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Fundraising ideas a no-go for council BY LORNE ECKERSLEY Advance Staff

Prince Charles Secondary School Grade 12 student. The “stuff” included practical items destined for the orphanage where he lived for his first few months after his natural mother was unable to provide for him. Among those items were 30 quilts donated by local residents.

A proposal by a local citizen to institute a massive fund-raising program to offset construction costs at Creston and District Community Complex (CDCC) got a lukewarm reception at Creston town council Jan. 10 regular meeting. Michael Bunn appeared before council as a delegation to present his proposals (as outlined in Bunn’s letter to the editor in the Jan. 12th Advance), asking for a show of hands of which councillors would volunteer to help. “That’s a little premature,” was Mayor Ron Toyota’s response. Toyota explained that CDCC is operated by the Regional District of Central Kootenay and any proposed activities would have to be approved by the Regional District of Central Kootenay and CDCC. “We are a part of the RDCK, but we don’t operate the facility or make decisions about it,” Toyota said. “I also have concerns about some of the fund-raising ideas,” he added. “We have about 300 organizations in this valley that rely on different events to operate and for some, a major event each year provides most of their operating funds. I don’t want to get into competing with volunteer groups.”

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Prince Charles Secondary School student Aaron Gregory with Gladys Thomas, who runs an orphanage, schools, a nursery and a hosptial for the Foundation for Children of Haiti. For more photos, visit www.crestonvalleyadvance.ca.

Student committed to helping Haiti BY LORNE ECKERSLEY Advance Staff

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Earlier this winter, when most people turned their thoughts to Christmas, Aaron Gregory put his focus on raising funds and getting donations for Haiti, which is still recovering from a devastating earthquake nearly two years ago.

Aaron and his mother, Mary, were planning their second trip in two years to the Port-au-Prince area, from where he was adopted as an infant. This trip would have a different focus, though. Their first trip came before the earthquake and they didn’t want to go empty-handed. “We took three suitcases filled with donated items, and loaded our own suitcases with more stuff,” said Aaron, a

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Gregory returning to Haiti in two years From page 1 In November, when Aaron and Mary were collecting items for the trip, they also accepted financial donations to pay the costs for the additional luggage that would accompany them on the flight. But Aaron smooth-talked an airline employee into putting the suitcases on the plane for free. “He did a great job of explaining what they were for,” Mary said. “The employee called for a manager to make the decision but eventually she made the decision herself. Later a manager called down and said OK, but that this was a one-time deal.” “Maybe we will have to fly on a different airline next time,” Aaron chuckled. Aaron and Mary made their November trip as part of a 19-member tour conducted by Dillon International, an adoption services agency. Their destination was the Foundation for Children of Haiti, where Gladys Thomas, whom they met on their 2009 trip, operates an orphanage, schools, a nursery and a hospital. “We stayed at the foundation’s guest house for five days, then spent two nights in my birth town,” Aaron said. “We visited the hospital and Hope Home (for mentally challenged children) and played with the kids for a few days.” His impression of post-earthquake Haiti differs from recent media reports that decry the lack of progress in rebuilding the country. “There is lots of rubble and tent cities, but there is also lots of rebuilding going on,” he said. “Actually, I was really impressed — there is a new entrance and addition to the airport, and building is going on everywhere. People are starting to move into new buildings from their tents.” Mary agreed with the assessment. “The media is focused on there being so many people who are displaced,” she said. “Two years ago we were amazed at the statues in the Port-au-Prince city square. Now they are standing in the midst of a tent city. But we have to remember the people are making bricks by hand — everything that is rebuilt is done with manual labour.” “I don’t think it is going too slow,” Aaron said. “You can’t just finish such a huge project in a day.” Mary said the amount of traffic was “incredible”, much of it the result of so many volunteers and non-governmental organization personnel who are in Haiti to help with construction and aid.

