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BY BRIAN LAWRENCE Advance Editor Members of the Blossom Valley Singers were thrilled to salvage the vast majority of the group’s music collection and costumes from the basement of the Trinity United Church on Nov. 19. “Recovering this at this point in time is really exciting,” said BVS president Dave Handy. The community choir had about $10,000 of music stored in the church, but its fate was uncertain following a Sept. 22 fire that

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The Krafty Kronys have started a new chapter in their goal of fundraising for the Therapeutic Activation Program for Seniors (TAPS). With a new home in the basement of Creston Card and Stationery, the group is set to keep on knitting, sewing and crafting in a permanent location, and celebrated with a reception for owner Mike Poznikoff and staff on Nov. 19. The donation of the space by owner Poznikoff is the continuation of a family tradition with TAPS — when his late father, John, owned Pharmasave, he donated prizes for games, and when his brother, Steve, co-owned the business, he helped establish a monthly health check program at TAPS. “I couldn’t believe how wonderful the community is,” said Jill Fehr, the Krafty Kronys spokesperson and a former TAPS co-ordinator,

who moved to the valley from Vancouver. One hundred per cent of the funds raised by the Kronys goes to TAPS, now run by Valley Community Services after the province stopped funding it in 2005. They started long before that, though, with a group coming to visit Fehr at TAPS in 1996. “These four Creston angels came in and talked about fundraising. … Well, did they ever mean it!” said Fehr. Over the years, funds from the Kronys have purchased coolers and a gas line and exhaust system for the stove at the former TAPS location on 21st Avenue South, as well as one-and-a-half buses. For many years, most of the Kronys work was done at the home of Patt Robicheau — one of the four who approached Fehr in 1996 — who died two years ago.

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Adult colouring reduces stress, develops creativity BY BRIAN LAWRENCE Advance Editor

For many adults, the thrill of colouring books has been long forgotten. But encouraging the memories can easily turn into a new obsession, says Win Dinn, creator of Colour from the Centre, her second colouring book aimed at adults. “I kind of think adult colouring books are kind of a gateway drug to creativity,” said Dinn. “It opens up that compulsion to be a maker.” While selling her first book, Colour Me Up, at markets and craft fairs, she’s seen many customers realize that colouring isn’t just for kids, although not right away. “I found the only way to get them slightly interested was to give them a colouring stick, be it a felt or pencil,” she said. “Once they started, they couldn’t stop.” It’s about more than remember-

ing fun, though — colouring can help seniors with hand-eye co-ordination, and also rekindles creativity and reduces stress, as Dinn discovered after a family tragedy. “I didn’t realize adults needed a colouring book till I went through a huge trauma in my life,” she said. So she picked up a book and began colouring. “I found it very soothing.” And that got Din started on an artistic journey: She began creating her own mandalas (from the Sanskrit word for “sacred circle”), the usually circular designs from many cultures — Turkish rugs, for example, start at the centre and move outward — representing the universe, and symbolizing unity and harmony. She would then have friends add colour. “We’d sit in the hot tub and when we weren’t in the hot tub, we’d colour my designs,” she said.

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Part of the allure of mandalas comes from the fact that circular designs can be found in nature — in flowers, for example. A high percentage of logos are also based on a spiral. “It calls to us,” Dinn said. “Even the way our blood moves in our body is a spiral.” She designed all of the mandalas in her colouring books, and although her initial fascination was with geometric shapes, Dinn’s mandalas have changed over the years.

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“I tend to find myself enjoying organic with a lot of soft lines and complex movements,” she said. She starts with a circle grid, usually creating from the centre outward with pencil before making a final version with ink. “That’s when I mess them up and have to do it all over again,” she said with a laugh.

