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In the absence of current school board chair Rebecca Huscroft, the Oct. 30 School District No. 8 (Kootenay Lake) candidate forum was only a group hug and the singing of Kumbaya short of becoming a love-in. Former SD8 trustee Verna MayersMcKenzie and newcomers Cody Beebe and Ken Vaughan-Evans are vying with Huscroft for the South Rural zone’s two seats and they were seldom in disagreement as they fielded questions from the tiny crowd of two dozen sprinkled around Prince Charles Theatre. “Rebecca did confirm earlier that she had every intention of showing up,” forum organizer Al Gribbin, a Prince Charles Secondary School teacher, told the audience early in the proceedings. Earlier in the day, Huscroft told the Advance that she would not be attending. A forum organized by the Creston Valley Teachers’ Association and Canadian Union of Public Employees was “not representative of the voters of the Creston Valley,” she said. See TRUSTEE, page 4

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Creston painter Alison Masters added a touch of colour to a snowy Calgary afternoon on Saturday with a show featuring her recent work at the Midtowne Gallery. She posed in front of her painting of a poppy field on the Creston Flats.

Little change to town taxes BY LORNE ECKERSLEY Advance Staff An analysis of Town of Creston finances reveals that there has been little change to municipal property taxes beyond policing costs, the town’s finance director said at the Oct. 28 regular meeting. At the request of councillors, Steffan Klassen presented an analysis that

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includes the 2012-2013 actual taxes and the 2014-2018 five-year financial plan. “The actual budget tax increase, excluding NMC (new construction) from 2018 over 2011 is 44.6 per cent,” he said. Policing costs account for 39.54 per cent. “From 2011 to 2018, when new construction and policing costs are removed, taxation is budgeted to increase 5.06 per cent over the seven years,” he said. “This taxation increase is subject to change

based on council’s direction for upcoming budget years.” For a residential property with an average assessment ($201,465 in 2009 to $218,901 in 2014), Klassen presented a chart showing the general municipal portion of the property tax bill went from $803 in 2009 to $1,129 in 2014. Policing costs rose by about $200 over that period. See COUNCIL, page 5

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en years ago, Gina Rawson and Wayne Peterson launched Friends of the Cinema with the cooperation of the Tivoli Theatre. The mission was to screen movies that would provide laughter, tears and questions for the audience. From the first movie, Girl with a Pearl Earring in April 2004, to The Grand Seduction, The Sea Within, Shake Hands with the Devil, Blackfish and 64 other movies, Crestonites were exposed to glorious cinema. With the advent of home entertainment centres and Netflix, fewer people wanted

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Three routes are possibilities for the Community Connection Trail, about 70 people learned on Sunday at Walk the Talk — an event that included lunch, presentations and a walk — held by Community Conversations and the Trails for Creston Valley Society. Existing road and sidewalks, the CP Rail right of way and the proposed Arrow Mountain highway bypass are all potential locations for the EricksonCreston-Wynndel trail, a project selected through the Community Conversations project in June. “There’s a lot of existing infrastructure that is already in place,” said Eden Yesh, who oversees the project for Kootenay Employment Services. “We need elected officials to keep that on the agenda.” Although the goal of Community Conversations was to pick a goal that could be completed within a year, this one will take longer, said Yesh. It could cover three Regional District of Central Kootenay (RDCK) areas and the Town of Creston, involving federal, provincial and private stakeholders, including CP Rail. Other Kootenay communities have accomplished similar goals in two or three years, he added, citing the North Star Rail to Trails, a 25-kilometre link between Kimberley and Cranbrook. “It’s a real good example, right here in the Kootenays, of how two governments can work together,” he said. During a portion of the event when audience members were encouraged to speak about Community Conversations and the trails project, Creston town council candidates Kevin Boehmer, Jen Comer and Joanna Wilson agreed to support the cause if elected.

Following Yesh’s update, trails society president Mary Jayne Blackmore outlined the project her group is currently focusing on, noting the excitement in the community. “We have a great base of volunteers,” she said. Current projects include a trail and river access at the east end of Goat River South Road, a loop trail at the end of Arrowsmith Road (behind Renee’s Roadhouse Diner), a giant cedars trail near the Kootenay Pass and an overhaul of the former West Creston ferry landing site on Kootenay River Road. “Currently, it has a bit of a negative reputation with teens partying down there and leaving garbage, and people dumping garbage,” she said of the ferry landing. The trails society is working with the Teen Action Committee toward a goal of installing picnic tables and fire pits. “We don’t have that anywhere in the valley,” she said. An exciting first for the group was the establishment of an RDCK-sanctioned trail west of the former Endicott centre, now home to the Creston and District Society for Community Living’s Therapeutic Riding Program. The former road runs along the riding program horse enclosure, connecting Erickson Road with Goat River South Road, and about 30 people joined Blackmore for a walk along it after the presentation. Blackmore said she’s been encouraged by the community members and groups the society has worked with, including the RDCK and town, the Lower Kootenay Band, the Creston Valley Quad Squad and the Therapeutic Riding Program. “I really do feel that the passion is here,” Blackmore said.

