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Taking a look back at the events of 2013

In this issue, we take a look back at 2013, with excerpts from and summaries of stories from each of the 52 issues of the Creston Valley Advance. To read the original stories, find each month’s entry at www.crestonvalleyadvance.ca/ news, where we have done our best to link each entry up with the online version of its source.

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Valley and East Shore saw a slight decrease from 2012. A typical single family home in Creston Valued at $277,000 in 2012 was now valued at $267,000. Owners of commercial or industrial properties were expected to have assessment in the plus- or minusfive per cent range. •Physiotherapist Joanne Gailius and chiropractor Michelle Mayer added massage therapist Norm Eisler and exercise therapist Michelle Ares to their practice, creating a multidisciplinary wellness team. “Each of the disciplines in this group is like a tool in a carpentry belt,” said Gailius. “Our focus is on having highly ethical, highly skilled co-practitioners.” •Lori Wikdahl completed a journey on Jan. 8, having walked 40,007 kilometres (the circumference of the Earth at its poles) since she was diagnosed with multiple sclerosis in 2002. She started the 4.5 billion-step trek in 2003 by walking across Canada in 287 days, the first woman to do so. 17— A sudden increase of students from the Bountiful school in September left School District. No. 8 (Kootenay Lake) with $625,000 in additional costs, much of which was covered by the province. When Bountiful school closed, rumoured to be on the

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order of jailed fundamentalist Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints leader Warren Jeffs, 161 students flooded into the Kootenay Lake system. Homelinks and DESK (Distance Education School of the Kootenays) attracted 141 new students. Both programs combine home and classroom schooling under supervision of school district teachers. •Wear Withall owner Beth Kastelan discovered she was a victim of fraud when her Canyon Street shop’s natural gas bill listed her supplier as Active Renewable Marketing Ltd., charging $10/gigajoule when Fortis BC was charging $2.977/ gigajoule for the same period. When she contacted Active Renewable Marketing Ltd. she was told she had signed a contract to purchase natural gas from the company. But when she received a copy of that contract, she said it was clearly not her signature. 24—Creston town council got a reminder at its Jan. 15 regular meeting that signing a provincial agreement committing to carbon neutrality by 2012 came with a cost. Trish Dehnel of Carbon Neutral Kootenay told council that the town would be about 300 tons over neutrality, and would need to purchase nearly $7,500 in carbon credits for its remaining emissions. •Municipal services co-ordinator Ross Beddoes reported that 2012 was a 10-year low for construction in Creston. A total of 42 building permits were

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issued, with only two for new single-family residences. The 2012 construction value was under $2 million, compared to more than $11 million in 2011. •Four dogs were taken from the Creston Valley on Jan. 19, headed from the Pet Adoption and Welfare Society to a new life offering companionship to veterans, through Citadel Therapy Canines. “These were throwaway dogs,” said volunteer Pat May. “People didn’t want them. Now look what they’ve become in the community!” •The Town of Creston approved a $1,000 grant for the Creston Valley Thunder Cats hockey team after council learned that it faced an operating shortfall due to the loss of concession revenues. Areas A and B also committed to helping make up the anticipated $2,500 loss in revenues. 31—Creston began to offer a complete range of funeral services when a crematorium built by G.F. Oliver Funeral Chapel Ltd. opened quietly in December on Davis Drive property east of Highway 21. The quarter-million-dollar investment means the deceased no longer have to be transported to Cranbrook for cremation, saving on time and transportation costs. •The final key piece to the huge community complex facelift and expansion was finally in place when a long-awaited food concession opened a week earlier, with Calvin Germann and family operating the roomy facility. Germann, who manages and cooks at the Break in Time Caffé, said that the business is a family affair, with daughter Heidi helping manage and operate the concession and another daughter, Becky, and his wife, Judy, looking after the financial side. Continued on page 3

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Creston Valley Advance Thursday, January 2, 2014 From page 2 •Staff Sgt. Bob Gollan believes that positive reinforcement can be an important tool in policing, and a handful of local residents received tickets to Creston Valley Thunder Cats games as a result. Some drivers who were stopped at police road checks became lucky recipients. So was a young man who called for a ride after he had too much to drink, as was his mother, who showed up to drive him home. “This encourages positive interaction between police and the public, and maybe someone who doesn’t usually go to a game will take someone with them, or go back for more games because they enjoyed the experience,” said Gollan.

