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Busing fees expected to net SD8 $80,000 BY LORNE ECKERSLEY Advance Staff

A decision to charge for children who bus to a school out of their designated catchment area will cost School District No. 8 (Kootenay Lake) parents $200 a year. Or nothing at all, if they can convince administrators they have a good reason for sending their kids to a school outside of their neighbourhood. That message was delivered at a meeting at Prince Charles Theatre on June 28, which about 30 people attended to get clarification about the new policy. “I need to be perfectly honest with you, it’s a revenue generator,” Supt. Jeff Jones told parents. He said the district is planning for anticipated provincial funding cuts after being told that money designated to help areas that are experiencing declining student enrolment will dry up in two years. Last week’s meeting was the third and final presentation to parents before the new school year starts in September, Jones said. He said the other two meetings, held in the West Kootenay, attracted 90 and 20 parents, respectively. Charging bus fees is expected to net the district about $80,000 annually, he said. Reductions in bus routes will create another $80,000 in savings, said district operations director Larry Brown. See BUSING, page 3

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Five Creston Valley residents were awarded Queen’s Jubilee Medals on Sunday. Pictured: (from left) Creston RCMP Cst. Kirk Meaver, Regional District of Central Kootenay Area B director John Kettle, recipients Lew Truscott, Harry Haberstock, Chris Luke, Muriel Buhr and Henry Schoof, Creston Mayor Ron Toyota, Kootenay-Columbia MP David Wilks.

Five earn Queen’s Jubilee Medals BY LORNE ECKERSLEY Advance Staff

Canada Day was an extra special day for five Creston Valley residents who were surprise recipients of Queen’s Diamond Jubilee medals. “These people have been selected for this honour for their work in this community,” Kootenay-Columbia MP David Wilks said at the Creston and District Community Complex on Sunday. Wilks spoke to a crowd of about 100 that was forced to move indoors when a torrential rain hit outdoor Canada Day festivities.

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Selected for their contributions were: •Chris Luke, who for 30 years was chief of the Lower Kootenay Band; •Muriel Buhr, who has spearheaded massive produce and gift drives for poverty-stricken native communities in Northern Manitoba; •Henry Schoof, a longtime Creston Rotary Club and Creston Lions Club member who also helps to promote children’s literacy by reading with students at Adam Robertson Elementary School; •Harry Haberstock, the retired Redeemer Lutheran Church pastor whose countless efforts include helping to build Pioneer Villa and volunteering with

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he Creston Museum saw an invasion of British cars, and now it’s time for Packards — a dozen classic Packard automobiles will arrive at the museum around 11:30 a.m. July 7. They will be at the museum for only an hour-and-ahalf, so don’t miss your chance to see them! Admission is by donation.

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reston athletes joining basketball player Jacob Dumas (story in last week’s Advance) at the BC Summer Games are Emily and Kieran Simpson (track), Mitchell Bell (baseball), Andrew Armstrong (triathlon), Jordin Czar (boys’ volleyball) and Anita Bjarnason (girls’ volleyball). All of the local athletes are asked to contact Advance editor Brian Lawrence at editor@crestonvalleyadvance.ca for details on appearing in an issue and/or the Black Press BC Games news website prior to the BC Games, which run in Surrey from July 19-22.

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From page 1 Of SD8’s 2,500 students who ride buses, about 500 are considered to be attending schools out of their catchment areas. Students who bus because their catchment school had no room, or because a particular program — like French immersion — defines a larger catchment area, won’t be charged. Parents can apply under a hardship program if they are unable to pay the costs of sending a child to school out of their area. A number of parents at the meeting said there was no room in their catchment school so they were forced to send their children elsewhere. Jones did not address whether those students would be charged if room became available in a catchment school in following years. On the school district website (www.sd8.bc.ca), a question and answer page makes it clear that parents who have been sending children to another school by their own choice will have to pay for transportation or enroll their kids in the catchment school. A discussion about catchment boundaries for Kitchener students ended in confusion, with Jones committing to research the history. Erickson Elementary School principal Nancy Devuono said that Kitchener used to be in the Erickson catchment but that it was changed in 2010, and Canyon-Lister Elementary School is now Kitchener’s catchment area. When parents expressed frustration that notice about busing fees came so late in the school year, Brown said he didn’t disagree. “I admit that the timing is very tight on this,” he said. Jones said the district’s intent was to begin consulting with parents after the transportation fees were included in the board’s 2012-2013 budget was passed in May. But a motion to the board of trustees to reconsider the fees delayed his plans, he said. Only after the motion was defeated at the May 29 meeting in Creston did he feel able to schedule meetings with parents, he said.

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Flooding closes parts of CVWMA BY BRIAN LAWRENCE Advance Editor

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(From left) Scott Stokes (Columbia Brewery brewmaster), Klaus Kuhnlein (Creston Rotary Club past-president), Greg Baker (Creston Valley Rotary Club, playground committee co-chair), Geri Lee (Creston Rotary Club, president), Jim Miller (Creston and District Credit Union CEO), Creston Mayor Ron Toyota, Charlie Moon (Creston Rotary Club president) and Don Low (Creston Rotary Club, playground committee co-chair).

