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Town report outlines Age Friendly Action Plan BY LORNE ECKERSLEY Advance Staff

ing to engage through that medium.” A photo of one popular artifact, the mustache cup (designed with a barrier to keep beverages from messing up a mustache), was uploaded to Twitter, and retweeted many times.

With one in three Creston residents over the age of 65, age friendliness isn’t just a desire, it’s a necessity. A newly created action plan is slated for approval next week after town council decided on Feb. 26 that some minor changes were needed. Funded entirely by the Seniors’ Housing and Support Initiative and supported by the Union of BC Municipalities and Healthy Families BC, the Age Friendly Action Plan did not use local taxation dollars. A 10-person committee of locals who have regular interaction with seniors in assessing their needs was supported by 14 other volunteers who take an interest in the community. Co-ordinated by the Centre of Sustainability in Whistler, the report used the 2008 Creston Valley Agefriendly Assessment as background information. “An age-friendly community is one where older adults can enjoy good health, community support and feel a sense of security as they engage and participate in the community,” the report begins. “In 2011, 33 per cent of the Town of Creston’s population was 65 years and older, up slightly from the 2006 census data of 31 per cent and much higher than the 2011 provincial figure of 16 per cent.

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ON THE JOB — The Creston Valley Figure Skating Club held its annual ice show on Saturday at the John Bucyk Arena, this time with the theme Workin’ Nine to Five, featuring over 70 locals skating to work-related songs. The skaters ran through the show at a dress rehearsal on Feb. 28 (above) to prepare for the two weekend performances.

Museum creates scavenger hunt app BY BRIAN LAWRENCE Advance Editor

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The Creston Museum is using modern technology to bring the past to life, with a new application, or app, leading cellphone users on a scavenger hunt of Creston’s heritage buildings.

“Technology is changing and museums have to keep up,” said manager Tammy Hardwick. “There’s a huge number of our visitors who come in and are taking pictures with their cellphones. … Even in the little Creston Museum, there’s this very obvious move toward people using their cellphones, and want-

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College offering mindfulness courses BY BRIAN LAWRENCE Advance Editor Two new courses being offered through the College of the Rockies will help participants tap into mindfulness, an ancient practice that has been making its way into modern medicine in recent years. “It’s based in meditation practice that has its roots in Buddhism,” said instructor Kuya Minogue. “The medical profession has taken the skill of meditation and applied it to the mind and body.” Mindfulness training is being used in Harvard Law School for stress reduction, and Dr. Kate Partridge of Ontario’s London Mindfulness Clinic “feels it can be used to replace medication or enhance it,” said Minogue. The courses, suitable for older teens and adults, will cover mindful eating, running March 30-May 11, and stress and chronic pain management, running May 25-July 13. Both run seven weeks, the average time needed to break a habit, and require more than just showing up for a weekly class — they are basically home-

work with a weekly meeting. “Everyone thinks they know this stuff,” said Minogue. “But to do it successfully requires intensive training.” Minogue is in the process of becoming a certified mindfulness-based stress reduction instructor, which would allow her to teach in medical centres, as well as train doctors and counsellors. The last time Minogue taught a mindful eating course — which helps answer questions such as, “Are you really hungry?” — the participants lost an average of 12 pounds. At least three have maintained that, and others have said they feel calmer. With those classes, held at the ZenWords Zen Centre zendo, participants will be taught in the morning, followed by a lunch. For the stress and chronic pain management course, Minogue will call in the help of yoga and qui gong instructors, as well as teach students how to become more in touch with their bodies. As with the mindful eating aspect, Minogue has firsthand experience. She had osteoarthritis and serious pain in her Achilles tendon, so she stopped taking her daily walks.

Realizing that wasn’t a healthy course, Minogue lost 30 pounds and began paying more attention to her ankle. She noticed her mind would constantly get off track, and create a story of what the pain would do in her future. “When I would bring mindfulness to bear, I would come back to the immediate moment and I found none of it was true,” she said. “It was just a story I was telling myself. … I discovered that the whole phrase, ‘I’m in pain,’ is an illusion.” Of course, pain can’t be completely eliminated. “It’s not about getting rid of pain; it’s about having a meaningful life in the face of it,” said Minogue. With mindfulness becoming more mainstream, Minogue is happy to teach the practice that has been the centre of her life since the 1980s. “I was only ever taught it in the context of Zen and Buddhist ideas,” she said. “It’s very exciting to see mindfulness being brought into a secular setting.” For registration information, contact the Creston campus of the College of the Rockies at 250-428-5332.

