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LET IT GO — About 1,000 juvenile white sturgeon were released into the Kootenay River on May 6, including about 300 in a public event at the former

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Participants in the last Official Community Plan review might be surprised at how quickly time passes. It has been 14 years since the last update. “Yes, it really has!” said town manager Lou Varela. “I can’t speak to the previous process, but it is my hope that this current process provides a frame-

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Twenty-one-year-old Elisha Jimmy of Creston faces a charge of arson causing bodily harm as a result of an RCMP and Creston Fire Rescue investigation into an apartment fire on April 30. Jimmy was to remain in custody until a scheduled court appearance yesterday, according to an RCMP spokesperson. A young Creston man, Ross Millar, remains in critical condition in Vancouver General Hospital. A report on GoFundMe. com, a fundraising website, states that Millar underwent a seven-hour skin graft operation on May 7.

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noon, but the morning is reserved for what society president George Green describes as “our famous pancake breakfast.” Search and rescue volunteers will be also on hand and displays describing their work will be out for viewing. Make it a family event and get to know your local airport. You might just need its services one day. •••

group of about 30 kids will travel with Brooke and Darren Douma — she the high school drama teacher, he the second-place winner in the 2014 world, Australian and Canadian blind golf championships — to New York next spring, to take in theatre and culture. “As someone visually-impaired who appreciates the fine arts, I wanted to

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he Town of Creston Spirit Committee extends its appreciation to the volunteer organizations and community members who participated in the April 11 Volunteer Appreciation Day at the Creston and District Community Complex. Eighteen non-profit organizations set up free booths at the Creston Valley Farmers’ Market to showcase the wide range of

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he Creston Valley’s first Business Walks event will take place May 25. The walk aims to take the pulse of downtown by connecting face to face with businesses. Volunteer teams will be going door-todoor from 9:30 a.m.-

noon and 1-4 p.m. in the downtown area. The Business Walks program involves a partnership facilitated by the Ministry of Jobs, Tourism and Skills Training (JTST), the Town of Creston and the Creston Valley Chamber of Commerce, and local service providers. Volunteer walkers (teams of business, civic leaders and business support service providers) will go from business to business asking owners or managers a couple of simple questions about their business. Businesses that need assistance will receive followup visits and will be provided one-on-one support. Business Walks is recognized as an economic development best practice by the provincial government. Gathering community and business information is a key ingredient to foster the area’s economic growth and expansion potential. Business owners and managers are encouraged to be at their business on May 25 when the teams are engaged in Business Walks. By taking the time to answer just a few questions, you will be providing valuable information that area support agencies can use to develop programs and services that will better support small businesses. For more information, please contact chamber executive director Jim Jacobsen at 250-428-4342.

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MS Society volunteer earns President’s Award For 40 years, Ken Chubb has lived with multiple sclerosis, the chronic degenerative disease of the central nervous system, which affects about 100,000 Canadians. And for most of that time, Chubb has been an active volunteer with the Multiple Sclerosis Society of Canada, offering support and advocacy — and his dedication and commitment were recognized when he received the BC and Yukon Division’s President’s Award last week. “My life is a life of service,” he said. “It’s not for accolades. This is just who I am.” There was a time when that life of service was unimaginable — the 63-year-old was diagnosed in his early 20s, when a severe attack put him in the hospital for more than five months. “I was really, really sick,” he said. “The MS symptoms came on so quick, they didn’t expect I was going to live.” When he was released, he went to work with his brother in his parents’ dry-cleaning business, which wasn’t ideal for someone dealing with the disease. “The heat of the laundry made it difficult to cope with,” he said. When his parents sold the business, Chubb went to university, earning a bachelor’s degree in social work. He worked at a group home when institutions for the mentally disabled people were first closed, and later began working for Child Protective Services

until his retirement in 2000. Chubb was involved with Kelowna’s MS Society chapter for 12 years. He and his wife, Suzanne, moved to Creston in the late 1980s, and he got involved with the Creston support group in 1988. He was a board member of the BC and Yukon Division for a number of years, and is currently a member of the division’s client services committee, as well as one of the main contacts for the Creston support group. “Ken has been instrumental in connecting clients with the MS Society to assist with advocacy, support and information, as well as to assist with the navigation of the health care system and access to the MS clinic for diagnosis,” says the BC and Yukon Division newsletter. “Ken has liaised with the client services staff, helping to identify local challenges, gaps and problems with health care services, as well as assisting in making connections between local health care providers and the MS Society to facilitate more collaborative care for those living with MS in the Creston area.” Including spouses and children, there are about 50 members in Creston support group. Those connections are important for everyone involved. “You’re dealing with a major loss,” said Chubb. “You’re losing your health and the things that go with it. … It’s generally a downward slide. But you make the choice to keep going with the support of family and friends.” Chubb can’t stress enough his gratitude for his family’s

support, with his wife, two children and grandchildren always ready to help however they are able. Although he hasn’t had an attack as severe as the first one, Chubb now deals mainly with mobility and balance issues, and he’s had optic neuritis — a temporary blindness — a few times. But none of that has lessened his passion for supporting others in similar situations. “I wish I had more time and energy,” he said. “I would like to spend more time doing home visits.” Personal contact and support are important, and the Creston group is always interested in extra help. “Doctors don’t have time to do anything but medical stuff,” Chubb said. “We’re always trying to recruit healthy volunteers that are focused on the cause of the MS Society, which provides support for people living with MS.” For Chubb, that volunteer work has given him a greater purpose than simply managing his own health — he harks back to a college term, “self-actualized”, to describe how he feels. “It’s an awesome bonus to feel that way,” he said. “I don’t go to bed at night wondering what to do the next day.” And he’s happy to keep on helping others — all the while humbly downplaying his award. “I feel very honoured,” he said. “It’s an honour to be able to serve. … “I truly have found myself.” For more information on the Creston support group, contact Ken Chubb at 250-428-7737 or Barb West at 250-428-2882.