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Trustee forum From page 1 Huscroft expressed her frustration that the Creston Valley Chamber of Commerce was not including school board candidates in its two forums next week. While she expressed her “admiration for the work that they do,” Huscroft was correct in her prediction that those attending the forum would be primarily teachers’ association and union employees. Of those asking questions, only Rhonda Barter, a Creston mayoral candidate, didn’t identify herself as a teacher or CUPE member. Also in the audience were retiring trustees Annette Hambler-Pruden and Mel Joy, along with current trustee for Crawford Bay, North Shore and East Shore, Lenora Trenaman, who is seeking re-election. “I have struggled with my decision,” Huscroft said, “but I think it’s the right one.” She said she is campaigning door-to-door in an effort to meet voters in person. Beebe, a Columbia Brewery employee, and Vaughan-Evans, who works for the Creston and District Society for Community Living (CDSCL), both are active in their unions. Mayers-McKenzie said she has three children who are education assistants and CUPE members in the Lower Mainland. In his introduction, Vaughan-Evans described himself as a 23-year CDSCL employee whose father was a high school French teacher. “I have lots experience with committee work and in conflict resolution,” he said, as a result of his active role in CUPE. Mayers-McKenzie said she is running again after a three-year absence out of concern for “community education and Homelinks,” the education program designed to keep homeschooled students and parents connected to the school district. “There have to be choices for parents and children,” she said. “It is important that people have areas to learn in which they feel comfortable.” In her time away from the school board, she said she become increasingly concerned with “top-down decisions”, the loss of “good will for you people” and the time students lost to the strike.

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“I am angry at a provincial government that does not see that our children and their education are important,” she said. Beebe said he was born and raised in Creston and has been an active parent advisory council (PAC) member who has three children enrolled in the school district. “I chose to run also on the Homelinks issue,” he said. “We felt as a parent group that we weren’t being listened to and that we weren’t represented on the board.” ••• After their introductions, the forum was opened to questions from the floor. Barter, a former home-school parent, asked what candidates will do to maintain Homelinks, with the school district decision to run the program for one more year before reconsidering it. Beebe: More community involvement is needed, and that relevant meetings need to be held in Creston. “The answers we got were smoke and mirrors.” Parents, teachers and the whole education team want it to stay — there wasn’t one person who says it shouldn’t. Administrators “absolutely lied to us,” he said. “Trustees did not vote to the desire of the parents and staff.” Vaughan-Evans: His daughter attended the Homelinks program “and it helped her graduate.” He said that the driving force to eliminate the program is the BC Public School Employers’ Association. “It’s our asset. We deserve to have it here.” Mayers-McKenzie: Promised to put forth a motion to rescind the plan to keep Homelinks open for one year, and to keep it open until a full investigation can be made. “I know that the CEC (Creston Education Centre) is fully covered financially — it took a year of my life to make sure of that,” she said. “That the board didn’t come over here and face these parents? That’s an insult and to not hold a public meeting here is unforgiveable.” ••• Gribbin asked, “How will you make yourself accessible to your constituents?” Mayers-McKenzie: She wrote a monthly column for East Shore Mainstreet

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and would resume it, as well as visiting schools and “try to go to as many PAC meetings as I could.” Beebe: “I think that social media is a great tool.” He said he would visit schools and keep in contact with the teachers’ union, remain involved with the Canyon-Lister Elementary School PAC and set up an email system to contact people. Vaughan-Evans: “I would meet with teachers. They are on the front line.” He also proposed to organize “town hall-type meetings” that would encourage feedback from the public. ••• Mike Fischer, a PCSS teacher with two pre-school children, asked candidates if the fact that the B.C. public education system “needs $1,000 per student to move up to the average level in Canada” is their top priority. Vaughan-Evans: Yes. “We have to become politically active. We have a provincial government that, for lack of a better word, hates children.” The issue is “on the NDP forefront,” he said. Mayers-McKenzie: Said that she once stood in a group on the B.C. legislature grounds carrying a sign saying “Make Education Your Priority”. “The government took away funding and that took away our flexibility,” she said, adding that “rural districts like ours get shafted because cities don’t have extra costs that we have, like busing, snow removal, etc. It’s not fair.” Beebe: Funding should be “at least at the national average.” “The government is being run like a business and government has no business to be in business,” he said. An example of misdirecting funds, he said, can be found in the SD8 superintendent’s “$1,000 a month car allowance.” ••• Stephanie Lavallee, an elementary school teacher, asked if trustees will push to have public funds now going to private schools redirected to public schools. Mayers-McKenzie: “I’m not sure what percentage of funds go to private schools, but public schools should not be suffering at the expense of private schools.” Beebe: “The priority has to be public schools — we shouldn’t be subsidizing private schools.”

Vaughan-Evans: “One hundred per cent of the money should be going to public education, which is very inclusive. We serve everybody and private schools don’t have to answer to the public.” •••

Patsy-Anne Casemore, an elementary school teacher, issued a thank you to retiring trustee Annette Hambler-Pruden, “the only trustee I’ve ever seen in my school.” She asked candidates if it is OK that the provincial government doesn’t consult with teachers when making education decisions. Beebe: “Teachers built the system — they need to be consulted. It’s not fair — the mice are in charge of the cheese factory and they just want to cut, cut, cut.” Vaughan-Evans: “The premier sends her son to a private school. How does she get to dictate to the public school system?” Mayers-McKenzie: “No. Decisions are being made top-down. You really need two-way communication right from the beginning. You know better than they do what your children’s needs are.” •••

