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Ramada Hotel, Ricky’s now open BY LORNE ECKERSLEY Advance Staff

There were smiles all around when the ribbon was cut at the official opening of Ricky’s All Day Grill on Thursday evening. The restaurant, part of the new Ramada Hotel and Conference Centre complex, is expected to provide a significant boost to Creston Valley tourism. “This is a great day for Creston and our valley,” Creston Mayor Ron Toyota said on Thursday from a mayors’ caucus in Pentiction. “I wish I could be there to congratulate the people at AB-BC Recreation and Resources for having the confidence to invest in our community.” The Thursday night opening culminated two days of practice for restaurant employees, who served complimentary meals to invited guests in a trial run for the Creston Valley Blossom Festival weekend opening. Ricky’s, a national restaurant chain, holds 128 guests in the restaurant, 30 in the soon-to-open lounge and also offers outdoor dining on two patios, which will open in mid-June. See HOTEL, page 5

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TWO OUT OF THREE — The Velle Weitman Trio, featuring Velle (left) and Aaron Weitman and Julie Matthews (not pictured) entertained the audience at

the Creston Valley Blossom Festival opening cermonies and stage show on Friday night, which also saw the announcement of Creston’s citizen of the year (story below) and a concert by Wendell Ferguson. For more photos of the weekend’s events, turn to pages 13 and 15 or visit www.crestonvalleyadvance.ca.

Thomas named citizen of the year BY BRIAN LAWRENCE Advance Editor

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Creston Golf Club. Creston Valley Community Radio. Relay for Life. Creston and District Community Complex referendum. Just mention any of those, and one name quickly comes to mind: Phil Thomas. And while he may have been named Creston’s 2012 citizen of the year, Thomas

is quick to place the credit directly where it’s due — with his wife, Barb. “She holds the fort while I go out and do my thing,” said Thomas. “I never would have been anything close to it without her.” She, too, has been an active volunteer in the 42 years that couple has been together, “from Brownie leader when Cathy (their daughter) was young to being queen of the library volunteers after she retired as chief librarian.” They came to Canada from the U.K.

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over 40 years ago, intending to have a temporary adventure. But instead of returning home, they made a new one in Canada. “We looked at Australia and looked at Canada, and made the right choice,” said Thomas. After living in Sudbury, Ont., for one year, Thomas was hired over the phone by principal Fred Martello — Creston’s first citizen of the year, in 1969 — to teach at Prince Charles Secondary School. See THOMAS, page 28

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Touring pianist filming concerts BY BRIAN LAWRENCE Advance Editor

Lovers of piano music who attend a June 3 concert will enjoy more than just a concert — they will also have a chance to be part of a film, On the Shore of Dreams, which will star Nelson concert pianist-filmmaker, Dharel Verville. He and director Gary Ramsbottom are travelling throughout the region, capturing footage for a sequence showing several concerts, all performed by a character with a serious multiple personality disorder. Verville will show film clips as part of the performance, and play in character to allow the audience to react appropriately. “They certainly get impacted by some of emotional message,” Verville said. “They get introduced to the whole thing and get a little taste.” Originally from Edmonton, the 55-year-old, whose mother taught piano, has been playing piano since he was a child, and he began studying with a university professor when he was 15. In the concert, Verville will perform Franz Liszt's monumental piano transcription of Beethoven's fifth symphony, and the first and second movements of his ninth symphony, which he said is considered one of the greatest pieces of music ever written. And he will take his performance a step further, by extemporizing during the concert. “When you extemporize, you start just playing off the top. You start playing something in the moment. Beethoven was considered one of greatest. He didn’t even necessarily like playing his own compositions, because he liked playing in the moment.” To prepare for the role, he studied Beethoven extensively, trained his shoulders and arms, and studied Jungian psychology and more — the film delves into civil disobedience, political corruption, conspiracy theories and Judeo-Christian myths. The process of creating On the Shore of Dreams is nothing new to Verville, who has performed as actor and pianist in five multimedia plays. His most recent accomplishment is the feature documentary film, The Naked Queen. “Production is really the fun part,” he said. “You’re actively engaged in executing the creative stream that’s going on.” The concert runs at 2:30 p.m. at Prince Charles Theatre. Tickets are $10 for adults and $5 for students, available at the door and Black Bear Books.