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“One of the downsides (to the presence of so many foreigners) is that it has increased rental prices,” she said. The pair pointed out a noticeable irony in their visit to the orphanage where Mary first met the baby who would become her second son (her first, Ebby, was adopted at the age of three). “The kids at Haiti Home for Children have it pretty nice compared to children elsewhere in the country,” Mary said. “They have clothing, food and toys and are really well cared for.” “They are pretty privileged,” Aaron agreed. Many of those children, Mary said, were rescued from poor hospital conditions by the energetic and very persuasive Gladys Thomas, a Haitian nurse who has become the driving force behind the Foundation for Children of Haiti. “The facilities now form a village on a beautiful spot,” Mary said. “The school now has 120 kids from kindergarten to Grade 4.” A new school is now in the fundraising stage and it will take $400,000 to complete it. It is that fund-raising effort that Aaron directed the $1,200 raised in Creston that he carried to Haiti. Energized by his November experience and committed to helping a country that he feels a close connection with, Aaron said he will continue to help raise funds and work toward a career in international development and aid. A benefit concert by the House of Rock is planned for February and Aaron will set up a display about his trip and take donations. In the spring, a PCSS teacher plans to hold a soccer tournament, with net proceeds going toward the new school project. “Each time I go back to Haiti, I come home with a better understanding of what I want to do with my life,” Aaron said. He plans another trip in two years, when a reunion of adoptees is planned. After graduation he plans to work to save money, then move to Montreal to become fluent in French, the primary language of Haiti. Adopting a child from a developing nation isn’t without its controversies, Mary admitted. The practice is looked upon by some as taking away the future of a country. “But on this trip we saw so many young adoptees who, like Aaron, are going back to help out. What would Aaron’s life have been like if he had grown up as an orphan?”

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Jesse Gartland is the only Creston native currently playing for the Creston Valley Thunder Cats. Brian Lawrence photo

Teen playing for hometown BY BRIAN LAWRENCE Advance Editor

Jesse Gartland isn’t the first local teen to hit the ice as one of the Creston Valley Thunder Cats, but he’s the only one this season. And the 17-year-old couldn’t be happier. “It’s the best feeling to come out on the ice knowing most of the people cheering in the stands,” he said. “And being able to skate on the same ice as my dad is a good feeling.” The six-foot-two, 190-pound defenceman, who tried out for the Thunder Cats for the first time this year, enjoys “the thrill of playing”, and although he doesn’t get many scoring opportunities in his position, has earned 12 points (two goals and 10 assists) in 34 games. Three of those points came on Dec. 3, when the Thunder Cats defeated the Kamloops Storm

— the top team in the Doug Birks Division of the Kootenay International Junior Hockey League — 6-2 at the John Bucyk Arena. His three assists in that game also earned him the position of the game’s third star. “I had lots of family in the stands, so that was kind of special,” Gartland said. Playing junior B hockey is a logical progression for the Creston Valley native, who first skated when he was four or five. “The typical Canadian thing for a kid to do is strap on the skates early,” he said. And for teens who love to play hockey as much as he does, trying out for the Thunder Cats is the thing to do. “I’d definitely recommend it,” he said. “Brent [Heaven, head coach,] is really good. He’s a great coach, and treats us better than we ever asked.”

Renovation costs may be covered wtihout tax increase From page 1 Coun. Tanya Ducharme echoed Toyota’s concerns, applauding Bunn’s initiative but cautioning him against eroding the ability of volunteer organizations to raise funds for activities. Toyota added that the RDCK is committed to exploring ways of addressing the additional renovation costs at CDCC without adding to taxation levels for the service in its 2012-2013 budget. Later in the meeting, councillors voted to receive Bunn’s presentation for information. Council Briefs •Glad Tidings Pentecostal Church Pastor Carl Sawler opened the meeting with a preamble to his invocation, thanking the Town of Creston and the entire community for the successful annual

Christmas hamper project, which distributed 440 hampers in December. •Coun. Wes Graham was absent. He was accompanying Kootenay-Columbia MP David Wilks on a tour of his constituency, which extends west to the Arrow Lakes. •RCMP Staff Sgt. Bob Gollan presented his thirdquarter report, summarizing police activities from OctoberDecember 2011. •Council requested more information before responding for a request for funds from the International Selkirk Loop. The funds are to be used to sponsor a Nikon Birding Adventures TV production, which is televised on NBC. •Council voted not to send members to an elected official seminar in Nelson in February, in part because it conflicts with a planned community-to-com-

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munity session with the Lower Kootenay Band. Graham will attend in his capacity of chair of the Association of Kootenay Boundary Local Governments. •A letter from Kokanee Springs Golf Resort protesting a proposed ban on pesticides in the province was received for information. •Toyota and staff will participate in a webinar (Internet seminar) for a technical briefing on details of the newly signed contract with the RCMP to continue to provide policing services in B.C. •Council will provide a letter of support for a plan to create a food system strategy for the West Kootenay. •Town manager Lou Varela recommended that the Town of Creston not allow the RDCK to pull out of funding the Jaws of Life program unless alternative arrangements are in place.

