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Douma representing Canada in world blind tournament

Public won’t vote on daylight time issue

BY LORNE ECKERSLEY Advance Staff

There have been many verbal and written shots fired but the daylight time controversy is about to die without a chance for the public to vote on the issue.

Coun. Judy Gadicke, the main proponent in taking the issue to referendum, made a motion at the March 25 council meeting to remove it from the Town of Creston action plan.

Gadicke conceded defeat on her proposal after being informed by Mayor Ron Toyota that there was no chance that local Regional District of Central Kootenay directors would support going to referendum.

“This is about democracy,” she said before the motion passed.

“For us (town council) this was never about going out and campaigning one way or another,” Toyota said. “It was about giving the people of the Creston Valley and East Shore a chance to go into a voting booth and have their say.”

Gadicke brought out the issue in two local government election campaigns, and topped the polls among candidates for town council in each.

When directed to take the issue to the local services committee, Toyota met with opposition from Area A director Garry Jackman and Area B director John Kettle, neither of whom support a move to daylight time.

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BY BRIAN LAWRENCE Advance Editor

Darren Douma is preparing to travel to Australia in May, for a trip almost exclusively focused on golf. But it isn’t a vacation — he’s competing in the World Blind Golf Championships and the Australian Blind Golf Open, which run May 9-18.

“It’s an opportunity to compete on an international stage while representing my community, my province and my country,” he said. “The outcome, and my personal goal, is to inspire all ages of individuals who cope with vision loss to take up the game of golf.”

Douma is one of six Canadians selected to compete in the world championships, having placed first in his sight category in the Western Canadian Blind Golf Association tournament and second in the Canadian Blind Golf Open Championship last year.

To help him reach his goal of playing in Australia, he’s hosting a fundraising dinner and dance on April 25, with dinner catered by the Heights and music by DJ Vern Gorham.

(Tickets are $25, available at Creative Fix or Paul’s Superette.)

See DOUMA, page 26 Darren Douma putting at the Creston Golf Club.

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old fever probably first attracted adventurers to the Kootenays. But as they travelled through this area on their way to the goldfields, the singular beauty of Creston cast a spell on them. The prospectors, trappers and loggers realized the great potential of the valley’s raw resources.

The fertile wetlands would be ideal for farming. Many of them stayed to form this wonderful community that is now known as Creston.

To celebrate Creston’s unique heritage, the Blossom Valley Singers will perform Creston’s history in song at their upcoming spring concert and tea. The choir will sing about Fields of Gold, the Song of the River, Sixteen Tons, a Native American prayer and Come With Me to Creston, an original number penned

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The concert will be held at the Holy Cross Catholic Church hall at 2:30 p.m. April 12 and 13 at 2:30 p.m. Tickets are $12 for adults and $8 for children (or $14/$10 at the door).

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The novel focuses on Kaliegh Wolfsblood — the name comes from an incident at the

Creston Fire Rescue crews arrived within minutes of receiving a call about a car fire in a Cook Street parking lot on Monday afternoon. Eyewitness Ray Gauthier snapped this photo after the driver pulled into the lot and hurried out of the vehicle.

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With his four dogs, he sets off on a quest to search for a powerful object.

“The land is in distress because the Emerald Chain, a mystical thing the leader of the land has that gives him power,

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MLA Mungall opposed to land reserve changes

BY LORNE ECKERSLEY Advance Staff

An overhaul of the Agricultural Land Commission (ALC) that has at least some support from key agricultural sectors was announced by the B.C. government on March 27.

“From time to time, we need to look at organizations like the ALC to make sure as an organization it is serving the people of B.C. the best it can,” Kootenay East MLA Bill Bennett said in making the announcement.

Bennett, minister of energy and mines, has also been examining all functions of the government as minister responsible for core review.

“These improvements achieve our goals of supporting the ALC in its role as independent decision maker, protecting our high quality farm land and still supporting farmers to get ahead,” he said.

Bennett said the ALC will now administer two zones “to better recognize the province’s regional differences.”

Zone 1 includes Vancouver Island, the South Coast and Okanagan regions, while Zone 2 is comprised of the Interior, Kootenay and North regions. Zone 1 is the most productive of the province’s farmland, which also faces the largest development and population pressures.

“This is great news for our farmers in the Creston Valley,” said Regional Disitrict of Central Kootenay chair and Area B director John Kettle.

“Some of them are hanging by a thread and this could provide more flexibility in what they do with their land.”

Zone 2 farmers “will be given broader flexibility to consider non-agricultural homebased businesses. Acceptable uses will be determined through regulation in consulta-

tion with the ALC, the agricultural sector and Union of BC Municipalities,” according to a news release.

Nelson-Creston MLA Michelle Mungall, however, says the changes threaten the province’s food security and do nothing to help farmers to keep producing food.

“The ALR (Agricultural Land Reserve) has been one zone for the very reason of protecting agricultural land across the province — we really don’t have a lot of agricultural land,” she said.

“Every government until now has protected that land. But the Liberals are solely focused on one industry (development of liquid natural gas reserves) and they are sacrificing food security for it.”

Zone 1, she said, makes up only 10 per cent of the ALR. “Ninety per cent of agricultural land, including the Kootenays, is not open to development,” she said. “And this has been done with no analysis of import prices or food security, especially important in this era of climate change.

“We know food production is imperative and the Liberals are throwing it out the window.”

There seems to be a general agreement among the province’s agricultural sectors that changes to the ALC are desirable, though it is too early to tell what the impact will be for individual farmers.

“The BCFGA understands changes must be made to the ALR in order to provide sustainability and profitability for the tree fruit industry,” said BC Fruit Growers Association president Fred Steele. “To ensure these changes benefit tree fruit growers and all farmers, we are prepared to engage in positive discussions with the province to ensure regulations

benefit the farm industry and protect farmland in British Columbia.”

Linda Delli Santi, executive director of the BC Greenhouse Growers’ Association, echoed Steele’s sentiments.

“The BC Greenhouse Growers’ Association supports the government’s core review objective of modernizing the ALR and looks forward to the results of the consultations to create the details in regulations,” she said.

To help ensure the ALC is able to carry out its obligations, Bennett said funding from the BC government will increase to $3.5 million in 2014-2015, up $600,000 from the previous year. In 2012-2013, funding was $1.9 million.

Kettle said the aging population of B.C. farmers makes it imperative that changes to the ALC improve their options. In 2011, nearly two-thirds of B.C. farms were operated by people 55 years of age older. Only 6.4 per cent of operators were under 40, the lowest percentage in Canada.

Unless the government gets the message from the public, Mungall said, the B.C. government will continue to erode food security.

“The Liberals sold themselves on a strong economy, but a strong economy is a diverse economy,” she said. “Why would we do this in B.C.? It’s unreal.”

She said Kootenay residents are already gearing up to fight the ALC changes.

“I’ll speak in the legislature as often as I can on this issue,” Mungall said. “The public will not stand by. Letters to the government and letters to the editor should be written and others might choose to stand in protest outside the legislature. People need to take any action that feels appropriate to them.”

Town hosting AKBLG convention and AGM

BY LORNE ECKERSLEY Advance Staff

As many as 300 visitors will arrive in Creston next week, many of them delegates to the 2014 Association of Kootenay Boundary Local Governments (AKBLG) convention and annual general meetings.

“Planning to host this conference has been a huge undertaking by our staff and council,” said Mayor Ron Toyota. “It is a great opportunity to show off our beautiful Creston Valley and provide a memorable experience for our guests.”

The Creston and District Community Complex will be home base for the conference, which starts with an AKBLG executive meeting and registration on April 9, and runs through April 11.

Delegates spend all day Thursday at the community complex. Following the opening ceremonies, keynote speaker Stockwell Day takes the stage. Day’s 25-year political career included stints in the Alberta legislature and Canadian Parliament.

