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Barriere Girls win U12 Title at Inaugural Knock’em Out of the Park

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The Barriere U14 and U12 girl’s teams competed in the Knock’ em Out of the Park tournament hosted by Kamloops Minor Fast-ball at the Tournament Capital Ranch in Ra-leigh this past weekend.

The U14 team was 2-1 in the round robin portion of the tournament, and fell just short in their quarter final game. MVP’s for the round robin games were Madison Kerslake, Lauren Tremblay and Meghan Booth.

The U12 team went 3-0 in the round robin portion of the tournament, and went into the playoffs as the number one seed. The girls de-feated Vernon in the semi-finals and in a very close contest defeated the Kamloops Krush-ers by one run in their last at bat of the cham-pionship game. MVP’s for the round robin games were Rachel Veitch, Nikki Storey and Mackenzie Ransome.

Trista Stamer and Ariel Lofto won gold playing with the Kamloops S.W.A.T U16 team.

Congratulations to all the Barriere girls.Coming up on June 20- 22, the Barriere

girls will be hosting the Softball BC Regional Championships at the Barriere Ball Parks. Volunteers are still needed for concession, fields and scoring. If you can help please call Barriere Minor Ball and Phil Ransome at 250-672-5846.

(Top) Barriere Girls U12 softball team catcher Monica Lee against the Kamloops Krushers during the Knock ‘em Out of the Park tour-nament at the Tournament Capital Ranch in Raleigh.

(Right) The Barriere Girls U12 softball team; pic-tured are Nikki Storey, Desiree Ewert, Macken-zie Ransome, Julie Hendricks, Georgia Clough, Rachel Veitch, Desiree Keller, Monica Lee, and

Jordan Genier, with coach Phil Ransome.

Submitted photos: Louisa Lee

The Barriere U14 and U12 girl’s teams

Forest Practices Board gets 10

year report cardWork still in progress

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2nd Annual Bike Challenge

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Gold medals for all

Provincial carpet bowling

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Government of British Columbia and Xplornet Partner to Bring Affordable High-Speed to Remote B.C. Residents.

Xplornet Communications Inc. is pleased to announce a partnership with the government of British Columbia to help bridge the urban/rural digital divide in rural and remote British Columbia.

The initiative is a multi-year program to make Internet connectivity more affordable in rural and remote areas where installation costs can be high.

The program will provide a subsidy of up to $250, or half of the cost of an installation of broadband equipment to new residential and business customers within Xplornet’s industry leading 4G rural broadband satellite footprint. This will significantly reduce the costs of installation, costs that may have been a barrier to the adoption of high-speed Internet.

“The government of British Columbia deserves significant praise for a program that helps break down one of the last barriers to full connectivity in the province – namely the high cost of broadband installation in remote parts of BC. Now, even the most remote British Columbians can affordably benefit from the transformative power of high-speed Internet to connect them to the global economy,” said Xplornet President Allison Lenehan.

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VERNON - Access to reliable high-speed sat-ellite Internet just became more affordable for rural and remote British Columbians who don’t have access to traditional broadband service.

Under the BC Broadband Satellite Initiative, a $2 million dollar investment by the B.C. gov-ernment, remote areas of B.C. where wired or wireless broadband service is not currently avail-able will have more affordable access to the latest satellite Internet technology.

Government has partnered with Xplornet Communications Inc. and local installers to pro-vide quali� ed British Columbians with funding assistance for up to 50% of installation costs up to a maximum of $250.

The program will bene� t residents where sat-ellite technology provides the only option for a high-speed Internet connection.

“We’re excited to be working with the B.C. government and local installers to help bring af-fordable high-speed satellite Internet to families who would otherwise not be able to take advan-tage of the bene� ts of a broadband connection. This new program will help ensure that everyone

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By Tom FletcherBlack Press

VICTORIA – B.C. government of� cials say the latest problems in their new computer system for child protection � les are being � xed after a week of disruptions, but the province’s independent child advocate says she’s heard that before.

Mary Ellen Turpel-Lafond told a committee of MLAs Wednesday that the Integrated Case Man-agement (ICM) computer system hasn’t worked consistently since it was put in place two years ago. The system records information for social workers on threats to children, court protection orders and general information on social assistance and chil-dren in government care.

The latest failure may have left safety warnings unrecorded, and social workers could be entering a home without knowing if there are weapons or other threats, Turpel-Lafond said. She called for an independent review of the $180 million computer system to see if it is adequate.

“They launched this, and it didn’t work,” Turpel-Lafond said. “It couldn’t print a report for court for six months. Furthermore, it has been launched in other jurisdictions and failed. The same product was used in Australia and didn’t work.”

Citizens’ Services Minister Andrew Wilkinson assured reporters Wednesday that the ICM system had been restored to full operation. That changed by the afternoon question period, when NDP critic Carole James said calls were still coming in about system failures. Wilkinson said the system was be-ing “rebooted” again after another crash.

Children and Family Development Minister Stephanie Cadieux said social workers have back-up protocols when the computer system is down for power failures or other emergencies. They take reports on paper and phone urgent information to other of� ces, as they do when ministry of� ces are closed, Cadieux said.

Social Development Minister Don McRae said regular social assistance payments were processed normally on April 24, and his ministry staff have the ability to issue emergency assistance payments as needed by issuing paper cheques.

Turpel-Lafond said she had a call in the past week from a father of three young children who couldn’t get a payment because no one in the of� ce knew how to issue a cheque. And she said the loss of domestic violence warnings for social workers and police is an ongoing problem.

“Everybody who works in the child welfare safety system knows that you need to keep good identifying information about the adults in a child’s life,” Turpel-Lafond said.

James said there have also been reports that emergency meal vouchers and grocery cards were not available from social assistance of� ces due to recent problems with the ICM system.

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Representative for Children and Youth Mary Ellen Turpel-Lafond speaks to reporters at the B.C. legis-lature last week.

Child advocate says protection system failing

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A $50,000 grant from the Ministry of Health will assist the Mountain Resort Municipality of Sun Peaks determine the viability of an expanded health-care centre, Minister Terry Lake announced last week.

“The Sun Peaks Mountain Resort Municipality, Sun Peaks Health Association and the community have been working hard at promoting their vision of an expanded health centre for families, residents and tourists,” said Lake. “This funding will help outline the business case for an expanded health centre.”

The Sun Peaks Health Association created a temporary health centre in 2002 to serve the com-munity. The existing health centre is currently run out of a modular building consisting of a recep-tion area, a physician’s of� ce, an examining room and a washroom, and is staffed by volunteers and physicians.

“The Sun Peaks community is extremely pleased that this funding will support us to move forward with planning,” said Sun Peaks Mountain Resort Municipality mayor Al Raine. “We’re excited to get moving on the project that will support the health of

our visitors and area families; however we all want to make sure that we have a business model that makes sense.”

As the local and tourist communities continue to grow, the Sun Peaks Health Association and munic-ipality want to ensure they are proactively planning to meet long-term needs.

The Sun Peaks service area includes Whitecroft, Louis Creek Valley and Hef� ey Lake, and the popu-lation varies greatly from season to season due to visitors and seasonal employees, from 400 perma-nent residents year round to over 5,000 in the winter.

According to the municipality, in 2012-13 the health centre, ski patrol and � rst responders with the Sun Peaks Fire and Rescue handled approximately 2,000 patients.

Now, with $50,000 in funding provided by the Ministry of Health, the municipality of Sun Peaks will be able to develop a plan for a comprehensive emergency care and health services centre.

The municipality will match the $500,000 that the Sun Peaks Health Association has raised, and has committed to undertaking a major fundraising campaign to raise an additional $1.5 million to sup-port an expanded facility.

Vision for Sun Peaks Health Centre underway

By Jeff NagelBlack Press

Several agricultural businesses are vowing to defy Multi Mate-rial BC and refuse to pay into the new package recycling system.

Kelvin McCulloch, CEO of the Bucker� eld’s chain of farm supply stores, said his � rm and other mainly garden suppliers will try to develop their own stew-ardship program to collect and recycle their packaging in compli-ance with provincial government regulation.

He said he’s abandoned hope the government might freeze the MMBC system, set to take effect May 19, and added a court chal-lenge is one option if setting up a separate program proves unwork-able.

Several letters sent by � rms in-cluding Eddi’s Wholesale Garden Supplies, Cinnabar Valley Farms and Cobs Breads have gone to government serving notice they won’t comply.

McCulloch maintains MMBC is an illegitimate, unaccountable “monopoly” that businesses have been “coerced” by the province to join because there’s no real alter-native.

Higher fees than are charged by a similar package-and-paper recycling scheme in Ontario is a key complaint.

But Environment Minister Mary Polak said misinformation about the program is rampant in the business community and much of it is coming from Mc-Culloch.

“He refuses to listen to the information provided him,” she said, adding Bucker� eld’s is likely largely exempt from MMBC fees because most of its products go to farms, not consumers.

Likewise, she said, many other businesses wrongly believe their fees will be much higher than is the case, due to either low � at fees or exemptions for all but the larg-est generators of packaging.

The decision to make compa-nies whose packaging enters the waste stream responsible for the costs of handling it was a nation-al agreement with other environ-ment ministers, she said.

Those who want to go their own way can still pursue an al-ternative stewardship system, Polak said, adding breweries are advancing their own system and talks are also underway with the newspaper industry.

Polak said MMBC can’t be subject to provincial audits – as McCulloch has demanded – be-cause it is not an arm of govern-ment, but is regulated and ac-countable as a non-pro� t.

She said organizations repre-senting dairy farms, landscaping

and nursery � rms, as well as the B.C. Agriculture Council, are now part of an MMBC advisory council.

As for demands for a freeze on the program, Polak said that’s not possible.

