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Seventy years (less a day or two) after Richard Rodgers and Oscar Hammerstein’s Carousel opened on Broadway, Creston’s Footlighters Theatre Society will be presenting the popular musical at Prince Charles Theatre.

Featuring a pair of romances and a string of familiar numbers, the production directed by Frank Goodsir, who penned and directed December ’s sold-out

Cinderella, promises to be another hit for the com-munity theatre group.

“It’s a show whose pas-sion grabs you, I would say,” said music director Simone Wiebe. “It’s the kind of music that the more you listen to it, the more you love it.”

It wasn’t supposed to happen this way. The Footlighters schedule originally called for Beauty and the Beast but a decision was made late in 2014 to delay its presentation until 2017.

BY JOANNA WILSONSpecial to the Advance

This year, the annual Creston Rotary Club’s radio and online auction will take place on April 15.

“April means Rotary auction time for our club, so we are excited that auction time is finally here,” said Don Low, auction co-ordinator and president-elect of Creston

Rotary. “It is the culmi-nation of several months of work and funds our major local project, so we really appreciate the sup-port from donors and buyers. You need lots of both to have a successful auction.”

This year’s auction proceeds go to upgrades at Canyon Park.

Rotary club preparing for annual radio, online auction

SEE CAROUSEL, PAGE 14

SEE AUCTION, PAGE 3

Brian LawrenceA LITTLE OFF... ALL OVER — Fort Macleod, Alta., shearer Dave Carlson visited Spectrum Farms on April 1 to shear the facility’s ram and six ewes. The sheep are just part of the expanding farm that employs people with all types of disabilities. For more, see page 5.

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the new commanding officer of the Creston’s 1746 Royal Canadian Army Cadet Corps on April 1. Area Cadet Instructor Cadre offi-cer Maj. Kevin DeBiasio, based out of Trail, presided over the change of command (right), noting that the local corps is a “nice big unit for a small town,” with about 25 cadets.

The event also included an inspec-tion of the cadets led by DeBiasio, joined by Mainville, Mayor Ron Toyota and Royal Canadian Legion poppy chair

Ian Currie, who attended to present $700 (bottom) each to the army and air cadets.

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With spring here, the Coffin

Dodgers slo-pitch team is out practicing its baseball skills. This group of players are over 50 and

under 86 years of age. Some have played ball most of their lives and some are just learning the game, but everyone has fun. Last year’s roster had 36 players, allowing the Dodgers to field two teams in the B division.

The season runs for early May to the sec-ond week in July. This year the team is look-

ing for more players, male and female over the age of 50, and willing to have fun while playing ball. The Coffin Dodgers practice twice per week and play games during the week in the evening.

Anyone who qual-ifies and wants to meet the players in person, visit Centennial Park

Sundays at 2 p.m. for practices or the Dodgers’ social at Rotacrest Hall at 7 p.m. May 1. For more information call Woody at 250-428-7878, Cliff at 250-428-2194 or Len at 250-428-4145.

Any other slo-pitch players wanting to play on regular teams can call Jim Ryckman at 250-428-2369.

Brian Lawrence(Above) Lt. Trudi Mainville and Maj. Kevin DeBiasio sign papers turning command of the army cadets over to her. (Below) The army and air cadets each recived $700 from the Creston legion: (from left) Mayor Ron Toyota, army cadets sponsoring committee chair Joe Nadon, Warrant Officer (First Class) Adriana Ingram, Chief Warrant Officer Michael Niemi, air cadets sponsoring committee chair Emmie Gibbons, legion poppy chair Ian Currie.

“For most of the dozen or so years that we have done the auction, we have used the funds for our own local projects such as supporting valley trails, as well as the splash park and play-ground at Centennial Park,” said Low. “This year, all auction proceeds are going to help the Canyon Community Associ-ation to fund the new pavilion at Canyon Park.”

Items for auction will be listed in the Rotary auction flyer, which arrives in the mail this week.

On April 15, the radio auction will be broadcast live on CIDO 97.7 FM from 6-10 p.m. Bids can be called in at 877-273-7173 at specified times to Rotary vol-unteer telephone operators who will be standing by.

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BY BRIAN LAWRENCEAdvance Editor

Twenty days after they left Victoria, three long-distance walkers arrived in Creston on the 7K180 Cross Canada Walkathon, in which they will travel 7,000 kilometres in 180 days on foot.

Billy Lui, Pompey Leung and Chris Wong are part of the Monticle Leadership Association, an Ontario-based “non-profit leadership train-ing organization, inspiring future leaders through education and life philosophies,” according to its website.

With a support vehicle close at hand, the trio — with Lui, a combat medic, leading post-sec-ondary students Leung, 21, from Hong Kong, and Wong, 18, from Macao — left Victoria on March 9 and arrived in Creston on March 29, spending their following rest day in town before heading east on March 31.

Their goal is to reach St. John’s, N.L., no later than Aug. 15. So far, they’ve been averaging nearly 50 kilometres a day, hindered somewhat by B.C.’s terrain — they walked only 39 kilome-tres the day they came over Kootenay Pass.

“With their mental strength, physical endur-ance, and camaraderie, they will complete this

Trio passes through walking across

Canada

Brian Lawrence(From left) Pompey Leung, Chris Wong and Billy Lui are walking across Canada.

tion items can be seen on eBay (use “Creston Rotary auction” in the advanced search) or visit CrestonRotary.com.

Successful bidders for both the radio and online auction can pick up items from 10 a.m.-7 p.m. April 16 at the Creston and District Community Complex. Payment

can be made in cash, cheque, Visa or MasterCard.

“Please support the auction,” said Low. “We are so impressed with the work done by the Canyon Community Association in the mas-sive revitalization of their facilities, and feel that what they are doing benefits all of the Creston Valley.”

challenge together, every step of the way,” says www.monticle.ca.

Through the journey so far, the trio has dealt with all kinds of weather, starting out in T-shirts and eventually donning sweaters and parkas. And they’ve had invitations from people to stay in their homes, and RCMP officers swing by with hot coffee.

“The B.C. people are very nice to us,” said Lui, as they prepared to head out on March 31. “We really appreciate them.”

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PUBLIC MEETINGFIVE YEAR FINANCIAL PLAN

A Public Meeting will be held inTown Hall Council Chambers, 238 – 10th Avenue North,

Creston, at 4:30 p.m., Tuesday, April 14, 2015.

Public input will be received on the Proposed‘Five Year Financial Plan (2015 – 2019)’.

The proposed Five Year Plan will be available on-line at www.creston.ca on Monday, April 6, 2015.

Steffan Klassen, C.A.Director of Finance

and Corporate Services

Creston Fire Rescue is seeking Part Time Paid On Call Firefi ghters

Paid On Call Firefi ghter Benefi ts• Competitive pay rates• Standby pay for evenings and weekends• Accident/sickness benefi ts• Employee Assistance Program• Up to $3000 income tax credit• NFPA 1001 Firefi ghter certifi cation• NFPA 472 Hazmat certifi cation• Medical Response training• Service Awards

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The nominee’s volunteer activities may be in social improvement, community service, cultural arts, religion, youth work, education, sports, or any other area of activity that you feel contributes to a better community.Submissions MUST be detailed as to the accomplishments, involvement, and contribution to the Creston Valley of the nominee, or your nomination CANNOT be considered. Attend the Citizen of the Year presentation at the Friday evening Opening Ceremonies of the Creston Valley Blossom Festival celebrations.NOMINATION FORMS ARE AVAILABLE AT:Town of Creston - 238 10 Avenue North, or Creston Valley Advance - 1018 Canyon Street,or Creston Valley Chamber of Commerce / Visitor Info Centre - 121 Northwest Blvd.Letters marked “Citizen of the Year - Confi dential” can be dropped off or mailed to:Creston Valley Advance, 1018 Canyon Street, Box 1279, Creston, BC, V0B 1G0Deadline for nominations: April 30, 2015 at noonUnsigned nominations will not be accepted.

This is your opportunity to nominate an outstanding citizenof the Creston Valley for recognition of their volunteer work to our community.

CRESTON VALLEY ROTARY CLUB CITIZEN OF THE YEAR

Jacky SmithFREEDOM! — Over 70 people visited Kootenay Meadows on March 28 for the spring breakout — when the organic dairy farm let its nearly 70 cows out to pasture for the first time this year. Judging from the video by Jacky Smith and Paula Bergevin — which you can see without a subscription at www.crestonvalleyadvance.ca/ourtown — it looks like the cows enjoyed it even more than the spectators!

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Spring Breakout 2015 video atwww.crestonvalleyadvance.ca/ourtown/298673591.html

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RURAL CRESTON PLANNING OFFICE HOURS

Creston Building Inspection Office 531B 16th Avenue South, Creston

Commencing on April 28th, 2015, the Regional District of Central Kootenay’s Planning Department will be holding office hours on the 4th Tuesday of each month at the RDCK Building Inspection Office located at 531B 16th Avenue South in Creston. Planning staff will be available to answer questions relating to zoning, subdivision, agricultural land reserve applications and other planning related issues. If you wish to arrange to meet with planning staff please book an appointment through the RDCK Nelson office at (250) 352-8165.

FOURTH TUESDAY OF EACH MONTH (APRIL TO OCTOBER)

BETWEEN 10 AM AND 12 PM

Creston and DistrictHistorical Society

Legion Hall137 11th Ave N.

AGMFriday April 24, 2015 • 6:30pm

LISTER COMMUNITY ASSOCIATION

Annual General MeetingTues April 14, 2015 at 7 pm

Lister Deer Lodge hallGuest Speaker: Tanya Wall

Come out and see what is happening in your community and meet your neighbours!

BY BRIAN LAWRENCEAdvance Editor

One ram and six pregnant ewes are sport-ing a fresh new look after Fort Macleod, Alta., shearers Dave and Connie Carlson — on a shearing tour that will take them to Langley — visited Spectrum Farms on April 1.

The sheep are a recent addition to the Erickson Road farm run by the Kootenay Regional Association for Community Living (KRACL), an operation that includes eggs, greenhouse plants, garden vegetables and orchard fruit.

The goals of the non-profit farm are to gen-erate income and provide employment for people with any disability.

“Eventually, we’ll have someone look after the sheep, like we have someone looking after the chickens,” said KRACL director Eric Kutzner.

The sheep, which live in a fenced-in shelter built by the Creston Valley Rotary Club, are Targhees, a breed developed in Boise, Idaho, with Merino-quality wool that will be sold to two local groups.

“The spinners around here are looking for high-quality wool,” said Kutzner.

Now starting its second year operating (planning began back in 2013) on the former Endicott Centre property, Spectrum is in the process of expanding. A food processing com-ponent will be added to make dehydrated vegetables and fruit, and a residence building is being renovated to include nine living spaces, with help from BC Housing.

Sponsored by the Southern Interior Development Initiative Trust and Columbia Basin Trust, Spectrum employed six people

last summer, selling produce at a very suc-cessful market garden.

“They love being able to come to work and have something to do,” said Kutzner.

Spectrum Farms starts season with shearing

Brian LawrenceSheep “sit”, a position that keeps them calm, while Dave Carlson shears them.

NEW LOOK — (From left) Creston Valley Hospital Tuck Shop co-ordinator Mabel McCowan, nurse Kary Booth, and Walt Reider and Al Garrecht of the Creston Valley Rotary Club in the hospital’s repainted and refur-nished lounge, made possible by donations from the Tuck Shop and Creston Valley Rotary Club totalling around $7,200.Brian Lawrence

OPINION LINE

Decaying Disneyland for adults or last vestige of a regional culture in a country in decline? The ques-tion was on my mind as we made our way around New Orleans last week on foot, by streetcar and even a Mississippi paddle wheeler.

Not having visited before I didn’t give much thought to the pre-Katrina era, and certainly didn’t make any effort to look for evidence of the damage wrought by the dev-astating hurricane. But there is evi-dence beyond natural disaster ruin that this once great city struggles to maintain its sense of identity.

The evidence of greatness is not to be found on Bourbon Street, but from the water, where a dizzying array of craft ply the waters of the Mississippi (or Missippi, as the locals say) River. From the vantage of the Natchez riverboat we saw tugs hauling loads, ships in waiting to unload and load and even a pair of enormous US Navy equipment transport vessels. On the shore was a cluster of brick buildings used to house troops in the Civil War.

Two things make New Orleans a great city to visit — the major attrac-tions are within walking distance and the streetcar system takes care of the rest. We stayed on Canal Street between Bourbon and Royal streets and quickly discovered Royal was a much more pleasant walk, Bourbon being pretty seedy and the nearest half-dozen blocks loaded

with strip clubs and their customers — mostly drink-toting frat boys out for a good time, one they most likely won’t remember.

We enjoyed our riverboat eve-ning, less for the food than the opportunity to get an appreciation for the enormity of the Mississippi and its importance — historical and current — to the country’s economy. The public address system provided details of history and water flow, and I was astonished to learn that the river ultimately drains 32 states and two provinces.

Food and music were my prima-ry motivators for visiting the city. Not that the food is complicated or that the music can’t be found from different sources, but I was fascinat-ed that they are so closely entwined with the city’s culture. Where else would one find T-shirts saying “It starts with the roux” and think it makes perfect sense (roux, flour fried in fat until it darkens in colour, provides the base for dishes like

gumbo and étouffée). I’m a fan of oysters, and had them morning (with spinach and mushrooms in hollandaise sauce to make a great eggs benedict), noon (in a po’ boy sandwich) and night (on the half shell, raw). I was not disappointed.

On one great day we took the St. Charles Streetcar (the line was first built in the early 1800s) to take in the Freret Street Fest, which looked much like an expanded version of our own farmers’ market. It was about eight blocks long and had live music at each end and the middle. At one end we saw a church’s gospel choir per-form and at the other a funk band that was fronted by two Indian spy boys — members of a Mardi Gras group that dress in fabulous bead and feather costumes. We returned to the streetcar later and continued on, making the full circle through the Garden District before getting back to the hotel. The architecture on St. Charles Street, with countless ante-bellum mansions, was wonderful, an

indication of the wealth this city, through which most slaves arrived after the voyage from Africa.

