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BY LORNE ECKERSLEY Advance Staff Creston RCMP are investigating the cause of a fire early on April 30 that left a male youth in serious condition with burns covering much of his body. Staff Sgt. Bob Gollan said on Monday that the fire is believed to be suspicious in nature. Creston Fire Rescue Chief Mike Moore said on Friday that the Creston fire department responded to a report

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After a half-century of weaving wool tapestries, Lika Meers Skarzynska has retired from the art form, having sold her loom and given away the wool she spun and dyed over the years. She made the decision after the death of her husband, beloved judo instructor Joe Meers, died a couple of years ago. Knowing she could not keep up the Lister acreage that she and Joe had called their dream home, Skarzynska made the decision to make one final tapestry, a do-over of an earlier attempt to depict the impending end of the world. Then she could sell the property. She describes tapestry weaving as her “most impulsive means of self-expression.”Her fascination

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Upon seeing it, a cardinal said it should remain at the Vatican. Skarzynska insisted it would return to Canada with her because it is a Canadian Madonna, replete with maple leaves on her cloak, gold and silver threads and real freshwater pearls woven into her headdress. Her motivations for weaving weren’t always religious or apocalyptic. She also undertook projects for the sheer enjoyment of creating. “The feeling of fibre in my fingers, touching it and working with beautiful and colourful wool gives me a lot of pleasure,” she told former Advance editor Betsy Brierley in an interview many years ago. Some pieces, like a cityscape of Calgary with a huge tree in the foreground, are surprisingly whimsical. But her final piece, Peril: The Destruction of the World, isn’t the only time she has depicted destruction. In 1996, Skarzynska told Advance Lorne Eckersley reporter Chris Laursen, who was looking at a tapestry of an ancient Lika Meers Skarzynska’s final tapestry, Peril: The Destruction of Greek vase that was falling apart, the World, on display at the Creston Valley Chamber of Commerce. “Everything that is powerful, everydevils (she places a sketch behind the warp thing that is beautiful, with time will fall apart.” It is an apt metaphor for Peril. In it, a pair of threads on the loom as a guide) the house just devils are rising toward the Earth, which they filled with flies,” she said. “They were everyare bent on destroying. Hands, symbolizing where all of a sudden.” It was a plague that wouldn’t allow her to mankind, are reaching toward the heavens in an continue, so she did what she has so often done effort to escape. It is Skarzynska’s second piece on the same in times of distress. Skarzynska took to her knees theme. The earlier attempt, one she wasn’t par- in prayer, pleading with God to let her carry on. ticular happy with, is now in the home of a The flies disappeared as quickly as they came, and soon she was back at work. She also listened friend “who understands”, she said. When she began the project last year, with the to her favourite classical music pieces to find sale of her and Joe’s home pending, she was calm and inspiration. For the next few months, Peril, along with clear that Peril would be her last tapestry. She was moving to a condo in town and would have three other Skarzynska tapestries, is on display neither the space nor inclination to weave more at the Creston Valley Chamber of Commerce. tapestries. A memoir, to be written in her native The other three pieces, two with flowers and a third showing a girl on a butterfly-filled path, Polish, was already taking shape in her mind. Tackling the project was not without its reflect the softer, more peaceful side of a woman whose faith allows her to see the world that can challenges. “When I started to weave the images of the be as horrific as it is beautiful.

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“The firefighters were able to keep the fire contained to two apartments within the building,” Moore said. “Although the remainder of the tenants were displaced, they will likely be able to get back into the building within a week or two. “The firefighters performed an incredible job

for which they train very hard. With one man rescued from the fire after succumbing to heat and smoke, and getting four other occupants out of the building and to safety, there is nothing more gratifying to see for me, as the fire chief.” A Gofundme.com campaign to raise $10,000 toward the youth’s recovery has been started. On Sunday, the family wrote on the page, “Although Ross remains in critical life-threatening condition, he was opening his eyes today for a few seconds, communicating with the nurse with head movement and they took him off his heart medication for now. So, positive news today.”

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New exhibits, events part of museum’s season BY BRIAN LAWRENCE Advance Editor

hands-on with history — everything from a spelling lesson in the schoolhouse to panning for gold and pretending to be a horse pulling a plough,” said Hardwick. The ever-popular afternoon tea runs on Aug. 8, this year with a 1920s theme. “Why is that exciting?” asked Hardwick. “Well, anything that features flappers, Charleston dancers and rum-runners has to be exciting.” Every Tuesday afternoon in July and August, the museum offers “Lessons in the Schoolhouse”, a chance to go back in time and take a class in 1927 in the museum’s restored Kingsgate schoolhouse. Finally, simply being a Creston Valley resident earns some perks, with free admission and a special presentation or exhibit opening on locals’ days on May 9, June 27 and July 18. “We think it’s important that everyone on Creston gets to explore their community’s history,” said Hardwick. The Creston Museum is open 10 a.m.-3:30 p.m. Monday-Saturday May 9-June 12, and 10 a.m.-5 p.m. seven days a week throughout the summer. For more information, contact the museum at 250-428-9262.

