & Insured

250-402-9006 Phone George

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CONTRACTORS • RENOVATIONS • HOME AND YARD SERVICES

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THIS SPACE

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

Starting from only $50 per month for annual booking

Serving the Creston Valley since 1984

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With your ad starting from only $50 per month for annual booking

250-428-2426

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Journeyman Electrician

Chimney Sweeping

Fireplace & Woodstove Servicing Visual Inspections & Installations WETT Certified Technicians

Tip Top Chimney Service 250-919-3643

tiptopchimneys@gmail.com

Sweeping the Kootenays Clean!

HOUSE CALLS CARPET & UPHOLSTERY CLEANING

Central Air Conditioners

Auto Interiors Fabric Protection Area Rugs Flood & Fire Restoration Licensed Painter Terry Dugdale Creston, BC

“We Move the Furniture” FREE ESTIMATES

RENTALS & SERVICE

Starting from only $50 per month for annual booking Call 250-428-2266

• Portable Toilets • Portable Showers GREAT FOR • Weddings • Family Reunions • Large Parties • Construction Sites • Farms

FREE ESTIMATES! Specializing in Custom built • Kitchen cabinets • Bathroom vanities • Railings & stairs • All types of counter tops including granite, solid surfaces and laminate

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

1033-25 Ave S. Creston

Jonathan Bartsch Technician

To advertise here, call

250-428-0752

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

• COMMERCIAL • RESIDENTIAL • JOURNEYMAN • LINE MARKING

Tom Morris

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

• Airbrush Tanning

LINE PAINTING

Ph: 250-428-3455 Fax: 250-428-7393

PARKING LOTS, CURBS ETC...

Bob & Howard Graham 1208 NW Blvd, Creston BC

JC’S

Arrow Mountain

MINI SELF STORAGE STORAGE (turn east between Northstar & Iron Kettle)

250-428-9933 www.jcstorage.com

Auto Detailing 250-428-6532

2520 Hwy 3A Creston

Pine Profiles Inc.

250-428-0178 Cell: 250-254-0944

Over 35 years Auto Detailer

Robert Construction

• Renovations • Eavestrough • Fascia • Soffit • Vinyl Siding • Metal Roofing • Window Capping

André Robert

250-428-4914

Finishing Contractor Stoneworks • Tile• Masonry Hardwood and more...

Insured, Licensed & Bonded

Jonathan Bartsch

250-866-5246

RAY'S GARBAGE PICKUP Creston Residential Pickup & All Rural Areas 3 - 40yd Bins

ALL-RITE

SEWAGE PUMPING SERVICES

Edwin Johnson 250-428-9097 Portable restrooms Tanks and risers Pumps Float switches ...and more

ICBC EXPRESS windshield replacements

620 Payne St. Creston, BC

Dan’s Grime to Shine

...And More!

250-428-2266

250-428-8482

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

sales@crestonvalleyadvance.ca

• Infrared Sauna

Anita sales@crestonvalleyadvance.ca

Your WINDSHIELD specialists *55 years combined experience

What Services do you have to OFFER?

Call 250-428-2266

Call T.W.S. 250-866-5246

LAWN & YARD MAINTENANCE

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• Whole Body Vibration

• Panelling • Flooring • Siding • Baseboards • Casings • Crown mouldings

• Mechanical & Chemical Deglazing of Creosote • Avian & Nest Removals • Custom Masonry Heaters • Professionally Insured • Licensed & W.E.T.T Certified

D&S

Spring/Fall Clean-up Inside or Outside Heavy or Light Work SeniorDiscounts

Cell 250-428-1895

SOLID WOOD PRODUCTS AT GREAT PRICES

RESIDENTIAL CLEANING

Reasonable weekend or monthly rates

Advertise in the Serving Creston Valley section of the classifieds

What Services do you have to OFFER?

ORCHARD VALLEY

• Septic Tanks • RVs & Boats

YES! We have a wheelchair accessible toilet

&

Woodstove Maintenance

NEED CLEAN-UP?

