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GOTTA DANCE — Members of Cresteramics joined students in Maria McLean’s Grade 2/3 Adam Robertson Elementary School class dancing to Taio Cruz’s Dynamite at a May 2 Focus on Youth concert. ARES recently won an award from the BC Principals’ and Vice Principals’ Association for working with Cresteramics; the story will be in next week’s issue.

Homelinks student earns Cops raising funds summer trip to China with golf tourney BY LORNE ECKERSLEY Advance Staff

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Sophia Short is about to get the chance of her life to date. The 15-year-old Homelinks student will be Creston’s only

representative in a group of B.C. students who will travel to Beijing, China for a weeklong international student summer camp. The camp will include about 50 B.C. students, seven of which

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Tee up and help the Creston RCMP detachment raise funds for the Cops for Kids program on June 14, said Const. Wally Bursey.

Bursey will be riding on the annual Cops for Kids bicycle tour through southeastern B.C. in September and he is organizing a golf tournament at Kokanee Springs Golf Resort in Crawford Bay to help raise funds. See GOLF, page 26

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Prior to the May 14 election, the Advance asked Nelson-Creston candidates to answer four questions in a total of 600 words or less. To learn more about their opinions, visit www.crestonvalleyadvance.ca/news for coverage of the April 24 forum held in Creston.

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Greg Garbula

Michelle Mungall

How do you plan to support local food systems? Greens believe that food and agriculture policy needs to be developed at the community level, supported by provincial and federal funding and legislation. NelsonCreston, in spite of being one of the best food growing areas in B.C., produces only three per cent of the food we eat. That is both scary and unnecessary. Greens want to help existing and aspiring farmers by promoting policies that will make farming a viable living. Young farmers need access to affordable agricultural land, education and start-up capital. Regional food self-reliance can be promoted by establishing partnerships among all levels of government, farmers, the food processing industry and community groups. Schools and hospitals need to serve locally grown and produced foods. We will support local government to draft bylaws that support “backyard” food production, community and shared food gardens, as well as urban agriculture. The Agricultural Land Reserve should be used as a tool for expanding food production to meet the goal of 85 per cent food self-sufficiency. Greens support seed saving, genetic diversity of food crops and B.C. as a genetically modified organism-free agricultural zone.

How do you plan to support local food systems? Local food systems are the lifeline of our region and need to be supported in ways that not only drive localized consumption but improve ways for small and mid-sized operators to become sustainable in surrounding markets. We must improve access to educational support and financing allowing opportunities for ingenuities in finding niche segments to help offset the inequity of small versus large scale production facilities. Advantages such as “organic” and “pure” products allow for smaller-scale farms to produce locally grown environmentally conscious products within their mid-ranged region competitively. We must work with the individual operators to be able to understand and support these initiatives, and as their representative, that is what I plan to do.

How do you plan to support local food systems? The NDP platform on agriculture is built around a local focus. Many of the ideas discussed at my community forums in Creston and my report, Kootenay Lake Regional Food Systems, have directly influenced the platform. Grow BC •Renew the Agricultural Land Commission and protect the Agricultural Land Reserve; and •Help orchardists with replanting and other input costs, and provide more direct support to organic and conventional farmers through enhanced extension and field services for marketing and operations. Feed BC •Help create a stable market for local growers through pilot programs to promote purchases of B.C. produce by B.C.’s hospitals and long-term care facilities. This measure will also improve diets and health outcomes. Buy BC •Strengthen support for the Buy BC marketing program for B.C. agricultural products; and •Improve access to markets for B.C.’s award-winning craft distillery industry by reducing the Liquor Distribution Branch markup, and by allowing direct sales to restaurants and bars, and on-site.

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Liberal Party

How will you address the B.C. school districts’ funding shortfall? The challenge for our education system is to provide quality education for our students in a cost-effective manner. There clearly are problems with funding for education, but just throwing more money at it may not be the answer. Governments and school boards need to work together to develop local community schools that integrate community centres, recreation facilities and libraries. School principals, teachers and parents need to have more direct say in their local schools. Independent and alternative schools should be integrated into the public school system, without affecting their autonomy and objectives. Parents and students need a wide range of options for their diverse learning needs and want fair funding for all students. User fees for basic school services should be prohibited. Corporate funding has no place in our schools. In the long term, public education should be free at every level.

