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BY BRIAN LAWRENCEAdvance Editor

The Creston Ministerial Asso-ciation is anticipating a rise in the need for Christmas hampers this year, with food bank use 1.3 per cent higher than 2014 (and 26 per cent higher than 2008), according to Food Banks Canada.

Although exact numbers wont be known until hamper registration closes Dec. 9, the Creston Valleys giving spirit will ensure the annual hamper programs success.

This community is very gener-

ous, said Erickson Covenant Church Pastor Tom Greentree. Knowing the need is greater reminds us that every little bit counts. The financial dona-tions, the food donations, the hours put in every little bit helps.

Last year, over 130 volunteers packed 400 hampers at the Creston and District Community Complex, filling boxes with non-perishable food, gift cards for turkey, toys, books, games and other gifts.

The number of hampers appeared to be down over previous years requests peaked at 485 in 2012 with recipients required, as of last

year, to reserve a hamper for them-selves rather than having someone else sign them up. This has resulted in a more streamlined process, with

less duplication and fewer hampers going to those who may not actually want or need them.

Were actually enabling people to have Christmas this year who may not have had much without this, said Greentree.

Many organizations and business-es get involved, with the Columbia Basin Alliance for Literacy accepting donations of new books (at Black Bear Books, Kingfisher Used Books, Overwaitea Foods, Extra Foods and the Advance until Dec. 11).

Higher demand expected for hampersLorne Eckersley

NEW BEDS Volunteers helped out the Creston Community Garden on Nov. 24, unloading new bed frames made by Prince Charles Secondary School industrial arts students using lumber donated by J.H. Huscroft Ltd. Story on page 4.

Were actuallyenabling people to have Christmas this yearwho may not have had much without this.Tom Greentree

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This Christmas, give the gift of reading by join-ing the Columbia Basin Alliance for Literacy (CBAL) and the Creston Valley Public Librarys annual A Book Under Every Tree campaign.

We are collecting new books for children, and new or gently used books for adults, for the Christmas hampers packed by the Creston Ministerial Association, said community literacy co-ordinator Joan Hedstrom.

Donations can be made at the collections boxes are located at Black Bear Books, Kingfisher Used Books, Overwaitea Foods, Extra Foods and the CBAL office. The boxes will be picked up Dec. 11.

We also invite you to take up a book collection at your workplace.

To learn more, call Hedstrom at 250-402-3534.

Tis the season to be wary.A Creston senior

recently informed the Advance that she received an early morn-ing phone call informing her that she committed tax fraud at the airport by not claiming every-thing in her luggage.

Having not been on a plane for quite some time, she wasnt duped, and promptly informed the Creston RCMP, who recommended she con-tact the Canadian Anti-Fraud Centre. Anyone receiving this or similar suspicious calls should also do so, by calling 1-888-495-8501.

Lorne EckersleyOnce again, Shoppers Drug Mart is working to brighten the Christmas season for seniors in the Crest View Care Village. Customers are invited to make purchases of items like unscented lotions, socks, candy or chocolate, Boost or Ensure, books, magazines and cross-word puzzles. Shoppers Drug Mart staff will wrap the gifts and deliver them on Dec. 22.

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Topics Include:Earth: A Privileged Planet in our Universe The Sun & Moon for Signs & Seasons The Wonder of Light, Heavens Communicator Our 9? Planets, Fellow Travelers in SpaceStars, Galaxies, and Galactic Space Telescopes - Eyes to see withConstellations & the ZodiacTime & Space 11amThe Symphony of Life

Thank You From the Community of Creston Arts Council to all who helped with the Christmas Art & Craft Market on November 21

The Exhibitors: the Market could not happen without you and your amazing creations!The staff at the Community Complex for your hard work and cooperation.Gleaners for the decorations.Wloka Farms for the delicious apples at our reception table.The Poster volunteers: the Arts Council members and directors, and Lynn CochraneTo the local businesses for the use of your electronic boards: Pyramid Building Supplies, the Chamber of Commerce, Dairy Queen and of course, the Community Complex. Also thanks to the businesses in the Creston Valley who willingly allowed us to put up our posters.Tanna Patterson, for donating tickets on behalf of Birdfest.The Decorations and Meet & Greet Teams: Andrea, Janet, Anne, Carmen, Ann,

Mickey, Audrey, Nora, Barb and Brenda.The Arts Council volunteers: Anne, Barb, Brenda, Alison, Audrey, Kurtis, Linda, Shelagh.The people of Creston and area for donating to the Food Bank and for supporting this event.

Our apologies if we have missed anyone your support is no less appreciated!

Mickey, Audrey, Nora, Barb and Brenda.Mickey, Audrey, Nora, Barb and Brenda.The Arts Council volunteers: Anne, Barb, Brenda, Alison, Audrey, The Arts Council volunteers: Anne, Barb, Brenda, Alison, Audrey, Kurtis, Linda, Shelagh.Kurtis, Linda, Shelagh.The people of Creston and area for donating to the Food Bank and for The people of Creston and area for donating to the Food Bank and for supporting this event. supporting this event.

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BY BRIAN LAWRENCEAdvance Editor

There is no official way to honour the Creston Valleys sports builders or athletes, and the Creston Valley Sports Wall of Fame committee wants to change that.

The committee plans to create a website and interactive video screen at the Creston and District Community Complex (CDCC) that would allow viewers to choose between history and athlete sections.

