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Fire service going to referendum in fall BY LORNE ECKERSLEY Advance Staff

After a months-long controversy about a petition to extend fire protection to West Creston residents, the final decision will be determined by referendum this fall. “We will have a referendum during the November local government election,” Regional District of Central Kootenay Area C director Larry Binks said on Monday. “This will be at virtually no cost to the taxpayer.” Binks said the effort to extend certified fire protection to West Creston properties arose out of the creation of a community land use bylaw. “It was identified as a real need,” he said. “I started out by talking with the West Creston Fire Protection Society, then having conversations with the Town of Creston about the possibility of contracting the service. “There was no appetite for referendum at the time and we decided to take the petition route. A petition was sent to every property owner.” Animosity grew when Binks extended his own deadline for petitions to be returned by two weeks in January. “This has pitted neighbour against neighbour and we have had people living in fear of arm twisting and intimidation,” he said. “We need to be able to get into the sanctity of a voting booth and state our preference.”

Grade 10s complete swim program BY BRIAN LAWRENCE Advance Editor

From January through last week, more than 120 Prince Charles Secondary School students participated in the first year of a swimming program at the Creston and District Community Complex. Sponsored by the Creston Valley Aquatic Society, the Energetic Campus

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A Grade 10 Prince Charles Seocndary School student in the pool at the Creston and District Community Complex.

Initiative was directed at Grade 10 students, ensuring that they learn important skills in the last year they are required to take physical education classes. “It’s part of the curriculum,” said PE teacher Bill Ferguson. “But we’ve never been able to do it in the past because we had an outdoor pool.” Previously, students had swimming lessons only in Grade 3 (funded by a

Lifesaving Society grant) and in Grade 5 (funded by parents advisory councils). With earlier lessons at least a few years in the past, some students were wary. “I thought I wouldn’t like it at all,” said Matty Fedorowich. “I’m not the biggest swimmer,” said Jordin Czar. “So I wasn’t sure about it at first.” See SWIMMING, page 5

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he fourth annual Seedy Saturday runs March 15 at 1821 Elm St. from 11 a.m.-2 p.m. Sponsored by the Creston Valley Food Action Coalition, the event features a vendors’ hall with local seed sources and farm products, including Cherry Meadows seeds, the Dan McMurray Community Seed Bank, Bunny-logics natural salves, Wynndel Lavender, the Mountain Seed Company, and a free seed exchange table. At 12:30 p.m. Kylie Lichty of Slocan Valley’s Mountain Seed Company will discuss seed saving and garden planning. She specializes in growing rare, north-

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he Hi Neighbour Welcome Service greeted the following newcomers from August-December: Caryn Rush (Edmonton, Alta.), Steven and Judy Reid (Chilliwack), Glenna and Gord Baulkham (Vernon), Carol Anderson and David Onyschuk (Okotoks, Alta.), Bob and Carolyn Kosowan (Winnipeg, Man.) Jerry and Pauline Menu (Calgary, Alta.), Linda and Brad Brown (Calgary), Bev Boklaschuk (Winnipeg), Duane and Joyce Wadel (Vanderhoof), Ruth Findlay and Laura Meyer (Ontario), Lloyd Hicks and Winnie Prokuda (Saskatchewan), Carmen and Steve Schneider (Saskatchewan), Robert and Linda Livingston (Richmond), Maya Moore, Marc Dale and Rease Warner (Nelson), John and Marie Laidlaw (Smithers), Gary and Elva Atha (Abbotsford), Jennifer Adams (Manitoba).

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referendum,” he said. “There will be no taxation for fire service this year. The petition has been dropped.” In a typical regional director election, if a candidate is elected by acclamation, no polling station is set up. Now, however, a polling station will be manned regardless, said Binks. “In the event that no election is needed in Area C, voters will still be able to cast ballots in the referendum and the cost will be about $4,000. That is still cheaper than a stand-alone referendum.”

While Binks says he regrets the controversy that has divided his community, he remains committed to the importance of extending fire service to residents. “I know I would save about $700 a year in insurance, but more important, it’s about safety,” he said. “Fire protection helps prevent physical, emotional and spiritual damage. I still support it. “But we need to heal and move forward, no matter what voters ultimately decide.”

