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Accountants Ken Gadicke and Rick Minichiello say they established Osprey Medical Clinic to respond to a community need. “We kept hearing that one of the challenges of recruiting doctors was the lack of clinic space,” Gadicke, an active member of Creston’s last economic development initiative, said on Monday. “There was no room at Family Practice or other clinics and most doctors don’t want to set up on their own. “We saw Osprey first and foremost as a community development opportunity, and if it made a little profit eventually, that would be great.” The clinic was closed in January, leaving an estimated 3,000 patients concerned that they were losing access to their doctors. Drs. Raphael Elemuo, Suzanne Hopkins and Tara Guthrie are now temporarily working out of the Family Practice Associates clinic. See DOCTORS, page 3

Erickson's Virginia and Cliff Romano at a community complex spin class as they prepare for the Ride to Conquer Cancer.

Couple prepping for cancer ride BY BRIAN LAWRENCE Advance Editor

In the spring, Virginia and Cliff Romano will embark on a new adventure: riding 200 kilometres from Vancouver to Seattle

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on June 14 and 15 in the Ride to Conquer Cancer. But first, they are each raising $2,500 to benefit the BC Cancer Foundation — and taking regular spin classes to get ready for the ride.

“It’s quite a challenge to take on and get prepared,” said Virginia, who runs a popular blueberry farm in Erickson. “It’s not a game for old people,” added Cliff with a laugh. See CANCER, page 3

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welve judokas from the Kootenay Zone competed in the BC Games last week, returning with three gold, one silver and two bronze medals — and one of those gold medals came home with the Creston Judo Club’s Kaeden Rendek. The 13-year-old competed against nine others in his class, U16, which meant that some were nearly three years older, and others were blue belts,

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one higher than Rendek’s green. But that didn’t bother him. “I had my game plan set,” he said. “You’ve just got to stay focused.” Unlike other tournaments the national silver medallist has competed in, there was only one match running at a time, which gave him the opportunity to scope out his opponents’ techniques. Rendek was one of a few athletes who

Association’s Creston Valley-wide survey, which will help guide the future planning and development of Canyon’s hall and park. The survey is open until Feb. 28 at www.canyonbc. ca/?page=news, and paper copies are available at Canyon Country Store. For more information, contact community association president Deb Nelius at lanelu@ shaw.ca. •••

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he Creston Valley 4-H clubs held their district speech competition on Feb. 16 at the Creston Baptist Church. Ada Browne won first place among the seniors, with second place going Alyssa Eastman and Elizabeth Browne in third. In the junior category, Jessa Adams placed first, with Zoe Henderson in second and Devon Van Der Merwe in third. Those six will move on to regional speech competition, held this year at the Creston Baptist Church on March 2. Generously donating their time as judges were Laurie Riehl, Chris Schofer, Tom Heal, Betty Marzke, Tom Tarzwell and Lynn Gardner. Timekeepers Samantha Collins and Marianne van der Merwe and scorekeeper Sarah Collins worked tirelessly to keep track of all the speakers, who did a fantastic job with speeches covering a wide array of topics.

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SCHOOL DISTRICT NO. 8 (Kootenay Lake) SPRING BREAK DISTRICT OFFICES AND SCHOOLS CLOSURE MARCH 17 – 28, 2014

Reminder that District Offices and Schools will be closed March 17th to 28th and scheduled to reopen on Monday, March 31st. We hope you enjoy this time with family and friends.

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An estimated 600 cubic metres of rock fell on Highway 3A around 8:30 p.m. Feb. 20, closing the road until 1 p.m. Saturday, when it was opened to singlelane alternating traffic. Both lanes reopened late Sunday afternoon. Although the road was initially expected to be cleared by mid-Friday, “there were several large boulders blocking both lanes that had to be broken up with a hydraulic rock hammer attached to an excavator,” said Cliff Razzo, Ministry of Transportation and Infrastructure area manager. The slide occurred 35 kilometres north of Creston near Twin Bays.

