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The Blossom Valley Singers (group at right) hosted their annual Christmas concert, this one titled Christmas Magic, on Friday and Sunday at the Prince Charles Theatre. The group was joined by the Creston Children’s Choir (left), the Prince Charles Secondary School Choir and Key of She.

Food action coalition enjoys successful year BY LORNE ECKERSLEY Advance Staff

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of community groups, individual volunteers, landowners and customers. “We wouldn’t have been able to achieve so much this past year without them,” he said. Earlier this year, farmers’ market man-

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he Creston Valley Chamber of Commerce is hosting a new show running

until Jan. 12. It is a combination of Mellowood Studio and Art Gallery and Huscroft Studio. Mellowood Studio shows the work of Val van der Poel and is located in the glass cabinets at the chamber building. It features handmade painted purses, scarves, brooches, painted rocks and paintings in a variety of mediums. Huscroft Studio features the paintings of Carol Huscroft and her

art students: Lois McNeice, Aaron Weitman, Devon Weitman, Tyler Nixon, Benjamin Nixon, Jen Huscroft, Julia Huscroft, Donna Huscroft and Laurie Boehmer. The youngest student was six years old. There is a variety of styles, including abstract, wildlife, portrait and landscape. The Creston Valley Chamber of Commerce, located at 121 Northwest Boulevard, is open Monday through Friday.

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airlifted to a hospital with a higher level of care.” When STARS is asked to fly outside the unrefueled range, it will refuel at the local airport or any location with a fuel cache, and works closely with a number of operators in the area to ensure that fuel is available for the helicopter 24/7. A new AW139 helicopter planned for in Calgary in 2013 will be able to better respond to southeastern B.C. “It flies further and faster than our current fleet of BK117 helicopters and will be an even more viable option for your area,” said Heke. He added that STARS also provides emergency physician referral for critical patients in southeastern B.C. Last year, members of the STARS outreach team met with staff at the Creston Valley Hospital in Creston to discuss this process. STARS is just one part in the region’s overall chain of survival, Heke said, and works closely with other emergency services. “When the need is there and we are in a position to assist, our team is happy to get involved in any way we can,” he said. “Ultimately, whether or not STARS is asked to become involved in a mission is a medical decision made between the doctors at the hospital and our on-call referral emergency physicians.”

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Market one of longest running in province

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AWARD EARNED — FortisBC has named the Creston and District Community Complex a recipient of its 2012 Kootenay Conservation Excellence

Award. Energy upgrades over the last few years have resulted in savings of nearly $30,000 in electricity costs. New mechanical systems incorporate variable speed drive, energy-efficient motors and a system for better managing consumption. (From left) Creston Mayor Ron Toyota, Regional District of Central Kootenay community services manager Joe Chirico and RDCK chair and Area B director John Kettle, who recently received the award at the RDCK’s Nelson office.

From page 1 “The estimated benefit of the Creston Valley Farmers’ Market to the local economy is approximately $1.72 million annually,” Parkin said. The value of the Harvest Share program is harder to assess, but the demand has grown since its inception. “Our Harvest Share program harvested approximately 30,000 pounds of produce locally this year, which otherwise would have gone to waste,” he said. “About a third of that amount is distributed to 14 local charities.” Harvest Share volunteers and the property owners each receive a third of the picked produce. “These figures clearly indicate that our farmers’ market manager and Harvest Share co-ordinator are doing a fabulous job for all of us in our community,” he said. Parkin acknowledged the commitment of the local business community to the programs’ success. The Creston Valley Advance sponsors advertising, Kokanee Ford supplied a truck for the Harvest Share program’s pickups and deliveries and Pro-to-Call donated a computer. The Creston Valley Chamber of Commerce, he said, provides office space that allows the organization to function more professionally and effectively, the College of the Rockies provides monthly meeting space, the Columbia Brewery donates boxes for the fruit and vegetables and the Town of Creston allows use of the farmers’ market space adjacent to Millennium Park. “And, of course, Lloyd Morris has provided rental space in the Morris Flowers greenhouse for the past three years, giving us one of the longest running farmers’ markets in the B.C. Interior,” Parkin said.