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In the back of the book is a circle grid that can be copied so people can create their own mandalas, from geometric to organic, complex to simple. “I think it’s a fun way to test our geometric muscles,” she said. Din enjoys seeing the different ways her designs end up being coloured — never the same way twice. “Everyone has their own esthetic about the ‘right thing’,” she said. “I love that they’re all so very unique and seeing the differences. The image is unique but the design isn’t anywhere close.” Colour from the Centre is available at Puffin Designs, Creative Fix, Black Bear Books and Creston Card and Stationery. To see more of Win Dinn’s art, visit her blog at windinnart.blogspot.ca.

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This Christmas, give the gift of reading by joining the Columbia Basin Alliance for Literacy (CBAL) and the Creston Valley Public Library’s Annual “A Book Under Every Tree” Campaign

We are collecting new books for the Christmas hampers packed by the Creston Ministerial Association. Collections boxes are located at Black Bear Books, Kingﬁsher Books, Overwaitea, Extra Foods, Creston Valley Advance and the CBAL ofﬁce. The boxes will be picked up December 11, so make your donation today! We also invite you to take up a book collection at your workplace. For more information, call Joan at CBAL • 250-402-3534.

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Generosity still helping Manitoba community BY LORNE ECKERSLEY Advance Staff The story is by now familiar to Advance readers. Muriel Buhr was at a friend’s home in Arrow Creek when she heard the friend’s son, an RCMP constable, talk about life in the northern

Manitoba community of Shamattawa. Apples, he said, were a luxury in this fly-in First Nations reserve about 1,300 kilometres north Winnipeg. Now, six years later, another load of apples — and much, much more — is on its way to the community of 1,400, which was

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(From left) Mickey Godidek, Alicea Shukin, Muriel Buhr, Barb Warner, Keira Warner, Kaitlyn Warner and Terrie Faulkner packing boxes to be shipped to Shamattawa, Man.

once again in the news earlier this year when several youths committed suicide. If hope is a rare commodity in Shamattawa, the best response might come from the likes of Buhr, her friend Terrie Faulkner and the countless donors who have once again rallied to the cause. Last week, four sevenfoot-high pallets laden with boxes of apples and gifts of toys, clothing, boots and personal care items began their four province journey. A succession of shippers has been co-ordinated to get the pallets to Shamattawa at no charge. Buhr and her team of volunteers (who learn early on that “Nobody says no to Muriel!”) spend weeks organizing donated items — and others purchased at sale prices with donated cash — to ensure that each youth in the community gets a package before Christmas. For Buhr and Faulkner, the search for donations and deals is a year-round obsession. “If we are shopping and come across clearance specials, if the items are appropriate for what we need, we buy up everything,” Buhr said. Teenage girls help with the packing and their youth is a defi-

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nite asset, Buhr explained. “We’re old. We don’t know what kids want and like. But these girls do,” she laughed. Jewelry, cosmetics, games, clothing and personal items are all sorted and put into ageappropriate gift bags. As the group carried on with the packaging a couple of weeks ago, Buhr conducted a whirlwind tour around the Shukin Orchard warehouse that has become a year-round storage centre for the Shamattawa project. She pulled items out of boxes and explained how they were obtained and why they are suitable for the destination. “I come home and find things hanging from the doorknob or sitting on our deck,” Buhr said of the stream of donations that arrive, sometimes mysteriously. And she and Faulkner enjoy the challenge of bargain hunting. “It’s amazing how much we can do with $10 in this town!” The stories of generosity abound, including that of locals Robert and Nancy McLean and their son, a pilot who flies for Perimeter Aviation. “Nancy came to me this past year and mentioned that her

son is a pilot for Perimeter Aviation and would be coming through to Creston to visit,” said Buhr. “She said that if we could get something together for her, she would make sure her son got it and he would himself take it when he flew into Shamattawa from Winnipeg. With the gorgeous gift of an Xbox from Ken Shukin and the Xbox company’s overwhelming gift of 213 games, Nancy and Robert sent their son home to Winnipeg with some pretty heavy boxes for the school in Shamattawa. “And yes, he flew it up to them. I am sure that the kids were pretty happy to be able to play a few games on the Xbox at school as a reward!” The long trip to northern Manitoba starts with pallets being packed and moved with the help of the Shukin family. The pallets are delivered by Creston Parcel and Delivery to Columbia Brewery, where they are transferred to a semi that eventually gets them to Manitoba. Co-ordinating the shipment involves numerous trucking companies and relies finally on the generosity of Perimeter Aviation, which flies it to the final destination.