Tours for delegates and guests will showcase Creston’s infra-

structure and tourist attractions.

“We are trying to showcase the Creston Valley experience with tours that we have organized around the area,” Bhar Sihota, the Town of Creston’s research and legislative analyst, who also sits on the organizing committee.

The tours kick off on Wednesday morning with a tongue-in-cheek pairing, with guests touring Columbia Brewery and then heading off on a short ride down the hill to see the recently upgraded wastewater treatment plan.

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Calls for RCMP include speeding, possible gunshots, stolen bicycle

BY LORNE ECKERSLEY Advance Staff

Creston RCMP responded to 77 calls for service from March 24-30, Cpl. Charlotte Joa said on Monday.

March 24 •Police notified next of kin about a death on behalf of Cranbrook RCMP.

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•A child reported to be lost in the Shorty Creek Forest Service Road area was located a short time later by the family.

•The well-being of a male on Helen Street was confirmed.

•A driver who was reported to be possibly impaired was located near Eighth Avenue and Cedar Street. He was not impaired, but

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was warned about speeding.

•Police were unable to locate the source of possible shots fired in the 16th Avenue North area.

March 25 •A Jackson Road resident reported that a dog had killed some chickens.

•Police are investigating a case of sexual interference with an underage female.

•A damaged ignition indicates an attempted theft of a vehicle in the 2700 block of Highway 3. Would-be thieves also unsuccessfully attempted to siphon gas. Police have no suspects or witnesses.

•A report was made about a male youth juggling for change on Canyon Street at 11th Avenue.

•Police are investigating an allegation that a male on 24th Street breached his court conditions.

•When police located some youths who were reported to be riding quads on Elsie Holmes Road, they were warned, and their parents were advised of their behaviour.

•Police are investigating a complaint that motorcyclists are trespassing and causing damage on a Goat River Road property.

•A person reported to be missing from a Hillside Street residence returned home OK. •Gunshot-like sounds in the Smith Road area are believed to have been possibly made by a bear banger.

•No charges resulted from a family dispute on Dugan Street.

•Youths setting off firecrackers also set off complaints from Vancouver Street and 10th and 11th Avenues.

March 26 •People involved in a family dispute over the property of a parent on Third Avenue South were advised their issue is a civil matter.

•The owner of a white 2012 Toyota Venza reported it sustained about $700 in damage in a mischief incident on March 6.

•A men’s silver 18-speed Next bike valued at $500 was

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•A break-in and possible theft in the 600 block of Seventh Avenue South is under investigation.

•Police were unable to locate the source of possible gunshots in the Centre Road area.

March 28 •A first aid vehicle parked on Lockhart Creek Forest Service Road had a window smashed and first aid kit stolen overnight.

•A complaint of criminal harassment is being investigated.

•Damage of more that $1,000 was reported after a vehicle collided with a deer on Highway 3A near Akokli Creek.

•A hit and run was reported in the 500 block of 16th Avenue South after a driver backed into a vehicle, got out to survey the situation and then drove off. Police are investigating.

•Ten gunshots were reported in the Riverview Road area.

•Police assisted with the transport of drug overdose patient to hospital.

•Police set up a checkstop near a large house party on 48th Street and a male was found to be driving while impaired. He was issued a 90-day driving prohibition and his vehicle was impounded for 30 days. Several other people were found with liquor, which was confiscated.

March 29 •A driver was taken to hospital after his red Jeep went into the ditch in icy conditions in the 16000 block of Highway 3A. •One of several abandoned 911 calls in the week was received, with police unable to trace the source.

•A semi was reported to be stuck on Highway 3 near Kootenay Pass in poor road conditions.

•When a Pine Street resident spotted a tall, slender male standing near his door, the suspicious character went back to an Alberta minivan and drove off.

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•A hit and run of a parked vehicle on Selkirk Drive resulted in damage caused by a ball hitch.

•Smoke emanating from a residence on Birch Street turned out to be the result of a cooking mishap. No damage was reported.

•Police were unable to locate a red GMC with no plates reported to driving erratically on 44th Street.

•A bicycle stolen from the community complex was recovered by police and returned to the owner.

•Police were unable to locate a male reported to be lying on the street near Northwest Boulevard.

•Cigarettes were stolen in a break-in to a business in the 2000 block of Canyon Street.

Anyone with information about this crime is urged to contact police.

March 27 •No entry was gained in a break and enter attempt to a business in the 600 block of 20th Avenue South.

•Residents in the 700 block of Ninth Avenue were warned to turn loud music down.

•A male on Highway 21 reported waking up with cuts and bruises from an apparent assault, but did not co-operate further with a police investigation.

•A tent valued at $40 was stolen from the front deck of a residence in the 1900 block of Pine Street.

•Police were called to a family disagreement in the 2800 block of Highway 3.

•A complaint was received about motorcycles ridden by youths who have been tearing up property around the Bluebell Mine. The youths have been warned.

•No charges were laid in a Northwest Boulevard shoplifting incident.

•Two horses reported to be running loose on Riley Road at 32nd Avenue were not located.

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From page 1 Kettle organized an online survey of his constituents, with the majority of respondents opposing a change.

Area C director Larry Binks supported going to referendum, but said he did not believe there was support for daylight time in his area.

The issue became a cause for public debate before the 2008 local election when a local business owner wrote to the Town of Creston requesting that the area adopt mountain daylight time, which would align Creston with areas to the east, including Cranbrook, yearround. The business adopted its own daylight time hours, and has since ceased operation.

Council Briefs •After five years of helping the Columbia Basin Trust and the regional districts of Central Kootenay, East Kootenay and Kootenay Boundary work toward a reduction in their carbon footprints, Carbon Neutral Kootenays is winding down its operations. Project manager Dale Littlejohn made CNK’s final report to council on March 25.

Littlejohn reported that local governments have reduced their carbon emissions by more than 10 per cent since CNK was formed, and that three Kootenay communities have been deemed to be carbon neutral after purchasing offset credits. By making buildings and vehicle fleets more energy efficient, all have achieved reductions and, often, reduced overall operating costs with lower energy bills.

Local governments anticipate carrying on the CNK work now that they have systems in place to monitor carbon emissions and plans to reduce emissions.

“It (CNK) enabled shared learning about carbon neutrality to lead into shared actions aimed at energy conservation and GHG (greenhouse gas) reductions; in turn this has resulted in shared benefits across the region, whether it be tax savings for residents or more sustainable communities,” Littlejohn said in his report.

•Finance director Steffan Klassen presented council with a draft of the annual five-year financial plan that must be submitted to the provincial government later this spring.

In it, he outlined a commitment to hold spending to little or no

increase, except in policing costs.

The costs of the town’s share of RCMP police services will continue to be partially subsidized by a reserve fund established by a previous council. The fund will be exhausted in 2016, Klassen said.

The municipal police tax will rise by 5.9 per cent despite the transfer of $250,000 from the reserve fund.

The property tax implication for a $200,000 residence is a $59 increase in 2014.

The financial plan and budget will be discussed at several meetings before the final bylaws are adopted.

•Creston’s Marilin States has been named as a 2014 recipient of a BC Community Achievement Award. States, who is a physician recruiter for the Creston Health Working Group, is active in numerous community organizations.

•Council approved the use of properties on the north and south sides of Millennium Park for West Coast Amusements Ltd. to set up rides and booths from April 24-27.

The company makes donations to the food bank and Creston Valley Blossom Festival in return for use of the space.

•Council waived the rental fee of Millennium Park for a teen event sponsored by the Blossom Festival on May 17. Last year’s event was “a huge success”, reported secretary Bev Caldwell.

•The town will be purchasing a new Tiger Mowers wheel loader boom mower after council approved a request from the works superintendent to move its order from the supplier ahead of the approval of the final budget. The mower is needed to mow boulevards and currently in limited availability due to unexpected sales demand.

