June 2017

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Boswell's Leah Wilson turns plain old wool into fantastical art

STORY AND PHOTOS flowers and accessories for hair, and you want to see in the world”) and BY BRIAN LAWRENCE pins for hats and jackets. creating videos featuring gnomes and I Love Creston Editor “I wanted to bring joy to the felt,” other creations. he art that Boswell’s Leah Wilson says Wilson, who moved to Kootenay “It’s introducing people to fibre with enjoys is varied: She sculpts. She Lake’s East Shore 11 years ago. a soft sense of play. There’s a real Tpaints with acrylics. And her passion, After being given a book that showed disconnect between the age we’re for the past six years, is felting, using the location of local gnomes, she did in and what things are made of. ... I wool to create her signature gnomes, all some online research — and although love all mediums of art, and there’s no of them soft and happy. she didn’t like what she found, it served reason felted art can’t entertain, as well “My philosophy in all things I’ve ever as inspiration to do something different. as be cute.” done is, ‘If you know it’s true, you’ll “I suddenly found my flag to wave,” She’s created companions for the know what to do,’ ” she says. “And I like she says. “Gnomes were being gnomes, such as bears, caterpillars, to share the positive with people. ... I depicted as scary, and I didn’t think that rabbits and owls, and also developed don’t usually go to the dark side.” was right.” playscapes, including toadstool Six years ago, she discovered felting With that, Amazing Gnomes was homes and yards, made of felted — the process involves repeatedly born. Wilson started displaying pieces she cuts up and patches piercing a ball of wool with a barbed her work on a blog, Facebook and together. At first glance, the pieces needle that pushes fibre in but doesn’t Youtube, flooding the Internet with seem like children’s toys — although pull it back out — and began creating memes (such as, “Be the gnome felted art can come undone with too

June 2017 www.ilovecreston.com much hearty play — but the artwork draws people of all ages and walks Leah Wilson of life. “You can’t judge anyone,” says Wilson. “The kids are attracted to it, but what really makes me happy is when adults are.” Kootenay adults, Wilson has discovered, understand her work far better than those elsewhere. “My city friends are baffled,” she says. “People get the felting here more. They gravitate toward it. They want it to be in their life. It’s a passionate interaction.” Wilson grew up in Skookumchuck and went to school in Kimberley, eventually working in a gallery there after studying fine arts in Toronto and Victoria. She enjoyed working with wax and bronze in art school, and found that the study of positive and negative space has carried over to felting. “You have to think about what happens next. The wool has a similar quality when I go there. There’s an aha moment when I’m building the little dudes.” She plans to eventually try her hand at substantially larger gallery pieces, reminiscent of the Nelson artists’ work that attracted her to felting in the first place. www.ilovecreston.com June 2017 “They were not just making potholders — they were making framed art.” Wilson quickly fell in love with the texture of wool and process of felting, as well as the ability to carry over the colours found in her painted work. “It’s a repetitive action with bright colours and textures that are soft,” she says. “It can lull you into a process that takes a long time, but when you’re done, you have solid three- dimensional things.” For many felters, three-dimensional work isn’t the ultimate goal, but it’s become a trademark for Wilson, and people take her pieces with them in their travels and day-to-day life. “People treat it like a little good luck charm,” she says. “I don’t present it like that, but they just take that on.” And she’s happy to pass on her knowledge, creating new three- dimensional felters, with a class scheduled at Creston’s Fly in the Fibre. “People won’t forget if there’s an aha moment,” says Wilson, adding with a laugh, “Kind of like giving yourself a pinch—without the pain.”  Amazing Gnomes products can be found at Fly in the Fibre in Creston, and Dog Patch Pottery and Barefoot Handweaving in Crawford Bay. To learn more, visit amazinggnomes.com.

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realignment is the negative impacts that From the Mayor’s Desk will result for Prince Charles Secondary By Ron Toyota School (PCSS). These impacts include Mayor - Town of Creston loss of instructional space on the playing field, safety issues and reduced air quality Canyon Street and as a result of proximity to traffic. So let’s take a closer look at some facts that Highway Realignment relate to these concerns... clear message that was heard Street onto the parallel Cook Street, and With regard to land acquisition, it Ain our recent Official Community rejoining Highway 3 in its present location is estimated that the realignment will Plan (OCP) community engagement just east of 16th Avenue. Importantly, we require the existing school field to be process was the desire to establish our realize that it’s not the big trucks that are reduced by an area of approximately 680 downtown as a welcoming destination stopping and shopping in our downtown. square metres (0.168 acres). Within the for people, not just a thoroughfare for Relocating this kind of traffic will allow us slightly reduced field area, an Olympic cars. Achieving Phase 1 of the Highway to reclaim our downtown with widened size (FIFA) soccer field would still fit, or 3 realignment was a strong first step in sidewalks, a smooth road surface, robust two U-11 size fields. It should also be this direction. Phase 2 will see Highway greenery, angle parking, pleasant outdoor noted that in addition to this field, PCSS 3 realigned from Canyon to Cook street. seating, streetwide community events currently has 1.23 acres of unused field This project is included in the Ministry of and more. The goal is to prioritize the (excluding the tennis courts), located to Transportation and Infrastructure’s work pedestrian experience in our downtown the south of the masonry block accessory plan and our council is lobbying to see while accommodating vehicular traffic. I building. If we change our thinking to this project made into a reality in the next firmly believe that achieving Phase 2 of consider potential gains that could be three to five years. the Highway 3 realignment will be a huge achieved in exchange for the small area Phase 1 of our Highway 3 realignment, win for our community. of land required for the realignment, we the new intersection at Pine Street and I was first elected as your mayor in would ask if there are opportunities that Northwest Boulevard, was completed November 2008. Since that time, the aren’t being considered to create wins in June of 2015. This was a $5.4 million realignment of Highway 3 has remained for our students. Such wins may include project that has greatly improved as a strategic priority of council. By new tennis courts, an enhanced soccer pedestrian safety, facilitated better truck enhancing the experience of visiting, field, useable basketball courts or other movement and created a landscaped dining and shopping in our downtown, amenities that can’t be provided in the gateway to our downtown. This project we know that the economic spinoffs current school district budget. demonstrates just a few of the positive will be great for local businesses and With regard to safety concerns, I outcomes that will come with Phase 2 of our community as a whole. We also believe that one only has to look to the the Highway 3 realignment. recognize that change, even when it’s Pine Street and Northwest Boulevard Phase 2 involves relocating Highway for the better, can create uncertainty. intersection to see the enhanced 3 from five blocks of downtown Canyon One of the myths that I hear about the pedestrian crossings that result from

