Houston Today, December 02, 2015

By Xuyun ZengHouston Today

Houston has reached the � nals in a vote that will crown the best snowmobiling destination in British Columbia.

In the past six weeks, Houston beat out Radium Hot Springs, Golden and

Sicamous, and is now competing against Valemount for the top place in SnoRiders West magazine’s Sledtown ShowDown.

“It looks like Houston is off to an early lead,” magazine publisher Keith Powell said.

Powell revealed on Nov. 24 that initial

numbers show that out of the 1,213 votes that have come in, Houston

captured 63 per cent.“You get bragging

rights of being the

number one sled des-tination according to our poll, and then we feature you in the mag-azine as well,” Powell spoke of the bene� ts of winning. “So the winning destination gets a trophy and we also feature them in our feature article in our magazine so they get excellent exposure

for their destination to snowmobilers across Western Canada.”

The idea to put Houston into the com-petition was Houston Snowmobile Club President Shea Long’s. Long believes that the competition with Valemount will be close.

“It’s going to be

a tough one for sure, they have some excel-lent riding around that part of the woods. They also have a lot of people that come out of outlying areas like Alberta,” Long said. “I don’t think people know Houston. They know all the other big-ger places because no

Transportation symposium

Houston in finals for best snowmobiling destination

By Alicia Bridgesand Xuyun Zeng

Black Press

Tr a n s p o r t a t i o n Minister Todd Stone has promised to turn discussions into action after First Nations and government lead-ers met in Smithers to-day to consider trans-portation options to improve public safety along Highway 16.

About 90 people attended the day-long symposium co-hosted by the Ministry and the First Nations Health Authority (FNHA).

At least 18 women have been murdered or gone missing along the 700-kilometre stretch of road between Prince George and Prince Rupert.

Advocates say bet-ter public transpor-tation is needed to connect small com-munities, which have limited access to ser-vices and amenities, and to reduce the need to hitchhike between

towns.Houston Mayor

Shane Brienen thought residents here could bene� t most with transportation to medical appointments and with solutions that stopped the need for hitchhiking.

“I think it was good to see all the com-munities together in one room with the First Nations and the Regional District and the smaller villages there, and seeing that we’re all having a lot of common prob-lems,” Brienen said. “I think one of the main things I got from the

““...turn discussions into action.”

- Todd StoneTransportation

Minister

““It looks like Houston is off to an early lead.”

- Keith PowellSnoRiders West publisher

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one really has come here.

“You don’t see the kind of traffic like the places down south.”

Long, however, thinks Houston has much to offer.

“You’ve got a hill 10 minutes from your house. You’re at the parking lot, you hop on your snowmobile and you

ride about 10.5-12 kilometres, you’re up in the mountains,” Long said. “The possibilities are endless. The riding terrain in Houston is next to nothing.”

The magazine also holds the same competition in provinces west of Ontario.

Smithers also put themselves up

for voting but lost to Sicamous on the second round.

“It’s been good for us because people are finally getting to see where on the map Houston is and what Houston exactly has to offer,” Long said.

You can contribute to the vote at snoriderswest.com/sledtown_showdown/britishcolumbia.

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Community-based transportation solutionsymposium was the amount of people in the smaller – what we call rural – areas in the North, just having that trouble getting into the service centres such as Terrace, Smithers, Prince George.”

The Ministry had ruled out a shuttle bus service, which was recommended by the Highway of Tears Symposium report in 2006.

Instead, it says it is focused on “communi-ty-based” transporta-tion solutions which are suited to individual communities along the highway.

Examples of what that might look like were presented at last Tuesday’s meeting in Smithers.

Northern Health’s medical transporta-tion bus, a communi-ty-led service in Lake Babine, and the Seniors Helping Seniors pro-gram in Fort St. James were among the models discussed.

“They really didn’t go into any plans or models; I think that will come later, and I know that various organizations have looked at various mod-els,” Brienen said.

Minister Stone, who was not at the meet-ing but issued a press statement last Tuesday afternoon, said it was an important step and promised to act on to-day’s discussions.

“We’re now going to turn the discussions into action and to work on a plan that provides an effective model for transportation along the highway as quickly as possible,” Stone said.

Mary Teegee from Carrier Sekani Family Services had hoped to see a � nancial commit-

ment to a better service today.

Her organization also runs the Highway of Tears initiative, which provides advo-cacy and support for vulnerable women and families of victims.

“We were there to ensure that the issue of the Highway of Tears and missing and mur-dered aboriginal wom-en was not forgotten in this,” she said.

