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From the Editor family, which was split up during the Either way, the facts are available, so elcome to the First World War (the children were cast y our vote based on those! WNovember already living with relatives in England On the artistic side... The Therapeutic issue! We’re always while their father, a widower, went to Activation Program for Seniors and excited to keep you war), and examines the local coverage Cresteramics Society have teamed up informed about the — or, rather, lack thereof — of the for art classes taught by Win Dinn and goings-on in the Korean War. Eileen Gidman, and TAPS community Creston Valley, and Elsewhere in the issue, Creston liaison Maureen Cameron tells us all there’s a lot to check Mayor Ron Toyota explains the facts about that partnership. Later this month, BRIAN LAWRENCE out this month. behind the proposal for a new fire hall. the arts council is hosting its annual With Remembrance Day coming It’s a costly venture — a successful Christmas market, and Footlighters will up this month, we once again turned December referendum would allow be debuting a local retelling of Hansel to Creston Museum manager Tammy borrrowing up to $6.1 million — but one and Gretel. And Carmen Ditzler gives us Bradford to help us out. Her knowledge that would help ensure the health of the scoop on wet felting. of Canada’s role in the world wars is firefighters and safety of our community. As you flip through the pages, you’ll practically encyclopedic, so it’s always As the mayor explains, some of the cost also come across contributions by the a sure bet you’ll learn something new. could be offset by grants — the town Creston Valley Thunder Cats, the ag In her monthly column, she takes us on and local Regional District of Central society’s Randy Meyer and a few health a tour of the European war sites and Kootenay areas have obtained nearly practitioners. After all, variety is the memorials she visited while on vacation $14.8 million in grants in the past nine spice of life — and we don’t lack variety in the spring. In her contributions to years (as he explained in his column in here in the Creston Valley! DEPARTMENTS YOGA ABATTOIR Four teachers offering classes for all Chuckureese processing poultry on levels at Yoga Room. Lister farm. 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Stephanie Derraugh teaches beginner classes, as well as youth and therapeutic yoga, Gail Thompson teaches classical and intermediate classes (as well as a closed session for health care professionals), and Denise Dumas teaches advanced classes. Minichiello’s specialty lies in therapeutic yoga, dealing with issues from chronic pain to injuries sustained in car accidents, helping others to focus on more than just physicality by looking inside. “You can really help people,” says Minichiello, a certified yoga therapist. www.ilovecreston.com “Yoga therapy is a whole mind and body thing. ... It’s about what’s going on inside — what brings you joy? That’s why we laugh a lot. “It’s not that you can fix people. It’s about acceptance. You can help people come to terms with things.” She offers therapy both in classes and one-on-one (the latter through her other business, Breathing Space Yoga), giving instruction that focuses more on increased or improved mobility rather than a general set of yoga poses. “I help people move out of pain, move purely and start to be able to walk again,” she says. “It’s kind of yoga deconstructed. It’s more function over form, for sure.” Minichiello, who was raised in Burnaby, has lived in Creston for about 30 years, having come to town with her husband, Rick, when he was apprenticing as an accountant. Prior to moving to the Kootenays, she worked in the forestry industry, which took her all over the province, and settling in Creston gave her the opportunity to finally try yoga. “I’d always wanted to do it, but I was from a family that didn’t do that stuff,” she says. She started in Gary Smith’s class, and then, after a break, took Thompson’s class, which further piquing her curiosity. “I really liked her and wanted to know more — and the way to know more is to take teacher training.” That led her to the South Okanagan Yoga Association, visiting regularly for two years in order to earn the 500 hours that would allow her to become Barb Minichiello owns the Yoga Room, a teacher. She began teaching in 2012 where she teaches, along with Gail at the now-defunct Creston Valley Thompson (pictured on the cover), Yoga Studio, and later moved to a Stephanie Derraugh and Denise Dumas. location above the Family Practice clinic. For a second 500 hours, she www.ilovecreston.com November 2017 studied yoga as therapy at Kelowna’s “I’ve found I’m more spacious says. “Everyone should have yoga Trinity Yoga School, graduating in 2014. inside,” she says. accessible if they want it.” Minichiello most recently trained at Knowing the benefits firsthand, And through that, she’ll be able to the Essential Yoga Therapy School in Minichiello adds that she’s happy to continue “making people laugh and Seattle, Wash., earning certification as work with participants who may not be helping them to help themselves feel a yoga therapist this year after studying able to afford the full price for classes.