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By Jackie LieuwenHouston Today

The District of Houston is buying new banners for the posts along Highway 16.

Both the winter and summer banners need replacing, as they’ve been used for five years and are

typically replaced every two years, said Chief Administrative Officer Michael Glavin.

Council agreed to get banners to hang year round instead of seasonal ones, and Glavin said they’ll save $3,600 per year by not changing them

between seasons. Councillor Rick

Lundrigan said the banners might also

last longer then two years if they’re not

handled.The new banners

will have a new design reflecting the new logo and tagline “Naturally Amazing.”

There are 64 banners and developing new ones costs $7,700 plus shipping, Glavin said.

Council is asking Creative Communicat ions, the company that developed the Houston brand and logo, to develop the design, as they offered it during the branding process.

That will save the District another $500, Glavin said.

Apache drops Kitimat LNG

District of Houston cuts costs of banners on Highway 16

By Cameron OrrBlack Press

A p a c h e Corporation is going to drop the Kitimat LNG project entirely, leaving Chevron as the sole proponent of the project for the mo-ment.

Apache didn’t in-dicate when the exit would occur in their second quarter � nan-cial report.

“Consistent with the company’s ongoing repositioning for prof-itable and repeatable North American on-shore growth, Apache intends to completely exit the Wheatstone and Kitimat LNG projects,” said their re-pot.

Wheatstone LNG is an Australian-based lique� ed natural gas project.

Kitimat LNG has all of its required per-mits and licences but has been undergoing a lengthy front-end en-gineering and design study which would � -

nalize a price tag and move the company to-wards making a � nal investment decision.

Media reports had indicated Apache was under pressure by investors to leave Kitimat LNG, and the company had indicated they were interested in reducing their 50 per cent stake in the Kitimat-based LNG project.

A p a c h e spokesperson Paul Wyke said the company wasn’t providing more details other than what was included in their � nancial report.

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Police arrested a drunk male near a home on Hagman Crescent after 9 p.m. July 23. RCMP Sgt. Stephen Rose says the male was called in for yelling at residents, and police arrested him outside after he hid twice in his house. He was lodged in cells until sober and released with a ticket for being drunk in public.

***Police arrested

a drunk male on Omineca Crescent at 3:10 a.m. July 24. Sgt. Rose says police found the male shooting rocks at a home with a hockey stick, and he was lodged in cells until sober and released without charge.

***Police got report

of a group of youth drinking at Jamie Baxter Park at 8:15 p.m. July 25. Sgt. Rose says the youth fled when police arrived, but two people remained and were not ticketed because

they cooperated with police. The beer was destroyed at the scene.


of a drunk male who refused to leave a home on Birch Street at 11 p.m. July 28. Sgt. Rose says the male fled into a field when police arrived, but was caught, arrested and charged for breaching court conditions. The male pled guilty and was given a seven-day conditional sentence.


of a theft from vehicle at a local motel at 9 p.m. July 29. Sgt. Rose says an HP powerbook laptop was stolen from an unlocked vehicle. Anyone with information can contact Houston RCMP at 250-845-2204 or Crime Stoppers at 1-800-222-8477.

***Police separated

a consensual fight between two males on Poulton Avenue and 9th Street at 4:20 p.m. July 30. Sgt. Rose says one

of the males refused to go home so was arrested and lodged in cells until sober. No charges were laid.

***Police separated

a fight between two

males at Nadina Way at 8:30 p.m. July 30. Sgt. Rose says both were sent on their way as neither wanted charges.

***In the past seven

days, police have dealt with eight other traffic complaints, four noise bylaw complaints, three false alarms and two abandoned 9-1-1 calls.

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Above is the proposed route for Pacific Trails Pipeline.

Their financial reports show Apache has spent $339 million on Kitimat LNG so far in 2014, $183 million in the first quarter and $155 million in the second.

Between Kitimat LNG and Wheatstone the company has spent $894 million so far in the year.

We contacted

Chevron for comment about this announcement however the company said they had no comment at that time about what it would mean for their operations.

Media report statements from Chevron Vice Chairman George Kirkland, from a conference call

with analysts, who indicates the company is unconcerned with the Apache departure and that the company will move to find new partners in the project.

In a conference call to investors Apache CEO Steven Farris confirmed the company’s earlier statement of its intention to full leave the Kitimat LNG

project.He said they’re also

evaluating their inter-national assets as the company focuses on their North American on-shore resources.

