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CELEBRATING WITH SONG — Students in all grades at Adam Robertson Elementary School celebrated the Christmas season with their annual concert on Dec. 20. More photos on page 11.

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SD8 says no to ministry’s savings request BY LORNE ECKERSLEY Advance Staff

No can do. That’s the message from the School District No. 8 (Kootenay Lake) board to the educa-

tion minister’s request to find 1.5 per cent in savings to be used in upcoming contract negotiations with CUPE. On Dec. 3, after three meetings to discuss Education Minister Don McRae’s request that went out to all

boards of education in the province last month, board chair Melanie Joy, the Creston trustee, wrote “to advise the minister that it cannot meet the target of 1.5 per cent savings in the 2012-2013 fiscal year.”

McRae’s letter said that under his government’s co-operative gains mandate, wage increases can only be offered if they come out of savings found in the employers’ budgets. See SCHOOL, page 3

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The Creston Valley Thunder Cats have slipped into last place in the Eddie Mountain Division of the Kootenay International Junior Hockey League following a Dec. 20 loss to the divisionleading Golden Rockets. “We had a few really good chances early and couldn’t score,” said Thunder Cats head coach Josh Hepditch. The Rockets scored three goals in the first period — a hat trick by Connor Beauchemin, including two power-play

goals — and one early in the second before Thunder Cat Matthew Murray scored on a power play at 17:54. A fifth Rockets goal came eight minutes later, and the sixth was scored late in the third period. Shots were reasonably even, with the Rockets outshooting the Thunder Cats 28-23. “They took advantage of opportunities,” said Hepditch. The away game was their last before an eight-day Christmas break, which Hepditch hopes will give his team a chance to rest up and refocus. “We’ve been playing kind of

shorthanded the last couple games,” he said. “It’s good for the guys to rest up and get rid of the injuries nagging them, and hopefully they’ll clear their minds a little and get back at it.” Getting back at it won’t be as easy as it sounds — the Thunder Cats have three divisional game nearly back-toback, visiting the Fernie Ghostriders on Dec. 28 and the Rockets on Dec. 29, then hosting the Ghostriders on Dec. 31. The Rockets currently lead the Eddie Mountain Division with 43 points, two ahead of the Ghostriders and five ahead of the Kimberley Dynamiters. The Columbia Valley SHOWTIMES 7:30PM Rockies are in fourth with 27 points, and the Thunder Cats are a point behind. “It’s going to be a good test to see if we’re Fri Dec 28 - Thurs Jan 3 ready to get back at it THIS IS 40 or not,” he said. “We have to get back at it or Starring: Jason Segel we’re going to be in a tough situation.”

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increases to WorkSafeBC and Medical Services Plan premiums. As well, she said, a sudden increase of student enrolment in mid-September (when Bountiful school was closed) was accommodated with no additional funding from the province. And it only gets worse in 2013-2014, Joy continued. With the province phasing out funding protection for school districts with declining enrollment, the district will lose more than $730,000 and increases to the teachers’ pension plan will cost nearly $300,000. Another $95,000 loss could result from a reduced education plan supplement from the province. “To add $330,000 in CUPE wages and wage sensitive benefits under the co-operative gains mandate to an already significant shortfall of $1.13 million is beyond the board’s ability to balance its budget without cutting educational programming to students and services to staff and families,” she wrote. McRae said in his letter that it is possible that some of the savings might be found at the provincial bargaining level if changes can be made to the union’s benefits and disability package. Joy said that the Kootenay Lake school district “will work with the government to come to resolve in balancing modest wage increases with quality delivery of public education” but that it also has a responsibility to its constituents. “Most certainly the board of School District No. 8 strives to uphold public trust and confidence in public education,” she wrote. “To deviate from these commitments would severely impair the board in its service to its communities.” Joy told the Advance on Tuesday that she expects that other school districts in the province will also be unable to find the savings directed by the ministry. In addition to being chair of Kootenay Lake school district, Joy also chairs the BC Public School Employers’ Association, a position she says she will step down from in the spring.

