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Bus tour visits five galleries BY LORNE ECKERSLEY Advance Staff

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How do you top the three-hour art gallery tour described in the July 30 issue of the Creston Valley Advance? Well, how about adding a full glass of wine and a visit to five different galleries? Twenty local residents and visitors gathered last Thursday afternoon to kick off the latest tour, one that would feature five artists from the west side of Creston, Lower Wynndel Road and Wynndel. But first, the Baillie-Grohman Winery tour, which was expanded from one to oneand-a-half hours to allow participants to enjoy a glass their preferred wine before boarding the bus. Winery owner Bob Johnson took the group into the winery, where he described the differences in making red and white wines. Red wines, he explained, are kept in contact with their skins during the initial fermentation process. Skin contact imparts both colour and tannins to the final product. In making white wines, juice is pressed from the grapes and pumped immediately into temperature-controlled stainless steel tanks to ferment. Red wines are typically aged in oak barrels and whites in the steel tanks, with the exception of Chardonnays, which benefit from aging and a secondary fermentation in older oak barrels. See GARDENS, page 5

Mixed results for cherry crop

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Decent crop, lousy market. That has been the sentiment of local late season cherry growers in the last week. After a miserably cool and wet spring, warm weather in late July and August has helped produce a fair to good quality crop of Lapins, Staccatoes, Sweethearts and other late season varieties. But a flood of Washington fruit into interna-

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Layton will Canyon artist inspired by nature be missed, says MLA BY LORNE ECKERSLEY Advance Staff

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Like most Canadians, NelsonCreston MLA Michelle Mungall said she was shocked to wake up on Monday morning to reports of Jack Layton`s death. “I heard a voice saying, ‘Oh, no,’ and I thought maybe a bear had got into our garden or something,” she said on Monday. “The NDP is a very strong movement — Jack didn`t just leave the party a better place but all of Canada, too,” she said. “We (the NDP) are not going to let him down.” Former federal NDP leader Layton, 61, died Monday morning after battling cancer for several months. Mungall said she first met the NDP leader in Calgary during the 2002 G8 summit. She was walking down the street with him when they were approached by a homeless man who said he wanted to go home to Toronto. “Jack immediately started making phone calls and soon had a bus ticket and made arrangements for support to help the young man rebuild his life,” she said. “He was never too busy to roll up his sleeves and get to work for somebody.” It was at a function at Layton`s home that Mungall told the man who would go on to become the leader of the official Opposition that she was thinking of running for a seat on Nelson’s city council. “That conversation turned into a full strategy session,” she said. “I’ve kept that campaign advice close to my heart ever since. It has never failed me.” She said words can’t do justice in explaining what Canada has lost with Layton’s death. “I’m of the view that we just lost our next prime minister,” she said. “And I think he would have gone down in history as being the greatest prime minister we ever had. For Jack, everyone had value and deserved support to reach their full potential. And he would have done it all in a fiscally responsible way, too.” Mungall said his creativity and dynamic energy inspired many Canadians and especially young people. “What he did was unifying — he put the separatist movement in Quebec aside so that we could work together as a country. “I’ll never forget the words he said to me not so long ago — I’m so proud of you.’ ”

Bea von Allmen designs and sews eyepopping, classic-looking women’s clothing, makes elegant jewelry and sells produce grown on her Canyon farm. But it is her raku-fired bird heads, mounted on steel rods and adorned with gorgeous fabrics, that capture the imagination of her many admirers. “I don’t like making people’s faces,” is her simple explanation of why she has become so enamoured with creating upright, human-like characters with longbeaked faces. She and her husband, Ernst, moved to the Creston Valley 10 years ago from their home country of Switzerland. They longed for the space offered by the Canadian countryside and the chance to own property that would allow them to produce their own food and pursue their own creative passions. The Creston Valley, with its temperate climate, rich soil and close proximity to Kootenay Lake, was an easy choice once they saw fruit trees growing when they arrived from the east. In Switzerland, von Allmen did clay work for 25 years, mainly for jewelry. She also worked with Ernst, who had an oriental rug business. “But we always wanted to own a farm,” she said. “We wanted to grow our own food and have a better lifestyle. This valley had all the things that were on our wish list.” The von Allmen farm is a warm and welcoming site. Located at 4341 Muzzy Road, it is a model of tidiness. Rows of firewood are stacked in an open shed, sorted according to species and log size. The completely renovated house boasts a clay workshop that becomes von Allmen’s studio and another basement studio where she sews. A spotless chicken coop is home to surprisingly content birds. Out back is a huge shop in which Ernst keeps busy with his many hobbies and projects. Last week, a long line of braced steel fence corner posts was in production. All were made with recycled steel, awaiting several coats of paint before Ernst undertakes a 1,300-foot fencing project that will allow the couple to pursue their next dream, landscaping the area around the house and protecting their gardens from the area’s abundant wildlife. Creston has a four-season climate and the von Allmens revel in it, adjusting their activities to the weather. What serves as her gallery during the summer will revert to her clay studio in the winter, when she is more drawn to the physical activity of making and firing clay. When she isn’t working in the garden during the spring and summer months, she repairs to her above ground basement sewing studio, which is replete with framed old pages from a sewing magazine, open shelves of impeccably arranged bolts of cloth and a pair of comfy upholstered chairs brought from Switzerland. “I don’t like to work in a messy space,” von Allmen said, pointing out