“We are way too far down the road to be pausing it,” she said.

Doing so would stop the roll-out of curbside blue box pickup to smaller communities that haven’t had it before, throw into chaos collection arrangements in cities where MMBC is set to take over and block the � ow of MMBC payments to most mu-nicipalities that will continue as contractors under the new sys-tem, she said.

“If suddenly you told the Capital Regional District they’re going to have to � nd $4.8 million, I don’t think anyone would � nd that very acceptable.”

Asked if businesses that don’t pay into MMBC will soon face provincially imposed � nes, Po-lak said enforcement may vary according to how much waste is generated.

“Tim Horton’s is part of the program,” she said. “If they hadn’t signed on maybe there’s a more serious discussion about penalties than if you’re dealing with a medium-sized � ower grower or something like that.”

Polak says province won’t bend to MMBC holdouts

Farm and garden suppliers eye own recycling program

Several agricultural businesses

A $50,000 grant from the Ministry of Health

Polak says province won’t

Spring clean upGlenn and Micki Andrews spent the morning last Thursday tidying up the � ower bed underneath the Church of St Paul sign in Barriere.


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Editor ia l ; by Tom Fletcher

Transport system can handle diluted bitumen

VICTORIA – The B.C. government has rolled out its ambitious overhaul of the public education system, from kindergarten to graduate school, much to the horror of its left-wing establishment.

The formal title is B.C.’s Skills For Jobs Blueprint: Re-engineering Education and Training. It’s designed to dovetail with the Harper regime’s Canada Job Grant that requires employers to co-sponsor training spaces so they will hire the students at the end.

Elementary and middle school curriculum is being revised to increase emphasis on hands-on experience. High school and post-secondary skilled trades programs are getting more money, but it’s going to be shifted from under-performing pro-grams that don’t lead to jobs.

Premier Christy Clark took another swipe at the bias of B.C.’s system before heading to Malaysia, Singapore and Hong Kong on another lique� ed natural gas sales trip. She noted that 20% of B.C. students, and nearly half of aboriginal stu-dents, don’t � nish high school.

“Not only are there kids who don’t graduate, there are kids who graduate, go out and get one or two credentials before they � nally � nd their way into a skills training program,” said Clark, who had her own wander through university cam-puses before going into politics.

A couple of weeks ago, Simon Fraser University president Andrew Petter downplayed the “relatively small” skilled trades shortage for B.C. industry.

“We should not be engaged in a zero-sum kind of battle for dollars,” Petter protested. That’s exactly what he and other university executives are looking at, and it will be based on the latest graduate employment data and labour demand forecasts.

One of the key architects of this sweeping plan is Jessica McDonald, who shook up the public service while serving as Gordon Campbell’s deputy minister.

Her report on trades training con� rms what Campbell’s critics in the labour movement have long said: the government’s 10-year experiment with the Industry Training Authority is a rudderless mess.

“Certain partners, particularly organized labour, feel marginalized,” McDon-ald wrote. “Others, particularly employers and employers’ associations, do not feel heard within the system. Over the recent past, several new directions have been introduced such as de-regulation of trades and modular training that have caused strain because they were not fully inclusive during development, were seen to ben-e� t single interests, and they impacted the whole system.”

The ITA board is being replaced, with union representation restored, and advi-sory councils from industrial employers will update their hiring needs.

The B.C. Federation of Labour and the construction unions have all but aban-doned the NDP after Adrian Dix’s disastrous pitch for urban anti-industry votes last year. B.C. Fed president Jim Sinclair was an early advocate for rescuing skilled trades from the second-class status they received in a culture � xated on university for two generations.

That culture has created glaring problems. There are too many institutions of-fering the same courses. As with health care, block funding is handed out without any serious effort to measure the results. For many students, university has become an extension of adolescence, � nding one’s self through philosophy or � lm studies.

Employers get their share of blame from McDonald. Not only did they chop up trades training to make it cheaper to obtain, their preferred source of skilled workers has been to poach from other employers who paid to train them.

Skills-based employment data will be made public for students to make career choices. Finally, students coming out of high school will have a way to assess what they can expect after $50,000 or more is spent on higher education.

It’s about time.Tom Fletcher is legislature reporter and columnist for Black Press. Twitter: @

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‘Vocational school’ back in style

To the editor;Re: Columns by David Black, ‘The greatest

threat to the B.C. environment in our lifetime’ (April 22) and ‘The Kitimat re� nery proposal: safe pipelines, light fuels and B.C. jobs’ (April 28).

Continued safe marine and pipeline transport of hydrocarbons is in everybody’s interest so Ca-nadians can realize value for resources and oil producers can continue to deliver jobs and eco-nomic bene� ts. No one wants a spill of any prod-uct at any time.

The performance track record over the past 50 years is good, but even still, work is ongoing to improve prevention and ensure producers, trans-

portation companies and spill-responders have the best information available to manage prod-ucts safely and make the best plans possible for response, containment and clean-up in the event of an incident.

Black’s articles incorrectly suggested the Cana-dian oil industry is not interested in the proposed re� nery project and that transporting diluted bi-tumen is more risky than transporting other types of oil because of its chemical properties.

Fact is, oil producers are seeking increased ac-cess to existing and new markets – in Canada, the

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United States and internationally – to satisfy mar-ket demand for increasing Canadian oil produc-tion. All options to achieve that goal are worthy of study.

And diluted bitumen – oil sands bitumen dilut-ed with natural gas liquids that allow it to � ow – is no more dangerous than other types of crude oil.

Chemically, there’s nothing about diluted bi-tumen the transportation system cannot be pre-pared to manage. Whether it moves by pipelines or tankers, diluted bitumen meets all the same speci� cations and behaves the same as other crude oils.

Oil � oats on water if it has an API gravity above water’s 10 degree API gravity. Diluted bi-tumen has an API gravity of 20-22 degrees. Any type of oil spilled in water, eventually “weath-ers” and can be driven below the surface by waves or currents. Diluted bitumen behaves the same way.

There have been several scienti� c studies com-pleted on diluted bitumen. Earlier this year, the

federal government released a research study that demonstrated diluted bitumen � oats on salt water – even after evaporation and exposure to light.

The study was commissioned by Environment Canada, Fisheries and Oceans Canada and Natu-ral Resources Canada as part of the government’s plan to implement a world-class prevention, pre-paredness and response regime for marine trans-portation. Results of the study will be used to inform spill responders and help guide more re-search.

Our industry is focused on responsible de-velopment of Canada’s resources. We welcome transparency on our safety and environmental performance, based on sound science.

As producers, we transport oil with care and attention at all times. We expect all transportation providers to deliver safe services in a responsible manner.Greg StringhamCanadian Association of Petroleum ProducersCalgary

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Diluted bitumen too dangerous at sea

To the editor;In a letter to this

paper Greg String-ham, on behalf of the Canadian Association of Petroleum Produc-ers, makes assertions about the behavior of diluted bitumen (dil-bit) in salt water that are at best half-truths.

He states that dil-bit � oats on salt water and that it is no more dangerous at sea than other types of oil. That is wrong. It is more dangerous at sea, and in� nitely more so than re� ned fuels like diesel and gasoline.

What Stringham doesn’t mention is that the same report from Environment Canada that he quotes from, goes on to say that dil-bit sinks in seawater when there is sediment present. Another study by a top U.S. environ-mental chemist, Jeff Short, says the same thing. It was � led by the Gitxaala Nation to the National Energy Board in March 2013, so Stringham is well aware of it. That study says animal and plant matter like plankton, as well as sediment, cause the dilbit to sink.

Our entire coast has sediment and plankton in abun-dance. All our rivers are glacial and full of silt. Plankton is omni-present, which is why the whales are here, and shallow seas like Hecate Strait throw up huge amounts of sedi-ment from the bottom in storms.

Dilbit will sink in our waters if there is a spill and it will harden up like caulking mate-rial on beaches and the intertidal zone. The in-tertidal zone includes large mud � ats in the midcoast because the tidal range is more than 20 feet there. How would we ever get them clean again?

Stringham also says our Canadian oil industry is interested in the Kitimat re� n-ery idea. That is news to me. I have talked to all the companies and there is no inter-est whatsoever. That is why I am spearhead-ing the project. It will keep dilbit out of tankers and provide an enormous value-add for BC.

Canada’s oil indus-try needs a west coast

pipeline. Coastal First Nations, the Yinka Dene First Nations, Prince Rupert, Kiti-mat, Terrace, Smith-ers, the provincial and federal NDP, the federal Liberals, the provincial and federal Green Party, many blue collar unions and the majority of folks in B.C. are against Northern Gateway’s idea of putting dilbit in tankers.

A re� nery is eco-nomically viable. Why is it so hard for our oil industry to see that the way forward is to build a green re� nery which will cut greenhouse gases by 50%, create thousands of jobs, generate billions of new annual taxes, and gain acceptance for a safe pipeline?David BlackKitimat Clean, Black Press

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District of BarriereNOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARINGMay 26, 2014 at 7:00 p.m.District of Barriere Zoning Bylaw No. 111

A formal Public Hearing has been scheduled for 7pm on May 26, 2014 at the “Ridge”, 4936 Barriere Town Road, Barriere BC regarding the proposed comprehensive Zoning Bylaw No. 111.

The District has received input from the citizens of Barriere during multiple public round-table discussions, neighbourhood meetings, “mail out notices” to proposed zone change residents, and at the Public Open House last month. The District of Barriere Zoning Bylaw No. 111 has received first and second readings from Council. Before giving the Bylaw subsequent readings and final adoption further public consultation is sought by Council.

