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KES seeking input on common goal BY BRIAN LAWRENCE Advance Editor If all things were possible, what would you see in our region? What assets does our region already have? Those questions form the basis for Community Conversations, a community development program sponsored by Kootenay Employment Services (KES) and the Columbia Basin Trust (CBT) that will allow the community at large to choose a common goal through brainstorming and networking. “It’s not like a consultant does a survey and gives you a list,” said Eden Yesh, who runs the program and is manager of KES’s Invermere branch. “It’s a real cutting-edge approach to community planning.” Four monthly meetings have been held at the Snoring Sasquatch, with two more planned for April and May, in which residents from all walks of life meet for dinner (sponsored by CBT), then break into groups of eight to 10 to answer the two questions. “We’re finding a common goal to work toward no matter what sector you’re in,” Yesh said. “You take off your hats when you walk through the door and all are equal.” See INPUT, page 3

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Kelowna RCMP arrest Beaudry BY LORNE ECKERSLEY Advance Staff

Jason Beaudry is once again behind bars. The prolific offender was arrested in Kelowna last week, within days of his release from jail, Creston RCMP Staff Sgt. Bob Gollan said on Monday.

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said. “Earlier he had been found with a small amount of cocaine but his probation conditions weren’t up in the computer system yet, so the cocaine was seized and no charges were laid.” Beaudry who has a lengthy criminal history, is being held in remand in Kelowna pending a court appearance.

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CBC cancels TV drama Arctic Air, starring Creston’s Pascale Hutton BY LORNE ECKERSLEY Advance Staff

The popular CBC drama Arctic Air is one of several television shows that has fallen victim to the public network’s loss of lucrative NHL hockey rights. Arctic Air star Pascale Hutton, a Prince Charles Secondary School grad, said on Thursday that she was disappointed, but that the cancellation wasn’t unexpected. “It was a surprise and it wasn’t a surprise,” she said, “because the series has been doing well but CBC losing Hockey Night in Canada has a huge financial impact. “I had braced myself for anything that could happen — no show is really ever safe, and Arctic Air is really expensive to produce.” Her disappointment was evident in the telephone interview, though. “In season 3 we really hit our stride. Everything seemed to jell,” she said of the series in which she plays a pilot and coowner of a small commercial airline based in Yellowknife. “I was really excited at the prospect of going into season 4, but not now. It wasn’t meant to happen.” Arctic Air joins Cracked, a mental health crime series, George Stroumboulopoulos Tonight and The Ron James Show as series cancelled recently. CBC lost NHL rights to Rogers, and has traditionally used Hockey Night in Canada revenues to subsidize the cost of other programs. Now, after a rare three-year gig, the Creston-born actor finds herself back on the audition trail, looking for new work.

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From page 1 So far, about 160 have participated, and Yesh wants input from 300 before June. Anyone who attends is welcome to return and answer further questions — newcomers and returnees are separated for the brainstorming sessions. After guests have mingled and dished up dinner from a buffet, Yesh explains the process, then lets the groups — each of which selects one member to take notes and one to speak — brainstorm for 15 minutes per question. When ideas are presented from the groups, others in the room often cheer or applaud their favourites. “It’s a really fun time,” said Yesh. Ideas are sorted into 12 themes, including agriculture, recreation, youth, religion and

“I’ve been kind of insulated from job hunting for a few years,” she admitted. “I’ve been very comfortable. But my agent reminded me that everything has a beginning, middle and end — that’s just part of the career I have chosen.” Despite the show’s cancellation, Hutton hasn’t been completely free to stay at home and be a full-time mother and wife. The last filming day for Arctic Air was in January (on a snowy day on Va n c o u v e r ’ s G ro u s e Mountain) and in February she was in two episodes of Hallmark Channel’s When Calls the Heart. “It’s a period piece from 1910,” she said. The series, which just wrapped up its first season, is set in a frontier town, giving