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Visitors to the Creston Valley Farmers Market will be familiar with von Allmen’s elegant clothing displays and neatly arranged produce. But her clay bird and cat characters are reserved for display in galleries, including her own and Eileen Hirota’s (the pieces were a popular attraction in the now-closed Painted Turtle Gallery on Canyon Street). “I dream of a fantasy or theme and then I work towards it,” she said in an effort to explain her latest series that features characters from an imaginary oriental marketplace. This year she has created several dozen pieces, including an alchemist, a silk trader, a jewel salesman, an oil sheikh, a prince, a bride-to-be and… well, you get the idea. “I have had a lifelong passion for markets,” von Allmen explained. “In the old days, everyone looked forward to market day. Back then, markets were a necessity. They were the only place that people could sell, buy and trade. Vendors from near and far would meet a colourful mix of farmers, traders, salesmen, musicians, entertainers and buyers. Even the odd thief would sneak in!” The oriental marketplace experience was inspired in part by a trip to Turkey when Ernst was still in the rug trade. And her fascination by markets extends into her participation in the local farmers market. She speaks of markets with passion and doesn’t measure her success in them in terms of sales. “With markets you have to be patient as an artist and don’t expect to make sales,” she said. “Advertising fees is what I call the space rental. You have to give customers time to identify with your

work and they want to get to know you, so continuity is the key. I started my artistic career by going to markets 30 years ago and I have had offers to exhibit in shows and galleries ever since.” Von Allmen refers to her business as Cloth and Clay Art and describes her bird and cat figures as whimsical. One member of a recent group that toured her gallery described her work as “perfect”, a word she disagrees with. Sort of. “I like things perfect but when it comes to the last little detail of perfection I can’t do it, so maybe my things are 95 per cent perfect,” she laughed. “Perfection kills creativity.” While her interest in birds is explained in part by a dislike of making faces from clay, there are other factors at play, too. “The first bird I made was in a raku workshop in a secluded community in the Swiss mountains,” she said. “It had a population of about 50 and you could only get to it by cable car or a two-hour hike. I felt kind of trapped when I was there, so I created a bird with big wings. If you are standing on a cliff and you have wings, you are free. Birds have freedom.” And, while von Allmen’s raku-fired characters have distinctive bird-like beaks, they also have human characteristics. “Their eyes are like a human being’s and they stand upright,” she pointed out. “And I like tall, slim figures, so I make the cats like that, too.” The materials she selects for the clay characters’ clothing comes from the same vast collection of fabric that she uses for her women’s clothing line. “I have been collecting fabric for most of my life,” she said, pulling a bolt of antique black brocade from a floor-to-ceiling shelf on which fabrics are arranged by colour. “And I’m not a fan of modern… whatever it is. I don’t like pinks and purples — you won’t find any girlie colours in my house! I prefer more muted, natural tones. Then I add a bit of glitter like gold or copper to catch the eye.” In all her work, von Allmen finds inspiration in nature. Fabrics are all made from natural fibres in earth tones and they often feature subtle leaf or feather designs. Her creations, obviously, reflect her own personality and interests. On Sundays, June through September, Bea and Ernst von Allmen invite the public to their farm for a visit to Bea’s gallery between 11 a.m. and 2 p.m. The gallery is also open by appointment by calling 250428-0119. This fall, the artist plans to become more computer savvy by taking a course that will enable her to create her own web site and perhaps even begin online sales. And she ends the conversation on a sun-filled weekday morning with another piece of tantalizing news. “This winter I’m going to work on something different that I’ve been thinking about for years,” she smiled. “But I can’t talk about it until I know it will work.” Yet another reason to continue returning to the gallery, studios and home of one of the Creston Valley’s most innovative creators. And one of the nicest, too.

