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By Jackie LieuwenHouston Today
The District of Houston has a new brand and slogan saying “Naturally Amazing.”
Last year, council hired Thornley Creative Communications with grant funding to meet with local people and
develop Houston brands based on public input.
Council then chose two brands and two slogans for the public to vote on.
Between June 20 and July 10, council got 305 votes from the public.
Mayor Bill Holmberg says he is very pleased with pub-
lic participation. C h i e f
Administrative Of� cer Michael Glavin says credit goes to the Chamber of Commerce.
“They went door-to-door, they went to A&W and other estab-lishments in town to talk to people having their coffees and such,” he said.
Of the 305 votes, 224 voted on the cho-sen brand and 80 on the other. Of that same 305 votes, 165 chose the slogan “Naturally Amazing,” and 139 voted “Real Life, Real People.”
The new brand will replace the old logo over time, as equip-ment and signs are re-placed, said Councillor
Shane Brienen. Mayor Bill
Holmberg said he was pleased with brands developed by the con-sultants.
“They did a great job,” he said, adding that chosen brand was “one of his favourites.”
Councillor Jonathan Van Barneveld agreed.
“I think it � ts us well,” he said.
Over 300 public votes decide new Houston logo
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TRAIN WreckA CN Rail train and logging truck collided early Friday near the Hampton sawmill at Decker Lake. The train was derailed just off the North Road near the mill, and the cause of the crash is under investigation. There were no major injuries but the driver of the logging truck was taken to the hospital as a precaution.See page 3 for more.
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Delegation asks council solve parking issueBy Jackie Lieuwen
Houston Today
A group of residents from the north side of the CN tracks is asking council to find a solution for the parking in their neighbourhood.
“Right now we don’t have proper parking for the baseball diamond,” said Harold Delege to council last Tuesday.
“So now, we have people parking on our street.”
Delege said the people who use the ball diamond on Copeland Avenue used to park where the Community Garden is, but with that space filled, they park on Copeland Avenue and Third Street.
With a petition signed by 25 people, the residents are requesting more parking and more signs in that neighbourhood.
“We have two signs that say “No parking,” and people don’t
notice it,” Delege said, adding that there’s only one “Emergency Route” sign that most don’t see.
He suggested the Community Garden and baseball diamond share the parking lot, and for the District to post signs so the ball players know they can park there.
Another idea he gave was for the District to remove the trees in front of Copeland Avenue to expand the parking lot and give it better access.
The end of Third Street wouldn’t work for a parking lot, because anybody could hit it out of
the park and put it through a vehicle window, Delege added.
Mayor Bill Holmberg said District staff will work on a solution.
“We’ll get back to you with some ideas and hopefully they’ll be ideas that work for you guys,” he said.
Houston council was asked by residents to find parking for the Copeland Avenue baseball diamond and Community Garden. “There’s not enough parking for the baseball diamond plus the Community Garden,” resident Harold Delege told council last Tuesday. Jackie Lieuwen/Houston Today
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OpinionHOUSTON TODAY “Member, B.C. Press Council”Published by Black Press Upstairs Houston MallP.O. Box 899, Houston, B.C. V0J 1Z0
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Campfire ban in parks should be permanent
It’s pure stupidity our provincial government has temporarily lifted its campfire ban on the island, and
elsewhere in the Coastal Fire Centre, after recent light rains.
Campfires and all other burning, regardless of size, should be banned all year — except perhaps during winter — in provincial parks to prevent idiots or accidents from claiming more of our precious woodlands and wildlife.
As proven by our sadly annual forest-fire season, humans simply can’t be trusted to handle fires, or cigarettes, properly.
Even well-tended campfires can see sparks rise, then smolder before erupting into an inferno.
By then, it may be too late for our dedicated fire crews and aircraft to snuff the blaze before it toasts timber, threatens towns, and kills irreplaceable ecology — not to mention loss of human life.
Just ask folks in Kelowna who were recently evacuated due to yet another round of bush blazes.
Firefighters have their hands full with lightning strikes and other natural fire causes without the folly of Victoria’s gamble that marshmallow toasting and weanie roasting won’t start a forest fire.
Tonnes of polluting smoke and ash billowing from just one of those awful blazes is toxic to everything and everyone, especially folks with respiratory issues.
And those provincial bans don’t cover fires started on farms and other private properties outside park boundaries.
The time has come for British Columbians to evolve past the frontier mentality that says campfires are necessary for a rustic ambiance. Most cooking these days is done with propane or other flammables.
Barring emergencies, campfires have no place in our parks. The risk is just too great.