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Martial arts convention running for third year BY BRIAN LAWRENCE Advance Editor

For a third year, the Deep Water Martial Arts Convention and Tournament is being hosted in Creston, bringing dozens of students and masters to town. Running Friday to Sunday this weekend at the Creston and District Community Complex and open to the public, Deep Water offers a chance for education in a

wide range of martial arts-related areas. “The idea is that martial arts is a lifestyle rather than kicking and punching people — I feel that people get too caught up in the kicking and punching,” said Neil Ripski, Red Jade Martial Arts founder and Kootenay Chin Woo Martial Arts Association board member, both of which sponsor the convention. About a dozen karate, jiu jitsu, tai chi, ninja and Chinese medicine

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masters will attend the convention, along with about 70 students from schools in Nelson, and Lethbridge, Red Deer and Edmonton, Alta. Workshops include Chinese medicine — discussions of basic Chinese meridian theory (Friday) and Chinese medicine in everyday life (Sunday) — swords, ninjitsu and more. An opening ceremony followed by a tournament is the event’s official kickoff at 9 a.m. Saturday; all of the events take place at the rec centre, except for an evening tea with the masters, which runs Saturday at the Snoring Sasquatch. One of the discussions Ripski will lead deals with drunken boxing; the Creston Valley resident is one of only a few teachers in the world. Last year, he spent a week teaching in Israel, and he recently visited Rome to teach at Heaven Fight Arena, where he was visited by students from Israel, Switzerland, Britain and Italy.

It was an intense week, with Ripski cramming as much as he could into five eight-hour days. “I just pushed it on them to see how much they could handle,” he said. “It was like going to your grandma’s house and she keeps telling you to eat.”

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As with his previous teaching trip, Ripski made sure he had time to see the sights, visiting the Vatican (where he accidentally followed the wrong group and nearly ended up at the papal residence before police caught up with

him) and filming martial arts videos in the Coliseum and Roman Forum (where police chased him out while filming after sunset). In Rome, Ripski stayed near a church that was the last architectural work of Michelangelo, and was amazed to see fountains in the city that were still served by ancient aqueducts. “You can’t go five minutes without seeing one that’s been trickling water for two thousand years,” he said. He even had the opportunity to use his martial arts training when a man came up to him, shook his hand and whispered in his ear — the man’s hand was already in Ripski’s backpack as he did so. Rispki defended himself by twisting the man’s wrist. “It’s a move that I never use and thought was stupid when I learned it,” he said with a laugh. For more information on the Deep Water convention, visit www.deepwatercon.com.

ignored. The recently completed Cultivating Creston integrated community sustainability plan already articFROM PAGE 1 ulates the community’s That was when planner expressed desire to ensure Jamai Schile was brought in to that Creston and the Creston work on contract. The OCP is Valley is poised for economic, one of her key responsibilities. social and ecological “The OCP provides cultural, success, he said. Stantec Consulting Ltd. repIn order to get broad comresentatives will work closely for expression of munity input and buy-in, the with Schile, Town staff and a the values and goals committee members will be 15-member public advisory working with specific commucommittee to create a docuof the citizens by nity groups and organizations, ment that serves as a roadmap and also organize meetings and for development in coming the citizens.” events that will facilitate condecades. Couns. Jim Elford and Lou Varela sultation with residents of all Karen Unruh represent town ages and interests. council at the table. Town manager “The OCP provides for The OCP is designed to be a expression of the values and proactive community planning tool that describes a longStantec representative goals of the citizens by the cititerm vision for the community, Mark Crisp told council at a zens,” Varela said. “It is a key includes concepts and policies recent meeting that the OCP mechanism for the citizenry to (but not regulation) and is process includes reviewing make its voice heard. Public “constitutional” in nature. It is past documents and reports input will define the characterintended to guide municipal so that work previously done istics, core values and commudecision-making regarding in the community is not nity aspirations of our community, that will set the direction of planning Creston Valley Rod and Gun Club 9th Annual and development for at least the next five Family Heritage Day • Open House years.” Saturday May 23, 2015 • Kidd Creek Range Its value as a tool for town staff cannot be 10:30 am - 3 pm overstated, she added. FREE Family-Oriented Event “The document Try archery and pistol, riﬂe or trap shooting provides guidance for as our guests managing and directInfo: crestonvalleyrodandgunclub.org. ing the development Questions? Call 250-428-7329 MEMBERS! and growth of the FREE community,” said Check out our GREAT FACILITY! Family Fishing Varela. “It assists coun25km east of Creston Weekend cil in setting regulation Turn left on Kidd Creek (zoning), lays out the Forest Service Road for 1km community’s vision for the future and provides direction on how Saturda y that vision can and June 20 10:30am should be achieved.” start Over the next year, the Advance will pro• Barbecue vide a series of updates • Youth Fish on the process as the ing Derby CVRG MEMBERS: OCP is updated. The pick up your 2015 membership updates will include Enjoy Mawson Lake picnic area today. Memberships will not submissions written by and boat launch be sold after August 31. committee members.