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Violence against women discussed at KCCS event BY LORNE ECKERSLEY Advance Staff

About 40 people gathered at the community complex on March 4 for what organizer Dina Bambrick called A Conversation About Violence Against Women. It was just one of several events organized by the Kootenai Community Centre Society after it received funds from the Justice and Children and Family Development ministries. “The day was the result of some very rushed and intensive planning by our staff and board of directors,” said Bambrick. “But I was pleased at the willingness of so many to take part with quite short notice.” From a relevance perspective, the timing couldn’t have been better. This month a survey revealed that on just one day, 242 shelters in Canada helped 4,178 women and 2,490 children. The survey also shows that 116 of the women were pregnant and 184 had been threatened by a gun. When an application for funding was approved, KCCS took a multi-pronged approach to promote awareness. The day included a workshop for the Interagency Case Assessment Team (ICAT) members, a visit from BC Lions centre Angus

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From page 1 A slight majority of property owners signed the petition to initiate certified fire protection, but the slim margin set off a trigger of concern. After consulting with RDCK management, Binks said a concern that the province could reject the petition results because the numbers were so close. “It is clear to me as director for Area C that we need to go to

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Poor driving conditions dominate RCMP week BY LORNE ECKERSLEY Advance Staff

Creston RCMP responded to 71 calls for service from March 3-9 in a week dominated by poor driving conditions and flooding, Staff Sgt. Bob Gollan said on Monday. March 3 •The first of a half-dozen untraceable 911 calls from cellphones was received. •A break-in during the past year was reported at a Lakeview-Arrow

Creek Road residence. •A male was injured and transported to hospital following a structure fire on Meadow Wood Road in Kitchener. •Police attended a Kitchener Road residence to assist with a child protection issue. •A male turned himself in to the police station on a warrant. •Vehicles went off the road in icy conditions on Canyon-Lister Road, Highway 3A and Highway 21. No injuries were reported.

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•After a semi was reported to be having difficulty getting up Erickson Road from Highway 21, the police called the highways department to request sanding. •Police were unable to locate two youths reported to be snowboarding off a roof on Pine Street. They did find evidence of such activity, though, in the form of snow mounded on the ground. •Two adult brothers on Third Avenue South reported being assaulted by each other in an argument over food ownership. They appear to be in a battle over inheritance of the property. •A male was arrested for the third time in recent weeks for breaching a no-alcohol probation order. March 4 •The same brothers on Third Avenue South were again embroiled in an argument. •Conservation officers were notified about an injured deer on Bathie Road in Wynndel. •A male was reported to making threats to furniture movers at a Dale Street residence. •A male reported to be causing a disturbance at a previous employer on 32nd Avenue left when police were called. •Police entered an Eighth Avenue South residence and shut off a water valve when notified of a break in the water line. The owners were not in town and have since been notified. March 5 •Three vehicles ended up in the ditch on Highway 3/95 after one crossed the centre line

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on an icy road and collided with two oncoming vehicles. No injuries resulted. •No injuries were reported when a vehicle went into a ditch on 36th Avenue North. •A female in distress, possibly because of a drug overdose, was transported to hospital. •A male reported to have sent money to Turkey in what police are convinced is an Internet scam has continued to try to send more money despite warnings. •Water was reported on Highway 21 South. •People reported to be smoking marijuana in vehicles on Canyon Street were gone when police arrived. •When police responded to a report of a vehicle stolen from a Cook Street parking lot they located it across the street. The driver had forgotten having parked there. •Three pizzas purchased for a hockey team at the community complex were stolen by three males. One contributed some money as reparation after being located by police. The other two males have been identified and are being sought by police. •Flooding was reported on Sinclair Road at 24th Street. •When police responded to a loud party on 16th Avenue South they found an intoxicated male walking on the road nearby and arrested him. He was held in police cells and released when sober. March 6 •When police conducted a well-being check on 32nd Avenue South they learned the resident was in the hospital. •Police attended a Meadow Wood Road residence to investigate a historic assault. March 7 •A report was received about two semis driving erratically on Highway 3 near Kootenay Pass. March 8 •A person in medical distress on Highway 3A was taken to hospital by emergency health services. •A vehicle struck a concrete barrier on Highway 3A near Sanca, leaving torn-off parts behind when it drove off. •A large chunk of ice fell from a cliff onto Highway 3 near Summit Creek Park. •A driver arriving at the Kingsgate border crossing was found to be driving an unregistered and uninsured vehicle with a plate from another vehicle she owned. The vehicle she was driving, recently purchased, was found to have been written off in Alberta and then repaired. It was towed. •Police assisted Creston Fire Rescue with traffic control during a Canyon Street fire. •A well-being check in Wynndel on a Mill Road resident indicated he was OK. •A theft of syringes was reported by the hospital. •A shed door on Erickson Road was damaged, but no entry was gained. March 9 •The town was notified after police received a report of a hole forming on 25th Avenue South. •A checkstop of 50 vehicles resulted in one infraction for failing to wear a seatbelt, one for a driving being unable to produce a licence, one for no licence plate and the seizure of a small amount of marijuana. •A 77-year-old male died suddenly in his Lakeview-Arrow Creek home. The death appears to be from natural causes.