“The number one recommendation of course in the Highway

of Tears recommenda-tion is to have a shuttle bus and to develop a transportation system.

“I did bring that for-ward and I was hoping that there was going to be resources for that ... that hadn’t been identi-� ed or announced to-day.”

Although Teegee said she had seen nu-merous reports and discussions on the is-sue, she was cautiously optimistic that this meeting was a step to-wards seeing improve-ments.

“The government says that they are com-mitted to dealing with this issue,” she said.

“I’m not going to hold my breath, but I am hopeful.”

Today’s meeting also considered the re-sults of an FNHA sur-vey on First Nations travel needs along the Highway 16 corridor.

FNHA engagement and coordination man-ager Mark Matthew told The Interior News his organization’s main interest in partner-ing with the Ministry was to improve pub-lic transportation for medical reasons.

However, he said there may be oppor-tunities for his orga-nization to help other groups with transpor-tation measures that improve public safety overall.

“Anything that looks solution-based beyond the medical transportation work that we’re mandated to provide, we will have to have more discussions on how involved we actually would be on that,” Matthew said.

“By us supporting the process it may sort of provide us direction to pursue other exter-nal partnerships but it won’t necessarily mean us delivering a service.”

Moricetown Band member Lorna Morris hoped any new service would help stop hitch-hiking, which she said was a problem in her community.

“We have quite a few that are still on the road hitchhiking be-cause of the rising cost of fuel and low-income – no jobs,” she said.

“It’s hard to say what can we do.

“There is a lot of op-tions but it takes mon-ey to move a rock.”

She said communi-ties and governments had to work together to � nd the solution.

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“We were there to

ensure...the Highway of Tears...was

not forgotten in this.”

- Mary TeegeeHighway of Tears

Initiative

Santa Claus handing out candy canes at the Houston Light Up at Steelhead Park, hosted by the Houston & District Chamber of Commerce.

HO Ho Ho Robin Vander Heide/Houston Today

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RefugeesFlip through the pages of any

Canadian phone book and you’ll find it full of last names

that aren’t really Canadian.

There’s Jones, a welsh name. Jakubowski, Polish. Tkachuk, Ukrainian. Wong, Chinese. Dosanjh, south Asian.

Behind each of these names there’s a story of someone’s parents or grandparents or great grandparents climbing on a ship back in the day or more recently times, a plane, and coming to Canada.

Whether by government design-an example being the recruitment of Eastern Europeans to farm the Prairies through the inducement of land grants-or fleeing the ravages of wars or conflicts or oppression-Vietnam, the Balkans, Uganda, etc.-the point is that someone along the way stamped “approved” and opened the door to a new life.

It is in this context that the admittedly overly-enthusiastic plan of the federal government to bring in 25,000 Syrian refugees must be viewed.

To overly connect this humanitarian effort with the attacks in Paris and the greater battle that must be waged against ISIS would be wrong.

What is really exposes is the immediate tendency of any group of people to judge others, saying, “I don’t like your colour, your religion, the way you dress.”

If that had been official policy all along, today’s Canadian phone books would be awfully slim.

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Play-doh, an accidental toy iconBy Lori Welbourne

On a brighter note

During a cleaning spree a few days ago I found some unopened Play-Doh in the back of a cupboard that had been in there for years. I im-mediately opened the lid and took a whiff. It still had that divine nostalgic smell I’ve loved for as long as I can remember. I took the familiar model-ling compoud out of it’s container and smooshed it around with my hands, creating shapes and fig-ures before putting the lid back on and placing it on our kitchen counter.

When my 12 year old daughter came home from school she saw it and reacted almost ex-actly the way I had. She opened it up, took a sniff and instinctively played with it as she told me about her day. When my 15 year old son got home he did the same thing. Neither one of them asked me where it came from or why it was in the kitchen, they automati-

cally goofed around with it, molding it into differ-ent creations and letting their imaginations take over.

I asked them if they remembered playing with it when they were young-er and of course they did. I also remembered it from when I was a kid.

“They had Play-Doh way back then?” Daisy asked.

“Yes,” I said. “We didn’t have the electron-ics you kids have nowa-days, but we definitely had this.”

Sam went on the laptop to Google it. “It’s been around since 1956,” he said amazed. “Before you were even born, Mom.” That actu-ally surprised me as well and we proceeded to read more.

It turned out it was originally a wallpaper cleaner in the 1930s when homes were heated with coal and the messiness of soot was created. It wasn’t until the mid 50s that it became something kids played with - and

it was quite by accident that happened at all.