•Four thousand dollars from the town’s portion of the Regional District of Central Kootenay community development fund will be put toward a fund to create business and marketing plans for the Wildlife Interpretation Centre in the Creston Valley Wildlife Management Area. Of the total cost of $50,000 to create the plans, Columbia Basin Trust will fund half. The Lower Kootenay Band and Columbia Brewery have also committed to pay a share.

•A discretionary grant of $320.86 will be given to the Valley Mudders pottery group to assist with expenses for a community art show.

•The Creston Valley Bird Fest committee will receive $1,000 to

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help fund the 2014 bird festival.

The money will come from the advertising budget.

•A $500 donation from the discretionary fund was approved to help the Prince Charles Secondary School senior girls curling team pay for costs of representing the East Kootenay at the provincial championships in Parksville.

•A request for financial aid to

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•A request for a $300 discretionary grant towards the BC Senior Games was deferred until more information is obtained.

•Councillors were presented with a package of applications from organizations

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From page 3 “This tour is especially appropriate because Columbia Brewery is a major contributor to the operation of the wastewater treatment plant, as well as being a great corporate citizen,” Toyota said.

Another group will board buses that will take guests westward for a visit to Wynnwood Cellars, followed with a tour of Wynnwood (formerly Wynndel Box and Lumber), the sawmill that for more than 100 years has been a major employer and community supporter.

Winery co-owner Michael Wigen is also a director of the family-owned and -operated sawmill.

A third tour takes visitors to Erickson and Lister. The first stop is Baillie-Grohman Estate Winery, for a sample of award-winning wine.

Next, guests get an up-close look at Kootenay Meadows, where the Harris family produces a selection of award-winning cheeses from milk produced on their organic farm.

A fourth tour takes guests to the Creston flats for a tour of the dairy operated by Wayne and Eileen Adams, then for a walk around the Creston Valley Wildlife Management Area.

While delegates are busy in meetings on Thursday, spouses can take a guided walk around Creston’s downtown core or take an art journaling class from Creston artist Brandy Hunt.

A Western-themed social event is scheduled for Wednesday night in the huge tent at Creston Flats Stables, where a barbecue dinner will be served, followed by entertainment by the Daniel Huscroft Band. On Thursday night, the Creston

requesting funds from the CBT Community Initiatives Grants.

Final decisions on the grants will be made on April 15 at committee of the whole meeting, which is open to the public.

•Street banners featuring logos of the town brand have been ordered and will be installed in the downtown core in April.

Room will be the scene of a dinner and entertainment by Timebenders.

The conference adjourns on Friday at noon following another morning of business workshops.

“There is a great economic benefit to our community when we host an event of this scale,” Toyota said. “Hotel and motel rooms are booked, restaurants get busy and businesses should see unfamiliar faces as our guests and spouses get out and explore the town.”

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A growing need for change

Like most changes to public policy, there seems to be a wide gap between sides following last week’s provincial government announcement about the Agricultural Land Commission (ALC). From the government’s point of view, changes are much needed and long overdue.

Opponents see it as an attack on any commitment to food security.

At first blush, the changes don’t seem to be quite as onerous as ones that were first floated late last year.

Then, it was reported that the government was considering turning over responsibility for land use — at least in the North — to energy regulators, taking it out of the hands of Agricultural Land Commission, which has controlled use of the province’s small proportion of productive agriculture land since 1970.

That didn’t happen, but the changes involve carving the province into two zones. Zone 1 includes the most productive parts of the province — Vancouver Island, the South Coast (Lower Mainland) and the Okanagan — which also happen to be the areas that are under the greatest urbanization pressure. Zone 2 includes the North, Interior and the Kootenays. It appears that restriction on development will be greatly eased in Zone 2, in large part so that liquid natural gas reserves can be more easily developed in the North.

In a government press release, an attached fact sheet made for interesting reading. We often overestimate how much agricultural land we have in the province, probably because here in our own backyard we have a nice climate and a good chunk of flat land. But

only five per cent of the province is in the Agricultural Land Reserve. It’s interesting to note that the area has been increased since the Liberal government was first elected in 2001.

urban dwellers and those uncomfortable sights, sounds and smells that wreak havoc with the urban lifestyle.

The provincial government says the ALC is in need of updating and most agriculture sectors don’t seem to disagree.

Quotes from representatives of the BC Agriculture Council, BC Fruit Growers Association, BC Cattlemen’s Association, BC Grain Producers Association and BC Greenhouse Growers’ Lorne Eckersley Association all acknowledge a desire for some sort Agricultural land is divided into of updating. None, however, indicated a full-blown enthusiasm that seven soil classes, ranging from would suggest that we are about to great growing conditions to land enter the a Golden Age of agriculsuitable only for barns, greenhouses ture in B.C., which has traditionaland processing facilities. ly taken food production for grantThere are some telling statistics ed, or even as a necessary evil. about farming in B.C., though, and I Put me down on the side of a am reasonably certain that the need to change the way we look at nature of the problem they indicate food production in our own provis not going to be favourably ince and the desirability of reducaddressed by changes to the ALC. ing our reliance on foreign producHow about this statistic: 10 per ers. I don’t think any self-respectcent of the ALR land produces 85 ing nation should simply ignore per cent of B.C.’s farm cash receipts. the danger of being largely reliant Only three per cent of the land in the South Coast produces two-thirds on other countries for their food supply. So a tinkering or outright of the province’s farm cash receipts. overhaul of the ALC isn’t going to The Kootenays contain eight per change the basic fact that farmers cent of the ALR, but produce only need acknowledgment of their 2.5 per cent of the cash receipts. The value in legislation and in the marNorth and Interior comprise 81 per ketplace. There is plenty of room cent of the ALR, but produce only for a provincial government to 12.5 per cent of the receipts. play a major role in helping to creOf course, agricultural land ate a food industry that is treated does much more than simply supwith the respect it is due. What we ply food. Think of it as working really need is some political will, parkland — it really only sets and a champion who doesn’t think aside a paltry five per cent of the that liquid natural gas is a panacea province that can’t be used for for our entire economy. industrial or residential developLorne Eckersley is the publisher of ment. A lot of it is needed as a buffer, to put some distance between the Creston Valley Advance.

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Visitor from Kamloops appreciates hospitality To the Editor: While staying in Creston recently at the Creston Valley Motel, I broke my eyeglasses. At 5:50 p.m., I was panicked and called the Creston Optometric Eye Centre for help.

Although they were closing at 6, they offered to stay late and repair my glasses. I can’t thank them enough — my glasses were fixed and I was able to drive to our next destination the next morning.

The motel was terrific, old but clean.

We had a wonderful meal. We will return to Creston again — your town’s hospitality was amazing. Thank you.

Leverne Borton Kamloops

Plan needed for when carbon fuels run out To the Editor: Lorne Eckersley’s column (“Paying the Piper”, Feb. 27) and the value of Canadian resources covers a lot of ground. I agree with what he said and I am certain that, like me, he realizes there is much more to be said. Indeed, there have been books written on some of the subjects he mentions.

I think politicians and economists have trained us to think of our resources, and everything else for that matter, in terms of dollars the resources can be sold for, rather than in terms of the quality of life they can provide. The quality of life equation includes the size of the population using the resource, the rate of use, any damage to our planet’s ability to support life and what we do when it’s all gone. Those numbers are much more important to our progeny than how wealthy the top one per cent got or how many jobs that mining, drilling, pumping and fracking provided so that we could postpone paying the piper.

One group of scientists who worked with Paul Ehrlich in writing his book, The Population Bomb, determined that sustainable agriculture could not feed more than 3.5 billion people. Another group of scientists reported in World Watch Magazine a few years ago that our remaining sustainable sources of energy could only provide a reasonable quality of life for approximately 2.25 billion people. We flashed by 2.25 billion in 1942 during a war that killed about 60 million human beings. We just lately passed the seven billion mark and at that rate we can expect to have 15 billion by about 2080.