Sports is such a big part of the community that we think its long overdue, said Signe Miller, who conceived the idea with Nicole Nilsson.

The duo was the driving force behind the recent installation of the CDCCs electronic sign on Canyon Street, and Karen Douville, Joy Margitan, Jim Elford, Tammy Hardwick and Helen White join them on the committee.

Nilsson, together with her husband, Alex, has been involved in the development of various sports, from swimming to cross-country skiing to soccer which is why the rec centres field is named for him.

Other than that, theres no record, said Miller.For Phase 1, the committee has identified

about 30 sports, including Special Olympics, that could be part of the wall of fame, and they hope to have a more substantial list after the submission period closes Feb. 26. Along with team names, they are on the lookout for awards, trophies and certificates to be reproduced on the website.

There are some great photos at the muse-um, said Nilsson. Thats only a part of history. We need much more.

With an initial cost of about $5,000, the com-mittee was thrilled when the Regional District of Central Kootenays Creston Valley Services Committee agreed at last weeks meeting to fund

the project. The budget item was approved by Area A director Garry Jackman, Area C director Larry Binks and Town of Creston Coun. Kevin Boehmer (filling in for Mayor Ron Toyota; Area B director Tanya Wall was absent).

This means we can proceed with our gather-ing of sports history and recording it on video for our future website, said Miller in an email to the committee.

Once the historical information is complied for the Creston Valley Sports Wall of Fame, the committee will move on to Phase 2, celebrating provincially-, nationally- or internationally-rec-ognized athletes.

Later on, were going to ask groups to nomi-nate athletes, said Miller. But thats a long ways off.

For more information, contact Signe Miller at 250-428-9584 or kenandsigne@gmail.com, or Nicole Nilsson at nilsson@telus.net.

Pyramid Building Supplies is collecting toys (simply visit the store, pull a tag with an age and gender from the Christmas tree, buy an appro-priate gift, and return it unwrapped to Pyramid by Dec. 12), and the Bargain Shop is collecting toys and cash, with a goal of $4,200.

Packers who will be hard at work on Dec. 14 often find that teen gifts are in short sup-ply, said Greentree.

Everybody wants to buy a doll for little Sally whos

seven, but what do they buy a 15-year-old? he said, sug-gesting items like gift cards or movie tickets.

Cash is also important, and businesses get in on that, too the Creston and District Credit Union hosted a bake sale last week, Sues Clotheslines has raised over $1,200 with a silent auction (with other fundraising still going), and until Dec. 11, the Creston Valley Advance is accepting donations for its Community Christmas Card, which raised $7,613 last year.

And, as always, the ministe-rial association will take up a special collection at a carol ser-vice, which will be held at

Prince Charles Theatre at 7 p.m. Dec. 14.

The hamper program usual-ly costs about $25,000, and donations exceeding that are put to good use, with the min-isterial association assisting community members with expenses including dental, medical, and utilities.

I like to think we have an opportunity to steward the generosity of the valley our Christmas generosity, particu-larly through the whole year, said Greentree.

Volunteers are needed from 8 a.m.-4 p.m. Dec. 14 (packing) and Dec. 15 (pickup). For more infor-mation, contact co-ordinator Terri Goulder at 250-428-4174.

HampersFROM PAGE 1

Wall of fame to honour athletes and sports history

The Creston Valley Sports Wall of Fame logo, cre-ated by Warren Bruns.

Brian LawrenceVolunteers at last years Christmas hamper packing.

BY LORNE ECKERSLEYAdvance Staff

With a little help from its friends, the Creston Com-

munity Gardens raised bed frames are being replaced.

Prince Charles Secondary School industrial arts students delivered new frames, made of

two-by-twelve lumber donated by J.H. Huscroft Ltd. sawmill on Nov. 24.

Marlene Nash, gardener and volunteer, said on Tuesday

that the committee that manages the gar-dens on 11th Avenue North met last spring and agreed that the original landscaping timbers that made up the frames when the garden was construct-ed were rotting.

Jacquie Ryckman (a neighbour and vol-unteer) wrote to J.H. Huscroft Ltd. and asked if they would supply the lumber, Nash said. And they generously agreed to supply the material.

Nash then called PCSS principal Scott Cobbe, who arranged for Shayne Ducharmes shop students to con-struct the frames.

The frames are now on-site, waiting for spring, when vol-unteers will disman-tle the old ones and put the new ones in place.

Everyone worked together, Nash said. Thats just how this community is.

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BY LORNE ECKERSLEYAdvance Staff

A relatively recent, but extreme-ly popular, Christmas tradition continues on Dec. 14 when the CP Holiday Train once again rolls into town.

The festively decorated trains trip through the Kootenays is a biannual event. The Holiday Train is scheduled for a half-hour stop in Creston at 10 a.m. It will park behind Millennium Park and Mayor Ron Toyota said he antici-pates it once again will draw a crowd of several hundred.

The lights and entertainment are very popular with the public, but more important is the focus that the event puts on raising money for food banks, he said.

At each stop along the route which extends as far east as

Montreal and into the U.S., as well CP Rail representatives make donations to the local food bank. Many communities take advantage of the event and hold their own fundraisers in conjunction. Toyota will once again be issuing what he calls the Mayors Challenge to attract donations to the food bank, which is operated by Creston Valley Gleaners Society.

The Holiday Train has been running each December for 17 years. The 1,000-foot-long train features 14 brightly decorated cars, each lit with hundreds of thousands of technology-leading LED lights and holiday designs.