- Peter Rusland, Black Press
Working on the goThe bene� t of
being a writer in these modern times is that you can virtually do your job anywhere there’s a place to sit: in a car, on a plane, at a coffee shop, in bed, at the park, or even on the beach.
The conditions, though, aren’t always ideal.
Currently I’m writing my column right on deadline at a busy Starbucks. The air conditioning is on too high, the music is louder than normal and the young women next to me are talking about how much they despise girl drama at an extremely high decibel while the guy on the other side of me talks on his phone.
I would move, except there’s nowhere else to sit and I haven’t the time to relocate to another venue with an electrical outlet. Today’s just been one of those time-sucker
days we’re all familiar with.
It started off this morning with one of my dogs chasing after something and getting lost in the woods behind our house. It took me almost an hour to � nd him.
Next was my son who unexpectedly needed me to pick him up from a sleepover 45 minutes away.
And then my daughter reminded me that I promised to take her and her friends to the indoor playground, EnergyPlex in Kelowna. Fine, I thought, I’m totally behind the eight ball, but I’ll write my column when I get there.
But wouldn’t you know it? After I dropped them off, I opened my computer bag and my power cord was missing.
Since my laptop was at less than 10% power I had three choices. I
could go to the store and buy a new one for $100, I could spend at least an hour driving home and back to retrieve one of the three cords I already own, or I could try and borrow one.
Since the Apple store was close I stopped in there and asked if they’d rent or loan me one for a couple hours. No such luck.
I then went to my husband’s work but couldn’t � nd one compatible with my MacBook. I tried calling a few friends in the area and luckily Dave, the editor of the Westside Weekly newspaper at the Kelowna Daily Courier said the company had one I could use. Phew.
Now that I have my laptop plugged in and I can � nally write, I’m not about to leave this loud, chilly place until I’m � nished my
column. I might have to stuff my ears with Kleenex to muf� e the noisy gabfest that’s progressed to boyfriends and gall bladder removals so I can concentrate on what I’m typing, but that’s � ne. I still feel lucky that I can do my job from almost anywhere.
Sure, I’d rather be sitting on a quiet area of the beach with my iPad like I’d planned - that amazing little tab-let will hold it’s power all day - but along with the cord for my laptop, I forgot it at home.
Despite the minor delays, I realize how fortunate I am to have access to today’s tech-nological tools that make my job so much easier.
Back when I was in school I’d have to write an essay out in long hand multiple times and then type it up on my grandmoth-er’s typewriter with a
bottle of liquid paper nearby. If I needed to do research I’d have to consult the encyclope-dias at the library, and my paperwork had to be physically handed in to the teachers.
Nowadays I can type my column on my laptop or iPad, easily edit as I go, quickly look stuff up on the Internet if needed, and then email my column to the newspaper edi-tors that run it.
And, gloriously, I can do all that from wherever I am. Next time I’m doing it from the beach.
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“Sidewalks. We have a good start from the
mall to the Ambassador Trailer Court, but it
would be nice if it was a bit more extended.
Mobility issues is a big thing, even for people
who get injured.”
Noreen Scott
“We need more housing, especially assisted living, because some people are not well enough to look after themselves entirely,
but they can still be mostly independent.
The second thing is that we need the sidewalks to
be in better repair.”
Judy Daye
“Transportation. There are not enough transportation options available for seniors,
especially in the winter. They need to be able to get rides to the health clinic and the grocery
store and other places.”
Pat Tompkins
“I find this is a pretty age-friendly town. It would be
great to have more ramps for businesses, but it’s expensive
so maybe the District can help. For stores, they should try to keep aisles uncluttered, because a lot of older people
have walkers or bags and it’s easy to knock things
down. Also, an Aqua Tai Chi program would be great.”
B.C. back in black, deep in debt
Struggling B.C. pulp mills are being offered $100 million in energy conserva-tion subsidies that Energy Minister Bill Bennett says will pay off through power sav-ings and a stabilized industry.
The three-year initiative will ben-e� t seven thermo-mechanical pulp mills run by Catalyst Paper, Canfor, West Fraser and Paper Excellence, which can get 75 per
cent funding for ener-gy-saving projects ap-proved under the new PowerSmart program for industry.
The companies are huge power users, consuming 10 per cent of the electricity BC Hydro sells, and had warned rate increases of 28 per cent over the next � ve years could threaten their opera-tions and cost local jobs.
Eligible mills are in Crofton, Port Alberni,
Powell River, Taylor, Chetwynd, Port Mellon and Quesnel.