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The article “Wolf and family performing second Christmas concert” in the Dec. 13 issue didn’t include the time and location of the second annual Lorn Wolf Family Christmas Show, which runs Dec. 29 at Prince Charles Theatre. The doors open at 6:30 p.m. and the show starts at 7.

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A dance-walk was organized for the day of the Creston Valley Fall Fair and the group worked to spread word about the plan. “Thank you to Creston, to everybody who gave money or their time. Creative Fix, Gigabytes, Vital Health, Golden Herbs, Natural Options, Creston Card and Stationary — they made donations and helped to collect funds. It was incredible, the response from people that really grasped the significance of this gathering. We would be planting a seed for harmony, that’s what we wanted. Just a ripple that carries out into the community and creates the beginning of a shift.” Funds were raised to send Lee and two other woman — one each from Israel and Palestine — to the conference. “I don’t like asking people for money, but it wasn’t for me — it was to be able to host this World Harmony event to plant a seed.” Participants from the West were provided with direction and advice before their arrival in Israel. Their enthusiasm and love was important, but they were also advised to be calm and grounded, not to worry about things like not having enough

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Joining with a group of peaceseeking women who brought together women from Israel and Palestine last month was a giant step out of Kendra Lee’s comfort zone. The registered massage therapist, mother of three and grandmother of six was quite content with her mostly quiet and orderly life until a BraveHeart Women’s meeting presented her with an opportunity she couldn’t resist. “I had never been overseas before,” she says. “I’ve been to Mexico and the Dominican Republic, across Canada and the States, but never overseas.” How did she get involved in this odyssey for peace? “I joined BraveHeart Women, an international organization, last March, and in June there was a phone conference with about 200 BraveHeart women. The founder, Ellie Drake, spoke of her vision of a global project where she would bring women together from conflict regions and we, as western women, would go to these regions and host meetings.” Drake, a doctor, has considerable experience in bringing people together, and she envisioned women from around the world “holding a space” where those from conflicted areas could gather and seek ways of meeting in harmony and empowering one another. “On the phone conference, after I heard her speak about the idea, she asked, ‘Does anybody feel called to do this? Because if you do, let me know,” Lee recalls. “When she spoke about this

could also feel the courage. If they didn’t want peace, for something different to happen in their communities, they wouldn’t have been there.” The differences were obvious, Kendra said, with women from each side having grown up seeing each other as the enemy. To help break down the barriers, Drake assigned each woman in the room a new name. “We were all named Harmony,” she smiles. “And we were all given a necklace with a sacred geometric shape, but they were all slightly different, to represent that we are all individuals. We went through a drumming exercise. We learned how to work together — that was stressed over and over and over, that we are one.” After three days, the shift in attitudes was profound, she says. “It took courage, trust, tears and love.” Hugs were exchanged, friendships were made. “At the end, we knew that the seed had been planted, but it has to be nurtured now.” Another gathering is planned for 2014. “We are hoping that there will be ten times the women at that one. Until then, it feels like there was a really strong pull to support these women in preparation for 2014. One western woman is moving to the area to help maintain the communication and another is committed to facilitating small gatherings so the momentum isn’t lost. Kendra has experienced her own shift, she admits, moving from a person who didn’t pay close attention to world news as it pertains to the Middle East to one who connects reports of the conflict to the individuals she met and spoke with and listened to. “I think of all the people that I’ve worked one-on-one with, in my practice, helping them to heal — that prepared me to help facilitate change,” she says. “My life has shifted now and I’m going to be ‘out there’ a little more. It’s worth speaking out about.” With one public presentation in Creston under her belt, Kendra said she plans to make another in January. Watch the Advance for more information. For more information about BraveHeart Women and the local chapter, visit www.resonatekootenays.com.

