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ON KEY — Creston piano teacher Audrey Johnson (rear left) looks on as two of her students, Dempsey McKenna and Ben Collison perform during a concert on Saturday afternoon. Along with Alec Hammond (not pictured), the students each played a movement of the Mozart’s Piano Concerto No. 12 in A Major (K. 414) and were accompanied by Symphony of the Kootenays members Wendy Herbison and Vic Neufeld (violins, Nelson), Penny Long (viola, Cranbrook) and Creston’s Sophia Smith (cello).

LKB chief cycling for diabetes awareness BY LORNE ECKERSLEY Advance Staff

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Members of his family and friends have suffered and died from the complications of diabetes and Lower Kootenay Band Chief Jason Louie wants to help put a stop to the suffering. On Friday morning, Louie will climb on a bike in Bonners Ferry and start out his ride home by crossing the bridge over the Kootenay River and making the long uphill climb toward Three Mile.

He won’t be raising money, just awareness. “This ride was inspired as tribute to my mentor, Chief Raymond Abraham of the Kootenai Tribe in Bonners Ferry,” Louie said on Friday. Abraham, a hereditary chief, died five years ago from diabetes complications. “It was a huge loss for our nation,” he said. “For me, personally, he took me under his wing. I know now that he was mentoring a future leader.” Louie witnesses the effects of diabetes

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every day. His wife, Angie, is one of many Lower Kootenay Band members to suffer from the disease. “It requires a huge lifestyle change,” he said. “A more active life and better diet, for instance.” In the 1970s, Louie said, Abraham declared a peaceful war on the United States in an effort to bring attention to the appalling conditions many First Nations people lived, and continue to live, in. “It will be very meaningful for me when I ride across the Bonners Ferry

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bridge, then start up the hill,” Louie said. “That hill is very symbolic of the uphill climb that occurs when a person is diagnosed with diabetes.” For symbolic reasons, too, he said cool, rainy weather would only add to the message he wants to deliver. On his ride, Louie will be joined by two others from Lower Kootenay, and he said the support from the Creston business community has been heartening. See JASON, page 5

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reston’s Paul Dawkins (right) won the people’s choice award at the Cranbrook and District Arts Council’s VisArts 2013 adjudicated exhibition and sale. The piece, The Woodman Artist, a concrete sculpture, captured the title and a $300 prize at the exhibition, which ran from May 7-June 1. Dawkins, who spent part of last summer creating a sand sculpture in front of the Ramada Creston Hotel, has won international awards for concrete landscape rocks, but this is the first time he’s won an award in a competition comparing 2D and 3D objects. Concrete is the major part of Dawkins’ Greenway Creations products, which include furniture. He is currently enrolled in an 85-week course through Creston’s Community Futures self-employment program, developing concrete, wood and straw bale buildings, and self-sustaining off-the-grid energy systems and venue. He will also be teaching concrete sculpting through the College of the Rockies this month. Dawkins has enjoyed an artistic lifestyle for 40 years, and has lived in Creston for nearly two, which he credits with helping him to grow spiritually,

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anada again commanded the action against Korea in the second night of FIVB (Fédération Internationale de Volleyball) Volleyball World League men’s volleyball (Pool C, Match 33) at Mississauga’s Hershey Centre, with scores of 25-23, 25-20 and 25-20. Korea was no match for the larger Canadians in front of their home crowd fans. Although Korea looked sharper off the start, with their middle blockers attacking well, Canada responded with another straight-set win. Just over 2,300 fans were on hand to cheer the Canadians. “Our goal is to be number one in our pool and to do that we need to have weekends where we get two wins in a row,” said Creston’s Gord Perrin. “It’s really tight and it is huge for us to get these wins.” Perrin was Canada’s top scorer, with 16 points, followed by right side Dallas Soonias of Red Deer, Alta., with 15. Canada heads to Finland (June 28-30) and Japan (July 5-7) to continue its campaign to finish at the top of pool C and advance in the tournament.

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Nelson pilot killed in East Shore crash BY BRIAN LAWRENCE Advance Editor Anthony Arnold (Tony) Quibell, 53, of Nelson was killed in a plane crash northwest of Crawford Bay on June 12. The twin engine Cessna 337 was on its way from Nelson to Saskatchewan when it went down around 2 p.m. “We have information from a spot tracker that gives us an idea of the accident being around an hour after departure,” said Bill Yearwood, Transportation Safety Board regional operations manager for aviation. Headed on a six-hour flight to La Ronge, Sask., the plane crashed in the mountains at an altitude of about 1,980 meters (6,500 feet);

Crawford Bay itself is at an altitude of 536 metres (1,760 feet). Two TSB investigators were taken by helicopter to the crash site, where they attempted to determine the cause of the accident. They discovered that the plane burned after crashing, and a lack of technology was expected to make the investigation challenging. “These smaller aircraft don’t have any recording devices like flight data or cockpit voice,” Yearwood said. “We anticipate having to go with what we find in the debris field, scars on trees, et cetera.” The coroner removed the body for identification on Saturday. The wreckage has also been released to the insurance underwriters, Yearwood said.