www.ilovecreston.com June 2017 throat as I heard the pain from this Message from the Chief mother and father. They said, “Even By JASON LOUIE if our daughter isn’t alive we deserve Chief - Lower Kootenay Band closure and deserve an opportunity to lay her body to rest.” Aboriginal Women A callout was made by various First Nations communities to the chiefs of are Targets this province to form search parties to i’suk kyukyit (greetings). I have for the lives of First Nations women. As try and locate these missing persons. I Kspent the majority of my life living a father of three indigenous women, I have not felt the need to respond to a in a household of females, indigenous am appalled that women are treated like calling since the time I enlisted in the females whom I hold in the highest objects, objects that men are willing to kill. Canadian Forces. I’m not sure which regard. I will do my best to explain but The majority of the ones taking the lives search party I will join, but I will help to I’m sure that I will lose some readers of these women are men. find one of these women/girls. with where I’m going with this. I am appalled at the lack of services Once a soldier always a soldier. An indigenous woman has a target and response from police, whose job it Once a hunter always a hunter. Except on her back: a double whammy of being is to investigate and enforce the law, and this is very different. We will be tracking a woman and being a minority in this the fact that indigenous communities a deceased woman/girl. However, country. There are over 1,000 cases have to literally beg for a police response. these human beings deserved to be of murdered and missing aboriginal In today’s report at the caucus, police did laid to rest with dignity. women in Canada. Aboriginal women not have the right case numbers on the My heart hurts at this moment but I and girls represent 10 per cent of all files. Parents of the missing women and must make an attempt to help a fellow female homicides in Canada. Aboriginal girls are trying frantically to receive the parent. We all must do our part. Doing women make up three per cent of the right case/file numbers. our part means educating ourselves on female population. Fifty-five per cent of The news seems to have a focus on this matter. Utilize technology and read these women are under the age of 31. the United States with the fiasco of the on the Internet see an ugly reality of our Seventeen per cent are under the age of Trump presidency. Yes, that situation country’s indigenous women. As a father, 18. Half of these cases remain unsolved. is a mess, but there are crises such as I teach my children to defend themselves Aboriginal women are three times more this in our province and country than not because I condone violence but to likely to be killed by a stranger. require media attention. What if one face a harsh reality that they are targets. As I write, I am in Kelowna attending of these cases was your daughter or With that I thank you for reading and the First Nations Health Caucus. British granddaughter? I am usually not an underscore that knowledge is power! Columbia chiefs just received a report on emotional person. That was until today Taxas.  the matter of the missing and murdered where the caucus heard from some Reach Jason Louie at 250-428-4428 indigenous women. I can say that I am parents pleading for help to have their ext. 235, [email protected] or online appalled that there is such a disregard child located. I got a huge lump in my at www.lowerkootenay.com. intersection enhancement. It is evident closest point of distance from the westerly realignment of Highway 3 is a great that our students will be provided with HVAC unit on the school building to the example of why myth busting and improved crossing points in a rebuilt highway is 71 metres (232 feet). This community enhancement need to go and redesigned intersection. In addition, existing distance will remain the closest hand in hand. I personally believe that separation between the field and the point of contact along the proposed future Phase 2 of the Highway 3 realignment realigned highway will be maintained realignment. As such, HVAC units will not will greatly enhance both our downtown with a robust setback buffer. be located any closer to traffic as a result and our entire community for visitors With regard to air quality, given its of the Highway 3 realignment. and residents alike, including future current location adjacent to Highway 3, When undertaking a project of this generations.  PCSS would be no more exposed to scope, it’s important that our community Reach Creston Mayor Ron Toyota by phone at 250-428-2214 ext. 227, by email at vehicular and truck traffic that it currently is provided with facts upon which it [email protected] or visit town hall at is. For example, as it sits right now, the can make informed decisions. The 238 10th Ave. North.

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By Tammy 3. About 11,000 years ago: The Kootenay River begins a new pattern BRADFORD ancestors of the Ktunaxa people begin of seasonal rise and fall. The marshes Manager - Creston and sloughs on the valley floor are & District Museum to leave traces of their presence in the & Archives Kootenays; these comprise some of well-established, and the culture and the oldest known manmade objects in traditions of the Lower Kootenay ith Canada’s sesquicentennial Canada. Archaeological evidence of earlier people, continuing to evolve in the face Walmost upon us, everyone is inhabitation would have been buried or of climate change, now focus on the talking about 150 years of this, or 150 destroyed by glaciation and deglaciation. bountiful resources of the wetlands. years of that. Well, I’m not one to let a 4. Before 10,000 years ago: An 7. 1790s: Europeans “discover” the good opportunity slip by, so I am working ice dam far down the Columbia River Ktunaxa people; the first historic (as on a list of 150 events that have, in one melts, draining glacial Kootenay Lake opposed to archaeological) record of way or another, shaped the Creston to present-day levels. The Kootenay the Ktunaxa people is a mention on Valley and its communities. It is far more River, originally flowing south, eventually Alexander McKenzie’s map, circa 1793. than can fit in one article, so here are reverses direction as the lake levels drop 8. May 1808: David Thompson, with some of the ones I’ve come up with and settles into its present-day northern the North West Company, travels through so far. Watch for more in next month’s flow through the Creston Valley. southeastern B.C. to the southern end article, and check out the museum’s 5. 5,000-6,000 years ago: As the of Kootenay Lake. Although his journey website (www.crestonmuseum.ca) for climate settles and stabilizes following the that year is not entirely successful, it does the whole shebang. end of the last ice age, prevailing winds establish trade directly with the Lower 1. Before time began: The friendly begin bringing moist air from the coast. Kootenay people and produces the first water creature, Nalthmooktsi, swims The climate and vegetation of the present- maps of the region. through the land, preparing it for the day Creston Valley begin to change. 9. 1820s: The fur trade reaches the people who were coming soon. The Lower Kootenay people, adapting peak of its operations in the Kootenays. 2. About 15,000 years ago: to this new environment, begin a cultural The preferred transportation route follows The final deglaciation of the region, divergence from their Upper Kootenay the Columbia River system to the north following the last ice age, begins. cousins in the drier regions to the east. and west, but there is nonetheless Over the next 3,000 years, an open 6. Within the last 2,000 years: considerable fur-trading traffic through landscape with sage, grasses and As a result of the climatic shifts, the the Creston Valley. The Hudson’s Bay scattered trees is established. Company, recently amalgamated with