Later, Apache spokesperson Bill Mintz told Black Press the company would not speculate where current negotia-tions for their stake in the project sit.


Several crews from Coastal GasLink Pipeline were in last week Houston with trucks and ATVs doing surveys.

T r a n s C a n a d a spokesperson Shawn Howard says they were “conducting n o n - i n t r u s i v e

environmental field studies.”

“This environmen-tal survey work allows us to properly un-derstand the wildlife, cultural, traditional and habitat of the areas along the pipe-line route so that we can develop plans in a thoughtful and re-spectful manner,” he said.

“The work we are doing is in areas where we have permission to do so and people are aware in advance that these environmental surveys will be taking place.”

Coastal GasLink is a natural gas pipeline proposed to run 650 kilometres from Dawson Creek to the proposed LNG

Canada facility near Kitimat.

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Embrace summerIt’s hot.

There’s no doubt summer has arrived in earnest this week, sending

temperatures near record levels across the region.

Many of us have sought solace as we can. Snapping up fans and mini air conditioners off the shelves.

Heading to the beach or the local outdoor pool.

Heck, even dipping our feet in a bucket full of ice water.

Whatever works.Some of us are lucky enough to get out of

town for a while, camping or holidaying near the ocean or a lake where we can cool off.

The rest of us, those in town out of choice or necessity, may be tied to our usual routines and responsibilities.

If possible, this is a good time to break out a little. Forget the routines, let the dishes wait, put the projects around the house on hold.

This kind of weather is only here for a brief stretch. We’ll be back to wet and cool before we know it.

By drinking our fill of what we’ve been given today, we might—just possibly—be a little more able to savour those romantic, drizzly West Coast days that come in earnest by November.

Head down to the beach with a basket of food and a blanket after work to savour the sunset. Invite some friends over for a barbecue, or meet them in one of our fantastic local parks for a picnic.

Do whatever strikes your fancy.Summer’s here. Embrace it.

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A reminder to drive safeI was pulled over

for suspected drunk driving last Friday night. Luckily I wasn’t drunk.

I had just exited off the highway around 11 p.m. on my way home from the gas station with milk, pancake mix and syrup and was less than � ve minutes from my house when I saw the � ashing lights behind me.

I pulled over and accidentally drove up on the curb. I then sat there, waiting for the police of� cer to come to my window, hoping whomever it was would be in a forgiving mood.

“I’m sorry,” I said when he approached. “Was I driving too fast?”

“Yes you were,” he replied. “You were driving erratically and you didn’t have your lights on either.”

I excitedly told him I had a new vehicle and the lights that came on automatically from the inside made it seem like they were on

outside as well. I then tried to explain my bad driving.

“Have you had anything to drink tonight?” he asked shining a � ashlight in my face and seemingly snif� ng my breath.

“No,” I said quickly. “Are you sure about

that?” he asked. As I thought about it I recalled all the times I’ve heard that you should just say no to that question no matter what the truth is.

“Well,” I replied pausing, trying to remember the exact events of my busy evening. “There was this one drink. But that was a long time ago.”

“Based on what I’ve seen I’m going to need you to get out of the vehicle,” he said after a few more questions. He asked me to get rid of my gum and take a sobriety test. I suddenly felt stressed.

I knew I only drank one Mike’s Hard Lemonade at

my friend’s pool party, and that was over two hours earlier, but I worried because I hadn’t eaten anything all night.

Standing on the side of the road with him and another of� cer we waited for a third cop to show up with the breathalyzer. As we waited I talked. And the more I talked the more drunk I seemed. Even to myself.

“Have you ever taken a sobriety test before?” Constable Arpink asked.

“Yes,” I answered enthusiastically. And then I stupidly told him how hammered I got pounding back drink after drink and blowing into the breath-taking device for a CTV News story years ago when the lower alcohol level laws were � rst implemented. I could tell I wasn’t making much sense. Especially since I’d just told them I never drink.

“Are you sure you only had one?”

he asked. “People sometimes lie to us. If you’ve consumed anything in the last 15 minutes you need to tell us because it could affect the results of your test.”

“It was de� nitely over two hours ago I had that one drink,” I said trying to sound like a normal person. “Let’s do this thing.”

