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Infrastructure plan warns of $20 million funding shortfallKeith McNeill

District of Clearwater could face a $22 million budget shortfall in 20 years if it doesn’t start spending more on infrastruc-ture.

That was the blunt assessment contained in the District’s infrastructure master plan recently completed by Urban Systems.

According to the consultants, the munici-pality presently invests $200,000 per year on infrastructure, when it should be spending $1.3 million.

The master plan recognizes that it would not be practical for capital funding to attain sustainable levels in the near term.

However, it outlines a number of steps needed to address the funding shortfall in the longer term.

For example, it gives two scenarios for water rates.

The first would keep rate increases at or near minimum. The second would be above minimum, allowing reserves to grow.

The first water rate scenario would see five per cent increases in 2013 and 2014, followed by 10 per cent increases each year from 2015 to 2019, reducing to five per cent per year from 2020 to about 2032.

This scenario would require that major distribution upgrades be delayed until near the end of the 20-year capital planning period.

The second water rate scenario would see a five per cent increase in 2013, fol-lowed by a 15 per cent increase per year from 2014 to 2018. Increases from 2019 to 2032 would drop to five per cent per year.

The second scenario would allow upgrades to happen sooner, plus would provide more flexibility if another well and/or improved treatment is needed.

The five per cent increase in water rates for 2013 included in both scenarios would amount to $16 per household.

The report points out that roads and sidewalks could be maintained at a lower level to save money. However, if the assets are allowed to degrade too much, costs could be substantially more in the long run.

General revenues would have to increase by five per cent this year, 10 per cent in 2014, 15 per cent in 2015, and 10 per cent per year from 2016 to 2019 to follow a replacement strategy.

The report recommends that, if a choice must be made, focusing on water utility rate increases rather than general revenue funded projects. Safe water and adequate fire protection should have higher priority than roads and sidewalks, it argues.

Last Tuesday town council approved an 8.5 per cent increase in water tolls plus an eight per cent increase in sewer tolls. The two increases together would amount to

$45 per year for a house in Weyerhaeuser subdivision.

The District is presently developing its five-year financial plan. Input to let council know what the community’s priorities are is invited. An open house for a draft bud-get presentation and a chance to provide input will be held Tuesday, April 9, in the District hall, 2 - 4 p.m. and 6 - 8 p.m.

Having a happy EasterAndrew Harris holds up one of the treats he found (as he eats another) during Clearwa-ter Volunteer Fire Department’s first annual Easter egg hunt on Friday, March 29. Close to 200 people, young and old, turned out for the event. For more photos, see page A11 inside. Photo by Keith McNeill

Graph shows the relative replacement cost of the four main elements of District of Clearwater’s infrastructure. Total value of the four elements is $75.2 million. District of Clearwater graphic

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Clearwater town council gave third and final reading on March 26 to zoning changes and official communiy plan amendments to the property on Strawberry Flats occu-pied by Clearwater Towing Ltd.

The five ha parcel is presently zoned I-3 (general industrial), with a small property by the bridge zoned C-1 (retail commercial).

The portion of the parcel by the corner of Swanson Road and Station Road is being changed to C-2 (service commercial) to allow creation of a new auto repair busi-ness.

A larger portion of the parcel is being changed to CR-1 (country residential) to enable construction of a house.

Only one letter was received arguing against the changes. Neighbors Gilbert and Lynda Fuller felt that, because the area is in a floodplain, it was not a suit-ible location for an auto wrecker’s yard. They also felt the develop-ment would have a negative effect on wildlife.

No other opposition was record-ed and no one spoke during a pub-lic hearing held before the council meeting, either for or against.

Clearwater Youth Week committee members celebrate as they receive a $1,458 cheque from United Way (made out to project leader Katie Bieber). Pictured are (l-r) United Way youth in-vestment committee member Sana Khan, United Way board member Tania Vig, Clearwater stu-dents Katie Bieber, Dane Flegel, Bobbi Foulkes, Kaylee Ash and Kaylee Hudema, Interior Saving representative Sonya Barker, and Telus repre-sentative Bert Braybrook. The presentation by United Way, with partners Interior Savings and Telus, was made March 2 in the Kamloops Art Gallery. It was one of 11 totalling $12,500 given to youth groups in the region. Recipients were aged seven to 25 and represented Kamloops, Williams Lake, Merritt, Cache Creek, Logan Lake and Pinantan Lake as well as Clearwater.Photo by Hugo Yuen

Map shows re-zoning for property on the Strawberry Flats. Part will become C-2 to allow an auto repair business, and part will become CR-1 to allow construction of a residence. District of Clearwater graphic

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Are you thinking of starting or expanding your garden this year? Is the local food sustain-ability movement finally being heard?

Come out for a wonderful day, our seventh annual Seedy Saturday on April 13. Doors will open at 9 a.m for a discussion about killer compost (made with manure from animals that have eaten feed containing certain herbicides). The display and sale will be 10 a.m. – 2 p.m. As usual, entry to this event will be by donation.

There are a growing number of Seedy Saturdays and Sundays being held successfully across the country every year. This year there will be over 150 such events in Canada.

First up will be an information table with master gardeners who have volunteered their time to answer questions you might have about your own garden or gardening in general. We will have at least four gardeners bringing seed-lings and bedding plants. Rooted by the River will have Stellar Seeds and sprouting seeds available. These will be B.C. grown organic seeds. There will be an information table on genetically modified seeds and how to make your yard, garden or farm more “bee” safe. The Farmers’ Market table will give you infor-mation on becoming part of the market this year.

Please try to bring your own cup to reduce/reuse/recycle – it will be worth your while! North Thompson Garden Club will run the

Seedy Cafe this year and there will be room for you to sit and chat over a cuppa.

If you will be bringing seeds for the exchange table, please put them in paper envelopes marked with the seed type, variety and anything you know about growing them out. Put your name on the package too please. Bulbs or plants should be packaged up clean and dry to be taken home and also well marked. If you have seed catalogues or magazines to share that you want returned, please put your name on them.

Remember to pre-book your space as we are filling up fast. Commercial tables are $10 – a price that has not changed since we started put-ting on this event. Information or non-profit tables are free. For more information, to volun-teer, or to book a table, please contact Suzanne Gravelle by email at [email protected] or Anne Baker at 250-674-3444.

Hailey Lepine (l) gets sworn in as a member of Clearwater’s Junior Council by District chief adminis-trative officer Leslie Groulx during a town council meeting held March 26. Lepine was elected activities coordinator and Katie Bieber elected secretary on Clearwater Secondary School’s students’ council recently to replace students who had moved away. The Junior Council provides input on youth-related subjects to the regular council, plus helps educate young people on how local government works. Photo by Keith McNeill

Council Notes: New highway rescue truck on the wayKeith McNeill

During its March 26 meeting, Clearwater town council waived its usual requirement for the issuance of a request for proposal for purchases over $100,000 to allow the purchase of a new truck for Clearwater and District Highway Rescue Society.

Due to the specific truck requirements and limited number of suppliers, council instead went for three quotes researched by the society for the vehicle.

The 1992 Ford highway rescue truck presently being used by the society needs to be replaced, council was told.

The society receives funding from the Thompson-Nicola Regional District to provide highway rescue services to the District of Clearwater, Wells Gray Country (Area A) and Thompson Headwaters (Area B).

The TNRD board earlier waived a similar RFP requirement for the purchase.

Through diligent management and

some federal gas tax funding, the society has enough in its reserves to purchase and outfit a new vehicle.

The three quotes (not including taxes) were: Rocky Mountain Phoenix, $185,000; Fort Garry Fire Trucks, $165,000; and Hub Fire Engines and Equipment, $137,051.

“What really impressed me was how much they’ve set aside for the project,” said Mayor John Harwood.

Council buys carbon offsetsClearwater council approved the pur-

chase of 185 tonnes of carbon offsets from Pacific Carbon Trust.

At $25 per tonne, the offsets would total $4,625. However, a carbon tax rebate from the provincial government of $4,147 would reduce the cost for the District to become carbon neutral to $478.

Director of finance Shirley Thiessen noted that this the first year that munici-palities have had to buy carbon offsets.

School districts have been doing so for several years.

Mayor John Harwood suggested that the question of carbon offsets could be taken to the Union of BC Municipalities.

District of Clearwater signed onto the BC Climate Action Charter in 2008. Under the charter, the municipality pledged to be carbon neutral by 2012.

Money for NT Pony ClubLinda Ludbrook approached council

to ask for $1,500 to help outfit the North Thompson Pony Club.

The club, which is a branch of the Canadian Pony Club, started last year with four members and this year has eight, she said.

The money would be used primarily for safety gear, such as safety vests, a first aid kit, and breakaway jump caps.

The group meets every two weeks dur-ing winter in people’s homes. Practices are held at Spedding Thoroughbreds’ indoor arena.

Membership is not limited to those owning ponies (under 13.5 hands), Ludbrook said.

As with other such requests, council took the request under advisement, with a decision to be made at a later council meeting.

Propane for Dutch Lake SchoolCouncil approved awarding the con-

tract to provide propane to the former Dutch Lake School to Superior Propane.

The District plans to convert the school into a community center containing both the municipal offices and the Community Resource Center. A lease agreement with School District 73 took effect on April 1.

Superior presently supplies propane for the Sportsplex and so staff was able to negotiate a bulk purchase program, said chief administrative officer Leslie Groulx.

Propane from Superior would cost 49.9 cents per litre as compared to 59 cents per litre for propane from Super Save, the present supplier for the school.

Seedy Saturday coming on April 13New activities coordinator

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Construction under way at North Thompson Sportsplex MLA Terry Lake along with Mayor John Harwood, Thompson-Nicola Regional District Area “A” Director Tim Pennell and several members of the girls’ hockey teams were part of the ground breaking ceremony at the North Thompson Sportsplex Dressing Room Expansion project. This project came about when the girls’ hockey team made a request to Council for more dressing rooms at the Sportsplex. They reported that more girls and women were coming out to play hockey every year and they expressed the need for more space and privacy. Staff took their request under consideration, applied for funding and have moved forward on the dressing room expansion. The expected completion date for this project is August 2013. Improving Seniors Mobility in Clearwater Seniors are a growing segment of the population in the District of Clearwater. From 2001-2011, the greater Clearwater area experienced a 53% increase in the population 65 years and older. This increase had led the District of Clearwater to work towards becoming an age-friendly community, which will allow seniors to remain in the area and help the community maintain its high quality of life. The District of Clearwater and the UNBC Community Development Institute (CDI) will lead the project. The Clearwater Age-Friendly Committee and its member organizations, Wells Gray Seniors Society, Friendly Club, Wells Gray Country Services, Yellowhead Community Services and Interior Health Authority, will play an integral part in guiding and implementing the project. “We know that improving mobility in the community will assist seniors to remain physically healthy and socially engaged, which will contribute to their well-being,” stated Leslie Groulx, Chief Administrative Officer for the District of Clearwater. “We want to ensure that our seniors can move easily around our community – to shop, attend programs, get together with friends and family, or visit the doctor and other health care professionals.” “The work we do in Clearwater will provide a model for other communities to explore mobility issues and assist with planning services and programs,” said Marleen Morris, Associate Director of the CDI. “This will enable communities to support seniors to age-in-place so that they can continue to enjoy the quality of life and strong networks that are common in rural areas,” For further information contact: Leslie Groulx, Chief Administrative Officer, District of Clearwater at 250 674-2257 or [email protected] Marleen Morris, Associate Director, UNBC Community Development Institute at 250 960-9806 or [email protected]. Wells Gray Community Forest Funding Opportunity The Wells Gray Community Forest has been accepting applications for funding projects with up to $100,000 available for distribution. Decisions on successful applicants will be made by April 15th, 2013. BC Safety Authority is Increasing Online Services Starting April 15th, you will no longer be able to access BC Safety Authority services, such as installation permits for home or business, through the District of Clearwater. You will continue to be able to access BC Safety Authority Services through our contact centre at 1-866-566-7233 or by visiting one of their offices. New online services will be available through MyConnection at wwwsafetysuthority.ca as of the following dates: For Contractors: April 29 For Homeowners: May 13 Upcoming Events April 9th, 2013 – 2013 Five Year Financial Plan Open House Upcoming Meetings of Council April 16th, 2013 – Committees of the Whole – Parks and Recreation and Infrastructure – 5:00pm April 16th, 2013 – Regular Council meeting – 7:00pm

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Roundabout Open House The District of Clearwater will be holding a public informational open house to discuss a proposal to construct a roundabout at the existing intersection of Highway 5 and Clearwater Valley Road and Park Drive. Representatives from the Ministry of Transportation and Infrastructure will be present to explain how a roundabout works, give statistics and answer questions. The Open House will be held between 2:00pm-4:00pm and between 6:00 to 8:00pm Wednesday March 7th, 2012 at the Clearwater Secondary School Pit. Your input will guide our decisions. 2012-2016 Financial Plan Public Input The District of Clearwater is preparing its Five Year Financial Plan for the period of 2012-2016 and would like public input. Members of the community are encouraged to contribute input at any meeting or by dropping information at the District office or email Sheila Thiessen, Director of Finance at [email protected]. There will a public presentation of the Draft Financial Plan on April 3rd, 2012. District Grant in Aid Policy The Council of the District of Clearwater recognizes the value to the community of local clubs, groups, nonprofit organizations and charities. Applications for grants-in-aid must be made in writing addressed to the Finance and Audit Committee by April 30th, each calendar year in which the grant is required. The application shall state the reason for the request and a brief outline of the consequences if the grant is not approved. All grant applications shall declare requests that have been made to other governments/agencies the amounts applied for and the amount expected to be received. Grant in Aid forms are available at the District office. ICBC/Motor Vehicle “Insuring your teens? Make sure you have the right coverage” Did you know, ICBC offers an Excess Special Equipment endorsement? It insures permanently attached non-manufacturer's equipment worth more than $5,000, or permanently attached sound and communication equipment worth more than $1,000 for most passenger and light commercial vehicles. Historical Photos The District of Clearwater is looking for old photos depicting the Municipal Hall and other landmarks of Clearwater. Bring your old photos in and we will scan and return immediately. The best ones will be put up on the website. Items to Note

Interior Crisis Line - 1-888-353-CARE (2273). Call2Recycle box recycling batteries and cell phones at the District office

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Upcoming Events March 7th – Roundabout Open House March 9th – Raft Mountain Skating Club – Dr. Seuss & Friends performance May 12th - Household Hazardous Waste Round up May 13th - “Free” Dump Day at Clearwater Landfill Upcoming Meetings of Council March 6th, 2012 – Parks and Recreation meeting – 5:00pm March 6th, 2012 – Regular Council meeting – 7:00pm March 20th, 2012 – Economic Development meeting – 5:00pm March 20th, 2012 – Regular Council meeting – 7:00pm

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Editor, The Times:The National

Farmers Union in Ontario has called for a national day of action for April 9, 2013 to stop the com-mercial release of GM (genetically modified) alfalfa – www.nfu.ca/issues/stop-genetically-modified-alfalfa

Alfalfa (commonly harvested as hay) is a high-protein forage fed to animals like dairy cows, beef cattle, lambs, poultry and pigs. It's also used to build nutrients and organic matter in the soil, making it par-

ticularly important for organic farming. If it's introduced, GM alfalfa will ruin export markets for alfalfa products, contaminate family farms, make it more difficult for farmers to control weeds, and threaten the future of organic food and farming in Canada.

Because alfalfa is a perennial plant that is pollinated by bees, genetically modified alfalfa will inevitably cross-pollinate with non-GM and organic alfalfa. Prairie farmers have already rejected

GM alfalfa for these reasons so now the industry is trying to introduce GM alfalfa in Eastern Canada.