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Calls to RCMP lower than recent weeks BY LORNE ECKERSLEY Advance Staff

Creston RCMP responded to 79 calls from Aug. 15-21, down about 20 per cent from the previous week, Staff Sgt. Bob Gollan said on Monday. “It was a fairly quiet week but I have no idea why,” he said. August 15 •Police were called to a dispute between a father and son on Russell Avenue in Riondel.

•A complaint came in about an erratic driver going eastbound on Highway 3 on the Creston flats but the vehicle was not located. •A bicycle was found on Duck Creek Road. •A driver who butted into the lineup of vehicles waiting to enter the U.S. at Rykerts was given a lecture about etiquette. •A Westridge Street resident turned in a firearm for destruction. •Vandals damaged the kitchen and washrooms at Lister Park. They attempted, but failed, to burn one of the washrooms. Anyone with knowledge about the incident is asked to contact the RCMP. •Police received a complaint about graffiti being painted on a rail car near Cook Street. •A noise complaint was received from Haskins Road. August 16 •A youth at an Elm Street residence was reported to be in violation of his court-ordered curfew. •An overly amorous drunk was picked up from an Elm Street residence and held in police cells until sober. •A Pine Street residence was the scene of a domestic assault. •A Northwest Boulevard resident was flushed with excitement when he found a good used toilet apparently put out for garbage pickup. He took the commode to use in a renovation, only to learn later that it had not been intended for the scrap heap. The toilet was returned and an apology was made. •Two females were reported to arguing about the behaviour of a child on Cook Street. •Migrant workers camping on a Connel Road property were reported to be creating noise. The property owner volunteered to look after the problem. •An alleged breach of a no-contact order was reported by a resident of Second Avenue South. August 17 •A OneTouch Ultra Mini blood glucose meter was lost on Seventh

Avenue North. It is green and penshaped. •A 911 cellphone caller from the Dodge Creek area refused to provide a name and address to police. •The owner of a cellphone found on Birch Street has been located. •A purse owned by a pavement crew machinery operator was stolen on 11th Avenue North. •When police found a driver who was reported to be possibly impaired, they found he was not in any way intoxicated, “just in a very good mood.” •A saddlebag that fell off a motorcycle in Yahk was turned into police. The owner has been located. •A person who was reported to be driving without a licence was located, though not while driving. He was given a lecture about the possible ramifications of such action. •When police responded to a report from the Kootenay Lake ferry that a male passenger said he had just killed someone, they found him to be mentally ill and that no deaths had occurred. •The registered owner of a blue van reported to be speeding on Canyon-Lister Road has been sent a warning. August 18 •A collision occurred on Highway 3 25 kilometres east of Creston when a driver attempted to pass a vehicle that was slowing to make a left turn. That driver was issued a ticket for passing while unsafe. No injuries were reported. August 19 •When police found marijuana plants growing in the backyard of an Erickson Road residence they were told by the resident that she grows marijuana to use for arthritis pain. She has no permit to do so, however, and the plants were destroyed. •Police received a complaint that three youths were riding in a pickup truck box on Riverview Road. •A French passport, driver’s licence and camera bag were lost on 19th Avenue North.

•A black Chevrolet reported to be passing unsafely and speeding on Highway 3 could not be located. August 20 •The driver of a vehicle stopped on Highway 3 was found to be in possession of a small amount of marijuana and also to be driving under the influence of the drug. The marijuana was seized and the driver was not allowed to continue driving. •Mailboxes were pushed over on Alder Street. •A found wallet was turned in to the police station. •A grey Canon digital camera was lost near 16th Avenue South. •An Erickson Road resident complained about cats and dogs “screaming” in the neighbourhood. •Police were called to a dispute between a driver and a towing company on Creston Road. •A very intoxicated Westview Road resident dialled 911 instead of 411, drawing a visit from police. •A violent person, possibly mentally ill, was transported from Whimster Road to the hospital for treatment. •Police could not locate three suspicious persons reported to be behind a Canyon Street business location. •A high-powered rifle shot was heard near Sirdar but police could not determine the source of the noise. •A person wanting his iPod back from a Highway 3 residence took a cellphone when the iPod wasn’t produced. Police mediated and the items were returned to their owners. •Four males wearing hoodies and seen peering into a Cook Street residence window ran off when confronted. •The driver of a vehicle stopped for speeding on Highway 3 was found to have consumed alcohol. He failed a roadside screening test and was issued a 90-day driving prohibition. His vehicle was impounded for 30 days. •A male reported being assaulted by an unknown assailant in a Canyon Street pub. See POLICE, page 5