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Artists turn the old into the new Who: Bart and Alison Bjorkman What: Old stuff made into something new and useful Where: Their Erickson home, Northwest Boulevard studio and online When: For the last couple of years Why: Because old is not the same as useless BY LORNE ECKERSLEY Advance Staff Alison Bjorkman came to Creston as an established, accomplished potter. Her husband, Bart, has never thought of himself as an artist, or even having artistic talent. But the two have found a perfect way to match their skills and creativity by “repurposing” old items and creating unique home decor items.

Looking around the Bjorkman residence in Erickson, a surprising number of Puffin Design creations come into focus. A movie tripod floodlight standing in the corner is pretty much unchanged, except for new wiring that allows it to accept a fluorescent light bulb and not emit a jillion degrees of heat. A coffee table features a lovely concrete (more about that later) top that rests on a railway depot baggage cart, complete with heavy steel wheels. An old wooden sugar mold holds coloured glass tumblers, each housing a votive candle. Old steel funnels rewired with retro cloth electrical cord to accommodate light sockets can be raised and lowered by tugging on the cord, which runs through well-worn wooden pulleys or hollow steel brackets. Each of the one-of-a-kind items is the result of creative shopping (they haunt junk shops whenever they travel), creative — very creative — minds and skilled hands. “We have this unique combination of skills,” Bart says, which might be the understatement of all time. The one-time armed forces specialist is a commercial and salvage diver, a search and rescue tracker and trainer, the author of a post-911 manual on weapons that can elude traditional security screening and a guy who several years ago became obsessed with making concrete sinks and table- and countertops. Alison is a rare artist who has a diploma in business administration and who for many years operated Black Bear Books, the popular book, music and coffee hangout on Canyon Street. Bart points to a large bowl, explaining that Alison recently made it. Nothing unusual there, until he adds that she used concrete.

“We had just finished a concrete counter and there was leftover material. ‘Why don’t you make a bowl?’ I asked her. ‘You’re a potter.’ ” Alison set to work and her wide-eyed husband watched in amazement. “You shouldn’t be able to make concrete into a bowl that’s a quarter-inch thick, but she did,” he laughs. “Bart tries not to tell me what I can and can’t do in concrete,” she explains. “I haven’t taken all the courses he has, so I just go ahead and start into something.” With their Puffin Design business, the primary goal is to become a supplier to designers all over the continent. “These people are always looking for unique items that they can design a room around,” Bart says. “They are amazing people to work with.”

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To fulfill the needs demanded by a highend market, Puffin Design utilizes the talents of others, too. The Bjorkmans have partnered with First Nations carver Michael Price, master welder and blacksmith Andrew Bibby and Kris Balde at Kriskraft Industries to create special bases for tabletops and other pieces that need a “special something” to complete a project. “Each partner adds their own special twist to a piece,” Bart says. Because they operate Legend Rock, which makes all the concrete pieces, and Puffin Design, which is intended as the marketing arm for everything they create, Alison says things sometimes get complicated. “It’s hard to resist adding concrete to everything we make,” she laughs. That might be something that would suit Bart quite nicely, but he admits their differences in skills and personality are a distinct advantage. “We each approach things in a different way,” he says. “She sees an old item and says, ‘Well we could do this with that,’ and explains what ‘this’ might be. I tend to design things on paper.” “He looks for parts to make his design