How will you address the B.C. school districts’ funding shortfall? The BC Education Plan introduced by the Liberal government has been very positively received by the administrators of education in our region, due to the fact that education and educators are adapting to the changing environment of technology. Flexible learning and personalized programs allow the opportunity for students and teachers to provide individual education plans with greater efficiency and streamlined costs. With both students and teachers having the ability to adapt to the fastpaced and ever-changing technology improvements, they are allowing the students be the center of their education, with flexibility and choice on how they learn. Although funding is static, the main issue of our region is not the funds but the declining enrolment. Having spoken to an administrator at one of our schools recently, they expect enrollment to be down another six per cent next year. The funding formula is based upon a per student amount that has been getting reduced overall by a reduced number of families with school-aged children having the ability to find employment in our region. The BC Jobs Plan is addressing the employment issues provincially; however, we will need to be working hard in our region to reverse the trend that we are encountering specifically to the higher than provincial unemployment rates in our riding, which is one of my main focuses if I am elected your representative.

How will you support seniors and youth advocacy? The growing number of seniors is as varied as any other group in our society. To speak of them as a homogenous unit is to do them a disservice. They are a largely untapped source of experience and knowledge who want and need more opportunities to contribute, but they also are a growing group who often need help to access social and health care services. Home care for ailing seniors needs to be expanded and improved to ensure they can lead lives with dignity in their own homes for as long as possible. Greens want to expand the role of the provincial seniors advocate to ensure provincial legislation considers their interests and to ensure seniors have a direct line to government. We need improved early education programs and affordable daycare for working parents. See DERKX, page 16

How will you support seniors and youth advocacy? The most common issue between seniors and youth in our region is affordable housing. We must work towards solutions for seniors to be able to access a variety of levels of age-related assisted living communities so that there is an opportunity for the variety of needs to be accommodated. Similarly, youth are in a situation that unless we can provide high-paying jobs for our young people and young families, we will not be able to retain them from other regions that have heated labor markets. So we must provide for a combination of more employment and affordable, sustainable living spaces, of which I plan on making both a priority as your representative. Without a vibrant young demographic component to a community, the support for our social systems becomes unsupported and communities regress. See GARBULA, page 16

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New Democratic Party

How will you address the B.C. school districts’ funding shortfall? While elected school boards will continue to manage their budgets and be responsible to those who elected them, it is essential that the provincial government prioritize education in its budgets. The NDP has committed an additional $100 million into kindergarten-Grade 12 classrooms. This additional funding will be used to hire more teachers and teachers’ assistants, and improve special education.

How will you support seniors and youth advocacy? When putting people first, it is imperative to target specific programs for both seniors and young people. One of the key priorities of an NDP government is to improve care for B.C. seniors, including better health care, better home care and creating an independent seniors advocate. A major concern facing young people is access to the training and skills they need for today’s jobs. The NDP would establish financial needs-based grants to improve access to post-secondary education and reduce crippling student debt. We have also laid out a plan to address child poverty and a made-in-B.C. approach to protecting our environment so that young people have a positive future.

Do you support continued provincial funding for public library systems? In a word, yes. As a library user, I know that libraries are community hubs and are essential to promoting literacy in our society. To be sure, my NDP colleagues and I recognize the vital role libraries play in our province.

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Creston Valley Agriculture Society Thursday, May 16, 2013 College of the Rockies 7 pm NOTICE OF PROPOSED DISPOSITION (SALE) OF ATCO BUILDING Pursuant to Section 26 of the Community Charter TAKE NOTICE that the Council of the Town of Creston has determined that it is in the best interests of the Town to dispose of the following municipally owned structure (improvement): Older ATCO Building Size: 10 ft. x 24 ft. Registration No. 12405550 (Located at the Creston Valley Regional Airport 1993D Airport Road, Creston, BC) (the “Building”) The Building in question is surplus to the Town’s requirements. There is no upset price to the sale of the Building, offers will be accepted. The purchaser of the Building will be required to remove the Building from the current site, at the purchaser’s expense, within one (1) month of purchase. The Building will be sold on an ‘as is’ basis. Offers to be submitted in writing to: Executive Assistant Town of Creston PO Box 1339 238 – 10th Avenue North Creston, BC V0B 1G0 No later than 4:30 p.m., Friday, May 17, 2013 Enquiries concerning the sale of the said Building may be directed to Steffan Klassen, Director of Finance & Corporate Services, PO Box 1339, Creston, British Columbia,V0B 1G0, telephone 250-428-2214, extension 224.

TOWN OF CRESTON PROPERTY FOR LEASE The Town offers approximately 53 acres of land suitable for farming purposes for lease, located adjacent to Mallory Road, Lister, BC; and legally described as District Lot 16037, Kootenay District, Except Part Included in Plan NEP82851 (crosshatched on the drawing below).