After the breathalyzer � nally arrived and I blew into it, Constable Arpink looked at the results with a surprised expression.

“What did I blow?” I asked like an hyper little kid wanting to know the results of their grade two math exam.

“You’re � ne,” he replied with a sideways smirk. “You can get back in your vehicle and wait.”

As I sat there I felt incredibly grateful that I hadn’t had more than one drink and then gotten behind the wheel like I would have done when I

was younger. I also thought about how much I didn’t want to get a � ne for speeding or driving with my lights off, but I was okay with whatever my penalty would be.

Fortunately for me, I got off with a written warning. Immensely relieved, I promised to turn my lights on, do the speed limit and drive my potentially fatal four thousand pound beast a lot more responsibly.

I couldn’t promise not to seem drunk though. I’m too old to be changing my personality now.

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$40 a day for parents if BCTF strike drags on

The B.C. government is spending $3.5 million a day to � ght forest � res

around the province, with the total for the year past $106 million and headed higher.

The government is bracing for bills that could reach $250 million by the

end of the summer, depending on weather and the number of � res that threaten

homes. B.C. has brought in � re� ghters from Ontario, Alberta and New Brunswick,

and issued several evacuation orders by the mid-point of the summer season.

Finance Minister Mike de Jong asked for B.C. residents to take all possible precautions and observe camp� re bans through August. About 40 per cent of B.C. forest � res are human caused, with most of the rest started by lightning strikes.

Forest � re spending is already approaching totals for the last two years. Highs in the past decade are $382 million in 2009 and $371 million in 2003, when � res damaged Kelowna and Barriere.

“The possibility of the � re season

consuming a quarter billion tax dollars is real,” de Jong said. “Whilst there is no issue about spending the money, it has to come from somewhere, so that’s a cost item that’s looking like it will be considerably more than what had been hoped for.”

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By Tom FletcherBlack Press

If the teacher strike isn’t settled by September, the B.C. government will use the payroll savings to pay $40 per missed school day to parents of children under 13, Finance Minister Mike de Jong said Thursday.

Negotiations with the B.C. Teachers’

Federation will start Aug. 8. A two-week strike in June cost the province’s 40,000 public school teachers $12 million a day in salary. That’s the estimated cost of the support program aimed to go to tutoring or daycare for younger children if they can’t go to school.

De Jong said older children don’t require as much supervision,

and have online options to maintain their studies if the labour dispute takes more instructional time away. The amount was chosen to compensate families of 300,000 children up to age 12 in public school at no net cost to the provincial budget.

Parents would have to register online to be eligible for compensation, to be

paid by October.De Jong said

there are � ve weeks remaining in the summer break for most public schools to reach a settlement with the BCTF, and he hopes the program won’t be needed.

BCTF president Jim Iker termed the move “a blatant and divisive attempt to prolong disruption in B.C. schools”

and renewed his call for a mediator to help bridge the differences between the government and the union.

Education Minister Peter Fassbender and school district nego-tiators say the BCTF’s contract demands are far out of step with other unions, par-ticularly on increased classroom preparation time and other bene� t

improvements. The long-running

dispute over class size and special needs support is headed back to court this fall.

De Jong reiterated that there is no plan to recall the B.C. leg-islature before a fall session scheduled to begin Oct. 6. He said the history of imposed of settlements on the BCTF may have con-tributed to the chronic

failure to negotiate agreements with the union.

NDP education critic Rob Fleming called the announce-ment a “trial balloon” that suggests the dis-pute may be months away from resolution.

“I think parents are going to look at this and say, ‘you know what, school is not daycare’,” Fleming said.

Forest fire bills piling up in B.C.

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Competing against athletes from across the world wasn’t something she saw coming.

Houston-born Amanda Sjoden started her athletic career just two years ago, and was invited to the world-quali� ers in June last year after running only four races.

Now she’s training for her eighth race: the World Triathlon Grand Finals in Edmonton, organized by the International Triathlon Union.

She will take on the olympic-level race September

1, swimming 1.5 kilometres, biking 40 kilometres, and running 10 kilometres against athletes from across the world.

Asked how she feels gearing up to the race, Amanda said it’s unreal.

