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KERHD won’t be upping taxes BY LORNE ECKERSLEY Advance Staff

Taxpayers won’t be seeing a tax increase in funding for capital health projects in the Kootenay East Regional Hospital District in 2014, said John Kettle. Kettle, who has been re-elected to his seventh term as board chair, said that the hospital district’s annual budget is $8.74 million, two-thirds of which will go toward the intensive care unit project at the East Kootenay Regional Hospital in Cranbrook. “This budget as adopted shows a zero per cent increase in taxation over last year, which is fantastic news for the citizens of the region,” he said. “This board has always said that we will tax only for what we need, and for the sixth straight year we have been able to approve new projects without increasing taxes.” Other capital projects provided for in the budget include the development of an isolation room at the Golden and District Hospital, direct digital controls replacement at the Sparwood Health Centre, and a C-arm, portable X-ray system, cart washer and MRI upgrade for East Kootenay Regional Hospital. See KERHD, page 4

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FAST FINGERS — Emma Penner’s fingers flew over the keys as she performed Yoshinao Nakada’s Etude Allegro during the

Stars of the Festival showcase on Sunday, which featured over two dozen competitors from the weeklong adjudicated Creston Festival of the Arts. Adjudicators selected three performers (on page 2) to compete in a provincial competition. A list of winners and more photos from the showcase, including strings, piano and drama — which hadn’t been part of the festival since its first year, 2006 — can be found at www.crestonvalleyadvance.ca/ourtown.

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ocal singer-songwriter Mark Koenig will host an intimate evening of the songwriter and his songs at the Snoring Sasquatch on March 15. Koenig, a Juno Award nominee and two-time Canadian Country Music Award nominee, will be joined by four other outstanding Creston musicians, his son, Adam, longtime friend and musician Gary Snow, Micah Snow (son of Gary), and fellow musician and friend Karl Sommerfeld. Tickets are $15 at the door and in advance at Black Bear Books, Kingfisher Used Books and Buffalo Trails Coffee House. Teens are $7 at the door, which opens at 6 p.m.; the show starts at 7.

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Firefighters expand skills with Texas training BY BRIAN LAWRENCE Advance Editor

There’s one thing that Bridget Blackmore, Cory Fleck and Cory Goncalves can agree on about their arrival in Texas: The weather was hot. Really hot. They weren’t sure exactly what to expect, but found fewer horses and carriages, tumbleweeds and gunfights in the street than the movies led them to believe they would find. “Everybody does wear cowboy boots, though,” said Blackmore. “And almost everybody chews.” The trio went to the U.S. in September to attend Kilgore College Fire Academy for three months of National Fire Protection Association (NFPA) training, a more affordable option for the local fire departments than training them inhouse or at a Canadian academy. A similar program in Canada runs between $12,000 and $15,000, while firefighting is heavily subsidized by the Texas government, running a bill of $1,750 per firefighter — still less than the $3,000 that would be spent on 500 hours spread over five years to train a single firefighter “in-house” at a department. “The utilization of the academy provides for a much quicker higher level of training where these individuals are capable of

all tasks that are required of a firefighter, completed in a period of three months,” said Creston Fire Rescue Chief Michael Moore. “This allows them to be immediately used in key firefighting tasks gaining experience at these skills immediately versus waiting years to be shown.” Blackmore, Fleck and Goncalves were completely immersed in the lifestyle, living at the FlintGresham Fire Department (FGFD) for the duration. They would go to school during the day, with both classroom and practical training, and they would respond to calls with the department throughout the night. “It was nice running the calls,” said Goncalves. “You could use what you’re learning.” “What you learned, you might be able to put into practice,” added Fleck. “It really reinforced it.” Calls included many structure fires and car accidents, far more than Fleck and Goncalves see as members of Creston Fire Rescue, and certainly more than Blackmore sees with the CanyonLister Fire Department (CLFD). “Lots of their calls were pretty big, some wild stuff that we don’t always see,” said Fleck. On one of his most memorable calls, he attended a structure fire, and was thrilled to climb on the roof and cut a hole to vent it. “That was awesome,” he said.

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All three Creston firefighters took part in this extracurricular training course, which included 16 hours of industrial burns, fuelled by liquid heptane and diesel. 2.8” x 4”

(From left) Creston Valley firefighters Cory Goncalves, Bridget Blackmore and Cory Fleck.

