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Greyhound has been given the thumbs up to cut bus service to B.C.’s northwest.

The Passenger

T r a n s p o r t a t i o n Board has approved an application by Greyhound to cut services to Terrace and other locations along one of its major bus routes in northwestern B.C.

In a decision dated Jan. 10 and amended on Jan. 15, the board approved a company proposal to reduce service along HWY 16 between Prince George and Prince Rupert, from 22

weekly runs down to 14 weekly – or one way each day – after Greyhound cited it could cut its losses by $6.75 million by trimming service across the province.

The two routes

Greyhound wants eliminated run overnight – one east from Prince Rupert to Prince George and the other west from Prince George to Prince Rupert.

The average

passenger load on one is 10.5 and the other is 11, with both generating barely $2.30 of revenue per passenger mile.

Fourteen days of public notice will be required prior

to a service change, said the board in its decision.

The Prince George – Prince Rupert route is one of 15 routes across the province affected by the decision.

Fatal crash on Granisle Highway

Cuts to Greyhound service approved

By Jackie LieuwenHouston Today

A 57 year old man was killed on Jan. 14 when his truck collid-ed with a logging truck on Highway 118 about 12 kilometres south of Granisle, said RCMP Sgt. Rose.

Sgt. Rose says RCMP got the call at 10 a.m. and the high-way was closed at the site of the crash at Shoulder Tower Road until 9 p.m. that night.

The cause of the accident is under in-vestigation by Traf� c Services in Smithers assisted by the colli-sion reconstructionists from the Traf� c Unit in Terrace.

***During the Jan.14

night or Jan. 15 morn-ing, more than 36 vehicles on Omineca Way were checked by someone looking to steal, said Sgt. Rose.

Sgt. Rose says a few things were sto-len, including a few wallets and a camera, and the case is still un-der investigation, and anyone with informa-

tion about suspicious activity is asked to call Houston RCMP at 250-845-2204 or Crime Stoppers at 1-800-222-8477.

Sgt. Rose reminds people to keep their vehicles locked when they are parked in

their driveways and keep valuables out of sight.

***A male was arrested

for assault and unlaw-ful con� nement, hold-ing someone in a home against their will, on Jan. 12, and will ap-pear in court March 18, said Sgt. Rose.

***Someone broke

in and entered the Houston Ski Club Jan. 12, nothing was stolen but the door to the club house was dam-aged, said Sgt. Rose.

Anyone with in-

formation is asked to call Houston RCMP at 250-845-2204 or Crime Stoppers at 1-800-222-8477.

***A minivan hit a

moose Jan. 14 near Quick Road West, but no one was injured

and the moose ran off uninjured as well, said Sgt. Rose.

*** From Jan. to

March, Houston RCMP is deciding their priorities and what they will target for the next � scal year, said Sgt. Rose.

Input from the community is important in developing the priorities, and anyone with suggestions, concerns or recommendations is asked to contact Sgt. Rose at 250-845-2204.

““Lock your vehicles and keep valuables out of sight.”

- RCMP Sgt. Rose

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Veterinarian gives calving tips to local cattlemenBy Jackie Lieuwen

Houston Today

Bulkley Valley Veterinarian Michael Des Harnais shared calving advice with local cattlemen during their annual general meeting in Houston Jan. 12.

The Pleasant Valley Cattlemen’s Association, a 26 member group of local ranchers, is run by elected directors and meets once a year.

This time of year ranchers are getting ready for the calving season, February to March for most ranchers, said Linda Dykens, president of Pleasant Valley Cattlemen’s Association.

Harnais, veteri-narian at Houston’s D r i f t w o o d Veterinary Clinic, was at the cattlemen’s

meeting to share calving tips with the thirty ranchers who attended.

The key in the cattle business is healthy cows, healthy calves and a strong bond between them, says Harnais, adding that good calving management will help that success.

Harnais listed things that show a cow is having difficulty calving and talked about what a rancher can do to help, when they should pull a calf and how to pull a calf.

When a cow has a prolapsed uterus, ranchers should cover the uterus with a wet towel, place it in a plastic bag and call a vet, said Harnais.

If a cow has a retained uterus and doesn’t look sick, just monitor them, but if they look sick they should be given antibiotics like Liquamycin or Excede, Harnais said.

Harnais says a calf ’s first milk, called colostrum, is probably the most important thing for a calf, because calves

aren’t born with an immune system and they get all their antibodies from the colostrum.

Harnais says studies show that calf sickness is very connected to them not getting colostrum, and even if it doesn’t show right away, sooner or later it will catch up with a calf.

“ D i a r r h e a , naval ill, join ill, pneumonia, septicaemia are usually associated with colostrum intake - too little

or too late,” said Harnais, adding that ranchers should milk the cow and stomach tube the calf if necessary, and if you want to use commercial colostrum, Headstart or Calf’s Choice Total colostrum are the best.

If a calf gets minor hypothermia, stomach tube warm colostrum to the calf and move it to a warm area, but if the hypothermia is more more major, it may need to be put in a “hot box,” said

Harnais. Weak calves

who take more than 15 minutes to sit themselves comfortably may have acidosis and should be stomach fed colostrum, he said, adding that if there is no improvement after six hours they may need IV fluids to correct the acidosis.

If a calf has diarrhea and is acting slightly depressed, stomach feed them Calf Lyte HE twice daily and you can give them Trivetrin, but Newforce isn’t the best choice because it doesn’t penetrate into the gut, Harnais said, adding that if a calf has diarrhea, is dehydrated and depressed, and is not sucking, they need IV fluids and antibiotics.

If a calf has a naval infection they may need Nuflor or Resflor, or you could give them Excede, and if they are not feeding they they should be stomach fed electrolytes, and electrolytes should not be mixed with milk, Harnais said.

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Formalizing fire fighter trainingBy Jackie Lieuwen

Houston Today

Training at the Houston � re department has changed from informal and undocumented to regimented, formal and documented.

Fire Lieutenant and Training Of� cer Chad Manahan says the old system of training had the same topics but it was done randomly and wasn’t recorded.

“We didn’t really know who did what, or who was up to date on what,” said Manahan, adding that they didn’t feel they were at the standard they wanted to be at and people were losing interest in training because it was slow and, to some, boring.

Wanting to get people interested and at a higher standard and to take some responsibility off Fire Chief Jim Daigneault, Lieutenant Manahan and Lieutenants Sheldon Slaney and Rob Lewis spearheaded the training change, getting support from the department members and then getting certi� ed as training of� cers by taking a “Train the Trainer” course through the Justice Institute of B.C., Manahan said.

“It’s just a chance for some of us to get a little more involved and help out training with the other recruits too,” said Lieutenant Slaney.

They also contacted local businesses Canfor, Houston Forest

Products, Pinnacle Pellet, Huckleberry Mine and Finning, to ask for $650 donations to set up a training room, get four computers and a T.V. monitor to use for the training, said Manahan, adding that they are thankful to all of those businesses, and to Terrace Rewind who heard about the program and donated as well.

Manahan says training is Thursdays 7 to 10 p.m., has eight six-week modules, and is about 40 per cent classroom training, 40 per cent hands-on and 20 per cent written and online, with topics ranging from risks to the use of equipment to safety.

When the eight modules are done, they’ll start over and go through them again so that everybody stays up to date, Manahan said.

“Training is an ongoing, never ending thing,” said Fire Chief Daigneault, adding that there are 28 members at different levels of training, eight or nine of whom haven’t taken the live � re training.

Asked what he thinks the new training will do, Daigneault says it will make the Houston Fire Department much safer, with less risk of people getting hurt, and it will make them more ef� cient.

“When you’re on the � re ground, and if everybody’s trained, things go a whole lot smoother,” he said, adding that it will help � re� ghters know the risks and be

the safest that they can be in any given incident.

“It’s going to help the volunteers have a higher standard of training, more formal, documented training, and in turn going to help the community with a better � re d e p a r t m e n t , ” Manahan said.

Anyone interested in volunteering at the Houston Fire Department can pick up an application at the Houston Fire Department or the District of Houston of� ce, or contact Fire Chief Jim Daigneault at 250-845-2250.