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Looking back at the first six months of 2012

This week, we present part 1 of the Advance’s annual year in review, compiled from stories by staff writers Lorne Eckersley and Brian Lawrence. To read the complete stories, visit www.crestonvalleyadvance.ca/news, where the review items will link to the original articles. Part 2 will run in the Jan. 3 isuue. January 5 — One of several empty storefronts in downtown was Creston eliminated, with Nadan Nessie Gear moving to a new location that gave it a major increase in space. Vacated in late summer by No Boundaries Health and Fitness, the location was perfect for Vannessa Fowler’s outdoor store, in its fourth year, which was in a cramped former restaurant on 10th Avenue. The new location even allowed the installation of a 25-degree ramp to test hiking boots. •Duane Bruce, a 72-year-old Canyon resident, had been actively participating in rodeos for most of his life, and was inducted into the “Legends of Rodeo” category of the Canadian Professional Rodeo Hall of Fame on Oct. 22, 2011. “When you ride a bucking horse, you get a high,” he said. “When it’s bucking, it gives you a tremendous feeling — you just can’t describe the feeling. … You keep thinking, I hope the whistle never blows.” •A 57-year-old man died tragically on New Year’s Eve at his Gray Creek residence when he was crushed by the vehicle he was working on. “It looks like the vehicle might have started to roll and he attempted to stop it,”

(From left) Scout leaders Carrie Armstrong, Rob Armstrong, Casey Holden and Atma Persad.

said Const. Andrew Jones, who attended the scene. 12 — Five local Scout leaders were recognized for their dedication to the organization Jan. 9. Carrie Armstrong, Rob Armstrong, Casey Holden, Mel Joy and

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Atma Persad each received certificates marking five years as leaders. “The kids learn life skills they may or may not be taught in school,” said Holden, a former Brownie with two boys in Scouts. “It gives them a chance to be outside in

nature. When there’s no roof over your head, you’re free to be who you really are.” •Columbia Brewery employees learned that they would now be producing Bud Light, the world’s second most popular beer brand. And, they were also told, the Labatt brewery in Edmonton will soon be making Kokanee, which until now has only been produced in Creston. “Flexibility is at the heart of this expansion — adding another brewery to the Kokanee family will make it easier for us to serve our consumers more efficiently,” Columbia Brewery manager Murray Oswald said •A flat 2011 real estate market was reflected in property assessment notices sent out to homeowners. “For example, a typical single family home in Creston that was valued at $274,000 for the 2011 assessment roll is valued at $277,000 for the 2012 assessment roll,” said deputy assessor Dennis Hickson. 19 — When most people turned their thoughts to Christmas, Aaron Gregory put his focus on raising funds and getting donations for Haiti, which was still recovering from a devastating earthquake nearly two years earlier. Aaron and his mother, Mary, were planning their second trip in two years to the Port-au-Prince area, from where he was adopted as an infant. “We took three suitcases filled with donated items, and loaded our own suitcases with more stuff,” said Gregory, a Grade 12 Prince Charles Secondary School student. Continued on page 5

TOWN OF CRESTON 2013 COUNCIL MEETING SCHEDULE Regular COMMITTEE meetings are held on an as-needed basis, commencing at 4:00 p.m. the ﬁrst and third Tuesday of each month, in Council Chambers. Regular COUNCIL Meetings are held on the second and fourth Tuesday of each month commencing at 4:00 p.m. unless changed by Council resolution. Special meetings can be called either with the unanimous consent of Council, or upon 24 hours notice, posted as per the Community Charter. ** (Note Schedule changes for January, July, August and December). 2013 COUNCIL MEETING SCHEDULE January 15 (Rescheduled) January 29 (Rescheduled) February 12 February 26 March 12 March 26 April 9 April 23 May 14 May 28 June 11 June 25 July 16 ONLY August 13 ONLY September 10 September 24 October 8 October 22 November 12 November 26 December 17 ONLY Regular Council and Committee Meetings are open to the public and are held in the Council Chambers of Town Hall, 238 - 10th Avenue North, Creston. POSTED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE COMMUNITY CHARTER, this 20th day of December 2012. Bev Caldwell, Executive Assistant

A SAFE AND HAPPY NEW YEAR TO ALL!

