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Tabletree second in World Juice Awards BY LORNE ECKERSLEY Advance Staff

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(From left) Creston Valley Chamber of Commerce president Rob Schepers, Ministry of Transportation and Infrastructure district operations manager Hugh Eberle, Nelson-Creston MLA Michelle Mungall, Creston Mayor Ron Toyota, Lower Kootenay Band Chief Jason Louie and Creston RCMP Staff Sgt. Bob Gollan cut the ribbon over the westbound lane on Kootenay Pass, moments after the Salmo mayor and chamber president, among others, cut the eastbound portion.

Celebration marks Pass’s 50th BY BRIAN LAWRENCE Advance Editor

About 300 people attended the 50th anniversary celebration for the Kootenay Pass, held on Sunday afternoon at the top of the Highway 3 pass between Creston and Salmo. Organized by the Creston Museum, with the assistance of the Ministry of Transportation and Infrastructure and Yellowhead Road and Bridge (YRB), the event included historical displays and a commemorative ribbon-cutting, which briefly stopped traffic.

“We find excuses to make local history fun and enjoyable,” said museum manager Tammy Hardwick. Cars lined up for the first crossing on Oct. 13, 1963, totalled 2,700 — the creation of the all-weather route was a significant event. “That really shows what it meant to them back then,” said Hardwick. “This was a good opportunity to showcase that.” During speeches by elected officials and others, Lower Kootenay Band Chief Jason Louie explained that the Ktunaxa people followed game trails

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along that route hundreds of years earlier. “We are also in their home,” he said. “If it was not for those animals, we would not have access to this territory.” Nelson-Creston MLA Michelle Mungall followed Louie, expressing her appreciation for the economic benefits, and also reflected on the wildlife. “The most magical trip has been the time I have to stop and allow the caribou to take the time to cross the road,” she said. See PASS, page 5

If public acclaim had a cash value, Gary and Susan Snow would be laughing all the way to the bank. Their business, Tabletree Enterprises, won a World Juice Award in 2012 in Barcelona, Spain, where its black cherry juice was named best pure juice. This year, red apple juice was one of two finalists for best new nectar or juice product. Tabletree didn’t win, but its owners could only see the bright side of being short-listed. “We came in second for best new juice in the world and not too many folks can say that and mean it tonight,” Gary said after the announcements were made in Cologne, Germany, on Oct. 3. “And two Canadians coming in first and second in the world is something to be proud of. “We’ve talked with some incredible folks from all around the world and made some contacts that will be very helpful to us as Tabletree grows.” Now in their fourth year producing juice with a proprietary method of their own design, the Snows admit the attention has been unexpected and overwhelming. “Last year, we thought that maybe the award was kind of a fluke, that judges were trying to give a boost to a small new business,” Susan said before the couple left for Germany, where the World Juice 13 conference was being held. “But a second nomination is just too much to comprehend.” See TABLETREE, page 5

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“The energy at the march was very strong, and the majority of marchers seemed to agree that the more people became educated about genetically modified foods the sooner Canada will join the large number of countries that have labelled or banned the untested and risky ‘substantially equivalent’ GMOs.” Whitford, a mother of four young children, said she has become an activist because she can’t just sit back and not work to make a better future for her family. She is also organizing other local events, including a December visit by nationally known scientists. “Sunset Seed has generously allowed us to use their parking lot as our rallying point on Saturday,” she said. “If anyone would like to speak at the event they can call me at 250-428-0782.” Protesters will march down Canyon Street to 10th Avenue, then return to the Sunset Seed location, Whitford said.

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Wynndel Coffee House in need of volunteers BY LORNE ECKERSLEY Advance Staff

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unravel a mystery that came as part of a recent donation to the store. The framed print (top left) depicts a scene in which Admiral Nelson dipped his finger into a glass of Port to sketch out his plans for the imminent Battle of Trafalgar. Inside the frame’s backing is a sports page from a 1922 Vancouver Sun. On the opposite side of that is (top right) a beautiful print, possibly a lithograph. The value? That’s anyone’s guess at this time.