I am one of many Canadians trying to eat healthier by supporting farmer's markets, trying to grow more of my own food and buying organic produce and products. While I live in Toronto, I support Canadian farmers who don't want GM alfalfa or other GM crops on their fields.

Consider visiting the web link above or visiting www.cban.ca to find out more about why you should be concerned about GM alfalfa and other GM crops. It would be appreciated if you would consider writing your MP and Minister Gerry Ritz – [email protected] regard-ing this important issue to Canadian agriculture.

Todd BuhrowsToronto, Ontario

Central North Thompson needs a good museumeditorial by keith mcNeill

Opinion“ We can do no great things — only small things with great love.”

- Mother Teresa, humanitarian

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Regarding GM alfalfa

Goldie Krawec made a good suggestion dur-ing last Tuesday's Clearwater town council meet-ing.

A longtime North Thompson history buff, Krawec said it is time for Clearwater and area to have its own museum.

This is an idea that's been around for a while. Ida Dekelver has operated her privately-owned Yellowhead Museum on the road to Wells Gray Park for many years. Unfortunately, it has been open only for limited hours for the past few years. Also, a flash flood several years ago almost washed away a good part of the collec-tion. Her grandson, Dennis Greffard, has talked about moving the museum to a better and more secure location, but faces the costs of finding the right site and constructing the right building.

Pete Miller also has a small museum in his antique store by the Flour Meadow Bakery. Quite a few items are for display only and not for sale.

Council only discussed Krawec's suggestion for a short while but the consensus seemed to be that a museum would be a good idea but the project really should be done by a non-profit society, local government, or a partnership of the two.

This makes sense. There are many grants from senior levels of government, foundations and so on that are available to non-profit soci-eties and local govrnments, but not to private entrepreneurs.

Also, many people with valuable memorabilia and other historic items would be more likely

to donate to a museum run by a society or local government than to one that is privately-owned.

Where to locate such a museum would be an important question. Here is a suggestion.

The five-acre Bampton Recreation Area next to Dutch Lake Beach consists of two parts. The lower part, next to the lake, was donated to the municipality in 2010 with the restriction that it be used only for park purposes. The upper part is zoned commercial and the District paid $450,000 for it.

The upper part is quite hilly but appears to consist of glacial debris – rocks, gravel and sand – no bedrock. It therefore should not be a big expense to level it off. Possibly, if the landowners are willing, the waste could be disposed of in the pothole on the other side of Highway 5.

A museum situated in that location would have a stunning view of Dutch Lake. If there was a restaurant attached, it would be easy to imagine busloads of tourists stopping for a meal and tour of the museum.

Such a structure also would help fill the gap between the older commercial center in the Brookfield Mall area and the new commercial center that appears to be developing along the highway.

The North Thompson Valley does not have a lot of historical artifacts when compared with Europe, Asia or even eastern Canada. That just means we need to do more to protect those we have. A modern, well-designed museum situated in a location where it could do the most good would be a major step in the right direction.

by Tom Fletcher

VICTORIA – The Pacific Carbon Trust orchestrated a months-long campaign of calls and letters to discredit a report from B.C.’s Auditor General on its first two big carbon off-set projects before it could be released.

Just as the audit report was about to be made public, the trust, a Crown corporation created at taxpayer expense, participated in the leaking of selected critical letters to media outlets.

Then the Speaker of the B.C. legislature, Bill Barisoff, made a final, clumsy effort to delay the release of the report.

As soon as it was out, Environment Minister Terry Lake tried to discredit it, by blustering about all the high-

ly paid experts who swore up and down that a forest reserve near Kootenay Lake, and a gas flaring reduction project near Fort Nelson, were bona fide carbon offsets worth $6 million of taxpayers’ money.

The audit states in plain language, with charts and time-lines, that the $6 million was basically given away for noth-ing. I look forward to further audits on this carbon offset scheme, assuming it survives after the May election, because these two projects aren’t the only boondoggles.

The Pacific Carbon Trust was set up in 2008 as part of former premier Gordon Campbell’s climate change pro-gram. To make the B.C. govern-ment’s operations “carbon neu-tral,” the government and all of its agencies were required to

pay the trust $25 per tonne for their carbon dioxide emissions from fuel use.

In 2011 alone, B.C. universi-ties paid $4.46 million to the trust. B.C.’s 60 school districts paid a total of $5.36 million the same year, and the province’s six health authorities paid $5.79 million. The money is supposed to go to projects that capture carbon, thus “offsetting” the heating of schools, the fuel burned by ambulances and so forth.

The 55,000-hectare forest reserve is known as Darkwoods. The audit shows that the Nature Conservancy of Canada decided in 2006 to buy it, using $25 million of federal taxpay-ers’ money. The deal closed in 2008, the same year the Pacific Carbon Trust was formed. Continued on page A6


By Terry Lake, Minister of Environment

VICTORIA – The report on carbon neutral government released last week by auditor general John Doyle has sparked debate about climate action and in particular, about the policy tools government can use in building its response.

Climate change is widely recognized as the greatest environmental threat facing society in this century – and has already cost B.C. millions of dollars in lost jobs, extreme weather events, health and safety impacts and stressed infrastructure. B.C. has shown leadership in standing up to this threat through its Climate Action Plan, and this leadership has not gone unnoticed.

Prominent articles in the Economist Magazine, the New York Times and the Los Angeles Times have pointed to the success of our policies and our economic growth - provin-cial greenhouse gas emissions fell 4.5 per cent from 2007 to 2010 while at the same time our GDP growth outpaced the Canadian average. Recently, both Oregon and Washington have expressed keen interest in learning more about our climate plans they prepare plans of their own.

In 2008, the B.C. government set the target for all public-sector organizations to become carbon neutral, which created awareness and incentives for energy conservation and emis-sion reduction projects.

The Province passed the B.C. emission offsets regulation and created Pacific Carbon Trust to regulate and develop the provincial offsets market. The B.C. public sector is the fifth-largest emitter of green-house gases (GHG) in the province.

The sector also spends nearly $400 million a year on energy. The obligation to lead is therefore good governance and good business – putting government's house in order as it asks businesses, communities and individuals to take action. And as B.C. steps up to and crosses this threshold of lead-ership it joins others taking action while there is still time to do so.

By including core govern-ment, school districts, health authorities, post-secondary institutions and Crown cor-porations, B.C. has engaged 300,000 public-sector employ-ees in a strategic conversation about climate change and the need for individual and collec-tive action.

Beyond that, the two million British Columbians who learn in, use or visit public sector institutions – 6,500 throughout B.C. - are included in the con-versation as well.

B.C.'s investments in carbon offsets support innovation, new jobs, economic opportuni-ties and green technologies in communities in the province. The revenue from offsets sales helps make clean technology projects a reality, resulting in economic and social benefits,

an economy ready to compete in a carbon-constrained world, and greenhouse gas emissions reductions.

Since 2007, B.C.'s offset investments have leveraged an estimated $300 million of private-sector investment in B.C. We are now well situated to attract additional investors who are purchasing offsets for voluntary and regula-tory markets. This means jobs and other economic benefits, and support for cleaner technologies to take root in our province.

A key accomplishment of our carbon neutral government program has been focusing attention on the costs of energy and working with public-sector organizations to reduce those costs through invest-ments in energy efficiency. Since 2008, B.C. has com-mitted $75 million in this regard and it expects annu-al energy cost savings of $12 million and substantial reductions in greenhouse gas emissions as a result. A new Kindergarten-to-Grade-12 capital innova-tion fund will drive further energy savings in school districts throughout the province.

Greenhouse gas emis-sions are an unfortunate byproduct of an old economic idea based on carbon-intensive fossil fuels. As the world strug-gles to come to grips with the effects of accelerating

climate change, B.C. is at the forefront of a new idea, a new economy, creating incentives for low carbon economic inno-vation. This kind of leadership isn't easy, and from time to time those who don't like what we're doing or who disagree with our approach will make themselves heard. The report

released this week signals that this is such a time.

Healthy and constructive debate is critical to good public policy.

While we disagree with the Auditor General, we genuinely welcome feedback that helps us further improve our leadership position on climate action.

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return yet?

Annie Nash: No, not yet. I'm waiting to get some information about where we are in our income tax bracket.

Richard Nash (with Echo):No, not yet. I'm wait-ing for information from Revenue Cana-da before I file.

Brett Meerman:Yes, because I have an accountant who does my taxes every year.

Katelyn Boudreau (with Dominic):Yes, I just took it into H&R.

Austin Greene: No, I just haven't got around to it yet.

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Climate action as leadership: The view from B.C.


Editor, The Times:The National

Farmers Union in Ontario has called for a national day of action for April 9, 2013 to stop the com-mercial release of GM (genetically modified) alfalfa – www.nfu.ca/issues/stop-genetically-modified-alfalfa

Alfalfa (commonly harvested as hay) is a high-protein forage fed to animals like dairy cows, beef cattle, lambs, poultry and pigs. It's also used to build nutrients and organic matter in the soil, making it par-

ticularly important for organic farming. If it's introduced, GM alfalfa will ruin export markets for alfalfa products, contaminate family farms, make it more difficult for farmers to control weeds, and threaten the future of organic food and farming in Canada.

Because alfalfa is a perennial plant that is pollinated by bees, genetically modified alfalfa will inevitably cross-pollinate with non-GM and organic alfalfa. Prairie farmers have already rejected

GM alfalfa for these reasons so now the industry is trying to introduce GM alfalfa in Eastern Canada.

I am one of many Canadians trying to eat healthier by supporting farmer's markets, trying to grow more of my own food and buying organic produce and products. While I live in Toronto, I support Canadian farmers who don't want GM alfalfa or other GM crops on their fields.

Consider visiting the web link above or visiting www.cban.ca to find out more about why you should be concerned about GM alfalfa and other GM crops. It would be appreciated if you would consider writing your MP and Minister Gerry Ritz – [email protected] regard-ing this important issue to Canadian agriculture.

Todd BuhrowsToronto, Ontario

Central North Thompson needs a good museumeditorial by keith mcNeill

Opinion“ We can do no great things — only small things with great love.”

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Goldie Krawec made a good suggestion dur-ing last Tuesday's Clearwater town council meet-ing.

A longtime North Thompson history buff, Krawec said it is time for Clearwater and area to have its own museum.

This is an idea that's been around for a while. Ida Dekelver has operated her privately-owned Yellowhead Museum on the road to Wells Gray Park for many years. Unfortunately, it has been open only for limited hours for the past few years. Also, a flash flood several years ago almost washed away a good part of the collec-tion. Her grandson, Dennis Greffard, has talked about moving the museum to a better and more secure location, but faces the costs of finding the right site and constructing the right building.

Pete Miller also has a small museum in his antique store by the Flour Meadow Bakery. Quite a few items are for display only and not for sale.

Council only discussed Krawec's suggestion for a short while but the consensus seemed to be that a museum would be a good idea but the project really should be done by a non-profit society, local government, or a partnership of the two.

This makes sense. There are many grants from senior levels of government, foundations and so on that are available to non-profit soci-eties and local govrnments, but not to private entrepreneurs.

Also, many people with valuable memorabilia and other historic items would be more likely

to donate to a museum run by a society or local government than to one that is privately-owned.

Where to locate such a museum would be an important question. Here is a suggestion.

The five-acre Bampton Recreation Area next to Dutch Lake Beach consists of two parts. The lower part, next to the lake, was donated to the municipality in 2010 with the restriction that it be used only for park purposes. The upper part is zoned commercial and the District paid $450,000 for it.

The upper part is quite hilly but appears to consist of glacial debris – rocks, gravel and sand – no bedrock. It therefore should not be a big expense to level it off. Possibly, if the landowners are willing, the waste could be disposed of in the pothole on the other side of Highway 5.

A museum situated in that location would have a stunning view of Dutch Lake. If there was a restaurant attached, it would be easy to imagine busloads of tourists stopping for a meal and tour of the museum.

Such a structure also would help fill the gap between the older commercial center in the Brookfield Mall area and the new commercial center that appears to be developing along the highway.

The North Thompson Valley does not have a lot of historical artifacts when compared with Europe, Asia or even eastern Canada. That just means we need to do more to protect those we have. A modern, well-designed museum situated in a location where it could do the most good would be a major step in the right direction.

by Tom Fletcher

VICTORIA – The Pacific Carbon Trust orchestrated a months-long campaign of calls and letters to discredit a report from B.C.’s Auditor General on its first two big carbon off-set projects before it could be released.

Just as the audit report was about to be made public, the trust, a Crown corporation created at taxpayer expense, participated in the leaking of selected critical letters to media outlets.

Then the Speaker of the B.C. legislature, Bill Barisoff, made a final, clumsy effort to delay the release of the report.

As soon as it was out, Environment Minister Terry Lake tried to discredit it, by blustering about all the high-

ly paid experts who swore up and down that a forest reserve near Kootenay Lake, and a gas flaring reduction project near Fort Nelson, were bona fide carbon offsets worth $6 million of taxpayers’ money.

The audit states in plain language, with charts and time-lines, that the $6 million was basically given away for noth-ing. I look forward to further audits on this carbon offset scheme, assuming it survives after the May election, because these two projects aren’t the only boondoggles.

The Pacific Carbon Trust was set up in 2008 as part of former premier Gordon Campbell’s climate change pro-gram. To make the B.C. govern-ment’s operations “carbon neu-tral,” the government and all of its agencies were required to

pay the trust $25 per tonne for their carbon dioxide emissions from fuel use.

In 2011 alone, B.C. universi-ties paid $4.46 million to the trust. B.C.’s 60 school districts paid a total of $5.36 million the same year, and the province’s six health authorities paid $5.79 million. The money is supposed to go to projects that capture carbon, thus “offsetting” the heating of schools, the fuel burned by ambulances and so forth.

The 55,000-hectare forest reserve is known as Darkwoods. The audit shows that the Nature Conservancy of Canada decided in 2006 to buy it, using $25 million of federal taxpay-ers’ money. The deal closed in 2008, the same year the Pacific Carbon Trust was formed. Continued on page A6

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40 YEARS AGO:The Clearwater

Women's Institute sold its last remaining land in Clearwater and with it the original Institute hall, completed in 1940. Formed 10 years earlier, the W.I. bought an acre of land in 1933 and raised funds for the construction of the hall through dances and whist tournaments held in the log building that was Clearwater's first school. During World War II the Institute sent many quilts to air raid shelters in Great Britain. Other land owned by the W.I. included two acres that were leased to the com-munity club to build a hall and recreation center, and a lot sold in 1952 to the Free Evangelical Church.

40 YEARS AGO:Consideration was

being given by trust-ees of the Clearwater Improvement District to expand the district's water system by 154 connections. There were 315 connections on the system at the time.

35 YEARS AGO:No increase in taxes

was planned by the CID for 1978, trustees reported. Chairman Bob Cochlan was re-elected by acclamation to a three-year term. An operating budget of $75,445 was approved for the coming year.

30 YEARS AGO:School District 26

chairperson Jean Nelson and other trustees trav-eled to Avola to explain their reasons for closing the elementary school in that community. Birch Island's school was also to be shut down.

The Easter Mixed Bonspiel attracted 42 rinks from Saskatchewan, Alberta and B.C. to the Sportsplex, but Clearwater foursomes led by Bob Lehto, Merv Yurkiw and Dwayne Braaten won the A, B, and C events.

25 YEARS AGO:The death of Verla

Capostinsky put a sad and emphatic ending to the story of Clearwater Timber Products and the closing of Camp Two mill. She had come to Clearwater in 1941

with her husband Frank Capostinsky, the origi-nal manager of CTP.

