Bringing the FREE Creston Valley together. February 2014 Shoot to Thrill Creston hunters take aim at TV stardom Creston Valentine’s Museum Sports Day Name game illuminates Hodder among vets Transforming husbands local history enjoying T-Cats’ success into heroes National Burn Prevention Week February 2 to 8, 2014 Matches and lighters are tools for grown ups, Playing with matches and lighters is one of the leading causes of and not toys to be played with. Reinforce the concept that like power tools or knives, re deaths to young children. the match is a tool with specic uses, such as lighting a stove , a candle or a campre. The vast majority of these burn injuries are preventable. Discuss GOOD FIRES and BAD FIRES and how matches and lighters are to be used in a Cooling the burned area will lessen the severity responsible manner. of the injury if the procedure is performed immediately following the burn incident. Discuss the importance of keeping all matches and lighters stored high out of Flush with cool water for 10 to 15 minutes. the reach of young children. It reduces the NEVER use ice, ointment or butter. temptation to experiment with res. If need IF BURN IS SEVERE CALL 9-1-1 be, lock up matches and lighters. Discuss strategies for children on how they When using water taps, turn COLD water on rst. can get out of situations that involve re Then add HOT water and adjust the temperature. setting and peer pressure. Dene issues Reverse the order when turning water o: HOT water rst, then the COLD water. such as arson and law, children taking responsibility for res setting actions, Always test young children’s bath and sink paying restitutions and making good before using. When bathing children, never choices. leave them unattended as they may turn on the hot water or slip in your absence. Be very careful when drinking HOT liquids, Hot water scalds are the leading especially around children. At 60 C° (140° F) it takes less than ve seconds to get a third cause of burns to young children. degree (full thickness) burn. Children and older The vast majority of these burns adults, by virtue of their thinner skin, sustain severe burns at lower temperatures and in less injuries are preventable. time than an adult. For more information visit www.creston.ca - Fire Department page or visit www.burnprevention.org contents magazine Sales Sally Hall cell: 250.402-9111 [email protected] Graphic Design/Sales Wendy Franz cell: 250.402.8711 [email protected] Financials/Sales Justin Ziola cell: 250.428.6772 [email protected] The Magazine I Love Creston Magazine feature story is produced monthly and distributed free of charge by Ready, aim, fire! I Love Creston Marketing Ltd. 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Chief but we were hunting harder,” Hills From the editor executive officer Steve Shore created says. “We would take a week off and the show to give aspiring outdoors spend the whole week in the bush. ndrew Hills had a lot of personalities an opportunity to experience as a shooter but now “We ended up getting very, very, A break into the television business. he knows what it’s like to be shot – very good footage. We have a lot of with a camera, at least. Video from eight teams chosen neat stuff to show.” to compete in the contest will be The lifelong hunter found himself The kill comprises only a small edited into 13 weekly episodes set to on the business end of a lens portion of what they hope to begin running March 3. Each team’s during filming for a reality TV portray about the sport. share of the air time depends largely program featuring him and three on the quantity – and quality – of “A lot of people don’t necessarily other Creston residents, who the footage they send in. show a lot of the aspect of the whole also happened to be doing the hunt, like getting into these places “We usually try to get three teams videotaping. Their exploits in the and showing what you’ve got to in each episode,” says Shore, of backwoods of the valley can be seen do with horses and everything like Windsor, Ont. “That being said, if on Wild TV beginning next month. that,” he says. “That’s neater than it is like every other year there will Post-hunt interview segments the five kill shots in a half-hour. be many teams that will, say, only quartet set up in a friend’s workshop get one hunt in and maybe a couple “It’s not just for hunting. We have proved to be a little self-conscious more that will only get two or three quite a bit of stuff where we’re not but in the great outdoors they were on film, so there will be teams shooting things. It’s nice to show largely able to let their guard down that get way more who get more people (who) might not necessarily and be themselves. footage.” like the killing aspect of hunting a “In the heat of the moment you whole bunch of neat bear footage, or Evaluations are based on the quality don’t think of it as much because cows and calves and stuff like that – of the camera work as well as the you’re just trying to get it on film,” to be able to show what’s happening entertainment value of the finished Hills says. “You’re just trying to get in the bush, the circumstances you product. the animal and the best views.” get in. “The judges really look at Hills was inspired to enter the “We’re hoping that we gave them everything,” Shore says. “Most of realm of reality TV last spring while enough to be on every episode.” the judges are producers from the watching the inaugural season outdoor industry that have been The privilege of vying for the title of of The Search, a half-hour show around 10-plus years. We do not “Canada’s next outdoor star” didn’t featuring groups of hunters from limit or tell them how to judge come cheaply – the entry fee was across Canada who submit their except they need to give a number, $3,500, to offset editing costs – but own footage, then wait for the votes one to 10. the potential reward was considered to roll in from online polling and worth the risk. a panel of expert judges. The story “The voting is done throughout the of how he came to qualify a team entire season. Then it is tallied at the “I would like to be able to quit my for the 2014 season is the February end. The prize, given by Wild TV, is job and do this,” Hill says. “That’s cover story in I Love Creston. for an entire 13-week season.” why I went and did it. It was a big foot in the door.” Hills, his wife, his dad and a Yes, the winning team gets its own friend – calling themselves High TV show in 2015, which proved Learn more about High Country Country Adrenaline – hunted as to be a serious motivator for Adrenaline in subsequent pages, much as they could from September High Country Adrenaline, whose then follow the team all season on through early January, recording members were outdoors addicts to Facebook and its Web site. their experiences for submission begin with. 4 February 2014 www.ilovecreston.com feature The Search has Creston quartet in its crosshairs Outdoorsmen in the hunt for reality TV prize f you set your sights low enough, in a reality program boasting that couple ads” for a program called The Ior so the saying goes, you can hit “Canada’s next outdoor star will be Search, says the Creston resident.