FEBRUARY 7— Plugging parking meters went the way of the dodo after a town council decision on Jan. 29 to continue with free parking in metered spaces. Town manager Lou Varela told council that studies conducted in the summer months of 2011 and 2012 showed there is no shortage of parking in the downtown core. Enforcement of the two-hour limit will continue with random checks and by responding to complaints from businesses and citizens. •About 60 people gathered at Prince Charles Theatre on Feb. 1 to witness the installation of two Lower Kootenay Band councillors who were elected in November. Incumbent Mary Basil was re-elected and Robin Louie will serve his first term after returning to Lower Kootenay in 2011. Also on council are Chief Jason Louie and Couns. Anne Jimmie and Farlene Basil. •A forum held at Prince Charles Secondary School on Jan. 30 identified safe youth space, a youth co-ordinator and youth activities as priorities for the Creston Valley. About 70 people — including regional district directors, the RCMP and members of the social services sector and arts communities — attended the forum, part of an initiative by Columbia Basin Trust (CBT), which gave communities $25,000 a year for four years to put toward youth projects. •Five years after its formation, the Creston Valley Community Housing Society partnered with the Town of Creston for a building site, when an agreement was been reached paving the way for construction of affordable family housing units on the south Millennium Park parking lot. “It has been a real challenge,” said CVCHS spokesperson Rita Scott. “We looked at many other possible sites. Now we will work with architect Christine Ross to try to be really innovative and be environmentally responsible.” 14— Area B director John Kettle, who was recently re-elected to his second term as Regional District of Central Kootenay board chair, has been given another vote of confidence, being named to a sixth term as chair of the Kootenay East Regional Hospital District board.

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•On Feb. 6, a female reported to Creston RCMP that she was the victim of an online “secret shopper” scam. She received a cheque in the mail, and soon after was directed to send three of her own cheques via Western Union to New York addresses. As well, she was told to visit a Walmart store, buy $100 worth of merchandise, then fax some forms reporting her experience. 21—With playoff hopes dashed a week earlier, the Creston Valley Thunder Cats played their final game of the 2012-2013 season on Feb. 16, losing 5-3 to the Columbia Valley Rockies, who finished the season with 48 points, seven ahead of the Thunder Cats. “Our guys played pretty hard,” said head coach Josh Hepditch. “We outshot them 45-32. I give them full credit for that. It’s a tough game to get motivated for.” •The death of Irwin Kenneth “Ken” Huscroft, 88, on Feb. 8, left Creston Valley residents searching for words to describe his impact on the community. The son of John Henry and Amy Huscroft, he went on to build the family-owned J.H. Huscroft Ltd. sawmill into one of Creston Valley’s biggest employers. He also owned the largest farm on the Creston flats. “It’s difficult to assess the impact that his loss will have on our community," said Creston Mayor Ron Toyota. “As the son of parents who were among our earliest settlers, Ken lived a remarkable life, one that touched hundreds — probably thousands — of people in countless ways.” •At the Feb. 8 regular Creston town council meeting, Mayor Ron Toyota and Regional District of Central Kootenay chair John Kettle were presented with Queen Elizabeth II Diamond Jubilee Medals. Toyota presented Creston Fire Rescue Deputy Chief Mike Moore with the Fire Services Exemplary Service Medal in recognition of “20 years of loyal and exemplary service to public safety in Canada.” 28—Lower Kootenay Band Chief Jason Louie became one of two Creston Valley recipients of a BC Community Achievement Award. Louie and Tom Lymbery, longtime owner of Gray Creek Store, were among 34 recipients who would receive the provincial recognition for 2013 at a ceremony at Government House in Victoria. “When I received the news I was going to be awarded the BC Achievement Award I was and am surprised,” Louie said. “I am honoured and humbled by the award and will do my very best to represent not only the Lower Kootenay Band but also the Creston Valley.” •A year into its provincial contract, it appeared the Town of Creston was justified in negotiating its share of policing costs downward from the original offer. According to statistics released by RCMP Staff Sgt. Bob Gollan at the Feb. 12 council meeting, in the 2012-2013 fiscal year, files originating from within town limits dropped to 47 per cent of the RCMP workload (1,606 out of 3,341).