If you think you’ve seen all there is to see at the Creston Museum, you’re probably wrong — with a massive collection of artifacts chronicling the Creston Valley’s history, there’s always something new to learn. When the museum opens for its season on May 9, so will “The Orchard Industry of the Creston Valley”, a series of four related exhibits on the development of the local tree-fruit industry and the challenges it has faced and continues to face. “We’re presenting this in conjunction with a new program, in which visitors will take part in hands-on activities at the museum that will help them understand some of the dilemmas fruit growers have faced throughout local history — whether to grow only apples or a variety of fruits, for example — and the consequences of their choices,” said manager Tammy Hardwick. Creston Museum “Then we’ll load them into a bus The fruit tree sprayer in the foreground, with part of the DDT sprayer on the right; the beehive, honey and take them out to a working extractor and box-making jig just beyond; and, along the back wall, a fruit tree timeline showing the orchard where they can see these increases and decreasissues, and their present-day solues in the numbers of tions, in action.” trees of different fruits On the opening day, visitors can T h e C r e s t o n F i r e D e p a r t m e n t would like to over the past 100 years. also take a look at the Battle of St. thank all the volunteers and sponsors that contributed to the Julien exhibit, featured continued success of the Kids’ Bike Rodeo held on April 11 at the at the Trench Dinner Creston & District Community Complex. the museum held in April, as well as enjoy a behind-the-scenes This event would not be possible tour of the storage without the support from: areas to learn more • Creston Valley Cycling Club about the museum’s next major project. • Creston & District Tours run at 11 a.m. Community Complex and 2 p.m.; advance • Director Larry Binks, RDCK Area C booking is recom• Home Hardware mended. • Overwaitea Foods Later in the summer, a wine and cheese • Royal Canadian Mounted Police night will open another new exhibit, “The Art of Style”, an exhibDespite the unpredictable weather, there was a great turnout for the event and fun was had by all. See you next year! it running Aug. 29-Sept.19 that focuses on Irwin Crosthwait, who grew up in Lister. He joined the Navy during the Second World War as a war artist specifically so he could get to Paris, where he launched a successful career as a fashion artist and abstract painter. Vines & “The exhibit will Pottery Trellise showcase examples of s Flowers Se his work from the e y ds museum’s collection, rr s Be she and some of the clothes Bu he sketched — for $1,000 cheque for Creston Valley Hospice Society well-known fashion from Trinity Used Treasures names including Dior, Left to right: Myra Krell, Eva Francoeur, June Price-Moseanko Yves St-Laurent, and and Jan Miller. Balanciaga,” said We thank everyone who donated their Hardwick. “The opengently used goods to make this donation possible. ing event will feature local foods and beverTrinity Used Treasures welcomes new volunteers. Quality Plants ages and an appropriWe offer hard work, laughter and friendsip. Drop by and see us! • Open 7 Days a Week ate fashion-and-art-inParis classic film — • Large Selection of Trees, we’re thinking either Shrubs, Annuals & Perennials Funny Face or An • New Pottery in Stock American in Paris.” The museum’s regMon - Sat 9:00 - 5:30 ular events are on the Trinity Used Treasures Trinity United Church schedule, too, starting at the United Church on 10th Ave. N. Sundays 11:00 - 3:30 Sunday Services 10 am with kids’ day on next to the Post Office. We welcome all who are looking for 250-428-2062 June 13. Now Open for 2015. something more in their life. We believe “This is the one day Come and see what’s new! faith and laughter, joy and fellowship 2915 Hwy #3 - ½ mile east of Creston, BC of the year that’s all 250-428-4017 should always be a part of everyone’s life. about kids getting

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Creston RCMP respond to hitchhiker in ditch BY LORNE ECKERSLEY Advance Staff

April 27 •When police located a male reported to be lying in a ditch on Creston RCMP responded to 74 Highway 21, they found him to be calls from April 27-May 3, Staff napping, but unable to get up. He Sgt. Bob Gollan told the Advance was hitchhiking from Bonners on Monday. Ferry to Fruitvale when he fell and, with “bad knees”, he was unable Creston New Horizons Seniors Society invites you to a to get up. •A male was reported to be smashing his own truck with a sledgehammer at the Kidd Creek rest stop on Highway 3. Police Sunday, May 10 learned he had been 8:30am - 12pm uttering threats at Rotacrest Hall against his girlfriend (located at the south end and he was arrested, of the Rec Centre parking lot) then later released on $5.00 a promise to appear in Everyone Welcome! court and with conditions not to contact the If hockey and community are your passion, we need you! female. CRESTON VALLEY THUNDER CATS •Police attended an Hockey Society Erickson Road residence to assist Surrey RCMP with an investigation. •A Northwest Boulevard apartment dweller complained Thursday, May 21, 2015 to police that people Doors open: 6:30pm • Meeting: 7pm in a neighbouring apartment were dragCreston & District Community Complex ging a table across the Erickson Room • Membership fee: $10 floor. Zoning Amendment Bylaw No. 1814, 2015 Must be a member to vote or be elected to board.

April 28 •A mailbox was damaged on West Creston Road. •Police were called to Crawford Creek Road to assist emergency health services with a patient. •A foster child reported missing from Anderson Road was located a short time afterward. •Police assisted Grand Forks RCMP by executing warrants for the arrest of a male and female. April 29 •While attempting to conduct a well-being check on Riverview Road, police learned that the resident had moved to Calgary. •Two males were arrested and later released with no contact conditions after phone threats were made with regard to the sale of a truck. •A historic sexual assault case has been taken over by Creston RCMP because while the people involved lived here, the alleged incident took place in Creston. •A Cook Street resident reported that her vehicle was keyed in a Northwest Boulevard parking lot. •A Sixth Avenue resident reported that a caller purporting to be from the Canadian Revenue Agency hung up after the resident said the call sounded like a scam. Which it was, in all probability.