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RCMP dealing with accidental 911 calls BY LORNE ECKERSLEY Advance Staff

The upward trend toward accidental and unexplained 911 calls, primarily from cellphones, is continuing in 2012, Creston RCMP Const. Dan Cameron said on Monday. He reported a number of calls to the emergency number that tied up police resources while they tried to trace their source, none of which indicated a crisis.

Police Beat Creston RCMP responded to 58 calls for service from Jan. 9-15, Cameron said. January 9 •A Century Elite Adventure baby stroller was found and turned in to the police station. It can be claimed the owner. •Two youths have been banned from the premises for two years after shoplifting chocolate bars and a watch from a Cook Street business. •The owner of a found cellphone was located and the phone was returned. •Police were once again involved in an ongoing dispute between two young women over a boyfriend. •A semi reported to be driving erratically on Highway 3 near Kootenay Pass could not be located. Information was passed on to Cranbrook RCMP as the vehicle was eastbound. •An abandoned 911 cellphone call from the Johnson Road area could not be connected to an emergency. •When police arrived at a Yahk residence after getting a complaint from a female that a male was causing damage, no one was home and an investigation did not reveal damage. January 10 •A female driver was uninjured when she rolled her Jeep into a ditch in icy road conditions on Highway 3A near Crawford Bay. •Police were unable to locate a white sedan reported to be in the control of a possibly impaired driver.

•A customized, motorized bike with a Norco frame was reported stolen from an apartment during the same time frame as some of the bike owner’s friends had been drinking at his home. •Graffiti was painted on the Crawford Bay Elementary-Secondary School. No suspects have been identified. •A female in her 20s, carrying a flashlight, knocked on an Eighth Avenue South door at 4 a.m. asking for cash on Jan. 7. There have been several similar reports recently. •An abandoned 911 call appears to have been dialed accidentally when the cellphone was jostled in a backpack at a local school. •After police were called to a disturbance in the 1200 block of Northwest Boulevard, they learned one of two intoxicated males was refusing to leave the premises. He was arrested and held in police cells until morning, when he was transported to hospital with a medical complaint. •An abandoned 911 call was made from a cellphone in possession of its owner’s son. No problems were identified. •Police determined an elderly couple was okay when a well-being check was conducted. January 11 •Patrols on Elsie-Holmes Road have been increased after complaints of speeding vehicles were received. •911 was apparently dialed accidentally in the Helen Street area, the cell-

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phone’s owner reported. •A male was arrested and faces two assault charges after a domestic incident in Erickson. •Police were unable to locate the source of an abandoned 911 call from the Topaz Creek area. January 12 •A small blue compact car that was reported to have passed five vehicles on the right side of Erickson Road was not located. •A moose was killed in a collision with a Ford F-350 pickup near Kingsgate. •An intoxicated male was sent on his way home in the company of a sober friend after causing a disturbance in the 1700 block of Canyon Street. January 13 •A driver from Alberta reported his vehicle had gone off the road on an icy Highway 3 in this area, with more than $10,000 in damage resulting. •A warning letter has been sent to the registered owner of a vehicle that passed a school bus displaying flashing red lights. •A warning letter has been sent to the registered owner of a Ford Escape that nearly hit two vehicles near 40th Avenue and Highway 3. •Bing. Bang. Bong. A car stopping at the direction of a flagger on an icy Northwest Boulevard played the lead in a four-vehicle bumper thumper as the next three drivers were unable to stop before hitting the vehicle in front of them. No injuries were reported. •The owner of a 90-pound dog that was attacked and injured by a much smaller Rottweiler on Canyon Street is seeking compensation for a veterinarian’s bill of more than $800. •When police checked a vehicle that had been parked near the U.S. border they determined the occupants were forestry workers surveying cut blocks. •A Red Deer-bound driver who failed a roadside screening device check at the Kingsgate border crossing was issued a 24-hour driving prohibition. •An alleged assault involving two intoxicated Riondel males is under investigation. •A driver was given a three-day driving prohibition after blowing a “warn” indication on a roadside screening device for alcohol on Kootenay River Road at a police check stop. Another of the 10 drivers stopped was issued an order to have vehicle repairs made. January 14 •A female has fingered her grandson as the likely culprit in the theft of a bottle of vodka from an Eighth Avenue South residence. •911 was accidentally dialed on a cellphone, police were told. See CONCLUSION, page 5

