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SAFETY MART FOODS Brookefield Mall - Clearwater OPEN 7 DAYS A WEEK 250-674-2213 Thursday, October 30, 2014 Volume 50 No. 44 www.clearwatertimes.com $1.35 Includes GST LOCAL NEWS: LEGAL GROW-OP FOR BARRIERE A13 THE NORTH THOMPSON Times First Place General Excellence B.C. and Yukon <2,000 circulation 2014 2014 CCNA BLUE RIBBON First Place Best All Round Newspaper & Best Editorial Page Second Place Best Front Page All of Canada <1,250 circulation 2014 2 THANK YOU! Raft River Elementary School PAC leader Sabine Cooperman leads the school's children in saying “Thank you!” to Aviva Canada as loud as they can. Despite being in the open air, the sound was deafening. They were taking part in the official opening of the Courtney and Skye Buck Memorial Playground at the school on Thursday of last week. For more about the opening, see page A12 inside. Photo by Keith McNeill Attack on Parliament: MP McLeod, Senator Greene Raine safe after soldier killed Cam Fortems – Kamloops This Week Hearing gun- shots immediately outside the room where she was meet- ing in Parliament, Kamloops-Thompson- Cariboo Conservative MP Cathy McLeod said she feared a gun- man would come through the door. McLeod remained with others late in lockdown on Oct. 21 in the Parliament Buildings following shootings in Ottawa that left a Canadian soldier and his appar- ent shooter both dead. In an emailed mes- sage to KTW, McLeod said MPs were instructed to be careful with public communi- cation via Twitter. “The shooting hap- pened right outside the door from where I was located. The first shot, you tried to identify what it was,” she said. The gunman shot and killed a soldier — Cpl. Nathan Cirillo, a 24-year-old reserv- ist from Hamilton — standing guard at the National War Memorial across from Parliament. The gunman then went to Parliament Hill, where he was reportedly killed after trading shots with Parliament’s sergeant at arms, Kevin Vickers. McLeod said the sound of gunshots was unmistakeable, but what wasn’t clear is what would come next. MPs do not have electronic communica- tion in many of their meetings. “So, it took a while to have more clarity as to what was happen- ing,” she said. “With multiple gunshots, it quickly became apparent that is was an attack of some sort. Nancy Greene Cathy McLeod Continued on page A7

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THANK YOU!Raft River Elementary School PAC leader Sabine Cooperman leads the school's children in saying “Thank you!” to Aviva Canada as loud as they can. Despite being in the open air, the sound was deafening. They were taking part in the official opening of the Courtney and Skye Buck Memorial Playground at the school on Thursday of last week. For more about the opening, see page A12 inside. Photo by Keith McNeill

Attack on Parliament: MP McLeod, Senator Greene Raine safe after soldier killedCam Fortems – Kamloops This Week

Hearing gun-shots immediately outside the room where she was meet-ing in Parliament, Kamloops-Thompson-Cariboo Conservative MP Cathy McLeod said she feared a gun-man would come

through the door.McLeod remained

with others late in lockdown on Oct. 21 in the Parliament Buildings following shootings in Ottawa that left a Canadian soldier and his appar-ent shooter both dead.

In an emailed mes-sage to KTW, McLeod said MPs were instructed to be careful

with public communi-cation via Twitter.

“The shooting hap-pened right outside the door from where I was located. The first shot, you tried to identify what it was,” she said.

The gunman shot and killed a soldier — Cpl. Nathan Cirillo, a 24-year-old reserv-ist from Hamilton — standing guard

at the National War Memorial across from Parliament.

The gunman then went to Parliament Hill, where he was reportedly killed after trading shots with Parliament’s sergeant at arms, Kevin Vickers.

McLeod said the sound of gunshots was unmistakeable, but what wasn’t clear is

what would come next.MPs do not have

electronic communica-tion in many of their meetings.

“So, it took a while to have more clarity as to what was happen-ing,” she said.

“With multiple gunshots, it quickly became apparent that is was an attack of some sort. Nancy GreeneCathy McLeod

Continued on page A7

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Keith McNeill

Construction of a new Blackpool Community Park should start next spring, according to

Tim Pennell, Wells Gray Country (Area A) director with the Thompson-Nicola Regional District.

About $200,000 has been lined up for the

project and more fund-ing sources are being investigated.

The park project began several years ago when Star Lake Women's Institute,

which owns Blackpool Hall, subdivided the property that the fire-hall sits on.

This led to a request from the TNRD to the women's institute

to lease land located immediately east of the hall for a community park.

SLWI, Blackpool Hall Heritage Committee and the community have been involved in the plan-ning for the park.

Kinder-Morgan has

been involved as well, as its Transmountain pipeline runs through the property.

Earlier this year, the pipeline com-pany brushed and cleared the land, with Blackpool Fire Department burning the piles.

Next year the plan is to get the surface preparation in place, with sprinklers, grass, fencing and, if funding permits, a walking trail started.

The regional district is leasing about .75 ha from SLWI for the park, Pennell said.

New sign marks proposed Blackpool Park

Tim Pennell (l), TNRD director for Wells Gray Country (Area A) shows Blackpool residents on Sunday a new sign with a map of a park planned for the area. Pictured are (l-r) Pennell, Rose Mann with Dominic and baby Carter, Samantha Braaten with Damian, Esther Perry and Jack Perry. Photo by Keith McNeill

Times Staff

Wells Gray Community Forest has distributed about $550,000 to schools, organizations and other good causes in the Clearwater and Wells Gray Country (Area A) since it began a few years ago.

Now the community forest is look-ing for a new member for its society's board to help decide how moneys will be distributed in the future.

The new board member would be a member-at-large, representing the community as a whole, said board chair Richard Christenson. Applicants should be community minded and have experience with non-profit groups and organizations.

The position has a three-year term.Those interested should send a

one-page application to [email protected] by Friday, Nov. 21 at 4:30 p.m.

WGCF seeks society board member

School District No. 73

PUBLIC NOTICE IS HEREBY given to the electors of Electoral Areas ‘A’ & ‘B’ of the Thompson-Nicola Regional District that an election by voting is necessary to elect one School Trustee, and that the persons nominated as candidates and for whom votes will be received are:

Surname Usual Names Residential Address or JurisdictionMACDONALD Willow 810 Pine Street, Blue River BCSIM Shelley 631 Downie Road, Clearwater, BC

GENERAL VOTING DAY will be open on Saturday, November 15th, 2014 to QUALIFIED ELECTORS OF THE ELECTORAL AREAS at the following locations between the hours of 8:00 a.m. and 8:00 p.m.

ELECTORAL AREA “A” (Wells Gray Country) 1. Dutch Lake Community Centre 209 Dutch Lake Road, Clearwater 2. Blackpool Community Hall 155 Ferry Road, Blackpool 3. Vavenby Elementary School 3157 Galiano Road, Vavenby

ELECTORAL AREA “B” (Thompson Headwaters) 1. Blue River Elementary School 5917 – 3rd Avenue, Blue River 2. Avola School House 6366 Avola Village Road, Avola 3. Vavenby Elementary School 3157 Galiano Road, Vavenby 4. Dutch Lake Community Centre 209 Dutch Lake Road, Clearwater

ADVANCE VOTING OPPORTUNITIES will be held at the Thompson-Nicola Regional District Offi ce, 300 – 465 Victoria Street, Kamloops, BC:.

Wednesday, November 5, 2014 8:00 a.m. to 8:00 p.m.Wednesday, November 12, 2014 8:00 a.m. to 8:00 p.m.

ADDITIONAL ADVANCE VOTING OPPORTUNITIES will be held for qualifi ed electors on: Wednesday, November 5th from 8:00 a.m. to 8:00 p.m. at the following location:

Dutch Lake Community Centre - 209 Dutch Lake Road, Clearwater

Registration of all electors will take place at the time of voting. In order to vote, an elector must be eligible either as a resident Elector or a Non-Resident Elector You will be required to make a declaration that you meet the following requirements:

Resident Electors: • 18 years of age or older on general voting day • Canadian citizen • resident of British Columbia for at least 6 months immediately preceding the day of registration • resident of the Trustee Electoral Area for which the election is held, for at least 30 days immediately preceding the day of registration, and • not disqualifi ed by the School Act or the Local Government Act or any other enactment from voting in an election or otherwise disqualifi ed by law.

Resident electors must produce two pieces of identifi cation (at least one with a signature). Picture identifi cation is not necessary. The identifi cation must prove both residency and identity.

Non-Resident Electors

In order to vote as a property elector for a Trustee Electoral Area, a person must meet all of the following qualifi cations at the time of voting: • 18 years of age or older on general voting day • a Canadian citizen; • a resident of British Columbia for at least six (6) months immediately before the time of voting; • must be a registered owner of real property in the Trustee Electoral Area for at least thirty (30) days immediately before the time of voting, • not be a resident elector in any Trustee Electoral Area in the same School District; and • not be disqualifi ed from voting by the School Act or the Local Government Act or any other enactment or law or be otherwise disqualifi ed by law.

Non-resident property electors must produce two pieces of identifi cation (at least one with a signature) to prove identity, proof that they are entitled to register in relation to the property, and if applicable, written consent from the other property owners. A person may only register as a property elector in relation to one parcel of real property in School District No. 73 (Kamloops/Thompson).

Sharon E. Lyons Chief Election Offi cerSchool District No. 73 (Kamloops/Thompson)

NOTICE OF ELECTION

SCHOOL TRUSTEE - One (1) to be elected

VOTING DATES AND LOCATIONS

ELECTOR REGISTRATION

BARRIERENov. 8 – Barriere Seniors Bazaar & Luncheon,

Seniors Hall, 11am-1pm. Info: 250-672-2477Nov. 14-16 – Candlelight & Holly Arts & Craft Sale,

Legion basement, Fri. 10am-8pm, Sat. 10am-6pm, Sun. 10am-4pm. Info: 250-672-9772

Nov. 22 – No-Host Bazaar, North Thompson Fall Fair Hall, 10am-1pm. Info: 250-672-2456

Nov. 29 – Barriere Seniors Annual Craft Fair, Seniors Hall, 10am-2pm. Info: 250-672-5587

BLACK POOLNov. 29 – Blackpool Craft Fair, Blackpool Hall,

10am-2pm. Info: 250-587-6202Blue RiverNov. 30 – Blue River Community Hall 10-4pm

250-674-8398CHU CHUANov. 16 – Christmas Craft Fair, Chu Chua Communi-

ty Hall, 10am-2pm. Info: 250-672-5356CLEARWATERNov. 1 – Home Based Businesses Craft Fair, Elks Hall,

9am-2pm. Info: 250-674-3763

Nov. 15-16 – Clearwater Elks Christmas Bazaar, Elks Hall, Sat. 10am-4pm, Sun. 9am-noon. Info: 250-674-3535

Nov. 23 – 19th Annual Winter Wonderland & Craft Fair, Clw. Legion, 10am-2pm. Info: 250-674-2127

Nov. 27 - Dec. 3: Christmas at the Cottage, 3684 Birch Island, Lost Creek Rd., 11am - 8pm. 250-676-9511

Dec. 6 – Home Based Businesses Craft Fair, Elks Hall, 9am-2pm. Info: Kathy 250-674-3763

Dec. 12, 13, 19, 20 - Clearwater Winter Market, Wells Gray Info Centre, Fri 2-8 pm; Sat. 10am-4pm.

Dec. 13-14 – Elks Christmas Bazaar, Elks Hall, Sat. 10am-4pm, Sun. 9am-12pm. Info: 250-674-3535

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3pm. Info: 250-566-4396 vAvENBy Nov. 2 – Vavenby Craft Fair, Vavenby Community

Hall, 10am-2pm. Info: 250-676-9485

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Members of Royal Canadian Legion Branch 259 will be out soon giving out poppies and collecting dona-tions, but where does the money go?

All of the money raised through the poppy campaign goes to veteran-related activities, local Legion members say.

Last year the branch collected $6,317 from the poppy campaign.

The two biggest disbursement from the poppy fund were $2,000 to the veterans transition program

(to help our troops adjust to coming home from Afghanistan), and $2,000 to a bur-sary for a student from Clearwater Secondary School.

Local schoolchildren received $730 in poster and literary contest prizes.

Two disbursements of $300 each went to the Ladies Auxiliary of the B.C./Yukon Command for the Brock Fahrni Pavilion and the George Derby Center. The money was for Christmas gifts and medical equipment for veterans living in those centers.

Another $300 went to Dr. Helmcken Memorial Hospital Auxiliary for cable TV at the hospital.

A contribution of $200 went to the Royal Canadian Legion Foundation to help purchase an exoskel-

eton for a veteran.Final item on the

tally was $162 for the free veterans dinner the Legion puts on each November.

Total disbursements from the poppy fund this year amounted to $5,992.

Legion Branch gives Poppy Fund accounting

Raft River replacement on school district listKeith McNeill

Raft River Elementary School is number seven on a list of 10 major to-do proj-ects in School District 73.

Some sections of the school are quite old and do not fit together well with the newer parts, school trustee John Harwood com-mented (the mayor of Clearwater is also the

school trustee for the Clearwater-Blue River area).

Cost of replacing the building has been put at $14 million.

Number one prior-ity on the school dis-trict's capital plan is an addition to Westmount Elementary, which would cost about $10 million.

Second on the list is replacing South Kamloops Secondary

School, which would have a price tag of $45 million.

In a report to the school board, direc-tor of facilities and transportation Art McDonald wrote, “It should be noted that none of these build-ings are falling apart ... However, there is a long time gap from funding request to finding/construction, so it seems prudent to

have a capital plan that takes into account this time lag.”

Several projects at Raft River Elementary were completed over the summer, including playground installation, parking lot upgrades, and a bus loop retain-ing wall. A boiler upgrade and electrical rewire are still in prog-ress.

Exterior door replacements at

Clearwater Secondary School are also still in progress, according to McDonald's report to the school board on Oct. 9.

Three election forums coming upKeith McNeill

Voters in the Clearwater-Blue River area will have at least three election forums over the next week to help them decide who to vote for.

This afternoon (Thursday, Oct. 30) at 4 p.m. the students council at Clearwater Secondary School will host a forum for the two school board candidates in the Pit at the school.

Blue River's Willow MacDonald will face off against Shelley Sim of Clearwater to be school trustee for the Clearwater-Blue River area.

MacDonald is presently the Thompson-Nicola Regional District direc-tor for Thompson Headwaters (Area B) and is vice-chair of the regional district.

She is also running to retain her seat on the TNRD board.

Sim is a District of Clearwater coun-cillor and president of the CSS PAC.

Sim is running again to be on Clearwater town council as well.

Thursday evening, Oct. 30, at 7:30 p.m. there will be an all candidates forum in Blue River Community Hall.

It is not yet clear whether MacDonald and Sim will debate again about who should be the new Clearwater-Blue River area school trustee.

However, MacDonald will definitely trade comments with Max Lentz, a for-mer Area B director who wants his old job back.

One week later, on Thursday, Nov. 6, there will be an all candidates forum in

the activity room at the new Dutch Lake Community Centre. The forum will start at 7 p.m.

It will be a full agenda for the candi-dates for school board (MacDonald and Sim), Wells Gray Country (Tim Pennell and Carol Schaffer), and Clearwater town council (Barry Banford, Merlin Blackwell, Dennis Greffard, Melanie Harwood, Gord Heisterman, Ken Kjenstad and Shelley Sim).

Grand finale will be when the two candidates to be Clearwater's mayor, incumbent John Harwood and chal-lenger Jon Kreke, do battle.

Advance polls for the local govern-ment and school board elections will be held Nov. 5. Voting day will be on Nov. 15.

First poppyLegion Branch 259 representative Joe Short (l) pins the first poppy onto Mayor John Harwood on Tuesday in front of Clearwater courthouse. Behind them is the Canadian flag at half-mast in memory of two soldiers killed recently. Photo by Keith McNeill

Notice No. 4-1

DISTRICT OF CLEARWATERNOTICE OF ELECTION BY VOTING

PUBLIC NOTICE IS HEREBY given to the electors of the District of Clearwater that an election by voting is necessary to elect a Mayor and six Councillors, and that the persons nominated as candidates and for whom votes will be received are:

MAYOR – One (1) to be electedSurname Usual Names Residential Address or JurisdictionHARWOOD John 577 Fawn Road, Clearwater, B.C.KREKE Jon 361 Ridge Drive, Clearwater, B.C.

