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When Creston’s Tom Taylor visited Granville Island Brewing recently, he didn’t expect to find a new brew called Vintage 1984. Even more surprising was to see his image on the beer case that holds 12 bottles. Taylor was in Vancouver for a “mini-reunion” with two of his brothers, including Mitch Taylor, who was one of the original founding partners of Granville Island Brewing, Canada’s first microbrewery. “Mitch asked if there was anything I wanted to do and I said I’d like to visit the brewery to see Vern Lambourne, the brewmaster,” said Taylor. “When we walked into the brewery I saw that old photo of me from 1984 on the cases — I had no idea!” The photo depicts Taylor loading beer cases onto a vintage truck. Taylor had worked at Columbia Brewery for 13 years when he got a call from his brother in 1983. Mitch and partner Bill Harvey were starting a microbrewery and would he come out to Vancouver to work for them? See GRANVILLE, page 5

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SAFETY FIRST — Kindergarten students at local schools had a lesson in school

bus safety recently, when School District No. 8 (Kootenay Lake) transportation coordinator Janet Robinson (right) gave them a tour and bus ride, followed by a visit to Dairy Queen. Above, students from Erickson Elementary School, assisted by teacher BJ Fedorowich and Robinson, practice using the emergency exit.

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Creston’s ability to attract new business is being hampered by the lack of high-speed Internet availability, Creston town council was told at the Sept. 10 regular meeting. KC Dyer, a local computer network specialist, told council that current service for businesses in the downtown core is woefully lacking. While both Telus (ADSL) and Shaw (cable) promise reasonable download speeds — 15 megabits per second (Mbps) and 25 Mbps, respectively — businesses are unable to upload data. Telus’s basic business service package, at $150 a month, enables an upload speed of only one Mbps and an upgrade to a $1,200 monthly package increases it to only three Mbps. Shaw’s maximum available business package allows for a 2.5 Mbps upload speed. “Most Kootenay communities (including Cranbrook, Kimberley, Nelson and Castlegar) have higher speeds and others, like Rossland, are working on it,” Dyer said. “We are losing business opportunities because there is no high-speed service in sight. “Many corporate systems already have, or are developing, online web management frameworks that require image and document uploading for records,” such as real estate and medical data, and government contracts. Dyer said most Internet service providers are designed to offer much higher download speeds than upload speeds, something that will only change if the Town of Creston, like other Kootenay municipalities, takes a leadership role. See TOWN, page 2

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From page 1 A community-driven fibre optic network approach has been adopted by other towns in the region and Dyer implored Creston to take the first step by partnering with Columbia Basin Trust — which approached town council in April 2012 regarding broadband Internet — to conduct a feasibility study that would assess local needs and the ability to deliver better service in a cost-effective manner. Fibre optic cables run to Creston but aren’t being used except in a few cases. “CBT will help pay for a business feasibility/ viability study if the municipality is already convinced that it is needed, but needs help on deciding how to best implement it in a cost-effective and/or profitable manner,” he said. Funds could be available from other sources to help offset the actual costs of installing and operating a high-speed system, he added. “But eventually this will happen anyway?” Mayor Ron Toyota asked. “Probably, but it could be 10 years away and local businesses will lose out and our ability to attract new business will be lower,” Dyer responded. Steffan Klassen, the town’s finance and corporate services director, said that the Town of Creston will eventually need high-speed uploading capabilities to comply with new technology demands. After some discussion, council passed a resolution directing staff to prepare a report regarding the formation of a select committee of council and stakeholders to prepare a stakeholder review, needs assessment, and draft strategy and goals for council to consider. The goal is to do enough groundwork to aid the CBT in conducting a feasibility/viability study. Council Briefs •Council members endorsed International Walk to School Week, a program designed to raise awareness about child fitness and involve

parents in encouraging their children to walk more. From Oct. 4-7, parents will be encouraged to drop their children off three blocks from school so they can walk the remaining distance. School bus drivers will do the same. Some councillors will participate by walking with students and the town will co-operate in helping set up traffic cones in a three-block radius around participating schools. •A request from an Arrowsmith Road property owner for support in getting his land removed from the Agricultural Land Reserve was referred to staff for a report, which will be completed by the Sept. 24 meeting. •Council approved a $250 donation from the discretionary fund to the Cops for Kids in conjunction with the group’s annual ride through southern B.C. Toyota reported that he was personally matching the donation and also collecting donations from others. •Toyota and Couns. Tanya Ducharme and Wesly Graham were appointed to a select committee, along with some staff members, which is planning for the 2014 Association of Kootenay Boundary Local Governments annual conference, which will be held in Creston. •Creston is joining other Kootenay communities in a study that will examine the possibility to create a mobile business licence for the region. Such a licence would allow businesses to operate throughout the region without purchasing business licences in each community. •Council voted to support Nelson Mayor John Dooley in his attempt to get the Union of BC Municipalities to pressure the provincial government to increase funding for community colleges. •A request from Columbia Brewery to rezone a neighboring property was approved so that it could advance to a public hearing stage, in which property owners in the vicinity will be notified of the intent and be given the opportunity to respond. The property is designated as industrial in the Official Community Plan but rezoning from residential to light industrial status has never been requested by the owners, who reside on the property.