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•A male behaving suspiciously was reported by a Cedar Street resident. •A person reported missing from a Kootenay Extra Foods was the scene of a robbery on River Road residence was found to be in Alberta Sunday when a male told the pharmacist on on a holiday. •A 911 call traced to an empty Riondel Road duty that he had a gun and wanted some diazeresidence was attributed to a history of phone pam. Creston RCMP Staff Sgt. Bob Gollan said the problems at the site. •A white GMC Sierra bearing Alberta licence male then attempted to leave through a locked entrance before exiting through the store’s front plates was reported to be driving erratically near Helen Street. entrance. •Police were unable to get a response at a “I’d like to commend store employees and people in the parking lot, who did everything Sixth Avenue North residence when they arrived right,” Gollan said. “They were able to give us a to conduct a requested well-being check. They description and other information that helped us were able to get a key to gain entry, where they arrest him a short time later. They didn’t attempt found the 87-year-old female resident comfortably asleep in her armchair. to obstruct him.” •A Chevrolet Avalanche was stuck in a Police arrested a suspect at a residence a short time later and now believe he was bluffing about Northwest Boulevard ditch when a driver having a gun. He was taken into custody and attempted to make a turn without seeing the ditch between him and his destination. will likely face armed robbery charges. •Minor damage was reported when one vehicle backed into another on 12th Avenue Police News Creston RCMP responded to 64 calls for ser- North. December 4 vice from Dec. 3-9, Gollan said. •A 911 hang-up call from Lister was attributDecember 3 •Police were called to Canyon-Lister Road ed to a malfunctioning phone line. •A wallet was reported stolen from a vehicle to put a deer with two broken legs out of its in a Cook Street parking lot. misery. •A series of breakins to summer residences in the Kingsgate area in recent months was reported. •An elderly male driver backed into an Wednesday, December 19, 2012 elderly female in a Cook Street parking WATER SERVICE WILL BE UNAVAILABLE lot, pinning her against a row of shopBETWEEN 9AM AND 3PM ping carts before driving off, unaware of We ask that all water customers please limit their water use, where possible, on this day. what he had done. If sediment appears in your water, we advise you to run an outside tap until the water runs clear. The female was taken to hospital for a We expect this to be the ﬁnal water outage checkup, but susassociated with the Upgrade Project. tained no injuries. thank you for your co-operation during this water supply upgrade. The male’s driving competence will now For further information, please call the local RDCK Water Services ofﬁce be investigated. at 250-428-2612 •A driver reported to be driving erratically on 10th Avenue was stopped at 16th Ray's Garbage Holiday Schedule Avenue and Canyon Street and will be issued a ticket. •A report from 10th Avenue of an inappropriate email was deemed to be not crimCHRISTMaS SCHedULe inal in nature. Tues Dec 25 will be picked up on Wed Dec 26. •Police were called Wed Dec 26 will be picked up on Thurs Dec 27. about emails from a female making disThurs Dec 27 will be picked up on Fri Dec 28. paraging statements Fri Rural pickup will remain the same. about an ex-boyfriend and his current girlneW yeaR'S SCHedULe friend. Tues Jan 1 will be picked up on Wed Jan 2. •A male was arrested and charged with Wed Jan 2 will be picked up on Thurs Jan 3. assault after a domesThurs Jan 3 will be picked up on Fri Jan 4. tic dispute on 8th Fri Rural pickup will remain the same. Avenue South. December 5 •Minor injuries NOTE * Please have your garbage out by 8:00 am were sustained by a male whose vehicle Ray's Garbage would like to wish went out of control on everyone a very Merry Christmas and an icy Highway 3 near Kootenay Pass. all the best in the New Year! •A 911 call was From Ed, Carol & Family and traced to an uninhaball the staff at Ray’s Garbage ited seasonal cottage in Riondel. BY LORNE ECKERSLEY Advance Staff

