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SALE OF SURPLUS VEHICLES The City of Quesnel is disposing of four surplus vehicles as follows: -T-9 1993 Chev ½ ton pick-up truck -T-15 1995 Ford ¾ ton pick-up truck includes front mounted snow plow (minimum bid $2,500) -A-17 1995 Chrysler Intrepid 4 door sedan -B-2 1995 Toyota Corolla 4 door sedan All vehicles will be sold on an as is where is basis. Interested buyers may view the vehicles at the Public Works Office at Johnston Bridge Loop, Monday to Friday from 8:30 am until 4:00 pm.

Sealed bids for each unit will be accepted at City Hall, 410 Kinchant Street, Quesnel, BC, V2J 7J5 until Tuesday November 25, 2014 at 2:00 pm. The sealed bid must be clearly marked “Surplus Vehicle Bid - Unit #___”.

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One person was taken to hospital with non-life threatening injuries after a collision at Carson Avenue and McLean Street, Nov. 6.

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1. $30,000 to registration to help identify amendingDistrict the process Kersley - 15 km south of Quesnel time and vote for Julie-Anne engaged in their learning, we As well, the City airport business plan of an amended the transportation for distributing the 250-747-8683 • www.alamohospitality.ca Runge asensure schoolfunds trustee. contributed have$5,000 issues that should be update/marketing covenant setting out opportunities and funds to I will be a liaison who will addressed. the diverse toward the project,Givenmaterials; the development priorities ahead. are utilized. reflect thefunding values and needs interest groups that our with funds to come 2. $15,000 for conditions per the Council is urging Annual of community believe thatCity Airportservices, Ian updated correspondence the community to of our up to $20,000 in the from thedistrict board processes improvements be continuusing will marketing plan/ provided by a complete the survey is available to and thenCapital Reserve Julie-Anne Runge report back to to all community ous. I alsobybelievematerials; that as we money generated and professional engineer. which is available municipalities stakeholders.

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Projects I Transition Funding worry about rank.

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He was then Board and in 1993 pool and rink two; just yet, but you to forge “During my time served on need council I wasahead oneanyway of the and elected Director he was first elected 911 emergency phone handle things as they come. councillors lucky enough to have Mary as my mayor. I for Electoral Area Chair of the Board, service; Cat Scan for SCORPIO - Oct 24/Nov 22 A (south Quesnel a position he held GR Baker Hospital; am thankful for she was able toa It isthe easystable to feelleadership burnt out before you achieve area) in the general for 8 consecutive fire protection goal,some Scorpio.

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2014/2015 Schedule provide through yourself a little better and to ignore distractions elections of 1978 and years, until 2000 for Red Bluff and Over these two terms I have seen her work tirelessly Ted Armstrong that result in delays. has served successive inclusively. No other Kersley; Kersley Hall PeeWee Mites to make our community a better place. Whether terms since that time.

Board member, since upgrades; Kersley SAGITTARIUS - Nov 23/Dec 21 through lobbying higher levels ofthis government Plan to1work on dog He is currently the the Regional District’s walking trails Nov. 14 Express your creativity week, Sagittarius. You 5-6 pmand Black / Green Integris / Inwood Nov. 15Bluff 6:30-8 pm 1 control for Red have long felt the desire this other side, Trucking issues facing Quesnel and the region or to CRD’s Vice-Chair and incorporation in park; BluffpmSewer Blue / Red regarding bydisplay providing Nov. 15Red 2:30-3:30 2 and now is a great time to do so. Encourage othDragon Lake and Chair of the Treaty 1968, holds that System; new Library support at the local level, Mary the first in line to help. I Nov. 15 7:30-9 am Green / Blue 1 erswas to doalways the same.

Kersley Advisory Committee. distinction. After in Quesnel; Hallis have seen first hand how much see is respected throughout the Nov. 16 2:30-4 pm Red / Green 1 Bantams Vote Ted Armstrong CAPRICORN - Dec 22/Jan 20 Vice-Chair focusing his efforts as Lake ski touring and province and her record reflects this. Her dooryour hasemotions always this been open Capricorn, express week even Nov 15.

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Re-Elect Mayor Vested interest education City applies to in business program

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Having been involved with trustee team I will make sure SD28’s education system as that the districts`and educational authorized to the public as a British Columbia is Council approved both a parent and an adult edgoals meet the needs of all of the transfer heritage site. developing a new applying for and ucator, I have athe strong vested stakeholders in aup specific, to $65,000 to • Council provided 10-year provincial administering interest in decisions that are measurable, achievable, QuesnelrelCommunity an exemption from transportation 2015 Northern being made.I value honesty evant, and timelyand manner.

Economic strict adherence to plan called B.C. Development newsroom@quesnelobserver.com and transparency Equity and access need to be Development the City’s Floodplain on the Move and Initiative Trust from our public officials. cornerstones of Public Edu- to for a grant in the Corporation Bylaw for a proposed are asking for the Business FaçadeI am hoping the citizens of Quesnel and the of cation.

As long asundertake we have these amount $20,000 building at 3431 public to engage Improvement Regional and District will take students who areprojects: not feeling forthe the development Gook Road subject in the discussion Program Open 7 am to 9 pm daily time and vote for Julie-Anne engaged in their learning, we for an of a speedball field.

1. $30,000 to registration to help identify amending the process Kersley - 15 km south of Quesnel Runge as schoolthe trustee. As well, have issues that should the City airportbe business plan of an amended the transportation for distributing 250-747-8683 • www.alamohospitality.ca I willtobeensure a liaison who will addressed. the diverse contributed $5,000Givenupdate/marketing covenant setting out opportunities and funds funds reflect the values and needs interest groups that our toward the project, materials; the development priorities ahead. are utilized. ofAnnual our community district services, I believe that for to come 2. $15,000 conditions per the Council is urging funding in the with funds board processes will continuAirport an be updated City correspondence the community to of up to $20,000and thenfrom theimprovements Julie-Anne Runge report backto to all community ous. I also believemarketing that as weplan/ Capital Reserve using provided by a complete the survey is available stakeholders. Ito will also be a look at our goals and money generated by district materials; and professional engineer. which is available municipalities familiar face whom people become involved with our none of our best interests the logging operation 3. $20,000 for an • Council gave and online at www. enhance economic can approachby with ques- on airport stakeholders, thateconomic improve-analysis have seriously affected lands. approval to thethe West quesnel.ca or http:// development tions, concerns, and personal ments can be made. provideBusiness a top qualof opening up theability toQuesnel engage.gov.bc.ca/ encouraging private insights and input.