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Eight-week mindfulness course part of training program BY BRIAN LAWRENCE Advance Editor

Less than 100 people in the world are certified mindfulness-based stress reduction (MBSR) teachers, and Creston’s Kuya Minogue is working toward joining their ranks. To that end, she’s offering a free eight-week mindfulness training course, which is the next step toward her goal. The course, which starts March 17, involves eight two-hour classes — plus one daylong retreat — which cover, among other things, sitting and walking meditation, and mindful communication. And in between each class is 45 minutes of daily homework, including guided meditation and mindful yoga. It involves a lot of concepts that Minogue, the resident teacher at the Creston Zen Centre, is familiar with through her study and teaching of Zen and Buddhism. But it also has a significant difference.

“It’s evidence-based,” she said. “It’s not Zen or Buddhist. This is completely secular. It has nothing to do with religion at all. ... It’s not a touchy-feely New Age thing.” MBSR is a behavioural medicine program developed by Jon Kabat-Zinn, professor of medicine emeritus and founding director of the Stress Reduction Clinic and the Center for Mindfulness in Medicine, Health Care, and Society at the University of Massachusetts Medical School. Research has suggested it improves brain function, blood pressure and some medical conditions, said Minogue. And it has other applications, too; she will offer a mindful eating workshop in April, and, later in the year, an addiction relapse prevention workshop. “There isn’t a lot of didactic teaching,” she said. “It’s about learning practices.” Minogue recently took eight weeks of training along with professionals, including surgeons, psychologists and an advisor to U.S. President Barack Obama, from Europe, South America and Asia, to pre-

pare for the program she is about to teach. The course was a real eye-opener for Minogue, who appreciates being “a member of a community of people who are so extremely well educated in medical and psychology fields and seeing how sincere they are about helping others. ... It’s changed my whole self-concept.” There’s far more to come, though. The upcoming eight-week course is part of a research project, and Minogue will write a report based on her students’ outcomes. After that, she takes 10 days of teacher development training, teaches under Skype supervision from the University of Massachusetts, takes a course in Boston and makes a DVD of her teaching. Only then will the school decide if she’s prepared for certification. “It’s a readiness model,” Minogue said. “They really want qualified teachers because it’s so effective if it’s done right.” For more information, including requirements for admission to the course, contact Minogue at 250-428-6500 or kuya@telus.net, or visit www.kootenaymindfulnesscentre.org.

