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Creston’s Matthew Sonntag isn’t a firefighter, but he jumped at the invitation to play as an associate for the Canadian Firefighters Ice Hockey Club in the sixth annual International Police, Fire and Military Winter Games in Lewiston, Maine.

His invitation came from the team’s captain, Eric Peace, who played last year in the same Calgary adult men’s hockey league as Sonntag. He was having trouble coming up with enough firefighters to fill out the team’s roster last year.

“I was one of the top D-men in the league and he knew my back-ground,” Sonntag said. “We paid

our own tournament fees, the team got a good deal on Air Canada flights and the equipment was pur-chased by the team’s fundraising.”

The experience of playing in the World Games was unforgettable, Sonntag said, as was playing teams from California, New York and Florida. A total of 22 teams travelled from points around the U.S. and

Canada to participate from Jan. 15-17.Even more memorable was play-

ing on the gold medal-winning team, particularly because it was short-staffed.

“We started out with 17 players planning to go the games, but in the end only nine were able to go.”

Sonntag part of gold-winning team

Brian LawrenceDYNAMIC DUO — The father-son duo of Aaron (left) and Max Francis was among the entertainment onstage at the third annual children’s festival, held on Family Day at the Creston and District Community Complex. For more photos, turn to page 3.

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For anyone who hasn’t heard the St. Stephen’s Presbyterian Church choir or the church’s two organs, Sunday’s concert is sure to be a treat, with choral and instrumental music, as well as a few sing-alongs.

“All the groups I conduct have to do concerts,” said con-ductor Eric Johnson.

The seven singers will be joined by five of their six rotat-ing accompanists — Joanna Wilson, Lorraine Smith, Lorraine Doeleman, Patricia Robinson and Tom Reid (Anita Stushnoff was unavailable for the concert) — as well as Brenda Draper on flute and Poul Christensen on trumpet, in a variety of spiritual music.

“The choir will sing anthems that are favourites of theirs,” said Johnson, who has taken over for his wife and longtime choir

director, Lynn. “She purchased a lot of very challenging music. It’s not like we’re just singing hymns. We’re doing music as challeng-ing as any group in town.

“We will also be doing some more folksy things. We’ll be doing, believe it or not, Hank Williams’ ‘I Saw the Light.’ ”

The Williams tune will be one of the sing-along numbers, which will be interspersed throughout the program.

The concert is a fundraiser for maintenance and tuning of the church’s pipe organ, which is about 115 years old. The church recently spent about $800 on it, but more work is required to keep it in working order.

“I think of the organ as the musical equivalent of a steam engine,” said Johnson. “It is basi-cally simple but is a technology several centuries old with some ‘modern’ improvments.”

It was originally placed in the First Presbyterian Church in

Nelson around 1900, and moved about 60 years later to the Fairview United Church. When the Baptist Church bought that church in 1998, the pipe organ was headed for the dump before St. Stephen’s saved it.

“Bruce Harny, the accom-panist at the time and an organ specialist himself, arranged for the organ to be disassembled and moved to the St. Stephen’s church here in Creston,” said Johnson.

Preserving the instrument is a priority for the church, and Johnson is pleased that the Valentine’s Day concert will offer the audience a chance to hear it, as well as the choir, per-forming for the first time out-side of church services.

“Even though it’s a small group, they sing very well,” Johnson said. “And they’ll enjoy actually strutting their stuff.”

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Brian LawrenceConductor Eric Johnson (left) and choir member Tom Heal in a rehearsal.

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Brian LawrenceFAMILY TIME — The annual Children’s Festival was part of the Family Day activities at the Creston and District Community Complex on Monday. Sponsored by the Town of Creston, Regional District of Central Kootenay and Lower Kootenay Band, the festival featured a range of activities and entertain-ment, including a children’s play area courtesy of Success By Six (above right) and an old-fahsioned school session by the Creston Museum (below). More photos at www.crestonvalleyadvance.ca/ourtown.

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The West Kootenay regional director for the BC Search and Rescue Association is delighted the provincial government is injecting $10 million into ground search and rescue services.

“This is a good news story for [member] groups and volunteers around the entire province,” Chris Armstrong said in a news release. “The ground search and rescue

community is very grateful for this meaningful funding.”

In late January, the province announced the one-time funding to “help bolster training, adminis-trative support and equipment renewals.”

The investment is on top of the $6.3 million the government already provides each year to cover ground search and rescue operational costs for deployment, training, equip-ment, and insurance.

Eighty groups exist in BC, including Nelson Search and Rescue and several others in West Kootenay.

“This is a very posi-tive step,” Armstrong said. “First steps will be to receive the funds, develop a solid plan, look at a needs assessment with our partner agencies and look at how these funds can have the greatest impact for ground search and rescue services around the province, includ-ing prevention.”

Armstrong said the BC Search and Rescue Association laid the foundation for the money when it pre-sented the minister of justice with a discus-sion paper in 2013 outlining on an alter-native funding model for search and rescue in BC. Their goal was to reduce fundraising and administrative demands on volun-teers.

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The Regional District of Central Kootenay is updating parcel tax rolls for the following service areas: South Slocan Water Service Parcel Tax Duhamel Water Service Parcel Tax Ymir Water Service Frontage Tax Lucas Road Water Service Parcel Tax Voykin Street Lighting Service Parcel Tax Sanca Park Water Service Parcel Tax Riondel Water Service Frontage Tax McDonald Creek Water Service Parcel Tax Balfour Water Service Parcel Tax Woodland Water Service Parcel Tax West Robson Water Service Parcel Tax Burton Water Service Parcel Tax Edgewood Water Service Parcel Tax Fauquier Water Service Parcel Tax Grandview Properties Water Service Parcel Tax Rosebery Highlands Water Service Area Woodbury Water Service Parcel Tax Local Conservation Fund Service Area (Areas A, D and E)

Pursuant to section 205 of the Community Charter, owners of property located in these parcel tax areas may request that the roll be amended, in relation to their own property, on one or more of the following grounds:

• there is an error or omission respecting a name or address on the assessment roll;• there is an error or omission respecting the inclusion of a parcel;• there is an error or omission respecting the taxable frontage of a parcel

(for water or sewer service areas that use frontage for taxation); and• an exemption has been improperly allowed or disallowed.

The parcel tax rolls are available for inspection at the Regional District of Central Kootenay offi cein Nelson during regular offi ce hours.

Requests for amendments must be made in writing to the Regional District of Central Kootenay,Box 590, 202 Lakeside Drive, Nelson, BC V1L 5R4 on or beforeFriday, February 19, 2016 @ 4:00 p.m. If requests are received, a Parcel Tax Roll Review Panelwill meet at: 10:00 a.m. on February 22, 2016 in the RDCK Board Room in Nelson 10:00 a.m. (Creston time) on February 23, 2016 in the Erickson Room, Creston & District Community Complex, 312 19th Ave. North

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FOREST STEWARDSHIP PLAN #512Amendment #1

Canadian Forest Products Ltd. (Canfor) recently concluded the purchase of Meadow Creek Cedar’s Forest License A30171 in the Kootenay Lake Forest District.

Please be advised that as per Section 3 (1) b of the Forest and Range Practices Act, the Forest Stewardship Plan #512 (FSP) for this license is being amended to include Canfor as the holder of the plan and remove the previous holder of the plan.

This amendment will permit Canfor to operate in the approved Forest Development Units (FDUs) under this plan until the Kootenay Lake operating areas are amalgamated into the Kootenay Region’s FSP.

It should be noted that there are no content changes proposed to the FSP at this time, and only the holder of the plan is changing with this amendment.

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Creston RCMP responded to 76 calls for service from Feb. 1-7, Staff Sgt. Darryl Hammond said on Monday.

February 1•Damage resulted when

thieves attempted to steal a trac-tor from a Northwest Boulevard business. An anti-theft device thwarted the theft and police are reviewing video images for clues.

•A small dog bit a Canada Post delivery contractor on 23rd Avenue North. The owner is being co-operative with police, Hammond said.

•A vehicle with a flat tire was reported to be blocking a driveway in the 6900 block of Highway 3A.

February 2•Police were called to assist

with a violent patient at the hospital.

•Although the victim is not co-operating, police are recom-mending charges following a domestic assault on Eighth Avenue South. A male is in cus-tody pending a court hearing.

•Bear bangers were heard in the Eighth Avenue South area at about 3 a.m.

•A renter on Sixth Avenue

South complained about rent increases.

•An abandoned vehicle was reported on Kootenay River Road.

•A purse containing a pass-port was left at a Canyon Street business. The owner was en route to the West Coast and arrangements were made to get it to her.

•Four adult males and two children who were overdue on their planned return from a snowmobile trip in the Maryland Forest Service Road returned safely the following day in the company of search and rescue volunteers after spending the night in a cabin.

February 3•Police executed an arrest

warrant in Kitchener on behalf of another police department.

•Police spoke to both parties in an ongoing dispute on 11th Avenue North.

•A vehicle collided with a deer on Highway 3 east of Creston. No injuries were reported.

•Police are investigating an assault involving two males in Kingsgate.

•Charges are being pursued in a domestic assault case on

Scott Street despite a non-co-operative victim.

•A dog theft report on Mallory Road was resolved when the dog was returned. The owner does not want to pursue charges.

February 4•An injured elk near Yahk

had to be destroyed.•A Whimster Road resident

complained about a neigh-bour’s dog running loose.

•A landlord-tenant dispute was reported on Eighth Avenue South.

•A complaint was made from Mallory Road about threats made with regard to a vehicle purchase.

•A warning letter has been sent to a driver reported to be speeding and passing on a dou-ble solid line on Highway 3 near Yahk.

•Unwanted visitors were reported an 11th Avenue South residence. Alcohol was a factor.

February 5•A suspect has been identi-

fied following a road rage inci-dent near the intersection of Highways 3 and 3A. The driver is accused of driving danger-ously and assaulting two occu-pants of another vehicle. Charges are pending.