Dorothy Edwards, a retired teacher, said that teachers in this district “are demoralized and feel abandoned by the board and superintendent. How will you see that teachers are looked after and encouraged?” Vaughan-Evans: “We need to stand up as a board and speak for teachers.” Mayers-McKenzie: “I saw the beginning of it happening when I left (in 2011). You had a board that was very compliant, that was split 5-4 in favour of whatever the superintendent wanted to do.” She said it is important that trustees ask questions, “but that is not happening at the moment. I am very disillusioned and saddened by what I see. I’ll try to do what I did before — visiting schools, getting together with teachers and other trustees and parents. … “Don’t forget the board is the employer of the superintendent. It will be my job to remind them.” Beebe: “I would love to be a pain in his ass, and I will do that. His reign needs to end. We teach our kids about bullying and when it comes from the top, that’s not right.”

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RCMP respond to loud parties, egg throwers BY LORNE ECKERLEY Advance Staff

Creston RCMP members had a busy Halloween night, responding to complaints about loud parties and about three males throwing eggs at moving vehicles. “The party hosts were co-operative,” Staff Sgt. Bob Gollan said on Monday. “But we were unsuccessful in locating the males throwing eggs at vehicles, which can be dangerous. It is also a criminal offense.” Gollan said he worries about how such a thoughtless activity could cause an accident if the eggs impede a driver’s ability to see. “It’s also not a very good risk to take for the pranksters,” he added. “Imagine going into a job interview and having to admit you have a criminal record over such a dumb activity—it could cost you a chance to get the job you want.” Police Beat Creston RCMP responded to 71 calls for service from Oct. 27-Nov. 2, Gollan said. October 27 •A former tenant was accused of trespassing when he attempted to enter a Hood Road property without providing proper notice. •A Goat River Bottom resident reported concerns that a person who made death threats 19 years ago is about to get out of jail. •Police assisted Spokane Valley law officials with an auto theft investigation. •Cows were again reported to be on Highway 3A. •Five male youths reported to be trespassing on a vacant Cook Street property were located and found to be smoking marijuana. A small quantity of the drug was seized and the youth were warned about their behavior. •A black Second World War gas can was stolen from a pickup truck parked on Canyon Street. •Police attended a 20th Avenue North residence to serve subpoenas for an upcoming trial. •Police were unable to locate a male who was reported to have gotten out of his vehicle to vomit on Highway 21 South. Empty beer cans fell out of the vehicle, too, it was reported. He drove off in a 2006 white F-150 XLT pickup. •A white ford truck was reported to be passing on double solid lines on Highway 3. •When police responded to a report about an argument between an elderly couple in a Northwest

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•A dispute in which one spouse pushed and shoved the other on 16th Avenue South is under investigation. October 31 •A Ninth Avenue South resident complained about receiving threatening text messages from Hinton, Alta. •When police responded to a personal alarm from Beam Road the resident was unaware the alarm had been triggered. •The coroner is investigating the sudden death of a 64-yearold male on Crystal Road. •A Highway 3 resident reported his vehicle was dam-

aged at an undetermined location. •Police could not locate the source of a possible shot fired near Hillside Street. •Complaints about a group of young males throwing eggs at moving cars were received from 16th Avenue and Regina Street. •Police attended residences where loud parties were underway, but participants co-operated in reducing noise levels. November 1 •When police arrived at a Cook Street location where four males were reported to be

fighting, they were told that two males had attacked two other males, then jumped into a Dodge pickup and drove away. •When police arrived to investigate a fight on 11th Avenue North, they learned the action involved friendly arm wrestling matches. •Minor damage was reported following a collision on Erickson Road. November 2 •A break-in was reported on Leadville Road. •Police assisted Lumby RCMP in a fraud investigation.

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necessary changes that will lead to the “bunker” on Northwest Boulevard being rezoned from institutional to commercial. •The Creston Valley Bird Fest was awarded a $2,000 discretionary grant to help offset costs for the 2015 event. Organizer Tanna Paterson had requested $1,500. “They do bring a lot of people to our town and it is great for our community,” Coun. Scott Veitch said in response to Coun. Jerry Schmalz’s motion to contribute $2,000, which passed unanimously. •Council authorized an expenditure of $120,500 from the property reserve fund to acquire the Shell property at Northwest Boulevard and Pine Street to help accommodate construction of a realigned intersection scheduled for 2015. •The purchase of a rotary broom sweeper that will allow the town works crew to clear

paved walking paths and other sidewalks was approved. The expenditure of $6,504 will be made from the 2014 budget. •The tradition of a retirement dinner for departing town council members will take on a different flavour from previous events. Coun. Tanya Wall volunteered to host a potluck dinner and council agreed to make a donation to the Creston Ministerial Association’s Christmas hamper fund in lieu of having a dinner paid out of town coffers. The amount of the donation will be determined at a future meeting. •The entire council was in attendance at the meeting, with Coun. Wes Graham participating by telephone. In the gallery were mayoral candidates Bill Hutchinson and Tom Mann, and council candidates Penny A.P. Anderson, Evelyn Bradford, Arnold DeBoon and Karen Unruh.