•A male walking his dog on Alder Street reported meeting up with two aggressive dogs. •An ongoing issue about noisy neighbours was reported from Highway 3A. •Police were called about a child custody dispute between the now estranged parents. •Police issued a summons to a Vancouver Street resident to assist Barriere RCMP. April 30 •After checking on a complaint about a driver with an expired licence, police determined that he had a valid licence. •Police were called about threats arising from a dispute about a greenhouse near Crawford Creek. •An iPhone in a Game Boy case was lost on Erickson Road. •A vehicle reported to have driven to the Canada-U.S. border near Wellspring Road was not located. •Police were unable to find a vehicle on Canyon-Lister Road reported to be “smelling of marijuana”. •A male from Quebec who claims to be a freeman of the land was arrested after causing a disturbance on Birch Street. He was intoxicated and held in cells until sober. Free at last, free at last.

May 1 •Three incidents of windows being broken by a rock thrower were reported by businesses along Northwest Boulevard and Highway 3A. •A male who made a Facebook threat to a member of Parliament has apologized, saying the threat was not intended to be serious. •An 83-year-old female died suddenly in her home on Vancouver Street. Circumstances are not considered to be suspicious. •A grey Dodge pickup was reported to be driving at high speeds on Hillside Street. The vehicle was not located. •A female driver who was refused entry into the U.S. at Porthill was found by Canadian border officials to be driving with no insurance or driver’s licence and with a wrong licence plate. The vehicle was seized. •A warning letter has been sent to the owner of a green Dodge Caravan reported to be driving erratically on Highway 3. •A complaint about ongoing thefts and trespassing was received from a property owner at Curzon Junction near Yahk. •Police did not locate a crew cab reported to be passing on double solid lines on Zoning Amendment Bylaw No. 1814, 2015 HAVE Highway 3A. YOUR May 2 NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING What Amendment Bylaw No. 1814, 2015 about? NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING •A driver stopped SAY is Zoning Zoning Amendment Bylaw 6:00 p.m., May 14,14, 2015 The intent ofWhat thisisBylaw, if adopted, would be to: 1) add “fitness and 6:00 p.m., May 2015 at the police station to No. 1814, 2015 about? report a collision with recreation services - class to the “General Commercial (C-1) Zone”; 2) Wynndel Community Hall Wynndel Community Hall The intent of this1”Bylaw, if adopted, would be to: 1) add a deer near Salmo. “fitness use and recreation - class 1” to the “General add a site specific “fitness services and recreation services - class 2”, which 5127 Wynndel RdRd 5127 Wynndel •A female resident Commercial (C-1) Zone”; 2) add a site specific use “fitness would permit and the recreation proposed new development of a gymnastic facility within services - class 2”, which would permit the of Elm Street reported NOTICE is hereby given that a Public Hearing will be held at the date and location as NOTICE hereby given that a Public Hearing will be held at the date and location as noted We’re the lands known as new 1710 Canyon ofStreet (following consolidation of islots proposed development a gymnastic facility within the there was someone on noted above to representati receive representations from all persons deem it in to their above to receive ons from all persons who deem itwho in their interest make known as 1710 Canyon consolidation for “day Listening 1710 & ...1714lands Canyon Street); and,Street 3) (following add a definition care her porch but police interest to make representations regarding the following: representations regarding the following: lots 1710 & 1714 Canyon Street); and, 3) add a definition could find no evicenters” to theof current Zoning Bylaw No. 1123. for “day care centers” to the current Zoning Bylaw No. 1123. General Location & Legal Legal Descripti Description: Lot44Plan PlanNEP1356 NEP1356District DistrictLot Lot279 279Kootenay Kootenay General Locati on & on: Lot Land dence. Land District Plan(see 7953 (see map below) District ExceptExcept Plan 7953 map below) •An intoxicated SUBJECT PROPERTY: SUBJECT PROPERTY: Parcel A (Explanatory Plan 8222) of Lot 3, District Bylaw No. 2447, 2015: proposal to amend Electoral Area ‘A’ Comprehensive Land Public female who was causParcel A (Explanatory Plan 8222) of Lot 3, District Lot 891, Bylaw No. 2447, 2015: proposal to amend Electoral Area ‘A’ Comprehensive Land Use Bylaw No. Lot 891, Kootenay District, ANDParcel Parcel A (Explanatory UsePlan) Bylaw of No. 2315, 2013, by re-designating the subject property from Country Hearing Kootenay District,Plan Plan 1970 1970 AND A (Explanatory ing damage in a 2315, 2013, by re-designating the subject property from Country Residential (RC) to Suburban Residential (RC) to Suburban Residential (RS) and Country Residential (RC); and by of Lot Kootenay 4, District LotDistrict, 891, Kootenay Plan 1970 Lot 4, District Plan) Lot 891, Plan District, 1970 (1710 & 1714 Canyon Vancouver Street Residential (RS) and Country Residential (RC); and by amending the zoning designation of the (1710 & 1714 Canyon Street) amending the zoning designation of the subject properties from Country Residential apartment was arrestStreet) subject properties from Country Residential (R2) to Suburban Residential (R1) and Country (R2) to Suburban ed and held in cells Residenti al (R2). Residential (R1) and Country Residential (R2). Tuesday, until sober. May 12, 2015 •Police received a 4:00 pm Council Chambers report about a truck 238 - 10th Avenue pulling a flat deck North apparently intentionally knocking over traffic cones and barricades at the Northwest Boulevard highway Phone construction site. SUBJECT 250-428-2214 •A male was reportext. 