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Aries, containing your emotions may be challengIn accordance with speak up for public education. include issues that align with not withstand more cutbacks, upgrades in 2015 in Baker Creek Park December 12, 2014.

Grants would be ing this week. Exciting events begin to unfold, Council the Policy IWCI understand public edugoals of our district, while we run into situations of inCouncil approved for their Winter up to $5,000 that in the so enjoy them as much as possible. Enlist some Proclamations 8, the Consumer Price cation an investment in our making sure thatsubmitting/accepting our educaequality.Solstice Inequality ultimately friends to join the fun.

Event on way of ismatching Nov - Accessible Index fortional BC (CPI) future, and that as a liaison programs are accesa school system a grant from the leads to December 21. project funds.

Parking Awareness TAURUS - Apr 21/May 21 September adjustment with all projects stakeholders, I have sible to all. I believe our inBC which some have approved more Tirethat Stewardship • Council Eligible Practice discretion this week, Taurus. You do not Month used todistrict`s determine the opportunity sure most critical is opportunity or powerofthan 2014 issue Community the disposal four would be façade to make is know how a particular situation will unfold, so it Nov Adoption indemnity rates for that the decision makers hear insufficient funding.

TheProgram fund- inothers. is better to stay neutral until the entire situation is something Grant the This surplus vehicles that improvements that settles. Then you can take action. the needscompliance of our district. Mayor and ing Councilinadequacies amount of the past generations have aworked hard Awareness Month of $14,316 through sealed bid increase Nov - Diabetes lors for the following The most important princidecade has created situations to overcome, something that and increasing the process. with Development GEMINI - May 22/Jun 21 Month year. there is not ple of public education iscalendar that where enough vigilant Some colleagues may want to goof off all week capital budget forwe must constantly • Council be gave final Permit Guidelines Nov 14 - World The CPI money rate fortoSepallSouth members of our commuadequately cover the long and get nothing accomplished, Gemini. But about, and something that resurfacing the spray adoption to Financial in Quesnel, Diabetes Day in you have other goals and know some hard work tember 2014 was 1.2obligations, nity should have equal access contractual a democratic park bythe $6,112. has no place Plan in Amendment West Quesnel, now means fun later.

Quesnel per cent and Council to a top quality well-rounded increased operational costs, society.

Recycled rubber Bylaw 1749.

Highway Frontage therefore approved an education. and all the other tire inflation has always CANCER - Jun 22/Jul 22 materials are Public education • The Province of and Downtown in indemniIt is time for you to step up and take the reins, Trustees need to ensure increase that related costs of the system.and create beena a societal leveler, an shredded Development • Sustainable Forest Industry Cancer. Your leadership skills have long been an ties.

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•andContinued Funding Dollars to the provincial participated on the most of the re-elected as Chair Downplay your authority thisfrom week, Virgo. Newdemnities is Board’s approxicomers to your place of employment will feel government Cariboo Regional Commissions and in 2003.

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He was then Board and in 1993 pool and rink two; the Northern Strike of it remaining open the following projects “During my time council I was of the any served longer. Iton may not seem like one the right time elected Director he was first elected 911 emergency phone Paintball Association just yet, but you need toMary forge as ahead anyway and councillors lucky enough to have my mayor.

I for Electoral Area Chair of the Board, service; Cat Scan for handle things as they come.

A (south Quesnel a position he held GR Baker Hospital; am thankful for the stable leadership she was able to SCORPIO Oct 24/Nov area) in the general for 8 consecutive fire protection provide through some-rough times22our area faced.

It is easy to feel burnt out before you achieve a elections of 1978 and years, until 2000 for Red Bluff and terms I have her to work Scorpio.

Youseen just need learntirelessly how to pace 2014/2015 Schedule Over these twogoal, Ted Armstrong has served successive inclusively. No other Kersley; Kersley Hall yourself a little better and to ignore distractions to make our community a better place.

Whether that result in delays. terms since that time.

Board member, since upgrades; Kersley PeeWee Mites trails and through lobbying higher levels of government Plan to work on dog He is currently the the Regional District’s walking SAGITTARIUS - Nov 23/Dec 21 for Red Bluff CRD’s Vice-Chair and incorporation in park; Red 5-6 Bluff SewerBlack /control regarding issues facing Quesnel and your the region byweek, providing Nov. 14 Express creativityorthis Sagittarius. You pm Green 1 Integris / Inwood Dragon LakeNov.and 15 6:30-8 pm 1 Chair of the Treaty 1968, holds that System; new Library have long felt the desire to display other support at the local level, Mary was always the first in line tothis help.

I side, Trucking Nov. 15 2:30-3:30 pm Blue / Red 2 Kersley and now is a great time to do so. Encourage othAdvisory Committee. distinction. After in Quesnel; Hallis have seen first hand how much see is respected throughout the Nov. 15 7:30-9 am 1 Armstrong ers to do the same.

Vote Ted Vice-Chair focusing his efforts as Lake ski touring and Green / Blue province and her record reflects this. Her door has always been open Nov. 16 2:30-4 pm Red / Green 1 Nov 15.

Armstrong has Area Director from wheel chair access.

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Cannot run a campaign based on connections

Editor: Retiring MP Dick Harris has decided to break his long silence on Quesnel issues to weigh in on the Mayoralty race with his version of why he failed to deliver any federal dollars to our City’s multi-centre project and to defend Mayor Sjostrom’s efforts in that regard.

MP Harris claims we did not get federal money because a federal “program” did not exist to fund multi-centers.

He explains that when the provincial government committed $4 million to the project (when I was

MLA) the Federal government didn’t have a “program” to match those funds.

So, according to MP Harris, Mayor Sjostrom should not be blamed for failing to get federal dollars to the multi-center because a federal program did not exist that the City could apply to for funding.

But, the reason I raised the Mayor’s failure to secure federal funds for the multi-centre was simply to challenge Mayor Sjostrom’s constant claim that she can deliver the goods for Quesnel because she’s plugged in to

the Conservatives federally and the Liberals provincially.

As MP Harris points out: most federal and provincial funding comes in the form of “program” dollars — which any City can apply to and which are funded on the merits of the project rather than the claimed connections of local politicians.

That reality holds true for funding major initiatives like the Westside Land Stability Program, or the bypass, or for other infrastructure projects and program funding.

To put it bluntly: Mayor Sjostrom

cannot run a campaign claiming she will deliver the money because she’s “connected” then refuse to accept any blame when her “friends” in Ottawa or Victoria don’t have a “program” to fund a project in our community.