The industry’s challenges cast a long shadow in those towns, where pulp and paper jobs are critical to the local economy, and one of the � rms – Catalyst – has been emerging from bank-ruptcy protection.
Encouraging rein-vestment in power ef-� ciency will mean sav-ings for the companies involved, Bennett said,
and will reduce provin-cial energy demand.
“BC Hydro will not have to spend $265 million on new genera-tion because these four companies are going to conserve that much electricity,” Bennett said, adding it will also help protect thousands of jobs across the province.
Catalyst Paper pres-ident Joe Nemeth said steam now vented at the � rm’s Powell River mill will be harnessed
for power, reducing the plant’s draw on the grid.
“Electricity is about 30 per cent of our cost structure, so it’s a big deal,” he said.
The upgrades are expected to mean pow-er cost savings of $17.5 million a year for the four companies.
NDP energy critic Adrian Dix said the province had no other choice but to step in with aid for the in-dustry in light of the
dramatic rate increases ahead.
“This was just go-ing to bury them,” he said.
But Dix said gov-ernment “incompe-tence” is to blame for the coming rate shock because of expensive power purchase deals, repeatedly deferred spending, among other decisions at BC Hydro.
“This is them des-perately trying to deal with a problem they
caused through inept energy policy in the past.”
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By Tom FletcherBlack Press
When the audited public accounts con-� rmed a $353 million surplus for the last � s-cal year, B.C. Liberal political staff were quick to remind re-porters of the NDP’s main theme from last year’s election cam-paign.
Pages of election quotes from almost every NDP MLA were waiting to be distrib-uted. It was a “bogus budget,” one of the more polite tags ap-plied to the govern-ment’s pre-election � s-cal plan.
“It underestimates
the costs in a whole bunch of ministries and we’re going to have to review that because all of the deci-sions that we propose in our platform will have to be implement-ed,” said then-leader Adrian Dix, describ-ing the NDP’s plans to tax and spend more.
Skeena MLA Robin Austin targeted health care in the bud-get debate: “Bearing in mind that our popula-tion is actually increas-ing, bearing in mind that our population is aging, I think it’s very unrealistic to think we can actually limit health care expendi-tures to 2.7 per cent.”
As it turned out, health care spending grew by just over two per cent. It still went up by $360 million from the previous year, but after annual in-creases of six or seven per cent had become the norm, this is quite an achievement. New agreements remain to be negotiated with doctors and nurses, so we’re unlikely to see the same cost control results for the current year.
Ottawa’s health care transfer payment formula has changed, and increases are to be capped at three per cent a year by 2016, so this is the kind of
spending restraint all provinces are expected to produce.
Education was the only other ministry to receive signi� cant ex-tra funding last year, up $299 million de-spite continuing en-rolment decline. Like health, the education budget goes up ev-ery year, and these increases, along with strong student perfor-mance results, expose the rhetoric of the B.C. Teachers’ Federation about a cash-starved system for what it is.
But the biggest fab-rication of last year’s election was the “debt free B.C.” slogan em-blazoned on the side
of Premier Christy Clark’s campaign bus.
The public accounts con� rm that the prov-ince’s total debt rose to just over $60 billion, the latest of a series of increases since 2008. The much-touted bal-anced budget is on the operating side, while the province continues to pile up debt to pay for the Port Mann me-ga-project, hospitals, schools and other big infrastructure.
Finance Minister Mike de Jong empha-sized the difference be-tween capital and op-erating expenditures.
“We’re borrowing to build as opposed to paying for the grocer-
ies,” he said.“Debt free B.C.”
was not an outright misrepresentat ion, merely one of the most far-fetched promises ever delivered in the history of B.C. poli-tics. The legislature is to convene in October so the B.C. Liberals can pass a taxation framework for the na-scent lique� ed natural gas industry, which the government hopes will generate the revenues to ultimately pay off the province’s $60-bil-lion mortgage.
Meanwhile there is more capital debt ahead. The cabinet is expected to green-light the Site C dam on the
Peace River this fall, a decade-long project estimated to cost $8 billion.
Along with the public accounts, the � nance ministry re-leased a list of surplus land sales. The sale of 50-odd properties, some of them closed schools, netted the provincial treasury about $310 million, which accounts for most of the surplus.
Was this “selling off the family silverware to try and balance the books,” as now-NDP leader John Horgan termed it before the election? It’s certainly not a revenue source to be matched next year.
Pulp mills get break to save energy
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.”
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Kakuma UN Refugee camp, a sprawl-ing basket of humanity at the northern most corner of Kenya, is home to over 100,000 displaced people � eeing con� icts from all over Africa. Kakuma, loosely translated from the Swahili word for no-where, is aptly named for this sand-blast-ed region which receives little or no rain. It was here that Jackline Nambafu and her mother arrived in 1996 after � eeing a civil war in Uganda.