COUNCILLOR – Six (6) to be electedSurname Usual Names Residential Address or JurisdictionBANFORD Barry 365 Robson Place, Clearwater, B.C.BLACKWELL Merlin 221 Schmidt Road, Clearwater, B.C.GREFFARD Dennis 541 Swanson Road, Clearwater, B.C.HARWOOD Melanie 577 Fawn Road, Clearwater, B.C.HEISTERMAN Gord 212 Schmidt Road, Clearwater, B.C.KJENSTAD Ken 381 Wyndhaven Place, Clearwater, B.C.SIM Shelley 631 Downie Road, Clearwater, B.C.

VOTING DATES AND LOCATIONSGENERAL VOTING will be open to quali� ed electors of the District of Clearwater on:

Saturday, November 15, 2014 between the hours of 8:00 am and 8:00 pmat the following locations:

Dutch Lake Community Centre,209 Dutch Lake Road, Clearwater, BC, V0E 1N2

ADVANCE VOTING will be open to quali� ed electors as follows:Wednesday, November 5, 2014 - 8:00 am to 8:00 pm

Dutch Lake Community Centre,209 Dutch Lake Road, Clearwater, BC, V0E 1N2

A SPECIAL VOTING OPPORTUNITY will be available to quali� ed electors who are patients or sta� of the Dr. Helmcken Memorial Hospital and Residents of Evergreen Acres at the time of voting, as follows:

Saturday, November 15, 2014Evergreen Acres Senior Citizen’s Home Society, 144 Evergreen Place, Clearwater, B.C. @ 9:00-9:30amDr. Helmcken Memorial Hospital, 640 Park Drive, Clearwater B.C. @ 10:00-11:00am and 6:30-7:30pm

ELECTOR REGISTRATION(For voting day only registration)There is no need to pre-register to vote as the registration of all electors for this election will take place at the time of voting. You will be required to make a declaration that you meet the following requirements:

• 18 years of age or older on general voting day• Canadian citizen• resident of B.C. for at least 6 months immediately preceding the day of registration• resident of OR registered owner of real property in the District of Clearwater for at least 30 days imme-

diately preceding the day of registration, and• not disquali� ed by the Local Government Act or any other enactment from voting in an election or

otherwise disquali� ed by law.Resident electors must produce 2 pieces of identi� cation (at least one with a signature). Picture identi� -cation is not necessary. The identi� cation must prove both residency and identity.Non-resident property electors must produce 2 pieces of identi� cation (at least one with a signature) to prove identity, proof that they are entitled to register in relation to the property, and, if there is more than one owner of the property, written consent from the majority of the property owners.

Chief Election O� cer

Water main � ushing is a key component in maintaining water quality throughout the water distribution system. The District of Clearwater performs water main � ushing on a biannual basis; spring and fall.

Water main � ushing utilizes water velocities created by “pulling” larger than normal volumes through the system to clean the water main. Public Works crews systematically turn water valves and � re hydrants to e� ectively � ush the water system.

When the District’s Public Works Department is � ushing water mains in the community you may experience a loss in pressure, cloudy water and/or discolouration; none of which are a health concern. Should you experience any of those conditions, please run your taps for a minimum of 5 minutes or until the water clears.

District Public Works crews will be performing our fall � ushing program between September 23rd and November 4th, 2014.

Should you experience prolonged pressure loss and/or discolouration please contact the District of Clearwater @ 250.674.2257. HOME TOWN girl with HOME TOWN service

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Letters PolicyThe Times welcomes all letters to the editor. We do, however, reserve the right to edit for brevity, clarity, legality and good taste. While all letters must be signed (and have a telephone number for verification purposes) upon submission, writers may elect to withhold their names from publication in special circumstances.

Reform of United Nations must be a global priority

editorial by keith mcNeill

Opinion“ One of the most dif� cult things everyone has to learn is that for your entire life you must keep � ghting

and adjusting if you hope to survive. No matter who you are or what your position is you must keep � ghting for whatever it is you desire to achieve.” - George Allen, football coach

BC Press CouncilThe Times is a member of the British Columbia Press Council, a self-regulatory body governing the province’s newspaper industry. The council considers complaints from the public about the conduct of member newspapers. Directors oversee the mediation of complaints, with input from both the newspaper and the complaint holder. If talking with the editor or publisher does not resolve your complaint about coverage or story treatment, you may contact the BC Press Council.Your written concern, with documentation, should be sent to BC Press Council, PO Box 1356, Ladysmith, B.C. V9G 1A9For information, phone 888-687-2213 or go to www.bcpresscouncil.org

Public input needed for Upper Clearwater logging

Last week (Oct. 17 – 26) was the Global Week of Action for a World Parliament.

Friday, Oct. 24, was United Nations Day.Global warming, epidemic diseases such as

Ebola, resource depletion, nuclear prolifera-tion, increasing economic inequality, human obsolescence – these are all global problems that demand global solutions.

The dangers of our present situation are read-ily apparent, but so too should be the opportuni-ties.

The next few decades will decide whether life on Earth can expand beyond the boundaries of this planet and into Outer Space.

Since its creation in 1945, the United Nations has had many achievements – and some set-backs.

The number and intensity of wars worldwide has decreased. Peacekeeping has worked. The probability of the average human being getting killed in a war has never been lower in human history.

UN agencies such as Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) have helped reduce famines in the world. World Health Organization (WHO) is leading the fight to control Ebola and other epidemic diseases. United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) has worked to preserve and enhance the world's natural and cultural resources through such pro-grams as the World Heritage Sites – which some are advocating should include our own Wells Gray Park.

The UN has achieved much but it needs some important reforms if it is to progress further.

The most basic of these is it must become more democratic.

The UN General Assembly is made up of representatives of governments, not peoples. Each nation gets one vote, regardless of its population.

The real power rests with the Security Council, and in particular with the five perma-nent members of the council: United States, China, Russia, United Kingdom and France.

The creation of a United Nations Parliamentary Assembly would be a first step in correcting this imbalance.

The members of the parliamentary assembly would be appointed by their respective national parliaments on a roughly representation-by-population basis.

It would start as an advisory body to the General Assembly but the expectation is that it would gradually become more democratic and gain more power – with its members directly elected by the people they represent.

This is how the European Parliament began and has developed (and continues to evolve).

The Global Week of Action for a World Parliament is an initiative promoted by the Campaign for a UN Parliamentary Assembly, which in turn is backed by organizations such as World Federalist Movement – Canada.

More information about the initiative and suggested actions are available at its website: www.worldparliamentnow.org.

A petition calling for a world parliamentary assembly is at: http://en.unpacampaign.org.

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Editor's Note: The following is an open letter to MLA Terry Lake:Dear Dr. Lake:

BC Timber Sales is engaged in logging on the west side of the Clearwater River. The last block BCTS sold in the area was on July 10 of this year – well after the controversy of logging within the valley had started. No consultation was done with any of the stakeholders: residents, tourism operators, the Referral Group, Info Wells Gray, Tourism Wells Gray, or the com-munity.

We are becoming exceedingly anxious as we hear the road-building across the valley. We don't want this and some are wondering if we

will have to resort to physical action and protest to draw attention to the crisis – at our own risk of potential arrest or violence.

Please use your influence to establish a mora-torium on logging in the Clearwater Valley north of Spahats until the public and the community can have active input on all values, not just fibre. The negative impact of logging will be a visual reproach for the rest of our lives, not to mention the potential of even more serious issues, such as the flooding and washouts that resulted from previous ill-conceived logging.

Petrina GregsonUpper Clearwater, B.C.

No more ill-conceived logging needed

Editor’s Note: The following is an open letter to MLA Terry Lake:

Dear Dr. Lake:The Clearwater Valley leading into Wells Gray Park is a unique com-

bination of volcanic and glacier created landscapes supporting a diverse and abundant flora and fauna population. The pristine and awe inspiring Clearwater River flows through it.

People from all over the globe come to visit Clearwater to appreciate the natural beauty that Canada is renown for, and is often no longer avail-able in their locals.

The Clearwater Valley is under threat of being logged. The public, the residents of the area, need to be involved and consulted in the decisions that will influence the future of this valuable and beautiful landscape – the future of our community!

Hon. Dr. Terry Lake, please support the call for a public input process and get behind conserving this grand valley!

Carolyn KremerClearwater, B.C.

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Trevor Harder: Yes, I'll be going to the fireworks display in Vavenby. It's at 7 o'clock across from the community hall.

Lynda Jacobsen:No, it's cold out.

Abby Ranson:No, because I'm go-ing to a Hallowe'en party, but I would otherwise.

Norm Allen (Birch Island):If I'm here, I'll go. Hot chocolate and friends.

Lorne Wright: No, I usually stay home and man the door.?

Questionof the Week

Do you plan to go to the fire department's

fireworks display on

Hallowe'en?

Editor, The Times:On the last week of August,

2014 the residents of Thompson-Nicola Regional District (TNRD) Area “O” (Lower North Thompson) learned by means of a mass mailed letter that the rebroadcast service will be dis-continued in 2015, BUT, an alter-native solution was available by application, and if they qualified, the residents would receive service by using Local Television Satellite Solution (LTSS) FREE for five years.

At first I was a bit confused with the letter because, although it was dated Aug. 31, 2014, I was reading it a day earlier than it was supposed to have been drafted.

I called the Shaw Direct TV toll free number noted on the letter to apply on behalf of my mom in Louis Creek, who

returned to antennae television service about two years ago after briefly trying satellite service. Her reason for returning to anten-nae was simple. Being on a single fixed income, she could see her money better spent on necessities such as food, shelter, insurance(s), medication, etc.

The Shaw rep emphasized that Aug. 31 was the deadline to apply, even though the letter indicated the deadline was Nov. 30.

I requested the application for installation be sent to mom via Canada Post. The rep reassured me that the action I was carrying out today on the phone would still guarantee her a space in the queue before the Aug. 31 dead-line.

After almost a month the application still had not arrived in the mail so I made a follow up

call to the same toll free number and after being on hold for over 30 minutes I was given a lot of excuses and some finger pointing and the finger was pointing at our regional district.

According to Shaw Direct, the regional district knew about the LTSS program over two years ago, but failed to inform residents in a timely manner. Now the program had expired and the contract with Shaw Direct was complete, ful-filled on or before the expiration date due because the contracted quota of systems available for the LTSS program were already spo-ken for.

I also learned my call placed to them on Aug. 30 was nowhere to be found in their database and because the contract was over it was not open for discussion.

I then called the TNRD office

and had a conversation with a sin-cere individual who was logging complaints.

He also said they (TNRD) did not know about the LTSS option until May 2014 and he advised me to write MP Cathy McLeod as soon as possible. 

MP McLeod’s assistant responded within 24 hours and we spoke about the LTSS situation; the result was, there was nothing they could do to help, and they pointed the finger to the TNRD.

The letter received in August refers to the rebroadcast equip-ment as follows: “With today’s technology, the service has become obsolete and it is extreme-ly difficult to obtain equipment and parts to make repairs when needed.”

The letter also goes on to say “... the service is paid through

annual taxation by all property owners but may only be used by a handful of residents.”

So, I ask, with the discontinua-tion of this service in 2015, can we all expect a drop in taxes?

If so few people use the TV antennae style service, why is it that Shaw Direct and TNRD both confirmed >30,000 of the FREE LTSS systems were applied for and processed before Area “O” residents even received notice of the plans to discontinue the rebroadcast service equipment in our area?

All my mom is asking for is clear TV reception for the three channels she was accustomed to years ago. Any more would be a gift, but is not necessary.

S.C. CesselliBarriere, B.C.

Editor, The Times: Yesterday I had a

conversation with my daughter who lives in Edmonton. She pointed out that post 2008 the World Health Organization (WHO) funding was slashed in half — from $469 mil-lion to 228 million.

This was the part of the WHO that was sup-posed to keep tabs on such diseases as SARS and Ebola — to make sure they don't get out of control.

At least 1,000 staff lost their jobs — one half of them in Africa. So when one hears about the WHO's 'weak response' there is quite a legitimate reason and it's not all lack of lead-ership.

In fact, as this slash-ing of funds shows, a good part of Ebola running out of control can be put squarely on the failures of the giant Moloch of globalized so-called free market capitalism that simply

swallows up everything in its path. Danger from Ebola? Nothing compared to the bot-tom line!

All the budget short-fall of the WHO was downloaded onto those African countries that could least afford it.

Now, as the over-worked understaffed

health workers labour and die in an uphill battle to stop Ebola, this dreadful disease has reached the shores of North America.

Perhaps it wasn't such a good idea to cut the fat at the WHO.

Dennis PeacockClearwater, B.C.

Did TNRD veto North Thompson Valley TV?

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Reform of United Nations must be a global priority

editorial by keith mcNeill

Opinion“ One of the most dif� cult things everyone has to learn is that for your entire life you must keep � ghting

and adjusting if you hope to survive. No matter who you are or what your position is you must keep � ghting for whatever it is you desire to achieve.” - George Allen, football coach

BC Press CouncilThe Times is a member of the British Columbia Press Council, a self-regulatory body governing the province’s newspaper industry. The council considers complaints from the public about the conduct of member newspapers. Directors oversee the mediation of complaints, with input from both the newspaper and the complaint holder. If talking with the editor or publisher does not resolve your complaint about coverage or story treatment, you may contact the BC Press Council.Your written concern, with documentation, should be sent to BC Press Council, PO Box 1356, Ladysmith, B.C. V9G 1A9For information, phone 888-687-2213 or go to www.bcpresscouncil.org

Public input needed for Upper Clearwater logging

Last week (Oct. 17 – 26) was the Global Week of Action for a World Parliament.

Friday, Oct. 24, was United Nations Day.Global warming, epidemic diseases such as

Ebola, resource depletion, nuclear prolifera-tion, increasing economic inequality, human obsolescence – these are all global problems that demand global solutions.

The dangers of our present situation are read-ily apparent, but so too should be the opportuni-ties.

The next few decades will decide whether life on Earth can expand beyond the boundaries of this planet and into Outer Space.

Since its creation in 1945, the United Nations has had many achievements – and some set-backs.

The number and intensity of wars worldwide has decreased. Peacekeeping has worked. The probability of the average human being getting killed in a war has never been lower in human history.

UN agencies such as Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) have helped reduce famines in the world. World Health Organization (WHO) is leading the fight to control Ebola and other epidemic diseases. United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) has worked to preserve and enhance the world's natural and cultural resources through such pro-grams as the World Heritage Sites – which some are advocating should include our own Wells Gray Park.

The UN has achieved much but it needs some important reforms if it is to progress further.

The most basic of these is it must become more democratic.

The UN General Assembly is made up of representatives of governments, not peoples. Each nation gets one vote, regardless of its population.

The real power rests with the Security Council, and in particular with the five perma-nent members of the council: United States, China, Russia, United Kingdom and France.

The creation of a United Nations Parliamentary Assembly would be a first step in correcting this imbalance.

The members of the parliamentary assembly would be appointed by their respective national parliaments on a roughly representation-by-population basis.

It would start as an advisory body to the General Assembly but the expectation is that it would gradually become more democratic and gain more power – with its members directly elected by the people they represent.

This is how the European Parliament began and has developed (and continues to evolve).

The Global Week of Action for a World Parliament is an initiative promoted by the Campaign for a UN Parliamentary Assembly, which in turn is backed by organizations such as World Federalist Movement – Canada.

More information about the initiative and suggested actions are available at its website: www.worldparliamentnow.org.

A petition calling for a world parliamentary assembly is at: http://en.unpacampaign.org.

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Editor's Note: The following is an open letter to MLA Terry Lake:Dear Dr. Lake:

BC Timber Sales is engaged in logging on the west side of the Clearwater River. The last block BCTS sold in the area was on July 10 of this year – well after the controversy of logging within the valley had started. No consultation was done with any of the stakeholders: residents, tourism operators, the Referral Group, Info Wells Gray, Tourism Wells Gray, or the com-munity.

We are becoming exceedingly anxious as we hear the road-building across the valley. We don't want this and some are wondering if we

will have to resort to physical action and protest to draw attention to the crisis – at our own risk of potential arrest or violence.

Please use your influence to establish a mora-torium on logging in the Clearwater Valley north of Spahats until the public and the community can have active input on all values, not just fibre. The negative impact of logging will be a visual reproach for the rest of our lives, not to mention the potential of even more serious issues, such as the flooding and washouts that resulted from previous ill-conceived logging.

Petrina GregsonUpper Clearwater, B.C.

No more ill-conceived logging needed

Editor’s Note: The following is an open letter to MLA Terry Lake:

Dear Dr. Lake:The Clearwater Valley leading into Wells Gray Park is a unique com-

bination of volcanic and glacier created landscapes supporting a diverse and abundant flora and fauna population. The pristine and awe inspiring Clearwater River flows through it.