Toyota part of economic delegation to China, S. Korea BY LORNE ECKERSLEY Advance Staff

Creston Mayor Ron Toyota is a long way from home this week. On Monday he flew westward, part of an economic delegation that is repaying a visit by South Koreans last year. Toyota joins a group that includes Cranbrook Mayor Wayne Stetsky. A two-day stopover in Taicang, China, will include exploration of lumber and coal opportunities, and meetings will include Shanghai-based representatives from Teck and Canfor. “I’m not sure what might come out of this tour,” Toyota said. “But I am convinced that presenting ourselves as a region and not a bunch of small communities is the best way to go.”

In South Korea, the visiting Canadians will be based in Wonju. “We would like to explore international education, tourism, alternative energy technologies, particularly solar power and agriculture, and a possible center of excellence for College of the Rockies,” said Kevin Weaver, Cranbrook’s business and economic development manager. On the return trip, Toyota is leaving the group to make a visit to Creston’s sister city, Kaminoho, Japan. Kaminoho no longer has a local government and the small farming and forestry community falls under the jurisdiction of nearby Seki City. Toyota, born in B.C. and of Japanese heritage, has visited Japan as a businessman, but this will be his first trip to the Kaminoho area.

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Moore promoted to chief of Creston Fire Rescue BY LORNE ECKERSLEY Advance Staff

More than six months after the retirement of fire chief Bruce Mabin, Creston Fire Rescue once again has a fire chief. Deputy Chief Michael Moore was promoted in a ceremony at the June 11 regular council meeting. Moore was given the oath of office by Creston Mayor Ron Toyota, who also read a history of the trumpet as a symbol of firefighters around the world. Three firefighters were appointed to new positions: Randall Fabbro (captain), Dayle MacRae (lieutenant) and Dean Armitage (lieutenant). Not in attendance was Andrew Bibby, who was also promoted to lieutenant. Council Briefs •Couns. Joanna Wilson and Wesly Graham were given approval to attend a School District No. 8 (Kootenay Lake) ad hoc committee presentation about school catchment review in Salmo next Tuesday. •Council directed staff to

provide details about a proposed “business walk” program for Creston. In the program, councillors would visit businesses in a defined area to learn more about the needs and concerns. •A toilet replacement program is underway to encourage residents and businesses to replace high water use toilets. A total of $8,500 is budgeted for the program. Engineering and public works director Iain Bell reported that all Town of Creston facilities have undergone the conversion. •After a short debate, council approved an application from the Creston Wave Swim Club to allow out of town families of swim meet competitors to camp on community complex property this month. Coun. Jerry Schmalz and Scott Veitch voted against the motion, arguing that local camping facilities are available and should be used. •Engineering manager Colin Farynowski reported that 20 residents in northeast Creston are participating in a compost pickup pilot pro-

gram. Each resident has purchased a small, wheeled compost bin that will be emptied by town staff each Saturday until November. The materials — household and garden organic waste — will be composted as part of a test to explore the feasibility of a town-wide program. •A staff report will present council with options about the red pedestrian crossings on Canyon Street. Bell reported that the coloured application to the pavement is expensive to maintain. Maintenance is a town responsibility, he said, because the province’s highways department only takes responsibility for white paint markings on highways that run through towns. One option, he said, is to simply allow the current red surfacing to wear out over time, but it will have to be removed if the province is to re-assume responsibility to maintain crosswalk markings. The red portions were installed as part of a downtown revitalization program several years ago.

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Vehicle impounded when drunk driver visits RCMP BY LORNE ECKERSLEY Advance Staff

In what Creston RCMP Cpl. Monty Taylor describes as an action worthy of World’s Dumbest Criminals, an intoxicated Surrey male appeared at the police station on June 14, asking, “Where is Creston?” He failed a roadside screening device test and was issued a 90-day driving prohibition. His vehicle

was impounded for 30 days and he was issued a ticket for $230 for having open liquor in his vehicle.

Police Beat Creston RCMP responded to 75 calls for service from June 10-16, Taylor said. June 10 •A complaint about a fraudulent transfer of a vehicle’s ownership was received from Kitchener. •Creston police assisted Medicine Hat RCMP in obtaining a statement about a mischief case that occurred NOTICE OF ANNUAL in Alberta. •Police seized 112 MUNICIPAL REPORT marijuana plants for destruction when they Pursuant to the Community Charter, NOTICE executed a search waris hereby given that copies of Council’s Annual rant on Riverview Road Municipal Report for 2012 will be available in Lister. The plants for public inspection on June 14th, 2013, and that Council will receive submissions and/or were being grown questions from the public at the June 27th, 2013 indoors and the investiSpecial Regular Meeting (4:00 p.m., Council gation continues. Chambers, Town Hall). The Annual Report will •A cow reported on include Audited Financial Statements, Report on Highway 3/95 was Permissive Tax Exemptions, Municipal Services gone when police and Operations, Declaration of Disqualiﬁcations raced to the scene. of Council Members (if any) for 2012, and a •No theft was Statement of Objectives and Measures for the noted after a break-in current and following year. to a business in the The public’s attendance and/or comments on the 1100 block of Canyon Annual Municipal Report are welcome. Anyone Street. The investigawishing to review the Report prior to the June 27th Special Regular Council Meeting can obtain tion continues. a copy from Town Hall, 238 – 10th Avenue North, •Police assisted Creston. BC. emergency health services personnel in Lou Varela Town Manager entering the residence of a person with a