“I was 10 years old when we arrived,” says Jackline. “I lived in Kakuma for twelve years before � nding sponsorship with a church mission which bought me to Houston.”
“I was one of the lucky ones,” she ex-plains. “In the camp we lived in a simple, one-room mud hut, thatched with grass and a bare earth � oor. We hardly had any-thing, just a few pots and pans and plas-tic containers to collect water from the community well. I slept on a dried mud platform with no mattress and often went to school hungry. The UN provided food which was supposed to last a month, but it wasn’t what I was used to and at � rst it made me sick. There was never enough food to go around and local Kenyans from nearby settlements frequently raided the camp to steal food from us”.
But the lack of food was not the only problem. With few established social structures, human rights conditions were fragile, especially for women. Being en-tirely dependent on humanitarian aid and with no possibility of work or self-determination, this life of exile consisted of constant waiting and dreams of new hope.
In 2008 on a bitterly cold January evening, Jackline accompanied by her two year old son and pregnant with her second, landed at Smithers airport, her dreams of a new beginning at last becom-ing a reality.
“It was so cold,” said Jackline. “I wore two jackets but was still freezing. I’d never seen snow before and it felt really weird under my feet.”
Within days of settling into her new home Jackline enrolled at the Houston campus of Northwest Community College. Sandi Lavallie, CCP instructor, remembers � rst meeting Jackline. “There was something warm and accepting about Jackline. Her willingness to learn and determination to make a success of her new life has been a joy to watch. We should not underestimate the huge social adjustments and cultural differences that face refugees in Canada, which makes Jackline’s achievement so much more re-markable. We are all very proud of her.”
On June 9th Jackline completed her grade twelve and graduated from NWCC, Houston Secondary School and Houston Link to Learning. We all wish her the very best of luck for the future.
Learn more about Kakuma refu-gee camp at http://www.unhcr.org/pages/49e483a16.html
Refugee earns grade 12 diploma
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Jackline Nambafu came to Canada from Africa with her two-year old son in 2008, pregnant with her second son. Her husband Steve followed five years later in March 2013, reuniting the family of four. Jackline worked hard at the NWCC since arriving to Canada and earned her grade 12 diploma in June. She works full-time in Houston as a housekeeper at a local motel and got her Canadian citizenship in April 2014.
Jackline Nambafu - From the deserts of Africa to the Sub-Arctic, a refugees’ story
“I was one of thelucky ones,”
- Jackline Nambafu
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District of HoustonNewsletter ~ July 30th, 2014 edition
What’s Happening...
Phone: 250-845-2256email: [email protected]
Website: http://houston.bclibrary.ca
Houston Public Library
This is our Town Houston!This is our Town Houston is a local volunteer group whose main goal is to restore, enhance,
and maintain the beauty of Houston. Local community people have been investing their efforts into cleaning up our town, one vacant lot at a time! It’s all purely voluntary and it’s open to anyone who wants to help. If you’re interested in joining us in our efforts, please contact our spokesperson Councillor Shane Brienen at [email protected] or join our Facebook group called: This is our Town Houston and all dates and clean up challenges will be posted there.
Summer Counterattack CampaignRecently, the BC government, police and ICBC kicked off this summer’s CounterAttack campaign with road checks to warn drivers that police are out looking for impaired drivers across the province.
In BC, an average of 44 people are killed in impaired-related crashes during the summer months every year. Whether you’re golfi ng, boating or going to a BBQ with friends, plan ahead for a safe ride home, make arrangements to stay where you are, or arrange a designated driver.
“The tough approach we introduced in 2010 has helped curtail drinking and driving and cut the alcohol-related death toll on our roads by more than half,” said Suzanne Anton, Attorney General and Minister of Justice. “However, we know some people still don’t take the issue seriously. That’s why we’re ensuring an additional $1 million is available to police for enhanced enforcement overtime, such as CounterAttack. Targeted enforcement remains critical to intercepting those who continue to put other road users in danger.”
“We see the devastating results of impaired driving all too often which is why we’re committed to keeping impaired drivers off our roads,” said Inspector Ted Emanuels, “E” Division Traffi c Services, RCMP. “Police all across BC will be out in full force looking for impaired drivers at CounterAttack road checks.”
“As you make plans with friends and family to enjoy the warm weather this summer, we’re asking you to also plan a safe ride home,” said John Dickinson, ICBC’s director of road safety. “Share the responsibility of being the designated driver. Ask yourself whether it’s your turn to get your loved ones home safely.”