People from all over the globe come to visit Clearwater to appreciate the natural beauty that Canada is renown for, and is often no longer avail-able in their locals.

The Clearwater Valley is under threat of being logged. The public, the residents of the area, need to be involved and consulted in the decisions that will influence the future of this valuable and beautiful landscape – the future of our community!

Hon. Dr. Terry Lake, please support the call for a public input process and get behind conserving this grand valley!

Carolyn KremerClearwater, B.C.

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50 YEARS AGO:A 33-year-old man,

Wally Girardi, was missing and presumed drowned following a boating accident on the Clearwater River. His boat had been found at Whitehorse Bluffs. A similar accident two years earlier had result-ed in the deaths of three well-known local men.

A total of 118 turned out for the larg-est ever Central North Thompson Chamber of Commerce ban-quet. Good Citizen of the Year was Doug McTaggart, who came from his new home in Edson, Alberta, to be present.

45 YEARS AGO:Winsome Pye was

Good Citizen of the Year. Born in England, she and her family arrived in Vavenby in 1952. She was best

know for the weekly shows she put on at the community hall.

Retiring chamber of commerce president Bill Mattenley pre-sented a list of items completed.

A first class tug-of-war was underway between Kamloops and Prince George over possession of the Yellowhead Highway name.

40 YEARS AGO:RCMP reported sev-

eral instances of fire-arms being stolen from trucks in the hotel’s parking lot. Police requested that people not leave firearms on display on gun racks in the rear windows of trucks.

School District 26 superintendent John Denley asked resource center head Fred Braun to explain progress in buying educational TV

equipment. The school board set a budget of $15,000.

A feature article told the story of the Fairbrothers – residents of East Blackpool since 1949. Ina Fairbrother ran the post office there until it was moved to Clearwater. Henry Fairbrother ran the ferry from 1950 until it closed in 1970.

Schoolbus driver Don Bond complained in a letter to the editor about washboards and washouts on the road to East Blackpool. The bus he was driving was lit-erally shaking to pieces, he wrote.

35 YEARS AGO:The new Bear Creek

Correctional Center was close to completion. Designed to house up to 64 inmates, the facility had six buildings.

Hans Krauseneck and Jack Phillips were confronting each other to represent Area A in the TNRD. Herb George was unopposed in his bid for re-election in Area B.

In elections for School District 26, incumbent Ronaye

Havisto was being chal-lenged by Jean Nelson to represent Area B.

Construction of toilet facilities at Dutch Lake Park was proceeding rapidly.

30 YEARS AGO:B.C. Forest Service

was downgrading the field station in Blue River to a summer sta-tion. The three employ-ees would be re-located to Clearwater. The facil-ity had been in opera-tion for about 30 years.

An Avola eight-year-old, Justin Dallas Bowker, died in an early morning mobile home fire. The boy’s parents and one child escaped through a bedroom window. His father and a neighbor made repeated attempts to enter the structure to locate the child, but were forced out by dense smoke.

There was a strong and enthusiastic turnout to a public meeting held to organize the first annual cross-country ski marathon in Wells Gray Park. The event was expected to attract between 100 and 200 entrants.

25 YEARS AGO:George Marcyniuk

was chosen Citizen of the Year. The busi-ness that he co-owned, Wells Gray Inn, was Business of the Year.

About 43 members of the Rocky Mountain Rangers militia from Kamloops spent a night in the Raft River valley without fires or tents. Armed with FN rifles, M-72 anti-armor weap-ons, and one machine gun, they set up a mock ambush.

Organizer Bob Brace reported that Little Fort had host-ed its largest-ever Christmas craft fair, with 55 tables in the community hall loaded with crafts.

20 YEARS AGO:Citizen of the

Year for 1994 was Garry Ruston, chief of the Blackpool Fire Department as well as Clearwater and District Highway Rescue, local assistant for the Fire Commissioner’s Office, and Chaplain of Elks Lodge #499.

School District 26 secretary-treasurer

Donna Fitzsimmons resigned after 15 years of employment with the district.

Vavenby fire chief Leo Vermette was looking for volunteer firefighters who lived on the south (east) side of North Thompson River to provide pro-tection the area during a bridge closure sched-uled for February and/or March.

Randy Esau, former sergeant in charge of the Clearwater RCMP, was sentenced to nine months to be served at home. He had pleaded guilty to sexually assaulting a 17-year-old boy.

North Thompson Indian Band, Grizzly Anglers, Clearwater Improvement District and possibly School District 26 were to work together to develop a proposal for the future of the Clearwater hatchery.

15 YEARS AGO:About 80 people

attended the banquet and awards ceremony to see Jeanette Moreau honored as Citizen of the Year. The chair of Christmas Amalgamated was described as: “For those who cannot help them-selves, she is there to give them a hand.”

Summit Lodge, an historic building located near the top of the switchbacks on Dunn Lake Road, burned to the ground. The house was believed to have been over 70 years old. Although no one was home at the time, a family was in the process of moving in at the time, and lost every-thing.

10 YEARS AGO:Clearwater and

District Chamber of Commerce picked Rich Willan to be Citizen of the Year. Willan had taken a leadership role in the beautification project that was a big success.

Connor Borsa, for-merly of Clearwater and at the time a Simon Fraser University student, was the top woman competitor at the B.C. Karate Championships.

5 YEARS AGO:Fireweed Forestry

Services Ltd. was asked to cater to about 300 – 600 support staff at two different loca-tions during the 2010 Winter Olympics. The job was to start just after New Years and would continue for three months. About 50 people would be hired to fulfill the Olympic contract.

Clinics to deliver inoculations against the H1N1 influenza virus as well as the regular season flu were scheduled to begin in the North Thompson the first week in November.

1 YEAR AGO:A meeting of the

Thompson Headwaters services committee unanimously accepted recommendations on renovations to the Avola log schoolhouse's interior made by ser-vices coordinator Sherri Madden. The recom-mendations were based on a public input meet-ing held earlier with Avola residents.

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People with heart conditions are at a greater risk of dying from the flu than those with any other chronic condition. They have a greater chance of having complications from the flu so it’s important to have that layer of protection that the flu shot provides. Flu shot time is here. Get yours soon.

Ever wonder why we link colds with cold weather? Our mothers always told us to button up ... or you’ll catch a cold. But the cold is caused by viruses not cold weather. Colds are more common in winter because people spend more time indoors, living closer together giving the virus a better chance to spread. Frequent hand washing will minimize that spread.

To get the most of your time in your doctor’s office, be prepared. Make a list of symptoms regarding your problem including what it is, when it occurs, for how long and how often and anything you’ve tried that helps or worsens the problem. Bring your medication list as well. These ideas help you and help your doctor to help you better.

The pipeline containing new antibiotics is rather uncrowded right now even though the Infectious Disease Society of America urged researchers to come up with at least 10 new antibiotics by 2020. That was in 2010 and so far there has been only three approved. A Canadian researcher has found a possible new one in a Nova Scotian soil fungus. It shows promise but time and money will tell.

New drugs? We will know about them. Pick our brains for knowledge.

Wells Gray Community Forest Corporation

Pile BurningThe Wells Gray Community Forest will be conducting Pile Burning in the Blackpool area over the next 6 weeks, subject to moisture and venting conditions. Waste piles have been generated from logging, road building from the winter of 2014. These piles are authorized under a current burn permit held with the BC Ministry of Environment.

George Brcko RFTGeneral Manager

Wells Gray Community Forest224 Candle Creek RoadClearwater, BC V0E 1N1

[email protected]

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Wells Gray Community Forest (2010) Society

Invitation to Join Board of Trustees

The Wells Gray Community Forest (2010) Society requires a Community-at-Large representative to sit on its 7-member Board of Trustees.

The position is open to residents living within the District of Clearwater and Wells Gray Country (TNRD Electoral Area “A”).

The main function of the Board of Trustees is to adju-dicate applications for funding provided by the Wells Gray Community Forest for community projects and programs.

Applicants for the 3-year position should be community minded and have prior experience in the community, especially with non-profit groups or organizations.

Interested individuals should send a 1-page written sub-mission listing their community involvement/activities including a short paragraph describing why they would like to become a Trustee.

Applications should be sent via email to

Richard ChristensonChair, Board of Trustees

[email protected] by 4:30 PM, Friday, November 21, 2014.

Interested applicants can contact Richard (250) 676-9443 or Ted Richardson, Vice Chair, (250) 676-9478 if they require further information.

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“You did not know if it was one or many shooters, but I did think they would be coming inside the door.”

The attack on Parliament Hill took place two days after two soldiers in Quebec were intentionally run down in a car driven by 25-year-old Martin Couture-Rouleau, who was one of 90 sus-pected extremists being watched by the RCMP.

Couture-Rouleau led police on a chase and was shot and killed when he emerged from his crashed vehicle with a knife in his hand.

One soldier was killed and the other sol-

ider was injured.Conservative Sen.

Nancy Greene Raine of Sun Peaks is also in Ottawa for Senate meetings and was in the Victoria Building on Wellington Street, across from the Parliament Buildings, when the attack occurred.

The senator’s hus-band, Al Raine, told KTW he had not spo-ken with his wife, but noted he did receive a four-word email from her: “In lockdown. I’m safe.”

McLeod said the response from police and security, includ-ing Ottawa police, Canadian Armed Forces and RCMP “is inspiring.

“Today we need to grieve for the young member of our Canadian Armed Forces who lost his life,” she said.

Despite the attack on Parliament Hill, it is business as usual at the Rocky Mountain Rangers armoury on McGill road.

The armoury remains open to the public and security pro-tocols are unchanged.

“At this time, there won’t be any changes to our operating proce-dure,” said operations officer Capt. Conor

Molloy. “Our security protocol is actually quite robust and that’s something that we maintain at all times.

“Just with regards to the recent incidents, it’s just requiring more vigilance on the part of our soldiers and leader-ship.”

The gunman killed in the deadly shooting rampage has been iden-tified as Michael Zehaf-Bibeau.

Little else is known about the man, but one media report says he’s Canadian and was born in 1982.

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Clearwater Emergency Support Services might have found a new home.

During a meeting held Oct. 21, town council voted in favor of directing staff to enter into discussions with Clearwater ESS about the possibility of the group locating in the former District office at 132 Station Road.

Staff also was instructed to assist Clearwater ESS with obtaining funding to cover all or a portion of anticipated increases in costs.

During council's Oct. 7 meeting, Clearwater ESS co-director Grant Gale had asked for the municipality's assistance in finding a new home for the group.

ESS is a provincewide volunteer organiza-tion that provides assistance to people who have been displaced because of fire, flood or other disaster.

Legion patio gets endorsementCouncil voted to recommend to BC Liquor

Control and Licensing Branch that it approve amending Legion Branch 259's liquor license to allow the addition of an outdoor patio.

The branch already has a patio area. However, it cannot be used to serve liquor under the present license.

The present license allows 150 people to be

served inside the Legion hall. The proposed amendment would allow 130 to be served inside and 20 outside on the patio.

Letters were sent to all property owners locat-ed within 100 m of the Legion.

Only one reply was received – from Aspen Auto.

The owner there complained that the Legion does not have enough parking area, with the result that their customers end up parking in Aspen Auto's parking lot.

Mayor John Harwood commented that the problem likely mostly is with visitors to the Legion, rather with Legion members.

Councillor Shelley Sim said that the objec-tions from Aspen should be included in the rec-ommendation to LCB.

Money sought for third wellCouncil approved awarding a $2,500 con-

tract to TRUE Consulting to draft and submit a grant application for a third well to the Small Communities Fund program.

The application will include the cost of upsiz-ing certain water mains and creating loops in the town's water system, as recommended by a recent study, said CAO Leslie Groulx.

Construction of a new well has been identi-fied as the District's Strategic Priority No. 1, Goal No. 1.

Former town hall suggested for ESS base

Local M.P. and senator shaken by armed attack on Parliament

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50 YEARS AGO:A 33-year-old man,

Wally Girardi, was missing and presumed drowned following a boating accident on the Clearwater River. His boat had been found at Whitehorse Bluffs. A similar accident two years earlier had result-ed in the deaths of three well-known local men.

A total of 118 turned out for the larg-est ever Central North Thompson Chamber of Commerce ban-quet. Good Citizen of the Year was Doug McTaggart, who came from his new home in Edson, Alberta, to be present.

45 YEARS AGO:Winsome Pye was

Good Citizen of the Year. Born in England, she and her family arrived in Vavenby in 1952. She was best

know for the weekly shows she put on at the community hall.

Retiring chamber of commerce president Bill Mattenley pre-sented a list of items completed.

A first class tug-of-war was underway between Kamloops and Prince George over possession of the Yellowhead Highway name.

40 YEARS AGO:RCMP reported sev-

eral instances of fire-arms being stolen from trucks in the hotel’s parking lot. Police requested that people not leave firearms on display on gun racks in the rear windows of trucks.

School District 26 superintendent John Denley asked resource center head Fred Braun to explain progress in buying educational TV

equipment. The school board set a budget of $15,000.

A feature article told the story of the Fairbrothers – residents of East Blackpool since 1949. Ina Fairbrother ran the post office there until it was moved to Clearwater. Henry Fairbrother ran the ferry from 1950 until it closed in 1970.

Schoolbus driver Don Bond complained in a letter to the editor about washboards and washouts on the road to East Blackpool. The bus he was driving was lit-erally shaking to pieces, he wrote.

35 YEARS AGO:The new Bear Creek

Correctional Center was close to completion. Designed to house up to 64 inmates, the facility had six buildings.

Hans Krauseneck and Jack Phillips were confronting each other to represent Area A in the TNRD. Herb George was unopposed in his bid for re-election in Area B.

In elections for School District 26, incumbent Ronaye

Havisto was being chal-lenged by Jean Nelson to represent Area B.

Construction of toilet facilities at Dutch Lake Park was proceeding rapidly.

30 YEARS AGO:B.C. Forest Service

was downgrading the field station in Blue River to a summer sta-tion. The three employ-ees would be re-located to Clearwater. The facil-ity had been in opera-tion for about 30 years.

An Avola eight-year-old, Justin Dallas Bowker, died in an early morning mobile home fire. The boy’s parents and one child escaped through a bedroom window. His father and a neighbor made repeated attempts to enter the structure to locate the child, but were forced out by dense smoke.

There was a strong and enthusiastic turnout to a public meeting held to organize the first annual cross-country ski marathon in Wells Gray Park. The event was expected to attract between 100 and 200 entrants.

25 YEARS AGO:George Marcyniuk

was chosen Citizen of the Year. The busi-ness that he co-owned, Wells Gray Inn, was Business of the Year.

About 43 members of the Rocky Mountain Rangers militia from Kamloops spent a night in the Raft River valley without fires or tents. Armed with FN rifles, M-72 anti-armor weap-ons, and one machine gun, they set up a mock ambush.

Organizer Bob Brace reported that Little Fort had host-ed its largest-ever Christmas craft fair, with 55 tables in the community hall loaded with crafts.

20 YEARS AGO:Citizen of the

Year for 1994 was Garry Ruston, chief of the Blackpool Fire Department as well as Clearwater and District Highway Rescue, local assistant for the Fire Commissioner’s Office, and Chaplain of Elks Lodge #499.

School District 26 secretary-treasurer

Donna Fitzsimmons resigned after 15 years of employment with the district.

Vavenby fire chief Leo Vermette was looking for volunteer firefighters who lived on the south (east) side of North Thompson River to provide pro-tection the area during a bridge closure sched-uled for February and/or March.

Randy Esau, former sergeant in charge of the Clearwater RCMP, was sentenced to nine months to be served at home. He had pleaded guilty to sexually assaulting a 17-year-old boy.

North Thompson Indian Band, Grizzly Anglers, Clearwater Improvement District and possibly School District 26 were to work together to develop a proposal for the future of the Clearwater hatchery.

15 YEARS AGO:About 80 people

attended the banquet and awards ceremony to see Jeanette Moreau honored as Citizen of the Year. The chair of Christmas Amalgamated was described as: “For those who cannot help them-selves, she is there to give them a hand.”

Summit Lodge, an historic building located near the top of the switchbacks on Dunn Lake Road, burned to the ground. The house was believed to have been over 70 years old. Although no one was home at the time, a family was in the process of moving in at the time, and lost every-thing.

10 YEARS AGO:Clearwater and

District Chamber of Commerce picked Rich Willan to be Citizen of the Year. Willan had taken a leadership role in the beautification project that was a big success.