From page 1 Despite rumours to the contrary, doctors have never been denied access to patient records. “The doctors claim we behaved badly, we think they behaved badly,” Gadicke said. “That’s the nature of any dispute and that will have to be sorted out in time. “We know that patients and the community as a whole are very concerned, as are we, that proper medical care be available in Creston. Recently we were contacted by some former patients of Osprey Medical Clinic and one suggested that a mediator be appointed from the Ministry of Health to help resolve the dispute. We welcome that idea. We are as concerned as any other resident of the Creston Valley that we attract and retain quality professionals of all disciplines.” He acknowledged that there has been much behind the scenes work to ensure the doctors are able to continue providing patient care. “Our community leaders are working to assist in this and we applaud and encourage their efforts,” Gadicke said. “We truly hope that their efforts are successful and in the meantime people can rest assured that all Ron Toyota medical records of Osprey Medical Clinic are securely stored and accessible on a server approved by the government of B.C. and the B.C. medical profession.” then, and he passed away as a young organizers send out “sweepers” to collect Patient records, according to the College of people who are still riding at 7 p.m. high school student,” she said. Physicians and Surgeons of BC, are the legal “I have a goal to not be one of those While Virginia was having her most property of the doctors, but patients are entirecent round of cancer treatments, people,” said Virginia. tled to copies in a reasonable time frame — From page 1 Now that they’ve been attending for three friends from Crawford Bay — usually 30 days — and cost. Osprey Medical He is almost 72 and she’ll be 69 a where she and Cliff lived for 20 years a while, they’re enjoying the spin classes Clinic, like Family Practice, pays to have a month after the ride, and they both — were in the clinic at same time, and at the Creston and District Community private company keep the electronic files in a found spin class difficult at first — a all three died. Complex, instructed by Tia Wayling. secure storage system that can be accessed 45-minute class is equal to 20 kilometres But cancer isn’t Virginia’s only rea- And when spring arrives, they will only by authorized medical personnel. — but it’s gotten easier since starting a son for heading out on the ride. She’s practice outdoors to be fully prepared. Gadicke said he and Minichiello continue In addition to making the Ride to few months ago. simply thankful that she can. 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Thunder Cats bus helps stranded tour bus riders BY LORNE ECKERSLEY Advance Staff

Creston RCMP responded to 77 calls from Feb. 17-23, Staff Sgt. Bob Gollan said on Monday. February 17 •A tour bus went off Highway 3 at Meadow Wood Road after being hit by a vehicle that lost control on icy roads. The bus landed in the ditch but no injuries were reported. The Creston Valley Thunder Cats team bus, with Creston Fire Rescue Chief Mike Moore at the wheel, was used to pick up the passengers, who were provided with emergency services until another bus arrived to take them on their way. •No injuries were reported after a vehicle went off West Creston Road and struck a power pole. •Police attended a Connel Road residence to assist with a Grand Forks RCMP missing person investigation.

•A minor head-on collision occurred on icy roads in Boswell. No injuries resulted. •The first of several nontraceable 911 calls in the week was received. •It was determined that a female reported missing from a Highway 3 residence was OK. •A Clement Road neighbour complained about a neighbour’s snow plowing activities. •A vehicle went off Highway 95 near Kingsgate but no damage was reported. •A Ford Explorer backed into a tree on 20th Avenue South, causing minor damage. February 18 •Police served a subpoena to a Westview Road resident on behalf of the Nelson City Police. •Police attended a Sixth Avenue South to assist provincial authorities with a child apprehension. •A search for an intoxicated male reported to be in the Sixth Avenue South area was unsuccessful.

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•Police attended a Meadow Wood Road residence as part of a sexual assault investigation. •An elderly Crestview Road male sent $1,200 to Turkey in what police determined was an Internet fraud that claimed his son was in need of money to fly back to Canada. He was asked for another $2,500 shortly afterward. Gollan recommends that no one should respond to such a request without being able to verify the facts. •A vehicle that reportedly went into the ditch off Highway 3 near Hazel Creek was not located. •A truck carrying avocadoes went off Highway 3/95 in icy conditions and into the river near Yahk. The driver was not injured. February 19 •A vehicle sustained extensive damage when it went off the icy Highway 3 near Yahk. •A warning letter has been sent to the owner of a white