•A vehicle occupant sustained minor injuries after it went off an icy Highway 3 near Topaz Creek and down a 25-foot embankment.

•Minor damage resulted after a two-vehicle collision in the 1200 block of Canyon Street.

•Flares and ammunition were turned over to police for destruc-tion by an Erickson resident.

•A disturbance was reported on Dogwood Street.

•A vehicle without a licence plate was impounded near Canyon Street and Railway Boulevard.

•A well-being check on Mallory Road indicated the resident was OK.

February 6•A vehicle stolen from Blackmore

Road was located soon after on a field near Lyons Road. Police are investigating video evidence and fingerprints.

•A witness reported a theft at a Canyon Street business.

•A Kingsgate resident reported threats.

•A wallet found on Packing Shed Road is being returned to the owner.

•Police were unable to locate the source of possible shots fired in the 20th Street area.

•A bullying report at a school is being investigated.

•No injuries were reported after a vehicle went off Highway

3A in the 12000 block and collided with a tree.

•A cellphone found at a business in the 1000 block of Northwest Boulevard was returned to the owner.

•An erratic driver was reported on Highway 3 in Ericson.

•A police visit to a party that included youths on 18th Avenue South found two intoxicated peo-ple, one who is being charged for being drunk in public.

February 7•A report was received about a

loud bang and bright light flash on Sixth Avenue North but no source was found.

•A vehicle went off Highway 3 near Blazed Creek and had to be towed.

•Police were called to a Fourth Avenue North resident to assist emergency medical personnel with a patient.

•A iPad and book were stolen from a Sixth Avenue South residence.

•A well-being check on an elderly female resident on Ash Street revealed that she was in the hospital.

•A person reported to be driving while impaired was located but was not driving at the time.

•A stop of a vehicle on 15th Avenue North found a driver who had been consuming alcohol and a 12-hour driving prohibition was issued.

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Sonntag’s two goals and one assist effort in the final against Lewiston Police helped lead his team to a 6-3 win.

“It was a very competitive tourna-ment and the teams really knew what they were doing. We played teams that had three or four full lines. Playing with such a small group is a good workout, that’s for sure!”

It was the first time that a Canadian team had won gold in the annual tournament.

Equally as important to Sonntag was the fact that the tournament was a fundraiser that raised more than $10,000 for the Shriners Hospital for Children in Boston.

“We wore suits everywhere we went, and the people were so friendly that it is almost indescribable.”

The championship trophy is now in Ontario, being toured around fire departments, and will go to Alberta next before being returned to Maine.

Sonntag, who will earn his Gold Seal carpentry certification this spring, said he is already making plans to join the team to defend its title next year.

He said that his participation in the World Games is proof that hock-ey opens up doors to unexpected opportunities, and teaches impor-tant life lessons.

“It’s good to see local kids play-ing hockey with their friends and schoolmates,” he said. “I encour-age them to keep up with hockey later in life. It’s a great form of recreation.”

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canadafirehockey.comCreston’s Matthew Sonntag (left) with members of the gold medal-winning Canadian firefighters hockey team.

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Marty SonntagMatthew Sonntag (centre) in a training session with his team.

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I spent much of Saturday after-noon with a tiny seven-pounder on my chest and lap. And I could not have been happier.

We made the drive to Calgary on Friday to meet our fourth grand-child, Griffin, a son to our oldest, Evan, and his wife, Kate. He is also brother to their first child, who now seems likely to shed her nickname (courtesy of her cousin Wilson), Baby Isla.

Griffin was 15 days old on that lovely Saturday, and he spent much of his time lying tummy down on my chest, his little legs pulled up beneath him and head as close to my heart as it could get.

That bonding time transported me back nearly 36 years, to a warm June evening — Friday the 13th, actually —when I first held Evan. The next day I balanced him, head in my left hand and body along my forearm, so I could take his first portrait, using my right hand to snap the photo. A damaged left hand made that particular pose impossible with Griffin, but thanks to my Apple cellphone, I was able to take a number of selfies while his miniature body cuddled in against me.

There is something especially intense about the warmth of a baby, the regular shifts in position, soft mewls and variable breathing rates that make for a deep, inde-scribable sense of peace and well-being. Each time he got a bit rest-less I shifted him onto my lap, my feet up the coffee table edge so that he could lie facing me. Somehow, Evan, Kate and Griffin’s adoring

grandmother knew how much I wanted this time with the newest Eckersley.

Within days of Evan coming home from the Creston hospital, his grandparents — my parents —

arrived at the door to meet their first grandchild. He was a restless baby, already showing signs of asthma and allergies, though a diagnosis was years away. To help relax him we took long walks, the bouncing of the baby carriage on Stocks-Jackson Road providing a calming effect.

Evan was born after a long peri-od of labour, and his face showed every bit of his struggles to make it out into the world. We jokingly referred to him as Killer Kowalski because he looked like a wrestler who had been through a tough match. By contrast, Griffin, born by Caesarean section, looks especially relaxed and unmarked.

There is a poem that begins “I never knew I could love so much, until the day I felt your touch.” So true.

As a single young man I can’t say that I gave much thought to being a father. But marriage changed all that and wanting kids seemed as natural as breathing.

We made the move to Creston in anticipation — we wanted a small community to be home to our chil-dren, a place where they could grow up playing outside, make friends and have a sense of inde-pendence that the city did not seem to offer. I feel a touch of sad-ness when I watch how hard our sons and their wives have to work to give their children a balanced, interesting life as they juggle childcare and jobs. Small back-yards are really the only places that offer independence and while playgrounds are close by and abundant, escape from adult supervision is many years away.

We were a working couple, too, though, and I don’t think our own boys suffered from the shuffle. We made an effort to arrange our work schedules so that we each had time with the kids on our own. It saved on daycare costs but it also helped create close bonds. Few of the dads we knew had as much time alone with their babies as I did, and I felt lucky to have the opportunity. And each time we visit them as adults and see these young men with their little ones, it provides a pro-found sense of satisfaction. Our sons’ homes are close together and it is a joy to see the little ones so happy when Uncle Evan or Uncle Ryan arrive on the scene. It is con-firmation that the circle of life is not a poetic construct, but instead a tangible gift.

I am grateful for the role, howev-er small, I have in this marvelous process.

Lorne Eckersley is the publisher of the Creston Valley Advance.

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Argh! Pride, the constant stum-bling block on my road to heaven. I catch myself being proud of some-thing I have done, so try to be humble instead and then immediately am proud of my humbleness.

Pride has always come between man and God. The Old Testament is full of examples. Jesus tells of the Pharisee who stood before God prais-ing himself in comparison to the pub-lican, “I’m better than that guy.” I know I do the same. “Well, at least I’m not as bad as…,” I say to myself or others as I look for praise in all the wrong places. The only standard for behaviour I should be using is Jesus Christ, measure of all I should be.

All of creation carries the image of God, but sin tarnished that image. Jesus cleansed creation and restored the image for all who want it. Even though I want it, as long as I am alive on this Earth, I will always be a sinner whether I like it or not.

“If we claim to be without sin, we deceive ourselves and the truth is not in us.” (1 John 1:8 )

I have my lifetime to work out my salvation with fear and trembling. (Philippians 2:12) It’s not enough to sim-

ply say, “I believe,” and ta da! I’m saved. I have to act on that salvation. That’s where the pride comes in. Every time I take a step closer to becoming more Christ-like, I pat myself on the back: “Look at that. This time last year I would’ve been so upset at what happened, but now I can take it with patience and peace of mind.” Yeah, it’s good that I have more patience and that things don’t ruffle my feathers the way they once did, but

being proud of it is like one step forward and two steps backward down the path towards the Pharisee. And just the fact that I can see that, and acknowledge it publicly, can lead me down the spiral staircase of pride to failure. Pride can be really sneaky. And now I’m proud that I can recognize that…

According to the world, I’m supposed to take pride in what I do, especially if I’m doing it for the Lord. Even the most athe-istic of people have a grudging respect for someone like Mother Theresa.

“Not everyone who says to Me, ‘Lord, Lord,’ will enter the kingdom of heaven, but he who does the will of My Father who is in heaven will enter. Many will say to Me on that day, ‘Lord, Lord, did we not prophesy in Your name, and in Your name

cast out demons, and in Your name per-form many miracles?’ And then I will declare to them, ‘I never knew you; Depart from me, you who practice lawlessness.’ (Matthew 7:21-23)

I personally think these people start-ed out by doing many miraculous things in the name of Jesus, but then, unfortu-nately, pride got in the way. Initially, they may have served God out of love but gradually they learned to love the praise of men more.

“If I have the gift of prophecy and can fathom all mysteries and all knowl-edge, and if I have a faith that can move mountains, but do not have love, I am nothing.” (1 Corinthians 13:2)

Pride and love can’t exist together. Pride can result in anger, legalism and even murder for the sake of honour. Love means mercy, forgiveness and reconcilia-tion. When I love others, I love God and if I love God then I will love others.

“If someone says, ‘I love God,’ and hates his brother, he is a liar; for the one who does not love his brother whom he has seen, cannot love God whom he has not seen.” (1 John 4:20)

If I can focus on God and His cre-ation, if I can do for him without worry-ing what others think, if I can retreat from pride instead of embracing it, then humility and meekness are within reach. But resisting pride is an ongoing battle, a constant biting of the tongue, vigi-lance in all things and keeping my eyes only on Christ, the standard for life.

Creston resident Anastasia Bartlett is the author of Glimpses of Glory and a member of St. Aidan’s Orthodox Church in Cranbrook. St. Aidan’s Pastor Andrew Applegate can be reached at 250-420-1582.

To the Editor:(Open letter to Interior Health

Authority president and CEO Chris Mazurkewich)

I am very concerned by the way the Interior Health Authority policy pro-hibiting smoking on IHA property is impacting a small number of long-term residents at Swan Valley Lodge.