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From page 1 But the uncertainty quickly vanished. “Once we actually started going, it was fun to get out of class and go swimming,” said Tess Poznikoff. Classes covered three components: stroke development/endurance, lifesaving skill and local learning. The latter section dealt with practical applications of skills in and around lakes, canyons, bridges, boats and ice. For Poznikoff, the most memorable exercise was one that demonstrated the dangers of alcohol impairment — being spun around while blindfolded, then having to get oriented in the water Brian Lawrence while still dizzy. Swimming students practice their lifesaving skills. “You couldn’t see, so you didn’t “They’re definitely stronger,” said know when you were going to hit the “Not only does it bring more people Cherfils. “Would they be able to get to the complex, it gets in a new demowater,” she said. The program was developed by the their lifejacket and get to shore? graphic,” said Cherfils. “This isn’t in Creston and District Community Probably.” their culture at this point.” To help even things out, everyone in Complex, in partnership with PCSS, The students aren’t the only ones and in consultation with the Lifesaving the class, boys and girls, was required to who benefit from the program — wear a T-shirt and shorts at the pool. Society and the Canadian Red Cross. Creston Valley residents who donated In addition to skills in the water — “We’ve taken body image out,” said to the aquatic society should also feel such as front crawl, side stroke, rescue Cherfils. “We actually found that water good about their contribution. The proand removal — it includes role playing to really levels the playing field. You can gram cost $2,700 this year and enough teach students how to talk to peers about have somebody who is from the ‘less cool’ was donated to allow the program to safe decisions near the water. The pro- clique who is a fantastic swimmer.” run for at least seven more. gram doesn’t just assume teens will be For some, it may have helped them “I think people underestimate the following every rule, so they are taught, discover a new hobby — they aren’t value of where their money is going,” for example, how to find and put on a life used to using the pool, having used the Cherfils said. “It continues to have a life. jacket if they end up in a boat that cap- outdoor pool for swimming lessons. It wasn’t just bricks and mortar.” sizes while they’re not wearing one. In all happens in six 55-minute sessions, split into three equal with Dr. Joanne Lih • Friday March 21 segments. Effective Solutions for: “They get in, they Heel pain, arch pain, heel spurs, get challenged, they move on,” said CDCC bunions, corns, calluses, and toenails aquatic programmer Including Orthotics and Brooke Cherfils. Preventative routine care Three of the Grade 10 students plan to become lifeguards and a handful were already Dean Bala YOUR LOCAL members of the Creston MORTGAGE BROKER AND REALTORTM Valley Wave Swim dean_bala@yahoo.com www.deanbala.com Club, but beyond those, Summit Medical Clinic Best rates and products in today’s marketplace only about a third of the 319 - 15th Ave. N (Dr. Mackay’s Office) class could swim. The FOR APPOINTMENTS, PLEASE CALL rest have come a long Creston Valley way since the program 250-402-3903 REALTY started in late January.

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Don’t just stand there

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It seemed more than a little ironic that only a week after being royally peeved about an incident described in our letters to the editor I was sitting in a presentation called Be More Than a Bystander. Capping a day of meetings and presentations aimed at reducing violence toward women, BC Lions’ centre Angus Reid (who announced his retirement a few days later) was standing before an audience of several dozen, talking about a program he and teammates deliver. It targets high school students, encouraging young males not to tolerate inappropriate behavior or attitudes toward females. Be More Than a Bystander. The letter to the editor, written by our office manager here at the Advance, described two incidents in which her elderly mother could have used someone who was willing to be more than a bystander. In the first, a driver apparently went out of his way to swerve over and drive through water as Mom walked along the sidewalk. She stood, drenched, as the vehicle drove merrily on its way. Only days later, again out on a sidewalk, Mom was knocked over by an loosely leashed dog whose owner called out that the animal “just wants to make friends.” He stood chatting with another pedestrian while Mom, who landed on her face, struggled to her feet. Makes you think that a little baseball bat justice might be in order, doesn’t it? In another meeting organized before the Be More Than a

During the day of his visit, Reid spoke to a group of high school students. Having heard him speak and watched a video about the Be More Than a Bystander program, I have no doubt that male students walked away thinking about ways in which they might approach other males who are behaving badly toward females. And I hope that the message sticks. After Reid spoke on Tuesday evening, I talked to Lorne Eckersley him briefly, sharing my thoughts about how the program might work to bring in sports in an attempt to head off serious teams, recruiting young athletes to domestic abuse cases before they become part of the Be More Than a spin out of control. Bystander team. These young men ICAT brings together represenare often influential among their tatives of the RCMP and local peers and to engage them in their social service agencies to discuss potential problem cases and to for- teen years is a great investment in their future, and that of their commulate plans to deal with them. munity. It’s a strong message to send Sitting in a circle listening to a presentation by members of anoth- that they can play affirmative roles that not only protect the safety of er ICAT team from the Vernon others but prepares them for fatherarea were social workers, First hood and careers. Nations women, educators, case For those of us who are just a litworkers, church leaders and cititle past the target age of Be More zens representing pretty much Than a Bystander, we could make a every agency and organization in commitment to keep an eye out for the valley. It was an impressive each other’s safety. It doesn’t mean turnout and the discussion was taking a baseball bat to an ignorant open and interesting. dog walker or throwing rocks But I couldn’t help but wonder through vehicle windows. But it how this willingness for all these does mean not turning a blind eye people to get together to talk about and, at the very least, stopping to the abuse of (mostly) women squares with a community where an offer a hand to someone in need. We can all play a role in what is generalelderly woman out for her daily ly a pretty safe community. No one, walk gets soaked by an idiot driver of any age, should be made to feel and then ignored by a dog owner fearful when they are walking along after his animal has knocked her our streets. over. It seems like willful ignorance Lorne Eckersley is the publisher of still exists among us, despite efforts the Creston Valley Advance. to combat abuse. Bystander presentation, I sat in a group that ended up being about three dozen strong, learning about an Interagency Case Assessment Team (ICAT) that has formed locally