233 PROPERTY ed to be causing damThe Public Public Hearing 2447, 2015 is toisbe by Director GarryGarry Jackman, Electoral The Hearingon onBylaw BylawNo. No. 2447, 2015 toheld be held by Director Jackman, age on Wolgar Road Area ‘A’, as a delegate of the Board. A copy of the Board resolution making the delegation is Electoral Area ‘A’, as a delegate of the Board. A copy of the Board resolution making after being given a layavailable for public inspection along with copies of Bylaw No. 2447, 2015 as set out in this How will this affect me? the delegation is available for public inspection along with copies of Bylaw No. 2447, off notice. noti ce. In general terms, Zoning Amendment Bylaw No. 1814 would 2015 as set out in this notice. •A female from How Emailwill this affect me? amend the Town of Creston Zoning Bylaw No. 1123 by adding Written submissions for or against the proposed amendment can be read, or verbal donna.cassel@ Highway 3A comWritten submissions for or against the proposed amendment can be read, or verbal In general terms, Zoning Amendment Bylaw No. 1814 would amend the the permitted use “fitness and recreation facilities - class 1” to creston.ca submissions made, at the Public Hearing. If you are unable to attend the Hearing, written plained that a male submissions made, at the Public Hearing. If you are unable to attend the Hearing, the current “General Commercial (C-1) Zone” and restricting Town of Creston Zoning Bylaw No. 1123 by adding the permitted usemust submissions be delivered to the Regional District of Central Kootenay, prior to 4:00 pm who had purchased “fi tness and recreation facilities class 2” to the lands known written submissions must be delivered to the Regional District of Central Kootenay, “fitness and asrecreation facilities class 1” to the current on“General the day before the Hearing. All written submissions are public information pursuant to her boat and used her 1710 Canyon Street, as illustrated by the shaded area in prior to 4:00 pm on the day before the on Hearing. All written submissions the Freedom on and Protecti of Privacy Act. Submissions mayare be public delivered to: Commercial (C-1) Zone” -of Informati trailer to haul it away the above map.and restricting “fitness and recreation facilities information pursuant to the Freedom of Information and Protection of Privacy Act. Regional District of Central Kootenay, Box 590, 202 Lakeside Drive, Nelson, BC V1L 5R4 or had not returned the class 2” to the lands known as 1710 Canyon Street, as illustrated by the Any persons who believe that their interest in property will be Submissions may be delivered to: Regional District of Central Kootenay, 590,to the by fax at (250) 352-9300 or submitt ed by email at plandept@rdck.bc.ca or Box by hand Website trailer. When contactaffected by the proposed Bylaw will have an opportunity to be shaded area in the above map. 202 Lakeside Drive, Nelson, V1Lenquiries 5R4 or bytofax at (250) 352-9300 by or Nelson address below. PleaseBC direct Mitchell King, Planner or at submitted (250) 352-8175 www.creston.ca ed, the man said the heard or to present written submissions respecting matters or by hand to the Nelson address below. Please email at 1-800-268-7325, plandept@rdck.bc.ca toll-free email mking@rdck.bc.ca. contained within the Bylaw at the Public Hearing boat needed mechanidirect enquiries to Mitchell King, Planner at (250) 352-8175 or toll-free 1-800-268Any persons who believe that their interest in property will be affected by oned cal work and he The aforementi proposed bylaw may be inspected from April 30th to May 14th, 2015 How do I get more information? 7325, email mking@rdck.bc.ca. the proposedABylaw an Bylaw opportunity to be heard or tobothpresent would return the inclusive, on the web: www.rdck.bc.ca and at the locations and times as follows: copy ofwill the have proposed and relevant background trailer after the The Planning aforementioned proposed bylaw may be inspected from April 30th to May 14th, documents may be inspected at the Town Office,within 238 - 10th written submissions respecting matters contained the Bylaw at theDepartment Office, Regional District of Central Kootenay, 202 Lakeside Drive, repairs were made 2015 both inclusive, on the web: www.rdck.bc.ca and at the locations and times as Avenue North, between the hours of 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., Public Hearing. Nelson, B.C., between 8:30 am to 4:30 pm, Monday to Friday, closed statutory holidays; Monday through Friday, excluding holidays, from April 30, and he got the boat follows: and the Appropriate Field Office or Recreation Complex 2015 to May 12, 2015 inclusive. home. How do I get more information: Planning Department Office, Regional District of Central Kootenay, 202 Lakeside