Blackmore enjoyed fighting the second structure fire, this one a trailer, the trio attended. “It was completely involved, so it was just an exterior attack,” she said. She missed out on the last big one, though, having left Texas days before Fleck and Goncalves. A massive warehouse fire at a pallet factory on the north side of Tyler, the main centre near Kilgore, required all surrounding counties to be called in. “On our last day, too!” enthused Fleck. “I’m so jealous!” responded Blackmore. But not all calls were so entertaining. Medical calls were also part of their duties, and one in particular sticks in Goncalves’ mind. “A drug overdose,” he said “That’s pretty much all I’ll say about that one. I don’t want to go into detail.” Fleck and Goncalves have

been on the Creston department for about two years, and it’s been just over a year at Canyon-Lister for Blackmore. Once they got started, there was no doubt that they wanted to continue. “It’s the greatest thing you could be doing,” said Goncalves. “I just decided to show up to one of the Monday night practices. I just fell in love with it,” said Blackmore. “I don’t like going to work every day and knowing what you’re going to do,” said Fleck. “This, you can never anticipate what you’re going to be doing, and I really like that. It’s quick, you’ve got to think, it’s always a fast pace.” The academy’s training ground allowed them the opportunity to try out a wide range of skills, from knot tying to putting up ladders to automobile extrication, Blackmore’s favourite part. “We cut a lot of cars up,” she

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said. Goncalves enjoyed practicing on live burns, which also involved trips to a chemical plant to practice fighting liquid petroleum gas fires. For Fleck, the most interesting part was studying fire science and behaviour. “It’s not stuff that is common knowledge,” he said. “It’s more in depth.” Twenty-three out of 25 who started graduated from their Kilgore class, and the three from Creston were near the top. “They say that the Canadians usually do better,” said Blackmore. “They’re so far away from home, and they’re so much more focused because they don’t have all the distractions. … “I think it benefitted us a lot, just being in that environment the whole time. We were completely involved in the fire service the whole trip.” See FIREFIGHTERS, page 5

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Under 50 calls for RCMP during quiet week

BY LORNE ECKERSLEY Advance Staff

The quietest week for calls to police in the last year was probably the result of the cold weather. “That’s all I can think of,” Staff Sgt. Bob Gollan said on Monday. The week wasn’t without its frustrations, though, with 10 of the calls being routed through cellphone towers, originating from cellphones with no service contracts. It means they are untraceable, but still eat up police time as they attempt to determine whether each call is associated to a legitimate emergency. Police Beat Creston RCMP responded to 49 calls for service from Feb. 24-March 2. February 24 •A complaint about a disgruntled customer at a Northwest Boulevard business was resolved before police arrived. •A Kootenay River Road resident reported receiving a phone call from someone who might have a court order not to make contact. February 25 •Police assisted Salmo RCMP in the investigation of a

robbery by setting up a checkstop on Highway 3 near Summit Creek Bridge. •Tools were reported stolen from a property near Yahk. •A 911 call from Sunset Boulevard was apparently the result of a misdial. •A well-being check on a Canyon-Lister Road male indicated he was OK. •A three-year-old child was taken to hospital for treatment of minor injuries after a vehicle went off the road on 12th Street. •A police officer, with the help of a Good Samaritan, dragged a dead elk off the highway near Goat River Bridge. February 26 •The front and rear licence plates were stolen from a vehicle in a Cook Street parking lot. •A ring found on Cook Street was traced to the owner thanks to the engraving on the inside of the band. •Police did not locate a male reported to be staggering on Riverview Road. •A youth reported to be riding a bicycle on the roof of Pioneer Villa was not located. “This is a very dangerous thing to do,” Gollan commented. •A 911 call from East Arrow Creek Road was apparently the

result of a pocket dial. February 27 •A female driver who was seen by a patrolling officer to make a dangerous left turn and drive at a very slow speed was reported to the Superintendent of Motor Vehicles, who will likely order an evaluation of her driving abilities. •Police attended a 40th Avenue residence to assist in a Calgary Police Service investigation. February 28 •A youth left his visit to the police station in a vehicle with his parents, with whom he had a no-contact order. When police arrested him on the violation they also found him to be in possession of stolen property. He was subsequently charged with theft under $5,000. •A 19th Avenue South resident reported threats being made on Facebook. •A Canyon Street resident reported receiving harassing text messages about an unpaid phone bill from a relative. •A brown and tan wallet was reported lost somewhere in Creston. •A Northwest Boulevard business customer made threats, possibly in jest, to an employee.