Connor Borsa, for-merly of Clearwater and at the time a Simon Fraser University student, was the top woman competitor at the B.C. Karate Championships.

5 YEARS AGO:Fireweed Forestry

Services Ltd. was asked to cater to about 300 – 600 support staff at two different loca-tions during the 2010 Winter Olympics. The job was to start just after New Years and would continue for three months. About 50 people would be hired to fulfill the Olympic contract.

Clinics to deliver inoculations against the H1N1 influenza virus as well as the regular season flu were scheduled to begin in the North Thompson the first week in November.

1 YEAR AGO:A meeting of the

Thompson Headwaters services committee unanimously accepted recommendations on renovations to the Avola log schoolhouse's interior made by ser-vices coordinator Sherri Madden. The recom-mendations were based on a public input meet-ing held earlier with Avola residents.

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VOTING OPPORTUNITIES: ADVANCED Voting OpportunitiesAdvance Voting will be held at the Thompson-Nicola Regional District Offi ce, 4th Floor 465 Victoria Street, Kamloops, BC:

Wednesday, November 5, 2014 8:00 a.m. – 8:00 p.m. Wednesday, November 12, 2014 8:00 a.m. – 8:00 p.m.

ADDITIONAL Advance Voting OpportunitiesAdditional Advance Voting will be held for electors on Wednesday, November 5, 2014, from 8:00 a.m. to 8:00 p.m. at the following locations:

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MAIL IN VotingYou may be eligible to register and vote by mail if you: • have a physical disability, illness or injury that prevents you from attending a voting place at any of the voting opportunities; • if you reside in a specifi c and remote area of the TNRD; or • if you expect to be absent on general voting day and all advance voting days.

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GENERAL Voting DayGeneral voting day will be open to qualifi ed electors on November 15, 2014 at the following times and locations:

ELECTOR REGISTRATION AND ELECTOR QUALIFICATIONS Registration of all electors will take place at the time of voting.In order to vote, an elector must be eligible either as a Resident Elector or a Non-Resident Property Elector.

1. Resident Elector: • must be age 18 or older at time of registration; • must be a Canadian citizen; • must have been a resident of British Columbia for at least six (6) months immediately preceding the day of registration; • must be a resident of the Electoral Area for at least 30 days immediately preceding the day of registration • must not be disqualifi ed by the Local Government Act or any other enactment from voting in an election or be otherwise disqualifi ed by law.

2. Non-Resident Property Elector: • must not be entitled to register as a resident elector of the Electoral Area; • must be age 18 or older at time of registration; • must be a Canadian citizen; • must have been a resident of British Columbia for at least six (6) months immediately preceding the day of registration; • must be a registered owner of real property in the Electoral Area, either as joint tenants or tenants in common for at least 30 days immediately preceding the day of registration; • must not be disqualifi ed by the Local Government Act or any other enactment from voting in an election or be otherwise disqualifi ed by law.

VOTER PROOF OF IDENTITY: Resident and Non-Resident Property Electors will be required to produce two (2) documents, at least one (1) of which must contain the applicants signature, providing evidence of their identity and place of residency. For example, any two (2) of the following will be acceptable: • a BC drivers license; • a BC identifi cation card issued by the motor vehicle offi ce; • an owner’s certifi cate of insurance and vehicle license issued by ICBC; • a BC care card or gold care card; • a Social Insurance card; • a Native Status Card issued by the Department of Indian Aff airs; • a citizenship card issued by Citizenship and Immigration Canada; • a real property tax notice; • a credit card or debit card, or • a utility bill.

Non-Resident Property Electors must also produce the following documentation evidencing proof of ownership of property and written consent of other property owners (if any):

1. Proof of Ownership: state of title certifi cate, registered agreement for sale, latest property tax notice, or latest property assessment notice

2. Consent: written consent of a majority of the property owners if there is more than one owner (forms available at www.tnrd.ca) that they are entitled to register the jointly owned property. The person voting must sign the consent form.

ANSWERS TO COMMONLY ASKED QUESTIONS: • No elector may vote more than once regardless of the number of properties owned; • It is not necessary to be a property owner to register and vote as a Resident Elector; • There is no restriction to the number of Resident Electors entitled to register and vote per household; • If you are not able to vote on General Election Day or at any of the advance voting opportunities, you can apply for Mail in Voting; • Corporations or businesses are not entitled to register or vote.

FURTHER INFORMATION may be obtained from the TNRD website, www.tnrd.ca, by contacting Carolyn Black, Chief Election Offi cer or Andrea Leite, Deputy Chief Election Offi cer at 250-377-8673 or by email to [email protected].

THOMPSON-NICOLA REGIONAL DISTRICT2014 GENERAL LOCAL ELECTIONS

NOTICE OF ELECTION

Carolyn Black,Chief Election Offi cer

Electoral Area Candidate Name Residential Address

“B” (Thompson Headwaters) Lentz, Max City of Kamloops Macdonald, Willow Electoral Area “B”

“A” (Wells Gray Country) Pennell, Tim Electoral Area “A” Schaff er, Carol Electoral Area “A”

“O” (Lower North Thompson) Fennell, Mike District of Barriere Kershaw, Bill District of Barriere

Polling Station Location Hours

Electoral Area “A” (Wells Gray Country)Blackpool Community Hall 155 Ferry Rd., Blackpool 8:00 am to 8:00 pmDutch Lake Community Centre 209 Dutch Lake Road., Clearwater 8:00 am to 8:00 pmVavenby Elementary School 3157 Galiano, Vavenby 8:00 am to 8:00 pm

Electoral Area “O” (Lower North Thompson)Van Sickle Residence 1175 Agate Bay Rd, Adams Lake 8:00 am to 8:00 pmLittle Fort Community Hall 148 93 Mile-Little Fort Hwy # 24, Little Fort 8:00 am to 8:00 pmThe Ridge 4936 Barriere Town Road, Barriere 8:00 am to 8:00 pm

Electoral Area “B” (Thompson Headwaters)Avola Old School House 6366 Avola Village Rd., Avola 8:00 am to 8:00 pmBlue River Elementary School 5917 3rd Ave., Blue River 8:00 am to 8:00 pmVavenby Elementary School 3157 Galiano, Vavenby 8:00 am to 8:00 pmDutch Lake Community Centre 209 Dutch Lake Road., Clearwater 8:00am to 8:00 pm

Annual Veterans DinnerNovember 8

Doors open at 5pm • Dinner served at 6pm

All Veterans no chargeLegion and Non-Legion

Member Veterans WelcomeMinors are permitted to attend

Lest We Forget

Legion Branch 256 257 Glen Road

“When you need us, we’re close by”

Call Drake at 250-674-3030 or 1-877-674-3030 day or night.

When a death occurs, I’m here to help you, every step of the way. 24 hours a day, every day.If you have made pre-arrangements elsewhere and would like to discuss having your local funeral home take care of you, please feel free to call.

Drake Smith, MSW(Funeral Director/Owner)

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Ministry of Education

VANCOUVER - As more than 20,000 stu-dents came together at Rogers Arena on Oct. 22 to celebrate We Day Vancouver, the B.C. government announced it is again providing $100,000 to encourage

students to embrace global awareness.

Education Minister Peter Fassbender made the announcement at a special education breakfast to kick off We Day along with teachers, other educa-tors, superintendents and school administra-tors from throughout

the province.This is the fifth

consecutive year the ministry has made a donation to Me To We and its partner organization Free the Children to support the event.

Recording artist, actress and UNICEF Goodwill Ambassador Selena Gomez hosted the star-studded event on the main stage which features Macklemore and Ryan Lewis, Shawn Mendes and Kardinal Offishall.

We Day is an ini-tiative of Free The Children, led by co-founders Craig and Marc Kielburger. The goal of We Day Vancouver is to moti-vate youth to make a difference in their communities and around the world. Each student group that attends is asked to make a commit-ment of one local and one global action throughout the year in order to help create positive change in the world.

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Times Staff

Interested in finding out more about China and the business opportunities it might represent for Clearwater?

Local residents Ron and Shauna Plamondon recently returned from

a trip to China where they met with a communications and business representative regarding the North Thompson region.

They plan to show a slideshow and video about their trip at the Dutch Lake Communty Centre on Wednesday, Nov. 5, 7 p.m.

Presentation to discuss China opportunities

Clearwater residents Ron and Shauna Plamondon relax at a table by the Beijing Ming Tombs during a recent trip to China. Photo submitted

Robyn Rexin

Vavenby General Store is holding a Hallowe'en colouring contest. Pictures can be picked up at the store. There will be prizes for different age groups.

The community Hallowe'en party at Vavenby Community Hall is fast approach-ing. Doors will open at 6 p.m. and costume judging will starts at 7 p.m. The evening will end with fireworks, set off by the volunteer firefighters.

Students visit Moul Falls

Vavenby Primary School students joined up with two classes from Raft River School on Thursday, Oct. 9, and went on a field trip to Moul Falls in Wells Grey Park. It was a beautiful day for the trip.

There was a hike down to the falls. While hiking to the top one parent was amazed at the stamina of the Kindergarten children and she felt that they put her to shame. During the hike the students had

lots of energy but the parent helpers were getting really tired.

They were begin-ning to wonder when they would ever get to the end of the hike. At the top the children started run-ning around, playing tag, while the parents rested. All the children had a good day.

Craft fair coming soonVavenby Craft Fair,

organized by Barb Pennell, will be held at the community hall on Sunday, Nov. 2, 10 a.m. - 2 p.m. To rent a table phone Pennell at 250-676-9485. Approximately 20 tables have been rented so far.

The fair is a good time to look around and maybe buy some Christmas gifts. A concession is avail-able. Both thrift stores will be open that day as well as the Dreams and Delusions art stu-dio. Please remember the time change the night before.

Club helps housefire victim

Vavenby crib and darts club donated $150 to Charlotte West

to help her after her housefire. The club felt that this will help in a small way get her back to a normal life.

Crook robs senior citizens

Residents were out-raged when it was dis-covered that Villy and Mary Johnson, two of the town's senior citizens, had had food stolen out of their freezer on a night somewhere between Sept. 18 – 23.

Fay Jones, who cooks for the Johnsons, found out about the theft on Sept. 26. Approximately $85 - $100 worth of food was taken. Both of the Johnsons were asleep when the inci-dent took place. The freezer sits on their porch. The porch

lights were on but the freezer was not locked. It is now.

Mary said that to have been robbed makes her feel vulner-able. The Johnsons are now taking extra safety precautions.

Park volunteers soughtThe Board of

Directors for the TNRD approved the establishment of the Vavenby Park Working Group, and its terms of reference at the board's Oct. 23 meet-ing.

Forms have been mailed out to all resi-dents to apply for one of the four positions of the Working Group. Wells Gray Country (Area A) services coor-dinator Sherri Madden must receive all appli-cations by Nov. 14 at 4 p.m.

Vavenby gets ready for Hallowe'en fun and games

VavenbyNews

By

Robyn Rexin

Government supports We Day

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Ministry of Education

VANCOUVER - As more than 20,000 stu-dents came together at Rogers Arena on Oct. 22 to celebrate We Day Vancouver, the B.C. government announced it is again providing $100,000 to encourage

students to embrace global awareness.

Education Minister Peter Fassbender made the announcement at a special education breakfast to kick off We Day along with teachers, other educa-tors, superintendents and school administra-tors from throughout

the province.This is the fifth

consecutive year the ministry has made a donation to Me To We and its partner organization Free the Children to support the event.

Recording artist, actress and UNICEF Goodwill Ambassador Selena Gomez hosted the star-studded event on the main stage which features Macklemore and Ryan Lewis, Shawn Mendes and Kardinal Offishall.

We Day is an ini-tiative of Free The Children, led by co-founders Craig and Marc Kielburger. The goal of We Day Vancouver is to moti-vate youth to make a difference in their communities and around the world. Each student group that attends is asked to make a commit-ment of one local and one global action throughout the year in order to help create positive change in the world.

8 - 9

Times Staff

Interested in finding out more about China and the business opportunities it might represent for Clearwater?

Local residents Ron and Shauna Plamondon recently returned from

a trip to China where they met with a communications and business representative regarding the North Thompson region.

They plan to show a slideshow and video about their trip at the Dutch Lake Communty Centre on Wednesday, Nov. 5, 7 p.m.

Presentation to discuss China opportunities

Clearwater residents Ron and Shauna Plamondon relax at a table by the Beijing Ming Tombs during a recent trip to China. Photo submitted

Robyn Rexin

Vavenby General Store is holding a Hallowe'en colouring contest. Pictures can be picked up at the store. There will be prizes for different age groups.

The community Hallowe'en party at Vavenby Community Hall is fast approach-ing. Doors will open at 6 p.m. and costume judging will starts at 7 p.m. The evening will end with fireworks, set off by the volunteer firefighters.

Students visit Moul Falls

Vavenby Primary School students joined up with two classes from Raft River School on Thursday, Oct. 9, and went on a field trip to Moul Falls in Wells Grey Park. It was a beautiful day for the trip.

There was a hike down to the falls. While hiking to the top one parent was amazed at the stamina of the Kindergarten children and she felt that they put her to shame. During the hike the students had

lots of energy but the parent helpers were getting really tired.

They were begin-ning to wonder when they would ever get to the end of the hike. At the top the children started run-ning around, playing tag, while the parents rested. All the children had a good day.

Craft fair coming soonVavenby Craft Fair,

organized by Barb Pennell, will be held at the community hall on Sunday, Nov. 2, 10 a.m. - 2 p.m. To rent a table phone Pennell at 250-676-9485. Approximately 20 tables have been rented so far.

The fair is a good time to look around and maybe buy some Christmas gifts. A concession is avail-able. Both thrift stores will be open that day as well as the Dreams and Delusions art stu-dio. Please remember the time change the night before.

Club helps housefire victim

Vavenby crib and darts club donated $150 to Charlotte West

to help her after her housefire. The club felt that this will help in a small way get her back to a normal life.

Crook robs senior citizens

Residents were out-raged when it was dis-covered that Villy and Mary Johnson, two of the town's senior citizens, had had food stolen out of their freezer on a night somewhere between Sept. 18 – 23.

Fay Jones, who cooks for the Johnsons, found out about the theft on Sept. 26. Approximately $85 - $100 worth of food was taken. Both of the Johnsons were asleep when the inci-dent took place. The freezer sits on their porch. The porch

lights were on but the freezer was not locked. It is now.

Mary said that to have been robbed makes her feel vulner-able. The Johnsons are now taking extra safety precautions.

Park volunteers soughtThe Board of

Directors for the TNRD approved the establishment of the Vavenby Park Working Group, and its terms of reference at the board's Oct. 23 meet-ing.

Forms have been mailed out to all resi-dents to apply for one of the four positions of the Working Group. Wells Gray Country (Area A) services coor-dinator Sherri Madden must receive all appli-cations by Nov. 14 at 4 p.m.

Vavenby gets ready for Hallowe'en fun and games

VavenbyNews

By

Robyn Rexin

Government supports We Day

Clearwater and District Food BankOpen: 9am to 12 noon, Mondays and Fridays

How to Donate: Cash or cheques can be dropped off at the Food Bank or by mail to 741 Clearwater Village Road,

Clearwater, BC V0E 1N1.Food Donations: dropped off at the Food Bank, Clearwater

Credit Union or at Safety Mart

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community open for all seasons. Whether you plan to locate

your business here, invest in the area, relocate your family or

enjoy the abundant recreational opportunities -- Clearwater

has it all!

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properties available for development and more importantly, a

community prepared to attract new business enterprise. The

community is self-sustaining and offers a successful retail and

service industry that is capable of providing for the entire

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Economic Development

Tourism Promotion

Cemetery

Parks and Recreation:

· North Thompson Sportsplex · Community Parks · Ball Diamonds

Bylaw Enforcement

Development Services · Planning · Development Permits · Subdivision · Zoning

Fire Protection

ICBC/Motor Vehicle Appointed Agent

Public Works: · Water System · Sewer System

Street Lighting

Transit Service

District of Clearwater

Halloween Safety TipsMake sure you trick-or-treat with a Friend! Wear a bright-coloured costume with re� ective tape, and carry a � ashlight.Avoid going to houses that have their lights out.Do not go inside the house or car of any-one you don’t know.Wear make-up instead of a mask. Use the sidewalk. Cross the street in a crosswalk or at a corner. Wait to get home before eating your treats!! Have your parents check all the candy.Stay in your own neighbourhood. Start trick-or-treating early and � nish early.Never go into wooded areas.Stay away from anyone playing with � recrackers.