If I’m elected as mayor of this fine city, we will continue to receive program dollars for a host of initiatives from both the federal and provincial governments.

Mayor Sjostrom’s continued claims to the contrary are a distasteful form of fear mongering that

should have no place in our democracy.

The residents of Quesnel should be allowed to choose their Mayor without one candidate promoting the falsehood that the City will be starved of funds if they choose “wrong.”

Whether you vote for Mary or me as your Mayor this November, take comfort in the fact that the City of Quesnel will continue to receive program funding from both the federal and provincial governments. Please be assured: you are free to choose the candidate whom

Editor: So our town is going to H*** in a hand bucket...or so some would have you believe.

I feel Bob Simpson wants you to believe he and his white horse are here to help us through his perceived troubled times.

It should be pointed out that this community of ours is the envy of every other city and town in this province: with the tax base we have; great mayor and council; a dedicated work force.

Just exactly what in that, requires changing?

I ask Bob to make that clear before he

goes any further.

Where does Bob Simpson stand politically? Started off with the Liberals – that didn’t seem to work out.

Next came the NDP and we all know how long that honeymoon lasted.

So he decides to be an ‘Independent’, which I feel is the most useless of legislative seats one can have.

No one answers your calls.

So where does Bob Simpson stand politically? Now this “hard-to-tell-where he stands” politician with absolutely no municipal experience, wants to straighten out our town.

At the Candidates Forum at the Legion Hall Oct. 28, a handout with the name Ken Butchard was made available on Mr. Simpson’s table. Until you read through to the last paragraph, the rest is re-run information.

Mr. Butchard insults every one by saying the lawsuit regarding John Stecyk was dropped because of money.

If you have a just cause and the voters are behind that cause, the money will be there... very obviously they were not.

What this lawsuit really was, in my opinion, was a feeble attempt to besmirch the good names

of our mayor and the majority of the councillors. Your ‘bad’, Mr. Butchard.

These people are my neighbours and yours, and I for one do not appreciate these misguided attempts at making our elected officials look bad.

Gutter politics at best.

Mary Sjostrom had enough respect for her community and its citizens to first sit on council to learn the workings of that municipal body, and with that experience, to then run for mayor and win.

So much so that her peers on the UBCM elected her president, a position to which many aspire and few are chosen.

The fact is, the most responsible job of a mayor is to open doors to senior government and I feel Mayor Sjostrom has the ear of both Victoria and Ottawa.

I feel with Bob’s record with Victoria and the ‘Powers That Be’ he would be hardpressed to get through the front door.

If it is a job you are looking for, Bob, perhaps try the forest industry. Apparently you were a roaring success there.

The future of this city is in good hands and will be for the next four years if the voters get it right.

Wayne Affleck Quesnel

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the economic development of our rurally based communities to maintain or optimize the strategic and fiscal responsibilities. I am one, of a group of decision-makers; no more, no less.

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ow did you mark Remembrance Day this year?

In 2014, as we mark the 100th anniversary of the start of the First World War – so erroneously dubbed ‘the war to end all wars’ following the horrific conflict – we pause to reflect how different our world is today than when those young men and women left their homes for the far-flung battlefields of Europe.

At the same time, we recognize the risks today’s service men and women face remain all too real. As recent events in Quebec and Ontario remind us, our Armed Forces personnel are not only at risk when fighting on foreign soil. Each day, both at home and abroad, service personnel strive to keep Canada and Canadians secure; sometimes putting their lives at risk in doing so.

It’s likely in response to this that local members of the Canadian Legion noticed a spike of early interest among those looking for poppies this year.

In fact, as the number of veterans from those early battles dwindles each Nov. 11, we see renewed demonstrations of remembrance from younger generations – from soldiers, sailors and airforce personnel, their families and friends and the community at large.

Author and historian Mark Zuehlke, was awarded this week the 2014 Pierre Berton Award: the Governor General’s History Award for Popular Media for his contributions to the promotion of Canadian history, has seen a shift in recent years not only to those participating at Remembrance Day services, but also those actively seeking the stories that formed such a significant part of our national identity.

From the traditional readership of veterans and history circles who sought out his Canadian Battle Series titles, Zuehlke has seen significant growth among younger readership, nearly half of which are women in the 35- to 65-year-old demographic.

These are people interested in their family stories, the generations that came before, and how their experiences shaped the society we now enjoy.

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n most issues this column discusses, the feedback I receive is generally negative.

One exception has been human-caused climate change, where my mail runs three to one in favour of a skeptical approach. Most express relief at having someone question the exaggerated or false claims advanced by environmentalists who strive to paint Alberta and B.C. as home to uniquely evil climate crimes.

As mentioned last week, this is an urgent issue in B.C. as the government pushes to develop liquefied natural gas exports.

The B.C. Liberal approach to limit only the “intensity” of greenhouse gas emissions from LNG production, and make no commitment on the majority of emissions from upstream gas production, looks like the effective end of Gordon Campbell’s crusade to lead North America in “climate action.”

The government has also abandoned Campbell’s collapsed effort to set up a cap-and-trade system with various U.S. states to regulate emissions. Which brings me to a key reason for public skepticism.

Tom Fletcher

B.C. Views Going back to Jean Chrétien’s lip service to the Kyoto Accord, the world-wide effort to rein in fossil fuel emissions has been a smog of hypocrisy, hollow promises and failed experiments.

The next grand climate summit is scheduled for Paris next summer, although the vast international green bureaucracy will first have to jet to Peru for a presummit summit.

The European Union has just agreed to a Campbelllike new target to reduce greenhouse gas emissions 40 per cent by 2030. But that’s dependent on the Paris summit reaching a legally binding international deal, something the United States remains unwilling to do. Meanwhile, Germany is building new coal-fired power plants.

In Ontario, a grandiose scheme to replace coal-

over the years to drive the global warming catastrophe narrative.

In terms of actual reduction of greenhouse gas emissions, there are signs of progress. The United States has made considerable strides, thanks to abundant shale gas that has allowed it to switch from some of its 600-odd coal-fired power plants.

Which brings us back to B.C.’s push for natural gas exports. The NDP claims to support this, but has spent hours in the legislature warning of a giveaway of the resource, imagined fracking disasters and LNG tanker explosions and everything else they can dream up to throw at it.

This is the same party that campaigned against the carbon tax in 2009 and hasn’t had a coherent energy policy since.