Playground officially open BY LORNE ECKERSLEY Advance Staff

The colourful new playground that was put into use in Centennial Park last year was officially opened on Canada Day. A joint project of the Town of Creston, Creston Rotary Club and Creston Valley Rotary Club, the playground adds to the appeal of the nearby splash park. “The total project cost approximately $90,000,” said Don Low, a Creston Rotary Club member who co-chaired the project committee with Creston Valley Rotary Club member Greg Baker. “Major sponsors were Columbia Brewery and Creston and District Credit Union, which each donated $15,000.” Also contributing between $3,000 and $4,500 were the Creston school parent advisory committees, Creston Valley Insurance,

FortisBC and Shaw Communications. “We would like to thank all of the community members who support Rotary fundraising efforts and also to acknowledge the dedication of the late Steve Hernandez on this project,” Low said, referring to the Town of Creston works crew member who died in a cycling accident. “Rotarians had a great time working on this playground project and we truly enjoy seeing families in Centennial Park enjoying these new additions.” “What we are seeing in Centennial Park is the result of partnerships,” Mayor Ron Toyota said. “When groups like Rotary join with the Town of Creston and other organizations, we accomplish great things. On behalf of the town, I thank everyone who has worked to make this such a family-friendly park.”

Access to parts of the Creston Valley Wildlife Management Area was closed last week due to severe flooding at Duck Lake and Leech Lake, and around the Wildlife Interpretation Centre. The dike along the south end of Duck Lake was closed because water was inches from the top of the dike, and wave action caused the water to wash over. The pump at the north end has been running constantly for two months, but the amount of water coming in is now too great. The Summit Creek/Leach Lake area was also closed to the public. A gate was put up west of the Summit Creek bridge to warn visitors that it is not safe to be in the area. Water was added to Leach Lake from the river because of a 2.5-metre difference between the river and water levels at the north end of the lake. “This puts unnecessary pressure on the dikes, so we need to equalize this and add water to Leach Lake so that the dike integrity is not compromised,” said Carla Ahern, CVWMA communications, stewardship and education director. “As a result of adding water to this unit, the internal flood dikes will be under water so it is not safe for the public to be venturing into the area.” Some trails around the Wildlife Interpretation Centre have also been closed, with signage marking those that aren’t obviously impassable. “The centre remains open to answer questions and offer canoe tours as well as have the gallery available for people to explore,” said Ahern.

Council accepts seal coating bid BY LORNE ECKERSLEY Advance Staff Creston town council voted at its June 26 regular meeting to approve a bid of nearly $190,000 for its 2012 micro-surfacing (commonly known as seal coating) program. The bid, by Miller Capilano Maintenance Corporation, was more than $130,000 lower than the competing bid of West-Can Seal Coating Inc. When asked why the bids were dramatically different, Iain Bell, engineering and public works director, said the higher bid came in from a company that was already busy this year. “I think it is fair to say that the lowest bidder is hungrier — it is a newer company that it trying to build it business and we are the beneficiary.” The 2012 town capital budget included nearly $250,000 for the road preservation program, intended to “employ a network

level, long-term strategy to enhance pavement performance by using a cost-effective practices that extends pavement life, improves safety and meets motorist expectations.” Council Briefs •A letter from the Creston Valley Motorcycle Association about plans to hold its first annual Toy Run on September was received for information. •A letter from the Agricultural Land Commission about a request for exclusion for a property at 220 Arrowsmith Rd. from the land reserve was also received for information. Coun. Wes Graham initially wanted council to support the application — “because it’s good for the economy” — but eventually supported a motion to receive the letter, which doesn’t require any response by the town. Coun. Jerry Schmalz opposed the motion after stating that removal of properties in the land reserve erodes the local agricultural base.

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More vandalism discovered after crime spree BY LORNE ECKERSLEY Advance Staff

Creston RCMP responded to 86 calls for service from June 25-July 1, Cpl. Monte Taylor said on Tuesday. June 25 •Two more incidents of vandalism were discovered after the crime spree reported last week. A shed had been graffitied in the 400 block of Eighth Avenue South and a vehicle was spraypainted in the 400 block of Sixth Avenue South. •RCMP delivered subpoenas on behalf of

Strathmore and Cochrane, Alta., police. •The owner of a vehicle reported to be tailgating and attempting to force a vehicle off the road in the 8700 block of Highway 95 was contacted and given a verbal warning. •An Australian driver backed a motorhome into another vehicle in the 8700 block of Highway 3. •Police were unable to locate a vehicle reported to be on Canyon Street with a rifle displayed in the cab. •The owner of a Honda CVR 600 motorcycle that was stolen from Okell Road reported seeing it being driven on Highway 3A near Wynndel. •Patrolling police noted a dirt bike being driven on Highway 3A at Valleyview Drive. The driver, who had a passenger, accelerated to 160 km/h before being stopped. He was issued tickets for driving at excessive speed ($483), having no driver’s licence ($138) and driving without insurance ($598). The bike was impounded for seven days. •A Crusher Road resident reported hearing shots fired from a vehicle but police were unable to locate it.