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Health Canada

Ensure that your children are dressed appro-priately for Halloween. Look for costumes and accessories such as beards, wigs, wings and tails that are labelled flame-resistant. Flowing skirts and capes, baggy sleeves and over-sized costumes can all be hazards around candles or flames.

Nylon or heavy-weight polyester cos-tumes are best. Flame-resistant does not mean fire-proof.

Pick brightly coloured costumes that can be clearly seen by motorists. Add reflec-tive tape to increase visibility.

Use make-up or face paint instead of masks.

Before using face paint or make-up, do a patch test to see if your child is sensitive or allergic to the cosmetic. Even products labelled as “hypoallergenic” can still cause reactions.

Do not use contact lenses that change eye colour or create special effects because they can injure a child's eyes.

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Choose the right Hallowe'en costume

Too scaryTop left: A dancing skeleton gets ready to welcome trick-or-treaters to the Ken and Bev Smith residence on Riverview Crescent in Clearwater. Above: A skull glowers down from above.Left: Jack-o-lanterns and other paintings decorate the Smiths' gazebo. Photos by Keith McNeill

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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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Wide variety of graves found in North Thompson ValleyEleanor Deckert

Hallowe’en is an appropriate time to think about the many graveyards and grave sties in the North Thompson Valley.

Clearwater residents Anne Krawec and Ruth Davidson have done a great deal of research searching for the graves of ances-tors, and found much information lacking.

After looking at old documents, trav-elling through B.C., even visiting records in Salt Lake City, they compiled photos and records so that the residents of the North Thompson Valley will have resources.

While photograph-ing burial sites in and near Blue River, Avola, Vavenby, Birch Island and Clearwater for this article, it became clear that not all residents from early times until the present have been buried in these loca-tions.

There are few head-stones for First Nations, early pio-neers, nor people from other nationalities and faith groups.

Where did they go?Anne Krawec can

answer some of these questions.

“After 1915, when the train was run-ning, any sick or injured people who went to the hospital in Kamloops and died there may also buried there,” she said. “Chu Chua has a cemetery for the First Nations people. Immigrants from Asia may have been cremated and their remains returned

to their native coun-try.”

Krawec is willing to share what she has learned and can be con-

tacted at the Chamber of Commerce office in the Dutch Lake Community Centre (250-674-3530).

Near Gosnell on the Albreda Sub, on the west side of the railroad right-of-way, just beyond the bridge, there is a small grave site identified with a white picket fence. J. Gray died July 1922. As with other early graves, the story has faded. Was there a fatal accident during construction? All photos by Eleanor Deckert

In the Avola Cemetery, three km down Avola Mountain Road, just before the railroad crossing, a plain wooden cross, a weathered fence, a lilac bush, personal items, poetry, colourful gifts, homemade and marble head-stones can be seen. All of these expressing love and loss.

Birch Island Cemetery has a quiet bench to pause as the autumn leaves fall. Names of neighbours hold the memory of a community. Across the train tracks, as the slope of the mountain begins, the visitor can see how much the local residents value their heritage. This 1934 marker is for a child only four years old.

When a family chooses cremation, a memorial can be built in any location. On the Aveley Ranch on Lost Creek Road, the names and dates of the first settlers of the Moilliet family are preserved. A natural spring brings water to the sheep trough.

Blue River Cemetery is located past Eleanor Lake concession, across the tracks and to the left. Not until 1986 was this land dedicated to this purpose. Without a formal cemetery, available, many valley residents were transported by train and buried in Kamloops.

Clearwater's Riverside Cemetery was, at first, private land with a spectacular view. In the early 1970s the Clearwater Improvement District took it over. Recently the District of Clearwater installed a columbarium for people's ashes.

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Recovered vehicleOn Sunday, Oct. 19, Clearwater RCMP

recovered a stolen vehicle that had been aban-doned outside of Little Fort on Taweel Forest Service Road.

The vehicle had been stolen from 100 Mile House area. The investigation is ongoing and the vehicle was been sent for examination.

For those people driving the back roads and forest service roads, if you notice a suspicious vehicle, please make a report. The vehicle you see just might have been stolen.

 Wrongful tree-cuttingOn Oct. 21, Clearwater RCMP responded to

a report of a neighbor cutting down trees that were not on his property.

The matter quickly resolved as it was found to be a surveying error, and not an intentional act of neighborly war.

The two neighbors were able to properly determine the property lines and the trees were to be replaced.

Interrupted break and enterOn Oct. 21 around midnight, an unknown

person attempted to break into the Vavenby

store through a doggy door installed on the door to the apartment around back.

When the dogs within took offence and started barking, the suspect fled the area over a fence.

If any person has any information regarding this incident, please call the RCMP.

Dine and dashOn Friday, Oct. 24, two males, appearing to

be native and approximately 25 years and 33 years old, ordered breakfast at the Grill in Blue River.

They fled without paying their $40+ bill. They drove away in a silver or grey Pontiac four-door (possibly a Grand Prix) with no vis-ible license plates.

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Helping end polioOn Oct. 24, World Polio Day, Clearwater Rotary member Ursula Schaer paints a fingernail for Ellen Ferguson, who has made a donation in support of the “End Polio” campaign, an on-going project of Rotary International. The money pays for vaccina-tion in parts of the Middle East and Africa in countries where polio is still bring-ing pain and suffering to non-immunized people, including children.Photo by Kay Knox

Dale Bass – Kamloops This Week

The superintendent of the Kamloops-Thompson school district can’t understand why the head of the teachers’ union in the city wants SD73 to violate the collective agreement.

Karl de Bruijn said a demand by David Komljenovic, president of the Kamloops-Thompson Teachers Association (KTTA), that teachers receive an extra day’s pay as part of the return-to-work agreement accompanying the new contract with the provincial B.C. Teachers’ Federation.

The day in question is Friday, Sept. 19. “Teachers were paid for that day already,” de

Bruijn said. “And, David is asking for them to be paid again for that day.”

In fact, de Bruijn said, Komljenovic has con-firmed in writing to the district teachers received payment for the Friday they spent preparing for classes to begin on Sept. 22.

In a letter to school-board chair Denise Harper, sent on Oct. 8, Komljenovic wrote “While we recognize that the payments and deductions were done correctly calculated according to the collective agreement, we note that there are a number of districts with similar contract language who have been paid an addi-tional day.”

“I have received numerous grievances [from the KTTA] alleging violations of the collective agreement in some way and now I have a request from him to violate the collective agreement and pay teachers for an additional day they have already been paid for,” de Bruijn said.

In the Kamloops-Thompson district, as in several other school districts throughout the province, teachers are not paid by the day but are paid an annual contract salary based on the average of 195 working or instructional days each school year, board treasurer Kelvin Stretch said.

“Any instructional days not worked are deducted at 1/195th of the annual contract amount,” he said.

“As required by the collective agreement, teachers are paid an equal 1/20th of their annual contract salary, semi-monthly, September to June, regardless of the actual number of work-ing/instructional days within each individual pay period.

“For example, in December of this year, the first pay period has 11 working days and the sec-ond has just four working days, but the pay will be exactly the same for both periods.”

The pay issue began earlier this month when teachers in Coquitlan said they were not paid for Sept. 19. In a document explaining the return-to-work agreement and how it impacts pay, BCPSEA wrote:

“The position taken by the union and report-ed by various media is incorrect. Teachers in the Coquitlan school district were paid for all the days worked in September, including Sept. 19, in accordance with their collective-agreement language.

“It remains BCPSEA’s advice that school dis-tricts follow their local collective agreement lan-guage to determine the correct and agreed-upon approach to teacher pay for this September.

SD73 won’t pay teachers for extra day

Voters in TNRD can now vote by mailSubmitted

Eligible voters in Electoral Areas “A” (Wells Gray Country), “B” (Thompson Headwaters), “J”, “L”, “O” (Lower North Thompson) and “P” within the Thompson-Nicola Regional District may now vote by mail in the upcom-ing general local election.

Voters can vote by mail if they expect to be absent from the regional district, or if they

have a physical disability, illness or injury that affects their abil-ity to attend a voting station, or if their residence is remotely located.

Voters must apply in writ-ing for a mail-in ballot. They can download an application for a mail-in ballot from the TNRD website at www.tnrd.ca or phone the TNRD at 250.377.8673 to request a mail-in ballot application form.

Mail ballots will be sent out

to eligible voters who have sub-mitted written applications to the TNRD starting the week of Oct. 27.

In order to be counted, com-pleted ballots must be received by the Chief Election Officer before the close of voting on general voting day. It is the voter’s responsibility to ensure that the completed ballot is received by the TNRD before the close of voting at 8 p.m. on Saturday, Nov. 15, 2014.

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Wide variety of graves found in North Thompson ValleyEleanor Deckert

Hallowe’en is an appropriate time to think about the many graveyards and grave sties in the North Thompson Valley.

Clearwater residents Anne Krawec and Ruth Davidson have done a great deal of research searching for the graves of ances-tors, and found much information lacking.

After looking at old documents, trav-elling through B.C., even visiting records in Salt Lake City, they compiled photos and records so that the residents of the North Thompson Valley will have resources.

While photograph-ing burial sites in and near Blue River, Avola, Vavenby, Birch Island and Clearwater for this article, it became clear that not all residents from early times until the present have been buried in these loca-tions.

There are few head-stones for First Nations, early pio-neers, nor people from other nationalities and faith groups.

Where did they go?Anne Krawec can

answer some of these questions.

“After 1915, when the train was run-ning, any sick or injured people who went to the hospital in Kamloops and died there may also buried there,” she said. “Chu Chua has a cemetery for the First Nations people. Immigrants from Asia may have been cremated and their remains returned

to their native coun-try.”

Krawec is willing to share what she has learned and can be con-

tacted at the Chamber of Commerce office in the Dutch Lake Community Centre (250-674-3530).

Near Gosnell on the Albreda Sub, on the west side of the railroad right-of-way, just beyond the bridge, there is a small grave site identified with a white picket fence. J. Gray died July 1922. As with other early graves, the story has faded. Was there a fatal accident during construction? All photos by Eleanor Deckert

In the Avola Cemetery, three km down Avola Mountain Road, just before the railroad crossing, a plain wooden cross, a weathered fence, a lilac bush, personal items, poetry, colourful gifts, homemade and marble head-stones can be seen. All of these expressing love and loss.

Birch Island Cemetery has a quiet bench to pause as the autumn leaves fall. Names of neighbours hold the memory of a community. Across the train tracks, as the slope of the mountain begins, the visitor can see how much the local residents value their heritage. This 1934 marker is for a child only four years old.

When a family chooses cremation, a memorial can be built in any location. On the Aveley Ranch on Lost Creek Road, the names and dates of the first settlers of the Moilliet family are preserved. A natural spring brings water to the sheep trough.

Blue River Cemetery is located past Eleanor Lake concession, across the tracks and to the left. Not until 1986 was this land dedicated to this purpose. Without a formal cemetery, available, many valley residents were transported by train and buried in Kamloops.

Clearwater's Riverside Cemetery was, at first, private land with a spectacular view. In the early 1970s the Clearwater Improvement District took it over. Recently the District of Clearwater installed a columbarium for people's ashes.

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support for this project.Special thanks to the families of Skye and Courtney for their heartfelt support.

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Keith McNeill

An opening cer-emony held Thursday, Oct. 23 for the new Courtney and Skye Buck Memorial Playground at Raft River Elementary School was a mixture of joy and sadness – but mostly joy.

“This playground is a reflection of the two people we lost,” said Sabine Cooperman, president of the school’s parents advi-

sory committee (PAC). “Every time you’re

on the playground and smile, it’s a reflection of what they lived for,” she told the students gathered for the cer-emony.

There were some skeptics when it was first proposed that the school could finance the project through competing in Aviva Canada’s community fund contest.

However, the whole community

came together, plus friends and support-ers around the world, and the small town of Clearwater won the contest – bringing home $120,000 for the playground.

Cooperman singled out for special men-tion five people who helped bring the initia-tive together: Shelley Sim, Eleanor Collins, Samantha Braaten, Sylvain Menard and Kerry Milner Cairns.

The memorial

playground is a trib-ute to the people of Clearwater, said Shelley Sim, who was acting mayor at the time.

“We had the cour-age to try,” she said.

“Skye and Courtney were perfect examples of what it means to grow up in a small commu-nity, to get enriching experiences through education and travel, and then return to where they grew up and give it back,” said vice-principal Lori Bradstock.

Courtney had been one of her students, she recalled, and she had been thrilled to have her join her as one of the teachers at the school.

Pointing to the new playground, she said the couple continue to give to Clearwater and the children of Raft River Elementary.

A special moment came when Bradstock presented the first

Courtney Buck Memorial Sunshine Award to Juniper Wadlegger. The award goes to a student (or students) who posi-tively influences others

and is always consider-ate and cheerful.

Bradstock also presented the Justin Frye Memorial Award, which was named after a young relative of Courtney Buck who passed away several years ago.

The Justin Frye Award goes to a Grade 4 student who works hard in class and has good work habits, par-ticipates in school and sports activities. The recipient is kind and considerate of others, shows empathy and it demonstrates excellent citizenship. This year’s winner was Cassidy Tucker.

The third memo-rial award presented during the ceremony was named after former teacher Lori Pelton. This award goes to a grades 4-7 student who is hard working, diligent and puts forth effort in all areas, inside and outside of the classroom – a student who strives to do his or her very best.

Brittney Wenzel took home the Lori Pelton Memorial Effort Award for this year.

Because the last school-year was cut short as a result of a labor dispute, a num-ber of other awards were presented dur-ing the ceremony (the recipients, now in Grade 8 at Clearwater Secondary School, ran down the hill to take part):

Top Academic Grade 7 Student – Grayson Panko.

Top Grade 7 Athlete – Annika Wadlegger and Cedrik Menard.

Best Grade 7 Sportsmanship – Haliyah Arduini and John Meyer.

Grade 7 Fine Arts Award – Lea Labranche and Abby Ranson.

Grade 7 Citizenship Award – Sarah Schwaiger and Mitchell Chayer.

Grade 7 Service Award – Tiffany Schwaiger and Jenny Panko.

12 - 13Ceremony opens Courtney and Skye Buck Playground

Members of the Buck and Dekelver families take part in the opening ceremony of the new Courtney and Skye Buck Memorial Playground at Raft River Elementary on Oct. 23. Pictured are (back, l-r) Jim Biagioni, Rick Dekelver, Cathy Dekelver, (sign) Brent Buck, Tracy Buck, Eva Buck, Lyle Buck, Hettie Buck, (front, l-r) Rachel Bi-agioni, Katie Biagioni, Billy Biagioni, Natalia Biagioni, Bev Buck, and winner of the first Courtney Buck Memorial Sunshine award Juniper Wadlegger.Photo by Keith McNeill

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Beautiful fall colorsLeaves changing color create a dramatic image of Dutch Lake recently. Photo by Marina Pelton

Submitted

CALGARY – Green Sky Labs, a Canadian innovator in can-nabinoid‐based pharmaceutical research, development and testing, has announced it is in the final stages of establishing a world-class production and laboratory facility in Barriere.

Barriere was selected after Mayor Bill Humphreys gave a presenta-tion to Green Sky Labs at its July 2014 annual general meeting in Vancouver.

Humphreys described how his district has endured economic hard-ship in recent years, and gave a persuasive plea to the company to establish its main scientific opera-

tion in his community.“Green Sky Labs stands alone

in Canada’s cannabinoid-based pharmaceutical industry by being a clinical focused and research-based company comprised of internation-ally recognized scientists, research-ers and business professionals,” says Sam Scherwitz, Green Sky Labs founder. “We’re very excited to have Mayor Humphreys’ support to establish a state-of-the-art produc-tion and laboratory testing facility in the District of Barriere.”

Green Sky Labs is delighted to participate in the economic revital-ization of District of Barriere, and looks forward to working with local leaders such as Mayor Humphreys in establishing its facility.

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Keith McNeill

An opening cer-emony held Thursday, Oct. 23 for the new Courtney and Skye Buck Memorial Playground at Raft River Elementary School was a mixture of joy and sadness – but mostly joy.

“This playground is a reflection of the two people we lost,” said Sabine Cooperman, president of the school’s parents advi-

sory committee (PAC). “Every time you’re

on the playground and smile, it’s a reflection of what they lived for,” she told the students gathered for the cer-emony.

There were some skeptics when it was first proposed that the school could finance the project through competing in Aviva Canada’s community fund contest.

However, the whole community

came together, plus friends and support-ers around the world, and the small town of Clearwater won the contest – bringing home $120,000 for the playground.