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and I look for things that we can make into something else,” Alison elaborates. Sourcing for their unique pieces has become an enjoyable part of the business. “We have junk store owners that are actually looking for things that we might be able to use,” Bart says. “I went to one recently and the owner had a whole collection of stuff piled together for us to check out. We bought almost everything.” If Bart has to be held back from putting concrete into everything they make, Alison has her own weakness. “I have a thing for boxes on wheels,” she laughs. “I love being able to move things around easily.” Alison has recently taken up upholstery, another skill that allows her to add beauty and utility to Puffin Design creations. And the artist in her makes the hunt for high quality fabrics another thrill. “I don’t want to play with plain fabric — I want to use great fabrics to make great pieces.” She points to an old side chair that she cleaned up — without refinishing — then upholstered with a dazzlingly, rich peacock fabric. Bart flips up the lid of a repurposed Bell and Howell camera box — now on wheels, of course — and reveals a matching fabric lining. It’s one the unexpected, quirky details that sets their work apart, raising it to an entirely new, and often unexpected, level. Using old, sometimes battered, items also means using a great deal of discretion. “I just bought a new sandblaster and now I’m tempted to sandblast everything in sight,” he laughs. “But you can’t replace a hundred-year-old patina, so you have to think ahead about how something might look in the end.” The pair takes delight in showing off their new acquisitions. Alison pulls out a pair of big old fishing reels that she envisions becoming lamp parts. In his Alice Siding workshop, Bart points out two old barbershop chairs. “I don’t know what they are going to be, but they are just so cool!” Like the showroom quality sinks and countertops that Bart fashions from Fiberglas-strengthened concrete, the Bjorkmans insist they don’t want to just make things that are decorative. “If we have one similarity in our approaches, it that whatever we make has to be functional,” Alison says. “We don’t do much that is just to be looked at.” Using old items resonates with the repurposers. “The whole process is very humbling to me,” Alison says. “It’s like there is a three-generation story. These items were used by our grandparents’ generation, then maybe they went outside to become things we played with. Now I’m seeing that same stuff in antique stores.” “Each piece has it’s own history,” Bart adds. “It’s nice to become part of that story.” For more information, visit Puffin Design at puffindesign.ca or phone 250-402-9257. Some Puffin Design creations are displayed at Creative Fix on 10th Avenue North. The Legend Rock studio and showroom is at Bay 6, 1204 Northwest Blvd. or phone 250-428-5076.

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Blossom Fest ‘surprisingly quiet’ for RCMP BY LORNE ECKERSLEY Advance Staff

“Surprisingly quiet” is how Creston RCMP Staff Sgt. Bob Gollan describes the Creston Valley Blossom Festival weekend. “I had extra staff on because of all the events going on,” he said. “But we didn’t even get a single call about Kootenanny, which was to be held at Holbrook Falls on Highway 3A. I know they didn’t have the necessary permits from the RDCK in place on Saturday morning, but I really couldn’t say whether it actually happened.” Of greater concern, Gollan said, was a string of five break and entries to businesses last week. However, he reported that the suspect has been arrested in Cranbrook. Break and entries were reported last week at Dairy Queen, A Break in Time Caffé, 7-Eleven, Mane and Nails, and ABC Country Restaurant.

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ing with the customer to investigate. •A bear and the occupants of the vehicle that hit it on Highway 3 near Kootenay Pass escaped injury. •A vehicle parked on Northwest Boulevard and displaying a for sale sign had a side window smashed. •With friends like this who needs enemies? A female reported that her phone number had been posted on the Internet, with an invitation for “casual encounters”. Her friends called it a prank. She is having her phone number changed. •The owner of a silver Windstar reported to be driving erratically on Canyon-Lister Road will be contacted. •Police were unable to locate a shirtless male reported to be walking down Canyon Street drinking beer. •Police conducted a requested well-being check at an 11th Avenue South residence and found the resident to be okay. May 15 •A historical sexual assault was reported and is under investigation. •Creston police served a subpoena to an Erickson Road resident on behalf of Grande Prairie, Alta., RCMP. •Minor damage resulted from a collision at a Highway 21 South intersection. •Police were able to trace the source of a 911 call to a phone owner in the Hope area. The phone has been the source of numerous 911 calls and the investigation continues. •The business owner of a vehicle that was reported to be driving recklessly near Crawford Bay has been contacted and will deal with the driver. •A minor two-vehicle collision