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•An intoxicated male in the 200 block of 16th Avenue North was found to be breaching court conditions. He pleaded guilty in front of a judge by videoconference and was sentenced to 45 days in jail. June 26 •Police were called to a neighbours’ dispute in the 6200 block of Kitchener Road when an argument broke out about dogs chasing a person. •A wallet was reported lost in the 500 block of Eighth Avenue South. •An abandoned recreation vehicle was found burned out on CanyonLister Road south of the bridge. •An ATV was reported stolen in the 5400 block of Duck Creek Road. •A handicapped parking tag was stolen from a vehicle in the 4000 block 44th Street. •Police are searching for a male who is accused of assaulting a female and threatening her with a knife in the 1600 block of Hearst Avenue in Riondel. June 27 •Minor damage resulted when a vehicle backed into another in the 300 block of Northwest Boulevard. •When police responded to a complaint about a resident in the 4700 block of 14th Street who was blasting music with outdoor speakers, he said he was retaliating for the noise caused by fencepost-pounding by neighbours. He said he could do so because there is no noise bylaw in Area B, but was advised that mischief charges could be laid if he continued his loud protest. •A vehicle was rear-ended at Northwest Boulevard and Canyon Street when the driver yielded to a pedestrian. The offending driver was issued a ticket for driving without due care and attention ($368). June 28 •Police were unable to locate a semi reported to be tailgating in the 4300 block of Highway 21. •The theft of Husqvarna and Stihl chainsaws as reported in the 4600 block of Canyon-Lister Road. •A male was arrested in the 1400 block of Vancouver Street for assault after he injured a female. He was later released with no-contact conditions and a date to appear in court. Two days later, he was intoxicated and returned to the site to recover his dog. On July 1, he was found to be driving with a stolen licence plate. He faces charges of assault causing bodily harm, four occurrences of breaching conditions and possession of stolen property. •Police were called to a dispute between an adult female and her mother on Highway 3. The mother was attempting to take the daughter’s passport, claiming ownership because she paid for it. Police informed her that a passport belongs to the person it identifies, not to the one who paid the fee. •A female was instructed to leave premises on Northwest Boulevard, which she continually visits in hopes of finding her lost cat. •A male was stopped at the Kingsgate border crossing because there was an arrest warrant for him on a break and entry charge. He was arrested and later released with a court date. June 29 •An Alberta-licensed Chrysler Intrepid was towed from a ditch in the 3200 block of Erickson Road. •A Work Wheel tire rim was

found in the bushes on Highway 3 near Kootenay Pass. •A Toyota Rav4 collided with a deer in the 5000 block of Highway 3. •Police are investigating an assault case in the 2100 block of Elm Street. •A driver was in stable condition after his vehicle went out of control and rolled into a ditch on Highway 3 near Yahk. He was ejected from the vehicle and police were called to the Creston Valley Hospital when he became violent. Alcohol was involved and the case remains under investigation. •While police were attending to the previous matter, an intoxicated male called from the phone at the police station asking to stay in cells overnight. He was not provided with accommodation. June 30 •Police were called to a disturbance on J.R. Blackmore Road where an intoxicated male was causing problems. •A female driver is being sought after a hit and run in the 400 block of 16th Avenue North. •A container of chip dip was thrown through a drive-through window in the 300 block of Helen Street. •An eight-foot by three-foot Touch of Dutch sign with a picture of a windmill was stolen from the 2900 block of Highway 3. •An impaired male from Washington was stopped at the Kingsgate border crossing and issued a 90-day driving prohibition. His vehicle was impounded for 30 days. •Two young females who rode an ATV on a public road in the 1400 block of First Avenue were already being dealt with by their parents when police arrived. •No injuries resulted when an Alberta driver went off the road when his vehicle hydroplaned on Highway 3 near Topaz Creek. The vehicle sustained extensive damage. •A mother and son shoplifting team have been banned from a Cook Street business. •A Highway 3A resident reported that her purse was stolen in Wynndel. •A Good Samaritan came to the rescue of three Calgary residents and a dog when their sailboat capsized in choppy waters on Kootenay Lake. They were treated for hypothermia. July 1 •A resident in the 900 block of 32nd Avenue South complained that a neighbour’s dogs were chasing her horses. •A raccoon was found dead in the 900 block of Hillside Street, shot with an arrow. •A male pedestrian who was crossing Canyon Street at 12th Avenue was prevented from doing so by an oncoming male, who later told the police that he didn’t like the way the other fellow looked. He was warned about his behavior. •A vehicle collided with a deer in the 2000 block of Lower Wynndel Road. •A small quantity of marijuana and a bottle of vodka were seized from males by patrolling officers at 16th Avenue and Canyon Street. •Police were called to the community complex when people sitting to watch the fireworks had their view blocked by a van. •A female who was blocked from entering a pub on Canyon Street to assault another female was warned by police.