The purpose of a Public Hearing is to allow the public to make representations to the local government respecting matters contained in the proposed bylaw. All citizens of Barriere including persons who believe that their interest in property is affected by the proposed bylaw, shall be afforded a reasonable opportunity to be heard or to present a written submission respecting matters contained in the bylaw that is the subject of this Hearing.

A property map showing the proposed property zoning is available for you to review and provide comment to Council. There may be proposed changes to your current zoning in order to accommodate more appropriate uses in your neighbourhood. It is your responsibility to check your property on the map and provide any comments regarding the proposed Zoning Bylaw that you may have and/or any changes you would like to see as part of this comprehensive Zoning Bylaw process.

A copy of the Draft Zoning Bylaw and Map are available for review on the District’s website (www.barriere.ca) and at the District Office (4936 Barriere Town Road). A written summary of proposed amendments to the current draft to date are also available by request or online.

Written submissions can be delivered in person to the District Office (4936 Barriere Town Road), by fax (250-672-9708), by email ([email protected]) or by mail (P.O. Box 219, Barriere BC, V0E 1E0) by Monday, May 26th, 2014 at 4pm.



The provincial gov-ernment is providing over $1.6 million in new grants to control the spread of invasive plants, Forests, Lands and Natural Resource Operations Minister Steve Thomson an-nounced Saturday.

The 29 grants are being given to local governments, regional invasive species com-mittees and the Invasive Species Council of B.C. to assist their activities and support the objec-tives of the provincial Invasive Plant Program.

This funding is in ad-dition to the $809,000 already earmarked by the Ministry of Forests, Lands, and Natural Re-source Operations for invasive plant control and management in 2014-15.

Regional invasive species committees, the Invasive Species Coun-cil of B.C., local govern-ments, provincial gov-ernment ministries and stakeholders all work together to raise public awareness of invasive plants, survey and map invasive plant popula-tions, and actively treat high-priority sites to control the spread of invasive plants.

Funding has also

been granted to the In-vasive Species Council of B.C. to assist with provincial collabora-tion, co-ordination and communication, devel-opment of best man-agement practices, and expanded methods to increase awareness and reporting of invasive species.

The Invasive Spe-cies Council of B.C. is based in Williams Lake. Regional committees are non-pro� t societies that serve as forums for land managers and oth-er stakeholders to co-ordinate invasive plant treatment activities and participate in outreach and educational oppor-tunities.

There are currently 13 regional invasive species committees in the province. Invasive plants are species that have been introduced into British Columbia from other areas. They displace our native veg-etation and can cause considerable economic and environmental damage, and some pose a health risk to people.

Invasive plants may disrupt natural eco-systems, reduce bio-diversity, increase soil erosion, alter soil chem-istry and adversely af-fect commercial crops.

Minister of Forests, Lands and Natural

Resource Operations Steve Thomson says, “The provincial govern-ment actively contrib-utes to the conservation of wildlife habitat and works hard to protect the interests of British Columbia’s ranching and agriculture indus-tries. These grants will help local governments and regional organi-zations minimize the spread of harmful inva-sive plants.”

Barry Gibbs, chair, Invasive Species Coun-cil of British Columbia commented, “Invasive species impact British Columbia’s commu-nities in many ways. Whether it’s the cost to our agriculture industry or a loss of natural bio-diversity, invasive spe-cies are a concern. The support provided by the ministry is vital to the efforts of our council and our partners to pre-vent new introductions and respond to existing populations of invasive species. Since the ma-jority of B.C. is Crown land, the government’s support is also critical for promoting collab-orative action across administrative bound-aries.”

Invasive Plant Pro-gram grant distribution for 2014-15 within the Souhern Interior:

* Invasive Spe-

cies Council of B.C. $180,000

* Lillooet Regional Invasive Species Society $30,000

* Regional District of Central Okanagan $13,000

* Regional District of North Okanagan $35,000

* Regional District of Okanagan-Similka-meen $15,000

* Okanagan and Similkameen Invasive Species Society $63,300

* Southern Interior Weed Management Committee $115,000

* Thompson-Nic-ola Regional District $24,000

The Invasive Plant Program identi� es sites where invasive plant species have been found and responds rapidly to contain and eradicate them before they be-come established and start spreading.

Currently, some of the most intru-sive plants in B.C. are marsh plume thistle, European common reed, garlic mustard, knotweed, and Spar-tina. Other targeted species include orange and yellow (non-native) hawkweeds, knapweed, giant hogweed, blue-weed, common tansy, tansy ragwort, hoary alyssum, � eld scabious, leafy spurge, purple loosestrife, yellow � ag iris, Himalayan balsam and Scotch broom.

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Program: http://www.fo r. g ov. b c . c a / h r a /plants/index.htm

Inter-Ministry Inva-sive Species Working Group: http://www.for.gov.bc.ca/hra/invasive-species/index.htm

Invasive Species Council of British Co-lumbia: http://www.bc-invasives.ca

$1.6 million to � ght invasive plants

The purple coloured marsh plume thistle (Cirsium palustre) is currently, one of the most intrusive plants in B.C. Introduced from Europe, this is a biennial that germinates in the � rst year, and grows up to 2m tall. It typically has a single, slender unbranched stem with a cluster of purple � owers at the top, with the the upright stem evenly covered in spiny wings. Populations have been increasing recently in east-central B.C.

Hoary alyssum grows to 0.7 m and has white � owers carried on long slender stalks. Oval seedpods are � attened and held close to the stem. Leaves are grey-green in colour. Upper leaves are small and also clasped close to the stem. The entire plant is covered in star-shaped hairs. Hoary alyssum tends

to increase in forage crops following drought or winterkill. Horses consuming this plant may be troubled with fever, limb edema, and laminitis. Most common on sandy or gravelly soils, hoary alyssum establishes in dry, disturbed habitats, such as roadsides and railway embankments. It is also found on meadows, pastures, and hay � elds. It occurs in south central and southeastern BC in the Okanagan, Thompson, and Kootenay agricultural regions. It is spread by seed. The plant emerges early in spring and continues to � ower and pro-duce seed until frost.

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The third annual Festival of Wellness was held at the Barriere Elementary School in conjunction with the Ready Set Learn on May 1, 2014. Families who attended had the opportunity to meet local professionals working to promote health and wellness, as well as have their children screened for various health and developmental milestones. We are indebted to all of the organizations and individuals who attended the event to offer their expertise and support, as well as all of the volunteers who helped organize and run the event.

We’d like to extend our sincere thanks to all of the businesses and organizations who donated prizes that were raffled off during the Festival; A&W, Aboriginal Engagement Success by 6, AG Foods, Barriere IDA Pharmacy, Barriere and District Food Bank, Chrystlee’s Hair Salon, Estylo Salon, Interior Savings and Credit Union, Insight Tire, Lift the Lip, Nature’s Fare, North Thompson Fall Fair Rodeo Association, North Thompson Valley Learning and Literacy, Sam’s Pizza, Success by 6, Sweetnams, Timbermart, The Knights Inn, The Station House Restaurant, and The Wildlife Park.

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The ten-year-old Forest and Range Practices Act, aimed at reducing cost and complexity for industry while maintaining high environmental standards, has been partly implemented and is working in most situa-tions. However, some aspects of implementation are not complete or are not working as well as expected and improve-ment is needed, according to a Forest Practices Board report issued May 7.

“Now that 10 years have passed, we felt it was timely to inform the public about how well the act is working, based on our audits and investiga-tions,” said board chair Tim Ryan. “We have published over 250 reports as part of our over-sight of industry practices and government enforcement of this legislation. That body of work says a lot about what’s working well and where the is-sues are.”

“Our work shows that for-est practices generally comply with the legislation, subject to the recent increase in non-com-pliances we have been � nding in audits and investigations,” said Ryan. “But the determina-tion of whether those practices achieve government’s objec-tives is still a work in progress.”

The report provides ob-servations and ratings for the components of the legislative framework concluding that:

* Government objectives for forest and range values have not been fully established, and some are unclear.

* Forest stewardship plans required under FRPA have lim-ited usefulness for either plan-ning or the public engagement they are supposed to encour-age.

* Some forest practice re-quirements are not clear.

* Government compliance and enforcement is not as thor-ough as it once was.

* Monitoring and evaluation of the effectiveness of practices could do more to encourage improvement to the regulations and operational performance.

The report also includes ad-vice on what needs to be done to achieve the intent of the legislation and ensure B.C. has sound forest and range prac-tices that warrant public con� -dence.

The Forest Practices Board is B.C.’s independent watch-dog for sound forest and range practices, reporting its � ndings and recommendations directly to the public and government. The board investigates and re-ports on current forestry and range issues and makes recom-mendations for improvement to practices and legislation.

The concept of an inde-pendent oversight board was developed as part of the For-est Practices Code in the early 1990s. The code was created in response to public con� ict

and confrontation over forest-ry that culminated in the 1993 ‘War in the Woods’ at Clayo-quot Sound. The board’s role was to provide assurance to the public, and to foreign markets, that industry would follow the strict new forestry legislation and that government would en-force it.

When the Forest and Range Practices Act replaced the For-est Practices Code in 2004, gov-ernment recognized the board as an important component of forest management oversight in B.C., and continued its man-date in the new legislation.

The board consists of a full-time chair and � ve to eight part-time members, appointed by Cabinet. Members are ap-pointed to provide a diverse range of backgrounds and experience in forestry-related matters and do not represent a particular stakeholder commu-nity. To ensure independence, the board provides reports to the Minister of Forests, Lands and Natural Resource Opera-tions at the same time they are provided to the public and the minister does not approve the reports before they are pub-lished. The board also has its own separate budget.

The ombudsman and the auditor general of B.C. can in-vestigate board activities and operations.