Town approves sustainability plan BY LORNE ECKERSLEY Advance Staff

Sustainability issues have been on the table at Creston Town Hall since it co-sponsored a two-year sustainability pilot project 20 years ago. How to deal with environmental, social and economic impacts in the Creston Valley took another step forward on Feb. 26 when an integrated community sustainability plan was adopted by town council. “Cultivating Creston gives us a vision of the future as seen by local residents,” said Mayor Ron Toyota. “I think it will be an important tool for many years, and one that will help inform our official community plan, which should be updated in the next few years.” Ross Beddoes, Town of Creston municipal services co-ordinator, spearheaded the project locally. He said last week that no local taxation was used to create the report conducted by the Centre for Sustainability in Whistler. “Funding was partially provided by a grant from the Real Estate Foundation of BC and CMHC,” he said. “The remainder of the project was funded as an eligible project under our gas tax funding.” Not just another vague nod toward the importance of sustainability, Cultivating Creston includes a “vision, plan and process for continued success to the year 2030, and a way to position the Town of Creston and Creston Valley for ongoing success and sustainability Your donation can help support the many worthwhile programs at Kootenai Community Centre Society

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in the longer-term.” A 16-member local advisory team included a high school student, a young post-secondary student, seniors, business professionals and others who are active in the area’s social and economic well-being. The Cultivating Creston sums up its goals as: •the articulation of the community’s vision for success and sustainability in the future; •actions to move the Creston Valley toward the desired future; •indicators to monitor progress; and •an annual process and the tools for ongoing implementation, alignment and continuous improvement. The 66-page report cautions, “Achieving success and sustainability will be a long-term journey — not something that can be accomplished overnight. We cannot crush our local economy as we move toward this goal — in fact, increasingly aligning our economic system with the objectives for sustainability will help us get there.” Cultivating Creston outlines the “benefits of a sustainability approach to longrange planning and innovation”: •helps communities to avoid economic development pitfalls and identify economic development opportunities within today’s major societal trends; •helps to ensure that activities to support local environmental, social and economic values are conceived and implemented; •helps to attract people to the community and to instill an even greater sense of

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purpose; and •allows the local government to access more funding opportunities for infrastructure and funding. The local advisors identified priorities, including the enhancement of community life for all ages, revitalizing the “Creston Valley experience”, creating collaborative partnerships, protecting natural and agricultural areas and strengthening the local economy. Working to enhance community life for ages will mean that by 2030: •people are supported to live healthy, well-rounded lifestyles through recreation, leisure, learning, education and cultural pursuits, and convenient access to health services is enabled; •the culture of respect, inclusion and participation is strong, where people of all ages, incomes and abilities feel connected, valued and safe; •people can afford and enjoy life in the Creston Valley, enabled through such things as adequate employment, economic activities and available and affordable housing; •homes, buildings and places are healthy, enjoyable, attractive, accessible and affordable; and •community needs for adequate, efficient and high quality food, water, waste, energy, communication and transportation systems and infrastructure are met. For more information about Cultivating Creston, go to the Town of Creston website at www.creston.ca and click on the button in the March 5 update.

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Fall fair desperately seeking volunteers BY LORNE ECKERSLEY Advance Staff