From page 1 The total tax bill on that representative property rose from $2,398 in 2011 to $2,635 in 2014, a rise of $237. “The amount of increase that people actually paid, including policing, was minimal, though, because the homeowner’s grant has increased by $200,” he said. Council Briefs •Printed materials and online advertising, costs for which are in the 2014 budget, will target “lifestyle entrepreneurs” by promoting Creston’s high-speed Internet that has improved dramatically with fibre optic technology now available throughout the town. •Council approved a committee of the whole recommendation to authorize staff to prepare

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It’s becoming increasingly compictured in a photo, making a mon, it has a tremendous capacity “donation” to the charity. The for doing good and about 75 per photo would be considered “news” cent of Canadians, according to of course, and the newspaper polls, dislike it. What am I talking would not charge to run it. What I about? Checkout charity — the practice that some retailers use to collect donations to support charities of their choosing. Would you like to round up your purchase to the next dollar? Would you like to add $2 to your total bill? Would you like to buy a Lorne Eckersley package of books for $10/$20/$30 that we will donate to a school/literacy procouldn’t understand, and still don’t, gram/library? is why the business was so eager to It all seems innocuous enough. take the credit for a donation that Who doesn’t want to spend a few was made by people who had extra cents or a couple of bucks already paid to attend the hockey and walk out the door feeling well, game. Their staff may (or may not, I uh, charitable? Lots of people, it don’t remember) have pitched in to seems, and many more than I pick up toonies from the ice, but the would have guessed. I’ll admit to net cost to the business was zilch. being one who has never really Pretty good little scam, I thought. objected to the practice. Get other people to make donations I have stood behind people in a and then take the credit. checkout line and heard people, There is absolutely no question often quite indignantly, say no. My about the shaming value in asking first response has been to think of customers to make donations at a them as cheap. Or grouchy. Or checkout. When I am in another downright selfish. More recently, town or city and am faced with the though, I have become more sympa- question I don’t even hesitate to say thetic. Why should someone be put no. Not my community. Not my in the position of saying no to makcharity. I’m just here to make a puring a charitable donation when they chase. But it’s an altogether different set out from home to buy groceries situation when I am faced with the or a prescription or any other item? decision here in town. It is my comHow smart is it for a business to put munity. I know most of the checkout customers in a situation that they clerks. Chances are good that I know might actually find humiliating? the customer behind me and even A number of years ago I was better that he or she knows who I offended when a business sponam. So now I am making a choice sored a toonie toss or some such not based simply on whether or not thing at a hockey game, all net proI happen to share the business’s ceeds going to a charity of that enthusiasm for a particular charity, business’s choice. And then they but on how my decision might be fully expected to have employees perceived by others.

This is the Life

I have considered making it my personal policy not to donate at all, ever, to checkout charity requests. Why not create an extension to food writer Michael Pollan’s adage that says, “Don’t buy your food where you buy your gas.” Good advice, I think, so why not make an addendum: “And don’t make your charitable donations where you buy your food.” But that would eliminate supporting any of the many organizations that set up tables to sell raffle tickets or a myriad of items to raise funds. Do I want to include them in my new axiom? Probably not. Walking past a table and ignoring the fundraisers or shaking your head no is slightly different than being caught between a rock (the cashier) and a hard place (the customer in line behind me). Besides, it’s easy enough to plan a route that allows one to completely avoid those tables. Avoiding checkouts and ducking out the door without paying for goods is frowned upon, even if you think you have a good excuse. It’s hard to simply dismiss out of hand the checkout charity practice. I’ve been involved with enough fundraisers to know what a struggle it is to sustain non-profit groups and pay for the many, many good works they undertake. But if I was running a business that used the practice while knowing that a large percentage of customers don’t like it, I’d be concerned. If the business was committed to matching the donations of its customers, I’d be much more likely to find checkout charity something to consistently support. And that might just be a key factor for me in the future? Put your money where my hand is. Lorne Eckersley is the publisher of the Creston Valley Advance.

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Trustee’s actions have destroyed relationships To the Editor: (Re: “trustee hopeful find little to disagree about”, page 1 this issue, online Oct. 31) How very sad Creston Valley Teachers’ Association members were to read the article penned by Lorne Eckersley commenting on the public forum held to hear the voices of candidates from the South Rural. We were surprised to realize that Rebecca Huscroft, current chair of the board, had taken the time to inform the media she was choosing not to attend — when she had told us she would. Some of us were actually concerned a dire event may have prevented her from attending. Rebecca’s statement that teachers “are not representative of the public” reported in Lorne’s article demonstrates a lack of knowledge, as well as a clear disrespect for the democratic process. The forum was public — it was attended by members of the public, and was an opportunity to speak about public education. At no time did you communicate to us your concerns about attending. Since we learned of your position through the newspaper, we are responding to you through the newspaper. Teachers are members of the public, Rebecca. We pay taxes, we have chil-

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dren in the public education system and we take our right to vote very seriously. We are currently also employed by you. What has happened since the 2011 election? You attended the forum that year and spoke clearly of your intention to work with teachers and parents regarding their concerns. You were elected because of your apparent desire to create an environment where the government attacks on public education would be appropriately responded to. You asked us to vote for you, and I assume many of us did. From my side of the table, the board has failed miserably to prevent the undermining of our school system. In a previous column also written by Lorne, he had watched the chaos and lack of leadership demonstrated at board meetings. He said, “I wouldn’t vote for anyone sitting around the board table that afternoon,” in response to the poorly communicated Homelinks fiasco, which contemplated moving secondary students from one school to another. A move you supported, Rebecca. The attempt to move the students was a botched, hacked and top-down decision, which absolutely initially failed to consult parents and staff in a fair manner. Thank heavens members of the public rallied and defended a school where you first became involved in school politics, and your own children are enrolled. Public outcry has resulted in a far more fair and respectful consultation process transpiring this year — a consultation process you voted against. Most disheartening is the fact that the current board has a goal of improving and building relationships with

their employees. Something tells me that by failing to attend a public forum, and by not understanding that teachers are members of public, Rebecca Huscroft has actually done much to destroy relationships. Her actions speak of patent disregard for those who care so deeply for public education. Rebecca Blair, President Creston Valley Teachers’ Association