•A car stereo was stolen on Collis Road. •A complaint about noise in a house on 22nd Avenue North was attributed to the wind. March 1 •When police located a person responsible for banging on doors and windows at a Fifth Avenue South residence he said he was attempting to check on the well-being of the resident, who called police instead of answering the door. •Unwanted text messages were received at a Seventh Avenue North residence. •The theft of used tires at a local tire shop was reported. March 2 •A suspicious person reported

to be hanging around Seventh Avenue North was gone when police arrived. •Police received two complaints about a dark pickup truck heading eastbound and driving erratically on Highway 3. The vehicle was not located but police notified Cranbrook RCMP to be on the lookout. •A television, laptop computer and cigarettes were stolen during a break and entry to a Nick’s Island Road business. •Suspicious vehicles coming and going at a Seventh Avenue North residence were reported. •No injuries were reported following a single vehicle accident on Highway 3 in Erickson.

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Kootenay East Regional Hospital District board acting chair Dean McKerracher and chair John Kettle.

The Regional District of Central Kootenay is updating parcel tax rolls for the following service areas: South Slocan Water Service Parcel Tax Duhamel Water Service Parcel Tax Ymir Water Service Frontage Tax Lucas Road Water Service Parcel Tax Voykin Street Lighting Service Parcel Tax Sanca Park Water Service Parcel Tax Riondel Water Service Frontage Tax McDonald Creek Water Service Parcel Tax Balfour Water Service Parcel Tax Woodland Water Service Parcel Tax West Robson Water Service Parcel Tax Burton Water Service Parcel Tax Edgewood Water Service Parcel Tax Fauquier Water Service Parcel Tax Grandview Properties Water Service Parcel Tax Rosebery Highlands Water Service Area Woodbury Water Service Parcel Tax Owners of property located in these parcel tax areas may request that the roll be amended, in relation to their own property, on one or more of the following grounds: • • • • •

there is an error or omission respecting a name or address on the assessment roll; there is an error or omission respecting the inclusion of a parcel; there is an error or omission respecting the taxable frontage of a parcel (for water or sewer service areas that use frontage for taxation); and an exemption has been improperly allowed or disallowed.

The parcel tax rolls are available for inspection, at the Regional District of Central Kootenay office in Nelson during regular office hours. Requests for amendments must be made in writing to the Regional District of Central Kootenay, Box 590, 202 Lakeside Drive, Nelson, BC V1L 5R4 on or before March 10, 2014 @ 4:00 p.m. If requests are received, a Parcel Tax Roll Review Panel will meet at 10:00 a.m. on March 11, 2014 in the RDCK Board Room in Nelson. Stuart Horn, Chief Financial Officer/Appointed Collector

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From page 1 The KERHD tax rate will see residential property owners pay about $16 per $100,000 of assessed value. Kettle said he was pleased to return to his position as board chair. “I am grateful for the continued support of this board and look forward to continuing to build on our positive relationship with Interior Health in the coming year,” he said. “Last year at this time, we were advocating for a new intensive care unit (ICU) for the East Kootenay

Regional Hospital. Today that project is a reality and I look forward to seeing construction get underway in the coming months.” The KERHD has committed $8 million to the ICU project, which represents 40 per cent of the project cost. Elkford Mayor Dean McKerracher has been re-elected as acting chair for a third term. The hospital district extends beyond Cranbrook and the boundaries of the RDEK to include Golden and Creston, and the portions of the regional districts of Central Kootenay and Columbia Shuswap surrounding those communities.

