Author Archives: Shawn Wernig

For many years, readers would come to me with thoughts about this column, ‘Robservations’. It was one of the first things they read each week. Kind of a touchy-feely sort of adventure. That has all changed now. Watson has become...
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I am pretty proud of The Valley Peak and the fact that I have a voice in our commu-nity. It feels good telling folks what I do for a living. One of the questions I hear most often is, “Where...
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Life brings many changes. I grew up in a small West Kootenay town (Castlegar) which is quite similar to Invermere. Lots of outdoor activities such as camping, fishing, hiking, hunting, swimming, boating, biking, golfing and more. But like most youth,...
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I saw an interesting video clip the other day and it totally made sense. It was about depression and what is a major cause of it. They narrowed it down to a single word, ‘comparison’. As humans, we spend a...
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Are you a good person? That is a pretty open-ended question with many different aspects to it. Do you do what you know is the right thing every chance you get? Or maybe you are a fairly good person who...
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Be grateful and gracious, not jealous. Life brings us all kinds of twists and turns every day. It is quite the journey and we all hope to find joy and happiness. But our brains seem to get in the way...
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Be polite, respectful, open, honest and sincere out there. Pretty basic concepts that can help you develop strong personal and business relationships. Hold a door open, help someone carry something, say “Please” and “Thank You” whenever you can. Folks enjoy...
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We live so much of our lives within our own tiny little brains. Any number of people can be at the same event and every one of them will have a different opinion of what was happening. Some people will...
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Summer brings employment to many students in the valley. For some of them, a summer job is their first experience with working for a wage. It can be a very nervous time for any of us to go to a...
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