All board reports are avail-able on the Internet at: www.fpb.gov.bc.ca

Forest Practices Board gets 10 year report card

The ten-year-old Forest and

Thompson Nicola Regional District

The Thompson Nicola Board of Directors meeting held on May 8 covered a number of items on the agenda, with highlights as follows:

On April 17, a recommendation was passed to increase tipping fees for disposal of house-hold refuse and Demolition & Land Clearing (DLC) materials at TNRD solid-waste man-agement facilities. Bylaw 2454, 2014, was ad-opted, which means that tipping fees in the TNRD will be comparable to surrounding regional districts, as required by the TNRD Solid Waste Management Plan.

The contract for the construction of the site works at the 70 Mile Eco-Depot was awarded to South Cariboo Ventures Ltd., for a maxi-mum price of $500,258.63 plus applicable taxes.

The Dangerous Dog Control Service came into effect Jan. 1, 2014. In the � rst quarter of operating the service, approximately 15 calls were responded to either over the phone or in person. Three of the calls have resulted in in-vestigations. One of the investigations has led to issuing a letter of warning.

A referendum is scheduled for June 21 to

obtain the electors’ opinion on the establish-ment of the Spences Bridge Community Park and Recreation Financial Contribution Ser-vice Area.

The Lytton Legion building will be upgrad-ing its heating system, insulation, and electri-cal and plumbing � xtures with money from the Federal Gas Tax Revenues – Community Works Fund from Electoral Area “I” (Blue Sky Country). The Gas Tax Funds will provide up to $35,000 for the various upgrades.

Three referrals were received from Front-Counter BC for Investigative Licenses en-abling assessments, studies, and the collec-tion of wind data to assess viability of wind power generation in numerous mountain sites in Electoral Areas “M” and “N”, with all sites being on Crown land.

Director Willow Macdonald received sup-port from the Board to request a meeting with Steve Thomson, Minister of Forests, Lands and Natural Resource Operations, to discuss the issue of closure of the CN gate at the Mud River Road crossing. The closure is affecting a number of user groups. The Ministry of For-ests, Lands and Natural Resource Operations is responsible for Mud River Road.

Highlights of May 8 TNRD Board MeetingHighlights of May 8 TNRD Board Meeting

The Thompson Nicola Board of Directors

FriendsThese two girls were spotted ‘pet sitting’ last weekend. They say the rabbit is treated just like the dog, and both go travelling everywhere with the owners, who were in town for the Canadian Barrel Racers Association’s event at the Agriplex.

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Barriere, B.C. / May 6, 2014 – The members of Alexa’s Team have delivered on their prom-ise to the family of Al-exa Middelaer, and oth-er families that have lost loved ones to drinking driving, by signi� cantly reducing the number of alcohol-related motor vehicle deaths in BC.

In recognition of their diligence and suc-cess enforcing the im-paired driving laws of this province, ICBC, the Justice Institute of BC and the Middelaer fam-ily are honouring the 313 of� cers who form the 2013 Alexa’s Team at four events held in Surrey, Greater Victo-ria, Kelowna and Prince George.

In 2010, The Mid-delaer family challenged the RCMP, Municipal police of� cers, and the Ministry of Justice and Attorney General of British Columbia to reduce the number of deaths caused by alco-hol impaired driving by 35 per cent by the end of 2013, the year Al-exa would have turned 10-years old.

The 52 per cent de-crease in alcohol-related motor vehicle deaths announced by the Min-istry of Justice in Febru-ary, represents 190 lives saved. Drinking and driving fatalities have dropped signi� cantly over the past three years and Alexa’s Team mem-bers were responsible for almost 50 per cent of the impaired driving enforcement in BC in 2013.

In 2012, Beirness and Associates Inc. con-ducted their bi-annual roadside survey to mea-sure alcohol and drug use among BC drivers. The � ndings indicated

that the levels of drink-ing and driving were the lowest ever recorded with 8.3 per cent of drivers testing over .05 blood alcohol content. The study also indicated that patterns of drug use by drivers were more consistent than alcohol use with 7.4 per cent of drivers testing positive for drug-impairment.

Alexa’s Team mem-bers have been working just as diligently on the drug-impaired driving front removing 231 driv-ers impaired by drugs from the roads in 2013.

Constable Jesse Wilkins of the RCMP Detachment in Barri-ere was one of those rec-ognized at the Kelowna ceremony. Constable Wilkins total impaired drivers removed from the roads was nine. All nine were drug im-paired.

“Alexa’s story re-minds us that B.C.’s tough approach to drinking and driving is in place to protect fami-lies, and it was in her memory that we � rst brought in our tough drinking driving laws,” said Attorney General and Minister of Jus-tice, Suzanne Anton. “Thanks to the many police of� cers who en-force the law and keep us all safe from injury and death on the road, 190 more people are alive today. The Prov-ince is honoured to help recognize and thank this year’s new members of Alexa’s Team for their

.service to British Co-lumbians.”

RCMP “E” Division, OIC Enhanced Traf� c Services Programs, Insp. Ted Emanuels stated, “The 313 members of Alexa’s Team, from the RCMP and munici-pal police departments across the province, have risen to the challenge and demonstrated that commitment to a noble cause can save lives and make the roads of B.C. safer for all of us. Our objective remains to work with our road safety partners to elimi-nate impaired driving as a cause of fatal and seri-ous injury collisions.”

ICBC Director of Road Safety, John Dickinson said, “We want to thank all of the dedicated police of� cers on Alexa’s Team for their exceptional com-mitment to getting im-paired drivers off our roads. We’re proud to be part of this remark-able initiative that has helped save countless lives. We can all do our part to keep roads safe – plan ahead if your ac-tivities involve alcohol and arrange for a desig-nated driver, call a taxi or take transit.”

Since 2008, Alexa’s Team members have processed more than 50,000 impaired driving charges and penalties, and the number of team members has grown signi� cantly, from 26 to 1,321, and includes of� -cers from all regions of the province.

Submitted photo:

Barriere RCMP Constable Jesse Wilkins is a member of the 2013 Alexa’s Team from the south east region of B.C. (pictured), who were recently honoured in Kelowna for keeping a promise to Alexa’s family and reducing alcohol-related motor vehicle deaths by 52 per cent in B.C.

Alexa’s Team honoured for delivering on promise to familyBarriere RCMP Constable one of many contributing to 52 per cent decrease in alcohol-related motor vehicle deaths

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As you can tell, the work on the col-lection portion of the wastewater sys-tem has started once again.

The contractor for the archeological study is also working to see if there are any sites that may require more investigation.

This work is be-ing done by dig-ging a trench with a backhoe, and once the soils have been checked the trench is filled in.

The District real-izes that this work may cause some in-convenience to resi-dents, and we ask that you please be patient. Both con-tractors are doing their best to get the work done in a timely fashion.

The spring melt has started and the District will be check-ing the condition on the dikes within District boundaries. If you have prop-erty that is adjacent to a dike you may see workers on the dike doing this work. Again we would ask that property owners understand that ac-cess is needed to do this work, and try to accommodate access as needed.

As I have men-tioned previously the Barriere Search And Rescue (SAR) team is looking for a per-manent home. The District council has agreed to allow the SAR group the use of a portion of land just behind the Fire Hall and adjacent to the wastewater treat-ment plant. Hope-fully they will be able to start construction on their new building soon, and be able to occupy it before win-ter. They may have to do some fund raising in the next while and I would urge those that can contribute be as generous as possible.

Speaking of being generous, I noticed that a good number

of residents attended the recent fund rais-ing events put on by our recently created local Barriere First Responder Society. They have hosted ev-erything from a car wash and hot dog sale, to a spaghetti dinner with all the trimmings. By all ac-counts the results of their fund raising ef-forts were very posi-tive.

As part of Emer-gency Preparedness week all of our local Emergency Services groups had a display at the AG Foods lo-cation. Many thanks to all those that con-tributed both time and money to the cause. Your continu-ing help is much ap-preciated. We all have a huge debt to all of the Emergen-cy Service members that give so much of themselves to keep us safe.

The District is still working on the re-cently proposed zon-ing bylaw. The Pub-lic Hearing for this bylaw will be held during the regular council meeting on May 26. This hearing will provide the last chance for public in-put prior to council considering adopting the bylaw. There is no reason to wait for the public hearing though, as staff will gladly take your con-cerns or suggestions prior to the hearing date. The bylaw is available on the Dis-trict website.

The District coun-cil directed staff to seek out funding sources for some of our larger projects. They currently are exploring the pos-sibility of applying for a Western Diver-sity Grant for funds to service the lots in our recently acquired industrial park. There is a need for at least water to all of the sites. The wa-ter would have to be both potable and for fire protection. One thought is to have a split system and install a plant that would only treat so much of the water. This way the amount of treated potable water can be pro-vided at a reasonable cost.

A few years ago a well was drilled on the land, but once it became clear the Dis-trict was not going to get possession of the property for some time the project was stopped. The well was not flow tested, and no screens were installed during that time. Consequently we do not have any data around what the yield of the well might be at this time. The existing reservoir has yet to be checked

by an engineer to see if it can be used. If it does prove to be sound and can be put to good use, that will save some money go-ing forward.

It is spring at last and we all want to be outside enjoying our-selves. There are some regulations around � res. To that end, please note that burn-ing restrictions are in place as of May 15.

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Young bike riders need helmetsThe volunteer built BMX track next to AG Foods in Barriere is gaining

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Preparedness weekAl Fortin for his incredible leadership with the fund raising

AG Foods for your continued support.The Barriere Legion for letting us use your basement and

kitchen for the spaghetti dinner.A huge thanks you to Chris and Ashley Wohlgemuth for

all the cooking and the help with the fund raising. Thank you to Christie Dionne for baking all the great pies.