All food and cash donations associated with the Holiday Train remain in each community for local distribution.

Holiday Train raising funds for food bank

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Shop students make new beds for garden

Lorne EckersleyThe community gardens new bed frames will be put to good use in the spring.

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BY LORNE ECKERSLEYAdvance Staff

Creston RCMP responded to 55 calls for service from Nov. 23-29, Cpl. Gerry Sliworsky said on Monday.

November 23A vehicle hit an icy patch on

Highway 3 near Kootenay Pass and flipped over and into the ditch. The occupants sustained minor injuries.

Shots were reported in the 40th Street area, likely from nearby hunters.

Police were called to investigate a noise complaint on 11th Avenue North.

November 24A vehicle driving too fast for road

conditions went off Highway 3A at Crusher Road, shearing off a utility pole and causing a power outage. No injures were reported.

A Lister resident complained that horses at large were going on to his property and eating grain. The issue has been referred to the SPCA.

When a driver who was reported to be driving erratically in Erickson was located, police determined that he was not impaired.

A wallet found on Erickson Road has been returned to its owner.

A warning letter has been sent to the owner of a vehicle reported to have been overloaded with passen-gers when it left the community com-plex parking lot.

An electricity meter was ripped off the outside of a Seventh Avenue North residence after a landlord-ten-ant dispute.

A harassment complaint is being investigated.

Police conducted a well-being check at a Whimster Road residence and determined the occupant was OK.

No injuries resulted when a vehicle overturned in icy road conditions on Highway 3 near Moyie.

Police determined that a domestic dispute on Northwest Boulevard was a verbal argument only.

November 25A vehicle went off Kootenay River

Road when the driver was going too fast for icy road conditions. The driver was issued a warning.

A well-being check at an Eighth Avenue North residence revealed the occupant was OK.

Police determined that irritating Facebook messages reported by an Elm Street residence were not a criminal matter.

An investigation continues into whether youths on Canyon Street were intending to traffic marijuana. A small quantity of the drug was seized.

An uninsured vehicle was towed from 10th Avenue North.

A threat by a youth to do physical harm to another youth on Hilton Street was mediated by police.

November 26Police were called to locate a

woman who left the hospital while awaiting medical treatment. She had gone home because she was tired of waiting, she said.

A domestic dispute on Dogwood Street did not include an assault, police determined.

An arson investigation is underway after a fire in a Seventh Avenue North residence caused minor damage.

November 27A vehicle lost control on an icy

Highway 3 near Kootenay Pass and went down an embankment. No inju-ries were reported.

An Erickson Road male reported harassing text messages by a female.

Another vehicle went off the road near Kootenay Pass in icy conditions.

A verbal domestic dispute result-ed in a police visit to a Highway 3 residence.

A female reported that her intoxi-cated son had left a Highway 3 resi-dence. Police located him and found him unharmed.

November 28A vehicle went out of control while

passing another vehicle on Highway 3. It spun and went into the ditch, causing minor injuries to occupants.

Police are investigating a suspicious fire in an RV on Highway 3A, which caused damage to another vehicle in the driveway, as well as to telephone wires.

Police located the driver of a black Dodge pickup reported to be driving recklessly on Goat River Road at Highway 3. He was issued a ticket.

A prohibited driver stopped on Collis Street was issued another driving prohibition and his vehicle was impounded.

A driver impaired by drugs on Highway 3 was issued a 24-hour driv-ing prohibition.

November 29Licence plates were stolen from a

vehicle on 16th Avenue North.Two intoxicated males were fight-

ing at a West Creston residence. Police separated them and did not lay charges.

BY LORNE ECKERSLEYAdvance Staff

With acting mayor Joe Snopek han-dling the gavel, Creston town council directed staff to plan a budget that increases sewer rates and holds water rates steady in 2016.

At a committee of the whole meeting following the Nov. 24 regular council meeting, municipal services director Ross Beddoes presented council with an overview of the sewer and water bud-gets to date, with projections for capital and operating costs into 2016.

Beddoes said that the 2015 increase of five per cent in water rates turned out to be higher than needed when the final costs of water from the Arrow Creek plant turned out to be lower than expected. While there was discussion at the council table about increasing the water rate by two per cent to help build

the capital project fund, council voted for no increase.

Sewer rates are in for a nine per cent increase with the reserve fund having been decreased by recent major capital expenditures.

We recommend a plan to bulk up the reserve funds so that we can plan to pay for necessary improvements rather than having to borrow, finance director Steffan Klassen said.

The recommendations will now become part of the 2016 budget process.

Council BriefsA scheduled presentation by

Friends of Children - East Kootenay was cancelled when representatives were unable to attend due to weather conditions. The organization raises funds to help families with medical expenses for children needing medi-cal treatment.

Council approved sending a formal letter of congratulations to Chief Warrant Officer W.J. Ingram, who retired this year from his post as com-manding officer of Crestons Royal Canadian Army Cadets.

Town manager Lou Varela presented council with an overview of a provincial draft bylaw that defines standards for agri-tourism and farm retail sales.

Klassen walked council through the upcoming 2016 budget process, explaining how each department approaches budgeting and acknowl-edging councils direction to hold budgets to a 1.3 per cent inflationary increase.

Coun. Karen Unruh expressed her disappointment that councillors and staff will not be having a Christmas party. Varela said a decision not to have a party was a mutual agreement between staff and CUPE representatives.