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Clockwise from top right: Lori Wikdahl cutting the ribbon after walking 40,007 kilometres (Earth’s circumference) for multiple sclerosis awareness on Jan. 8; Adam Robertson Elementary School students dancing with Cresteramics clients at a May 2 Focus on Youth concert; Canyon-Lister Elementary School students volunteering with the Harvest Share program, harvesting potatoes at Full Circle Farms on Sept. 24; Elementary school students taking part in National Aboriginal Day events on June 21 at the Lower Kootenay Band complex; Special Olympics player Dodi Benincasa during a game of floor hockey in March; Santa Claus arriving in town at the end of the Santa Claus Parade on Dec. 7; Federal Liberal Party Leader Justin Trudeau stopping at Truscott Farms on July 21 as part of a whirlwind B.C. tour. Lorne Eckersley and Brian Lawrence photos

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MARCH 7—The Creston Museum began using modern technology to bring the past to life, with a new app leading cellphone users on a scavenger hunt of Creston’s heritage buildings. A photo of one popular artifact was uploaded to Twitter, and retweeted many times, which led manager Tammy Hardwick to create a heritage building scavenger hunt through www. ooklnet.com, where users can download an app through iTunes or Google Play. •Sustainability issues have been on the table at Creston Town Hall since it cosponsored a two-year sustainability pilot project 20 years ago. How to deal with environmental, social and economic impacts in the Creston Valley took another step forward on Feb. 26 when council adopted an integrated community sustainability plan. “Cultivating Creston gives us a vision of the future as seen by local residents,” said Mayor Ron Toyota. “I think it will be an important tool for many years, and one that will help inform our official community plan, which should be updated in the next few years.” 14—Twenty-five members of Creston Fire Rescue and the Wynndel-Lakeview

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and Canyon-Lister fire departments joined forces on March 9 for a fire practice that saw the former Lower Kootenay Band office on Highway 21 burned to the ground. The office was built in the 1960s and had not been used in several years. Its destruction was part of the chief and council’s desire to clean up the area. •The Creston Valley Farmers’ Market was preparing to kick off another season on March 23 at a new site, now operating on land adjacent to the Creston Valley Chamber of Commerce. “This is a giant move toward our longterm plan to become a year-round market,” said volunteer Len Parkin. •Victoria Bowns finally made it to the top, being named the winner of Creston’s Best Singer on March 7, with Ben Lansing and Marybeth Stenhouse placing just behind her. It was her third time in the contest, having competed in the 2011 and 2012 editions, and making it to third place last year. “It’s the cherry on top of the cake,” the 16-year-old said. 21—The possibility of Creston becoming a city was slated to be discussed in the fall at a strategic planning session. Steffan Klassen, finance and corporate services director, reported that Creston can be designated as a city now that its population exceeds 5,000. Klassen said there are no direct benefits to the designation, but there are costs, including changing legal documents and all signage and stationery. Such a move would require approval of 50 per cent of those voting in a plebiscite, which would also have a cost, he said. •At least 18 vehicles were damaged early in the morning on March 11 and Creston RCMP were asking for local residents to help identify suspects. Police had a number of clues from various scenes, as well as video taken by victims, but they needed more information. 28— Two men arrested in a home invasion on Seventh Avenue suspected to be linked to a drug dispute remained in custody as Creston RCMP continue their investigation. The men, later determined to be in breach of probation orders, were being held pending a court appearance. One suspect was believed to have shot a lock to open an exterior door. •Regional District of Central Kootenay (RDCK) board chair John Kettle said he was satisfied with a 2013-14 budget that will increase by just over one per cent over the previous year. The projected 2013 budget, expected to be approved March 28 at the board’s regular meeting, totaled $58,686,050, up by 1.14 per cent over 2012’s $58,022,994. “We worked very hard to keep the budget in check,” Kettle said. “There are some increases, such as 25 per cent to the cost of water for Erickson residents, that I’m not very happy with, but overall I think it’s a good budget.” Continued on page 4