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Skating championships start Friday Conclusion of BY BRIAN LAWRENCE Advance Editor

The John Bucyk Arena will be well used this weekend, when 140 skaters take part in the Kootenay Regional Figure Skating Championships. The three-day event, which runs from Friday though Sunday, features members of 13 clubs from throughout the Kootenays, and includes 12 Creston skaters, a few of whom will be competing for the first time. “I’ve encouraged the local skaters to enter as many events as possible to take advantage of being able to skate on home ice,” said Creston Valley Figure Skating Club coach Cassie Bloy.

The competition will run over three days, starting on Friday at 6:30 p.m., then running 8 a.m.-6 p.m. on Saturday and 8 a.m.-2 p.m. on Sunday. At a time of year when figure skating fans have plenty of opportunities to watch Canadian and international stars competing and performing, it’s important to reflect on the impact that regional events like this have on future stars. “Canada’s top skaters didn’t just wake up one morning knowing how to skate — they had to learn their twizzles and triples somewhere,” said Bloy. “Chances are, their skating careers started in community arenas like ours.” The competition is open to the public and free of charge.

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Twelve members of the the Creston Valley Figure Skating Club (pictured with their coaches) will take part in this weekend’s championships.

There will be a boutique where fans can buy flowers and gifts to show support for the skaters. “All the skaters have

worked very hard, and we hope they have a triumphant skate to go along with their commitment to the sport,” said competition chair Sue Nelson.

Third quarter busier for RCMP BY LORNE ECKERSLEY Advance Staff

Creston RCMP members were marginally busier from October through December than they were in the same period in 2010, Staff Sgt. Bob Gollan told Creston town council at the Jan. 10 regular meeting. Gollan said his members responded to 858 calls for service, 50 more than the previous third quarter of the RCMP fiscal year, which ends on March 31. He has responded to requests from local Regional District of Central Kootenay directors by breaking his detachment’s statistics into Creston and rural calls, which indicate about 60 per cent of calls originate in town. Of particular concern, he said, is the number of false alarms and abandoned 911 calls police officers must respond to.

“These really eat into our efforts, taking away time that would be spent on other work in the community,” he said. “The number of 911 calls from cellphones, either dialled accidentally or that result from phone problems, has risen dramatically. But we are required to respond to each and it can take a member a couple of hours to determine that there was no emergency.” While the Creston detachment includes 13 RCMP members, there have been only 11 on the job recently due to members transferring out. One replacement will be arriving from northern B.C. this month and a trainee will start on the job in February. The trainee will be required to work closely with another member for up to five months before he or she can patrol and respond to calls independently, Gollan said.

From page 4 January 15 •When a patrol officer observed a driver making an illegal turn in a vehicle without a headlight on Valleyview Drive, he stopped the vehicle and found the driver had been consuming alcohol. The driver got a 24-hour driving prohibition and a ticket for making the illegal turn. •A tenant complained that a landlord was doing his laundry and planning to bathe at his residence. The landlord said he had issued the appropriate visitation notice and was conducting checks on the property’s plumbing system. Police concluded this is a civil dispute.

In the third quarter, robberies increased, as did arson, but sexual assaults were down considerably from the previous year, he said. While motor vehicle thefts were up, thefts under $5,000 nearly doubled, many of which can be attributed to thefts from unlocked vehicles. Incidents of property damage dropped, as were liquor offences and non-injury motor vehicle accidents. Gollan said he has continued the practice of requiring members to keep a close eye on offenders who are released from jail with conditions. “If they have a curfew imposed we will visit their homes to make sure they are there when they are supposed to be,” he said. “If they aren’t home, we recommend charges. That is how we caught a repeat violent offender late last year. He is now serving another 14-month jail sentence.”

Gollan invited town council to give him a short list of priorities to consider as he works to create his 2012-2013 operational plan. “You all hear of issues within the community,” he said. “I want to make sure we are responding to the concerns of your constituents.”