The product which was originally composed of flour, water, salt, bo-ric acid, and mineral oil was first manufactured in Cincinnati by Kutol Soap Products and after many years of doing de-cent business their sales decreased drastically af-ter World War II when oil and gas furnaces be-came popular, as well as the introduction of wash-able vinyl wallpaper,

On the verge of bank-ruptcy the sister-in-law of one of the owners randomly read a maga-zine article in 1955 recommending wall-paper cleaner to make Christmas ornaments. She took a big can of it to the community nurs-ery school she ran and the children rolled out the doughish compound and cut it into shapes with cookie cutters to make festive decorations. She then suggested a re-working of the substance to her brother-in-law so it could be marketed as

a toy. What a brilliant idea.

Adding the colours red, blue and yellow, the revamped product was originally named Kutol’s Rainbow Modeling Compound. That didn’t sound fun enough so they renamed it Play-Doh and introduced it to the Cincinatti Board of Education in 1956 where it was used in elemen-tary schools for arts and crafts.

In 1957 it was shown on the popular chil-dren’s television show Captain Kangaroo. Bob Keeshan who played the Captain presented it for free, agreeing to take 2% of the profits in lieu of advertsing dollars since they couldn’t afford to pay for ads at the time. After that it was seen on Ding Dong School and Romper Room and by 1958, the sales of Play-Doh had reached nearly $3 million.

The product the struggling owners had been barely selling for .34 cents per can was

suddenly selling for $1.50 and they couldn’t keep up with the tremendous demand.

It started getting ex-ported to other coun-tries and the sales kept increasing. General Mills eventually bought the company and then Hasbro. Their surprise hit product continued to evolve and sales contin-ued to soar.

It’s been 60 years since Play-Doh was first introduced to chil-dren and the recipe has been tinkered with and improved upon several times. It’s now selling in over 75 countries, has been inducted into the National Toy Hall of Fame, and the Toy Industry Association has it listed as one of the 100 most memorable and most creative toys of the twentieth century.

Many consider it one of the most beloved toy products ever created - quite an extraordinary success for a nearly de-funct substance once in-tended to wash walls.

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The B.C. government’s climate advisory panel wants to start increasing the province’s carbon tax with a 33 per cent jump in 2018, and says even with higher fuel tax the province won’t meet its current target to reduce greenhouse gases one third by 2020.

The carbon tax has been frozen at $30 a tonne since 2013, a rate that translates to about seven cents a litre on gasoline and similar taxes on diesel, natural gas and other carbon-based fuels. The government’s advisory

team recommends increasing the carbon tax by $10 a tonne each year starting in 2018, with increased rebates for low-income and rural B.C. residents.

E n v i r o n m e n t Minister Mary Polak released the panel’s r e c o m m e n d at i o n s Friday, as the B.C. delegation led by Premier Christy Clark prepares to attend the United Nations climate change meetings in Paris next week.

Polak was skeptical about one of the panel’s recommendations, to cut the provincial sales

tax from seven per cent to six and replace the revenues through higher carbon taxes in the years ahead.

“It is one of their recommendations, and so we’ll be looking at it along with the others, but I think at � rst blush, the numbers probably don’t work,” Polak said.

The panel, appointed in May with industry and e n v i r o n m e n t a l r e p r e s e n t a t i v e s , concluded that the 2020 reduction target isn’t going to be met. It recommends a new target of a 40 per cent reduction by 2030, and

says the original target of an 80 per cent cut can still be reached

with “aggressive” carbon pricing and expansion of the tax to include industrial emissions.

Polak said

she accepts that assessment, and will consult with industry

and B.C. residents before setting new policies next spring to meet the new 2030 target.

NDP leader John

Horgan said the Clark government has frozen the carbon tax and delayed progress on Metro Vancouver transit with a referendum they expected would fail.

“Rather than reduce emissions, they’ve gone up,” Horgan said. “And we’re not even counting lique� ed natural gas.”

Green Party MLA Andrew Weaver said the recommendation to resume increases in the carbon tax is “bold,” but the report also shows Clark’s government gave up on the 2020 target that

is still in legislation.“The key

thing is that these r e c o m m e n d at i o n s are completely incompatible with the government’s LNG plan,” Weaver said.

““The contract will be for a fixed price to build the main

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- Bill Bennett, Energy Minister

““The government’s advisory team recommends increasing the carbon tax by $10 tonne each year

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BC Hydro has se-lected its main con-tractor to construct the third dam on the Peace River, and is � -nalizing a $1.5 billion contract for a dam and river diversion that is the largest in the util-ity’s history.