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From page 4 August 21 •The investigation of a complaint from a Hurry Road resident that her vehicle had been taken without permission determined the complaint was unfounded. •Property owners on Beam Road promised to address the issue of noisy people camping on their lot. •When police investigated a report of a stolen purse they learned it had been left at a restaurant on the previous night by the intoxicated owner. •Police were called to a Highway 3 residence when two parents got into a child custody dispute. •Police were unable to locate a person who attempted to open the door of a Sixth Avenue residence.

pieces, including creations from found objects, prints and fabric. Featured on one wall are many of the aprons made from women’s undergarments that Kunze made into a 2010 calendar as a fundraising project. The final stop was a visit to the gallery and Japanese gardens of Eileen Hirota, whose rich multi-media pictures have become a popular fixture on the Creston art scene. In Lorne Eckersley photo

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ings from sketches she made on an 800-kilometre walk along one of the pilgrimage routes to Spain’s Santiago de Compostela. The “poster series” as she calls it, is intended to create a visual tour of some of the highlights of that long hike. Painting from sketched ideas is a departure from her normal plein air approach in which she paints outdoors. Crusher Road was the next destination, where retired Prince Charles Secondary School teacher Ute Bachinski works in watercolour and pastels as well as creating strikingly beautiful fabric hangings and quilts. Bachinski smiled as two former students,

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now ages 28 and 31 and residing in Alberta, filed in with their wives. Once again the group reboarded the bus and heard commentary provided by Canyon’s Simon Lazarchuk. The next stop, he said, would be the Galvanized Art Gallery at the home of Sandy and Dirk Kunze, who were instrumental in organizing the bus tours. “It’s exciting to see that people really enjoy visiting galleries around the Creston Valley on these bus tours,” Sandy said. “I hope they can continue in the future.” Kunze works mainly in acrylics and clay, but Galvanized Art Gallery is filled from floor to ceiling with a stunning variety of

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From page 1 After a quick visit to the vineyard to learn about the different varieties — including Pinot Noir, Pinot Gris, Chardonnay, Gewürztraminer and Kerner — the group sampled each of the five wines available, including the two distinctly different vintages of rosé, which is made from Pinot Noir grapes that were left on the skins until they gave the juice a pale red colour. After a half-hour of socializing and sipping a glass of wine, tour participants boarded the Creston Valley Transit System bus and headed into Creston to visit Krazy Kat Lady studio and gallery. The home-based business features gardens that had visitors oohing and aahing, and similar reactions were heard inside the gallery, where legally blind Margaux Allard shows her finely detailed pencil drawings, ornately decorated masks and paintings that look like they are designed for Tim Burton movie sets. A short drive then took the group to the backyard studio of Allison Masters, who finds time to be a prolific painter when she isn’t tending to her inspiring garden (gardens and art are a recurring theme on these tours). Masters had on display, inside and outside the gallery, about two dozen works in progress, paint-

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Put them to work. Send them to war. Or suffer the consequences. I was at a conference more than a dozen years ago when demographer, economist and author David Foote made those observations, explaining the choices leaders make when their country has a large population of young people. Foote was the author of Boom, Bust and Echo: How to Profit from the Coming Demographic Shift, which when released in 1996 became a surprise bestseller. It introduced many of us to a different way of thinking about economics and how to understand the massive changes that were about to occur. The Australian-born University of Toronto professor backed up his assertions with historical evidence and he has proven to be an accurate predictor of how changing demographics affect economies and economies. Each time I hear or read on the news about another country in turmoil I think about Footeâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s commentary about where population growth was happening, which was and is predominantly in Muslim countries. He made no value judgments, just observations. When a countryâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s population growth spurt leads to a large number of people in their 20s, he said, stability demands that they be kept occupied. There needs to be jobs for them to move into. Less desirably, but as effective, at least in the short term, is that they be sent to war, where they are kept well occupied. (Foote didnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t say this, but I will â&#x20AC;&#x201D; the ones who are