Hutton a welcome chance to play a much different character than Krista Ivarson in Arctic Air. “Period costumes, mannerisms, relationship dynamics — they were completely different for me,” she said. “I played a theatre actress from New York — over the top and very theatrical, always breaking into song and playing the piano. “I started referring to the show as When Calls the Heart: Where Pascale Makes an Ass of Herself! It was great fun.” While she expects her character to return if Hallmark Channel renews the show for a second season, Hutton is also busy looking for more work. “I’m now back to auditioning, but I have a whole new outlook and appreciation for the process,” she said. “I’m enjoying it more than ever. Life seems full of opportunities right now — I’m not entrenched on one path.” She recommends that Arctic Air fans not give up on the series just because it won’t be returning for a fourth season. “There are a few episodes to air before the two-part finale, which is truly, truly actionadventure like you’ve never seen in Canada before. Truly epic,” she said. “I sent an email to writer Jon Cooksey and told him, ‘You’ve written a feature film,’ in the last two episodes. “It’s a massive feat of visual effects, crazy locations and drama. Massive in scope and scale. I think people are going to be blown away.” The final two episodes of Arctic Air run on CBC April 1 and 8.

housing. Three or four of them are particularly popular. “Those columns keep getting longer in my Excel sheet,” Yesh said. After the ideas have been gathered from the six sessions, all participants will be invited to a single gathering in June, where voting will select a common goal to work on together. Participants will then create milestones and definitions of success for the project, which will be implemented and monitored by KES. For ideas not picked, a date will be set for people to bring them to KES and get connected with appropriate contacts. “It’s going to be the first, we hope, of many community projects,” said Yesh. The idea for the networking series came from Community Conversations, a book by Paul Born, founder of Tamarack, an institute for community engagement, who spoke at the CBT

symposium held in Creston in the fall. The book encourages this grassroots approach to community development, and Yesh has been blogging about it on the Tamarack website. “They’re really excited that we took that book and turned it into this initiative,” he said. The participants are enjoying the opportunity to take charge of a project, whatever it may be, without waiting around for someone else to do it, and Yesh encourages others to get involved. “It’s an amazing way to get out and feel like you’re making a difference,” he said. For those who cannot attend the Community Conversations meetings, the first two questions can be answered online at www.ourcommunityconversations.com, and more updates on the project can be found at www.facebook.com/Creston Va l l e y C o m m u n i t y Conversations.

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Facebook threats, intoxication, more for RCMP BY LORNE ECKERSLEY Advance Staff

Creston RCMP responded to 62 calls for service from March 17-23, Gollan said. March 17 •Creston’s victim services workers assisted Cranbrook RCMP in notifying next of kin after a sudden death in the Cranbrook area. •A Canyon Street resident complained about threats made on Facebook. •A female on Cedar Street reported that an article of clothing she had loaned to a male was not returned. •Police seized 144 marijuana plants and growing paraphernalia after conducting a search warrant at a vacant Highway 3A property. An investigation to identify the grower continues. •The first of several untraceable 911 calls from cellphones was received. March 18 •A report about a single vehicle

accident that took place on Highway 95 last month was received from Calgary Police Service. •A hit and run to a vehicle in a Cook Street parking lot was reported. •An elderly female who wandered from her home on CanyonLister Road was returned to her home by a neighbour. •A female on Meadow Creek Road reported a suspicious motorcycle parked in her yard before learning her boyfriend had purchased it. •A Super Cycle bike was found on Highway 21 South. •An 11th Avenue North business reported an intoxicated female was attempting to enter the premises. •Police removed two males from a residence on Elm Street after a complaint by a female resident. March 19 •A vehicle reported to be passing on double solid lines on Highway 3 was located and the owner was warned.

