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Heavy rains caused a washout on Highway 3A near Sirdar last week. Crews have been working at the scene since but traffic remains restricted to one lane until further notice.

Deluge of rain causes damage around Valley BY LORNE ECKERSLEY Advance Staff

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TODAY'S WEATHER

About 270 Creston Valley elementary school students were bused to Yaqan Nukiy on Friday to participate in Aboriginal Hertitage Day activities. Here, students joined the Lower Kootenay Band drummers to pound out a beat that filled the room.

This week's weather artist:

Tristan Brunham, Erickson Elementary School

Farm fresh organic milk from Lister

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With some residents measuring more than three inches of rain last week, damage was inevitable. But it seems like the Creston Valley got lucky, at least compared to areas to the north and east. Work continues on repairs to the Highway 3A washout (above) near Sirdar and in Wynndel, where a stretch of railway bed was eroded, leaving train tracks hanging without support (photo on Page 22). In the Crestglen Mobile Home Park, a portion of bank slid toward homes, but none were damaged.

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Keep an eye out today (Thursday) for cyclists raising funds for Cystic Fibrosis Canada. They will be arriving from Rossland and then heading out Friday morning for Cranbrook. On Saturday, June 22nd, 2013, a group of 22 dedicated cyclists began a 9-day (1,200 km) bike ride from Vancouver to Banff in support of cystic fibrosis (CF) research. They

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The Creston Museum might be all about local history, but you can learn an awful lot about Canadian history while you’re there. Don’t believe us? We’ll prove it to you – they’re putting together a special Canada Day Trivia Challenge! They have approximately fifteen questions about Canada’s history, all of which can be answered by looking for clues in the displays at the Creston Museum. Which Prime Minister holds the

record for the most consecutive election victories? (Hint: his face appears on a plate in one of our displays.) Before Alberta and Saskatchewan became provinces in 1905, the land they encompass was divided into several districts of the North West Territories – can you name three of those districts? (There’s a map in the schoolhouse that might help.) And you might want to take a closer look at this flag, because it’s almost certainly going to provide a clue for one of the

questions. It’s a chance for you to show off how much you know about Canada! Take the Challenge on your phone (download the mobile app at www.ooklnet. com) or play on paper - your choice. Complete the Challenge and enter to win prizes. Admission for Trivia Challengers is just $2 per person ($5 for a family). The Challenge runs all day, from 10:00 to 5:00 on July 1, and the draw for prizes will be made at 5:00.

KidSport BC helped multiple families in Creston this soccer season by providing grants to cover registration costs. What is KidSport? KidSport was born out of a need identified by leaders in the sport community who witnessed too many children sitting on the sidelines, being

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Farm fresh milk a hit with Kootenay consumers By LORNE ECKERSLEY Advance Staff

The once familiar sound of clinking milk bottles in local dairy cases has returned to the Creston Valley. Kootenay Meadows, a family-owned organic farm in the Lister agricultural area, is now selling a full line of milk products, processed and bottled mostly with used and salvaged equipment. It’s another giant step for a family farm that has labored to create a value-added product line to sustain a future for owners Wayne and Denise Harris and their daughters, Erin and Nadine. The Harrises began making their alpine-style cheese (formerly under the label Kootenay Alpine Cheese) six years ago, and just began bottling their farm fresh milk this spring. Since the commencement of milk bottling, no longer does the farm produce organic milk only to see it hauled off in tanker trucks to distant processing plants, where it is untraceable and processed as non-organic milk. And no longer do Kootenay residents lose out on the opportunity to purchase milk and cream from local, grass-fed cows. Single source, locally bottled dairy products haven’t been available in Creston stores for more than 40 years and the community’s appetite has clearly been whetted. Not that starting a commercial bottling operation is easy. New equipment is either simply not available or cost prohibitive. “Our bottle washer and case washer are refurbished,” Nadine said. “No one is making new bottle washers any more, so we found two old ones of the same make— in terrible condition. Brad Issac, a talented local millwright, made one that works.” The pasteurizer came out of a government surplus auction. It once did service in a New Brunswick penitentiary. The Harrises hope that the small, two-bottle filler will soon be replaced by a more productive unit. To create the capacity to separate, pasteurize, bottle and store milk, an addition to the cheese-making facility doubled the interior space. A retail room will soon be ready to sell the farm’s expanded product line in a large, sun-filled area. Kootenay Meadows milk products are sold in 500ml, quart (946mL) and halfgallon (1.89L) glass bottles, sourced from Ontario, “the only supplier in North America.” “Dad and I worked for weeks to calculate how much glass we would need to start and within a month we were starting to run short,” Nadine said. Picture oldfashioned bottles with an elegant, simple clover and grass graphic, and it’s easy to imagine them sitting on kitchen windowsills, serving as retro-style flower vases. Despite the appeal of keeping a bottle or two at home, Kootenay Meadows