One of Creston Valley’s longrunning musical traditions needs help to make sure it carries on. The Wynndel Coffee House has had to cut back its season as it struggles to put together a volunteer roster for evenings that remain popular with musicians and patrons. This season, coffee houses will be held every second Saturday, November through April. Previously music fans were treated to local and visiting talent from October through April. “There are lots of small jobs involved — everything from setting up chairs to tending the door to collect fees (only $3 per person and $5 per family), helping in the kitchen (no qualifications required), putting away chairs — we just need a few reliable people to know these things will get done,” said volunteer John Rimmer. Rimmer often emcees the popular evenings — about 80-120 people come out to most coffee houses — and says it isn’t uncommon for him to be unable to sleep after a coffee house. “We get some fantastic musicians, locals and visitors, and I’ll be driving home feeling the hair on the back of my neck standing on end,” he said. “There have been performances that people would gladly pay $50 for in other venues. We have had Lorn Wolf and his son, Kyle, perform and just blow people away. And Elena Yeung’s first public performance was at the Wynndel Coffee House.” Bob Gollan, a Wynndel musician who has been at every coffee house since they started in 2001, said the evenings

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grew out of a Monday night musical gathering in which a few dozen singers and musicians got together. “We had a 300-song book that had all kinds of different music in it — we had a great time,” he said. From those evenings, he said, came the idea for a coffee house that could help raise funds to maintain Wynndel Hall. Thousands of dollars in improvements have been made from coffee house revenues, he said. “When we were working to get the coffee houses going, I went around and bought equipment from pawn shops,” Gollan recalled. “We had the ugliest performance area you could imagine, with a red shag rug on the stage and dark brown curtains behind. And people loved it! “So many people have played at the coffee house who had never performed in public before. It’s a very supportive audience.” “It has enabled people who would normally be reluctant to get up stage to give it a try,” Rimmer agreed. Like many volunteer organizations, the coffee house has its ups and downs, and can be affected dramatically by the loss of one person. The passing of Al Spinks, who was a key organizer, left a hole that has been difficult to fill, Gollan said. “Wynndel Coffee House seems to have a life of its own,” he laughed. “But we would welcome more people getting involved to help lighten the load.” For more information, call Ralph Gerein at 250-428-5646.

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Fender benders dominate police week

marijuana in the vehicle. •A 4th Avenue South resident complained that a handful of nails had Creston RCMP responded to 59 been thrown on her driveway. calls for service from September •An elderly male hit a dog with a 30-October 6, Staff Sgt. Bob Gollan stick after taking offense to its pressaid on Monday. ence in Schikurski Park. September 30 •Unwanted text messages were •A parked vehicle was sideswiped reported from a Wenger Road resiin a hit and run on Kitchener Road. dence. No witnesses have been found. October 1 •No entry was gained during an •A male has been remanded in attempted break-in to a 10th Avenue custody for three weeks after being business. Damage was made during arrested for assault following a attempts to open two doors. domestic incident at a Stace Road •A driver was given a 24-hour residence. driving prohibition after entering •A wallet was stolen from an Canada at Rykerts with the smell of unlocked truck on Canyon Street. •Thieves made off with a quantity of tools after breaking into a garage on Simmons Road. •Police assisted Mission RCMP with a break and entry investigation. ...would like to thank the Creston •Two large garbage bags, Men’s Golf League Championship Team one containing what a complainant believed to be mariBob Foreman juana, were reported to be Josh Firman sitting beside the Huggard Forest Service Road near Jerrad McMillian Wynndel. The bags were gone BY LORNE ECKERSLEY Advance Staff

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when police arrived. •When police responded to a complaint about someone yelling and screaming at a Helen Street residence they were told the behavior was normal for the person in question. •Police were called about a dispute over dog ownership after a marriage breakdown on Pilot Bay Road. October 2 •A vehicle reported stolen from Sunset Boulevard was located in Medicine Hat on the following day. Police in Medicine Hat have a suspect in custody. •When police investigated a report about numerous break-ins to an Alder Street resident over the past several months, they concluded the report was false. •Police assisted in the transport of a person experiencing diabetic shock to the hospital from a medical clinic. •Creston police assisted with an investigation into a complaint of sexual assault in Crawford Bay. •Cash was reported stolen from a Canyon Street business. •A DVD was reported stolen from a vehicle in a Northwest Boulevard parking lot.