For more tips and information on the summer CounterAttack campaign, visit icbc.com.
Do You Need A 2014 Business Licence? (District of Houston Bylaw No. 776, 1998)
Everyone conducting “business” in the District of Houston must apply for an Annual Business Licence. Business includes “self-employment”, “new/ start-ups”, “mobile operators”, “home-based”, “part-time”, “hobbies” (if sales), “sub-trades/ sub-contractors” and so on. If you are involved in a business activity that takes place within the District of Houston, or you conduct business outside of Houston but the administrative and/or operations base is in Houston, then you must have an Annual Business Licence.
When a business applies for a licence, District staff is responsible on behalf of everyone in the District to consider whether there are Zoning/ALR/Property-Use restrictions, Building/Safety regulations, Health/Medical requirements, Environmental/Waste management, or other areas connected with the business activity to be respected by the applicant. Some activities may require authorization by the property owner or a criminal check. District staff often fl ag risks the operator may not have considered.
The Annual Business Licence fee varies depending on the type and size of business with most fees in the $46 - $98 range.
Detailed information on the Bylaw, the Fees, and the Application are on the District’s web site - see the Business header at the top of the site’s home page @ www.houston.ca
Voluntary Compliance EncouragedRecently, the District has been made aware there is an increasing amount of business activity taking
place in Houston without a 2014 Business Licence. Houston area business and business organizations have expressed concern that as a matter of fairness all business in Houston should be conducted under a business licence as required by the District’s Bylaw.
If you are doing business in Houston without a 2014 Business Licence, please obtain one at your earliest convenience. If you have questions or concerns do not hesitate to contact the Municipal Offi ce. The District of Houston looks to work with all business in Houston to aid their long-term business success.
and maintain the beauty of Houston. Local community people have been investing their efforts into cleaning up our town, one vacant lot at a time! It’s all purely voluntary and it’s open to anyone who wants to help. If you’re interested in joining us in our efforts, please contact our spokesperson Councillor Shane Brienen at called:
Recently, the BC government, police and ICBC kicked off this summer’s CounterAttack campaign with road checks to warn drivers that police are out looking for impaired drivers across the province.
every year. Whether you’re golfi ng, boating or going to a BBQ with friends, plan ahead for a safe ride home, make arrangements to stay where you are, or arrange a designated driver.
related death toll on our roads by more than half,” said Suzanne Anton, Attorney General and Minister of Justice. “However, we know some people still don’t take the issue seriously. That’s why we’re ensuring an additional $1 million is available to police for enhanced enforcement overtime, such as CounterAttack. Targeted enforcement remains critical to intercepting those who continue to put other road users in danger.”
impaired drivers off our roads,” said Inspector Ted Emanuels, “E” Division Traffi c Services, RCMP. “Police all across BC will be out in full force looking for impaired drivers at CounterAttack road checks.”
warm weather this summer, we’re asking you to also plan a safe ride home,” said John Dickinson, ICBC’s director of road safety. “Share the responsibility of being the designated driver. Ask yourself whether it’s your turn to get your loved ones home safely.”
campaign, visit icbc.com.
Do You Need A 2014 Business Licence?
District to consider whether there are Zoning/ALR/Property-Use restrictions, Building/Safety regulations, Health/Medical requirements, Environmental/Waste management, or other areas connected with the business activity to be respected by the applicant. Some activities may require authorization by the property owner or a criminal check. District staff often fl ag risks the operator may not have considered.
$46 - $98 range
Business header at the top of the site’s home page @
place in Houston without a 2014 Business Licence. Houston area business and business organizations have expressed concern that as a matter of fairness all business in Houston should be conducted under a business licence as required by the District’s Bylaw.
convenience. If you have questions or concerns do not hesitate to contact the Municipal Offi ce. The District of Houston looks to work with all business in Houston to aid their long-term business success.
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• Lost Dogs
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] Phone: 250-845-2238 Fax: 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
Upcoming Council Meetings:Tuesday, August 5, 2014Tuesday, August 19, 2014
The above meetings are held at 7:00pmin Council Chambers, 3367 – 12th Street.
The Agendas can be viewed on the District’s website: www.houston.ca
Leisure Facility Programs & Events:
Quarterly Utility BillingsYou will notice that effective
January 1, 2014 Annual Utility Billing ceased and all customers are now billed quarterly for the water, sewer and garbage user fees. The quarterly utility billings for Water, Sewer and Garbage will be billed as follows: March 31, June 30, September 30 and December 31 with payment 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. For your convenience, payments can be made online. To set up your online payment, search for Houston (BC) District of - Utilities through your online banking service provider. Please be aware that you can pay for the full year if you so desire.