20 YEARS AGO:Clearwater RCMP

was to hold a seminar with local logging contractors to combat increased theft of tools in the industry, said Sgt. Terry Grimm.

15 YEARS AGO:TNRD Area A direc-

tor Bert Walker rejected a recommendation from CID trustees to hold the line on the Sportsplex

budget. Instead, he got the regional district board to approve a $75,000 increase to set up a capital reserve. The ice plant or roof could need extensive repairs at any time, Walker pointed out.

A meeting reviewed a computer-based sec-ondary school program underway at Blue River School. There were 39 students enrolled, plus 21 in adult education.


trustees voted to close Dutch Lake Elementary

School, despite pleas from the school's par-ents' advisory commit-tee to keep it open.

Clearwater Sno-Drifters signed an agreement to manage the Raft Mountain snowmobile trails. Club spokesperson Ralph Sunderman said it would allow promoting the area.

5 YEARS AGO:RCMP located a

grow operation on Candle Creek Road while investigating a theft complaint.

District of Clearwater council adopted a stylized pic-ture of Raft Mountain with the words, “Clearwater: adventure starts here,” for its new logo.

District of Clearwater passed its first re-zoning applica-tion. The application in question involved about

two hectares of land on Clearwater Valley Road, kitty-corner from the Flour Meadow Bakery and Cafe. The change would allow the con-struction of up to 16 strata duplexes on the land.

1 YEAR AGO:District of

Clearwater discovered it had four parks that it hadn't known about. The newly identi-fied parks were cre-ated before the town became a municipality and did not have title, which meant they were not included in the paper transfers to the District during incor-poration.

Kinder Morgan helped set up 50 bird-houses and bat-houses on the MacLennan ranch next to Raft River. Woodworking students at CSS had made the houses.

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BACK IN TIME

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Continued from page A4

From 2008 to 2010, the trust bought 450,000 tonnes of carbon offset, based on inde-pendent evaluations that all rested on the assumption that Darkwoods would be clear-cut logged.

Since the forest was already owned by Canada’s lead-ing conservancy, this assumption makes no sense. Was the conservancy going to log it, or flip it to

someone who would, after accepting $25 million in tax money to acquire it? Legally, it could not.

(I would add that the assumption that logging releases all of the carbon in a forest is also false. Lumber actually sequesters carbon for longer than trees, which eventually die and rot.)

The audit found a similar case against EnCana’s flare reduc-tion program, which the company used on

many wells before the trust started offering money. EnCana was saving money as well as reducing emissions without collecting offsets. Therefore, the audit concluded, nei-ther of these projects was a credible offset because the emissions savings would have occurred anyway.

Here’s the next Pacific Carbon Trust project that should be audited. In a complicated transac-tion, the trust bought offsets from some-

thing called the Great Bear Carbon Credit Limited Partnership. Yes, this is the world-famous forest on B.C.’s North Coast that was subject to a preservation deal hammered out between the Coastal First Nations, the B.C. government and three U.S.-backed environmental groups.

That was in 2006. The offset purchases were in 2009 and 2010, years after detailed preservation areas were mapped and codified in law.

Again, the trust paid for forest that was already preserved.

– Tom Fletcher is legislative reporter and columnist for Black Press and BCLocalnews.com

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at the Rural Living Expo in Barriere on Saturday, April 27 at 11 p.m. It should have said at 11 a.m.

We apologize for the error.

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Activities for adults will include volleyball, basketball, walk fit, mountain biking, slow pitch, ladies’ hockey, curling and many more.

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Ministry of Environment

VICTORIA – British Columbians have a special way to leave a legacy for future generations through BC Parks' Planned Giving program.

The Planned Giving program provides a sim-ple way for interested British Columbians to include provincial parks in their estate planning and makes gifting cash, financial securities or land easy.

"British Columbia's provincial parks are some of our most trea-sured spaces. Interested British Columbians have the opportunity to have their legacy live on through gener-ous contributions to BC Parks' Planned Giving program,” said Terry Lake, Minister of Environment. “A planned gift is a thoughtful and lasting way to demonstrate a true commitment to our parks and protected areas.”

Donors identify a cause close to their hearts, making the donation a personal legacy for future genera-tions of park visitors to enjoy.

Examples include trail development, education programs or support for conservation efforts in specific parks.

For instance, one BC Parks' donor, who prefers to remain anony-mous, has decided he wants to leave part of his legacy in Garibaldi Provincial Park. First

introduced to the park in 1966, he still visits it every few years. In the case of this gener-ous individual, he has donated over $200,000 in financial securities over three years that will be used to upgrade the Mamquam Lake trail and install foot bridges. This project will be completed and ready for park visitors to enjoy this summer.

Although BC Parks is a government organi-zation, a special account was created in 2008, sep-

arate from the provincial government's revenue fund, called the Park Enhancement Fund. The Park Enhancement Fund is a transparent account where individu-als and businesses can make donations to spe-cific parks and/or spe-cific projects. Donating money through BC Parks' Planned Giving program reduces the tax and capital gains burden for individuals and donations of $25 or more are eligible for an official tax receipt.

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Ministry of Forests, Lands and Natural Resource Operations

VICTORIA – The Province has fulfilled a commitment to bring into force new financial protections for forestry contractors, effective April 1, 2013.

Forestry sector contractors have the ability to secure payments for work done under contract by making a charge on accounts or registering a lien on forest products that have been delivered to licensees. A lien is a right to keep property belonging to another person until a debt is paid. Contractors can register a lien using the Personal Property Registry at B.C. Registry Services.

Earlier this year, a $5 million Forestry Service Providers Compensation Fund became active, supporting financial protections for logging con-

tractors. In the event of licensee insolvency, for-estry contractors can now access this compensa-tion fund to better protect their financial interests.

The financial protection measures were established last year through the Forests, Lands and Natural Resource Operations Statues Amendment Act, as well as through the Forestry Service Providers Protection Act, which created the compensation fund and a lien framework for contractors.

Over half of timber harvesting in B.C. is done by forestry contractors. Forestry is a key driver of B.C.’s economy, providing direct employment to over 56,000 B.C. families, especially in rural com-munities.

To learn more about registering a lien, visit B.C. Registry Services at: www.bcregistryservices.gov.bc.ca/

Ottawa – Cathy McLeod, Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of National Revenue, delivered her budget speech recently in the House of Commons addressing a number of key changes from combatting international tax evasion to reducing red tape.

“Our government is committed to maintaining the integrity of Canada’s tax system and protecting the country’s tax base,” said McLeod. “Since forming gov-ernment, we have recognized the impor-tance of providing CRA with the neces-sary tools and resources to crack down on tax cheats.”

“When Canadians hide income and assets in foreign jurisdictions, they take valuable tax dollars away from health care, pensions, and other social programs. In other words, all Canadians suffer as a result of tax evasion,” stated McLeod.

Budget 2013 proposes a number of measures to further strengthen CRA’s abil-ity to address aggressive international tax planning and to combat international tax evasion. From changes to international electronic funds transfers, to a new initiative that encourage individuals to report infor-mation about international tax evasion and avoidance and, if eligible, receive a payment.

“Red tape is a silent killer of jobs and imposes a crippling cost on small businesses. It restricts innovation, pro-ductivity and competitiveness. It’s bad for business and it’s bad for Canada,” said McLeod. “Our government recog-nizes that improving existing electronic services, introducing new services and promoting sustainable development are essential to reducing the compliance burden so that small businesses can grow and succeed.”

In response to roundtables con-ducted last year by Minister Shea and Parliamentary Secretary McLeod,

Budget 2013 introduces additional new measures in cutting red tape for business. These include the option for business owners to choose to receive CRA cor-respondence exclusively online; as well as making the authorization process easier for businesses by providing more electronic options and speeding up the approval of paper requests.

“The opposition has stated on numer-ous occasions that they consider the fight against international tax evasion a prior-ity. I trust that they will see the impor-tance of the new measures and support Budget 2013,” concluded McLeod.

Time to slow downPink streamers highlight a 30 km/hr speed zone on Murtle Crescent in Clear-water. Police warn they are actively enforcing the new speed zones within the District. Maximum speeds on other streets within the municipality continue with the usual 50 km/hr that is assumed unless otherwise posted. Photo by Keith McNeill

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40 YEARS AGO:The Clearwater

Women's Institute sold its last remaining land in Clearwater and with it the original Institute hall, completed in 1940. Formed 10 years earlier, the W.I. bought an acre of land in 1933 and raised funds for the construction of the hall through dances and whist tournaments held in the log building that was Clearwater's first school. During World War II the Institute sent many quilts to air raid shelters in Great Britain. Other land owned by the W.I. included two acres that were leased to the com-munity club to build a hall and recreation center, and a lot sold in 1952 to the Free Evangelical Church.

40 YEARS AGO:Consideration was

being given by trust-ees of the Clearwater Improvement District to expand the district's water system by 154 connections. There were 315 connections on the system at the time.

35 YEARS AGO:No increase in taxes

was planned by the CID for 1978, trustees reported. Chairman Bob Cochlan was re-elected by acclamation to a three-year term. An operating budget of $75,445 was approved for the coming year.


chairperson Jean Nelson and other trustees trav-eled to Avola to explain their reasons for closing the elementary school in that community. Birch Island's school was also to be shut down.

The Easter Mixed Bonspiel attracted 42 rinks from Saskatchewan, Alberta and B.C. to the Sportsplex, but Clearwater foursomes led by Bob Lehto, Merv Yurkiw and Dwayne Braaten won the A, B, and C events.

25 YEARS AGO:The death of Verla

Capostinsky put a sad and emphatic ending to the story of Clearwater Timber Products and the closing of Camp Two mill. She had come to Clearwater in 1941

with her husband Frank Capostinsky, the origi-nal manager of CTP.

20 YEARS AGO:Clearwater RCMP

was to hold a seminar with local logging contractors to combat increased theft of tools in the industry, said Sgt. Terry Grimm.

15 YEARS AGO:TNRD Area A direc-

tor Bert Walker rejected a recommendation from CID trustees to hold the line on the Sportsplex

budget. Instead, he got the regional district board to approve a $75,000 increase to set up a capital reserve. The ice plant or roof could need extensive repairs at any time, Walker pointed out.

A meeting reviewed a computer-based sec-ondary school program underway at Blue River School. There were 39 students enrolled, plus 21 in adult education.


trustees voted to close Dutch Lake Elementary

School, despite pleas from the school's par-ents' advisory commit-tee to keep it open.

Clearwater Sno-Drifters signed an agreement to manage the Raft Mountain snowmobile trails. Club spokesperson Ralph Sunderman said it would allow promoting the area.

5 YEARS AGO:RCMP located a

grow operation on Candle Creek Road while investigating a theft complaint.

District of Clearwater council adopted a stylized pic-ture of Raft Mountain with the words, “Clearwater: adventure starts here,” for its new logo.

District of Clearwater passed its first re-zoning applica-tion. The application in question involved about

two hectares of land on Clearwater Valley Road, kitty-corner from the Flour Meadow Bakery and Cafe. The change would allow the con-struction of up to 16 strata duplexes on the land.

1 YEAR AGO:District of

Clearwater discovered it had four parks that it hadn't known about. The newly identi-fied parks were cre-ated before the town became a municipality and did not have title, which meant they were not included in the paper transfers to the District during incor-poration.

Kinder Morgan helped set up 50 bird-houses and bat-houses on the MacLennan ranch next to Raft River. Woodworking students at CSS had made the houses.

HISTORICAL Perspect i ve

BACK IN TIME

6 - 7

Continued from page A4

From 2008 to 2010, the trust bought 450,000 tonnes of carbon offset, based on inde-pendent evaluations that all rested on the assumption that Darkwoods would be clear-cut logged.

Since the forest was already owned by Canada’s lead-ing conservancy, this assumption makes no sense. Was the conservancy going to log it, or flip it to

someone who would, after accepting $25 million in tax money to acquire it? Legally, it could not.

(I would add that the assumption that logging releases all of the carbon in a forest is also false. Lumber actually sequesters carbon for longer than trees, which eventually die and rot.)

The audit found a similar case against EnCana’s flare reduc-tion program, which the company used on

many wells before the trust started offering money. EnCana was saving money as well as reducing emissions without collecting offsets. Therefore, the audit concluded, nei-ther of these projects was a credible offset because the emissions savings would have occurred anyway.

Here’s the next Pacific Carbon Trust project that should be audited. In a complicated transac-tion, the trust bought offsets from some-

thing called the Great Bear Carbon Credit Limited Partnership. Yes, this is the world-famous forest on B.C.’s North Coast that was subject to a preservation deal hammered out between the Coastal First Nations, the B.C. government and three U.S.-backed environmental groups.

That was in 2006. The offset purchases were in 2009 and 2010, years after detailed preservation areas were mapped and codified in law.

Again, the trust paid for forest that was already preserved.

– Tom Fletcher is legislative reporter and columnist for Black Press and BCLocalnews.com

[email protected]

Times Staff

An article in last week’s issue says that Dr. Art Hister will be speaking

at the Rural Living Expo in Barriere on Saturday, April 27 at 11 p.m. It should have said at 11 a.m.

We apologize for the error.

For the Record All sports registration event coming April 3Keith McNeill

Don’t forget to check out the sports and recreation opportunities available at the first ever Everyone Gets To Play event on Wednesday, April 3, in the Sportsplex, 4 – 7 p.m.

Information and registration will be avail-able for a wide variety of spring and summer activities – and for some in fall and winter as well.

For children and youth, there will be soccer, softball, mountain biking, swimming lessons, summer camps, gymnastics, figure-skating and hockey.

Activities for adults will include volleyball, basketball, walk fit, mountain biking, slow pitch, ladies’ hockey, curling and many more.

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With the work has just begun for the new federal Special

Committee on Indigenous Women, Cathy McLeod isn't

about to make any predictions on what its members might discuss or decide.

The Conservative MP for Kamloops-Thompson-Cariboo is one of seven gov-ernment representa-tives on the commit-tee, with four NDP MPs and one Liberal MP filling out the roster.

Because of the committee's fledgling status, McLeod was reluctant to answer questions about the RCMP saying it doubts 600 aboriginal women have gone missing in Canada or whether a national inquiry — which vir-tually every aborigi-nal advocacy group has called for — is required.

"I think this com-mittee is an excellent place to be and we have a year to do the work, so we need to

look at it in the broad perspective," McLeod said in answer to questions about the numbers of missing women and a pos-sible inquiry.

Pressed, the MP said she was not going to speculate on what the committee might decide, noting the motion that creat-ed it — a rarity in the House of Commons as it passed unani-mously — is broad.

The motion noted "... a disproportion-ate number of indig-enous women and girls have suffered violence, gone miss-ing or been murdered over the past three decades," adding the government has a responsibility to provide the missing with justice and their families with heal-ing as it works with partners to end the violence.

McLeod said she was pleased to be chosen for the group, not only because she

comes from B.C., the province where a stretch of road is now called the Highway of Tears because of the number of aboriginal women who disappeared from it, but because of her own back-ground.

As a nurse, McLeod said, she spent a lot of time working with many aboriginal communi-ties and "witnessing the challenges they face."

A report from the committee is due back in Parliament by Feb. 14, 2014.

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The Vavenby Strong Start Raccoons made three special artistic proj-ects and played a good learning game, all to commemorate Easter, on Wednesday, March 26. The children's first proj-ect was to color a large paper Easter egg with coloured chalk. These were pinned on the wall. They also coloured the two pieces of a bunny rab-bit – the head and the body – to paste onto a paper bag. These bags were used for the Bunny Rabbit Dice Feeding Game. The last art project was to dye hard boiled eggs with food colouring to take home.