“It’s neat to represent your country. You feel proud.” Getting her Canada jersey was a big motivation to train

really hard, she said. “You want to do your country proud… the world is

watching, like literally the world is watching.” Amanda gets up at 4:30 a.m. “at the latest” to train. Her husband Tristan is her coach since he “grew up

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Tristan researches, makes her training schedule and � nds races for her to compete in.

Amanda’s spends between 6 and 12 hours per week on training, with each day bringing something different. One day she does an hour run and sprints, the next day a two-hour bike, and the next an hour swim and an hour run.

“I like triathlon because every day I get to do something new,” Amanda said.

Finishing her training by 7 a.m., Amanda steps out of her athletic shoes and into her Mom and teacher shoes.

She substitute teaches almost every day at different classes and schools, and spends the rest of her time with her family.

With an eight-year-old son and daughters six and four, Amanda is busy, and says she’s taking her athletics one step at a time.

“I have three kids too, so I’m still keeping it fun. It’s my way to stay motivated… I want to see where it takes me, and hopefully show my kids what hard work can do,” she said.

Amanda has always been active, and used to train by pulling her kids in her bike or running with a stroller to the water park or other activities that her kids could enjoy. One time she did a 24 kilometre run to bring her kids to the Spray Park in Lethbridge where she lived.

“I’d run them all the way there, they’d play there, and then I’d run all the way home,” she said.

Amanda’s � rst race was a Mothers Day present from her husband Tristan. He told her he signed her up as a gift because she always talked about competing.

“My husband is de� nitely the big support,” she said when talking about the world competitions coming up. Her kids have also been great little supporters, shouting “Go Mommy, go!” as she trains in the front yard.

“They’re so supportive. They come around with me everywhere,” she said.

“I wouldn’t have been able to do it without them.”

Houston’s Amanda Sjoden competing in international triathlon

Amanda Sjoden, daughter of Mike and Michalle Brown, is competing in the triathlon worlds in September. Above is Amanda with her husband and coach Tristan, and her children Brennin, 6, Samuel, 8, and Natalie, 4.

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There were many people there, some were obviously very sad. Some were discouraged, and distraught. One was sitting in his wheelchair, very thin and muttering curses as he waited for his treatment. Another said he had lost over 50 pounds in a month and a half. It was tough to see the disappointment on people’s faces. Life had not worked out as planned. Disease had entered into the picture, threatening to consume the very life we hold so dearly. Many plans for the future were shattered. There were questions that came up. Would the treatment work? Would the cancer be eradicated or would it come back? Would one feel better after the radiation or would it make it worse? If I die, what will happen to me, to our loved ones?

There were others in the room that I am sure had many of the same questions, yet they were very optimistic, even though they knew if the cancer continued to grow, they would die. They knew there was a bigger plan. They knew they and their loved ones were in the hands of the God they trusted in, no matter what happened to them. They knew, even if they died, they had a place in heaven prepared for them. There would be no cancer there, no sickness, no death, no pain or sorrow. In conversation with these people, they expressed the reason for their optimism was that they had a faith in Jesus Christ and he would be with them through whatever would happen in their life, good or bad, even in death.

One morning, before his treatment, my friend and I were reading the following verses from the Bible. “Can anything ever separate us from Christ’s love? Does it mean he no longer loves us if we have trouble or calamity, or are persecuted, or hungry, or destitute, or in danger, or threatened with death? ….. No, despite all these things, overwhelming victory is ours through Christ who loved us. And I am convinced that nothing can ever separate us from God’s love. Neither death nor life, neither angels nor demons, neither our fears for today nor our worries about tomorrow – not even the powers of hell can separate us from God’s love. No power in the sky above or on the earth below – indeed nothing in all creation will ever be able to separate us from the love of God that is revealed in Christ Jesus our Lord.” Romans 8:35,37-39 NLT

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No Luckies on the ice this yearBy Jackie Lieuwen

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Short on players, the Houston Luckies dropped out of the CIHL season this year.

“We just didn’t feel that we had enough players this year,” said Luckies President Shane Brienen.

The executive made the decision at the pre-season meeting, after attempts to pull to-gether a team repeat-edly failed.

Brienen says no new players were com-ing in, a few older players weren’t sure if they would play, and two players were gone to trades school.

“We really would have liked to play this year, but we didn’t want to let the league down either with not being able to make the road games,” he said, adding that they were

barely making it with the players they had last year.