NOTICE OF INTENDED DISPOSAL (LEASE) OF TOWN PROPERTY Pursuant to Sections 24 and 26 of the Community Charter, notice is given of the intended disposal by way of Lease Agreement for the term April 1st, 2013 to March 31st, 2018, the rights to use and occupy lands, a portion of those legally described as Lot 9, District Lot 13566, Kootenay District, Plan 1859, situated on the Creston Flats, Creston, BC, to John Walter Rauch and Helen Joan Rauch (the Tenants), for the purpose of using the land for farming, namely forage crop planting and harvesting, and for no other purposes. The consideration to be received by the Town of Creston is as follows: -In lieu of rent, the Tenants have leased to the Town of Creston, certain lands owned by the Tenants and located in the area of the Creston Flats, for the term of the lease agreement. DATED this 4th day of June 2013. Bev Caldwell, Executive Assistant Pursuant to Sections 24 and 26 of the Community Charter, notice is given of the intended disposal by way of Lease Agreement for the term January 1st, 2013 to December 31st, 2017, the rights to use and occupy lands, a portion of those legally described as Lot 16037, Kootenay District, Except Part Included in Plan NEP82851, situated in Lister, British Columbia, to Rick Schmidt, RixnBee Farms Ltd. (the Tenant), for the purpose of using the land for farming, namely to seek and harvest alfalfa, oats, timothy, brome-grass or other small grain crops only and for no other purposes. The consideration to be received by the Town of Creston is as follows: -$76.00 per acre per year, based on 53 farmable acres of land, for a total rental fee of $4,028.00 per year. DATED this 4th day of June 2013. Bev Caldwell, Executive Assistant Pursuant to Sections 24 and 26 of the Community Charter, notice is given of the intended disposal of one ATCO Building, Registration No. 12405550, located at the Creston Valley Regional Airport, 1993D Airport Road, Creston, British Columbia. Following advertisement in the Creston Valley Advance on May 2 and 9, 2013 for the sale of the ATCO Building, and no offers coming forth from such advertisement, Council for the Town of Creston determines the ATCO Building to be surplus to the needs of the Town, and therefore authorizes the Creston Valley Regional Airport Society to take whatever action necessary to dispose of the ATCO Building, at no cost to the Town. There shall be no ﬁnancial consideration to be received by the Town of Creston with respect to the disposal of this Building. DATED this 4th day of June 2013. Bev Caldwell, Executive Assistant

medical emergency. June 11 •Damage of more than $1,000 was reported from a rear-end collision on Ibbitson Street at Northwest Boulevard. No injuries resulted. •A complaint about dogs that “consistently charge” a passerby on Moore Road in Erickson was referred to the Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals. •A resident in the 3000 block of Erickson Road complained about a neighbor building a fence on his property. •A man’s wallet was lost “somewhere in town”. •Police are attempting to locate the owner of some cash found in the 1500 block of Canyon Street. June 12 •A female resident of 16th Avenue North complained about nuisance phone calls. •Town employees watering plants on Canyon Street reported being harassed by two males. •Police are investigating a reported domestic assault in the 500 block of 16th Avenue North. •A female resident of 25th Avenue South is being charged with failing to comply with a probation order after not paying restitution. •A grey Rangefinder canopy was stolen from a pickup truck on Northwest Boulevard. It also appears the thief made an attempt to steal the wheels. The canopy had been repainted from its original blue. •A male driver made a left turn onto Canyon Street from 16th Avenue North and struck a pedestrian, who was uninjured but taken to hospital as a

precaution. The pickup driver was ticketed for failing to yield to a pedestrian. June 13 •Police assisted Elk Valley RCMP in attempting to locate a 14-year-old female, but she had left the area after being here earlier. •Solar yard lights were reported stolen from a 26th Avenue South residence. •Police were unable to locate a reported unlicensed driver on Canyon Street. •A gas can was stolen from the 1500 block of Northwest Boulevard. •An off-duty RCMP member noticed suspicious behavior by a male leaving a store on Cook Street. He had shoplifted a quantity of coffee and was arrested. The investigation continues. •A tampered ignition indicates an attempt was made to steal a vehicle in the 1500 block of Northwest Boulevard. •Police assisted hospital personnel in locating a mental health patient, who was transported to the hospital in Cranbrook. •A group of hacky sack players that was playing loud music outside the hospital apologized and agreed to leave. June 14 •The front bumper of a PT Cruiser was reported damaged in a hit and run between June 10 and 12. •About $2,000 worth of tools were stolen from a carport on Lakeview-Arrow Creek Road. •A semi knocked over an address sign in the 3100 block of Highway 3. •Men who have a contract to recycle metal from some