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Please be advised that Town Crews will be carrying out their annual hydrant maintenance and flushing program starting October 1, 2013 and continuing for approximately three weeks. During this period, the water may become cloudy. Should this happen, we ask that you flush your lines by running cold water to clear any murkiness. Thank you for your cooperation. If you have any questions, please contact the Town Hall at 250-428-2214, during regular office hours. Iain Bell Director of Engineering & Public Works

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SCHOOL DISTRICT NO. 8 (KOOTENAY LAKE) Aboriginal Education Enhancement Agreement Community Meeting – October 23, 2013 School District #8 is currently in the process of renewing our Aboriginal Education Enhancement Agreement. An Enhancement Agreement is an agreement between the school district, the local Aboriginal communities, and the Ministry of Education developed to enhance the educational achievement and school experience for all Aboriginal students. Community input is very important to renewing our agreement. We need to hear from Aboriginal parents, students, and community members. Please join us when we meet in your community. Contact Danica Lee at 250-777-1337 for more information. Food provided and details below: October 23, 2013 • Ramada Creston • 1809 Highway 3A Banquet Room • 5pm to 8pm More information about our current Enhancement Agreement can be found at: www.dvsdata.com/abed/about-us-2/about-us/

October 3 •Extensive damage was the result when a driver failed to negotiate a curve on CanyonLister Road. She received a black eye when the vehicle’s airbag opened. •A vehicle scraped the side of another when the driver was turning into a 10 th Avenue parking lot. •A driver was issued a ticket for operating a vehicle without insurance on Canyon Street. •A purse was reported to have been lost on Highway 3A near Wynndel. •A vehicle on Valleyview Drive was rearended when the driver stopped at a Stop sign. No injuries were reported. •Two youths reported to be breaking bottles with slingshots near Millennium Park were not located, nor was any evidence of broken glass. •A suspicious person reported to be prowling around a 27th Avenue South residence turned out to be a raccoon, to the surprise of the police officers that responded to the late evening call. October 4 •No injuries resulted from a rear-end collision that occurred on Northwest Boulevard when a vehicle stopped for school bus. •Creston RCMP assisted Calgary City Police by serving a subpoena to a Settlement Road resident. •Police transported a person in need of medical attention from 44th Street to the hospital. •A vehicle that crashed into a barrier near Centennial Park was reported stolen by its owner the next day. October 5 •The driver of a vehicle reported to be driving suspiciously in the Silvercrest Road area told police he was keeping an eye out on local residences following some thefts. •Saddles were reported stolen from a 20th Street residence. •An 8th Avenue resident threw beer on a neighbour ’s dog and told police the dog should be charged. •A suspicious person was reported to be walking along Porthill Road. October 6 •A well-being check of youths on 16 th Avenue revealed they were okay. •A report from Mountain Shores Road said that a quad ran over a dog. •Police were unable to locate a semi reported to be driving with no lights on Highway 3.

Creston man pleads guilty in Nelson court to assault Nelson Star

A Creston man received an 18-month conditional sentence in Nelson court last month after pleading guilty to indecent assault in a case dating back to the 1970s. The man, who cannot be named to protect his victim, was originally charged in February 2012 with additional counts of incest, gross indecency and sex with a minor. He pled not guilty to all the alleged crimes but later admitted to indecent assault. At sentencing, the Crown stayed the remaining charges. The crimes were alleged to have occurred in Nakusp between 1972 and 1979. In addition to the conditional sentence, Judge Lisa Mrozinski prohibited the man from having contact with children for two years, ordered him to provide a DNA sample, and imposed a 10-year firearms ban.