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www.ilovecreston.com June 2017 Creston Museum Prior to 1867, David McLoughlin operated a small windlass ferry across the Kootenay River (see No. 18 on the list). its rival the North West Company, Rocky Mountains. The British send a 14. 1857-1860: The Palliser establishes a trail through the region that reconnaissance mission, under Lt. James Expedition is launched by the British will serve as a basis for transportation Henry Warre, into the region to locate government in Canada to gather routes in the decades to come. a route by which the entire British army detailed information on the climate and 10. 1841: Sir George Simpson, could be brought in, in case the dispute geography of western Canada and to governor in chief of the Hudson’s Bay escalates to war. determine its possibilities for settlement Company, travels through the Creston 13. 1845-1846: Jesuit missionary and development. It is the first such Valley as part of a whirlwind round- Father Pierre-Jean de Smet travels up scientific survey of the Kootenay region, the-world expedition. Although the fur the Kootenay River to Columbia Lake. It and it identifies the agricultural potential trade is declining in the Kootenays, marks the beginning of the conversion of of the Creston Valley. Simpson’s visit keeps the region in the the Ktunaxa people from their traditional 15. 1858-1862: The Boundary minds of explorers and developers. religion to Christianity and the consequent Commission surveys the entire 11. 1844: Archibald McDonald, factor of undermining of traditional culture. international boundary, including the the Hudson’s Bay Company fort at Colville, Wash., visits Kootenay Lake and observes The B.C. Weed Control Act imposes a rich silver-lead deposit at present-day a duty on all land occupiers to control Riondel. He, like other explorers who designated noxious plants. follow over the next decades, concludes The purpose for the Act is to protect our natural resources that the region is too remote for mining to and industry from the negative impacts of foreign weeds. be economically viable. For Noxious weed spraying please contact: 12. 1845: Tensions rise between the Creston Valley Beef Growers Assoc. United States and the British government Rob Davidson 250-402-8664 of Canada over the disputed boundary For more information on noxious weeds check out this website: http://www.agf.gov.bc.ca/cropprot/weedguid/weedguid.htm between the two countries west of the

June 2017 www.ilovecreston.com Kootenays. Hillary Bauerman, a geologist with the Boundary foundation is set for the extension and exertion of Canadian Commission, draws new attention to the rich silver-lead deposit government all across the continent. at Riondel. When the commission disbands in 1862, several of 20. 1871: British Columbia enters Confederation on the its members remain in the Kootenays as prospectors. promise of a transcontinental railway. The route of the Canadian 16. Before 1862: A Hudson’s Bay Company trading Pacific Railway’s mainline will pass to the north, following the post, Fort Flatbow, is established in the Creston Valley. It is Columbia River, and within a few years of its completion, efforts (probably) located just south of the Canada-U.S. border. will begin to bring rail transportation to the southernmost parts of 17. 1864: Gold is discovered at Wild Horse Creek near the province. Cranbrook, leading directly to the extension of the Dewdney Trail from Rock Creek the following year. The Dewdney Trail follows and links existing trails established by fur traders and First Nations peoples, and is the first major east-west route through the Creston Valley. Although its use is short-lived, it helps bring additional interest and traffic through the area. 18. Before 1867: Fort Flatbow is closed. Another small trading post near Trail, Fort Sheppard, is closed at about the same time, ending the Hudson’s Bay Company’s presence in Creston Museum the region. David McLoughlin, who had operated Fort Flatbow, Anastasia Abel (Kiuki) was born in the 1850s and would have witnessed acquires the remaining supplies and equipment from both posts many of the later events on the Creston Museum’s top 25 list. She is seen and establishes a new trading post, Little Fort Sheppard, on the here with the distinctive Ktunaxa sturgeon-nosed canoe. flats opposite Wynndel. He also operates a small windlass ferry 21. 1878: George Wallace Hall pre-empts 320 acres of across the Kootenay River. land just north of the international boundary — the first record 19. 1867: Confederation of Canada. Although British of land being claimed for settlement in the Creston Valley. Columbia remains a British colony for the time being, the 22. 1883: The silver rush of the West Kootenays begins. Rich strikes are made at Nelson, Ainsworth and in the Slocan Valley; the Bluebell Mine at Riondel is staked by Robert Elect Scott Sproule. All this activity leads to a considerable increase in traffic from the U.S. via the Kootenay River. In response, John Charles Rykert, formerly of the North-West Mounted Police, is delegated to establish a customs office at the border. 23. 1884: William-Adolph Baillie-Grohman receives approval from the provincial government to undertake the reclamation of the flats west of Creston. Although his approach — diverting the Kootenay River into the Columbia at Canal Flats — does not 2017 succeed, his attempt sets in motion a decades-long struggle to reclaim the flats for agricultural use. 24. 1891: J.W. Dow and Fred Little each pre-empt over 300 acres of land on the benchlands above the Kootenay River. The Huscroft family settles on the flats alongside the On June 10, the choice is yours, the future Kootenay River. In 1892, John Arrowsmith and his wife, Effie is ours and Creston’s the place. Huscroft, follow the rest of her family into the valley, also pre- empting land in what is now the townsite of Creston. EXPERIENCED, DEDICATED, COMMITTED 25. 1892: The Alberta-BC Exploration Company begins dyking the flats west of Creston, in an effort to prevent the Advertisement Cell: 250.428.6600 annual flooding of the Kootenay River and convert the rich approved by Bus: 250.428.9331 Scott Veitch flood plain to agricultural use.  Contact the Creston Museum at 250-428-9262 or TAKING ACTION | GETTING RESULTS [email protected], or visit www.crestonmuseum.ca.