Water rates steady, sewer rates increasing nine per cent in 2016

TrainFROM PAGE 3

Since 1999, the train has raised more than $10 million and collected 3.3 million pounds of food for North American food banks. It is a joint effort between CP Rail and its 15,000 employees who live and work in 1,100 North American communities.

The awareness that Christmas is a time to celebrate but also to provide care for the less fortunate

among us is important at a time when it is all too easy to forget about others and just focus on our friends and families, Toyota said.

Entertainment at the Creston stop will be provided this year by three Canadian performers: country singer Kelly Prescott, a veteran of U.S. Holiday Train tours, and country rockers Jim and Devin Cuddy. Jim is a popular solo performer and is well known as the lead singer for Blue Rodeo, and his son, Devin, has carved out his own reputation as a song-writer and performer.

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While there is no shortage of naysayers particularly on the political right and especially in North America, it seems, I am con-vinced that there is no more important issue than climate change. And there is simply far too much evidence that human activity is a part of that change that we can afford to ignore it.

To stem, and possibly reverse, much of the change (it isnt impos-sible just look at what has hap-pened to the hole in the ozone layer above Antarctica) has to come in the way we produce ener-gy. New technology is emerging every day and there is every rea-son to be hopeful. But an even more focused effort is needed, and hope came in Paris with the announcement by Bill Gates that billions of dollars from private investors have been raised in an attempt to grow businesses from ideas generated by stepped-up government basic research. (I put the phrase in quotes because basic research was pooh-poohed by the Harper government in favour of research directed toward profitable enterprises.)

This announcement goes part way to the direction I have been calling for in recent years the creation of a Manhattan Project-like effort on a global scale. I say lets put our best and brightest into well-equipped facilities and give them a mission save the planet for continued human habi-tation by finding safer and friend-lier alternatives to carbon-based energy.

The Manhattan Project was not a global effort, but rather restrict-ed to the United States, with sup-port from Canada and Britain. The mission to research and develop

what led to the nuclear bomb was undertaken by 130,000 workers in more than 30 sites spread around the supporting countries. The equivalent of $26 billion was spent on the effort and the result, for good or bad, was remarkable.

What could we accomplish, I wonder, if countries could work for the common good of everyone on the planet? It might even have the unintended consequence, much like the research and development associated with space programs, of producing innovations we havent even dreamed of. Instead of a race to find a way to defeat an enemy, an energy Manhattan Project could bring nations together with a com-mon cause, all the while using our competitive differences to a more positive intent.

Gates approach is especially exciting because it directly con-nects the research conducted by governments (the U.S., China and India, and 20 other countries, have all committed to a doubling of their energy research budgets) with philanthropists and, ultimate-ly, the private sector, which will be charged with manufacturing and distributing alternative energy technology.

We have come a long way in recent years. Consider the simple battery of the sort we use to

power numerous items around the home. When I was a kid a flash-light never lasted for more than a few weeks the batteries lost their power even when they werent in use. Today the equiva-lent battery can sit on a shelf for 10 years and still maintain its full charge.

Really, the meaningful innova-tions will come from storing ener-gy. The simplest solutions solar, wind, water all tend to produce huge amounts of energy, but not on a 24/7/365 schedule. Harnessing and storage of power produced at peak periods for use at other times is key.

Gates knows first-hand that once useful technology is devel-oped it doesnt take all that long for productivity to reduce the costs of production. Most readers will remember the costs of early home computers and how they have continued to drop even as they have become more powerful and effective.

We need innovation to get to breakthrough solutions, Gates told the Wall Street Journal this week. These are investors who care about clean energy and cheap energy.

Theres a sense of urgency, because of the time frame once youve invented something to get it to be a part of the primary glob-al energy system, he said.

If you have a goal to reduce greenhouse gas emissions by 2050, youd better be inventing in this next decade in order to have time to shift over the global energy sys-tem. Usually it takes 50 years. We have to move faster than that, he added.

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To the Editor:Once again the citizens, businesses

and organizations of the Creston Valley have shown their generosity, their spirit and their sense of national pride. The week of remembrance for 2015 will be remembered as one of the most success-ful in recent memory. When other parts of the province were experiencing down-turns in poppy sales, our branch exceed-ed our totals for 2013 or 2014. These funds will enable us to continue to assist the cadets, the Therapeutic Activation Program for Seniors and school bursaries, and provide assistance to any military veteran or their families. Your generosity has definitely made a difference and the Creston Valley a great place to live.

This success could not have been achieved without the assistance and support of the legion members. Nov. 11 is one day, but the planning and orga-nizing for it begins in mid-October and continues until early December. By a rough count, somewhere around 100 people make a time contribution dur-ing that six-week period. Once again, the legion expresses thanks and appre-ciation for all your efforts.

Ian Currie, PresidentRoyal Canadian Legion

Branch No. 29

To the Editor:Im Presbyterian, said Donald

Trump. Boy, thats down the middle of the road, folks, in all fairness. I mean, Seventh-day Adventist, I dont know about.

But who are Seventh-day Adventists, and who is Trumps rival, Dr. Ben Carson?

In American politics, religion mat-ters. Particularly when a New York Times/CBS poll showed Carson lead-ing Trump nationally.

So who are these people who mystify Trump? According to Christianity Today, Adventists are the fifth-largest Christian denomination in the world. That a Seventh-day Adventist is leading the Republican field has come as a surprise to many Americans, as it has to many Adventists around the globe. The church has traditionally emphasized healthcare, education and, of course, theology, rather than careers in public life.