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The Regional District of Central Kootenay is updating parcel tax rolls for the following service areas: South Slocan Water Service Parcel Tax Duhamel Water Service Parcel Tax Ymir Water Service Frontage Tax Lucas Road Water Service Parcel Tax Voykin Street Lighting Service Parcel Tax Sanca Park Water Service Parcel Tax Riondel Water Service Frontage Tax McDonald Creek Water Service Parcel Tax Balfour Water Service Parcel Tax Woodland Water Service Parcel Tax West Robson Water Service Parcel Tax Burton Water Service Parcel Tax Edgewood Water Service Parcel Tax Fauquier Water Service Parcel Tax Grandview Properties Water Service Parcel Tax Rosebery Highlands Water Service Area Woodbury Water Service Parcel Tax Owners of property located in these parcel tax areas may request that the roll be amended, in relation to their own property, on one or more of the following grounds: • • • • •

there is an error or omission respecting a name or address on the assessment roll; there is an error or omission respecting the inclusion of a parcel; there is an error or omission respecting the taxable frontage of a parcel (for water or sewer service areas that use frontage for taxation); and an exemption has been improperly allowed or disallowed.

The parcel tax rolls are available for inspection, at the Regional District of Central Kootenay office in Nelson during regular office hours. Requests for amendments must be made in writing to the Regional District of Central Kootenay, Box 590, 202 Lakeside Drive, Nelson, BC V1L 5R4 on or before March 10, 2014 @ 4:00 p.m. If requests are received, a Parcel Tax Roll Review Panel will meet at 10:00 a.m. on March 11, 2014 in the RDCK Board Room in Nelson. Stuart Horn, Chief Financial Officer/Appointed Collector

commercial vehicle reported to be driving erratically on Highway 3. •An 11th Avenue North resident reported the theft from a vehicle of a jack and sunglasses a week earlier. •A wallet found in a Cook Street parking lot has been returned to the owner. February 20 •A semi reported to have jackknifed on Highway 3A was gone when police arrived. •A black bifold wallet was lost on Canyon Street. •Police attended to keep the peace while a female retrieved possessions from a Dogwood Street residence. •A rockslide on Highway 3A near Sanca blocked the road for more than a day. February 21 •Police responded to a panic alarm on Devon Street but learned the female resident had pushed the wrong button on the device. •A window was smashed at a Highway 21 residence. •An envelope containing cash was lost on Northwest Boulevard. •Police were contacted about a dispute involving a Nick’s Island Road resident who was refusing access to a diking district representative. •Two elderly males were involved in a neighbours’ dispute on Regina Street. •No injuries were reported when a vehicle went off Highway 3 at Kootenay Pass. •Police were called to a family dispute at a Highway 3A restaurant. •A male was arrested on an outstanding warrant on 16th Avenue North and was held in custody

until a hearing could be arranged. •An intoxicated female located in a vehicle parked in a 15th Avenue North parking lot was given a ride home. February 22 •Police were unable to locate an erratically driven green Chevrolet pickup on Arrow Creek Road. •A well-being check on Cook Street revealed the resident was OK. •A vehicle reported to be stuck on railway tracks on Newman Road was gone when police arrived. •Shortly after police received a report about a male entering a vehicle whose alarm was sounding on Canyon Street, the driver arrived at the police station, explaining that he didn’t know how to turn the alarm off. •A Helen Street business complained about a customer who was bothering staff with stories of time travel. •A vehicle was stopped on 12th Avenue North and four occupants were found to have smoked marijuana. Twenty grams of dried marijuana and 12 grams of hash were seized but no charges were laid. February 23 •A driver reported to be driving at a high speed on Northwest Boulevard parked his vehicle in a 15th Avenue North parking lot and ran off. The vehicle was towed. •A 79-year-old male died suddenly in his Wenger Road home, apparently of natural causes. •A male youth and his mother on Blackmore Road were advised that he should find a safer place for target shooting with a .22 rifle.

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Get your children up and active this year and get credit (NC) The rewards of getting your family up and active speak for themselves, but did you know you can also be reimbursed financially through your income tax submission? It’s true. The federal non-refundable children’s fitness tax credit allows parents and guardians to claim up to $500 for fees paid on behalf of a child under the age of 16, who is enrolled in eligible, supervised sports and physical-fitness program activities. If you pay family membership fees in a program that involves eligible fitness activities, mixed with other activi-

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ties, you might be able to apply a pro-rated portion to the children’s fitness credit. Make sure you get a receipt from the organization clearly stating the amount eligible for a credit. Parents can also receive further financial support through the child tax credit, childcare supplement for working families, and the universal child-care benefit, among other family focused credits. Children’s extracurricular activities, such as dance, skating, soccer, and arts programs, could quality for fitness and arts credits. www.newscanada.com