Recently I returned from Vancouver after a four month stay. There, I underwent a double lung transplant followed by a rather difficult recovery. The generosity of the donor and the donor’s family, along with the talent and dedication of the whole transplant team cannot be easily measured. In the past half dozen or so years as my health deteriorated, friends and neighbours have often come to my aid. In those times, and in particular the past several months, Creston has truly ‘blown me away’. The acts of kindness to myself, Olga, and the rest of my family, the good wishes and prayers have truly touched me.

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Creston Valley Advance Thursday, December 27, 2012 From page 4 •A proposal by a local citizen to institute a massive fundraising program to offset construction costs at Creston and District Community Complex (CDCC) got a lukewarm reception at Creston town council Jan. 10 regular meeting. Michael Bunn appeared before council as a delegation to present his proposals (as outlined in a Jan. 12 letter to the editor). “I also have concerns about some of the fundraising ideas,” said Mayor Ron Toyota. “We have about 300 organizations in this valley that rely on different events to operate and for some, a major event each year provides most of their operating funds. I don’t want to get into competing with volunteer groups.” •Jesse Gartland wasn’t the first local teen to hit the ice as one of the Creston Valley Thunder Cats, but he was the only one last season. And he couldn’t be happier. “It’s the best feeling to come out on the ice knowing most of the people cheering in the stands,” the 17-year-old said. “And being able to skate on the same ice as my dad is a good feeling.” •Creston RCMP members were marginally busier from October-December 2011 than they were in the same period in 2010, Staff Sgt. Bob Gollan told Creston town council. His members responded to 858 calls for service, 50 more than the previous third quarter of the RCMP fiscal year. About 60 per cent of calls originate in town. 26 — Emergency services responded to a fatal two-vehicle collision north of Sanca Creek that shut down Highway 3A on the East Shore of Kootenay Lake for a few hours overnight on Jan. 18 and 19. The RCMP's preliminary investigation found that a northbound vehicle being operated by 82-year-old Glen McKenzie crossed the centre line and collided with a southbound vehicle. •The School District No. 8 (Kootenay Lake) board of education passed a resolution on Jan. 10 to introduce one Wildflower class in Creston and expand the program in Nelson. “Creston traditionally has had few options and Wildflower adds a very big option,” said trustee and board chair Mel Joy. “Many of the students on the waiting list in Nelson are homeschooled, so this is an opportunity to draw more families into the public school system.” •The Creston Valley Figure Skating Club enjoyed home ice advantage on the weekend, earning 13 medals in the Kootenay regional figure skating championships, held at the John Bucyk Arena for the first time since 2003. “This was the first competition for five of our skaters, and they were very excited to skate,” said coach Cassie Bloy.