Count on it. With modern communications technology reaching into almost every corner of the world it becomes increasingly difficult to convince the poor that they should simply accept their fate and continue their daily scramble for food, clean water, housing and basic necessities. As they learn that not everyone on the planet is in the same boat, who can really be surprised when they decide to take matters into their own Lorne Eckersley hands? Sadly, looking for solutions might well be fruitless. demographic that has too much Although some of the worldâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s natutime on its hands. For a person in ral resources are already being his or her 20s to get out of bed depleted, only continued population each day without a sense of hope growth can fuel economic growth. and opportunity, the prospects Aging demographic segments need become dismal and they respond younger segments to provide the as they have done historicallyâ&#x20AC;&#x201D; services they require and, being they turn to crime or mischief or, human, we certainly arenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t willing even, revolution. to make personal sacrifices for the While I havenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t followed Footeâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s recent activities, I think itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s benefit of future generations. Thatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s probably safe to say that he issued why most countries have run up warnings about what was about to enormous debtsâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;we want to eat our cake and have it, too. happen in the Middle East, with A few years after I saw Foote for uprisings in Egypt, Syria and the first time (in Eastern Canada), Libya showing that even populahe spoke at another conference, tions in a dictatorship can rise up this time in Vancouver. He asked a when they feel they have no future. And Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;m certain he few people in the audience what wouldnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t have been surprised by town or city they lived in, then the rioting in France and England asked some, â&#x20AC;&#x153;So are you closing that has shocked much of the schools yet?â&#x20AC;? The answer, without world. Both countries are facing exception, was yes. Demographic economic challenges and offer dis- analysis 20 years ago had indicated mal prospects to those entering the what would happen, he said. workforce, particularly ones who Sadly, knowing what is about to might be under-educated or memhappen doesnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t mean that we bers of visible minorities. know how to change it. Is dissent among youthful popLorne Eckersley is the publisher of ulations a sign of things to come? the Creston Valley Advance. killed in battle help reduce the pressure when the fighting is over.) In the absence of either alternative, Foote said, a government can expect to face a restless

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Weather affects ripening and sugar content in fruit

Ahhh, late August. I finally had a chance to go fishing and so I took the morning off and went. It had been quite cool in the nursery this morning but there was two degrees of frost on the mountaintop. Although the forecast is for some nice warm days, it really has been a cool year overall. Fruit production benefits from warm days and cool nights. During the daytime, photosynthesis takes place and plants build up sugars that are stored in the fruit. At night, respiration takes place and the sugars are burned off. As in the case of strawberries from California, the fruit is large but the net sugar build up is limited because warm nighttime temperatures ensure the respiration process burns off a lot of the sugar. Where nighttime temperatures are cooler, there is a larger net build

up of sugar in the fruit. That is one of the reasons our valley produces such nice tasting fruit. Overall plant nutrition derived largely from the soil plays a part in the flavour as well as the plantsâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; genetics.

In the nursery I am finding a number of flowering items like the butterfly bushes and the dark night bluebeard are just now starting to flower. A lot of the plants look really good for this time of year. There is the odd leaf with powdery mildew, which seems to really have affected the Crimson King maples this year. Other folks stop in enquiring after leaves of the Drummond maple, which show a bit of brown edge (the leaf margin) when dried out. The main thing you can do for these or any other newly established ornamental trees and shrubs is to give them a good deep watering every once in a while to ensure they don't go into fall stressed out from the summer. Hope you are all enjoying the summer! Evan and Wendy Davies own Beltane Nursery at 2915 Highway 3 in Erickson.

Nursery Notes Evan Davies I keep hearing people discuss how much later we are this year with a variety of crops. Some of the produce seems a few days later than normal while other items seem weeks behind. These must be the really heat sensitive items like peaches, for instance.

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individuals have not been able to accomplish this in over 30 years. This is an insult to the invasive weed control program. Alas, like the war in Vietnam and Afghanistan, victory over the weeds will never be ours. Bryan Wuzinski Wynndel