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RCMP calls include glaring, egging BY LORNE ECKERSLEY Advance Staff

Creston RCMP responded to 60 calls for service from April 29-May 5, Staff Sgt. Bob Gollan said on Monday. April 29 •Police traced a 911 call to a Riondel address, where the owner said he hadn’t dialed the number. •A female walking on Boder Road reported being charged by a Rottweiler dog, which returned to its yard when the owner called it. •A strange call to a Sixth Avenue South residence was traced to a caller in the U.S., who said he was playing a prank on a friend, but must have dialed the wrong number. •Police were called to Aldrich Road to assist emergency health services with a patient in diabetic shock. •After accusing Rykerts border crossing personnel of theft, the “stolen” money was found in the accuser’s pocket. •Police assisted the hospital in locating a patient. April 30 •A report of an erratic eastbound green van near Yahk was forwarded to the Cranbrook RCMP. •An apparently stoned male was reported at Walkers Landing near Riondel. Police could not locate him, but the next day a backpack was found in the same area and police are attempting to trace it to the owner. •A complaint of an erratic driver on 26th Avenue North is being investigated.

•A vehicle had three tires slashed on Kitchener Road. •Minor damage was reported when a vehicle backed into another in a Canyon Street parking lot. •A pink iPhone was lost on Ninth Avenue near a pub. •A driver required hospital treatment after his vehicle went off Highway 3A and rolled into the ditch. May 1 •Minor damage was reported after a truck taking a wide turn on Cook Street collided with an oncoming vehicle. •A dispute involving text messages between a landlord and tenant was reported on Vancouver Street. •Lorne Palmer was arrested after allegedly uttering threats against a male and was released on a promise to appear in court. •Police are investigating a shoplifting incident at a Cook Street store, where the suspect fled in a small grey Alberta vehicle, the owner of which has an outstanding arrest warrant for theft under $5,000. •A mother complained that her 50-year-old son, who is trying to quit drinking, keeps getting calls from “friends” inviting him go out drinking. May 2 •Police were called about a neighbours’ dispute on Fourth Avenue South. •A vehicle collided with a deer on Goat River Road. May 3 •A half-dozen cows were reported loose on Highway 3 at Ryan’s Station Road near Yahk. •Residents of an Eighth Avenue house complained about unwanted glaring from a female. •A motorcycle driver needed hospital treatment after colliding with a deer on Highway 3A north of Kuskanook. •Police are investigating a complaint about a male carrying a pellet gun while walking on Canyon Street. •A female suspected of shoplifting from a Cook Street store was found by police but she had no stolen items with her. She was intoxicated, however, and was arrested and held in cells until sober. •Police were again called to Aldrich Road to assist with a patient in diabetic shock who becomes violent when not using his medication.

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Suspects released on bail, facing combined total of 21 charges Advance Staff The alleged suspects in an April 20 break and enter and assault appeared in Cranbrook Law Courts before Judge Grant Sheard on May 2 and were released on bail, said Creston RCMP Cpl. Monty Taylor in a press release. Travis Hennessy, 22, has been charged with robbery with a firearm, use of a firearm while committing an offence, unauthorized possession of a firearm in a motor vehicle, unlawfully discharging a firearm endangering life, assault with a weapon, aggravated assault, assault (two counts), breaking and entering a dwelling (two counts), and unauthorized possession of a firearm. Brenton Chambers, 21, has been charged with robbery with a firearm, robbery, assault (two counts), breaking and entering a dwelling (two counts), unauthorized possession of a firearm, use of a firearm while committing an offence, unauthorized possession of a firearm in a motor vehicle and unlawfully discharging a firearm endangering life. The pair is slated to appear in Creston Law Courts on June 18.

•A 41-year-old male driver who was stopped on Helen Street failed two roadside alcohol screening tests and was issued a 90-day driving prohibition. His vehicle was impounded for 30 days. •Patrolling officers noted a group of people in the gazebo near Millennium Park at night. A 60-ounce bottle of vodka was found nearby but the owner could not be determined. It was emptied onto the ground. •A house on Regina Street was egged from a vehicle. The culprit was located by police and issued a traffic violation ticket. A house on 14th Avenue was also egged by the same person, who admitted to the mischief. •An erratic driver on Canyon Street nearly hit another vehicle. May 4 •One person was taken to hospital for treatment after a vehicle backed into another on 15th Avenue North. •An intoxicated 24-year-old male was arrested at Millennium Park and held in police cells until sober. He was issued a ticket for consuming liquor in a public place. May 5 •Provincial authorities were called in when a youth was found in the care of an “unsuitable” babysitter. •Police are investigating the sudden death of a male in his home on Highway 3A.