PUBLIC NOTICE CRESTON LANDFILL WASTE SCREENING PROGRAM Please be advised that the RDCK is conducting an on-going Waste Screening Program at the Creston Resource Recovery Facility. The objective of this process is to educate the public about what is accepted for disposal at the site and to encourage recycling and waste diversion. All loads and household garbage bags will be inspected as part of the waste screening process. All Waste Screening activities will be undertaken to ensure compliance with the Resource Recovery Facilities Bylaw (RDCK Bylaw 2174). At this time waste screening events will be for the purpose of education only; no penalties will apply for non-compliant loads during this period of time. In the future, customers found to be non-compliant with RDCK Bylaw 2174 will be subject to appropriate fees & penalties. The RDCK Resource Recovery Bylaw is available on our website: http://www.rdck.ca/EN/main/services/waste-recycling.html For more information about the waste screening program contact: Nicole Ward Environmental Services Coordinator PH: 250-352-8192 / 1-800-268-7325 Email: nward@rdck.bc.ca

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Town interested in providing fire protection for Area C BY LORNE ECKERSLEY Advance Staff

Cory Fleck sprays a car during a training exercise.

Firefighters From page 3 Based on what Moore was told, Blackmore, Fleck and Goncalves represented the Creston Valley well at Kilgore and FGFD. “Mike Fennel, the lead instructor at the fire academy, praised these firefighters for their dedication and commitment within the learning environment and how they helped make the entire class more competitive in seeing who could get the highest test scores on their written examinations throughout the program,” said Moore. FGFD Chief Tim Stone told Moore that the three were some of the best-mannered students they have had. “He enjoyed having them in this department for the three months, was very pleased with their commitment to their hall duties and schoolwork,” he said. “He also stated that because of the impression these three firefighters left on him, that if our

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department was to send more firefighters down, they would make room for them first at their fire hall over other firefighter cadets.” Blackmore, Fleck and Goncalves will be putting what they learned to good use locally. Creston Fire Rescue currently has 28 firefighters, 19 of which are certified with NFPA training. On the 21-member CLFD, only Chief Glenn Guthrie and Blackmore have the training. The trio plans to stay with their Creston Valley departments for a couple of years before leaving to pursue full-time work in larger centres. And if the training they received made them sure of anything, it’s that they want to continue in their chosen professions. “It’s about giving back,” said Blackmore. “I wanted something adventurous and I wanted it to matter.” “Not everybody does that,” said Goncalves. “It’s not an ordinary thing you do.” “At the end of the day, it really matters,” said Fleck. “You can say, ‘What I did today was worthwhile.’ ”

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Creston town council has paved the way to provide fire protection for West Creston and the Creston Flats. In a motion passed at the Feb. 25 regular meeting, council authorized staff to inform the Regional District of Central Kootenay “that the Town of Creston is interested in negotiating a contract with the regional district for the provision of fire protection for a portion of Area C, being West Creston and the Creston flats, proposing the level of service, the proposed equipment required to provide the service, and the responsibility with respect to the costs of capital infrastructure involved in providing the service.” “In the last few years we have taken steps to deliver services throughout the Creston Valley,” Mayor Ron Toyota said. “It’s an efficient

use of resources and in this case it involves the co-operation of the regional district and its regional fire departments.”

Council Briefs •A motion passed that could lead to a regional septage system, to be located at the waste water treatment plant west of Highway 21. Council recommends an option from an engineering report for a receiving station in which septage (pumped from residential septic systems throughout the area) be received “at a modern septage receiving station adjacent to the existing pump well that currently collects water from the septage pits and geotube area, at a cost to the Regional District of Central Kootenay of $357,000.” Council also authorized a one-year extension for the current agreement to receive and treat septage.

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•The Town of Creston will apply under a new round of funding for up to $5,000 in matching funds to hold another regional Community to Community Forum with the Lower Kootenay Band. Forums are intended to create a dialogue on issues of common responsibility or issue and have been held in previous years. •A donation of a travel bag was allocated for the Creston Rotary Club annual radio auction. •The zoning bylaw for a property at 801 Vancouver Street was amended to allow for the creation of an 85-unit seniors apartment complex. •The meeting was held at Kootenay Employment Services after the Creston Town Hall basement was damaged when a sewer line broke. Coun. Wesly Graham attended via a video link from Cranbrook, where he is working in MP David Wilks’s office.