Northwest Boulevard businesses reported another male is stealing the items from unlocked garbage bins. •A male was arrested for breaching a probation order by attending a Mallory Road residence. Police were already looking for him for another breach and he was held until a justice of the peace ordered him to stay in custody pending a court hearing. •A glass door was damaged in an apparent break-in attempt to a seasonal residence on Larch Road near Kootenay Lake. •A landlord reported getting harassing phone calls from a tenant who was given an eviction notice. •The owner of an aggressive dog on Connel Road has agreed to keep the animal restrained. •After patrolling police officers noted an intoxicated female she was arrested and held in cells until sober. Her booze was dumped and she left with tickets for consuming liquor in public ($230) and being drunk in public ($115). June 15 •Intoxicated males at a Cook Street residence left when police were called. •A male who refused to leave a party in the 200 block of Fifth Avenue North was gone when police arrived. •An intoxicated male who refused to leave a residence on 11th Avenue South in Erickson was arrested and held overnight in cells. He was released on conditions and faces an assault charge. •A complaint about vehicles speeding in the 30 km/h zone on 10th Avenue North was received. •A landlord-tenant dispute was referred to the residential tenancy branch. •Three more residences on Larch Road were reportedly broken into. A property manager arrived at one, where a male in his late 20s was inside. She assumed he was doing work on the house but became suspicious when he sped off in a newer model SUV. He is described as being a Caucasian with brown hair and brown yes. The investigation continues. •A Creston male who arrived at the Rykerts border crossing after consuming alcohol In 2011, Council established a Revitalization Tax Exemption was issued a 24-hour Program to promote the economic revitalization and growth of driving prohibition. •What a complainthe Town of Creston. The intention of the Bylaw was to ant reported as being encourage the development and redevelopment of shots fired in the 1500 commercial hotels and motels. This particular program was block of First Avenue turned out to be firefor a three (3) year period and is soon coming to a close. works. June 16 As such, all eligible applications for development or •A female reported redevelopment of a commercial hotel or motel must be made than another female was receiving harassto the Town of Creston on or before July 31, 2013. ing text messages from a male. For further information concerning this program, •No theft was noted in another break-in to a please call 250-428-2214, ext. 233. Larch Road seasonal residence.

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Youth soccer association needs coaches, referees, volunteers BY BRIAN LAWRENCE Advance Editor

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(From left) Sherri Fowler of Nadan Nessie Gear, Mike Ramaradhya of Pharmsave, Lower Kootenay Band Chief Jason Louie and Sandy Wayling of Creston Fitness Centre.

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With no president or vice-president following its recent annual general meeting, and with too little supervision at practices, the Creston Valley Youth Soccer Association is seeking volunteers. About 220 Creston Valley youth take part in soccer, and if the organization doesn’t find more coaches, the board may consider capping team numbers. The U6 team has 35 members overseen by one coach and two assistants — the goal is to have one coach per nine players, so running that team is a big task. “It makes playing really difficult,” said board member Gwen Benty. “It runs totally on volunteers.” “The one or two adults to 35 players ratio we had this season are not sustainable and not conducive to player development,” said a letter to parents from Mary Griffioen. With the older teams, two coaches and a manager are needed, and with only one adult referee in the Creston Valley, referees are needed, too—both positions receive training and referees are paid through the provincial soccer association. “I don’t think people realize that when you pay your $60, it doesn’t go to pay the coaches,” said Benty, noting that fee — some of the most affordable of any sport — cover administration, equipment and maintenance.

From page 1 In preparation for the 58-kilometre ride, he has been training almost daily since December. Workouts at the Creston Fitness Centre have provided a camaraderie he has come to enjoy in his early morning sessions. And the gym has donated a one-year gym pass that will given out as a prize during National Aboriginal Day festivities on Friday. Pharmasave’s Mike Ramaradhya and Jodie McBlain have been “incredibly generous,” he said. “I asked for a small donation like diabetes testing strips and they came back to me with a one-year pass to the Creston and District Community Complex fitness centre. I didn’t know what to say.” After training for months on a heavy mountain bike, he is grateful to Nadan Nessie Gear, Canyon Street’s outdoor equipment retailer and renter, which is giving him “a great deal” on the use of a lightweight road bike. “I am truly grateful for their support on what I see as a small scale awareness ride,” he said. “I ESTATE SALE BY OWNER was a supply tech in the Canadian Armed Forces and my job was to be a lifeline to the troops, getWest Creston ting them whatever they needed. Now others are • 3.5 acres with older 2 bdrm taking on the same role for me.” cottage (needs work) Prevention is key to Louie’s message. • 6 acres of fenced leased land “When I look around my community, there (land locked to property) aren’t many old men,” he said. “I want to live • Joseph Creek runs through long enough to become an elder and a grandfaproperty ther, but I know I have to work to get there. • recently subdivided with all He and his co-riders will set out from Bonners power, water and roadways $ Ferry at 7 a.m. and he plans to arrive before to site noon, during the Aboriginal Day celebration, Call 1-250-860-6146 for details which runs from 10 a.m.-2 p.m. Events will include a teepee-raisThe B.C. Weed Control Act imposes ing contest, fry breada duty on all land occupiers to control making competition, designated noxious plants. storytelling in a tipi, a traditional lunch, The purpose for the Act is to protect our natural resources crafts booths, pine neeand industry from the negative impacts of foreign weeds. dle basket-making and a round dance. For Noxious weed spraying please contact: “I am ready for Creston Valley Beef Growers Assoc. anything I encounter Rob Davidson 250-402-8664 on Friday — let it rain or Bryan Wuzinski 250-866-5744 or snow!” he said. For more information on noxious weeds check out this website: “Then we are going to http://www.agf.gov.bc.ca/cropprot/weedguid/weedguid.htm celebrate.”

