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Volume 66, No. 43
Thursday, October 23, 2014
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Greens, chamber, CVTA, CUPE hosting forums BY LORNE ECKERSLEY Advance Staff
Brian Lawrence
(From left) Cresteramics summer program co-ordinator Jesse Willicome, clients Claire Lemaire and Laila Currie, Nelson-Creston MLA Michelle Mungall and Creston Valley Farmers’ Market manager Jen Comer cutting the ribbon at the Oct. 16 unveiling.
Cresteramics, market unveil murals BY BRIAN LAWRENCE Advance Editor
Two murals destined to brighten up the Cook Street location of the Creston Valley Farmers’ Market were unveiled last week, fittingly on Oct. 16, World Food Day. The murals were a joint project between Cresteramics Society and the farmers’ market, painted by Cresteramics clients Claire Lemaire and Laila Currie, who added colour to a design by artist and Creative Fix owner Brandy Hunt. Titled Homegrown Heart, the murals were created in memory of Beth Kastelan
and Alcide Lemaire — respectively, a former Cresteramics board member and father of one of the painters — and the project was a first for the two groups. “The two organizations have never worked together before, so I see this as a beginning of an important partnership,” said farmers’ market manager Comer. “We were able to pool our resources, our people, our energy and time for something that benefits the whole community.” The murals project was sponsored by Telus, Columbia Basin Trust, Home Hardware Building Centre and Pyramid Building Supplies, and couldn’t have
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come at a better time. “There’s been a need for a long time for something for the kids over the summer,” said project co-ordinator Jesse Willicome. Along with the painters, Willicome and Comer, Nelson-Creston MLA Michelle Mungall was on hand for the unveiling, along with Cresto and Crestorina, gnomes she picked up at the Cresteramics shop. “We’re going to be able to celebrate local art, we’re going to be able to celebrate local food at the farmers’ market, and it’s all coming together right here,” she said.
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With a large number of candidates running for positions on Creston town council, three forums have been scheduled to help voters decide on their choices. A “speed candidating” event organized by the Nelson-Creston Green Party will be held at the Creston and District Community Complex at 7 p.m. Nov. 1. Candidates for town council and Regional District of Central Kootenay Area B have been invited to rotate around tables where small groups of voters can ask questions while sitting faceto-face. “A new style of candidate forum that is interactive, informative, up close and fun!” is how Kaitlin Viers, one of the organizers, describes it. The Creston Valley Chamber of Commerce has rented Prince Charles Theatre for two nights. See FORUMS, page 2
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