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Children building fort reported to Creston RCMP BY LORNE ECKERSLEY Advance Staff

Creston RCMP responded to 67 calls for service from May 4-10, Staff Sgt. Bob Gollan said on Monday. May 4 •Police received a complaint that children at Yahk Elementary School are using spikes, hammers and other tools to build a fort without adult supervision. •The owner of an aggressive dog on Bowe Road in Crawford Bay has agreed to keep the animal penned. •A cellphone that fell off a bike on Highway 3A was picked up by a vehicle, which then drove away. The phone was later located using a lost cellphone app. •Police assisted Grand Forks RCMP with a sexual assault investigation by interviewing a witness. •A male who fell off his bike on Vancouver Street was taken to hospital. •A male called from the hospital to ask for police help because he felt staff were taking too long to evaluate his girlfriend. •A Ninth Avenue neighbours’ dispute involving cameras and the dumping of garbage required a police visit. •The owner of a vehicle reported to be driving erratically on Highway 3 has been sent a warning letter. •A driver who did burnouts in a Cavell Street parking lot was issued a ticket for driving without due care and attention. •Police received a complaint that a local female has been sending letters containing inappropriate content to prisoners in Belgium. •A house window was apparently shot with a BB or pellet gun on Kitchener’s Airport Road. •When police checked a complaint on 15th Avenue

North about a male being verbally abusive, they concluded no assault had taken place. May 5 •A report about a deer stuck in a fence on 11th Avenue South was referred to conservation officers. •A parked car rolled down Dugan Street and collided with a telephone pole. •A warning has been sent to the owner of a black GMC Sierra pickup reported to be driving erratically in a school zone on Highway 3. May 6 •An iPod found in the Goat River was turned into police. It is not working. •A hitchhiker reported that when the vehicle he was riding in on Highway 3A stopped so he could take a bathroom break, the driver sped off with his backpack. •An ongoing issue involving a driver of a vehicle with an Alberta plate was reported in the construction site on Northwest Boulevard. The driver has been abusive to flaggers, making gestures and yelling obscenities. •Police are assisting Quadra Island RCMP by attempting to locate a person in Crawford Bay with an outstanding arrest warrant. •Police were unable to locate a solicitor who identified himself at an 18th Avenue South residence as representing World Vision. •It was reported that three males standing and drinking coffee on Prince Charles Secondary School grounds put a white powdery substance in their drinks and mixed it in. •A mother who left her two preschoolers buckled into an idling minivan while she popped into the grocery store was spoken to by police about the potential dangers. •When police checked on a woman reported to be sleeping on the ground near 15th Avenue they found she was homeless,

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PUBLIC TOWNHALL MEETING Monday, May 25, 2015 - 6:30pm Crawford Bay School, Drama Room Purpose of the meeting is to facilitate public consultation regarding the Board of Education’s decision to dispose of the Old Crawford Bay School / Community Hall property. Neighbours and general public are encouraged to provide the Board of Education valuable feedback and to gain information regarding the future of the property. For more info contact: Kim Morris, Secretary Treasurer Phone: 250-505-7039 or email: kmorris@sd8.bc.ca If hockey and community are your passion, we need you!

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but capable of looking after herself. May 7 •A male was taken to the hospital when the vehicle he was in missed a turn at 27th Avenue North, went through a barricade, down an embankment and landed on its roof. Speed is believed to be a factor. •Police assisted Invermere RCMP by serving a subpoena. •An Alberta vehicle reportedly nearly hit two pedestrians in a crosswalk on Cook Street. •A male in dark clothing was reported to be trying to sell items by going door to door on 11th Avenue North. He was not located by police. May 8 •A landlord on 32nd Avenue North reported renters in a basement suite were too loud. •A warning letter has been sent to a red pickup owner after the vehicle failed to yield on Highway 21. •A 10th Avenue North resident reported that there is an ongoing issue of vehicles speeding down toward the Cavell Street T-intersection. The speed limit in on 10th Avenue between Cavell Street and Hillside Street is 30 km/h because there is a school nearby and limited visibility at the peak of the hill. Police will be stepping up patrols. •A reported assault at Canyon-Lister Elementary School is being handled by school district personnel. •A theft of Canadian and Mexican money was reported at a Blackmore Road residence. •Police were unable to locate a grey Dodge quad cab reported to be driving erratically and speeding on Highway 3 near Walker Bridge. •Police received several complaints about a couple arguing in a 15th Avenue North motel room. May 9 •A complaint from Hilton Place about a noisy party and bonfire was referred to the