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MVAs top the list of calls for Creston RCMP BY LORNE ECKERSLEY Advance Staff

Creston RCMP responded to 67 calls for service from Nov. 16-22, Cpl. Monty Taylor said on Monday. November 16 •Police were called to a domestic disturbance on 24th Avenue North. •An uninsured vehicle that appears to have been abandoned on Samuelson Road was towed. •Officers assisted Saanich police by collecting a DNA sample from a local resident. •Police were on hand to keep the peace while a female collected belongings from a 24th Avenue North residence. •An 11th Avenue North resident complained about being harassed by his ex-wife. •A landlord-tenant dispute was reported on Crystal Road in Kitchener. •A vehicle partially blocking Highway 3A in the 2700 block was towed. •A vehicle went off Highway 3 near Kootenay Pass and into the ditch. No injuries were reported. November 17 •When police checked on a possibly suicidal male they determined he was OK. •An Erickson Road resident reported that his garage door had been opened in the night but there was no evidence of an entry. •A vehicle went off Lakeview-Arrow Creek Road at Highway 3A in icy road conditions. •Another vehicle hit a stop sign nearby. •Police were called to a Vancouver Street residence where a male and female were in a dispute about possession of a television. •A vehicle collided with a cattle liner that was turning off Highway 3 onto Nick’s Island Road South. •A warning letter was sent to the owner of a vehicle reported to driving erratically on Northwest Boulevard at Devon Street. •A downed power line was reported on Highway 3/95. Another power line was down

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near Highway 3A at Lockhart beach. •An Erickson Road resident reported that someone was knocking at her door late at night but police could not find a suspect. November 18 •Police noted a female driver making a U-turn on Northwest Boulevard and appearing disoriented. She was taken to hospital for assessment and the vehicle was towed. •A bicycle was found in the 1200 block of Northwest Boulevard. •When police located a male who was reported to be acting suspiciously near Millennium Park he informed them he likes to sit and read in the area. •Two pit bulls attacked pedestrians near Erickson Road at Highway 3, causing minor injuries. November 19 •A female reported pulling into a Cook Street gas bar and being told to move by a male driver, whose vehicle then bumped into hers. •Abandoned vehicles were reported on Highway 3 near Kootenay Pass and on Highway 95. •A vehicle went into a ditch on an icy Highway 3 east of town. No injuries were reported. •A vehicle went off Highway 3 near the Kootenay Pass chain-up area and had to be towed. No one was injured. •A flare was reported to have been seen from Silvercrest Road in Kitchener but police could not locate a source. •A resident in the 2800 block of Highway 3 reported that houseguests left after an argument, breaking the glass in the front door. November 20 •Police received a report that a 32-year-old female has not been seen since August. The investigation continues. •When police received a report that a child had not returned home from school it was determined that the student was at the home of a police officer, a visit arranged by the parents. •A vehicle collided with an elk on Highway 3A near View Road. No injuries were reported. •A suspicious male reported in the 200 block of 11th Avenue North was not located. See poLICe, page 5

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Blossom Valley Singers member Roxy Schmalz with a costume piece.