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In the past five or six years we have travelled south, mostly to Coeur d’Alene, more than we had in the previous three decades in total. The reason? To feed our obsession with opera. And our love of theatre. We have always enjoyed opera, taking in productions from Rome to San Diego to Edmonton during our travels. But New York’s Metropolitan Opera has made the musical-drama form a regular part of our life since we discovered the live, high-definition satellite video feeds of Saturday matinees from fall through spring. Season schedules feature 10-12 different operas annually and the operas are shown — live — in movie theatres around the world. This year about three million people will get an up close and personal view of productions that, for many, could previously only be dreamed of. There is a special attraction to these offerings, in that viewers get a better view of the action than they would attending the Met Opera in person. The cameras get much closer to the singers than the eye. As well, between acts, behind the scenes interviews are conducted by stars like Rene Fleming, Deborah Voigt and Placido Domingo. The hand-held camera then lingers to show set changes that provide a fascinating insight into the complexity of their construction. It’s an experience that you don’t get when taking in a live opera. We can watch some of the live presentations in Trail’s Royal Theatre, but I have a bit of acrophobia and I don’t like driving Kootenay Pass in the best condi-

tions. In the winter, early in the morning (1 p.m. matinees in New York translate to 10 a.m. starts in the Pacific time zone)? Forget about it.

described by her literary hero, the 17th century poet John Donne (“Death, be not proud, though some have called thee, Mighty and dreadful, for thou art not so”). In previous visits we have seen productions of such varied plays as Sweeney Todd and a one-man show based on a David Sedaris story. We have never been disappointed. As we sat in the playhouse on Saturday night (after watching the opera Lorne Eckersley Prince Igor earlier in the day in a movie theatre) I thought about how lucky we are An added bonus in Coeur here in Creston to have the facilid’Alene is the Lake City ties we do. The Tivoli is an excelPlayhouse, a lovely little theatre lent theatre and owner Bonnie that seats about 120. This purposeGeddes has made a large investbuilt facility has been operating ment that allows for superior digisince 1961 and eight shows a year tal pictures and sound, at a time are cast and staged. The cozy when many other movie houses in building has a small stage and not small communities have closed. much room for sets and set changPrince Charles Theatre is another es, but 50 years of experience has gem, allowing up to 300 at a time taught that creativity and simplicito enjoy an amazing variety of ty can be achieved with a little entertainment since it was built imagination. about 30 years ago. Last Saturday, we attended a Admittedly, it isn’t an ideal faciliproduction of Wit, a Pulitzer Prizety for intimate theatre productions winning play about a literature — the raised stage is a natural barriprofessor who has ovarian cancer. er to audiences — but it is far supeWhile the hospital bed remained rior in versatility and quality than on stage throughout, chairs and most towns have. If there is a negadesks were carried on and off to tive about the auditorium it is the allow for scenes in a university classroom and other hospital areas. badly deteriorated seats, but we have been pleased to be among We sat spellbound as Dr. Vivien those who have made donations to Bearing took us through an replace them. anguishing ride through chemoIf theatre provides a magical therapy treatments and right to her experience, there is nothing magic on-stage death. The audience about facilities. They are expensive watched as this stern, stoic and very detached personality gradual- to build and maintain. It’s worth every penny. ly succumbed to the very human Lorne Eckersley is the publisher of emotion of fear as she abandoned the Creston Valley Advance. her attempts to face death as

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ALR created to protect food

Before my husband and I were election comes three years from born, the B.C. government under now, there won’t be a single opposiformer premier Dave Barrett was tion leader who will stand on a thinking about our health. Not just platform and say, ‘Elect me and I with hospitals, clinics, and operat- will rescind this legislation.’ ” ing and emergency rooms, but also with one of the most important things that define a person’s health: food. The Agricultural Land Reserve is 40 years old. Created to protect B.C.’s limited agricultural land Michelle Mungall for food production, the ALR is a legacy from the 1970s Barrett government that included Nelson-Creston MLA Barrett was right. From these early Lorne Nicholson. Protecting this days in the 1970s, the level of support land was essential at the time. for the ALR has grown and grown. It Cities were growing and expand- has blossomed into an institution as ing, gobbling up farmland and important as public medicare and turning them into suburbs with lit- education. Indeed, no election plattle thought as to how we were form has ever committed to get rid of going to feed everyone. the ALR. As with anything worthwhile, it All the same, here we are with didn’t come easily. Many at the the ALR under threat. Last fall, time were opposed to the ALR and leaked documents revealed that the the Agricultural Land Commission Ministry of Agriculture singled out that oversaw it. Comments in the the ALC, ordering it to stop work legislature saw the Social Credit because it is under core review. We party denouncing it as a “vicious also learned that the minister probill.” Undaunted, Barrett declared, posed to abolish the ALC, bringing “I want to predict that when the all regulatory decisions under the