B.C. Premier Christy Clark claims that natural gas can be a major contributor to our economy for 150 years. She didn’t mention what factors are in her equation or hazard a guess about coal and oil. Since astrophysicists figure our sun will not burn out for another four

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billion years, I am concerned about her lack of predictions for what we earthlings will do after the carbon-based fuels run out.

Whatever we do, it’s time to get the research and development into high gear on the direct use of solar energy before we use up all of the sources of stored solar energy like coal and oil.

Petroleum producers are assuring us through TV ads that we have enough oil for decades to come. That could be almost one hundred years. What, me worry?

Peter Ross Lister

whom this comes to mind when describing Creston? Because if it is, let me tell you: The rest of the country does not care.

Let’s appreciate our mountains, our valley, farms, fruit, rivers, lakes and people, and let the folks travelling through it appreciate it with us — for one more lovely, lingering hour every summer evening. And remember: There is no change in the winter!

Eydie Moman Lister

Carr doesn’t Time change understand opponents concern over misinformed clinic closure or stubborn

To the Editor: I can’t take it any more. The March 13 letter to the editor, “Changing Time Wouldn’t be Practical”, confirmed that the time change opponents in this valley are either misinformed or stubborn.

I really had thought there must be another option, or I was too polite to say so, until now.

I am not “new” to the valley (a resident for 30 years), so I guess I should be one of those allowed to speak.

However, I have travelled and live in other places throughout Canada. I would love to see Creston come of age and (gulp) change to mountain daylight time. (So that we all know what we are talking about, “Cranbrook time”.)

The arguments against are ill informed: 1. “Our kids would catch the bus in the dark” is ridiculous and misinformed. People, please understand that our time would be the exact same in the winter as it is now — exactly! Yet people are still ignorant of this; they somehow refuse or can’t grasp this.

The winter hours will not be different.

And yes, recently the rest of the country changed, and lo and behold, the sun (well, daylight) was up to greet them well before 6:30 a.m.

2. “It’s convenient not to change time. We don’t have to think about it.” Ridiculous. Twice a year is all we would stretch our brains to think, while now we all think about the time every time we go outside the valley. What time is it in Cranbook, Nelson, Vancouver or Calgary?

Quick: Your doctor sets an appointment for October in Kelowna — what time is it then? We are constantly checking the time.

3. “We have farmers in this valley, and they need the summer hours to stay this way.” It seems to me there’s a rumour of one or two farmers in Alberta, and they seem to manage. The extended summer evening hours would indeed allow those who work during the day to enjoy the evening hour of sun with their families, or on the golf course, at the river, gardening or strolling around the valley. In the height of summer, yes, we have that time, but from experience I can tell you that extra hour of light in late August and September is most enjoyable and welcome. Pure and simple, that is the huge benefit of change.

4. “Our valley is unique in that it doesn’t change time.” This isn’t just ridiculous, it’s pitiful. Our beautiful valley has so many things to boast of, but are there really people out there for

To the Editor: (Re: “Owner’s silence a test of integrity”, March 13) It was with great disappointment that I read Erin Carr’s letter and her misunderstanding of many in the community. Ms. Carr mentions, “The biggest complaint by the community is that they have not heard the owners’ side or been provided details by the owners.” I would say that is not even close to the biggest complaint. The biggest complaint is that when the owners locked the doors of the Osprey Medical Clinic, as Mr. Ross wrote in March 6 Advance, “they neglected to consider the impact it could have on the health, welfare and perhaps even the lives of up to 3,000 patients” — that is the complaint and the hardship.

Ms. Carr talks about the “high road”, but any leader and thoughtful community member taking the high road will do everything within their power to make sure that the people in their community are receiving the essential service of their physician’s care, and not barring members of their community from this service.

No one blocked Ms. Carr’s place of business; all one has to do is watch the Global News clip from Feb. 28 of this rally and you will see that. In fact, quite the opposite, Ms. Carr’s husband was quite loud and verbally aggressive in making sure that people did not walk on the public sidewalk outside her place of business. Ms. Carr mentions her volunteer hours, and that is great, but some people that desperately need their doctor’s care, braved the very cold elements to volunteer their time to come near your partner and tried to get him to recant his decision, apologize to the doctors and do whatever it takes to get those three wonderful doctors to stay in Creston. These brave, caring people who participated in this initiative collectively have probably spent decades of hours volunteering, and are some truly noble people — hopefully some of them will aspire to lead politically. They have already proven true leadership in so many other wonderful, caring ways.

Ms. Carr asks how running her business out of town would help the community. It does not, but no one that I am aware of is running her business out of town. Locking the doors of Osprey Medical Clinic, which employed a number of people and provided an essential service to 3,000 people looks like running a business out of town.

It is too bad Ms. Carr misinterpreted so many people’s heartfelt need to get adequate medical attention.

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Spring activities getting started

A sure sign of spring is the disappearance of ice around the community and nowhere else is it more evident than in the curling and hockey arena. While the Creston Curling Centre finished a great season that saw some great spiels and an increase in young players, they swept the last of the season away on schedule, March 23.

cations to the process each year to see what speeds things up, but it all ties to how quickly the ice can break loose from the concrete floor which is also the most important piece in a stable consistent ice surface through the season, having that solid bond between the two.

The curling ice, on the other hand, is all arm-strong removal.

The plant is shut down, the surface starts the slow melt and after a few days, the bond is broken and the ice is rotten to the point you can break it up with long two-by-twos.

Following that, I noticed the curling centre had a Neil Ostafichuk crew of about seven fellows working together in The Creston Valley Thunder Cats the process of hosing and using a plywere the rising stars as they con- wood squeegee to force all the water, ice quered a couple of series and as we and old paint to the north into the prepped to go the distance. While not header trench to eventually wind its meant to be this go-around, the valley way into the sump pit. enjoyed some fantastic games and the It was really quick this year, which John Bucyk Arena was jam-packed is all the better as we will start warmwith supporters. ing the place up and setting up the But as the sands of time pass Creston Valley Home and Garden through the hourglass, so does the Trade Show booths for tomorrow and melting ice pass through the drain. Saturday. What better way to spend a This year, for some reason, the ice few hours than to wander around and came out quite easily; in the arena, the socialize while seeing some pretty bond seemed to break a bit sooner, interesting stuff! Organized and run allowing the tractor to break up and by the Creston Valley Chamber of remove the solid chunks into the snow Commerce, there will probably be lots melt pit. We always try slight modifi- of things to fiddle with and, more than

From the Centre

Advice to help out creditchallenged clients

In today’s economic climate of tighter credit requirements and increased unemployment rates taking their toll on some Canadians, there’s no doubt that many people may not fit into the traditional banks’ financing boxes as easily as they may have just a year ago.

Your best solution is to consult your mortgage professional to determine whether your situation can be quickly repaired or if you face a longer road to credit recovery. Either way, there are solutions to every problem.

Mortgage professionals who are experts in the credit repair niche can help credit challenged clients improve their situations via a number of routes.

And if the situation is beyond the expertise of a mortgage professional, they can help you get in touch with other professionals, including credit counsellors and bankruptcy trustees.

If you have some equity built up in your home and still have a manageable credit score, for instance, you can often refinance your mortgage and use that money to pay off high-interest credit card debt. By clearing up this debt, you are freeing up more cash flow each month.

In the current lending environment, with interest rates at an all-time low, now is an ideal time for you to refinance your mortgage and possibly save thousands of dollars per year, enabling you to pay more money per month towards the principal on your mortgage as opposed to the interest — which, in turn, can help build equity quicker.