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Second campaign is different, says Mungall BY LORNE ECKERSLEY Advance Staff Nelson-Creston MLA Michelle Mungall says she has learned a lot in her four years representing her constituents. “We have had quite a few achievements,” she said. “It shows what can happen when an MLA is working with the community.” Her fondest memories include “keeping the Glacier and Hauser Creeks running free.” The West Kootenay creeks were targeted for controversial independent power projects, an overall approach that has saddled British Columbians with highcost power purchase agreements with private developers. “These projects serve to make small hydro companies richer, concentrating the wealth from our resources in fewer hands,” she said. “But it was really an environmental fight — we need to protect our waterways.” The power projects were among her first battles as a rookie MLA and they were indications “that we weren’t being heard by the Liberal government,” Mungall said. “It took over four years, but we won a big battle — I am so glad

to be an MLA that helped facilitate that.” Housing is an important issue throughout the Kootenays and she has been a supporter of a local project that would see construction of an affordable family housing complex adjacent to Millennium Park. She points to Nelson’s Anderson Gardens, a 33-unit affordable housing project in Nelson, as a success in her riding. On Kootenay Lake, Mungall said she fought successfully to help insure doctors maintain their priority ferry boarding status, and in Creston she worked with the Community Resource Centre to fend off threatened cuts to the Children Who Witness Violence program. Lack of consultation by the Liberal government is evident in the way the Creston Valley Wildlife Management Area has been handled, she said. “We all know the CVWMA has been neglected by this government,” she said. “A government cannot move the CVWMA forward without working with the local community. It is integral to the process to include people with the strongest vested interest.” During the campaign, in which she

and her support team have knocked on hundreds of doors, Mungall said education, environment and health care issues are the big three concerns of NelsonCreston residents. “I also did Facebook polling and those three were consistently among the top concerns — it has been the same for the last four years. … “You can’t separate the economy from environmental issues,” she said, pointing to the proposed development of Jumbo Glacier Resort.” An NDP government, she said, would work to get rid of the area’s municipality status. Increasing home support for seniors and people with disabilities “is a huge issue”, she said. “We have identified the costs and shown how we will pay for it — we are completely up front about that,” she said. In her first run at provincial politics, Mungall proved she was a savvy campaigner, handily defeating a wellknown Liberal candidate. Campaigning as an incumbent has its advantages, though. “In the last election people were just getting to know me,” Mungall

attendees to realize they can make wine purchases at the event. “The continued success in attracting wineries is making sure they get sales — it’s sales that justify them coming.” Of course, for Creston Valley Rotary Club members, the effort they put into making the evening a success also comes with a reward. Recently, the club has been netting about $5,000 for its months of planning and one evening as hosts.

Recent projects using the funds have included a new bird-watching tower at the Creston Valley Wildlife Management Area and a water playground and outdoor gym at Centennial Park. Tickets for WineArt are $45 and include wine samples and food by Delectable Delights. They are available at Black Bear Books and Kingfisher Used Books, Ron Toyota or any Rotarian, or at the Creston Valley Advance.

Tenth WineArt running May 31 BY LORNE ECKERSLEY Advance Staff

One of Creston Valley’s most popular social events is set to return on May 31 at the Creston and District Community Complex. WineArt, celebrating its 10th anniversary, once again promises to feature a great selection of wine, food and local art. With four Creston Valley producers now attending, WineArt has more local flavour than ever, a reflection of how the area is changing, committee member Ron Toyota said on Yes, this is the time of year when the Foundation takes part of its funds and distributes grants to non-profit organizations that Monday. have applied for its help. “We have SkimmerThat’s mainly what the Creston-Kootenay Foundation was created to do. horn, Baillie-Grohman and Wynnwood winThe C-KF was born in 2004. By January, 2005, it was registered with the Canada Revenue Agency, which authorized it to eries, along with issue tax-refundable receipts for donations it received. Those donations are invested in perpetuity, but the CRA requires that Tabletree juice at this part of the interest they earn be distributed each year to community groups in the C-KF’s area of service, which stretches year’s event,” he said. from Riondel to Yahk. Those groups must also be registered with the CRA. “It’s great that we have representation from A group of volunteers, most of them elected at the organization’s annual meeting, form the Foundation’s board of directors our local agricultural and manage its functions. The board meets regularly once a month and most of its members are on committees that hold community. Most of additional meetings. our earlier participants were Okanagan winerThe current board members are: ies.” Not that the B.C. Chair- Larry Brierley Vice-Chair- Ted Hutchinson Interior won’t still play Secretary - Heather Suttie Treasurer -Verm Ronmark a big part in the fundraiser. This year, for Directors at Large- Sherri Fowler, Peter Hepher, Lon Main, Nicole Nilsson and Joanna Wilson the first time, Mission Hill Family Estate is Grants are made to eligible non-profits working within seven broad fields of community service. They are: healthy living, expected to be showculture and the arts, social welfare (e.g., poverty and delinquency), youth and the aged, education, the environment and casing its products heritage (history and museums). “We always hear comments about what This year grants totalling $19,070 are going to: Therapeutic Activation Program for Seniors (TAPS)- $4,100; Wildsight- $600; a great social event West Creston Fire Protection Society - $1 ,800; Creston & District Historical and Museum Society- $370; Therapeutic Riding WineArt has become,” Program- $5,000; Riondel Curling Club- $3,000; Creston Valley Hospice Society- $1,500; Public Health Nurses and Creston Toyota said. “There’s Ministerial Association- $1,200; PCCS (for bursary)$ 500; and Salvolio Scholarship (for fire fighters)- $1,000. nothing like being able to wander around the The sum available for grants each year depends on the total amount in the Foundation’s kitty. That kitty grows when more room and chat with wealth of various kinds is donated by people who want to ensure that charitable community agencies in this area can friends, and to be introcontinue to meet the needs facing them. So there’s the challenge. No donation to the Foundation is too small, but of course duced to new ones. It’s the bigger the better. a social evening that offers networking posMeanwhile, thanks to those who have donated during the past seven years. Cheques for this year’s donees will be distributed sibilities, too.” during a special cermony in June. What better time to help the Foundation’s kitty grow! He said it’s important for WineArt