The three members of Peace River Hydro Partners are Korean engineering and elec-tronics giant Samsung, Spanish dam and in-frastructure special-ist ACCIONA and

Petrowest Corp., a Calgary-based compa-ny that has expanded from oil and gas con-struction to large in-frastructure in north-east B.C. and Alberta.

Petrowest and ACCIONA worked on the recently completed Fort St. John hospi-tal, and ACCIONA has built hydro dams in Spain and Chile. Samsung has built hydro dams, roads, buildings, tunnels, bridges and airports.

Energy Minister Bill Bennett said the contract will be for

a � xed price to build the main “civil works,” which include excava-tion, river diversion tunnels, intake and outlet structures, a kilometre-long earth-� lled dam, a 70-metre-high concrete buttress and a road network.

Bennett said work can proceed in winter, and he is con� dent BC Hydro can stay within its estimated project cost of $8.3 billion.

When the decision to proceed was made a year ago, oil and gas activity was high and there were con-

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Canada.“Mining is re-

ally slow right now and LNG has not yet taken off, so you ac-tually have almost a perfect circumstance for BC Hydro to be entering into its major

contracts on Site C,” Bennett said.

Petrowest CEO Rick Quigley said the project will hire locally � rst, from around B.C. second and elsewhere in Canada third be-fore looking outside the country for skilled labour.

BC Hydro also identi� ed Peace River Hydro Partners’ la-bour agreements with Christian Labour Association Canada and Construction Maintenance and Allied Workers’ Canada, which broke

away from the U.S. in-ternational carpenters’ union in 2007.

B.C. Building Trades executive direc-tor Tom Sigurdson is-sued a statement pro-testing the choice.

“Premier Clark has long said that B.C. workers should be the � rst in line for Site C work,” Sigurdson said. “This has not been the case so far under the � rst major contract, awarded to a large Alberta company which has one of four workers on site from out of province.”

Raise carbon tax, B.C. advisors recommend

By Robin Vander HeideRobin Vander HeideRobin Vander HeideRobin Vander Heide

COMMUNITY PHOTO FEATURE6 www.houston-today.com Wednesday, December 2, 2015 Houston Today

Christmas Light-Up EventHouston’s 2015 Christmas Light-Up Event took place last Friday evening in Steelhead Park. The event was hosted by the Houston & District Chamber of Commerce. Many Houston families came out to enjoy the lights, even in the cold weather.

Top Left: The Houston Search & Rescue was serving hot chocolate and showing off their new rescue truck. They are very grateful to the many local sponsors who helped make this truck a reality.

Top Right: The RCMP Safety Bear was also out and about greeting the kids and enjoying the festivities.

Middle Left: Miake Elliot and her canine companion took part in the Best Ugly Sweater Parade-even they were lit up.

Middle Right: Perry Slaney, along with other volunteers from the Houston Fire Department, served hotdogs at the event. Here, he is handing one off to Peyton Onderwater.

Bottom: The crowd kept warm around fires awaiting the moment of light-up.

Robin Vander Heide photos/Houston Today


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A Burns Lake artist will paint a picture for every 25 kilometres from Prince George to Haida Gwaii to raise money for programs that will help people with low income.

In total, Rene Jaspers hopes to put out 40 paintings by next October that will fund her Highway of Hope Foundation which hopes to empower people with low income. Jaspers hopes to sell each painting for $1,200, and this money will go towards her three-step plan to help people with low income.

Jaspers � rst plans to use the money to fund workshops on preventing violence.

“The prevention part includes the [Northern] Society for Domestic Peace,” Jaspers said. “They’re in schools already, so they’re going to be doing the work for bringing the prevention message to [children as] young as Grade 3 on how to protect yourselves, whether in a vehicle or in a home, [and] how to deescalate anger.”

She also wants to fund driver’s education and vehicles so that people with low income can receive their full licence, and also to support people in rural communities to � nd affordable

transportation so that they can get access to medical care and education.

“I want to include everybody, and that includes seniors — seniors who can’t get around normally with a vehicle or can’t drive a vehicle anymore, I’d like to be able to get them to medical centres,” Jaspers said. “I’d like to be able to help young families that are also low income.”

“With teenagers,

a lot of times [they] can’t afford it. A lot of families can’t afford [getting] their driver’s licence.”

C o m m u n i t y organizations are rallying around Jaspers. She recently

had her � rst painting of Houston’s North Road bridge on display at Western Financial Group’s mall of� ce, and revealed that every Northwest Community College campus will put up an art show with her paintings.

“Having a purpose is important,” Jaspers said. “I’d like to say something with this too — to show people the beauty of our North, that there’s hope in our North.”

