Chase Sunflower - October 23rd, 2020

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Issue for the week of Friday, October 23rd, 2020 • Vol. 25, Issue 43

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Chase BC Delivery & Courier Services Closed on Thursdays

Legion Prepping for Smaller Ceremony submitted by Dave Smith, Chase Legion Branch 107

ork at the Chase Legion Br. # 107 has begun, preparing the Cenotaph / Cairn for the 2020 Remembrance Day Ceremony.

This year due to COVID 19 - Provincial Health Protocols and Regulations must be adhered to, with social distancing, personal safety in mind, and no more than 50 people gathering outside on Shuswap Avenue for Remembrance Day, the annual Event will be reduced in scope. No Wreaths this year. A reminder to please wear a Mask.

Each fall, the Royal Canadian Legion

provides Canadians with the opportunity to remember and honour our fallen comrades by conducting the annual Poppy Campaign. By wearing a Poppy, the sacred symbol of Remembrance, Canadians pay tribute to their sacrifices, deeds, and accomplishments.

WE WILL REMEMBER THEM... Nov. 11th NEW at 11 AM.... " ARRIVALS IN STORE Social Distancing in place and please wear a Mask...

The Twelve Baskets Before Christmas hosted by the Chase Fire and Rescue Department

Duck Range Mechanical

1 basket announced/week A winner each week $5 a ticket per week E-transfer to: chasevolunteerfire @gmail.com

- Your local Gas, Heating and Cooling specialist -

Basket includes: Cariboo hat. Tangles Salon, Hair color and cut. Cali Nails GC and a Chesters Coffee & Cinnamon bun GC. Valued at $220

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Community Bulletin The drop off box for the Chase Lions Community Calendar’s is now locates at Eye Candy Endless Emporium.

Your renewal sheet is behind October in your calendar, you can drop off with your $10 to the drop box or mail in. Any questions contact Jeanne 250-320-2314

spawning habitat? Then become a life-time member of The Adams River Salmon Society at www.salmonsociety. com. For just $25 a person you can make a difference and be part of the solution!

Chase Minor Hockey Bottle Donation. Due to Covid, we are asking that all tin/bottle donations be bagged and labelled "CMH" and dropped off at the Bottle Depot. CMH parents and players are grateful to the communities for all the support they have given us.

Chase Library - Gorgeous Gourds contest runs Oct 1-31.

Send in your fall pictures of your bounty! It can be pictures of your pumpkins, your amazing root veggies or anything fun from your fall garden. Email chalib@tnrd. ca or drop by and show us - must take your treasure back home though! 250.679.3331

OFFICE: 838 Shuswap Avenue, Chase BC Hours: 10 am - 4 pm Monday - Thursday PHONE:

Chase

(250) 320-3050

The Chase Sunflower invites stories, recipes, comments, photos, jokes and any other information that would be of interest to readers. We reserve the right to accept or refuse submissions and edit for content and length. We also reserve the right to refuse advertising that in our opinion does not reflect the concept of the newspaper. The opinions expressed in Letters and Columns do not necessarily reflect the views of this newspaper. Due care and attention for accuracy is used in checking advertising copy, but no warranty is implied by the publisher.

EMAIL: info@chasesunflower.ca WEB: www.chasesunflower.ca ** Alternate drop-off location at Willows Natural Foods ** MAIL: Box 524, Chase BC, V0E 1M0

Publisher/Editor: Creekside Senior Center are Kelsey Snelgrove looking for members to join The Chase Sunflower is copyrighted and may not be reproduced in whole or in part without the written consent of the publisher. our executive committee to help The Chase Sunflower is independently owned and operated Do you want to help us to organise the centre for 2021,

by Shuswap Prairie Publishing. 1500 copies are printed weekly protect and educate about the the elections will be held on and distributed around Chase, as well as to Pritchard, Sorrento, Squilax, Jade Mountain, and Adams Lake. The Sunflower is Wild Salmon and it’s sensitive Thursday November 12th. if you available FREE for readers because it is advertiser supported. are interested or know Please support the local businesses that advertise in the Sunflower; shopping locally enriches our community. someone who would be, please call Ivan Hawley Box 12, Chase, BC V0E1M0 at 250 679 2758.

250-679-8470* The elections will be Chase Rotary Box 73 chaselions67@gmail.com held on Thursday Pres: Patrick Herba ( 250-702-3677) Meetings are every 2nd & 4th Thursday, November 12th. Thank THANKS FOR in Room C at the Community Hall.