greatly appreciates when customers rinse and return the bottles to stores, so that they may be picked up when delivering fresh milk to be washed and re-filled again. Re-usable glass is used to be environmentally, and economically, responsible, “So please return your bottles for reuse,” is the plea from Nadine. The Harris family is hardly unfamiliar with re-tilling old ground. Six years ago a venture into cheese-making was seen as a huge risk. Now, Kootenay Meadows cheese is available in stores and markets from Vancouver Island to Ontario. The cheese-making venture provided a comfort level that allowed Erin to return to the family farm after earning a degree in organic agriculture in Ontario. Nadine, who has a degree in education, sold Kootenay Alpine (now Kootenay Meadows) cheese in Lower Mainland markets before she, too, returned home. Only their brother, Foster, has resisted the temptation to move back permanently, but even he has returned to help with construction, first of the fromagerie, and then of the bottling plant. A herd of 80 cows, a mix of Holstein, Swedish Red, Guernsey and Normande cows, is sustained with organically grown feed on a patchwork quilt of owned and leased parcels. The herd produces about 14,000L a week, 3,000-4,000L of which is used for cheese. Gravity fed milk from the nearby milking barn makes its way gently through stainless steel pipes to be processed into cheese or milk and cream. Two months into production, orders for milk and cream are up to about 5,000L a week. The remainder is shipped out in bulk trucks, an amount that, ideally, will dwindle to nothing as wholesale orders throughout the East and West Kootenays increase. Save-On-Foods and Kootenay Co-op in Nelson, and Overwaitea Foods and Famous Fritz Meats and Deli in Creston, are the biggest retailers, but equally important are the smaller outlets, many of which cater to customers demanding organic products produced as close to home as possible. Consumers in Fernie, Cranbrook, Kimberley, Salmo, Kaslo, Crawford Bay, New Denver, the Slocan Valley, Castlegar, Trail, Rossland and Nelson have been quick to make purchases. Retailers in Vancouver and Calgary are interested in Kootenay Meadows milk and cream, too, but transportation from a community tucked into the southeast corner of the province, just north of the Idaho Panhandle, is a complicating factor. “Our delivery truck (Foster at the wheel, for the time being) is on the road three days a week, 12 hours a day,” Denise said. The addition of a milk-bottling plant has stretched the family’s finances, time and energy resources, but five full-time and six part-time employees are all bene-

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fitting from employment that comes through diversification. Nadine, who handles most of the marketing of the farm products, also keeps busy in the fromagerie and bottling plant. (Erin works primarily with the herd and crops.) “So much is about the cleaning,” she laughs. “It’s the less romantic part, but that’s really what takes up a great deal of time and effort.” For Denise, she gets the satisfaction

working side-by-side with her family and employees that she also calls friends. The reward of producing healthy, wholesome dairy products for an appreciative market is immeasurable. She looks out the east windows of the bottling plant and smiles, seeing the herd grazing contentedly just outside the building, with the Skimmerhorn mountain range looming in the background. “How beautiful is that view?” she asks. “What other milk bottling plant has that?”

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Mwee Gay Paw operates a refurbished bottle filler at Kootenay Meadows, an organic dairy in Lister.

After twenty years of providing accounting services to an ever growing list of clients, Rick Minichiello has decided to retire effective June 30, 2013. Rick will continue to live in the Creston Valley and enjoy all that it has to offer. The continuing partners and staff of Gadicke Minichiello Carr wish him all the best in his retirement and look forward to continuing to provide quality professional accounting services to all our clients.

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Busy RCMP week includes threats to police BY LORNE ECKERSLEY Advance Staff In other RCMP news, Joa said Creston police responded to 65 calls from June 17-23. June 17 •Police helped ICBC with an insurance claim investigation. •A 5th wheel trailer hitch valued at $800 was stolen overnight from a residence on Highway 21 South. •The owner of a vehicle reported to be speeding in a school zone on 9th Avenue North can expect to get a warning. •Anyone with information about a 2012 Toyota Tundra that was keyed while parked in front of the hospital on June 14 is asked to contact police at 250-428-9313. June 18 •In Riondel, a Campbell Avenue resident asked police to pick up a .22 calibre rifle to destroy. •No damage was caused by a reported hit and run in a Cook Street parking lot, but police were called anyway. •A male and a female youth are believed to be responsible for damage to signs and scattering garbage in the Creston Valley Wildlife Management Area. The registered owner of the vehicle they left in has been informed of their activities.