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SCHOOL DISTRICT NO. 8 (KOOTENAY LAKE) POLICY & GOVERNANCE COMMITTEE MEETING at 2:30 P.M., BOARD MEETING at 5:00 P.M. (times are PST) Tuesday, May 19, 2015 Board Office, 570 Johnstone Road, Nelson BC Video Conferencing to Creston at: Creston Education Centre, 617-11th Ave., S., Creston Public Welcome

town bylaw department. •Police are investigating a report that a male pointed a firearm at another male. •A male who was refusing to leave a Cedar Street residence was gone when police arrived. •A male who was asked to stop taking videos of children in Centennial Park was reported to police even after he complied with the request. Police learned he is a videographer who was testing a new camera before a scheduled photography job next week. •Three intoxicated people reported to be on a bench on Highway 3 were gone when police arrived. •A male was reported to have threatened another male on 25th Avenue South. •Police received two reports of shots being fired on Highway 3 east

of Kitchener. •A vehicle checked on Helen Street was found to be uninsured. The driver was ticketed and the vehicle was towed. •A driver checked on Canyon Street because his vehicle had a noisy muffler was found to be consuming alcohol. When he failed a roadside screening test, he was issued a 90-day driving prohibition and his vehicle was impounded for 30 days. May 10 •After a rear-end collision in Crawford Bay, the offending driver was issued tickets for driving without a licence and following too close. •When police responded to a report about a possible fight and loud people at a Northwest Boulevard residence, they found an intoxicated female who had just kicked her guests out.

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When we were in Calgary a few weekends ago, I joked with some family members that I wanted to be there on the morning following the provincial election to see if the sun would come up if an NDP government was elected. Even at that late date no one seemed to take the possibility very seriously. It seems hard to believe that it was 44 years ago that the Progressive Conservative Party was trying to pull off a similar upset, hoping to form a new government after more than three decades of Social Credit rule. I was 17 and totally immersed in the campaign. Too young to vote but already an old at hand at election volunteering. I had worked on a federal campaign at 14 and as a 16-year-old was the youngest PC constituency director in the province. The election campaign in 1971 was exciting to work on. Peter Lougheed and a youngish group of bright lights had already made waves in the previous election with an enthusiastic and positive approach to wooing voters. Door-todoor campaigning, not common at the time, really got the attention of the public. In that election I had seen PC candidate Len Werry out going door to door, wearing running shoes, and it made a deep impression. It was enough to push me to make a cocky bet with my math teacher that Werry would unseat the incumbent and much older Socred in our riding. Much to his chagrin, he had to pay up, which he did by tossing my dime winnings across the classroom to me. In ’71 there was a cardinal rule in the PC party. No criticizing the Socreds. Instead Lougheed and his team put together a series of propos-

als that illustrated how they would govern and, in the end, the public believed them. It seemed like a miracle when a government that had been in power since long before I was born was toppled. That shift couldn’t be described as being nearly as dramatic as the

Lorne Eckersley one that happened last week, though. With Sarah Notley somehow elbowing out room in the centre of the political spectrum, she came across as articulate, passionate, thoughtful and not at all frightening. Here was an NDP leader that didn’t seem radical or anti-business, but who could be trusted to rid the province of the accumulated odor many long-lived governments emit. Much like old shoes, the Alberta PCs’ tongues were still fine but their soles had long since worn through. In retrospect, I suppose it has been too easy to paint Alberta as a right wing province, given the long track record of electing conservatives candidates. But Calgary’s choice of Naheed Nenshi should have been an indicator that Alberta has changed significantly, getting younger and decidedly more international in flavour as the long boom in gas and oil attracted professionals from around the world. It is this change in demographics, I think, that fos-

tered an increased sense of disgust with the status quo, first as Premier Alison Redford went all North Korean in her love of government perks, and then with ultra-corporate friendly Jim Dinning cynically calling an election for no better reason than his party was looking good in the polls. What had long since been clear to many living outside Alberta, the ruling party’s government was simply fresh out of ideas. And when Dinning welcomed the Wildrose Allliance Party’s group of opportunistic turncoats into the PC caucus a year earlier the message was clear — “Nothing new to see here, folks. We do whatever is good for us and damn the rest of you.” Now, unless Notley turns out to be the second coming of Nenshi, I can’t imagine that the NDP will be at the helm for anywhere near as long as the PCs or Socreds were. The pressures from the business sector, and oil and gas particularly, will be enormous. But if this election does nothing else, it could break the fear of change rut that the province has been in for most of its history. Albertans might sneer at our B.C. politics, but we do have a better record of taking chances and having a shorter stock of patience, which is a good thing, in my opinion. This result also breathes hope that a new, more worldly generation — and many, many more women — might be ready to inject new life into a province that hasn’t done particularly well in capitalizing on its resource wealth. Lorne Eckersley is the publisher of the Creston Valley Advance.

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Practice helps to bear the unbearable Soon after we start a regular meditation practice, we realize we are stuck in patterns. We suddenly become aware that things aren’t solid. They just slip away. At this point, mountains are mountains, in the narrow way. Then as

A Zen'sEye View Kuya Minague our idea of a solid self stumbles until there is nobody there, mountains are not mountains any longer; rivers are not rivers. There is nothing to hang on to. We have realized a deep truth about absolute reality. This experience is both terrifying and freeing. When we re-enter daily life, mountains are mountains and rivers are rivers once more. This coming back to ordinariness, this knowing that you can’t hang on to ordinariness, brings awareness that our lives aren’t ordinary at all. We begin to cultivate the realization of completion in every moment.