To the Editor: (Re: “Forest roads now free of knapweed”, July 21 Advance) I would like to take this opportunity to thank the Columbia Basin Trust for funding the attempt by Sonja Seher and Kelsey Syfchuk to rid the valley of invasive weeds, particularly by digging and pulling knapweed on forestry trunk roads for 10 days. Unfortunately, the reporter forgot to research any other effort by anybody else to combat this problem or just plain neglected to include any other effort. Creston and many other districts in B.C. have been waging a war on noxious weeds for over 30 years. As an employee of the program, we treat between six and 14 kilometres of roadway every day and this has been going on for a long time and we still have a long way to go. I really resent the reporter’s attitude that two summers workers (one with a disability on one arm) employed for 10 days can rid the Creston Valley of noxious weeds in 10 days while hundreds of hard working

ing” is hokum, let alone research articles from real scientists pointing to the sun and cosmic rays as the primary source of climate change, and in spite of confusion about HAARP and weather warfare technology. Apparently, my view has company, according to a poll on global warming. On Aug. 3, Rasmussen Reports said, “The latest Rasmussen Reports national telephone survey of American Adults shows that 69 per cent say it’s at least somewhat likely that some scientists have falsified research data in order to support their own theories and beliefs.” Environmental degradation from radioactive weapons of perpetual mass sadism, NATO’s endless war on sovereignty on behalf of globalist power and the Fukushima catastrophe, now regarded as at least 20 times worse than Chernobyl, along with many similar aging super dirty bomb nuke plants that threaten to make To the Editor: parts of North America uninhabitable, On July 26, Ben Parfitt of the are real threats, especially to children. Canadian Centre for Policy We do not need carbon credit scams k Alternatives wrote anoarticle titled, banking fraud artists making o rworld of car- and “Darkwoods, theBmurky human survival less likely. A corrupu yo neutral’ bon credits and a ‘carbon B.C. tion security agenda may be a bigger E issue L government”. The July 31, 2008, threat to human environment as the T T VE of the Advance covered sale of global depression threatens to drag BORIthe Darkwoods to the D Nature Canada into a vortex of misery, chaos Conservancy of Canada. and expanded nuclear war. Is this not a bit smelly? Carbon credWhile many feel helpless and ready its, which are based on the fraud scito give up, the younger generations ence of “global warming”, have been must be responsible, get informed and described as a “diabolical RICO protec- resist corruption as long as there is the tion racket”. This is an issue for citizens will to live. who do not regard newspeak Book as gospel. Robert Betts your Intuition tells me that taxingBottle “breath-Drive, West Creston

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Change attitude, but remain natural

Attitude affects everything. One day we can wake up looking forward to the day and the next day our lives seems empty and meaningless. One day weeding the garden is a chore, the next it’s a source of pleasure. But our weeding hasn’t changed and neither has our life — we still have the same family, the same garden, the same job, the same community. What has changed is our attitude. Perhaps we had a dream we don’t remember, perhaps we did or didn’t do something that we shouldn’t or should have done the day before. An attitude is a kind of mental container that shapes and colors whatever is put into it. Attitude not only colors what comes into the mind, but leads you to attend to some things while being completely oblivious of others. It affects what comes into your head as well as what happens thereafter. As is usual, the Lojong slogans that form the basis for this essay are talking about the attitude inherent in the idea that we are more important that everybody else. This is our customary way of thinking about things and it is usually reflected in our actions. It is a natural human trait to examine everything that

presents itself to determine if it will help us, harm us or if is it neutral. If something benefits us we embrace it, if it benefits others but not ourselves we reject it, if it is neutral, we ignore it. With

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an attitude like this we come first and others come second. It is rather embarrassing, but crude as it may sound, most of us carry this attitude or assumption with us all the time. It is our default position, deeply ingrained, difficult to recognize and difficult to change. But Lojong mind training is all about creating a shift in that fundamental self-centred stance. The practice is to make an effort to care for others as much as you care for yourself. Even more radically, it is to shift your attitude so that your concern for the welfare of others actually pops up first, rather than as a distant second.

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This kind of attitude adjustment seems like a pretty big deal, heroic even. But according to the slogan, it is important not to get caught up in the bigdealness. You’ve probably noticed by now that all of the slogans have an odd way of combining radical challenges with the suggestion to just to relax. There is absolutely no room for exhibitionism or spiritual posturing. Slogan practice is not focused on grand gestures. Instead, the idea is to make small but consistent moves in the direction of awareness and loving kindness. And then: Get over yourself and just relax! Suggested practice:  When you notice your attitude turning inward, fixating on yourself, give it a gentle nudge and turn it outward to include other beings. Don’t punish yourself for your selfishness or give yourself a gold star for your altruism. Simply apply the slogan and move on. This column is a long series of short essays exploring the meaning of the Lojong Slogans. It is inspired by the work of Judy Lief. Kuya Minogue is the resident teacher at Creston’s ZenWords Zen Centre. For more information, she can be reached at 250428-3390.