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2013 in ReView From page 3 •The federal budget announced by Finance Minister Jim Flaherty would be good for Canada and the KootenayColumbia riding, MP David Wilks said from Ottawa. He said it is important for people to recognize that the government is ensuring a balanced budget by 2015. It would be the first balanced Canadian budget since 2008, the year the Conservatives lowered the GST to five per cent, which ended a string of 11 consecutive surplus budgets. •To most of the world, Peter Duryea was best known for a role in the pilot episode of the original Star Trek series. But on Kootenay Lake, he was a revered East Shore elder and environmentalist who fought against clearcut logging and started a now-thriving nature retreat. Duryea, who was also a writer, director, tree planter, cook, boat guide and naturalist, died at home March 24 at 73 after a long illness. “He was a visionary — one of the most amazing I’ve ever met,” says Susan Hulland, who like Duryea, came to the area in the 1970s. “He always insisted on figuring out a good way to do things. … He was always looking for win-win scenarios, even during down and dirty environmental squabbles.”

APRIL 4— For the first time since its inception, the Independent Investigations Office made a report to Crown counsel, which left it to the Crown to determine whether charges should be laid against a Creston RCMP officer. In a review of an incident at a Creston pub on Oct. 6, 2012, the chief civilian director report indicates that “an officer may have committed an offence under any enactment,” according to a press release. “While police were dealing with the situation, an adult male became involved and a physical altercation ensued. This resulted in the male sustaining serious facial injuries.” •Creston property owners were told to expect a 5.8 per cent tax increase, all of it going into the town’s share of policing costs. In his presentation at the March 26 council meeting, finance and corporate services director Steffan Klassen, indicated that police and victim services now make up 16 per cent of the town’s general fund expenses, accounting for $1,095,767 of the 2013 budget total of $6,818,120. The taxpayers’ cost for policing is being buffered by a $425,000 transfer from the policing reserve fund, which will be drained in 2015. •Technology use — including Wi-Fi and online communication — was a strong focus at the March 26 School District No. 8 (Kootenay Lake) board of education meeting. The board moved to have the policy committee discuss a proposed resolution by Creston trustee Annette Hambler-Pruden to instruct SD8 staff to use discretion and take precautions when allowing students, particularly in primary grades, to use Wi-Fi connected devices. “Heaven knows the little devils have enough of them at home,” said HamblerPruden. •Critically ill patients and their families are the beneficiaries of a 60th anniversary legacy grant from the Creston and District Credit Union. The Butterfly Suite, once a two-bed acute care room in the Creston Valley Hospital, was decorated with warm colours and artwork, and furnished with comfortable seating for family and friends of palliative care patients. •A debate about reducing the required lot sizes in Lister from 20 to 10 acres wasn’t going away quietly, if sentiments expressed at the April 1 Creston Valley Food Action Coalition

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meeting were any indication. Following remarks by Lister farmers Randy Meyer and Wayne Harris, not a word was spoken in support for the Regional District of Central Kootenay Area B’s advisory planning commission’s proposed changes to the official community plan (OCP). Harris, whose family runs Kootenay Meadows Farm, an organic operation whose products include cheese and milk, told the meeting that the Agricultural Land Reserve (ALR), created in 1973, made B.C. “probably the first place in the world to preserve agricultural land in legislation.” •At the March 26 regular meeting of the School District No. 8 (Kootenay Lake) board of education, trustees considered moving a professional development day then scheduled for Sept. 20 to either Sept. 3 or Oct. 24; the latter could be added to an Oct. 25 professionaldevelopment day, which could make it easier for teachers to travel to a Provincial Specialist Association conference in Vancouver. “I’m shocked that the board is considering a travel day as a pro-d,” said Creston Valley Teachers Association president Rebecca Blair, when the board asked for her opinion. 11—Tilley Kaye became another senior who has fallen victim to the Ministry of Justice’s DriveAble program, a combination of verbal and driving exams designed to take cognitively impaired drivers off the road. Kaye’s troubles started last year, when her foot slipped off the brake and onto the gas pedal in a Canyon Street parking lot. By the time she came to a stop, the car had driven through a steel railing and across 20th Avenue. “I’m a bum now,” she said. “I have to walk past my own car to beg rides from friends to get around.” •Creston RCMP learned that Crown counsel was proceeding with obstruction charges against two men involved in a barroom incident last year. The decision follows lengthy investigation by Delta Police Department and the Independent Investigations Office (IIO). Although the IIO did not exonerate the police officers after one of the men suffered facial injuries during the incident, Crown counsel did not proceed with criminal charges against them, after concluding there was little likelihood of a successful prosecution. “This is relief to all of us in the detachment,” said Staff Sgt. Bob Gollan. “I have always believed our members acted professionally and used force only when necessary for the safety of themselves and the others in the premises.” 18—Regional District of Central Kootenay Area C director Larry Binks offered a $2,000 reward to anyone providing information about dumping on Kootenay River Road that led to a conviction under the Pollution Control Act. In addition, he promised to arrange for the installation of hidden motion-triggered video cameras that could help identify future culprits. “It’s a select few adults — disrespectful, self-centred people who are too lazy to drive to the landfill,” the Area C director said on Monday. “This isn’t about the kids who go down there and party, it’s adults and even commercial businesses.” •A 29-year-old Creston man faced charges of production of a substance and possession of a substance for the purpose of trafficking following a raid at his house on April 12. Two hundred plants were seized from the residence, along with a collection of marijuanagrowing equipment. •“Not a week goes by that I don’t get a phone call about DriveAble,” said MLA Michelle Mungall. In Creston for the opening of her election