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Pass From page 1 Regional District of Central Kootenay Area C director Larry Binks, who represents the east side of the pass, said that the route marked a big change for both health care and agriculture, with improved access for both. “What a wonderful testament to the people who went before, and the men and women who worked on it!” said Binks, who then thanked

Tabletree

From page 1 The couple got into the business when a trend toward lower prices for the once lucrative late season cherry crop began. As growers in the Okanagan, Washington and even Turkey entered the late season market, prices dropped dramatically. Adding value to what they produced on their Erickson orchard seemed like the only way to avoid the sea of debt promised by wholesale fruit prices that didn’t cover their cost of production. For the 2013 award, Tabletree was in competition with a Nova Scotia producer, Haskapa. Apple juice (one Creston chef says it should be called apple pie, so full is the flavour) was pitted against haskap berry juice. Haskap? It’s a largely unknown thin-skinned, elongated fruit from the honeysuckle plant that Susan said looks like an unusually shaped blueberry. “We actually have a row growing in our yard,” she said. “But it isn’t enough to make juice with. Haskap berries have amazing flavour.” While the Snows originally set out to make cherry juice, they were quite certain from the start that their process would work for other fruits. “We are even starting to think about vegetable juices,” Gary said. In the first year of production, Tabletree also produced a small amount of plum juice. Experiments since have included peaches and blueberries. An additional step on the production line reduces fruit juice to make a thicker product that is marketed as culinary sauce. “We thought we would be mostly making red apple culinary sauce this year, but with the World Juice 13 nomination I guess we will have to make more juice!” Gary said. He estimates Tabletree will produce about 5,000-6,000 bottles this winter. Last year, about 7,000 bottles of cherry juice were made and sold. Recognition from the World Juice awards hasn’t been the only time the Snows have stepped up to the podium. Long before production started, they won a BC Innovation Council award that came with a grant to help pay for the custom-made juice processing equipment. To earn the award, Gary and Susan had to make a pitch before a panel, much in the way contestants on Dragon’s Den do. It wasn’t an easy path. “When we did our pitch, a woman from IRAP (Industrial Research Assistance Program) really challenged us,” Gary said. “She said, ‘You guys have so much to learn you would have to take our courses just to learn how to fill out our applications.’ ” “Now she’s our best supporter.” Susan said. “Her concern was, ‘OK, cherries are going to take you a month, what are you going to do with the (processing) plant for the other 11 months?’ ” Gary recalled. “ ‘Have you thought of other fruits?’ And we actual-

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contractor YRB for keeping it open. RDCK Area G director Hans Cunningham recalled that people used to head up the pass for a Sunday drive to check out the scenery, and said he is still impressed with the road. “The highway is only getting better,” he said. “We’re very lucky to have this all-weather road.” The project, which had been in the planning stages for several years before seasonal construction ran from 1957-1963, cost $13.6 million, and it remains the country’s highest mountain pass. “It proved that highway engineering can actually work miracles,” he said.

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ly had thought of it. It wasn’t going to be our focus, but…” Response to Tabletree black cherry juice was immediate. Those who tasted it loved it, and soon reports were coming back from people with medical issues — gout, arthritis and the like — who swore the juice, taken regularly in small quantities, was making a difference in quality of life. In fact, before they learned last year about the World Juice nomination, Susan and Gary were planning a trip to Germany, where a food lab was doing tests on their juice to determine its healthfulness. Cherry juice, they learned when they visited on the way home from Barcelona, has anthocyanins, carotenoids, flavonoids and the like, all of which are believed to have health benefits. “We hear some amazing stories,” Susan said. A cancer survivor herself, she has continued to support the BC Cancer Foundation with some of the company’s proceeds. “Not a day goes by that someone doesn’t pull into our driveway to buy juice. They can purchase at outlets all over the place, but they like the idea of getting it directly from the source, I guess.”

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Any system involving checks and balances, like a chess game, can end up in a stalemate. As evidence, I present the case of Tea Party vs. President Obama. With a president and Senate majority coming from the Democrat side and Republicans holding sway in Congress it can probably be said it’s a miracle that anything at all is getting done in the U.S. these days, governmentally speaking. Or perhaps it hasn’t been and maybe that’s not such a bad thing, really. Full-time elected officials are going to assume that their job is not only to govern, but to look busy, even if it means endlessly tinkering with things that might be just as well, or better, left alone. As the Republican insistence on not funding what has unfortunately become known as Obamacare, guaranteeing a partisan view among supporters and opponents, pushes the country toward financial default, the world watches and waits, having no real picture of what could happen if there is no agreement by Oct. 17 to raise the federal government’s debt ceiling. Like it or not, the world relies on a stable U.S. economy on which to base its trade. Much world trade is conducted in U.S. dollars, not because it necessarily ideal, but because it’s the best among a whole lot of worse choices. Oil exports from the Middle East are paid for in U.S. currency. While one might expect China, the emerging economic superpower, to step in to fill the vacuum, it has long preferred to control the value of its currency and not leave subject to the whims of global money traders. It probably isn’t a sustainable plan, but it’s worked for China to this point and the system won’t be undone overnight. The Chinese renminbi isn’t a global commodity right now. And the European Commission has too many