Later, we took another streetcar to Frenchmen Street, where we were drawn like magnets to the open doors of Maison, where the sounds of a jazz group poured out. Mission accomplished, and made complete when we were escorted to the only empty two-seat table in the house, with a perfect view of the stage. We intended to have a drink and move on, but the music was so perfect that we settled in for dinner and more drinks, and stayed through the fol-lowing band’s performance too.

When I booked our vacation, I was quite unaware that we would be in New Orleans over the Easter weekend. It turned out to be a bonus, though, when we learned that sever-al parades are held on Sunday. We headed out to catch the first, which was only a dozen or so vintage model cars, with most seniors dressed to the nines, tossing small

stuffed toys to the crowd. A few hours later a huge crowd lined Bourbon Street for a parade that had marching bands and dozens of floats. We soon learned that a New Orleans parade is all about the bling. Every float was filled with partiers tossing beaded necklaces and other goodies. Even as I stood with my camera in hand, I managed to snag my share.

The real fun came later in the day, though, when crowds gathered in the French Quarter for the Easter gay parade. No one seemed exactly sure of the route, but when we made our way to the intersection of Bourbon and St. Louis streets it became appar-ent we would not miss it there. We spent our time people watching — the Easter bonnets were amazing — until eventually the parade came toward us. The crowd was so thick that we could hardly see the parade, so we moved back to Royal Street and kept pace with it as it moved along. Eventually we were in a less congested area where people were waiting patiently. The parade found us, and again the bling came flying. This was undeniably the most fun of the three parades and there was a genuine sense of joy in the partici-pants. The atmosphere in the crowd along the entire parade route was electric, not dampened in the least by the light rain.

As I write this on Monday morn-ing, with a tour to a plantation sched-uled for the afternoon, I can’t help but

admire the residents here. They seem genuinely committed to keeping their culture going — music, food, parades, history. More than a decade after Hurricane Katrina devastated the area, the city has not recovered its population and some of the worst hit neighbourhoods have not been rebuilt. It’s hardly a secret that social engineering played a huge role in the rebuilding plans, with many of the housing projects that were home to generations of long-term, primarily black families who lived on welfare and wit. Backroom planning no doubt saw the Katrina damage as an oppor-tunity to break the historic problem.

Of the many cities we have visited for more than a day or two, New Orleans tops my list of places I would be happy to return to. Nothing is taken for granted and nothing seems artificial. This is a love it or hate it place and those who love it stay, or return whenever they are able.

Lorne Eckersley is the publisher of the Creston Valley Advance.

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Lorne EckersleyA jazz band at Maison on Frenchmen Street in New Orleans, and a shrimp po’ boy.

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Creston New Horizons Seniors Society invites you to a

PancakeBreakfast

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at Rotacrest Hall(located at the south end

of the Rec Centre parking lot) $5.00

Everyone Welcome!

To the Editor:On April 14, Creston town council

will be burdened with a decision as to what to do with 801 Vancouver St., or as all residents call it, the “bunker”. There is a proposal from Chaplin West Ventures to build a craft distill-ery and bistro on the existing cement structure. For this to happen, the property needs to be rezoned by the town to mixed-use commercial. There have been concerns of odour and noise from neighbours, like the Presbyterian Church across the street. I think with Highway 3 and the rail-way across the street, noise and odour should not be much of a con-cern for the neighbours. Odours and noise can be dealt with by using the technology that is available, such as quiet fans and scrubbers.

With the town office full of knowl-edgeable staff, I’m sure concerns can be addressed. The property has been an eyesore since it was built in 2001. Now, 14 years later, I urge the new council to work with the developer to make something happen on this prop-erty. You are a fresh council that has the opportunity to fix mistakes made by past council on this property. Every one of you stood up at the can-didates’ forum last fall and said that Creston needs light industry, jobs, a new tax base and to revitalize the main street. Here is your chance to make it happen. Or do we have to look at this eyesore for another 14 years? The time is now.

Tom OlenczukCreston

To the Editor:(Re: “Canada doesn’t need refugees”,

March 26 Advance)The letter writer seems to be an

expert on a lot of topics not just refu-gees but also the economy, the job market, social assistance, homegrown enemies, foreign policy and veterans’ affairs.

Looks like his sadness and anger has found an outlet in bashing refugees.

When he complains that these “out-siders” are taking “menial jobs” from

locals is where words really make a dif-ference. Two of our 18 team members are these people he calls outsiders. Never have I heard the word “menial” come from their lips. “Thank you,” and, “More work, please,” but never “menial”. If anyone (insider or outsid-er) comes asking for work and utters the word “menial”, they won’t get past the door.

Can’t help but be curious who he will be voting for if he thinks Harper is a bleeding heart liberal.

Denise HarrisLister

To the Editor:(Re: “Canada doesn’t need refugees”,

March 26 Advance)I would like to remind Michael

Bunn that unless one has Ktunaxa heri-tage, we are all refugees or immigrants here. Perpetrating the us/them atti-tudes will not lead to peace or justice for any of us.

Lyn GardnerLister

To the Editor:(Re: “Canada doesn’t need refugees”,

March 26 Advance)That headline was doubtless com-

posed by an Advance staffer but it accu-rately conveyed the argument con-tained in Michael Bunn’s letter.

The short answer to Bunn is that ref-ugees need Canada, and that as a com-passionate country we should respond to that need.

But there is more to the issue than that. For one thing, every refugee we take in reduces by some degree the burden on a country — usually one less wealthy than ours — where refu-gees have been given temporary shel-ter, but in crowded camps whose occu-pants have nothing to do but sit for years and hope for a better future somewhere else.

Moreover, Bunn distorts the issue when he says that refugees deprive Canadians of jobs. That may be true in a tiny minority of cases at times when the Canadian economy is not produc-ing job opportunities at the normal rate. The other side of this picture, however, is that refugees often bring skills that Canada needs or that they are willing to take jobs that many Canadians refuse.

As for Bunn’s concern about the closing of local stores creating unem-ployment, I would argue that the main villain here is the extent to which Crestonites do their shopping in Cranbrook, Trail, Nelson or across the U.S. border.

Arguably — First Nations aside — Canada is a land of refugees and the descendants of refugees, people who came to our shores seeking a better life and willing to work for it. Should we now be slamming our doors against fam-ilies who come for the same reason, often from far more desperate circumstances?

Peter HepherCreston

To the Editor:(Re: “Canada doesn’t need refugees”,

March 26 Advance)What an absolutely ugly piece of

garbage.George EschWest Creston

To the Editor:(Re: “Welcoming refugees a privilege”,

April 2 Advance)It’s with great reluctance that I

submit this letter but since I have been singled out as a refugee I feel I must object.

Lets first examine the Oxford Dictionary as to the meaning of the word: “A person who has been forced to leave their country in order to escape war, persecution, or natural disaster.”

Now I shall relate my family back-ground briefly. My great-grandfather from my mother’s side was Henry Thomas Lockyer, who came from England, worked for the Hudson’s Bay Company and ended up being the manager of all the Hudson’s Bay Company operations for B.C. He was also at one time the president of the Vancouver Board of Trade. I really don’t sense much persecution here but let’s move on shall we.

My grandfather from my father’s side was John Joshua Morris, who immigrated from Ireland around the turn of the century, served in the First World War and was wounded twice, but lived to carry on. He went on to run whiskey during prohibition and bought several farms in the Fraser Valley. Once again, I fail to see that falling under the definition of refugee.

However, I personally have suf-fered persecution. Born in Port Alice, B.C., and been very familiar with small boats, I had been removed from Anglican Church Sunday school at the age of three and my mother was informed I was not welcome as I was a disruption to the rest. My sin was that I had insisted that Jesus had not walked on water as was the les-son of that particular Sunday. To this day, I still remember that and the revelation that came to me: that most people are stupid and gullible, and that’s been reinforced throughout my life experiences. Now there you might have an argument about my being a refugee but it would be a damn weak plank to be left standing on since I wasn’t forced to leave Canada.

Now I could go through the rest of Mr. Willicome’s letter, but I don’t believe in kicking someone when they are down, and, furthermore, I don’t believe this paper would print it, so here is my bottom line:

Don’t generalize as it quite often comes back to bite you, and don’t you dare ever presume to speak for me again, sir.

Donald J. MorrisCreston

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March 29 was a good day to go hiking the Balancing Rock and Creston Mountain trails. The parking area at the trailhead was just about filled to capacity. Over two dozen people took to hiking up the two to two-and-a-half-hour route. Most went to Holly Falls and over half

went to the “Trail’s End” sign at the top of the Creston Mountain Trail. A few did the Balancing Rock Trail and Fern Forest Trail loop, returning along the highway to the bottom of the Balancing Rock Trail. One can also return from the Fern Forest Trail through the former Summit Creek Park along a trail (Trans Canada Trail) over to the viewing tower, con-tinuing on under the highway via-duct and to the bottom of the Balancing Rock Trail without walk-ing along Highway 3. This whole loop takes a person through a variety of scenery and wildlife habitats.

The two trails used to reach the rocky overlook at “Trail’s End” on

Creston Mountain are, generally, in quite good condition, without any ice or snow. Recently a small volun-teer crew of community hikers took to the trail with a chainsaw and cut a number of windfalls off the trail above the Holly Falls Trail exit, making it much easier to negotiate.

There is a soggy section on the lower part of the Balancing Rock Trail and a short section of the Creston Mountain Trail has some water running over it. In previous years, this spot has been much wetter from water coming down from Holly Falls. As always, the sev-eral overlooks near the trail, present a dangerous situation, especially in wet conditions, to

those venturing off the trail and close to the edge.

Proceeding above the refurbished boardwalk over the swamp up the Creston Mountain Trail and past a series of switchbacks, one may reach the first overlook in about an hour from the Balancing Rock Trail start. From this overlook, continuing on, the Holly Falls Trail exit could be a 20-minute hike, less for some and more for others. The trail to Holly Falls is marked by a white sign hang-ing far up on a tree trunk on the left of the trail junction. It’s less than a five minute walk to the falls.

Maybe once or twice in a lifetime we have that won-derful feeling that this is exactly right. Everything is just as it should be: full and complete. It’s a wonderful feeling, but rare. Usually we

struggle for completion and self-improvement. We try to become whole but never quite get there. But imagine feeling that this moment is exactly complete as it is. Nothing more is needed.

When we think of imper-manence we think it means that wonderful experiences are gone before we can grasp them. Impermanence seems incomplete to us because we have this idea of grasping something we can’t get. Often it seems like we are losing everything. But true impermanence is actually the opposite of that. With true impermanence each thing that appears carries the entire profound truth at its moment of appearance. This means that in every moment

we can be fully satisfied, fully complete. Isn’t that great?

We could call this enlight-enment, but that sounds so unattainable. This description sounds more day-to-day.

That’s why I don’t like the word “enlightenment”. Enlightenment is not something you have to make into a goal. Enlightenment is how things always are, and we are living it every moment. So we don’t have to get enlightened. We are

enlightenment itself, because enlightenment is everything that appears.

But there is a problem to be solved because we don’t feel like that. And that’s a problem only because it makes us dissatisfied with our life, as it is, right now. It wouldn’t be so bad if it just made us unhappy, but the problem is we do a lot of stu-pid things when we are unhappy, and because we don’t know who we are. We destroy relationships; we spend a lot of time trying to get material things we imag-ine will bring contentment, and in doing that, we are destroying the Earth.

This is why Zen students meditate. Every time we sit down in meditation we come

closer to realizing what is true all the time. We can’t be destructive when sitting in silence. To live a life in which meditation is the touchstone is a beautiful possibility. And we can all do that. We don’t have to live in a Zen monastery where everything is constant-ly referring to this truth. We need only practice meditation regularly and see it as the basis of our lives.

Meditation is not just some-thing we do to calm down, like having a hot bath or going for a walk. Meditation is the basis of our life. Whatever we are in the moment, whatever our circumstances are, enlight-enment can be realized. But it takes a lot of training. It takes regular practice. It takes dili-gent examination of our own minds. But after a while, it’s just our life.

Suggested practice: Find a quiet place, direct your awareness to your breath and each time something arises in your mind, notice and let it go. Do this for 20 minutes twice a day.

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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Out There

Spring hiking on Creston Mountain

Ed McMackinHikers cooling off at Holly Falls off the Creston Mountain Trail.

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The number of Christian denominations worldwide is in the thousands, each have its own practices, creeds, traditions and beliefs about what is vital for their Christian walk. Asking questions, to allow reflection, is an opportu-nity to grow.

A short time ago I met a man who does not attend a church. I asked him for his impression of Christians. He said that, for the most part, he thought they were good people trying to live a good life but he found them judgmental and aloof. He felt awkward around them. This bothered me.

In Matthew 22:36-40, Jesus is asked a question. “Teacher, which is the greatest commandment in the law?” Jesus replied, “Love the Lord your God with all of your heart and with all of your soul, and with all of your mind. This is the first and the greatest com-mandment, and the second is like it. Love your neighbour as your-self. All the law and the prophets hang on these two command-ments.”

Loving God and sharing that love with all mankind is the most important job we have on earth. If we are perceived as aloof and judg-

mental, then we need to honestly give our heads a shake.

All the creeds and rules, prac-tices and traditions count for nothing. They are meaningless vapour. The Bible calls us a resounding gong or a clanging cymbal if we do these things, and

do have not love.

Jesus has called his follow-ers to love God and share His uncondi t ional love with all mankind.

Nothing else counts for any-thing. Yet we are perceived by others as judg-mental and aloof. We have missed the mark.

Christians need to take an honest look at their practices. Are we doing what Christ asked us to do? Why do we waste precious time defining our differences and worrying about who is right and who is wrong?

1 John 4:12 says, “No one has ever seen God; but if we love each other, God lives in us and His love is made complete in us.”

The answer to my question, “What do you know about Christians?” should sound like this: If you are ever in trouble, go find some Christians. You will know them by their love. They will listen to you, accept you and help you, but will never judge you. You can trust them.

Their love is real and uncondi-tional.

So let us begin by asking the question, “Does my neighbour see Christ in me?” Think on that.

Mason Brown is a member of the Creston New Life Christian Church.