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Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve been reading the memoir of singer Jann Arden and thinking once again about how different the world is for children now. Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s sad. I think that we have created communities and lifestyles that donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t provide kids with the same opportunities we had to socialize, learn to play and have a measure of independence. Ardenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s life has many parallels to my own, which is probably why Falling Backwards has hit home with me. She is eight years younger and grew up on an acreage in Springbank, just west of Calgary, after her parents sold their house in the southwest part of the city. But we both had tons of freedom to go out and explore and play with our friends. My sisters and I were raised in a house in a distinctly working class neighborhood. Like Arden, our mother was the glue that held the family together, while our fathers both struggled with the pressures of being the main financial providers. Arden and I shared a fascination with gophers (though being in a rural area, her friends had the advantage of air rifles) and of the thoughtless torture we put the animals through before they were finally killed. I have little doubt that it was those early experiences that left me with a distaste for violence. And, while I have never had a desire to own pets, I have a great aversion to those who mistreat animals. With her two (male) buddies, Arden would head off to swim in

the Killarney swimming pool as a pre-teen. The kids would pack up some snacks and take about three hours to make the several-mile walk into the city, occasionally tacking on

city map and rode our bikes across the city to the aquarium, which was located in a brewery, of all places. We made regular stops to pick up Sporstman cigarette packages because we collected the seemingly endless selection of fishing flies that were depicted on the back of each pack. What are the chances today that children today share similar experiences, I wonder. Kids who spend their free time sending text Lorne Eckersley messages on their cellphones, chatting with a side trip to the bowling alley, friends who are in the same mall which was even further away from (but not the same store) or being their home. driven from one parent-planned A decade earlier, my friends and I activity to the next. Do they get the spent long hours roaming the hills same chances we had to go outside where the Market Mall now sits, and just play, making bows and often venturing down to the banks arrows from sticks, climbing dangerof the Bow River. We built rudimenously up trees or getting up enough tary structures, trapped gophers and friends together for a decent game goofed around in the water (fishing of kick the can? It saddens me to would have been out of the question think that my grandchildren wonâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t because our parents forbade us to go experience the same chances to play near the river). without adult supervision or interOn Saturdays we would go to the ference, or to expand their imaginamatinee at the Bowness movie thetion by simply looking around and atre, walking because, even if we creating their own world. My heart were lucky enough to have bus fare, sinks when my two-and-a-half-yearthe money was better spent on old granddaughter reaches out to snacks. In the summer and on week- turn on the DVD player before she is ends, we took advantage of nice even buckled into her car seat. weather to spend all of our time Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;m not suggesting that we can, or away from home, returning only for even should, aspire to replicate the meals. We considered ourselves past. But I do wonder how the lack lucky when somebody had a tent of play affects childrenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s ability to pitched in his yard and we could think creatively and to build their sleep in it. On one memorable day, social skills. when we were about 12, my friend Lorne Eckersley is the publisher of the Creston Valley Advance. Rick and I packed up lunches and a

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Fitness on schedule for 2012

Well, that was interesting. While two months of swim lessons, I spent we normally donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t feel like we have much of my youth with dry skin, to make resolutions every New Yearâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s, red eyes and reeking of chlorine; in Heather and I did agree that we fact, I can relive many childhood would work harder at getting into memories simply by sniffing a bottle shape. Personally, I thought my shape was filling in nicely â&#x20AC;&#x201D; thin on the top, wider in the middle then thin down below but apparently this contour might exclude me from Twin Bays beach in the summer. Hearing rumours that there was a swimming Neil Ostafichuk pool in town, we dutifully marched to the front counter and each bought a 10-punch pass, which, while not huge, did rep- of Javex. I did rise up the ladder to resent a small level of commitment to get my Bronze Cross, probably aimthe cause. ing for the same career of my sister, So, with an aim to start swimming who was a lifeguard at the Holiday twice a week first thing in the morn- Inn in downtown Edmonton, which ing, we made the appropriate adjust- to me at the time, ranked similar to ments to lifestyle, such as making prime minister or rock star. sure swim bags were ready, the rub- Fortunately for the swimming pubbery blocks of pre-cooked porridge lic, that dream was derailed by cars, were ready to be levered into bowls puberty and a job; perhaps not necand fired into the microwave and the essarily in that order. The bottom dayâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s lunches were made. Luckily, line is that while I was probably we could get up at the same time as ranked as a medium to strong swimalways, do our thing and still hit the mer at the time, it turns out despite surf just past 5:30 a.m., with the plan the fact I have maintained that rankof being completely fit by 6:30, thus ing in my mind these past few allowing us to dry off and be at work decades, my body didnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t get the by 6:45 a.m., as usual. Well, every- memo. thing worked well for me except the So, as we found a gap in the lap middle part. swimmers, we began our laps but Having grown up in a regime quickly noticed that while we stopped partially governed by a mom who after each length to catch our breath, must have thought summer meant nobody else was doing the same. In