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ministry instead of an independent body — except, of course, for industrial activity on farmland in the Kootenays, which would be decided by the Oil and Gas Commission. Former agriculture ministers like Corky Evans were aghast at how today’s minister was so quick to throw the ALR under the bus. In response, the minister for the core review, Bill Bennett, said that such proposals were early drafts and have since been rejected. But here’s the thing, they plan to do something with the ALR and ALC, and by all indications it isn’t going to be good for our food supply. We need good farmland in B.C. for healthy local food production. The ALR ensures that the land is there to grow the food. Instead of getting rid of it, government should be talking about how they can better support farmers working that land for the benefit of us all. Because, after all, we are what we eat. Michelle Mungall is the member of the legislative assembly for the NelsonCreston provincial riding, and is the Opposition critic for social development.

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Minister’s statement misses facts Clinic owners weakened their case To the Editor: As chair of the British Columbia Public School Employers’ Association (BCPSEA) from 2011-2013, I was closely involved in the collective agreement negotiated between the BC Teachers’ Federation (BCTF) and BCPSEA in June 2012. I appreciate current Minister of Education Peter Fassbender was not involved in 2012, but his recent assertions that government was fully committed to, and even responsible for, the success of the negotiations are inconsistent with my experience. By my firsthand recollection, government tactics concerning the Bill 28 reconciliation sessions, and collective bargaining between the BCTF and BCPSEA, were accurately described in Justice Griffin’s BC Supreme Court ruling when she concluded, “Government thought that a teachers strike would give the government a political advantage in imposing legislation that the public might otherwise not support.” This strategy was pursued, in part, by the restrictive bargaining mandate set by government in addition to the net-zero monetary directive. No other part of the public sector was asked to seek so many concessions from a union with no increase in compensation. Despite these collective bargaining limitations, the negotiating teams and mediator Dr. Charles Jago worked tirelessly to conclude an agreement. Although the negotiated agreement met the monetary mandate, government representatives informed us of their dissatisfaction with the agreement, including the lost opportunity, now identified in the recent judgment, to “impose concessions which advance education initiatives” through legislation triggered by the failure of collective bargaining. Yet recent statements made by Minister Fassbender seem to revise the events of 2012. It is concerning to hear the minister emphatically state that government’s goal was to reach a negotiated settlement, when that claim is so inconsistent with what actually transpired and now forms part of the Griffin decision. Despite how pleased the minister now claims to be with the negotiated agreement, the facts that this government 1) moved swiftly after the election to replace elected school trustees on the BCPSEA board with its own public administrator, 2) appoint a government negotiator in the midstream of current BCTF bargaining, and 3) replace the senior staff at BCPSEA, tell a very different story. With Tuesday’s call by the BCTF for a strike vote, current bargaining seems to be drifting. A significant difference in this round is that government now owns it all: the funder, the policy maker and now the bargainer. Will it retreat to a legislative fix or a legitimately bargained one? One hopes that the decision will provide some direction to government notwithstanding its decision to appeal. The appeal won’t change the facts. In the future, it might be wise to follow Griffin’s reflection that perhaps, “This affirms the wisdom of the Korbin labour relations model: government is removed from the direct bargaining relationship with public sector employees and bargaining takes place with the employer association, which has a more direct interest in reaching agreement.” Sincere reflection would provide the opportunity for all to learn and grow to make public education better. What is

past is past and it is time to focus on the future. The students in our great public education system deserve our best efforts. Melanie Joy, Trustee School District No. 8 (Kootenay Lake)

To the Editor: (Re: “Doctors Still Able to Access Patient Records”, Feb. 27 Advance) Ken Gadicke and Rick Minichiello should realize the rapid closure by changing the locks on the Osprey Medical Clinic is what people are angry about, and getting people to give flowers to the doctors does not absolve you of the bad feeling you created by your unilateral action. There are two sides to every story, but you sure weakened your case because you unilaterally affected so many people. Fred D. Stevenson Creston