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Training school class gathers for 60-year reunion BY BRIAN LAWRENCE Advance Editor Decades since they met, 12 seniors from around the province gathered at Lister Park on Saturday to celebrate 60 years since they attended the Youth Training School. They were joined at the reunion by Allan Deschamps, principal of the program at the University of British Columbia, which ran each January and February for about two decades. “We had the facilities at one of the old Army camps, and it was my responsibility to put together the program for the two months,” said the 88-year-old Deschamps. The program was subsidized by the federal and provincial governments, and, based on archived photos at the UBC website, ran from 1939-1959. It allowed B.C.’s rural youth aged 16-30 to attend UBC for two months at a cost of just $30, with boys

studying agriculture and girls learning homemaking, as well as seeing what other education was available. For a self-proclaimed “country boy” like Creston’s Alf Wellspring — and Creston’s Lew Truscott, Paul Shersteboff and Mervin Montgomery, who attended in other years — it was a chance too good to pass up. “How could I know what there was for education without going there?” Wellspring said. “It was not a lot of education, but finding out where to go to get it.” Also, and perhaps more, important were the friendships that developed between the 65 members of Wellspring’s 1953 class — they have regularly gotten together every two years. “The friendships that were started there have lasted,” said Wellspring. “I’m sure we enjoy friendships that a lot of people don’t.”

Teaching English rewarding for Price BY LORNE ECKERSLEY Advance Staff When Linda Price was named the 2013 recipient of the fourth annual Creston Community Literacy Award it didn’t come as a surprise to those who know her. Price has a long history of working with refugee families in Creston, and in Calgary before she and her husband, Don, retired. In Calgary, her friendship with a refugee family led her to become an English language tutor. “It was amazing how I got into tutoring because I don’t have a

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Members of the Youth Training School’s 1953 class were in Creston for their 60-year reunion. Front row: (from left) Arnold Amonson, Gwen McKinnon, Joey Smith, Marie Graham, Lorraine Bosshardt; back row (from left): Ron Gelbert, John Naka, Harold Kerr, principal Allan Deschamps, Ray English, Chris Hoff, Alf Wellspring, Barry French.

background in teaching, but we did have one our children who had a tutor for her reading, so I kind of learned a lot there,” said Price. Her first foray came when her friend learned she was losing her job in a hospital laundry as a result of reorganization. “Her husband asked me if I would take the job of being her tutor,” she recalled. Only a short time earlier, Don had informed her that their most recent trip to volunteer in Guatemala would have to be their last as they had to focus on finances as he prepared for retirement. “I said to him, ‘If I can find a little job to make some money, can we go back one more time?’ ” She initially refused to consider tutoring her friend, even though there was funding available to pay for the work. “I said ‘No, I don’t have any training,’ and then I went and talked to Don’s secretary, thinking she might be able to do it or recommend someone who could. “She said, ‘If they are your friends, they trust you, so you will be her best tutor.’ I tutored

her through two sessions and I made $2,500. It was perfect. God helped me get back to Guatemala and I was able to give Bonnie her lessons.” In the process, Price learned she had a passion for working one-on-one with people who need to develop their language skills. “Tutoring is so much fun and it’s really rewarding. After that I had the confidence.” She continued in Calgary and then connected with Columbia Basin Alliance for Literacy when she and Don moved to Creston, where they also became involved with the Creston Refugee Committee. She had always worked with women and her first CBAL assignment was with a woman. “And then they paired me with a man and I learned that it’s really fun to teach men — they are so conscientious and it’s been really good working with them,” she laughed. One of her most rewarding experiences was in working with a Taiwanese man who was not a refugee.

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“Taupis worked so hard,” she said. “Now, five years later, if you meet him on the street and talk to him you will hardly hear an accent.” Price credits CBAL for having an excellent training program for tutors. “And Linda (Steward, community literacy co-ordinator) is so good about having meetings about the latest stuff that’s available. She treats the volunteers so well — and there are always good snacks while you are there, too! … “I found some books I really liked and right away she ordered more — she’s been really good that way. They do have some really good resources here.” Tutoring doesn’t always involve teaching basic language skills, Price said. Recently, she was tutoring one man to get his Food Safe certificate, another for his Canadian citizenship test and a third for his learner’s licence. “He passed after failing 22 times,” she said of a man who had only been in Canada for six months. “There are no translated materials for Karin, the language he speaks, so it was a real challenge — he just

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worked and worked and worked at it. I got so tired of teaching words that we don’t use in everyday language. But now I am really up to date on driving laws!” She is constantly on the lookout for new materials, especially photos to make into flash cards that illustrate words. She sometimes turns those flash cards into playing cards to play Go Fish. She combines language teaching with lessons on manners. “If you take a card and don’t say thank you, you have to give the card back,” she smiled. “And we get lots of laughs!” Price said tutoring is rewarding and recommends the work to anyone who likes working with people. “You don’t have to be a teacher — you just have to love the people you are working with,” she said. “Pretty soon you get so they are part of your family and you are part of their family. It’s been a really good experience. It’s really rewarding.“ For more information about CBAL Creston and tutoring opportunities, contact Linda Steward at lsteward@cbal.org.