But this isn’t some partisan game. It’s about whether B.C. maintains its gas industry. And so far natural gas is the only thing that has substantially cut carbon emissions.

Tom Fletcher is legislature reporter and columnist for Black Press.

Twitter: @tomfletcherbc Email: tfletcher@blackpress. ca

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fired power with wind, solar and other renewables has produced steeply rising electricity rates and a political scandal over a cancelled plan to build gasfired capacity.

The public continues to be bombarded with ginned-up stories of environmental destruction. You may have seen shocking TV reports in October of a “haul-out” of thousands of walruses on beaches around the Chukchi Sea in Alaska and Russia, with animals trampling each other.

The World Wildlife Fund and U.S. biologists rushed to media to frame this as a crisis caused by a lack of sea ice. This claim has been demolished by Susan Crockford, an evolutionary biologist who teaches at the University of Victoria.

If you Google “Walrus mass haulout hype refuted” you will find Crockford’s brief video showing a long, pre-industrial history of these events. She concludes that they are a sign of overpopulation in the nowprotected walrus herds.

Crockford’s website, polarbearscience. com, debunks similar claims made about supposedly disappearing polar bears that have been a mainstay

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Re-route the trucks Editor: I see Mayor Mary recently wrote to Highways Minister Todd Stone about the long overdue alternate truck route. At the helm for six years, and she gets around to it just days before election?

If council really wants a truck route, then why are they quietly allowing the Ministry of Highways to carve up Johnny Strand Park (at night) to round off the corner for transports coming off Carson Avenue onto Front Street? And why has most of the curb recently been painted yellow to the detriment of Carson businesses? There was once parking for businesses all along Front and Carson. Not anymore.

Get the trucks out of downtown and there will be plenty of room for parking, pedestrians and tourists.

The next time you drive Carson, Front and Two Mile Flat, take careful note of the double solid centre line and how it prevents access to businesses from both directions. Then go ask those businesses what they think of all this. A glaring example is the illegal northbound access to Fraserview Medical Clinic and to the Quality Motor Inn. And those are just two of many.

Years ago, Legion Drive was quietly posted as the new Highway 97 South route, in place of Carson. I’m not sure if it was ever gazetted as such.

A public hearing would have drawn attention. As we all know and loathe, this has created an absolutely horrendous traffic chaos nightmare when the Johnston Bridge loop is closed for months each spring.

Air quality (or lack thereof) is another problem from downtown truck traffic. Some days up to 200 loaded log trucks stop and start up Front Street, leaving their choking road dust to blow all about. The Observer’s front page recently headlined two simultaneous car accidents at the foot of Front Street that snarled

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Quesnel traffic for hours. And a dangerous goods spill near the hospital or Fraser Village... let’s not even go there. Just days ago I heard that a senior with her walker was nearly nailed by a speeding transport at the Fraser Village cross walk. And now that trucks no longer need to shift down for the corner at Seasons’ House, Fraser Foot Bridge and Cariboo Keepsakes, maybe we’d best order another ambulance.

If council is really serious about a truck route, then why do they give in to the Ministry of Highways? If there was genuine concern for downtown and Two Mile Flat businesses, they would tell them to figure out their own truck route. Besides, fixing the Quesnel “chokepoint”, as it was characterized by former Highways Minister Kevin Falcon, is a no brainer if the Province is to complete their “Cariboo Connector” four-laning project.

And let’s hope it’s a truck route and not a full blown bypass.

In spite of her associations, I don’t feel the mayor has not been nearly influential nor strong enough to stand up to senior governments, (as is also evidenced by no federal funding for the Multi Centre).

Our rivers, parks, trails, walking bridge, museum, new arena, Farmers’ Market, casino and brewery... all supported by an appealing array of shops, services, eateries and accommodations make ours one of the prettiest and most inviting downtowns anywhere. Downtown is our “ace up the sleeve” as we diversify our economy. All we need do is reroute the trucks and erase the yellow paint.

We need a master transportation plan backed by strong, proactive leadership that can once and for all get a truck route around our downtown. And we now have a cabinet minister as our MLA that can help make that happen.

Ron Campbell Quesnel

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Time for turf As we approach winter, indoor soccer season begins. Mixed leagues from U5 all the way up to U16/18 gear up and take to the Quesnel Youth Soccer Association’s (QYSA) indoor fields for practice and house games.

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Winning more than losing sets the tone for Midget Thunder’s season

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uesnel’s Midget Thunder started the season off on home ice playing two games against Williams Lake, Sept. 20 at the Twin Arenas.

The first game the Thunder faced defeat at the hands of the visiting team with a final score of 3-7.

But as the second game began the home team picked up speed and reversed the score, as the final buzzed sounded the score was 7-3 this time in favour of Midget Thunder.

The team took to the

road the following week, playing at the Kin Arena in Prince George Sept.

26 – 28.

The first match of the weekend for the Quesnel team had them facing off against Vanderhoof. The southern team proved they couldn’t handle the Thunder, the final score was 8-0 in favour of Midget Thunder.

The final score was 7-3 in favour of Williams Lake on the Saturday morning game against Quesnel’s Midget Thunder.

Quesnel next faced 100

Mile House, triumphing with a score of 5-2.

It was a 10-0 victory for Quesnel, dominating the home team Prince George Tier 3.

But when facing the Prince George Tier 2 the Midget Thunder suffered a 3-6 loss to the home team.

Though the Prince George Tier 2 had providing tough competition during the previous game, the Quesnel team was up to the challenge. The teams faced off in Quesnel Oct. 3 and 4.

As the buzzer sounded

ending the first game Midget Thunder skated away vicious with a 2-0 win over the visiting team.

However, the following day of hockey sent Prince George home with a 6-3 win.

Midget Thunder attended the Salmon Arm tournament at the Shaw Centre Oct. 10 – 12.

Quesnel first took on Salmon Arm, bringing in a 6-2 win.

The next day Quesnel faced the Calgary Royals Gold in a match that ended in a 3-3 tie. Later Midget Thunder would

triumph over the Kamloops Elks with a final score of 6-3.

In the semi finals, Quesnel played their final match of the tournament against the Okotoks Oilers. The Oilers skated in for a 4-3 victory over Quesnel moving onto the finals while Midget Thunder return to Quesnel.

Travelling to Prince George for a day of hockey on Oct. 18 Midget Thunder played and won two games against Prince George Tier 3.

The score of the first game was 6-1 followed

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by a second game with a final score of 11-3.