All our faithful members and volunteers and especially Todd English, Drew McMartin and Steve Brunner.

The fundraising week brought the First Responders over $1700.

We thank the community of Barriere for standing behind our first responders society in our quest for keep our community safe and healthy.


Mother’s Day weekend in Barriere

STAR/JOURNAL photos by: Jill Hayward and Elli KohnertBarriere was a busy

place over the Moth-er’s Day weekend with events and interesting happenings all over the community. Our pho-tographers were kept hopping trying to catch a shot from each event. Here is some of their work:

(Above) Barriere First Responders’ Spaghetti Dinner fundraiser on Saturday in the Legion basement was enjoyed by all, especially (l-r) Liam and Aiden Murphy.

(Right) Chef Bob Sorenson piles on the

ham for Lorraine Sequin during the Mother’s Day

Breakfast on Sunday at the Legion

(Above) Doug Davis marketed a number of his handmade fold up tables at the North Thompson Garden Club’s Annual plant sale at the Bandshell on Saturday.

Fancy girls, horses and trailers could be foundat the North Thompson Agriplex Canadian Barrel Racers weekend event.

(Left) Teamster Mark Ralko (l) drove his team to Barriere on Saturday to pick up some grain and give a few wagon rides. Before heading home he also stopped off at the Spaghetti din-ner at the Legion, with friend Uli Migl, before heading back up Dixon and home.


2nd Annual Bike Challenge bene� ts youthNorth Thompson Star/Journal

Teens, � rst responders, and volunteers joined together on Apr. 27 at the Rural Living Expo and Trade Show in Barriere to build four bicycles in a team challenge environment that is now in its second year.

Expo manager, Jill Hayward, initially launched the challenge idea in 2013, and thanks to a grant for $500 from the 911 Golf Tournament, as well as two $100 donations, this � rst time event became a successful reality. So much so that it was held again this year, thanks again to a generous $500 grant from the 911 Golf Tournament, and � nancial support from Barriere Timber Mart.

“We once again purchased four BMX youth bikes and helmets,” said Hay-ward, “Then, with the help of our Expo team and volunteers from the RCMP, the � re department, a Simpcw First Nation Band Councillor, a volunteer from the crowd, and area youth, we ended up with a great event that was a fun and rewarding event for all concerned.”

Hayward said each team had four members which included two youth, at least one � rst responder and/or one other adult. Each team member had a speci� c job to complete (some under blindfolds), construction of the bicycles was timed and scrutinized by judges, and each bicycle had to be test ridden by a team member completing a short course outside. After the event, all of the bicycles, after being checked out, are to be awarded to youth within the area.

“We wanted the challenge to not only be about team building between youth and the community, but to bene� t our youngsters as well,” said Hay-ward, “Organizers, team members, and spectators had a lot of fun with this event, there’s no reason why we can’t bring it back for a third year in 2015.”

(Above) Spectators cheered on the competitors as each team rushed to put their bike together.

The � rst place team certi� cates went to (l-r) Tashina Ault, Landon Pearson, Gordie West, and RCMP Cst. Evan Cadwallader. (Below) Third place went to (l-r) Seanna Armstrong, Tina Donald, Kaley Jones, and Fireman/First Responder Todd English.

(Above) Second place team certi� cates went to (l-r) Al Fortin, Sebastion Sabyan, Nick Koester, and a Barriere RCMP member.

(Right) Runners Up in the event; (l-r) a much appre-ciated volunteer from the audience, Pax Gregory, RCMP Cpl. Darin Underwood, and Kelly Dionne.

STAR/JOURNAL photos:

Jill Hayward

Teens, � rst responders, and volunteers joined together on Apr. 27 at the


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Ladies Golf Report

By Leslie Stirling

After a rainy week-end I was sure that the weather on Tuesday, May 6, would be lousy but when we took to the fairways the sun was shining.

There was a wind blowing, and some-times it helped. Some-times it didn’t.

My cohort, Debbie Rainer is away for a couple of weeks, but fortunately Donna Sal-le and Lynda Fournier helped me out.

I do get myself in a bit of a � ap when Deb-bie leaves me in charge, so thank you to all the ladies who put up with me.

Speaking of ladies, we had 30 lovely ladies turn out for our sec-ond ladies’ night of the season. We � nished with supper in the club house. It will need to be a bit warmer before we can enjoy the fes-tivities on the patio.

Marla Muldoon scored a fabulous 41 to win low gross in Flight 1 and she took home the birdie pot for a birdie on Hole 1. Donna Salle won the low net for Flight 1. Flight 1 was sponsored by Thompson Val-ley Awards. Armour Mountain Of� ce Sup-plies sponsored Flight 2. The low gross win-ner was Jeannie Web-

ber with a 52 by ret-rogression and Linda Ransome won low net. Carl’s Market Garden sponsored Flight 3 winners Irene Beeton (62) and Helen Fraser (63).

I did get a chance to write my name on a couple of pins but la-dies gol� ng behind me drove further or putted further, so there was no prize with my name on it at the end.

A number of ladies did pick up prizes. Helen Fraser had a lucrative golf round. She was closest to the golfer on Hole 1 (Bar-riere A&W); had a long putt on Hole 5 (Pottery by Ramona) and used the least putts (14) to win the Stamer Logging prize.

Barb Brodie was her alter ego taking home the prize from Interior Savings Credit Union for most putts (27). Donna Salle took home two prizes - KP on Hole 6 (Camp-bell & Company) and Closest to the Trap on Hole 8 (Shais Design). Marla Muldoon had a KP on Hole 4 (EBL Ventures) and a long

putt on Hole 9 (Station House Restaurant). Fiona Clare won the Barriere Timber Mart prize on Hole 2 for a long drive in 2. Ilke Marais picked up the Barriere Massage cer-ti� cate for a long drive in 2 for Flight 1 on the same hole. Betty Foote had a nice long putt on Hole 3 (Crys-tlee’s Hair Design) and Carol Willox had a KP on 4 (Bondar For-est Planning). Carol Hindle had a long drive on Hole 5 to win the Country Store An-tiques prize. Evelyn Lucas took home the Estylo Hair Design certi� cate for long putt on Hole 5 while her gol� ng buddy, Brenda Carl had a KP on Hole 6. Linda Ransome got that KP in 2 on Hole 7 and took home the Knights Inn prize. Irene Beeton had a long drive on hole 8 (Rainer Custom Cut-ting) and Jeannie Web-ber had the long drive on 9 to win the Val Bella Studio prize.

A number of ladies received new balls and tees from Barb and Carman Smith to re-place the ones they drove into the gully.

I � nished off the evening by dropping all the door prize num-bers on the � oor and into the prize box. Took me a while to � nd them all, and a number of ladies went home with a gift. Not me...all I can say is “My day will come”.

Sunshine makes anappearance on course for Ladies’ Night Golf

After a rainy week-

For The Record:

A headline on page 12 of our May 8, 2014, issue should have read, “Cowboy from Louis Creek wins ai Vanderhoof”. We apologize for any confusion this may have caused.

Zone 2 cleaned house at ProvincialsThe Carpet Bowling Provincial Championships were held last weekend in Prince George, with teams competing from all over B.C. A number of competitors from Barriere and Little fort attented to represent Zone 2, and all of them came away with gold medals. Pictured are the area’s gold medalists: (l-r) Ernie Yungen and Hector Denton won gold for the pairs; Louis and Anke Zijderveld, with Nina Clearwaters won every one of their games to earn the gold in threes; Pete and Linda Verhoeven with Jack Livingstone won silver; and to wrap it all up Little Fort’s team of Ernie Yun-gen, Hector Denton, Jack Livingstone, Pete and Linda Verhoeven won gold in the 4’s. Well done!

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Time to boogieDonna Robinson spins her mount around a barrel during the Canadian Barrel Racer’s spring event held in the North Thompson Agriplex. Robin-son was one of approximately 100 competitors who came to compete for multiple prizes and a $2500 purse.


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By Elli KohnertNorth Thompson Star/Journal

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

carve on it!” He notes that near-

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

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

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

ist on selling his work through craft fairs.

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

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

Nature plays a large part in Art by Ecki

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

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

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

STAR/JOURNAL photos: Elli Kohnert

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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Eleanor Deckert

While cooking supper one evening, I ran out of propane. I stepped outside to gather an armload of kindling and lit the wood cook stove fire. The meal didn’t mind the interruption.

My seven-year-old, newly aware of earn-ing, counting, saving and spending money, looked up at me with eyes near tears, worry furrowing his brow and asked, “Mommy, are we poor?”

“Oh, no, Honey,” I assured him. “I simply have more than one way of doing things. There are lots of things I can do to take care of our family that don’t cost any money.”

But it got me think-ing. Have you ever asked your parents about things you don’t understand about your childhood?

This “a-ha” from a daughter of Family “A”:

“My parents raised chickens. When I com-plained (as an adult) to my Mom that I had had to eat that horrible make-me-gag oatmeal every day for breakfast when we had hens and I could have eaten eggs, she replied, ‘We ate the eggs for supper. We were poor.’”

With eyes and smile fondly recalling her childhood, a member of Family “C” shares:

“We were never ‘poor.’ But my Mom sure was thrifty. She made all of my clothes until I was in eighth

grade. She often took apart her dresses and made something out of the fabric for me.”

One women learned in Family “F”:

“My Mom taught me never to be caught out. She always had supplies in a well stocked pantry and I do, too. Also, I learned to never waste anything. I wash out margarine tubs to use to store food in the freezer, etc., etc. I never throw anything away if I can think of another way to use it. That doesn’t make me ‘poor’, it makes me ‘resourceful.”