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into use in the group’s upcoming concert, The Colours of Christmas, on Dec. 11 and 13 — meaning the volunteers rushing to make new outfits, just in case these were lost, don’t have to go to any trouble. “Every sense we get is that we’re really fortunate,” said Handy. SCHOOL DISTRICT NO. 8 (KOOTENAY LAKE) REQUEST FOR PROPOSAL Health Promoting Schools Coordinator

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Knickers in a knot with new Footlighters play BY LORNE ECKERSLEY Advance Staff Director Gary Atha says that Creston audiences can expect to be rolling in the aisles with laughter at Creston Footlighters’ upcoming production of Nana’s Naughty Knickers. “It is fast and funny and a most people will relate to it very much,” Atha said. “This play provides a great evening of laughter and would be a great night with its appeal to both males and females.” The play, written by Katherine DiSavino, is a classic farce that will appeal to adults who don’t mind the occasional spicy language. The story takes place in New York, where Bridget (Anna Payne) and her Nana (Suzanne Chubb) are about to become roommates. However, what Bridget saw as a unique opportunity to stay with her favorite grandmother in New York for the summer quickly turns into an experience she’ll never forget. It seems her sweet Grandma is running an illegal boutique from her apartment, selling handmade naughty knickers to every senior citizen in the five-borough area! The plot thickens when Nana faces a nefarious plot to oust her from the rent-controlled apartment she operates — very quietly — from. Mayhem, not surprisingly, ensues. Atha will be making his directorial debut next week, but he brings about 15 years of stage and singing experience with him, most of it with Abbotsford’s four community theatres.

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Suzanne Chubb and Anna Payne in rehearsal for Nana’s Naughty Knickers.

“I used to go to a lot of theatre when I was younger,” he said. “I think I always wanted to participate, even back in high school, but my parents said there was no future in a theatrical career and dissuaded me.” The dream didn’t die, though. “I would sit and watch in theatres and think, I could do this. I could act.” His first production involved playing four small parts in Shadowlands. “And that was it,” he laughed. “I think I have done at least a show a year ever since.” When Atha and his wife considered moving to Creston for their retirement, the presence of an active community theatre company was a key consideration. He has been involved since they arrived in 2013. One of his last productions in Abbotsford set the stage for Footlighters to perform this particular farce. He played a role in Nana’s Naughty Knickers, which sold out for each of the nine shows in the run. “I love both musical and dramatic theatre and I actually prefer to be on stage,” he said. “But I

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•When police checked on a male with a curfew he was found to be breaching court conditions by consuming alcohol and being in the company of a specific person. He was arrested and held for a court appearance. •At the same location, a female was found to have an outstanding arrest warrant for assault. She was taken into custody until a court appearance was scheduled. •An intoxicated female in the 200 block of 15th Avenue North was taken to hospital for treatment.

couldn’t resist when Brian Lawrence told me that Frank Goodsir wanted to back away from directing [this fall] and asked if I would take the job. I guess it’s fair to say that directing has been on my bucket list.” In addition to Suzanne Chubb in the title role, Anna Payne plays Bridget in her first lead role and veteran Ann Deatherage also takes a comedic turn. Lawrence, Peter Simon, Logan Thompson, Leif Deatherage, Alexandra Ewashen and Susan Jorgensen round out the cast. Since holding auditions in August, the cast has been rehearsing at least twice a week, averaging about five hours weekly. It’s a big commitment for volunteers to spend so many evenings away from home, but they obviously enjoy the opportunity to entertain others. “It’s a fun production,” Atha said. “No one dies, but there is a delightful reveal at the end that is sure to surprise the audience.” Nana’s Naughty Knickers will be presented Dec. 3-5 at Prince Charles Theatre and tickets are selling briskly, available at Black Bear Books, Kingfisher Used Books and Fine Coffee and Creative Fix.

