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It was delightful to see them be able to tell its story on page 20. and fall began. The getting an early start on exploration — There is much more great content late September and having so much fun doing it! in this month’s issue, from Mayor Ron temperature change Of course, hiking and exploring aren’t Toyota reflecting on his nine years at was a bit of a the only activities that go on outdoors, Town Hall to fantastic fall fair photos by BRIAN LAWRENCE shock, but certainly and in her column this month, Creston Ethan Greentree to Mel Joy describing a welcome one. I enjoyed a lot of time Museum manager Tammy Bradford some of the fibre arts that bring colour at the beach this summer, but always offers us a look at local baseball teams to the community. under the haze of smoke from B.C.’s in the 1930s. It was a pretty big deal, and If you’d like to read something more worst-ever forest fire season, and it’s offered a chance for some creativity, as serious, don’t miss Lower Kootenay nice to see some cooler, wetter weather you’ll see by the names of some teams. Band Chief Jason Louie’s column, that should help quell the flames. Here in Creston, we also enjoy outdoor which describes how racism is alive and Of course, that means digging out entertainment, particularly on the stage at well in amateur and professional sports. the fall clothes and bundling up, just Milennium Park, which has been a venue His opinion provides some excellent as the kids in the Kootenay Nature for theatre, music, weddings and more. and timely food for thought. School had when I paid a recent visit The seating has been less than stellar, Until next month, enjoy the early to prepare this month’s cover feature. I so the Creston Rotary Club decided to days of autumn! 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Your Premium Apple Providers Record all your Your PC Repair Specialists Lectric Ave favorite moments Electronics 1017 Canyon Street, Creston Relaunch Certified Apple Repair Store Phone: (250) 428-7873 Visit us online at lectricave.com School in the GREAT OUTDOORS STORY AND PHOTOS BY BRIAN LAWRENCE Canyon-Lister Elementary School, Twice a week, the facilitators — I Love Creston Editor where participants can be found armed with little more than magnifying n a time when it’s become running around with items such as glasses, buckets and trowels — lead Icommonplace to see children berries, leaves and snail shells in their dozen charges into the forest, hunched over smartphones and their hands. where they explore, sings songs and tablets, the Creston Kids Outside “I think it’s the most natural thing for play games, finishing the day with a Society is offering an alternative: a kids, really,” says Zavallennahh Young. brief discussion and a mug of tea. connection with the outdoors. The “It’s development appropriate,” society’s Kootenay Nature School adds Kristina Leidums. “Kids get to Above: Kootenay Nature School facilitator runs on a parcel of land behind be kids.” Kristina Leidums with a young participant. Kootenay Nature School facilitators Kristina Leidums (left) and Zavallennahh Young with their students. The current session runs Sept. 19- as Goat River, Summit Creek Park That, combined with parents’ interest, Nov. 23, so the group will have a lot or Kuskonook Beach — to splash inspired the duo to go a step further. to discuss as fall progresses and in the water and explore under “We had a lot of interested parents winter sets in. logs. In March, the society hosted a say, ‘When are you going to start “Our aim is to be outside in all successful day camp at Schikurski a forest school?’ ” says Leidums. weather,” says Leidums. “They really Park, an event that saw some “People were really enjoying getting love the adventure of that. If it rains and children getting used to the concept together and seeing their kids running you set up a tarp to huddle under, they of falling to the ground and picking around. ... There’s a magic that love that.” themselves up. happens when you have kids running The nature school grew out of “Kids will reflect parents’ around together.” the group events that Creston Kids attitudes,” says Young. “There were Leidums was already familiar with Outside started offering about a year a few kids who were not into being the forest school concept; her brother ago, with preschoolers meeting in a dirty, and by the end they were is a program director with Fernie’s different place each week — such covered in mud.” Outdoor Connections. She’s a teacher specializing in geography and outdoor experiential and ecological education, and has a background as an outdoor educator and guide, canoing, hiking, biking and exploring with children and adults. The Ontario www.ilovecreston.com October 2017 native came to Creston in 2009 after working as a dog sled guide in the Yukon, and met her husband here. Young, who was raised in the Creston Valley, had a scientist mother, who always urged her children to explore the outdoors. A musician, she began working 20 years ago with Salt Spring Island’s Wisdom of the Earth, and will take wilderness training through that nature school this year and next.