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Now 22, Gord Perrin has been on a steady rise to volleyball stardom since he first suited up for the Prince Charles Secondary School junior team. At six feet seven inches, Gord might still look up to his six-foot eleven-inch dad, Dave, but his leap tops out at 12 feet, something the senior Perrin never could aspire too. “Those knees don’t jump any more,” Gord laughs. “I tell him and Alicia that they have to surpass the level I reached in volleyball,” Dave grins, referring to Gord’s younger sister, who was just named to the Canadian national women’s volleyball squad. “But I think they’ve both done that now.” Once a Selkirk College volleyball star, Dave Perrin spent most of his adult life tending to animals in and around the Creston Valley as a veterinarian. In his semi-retirement, he turned to writing, authoring five highly entertaining books about his working adventures, and another, Keep Sweet, about the life of a fundamentalist Mormon woman (co-author Debbie Palmer). Gord, in Creston for a brief visit following the end of a long volleyball season, credits the coaching of PCSS teacher Mike Nelson for his own success on the courts. “If it hadn’t been for Mike Nelson I never would have made it to this level,” he says. “I wouldn’t exist in the volleyball world if he wasn’t coaching — he gets a lot of the credit.” Perrin’s PCSS teams never lost a Kootenay zone tournament and they finished second and third in the provincials. His jump to university level was paved with a full five-year scholarship, and made easier because he had previously met the coach, Glenn Hoag, who was a friend of Nelson. But it had its challenges. “University players are much stronger and more athletic,” he says. “In high school you could make it with natural talent, but in university you are playing with and against men, not boys. It took me half a season before I began to excel.” Excel? How about by being named the Canada West Universities Athletic Association’s rookie of the year in his first year with the Thompson Rivers University WolfPack? Or following that up with two years as a first team Canadian all-star? “After my third year I got the opportunity to join the Olympic program, so I left school to take on volleyball as a career,” he says. Perrin got an agent, then signed a two-year contract to play professionally with Arkas, a club in Turkey. He faced even greater challenges when he started to play as a professional. The cultural and language differences were enormous. “The first couple of months were tough,” he admits. Perrin is one of two Canadians and, along with one American, they are the only English speaking players. “The other 15 players can’t speak a whole sentence in English,” he laughs. Two of those players aren’t Turkish, either. One is from Brazil and speaks Portuguese and the other is a Spanish speaker from Columbia. Fortunately, the team has a translator. Being away from family was tough, but so was the competition. “In university there are maybe two or three

star players but at the elite level there are no average players.” If culture and language are hurdles, the lifestyle isn’t too bad, Perrin admits. “The team puts me up in a downtown apartment and a driver picks me up for practices and games and even the market,” he says. Nearly all of his living expenses are covered by the team, allowGord Perrin ing him to bank most of the money he earns from his playing contract. Pro volleyball is, after all, a big deal in Europe and many other countries. “When we are in Poland, for example, we are treated like rock stars,” he smiles. “Everywhere we go we are recognized and people are asking for autographs, photographs and interviews.” In Brazil, he says, teams are provided with police escorts to get to games. Hard work and travel are the common denominator for pro athletes, though. Arkas plays in a league that includes cities in neighboring countries and teams often travel for two matches each week. The top two teams in each participating country then continue on after the regular league season ends, forming a champions league. Earlier this spring, Perrin’s team, based in Izmir, the country’s third largest city, finished fourth in the European champions league, something no Turkish team had ever done. The highlight of his athletic career came when Arkas was playing to get into the champion league’s final four. They were swept in straight

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As young man I used to remain sitting, usually conspicuously, whenever the Canadian anthem was played. It wasnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t that I had a particular aversion to the song, or to others singing it. And it certainly wasnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t because I didnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t see myself as part of the countryâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s mainstream â&#x20AC;&#x201D; I had, after all, been an active member of the Progressive Conservatives since I was 14. The silent protests began one day when I walked into a university lecture room and read from the blackboard a statement left from a previous class: â&#x20AC;&#x153;Nationalism is a cheap instinct, and a dangerous one, too.â&#x20AC;? I never did learn the source of the quote, but it has continued to stick in my mind all these many years later. Perhaps it was reinforced by the often vicious debate that took place in Canada in 1964-65 when former prime minister Lester Pearson proposed that the country adopt its own flag design instead of continuing to fly the Red Ensign, which included the Union Jack, a continual reminder, especially to French Canadians, about the British influence in Canada. I eventually came to terms with my own needs to protest and I happily stand and sing the anthem. What changed? I suppose more than anything it was being able to realize that I am deeply grateful that I was born Canadian, and also the understanding that I had nothing to do with it â&#x20AC;&#x201D; being born in this country is akin to winning a prenatal lottery. We arrive in a society of privilege, one that is quite tolerant and that offers much to those whom, out of pure luck, were born into it.