The game came after clean-up. Each child had a set of paper carrots with the numbers one to six on them and the corresponding dots. One Raccoon would roll the large die, the dots were counted and the number observed, then everyone would find his/her carrot that was the same, and put it into the bag.

There was a special guest this Wednesday. The Chrystalls – mom Catherine and children Moira and Hunter – brought their pet bunny Snowball to share with the other Raccoons. When the children were sitting on the floor for storytime Snowball was taken out of its cage and

left to roam among the children.There was storytelling, songs, and a snack. To

end the day the children eagerly went outside into the beautiful sunshine on an Easter egg hunt. They were told that as soon as they found four eggs to come back to leader Mrs. Amy. Then, after clean-up in the room, all were given a sticker, a large piece of colored chalk in the shape of an egg or rabbit, and some chocolate eggs. Everyone went home very happy.

The Vavenby Primary School had its Easter egg hunt on Thursday, March 27.

(L-r) Moira Chrystall, Courtney Prince, Hunter Chrystall and Kylie Prince watch Snowball eat a carrot held by Mercy Flegel.Photo by Robyn Rexin

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PUBLIC NOTICEPlease be advised that the DISTRICT OF CLEARWATER is holding a PUBLIC

INFORMATION MEETING regarding the 2013 FIVE YEAR FINANCIAL PLAN.

Section 165 in the Community Charter stipulates that a municipality must have aFive Year Financial Plan adopted annually that encompasses all revenue and expenditure

sources for both Operations and Capital.

Council and Staff will be on hand to present and discuss details for the 2013 Five Year Financial Plan with members of the public.

Tuesday, April 9th, 2013 at 2-4:00pm & 6:00-8:00pm at the District of Clearwater Council Chambers 132 Station Road

If you have any questions please feel free to contact:

Sheila Thiessen, Director of Finance 250-674-2257 or by email @ [email protected]


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Eleanor Deckert

Part two of a two-part feature –

1 Corinthians 13:13 “And now these three remain: faith, hope and love, and the greatest of these is love.”

Back storyBy the autumn

of 1969 a confident, 39-year-old Father Emil Sasges was ready to begin a new chap-ter.

Since his assign-ment in 1965 to serve the towns along the North Thompson Valley, he had stimu-lated volunteers to build a residence/Catholic center in Blue River and a duplex residence/church in Valemount.

Ever-growing con-nections with the Anglican, United Church and Mormon pastors, encouraged Sasges to state: “I have enthusiastically fol-lowed my vision of leading others to a per-sonal commitment to Christ which bears fruit in service to others.”

Filled with a rare gladness, Sasges enjoyed a three-day canoe trip with friends through Bowron Lakes. Heading for home in his tiny air-craft, a Jodel D-11, on Sept. 12, 1969, an unexpected chapter became central to Father Sasges’ story.

HopeSasges had 12 years

experience as a pilot as he crossed over the snowcapped Cariboo

Mountains along a familiar route. He had flown the Jodel under all kinds of situations: to Saskatchewan, St. Louis, Missouri, twice to Alaska and all over B.C.

He expected the 100 mile flight to take one hour but weather closed in from all sides. Unable to con-tinue or to fly back, an emergency landing on an alpine meadow on Black Stuart Mountain (located between Bowron Lakes and Quesnel Lake) looked like the best option.

A sudden gust of wind flipped the plane, broke a wing and left him stranded in a fierce wind and snow-storm.

With minimal sup-plies (he had given his extra camping gear to a friend) but a great deal of practical expe-rience, skillful hands and a constructive

imagination he began to fashion survival gear: a shelter under the broken plane filled in with snow and sod, a canteen from a bread bag, a sleeping bag using fabric from the plane’s wings stuffed with grass, a pack board from the tail and seat-belts.

From the first day he rationed his meagre food supplies: some bread, six buns, oat-meal, chocolate bar and powdered milk, chocolate, potatoes, soup mix, and orange drink.

For clothing he had a suit, summer jacket, down jacket and sweater, two pair of socks and his best shoes. Tools include a Swede saw, jackknife, first aid kit, needle and thread, fabric bandag-es, motor oil, matches, wrenches, pliers, side cutters, screwdriver, and hacksaw.

“I also had a little

bit of wine – which I rationed out at three drops a day for daily Mass, some hosts and a small chalice. I real-ized I should stay with the plane. That was my best hope.”

Three times search planes came near, even directly above him, but because of the hazard-ous terrain, the vast search area, stormy clouds, fog in the val-leys and the way the planes turned, Sasges was never spotted. His signal fire, mirrors, run-ning, even the yellow canvas of the Jodel, did not attract attention.

And so 14 cold, rainy, wind-howling days passed. Hope waned and he pre-pared to walk out, following what he thought to be the sound of nearby log-ging machinery.

Faith“I converted my log

book into an abbrevi-

ated diary of daily events. I wrote the fifth evening: Should the search fail, I shall then have the joy of being directly with God and His chosen. This thought is mixed with sorrow now at the pos-sibility of being unable to work for and with the people I so dearly love, for God’s sake. I place myself in God’s providence, who can bring great things out of this tragedy that I have brought upon myself.”

Carrying what he could, saying Mass daily, sustained by the hymns and prayers of the previous gathering and the many friends he knew were interced-ing for him, Sasges experienced con-tinuous hardships and complete isolation.

Confused by echoing sounds of machinery, exhausted by slopes, pierced by devil’s-club thorns, scraped by tangled

fallen trees, soaked by the crossing of rivers and swamps, endur-ing frigid nights and hungry days, he con-tinued his walk. Even the supplies he carried were swept away by the river’s current.

After nine days and nights, three river crossings, now reduced to crawling, he came to the river’s edge again. His legs and feet were unresponsive because he had not taken off his shoes for the last three nights and trench foot was setting in.

Stripped of trans-portation, communi-cation, orientation, nourishment, gear, shelter, and now physi-cal abilities, he was still determined to give God his last effort. What was there left to hope for? To believe in? To care about?

And then he heard the sound of a motor.

LoveOn day 22, a river

boat carrying five hunters, scanning the banks for moose, came into view. Sasges waved and shouted, but the boat passed by.

“I collapsed overwhelmed at the thought that they didn’t see me.”

“There was only a window of about 30 seconds. The sound of the engine became quieter, then louder. They came back! The hunters had seen me! It was a marvel that after nine days of confused wandering, I was in that exact spot when they came by.” Father Sasges said with wonder.

“In 30 minutes I was in the hunting lodge eating warm soup when the search plane came. Forty minutes later I was in the Prince George hospital.”

Fourteen civilian, nine military and one RCMP plane had spent 539.2 hours of flying time in the search for Sasges.

Between 500-600 letters came flood-ing in from all over Canada and the USA. Magazine articles, radio and TV inter-views and the reaction of his parishioners were overwhelming.

So many people had been concerned about one person wan-dering in the wilder-ness.

“The great mar-vel to me,” Father Sasges shared, now that nearly 44 years have passed, “is this: If we are attentive to the prayer Jesus taught us, we become aware that we have a great wonder here on earth – that we can live in such a way that God’s will be done as readily as it is done in heaven.”

Father Emil Sasges in his home-built Jodel airplane sometime before he crashed while attempting to fly from Bowron Lakes to Valemount in 1969. Photo submitted

Father Sasges as he ap-pears today.

North Thompson priest survives airplane crash

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By Elli KohnertNorth Thompson Star/Journal

The small settle-ment of Vavenby is home to Ecki Manthei, a gifted artist who‘s artwork grows out of his connection to nature, and his drive to follow every new idea with a passion that moves him to create what is in his imagina-tion, without delay.

Ecki’s home stands out from all others in the Vavenby trailer park where it cannot be missed. Two large life-like eagles formed from wood, seem to be guarding his prop-erty. Varieties of crea-tures also made from wood, line the path to the house; and the ambiance of this place leaves no doubt that an artist lives here.

Ecki, and his life partner, Marilyn, arrived in the North Thompson Valley about five years ago. When they saw the trailer court in Vavenby, they “liked it right away and bought it”; a comfort-able, quiet place that allows his creativity to flourish.

Ecki says he emi-grated with his parents from Austria when he was a very young boy in 1945. He has lived and worked in various northern locations in

Canada, and eventu-ally came to live in Cloverdale, B.C. It is there that he began his artistic career.

Seashells were his medium then, tells Ecki as he explains how they lend them-selves to be made into clocks for instance, or be used as a canvas for his paintings.

When the couple eventually settled in the community of Vavenby, it is here that Ecki took on art as his life work.

Ecki has trans-formed one room of their home into an art gallery, where he now displays the numer-ous ‘Art By Ecki’ cre-ations.

The variety of his work is remarkable; it ranges from usable art, like wooden spoons and clocks, to wildlife and nature paintings. Ecki uses antlers for many of his carvings that depict wildlife, especially wolves, in their habitat.

“When I am walking in the forest, or along a stream, I often see something that gives me an idea for a proj-ect,” says the artist, “I may pick up a rock that would be just right to paint something on, or maybe I am lucky to find a moose or deer antler, and I know right away what I want to

carve on it!” He notes that near-

ly all the materials he uses in his creations are natural; giving the artwork its special character.

Sometimes a per-son may come into the gallery to view Ecki’s work, and they may purchase a special item of art for their own home. Most of the time though, Ecki and Marilyn market the art work by taking part in craft fairs.

“At some I do well, with others I do not,” commented the art-

ist on selling his work through craft fairs.

The couple say they have a few tentative ideas in mind for mar-keting; such as going on the road to sell their creations. But right now, they have no immediate plans that they want to follow.

“We like it here in Vavenby,” says Ecki, “We feel comfortable around here, and we do enjoy to be with the friends we have made in the area. For now, ‘Ecki’s Art’ will have its home in the North Thompson Valley .”

Nature plays a large part in Art by Ecki

(Above) Ecki Manthei of Vavenby shows one of the many ant-lers he has carved that are displayed in his home gallery.

(Top left) Ecki’s life partner, Marilyn, looks on on as he passionately describes his art creations to the Star/Journal reporter.

(Bottom left) Some of the beautiful creations that Ecki offers for sale to the public from his Vavenby gallery or at craft fairs.

STAR/JOURNAL photos: Elli Kohnert

Celebration of Art in Barriere June 23, 24By Jill HaywardNorth Thompson Star/Journal

Everything is in place for the June 23, and 24, Barriere Celebration of The Arts. The venue will be similar to last year’s event and will once again be hosted on property beside Highway 5 in Barriere, now the home of Sam’s Pizza and Rib House.

The two day Celebration of Art event is an extravaganza of art and culture, featuring the amazing talent of the North Thompson Valley and British Columbia.

Put on by the North Thomspon Arts Council, and the Yellowhead Artists Cooperative, the venue

continues to be admission free to the public, and encourages youth to attend and participate in the 12 years and under Art Activity Area.

Those involved say they expect a strong turnout of ven-dors this year and that they are looking forward to presenting such a broad range of top qual-ity art for exhibition and/or for sale.

Organizers say booth space is being filled fast by artists and artisans, and they encourage those who have not yet registered to do so now and avoid being disappointed. Service groups and organizations are also wel-come to participate to promote their programs in a booth at the site. Vendors are reminded they

must supply their own canopy or tent, and that power is not available.

If you would like more infor-mation or would like to book a space, or volunteer, please call Jessie at 250-672-9772.

“We figure that all the rain will be done with by then,” said one positive thinker, “It will be a great weekend, and the vendor tents will be to provide shade from the sun, not keep the rain off. We are expecting lots of art-ists, and a steady stream of visi-tors to our presentation. Come on down and see the extremely good works being produced from people within our art com-munity. You’ll be impressed – I guarantee it!”

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Ministry of Energy, Mines and Natural Gas

VICTORIA – Starting September 2013, mining permit amendments will no longer be required for some low-impact exploration activi-ties.

This will streamline the permitting process and allow resources to be focused on higher-impact projects like larger-scale exploration.

Currently, permits are required for all mine-related projects, including some small-scale mineral exploration that are low-risk and cause little-to-no health, safety or environmental con-cerns.

As a result of this change, the following will be authorized to go ahead on projects where a Mines Act permit has already been granted:

* Induced polarization (charging the ground with an electrical current and measuring the

response to determine the location of ore bod-ies).

* Further exploration drill programs on oper-ating mine sites.

* Extending the timing of proposed explora-tion work by up to two years.

The Ministry of Energy, Mines and Natural Gas receives over 500 applications for mineral and coal exploration work a year.

Once in effect, these exemptions will reduce the number of these applications by up to 15 per cent or about 80 amended permits.

The changes should also reduce unnecessary paperwork and processing delays.

Under the new rules, exploration companies must provide 30 days advance notice and infor-mation on the planned low-impact activity to a mines inspector.

The Province then notifies the appropri-ate First Nations who could be affected by the work.

In fall 2012, the provincial government con-sulted with industry, First Nations and the pub-lic on the permitting of low-impact exploration activities, resulting in these exemptions.

This regulation delivers on the commitment made in British Columbia’s May 2012 Mineral Exploration and Mining Strategy to develop regulations to exempt low-risk exploration and mining activities from requiring Mines Act per-mits while maintaining health, safety and envi-ronmental standards.

The production value of mining in British Columbia for 2012 is $7.4 billion.

In 2012, exploration spending was valued at $680 million.

Mining revenues to government in 2011 were a record $805 million – up $114 million from 2010 levels and up from $370 million in 2001.

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Rotary Richard drops his rock

Left: Rotary Richard looks relaxed as he stands on the ice of Dutch Lake on Sunday, March 31, despte the open water forming in the distance. Guess-ing when the wooden cutout will drop a rock through the melting ice is a fundraiser for Clearwater Rotary Club.

Photos byKeith McNeill

Left: On Monday afternoon the red flag that was behind Rotary Richard has risen over his head, indicating he has dropped the rock through the ice, stopping the clock. Whoever came closest to guessing the time will win a prize.

By Tom Fletcher – Black Press

VICTORIA – The brief era of the harmonized sales tax ended in B.C. Monday, with a last-minute scramble by thousands of business-es to register as col-lectors of the revived provincial sales tax.

About 100,000 businesses in B.C. are required to register and collect PST from customers.

By the Easter weekend, about 80,000 of them had done so, said Naomi Yamamoto, B.C.’s minister of state for small business.

“I think what most consumers will be doing is looking at their receipts,” Yamamoto said Sunday.

“In most cases they’ll be paying the same as they did prior to April 1, unless you’re getting your hair cut, or buying a ski ticket or you’re paying your golf membership or going to a restaurant, or buying a bike.”

The good news for barbers, bike shops, restaurants and other labour service provid-ers is that they see a seven per cent tax reduction.

The bad news is that they have to administer two sales taxes, the PST and the five per cent GST, which continues to apply to goods and services.

There are a few anomalies, such as insulation and weath-erstripping, where sales tax falls by seven per cent as his-toric PST exemptions resume Monday, but most retail purchases will remain subject to both GST and PST at a combined rate of 12 per cent.

Yamamoto said businesses can regis-ter online by going to www.pstinbc.ca or www.gov.bc.ca/pst and selecting the reg-istration link. Using incorporation docu-ments, the process should take about 15 minutes.

Business owners who don’t register immediately can still correct transactions made after the dead-line, because the first online remittance of PST is expected at the end of May.

Premier Christy Clark marked the transition with a video, reminding busi-ness operators to reg-ister. Clark noted that the HST was a benefit to the film industry,

manufacturers and other businesses that benefited from input tax credits.

NDP finance critic Bruce Ralston said a statistically average family will be about $350 ahead with the removal of the HST, which was rejected in a mail-in referendum in June 2011.

Ralston acknowl-edged that low-income people will lose the increased HST rebates that have been paid quarterly since the HST took effect in 2010.