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ATTENTION TO Those Impacted by the recent landslides

and overland floodingThose impacted by the recent landslides and overland flooding event may be eligible for financial support under British Columbia’s Disaster Financial Assistance Program.

Assistance is available to qualifying homeowners, residential tenants (renters), small business owners, farm owners, charitable organizations and local government bodies that incurred more than $1,000 of uninsurable damage during the period February 5-9, 2015, and that are situated within the geographic boundaries of:

• Regional District of Central Kootenay (Electoral Areas A, D, F, H, I, J, K)

Insurable damages, such as sewer or sump pit back-up, and water entry from above ground including roofs, windows or other areas of the building that are not at ground level, are not eligible for DFA. Eroded or damaged land is not eligible for DFA.

Assistance is limited to providing 80 percent of allowable items that are considered essential to a home, livelihood or charitable service, for the portion of the claim that exceeds $1,000 to a maximum claim of $300,000.

To apply for financial assistance, individuals must complete and return an Application for Disaster Financial Assistance. Application forms are available from the Emergency Management BC web site at: http://www.embc.gov.bc.ca/em/dfa_claims/dfa.html, Government Agent offices, most local government offices, Emergency Management BC regional offices, or by e-mailing the EMBC Recovery Office in Victoria at DFA@gov.bc.ca or calling toll-free at 1-888-257-4777.

Applications should be submitted as soon as possible but no later than JUNE 1, 2015 by e-mail (DFA@gov.bc.ca), by fax (250-952-5542), or by mail: Ministry of Justice, Emergency Management BC, PO Box 9201 Stn Prov Govt, Victoria, B.C. V8W 9J1.

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By Mason Brown

The falls has probably less than half the water flowing over it at this time of April as in previous years. Other years, the mist from the falls has extended out 30 feet from the cliff, giving the face a refreshing bath. The waterfall decreases to some trickles after May depending on the amount of rainfall. It often starts again in late fall. But any time of summer, it is always cooler by the falls and the rich green hanging gar-dens of moss are an attractive scene.

Spring flowers have emerged along the Balancing Rock Trail sec-tion of the route. The first I noted was a lone glacier lily accompanied by several plants in bud. Near the rock, I saw one more hiding in a sheltering clump of brush. By the time you read this, there will cer-tainly be a lot more, showing their brilliant yellow six-petalled flow-ers. (Remember, three or six petals is a characteristic of members of the lily family). The most flowery spot, at my time of visit, was by the bench under the ponderosa pine tree. Around the base of the pine was a carpet of spring beauty (five white petals with pink veins).

Just before the bench is a scatter-ing of Geyer’s biscuitroot, a very low parsley-like plant with white, carrot or Queen Anne’s lace-type flowers. The biscuitroots are in the parsley/carrot family. Later you may see some yellow-flowered, low-growing native parsleys. One of them may be three-leaved pars-ley. An interesting habit of this group, which sometimes makes them less easily recognized, is that after the flowers pollinate the flow-er stems extend high above the plant where the seeds, when they mature, will be scattered farther by the wind.

The Balancing Rock Trail, and, if you wish, the Creston Mountain Trail, continuing on up from the swamp, is a worthwhile hike to take. Or you can make a walk out

of it by going a little slower, allow-ing a little more time. One may start up at nine, be at the “Trail’s End” lookout by noon and have lunch in a “dining room”, with a spread before you that would be the envy of many. For the trip down, to make footing a little safer if you need, haul that hiking pole out of your pack or pick up a stur-dy stick. The steepness of the trail, up or down, is not all in the incline but also in the rate you want to take it. So allow ample time. The hike up can be done in over an hour or up to three hours. Allow the same time to come down. (If you want more details about this hike see the March 14, 2013, and Nov. 27, 2014, editions of Out There.)

Now, a bit about ticks. Tick sea-son is now certainly in gear, at least in the sunnier and drier spots along our local trails. They are probably most plentiful in open, grassy, shrubby areas on south- and south-west-facing slopes. I think specifi-cally of the Rotary Connector Trail between the Mount Thompson Forest Service Road near kilometre 4 and the pack trail to the southeast above Sullivan Creek. A friend of mine recently picked up, I thought he said, 15 ticks on his jacket. There are at least two kinds of ticks in our area, probably the winter tick and the deer tick.

There is no need to quit hiking! It is not necessary to let them spoil your outing! Needless to say, the most important thing is to remove them from the clothing and from the body while at the same time not making them “cough up” into your system by squeezing the body. Remove the head and the “beak” at the same time with the body. There are various ways to do this. If you need information on this you can do a Google search or contact the BC Center for Disease Control. (I often drown a tick in an upturned vial of some form of alcohol for five minutes, which weakens their hold and the front end comes out quite easily).

And, four essential items to take with you: ample water, food, clothing

Ed McMackinA glacier lily on Balancing Rock Trail, located on the eastern face of Creston Mountain.

to suit the weather and a friend!

Your presence is also “requested” on the Lady’s Slipper Trail! Happy hiking and walking!

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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On April 24, 1915, Canadian troops made their first major appearance on a European battlefield. It was the Battle of St. Julien, and it was a pivotal moment in the Great War.

“We have identified fifty-one young men from the Creston Valley who had enlisted by the time the Battle of St. Julien occurred,” said Creston Museum manager Tammy Hardwick. “Some were still in training, but over thirty of them were in France, and on that battlefield.”

Thanks to many hundreds of hours of research by volunteer John Dinn, the muse-um has been able to trace the movements of almost all of those young men — the date they enlisted, the units they served in and where exactly they were on April 24, 1915.

“We’ve had to make educated guesses for a few of these guys,” said Hardwick,

“but for the most part we know whether they fought in the Battle of St. Julien, and, if so, where they were on the battlefield and whether they survived it or were wounded, killed or taken prisoner.”

The museum has also traced — although in less detail — the military careers of the soldiers after the battle. Collectively, they fought in every major battle of the Great War, served in every capacity from privates to flying officers, earned many military decorations, and account for nearly half of the local fatali-ties of the war.

Now, the Creston Museum invites the public to share the individual stories of these 51 brave young men at a special Trench Dinner on April 24 — the 100th anniversary of the Battle of St. Julien.

Each dinner ticket bears the name of one of those 51 soldiers. Guests will follow “their” soldier through a special exhibit

that details his enlistment and training process, and pinpoints his presence and actions on the battlefield. Where exactly was he on that day, a century ago? Did he survive the battle? Did he survive the war? Then, guests will enjoy a meal simi-lar to the one their soldier would have had in 1915.

“We do have to take into account mod-ern health regulations,” said Hardwick with a laugh. “So we won’t be serving rats, and we’ll even avoid the beans-on-toast thing. But we will be recreating, as closely as possible, a typical meal for each solider, depending on where he was and what happened to him. Obviously, the lads training in England would have had quite a different meal than a soldier who had been taken prisoner.”

Although the Battle of St. Julien marked the first time Canadian troops were sub-jected to the horrors of chemical warfare,

“we won’t actually recreate a gas attack,” said Hardwick. “And no one will go with-out a meal, even though a lot of the local soldiers were without food or water for a couple of days during the battle.”

Even so, the museum guarantees that guests will leave with a greater under-standing of what it was like for these young men, so far from home, fighting a war that was far longer, and far bloodier, than anything they had expected.

The special exhibit and dinner will be held at the Royal Canadian Legion on April 24. The exhibit opens at 5:30 p.m.; dinner will be served at 6. Tickets, $15 per person, are available at Creston Museum and Black Bear Books. Space is limited; advance tickets are highly recommended.

The Creston Museum's Annual General Meeting will follow. For more informa-tion or to purchase tickets, call 250-428-9262 or email crestonmuseum@telus.net.

CRESTON VALLEYPUBLIC LIBRARY

Continuing its Healthy You, Healthy Community complemen-tary health care speaker series, the Creston Valley Public Library pres-ents “Introduction to Acupuncture” with registered acupuncturist Zea Friesen at 7 p.m. April 14.

Acupuncture is a form of Chinese medicine that has been practiced for centuries. It's based on the theory that energy flows through and around your body along pathways called meridians. These pathways may become blocked or imbalanced and pain, illness and disease may be the result. Acupuncture is a way to unblock or influence energy path-ways and help them flow back into balance through the stimulation of specific points along the skin of the body using very thin needles. Acupuncture therapy has been known to be successful for people experiencing chronic pain, allergies, arthritis, headaches and migraines, and more.

In this talk at the library, local Friesen will be discussing the ABCs of acupuncture: What it is, how it works, what the benefits are and more. If you are curious about learning more about acupuncture or thinking about trying it, this talk is for you.

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Friesen is a registered acupuncturist with the College of Traditional Medicine Practitioners and Acupuncturists of British Columbia. She completed her training in acupuncture and Traditional Chinese Medicine herbology at the Academy of Classical Oriental Sciences in Nelson. Co-founder of the Nelson Community Acupuncture Clinic, Friesen now runs a full-time practice in Creston at Sakura-ji.

The Healthy You, Healthy Community com-plementary health care speaker series is pre-sented by the Creston Valley Public Library, designed to enlighten and initiate one in lesser-known health practices. The series focuses on naturopathic medicine, herbal medicine, acu-puncture and other modalities that can become integral parts of your health care regimen.

Introduction to Acupuncture will take place at the Creston Valley Public Library (rear entrance). The talk is free of charge and suitable for all ages. For more information, contact the library at 250-428-4141.

SubmittedRegistered acupuncturist Zea Friesen.

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CANYON COMMUNITY ASSOCIATION

When was the last time you visited the Canyon Park, on 48th Street and Samuelson Road in Canyon, just below Mount Thompson?

Did you know the park was established in the 1940s by residents who felt it was a great idea to have a park with large trees and spaces for everyone to gather for family get-togethers? They were our residents who really started envi-ronmental stewardship in Canyon, and had the wisdom to conserve a beautiful piece of land for all Canyon and Creston Valley residents to enjoy well into the future.

Since the ‘40s, the park has gone through many changes, but the beauty has always remained.

In 2014, the Canyon Community Association surveyed the community and realized some updates of the facilities were required, so it has embarked on a large revitalization of the park. It has completed new bathrooms and showers, the only publicly available horse arena in the valley has been updated, the well-used fitness trails have been resurfaced, and the slo-pitch softball field has an excellent new surface.

Plans are underway for a new kitchen and pavilion — a beautiful catering-type kitchen and an open-framed timber pavilion connect-ing to the kitchen with a breezeway. A wall of recognition with engraved names will be mounted in the new pavilion (call Sylvia 250-428-0790 or Simon at 250-428-8852 to learn more). Also on the wish list is a new natural playground.

The association is lucky that it has a very dedicated and passionate but small group of volunteers. If it could figure out how to get more volunteers, members would write a book and make lots of money for the associa-tion. There are usually not enough hours in a day to get your own chores done, but it’s really rewarding, a real feeling of accomplish-ment when you can use your years of built up skills or even your muscles to accomplish even the smallest of jobs.

Come see our park and take in the beauty our founding residents saw so many years ago. You can visit the park at 4727 48th St. or at www.canyonbc.ca.

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whole valley to enjoy

Brian LawrenceA gymkhana (above) and slo-pitch tournament (below story) are popular events at Canyon Park on Canada Day.

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In its place, the second Rodgers and Hammerstein collaboration, a follow-up to the pair’s spectacular success of Oklahoma! two years earlier, was scheduled.

Wiebe, a music teacher who has had starring roles in past productions, had her work cut out for her in the Carousel rehearsals. She had to co-

ordinate the efforts of lead and secondary characters, a chorus and an eight-member band (two flutes, two trumpets, euphonium, tuba, trombone and piano). The cast alone has 30 singers.

The musical pairs carnival barker Billy Bigelow (played by assistant director Brian Lawrence) and millworker Julie Jordan (Brittney Boehmer), and another millworker, Carrie Pipperidge (Jennifer Adams), and fisherman Enoch Snow (Jesse Morton) have plenty of stage time.

But Carousel is not a light and fluffy musical, Wiebe said.

“It covers some pretty heavy subjects — domestic abuse, suicide, overcoming one’s heritage.”

“Carousel is really about breaking negative cycles,” Lawrence said. “Redemption is a huge theme.”

A big theme needs more than light music to accompany it.

“It’s a hard score with some crazy signatures,” Wiebe said. “And

some numbers are pantomimed to the music, which is kind of new to our group.”

In an effort to keep the audience focused on the characters and story, the set has been kept deliber-ately simple, with an attempt to present the idea of locations and settings. There are no backdrops or walls and no pieces permanently onstage.

Simplicity does not mean lack of effort, though. Great effort was made to acquire authentic carousel horses, even though they are on stage for only a few minutes.

“They aren’t on for long but they are vital to set the story,” Wiebe said.

Lawrence said the chorus includes 10 children.

“That’s the fun of community theatre,” he said. “Choruses can be enlarged to give more people the opportunity to be involved.”

CarouselFROM PAGE 1

SEE MUSICAL, PAGE 15

Dan Caverly(Above left) Louise Lansing (as Nettie Fowler), and (above) Jennifer Adams (Carrie Pipperidge) and Devan Coward (Jigger Craigin) in a rehearsal of Carousel.

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The Creston Chiefs Midget Rep Hockey Team

Would like to thank the following businesses and organizations for their very generous donations to help the team with travel expenses to the BC Hockey Tier 4 Provincial Championships in Clearwater, BC. The team is very proud to announce that they won a Silver Medal at the Provincials!

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Wiebe’s sister, Brittany Boehmer, will be a new face on the Creston theatre scene.

“And Paula Carpenter has never had a big part before,” Wiebe said. “It’s nice to see people thinking, ‘Hey, I can do that!’ “

Wiebe said the musical numbers that stand out for her are “Blow High, Blow Low”, sung by a group of sailors, and “June Is Busting Out All Over”.

“But they are all good,” she said.“And I’m always humming

‘When the Children Are Asleep’ after hearing Jesse and Jennifer sing it,” said Lawrence.

As well, Carousel includes “You’ll Never Walk Alone”, “If I Loved You” — considered by musical theatre buffs to be one of the best integrations of dialogue,

music and lyrics — and “Soliloquy”, a lengthy introspective piece.