Here are some little girl memories from

Family “M”:“I grew up in Blue

River and we were probably one of the poorest families there but never knew it. My parents worked very hard for the little they earned and of course most of their income went into their mortgage, as it was important to them to own their own home. They were very proud of their home, even though it was sparsely furnished for the longest time with the barest of necessities, but it was always well kept.

"Our Father grew the most beautiful gardens from flowers

to veggies and in the fall we canned a lot of food like meat and fish we caught. I remem-ber knowing we were poor when I was about six, because one of the girls I played with lived in a dumpy house and they had three kids like us, but they also had a TV and a car and we didn’t. We also ate a lot of things like chicken livers, lima beans, etc. and a lot of my friends didn’t. Looking back, I wish we still lived in these times that were very rich in family, tradi-tions and small town living.”

Contributed from Family “S”:

“I have a story about my Mom getting our family through a tough time in the late 60s. My Dad was a bit of an adventurist and somehow he had bro-ken his leg. Dad was a logger and of course could not work for six months or so. Mom (as were most Moms of that day) was a stay-at-home Mom raising their three chil-dren. Mom to the res-cue! She baked bread, hot-cross buns, cin-namon buns etc. and sold them from her kitchen. She worked non-stop. It was nice coming home from school and smelling the fresh bread bak-

ing but I’m sure she was happy when Dad at last could return to work. A short story indeed but I learned lots about my Mother and her way of being able to solve any prob-lem that came along.”

Son of Family “J” relates these details from his Mother’s life:

“My Mother was born in 1930 and lived through the Depression. My grandparents were moving by horse and wagon from Manitoba to northern Alberta and Grandma was pregnant so Mom was born in Edmonton along the way. They were dirt poor and lived in conditions I cannot describe. Mom only got to Grade 8 but was wise beyond her years. No ‘City Life’ for her on the farm out in the coun-try. Her aunt bought clothes for her and a secondhand doll. I still have the doll. She gave it to my wife before she passed. It is in tough condition made with a ceramic head and straw stuffed body. That doll was like a million bucks to a poor girl.”

Old-timer from Family “B” remem-bers:

“My wife went to town and I had to watch the kids. The baby was just at that getting into trouble age. So, I nailed his diaper to the floor so he’d stay put.”

Family “W” lived the same lifestyle as most people before the paved highway came

through the North Thompson Valley:

“We had no elec-tricity, running water, indoor plumbing or TV. We used wood or coal, even sawdust in a hopper to heat our house. If you were lucky you might have a tube type battery operated radio to lis-ten to. We even used an icebox frig for a while. CNR supplied ice that went in the ice house covered in sawdust. Mom had to heat water on the stove so we could bathe. The cleanest person went first in a tub and down the line as all the water had to be heated first and carried in from a barrel.”

When he was a young lad in Family “R” they had lots of fun:

“For entertain-ment we had a windup gramophone or Dad would sing for us. We played outside in the dirt or in the snow making caves. Also, I would take apart Japanese orange boxes to make things from the wood and the small nails I saved.”

A more recent “Are we poor” story from the Mom of Family “Y”:

“When my three girls were in high school they referred to our television situ-ation as “Welfare TV” because I refused to get cable. They spent their after school time doing homework instead of watching Much Music and that’s what I was shooting for.”

Answering the question: “Mommy, are we poor?”

Five-year-old James Walford, his mother Elizabeth and three-year-old brother Neil entertain themselves by going on a picnic near McMurphy west of Jensens’ on the old highway. Photo by Victor Walford


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This Victoria Day long weekend, campers are encouraged to go on an adventure - travel to a new park, explore a different trail, or try a new outdoor activity. The long weekend marks the unof� cial start of camp-ing season, and is a great oppor-tunity to explore B.C.’s provincial parks.

Campsites and reservations are in high demand over the May long weekend, and campgrounds near big cities � ll up quickly. Through Discover Camping, the province’s camping reservation system, visi-tors are able to reserve individual campsites up to three months in ad-vance of arrival date.

First-come, � rst-served camp-sites are still offered in many campgrounds for visitors without reservations, while group sites are available up to 12 months in ad-vance. Reservations can also be made through the call centre at 1 800 689-9025 for a surcharge of $5 (plus tax).

Bookings are up almost 14 per cent in 2014 - 41,154 to date com-pared to 36,038 this time last year. Some of the most popular parks in-clude Haynes Point and E.C. Man-ning in the southern interior, Rath-trevor Beach on Vancouver Island, Cultus Lake in the Fraser Valley, and Shuswap Lake in the Okana-gan.

Visitors are encouraged to fre-quently check availability in BC Parks by visiting the Discover Camping website at: www.discov-ercamping.ca. Here, campers can get started by entering desired pref-erences into the system and using the quick date section to � nd long weekend availability.

Discover Camping’s interactive system allows campers to view the

layouts and amenities at 109 reserv-able campgrounds in 97 provincial parks throughout British Colum-bia.

There are plenty of new activi-ties and upgrades at many provin-cial parks.

These continuous improvements are sure to guarantee a fun-� lled BC Parks’ experience.

* Later this summer if you’re on Vancouver Island, be sure to check out Goldstream Provincial Park’s new playground and child-friendly bike trail.

* Visitors to Rathtrevor Beach and Goldstream provincial parks can now enjoy new picnic tables, new washroom facilities and more signs, improving accessibility and mobility for visitors.

* Emergency cabins at the Bow-ron Lake circuit, a world-class ca-noeing opportunity, continue to be upgraded for the safety of adven-turous backcountry visitors.

* Washroom facilities at Mount Fernie are seeing upgrades, and the campgrounds and day-use areas continue to be improved at Mabel Lake and McDonald Creek camp-grounds.

Don’t forget to pick up a free BC Parks Passport at any visitor centre in B.C. and most provincial parks. These passports are a great way for families to have fun and experience new places, while collecting stamps and stickers to earn great prizes. Passports also include advice on trip planning and Visitor Centre coupons.

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withMaking Pictures

J ohn Enman

Leading an outdoor lighting photography workshop

I always enjoy the en-livened interaction that happens when a student of photography makes the decision to partici-pate.

During a workshop my job is to present in-formation on the sub-ject, and keep things going. I don’t like to be a demonstrator on stage, and rarely pick up a camera during the workshops I lead; that is left to the participants.

Those are the words I used when I was dis-cussing the � rst of two workshops I am lead-ing on the use of off-camera lighting. The � rst two-day workshop was about lighting in a studio and was held in a well-equipped pho-tography location where I introduced how dif-ferent lighting tools are used for portrait pho-tography.

I have now � nished the � rst of a two-session outdoor lighting work-shop where the par-ticipants were surprised when faced with using many of those same lighting tools outside.

This workshop was about using light out-of-doors, and I think returning participants were struck with how straight forward light-ing is inside compared to outside. In the studio

one synchronizes the camera’s shutterspeed to the studio � ash and uses the aperture to de-termine the exposure of the light re� ecting off a subject. However, out-of-doors a photog-rapher is faced with ad-ditional variables and must balance the natu-ral ambient light with an off-camera � ash, and when using � ash effec-tively it is more about creating and controlling shadows than � lling them.

The weather was not willing to co-operate very much. It had rained all night and although the day brightened up some, a cold breeze from fresh snow in the mountains made us shiver when it wandered through our work-shop space every now and then. Nonethe-less, crappy weather or sunny days, it’s all about adding light, so in spite of the cool damp weath-er, the ten participating photographers and our intrepid model, Bailea, de� antly (maybe hope-fully is a better word) stepped out of the warm studio and into the constantly changing light of day. In this light-ing workshop we dealt with the key aspects of outdoor portrait pho-tography, such as under-

standing exposure, how photographers would learn to control depth of � eld, and to gain off-camera � ash techniques that would transform their outdoor portraits into something special. And, as with my last workshop, there was ex-citement as participants got down to business and weren’t at all shy about getting shoulder to shoulder in a process of experimenting with and exploring outdoor lighting.

I had off-camera wireless � ash setups in three locations, a large barn, a meadow beside a turn of the century horse buggy, and in the long grass where an old abandoned Cadillac

rested. The photogra-phers put each location to good use, and now I am looking forward to the next session.

The few images I have seen so far are ex-cellent, and I am certain spending another day helping and watching each photographer’s progress is going to be a lot of fun.

These are my thoughts this week. Contact me at www.enmanscamera.com or [email protected]. Stop by Enman’s Camera at 423 Tranquille Road in Kamloops. And if you want an experienced pho-tographer please call me at 250-371-3069. I also sell an interesting selec-tion of used photographic equipment.

During a recent out-of-doors photography workshop with John Enman, photographers were faced with creating and controlling shadows.

John Enman Photo

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Former Clearwater-based Conservation Officer Kevin Van Damme was one of 11 members of the Conservation Officer Service recently pre-sented with Peace Officer Ex-emplary Service medals.

Environment Minister Mary Polak joined the Hon-ourable Judith Guichon, Lieu-tenant Governor of British Columbia, as she presented the medals to the conserva-tion officers during their an-nual recertification training on May 2.

“The Peace Officer Exem-

plary Service Medal is a tan-gible way to honour dedicated conservation officers for their years of outstanding public service,” said Guichon. “It is an honour to congratulate them on this achievement and thank them for their dedica-tion and courage.”

As peace officers, conser-vation officers with 20 years of outstanding service may receive the exemplary service medal.

An expert in predator at-tack investigations, Van Damme enjoys sharing his experiences and knowledge amongst his colleagues and

the communities he serves.A former fisheries officer

in Quesnel, Van Damme has spent 22 years as a conserva-tion officer in Surrey, Clear-water and presently Kam-loops.