I’ve talked to many whose experience of life threatening illness has awakened them. It seems like we have to go through a horrible experience to find out that who we thought we are, we aren’t, and that who we want to hang on to, we can’t. And then this ordinariness has a whole different quality. When cultivating practice of ordinariness, although it is not as unconscious as it was before practice, delusion still comes up: grasping, judgment, competition. For Zen master Eihei Dogen, the 13th century founder of Soto Zen in Japan, it is sitting meditation that brings awareness that delusive thought is coming up, and that we are not it. With practice, human foibles still arise, but we know what they are so we no longer identify with them, grasp after them and insist on them. You recognize them as suffering. It’s easy to forget this and go down the road of suffering, but if we meditate, at some point we recognize what is actually happening. “Oh, yes, that’s right, suffering.” With Zen practice there is a consolation that when profound reality — even if it is horrible profound reality — presents itself, there is a part of the mind that knows to say, “This is a delusion,

and it’s passing. This doesn’t have substance. Don’t hang on to it.” Profound reality has no substance; it comes and goes. That’s what makes it profound, and that’s how we bear the tremendous difficulties of a human lifetime. Horrible and unacceptable things happen to each and every one of us. There is no one who doesn’t have to meet loss or a defeat that strikes us so hard that we can’t imagine how to live another day. This happens to every single person in a human lifetime, and the way we bear that reality is by recognizing that it too is coming and going. What we are experiencing is not the absolute. That’s how fully realizing impermanence helps us to bear the unbearable — even when it is very difficult. Suggested practice: If something happens that upsets you, step back from your emotions, turn your attention to your breath and remember that this will arise and pass, like everything else. Kuya Minogue is the resident teacher at Sakura-ji, Creston’s zendo. This column is part of a long essay on an essay by 13th century Zen master Eihei Dogen and is inspired by the teaching of Norman Fishcher. For more information, Minogue can be reached at 250-428-6500, and previous columns are available at www.zenwords.net.

darker green of neighbouring trees. Crimson king maples offer a dark maroon leaf colour. We have one for shade growing smack dab in the middle of the nursery. Princeton gold maples offers a bright yellow leaf colour. All three are, in fact, grafted Norway maples. The pink dogwood beside the nursery office is looking its best these days too. It offers a great floral display now, as well as pretty cool fall leaf colour and an interesting shape for winter. Around town, people are seeing the Japanese flowering quince, with bright red or orange flowers. We had a hedge of them in front of the house I grew up in. The flowers will attract hummingbirds. Chaenomeles are often referred to as japonica, which pretty much refers to any plant native to Japan. Many native Canadian plant species are named canadensis, like the eastern hemlock, Tsuga canadensis.

Dry weather will help reduce fungal growth on outside plants. Diseases like apple scab, brown rot of soft fruits and grey mould of strawberries should be naturally suppressed this year if the weather holds up. Farmers won’t have to spray as much. There hasn’t been any frost for a few days now, so with the snow melted off the mountains it’s pretty safe to put the garden in. Most years, I plant mine when the nursery slows down early June. I still get a good harvest as the warm soil and bright sunshine gets everything off to a good start. For Father’s Day, I plant some colourful annuals. I like mass plantings of drought tolerant plants, thick enough to keep the weeds down. Then it’s only a matter of getting the gardens watered once a week to keep them all looking their best. Happy planting! Evan Davies owns Beltane Nursery at 2915 Highway 3 in Erickson.

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It is early May in a very dry spring so far! I spend most Aprils watching the rain clouds pass overhead while wearing a touque. The hand-cranked sidewalls of the greenhouses need constant adjustment to get just the right temperature. Not this year!

Nursery Notes Evan Davies Freshly leaved-out maples offer a variety of leaf colour. There is a glorious Drummond maple by the corner of the nursery parking lot. Bright twotone leaves contrast pleasantly with the

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Everyone has times of feeling anxious, scared or fearful. In fact, without our body’s innate ability to sense and respond to pending danger, we would never have survived as humans. These days, however, anxiety disorders are like a car alarm repeatedly sounding when there is no real threat. Anxiety

Youth Mental Health Dr. David Smith disorders are the most common mental health concern for children in B.C., affecting an estimated four per cent of all chil-

dren, impacting their day-to-day life, their friendships, their school performance, their physical health and their sense of well-being. My colleagues and I in the mental health field are concerned that in this modern, fast-paced, wired world, anxiety disorders in children are greatly increasing. We are seeing more children than ever before who are constrained and made miserable by their fears when they should be feeling safe, secure, confident and happy. Anxious feelings include a rapid heartbeat, difficulty catching one’s breath, a sense of doom, sweaty palms, an upset stomach or stomachache, even nausea and vomiting. Focusing on the feelings can cause them to intensify, a vicious cycle. Anxious symptoms become a true anxiety disorder when the anxiety leads to avoidance of the situation that is causing the anxiety and causes significant physical distress and disruption of daily

life and functioning. An unresolved anxiety disorder can often lead to depression or substance use problems in future years. Anxiety, however, exists on a spectrum. A certain amount of anxiety is normal and beneficial. It keeps our children safe and conscientious; it motivates them to perform well. Children who tend to be anxious are often model students: high achieving, diligent, analytical, sensitive, alert, creative and imaginative. Too little anxiety and a child or teenager may take foolish risks or lack motivation to succeed. But too much anxiety and children become so paralyzed by fear that they may be unable to leave their parent’s side, leave the house, go to school, make friends or participate in normal life. The good news is that anxiety can be very successfully managed or treated when required. SEE YOUTH, PAGE 12