“Carousel is different from what you usually expect from Rodgers and Hammerstein,” Lawrence said. “The music isn’t as light and simple

as the pieces in The Sound of Music, for instance. But there is wonderful humour to balance the serious dra-matic sequences. It has given our cast a chance to do something dif-ferent and unusual.”

Since the first rehearsal in January, three rehearsals a week have kept the volunteer performers

busy. Smaller side rehearsals in members’ homes have been common and the backstage crew has put in countless hours to make the production beautiful and functional.

“It’s really nice to have a mixture of experi-enced people and really new performers who are willing to step outside their comfort zone,” said Lawrence.

Carousel, the final production of Footlighters’ 20th season, runs at 7:30 p.m. April 16-18 (doors open at 7) at Prince Charles Theatre. Tickets are available at Kingfisher Used Books, Black Bear Books and Creative Fix.

MusicalFROM PAGE 14

“It’s nice to seepeople thinking,‘Hey, I can do that!’”Simone WiebeMusic Director

Dan Caverly(Above) Brittney Boehmer (as Julie Jordan) being conducted by Simone Wiebe, and (above right) members of the ensemble in a Carousel rehearsal.

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Creston Rotary Club

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CRESTON VALLEY COMMUNITY HOUSING SOCIETY

“Be it ever so humble, there’s no place like home.”

Ah, yes — but what if the home is so “hum-ble” that it is really a dump? Or if the cost of renting (let alone buying) a reasonably decent home is far above the portion of your income that you should have to pay for housing and still have enough left for food, clothing and the other essentials of life?

That is the problem facing many people in this community (as in others across Canada) and it is the challenge assumed by the Creston Valley Community Housing Society (CVCHS).

The society has been addressing this chal-lenge since 2008, working with the BC Non-Profit Housing Association to determine the extent of the problem and the areas of greatest need. The latest answers are that 59 per cent of renters in Creston pay more than a third of their income for housing (28 per cent pay more than half) and that families with children have the most urgent needs.

Responding as best it can to those figures, the CVCHS has under construction a six-unit affordable (low-rent) project at 215 25th Ave. S. It will have four three-bedroom units and two two-bedroomers. The contractor is Mountain Spring Holdings and Christine Ross is the architect.

The estimated total cost of this project is $1,226,055. Of that, $800,000 will be covered by grants of $400,000 from the Columbia Basin Trust, $200,000 from Ottawa’s Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation and $200,000 from BC Housing. Another $310,000 will come from a BC Housing mortgage that will be repaid from the rents, affordable though they will be.

In addition, donations have already been received of $15,000 from the Creston Valley Gleaners Society (which also gave $25,000 in start-up funds in 2008), $4,000 from the Creston-Kootenay Foundation, $1,000 from the Creston Valley Lions Club, and $2,700 from the Creston Ministerial Association.

Donations from various individuals so far total $5,000, and a dinner and Shave the Stache at Jimmy’s Pub in January produced another $4,000. People have promised to do at least some of the post-construction facility management, cleaning, landscaping, and lawn care and snow shovelling.

In June, the Creston-Kootenay Foundation will stage a gala dinner to raise money to ensure the lowest possible rents at the housing project. The Foundation’s Signe Miller cites Habitat for Humanity’s observations that such projects benefit the communities involved in several ways.

These include the money spent on construc-tion (more than $1million in this case), safe hous-ing and better health for the residents and reduced stress on resident children.

At this point, however, funding is still required to ensure the solvency of what is both a vitally needed social project and a pioneer-ing (for Creston) adventure in community action.

If you can help even a little bit, contact CVCHS chair Heather More at 250-402-3343 or heatherm-more@gmail.com. There are tax-deductible receipts for donations of more than $10.

Brian LawrenceConstruction began last summer on the Creston Valley Community Housing Society’s affordable housing project on 25th Avenue South.

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ATTENTION TO Those Impacted by the recent landslides

and overland flooding Those impacted by the recent landslides and overland flooding event may be eligible for financial support under British Columbia’s Disaster Financial Assistance Program.

Assistance is available to qualifying homeowners, residential tenants (renters), small business owners, farm owners, charitable organizations and local government bodies that incurred more than $1,000 of uninsurable damage during the period February 2-23, 2015, and that are situated within the geographic boundaries of:

• Regional District of North Okanagan including Spallumcheen, Enderby, Coldstream, and other smaller communities

• District of West Kelowna

• Thompson Nicola Regional District including Blackpool

• Columbia Shushwap Regional District (Electoral Areas C, D, E, F)

Insurable damages, such as sewer or sump pit back-up, and water entry from above ground including roofs, windows or other areas of the building that are not at ground level, are not eligible for DFA. Eroded or damaged land is not eligible for DFA.

Assistance is limited to providing 80 percent of allowable items that are considered essential to a home, livelihood or charitable service, for the portion of the claim that exceeds $1,000 to a maximum claim of $300,000.

To apply for financial assistance, individuals must complete and return an Application for Disaster Financial Assistance. Application forms are available from the Emergency Management BC web site at: http://www.embc.gov.bc.ca/em/dfa_claims/dfa.html, Government Agent offices, most local government offices, Emergency Management BC regional offices, or by e-mailing the EMBC Recovery Office in Victoria at DFA@gov.bc.ca or calling toll-free at 1-888-257-4777.

Applications should be submitted as soon as possible but no later than JUNE 1, 2015 by e-mail (DFA@gov.bc.ca), by fax (250-952-5542), or by mail: Ministry of Justice, Emergency Management BC, PO Box 9201 Stn Prov Govt, Victoria, B.C. V8W 9J1.

BY TREVOR CRAWLEYCranbrook Daily Townsman

If you noticed a motorhome covered in por-traits in Cranbrook last week, it's because the driver, a photographer, was out and about look-ing for local subjects for an ambitious project.

Tim Van Horn, a native of Red Deer, is six years into what was originally a one-year project of creating a mosaic of portraits of Canadians across the country.

He's photographed people coast to coast to coast and everywhere in between as he builds this mosaic, which he plans to unveil in time for Canada's 150th anniversary in 2017.

“We need something to celebrate that birth-day,” Van Horn said. “It's a perfect opportunity to bring us all together, to have a moment and pause and look and reflect upon who we are, what our values are, what do we need to change in our lives to make the country a better place.

“This mosaic will act as this catalyst, this beautiful portrait of who we are to bring us together to reflect upon what's important.”

Van Horn — yes, a distant relative of former CP Rail president William Van Horne, despite the difference in spelling — was inspired by his childhood experiences of growing up in the military and being constantly on the move. Growing up, he'd see photos in National Geographic and he wanted to be a cameraman and go on exotic adventures.

“I've taken my sense of duty and married it to my artistic and my humanitarian streak and feel like I need to do something good in my country, to bring something back to the people and say, 'Here, this is what I've contributed and this is what we are',” Van Horn said.

“This is my creative tour of duty.”Van Horn spent a week in Cranbrook photo-

graphing subjects on Baker St. before heading up to Kimberley, Invermere and Golden. He'll spend the next three months in B.C. before heading up to the Yukon and down into the prairies before ending up in Ontario for the fall federal election.

When he gets to a new community, sometime it's as simple as going to a busy intersection to ask passersby if he can take their portrait.

Trevor CrawleyTim Van Horn stands beside his motorhome that is covered in portraits of Canadians from across the country.

BY TAMARA HYNDNelson Star

Rural fire departments in the Regional District of Central Kootenay will be implementing new training standards immediately.

As per direction from the office of the BC Fire Commissioner, the RDCK board adopted the exterior operations level of service for all RDCK volunteer fire departments, effective January 1, 2015. The board also adopted the interior opera-tions level of service for all depart-ments effective January 1, 2017. These levels were established to provide an industry recognized minimum standard of training for structural firefighters.

RDCK Area A director Garry Jackman said he supports the new training but was concerned with the two year timeline for all local departments.

“Mandating this by 2017 may be premature,” Jackman said.

Rural Salmo director Hans

Cunningham reminded the board that they are adopting the training standards, not enforcing them, add-ing volunteer fire departments have to adapt to these situations.

Regional fire chief Terry Swan said all the regional departments have received the new training standards and other than a few minor issues, he feels that the levels can be accomplished by 2017.

There was a discussion of what the Fire Underwriters Survey stance would be, whether the training standards are adopted or not. Swan said he called FUS when this first came up.

Swan said, “I wasn’t thrilled with their response. They said, ‘We have no plans to make changes ... at this time.’ ...

“My belief is we should have a higher level of training. It makes it a safer place to be. It might not be required on-scene ever, but it will be safer.”

For more information on these stan-dards, visit www.embc.gov.bc.ca.

Regional district adopts new fire services training

Artist using portraits in cross-country project

“With each person I photograph, it instills the need to do this and it gets stron-ger and stronger and I see all these charac-ters and cast of characters coming together and completing this story,” Van Horn said.

To date, he's photographed 40,000

Canadians. His vision is to tour the country once again in 2017 with a bus that will encompass his entire project.

“In 2017, I will set out across the land with a bus that's completely high-tech and multi-media and it will go across the

country for a whole year and stop at your kid's school, you'll see it on main street and it will emit this beautiful story about who we are,” Van Horn said.

For more information on Van Horn’s project, visit www.candianmosaic.ca.

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3 Big Bang (:01) Castle ’ Å Gotham Fish plots her escape. Forever ’ Å News-Lisa News--Calgary Daily Show Seth Meyers 4 11 KOMO 4 News Wheel Fortune Jeopardy! (N) Dancing With the Stars (N Same-day Tape) ’ Å (:01) Castle ’ Å KOMO 4 News Jimmy Kimmel 5 The Voice (N) (:01) The Night Shift (N) Å News Tonight Show-J. Fallon Late Night With Seth Meyers News Riches! Last Call/Daly 6 9 Evening News Entertainment The Insider (N) 2 Broke Girls Mike & Molly Scorpion “Cliffhanger” (N) ’ (9:59) NCIS: Los Angeles (N) KIRO News Letterman 7 13 KING 5 News KING 5 News Evening (N) The Voice The top 12 artists perform. (N Same-day Tape) ’ (:01) The Night Shift (N) Å KING 5 News Tonight Show 8 10 Preview SportsCentre (N) (Live) Å Cabbie Cabbie SportsCentre (N) (Live) Å SportsCentre (N) (Live) Å SportsCentre Å 9 19 MLB Baseball MLB Baseball Seattle Mariners at Los Angeles Dodgers. (N Subject to Blackout) (Live) Å Sportsnet Central (N) Å Sportsnet Central Å 11 12 News Hour (N) The Night Shift “Parenthood” Big Brother Canada (N) Å Remedy “Blood & Guts” (N) (9:59) NCIS: Los Angeles (N) News Hour Final (N) Å 12 22 Architects Hope for Wildlife “Bears” Britain’s Bloodiest Dynasty ’ The Dark Ages: An Age For King and Empire Å Hope for Wildlife “Bears”

13 3 Murdoch Mysteries ’ Coronation St. Murdoch Mysteries ’ Chasing Shadows (N) Å The National (N) ’ Å CBC News Rick Mercer 14 8 Modern Family Big Bang Big Bang Gotham Fish plots her escape. The Following (N) ’ Q13 FOX News at 10 (N) Q13 FOX Modern Family 15 Cooper 360 CNN Tonight Anderson Cooper 360 Å CNN Special Program CNN International CNN International 16 6 Cops Å Cops Å Cops Å Cops Å Cops Å Jail ’ Å Jail ’ Å Jail ’ Å Jail ’ Å World’s Wildest Police Videos 17 23 House Hunters Open House Open House Hunters Int’l House Hunters House Hunters Renovation ’ Open House Open House House Hunters Renovation ’ 18 14 Bates Motel (:01) The Returned “Lucy” (N) (:02) Bates Motel ’ Å (:01) Bates Motel “The Deal” (:01) Bates Motel ’ Å (:02) The Returned “Lucy” ’ 21 Game--Homes Love It or List It Å Property Brothers Property Brothers: Buy & Sell Love It or List It (N) Love It or List It Å 22 Assembly Assembly Max & Shred Amer. Funniest Home Videos Mr. Young ’ Life With Boys Haunting Hour Haunting Hour Laughs: Gags Laughs: Gags 23 The National CBC News-Ian Hanomansing The National (N) ’ Å The National (N) ’ Å CBC News-Ian Hanomansing The National ’ Å 25 Stonehenge Helix “O Brave New World” NCIS “Suspicion” ’ Å NCIS “Sharif Returns” Å Helix “O Brave New World” NCIS “Suspicion” ’ Å 26 15 Bering Gold Blood, Sweat and Tools How It’s Made How It’s Made Bering Sea Gold Å Blood, Sweat and Tools How It’s Made How It’s Made 27 Million Dollar Million Dollar Listing The Millionaire Matchmaker Friends ’ Friends ’ Million Dollar Listing Million Dollar Listing 28 18 My 600-Lb Little and Looking for Love My 600-Lb. Life ’ Å Little and Looking for Love Hoarding: Buried Alive Hoarding: Buried Alive Å 30 The Following Criminal Minds (N) ’ The Listener Å (DVS) Criminal Minds “In the Blood” Criminal Minds Å (DVS) The Following ’ Å 31 Grojband Johnny Test Grojband Detentionaire Total Drama Futurama ’ Fugget Archer Å American Dad Family Guy ’ Fugget 32 20 Dog With Blog Liv & Maddie I Didn’t Do It Dog With Blog Good-Charlie The Next Step Star-Rebels Good-Charlie Win, Lose-Dr. Wizards-Place Life Derek 33 House/Payne Modern Family Seinfeld Å Family Guy ’ Family Guy ’ American Dad American Dad The Jeffersons Gimme/Break “Mission: Impossible 2” (’00)