Meetings 1st and 3rd Thursdays of each READING! you.

New members welcome month @ Railside. New members welcome.

Call 250-679-8470 for all Lions projects: *Chase Lions RV Park The Light of Life Shuswap Victory Church For medical equipment or pull tab Native Fellowship Mass at Blessed 641 Shuswap Ave, Chase BC donations please call Karen Bassett Pastor Joseph Sacrament - Mass Social distancing in effect. Masks optional.

250-318-4527 #1.250.457-3845 on Saturdays at the October theme; Giving Thanks 400 Club Weekly Winner: Blessed Sacrament Sunday Morning Service: 10:00 am Parish at 4:00 pm. Shuswap Community Cecile Barnes $100.00 Wed evening Prayer/Praise; 6:30 pm - 9 pm Church All are welcome 10am, Sunday @

Chase Lions

Royal Canadian Legion Branch 107 515 Shuswap Ave, Chase * For info / hours phone 250-679-3536 *

Sat. Oct 24th & 31st Open

1pm - ?

MEAT DRAW & 50/50 @ 2 pm

Tues, Oct 27th OPEN

3 pm - ?

Fun Darts & Pool FREE Meat Draw 4 - 6:30 pm

Fri, Oct. 30th

OPEN 1 pm - ?

LADIES DARTS 1 pm

*Closing at Bartenders Discretion *

OFFICE HOURS: Tuesdays and Fridays from 10:00-12:30. 250-306-6078

Tuesday 10am

"Peace in the Midst of Chaos"

A 6 week study on Ephesians Victory Church 641 Shuswap Ave Coffee is on. 250 804 3518

Chase Evangelical Free Church - 295 Shuswap Ave COVID Compliant Gathering @ 10 Visit ChaseChurch.com for protocol.

Pastoral visitation by Appointment 250 679 1676 or Tyler@ChaseChurch.com

Chase Community Hall 7pm, Sunday on Facebook @Chase Shuswap Community Church Visit our website for more information or to sign up to join a service. www.aplacetobelong.ca

Chase Community Fellowship Cancelled until further notice

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Opportunities to get Flu Shot in Chase Kudos, thanks and well done to PharmaChoice Staff, Pharmacists and Drug Store personnel, the PharmaChoice Drive Thru Flu Clinic was a success.

Ensuring personal safety for all, following Provincial Health Protocols, this Drive Thru Clinic allowed Chase residents to still receive their Flu Shots, even during this COVID 19 Pandemic. Thank you PharmaChoice for making available the 2020 Flu Vaccine to

Alexa's Team Photo to go along with article from last week. Kudos to Cst Ganzeveld who worked hard to get to Alexa's Team and r e d u c e impaired driving in honour of Alexa.

Chase Rec Society's AGM on Wednesday November 4th at 6pm in the mezzanine at the arena.

downtown and local citizens, (many of whom are seniors). Your extra efforts and resourcefulness is greatly appreciated, and thank you for leading the way, especially to the Pharmacy staff "...

A one Day Flu Clinic will be held on Sat. Nov. 14, 2020. it will be a Drive Thru Clinic as well. See page 7 FMI... and Stay tuned to more info in next Sunflower Editions.

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Crowning Touch Attention Chase Seniors

Chase Senior Transit bus will resume service starting ** October 26th 2020. ** New schedule will be as follows: Monday 8:00 am - 4:30 pm Tuesday 10:30 am - 2:30 pm Wednesday. 10:30 am - 2:30 pm Thursday 8:00 am - 4:30 pm Friday 8:00 am - 4:30 pm Drivers and passengers must wear a mask at all times.

Cleaning of the bus will be performed as per regulations provided by Interior Health.

Chase Senior Transit is also taking applications for drivers.

All applicants must have a BC Class 4 Restricted Drivers License as well as a recent Criminal Background Check.

Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday drivers are paid to transport clients of Interior Health’s Adult Day Program.

For details please call or text: 778-5866565

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Council Meeting Highlights October 13, 2020 submitted by Village of Chase

Wills & Estates Family Law Conveyancing CHASE OFFICE:

Open Thursdays 10 am - 4:30 pm #4-834 Shuswap Avenue

Phone: 250-679-3180 Web: www.cfselaw.ca

Dan's Plumbing & Gas (778) 257-0572

Council held a regular meeting on Tuesday, October 13, 2020 at the Community Hall in Chase – approximately 6 members of the public were in attendance.