Jackie Lieuwen/Houston TodayFire Lieutenants Chad Manahan and Sheldon Slaney show off their new training room, decorated with the fire emblem painted by local artist Ashley Hull, and furnished with new computers and a T.V. monitor which will be used for their recently formalized training program.

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Hurt NHL fansWhile Canada’s national pastime is

back with the end of the National Hockey League lockout, the

question is, however, for how many folks is the decision past their time of caring?

NHL Commissioner Gary Bettman, team owners, and players collectively managed to tick off thousands of hockey fans across North America and the damage done to the reputation of the game supersedes all the effort to build hockey States-side since Edmonton traded Wayne Gretzky to LA.

From a PR perspective, the labour dispute was as smart as skating on cement. Greed on all parts reared its ugly head and bit the sport in its padded pants – and rightfully so.

The NHL’s stubbornness and stupidity hurt fans and those workers and employees who garner an income from the spin-off industries such as rink employees, concession workers, vendors, sports stores and pubs much more than players and owners.

The whole scenario reminds me of Howie Meeker’s comment years ago: “Hockey is still the greatest game in the world despite the idiots who run it.”

Like many fans, I’m fed up with the ongoing prima-donna attitude of many athletes. Fans, however, must also shoulder some of the burden of stupidity since we are the ones who’ve created heroes out of the likes of athletes, rock-stars, actors—instead of real life heroes such as ambulance attendants and � re� ghters.

But all mumbling aside, I’m thrilled hockey is back and largely support the players in this latest go-around. I can’t wait to watch the Vancouver Canucks back on the screen instead of suffering though reams of nauseating reality television and silly sitcoms.

Instead, we now get to watch such dramas as the Robert Luongo sweepstakes, the Brian Burke Looks for Work Show, and the Gary Bettman Eats Crow comedy.

Within one day of announcing that hockey is back a myriad of new questions have arisen. Will Luongo go to Toronto now that Burke is gone? Will the Canucks � nally make a deal to move them to the Stanley Cup or � ounder while Edmonton Oilers climb the standings?

Here’s a couple predictions. If Luongo does not go to Toronto by Saturday, he’ll wind up traded to Philadelphia or Tampa Bay, but not Florida.

Edmonton’s Justin Schultz, from West Kelowna, will win rookie of the year – not overall � rst pick Nail Yakupov or any others.

The best part of the lockout ending is that talk and theory is over and the game will be decided where it belongs…on the ice.

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He’s the life of the partyMy husband turned

� fty years old last week and I threw him a party. I’m not par-ticularly good at that kind of thing.

In fact, it had been so long since I planned a shindig for grown-ups that I forgot why I didn’t like it. To my surprise, I actually started getting excited about the event in the weeks leading up to it. I had fun ordering the cake, the giant card, the food, the DJ, the decorations, the cus-tomized bobblehead and picking up the most beautiful dining room table made out of 100-year-old barn wood that I’d commis-sioned for him months before.

What was less fun was that feeling of re-sponsibility for every-

one’s enjoyment the night of the celebra-tion.

The sight of any lone person or couple not mingling caused me stress and I felt frustrated that I was unable to talk to ev-eryone as much as I wanted to. I tried to shake off those feel-ings because I knew they didn’t make sense. When I go to a party I don’t expect the host to introduce me to everyone or hang out with me all night. I hardly expect to see much of them at all.

But, as it turns out, my anxieties didn’t stop there. I also man-aged to get a wicked cold that same day, developed a pound-ing headache as the night progressed, and became even more for-

getful than usual.Despite the fact

that people seemed to be having a good time and the party didn’t end for some of them until 4:30 in the morn-ing, I kept thinking about what I could have done better.

As I lay in bed try-ing desperately to fall asleep, I started men-tally listing off the things I should have remembered or done differently.

“It was perfect ex-actly the way it was,” Paul said when he re-alized I was beating myself up. “No one’s ever thrown a party like that for me before. I had a blast!”

And, really, that’s what mattered most. Of course I wanted ev-eryone to have fun and I wanted everything to

go as planned, but if he hadn’t enjoyed the night, none of it would have been worth it.

He was an excel-lent guest of honour and much less neurotic than I was as host, or would have been if I’d been in his shoes. He tried to talk to ev-eryone, but he didn’t stress that he missed a few. He also didn’t take on the responsibility of other people’s level of enjoyment. He sim-ply relaxed and had a great time himself.

If only I could be more like him.

In our 19th year to-gether, he’s still teach-ing me a thing or two about what’s truly im-portant, and hosting the perfect party isn’t one of them.

What’s paramount for him are his beloved

children, his wonder-ful family, his loyal friends and living the happiest, most ful� ll-ing life he can. He’s not the type to get hung up on petty details. When he does something, he does his best, kicks back and lets it go.

“I want to be more like you when I grow up,” I’ll often tell him. Only four years his ju-nior, I’d better hurry the heck up.

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On a brighter note

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I wrote to Forests, Lands and Natural Resource Operations (FLNRO) regarding the proposed trout and char regulation:

I am writing to com-mend you and the � sh-eries staff of FLNRO on your enlightened proposal to institute a non retention � shery on trout and char for the streams in Skeena Region. Because they are not a target species of commercial � shers, cutthroat trout have been given little atten-tion by � sheries scien-tists and � sheries man-agers. Char have been given even less with the result that little is known about their habitats and popula-tion abundance.

You will probably remember, as I do, a time when there was no bag limit on char and the prevalent no-tion was that slaugh-tering them was a no-ble act because of they preyed upon salmon

fry. After many years without any protec-tion, limits of a dozen � sh per day were af-forded Dolly Varden and bull trout. Only in recent years have the bag limits on char approached anything resembling reasonable allocations, but even these are too generous.

I have � shed the Zymoetz for forty years. Every Winter and early in Spring in every one of those years I made trips to the lower section of the river two and some-times three times every week. On those trips, I met a few anglers who � shed the river regularly and regularly killed steelhead and as many char as the regu-lations allowed. Since the imposition of a non retention � shery for steelhead some of these � shers appear to have left the river but a few have remained and been joined by other younger � shermen also eager to take their limits of char.

Since the mid 1980s I have targeted Zymoetz char, record-ing where and when I hooked each one in my diaries. I am a much more effective angler than I was 30 years ago and I use much better equipment than I had then, yet I catch fewer char each year. When I started it was not unusual to catch a dozen char in each the broad tail outs of Baxter’s RIf� e, The Wall, Blackie’s, and the Pasture Run. On many outings, my old and sorely missed � sh-ing partner, Finlay Ferguson, and I con-� ned our exertions to Channel One, the long run below the highway bridge and released over two doz-en Dolly Varden and Bull Trout between us. I have � shed that stretch of water six times in the last two years and hooked two Dolly Varden. There are days when I don’t hook a single char in the aforementioned

tail outs, all of which leads me to conclude that the Zymoetz char population is in trou-ble.

I have noted declines in my char catches on Shames River, the Zymacord

River, and the Kalum. Doug Webb and I were the only � y � shermen � shing the Skeena in the Winter and Spring for many years. Though we still experience outings reminiscent of yesteryear, the conclusion that there are fewer char in our favourite haunts now than there once was is inescapable.

The cutthroat trout � shing on the Shames, Zymacord,

and Kalum is consid-erably diminished over the last twenty years, The major factors in this decline are prob-ably habitat damage due to the ravages of logging, and the over � shing of the salmon

upon which cutthroat and char depend. Still, the impact of anglers on these species, espe-cially those using bait, can’t be discounted.

Of great concern to me are Kitimat cutthroat. All my re-search convinces me that the Kitimat River had perhaps the larg-est population of sea run cutthroat trout in the world. The fact that the river has the second largest estu-ary on this province’s

coast and had huge runs of salmon before the onset of industry, and still has � ne cut-throat � shing from time to time despite all the damage in� icted upon the watershed, supports this conten-

tion. But, the � shing on Hirsch Creek and the Wideene Rivers, as well as the � shery on the upper river is not as good as it once was. Cutthroat are fools for roe. This combined with a local � shery whose participants strive to limit out, places those magni� -cent cutthroat in a pre-carious position.

To properly manage cutthroat and char in Skeena requires sound population estimates

gathered by swimming rivers and on site creel surveys. The money to undertake these vital tasks is not likely to be forthcoming. Considering the overarching principles of biodiversity, and the precautionary approach – and the fact that those � shers who think � shing must include killing can still kill four species of salmon – protecting Skeena’s long neglected trout and char is logical, consistent with contemporary managerial practice, and quite possibly, imperative to protect discrete populations of � sh.