Life changes can change your tax situation For some Canadians, the year 2013 was a time of big changes. They may have gotten married or welcomed a new baby. Or perhaps one of their parents needed a full‐time caregiver. If you experienced a life change last year, taxes are probably the last thing on your mind but all of these situations can impact your return. Most Canadians have their tax deductions collected by their employer. Employers calculate the amount of deductions based on the information provided by an employee on a TD1 Form. It is quite common for employees to fill out only one TD1 Form and never update it when their tax situation changes. It is important to remember changes in your life impact how much tax is withheld. Although it is always nice to get a tax refund, it is even better not to pay the money to the government in the first place. If you get married or have children, your situation has changed. You should ask your payroll or human resources department for a new TD1 Form. The updated information should be used to recalculate the amount of tax withheld. Or if you are eligible for a new tax credit, you could also need to fill out a new TD1 Form. It can make a difference. For example, the Child Tax Credit is based on $2,234 for each child born in 1995 or later. If you qualify for the benefit, filling out a revised TD1 may result in slightly less tax being withheld by your employer. Have you had any life changes in the last few months? • Are you a single parent with a child who turned 18 last year? • Did you get married? • Is your spouse earning significantly more

income this year? • Did your spouse quit a job to stay at home with the children? • Are you caring for an elderly parent? If you answered yes to any of these questions, your tax situation has changed. It could be a good time to consult a tax professional to make sure you have the right amount of tax being withheld. A tax professional at H&R Block can talk about other credits and deductions that may affect you. To find the office nearest you, visit www.hrblock.ca or call Janis Caldwell-Sawley us at 250-428-5966. This article provides only an overview of the regulations in force at the date of publication, and no action should be taken without consulting the detailed legislation or seeking professional advice. Therefore, no responsibility for loss occasioned by any person acting or refraining from action as a result of the material contained in this bulletin can be accepted by H&R Block Canada, Inc.

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(NC) The federal government is once again offering Canadians faster and greener tax refunds this year through its paperless direct deposit program. Direct deposit, which allows Canadians to have their tax refunds and other federal payments deposited into their bank accounts, makes a lot of sense environmentally; after all, it will save more than 32,000 trees a year, lowers printing and production costs and reduces greenhouse gases caused by the transportation of cheques across Canada. The cost to produce a cheque is approximately 83 cents while a direct deposit payment costs about 11 cents. One thing to note, however, is that cheques will only be issued under exceptional circumstances, for example when Canadians do not have access to a financial institution because they live in a remote location. Ottawa issues more than 300 million pay-

ments annually for everything from tax refunds to old age security; more than 80 percent of recipients have already signed up for direct deposit. The federal government is phasing out federal government cheques by April 2016. The initiative is expected to save the Canadian government approximately $17.4M per year starting in 2014. You can find more information about how to enrol for direct deposit at www.directdeposit.gc.ca. www.newscanada.com

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I doubt there were many gasps of astonishment last week when news broke about an Environment Canada study that finds that water from oilsands tailing ponds is leaching into the Athabasca River. Let me clarify. I mean that it comes as no surprise that toxins from bitumen extraction are getting into Alberta water systems. But it might have come as a shock that there still is an Environment Canada and that it still has people to do such research. After all, aren’t things like scientists necessary to this whole research thing? Shortly after this story broke, another report in the Tyee caught my attention. In it is information that says Canada’s oil and timber resources have an estimated value of $33 trillion. On that basis alone, Canada is the fourth richest country on the planet, says the story writing by Mitchell Anderson. And that doesn’t count agriculture, fish and other resources, including Premier Christy Clark’s beloved liquid natural gas, the stuff that requires pumping fresh water and chemicals into the ground in order to extract it. The oil and timber wealth could be cause for concern or celebration, depending on one’s view. Natural resources provide jobs, no doubt about it. But is obsession with their exploitation — and make no mistake, our provincial and federal governments are hanging their hats on their future with it — coming at the expense of us taking our place in the digital age? Are we the equivalent of a slave economy in the Industrial