in a 25th Avenue South driveway appears to have been caused by a driver who needed medical help. He was transported to hospital by ambulance. May 16 •Volunteers with the West Creston Fire Protection Society extinguished a grass fire near Nick’s Island Road. •Minor damage resulted when a semi backed into another semi on Erickson Road. •Police are investigating allegations of threats on Canyon Street. •No theft appears to have taken place during a break-in to Kootenay Forge in Crawford Bay. •A complaint about loud music was received from a Centre Road residence. May 17 •A well-being check at a 20th Avenue South residence revealed a female was intoxicated, but otherwise OK. •A vehicle collided with two deer on Highway 3 east of Yahk. •Police located an intoxicated male who had arrived at a Cedar Street residence. He was advised to visit the premises only when he is sober. •A prescription was reported lost on Northwest Boulevard. •When police attended a Cook Street residence about a loud noise complaint the owner voluntarily turned the music down. May 18 •Police mediated a dispute between neighbours on 16th Avenue North. •A 68-year-old male resident of Erickson Road died suddenly, apparently of natural causes. •A Highway 3A resident complained about a furnace cleaning company soliciting business in the area. A police investigation revealed that the company is legitimate, but without a licence to do business

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here. •Police are working to locate the owner of a vehicle left in the rec centre parking lot. •No theft has been noted after a break and entry to a garage on Highway 3A. •A shoplifter caught at a Northwest Boulevard business has been referred to the community restorative justice program for first time offenders. May 19 •The reaction by two males seen by patrolling police to be drinking alcohol while walking along Northwest Boulevard resulted in different treatment for each. One ran off to avoid police, was arrested and held in cells overnight. The other co-operated politely and was given a ride to his motel. •A decorative wooden windmill was smashed on Sixth Avenue North. •A male driver who was stopped in a Canyon Street stop check blew a warn on an alcohol screening device and was issued a three-day driving prohibition. His vehicle was impounded. •An intoxicated male on Northwest Boulevard phoned police to report that his phone wasn’t working. •The owner of an Alberta-registered diesel vehicle who was reported to be sitting in a Northwest Boulevard parking lot, gunning his engine and billowing smoke has been warned about his actions. •An intoxicated male reported to be walking on the railway tracks near Erickson Road could not be located. •A young male visitor who was reported to be causing problems at a Northwest Boulevard residence was removed from the home by his father. •Police attended a Peterson Road residence on Blind Bay to assist Red Deer RCMP with an assault investigation. •An aggressive intoxicated male on Birch Street was arrested and held in police cells until sober. •A co-operative intoxicated male on Highway 21 was driven home and put in the care of his family. May 20 •A male at a Simon Road residence reported he had been assaulted by a female, but then didn’t co-operate when police responded to his call. The investigation continues. •An Evans Road resident who was cutting trees on his property at 7:30 a.m. was informed by the Regional District of Central Kootenay bylaw officer that such noise is prohibited at that hour. •Minor damage resulted when a vehicle collided with a deer on Highway 3A. •A canoe was found near Larch Road at Gray Creek on Highway 3A. The owner can claim the canoe by providing police with identifying information. •A video camera was stolen from a barn on Sinclair Road. •A 911 call from an Elm Street resident was found to have been made by a belligerent, intoxicated female who was not involved in an emergency. •Police are working to contact the owner of a dog that attacked a dog being walked near the Creston Valley Wildlife Management Area.