Mortgage Corner Dean Bala

Following are five steps you can use to help attain a speedy credit score boost: 1. Pay down credit cards. The number one way to increase your credit score is to pay down your credit cards so you’re only using 30 per cent of your limits. Revolving credit, like credit cards, seems to have a more significant impact on credit scores than car loans, lines of credit and so on.

2. Limit the use of credit cards.

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

3. Check credit limits. If your lender is slower at reporting monthly transactions, this can have a significant impact on how other lenders may view your file. Ensure everything’s up to date as old bills that have been paid can come back to haunt you.

Some financial institutions don’t even report your maximum limits. As

likely, many opportunities to enter your name in a draw or two. We will be there as well with information to hand out or to answer questions — either way, stop in and say hi!

We had a great spring break; one of our successes was our Break into Spring Kids Camp where we had capacity crowds both weeks. It’s always interesting to see youths running around the place with life-size cutouts of zombies or creating weird stuff with Jell-O; generally any camp with Lisa as Fearless Leader and Tim as the Trusty Sidekick results in the participants having a pretty memorable time. The only thing I noticed: Is it me or are kids getting louder with each new generation?

Also during that time, you may have noticed more advanced youths in the pool or wandering around on the deck with clipboards on a mission — these were the participants in National Lifeguard, an intense 48-hour program that is the final step to pass before obtaining lifeguard certification.

Covering everything from lifesaving to legal obligations and topped with a rigorous physical demand component, I have nothing but respect for the people that manage to successfully complete the course — it’s a tough one!

See you at the home and garden show!

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

such, the credit bureau is left to only use the balance that’s on hand. The problem is, if you consistently charge the same amount each month — say $1,000 to $1,500 — it may appear to the creditscoring agencies that you’re regularly maxing out your cards.

The best bet is to pay your balances down or off before your statement periods close.

4. Keep old cards.

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

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

If, however, you have repeatedly missed payments on your credit cards, you may not be in a situation where refinancing or quickly boosting your credit score will be possible.

Depending on the severity of your situation — and the reasons behind the delinquencies, including job loss, divorce, illness and so on — your mortgage professional can help you address the concerns through a variety of means and even refer you to other professionals to help get your credit situation in check.

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Opinion Line

Creston Valley Advance Thursday, April 3, 2014

MMBC charging taxpayers twice for recycling, answers only to Society Act companies registrar

BY KELVIN MCCULLOCH Buckerfields

A few months back, I received a notification that advised me that I had to declare whether Buckerfields was a producer of printed paper or packaging material. If so, we would have to implement an “approved stewardship plan” to deal with the material. Otherwise we would have to join another stewardship plan and pay fees to that plan holder. I thought it was a scam.

But I looked into it further and determined that there were indeed regulatory provisions in effect that stated this very thing and according to the regulations, Buckerfields is now a “producer” of printed paper and packaging material, with the best example being our Buckerfields feed bags.

I then discussed the alternatives with a Ministry of Environment official and came to realize that we had no choice but to join the only approved stewardship plan in the province, MMBC. We signed the MMBC contract. But we also read it. And it stated that MMBC had to file audited financial statements on its website. I recently went to the website and there are no audited financial statements.

Now, several months later, I have discovered the following: •MMBC is a corporation under the Society Act comprised of three directors, two of which live in Ontario. None of the directors have public sector credentials. All of the directors represent large corporate interests; •MMBC is not accountable to any government agency, appointed official, elected official or any other government body other than the registrar of companies under the Society Act; •MMBC is not governed by the province’s Financial Administration Act, which sets out the rules for the administration of all public monies; •None of the monies collected by MMBC, including the fees Buckerfields is supposed to pay, go to the public accounts of the province or any other government organization; •MMBC is not subject to oversight by the auditor general of B.C.; •Under MMBC’s stewardship plan as approved by the provincial government, MMBC has the authority to charge companies like Buckerfields unlimited fees based on whatever MMBC spends, regardless of what the actual costs are, to recycle our feed bags and regardless of the fact that we already pay municipal taxes in all eight of our locations; •MMBC has the authority to come into any municipality in the province and offer financial incentives to the locally elected government to do what MMBC wants in the area of waste collection and recycling. If the locally elected government refuses, MMBC has the authority to do what it wants anyway; •The municipal governments of the province do not know the background of MMBC and don’t yet realize the fees that MMBC is charging to Buckerfields and all the other companies amounts to double taxation; •The municipal governments are going to have to give up that tax base they have for waste collection and recycling because the shift to “producers” paying directly for waste collection and recycling eliminates the need and justification for consumers (i.e. property taxpayers) to pay for these services through the municipalities; •The provincial government did not consult with the municipal governments or the public but companies like Buckerfields are pointing it out because until it is resolved, we are being taxed twice for the same service and residential taxpayers (including me) are being taxed for

something that someone else is actually paying for; •Taxpayers and municipal governments were not consulted as to whether they really want to shift the financing and control of municipal waste and recycling services out of the municipal jurisdiction, that is, the jurisdiction of democratically elected municipal officials, into the hands of a corporation under the Society Act that is accountable to no one and is outside the jurisdiction of the provincial auditor general; and •Taxpayers and voters are unaware that the fees being charged

by MMBC are so onerous that they will cause newspaper closures and job losses of 300-500 in the newspaper industry in British Columbia, even though recycled newsprint is actually very valuable.

In finding all this out, I lament the fact that none of this was introduced into the legislature for proper debate because it means that instead of spending my days managing the sale of chicks and garden supplies at Buckerfields, I have to spend my time trying to revive democratic processes in British Columbia, retroactively. I find it appalling.

My position as of the time of this writing is this: We ain’t paying a dime to MMBC and neither should anyone else, not until: •The provincial government reconciles what it is doing with the municipal governments and municipal taxpayers so that taxpayers don’t have to pay twice; •The provincial government takes back the legislation that calls us producers and “blames” us for the choices made by manufacturers and, indeed, consumers that are completely outside of our control; •Any monies charged under the auspices of the BC Recyling Regulation are included in the public accounts of the province and

subject to the provisions of the Financial Administration Act and the Auditor General Act; •Whatever is going to be done is introduced into the legislative assembly in the form of a bill so that the proper public debate can occur; and •Insofar as MMBC has not filed its audited financial statements since inception, and the period of time not reported spans more than two years, and insofar as MMBC is actually a taxing and funding agency, there be an independent public enquiry into the financial operations, sources and uses of funds, contractual procedures and expenditures of MMBC. No, Buckerfields is not paying a dime until this cash and power grab is unraveled and revealed for what it is.

One final word: 96 per cent of all printed paper and packaging material is already being picked up or deposited into municipally financed facilities. Despite what MMBC is saying, at least 53 per cent of that is already being recycled and it is very likely that that number was seriously understated to give the government a reason for its MMBC cash and power grab.

In reality, there is no basis for setting up a recycling dictatorship and charging punitive fees to companies like Buckerfields at all.

Recycling is a booming business with rapidly increasing prices of marketable commodities. Could that be why the board of MMBC is all big business and outside the jurisdiction of the auditor general? We don’t have to change a thing to see recycling take off in B.C., in the hands of our elected municipal officials. We need to send the MMBC regime to the recycle bin.

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Range of activities part of Arts and Culture Week through Saturday. The artists include Bruce Paterson, Sandy Kunze, Andrea Revoy, Alison Masters, Anne Fetterly, Alison and Bart Bjorkman, and Claudette Osterreicher. While you’re there, you can catch a sneak preview of Head Show, a fun project that will be featured at Wine Art in May. Each day from 10 a.m.-1 p.m. at the Ingham Arts and Culture Centre, join Andrea Revoy to participate in a weeklong community weaving project — learning to weave Saori style.

Saori is a Zen art of weaving from Japan that is dedicated to free expression and self-development.

On April 21 and 22, the Valley Mudders are hosting an open house and the Take Home Pottery Project.