In only five years the Creston Valley Fall Fair will celebrate its 100th birthday. If it lasts that long. “Lots of our local organizations are crying for volunteers and the fall fair is one of them,” former mayor Joe Snopek said last week. “It’s an event that celebrates who we are and the importance of farming and gardening and food production, but without new blood it will all come to an end.” While conveners are in place to organize the display and judging for the various categories this year, the fall fair committee is currently without a president, and help is always needed to set up and take down the displays and tables. “We’ve lost some of our most reliable volunteers this year, and they were in their 80s,” Snopek said. “Many of us started out when we were younger and healthier. We could really use the help of some new volunteers.” The fall fair offers numerous volunteer opportunities. Some positions involve attending monthly meetings and getting the event organized. Others mean a commitment for the evening setup before the fair starts, then during the two days (Friday and Saturday after the Labour Day weekend in September) that it runs. Snopek said the existing committee is frustrated because members think that an opportunity has been presented after Kimberley announced an end to its popular annual accordion championships (also for lack of volunteers). “We think we might be able to combine accordion and fiddle competitions — for many, many years the Creston Valley Fall Fair had a great fiddle championship event,” he said. “But that will take some help to get it going. … “This year’s theme is ‘Hometown Roots and Rubber Boots’. It’s a slogan that describes just what the fall fair needs — people who are willing to roll up their sleeves and help get things done. “The fall fair celebrates the best of what we all love about the Creston Valley — it would be a shame to lose it, but that’s exactly what will happen if more volunteers don’t step forward.” Anyone who would like to volunteer or ask questions about how to help is welcome to call Snopek at 250428-4277.

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Drivers reminded to stop for school buses BY BRIAN LAWRENCE Advance Editor

Creston RCMP warned the owner of a Jeep that passed a bus at Connel Road on Feb. 28 while children were being unloaded, and are reminding drivers that it is against the law to pass a school bus with its stop sign extended and lights flashing. Some drivers feel the requirement to stop only applies to vehicles behind the bus, but the lights and sign actually require drivers in both directions to stop for the safety of the children getting on or off. “If you see the school bus lights flashing, stop and wait,” said Cpl. Charlotte Joa. Drivers passing a school bus in this situation could receive a $167 fine. Police Beat Creston RCMP responded to 47 calls from Feb. 25-March 3, Joa reported. February 25 •The registered owner of a blue Hyundai Tiburon didn’t realize it was stolen until it was found shortly before 8 a.m. in a slough off Highway 21. The airbag had been deployed and windows smashed, likely as the occupants exited. •Police received a complaint of crim-

inal harassment. The matter is under investigation. •A dispute over property ownership on 35th Avenue South was found to be a civil matter. •A Goat Canyon Road resident reported the theft of a credit card, which was used for online purchases totalling nearly $3,800. •A breach of an undertaking was reported on Cook Street. •The report of a possible break and enter on Pit Road turned out to be a false alarm. •When police responded to a report of a possibly suicidal person, they discovered the subject wasn’t suicidal. •A teenager reported missing from 25th Avenue South later returned home. February 26 •A subpoena was served to a Seventh Avenue North resident on behalf of the Calgary Police Service. •The case of a person escaping lawful custody is under investigation. •A Creston resident visited the RCMP detachment to seek advice in a child custody issue. •Police are investigating the complaint of a person being banned from the Lower Kootenay Band. •Extensive patrols did not locate a brown Chevrolet being driven by a pos-

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sibly impaired driver in the 4200 block of Highway 3. The anonymous report did not provide a licence plate number, but stated the vehicle could not stay in its westbound lane. February 27 •A vehicle received under $1,000 damage after a hit and run in a Northwest Boulevard parking lot. •A purse and swimming bag were reported missing from the 1800 block of Canyon Street. February 28 •Patrols located no one when police responded to 11th Avenue South, where a resident was tired of and unknown person continually knocking on the door. •A Dodge pickup was reported to have been vandalized in the 8000 block of Highway 3A at Sirdar on Feb. 16. The windshield, mirrors and headlights were smashed, and the interior upholstery was slashed. There are no suspects. •Police were warned of a scam after an elderly person on Erickson Street was sold a vacuum cleaner in order to claim a “prize”. The complainant cancelled the cheque on the elderly person’s behalf. •A lost B.C. driver’s licence was reported on Ibbitson Street. •When police checked out a report of a person lying in the street on 16th Avenue North, they found an intoxicated male on the ground. He was lodged in cells until sober. •A youth was reportedly running around the downtown area with an air-