Generally speaking, it’s a policy that I can wholeheartedly support. I am a life-long non-smoker bothered by the smoke and tobacco residue evident on the cloth-ing, hair, and breath of smokers. So it is beyond ironic that I should be writing in support of smoking residents at Swan Valley Lodge. I am doing so as the almost daily visitor of an elderly resi-dent. I am writing because the current situation is one that I feel strongly about. I do not feel the reluctance to speak out about this issue that has been expressed by some of the smokers. They feel, as do I, that they are being treated as second-class citizens. Likewise, I am not an IHA employee, some of whom have expressed verbal support for the smokers but don’t feel that they can put that sup-port in writing.

It is heartbreaking for me, when I enter or exit SVL, to see the small num-

ber of smokers outside, all bundled up against the current cold wintry weather. It makes me angry that they aren’t pro-vided a place to smoke, out of the ele-ments, that’s conveniently and safely accessible. Repeated exposures to low temperatures and sometimes inclement conditions may be as harmful as expo-sure to burning tobacco itself.

I agree that employees and visitors at Creston Valley Hospital should be prohibited from smoking on hospital property. The hospital is a medical facility. I also agree that smoking patients who are expected to be short-stay residents should be made to smoke off the grounds, unless their conditions prevent smoking. Likewise, I agree that employees and visitors at Swan Valley Lodge should be required to abide by the IHA policy. However, I think that residents should be treated differently. My reasons are as follows:

•Unlike Creston Valley Hospital, Swan Valley Lodge is primarily a resi-dence, not a medical facility. It is the resi-dents’ home. I daresay, though, that it is one that none of them probably would’ve chosen as their long-term, and likely final, home. As nice a place as SVL is, and as competent, caring and compas-sionate as the care staff is, I doubt that residence at SVL has been any resident’s fervent goal. Instead, it is their default residence because their physical and/or mental health circumstances dictate that they live where round-the-clock personal care is available should it be needed.

•Smoking is an addictive behaviour that many people find difficult to over-

come, despite numerous attempts. Other smokers enjoy, and choose to continue, smoking, in spite of their knowledge of its negative health effects. That is their right, as long as their smoking doesn’t impinge on the rights of other people in the vicinity.

•The public street closest to SVL is not level. It slopes down towards busy Highway 3. It is sufficiently sloped that the public sidewalk between it and SVL property could become a real safety hazard should the brakes on a resi-dent’s wheelchair fail while he/she is on it in order to smoke off SVL proper-ty. Add in frosty, icy or snowy condi-tions, and one can easily see how dan-gerous it could be. Just getting to and from the sidewalk in such conditions is both difficult and hazardous.

Until a few months ago, resident smokers were permitted to smoke in an outdoor courtyard area away from pub-lic viewing, under a narrow covered portion between two residence wings. However, during warmer weather, some residents, whose windows opened into the courtyard, complained that cigarette smoke was drifting into their rooms. After that, the smokers were no longer permitted to smoke in the courtyard. I realize that smoking has become a taboo behaviour. However, I am asking that the leadership of IHA please provide a safe, easily accessed area, sheltered from all weather conditions, for the small number of resident smokers at Swan Valley Lodge.

Elaine BreedenCreston

RETREAT FROM PRIDE

St. Aidan’sOrthodoxChurch

By Anastasia Bartlett

SVL residents need safer smoking area

By now everyone will have heard that our beloved loonie has lost about 30 cents to its American counterpart. So the story goes — expect to see a four to five per cent increase in your grocery bill this year. This doesn’t add up. Four to five dollars for a head of cauliflower, and almost as much for your broccoli? It is no small wonder our two grocery stores’ owners are the second and third wealthi-est folks in Canada. This helps focus our attention on the retail end of pro-duce farming. Did you know in B.C. you are supposed to have a quota for commercial veg-etable crops?

In other business news, it appears two home improvement store chains may be set to amalgamate. The lower dollar has essentially put Canadian companies on sale. Bigger com-panies have more bargaining power with their suppliers. The BNN reporter is standing in front of one of these stores with a giant garden centre sign in the background. In the horticul-ture industry larger box store chains have

introduced “pay by scan”. The wholesale nurs-ery grower gets paid if and when their stock is sold by the store. If the weather is good and the product moves well, all is good. If it gets

burnt up in the hot sun or freezes in the cold and wet weather, then the grower could lose his or her farm. It happens. In either case, the retail chain doesn’t have to pay for the stock and it still makes a profit with little or no risk. This is a pretty good business model, as long as they can find new suppliers every

couple of years.Meanwhile, back at the ranch I’m looking

forward to some sunshine! Time to feed the seed-lings in the greenhouse. Having received the last of the supplies, some 15,000 tags and some growing mix, everything is going according to plan. The plan is based on weeks. I target the sales weeks and work backward, figuring out how long it will take to produce the crops. If a crop takes two weeks to germinate and 12 weeks to grow on, you should end up seeding it 14 weeks before your sale date. Suppose the weath-er (big laugh here) will be average and folks like to plant just before the May long weekend which is the 20th week of the year. You’ll want to seed it this week. You could plan your veggie garden along these lines if you like. For now, it is pretty good orchard pruning weather.

Evan Davies owns Beltane Nursery at 2915 Highway 3 in Erickson.

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A Zen's-Eye View

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Zen master Eihei Dogen, in his 13th century essay, “Mountain and Rivers Sutra”, says, “Green moun-tains thoroughly practice walking and eastern mountains thoroughly practice traveling on water.”

Have you ever noticed that ani-mals can’t live an unreal life? We humans can wake up one day and realize that we’ve been living an unreal life for the last 30 years. This often happens when people begin Zen practice or when they hear the wisdom of Buddha’s teachings. Dogen says that mountains thor-oughly practice being exactly what they are. Part of our problem is that we don’t thoroughly practice; in other words, we don’t thoroughly live our lives. But mountains do.

Anyone who has attended a full Zen retreat knows how wonderful it

is to live a Zen life punctuated by the sound of a bell guiding our daily rou-tine. It’s like floating through time, and if you are steeped in Zen litera-ture, phrases from the teachings may suddenly come to mind and brighten

your view. Dogen started out this essay with the phrase “mountains are mountains” in mind. So here he is thinking about another phrase, “Eastern mountains are walking on water.”

We feel slightly off balance when Dogen talks like this. Our fixed idea is that moun-tains don’t walk; mountains don’t travel on water. That’s

absurd. But here he goes on like mountains walking on water is just a matter of fact. If you really examine mountains you’ll see that his words are true. Mountains do travel on water. They travel on clouds, they travel on streams and they travel on snowmelt. Every leaf of every plant on every mountain is water. Water causes constant motion, constant decay and renewal. This is the moun-tains’ thorough practice.

Dogen says, “Keeping its own form without changing body and mind, a mountain always practices.” This brings us back to the feeling of

mountains, to the practice of sit-ting in zazen through everything that arises, in the same way that a mountain is steadfast thorough all weathers. As our sitting prac-tice deepens, we sit steadfast through all conditions: happi-ness, sadness, joy, hope, despair, grief and doubt. We just sit still and discover that we have the power to do so through all con-ditions —like a mountain does. We endure as a mountain endures. Dogen says that’s how mountains always practice everywhere.

But what about mountains travelling over water?

Here Dogen asks us to deep-en our understanding, to broad-en our view. He says, “When your understanding is shallow you will doubt the phrase ‘green mountains are always walking’. When your understanding is immature you are shocked by the words ‘flowing mountains’. Without fully understanding the words ‘flowing mountains’ you drown in small views and nar-row understandings.” Dogen invites us to let go of limiting

beliefs, and view our lives through a new and deeper lens.

Suggested practice: Reflect on how your conditioned beliefs limit freedom of thought. Imagine how your freedom would deepen if you dropped those beliefs, and sim-ply observed the world as-it-is.

Kuya Minogue is the resident teacher at Sakura-ji, Creston’s zendo. This column is part of a long essay on an essay by 13th century Zen master Eihei Dogen and is inspired by the teaching of Norman Fischer.

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-Dorothy, Sophia and Blanche for another year’s worth of laughing.

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A deep snow cover enables both people and animals to tra-verse more easily over much of the ground vegetation, rocks and windfalls. Unless the area had been seen in summer, one would hardly know that they weren’t having to wrestle through “mountain misery” (white mountain rhododen-dron) or endure a painful whopping by devil’s club.

If one were to venture into the creekside forest along Summit Creek at the Char Creek Forest Service Road, it might be found that the events that take place over fall and winter, leading up

to the time when a person may travel more easily through a for-ested area, are quite diverse, pro-ducing more than a straightfor-ward outcome.

From the Char Creek road bridge over Summit Creek we could see several areas where the water wasn’t bridged over by snow. In one of those spots, a log that lay across the creek over open water was laden with five feet of snow. The different snow-falls could be seen in the many layers of this wall of snow. On snowshoes we entered down off the road into what looked like a flatish area along the creek to the left of the road several hundred feet south of the bridge. By the

humps and bumps and depres-sions in the snow it was very evident the groundscape certain-ly wasn’t smooth, even though, with the deep snow cover, travel was relatively easy.

Several of the deep depres-sions or pits in the snow cover, as much as four feet deep, had very little snow accumulation. Some were wet, indicating a seep that melted successive snow falls. It was best to snowshoe around the pits as one could slide into the hole on the crust under the five inches of fresh snow. We did the same with the “tree wells”. Where two trees were close together, a narrow bridge of snow separated the two tree wells. Some of these bridges were narrow and slippery, Here ski poles helped prevent sliding one way or the other into a five-foot-deep well under the branch-es of a tree.

Sliding into a tree well or deep snow hollow isn’t a diffi-cult undertaking. Sometimes getting out is another story, espe-cially if the skis or snowshoes end up above one’s body. Then, the next move is to get the foot-wear lower than the body. It might mean taking skis or snow-shoes off to get out. Tree wells can be blamed on the tree’s branches. Snow lands on the branches and ultimately melts or sublimates, evaporates without melting, leaving bare ground under the tree. Tree wells do offer shelter in emergency.