Council accepted an appraisal report and agreed to sell a portion of Village lands to the Boschers at 101 Aylmer Road in order that they may legalize their property.

Council gave third reading to the 2021 1-Year Permissive Tax Exemption Bylaw. The bylaw has been advertised and will come back to Council to consider adoption at its October 27, 2020 meeting.

NOW IN STOCK!

Council passed a resolution to move forward with a Request for Proposals to ultimately purchase a new Fire Truck. A new fire truck will cost approximately $450,000, of which $200,000 will be funded from general surplus and the remaining $250,000 to be borrowed from the Municipal Finance Authority.

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Council discussed the draft partnering agreement between the Village of Chase and the Chase and District Recreation Centre Society for the operations of the Art Holding Memorial Arena. Council agreed to hold a special meeting to discuss the provisions of the agreement, citing concerns that the Recreation Centre Society may need assistance purchasing equipment. A special meeting is scheduled for 5:00 p.m. Friday October 23, 2020, location to be determined, to further discuss the agreement.

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Council discussed their remuneration and agreed to maintain a 2% increase in 2021 over 2020.

Council considered a request for a variance to vary the height of a fence along the Trans-Canada Highway on a property on Paquette Road. The property owner erected the fence which was discovered to be over the height limit set out in the Village’s Zoning Bylaw, and is applying to ‘legalize’ the height of the fence by way of a development variance permit.

Council considered rolling this particular variance application into a blanket change to fence heights for all properties adjacent to the Trans-Canada Highway, however after discussion it was agreed that one height on one property may not be appropriate or effective in minimizing noise on other properties along the corridor, as the grades between properties and the highway vary considerably. Council agreed to accept the variance application from the property owner in question and after required advertising and referrals to neighbours, the matter will come back before Council to consider granting the variance for the fence height.

Council directed Administration to develop a bylaw that will institute fees for annual business fire inspections where there are outstanding issues that are not addressed by the business owner/ operator.

Council passed a resolution to apply for funding under the Provincial Community Economic Recovery Infrastructure Program to improve vehicle and pedestrian accesses into the East end of Willson Park.

Council approved the use of Room B at the Community Hall by the Lions Club, provided all Covid-19 protocols are followed.

Council considered a letter from the Fire Chief asking for consideration of allowing vehicle extrication training to occur at Adrenaline Auto Recyclers’ property at 117 Aylmer Road. After discussion it was agreed that Administration would approach the Adams Lake Indian Band to see whether training space may be available in their community.

Councillor Lauzon raised a Notice of Motion, indicated that at Council’s regular meeting of November 10, 2020 she would like Council to revisit its 2019 decision to put the lease of the Village owned lands at Mill Park out for Request for Proposals.

The next regularly scheduled meeting of Council will be held at the Community Hall on Tuesday, October 27, 2020.

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Living Local

HISTORY

By Carolyn Parks Mintz Author, Journalist, & Freelance Writer

Did you know ….

… that the Chase area was known as The Shuswap Prairie in the mid-1880’s?

… that the Kamloops Inland Sentinel of February 22, 1878, published a petition from Messrs. Chase, MacPherson, McBryant and Williams against First Nations (“Indian”) Reserve designations? … that the original wharf at Chase beach was constructed in approximately 1910, was wide enough for vehicles, and incorporated two buildings, one of which was a waiting room, in order to accommodate sternwheelers transporting passengers and goods to the Village? … that the first Chase cemetery was to be located near the community’s landfill/dump, which was seen as inappropriate by many village citizens, and that the Chase family was asked if they would grant a plot of land for burials next to their family’s burial ground, which they did? … that the Chase Tribune of August 2, 1912, reported that the heirs to the Chase estate consented to having the land adjoining their private burial ground used as a public graveyard, where the present cemetery is today? … that in 1912 the Chase Tribune reported that Captain Joe Johnston would once again be on the bridge of a government dredge, “The Pelican,” deepening the South Thompson River, in order to have the channel three feet

deep at low water, from Chase to Kamloops? … that the Interior Salish First Nation is divided into five bands: the Lillooet of the Lillooet Valley; the Thomson River band from Yale to Lillooet in the Fraser Valley and on the Thompson river as far as Ashcroft; the Okanagan of the Okanagan Lake and River; the Lake band of the Arrow Lakes and Upper Columbia River; and the Secwepemc (Shuswap) First Nation of the Fraser Valley from Ashcroft to Soda Creek and the area eastward to the summit of the Rocky Mountains?