MLA ‘against rural ridings in B.C.’ To the Editor: Well, that settles it. Our MLA is against rural ridings in B.C. Her defiance to support Bill 2 (Electoral Boundaries Commission Amendment Act), introduced to protect the votes and voices of rural British Columbians shows she once again is completely out of touch with her constituents, who, by the way, are in a rural riding! Who are you working for? It looks to me like our MLA is working for big interest groups that want the Lower Mainland to have all the control in the province so that they can wield the axe of power as they see fit. It’s time that we pay attention to what our out of touch MLA says on our behalf in the legislature because clearly she is not speaking on behalf of us rural folks, who, might I say, deserve a fair shake! This is not gerrymandering as you might call it, Ms. Mungall, this is the government looking out for us small people who you so easily forget about. Wesly Graham Creston

All are part of political process To the Editor: Greeting, my fellow citizens of Creston! I would like to share with you my thoughts, feeling and personal philosophy regarding our next federal election, which is now just over 18 months away (but I guess you knew that). I believe everyone should become involved in the political process (I am conservative myself), in particular, more young people, women and First Nations. Whether or not you know it, voting does indeed make a difference — there is no force more powerful than marking an X on a piece of paper! Thinking positively, having faith, prayer and the human spirit are equally as powerful.

An exceptional and effective speaker or leader (man or woman) is someone who speaks from the heart and uses the power of positive thinking to inspire and motivate people to practically achieve miracles, for the great good of everyone. For example, if I were a politician, I would say something like, “Give me a shovel, pickaxe, sledgehammer, wheelbarrow, and I will construct a better world for future generations. Are you with me?” Or how about this one: “All men and women are created equal, as the good Lord intended, which is the key to unlocking the door to a more harmonious, prosperous and just society.” Education is also important, and everyone should have access to it because knowledge is power. I am well educated myself and have several interests, including astronomy, history, science, physics, geology, economics, sociology, geography, religion, philosophy and, of course, politics. Developing an environmentally friendly economy, protecting health care, the middle and working classes, and those in society who are the most vulnerable rank high on my list of priorities. Maintaining national security also is important in this age of terrorism and extremist ideologies. However, we will be victorious in the end because democracy can defeat any enemy — just as communism and fascism were. In conclusion, I would like to say that the world is on the verge of great and wonderful things, and is changing for the better. So don’t let anyone tell you otherwise, because that is negative thinking, and is a defeatist attitude. Keep thinking positively, be optimistic, have faith and hope, and may God and his angels watch over you because miracles do occur, as I am speaking from personal experience. Allan Clement Creston

Owners may have harmed recruitment To the Editor: There was some discussion recently on CBC Radio 1 about the ongoing problem that small towns in B.C. have with respect to convincing medical doctors to establish their practice in any small town. Mayors, councils, chambers of commerce and even some citizens get involved in ways and means of attracting medical doctors, in part because it is good for the local economy. I have to wonder how much of those efforts have been derailed by the owners of the Osprey Medical Clinic when they locked the doctors out and denied them access to their records and equipment. That action was announced on CBC, so it’s common knowledge. What doctor would move to a small town knowing how easy it is to shut him down while the people who sold him on moving there looked the other way? Furthermore, I have to wonder what was so important to the owners of the Osprey Medical Clinic that in locking out the doctors they neglected to consider the impact it could have on the health, welfare and perhaps even the lives of up to 3,000 patients. Could they not have made arrangements for caring for the patients instead of locking the door without warning and thereby making the patients’ care a negotiating tool, whether it was or was not intentional? When the owners committed an action that adversely affected up to 3,000 patients, they lost their ethical right to privacy. Peter Ross Creston

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PAWS Volunteer of the Month for February... Joan Halvorsen!

This name may well be familiar to readers of this feature,visitors to PAWS, bake sales and even in the schools. Joan contributes in many ways but mostly with dog expertise and care. At the shelter the dogs love her, and all the treats her pockets! Treats are awarded generously once earned! We are thankful to Joan for teaching our dogs many things which help them become more adoptable. Joan has even expanded upon this to taking part in various dog training ventures, working with Therapy dogs and adopting from the shelter. Not just the dogs beneﬁt from her dedication. Joan is always willing to help new volunteers adjust and learn the routines. As a very busy person with her own family, we very much appreciate all she does with the animal and volunteer family at the PAWS shelter. Thank you Joan, from all of us.

Thursday, March 6, 2014 Creston Valley Advance

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