value for our oil and gas resources, that what we gain in jobs we lose by not taking sufficient royalties that reflect the true value of the products. With another two generations to go before our aging demographics problem resolves itself, it would be nice if the pain of providing for the large bulge of old baby boomers would be eased if governments were willing to take a tougher stand on those royalties, and to face the fact Lorne Eckersley that cuts to taxes, especially for corporations and the rich, have hurt rather than helped We all have heard the story, by our overall development as a now, of Norway, a country with a nation. Short-term gain for longplan, an actual honest-to-goodness term pain. plan to ensure that future and With more forward thinking, present generations share the ecoless dogmatic leadership, Canada nomic benefits of their oil exports. could be a world leader in this ecoThere is precious little evidence nomic shift we are going through that we are doing the same thing globally. We could be working full here, though. The Harper governspeed ahead to encourage the ment has run Canada deep into development of energy options. debt — quite purposefully, if you Heck, it could become the equivabelieve those who argue it is all lent of a war bond effort, a rallying part of a plan to ultimately shrink cry to unite a population that has government and turn the country no sense of direction and no great over to corporate powers — and hope for the future. Instead, we Alberta still struggles to provide seem content to be the modern the services its people seem to slave economy, except we rely on want. cheap resources instead of free There is no arguing that there is labour. a level of terror as governments Focusing attention on the Senate look out at the digital age and and other largely meaningless issues wonder where all the jobs will might provide a smokescreen for the come from. It was no different elimination of science jobs and closafter the Industrial Revolution, ing of research libraries might be which saw mechanization put a good politics but it’s a pretty clear large proportion of the population sign that the direction we are headout of jobs. It took generations for ing isn’t intended to be good for the shift to a new economy to take most of us. place. Lorne Eckersley is the publisher of Many economists have argued the Creston Valley Advance. that Canada isn’t getting great Revolution? Is our hell-bent-forleather need to export those resources simply continuing to add to the environmental mess we are in, and what is our net benefit?

This is the Life

Taking refuge in Buddha

There are two aspects to taking refuge in the Buddha. At the literal level, we take refuge in the historical Buddha as an example of someone worthy of emulation. The Buddha was not a god. He was an ordinary human being, like you and I, who saw through the deceptions of life, both on the ordinary and spiritual levels. He found the awakened mind by relating with the confusion and insanity all around him. He looked at those situations clearly and then recognized that his own mind was the source of this chaos and confusion. Then he disciplined his mind and attained enlightenment. When we take refuge in the Buddha, we take refuge in the example of his life. He started out in the same kind of life that we lead, with the same confusions. But he renounced that life in order to find truth. He, like us, was raised in a theistic society that believed in a god who would rescue people from their suffering. But he saw that there were problems with that, so instead of looking for an outside solution, he looked inwards. Taking refuge in the Buddha involves realizing that our stories are comparable with his, and then deciding to follow his example and do what he did.

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tion that already existed within in him. In Zen we call this basic inspiration “Buddha nature.” Taking refuge in our innermost nature is the second level of taking refuge in the Buddha. When we take refuge in the Buddha, we take refuge in our own enlightened nature, our own experience, our own potential to be kind, generous peaceful disciplined and wise. It is the human mind that has created the chaos and confusion around us, and it is the human mind can transform that chaos to peace and harmony. When we take refuge in the Buddha, we learn to transform anger into compassion, greed to generosity, cruelty to kindness, impatience to patience and harmful impulse to self-

discipline. In a way, you could say that taking refuge in the Buddha describes what we do when we meditate. We stop believing our thoughts and find a deeper mind that is beyond our conditioning. When we take refuge in the Buddha, we recognize that so long as we’re dwelling in our thoughts, as long as we’re trying to find some escape or mindless entertainment we’re going to be intermittently unhappy. Taking refuge in the Buddha means both following the example of the Buddha’s life and taking refuge in our own Buddha nature, which is deeper and wiser than our thoughts and conditioned beliefs. Suggested practice: For the next two weeks, notice when you get lost in thinking, let that thinking go and bring your attention to your breath. Notice how doing this over and over brings relaxation, and often an insight into how to solve confusion in your daily life. Kuya Minogue is resident teacher at the Creston Zen Centre and will be offering classes on the 16 precepts of Soto Zen Buddhism at 7 p.m. on Thursday evenings from Feb. 27-April 17. For more information, visit www.zenwords.net or call her at 250-428-6500.