This is the Life

Taking refuge in the dharma

Buddha realized enlightenment when he was 40 years old and spent the next 40 years teaching what he had learned. His teachings have been compiled into a vast number of Buddhist scriptures, or sutras, that are directions for practice. They teach us to realize enlightenment for ourselves. Taking refuge in the dharma is more than just believing in these sutras; it is practicing what the texts are teaching. On his deathbed, Buddha said, “Don’t believe a word I have said; do these practices and find out for yourselves.” When we take refuge in the dharma, we acknowledge the wisdom and compassion in these teachings, and through meditation and training, express them in our daily lives. But taking refuge in the dharma is bigger than studying and practicing what the Buddha taught. As we progress in Zen training, we find that everything in our life is dharma since we are in a constant process of learning and discovery. We do not regard some things as secular and some things as sacred, but see everything as truth, which is one translation of the word “dharma”. We don’t get emotional about the dharma so we avoid grasping or trying to possess

any aspect of it. This results in nonaggression. Usually, the basic thread that runs through our experience is our desire to make and meet goals.

Zen's-Eye View Kuya Minogue

Ideally, everything we do should relate to these goals. This tendency drives us to become greater farmers, greater carpenters, greater poets. When we take refuge in the dharma, we cut through this goaloriented vision, so that everything becomes a learning process. We relate fully with everything in our lives. So, taking refuge in the dharma develops the sense that it is worthwhile to walk on this Earth. We see nothing as a waste of time; we see nothing as a punishment or as a cause of complaint. We appreciate everything. This aspect of taking refuge is particularly applicable in western society, where we judge many elements in our relationships or surroundings

as unhealthy. But once we do that we divide the world and everything in it into two categories: sacred and profane, or good and evil. Taking refuge in the dharma means seeing that all of life is a learning situation. Whatever occurs — pain or pleasure, good or bad, justice or injustice — is part of our learning process. There is nothing to blame. Everything is the path. Everything is dharma. When we take refuge in the dharma we face life directly and personally. We do not try to explain our problems away by blaming them on something or someone outside ourselves. We experience life as it is. Pain is pain, pleasure is pleasure, and confusion is confusion. It’s all dharma, and we take refuge in it all. Suggested practice: For the next two weeks, each time something difficult enters your path, notice how you react. Do you feel hard done by? Do you look for something or someone outside yourself to blame? Kuya Minogue is resident teacher at the Creston Zen Centre and will be offering classes on the 16 precepts of Soto Zen Buddhism at 7 p.m. on Thursday evenings through April 17. For more information, visit www.zenwords.net or call 250-428-6500.

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Owner’s silence a test of integrity To the Editor: I have never been more proud and disappointed in my community than I have been in the past month. Four generations of my family have called Creston home, I was born and raised here, with the exception of the time while I was away at university, and I too am raising my family here. I love this valley and community, I own a business in this valley that employs 10 people, and I volunteer with non-profit organizations, yet with one controversial matter some members of my beloved community were quick to condemn me, my business (which is not involved in the Osprey Medical Clinic) and my choice in a business partner. I will not comment on matters between my business partner and the other party in the dispute because I have no involvement, responsibility or ownership in the matter; however, I will say that truth amidst a dispute always lies in the middle, and all parties involved have ownership in the escalation of the dispute. I was appalled at the behaviour that occurred on a certain Creston Facebook group. I understand that peoples’ relationships with their doctors are intimate, important and emotional, as I worked at a medical clinic for numerous years before becoming an accountant, and I too have had serious medical issues. However, that does not excuse the behavior that I have read or witnessed on this site. Both of our professions are built on the utmost of confidences. We as accountants would never think of discussing financial matters, business deals and/or disputes, or any other matter of our clients, as that violates a code of conduct and ethics. The biggest complaint by the community is that they have not heard the owners’ side or been provided details by the owners. I view this as the greatest test of my business partner’s integrity as a man and a professional to remain silent while being lambasted through media reports and other public outlets. The high road is never the easy road and some are not taking it. A protest rally occurred on Feb. 28 outside my office as a way of blocking my clients from entering my business, as an attempt to run us out of business and out of town (as indicated on the abovementioned Facebook page) and as a public spectacle for aspiring politicians. Once again, my firm is not and never has been an owner of the Osprey Medical Clinic. I am unclear as to how “running” another business out of Creston, thus causing unemployment of numerous people, would benefit our community or provide support for your chosen side of the dispute. You do not see me, my family or our supporters (yes, we too have supporters) staging a protest in front of other local businesses that are unrelated to the dispute but happen to be owned by common/related persons, as protest of the way we have been treated. So why is it OK for this rally to have occurred? Physicians have every right and opportunity to open their own practice, manage their own staff and pay their own bills, just like the numerous other physicians and businesses in our beautiful community. No one can or is stopping the physicians from doing so. With all this being said, many in the community have voiced and shown their support for me, my business and my business partner during this ordeal and I would like to publicly thank