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DID YOU KNOW?

… that the July 1, 1935 Chase Creek flood which swept through the Village completely eroded its CPR rail line, and destroyed many buildings and houses, ripping them from their foundations?

… that in 1938 between Duck Meadows and Monte Creek, Reverend C.W. Kirksey of Chase narrowly escaped NATURAL FOODS serious injury when the small car he was 729 Shuswap Ave Chase 250-679-3189 driving was charged by a Hereford bull, that fortunately only damaged the head lights before running into the Starts Friday, October 30th, 2020 bush?

Poppy Campaign

Royal Canadian Legion #107 Chase would like to thank the communities of; Chase, Sorrento / Blind Bay, North Shore & Pritchard for their continued support of our Poppy Campaign.

Yours in comradeship

John H Angus

Poppy Chairman

brick building on the TransCanada Highway was closing, having been operated for 45 years by Clifford and Wilhemina Herring? … that in 1983 a three-bedroom, beach front home on Little Shuswap Lake in Chase could be rented for $400 per month?

… that in July 1986, Neskonlith Band Councillor George Manuel was appointed an Officer of the Order of Canada.

He was also twice … that in nominated for D e c e m b e r the Nobel Peace 1969, 40 to 50 Prize, appointed prospective users Grand Chief of of electric power Canada, awarded in Pritchard and an Honorary area requested George Manuel Doctorate Degree that the Kamloops Board of Trade by the University of British Columbia, advance and expand and authored “The Fourth World? e l e c t r i f i c a t i o n Ref: Archive Files – Chase Museum within the zone. … that the 1982 ChaseShuswap We e k l y reported that the Squilax General S t o r e located in a vintage

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CHASE

Drive-Thru

FLU CLINIC Saturday, November 14, 2020 Chase Curling Rink Parking Lot

Last Names A-L 9AM - 12PM

Last Names M-Z 12PM - 3PM

There will be signage and attendants to direct traffic flow

Please bring your BC Health Card Wear a no-sleeved shirt Wear a non-medical mask You will be asked your age and you are required to tell us if you are pregnant so we can administer the correct vaccine All vaccinations will be administered by injection into the deltoid muscle (upper arm) You will be injected while you are in your car and into the arm on the side facing the vehicle door Bring a small snack and a cool beverage containing sugar You are required to wait in your car for 15 minutes after your injection Health care providers will be on site to monitor for any adverse reactions PLEASE DO NOT ATTEND IF YOU HAVE A NEW COUGH, This is the first large scale, drive-through vaccination FEVER, SHORTNESS OF BREATH OR ARE UNWELL clinic we have organized we appreciate your patience!

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Classifieds SERVICES OFFERED

$5/20 words. 20 cents per additional word.

Email info@chasesunflower.ca or text 250-320-3050. Drop off at the Willows Health Food Store.

FOR RENT

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Hunter Safety Training CORE. November 7th & 8th. 8 am - ?

Need to board your dog? I am Downstairs Chase Legion a mature, pet loving lady, honest Cost $160.00 includes course, manual, & reliable. References available. exams and BCWF Fee. Pre-registration required. 250-679-2758.

Reasonable rates. 250-679-1153.

THE DELIVERY GUY - Let me do the running around for you. Errands and deliveries Call 236-586-1766.

FOR SALE • Four 205/65R15 Hercules Avalanche RT Studded, balanced on 5 hole steel rims.

New Feb 12/20. Used two months $600 firm.

• Car battery, AC Delco 24 FS Paid $145.

June 20/20. Used one week. Asking $100 OBO. Call 250-679-5484 after 4:30 or weekends.

Fresh Farm Raised Eggs at Serenity Acres. $5 Large, $4 Medium. 6188 VLA Road, 250-679-3530 Ebike conversion kits in stock - Make your bike an e-bike! Contact Paul at Sunflower Bicycle Repair 778-220-6709

WANTED Buying Old Items - Wood Windows, Doors, Ladders, Suitcases, furniture, tools, trunks, tubs, signs, lanterns, pumps, taxidermy, advertising, barrels, scales, farm. 250-577-3357.