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soft gun. The matter was dealt with by the high school. •Police are investigating a complaint of sexual interference that occurred in another area. •RCMP assisted with a mental health patient on Vancouver Street. March 1 •The driver’s side of a semi received over $1,000 damage after a collision with a deer the night before, while heading west in the 4700 block of Highway 3. •A driver reported hitting a deer on Feb. 23 near Wynndel, which caused damage to the vehicle’s front bumper. •A 12-speed bike found on Highway 21 was turned in at the RCMP detachment. •RCMP received two complaints about horses on the highway near Erickson Elementary School. They were gone when a patrol was made. •A 40th Avenue resident changed their locks after finding that someone had been in the home while the resident was out of town. The matter is under investigation. •Two males stole energy drinks from a store in the 5000 block of Highway 3A, then agreed to pay for them after finding the theft was captured by surveillance cameras. •At 6:03 p.m., two males stole two bottles of Royal Reserve from a Ninth Avenue liquor store. Both wore dark hoodies, but patrols revealed no one matching their description. •A male offered to pay for an outboard motor when he was caught attempting to steal it from a boat on a property in the 5000 block of Highway 3A. •An intoxicated person was reportedly “flipping out” at an Erickson Street residence. Police attended and arrested the male, who was lodged in cells until sober. March 2 •Police assisted with a next of kin notification in the 3200 block of Highway 3. •A female was found to be in good health when RCMP were asked to perform a well-being check. March 3 •Surveillance video will be used to determine why a multi-hit alarm went off at the community complex around 3 a.m. •Just after 7 p.m., a complainant contacted police advising of a breach of an undertaking. The matter is under investigation.

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From page 1 This statistic emphasizes the importance of making Creston an age-friendly valley and community, and is at the heart of the Town of Creston’s desire to ensure that older adults are active participants in community life and municipal planning initiatives.” The action report is broken down into themes including housing, outdoor spaces and buildings; community support and health services; respect and social inclusion; social participation; civic participation and employment opportunities; transportation; and communication and information. A two-page action plan is included in the yetto-be-adopted report. As proposed, it calls for the creation of a seniors resource centre and expansion of seniors advocate services. Wheelchair access to the community complex from Hillside Street is identified as a need, as is the need for more park benches around town and better communication about the Creston Valley Thunder Cats “Snow Cats” snow-clearing program for seniors. The long-discussed need for a downtown public washroom appears once again and affordable housing and ready access to health services remain a priority. The Age Friendly Action Plan will be posted on the Town of Creston website, www.creston. ca, once it has been adopted by town council.

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Don’t look for any dramatic change to what the town council wants in the way of policing priorities. At Tuesday’s regular council meeting, councillors expressed satisfaction with the directions taken last year by the RCMP under Staff Sgt. Bob Gollan. “I am pleased with the attention paid to frequent offenders,” Coun. Judy Gadicke said. “It seems to be working.” Gadicke’s comments referred to efforts by the RCMP to make frequent, often daily, contact with local residents who have a lengthy history of criminal activity. Couns. Scott Veitch and Tanya Ducharme both commented on the visibility of police in the community and on the volunteer efforts by some of the members. “Their visibility at events and attending community meetings has been very positive,” Veitch said. “It’s great that Staff Sgt. Gollan is president of the Thunder Cats hockey team. He’s at every game and his presence has really helped keep fans in control.” Ducharme commented on another member, who coaches a minor hockey team. “The community involvement is working and it’s great for the kids to see police officers in positive circumstances — the interaction is very positive.” Coun. Wes Graham asked that police put a priority on cutting down on speeding drivers on Valleyview Road, and their was a consensus that police bicycle patrols in the downtown core would be appreciated. Council Briefs •To allow the Town of Creston meet its commitment to be carbon neutral, $8,000 is being budgeted for an undesignated project. The intent is to find a local initiative to invest in rather than spend it in another location. •The Creston Valley is part of a research study being conducted by a professor and master’s degree student from University of British Columbia’s Okanagan campus. Professor John Wagner and Joanne Taylor made a presentation to council about their research, which is intended to help inform the Columbia River Treaty renegotiation process, particularly as it affects agriculture. Taylor intends to spend May and June in Creston for the next three years as part of her work. •A public hearing was held to invite input to a rezoning application on land at 133 Eighth Avenue North. There were no objections to the rezoning from R-5 (rural residential) to R-1 (single family residential), which will allow a building lot to be subdivided. The application was approved. •Graham will attend a session on the Columbia River Treaty and dam operations in Nelson on March 13. •The town will renew its septage agreement with the Regional District of Central Kootenay for another year, during which the RDCK will fund a study on how to best to proceed with the handling of septage in the area. •A request for financial support for the Creston Valley Crush senior girls volleyball team trip to Hawaii was received. The club will be encouraged to apply for Columbia Basin Trust community initiatives funds. A request for player development funding from the Creston Valley Thunder Cats was treated the same way. •Mayor Ron Toyota will travel to Spokane, Wash., to tour the waste management recycling plant in his efforts to explore opportunities for the handling of recycled materials locally. •Council approved and adopted the Cultivating Creston — Creston’s Integrated Community Sustainability Plan (reported in detail on page 3).