For every 25 kilometres from Prince George on Highway 16, she takes a photo within � ve paces of the vehicle and makes an oil painting out of the photo. She has currently photos of the highway all the way to Terrace, and will continue her project at a different time of the year so that her 40 paintings show the North in different seasons.

“I look to give everybody a better future. That’s my hope, and that’s where the Highway of Hope comes from,” Jaspers said. “Yes, it travels around the Highway of Tears. The Highway of Tears, I think, it’s very important, and we need to keep that in focus also.”

“The Highway of Tears has been around for 21 years and it’s a long time and people have been working at it very diligently — [Carrier Sekani Family Services Highway of Tears coordinator] Brenda Wilson with her crew. And I think that’s very important and if I can help them too, I’m happy to.”

Artist hopes to raise funds to helpempower people with low income

Xuyun Zeng/Houston TodayArtist Rene Jaspers stands beside Western Financial Group branch manager Dustie Combes. The financial services company is hosting Jaspers’ first oil painting depicting the North Road bridge.

““Having a purpose is important. I’d like to say

something with this too-to show people the beauty of our North, that there’s hope

in our North.” - Rene Jaspers


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Houston ACT meeting talks 2016 eventsBy Xuyun Zeng

Houston Today

The Houston ACT committee convened last Thursday to chart out events for next year.

The committee discussed WinterFest

chie� y but touched upon Harvest Festival and sports events in the summer in collaboration with the Morice Mountain Nordic Ski Club (MMNSC). Board member and chair Dawn Potvin

con� rmed that residents will get treated to free events during WinterFest such as movies, bowling and swimming and she is looking to have � reworks during the event.

“We’ll have to make sure that we follow all the permits and stuff, I’m going have to do that soon because I de� nitely want that as part of the advertising,” Potvin said.

The committee currently needs more volunteers to drive Class 4 passenger vans to drive people to the � shing derby and ski

trails.“We have four vans,

and two main events that require shuttle service out there,” Potvin said. “I would like to see at least two volunteers per vehicle.”

“We want to have a central location for pickup,” she added. “There will be an all-day � shing derby out at Irrigation Lake so they’re going to need a ride out there. They will have free transportation out there and back, and then to get them up to the ski trails.”

P a r a l l e l i n g WinterFest, Potvin

also talked about how she wanted to host an event in the summer by using the aforementioned trails.

“It also has to be accessible for everyone else. So I thought — summer event — that would be cool,” Potvin said to the committee. “Because you can get a geocaching group, the Houston Hikers involved, and just have a Houston trail day where you can run it — there’s a race going on. There’s a hike going on; or a full day of something. I don’t know.”

She wants to start an activity that allows everyone from the most sedentary to the � ttest to participate.

District council � rst heard of this idea when MMNSC’s president Greg Yeomans highlighted how expansion of the trail system could lend to more sporting events like races that will attract visitors and revenue.

Board member Marian Ells also talked about the Harvest Festival, which she estimated will be held in late September or early October.

She wants to host next year’s Festival with a multicultural theme that involves multicultural games and food.

She plans to apply for a grant from the provincial government that funds multiculturalism efforts due Dec. 13.

Houston Figure Skating Club coach Stephanie Auston instructs her skaters at the Claude Parish Memorial Arena. They are training four-times-a-week in preparation for their individual and group performances at the Christmas Gala on Dec. 11. Registration for programs at the Club is now open.

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The War Crimes Court at Nuremberg Germany tried the Nazi leaders for horri� c crimes against humanity. The court would not accept their defense of having simply obeyed the laws of their country. They said the Nazis should have obeyed a higher law, a higher morality, and disobeyed Hitler. These criminals were convicted on this basis.

Closer to home, the treatment of Afro-American, First Nations and other people of different ethnic origin has been a constant blight on our more recent history. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., when standing up for the basic rights of dignity and respect for every human being, regardless of origin, colour or creed, peacefully yet purposely disobeyed some of the unjust laws made by racist leaders of the day. He drew attention to a higher law that God fearing people have known since the beginning.

Yes, governments are instituted by God and we are to submit to them (Romans 13:1-7; 1 Peter 2:13-17). But when governments step out from under their God given mandate and call us to disobey God by not allowing us to do what God has clearly called us to do, or when they order us to disobey the clear leading of God by doing what we should not, then we must obey God rather than men.

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credit union as well, and I suspect some other emergency services will be out like last year,” Houston RCMP detachment commander Sgt. Stephen Rose said. “Just hoping that everybody comes and supports the initiative, because again it’s not about us. We’re just trying to bring attention to the work that the Salvation Army does, and make sure that they have full shelves.”