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•Police were called to Sixth Avenue North to assist emergency health services personnel with a male who had passed out. •An intoxicated male who was causing a disturbance on 15th Avenue North

was arrested and held in police cells until sober. He was given a ticket for being drunk in public. May 3 •An intoxicated female who fell down on Northwest Boulevard was taken to hospital by ambulance. •A female motorcyclist who misjudged a turn on Highway 3A was

taken to hospital with an ankle injury. •Investigation of a break-in to a cabin on Highway 3A will continue when the owner can check and determine if anything is missing. •Police were called to a Third Avenue dispute between a male and female, but determined no assault had taken place.

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RAISING AWARENESS — The Multiple Sclerosis Society of Canada’s flag will fly in front of

Creston Town Hall throughout May to promote MS Awareness Month, Mayor Ron Toyota having signed a proclamation to that effect on April 27. Members of the local MS support group, their relatives and volunteers gathered in front of town hall on Monday for the flag raising: (from left) Coun. Joe Snopek, B.C. and Yukon division community services co-ordinator Debbie Irwin, Rick and Harriet Moore, Gillian Kemle, Paula Avery, Ken Chubb and Jane Rempel.

Council recommends grants BY LORNE ECKERSLEY Advance Staff

The formality of Regional District of Central Kootenay board approval is all that stands between 37 organizations and their Community Initiatives Grant cheques. Creston town council is sending recommendations, approved at the April 28 regular meeting, totalling nearly $66,000 for Columbia Basin Trust funds for RDCK approval. Successful applicants for the funds include: •904 Kootenay Squadron Air Cadets: $1,564 •Boswell and District Farmers’ Institute: $1,714 •Canyon Community Association: $2,964 •Central Kootenay Spay/ Neuter Animal Program Society: $2,571 •Cresteramics Society for the Handicapped: $2,000 •Creston and District Historical and Museum Society: $2,500 •Creston and District Society for Community Living: $2,329 •Creston Community Band: $500 •Creston Curling Centre: $714 •Creston Pet Adoption and Welfare Society: $350 •Creston Valley 4-H Club: $1,996 •Creston Valley Blossom Festival Association: $4,999 •Creston Valley Fall Fair Association: $5,000 •Creston Valley Figure Skating Club: $1,500 •Creston Valley Food Action Coalition: $1,714 •Creston Valley Horse Association: $464 •Creston Valley Music Teachers Association: $2,429 •Creston Valley Regional Airport Society (AWOS upgrade): $5,326 •Creston Valley Regional

Airport Society (Jet fuel dispenser) $0 •Creston Valley Search and Rescue Society: $1,629 •FarmFolk CityFolk Society: $607 •Focus on Youth: $1,500 •Health Arts Society: $486 •Kootenay Boundary Regional Hospital Health Foundation: $286 •Kootenay Spirit Festival Society: $21 •Kuskanook Harbour Society: $679 •Northern BC Friends of Children: $250 •Royal Canadian Legion Branch 29: $3,071 •SQx Danza: $2,819 •Stepping Stones for Success: $188 •Symphony of the Kootenays Association: $143 •Town of Creston (Teen Action Committee): $4,000 •Trail Traditional Karate: $357 •Trails for Creston Valley Society: $3,071 •Valley Community Services Society (TAPS): $3,143 •Valley Community Services Society (Fun in the Sun): $1,000 •West Kootenay Permaculture Co-op Association: $71 •Wildsight Creston: $1,987

Council Briefs •Representatives from Stantec Consulting Ltd., who will guide the Town of Creston and a committee of volunteers through the Official Community Plan process, presented an overview of the process that will take nearly a year to complete. The OCP is a statutory requirement designed to help move the town through the next 30 years in an orderly fashion. Considerable community input will be invited to identify priorities for land use and other issues. In the gallery were more than half of the advisory committee volunteers, who were

scheduled to have their first full meeting on April 29. •In what amounts to a bit of financial housekeeping, finance director Steffan Klassen reported that he has been informed that the town cannot use gas tax funds for infrastructure improvements that are not contracted out unless specific approval is provided by the federal government. No change will result in town projects or the overall budget, Klassen said. •Council gave staff the goahead to process a development variance permit application for 713 Cavell Street. The Creston Seventh-day Adventist Church proposes to add a storage room to the back of the building, which would encroach slightly onto the three-metre setback requirement. •A $1,000 contribution from the Community Development Fund will be made toward costs of hosting the 2015 ISPS Handa Canadian Blind Golf Championships at the Creston Golf Club. •A discretionary grant of $500 was approved to assist the Lower Kootenay Band’s expenses for the 25th annual Yaqan Nukiy Powwow in May. •The Millennium Park adjacent properties will once again be used for an annual automotive swap meet on Aug. 29. •A three-year license of occupation will be provided to the Creston Valley Food Action Coalition to continue to operate the Creston Valley Farmers’ Market on town property on Cook Street from May 1-Sept. 30. •Town staff will prepare a report for council about the ramifications of extending a revitalization tax exemption for the downtown area. •Bylaws to set tax rates, adopt the five-year financial plan, define property maintenance requirements and define bylaw notice enforcement were passed.

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The battle for civility

“We seem to be losing touch with civility and becoming increasingly self-absorbed and antisocial. Ironically, social media has allowed us greater communication with one another than ever before. No matter where we are in the world we can remain in contact with friends and family. Yet this connection is an isolated experience, lacking in true human connection. Walking along the busy street, it is rare to make eye contact with others. Sadly, people focus on their cellphones, texting and looking up briefly to ensure they are getting to where they need to be. Although virtual communication has its benefit, it has come at a great cost. As a whole, we no longer pay attention to the needs of others. Therefore, meaningful interactions are rarely possible. However, when one pays attention to civility, by focusing on the needs of others before one’s self it is reassuring to see the positive effect it has on individuals. As technology took over we too have become victims of its force. “Our Grade 7 class has taken time to reflect on what our world might look like if we chose civility. We hope you will enjoy our dramatization of this topic.” With that introduction and invitation, I settled into my front row seat at the Prince Charles Theatre on Monday to see Tanya Poznikoff’s Grade 7 Adam Robertson Elementary School class present its view on civility in today’s world. I could hardly have not attended. My newspaper coverage last November after attending the class’s dress rehearsal of its Remembrance Day play was a hit with the students. Some said it was the highlight of their school year. Last week, Tanya gave me a heads up about this Focus on Youth presentation. Some of the students have asked if the newspaper guy is going to come, she said.

