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Learn to be fire smart during Fire Prevention Week Bronwyn Scott

Alaska Highway News

“Hear the Beep While you Sleep” is the theme of this year’s Fire Prevention Week, from Oct. 4 to 10 in Fort St. John.

From Monday to Friday, the Fire Prevention team will be attending schools to provide fire safety talks to elementary students in the North Peace with a particular focus on Grade 3 students.

They’ll have the opportunity to go through a fire safety house to learn first hand how to react if you wake up in a smoky house.

“It’s a miniature house that they fill with smoke, and there’s a ladder to escape and there’s a stairwell in there, and it teaches the kids how to get down and crawl and how to get out of a smoky house in the event that there is a fire,” said Kelly Giffin, fire prevention clerk at the Fort St. John Fire Department.

The purpose is to get them used to going through the motions so that they don’t panic, and they know how to react and get out of a smoky house safely.

“Generally kids have a tendency Irvin to hide, and you don’t want them to Tang do that,” Giffin said.

As part of this educational week, Diagnosis kids will learn what firefighters wear Herpes labial is is diagnosed by a physician who will conduct a visual examination of the so that they’ll know what they look lesions and will ask the patient to answer a few like, how to make a safety plan with questions.

Additional tests, including blood tests, their families, and the importance of are generally not required to diagnose this checking fire alarms monthly. infection.

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Herpes labialis

Over the counter and prescription antiviral medication is available. Some medications are taken orally, while others are applied locally. They can help reduce healing time and the spread of sores if started at the first sign of symptoms (prodrome). However, no one medication can eliminate the virus from the body. Analgesics such as acetaminophen (Tylenol®) or ibuprofen (Advil®) can be taken to relieve pain associated with herpes labialis.

Additional relief can be obtained by applying ice on the lesions.

Prevention To prevent children and adults from spreading the virus, it is important to avoid sharing items that come into contact with the mouth and to avoid kissing anyone with active oral lesions. Also, physical protection (ex: latex or polyurethane condoms, dental dams) during oral-genital contact as well as hand washing after touching lesions is recommended to prevent virus transmission.

Those who have already contracted the virus should: • ensure that their lips are well hydrated (moisturizing lip balm); • apply sun protection on and around their lips before going out in the sun; • maintain a healthy lifestyle (sleep, nutrition, exercise); • have an up to date prescription for an antiviral that can be started at the first signs of prodrome.

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“Fire safety is the number one goal of the fire department, fire prevention, so we want to keep the public safe,” said Matthew Troiano, a Fort St. John firefighter.

“This year, the 'hear the beep while you sleep' campaign is what we’re kind of focusing on here with fire prevention week, so that’s focusing on having working smoke detectors in all the houses and outside of all the bedrooms and inside the bedrooms,” he said.

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Herpes labialis, also known as cold sores or fever blisters, is a very common viral infection.

While highly unpleasant and uncomfortable, it is not a serious condition in itself. It can, however, pose a problem for people whose immune systems are weakened by disease or medication (ex: cancer, HIV, AIDS, immunosuppressive drugs).

Causes The virus responsible for cold sores is the Herpes simplex virus (or HSV). There are two main strains of this virus: HSV-1 and HSV-2.

The same virus is also responsible for genital infections. HSV-1 , which causes cold sores on the lips, is usually acquired in childhood, while exposure to HSV-2, which results in genital diseases, occurs with the onset of sexual activity. Furthermore, both types of viruses can be passed from the lips to the genitals, or vice versa, through direct contact (kissing, oral sex).

Most adults are already infected with one of the viruses responsible for this infection (50% with HSV-1 and 17% with HSV-2).

Symptoms The first episode usually occurs in childhood and is often symptom-free. However, if symptoms are present, they are likely to be pronounced. Difficulty swallowing may occur if the lips and inside of the mouth are affected.

Fever is another common symptom. It may take up to 14 days for the sores to heal. Once contracted, the virus remains in the body for life.

Some people never have a second episode, while others experience several recurrences.

Recurrences are preceded by warning symptoms called prodromes. These include a tingling, itching, burning or numbing sensation around the lips or swelling. This is followed by the appearance of painful pinkish lesions that look like fluid-filled blisters. These may burst and form crusts as they dry. The lesions can spread to the inside of the mouth (inside of the cheeks, tongue, throat) and the nose. The virus can also spread to other areas such as the eyes, breasts and genitalia through infected secretions. A person can transmit the virus even when there are no visible lesions.

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Fort St. John firefighter Matthew Troiano and Deputy Chief Darrell Blades will be participating in Fire Prevention Week from Oct. 4 to 10 in the city, visiting with schools and sharing tips on how to be safe in the event of a fire.

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C l ass i c D u e l l i n g Pe n s “Fort St. John’s Best Weekly Community Newspaper”

Each week editorial staff take turns engaging in debate on a hot topic. These debates are intended to explore both sides of an issue and arguments expressed here are chosen by flip of the coin, therefore they do not necessarily reflect the true opinion of the duelist.