•A Chevy Tracker went off Highway 3 into a ditch, coming to rest on its roof. No injuries resulted. Damage is estimated at more than $1,000. •Police were called to Rykerts border crossing to assist with the apprehension of a person in possession of firearms. •A vehicle leaking fuel on the Kootenay Lake Ferry was reported the day after the occurrence. •A vehicle collided with a deer on Highway 3/95. •Police are investigating a complaint about a male yelling at a female on 8th Avenue South. •An anonymous complaint was received about a female driving without a license on Northwest Boulevard. •Two females worked out their differences after one reported being struck by a walking cane on Northwest Boulevard. •A domestic dispute on Rocky Point Road is under investigation. June 19 •More damage at CVWMA was reported to signs and a picnic table, which were thrown into the marsh. •A motorcyclist sustained minor injuries when he lost control on a wet, gravelly Highway 3A. Damage to the bike is estimated at about $4,000. •An adult male was arrested and held

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It has come to our attention that some Town of Creston taxpayers have not received their 2013 property tax notices in the mail. It is important to note that you are still required to pay your taxes by July 2, 2013 even if you did not get a notice in the mail or penalties will apply. If you have not received your property tax notice, please call Cheryl at Town Hall 250-428-2214 ext 236. We are sorry for any inconvenience this may have caused

in custody, then released with a ticket for being drunk in public after a confrontation involving six males and two police officers at PCSS in the evening. Police had responded to a report that a large group was drinking behind the school. About half the group left when the police arrived, but the others stayed, with some challenging and threatening the officers. June 20 •A mudslide was reported at Murphy Creek, about 4km from Johnsons Landing. •A well-being check on a male on 35th Avenue revealed he was okay. •The suspect arrested for a number of thefts is believed to have broken into Kootenay Lake Community Church and stolen a laptop before his arrest. •A driver reported his windshield was shattered when a logging truck wheel kicked up a rock from Highway 3. •Police worked with Cranbrook RCMP on an abduction case. •A fire of unknown origin destroyed a travel trailer in the 8400 block of Highway 3/95. June 21 •Police are investigating a complaint from 36th Avenue North about harassing text messages. •A vehicle was rear-ended by another on Highway 3A near Kuskanook. No inju-

ries were reported. •A historical sex assault complaint is being investigated. •The alleged trafficking of drugs on Connel Road was reported. June 22 •Police were unable to locate an erratic red pickup driving southbound in the 11000 block of Highway 3A. •They were also unable to locate the source of noise when an Ash Street resident reported possible shots being fired. •A male was arrested on Highway 21 South after assaulting a female, who was found to be injured when police arrived on the scene. The man was held in custody pending a hearing. June 23 •A male on Centre Road was injured in an assault by two males, who were arrested and held in custody until a hearing. •The windshield of a Lexus was smashed on Packing Shed Road. The owner has identified a suspect, but has no proof. •A Cook Street female reported getting harassing text messages from her ex-husband. •A male required a tetanus shot after being bitten by a small dog in the 2200 block of Highway 3.

Theft suspect nabbed

BY LORNE ECKERSLEY Advance Staff

A male suspect in many break and entries into mostly seasonal residences along Kootenay Lake is in custody, thanks to some quick-thinking victims. The man, described only as a Calgary resident, was recent-

ly released from jail and made a quick return to his old stomping grounds, where he had been responsible for a rash of property crimes three years ago, Cpl. Charlotte Joa said on Monday. Creston RCMP received four reports of break and entering on Fishhawk Bay Road near Gray Creek last Tuesday, before

getting another call from men whose Zodiac was stolen from a boat dock. They saw it out on the lake and gave chase in another boat. They brought the boat, and the suspect, back to shore and held him until police arrived to make an arrest. He was being held in custody until a hearing could be arranged.