internal problems to make the Euro an option. The Japanese yen? Forget about it. Russian rubles? Nyet. So how does the economic model to the world get to the point where it

In my last column, I described the first practice of awakening that Buddha taught just before he died, “Have few desires.” This week, I discuss the second practice of awakening, “Know how much is enough.” The Buddha said, “If you want to be free from suffering, contemplate knowing how much is enough. By knowing it, you enter the place of enjoyment and peacefulness and will be contented even when you sleep on the ground. If you don’t know how much enough is, you will feel poor even if you have much wealth, and you will be constantly pulled by desire.” Not knowing how much is enough is the root of addiction. In fact, it is the very nature of addiction to turn off our capacity to know when we have had enough. This is why a major emphasis in mindful eating is learning to recognize when we have had enough. In truth, it is enough to have one or two potato chips, but so many of us don’t know that, so instead of having a brief enjoyable nibble, we don’t stop eating until the bag of potato chips is empty. It’s the same with all forms of addiction. It’s not only substance addiction

that blocks our knowledge of when we have had enough. Anything that distracts us from the intensity of daily life can become an addiction. We get hooked into mindless activity at the

Republicans to elect the first black president if Colin Powell had chosen to make a run at the office. It’s more likely a truth that American politics have become more polarized than at any time in recent history, to the point that opposing views are simply no longer tolerated by a segment of politicians and, by extension, the public. How else to explain a growing sense that at least some of the Republican hatred of Obamacare comes Lorne Eckersley from a belief that if it becomes entrenched, Americans will actually like it, makcould unravel the global economy? ing it more difficult for Republicans Put it down to the general shift from to get elected in the future? Because pragmatism to dogmatism, which is surely, in their hearts, even the coldcertainly most evident from the est Tea Party ideologues can’t Republican side. The anti-governbelieve that it’s OK for millions of ment, anti-tax Tea Party has largely Americans to go to bed in the fear usurped the ultra-right, held in that if they wake up needing medirecent years by fundamentalist cal care it could bankrupt them. It Christians, who until a couple of just doesn’t make sense, economicaldecades ago weren’t particularly ly or socially, that making medical engaged in politics. Without the care unaffordable for the working slightest sign that Democrats or even poor could be considered a good mainstream Republicans have a thing. workable plan to ease the country’s From the Democratic side, if they skyrocketing debt (which has become feel compelled to do what seemed uncontrollable as a result of the U.S. almost unthinkable when the idea was penchant for sending troops off to first floated and simply mint a trillion battle in what has become to seem dollar coin to do an end-run around like an endless succession of foreign the political process, doesn’t that seem “wars”, and for cutting a blank almost as risky as going into default? cheque for anything that can remoteWhile there is a growing appreciation ly be defined as “homeland securifor the notion that national finances ty”) it should come as no surprise are pretty much a smoke and mirrors that the Tea Partiers have gained a con job, are the Democratics so sold on foothold. Obamacare that they are willing to risk There is a more unsettling factor, though. It doesn’t take a particularly bringing the global economy to its knees, or lower? long memory to remember Maybe the military industrial Republican mouthpieces stating as complex is going to have to step in the Bush era came to a close that and ask both sides who’s going to they would rather see their country fail than a President Obama succeed. pay for all the arms produced if the country can’t afford to go to war. It is far too simple to label it as racLorne Eckersley is the publisher of ism, though, because I never the Creston Valley Advance. thought it would be a stretch for the