So what are the essentials of the faith? Seventh-day Adventists believe in the absolute truth of the Bible and view it as revealing Gods will for them. They believe it holds the key to salvation and clearly spells out how they should live and act toward others.

They dedicate their lives to glorify-ing God and believe their bodies are temples of the Holy Spirit. To that end, Seventh-day Adventists believe in the importance of eating a healthy diet and in abstaining from using tobacco, ille-gal drugs and from drinking alcohol.

The Seventh-day Adventist church is a Protestant Christian denomination. They believe Jesus is the Creator. He is the Son of God who died for us, was resurrected, and through Him humani-ty can be reconciled to God. However, Adventists have a few unique charac-teristics. Here are the basics.

As the name indicates, Seventh-day Adventists go to church on the seventh day of the week: Saturday, the biblical Sabbath. With approximately 19 million

members around the world, it is the larg-est Sabbath-keeping church in the world.

During the Sabbath, sunset Friday to sunset Saturday, Adventists hit the pause button on the frantic modern life and spend the time connecting to God, nature, family and community. They continue to provide essential services, like health care, following Christs admonition that it is lawful to do good on the Sabbath.

Adventists believe in a holistic faith that incorporates mind, body and spir-it. This boils down to staying healthy, keeping a close walk with God and reaching out to others.

They believe Christ will return. This comes out of the Adventist understand-ing of Biblical prophecy, which leads them to believe that Christs second coming, will be soon. How soon? No one can say.

As their investment in schools, health care, aged care and a variety of other endeavours indicates, Adventists are focused on helping the world they live in even as they look forward to a world free of pain, suffering, injustice and exploitation.

They also run approximately 8,000 schools worldwide, making it the larg-est Protestant school system in the world and have about 500 hospitals and medical centers, including the renowned Loma Linda University Medical center in Loma Linda, Calif.

Carson was a pediatric neurosur-geon who performed the worlds first separation of brain-conjoined twins.

One thing that you will not hear is an endorsement of his candidacy from the church: the Adventist church avoids par-tisan politics. Which is just as well, as individual members preferences range across the political spectrum; the chap-lain of the U.S. senate is Dr. Barry Black, a Seventh-day Adventist, and there are two Adventists currently serving in the U.S. Congress, both Democrats.

Pastor Ian and Averil Cotton Creston

To the Editor:(Open letter to International Trade

Minister Chrystia Freeland)I am very concerned about the

Trans-Pacific Partnership agreement, and Canadas future freedom to choose our economic direction.

I live in a rural farming community that is capable of feeding the Columbia Basin of B.C. almost 100 per cent organically, no less! Citizens are aware and responsible for their water use; pro-tection of our watersheds is a priority. Food security is paramount, as we live in an area that gets closed off from the rest of the world by winter and climate change avalanches. We have local milk, protein, veggies, fruit and grain. The TPP agreement could undo all of our life-sup-porting work. Many of us happily live with lower incomes; we are farmers, log-gers and maintenance workers with a generous portion of intellectuals who traded urban life for a rural quality life. Many of us have set ourselves up with renewable energy systems independent-ly; we are a good example to the rest of Canada, of bringing vision into reality for the good of planetary health.

Having read Jim Balsillie and Chris Hedges comments on the predatory domination of the American and Japanese TPP economic laws on the rest of the signature nations like Canada, I believe it behooves Canadas new Liberal government to set the right tone and reject this TPP agreement in any way it can. Under the TPP agreement, our intel-lectual ideas will be controlled, we will

be forced to accept the TPP highway or no way (be sued). We can kiss any non-binding agreements on climate change made in Paris goodbye.

Many of us Canadians are intelli-gent and freethinking, and we want to participate in steering the ship of Canada. Canada is more than a busi-ness opportunity. It is time for Canadians to raise our standards above the pursuit of profit and regain the wholesome Canada that values the health and integrity of the nations people and environment as of equal consideration in choices to make economically.

I leave you with a quote of Ralph Nader, told to Chris Hedges, regarding the TPP agreement: It allows corpora-tions to bypass our three branches of government to impose enforceable sanctions by secret tribunals. These tri-bunals can declare our labour, consum-er and environmental protections [to be] unlawful, non-tariff barriers subject to fines for noncompliance. The TPP establishes a transnational, autocratic system of enforceable governance in defiance of our domestic laws.

Please, Chrystia, choose the higher ground of economic freedom of choice for Canadians.

Susan EyreYahk

To the Editor:Next year, on the weekend of Aug. 5

and 6, Cranbrook will be having an air show. So far, the Canadian Forces Snowbirds are booked, along with the CF-18 Hornet, various civilian aircraft and, quite possibly, a Rockwell B-18 Lancer from the U.S. air force. Although pencilled in for now, Creston just may be hosting an air show sometime during the summer of 2016, as well. I am keeping my fingers crossed for this one!

During the 1980s and early 1990s, I attended a number of air shows at Fairchild Air Force Base near Spokane, Wash. Perhaps the most memorable show occurred on May 20, 1984, in which the theme was Salute to Canada, featuring the Snowbirds, along with a CF-101 Voodoo.