This image shows a portion of one of the 15 buildings on the Creston Museum’s scavenger hunt app.

Museum From page 1 “It was all over the place,” said Hardwick. And that led her to create a heritage building scavenger hunt through www.ooklnet.com, where users can download an app through iTunes or Google Play. The app is usable worldwide, and will offer historical activities in whatever location it’s used. The scavenger hunt was created mainly in anticipation of February’s Heritage Week, and

will be updated with something new, likely before summer. It currently contains 15 buildings, all within a couple of blocks of downtown, starting at the Creston Valley Chamber of Commerce, running along Northwest Boulevard and Hillside Street, down 15th Avenue North and returning west on Canyon Street. Sharp-eyed scavengers will have to find buildings based on limited visual information. “We just took a picture of a chunk of a building that has an identifying architectural detail,” said Hardwick. It’s sure to get more popular as

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I persisted watching the CTV live streaming of the 2013 Academy Awards despite interruptions for commercial messages every five minutes, regardless of what was happening on the screen. Let’s just say the CTV people are idiots and leave it that. The effort was worth it though, with the announcement of the winner in the best documentary feature category, proof that sometimes the stars really do align in just the right way. A few days earlier, I had been bummed out, feeling too fluish to go to the recent Friends of the Cinema presentation, Searching for Sugar Man. Angela came home giving it a rave review (which prompted me to download some of Rodriguez’s music onto my iPod), so a few days later I dragged myself over to the video shop and rented the DVD. Searching for Sugar Man is one of those true stories that would have made lousy fiction — too unbelievable for a decent novel plot. But as a documentary, it is a moving and very satisfying film experience. For those who haven’t seen it, the documentary tells the story of Rodriguez, a musician in Detroit who had a brief flirtation with fame in the early 1970s. Call him inexplicably unsuccessful. The son of a Mexican labourer, Rodriguez was tabbed by some as being better than Bob Dylan, and the next sure thing in pop music. He was signed by none other than the head of Motown Records. Two long-play records later, he was dropped like a hot potato, no longer a shooting star, but a flameout in an industry that chews up tal-

ent and spits it out like so much tobacco juice. Rodriguez disappeared from the music scene, but not from life, as his adoring South African fans came to

who didn’t participate in many interviews but allowed himself to be filmed walking in the wintery Detroit streets. He shows no inclination toward bitterness, accepts his life for what he made of it and now seems content to return to performing. He chose to visit South Africa and not attend the Oscar ceremonies, saying that he didn’t want to take attention away from the filmmakers. I found myself wonderLorne Eckersley ing, as I so often do, about how the public ends up embracing some performers or believe. He raised a family, worked music or books or art or movies, as a construction and demolition and rejecting others. Rodriguez’s labourer and even had a go at civic music was catchy, the lyrics powerpolitics. ful and he had the support of the Luckily for music fans, some persome of the right people. His clear, sistent South African fans, having appealing voice and shy manner grown up with the bootlegged copshould only have helped him sucies of Sixto Rodriguez’s music, took ceed. One man in the film suggeston a search for information about ed that Latino musicians “weren’t the man who became a bigger idol hot” in the 1970s, trying to explain than Elvis among young fans in the his lack of success, but he was in apartheid nation. No one was more error. At the very time that surprised to learn of his popularity Rodriguez’s albums were being in South Africa than Rodriguez. released, Jose Feliciano was one of Many of his fans grew up under the the most popular performers on belief that he had killed himself on the planet. stage. My generation lost part of our Rodriguez hadn’t received royalvoice when the music of Rodriguez ties or any other indication that didn’t reach most of us. We, like another country had embraced his young South Africans, should have music. He was in his mid-50s when grown up singing: he learned the truth, and accepted I wonder about the love you can’t an invitation to fly across the find Atlantic Ocean with his family. He And I wonder about the loneliperformed to sellout crowds of adorness that’s mine ing fans late in the second millenniI wonder about how much going um but it took until last year before have you got a four-years-in-the-making docuAnd I wonder about your friends mentary pieced the whole story that are not together. I wonder I wonder wonder I do. I have no doubt that part of the Lorne Eckersley is the publisher of film’s appeal is the Shaman-like the Creston Valley Advance. presence of Rodriguez himself,