The fear of having a species disappear on one’s watch is obviously a heavy burden. Initiatives like the one you are proposing will do much to see that doesn’t happen.

Rob Brown, Terrace, B.C.

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Delegates at the Truck Loggers’ Association annual convention gave a cool reception Thursday to Forest Minister Steve Thomson’s adjust-ments to log export fees and rules.

T h o m s o n announced a 20-per-cent increase in the export fee on logs exported from B.C.’s south coast and southern Vancouver Island, the main source of B.C. log exports. He also unveiled a two-year trial where the export fee on lower-grade log exports from the mid-coast region will be reduced to $1 per cubic meter, the same minimum rate as applied to Interior logs.

Thomson said only 10 per cent of the annual allowable cut in the mid-coast region is being harvested, and reducing the fee is

an effort to generate more logging activity in a remote region with no sawmills. In December, the B.C. government extended a timber revenue sharing agreement with aboriginal communities in the mid-coast, in an effort to assist logging and other resource development in a vast area without treaty settlements.

TLA president Bill Markvoort said the fee increase for the south coast deters export sales at a time when the industry is not cutting all the trees allowed under provincial harvest rules for Crown land.

The TLA estimates that since 2000, 41 million cubic meters of coastal timber has been exported as logs. During the same period, 58 million cubic meters that could have been logged under sustainability rules was left standing.

Rick Jeffery, CEO of the Coastal Forest Products Association, said the changes represent a successful balancing act by the province between supplying B.C. mills and keeping loggers working to supply export markets.

“People should know that for every log that gets exported, between two and three logs end up in front

of a domestic mill,” Jeffery said.

NDP forest critic Norm Macdonald said the increased export fee for south coast logs isn’t enough to stem the rising tide of log exports. A ministry example of the new fee schedule shows a fee increase from $7 to $8.40, based on the difference between the export and domestic price.

Thomson also announced an increase of 500,000 cubic meters of timber to be auctioned through B.C. Timber Sales this spring to supply the B.C. log market. Jeffery said that will improve access to logs for B.C. mills, which are taking advantage of improved lumber prices as the U.S. housing market recovers.

B.C. tinkers with log export rules

CN welders Nate and Chris weld the temporarily bolted rails of the CN panel put in last October on the Tweedie Avenue CN crossing.

CN Welding Jackie Lieuwen/Houston Today


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District of HoustonNewsletter ~ January 23rd, 2013 edition

Where the welcome is warm

and the wilderness beckons!

Website:www.houston.caPlease visit the website

for info on:

• Council Meeting Agendas• Pool Schedule• Arena Schedule• Important Public Notices• Tenders & Job Opportunities

Municipal Of� ce HoursThe Municipal Office located at

3367 – 12th Street is openMonday to Friday,

8:00 am to 5:00 pm(closed on statutory holidays)

Email: [email protected]: 250-845-2238Fax: 250-845-3429

For Public Works Emergencies

(example: water main break)Call the Municipal Office

@ 250-845-2238 for a recordedmessage with the contact number

of the person on call.

Pool & Gym Phone: 250-845-7420

Email: [email protected]

Arena Phone: 250-845-7432

Burning PermitsRequired

All open burning within the District of Houston requires a Burning Permit all year round. To obtain a permit contact the

Fire Department at 250-845-2250

Notice to All Dog Owners2013 license tags are now available at the Municipal

Offi ce (3367 – 12th Street) and must be attached to your dog effective January 1, 2013.

All dogs over the age of six months must be licensed. You must purchase a license prior to Thursday January 31, 2013 to qualify for the Early Bird Rate.

The fee for a dog license is as follows:Type of License Prior to Jan 31, 2013 After Jan 31, 2013

Neutered or spayed animal $12.00 $15.00Non-neutered or not spayed $32.00 $40.00

Business Licenses for 2013An owner or operator of a business within the boundar-

ies of the District of Houston must hold a valid annual business license for carrying on business.

Business Licenses must be renewed annually and are valid from January 1st to December 31st of each year.

Current license holders have been sent an invoice for 2013. Should you have any changes to your business infor-mation or have any questions on how to obtain your cur-rent business license or apply for a new business license, please contact the Municipal Offi ce at 250-845-2238.

Utilities Billing ChangeEffective January 1st, 2014 Annual Utility Billing will

cease and all customers will be billed quarterly for water, sewer and garbage on the following schedule: March 31st, June 30th, September 30th & December 31st with pay-ment due in 30 days. Quarterly billings are sent after the service period. Therefore, the prompt payment discount previously offered on annual (pre-paid) accounts will no longer be applicable.

Upcoming Council Meetings:February 5, 2013

February 19, 2013All meetings start at 7:00 pm in

Council Chambers at 3367 – 12th Street

New Garbage Collection Regulations are in effect January 1st, 2013

Toter Garbage Carts will be mandatory on January 1st, 2013 for all residential, institutional and commercial no bin garbage collection.

After January 1st, 2013 no garbage shall be collected unless it is within the regulation Toter Cart.

Garbage Collection is restricted to weekly removal of one Toter Cart not exceeding 60 kilograms.

Toter Carts for PurchaseThere is a limited supply of “slightly used” Toter carts available at a cost

of $60.00 that can be purchased at the Municipal Offi ce (3367 12th Street) between 8:00 AM and 5:00 PM Monday to Friday (except statutory holidays). These are going quickly!

For consumers with additional service requirements: Contact the District of Houston Offi ce at 250-845-2238 to ask about the

“Tag-a-Cart” service.

Recreation & Fitness ProgramsAquaFit M/W 6:00-6:45am Regular Admission HLF – PoolSeniors AquaFit M/W/F 9:00-10:00am Regular Admission HLF – PoolBootcamp for Women M/W 6:30-7:30pm $10 drop-in Houston Community HallYoga M/W 7:00-8:30pm $10 drop-in Silverthorne ElementaryCircuit Training T/Th 6:00-6:45am Regular Admission HLF – Fitness CentreAquaFit T/Th 4:00-4:45pm Regular Admission HLF - PoolBasketball (12+) Tue 6:30-8:00pm $4 drop-in Houston Secondary SchoolZumba Tue 7:00-8:00pm $10 drop-in Houston Community HallZumba Thu 9:00-10:00am $10 drop-in Houston Community HallFloor Hockey (13+) Thu 6:30-8:00pm $4 drop-in Houston Secondary SchoolFitness Fridays Fri 11:00-1:00pm $2 drop-in HLF – Fitness Centre

STARFISH / DUCK (4-12 months & parented)Feb 18 – Mar 20 M/W 5:30-6:00pm 10Feb 19 – Mar 21 T/TH 12:30-1:00pm 10

SEA TURTLE (24-36 months & parented) Feb 19 – Mar 21 T/TH 12:00-12:30pm 10

SEA OTTER (3-5 years)Feb 18 – Mar 20 M/W 4:30-5:00pm 10Feb 19 – Mar 21 T/TH 11:30-12:00pm 10Feb 19 – Mar 21 T/TH 4:00-4:30pm 10

SALAMANDER (3-5 years)Feb 18 – Mar 20 M/W 4:00-4:30pm 10Feb 19 – Mar 21 T/TH 12:00-12:30pm 10Feb 19 – Mar 21 T/TH 4:30-5:00pm 10

SUNFISH (3-5 years)Feb 18 – Mar 20 M/W 4:00-4:30pm 10Feb 19 – Mar 21 T/Th 11:30-12:00pm 10Feb 19 – Mar 21 T/Th 4:30-5:00pm 10

CROCODILE/WHALE (3-5 years)Feb 19 – Mar 21 T/TH 12:30-1:00pm 10Feb 19 – Mar 21 T/TH 5:00-5:30pm 10

SWIM KIDS 1/2 (6+ years)Feb 18 – Mar 20 M/W 5:00-5:30pm 10Feb 19 – Mar 21 T/TH 4:00-4:30pm 10

SWIM KIDS 3/4 (6+ years)Feb 18 – Mar 20 M/W 4:30-5:00pm 10Feb 19 – Mar 21 T/TH 5:00-5:30pm 10

SWIM KIDS 5/6 (6+ years) Feb 19 – Mar 21 T/TH 5:30-6:15pm 10

SWIM KIDS 7/8 (6+ years) Feb 19 – Mar 21 T/TH 5:30-6:15pm 10

SWIM KIDS 9/10 (6+ years) Feb 18 – Mar 20 M/W 5:00-6:00pm 10

Not sure which level to register in? Bring your child in for a free swim assessment to ensure a safe and fun swimming lesson experience.Registration Fees Resident Non-ResidentPreschool lessons $44.00 $55.00Swim Kids 1-4 $44.00 $55.00Swim Kids 5-8 $50.00 $62.50Swim Kids 9-10 $55.00 $68.75

Swimming Lessons

Leisure Facility Schedule (January 2nd – March 22nd)

Claude Parish Memorial Arena Schedule

Phone: 250-845-2256email: [email protected]

Website: http://houston.bclibrary.ca

What’s Happening...