But he said that will be balanced by the reduced sales taxes they pay in restaurants and other service pur-chases.

Tobacco taxes went up by seven per cent with the HST, and that tax will remain.

Liquor taxes have also been adjusted to be unchanged with either tax, although restaurants will pay increased tax on liquor sales with the return to PST.

A separate seven per cent tax on private used vehicle purchases also remains in place.

It was imposed along with the HST to make private sellers subject to the same taxation as car deal-ers.

Last-minute rush by many businesses to register for PST

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We often hear about the dangers of drinking too many cola drinks. Besides a high sugar content, cola soft drinks also contain phosphoric acid, which can reduce the absorption of calcium from the intestinal tract. This can lead to a lower bone density. If you are used to having a soft drink every day, try sparkling water.

Over the past year, there have been many shortages of certain medications, necessitating changes in brands. Our pharmacists will alert you when there is a change. But if your medication looks different than it did on previous refills, call your pharmacist.

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British Columbia’s Woodlot License Program has captured international attention. Foresters in Scotland have used the B.C. model to develop their own resource steward-ship program in that country.

The recently formed Scottish Woodlot Association has been working closely with members of the Federation of BC Woodlot Associations (FBCWA) to draw the blueprints for an innovative woodlot program. It will bridge the gap between their large-scale public and private sector hold-ings and individuals

wanting to participate in small-scale forestry activities.

Their goal is to encourage local resi-dents to manage small parcels of forest land, not only for timber and value-added products, but for edu-cational and environ-mental purposes.

“We’ve had a very productive dialogue ongoing with rep-resentatives of this fledgling organiza-tion over the past few years,” says FBCWA general manager Brian McNaughton. “Their land-ownership struc-ture is quite different from that of B.C.’s. However, they are cer-tainly able to apply the principles, and enjoy

the benefits, of small-scale, sustainable forest management.”

In British Columbia, a woodlot license is an agree-ment between the license holder and the province, which owns approximately 80 per cent of B.C.’s forests, to manage both Crown and adjacent private forest lands, with an average area of 600 ha under management.

In Scotland, where forests are predomi-nantly held by private interests, licensees will “rent” land from own-ers. The woodlots will range in size from 10 to 50 ha. Their pilot site, the William Wallace Woodlot (adjacent to the world-famous

Wallace Monument), is approximately six ha in size and will serve as a template for future licenses.

“The Scottish Woodlot Association has been thorough and

diligent in its efforts to research, promote, and implement a co-opera-tive woodlot program that emulates the goals and values of BC’s Woodlot Program,” said McNaughton.

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Boston Lamberton holds an Easter egg he found during Clearwater Volunteer Fire Department's first ever Easter egg hunt on Saturday, March 29. All photos by Keith McNeill

(L-r) Hayden Charles, his grandmother Cindy Charles, Lilly Charles, baby Emily Charles and Christie Pelly check out an album telling the life of Chad Schapansky. The young man was killed while fighting a restaurant fire in Clearwater on March 29, 2004. The Easter egg hunt was held as a fundraiser in his name.

Hunting Easter eggs for Chad

Left: Members of Clearwater Volun-teer Fire Department and guests line up by a sign showing a playground planned for the nearby Chad Schapansky Park. About $40,000 is needed to complete the project in the park, which is named after a fallen local firefighter.

Below: Firefighter Lynsay McCracken serves up hot dogs.

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Babies of 2012 hold get-togetherSubmitted by Success by 6

Our Success By 6 held an event for the babies of 2012 Event on March 12. The event’s purpose was to celebrate all of the babies born in our community, and communicate to parents that they and their chil-dren are valued.

This year’s event was full of hap-piness and joy. We took lots of pho-tos, including a group photo of all of the families.

Clearwater’s chief administrative officer Leslie Groulx was in atten-dance to provide an official welcome on behalf of the District to all of its newest citizens.

We were honoured to have local Metis elder Dale Haggerty provide an opening prayer and blessing of the food.

Each family was provided with a gift bag, including information about local resources, child develop-

ment, and a few small gifts, includ-ing a locally made dream catcher for each child from the Aboriginal com-munity. The big brothers and sisters attending received a small gift bag to honour their role in these new babies’ lives. There were some won-derful door prizes and lunch was provided. We topped it all off with a “birthday” cake for all of the babies!

Each family completed a survey developed to help us refine our pro-cess in identifying priority areas for our funding and planning. It was a wonderful time to get to know parents and have them get to know local service providers in a relaxed, social setting. It was incredible to see the instant connections the par-ents made with one another, many of whom were meeting for the first time.

We look forward to continuing to make this event a tradition in our community.

Participants at at Babies of 2012 party put on recently by Success by 6 pose for a photograph. Pictured are (l-r) Christy and daughter Em-malee; Sarah and son Wyatt; Kyla, Ken and son Gabriel; Jessica and daughter Emily; Rose and son Dominic; Deanna and son Regie, Natasha and daughter Alexis; Holly, Chris and daughter Mikayla; Rachelle and daughter Keela; Sylvia, daughter Laura and elder daughter Sarah; Stacey and son Jackson; Jen, son Kholsin and elder daughter Cloe. Photo submitted

Community Chorus booked to perform at a number of local events this springBarriere Star/Journal

The North Thompson Community Chorus consists of the Clearwater Adult Community Choir and the Barriere Adult Community Choir. Both these choirs performed their first joint Christmas concert in December 2012 to full local audi-ences. Both choirs had their own songs, but also shared songs, and some of the songs were shared as well with the Barriere and Clearwater Children’s Choir.

This spring, the combined choir is singing songs that are familiar, fun, peaceful and about peace, and they are learning all the same repertoire. They will perform these “feel

good and toe tapping” songs at our Peace Concert in Clearwater on Mother’s day (at the Clearwater Ski Lodge – tba) and in Barriere on the Friday night, May 10, at the New Life Assembly Pentecostal Church at 7 p.m. They will also perform in Kamloops the weekend after on Sunday, May 19, at St. Andrew’s Presbyterian Church at 3:30 p.m. The group hopes to have a guest choir joining them, either Kamloops Men’s Gospel Chorus or the Vivace Chorale with a guest violinist.

The choir will also offer a “smattering” of their repertoire at the Clearwater Arts Festival being held in the Clearwater Secondary School on April 21, and at the

North Thompson Arts Festival in conjunction with the Celebration of Rural Living Expo and Trade Show, at the fairgrounds in Barriere on April 28 at 1 p.m. and 3 p.m.

Other instruments in the performance will be mandolin and guitar (Bill Fowler), cello (Petrina Crane), organ (Bonnie Grusing), djembes (Sharon Neufeld and Sandi Wilcox), violin (Lorne Wright), plus other various percus-sion instruments.

The children’s choir has a membership of 24 young singers from ages seven to 14, and are hoping to sing again for this com-ing year’s Christmas concert. The combined adult choir has a cur-rent membership of 49 singers, and 30 of them will be singing in the Peace Concert in May.

They have a full program of 16 songs, including the men singing acapella, with guest soloist Jordene Conroy, who placed first in one of four cat-egories in early March at the Kamloops Music Festival.

The choirs are under the directorship of Leah Jones, a vocal teacher and choir director who resides in Blackpool. Jones has been teaching, playing, performing and direct-ing for eight years, starting her career in Nelson, expanding in Creston and Idaho, a stint in Bella Coola (where she will be run-ning a choir workshop in June this year) and enthusiastically shares her skills and joy of music with the people of Barriere and Clearwater and their surrounding communi-ties.

Everyone is wel-come to join these community choirs, and Jones notes that no experience is necessary. She offers “teach-ing choirs”, and new members learn as they go. For more infor-mation contact Leah Jones at 250-674-007

Leah JonesTimes file photo Chella and daughter Athena took part in the

party but missed the photo. Photo submitted



VICTORIA - The 2013-2015 Freshwater Fishing Regulations Synopsis is now online, and will soon be available in hard copy at Service BC centres and local angling licence vendors throughout the province.

The Freshwater Fishing Regulations Synopsis

is published every two years, and contains all non-salmon sport fishing regulations in effect in freshwater in British Columbia. The synopsis is the go-to sourcebook for anglers in the province.

This year marks a first for the publication, with the cover photograph coming from a con-test the ministry hosted in Fall 2012.

For any shutterbugs that want to be similarly immortalized, a second contest is still under-way for the cover of the 2014-2016 Hunting and Trapping Synopsis. Photographs must be emailed to [email protected] by Oct. 1, 2013, for the Hunting andTrapping Synopsis in order to be considered.

Photos for the ongoing Hunting and Trapping Synopsis Regulations photo contest must be rele-vant to hunting or trapping in British Columbia, and there is no limit to the number of submis-sions that can be made. Complete contest rules can be found online at: www.env.gov.bc.ca/fw/photo.html

The new edition of the Freshwater Fishing Regulations Synopsis is available at: www.env.gov.bc.ca/fw/fish/regulations/

The current edition of the Hunting and Trapping Regulations Synopsis is available at: www.env.gov.bc.ca/fw/wildlife/hunting/regula-tions/

Barriere Star/Journal

The curling sea-son in Barriere was starting to come to the end of the season with the Loggers Spiel held on March 15 and 16.

Organizers report-ed it was a successful bonspiel, and that the accompanying ban-quet was excellent.

This year the bon-spiel was run as an open event, with any combination of males or females on a team,

which equated to more teams entering the spiel.

Teams and indi-viduals attended from Clearwater, Kamloops, Vancouver, White Rock, Sicamous and Pritchard.

The Bonspiel was the skins format, which had two teams tie for first place by the number of skins won.

The winning teams were the Bill Collison team from Clearwater and the Daryl Hrynkiw team from White Rock and Barriere.

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Sports

Adrienne (l) and Garth Campbell came second in the zone finals pairs event on March 26 in Little Fort. The couple live in Little Fort but were bowl-ing for Clearwater at the event. Teams from 100 Mile, Interlakes, Barriere, Clearwater and Chase took part. Little Fort hosted but didn't compete. Because Lillooet cancelled, the pairs playoff was done in one day instead of two.

Valley carpet bowlers take � rst and second

Donna Smith (l) of Barriere and Little Fort's Sharon March took first place in the pairs event of the carpet bowling zone playoffs held in Little Fort on March 26. The provincials will be in Prince George the first week of May. Teams playing twos, threes and fours will be going. First and second winners from each zone playoff are eligible to compete.

Members of the Bill Collison rink from Clearwater celebrate after winning first place in the Loggers Spiel in Barriere along with the Daryl Hrynkiw team from White Rock/Barriere. Pictured are (l-r) Bill Collison, Kerry Miller, Joan Streadwick and Dennis Desjarlais. Photo submitted

Two teams tie for � rst place in Barriere Loggers Spiel

2013 Fishing Synopsis now available

Little Fort carpet bowlers (l-r) Pete Verhoeven, Linda Verhoeven, Hector Denton and Jack Livingstone took second place in the fours zone play-offs in Little Fort recently.Photos submitted

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Wells Gray Community Forest Corporationannual public information forum

This meeting is intended to give the public the op-portunity to be informed about the accomplishments of 2012 and the goals for 2013 within the Wells Gray Community Forest Tenure. Representatives from the Wells Gray Community Forest Corporation will be available to answer any questions.

This meeting will take place on Thursday April 11th, 2013 from 7.00 to 9.00pm

To be held at the Community Resource Centre 751 Clearwater Village Road.

For additional information contact George Brcko, General Manager, WGCFC at 250-674-3530.

Clearwater Youth SoccerRegistration

Wednesday April 3 4pm - 7pm Sportsplex

Wednesday April 13 4pm - 6pm SafetyMart

SeaSon StartS Monday april 22

Coaches and Helpers Needed Organizational Meeting being held April 3 at 6:30pm at the SportsplexFMI Shelley Sim [email protected] 250-674-3286or Barb Coates [email protected] Facebook for more information!


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Babies of 2012 hold get-togetherSubmitted by Success by 6

Our Success By 6 held an event for the babies of 2012 Event on March 12. The event’s purpose was to celebrate all of the babies born in our community, and communicate to parents that they and their chil-dren are valued.

This year’s event was full of hap-piness and joy. We took lots of pho-tos, including a group photo of all of the families.

Clearwater’s chief administrative officer Leslie Groulx was in atten-dance to provide an official welcome on behalf of the District to all of its newest citizens.

We were honoured to have local Metis elder Dale Haggerty provide an opening prayer and blessing of the food.

Each family was provided with a gift bag, including information about local resources, child develop-

ment, and a few small gifts, includ-ing a locally made dream catcher for each child from the Aboriginal com-munity. The big brothers and sisters attending received a small gift bag to honour their role in these new babies’ lives. There were some won-derful door prizes and lunch was provided. We topped it all off with a “birthday” cake for all of the babies!

Each family completed a survey developed to help us refine our pro-cess in identifying priority areas for our funding and planning. It was a wonderful time to get to know parents and have them get to know local service providers in a relaxed, social setting. It was incredible to see the instant connections the par-ents made with one another, many of whom were meeting for the first time.

We look forward to continuing to make this event a tradition in our community.

Participants at at Babies of 2012 party put on recently by Success by 6 pose for a photograph. Pictured are (l-r) Christy and daughter Em-malee; Sarah and son Wyatt; Kyla, Ken and son Gabriel; Jessica and daughter Emily; Rose and son Dominic; Deanna and son Regie, Natasha and daughter Alexis; Holly, Chris and daughter Mikayla; Rachelle and daughter Keela; Sylvia, daughter Laura and elder daughter Sarah; Stacey and son Jackson; Jen, son Kholsin and elder daughter Cloe. Photo submitted

Community Chorus booked to perform at a number of local events this springBarriere Star/Journal

The North Thompson Community Chorus consists of the Clearwater Adult Community Choir and the Barriere Adult Community Choir. Both these choirs performed their first joint Christmas concert in December 2012 to full local audi-ences. Both choirs had their own songs, but also shared songs, and some of the songs were shared as well with the Barriere and Clearwater Children’s Choir.

This spring, the combined choir is singing songs that are familiar, fun, peaceful and about peace, and they are learning all the same repertoire. They will perform these “feel

good and toe tapping” songs at our Peace Concert in Clearwater on Mother’s day (at the Clearwater Ski Lodge – tba) and in Barriere on the Friday night, May 10, at the New Life Assembly Pentecostal Church at 7 p.m. They will also perform in Kamloops the weekend after on Sunday, May 19, at St. Andrew’s Presbyterian Church at 3:30 p.m. The group hopes to have a guest choir joining them, either Kamloops Men’s Gospel Chorus or the Vivace Chorale with a guest violinist.

The choir will also offer a “smattering” of their repertoire at the Clearwater Arts Festival being held in the Clearwater Secondary School on April 21, and at the

North Thompson Arts Festival in conjunction with the Celebration of Rural Living Expo and Trade Show, at the fairgrounds in Barriere on April 28 at 1 p.m. and 3 p.m.

Other instruments in the performance will be mandolin and guitar (Bill Fowler), cello (Petrina Crane), organ (Bonnie Grusing), djembes (Sharon Neufeld and Sandi Wilcox), violin (Lorne Wright), plus other various percus-sion instruments.

The children’s choir has a membership of 24 young singers from ages seven to 14, and are hoping to sing again for this com-ing year’s Christmas concert. The combined adult choir has a cur-rent membership of 49 singers, and 30 of them will be singing in the Peace Concert in May.

They have a full program of 16 songs, including the men singing acapella, with guest soloist Jordene Conroy, who placed first in one of four cat-egories in early March at the Kamloops Music Festival.