November 21 •A backpack reported lost in the 1500 block of Granary Road was later found nearby, without the iPhone and cash that it had contained. •A vehicle rolled into a guardrail at the landfill dropoff on Mallory Road. •An unwanted female guest appeared at a Highway 21 residence. November 22 •A three-hour rescue operation was required to get a 19-year-old male to hospital after he vaulted a concrete barricade in the 5600 block of Canyon-Lister Road. He was walking and saw an oncoming vehicle, so he jumped over the barricade not knowing that there was a 200-foot drop

awaiting. He was treated for injuries. •Police got more than they expected when they responded to a report of threats on Sixth Avenue North. During the investigation they saw unsecured firearms and requested a search warrant. The search revealed more firearms, which were seized. A 31-year-old male was arrested and charged with a number of infractions. He will appear in court in February. •Police were unable to locate a source of gunshots reported in the Riley Road Area. •The host of a noisy party on Northwest Boulevard was warned. •A male reported “young punks” setting off fireworks near Northwest Boulevard.

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I think that history will judge the current mess in the Middle East as having been exacerbated by the United States’ response to the airplane attacks on the World Trade Center in 2001. While there is no question the horrors of that day were intended to induce terror, the U.S. government had a choice to respond to the devastation as a crime or an act of war. It is hardly a surprise that a government that included the likes of Dick Cheney and Karl Rove chose the latter. The response was not surprising, but nor was it unprecedented. Americans like their wars, even if they don’t involve attacks on Third World islands and other inferior opponents. Successive administrations have declared “wars” on crime, poverty, drugs and other flavours of the day, even appointing “czars” (an odd choice for a title if there ever was one) to lead various crusades. If the choice to craft a war-like response to the 9-11 events was predictable, the details weren’t. Invading Iraq and Afghanistan, two crappy examples of nationhood to be sure, might have had an appeal but neither mission had a direct connection to the terrorist attacks. Saudi Arabian nationals were at the controls and their financing almost certainly came from their home country, but Saudi Arabia gets the same free pass as Israel from the U.S. Both countries seem to have carte blanche to behave badly without threat of retaliation from their buddies across the Atlantic. By labelling the air attacks an act of war, the U.S. (and its allies) gave instant credibility to all the misfits and miscreants who see no future in building their own coun-

tries up, and so seek to tear others down. Being classed as warriors instead of crooks played right into their hands, giving them a cachet amongst their own and elevating the fear of citizens around the world.

Lorne Eckersley As radicals in largely impoverished countries work to recruit others to their cause of dismantling the western world, their prospects improve dramatically when they promote their actions as a call to war. It wouldn’t be as fashionable to join up with a bunch of seedy criminals as it is go to war and fight for a cause in the name of Islam. As brighter minds than me have pointed out recently, Islam is not the problem democracies have to be concerned with. Most major religions have been used over the course of history as an excuse to kill others. Christianity is no exception. If the choice had been to respond to terrorism as criminal activity, the buildup that led to ISIS might not have come so easily. If there really is some kind of sick belief that blowing up oneself and others creates a path to the hereafter, it doesn’t seem likely that it would have become so widespread if we in the west viewed them as criminals. At every step of the way since 9-11, the western response has

rewarded the radicals. They want to be seen as martyrs and they want us to be anti-Islam. It feeds their own pathetic worldview and tells them that they are on the right path. We did, after all, fall hook, line and sinker for the rhetoric of our own leaders when we were told about “weapons of mass destruction” (as if nuclear arms don’t qualify) and some actually believed George W. Bush’s assertion that Iraqis would greet invading troops with bouquets of flowers as we worked to “win their hearts and minds”. So now we have this roving state we call ISIS, in which terrorists commit unspeakable crimes (yes, crimes) against what we mistakenly believe to be their own people on a mission that really has no goal other than to disrupt and create havoc. Heck, if I was living in squalor and misery with no hope for a better future, it wouldn’t take much to rouse me to a level of hatred against those whose lives are luxurious by comparison, and not devoid of hope. The saddest evidence that our own “war on terror” has backfired is in the response by those who decry taking in refugees, claiming it puts us at risk of the ne’er-do-wells who blow things and people up in the name of Allah. The same knuckleheads who think that free trade is OK even if it reduces a signatory country’s own sovereignty suddenly get all huffy and paranoid about people who fear for their own lives in ways we cannot even imagine. Game and set to the terrorists. We are going to have to get a lot smarter, and not meaner, if we want to have any hope of winning the match. Lorne Eckersley is the publisher of the Creston Valley Advance.