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Locally written e-books offer peace of mind DIGITAL MIND COACH

No one ever said life is easy, but it also doesn’t have to weigh you down. In many of the Digital Mind Coach e-books, Perry Ritthaler provides guidelines for living life with a positive outlook and with respect for yourself and your well-being, delivering the pointers to living a life of wellness. Brimming with inspirational words and reminders, these e-books also allow you to actively engage in continual self-motivation. Featuring pages for you to preview your mentors and their inspiring qualities, as well as create your own favorite encouraging words, Ritthaler’s e-books helps you to drill down into the essence of who you are. “Once educated with fresh positive ideas and affirmations, we get a new start and all that is past is forgotten,” said Ritthaler. A Creston resident for seven years, Ritthaler has a total of nine e-books (also published in the U.S.A. by Davis E-Book Publishing and eBookIt Publishing), and is another example of Creston resident that is carving out a future in the beautiful Creston Valley. He also runs an online advertising company that writes the pre-show for the Tivoli Theatre and markets products and services sold and installed by Creston Window Centre, a division of MW Millwork Ltd. Digital Mind Coach offers six motivational inspirational self-help psychology e-books that are designed to inspire personal growth, and correct the common traps of unhappi-

ness. The Digital Mind Coach series of inspirational and selfhelp psychology picture e-books offers a thought-provoking consideration of personal growth and progression.

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Presented in a frank and direct manner, this unique picture-text combination is intended to provide empowerment guidance to those searching for answers. In addressing the many facets of human interaction, the author encourages readers to critically examine each of the issues raised. “Just open to any random page and start reading where your eyes fall,” said Ritthaler. “You will be presented with the answer to a nagging problem or situation in your life. “Life consists of a multitude of lessons to be learned, all of which were chosen before birth. Our reactions to

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Creston rowers excel in Idaho regatta

BY ROWAN HAMILTON Creston Ospreys Rowing Club

On the first weekend of August, two crews from the Creston Ospreys Rowing Club travelled to Coeur d’Alene, Idaho, for the annual inter-club regatta. The regatta was held on the quiet water of Ferman Lake and hosted by the Coeur d’Alene Rowing Association. Creston crews and supporting friends and families were made most welcome. To save the Ospreys bringing their own boats across the border Martin Stacey, the Coeur d’Alene Rowing Association coach made two top-of-the-line racing boats available to the Creston crews. All the Ospreys had to bring was their own oars. With training limited by the fast spring run-off on the Kootenay river both Creston crews were untested at this, their first race of the year. First to line up was the ladies masters double scull with Carrie Armstrong at stroke and Barb Minichiello at bow.

After a fast start, the Creston boat settled down at a high rating lying second at the halfway mark of 500 metres. A powerful second half brought the Creston crew to a mere four seconds behind the winners. The Creston ladies were still pleased with this excellent performance, their best ever. Later in the morning, the Ospreys ladies masters quad boat took to the water for their race. At stroke was Julie Miller, with Anita Middleton at three, Mel Skeric at two and Pam St. Amand at bow. At the start, the crew went away smooth and balanced, settling into their rhythm well. By the 500-metre halfway, they were able to put out their full power, finishing as the first quad across the line. A good time was had by all. This was an important step forward for two crews who have been tested and come through with flying colours. The Ospreys made new friends and have invited the Coeur d’Alene club to come to Creston in the fall for rowing, racing and socializing together on the beautiful Kootenay River.

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Members of the Creston Ospreys Rowing Club placed first in an Idaho competition earlier this month.

Dodgers fourth in seniors games COFFIN DODGERS

The BC Seniors Games were held Aug. 16-20 in Nelson, Trail and Castlegar, with Creston’s Coffin Dodgers competing in the 55-plus mixed division, recruiting Helen Luke, Bev Daniels, Leona Nimeck and Bernie Doll from Cranbrook. The Coffin Dodgers played teams from Parksville (a powerhouse), the Okanagan, New Westminster and two teams from Prince George. The team didn’t know what to expect as this was the first time Creston had a slo-pitch team entered. They lost the first two games (opening day jitters) and won the next two, then were clobbered by Parksville (no contest) However, the Coffin Dodgers ended up with one more point than New Westminster, so they played in the bronze medal game against one of Prince George’s teams. They scored five in the first inning, but Creston came back to make the score 5-4. The outcome was not in Creston’s favour, though, with a final score of 12-7. Many people commented on the team’s shirts. The Coffin Dodgers had a fun time and there is much talk about going to Burnaby to compete in next year’s seniors games. The Coffin Dodgers extend their appreciation for the support of the Columbia Brewery, Creston Mayor Ron Toyota, Paul’s Superette and the Creston Valley Advance.