The choirs are under the directorship of Leah Jones, a vocal teacher and choir director who resides in Blackpool. Jones has been teaching, playing, performing and direct-ing for eight years, starting her career in Nelson, expanding in Creston and Idaho, a stint in Bella Coola (where she will be run-ning a choir workshop in June this year) and enthusiastically shares her skills and joy of music with the people of Barriere and Clearwater and their surrounding communi-ties.

Everyone is wel-come to join these community choirs, and Jones notes that no experience is necessary. She offers “teach-ing choirs”, and new members learn as they go. For more infor-mation contact Leah Jones at 250-674-007

Leah JonesTimes file photo Chella and daughter Athena took part in the

party but missed the photo. Photo submitted



VICTORIA - The 2013-2015 Freshwater Fishing Regulations Synopsis is now online, and will soon be available in hard copy at Service BC centres and local angling licence vendors throughout the province.

The Freshwater Fishing Regulations Synopsis

is published every two years, and contains all non-salmon sport fishing regulations in effect in freshwater in British Columbia. The synopsis is the go-to sourcebook for anglers in the province.

This year marks a first for the publication, with the cover photograph coming from a con-test the ministry hosted in Fall 2012.

For any shutterbugs that want to be similarly immortalized, a second contest is still under-way for the cover of the 2014-2016 Hunting and Trapping Synopsis. Photographs must be emailed to [email protected] by Oct. 1, 2013, for the Hunting andTrapping Synopsis in order to be considered.

Photos for the ongoing Hunting and Trapping Synopsis Regulations photo contest must be rele-vant to hunting or trapping in British Columbia, and there is no limit to the number of submis-sions that can be made. Complete contest rules can be found online at: www.env.gov.bc.ca/fw/photo.html

The new edition of the Freshwater Fishing Regulations Synopsis is available at: www.env.gov.bc.ca/fw/fish/regulations/

The current edition of the Hunting and Trapping Regulations Synopsis is available at: www.env.gov.bc.ca/fw/wildlife/hunting/regula-tions/


The curling sea-son in Barriere was starting to come to the end of the season with the Loggers Spiel held on March 15 and 16.

Organizers report-ed it was a successful bonspiel, and that the accompanying ban-quet was excellent.

This year the bon-spiel was run as an open event, with any combination of males or females on a team,

which equated to more teams entering the spiel.

Teams and indi-viduals attended from Clearwater, Kamloops, Vancouver, White Rock, Sicamous and Pritchard.

The Bonspiel was the skins format, which had two teams tie for first place by the number of skins won.

The winning teams were the Bill Collison team from Clearwater and the Daryl Hrynkiw team from White Rock and Barriere.

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Sports

Adrienne (l) and Garth Campbell came second in the zone finals pairs event on March 26 in Little Fort. The couple live in Little Fort but were bowl-ing for Clearwater at the event. Teams from 100 Mile, Interlakes, Barriere, Clearwater and Chase took part. Little Fort hosted but didn't compete. Because Lillooet cancelled, the pairs playoff was done in one day instead of two.

Valley carpet bowlers take � rst and second

Donna Smith (l) of Barriere and Little Fort's Sharon March took first place in the pairs event of the carpet bowling zone playoffs held in Little Fort on March 26. The provincials will be in Prince George the first week of May. Teams playing twos, threes and fours will be going. First and second winners from each zone playoff are eligible to compete.

Members of the Bill Collison rink from Clearwater celebrate after winning first place in the Loggers Spiel in Barriere along with the Daryl Hrynkiw team from White Rock/Barriere. Pictured are (l-r) Bill Collison, Kerry Miller, Joan Streadwick and Dennis Desjarlais. Photo submitted

Two teams tie for � rst place in Barriere Loggers Spiel

2013 Fishing Synopsis now available

Little Fort carpet bowlers (l-r) Pete Verhoeven, Linda Verhoeven, Hector Denton and Jack Livingstone took second place in the fours zone play-offs in Little Fort recently.Photos submitted

St James Catholic Church

Sunday Service Mass • 11am - 12pmTuesday & Thursday

10am324 Clearwater Village

Road 250-672-5949

Father Don O’Reilly

Clearwater Seventh-Day

Adventist Church

Pastor Bill KellySaturday Service - 10amClearwater Christian ChurchPh. 250-674-3468

Clearwater Living Streams Christian

FellowshipMeeting at

New Life Assemblyevery Sunday 5:00pm

Contact Dave Meehan 250-674-3217email: [email protected]

Clearwater Community Churchopen to everyone - all denominations

CLEARWATER NEW LIFE ASSEMBLYDan Daase - Pastor

Sunday Morning Worship 10:30am

(Kids church during service)Wednesdays Am - Ladies Bible Study

Thursday 3-5pm Kids ClubPhone: 250-674-2345308 W Old N Thompson Hwy

ChurchDirectoryYour places of worship

VAVENBY CHRISTIAN CHURCH

3083 Capostinsky Rd. • Service 11 a.m.

Sunday Morning Celebration

ServicesIan Moilliet Pastor -

250-676-9574Non Denominational

Clearwater Christian Church“an Independent” congregation in fellowship with the

broader Christian community in the area.Meeting at: 11 Lodge Drive

(Behind Fields Store)

Sunday Worship Service

10 amOn the Web: www.clchch.com

For information 250.674.3841 or 250.674.2912

Pastor Mike Kiewitt250.674.1332

www.ccbaptist.ca

COMMUNITYBAPTIST24E Old North Thompson Hwy

Worship Service 10:30

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Rev. Brian Krushel250-672-5653 • 250-674-3615

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Containers available for construction sites, yard clean-up, industrial sites etc.

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Lawyer in attendance: Elmer Epp

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ICBC AgentDistrict of Clearwater

250-674-2733132 Station Road, Box 157, Clearwater, B.C. V0E 1N0Offi ce Hours: Monday to Friday - 8:30 am to 4:30 pm

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YEARS EXPERIENCEResidential & Industrial Wells

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Bus. (250) 573-3000Toll Free 1-888-839-3557

Water Wells

Safe ShelterIf you need help getting away from domestic abuse,

call Safe Home

(250) 674-2135 in Little Fort, Clearwater, Birch Island, Vavenby, Avola & Blue River

(250) 682-6444 in Dar eld, Barriere, Chu Chua, Louis Creek and McLure

Anytime day or night - Please don’t wait until it’s too late.Call us now. We can help.

If you would like to volunteer, call 250-674-2600 and ask for Wendy

Lawyer

Jim McCreightin Clearwater the 2 nd & 4 th

W ednesday of each month

Ph: 250-674-2255 (Clearwater)Toll Free: 1-888-374-3161

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For all your legal needs, including:• Wills & Estates • Real Estate • Accident & Injury

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Kodiak Kennels Breeding & Boarding

Breeders of Golden RetrieversPet Vacations at Kodiak Ranch

Lyle & Mary ThomasBox 189Clearwater, B.C. V0E 1N0

Ph. 250-674-0093Toll Free. 1-877-Kodiak9www.kodiakranch.com

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Box 463Clearwater, B.C. V0E [email protected]

Tel: (250) 674-3444Fax: (250) 674-3444

Geoff Ellen, P. AGForest Agrologist

• Landscape Design • Xeric Dryscapes • Native Species Landscapes • Hydroseeded Lawns • Land Reclamation

• Agroforestry • Range Management • Raw Land Assessment/Ideas • Aerial Revegetation • Greenhouses

AMARANTH FARM & NURSERY - McLure BCColorado Spruce Blue/Green

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$60 - $160 • Hundreds to Choose from

Large Caliper Colorful Shade Trees to 14’

Call Bob at 672-9712 • cell 819-9712Wholesale to the Public & Business

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Open Tues., Wed. & Thurs. Call for day or evening

appointments(250) 674-0098

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JAYLEE DOG GROOMINGArlee Yoerger

Professional Quality Pet Grooming

3133 Hundsbedt RdVAVENBY BC

250-676-0052

Pet Grooming

Septic

ON CALL SEPTIC SERVICES in Clearwater will be in

Valemount, Blue River and Avola every fi rst Friday of each month.

Charges for septic pumps start at $250 plus tax. Charges are subject to pump volume, location of the tank

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Taylor, Epp & DolderLawyers

Wednesdays 9:00 a.m. - NoonBarriere Centre - 480 Barriere Town Road

Lawyer in attendance: Elmer Epp

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Lawyers



250-674-2733132 Station Road, Box 157, Clearwater, B.C. V0E 1N0Offi ce Hours: Monday to Friday - 8:30 am to 4:30 pm



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Bus. (250) 573-3000Toll Free 1-888-839-3557

Water Wells

Safe ShelterIf you need help getting away from domestic abuse,

call Safe Home

(250) 674-2135 in Little Fort, Clearwater, Birch Island, Vavenby, Avola & Blue River

(250) 682-6444 in Dar eld, Barriere, Chu Chua, Louis Creek and McLure

Anytime day or night - Please don’t wait until it’s too late.Call us now. We can help.

If you would like to volunteer, call 250-674-2600 and ask for Wendy

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Ph: 250-674-2255 (Clearwater)Toll Free: 1-888-374-3161

Located in the BB&R Insuranceoffice, Brookfield Mall



For all your legal needs, including:• Wills & Estates • Real Estate • Accident & Injury

Located in the Interior Savings Offi ce, Ph: 250-674-2255 or Toll Free: 1-888-374-3161

Nursery


Kodiak Kennels Breeding & Boarding

Breeders of Golden RetrieversPet Vacations at Kodiak Ranch

Lyle & Mary ThomasBox 189Clearwater, B.C. V0E 1N0

Ph. 250-674-0093Toll Free. 1-877-Kodiak9www.kodiakranch.com

Pick up and delivery available

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Cell: 250-682-5577 • Home: 250-674-4033

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• C u s t o m B l i n d s & D r a p e r y • H o m e D é c o r F a b r i c• F l o o r i n g S a m p l e s • J o u r n e y m a n F l o o r I n s t a l l a t i o n s• P a i n t i n g - I n t e r i o r & E x t e r i o r • S m a l l R e n o v a t i o n s

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Box 463Clearwater, B.C. V0E [email protected]

Tel: (250) 674-3444Fax: (250) 674-3444

Geoff Ellen, P. AGForest Agrologist

• Landscape Design • Xeric Dryscapes • Native Species Landscapes • Hydroseeded Lawns • Land Reclamation

• Agroforestry • Range Management • Raw Land Assessment/Ideas • Aerial Revegetation • Greenhouses

AMARANTH FARM & NURSERY - McLure BCColorado Spruce Blue/Green

1m to 3m’s - Burlapped & Basketed

$60 - $160 • Hundreds to Choose from

Large Caliper Colorful Shade Trees to 14’

Call Bob at 672-9712 • cell 819-9712Wholesale to the Public & Business

massage

Located In The Legion Building

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Professional Quality Pet Grooming

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ON CALL SEPTIC SERVICES in Clearwater will be in

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Charges for septic pumps start at $250 plus tax. Charges are subject to pump volume, location of the tank

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‘Summer Stampede and Western Festival’ will be held on June 22 and 23 at the North Thompson fairgrounds in Barriere as a fundraiser for the Farm Kids Scholarship Fund.

“This is our biggest and most ambitious project yet,” said Steven Puhallo, president and founder of the Farm Kids Fund. “We’re pretty excited about having rodeo, eques-trian, country music and cowboy culture all together for people to enjoy. The idea for this came from our highly successful New Year’s Eve Bullarama fundraiser. In the beer gardens afterwards a bunch of us were talking about what a fun weekend event would include and this is what we came up with.”

The daily event will highlight professionally sanctioned bull riding, a wild horse race and barrel racing, along with jackpot ranch-hand saddle bronc and junior steer riding. There also will be a Cowboy Reunion western festival on the outdoor stage.

BCCMA Rising Star Kylee Epp will headline the Saturday night grandstand show.

“I am so excited to be involved in the Farm Kids Scholarship Fund and can’t wait to do my part to help students in rural communities further their education,” says Kylee, whose current single ‘Get it Right!’ is currently climbing the Canadian

country charts. “I hope to see you all there.”

A BC Heritage Finals Qualifying Gymkhana and Horse Show will also take place in the light horse show ring,

“We’re thrilled to continue our partner-ship with the Farm Kids Fund and be a part of this great new event in the North Thompson,” said Darcey Woods, president of the Barriere and District Riding Club, which is putting on the gymkhana and horse show as part of

Stampede Weekend.Weekend passes

and Saturday Night Grandstand Show tickets will be available April 8, at www.farmkidsfund.ca, at The Horse Barn

in Kamloops, and at the North Thompson Star/Journal in Barriere. Day Passes (cash only) can be purchased at entry to the Summer Stampede.

Cindy Wilgosh, Aboriginal Success By 6 coordinator, will be in attendance at the Celebration of Rural Living Expo and Trade Show at the fairgrounds in Barriere on April 27 and 28. Wilgosh will man a Success By 6 booth, and will also present ‘connection circle’ storytelling sessions on both days. She says the circle involves the use of a talking quilt, talking feather, sage/prayer bundles, rattles, paddles, and animals such as moose, bear, wolves, etc. Key to her First Nations traditions and heritage presentation is the ‘Grannie’ doll (shown above with Cindy). Both adults and kids will enjoy attending this infor-mative and fun presentation during the Expo weekend in Barriere.Photo by Jill Hayward – Barriere Star/Journal

BCCMA Rising Star Kylee Epp will headline the Saturday Night Grandstand Show at the Summer Stampede and Western Festival on June 22 and 23 in Barriere.Photo submitted

Summer Stampede coming to Barriere

First Nations Heritage to be featured at Rural Expo and Trade Show


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TO ADD YOUR COMMUNITY EVENT OR ORGANIZATION PLEASE CALL THE TIMES AT 250-674-3343

April: Self guided Spring Lambing Tours, 11 am – 4 pm daily, www.aveleyranch.com

Apr 5: Little Fort Coffee House. Doors open 6:30, open mic, Music starts 7:30, Admission $4/person, performers free

Apr 12: Burger & a Beer, Clw Ski Hill, $20 or $35 coupleApr 13: Youth soccer registration, 4-6 pm, NT SportsplexApr 13: 7th Annual Seedy Saturday 10am - 2pm

Clearwater Ski Hill 250-674-3444 for info

Apr 13-14: Antique Appraisal, 10-5pm @ Little Fort Hall. 672-5660

Apr 21: Clearwater Art Festival, CSS, 3 pm – 7 pmApr 21: Spirit of Spring Afternoon Tea & Entertainment,

Blackpool Hall, 11am – 4pm, $25, advance tickets only. Clearwater & District Hospice Society.

Apr 27-28: Celebration of Rural Living Expo & Trade Show @ NT Agriplex & Fall Fair Grounds. Info 250-319-8023

ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT• Coffee House: 1st Friday every month - Little Fort Community

Hall. 6:30, mic $4/person. Info Bill Fowler 250-672-5116• Raft River Rockhounds: 3rd Sunday of the mth. 250-674-2700• Women in Business Luncheon: 2nd Wed. of the mth at Wells

Gray Inn, 12–2 pm. Preregister at 250-674-2700• Clearwater Choir: Youth 3:30 - 5 pm; Adult 6:30 - 9 pm, Tues-

days, Clearwater Christian Church• Crafts & Conversations with Cheryl. Tuesdays 11:00 am to

2:00 pm at the North Thompson Aboriginal Sharing Center. Phone 674-3703 for more info.

• Clearwater Farmer’s Market every Saturday from 9:00 am – Noon. For more information please call Anne at 250-674-3444.