34 Corner Gas ’ Just for Laughs Å Laughs: Gags Laughs: Gags JFL The Simpsons Big Bang Big Bang Daily Show Nightly Show 36 Best New Restaurant: Impossible (N) ’ Food Truck Face Off Å Diners, Drive Diners, Drive Restaurant: Impossible Å Best New Restaurant Å 37 24 Storage Wars Storage: NY Storage-Texas Storage Wars Storage Wars Storage Wars Storage Wars Storage: NY Storage-Texas Haunted Collector Å 38 Counting Cars Counting Cars Counting Cars Restoration Garage ’ Å Pawn Stars ’ Pawn Stars ’ Restoration Restoration American Pickers ’ Å 39 (:00) Grimm ’ Bitten “Fine Temporum” ’ InnerSPACE Scare Tactics Castle “Room 147” ’ Å Grimm ’ Å Bitten “Fine Temporum” ’ 40 (:00) TURN: Washington’s Spies ’ Å TURN: Washington’s Spies ’ Å TURN: Washington’s Spies ’ Å 42 Security Border Patrol Border Patrol Ghost Adventures ’ Å Security Security Border Patrol Border Patrol Mysteries at the Museum ’ 43 News Channel News-Lisa CTV National News-Lisa CTV National News-Rinaldo CTV National News-Rinaldo CTV National News-Rinaldo CTV National 44 Cat in the Hat Caillou Å Mike-Knight My Big Friend Max & Ruby Backyardigans Bubble Team Umiz. Fresh Beat Max & Ruby Toopy & Binoo 45 The Night Shift (6:59) NCIS: Los Angeles (N) Big Brother Canada (N) Å Remedy “Blood & Guts” (N) News Final (N) ’ Å ET Canada The Doctors 48 7 Antiques The Armenian Genocide ’ The Armenian Americans Tavis Smiley Charlie Rose (N) ’ Å Antiques Roadshow Å Antiques 49 Conversations Organic Panic Ecstatic! ’ Healing Yoga Message-Spirit ›› “Varian’s War” (’01, Docudrama) William Hurt, Julia Ormond. ’ Å Peter Popoff 50 TJ C.-B. 30 vies (N) Les Parent Dans l’oeil du dragon (N) Pénélope McQuade (N) (SC) Le Téléjournal (N) (SC) TJ Colombie-Britannique 2 The Night Shift (6:59) NCIS: Los Angeles (N) Big Brother Canada (N) Å (:01) Remedy “Blood & Guts” News Hour Final (N) Å ET Canada The Doctors 54 South Park Funniest Wins (N) Å Community ’ The Simpsons At Midnight Conan (N) Å Community ’ Funniest Wins Å 64 Damage Con. (:10) Slings and Arrows Å ›› “North” (’94) Elijah Wood. Å › “Fathers’ Day” (’97) Robin Williams. Å (:10) ›› “The Survivors” 81 Callas Jean Moulin, Klaus Barbie TV5 Jrnl (:40) ARTE reportage Ports d’attache “Philadelphie” À table avec l’ennemi Quest. 224 Motorcycle Motorcycle Racing NASCAR Race Hub Pass Time Pass Time Motorcycle Racing Motorcycle Racing

TUESDAY EVENING APRIL 14, 20156:30 7 PM 7:30 8 PM 8:30 9 PM 9:30 10 PM 10:30 11 PM 11:30

3 Big Bang Person of Interest (N) Å The Flash “All Star Team Up” Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. News-Lisa News--Calgary Daily Show Seth Meyers 4 11 KOMO 4 News Wheel Fortune Jeopardy! (N) Fresh Off-Boat Repeat After Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. Forever ’ Å KOMO 4 News Jimmy Kimmel 5 Big Happy Chicago Fire Å (DVS) News Tonight Show-J. Fallon Late Night With Seth Meyers News Paid Program Last Call/Daly 6 9 Evening News Entertainment The Insider (N) NCIS “Lost in Translation” (N) NCIS: New Orleans (N) Å (:01) Person of Interest (N) ’ KIRO News Letterman 7 13 KING 5 News KING 5 News Evening (N) The Voice (N Same-day Tape) Future Starts Big Happy Chicago Fire Å (DVS) KING 5 News Tonight Show 8 10 Basketball Basketball All Canadian Game. (N Same-day Tape) Å SportsCentre SportsCentre (N) (Live) Å SportsCentre Å 9 19 MLB Baseball Hockey Central Sportsnet Central (N) Å Blue Jays Blue Jays Sportsnet Central (N) Å Plays/Month Canucks TV 11 12 News Hour (N) Entertainment ET Canada NCIS “Lost in Translation” (N) NCIS: New Orleans (N) Å Chicago Fire Å (DVS) News Hour Final (N) Å 12 22 Hope-Wildlife The Polar Sea (N) ’ Å Galapagos Å ››› “A Film Unfinished” (’09) Å Westbound The Polar Sea ’ Å 13 3 Murdoch Mysteries ’ Coronation St. Rick Mercer 22 Minutes ’ Laughs: Gags Mr. D ’ The National (N) ’ Å CBC News Rick Mercer 14 8 Modern Family Big Bang Big Bang Hell’s Kitchen (N) ’ (PA) New Girl ’ Weird Loners Q13 FOX News at 10 (N) Q13 FOX Modern Family 15 Special Report CNN Tonight (N) Anderson Cooper 360 Å CNN Special Report CNN International CNN International 16 6 Auction Hunter Auction Hunter Auction Hunter Auction Hunter Auction Hunter Auction Hunter Auction Hunter › “G.I. Joe: The Rise of Cobra” (’09) Channing Tatum. ’ 17 23 Decks Custom Built Custom Built Hunters Int’l House Hunters Decks Decks Custom Built Custom Built House Hunters Renovation ’ 18 14 Married-Sight (:01) Married at First Sight ’ (:02) Surviving Marriage (N) ’ (:01) Married at First Sight ’ (:01) Married at First Sight ’ (:02) Married at First Sight ’ 21 Love It Love It or List It Å Property Brothers Game of Homes Game of Homes (N) Property Brothers: Buy & Sell 22 Assembly Max & Shred Hathaways Amer. Funniest Home Videos Open Heart Life With Boys Haunting Hour Haunting Hour Laughs: Gags Laughs: Gags 23 The National CBC News-Ian Hanomansing The National (N) ’ Å The National (N) ’ Å CBC News-Ian Hanomansing The National ’ Å 25 Ties That Bind Justified “Where’s Waldo?” NCIS “Friends and Lovers” ’ NCIS “Dead Man Walking” ’ Hawaii Five-0 “Po’ipu” Å NCIS “Friends and Lovers” ’ 26 15 Ice Cold Gold Cold Water Cowboys (N) Railroad Alaska (N) Å Jade Fever Jade Fever Cold Water Cowboys Railroad Alaska Å 27 Southern Ch. Real Housewives/Beverly Housewives/Atl. Friends ’ Friends ’ Southern Charm ’ Å Real Housewives/Beverly 28 18 19 Kids-Count 7 Little Johnstons (N) Å 19 Kids and Counting Å 7 Little Johnstons ’ Å 19 Kids-Count 19 Kids-Count 19 Kids and Counting Å 30 (:00) “Tom, Dick & Harriet” (’13) ’ The Listener Å (DVS) Criminal Minds “Gatekeeper” “Tom, Dick & Harriet” (’13) Steven Weber. ’ Å (DVS)

31 Packages-X Johnny Test Grojband Detentionaire Total Drama Futurama ’ Fugget Archer Å American Dad Family Guy ’ Fugget 32 20 Jessie Å Girl Meets I Didn’t Do It Dog With Blog Good-Charlie The Next Step Wingin’ It ’ Good-Charlie Win, Lose-Dr. Wizards-Place Life Derek 33 House/Payne Modern Family Seinfeld Å Family Guy ’ Family Guy ’ American Dad American Dad The Jeffersons Gimme Break ››› “Crimson Tide” (’95)

34 Corner Gas ’ Just for Laughs Å Laughs: Gags Laughs: Gags JFL The Simpsons Sirens (N) Sirens (N) Daily Show Nightly Show 36 Chopped Chopped “T.G.I. Fry-Day” (N) Chopped “Bizarre Baskets!” Diners, Drive Diners, Drive Chopped “T.G.I. Fry-Day” ’ Chopped “Bizarre Baskets!”

37 24 Illusions Storage: NY Storage-Texas Storage Wars Storage Wars Escape or Die Illusions Storage: NY Storage-Texas Haunted Collector Å 38 Pawn Stars ’ Pawnography Pawnography Canadian Pickers ’ Å Pawn Stars ’ Pawn Stars ’ Restoration Restoration American Pickers ’ Å 39 (:00) Face Off Fact or Faked: Paranormal InnerSPACE Scare Tactics Castle ’ Å Face Off ’ Fact or Faked: Paranormal 40 (:00) ››› “American Gangster” (’07, Crime Drama) Denzel Washington, Russell Crowe. ›› “Legend of the Lost” (’57, Adventure) John Wayne, Sophia Loren.

42 Hotel Amazon Hotel Secrets & Legends ’ Ghost Adventures ’ Å Mysteries at the Museum ’ Hotel Amazon ’ Å Hotel Secrets & Legends ’ 43 News Channel News-Lisa CTV National News-Lisa CTV National News-Lisa CTV National News-Lisa CTV National News-Lisa CTV National 44 Cat in the Hat Caillou Å Mike-Knight My Big Friend Max & Ruby Backyardigans Bubble Team Umiz. Fresh Beat Max & Ruby Toopy & Binoo 45 Entertainment Chicago Fire Å (DVS) NCIS “Lost in Translation” (N) NCIS: New Orleans (N) Å News Final (N) ’ Å ET Canada The Doctors 48 7 Escape-Nazi Frontline ’ (PA) Å Independent Lens (N) Å Tavis Smiley Charlie Rose (N) ’ Å Twice Born -- Stories-Special Escape-Nazi 49 Touched by- Touched by Auschwitz Å Unlikely Obsession ’ Å Charging the Rhino ’ Å Facing Extremism ’ Å Peter Popoff 50 TJ C.-B. 30 vies (N) La facture Vengeance ’ (SC) Pénélope McQuade (N) (SC) Le Téléjournal (N) (SC) TJ Colombie-Britannique 2 Entertainment Chicago Fire Å (DVS) NCIS “Lost in Translation” (N) NCIS: New Orleans (N) Å News Hour Final (N) Å ET Canada The Doctors 54 South Park Tosh.0 (N) Tosh.0 Å Community ’ The Simpsons At Midnight Conan (N) Å Community ’ Tosh.0 Å Tosh.0 Å 64 Damage Con. (:10) Slings and Arrows Å ››› “Dirty Rotten Scoundrels” (’88) (:45) › “Out on a Limb” (’92, Comedy) Å (:10) ››› “Lethal Weapon” 81 (:00) 21 jours En thérapie En thérapie TV5 Jrnl (:40) “La main passe” Bruno Todeschini, Fanny Valette. Pas que des cobayes Champion 224 MotoGP Race MotoGP Racing NASCAR Race Hub Pass Time Pass Time MotoGP Racing MotoGP Racing

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WEDNESDAY EVENING APRIL 15, 20156:30 7 PM 7:30 8 PM 8:30 9 PM 9:30 10 PM 10:30 11 PM 11:30

3 Big Bang CSI: Cyber “The Evil Twin” ’ Arrow “Broken Arrow” (N) ’ Criminal Minds (N) ’ News-Lisa News--Calgary Daily Show Seth Meyers 4 11 KOMO 4 News Wheel Fortune Jeopardy! (N) The Middle (N) The Goldbergs Modern Family The Goldbergs Nashville (N) ’ Å KOMO 4 News Jimmy Kimmel 5 Law & Order Chicago PD “Prison Ball” ’ News Tonight Show-J. Fallon Late Night With Seth Meyers News Paid Program Last Call/Daly 6 9 Evening News Entertainment The Insider (N) Survivor (N) ’ Å Criminal Minds (N) ’ CSI: Cyber “The Evil Twin” ’ KIRO News Letterman 7 13 KING 5 News KING 5 News Evening (N) The Mysteries of Laura Å Law & Order: SVU Chicago PD “Prison Ball” ’ KING 5 News Tonight Show 8 10 SportsCentre (N) (Live) Å That’s Hocky. SC Top 10 SportsCentre (N) (Live) Å SportsCentre (N) (Live) Å SportsCentre Å 9 19 NHL Hockey NHL Hockey Conference Quarterfinal: Teams TBA. (N Subject to Blackout) (Live) Å Sportsnet Central (N) Å Sportsnet Central Å 11 12 News Hour (N) Entertainment ET Canada Survivor (N) ’ Å Big Brother Canada (N) Å Chicago PD “Prison Ball” ’ News Hour Final (N) Å 12 22 The Polar Sea Rescue Park-Seasons Building 173 ’ Å Gala From Berlin 2013 ’ Å Cncrto Arnjuez Park-Seasons Rescue 13 3 NHL Hockey CBC News: Vancouver (N) Dragons’ Den Å (DVS) Winnipeg Comedy The National (N) ’ Å CBC News Vancouver at 11 14 8 Modern Family Big Bang Big Bang American Idol The top six finalists perform. ’ Å Q13 FOX News at 10 (N) Q13 FOX Modern Family 15 Anthony CNN Tonight (N) Anderson Cooper 360 Å Anthony Bourdain Parts CNN International CNN International 16 6 Cops Å Cops Å Cops Å Cops Å Jail ’ Å Jail ’ Å Jail ’ Å World’s Wildest Police Videos World’s Wildest Police Videos 17 23 Island Life (N) Caribbean Life Hawaii Life ’ Hunters Int’l House Hunters Lakefront Brgn Island Life ’ Caribbean Life Hawaii Life ’ House Hunters Renovation ’ 18 14 Storage Wars Shipping Wars Storage Wars Storage Wars Storage Wars Storage Wars Storage Wars Storage Wars Storage Wars Shipping Wars Storage Wars 21 Love It Love It or List It Å Property Brothers Hockey Wives Hockey Wives (N) Love It or List It Vancouver 22 Assembly Bella, Bulldogs Henry Danger Just Kidding Just Kidding Mr. Young ’ Life With Boys Haunting Hour Haunting Hour Just Kidding Just Kidding 23 The National CBC News-Ian Hanomansing The National (N) ’ Å The National (N) ’ Å CBC News-Ian Hanomansing The National ’ Å 25 Secret Liv Dig “The Well of Souls” (N) NCIS A Marine on life support. NCIS “Grace Period” Å Hawaii Five-0 “Heihei” Å NCIS A Marine on life support.