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Election most historic since 1952 To the Editor: This letter is essentially a continuation of the one that appeared in the Dec. 6, 2012, Advance, in regards to the upcoming B.C. provincial election in May. I have a feeling that this year’s election just may very well be one of the most historic since 1952, when W.A.C. Bennett, leader of the Social Credit Party, was elected premier. This is because the issues of today are as important as they were more than 60 years ago. Now, as promised, I am going to share my political views and innermost thoughts with you, so pull up a chair and lend an ear. Basically, I have borrowed elements of traditional conservatism from Ronald Reagan, Margaret Thatcher and Brian Mulroney, and incorporated them into my own personal philosophy. (I refer to these three iconic leaders of the 1980s as “the big three”.) I believe in complete and unconditional equality between men and women, creating employment for everyone, protecting health care, education, the environment, seniors pensions, same-sex marriage, working with union and non-union employees in a positive manner, and also eliminating poverty, hunger, racism, bigotry, antiSemitism and bullying because they have no place in society. I am also quite progressive in my thinking, which may surprise some people, despite the fact I’m very conservative. I possess a warm heart, and am also very sentimental, compassionate and spiritual, and believe that everyone has a guardian angel watching over him or her. To conclude my letter on something completely different: I thoroughly enjoyed the play, Anne Frank and Me, at the Prince Charles Theatre on Feb. 23. It was also quite emotional, moving me to tears. This coming weekend, I will attend the Kelowna Ballet, which should be a great performance. I enjoy all types of music, including heavy metal, if you can believe that — and I am 53 years old (soon to be 54 on June 11)! You take care, and have a nice day. Allan Clement Creston

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First a bit of historical fact: The Palestinians were offered nationhood alongside Israel in 1947 under the United Nations Partition Plan for Palestine, a plan that Israel accepted but the Palestinian leaders rejected. Israel accepted the plan because the Jewish people were determined to make for themselves a Jewish homeland after 1,900 years of being scattered among the nations. The poor Palestinians, rather than working toward establishing a homeland of their own, chose to throw in their lot with Egypt, Libya, Iraq, Lebanon, Jordan, Sudan and Syria, who attacked Israel as soon as she declared her independence. These people underestimated Israel’s determination to make a homeland, and were misled by Islamic leaders who chose to blame and destroy Israel rather than to create a nation for themselves. As Proverbs tells us, people groan under wicked leadership. As to Mr. England’s assertion that no one can say with authority which is correct, the Bible or the Qur’an, I would like to point out a couple more facts: Archaeology and manuscript evidence both testify to the accuracy of the Bible, as does historical evidence of the two millenniums since Christ’s birth. Jesus said that a tree would be known by its fruit. The fruit of biblical belief is forgiveness of sin, people set free, and reconciliation between man and God, and between man and his neighbour. The fruit of false teaching is fear, intimidation, historical revisionism, blasphemy laws, repression of human rights and even killing people in the name of God, things we sadly see regularly in the Islamic world. What gospel is this, which produces such fruit? The birth of Jesus Christ, the single most important figure in history, was proclaimed as good news of great joy, “for unto us is born a Saviour who is Christ the Lord.” This news has reverberated though time as the best news ever. Why? Because the problem with man is sin, and Jesus came to deal with our sin once and for all, by taking our sin onto Himself and dying in our place. The message of the Gospels is that “God is not dead, nor doth He sleep.” The God who knows the numbers of hairs on our heads cares. Christians have been taking this message to all the world, assuring us that there are solutions to our problems. I would encourage readers to read the Bible for themselves, and to call on the living God revealed there. I can testify to the fact that He is merciful, and can be known, personally and in reality. Robert Slimm Erickson