They’re disap-pointed, Brienen said, but hoping to be back

in the following sea-son. Vanderhoof and MacKenzie might

have CIHL teams to hit the ice next season as well, Brienen said.

Leisure Facility hosts kids triathlon By Jackie Lieuwen

Houston Today

Competing in a kids triathlon might be just the cure for summer boredom.

The Houston Leisure Facility is running a triathlon August 9 for all kids ages four to fourteen.

The competitors will start out in the pool with a 20 to 300 metre swim, and then jump onto their bikes for a race around a 1.5 to 4 kilometre track. Finally, they will hop off their bikes and race 1 to 3.3 kilometres to the

finish line. Lifeguard and

event coordinator Anna Tobin says she hopes it kick starts the event again after missing it last year, and adds something a bit different to the programming at the pool.

“I’m hoping it will

be the best ever,” she said.

New this year, the Houston Fire Department will bring an engine and spray kids after the race to help them cool off before lunch, Tobin said.

R e g i s t r a t i o n before the event is

$20, and at the door is $25.

At 10 a.m. kids will register and races will start at 11:30 a.m. at the pool.

Race information packages and registration forms can be picked up at the Leisure Facility.

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Weighing the value of herbicides in the fight against weeds

Changing fight strategy for Buck Flats weeds

Educating communities against unwanted nuisancesBy Steven Maisey

Black Press

The B.C. Government is work-ing to raise awareness of the economical and environmental damage that invasive plants and animals can cause communities.

They proclaimed the second week of June as the Invasive Species Week.

Since 2012 the provincial govern-ment has provided the Invasive Species Council of B.C. $2.1 million to help prevent aquatic species from entering B.C., as well as to support public awareness programs.

Along with the $2.1 million provided to the Invasive Species Council of B.C., the provincial govern-ment, last month, announced that $1.6 million in invasive

plant grants have been awarded to 29 regional districts, mu-nicipalities and inva-sive species organiza-tions, which includes the Regional District of Bulkley-Nechako (RDBN)

That money is in addition to the $809,000 that the Minister of Forests, Lands and Natural Resource Operations has set aside for inva-sive plant control and management in 2014 and 2015.

The RDBN has its own Invasive Plant Management Program which is administered by its Environmental Services Department.

As well, the RDBN is a mem-ber of the Northwest Invasive Plant Council (NWIPC), which since 2005 has been con-ducted using a single agency approach.

“Various organi-zations including the Regional District of Bulkley-Nechako, mu-nicipalities, Ministry of Transportation and Infrastructure, Ministry of Forests, Lands and Natural Resource Operations, BC Hydro and oth-ers, contribute fund-ing to the NWIPC,” said Carolynn Lane, Sustainability Assistant for the RDBN.

“The contributed monies are managed using a partnership de-livery model to achieve on the ground control of invasive plants on each jurisdiction, as well as public aware-ness, inventory and assessments. On the ground treatments and inventory are con-ducted by contractors in each Invasive Plant Management Area.”

The NWIPC cov-

ers the area from Valemount to Haida Gwaii and north to the Yukon border, exclud-ing the Peace Region.

Invasive plant pro-grams are designed to identify areas where invasive plant species are growing and rap-idly contain and eradi-cate the area.

The top three in-vasive plant species in the Houston area are (1) Mountain Bluet, which is highly in-vasive and displaces natural vegetation, (2) Common Tansy, which may be toxic to cattle and displaces natural vegetation, and (3) Field Scabious, which competes with forage stands and na-tive pastures causing decline in hay produc-tion.

The RDBN has a Landowner Rebate Program where locals can apply for a rebate

on the extraction of invasive species in their home gardens.

This money is set aside by the NWIPC for each member.

The applicant’s jurisdiction depends on the maximum amount that they could be refunded for the cost.

Houston residents can receive up to a $500 rebate if their application is accepted.

Along with concern over invasive plant species, the week targeted the education of harmful aquatic invasive species.

This focused main-ly on the potential to transport these species by recreational boat-ers.

The Invasive Species Council of B.C. programs, such as the ‘Clean, Drain, Dry’ program target

the education of recre-ational boaters.

This program en-courages boaters to clean, drain and dry and equipment, boats, motors, trailers, bait buckets and pets of aquatic debris before leaving a lake or body of water.

In 2012, the alien species regulations were amended to re-quire the boat and equipment cleaning, in order to prevent the spread of species such as quagga mussels.