Later that afternoon, there was a Boeing B-52 Stratofortress (the G model), which was an awesome sight to behold when she was taxiing down the run-way with a thunderous roar, she was so loud I could actually feel the noise from her eight Pratt and Whitney J57 turbo-jet engines, and the ground was also shak-ing! After becoming airborne, the bomber kept rumbling on and on like thunder until she was almost out of sight, not to mention leaving behind a trail of thick, black, oily smoke, the odour of which reminded me of a charcoal barbecue. The B-52G was phased out 10 years later in 1994, with the H model being the only one still remaining in service; she is pow-ered with quieter, more fuel efficient TF-33 turbofans, and is expected to keep on flying until 2030.

My personal favourite was the D model, which was retired 32 years ago in 1983. There is one on display at the Fairchild museum (serial number 56-0676) that was built in 1957.

To close my letter on something completely different: I would like to wish everyone a merry Christmas, regardless of your faith, and I will see you at the Santa Claus Parade on Saturday. Have a happy St. Nicholas Day (Dec. 6) and a happy Hanukkah (Dec. 6-14). Best wishes for 2016!

Allan ClementCreston

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Creston council and the town staff work hard at managing budgets and expenses, trying to keep property taxes as reasonable as possible while maintaining expected lev-els of service. It is important to note that approximately 53 per cent of your property tax bill goes to municipal government, with the town collecting the remaining 47 per cent for the Regional District of Central Kootenay (RDCK), provincial education and more.

In spite of the efforts of council and the regional directors to keep property tax bills low, many people find the payment of annual property taxes every summer to be an oner-ous burden. If this is a challenge for you, did you know it may be possible to defer your property taxes with a low-interest loan from the province?

There are two types of deferrals avail-able under the British Columbia Tax Deferment Program. The criteria for the regular program are that you must be 55 years of age, a surviving spouse of any age or a person with disabilities. The non-com-pounded interest rate under that program is currently 0.85 per cent. On a $1,500 tax bill thats interest of $12.75 per year! The interest rate is reviewed every six months

and the 0.85 per cent is set until March of 2016.

The second pro-gram available is the families with children program. The interest rate under that pro-gram is currently 2.85 per cent. Again, it is simple interest and, compared to the com-pound interest rates offered by credit cards and financial institu-tions, it is a very attractive rate. You must be a parent, step-parent or finan-cially supporting a child to qualify.

Due to these attrac-tive rates, many financial advisors are recommending that their clients take advantage of these low-interest loans. These programs are available for proper-ties located within the town, as well as rural properties in the regional district. The deferral is available for both residential and farm properties.

Ive travelled quite a bit, and saying that is pretty big for a 17-year-old girl. But I find it pretty amazing. Ive ridden the London Eye in England, stood on a volcano in Costa Rica and seen the Statue of Liberty with my own eyes. When you go to all these places, it makes these amazing memories that you can keep for a lifetime. No one says Dang, I wish I never went on that trip to Mexico. Or France. Or Japan. I would think that all of us have a bit of a travel bug. Whether it be foreign coun-tries or a road trip across Canada.

These are just 10 simple reasons why you should travel at least once in your life:

1. You will never forget it. Trust me. Whether it be with your family, your partner, or even just yourself, you will never ever forget how it was tasting fresh lobster from the ocean in Hawaii. Youll never forget what it was like to make new friends backpacking to the Cathedral of Santiago de Compostela on the Camino de Santiago. You will never, ever forget what it was like to swim with dolphins in Cuba.

2. One of the best things of travelling is the food. I know this one seems a little strange, but its definitely true. Youre going to try some interesting things you never even imagined. The combinations of certain foods will baffle you. Every place has their own very individual dish, and yes, Britain is mainly a series of different foods, but goodness gracious, it will be the best fish and chips you ever had. And when you go to Peru, you will have never thought of eating gerbils, but youll prob-ably try it, just for the experience.

3. The people. The way they talk, the way they walk, the way they dress. They

talk with such interesting accents that eventually you may adopt, and suddenly you find yourself wearing a sari from India. Everything is so miraculously dif-ferent, but its oh so interesting. And the longer you stay, the more it feels like you could live there. Because in some way, all these people arent too different. And they remind you of home. Home is where the heart is, after all.

4. A big one here is the culture. Isnt that why people mostly go anywhere? In Japan, they mix the modern times with things of the past. They combine them to make it what it is. Or in Rio de Janeiro its always the best of times, with so much liveliness and excitement all around. The culture is the one thing that makes a place what it is.

5. Youll never regret your decision. I know Im never going to say, I wish that spring break I stayed home instead of making memories with my friends in the streets of London, England. And I know Im not going to say that after this spring break either when I go to New York, New York, with some of the best friends Ive had the pleasure of sharing the high school experience with. Probably in the future, Im never going to regret spending my money on a trip to Japan with the love of my life. Why would I? Thats what liv-ing the dream is right there.

6. You get the experience of what its like to sit for a very long amount of time. The idea of it sounds fun, but when youre actually doing it, maybe not so much. But doesnt it sound fun to sit in a car for hours, singing songs, sharing secrets or playing the licence plate game, all while youre on your way to some new and exciting place? Or being on a train and experiencing what its like to hear the actual choo choo? Or to sit on a plane and gaze at the clouds and sunsets when youre hun-dreds of miles in the air?

7. Youll discover so many new things. Maybe when you go to eat dinner, the only eating utensil you are provided with are chopsticks. And guess what? You dont know how to use chopsticks! So, you end up taking the whole time that was sup-

pose to be used for eating for learning how to use chopsticks. But in the end, youre pretty happy that you learned how to use chopsticks, even though you didnt really get to eat much.