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•An intoxicated male was arrested after kicking in a door on Eighth Avenue South and getting into a fight with a resident. •When police and emergency health services personnel attended to a female on the ground on 20th Avenue South, they learned she had become ill at the sight of blood when she watched a fight. •A complaint came from 10th Avenue North about a female using foul language. •The theft of a leather bomber jacket with a screaming eagle design on the back was reported from 10th Avenue North. March 20 •A car dolly that fell off a vehicle was found on Cedar Street. The owner claimed the item a short time after. •A Wynndel Road resident complained about improper language in a phone call. •A female driver was

stopped on Erickson Road and charged with driving while prohibited. Her vehicle was impounded for seven days. •Police could not verify an assault complaint on Elm Street. •A 73-year-old male died suddenly in his 11th Avenue South residence. The death is not considered suspicious. March 21 •A female reported her cellphone was missing after she gave a ride to hitchhikers on Highway 3. •When police checked on a complaint that a suspicious person was checking power poles they learned that he was a cable company employee. •A dog reportedly killed four domestic ducks on Blackmore Road. March 22 •People reported to be drinking and yelling near Erickson Road were not located.

•The family located a 13-year-old runaway from an 11th Avenue North residence. •A GMC pulling a flatbed trailer reported to be driving at excessive speeds was not located on Highway 3. •Police assisted with traffic control while firefighters responded to a shed fire on Highway 3. An investigation into the fire’s cause continues. •A Highway 3 check stop of 50 vehicles found no infractions. March 23 •A male was arrested and later released on a promise to appear in court after a domestic assault on Northwest Boulevard. •A five-year-old boy who wandered away in a park was found by his mother a short time later. •Police assisted in locating a patient who had left the Cranbrook hospital without being released.

NDP calls MMBC a ‘failure’ BY JEFF NAGEL Black Press The NDP is accusing the provincial government of handing over control of B.C.'s blue box recycling system to Torontobased multinational executives who will be unaccountable while B.C. businesses and households pay higher costs. Opposition small business critic Lana Popham raised the issue of Multi Material BC in the legislature Monday, calling on the province to change course before the agency's new system for recycling packaging and printed paper takes effect May 19. “If government doesn't take a step back, B.C.'s recycling system is going to end up in a giant dumpster,” Popham said. “The control of recycling should never have been outsourced to the large corporate interests based in Ontario and abroad. This is a profound failure. This program needs to be paused and the entire

concept reconsidered.” Popham's comments follow the launch earlier this month of a campaign against MMBC by a coalition of business groups, including the newspaper industry, who say they can't afford to pay high fees imposed under the new system. “The Liberal government loves to claim they're getting rid of red tape,” she said Monday. “So it's quite ironic because MMBC is a Godzilla-sized red tape monster.” Although MMBC is registered as a society, Popham called it a “dummy corporation” because two of its three directors are Toronto-based senior executives with Loblaws and Unilever, while the third is MMBC managing director Allan Langdon. The Saanich South NDP MLA said the province should force MMBC to give B.C. stakeholders majority control. Popham said the MMBC system will be “dangerously close to monopoly,” resulting

in less competititon and innovation in recycling. She also said municipalities have been pressured into signing contracts with inadequate compensation for their costs, the threat of penalties for contamination and a gag clause. MMBC's new recycling fees on businesses will be passed along to consumers through higher prices, Popham said, calling it a "hidden tax" that won't be transparent to consumers. Meanwhile, she says cities are unlikely to rebate property taxes that households already pay for recycling. “The slogan for MMBC should probably be ‘Recycle once, but pay twice.’ ” In some cities where MMBC won't provide services, such as Kamloops, residents will pay for nothing, Popham added. MMBC says it will take new types of containers and packaging not collected in B.C. before. But Popham noted glass will no longer be collected curbside in many cities and there's little evidence the system will improve recycling rates overall. She said a smarter approach would have been to extend the beverage can depositrefund system to more containers, such as milk cartons and laundry detergent jugs. Liberal MLA Eric Foster (Vernon Monashee) responded in the Legislature, saying the province made changes to exempt most businesses from MMBC fees and paperwork if they earn less than $1 million in revenue, generate less than one tonne per year of packaging, or operate as a single outlet. See MMBC, page 5

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Tom’s Gray Creek has something for everyone BY LORNE ECKERSLEY Advance Staff