Show your support for Forces To the Editor: Over the last short period of time, two Canadian soldiers have been murdered on Canadian soil by ambush assailants. Neither soldier had an opportunity to defend themselves against their attackers. On Remembrance Day, show your support for the members of the Canadian Armed Forces who have and are prepared to sacrifice their lives in support of our freedom and way of life. This year, make it a special Remembrance Day by showing up in great numbers at Remembrance Day ceremonies in front of the Royal Canadian Legion and wear two red poppies in remembrance of our two most recent fallen soldiers, Cpl. Nathan Frank Cirillo and Warrant Officer Patrice Vincent. Don Tyndall Creston

‘Borderland’ a time of transition

November is a borderland month. that from the darkest hours have come My sister phoned in mid-October to let our greatest clarity and a brightness. This me know she was in a snowstorm, as is the beginning of shift. she headed towards Thunder Bay, Ont., Borderlands have a sweet call to on her way west to B.C. Here in Creston retreat. To cocoon is to enter the and Kaslo, my two dear homes, I watch, first to see the patterns made by stands of golden larch, next the sprinkling of snow on the mountaintops, then the winter gradually creeping down the slopes day by day. A dramatic storm change to winter or the steady march of winter down the mountains are two different borShelley Stickel-Miles derland experiences of a season that require response and preparation, as well as interior and exterior unknown, participate in an edge of life shift. Both beg two questions: Our ques- that is mystery. Transformation through tion to nature and the spirit may be, death or a shift into a new stage of life, “What do I have the energy for?” and if we allow it, can take us into a borderland of deeper awareness. The sweet“What lies ahead?” In the borderlands, the question of ness of this time reminds us to hold life how another winter will be becomes a gently, not so much a giving up as a point of decision. The evaluation of merging into something greater than where we are and how we are, the ourselves. movement to adjust or bolster ourselves Some of the ancient wisdom for changes and then to be open to Christians have recovered from Celtic transformation are all essential parts of Christianity is the clarity of seeing the the preparation. word of God written in nature. A natuA surprise in the slow advance of win- ral borderland is a transition place, from ter, before it blasts cruelly upon us, is that one landscape to another, and in the there can be a sweetness. The warning heart it is also a place of transition, a chill brings the incredible vivid red, place of “unknowing”, of “not yet”, or orange and yellow of the deciduous, pat- “of reliance upon Spirit or God”. terns of gold larch over the mountains, Borderland is a place where you are and the sweet smell of rotted leaves as aware that each step is into the unknown. you kick up the piles along pathways. As you walk through times of transiBorderlands have this sweetness; they tion, take these ancient words to heart hold a call toward a transformation that and repeat to yourself, “Way will open.” may cause either excitement or anxiety The words AA groups use are “one step but also a sweet pull to hunker down. If at a time.” Places of unknowing deep we know transformation is the end inside us are places where something result, can we enter this borderland with new is being shifted and formed; literalcuriosity? Without trepidation? We know ly, co-creation is happening within us.

Opening to Grace

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We participate with the Creator when we open to the mystery of life. We serve the wellness of creation when we enter borderland places with curiosity and courage rather than fear. However, if we are snapping and snarling, it should alert others that we are facing some great fear of the unknown. Rather than see the dark moments of life as a black hole to nowhere, what if we reminded each other that everyone steps out on the borderlands and, so, into new life? A dear friend, mentor and neighbour, Rev. Dirk Pidcock, just died this past October. I will miss him. In this mourning time, I wonder how it will be for his dear wife, the churches that will miss his counsel, all the places that have known his step. I hope they rest, reflect and open to renewal. I do believe that, like autumn, we leave behind a fragrance, a sweetness, a scent of hope, out of the mystery of even our final change. When we scuff up the leaves along the sidewalks, what does the sweet fragrance that rises conjure in our hearts? We might ask, “What retreat place are we called to within ourselves?” and be curious about what commitment might be renewed within us in this borderland of autumn into winter. For some borderland activities to participate in, the Trinity United Church’s ad in last week’s Advance included Death over Dinner, a refugee fundraiser and hospice workshops on advance planning. Also in November were All Hallows’ Eve, Day of the Dead and All Saints Day, and Remembrance Day is next week. Rev. Shelley Stickel-Miles is an ordained minister working alongside all the delightful ministers at Trinity United Church in Creston.