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From 4,000-5,035 feet on Lady’s Slipper Trail

The Lady’s Slipper Trail is one of four of the Creston Valley’s most popular mountain trails and trail systems. The Rim Trail leads along the crest of the Thompson range,

Then on Creston Mountain there is the Balancing Rock Trail System, which includes the Fern Forest and Creston Mountain trails that connect at the swamp boardwalk. The Lady’s Slipper Trail has kind of unique weather and exposure as it is exposed to inclement weather from more directions than are the other trails I mentioned. Arrow Mountain, shown on the maps but locally Ed McMackin known as Goat from the top end of the Mount Mountain, almost totally Thompson Forest Service Road stands alone in the valley. It (FSR) and the north peak to its gets winds coming down the end at the south peak. A spot Goat River drainage, from the near the end of the trail pro- Kootenay River valley to the vides a small-window view of north-northwest and also Bonnie Lake cradled in the from the southwest. The Pack arms of the mountain. Trail is sheltered by a rich forAlso on Mount Thompson, est and by the mountain, but on the bottom portion, is while the Balancing Rock Trail the historic Pack Trail, which system is protected by the joins the FSR just below kilo- mountain on the west and by metre 2 with the kilometre 5.5 a beautiful mixed forest of part of the road. It also links up birch, cherry and conifers. A with the Rotary Connector Trail group who hiked the Lady’s that crosses over to the FSR. Slipper Trail in March said

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they went through “four seasons’ travel” with warm and cold, sun, wind, rain and snow. It is quite possible to experience that on any mountain especially in exposed areas but until now I had never seen the significance of Arrow Mountain’s position in this Kootenay River valley. On the way up the trail there are several exposed overlooks on the west side (left) of the trail that might be windy but are great spots to view the valley and the winding of the Kootenay River against the background of the Selkirk Mountain range. The fore mountains, starting in Canada, in the south are Rykerts, Dodge, Creston Mountain ( directly west) and Mount Midgely on the north side of Summit Creek. Farther north on a clear day one can see the peaks of Hulme and Steeple and the fore mountains, along Kootenay Lake, Kootenay Peak and Mount McGregor just north of Cultus Creek at Tye. On the south side of the U.S.-Canada boundary are the sharp peaks

Moving Along Together Week 3 Our weekly sessions at TAPS for this new program are attended by people affected by memory changes and their family caregivers. We use the “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 in these columns for your information, for family, friends and loved ones. Information will be posted on the Valley Community Services website. This is meant to complement any information available through other sources and stimulate discussion. In this third session participants chose the Guide: Enhancing Wellness. We’ll be covering this topic over two weeks. The focus this week is: Maintaining Physical Well-being and the following was drawn from the guide including comments by Brenda Huanam in the Introduction in the Guide.

All wellness components of our lives overlap and are intertwined with physical, psychological and emotional, social and spiritual aspects contributing to our total health. When faced with changes, paying attention to and enhancing all these aspects can make a meaningful difference to how we adapt to the challenge of change and also how we can continue to live our lives to the fullest extent. In giving you this heads-up, we’re hoping you might consider if there is anything here that might be valuable, might be worth a few moments of your time for a closer look for yourself, or in assisting others. What does make a difference to how we live fully? How do you treat your mind, body and soul?

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“Two factors are important to enhance wellness for persons living with early-stage memory loss: Being proactive and establishing routines.” We’ll talk more about being proactive next week. Developing healthy habits and creating routines can help keep you on track. While situations constantly change, you can reassess your situation on a regular basis to make the necessary changes. Now, what are more habit and routine based than our food choices and activity levels, and also contribute to our well-being? The Canada Food Guide is a list of recommended food choices for healthy living and this week the group reviewed it, utilizing a checklist for their usual choices to become aware of what their habits are. There was a lot of discussion, sharing of ideas and at least one breakfast recipe! A suggestion for folks who were not sure about adapting it, was for them to follow the guide for one week and report back. Google Health Canada’s Webpage for a recommended checklist. Moderation, that ages old wisdom, is always recommended, and you have probably heard about some nutrients as potentially playing a part in reducing risks and enhancing functions. For example, some research suggests there is value in including foods rich in omega-3 fatty acids such as olive oil, fish, raw nuts and seeds and food rich in flavonoids or other antioxidants including a little red wine, green tea, chocolate (75% cacao content or higher). Turmeric is a spice recognized for its antioxidant properties. Reducing the amount of processed foods, including fresh foods and eating smaller amounts more often, keeping hydrated and eating a variety of foods are other suggestions.

We haven’t touched on the importance of physical exercise and its role in maintaining and enhancing memory. We’ll say more about that next week. This week the group including caregivers began a program at the Creston and District Community Complex which they will be doing every week. Thanks to fitness instructor Tia Wayling in partnering with us on developing this aspect of the program. 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.