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From page 4 •When police attended a Duck Creek Road residence to arrest a male in a car theft case they learned the thief had provided a false name to Regina police and that he wasn’t from this area. December 6 •A fight between two females on 16th Avenue South is being handled by their school. •Minor damage resulted when a vehicle went off an icy Hazel Creek Forest Service Road. •Some contents were stolen from a trailer on Helen Street. •A dog owner has co-operated with police and agreed to secure his dog after it attacked another dog on Meadow Wood Road. •The theft of pants, keys and a cellphone was reported at the rec centre. •An investigation of a report of shots being fired near Erickson Road revealed that a resident had set off fireworks to scare away a skunk. •When police were called about an intoxicated female on Meadow Creek Road they were able to resolve the dispute without further incident. December 7 •Minor damage was sustained by a vehicle that collided with a deer on Highway 3A. •No injuries were reported after a vehicle lost control in slush on Highway 3 near Goatfell and rolled several times. •A vehicle went into a ditch on Highway 3 near Canyon-Lister Road when the driver lost control on slippery roads and swerved to avoid another vehicle. •A driver reported to be intoxicated on Highway 3A was later located in a residence, where he was warned about the consequences of drinking and driving. •A female on 38th Avenue was found to be in contravention of a no contact order. •Police were able to resolve a child custody dispute on Vance Road. •Two intoxicated males who were hammering at street signs with a metal pipe were arrested and held in police cells in sober, then turned over to guardians. No property damage was found. The sounds of metal striking metal also elicited a report of shots being fired in the area. December 8 •The owner of a change purse found on 15th Avenue North was located. December 9 •A 911 call from a Riley Road residence was attributed to children playing.

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If you haven’t heard about the End of the World Masquerade Party that runs next week, you can be forgiven — posters for the event have been disappearing all over town. Vern Gorham, the producer behind the Kootenays’ Best Singer contest series, is hosting the Dec. 21 party, which coincides with the supposed end of the Mayan calendar. But he’s been kept on his toes by replacing posters, some from inside stores, and put up over a dozen on Wednesday last week. “Most of those were places they were taken from,” he said. The plan of whoever took down the posters backfired, however — word reached the ears of the CBC Radio morning show producer, who slated Gorham for an appearance yesterday morning. The subject of the end of the world is touchy for some, but for

Gorham — not to mention the dozens who have already purchased tickets —it was just an excuse to have a blast. “I thought it would be fun to throw a really crazy party,” he said. “I respect other people’s beliefs. But I don’t believe the world is going to end that night. And if it does end, we’ll all be together.” The 19-plus event runs from 8 p.m.-2 a.m. starting Dec. 21, and will have a cash bar, snacks and appetizers, as well as prizes for the best male and female costume. And of course, great entertainment will be a highlight. In addition to dance music DJed by Gorham, Trena Speers, who won Kootenays’ Best Singer in June, will perform two sets of country music, and Creston’s Best Singer winner Matt Hansen and his band, Bred for Noise, will take to the

stage at midnight — provided the world hasn’t ended, of course. “I love to showcase the talent I’ve found in the Kootenays,” Gorham said. “It’s a great opportunity to hear people who, in my mind, are as good as professionals, and celebrate them.” Tickets for the party at the Creston and District Community Complex are $25 ($40 per couple), available at Black Bear Books and Kingfisher Used Books.

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Here we are, nearly Christmas time, not an NHL game has been played and yet somehow the world, or at least our part of it, has managed to trudge on. If you are honest with yourself, chances are that you have found the peaks and valleys of the collective bargaining talks a lot more entertaining than a Nashville versus Columbus tilt. When I want to see just how whacky the world of hockey fans without NHL games to follow has become, I just scroll through the reader comments on sites like Sportsnet.ca. The angst is astonishing, the opinions endless and the number of commenters who seem convinced they have inside information or a completely unique solution to the squabble is, if not enlightening, certainly amusing. Most peculiar is the prevailing thought that the dispute between owners and players should be easily resolved because it is a “fight between millionaires and billionaires.” For players’ supporters, this means that the billionaires should just cough up — they are wealthy hobbyists who dabble in the hockey business because they have too much money and should continue in what for many, perhaps most, of them is a losing proposition. Those who take the owners’ side — and there are many — argue that players already make lots of money and they should be ready and willing to have their existing contracts rolled back to accommodate these poor rich guys. Personally, I align myself more closely with the players, but not because I’m sympathetic to the amount they earn. The truth is that there isn’t likely a player in the