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Rec complex always evolving

As we scramble to meet the deadline of getting the first draft of the winter leisure guide to the graphics person in order to meet the Dec. 1 distribution date, we are also in the midst of planning for a pretty major change to the format. Over the past few years, we had already begun working closely with our fellow RDCKites in Nelson, Castlegar, Salmo and Slocan Valley toward the layout and production of each of our respective leisure guides (please tell me you knew all those places were in the Regional District of Central Kootenay). Anyway, all those guides are on our website at www.rdck.ca where you notice — hey — they all follow the same format and layout, which only made sense as far as saving both money and resources. The next logical step is doing a common guide so the graphics person is working on one guide as is the printing company. This will be a different looking guide for all of us in each locale as we get a bigger picture view of some of the other areas in the RDCK from a leisure services aspect. Even this won’t demonstrate how geographically huge the RDCK is, with its population of around 60,000 residents. (If you are curious about our boundaries, that info is also available on the RDCK website.) At this point, the combined guide won’t

show up until the spring issue, but it will be interesting to see both the diversity and similarities in all the communities represented in the guide. We have come a long way in a short time as far as this aspect of leisure ser-

gram with a liberal amount of actual pre-electronic cut and paste in order to make an original that you then stuck on the photocopier and ran virtually non-stop, spewing out 11x17 copies, which you then collated and folded in half by hand. The copiers back then were not the ultra quiet, light-speed-output, consuming-about-three-watts-of-power models that we have today but an intricate assembly of rollers, belts and gears overtop a pan of liquid black toner that sloshed over the edge when you moved the machine, forNeil Ostafichuk ever staining your rug and memory. Since then, we have vices advertising is concerned. My col- seen many incarnations of the guide, lection of Creston and district leisure each one becoming more automated guides starts in 1993 and probably has and containing more programs events the same value as my hockey card col- and schedules as we grew. Our first lection (very, very little). Historical glossy cover was in winter 2010 just value however, is priceless, as it repre- prior to opening the “new” commusents a cross section of what the com- nity complex and a short two years munity was interested in at that time or later we graduated to a smaller format at least what instructors were available that had the magazine finish all the to teach or supervise. Many of the vol- way through. unteers or instructors names are also The timeline on leisure guides is surprising to see who did what way representative of our evolution as a back then. I remember someone telling community complex; we are not what me many years ago that everyone in we were 20 or 30 years ago, but we are Creston has worked at the rec centre at as a result of it. As Martha would say, one time or another. “That’s a good thing”. My involvement in the leisure Neil Ostafichuk is the recreation guide production started in 1996 and supervisor at the Creston and District was a compilation of a print shop pro- Community Complex.

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Advantages, disadvantages of buying versus renting

At some point in their lives, most Canadians have probably asked themselves whether it is better to buy or rent a home. And purchasing a home is one of the biggest decisions most people ever make.

Mortgage Corner Dean Bala

Ultimately, the decision is a personal choice, but it helps to look at the pros and cons of buying to determine whether home ownership is right for you.

Some advantages of buying a home Owning a home is generally considered to be a sound, long-term investment that can provide satisfaction and security for you and your family. Each month when you make your mortgage payment, you are building equity in your home. Equity is the portion of the property that you actually build through your monthly payment versus the portion that you still owe the lender. At the beginning of your mortgage, more of your payments go toward paying off the interest and less toward paying off the principal. But the longer you stay in your home and the more mortgage payments you make, the more principal you pay off and the more equity you accumulate. Most mortgages also offer you the option of making additional monthly or annual payments to reduce your principal faster. Some prepayment privileges, for instance, enable you to pay up to 20 per cent of the principal per calendar year. This will also help reduce your amortization period (the length of your mortgage), which, in turn, saves you money. There is also a tax advantage. If your home is your principal residence, any profit you make when you sell it is tax-free. A home can appreciate — or increase in value — as time passes, building more equity. As you build up equity, it’s usually easier to upgrade to a more expensive home in the future thanks to the profit you’ll make when selling your current home. As an owner, you can also decorate and improve your home any way you like. Ownership tends to give you a sense of pride and can offer you and your family stronger ties to the community. If you do decide that home ownership is right for you, it’s important to choose a home you can afford. If you can’t afford to buy your dream home, purchasing a more modest home can be a great place to start building equity that one day may allow you to buy the home of your dreams. Since we’re currently in a buyer’s real estate market and interest rates have been dropping, now may be an ideal time to enter into home ownership for the first time.

Some disadvantages of buying a home Since it’s easy to get caught up in the excitement of buying a home, it’s important to remember that home ownership has some additional responsibilities as well. For one thing, a home can be expensive. Chances are, your monthly payments will be more than what you are currently paying in rent when you factor in such things as your mortgage, property taxes, repairs and general maintenance. See PRIORITIES, page 9

Sports

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(Above) Iron Maiden low gross winners Beth Wrigley (Spokane) and Julie Williams (Bonners Ferry). (Above right) Low net winners Jennifer Bassingwaite and Edith Kucharski of Creston.