Christ died to deal with DriveAble is world’s sins a ‘dangerous experiment’ To the Editor: Thank you for printing my letter of Feb. 7 (“Israel conflict is spiritual”), and I must say I am impressed by Mr. England’s quick, and well-written, reply (“Those with dogmatic beliefs are the problem”, Feb. 14). I am glad Mr. England’s disagreement with Canada’s support of Israel is motivated by compassion for people; however, to characterize the people on one side of the conflict as gun-toting thugs and those on the other as victims with only sticks and stones for their defence is neither realistic nor helpful. Although Israel is at the centre of a volatile region and a volatile conflict, she is not the problem in the Middle East.

To the Editor: Concerning the much-criticized tests called DriveAble, developed in Edmonton, Alberta, by married professors Allen R. Dobbs and Bonnie Dobbs, Nelson-Creston MLA Michelle Mungall’s April 19, 2012 column (“DriveAble leaves rural seniors at disadvantage”) offers a short introduction to this system. Among others, she states: “DriveAble was first introduced in B.C. in 2005, and then expanded from three to 17 centres in

2010. … Safe roads are paramount, and testing to keep our roads safe needs to be accessible, transparent and fair.” There is no doubt we need safe roads, but her statement appears to imply that the seniors are the problem, and testing them was the key to road safety. However, the statistics present a very different picture. The Alberta Ministry of Transportation’s 2010 traffic collision statistics showed that per 1,000 licensed drivers involved in casualty collisions, ages 18-19 had 3.1 per cent of all collisions for males and 5.3 per cent for females; ages 20-24, males 8.1 per cent and females 13.3 per cent; ages 25-34, males 14 per cent and females 23 per cent; ages 35-44, males 10.8 per cent and females 17.8 per cent; ages 45-54, males 10.4 per cent and females 17 per cent; ages 55-64, males 6.9 per cent and females 10.6 per cent; and, age 65 and over, males 4.4 per cent and females 6.8 per cent. The above percentages, with but minor adjustments are likely also valid for B.C., and show fairly accurately that drivers over 65 are not responsible for most collisions. Why then does DriveAble target them? Because DriveAble is a moneymaking racket, already into multimillion-dollar category, and will gladly prey on anyone, but specializes on 65-80 age group and over, who can’t effectively defend themselves. DriveAble is accused of being “poorly conceived, unsupported by current science, a violation of charter rights and tainted by conflict of interest” by the BC Retired Teachers’ Association. The efforts to improve accessibility are pointless; they will only bring more harm. Rather than a scientific breakthrough in public safety, we have a program based on outdated research, privatized, delegated to clerks and computers and outsourced to independent contractors. The process is initiated by your family doctor, who shares your health information with the Office of the Superintendent of Motor Vehicles, which then asks you to have your cognitive abilities measured: “memory, attention span, reaction time, spatial judgment and/or decision-making. DriveAble is the tool used to measure cognitive abilities as they relate to driving.” The test done in a doctor’s office consists of 1) a group of unrelated nouns 2) written groups of numbers and 3) a shopping list. These tests have been invented by professor Bonnie Dobbs, they take about 10 minutes and are seemingly organized to assure failure, and that delivers you to the next step — the screen test — invented by professor Allen Dobbs. This sequence unnoticeably secures the original purpose of the tests; the maximum returns for DriveAble Company. The nearest centres for the screen tests are Nelson or Cranbrook, your choice. The test “computer” has a touch screen and three buttons wherewith you indicate your selections. The test takes 30-45 minutes. The road test that follows later is also either in Nelson or Cranbrook, and it takes 30 minutes — in their car. If you have to repeat the tests, it is your responsibility, and costs over $170. The Monash University in Melbourne, Australia, assessed the DriveAble screen test as third rate. The “cognitive” test in the doctor’s office, which has been lauded as scientifically proven, has not been validated by even one independent researcher. Regardless what our politicians in Victoria want us to believe, DriveAble is a dangerous experiment, conceived by a disoriented, cruel mind, and causing countless instances of harm to seniors. Anton Skerbinc Boswell