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RCMP calls include hit and run, loud party Holbrook Falls was not located by police. •Police were called to assist conservation officers with an injured bear near Kootenay Pass. •No infractions were found when 50 vehicles were checked in a stop check on Cavell Street. •An intoxicated female on Elm Street called 911 but was found not be in any sort of stress, other than severe intoxication. September 12 •Some travel trailers on Goat River Road were broken into in the last week but owners have yet to check them for signs of theft. The investigation continues. •Unwanted Facebook contact with a youth was reported from Ninth Avenue South. •A B-train was reported to be driving erratically near the Kootenay Bay ferry terminal. •A Good Samaritan prevented a person he suspected of being intoxicated from getting into a vehicle and driving. When police arrived at the Highway 3 location, they found

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PUBLIC HEARING What is Zoning Amendment Bylaw No. 1792, 2013 about?

The intent of this Bylaw is to amend Schedule “A”, being the Town of Creston Zoning Map, by rezoning the property legally described as Lot 2, District Lot 891, Kootenay District, Plan 2794 (526, 532 and 536 - 14th Avenue South), as shown on the map below, from “R-1 Single Family Residential” to “M-1 Light Industrial” zone, subject to all legal requirements.

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The properties listed hereunder will be sold at tax sale on Monday, September 30, 2013, at 10:00 a.m. local time, in the Council Chambers of Town Hall, 238 – 10th Avenue North, Creston, BC, unless the delinquent taxes and interest are paid before the stated time. The upset price will be the total of the outstanding taxes, plus interest and tax sale costs. Successful bidders will be required to immediately provide the upset price by cash, money order, or bank draft, with the balance of the purchase price being paid in a similar manner by 3:00 pm of the same day. Failure to pay the balance will result in the property being offered for sale again at 10:00 am on the following day. Bidders who are unable to attend the sale, must authorize an agent in writing, to bid on their behalf. The Town of Creston reserves the right to bid at the auction.

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•Police were called to Clement Road about neighbours yelling accusations at each other. Ten minutes after leaving, they were called back upon learning the two were now fighting. September 14 •An intoxicated male reported to be threatening violence at a Riley Road party left when police were called. •A neighbours’ dispute resulted in a couple of calls to the police from McDonald Street. •A wallet was reported lost on Atlin Avenue in Kitchener. •A male was reported to be acting suspiciously in Pilot Bay Provincial Park. •A vehicle squealing tires was reported on both Northwest Boulevard and 10th Avenue North. September 15 •A diaper bag carrying an iPhone was reported lost on Highway 3A near Sanca. •A 911 call from a cellphone could not be traced. The message heard by dispatchers was, “That was not supposed to happen.”

he was suffering from health problems and called an ambulance to take him to hospital. September 13 •Parents from 10th Avenue North took a small quantity of marijuana they found in their child’s possession for police to destroy. •A Northwest Boulevard business is requesting that charges be laid against a shoplifter. •A person reported to be behaving erratically was located by police, who arranged to have him transported to hospital. •Police are looking for witnesses who saw a black van with newspaper covering its windows parked near Adam Robertson Elementary School. Two males were in the van. •A minor injury was reported after a car backed into another in a Canyon Street driveway. •A 19th Avenue resident reported an assault threat. •Police are requesting a warrant for the arrest of a male who failed to appear at the police station to serve his weekend jail sentence.

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len a quantity of apples from his trees. •People on a store roof in the Creston RCMP responded to 53 1000 block of Canyon Street were calls for service from Sept. 9-15, Staff gone when police arrived. Sgt. Bob Gollan said on Monday. September 10 September 9 •A suspicious vehicle reported •A complaint about a loud party on the Bayonne Creek Forest Service was received from Hillside Street. Road was not located. •A Black Diamond headlamp •Nelson RCMP destroyed 99 was found on Goat Mountain Road. marijuana plants in an outdoor •A Canyon Street store reported grow op at Tye on Kootenay Lake. that a banned customer had entered •A Highway 3 resident reported the premises and was refusing to receiving unwanted text and leave. Facebook messages in a family dis•A child’s Super Cycle Fracture pute. bicycle with orange rims and pegs September 11 was stolen from 10th Avenue South. •A break and entry to a building •A parked vehicle was hit by a at a Yahk campground yielded car that drove off on 19th Avenue thieves an undisclosed amount of North. Damage to the rear driver’s cash. side was reported. •A white fold-up bike with •When police responded to a 20-inch wheels was stolen from a report of a male slumped over at the Cedar Street residence. wheel in a vehicle with hazard lights •A motorhome was involved in flashing they found he was merely a minor collision on Valleyview waiting to meet up with friends. Drive. •An Erickson Road orchard •A child’s car seat reported to be owner reported trespassers had sto4.29” xon 4” the side of Highway 3A near BY LORNE ECKERSLEY Advance Staff

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The applicant wishes to rezone the subject property to enable future expansion of Columbia Brewery operations. Any persons who believe that their interest in their own property will be affected by this proposed amendment to Zoning Bylaw No. 1123 will have an opportunity to be heard at, or to present written submissions to, this Public Hearing. How do I get more information?