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Local hikers Pauline Menu, Marion Lloyd, Holly McMackin and Sheila Herman keep the Lady's Slipper Trail on their list.

of Fisher and Parker peaks. Now let’s take a closer look. The Lady’s Slipper Trail is accessed by the Goat Mountain Forest Service Road that takes off, to the south, from the end of Foster Road in Lakeview. At the six-kilometre marker is a crescent pullout on the right. On the left is the trailhead and sign. In late spring, summer and early fall, the road is easily maneuvered with a high-clearance vehicle. However, skilled drivers have gone up with cars. To reach the trailhead, usually, one can just stay on the main drag; however, rain can obliterate vehicle tracks. One could also say, at major intersections stay right. At the first intersection, keep right. The other turns back to the left. At the second, keep right. At this division there is a post bearing an arrow and “Lady’s Slipper Trail”. At the third intersection, there is a board sign with engraved letters indicating the route to the right. It may take 30 minutes to reach the trailhead. In the East Shore and Creston areas, there has been an increased number of incidents where hikers’ vehicles have been broken into. It is best not to leave valuables in the car. If necessary, put them in the trunk or take them with you. Just a reminder. On the last day of April when five of us took to the Lady’s Slipper Trail, one couldn’t have wished for much better weather, not too hot and not too cold. It wasn’t long before we started shedding jackets but when we got to the mountaintop and sat down to eat our lunch we found it cool enough to put our jackets back on. The elevation gain from approximately 1,234 to 4,934 feet (376 to 1,504 metres) and the breezier conditions made it feel much cooler. The flower roll call was much the same as other years at this time. Calypso orchids (a.k.a. fairy slippers) were the most striking with

their slipper-shaped pink flowers. Another was the creamy white twinflower honeysuckle (Not to be mistaken with twinflower, which is also in the honeysuckle family with leaves, flowers and fruit in pairs). Counting the yellow round-leaved violet, just about every color was found along the trail. Purple flowers of ballhead waterleaf added a different color to the trail. When we got near the top we were in the spring season for the second time around! Yellow glacier lilies, white and pink spring beauties and an occasional mountain bluebell (Mertensia) displayed a splash of brilliant blue amongst the fresh green foliage. It is nice to get out on the trails in the spring season. Not just the Lady’s Slipper Trail but every trail in these Kootenay mountains, in its own right, is beautiful and something to appreciate in spring, in summer and in autumn. The Lady’s Slipper Trail has its own special show of summer flowers, also. While hiking along the Lady’s Slipper Trail I couldn’t help but think of Ralph Moore and all the energy and time he put into helping to establish many of our local trails. These have done much to create awareness of and appreciation for our unique Kootenay mountains. At several points along the trails, I saw evidence of his presence there in old chainsaw cuts to clear the trail. At a specific spot I remembered how he would excitedly tell people about the rare, uniquely colored pinesap plant one might find along this trail. How does one remember Ralph? How does one best remember him? Perhaps it is by picking up the “torch”, in whatever way there is an opportunity, to foster awareness appreciation and action along our trails and for the endless creation in our Kootenay Mountains. Ed McMackin is a biologist by profession but a naturalist and hiker by nature. He can be reached at 250-866-5747.