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repairs - Certified technician Call 250-320-6082 all outdoor power equipment serviced. Lawnmower, weed whackers, rototiller, quads, motorcycle,

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Page 9 • October 23rd, 2020 • Chase Sunflower Obituary Harry James Fast April 01, 1927-October 05, 2020 He was born in a Blacksmith Shop near Morris Manitoba and the only one of Seven Boys to be born in Canada. Started life on the Farm and became a Lineman for Manitoba Power then Saskatchewan Power. He learned to pick a Guitar with his Brother George and played many dances while travelling as a Lineman. He met and Married Vera Moffat (Sept 14, 1953) in Saskatoon.

They followed the family to Vancouver in 1955 and he went to work for BC Electric which became BC Hydro. They moved to Kamloops, with kids in tow, in 1960 and bought Abs Grocery which they operated until buying Beatty’s Dept Store in Chase BC in 1967.

The Store was renamed Fast’s Dept Store and kept them busy for the next seven years. They had already built a cabin in Sorrento in 1962, which they moved into and converted to a house. After the store was sold in 1974, he became a School Bus Driver for 19 years driving through Chase Creek and up to Pillar Lake every day and loved doing it.

He greatly enjoyed the community of Chase and was involved from the beginning in the Curling Club and the Lions Club. He was a Proud Charter member of the Lions Club and would work the Sockeye Runs and Deal at the Casinos as well as 400 Club Tickets. Mom and Dad would host the Lions BBQ in the back yard and Dad continued this event after Mom passed. It was the scene of some great Bocci games. He also enjoyed his Canucks and BC Lions. His biggest enjoyment came from his Yard and Garden.

When it was Tomato time, he would just put a Saltshaker in his shirt pocket and wander thru the rows eating his breakfast and lunch.

Everything was referred to as the “Back Forty” and many of the Worlds Problems were solved while sitting in a chair with a snort gazing at the growing crops. He was able to tend his Garden and Yard by himself until he was 92. He spent the last year of his life at Parkside in Chase and enjoyed driving around town in his Scooter and visiting old friends.

He was a Kind and Gentle Person and a man with Integrity and Honesty. His Word was his Word, and a Handshake was all that was required.

He was predeceased by Wife, Vera (Moffat, 1995), Daughter-inLaw Anne Fast (2005) and recently Sister-in-Law Donna Booth, Parents - Jacob and Susanna, Brothers - John, Ben, Jake, Dick, Abe and George.

He is survived by his two sons, Steven and Jeffrey. Also, Four Grandchildren, Thomas, Kimberly (Trevor), Stuart (Krista) and Kelsey. One Great Grandchild, Kendra. Close Relatives David Booth, Lucy Moffat and Sandra Broadbent (Moffat) as well as numerous relatives and Friends. A special thank you to Carol Mowers and Karen Leduc The Family would like to thank the Staff at Parkside Community for all their Care and Compassion (A Great Place) as well as the Nurses and Care Aides at Chase Interior, Salmon Arm Interior, Hillside Village and SLGH Level 2. All these people made his last year go with Dignity and Respect. Thank You! Condolences may be expressed to the family at www.bowersfuneralservice.com

HELP YOUR COMMUNITY WHEN DISASTER STRIKES

CHASE EMERGENCY SUPPORT SERVICES (ESS) INFORMATION MEETING Tuesday, November 3, 2020 6:30 to 7:30 - Doors open at 6:15pm Chase Community Hall, 547 Shuswap Avenue • Strict COVID precautions and health guidelines will be followed. If you plan on attending, please wear a mask. Light (COVID friendly) refreshments will be available • If you are unable to attend in person, we plan on streaming this event online.

Contact us for more information.

Emergency Support Service teams provide a crucial service in assisting people who have been forced to leave their home in an emergency. This is typically due to fires, floods, landslides, or other events.

Residents are provided accommodation, food, and other essentials to help recover after disaster.

Chase is currently the only community in the TNRD without an ESS team. We hope you’ll come hear about the valuable work that ESS teams do throughout the province, and how you can help build a team here in Chase.

For more information, contact: Kevin Skrepnek TNRD Emergency Program Coordinator 250-319-0921 kskrepnek@tnrd.ca

tnrd.ca

NOTICE OF MEETING The purpose of the meeting is to discuss the partnering agreement for the Art Holding Memorial Arena between the Chase & District Recreation Society and the Village of Chase.

Notice is hereby given that a Special Meeting of the Council of the Village of Chase will be held at the Creekside Seniors, 542 Shuswap Ave, Chase, BC on

Friday, October 23, 2020 at 5:00 p.m.