A copy of the proposed Bylaw and relevant background documents may be inspected at the Town Ofﬁce, 238 10th Avenue North, between the hours of 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., Monday through Friday, excluding holidays, from September 12, 2013 to September 24, 2013.

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Cpl. Monty Taylor expressed sadness at the recent passing of Pat Folick, who died Sept. 2. Folick started work as a guard at the Creston detachment after a career in banking. “For the past 20 years, Pat was always willing to come in for his shifts when called and was very accommodating,” Taylor said. “He was a very loyal and trustworthy individual who had a kind heart and a sense of humour which was accompanied by his big warm smile. All Creston detachment employees and exemployees will miss Pat.” The 80-year-old Creston resident was born Aug. 26, 1933, in Macklin, Sask., and is survived by his wife, Lorna, children and grandchildren.

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(Left) Tom Taylor with a case of Vintage 1984, which features him and the 1936 Ford he used to own on the box. Lorne Eckersley

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From page 1 “I knew the brewery business pretty well. I started out on the bottling line and did a lot of jobs. I didn’t actually brew here but I did work in the cellars and I was always watching and asking questions. All they were doing was what I was doing later — following a recipe,” he laughed. Equipment at the new brewery ranged from a used bottle washer to a state-of-the-art filler, brought in and installed by a company from Milwaukee.

“I worked long hours,” he said. “Early in the morning, at about 6 a.m., I started brewing, making 200-gallon batches. The company’s first trained brewmaster, a new university graduate from Germany, arrived soon after, but Taylor continued brewing, supervising employees and even making deliveries, all while his brother was off working on other development projects. He made those deliveries in a truck that continues to have a life and story of its own, a 1936 Ford Model B pickup. Taylor first saw the truck in 1975 when he was driving to Sandpoint, Idaho, to take flying lessons. “It was love at first sight,” he said. But it took him months to muster up the courage to stop and talk to the owner of the property where the truck was parked. Eventually, at the prompting of his son, Larry, Taylor knocked on the door. Assuring the owner that he wanted to restore it, and not turn it into a hot rod, an agreement was struck and he paid US$375 for the vintage vehicle. “Are you out of your mind? You paid what for that that old piece of junk?” was his wife Edna’s reaction. It took two years and a lot of help from friends to restore the truck and he was thrilled to

drive it in the 1978 Blossom Festival parade. In 1979, though, the family moved to a property on Crusher Road and they needed to come up with money to drill a new water well. Taylor sold the Model B to Mitch and it became Granville Island Brewing’s mascot years later. “It’s still at the brewery,” Taylor said. “I couldn’t believe it.” The old treasure is now owned by Lambourne, who asked Tom if he wanted to go for a ride in it. “We drove out to Jericho Beach and he asked if I wanted to drive it back to the brewery, where it is still stored. Vern was surprised when I got into the driver’s seat and put my foot on the clutch. ‘You still know how to do that?’ ” he laughed. In addition to his many duties in those early days at the new microbrewery, Taylor became a familiar sight around Granville Island and downtown Vancouver, delivering cases of beer to pubs and stores. Wood signboards mounted on the truck box sides advertised the brewery’s name. His career in the microbrewing lasted only three years, a combination of burnout and Edna’s unhappiness with city life. One day, the brewmaster breezed into the shop for an hour or two (“I never knew where he was most of the time.”) and then headed for the door, announcing, “I’m going skiing for three weeks.” “What? When do I get a day off?” Taylor asked. “Well, you’ll have to talk to your brother,” the brewmaster said. “I said, ‘I think I will. Have a good trip,’ ” said Taylor. “But I quit.” Mitch went over to Tom and Edna’s condo on False Creek and asked what was wrong. “ ‘I’m just tired, physically and mentally —I can only take so much of this,’ ” Taylor replied. “He spent a couple of hours trying to talk me out of it. The next day I had a U-Haul truck loaded and we drove back to Creston.” Taylor chuckled as he looked at his image on the Granville Island Brewing case of Vintage 1984. “ ‘You should get royalties for that,’ my brothers joked when we first saw it at the brewery,” he laughed. “But I told them I’m not a model!” Asked to describe the bottles’ contents, he said the beer was “not as dark as we used to make it, and they’ve reduced the alcohol to five per cent — ours was eight per cent! “But when it’s ice cold, I really enjoy it.”