BOAT PERMIT RENEWAL NOTICE CVWMA (Sirdar) 2013/2014

Boat Permits must be renewed annually for any boat stored on the Creston Valley Wildlife Management Area, at the designated storage area in Sirdar

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Permits are valid from April 1 to March 31. Renewal reminder letters were sent to 2012-2013 boat permit holders in March 2013. Any boat currently being stored at the designated storage area not displaying a valid 2013–2014 permit decal by July 12, 2013 will be removed from that location. Permits may be purchased at: CVWMA Administration Ofﬁce, 1874 Wildlife Road, West Creston Cost: $25 (including GST) Valid: until March 31, 2014 Permits may also be obtained on our website: www.crestonwildlife.ca

The decal may either be picked up at the Administration ofﬁce or mailed to you

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In 2011, Council established a Revitalization Tax Exemption Program to promote the economic revitalization and growth of the Town of Creston. The intention of the Bylaw was to encourage the development and redevelopment of commercial hotels and motels. This particular program was for a three (3) year period and is soon coming to a close. As such, all eligible applications for development or redevelopment of a commercial hotel or motel must be made to the Town of Creston on or before July 31, 2013. For further information concerning this program, please call 250-428-2214, ext. 233.

With a little extra effort, recycling saves a lot! One ton of recycled paper saves up to 17 trees. Recycling paper, plastic and metal saves tons of garbage from being put into local landfills. These are just a few of the many reasons to recycle and use recycled products. By cutting down on waste and using more eco-friendly products, we can keep our area and our planet a healthy, beautiful place to live.

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A Big Thank You from the Canadian Cancer Society Creston 2013 Relay for Life Steering Committee to everyone who helped us make this Relay a success.

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Yaqan Nukiy chief Jason Louie and chief librarian Aaron Francis unveiled a new Welcome sign at Creston & District Public Library in a ceremony on Friday. The sign is among several initiatives designed to forge closer ties between the Lower Kootenay Band and the library.

Bjorkman shares business experience BY LORNE ECKERSLEY Advance Staff

Experience running her own businesses has helped Alison Bjorkman jump headlong into her new job as a business counsellor. “The ability to help people start businesses is exciting,” the local Community Futures representative said last week. “I get to talk to people and get paid to do what I would gladly do for free!” Bjorkman, who ran Black Bear Books for many years, has been “repurposing” old items into stylish furniture and home décor items most recently. Puffin Design (www.puffindesign.ca) is a partnership with another experienced entrepreneur, her husband Bart Bjorkman. They ship items all over the world. “I think people would be amazed at how much time Bart and I spend talking about business,” she laughed. For over 25 years, Community Futures has played a significant role in entrepreneurial and business development throughout the province. It was established by the federal government in response to the severe economic and labour challenges rural Canadian communities were experiencing in the late 1980s. “I have a lot of empathy with my clients,” said Bjorkman, who also makes and sells pottery. “I’ve been operating businesses for a long time — you have to walk the talk. This work inspires me to better use my skills in my own businesses, too.” Starting a business isn’t as simple as having an idea and carrying it out, she said. “People need to know how they want to feel in their lives, why they get up in the morning,” she said. “Running your own business is not easier than having a job, but it has a lot of rewards if it’s done with the right approach. Business people are emotionally connected to what they do.” The “right approach” includes acquiring some basic skills. And creating a business plan. “Before I bought the bookstore I spent months working on a business plan, and it had every component that we teach and cover through Community Futures,” she said. “I knew I had to do it, and I know I can run any business if I have a plan.” The preparation pays off, she said. Statistically, about four of five startup businesses fail. That ratio is reversed for entrepreneurs who take advantage of Community Futures’ services. Locally, Community Futures works closely with Kootenay Employment Services, which offers a wide range of courses and also has a strong history in the Creston Valley. Most of Bjorkman’s 60-hour-a-month position

is taken up with teaching business planning and business management workshops to local entrepreneurs. “The rest of my time is available to do business counselling,” she said. Business loans for new or existing businesses are also available through Community Futures, but they are administered through the organization’s Nelson office. Bjorkman points out that Community Futures has a variety of services for local entrepreneurs and we serve a broad range of clients from anyone interested in starting a business to existing entrepreneurs. To find out how Community Futures can help you, call Bjorkman at 250-4286356.

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A Big Thank You to all the Volunteers at the Survivor, Luminary, Registration, Food and Kids Zone tent sites on Relay Day, and to all the businesses that decorated their store fronts for Awareness week.