Two ready-to-paint projects showing two different styles of forming clay will be available: a slab built tile and an extruded vase form. Join the Mudders at their studio at 1322 Northwest Blvd. at the entrance of the Pair-a-Dice RV Park and Campground. For more information, call 250-428-7939.

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Top off your day by attending the Alison Bjorkman tea party from 7-9 p.m. where she will be displaying a new body of work. For tickets and information, call her at 250-402-9257.

On April 23, the Creston Art Club is hosting an open house at St. Stephen’s Presbyterian Church hall on Northwest Boulevard from 9 a.m.-noon.

You can see the artists at work in a variety of mediums and styles, and their art will be available for purchase. The arts council will be sponsoring a luncheon at noon with a short program and a presentation of BCAC grants to 11 member groups.

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The Stars of the Festival showcase on March 2 featured over two dozen competitors from the weeklong adjudicated Creston Festival of the Arts, organized by the Creston Valley Music Teachers’ Association.

Winners in the piano category were Stella Blackmore (performance award), Cory Hammond (concerto award), Rasmus Knudsen (primary), Emma Penner (intermediate), Noah Koekoorn (intermediate), Ben Collison (advanced), Andrea Daignault (adjudicator’s choice), Marissa and Kayla Koehoorn (ensemble) and Alec Hammond (best overall).

In the strings category, winners were Cory Hammond (primary), Emma Penner (intermediate), Logan Hammond (intermediate), Ian Mackay (advanced), Logan Penner (adjudicator ’s choice) and Megan Bibby (best overall). The ensemble award went to Megan Bibby, Skylar Eye and Taija Bibby of the Venetian Consort, and Katelyn Wiens, Megan Bibby, Matisse Harms, Noelle Lavallee, Destiny Geddes and Taija Bibby of the Con Brio Double Trio.

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Few things in the development of a new car are more crucial than the name.

In the case of a bland or mediocre car, it’s the last chance the marketers have to generate some buzz. That may well be why some of the most ordinary cars have wound up with some of the fiercest and flashiest names. Here are five inappropriately named cars: 1. Chevrolet Sprint — The Sprint was built by Suzuki for Chevrolet. Powered by a rather anemic three-cylinder engine, its acceleration off the line resembled not so much a sprint but more of a drunken stumble. Its Suzuki-badged counterpart was known by an equally inappropriate name, the Swift.

2. Mercury Bobcat — A bobcat is a rather fierce North American wild cat.

The Mercury Bobcat, on the other hand, was essentially a fancy Ford Pinto over laden with chrome trim and other options that added on additional pounds, sacrificing what little performance the Pinto possessed. While the

feline Bobcat is plentiful in the wild, the Mercury version is all but extinct.

3. Hyundai Excel — The Excel was first car sold by Hyundai in the U.S., and given the top-to-bottom excellence of the current Hyundai lineup, it’s probably a car they’d prefer to forget. Other than cheapness, the Excel essentially excelled at nothing — unless someone handed out an award for “crudest interior” or “oddest-smelling plastic.”

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slightly swoopy or jet-like about the Hudson Jet. It was a thoroughly upright and conventional compact from a company that later became part of American Motors.

5. Hudson Jet — Jet planes were on the mind of nearly every car designer and ad man in the U.S. during the 1950s. Fins, bogus jet intakes, jet exhausts and jet hood ornaments found their way onto countless cars from that decade. Curiously, the Jet wasn’t among them. There was nothing even

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Noodling on the web one morning I found out that I was selling vehicles illegally. If I was in the business of selling, I need to be licensed as a dealer.

Oh well. Everything’s been working out just fine for me. I skated through those recent bad deals.

My previous sales were a distant memory – I was eager to start selling more. So, I decided to up my game a bit. I got a low-end truck and a car from an auction and another car from a new parking lot friend.

I put ads for all three vehicles on Craigslist.

Of course my ads said they were all real gems.

You’d think people might see through my ads.

“Need to sell fast, so price is flexible. Call with best offer.”

And my cell number was the same for all three. Would anybody notice?

The first two cheaper vehicles sold quickly.

The last one took a bit longer to sell. Of course, it was the one I was most eager to sell. Why, you ask?

Well, not that I passed the information along, but the auction provided vehicle history reports for the first two. I had no information on the last.

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I knew I had to sell it fast.

I mean, I’d paid for it and I knew my new “friend” wouldn’t take it back.

Four days later, I got a call from a young

“Apart from being stolen, it was pretty nice!” woman. She asked if the car would fit a family of four. “Definitely!” I practically screamed.

I was a wreck during this sale. I just needed to get rid of this car – fast. I told the nice lady the details of the car. Apart from being stolen, it was pretty nice!

I told her I was in a hurry to visit my mum in the hospital. She was in a hurry too – her three-year-old was anxious, pulling at her pant legs. She seemed to not want to be there as much as me.

Finally, she agreed to buy the car. Phew! I was saved.

Whatever happens next, I don’t care. It’s her problem not mine.

I quickly changed my phone number (again).

Weeks later, I saw her on the news – with kid still at pant legs – talking to a reporter.

Apparently, the car was towed away by the police.

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Footlighters ending season with Sleepy Hollow FOOTLIGHTERS THEATRE SOCIETY

The audience can count on being thoroughly entertained when Footlighters Theatre Society concludes its season with Legend of Sleepy Hollow, which runs at the Prince Charles Theatre from April 10-12.

“It’s going to be a fun, spooky romp,” said director Jordan Koop.

Adapted from the 1820 short story by Washington Irving, Legend of Sleepy Hollow is set in 1790 in the countryside around a Dutch settlement in New York.

It follows schoolmaster Ichabod Crane (played by Jesse Moreton), who comes to the farming community of Sleepy Hollow looking for a good life and a wealthy wife who will supply it. Once he sets eyes on the local beauty, Katrina Van Tassel (Bobby Doran), the only child of a wealthy farmer, he’s sure his dream will come true. But Katrina has a boyfriend, Brom Bones (Liam Krahn), who is extremely jealous.

To complicate matters, a small army of restless spirits — including the most famous phantom of all, the Headless Horseman (Marc Archambault) — haunts the graveyard, and Ichabod finds that there’s something shadowy and towering intent on taking his life.

The play features nearly two dozen actors with a wide range of ages, from preteen to senior, and experience; some have been onstage with other companies and with Footlighters, and for others, this is their first time. The cast includes Gary Atha, Jennifer Adams, Jessica Adams, Janelle Archambault, Lori Barker, Morgan Benty, Rylee Blackwell,

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Some of the cast in a rehearsal of Footlighters Theatre Society's production of Legend of Sleepy Hollow, which runs April 10-12, starring Jesse Moreton (right) as Ichabod Crane.

Bobby Doran, Julie Draper, Anjali Ewing, It marks a first for Koop, too: his direcGail Kitt, Axel Marini, Sam Minteno, torial debut. He studied theatre in univerKim Nicholson, Michael Niemi, sity and has worked on film and stage, 0426 RPGP RN Individualized Program Ad - Jan Zacharias - Size 10.33in Wide x 7in High Marybeth Stenhouse, Caleb Wells and including several Footlighters produc- 02 Press Ready PDF AaronCMYK Willicome. tions, and has been enjoying the challenge

of directing Sleepy Hollow.

“I like seeing them come up with their own creative ideas and helping them along that journey,” he said. “I like working with different aspects of the show with the actors, and keeping them inspired to try different things.”

And that inspiration will help them bring Legend of Sleepy Hollow to life, in a production that all ages will enjoy.

“It deals with love triangle issues,” he said. “There’s a lot of comedy, and there are a couple of scary moments.”