The police hope to fill as many cruisers as possible. They filled four vehicles last year.

“We usually start off with the Crown Victoria, because that’s the one that receives the least amount of usage in the winter. But then we usually fill the Tahoes and last year we also needed the interior and the back of the pickup truck because we had so much.”

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report of a mischief in progress at a residence on Pearson Road on Nov. 21 at 10:10 p.m. Police said they could not attend immediately as they were returning from Granisle.

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report of a threats complaint on Nov.

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report of a possible fraud on Nov. 25 at 3 p.m. Police said a person wired money to secure accommodations in the Lower Mainland, but there was no such accommodation there.

Police added that the person has lost a significant amount of money. Police would like to remind the public to be cautious when sending wire transfers, and to be mindful of people they’ve only interacted with online, as they might not be who they claim to be.

Police report: Cram-a-cruiser December 5

Local athlete brings back two bronzesBy Xuyun Zeng

Houston Today

Houston has one more person to be proud of.

Local athlete Salish MacDonald went to the World Karate and Kickboxing World Championship in Orlando, Fla., held Nov. 8-13, and re-turned with two bronze medals.

“ C o m p e t i t i o n was intense, intense,” MacDonald said. “In the age category be-low me, I was watch-ing people getting knocked out. It was nerve-wracking but I had to put that aside to do well and to focus on the competition.”

This marks the first time MacDonald has competed at the inter-national level, where he earned a bronze in continuous fighting and team continuous fighting, which require athletes to show con-trol and domination of the fight. He said he plans to do it again.

He went in with an open mind, not ex-pecting much.

“You couldn’t re-ally expect anything,”

MacDonald said. “You had to know that you’ve trained hard but you also couldn’t expect that it would be easy.”

“I was hoping I’d get a medal, of course, but I got two. I didn’t expect that.”

One of his coaches, Tareq Abu Khadra, said he was impressed by MacDonald’s per-formance.

“Salish did amaz-ing, he fought the way he was supposed to. Just like anyone else, he got tired the last 30 seconds but he pushed himself well until that point,” Abu Khadra said. “You train to achieve and perform a certain way, and he did that.”

His father, Darren MacDonald, said his son has achieved and learned a lot, in addi-tion to making friends.

“The thing I’m most proud of Salish for is the training that he put in going there. Four times a week, and two hours to three hours every time,” Darren said. “It was that I was most proud of. Never did I get ar-guing, never did I get,

‘I don’t want to.’ ”“Going into that,

I knew Salish was as prepared as he could be and sometimes things go well on competition day and sometimes they don’t, and they went really well for him.”

The MacDonalds took a grueling flight from Prince George, with two transfers, be-fore reaching Orlando. Darren spectated and said he could feel the energy and bravado of the spectators of all nations.

“Basically, I was lucky enough to sit front row for the opening ceremony,” Darren said. “And, watching that all take place was truly spec-tacular. As soon as the opening ceremony was over, you knew it was a world-class event. There were thousands of athletes with unbelievable spirit.”

“The level of com-petition is unlike any-thing that I have seen. Everyone was very prepared. Very, very good quality.”

Salish was the sole competitor in

the British Columbia contingent to come from Houston. The other nine came from Smithers. Salish said his eventual goal is to go to the world cham-pionship again.

“I know the com-petition isn’t going to get any easier. So

letting off my train-ing is definitely some-thing that’s not going to happen,” Salish said. “Provincials is in March but to qualify for Worlds, I have to qualify at provincials, nationals and then worlds. I can never left off the training.”

Xuyun Zeng/Houston TodaySalish MacDonald wears the Mexican team’s gi. He recently won two bronzes at the World Karate and Kickboxing World Championship where he made a lot of friends and traded uniforms with various countries.


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P.O. Box 1480, Houston Phone: 250-845-7117

HOUSTON COMMUNITY CALENDAR

Please keep your announcements as brief as possible. Deadline (faxed or mailed or delivered) is 4 p.m. Thursday. Items are printed or alternated as space permits. Items will be accepted via fax, email or dropped at the offi ce. No phone calls please. More calendar items are listed online and can be submitted or viewed at www.houston-today.com

Shannon Clarke’s CGA offi ce.

TOPS 1901 meets every Tues.: 8-9:30 a.m. at the Houston United Church. Come join other women who are Taking Off Pounds Sensibly and encouraging a healthy lifestyle.