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Simon Lazarchuk wins gentlemen’s challenge BY BRIAN LAWRENCE Advance Editor

The competition was fierce, but Simon Lazarchuk walked away the winner of the 50-Plus Gentlemen’s Challenge sponsored by Creston’s GoGo Grannies yesterday afternoon. “I love competition, “ he said. “I think it’s fun to just go out there. And I love the roar of the crowd.” And roar they did, particularly after seeing his talent, an Eastern European folk dance. “I come from folk dancing roots, Ukrainian and Russian folk dancers,” he said. “And I do have Gypsy blood in me. It was a good opportunity to live the fantasy.”

The challenge was a followup to last year’s 70-Plus Queen Pageant, also sponsored by the GoGo Grannies, which donates the proceeds to the Stephen Lewis Foundation, which helps African grandmothers raising children orphaned by AIDS. Mary Underhill hosted the event, with music by Monte Anderson, and a luncheon and goodies by the Grannies. The stage and sound equipment were donated by House of Rock, which used the room for events the previous night and last night. Iain Bell, Poul Christensen, Ron Hurry, Doug Thompson and Chuck Truscott joined Lazarchuk in the competition. Each was introduced by Underhill, and paraded down the runway dressed

in what they wanted to be when they grew up, which included Kenya native Bell as a game ranger, Truscott as a farmer, Copenhagen-born Christensen as a mariachi band member, Lazarchuk as a Gypsy dancer and Thompson in his clan’s tartan. Hurry wanted to be tall when he grew up — which didn’t happen — so he wore an apron decorated with pins of the organizations he’s volunteered with. The talent portion followed, with Bell telling a joke, Christensen playing Amazing Grace on the trumpet, Hurry telling a touching story of his goldsmithing business, Lazarchuk dancing, Thompson telling a story and joke, and Truscott telling stories proving he could still remember the 1940s and 1950s.

Impromptu questions followed, with contestants asked random questions, from, “If you were a food, what would you be?” to “If you succeed at failure, have you succeeded or failed?” Judges Martin Stanley, Donna McCready and Gary Deatherage decided quickly that Lazarchuk was the winner, with Hurry taking second place and Thompson earning third. Last year’s queen, Dolly Kaetler, knighted the winners.

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Shared services are important

Last week, I promised to offer some opinions on why co-operation among the Town of Creston and local Regional District of Central Kootenay directors benefits the entire Creston Valley. The town and RDCK have numerous shared services. Among them are water treatment and distribution, fire protection (Creston Fire Rescue covers Erickson residents, under contract, and all fire departments participate in a mutual aid program to help each other when necessary), road rescue (often, but not accurately, referred to as Jaws of Life), Creston and District Public Library, Creston Museum, Creston and District Community Complex, economic development (which includes the physician recruitment program) and the townâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s cemetery in Erickson. These are the ones that come to the top of my head and there are probably others. The services are shared in different ways â&#x20AC;&#x201D; some are funded by a tax assessment to property and others are funded by â&#x20AC;&#x153;contributionsâ&#x20AC;? from defined areas, which mean they donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t come directly out of a specifically defined property tax (dollars might come, for instance, from gas tax proceeds to each area). Economic development, at least the regional district portion, and which includes physician recruitment is an example. Some of these shared services appear to have no controversy attached to them, like the library, museum and community complex. Others have become particular bones of contention. Last week I talked about the desire expressed by Area B director John Kettle to create a fire depart-

ment that would cover Erickson, Arrow Creek, Lakeview and Kitchener. So what might things look like if this happens? Well, Creston Fire Rescue would shrink,