Legend of Sleepy Hollow is the final production of Footlighters’ 19th season, and will be followed by Centre Stage, a competition for the Kootenay Zone of Theatre BC, from May 28-31. Four plays are lined up for the festival, with two entries from Creston: Almost Golden, written by Suzanne Chubb and Jason Smith, which had its world premiere in December, and As the Deer, a one-man play written by Koop. Theatre groups from Invermere and Revelstoke have also confirmed they will perform.

“The competition is a great opportunity for theatre fans to see some great local talent, as well as the best of what other Kootenay groups have to offer,” said Footlighters president Brian Lawrence.

“It’s been over 10 years since we hosted Centre Stage, so this is a really special event.”

After Centre Stage, the 20th season kicks off with a comedy, the melodrama Dogsbreath Devereaux, The Dastardly Doctor, from July 10-12, followed by a locallywritten Cinderella from Dec. 4-6 and a musical, Walt Disney’s Beauty and the Beast, from April 16-18, 2015.

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Library showing NFB Academy Award winners CRESTON VALLEY PUBLIC LIBRARY

Many of us recall with delight National Film Board (NFB) of Canada treasures such as The House that Jack Built, The Cat Came Back and Special Delivery. Not only are these short films gems in their own right, they also share the distinction of being Academy Award winners. In its 75-year history, the NFB has been nominated for Oscars a whopping 72 times, and 11 golden statuettes now grace its hallways. In celebration of its milestone 75th, the NFB has put together five of its favourite Oscar winners in one collection, which will be shown at the Creston Valley Public Library on April 8.

The Danish Poet, Oscar winner for best animated short film in 2006, follows Kasper, a poet whose creative well has run dry, on a holiday to Norway to meet the famous writer Sigrid Undset. Kasper attempts to answer some pretty big questions: can we trace the chain of events that leads to our own birth? Is our existence just coin-

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Shots from the National Film Board of Canada’s Academy Award winners Neighbours (above) and The Danish Poet (below).

cidence? Do little things matter? As Kasper’s quest for inspiration unfolds, it appears that a spell of bad weather, an angry dog, slippery barn planks, a careless postman, 5.8125” 8” seemhungry goats andx other

ingly unrelated factors might play important roles in the big scheme of things after all.

Bob’s Birthday took home the Oscar for best animated short film in 1993. When Margaret plans a celebration for her hus-

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band, Bob, she underestimates the sudden impact of middle age on his mood. A witty, offbeat animated portrait of a frustrated dentist wrestling with the fundamental issues of life proves that birthdays (and surprise parties) can be very tricky indeed.

Neighbours was the Academy Award winner for best documentary (short subject) in 1952. In this short film, Norman McLaren employs the principles normally used to put drawings or puppets into motion to animate live actors.

The story is a parable about two people who come to blows over the possession of a flower.

Flamenco at 5:15, Academy Award winner for best documentary (short subject) in 1983, is an impressionistic record of a flamenco dance class given to senior students of the National Ballet School of Canada by two great teachers from Spain,

Susana and Antonio Robledo. The film shows the beautiful young North American dancers — inspired by the flamenco rhythms and mesmerized by Susana’s extraordinary energy — joyously merging with an ancient gypsy culture.

The Sand Castle took home an Oscar for best animated short film in 1977. It features the sandman and the creatures he sculpts out of sand.

These lively creatures build a castle and celebrate the completion of their new home, only to be interrupted by an uninvited guest.

Cleverly constructed with nuance, the film leaves interpretation open to the viewer.

These award-winning NFB short films run at the Creston Valley Public Library at 7 p.m. April 8.

Admission is free. Running time is 80 minutes. For more information, call the library at 250-428-4141.

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Leonard Gordon .o]aN, years younJ, une[SectedOy Sassed away on Saturday, March , 14 in Creston, BC. Leonard was born March 14, 1951 in Edmonton, AB. +e enMo\ed nXmeroXs Mobs ÀreÀJhtinJ and OoJJinJ at BC Forestry, PGRCC Prison Security Guard, and at +uscroIt SawmiOO. +e OoYed the outdoors, huntinJ, woodworN, a coOd Bud, his IamiOy, JardeninJ, oOd cOassic cars, eye catchinJ antiTues, cOassic rocN n roOO, 8Nrainian Ioods, and Jame meat. +e reunites with his mother LiOOian, brother GeraOd, sister Lannette, Baba SoShie and Gido StanOey .isiOeYich.

LeIt to OoYinJOy remember him are wiIe oI years, -essie dauJhter Lannette and steSdauJhters Amy, -uOie, and -enny his adored JrandchiOdren AOeMandro, 2rOando, Gracie, Chris, CaeOum, and .adin sibOinJs +arYey, Lorna, GOenn, RaOSh, Morris and Iather GeorJe .o]aN. +e cherished his JrandchiOdren. Leonard was a husband, a Iather, a brother, a JrandSa aNa 2Od Guy , and a Iriend and his Jreat, biJ OauJh wiOO aOways be remembered.

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The family of Elvin Masuch wish to sincerely thank Advertise in the following: Dr. J. Griffioen for all your care and compassion throughout Elvin’s illness.

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To all the nurses, care workers and staff at Swan Valley Lodge who looked after Elvin in his last days.

To Pastor Doug Stapleton for conducting the comforting service and to Pastor Harry Haberstock for the beautiful eulogy.

To Karl Sommerfeld, Deiter Steinruck, John Edge-Partington, Norman Stead and Harry Haberstock for your splendid music.

To the Reedemer Lutheran Church ladies for the delicious lunch following the service.

To Guy Roy and staff of G.F. Oliver Funeral Chapel for your kindness and care during this difficult time.

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Joyce was born in Winkler, Manitoba and moved to Alberta with her husband, Ben, in 1946. They had four children while in Alberta and added one more to the family while in Whitehorse. +avinJ Àrst retired in Cold Lake, Alberta, they moved to British Columbia, Àrst to 9ernon then to Creston in 1990. Joyce then devoted the next 10 years to taking care of Ben until his death in 2000. She was also actively engaged in one of her favorite pastimesbuying and selling real estate. She showed a real talent in this Àeld.

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Douma hoping to inspire other blind golfers From page 1 In 2005, the 42-year-old was diagnosed with Stargardt disease, an incurable and rare genetic juvenile form of macular degeneration, affecting central fine vision.

“I probably had it my entire life,” he said. “I struggled in school seeing the chalkboard.”

The effects of the disease led to him having to give up his job as a Frito-Lay driver in 2008, as well as a period of depression.

As for golf, which had been a hobby since he was 10, finding his ball became frustrating, he felt he was negatively impacting his playing partners’ games, and his handicap continued to climb.

“Simply put, I had lost all confidence,” said Douma, a former manager of the Creston Golf Club. “After completing the 2009 golf season, I decided I no longer wanted to golf.”

But the following spring, while tuned in and watching his favourite player, American professional Phil Mickelson — like Douma, a left-handed player nicknamed Lefty —

Douma was inspired to continue. One of Mickelson’s tee shots landed on a bed of pine straw in the tree, but he made the decision to go for the green, landing the ball within a few feet of the hole, ultimately winning the 2010 Masters Tournament.

“If I hadn’t witnessed the shot, I probably wouldn’t be golfing to this day,” said Douma. “As a daily reminder, I have a picture of this shot hanging on my wall to remind me that no matter what obstacles you’re facing in golf or life, you have to have the confidence to go for it.”

Douma wants to do more than simply compete, though. He recently became the golf commissioner for BC Blind Sports and Recreation Association, with the goal of promoting golf to the visually impaired and blind. Through his efforts, the Creston Golf Club will host the Canadian Blind Open in July 2015, and when he attends the blind open tournament in Nova Scotia in August, he hopes to join Blind Golf Canada’s board of directors.

With about five international blind golfers in B.C., and under 45 in Canada, he wants to get more golfers involved, particularly young people.

“Golf’s a great outlet and something you can do your entire life,” Douma said.