Seniors Happy Gang Entertainment Fund is accepting donations for Silent Auction Fundraiser. Call: 250-845-7537 or 250-845-9615.

Coffee Break - an Interactive Women’s Bible Study meet every Tuesday morning from 9:30-11:00 at the Houston Christian Reformed Church, 1959 Goold Road. Childcare is provided. For more info call Margaret: 845-2348, Darlene 845-7438, Evelyn 696-3229.

The Houston Legion Branch 249: Meeting: 2nd Monday of the month is Executive, 4th Monday is General Meeting.

Buck Flats Community Development Society, meets every 3rd Sat. evening at 6pm at Andy Pollack’s house (17642) on Buck Flats Rd. All Buck Flats residents are welcome to attend, we discuss issues concerning the Buck fl ats area. Please call Chris Newell at 250-845-3564 for more info.

Houston’s “Love by the Bowl” Soup Kitchen serving healthy homemade soups in two different seatings, 11-12 and 12 -1 on Wednesdays.

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

Structural Firefi ghting/Hwy Rescue. Interested? Topley Volunteer Fire Dept. is accepting applications. No experience necessary please contact Byron - F/C 250-696-3348 or come to a Fire Practice Thurs @ 19:00 hrs (7pm).

GRANISLEThe Granisle and District Senior Citizens meet every second and fourth Thursday of the month at 1:30 p.m. at the Seniors Centre.

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

Granisle Church of the Way services are Sundays at 11:00am.

Houston Ladies Auxiliary to the Legion is holding a Hot Turkey Lunch Fri., Dec. 4: 11am - to 1pm. Price is $12/plate & takeout is available. Also, a Bake Sale will be held. Everyone welcome.

Activities for Seniors in Houston at the Seniors Centre: Dec.5: Pancake Breakfast 8 AM to 10:00 AM • Dec. 17th Luncheon 11:00 AM to 1:00 PM -- meeting to follow at 1:30 • New Horizons FREE swim for Seniors (60+) Dec. 15th to Feb. 23 every Tuesday 9 AM to 10 AM All Seniors invited. Reason: Expanding opportunities for Seniors to become active.

Houston Public Library events: Stories with Santa: Thurs., Dec. 10: 3-5pm Adult Game Night: Thurs., Dec. 10 starting at 7pm Adults 19+ only. Mark Zagwyn Photography: Fri, Dec. 18: noon to 4:30pm. The library will be closed for the Holidays December 20th through 28th inclusive.

The Houston Cancer Society is sponsoring a Christmas tree of memories and hope. Donations are $5/bulb. First lighting was Nov. 27 at the Houston Light-up ceremony in Steelhead Park. The goal is to light up 1500 bulbs by Christmas Day and all proceeds go to the Canadian Cancer Society. Cheques can be dropped off at the BV Credit Union or at

“A WORLD OF OPPORTUNITIESWITHIN OUR REGION”37, 3RD Avenue,

PO Box 820, Burns Lake, BC V0J 1E0

www.rdbn.bc.ca

PH: 250-692-3195 TF: 800-320-3339 FX: 250-692-3305

E-MAIL:[email protected]

At the Public Hearing all 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 the Public Hearing.

Written submissions sent by mail to P.O. Box 820, Burns Lake, BC, V0J 1E0; by fax to (250) 692-1220; or by e-mail to [email protected] must be received by the Regional District of Bulkley-Nechako no later than December 8, 2015 at 1:00 P.M. to be ensured of consideration at the Public Hearing.

The Public Hearing on Bylaw No. 1756 will be chaired by the Director or Alternate Director for Electoral Area G as a delegate of the Board. A copy of the Board resolution making the delegation, copies of the proposed bylaws and other relevant information may be inspected at the office of the Regional District of Bulkley-Nechako between the hours of 8:30 A.M. - 12:00 noon and 1:00 P.M. - 4:30 P.M., Monday through Friday, excluding holidays, November 23, 2015 through December 8, 2015 inclusive. A copy of the proposed bylaws and other relevant information will also be made available at the Houston Public Library.

For further information please call the Regional District of Bulkley-Nechako Planning Department at 250-692-3195 or 1-800-320-3339.

This is the second of two publications.

NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARINGNotice is hereby given that a Public Hearing affecting “Regional District of Bulkley-Nechako Zoning Bylaw No. 700, 1993” will be held on Tuesday, December 8, 2015 at 7:00 P.M in the Topley Community Hall located at 11591 Chester Street in Topley, BC.