I also mentioned last week that the four local chiefs had presented a plan to meld fire protection into a single service last year. That plan was dismissed out of hand by the RDCK fire chief and there has been no indication since that the RDCK stance is about to change. While the water issue is dramatically different, there are similarities. In addition to the Arrow Creek system, Creston Valley residents get their water from a number Lorne Eckersley of small systems and all are under increasing pressures because its responsibilities would be as provincial and health regulations reduced. A new fire hall and equipbecome more and more arduous. ment would have to be put in place, The day will come, unless there is a at a cost that Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve heard could be as remarkable turnaround, when it will high as $2 million. And an almost be legally and financially impossible entirely new volunteer group of fire- for these small systems to continue. fighters would have to be recruited Disagreements about how ecoand trained, then maintained. nomic development, the town cemeA couple of months ago, I sat at a tery and road rescue have led to meeting that included area directors, some heated and, at times, not partown council members and some ticularly rational debates among our town staff. At one point, just before elected representatives. And one he was about to speak, Creston Fire gets the sense if more of these Rescue deputy chief Michael Moore shared services begin to drop off the had to step out of the room to take table, others could be in jeopardy, an emergency phone call. The call, not because they donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t work, but we learned later, came from because they are pawns that rely on Wynndel, where only two firefightco-operation for their funding. ers had been available to respond to Wouldnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t it be nice if our regional a fire. A request for mutual aid directors and town council could resulted in six more firefighters from stand up in public and make a stateCreston arriving on the scene. ment that, come hell or high water, Local fire chiefs, to a man, will they are going to work to streamline acknowledge the challenge in keep- every possible Creston Valley service, ing an active, trained bank of volreduce duplication (and therefore unteers for each of the four costs) and acknowledge that compro(Creston, Wynndel-Lakeview, mise, not contention, is in the best Canyon-Lister and Kitchener) stainterests of this little (and largely fortions. Adding another station in gotten by our West Kootenay neighErickson wonâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t be easy. I underbours in the RDCK) beautiful patch stand that only about three of geography and its residents? Erickson residents currently volunLorne Eckersley is the publisher of teer in neighbouring departments. the Creston Valley Advance.

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Our economy may suffer similar fate

To the Editor: (Re: This is the Life: “Joining forces not good for all”, May 16 Advance, page 6) I wish to commend Lorne Eckersley on his recent column regarding the financial woes in Spain and Greece. His analysis is insightful, clear and, for an employee of the popular press, courageous. I would challenge you to find the described problems in the European Common Market so clearly elucidated in the Vancouver Sun or the Toronto Sun, whose reporters seem to rarely get beyond printing the press releases of the corporate elite or their cohorts among the elected governments. The eulogization of austerity, interpreted as the elimination of the few remaining government services, barring the military, as a solution to the self-inflicted economic woes rampant in the global economy should be transparent to all except the most naive and uninformed. That reducing employment and concomitantly purchasing power is going to improve the economy is ridiculous in the extreme. It also follows that the endless pursuit of free trade by our own govern-

ment is playing into the same hands as those being dealt out in the ECM presently. Is it not time to recognize that our country should recognize we still have a few resources left that could be managed by our own country and used to provide some benefit to our own populace, rather than pipelining them out of the country and into the pockets of the one per cent? Bob Ewashen Creston

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came to the rescue, and a volunteer even took me downstairs and helped me look for one. There are so many low-income families in this Valley, in similar situations (well, maybe not with a six foot nine inch son), but with a growing family, where would they be without Gleaners? Where would our drama groups be without Gleaners? I love the atmosphere there, and the wonderful, friendly volunteers. Please do not change anything. Gleaners models generosity, sharing, community and care. Please no two-tier systems, and no condemning anyone that maybe someone thinks does not need to use Gleaners. We don’t know people’s personal life circumstances. Thank you to the people that volunteer and keep Gleaners alive and well. Rhonda Barter Creston

Gleaners good for all in valley

To the Editor: Creston’s Gleaners is just fine thanks. It is a simple operation: Generous people donate goods to Gleaners and the goods are resold to the public (that means all of us). Gleaners, inCLOSED turn, takes cash and gives it to local charities so they can assist SATURDAY, the less fortunate. In addition Gleaners provides food to members of the comMAY 19 munity in need. Gleaners is aEnjoy charity, not a governBlossom Festival! ment welfare agency. Leave it alone and it will continue doing what it has done for many years: Help the less fortunate in our community. Don Tyndall Creston