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fact there were people there, a few older than me, that didnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t stop the whole time we were in the pool and not having my glasses, could have sworn I saw Burgess Meredith on the edge yelling at them, â&#x20AC;&#x153;Youâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re a machine, Rocky, a machine!â&#x20AC;? We did decide to retreat into the leisure pool and do widths instead of lengths, probably to the relief of the other swimmers and the lifeguard, whom I was starting to slightly resent for how she coolly and professionally surveyed the patrons, not breaking a sweat while my bulging veins pulsed and I drew in ragged breaths. After a visit to the hot tub, taking time to chat with a couple of fit looking ladies who do this (gasp) four or five times a week, we proceeded on with our normal work day. But with a difference. We felt invigorated, energized and (hard to believe for me) with sharper thinking. Maybe there is something to this and why all those people make a regular pilgrimage to the pool every day or two. Maybe Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ll be able to eventually do two or more laps without stopping. Either way, we know it is benefiting our health, which just happens to be the whole purpose of the community complex. Weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ll keep you posted on our progress. Neil Ostafichuk is the recreation supervisor at the Creston and District Community Complex.

Creston Valley Advance Thursday, January 19, 2011

Gov’t must pay price

To the Editor: Thanks to climate change, the North Pole is melting and Santa needs to relocate. For that reason, we bought Christmas gifts for friends and relatives to help Santa and the reindeer pack up the sleigh and set up shop elsewhere in Canada. The proceeds from our purchase will used by the David Suzuki Foundation to tackle climate change and decrease carbon emissions by Canadians and hopefully educate the Harper government. Thank you, Mr. Harper, and your government for the wonderful Christmas present; you have done it again. The Earth cannot afford any more of these great gifts. This time, you are not only hurting Canada, but the nearly one billion people who struggle every day to feed their families because of increasingly frequent severe droughts, floods, heat waves and storms. It seems that this government has broken domestic law by withdrawing from the international climate change accord. The Kyoto Protocol Implementation Act has royal assent. This international treaty was ratified by the House of Commons, and is now withdrawn with no discussion in the House. How many more times will this government use its dictatorial power against the will of the majority? How much longer will the people of Canada put up with this abuse of democracy? Maybe we would have a different government if more people had voted. Now we have a majority government using its power, even though 60 per cent of Canadians did not vote for the Conservatives, a government that is not willing to listen to the

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wishes of the people; it finds it more important to make its friends in the fossil fuel industry happy. I am angry and ashamed of our leaders. Do we need a Canadian revolution? If not, then we have to make sure that the Harper government pays a high political price. We also need to change our outdated electoral system. It can’t be business as usual. We have our work cut out for us. Let’s get going for the sake of our children and future generations, and for all who live on our planet. Henry Dahle Creston

Impressed by generosity To the Editor: The people of Creston and the surrounding area are incredibly generous. My wife, Corinne, and I moved here in late July from northeastern Alberta. In November, I started to work as one of the many volunteers at New Life Furniture. The store is stocked solely by donations of used furniture, appliances and electronics from local citizens. All proceeds go directly to several great charitable causes. These include shelters from abuse, youth and child care programs, a crisis line and many more. But what is truly amazing are the quantity and quality of the donations. All of the items given are in good condition and some are almost new and in excellent condition. Also, the selection is continually changing as new donations come in. The individuals and families who are helped by the funds raised do not have the opportunity to thank their benefactors directly. I would like to take the lib-

erty, on their behalf, to express their gratitude. The sofas, stoves and whatevers you gave will make a big difference in many people’s lives. Corinne and I feel very fortunate and blessed to have moved into a community where there are so many good and caring people. Ed Melendez-Duke Creston