Bowling Oct. 5-9 bowling scores from Romano’s Runaway Lanes: Special Olympics Two Games: Ladies’ single-double: Janice Androsoff, 118-235; POA Laila Currie, 29. Men’s single-double: Gordy Berrington, 145288; POA: Bruce Berrington, 60. Three Games: Ladies’ single-triple: Tina Reese, 228-492; POA: Reese, 111. Men’s single-triple: Steven Stirling, 241-627; POA: Stirling, 148. Oct. 19-25 bowling scores from Romano’s Runaway Lanes: Sunday Mixed: Ladies’ single-triple: Laura

Starr, 238-684. Men’s single-triple: Bob Bergman, 266-679. POA: Starr, 162. Monday Ladies: Single-triple: Gin Bergman, 286-730. POA: Barb Stange 168. Wednesday Mixed: Ladies’ single: Virginia Harder, 282; ladies’ triple: Gin Bergman, 671. Men’s single-triple: Dave Gourley, 311-804. POA: Gourley, 117. Wednesday Matinee: Single: Jean Carling, 208; triple: Margaret Acton, 521; POA: Acton, 5. Thursday Golden Age: Ladies’ single-triple: Jean Carling, 196-514. Men’s single: Bill Drefko, 263; men’s triple: Earl Ambrose, 301766. POA: Josie Zewiec, 44.

Priorities

From page 8 Owning a home ties up some of your cash flow and is likely to reduce your flexibility to move to a new location or change jobs. While your home might increase in value as time goes by, don’t expect to get a big return quickly. There are no guarantees that your home will increase in value, particularly during the first few years. In the beginning, you could actually lose money if you sell because your home may not have appreciated enough to cover the real estate fees, and moving, renovation and other selling costs.

Youth Bowling Thursday: Girls’ singletriple: Brook Bergman, 158-380. Boys’ single-triple: Sol Smith, 225-600. POA: Bergman, 65. Saturday: Girls’ singletriple: Mia-Lynn Hedlund, 95-176. Boys’ Jackson Barker, 163-400. POA: Sydney Hedlund, 103. Special Olympics Two Games: Ladies’ single-double: Janice Androsoff, 118-218. Men’s single-double: Gordy Berrington, 129238; POA: Patrick Kusnir, 53. Three Games: Ladies’ single-triple: Kathy Schmidt, 196-517; POA: Naomie Wright, 187. Men’s single-triple: Steven Stirling, 204571; POA: Jimmie Onfrychuk, 134.

Real estate is, however, usually considered a good investment over the long term. When making the decision about whether to buy or rent, it’s important to carefully choose a home you can afford, and then weigh the pros and cons. Millions of people enjoy the rewards of home ownership but, ultimately, it’s a personal decision based on your own priorities. If you’re contemplating buying versus renting, I would be happy to answer any questions to help you with your decision. Dean Bala is a mortgage broker and Realtor working out of the Creston Valley Realty office in Creston. For more information, he can be reached at 250-4023903 or dean_bala@yahoo.com.

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Spokane-Bonners team wins Iron Maiden tourney CRESTON GOLF CLUB

Thirty-eight women took part in the 2014 Iron Maiden Best Ball Tournament, held Oct. 14 at the Creston Golf Club. With a score of 75, the team of Beth Wrigley (Spokane,

Wash.) and (Julie Williams (Bonners Ferry, Idaho) were the low gross winners, followed by Cherie Baker and Kris VanderWeyde (77). Low net winners, with 64, were Jennifer Bassingwaite and Edith Kucharski of Creston, with Yvonne Larson

and Dona Hindley placed second (66). They were followed by Lenora VanderWeyde and Laura Wigen (third, 68), Virginia Harder and Lynne Young (fourth, 68), Marlys Joy and Dianna Beebe (fifth, 69) and Louise Mikulak and Angie Pawson (sixth, 69).

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Thunder Cats beat Dynamiters, Coyotes

BY BRIAN LAWRENCE Advance Editor

A week ago, just four points separated the Creston Valley Thunder Cats from the Eddie Mountain Division’s lastplace team, the Columbia Valley Rockies. But after earning five points in four games, Creston’s Kootenay International Junior Hockey League team has pulled farther ahead, now with 18 points, just two behind the third-place Golden Rockets. Their recent stint of four games in five days started on Oct. 29, hosting the Kimberley

Dynamiters, whom the Thunder Cats edged 4-3 in double overtime. The Dynamiters scored early with “a bit of a weird goal on a power play that took a strange deflection,” said head coach Jeff Dubois. Kimberley added two more before Maverick Lynes scored for the Thunder Cats with 16 seconds left in the first period. Being down 3-1 gave the Thunder Cats the pressure they needed, and Tyler Fyfe and Connor Ward each added a goal for the Thunder Cats in the second period, tying the score. Mason Mazur scored the

game-winner in the second five-minute overtime period. “It was a really good sign how we can come back in a game, and control the pace and tempo of the game,” said Dubois, who added that three of the team’s top six players were out sick that night. On Friday, the Thunder Cats visited the Castlegar Rebels, carrying along the energy they built two days earlier, Dubois said, but ultimately lost 3-2 in overtime. The Rebels started the scoring with a power-play goal at 14:03, which Alec Wilkinson matched with 48 second left in

REGIONAL DISTRICT OF CENTRAL KOOTENAY NOTICE OF ELECTION BY VOTING PUBLIC NOTICE is hereby given to the electors of the Regional District of Central Kootenay that an Election by Voting is necessary to elect Directors for Electoral Areas B, D, E, F, G, and J for terms commencing December 2014 and terminating after the general election in 2018, and that the persons nominated as candidates and for whom the votes will be received are: OFFICE OF DIRECTOR - One (1) to be elected in each Electoral Area Area