growth in revenues, owners, having found any number of creative ways to spend ever more money on players, are back at the table, demanding an agreement that — once again — limits the way they can spend dollars. They are, in essence, asking players to do for them what they have proven unable to do themselves — govern their own stupidity. No one put a gun to the head of Alexei (remember him?) Yashin to get him to sign a ridiculous Lorne Eckersley contract. Same for underperformers like Scott Gomez or malcontents like Sheldon Souray. adoring fans, having all his needs and wants catered to as long as he is Can anyone ever be blamed for sitting across from an employer who in the Big Show. offers an enormous amount of So what turns me away from the money over too long a period of owners’ point of view when I believe time, and then signing that contract? that most teams really don’t make a You might feel a twinge of unease if profit? I suppose it’s mainly the idea that owners have dug themselves into the little old lady next door offers you $50 to shovel her sidewalk, but a hole with their own stupidity. Think when a guy who was (typically) a about it: The same owners who lose, billionaire before he became a hockor at least claim to lose, money are ey team owner opens up the vaults, also the very ones who bought franwhy would anyone say no? chises in non-traditional hockey marPersonally, I’d be just as happy to kets, in a league that has never had see the whole league fold and make much appeal for American TV viewroom for a new league. How cool ers, which dramatically reduces revewould it be for our best players to nue potential. They have to spend a minimum amount on players’ salaries perform in games that a family but many spend right to the cap. They could attend without breaking the bank? That’s a dream, though. signed a collective agreement six Eventually an agreement will be years ago that they thought would reached and fans who can afford it address their financial issues (rememwill grudgingly open their wallets ber the reports that the owners got everything they wanted out of the last for tickets that cost too much, beer that costs too much, hotdogs that work stoppage) and then set to work cost too much and parking that costs (or at least their general managers did) at finding ways to circumvent the too much. And then we can get back to what hockey fans do best — comrules. Hence, the absurdly large, back plain about the quality of the game. end-loaded contracts that left anyone Lorne Eckersley is the publisher of with a lick of sense shaking his head. the Creston Valley Advance. Now, after six years of dramatic league that wouldn’t still be there if he was making a tenth of his current salary. The money would still be good to great, and he would still be playing a game he loves in front of

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human experience to the surface, even those that provoke us the most. In working with this slogan, we deliberately and systematically bring to mind the kinds of situations that make us crazy and that trigger a defensive reaction. We drop denial. In other words, through the power of our minds, we push our own buttons, and then see what happens. Often, just thinking about such things is enough to create a whoosh of simultaneous emotional upheaval and a re-solidified focus on the self. But only when harmful tendencies have entered conscious awareness can we take the necessary steps to take responsibility for them and eliminate them completely.

Deception of others is always rooted in deception of self. Destructive patterns thrive on being hidden, not only from others, but from ourselves. That is what allows them to maintain their power over our thoughts, our speech and our actions. But if we are brave enough to arouse the powerful forces that are deeply ingrained in our brain we can confront and examine them, we can begin to free ourselves from their control. Ironically, in order to develop true peace, we need to be willing to rile things up. Suggested practice: Bring to mind something that gets a rise out of you. Notice the heightening of emotionality and the strengthening of a frozen and solid self-regard. Try to stay with that experience and examine it in depth, as a mental, bodily and emotional sensation. In doing so, remember that Zen practice is gentle, so don’t begin with your most challenging and deep-rooted habit patterns, but with something more ordinary. 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 250-428-3390.

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BCAS serves Creston more than Stars To the Editor: (Re: “Stars saved Creston woman’s life”, Nov. 29 Advance, page 7) I do believe that STARS (Shock Trauma Air Rescue Society) is a very good air ambulance service, and they are now supplying services into Saskatchewan and Manitoba. I have contacted STARS in regard to the calendar donations; this was in regard to the person who was representing them telling people that Stars was coming to Creston. I was advised by STARS that they are not coming to Creston, they do not have a contract with the province of B.C. and, also, Creston would be at the very end of their flying ability with the aircraft they have. You can go to the STARS website and see that they have not provided any recent medevac flight out of Creston. Creston is serviced by BC Ambulance Service air ambulances, which provide fixed wing and rotary wing service here, about 100 flights a year. If someone wants to give a donation to STARS, I do believe it is going to a organization that does provide a excellent service. The concern I have, as well as others I have spoken with, is that the person selling the STARS calendars was doing so by telling people that STARS was going to be providing that service to Creston, which is not true. BC Ambulance Service are the people that look after us here, so maybe your dollars should go to them if you want to keep up the excellent service. George Green Lister