Houston Public Library

Story Time – Wednesdays from 1:30 pm to 2:30 pmAfter School Game Days –

February 5th and 19th from 3:30 pm to 5:30 pmBook Club – February 6th from 7:00pm to 9:00 pmTween Pizza and Movie Night – February 14th

from 5:30 pm to 7:30 pm. Please call ahead to register.NID Matinee – February 15th from 2:00 pm to 3:30 pm

SUNDAY MONDAY TUESDAY WEDNESDAY THURSDAY FRIDAY SATURDAY

Aqua-� t6:00-6:45am

Public/Lane Swim

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Seniors Aqua-� t9:00-10:00am

Public/Lane Swim

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Public/Lane Swim

10:00-1:00pm

Public/Lane Swim

12:00-8:30pm

Aqua-� t4:00-4:45pm

Public/Lane Swim

10:00-8:00pm

Fitness Fridays$2

11:00am-1:00pm

Public/Lane Swim

12:00-8:30pm

Aqua-� t4:00-4:45pm

Public/Lane Swim

11:00am-6:00pm

Public Lane/Swim

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Public/Lane Swim

3:30-8:30pm

Toonie Swim 7:30-8:30pm

Teen Swim8:00-9:00pm

Public/ Lane Swim

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SeniorsAqua-� t

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SeniorsAqua-� t

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Closed for Maintenance

6:00am-12:00pm

Closed for Maintenance

6:00am-12:00pm

Closed for Maintenance1:00-3:30pm

Closed for Maintenance1:00-3:30pm

Public/Lane Swim

6:45-9:00am

Public/Lane Swim

6:45-9:00am

Aqua-� t6:00-6:45am

Water Running6:00-6:45am

Gym Hours

Mon-Thur6:00am-8:30pm

Friday6:00am-9:00pm

Saturday10:00am-8:00pm

Sunday11:00am-6:00pm

MONDAY TUESDAY THURSDAY SATURDAYWEDNESDAY FRIDAY SUNDAY

Figure Skating6:30-8:00

Morning Hockey6:30-7:30Schools

9:30-11:45

Parent & Tot12:30-1:15

Public Skating3:15-4:00



Parent & Tot1:00-1:45

Adult Shinny Hockey

12:15-1:15Hockey Skills

Academy1:30-3:00

Hockey SkillsAcademy1:30-3:00

Hockey SkillsAcademy1:30-3:00

Minor Hockey8:00-5:45





Rec League8:45-10:15 Rec League

7:15-10:30Rec League10:00-11:30

Oldtimers10:30-11:30

Oldtimers8:30-9:30Houston Luckies

10:00-11:30


Adult Shinny Hockey

12:15-1:15

Ice MaintenanceIce Maintenance

Schools9:30-11:45

Schools9:30-11:45

Schools9:30-11:45




Minor Ringette6:35-8:30 Minor Ringette

7:00-8:30Minor Ringette

7:00-8:15



Christian Hockey4:15-5:45


Vipers Hockey4:00-5:30


WelcomeThe District of Houston would like

to welcome the new Director of Leisure Services, Ryan Coltura.


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ALONZO SLANEY

“I played minor hockey in Houston and I’ve been with

the Luckies 12 years. Besides play-

ing hockey, I like coaching kids

hockey andplaying

baseball.”

“ I’m 31 years old, I played minor

hockey in Houston, and I’ve been with

the Luckies for ten years. Besides

hockey, I enjoy going

� shing.”

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“This is my � rst year with the

Luckies. I played minor hockey in

Houston and I’m 19 years old. My

hobbies, be-sides hockey,

include � shing and

baseball. “PLAYER SPONSORED BY:

Position: Wing


hockey in Burns Lake and this is my

� rst year with the Luckies. Besides

playing hockey, I like going snow-

boarding in my spare

time.”PLAYER SPONSORED BY:

Position:Right Wing

“ I am 24 years old and I played minor hockey in Houston.

I’ve been with the Luckies for two

years, and besides hockey, I like

gol� ng, water skiing, and

just being out at the

lake.” PLAYER SPONSORED BY:

Position:Defence

“ I’m number 23 on the team and I’m 23 years old.

I played minor hockey in Houston.

Besides hockey, I like

to go golf-ing in my

free time.”PLAYER SPONSORED BY:

Position: Forward or

Wing

“ I’m 22 years old and I played minor hockey in Houston.

I’ve been with the Luckies for four

years.”


Position: Forward

“I’m 29 years old. I played minor

hockey in Houston. Besides playing

hockey, I like gol� ng in my spare

time.”


Position:Defence


hockey in Houston and this is my


playing hockey, I like playing

video games, hanging out with friends and playing

soccer.”PLAYER SPONSORED BY:

Position: Goalie


I’ve been with the Luckies for seven

years. Besides hockey, I like

camping, quading

and other outdoor

activities.”PLAYER SPONSORED BY:

Position: Centre

“ I’m 24 years old. I played minor

hockey in Kitimat and this is my � rst

year with the Luck-ies. My hobbies,

besides play-ing hockey,


hunting.”PLAYER SPONSORED BY:

Position:Left Wing

“I’m 19 years old, I played minor hockey

in Houston and I’ve been with the

Luckies for three years. My hobbies

besides hockey include team

roping, going to the

gym, gol� ng and playing

baseball.”PLAYER SPONSORED BY:

Position: Goalie

“This is my � rst year with the Luckies. I’m 20 years old.

I played minor hockey in Burns

Lake. Besides play-ing hockey, I like going

snowboard-ing in my

spare time.”PLAYER SPONSORED BY:

Position:Defence


This is my second year with the

Luckies. Other than hockey, I like going to the

gym and working at

Canfor.”PLAYER SPONSORED BY:

Position:Left Wing

“I’m 17 years old and I played my minor hockey in Burns Lake. This

is my � rst year with the Luckies

and besides hockey, I like gol� ng and

playing baseball.


Position:Left Wing

“I’m 25 years old, I played my minor

hockey in Houston and this is my third

year playing with the Luckies. Besides

playing hockey, I like

working out and

travelling.”PLAYER SPONSORED BY:

Position: Centre




playing hockey,

I like snow-boarding

and snow-mobiling.”PLAYER SPONSORED BY:

Position:Defence



and a half years and, besides

hockey, I like golf-

ing and snow-

boarding.”PLAYER SPONSORED BY:

Position: Defence


hockey in Burns Lake, and this is my


hockey, I like hanging out with friends and playing

golf.”


Position: Goalie

“I’m 28 years old, and I played minor hockey in Houston.

This is my fourth year with the Luck-

ies and, besides playing

hockey, I like gol� ng and

playing squash.”


Position:Forward


I’ve been with theLuckies for six

years.”


Position: Defence


in Houston and this is my second year

with the Luckies. Besides hockey, I like

snowmobiling, hunting

and other outdoor

activities.”


Position: Wing

“I’m 18 years old and I played minor hockey in Houston.


Luckies.”


Position:Forward

“ I’m 23 years old and I played minor hockey in

Houston. I’ve been with the Luckies for

six years. Besides playing hockey,

I like playing video games

in my spare time.”


Position:Forward

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By Jackie Lieuwen

Houston Today

Fishing regulations

for trout and char in

streams could change

to catch and release

only on April 1.