26 15 Ice Cold Gold Ice Cold Gold Cold Water Cowboys Fat N Furious: Rolling Ice Cold Gold Ice Cold Gold 27 Newlyweds Newlyweds: The First Year (N) A Stranger in My Home Å Friends Å Friends Å Newlyweds: The First Year ’ Newlyweds: The First Year (N)

28 18 19 Kids-Count 19 Kids-Count 19 Kids-Count 19 Kids and Counting Å 19 Kids-Count 19 Kids-Count 19 Kids-Count 19 Kids-Count 19 Kids-Count 19 Kids-Count 30 (:00) Motive ’ 19-2 “Borders” Å (DVS) The Listener “Crossed” ’ Criminal Minds “The Return” 19-2 “Borders” Å (DVS) Motive “Fallen” ’ 31 Packages-X Johnny Test Grojband Detentionaire Total Drama Futurama ’ Fugget Archer Å American Dad Family Guy ’ Fugget 32 20 Austin & Ally Jessie Å I Didn’t Do It Dog With Blog Good-Charlie The Next Step Wingin’ It ’ Good-Charlie Win, Lose-Dr. Wizards-Place Life Derek 33 House/Payne Modern Family Seinfeld Å Family Guy ’ Family Guy ’ American Dad American Dad The Jeffersons Gimme Break ›› “This Christmas” (’07)

34 Corner Gas ’ Just for Laughs Å Laughs: Gags Laughs: Gags JFL The Simpsons Big Bang Big Bang Daily Show Nightly Show 36 Duff Till Dawn Knife Fight (N) Knife Fight (N) Food Factory Food Factory Diners, Drive Diners, Drive Knife Fight ’ Knife Fight ’ Beat Bobby Duff Till Dawn 37 24 Survivorman Storage: NY Storage-Texas Storage Wars Storage Wars Survivorman Ten Days Storage: NY Storage-Texas Haunted Collector Å 38 Swamp People Yukon Gold (N) ’ Å Ice Road Truckers ’ Å Pawn Stars ’ Pawn Stars ’ Restoration Restoration American Pickers ’ Å 39 Para. Wit. Paranormal Witness ’ Å InnerSPACE Scare Tactics Castle “The Way of the Ninja” Paranormal Witness ’ Å Paranormal Witness ’ Å 40 (5:00) ›› “Sahara” (’05) Steve Zahn TURN: Washington’s Spies ’ TURN: Washington’s Spies ’ Å ››› “X-Men” (’00, Action)

42 Dead Files Ghost Adventures ’ Å Ghost Adventures ’ Å Border Border The Dead Files ’ Å Ghost Adventures ’ Å 43 News Channel News-Lisa CTV National News-Lisa CTV National News-Lisa CTV National News-Lisa CTV National News-Lisa CTV National 44 Cat in the Hat Caillou Å Mike-Knight My Big Friend Max & Ruby Backyardigans Bubble Team Umiz. Fresh Beat Max & Ruby Toopy & Binoo 45 Entertainment Chicago PD “Prison Ball” ’ Survivor (N) ’ Å Big Brother Canada (N) Å News Final (N) ’ Å ET Canada The Doctors 48 7 (:00) NOVA (N) Kamikaze (N) ’ Å SciTech Now World War II Tavis Smiley Charlie Rose (N) ’ Å Nature (Taped) Å (DVS) NOVA ’ 49 Downton A. Britain’s Secret Homes Å Emily of New Moon ’ Å “God on Trial” (’08) Antony Sher, Rupert Graves. ’ Å Supernatural Peter Popoff 50 TJ C.-B. 30 vies (N) L’épicerie (N) Tel quel: Jean-Michel Anctil Pénélope McQuade (N) (SC) Le Téléjournal (N) (SC) TJ Colombie-Britannique 2 Entertainment Chicago PD “Prison Ball” ’ Survivor (N) ’ Å Big Brother Canada (N) News Hour Final (N) Å ET Canada The Doctors 54 South Park Nathan-You Hollywood, FL Community ’ The Simpsons At Midnight Conan (N) Å Community ’ Nathan-You Hollywood, FL 64 Damage Con. (:10) Slings and Arrows Å ›› “I Know What You Did Last Summer” (:45) › “I Still Know What You Did Last Summer” (’98) Å › 13 Ghosts 81 Peuples En thérapie En thérapie TV5 Jrnl (:40) Rendez vous en terre inconnue Écoles pas comme-autres Quest. 224 Motorcycle Racing NASCAR Race Hub Pass Time Pass Time Motorcycle Racing Monster Energy Supercross: Houston.

THURSDAY EVENING APRIL 16, 20156:30 7 PM 7:30 8 PM 8:30 9 PM 9:30 10 PM 10:30 11 PM 11:30

3 Grey’s Anat. American Crime (N) ’ Å Big Bang Odd Couple Big Bang The Goldbergs News-Lisa News--Calgary Daily Show Seth Meyers 4 11 KOMO 4 News Wheel Fortune Jeopardy! (N) Grey’s Anatomy (N) ’ Å Scandal “I’m Just a Bill” (N) American Crime (N) ’ Å KOMO 4 News Jimmy Kimmel 5 The Blacklist (:01) Dateline NBC (N) Å News Tonight Show-J. Fallon Late Night With Seth Meyers News Paid Program Last Call/Daly 6 9 Evening News Entertainment The Insider (N) Big Bang Odd Couple Big Bang Mom (N) Å Elementary “A Stitch in Time” KIRO News Letterman 7 13 KING 5 News KING 5 News Evening (N) Law & Order: SVU The Blacklist ’ Å (:01) Dateline NBC (N) Å KING 5 News Tonight Show 8 10 SportsCentre Cabbie Cabbie That’s Hocky. SC (N) Å SportsCentre (N) (Live) Å SportsCentre (N) (Live) Å SportsCentre Å 9 19 NHL Hockey NHL Hockey Conference Quarterfinal: Teams TBA. (N Subject to Blackout) (Live) Å Sportsnet Central (N) Å Misplays Blue Jays 11 12 News Hour (N) Entertainment ET Canada Bones (N) Å (DVS) The Blacklist ’ Å Elementary “A Stitch in Time” News Hour Final (N) Å 12 22 Park-Seasons Canada: Over the Edge Å Joanna Lumley Greek “Time Zero: The Last Year of Polaroid Film” Snapshot Canada: Over the Edge Å 13 3 NHL Hockey CBC News: Vancouver (N) The Nature of Things Å Doc Zone ’ Å (DVS) The National (N) ’ Å CBC News Vancouver at 11 14 8 Modern Family Big Bang Big Bang Bones (N) Å (DVS) Backstrom “I Like to Watch” Q13 FOX News at 10 (N) Q13 FOX Modern Family 15 Somebody’s CNN Tonight Anderson Cooper 360 Å Somebody’s Gotta Do It CNN International CNN International 16 6 Lip Sync Lip Sync Lip Sync Lip Sync Lip Sync Bar Rescue ’ Lip Sync Lip Sync Lip Sync Lip Sync 17 23 Income Prop. SarahCottage SarahCottage Hunters Int’l House Hunters Income Prop. Income Prop. SarahCottage SarahCottage House Hunters Renovation ’ 18 14 First (:01) 8 Minutes (N) ’ Å (:02) 8 Minutes ’ Å (:01) The First 48 ’ Å (:01) After the First 48 Å (:02) 8 Minutes ’ Å 21 Love It Love It or List It Å Property Brothers Property Brothers Love It or List It Vancouver Love It or List It Å 22 Assembly Nicky, Ricky Stanley Dyn. Just Kidding Just Kidding Mr. Young ’ Life With Boys Haunting Hour Haunting Hour Just Kidding Just Kidding 23 The National The National (N) ’ Å The National (N) ’ Å The National (N) ’ Å The National ’ Å The National ’ Å 25 I’ll Be Seeing “The Wedding Chapel” (’13) Emmanuelle Vaugier. ’ Å NCIS A blind photographer. ’ Hawaii Five-0 “Palekaiko” ’ NCIS “Brothers in Arms” ’ 26 15 Fast N’ Loud Amish Mafia (N) ’ Å How It’s Made How It’s Made Bitchin’ Rides Å Fast N’ Loud Å Amish Mafia ’ Å 27 Emergency (N) Big Brother--Side Show A Stranger in My Home Å Friends Å Friends Å Big Brother--Side Show Emergency ’ Emergency ’ 28 18 Gypsy Welcome to Myrtle Manor (N) American Gypsy Wedding Welcome to Myrtle Manor ’ American Gypsy Wedding American Gypsy Wedding 30 (:00) Missing Missing “Truth or Dare” The Listener “Lockdown” ’ Criminal Minds Å (DVS) Kingdom “Cut Day” ’ Å Kingdom “King Beast” Å 31 Advent. Time Johnny Test Grojband Detentionaire Total Drama Family Guy American Dad Archer Å Robot Chicken Fugget Dating Guy 32 20 I Didn’t Do It K.C. Under. The Next Step Dog With Blog Good-Charlie The Next Step Wingin’ It ’ Good-Charlie Win, Lose-Dr. Wizards-Place Life Derek 33 House/Payne Modern Family Seinfeld Å Family Guy ’ Family Guy ’ American Dad American Dad The Jeffersons Gimme/Break › “The Tuxedo” (’02)

34 Corner Gas ’ Just for Laughs Å Laughs: Gags Laughs: Gags JFL The Simpsons Big Bang Big Bang Daily Show Nightly Show 36 My. Diners Food Fortunes (N) ’ Å You Gotta Eat You Gotta Eat Diners, Drive Diners, Drive Food Fortunes ’ Å My. Diners My. Diners 37 24 The Liquidator Storage: NY Storage-Texas Storage Wars Storage Wars Storage Can The Liquidator Storage: NY Storage-Texas Haunted Collector Å 38 Amer. Pickers Vikings “Breaking Point” (N) Secrets Pawn Stars ’ Pawn Stars ’ Pawn Stars ’ Restoration Restoration American Pickers ’ Å 39 (:00) › “NYC: Tornado Terror” (’08) ’ Å InnerSPACE Scare Tactics Castle “The Greater Good” Falling Skies ’ Å Falling Skies “Mutiny” Å 40 (5:00) “Almost Famous” (’00) › “Vegas Vacation” (’97, Comedy) Chevy Chase. Å ›› “National Lampoon’s European Vacation” (’85) Å School 42 Expedition Un. Breaking Borders (N) Å Ghost Adventures ’ Å Border Border Expedition Unknown Å Breaking Borders ’ Å 43 News Channel News-Lisa CTV National News-Lisa CTV National News-Lisa CTV National News-Lisa CTV National News-Lisa CTV National 44 Cat in the Hat Caillou Å Mike-Knight My Big Friend Max & Ruby Backyardigans Bubble Team Umiz. Fresh Beat Max & Ruby Toopy & Binoo 45 Entertainment Elementary “A Stitch in Time” Bones (N) Å (DVS) The Blacklist ’ Å News Final (N) ’ Å ET Canada The Doctors 48 7 Doc Martin ’ Death in Paradise ’ Å Masterpiece Mystery! Å Tavis Smiley Charlie Rose (N) ’ Å Michigan Out Michigan Doc Martin ’ 49 (:00) McCloud “The Million Dollar Roundup” Emily of New Moon ’ Å EastEnders ’ (:40) EastEnders ’ EastEnders ’ Supernatural Peter Popoff 50 TJ C.-B. 30 vies (SC) Infoman (N) Prière de ne pas envoyer Pénélope McQuade (N) (SC) Le Téléjournal (N) (SC) TJ Colombie-Britannique 2 Entertainment Elementary “A Stitch in Time” Bones (N) Å (DVS) The Blacklist ’ Å News Hour Final (N) Å ET Canada The Doctors 54 South Park Awkward. Awkward. Community ’ The Simpsons At Midnight Conan (N) Å Community ’ Awkward. Awkward. 64 Damage Con. (:10) Slings and Arrows Å ›› “Kull the Conqueror” (’97) Kevin Sorbo. (:40) ›› “Krull” (’83) Ken Marshall, Lysette Anthony. Å The Reaping 81 Jardin À table avec l’ennemi TV5 Jrnl (:40) Thalassa “Algérie, la mer retrouvée” Jean Moulin, Klaus Barbie Quest. 224 Danger-Drives Dangerous Drives NASCAR Race Hub Pass Time Pass Time Dangerous Drives Dangerous Drives

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CHRIST CHURCH ANGLICAN Sunday Worship 9:30 am 422 7th Ave North ...............................................250-428-4248CHURCH OF GOD IN CHRIST (Mennonite) 1152 Hwy 21 North .............................................250-428-9079CRESTON BAPTIST CHURCH Sunday Worship - 11 am 2431 Ash Street ..................................................250-428-7547ERICKSON COVENANT CHURCH Sunday Service 10:30 am ericksoncovenant.ca 6017-Canyon/Lister Rd ......................................250-428-4174GRACE CHRISTIAN FELLOWSHIP Sunday Worship - 10:30 am 2416 Cedar Street ..............................................250-428-7418HOLY CROSS CATHOLIC CHURCH Saturday Service 5 pm, Sunday Service 9:30 am 128 16th Ave N ..................................................250-428-2300NEW LIFE CHRISTIAN CHURCH Sunday Service 10:30 am newlifecreston.ca 1821 Elm Street .................................................250-428-5975REDEEMER LUTHERAN Praise 9:30am Sunday Worship -10 am 315 - 15th Ave North ...........................................250-428-9100SEVENTH-DAY ADVENTIST CHURCH Sabbath Sch. 9 am • Worship Service 11 am 713 Cavell Street ...............................................250-428-5214ST. STEPHEN’S PRESBYTERIAN Sunday Service - 10:30 am 306 Northwest Blvd ............................................250-428-9745TRINITY UNITED CHURCH Sunday Worship - 10 am 128 - 10th Ave North ...........................................250-428-4015VALLEYVIEW BAPTIST CHURCH Service - 11 am 234 - 36th Ave North ...........................................250-428-4861WYNNDEL COMMUNITY CHURCH Sunday Service 11 am 5113 Wynndel Rd ...............................................250-428-5645

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Our beloved John Poznikoff passed away peacefully on March 22, 2015 at the age of 73.John had recently been diagnosed with amyloidosis. Prior to his brief illness, John lived a good life full of hard work, outdoor adventure, and much love.Born in Salmo, BC on February 27, 1942 to John and Nellie (Negreiff), John grew up on the family farm the fourth of fi ve children. During his teen years, John worked summers picking fruit in the Okanagan, as a cantor and chokerman at a sawmill, and doing electrical work in the Okanagan and the Queen Charlotte Islands. These early years forged a love of work with machinery, especially his tractors and excavator. After high school graduation, John attended Notre Dame College in Nelson, BC for one year. He then moved to Vancouver where he earned his Bachelor of Science (Pharmacy) from UBC.John made many good decisions in his life but none better than the summer night he put on his best pair of slacks and headed to the dance where he met Elaine, the love of his life. From that point on, they were fortunate to spend more than 50 years together.John and Elaine began their married life living in Vancouver where John fi nished school and practiced pharmacy. An opportunity to be self-employed arose in the electrical trade resulting in John putting pharmacy on hold. During this time John and his brother Nick did general and electrical contracting in Sparwood where he eventually moved his family. These were good years but John was always looking for the right opportunity to return to pharmacy. In 1974 that opportunity arose in the Creston Valley, an area they had always enjoyed. John found the perfect location for a pharmacy and with a lot of hard work he was the proud proprietor of his own store.