FIRE TRUCK & EQUIPMENT FOR SALE BY TENDER The Regional District of Central Kootenay is offering the following fire truck for sale – 1981 King Seagrave Pumper on an International truck frame with a 625 GPM pump and a 650 gallon onboard tank. We are asking $3500.00 OBO. Sold as is where is. Photos available on the RDCK website: www.rdck.bc.ca/publicinfo/notices. Also available for sale: • SCBA cylinders for sale (manufactured between 1996-1998) - $40.00 each or OBO; • 5 aluminum/fiberglass wrapped 2216 PSI 30 minute MSA cylinders and 7 aluminum 2216 PSI 30 minute MSA cylinders – sold as is where is. Best offer. For additional information or to make arrangements to view, contact Wynndel/Lakeview Fire Chief Dayle MacRae 250-428-6780 or dmacrae@rdck.bc.ca. SEALED BIDS marked “WYNNDEL FIRE TRUCK BID” for fire truck and “WYNNDEL FIRE EQUIPMENT” for fire equipment will be received at the Regional District or Central Kootenay Office, Box 590, 202 Lakeside Drive, Nelson BC V1L 5R4 up until 2:00 pm, September 27, 2013. The Regional District of Central Kootenay reserves the right to reject any or all bids, and to accept the bid deemed most favourable in the interest of the Regional District of Central Kootenay.

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There is a delightful irony in the latest social engineering scheme announced by the Quebec provincial government. “If the state is neutral, those working for the state should be equally neutral in their image,” said the minister in charge of the charter, Bernard Drainville, as reported in the Globe and Mail. So, no Muslim headscarves, Sikh turbans, Jewish kippas (yarmulkes) and other “overt” religious symbols for the public service, says Drainville (whose name could be the answer to “What do the Quebecois call the emigration of some of the province’s best brains when the provincial government unleashes yet another social engineering scheme on its non-Frenchdescendent citizenry?”). OK are “discreet” cross pendants or Star of David rings. No mention about tiny turbans or subtle skullcaps, though. Catholics have a divine right to wear crosses and Jews get a bit of a pass, but Sikhs and Muslims can go suck eggs, though, provided that egg sucking isn’t associated with their religious practices. All this in the name of maintaining a secular society, say the law’s proponents. To be honest, I didn’t catch the name of the person defending the law on Jian Ghomeshi’s CBC Radio morning show on Friday, but I couldn’t help but smile at his response to a question about whether the large cross that adorns a wall in the Quebec parliament would be removed.

That would be ridiculous, he scoffed. It’s part of our cultural heritage, as is the naming of many streets and buildings in Quebec after Roman Catholic saints.

year? Isn’t it a statutory public holiday, giving workers a paid saint’s feast day off? How on earth does one explain away this very Roman Catholic celebration as fitting in with a secular society? Quebec, with its desperate obsession with regulating language and now religious expression, seems to me to be in danger of becoming an anachronistic society, a living but barely breathing paean to a past that wasn’t particularly glorious. Unlike Lorne Eckersley the Amish, though, who remain comfortable enough in their own skins to live as they did So let me get this straight — if a century ago, Québécois, or at least your particular ethnic group is the their rulers, seem to want the best of first to arrive in a land (would it be all worlds. They want to be treated hair-splitting to mention that as major players in Canadian affairs, Indians preceded French and other despite their disproportionately European settlers by thousands of years?) then your ostentatious use of small portion of the population. religious symbols and names is “cul- They want to have all the benefits of modern society and yet to keep their tural heritage”. But the symbols of feet rooted in the past. Most dangerothers who came late to the party ously, they want to dictate personal are overt promotions of their relibehavior and dress, which is as gions and therefore a detriment to a wrong-headed as discriminating on secular society. the basis of skin colour or, well, reliWhat happens when Quebec’s gious belief. First Nations tribes decide to take I doubt that soldiers who fought offense at the use of Roman Catholic along side turban-wearing Sikhs in symbols and names? Can they call the First and Second World War firstsies and have them removed? trenches spent much time worrying Oh, no, and not because they are in about the headgear. a minority, but because their people We should all learn to play nice don’t form the government. with others. Like it or not, it won’t Isn’t Quebec really Canada’s least secular province? Isn’t Québécois cul- be too many generations before the shoe is on the other foot and the ture closely intertwined with that of scarf is on the other head. the Roman Catholic church? Don’t Lorne Eckersley is the publisher of residents mark Saint-Jean-Baptiste the Creston Valley Advance. Day as one of the highlights of the