• Clearwater-Vavenby Lions Bingo: Every 2nd Tues. Elks Hall. 250-587-6269

• M&M (Mrs. & Ms.) Social. Last Sun of the mth Wells Gray Inn. 1pm: 587-6503

• Blackpool Community Hall Coffee House; Local musicians – every 2nd Fri. of the month. 6:30 pm. Concession, $3 or 2 for $5.

• Clearwater Elks Bingo - every 2nd Thurs. Elks Hall. open 5pm• Cribbage Wed. at the Royal Canadian Legion. 12:30 pm.• Little Fort Coffee House 7pm Little Fort Hall. 1st Fri of the mth

Oct. - May Bill 672-5116• Fun Darts Fri. at the Royal Canadian Legion. 6 pm.CHILDREN & FAMILIES• Raccoon StrongStart: Raft River Elem school days Mon, Tues,

Thurs & Fri from 8:45-11:45am• Raccoon StrongStart: Vavenby Elem school days Wed 8:50-

11:50am• Clearwater Breastfeeding Group: 3rd Wed. of every month

7:30pm @ YCS• Mother Goose - Mornings, reg. call Kerry 250-674-2600 ext

227• NT BC Home Schoolers: Meets Fri. afternoons. Call Leanna

250-674-0057 for details• Kids Club: Clearwater New Life Assembly. Meets every Thur.

3-5 pm. Ages 5-12. For info contact Bobbi @ 250-674-3346

HEALTH & HEALINGTuesday Morning Coffee ~ 10 am – 11 am at Baptist Church.

Themed weekly women’s discussions - drop-in.• Shambhala Meditation Group: meets every Tuesday at Forest

House 6:30-8:00 pm. Info: 250-587-6373.• Connections Healing Rooms - Fridays1-3pm (except stat.

holidays). 86 Young Rd. No charge. Sponsored by Living Streams Christian Church. www.healingrooms.com.

• Healthy Choices – Tues 9am Clearwater Christian Church bsmnt (behind Fields). $2/wk drop-in free. Call Kim 250-674-0224

• Clearwater & District Hospice 3rd Mon. Sept-Jun 10am Legion. RECREATION• Drop-in soccer: May-Sept. Tuesdays & Thursday at 7pm at CSS

� eld. Everyone welcome!• Bowling: Mon. 10–12pm & 1-3pm; Thurs., 1-3pm. Seniors Cen-

tre at Evergreen Acres. 674-2699• Clearwater Sno-Drifters: Meet 1st Thursday of every month.

250-676-9414• CNT Rod & Gun Club: 3rd Sun. of the mth. Blackpool Hall 7pm

Sept. - April• Drop in Tennis: May-Sept. Mon & Thurs 6:30pm All levels.

Double & single play. Rotary Sports Park.• Volleyball: Tues. 7:30-9:00 PM, Jan. 15 - Apr. 30, 2013. Clearwater

Secondary School Gym, $2 drop in.• Yoga Tree – Call or email Annie 674-2468 annie.pomme@

hotmail.com• Core Strength Fitness. Tuesdays. 10-11am 250-674-0001• Walking Club: Indoors: Wed. Jan. 30 - Mar. 13, 6:30 - 7:30 AM at

Clearwater Secondary. FREE. 250-674-1878 for more info.• Drop-in Curling: Fri. Jan. 11 - Mar. 8, 7:00 PM, $5. Brooms and

sliders available.• Badminton: Mon & Wed, Oct – Mar, CSS gym, 7:30-9:30 pm, $3

drop-in fee, info 250-674-2518SENIORS• Wells Gray Country Senior’s Society 3rd Sun Social Meet at the

Wells Gray Hotel at 12:30pm for lunch or dessert, & chat• Wells Gray Country Senior’s Society Book Club Last Thursday of

the month at 2pm at the public library. All seniors welcome.

UPCOMING EVENTS

For a complete list of our area’s COMMUNITY ORGANIZATIONS please stop in at the Times of� ce and pick up your copy of the North

Thompson Community Directory • Brook� eld Mall Clearwater • 250-674-3343

ONGOING EVENTS

FEATURED COURSEGYMNASTICS!!Tumbling fun for children 3 years and up. Please note: There is a limited number of spaces available. Classes started this week, but there may still be space. Register today!

REGISTER TODAYTEL: 250.674.3530 IN PERSON: 224 Candle Creek Rd.

EMAIL: [email protected] • www.tru.ca/regional_centres/clearwater

UPCOMING COURSESGymnastics Apr 2 – Jun 6 Varies

Foodsafe Level 1 Apr 5 & 6 or May 24 & 25 $85

Ink & Oil Rouging Apr 6 $85

OFA Level 3 First Aid Apr 8 – 20 or May 27 – Jun 7 $750

Computer Starters Apr 9 & 16 $50

World Host Apr 10 $85

OFA Level 1 First Aid Apr 16, 17, 29 or May 24 $90

Chocolate mmm Chocolate Apr 18 $45

Propane Attendant Apr 20 $115

Traffi c Control Apr 27 & 28 $270

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NOW HIRING

JIM’S FOOD MARKETS and A&W in Clearwater are now accepting resumes for FULL & PART TIME seasonal positions. We are seeking MATURE, RESPONSIBLE and MOTIVATED people to fill these positions. If you feel you will be an asset to our team, please bring your resume and cover letter to the store or the restaurant or email them to: [email protected]

PLEASE CLEARLY INDICATE THE FOLLOWING:1. Where would you like to work, A&W or Jim’s Food

Market?2. Are you seeking FULL TIME or PART TIME work?3. Are you interested in working late-night shifts (10pm - 6am)?

“The Employment Program of British Columbia is funded by the Government of Canada and the Province of British Columbia”

In Partnership with Barriere & District Chamber of Commerce and Yellowhead Community Services

Operate by Yellowhead Community ServicesThe Employment Program of BC is funded by the Government of Canada & the Province of British Columbia

BARRIERE EMPLOYMENT SERVICES629 Barriere Town Rd. Barriere, BC V0E 1E0Phone: 250-672-0036 / Fax: 250-672-2159

E-mail: [email protected] • Website: www.barriere-employment.ca

CLEARWATER EMPLOYMENT SERVICES58A Young Road, Clearwater BC V0E 1N2

250-674-2928 Fax 250-674-2938E-mail: [email protected] • Web Page: www.clearwateremployment.ca

GENERAL INFORMATION• Free Workshops: Thurs. Apr. 4th – Labour Market Info WorkshopThurs. Apr. 11th – Internet & Email Basics Workshop ( or every 2nd Thursday)Thurs. Apr. 18th – Creating & Updating Your Resume Workshop (or every 3rd Thursday)Thurs. Apr. 18th - Interview Skills WorkshopThurs. Apr. 25th – Work Search Techniques Workshop (every 4th Thursday)Thurs. May 2nd – Accepting, Starting & Maintaining Employment WorkshopPlease call 250-674-2928 to register for free workshops.• Resumes & Interviews: Go hand in hand, so the better prepared you are the greater the impression you will make to your future employer. Please drop in and our friendly staff will assist you.• Targeted Wage Subsidy (TWS): Are you currently on Employment Insurance or have you been in the last 3-5 years? If you have, you may be eligible for wage subsidy. Ask us for further info.• Funding for Skill Enhancement: Recent or active EI clients with a career plan in mind seeking assistance through Service Canada are required to book an appointment with one of our Employment Counsellors.• Blue River Itinerant: An employment consultant comes to town twice/mth to the Blue River School. Next visit is Thursday Apr. 11 from 12:30-2:30. If a one on one appointment is required, please call to set up a time prior to the drop in.

RCA – Casual & Permanent PT, ICS B0007COOK – FT or PT Station House Restaurant B0041SUPPORT WORKER – Casual, YCS B0050CASHIER – Little Fort Store PT/FT CB0054SANDWICH ARTIST – Subway PT/FT CB0055FINANCE ASSISTANT – Friendship Centre B0068ELECTIONS WORKERS – BC Elections B0073ADMINISTRATIVE ASSISTANT – On-call Simpcw B0086SUMMER STUDENT – District of Barriere B0090

FOREST FIRE FIGHTER TRAINING – B0061 (Apply on line @ www.wildfire.ca) Boulder Mountain Contracting

NORTH THOMPSON JOBS

Invitation to Tender: Parks Maintenance: Seasonal/Clearwater #C0094Invitation to Tender: Parks, Cemetery & Hall Maintenance: Seasonal/Blue River #C0093Day-Shift Cook: Seasonal/Clearwater #CB0092Cook: Seasonal/Clearwater #CB0091 Campsite Assistant: Seasonal/Clearwater #C0089Junior Maintenance: Seasonal/Clearwater #C0088Greenskeeper: Seasonal/Clearwater #C0087 Operations Manager: Seas/Clw #C0084Whitewater Kayak Instructor: Seas/Clw #C0083Whitewater Rafting Instructor/Trip Leader: SeasClearwater #C0082 Canoe Guide: Seasonal/Clearwater #CB0081Wrangler: Seasonal/Clearwater #CB0080Community Support Worker: PT/Clw #C0079Campground Attendant: Seas/Clw #C0077Waitress/Waiter: 2 positions Seas/Clw #C0076Housekeepers: 4 positions Seas/Clw #C0075Front Desk Clerk: 2 positions Seas/Clw #C0074Whitewater Rafting Instructor: Seas/Clw #C0069Support Worker: PT/Clearwater CB0064 Reservations Manager-Maternity Leave Coverage: FT/Blue River CB0062 Sandwich Artist: PT-FT/Little Fort CB#0055Cashier: PT-FT/Little Fort #CB0054Class 4 Driver: PT/Seasonal/Highway 5 #CB0051Sightseeing Boat Operator: Seas/Blue River #CB0049Housekeeper: Seasonal/Clearwater #C0048IT Manager: Seasonal/Blue River #CB0043Food and Beverage Server: Seas/Clw #C0036House-keeper: Seasonal/Clearwater #C0031German Speaking Tour Guide: Seas/Clw #CB0030

SKILL DEVELOPMENT: If you have been on Employment Insurance in the past 3 years (5 years maternity) and are currently unemployed, you may be eligible for re-training dollars. Book an appointment to see one of our counselors for more information.We look forward to seeing you: come in and we’ll personally see that you get the information you’re seeking or call and make an appointment.

• Free computer and Internet access • Free resume help

• Free information on many services.

Announcements

AnniversariesHappy 60th Wedding Anniver-sary to June & Hubert Janning from your family. April 4, 1953

Coming EventsDon’t miss the

Celebration of Rural LivingExpo & Trade Show

April 27-28, 20139am-5pm daily

NT Agriplex & Fall Fair Facility4872 Dunn Lake Rd., Barriere

Over 100 booths & displays to peruse. Music, concessions, giveaways. A full lineup of fea-ture speakers: including Dr. Art Hister. Free draws every hour. $5/adult, $3/stud. or sen-ior, children 12 & under Free. Vendor and Expo info at:www.ruralexpobarriere.com

Information

NOTICEPlease make a correction in your North Thompson Community Directory 2013. The listing under Camp-ground & RV for Fifty-Two Ridge RV Park should be un-der Restaurants: Fifty-Two Ridge, Clearwater 250-674-3909.

Information

Announcements

InformationSafe Home Response

Providing a safe place to escape for women and their

children. Volunteers always needed.

Call 250-674-2135.

HOSPITAL AUXILIARY THRIFT SHOP

Located across the railway tracks in Vavenby, B.C.

Wednesday 10 a.m. - 4 p.m.Sunday 11a.m. - 3 p.m.

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PersonalsAlcoholics Anonymous

Phone 250-674-3838 or250-587-0026 Anytime

Barriere Alcoholics Anonymous Call: 250-672-9643For Al Anon Call:

250-672-9643, 250-677-4234

Clearwater: AA meetings every Wed., #11 Lodge Dr., side door. Roll call 8 p.m. 250-674-7155 or 250-674-7313

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Trades, TechnicalGUARANTEED JOB Place-ment: General Laborers and Tradesmen For Oil & Gas In-dustry. Call 24hr Free Re-corded Message For Informa-tion 1-800-972-0209.

Work WantedHAFI GRANTS

Notice to low income seniors and persons with disability. You may qualify for a grant up to 20,000. to modify and adapt your home for improved safety and accessibility. For details contact your local HAFI expert Hans Ounpuu, Building con-tractor @ 250-674-3875.

Need some help with those odd jobs you don’t have time for? Call Keiran Jones at 250-674-3051

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IF YOU own a home or real estate, Alpine Credits can lend you money: It’s That Simple. Your Credit / Age / Income is not an issue. 1.800.587.2161.

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Fitness/ExerciseElliptical Trainer Canadian Tire Cardio Style ET150 in very good condition. Will trade for treadmill in good condition. Call 250-319-8023.

Legal ServicesCRIMINAL RECORD? Don’t let it block employment, travel, education, professional, certifi -cation, adoption property ren-tal opportunities. For peace of mind & a free consultation call 1-800-347-2540.

Help Wanted

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Legal Services

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Affordable memories that last a life-time. Seniors rates.

Book now avoid & disappointment. Sorry no passport photos

Jill Hayward250-319-8023/250-672-0055

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Regular Rate: 8.50 + GSTMaximum 15 words .20c per word extra

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Free Ads: Lost, Found, Student Work WantedFree ads maximum 15 words will run 2 consecutive weeks.

Happy Occasions:Happy Birthday, Happy Anniversary, etc. 1 column by 3 inch - $18.49 + GSTDeadlines:Word Ads: Mondays 5pmDisplay Ads: Mondays 12pm

It is the policy of The Star/Journal and The Times to receive pre-payment on all classified advertisements.Ads may be submitted by phone if charged to a VISA, MC or an existing account.

CHECK YOUR AD! Notice of error must be given in time for correction before the second insertion of any advertisement. The paper will not be responsible for omissions or for more than one incorrect insertion, or for damages or costs beyond the cost of the space actually occupied by the error.Advertisers are reminded that Provincial legislation forbids the publication of ads which discriminate against any person because of race, religion, sex, color, national-ity, ancestry or place of origin or age, unless the condition is justifi ed by a bona fide requirement for the work involved.Readers; in ads where ‘male’ is referred to, please read also as ‘female’ and where ‘female’ is used, read also ‘male’.NOTE: When ordering items out of province, the purchaser is responsible to pay provincial sales tax. Do not send money in response to an advertisement without confi rming the credentials of that business, and be aware that some telephone num-bers will be charged for by the minute

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Accepting Bids for LAndscAping MAintenAnce for the spring/fALL seAson 2013. Bids should include labour, tools and materials for pruning, planting annuals, maintaining the perennial beds, fertilizing, mowing, watering, etc. for the spring, summer and fall, as well as cleanup and preparing for winter.

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INVITATION TO TENDERParks, Cemetery & Hall MaintenanceTNRD Electoral Area “B” (Thompson Headwaters)

The Thompson-Nicola Regional District, Electoral Area “B” (Thompson Headwaters), is hereby accepting bids to undertake the following works for the period May 1st, 2013 – April 30th, 2016.

Provide grounds keeping and minor maintenance at the following Parks, Cemeteries and Hall:• Blue River Community Park/Blue River Cemetery;• Little Hell’s Gate Regional Park;• Avola Children’s Park, Avola Community Park, Avola School House, Avola Cemetery.

In order to bid on any of these contracts:1. A mandatory viewing is required in order to bid and is scheduled for Tuesday , April 9th,

2013, 10:00 am, leaving from the Blue River Elementary School. Please contact the undersigned to register for the viewing, and

2. At the viewing a copy of the Parks Maintenance Agreement and applicable Schedules, including a bid sheet will be provided with the contract package. Each of these Parks will be maintained under their own separate Parks Maintenance Agreements and are to be bid separately.