Van Damme enjoys spend-ing time with his wife of 22 years, Coleen, and their three teenaged sons: Brock, Cole and Reid. An avid sports en-thusiast, Van Damme enjoys hunting and fishing.

He has coached several teams in the BC Summer Games, as well as provincial and western Canadian cham-pionships.

The other COs who received the medals were Chris Doyle, inspector; Adam Christie, re-tired sergeant; Len Butler, ser-geant; Steve Jacobi, sergeant; Greg Kondas, sergeant; Tobe Sprado, sergeant; Gord Gud-branson, conservation officer; Peter Pauwels, conservation officer; and Don Stahl, con-servation officer

British Columbia’s Conser-vation Officer Service is the Province’s primary responder to human-wildlife conflicts where there is a risk to public safety, conservation concerns or where significant property damage has occurred.

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Former Clearwater-based Conservation Officer Kevin Van Damme is receiving an exem-plary service medal.

Ministry of Environment

campers are encouraged to go on an adventure - travel to a new park, explore a different trail, or try a new outdoor activity. The long weekend marks the unof� cial start of camp-ing season, and is a great oppor-tunity to explore B.C.’s provincial parks.

in high demand over the May long weekend, and campgrounds near big cities � ll up quickly. Through Discover Camping, the province’s camping reservation system, visi-tors are able to reserve individual campsites up to three months in ad-vance of arrival date.

sites are still offered in many campgrounds for visitors without reservations, while group sites are available up to 12 months in ad-vance. Reservations can also be made through the call centre at 1 800 689-9025 for a surcharge of $5 (plus tax).

cent in 2014 - 41,154 to date com-pared to 36,038 this time last year. Some of the most popular parks in-clude Haynes Point and E.C. Man-ning in the southern interior, Rath-trevor Beach on Vancouver Island, Cultus Lake in the Fraser Valley, and Shuswap Lake in the Okana-gan.

quently check availability in BC Parks by visiting the Discover Camping website at: www.discov-ercamping.ca. Here, campers can get started by entering desired pref-erences into the system and using the quick date section to � nd long weekend availability.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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No matter how challenging it may be, slow down and give yourself time to reflect, Aries. You’re always on the go, but it’s important to slow down every now and then.

There is no need to figure out all of the answers in the next few days, Cancer. If something is on your mind, then take your time to weigh all of your options.

Libra, hold tight to your beliefs this week and don’t let anyone sway your opinion. You will serve as an example to others who bend whichever way the wind blows.

Capricorn, you are ready for a well-deserved vacation or retreat. But you can-not run away from your responsibilities this week. Just hold out a little longer.

Your finances seem to be a constant source of aggrava-tion, Aquarius. This week you are ready to take care of business and ham-mer out a foolproof budget.

Taurus, steer clear of added responsi-bilities this week, as you already have enough on your plate. Some alone time might be worth its weight in gold.

It could be challeng-ing to be playful and lighthearted this week, Leo. Take every situation seriously and give ample thought to each and every decision you must make.

Scorpio, you may not have all of the solutions, but rest assured that you have been moving in the right direc-tion. An interesting conversation illumi-nates the situation.

Pisces, your energy level will be quite high, making it vital for you to do something produc-tive before your stamina slows down.

You’re not easily overwhelmed by intense people or things, Gemini. Use this resilience to sail through a par-ticularly challenging task that gets sent your way this week.

Make the best of a delicate situation at work, Virgo. Although you may not be ready for more responsibility, your reaction will be noticed by your bosses.

You have gained a new sense of purpose, Sagittarius, and you’re ready to put some of your plan into action. Expect a few raised eyebrows, but most people will be recep-tive.

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100th Anniversary

Exploring our RootsIf you haven’t picked up the incredible written and photographic compilation of the North Thompson Valley’s history in the book “Exploring Our Roots”, you are seriously missing out.

Even for those who aren’t history buffs or possess a nostalgic disposition, you will be hard pressed to not find yourself smiling at the antidotes, chuckling through the stories and awed with recognition of the valley we call home as it was decades prior to today.

This amazing book was spearheaded by the Barriere and District Heritage Society and for this special year only, Barriere’s 100th An-niversary, you can pick up your copy for a reduced rate of $50.00 (Reg. $65.00) at Armour Mountain Office Services in Barriere. What a perfect gift for Mother’s Day!

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May 21 - Crime Stoppers meeting, 6pm @ NTVIC (the Ridge), all welcome.

May 23 - BSS Grad

May 26 - Barriere Hospice Annual Walk 6:30 at the Ridge

June 7 - Flea Market at the Seniors Centre 10-2pm $10 table rental call Liz 250-672-9337

June 15 - NT Fish & Game Club Fishing Derby @ Fadear Park.

June 27 - NTFF&R Ambassador Program, Speech, Talent & Fashion Show. 7pm Lions Hall $5

Aug 20 - Crime Stoppers meeting, 6pm @ NTVIC (the Ridge), all welcome.

Aug. 22 NTFF&R Ambassador Coronation

Army Cadets - 2941 RCACC Cadet Corp. - ages 12-18. New Recruits Welcome. Hethar McIntosh 250-587-0027.

Adult Day Program: Mon. & Wed. 9-2. Lunch, crafts & music at the Seniors Ctr. Sherry Jardine 672-5121

After School Program: Mon.-Fri. 3-6pm @ Ridge (NTVIC room). For info call 250-672-0033.

Baha’i Night: Fri., 7:30pm, @ Marge Mitchell’s 672-5615.

Barriere & District Heritage Society: 3rd Wed. of mth, 1pm at NTVIC in the winter, at Museum in the summer.

Barriere Farmer’s Market. Every Thursday. Sam’s Pizza & Rib House Hwy 5. 10am-2pm (May - Nov.)

Riding Club: Apr-Oct: 3rd Thurs. 7pm at NTVIC. www.barrieredistrictridingclub.com. Darcey 250-318-9975.

Cancer Support: 672-9263, 672-0017 or 672-1890

Choir: Thurs. @ Christian Life Assembly, Annesty Rd. Youth 7-18 3:30pm; Adults 19+ 6:30pm. Leah 250-957-8440.

Curling Club: Oct.-Mar. Curling, league & bonspiels.

Drop In Art. Fridays 11:30am-2:30pm at NTVIC end of Sep to Mar (except holidays). Nominal fee.

Barriere Elementary PAC: 1st Wed. of mth, 6:30pm, call 672-9916 or Leesa Genier at 320-3629.

Barriere Fibre Arts: Tues., 6:30pm at NTVIC

Barriere Fire Dept.: Firehall, Thurs., 7pm

Barriere Food Bank: Wed.. 672-0029

Genealogy: Every 1st & 3rd Friday of the mth at the Library, 6-7pm, except Jul/Aug. 250-672-9330.

Barriere Hospice: Loans out handicap equip. 250-672-9391.

Photography Club. Shelley Lampreau 250-672-5728.

Community Quilters: 2nd & 4th Thurs. of mth, 2pm at the Barriere Food Bank. Judy 250-672-5275 or Fran 250-672-2012.

Barriere Search & Rescue: 2nd Tues. of mth, 7pm. Training on 4th Tues. of mth, 7pm.

BSS PAC & Booster Club: 1st Tues., 5:30pm. 250-672-9943.

Survivors of Brain Injuries: John 250-372-1799.

Bethany Baptist Church Prayer: Every Tues., 7pm.

Carpet Bowling: Mon, Wed & Fri., 9:30am-12 @ Little Fort Hall.

Community Kitchen: Call Dede 554-3134.

Community Soup Day: Christian Life Assembly on Annesty Rd. 3rd Mon., 11:30 am.

Crib: Mon. & Fri. 1-4pm @ Little Fort Hall.

Family & Caregivers Group: 1st Mon. of the mth, 10am @ Ridge, kitchen. Info call 778-220-5930.

Gambler’s Anonymous: 250-374-9165 or 250-374-9866.

Heffley Creek Acoustic Coffee House: 3rd Fri. every mth 7pm. Call 578-0056.

Literacy Tutoring: Learn to read FREE. Jill Hayward 319-8023.

Little Fort Recreation: 1st Thurs. each mth 7pm

LNT Catholic Women’s League: 2nd Sat. each mth, 9am at St. George’s. Call 250-672-9330 for info.

McLure Rec.: 1st Wed. each mth at 7:30pm McLure Firehall. Except Jul & Aug. 250-578-7565 for info.

McLure Fire Dept.: 2nd & 4th Tues., 7pm, Firehall

Men’s Floor Hockey: Tues., 8-10pm at Barriere Sec.

NT Fish & Game: 4th Mon. each mth 7pm NTVIC. 672-1070

NT Valley Hospice: 3rd Tues, 11am, Little Fort Hall. 672-5660.

Quilting: 1st Tues, 10am @ Little Fort Hall.

Safe Home: Get away from domestic abuse, call 250-674-2135 (Clw) or 250-682-6444 (Barriere).

From KitchenMyBy Dee

Ham, Egg and Cheese Crescent RollsIngredients:2 (8 ounce) tubes of refrigerated crescent rolls16 thin slices honey ham4 large eggs, scrambled2 cups shredded cheddar cheese

Directions: Preheat oven to 375 degrees F. Remove the crescent dough from the tubes. Separate at perforations and place crescent triangles onto large cookie sheets. 8 per cookie sheet. Roll up each slice of ham and place one piece onto the wide end of the crescent. Top ham with a little bit of scrambled egg and 2 Tablespoons of shredded cheese. Starting at the wide end,

carefully roll up each crescent towards the point. Bake for 12-14 minutes, or until golden brown. Serve and enjoy!