Mark Beere, senior

fisheries biologist for

the Skeena region, says

a decision will be made

by the end of March.

Regulation changes

for trout and char fish-

ing in streams were

proposed last spring

and opened last month

for feedback.

Information about

trout and char popu-

lations is limited and

the proposal was in-

spired by reports from

Conservation Officers,

biologists and anglers

that trout and char

populations were sig-

nificantly decreasing.

Beere explains that

trying to get a handle

on an underwater spe-

cies is very difficult

and uncertainty is just

part of the nature of

fisheries management.

“The branch’s posi-

tion on this is similar

to not knowing how

much money you’ve

got in the bank and

making some with-

drawals anyways,” said

Beere. “The precautionary

approach states that if

you are uncertain, then

you err on the side of

caution because it’s

really hard to build

populations back, but

it’s not so hard to allo-

cate fisheries later,” he

added. Since the proposal

came out last month,

Beere says 20 to 30

people responded to

the proposed change

and the feedback was

pretty mixed, just

about even on both

sides. Several people re-

sponded saying they

fully supported the

regulation change,

trout needs to be pro-

tected more, but there

were also several who

opposed the changes.

“Some of the peo-

ple in the Houston

area that are opposed

to this are opposed

because it’s one of the

only games in town so

to speak,” Beere said,

adding that salmon

are harder to find be-

cause it’s farther from

the sea. “[Those oppos-

ing] usually say that

you have to know that

there’s a problem and

then close it,” said

Beere, adding that by

that point, it’s usually

too late to maintain

fish populations and

the resulting collapses

then lead to public

criticism. Beere says if the

catch and release regu-

lation goes through,

the plan is to make

assessments and then

start having openings

based on the popu-

lation information,

instead of just con-

stantly taking away

and having bit by bit

closures. “It’s a really dif-

ficult situation with

trout and char, because

all over their distribu-

tions there have been

widespread declines

with few exceptions,”

said Beere, adding

that Vancouver Island,

Lower Mainland,

Omineca and Peace

regions have already

taken the similar mea-

sures. “The idea is to say,

‘okay, we don’t know

what’s in the bank ac-

count, so right now

let’s stop and assess

and then have open-

ings,’” Beere said.

Beere adds that

trout and char catch

and release only ap-

plies only to rivers and

streams, and does not

include lake fishing.

No by-election

Proposed catch and release only for stream trout and char fishing

By Jackie Lieuwen

Houston Today

One person was

nominated for

councillor, so there

will be no municipal

election to fill the

vacant councillor

position. Kyle Thomson,

owner of Monster

Industries and partner

in Pleasant Valley

properties that owns

the bowling alley and

theatre, is elected to

council, said Chris

Sandve, chief elections

officer. The vacancy on the

Houston town council

opened on Nov. 2

when Councillor Bob

Wheaton resigned.

Sandve says

Thomson will take the

oath of office and be

installed as a Houston

councillor no earlier

than Feb. 18, which was

the day previously set

for the elections.


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By Jackie Lieuwen

Houston Today

Fishing regulations




only on April 1.

Mark Beere, senior





Regulation changes


ing in streams were



for feedback.

Information about







that trout and char



Beere explains that









to not knowing how

much money you’ve

got in the bank and

making some with-













Beere says 20 to 30

people responded to

the proposed change


pretty mixed, just

about even on both


sponded saying they

fully supported the

regulation change,





“Some of the peo-

ple in the Houston


to this are opposed




adding that salmon













then lead to public




the plan is to make



based on the popu-

lation information,


stantly taking away







widespread declines


said Beere, adding


Lower Mainland,

Omineca and Peace






count, so right now


and then have open-


Beere adds that






No by-election


By Jackie Lieuwen

Houston Today

One person was

nominated for




vacant councillor


owner of Monster


in Pleasant Valley




council, said Chris




opened on Nov. 2

when Councillor Bob

Wheaton resigned.

Sandve says







for the elections.







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ALONZO SLANEY

“I played minor hockey in Houston and I’ve been with

the Luckies 12 years. Besides play-

ing hockey, I like coaching kids

hockey andplaying

baseball.”


hockey in Houston, and I’ve been with

the Luckies for ten years. Besides

hockey, I enjoy going

� shing.”


Captain,Defence

Position:Left Wing

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“This is my � rst year with the

Luckies. I played minor hockey in

Houston and I’m 19 years old. My

hobbies, be-sides hockey,


baseball. “PLAYER SPONSORED BY:

Position: Wing




playing hockey, I like going snow-

boarding in my spare

time.”PLAYER SPONSORED BY:

Position:Right Wing

“ I am 24 years old and I played minor hockey in Houston.

I’ve been with the Luckies for two

years, and besides hockey, I like

gol� ng, water skiing, and

just being out at the

lake.” PLAYER SPONSORED BY:

Position:Defence

“ I’m number 23 on the team and I’m 23 years old.

I played minor hockey in Houston.

Besides hockey, I like

to go golf-ing in my

free time.”PLAYER SPONSORED BY:

Position: Forward or

Wing



years.”


Position: Forward

“I’m 29 years old. I played minor

hockey in Houston. Besides playing

hockey, I like gol� ng in my spare

time.”


Position:Defence


hockey in Houston and this is my


playing hockey, I like playing

video games, hanging out with friends and playing

soccer.”PLAYER SPONSORED BY:

Position: Goalie


I’ve been with the Luckies for seven

years. Besides hockey, I like

camping, quading

and other outdoor

activities.”PLAYER SPONSORED BY:

Position: Centre


hockey in Kitimat and this is my � rst

year with the Luck-ies. My hobbies,

besides play-ing hockey,


hunting.”PLAYER SPONSORED BY:

Position:Left Wing


in Houston and I’ve been with the

Luckies for three years. My hobbies

besides hockey include team

roping, going to the

gym, gol� ng and playing

baseball.”PLAYER SPONSORED BY:

Position: Goalie

“This is my � rst year with the Luckies. I’m 20 years old.

I played minor hockey in Burns

Lake. Besides play-ing hockey, I like going

snowboard-ing in my

spare time.”PLAYER SPONSORED BY:

Position:Defence



Luckies. Other than hockey, I like going to the

gym and working at

Canfor.”PLAYER SPONSORED BY:

Position:Left Wing

“I’m 17 years old and I played my minor hockey in Burns Lake. This

is my � rst year with the Luckies

and besides hockey, I like gol� ng and

playing baseball.


Position:Left Wing

“I’m 25 years old, I played my minor

hockey in Houston and this is my third

year playing with the Luckies. Besides

playing hockey, I like

working out and

travelling.”PLAYER SPONSORED BY:

Position: Centre




playing hockey,

I like snow-boarding

and snow-mobiling.”PLAYER SPONSORED BY:

Position:Defence



and a half years and, besides

hockey, I like golf-

ing and snow-

boarding.”PLAYER SPONSORED BY:

Position: Defence


hockey in Burns Lake, and this is my


hockey, I like hanging out with friends and playing

golf.”


Position: Goalie

“I’m 28 years old, and I played minor hockey in Houston.

This is my fourth year with the Luck-

ies and, besides playing

hockey, I like gol� ng and

playing squash.”


Position:Forward


I’ve been with theLuckies for six

years.”


Position: Defence


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and other outdoor

activities.”


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By Jackie Lieuwen

Houston Today

Fishing regulations




only on April 1.

Mark Beere, senior





Regulation changes


ing in streams were



for feedback.

Information about







that trout and char



Beere explains that









to not knowing how

much money you’ve

got in the bank and

making some with-













Beere says 20 to 30

people responded to

the proposed change


pretty mixed, just

about even on both


sponded saying they

fully supported the

regulation change,





“Some of the peo-

ple in the Houston


to this are opposed




adding that salmon













then lead to public




the plan is to make



based on the popu-

lation information,


stantly taking away







widespread declines


said Beere, adding


Lower Mainland,

Omineca and Peace






count, so right now


and then have open-


Beere adds that






No by-election


By Jackie Lieuwen

Houston Today

One person was

nominated for




vacant councillor


owner of Monster


in Pleasant Valley




council, said Chris




opened on Nov. 2

when Councillor Bob

Wheaton resigned.

Sandve says







for the elections.







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By Jackie Lieuwen

Houston Today

Fishing regulations




only on April 1.