This is the Life

Technology makes library a place for more than just books

A ubiquitous feature of the traditional public library is its large reference section, stocked with encyclopedias, dictionaries, government documents and other items too large or expensive to loan out. You might be surprised, then, to see our reference section, which now consists of a measly half-dozen items: 2012 Electrical Codes and related items (four volumes), 2013 Criminal Code and a copy of The Limits of Sanity, a rare volume detailing the 1970 murders in West Creston. What happened? In a word, the world changed. Wikipedia has demolished the encyclopedia business, spell check and online dictionaries have rendered print dictionaries obsolete, and government information is freely accessible online 24 hours a day. Some of you may mourn the loss of these relics of yesteryear. Personally, I love books, and have stubbornly resisted acquiring an e-reader, but as more and more authors turn to publishing e-bookonly editions while publishers struggle to make a profit, I can see the writing on the wall. But I can’t remember the last time I looked up a word in a print dictionary, or turned to an encyclopedia for infor-

mation. Some things really are easier online. Unfortunately, not everyone has the same access to the Internet, and a large part of the population — in particular, seniors and the economi-

working on a unique project called Tech Connect, which involves matching local seniors with computer savvy youth from Prince Charles Secondary School. All of our staff is capable and willing to help with common computer tasks — printing government forms, basic Internet searching, word processing and so forth. If you need assistance, all you need to do is ask. The library offers nine public Internet stations equipped with Microsoft Office, along with three iPads for public use. We also offer Wi-Fi and electrical outlets for recharging your devices throughout the library, and 24 hour a day Wi-Fi outside the library. You can make free local calls from our office phone, and keep in touch with relatives across the world through Skype in the comfort of a private office. We can even help you digitize your record or VHS collection. All of this is free of charge, and does not require a library card. Of course, if all you really want is a good old fashioned dictionary to look up a word, we can help you there too: 423 in our non-fiction section. And you can take it home with you. Aaron Francis is the chief librarian at the Creston and District Public Library.

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Aaron Francis cally disadvantaged — is falling behind. As a public library, it is an important part of our mandate to address this so-called “digital divide”, and to help those who need some guidance in these changing times. Every Saturday morning from 10 a.m.-12 p.m., the library offers oneon-one computer assistance from our resident technical guru, Andrew Feltham. Andrew will take on all questions, from how to hold a mouse to how to download e-books. Andrew was recently joined by a Community Access Program youth intern, Ian MacKay, who is available most days after school to assist you with your technical needs. Ian is also

Creston Valley Advance Thursday, September 19, 2013

Reputation damaged during AAP To the Editor: (Re: “Apology for tearing up petitions”, Sept. 12 Advance, page 7) Thank you, Mr. Cook, for having the courage and integrity to admit your wrongdoing and to apologize to those who may have been hurt or offended. He is a kind and decent man whose emotions temporarily short-circuited his brain. It happens to all of us at one time or another. In his letter, Cook says, “My frustration level reached a boiling point and I lashed out.” Well, guess what? He was not the only one whose emotions boiled over. During the alternative approval process (AAP) fiasco, a few very vocal opponents lashed out in anger, not just against the AAP, but also against the Pet Adoption and Welfare Society (PAWS). In the heat of the moment, things were said that were untrue, yet repeated often enough and angrily enough that some people have come to accept them as true. Keep in mind that PAWS did not ask for the AAP, and PAWS has done nothing to deserve this attack on its character. For 17 years now, thanks to the generosity of its supporters, the organization has provided a valuable service to this community. Good will is the single most important requirement for its continued operation. And it is that good will that has taken a hit. Recently, a downtown business owner told me she thought the destruction of the petitions was the worst thing to happen during this AAP debacle. I disagree. The AAP is now history. End of story. However, the unwarranted damage to PAWS’ reputation will take some time to repair. There are many ways you can help to get PAWS back on its feet: become a PAWS member, become a volunteer, make a donation, participate in the pet therapy program for schools and senior centres, organize a fundraising event,

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attend the upcoming events. There will be Thanksgiving and Christmas bake sales at Extra Foods, an all-you-can-eat Ukrainian supper Oct. 9 at the Creston Valley Seniors Centre, Santa photos Dec. 1 at Morris Flowers Garden Centre, a Christmas gala banquet and dance Dec. 14 at the community complex, and also a Christmas raffle. There are more events planned for the new year, including a family-friendly comedy night (Raise the Woof) in March at Prince Charles Theatre. For tickets and details, call PAWS. If you would like to learn more about PAWS and its services to the community, call 250-428-PAWS or visit www. paws-crestonbc.org. Better still, go down to the shelter. The volunteers are proud of their contributions to the community, and would be happy to answer your questions and give you a tour. Joan Halvorsen West Creston