The wisdom of our bodies

Eihei Dogen, the 13th-century Zen master whose essay I’ve been writing about in this column, says that mountains are both sentient and insentient. They are insentient in the sense that they are physical presences without consciousness. But of course, mountains are expressive. When we study a mountain we feel something special. We feel what the mountain expresses. An Earth without mountains is a different Earth, and when you live in mountain country, as we do, we have a special feeling about the mountains. They affect us. Similarly, if you live in another kind of country, such as the Prairies, the big sky is very different from mountains and expresses something different about life and about human consciousness. So mountains are insentient. They are just stuff, but they are also sentient in that they express something. We humans are the same as mountains. We are insentient in that we are just stuff. There is not much difference between this body and a mountain. If we analyze the materials in both, we see that they are more or less the same stuff. But our stuff is so smart. It regulates the heart, makes sure we breathe, maintains homeostasis. Our bodies are

enormously complex and intelligent. In that sense, our bodies, like the mountains, are so wise and powerful that without saying a word we express something meaningful. Language has words that

A Zen'sEye View Kuya Minague combine together to make meaning. People are like words in that they combine together to make meaning. This is how meaning appears; it is created among us. In Zen meditation and practice, we emphasize the body. We use our capacity for awareness to feel the body, to connect to the breath. We allow the body to be as it is, in the moment. In so doing, we unite our consciousness with the universal experience of being a body. This is one of the most important parts of Zen meditation because we so often think of the body as a container for something else that is the “real” us. Our culture and our conditioning

have not taught us to appreciate the wisdom of the body or, for that matter, the wisdom of the mountain and the Prairies. Our human body is like the sea that has the profound wisdom to be in tune with the moon, to be in tune with the spinning of the Earth, to be a perfect habitat for all the ocean creatures. How did this happen? How did the ocean become so perfect for ocean creatures? How did the mountains become so perfect for mountain creatures? It’s amazing! We human beings are the same. Our bodies are perfectly adapted to this planet, to the food that’s available, to air and water, to the consciousness that we possess. Our bodies, exactly as we are, are as perfect and as wise as the insentience of the mountains, the Prairies and the ocean. Suggested practice: Intentionally rest your awareness on the experience of being a body. 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.

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Electricity the cause of global warming To the Editor: My theory on global warming starts with electricity. Alternating current (AC) all goes to the ground, where it meets with the water. With water being a conductor of electricity, it picks up the electricity and carries it to the ocean with a speed of 186,000 miles a second. It is almost there instantly. What affirmed my theory was a report by David Spence of CTV Calgary about the power poles on the street in Calgary being splashed by vehicles. The salt water spray from the street suddenly caused the poles to burst into flames. That’s what happens when AC electricity meets with salt water. When you put AC current into salt water, it heats up very quickly. As it gets warmer, all the warmth rises, so you will have all the warm water at the top and you will have an area of warm air above the ocean, the ocean breeze

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being the male and water being the female. Water is made up of molecules, with each molecule having a hole in it, which is where it stores the oxygen. It is essential to keep water supplied with oxygen. Without oxygen, all the animals and organisms in the water could not survive. With ocean breezes blowing, it has to push the warm air out of the way to get to the water, which in turn causes very high pressure. The pressure is constantly building up as it crosses the ocean, and when it hits land, all the pressure is suddenly released, causing tornadoes and destruction. As far as the Arctic ice, it is not melting from the atmosphere. It is melting because of the ocean’s warm water. It is melting down below and losing the footings, so when it can no longer hold on, it breaks loose and floats away. If it was caused by the atmosphere, it would be melting from the top down. It would melt where it is and not float away. There is so much electricity in the ocean that the Americans have found a way to recover it. They have units four miles off the coast of California that pick up the electricity and with a large cable take it to the shore where they power many homes. The ocean is crying out for help and no one is listening. John N. Faller Arrow Creek