It was with that sense of gratitude that I stood at the community complex on Sunday and sang O Canada. Standing in the downpour a few minutes earlier, member of Parliament

If I could change anything in the Creston Valley what would it be? The time, of course. I would like to see the Creston Valley adopt daylight time. From April to November each year, our clocks would move ahead one hour and then fall back for the winter months. Daylight time â&#x20AC;&#x153;makesâ&#x20AC;? the sun set one hour later in the evening, effectively giving us one hour more daylight in the evenings. There are many benefits to adopting daylight time â&#x20AC;&#x201D; Cranbrook time, or mountain daylight time (MDT) â&#x20AC;&#x201D; in our area. It will save energy. There is a saving of about one per cent of electricity usage per day with daylight time. About 25 percent of the electricity used in the average household is used for lighting and small appliances, much of this in the evening. By moving the clock ahead by one hour, allowing more daylight in the evening, we reduce the amount of energy used each day. It will improve health and safety. More light in the evenings makes for a safer community. As well, by adopting daylight time, the Kootenay East Regional Hospital District board estimates they will see a saving of about $60,000 per year. That is a lot of wasted health care dollars. So every year that the Creston Valley continues to not change to MDT, $60,000 is wasted. It will improve your quality of life. Adopting daylight time will allow for more evening hours of sunlight â&#x20AC;&#x201D; more time to garden, walk, participate in sports and other outdoor activities. It will end the confusion. How many times have you heard people

(sensible, intelligent people) tell of missed appointments or showing up too early because of the time? Adopting daylight time will stop all the confusion about, â&#x20AC;&#x153;What time is it in Creston

hoping to accomplish with this mailout, which almost certainly would fuel cynicism when placed in context of federal cuts to services and employment, and which also arrived during the controversy over the absurdly and unnecessarily farreaching omnibus budget bill? I can only guess that the flag promotion was intended to distract Canadians from negative news reports and remind us that, even though we might disagree with actions of our governments, Lorne Eckersley that we are extraordinarily lucky to live here. David Wilks had handed over new Whatever the motivation for the flags to several groups and the bright mailer, it didnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t seem to gain much red and white added colour beneath traction. Wilks said in it that he the grey, water-laden skies. thought it might be possible that The youthful protester in me, howevery home in Kootenay-Columbia ever, couldnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t resist thinking back to would display the paper flag in a winthat quote about nationalism. It had dow. For a while afterward, I kept an returned to my memory a couple of eye out whenever I was driving. The months ago when I sorted through a truth is that I didnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t see a single one stack of mail and found a mail-out on display. No doubt some residents from Wilks. Sent out at taxpayersâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; did put a flag in their window, but the expense, the flyer was little more than fact is that the promotion didnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t gain advertisement for Canadian nationalany traction. ism (which dictionaries tend to define No doubt there are many, many as a more intense word than patrioreasons for the failure and I wonâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t tism). It included a reproduction of the bother to suggest any. Personally, Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;m Canadian flag (which many in English not thrilled when any government Canada derisively referred to as spends money to encourage me to Pearsonâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Penant for decades after it think or feel in a particular way. Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;m was adopted), which constituents were more likely to respect governing parencouraged to clip out and display in ties that work hard to communicate a window. It also included a request with constituents and rule with comfor recipients to respond to a survey passion as well as fiscal responsibility. that asked whether they planned to The idea of a mass mail-out clip-anddisplay the flag as suggested. display flag is one that Wilks and So what exactly were MPs (I other MPs should wave goodbye to. assume that this wasnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t strictly an iniLorne Eckersley is the publisher of the tiative that came out of Wilksâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s office) Creston Valley Advance.

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vincial government would have to make a legislative change for the Creston Valley to be on daylight time. Before such a change could be made, an opinion poll would have to be undertaken to show that a majority of the registered voters in the area were in favour of changing. Then the province could either hold its own referendum on the question before making the legislative change or just make the change. In March 2011, Creston town council passed a motion to ask the Creston Valley services committee (CVSC) to hold such an opinion poll, asking the residents of the Creston Valley if they are in favour of adopting daylight time. The CVSC is made up of the four Regional District of Central Kootenay directors of the valley, John Kettle (Area B), Larry Binks (Area C), Garry Jackman (Area A) and Creston Mayor Ron Toyota. Mayor Toyota brought the request from town council to the CVSC but it has chosen not to respond and there the path has grown cold. Once again, democracy is failing to work. Instead of allowing the residents of the Creston Valley a democratic opportunity to once and for all settle this issue, Kettle, Binks and Jackman are choosing for all of us. This does not sit well with me. So if you would like a chance to voice your opinion on daylight time in the Creston Valley, please encourage your director to hold a democratic opinion poll on the question. Judy Gadicke is a councillor for the Town of Creston, and was acting mayor in June.