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Murder Mysteries Lewis Richard Seager is crushed by a car. ’ Working For King and Empire Å NHL Hockey CBC News: Vancouver (N) Laughs: Gags Marketplace the fifth estate ’ Å The National (N) ’ Å CBC News Vancouver at 11 Modern Family Big Bang Big Bang ››› “Scream 2” (’97) David Arquette. Premiere. ’ Å Q13 FOX News at 10 (N) Most Wanted Modern Family High Profits Anthony Bourdain Parts This Is Life With Lisa Ling This Is Life With Lisa Ling This Is Life With Lisa Ling This Is Life With Lisa Ling (:00) Bellator MMA Live (N) ’ (Live) (:15) Cops ’ Cops Å Jail ’ Å Jail ’ Å Jail ’ Å Jail ’ Å Jail ’ Å Jail ’ Å Home Factory Home Factory Home Factory Hunters Int’l House Hunters Home Factory Home Factory Home Factory Home Factory House Hunters Renovation ’ Criminal Minds Criminal Minds Å (DVS) (:01) Criminal Minds ’ (:01) Criminal Minds ’ (:01) Criminal Minds ’ (:01) Criminal Minds ’ Love It Love It or List It Å Property Brothers ›› “Monte Carlo” (’11) Selena Gomez, Leighton Meester. Å Monte Carlo Assembly Thundermans “Princess” (’08, Fantasy) Nora Zehetner, Kip Pardue. ’ Å Laughs: Gags Just Kidding Just Kidding Haunting Hour Haunting Hour The National The National (N) ’ Å The National (N) ’ Å The National (N) ’ Å The National ’ Å The National ’ Å Way Wckd ››› “The Hangover” (’09) Bradley Cooper. ’ Å ›› “The Hangover Part II” (’11) Bradley Cooper. ’ Å ››› “The Hangover” (’09) MythBusters Mayday Å (DVS) Mayday Å MythBusters “The Simpsons.” Blood, Sweat & Tools Mayday Å (DVS) (:00) ›› “Two Weeks Notice” (’02) ’ Å Handsome Devils ’ Å Friends Å Friends Å ›› “Two Weeks Notice” (’02) Sandra Bullock. ’ Å Curvy Brides Curvy Brides Matchmaker Matchmaker Say Yes Curvy Brides Curvy Brides Matchmaker Matchmaker Say Yes: ATL Say Yes: ATL Graceland ’ Saving Hope Å (DVS) The Listener “Game Over” ’ Criminal Minds “Devil’s Night” Graceland “The Unlucky One” Saving Hope Å (DVS) Teen Titans Thundercats Ultimate Marvel’s Av. Hulk ›› “Fantastic Four: Rise of the Silver Surfer” (’07) Å Fugget Dating Guy Liv & Maddie Girl Meets The Next Step “Bad Hair Day” (’15) Laura Marano. ’ Å Girl Meets ›› “The Cheetah Girls: One World” (’08) Life Derek House/Payne Modern Family Seinfeld Å Family Guy ’ Family Guy ’ American Dad American Dad The Jeffersons Gimme Break “Mission: Impossible 2” (’00) Corner Gas ’ Just for Laughs Laughs: Gags Laughs: Gags JFL The Simpsons Big Bang Big Bang JFL JFL You Gotta Eat Diners, Drive Diners, Drive Diners, Drive Diners, Drive Diners, Drive Diners, Drive Diners, Drive Diners, Drive Diners, Drive Diners, Drive Ghost Hunters Storage: NY Storage-Texas Storage Wars Storage Wars Ghost Hunters ’ Å Storage: NY Storage-Texas Ky. Bidders Ky. Bidders Pawn Stars ’ Pawn Stars ’ Pawn Stars ’ Treasures Decoded ’ Å Pawn Stars ’ Pawn Stars ’ Restoration Restoration American Pickers ’ Å (:00) ››› “Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban” (’04) ’ Å Castle “Vampire Weekend” ››› “Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban” (’04) ’ (:31) Mad Men Å (:38) Mad Men Å (:43) Mad Men “Chinese Wall” Å (9:49) Mad Men Å (10:55) Mad Men Å Border Security Security Border Border Border Border Bggg Bttls Bggg Bttls Border Patrol Border Patrol News Channel News-Lisa CTV National News-Lisa CTV National News-Lisa CTV National News-Lisa CTV National News-Lisa CTV National Cat in the Hat Caillou Å Mike-Knight My Big Friend Max & Ruby Backyardigans Bubble Team Umiz. Fresh Beat Max & Ruby Toopy & Binoo Entertainment Real Stories Å Bob’s Burgers Bob’s Burgers Sex Sells: Commericals News Final (N) ’ Å ET Canada The Doctors (5:00) ›››› “Rain Man” American Masters (N) ’ Å Tavis Smiley Charlie Rose (N) ’ Å ›››› “Rain Man” (’88) Dustin Hoffman. Gaither Hour The Concert Series ’ Å Emily of New Moon ’ Å EastEnders ’ (:40) EastEnders ’ EastEnders ’ Supernatural Peter Popoff TJ C.-B. Les galas du Grand Rire 2014 Les enfants de la télé (SC) Unité 9 (SC) Le Téléjournal (N) (SC) TJ Colombie-Britannique Entertainment Real Stories Å Bob’s Burgers Bob’s Burgers Sex Sells: Commericals News Hour Final (N) Å ET Canada The Doctors Tosh.0 Å Tosh.0 Å Nathan-You Hollywood, FL The Simpsons Workaholics Tosh.0 Å The Simpsons The Simpsons Tosh.0 Å Nathan-You Legacies (:10) Slings and Arrows Å ›› “Jailhouse Rock” (’57) Elvis Presley. (:40) ›››› “Hair” (’79, Musical) John Savage. Å (DVS) Nutty Prof. 2 Thalassa Ports d’attache “Budapest” TV5 Jrnl (:40) Des racines et des ailes “Le bonheur est au village” Corps et monde “Japon” Quest. NASCAR Racing NASCAR Racing NASCAR Racing NASCAR Racing

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Warm Fuzzies to... - Christine for dropping off The Sound of Music record! - All the ﬂaggers on the downtown highway construction project for working hard trying to keep us moving safely through in the midst of all the chaos. - Lisa Viola for your dedication and hard work at the pool. We will miss your smile and friendly attitude to everyone. - Christie Bullis for a job well done at our local pool. You will be missed. - Lisa Viola for being committed to doing your job well. You will be appreciated by your next employer I’m sure. - South Creston residents for doing a great job spring cleaning “Bliss Park”. It looks awesome! - The crews that were doing roadside clean up on Devon Street and Valleyview Road on Sunday. Good for you! - Bryan, the would-be “Rich Man”, for performing through the pain at the Sunday concert. - Alan and Pat Chapman for helping the cubs and scouts build and shoot rockets. - The Rauch family for letting the cubs and scouts shoot rockets on their property. - Paul for eight-and-a-half years of the best “maintenanceing” ever! - Zav for your awesome mango mufﬁns. - Doug Sutcliffe for the amazing asparagus. So many people look forward to your bright, cheerful face that heralds the coming of summer!

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