Cooperman singled out for special men-tion five people who helped bring the initia-tive together: Shelley Sim, Eleanor Collins, Samantha Braaten, Sylvain Menard and Kerry Milner Cairns.

The memorial

playground is a trib-ute to the people of Clearwater, said Shelley Sim, who was acting mayor at the time.

“We had the cour-age to try,” she said.

“Skye and Courtney were perfect examples of what it means to grow up in a small commu-nity, to get enriching experiences through education and travel, and then return to where they grew up and give it back,” said vice-principal Lori Bradstock.

Courtney had been one of her students, she recalled, and she had been thrilled to have her join her as one of the teachers at the school.

Pointing to the new playground, she said the couple continue to give to Clearwater and the children of Raft River Elementary.

A special moment came when Bradstock presented the first

Courtney Buck Memorial Sunshine Award to Juniper Wadlegger. The award goes to a student (or students) who posi-tively influences others

and is always consider-ate and cheerful.

Bradstock also presented the Justin Frye Memorial Award, which was named after a young relative of Courtney Buck who passed away several years ago.

The Justin Frye Award goes to a Grade 4 student who works hard in class and has good work habits, par-ticipates in school and sports activities. The recipient is kind and considerate of others, shows empathy and it demonstrates excellent citizenship. This year’s winner was Cassidy Tucker.

The third memo-rial award presented during the ceremony was named after former teacher Lori Pelton. This award goes to a grades 4-7 student who is hard working, diligent and puts forth effort in all areas, inside and outside of the classroom – a student who strives to do his or her very best.

Brittney Wenzel took home the Lori Pelton Memorial Effort Award for this year.

Because the last school-year was cut short as a result of a labor dispute, a num-ber of other awards were presented dur-ing the ceremony (the recipients, now in Grade 8 at Clearwater Secondary School, ran down the hill to take part):

Top Academic Grade 7 Student – Grayson Panko.

Top Grade 7 Athlete – Annika Wadlegger and Cedrik Menard.

Best Grade 7 Sportsmanship – Haliyah Arduini and John Meyer.

Grade 7 Fine Arts Award – Lea Labranche and Abby Ranson.

Grade 7 Citizenship Award – Sarah Schwaiger and Mitchell Chayer.

Grade 7 Service Award – Tiffany Schwaiger and Jenny Panko.

12 - 13Ceremony opens Courtney and Skye Buck Playground

Members of the Buck and Dekelver families take part in the opening ceremony of the new Courtney and Skye Buck Memorial Playground at Raft River Elementary on Oct. 23. Pictured are (back, l-r) Jim Biagioni, Rick Dekelver, Cathy Dekelver, (sign) Brent Buck, Tracy Buck, Eva Buck, Lyle Buck, Hettie Buck, (front, l-r) Rachel Bi-agioni, Katie Biagioni, Billy Biagioni, Natalia Biagioni, Bev Buck, and winner of the first Courtney Buck Memorial Sunshine award Juniper Wadlegger.Photo by Keith McNeill

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Sports

Keith McNeill

District of Clearwater has dropped an earlier discussed increase of $3,000 and instead is ask-ing Wells Gray Curling Club for just $690 more than last year.

At a town council meeting held Oct. 21, chief administrative officer Leslie Groulx noted that the smaller increase would be consistent with other user group increases at the Sportsplex.

The increase would bring the annual fees charged the curling club up to $14,500.

The District subsidized the club with about $28,500 in 2013, she noted.

Groulx noted that the municipality has made some changes over the past few years that have helped the club. The sports coordinator, for example, assisted the club in putting on a bon-spiel last season.

In speaking for the recommendation for a smaller rate increase, councillor Barry Banford noted that the District and Wells Gray Country subsidize all the users in the Sportsplex, not just the curling club.

Bantams host three teams

Curling club gets rental fee reprieve

Above: Clearwater Bantam captain #10 Jaxon Kjenstad faces down a 100 Mile player during a four-team tournament at the Sportsplex on the weekend. The local squad won two games, lost one and tied one, ending up in third place. Kamloops scored against Kelowna in the last second of the final to win 2-1.

Photos by Keith McNeill

Colby Rhodes, assistant captain of the Clearwater Bantams, surprises the 100 Mile House goalie with a blistering slap-shot from across the blue line to score.

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Sports

Keith McNeill

District of Clearwater has dropped an earlier discussed increase of $3,000 and instead is ask-ing Wells Gray Curling Club for just $690 more than last year.

At a town council meeting held Oct. 21, chief administrative officer Leslie Groulx noted that the smaller increase would be consistent with other user group increases at the Sportsplex.

The increase would bring the annual fees charged the curling club up to $14,500.

The District subsidized the club with about $28,500 in 2013, she noted.

Groulx noted that the municipality has made some changes over the past few years that have helped the club. The sports coordinator, for example, assisted the club in putting on a bon-spiel last season.

In speaking for the recommendation for a smaller rate increase, councillor Barry Banford noted that the District and Wells Gray Country subsidize all the users in the Sportsplex, not just the curling club.

Bantams host three teams

Curling club gets rental fee reprieve

Above: Clearwater Bantam captain #10 Jaxon Kjenstad faces down a 100 Mile player during a four-team tournament at the Sportsplex on the weekend. The local squad won two games, lost one and tied one, ending up in third place. Kamloops scored against Kelowna in the last second of the final to win 2-1.

Photos by Keith McNeill

Colby Rhodes, assistant captain of the Clearwater Bantams, surprises the 100 Mile House goalie with a blistering slap-shot from across the blue line to score.

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By Tom Fletcher, Black Press

VICTORIA – The B.C. government is prepar-ing to declare the second Sunday of September Terry Fox Day, recognizing the annual Marathon of Hope events around the world that raise money for cancer research.

Port Moody-Coquitlam MLA Linda Reimer presented a private member's bill Thursday of last week to recognize the day the annual runs have been held since 1980, when Fox embarked on a cross-country run that was cut short by a relapse of cancer.

As a student at Simon Fraser University, Reimer recalled seeing Fox run around the cam-pus quadrangle and wondering what he was training for.

"It honours a great man whose combina-tion of strength, pas-sion, idealism and sheer guts led to the impossible notion that he would run across Canada on one good leg and a prosthesis, the equivalent of a mara-thon a day," Reimer

told the legislature.Premier Christy Clark said Reimer's bill is

expected to pass with unanimous support next week. She met with Terry's father Rolly, sister Judith and brothers Darrell and Fred in her office Thursday to speak to reporters.

Darrell Fox said the declaration will encour-age volunteers who organize Terry Fox runs, who have raised $650 million in the past 34 years.

"That's why we're so excited, because it gives them something to look forward to, to promote next year, and the fact that it has happened here in B.C.," he said. "Terry Fox is everywhere, across this country and around the world, but he was from Port Coquitlam."

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Ian Eakins

The Clearwater Secondary School boys soccer season was a great success. The team qualified for the Okanagan championships for only the third time by beating out Ashcroft, Kamloops Christian School and Barriere to place second in their pool.

The team then travelled to Kelowna to play in a two-day round robin tourney against some of the best in B.C.

Our first game was against Aberdeen Hall, the first place team in the Okanagans, and we were big underdogs. Clearwater played a strong game and was only down 1-0 after the half, but lost the game 3-0. This was an excellent result by our team.

Our second game was against Immaculata, a highly skilled team and the eventual winner of the tournament. Clearwater did not play well and fell 5-1.

On day two, we had an early game versus Vernon Christian School. This was the best game that Clearwater has played in years.

Vernon had the edge in play, but our strong goal tending and defence did not allow many good quality chances. Vernon’s mid-field

was very strong, but Clearwater’s midfield was able to contain them. We were hard on the ball and shut down the more skilled side. For the first time in a long time, our forwards put the ball in the net with style and we won the game 3-1.

Timo Menard was the man of the match with the best game he has ever played. He set up a beauty goal and then tapped in another later in the game.

Our last game of the year was against Keremeos. We played a poor first half and were down 4-1. We gave away two cheap goals with a couple of unfortunate plays. In the second half, we played with des-peration and took the game into their end for the whole 35 minutes.

There were numer-ous mad scrambles in front of their net, and we owned the field, but we were not able to put the ball in the net. We lost the game 4-1, though we played so much better than the score reflected.

Man of the match was Boden Eakins for shutting down their best player and then taking control of the mid field. Larson Wadlegger scored Clearwater's only goal on a great shot.

I am very pleased with the end result.

The team played well against superior squads and never gave up. The top four teams go to BC Provincials and all of those were private schools. We came sixth, which is the best showing that we have ever had.

Every player deserves a big thank you for showing up and playing hard. A group of players saved our season as we did not have enough to field a team and just about dropped out of the tourney that we fought hard to get into. Thanks go to Usman Sharif, Cedrik Menard, Julien Dewey, Austin Chrystall and Lachlan Wilson.

Four Grade 12 students will move on to bigger things next year: Boden Eakins, Larson Wadlegger, Levi Walker and Jared Walker. I hope that they continue to play soccer as they are good enough to play on university teams.

On a final note – CSS has the best school fields in the Thompson/Okanagan. I thank the school and those who tend the fields for their good work.

A paving ma-chine parked in front of the North Thompson Sportsplex on Friday afternoon looks suspicious-ly like it might be an extra-large, two-seater Zamboni for the skating rink. The machine was doing some finishing-up paving for the new BuyLow shopping center under construc-tion nearby.

Photo by Keith McNeillNew Zamboni?

Soccer season ends on a good note for CSS team

B.C. legislature to declare Terry Fox Day

Clearwater Fire Dept.

Community Halloween

Fireworks Display

Friday, October 318 p.m. Blastoff

Camp 2 RoadFire trucks will be at entrance

• Donations accepted at the Gate • • 30 Minute Show •

Please stay off the track or the show will stopRemember to dress for the weather - CVFD

Wells Gray Outdoor ClubNotice of Annual General Meeting

November 4, 2014 at 7pm

Search and Rescue Building

News From the Ski Hill!Save the DateS!

Ski Hill AGM:thursday November 6th at 7pm

Member Discussion **New Rates 2014/15**

Christmas Dinner &

DanceSaturday December 13th

Doors Open at 6pm$35 / person

Email: [email protected] to reserve!

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Times Staff

Clearwater, Barriere and Blue River are among 16 communities that are to be included in a human resource strategy being developed by Venture Kamloops.

According to a media release from Ministry of Social Development and Social Innovation, Kamloops' economic development agency is receiving more than $108,000 in Labour Market Partnership funding. It has hired a consultant to look at a 10-year forecast of trends and emerging labour market issues. This includes the future needs of local employers, skills gaps, training requirements and barriers to hiring and retention.

An end-of-project report will be created by Aug. 31, 2015. Besides Clearwater, Barriere and Blue River, the report will provide a human resource strategy for 100 Mile House, Ashcroft, Cache Creek, Chase, Clinton, Lone Butte, Kamloops, Logan Lake, Lytton, Merritt, McBride, Sun Peaks and Valemount.

“Looking into the future to determine what communities need, and the types of work-ers required, is what these Labour Market Partnerships are all about,” said Minister of Social Development and Social Innovation Don McRae. “This kind of information is crucial for the future growth and health of communities and their workforces.”

Labour Market Partnerships are a com-ponent of the Employment Program of BC’s Community and Employer Partnerships fund for projects that share labour market informa-tion and increase employability throughout the province. Labour Market Partnerships help local employers, employee and employer associations, and communities develop ways to deal with worker shortages or changes in the job market so they can prepare for the future. Projects that provide opportunities for people who are often disadvantaged in the workforce, such as Aboriginal people, people with disabili-ties and youth, are encouraged.

In 2014-15, the ministry has commit-ted to investing $331 million in employment and labour market programs under the Employment Program of BC.

The Employment Program of BC is funded by the Province of British Columbia as well as the Government of Canada through the Labour Market Development Agreement.

Kay Knox

Say, “Spelling bee” and most people pic-ture nervous, spotless-ly-dressed children lin-ing up to spell a word apiece. Say, “Adult

spelling bee as a fund-raiser” and eyebrows turn into question marks. Add, “Teams of four are encouraged to wear costumes and it is fun for partici-pants and spectators alike,” and disbelief might follow.

It all happened on Wednesday, Oct. 22 in the multi-purpose room of our recently-renovated Dutch Lake Community Centre as part of this year’s Raise-a-Reader cam-paign. Some money had been collected in September with dona-tions given as volun-teers distributed free copies of Kamloops This Week. The total is an amazing $5055.26 which, says Joanna Hurst of Yellowhead Community Services, “Will be matched in whole or in part by the provincial government and other national sponsors, then returned directly back to Clearwater and area for literacy program-ming. Historically these funds have been used for pro-gramming such as: Parent-Child Mother Goose, the Bright Red Bookshelves, and Adult Tutoring Programs.”

Four teams par-ticipated: Canfor, Rotary, Yellowhead Community Services, and Wells Gray Country Seniors spon-

sored by Pharmasave. A fifth team, Mommies Book Club, was unable to come at the last moment, but still donated the team’s $100 sign-up fee. Team members cooperated to spell the word given by Councillor Merlin Blackwell. Impartial judges compared the submitted spelling with the one flashed on the screen. The impos-ing, weighty Canada’s Oxford Dictionary was consulted when results were (optimisti-cally) challenged. Each team started with three free balloons, which a buzzing bee ceremoni-ously popped when a word was misspelled. More could be, and were, purchased for $25 to keep teams in the game. Everyone, especially spectators, cheered for everyone else or moaned in sympathy as balloons exploded.

All team members put their best efforts forward, struggling especially hard over words never seen or heard before. In the end, the red-costumed Canfor team happily collected its bobble-headed bee trophies and more. With good-natured joking and laughter throughout, everyone enjoyed a fun-filled evening – as will those who ben-efit from the money raised.

16 -17Kamloops area labour market study to include North Thompson Valley

Spelling bee raises funds for Raise-a-Reader campaign

Members of the Canfor team show off the extraterrestrial costumes they used to intimidate the opposition and win the Raise-a-Reader spelling bee held on Wednes-day, Oct. 22. Picture are (l-r) Madeleine DeVooght, Al Andersen, John Gerber, Chris May and (in front) spelling bee Annie Butcher. Photo submitted

As Remembrance Day approaches, we are compiling our

salute to our local Veterans.

If you have photos or stories of your loved ones that have served or are serving for our freedom, please

help make our Remembrance Day Issue a

� tting tribute.

We urge you to submit their pictures, stories or a brief

history, and be sure to include your name and address so that we may

return the photos to you.

Deadline for submission is Friday, October 31 at 5pm. Barriere 250-672-5611

[email protected]

Clearwater 250-674-3343

[email protected]

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Blue RiverBlue River Health Centre858 Main StreetMonday, November 101 pm - 2:30 pmNo appointment necessary

ClearwaterEvergreen Acres Senior’s

Centre144 Evergreen PlaceWednesday, November 51:30 pm - 2:30 pmNo appointment necessary

ClearwaterDr. Helmcken Memorial

Hospital640 Park DriveThursday, November 69:30 am - 3 pmWednesday, November 121 pm - 5 pmNo appointment necessary

Little FortLittle Fort Community Hall9885 Institute StreetMonday, November 1710 am - 12 pmNo appointment necessary

BarriereBarriere & District Senior Society

Centre4433 Barriere Town RoadFriday, November 79:30 am - 3 pmNo appointment necessaryChildren requiring appointments

call 250-672-5515

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Room4936 Barriere Town RoadFriday, November 149:30 am - 1 pmNo appointment necessaryChildren requiring appointments

call 250-672-5515

BarriereBarriere Health Centre4537 Barriere Town RoadTuesday, November 189 am - 12:30 pmNo appointment necessary

VavenbyVavenby Elementary School3157 Galiano RoadWednesday, November 510 am - 11 amNo appointment necessary

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Times Staff

Clearwater RCMP detachment now has a full complement of officers and they've been busy.

The detachment investigated a total of 1,093 calls for service during the second and third quarter of this year, according to a report by Sgt. Kevin Podbisky to Clearwater town coun-cil on Oct. 21.

Corporal Mark Labossiere, who for-merly was a constable with the detachment, has been identified to fill the newly created General Duty corporal position in the detach-ment. However, he has not been able to sell his house in the Sunshine Coast and so his arrival date here is unknown.

“I am eagerly awaiting his arrival. I need him very much,” Podbisky said.

A total of 40 drug seizures were made during the second and third quarters. The majority of them were by one Traffic Services member who has a knack for spot-ting people who are transporting drugs and/or money in their vehicles.

“He has quite the skill set,” the sergeant commented.