Council Comment Judy Gadicke

right now?â&#x20AC;? The financial cost of this confusion may be impossible to calculate but it is real. Another source of confusion that occurs because we do not switch to daylight time is modern electronics. Naysayers of MDT use the excuse that they can't reprogram their VCR when the time switches. But now, by not changing time, many of our electronic devices have to be adjusted because they automatically switch time. Again, more confusion. In an effort to try to understand how Creston came to be in this time warp, I looked into the history of the issue. In 1952, the provincial government held a provincewide referendum, asking, â&#x20AC;&#x153;Are you in favour of daylight saving time?â&#x20AC;? The referendum passed and the province of B.C. adopted daylight time. For some reason that I could not find, Creston did not adopt daylight time. Not very democratic, if you ask me. Since discussion on this issue has been going on for a long time, I looked into what would be necessary to make the change to daylight time. The pro-

Creston Valley Advance Thursday, July 5, 2012

‘Scary things’ hidden in bill

To the Editor: (Re: “Lister farmer, local talent overshadow ‘political nonsense’ ”, May 31 Advance, page 6) Thanks, Lorne Eckerlsey, for writing about this scary omnibus bill that encompasses around 60-70 issues (I have yet to find anyone that is able to get an exact count on how many issues are in this one bill, little alone read the whole thing). Also thank you for writing about David Wilks’s scary attitude. I, too, think Dave is a nice guy, but for him to hinge his passing budget vote on a fear of not being re-elected or being ousted out of his group of Conservatives, as opposed to voting on whether it is right or wrong, is an example of peer pressure, not leadership. Wilks says it just could not be done unless he got 12 other Conservative MPs voting with him. Rubbish! Having the right amount of people standing with you is not a prerequisite for doing the right thing. There have been demonstrations and pleadings in front of the offices of Conservative MPs across the country, asking Conservative MPs to please do the right thing, and at least give each issue in this bill a week to look over. With well over 52 issues, that would take more than a year. Or it could have been broken into more doable chunks for research and debate. After all, that is one of the main job descriptions of a member of Parliament. Yes, these demonstrations have definitely occurred in front of Wilks’s office. I was at one. LeadNow got assurances that Wilks was going to be there, but he didn’t show. It was a great demonstration: kind, but pleading for Wilks to please return to what his conscience was first telling him, and vote no against the passing of this huge bill. This bill covers so many things, like Old Age Security, Canada Pension Plan

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It may all be beautiful to everyone else, but it ain’t to me. The people of this valley are my forte. Over the course of a season, there are thousands who cannot access Duck Lake. This is the first year since 1943 I have not been able to access the area, first with a horse and then a vehicle. It is not even passable safely by foot — a total disgrace to this valley. Cyril Colonel Wynndel

Lake access a ‘disgrace’ Gov’t bullying Canadians

To the Editor: Bravo! Bravo! Bravo! What’s the name of that song? Everything is To the Editor: Beautiful, isn’t it? My partner and I wrote a thank Such is the way it is with our provinyou letter to our member of cial government, the Creston Valley Parliament, David Wilks, at his withWildlife Management Area (CVWMA) drawing support for bill C-38. We and Ducks Unlimited Canada (DUC) were impressed with Wilks’s integrity, and the ducks. Not so with the public, courage and his dedicated representaespecially those who wish to visit the tion to his constituents. gem of the CVWMA Duck Lake. Signs It was with great dismay we point the way to Duck Lake showing all learned that he had recanted his statethe recreational activities available, but ment, and bowed to Stephen Harper’s deeply rutted roads prevent easy access. Conservative party line on the disNelson-Creston MLA Michelle mantling of Canada’s democratic Mungall speaks of it being a shady rights by limiting and refusing debate deal. It’s shady in more ways than one. on the changing of 70 critical laws. It’s shady how our provincial governNot only are Canadian scientists being ment dealt the ducks in with DUC with muzzled on sharing their findings, but a pocket full of cash and dealt the pubCanadian citizens are being prevented NOW by changes to criminal law, to particilic out with respect to access. I have a letter on file saying they pate safely and freely in democracy. RECYCLING didn’t think there was enough money Schools are incorporating anti-bullyLEAD ing programs while Canada seems to around to spend $22,000 to do a permaACID have accepted corporate bullying tacnent fix on the road conditions. There’s enough money around to build theVEHICLE Port tics passively, by a corporate-agenda Mann Bridge ($2.46 billion dollars), the conservative government. BATTERIES roof on BC Place ($550 million) and who I hoped the Conservative backknows how much on the Sea to Sky benchers would stand up as 13 Highway to Whistler. Something the Canadian heroes to vote against the government needs to learn is: change of the proposed 70 laws in the “Vancouver is not B.C. and B.C. is not Trojan horse bill C-38, so we Canadians CLOSEDexamine on Vancouver.” could methodically and Sat. June 30 This is not a time for boasting. The debate the proposed changes in an $850,000.00 is a blatant fact how severe honorable and democratic process. our government’s historical neglect Susan Eyre HAPPY was to the CVWMA. Yahk

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Tire fees come back to community

As we struggle to reach some serious summer, we also head into camp season for the kids. Current trends indicate a greater interest in camp-type programs with the defined start and finish in a short period that frees up more time to spend a whole bunch of money on gas to go somewhere else and feed the swarms of mosquitoes by a lake or stream. Trust me, I know. The camps themselves that we offer are pretty cool, targeting three years old and up. When you check out our leisure guide or go online to www. rdck.bc.ca/creston, you will find everything from Zumbatomic, kung fu, soccer, creative art, discovery science, drama, our super-popular Sweaty Boys Sports Camp and Girl Power, right through to fitness with Bootcamp Extreme. Come camp with us! We got a bit of good news the other day — our application for a grant from the Tire Stewardship BC organization (TSBC) was approved which will cover approximately half the cost of the arena lobby flooring. TSBC is a not-for-profit society formed to manage B.C.’s tire recycling program. The program collects an advance disposal fee, commonly referred to as an eco fee, on the sale of every new tire. The fees are used to pay for transporting and recycling B.C.-generated scrap tires ensuring that the tires are disposed of in environmentally responsible ways instead of ending up in our landfills.