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said. “This time around they have seen my record.” “Continuous communication”, in the form of newspaper columns, Facebook posts and Bend Your MLA’s Ear community events help keep her connected with Nelson-Creston residents, she said. This was the third in a series of profiles on 2013 provincial election cadiddates. A profile on Green Sjeng Derkx was in the March 14 issue, and Liberal Greg Garbula was interviewed for the March 21 issue. Both stories, as well as candidates’ forum coverage can be found at www.crestonvalleyadvance.ca/news.

FOR THE RECORD The Creston Valley Farmers’ Market will be moving to Morris Flowers Garden Centre from October through December this year, not remaining in its present location behind the Creston Valley Chamber of Commerce all year, as was stated in the story, “Farmers’ market starting 10th season,” in last week’s Advance.

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As I wandered around the room at last week’s third annual Lower Kootenay Band open house I couldn’t help but think that there was a different feeling at the event than at last year’s. Everyone, hosts and guests alike, seemed more relaxed. Persistence is a good quality among those who want to make change. It’s too easy to try something, not get the results hoped for and then move on, or give up altogether. Since taking the chief’s position a couple of years ago, though, Jason Louie has worked tirelessly with chief operating officer Linda Berg and an administrative team that knows that a community of 200 simply can’t work in isolation. The open house is a good way to show others in the Creston Valley, as well as representatives from US Customs and Border Protection, what is happening in Lower Kootenay. And the mix of organizations at the table I sat at was evidence of the genuine and growing sense that we have much to gain by co-operation. I sat with people from College of the Rockies, Kootenay Employment Services, Columbia Basin Trust, Ministry of Transportation and Creston Museum. Around the community hall were displays of the various Lower Kootenay services, and photos of the past year’s events. A drum circle added to the festivities and the traditional lunch table promised guests wouldn’t leave hungry. Louie is growing increasingly comfortable in his role as chief and his opening welcome showed his quick sense of humour, as well as a deep commitment to the betterment of his community. He and Berg

clearly have a strong working relationship and her past experience and communications skills are tremendous assets. But the program this year was

Band members. With her bright smile and obvious intelligence, she explained the efforts that are now in progress, including working with her community’s elders and knowledge-keepers to make recommendations for additions to the library’s collection. I couldn’t resist asking her about the internal feuds that have grown between and among families in Lower Kootenays. Our conversation was somewhat private at that time and I won’t Lorne Eckersley take advantage of the moment to reveal details, but it’s clearly a topic that bothers largely Curtis Wullum’s. The band’s her and other young LKB members. economic development officer, It’s heartening, though, that she and Wullum is Métis, but is clearly at others of her generation are showing home among his Lower Kootenay no signs of walking away from their friends and co-workers. He presentfamilies, their communities, their ed a fascinating overview about the culture and history. community and its efforts to develAt the open house we learned op economic opportunities — anythat Lower Kootenay has an advanone interested can find the entire tage that the surrounding area LKB economic strategic plan at doesn’t. Its population is growing. www.lowerkootenay.com. The percent of young people is not Persistence and patience are evident declining and they don’t seem to see throughout the document. urban living quite as appealing as Coincidentally, in the week prior their non-native counterparts. to the open house, I had the chance We saw precisely that attitude in to interview one of Louie’s daughplay in the last band council electers, Misty. Memories of her as a tions, where Robin Louie was electbright, enthusiastic and athletic stued. Now in his thirties, Robin, too, dent at Prince Charles Secondary has travelled the world as a member School came flooding back as we of the armed forces. He has returned chatted. Misty has put on a lot of to the Creston Valley, experienced miles since graduating from high and educated, with his family. And school. She did a five-year stint in he came back with the interest and the U.S. Air Force, including a fivemotivation to serve in local politics. month posting in Iraq, but there is Each time I make a connection none of the hardness about her that with LKB residents, my optimism the military often develops in its grows for the future of Lower personnel. Kootenay and its people. Here’s Now an air force reservist with hoping the challenges are met with a plans to pursue a nursing degree, continued persistence. Misty is working with Creston and Lorne Eckersley is the publisher of District Public Library to increase its the Creston Valley Advance. connection with Lower Kootenay

This is the Life

How much is enough?