Creston Valley Advance Thursday, February 27, 2014

West Creston needs time to cool off To the Editor: Regardless of which majority made the wise decision in the West Creston fire service petition, whether it was the Dec. 31 majority no vote or the Jan. 15 majority yes vote, there is a principle involved here, beyond arguments over whose money is used for what and whether security is a vapour. At a time of near pandemic angst and anxiety at the way politics and the economy are headed, there should have been more sensitivity in the way the petition vote was handled. In my opinion, a cooling off period would be helpful for the sake of community solidarity. If the yes vote side is correct, their chances of reaching a consensus should improve with time. Meanwhile, we Canadians can look with envy on Iceland, which jailed their fraudulent bankers and now enjoys a low rate of unemployment. Robert Betts West Creston

Letter an insult to all firefighters To the Editor: (Re: “Fire Service will be Useless”, Feb. 6 Advance) I have no problem with someone exercising their democratic right to oppose fire service but I do have a problem with the venomous spirit this letter contained. I was at a meeting recently arranged by the writer. I agreed with a lot of what was said. The guest speaker at the meeting suggested that love and honesty were at the core of all good efforts to work for betterment in our communities. I agree wholeheartedly, but Vladimir Certik’s letter failed both. It was an outright attack on everyone who opposed the writer’s view. No love there! I appreciated Rachel Beck’s assessment (“Lines were Crossed in Fire Debate”, Jan. 23) regarding the poisoning of the Binks family’s dog and harassment of the family. I believe lines were crossed in Vladimir’s letter, also. It’s this kind of expounding that fuels the fire of those who would do outrageous things. I do not know what went on with the incident regarding the forest fire, but I do know I do not appreciate the attack on firefighters in general, as put forth in this letter. To make a stand that we also do not need fire service is selfish and short of good sense. I have been in the Yahk fire service for about 10 years. It takes lots of training and hard work. We saved a building from two brush fires and the start of a forest fire, one beside Yahk itself. As we cleaned up on the fire, the forestry people arrived from Cranbrook — time is of the essence. If we did not have local service, more damage would have happened in both than the entire cost of our fire service. We prevented another fire from destroying a row of mobile homes.

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As far as Creston Fire Rescue not saving adjacent structures, that statement is totally untrue. As a youth, I saw the entire northwest end of town saved when the Overwaitea burned on the corner, which is now the Royal Bank. I personally was on the firefighting team that saved what is now the Kokanee Inn and other buildings adjacent to the three-story building that was located on the present-day parking lot. Recently, I have seen protection as Sunset Seed Co. burned, and as a friend’s home caught on fire on 16th Avenue and was contained. It was in the midst of a row of homes. For the record, Creston Fire Rescue has 25 volunteers, not 70. The $2 million in equipment boils down to $400 per year per town resident, which, amortized over 20 years, is $20 per person per year. That’s very inexpensive protection. The comment to have unpaid leadership lacks any common sense. Lives depend on the decisions these leaders make. They need years of training and experience, they have put their lives on the line and they also need to pay their bills — and have earned the right to a decent paycheque. Regarding fire insurance, my taxes in Yahk increased $100 for fire service and my insurance dropped $500. Insurance companies are not going to knock on your door. A good suggestion (not of my origin) is to invite them to a community meeting to bid against each other for the combined community insurance rates. This letter was an insult to me personally as a volunteer firefighter, an insult to all firemen who lay their lives on the line daily and an insult to a lot of people who work toward a better, safer community. Doug Knight Yahk

Community must look after seniors To the Editor: The purpose of my letter is to document a growing concern: As more seniors are walking whether due to doctors’ orders, loss of driver’s licences or just to keep healthy and alert, it behooves the rest of the community to watch out for them — not harm them. In that respect, I would like to send two Frosties (the opposite of a Warm Fuzzy) to two individuals whom I can only think of as either incredibly unthinking or just plain idiotic. Your actions almost resulted in a trip to the emergency room for my 82-year-old mother. The first happened on Feb. 20 when a black truck swerved toward the sidewalk where my mother was walking, spraying her with icy slush from head to toe, almost causing her to slip. If you did that on purpose, where was your thinking on that one? If you slid in the slush, why weren’t you driving to conditions? The second incident occurred on Feb. 22. Again, my mother was out walking her regular route when a man walking his dog on a loose leash let it run toward her and it tried to jump on her. His response was, “Oh, he just wants to make friends.” He did not bring the dog under control but

turned to talk to another man, at which time the dog tripped my mother and she fell, banging her head and shoulder on the hard ground. This “gentleman”, and I use the word loosely, didn’t even help her up or inquire if she was OK — nor did the man he was talking to. When I went to check on her after she got home she had a bump on her forehead and a large bruise starting. Today, she is bruised on her shoulder and hip from the fall and her eye is also black. Why? Because not only did you not care enough about your dog to keep an eye on it but also because you showed total disregard for the welfare of anyone else by not keeping it on a tighter leash. Definitely Frosties are in order for both of you. Dianne Audette Creston