To the Editor: There has been a bit of a flurry of letters about Gleaners. I love Gleaners! Personally, I think Gleaners is one of the best things this valley has going for it. I have probably given to Gleaners more than I have purchased, but it is a close call. Having always been on a rather low income, and being a good frugal Scot, it was such a blessing to have Gleaners around to cope with my children’s ever-increasing height. With my son coming in just under six feet nine inches, there was no suit jacket to be found for prom and grad (not that I could really afford one anyway). Gleaners

Lojong slogan 42: Whichever of the two occurs, be patient

What happens to your spiritual practice when you are extremely happy? And what happens to your spiritual practice when things are going horribly, and you are extremely unhappy? Do you hold your practice at the centre of your life, or do you let your happiness or misery dominate your reality? That is what this slogan is about. It advises us to be patient under all conditions. It is hard to maintain a steady spiritual practice. In conditions of extreme happiness or misery, it is much easier to come up with excuses to avoid practice. At times of intense pain or pleasure, sadness or happiness, we allow the intensity and drama of the moment to take us over, and lose our bearings and motivation for diligent spiritual practice. On the one hand, if we are feeling joyful, we think we don’t need practice. We get caught up in pleasure and our wish to maintain it, so we focus on enjoying ourselves and we forget to work for the happiness of others. Or we may think that our spiritual training is complete, that we have “graduated”. Spiritual practice and the cultivation of lovingkindness are thrown out the window. The danger of “the good times” is that

we might step away from a practice that can carry us all the way to death with a joy that depends on no conditions. On the other hand, if we are feeling miserable, we might think there is no

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point to practice, that practice isn’t helping. We turn inward and think, “Why me?” We get caught up in whining and complaining. We forget that life inevitably brings both pleasure and pain. We are too miserable to make practice a part of daily life. We make the excuse that we don’t have good conditions for practice and need to wait for conditions to improve. So, once again, spiritual practice is ditched due to preoccupation with ourselves, in this case, with our misery. Instead of waiting for the “right conditions” the idea of this slogan is to engage spiritual practice steadily and consistent-

ly. In fact, every condition is a right condition to turn to our spiritual practice. This slogan recommends patience. Patience is not a form of passivity where we have no power over what life might throw at us. Patience is not an invitation to helplessness. Patience allows us to face whatever arises in our lives in a creative and beneficial way. It affords us courage and dignity under all conditions. In spiritual practice, we are training to transform ourselves into better people as a direct result of our experiences. When we practice patience, we are showing that we understand that whatever is happening in our lives, it is sure to change. This is the truth of transience. Today’s practice: Notice the waxing and waning of your inspiration for spiritual practice. What patterns do you see? What would be threatened if your practice were more steady and continuous? 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 250-4283390.

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Your favourite places can be revisited

Many of you and others have started the season off with some hiking and others are planning on outings and hiking for later on. Well, if you run out of things to do or places to go out there,