As chatty and anecdotal as the author himself, Tom’s Gray Creek: A Kootenay Lake Memoir, is a welcome addition to the local literary scene. Tom, of course, is Tom Lymbery, longtime proprietor of the Gray Creek Store, which itself closely intertwined with the history of the East Shore. A postcard from 1932 is reproduced in the book, with a ferry looming in the background. Gray Creek Store served as the east shore ferry terminal until 1947, when the Kootenay Bay terminal was constructed. For as long as most of us can remember, Gray Creek Store has been an anachronism, one of those “If we don’t have it, you don’t need it” kind of places that are now more commonly found in the movies. Customers could be assured of getting a good story from Tom as he made his way unerringly to find what they were in need of. Tom’s Gray Creek is constructed in the much the same mode. It has something for everyone — wonderful photos, great maps, local history, reproductions of posters, maps and newspaper stories, and many anecdotes, all designed to bring the area’s colourful history to life. A forward by Nelson Star staff writer and historial Greg Nesteroff sets the tone: “Every small community should be so lucky to have a Tom Lymbery. “Well, make that Tom Lymberylike — there can only be one Tom. “Everything quirky and unique about Gray Creek — from the met-

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ric-free zone to the gold boulder (supposedly) lost in Kootenay Lake — seems to have his fingerprints on it. “He’s the chief booster of the East Shore (which he calls the Best Shore) and the second-generation proprietor of a country emporium where you can buy a fireplace and loaf of bread at the same time.” It seems almost redundant when Nesteroff mentions that Lymbery has been the president of the Gray Creek Historical Society since its inception. No offense intended to others, but Tom Lymbery is the historical society, a living, breathing compendium of all that has happened in the area’s known (and perhaps even unknown) history. One photo in particular says a lot about the author, giving readers a clue about Lymbery’s personal history. The photo shows a sign, once posted by Tom’s dad Arthur: “This gate, erected in 1913, is maintained as a legal protest against the acquirement of any unauthorized rights of way.” His dad, Tom writes, waged a 25-year battle against the provincial government over landowner rights. He first had land expropriated to provide access to the ferry landing at Gray Creek and then, in 1947, to the new landing at Kootenay Bay. Doesn’t this sound like a man who would father a fellow who declared Gray Creek a metric-free zone back in 1970? Tom’s Gray Creek also provides lessons in the area’s economic history. A page from Arthur’s account book shows that in 1920 he sold 1,700 pounds (measured in Tom’s beloved Imperial system) of fruit MMBC put their contractors in there to pick up," said Foster, who serves on the government's environment and land use committee. "MMBC came forward as an opportunity to change people's way of doing business and to put the onus on the original producers of the waste product or the recyclable product to reduce."

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The cover of Tom’s Gray Creek, designed by Warren Clark, and Tom Lymbery in front of Gray Creek Store, which turned 100 last year.

— black cherries, sour cherries, strawberries, apples, plums, pears and the like — for a net gain of $70.67. “But any revenue at all was welcome in those years, and this was substantial for the times,” Tom points out. Perhaps the most powerful testament to the book is that the more I went through it the more I wanted to linger on each page. The layout is gorgeous and inviting, with a brilliant selection of photos, illustrations and maps that that make this memoir a visual treat. When part 2 is released (part 1 only takes us up to 1945) we will have a comprehensive history of Kootenay Lake’s East Shore. Even more important, we will have another book to treasure by an author who is one of the Kootenays’ great treasures. Tom’s Gray Creek is available at the Gray Creek store on the East Shore, and at Black Bear Books in Creston.

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Let’s just say we are at a low point in Canadian politics. And who’s to argue, given the sudden resignations of Alberta premier Alison Redford and federal finance minister Jim Flaherty, the self-imposed leave of absence taken by MLA Jenny Kwan, the continued absurdity of Rob Ford staying on as Toronto’s mayor, even the great brouhaha surrounding a councillor in the tiny B.C. town of Greenwood? Granted, shenanigans are harder to hide than ever before, given that most bipeds now carry cellphones-cum-audio recorders and cameras, and with them the ability to post their findings onto the Internet within seconds of events that traditionally rarely saw the light of day. Redford’s demise might not have been a huge surprise if she had been brought down by a party in which she never did seem to really fit. But that her own hubris, in the form of a trip to Nelson Mandela’s funeral (in the company of an aide who presumably was along to tote luggage and provide security from her boss’s legions of admirers in South Africa) provided the tipping point. How to explain the utter stupidity, first to run up a large expense, then to refuse acknowledgment of the bad decision, then to flip-flop and agree to pay it back? Strangely, the biggest surprise, Flaherty’s resignation, hasn’t generated much controversy. He has been a remarkably steady finance minister, who survived an early brouhaha in his early years at