Those who fail to do so face fines of up to $100,000.

Minister of Forests, Lands and Natural Resource Operations, Steve Thomson en-courages British Columbians to edu-cate themselves about these species.

“During Invasive Species Week, I en-courage British

Columbians to learn more about these damaging plants and animals and actions that anyone can take to limit their spread,” Thomson said.

“I encourage citi-zens to use the Report-A-Weed app, and I en-courage boat owners to ensure they clean, drain and dry their boats before launching in B.C.’s lakes and riv-ers.”

The Regional District of Bulkley-Nechako encourages anyone that sees inva-sive plants to call the Northwest Invasive Plant Council’s hotline at 1-866-44WEEDS (93337).

Boaters can learn more about the ‘Clean, Drain, Dry’ program from the Invasive Species Council of B.C. at www.bcinva-s ives.ca /programs/aquatics.


Buck Flats Road has an infested area, called a Containment Zone by the Northwest Invasive Plant Council

Over 16 kilometres

between the two Buck Flats bridges are infested with a noxious weed known as Field Scabious.

Field Scabious is a tall, tap-rooted perennial with light-purple flowers, considered noxious by the Ministries of Forests & Agriculture because of how it invades areas and knocks out native species.

“It just doesn’t let anything else grow. It totally takes over,” said Andrea Easton, Field Coordinator with the Northwest Invasive Plant Council (NWIPC).

If natural plants are replaced with Field Scabious or another noxious weed, it changes the habitat for everything, and we tend to lose the natural populations of bugs, birds and animals, she said.

“It’s an ecosystem changer… One good thing is Field Scabious is not actually toxic to cattle like some other invasive weeds.”

The NWIPC is changing their containment strategy in the Buck Flats Containment Zone.

The old plan was a containment polygon (zone), with

little or no resources spent on treatment within the zone, but guarding the outskirts of the zone to keep it from spreading. The NWIPC would then slowly treat the sites on the perimeter to shrink the zone until it was manageable.

But Buck Creek runs north through the area, flooding in in the spring and spreading seeds downstream each year, so Easton says the plan wasn’t working.

They’re trying a new strategy to keep Field Scabious from infesting the whole Skeena watershed.

Phase one is getting an accurate inventory of the area and digging or using herbicides to kill the Field Scabious on the roadsides in order to avoid spread by traffic and mowers from the Ministry of Transportation.

“A lot of the locals can see that what we’re doing is different, so this is why,” Easton said.

Membership on the NWIPC is free for the public, and members then give input and assist in developing the strategies.

Go to nwipc.org for more.


Are herbicides valuable or dangerous?

Buck Flats resident Laurie Fabian says there is never a time to spray herbicides.

“Under no circumstances,” she said. “It goes into our watershed.”

F a b i a n ’ s frustration arose after a contractor sprayed Field Scabious with Milestone (Aminopyralid) on

the Buck Flats Road right of way.

“I live on a flood plain. The water table is 1.5 feet below surface,” she said.

“Milestone is residual in the soil… the water level comes up every spring.”

Milestone is a fairly new herbicide that kills all broadleaf plants but not grasses and was approved by Health Canada in 2006.

The Milestone Fact Sheet says it has low toxicity to birds, fish,

mammals and aquatic invertebrates because it has a surface water breakdown of less than 24 hours and a very low application rate so less chemical is needed.

Because of that, people can spray right up to the water’s edge, though the B.C. Government requires a 10 metre buffer on all crown land, said Andrea Easton, Field Coordinator with the Northwest Invasive Plant Council (NWIPC).

Milestone has been tested in water and its effect was “not much of anything,” she said.

“Its not toxic to fish, but it probably could kill some aquatic plants.”

Because herbicides are designed to kill plants and attack plant systems like photosynthesis, most are safe for people, Easton said. “We don’t metabolize them.”

Milestone is residual in the soil for up to two years, and

to Easton that is a benefit, as it controls weeds for longer and saves time and money.

She views the work they do and weed spraying as protecting the natural environment and native species.

“We’re environ-mentalists, which is why we don’t want the invasive plants taking over,” she said.

But Fabian doesn’t like it, as it kills other broadleaf plants like willows, aspen and strawberries and has

some long-term effects that are unknown.

“What will it do when it mixes with with the arsenic, calcium, and iron that are already in our water?” she asked.