Municipal gov’ts can consider ban on GM foods To the Editor: Some weeks ago, I attended a thought-provoking forum on the topic of possible hazards associated with genetically modified foods. The presenters were Dr. Thierry Vrain, former head of biotechnology at Agriculture Canada’s Summerland Research Station, and Dr. Shiv Chopra, a former Health Canada scientist. They were early victims of government plans to greatly reduce and eliminate scientific research programs, some by dismantling the programs, others by drastic reduction of funding. They are both eminently qualified to speak to this matter. Just a few examples from their presentation: One of the aims of genetic modification is to incorporate pesticide capability into the plant so insects that would normally damage the plant learn to stay away. Presumably other consumers of the plant would also like to do that, which is why this food is not labelled as genetically modified. The other major objective of genetic modification technology is to incorporate resistance to herbicides in the food plant so weeds can be eradicated by treatment with Roundup, leaving the food plant alive. Since weeds acquire resistance to the herbicide, it appears this becomes a losing battle, as more and more herbicide is required until it doesn’t work at all. Many other issues were described, obviously too many to include here. A very interesting observation that was presented was that though provincial and federal governments cannot legislate against genetically modified organisms because of free-trade agreements, municipal governments can, and a number in B.C. are considering doing just that. How about us? An interesting sidenote, which prompted this letter, is that I discovered on a recent trip that two islands in Hawaii have passed laws banning introduction of genetically modified plants, coupling this with programs to train young farmers (just like Creston), by producing grass-fed beef and other soil-friendly initiatives. Guess what? Three multi- national seed companies are suing to overturn the Hawaiian legislation. Bob Ewashen Creston

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Fred Mawson: the man, the myth BY JOHN KETTLE It is with great personal sadness that I pen this about my friend Fred Mawson. Fred passed away recently, and in keeping with his personal wishes there has been no funeral or public gathering on his behalf. I would be remiss, however, if I didn’t acknowledge the impact he had on this community and most certainly on most everyone that knew him. Mawson’s Sports, under Fred’s tutelage for many years, was the epicentre of the coffee shop gang who willingly shared ideas and ways to solve all of our worries and ills. I was part of that group some days and I have to admit that after 12 years as an elected official, some of the common sense solutions bantered about at Mawson’s for the issues of the day seem very clear and focused, considering the world today of sound bites and talking heads who seem to know everything and have an answer for nothing. I digress. Mawson’s Sports has been a cornerstone of the Creston Valley for as long as most people can remember. At one time, when Vic Mawson and Fred, his son, ran the store, it was acknowledged as the second oldest “single proprietorship” in Canada. Somewhere in Fred’s belongings is a letter from U.S. Congressman Ron Coleman of Texas congratulating Vic and Fred on this accomplishment. I hope Fred’s sons, Ron and Vern, find this letter. While there are many more people who knew Fred much longer, I wanted to write this on behalf of my wife Marilyn and myself because of the impact he had on us and our family. When we first immigrated to

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Canada in the late 1980s, one of the first stores we visited in Creston was Mawson’s Sports. I remember bringing the whole crew of two girls and two boys, Marilyn and myself into the store to load up with the necessities of life. Our visit to Mawson’s followed a first-time visit for groceries to a store that cracked my kids up with a name that sold groceries to overweight people. To this day, they laugh about this misconception when we pass Overwaitea Foods. Back to Fred. Once we established we were new Canadians living east of town at a place we called Meadow Creek Ranch, Fred was all smiles and treated us like family. I do remember, however, we went back to the ranch that day loaded with fishing gear, hunting gear, snowshoes, ammunition, tents, lanterns, fruit dryers and, most importantly, every lure and bait known to mankind that was guaranteed to kill the fish when used properly. I don’t think I’ve ever seen Fred smile as broadly as the day we loaded our booty into the one-ton truck, every item at full retail and most certainly some of it reducing the prior year’s inventory that only a Texan would buy. I reminded Fred many times over the years of our original meeting. He was gracious in his acknowledgement of our pur-