In the retreats at Creston zendo, mealtimes are an essential aspect of spiritual training. The mealtime ceremony is called oryoki, which means “just enough”. Oryoki bowls are small — the largest contains only one-and-a-half cups. The size of the bowls is our first reminder to eat just enough to remain healthy, alert and strong. “Just enough” changes with circumstance and to know how much is enough requires mindfulness. We have to be aware of changing conditions. Did we work hard outside before the meal, or did we sit at a table and catalogue library books? What’s the weather like? If it’s cold we need more calories to stay warm; if it’s hot we need less. Considering matters such as these, we decide how much food to put into our bowls. Zen masters recommend that we eat until we are two-thirds full. A Japanese proverb says that eight parts of a full stomach sustain the person; the other two parts sustain the doctor. Before eating, we chant five thoughts. The first thought tells us to reflect on how the food got into our bowls. We generate gratitude for the

sun, water and soil that nourished the seed, and the people who tended, picked, transported and prepared the meal. The second thought considers whether the life that the food will

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sustain has been used to benefit others. The third thought reminds us to be on guard against the arousal of greed. The fourth thought tells us that the main purpose for eating is to promote and sustain health, and the fifth asks us to remember that the primary purpose of human life is to realize enlightenment. Having directed our minds to these considerations, we begin our silent meal, mindful of the textures and tastes of the food as we chew and swallow. An important aspect of mindful eating is to be fully aware when the meal is over. In our culture, we don’t have sayings that tell us the meal is

over. We tend to sit at the table chatting and nibbling long after we eaten enough. In mindful eating, we avoid this mistake by reciting a meal closing verse. We remind ourselves of where we actually are: “The universe is as the boundless sky.” We remember that we have the capacity for enlightenment in the messiness of daily life: “As lotus blossoms above muddy waters, pure and beyond the world is the mind of the trainee.” And then we root ourselves in loving-kindness before returning to the work of the day: “Oh, sweet compassion! We take refuge in thee.” Then we leave the table and put away the food. Suggested practice: Before you eat, look at the food and assess how much you need to be two-thirds full. Reflect: “I am eating this food for the good health of my body.” If your plate has been filled by another, remember that you are not a child. No one can make you clean your plate. Stop eating when you’ve had “just enough”. Kuya Minogue is the resident teacher at Creston’s ZenWords Zen Centre. For more information, she can be reached at 250-428-6500.

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Green votes will re-elect Liberals To the Editor: I am not sure which analogy fits the Green Party best: the religious zealot who believes his/her particular faith is the only way to salvation or petulant child who when offered one cookie stomps away with nothing because they feel they deserve two cookies. That is what the Green Party is doing by splitting the progressive vote. They will help elect a Liberal government, which will give them not one but two pipelines, fracking, the Site C dam, more genetically modified crop approvals, a ski resort on the Jumbo Glacier with a $2 billion road to it and more. The NDP will give them most of what they seek, but not all. What the Green Party needs to realize is when you seek an all or nothing solutions most often you end up with nothing! Ian MacVicar Erickson

New direction a bad one for CVWMA To the Editor: At the recent all MLA candidates forum in Creston, I raised concerns about the current provincial government’s direction regarding the future of the Creston Valley Wildlife Management Area (CVWMA). My first concern is the dismantling of the current model of managing the area, which has served well to attain the CVWMA’s objectives for over 40 years. My second concern is the failure of the government to provide any opportunity for public input into their decision or provide any rationale for their decision. I believe there are some ways the current operational model for the CVWMA can be improved but they certainly don’t require the extreme changes the government is pursuing. The government is planning to eliminate the Creston Valley Wildlife Act, which is the strongest legislation in B.C. to protect a wildlife management area. Converting the area into simply another wildlife area under the BC Wildlife Act makes it far less secure from political manipulation than its current status. In so doing, the government also intends to eliminate the three-member Creston Valley Wildlife Management Authority and get rid of the public representative and Canadian Wildlife Service representative’s involvement in the area. Thus the most effective avenue for having public input into the operation and management of the CVWMA will be lost. So will the influence of the Canadian Wildlife Service, which has the respon-

