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Volume 66, No. 46
ARES play helps students remember
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East Shore scrambling to maintain health services
BY LORNE ECKERSLEY Advance Staff
The words from one of two narrators of Blowin’ in the Wind pack a powerful emotional punch. “I wonder how many guys back out? It seemed like a great idea at the time, but now … as I prepare to leave and pack my bags, I wonder if this is right? I’m terrified. Is it wrong to be afraid to die? Maybe I’m just selfish.” ARES students were treated to a Remembrance Day production to, well, remember, on Friday as Grade 7 students took to the stage to present an all-local play, Blowin’ in the Wind. Written by their teacher, Tanya Poznikoff, the play depicts young men marching off to war and leaving their wives, girlfriends and families behind. “I have always created drama productions with my classes for Focus on Youth, assemblies and the Remembrance Day ceremony,” said Poznikoff. “Once I know the students, I try to write something with their individual talents/personalities/struggles in mind. The narration or thoughts read by the two boys are experiences I think soldiers and those left behind would feel. A couple of the thoughts were real quotes, one by Khalil Gibran and one by Jimmy Carter. See ARES, page 3
BY LORNE ECKERSLEY Advance Staff
Lorne Eckersley
Students in the Adam Robertson Elementary School play, Blowin’ in the Wind, written by Grade 7 teacher Tanya Posznikoff in honour of Remembrance Day. (For more photos, visit www.crestonvalleyadvance.ca/ourtown.)
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DISCOVERY REAL ESTATE
The loss last year of a four-day-a-week health nurse on the East Shore of Kootenay Lake has pushed residents to demand better services, and to get creative in caring for one another. “We have been trying to show Interior Health that there is a significant need on the East Shore, and that the split of services provided from Nelson and Creston really complicates life for our residents,” said Verna Mayers-McKenzie, who chairs the East Shore Community Health Society (EKCHS). The loss of a health nurse compounds the loss of a physician who maintained a practice in Riondel until several years ago. Now, physicians travel to the East Shore Community Health Centre in Crawford Bay from Nelson to provide clinic-based medical services on Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday. A health nurse travels from Nelson on an “asneeded” basis. “Outside of those office hours, we basically have very little ability to respond to emergent health needs,” said MayersMcKenzie. See HEALTH, page 2
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