During the two quarters, Traffic Services and General Duty members issued a total of 1,204 tickets and warnings.

Detachment mem-bers also investigated and laid 12 criminal charges during the two quarters.

Mayor John Harwood asked if any progress has been made in improving the policing situation in Blue River.

Podbisky said staff from Southeast District were to

meet with staff from Northern District soon.

The sergeant said he would like to see the boundary between

Valemount and Clearwater detach-ments changed. It dates from when there was a RCMP detachment in Blue River, he said.

Ministry of Forests, Lands and Natural Resource Operations

VICTORIA – The province has created a new type of for-est licence that allows emerging, innovative forestry companies to more effectively respond to fluc-tuations in the supply of wood fibre, Forests, Lands and Natural Resource Operations Minister Steve Thomson announced on Monday.

"The supplemental forest licence is an innovative approach that will help small forestry

companies be more responsive to the day-to-day demands of the industry,” Thomson said. “It's part of our ongoing strategy to be more flexible as we help B.C.'s Interior weather the impacts of the mountain pine beetle infesta-tion."

The new supplemental for-est licence allows companies to harvest wood only when tra-ditional, business-to-business fibre supplies are reduced. This helps ensure that licence hold-ers – bioenergy companies, pellet producers and secondary manu-facturers – have ongoing access

to the fibre supply they need to operate.

"The new licence gives com-panies in B.C. a flexible option that allows them to address tem-porary supply shortages,” said Gordon Murray, executive direc-tor, Wood Pellet Association of Canada. “This is critical for an industry like ours, which has to respond to an ever-growing global market quickly, effec-tively and reliably. Greater certainty gives us more confidence as we move forward and promote the role of wood pellets in the

Canadian and global markets."The new licence also allows

the province to include condi-tions in licences that encourage the harvesting of less marketable and harder to access wood, help-ing to make greater use of the existing allowable annual cut.

The legislation follows up on a recommendation made by the

Special Committee on Timber Supply in its 2012 report, and is consistent with strategies identi-fied in the Province's 2012 Mid-Term Timber Supply Action Plan.

The new licence is not avail-able to sawmills, which tradition-ally have more stable supplies of wood.

16 -17Province introduces innovative, flexible forest licence

Herbs for healthClearwater's Cassie Gadoury with baby Carsyn MacDonald (age 14 months) checks out some wildcrafted herbs for sale by Little Fort's Ron Rau during the 40th annual Little Fort Craft Fair on Sunday. A good-sized crowd turned out to buy craft items provided by vendors from all over the North Thompson Valley.Photo by Keith McNeill

Local police have busy six months

A16 www.clearwatertimes.com Thursday, October 30, 2014 Clearwater Times

Times Staff

Clearwater, Barriere and Blue River are among 16 communities that are to be included in a human resource strategy being developed by Venture Kamloops.

According to a media release from Ministry of Social Development and Social Innovation, Kamloops' economic development agency is receiving more than $108,000 in Labour Market Partnership funding. It has hired a consultant to look at a 10-year forecast of trends and emerging labour market issues. This includes the future needs of local employers, skills gaps, training requirements and barriers to hiring and retention.

An end-of-project report will be created by Aug. 31, 2015. Besides Clearwater, Barriere and Blue River, the report will provide a human resource strategy for 100 Mile House, Ashcroft, Cache Creek, Chase, Clinton, Lone Butte, Kamloops, Logan Lake, Lytton, Merritt, McBride, Sun Peaks and Valemount.

“Looking into the future to determine what communities need, and the types of work-ers required, is what these Labour Market Partnerships are all about,” said Minister of Social Development and Social Innovation Don McRae. “This kind of information is crucial for the future growth and health of communities and their workforces.”

Labour Market Partnerships are a com-ponent of the Employment Program of BC’s Community and Employer Partnerships fund for projects that share labour market informa-tion and increase employability throughout the province. Labour Market Partnerships help local employers, employee and employer associations, and communities develop ways to deal with worker shortages or changes in the job market so they can prepare for the future. Projects that provide opportunities for people who are often disadvantaged in the workforce, such as Aboriginal people, people with disabili-ties and youth, are encouraged.

In 2014-15, the ministry has commit-ted to investing $331 million in employment and labour market programs under the Employment Program of BC.

The Employment Program of BC is funded by the Province of British Columbia as well as the Government of Canada through the Labour Market Development Agreement.

Kay Knox

Say, “Spelling bee” and most people pic-ture nervous, spotless-ly-dressed children lin-ing up to spell a word apiece. Say, “Adult

spelling bee as a fund-raiser” and eyebrows turn into question marks. Add, “Teams of four are encouraged to wear costumes and it is fun for partici-pants and spectators alike,” and disbelief might follow.

It all happened on Wednesday, Oct. 22 in the multi-purpose room of our recently-renovated Dutch Lake Community Centre as part of this year’s Raise-a-Reader cam-paign. Some money had been collected in September with dona-tions given as volun-teers distributed free copies of Kamloops This Week. The total is an amazing $5055.26 which, says Joanna Hurst of Yellowhead Community Services, “Will be matched in whole or in part by the provincial government and other national sponsors, then returned directly back to Clearwater and area for literacy program-ming. Historically these funds have been used for pro-gramming such as: Parent-Child Mother Goose, the Bright Red Bookshelves, and Adult Tutoring Programs.”

Four teams par-ticipated: Canfor, Rotary, Yellowhead Community Services, and Wells Gray Country Seniors spon-

sored by Pharmasave. A fifth team, Mommies Book Club, was unable to come at the last moment, but still donated the team’s $100 sign-up fee. Team members cooperated to spell the word given by Councillor Merlin Blackwell. Impartial judges compared the submitted spelling with the one flashed on the screen. The impos-ing, weighty Canada’s Oxford Dictionary was consulted when results were (optimisti-cally) challenged. Each team started with three free balloons, which a buzzing bee ceremoni-ously popped when a word was misspelled. More could be, and were, purchased for $25 to keep teams in the game. Everyone, especially spectators, cheered for everyone else or moaned in sympathy as balloons exploded.

All team members put their best efforts forward, struggling especially hard over words never seen or heard before. In the end, the red-costumed Canfor team happily collected its bobble-headed bee trophies and more. With good-natured joking and laughter throughout, everyone enjoyed a fun-filled evening – as will those who ben-efit from the money raised.

16 -17Kamloops area labour market study to include North Thompson Valley

Spelling bee raises funds for Raise-a-Reader campaign

Members of the Canfor team show off the extraterrestrial costumes they used to intimidate the opposition and win the Raise-a-Reader spelling bee held on Wednes-day, Oct. 22. Picture are (l-r) Madeleine DeVooght, Al Andersen, John Gerber, Chris May and (in front) spelling bee Annie Butcher. Photo submitted

St James Catholic ChurchSunday Service

Mass 11am - 12pm

324 Clearwater Village Road

Clearwater Seventh-Day

Adventist Church

Pastor John MasiganSaturday 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

250.674.1332www.ccbaptist.ca

CLEARWATERCOMMUNITY

BAPTIST24E Old North Thompson Hwy

Worship Service 10:30

CLEARWATER UNITED CHURCH

Meeting at Catholic Church of St. James

WorShip Sunday 9am

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

www.norththompsonpc.ca

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Business & Service DirectoryACCOUNTANT - CERTIFIED

STONE & COMPANYJason O’Driscoll, CPA, CA - Bob Lawrie, CPA, CGA

Chartered AccountantsRison Realty • 32 E Old N. Thompson Hwy.

Feb. 1st to Apr. 30th - Every ThursdayMay 1st to Jan. 31st - By AppointmentHours: 9:30 am to Noon, 1:00 pm to 5:00 pm

Phone: 250-674-2532 • Kamloops: 554-2533 • Fax: 554-2536Financial Statement Preparation • Corporate & Personal Income Taxes

Accountant - Certified Appliance Repair

CARPENTRY

Hazel’s HousingQUALITY WORK

• NEW CONSTRUCTION • RENOVATIONS • ROOFING

CLEARWATER, B.C.

250-674-4083Hazel Dowds

Journeyman Carpenter

Carpentry

ELECTRICAL CONTRACTORS

SYMONS ELECTRIC- CLOSED MONDAYS -

B.C. Reg. #24833

250-587-6175

Electric Contractors

Advertise Hardware

For AllYour

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674-3343

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A DVERTISING Electric Contractors

Licenced & BondedReg. NO: 99142

JAGER GARBAGEResidential & Commercial

Garbage Collection. Residential includes Blue Bag Recycling

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

Phone Jager Garbage 250-674-3798Serving from Vavenby to Blackpool area

GARBAGE COLLECTIONGarbage Collection

CONTRACTORS

Septic - Installation - Service - PumpingDemolition - Excavation - Backhoe Service

Trucking - Crane Truck - Water - DumpGravel - Sand - Top Soil - Snow Removal

Paul Jack250.819.3205 250.299.9510

ContractingConstructionConstruction &

Renovations from Foundations

to Roof

Rob Kerslake

Steve Noble

APPLIANCE REPAIRS

NORTH RIVERAPPLIANCE REPAIRFour Star Service

250-674-0079

DOUG JAMESPARTS - SALES - SERVICE CALLS USED APPLIANCES

Contractor

Building Contractor

Renovations • HAFI Jobs

250-674-3875

40+ years experience

Building Contractor

HANS OUNPUU

MOTOR LICENCE OFFICE

ICBC AgentDistrict of Clearwater

Phone: 250-674-2257 • Fax: 250-674-2173 Box 157, 209 Dutch Lake Road, Clearwater, V0E 1N0Of� ce Hours: Monday to Friday - 8:30 am to 4:30 pm

Open through the Noon hour

Motor Licence Office

Plumbing & Drains

NORTH THOMPSON

NTPDPLUMBING AND DRAINSGot Leaks? Plugged Drain? New Installs

Fully Insured • 100% Guaranteed • 250-674-8151

Wells & Pumps ≈ Yearly Maintenance ≈ Frozen pipesWe are right around the corner

Business & Service Directory

STONE & COMPANY(Robert Lawrie, Silvia Scheibenpfl ug)

Certifi ed General AccountantsRison Realty • 32 E Old N. Thompson Hwy.

Feb. 1st to Apr. 30th - Every ThursdayMay 1st to Jan. 31st - By AppointmentHours: 9:30 am to Noon, 1:00 pm to 5:00 pm

Phone: 250-674-2532 • Kamloops: 554-2533 • Fax: 554-2536Financial Statement Preparation • Corporate & Personal Income Taxes

Accountant - Certified Appliance Repair

Hazel’s HousingQUALITY WORK

• NEW CONSTRUCTION • RENOVATIONS • ROOFING

CLEARWATER, B.C.

250-674-4083Hazel Dowds

Journeyman Carpenter

Carpentry

Symons ElectricGood Prices • Great Service • Quality WorkLARRY SYMONS • LICENSED & BONDED • CLEARWATER

- CLOSED MONDAYS - • B.C. Reg. #24833

250-587-6175

Electric Contractors

Building Supply

Winter Hours • 8:30am - 5pm

Electric Contractors

Licenced & BondedReg. NO: 99142

JAGER GARBAGEResidential & Commercial

Garbage Collection. Residential includes Blue Bag Recycling

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

Phone Jager Garbage 250-674-3798Serving from Vavenby to Blackpool area

Garbage Collection

Septic - Installation - Service - PumpingDemolition - Excavation - Backhoe Service

Trucking - Crane Truck - Water - DumpGravel - Sand - Top Soil - Snow Removal

Paul Jack250.819.3205 250.299.9510

ContractingConstruction

John White

Fully Insured

Journeyman Carpenters

Bonded General Contractor

Tiny Builders Ltd.Box 345

Clearwater BCV0E 1N0

(250) 674-4001(250) [email protected]

ConstructionConstruction &

Renovations from Foundations

to Roof

Rob KerslakeSteve Noble

NORTH RIVERAPPLIANCE REPAIRFour Star Service

250-674-0079

DOUG JAMESPARTS - SALES - SERVICE CALLS

USED APPLIANCES

Contractor

Building Contractor

Renovations • Additions • New Construction Home Repairs • HAFI Jobs • Project Management

250-674-3875 Clearwater, BC • [email protected]

40 years experience

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FULLY CERTIFIED60 FOOT STICK BOOM

MAN LIFT WITH WINCHWe can safely lift you in the cage

to put your task close at hand. Pull a pump, lift a tower, top a treeHourly, daily and weekly rates • Includes operator

250-587-6151Kindly refer to our website: itecboomtruck.com

Boom Truck

Itec Enterprises

Gifts

The Little Gift Shop• Jewelry

• Gift Baskets• Framed photo, prints & cards

• Fishing - rods, reels, lures, knives• Local artists - and much more

Tuesday to Friday: 10 am - 5 pmSaturdays: 10 am- 4 pm

250-674-0101Next to Clearwater Computers

Gifts

SCENTSY CERAMIC WARMERSVELATA BELGIAN CHOCOLATE FONDUES

A favourite idea for personal or gift giving and home and party entertainment.Book now or orders placed weekly. No shipping or handling fees

Sat.: 10am - 4pm • Sun.: 11:30 - 4pm 343 Clearwater Valley Rd. (Beside O’Bryan’s in the Laundromat at the TNT Building Entrance to Wells Gray Park) or call 250-674-3763 or 778-208-5359

Kathy’s Jewelry & Gifts

Construction

DNA ConstructionNew Construction, Renovations, Tiling, Roofi ng.

Dan Arnold250-587-0010

Plumbing & Heating

visa, debit, mc accepted

VANDENBORRE PLUMBING & HEATING

PROPANE & ELECTRIC FURNACE REPAIRFurnace Installation • Heat Pumps and Air ConditioningRadon Gas Mitigation • Serving Blue River - Little Fort

YOUR FRIENDLY REPAIR MANWATER WELL SERVICES

Jim Vandenborre • Fully insured 250.674.2688 [email protected] 250.674.8552

Plumbing & Drains

NEED A PLUMBER?

JASEN MANN 250-674-8151

NORTH THOMPSON

NTPDPLUMBING AND DRAINS

MOTOR LICENCE OFFICE

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

Open through the Noon hour

Motor Licence Office Septic Service

CLEARWATER SEPTIC SERVICEGive us a call before it’s too late! BEST rates in town

“Interior Health approved” POTABLE WATER SERVICE

250-674-3562

& PORTABLE TOILET RENTALS

Construction

Construction and Home Renovation

MARSHALL MCRAERed Seal Carpenter

[email protected]

250-674-1182

On the Level Enterprises

Automotive Repair

Marcel’s

250-674-2522

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18 -19Elections coming to three North Thompson electoral areasSubmitted

The follwing are highlights from the Thompson-Nicola Regional District board of directors’ meeting of Oct. 23:

Six electoral areas to require an election

Nominations for the office of director for each of the 10 TNRD electoral areas closed at 4 p.m. on Friday, Oct. 10.

In six of the TNRD’s electoral areas (including Area B (Thompson Headwaters), Area A

(Wells Gray Country) and Area O (Lower North Thompson), two candidates were nominated and elec-tions will be held in those areas on Nov. 15.

Only one candidate was nominated in each of the remaining four electoral areas and those candidates have been declared elected by acclamation.

Gas Tax funds assist with development of septage receiving facility in the North Thompson

Up to $20,000 of federal Gas Tax –

Community Works Fund revenue allo-cated to Electoral Area O (Lower North Thompson) was approved to assist in funding the develop-ment of a septage receiving facility in Barriere, which will serve the North Thompson Valley.

Presentation from Smoke Free Coalition

Mr. Jeff Conners provided a presenta-tion on Smoke Free Parks, an initiative spearheaded by the Smoke Free Coalition, which is made up of

Canadian Cancer Society and Interior Health Authority.

The Smoke Free Coalition is requesting that local governments implement a bylaw that prohibits smok-ing in parks owned and operated by local governments to reduce cancer risk from sec-ond-hand smoke.

Tailings storage at New Gold Mine

Scott Davidson, environment and social responsibility manager at the New Afton Mine, and Matt Davis, project engineer,

provided a presenta-tion about the New Afton tailings facility.

They highlighted how New Gold Inc. has closely followed the tailings-storage regulations estab-lished by the province and continues to have a strict schedule for monitoring and reporting.

OCP for Cherry Creek and Savona adopted

Cherry Creek–Savona Official Community Plan Bylaw No. 2472 was adopted. Bylaw 2472 has now replaced

Bylaw 1447 as the new OCP for the Kamloops Lake area, including the unin-corporated communi-ties of Cherry Creek, Tobiano and Savona.