www.ilovecreston.com June 2017 Comedy Opening Footlighters Season FOOTLIGHTERS THEATRE SOCIETY from Kootenay Landing to Nelson from 1913-1930, and n evening of laughter is in store for audiences when vehicles from Balfour to Boswell, and later Gray Creek, from AFootlighters Theatre Society opens its 23rd season. 1931-1947. The ship was damaged beyond repair in 1949, Running June 22-24 at the Prince Charles Theatre, Nasookin and in 1954, the pilothouse and ladies observation deck were is a new play offering both comedy and mystery. converted into what is now a residence on Highway 3A on “We’re trying to make sure they’re laughing from Nelson’s North Shore. beginning to end, and still enjoy a plot that will leave them Under the guidance of Smith, assistant director Gillian guessing until the end,” says Jason Smith, who is directing Wells and choreographer Kate Webb, the cast have the comedy. embraced their roles as they bring the era to life, with the Smith co-wrote Nasookin with Suzanne Chubb, with 1927 setting one of social upheaval. whom he previously wrote Almost Golden, which was “It’s a bit of a commentary on the 1920s and how that was named best production in Theatre BC’s 2014 Kootenay the beginning of so many changes in the world,” says Smith. Zone festival and outstanding community play at the “We see a little sample of how life was changing on the provincial festival. On his own, Smith also wrote The Nasookin — with a comical spin, of course.  Stepsisters’ Revenge, the 2016 sequel to the troupe’s Nasookin is the first production in Footlighters Theatre Society’s 23rd 2014 production of Cinderella. season, and will be followed by a locally-written Hansel and Gretel in the fall, and Rodgers and Hammerstein’s Oklahoma in the spring. The inspiration for Nasookin came from Smith’s years of volunteering at the Creston Museum, where he first learned of the CP Rail sternwheelers that ran on Kootenay Lake and Kootenay River. “I thought it was really something else,” he says. “The size of the Nasookin and the service it provided was a real shock — being served with white linen and watching the lake go by. It’s unimaginable today.” Fittingly for a comedy, Smith and Chubb have populated the ship with a variety of eccentric characters that interact in hilarious and alarming ways. In the play, Creston tack shop owner Mary Carver (played by Jennifer Adams) strives to break into the world of high fashion by sneaking her way into the inner circle of Prince Edward (Peter Simon), who is actually an imposter running a con with the help of social climbers (Devan Coward, Anna Payne) attempting to extort money from visiting nobility (Ann Deatherage, Gary Atha). Also on board are amateur Creston fashion models (Debra Mehrer, Brittney Boehmer, Zoe Marini, Cali Blackmore, Taya Blackmore, Meaghan Osborne), an eccentric shipbound playwright (Suzanne Chubb), and a battleaxe governess (Gail Kitt) and her three wards (Caleb Wells, Olivia Boehmer, Zoe Henderson). Their journey is overseen by the crew (Axel Marini, Arnold Hoeve, Caleb Olney) and their dangerously inept captain (Brian Lawrence). The SS Nasookin — a sister to the SS Bonnigton on the Arrow Lakes and the SS Sicamous on Okanagan Lake — plied the waters of Kootenay Lake, delivering passengers

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www.ilovecreston.com June 2017 Jo Anne Haworth of BeyondBasics Productions here are you from? I by telling stories on my blank an enterprise (business or Wmoved to Creston from PowerPoint slide canvas. non-profit), or to inspire or Terrace 10 years ago. What is the best kept commemorate a personal How long have you secret about your business? story (birthdays, graduations, been in business? I’ve I can convert vintage photo weddings, anniversaries, been in business for one and slides and photographs vacations, retirements, a half years. into digital format, and with funerals, etc.). What is the best thing narrative voiceovers, music, Anything to add? about your business? My beautiful PowerPoint video clips and/or stock Everyone has a story, and business is unique in that slideshow presentations. I pictures I’ll weave together I have the experience and I provide the technical and can’t paint a picture, but my your story into a stunning creative talents to tell and creative skills to produce creative itch is “scratched” presentation to promote show it.  Dylan Fladz of Coffee and Arrows Paleo Coffeebar here are you from? I was born and business? Working full-time on Coffee Wraised in Calgary, but I’ve always and Arrows with my life partner and had family in Creston who we visited creating something that is our own. every summer during my childhood. This What is something everyone will now be my third year living in Creston. should know? We are a coffee bar How long have you been in that is truly for everyone, including business? Coffee and Arrows Paleo those with food sensitivities, allergies Coffeebar started out as an idea in and special diets. You don’t have to be October 2016 and has been in business Paleo to eat here; everyone can find development since mid-December 2016. something they’ll love at Coffee and What is the best thing about your Arrows Paleo Coffeebar.  Emmie Roelofse of ArtFoamies here are you from? We are Stationery sells ArtFoamies locally. Wproud Canadian citizens, Kristina McCormick, Ada L. Oler, Namibian-Canadians. Elly Mae Buruma and I are a great What is the best thing about your team working together to achieve business? With support of my better successful export to many countries. half, Ian Richardson, and my parents, I We manufacture and package all the started ArtFoamies in 2014. ArtFoamies stamps in the Creston Valley. not only gives me the opportunity to ArtFoamies has nine designers be creative, but also provides anyone worldwide, including Alana deFortier who uses ArtFoamies the ability to be from Red Tin Roof in Wynndel, and creative, whether it is on fabric, walls, myself, Emmie Roelofse. floors, furniture, paper, mixed media or Anything to add? To see our anything that doesn’t move. Our stamps extended range of ArtFoamies please visit are sold all over the world and we use our website, www.artfoamies.com.  social media as a modern day tool to All Creston Valley Chamber of Commerce achieve this. members will eventually be highlighted in this space. To learn more, contact What is something everyone manager Vern Gorham at manager@ should know? Creston Card and crestonvalleychamber.com or 250-428-5151.