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ular meeting to contribute $1,250 to the February 2 — Prince Charles Secondary anticipated $55,000 bid by the School graduate Katerina Gribbin was International Selkirk Loop (ISL) to see awarded the bronze Governor the area featured on the television proGeneral’s Academic Medal while gram Nikon Birding Adventures TV, a home from the University of Ottawa, program that will promote nature and where she was studying economics bird watching along the Selkirk loop. “I think this is a very positive step. and math. Gribbin was the top overall graduating senior in 2011 and won the It’s perfect for economic development prestigious award recognizing her for and it ties in well with council’s goal to promote the wildlife area,” said Coun. her efforts. •From 2001-2006, six Creston women Wesly Graham. •Construction projects in Creston were honoured as women of distinction as part of a series of fundraisers orga- dropped dramatically in the last two nized by the Creston and District months of 2011, leaving the year-end Community Resource Centre. One of total about $700,000 short of 2010 buildthe original organizers, Julie Miller, ing permit values. “December was a very quiet month,” brought back the luncheon to honour Jenni Jacobs. The Lower Kootenay Band building inspector Ross Beddoes told resident, has xeroderma pigmentosum town council. “The only permit issued (XP), a rare genetic disorder, and is was for the Ricky’s restaurant beside the extremely sensitive to sun and other new Ramada Inn, for $306,000.” That project brought the 2011 total sources of light and has undergone several operations to remove skin malig- value of building permits to $11,181,850, about two-thirds of which was attributnancies. 9 — Despite fears that a Therapeutic ed to the Ramada Inn construction, valActivation Program for Seniors (TAPS) ued at $7.773 million. 16 — Creston taxpayers were told to bus would be written off after it was stolen and damaged sometime in the expect a significant increase to their early morning hours of Feb. 1, the sit- property taxes after the Feb. 8 release of uation took a positive turn on Feb. 2 census numbers showed the town’s following an inspection by ICBC. population was now 5,306. Continued on page 8 Repairs were estimated to cost $10,000, and would be covered by insurance. East Kootenay “It’s like taking the wheelchair of a handicapped person,” said outreach worker Terry Nowak. “It’s so significant as to what it does for people and our seniors.” •Creston town council voted 2013 Ad Sizes & Prices: unanimously at the Jan. 31 reg-

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Nothing like taking advantage of an opportunity. This week I scorn the epic failure of the supposed end of the world prediction in the Mayan calendar. I am writing this on Dec. 20, a day before the end is predicted, so the advantage is that if we do meet our demise, no one will be around to tell me I was wrong. (Although it is now Dec. 21 in New Zealand, where nothing out of the ordinary is being reported.) I’ve thinking lately about how there seems to be much less angst about the Mayan prediction than there was 13 years ago in the lead up to 2000. Remember when the world’s computer systems were all destined to go berserk when their calendars changed to a date they weren’t programmed to accept? (Computer programmers, apparently being unaware of the looming millennium change, didn’t think to allow for the first digit in year codes to roll over from a 1 to a 2.) Billions of dollars were spent in preparation, reprogramming systems, but when the big moment came, systems that didn’t make any changes didn’t go up in smoke and in a day or two all was pretty much forgotten. I suppose man (I use the gender literally — woman don’t seem to get caught up in all this nonsense) has been predicting the end of the world, or at least the world as we know it, for as long as he has felt dissatisfied

with what he sees around him. Heck, most religions operate on the premise that a very clear and distinct end to human tenure on Earth will come to an abrupt end.

many who attempt to make a fast conversion. There won’t be anything to lose at that point so there will be no harm in trying. Personally, I just try to live life in a way that does as little harm as possible and helps others who aren’t as fortunate. I have no aspirations to change the world and am committed in my struggle to overcome the tendency of many whom, in the final third of their lives, decide that the world is going to hell in a handbasket (no, I Lorne Eckersley don’t know exactly what that means, but I have always liked the phrase), that younger generSome, like the Jehovah’s ations are incompetent and completeWitnesses, have even gone so far as ly unprepared to carry the torch we trying to approximate the date. Last pass down. week a joke was making the rounds I remind myself regularly that that the Mayans chose 2012 because it was the only year that Watchtower every generation has felt that way hadn’t already taken. In high school, and it’s a fear not to be taken seriously. New generations are coming into a as a smart aleck teenager, I tried to changing world, one that won’t be get a Jehovah Witness friend to the same as it was for us, but that is promise to abandon his religion if both good and bad, just as it has the year he said was prophesied as always been. Humans are the most the End came and went without an egocentric of all animals, or perhaps apocalypse. I’m not as cynical about most reli- we are the only life form with that gious beliefs any more, having come characteristic. We are born to think, against all evidence, that the entire to realize that I have no better universe centres around us. It’s a insight on the world’s infinite myspeculiar conceit that doesn’t lend teries than anyone else. If Judgment itself particularly well to making a Day does come in my lifetime, I better world, but it certainly makes it have come to terms with not being an endlessly fascinating one. among the chosen few. And I freely Lorne Eckersley is the publisher of admit that if the sky starts to fall in the Creston Valley Advance. on us, I’ll probably be among the