This OCP captures residents’ collective goals, the communi-ties’ vision for the future, and timely poli-cies to implement the plan’s renewed long-range objectives.

Westwold Legion to receive energy con-serving upgrades

The Westwold Legion Hall will receive upgrades to the

doors, roof and insula-tion thanks to $40,000 of federal Gas Tax – Community Works Fund component revenues allocated to Electoral Area “L” (Grasslands).

Clinton to receive HVAC system upgrade

The Village of Clinton office will receive upgrades to the HVAC system thanks to $15,000 from the federal Gas Tax Revenues – Community Works Fund com-ponent allocated to Electoral Area “E” (Bonaparte Plateau).

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I am pleased to see that many businesses in our area have posted signs on their doors reminding people not to leave dogs unattended in cars during warm weather. Given the recent tragedy in our Province, it is a wonder why some people still choose to do this. I am certain that it is not done out of carelessness or malice, as most people who bother to take their dogs with them in the car usually do so because they love their company and want their dogs to be with them. Therefore, I can only assume it is because these owners do not realize how quickly heat stroke can occur in their pet. It’s a lot like car accident—it happens unexpectedly and can occur even with the best of intentions. Problem is, by then it’s too late to buckle your seatbelt.

It’s human nature to look at things from our own point of view. Yes, the car is a bit stuffy and uncomfortable when you return, but get that A/C on and it nice and cool in a matter of minutes. It would seem that leaving the windows open a bit should also help. Unfortunately, it doesn’t work that way for pets.

First of all, you and I have an amazing ability to rid our-selves of excess body heat. We have highly developed sweat glands on every square inch of our body. Further-more, most of us are not very hairy would not be wearing a fur coat in the summer. Dogs and cats, on the other hand, are fairly inef� cient at cooling themselves. Their sweat glands are poorly developed and con� ned only to the pads of their feet—sort of an afterthought on Moth-er Nature’s part. Their primary means of reducing body temperature is by evaporative cooling. They accomplish this by panting. It’s not a bad system, if you are rest-ing outdoors or are exercising at lower temperatures. But overall, it’s pretty inef� cient. In their natural state, animals avoid overheating by seeking out shade and by exerting themselves only when the sun goes down or the weather is cool. You don’t see a wolf or cougar pursuing a deer in the heat of the day. Our pets can’t make those kind of choices for themselves.

Evolution did not consider a Prius sitting in a parking lot in the sunshine. Once there is limited air circulation, pant-ing becomes a much less effective means of cooling the body. As a result, the animal pants faster and with greater exertion. This increased effort raises the humidity in the air and makes panting even less capable of releasing ex-cess heat. The end result being that the animal’s tempera-ture rises at a much faster rate. Unless the condition is re-versed in a very short time, organ damage starts to occur with alarming speed. Overheated muscle tissue begins to break down, releasing substances that can permanently damage the kidneys. Continued increase in body tem-perature will eventually cause a cascade of events leading to brain damage, seizures and death.

Cooling an animal suffering from heat stroke is danger-ous, too. Rapid cooling can result in shock, with often fatal consequences. Immediate medical attention for heat stroke involves treatment with intravenous � uids and medications to protect vital organs from further dam-age. The window of opportunity for successful treatment is very short and pets that do survive may suffer lasting consequences.

If you must travel with your pet in warm weather, be prepared. Pack a cooler with ice or cold packs and wa-ter to make certain your pet drinks frequently and stays well-hydrated. If possible, travel early in the morning or in the evening hours. Should you have a breakdown or being delayed due to an accident or road construction, have towels on hand that can be soaked in cold water or wrapped around cool packs for your pet to lay or sit on. Consider taking an extra set of keys if you foresee having to leave your pet in the vehicle for even a short time so you can leave on the air conditioning . Always remember that vehicles can stop running for any number of reasons, so you still must check on your pet every few minutes. Finally, any pet left in a vehicle can be reported to RCMP and the SPCA—even if you have taken all precautions.

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Oct. 31: Fireworks Display, 8 pm blastoff, Camp 2 Rd, Firetrucks will be at entrance.

Oct. 30/ Nov. 3: WG Curling registration /open house. 7-8 pm, Curling club lounge.

Nov. 1: Legion Branch 259 Meat Draw, 3-5 pm; 50/50 4-5 pm. 257 Glen Rd.

Nov. 4: Age Friendly Luncheon Event - Elder Abuse plus Power of Attorney, complimentary lunch. Info 250-674-1912

Nov. 4: Wells Gray Outdoor Club AGM, 7 pm, Search & Rescue building.

Nov. 6: Ski Hill AGM, 7 pm, Clearwater ski hill. Nov. 6: All candidates forum, 7 pm, multi-purpose rm. - DLCCNov. 8: Royal Canadian Legion Vets DinnerNov. 9: Craft Fair – Blue River Event, Blue River Community Hall

Nov. 16: Clearwater & District Hospice Society Lights to Remember, 4 pm Clearwater Lodge. Info 250-674-8128 or 250-674-2400

Nov. 22: Legion Dinner and Music Night, doors open 5 pm, 257 Glen Rd.

Nov. 23: Winter Wonderland & Craft Fair, Legion Hall, 10 am – 2 pm

Nov. 28: Fall Family Bingo – Blue River Event, Blue River Com-munity Hall

Dec. 5: Blue River Event, Welcome To Winter Dance, 9 pm, Legion Upper Hall

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• Women in Business Luncheon: Last 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, Tuesdays, Clearwater Christian Church

• Crafts & Conversations with Cheryl. Tuesdays 11:00 am to 2:00 pm at the North Thompson Aboriginal Sharing Center. Phone 250-674-3703 for more info.

• Clearwater Farmers’ Market May – Oct. Saturdays 9am– Noon. For more info please call Anne at 250-674-3444.

• M&M (Mrs. & Ms.) Social. Last Sun of the mth Wells Gray Inn. 1pm: 250-587-6503

• Blackpool Community Hall Coffee House; Local musi-cians – 2nd Fri. of the mth. 6:30pm. Concession, $3 or 2 for $5.

• Clearwater Elks Bingo - 2nd & 4th Wed. Elks Hall 5pm, Info call Phyllis 250-674-3535

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• Fun Darts Fri. at the Royal Canadian Legion. 6 pm.CHILDREN & FAMILIES• Racoon StrongStart - Raft River Elem school days Mon,

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Contact: Irene Cederholm750 Woreby Rd Clearwater, BC VOE 3A0Ph: 250-674-3224 • E-mail: [email protected]: Dave Mell, Manager of Transportation 710 McGill Road, Kamloops, BC V2C 2A0E-mail: [email protected] • Fax: 250-371-3170

DEVELOPMENT OF A PEST MANAGEMENT PLANApplication #: TNRD-INV-2015

Applicant: Thompson-Nicola Regional District, 300-465 Victoria Street, Kamloops BC V2C 2A9Agent: SMC Consulting, 1582 Lawrence Avenue, Penticton BC V2A 3C1 Tel/Fax: (250) 492-6193 e-mail: [email protected]

The purpose of the proposed Pest Management Plan (PMP) is to manage problem vegetation and noxious weeds at TNRD facilities. Facilities include Eco Depots, land lls, septage pits, transfer stations, and the TNRD Shop at 660 Mission Flat Road, Kamloops. All facilities are fenced compounds that have physically restricted access. The PMP applies to areas located within the Thompson-Nicola Regional District, within the vicinity of the communities of Kamloops, 70 Mile House, Clinton, Cache Creek, Ashcroft, Logan lake, Lytton, Merritt, Aspen Grove, Spences Bridge, Savona, Monte Creek, Westwold, Pritchard, Chase, Sun Peaks, Black Pines, McLure, Agate Bay, Barriere, Dar eld, Little Fort, Blackpool, Clearwater, Birch sland, Vavenby, Avola, Blue River.The pest management methods proposed for use include manual, mechanical, cultural, and biological control, and the use of herbicides within the area to which the PMP applies. The common name and examples of the trade names of the herbicides proposed for use under this plan include: aminocyclopyrachor (Navius VM), aminopy-ralid (Milestone), clopyralid (Lontrel 360), dicamba (Banvel), di ufen opyr ( ver-drive), diuron (Diurex 0 WDG), umioxa in (Payload), glyphosate (Vantage Plus Max), ima apyr (Arsenal), metsulfuron-methyl (Escort), 2,4-D Amine (2,4-D Amine 600), triclopyr (Garlon XRT), and the surfactant/adjuvant Hasten. Selective applica-tion methods include: wick/wipe-on, injection, squirt bottle, cut surface, soil and foliar applications using backpack or handgun (power hose and no le). The proposed duration of the PMP is from May 17, 2015 to May 17, 2020. A draft copy of the proposed PMP and maps of proposed treatment areas may be examined in detail at: Thompson-Nicola Regional District, 300-465 Victoria Street, Kamloops BC V2C 2A9, online at https://tnrd.civicweb.net/Documents/DocumentList.aspx D 9056, or by contacting the Agent listed above.

“A person wishing to contribute information about a proposed treatment site, relevant to the development of the pest management plan, may send copies of the information to the applicant (c/o SMC Consulting, Agent, at the address listed above), within 30 days of the publication of this notice”

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The Thompson-Nicola Regional District (TNRD) Board of Directors approved the establishment of the Vavenby Community Park Work-ing Group, and its Terms of Reference, at their October 23rd, TNRD Board meeting. The purpose of the Working Group is to develop and support the implementation of a comprehensive strategy to promote the development of a safe, connected and functional Com-munity Park for the purposes of social, recreational and community enjoyment.

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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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You’re at the brink of starting something new and impressive, Aries. Start acting like the star that you are and embrace the spotlight. It won’t take you long.

Cancer, take care of yourself this week if you start to feel a bit under the weather. Nip it in the bud early so it does not impact your long-term plans.

Libra, your commu-nication skills come in handy this week when you prove capable of making a serious difference at work. Let that suc-cess carry through at home.

Capricorn, all you have to do is focus this week and you can accomplish anything you set your mind to. Come up with a challenge that has bested you in the past.

You may not even realize you need a break and a helping hand until someone steps up and provides just that, Aquarius. Accept any and all help graciously.

Taurus, be mindful of how well oth-ers treat you this week. Your friends and family will be there for you when you need them, so show how much you appreciate their support.

Leo, passion and energy find you moving in new directions this week. Enjoy this exciting time and docu-ment it through photos and notes to those sharing your journey.

Scorpio, maintain a handle on real-ity this week. Even though you’re ener-gized by big plans and dreams, you have to keep your feet on the ground for the time being.

Pisces, your energy levels are off the charts this week. Use this abundance of energy to tackle a difficult project.

Gemini, you’re accustomed to companionship, and this week will be no different. People are impressed with the way you innovate and explore new possibilities.

Virgo, if you feel stuck in a rut, now is the ideal the time to try something new. In another month or two your efforts will begin to bear fruit.

Sagittarius, you are happy this week and others will look to you as an inspira-tion. Share your good mood with others and your happiness will only grow.

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Play time for my former(Inuit) student Meeka, begun 50 years ago, continued, beginning with a visit to Rideau Hall, Canada’s Governor General’s official resi-dence and workplace, and where Meeka had worked during the settling of Inuit land claims. I inter-rupted our young guide’s descriptions of various medals to ask: “Which award did you receive, Meeka?”

The gal was thrilled when Meeka pointed to the Queen’s Diamond Jubilee Medal, saying admir-ingly, “Oh, I never met anyone before who received one of these!”

That afternoon I met Meeka’s oldest daughter, Lynn, presi-dent of a boarding home run by Inuit for Inuit who come to Ottawa for medical treatment. Here I met more of her family and friends, happily being introduced as “my former teacher” along with the story of the 88-year-old expected at the air-port.

I had been able to find Meeka on Facebook because

she had reclaimed her maiden name after her marriage failed. However, the con-nection almost didn’t happen for I had married, and back then students seldom knew first names of teachers. Fortunately, she accepted that unknown “friend” request. During our early messages, Meeka thought I was back in Australia.

Lynn and fam-ily were at the dinner party that evening with our charming 85-year-old hostess, Grete, and her sister, Gay. Their home, built in 1828, is Ottawa’s oldest and a museum of treasures.

“Sit in John A. MacDonald’s arm-chair,” Grete insisted. We had already posed in front of the intri-

cately carved walnut fireplace-surround dating back to 1590. Here we also met kind and thoughtful Donna who drove us thither and back a couple of days later.

We even took a train trip to Montreal, the first place I taught in Canada. Plans to explore turned into a comedy of non-events, for Meeka’s friend was delayed. Then her car died as it arrived in front of us.

What else could we do but eat delicious chicken wings at the nearest cafe? Green, pastoral scenes passed by the train’s windows as we sped east, then west.

That evening, Meeka otherwise occupied, I walked from our hotel to “The Hill”. The backs

of large crowds and music greeted me as I approached Canada’s Parliament Buildings. On extensive lawns, bands marched and played for an appre-ciative audience.

Most impressive was Tchaikovsky’s “1812 Overture”, complete with drums, staccato rifle fire from the troops, and boom-ing, smoking cannons. Soldiers and band members strutted their stuff, ruler-straight lines of red pant legs and high black boots moving as one.

Next morning Donna showed Meeka the enclosed roof top of “her” hospi-tal where Meeka’s older sister had been a patient. Later, we went to Gatineau Hills in the province of Quebec, last seen by me in October, 1963 when leaves were every shade of red, brown, orange and yellow intermingled. On this July trip we were immersed in green.

“Sometimes I get sick of seeing trees!” announced Meeka, obviously getting homesick for Nunavut.

A delicious Thai

meal back in the Ottawa rounded out my final full day.

“There will be more times,” Meeka assured me. “Come to Pangnirtung so I can show you where I grew up and how beautiful the north is.”

Next morning was a scramble when I discovered my plane

left an hour earlier than my memory said. Getting packed and out of our room in good time, enjoying brunch, we picked up copies of my old treasured photos for Meeka to take home to Iqaluit to share, including other girls I had taught so long ago.

Our faithful com-panion Donna picked us up and drove us via a circuitous, pic-turesque route to the airport. Precious time together soon evapo-rated.

Down the stairs I went to security – and, once again, we lost sight of each other – for now....

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Cam Fortems – Kamloops This Week

District of Barriere has passed a motion supporting the proposed twin-ning of Kinder Morgan’s Trans Mountain pipeline — a vote that may come to the Thompson-Nicola Regional District (TNRD) board following next month’s civic election.

Clearwater Mayor John Harwood said Clearwater's council has not considered a motion similar to the one recently passed by Barriere, although it has publicly argued against the alternative — transport of petroleum products through the valley by road or rail.

Harwood said Kinder Morgan and its predecessor companies have always been transparent and co-operative on safety planning and response.

“With companies like CN (Rail), we don’t see that,” he said, noting homeown-ers in his town don’t have a problem with twinning the pipeline on their properties.

“Most people, even with a pipeline in their backyard, don’t have an objection to it,” Harwood said.

Barriere Mayor Bill Humphreys, who is also chairman of the TNRD, said his council decided to formally back the pipeline, calling it something that will provide jobs and tax revenue for the dis-trict.

“I said it’s about time we make a stand,” Humphreys said. “Our commu-nity has nothing against it.

“We’ve asked, for two years, people in the region and the district — no one was against it.”

Councillors voted unanimously in favour of a motion declaring support

for the Trans Mountain pipeline project, even though the line runs outside its boundaries, on the west side of the North Thompson River.

Barriere is a town of about 1,800 residents, located 65 kilometres north of Kamloops.

“Our council felt it was important that the people of British Columbia  know that communities like Barriere rely on companies like Trans Mountain to help keep our towns working and prosperous,” read a statement from the municipality.

Kinder Morgan submitted its proposal to the National Energy Board (NEB) in December 2013. 

The NEB will make a recommenda-tion to the federal government in 2015 on whether to approve the project.

Humphreys noted his municipality does not stand to directly benefit from

taxes on the utility because it doesn’t run through the town.

When the original pipeline was con-structed in the early 1950, “They bought fuel and people stayed here,” the mayor said.

There has been discussion within the TNRD about a motion on the Trans Mountain line, something Humphreys said is more likely following the election of a new board on Nov. 15.

The District of Barriere estimates Kinder Morgan today pays more than $5.6 million in TNRD taxes, a number expected to jump to $13 million if the twinning is approved and constructed.

“We’ll ask them to come and make a presentation,” Humphreys said of a regional-district motion. “People will discuss what are the benefits to the region and they’ll decide whether to support it.”

Barriere council votes to back Kinder Morgan expansion

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