June 2017 www.ilovecreston.com A 17,000 acre wetland located 11 km west of Creston off Hwy 3 Spring Has Sprung at the Wildlife Centre By LAURA BRANDON detectives, where they use their senses Acting Education to explore the outdoors as super and Communications Co-ordinator nature navigators! Meanwhile, students Creston Valley Wildlife in Grades 4-7 are delving into the Management Area fascinating world of animal adaptations to discover how modified body parts and behaviours allow different insects, fter a slow start and some soggy birds, reptiles and mammals to survive Adays, spring has officially sprung in a wetland environment. in the wetland! The western painted In addition to the school programs, we turtles are lazily basking along the have many exciting events coming up pond edges and soaking up all of this summer for everyone to enjoy. Every that springtime sun. Terrestrial and Saturday in June is Family Fun Day, so common garter snakes can be heard drop in each week for a different nature- slithering through the grass next to the themed event filled with fun activities for boardwalk. Ospreys are busy diving the whole family. On June 18, join us for for fish in the ponds just east of the a Father’s Day scavenger hunt that will Wildlife Interpretation Centre — such have you looking up high and down low, a spectacular sight! And the hungry inside and outside (with prizes at the hummingbirds are back for the season; end). We will also be hosting parent and Guided Canoe Tours we refill our feeders nearly every day tot sessions geared toward two- to five- School Programs & Special Events just to keep up with the demand. year-olds and their parents every Monday Gift Shop With four brand new and super- in June. Introduced only last year, these JUNE EVENTS: keen wetland naturalists aboard, events were very successful; we’re FAMILY FUN DAYS we officially opened the doors of the looking forward to promoting curiosity and Saturdays in June Wildlife Interpretation Centre back on wonder for the natural world in our wee Drop in from 10-3pm May 8. Our naturalists have been busy wetland friends! FATHER’S DAY as beavers delivering school programs In July, our popular junior naturalist SCAVENGER HUNT to children of all ages from around the weeklong summer science camps will be Saturday, June 17 Creston Valley and beyond. This year, running once again — space is limited and Drop in from 1-3pm students in kindergarten to Grade 3 are the camps are already filling up, so make PARENT AND TOT being transformed into special wetland sure to give us a call to reserve your spot. Mondays in June From 10:30-12pm CENTRE HOURS: Providing Excellence Open seasonally from 9 am to 4 pm in Client Service. May 8-June 24 (Mon-Sat) June 25-Sept. 2 (7 days a week) Discovery Real Estate Sept. 5-Oct. 7 (Tues-Sat) Michael 2 Offices to Serve You REACH US AT: Carpenter 1013 Canyon St., Creston Box 640 Creston, BC V0B 1G0 28 years 106 33rd Ave. S., Hwy. 3, Erickson 250-402-6908 or 250-402-6900 RE/MAX Office 250-428-2234 •Toll Free 1-877-428-2234 email: [email protected] Broker /Owner [email protected] www.crestonwildlife.ca Cell: 250-428-6594 www.remaxcreston.com

www.ilovecreston.com June 2017 Karla Nevalainen Wetland naturalist Jillian Bjarnason points out some cool sites at the Creston Valley Wildlife Management Area during the Creston Valley Bird Fest.

You should have received a copy programs; visit us at the centre or sign closure. Your support for the CVWMA of our 2017 program guide in the mail up online. through donations remains critical for the back in April; if not, make sure to pick Finally, as you may have heard, this conservation of these precious wetlands one up on your next visit or hop on over will be our last season of programming; and all of its inhabitants. to our website for all the details. We the Wildlife Interpretation Centre will be We are looking forward to providing have a variety of events coming up for closing permanently on Oct. 7. Therefore, quality educational programming and all ages during the summer, including we encourage you now more than ever family fun once again to visitors from a Canada Day celebration, sunrise to come and visit us and participate in the Creston Valley and beyond. Make paddles, night prowls, art workshops, one of our many fabulous programs sure to stop by this summer to visit our nature movie nights and even a solar coming up this summer. Although the indoor gallery, paddle around the marsh eclipse viewing party. Remember, centre is closing, access to the Creston on a canoe tour, join us for one of our purchasing a Creston Valley Wildlife Valley Wildlife Mangement Area will many events or simply bask in nature Management Area membership gives remain unchanged and open to visitors and enjoy the sights and sounds of the you free admission to the Wildlife year-round; activities such as bird wetland. We hope to see you soon!  Interpretation Centre plus discounted watching, hunting and fishing will remain Questions? Feel free to call 250-402-6900 or rates or waved fees for many of our unchanged and not affected by the email [email protected].