PUMPING SERVICES

250-428-4053 250-428-6256

Chimney Sweep

Derick Todd Journeyman Carpenter Sirdar BC

1012 Canyon Street 250-428-3334

TWS

Furnace & Duct Cleaning Commercial & Residential

250-428-0806

CATCH THIS, SPOT.

www.nufloors.ca/creston 1518 Northwest Blvd Creston

R.C.W. Woodcraft Cabinets

FROM CONCRETE TO CABINETRY

this spot

71 Units • Easy Access 24/7 Video Surveillance Units accessable 24/7 Attendant living on site Storage Insurance Approved

ALL UNITS ARE DRYWALLED TO MEET THE LATEST FIRE RATED BUILDING CODES

• Residential • Commercial • Fire & Flood Restoration

250-428-9887

Serving Creston since 1991

Call Rob551 250-428-3

A1 POOP SCOOPER #1 in the #2 Business

WEEKLY PET WASTE REMOVAL • Residential • Commercial • Acreages • One time clean-ups

As low as $12/wk Sr/Disabled Discounts

250-402-6711

Show off your

250-428-4673 Next to Arrow Mountain Truck/Car Touchless Wash 506 D Helen Street

To advertise here, call

250-428-2266

Anita sales@crestonvalleyadvance.ca

HI NEIGHB OUR

WELCOM SERVICEE

CRESTON VALLEY ADVANCE A NITA H ORTON

sales coordinator

For information, maps, gifts and much more, contact Hostess Christy Johnston

250-428-7074

PACKAGES

Buyers and Sellers call

Sara Malyk 250- 435-0071

For all your real estate needs call Sara

• Kids from $129 • Bifocals from $182 • Progressive from $249

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www.remaxcreston.com

Creston Optometric Eye Centre

1018 Canyon St., Creston, BC V0B 1G0

223 - 16th Ave N • 250-428-2044

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Creston Valley Advance Thursday, January 2, 2014

Office: 250-428-2234 1013 Canyon St. Creston, BC

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NOVEMBER 7—After more than two decades of running it, the Creston Valley Wildlife Management Authority began looking for a credible and experienced organization to operate its Wildlife Interpretation Centre.

Provincial legislation is expected to rescind the Creston Valley Wildlife Act and bring it under the B.C. Wildlife Act and the jurisdiction of the Ministry of Forests, Land and Natural Resource Operations. That would align the local area with other wildlife management areas in B.C. but won’t allow it to operate the centre, nor does the mandate of Ducks Unlimited Canada, which will begin operating the area once the legislation changes.

“Everybody really wants to make it work,” said manager Marc-André Beaucher. “Even though they don’t want to operate it doesn’t mean they want to shut it down, because they recognize the importance of it.”

•A 22-year-old Cranbrook man was arrested following a series of crimes from Kimberley to Creston. The suspect faced nine charges, including theft of a Toyota in Kimberley, theft of a GMC Yukon from Creston, theft of a Hyundai Sante Fe from Gray Creek, break-ins to residential properties and theft and assault with a weapon in Kimberley.

14—Options to increase the cost efficiency of Creston Valley’s transit system were discussed at the Nov. 7 meeting of the local services committee (Regional District of Central Kootenay areas A, B and C, and the Town of Creston).

Randy Matheson, research analyst for the RDCK, outlined four options for local regional directors to consider for the BC Transit service. They included making no changes, replacing the community shuttle route service with pre-booked on-demand service, reducing the community bus service to three days a week from five, and eliminating the community shuttle route service altogether.

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(From left) Creston Valley Chamber of Commerce president Rob Schepers, Ministry of Transportation and Infrastructure district operations manager Hugh Eberle, Nelson-Creston MLA Michelle Mungall, Creston Mayor Ron Toyota, Lower Kootenay Band Chief Jason Louie and Creston RCMP Staff Sgt. Bob Gollan cut the ribbon over the westbound lane on Kootenay Pass on Oct. 6 in honour of its 50th anniversary.