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sibility to oversee the management of all waterfowl in Canada under the Migratory Birds Convention Act. The government is also planning to close the Wildlife Interpretation Centre and its programs unless it can find a private organization to take it over. This facility is vital to serving the educational objectives of the CVWMA, as well as serving the public and tourist interests in the area. One positive move the government is making is fostering greater involvement of Ducks Unlimited Canada in the operation of the CVWMA. This organization, in my view, is one of the finest wildlife conservation organizations in Canada and it has played a vital support role to the CVWMA since its inception. But its board of directors has decided they will not be involved in the operation of wildlife interpretation centres in Canada. However, I applaud its commitment to put more funding into the upkeep and maintenance of the water control structures on the CVWMA, which it previously constructed. I have been in contact with an increasing number of citizens in the Kootenays who share my concerns about what is happening with the CVWMA. Though they recognize there are ways to improve the current operational model of the CVWMA, they also believe the advice they can offer the government in this regard will result in a much better future for the CVWMA than what is currently being pursued. For this reason and, on behalf of all of them, I have asked the minister responsible for the CVWMA and all of the MLA candidates for Nelson-Creston to support putting a hold on any further government action regarding the CVWMA’s future until a meaningful opportunity has been provided to Kootenay area citizens to make input on this matter. Dennis McDonald West Creston

No Liberal candidate at PCSS forum To the Editor: I would like to thank Sjeng Derkx from the Green Party and Michelle Mungall from the New Democratic Party for attending the all-candidates forum held for senior students at Prince Charles Secondary School on April 24. The forum was held only five hours before the community forum and at the same venue. This event has been a tradition at our school and on the seven occasions that I have helped organize this forum, there have only been two candidates who have not attended or at least sent a representative. It is unfortunate that the Liberal candidate, Greg Garbula, chose not to attend, answer questions and speak with the youth of our community at this event, even after receiving a personal invitation and having one delivered to his local constituency office. I would like Mr. Garbula to explain to the youth of our community exactly

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Liberals will keep taxes, costs down To the Editor: The recipe for economic disaster would be to vote for a party or a person who promised an extra $100 million here and there and everywhere, or a party that promised to put tax back on corporations (the Liberals lowered it from nine per cent to two per cent). This would result in corporations leaving (like last time) and more unemployment, and maybe 10,000 people having to leave B.C. again. The rest of us will have to pay more taxes plus increased taxes on businesses will be added to the products they sell. Taxes and the cost of living will increase. We may not have a Gordon Campbell to save us four years from now. Christy Clark just reinvented herself and wants to balance the budget instead of Dix putting more debts on our children. It’s your choice. Pick your reality. John Jorgensen Creston

Promotion for forum was lacking To the Editor: (Re: “Election candidates’ forum attracts sparse crowd”, May 2 Advance) The question/comment that I had for the candidates was misrepresented in the Advance. Mr. Eckersley wrote this about my question/comment, “Proximity to the U.S. border makes it difficult for Canadian businesses to compete.” I had to leave early because I was ill, so my question was written out, and maybe it was not read correctly, but I doubt it because of the fact that it was written out and I had the moderator check it. I do not have a copy of the question, since I wrote it on a piece of paper at the forum. But it went something like, “Being we are in such close proximity to the United States, how can Creston ‘increase’ trade with the United States and help boost the Creston economy?” Just another thought on the sparseness of the crowd — this forum was not well advertised. I found out about it via a personal email someone sent me. I know I got inquiries about it after the fact because people did not know it was going on, and they wish they would have known so they could have attended. Rhonda Barter Creston

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“If you have nothing to lose by trying and everything to gain if successful, then by all means try,” is a North American truism. We love to try!

them. Politicians try to run countries. Monarchies try to rule kingdoms and then some of us just try to get by. We try to pay our bills, and try to makes ends meet. Some of us try to burn the candle at both ends and then some of us will try just about anything (at least they try to convince you of that). We try to put our best foot forward. We try to look good, and we try to do good. We try to understand the bad things that happen or the people who make bad things happen. Through religion, people try to understand God. Through science, we try to understand existence. We try to do what is right and we try to do what is best. We try to know which is which. There are things that try our patience (people too). Then there are things that, even though we try, we have a hard time accepting or understanding. Try as we might, they boggle our minds. My March column was “The Art of Acceptance”, and in it I spoke about my sister and I having to accept the inevitability of losing our war with MS. I missed my April submission because I was away trying to get some answers. Now I am trying to stay hopeful that the relapse of MS I’m experiencing will go into remission with no residual effects and trying to prepare for what comes next if it does not. I’m trying to rest. I’m trying to make things easy to manage. I’m trying to tell myself I’ve come back before and I can come back