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Boaters warned of mussels CENTRAL KOOTENAY INVASIVE PLANT COMMITTEE

Imagine your boat so covered in mussels that you must scrape it off every time you want to use it. Imagine native species like trout disappearing from your favourite lake. Imagine intake pipes so clogged that water no longer flows to your house. These issues are real in many parts of North America already. The culprit? Invasive mussels. Zebra and quagga mussels are invasive aquatics species that form large colonies that can literally smother out native aquatic species of plants and other aquatic organisms. Because they are efficient filter feeders, zebra and quagga mussels can change ecosystems and food sources critical to native species like salmon and trout. They can also grow on native mussels and other bivalves, preventing them from opening and feeding. These mussels cause major economic problems. They rapidly colonize hard surfaces like boats, engines, and docks and are very challenging to clean off. The colonies can form dense mats in pipes that clog water-intake systems at power plants, dams, public

water supplies and other infra- of zebra and quagga mussels structure. They cost hundreds to BC, the Central Kootenay of millions of dollars a year in Invasive Plant Committee damages and control where (CKIPC) urges all boaters to they have invaded. Because zebra and quagga mussels are native to Eurasia, they don’t have predators to control them in Canada. They entered the Great Lakes in the mid-1980s in ship ballast water and have spread to more than 20 U.S. states, as well as Ontario and Quebec. Like other water-based invasive species, they spread C. Czarnecki/bugwood.org photo by attaching themselves to boats and Invasive zebra mussels clogging a pipe. equipment. The mussels are easily transported clean, drain and dry their because they can live out of boats and equipment on dry water for many days. land before and after entering Luckily, zebra and quagga any water bodies. mussels are not known in B.C., These invasive mussels can but they could arrive any day. generally be identified because Idaho and Washington (along they cling to hard surfaces with other U.S. states) have whereas native mussels tend to regular inspection stations to live in sediment. Please report check boats for standing water any suspected sightings to the and for signs of zebra and Central Kootenay Invasive quagga mussels. To date, zebra Plant Committee at 250-352and quagga mussels have have 1160 or coordinator@kootenaybeen found on over 20 boats weeds.com. Prevention and entering Washington and some early detection are critical for boats heading for B.C. control of these invasive speTo prevent the introduction cies. Don’t move a mussel!

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Museum looking for historic footage CRESTON MUSEUM

The Creston Museum is about to embark on a very exciting project. Funding through the ColumbiaKootenay Cultural Alliance will enable the museum to convert historic film footage to modern, topquality DVDs. How much of this historic film footage does the museum have? Well, none, actually — but that’s the really exciting part of the project. “We know that film footage of local historic events is out there,” said museum manager Tammy Hardwick. “We have talked to people who have home movies of farming on the Creston flats, of the old sternwheeler Nasookin arriving at Kootenay Landing, of the Creston Mercantile burning down. There is probably a lot more that we don’t know about.” The museum is seeking local historic film footage that’s currently in private collections, and asking the owners to loan it to the museum long enough to get it converted to DVD. There will be no charge to the owners of the film, said Hardwick. Instead, the museum will ask the owners to sign a form, giving the museum permission to add the converted footage to its permanent collection, and to use it in exhibits and programs. The museum will get two copies made of each film it receives. One copy will go back to the owner, along with the original film, and the other will become

part of the museum’s collection. “We’ll need the owners to give us some idea of what’s on the film, and it will need to be in reasonably good condition,” said Hardwick. “The funding we’ve received won’t extend to major repairs on badly damaged film, and we won’t be able to use hours of film of the kids’ birthday parties — but we will consider anything that shows any aspect of life in the Creston Valley.”

“We know that film footage of local historic events is out there. ... There is probably a lot more that we don’t know about.” Tammy Hardwick Creston Museum

The conversions will be done at TMTV in Nelson, and can include any type or format of film. “We’ll be doing this on a firstcome, first-served basis, until our funding is used up,” said Hardwick, “so we’re really hoping that anyone with film-footage treasures will tell us about it soon!” For more information or to discuss your film collection, contact the museum at 250-428-9262 or by email at mail@creston.museum.bc.ca.

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