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them for understanding that there are two sides, trusting the people they know us to be and for remaining truly community minded. You are appreciated and held in my highest regard. Erin Carr Creston

Health more important than wealth

To the Editor: When I needed blood pressure medication and found out that our Dr. Elemuo, and Dr. Guthrie and Dr. Hopkins, were kicked out or locked out of their practice, it came like a shock. When I heard that the owner breached the contract and that this owner is a chartered accountant, it seemed hard to believe. But later the doctors confirmed that it was so. I have absolutely no reason to believe that our Doctor Elemuo is not telling the truth. I thought that accountants, and especially chartered accountants, in a lovely town like Creston would be the last to break contracts. We are certainly glad that the doctors now have a temporary place to practice thanks to the doctors at the Family Practice Associates Clinic. Thank you, doctors at the Family Practice. You show that the real spirit of Creston is alive and well. I hope the three doctors will find a permanent place and will spend many, many happy and healthy years in our beautiful valley and will go on providing health care and support for us. Narrow-minded business people, including chartered accountants, who don’t care about the well-being of their fellow residents simply don’t deserve to live in a good community like Creston. Many good people work very hard to create better communities and a better world, and family physicians who often go way beyond their call of duty are a very important part of this. Health and happiness is far more important than material wealth. Henry Dahle Creston

Changing time wouldn’t be practical To the Editor: Just a few observations and concerns regarding time change: If I had the opportunity to vote for time change, my choice would be no. First of all, to change, it would make the practical side of it even more difficult and complex than it is now with no change. Valley residents have interests and connections pretty much both ways, east and west, from Creston, in two different time zones. We are in one of those locations where it is convenient to be up early or to get to work later, go to school in the dark in the morning or come home from school in the dark. If mountain time were chosen, just as many people would be unhappy as would be if Pacific time were chosen. Then the issue would likely rise every year henceforth, resulting in more confusion, with more public energy and money spent. For over 40 years as a resident in Arrow Creek I have seen this issue come up time after time. It seems to start publicly with an appearance of a letter to the editor or something similar. It also seems it comes from someone “new” to the val-

ley, who doesn’t appear to understand, not having lived here very long, the real issues of the community related to being basically halfway between larger centers in different time zones. Other communities in like locations seem to stick with no change. There must be a simplicity they find in that choice. I recall some 30 years ago there was talk of time change and sabres were rattling here and there around the Creston Valley. It was like this in the newspaper and in the talk: Monday morning the stores will open and be on such and such a time! Come Monday morning I was in town, and, lo, things weren’t like I expected them to be. The stores opened the way they had always opened for hundreds of years. What a pleasant relief! On checking what happened or didn’t happen, I was told the businesses wouldn’t go with it. Smart move! I can understand that some businesses and school staff require prep time to get ready for the day. On Creston time, kids may meet the bus in the dark. But as a former parent and schoolteacher, I can say that is better and safer than going home in the dark! That works for a lot of other situations too. I hear a lot of people saying, “Keep it as it is! It is more practical that way,” “Don’t people have enough to do to keep them busy and out of mischief without trying to change the time,” and “People’s lives here are built around the way it is in this interesting time zone location we have.” Ed McMackin Arrow Creek