8. Youll learn that not every country is the same, and that you might need to watch what you do and what you say, because it might give the wrong impres-sion. People believe in different things and they talk differently. Like how in London, they say toilet instead of wash-room. So you may get a few funny looks if you ask, Excuse me. But do you know where I could find a washroom?

9. Youll realize how valuable a map is to people. Or asking for directions. Because once youre that tourist that needs to ask Where do I find (fill in the blank)? youll be very grateful when you actually find where youre trying to get. So dont be hesitant to find a map or ask for directions when you first get some-where, because the transportation can be very different once youre in a strange setting. For the first little while, it can feel very weird when youre in a vehicle on the other side of the road.

10. Youll realize how much you miss home. Yes, there will definitely come a point in time where you think to yourself, Hey, I wonder how Mom and Dad are doing, or, Does Mr. Snuggles miss me? This is when youre going to look back and think about how much you wanna go home and snuggle up in your own bed and smile to yourself and realize how much you love home.

Travelling gives perks to the travel-ler, so many perks, and this is just a few of them. When you go on a trip, youre going to laugh and smile and cry (hope-fully happy tears) and feel so energized and excited, but most of all, youre going to want to go back. So I hope youve started packing your suitcase, booking your tickets, and mapped out your destination, because this is where your dream vacation starts. Are you ready to take the trip of a lifetime?

Elizabeth Nygren is in Grade 12 at Prince Charles Secondary School. The Teen Take is co-ordinated by the Teen Action Committee.

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Remember how you, as a child or an adult, would toss a pebble in a pond and watch the ripples spread out until they interact with the shore or branch or rock, which in turn would return its own responding ripples until everything melded

together and smoothed out? That is what we do as humans; our own ripples interact with those around us, sometimes joining and building in intensity or eventually smoothing out after the initial contact, yet the others we have contact with send out their own ripples in their own ponds and on it goes.

For some reason I thought of this analogy a fair while back during one of our early morning swims at 5:30 a.m. We have a pretty dedicated swim family of regulars; most have been coming for years and even though we dont necessarily interact with each other outside the facility, we loosely keep track of who is miss-ing and whether it is a health reason, vacation or other. A few have come and gone over the years but it is a pretty solid routine as everyone has their set time and usual lane so when something changes that recurrence, it creates a ripple.

Another example of a ripple I have observed with our 5:30 a.m. crowd is because we are these timed to the minute creatures of habit, when there is a delay in the early morning swim routine; slow start, icy roads or a delay in getting in the water, we tend to be just slightly off for some of the day, having not fulfilled our days

destiny of a set number of laps or circles around the river. This can have an impact with us sending out rip-ples, as well slight for some, more for others.

How about starting a good ripple of your own? Do you know how much merely smiling at someone can change their day and ripple even fur-ther out? Face it; you have to be a pretty tough hard case, barring some personal disaster, to not return a gen-uine smile from another. A study pub-lished in the journal Neuropsychologia reported that seeing an attractive smiling face activates your orbito-frontal cortex, the region in your brain that process sensory rewards. This suggests that when you view a person smiling, you actually feel rewarded. We all have probably expe-rienced the converse a totally mis-erable or uncaring person on the other end of the phone or in person which can negatively resound for you and your interactions perhaps the rest of the day or longer if you carry a grudge.

Whats in it for me? some might ask. Well, my dear Watson, each time you smile, you throw a little feel-good party in your brain, as smiling activates neural messaging that ben-efits your health and happiness, releasing neuropeptides, dopamine, endorphins, serotonin a little chemical factory in your head. Long story short, this assists in fighting stress and lowering your heart rate and blood pressure. The added bene-fit is when you smile, your brain is aware of the activity and actually keeps track of it. The more you smile, the more effective you are at breaking the brains natural tendency to think negatively. If you smile often enough, you end up rewiring your brain to make positive patterns more often than it does negative ones. That ends up being a pretty good ripple.

Neil Ostafichuk is the recreation super-visor at the Creston and District Community Complex.

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There are a few other qualifications in addition to those listed above. You must have fire insurance and 25 per cent equity in your property. The property must be your residence and registered in your name. Additionally, it is impor-tant to note that to take advantage of a deferral program there can be no out-

standing arrears or delinquent taxes owing.

If you qualify, the province will pay the balance of your current taxes after deduction of the homeowners grant. A lien will be placed on your property, which must be paid before you can sell the property. You can repay your defer-ment loan at any time in full or part without penalty.

More information on these programs is available on the British Columbia Tax Deferment website. You can call 1-800-

663-7867 and ask to be transferred to 250-356-8121 or email TaxDeferment@gov.bc.ca. If you have forms to submit or questions to be answered, our always helpful town staff would be pleased to assist you with your enquiry.

Let me take this opportunity to wish you and your families a very merry Christmas and a happy and prosperous new year!

Jim Elford is in his first term on Creston town council. Council Comment is a monthly column by Creston councillors.

For this month, we will be continu-ing to take a look at the five Cs of credit. To refresh your memories, the five Cs include credit, capacity (ability to make the payments), capital (down payment), character (length of employment, savings history and

other factors that supplement credit history) and collateral (assets owned in addition to down payment). In pre-vious columns, we took a look at what lenders look at when reviewing credit, capacity and capital.

The next one we will explore is character. With other areas we have covered, things are a little more objec-tive. We have hard numbers to mea-sure things with, such as beacon scores, debt service ratios, down pay-ment percentages, etc. With character, things get a little more subjective. When analyzing character, a loan underwriter will review all of the information in the application and see how everything fits together. This will involve looking at the other areas and seeing how everything looks when looking at the whole picture.