“I hope to inspire others who are at this stage of eye disease to face their obstacles.”

He still has light perception, but he has seen completely blind golfers play, including one who was missing an arm.

“Anybody out there can do it if they put their mind to it,” he said.

He wants to go a step beyond golf, though, and has committed to furthering vision advocacy in the community and the province. Through his website, Visually Impaired Blind Empowerment (www. vibebc.com), visitors can find his story, links to useful information and learn about the low-vision aids that assist him daily.

He has also joined the Canadian Council of the Blind (CCB), which advocates for the blind and visually impaired, and is hoping to start a chapter in Creston.

Through CCB, Douma hopes to bring to B.C. the Health and Vision Vans that the organization operates in Ontario. The vans, originally organized in the U.S. by Lions Clubs International, offer vision tests and pre-assessment screening for diabetes in schools and seniors homes. The results of these tests indicated that 80 per cent of seniors need eye treatment or correction.

“Vision affects all ages, genders and ethnicities,” said Douma. “Therefore, there is even more importance to support and have these vans in our communities and our province.”

Douma is thankful for the encouragement of local golfers, who help him with lining up shots and spotting the ball, and grateful to keep playing the sport he loves — and he looks forward to helping others meet that challenge.

“The message is simple: It doesn’t matter what disabilities you are facing in your life,” he said. “If you put your heart and mind into what you are trying to accomplish, then you can do anything. Believe and achieve!

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Creston Valley Advance Thursday, April 3, 2014

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Backcountry skier rescued from Kootenay Pass

BY GREG NESTEROFF Nelson Star

A backcountry skier was rescued Saturday morning off the Kootenay Pass after spending about 20 hours with a painful injury.

Nelson Search and Rescue spokesman Chris Armstrong said they were paged between 4:30 and 5 p.m. Friday for a medical rescue following an accident “a good ways” in the backcountry. It did not involve an avalanche.

A dozen searchers responded, ten of whom skied in and

reached the man by 9 p.m. — due to the time of the call, they weren’t able to fly in by helicopter.

Armstrong said the location was “quite severe” and they were prevented from getting the man out by darkness, snow, and steep terrain.

They called for more help and teams from South Columbia and Rossland search and rescue responded. However, due to the conditions they decided to stay the night.

Late Saturday morning, members of Kimberley and Castlegar search and rescue also respond-

ed, as well as Revelstoke, who brought in their long line rescue team to fly the man out to an ambulance.

He had a severe compound tibia fracture just above his ski boot, Armstrong said.

“The poor guy spent 20 hours out there,” Anderson said. “A very painful thing to be put through.”

He thought the man was in his 20s but did not know where he was from, nor how many others were in his party.

It's the fourth incident local search and rescue has responded to on the pass this ski season.

Mungall tops Sparwood well spending list shut down over Nelson Star

Michelle Mungall is defending her travel companion expenses after topping a list released by the B.C. legislature last week.

The Nelson-Creston MLA billed for just over $7,800 on eight trips between April and December 2013 in which either her husband or a staff member accompanied her, the most of any of province's 85 elected representatives.

MLAs are entitled to up to 12 such taxpayerfunded trips per year, and most take advantage of the perk.

“This is part of making the work more family friendly and part of the overall MLA compensation package,” Mungall told 103.5 The Bridge.

“Being from a rural area, our expenses will inevitably be higher than urban MLAs. We incur larger expenses to do our job, going back and forth between our constituencies and Victoria.”

Eight of the 10 highest spenders were from rural ridings, including Stikine MLA Doug Donaldson ($7,250 for eight trips) and Columbia River Revelstoke MLA Norm MacDonald ($5,360 for six trips), in second and third place, respectively.

However, Kootenay West MLA Katrine Conroy was well down the list, having billed $1,486 for two trips. That was compared to $3,333 for five trips in 2012.

Mungall said the bulk of what she billed for related to staff attending professional training in Victoria and having to find alternate routes home after their flights were cancelled.

As an example of cost breakdowns, a six-day trip by a constituency assistant in October involved accommodation, mileage, meals, transit, car rental, airfare, fuel, and taxi fare for a total of $1,805.

A three-day trip the same month by Mungall's husband cost $822 in airfare and meals, while a four-day trip the following month cost $508.

However, she said she has no problem with a review of spousal and staff travel by a legislature committee.

“If there's a review to look at how we can better save taxpayers money, I'm all for it,” she said.

In all, B.C.'s MLAs spent over $125,000 on travel expenses for companions on 233 trips for the last nine months of last year.

selenium level

BY NICOLE OBRE The Free Press

After recent testing showed an increasing elevation in selenium levels, the District of Sparwood temporarily shut down one of its three wells from the regular water supply.

A sample taken from well 3 on Feb. 4 showed selenium levels at 0.0101 milligrams/litre, three per cent above the Guidelines for Canadian Drinking Water Quality of 0.01 mg/l. The district was given this information on Feb. 10, and on March 6, the well was shut down.

“This is the first test to show elevated levels above the Canadian drinking water standard,” said District of Sparwood chief administrative officer Terry Melcer. “We have been aware of increasing levels.”

The district has now increased testing frequency on all wells from monthly to weekly.

Subsequent tests conducted after it was taken off line have shown well 3’s selenium levels at 7 per cent, 11 per cent, and 12 per cent above the guidelines.

The district’s water supply comes from three underground aquifer wells. Well 3 is located on the east side of the Elk River and supplies water to the Sparwood proper reservoir. Wells 1 and 2 are located on the west side of the river and remain unaffected. In a press release issued last week notifying the public of the shut down, the district assured residents that there was no cause for immediate concern.

“Interior Health Authority (IHA) has confirmed that there is no health risk due to the low concentration of selenium and short duration and did not require any public notification,” explained Melcer. “The District of Sparwood reports the data from our wells on a monthly basis. From a transparency perspective, Sparwood elected to give residents early notice of well 3 being taken off line.”

While well 3 remains shut down indefinitely, the district plans to reopen it if the selenium levels return to below 0.01 mg/l.

Armstrong said the accessibility of the area makes it one of their highest sources of call-outs.

Ironically, he added, the more media coverage these sorts of rescues receive, the more people seek out that area.

“It’s the easiest point of access outside of a ski hill. You can get off the highway, walk for a few minutes and be in fantastic terrain,” he said. “But when you're doing any form of rescue, the quicker the response the better.

The distance to travel to the pass and then get into the backcountry adds up quickly.”

Armstrong said in this case,

he understands the accident happened around noon but there was a significant delay before they received the call. Had it come sooner and more directly, “we would have been in there with a helicopter and plucked him out. He would have been in a hospital bed within a few hours.”

In all, about 30 people responded to the call, with 17 on the first day, including the Nelson contingent. “It's a huge effort for a Friday night. It's a lot of people coming from a long way to help an individual,” Armstrong said.

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APRIL 9 to APRIL 16, 2014 Watch for more items added to the Internet Auction as the closing date nears.

Internet Auction items will appear through the day starting April 9. This year we’ve set up shop on ebay! Look for the user CrestonRotary Auction2014 in the Advanced Search on ebay, or stop by CrestonRotary.com to find the link, and more information. You can check back at any time to see how the bids are progressing, and you will receive notice if you are outbid. Successful bidders will receive an email at the close of the auction notifying them of their success.

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WEDNESDAY, APRIL 16, 2014 6pm-10pm See the Rotary flyer for items and lot times.

Call in your bids to 1-877-273-7173

during the specified lot times.

Listen to CIDO Radio to hear how the bidding is progressing.

Items can be picked up at the Creston & District Community Complex on Thursday, April 17 between 10 am and 7 pm. Payment by cash, cheque, Visa and MasterCard are accepted.

There is a cash machine in the Community Complex lobby.

All proceeds go to Creston Rotary Club Community Projects

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