Mark Beere, senior





Regulation changes


ing in streams were



for feedback.

Information about







that trout and char



Beere explains that









to not knowing how

much money you’ve

got in the bank and

making some with-













Beere says 20 to 30

people responded to

the proposed change


pretty mixed, just

about even on both


sponded saying they

fully supported the

regulation change,





“Some of the peo-

ple in the Houston


to this are opposed




adding that salmon













then lead to public




the plan is to make



based on the popu-

lation information,


stantly taking away







widespread declines


said Beere, adding


Lower Mainland,

Omineca and Peace






count, so right now


and then have open-


Beere adds that






No by-election


By Jackie Lieuwen

Houston Today

One person was

nominated for




vacant councillor


owner of Monster


in Pleasant Valley




council, said Chris




opened on Nov. 2

when Councillor Bob

Wheaton resigned.

Sandve says







for the elections.







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Luckies home playoff game SaturdayBy Jackie Lieuwen

Houston Today

Luckies are in playoffs with � rst game against Smithers on Jan. 26 at the Houston Claude Perish Memorial Arena.

“We are all excited that we squeaked in there and made playoffs,” said left wing Luckies player Blair Dinelle.

Asked how he thinks the games will go against Smithers, Dinelle said, “It’s hard to predict. Obviously they are a great team,

you don’t have a record like they have the last two years and not be a good team…so we’re just going to have to play a little harder and capitalize on our chances.”

Luckies coach Ambrose Kelly says he believes they can win, but it depends if all their players show up for the game.

“We have to play a full 60 minutes to beat those guys because they are so much better than every other team in the league,” said Kelly.

Asked how the

last two games of the season went, Dinelle said they went pretty good.

They lost Jan. 12 against Kitimat Ice Demons but played well, and they carried their momentum into the Jan. 13 game against Prince Rupert Rampage, said Dinelle, adding that they came out more determined to win and though Prince Rupert goaltender held them off at � rst, he couldn’t keep them from the win.

“Once it got to the third we were just

unstoppable and we just opened it up after that,” Dinelle said.

Luckies coach Ambrose Kelly says it was a one goal game for almost 40 minutes, but at the end they � nally got some goals and ended it 6-3 for the Luckies.

“It was pretty intense throughout the whole game,” said Kelly.

“All our guys were playing well… Colton played in net and he played well and gave us a chance to win,” he added.

Dinelle says that

coming off of their big 6-3 win in Prince Rupert, they are happy to be playing Smithers.

“Most people might not be, but they’ve lost three in a row and we just pulled out a big win so I think it’s going to be a very exciting battle for everyone to come and watch,” he said.

Kelly says playoff rounds are best of three games, and after the Jan. 26 home Luckies play in Smithers Feb. 2, and if they are tied 1-1, they’ll play Feb. 3 in Smithers.

Eric and Olaf Halvorson sweep a rock into the house at last weekends Ladies and Mens Bonspiel. Thanks go out to the ten teams who played, especially the Kelly Jones team from Smithers.

CURL Club Jackie Lieuwen/Houston Today

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Topley Victory Church services: 10:30 a.m.Structural Firefighting/Hwy Rescue. Interested? Top-ley Volunteer Fire Dept. is accepting applications. No experience necessary please contact Byron - F/C 250-696-3348 or come to a fire practice: Thurs. @ 1930 hrs (7:30 pm) Topley Volunteer Fire Dept. meetings every 2nd Tues. of the month at 7:30 pm. Fire practices every Thurs. at 7:30 pm. GranisleGranisle and District Seniors meetings are the 2nd and 4th Thurs. of each month at 1pm in the Seniors Centre. Granisle Volunteer Fire Department meetings & fire practices every Tues., 7 p.m. at the Fire Hall.Granisle Church of the Way services are Sun., 11 a.m. Bible study is Thurs. at 7 p.m.

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Robbie Burns Dinner: Saturday, Jan. 26th at P.V.Restaurant at 6 p.m. Live music; special dinner; speeches. For Reservations Call: 845-2232 by Friday. Houston Secondary School Senior Girls Basketball is hosting a BINGO! Jan. 31, 2013, Houston Senior Centre. Doors open at 6:30, Bingo Starts at 7pm. ALL PAYOUTS ARE BASED ON ATTENDANCE. Concession available. Houston Bowling Leagues have started their second half. Call the bowling alley at 845-2298 for information. Also, just a reminder that Tuesday and Wednesdays are half price public bowling. Houston Dart League is Saturday evenings at 7:30 pm. upstairs at the Houston Curling Club. Blind doubles games. Houston Snowmobile Club: Moonlight Rides: Jan. 26, 2013: Dungate Meadows.All snowmobilers welcome.The Morice Mountain Nordic Ski Club Membership Pick up your registration package from Countrywide Sports or download from www.xcskimoricemtn.com. Houston Secondary School webpage: http://hssweb.sd54.bc.ca

The Houston Legion Branch 249: Meeting: 2nd Mon. of the month is Executive, 4th Mon. is General Meeting (we have not been able to get a quorum in months, members please attend).

HOuSTON PuBLIC LIBRaRy EVENTS... PJ Story Time: Thurs., Jan. 24, 6-7pm. Put on your PJ’s, bring your favorite blanket and stuffy and join Marlee for bedtime tales and crafts. A light snack will also be served. Passport Photos: Friday, Jan. 25, 11am-4pm. Mark Zagwyn will be at the Library to take passport photos. He will also have prints of his work on display. For more information, please call Mr. Zagwyn at 250-696-3680.

For more information on any of the above events or to register, please call the library at 250-845-2256.

Seniors Bingo is every Tues. at 7pm at Cottonwood Manor. Entry is $1. Come out & enjoy a fun prize filled evening. Lots of prizes!

Houston Community Services is open Mon. thru Fri. from 9am to 4pm We have clothing to give away. Baby clothing; women’s and mens as well as children of all ages. Come and check it out!

The Houston Retirement Housing Society is asking interested parties to provide their names for future vacancies at our Pleasant Valley Village apartments. Please call Roberta@250-845-2257.

Ambulance Society of Houston – was fundraising for a CAREstream Vital Sign Monitor. This will generate a higher level of care for patients in need of medical attention. Paramedics will be able to record vital signs while in the care of the back of the ambulance. The Society was seeking support from the local business community and Bulkley Valley Credit Union was happy to donate $500 last March to assist in their cause.

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Not too late to get a flu shot By Jackie Lieuwen

Houston Today

Colds, coughing, congestion and flu-type illness is going around town.

Sandi Lavallie,

instructor at Houston’s Northwest Community College and CPP coordinator, says 50 per cent more of their students were absent on their first week of school be-

cause they or their children had the flu.

Lavallie says she is surprised that they haven’t been told to report absences to the Houston Health Centre, because with last year’s � u out-break they had to report every absence, and their absent rate this year is higher than last year.

Reports from el-ementary and high schools in Houston say there is no in-crease in the num-ber of students absent because of the flu, but both Houston Christian School secretary Kim VanBarneveld and Silverthorne Elementary Principal Mark Fehr said that from what they heard, a lot of stu-dents were sick over the holidays.

Edna McLellan, public health nurse manager and clini-cal disease lead man-ager, said there are

no lab-confirmed cases of influenza or the Norwalk virus in Houston.

“Just because things aren’t lab con-firmed, it doesn’t nec-essarily mean it’s not in the community,” McLellan said, add-ing that it also doesn’t necessarily mean that it hasn’t been diag-nosed in town on a clinical basis by local physicians.

McLellan says that during winter, and especially Christmas, people tend to go to more parties, have more close contact with other people and get more tired, all of which increases their risk of getting ill.

Flu vaccine is still available at the Houston Health Centre, McLellan said, adding that people should also remember to wash hands well and stay away from work or school when theyare ill.

Silverthorne students Brayden, 12, and Gerrit, 13, sell raffle tickets at the Houston mall, fund raising for their grade 6/7 Victoria trip at the end of May, where they will meet the MLA, see the Parliament buildings, visit some museums and do some zip lining, climbing and ocean kayaking.

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Where has the time gone?It’s been 2 years to the dayGood-bye were the words

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We see your smileThink we hear your laugh too!