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Lectric Avenue Electronics Morris Flowers Nuﬂoors Orchard Valley Glass Overwaitea Foods Panago Pharmasave Pyramid Building Supplies R. Schepers Home Hardware R.D.C.K. & Community Complex Staff Redeemer Lutheran LWML Ladies Renee’s Roadhouse Diner Ricky’s All Day Grill Rodd Weisbrodt Sears Shoppers Drug Mart Shriners Sue’s Clothesline Sunset Seed The Source Tony Mulder Jewellery United Church Ladies Water Pure & Simple Your Dollar Store With More

This year’s Relay for Life featured a new fundraiser called Jail & Bail

The Creston Relay for Life committee would like to thank retired Pastor Harry Haberstock, LKB Chief Jason Louie, Creston Town Councillor Tanya Ducharme and her son Jeramie Ducharme, A.R.E.S teacher Matt Blick and Robert Ganser for graciously allowing themselves to be arrested by Staff Sgt. Bob Gollan.They were put behind bars until a minimum of $200 bond could be raised. Thanks to these generous people, $1,629.95 was raised.

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Most of all we would like to thank the public for coming out to support Relay for Life. Without your donations the CCS wouldn’t be able to provide the assistance it does to those FIGHTING CANCER. Plans are already in the works for next year. We know that with your help Relay for Life will be even bigger and better. Anyone wishiong to start a team or volunteer can either contact Julie Groot or Lisa Primrose. Sincerely, Lisa, Julie, Zorne, Karen, Christy, Darlene, Lecara, Pam, Debbie, Deanna, Annette, and Lori.

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At a time when local rural residents are mired in a debate about whether the size of parcels of land in the Agricultural Land Reserve should be reduced it is worth noting that a new dairy farm on Wilson Road held an open house on Friday. Why did a family running a successful dairy operation near Chilliwack sell its farm and relocate to the Creston Valley? Here they were able to purchase more than 400 acres on which to establish a new dairy, in an area where there is no threat of residential encroachment that too often creates conflict. People like their meat and milk, but they don’t like the odours and activities associated with farms. Cost, of course, is a huge factor. After talking to Bryan Terpstra, who manages the new farm (the family purchased the property several years ago, but milk production started only last November), and agricultural real estate specialist Gord Houeweling (who handled the property sale), I learned that Creston Valley properties can be purchased for 10 per cent or less than Lower Mainland farm properties, where large parcels are increasingly rare. You don’t have to be a financial whiz to figure out that the Terpstras probably sold their Chilliwack farm, paid for land and construction on the Creston Flats and came out money ahead. The parcel they now live and work on is large enough to accommodate expansion of the milking operation to sustain the younger family members who want a rural way of life and a solid financial future. There are fewer dairies in the Creston Valley now than there were

thought the dairy quota system would soon come to an end, he said he doubted it would happen in less than a decade. But he was surprised when I understood that supply management is one approach to promoting food security, while south of the border farm subsidies have been the norm. Who hasn’t heard stories about massive American warehouses filled with cheese that has been purchased by the US government in an effort to keep the price up? As I see it, unfetLorne Eckersley tered free markets are a race to the bottom, without much upside to a healthy, stable food supless conflict. Dairy quotas were created genera- ply (the quest for cheaper food from tions ago in an effort to create a sys- other countries only contributes to tem that would provide some assur- environmental degradation). My guess is that trade agreements ance to both producers and consumers. Canadian consumers have bene- that restrict a country’s ability to crefited from a stability of supply, and ate its own food security policies farmers have functioned with a level will, long into the future, be assessed of certainty that they won’t be over- as long term pain for short term gain. run with competition, which drives It’s another way for global corporadown prices, adds to waste and tions to wrest control of the economy encourage large producers to squeeze from governments and it won’t be an easy trend to reverse. The US is learnout smaller ones. There are many who see supply ing that hard lesson as it sees how management policies being on their difficult it is to regain regulatory way out as free trade agreements power over its banking sector. I think there is an analogy to be attempt to “level” playing fields among participating countries. And made here, with the push to encourthe loud and contentious debate that age subdivision of rural property accompanied the dismantling of the parcels (Houeweling scoffs at the Canadian Wheat Board’s monopsony notion, saying that the Agriculture (it was the only legal purchaser of Land Commission won’t accept any wheat and barley in Canada for 75 regional district recommendations years) last year fuels that fire. It’s a for change anyway). It’s a trite but largely philosophical argument that true fact that land is no longer being pits free market proponents against made, and every time we chop it up those who prefer made in Canada into smaller parcels it reduces the solutions that balance the interests of likelihood that it will be kept in, or returned to, agricultural productiviproducers and consumers. When I asked Bryan Terpstra if he ty. several years ago. Some owners have sold their dairy quotas (more about that in a minute) and others have sold their multi-parcel properties in Lister and relocated to the Creston Flats, where they can operate with