On Oct. 25 and 26, the team was back on home ice facing off against the 100 Mile House Tier 3.

Saturday’s game ended in a 12-2 triumph for Quesnel, followed by a Sunday morning game with a final score of 9-2 that sent the visiting team home in defeat.

In hockey you win some and lose some, but with only five defeats to speak of so far in the season the Midget Thunder are proving to be tough competition for their opponents.

HOME GAME

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QLA presents Dock Side Drive

A swingin’ ride of show-stopping favourites Quesnel Live Arts presents Dock Side Drive Saturday, Nov. 15 at Chuck Mobley Theatre.

Dock Side Drive is one of the West Coast’s hottest swing and show bands. Fresh off theatre and festival performances through B.C., this dynamic band entertains audiences with the music of the 1940s, 50s and 60s.

At its core, Dock Side Drive features local Victoria musicians, Joey Smith, Don Leppard, Anita Bonkowski, Heather Burns (rhythm section); Dave Flello, Paul Wainwright (horns); Chris Newstead, Fran Bitonti and Angela Ireland (vocals).

They offer a blend of vocal and instrumental tunes that will usher you through more than three decades of song, including the music of Ray Charles, Irving Berlin, George Gershwin, Cole Porter, Duke Ellington,The Beatles and other favourites. You won’t want to miss the

chance to see and hear this ensemble performing well-known swing, blues, jazz and show tunes. It’s guaranteed you’ll be swingin’ and singin’ along.

The band hosts a roster of seasoned and established musicians from the Victoria area, all of whom perform regularly both together and with other bands: The Stomp Club, Canus, The Midnights and String of Pearls to name a few. In addition to individual international and national touring and performing careers, many of these veteran musicians have been seen together on the dixie, swing and jazz

festival circuit.

Since its inception, Dock Side Drive has established a reputation as a show band that features vocalists and instrumentalists alike. They have built a repertoire of tunes, including Train Kept a Rollin’, Mac the Knife, Route 66, Blue Skies, What’ll I Do, Hit That Jive Jack, Hallelujah I Just Love Him So, Jump, Jive and Wail, A Train, Found a New Baby, At Last and Sweet Georgia Brown.

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Mary Sjostrom seeks to be re-elected

Bob Simpson seeks mayor’s chair When I first moved to Quesnel I didn’t think I’d stay here long, even though my wife had grown up here. I’ve lived here for 30 years now and love it. Despite having many opportunities to move away, my wife and I have always decided to stay, and we hope our two grown children will return here to work and raise their families.

I believe Quesnel is a great city with a great future. However, we won’t achieve that future by simply hoping things will turn out OK; or by hoping the provincial and federal governments will wake up, pay attention, and come to our rescue.

Quesnel is a community in transition – the Canfor sawmill closure last fall signaled the beginning of the MPB related downsizing of our traditional forest sector. Unfortunately, despite repeated warnings that this day was coming, Quesnel is entering this challenging period without a transition plan in place. But, I’m optimistic about Quesnel’s future because I believe peo-

ple are most creative when they honestly embrace the challenges confronting them. I don’t believe we need to be afraid of the transition period we’re entering On the contrary, we can use it as an opportunity to revitalize and reinvent our community!

I believe Mayor and Council can work with industry to mitigate the impact of the looming reduction in annual allowable cut and reduce potential job losses in our traditional sector while taking advantage of other economic development opportunities to diversify our employment base.

I’m confident we can find creative ways to attract investment and diversify our economy, create jobs, and support the infrastructure and amenities our City needs to continue to be a vibrant and resilient community.

I’m asking the people of Quesnel to elect me as Mayor so we can proactively build a sustainable community together.

Having been on Council for 15 years, nine years as city councillor and six years as your Mayor, I bring experience and strong leadership to this position.

Local government governance is very different than the provincial mandate.

I have had the privilege of serving as president of the North Central Area Association and the provincial body of UBCM which represents all Municipalities and Regional Districts in the Province of B.C. This was a significant honour to be elected by my peers.

I am extremely proud of the many accomplishments of City Council in the past three years. Our de-watering program for West Quesnel Land Stability has met with success and next is Phase #2 for more de-watering and road improvements in the affected areas.

Our new arena referendum was successful (70.4 per cent) and will see shovels in the ground in 2015.

Included in the many new developments for the city is the airport apron

expansion, and through partnership we have a large fibre optic upgrade happening in our community.

As a community in transition, we continue to work with local industry, Ministry of Forests, and our community to sustain our forest industry.

The adoption of “OurQuesnel” sustainability plan with 10 strategy areas will serve as a planning tool as we move forward for the next 25 – 35 years.

Working with city council and the regional district we continue to look for any and all diversification including mining, agriculture and tourism.

Our relationship with CNC and UNBC remains strong and we continue to lobby for the third phase of the trades training facility.

A strong message is being sent to Victoria to include Quesnel in the provincial 10-year Transportation Plan and the need for an alternate truck route.

Let’s keep the successes going!

Kyle Jones promises to work on community revival If elected Nov. 15, I hope to facilitate sustainable community choices and advocate towards active community contribution.

I want to join and help in the ongoing City Council priorities and goals, by what I am calling community revival.

“Revive Quesnel” is my hope to strengthen the interrelations between residents and local governance. I hope this will actively engage inactive residents to help in the council’s tasks together.

My focus for Quesnel is to

strengthen and empower local people and businesses, by joining the vision of reviving Quesnel by community choice.

I strongly believe if we embrace our Canadian identity locally; We can revitalize the community spirit which makes anything possible.

I am here to help speak for and represent the younger generations who feel unsupported or unrepresented; This is the #1 reason why I hope you will vote this election.

My name is Kyle Jones and I

hope you will consider me for one of your six city councillors this Nov 15 and let your voices be echoed by this vote towards Community revival.

About Kyle Jones: Born May 11/88 in Saskatchewan, I am now 26 years old and have been living in Quesnel for 20 years.

My lifelong experience living here has given me considerable insights on Quesnel specific issues. I am running for city council to help tackle our social, financial and geographic barriers together.

26-year-old Kyle Jones is running for city council.

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MAKE YOUR VOTE COUNT Wendy Clement eats, sleeps and breathes education

Roodenburg for city council, experience counts

I want our community to move towards a desirable and sustainable future, one that will emphasize long-term thinking, collaboration between residents and stakeholders and creating partnerships that will be the framework for community decisions.

I want to be part of a team-oriented council that will move our community into a future that reflects the resiliency of our resource sector, that creates new opportunities for diversity and that gives our citizens a healthy and safe environment that they can call home.