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To the Editor: I was totally disgusted with the Canadian government’s response to the The COVERAGE you need granting of observer status to the PROTECTION you can trust! Palestinians at the United Nations. Canada has long been regarded as an • Travel Insurance honest and even handed peace broker • Personal Insurance but our government has totally • Business Insurance destroyed this image and can now be • Auto Insurance regarded as being blindly pro-Israeli • Driver Ser vices and possibly even a proponent of war and any gains so achieved. info@crestonvalleyinsurance.com If you depend on the Canadian media alone to keep you informed, you will develop a distorted view of what www.crestonvalleyinsurance.com is happening over there. This distortion is not only due to what is being said Located in the Creston Valley Mall 1000-7 NW Blvd but how it is being said and by the Creston, BC V0B 1G6 facts that are never reported at all. Has anyone noticed that “the occupied territories” have become the disputed territories? The UN resolution stating that territory cannot be gained through acts of war is no longer mentioned. The illegal settlements seem to be forgotten, as well. In Canada, we are told that attacks by Israel are responses to terrorist attacks, which begs the question, which came first, the chicken or the Your FULL DEPOSIT egg? Could the launching of missiles NOW Bottle Depot plus.... by an Israeli helicopter into an apartRECYCLING ment building when they believe that a terrorist might live there be called a terLEAD rorist attack? ACID Most Palestinians suffer from abject poverty and have no reason to be optiVEHICLE mistic for a better future. Red tiled BATTERIES roofs of illegal Israeli settlements can be seen on every high point of land throughout the West Bank, and these settlements are connected by a network “MOCHA” says support a of expressways. The expressways have good cause like P.A.W.S. high security fences built down each by donating some of your side and can only be crossed by recyclables. Palestinians at Israeli controlled checkpoints, which are open only at certain OPEN 9:30 - 4:30 hours. These highways cannot be used Tuesdays to Saturdays by Palestinians without first acquiring 250-428-2929 • 1420 NW Blvd a permit, issued by the Israeli authorities. Such permits are usually refused. To the Editor: The addition of the security wall furI was recently invited by a friend to ther restricted free movement of the a meeting about school busing and To the Editor: Palestinians and encompasses large catchment areas in the Creston Valley. This is a huge thank you to all the tracts of the West Bank. As a result, The meeting was with Creston’s School wonderful east and west Kootenay West Bank citizens are virtual prisoners District No. 8 (Kootenay Lake) board people who volunteer their time and in their homeland. members Mel Joy, Annette Hamblermoney to resettle refugees into our The security wall arbitrarily sepaPruden and Rebecca Huscroft, SD8 small towns. We honour and celebrate rates families from each other, from the operations director Larry Brown, and the thousands of volunteer hours connearest village, hospitals or schools. concerned people of the community. tributed to settling our 10 newest resiTHE LAST 2012 Farmers often find their fields on the My friend is a single mom who presdents (seven of whom are now in opposite side of the wall from their 27337_R1_DecJanSalesEventAdblock_11.4x1.8.indd 1 FUSION SEL AWD V6 ently has two children attending Creston) who arrived in July of this house and cannot access them to plant 3.0L DOHC V6, All Wheel Drive, Rear Spoiler, Erickson Elementary School (two more year from refugee camps on the or harvest their crops. If this wall was DOCKET # FOC RET A27337 Remote Start, Fully Equipped. will also one day hopefully be attendThailand-Myanmar (formerly Burma) intended to protect Israelis from terrorREgiOn None STK# 12C385 ing Erickson elementary). 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in the mail. Anything that has showed up from the beginning of March to the end of August has been piled onto the bookshelf unopened, along with some other mail. Apparently, I didn’t have time to read. There will be good information on new plants, new bugs and new trends in colour, and state of the industry-type Evan Davies articles. Roughly half are of through the bleakness of this day. Canadian origin and the other half The dusting of snow accents the are American. In any case, lots to graceful branching of the threadleaf catch up on over the winter break. cypress across the parking lot. Most I had thought to myself the other of the ordering and production plan- day that this autumn would have ning has been completed. There are been a great year to plant pansies, a few loose ends around the nursery violas, ornamental cabbage and but not many. I would like to update kale, dusty miller, asters and fall my master list of all the plant inven- mums around the yard or at least in tory for next spring — there are some colourful pots by the front upwards of 900 different cultivated door. It is hard to predict the weathvarieties to keep straight now. er but El Niños seem to be good As I begin to write in my office a years to enjoy late planting and new task becomes apparent. I receive even later snowfalls. a dozen horticultural magazines. Back to the magazine articles. I’d They come free every month or two like to share a few bits of informa-