Transparency is needed To the Editor: (Re: “Auditor will find conflicts,” page 7, Jan. 5 Advance) Rhonda Barter’s recent letter to the Advance alleges some collusion regarding town council dealings and local businesses. This could all be put to rest very effectively if the following two conditions were enacted: •All councillors publish an itemized account of all election expenses and sources of income to meet these expenses. This would indicate any possible influence or future favouritism; and •All councillors publish a statement of any business conducted relating to city spending or resulting from any council decisions. This would indicate any possible conflict of interest or any council member benefiting from a council decision or city financial dealing. Such an action in a clear and transparent matter would put any lingering doubts to rest. I hope this will be done to allay any misapprehensions. After all, “Caesar’s wife must be above suspicion.” All the best in 2012! Larry A. Ewashen Creston

Library shelves need annual weeding

One of the most difficult tasks I regularly face is weeding the collection. Well, maybe I should say one of the difficult tasks I try to avoid. The number of library items weeded needs to be approximately the same as the number of items added to the collection. We have reached critical mass on library space. On an average year, we might add 1,000 items, which means there has to be room enough to put them on a shelf. There are some anomalies to the general principal, the latest being the inclusion of e-books into the collection, they require no physical space. We also no longer purchase videos but have increased our DVD collection substantially. There are completely differing space requirements between the two formats; however, the videos remain popular and not many have been weeded. There are also basic and professional criteria for weeding and each library is somewhat different in how it chooses the material. As a professional librarian, my own choices for reading or viewing material get no special considerations and I adhere to policy established by the board. If I were picking and choosing material using my own standards as criteria, I would completely eliminate material in the children’s area that exist only as marketing tool for a much broader range of “products”. The basic guide to weeding involves checking statistics: how many times the item has been loaned out, when it last left the library and how many of those loans were interlibrary. Another major consideration is the condition of the

item. Children’s books, especially, are subject to a lot of wear and tear, and often display evidence of snacks eaten while looking at the books. DVDs are easily scratched and ruined; paperbacks

@ Your Library Ann Day have far less time on our shelves than hardcover books and CD cases fall apart too easily for prolonged library use. In a 2004 column in Wired magazine, Chris Anderson did a column entitled “The Long Tail,” where he gives the example of Jon Krakauer’s book, Into Thin Air, published in 1998. The book became a publishing sensation and as a result, another book published in 1988, called Touching the Void, by a British mountain climber also rose to the top of the sales lists. It sold almost none when it was first published. This “long tail” also pertains to library use, the same thing holds true but on a lesser scale. What I weed from our collection might be needed by another library (the interlibrary loan network has enabled one small library like ours to have access to a massive collection of books) and I have to recognize this potential. If all the libraries weeded out all the books not taken out in the past few years and those with little circulation, what

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happens to the classics, to things like the Dorothy Sayers mystery collection first published in the 1920s and brought back by television or to the P.G. Wodehouse books, also first seen in the early 1900s, and only recently re-popularized, much to my delight? We have a current example of how the “long tail” works. One of our patrons has very generously donated to the library the latest P.D. James novel (for the purposes of readers’ advisory, I immediately took it home and am reading it now). James is a British mystery writer of the very highest calibre and this latest book is one she has worked on for years and a deviation from her usual approach to a story. She also loves Jane Austin. Death Comes to Pemberley uses Jane Austin’s Pride and Prejudice as its starting point. The James readers are going to want to re-read Pride and Prejudice or, as in my case, watch the BBC production staring Colin Firth. As anyone can tell you, it is the ultimate in a “chick flick”. Interest in Jane Austin will be revived and other titles and books related to her and her family will pick up readers in libraries everywhere. To end, we have had enough inquiries about downloading e-books into new e-readers that we have decided to put our tech person to work and offer a tutorial for any interested patrons at 1 p.m. Jan. 21. Bring along your e-reader, tablet or what ever device you are using to download e-books or audiobooks. There is no cost for the course. Ann Day is the chief librarian at the Creston and District Public Library.

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A lot for seniors to do

Visiting the Therapeutic Activation Program for Seniors is like an adventure. When you walk in the door, you feel the love and energy that lives there. There are hugs for everyone. The welcome mat is out, and you do feel welcome. You feel warm all over from the wonderful atmosphere that greets you.