campaign office, she said that the NDP rural caucus has raised concerns about the program to test seniors’ ability to drive safely. Despite protests and petitions, the government hasn’t made further changes. •At least three dogs died after being caught in beaver traps along the dikes on the Creston flats, said RDCK Area C director Larry Binks. “The beavers create havoc with the dykes and they can’t be shot, so I don’t have a problem with the traps,” he said. “But I do have a problem with there being no signage and flags to warn dog owners who walk their animals in the area.” •A year after it elected to end its long-running grant-in-aid program as a cost saving measure, Creston town council continues to struggle with how to handle requests from community groups. At the April 9 regular council meeting, one request was rejected, another succeeded and a third also got money, after previously being turned down. Hit with huge policing costs in 2012, the grant-in-aid program was pulled, but some money was set aside in what was then called the “mayor’s discretionary fund”. 25—Vicki McDonald was preparing to leave the Creston Valley after 15 years of volunteering with Creston’s Pet Adoption and Welfare Society, many of those as president. During that time, she oversaw PAWS purchase land off Lower Wynndel Road in 2004, and open a shelter in 2010. “If I was in the least bit concerned about leaving PAWS in their hands, I’d maybe be having second thoughts about leaving,” she said. “The best kind of people are the people here. They are here because they care and love animals, and to me, those are the best kind of people.” •A steady stream of criminal record check requests was piling up on Creston RCMP Staff Sgt. Bob Gollan’s desk, fuelled by the federal government’s plan to start licensing private medical marijuana producers in 2014. But approved producers will have to meet a number of strict criteria, starting with meeting local government regulations. “There are people who think they are going to grow medical marijuana in their homes,” he said. “But that wouldn’t be allowed in the Town of Creston or RDCK (Regional District of Central Kootenay) zoning bylaws.”

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2—Excitement was building for the Creston Valley Farmers’ Market’s 10th season, which would start on May 4, next to the Creston Valley Chamber of Commerce, a new and permanent location. “Everyone is talking about it,” said manager Martha Boland. “All of the vendors are coming to the office saying, ‘Everyone is so excited.’ The energy around it is just phenomenal.” •Fewer than 100 attended a forum sponsored by the Creston Valley Chamber of Commerce for the candidates in the May 14 election. Liberal Party candidate Greg Garbula focused on the need for a strong provincial economy from which health, education and social services can improve as more taxation rolls into government coffers. Incumbent Nelson-Creston MLA Michelle Mungall said that even in opposition the NDP has done “what some thought would be nearly impossible to achieve.” Sjeng Derkx described his Green Party as “fiscally conservative and socially progressive.” Continued on page 5