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Due to a lack of volunteers, the Creston association wasn’t able to host its own soccer tournament this year, although six teams from U12 to U18 attended the Terry Walgren Tournament in Nelson. The members of older teams are currently involved in fundraising — money has been easier to obtain than helping hands, and the associ-

ation has sent teams to Costa Rica and England for trips combining recreation and training. “I think it provides a lot of opportunities,” said Benty. Anyone interested is invited to attend a meeting at 7 p.m. June 25 at the Cavell Street Dental Clinic, call Benty at 250-428-5645 or email crestonvalleysoccer@gmail.com.

PUBLIC NOTICE Please be advised that the RDCK is introducing a Waste Screening Program at the Creston  Resource  Recovery  Facility.  The  objective  of  this  process  is  to  improve  environmental  performance  of  the  landfill  through  improved  screening  for  recyclable  and  hazardous  materials.  All  Waste  Screening  activities  will  be  undertaken  to  ensure  compliance  with  the Resource Recovery Facilities Bylaw (RDCK Bylaw 2174).     Initially  waste  screening  events  (June  15,  2013‐September  15,  2013)  will  be  for  the  purpose  of  Education  only,  no  penalties  will  apply  for  non‐compliant  loads  during  this  period  of  time.  Customers  found  to  be  non‐compliant  with  RDCK  Bylaw  2174  after    September 15, 2013 will be subject to appropriate fees & penalties.    For your reference, the RDCK Resource Recovery Bylaw is available on our website:  http://www.rdck.bc.ca/environmental/waste/waste_disposal/resource_recovery_bylaw.html  For more information contact: Nicole Ward Environmental Services Coordinator PH: 250-352-8192 / 1-800-268-7325 Email: nward@rdck.bc.ca

RURAL MATTERS Electoral Area ‘B’ Community Land Use Plan

Are you concerned about the future of the Creston Valley? Do you want to be involved in how lands are managed for future generations? Are agricultural lands important to you? Do you want to be able to provide land options to your children one day? The Regional District of Central Kootenay invites you to become involved in the future of Electoral Area ‘B’. We will be hosting workshops throughout each community to go over how the community plan has changed and other new initiatives.

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Location Creston Valley Airport Lister, Rykert, Huscroft, Riverview Emergency Services Monday, June 24th, 2013 7 pm to 9 pm Building Canyon Community Hall North Canyon, South Canyon 4110 43rd Street Tuesday, June 25th, 2013 7 pm to 9 pm Canyon-Lister Road Creston and District Erickson, Rural Creston Community Complex Wednesday, June 26th, 2013 7 pm to 9pm Erickson Room Creston and District Kitchener, Arrow Creek Community Complex Thursday, June 27th, 2013 7 pm to 9 pm Erickson Room To learn more, please see the project website at: http://www.rdck.bc.ca/development/planning/projects/ area_b_land_use_planning.html For more information please contact Meeri Durand, Planning Manager at mdurand@rdck.bc.ca or (250) 352-8162

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The fall and rise of a leader

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In the weeks leading up to last month’s provincial election I had conversations with several local Liberal supporters. Like me, they assumed the Christy Clark-led party was doomed, and that the next few years would lead to a major shakeup for a party that, despite its surprise win at the polls, is overdue for a major makeover. Even supporters must have been taken aback at Clark’s announcement of a bloated cabinet, quickly followed by word that the premier’s chief of staff and other ministerial assistants, most of of them Liberal party supporters, were getting pay raises. Not little inflationpace bumps, but leaps of the sort that union employees wouldn’t dare to dream of. Back to pre-election chats. Often, they focused on the need to deep-six Clark, who does not have the Conservative roots that many of the misnamed provincial Liberals were looking for. To some she is more of a federal Liberal, to others a charlatan, an opportunist who never looked more at home than she did when she was out of politics and behind a radio talk show microphone. The party needs to be rebranded with a new vision and leader, and it needs to refocus its catchall approach that sees it trying to shepherd the disparate right and centre interests into an uneasy alliance whose greatest commonality is that they dislike and fear the NDP. That was the gist of our conversations. And those same conversations were going on all around the province at the same time, to the extent that now-irrelevant 801 group was formed in the lead-up to what its