Salt & Vinegar Roasted Potatoes5 cups water 3/4 cup white vinegar 1/4 cup malt vinegar, plus more for serving Coarse salt 1 + 1/2 pounds russett potatoes, cut into ¾” cubes 2 tbsps extra-virgin olive oil, plus more for greasing the pan 1 tsp cornstarch fresh black pepperIn a large saucepan bring the water to a boil. Remove from heat & stir in both vinegars & 1 tbsp salt. Stir to dissolve the salt then add the potatoes & cover with

a lid. Let sit 1 hour. After an hour preheat oven to 425F. Grease a large baking sheet with oil or line with parchment � rst then grease. Drain the potatoes & blot dry with paper towels. Add them to the baking sheet & sprinkle with cornstarch. Toss. Drizzle 2 tbsps of oil over top & massage into the potatoes with your hands. Spread them out in one layer & sprinkle generously with salt & lightly with pepper. Bake 20 mins then toss & spread out again. Bake 15 - 20 mins more until fork tender & lightly golden. Serve with additional malt vinegar if desired.

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SUMMER EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITIES SEASONAL PARKS/PUBLIC WORKS WORKER

The District of Barriere is looking to hire an experienced individual to work in our parks department and occasionally assist in other departments. The position is full time from May 22, 2014 to August 29, 2014. Remuneration will be between $14 and $16/hr, dependent on qualifications. Knowledge of gardening, landscaping and grounds maintenance would be considered an asset. Mechanical aptitude, reliability, neat appearance and excellent customer service skills are a necessity. Occasional weekend work is a possibility.

Your application should include a resume with a cover letter explaining why you meet the qualifications. Applications for the seasonal parks/public works worker position must be received by the District of Barriere office on or before 9:00am Tuesday, May 20th, 2014. Interviews for select applicants will be held at the District office May 20th - 21st. Email applications are accepted.

The successful applicant will be required to provide his/her own CSA approved steel toed boots, have a valid BC driver’s license and be required to complete a criminal records check.

SUMMER STUDENT PARKS POSITIONSThe District is also looking to hire two high school students to work in the parks department from June 30, 2014 to August 29, 2014. Positions are for seven hours a day, four days a week, starting at $10.25 -11.00/hr. Mechanical aptitude and knowledge of gardening, landscaping and grounds maintenance would be considered an asset. Reliability, neat appearance and excellent customer service skills are a necessity.

Your application should include a resume with a cover letter explaining why you meet the qualifications. Applications for the summer student positions must be received by the District of Barriere office on or before 4:00pm Monday, June 2nd 2014. Email submissions are accepted.

The successful applicant will be required to provide his/her own CSA approved steel toed boots.

Questions can be directed to Dustin Doherty at the District of Barriere office at 250.672.9751 or emailed to [email protected].

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Help WantedCustomer Service Rep • Full Time • Knowledge of Hardware & Building Supplies an asset. • Basic computer knowledge. • Please drop re-sume at Rona, 213 W. Old N. Thompson Hwy, Clearwater. No phone calls please.

HAY FARM/RANCH: Caretak-er wanted at Little Fort, BC. Duties include operating irriga-tion system, haying help, yard maintenance, etc. Some me-chanical aptitude would be benefi cial. Salary commensu-rate with experience, but we can train. Ideal for semi-retired farmer/rancher. Good housing available. Reply by email to: [email protected] or phone Frank at 250-456-2387 or 250-706-9005.

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VICTORIA - Pro-vincial health of� cer Dr. Perry Kendall has released new HIV testing guidelines for health-care providers in B.C. to encourage all British Columbian adults to get tested.

The guidelines - the � rst of their kind in Canada - build on B.C.’s aggressive � ght against HIV/AIDS and recommend that HIV testing be part of the regular tests offered to adult patients. This will help more British Co-lumbians infected with HIV be diagnosed ear-lier and get them the life-saving treatment they need.

“British Columbia’s reputation as a glob-al leader in the � ght against HIV/AIDS is growing because of the development of in-novative programs and guidelines like these,” said Health Minister Terry Lake. “Dr. Ken-dall’s guidelines will help remove the stigma some associate with HIV as B.C. continues to set a standard for care and treatment of this disease.”

At present, only pregnant women are routinely offered HIV testing - a program that has virtually eliminated HIV transmission from mother to child in Brit-ish Columbia.

The new HIV test-ing guidelines recom-mend that practitio-ners offer an HIV test:

* Routinely, every � ve years, for all pa-tients aged 18 to 70 years.

* Routinely, every year, for all patients aged 18 - 70 who be-

long to populations with a higher burden of HIV infections.

* Once at age 70 or older if the patients’ HIV status is not known.

And, offer an HIV test to patients includ-ing adults 18 - 70, youth and the elderly, whenever:

* They present with a new or worsening medical condition that warrants laboratory in-vestigation.

* They present with symptoms of HIV in-fection or advanced HIV disease.

* They or their pro-viders identify a risk for HIV acquisition.

* They request an HIV test.

* They are preg-nant.

“The new guide-lines are similar to r e c o m m e n d at i o n s made by expert bod-ies in the USA, U.K. and France,” said Dr. Kendall. “They are ev-idence-based and were written by an expert panel of B.C. doctors from a number of clini-cal specialties.”

With new advances in therapy, HIV-posi-tive patients receiving treatment can expect to live long, healthy lives free of symptoms.

According to a re-cent survey published in the British Medical

Journal, early diag-nosis of those with the disease and on antiret-roviral therapy can live as long as those with-out HIV. In addition, treatment can greatly reduce the likelihood of HIV transmission and move the world towards an “AIDS-free generation”.

Despite these ad-

vances, many individu-als with HIV are not diagnosed early - and late diagnosis can make treatment more dif� cult, allowing the disease to have more opportunity to spread.

“The four-year STOP HIV/AIDS pro-gram has provided an excellent opportunity to pilot and evaluate expanded HIV test-ing in our health care system,” said medi-cal health of� cer for Vancouver Coastal Health Dr. Réka Gus-tafson. “These new HIV testing guidelines have been developed in close collaboration with family physicians, the BC Centre for Dis-ease Control and with laboratory and public health specialists. They provide an excellent guide for health care providers to identify

HIV infected patients and get them the help they need.”

“In addition to highlighting the need for routine offers of HIV testing, these guidelines also offer important recommen-dations for populations with a higher burden of HIV infection to ensure that individuals are both supported for prevention activities and rapid engagement in care,” said medical director of the BC Cen-tre for Disease Control Dr. Gina Ogilvie.

“This is an impor-tant step in our col-lective effort to reduce HIV in British Colum-bia and around the world,” said director of the BC Centre for Ex-cellence in HIV/AIDS, Dr. Julio Montaner. “By making HIV test-ing more accessible,

we will be better able to � nd and offer treat-ment to those in need. The Treatment as Prevention approach works best when we di-agnose and treat HIV infection as early as possible.”

British Columbia is a recognized leader in the global � ght against HIV/AIDS, with the

development of pro-grams such as Seek and Treat for Optimal Prevention of HIV/AIDS (STOP HIV/AIDS). These pro-grams have expanded HIV testing, identify-ing more people in-fected with the disease and enabling them to get proper, life-saving treatment.

The HIV testing guidelines can be found at: www.hivguide.ca

HIV Testing pri-vacy information can be found at: http://www.bccdc.ca/NR/rdonlyres/C0486576-7 3 9 8 - 4 6 3 0 - B 7 1 C -31A0D5EAEBDC/0/STI_HIV_PrePost_Guidelines_20110923.pdf

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New HIV testing guidelines recommend that practitioners offer an HIV test routinely, every five years, for all patients aged 18 to 70 years.

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By Tom FletcherBlack Press

An environmental review of BC Hydro’s proposed third dam on the Peace River concludes it offers a long-term source of inexpensive electric-ity to meet future needs, but panelists are unconvinced that construction needs to start next year.

The joint feder-al-provincial panel released its report Thursday on Site C, a $7.9 billion project that has been con-sidered for 30 years. Its report describes

significant impacts to fish habitat, wet-lands and aboriginal hunting and trap-ping territories, and recommends the B.C. government consider alternatives for clean energy including large-scale geother-mal that BC Hydro is currently not allowed to build.

Energy Minister Bill Bennett said the federal and provin-cial governments will study the 450-page report and decide by this fall whether to issue the required permits. If they are approved, a final in-

vestment decision is expected by the end of 2014, with a de-cade of construction to begin in January 2015.

Bennett noted that the panel did not factor in extra de-mand for electricity for liquefied natural gas development in northern B.C., be-cause major produc-ers intend to power their LNG process-ing plants with natu-ral gas.

Bennett said LNG producers will need substantial electric-ity for their opera-tions, beyond the

main machinery for chilling and com-pressing gas. A smaller LNG plant proposed for the Woodfibre pulp mill site near Squamish would use all-elec-tric processing, and it alone would add substantially to BC

Hydro’s industrial load, he said.

“We know the de-mand for power is growing,” Bennett said. “Our popula-tion is set to increase by 1.1 million peo-ple over the next 20 years, our economy is growing, people

are using more de-vices and there are new uses for electric-ity like shore power [for ships in port] and electric vehicles.”

NDP leader John Horgan termed the government’s con-struction plan “reck-less and irresponsi-ble,” adding billions to BC Hydro’s debt at a time when rate-payers are looking at 28% rate increases in the next five years.

Horgan said the uncertainties about load forecasting and costs should be re-ferred to the B.C. Utilities Commis-sion, but Bennett said that is unlikely to happen.

Aboriginal people in the Peace region say Treaty 8 guaran-tees them the right to hunt, trap and fish as they did before the treaty was signed in 1899.

Electricity need key to Site C decision

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The Site C dam is proposed for a stretch of the Peace River near Fort St. John, downstream of the WAC Bennett and Peace Canyon dams.

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