On Nov. 15, vote Laurey-Anne Roodenburg, your voice of experience for city council.

I would like to take this opportunity to formally introduce myself to Quesnel and the many mothers, fathers, grandparents and legal guardians in our fine city. Education is the great equalizer. Education has played a fundamental in my life. Education is for many people a lifeline to bigger hopes and dreams. I come from a teaching background. My father, Don Mahoney, was the kind of teacher who always did what was right for his students whether it was the politically correct thing to do or not. He always put his students first no matter what the professional consequences might be. I have watched my father play a crucial role in many people’s lives. I cannot count the times complete strangers would come up to me and ask me if my father was Don Mahoney. My immense respect for this man and what he meant to so many people has only grown with time.

My father has taught many students who have achieved great things

in life: Sue Ellen Miller, our superintendent, David Adams Richards, a Canadian Giller prize winner and Kevin Vickers, the Sargent-At-Arms who was responsible for killing the gunman who recently opened fire in our country’s capital. My father always told me that once students entered his classroom, all were on the same playing field, no matter what their background may be. All students were to be given the proper respect they deserved. I grew up with this gentle man as a role model, because, as you will see, he knew what he was talking about. He grew up an orphan at seven years old. The second youngest child in a group of ten children, he was raised by his older brothers and sisters. He would often only have boiled potatoes one night for supper and then boiled potato skins the following night. His older brothers were sometimes viciously violent towards him and he experienced many horrific events. He often

went to school so dirty that his teachers would comment that he could grow potatoes behind his ears. Embarrassed? Yes. Humiliated? Definitely… but it only hardened his determination to climb out of the predicament he was in. He knew education was his ticket out of his surroundings and he was correct. He went on to earn a full hockey scholarship to university.

He turned his back on a professional hockey career to become an English teacher. This is the man I grew up watching. He is the reason I became a teacher. He is the reason I know how education can be a life-changer for anyone who dares to dream big. I am not afraid of a good fight and to me there is nothing more important than the future of our youth and the amazing teachers that step up to the plate to help chart the academic journey of these precious gifts to our society. Please, cast your ballot with someone who truly eats, sleeps and breathes education.

Serving Quesnel his goal I am John Brisco and would like to continue the work of a Quesnel city councilor which I have spent the last three years learning to do.

I feel much more confident now and will be more effective for the next term.

I invested 28 years as an optician making and fitting eyeglasses,

an endeavor requiring precision and commitment and providing me with a strong sense of satisfaction as well as my living.

I receive a similar benefit in knowing that I am providing service to my community.

Please re-elect me to continue doing this work for our city.

Mezzatesta wants your vote for school board trustee Vote Angela Mezzatesta for trustee you can count on me to: • BE open, willing to hear your concerns.

• BE approachable and will work to get responses to your questions.

• BE professional in manner and focus on finding solutions.

Grandpa Dave, is a former trustee from 2002, 2005, 2008 and a 30 year city employee. He believes all kids need the best education possible. So do we!

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DAVID CHAPMAN School District #28 TRUSTEE

It’s time to care about Quesnel and its Future

Make your vote count on November 15th, 2014.

VOTING TIMES 8am - 8pm If you don’t VOTE you have no right to complain!

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Recycle Paull – back to work at city hall Paull’s issues: • Spending – More shovels and boots; less suits.

• Transparency – Less incamera; improve information access.

• Economic Development – Ineffective; Council should target specific projects.

• Health Care – System needs to better hear citizens.

• Alternate Truck Route – Downtown’s saving grace; will improve air.

• Environment – Improve

air quality, no water chlorination • Seniors and Youth – They deserve serious attention • Infrastructure – Double paving budget; Permanent Westside dike • Multi-Centre – Arena’s good, next, Feds fund theatre.

• Seasons House – Is that what was really intended?

• West Quesnel Land Stability – End Uplands building permit ban.

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GEORGE NATALIZIO

Elliott lays out council focus for next term

Quesnel BoRn | ex-CitY of Quesnel emPloYee | tRustee sinCe 2002

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What should we as a Council be focused on for the next term?

• We need to continue to lobby the Provincial Government to proceed with the new Truck Route.

• West Quesnel Land Stability is moving forward, time to move on to phase two.

• The Arena referendum passed. We must continue

to lobby the Federal Government and others to try and bring down the debt.

• Airport expansion and marketing is something we should be aggressively pursuing.

• Panhandling and homelessness have to be addressed. We as a community must have open dialogue on some tough issues for the betterment of all.

I Care about Education Re Elect

Gloria Jackson School Trustee

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Mitch knows the needs of students

I’m a councillor who listens to the public

On NOVEMBER 15

Re-Elect Mayor MARY SJOSTROM LET’S KEEP THE SUCCESS GOING!

For nearly twenty years Mitch Guitard was able to use his skills to work with a variety of children from diverse backgrounds and skill levels on how to swim. The lessons Mitch taught would ensure the children were able to protect themselves and others in emergency situations, while at the same time building confidence and strength within themselves.

He went on to use his knowledge and skills to train lifeguards.

Building on his career Mitch moved into a new opportunity which has allowed him to assist people. Working for CUPE as a National Servicing Representative has given him the opportunity to ensure all people are treated fairly and consistently by their peers as well as employer.

Mitch Guitard believes that fo-

cus on our children’s education within the home and community is the key in order for them to grow into strong leaders and decision makers. It is everyone’s responsibility to ensure this happens.

Mitch understands the needs of students, employees as well as employers. His experience working within diverse groups will help him achieve a balance that is in the best interest of all parties. His primary focus would be ensuring the education of all children.

Although Mitch has resided in the City of Prince George for more than thirty years, Quesnel has always been an important sister community to him.

Currently Mitch represents the CUPE workers in Quesnel and feels a strong tie to the community and the people residing there.

nov. 15tH Vote For Your LocaL SchooL truStee • Born & Raised in Quesnel • Retired 33 years SD28 employee • Valuable Volunteer • Fireman Don’t be a Donkey • Auxiliary RCMP Vote • Minor Baseball Coach Schonke • Foster Parent

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I have been serving as your councillor since 2002. I have lived in this city since 1991. We have to look at ways to improve air quality, conserve water, expand the life of the land fill, retain youth and have more affordable activities.

We have to take a holistic approach for our City. We do need senior and affordable housing. And we need to get back to youth programs. Public input is very important and should be respected. Secondary suites were a prime example of how not to proceed.