So the newspaper guy was there, and he was impressed, entertained and encouraged to think about the play’s message. Our (and I am not excluding myself here) fascination/obsession

Lorne Eckersley with technology does tempt us away from interpersonal contact. Civility when my generation was growing up was a big deal. We were expected to say please and thank you, to address adults as Mr. and Mrs. (or even aunt and uncle for close family friends), to ask to be excused from the table and to not speak unless we were spoken to. But times change and some habits that were once second nature now seem archaic. I didn’t like the formality of addressing friends and acquaintances with Mr. and Mrs. and I didn’t demand it of my sons. And I certainly didn’t want them to only speak unless spoken to. But they were expected to be polite and courteous and I doubt either one holds any resentment for the requirement. Civility is a door opener to positive human interaction and it’s worth the effort to pass on the necessary skills to our children. Last month, when we visited New Orleans, we were surprised at the civility we routinely encountered. Southern charm is not without its appeal. We came to expect to be greeted by people as they entered our elevator and it was an easy pattern to fall into. Canadians tend to be cool and quiet, happy to stand in solitude without acknowledging

those around us. But there is an undeniable sense of camaraderie that begins with a simple hello. Civility is, at its simplest, thoughtfulness. It is considering the interests of others and weighing the impact of everything we do. We were in Calgary on the weekend to celebrate the birthdays of our two youngest grandchildren. The highlight was not in seeing presents opened or candles blown out, but in the story our younger son related about our oldest granddaughter, who turns six in July. At a recent birthday party Quinn and her little brother Wilson attended, the kids all enjoyed playing in a large bouncy castle. Quinn has her own castle, which she got for her fourth birthday, and it has provided many happy hours of entertainment. But when her dad saw the same bigger castle they had enjoyed at the party advertised on Kijiji, the online classified ad site, he called the owner to ask what kind of condition it was in, surprised to see the price set at only $100. It had been used only twice, he was told, and was pretty much like new. Ryan said he would probably buy it and would call back after talking to Quinn. He told her about the deal and asked if she wanted him to buy it (he would, in turn, sell her smaller one). At first she liked the idea, but then hesitated. Why? “Because Isla really likes my bouncy castle.” Isla is her cousin, who celebrated her first birthday this week. After a brief discussion, Quinn closed the issue with “No, I think I’ll stick with the one I have.” It was a pretty civil decision. I think the ARES seventh grade class members would agree. I thank them for giving me another reason to think about this important subject. And I commend them for a job well done. Lorne Eckersley is the publisher of the Creston Valley Advance.

Creston Valley Advance Thursday, May 7, 2015

Jews have right to criticize Netanyahu government To the Editor: Canadian Jews claim the right to criticize Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s government. On April 22, Sid Shniad of Independent Jewish Voices wrote an article titled “Organizations across Canada oppose government effort to criminalize criticism of Israel”. Hopefully, enforcement of such a “crime” would not include disappearance to a torture camp. Such application to Canadian Jews would be ironic in the extreme. Perhaps it only remains for the pro-Netanyahu coalition in Ottawa to point out that Canadians must obey orders at all times. So far, the only federal party to join this chorus of voices is the Green Party, to my knowledge. Although I do not support the global warming fraud science scam, I do think Elizabeth May offers some semblance of defence of constitutional government, however outmoded this might seem to deception matrix believers. If we aspire to be labelled “civilized”, we must defend the rights of all minorities while maintaining intolerance for criminal impunity mafia monopolists, whether they are street hoods or the much more dangerous

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traitors infiltrating governments. In my opinion, there are far too many warmonger politicians using past historical barbarism to justify future barbarism, whatever false flag they hide under. Children have no choice in whose DNA they are related to. They all should have a reasonable chance for life in a live-and-let-live environment rather than chaos based on indispensable people versus disposable people. Robert Betts West Creston

Too much noise coming from lower Canyon St. dump site

To the Editor: I live on Canyon Street near Highway 21, where an empty lot is used by Maglio Installations as a dump site for the intersection project at Northwest Boulevard and Pine Street. Since the project began, myself and other residents in the neighborhood have had to listen to excessive noise coming from this lot. Each day there are dump trucks, water trucks, loaders and other heavy equipment traveling to and from the lot via Canyon street, sometimes upwards of 20 times per hour. When the vehicles reach the worksite, they back into the lot, emitting a

loud beeping sound, often several at a time. This might not sound like a big deal, and it wouldn’t be if this only lasted a couple of days or a couple of weeks. However, this has already been going on for months, and it’s not scheduled to stop until the end of June. According to WorkSafeBC, all equipment backing up at a work site must provide “a signal to people in the vicinity that, if practicable, is audible above the ambient noise level in the workplace where the equipment is being used.” The problem is, you can hear the beeping for at least a mile radius around the worksite, affecting dozens of homes in the community. When I spoke to a representative at Maglio Installations, he informed me that they are using the lot at 101 Canyon St. because it’s close to the intersection and it’s the cheapest. While this may be the case, it seems that the residents of Creston have been ignored when planning this project. I work from home, and the constant noise from this work site has cost me work, sleep and money. The contractors aren’t breaking any laws or bylaws; however, I believe they have a moral obligation to consider the people who are impacted by a project of this duration. The obvious solution is to move the worksite away from heavily populated areas to minimize the impact on residents. I will be bringing this issue to Mayor Ron Toyota in order to discuss our options, and hopefully prevent this from happening again. If you have been affected negatively by this worksite or other noise pollution, I urge you to write letters or to speak to the local government. Josh Heisie Creston

Upgrades needed at fire hall

This is my first opportunity to thank the people of Creston for their support at the polls last November. The past five months on council have been a sharp learning curve, especially for someone who has been out of school for over 40 years!