While somewhat following the creek, we encountered steep slopes in two places. To continue along the creek, here it was easi-er to use one of the many snow bridges to reach the other side and an easier route. Sometimes steep slopes are unavoidable. In one instance, we looked for an inclined ridge in the snow that would take us to the bench above. Here again, the ski poles were not just helpful but a neces-sity for holding on the slope. Cleated snowshoes are certainly an advantage if not a necessity.

Well, there are some point-ers about snowshoeing in deep woods, over deep snow. And if not pointers, then reminders or perhaps some-thing to muse about.

Ed McMackin is a biologist by profession but a naturalist and hiker by nature. He can be reached at 250-866-5747.

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watchful hiker as one usually just walks where there are no branches, other forest litter and where there may be footprints. But in winter, if the snow is deep and the landscape, landmarks and leafless trees and shrubs are cloaked in snow, transfig-uring the once familiar scene into something new and different, one can lose the trail. With the ground

covered with several feet of snow, burying logs, stumps and rocks, it may look like there are trails all over the place. Unless a person has an idea of what direction to take and knowl-edge of the lay of the land, what was once intended to be a half-day hike may instead turn out out to be an all day affair.

There are many different aspects of hiking in a snowy landscape, one of which is that it can provide more exercise (more of a workout) in a shorter distance than does a sum-mer hike.

Sometime during the summer while hiking over lower elevation forest trails, imagine that during the winter with five or six feet of snow on the same route,you would be that much higher, getting quite a different perspective of the sur-rounding trees and terrain. Caribou get that level of view, and higher, as the snow accumulates. With “snow-shoe” feet, they browse lichens at a higher and different level than they would in summer. The snow will

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Volunteers accumulated 3,076 hours of service to the dying and shut-ins of the Creston Valley in 2015, mem-bers were told at the Creston Valley Hospice Society annual general meeting on Jan. 27 at the Rotacrest Hall. These statis-tics, recorded by hospice co-ordinator Benita Josephson, make the Creston society the most active in the area.

President June Moseanko reminded the 34 members pres-ent of the accomplishments of 2015, beginning with the fur-nishing of the Kulilu palliative care room at the Creston Valley Hospital, in partnership with the Creston and Creston Valley Rotary clubs.

Hospice provides volunteers to sit, in shifts of two hours, with the dying, in hospital, in care homes or at home. Members also offer respite relief and visits to shut-ins or chronically ill.

Volunteers are screened, trained, provided meetings

every second month with guest speakers, and receive a quar-terly newsletter and an annual thank you dinner.

Hospice survives solely on grants and fundraising. This year’s raffle will be for a hand-made quilt, donated by vice-president Terri-Lynn Barrette. Member Laurel McNamar enthusiastically heads the drive for donations.

New brochures will be soon available at the hospital, Swan Valley Lodge and Crest View Care Village, as well as doctors’ offices. The hospice website, maintained by Dr. William Mitchell-Banks, can be visited at www.crestonbc.com/hospice.

Those interested in requesting hospice services or in becoming a volunteer, can call co-ordinator Benita at 250-428-7575.

The Creston Valley Hospice Society’s 2016 board of directors: (from left) president June Moseanko, Laurel McNamar, secretary Ruth Pascut, past-president Merv Syroteuk, director Mary Dyck, treasurer Sheila Damery, Signe Miller and co-ordinator Benita Josephson.Submitted

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Brian LawrenceCreston Valley Hospital staff and members of the Creston Valley Hospice Society and Creston Valley and Creston Rotary clubs in the hospital’s refurbished Kulilu Room last winter.

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Creston’s own Beginner Concert Band is now in its third year and everyone involved is having a great time. They’re not only learn-ing their own instruments, but developing their listening and musical skills by playing

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16 6 Cops Å Cops Å Cops Å Cops Å Cops Å Unrivaled Cops Å Cops Å Cops Å Jail ’ Å Jail ’ Å 17 23 Hunters Int’l Ellen’s Design Challenge (N) Leave-Bryan Leave-Bryan House-Bryan Income Prop. Ellen’s Design Challenge ’ Leave-Bryan Leave-Bryan 18 14 The First 48 The First 48 “Blood Lust” ’ (:01) The First 48 ’ Å (:02) The First 48 ’ Å (:01) The First 48 ’ Å (:01) The First 48 ’ Å 21 Love It Love It or List It Vancouver Love It or List It Vancouver Love It or List It Vancouver Property Brothers -- Buying Love It or List It Vancouver 22 Nicky, Ricky “Anne of Green Gables” (’16) Ella Ballentine. Premiere. ’ Laughs: Gags Laughs: Gags Laughs: Gags Laughs: Gags Haunting Hour Haunting Hour 23 CBC News The National (N) ’ Å CBC News-Ian Hanomansing The National (N) ’ Å The National (N) ’ Å CBC News-Ian Hanomansing 25 Get Out Alive The Magicians (N) ’ Å ››› “Star Trek Into Darkness” (’13, Science Fiction) Chris Pine, Zachary Quinto. ’ Å The Magicians ’ Å 26 15 How It’s Made Alaskan Bush: Off Grid Alaskan Bush People (N) How It’s Made How It’s Made Alaskan Bush: Off Grid Alaskan Bush People Å 27 ››› “The Descendants” (’11, Comedy-Drama) George Clooney. ’ Å ››› “Ocean’s Twelve” (’04) George Clooney, Brad Pitt. ’ Å Ocean Thirt. 28 18 Dateline; TLC Dateline on TLC (N) ’ Å Dateline on TLC (N) ’ Å Dateline on TLC ’ Å Dateline on TLC ’ Å Dateline on TLC ’ Å 30 Blue Bloods Project Runway (N) ’ Å Project Runway “Make It Sell” Motive A nerdy gun collector. Criminal Minds Å (DVS) Project Runway ’ Å 31 Puss in Boots Wabbit Wabbit Scooby Tiny Toon Goosebumps Goosebumps Spider-Man Marvel’s Av. ›› “I, Robot” (’04) Å 32 20 The Next Step Gaming Show The Next Step The X Factor UK “Bootcamp 2” ’ Å The Next Step Third Wheel Third Wheel Third Wheel Third Wheel 33 (:00) › “Switching Channels” (’88) Seinfeld Å Seinfeld Å Family Guy ’ American Dad Family Guy ’ American Dad The Middle ’ House/Payne 34 Big Bang Match Game Corner Gas ’ JFL Laughs: Gags Laughs: Gags The Simpsons Just for Laughs Big Bang Full Frontal 36 Worst Cooks Beat Bobby Beat Bobby Chef in Your Ear (N) ’ Å Food Factory Food Factory Beat Bobby Beat Bobby Chef in Your Ear ’ Å 37 24 Fail Army Storage Wars Storage Wars Storage Can Storage-Texas Fail Army Fail Army Storage Wars Storage Wars Storage Can Storage-Texas 38 The Curse of Pawn Stars ’ Pawn Stars ’ Pawn Stars ’ Pawn Stars ’ Pawn Stars ’ Pawn Stars ’ Pawn Stars ’ Pawn Stars ’ Pawn Stars ’ Pawn Stars ’ 39 (:00) Castle ’ ›› “Force of Impact” (’05) Antonio Sabato Jr. ’ Å InnerSPACE Investigators Person of Interest ’ Å ›› “Force of Impact” (’05)

40 Call Saul (6:54) Better Call Saul Å Better Call Saul “Switch” (:04) Talking Saul (N) Å Better Call Saul “Switch” (:04) Talking Saul Å 42 Border Border Border Border Border Border Border Border Border Border Border 43 Power Play ’ CTV News Channel ’ Å News-Lisa CTV National News-Lisa CTV National News-Lisa CTV National News-Lisa CTV National 44 Cat in the Hat My Big Friend Charmers Max & Ruby Toopy & Binoo Bucket-Dino (:35) Dinopaws Caillou ’ Bubble Team Umiz. Charmers 45 News Hour (N) ET Canada Ent. Tonight NCIS: Los Angeles ’ NCIS “We Build, We Fight” ’ Chicago Fire (N) ’ News Hour Final (N) Å 48 7 Antiques Antiques Roadshow “Atlanta” The Roosevelts: An Intimate History FDR contracts polio. Tavis Smiley Charlie Rose (N) ’ Å Antiques 49 (:00) Columbo Lost in the Amazon theZoomer “Refugees” ’ Conspiracy Supernatural Songs of Freedom ’ Å 50 Silence on TJ C.-B. RDI économie 30 vies (N) Les Parent (N) L’auberge du chien noir (N) Les pays d’en haut (N) (SC) Le Téléjournal (N) (SC)

2 News Hour (N) ET Canada Ent. Tonight NCIS: Los Angeles ’ NCIS “We Build, We Fight” ’ Chicago Fire (N) ’ News Hour Final (N) Å 54 Much Hip Hop The Simpsons Cleveland American Dad Benders (N) South Park Tosh.0 Å At Midnight Conan Å Cleveland 64 Damage Con. (:10) Slings and Arrows Å ›› “The Ant Bully” (’06) Julia Roberts Å ›› “RV” (’06, Comedy) Robin Williams. Å “Imaginarium” 81 (:00) L’ombre d’un doute (SC) Juifs et Musulmans, si loin TV5 Jrnl Les chemins (:15) Ainsi soient-ils (SC) Au coeur Primates 224 NASCAR Racing Untold Stories: Daytona NASCAR Race Hub NASCAR Race Pass Time NASCAR Racing

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3 News--Calgary etalk (N) ’ Big Bang CSI: Cyber ’ Å The Flash (N) ’ Å Marvel’s Agent Carter (N) ’ News-Lisa News--Calgary 4 11 World News KOMO 4 News 6:00pm (N) Wheel Fortune Jeopardy! (N) Fresh Off-Boat The Muppets Marvel’s Agent Carter (N) ’ What Would You Do? (N) ’ 5 Local 4 News Chicago Med “Clarity” (N) ’ Chicago Fire (N) ’ News Tonight Show-J. Fallon Late Night With Seth Meyers News 6 9 KIRO News KIRO News Evening News The Insider (N) Ent. Tonight NCIS “React” (N) ’ NCIS: New Orleans (N) Å Limitless “Undercover!” (N)