Canada’s top financial post when he broke an election promise to impose a tax on income trust. He leaves with a balanced federal budget in the offing — at long last

that flared up, leading to the removal of a city councillor from his role as Greenwood’s representative on the regional district board. With a population of only about 700, this tiny Highway 3 speed trap is the country’s smallest city, but not immune to controversy. “I didn’t realize things could get so exciting in Greenwood politics,” I said to someone familiar with the community. “It’s always like this,” he Lorne Eckersley answered. Last I heard, the councillor in question had said he would — but his long string of deficits refuse to attend his council’s in camand increases to the national debt era meetings without a legal reprewere pretty much entirely orchessentative, an odd stance considering trated by his boss when Harper that in camera meetings would norlowered the GST. Machiavellian by almost any def- mally only include staff and elected representatives. inition (including the Oxford Meanwhile, apparently not havEnglish Dictionary’s: “the employing tired of his role as Canada’s ment of cunning and duplicity in our goofiest politician in recent statecraft or in general conduct”), memory, Toronto’s Rob Ford has Harper was certainly pandering to taken his act on the road to the general public when he made become a star of late night the cut. More important to his own American TV shows, which have agenda, though, was that it taken this human train wreck to “forced” his government to make their not insubstantial bosoms. cuts to federal programs and jobs Having shown no great sense of when it led to annual deficits. If judgment to this point, it is hardly there has been one clear message surprising that he’s taken to the from Harper in his years as prime talk show circuit like Redford and minister, it is that he doesn’t like Kwan did to free travel. They government except when it serves might have been elected using the to grease the wheels of industry or theme song Born to Run, but a new can be used to reward his loyal followers (former senators Mike Duffy version, Born to Run Off as Long as I’m Not Paying the Tab, seems to and Pamela Wallin come to mind). I bring the Greenwood local gov- have taken over. Strange times, but not without ernment situation into the mix only because I was recently asked to pro- their entertainment value. Lorne Eckersley is the publisher of vide my editorial opinion on some the Creston Valley Advance. stories written about a controversy

This is the Life

We take refuge in the sangha

Sangha means the community of people who are guiding their daily lives by practicing meditation and studying the Buddhist teachings. When we take refuge in the sangha, we acknowledge the central role that other Zen practitioners have in our practice. We join a practice community and take refuge in the companionship we find there. That means that we have friends, fellow refugees, who are working with the same guidelines as we are. Everybody in the sangha struggles with their own discipline. Friends in the sangha provide a continual reference point that supports our ongoing learning processes. We act as mirrors for each other and remind each other that we are not alone in our training. That is the kind of companionship that is meant by sangha. We are all in the same boat; we understand each other, share a sense of trust and a sense of larger-scale, organic friendship. So taking refuge in the sangha means being willing to work with our brothers and sisters in the dharma, while being independent at the same time. Nobody imposes his or her heavy notions on the rest of the sangha. Instead, each mem-

ber of the sangha is an individual on the path in a different way from all the others. As trust builds in the sangha, we offer each other the right to point out each other’s ego

Zen's-Eye View Kuya Minogue

trips and to share the wisdom of the moment. At the same time, we feel safe enough to demonstrate our own weaknesses and let others see through us. Companionship within the sangha is a clean friendship — without expectation, without demand, but at the same time, fulfilling. Once we have taken refuge in the sangha we no longer regard ourselves as lone wolves who have such a good thing going that we don’t have to relate with others. We recognize the value of building community. We become generous with our time, and out of gratitude for the teachings remain a member of the sangha in order to benefit those who are finding Buddhism