raised to His full ministry. During Lent, we prepare for Christ's sacrificial death on the cross and His glorious resurrection, saving all of creation. Christ was born in order to die. He was baptized in order to be raised. This season of nativity is often referred to as the winter Pascha. The Pascha of Christ's resurrection was begun at the Pascha of His birth. The nativity fast incorporates other meaningful feast days. On Nov. 21, we celebrate the Feast of the Entrance into the Temple of the Theotokos. The Orthodox know DVENT IS IME TO REPARE Mary, the mother of By Anastasia Bartlett Jesus Christ, as the Theotokos, meaning God-bearer. Her entrance St. Aidan’s into the temple is not recorded in the gospels. Orthodox Much of what we know Church about Mary is found in the book of James, known as the Protevangelion, which Upon marriage, I joined a Baptist dates back to the second century. Church where my husband and I introMary was born to an aged couple, duced them to the December Advent Joachim and Anna, who had prayed to wreath. God for a child. When she was born, As Orthodox, Advent is so much they dedicated her to God. They kept more than a wreath. her as their own for three years until the Advent is known as the nativity time came to keep their promise, in part fast and begins on Nov. 15. It is a full because they were nearing death. They vegan fast where we refrain from all formed a procession of the young girls meat and dairy, which makes it really of the neighbourhood to escort Mary. hard trying to do any Christmas bak- The girls danced in front of Mary, carrying. The nativity fast parallels the ing torches. Drawn by the lights and the Paschal Lenten fast. procession and a sense of destiny, Mary During the nativity fast, we prepare followed them joyfully to the temple, for the birth of Christ, to receive Him as not crying once as she was parted from the saviour of the world and then, 13 her parents. days later, on the feast of Theophany, As she approached the temple, the we celebrate His baptism, when He is holy virgin ran ahead of the other maidAdvent is here. As an Anglican, Advent was a time of preparation prior to Christmas. Every Sunday in December, we lit a candle signifying some aspect of the coming saviour. Every day in December, I would open a little window in my Advent calendar, increasing my anticipation of Christmas, not that I needed any help in that area.

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Media influenced election To the Editor: Our recent federal election left a bad taste in my mouth. I am not a card-carrying member of any political party and have been following politics for more than 60 years. I have never seen news media as against a prime minister as they recently were. Both CBC and CTV newscasters never had one positive word to say about Mr. Harper. What’s more, his time coverage in the newscasts was about one-third of the coverage for each individual leader from the other parties. I have no doubt we have the right party in power but who chose them? If this would have happened with our neighbours to the south I think there would have been a lot of lawsuits going on. We all know it was time for a change in federal politics but why not let the people make up their own minds? I would like to make up my own mind without the help of the newscasters. Don Schwab Creston ens and threw herself into the arms of the High Priest Zacharias, (who was later father to John the Baptist). He had been waiting for her at the gate of the temple. Zacharias blessed her saying, “It is in you that He has glorified your name in every generation. It is in you that He will reveal the redemption that He has prepared for His people in the last days.” Zacharias led Mary into the temple where the grace of the Lord descended upon her, thus making her the living Holy of Holies, the living sanctuary and temple of God who would take His flesh from her and dwell within her for nine months. Traditionally, the Orthodox Church views this moment as negating the need for the physical temple in Jerusalem as the dwelling place of God, replacing it instead with the hearts of all those who love and serve God. Mary remained in the temple for nine years. When she was 12 years old, the time when young girls were to marry, Joseph was chosen by God to be her guardian and protector. The Feast of the Entrance of the Theotokos into the Temple is the beginning of Mary’s total dedication to God and the beginning of her preparation to become Mother of the Incarnate Lord. This is a feast of anticipation and that is why it is celebrated during the nativity fast. As we show honour to Mary in her preparation, we are to emulate her dedication and preparations as we anticipate the incarnation of Christ, the Saviour of the world who will be born next month on Dec. 25, the Feast of the Nativity. Creston resident Anastasia Bartlett is the author of Glimpses of Glory and a member of St. Aidan’s Orthodox Church in Cranbrook. St. Aidan’s Pastor Andrew Applegate can be reached at 250-420-1582.