Summer Reading Club: Ages 3-5 - Wed. Aug. 6th & 13th from 10-11 am Ages 6-8 - Wed. Aug. 6th & 13th from 1-2 pm Ages 9-12 –Thurs. Aug. 7th & 14th from 1-2 pm
The Summer Reading Club Wind-up & Awards will be held on Wed. August 20th from 1-3 p.m. and will feature a visit from children’s author Debora Broadhead, who wrote The Meaning of Life According to a Mosquito. Ms. Broadhead will be sharing excerpts from her book with the kids. Copies will be available for purchase after the reading. There will be crafts and games for the kids as well.
Mark Zagwyn Photography: Thurs. Aug. 21st from noon to 5 pm
Water RestrictionsAnnually from May 1st to October 31st the
use of water supplied through the District of Houston Water System, for other than domestic requirements, is restricted due to seasonal increases in water consumption and to ensure adequate water supplies for fi re fi ghting and domestic demands. Restricted uses include lawn/garden watering and will be imposed as follows:
EAST OF BUCK CREEK(example: Butler Avenue)
MAY water on even calendar days between the hours of 6:00 am to 10:00 am and 7:00 pm to 10:00 pm ONLY
WEST OF BUCK CREEK (example: Mountainview Drive)
MAY water on odd calendar days between the hours of 6:00 am to 10:00 am and 7:00 pm to 10:00 pm ONLY
2014 Property Taxes due
TOMORROW! (July 31st)Property owners are
reminded that taxes are due by 5:00 pm on July 31, 2014. Any amounts outstanding after
July 31, 2014 will be subject to a 10% penalty.
THE HOME OWNERS GRANT MUST BE CLAIMED BY JULY 31, 2014. If it is not claimed by this date the 10% penalty applies to it as well.
16th Annual Kids Triathlon - Sat. August 9th Swim, Bike and Run your way to success. Pick up your pre-race route information package at the Houston Leisure Facility. Pre-register for $20 or register on the day of the race for $25. Fun, prizes, food & participant t-shirt included. For ages 4-14 years old.
Swimming Lessons The next session of swimming lessons begins August 5th -15th Need a little bit of extra practice to complete a level? We offer 30 minute private lessons for $20(resident) $25(non-resident). Register today at the Houston Leisure Facility or call us at 250.845.7420 You can also � nd this information on the District of Houston Website at www.houston.ca or check out our Facebook page.
Toonie SwimsEvery Tuesday from 6:30 pm - 8:30 pm
Extended Summer Public Swim HoursMon/Wed/Fri 6 am - 8:30 pmTues/Thurs 9 am - 8:30 pm
Aqua� t Mon/Wed/Fri mornings at 6 am & 9 am sessions
Don’t See a Program that you Want?Is there a program you would like to see? Let us know.
For more information, prices or to register, please contact the Houston Leisure Facility @ 250-845-7420 or e-mail [email protected] or check out our website at www.houston.ca or you can Like us on Facebook! Go to Leisure Services – District of Houston to get all the latest information on programs and events around town!
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Leilah Wiebe won silver and Rebecca Ells won bronze in wrestling at the recent B.C. Summer Games.
By Jackie LieuwenHouston Today
Houston’s Leilah Wiebe won silver in the recent B.C. Summer Games wrestling.
Getting second against the top-� ve student wrestlers in B.C. was “pretty cool,” she said.
The competition was in Nanaimo July 18 to 20, and Leilah said her highlight was beating Serena Woldring from Vancouver.
“She was really
tough. She was THE GIRL to beat,” Leilah said, adding that she got a few bruises from Serena’s head-butts.
Leilah says she loves the matches and learns from her competitors. Her strategy is getting them on the ground.
“I’m really good at the ground work, so if I can get them on the ground then I can usually � ip them and try to pin them,” she said.
Rebecca Ells also wrestled at the Games and won bronze. Photos submitted
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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:
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Sundar Singh was born in 1889 to a very religious and wealthy family in India. He hated Christians and persecuted them during his early teen years. He even burned a Bible to show how he hated the Word of God. He was in line to inherit his father’s wealth yet he was not content. He became very depressed and one night in desperation he asked God to show himself to him or he would commit suicide. That night Jesus appeared to him in a dream and the sense of God’s presence and love for him was so real and overwhelming that he called to his father and woke him up saying that he had seen Jesus. His father told him that he was going crazy and that he should go back to sleep.