Over the next 30+ years, John felt privileged to run a successful business that allowed him to help make a difference in his community. He enjoyed meeting and getting to know many local residents and he truly missed that daily interaction once he retired. John’s staff was like his second family. He hired people using his instincts and spent time getting to know them. He truly wanted all his employees to enjoy working at the store and wished them well in their lives. Group activities were encouraged such as staff parties and the formation of a slo-pitch team that was more enthusiasm than skill. In later years, John’s Pharmasave crew raised a substantial amount of money each year for the Relay for Life. At 57 John retired and was very proud that he was able to pass his business on to his two sons Steve and Mike.Construction was close to his heart. He built homes for himself, helped his children build theirs, and constructed the strata on Birch Street with the help of his sons. In retirement he could always be found in his workshop. John was good with his hands and enjoyed his time pursuing woodturning, blacksmithing, and tinkering with his tractors.John believed in his community and felt that he should give back to the people who supported him. Over the years he served as a member of the Kinsmen and more recently as a member of Creston Rotary. His dedication and work was rewarded when he received the Paul Harris Fellowship Award for his contributions. Outdoor activities were a particular passion of his: cross-country skiing, downhill skiing, fi shing, hunting, golf, snowmobiling and ATVing. Through these activities he forged many special friendships that were very important to him. John was a keen curler - he was almost actually competitive and he enjoyed socializing with the teams after.John loved golf maybe more than it loved him. He and Elaine looked forward to their yearly golf trips with John’s four siblings and their spouses. For the most part it was a friendly rivalry and scores were forgotten by the 19th hole. John loved sharing this pastime with his family, taking time to calmly instruct and teach his kids and grandchildren the love of the game. John, Elaine, Mike and his eldest grandson Kieran enjoyed their

annual participation in the Rick Clark Memorial Open and proudly brought home the trophy one year.A farm boy at heart, he and Elaine continued to grow a bountiful garden every year, much to the delight of the grandkids who would raid the raspberries all summer long and shuck peas at harvest time. And, of course, huckleberry picking… John always knew all the right places to pick the sweetest berries and invented his own picking apparatus, which no one could compete with.John loved his three kids unconditionally. He was a laid back father who had defi nite expectations. From an early age, they were expected to work at the pharmacy. Little did they know their father’s actions instilled in them a strong work ethic, an appreciation for the staff who help them, and the importance of giving back to others. Special memories include Sunday morning breakfasts, fi shing, skiing and snowmobiling trips.Avid travellers, John and Elaine were fortunate to travel to many places of interest from Costa Rica to Russia and many points in between. They also enjoyed packing up the 5th wheel and heading out on Canadian and U.S. adventures. They shared their love of travel with their children and grandchildren taking them to Disneyworld, Mexico, and Hawaii.John was a private, modest man even though he worked in the public eye. He treasured his time with Elaine and his three children, and was a fi ercely proud and doting grandpa (Deda) to eight grandchildren. He was perceptively aware of each child’s uniqueness and had a special way of instilling his wisdom in each of them.John was predeceased by his parents Nellie (1983) and John (1998), his father-in-law Nick Kinakin (1998), and his sister-in-law Ella (2003).He is survived by his loving wife of fi fty years, Elaine; his children Stephen (Mary) and their children Jacob, Matea, and Caleb; Sandra (Shawn) Cheverie and their children Robert, Adam, and Jaime; and Mike and his children Kieran and Tesse; his mother-in-law Hazel Kinakin; his siblings Nick (Linda), Harry, Polly (Paul) Osachoff, and Helen (Murray) Rennie; and numerous nephews and nieces.

No service by request.A Celebration of Life will be held at a later date.

Because John was particularly sensitive to the needs of the less fortunate in his community, in lieu of

fl owers the family welcomes donations to the Creston Ministerial Society (Box 479 Creston, BC V0B 1G0)

who provide excellent support to those in need.

John PoznikoffFebruary 27, 1942 ~ March 22, 2015

Annetta Doreen (Senetza) Langevin

Annetta was born in Edwand, Alberta on September 24, 1943 to Humphrey and Mary Senetza. On October 17, 1964 she married Gerard Langevin. She was a member of the Catholic Church and assisted as bookkeeper for the Kootenay Herb Conference. She was a loving mother, grandmother, sister, aunt, and friend who gave selfl essly. Annetta was kind, loving, and was known for her beautiful little touches to everything. She was a wonderful cook.She was predeceased by her father Humphrey Sentza in 2007 and her ex-husband Gerard in 2009.She is survived by her mother Mary Senetza; daughters Theresa (Craig) Steinbach, Tina (Carleton) Kennedy, and Maureen (Bruce) Dreany. She is also survived by her grandchildren: Shelby, Jared, Nicholas, Mikayla and Selena Steinbach: Jacqueline and Travis Kennedy and Matricia (Chad) Obrigewitch, Jenna and Nolan Dreany and great-grand daughter Rylee Obrigewitch. She will also be missed by her siblings, Clara (Ken) Webb, Linda (Sam) Parsons, John Senetaz, Joanne (Bob) George, Rhonda (Noel) LeChasseur, Debbie (Lawrence) Lewiski, and many nieces and nephews.

A Service will be held in Edmontonat Evergreen Memorial Gardens,

on April 18, 2015 at 2 pm.Friends wishing to do so may

make contributions in Annetta's name tothe Canadian Cancer Society,

19-9th Ave. S., Cranbrook, BC V1C 2L9or the Heart and Stroke Foundation,

4 - 1551 Sutherland Ave., Kelowna , BC V1Y 9M9or to P.A.W.S., 2805 Lower Wynndel Road,

Creston, BC V0B 1G8.

September 24, 1943 ~ March 17, 2015

As an infant, Ida immigrated to Canada with her family. They settled in Camp Lister.Ida Herman and Donald Andrew Caston were married October 12, 1950 in the Bethlehem Lutheran Church in Camp Lister, BC. It was the fi rst wedding at that church. The family continued to live and be active in Creston until 1956. Due to work they moved to Crawford Bay and raised fi ve children. Ida returned to Creston in 2012 due to health conditions.Ida was an active member of the Kootenay Lake Community Church. She enjoyed her fl ower gardens, needlework, cooking, painting ceramics, playing dominoes, and working with wood.Ida always had time for family and friends, and welcomed extended family.Ida was predeceased by parents Edward land Natalia (nee Sommerfeld) Herman;

two brothers: John and Carl; sister Martha; husband Donald Andrew Caston; grandson Tyler Caston; and granddaughter Brittinni Harder.She is survived by sisters: Ella Mahon and Freda Jackson; sons: Keray (Shirley), Gerald, and Bill (Beverly); daughters: Linda (Charlie) and Heather (Wes); grandchildren: Peter, Catherine, Angela, James, Jason, Elya, Colleen, Tim, Travis and Petra; and nephews and nieces.

A reception (12:30 pm) and tribute (1:30pm) to Ida Caston will take place

May 3, 2015, at the Kootenay Lake Community Church,

16190 Highway 3A, Crawford Bay, B.C.with Wes Harder offi ciating.

Memorial contributions may be sent to The Heart and Stroke Foundation,

4 1551 Sutherland Ave.,Kelowna, BC V1Y 9M9

Ida CastonJune 8, 1929 ~ March 16, 2015

Ida passed away in Creston, BC,at the age of 85.

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SCHOOL DISTRICT NO. 8 (KOOTENAY LAKE)Erickson Elementary SchoolAboriginal Youth Worker & Liaison

School District #8 is seeking an Aboriginal Youth Worker and Liaison. The successful applicant will be required to join the CUPE Local 748 Union and have a Criminal Records check.

Required Qualifications:Completion of a College Diploma - the Human Services Diploma Child & Youth Care (Selkirk College), or the Aboriginal Education Support Worker (College of the Rockies) or an equivalent combination of education, training and experience including working within an Aboriginal Community and/or program, and a strong understanding of the Aboriginal Enhancement Agreement. Extensive knowledge and practice of authentic aboriginal traditions/culture, with experience and involvement in the Aboriginal community.

The incumbent provides support to identified Aboriginal students and their families in order that they may benefit fully from educational programs.

Only shortlisted candidates will be contacted.

Applications will only be accepted through our online job posting board – Make a Future www.makeafuture.ca

Job Posting # 934803.

SCHOOL DISTRICT NO. 8 (KOOTENAY LAKE)Creston Maintenance Department

Journeyman PlumberSchool District #8 requires a regular Journeyman Plumber. The successful applicant will be required to join the CUPE Local 748 Union and have a Criminal Records Check.Desired training and experience:

Certificate of Apprenticeship or an Inter-provincial Trade Qualification recognized by the Province of BCValid BC Driver’s LicenseProven ability to keep current with technologyThe ability to understand and effectively carry out oral and written instructionsAble to read and interpret drawings and specificationsMust be physically fit and able to perform heavy physical activityInterpersonal skills consistent with employment in a diverse educational environment

Only shortlisted candidates will be contacted. This position includes full benefits.

Applications will only be accepted through our online job posting board – Make a Future www.makeafuture.ca

Job Posting # 937329.

Announcements

Funeral HomesIn Loving Memory Of

STAN MILLER Passed Away March 31, 2015

Age years 73Residence Creston

A private familyCelebration of Life

Service to be held at a later date Cremation

Friends wishing to make a memorial contribution

may do so to Canadian Red Cross

Box 3000 Creston, BC V0B 1G0

OrJuvenile Diabetes Foundation

2550 Victoria Park Ave. Suite 800

Toronto, ON. M2J 5A9

Information

ALCOHOLICS ANONYMOUS 422 - 7th Ave N

(Anglican Church Basement)Monday 11am (closed)

Wednesday 8pm (closed)Friday 8pm (open)

250-428-5954 or 250-435-1370315 15th Ave N

(Lutheran Church Offi ce)Saturday 7pm (Open)

250-428-7064

CANADA BENEFIT Group - Do you or someone you know suffer from a disability? Get up to $40,000 from the Canadian Government. Toll-free 1-888-511-2250 or www.canada benefi t.ca/free-assessment

POTTERYPridham Studio Gallery

OPENTues-Sat 10am-5pm

138 12 Ave. N. Creston BC

250-428-5080

Employment

Adult Care

Employment Specialist Blade Runner

Shredding Service

The Cranbrook Society for Community Living is proud to own and operate Blade Runner Shredding Service. Blade Runner is a social enterprise that employs adults with developmental disabilities. We are actively seeking a candidate to fi ll a full-time temporary position.

For full details visit:www.cranbrookscl.caApply with resume to:hr@cranbrookscl.caor Fax: 250-426-7990

Business Opportunities

HIGH CASH producing vend-ing machines. $1.00 vend = .70 profi t. All on location in your area. Selling due to ill-ness. Call 1-866-668-6629 for details.

HIP OR knee Replacement? Problems walking or getting dressed? The disability tax credit $1,500 yearly tax credit. $15,000 lump sum refund (on avg). For assistance call: 1-844-453-5372.

Employment

Drivers/Courier/Trucking

DRIVERS WANTEDAZ, DZ, 5, 3 or 1 w/ Airbrake

• Guaranteed 40hr. WorkWeek & Overtime

• Paid Travel & Lodging• Meal Allowance

• 4 Weeks Vacation• Excellent Benefi ts Package

Must be able to have extended stays away from home. Up to 6 months. Must have valid AZ, DZ, 5, 3 or 1 with airbrake license and have previous commercial driving experience.Apply at:www.sperryrail.com,

careers & then choosethe FastTRACK Application.

Help WantedHelp Wanted

Employment

Education/Trade Schools

INTERIOR HEAVY EQUIP-MENT OPERATOR SCHOOL.

NO Simulators. In-the-seat training. Real world tasks.

Weekly start dates. Job board! Funding options.

SignUp online! iheschool.com 1-866-399-3853

Help WantedEXPERIENCED FORKLIFTOperator w/ticket required for a demanding warehouse. Maintain records of movement & location of product accurate-ly. Have a good work record & communication skills. Physi-cally fi t & able to lift 50lbs. Have a valid drivers license. Full time during cherry season - incl. weekends & shift work. Relief for the remainder of the year. Please deliver resume in person 10am-3pm weekdays to:

Betty Ogden Growers Supply Company Ltd.

754 - 35 Ave S. Creston BC

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Mediation ServicesNOW AVAILABLEIn Creston and Surrounding Area

Catherine ChlopeckiCertifi ed Confl ict Resolution

Specializing in Family Mediation

If you have considered mediationas a way to resolve differencesusing a collaborative approach

CALL ME: 250-402-9781I may be of help!