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Experience Marleyne Krell Everyone is busy getting themselves settled at the tables all set for lunch. The mouth tingling smells from the kitchen fill the air. For those who are mobile stand in line at the buffet where the so good food is served. The ones that are less mobile have their meals brought to them. Everyone is in a happy mood. The sense of camaraderie is in the air — the talking, and sharing of their day — and it warms the heart to hear the folks enjoying their day at TAPS. After lunch, some of the seniors volunteer to help clear the tables, and the events of the day begin. I asked the folks what they thought of TAPS, the programs, food, games — anything they could tell me. I felt honoured that everyone that I talked to shared their thoughts with me. I was able to interview quite a few though not all. Here are some of the things they like to do: Tai Chi, yoga, swimming, walking, gardening, crafts, knitting, ceramics, outings, puzzles, games, book club and visiting.

There are new programs coming in the future. There is something for everyone. Some like to help in the kitchen making perogies, peeling apples and making pies — anything to help and feel useful. Norman will sharpen the knives they use in the kitchen, and he says being at TAPS keeps him out of trouble. Jack, Ray and George think everything is excellent, love to play cribbage and sing. Some of the ladies fix up dolls or knit squares for afghans. Some play the piano for the sing-a-long. Peggy, May, Alice, Marie, Lynette, Mary, Betty, Marion, Verna, Della, Marie O., Sally, Leonora, Helen, Kate, Jean, Jean Mc., Anne, Stephanie, George, Jack, Norman, Ray, the staff and volunteers all agree they get the best tasting food and snacks. I can attest to that. Everyone loves the staff and they love the seniors in return. They are just like our own grandmas and grandpas. Here is a poem written by one of our seniors, Della Senft, just for you readers: Well did you know — Mexico Could be right in Canada? Creston, B.C., is the spot TAPS retirement centre, enjoyed a whole lot Every kind of entertainment, included a big healthy meal, Lot of friends, hugs, smiles, that is what TAPS is, what a deal, Picnic and hikes, handiwork and games Giving and getting, that's the aim Guests arrive with music or gifts We all help, which gives us a lift When it's time to go home, we sit and snack, We've had a great day — we all agree to that! Marleyne Krell is a volunteer with the Therapeutic Activation Program for Seniors.

Thursday, January 19, 2011 Creston Valley Advance

A new perspective

A New Year’s resolution is a commitment that one makes to start a project, change a behavior or accomplish a goal. We generally plan to follow this wonderful new behavior for the whole year. We think of this lifestyle change as advantageous. Because it is Terry Nowak January, I had been thinking about this ritual and it just did not seem to have much attraction for me this year. I took the question, “Do you make New Year’s resolutions?” to those whose opinions I respect the most, the seniors at the Therapeutic Activation Program for Seniors. Their answers and perspective were more food for thought, even though many said that they had once made resolutions but did not anymore. One person said that her schoolteacher insisted that they make and keep a resolution, perhaps to make the teacher’s job easier. Many stated that resolutions often included the goal to “behave yourself”. No wonder they don’t make resolutions anymore! Other reasons why these seniors do not make resolutions were: “I can’t keep it anyway, never did,” “I forgot it,” “I don’t know what I want to change,” and, “I used to but I’ll be 85 soon — time to cease and desist!” During this discussion, I observed a

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calmness in the group, a gracefulness that held no expectation and no anxiety, but rather an acceptance of what is to come. Thinking more about this led me to assess this aura of graceful aging, what it means and how much of it I observe each time I am at TAPS. They seem to accept the inevitable changes of aging, rather than seeing them as looming doom. They are much more concerned with the health and well-being of those around them than with their own ailments. They don’t focus on what is not working anymore but rather what is. They accept that their lives are not the same as they used to be but enjoy the memories of winters in Yuma, the jobs they held or the friends they loved. “Part of aging gracefully is to continue to find things that are important to you,” said Illinois psychologist Mark Frazier. TAPS is an important element for our seniors who are aging well. Our focus at TAPS, besides the excellent hot meals, is to give seniors a purpose, to keep them as active, participating members of their community. Some of our participants have specific jobs that keep the program running smoothly — Stuart is in charge of tea and coffee service, Christy is Bridget’s office assistant, Margaret records the history of members and Virginia manages our library. TAPS continues to be busy with all our regular activities plus new programs. We will start learning how to use the tablets purchased with funds from the Creston and District Credit Union later this month. The generosity of the Telus community action team has allowed us to purchase ukuleles to accompany our choir and lessons with these are starting soon. TAPS is a happy, happening place with members who don’t appear to be aging at all. Who needs New Year’s resolutions? Terry Nowak is an outreach worker with the Therapeutic Activation Program for Seniors.

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