This experience with God changed Sundar’s life. He went to Bible school to learn more of this God who loved him so much. This incensed his father who told Sundar that he was to renounce his faith in Jesus or he would lose his inheritance. His family would not only disown him but they would consider him as if he had never existed. Sundar chose to follow Jesus and was cast out of his family.
Sundar loved the people of India and was compelled to walk around and tell people about Jesus. They called him Sadhu, meaning he was a holy man who taught spiritual things to them. Many turned to God, but he also suffered much persecution. He had no earthly possessions but God always supplied his needs. A few times he was beaten and left for dead but with the help of God and other believers he recovered and continued to tell others of his faith.
Later in his life, his father, seeing the change in Sundar and hearing the message of Jesus’ death and resurrection, also became a Christian.
Sundar even traveled to Tibet to tell of God’s forgiveness and love. On his � fteenth trip to Tibet he never returned. No one knows what happened to him but all knew he was in the hands of God.
Sadhu Sundar Singh, through faith in Christ, lost all his earthly rights and privileges to win a holy and eternal life with God. His greatest love was for Jesus, who loved him and gave him God’s love for others.
Jesus said “If you try to hang on to your life you will lose it. But if you give up your life for my sake, and for the Good News, you will save it. And what do you bene� t if you gain the whole world and lose your own soul? Is anything worth more than your soul?” Mark 8:35-36 NLT
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District employees Corbin Marcotte and Glen Farrell replace trees in the Houston downtown. The District is planting 17 trees in the downtown, with $600 funding from the Bulkley Valley Credit Union.
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By Jackie LieuwenHouston Today
“When you improve a community for seniors, it results in a community that’s better for everyone,” said Jessica Blewett to Houston council last Tuesday.
Blewett is the Principal Consultant for Western Canada Accessibility and Enablement Consulting and is in the middle stages of developing a Houston Age-Friendly Plan.
She said improving a g e - f r i e n d l i n e s s benefits all by giving i n t e rg e n e r a t i o n a l programs and i m p r o v i n g infrastructure, which helps parents with strollers and people with disabilities as well as seniors.
Blewett presented to council the findings of an age-friendly survey, which will be the basis for the Age-Friendly Plan to be finished in September.
The survey represented 67 households and 120 people, with 55 percent over the age of 65.
It covered mobility, housing, health and so-cial engagement.
MOBILITY“Most people walk
and drive in Houston now… but over the
next ten years those who see themselves driving falls from 58 households to 34,” Blewett said.
Survey respondents listed a variety of other transportation services they wanted in town, with most (42 people) wanting a reliable taxi service.
There were 27 who wanted transportation to local medical a p p o i n t m e n t s , and 25 to regional appointments. Public transit was desired by 22 people and 17 wanted accessible door-to-door pick up service.
Roadways was another issue, which Blewett said is integral to an age-friendly community.
Only 26 percent of respondents feel that
roads are well main-tained, but walkways 46 percent saying they were in good shape.
“That’s something to consider over the long term,” Blewett said.
R e s p o n d e n t s “feel pretty safe” in Houston, she said, with 95 percent saying they felt safe walking in the day.
As far as access to businesses, Blewett said 91 percent said felt they could access the Houston businesses.
HOUSINGOnly 12 percent of
respondents planned to leave Houston to retire and there are concerns about housing for those people, Blewett said.
“Only 21 percent
of respondents said they didn’t have stairs in their homes,” she said, adding that stairs, large homes and repair needs are often issues for people as they age.
The survey looked at housing people wanted in the future, and right now ten are looking for seniors housing, in five years 16 people expect to need seniors hous-ing, and 28 people in ten years. Most want seniors independent living units, but in ten years there’s desire especially for seniors independent living, subsidized supportive housing, assisted liv-ing, and complex care.
HEALTHMost seniors who
did the survey claimed to have good or very
good health, but Blewett said 38 percent had at least one person in their household with a mobility challenge.
“Support networks in Houston are excellent,” Blewett said, adding that 86 percent of respondants said they have family or friends to count on in times of need.
“The main area of concern here is the per-ception of health care,” she said
As far as health services, the survey found that 59 percent of respondents didn’t
feel that the health services here are sufficient for their needs.
Blewett said figuring out how to slowly build on the existing health services will be important for the
future.The top four health
services respondents wanted for Houston were home care, op-tometrist services, nurs-ing care and visiting services for isolated in-dividuals.
For community services, respondents said their top needs were winter yard work, delivery of goods and groceries, house cleaning and summer yard work.
SOCIAL ENGAGEMENTWhen seniors were
asked what social ac-tivities are important for them, most listed coffee and tea socials, games events, live mu-sic nights, luncheons, and art classes.