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Stewardship BC, a not-for-profit society, formed to accept responsibility for the provincial scrap tire recycling program, replacing the government-run program that had been in place since 1991. Where else might you run across your radials? Over 80 per cent of the scrap tires collected are recycled into products. Most are recycled into crumb rubber, which are granules of rubber with the steel and fibre removed. Crumb is then used to create a variety of products including athletic tracks and synthetic turf fields, non-slip pavers for patios, Neil Ostafichuk walkways and playgrounds, colourful resilient flooring in recreational looked into what TSBC is doing with facilities, flooring and mats for agricultire recycling, it actually makes me feel tural and industrial use, and asphalt rubgood that some small part of my eco fee ber. In addition to crumb-based products, will be transformed into the floor I am many highway truck tires are made into walking on in the arena lobby. Or, as the mats used in the construction industry as Town of Creston has done, used the blast mats or in the oil and gas industry grant to apply a soft rubber surface to as temporary road mats. The remaining the splash park at Centennial Park. 20 per cent of scrap tires collected are If you have a bit of time, check out used as a fuel supplement in the cement the TSBC website at www.tiresteward- and pulp and paper industries. It is also ship.bc.ca and learn a bit about what good to know that 100 per cent of the fees happens when the rubber no longer hits collected are used for the tire recycling the road. In B.C. in 2006, industry-led program. Once we get it installed, and product stewardship was a government considering the millions of kilometres of strategy to place the responsibility for travel, it will bring new meaning to “If end-of-life product management on the this floor could talk…” producer and consumers of a *plus product Ostafichuk is the recreation supervi3.99% Neil ﬁnancing OAC and not the general taxpayer or local sor at the Creston and District Community government. Subsequently, Tire Complex.

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Local strawberries healthy, perfect for pie

Strawberry season is finally here! For those of you who have tried local berries, you know that nothing at the grocery store can com-

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pare. Locally grown and freshly picked strawberries are a real treat. Along with strawberries, other fresh produce like broccoli, baby pota-

toes, peppers and tomatoes are just starting to become available at the Creston Valley Farmers’ Market, along with different types of lettuce, bok choy, rhubarb and other fresh produce. Full of vitamin C and antioxidants, strawberries are very good for you. However, strawberries are number 5 on the 2012 dirty dozen list, which is a list of the most pesticide contaminated fruits and vegetables, so it’s worthwhile to buy organic or from local growers who don’t use as many harmful chemicals on

CRESTON VALLEY BLOSSOM FESTIVAL THANKS YOU

for your support of the 71 st Festival To the following for their support with their donation of cash and kind, especially the major sponsors who stepped up to the plate with ﬁnancial support. We can’t function without all your help!

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1746 Royal Canadian Army Cadets 60 Hertz A Break In Time Caffe ABC Country Restaurant Andrea Wedge Bahamas General Store BC Hydro Beadazzled Black Bear Books Bob Cull Bob Gollan Buffalo Trails C.V. Chamber of Commerce C.V. Farmers’ Market Chris Dooley CIBC Citizens on Patrol College of the Rockies Columbia Basin Trust Courtney Cassel Creston Baptist Church Creston Fire Department Creston Lions Club Creston Subway Creston Valley Business Association Creston Valley Cruisers Creston Valley Motel Creston Valley Reg. Airport Society Daniel Ford Dave and Diana Wedge Donna Cassel Doris McCullouge Downtowner Motor Inn DQ Grill and Chill Ed and Audrey Vondracek FortisBC Frank and Diana Dover Fred Smailes Go Go Grannies Golden Herb Jan & Rick Potyok Jay Mainville Jeff Foster Jimmy’s Pub and Grill

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sALL again been votedCHILI COOKOFF AND OTHER PARTICIPANTS AND SUPPORTERS! PARADE, CAR SHOW, nth. And this derful couple, Paul andany individual, group or company. And last but not Hopefully we didn’t overlook wo are least a special bouquet to the people of the Creston Valley for once again showing for THEIR festival g,support concessions, dog by purchasing our buttons and attending our events. It can’t be done without you! maintenance, start planning in September for next year and , We you name it, Paul volunteers are always welcome. centre, - Hugh Johnston, President Creston Valley Blossomthe Festival Association nd. The shelter, mals all hem. YOUfor May 17 • 18 • 19 • 20, 2012 Mark THANK the calendar r 72nd kindness, CRESTON VALLEY BLOSSOM FESTIVAL . You ANNUAL are the best of