Copies of the agenda for this meeting must be available to the public at least one calendar day in advance of the meeting at the Village office and the Village's website. ___________________________ Sean O’Flaherty, Corporate Officer

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A PASTORAL PERSPECTIVE: Life in the midst of a Pandemic

by Tyler Harper, Pastor Chase Evangelical Free Church

2020 has been quite the year (and it’s not even November yet). To many of us it feels like the world is burning all around us. We are living through a global pandemic, an opioid epidemic, an ecological crisis, and a very ‘noisy’ U.S. election.

Everyday it seems like there is a new fire flaring up in the world and many of us wonder what is the point of carrying on in this abnormal situation? It can seem impossible, or pointless to keep going with what is before us, whether schooling, parenting, employment, or even just the work that it takes to maintain friendships.

There is a lot going on in our world, how can I keep going as if life is normal?

Isn’t this just a waste of time?

As I have thought about this, the words of the 20th century luminary C.S. Lewis who is probably best known for his Chronicles of Narnia book series and a sermon he gave to new students at Oxford in the midst of World War II entitled “Learning in War-Time” have come to mind.

Lewis begins, much as I have, with the question. “how can we continue to take an interest in these placid occupations when the lives of our friends and the liberties of Europe are in the balance? Is it not like fiddling while Rome burns?”

Many of us wonder if there isn’t something better we could do with our time, or something that wouldn’t be so hard? Shouldn’t we wait until all this passes and we can return to normal?

But as Lewis points out “The war creates no absolutely new situation: it simply

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aggravates the permanent human situation so that we can no longer ignore it.” And so it is with our situation, we long for the life of 2019 or 2009 or 1969, when things were ‘normal’. Speaking to an incoming class of students Lewis reminds them — and us— that “if men had postponed the search for knowledge and beauty until they were secure the search would never have begun. We are mistaken when we compare war with ‘normal life’. Life has never been normal.”

Life is never simple or safe or straightforward. Life has never been normal.

Lewis continues to show that in life — particularly in these crisis times— that it isn’t so much what we are doing but why we are doing what we do, what our motivation is, what our desires are, that become apparent. Life in this time is valuable not because of what we accomplish, but in the reasons for those labours and their accomplishments.

If the things we desire, if our loves are worthwhile, then ‘normal things’ like education and employment, volunteering, voting, and vegetable gardening continue to be worthwhile.

Instead of asking if daily life is worth it, maybe our exhaustion and our frustration should point us to ask: Do I really love the things I think I do? Am I motivated by the things I tell people I am? and Does this motivation warrant my love? Is this desire worth it?

Tyler Harper (tyler@chasechurch.com) is the Pastor at Chase Evangelical Free Church

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Potatoe Leek Soup 3 large leeks (about 3 cups, chopped) 2 tablespoons butter 4 cups chicken broth 2 lbs potatoes diced into 1/2-inch pieces 1 teaspoon sea salt, less or more to taste Pinch of dried marjoram 1/2 teaspoon dried thyme 1 bay leaf 1/4 cup chopped fresh parsley Sprinkle of Tabasco sauce Pepper to taste Cut the leeks lengthwise, fan them open under running water to dislodge any dirt or mud hiding inside. Cut off the tough dark green tops and discard.

Slice the white and light green parts of the leeks crosswise into 1/4-inch thick slices.

Place the slices in a bowl of cold water and agitate them with your hands to dislodge any remaining dirt. Then scoop out the leeks with a sieve or slotted spoon.

Cook leeks in butter to soften: Melt butter on medium heat in a 3 to 4 quart thick-bottomed pot. Add the chopped leeks, stir to coat with the butter.

Cover the pot and reduce the heat to low, cook for 10 minutes until the leeks are softened. Check to make sure the leeks are not browning.

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Purée the soup: Remove and discard the bay leaf and thyme sprig. Use an immersion blender or standing blender to blend about half of the soup if you want a chunky soup, or all of it if you would like your soup to be more smooth.

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Season the soup: Add the parsley, and cook a few minutes more. Add a few dashes of Tabasco to taste.

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Simmer the soup: Add the broth, diced potatoes, bay leaf, marjoram, thyme, and a teaspoon of salt to the pot.

Increase the heat to high to bring to a simmer, then lower the heat to maintain a low simmer, and cook for 20 minutes, until the potatoes are cooked through.

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Add freshly ground pepper and more salt to taste. Potatoes soak up salt, so you may need to add more salt than you expect.