“The good thing here is that a lot of these
are already available in some capacity in Houston, so it’s just a matter of maintaining these,” said Blewett.
The top four sports activities seniors wanted in Houston were seniors indoor and outdoor walking programs, gentle yoga and seniors hiking.
For education pro-grams, seniors wanted computer courses, healthy living seminars, internet search courses, dementia care infor-mation and cooking classes.
Blewett said one
issue here was that many people didn’t know what was offered in Houston, so better communication could be something to consider for the future.
Summing up the findings of the survey and not denying that there are some “big ticket items,” Blewett said Houston is quite age-friendly compara-tive to a lot of places.
As far as improve-ments, “sometimes the things that make a re-ally big difference are the little things, from having new sources of information to hav-ing programs where seniors and youth get together,” she said.
“Focusing on age-friendliness can be a really good commu-nity resilience strate-gy,” she added, noting that resource-based towns rely on benefits of retaining seniors to make it through the economic cycles.
The Age-Friendly Plan for Houston will be finished in September, including specific recommendations and strategies for moving forward.
Older adults share ideas for making Houston more age friendly
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Police report two bikes stolen By Jackie Lieuwen
Houston Today
Police got a report of an assault at the Houston Trailer Park at 5:07 a.m. July 18. Cst. Mike Thom says police found it was a consensual � ght between two females. Injuries were minor and no charges were laid.
***Two bikes were
stolen from a home on Butler Avenue, reported at 10:20 a.m. July 18. Cst. Thom says one bike was later found in Buck Creek, and the other, a child’s white and blue pedal bike, is still missing. Anyone with information is asked to contact Houston RCMP at 250-845-2204 or Crime Stoppers at 1-800-222-8477.
***Police arrested
a male at 7:37 p.m. July 18 at Williams Crescent and Highway 16 East. Cst. Thom says police saw the male with someone he was not allowed to contact and charged him with breach.
The same male was arrested at 6:15 p.m. July 22 for consuming alcohol against conditions, said Cst. Thom. He was charged again for breach, held in custody for court, and sentenced to two days jail.
***A vehicle clipped
the side of a parked
pickup and trailer at a local gas station at 7:10 p.m. July 20. Cst. Thom says no one was injured, no charges were laid, but the truck and trailer damage was over $1,000.
***Police got a report
of missing boaters in Granisle at 8 p.m. July 21. Cst. Thom says six people went out � shing at 1 p.m. and were supposed to be home by 5 p.m. Police checked a few areas on the edge of the lake and found the missing boaters at 8:50 p.m. They had decided to stay out longer and didn’t tell anyone, Cst. Thom said.
***Police are
investigating a domestic assault at 10 p.m. July 21 at a home on Hagman Crescent. Cst. Thom says the suspect was gone when police arrived but they found the victim with minor injuries, claiming she was punched several times. Charges are expected, Cst. Thom said.
***Police got report
of a possible domestic assault at a local motel at 11:15 a.m. July 23. Cst. Thom says police found the room patrons under the in� uence of alcohol and uncooperative. The patrons were from out of town and were told to leave town because they were not wanted at the motel.
Sullivan employees Jen Howard and Nadyna Monkman run the grill for the Sullivan’s fundraiser barbecue Saturday. The barbecue raised money for the Cops for Cancer tour. The climax of the Sullivan fundraiser will be a “Jail and Bail” on August 16, where local business owners will be jailed at Sullivan’s until enough bail is posted for their release.
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Bartholomeus Henri (Bert) Breuer, born 04 March 1933 in Kalisat, Java, Indonesia, passed away 20 July 2014 at the Bulkley Valley District Hospital, Smithers, B.C., Canada.
Bert was well known for his love for the Lord, family, friends, and acquaintances alike, his passion for the outdoors as an avid hunter & fisherman, and skill for his hand-crafted knives.
Bert was predeceased by his wife, Elisabeth, and is survived by his children Bart, Lita, Donné (Trudy), and Pete (Deanna), and by his grandchildren and great-grandchildren.
The funeral service took place in the Fellowship Baptist Church in Houston, B.C., on Saturday, 26 July with Pastor Mike McIntyre officiating. Bert was laid to rest beside his wife Elisabeth in the Houston Municipal Cemetery.
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Thank youBev Lyons and family wish to thank the
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Your support and friendship is very much appreciated.
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“Turning � fty
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Brewstir’s Café is looking for a new team member. We are looking for a self motivated, work oriented individual to fill a Monday - Friday day shift position. Applicants must have
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