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their produce. Either way, be sure to wash your berries before eating them. Strawberries are very perishable and only last a couple days before a major decrease in their vitamin C content and antioxidants, so it is best to buy them locally when they’ve just been picked. While strawberries can be stored to last a few days longer, they are best tasting and best for you if consumed within a few days of picking. Once picked, strawberries do not ripen any further, so if you’re picking your own strawberries, only pick the ripest berries and handle with care. Any berries that are damaged while picking will spoil faster than the rest. If sorting through your berries, be sure to discard any with any mold, soft spots or other damage as these will ruin the berries stored around them. If storing them, they should be stored in a very cold fridge, just a few degrees above freezing to help preserve them. They also store best in a sealed or mostly sealed container. If possible, they should be cooked and canned or frozen immediately after picking. To freeze them, rinse the berries and drain well (or gently pat dry with a towel), remove the stem and place in a single layer on a baking sheet. Freeze until fully frozen and then transfer into a sealable plastic bag and keep in a deep freeze for up to a year. We love to just eat our fresh berries as they are, but strawberries make delicious and easy to make jam, fruit leather and compote, and are delicious baked into cakes, quick breads and muffins or pies. They can also be sliced into salads, blended into smoothies, frozen into popsicles or homemade ice cream or stirred into yogurt. Fresh Strawberry Pie (makes 1 9” pie) Crust makes 2 9” crusts (one can be kept in the freezer for later use) 1/2 C butter 1/2 C brown sugar 1/8 tsp salt 1 large egg 1 3/4 C whole wheat pastry flour from soft wheat, plus more for rolling

Fresh local strawberries make excellent pie.

just until everything is combined (the dough will still be crumbly, but no loose flour should remain). Divide into two pieces and press into 2 1/2” thick disks. Wrap in plastic and refrigerate one hour, or place in the freezer for 20 minutes. When ready, remove one disk, unwrap, sprinkle generously with flour and roll out to between 1/4” and 1/8” and big enough to come up only 1” on the sides of a 9” pie place. Sprinkle with flour frequently to prevent sticking. Gently lift the dough up and place in the pie plate (if it rips, it can easily be pressed back together). Press into the pie plate, poke all over the dough with a fork and place in the fridge or freezer for 10 minutes or until ready to use. Preheat the oven to 350 degrees. Remove the pie plate and unbaked crust from the fridge or freezer, place a sheet of parchment paper over the dough and fill to the top of the dough with pie weights or dry beans. Place in the oven and bake for 10 minutes. Take the pie plate out of the oven, remove the pie weights and paper and return to the oven for 8-10 minutes until golden around the edges and dry in the center. Remove from the oven and cool completely. Filling 6 C fresh strawberries, divided 1/2 C honey 1/4 C cold water 3 tbsp cornstarch

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with the honey. Heat over medium heat until boiling. Mix together the water and cornstarch in a small cup until the cornstarch is completely combined. Pour into the hot strawberry mixture and stir immediately and continue to stir until completely thickened and returned to a boil. Remove from the heat and cool 10 minutes while preparing the rest of the berries. Remove the stems from the remaining 4 cups of strawberries and cut berries in half. Once the cooked filling has cooled slightly, pour about 1/2 cup in the bottom of the cooled pie crust. Spread out and start placing halved strawberries and tightly as possible in a flat layer, using the larger berries for the bottom layer. Press berries into the filling. Once the first layer is completely filled, pour half (or a little more) of the remaining cooked filling over top of the berries and spread out with the back of a spoon. Add the rest of the halved berries to the top of the pie, starting at the middle and placing them as closely as possible together. Once all the strawberries are used (they may not reach the edge of the pie), pour the rest of the cooked filling over the berries and spread with the back of a spoon. Place the pie in the fridge for 1-2 hours before serving with whipped cream.

The Creston Valley Farmers’ Market runs at its usual time and place, from 8 a.m.-noon beside Millennium Park on Saturdays. In addition, there Cream the butter and sugar will be a mid-week market starttogether. Add the salt and egg Measure out 2 cups of whole ing July 5 and running every and blend until smooth. Add berries and mash with the back Thursday from 10 a.m.-2 p.m. the flour and blend together of a fork. Place in a small pot behind the Creston Valley Chamber of Commerce. The Market is also lookPAWS Volunteers of the Month ing for two volunteers to conduct two imporfor June are tant surveys for the Paul and Lynn Coates market on July 7 and A couple has again been voted Volunteer(s) of the month. And 12. To volunteer, call this month is another wonderful couple, Paul and Lynn Coates. These two are awesome! Fundraising, concessions, dog and cat 250-254-1594 or email care, building maintenance, ofﬁce work, computers, you name it, cvfarmersmarket@ Paul and Lynn are front and centre, cheerfully lending gmail.com. a hand. The shelter, the volunteers and the animals Heidi Bjarnason is a all would be lost without them. THANK YOU Lynn and Paul, for your kindness,generosity, and Creston Valley mom and talents. You are the best of the best! blogger. For more recipes, ideas, pictures and kid In ones or twos PAWS volunteers are great! friendly ideas and food, A heartfelt Thank You, Paul and Lynn This ad space donated by the Creston Valley Advance visit Fooddoodles.com.

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