that all Liberals are wealthy, but economic opportunism is without a doubt a driving force. Clark is on relatively safe ground with her superficial opposition to the Enbridge pipeline, for instance, because it won’t leave an economic legacy for the province, and B.C. pretty much turned over the final decision for the pipeline to the federal government a few years ago, anyway. Fracking, the controversial process to extract natural Lorne Eckersley gas from the earth’s bowels, is now going to go full steam ahead, pun intended. The process is that a re-invention of the party already draining regions of surface would begin at 8:01 p.m. on the water and it is polluting undernight of the election. Clark would ground sources, like aquifers, at a have to go and the Liberal party spectacular rate. The world is awash would move to the right, preferably in natural gas, with enormous supunder a new name. plies much closer to the biggest I don’t support any political users than Canada is, but B.C. is party, but I have never been happy with the Liberal name being used by going full-tilt boogie into the business, to the extent that Deputy a party that arose from the ashes of the old Social Credit party. The party Premier Rich Coleman is also Minister for Natural Gas is proof that politics makes strange Development. bedfellows, but many of its key B.C. is hardly unique among govplayers have been decidedly conserernments where the need to create vative. jobs is approaching panic mode. The Immediately following the elecworld has embraced digital technoltion, my conversations with those ogy and we are in a parallel to the same Liberal supporters acknowlindustrial revolution, when the elimedged that any chance to reform the ination of the need for traditional party was now lost, that Clark manpower left generations of workwould — and who in her position wouldn’t? — simply take the party’s ers in the lurch. As leaders desperately scramble to put people to success as a mandate for the same work, send them to war or suffer the old same old. consequences, the environment is Now, with the oversized cabinet taking a back seat. As a premier, and big salary increases for party Clark doesn’t have an awful lot of hacks, it looks for all the world that the Liberals will continue to be what power to make huge changes, but she does seem to know what the key they always have been. My mind issue is. keeps drifting back to the Paul Lorne Eckersley is the publisher of Simon lyric, “A loose affiliation of the Creston Valley Advance. millionaires and billionaires.” Not members assumed would be a resounding defeat at the polls. 801? An informal group consisting of business people and Liberal supporters had arisen on the pretext

This is the Life

Don’t miss Longest Day of Play

Not to depress anyone, but we have reached the date with the most daylight and it’s all downhill from here; I’m starting to think about snow tires and rolling up hoses. Just kidding — we have a long way to go and the best of summer is on its way after one of our better springs. What does mark June 21 is that it is, as ParticipAction calls it, the Longest Day of Play. As good Canadians, of course, we all know that ParticipAction is a national non-profit society started in 1971 solely to inspire and support active living and sport participation in Canada and became internationally recognized for doing just that. Probably slightly ahead of the curve back then (who knew?) core funding dropped and it had to close its doors in 2001. Obviously, somebody since then started to look around at the flaring rates of diabetes, childhood obesity, inactivity and the general decline of the Roman Empire, so with generous support from Sport Canada and the Public Health Agency of Canada, ParticipAction was revitalized in 2007 as the national voice of physical activity and sport participation in Canada. Whew, just in time! Anyway, as the national voice of physical activity and sport participa-

tion, ParticipAction wants to hark back to a time when our neighborhoods were bustling with active kids playing after school, after dinner and much of the weekend. Remember

solving and social skills.” The organization will also track Canada’s minutes of play — all you have to do is log them in. For tons of information, right down to some cool games to play with the kids, go to www.participaction. com and start reading. While I have you — just a shout out to the volunteers and the participants of our second annual Just Tri It triathlon which went off with nary a hitch on June 1. The participants were there for Neil Ostafichuk their own reasons ranging from training for a larger when sounds of children’s laughter event, the challenge of it all or a funand having fun with friends filled the draiser for a group (and one group streets until the street lights came on raised significant funds for a specific and parents called their children in cause, which is another story). I tend for the night? On the longest day of to drift more towards recognition for the year, June 21, they would like us the volunteers who are there for a to take advantage of the extra day- whole set of different reasons, all givlight to enjoy the Longest Day of ing freely of their time to wave a trafPlay. Turn off the TV and go to the fic sign around, pass water out, count park, schoolyard or your local recre- swimmers’ laps or help organize and tear down, among other jobs, but ation centre — and just play! “The Longest Day of Play is a ultimately to assist in providing a fun great excuse to go out after dinner, let and safe experience for others. It is loose in the park, explore, run, jump just another example of how “stuff” and climb. Just get out and play,” happens in our community on all says Kelly Murumets, ParticipAction fronts that simply would not be if it president and CEO. “Active play is were not for volunteers. Neil Ostafichuk is the recreation enjoyable, but it is also shown to improve a child’s motor function, supervisor at the Creston and District creativity, decision-making, problem- Community Complex.

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foundations in Calgary, Niagara, Chatham Kent and Drayton Valley — and the communities they serve — on their good fortune. Peter Hepher Creston

To the Editor: One hundred and seventeen million dollars! You could almost feel the excitement with which the writer of the bulletin from the Community Foundations of Canada emailed this news to member foundations across the land. In summary, the news was that this was the size of the largest donation ever made to a Canadian community foundation. It had come to the Calgary Community Foundation from “Doc” Seaman (a name probably known to a number of ex-Calgarians now living in this valley). And, under the rules governing community foundations in Canada, over the next century it will grow to $663 million while providing annual grants to non-profit agencies in the Calgary area totalling $1.4 billion. The same bulletin reported other substantial donations recently received by Canadian community foundations: $5.8 million to Niagara, $1.5 million to Chatham Kent and $1 million to Drayton Valley. As a board member of the CrestonKootenay Foundation whose kitty still falls well short of $1 million after seven years of existence, my first reaction to all that was to turn green with envy — figuratively, of course. But then I thought, not only was that mean-spirited, maybe there was some good news for the CKF lurking in those tidings about the foundations reported above. Maybe it meant that the good that community foundations do and how they constitute a form of permanent charitable security for the areas in which they operate has become more widely appreciated than heretofore. Maybe that appreciation has grown or will soon grow among people in our valley, resulting in more enquiries via www.ckfoundation.com. We can hope, can’t we? Meanwhile, congratulations to the