A good example of this is a borrow-ers employment history. While employment is looked at in capacity, the underwriter will look again in regard to character. In capacity it is all about whether the numbers add up (i.e. Do you make enough to be able to pay your obligations?). With character, the

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We all create ripplesunderwriter will look at the industry you work in, how long you have worked in that industry, how many different employers you have worked for, etc. The reason it gets more subjective is that it is difficult to set criteria because there are so many variables. For example, someone with multiple employers within a relatively short time period might seem like too high of a risk. But if that per-son works in an industry where that is normal, then this might be overlooked.

Another example is savings history. One thing that a lender will analyze in regards to character is a persons net worth. What this shows is a persons propensity to save versus spend. If a person has shown a good savings history, it might be the difference between the loan being approved or declined. Again, there is no firm number or rule of thumb as to how much of a net worth a person needs to have; it is just a matter of how everything fits together.

I could keep giving more examples, but I think you get the point. Character is where the lender takes all of the pieces, puts them togeth-er and sees how things look. It is the big picture test. Fortunately, a good mortgage professional will be able to give you an idea of how things look while you are doing the application. Often even if something does stand out as a negative, if there is a reasonable explanation for it, this can be sent in in the application notes so it does not become an issue for the underwriter. So having an experienced mortgage professional can sometimes be the difference between an approval or a decline.

Well we are winding down in our review of the five Cs of credit. Now we have looked at credit, capacity, capital and character. Next month we will have a look at the final C, collateral.

Dean Bala is a mortgage broker and Realtor work-ing out of the Creston Valley Realty office in Creston. For more information, he can be reached at 250 402-3903 or dean_bala@yahoo.com.

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The Creston Community Band is pleased to welcome all to its third Christmas Concert at 7:30 p.m. Dec. 7.

Guests can enjoy an evening of favourite Christmas music at the St. Stephens Presbyterian Church hall, sing along to favourite carols and listen to Christmas music by Kokanee Brass. St. Stephens will operate a concession with tables set about for a relaxed intimate atmo-sphere. Concession proceeds will go to a selected charity.

The present Creston Community Band was formed in 1989 by a small group of dedicated musicians who saw a real need to provide appro-priate music at various Creston area functions. Band members come from all parts of the community. It even has a bit of international flair with one member making the jour-ney from Bonners Ferry, Idaho.

Under the direction of Monte Anderson, the Creston Community

Band has a large repertoire that includes upbeat swing, jazz, Dixie, film and television tunes, Broadway hits, classical, traditional and dance tunes. It plays something for all musical types and tastes.

The band is always looking for new members, so if you are a recent player or have not played since school (however long ago that was), from piccolo to tuba, come talk to us and we will help you get back into the swing of things.

The band has moved to St. Stephens Presbyterian Church hall where it stores its music library, drums, stands and other equipment. The move allowed it to practice and perform in the same location, while continuing to support local functions at other venues.

Admission to the Dec. 7 concert is $10; the doors open at 7 p.m. The Creston Community Band rehearses at 7 p.m. Monday evenings at the St. Stephens Presbyterian Church Hall. To learn more, visit www.crestonbc.com/ccb.

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YASODHARA ASHRAM

Yasodhara Ashram and Spearhead Inc., Kootenay orga-nizations with a global reach, are joining together for an inno-vative project Spearhead has recently been chosen from a pool of international contend-ers to be the fabricator for the new Temple of Light.

The ashram, a Kootenay Bay yoga retreat and study centre, suffered a tragic loss in June 2014, when an accidental fire destroyed its original temple.

The past year has been one of regeneration and renewal for us, said Swami Lalitananda, president of Yasodhara Ashram. We committed to rebuilding the temple and have found cre-ative and skilled partners to help us make it a reality.

Spearhead is a specialty fabri-cation company whose focus is on heavy timber, steel and archi-tectural woodwork. Operating from Nelson for over 20 years,

Spearhead works with top-tier architectural firms on projects all over the world, from Alaska to Dubai. The companys sophisti-cated technology allows it to push the boundaries of basic materials and bring a high level of efficiency to complex projects.

The Temple of Light, designed by Patkau Architects, is an inven-tive form of curved panels that require specialized prefabrica-tion. Spearhead will collaborate with the architects and construc-tion team to produce precise digital models that link directly to their digital manufacturing equipment. The temples struc-tural components will be prefab-ricated at their facility, ensuring both quality and efficiency.

We were drawn to the Temple at Yasodhara Ashram not only because of its beautiful design but also because it is a local project, said Spearhead project manager Tara Primeau. We have long admired the work of Patkau Architects and

are really looking forward to working with them and the ash-ram team.

Thanks to Spearheads advanced technology, proximi-ty to the Ashram and compati-bility with Patkau Architects, a new working schedule for the build has been confirmed. With the prefabrication work to begin over the winter and installation to take place in the spring, the Temple of Light is projected to be ready for occu-pancy as of the fall 2016.

The project has added bene-fit to the Kootenay region, as it will put over $1.5 million back into the local economy.

We are delighted that our build will support our local economy, said Lalitananda. Working with Spearhead is part of the ashrams longstand-ing commitment to local resources and community resil-ience. Its amazing to have found the best company in our own backyard.

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Brian LawrenceCreston Community Band members Caroline Martin (left) and Carla Ahern in a recent concert.

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