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tion regarding the plants around your home or office. A recent article in Nursery Management (November 2012) by Charlie Hall, entitled “Shout It Loud”, states plants enhance people’s social, physical, psychological, cognitive, spiritual and environmental well-being. Aside from the fact that houseplants, flowers, flowering shrubs and ornamental trees help beautify in and around your home and workplace, they also help draw people into shopping districts, reduce shoppers’ stress while they are there, enhance overall curb appeal, boost apartment and commercial building occupancy rates, increase tourism revenue, create local jobs and

increase property values. Plant life also helps clean and purify the air, attracts wildlife, reduces noise pollution, mitigates soil erosion and storm water runoff, minimizes wind damage and reduces overall energy usage. Quite the list! While all these economic and environmental benefits may not come as a surprise to you, there is a whole plethora of health and well-being benefits that might. Interestingly enough, peer reviewed research has documented a person’s ability to concentrate in their work environment is enhanced by the presence of plants and flowers. Children learn faster and are less distracted in flower and plant filled environs. Flowers

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Writing letters to the editor and this column, I ety: Issue currency free of usury, fund basic educanever thought that the day will come when I have tion, health care, pensions and essential governa dozen letters in my head yet no desire to submit ment services by it and let the people enjoy lives any. Some fellow citizens told me they liked my free of taxes. Instead of bankers punching com(fiery) letters from the past more than last few puter keyboards, creating money out of thin air, charging usury on it Consider This columns. and loading people So what is going on? with debt, why can’t First, about half a the government issue year ago, I reached the and regulate our curstage when I felt hitting rency? Because it the brick wall on every would benefit society turn. Second, I believed instead of parasitic that I needed to touch puppet masters? the hearts, consciences Vladimir Certik The British North and souls of readers America Act of 1867 before appealing to their gave the right to issue minds. Third, I got tired and regulate our currency to our government. of all the battles and sold-out politicians. Where do I stand now? I came to the conclu- Sold-out politicians gave this right to banking sion that much of my submissions will be gangsters. Approach any elected politician with brushed off or discarded. Little will change. this and you will see a sour face, big time. How “Why bother?” one might ask. Simply because about taxing natural resources only (like oil) for the there are many who need to hear it, and some benefit of our people instead fattening oil (and who will grasp it and benefit from it. If I bring other) barons? As it is now, we are raping nature the problem into the open, explain it and present (tarsands), and Chinese and other outsiders reap a solution, what matters in the end is that those the profits while our beloved government (sarcasm with listening ears will consider, understand and intended) adds to the Canadian half-a-trillion-dolact upon it. They will see that democracy, prog- lar federal debt. How come we export crude and ress and civilization are but empty words, and pay some 20-30 cents per litre more than at the that crooks will remain crooked as hell while pump across the line? Why do politicians do noththose of pure and honest heart will come out of ing? Isn’t it because they represent whoever and the rat race having peace in the midst of storm whatever but Canadians? Politicians at the trough, you have absolutely and living fulfilling lives instead of chasing the carrots and pipe dreams. They will recognize no excuse. No more sitting on your hands, hangand avoid smooth talkers, profiteers, scammers, ing Canadians out dry, and selling us, our children and this once great country to your puppet opportunists, smarties and their clones. Let me give you one example of problem-solu- masters. Do the right thing once in your lifetime. Vladimir Certik believes that thinking outside the tion sequence: taxes. Did you ever hear that there are only two things sure in our lives, death and box and engaging fellow citizens may bring simple taxes? I know about a simple way to avoid all but solutions to complex problems. The West Creston one tax at no cost to citizens, for the benefit of soci- resident can be reached at 250-402-0055.

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