All drivers should take DriveAble To the Editor: For a start, DriveAble suspects seniors of being demented. Two tests are put on for the phony show of DriveAble. I drove 500 kilometres for this and failed. Regardless of how well a person does on the test, out of 100 persons about 90 will fail the test. It is made up this way. There is absolutely no common sense to it. All of the people of B.C. will lose a part of their freedom with this DriveAble nonsense, big time! Among the seniors of today and the rest of you tomorrow, there will be plenty of house arrests for the rest of your life, all because they did no wrong to anybody. For we seniors, this is the worst punishment in many years. This is from our own government. Freedom is much more important than DriveAble, and telling us this was done for our own good and safety and that of the other users of the road. Freedom of the people, by the people,

for the people will not be taken by the B.C. Ministry of Justice, not even a teeny part of it. To make the road safe and prevent accidents, there is a simple solution: Make every driver take this nonsensical DriveAble test. That will get us only 10 per cent of all the drivers on the road today. The rest of them will fail. That should solve the problem for all of us, including the people who came up with the stupid DriveAble idea. Please restore our driver’s licences for us. We are the demented seniors who made it possible for your paycheque to be in the mail. Dick Kalman Creston

Government needs ‘pure integrity’ To the Editor: I have delayed in writing regarding the expenses charged to taxpayers by members of the Senate. I have noticed that some members have decided to conveniently resign to avoid prosecution. I find it outrageous that these people are not held accountable for their actions. I venture to say that every one of those will escape going to jail. I would like to remind readers that in one of my last letters, there was a warning about what is happening now. I also petition the Harper government to have an elected Senate in lieu of the present appointed Senate. My wish is that someone with pure integrity can come forward to lead us into forming a good government to make us proud to call ourselves Canadians. Is it too much to ask for? I don’t think so. I feel we have the authority to do housecleaning. Let’s do it now. I, for one, won’t stop until I get satisfaction. This is a fair warning. Don’t take it as a threat but a promise. Richard L. Cote Creston

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We are living in an age of electronic gadgetry, which for the elderly is often frustrating. However, some of that electronic technology can save a person’s life following an accident or sudden illness, break-in, fire or gas leakage. A personal alarm is a friendly reassurance of immediate help, and can be worn either around the neck, as a watch or on a belt. It means that if you are gardening and suddenly can’t get up, no one is with you and you are desperate, by pressing the alarm, help can be summoned. If you have an accident and are conscious, help is just the press of the alarm button away. There is no need for embarrassment. This service helps people stay in their homes safely as they get older and remain independent Many alarms are waterproof so they can be worn in the shower or bath. There are different companies offering this service. For more details ask at the pharmacy. Gas monitors are important safety alarms to warn of gas leakage, and as some gases have no smell, the monitor can save lives by recording the level of danger and making a penetrating loud noise that even the hard of hearing can usually hear. When you have a gas monitor in the home, it is important to understand how it works. Waking up in the night to

an ear-shattering beep is frightening. It is important that you read the little screen on the front of the monitor. It tells you when there is danger, together with the loud beep, and means, “Phone 911 and get out of the house quickly.”

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The other day we heard of an elderly lady who awoke in the night to an earshattering continuous beep. She removed the CO monitor from the wall. To her horror, it kept beeping. She became quite nervous and was only half awake, so she put it outside the house as she didn’t know what to do. The noise was so penetrating, she wrapped it in a blanket and left it outside. She went back to bed and worried. Who could she phone in the middle of the night? Now she didn’t know if this was a real scare or why it wouldn’t stop “screaming” after it was removed from the wall. Because it is a CO and natural

gas monitor, it gives warning of deadly gas and should be dealt with immediately. As CO has no smell, a person can die quickly without any knowledge of the danger. A battery ensures that the monitor works even when there is a power outage. Make sure you can read and understand the little screen on the monitor. This tells you when the monitor is recording. It is necessary to read this screen to determine whether the beep is warning you to get out of the house, or if it is just a faulty battery. If you can’t read the monitor and it is continuous beeping, call 911 anyway and explain the situation. Prepare to leave the house until help arrives, take a warm jacket, wear socks and take a flashlight in case you need to wait a few minutes. Such an alarm signals your need to act immediately. According to the fire department, it is important to change batteries in any alarm/monitor every six-nine months. The monitors too have a life of about five years and should be replaced. It is important to keep a list of monitors and batteries with renewal dates somewhere obvious. Your life may be saved by paying attention to these safety measures. Christine Munkerud is a volunteer with the Therapeutic Activation Program for Seniors.

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New outreach worker takes reins at TAPS

So, I’m the new kid on the block, or, I should say, the new senior on the block at the Therapeutic Activation Program for Seniors. Terry Nowak, who has been the familiar and fabulous champion and supporter of the TAPS program for so many years, has retired. Taking her place means big shoes to fill. Enjoy your “free Maureen time”, Terry, Cameron although having seen her at the TAPS building quite a few times already, I expect we’ll still be benefiting from her kind attention, tireless service and smiling face. It may take some time for me to grasp all that has been created for and by TAPS participants, and how I’ll fulfill this role in continuing to help make that happen. But it just took my first visit to feel the welcoming environment, to see and hear how everyone is acknowledged, respected and cared for. I have huge admiration for the leadership, creativity and hard work, as well as the generosity of donors and partners in keeping TAPS in Creston all these years. Creston folks, you should be proud to know the excellence of this program and the effort that goes into the smallest of details in caring for our seniors at a time when they need it. Terry has reported recently on the summer student program through the federal government. This year’s student, Wendy, has gone now after making a great contribution. She helped along with other things to make the staycation program flourish, wherein TAPS participants enjoyed local activities and events.