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The voters have spokenand now it’s time to get back to work On June 12, all New Democratic But elections belong to the voters, Party members of British Columbia’s not the pollsters, and they have spolegislative assembly were sworn in as ken. The NDP will conduct our the official Opposition to B.C.’s gov- review and learn from our mistakes. ernment. I am honoured to continue Most importantly, we will get on serving as your MLA and take my place among the 85 members serving today and the over 900 members who have served since 1871 when B.C. became a province of Canada. I will admit, though, that the ceremonies were bittersweet. It is wonderful to conMichelle Mungall tinue the work I love no matter where I sit in the House, yet I wouldn’t be honest if I said it didn’t matter to me where I sat. I was with the job we were elected to do: hoping to move over to the govern- representing our constituents and ment side with Adrian Dix as pre- holding the government accountable mier and a mandate to implement as the official Opposition. the strong platform we put forward As I said, I am grateful to do this that would have brought positive work. Shortly after the swearing-in changes for our local economy, ceremony, the NDP shadow cabinet healthcare, education and environ- was announced, and I have a new ment. However, that was not the role as the Opposition critic for social outcome on May 14. development. Along with my duties Many of you have approached me as MLA for Nelson-Creston and chair with congratulations in the last of the Opposition women’s caucus, I month, followed by the question, will be taking the lead on issues of “What happened?” The pollsters and poverty, equality, social assistance pundits were declaring the NDP a and community resources for the winner long before the ballots were New Democrat Opposition. counted, so the final results were a For example, I will be calling on shock to many in this area regardless the Liberal government to join with of political stripe. the majority of provinces to imple-

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ment a poverty reduction plan to address B.C.’s high poverty rates. Tackling poverty in a strategic, coordinated way has proven effective in other jurisdictions, yet the Liberals have been resistant to moving ahead with this best practice. That needs to change for the betterment of every single community in B.C., including right here in the Creston Valley. I am also looking forward to working on our local issues. Keeping Jumbo wild and respecting the cultural and spiritual history of local First Nations is immediate on the agenda as I heard daily on the campaign trail. Stay up to date with this major regional issue by friending me on Facebook or signing-up to my monthly e-newsletter at www. michellemungall.ca. Standing up for democracy, local economy and our environment is going to take all of us, and after 20 years of speaking out for a Jumbo wild, the vast majority of Kootenay residents will not be ignored on this issue any longer. We are a passionate and caring people in this region. Thank you for electing me to continue bringing that passion to B.C.’s legislature. Michelle Mungall is the MLA for the Nelson-Creston provincial riding.

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Housing location poorly thought out To the Editor: A matter of some concern has come to my attention of late, and I would like to voice my concerns and also perhaps alert others to what could happen if it is allowed to continue. A group of well-intentioned individuals has proposed a low-income, subsidized housing complex to be established beside Millennium Park. This is wrong for so many reasons I hardly know where to begin. Has anyone from this group actually looked at the site? It is boundaried by a major arterial street, 16th Avenue; Cedar Street, which services most of South Creston; and the railway tracks, and, of course, would back right up to the fence of Millennium Park. Due to the size of the project, there is absolutely no provision for parking except for the north side of the park, which is already congested with logging trucks, semis, RV parking and a sani dump. This property is currently zoned light commercial and would have to be rezoned multiple family. It also belongs to the citizens of Creston, whom I believe would not want the mayor and

Thanks to all To the Editor: Far too often, I hear tales of woe from relatives, friends and even complete strangers about the shortcomings of B.C.’s health services. As my own recent experience was totally positive, I thought I would share it with readers of the Advance while passing on my thanks to those concerned. I received exemplary care from Drs. Oberleitner and Persad at Creston Valley Hospital’s emergency room, from Dr. Fluss at the Creston Optometric Eye Centre and from Dr. Ho Yuen in Cranbrook for a puzzling, potentially serious, but ultimately happily resolved eye problem. They were all quick, thorough, extremely skilled and, last but by no means least, patient and sympathetic. Warmest thanks to the doctors and their staff. With people of this quality providing care, our public health service is something to be proud of. Martha McLaren West Creston