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Councillor - Six (6) to be elected GENERAL VOTING DAY: GENERAL VOTING DAY will be SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 15, 2014 between the hours of 8:00 am and 8:00 pm for QUALIFIED ELECTORS of the REGIONAL DISTRICT OF CENTRAL KOOTENAY at the following locations: ELECTORAL AREA B Erickson Elem School Canyon Elem School Lister Comm Hall Kitchener Comm Hall Yahk Comm Hall Creston Comm Complex

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ELECTORAL AREA J Castlegar Complex 2101 6th Ave, Castlegar, BC ELIGIBLE ELECTORS: The Local Government Act sets out the qualifications for electors entitled to vote at Local Government Voting and if you qualify, and you are not on the list of electors, you may register at the time of voting by completing the required application form available at the voting place. To register you must meet the following qualifications: Qualifications for a Resident Elector: Must meet all of the following requirements: (a) on General Voting Day you must be eighteen years of age or older; (b) you must be a Canadian citizen; (c) you must have resided in British Columbia in accordance with Section 52 of the Local Government Act for at least six months immediately preceding the day of registration; (d) you must have resided within the area in which the vote is taking place in accordance with Section 52 of the Local Government Act for at least 30 days immediately preceding the day of registration; (e) you must not be disqualified by the Local Government Act or any other enactment from voting on General Voting Day or be otherwise disqualified by law. Resident electors not on the Voters list and wishing to register on voting day will be required to produce 2 pieces of identification (at least one with a signature). The identification must prove identity and residency. Qualifications for a Non-Resident Elector: Must meet all of the following requirements: (a) (b) (c) and (e) above plus (d) you must have been the registered owner of real property within the area in which the vote is taking place for at least 30 days immediately preceding the day of registration; (d)(i) the only persons who are registered owners of the real property, either as joint tenants or tenants in common, and are individuals who are not holding the property in trust for a corporation or another trust; (f) you must not be entitled to register as a resident Elector for that area; (g) if there is more than one registered owner of the property, only one of those individuals may, with the written consent of the majority of the owners, register as a non-resident property elector. Non-Resident electors not on the Voters list and wishing to register on voting day will be required to produce the following: • 2 pieces of identification (at least one with a signature) to prove identity; • Evidence of ownership of the real property (any of the following): ○ state of title certificate; ○ registered agreement for sale; ○ property tax notice (last) or; ○ property assessment notice • Written consent of a majority of the other property owners (if any) that they are entitled to register for the jointly owned property. (Consent form may be downloaded from the RDCK website www.rdck.bc.ca). Pursuant to the Local Government Act, no corporation is entitled to be registered as an elector or have a representative registered as an elector and no corporation is entitled to vote. VOTING BY MAIL: The RDCK has recently enacted a bylaw which authorizes voting by mail ballot and establishes the procedures therefor. The only electors who may vote by mail ballot are the following: (a) persons who have a physical disability, illness, or injury that affects their ability to vote at an other voting opportunity; and (b) persons who expect to be absent from the Regional District of Central Kootenay on the General and Advance Voting Days. Qualified electors wishing to vote by mail ballot must apply to the RDCK before 4:00 p.m., November 13, 2014. Randy Matheson, Chief Elections Officer Anitra Winje, Deputy Chief Elections Officer

the period. Fyfe put the Thunder Cats in the lead with a second period goal, tied by Castlegar halfway through the third period. The first overtime period lasted three minutes before Rebels scored the game-winner. “It was a good road game,” Dubois said. Whatever energy the Thunder Cats had in Castlegar wasn’t present when they visited the Spokane Braves on Saturday, suffering a 3-0 loss and being outshot 36-29 by the Braves. “On Saturday, it seemed like we were going through the motions for the most part,” said Dubois. This turned around on Sunday, when the Thunder Cats routed the visiting Osoyoos Coyotes 8-4, playing through the exhaustion of the previous few days. “I think if players were being honest, they’d tell you there was not much energy left in the tank at that point,” said Dubois. “If the effort wasn’t there, it would probably get ugly pretty quick.” The Thunder Cats scored twice in the first period, with an Osoyoos goal between goals by Austin Steger (power play) and Ward. Lien Miller-Jeannotte scored the Thunder Cats’ third goal early in the second period, with an Osoyoos power-play goal quickly following. Thre next three minutes saw three more from Thunder Cats Fyfe (power play), Marcel Fuchs and Connor Kidd, with an Osoyoos goal making the score 6-3 at the end of the period. The final Osoyoos goal was scored eight minutes into the third period, with Carson Cartwright and Jack Berger scoring the last two for the Thunder Cats late in the period. A total of eight Thunder Cats scored in the game, with 12 earning points — including Cartwright and Kidd with four and MillerJeannotte with three. “It was definitely offence by committee,” said Dubois. “We spread the offence around and got some production from all four lines and our defence, as well.” This weekend is parents’ weekend, so the Thunder Cats will have plenty of extra spectators as they host the Nelson Leafs, Fernie Ghostriders and Columbia Valley Rockies. Together with the Coyotes, the Leafs and Ghostriders are the top three teams in the league, Fernie also being at the top of the Thunder Cats’ division. “To go through a stretch where we play the top three teams in the league is unusual, but we look at that as a challenge to see where we are,” said Dubois. “It’s a test for us and if

we come out on other end with good results against those teams, then probably our expectation should be to be one of those top teams.”

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Thunder Cat Carson Cartwright, seen here in an Oct. 24 game, was one of two players to earn four points on Sunday.

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