Council Comment Jim Elford In the 1998 Creston Valley Restructure study, one of the recommendations was for a valley wide fire service. As someone said, every tree in B.C. is provided fire protection by the forest service but we can’t say the same for every home. The three valley fire departments are now working together with automatic aid. Creston Fire Rescue is also responding to the West Creston area, in addition to Erickson and the other areas it covers under contract. We are approaching service to nearly every home in our valley. One of the items that we have recently been made aware of is the need for a new fire hall. In the early 1980s, Overwaitea Foods moved to its current location at the mall. This made its former store, which was built sometime in the 1950s, available.

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Renovations were done and the Creston fire department moved into the converted supermarket in 1981. A study was recently undertaken of the fire hall to investigate the viability of some necessary renovations. A number of structural deficiencies in the building were brought to light. There were no original engineered drawings when the store was renovated to a fire hall. The only drawings are a one-page pencil sketch done by the contractor. What has changed in the past 30 years that makes the current hall inadequate? Fire trucks have grown much larger. A 1980 fire truck would seem very small in comparison to the large diesel powered trucks of today. The height of the current hall limits the size and type of apparatus available to the fire service, as well. In the past 30 years, the Creston fire department has expanded its services to the public. It now responds to road rescue (Jaws of Life), medical first response, high angle rope rescue and environmental response, to name a few. These extra services have necessitated additional equipment, larger vehicles and have caused the department to literally outgrow its space. We also now have the work experience program, where five firefighters are spending a year training in Creston. These people live in the fire hall and offer immediate response for our town and area. The dangers and risks our firefighters incur have changed, as well. Years ago, the products of combustion con-

sisted primarily of carbon and carbon monoxide. Today, the combustion of plastics and synthetic materials produce smoke contaminated with cyanide, PCBs and various dioxins, along with other substances. Dioxin is a known human carcinogen and the most potent synthetic carcinogen ever tested in laboratory animals. Our firefighters need facilities to decontaminate from these dangerous compounds and the current building lacks the space and facilities. It is a WorkSafeBC requirement that we provide showers for decontamination. Equipment and personal protective gear must also be cleaned and appropriate facilities need to be in place. The exhaust from the vehicles should be contained and not allowed to infiltrate the rest of the building which isn’t the case, currently The Workers Compensation Act now recognizes nine forms of cancer that can be classed as occupational diseases for firefighters. We as a community have a duty to these volunteers to protect them from these hazards as much as possible. Sadly, two of our former firefighters have, in recent years, been victims of these occupational cancers. Our converted fire hall has served us well for nearly 35 years, but the building no longer has the space or structure to house the equipment and facilities needed. It is probably time that we start consideration and discussion regarding replacement of this facility. Jim Elford is in his first term on Creston town council.

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Sharing key to smooth rec centre experience

It has been an interesting past few weeks as we have had the Spring Trade Show (did you stop in and say hi to us?), the Community Directed Funds stakeholders forum to discuss the who,

famous book, All I Really Need to Know I Learned in Kindergarten, and I couldn’t help but reflect how applicable the first rule is to the community complex. It simply states, “Share everything.” We get a lot of people here in our sandbox and could you imagine what it would be like if our patrons didn’t follow at least the most basic tenets that are instilled as five-year-olds sitting on your butt in the sandbox with a group of your peers? Remember the mean kid that took your Neil Ostafichuk toy or messed up your caswhy, what and how of some tle? Hopefully they got pointed Columbia Basin Trust funds in our back in the right direction but we valley and, finally, the quilt show. knew being in the sandbox was a Looking forward over the next privilege, not a right, and we number of weekends are the annu- quickly learned that we didn’t al Canadian Rocky Mountain throw sand and everyone had a lot Cloggers conference, Creston more fun when we shared. Valley Bird Fest, martial arts conWhile those days of the sandvention, the Rotary WineArt event, box are long behind some of us, it Prince Charles Secondary School is one of the more fitting analogies grad and triathlon. Wow! That just for society today. Our sandbox at gets us into the first week in June. the community complex includes I was cleaning up some paper- both friends and strangers; strangwork on my desk the other day… ers are friends you haven't yet had OK, that’s a lie — I just rearrange enough time to play with. and restack in my own particular Remember what Aristotle said: method of horizontal filing. (I saw One hour of play tells you more a quote by Albert Einstein the about an individual than many other day in which he said, “If a hours of intellectual conversation. cluttered desk is a sign of a clut- Find a stranger, play with him or tered mind, of what, then, is an her, and see a new friend emerge. empty desk a sign?”) Anyway, I Our sandbox is big; the Creston came across some reference to that room can hold 450 people (and has,

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on occasion), the hockey arena is rated for 941 in the bleachers and 1,700 on the dry floor (there have been some massive grad ceremonies here), the fitness track is assessed at 100 patrons and the pool area can hold 237 swimmers and 50 spectators (and has a few times in the past five years) so can you imagine what it would be like if we couldn’t tolerate each other?

Moving Along Together Week 2 Communication and Memory Changes

“Someone may forget what you said, but they will never forget how you made them feel.”~ Carl W. Buccaner.

Our weekly sessions at TAPS for this new program is attended by people affected by memory changes and their family caregivers. We use “By Us for Us” Guides published through the University of Waterloo by the Murray Alzheimer Research and Education Program as points of discussion chosen by the participants. We’re offering a few ideas and resources for your information and family, friends and loved ones in these monthly columns and on the Valley Community Services website. You don’t have to look very hard to find the flood of new information on the topic of ‘our brains’ available today. Memory changes may occur for a variety of reasons such as: stress, illness, drugs, aging and specific brain changes. If you or someone

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Our ability to communicate and therefore how we feel and respond is affected by our ability to recall words, memories, meaning etc. The lost keys, eyeglasses, forgotten names…who among us hasn’t experienced this? And it is the fodder for many a joke! How we respond to these events can be stressful until we figure out how to work with it to our benefit. Participants were interested this week in exploring the topic of nonverbal communication. We are designed to pick up and communicate with the world around us for many reasons, and we do so in a variety of ways: verbal, non verbal, written and para-verbal (tone, pacing and volume). Think of all the ways we use our bodies to communicate subtle or overt messages, whether we’re on the sending or receiving side: nonverbal cues such as : thumbs up, smile, frown. It is good to remember also, that body language/ facial expression/tone/posture etc. can mean more than the words we use or hear.