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computer and waste precious hours in front of the screen. When we don’t know how much is enough, our lives get completely out of balance. We live in a world where nobody feels they have enough. We are taught to increase our income, our possessions, our friendships and our knowledge. Nations strive to “grow their economy.” The wealthy busy themselves with amassing more wealth. And yet, so much suffering comes from not knowing when we have enough. Wars are fought for more territory and resources, and pristine valleys are destroyed to make more ski resorts. Individuals who can’t set a limit to eat-

ing, drinking and amassing wealth know only discontent. When we know we have enough, we can spend less money and avoid supporting an economic system that exploits workers and destroys the environment. There are so many benefits to realizing when we have enough. Feeling satisfied with few possessions destroys greed and makes us content with being healthy and strong enough to nourish our spiritual lives. Knowing when we have enough cuts through the trap of satisfying excessive desires and give us an opportunity to attain peace of body and mind. When we are content with little, we can develop our capacity for generosity and use our abundant material goods to help others. Free of greed, we can realize the highest goal — enlightenment. Suggested practice: Notice when your thoughts, words and actions are rooted in a feeling that you need more than what you already have: a thinner body, more money, more friends, a bigger house, a better car. Kuya Minogue is the resident teacher at Creston’s ZenWords Zen Centre. For more information, she can be reached at 250-428-6500.

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Poverty reduction plan needed to help B.C. students To the Editor: (Re: “Gov’t helping B.C. children in poverty”, Sept. 26 Advance, page 7) The issue of child poverty in British Columbia is no secret. The need for a poverty reduction plan is clear. We are heartened to see many citizens speaking out about this issue, but were disturbed by the recent letter that seems to provide information regarding the monies spent by the current government in an attempt to reduce child poverty. The outline of the funding spent is impressive; the argument that child poverty has been addressed is false. Shamefully, our province continues to have one of the highest rates of child poverty in Canada — despite the claims of money being spent on the issue. These are the staggering facts: •BC has had the worst child poverty record of any province for seven consecutive years. The child poverty rate in B.C. is 10.4 per cent — that’s 87,000 children living in poverty, based on the Statistics Canada aftertax low-income cut off. •The national poverty rate for First Nations children was 49 per cent in 2007 (First Call). •In B.C., 24.2 per cent of children in female lone-parent families live in poverty. •Fifteen per cent of children in two-parent families live below the poverty line in B.C. •Most low-income families have gross incomes significantly below the poverty line, with many of those working at minimum-wage jobs. •The vast majority of poor children in B.C. live in families with some earned income, and over half live in families where at least one person has a full-time job. As teachers, we see the impact of these statistics. Why do teachers care? Children living in poverty start school with many disadvantages in addition to chronic hunger. According to research, poor children are twice as likely as non-poor children to repeat a grade, be suspended from school, or drop out. They are 1.3 times as likely to have a developmental delay or learning disability and require special education services. These difficulties translate into the classroom, where teachers are more likely to assess poor children as poor students with more academic and behaviour problems. Poor children are also more likely to be hyperactive, suffer from emotional disorders, exhibit disorderly conduct, get into trouble with the

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law, be in the care of child welfare services and engage in risky behaviour. As teachers, we play a critical role in helping these children to be successful in school and thus in life. Have you ever asked a teacher about poverty in their classrooms? If you have, you will hear from them about the food they bring for their students. Hungry children cannot learn. You will hear about the clothing they provide for their students. Children who are cold or wet do not learn easily. You will hear about the concerns they have when they know that the additional costs in school, such as extracurricular activity costs — or even bus fees — cause stress on the family budget. Teachers know that social issues stem often from the differences between children who “have” and children who “have not”. Poverty does not create a level playing — or learning — field in our classrooms. You cannot just claim that money spent on the issue will resolve it. If an engine needs repairs, you do not just lay money on the hood and claim it is fixed. You need a plan of action, an organized approach that deals with the issue. We are calling on the government to make a plan to ensure that children are not living in poverty. And that plan needs to be a systematic plan to deal with the wide-ranging causes of poverty — a poverty reduction plan. Rebecca Blair, President Creston Valley Teachers’ Associaiton

DriveAble unfairly targets B.C. senior drivers

To the Editor: Seniors are a large group of people and driving is very important to them. A group of misguided people, with the help of some very good snake oil salesmen, figured out how to make a very good income from the taxpayers of B.C. by doing very little in return. So the DriveAble mumbo jumbo was born, The testing is set up on a computer screen, and a fraction of a second is given to respond. The failure rate is 80-90 per cent. But it is so important that the DriveAble idea was contracted to the B.C. government to prevent the seniors from suing DriveAble and the government in civil courts. This testing is discrimination and injustice to B.C. seniors. The B.C. government would not dare to do the test to other B.C. drivers.