Without changes to the system, taxpayer share of the BC Transit service are expected to increase by more than 10 per cent in 2014, Matheson said. Costs have been unchanged in the last five years.

•The William Tell Juice Company began offering oldfashioned sparkling apple and pear cider, as well as Mad Trapper old-fashioned apple cider, made on JRD Farms in Erickson, and available at Creston Valley Farmers’ Market and Creative Fix. Dave Mutch’s products are made entirely from local fruit and even the labels were designed locally. Apple and pear cider vinegar are anticipated in the spring, and peach and cherry old-fashioned ciders are planned from the 2014 harvest.

•For a fourth year, Tim Hortons held a successful Smile Cookie campaign, again raising $5,040 for the Creston Valley Hospital Tuck Shop, and delivering the cheque on Oct. 31. The Tuck Shop is run by volunteers, who raise money to support health care at CVH. •A collaboration involving the Creston Rotary Club, fabric artist and painter Eileen Gidman, seniors and several special needs students would raise funds for the Therapeutic Activation

Program for Seniors, with those involved creating Christmas cards.

21—When Terry-Joe Henry and her husband were re-shingling their roof on 24th Avenue North last spring, they came across an unexpected surprise. A series of notes — written by Miriam Anderson and her cousin, Lise Salatino (née Floer) — appeared, tucked under shingles and having survived the elements as long as 25 years.

“I’m not sure whose idea it was to write notes,” said Anderson. “I remember writing them and thinking about some family far into the future who would discover them. I assumed they’d be curious about who had lived in the house before and I wanted them to know about all of us.”

•The Canadian Union of Postal Workers proposal for Canada Post to get into the banking business isn’t likely to get much support from Creston town council. The first item on the Nov. 12 regular meeting agenda was a request for support from CUPW to help stem service and job cuts to Canada Post. A motion to receive the proposal for information was passed unanimously without discussion.

28—As part of National Addictions Awareness Week, six members of the Lower Kootenay Band spent the night in Millennium

Park on Friday, with the temperature dropping to -12 C. “In some areas of the country, that’s a warm night,” said Chief Jason Louie.

“As someone who hasn't experienced sleeping in the cold, or even without a roof over my head, I felt what it was like to be in the cold, to feel the hard surface I slept on,” said Lisa Three Feathers. “It has opened my eyes a lot. I pray for all those who are without shelter to be looked after and watched over and not to have to go through this much longer. I feel for what homeless people go through everyday. This was just one night, but one that I hope brings awareness to all.”

DECEMBER 5— The School District No. 8 (Kootenay Lake) board of education voted in a special meeting on Dec. 3 to end its refusal to absorb the costs of a provincially negotiated wage hike for Canadian Union of Public Employees (CUPE) Local 748 workers.

While many districts objected to having to find savings to fund the cost increases when the contract was signed in the spring, Kootenay Lake was the only district that didn’t submit a plan to cover the expenditure.

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The board voted to avert a threatened CUPE strike by submitting a savings plan to the provincial Ministry of Education.

“With all the other districts not taking the stand we did, the ministry wasn’t going to feel the need to change direction,” said trustee Mel Joy. “But even a little bit of understanding would have been nice.”

• Creston town council would like to see an opinion poll regarding daylight time added to ballots in the 2014 municipal election, it was decided at the Nov. 26 regular meeting.

The motion passed with three of the four councillors present voting to have Mayor Ron Toyota request that the Creston Valley services committee make the recommendation to the Regional District of Central Kootenay board.

Based on Coun. Judy Gadicke’s research, Creston didn’t participate when municipalities were asked about adopting mountain daylight time in 1952, and wants that to finally happen.

•The Town of Creston will rent two Eagle III-P voting machines from the City of Surrey in the 2014 municipal election, after hearing recommendations from research and legislative analyst Bhar Sihota at the Nov. 26 regular meeting.

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20 www.crestonvalleyadvance.ca From page 21 The voting machines will cost $700 — $500 for programming plus a $200 rental fee — and although they won’t reduce lineups, they will help to return election results sooner than manual counting.

They also ensure accuracy when voters cast their ballots.