for the first time. The idea of sangha is one of constantly opening and giving. The discipline of taking refuge in the Buddha, the dharma and the sangha is something more than a doctrinal or ritual thing: it is being physically infected with commitment to the Buddhist life of wisdom and compassion. These refuges transmit the teachings into our mind-body systems. After taking the three refuges, the energy, the power and the blessing of basic sanity that has existed in the Buddhist lineage for the 2,500 years enters our way of life, and we finally become a full-fledged follower of the Buddhist teachings. When we do this, we are living the life of a Buddha. Suggested practice: For the next two weeks notice the quality of your relationships. Can you call your friends on their ego trips without fearing rejection? Do you feel comfortable exposing your weaknesses? Do you share a path of spiritual practice? 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 her at 250-428-6500.

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Ukraine unrest part of U.S. plan Bus rider glad for help To the Editor: The events in Ukraine appear very authentic, even idyllic: a country valiantly struggling for democracy. But on closer look it becomes obvious this is part of a pre-planned U.S. and European Union (EU) push eastward, the aim being to make Ukraine accessible for looting by their banks and corporations. Many U.S. organizations, including billionaire George Soros and company, have been active in Ukraine since the demise of Soviet rule, discovering and financing various right-wing groups, including fascists. These bought groups eventually became the opposition who through street violence toppled the government. Victoria Nuland, U.S. Assistant Secretary of State for European and Eurasian Affairs, reported on Dec. 13, that the “U.S. has invested five billion dollars in agitation in Ukraine.” There you have it, straight from the horse’s mouth: The new world order doesn’t come cheap. Besides, it is not even new. It’s the same old order of lies, hypocrisy, and plunder. The only new elements are the tremendous amounts of violence and the almost total control of everything on the planet by the Anglo-American-Wall Street Empire. Ukraine is no exception, the Empire is involved in it for its own gain, and only the gullible and the very foolish imagine otherwise. I see no advantage for a working class man in this project, because he will only get poorer when Ukraine becomes part of EU. According to www.wsws.org, President Barack Obama, in a public statement delivered in Mexico, threatened that “there will be consequences if people step over the line.” He hastened to make clear that Washington is referring not to the right-wing demonstrators who have attacked security forces with gunfire, firebombs, paving stones and clubs. Rather, he said, “We hold the Ukrainian government primarily responsible.” In the course of his brief remarks, Obama repeatedly used the phrase “peaceful protesters”, a description very much at odds with their wild and deadly attacks against security forces in Kiev and other cities. After the bloodiest fighting on Feb. 20, Ukraine President Viktor Yanukovych gave in to the West-supported opposition and visiting foreign ministers of France, Germany and Poland. A national unity government that will include the opposition will be formed. Later this year, elections will be held. The U.S., although not formally present at these negotiations, “applauded the results.” Its statement declared that the Obama administration is gratified by the outcome in Kiev as “consistent with what we have advocated. … These statements underscore the utterly reactionary and reckless policy of the imperialist powers, which have worked with fascist groups to drive Ukraine and the entire region to the brink of war. In November last year, Yanukovych cancelled the signing of an association agreement with the EU at the last minute and instead moved closer to Russia. Since then, Germany and the U.S. have systematically sought to destabilize and divide Ukraine.” Regardless of the immediate developments on the ground, the likely outcome for Ukraine will be as planned by western imperialists. She will have to dismantle her major and minor industries, her social safety net, and sell to foreigners everything that is worth anything at bar-

gain-basement prices. All other former Eastern Bloc countries had to do the same in order to join the EU. Ukraine is a win-win situation for the Empire. Anton Skerbinc Boswell