Sealed tenders addressed to the undersigned, labeled with the applicable park name, will be received at the 224 Candle Creek Road, Clearwater BC (Community Resource Centre) until 4:00 pm, April 17th, 2013.

Note: Each contract will be assessed separately.The lowest bidder will not necessarily be the successful applicant.

Further information may be obtained from:Sherri Madden

Services Coordinator, Thompson-Nicola Regional District224 Candle Creek RoadClearwater, BC V0E 1N1

Phone 250-674-3530 • Email: [email protected]

INVITATION TO TENDERParks MaintenanceTNRD Electoral Area “A” (Wells Gray Country)

The Thompson-Nicola Regional District, Electoral Area “A” (Wells Gray Country), is hereby accepting bids to undertake the following works for the period May 1st, 2013 – April 30th, 2016.

Provide grounds keeping and minor maintenance at the following Parks:• Birch Island Community;• Ferry Road;• Vavenby Community, and;• Vavenby Riverside.

In order to bid on any of these contracts:1. A mandatory viewing is required in order to bid and is scheduled for Wednesday, April 10th,

2013, 10:00 am. Please contact the undersigned to register for the viewing, and2. At the viewing a copy of the Parks Maintenance Agreement and applicable Schedules, includ-

ing a bid sheet will be provided with the contract package. Each of these Parks will be main-tained under their own separate Parks Maintenance Agreements and are to be bid separately.

Sealed tenders addressed to the undersigned, labeled with the applicable park name, will be received at the 224 Candle Creek Road, Clearwater BC (Community Resource Centre) until 4:00 pm, April 17th, 2013.

Note: Each contract will be assessed separately.The lowest bidder will not necessarily be the successful applicant.

Further information may be obtained from:Sherri Madden

Services Coordinator, Thompson-Nicola Regional District224 Candle Creek RoadClearwater, BC V0E 1N1

Phone 250-674-3530 • Email: [email protected]

FURNITURE FOR SALESOLID OAK NATURAL FINISH

32 SETS AVAILABLE EACH ROOM SOLD AS SET!

AJ Bachhal w:250.674.3080c:250.682.4788

• 2 Queen Headboards• 2 Queen Mattresses• 1-2 Night Stands

• Desk• TV Stand & 27” TV• Parsons Table

Services

Painting & Decorating

BUDGET PAINTING, Interior, Exterior, Residential, Commer-cial, Summer Special 25% Off, Excellent References, Fully In-sured, 100% Customer Satis-faction, Senior Discounts, Free Estimates, 1-(250)-571-9722

Pets & Livestock

Feed & HayMixed hay - Round Bales$30/per bale. Call 250-674-2512

Merchandise for Sale

AppliancesConvection oven and stove top, stacking w/d, 30” stove, lots of single washers and dryers. All reconditioned. Call 250-674-0079.Convection oven & stovetop, stacking w/d, 30” stove, lots of single washers and dryers. Call 250-674-0079

Firewood/FuelClean Burn Fir Pellets

* Fresh from factory * $270/ton

Call Morley 250-819-2944

Heavy Duty Machinery

A-STEEL SHIPPING DRYSTORAGE CONTAINERS

Used 20’40’45’53 in stock.SPECIAL

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Misc. for SaleAT LAST! An iron fi lter that works. IronEater! Fully patent-ed Canada/U.S.A. Removes iron, hardness, smell, manga-nese. Since 1957. Visit our 29 innovative inventions; www.bigirondrilling.com or Phone 1-800-BIG-IRON.HOME PHONE reconnect. Toll Free 1-866-287-1348 Cell Phone Accessories Catalogue Everyone Welcome To Shop Online at: www.homephonereconnect.caHOT TUB (SPA) COVERS. Best price. Best quality. All shapes & colours available. 1-866-652-6837 www.thecoverguy.com/news-paper?SAWMILLS FROM only $3997 - Make money & save money with your own bandmill - Cut lumber any dimension. In stock ready to ship. Free Info & DVD: www.NorwoodSaw mills.com/400OT 1-800-566-6899 Ext:400OT.STEEL BUILDING - Blowout clearance sale! 20x22 $4,188. 25x26 $4,799. 30x34 $6,860. 32x44 $8,795. 40x50 $12,760. 47x74 $17,888. One end wall included. Pioneer Steel 1-800-668-5422. or visit us online at: www.pioneersteel.ca

Furniture

Merchandise for Sale

Misc. for SaleSTEEL BUILDINGS/metal buildings 60% off! 20x28, 30x40, 40x62, 45x90, 50x120, 60x150, 80x100 sell for bal-ance owed! Call 1-800-457-2206 or see us online at: www.crownsteelbuildings.ca

Misc. WantedLocal Coin Collector Buying Collections, Accumulations, Olympic Gold & Silver Coins + Coin Guy: 778-281-0030

Used Postage StampsSupport International Scouting by donating used stamps which are sorted & sold to raise money for the International Develop-ment Fund of the International Scout & Guide Fellowship. This fund pays for training for Scout-ers in the third world.Drop stamps off at front counter of the Star/Journal in Barriere, or call Margaret at (250)672-9330.

Real Estate

Acreage for SaleBarriere: 10 acres on Glen-grove. Paved Rd., power, phone, water @ lot line. $149,000. 250-690-7244

Mobile Homes & Parks

RETIRE IN Beautiful Southern BC, Brand New Park. Af-fordable Housing. COPPER RIDGE. Manufactured Home Park, New Home Sales. Kere-meos, BC. Spec home on site to view. Please call 250-462-7055. www.copperridge.ca

Other AreasAMERICA’S BEST Buy! 20 acres, only $99/mo! $0 down, no credit checks, money back guarantee. Owner fi nancing. West Texas, beautiful moun-tain views! Free color brochure 1-800-755-8953.www.sunsetranches.com

Rentals

Apt/Condo for RentBarriere: fully self contained recent reno. 1bdrm app 4 rent. 10 min from town. Incl sun-deck, heat, hydro , satelite tv, washer. NS/NP/Ref. $525/mo. Avail immed. (250)672-9241

Clearwater: Cute 2 bdrm apt. Close to town. Own entrance. Avail Apr 15, sm dog or cat ok. $600/mo + util. 250-674-0188

Commercial/Industrial

3 self contained units: two @ 550 sqft, one @ 340 sq ft. Ideal retail/offi ce space w/kitchenette right by River-side Rafting & Fitness Centre. For details call 250-674-0001 or [email protected]

Cottages / CabinsClearwater: Cabin for rent. Avail. immed. $800/mo. Every-thing incl (util, internet, cable TV). Can come furnished or unfurnished. Watauga Village 250-674-2700

Furniture

Rentals

Duplex / 4 PlexBarriere: 3 bdrm duplex, 1 1/2 bath, 1 car heated garage. W/D, fenced, inground sprink-ler. Avail Apr 1. RR $875/mo + DD. 250-672-0041Barriere: 4plex for rent. 2 bdrm, ns/np, heat & power incl, RR/DD. $750/mo. Avail. April 1. 250-672-9958 or 250-319-5220

Misc for RentFurnished bachelor suite, incl access to Riverside Fit-ness Centre $675/mo, (inter-net, cable TV). 250-674-0001 or [email protected]

Mobile Homes & Pads

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18 -19Obituaries

IN LOVING MEMORY Kendall Jannette FRASER

1962 - 2013

Susan Campany passed away at home in Clearwater, BC, on March 29, 2013 at 70 years of age, after a brave struggle with cancer. Clearwater & District Hospice Society volun-teers and Sue’s husband Jim Lewis were by her side as Sue passed. Mourning Sue’s passing are her husband, Jim, children Andrew and Lisa, and four grandchildren.

Sue came to Canada from her native England in 1973, and moved to Clearwater in 2000. She worked as a secretary and office administra-tor for 30 years. In Clearwater, Sue was a very active and dedicated member of the Dr. Helmcken Memorial Hospital Auxiliary, where she served as President for several years. Susan was a loving, warm companion and wonderful person and wife. She was kind hearted and gen-erous, friendly and gregarious.

Following cremation, private family arrange-ments have been made. Donations in memory of Sue Campany would be appreciated to the Dr. Helmcken Hospital Auxiliary, 640 Park Drive, Clearwater, BC, V0E 1N1, or to the Clearwater and District Hospice Society, 257D Glen Road, Clearwater, BC, V0E 1N2. Condolences may be sent to the family via www.NorthThompsonFuneral.com Arrangements entrusted to North Thompson Funeral Services, Clearwater, BC, V0E 1N0, (250) 674-3030.

IN LOVING MEMORYFelix Couturier

1955 - 2013Felix Couturier

of East Blackpool, BC, passed away peacefully at Dr. Helmcken Memorial Hospital, Clearwater, BC, on March 25, 2013 after a brave fight with a lengthy illness for the past six years. He was 57 years of age. Born Felix Arthur Joseph Henri Couturier in McLennan, Alberta, on April 18, 1955, Felix is survived by his loving wife Heather; children Alison Hunt, Aaron Hunt, Mary Hunt, Jessica Couturier and April Seibel; his father Art Couturier; mother Lauraine Couturier; sis-ter Kathleen Couturier; by his brothers Terry Couturier and Jimmy Dean Couturier; and by numerous grandchil-dren.

Felix loved music and was a rocking drummer who played in several bands that trav-elled around Canada and the United States, including American Spice and Boothill Express. He met Heather while playing in Smithers, BC, and that was it: he cut his

hair and settled down, marrying Heather in 1988. Felix and Heather have been best friends and full of love for 29 years. Felix continued to play music how-ever, and had a band called the Battle River Boogie Band while he and Heather lived in Williams Lake. He loved his rock ‘n roll loud and fun, and he continued to play and perform music after he and Heather moved to Clearwater. He loved a good jam session and played a wicked “Wipeout.”

Felix also had a pas-sion for old cars. He had a cool ’67 Pontiac Parisienne convert-ible. He loved to drive it fast (all of his kids

inherited his lead foot, it seems). Felix took his grandchildren for rides on his old fire truck, even in the May Day parade for a couple of years.

Felix was a log-ger, and logging brought him to live in Clearwater. For the last few years Felix drove a taxi. He loved this town and was always willing to help out anyone who needed it. He

was a kind and quiet man who was dedicated to his wife and family. Felix will be sadly missed.

A gathering to cel-ebrate the life of Felix Couturier will take place at 2:00 p.m. on Saturday, May 4, 2013 in the Banquet Room at the Wells Gray Inn, Clearwater, BC. Condolences may be sent to the family via www. NorthThompsonFuneral .com

The family is establish-ing a fund in Felix’s mem-ory to support the music program at Clearwater Senior Secondary School. Cremation arrange-ments entrusted to North Thompson Funeral Services, Clearwater, BC, V0E 1N0, (250) 674-3030.

Kendall Fraser of Clearwater, BC, passed away at 11:40 p.m. on March 16, 2013 at Dr. Helmcken Memorial Hospital, Clearwater. She was 50 years old. Born in Edmonton, Alberta on July 12, 1962, Kendall attended Clearwater Secondary School. She loved animals and her favourite pastime was spending time with her family and friends. She loved to ride horses. Kendall worked at the Wells Gray Inn for the past couple of years.

Kendall is survived by her father, Robin Brown, step-mother Doris Brown, Kendall’s three sons, Clifford, Leon and Robin Fraser, two daughters-in-law, four grandsons, two sisters and brothers-in-law, and many more family and friends. She was loved by all who knew her.

A Celebration of Kendall’s life will be held on Saturday, April 6, 2013 at 2:00 p.m. in the Banquet Room at the Wells Gray Inn, Clearwater, BC. Condolences may be sent to the family via www.NorthThompsonFuneral.com Cremation arrangements entrusted to North Thompson Funeral Services, Clearwater, BC, V0E 1N0, (250) 674-3030.

IN LOVING MEMORY Susan Diana CAMPANY

1942 - 2013

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This week is all about give and take, Capricorn. Do for others, and they will do for you. A special event calls for some extra-special gifts.

Some habits are hard to break, Aquarius. Look to a mentor to help and you will succeed. A fitness goal is easily achieved with a new piece of equipment.

The odds may be stacked against you, Pisces, but that doesn’t mean you won’t come out on top with a little ingenuity. A weekend endeavor requires a leap of faith.

Speak up, Aries, and the problem will be solved. A little miracle at home makes for an interesting weekend. Travel plans come together.

Cast aside all doubt, Taurus. The offer is genuine and will bring you many rewards. A test of faith begins— be strong. Money woes ease.

Feeling blessed these days, Gemini? Pay it forward. A compromise at home raises everyone’s spirits and fun ensues all weekend long!

A business relationship blossoms with an addition. A larger-than- life personality drops by with an offer you can’t refuse. Oh boy, oh boy, Cancer.

Oops, Leo. You fall behind on a project, raising some eyebrows. Not to worry. You will get back on track sooner than you think, thanks to an innovation.

Spend less, save more and you’ll definitely get more, Virgo. More in your bottom line and more peace of mind. Flowers provide a great pick-me-up.

Lady Luck smiles on you, Libra, and there is nothing beyond your reach. A treasured heirloom resurfaces, bringing back many fond memories.

The tiniest of changes make a vast improvement in a project. A rejection is a blessing in disguise. Be grateful for what you’re given, Scorpio.

News from afar gets the creative juices flowing, and you accomplish more than you have in some time, Sagittarius. A game of wits at the office proves challenging.

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Aries, some conflict-ing signals from a friend this week might seem like trouble is ahead. But it’s more likely that your perception of the situation is a little off.

Cancer, don’t get sidetracked this week because coworkers are ex-pecting your full at-tention and effort at the office. You may need to juggle a few responsibilities for the time being.

Libra, you know what you want and do not need anyone’s approval, but you can’t help checking in with a family member this week to get a second opinion.

Capricorn, write things down this week before you say them to be sure you have everything cor-rect. This will help you when you need to make an impor-tant announcement.

Aquarius, you may feel like escaping to a fantasy world, but that does not mean the pressing matters will simply disap-pear. A vacation may recharge your batteries.

Taurus, your imagi-nation has a life of its own this week. You may be think-ing of living on the edge a little bit in the next few days but don’t overdo it.

Leo, make sure you comments are not misinterpreted this week. Someone might take some-thing the wrong way, so choose your words carefully.

Scorpio, channel your romantic feel-ings into action this week. Act sooner rather than later and make the most of your emotions while they’re strong.

You are in much better shape than you think you are, Pisces. So don’t be too hard on yourself this week. It is alright to put your feet up.

Gemini, avoid a deep discussion about your feelings with someone at work this week. Now is not the time or the place to share anything personal, so keep it profes-sional.

Virgo, you may be feeling great physi-cally, but there is a nagging problem that you simply can-not identify. Give it time and it will come to the surface.

Sagittarius, learn from the past but do not allow letdowns from the past to dictate your future. There is no guaran-tee that things will be repeated.

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20 - 21Easter egg hunt at the Blackpool Hall

Right: Quesnel's Shelby Speer (l) watches as her cousin, Jenai Fichtner of Kelowna carefully creates a chain of plastic toys – each with a hook on either end. The pair are relations of Times cor-respondent Kay Knox and her husband, John.

Right: Brook-Lynn Fowler of Blackpool catches a fish in the fish pond using a velcro hook.

Right: Caley Kadlun-Jones watches as Zasha Crombie, age 2 1/2, at-taches decorations to an Easter basket.

Left: Blackpool resident Tammy Marsel hugs her daughter, Maple Peel, after she finds an Easter egg.

Robert Lee throws metal rings as he takes part in the annual Easter egg hunt event at Blackpool Hall on Sunday, March 31. Watching to the right are Connie Taylor of Prince George and her niece, Brianna of Maple Ridge. Both are related to the Krauseneck family of Blackpool.

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