Creston Valley Advance Thursday, January 2, 2014 From page 4 •Creston RCMP were seeking information following an alleged break and enter and alleged assault, which resulted in the arrest of two males, 21 and 22. Police had been called to a Creston home when a resident and friends arrived at the residence just as suspects who broke into the home were leaving. The occupant apprehended one suspect, but the other fled and was arrested on Tuesday, after which an investigation revealed the pair was allegedly involved in unreported violent offences prior to the break and enter. 9—Nelson-Creston MLA Michelle Mungall said she has learned a lot in her four years representing her constituents, and her fondest memories include “keeping the Glacier and Hauser Creeks running free.” The West Kootenay creeks were targeted for controversial independent power projects, an overall approach that has saddled British Columbians with high-cost power purchase agreements with private developers. Lack of consultation by the Liberal government is evident in they way the Creston Valley Wildlife Management Area has been handled, she said. “We all know the CVWMA has been neglected by this government,” she said. “A government cannot move the CVWMA forward without working with the local community. It is integral to the process to include people with the strongest vested interest.” 16—The Creston Valley Public Library and Lower Kootenay Band teamed up to enhance their connection. A sign welcoming library patrons in the Ktunaxa language was slated to be installed, First Nations artwork displayed and historical items — like a sturgeon-nosed canoe — given a home in the library. “I hope we can explore the bigger question about how to share this knowledge and information that isn’t in a conventional form,” said chief librarian Aaron Francis. “Lower Kootenay people are keepers of the deepest knowledge of this place we live in.” •A partnership between Adam Robertson Elementary School and Cresteramics, which provides day program for adults with developmental disabilities, earned an award from the BC Principals’ and Vice Principals’ Association, a recognition that the adult-student relationships have provided

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clear benefits for all involved. “The program with ARES has been a wonderful part of Cresteramics community inclusion program for the last several years,” said Cresteramics director Donna McCready. “Three developmentally delayed adults have been attending classes with grade 2 and 3 students. While at first there was some hesitancy from both the students and visiting adults, this was quickly overcome. The clients from Cresteramics now await their visits to ARES eagerly each week.” •After months of seeing his detachment members dealing with an ongoing neighbours’ dispute on Erickson Street, Staff Sgt. Bob Gollan said he “assigned one of our officers to looking into recommending charges of public mischief against these two men.” A week earlier, two calls came from one who called on consecutive days to complain about early morning noise; the neighbour was using firecrackers to scare skunks away from the rabbits he raises. A third call on May 8 reported a neighbour cutting tree branches along the property line, but attending officers could find no evidence. •A private room at Creston Valley Hospital was furnished with proceeds from Tim Hortons ($5,040 from the Smile Cookie campaign) and the Tuck Shop ($4,025). Brand new were cabinets, a couch and recliner, and over-bed table and blinds. 23—For his long commitment to Creston, where he has lived for 20 years, Henry Schoof was named the 2013 citizen of the year at the Creston Valley Blossom Festival opening ceremonies on May 17. He has been a member of the Lions Club for 40 years, and in his time in Creston has been a member of the Creston Rotary Club and founded the Creston Valley Heide Club. He also helps Adam Robertson Elementary School students with a reading program, and was awarded a Queen Elizabeth II Diamond Jubilee Medal in 2012. •Nelson’s Michelle Mungall romped to a runaway election win on May 14, amassing more votes than her Liberal and Green opponents combined. With 7,576 votes, she easily outdistanced rookie candidates Greg Garbula (4,348 votes) and Sjeng Derkx (3,133 votes), in an election that saw the Christy Clark-led Liberal

Party wipe out expectations that a New Democrat government would be elected. “It’s not what people were saying as I toured around the province,” Mungall said this morning. “I wonder, did people just not show up to vote, thinking the election of an NDP government was a foregone conclusion?” •After reviewing the procedure for granting permissive property tax exemptions, Creston town council voted May 14 to cap the total amount at 1.75 per cent of the local tax base. Non-profit organizations that own or lease property in Creston that is used for the benefit of the community can request to be exempted from paying property taxes, which fund most services provided by the town. “A permissive exemption is the equivalent of a donation to an organization by all property taxpayers,” said Mayor Ron Toyota on Friday. “Council must operate with the awareness that as more exemptions are granted, taxes are higher for everyone else.” •After nearly $40,000 in renovations and upgrades, as well as the purchase of a new horse, the Creston and District Society for Community Living’s Therapeutic Riding Program celebrated its grand reopening on May 18. Funding came from a variety of sources — Kootenay Employment Services, the Creston-Kootenay Foundation and Columbia Basin Trust locally — including $25,000 from the Kraft Celebration Tour, which the program won last year. A large portion of the Kraft