To the Editor: I was a passenger on the Brewster bus that went off the road east of Creston on Feb. 17. Our driver did an admirable job of avoiding a collision with a passenger vehicle that spun out of control in front of us. It was almost as soon as we looked around and realized that none of us was injured that people from Creston began to arrive to help us. Your town can feel confident that your emergency services are well prepared to respond in a hurry to accidents. You should also be proud that these volunteers and professionals are so willing to provide their assistance to travellers in distress. I can tell you personally how reassuring it is in a situation like this to see the fire rescue vehicle and ambulance appear in minutes. Well done! We’re also very grateful to the Creston Valley Thunder Cats for providing us with the bus that got us to the comfort and hospitality of the Creston and District Community Complex. We actually reached our destination in Nelson without missing a night’s sleep. This was only possible thanks to the kindness of the Creston Valley Thunder Cats and their bus driver and a Creston Fire Rescue truck. They moved us and our luggage to Kootenay Bay in time for a midnight ferry ride. I want to express my thanks for all the friendly and professional support and assistance that were extended to me and the rest of the passengers on the Seniors Alpine Ski Club trip. Jim Kinnaird, President Seniors Alpine Ski Club Calgary, Alta.

Proud of rec complex To the Editor: What a difference a few years makes! It was seven years ago when a referendum was passed that gave us the renewed Creston and District Community Complex (CDCC) we have today. From that decision and through the efforts of the design team, we have a community complex that is the talk of the region and one that all residents of the surrounding area can be proud to have and use for 12 months of the year. The phrase, “If you build it, they will come,” really applies. The Creston Curling Centre was host to the 2014 BC Masters Curling Championships March 5-9. For five days, Creston was on display to 16 teams who came from all regions of the province to compete. In a round-robin playdown, the men’s Will team from Sparwood and the women’s Jeffries team from the Alberni Valley won and advance to the nationals that will be held in Coaldale, Alta., at the end of March. Creston’s hospitality shone as about 100 volunteers and officials helped stage this competition at the complex. About 100 curlers, including spouses and coaches, were overwhelmed with their experience at the CDCC. The work of the volunteer committee at the curling centre, under the direction of Cathy Robinson, was incredible. From fundraising, advertising, transportation and officiating

through to hospitality and ice making, the centre was on display to the provincial curlers and Curl BC. The wow factor about our complex was stated again and again! The friendly staff and help at the front desk to the ongoing cleaning and care in every corner of the facilities by the maintenance staff were evident by all those who came to compete. This, together with the support of our many sponsors, helped make the Masters an event that all participants will never forget. Without a doubt, this facility is the best-run business in town. My appreciation as a user of the complex and as a taxpayer is extended to the members of the Regional District of Central Kootenay Creston Valley service committee, who continue to search for opportunities to improve the use and management of this facility. Your commitment to this effort is evident as the complex has morphed to its current operation today. It will continue to evolve to be better and better. We have come a long way since the referendum. We have a facility that we can be proud to display and use. “If you build it, they will come.” True! Now we need a bigger parking lot! Ross Gowan, President Creston Curling Centre

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Time change is practical To the Editor: (Re: “Changing time wouldn’t be practical”, March 13) In his letter, Mr. McMackin stated the time zone issue “also seems it comes from someone ‘new’ to the valley, 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.” As a relatively new resident of the Creston Valley (33 years), I fall into the aforementioned category; and yet I’ve heard most of the reasons why people oppose switching to daylight time in the spring — everything from keeping our valley unique, not being able to squeeze an extra hour of light from the sun and confused cows that won’t know when to stand and deliver. And there are those who would rather not admit to being bothered by having to change the clocks on their DVD players, VCRs and eight-track players. This simple concept of daylight time garners a lot of attention and passion, even anger, so it’s time to put the issue to rest once and for all. Let’s vote. I suggest we hold public debates and forums, and then put it to a referendum by adding it to the ballot for the next civic election. Then we could say that we not only believe in democracy, but we practice it too! I wonder how many people who are so opposed to daylight time have never even experienced it. I’d bet half of those who now oppose the change would love it by the end of the second year of its implementation, and wonder why it took us so long to adopt it. What is so horrible about having an extra hour of light at the end of a lovely spring, summer or early fall evening? Picture this: We’ve been through a long, grey winter with short days, rain, snow and cold. It’s springtime now, and the days are finally getting longer. People are out walking, riding bikes and enjoying the outdoors. Adults are tossing the ball with their kids or for their dogs in the park, teens are skateboarding and people are doing yardwork. It’s awesome to be outside again with family, friends and pets. But then darkness shoos us in. See TIME, page 8