Town taxes too high To the Editor: (Re: This is the Life: “Can we be too generous?”, June 6 Advance) Although an interesting topic, “Can we be too generous?” is somewhat misdirected in regard to the closing line of the column. The closing line of this column says, “We need to at least be aware of the complexity of a small community’s economics.” Economics is a study of how a society handles its scarce resources. The biggest economic problem in the town of Creston is the high residential and commercial taxes — that is why we have empty storefronts and dozens of homes for sale, and few (two in 2012) new home constructions. So our scarcity is human resources to pay those taxes. When I moved here 17 years ago, there were just fewer than 5,000 people in the town of Creston; now there are just over 5,000, yet the property taxes have had amazing increases — greatly out of proportion with the increase in population. And, unless the resident and business owners can get great tax breaks, or a tax-free card like the Ramada, it will be difficult to keep businesses and ultimately, people in the town of Creston. I know people that have moved just outside the town limits because taxes are less. It is not too complex to understand. People want to sell and move out of the town because it is too expensive to own a home and/or run a business within the town limits. Yes, there is big highlighted news about the one or two per cent increase, the point being that there is an increase! Last year, an elderly widow mentioned

to me that it is difficult to feed herself because her house taxes increased by $200. I cringed trying figure out how she is supposed come up with that extra $200. Good thing there is a Food Bank so she can at least be fed! How are the elderly, which is what our population is more and more made up of, on fixed incomes, to cover the increase in property taxes? Can we be too generous about this? Absolutely not — property taxes have to decrease. There are numerous ways this can be accomplished, but that is another topic. Rhonda Barter Creston

Citizens own country’s oil To the Editor: I am a concerned citizen of this great nation we call Canada, which every person born in this country owns — not the politicians, but the ordinary person. We own this country, not the oil companies, which the politicians have allowed to rape us over the years. The price of fuel in Canada is astronomical, related to the price of oil on the international market and our high taxes. We can’t seem to do anything about it, but if our MPs and MLAs had any fortitude they would fight for their constituents, but they don’t, knowing that the higher price of oil puts more tax money in their coffers, and the oil companies are making record profits. I say to all our MPs and MLAs, show some guts, stand up to your socalled leaders and lower the price of oil, go after the oil companies and lower the tax on fuel. For an oil-producing nation, our prices are too high. We own the oil, not oil companies. You are elected to represent us, and our only recourse is at the polls. Show some fortitude like you promised when elected. George Fraser Creston

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Here at the library, we love books. It’s what we do best. And with summer fast approaching, I’ve invited members of the library staff to help me out by recommending some great summer reads. Pat Tomasic (library assistant) — One Hundred Names by Cecelia Ahern: Cecelia Ahern’s books are quintessential summer reads; light, fast paced and with just enough of a message to not define them as fluffy. Her latest release is One Hundred Names and centres on failed, disgraced journalist Kitty Logan, who is trying to fulfill the final assignment of her recently deceased friend and mentor. Constance has left behind a list of one hundred names, and it is Kitty’s ambition to find them and the thread between them. Along the way, she finds that everyone, no matter how disparate in personality and circumstance, has a hidden story to tell. And it takes a special person to bring it out. Teresa Fletcher (office manager) — Armand Gamache series by Louise Penny: Louise Penny is an award winning Canadian author whose wonderfully written stories take place in Quebec. The main character is Chief Inspector Armand Gamache of the Sûreté du Quebec, and her first book, Still Life, takes place in a little village outside of Montreal populated by people you are sure you’ve met before and you just want to sit and have coffee with.

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Aaron Francis Andrew Feltham (library technician) — Thief of Time by Terry Pratchett: Terry Pratchett is my favourite fantasy author and this book is one of my favourites. The basic story involves the Auditors (the accountants of the universe) trying to freeze time so that they can remove the chaos (people) from the universe and create order. Trying to stop them are the Personification of Death, Death’s granddaughter Susan (it’s complicated), and the history monks Lu-Tze, “The Sweeper”, and his apprentice Lobsang Ludd. This book has many fun scenes such as chocolate warfare, an apocalypse, shattering all of time, martial arts and sweeping. Margaret Basaraba (library assistant) — Minding Frankie by Maeve Binchy: I am reading Minding Frankie by Maeve Binchy

and am finding it a touching story. If you like to really get to know the characters in a book this is the author for you. The story revolves around a young man who becomes a single father to a newborn after the mother’s death. The entire community of friends and neighbors helps him to begin raising his little girl. His situation is complicated by the fact that he is a recovering alcoholic. The story really highlights the fact that it does take a community to raise a child. Pat Tomasic (library assistant) — Life After Life by Kate Atkinson: On a cold February day in 1910, a baby girl is born, and dies. End of story? Not quite. This is only the first venture for Ursula Todd in Kate Atkinson’s Life After Life. Atkinson weaves a set of stories of Ursula’s lives and deaths that takes her from idyllic and tumultuous childhoods, from war torn London, to war torn Germany, from marriage and motherhood to spinsterhood. Through Ursula, Atkinson demonstrates how what appears to be a simple choice can have drastic consequences in one’s life. This is a gripping book that may make you think about your own choices. I’ll be back next month with a couple of my own picks. In the meantime, happy reading! Aaron Francis is the chief librarian at the Creston and District Public Library.