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June 2017 www.ilovecreston.com Park, Hall Part of Vibrant Community CANYON COMMUNITY ASSOCIATION Park. Approximately 15,000 people New improvements to the Canyon ommunity halls and parks hold annually enjoy these community spaces. Hall include a sound system, and new Ccommunities together, providing a The Canyon Community Association tables (both round and rectangular) and gathering place for activities. However, (CCA) is a non-profit organization that chairs. The hall already has a commercial the costs of maintaining and upgrading owns and operates a community hall and kitchen and a stage, making it ideal for these facilities is high, and generated park, for indoor and outdoor recreational rentals for funerals, weddings and other mainly from grants and fundraisers. and social activities, and amenities for the events. The hall is also the local polling Volunteers struggle annually to collect benefit of Canyon residents, those of the station for elections. these funds and manage ever-increasing Creston Valley, and tourists. The current Canyon Park now has 14 excellent budgets for utilities, insurance and board of directors is seven members overnight camping sites, with new upkeep. Over 14 grants, in the past years, strong, and, together with dozens of showers and bathrooms. Some sites can have enabled the improvements to the Canyon residents, give hundreds of accommodate up to 19-foot trailers and Canyon Community Hall and Canyon volunteer hours annually. cost $20 per night, with no hookups or reservations. Park improvements in 2016 included a new kitchen and pavilion. These amenities make the park ideal for reunions and other groups. The park hosts regular seasonal league ball games, and equestrian events in the riding arena, the only public riding arena in the valley. Also available are a fitness trail and playground, and most days people are in the park with their children and dogs. The CCA is being proactive in planning new activities to generate interest and monies. Most well known for its annual July 1 pancake breakfast, which will celebrate its 78th this year. The Right Agents This is the CCA’s biggest fundraiser, and the event includes a ball tournament, equestrian competition, a for Today’s Market® dog agility course and more. The board added a new event recently: a Mother’s Day troll hunt. Children and their mothers enjoy an exciting search for hidden trolls throughout the park. A prize is awarded Discovery Real Estate to one lucky winner. Now the CCA is holding three- • 1013 Canyon St., Creston day activities on the last weekend of • 106 33rd Ave. S., Hwy. 3, Erickson every month. Friday night is a family www.remaxcreston.com games night, open to all ages, from • Office 250-428-2234 •Toll Free 1-877-428-2234 6-10 p.m., by donation. Bean bag to 100% LOCALLY OWNED • 28 YEARS SERVING THE CRESTON VALLEY toss and badminton are provided, but

www.ilovecreston.com June 2017 Submitted The equestrian ring and fitness trail are well used parts of Canyon Park. families can bring their own games, as well. Snacks will be available for sale. Saturday will offer a flea market from 10 a.m.-4 p.m. Tables cost $25, and a concession will be available. To reserve a table, email [email protected]. Canyon Community Association’s The last Sunday of the month, with a summer break, Canyon Hall hosts a coffee house from 2-4 p.m. It has Biggest Fundraiser of the Year! been growing in popularity with visitors and musicians. Approximately 70 people regularly come to enjoy a variety of 78th Canada Day volunteer musicians, which can change each month. The cost is $5 and includes a coffee and a muffin. in Canyon Park The CCA has a wish list for future developments. New picnic tables for the park and pavilion are needed, as well Pancake Breakfast 7-11 as landscaping and a new playground. A watering system is Lunch concession needed for the equestrian arena. Cake cutting at noon At the hall, improvements will include a new entrance and Slo-pitch Tournament landscaping, improved stage lighting and kitchen upgrades. Equine & Canine Events A Wall of Recognition is located in the park, where Wall of Recognition Plaques available people can buy a small plaque for a donation of $100, or a large one for $150.  Horseshoe & Beanbag Tournaments For more information about the Canyon Hall or for rental rates, visit canyonbc.ca. To purchase a plaque, contact Sylvia at 250-428-0790.

Come see New Pavilion built by Ray Huss & Dave Lynnes Submitted The Canyon Community Association’s coffee house crew: (from left) Ken Miller, Claudia Huber, artistic co-ordinator Diane Furlong, Signe Miller, Dave Furlong and Sandra Chenuz. 4725 Samuelson Road, Canyon

June 2017 www.ilovecreston.com Tiles: Ceramic, Porcelain or Natural Stone? BY WENDY REEVES SEIFERT Over the Valley ou can achieve a European or spa Ylook to your bathroom or ensuite with a smart use of tile or stone. Any tile, if properly installed, will last a lifetime, so be conservative in your choice of colour and pattern to achieve a classic timeless look. Natural stone, such as slate or travertine, should not be used in areas such as bathrooms, as they are water- absorbent and need to be sealed at least every six months. Manmade ceramic or porcelain are more care-free. Brian Lawrence Porcelain tile has a low water A bathroom designed by Over the Valley Home Services. absorption rate and is fired at a surface (vitreous) of a wall tile makes PEI 5: All residential and heavy higher temperature (1,200-1,400 C) it best for water areas, such as tub commercial traffic. thus producing a higher density and or shower installations, whereas an In the picture of the bathroom above, stronger tile. Ceramic is not strong absorbent tile, such as terra cotta or a natural marble tile with a variegated enough for exterior use; stone is a travertine, are for horizontal surfaces non-slip finish was used on the shower better option or some porcelains (which and would not be used in water areas. floor and step to the tub, and was need to be designated for exterior Your tile box will have a PEI married with a fake marble wall tile, usage). A true porcelain tile has its (Porcelain Enamel Institute) rating which kept the cost down. Wherever color throughout the biscuit so a chip listed, which means: you are using tile, a professional or crack is barely noticeable. Wall PEI 1: No foot traffic — walls only; installation is essential to a long-lasting tile cannot be used on floors (it’s not PEI 2: Light traffic (bathroom); product.  strong enough), but any floor tile can PEI 3: Light to moderate traffic; To learn more, contact Wendy Reeves Seifert be installed on walls. The hard-glazed PEI 4: Moderate to heavy traffic; or, at 250-428-7788 or [email protected]. YOU ARE INVITED... Kokanee Peaks Interiors and Over the Valley