A Cultural Perspective Lori Wikdahl

We try new looks, new jobs, new partners. Then there are new places and spaces. We try new sights and sounds. Not a day goes by when we are not trying! We try to be honest and forthcoming. We try to be kind and understanding. We try to be fair. If you have a partner, you try to make them happy. If you have children, you try to give them the best of everything. If you are a child, you try to live up to the expectations of your parents. You try not to disappoint them. As individuals, we try to be successful, whether personal or professional. Some of us measure success by what we try. Tyrants try to control everything around

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again. I’m trying not to get discouraged and spend a lot of time trying to find the humour that must be there somewhere even if it’s dark. I’m trying my hardest to make the best of a bad situation. I’m trying to hold off on making any major decisions, life-wise — trying to ride this wave of life safely back to shore. These days, though, when it comes to trying, what I’m really having a hard time trying to wrap my head around is the terminal cancer my sister was diagnosed with in April while I was down at the MS clinic. I can’t even begin to try to understand what my sister is feeling. Trying to come to terms with perhaps six to nine months is not something anyone wants to try to come to terms with. “Death is really fine, but dying…” is one of my favorite e.e. cummings poems but until now I never really understood the depth of the emotion behind the statement. I am also trying to imagine what if: My sister’s slow decline over the past several months — her pain, fatigue and weakness — was assumed to be MS. Once you are chronically ill you try to deal with symptoms all the time. What if she didn’t have MS? I’m trying not to think about that. I’m trying not to think about losing my sister. I wonder about her children losing their mother, her husband losing his wife. I’m trying to figure out why after 18 years of fighting MS my sister is going to lose her life to lung cancer. I’m trying not to scream. I’m trying to keep it together. I’m trying to laugh at the irony of my sister quitting smoking nine years ago. I’m trying to tell myself a lot of things. I’m trying to be strong. But these days mostly I’m just trying to master fear. Lori Wikdahl is a Creston Valley artist.

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Humanity, where art thou?

If you asked me in the past what bothered me the most, one of the answers would be, “The ignorance of masses, arrogance of puppet masters, servitude of politicians.”

It takes time, patience, persistence, knowledge, wisdom and sensitive timing to plant a seed, water and tend it till it sprouts and brings the harvest in due time. Unfortunately, that is usually when time of trouble comes. Even then you have to be prudent as insidious people and o pport unVladimir Certik ists have b o g u s answers We, the masses, were and ready. A prime example was are continuously brain- fall of 2008 when the U.S. real washed. Fortunately, this is estate bubble did burst. easy to fix. Thanks to the Instead of locking fraudsters Internet and independent up for life they got trillions of websites, one can discover taxpayers’ bailout money, the truth and see through which they used for CEOs’ thick wall of lies in a few bonuses and profit claims in weeks or months. Regarding the following years. Had the the arrogance of puppet people been on watch, they masters, there is not much would hear independent one can do except exposing sites in 2007 that the U.S., them, thus informing unsus- U.K. and EU were pumping “money” into a rotten syspecting fellow humans. Solving those problems tem. Ironically, our star, with workable solutions is Stephen Harper, said in 2008 similar to starting a fire that “nobody saw it comwith wet wood during the ing.” Well, I beg to differ. The other closely related rain. In times of (relative) prosperity, most people issue is the recent passing simply do not care enough of the so-called anti-terrorto leave their comfort zone ist law(lessness) in Ottawa, and the few who do care are which together with other isolated and unable to move pieces of legislation brings us to a verge of police state the masses. when you simply can be locked up for no good reason other than being under suspicion. Our forefathers did not fight for freedoms and liberties so that we could just give them away. Losing our freedoms and liberties is being done in small Date: Wednesday, May 15 steps, usually outside the general populaLocation: Creston Community Complex tion’s attention. Kootenay Room Since 9-11, I have researched number of terrorist related topics Time: 9 a.m. – 3 p.m. and found out that the largest terrorists are Learn about: those who claim to fight it. • Dementia, types of dementia and treatment options. Remember the U.S./ • Simple ways and tools for effective, meaningful NATO bomb-paving road from Benghazi to and rewarding communication with the person with Tripoli for al-Qaida terAlzheimer’s disease. rorists? And our beloved politicos have Community Care nurses will conclude the day the arrogance to ask if with a discussion on community services. al-Qaida has a network in Canada? Former U.S. ambassador Ed Peck was Registration: Call Kathleen at member of an official US commission that 250-428-8734. was working on definition of terrorism. Cost: $20 per person. They produced six definitions, all of which were rejected. The reason? They pointed all 10 fingers at good ol’ Uncle Sam. See TRAGEDIES, page 11

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