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Another student program funded through the New Horizons for Seniors is starting with special needs students from the high school. TAPS co-ordinator Bridget Currie reports that this was very successful last year, and I’ll be able to let you know what they are up to next month. There are many partnerships that have developed between TAPS seniors and volunteers and the community. The resulting projects are always a win-win as the seniors participate in many hands-on activities, sharing knowledge and encouragement in a group, and knowing they are helping another group with their fundraising efforts for others. The Telus ambassadors are one such group, providing seniors groups with materials to create items, which they in turn sell to support even more groups. The volunteer hours put in are kept track of, and Telus ambassadors pay the

seniors for their work. Every year there is a theme that guides Bridget’s choices of programs to develop. Last year, it was “productive seniors”, and my, they were busy. This year it is “healthy brain”, and to start things off, there is a new program running twice a week at TAPS called Mind, Memory and Motion. Check out the new College of the Rockies course guide. We’ll have more on that next month. Here is a quoted passage from the East Kootenay Caregivers Network fall 2013 newsletter: “Research shows there are three areas to consider when you plan to maintain and improve the health of your brain: your body, your mind, and your spirit. “But why is brain health important? Actively keeping your brain in good shape will help you stay mentally sharp as you age. … Research increasingly confirms that taking these steps now

may reduce your risk of developing Alzheimer’s disease or another form of dementia.” On another note, the seniors and staff and volunteers send out a loud thanks to all who have donated food this summer and fall, from your gardens to the community greenhouse program to Harvest Share. Healthy meals are made in the kitchen, and you should see the seniors tucking plums and cucumbers in their bags for the trip home. Imagine if you couldn’t garden any more, and how grateful you’d be for homegrown yumminess! If you are a senior or anyone with a little time on your hands and would like to contribute from time to time, do contact Bridget at TAPS (250-428-5585) to explore projects she might need a hand with. Maureen Cameron is an outreach worker with the Therapeutic Activation Program for Seniors.

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I remember back in Grade 4 or 5 hearing about the Grade 6 teacher whom I was destined to end up with (pending actually passing the previous levels) and the associated

and a repeat performance in a similar grade, except now you had the freedom to move your kid to a different school at your choosing to avoid real or perceived future conflict. Unfortunately, for our child in this case, the parental guidance units felt that one cannot choose things like future bosses, workmates and neighNeil Ostafichuk bours, and what better way to horror stories of her authoritarian start learning to deal with the rich rule over the masses. Turns out, tapestry of people that will cross once I arrived at that point, and your path in life than childhood. established that I wasn’t a repeat of Guess what? It turned out to be my brother who preceded me by a another good teacher and our child year, she was actually a pretty darn is now a contributing member of good teacher. society, which to me indicates we Flash forward to raising our kids all had some influence along the

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way in shaping this individual. Backing away from this heady stuff but along the same tangent, programs play a major part in what we provide to you at the community complex and may be fitness based, aquatics, general interest — stuff like that. Programs require instructors and while it would be great if we could take the most fantastic instructor available and clone them, that technology at present has just gone as far a sheep that doesn’t quite meet our skill set requirement. But guess what? We already have fantastic instructors, all different and some at various levels in their careers, but all are passionate about what they are doing. As patrons, you may see a number of different instructors over your visits here and we appreciate your feedback on the good ones and your patience on the ones learning and not quite at that level. Great instructors did not start as great instructors. That leads to another tool that we can provide — the ability to “own your own workout”. Those of you that work out regularly have learned there are modifications typically offered by the instructor during the class — kind of low, medium and hard variations of a particular move or a couple different methods to ease up or bear down more, depending where you want to be. Certain classes also focus on different levels so it’s important you select the right one to begin with. The bottom line is that the instructor is the guide — it is ultimately up to you how hard you push yourself as to what kind of workout you get. I see it when I’m swimming. I can kind of halfheartedly breaststroke down the lane and not get my heart above the same rate as lying on the couch watching Coronation Street or I can bear down to the point where that vein on my forehead is visibly pulsing and I’m getting nosebleeds. I like to stay somewhere in the middle. So, take control of your workout and stay tuned for a workshop that will get into depth on just how to do that. If you have certain requirements or limitations, speak to your instructor before you start or sign up. If you are not getting anything out of a class, talk to the instructor for modifications that will improve it for you or find out why it isn’t working rather than just not showing up again. Not only might that benefit you, it may assist the instructor in improving the class for others. Even if we aren’t able to perhaps help with certain circumstances, we certainly want to get feedback for the planning process in developing programs to better suit you. Try us — we don’t bite, but we might get your heart rate up. Neil Ostafichuk is the recreation supervisor at the Creston and District Community Complex.

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