www.crestonvalleyadvance.ca 5 money was matched with $7,500 from Tire Stewardship that went toward new flooring in the tack area. 30—With the former Wynndel Elementary School — operated from 1955-2008 and unused since — about to be put up for public tender, residents made one last push to buy the property. “This isn’t about the building,” resident Korie Bartsch said on Friday. “The building is dying. But the property is very important green space in the heart of community and adjacent to our community centre. It would be devastating to lose it.” •Nearly 200 people marched along Canyon Street on May 25, part of a worldwide protest against global giant Monsanto, a producer of genetically modified crops seeds and agriculture chemicals. In the March Against Monsanto were people who drove from Cranbrook and Nelson to participate in what local organizers believe was the smallest community to participate in the day of protests. Families with young children walked alongside senior citizens. •After a day of intense snowfall on Kootenay Pass, travellers driving between the east and west Kootenay were able to safely take Highway 3 between Creston and Salmo on May 23. The day before, Yellowhead Road and Bridge urged motorists travelling between the east and west Kootenay to take the Kootenay Lake Ferry, as a weather system had created winter conditions on Highway 3. Over 30 centimetres of wet

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6—A local forum timed to acknowledge United Nations World Environment Day drew about 40 invited guests to the Creston Valley Golf Club on June 3. Co-sponsored by the Town of Creston and Labatt’s Columbia Brewery, it brought together businesses, government and other organizations to celebrate local water conservation, collaborate on conservation best practices and explore ways of working together toward long-term sustainability in the Creston Valley. “We all share the same planet, and the same corner of it that we call the Creston Valley,” said Creston Mayor Ron Toyota. “If we’re to grow together, we need to conserve it together, too, looking for opportunities to take action as a committed group of Creston’s leaders to address and resolve a wide range of environmental issues together.” •Gord Perrin — a Prince Charles Secondary School and Thompson Rivers University graduate who plays professional volleyball in Turkey — was among the starting six when Canada took to the court for the prestigious FIVB (Fédération Internationale de Volleyball) Volleyball World League championship on June 1, defeating the Netherlands three sets to one. The game was played in front of 3,500 in the Quebec Coliseum. Continued on page 9

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“You were pretty as a princess, quiet as a mouse and a little bit nutcrackers,” I told my granddaughter as I gave her a hug at bedtime on Dec. 23. She just smiled, already inured to her Pop’s sense of humour at the ripe old age of four-and-a-half. Earlier in the day we had picked Quinn up to take her to her first ever ballet, an Alberta Ballet production of The Nutcracker, Tchaikovsky’s classic that surely features some of the most beautiful music ever written. Dressed to the nines in a lovely red and white ensemble, she was excited. On the day before, she and her grandma had spent an hour pulling out and assembling all of the The Nutcracker characters’ cardboard cutouts, which can be arranged on a pair of stages. That morning, Quinn’s mom had read her the story from a book we had given her. When we arrived at Calgary’s Southern Alberta Jubilee Auditorium, she was fast asleep in the backseat and still a bit groggy as we entered the building. We were there an hour early so that she could participate in the various events organized for kids — costume dress-up, colouring station, crown-making and decorating, and story time. Instead of jumping right in to the activities, she wanted to ride the escalators and check out the rest of the building. It was her first time there. Eventually, we went to the colouring station, where she got busy with crayons, enjoying the performance of a children’s choir nearby. Next we headed over to make crowns for Quinn and her little brother, Wilson, who is still a few years short of qualifying for the cul-

tural tradition we were about to enjoy. When we entered the main floor of the auditorium to take our seats her eyes widened at the sight of the

Not every volunteer could come to the Therapeutic Activation Program for Seniors to be thanked in person this month, but so many were able to make it that Rosalie, Bridget and the staff cooked three meals in one week with helping hands. Forty-five people are listed as volunteers assisting with the daily operation of the program or on call for special projects, or some have specialized roles, such as maintaining the TAPS bus or doing repairs on the building, and, of course, the Krafty Kronys who fundraise and support TAPS in many ways. Creston Lions Club members were welcome guests at one dinner for their continuing support and inclusion of TAPS in special projects. And a great thanks to the Creston Rotary Club, whose willing hands served one of the meals, with no mishaps whatsoever and some of the ladies attending were quite impressed by the presence of so many gentlemen! It seems to have been a month of entertaining with intergenerational events, for — in addition to our SchoolWorks student, Jared, and our special ed students, Nicky and Jackson, all helping out — a group of Advancement Via Individual Determination (AVID) students from Prince Charles Secondary School volunteered to help prepare and serve at our TAPS Christmas party. All joined in the singing led by some of the Happy