12— Local Regional District of Central Kootenay directors are joining a working group designed to develop a sustainability plan for Creston Valley Wildlife Management Area (CVWMA) and its Wildlife Interpretation Centre.

At the Dec. 4 regular monthly meeting of the Creston Valley services committee, a delegation presented its recommendation to form a working group. The committee will also include a representative from Columbia Basin Trust, Lower Kootenay Band, Creston Valley Chamber of Commerce, CVWMA, the BC Ministry of Forests, Lands and Natural Resources Operations, and Nelson-Creston MLA Michelle Mungall.

“The wetlands are one of our most important resources and we need to work together to build on their appeal to tourists,” said Mayor Ron Toyota.

•Linking history, community and a sense of pride, the Lower Kootenay Band and the Creston Valley Thunder Cats teamed up to create a third jersey for the Junior B hockey team. The jersey has a new logo featuring a “thunder cat” head designed in a First Nations style by Warren Bruns, with the words “Yaqan Nukiy” above. The LKB logo is on the sleeve.

“What you see the most is the ‘Yaqan Nukiy’ and the Thunder Cats head on the jersey,” said LKB Chief Jason Louie.

“It’s just a huge step by the Thunder Cats organization to acknowledge the traditional homeland of the local First Nations.”

19— Once again, Creston Valley elected officials were at the forefront in local government. Area B director John Kettle was acclaimed to a fourth year as chair of the Regional District of Central Kootenay board on Dec. 12.

“Maybe it was a case of being the devil they know,” Kettle joked after his acclamation.

Two days earlier, Rebecca Huscroft was elected, also by acclamation, chair of the School District No. 8 (Kootenay Lake) board of education. Huscroft represents the South Rural zone.

•With two weeks left to get property owner approval for fire service protection in West Creston and on the Creston flats, volunteers continued their push to get enough signatures on a Regional District of Central Kootenay petition.

The proposal would see fire departments from the Town of Creston, Wynndel-Lakeview and Canyon-Lister respond to fight fires in the WestCreston/Creston flats area. According to the RDCK petition, residential and farm owners would pay a maximum rate of $1.24 per $1,000.

•The points kept adding up for the Creston Valley Thunder Cats, who won three games in a row, maintaining a firstplace lead in the Eddie Mountain Division of the Kootenay International Junior Hockey League as they headed into their Christmas break.

The first week after the break was slated to be a busy one for the Thunder Cats, who hosted the Kimberley Dynamiters and Fernie Ghostriders on Dec. 30 and 31, and will travel to Invermere on Jan. 3 before hosting the 100 Mile House Wranglers on Jan. 4.

24—The Regional District of Central Kootenay adopted a bylaw establishing a fire protection service for Arrow Creek that took effect Jan. 1. Under the contract,

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Nesta Oler, pushed by Ty Sommerfeldt, and Cicy Blackmore, pushed by Malachi Blackmore, were among the students from Yahk Elementary School who took part in a Flintstonesthemed soapbox derby on Nov. 13.

response to fire calls and other emergencies will be provided jointly by Creston Fire Rescue, Wynndel-Lakeview and CanyonLister fire departments. They will be compensated equally for providing services.

•The Creston Room at the Creston and District Community Complex was abuzz with activity, as volunteers swarmed to organize and pack 400 Christmas hampers for the Creston Ministerial Association.

The community was generous, with donations of food, toys, gifts and cash pouring in right up until packing time on Dec. 16. And after those donations were made, more people took the time to work on the project.

“Well over 300 amazing community volunteers served with heart, soul and strength over the course of the two hamper days,” said ministerial association president Tom Greentree.

•The Town of Creston’s cost for the realignment of the intersection of Highway 3 (Northwest Boulevard) at Pine Street and Railway Boulevard will be $545,000, about 10 per cent of the total cost.

In a report to town council at the Dec. 17 meeting, engineering director Colin Farynowski said that costs of the project deemed to be of equal benefit to the town and province will be shared equally.

Construction is scheduled for 2014.

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