I am here to listen to your concerns and serve you, not dictate to you.

When you vote on Nov 15 please remember I am the councillor that does listen.

School District #28 Trustee

Howie SCHonke For Trustee School District 28

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• Sustainable Forest Industry • New 1600 seat arena 2015 • Phase 2 West Quesnel De-watering • N. Cariboo Recreation Plan 2015 • Continued Funding Dollars from all levels of Government • New City Parks Plan for 2015 Election Day is November 15th Voting is from 8 a.m. – 8 p.m.

Vote at: Quesnel City Hall, Correlieu Secondary School, Dragon Lake School

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Cycling the Oregon Coast into California and all that it has to offer Chris and Heather Hartridge are on their nine-month grand tour, on bicycles, to Mexico and Central America and will be submitting their travel stories to the Observer. n our last story we had cycled the incredibly scenic Oregon Coast and met some wonderful people cycling the same route. We seemed to have rolled back time as the weather was generally hot and sunny and it looked as though we were beating the sun as it was retreating southward for the fall.

We crossed the Oregon/ California border south of Brookings Oregon on Sept.

20 and almost immediately the climate changed to foggy and misty. The skies were grey caused by the fog from the Pacific rolling in.

All along our route we’ve met local people who have made our journey even more enjoyable. When we arrived in Crescent City we went to a park on the seaside to have lunch and were just about to slice the cheese when a nice gal named Tierzah came over to let us know about a salmon bake being hosted by the Tolowa native people and we were very welcome to come. We gratefully accepted the offer and spent time meeting the people and enjoying a huge salmon lunch.

South of Crescent City we entered the world of the Redwoods. Our destination was a California State Park named Elk Prairie after the herds of elk that make their home in and around the redwood forests.

While there, we spent a number of hours strolling through the pathways in the park’s redwood forest.

Our necks became strained just looking up to see the tops of the trees. Did you know the Coast Redwoods (Sequioa sempervirens) are the tallest trees in the world? I’m not sure I ever

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really saw the top of a tree standing at the base. They grow primarily on the Northern California coast and into southern Oregon.

They reach up to 379 feet in height (presumably someone knows where the tallest one is) and up to 26 feet in diameter. Some also live to more than 2,000 years old.

Leaving the Elk Prairie behind our route took us back to the coast road through picturesque Trinidad and historic Arcata, home to Humboldt University. We usually keep a close eye on the weather and there was a large rainstorm forecast for a 36-hour period. We timed it just right and took refuge in one of those KOA campgrounds that have the small cabins for rent.

Good thing. When it came, the rain was of biblical proportions.

Other than this weather ‘blip’ it has been a spectacular fall in the region. As we continued to ride south, we enjoyed sunny hot weather in the beautiful little town of Ferndale with dozens of restored Victorian homes.

We even stayed in a B&B called the Gingerbread Mansion.

Our route took us through the famed Avenue of the Giants that winds among stately groves of huge redwood trees for miles and miles. We took the opportunity to camp among these giants in the Burlington State Park.

Southbound again, we discovered the Benbow Inn on the Eel River. The inn is listed as a national historic building and over the years has been a popular haunt with movie stars such as Clark Gable and even royalty such as the King of Jordan.

We stayed for a couple of luxurious nights to rest up before we made our way over the Leggett Hill to

Highway 1 and the cities of Fort Bragg, Mendocino and Bodega Bay. In early October our ride down the Northern California Coast was nearing an end as we made our way inland from Point Reyes Station towards Marin County and the San Francisco Bay area.

When we arrived in the upscale north bay district of Sausalito, we were pleased to stay in a Warmshowers. org home perched high on the cliffs overlooking the bay.

It isn’t every day one gets to ride a bicycle over the Golden Gate Bridge. The bridge crossing was a thrill.

It’s really noisy with the trucks and cars whizzing by just a few feet away but it all adds to the drama. We stopped along the way to watch as huge freighters and US Navy ships made their way out of the harbour. We watched the sun occasionally peek out from behind the clouds to provide a ghostly silhouette behind Alcatraz. We also saw the city skyline looming off to our left. We were enticed by the thoughts of riding San Francisco’s many bike paths and routes and what we might find along the way. We coasted down to the south end and just like that, the ride over the fabled bridge was over.

Our next destination was the Marketplace Ferry Terminal Building very near to the BART (Bay Area Rapid Transit) Station.

Using well marked bicycle routes, we found the station and made our way on board the train.

Our home for the next few days would be in El Cerrito at the home of some new friends that befriended us while they were on holiday in Oregon.

We’ll take the time here to do some sightseeing and to re-supply for the next leg of our Grand Adventure – Southern California and Baja in Mexico.

Golden Gate and San Francisco

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Congratulations to St. Andrew’s United Church and Beds, Baskets and Beyond for a diverse workplace

Dengarry Professional Services would like to congratulate St. Andrew’s United Church and Beds, Baskets and Beyond for creating a diverse workforce. This has been shown through their commitment in hiring an individual with developmental disabilities.

These businesses are being rewarded with Diversity @ Work stickers to place on their door or window. St. Andrew’s United Church and Beds, Baskets and Beyond recognizes the value of a diverse workforce and the contributions people with developmental disabilities can give to the workplace and the community.

BC EmployNet has initiated the window sticker program across B.C. to recognize employers who have shown their belief in diversity in the workplace by hiring a capable individual who also happens to have a disability.

Many people with developmental disabilities are eager to be employed, want to earn an income, be a contributing member to their community and valued in their jobs. Real work for real pay enhances independence, financial security and fosters a sense of belonging.

Part of the goal of recognizing businesses that demonstrate their belief in a diverse workplace is to inform consumers who may in turn choose to use their purchasing power to support such businesses.

So, again, we are pleased to congratulate and recognize St. Andrew’s United Church and Beds, Baskets and Beyond for their efforts and leadership in this area. If you have any questions about the Diversity @ Work program, please call Stephanie Pomeroy or Tim Hall @ 250-992-7900 ext.6.

Left: Anthony Ross and Denis Mighton of Beds, Baskets and Beyond show off the sticker; above: Paul Goyette, left, Vickie Nelson, church employee and Rita Brauch, right are now employed at St. Andrews United Church.

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MONDAY HOSPITAL GIFT SHOP PRE-CHRISTMAS SALE Nov. 24 28, 9 a.m. – 4 p.m.

Baby items, plush toys, a wide variety of giftware and jewelry.