ALR protects irreplaceable farmland

To the Editor: (Open letter to B.C. Premier Christy Clark) As a small business owner based on the East Shore of Kootenay Lake, I am writing to you to express my concerns about the future of the Agricultural Land Reserve in British Columbia. I grew up in Richmond during the ’70s and saw how priceless delta farmland and market gardens were paved over to become condominiums and malls — removed forever from food production. Later on, through the ’90s, I lived outside of Calgary, Alta. There I witnessed formerly viable farmers and ranchers being forced to subdivide to cover the drastic increase of their property taxation due to the rampant property development around them. This was not a prudent management of our limited agricultural resources, and does not contribute to long-term local food security. I am currently working to become a sustainable small farm in the Kootenays through diversified farming and animal management. I believe the existing ALR is a critical protection of our irreplaceable farmland. Madame premier, I appeal to your sense of leadership. Show us that you have the long-range vision to maintain our agricultural resources. Please do not alter the ALR currently in place — our productive farmland must be protected for the present-day and future residents of B.C. Please do not give in to the temptation of short-term monetary gain today at the cost of long-term resource sustainability. Food security is now a dire issue for everyone on this fragile planet — this is your chance to be the shining light. I thank you most sincerely for your consideration of my request and your time. Paula Bailly Riondel

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‘Leap of faith’leads to naturopathic medicine

ith her pre-med studies completed, Dr. Kim Masuch was set to continue on the path to becoming a medical doctor. But when she went to the University of Victoria to apply, she stumbled across someStory and thing new. photo by “Funnily enough, I hadn’t even heard of Brian naturopathic medicine Lawrence at that point,” she said. But that brief introduction was enough to change her plans, and with two weeks until the deadline, she decided to become a naturopathic doctor, although because it wasn’t mainstream, she was “terrifically scared.” “It was a leap of faith,” said Masuch, a naturopathic physician who started a Creston practice at 11th Avenue North’s Golden Herb Health Foods in January. The discovery of naturopathy, she said, “was like excitement mixed with relief.” As a youth, she had struggles with health, and visits to the doctor amounted to very little help. She’d wanted to be a doctor since she was a child, and those health issues encouraged her to pursue medicine, but she wanted to do something to change it. When she discovered naturopathy, she realized, “There’s actually someone out there already doing this.” A naturopathic doctor (ND) goes through the same first two years of university as an MD, studying diagnosis and treatment, and learning how the body works on a biochemical level. From there, though, the practices branch off. “What’s different is how we treat and we look at the body,” Masuch said. “We look at every single symptom the body has ever had.” Naturopathy is a holistic practice, comprised of many treatment types, including nutritional and herbal medicine, counselling and homeopathy, utilized in the context of conventional medicine. While NDs range in treatment styles, Masuch — who is basically a general practitioner with a passion for pediatrics, pregnancy and fertility — said she falls somewhere in the middle. “I like to use lab diagnoses and blood tests to find out what to work on,” she said. Unlike some naturopaths, she is licensed to prescribe pharmaceuticals — sometimes

Naturopathic physician Kim Masuch in her 11th Avenue North office.

patients require medicine right away, such as in the case of antibiotics, rather than taking the time for a different treatment. For patients who don’t require emergency medicine, the initial consultation can be about an hour, preceded by a form that takes about 15 minutes to fill out at home. Masuch will ask each patient about things such as their health growing up, stress levels, lifestyle and sleep patterns. As with any doctor, openness is key to developing the right course of treatment. “If I don’t know everything, I can’t put together the right treatment plan,” she said. “It hinders our ability to move forward.” Usually, she’ll look at a patient’s diet first; with ailments from digestive compli-

cations to skin disorders to headaches, dietary changes are often needed. A good start, she said, is reducing simple sugars in the diet, which isn’t as much of a problem here in the Creston Valley as she found in the Lower Mainland — many in the city rely on refined and processed food, but here there is much more home cooking. And Masuch should know. Her grandparents and relatives live in the valley, and her family visited Creston every summer when she was growing up. From Victoria, she attended school in New Westminster for the second portion of her ND training, and later had practices in White Rock and Langley. But it didn’t make sense to stay there.

“In White Rock, there were more NDs than Starbucks, and there was a Starbucks on every corner,” she said. “It was too concentrated.” In Creston, she’s the only ND who is permanently based here; many patients who visit a naturopath go to Nelson, while others travel as far as Coeur d’Alene, Spokane or even Calgary. That, she hopes, will allow her to better work with local doctors in treating patients. “The only thing in my mind is the patients’ best care and best interests,” she said. “Part of what I really enjoy is how excited people get when they realize they can feel better. A lot of the time, they don’t know they can.”

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