A heart of gold that stopped beatingTwo twinkling eyes closed to restWith all the love that was shared

Your strength has been kept withinThis we will take us to the end

You are gone but never forgottenIn all of us you still live on.Till the day we meet again.

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ATTENTION LOGGING CON-TRACTORS! D&J Isley and Sons Contracting Ltd. of Grande Prairie, AB is looking for: Load & Haul Contracts or Haul Contracts in the Fort St. John Area. B-Train confi gura-tion. Single shift. Potential multi-year contract with com-petitive rates. Accommoda-tions available. Contact Daniel for further details (780) 814-4331 or email [email protected]

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The successful candidate must meet the following requirements: • A Diploma in a Social Services Program is preferred. • Victim Services Training an asset • Experience in crisis intervention and follow up support • Knowledge of Court & Police procedures, and Community Resources • Valid BC Driver’s License • Up-to-date Computer Skills • Experience in Program Volunteer Management • Able to function well in high stress and emotional situations • Able to respond to 24-hour emergency call outs • Able to work flexible hours, including weekends • Must successfully pass the RCMP Enhanced Security Clearance.

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Mill ManagerKyahwood Forest Products is a finger-Jointing Plant located in Morice-town, 30 kilometers west of Smithers, BC. Kyahwood produces 20 million board feet of random length FJ Lumber on an annual basis for the North American market. Kyahwood also produces 17,000 ODT of shavings annually which is shipped to Houston Pellet Limited Partner-ship plant in Houston, BC.

Kyahwood is fully owned by the Moricetown Band and operates as a business entity under the Moricetown Band Development Corporation. Kyahwood employs 70 community people in all levels and facets of production.

The Moricetown Band Development Corporation seeks a self motivated individual to manage the Kyahwood mill. Responsibilities includes man-aging production, staffing, maintenance and cost control.

Applicants will be considered based on past experience and a willingness to work with and build skills and training into the employees. Kyahwood has a blend of seasoned committed individuals as well as employees which are just entering the workforce. Skill building may be for further competence at the facility and for life skills that are carried further into the employee’s careers.

Applicants must have experience working with a diversity of teams and people. Preference will be given to individuals that have worked with First Nations peoples at a production level. Cost control, accounting, production and skilled trade experience are also assets that will help select the successful candidate.

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Her crown came from New Mexico, but when Houston’s own Rebecca Dallaire won the fi rst-ever Smithers Rodeo Queen contest, the moment was totally Bulkley Valley.

When a stubborn sash worn by one of her fellow rodeo royalties needed a pin, it came courtesy of a spectator who happened to have a spare in his arm sling.

And high among the diamond driller’s caps and Western art given out as door prizes at the Aug.18 coronation was an egg carton fi lled with home-made fi re-starter and a bag of garden-fresh potatoes.

If that sounds too homespun a prize for such a regal event, the three girls who competed this year had plenty of sparkle on their crowns, belt buckles and metallic blue riding chaps to out-shine it.

Dallaire’s mother Bibs says the sparkling side of the contest, which combines fashion, speaking and horsemanship events, is some-thing best left to her daughter.

“She likes shiny things,” she says with a laugh. “She’s like a magpie.”

Dallaire’s father Marcel also more toward rodeo than royalty.

“I think they should all have to ride a bull,” he joked. “The one who’s under 8.2 seconds gets to keep the crown!”

But speaking with Dallaire and her fel-low rodeo princesses Amber Gregorowich and Adele Murray, it’s clear that for them too, being rodeo royalties means more than a smile and a slow wave.

Now 22 years old, Dallaire has been riding horses since before she could walk.

And while she likes to show horses, Dallaire says her biggest thrill is barrel racing.

“Your heart gets racing as soon as you come through the gate,” she says. “Everything hap-pens incredibly fast—you don’t have time to make mistakes.”

“If you mess up in your pattern and lose half or even a tenth of a second, that could change your position from fi rst to fi fth and your payout might not even happen.”

Dallaire watches rodeo and racetrack events all over North America, keeping a sharp eye on

how different horse breeds and bloodlines are doing.

Paint and quarter horses are favourites for barrel racing, she says.

“They’re built to take off from a standstill into high speed, and they handle corners really well also.”

Of the two, her mother Bibs says she likes paint horses best.

“They say on the fi fth day, God created the horse and on the sixth day he painted all the good ones.”

Rodeo princess Amber Gregorowich agrees.A confi dent speaker who won this year’s

award for speech craft, Gregorowich warns that she could talk about paints forever.

“Paint horses are my favourite breed because there one of the most versatile horses, and no two look the same,” she says.

“You can do jumping, you can do barrel rac-ing, Western pleasure, they make amazing kids’ horses, they drive, and they’re not as skittish or spooky as some other breeds.”

At 23, Gregorowich has plenty of Smithers and Terrace horse shows under her belt already, but in the next two years she hopes to scout out the world show for paint horses in Fort Worth, Texas.

“It’s the best of the best,” she says, adding that she would like nothing better than to win at Fort Worth with a Bulkley Valley-bred horse.

“If you go down to worlds with a horse that

was bred in a small town and you beat some of these big shots, it’s a great feeling,” she said.

Three months ago, her well-named horse Crayola had a foal that Gregorowich plans to train up in Alberta and Oklahoma.

“I’m hoping she can be my world contend-er,” she says.

The youngest of this year’s rodeo royals, Adele Murray says the contest was her fi rst time giving a public speech, let alone a TV in-terview.

Murray did great, says organizer Andi Houl-den, picking up the award for Most Improved Public Speaker.

At home, Murray keeps eight fi sh and a cat named Chevy along with her one and only horse, Chip.

“I was on a riding lesson and I ended up rid-ing her and fell in love,” Murray said.

“I said ‘I want this one—I don’t care about any of the others.”

Murray bugged her dad about Chip for years until one fi ne December day in 2008.

“I woke up that Christmas morning and she was standing outside,” she says.

Chip is a fast horse, Murray said, a thorough-bred and quarter-horse cross who is more into gymkhanas and barrel racing than showing.

Murray also came to the contest without a lot of show experience, but her confi dence grew after a practice session she held at her house in the weeks before.

“We had good times,” she says. Each of the girls took a practice spin down a pretend “run-way” that stretched from her kitchen to the liv-ing room, she added, with coaching from former Williams Lake rodeo queen Savannah Davies.

As for who fi nally won the queen’s crown or the princess tiaras, Murray said the three friends agreed it was no big deal.

“We’re all good,” she said, smiling.Smithereens got their fi rst chance to meet

their rodeo royals during the fall fair last week-end and Rodeo Queen Rebecca Dallaire will be riding a paint horse made for celebrity.

“He’ll defi nitely be the prettiest horse there,” says Rebecca’s mother. “He’s the Ashton Kutch-er of the horse world.”

“He thinks he’s a male model, he really does.”

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Rebecca Dallaire, front, rides in the Bulkley Valley Fall Fair on Aug. 22 with Am-ber Gregorowich, left, and Adele Murray, right.

Photo by Grant Harris

Andrew Hudson

Her crown came from New Mexico, but when Houston’s own Rebecca Dallaire won the fi rst-ever Smithers Rodeo Queen contest, the moment was totally Bulkley Valley.

When a stubborn sash worn by one of her fellow rodeo royalties needed a pin, it came courtesy of a spectator who happened to have a spare in his arm sling.

And high among the diamond driller’s caps and Western art given out as door prizes at the Aug.18 coronation was an egg carton fi lled with home-made fi re-starter and a bag of garden-fresh potatoes.

If that sounds too homespun a prize for such a regal event, the three girls who competed this year had plenty of sparkle on their crowns, belt buckles and metallic blue riding chaps to out-shine it.

Dallaire’s mother Bibs says the sparkling side of the contest, which combines fashion, speaking and horsemanship events, is some-thing best left to her daughter.

“She likes shiny things,” she says with a laugh. “She’s like a magpie.”

Dallaire’s father Marcel also more toward rodeo than royalty.

“I think they should all have to ride a bull,” he joked. “The one who’s under 8.2 seconds gets to keep the crown!”

But speaking with Dallaire and her fel-low rodeo princesses Amber Gregorowich and Adele Murray, it’s clear that for them too, being rodeo royalties means more than a smile and a slow wave.

Now 22 years old, Dallaire has been riding horses since before she could walk.