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I’ve been asking people what they find most disturbing about getting older. Most people say physical deterioration: sagging skin, greying hair, liver spots, aching knees. I’m not talking serious illness here. We discover bizarre nonlife-threatening “conditions” that affect our bodies, onslaughts like shingles, an irritating, painful rash that can go on for months. Or things we’ve never heard of before such as Dupuytren’s contracBetsy Brierley ture, which is a thickening of the fibrous tisA friend from Saskatchewan sue under the skin of the palm wrote in her Christmas card last that will eventually pull one or year, “2012 was an eventful year, more fingers into a bent position. One woman said that the most our 70th birthdays, 50th wedding anniversary, John’s retirement, disturbing thing is the feeling of and our grandson’s graduation redundancy that comes with from high school… Could we be aging. The knowledge that others are forging ahead, building old?” My Prince Charles Secondary careers, becoming parents engenSchool class is holding its 50th ders a sense of being left behind. Those who can be semi-retired reunion this summer. A fellow graduate wrote in an email, “Fifty are lucky. I recently met a local years seems like we must be kind man in his eighties who has a parttime small business in his home. of old!” Note the doubt inherent in He said, “If I didn’t have this little these comments. We are not job, I’d go crazy.” Most of us are giving up our day shocked when we discover we are jobs. We are volunteers rather than aging. We are surprised. My dad told me he knew he earners. We are finding other ways was getting old when he found to be relevant and appreciated. It’s a surprise to notice that our himself turning to the obituaries on first opening the newspaper. frame of reference is dated. I He wanted to know the ages of recently said to a woman in her mid-forties that I have Carol people who were dying. I think we see age in others Channing hair. She had absolutely before we see it in ourselves. But no idea who I was talking about. one day we become aware. We are “You know, Carol Channing, still surprised to see that wrinkles are alive… Hello, Dolly?” Nada. I find myself identifying with simply there. The waistline is See PATT, page 11 changing. The skin tone is absent. aging literary characters. Kurt Wallander, a Swedish policeman fighting what he thinks must be the onset of Alzheimer’s, is doing a crossword puzzle on a train: “As usual there were a few words he couldn’t figure out, and he was forced to sit there worOver 36 years at the same location with the same owner! rying about them.” We’ll be here when you need us. Why are we surprised by all this? Because, in fact, we are essentially the same people we were at 35 or 45. Our philosophy of Automatic life has not changed all that much. Our political Transmission views have been leanFlush and ing a certain way for Electronic Scan decades. Our personalities are entrenched, and our family and friends see us as they’ve always seen us. I used to think that Includes: road test, Includes: automatic when the children left remove pan, visual transmission flush, inspection, clean sump, electronic scan, road test, home, when they replace filter, adjust bands visual inspection, clean found a career and a and linkage, replace pan sump, new filter, adjust partner, we wouldn’t gasket and fluid. linkage, new pan gasket, worry about them anynew oil and more. more. Not true. The worries shift focus. It is Free courtesy cars the same with aging. and FREE towing The issues are different, with major repairs and at some point we simply come to terms If you’re going anywhere else you’re paying too much! with it, surprisingly. Save your money... you work hard for it. Betsy Brierley lives beside Kootenay Lake. 2865B Highway Drive, Trail Call Toll Free 1-877-368-3231 She used to write for the Open Your Automatic Mon - Sat Advance a long, long 250-368-3231 Cell 250-231-3234 8am - 5pm Transmission Specialists time ago.

Creston. She passed away on May 19 and many will miss her for a long, long time. Patt was skilled at sewing, knitting, crocheting and other crafts but her strongest talent was encouraging others to do their best. The Kronys’ workshop, at Patt's place, was always busy with Kronys making things to sell for funds for TAPS. Patt would have set up all the sewing machines, turned on the kettle and opened the cookie tin just in time for the Kronys to get started. She had wonderful ideas about what the next project would be and she usually had sewn two or three different versions of what the rest of us could try. She always said, “That's great, good job, now start another one.” Returning from any trip she and her husband Jim made, she would have fabric, yarn, beads, patterns, fibre, ribbon and anything else that could be made into to a craft. Many of the ideas for new products came from these trips. Jim is a very patient man to wait outside so many Rossland 250-362-7009 markets and fabric stores. Castlegar 250-304-2555 The other talent that Trail 250-364-6406 Patt shared was her ability to sell tickets. She and the Kronys hosted raffles as often as possible.

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