council to just give it away. Another thing to deal with is the fact that underneath the parking lot is 75-plus years of sawmill waste. I remember it took 120 loads of sawdust, tree stumps and other garbage just to find anything to put the Elks Pavilion on. Presently, there is no infrastructure in place at all, with the exception of some very high voltage underground power lines. At the very least, a complete environmental assessment must be undertaken. One of the reasons Millennium Park is located there is because the area was deemed unsuitable for dwellings of any kind. And then, of course, when Millennium Park was first conceived, it was to be a place of peace and tranquility, a place one could go and celebrate weddings and family gatherings, to study and reflect, to hold concerts, to practice the gentle art of Tai Chi and certainly to showcase a special piece of Creston to the world. If this eight-unit development is allowed to happen where it is proposed, you can kiss all that goodbye. The open space to the south: gone forever. The

peace and quiet: gone forever. The security offered by its proximity to the RCMP station: gone forever. You will now be greeted by the sights and sounds of a social housing development backyard. I just happen to live across the street from a dwelling that seems to seek out the underprivileged as clientele. Have any of you talked to school counsellors about your proposal? The stigma attached to the children who are raised in a social development area usually stays with them for the sum of their schools life; they are often taunted and bullied just because of where they come to school from. This can lead to them becoming dropouts and right down the path from whence they came. I would also be concerned as to the proximity of two open and accessible ponds and the potential danger they impose. I urge all of the citizens of Creston to put the pressure on our mayor and council to perhaps guide these people to a more satisfactory location or solution. Walt Reider Creston

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Long-time resident received best of care in his final days To the Editor: Two little words, thank you, seem so inadequate when trying to express appreciation to so many people. Firstly, to the paramedics that responded twice to my 911 calls, Dr. Weaver for his kindness and friendship to Gord and me, to the home support workers, staff of the day program at Swan Valley Lodge, staff at the Creston Valley Hospital and the Creston Valley Hospice Society: You are all so professional and kind. Our many friends visited Gord in the hospital. Pastor Harry, what a gift from God you are to Creston. You are a longtime friend that gave up a commitment in Vancouver to be here for Gord and me. Dennis Kemle and staff of G.F. Oliver Funeral Chapel: Your kind assistance and patience were invaluable. The Creston Masonic Lodge No. 54 and Royal Canadian Legion branch No.

29 put on impressive ceremonies in remembrance of a lost brother and comrade. Many friends and relatives travelled long distances to be with us for the celebration of life, and what a celebration of life it was! Thank you to one and all for sharing many memories of Gord. My appreciation to all of those that sent such beautiful flowers, so many kinds words written in the cards you sent, donations to the Heart and Stroke Foundation and Canuck Place, the gifts of food and friendship, and sharing a cup of tea, a few tears and a few laughs. We have been truly blessed with the support and friendships that Gord and I have had all these years. I miss Gord terribly. My arms are empty but my heart overflows with the love and great times we shared, and for the love given from me to all of you. Thank you from the bottom of my heart. Shirley Armstrong Erickson

Creston Rotary Club president Don Tarrant presented a cheque for $1,000 to Tyson Steed representing the Grade 6/7 class at Canyon-Lister Elementary School. The class, along with teacher Judy Gadicke, recently travelled from Sandpoint to Seattle by train and then took a ferry from Seattle to Victoria. The students stayed at the University of Victoria and visited the Parliament buildings, the Royal BC Museum, the Shaw Ocean Centre and the Pacific Geoscience Centre. The students worked hard to raise funds with bake sales and pizza sales, and selling poinsettias and Easter flowers. They also had support from the Creston and District Credit Union and Regional District of Central Kootenay Area B to reach their $15,500 goal.

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Know and Grow Farm appeals to all ages BY BRIAN LAWRENCE Advance Editor For many seniors, there was nothing more satisfying than working in the garden, something circumstances may no longer permit. For many youth, gardening is a foreign concept. Without the right circumstances, neither group may have a chance to spend time doing what they love — or could grow to love — but all can receive hands-on gardening opportunities at Know and Grow Farm (formerly the Creston Valley Community Greenhouse) at Creston’s College of the Rockies (COTR) campus. Operation of the farm is currently in transition, with the Friends of the Creston Valley Community Greenhouse Society working toward renting space from COTR, but the farm is busier than ever, having recently wrapped up a series of spring programs catering to teens, children and families, which ran alongside school and seniors programs. The seniors program has been running the longest, dating back to 2006, giving the greenhouse a purpose after the college’s horticulture course was cancelled two years earlier. “The program has always been my favourite, so I just couldn’t let it go,” said Anita Sawyer, who was greenhouse manager from 2008-2012 and now volunteers a morning a week with seniors from the Swan