WINTER OUTERWEAR FOR KIDS AND ADULTS now being accepted at Super Suds Laundromat, 415 McLean St. Cleaned items will be available at Big Brothers Big Sisters of Quesnel, Monday – Thursday, 10 a.m. – 3 p.m., Friday 9 a.m. – 12 p.m. For information call 250992-7257.

BUY A GOLD BRICK fundraiser Wells Historical Society. For $10 help purchase a new fur-

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nace for Wells Museum. To purchase one or more tickets, call Honey, 250-9925875 or Carrie 250994-3243.

WEDNESDAY MULTICULTURAL LUNCHEON FOR WOMEN sponsored by OVISTA and RCMP Victim Services to encourage women to meet their local service providers. 11 a.m. – 1 p.m. at the Community Policing office on the westside across from Kwik Kleen laundromat.

QUESNEL AND DISTRICT HOSPICE AND PALLIATIVE CARE ASSOCIATION is hosting fall volunteer training sessions. Contact ASAP to reserve your

seat, 250-985-5815.

THURSDAY BILLY BARKER DAYS SOCIETY monthly meeting Nov. 20, 5:30 p.m.

Rm N212 (upstairs) CNC.

FRIDAY QUESNEL ART GALLERY PRESENTS Beaux Arts, their Annual Christmas Show and Sale at the Quesnel Arts & Recreation Centre, 500 North Star Road. The show and sale continues throughout November and December. The Quesnel Art Gallery is open Tuesday – Saturday, 10 a.m. – 4 p.m.

SENIORS’ CENTRE CRAFT FAIR 2014 Nov. 14, 1 – 7

p.m., Nov. 15, 9 a.m.

– 2 p.m. Tables, $10/ day, phone Marion, 250-747-1746 or Seniors’ Centre, 250992-3991. Lunch will be available.

FRIENDS OF THE LIBRARY ANNUAL BOOK SALE Nov. 28 – 29, 10 a.m.

– 4 p.m. in library meeting room. Book donations accepted beginning Nov. 18 (no magazines or encyclopedias accepted.)

SATURDAY KIM MCIVOR FUNDRAISER, DINNER, DANCE and SILENT AUCTION Nov. 22, Elks Hall, doors open at 6 p.m., dinner at 7 p.m. Tickets, $30/each at Coop, Circle S Western Wear, for information

contact Paul 250747-3864. Safe rides home available.

14TH ANNUAL TASTE OF QUESNEL VARIETY DINNER AND ARTISAN AUCTION Nov. 22, Seniors’ Centre, doors open at 5:30 p.m., dinner at 6:45, auction, 8:30 p.m. Tickets are $50/ each, on sale beginning Oct. 15. Early (before Oct. 31) ticket purchases eligible for Bert DeVink sculpture draw. For ticket information or to purchase contact judymonych@ gmail.com or phone 250-747-1110 or call Pat Crerar, 250992-8537. Tickets also available at the Quesnel Cariboo Observer.

QUESNEL LIONS MONTHLY GARAGE SALE, Nov. 29 (the last Saturday of every month) at Maple Park Mall, 9 a.m. – 2 p.m. Hot dogs and coffee available.

ONGOING EVENTS PLANNING AN EVENT? NEED A LOCATION? St. John’s Hall newly renovated space.

For information and reservations contact 250-992-6152.

FRIENDS OF THE LIBRARY BOOK CLUB meets the third Thursday of the month at noon in the program room at the Quesnel Library to discuss books members have read.

New members are welcome. Call 250-

747-3547 for information.

DARTS Mixed dart league (two men, two women.) No experience necessary. Play is every Tuesday night, 6:45 p.m. at the Elks Lodge. Call Steven, 250-992-5794 for information.

KEENAGERS FITNESS CLASS at the Legion, 8:30 – 9:30 a.m. lead by fitness instructor Cindy Paul.

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Police officers in red serge will also now be armed due to policy change.

Black Press photo pearing in the community in red serge often were not armed in the past.

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rect supervision of all activities performed by our auxiliary constables,” the letter states.

“Our existing complement of regular members will no longer be freed up to attend to other scheduled duties.”

More than 1,100 auxiliaries assist with policing across B.C. and Malo said it’s appropriate to be more careful than in the past, depending on the circumstances.

“I consider them community heroes,” Malo said.

“They’re volunteers who volunteer hundreds if not thousands of hours to wear an RCMP uniform and serve their community.

“We have to make sure these local heroes are protected.”

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Last month’s attacks on Canadian soldiers in Ottawa and Montreal have prompted the RCMP to arm officers who appear in public in red serge and to take extra steps to protect auxiliary constables who volunteer unarmed in the community.

The new requirement for direct supervision is expected to mean more armed regular RCMP officers accompanying unarmed auxiliaries at major public events than did in the past, according to Assistant Commissioner Dan Malo, the Lower Mainland District Commander for the RCMP. “Our reality changed after the events of Ottawa,” Malo said, referring to the killing of Cpl. Nathan Cirillo as he guarded the National War Memorial on Parliament Hill.

He predicted the main impact will be on police staffing of major summer festivals.

“It’s a shift in our cultural thinking on

how we deploy police officers or anybody that is identifiable with law enforcement.”

Operational decisions on exactly how those events are staffed will be up to the local commander based on their assessment of potential threats and other factors.

Malo was not able to say whether the changes will increase costs to cities or decrease the number of officers on duty to respond to other calls, but added policing costs will likely rise for some festivals.

That prospect has alarmed Coquitlam city council, which voted to write to RCMP national headquarters to protest the change.

The letter warns the new policy directive threatens cost-effective policing and will impact a broad range of community programs in schools and parks that are staffed

by Coquitlam’s 49 auxiliaries.

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“At things like funerals it’s very traditional we were not armed,” Malo said.

“Now you will see when we are identifiable we are always armed.”

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Sustaining Partner Profile – Go-Fer Contracting & Disposal Dwayne Sales and Lori Carifelle, owners of Go-Fer Contracting & Disposal (along with Cariboo Metal Recycling) are proud to be Sustaining Partners with Quesnel Community Foundation.

Their three year commitment helps to offset expenses for the Foundation, allowing more money to be available for community use. Two things about QCF that are important to Dwayne and Lori – the Foundation can supply significant money to community groups that need financial assistance – much more than they could give on their own. The second thing that appeals to them is that money is easily accessible for groups. The application process is easy and straightforward and often does not require additional funds to be in place.

“Small groups with small projects just need a helping hand, and we are happy to be a part of the process. We encourage everyone to support the Foundation however you can.”

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