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Major work needed to make Jumbo resort road To the Editor: It looks to me like Christy Clark’s so-called Liberals have decided to go against the will of the majority and implement the plans for the Jumbo Glacier Resort with its appointed resort municipality council because they have little chance of forming the next government anyway. I worked as a surveyor for 20 years and as a planner for 18, thereby gaining experience in the construction of highways and industrial roads. So when I, as a Regional District of East Kootenay (RDEK) director, drove the road to the base of the Jumbo area with a few other RDEK directors and from there helicoptered to the top of the glacier in order to get a mental picture of the proposed area, I got a good look at the route the access road would have to take. Most of the way from Panorama to Jumbo is in a valley with steep sides coming down to a small creek. It is a narrow V-shaped valley with no flat land. The construction of a road suitable for access to a major resort will be expensive, requiring major blasting and earth moving that will have a traumatic effect on the creek and whatever life it supports. Are B.C. taxpayers happy to pay for the construction and maintenance of an expensive and environmentally damaging road to a project that is also jeopardizing wildlife and the environment but has no certain economic benefits? A study prepared for the RDEK, in conjunction with Cranbrook upgrading its airport to international status, revealed there

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had not been a global increase in the number of skiers for several years. I heard a news report sometime during 2012 that indicated the number is now decreasing. Given the global economic situation and the obvious determination of various right wing governments in Canada to keep wages down while prices keep rising, it is certain that middle class disposable income will not be enough to go skiing unless the resort is next door. So, unless global warming bankrupts lower-level ski resorts and multitudes of rich Saudis want something more challenging than their 100-foot indoor ski hill, the economics of Jumbo is at least improbable. In this time of multi-crises we need neither an expensive white elephant to absorb our tax money nor an appointed mayor and council being paid to guide it into the red. The free market system doesn’t use taxpayers’ money as venture capital. At least it shouldn’t. Peter Ross Lister

First Nations joining in opposition to Jumbo resort To the Editor: “We will stand our ground and we won’t back down!” we supporters of the Ktunaxa nation in support of Jumbo Wild/ Qu’tmuk sang. Over 300 of us stand resilient and defiant, challenging the Liberal government of B.C.’s decision to declare Jumbo an uninhabited municipality, defying the majority of Kootenay citizens in opposition to the development of the Jumbo resort, sidestepping democracy for profit.

The Kootenay Presbytery of the United Church of Canada hopes to help the Ktunaxa Nation in their quest to have our courts, government, developers and skiers understand that some parts of the world are worth keeping as they are because they are sacred spaces. Places sacred to the relationship between human and creation, between creation and creator. Jumbo Wild supporters choose the well-being of the grizzly bear and mountain caribou over profit. How many bears will be shot and scared away from their critical habitat because of nervous tourists? Summer glacier skiing was too dangerous for the Canadian national ski team because of crevasses, so why is glacier summer skiing OK for tourists? Six thousand six hundred beds indicates a municipality larger than most towns in this region. Where are all the customers coming from and why do transient tourist dollars have priority over full-time taxpaying Kootenay residents? For over 20 years there have been glaring inconsistencies as to why the proposed Jumbo water infrastructure is designed for 50,000 people, and why the B.C. Ministry of Forests archeology branch uncharacteristically weaseled out of requiring an Archeological Impact Assessment of the proposed resort area. Oberto Oberti whines about being misunderstood — but he has never given us the real facts. Where is the full plan so we can all see it and evaluate it? Alarm bells are ringing — taxpayers will be paying for something we are not allowed to know. For those who think Jumbo Wild supporters are naysayers, consider that the proposed Jumbo resort is a symbol for the corruption that has seized the provincial Liberal government. Standing up for Jumbo Wild and the sacred Ktunaxa territory is to stand up for governmental integrity and the honoring of the democratic process. Susan Eyre Yahk