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“Therefore, just as sin entered the world through one man, and death through sin, and in this way death came to all men, because all sinned.” —Romans 5:12

on, my “natural” imprint upon this present reality naturally turns into a monstrous impression upon this world. Why are we actually forced to work against the natural result of our living or else our lives turn into messy, unnatural, dumps of ugliness? Working against degeneration, throughout all of our lives, is inherent sTaYing sPiriTUaLLY cLean in this earthly reality — whether we By Pastor Ron Benty like it or not. We might be horrified at the inescapable truth that we are messy by Wynndel nature, but just do your natural toiletCommunity ries outside on the front lawn for a Church while and watch how the neighbours react as your natural deposit mounds into its natural formation. We are born Sweat stains on laundry, dirt tracked messy, and must, out of necessity, clean into the house, our individual or collec- our mess or we are doomed. tive carbon “footprint” left upon nature. The reality of our natural plight is We leave our mark and track wherever empirical evidence (irrefutable evidence, we go, whatever we do. The idea that in my judgment) toward revealing not our imprint upon the world could be a only our natural tendency but also our mostly negative impression is an unwel- spiritual tendency — the tendency withcome assault to the modern mind. in the human soul toward sin (hamartia, Yet, try as I might, much to my unend- what the apostle Paul defines as the ing frustration, I have not been able to win tendency toward moral degeneration in the ongoing war against being forced to Romans 7). Just as we constantly have to clean up after myself. Why can’t I just stay be cleaning up what our natural bodies clean? If I don’t continually keep picking continually create, we also have to be up my dirty socks, cleaning my dirty dish, constantly cleaning up the spiritual mess blowing my running nose, washing my our souls continually create — the lustgreasy hair, picking up the tool I dropped ful thoughts, the jealousy, the impain the garage, washing the mud from my tience, the unkind words, the gossip at car, recycling my cans, glass and plastic, work or on the street, the desire to blame regularly taking out my garbage, and so the government for every possible prob-

Time change From page 7 What if we had an extra hour of daylight at the end of the day? What if we traded that unnecessary hour of light in the crazy early part of the morning for an extra hour of daylight in the evening? Imagine that we’re heading toward the summer solstice, and it’s getting

dark around 8:30 p.m. To make a point, suppose there are those who love the morning light so much that they want to change the time in the other direction, so that it gets light an hour earlier, thereby having darkness arrive at 7:30 p.m. instead of 8:30. If you’re thinking, “Oh my, that would be too early for it to get light, and too early for it to get dark in the summer,” then you now understand what we daylight time proponents are talking about. We think

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lem life throws at us, the constant, daily, nagging, unending necessity to reassess the “natural” way we feel like acting and what we would really like to say to that so-and-so. So, what is the upshot? Do I merely want to argue the doctrine of original, and inherent, sin against all the well intentioned, but utterly mistaken, religious optimists. God forbid! I hope not. My prayer, by grace alone, is not to create pessimism that leads to hopelessness. By grace, I am praying that the resurrection mercy of Christ would turn our hearts to His eternal, sacrificial, love and grace for help and salvation — for forgiveness, life, hope and even joy. My prayer is that we would not solely be driven by unrelenting need for spiritual help but that we would be won over by His pursuing grace that calms our hearts and minds in the middle of the messes we struggle to keep cleaning, the grace that lays its hand upon our shoulder, the grace that whispers, “It’s OK, it will all come out in the wash.” This grace is what holds us and carries us in hope as we keep cleaning up after ourselves, until at the end of the end of all the ages of this withering reality we call our world, the final mop up will be over when, “He will wipe every tear from their eyes. There will be no more death or mourning or crying or pain, for the old order of things has passed away. He who was seated on the throne said, “I am making everything new!” (Revelation 21:4-5)

8:30 is too early for it to get dark, and we’d prefer 9:30. An overwhelming majority of North America switches over to daylight time, a clear indication of its popularity. If the advantages of it didn’t outweigh a minor inconvenience or two, the public wouldn’t accept it. It’s that simple. I have an idea: Let’s just vote on it. Glen Whitehead Creston

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