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When young people get their licences, they are issued a conditional licence. Seniors should have the same privileges. After all, are we not the ones who have worked to create this province and the perks that all of us should be able to enjoy? If a senior is found not capable of extended driving, then a limitation should be put upon them, perhaps only driving within town limits or within 50 kilometres of home. The DriveAble nonsense is based on the assumption that we seniors are not competent to drive, and may or may not cause an accident. This statement goes for every driver on the road. According to the National Safety Council in Itasca, Ill., the age group 19 and under has 14.4 per cent of traffic accidents, the 25-34 year group has 24.3 per cent and 75 and over has 2.8 per cent of traffic accidents. The DriveAble program purports to prevent accidents from happening. There is a solution: Don’t live — you may die. Dick Kalman Creston

Abuse of funds leads to economic decline To the Editor: On Sept. 25, two economists at the University of Alberta announced that Canada’s economy has been on the decline for the past two decades. They did not give a reason why except for the government having something to do with it. I would say that the reasons are obvious: the abuse and mismanagement of public funds in all three government levels; out-of-control executive salaries and benefits, and costly non-productive long distance trips; and the digital compounding interest rate used by our banks, landlords, credit card companies and utility companies, all in the rate increases. All three of the above have been undermining our economy for years, and it may be coming to a brink. Our monetary system is at risk of collapse. It is my opinion that compounding interest rates are a blatant act of theft. Of course, you couldn’t tell that to Prime Minister Stephen Harper, who now has got Canada in a $60 billion deficit, nor Premier Christy Clark, who has our province in a $6.1 billion deficit. How does a population of six million people, with only 3.5 million employed, pay down a compounding $6.1 billion? Even with the added business, it seems doubtful. The passing of the government’s budget is a joke. What’s to prevent the inevitable from happening when our government leaders are in denial of their financial problems? Michael Bunn Creston

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It’s early October. We’ve just had a couple of frosty nights. The sky is clear blue now, but we have had ample moisture from recent rains. Therefore, plant cells are full of water. Right now is a great time of year to move field-grown trees and shrubs. The earth is at

Sandhill cranes, a gift of autumn

Nursery Notes

Linda Van Damme

A small number of sandhill cranes visit the Creston Valley in spring and fall.