7 13 KING 5 News Nightly News KING 5 News KING 5 News Evening (N) Hollywood Game Night (N) ’ Chicago Med “Clarity” (N) ’ Chicago Fire (N) ’ 8 10 UEFA Champions League Soccer: Benfica vs Zenit SC Top 10 That’s Hcky Cabbie SportsCentre (N) (Live) Å SportsCentre (N) (Live) Å 9 19 NHL Hockey: Kings at Capitals Sportsnet Sportsnet Central (N) Å Misplays NHL Count World Poker Tour: Alpha8 Sportsnet Central (N) Å 11 12 Global Nat. (6:59) News Hour (N) Å Ent. Tonight ET Canada NCIS “React” (N) ’ NCIS: New Orleans (N) Å Limitless “Undercover!” (N)

12 22 Wild Kratts Hope for Wildlife Å Canada: Over the Edge Å Life Reptiles and amphibians. ››› “The Wild Horse Redemption” (’07) Westbound 13 3 Dragons’ Den (6:59) CBC Vancouver News Hello Goodbye Coronation St. Rick Mercer 22 Minutes (N) Schitt’s Creek Mr. D (N) ’ The National (N) ’ Å 14 8 Q13 News at 5 Name Game Modern Family Big Bang Big Bang New Girl (N) Grandfathered Brooklyn Nine The Grinder Q13 News at 10 (N) Å 15 Cooper 360 CNN Special Report (N) CNN Tonight With Don Lemon Anderson Cooper 360 Å CNN Special Report CNN Newsroom Live (N)

16 6 Contractor Contractor Contractor ›› “Four Brothers” (’05, Crime Drama) Mark Wahlberg, Tyrese Gibson. ’ Contractor Contractor Contractor 17 23 Hunters Int’l Hunters Int’l House Hunters Tiny House Tiny House House-Bryan Income Prop. Hunters Int’l House Hunters Tiny House Tiny House 18 14 Married-Sight Married at First Sight (N) ’ (:01) Fit to Fat to Fit (N) Å (:02) Fit to Fat to Fit ’ Å (:01) Married at First Sight ’ (:01) Married at First Sight ’ 21 Love It Property Brothers (DVS) Love It or List It Masters of Flip (DVS) Masters of Flip (DVS) Buying--View Buying--View 22 SpongeBob Assembly Nicky, Ricky Game Shakers Stanley Dyn. Just Kidding Just Kidding Laughs: Gags Laughs: Gags Haunting Hour Haunting Hour 23 CBC News The National (N) ’ Å CBC News-Ian Hanomansing The National (N) ’ Å The National (N) ’ Å CBC News-Ian Hanomansing 25 Way Wckd Lost Girl “Let Them Burn” ’ NCIS “Dead Reflection” ’ NCIS “Tell-All” Å (DVS) NCIS “Two-Faced” ’ NCIS “Dead Reflection” ’ 26 15 Gold Rush: Gold Rush (N) Å Railroad Alaska (N) Å How It’s Made How It’s Made Gold Rush Å Railroad Alaska Å 27 Housewives Real Housewives/Beverly Vanderpump Rules (N) Å Housewives/Potomac Real Housewives/Beverly Vanderpump Rules ’ Å 28 18 Little Couple The Little Couple (N) Å Rattled (N) ’ Å The Little Couple ’ Å Rattled ’ Å The Little Couple ’ Å 30 Blue Bloods “All of My Heart” (’15, Romance) Lacey Chabert. ’ Å Motive The murder of a priest. Criminal Minds “Fatal” ’ “All of My Heart” (’15) ’ 31 Johnny Test Get Ace Get Ace Å Scooby Tiny Toon Goosebumps Goosebumps Spider-Man Marvel’s Av. ››› “Bad Santa” (’03) Å 32 20 Rookie-Year The Next Step Lost & Found The X Factor UK “Six Chair Challenge 1” ’ Malcolm Degrassi: Next Guidance (N) Arts Academy Cheerleaders 33 (:00) ›› “Road Trip” (’00) Breckin Meyer Seinfeld Å Seinfeld Å Family Guy ’ American Dad Family Guy ’ American Dad The Middle ’ House/Payne 34 Big Bang Match Game Corner Gas ’ JFL Laughs: Gags Laughs: Gags The Simpsons Just for Laughs Big Bang Jim Gaffigan 36 Chopped Jr. Chopped Canada ’ Å Chopped (N) ’ Å Chopped Junior ’ Å Chopped “Reality TV Stars” Chopped ’ Å 37 24 Fail Army Wild Things With Dominic Storage Can Storage-Texas Fail Army Fail Army Wild Things With Dominic Storage Can Storage-Texas 38 Real Vikings American Pickers (N) Å Forged in Fire ’ Å ET Canada Secrets American Pickers ’ Å Forged in Fire ’ Å 39 (:00) Castle ’ Bitten “Family, Of Sorts” ’ Killjoys “Bangarang” ’ InnerSPACE Investigators Person of Interest ’ Å Bitten “Family, Of Sorts” ’ 40 (:00) ››› “The Bourne Identity” (’02) Matt Damon. Å ››› “The Italian Job” (’03) Mark Wahlberg, Charlize Theron. Å Better Call Saul “Switch”

42 Security Mysteries at the Monument Mysteries at the Museum ’ Mysteries at the Museum ’ Mysteries at the Monument Mysteries at the Museum ’ 43 Power Play ’ CTV News Channel ’ Å News-Lisa CTV National News-Lisa CTV National News-Lisa CTV National News-Lisa CTV National 44 Cat in the Hat My Big Friend Charmers Max & Ruby Toopy & Binoo Bucket-Dino (:35) Dinopaws Caillou ’ Bubble Team Umiz. Charmers 45 News Hour (N) ET Canada Ent. Tonight Limitless “Undercover!” (N) NCIS “React” (N) ’ NCIS: New Orleans (N) Å News Final (N) ’ Å 48 7 Finding-Roots “Black Panthers: Vanguard of the Revolution” “Bridging the Divide” Tavis Smiley Charlie Rose (N) ’ Å Finding-Roots 49 (:00) Columbo Songs of Freedom ’ Å Conspiracy Supernatural ››› “Amazing Grace” (’06) Ioan Gruffudd. ’ Å 50 Silence on TJ C.-B. RDI économie 30 vies (N) La facture (N) Unité 9 (N) (DVS) (SC) Mémoires vives (N) (SC) Le Téléjournal (N) (SC)

2 News Hour (N) ET Canada Ent. Tonight Limitless “Undercover!” (N) NCIS “React” (N) ’ NCIS: New Orleans (N) Å News Hour Final (N) Å 54 Alternative The Simpsons Cleveland Tosh.0 (N) Not Safe With South Park Tosh.0 Å At Midnight Conan Å Cleveland 64 (5:50) ›› “Men in Black II” Damage Con. (:10) Slings and Arrows Å › “Saving Silverman” (’01) Jason Biggs. (:40) ››› “Get Him to the Greek” (’10)

81 Vincent Rires du monde (SC) 24 heures: danger (SC) TV5 Jrnl (:40) “Arletty, une passion coupable” (’14) En bout de Cobayes 224 (:00) NHRA Drag Racing Pomona. Å NASCAR Race Hub NHRA Drag Racing Pomona.

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3 News--Calgary etalk (N) ’ Big Bang Code Black “Love Hurts” (N) Arrow “Code of Silence” (N) Big Bang Big Bang News-Lisa News--Calgary 4 11 World News KOMO 4 News 6:00pm (N) Wheel Fortune Jeopardy! (N) The Middle (N) The Goldbergs Modern Family (:31) blackish American Crime (N) ’ Å 5 Myst-Laura Law & Order: SVU Chicago P.D. “A Night Owl” News Tonight Show-J. Fallon Late Night With Seth Meyers News 6 9 KIRO News KIRO News Evening News The Insider (N) Ent. Tonight Survivor “I’m a Mental Giant” ’ Å Big Bang Code Black “Love Hurts” (N)

7 13 KING 5 News Nightly News KING 5 News KING 5 News Evening (N) The Mysteries of Laura (N) ’ Law & Order: SVU Chicago P.D. “A Night Owl”

8 10 UEFA Champions League Soccer SC Top 10 SC Top 10 Open Gym Open Gym SportsCentre (N) (Live) Å SportsCentre (N) (Live) Å 9 19 (:00) NHL Hockey Montreal Canadiens at Colorado Avalanche. NHL Hockey Minnesota Wild at Calgary Flames. (Live) Å Sportsnet Sportsnet Central (N) Å 11 12 Global Nat. (6:59) News Hour (N) Å Chicago Med “Clarity” (N) ’ Survivor “I’m a Mental Giant” ’ Å ET Canada Chicago P.D. “A Night Owl”

12 22 Wild Kratts ’ Canada: Over the Edge Å The Polar Sea ’ Å Wild China ’ Å The Monarchy ’ Å The World After Stonehenge 13 3 Dragons’ Den (6:59) CBC Vancouver News Laughs: Gags Coronation St. Dragons’ Den Å (DVS) X Company (N) ’ Å The National (N) ’ Å 14 8 Q13 News at 5 Name Game Modern Family Big Bang Big Bang American Idol (N) ’ Å (:01) Hell’s Kitchen (N) Å Q13 News at 10 (N) Å 15 Cooper 360 Anderson Cooper 360 (N) CNN Tonight With Don Lemon Anderson Cooper 360 Å CNN Newsroom Live (N) CNN Newsroom Live (N)