And while she likes to show horses, Dallaire says her biggest thrill is barrel racing.

“Your heart gets racing as soon as you come through the gate,” she says. “Everything hap-pens incredibly fast—you don’t have time to make mistakes.”

“If you mess up in your pattern and lose half or even a tenth of a second, that could change your position from fi rst to fi fth and your payout might not even happen.”

Dallaire watches rodeo and racetrack events all over North America, keeping a sharp eye on

how different horse breeds and bloodlines are doing.

Paint and quarter horses are favourites for barrel racing, she says.

“They’re built to take off from a standstill into high speed, and they handle corners really well also.”

Of the two, her mother Bibs says she likes paint horses best.

“They say on the fi fth day, God created the horse and on the sixth day he painted all the good ones.”

Rodeo princess Amber Gregorowich agrees.A confi dent speaker who won this year’s

award for speech craft, Gregorowich warns that she could talk about paints forever.

“Paint horses are my favourite breed because there one of the most versatile horses, and no two look the same,” she says.

“You can do jumping, you can do barrel rac-ing, Western pleasure, they make amazing kids’ horses, they drive, and they’re not as skittish or spooky as some other breeds.”

At 23, Gregorowich has plenty of Smithers and Terrace horse shows under her belt already, but in the next two years she hopes to scout out the world show for paint horses in Fort Worth, Texas.

“It’s the best of the best,” she says, adding that she would like nothing better than to win at Fort Worth with a Bulkley Valley-bred horse.

“If you go down to worlds with a horse that

was bred in a small town and you beat some of these big shots, it’s a great feeling,” she said.

Three months ago, her well-named horse Crayola had a foal that Gregorowich plans to train up in Alberta and Oklahoma.

“I’m hoping she can be my world contend-er,” she says.

The youngest of this year’s rodeo royals, Adele Murray says the contest was her fi rst time giving a public speech, let alone a TV in-terview.

Murray did great, says organizer Andi Houl-den, picking up the award for Most Improved Public Speaker.

At home, Murray keeps eight fi sh and a cat named Chevy along with her one and only horse, Chip.

“I was on a riding lesson and I ended up rid-ing her and fell in love,” Murray said.

“I said ‘I want this one—I don’t care about any of the others.”

Murray bugged her dad about Chip for years until one fi ne December day in 2008.

“I woke up that Christmas morning and she was standing outside,” she says.

Chip is a fast horse, Murray said, a thorough-bred and quarter-horse cross who is more into gymkhanas and barrel racing than showing.

Murray also came to the contest without a lot of show experience, but her confi dence grew after a practice session she held at her house in the weeks before.

“We had good times,” she says. Each of the girls took a practice spin down a pretend “run-way” that stretched from her kitchen to the liv-ing room, she added, with coaching from former Williams Lake rodeo queen Savannah Davies.

As for who fi nally won the queen’s crown or the princess tiaras, Murray said the three friends agreed it was no big deal.

“We’re all good,” she said, smiling.Smithereens got their fi rst chance to meet

their rodeo royals during the fall fair last week-end and Rodeo Queen Rebecca Dallaire will be riding a paint horse made for celebrity.

“He’ll defi nitely be the prettiest horse there,” says Rebecca’s mother. “He’s the Ashton Kutch-er of the horse world.”

“He thinks he’s a male model, he really does.”

Houston girls crowned rodeo royaltyFeaturing the spirit of the local people

183 First StreetVanderhoof

Tel: 250-567-6820Fax: 250-567-6822

Toll Free: 1-877-964-5650

E-mail: [email protected]

Website: www.johnrustadmla.bc.ca

John Rustad, MLANechako Lakes

2500 Butler AvenueHouston

Tel: 250-845-7770Fax: 250-845-7780

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Rebecca Dallaire, front, rides in the Bulkley Valley Fall Fair on Aug. 22 with Am-ber Gregorowich, left, and Adele Murray, right.

Photo by Grant Harris

Jackie LieuwenHouston Today

Nestled in a valley and stretching across surround-ing forested hillsides, is one of the many Bulkley Valley cattle ranches, passed down from gen-eration to generation since 1919.

About 21 kilometres west of Houston, the 1,500 acre family ranch owned by Maxine Bell and her two sons Noah and Wayne is home to 500 cattle and was passed down from Maxine’s par-ents Harry and Jule Anderson who started the ranch in 1948, Maxine said.

The ranch has been in the family for 65 years, and Noah says his three children Haley, 16, Jaime, 14, and Avery, 13, are set to inherit the ranch after him.

Noah’s grandma Jule was born in Telkwa and grew up on a farm which is now the east sec-tion of the Bell ranch, where her family moved in 1919, Maxine said.

Noah’s grandpa Harry grew up on a farm in Gadsby, Alberta, joined the airforce in 1943 and was training on the glider planes in the Vancouver area when the war ended, said Maxine.

He was given 160 acres bor-dering Jule’s family ranch in 1945 for his soldier’s settlement and he homesteaded the place, bought some adjacent land and later married Jule, building up the ranch to the acreage it is to-day.

“We started out with a team of horses and a milk cow,” said Maxine, adding that her Dad used to work in the bush in the winter and the family used to milk cows and sell the butter

and cream to the creamery in Telkwa.

They never did dairy but had a family milk cow until 15 years ago, and ranched mostly beef cattle since 1954 when they bought their first 20 head of heifers.

Maxine says ranching has changed a lot over the years.

“We had no electricity, no running water until the 60’s, no vehicles,” she said, adding that they used to have only horses for transportation and haying.

Though things have definitely

changed, Noah says they still use horses on the ranch quite a lot because you can get through brush and to places where a four wheeler can’t go.

They still do branding the old fashioned way, roping calves and branding them by a fire, and Maxine still checks cows on horseback, but Noah says he prefers the four wheeler for that.

Asked what changes they see coming in the future of ranch-ing, Noah says he just hopes beef remains a commodity.

“When BSE [mad cow dis-

ease] came in we were at the mercy of everybody. We were the first to feel it and the last to recover as things got better,” Noah said.

Maxine says she sees adver-tising and marketing really com-ing into the cattle industry, and Noah added that ranchers need to know their genetics and keep up with the demand.

This was the first year Maxine and Noah bought rancher en-dorsed tags for their Angus cattle, signing to guarantee that they were purebred Angus

cattle with no hormones, which adds value to their animals, said Noah.

They sell their cattle, 18 month yearlings, at the Vanderhoof auction mart, and sell some pure bred bulls for breeding in Williams Lake, but they don’t sell slaughtered beef locally because government regulations require that cattle be inspected and slaughtered in a slaughterhouse, which adds cost and takes away any profit they could make, said Maxine.

Another challenge they’ve had to face is predators.

Noah says predators have been a big time problem, and both the Smithers airport griz-zly and the Houston museum grizzly were shot on their ranch.

Maxine says that the Smithers grizzly was hunted for four years, and over that time they lost 40 head of cattle.

Maxine says they also lose about five cattle each year to wolves, and in recent springs have lost calves to coyotes.

Ranching in the Bulkley Valley is a hard living, Maxine said, adding that it’s often a struggle to keep from going into debt.

“Even though the price of cattle has come up, everything else has doubled too…fuel, seed, repair parts and machinery has more than doubled,” she said.

“You don’t do it to get rich, that’s for sure,” said Noah. “It’s more of a lifestyle than a job per se.”

Maxine says it’s hard work with long hours but she likes it.

“It’s a way of life, it’s a good life, I wouldn’t change it for any-thing,” she said.

Family ranch passed down for nearly a century

Maxine Bell and her son Noah in front of the old ranch house, built in 1964 by her parents Harry and Jule Anderson. Jackie Lieuwen/Houston Today


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Top: With some help from neighbours and friends, the Bell’s do their branding the old fashioned way, roping the calves and branding them by a fire.

Left: Builders of the Bell ranch, Harry and Jule Anderson, now passed on, gather with their great grandchildren Haley, Jaime and Avery, during Christmas close to ten years ago. The Anderson’s daughter Maxine and grandson Noah inherited the ranch from them, and their three great grandchildren are set to inherit the ranch next.

Bottom left: When Harry and Jule Anderson started the ranch in 1948, there was no haying machinery like there is today, so all the haying was done with a team of horses.

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