chase but assured me he did right by us in our subsequent purchases over the last 18 years. As many people know, you never wanted to test old Fred when you went shopping at his store. I have been present when he actually asked people to leave and go shop somewhere else. You did not mess with Fred and if he didn’t like you he didn’t sell to you. There was no amount of money that could buy anything in his store once he decided not to sell to you. He was stubborn that way. That being said, I have also observed on numerous occasions where local community groups would come and ask for donations to help their cause. Fred would bluster up and act like you were asking for his firstborn before recanting and giving donations only if you pinkie swore never to tell anyone. He was generous to a fault. I don’t think most folks knew how big-hearted Fred actually was. He loved his community. His commitment to the Creston Valley, and certainly to the Creston Valley Rod and Gun Club and Ducks Unlimited, was unwavering. He has been, in my opinion, a mainstay of their success in our valley. I guess most of all I want everyone to know how blessed my family and I have been to have known Fred and his family. Our boys and girls have grown up fishing and hunting with gear and advice from Mawson’s Sports. Because of the kindness and love of the outdoors shown to them by Fred Mawson, I believe our children are better off now as adults. Their trips home to Creston in the summertime most times included taking our nine grandchildren to Mawson’s Sports, for a short visit with Fred and the purchase of the new and latest killer lure that will catch the “big one” at Kootenay Lake. Even though Fred is now gone, his legacy and his commitment to our environment is recognized by every visitor that comes into Canada at the Rykerts crossing, driving past Mawson Lake. Happy fishing, Fred. We will miss you. John Kettle is the Area B director for the Regional District of Central Kootenay.

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Late winter chores mean spring is near

the two- or three-year-old roots, but being busy in spring and short on space it never seems to get replanted. A few weeks back, I went to the remainder of the asparagus patch and stripped off all the seed. Semifrozen, I put them in a bucket and crushed the berries (correct term is maceration). The seeds cling to the berEvan Davies ries, so you add water and let it ings off of 325 trees left to pick sit around for a few days before up and chip. I like to tell myself, repeating the process. You “Exercise is good for you. One want clean seeds soaking in day you will get yours in the fresh water. Anyhow, for most plants’ gym.” There is light at the end of the tunnel. What gets me is that seeds in the northern hemisphere, there are weeds in the snow. you need to give them a fake winThey look like they are green ter called stratification or, for and starting to grow. How can bulbs, vernalization. So I added a little clean vermiculite to the this be? There are a few more winter bucket and left it in the cold part chores to do first, like pruning of the greenhouse, just in case the grapevines and some of my they needed more cold time. A little apple tree collection, but if plastic bag in the fridge with it stayed nice and sunny for a moist peat moss works best few days I could have it all around the home. Then I seeded taken care of this week. I might them in my usual fashion. It looks even get to spray the peach like I will have enough to plant a trees with copper before it rains city lot at the space of one foot again to prevent peach leaf between plants (called crowns) curl, a fungal infection that and four feet between rows. Asparagus plants that produce begins over winter and shows damage to the peach leaves seed are females. Males “crowns” will actually produce more weight later in the year. Back in the greenhouse, I’ve in stalk in a field production scea crop of asparagus starting to nario. They are planted deep in grow. Backtrack 13 years — furrows and these are filled in a when we first took over the few inches at a time over a season, farm here, a helpful person mis- with good garden soil or welltakenly rototilled a large por- rotted compost. As previously tion of the established aspara- mentioned, the crowns for sale are gus patch. A few plants sur- usually two or three years old and vived. Over the years, I’ve my new plants are but seedlings found a few growing wild and not for sale. I admit it. I like to try growaround the rest of the farm so that we can usually have a few ing just about anything. Seeds, dinners of our own homegrown cuttings, whatever — it’s all part veggies. Most of the time, we of the fun! Evan Davies owns Beltane usually buy from down the Nursery at 2915 Highway 3 in road. In any case, the nursery sells Erickson. Not just another UFO, the sun was actually sighted this morning shortly after the snowfall stopped. I was quite excited. The first little birds of spring were singing too. Only the prun-

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