Lojong slogan 56: Drop self-pity

When Zen practice is not going well, when meditation and its benefits hit a plateau and when living by the values of the precepts for moral behavior feel hard, spiritual practitioners can sometimes regret undertaking Zen training in the first place. At these times, it is easy to fall into feeling sorry for yourself. The anti-spiritual awareness slogan, “Ignorance is bliss,” begins to sound pretty appealing. Thoughts that open an escape hatch, a back door, begin to arise: “Why not just live a ‘normal life’ and forget about all this meditation and discipline? Why bother to take on this extra burden of Zen training and the continual cultivation of loving-kindness?” There are times when diligent Zen practice is hard, mind training is hard, the practice of selfless compassion is hard, and even developing kindness is hard. In some conditions, it can be challenging and painful to care about any of this. At these times, speculations about how easy a life other people have can dominate the mind. Thoughts about how great life would be without the added responsibility and commitment to Zen practice and the mind-training slogans fill awareness. It would be such

a relief to forget about trying to wake up early for meditation, uncover deception, practice kindness, help others and live a life based in deep spiritual values! The problem is that once you begin

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From page 5 “It’s done, so now what do we do? Start finding solutions,” Mayor Ron Toyota said within hours of learning the census news. Under the provincial policing funding structure, municipalities with populations of more than 5,000 must pay for the number of RCMP officers assigned to the town, plus a share of the costs of operating the police station. •The Kootenay East Regional Hospital District’s (KERHD) John Kettle has kicked off his fifth term as chair by announcing a budget reduction of nearly one quarter. The reduction came in large part from the repayment of debt incurred by recent expansion and upgrades to East Kootenay Regional Hospital (EKRH) in Cranbrook. The 2012-13 budget included a $1 million reserve fund for a proposed expansion to the EKRH intensive care unit. •Students at Adam Robertson Elementary School were learning to combine art techniques with journaling, with working artists to lead them through the process. Participating classes were led by working artists Eileen Hirota (a former school counsellor), Joanne Ferry and Cheryl Place, who led them through a series of exercises to personalize their journals and learn a variety of art techniques. “Now I remember why I retired from teaching!” Hirota joked. “Actually, this has been a lot of fun. The kids are really enthusiastic.” •Two of the winners of the 2012 edition of Creston’s Best Singer would move on to the Kootenays’ Best Singer contest in June. Matt Hansen placed first, and Jesse Dumas and Jairus Stonehouse placed second in the Feb. 9 contest held at the Prince Charles Theatre. “I feel humbled,” said Hansen. “I didn’t think I did all that good.” Judges Cheryl Coté (from Nelson), Bailey Baldin (Nelson) and Justin Swanson (Cranbrook) obviously felt differently, with Hansen’s rendition of Train’s Meet Virginia in the semifinals earning him a spot in the top five, where Billy Joel’s Piano Man launched him to the top. 23 — Number 9 will no longer be worn by one of the Creston Valley Thunder Cats after Travis Ludwar’s jersey was retired in a ceremony prior to Saturday’s game. Ludwar, who was born and raised in Creston, joined the Thunder Cats in 2006, and stayed with the team through the 2010-2011 season. In that time, he broke team records for the most points (208), goals (100) and games played (223). “It was an honour, definitely,” said the former team captain. “I really enjoyed playing with the team for the five years.” •The Creston Valley Thunder Cats played their final game of the 2011-2012 season on Feb. 19. With 65 points, they placed third in the Eddie Mountain Division of the Kootenay International Junior Hockey League, and would take on the second-place Kimberley Dynamiters in the first round of the playoffs. •If the decades of sharing the costs of jointly used services between the Town of Creston and Regional District of Central Kootenay

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