Valley Lodge day program. The seniors start coming in March each year, and often visit through early December. “In December, they do all the transplanting for the winter harvest,” said Sawyer. “Some of them are so excited to get their hands back in the soil.” They also spend time shelling dried beans or, on one recent day, plucking herbs — including lemon catnip and sage — from their stems, which will go to the Therapeutic Activation Program for Seniors (TAPS) or the Creston Valley Gleaners Society food bank. While not a difficult task, it was a new activity for some. “I’m used to harvesting with a chainsaw,” quipped Dan, who used to work on 100 acres of bush. The gardening aspect isn’t always the most important part — some just enjoy the social aspect. “It’s nice to be around good people,” said Harry. “It’s nice to have fun with them.” One senior, Sawyer recalled, refused to miss the program by visiting with out-of-town family — so she brought them with her. “It’s an incredibly meaningful program — they spent so much time feeding and caring for others, and they do less of that later,” said Laura Hannant, COTR facilitator of partnerships for community development, who is volunteering as co-ordinator of the greenhouse society during the transition period.

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One program allows the seniors to pass on their knowledge, with TAPS members growing gardens with parents and kids from Family Place, which provides support and activities for families with young children. Kids get to try gardening on their own, too with schools bringing classes during the day, and an afterschool program for ages 10-16, in which participants start plants for their own gardens. Instructors always instruct the nutrition aspect of homegrown food, and Hannant said that the self-esteem that comes from direct connection to their food makes the kids happier to eat it — although some take a while to warm up to the idea. “One boy took till his third time to eat a snack with the others,” she recalled with a smile. The excitement is evident with the briefest look at classes on a scavenger hunt racing around the gardens looking for specific plants — even those washing pots had fun splashing around, with the boys in one group submerging their pots, leading to a discussion about the Titanic. For the farm grounds, plans extend well into the future, with a 1,000-square-metre section reserved for Forest Farm, an outdoor learning space that will be planted with fruit, nuts, berries, shrubs and hardy kiwis, allowing for education in pruning and harvesting. “This whole area, 10 to 15 years from now, will be a magical kingdom of food and berries and fruit,” said Nigel Francis, COTR facilitator of education for food

security. Programs at Know and Grow Farm have led to bigger things off of the COTR campus — students from the Yaqan Nukiy School started potatoes, carrots and corn for a Lower Kootenay Band community garden. “The whole community was invited to come and plant the things they started in the greenhouse,” said Hannant. The farm is now open to people who aren’t in a specific program, with drop-ins welcome each Thursday from 8:30-10 a.m. It’s an excellent opportunity to see the changes made to the greenhouse and gardens in recent months, with landscaping

by Prince Charles Secondary School students, and an arbour built by Kootenay Employment Services’ Experience Workers program. The involvement of other groups is fitting because Know and Grow Farm gives right back to the community. “By running the program, the program creates all this fresh food, and we have all this surplus,” said Francis. “We give it to TAPS and it lowers their costs. There’s a great multiplier there.” Volunteers are always welcome at Know and Grow Farm. For more information, contact Laura Hannant at 250-428-5332 ext. 4181 or lhannant@cotr.bc.ca.

Healthy soil builds up your garden Just as plants need good light, heat and water to grow healthy, they also need a good source of nutrients. While chemical fertilizer does the job of feeding nutrients to the plant, what it doesn’t do is enrich the soil. One doesn’t have to be too aware to have a general sense of the state of politics surrounding our food these days (genetically modified/natural/ organic/conventional) or that the conventional methods of farming are stripping the land of one our most precious resources, topsoil. While large scale monocrop farming may be depleting our soil, the good news is that you can build your own! Composting is a great and relatively easy way you can do this. Turn your organic

waste into healthy compost and add it into your garden, building humus (brokendown organic matter) and offering food to the local earthworms who will further

needed, keeping your soil and your plants healthy. Another great incentive to build healthy soil which produces healthier plants is that they will be more resistant to pests and disease. You can find lots of great soil additives such as blood meal, bone meal, kelp meal, fish fertilizers, compost, mycorrhiza (fungi) and other organic fertilizers at garden centres that will help you along in the process. It takes time but if you garden in the Creston Valley you will likely know how much time it takes to work up clay soil, and the more you build that humus layer up, the easier your soil will be to work with. Suzie Buckmaster is a certified permaculture designer and avid gardener working at Beltane Nursery.

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