Some helpful tactics might be: to write down things that you want to communicate say to a friend and you can refer to your notes to help recall them. Also, if you don’t understand what was communicated to you by someone, ask them to repeat it. You can also ask the other person to slow down and/ or use shorter and simpler questions. As caregiver or friend, remember to consider these ideas in your style of communication. Utilizing simple notes posted in strategic spots are useful, such as a note saying “Keys?” posted at the apartment or house door. Quote: From http://brainxchange.ca/Public/ Files/Behaviour/ShiftingFocusBooklet.aspx Ongoing posts and further links can be found at http://www.valley.services following the links at Seniors Services to TAPS then to Moving Along Together.

Somewhere in there, hopefully you start to learn the rules of the sandbox; wipe down the machine when you finish working out, skate with the flow of people, try to clean your feet when you come in, don’t jump in the lane where someone is swimming — there’s a pile of rules to learn and many of these are not instinctively learned just by walking through the front

doors of this place. That’s part of our job: gently indoctrinate on how to not throw sand or take someone’s toy, and boy, I’ll tell you, sometimes it seems that’s all we do all day, but in the end, the result is everyone has a lot more fun when we share. Neil Ostafichuk is the recreation supervisor at the Creston and District Community Complex.

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for only $12.99! No, the definition of a beach body is not to “get your body and put it on a damn beach.” It means perfection. It means desirability. It does not mean unconditional self-love and security. That’s simply ridiculous! Remember, nobody will like you if your belly’s too round, skin is too pale or thighs are too thick. If your arm fat jiggles, I’m sorry, but you are the lowest form of human being and will not make it come Judgment Day. In fact, in the event of a zombie apocalypse, you will die first because you are so ugly. LoRae Blackmore No, you are not allowed to summer in baggy T-shirts and sweats, feel good about yourself when you thinking about how you failed to don’t fit our perfect idea of a conaccomplish the one thing that deter- ventionally attractive woman. What mines your value as a woman: a sexy kind of independent, self-confident, whole human being do you think body. Despicable. Now that the sun’s out, you must you are? So come on, feel awful about remember that you’re a disgusting bag, so you must get yourself bikini- yourself and let your self-hatred ready. Forget self-love and confi- fuel your need to buy crap that you don’t need, but will keep the condence, and get rid of that cellulite! Nobody wants to see that flabby sumerist toxic media wheel going. tummy, so make sure you spend your Go on, girl. Treat yourself. Keep consuming our destructive spring binge-exercising, feeling bad about yourself and buying lots of popular garbage, keep hanging beauty and diet products. We’re here 90-pound models on your wall, to tell you: no, fat girls are not allowed keep aspiring for this unattainable, to be confident, and yes, the only way unrealistic image of happiness and thin girls got thin was by buying a perfection. Summer’s almost here. Are you crap-ton of diet supplements and yoga mats. We’re here to sell you hap- beach body ready? LoRae Blackmore is in Grade 12 at piness and self-love for only $29.99! But wait! You can get an extra Prince Charles Secondary School. The dose of self-esteem to complete the Teen Take is a column co-ordinated by Perfect Body-Perfect Life™ package Creston’s Teen Action Committee.

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Blossom Fest 2015 Headliner

Stage Show: A Tribute to Johnny Cash

David James & Big River 7pm • Friday May 15 Prince Charles Theatre

Tickets on sale at Black Bear Books and Creston Valley Chamber of Commerce For more information call 250-428-4284 Visit our website www.blossomfestival.ca

Warm Fuzzies to... - Henny Webster - for your thoughtfulness and talent in making a vase ﬁlled with balloon creations that delighted my visiting grandson. - Randal and Peltzer Heating for dealing with the broken water heater so quickly. Very appreciated!! - Carol, for all the delicious meals from the grateful patient and the one who hates to cook! So very appreciated. - Shirley and Ron for the beautiful bag of goodies. Delicious! Customers like you make our job enjoyable. - Christie Bullis for making our swim time at the pool so enjoyable. We’ll miss you. - Our team of awesome volunteers for building exhibits, setting them up (and taking them down again), ﬁlling sandbags, and everything else you do to help when I get crazy ideas. - Lisa Viola for making my pool time safe, fun and clean and for all your hard work, always done with a smile. You will be missed. - The Army Cadet Corps. for all your help with the Trench Dinner. - John D. for all the research about the soldiers at St. Julien. - Dairy Queen and A Break in Time Caffé for your help with the “special rations” at the Trench Dinner. - Lisa Viola for taking such good care of our pool... what will we do without you? - Bernie and Kathy Scott for your support of Uncle Sam. - Daniel Martinez for being “Span”tastic. - Sue Eheler for being the best cleaner/picker upper and now trainer. And always the best neighbour. - Tara for a wonderful home cooked meal and unbridled warmth and generosity. - Christie Bullis for being a hard worker at the Creston pool, this did not go unnoticed by myself and many others. I wish you all the best in the future.

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