have since lost count of the times I have revisited this place that is just a 10-minute walk from the cabin. A few days ago, I chanced another exploration of the meadow. Spring buttercups, mountain bluebells and yellow bell flowers were gone, replaced by a new set of dainties. On inspecting one spot, I discovered a rubber boa intertwined in some loose rock and sticks, apparently trying to absorbed some of the sun’s heat via the warm rocks on this cool but sunny day. Rubber boas, in a group of Ed McMackin snakes called constrictors, are seldom seen. Their secretive habthen try revisiting some of the places its and grayish brown colouring make where you have been and reconnect them difficult to spot. They also have with activities and experiences there. this defensive habit of raising the tail as There is a hillside meadow affection- if to strike while hiding their head in the ately known by my family members as ground cover or under some part of Delphinium Meadow. It attained that their coiled body. Their small scales are name because of the extensive blue hue very visible but their shiny coat feels as it presented when first visited. The del- smooth as glass. phinium blooms were in their prime. I Of all the times I have toured Delphinium Meadow I have never before seen a rubber boa there. In fact, I haven’t knowingly crossed one’s path anywhere in the past three years. Now, if I hadn’t have revisited the meadow I would, perhaps, have never become privy to one of the many well-kept secrets of this sunny slope. That kind of encounter keeps happening as I revisit spots of former times. You have probably heard me say before that, when at any specific place out there, it’s never a case, at least with me, of been there, done that. Each return to a place presents something different to be experienced and appreciated. A friend recently sent me a quote. It said something like, “It is better to climb one mountain 100 times than to climb 100 mountains one time each.” That can be taken different ways. But let’s say one could really get to know a specific walk, trail, pond, creekside, The caption with the photo in the marsh, swamp, lakeshore, grove, park, May 10 instalment of Out There field, hillside, valley or mountain by should have identified the above visiting it 100 times, and yet still not flower as Dutchman’s breeches, not exhaust its secrets. Revisit, repeatedly, bleeding heart. your block or walking circuit and discover its natural entities.

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Warm rocks and sticks conceal a rubber boa.

Early in the morning, late in the day, early in the season and late in the season, revisit the historic Mount Thompson Pack Trail, the Balancing Rock Trail and upwards on Mount Creston, the Fern Forest Trail, the Lady Slipper Trail, the Mount Thompson Rim Trail, the Dewdney Trail and trails at the Creston Valley Wildlife Management Area. And, just a little farther away are the Sanca Creek and Boulder Creek trails, and also trails just south in Idaho. And still farther afield, Haystack, Sphinx and Akokli mountains challenge one to a day hike or an overnighter. There are many areas to snoop while enjoying fresh air and exercise without having to pay big bucks or beat the pavement and breath exhaust fumes for several hours. So, having said that, I will say so long till autumn with an invitation to check out the Creston community hiking and the Boswell hiking schedules, both of which are available at the Creston and District Public Library. Remember to go out there equipped to be comfortable as well as safe. Ed McMackin is a biologist by profession but a naturalist and hiker by nature. He can be reached at 250-866-5747.

Angels

By Tim Troughton The Cross Church

A young lady was returning home one evening when a stranger jumped out of the bushes and started to attack her. For some reason, she found herself calling out, “Lord of Hosts!” only to witness another young man come to her rescue and push her assailant back into the hedge. Taking her by the hand and saying, “Come on, Helen!” he proceeded to lead her safely home. She turned the key in her door lock and looked around to thank her rescuer only to see no one there. Stories like these, though unusual in substance, are far from uncommon. Most, of course, go unreported in the media as they are often dependent on just one witness and lack any material evidence. Angelic beings are described in the Bible from Genesis to Revelation, their visitations associated with direct communion between God and mankind for a specific purpose. When they appear on Earth, they usually adopt an unremarkable human appearance, attired in simple human clothes. When described in heaven, their appearance is in their original glorified state. As the famous Christmas story tells, they also invade dreams and appear in visions. Three angels are named in scripture. One is the notorious Lucifer, who coveted God’s unique position and was expelled from heaven and thrown down to the Earth. The others, Michael and Gabriel, have special status, the former assigned with the task of protecting the nation of Israel, the latter as a messenger who appeared to the prophet Daniel and centuries later both to the priest Zechariah and later to a young unmarried Jewish girl, bringing her the news of the Messiah to be carried within her. Scripture offers tidbits about angels’ characteristics. They are both masculine and feminine but do not intermarry, some have multiple pairs of wings and faces with eyes positioned in strange places, and they exist in different ranks and have defined roles, are involved in both worship and warfare, harvest souls and protect scripture, speak a variety of languages, are too many to number and, like the stars, vary in glory. Though immortal, their origins and destinies remain shrouded in mystery. However, scripture is clear that while we are to both recognize and appreciate their presence and function, we are never to worship them, as they are created beings just like ourselves. See ANGELS, page 11

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