Gang musicians, with Ward on harmonica, Velma on guitar, Della on piano and Bridget on ukulele. One of the volunteers coordinating the AVID

Calgary Philharmonic Orchestra perform. The sounds that came from the stage were curious and wonderful, but eventually the demands of having to sit still and quiet for many, many, many minutes would take their toll and the sense that the performance would never end would take over. It was better when we entered the building to sing in the annual Kiwanis music festival, and much better when I walked across that stage to accept my high school diploma. Lorne Eckersley When the second act started, I wondered if Quinn huge stage and its painted backdrop would experience that same antsyness I used to feel as a child in that of an old Russian city. “I bet the same building. She did, to a small dancers will come out of that door,” she said, pointing to a staircase lead- extent, but soon settled back down and was the perfect young lady for ing up to a building. the remainder of the show. We had We put her into an aisle seat, purchased her ticket knowing full which I always try to reserve for well that it carried a risk. There was myself in any venue, as it afforded a every chance that she might just be perfect view of the stage from our seats six rows from the front. For the too young to sit quietly for that length of time, but we couldn’t have first hour she sat, unblinking eyes taking in every movement and char- been more proud at her behavior and of the obvious pleasure she acter, making quiet comments to showed. Angela, who was seated beside her. She was puzzled that “the lady “Why do we have to clap so much?” she asked at one point, although she with the big dress” didn’t make an appearance. In her Nutcracker book, participated with enthusiasm. a woman wears a huge dress, from I regularly glanced toward her, under which a bunch of kids make our first grandchild, and tried to remember how I felt at that age. Not an appearance. But she accepted our explanation that each production of that I ever attended a ballet as a four-year-old, but the sense of magic any show is different. Quinn slept for most of the drive and wonder of seeing something home. Her eyes probably needed to new still revisits on occasion. I hope remoisten after a couple of hours of it’s something I never lose. her not blinking enough. That she The Jubilee Auditorium was the enjoyed the experience was a wondersite of some of my most memorable ful Christmas gift to her grandparents. childhood moments. Occasionally Lorne Eckersley is the publisher of school buses would transport our elethe Creston Valley Advance. mentary school classes to watch the

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Rosalie Wilson has retired. Judging by her smile, it’s a happy decision for her of course, and Rosalie, we wish you a much-deserved “kick back time”. Her cooking, organizing and creative uses of donated food are going to be missed as will her smile, generosity, hard work and caring warmth with everyone. Rosalie’s frequent steady helper in the kitchen, Esther, has left us also, and we wish her well as her presence Maureen Cameron is missed by all. I’ve mentioned it before, and it strikes me yet again students’ experience tried to keep it to that it’s so easy to write about the 10 students this year — but enthusiasm details of activities, yet hard to convey to participate meant we got to enjoy the the resulting pleasure we hear and see company of 14 youth. The meal ingre- on the faces of individuals touched by dients were donated anonymously and the spreading warmth, good energy seniors donated to the AVID Honduras and connections. And what it really Market Children program. Enough means to each one to join together like funds ($283) were raised to help three this is what it is really all about. Thanks from all of us to you who children go to school for a year. Wearing our paper hats and wip- make TAPS a reality in Creston for ing traces of dessert from our chins those who need and want this place we got to hear and sing along with and wishing you all joy for you and the Ewashen brothers, Larry, Bob and your families. Thank you, Brandy Alex, during a fine performance of Dyer of Imagine Ink, for donating Russian folk songs and Christmas printing costs for our TAPS newsletter for December, and to Lori favourites. Thanks! For anyone who comes to spend Cameron for her donation of equiptime here and interacts with our cli- ment for our craft program. Here’s to 2014 and being together ents, you can be sure that you will be welcomed when you return again in community! Maureen Cameron is the community (hint, hint) and many seniors comment on what they appreciated as even the liaison development co-ordinator for the Therapeutic Activation Program for simplest gesture can make an impact. On a somewhat sad note for us, Seniors.

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