16 6 Bar Rescue Bar Rescue “Weber’s of Lies” Bar Rescue Bar Rescue “Owner Ousted” Bar Rescue ›› “Walking Tall” (’04) ’ 17 23 Hunters Int’l Hawaii Life (N) Island Life (N) Caribbean Life Beach Bargain House-Bryan Income Prop. Hawaii Life ’ Island Life ’ Caribbean Life Beach Bargain 18 14 Duck Dynasty Duck Dynasty Duck Dynasty Jep & Jessica Duck Dynasty Duck Dynasty Duck Dynasty Duck Dynasty Duck Dynasty Duck Dynasty Duck Dynasty 21 Masters Property Brothers (DVS) Love It or List It Love It or List It Vancouver Say Yes-Dress Say Yes-Dress Say Yes-Dress Say Yes-Dress 22 SpongeBob Assembly Nicky, Ricky Nicky, Ricky Stanley Dyn. Just Kidding Just Kidding Laughs: Gags Laughs: Gags Haunting Hour Haunting Hour 23 CBC News The National (N) ’ Å CBC News-Ian Hanomansing The National (N) ’ Å The National (N) ’ Å CBC News-Ian Hanomansing 25 Fire Twister NCIS “Pyramid” ’ NCIS ’ Å (DVS) NCIS “Baltimore” ’ NCIS “Swan Song” ’ NCIS ’ Å (DVS)

26 15 Killing Fields Moonshiners: Outlaw Cuts (N) Moonshiners (N) ’ Å How It’s Made How It’s Made Killing Fields Å Moonshiners: Outlaw Cuts 27 Big Brother Housewives/Potomac Newlyweds: The First Year (N) First Dates ’ First Dates ’ Housewives/Potomac Newlyweds: The First Year ’ 28 18 My 600-Lb My 600-Lb. Life (N) ’ Å Skin Tight “Cutting Deep” ’ My 600-Lb. Life Ashley confronts her eating disorder. Å My 600-Lb. Life ’ Å 30 Blue Bloods Saving Hope Å (DVS) Suits (N) ’ Å Motive “Brute Force” ’ Criminal Minds “Angels” Saving Hope Å (DVS)

31 Johnny Test Alvinnn!!! and Alvinnn!!! and Scooby Tiny Toon Goosebumps Goosebumps Spider-Man Marvel’s Av. › “Grandma’s Boy” (’06)

32 20 Hank Zipzer Hank Zipzer Nowhere Boys Normal Street Normal Street Fresh Prince Malcolm Rebecca LA Story (N) The X Factor UK ’ Å 33 (:00) ›› “Hanging Up” (’00) Meg Ryan. Seinfeld Å Seinfeld Å Family Guy American Dad Family Guy ’ American Dad The Middle ’ House/Payne 34 Big Bang Match Game Corner Gas ’ JFL Laughs: Gags Laughs: Gags The Simpsons Just for Laughs Big Bang Big Bang 36 My. Diners Sugar Sugar Restaurant: Impossible (N) ’ Kids Baking Championship ’ Sugar Sugar Restaurant: Impossible Å 37 24 Fail Army Dog and Beth: On the Hunt Storage Can Storage-Texas Fail Army Fail Army Dog and Beth: On the Hunt Storage Can Storage-Texas 38 Forged in Fire Swamp People ’ Å Yukon Gold “Homecoming” Ice Road Truckers ’ Å Swamp People ’ Å Yukon Gold “Homecoming”

39 (:00) Castle ’ Face Off (N) ’ Supernatural ’ Å InnerSPACE Investigators Person of Interest ’ Å Face Off ’ 40 (5:00) ››› “The Rock” (’96) Sean Connery. ››› “Live Free or Die Hard” (’07) Bruce Willis. America’s computers fall under attack. “Day Earth Stood Still” 42 Security The Dead Files ’ Å Ghost Adventures ’ Å Mysteries at the Museum ’ The Dead Files ’ Å Ghost Adventures ’ Å 43 Power Play ’ CTV News Channel ’ Å News-Lisa CTV National News-Lisa CTV National News-Lisa CTV National News-Lisa CTV National 44 Cat in the Hat My Big Friend Charmers Max & Ruby Toopy & Binoo Bucket-Dino (:35) Dinopaws Caillou ’ Bubble Team Umiz. Charmers 45 News Hour (N) Chicago Med “Clarity” (N) ’ Chicago P.D. “A Night Owl” Survivor “I’m a Mental Giant” ’ Å ET Canada News Final (N) ’ Å 48 7 (:00) Nature ’ NOVA “Iceman Reborn” (N) NOVA “Ice Age Death Trap” SciTech Now World War II Tavis Smiley Charlie Rose (N) ’ Å Nature (Taped)

49 (:00) Columbo Home Fires ’ Å Downton Abbey ’ Å Conspiracy Supernatural ›››› “Driving Miss Daisy” (’89) Morgan Freeman. ’ 50 Silence on TJ C.-B. RDI économie 30 vies (N) L’épicerie (N) Les enfants de la télé (N) Ruptures (N) (SC) Le Téléjournal (N) (SC)

2 News Hour (N) Chicago Med “Clarity” (N) ’ Chicago P.D. “A Night Owl” Survivor “I’m a Mental Giant” ’ Å ET Canada News Hour Final (N) Å 54 Much Hip Hop The Simpsons Cleveland Broad City Gigi Does It South Park Tosh.0 Å At Midnight Conan Å Cleveland 64 “Big Girls Don’t Cry” Damage Con. (:10) Slings and Arrows Å ››› “Married to the Mob” (’88) Å (:45) ›› “Soul Plane” (’04) Kevin Hart. Å 81 (:00) Envoyé spécial (SC) Peuples Pas que des cobayes TV5 Jrnl (:45) “Le temps de l’aventure” (’13) Emmanuelle Devos. (SC) Partir 224 (:00) ARCA Series Racing Daytona. Å NASCAR Racing NASCAR Racing NASCAR Race Hub A Perfect Storm

THURSDAY EVENING FEBRUARY 18, 20166:30 7 PM 7:30 8 PM 8:30 9 PM 9:30 10 PM 10:30 11 PM 11:30

3 News--Calgary Grey’s Anatomy (N) ’ Å Get Away With Murder Big Bang DC’s Legends of Tomorrow The Goldbergs News-Lisa News--Calgary 4 11 World News KOMO 4 News 6:00pm (N) Wheel Fortune Jeopardy! (N) Grey’s Anatomy (N) ’ Å Scandal “The Candidate” (N) Get Away With Murder 5 You, Me and The Blacklist “Drexel” (N) ’ Shades of Blue (N) ’ Å News Tonight Show-J. Fallon Late Night With Seth Meyers News 6 9 KIRO News KIRO News Evening News The Insider (N) Ent. Tonight Big Bang Life in Pieces (:01) Mom (N) Angel Frm Hell Elementary (N) ’ Å 7 13 KING 5 News Nightly News KING 5 News KING 5 News Evening (N) You, Me and the Apocalypse The Blacklist “Drexel” (N) ’ Shades of Blue (N) ’ Å 8 10 NASCAR Racing SportsCentre (N) (Live) Å That’s Hcky SC Å SportsCentre (N) (Live) Å SportsCentre (N) (Live) Å 9 19 NHL Hockey Canucks NHL Hockey Anaheim Ducks at Vancouver Canucks. (N) (Live) Å Sportsnet Sportsnet Central (N) Å 11 12 Global Nat. (6:59) News Hour (N) Å Ent. Tonight ET Canada Elementary (N) ’ Å The Blacklist “Drexel” (N) ’ Shades of Blue (N) ’ Å 12 22 Wild Kratts ’ The Polar Sea ’ Å Waterfront Cities of the World The Inca: Masters of the New York Politics and poverty. ’ Å 13 3 Dragons’ Den (6:59) CBC Vancouver News 22 Minutes ’ Coronation St. This Changes Everything Challenging climate change. (N) ’ The National (N) ’ Å 14 8 Q13 News at 5 Name Game Modern Family Big Bang Big Bang American Idol Fan favorites return; elimination. (N) ’ Å Q13 News at 10 (N) Å 15 Cooper 360 Anthony Bourdain Parts CNN Tonight With Don Lemon Anderson Cooper 360 Å Anthony Bourdain Parts CNN Newsroom Live (N)

16 6 Repo Games Lip Sync Lip Sync Lip Sync Lip Sync Lip Sync Lip Sync Bar Rescue ’ Bar Rescue “Vulgar Vixens”

17 23 Hunters Int’l Flip or Flop ’ Flip or Flop ’ Fixer Upper (N) ’ Å House-Bryan Income Prop. Flip or Flop ’ Flip or Flop ’ Fixer Upper ’ Å 18 14 The First 48 The First 48 ’ Å The First 48: Killer Verdict (:02) The First 48 ’ Å (:01) The First 48 ’ Å (:01) The First 48 ’ Å 21 Love It-List It Property Brothers (DVS) Love It or List It Property Brothers -- Buying “For Better or for Worse” (’14) Lisa Whelchel. (DVS)

22 SpongeBob Assembly Nicky, Ricky 100 Things Stanley Dyn. Just Kidding Just Kidding Laughs: Gags Laughs: Gags Haunting Hour Haunting Hour 23 CBC News The National (N) ’ Å CBC News-Ian Hanomansing The National (N) ’ Å The National (N) ’ Å CBC News-Ian Hanomansing 25 Independence Haven ’ Å ››› “Magic Mike” (’12) Channing Tatum, Alex Pettyfer. ’ Å ››› “Wanted” (’08) James McAvoy. ’ 26 15 Fast N’ Loud Vegas Rat Rods (N) Gold Rush Å Megaspeed “Formula E” (N) Fast N’ Loud (N) Å Vegas Rat Rods 27 Big Brother Untouchable ’ Å Emergency ’ Emergency ’ Surviving Evil Å (DVS) Untouchable ’ Å Emergency ’ Emergency ’ 28 18 My 600-Lb. Extreme Weight Loss A 45-year-old mom tries to get healthy. Skin Tight “Cutting Deep” ’ My 600-Lb. Life: Supersized Extreme Weight Loss “Sally”