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www.ilovecreston.com June 2017 Ag Aware BY RANDY MEYER Creston Valley Agriculture Society une is traditionally a wet month is the rise in the number of female Jin our part of the world. After the farm operators, rising to 78,000, which kind of spring we’ve had so far, I’m accounts for 28.7 per cent of all farm hoping that we trend toward warmer operations. and drier for June this year. We One continuing trend is that the age have been much cooler and very of farm operators keeps rising, with the much wetter than normal, which has average now up to 55 years. This is a impacted the seeding of many crops disturbing trend to me. As many of us awesome Creston Valley Farmers’ and the growth of others. If this early that are or near this age look to slow Market each Saturday, as well as the wet pattern continues into the summer, down or maybe retire from our farms, fruit stands and other food producers in it will impact the further growth and the staggering amount of farms and our valley. Continue to be Ag Aware!  harvest of many crops vital to our local infrastructure that will need to turn over agriculture industry and the economy to new operators in the not too distant of our valley. A warmer, drier summer future is most concerning. So far, it still pattern would definitely benefit appears that there are nowhere near the crops and utilize the abundant enough younger people willing or able moisture in the ground. Early garden to take over the farms in this country. produce, as well as local strawberries, The high cost of land and inputs should be available through June. The deters many. The high financial risk valley hay harvest should be underway and long hours of work, as well as the as well. Watch out for tractors and uncertainties of weather and markets, equipment on area roads. are definite deterrents. Please be patient... Recently some of the results We all need food every day, yet Our farmers are as busy as bees from the 2016 Canadian Census those producing it often are not able preparing for the upcoming of Agriculture were released. The to make a living doing just that. It is growing season. numbers show that many trends so fundamentally wrong that we as a are continuing to affect the face of society value food and food production agriculture in this country. Farms so poorly. I firmly believe we need continue to get larger and fewer in to support our local farmers and number, six per cent fewer than in encourage the use and preservation 2011. In some cases, as existing of our farm lands. A thriving agriculture farmers retire or sell out, larger community benefits the economy of our operations swallow them up. One whole area and the other businesses newer trend in Canadian agriculture in it. Please visit and support our PLANTS ON SALE NOW! Strawberries & Cherries Ready Soon! Come check out our great selection of canning and deli items Hours: Open 7 days a week, 8:00 am to 7:00 pm

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June 2017 www.ilovecreston.com Building a Creative Hub in Creston BY MEL JOY healthy sharing of hopes and dreams of experience and practice rather than Fly in the Fibre projects past and present. memorization. he dream is to have a place to “The acquisition of skills is not an This is the purpose of a hub: When Tgather people of all levels with end in itself,” says John Dewey. “They someone comes in to the store looking interests in yarn, fibre and creativity. are things to be put to use, and that use for an item and joins in a conversation Meet Fly in the Fibre. is their contribution to a common and and learns about a new project or There is a great benefit in meeting shared life.” process. When working on projects with people with common interests and I don’t think people ever truly realize together introduces a new skill and creating alongside others. Knowledge or appreciate the depth of their own someone unintentionally becomes can grow and inspirational ideas individual knowledge. Sometimes the teacher. When a project contains sprout and spread when there is a there is too much self-doubt and self- the work of many because advice had criticism when it comes to sharing an been given or curiosity is paired with THIS MONTH’S CLASSES acquired skill. That is why there is a encouragement so a new technique MYSTERY KNIT-A-LONG benefit to the casual gatherings, where is used where it normally wouldn’t be. A CANVAS FULL OF LOVE people are working on developing their When the expansion of knowledge and - Mixed Media Style own skills, as well as sharing their skills comes from the direct teaching by OWL “101”- Needle Felting knowledge and experience, without people within the community rather than an awareness that this collaboration technology or a book. of learning is actually taking place. Be a part of the hub at Fly in the Fibre. Some learn better without the stress of Share your knowledge and continue to 138 10th Avenue North | 250.402.6072 a formal structure, where the learning learn new skills yourself! Everyone is www.flyinthefibre.ca can take place in a slower time, and welcome. Community fibre nights run YARN | FIBRE | COFFEE | LOCAL ART understanding of a skill grows with every Tuesday from 5-8 p.m.  Boudoir Family Physique Cosplay Event Fashion Photobooth Headshot In the BoudoirBlossom Brian Lawrence, Photographer FestivalFamily parade? 250-505-3886 • [email protected] Purhase photos at /inverted.image.photos the newPhysique Inverted @invertedimagephotography ImageCosplay website! invertedimage.photoshelter.com Events

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June 2017 www.ilovecreston.com Adam Casemore Bill Hutchinson Signe Miller Hugh Taylor Scott Veitch Q&A with Town Council Candidates rior to the June 10 by-election Signe Miller: For the past several managing their reserve lands. In 1991, I Pto replace the last Coun. Joe months, I attended town council took the conflict management program at Snopek, I Love Creston asked the meetings to get background information the Justice Institute of BC. As an electoral five candidates four questions. Their on the workings of council. I have officer for First Nations, I learned the answers follow: worked with many boards, and am a principles of the electoral process and the good team player. I have shown that need for confidentiality in that process. 1. Why will you be an effective I have good, practical ideas to bring Scott Veitch: A good councillor must councillor? needed developments to my community. represent, must legislate and must Adam Casemore: I believe I will be I have worked for, and with, government provide oversight. You are there to effective in the council position because agencies over the years, and I represent the citizens’ interests to town I have a lot to offer the people of this understand the workings of bureaucracy. hall and not the other way around. community. Time and dedication first I was part of the development of the new I was a recent town councillor and and foremost; being self-employed gives Official Community Plan, and I want to understand the varied processes and me the flexibility to put in as much time see it implemented. diverse needs of the role. As the former and effort needed to get positive results, Hugh Taylor: I have over 40 years president of the British Columbia Real and be able to listen, understand and be of experience in supporting governing Estate Association (now almost 30,000 a voice for what the people of Creston bodies from various jurisdictions in members) and past chair of the Real desire. On that note, I understand operational and administrative capacities. Estate Errors and Omissions Insurance business, budget and economics. I am This included governments of N.W.T., Corporation ($50,000,000 claims fund), enthusiastic, energetic and have an Yukon and First Nations in Yukon and I know how to listen, to govern, to set open mind. I’m approachable and love B.C. As a departmental director, part policy and to get things done effectively to engage in conversation with people of my role was to read and summarize and efficiently. of all ages. I love Creston and I’m willing technical reports from consultants and I am committed to improving our to do whatever it takes to continue the prepare briefing notes for councils and quality of life by supporting growth positive success and growth of our present at community consultation that encourages economic vitality, community. sessions. As a director of lands and provides housing opportunities, Bill Hutchinson: My 26 years of resources and municipal advisor, respects the environment and builds experience as chief administrative officer I participated in formulating official communities with good schools and for the Town of Creston offer me what I community plans. As a verifier for First safe neighbourhoods. think has to be unsurpassed knowledge of Nation land codes, I oversee the process With only a short period left in the the issues that concern the town. of First Nations taking on responsibility for remaining town council term (about