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Five common mortgage questions answered

Through the years that I have worked in the field of lending there are certain questions that seem to come up a lot. Here are the five most common questions I get when people call about mortgages:

card bills). Your TDS ratio should be no more than 40 per cent of your gross monthly income. Keep in mind that these numbers are prescribed maximums and that you should strive for lower ratios for a more affordable lifestyle. Before falling in love with a potential new home, you may want to obtain a preapproved mortgage. This will help you stay within your price range and spend your time looking at homes you can reasonably afford. Dean Bala 2. How much money do I need for a down payment? The minimum down pay1. What’s the maximum mortgage ment required is five per cent of the amount for which I can qualify? purchase price of the home. And in To determine the amount for which order to avoid paying mortgage default you will qualify, there are two calcula- insurance, you need to have at least a 20 tions you’ll need to complete. The first is per cent down payment. In addition to your gross debt service (GDS) ratio. GDS the down payment, it’s recommended looks at your proposed new housing that you put aside at least 1.5 per cent of costs (mortgage payments, taxes, heat- the purchase price (in addition to the ing costs and 50 per cent of strata/condo down payment) strictly to cover closing fees, if applicable). Generally speaking, costs. Most lenders will require proof of this amount should be no more than 32 the down payment and closing costs per cent of your gross monthly income. before approving a mortgage. This 1.5 For example, if your gross monthly per cent is just a general figure which is income is $4,000, you should not be used to cover closing costs including: spending more than $1,280 in monthly property transfer tax, lawyer/notary, housing expenses. Second, you will need appraisal fee (in certain cases), title to calculate your total debt service (TDS) insurance, property taxes, HST (on cerratio. The TDS ratio measures your total tain purchases) and a home inspection. debt obligations (including housing 3. What happens if I don’t have the costs, loans, car payments and credit full down payment amount?

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There are programs available that enable you to use other forms of down payment, such as from your RRSPs, a cash-back product or a gift. 4. What happens if my credit score isn’t great? The following are five steps you can use to help attain a speedy credit score boost: •Pay down credit cards. The number one way to increase your credit score is to pay down your credit cards so they’re below 70 per cent of your limits. Revolving credit like credit cards seems to have a more significant impact on credit scores than car loans, lines of credit, and so on. •Limit the use of credit cards. Racking up a large amount and then paying it off in monthly instalments can hurt your credit score. If there is a balance at the end of the month, this affects your score — credit formulas don’t take into account the fact that you may have paid the balance off the next month. •Check credit limits. If your lender is slower at reporting monthly transactions, this can have a significant impact on how other lenders view your file. Ensure everything’s up to date as old bills that have been paid can come back to haunt you. Some financial institutions don’t even report your maximum limits. As such, the credit bureau is left to only use the balance that’s on hand. The problem is, if you consistently charge the same amount each month — say $1,000 to $1,500 — it may appear to

the credit-scoring agencies that you’re regularly maxing out your cards. The best bet is to pay your balances down or off before your statement periods close. •Keep old cards. Older credit is better credit. If you stop using older credit cards, the issuers may stop updating your accounts. As such, the cards can lose their weight in the credit formula and, therefore, may not be as valuable — even though you have had the cards for a long time. Use these cards periodically and then pay them off. •Don’t let mistakes build up. Always dispute any mistakes or situations that may harm your score. If, for instance, a cellphone bill is incorrect and the company will not amend it, you can dispute this by making the credit bureau aware of the situation. 5. How much will my mortgage payments be? Monthly mortgage payments vary based on several factors, including the size of your mortgage, whether you’re paying mortgage default insurance, your mortgage amortization, your interest rate and your frequency of making mortgage payments. You can view some useful calculators to find out your specific mortgage payments at www.dominionlending.ca/ mortgage-calculators. Dean Bala is a mortgage broker and Realtor working out of the Creston Valley Realty office in Creston. For more information, he can be reached at 250 402-3903 or dean_bala@yahoo.com.

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