30 Blue Bloods Project Runway All Stars (N) Colony Trapped in the Yonk. Motive “Ruthless” ’ Criminal Minds “Demons” Project Runway All Stars ’ 31 Johnny Test Be Cool Be Cool Scooby Tiny Toon Goosebumps Goosebumps Spider-Man Marvel’s Av. ›› “The Internship” (’13)

32 20 Awesomeness Make Me Over The Next Step Nowhere Boys Nowhere Boys Fresh Prince Malcolm Arts Academy Cheerleaders The X Factor UK ’ Å 33 “Talladega Nights: Ricky Bobby” Seinfeld Å Seinfeld Å Family Guy American Dad Family Guy ’ American Dad The Middle ’ House/Payne 34 Big Bang Match Game Corner Gas ’ JFL Laughs: Gags Laughs: Gags The Simpsons Just for Laughs Big Bang Impastor 36 My. Diners My. Diners My. Diners Top Chef (N) ’ Å You Gotta Eat You Gotta Eat My. Diners My. Diners Top Chef ’ Å 37 24 Fail Army Storage Can The Liquida Storage Can Storage-Texas Fail Army Fail Army Storage Can The Liquida Storage Can Storage-Texas 38 Swamp People Pawn Stars (N) Pawn Stars (N) Vikings “A Good Treason” ’ Join or Die Join or Die Pawn Stars ’ Pawn Stars ’ Vikings “A Good Treason” ’ 39 (:00) Castle Castle “Inventing the Girl” ’ Castle An Arctic explorer dies. InnerSPACE Investigators Person of Interest ’ Å Castle “Inventing the Girl” ’ 40 (:00) ››› “Top Gun” (’86) Tom Cruise, Kelly McGillis. Å (:29) ›› “Red Dawn” (’84, Action) Patrick Swayze, C. Thomas Howell. Å (10:58) “The Green Mile” (’99)

42 Security Expedition Unknown (N) ’ I Live There I Live There Mysteries at the Museum ’ Expedition Unknown Å I Live There I Live There 43 Power Play ’ CTV News Channel ’ Å News-Lisa CTV National News-Lisa CTV National News-Lisa CTV National News-Lisa CTV National 44 Cat in the Hat My Big Friend Charmers Max & Ruby Toopy & Binoo Bucket-Dino (:35) Dinopaws Caillou Å Bubble Team Umiz. Charmers 45 News Hour (N) ET Canada Ent. Tonight Shades of Blue (N) ’ Å Elementary (N) ’ Å The Blacklist “Drexel” (N) ’ News Final (N) ’ Å 48 7 Michigan Doc Martin ’ Å Mercy Street ’ Å Foyle’s War “Trespass” ’ Tavis Smiley Charlie Rose (N) ’ Å Michigan Out 49 (:00) Columbo McCloud “Encounter With Aries” ’ Å Keeping Up Conspiracy Supernatural EastEnders ’ (:40) EastEnders ’ Å EastEnders ’ 50 Silence on TJ C.-B. RDI économie 30 vies (N) Infoman (N) Prière de ne pas envoyer Enquête (N) (SC) Le Téléjournal (N) (SC)

2 News Hour (N) ET Canada Ent. Tonight Shades of Blue (N) ’ Å Elementary (N) ’ Å The Blacklist “Drexel” (N) ’ News Hour Final (N) Å 54 Throwback The Simpsons Cleveland Workaholics Idiotsitter (N) South Park Tosh.0 Å At Midnight Conan Å Cleveland 64 (5:05) ›› “Godzilla” (’98) Damage Con. (:10) Slings and Arrows Å ›› “Kalifornia” (’93) Brad Pitt, Juliette Lewis. Å (DVS) ›› “Final Destination” (’00)

81 Planète glace 24 heures: danger (SC) Marchés sur Terre (SC) TV5 Jrnl (:40) Babouchka l’enfer du pôle (SC) Montagnes Juifs et 224 NASCAR Racing NHRA Drag Racing Motorcycle Racing Pass Time Pass Time NHRA Drag Racing

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CHRIST CHURCH ANGLICAN Sunday Worship 9:30 am 422 7th Ave North ...............................................250-428-4248CHURCH OF GOD IN CHRIST (Mennonite) 1152 Hwy 21 North .............................................250-428-9079CRESTON BAPTIST CHURCH Sunday Worship - 10:45 am 2431 Ash Street ..................................................250-428-7547CRESTON FAITH CENTRE Sunday Worship - 10:30 am 3634 Church Road, Erickson ..............................250-428-5665ERICKSON COVENANT CHURCH Sunday Service 10:30 am ericksoncovenant.ca 6017-Canyon/Lister Rd ......................................250-428-4174GRACE CHRISTIAN FELLOWSHIP Sunday Worship - 10:30 am 2416 Cedar Street ..............................................250-428-7418HOLY CROSS CATHOLIC CHURCH Saturday Service 5 pm, Sunday Service 9:30 am 128 16th Ave N ..................................................250-428-2300NEW LIFE CHRISTIAN CHURCH Sunday Service 10:30 am newlifecreston.ca 1821 Elm Street .................................................250-428-5975REDEEMER LUTHERAN Praise 9:30am Sunday Worship -10 am 315 - 15th Ave North ...........................................250-428-9100SEVENTH-DAY ADVENTIST CHURCH Sabbath Sch. 9 am • Worship Service 11 am 713 Cavell Street ...............................................250-428-5214ST. STEPHEN’S PRESBYTERIAN Sunday Service - 10:30 am 306 Northwest Blvd ............................................250-428-9745TRINITY UNITED CHURCH Sunday Worship - 10 am Lower Rotacrest ..................................................250-428-4015VALLEYVIEW BAPTIST CHURCH Service - 11 am 234 - 36th Ave North ...........................................250-428-4861WYNNDEL COMMUNITY CHURCH Sunday Service 11 am 5113 Wynndel Rd ...............................................250-402-3762

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Brian LawrenceGOOD CURLERS — Twenty-eight teams played in the Creston Curling Centre’s 53rd annual Valentine Bonspiel on the weekend, with a Castlegar-Nelson team taking home the trophy in the A event. (Above, from left) Laurie Heald presented the Creston and District Credit Union trophy to skip Loreen Amonson, third Lisa Nevacshonoff, second Marcie Stefiuk and lead Joanne Fenner.

The D event’s Columbia Brewery Trophy, presented by (above, from left) Colleen Hedlund, went to the Creston team of skip Carrie Czar, third Laurie Heald (who skipped last year’s D event winning team), third Kathy Sommerfeld and lead Amanda Latour. Also earning a prize at the three-day event was Creston’s Sylvia Main, who won $200 donated by the Cavell Street Dental Clinic in a draw to the button.

The C event honours also went to a Cranbrook team, with (above, from left) Dale Moberg presenting the Pyramid Building Supplies trophy to skip Kelly Epp, third Debbie Reed, second Kim Dick, lead Jeannette Sissons and fifth Connie Biddles.

A Cranbrook team earned the B event’s Macaulay Forestry trophy, which (above, from left) Carrie Macaulay presented to skip Frankie Reekie, third Kay Epp, second Marion Dixon, lead Ann McLaughlin and fifth Bev Raymond.

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Non-profit Advisor to provide advisement and assessment services in the East Kootenays for the Trust’s Non-profit Advisor program. Basin Youth Network Regional Coordinator to provide support to the Trust’s new Basin Youth Network.

Deadline for submissions: February 25, 2016, noon PT/1 p.m. MT.

C.V. Right To Life SocietyAGM

February 22 - 10amHoly Cross Hall128 16 Ave NAll welcome

KOOTENAY ORGANIC GROWERS AGM: 13 Feb 2pm. Tea & treats provided. 395 Baker St, Nelson (next to Hippersons).

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Wednesday 8pm (closed)Friday 8pm (open)

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Creston Valley Quilters Guild

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PO Box 42, Creston, BC V0B 1G1

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West CrestonFire Protection Society

Annual General MeetingSunday February 14, 2016

at 2 p.m.West Creston

Community Hall

VOLUNTEER WANTEDCBAL Creston is looking for a relief adult literacy tutor

for 1.5/hrs per week for the months of March, July and August. Must be over 18

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SUTCO seeks US Qualifi ed Class 1 Driver for Creston based chip hauls, rotating shifts, extended health benefi ts, matched contribution pen-sion plan, e-logs and more. Visit www.sutco.ca, fax resume to 778-754-4025 or call 1-888-357-2612 Ext. 130.

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Class 1 DriverSutco seeks US Qualifi ed Class 1 Driver for Creston based chip hauls, rotating shifts, ext. health benefi ts, matched contribution pen-sion plan, e-logs and more. Visit www.sutco.ca, fax resume to 778-754-4025 or call 1-888-357-2612 # 130.

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DO YOU or anyone you knowspecialize in East Indian Cui-sine? Popular restaurant in Kamloops needs you immedi-ately. Full Time, starting $20. per hr. 250-374-0340.

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KOOTENAY LAKE LOCAL CONSERVATION FUND (KLLCF)

TECHNICAL REVIEW COMMITTEE MEMBERS - EXPRESSIONS OF INTEREST

The Regional District of Central Kootenay (RDCK) in partnership with the Kootenay Conservation Program (KCP) is seeking Committee Members for their fi ve-person Technical Review Committee to make recommendations on allocating annual funding for conservation projects for the Kootenay Lake Local Conservation Fund.

Term is for two years. Travel expenses will be covered for those who require them. You do not need to live in the Kootenay Lake area to apply.

For more information please go to:www.kootenayconservation.ca and click on LocalConservation Fund.To apply, please submit a resume and include a covering letter that provides:

1. Contact information.

2. Area of technical expertise (water, fi sh, wildlife, habitat, or open space and natural area conservation).

3. Any special or unique circumstances that you want us to consider.

Closing date for project submissions is 4:30 pm February 15, 2016.

Applications can be emailed to info@kootenayconservation.ca.