And if it gets in the water, it will affect people’s gardens, and down the road, how might it contaminate and affect the plants or beef we eat? she added.

“Why not use goats? … You have to work with nature to nurture the land and

people.” Easton said Field

Scabious nutrition is comparable to alfalfa for livestock, and they tried to get people to use targeted grazing, but people didn’t buy into it.

But it’s still another tool for farmers, she said.

For more about invasive weeds, see nwipc.org. Check out the Health Canada information on herbicides at hc-sc.gc.ca/cps-spc/pest /index-eng.php.

Left is a photo of a dying Field Scabious plant, sprayed with Milestone on Buck Flats Road. Field Scabious normally has light-purple flowers and is considered an invasive plant because it takes over areas and can knock out native plant species.

Photo by Jackie Lieuwen/Houston Today


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• Extremely well kept spacious rancher on a cul de sac and near the schools!• 3 bedrooms up, 1 down. 2 bathrooms. • Formal dining room, spacious living room with a huge picture window and a gas fi replace. Full basement features a huge rec-room with a wet bar and lots of room for a pool table! Workshop, cold room and a huge laundry room. • 71 x 146 lot, vegetable garden area, mature trees, carport with storage along the edge, paved drive. All appliances included. • Call Lia to view 250-845-1147.

• Attractive 4 bedroom home backing onto a greenbelt which has been completely renovated, inside and out!!• Windows, siding & a huge new treated wood deck with an aluminum railing and a patio underneath. • Inside features a new custom kitchen with top of the line stainless appliances.• New fl ooring throughout & interior doors. Dining/kitchen & living room all open concept w/wood fi replace in the living room. 3 bedrooms up, 1 down.• Master features a newly renovated 3 piece en suite with a corner shower all beautifully tiled. Garden doors off master to the deck.• Huge rec-room in the walk out basement just currently being completed.• Pellet stove in the basement. Storage shed, lots of parking, fenced yard.• All appliances/window coverings included.

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Topley Fire Protection Society meetings every second Tuesday of the month at 7:30 pm.

GranisleGranisle and District Seniors meeting every 2nd Sunday of the month at 7:00pm at the Seniors Centre.

Granisle Volunteer Fire Department meetings & fire practices every Tues., 7:00pm at the Fire Hall.

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Buck Flats Community Development Society, meets every 3rd Sat. evening at 6pm at Andy Pollack’s house (17642) on Buck Flats Rd. All Buck Flats residents are welcome to attend, we discuss issues concerning the Buck flats area, with an emphasizes on road conditions through our Buck Flats road user group, fire prevention and protection through our volunteer fire department group, and planning of a community/ fire hall. Please call Chris Newell at 250 845-3564 for more information. Hey KIDS! Come to the Summer Reading Club at the Houston Public Library! It will be a summer full of games, arts and crafts, reading, and much more for all kids, ages 3-12! For more info please contact the library @250-845-2256. Activities for Seniors in Houston at the Seniors Centre: Carpet Bowling Tuesday and Friday 1:00 PM • Floor Curling Monday 1:00 PM • Pool any afternoon to schedule call; Adrian-250-845-2338 • Breakfasts- first Saturday of the month, community invited. •

Soup and Sandwich luncheon- third Thursday of the month. Community invited. At Pleasant Valley Village, 3603 11th St.: Senior Exercise, Monday and Friday 10:00 AM • Cards Monday and Thursday 7:00 PM. At the Bowling Alley: Seniors bowling Wednesday 1:30 PM. At the Houston Swimming Pool: Aquafit, Monday, Wednesday and Friday 9-10 AM. At Willow Grove Golf Course: Senior’s golf (in season) every Thursday 10 AM. Houston Community Services Association - no longer has furniture available for persons in need. Houston’s “Love by the Bowl” Soup Kitchen serving hot dogs and homemade salads instead of soup through the summer in two different seatings, 11:00 -12:00 and 12:00 -1:00 on Wednesdays. The Houston Legion Branch 249: Meeting: 2nd Monday of the month is Executive, 4th Monday is General Meeting.Seniors Bingo is every Tuesday at 7:00pm at Cottonwood Manor. Entry is $1. Come out & enjoy a fun prize filled evening. Lots of prizes!Houston Secondary School - webpage: http://hssweb.sd54.bc.ca

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