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or many people living with thinning hair or hair loss, the condition can be life-altering. Some — men and women alike — won’t leave home without a hat, worried about the social stigma surrounding their condition. Story and “Hair loss is a politiphoto by cally charged topic,” said Sandy Goldsmith, Brian owner of Capilia Hair Lawrence and Scalp Centre at 3019 Highway 3 in Erickson. “Men can be bald without attracting attention, but women can’t. For women, our hair is our crowning glory. We don’t realize how much it means to us until we start to lose it. It’s devastating to the point where people are afraid to wash or brush their hair. For cancer patients, it has an even deeper meaning.” But there may be a solution to the distress. “Our motto is, “If there’s hair, there’s hope,’ ” said Goldsmith. “A healthy scalp grows healthy hair.” Capilia — which uses exclusive Canadian-made, 100 per cent natural Laboratoire Nature products — offers a variety of treatments, for conditions including, but not limited to, thinning hair, alopecia and eczema. Goldsmith discovered her new career during many hours of research in a business course. She found Novera International, a Canadian leader in the hair loss and replacement industry. She flew to Toronto to train with Novera’s cutting edge technology and become a trichologist, which made it possible to become a Capilia affiliate. “Trichology is the science that allows us to identify and treat affections related

Capilia Hair and Scalp Centre owner Sandy Goldsmith demonstrating a microcamera analysis.

to the hair and scalp,” she said. “I offer a personalized consultation where I do a detailed analysis of your scalp with a microcamera and specialized software, and I can suggest a professional treatment adapted to your condition.” Goldsmith has lived in the Creston Valley for 28 years, moving here with her husband, Ken, for the beauty and opportunity. “It was a wonderful place to raise three sons,” said Goldsmith. “And I cannot say enough about how great this community has been to us.” She had been a hairdresser since the mid-1970s, and became a master colourist, investing time and money in maintaining and perfecting her skills. But stress and modern diets are taking their toll on scalps and hair, and Goldsmith’s education didn’t cover hair loss remedies.

“None of my training helped when I had a client sit in my chair and show concern over thinning hair or some sort of scalp affection,” Goldsmith said. “To be quite honest, I didn’t have the answers for them other than a one-size-fits-all product that mostly was unsuccessful. If I had a client — and I had many — who went through chemotherapy or radiotherapy treatments who would experience hair loss, I had to send them out of town for wigs.” For medical or non-medical hair loss, the centre offers natural-looking wigs, hair prostheses and systems, made with cutting edge technology. That made becoming a trichologist and opening Western Canada’s first Capilia centre in August 2014 especially exciting for her, with her background as a stylist preparing her for a future in the hair loss industry.

“I’ve been able to be at the cutting edge of my art and offer clients hair replacement services that look completely natural, by cutting, colouring and styling them,” said Goldsmith. “When I first started to do this as a career, I really felt like the stars lined up for me.” It’s been a surprise for many clients to learn that a hair loss centre is available in the Creston Valley, said Goldsmith, and she’s happy to be able to help them, whether they be male or female, old or young. “It is such a great feeling knowing when a guest leaves our centre they have a feeling of hope and renewed selfconfidence,” she said. “Since entering into this new career, I feel like I not only am changing looks and how people feel, but changing lives.”

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