Dustpan Diva Cleaning Services

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Gordon Hegland250-402-9818

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OVERHEAD DOOR Company of Creston

REPAIRS & SERVICE RESIDENTIAL &

COMMERCIAL NE INSTALLATIONS STEEL-CRA T DOORS

FORESTRY CONSULTANCY

Peter Bodley BSF, RPFSpecializing in Forest Inventory

Registered Professional Forester with the Association of BC Forest ProfessionalsServing the Kootenays since 1997

Subject to standard lending criteria of Royal Bank of Canada.

Janis Caldwell-SawleyMortgage SpecialistCell: 250-417-1336janis.sawley@rbc.comFlexible Appointments

Serving the Creston Valley

Cleaning Services

Employment

Help WantedH&R ORCHARDS LTD4733 Canyon Lister Rd

Box 1 Canyon, BC V0B 1C06 workers needed immediate-ly, full time. 40hr/week orchard laborers, $11/hr start. 24 mo.

duration orchard maintenance. Fall, Winter & Spring. Tree

pruning in winter, tree planting fall & spring. On & off irrigation

& repairs. Picking, packing, sorting, weighing, loading &

unloading fruit. Cleaning racks, trays & growing area.

No experience req. English/Punjabi an asset.

Call: 250-428-7563Fax: 250-428-7573

PICKERS NEEDEDBUSY ASPARAGUS FARM

Season StartsApprox May 1 - June 15

Attend Information SessionThursday April 23 at 6pm

1252 Indian RoadCreston, BC

Accommodation availableEvenings: 250-428-2734

Email: sutcliffefarms@gmail.comwww.sutcliffefarms.com

Medical/DentalMEDICAL TRANSCRIPTION! In-demand career! Employers have work-at-home positions available. Get online training you need from an employer-trusted program. Visit: www.CareerStep.ca/MT or 1-855-768-3362 to start training for your work-at-home career today!

Trades, Technical

Commercial Transport/ Heavy-Duty Mechanic

International & or Cummins engine exp. would be an asset. CVIP endorsement pref. Check us out at: www.wilsonandproctor.comEmail or fax, 250-385-1741

mike@wilsonandproctor.com

GPRC, FAIRVIEW Campus, Alberta urgently requires a Heavy Equipment Technician Instructor to commence imme-diately. Visit our website at: www.gprc.ab.ca/careers.

Services

Healing Arts

Natural Healing Relaxing way to release stress

• Refl exology• Reiki• Cranio Sacral• Emotion Code

Kveta A. Jasekwww.kveta-healing.com

250-866-5677Gift Certi cates available

Massage (Reg Therapist)

Massage Th erapy Clinic219 - 12th Avenue N

EXCELLENT THERAPYFOR YOUR BODY

Susan Smith, RMT250-428-5737

Lynn Adderley, RMT250-977-5575

For appointments call

24/7 online booking atwww.lynnadderley.ca

Services

Massage (Reg Therapist)

Julie Malowany

Registered Massage TherapistCreston, BC

250-428-3445

LaDonna Smith R.M.T.Tues, Wed,Fri & Sat

Creston250-254-4747

Financial ServicesGET BACK ON TRACK! Bad credit? Bills? Unemployed? Need Money? We Lend! If you own your own home - you qualify. Pioneer Acceptance Corp. Member BBB.

1-877-987-1420 www.pioneerwest.com

TAX FREE MONEYis available, if you are a homeowner, today! We can easily approve you by phone. 1st, 2nd or 3rd mort-gage money is available right now. Rates start at Prime. Equity counts. We don’t rely on credit, age or income.

Call Anytime1-800-639-2274 or

604-430-1498. Apply online www.capitaldirect.ca

Household ServicesA-1 FURNACE & Air Duct Cleaning. Complete Fur-nace/Air Duct Systems cleaned & sterilized. Locally owned & operated. 1-800-565-0355 (Free estimates)

Misc ServicesBOBCAT SERVICESPost hole drilling, deck / fence construction, etc. Contact Larry 250-431-8473

Painting & Decorating

NEED HELP PAINTING? Call 250-424-5330 lianad@mynetset.ca

Pets & Livestock

Pet ServicesLIL’ MUTT PET RESORT• Boarding dogs & cats

• Grooming• Pet Foods & Supplies

1304 NW Blvdand3323 Phillips RoadCreston, BC

250-428-5837www.lilmuttpetresort.com

Merchandise for Sale

FirearmsWANTED: RIFLES, shotguns, restricted weapons, reloading equipment, decoys or any oth-er shooting related items. Fully licensed. Glen 250-428-6750

Merchandise for Sale

Food Products

BC INSPECTEDGRADED AA OR BETTER

LOCALLY GROWNNATURAL BEEF

Hormone FreeGrass Fed/Grain Finished

Freezer Packages AvailableQuarters/Halves

$4.50/lb Hanging WeightExtra Lean Ground

Beef Available TARZWELL FARMS

250-428-4316 Creston

Heavy Duty Machinery

A-CHEAP, LOWEST PRICES STEEL SHIPPING Dry Storage Containers Used 20’40’45’53’ and insulated con-tainers all sizes in stock. 40’ containers as low as $2,200. Also JD 544 & 644 wheel Loaders & 20,000 lb CAT fork-lift. Ph Toll free 24 hours 1-866-528-7108 1-778-298-3192 8am-5pm. Delivery BC and AB www.rtccontainer.com

SLASHBUSTER 480HD w/ex-tended boom, grapple & twist $20,000.ALLIED 797CS hydraulic hammer - Nitrogen fi red, variable speed, energy recov-ery, anti-dry fi re. Recent re-build w/very low hours! Great for quarry or road building. $45,000. The CAT 330L it is mounted on is also avail. CATERPILLAR 325BL - long reach, two booms, swivel at-tach. $69,000.http://cullbros.ca/surplus/index.html

250-428-9868

Misc. for Sale

2NDHAND HEAVEN910 Pine St.

250-428-2375Open Mon-Fri 10am-5pm

Sat 10am - 4:30 pmTools, Toys, Furniture,Books,

Pictures, Bedding,Dishes, Deep freeze, & MORE!

Affordable Steel Shipping Containers for sale/rent

20’ & 40’ Kootenay Containers Castlegar 250-365-3014

Apple iPhone 5C, 16 gb, white, un-used ear phones & charger, Otter Box case, all in pristine condition, $400. 1(250)939-9518 ericbaker2012@yahoo.caCranbrook area

ENGLAND CHESTERFIELD gold fabric; 3 seats; exc. cond. $400 obo. 250-866-5616

NEW LIFE FURNITURE& RECYCLING

114 NW Blvd. 250-402-0098newlifefurnitureandrecycling.org

NEW HOURSMon - Sat 10am - 5pm

DONATION PICK UPSCall to arrange a pick up

Interested in joining our team of great volunteers

a few hours a week?Contact us

for more information

Quality second-hand Furnishings, Appliances,

Electronics & More!

RECYCLING DEPOT for: -small appliances -electronics -batteries -toys

PALLISER LIVING ROOM set (blue), $100; cast iron bath-tubs $50-$100; extension & step ladders, wood chairs, Jeep tent, lay down tanning bed. 4 plastic crates & 2 boxes 33 1/3 LP vinyl records $75 must take all. Partial rolls of livestock & stucco wire 250-428-6701

Merchandise for Sale

Misc. for SaleSAWMILLS FROM only $4,397 - Make money & save money with your own bandmill - Cut lumber any dimension. In stock ready to ship. Free info & DVD: www.NorwoodSaw mills.com/400OT 1-800-566-6899 Ext:400OT.

STEEL BUILDINGS. “Spring sales with hot savings!” All steel building models and siz-es are now on sale. Get your building deal while it’s hot. Pio-neer Steel 1-800-668-5422 www.pioneersteel.ca

Misc. WantedPrivate Collector Looking toBuy Coin Collections, Silver,Antique Native Art, Estates +Chad: 778-281-0030 in town.

Counselling

Garage Door Services

Real Estate

For Sale By Owner

Creston: 3/bdrm 2/bath 1440 sq. ft. N.G. fi replace, heat pump. Land and build-ings. First $200,000 takes it.

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BY TAMARA HYNDNelson Star

Riondel residents may have to decide this summer whether to demolish their community centre.

A referendum last fall to renovate the building at a cost of $1.2 million was soundly defeated by 82 per cent.

With a resounding no to the renovation option, Regional District of Central Kootenay Area A director Garry Jackman is taking steps to deal with the building as the maintenance costs are taxing.

Jackman has asked the regional district to have a package ready by June or July for a referendum to ask Riondel residents whether or not they want to demolish the aging building. Along with the request, the regional district will define the real costs of demolition.

“Historically the maintenance costs have been $53,000 for all three buildings and the surrounding grounds, excluding the region-al park ball park,” said Jackman, adding the

amount has been “inadequate”.“We’ve eaten into the capital reserve to

make miscellaneous repairs. We have to keep the building up to certain standard of maintenance in case the community decides to turn it into something.

“Our proposal this year is to move the budget up to $71,600 to cover some of the cost over-runs last year and some upcom-ing repairs.

Jackman said it brings up the question of what if they did not have the building, what if they consolidated their recreation into the curling rink building.

“But before you can do that, you need to know how much it will cost to remove the liability of the community centre,” he said. “That’s what this process will spell out. The cost of the complete demolition and the removal which would be the first step to consolidating all the community functions into one building.”

Jackman said it may or may not ever go to a vote but he wants to engage the com-munity in a serious manner. He’s hoping

Riondel may vote on community centre demolition

it will spur serious discussion to help get a better idea what dollar amount residents are willing to commit.

He said “$1.2 million dollars was too much. I would be surprised if the demoli-tion costs didn’t run plus or minus $300,000. It’s a fairly large building and it’s a long way from the transfer station.

“There is no zero cost solution for this community,” said Jackman. “Not having that building will cost five or 10 years of borrowing for the demolition costs, then

the maintenance expenses would end.”The community centre, the former J.A.

Cochran school, was built in stages between the early 1950s and 1967. It sat empty from 1972 until 1979, when the regional district acquired it from the school district. However, it has never been renovated and retains its original appear-ance. In recent years it has been home to many groups, including the seniors soci-ety, art club, historical society, and library.

—With files from Greg Nesteroff

Nelson Star fileThe Riondel community centre may face demolition.

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BY TOM FLETCHERBlack Press

Canada's aboriginal land claims resolution system has turned into an employment pro-gram for some of those involved, with "a con-spicuous lack of urgency in negotiations" and little common ground after 10 or more years at most treaty tables.

That's one conclusion from federal advisor Doug Eyford, who spent six months consulting on the state of treaty-making across Canada since aboriginal title was protected in Canada's Charter of Rights and Freedoms.

The report focuses heavily on B.C., which has 54 active treaty tables and only four agree-ments in the 22 years of the federally-financed B.C. Treaty Commission. Parts of Quebec, Labrador, Ontario, the north and most of B.C. never completed early treaties that extin-guished aboriginal title and made way for settlement and development in the rest of Canada.

"At the current pace, treaty-making may con-tinue for the rest of this century," Eyford wrote.

Eyford presented his report last week to Bernard Valcourt, Minister of Aboriginal Affairs and Northern Development. With a federal election set for this fall, Valcourt said the months to come will require more discussions with provinces and First Nations on Eyford's recom-mendations for a "new direction" in settling historic disputes.

The report's release comes a week after the B.C. government cancelled the appointment of former cabinet minister George Abbott to head the B.C. Treaty Commission. Premier Christy Clark said there isn't enough to show for more than $600 million, most of it debt accumulated by B.C. First Nations. Clark questioned whether the B.C. Treaty Commission should continue, since more B.C. First Nations remain outside the talks than inside.

Scott Fraser, aboriginal relations critic for the B.C. NDP, accused Clark of acting unilaterally to disrupt the existing system.

The First Nations Summit, which represents B.C.'s participating aboriginal communities, issued a statement saying despite the "confu-sion" over Abbott's appointment, the B.C. Treaty Commission "remains active and will continue into the future."

Chief Maureen Chapman, B.C. spokesperson for the national Assembly of First Nations, said Eyford's recommendations point to a new fed-eral system, not tinkering with the status quo.

"After numerous court victories by our peo-ples and the failure of the current treaty-making process in B.C. to deliver significant results, Canada must move away from a policy of First Nations making claims to the Crown by fulling embracing the need for real recognition followed by true reconciliation," Chapman said.

Ottawa seeking new aboriginal claims system

Former Tsawwassen First Nation chief Kim Baird introduces her children to former pre-mier Gordon Campbell at signing ceremony for the Tsawwassen treaty in 2007. It is one of four treaties com-pleted under the B.C. Treaty Commission.Tom Fletcher

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Creston - Great family home on 9.79 acres, fruit trees, garden area, pond and seasonal creek.

$319,900A15059

Creston - 4/bdrm 3/bath. Reno's incl. hardwood floors, new security system, paint, new bay window, countertops, appliances and more. New roof in 2010, new covered deck & hardi board this year with cul de sac privacy. 1/bedroom suite currently rented as a perfect mortgage helper.

$369,000K14144

Creston - updated 1/bdrm home would be a great starter home. All modern and tastefully done. Nice large backyard with fruit trees and lots of room for a garden. The home has a nice size deck to take in the amazing views to the west. Close to the rec centre and walking distance to town.

$149,000V14009

Creston - This home has everything. Vaulted ceilings, main floor master, ensuite, laundry, full bath, second bedroom. Huge rec room with 2 bdrms on lower level + RV parking/hookups.

$343,000D15023

Canyon/Lister - 3/bdrm 2/bath home on 9.76 acres bordering crown land. House is 1065 sq. ft. rancher with full basement in need of a little TLC. Bring your renovation ideas, or live in the house while you build your dream home on upper tier of this property.

$279,000B14242

Creston - Build your private home in the trees with a view of the valley. Drilled well with excellent production. Close to crown land where you can do all the outdoor activities you dreamed of. Hike, quad or snowmobile from your front door. Abundant wildlife and only 20 minutes from town.

$134,900T15020

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