some years before I realized and observed with my own eyes that sandhill cranes frequented here in the spring and autumn. A large bird comes sailing over the dike. “Hey, that wasn’t a heron! That dark bird with outstretched neck and legs and a red cap was a sandhill crane.” My glimpses of sandhill cranes have been rather few, but each siting has always been a nice surprise. When I see sandhill cranes, it makes me think I am on the prairie, although that isn’t their only stomping ground. But, then we have a “prairie” right here, on the Kootenay River flats. It is like a “great divide” lying between the Selkirk Mountains The world out there is getting well to the west and the Purcells to the into autumn. Just a few more frosty east. The cranes, like many other nights will sweeten up those apples birds, make it through those eastern still hanging from the trees. Juncos mountains by following valley flyare already appearing more com- ways where there are occasional fields and wet areas to rest and feed. A couple of days ago, we watched two cranes as they foraged in a field on the flats. According to books, northern sandhill cranes, for food, seek out frogs, insects, small mammals and Ed McMackin other small critters found in and out of the water. But like robins, who will divert monly in the backyard, while Steller’s from their diet of worms and eat berjays and blue jays are lurking around ries in winter, sandhill cranes, in winbackyards and country roadsides ter, have been observed feeding on seeking out tasty filbert and hazel spilled grain. The two in the field nuts. The once bright yellow flowers could have been feeding on grain of golden glove stands are bent roots as one had small, white clumps down, displaying brown, bedraggled of something sticking to the bill. petals. Plant capsules are full of Southern populations of cranes tend seeds, assuring plants for the next to be herbivores. In fall, winter and growing opportunity. spring, sandhill cranes frequent open Of all the changes this time of year, prairie, fields and marshes; however, bird migration gets the greater share of they choose remote swamps, bogs and attention from us onlookers. (Some of marshes for nesting. us would like to participate.) It means You probably won’t spot a crane birds are moving about, some of them in town. That bird you saw was problong distances and some just down the ably a heron, beating its way to mountain. Birds leave and birds come. someone’s pond. But you may spot Is our loss some other bird watcher’s sandhill cranes on the Kootenay gain? But we cannot deny that we have River flats. Take a morning drive more birds in winter than some other along fieldside roads and see if one of areas like Saskatchewan, which I am those large birds is looking back at told can have a total of eight wintering you. Take binoculars, but, while you bird species. are driving, keep your eyes on the One of autumn’s gifts to this road! Kootenay valley is a small number of Ed McMackin is a biologist by professandhill cranes. (A very small num- sion but a naturalist and hiker by nature. ber are reported to nest here.) It was He can be reached at 250-866-5747.

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Evan Davies its warmest this time of year. Plants are naturally sending their energy into the ground. The frosty evenings have reduced any demand for moisture from the top half of the tree or shrub to almost nil. As an added bonus, it is cool enough outside you probably won’t even have to break a sweat planting. You can dig a good size hole extra wide but not too deep, water your new tree or shrub in and let it root in for next spring. It really is the easiest time of year to take care of these things. My only caution with small items one gallon or less is to make sure the frost hasn’t heaved them partially

Are smart meters smart?

My last FortisBC bill came with a propaganda flier with an announcement: smart meters (a trademarked oxymoron) have been approved by the BC Utilities Commission and will be slapped to our dwellings in a year or two. Some of them will be inches from our living rooms, bedrooms or kitchens.

porate lawyers, no excuses. By their own words and actions they will be condemned. When I talked to meter-reading guy, he said he knows about job loss, and he knew it is useless to complain to FortisBC, because they won’t listen. He suggested to complain to the BC Utilities Commission instead — as if they ever listened to an average citizen. Another irony is that when FortisBC dudes “preventively” cut down trees on my property a few years ago, without my knowledge or consent, we lost beautiful harmless trees, but when I asked them to cut down dangerous trees leaning the wrong way after the July 2012 storm, which would defiVladimir Certik nitely bring problems during the next windstorm, they first refused, then sent a worker, then walked out altoOf course, smart meters are for our good gether. Thank you for nothing! So I climbed the — at least, that is the official baloney line. trees in question and cut them down, top to botAnother piece of the carrot? Our rates will go tom, piece by piece, one by one. Events like this are prime examples of the down. Right… So-called smart meters operate at 900 proverbial boiling of the frog, at the end of megahertz, the same as your brain. It was which humanity will be enslaved, imprisoned proven with mobile phones that they cause or slaughtered by the very same insidious ilk brain cancer. In addition, these meters can that plays nice guys or authority today. As for lowering your electricity bill? When spy on you, and spy they will. Isn’t it enough that we are illegally spied on through wire- did it ever happen? Am I upset? After half a century walking taps, the Internet, Facebook, Twitter, GPS in this earth, knowing how big boys treat cars and God knows how many more ways? In the past, I would be really upset. Today? I humanity, not really. I would be surprised, know where this world is heading and what though, if smart meters were installed on the each of us can realistically do, and the rest is of power pole instead of attached to my house. A parting shot: Smart meters are smart. no concern to me. Those who do evil do not realize that each and every one of their deeds is For who? Or against who? Vladimir Certik believes that thinking outside being watched (by someone other than a Big Brother), recorded and will be used against the box and engaging fellow citizens may bring them not in this world court room, but at the simple solutions to complex problems. The West end times in a heavenly one. No tricks, no cor- Creston resident can be reached at 250-402-0055.

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