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Volume 67, No. 10 | Thursday, March 5, 2015
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THINK PINK — Staff and students at Canyon-Lister Elementary School did their part for Pink Shirt Day on Feb. 25, wearing pink in a worldwide initiative
to speak out against bullying. The day before, the School District No. 8 (Kootenay Lake) board approved a policy amendment intended to protect students from discrimination and bullying due to their sexual orientation or gender identity (Nelson Star story at www.crestonvalleyadvance.ca/news).
Election spending didn’t guarantee success
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Popular youth groups like Beavers, Cubs and Scouts are in jeopardy unless new volunteers step up, said leader Casey Holden. Holden, who started up the Beavers program with some other parents nine years ago, said that most of the recent volunteer leaders have children who have moved on to other activities, or surpassed the age requirements. “Without new leaders, the Beavers (age 5-7) and Cubs (age 8-10) will fold. The Scouts (age 11-13) will soon be in jeopardy, too.” Holden said the rich tradition of Scouting has had a positive influence on many youngsters. “As an international movement, Scouting offers a variety of experi-
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ences for youth locally, regionally and internationally,” she said. “Our local group has benefited and enjoyed experiences in Creston, in the Kootenays, attended a Canadian jamboree in Alberta and an international jamboree in England, to name but a few experiences.“ The program has evolved over the years, adding flexibility so that each group can control what activities it wants to pursue. “It isn’t only the badge-oriented group it once was,” she said. “The younger kids really like that, but the older members have done a variety of things, from the popular annual cub car rally to shooting off rockets that they made themselves (under the supervision of a local expert).” SEE SCOUTING, PAGE 2
BY LORNE ECKERSLEY Advance Staff
Newly released lists of donations and expenditures in the 2014 local government elections indicate that campaign spending isn’t a guarantee of success. Incumbent Mayor Ron Toyota, vying for his third term in office, outspent his four opponents’ combined total of $5,068 to get 47 per cent of the vote. By contrast, newcomer Karen Unruh took second place in the council race and reported no spending (or donations) at all. Toyota’s expenditure of $5,870 included about $1,000 to rent and use a campaign office on 10th Avenue North. He was the only candidate to do so. His financial disclosure lists 17 donors of more than $100. G. Lane and M. Chaplin ($300 each), G.F. Oliver Funeral Chapel ($250), W. Marshall, T. Marshall, A. Tremblay and Create Painting ($200 each) and H. Haberstock ($150) were the only donors to contribute more than $100. He spent $6.89 per vote earned.
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Second-place finisher to Toyota was Bill Hutchinson, who listed $736 in expenses, revealed three donors of $200 each — he and his wife, A. Cherowka, and B. and R. Wigen. Two more supporters donated $100 each. Hutchison ran the most costefficient campaign, spending $1.76 per vote gained. Third-place finisher Tom Mann spent $6.32 for each of his 343 votes. His expenses totaled $2,168 and his top contributors were J. and M. Kettle, who each donated $500 to the campaign. D.J. Gardner and T. Parnell each donated $375. Fourth-place finisher Rhonda Barter averaged $11.20 per each of her 148 votes in a campaign that was supported with a $350 donation from the East Kootenay Labour Council. She self-funded the remainder of her $1,658 expense. In last place, Jared LeBlanc spent $7.55 per vote and he listed C. Franklin as his sole contributor of just over $400.
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