www.ilovecreston.com June 2017 16 months) I have the ability to of increases in expenditures must 3. What are some notable fast-track into the position, make a be carried mainly by homeowners. initiatives of the current council, and difference, and complement the town However, our tax rate is only slightly how will you make them successful? council team. It’s about the doing and higher than the provincial average for Adam Casemore: I like the team getting it done. towns this size, which is due to creative that is in place. There have been some financial planning. very positive things they have done 2. What are the biggest challenges The recent increase in population for Creston and the Creston Valley in facing the town? to over 5,000 has meant that policing the past term they have served. They Adam Casemore: I don’t believe costs have risen substantially, affecting are all there to ensure progression and that there are a lot of big challenges. tax rates. Our fire hall is inadequate positive changes that will help keep Obviously funding plays a big part in in size and presents an unsafe Creston moving towards a brighter and the community and there is only so work environment, meaning that a better future. I would like to be part much allocated for certain projects, referendum must be held to ask for of that team and I would make them groups and organizations. Every taxpayer support to borrow money to successful by bringing different ideas community or municipality has its trials build a new one. or perspectives to the table, involve and tribulations. Taxes are always a Hugh Taylor: Maintaining viability of and incorporate some of the young big concern to a lot of people, and small businesses. Creating more jobs population, and make sure everyone upgrading infrastructure plays a major to decrease migration or commuting to in Creston has a fair representation. role in that. Community awareness is distant areas to work. Most importantly, work together as a another challenge; for example, Rotary Scott Veitch: Maintaining team. I’m very much so a team player helped to build an excellent washroom excellent levels of services and asset — I’ve played hockey my whole life facility at Centennial Park and it took a management for the Town of Creston and have a Canadian national junior select few to give it the wrong kind of within a financially constrained hockey championship under my belt to recognition it deserved and didn’t think environment are always challenges prove it. of the repercussions it caused for the of major importance. Taxes are Bill Hutchinson: As to notable users of that park. paramount on everyone’s mind. But initiatives, choosing the right property Bill Hutchinson: Some of the again, so is our quality of life. How and construction of a new fire hall, its primary challenges facing the town does the council provide people cost and resulting tax burden to the today are growth and taxes. what they deserve (want and need) taxpayers is probably paramount. Signe Miller: Creston’s tax base is and maintain prudent and fiscal Signe Miller: Getting control of mostly residential, meaning the burden responsibility? It’s a tough equation. a few blocks of our main street has Have you heard? When it is time to castrate your yearling, we recommend tenus shots both before and at the time of castration and the use of anesthetic for relief of pain. Take advantage of our Yearling (up to 18 months) Castration Special – on now through August 31st Includes: Castration - regularly $281.24+GST, Tetanus Vaccine X 2 = $29.20+GST, Pain meds & antibiotics = $47.40+GST A great value at $357.84+GST… Your Hometown Vet! but now only $229.99+GST 1605 Dogwood St., Creston 250-428-9494 Save $127.85+GST www.crestonvet.com Don’t leave your horse(s) behind! Call today!

June 2017 www.ilovecreston.com been a longtime problem — big trucks Scott Veitch: The recent Official the maintenance of the town’s bringing dust, noise and accident Community Plan is one of the more infrastructure (i.e. streets, parks, danger to the core of our community. notable initiatives of council. It is sewage treatment plant), all Councillors have been successful in Creston’s road map for the future while endeavouring to keep taxes getting a commitment from the Ministry — it’s about public collaboration, affordable. As Creston is historically of Transportation and Infrastructure for consultation and co-operation in a haven for retirees, as councillor, the upcoming redirection of trucks down setting out our policy and forward I would be committed to using my to Cook Street, which will allow for more directions. Without this plan, our experience to making it an affordable greening and improved safety. I will visions are only dreams. We need to place to live in. support this. get the green light to make it a go. Hugh Taylor: Create longer, The new Official Community Plan It’s a good thing for Creston and I will pet-friendly, level walking trails with is a document that was developed work with the team to make it happen. benches and interpretive signage, from extensive consultation with the Creston has spoken. It’s not about preferably in forest areas, such as community, and with the advice of a a learning experience — it’s time to utilizing the highway bypass right of volunteer group that I was a member of, show the results. way. Make the downtown core more for the past year. I’ll see it work. pedestrian friendly, possibly by making Hugh Taylor: Physician recruitment: 4. What changes would make Canyon Street a one-way street and Keep in touch with the physicians that Creston a better place to live? Cook Street one-way the other way as come to Creston and conduct exit Adam Casemore: There are no big far as 7-Eleven. interviews with those that leave to changes in my eyes that would make Signe Miller: More green spaces ensure I understand what attracts them Creston a better place to live. There downtown. Senior-friendly walkways, and what makes them leave. is always room for improvements that benches and good lighting. Less truck Community recreation complex park: would enhance living in Creston and I traffic on Canyon Street. Mixed-sized Ensure that it is completed and explore want nothing more than to play a part and -priced housing for all abilities. ways of linking it with green areas. in contributing to those. Creston is a Employment opportunities. Youth engagement strategy: beautiful place and has so much to Scott Veitch: Economic Maintain communication with youth to offer, from the picturesque views and development would lessen taxes and ensure what is being done is beneficial scenery, to the delicious fruit, vegetables provide us with more resources for and supported by youth. and meat it produces, and best of all not only daily operations but to help Strategic community energy and the people who make this a desirable fund Creston to be a more connected emissions planning: Ensure that this is community and not just a town. and enjoyable community. Continued an ongoing exercise to stay current with Bill Hutchinson: For years, public engagement and proactive new ideas and technology. Creston was held up as an example involvement will also strengthen our Water conservation: Increase at the Union of BC Municipalities town. We need the capable sewers monitoring of water use and explore for its stewardship of the taxpayers’ and we need the safe walkways. It’s a incentives to use less water. dollars while still focusing on fine balance. 

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