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Registered Professional Forester with the Association of BC Forest ProfessionalsServing the Kootenays since 1997

The College of the Rockies is a learner-centered institution. We invite all qualified applicants who value high quality program delivery and customer service excellence to apply for…

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Affordable Steel Shipping Containers for sale/rent

20’ & 40’ Kootenay Containers Castlegar 250-365-3014

FIREWOOD FOR SALEPine - 2.5 cords $300

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NEW LIFE FURNITURE& RECYCLING

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POLE BARNS, Shops, steelbuildings metal clad or fabric clad. Complete supply and in-stallation. Call John at 403-998-7907; jcameron@advancebuildings.com

REFORESTATION NURSERYseedlings of hardy trees, shrubs, and berries for shelter-belts or landscaping. Spruce and Pine from $.99/tree. Free shipping. Replacement guar-antee. 1-866-873-3846 orwww.treetime.ca

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STEEL BUILDING Sale. Real-ly big sale: extra winter dis-count on now!! 21x22 $5,190 25x24 $5,988 27x28 $7,498 30x32 $8,646 35x34 $11,844 42x54 $16,386. One end wall included. Pioneer Steel 1-800-668-5422 www.pioneersteel.ca

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KOOTENAY LAKELOCAL CONSERVATION FUND (KLLCF)

REQUEST FOR PROPOSALS

The Kootenay Conservation Program (KCP) and Regional District of Central Kootenay (RDCK) are seeking proposals for projects that will benefi t conservation in the rural areas around Kootenay Lake, specifi cally the electoral areas A, D, and E within the RDCK.

The purpose of the Fund is to provide local fi nancial support for important projects that will contribute to the conservation of our valuable natural areas. The Koo-tenay Lake Local Conservation Fund (KLLCF) funding is available for conservation projects that result in thereduction to a known threat to biodiversity. The themes for the Fund are water conservation, wildlife and habitat conservation, and open space conservation.

Projects that are technically sound and eff ective, and provide value for money through partnerships with other funders will have priority. Proponents must be a registered not-for-profi t organization, First Nations band, or local government. Unqualifi ed groups or organizations may partner with a qualifi ed organization. A Technical Review Committee will review project proposals and make recommendations to the RDCK for fi nal funding approval.

To apply for funding go to www.kootenayconservation.ca and click on the Kootenay Lake Local Conservation Fund tab. Review the Terms of Reference paying particular attention to Section 8 – Fund Design and then apply using the application form provided.

Closing date for project submissions is 4:30 pm February 15, 2016.

Project proposals must be delivered by email to: info@kootenayconservation.ca.

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Navigating through the complex legislative requirements of strata corporations can be a

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Creston: 3/BDRM 2/BATH bungalow & lot. Central A/C; attached garage & shop; gy-proc w/rounded corners in an open fl oor plan. Private, fully fenced back yard. Asking $269,900 250-428-9171

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It is with sad hearts we announce the passing of our father Einar Henry Anderson. He passed suddenly due to heart failure at his home in Cranbrook BC. He is survived by daughters Lisa (Ryan) Channell and Kellie (Steve) Gregr, grandsons Caden Channell and Christopher/Joshua Gregr, brother Leonard Anderson and several other loving family members.He was predeceased by his mother and father Therese and Henry Anderson, brother Ronald Anderson, sisters Fay Khodaverdi, niece Sophia Khodaverdi, Ella Anderson and sister-in-law Wendy Anderson.He will be sadly missed by his family and friends.

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All individuals or companies who are currently registered through the ministry’s offices in Nelson or Grand Forks will receive invitations to re-register their equipment for the coming fiscal year by mail.

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Jan. 17-23 bowling scores from Romano’s Runaway Lanes:Sunday Mixed: Ladies’ single-triple: Marlene McGunigle, 191-518. Men’s single-triple: Bob Bergman, 269-705. POA: Bergman, 81.Monday Ladies: Single-triple: Barb Stange, 249-601; POA: Betty Armitage 114.Tuesday No-Tap: Ladies’ single-triple: Tamara Romano, 250-560. Men’s single-triple: Ralph McGunigle, 337-853. POA: McGunigle, 112.Wednesday Matinee: Single: Margaret Acton, 218; triple: Barb Martin, 466. POA: Martin, 55.Wednesday Mixed: Ladies’ single: Shirley Dolan, 261; ladies’ triple: Gin Bergman, 616. Men’s single-triple: Kevin Viers, 297-817. POA: Viers, 97.Thursday Golden Age: Ladies’ single-triple: Marlene McGunigle, 235-564. Men’s single-triple: Ralph McGunigle, 240-610. POA: Marilyn

Karpowich, 42.Friday Social: Ladies’ single-triple: Tamara Romano, 192-474. Men’s single-triple: Kevin Viers, 304-674. POA: Joe Juurlink, 74.

Special OlympicsTwo Games: Ladies’ single-double: Janice Androsoff, 118-224. Men’s single-double: Billy Foreman, 138-229. POA: Foreman, 41.Three Games: Ladies’ single-triple: Dodie Benincasa, 215-464; POA: Benincasa, 56. Men’s single: Steven Stirling, 191; men’s triple: Robert Ganser, 492; POA: Dave Bunt, 84.

Youth BowlingThursday (Jan. 14): Single-triple: Darien Bergman, 323-709. POA: Bergman, 160.Thursday (Jan. 21): Single-triple: Darien Bergman, 323-709. POA: Bergman, 62.Saturday (Jan. 16): Single-triple: Finlay Madsen, 131-358. POA: Madsen, 160.Saturday (Jan. 23): Single: Dominik Kiehn, 143; triple: Mackenzie Winters, 362; POA: Winters, 158.

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BY BRIAN LAWRENCEAdvance Editor

After three wins in the last week, the Creston Valley Thunder Cats are just two wins away from clinching second place in the

Eddie Mountain Division of the Kootenay International Junior Hockey League.

The Creston team currently has 62 points, putting it six ahead of the Fernie Ghostriders and eight ahead of the Columbia Valley

Rockies, but well shy of the Kimberley Dynamiters’ 72 points.

Creston’s Feb. 3 win took place on the road, with a 3-2 defeat of the Dynamiters, the last match between the two in the regular season, but a good test for the playoffs.

“Obviously, they’re a team that if you expect to advance too far in the playoffs, your going to have to go through them,” said head coach Jeff Dubois.

The game started out slow, with one Kimberly goal in the first period, but Creston took over the game in the second period with goals by Logan Styler, Alec Wilkinson and Nicholas Kovacik. The Dynamiters scored once more in the third period.

“They play in a pretty tough rink to win games in as a road team,” said Dubois. “And vice-versa — we’ve got three wins against them on home ice.”

The game was a true team effort, he said, with three sepa-rate lines scoring the three goals, but a lot of credit goes to goalie Jason Mailhoit.

“We only allowed 22 shots on Wednesday, which is right in that range that you’re hop-ing to hold a team like Kimberley to on home ice.”

With several players side-lined by injuries and the flu on Friday, the first period against the Golden Rockets was a tight one, Dubois said, with a goal by Brett Witala tying the score 1-1 late in the

first period. Golden didn’t score again, with Liam Plunkett and McConnell Kimmett scoring in the sec-ond, and Carson Cartwright (two) and Witala scoring in the third.

Cartwright earned four points in that game, and Wilkinson, Witala and Plunkett added to the suc-cess.

“All of those guys chipped in, and we were pretty solid on the defensive side of the puck,” said Dubois.

Goalie Dawson Fennell also did his part.

“He just managed to do everything he needed to do,” said Dubois. “Especially early in game when it was tight, he gave us every chance to win.”

Creston increased its four-point lead to six with Saturday’s 3-1 win over the Fernie Ghostriders. There were no goals in the first peri-od, but Styler and Ian Desrosiers scored in the sec-ond, with Fernie’s only goal scored in the middle of the period. Cartwright scored Creston’s third goal on an empty net with 49 second remaining in the third.

With only nine forwards and four defencemen on Creston’s bench in the third period, tension was high.

“Some of those guys were under the weather, and ended up having to battle,” Dubois said.

The Thunder Cats start this weekend by hosting the Golden Rockets, at the bottom of the

division with 12 points. As always, he won’t take their position for granted.

“The ingredients have been the same with them as the sea-son has gone along,” he said. “They play a meat and potatoes kind of game, and you have to work hard to compete with them defensively.”

On Saturday, the Thunder Cats will visit the Grand Forks Border Bruins, where they will face four former Thunder Cats, Austin Dean, Trey Mason, Tyler Fyfe and Graeme Close.

“That’s actually a game we’ve had circled,” said Dubois.

Those four, as well as the efforts of head coach Emery Olauson have helped turn the team around — this is the first season since at least 2005-2006 (kijhl.ca records only go back that far) that Grand Forks has made the playoffs.

“He’s done an outstanding job in Grand Forks,” said Dubois. “They turned them-selves into a team tough to play. It’s been a number of years since you could say with a straight face that going into Grand Forks is a test of where you are with gritty, road-type of hockey.”

The Nelson Leafs, whom the Thunder Cats visit on Wednesday, have also gone through a change, with Mario DiBella now the head coach.

“From the bit that I’ve seen, they’re a whole different team since they made the switch,” said Dubois.

T-Cats closer to securing second after wins

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On Feb.18 at Rotacrest Hall, the Creston Valley branch of Wildsight is pleased to host Adrian Leslie, the project manager of Darkwoods conservation area for the Nature Conservancy of Canada.

Leslie is a professional biologist focused on species at risk, fire ecology, ecosystem restoration and climate change adaptation. He has worked from wetland to mountaintop throughout the Columbia Basin for the past 15 years.

Managing Darkwoods provides interesting challenges with its history of human disturbance and a future facing climate change. He will provide a brief history of Darkwoods, why it became the largest private conserva-tion property in Canadian history, and discuss future conservation and resto-ration work through the Nature Conservancy of Canada.

Leslie’s presentation begins at 7 p.m., with Wildsight’s annual general meeting to follow. Admission will be taken at the door.

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SubmittedDarkwoods conservation area project manager Adrian Leslie.