“Regional District of Bulkley-Nechako Zoning Bylaw No. 700, 1993” is proposed to be amended by Bylaw No. 1756 which rezones the subject property from the General Commercial (C1) Zone to the Public/Institutional (P1) Zone to allow the relocation of the Topley Fire Hall and other uses permitted in the P1 Zone.

The subject property is located at 21628 Topley Post Office Road, at the intersection of Highway 118 and Highway 16 E in the community of Topley, BC and is legally described as “Lot 2, District Lot 2623, Range 5, Coast District, Plan 10310”. The subject property is shown cross-hatched and labelled “Application Area” on the map below.

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NSince May 1941, Bulkley Valley Credit Union has been building a solid financial institution that members from Burns Lake to the Hazeltons have grown to rely on. People helping people is how we began and we strive to remain people-oriented, both in our financial services and through direct involvement with our communities. We are dedicated to local decision-making and local control, key factors in providing the kinds of services that meet the financial needs of individuals and business members alike.

HOUSTON & DISTRICT BRANCH 2365 Copeland Ave.

P.O. Box 1480, Houston Phone: 250-845-7117

HOUSTON COMMUNITY CALENDAR

Please keep your announcements as brief as possible. Deadline (faxed or mailed or delivered) is 4 p.m. Thursday. Items are printed or alternated as space permits. Items will be accepted via fax, email or dropped at the of� ce. No phone calls please. More calendar items are listed online and can be submitted or viewed at www.houston-today.com

the Canadian Cancer Society. Cheques can be dropped off at the BV Credit Union or at Shannon Clarke’s CGA of� ce.

TOPS 1901 meets every Tues.: 8-9:30 a.m. at the Houston United Church. Come join other women who are Taking Off Pounds Sensibly and encouraging a healthy lifestyle.

Seniors Happy Gang Entertainment Fund is accepting donations for Silent Auction Fundraiser. Call: 250-845-7537 or 250-845-9615.

Coffee Break - an Interactive Women’s Bible Study meet every Tuesday morning from 9:30-11:00 at the Houston Christian Reformed Church, 1959 Goold Road. Childcare is provided. For more info call Margaret: 845-2348, Darlene 845-7438, Evelyn 696-3229.

The Houston Legion Branch 249: Meeting: 2nd Monday of the month is Executive, 4th Monday is General Meeting.

Buck Flats Community Development Society, meets every 3rd Sat. evening at 6pm at Andy Pollack’s house (17642) on Buck Flats Rd. All Buck Flats residents are welcome to attend, we discuss issues concerning the Buck � ats area. Please call Chris Newell at 250-845-3564 for more info.

Houston’s “Love by the Bowl” Soup Kitchen serving healthy homemade soups in two different seatings, 11-12 and 12 -1 on Wednesdays.

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

Structural Fire� ghting/Hwy Rescue. Interested? Topley Volunteer Fire Dept. is accepting applications. No experience necessary please contact Byron - F/C 250-696-3348 or come to a Fire Practice Thurs @ 19:00 hrs (7pm).

GRANISLEThe Granisle and District Senior Citizens meet every second and fourth Thursday of the month at 1:30 p.m. at the Seniors Centre.

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

Granisle Church of the Way services are Sundays at 11:00am.

Houston Ladies Auxiliary to the Legion is holding a Hot Turkey Lunch Fri., Dec. 4: 11am - to 1pm. Price is $12/plate & takeout is available. Also, a Bake Sale will be held. Everyone welcome.

Activities for Seniors in Houston at the Seniors Centre: Dec.5: Pancake Breakfast 8 AM to 10:00 AM • Dec. 17th Luncheon 11:00 AM to 1:00 PM -- meeting to follow at 1:30 • New Horizons FREE swim for Seniors (60+) Dec. 15th to Feb. 23 every Tuesday 9 AM to 10 AM All Seniors invited. Reason: Expanding opportunities for Seniors to become active.

Houston Ringette u16 and u14 teams are hosting a tournament Dec 5 and 6. All are invited to come watch. Tickets for raf� e baskets will be sold during the tournament for a chance to win some great prizes.

Houston Public Library events: Stories with Santa: Thurs., Dec. 10: 3-5pm Adult Game Night: Thurs., Dec. 10 starting at 7pm Adults 19+ only. Mark Zagwyn Photography: Fri, Dec. 18: noon to 4:30pm. The library will be closed for the Holidays December 20th through 28th inclusive.

The Houston Cancer Society is sponsoring a Christmas tree of memories and hope. Donations are $5/bulb. First lighting was Nov. 27 at the Houston Light-up ceremony in Steelhead Park. The goal is to light up 1500 bulbs by Christmas Day and all proceeds go to

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