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Mike Carter

Does the PRRD have any business telling property owners how their property should look?

NO: Picture this: a man in a suit wearing glasses steps out of his Smart car, clipboard in hand, ready to survey your property.

A checklist populates the page in front of him that he briskly works his way through.

He makes some notes: “Wheel barrow tipped over on front lawn.

Children’s toys strewn about haphazardly. Old cars, tractors, trucks and snowmobiles line the back edge of the property.”

He wraps up his inspection and with a poindexter point, shuffles his glasses up his nose and exclaims “unsightly premise!” as he makes his way back to his car. He speeds away to file his report.

Now, I’m not saying that the Peace River Regional District is necessarily overstepping its bounds here. Legitimate environmental concerns do come with the storage of old vehicles and hazardous waste on properties.

But, the question is should the PRRD tell you how your property should look, and on that matter I have to say no.

Residents should be informed on how to properly dispose of hazardous materials and be encouraged to take old vehicles off their property. The land may be theirs, but the environment belongs to us all.

Judging whether a property is "sightly" or "unsightly" should not be the PRRD’s duty. Beauty is in the eye of the beholder after all.

Science Matters David Suzuki

It’s time to talk about a new vision for the economy

The federal leaders’ debate on the economy focused on important issues — jobs, deficits, infrastructure spending, pipelines, climate change — but no one talked about a different vision for Canada’s economy. What if we challenged our leaders to answer the dilemma posed by American journalist Charles Bowden: “Imagine the problem is that we cannot imagine a future where we possess less but are more”? Not being able to even imagine an economy without continual growth is a profound failure.

A better economic vision would support the right of all Canadians to live in a healthy environment, with access to clean air and water and

healthy food. It would respect planetary boundaries and provide the moral imperative to decrease growing income disparities. Businesses would be required to pay for environmental damage they inflict, capital would be more widely distributed and ideas, such as employee shareholder programs with ethically invested stocks, would be the norm.

This alternative economy would connect people to family, friends and communities, focus on social capital investments over gross domestic product gains, and distribute wealth through taxes, social programs and minimum guaranteed incomes. In The Spirit Level: Why More Equal Societies Almost Always Do Better, authors Richard Wilkinson and Kate Pickett write that developed countries with the greatest inequalities have higher rates of disease, mental illness, drug use and a host of other social problems.

Reducing income gaps makes all of us healthier.

In Canada, we don’t question our emphasis on constant growth. Our economic system favours short-term

William Stodalka

YES: Don’t expect the government to not do anything about your eyesore of a home, even if it’s way out in the bush.

We have a lot of freedoms - free speech, freedom of religion, freedom of movement, among many others. But at the same time, we hold a responsibility to play well with others, to a certain degree.

If you are living in a rural hamlet, and you are keeping a house that’s auditioning for the next episode of Hoarders, not only are you distracting your neighbours from enjoying their property, you are potentially putting yourself at risk in case of a fire or another disaster outside of your own control.

Sometimes, it can be resolved between neighbours, or the neighbours will learn to live with it. But it may not, and a complaint may be lodged.

The people responsible for mitigating conflicts between neighbours when they can’t do it themselves is the local government.

These people should have the ability to resolve that conflict, even if it’s just a fine or some other punitive measure to stop a person from doing something that is harming someone else.

The good thing about a democracy is that if people don’t like the way things are run, they can change it. PRRD voters could theoretically vote in directors that let people keep their houses front lawns full of rusted refrigerators indefinitely. But until they do, we have to follow the rules, and that means picking up after yourself.

profits at the expense of our long-term health and survival. Despite more than five decades of trying to fix our environmental challenges, forests are still threatened, deserts are spreading and climate change is creating more frequent and intense storms, floods, forest fires and droughts.

We’re also left with income inequality that threatens our democracy. Since the 1980s, the top one per cent of Canadians has increasingly enjoyed the biggest share of income growth and the least pain during economic downturns. Since 2009, the top 10 per cent have seen half of all income growth. The bottom 50 per cent of Canadians have not only seen declines in income growth, accounting for just three per cent of income gains, they’ve also been hardest hit during recessions.

In a statement that applies equally to Canada, the late U.S. Supreme Court Justice Louis Brandeis once noted, “We can have democracy in this country or we can have great wealth concentrated in the hands of a few, but we cannot have both.”

A cornerstone of our current economy, consuming goods, may give us fleeting pleasure, but it isn’t making us happier. Studies show the pleasure derived from food, sex, exercise and time with loved ones or doing meaningful work takes much longer to fade. Worse, consuming stuff is not only addictive, it also feeds rivalry and societal overconsumption.

The Canadian Index of Wellbeing uncovered some troubling truths about the connection between the economy and well-being.

When Canada’s economy was thriving, Canadians saw only modest improvements in their overall quality of life, but when the economy faltered our well-being took a disproportionate step backward. This is troubling, given predictions for an upcoming extended period of weak economic growth. Why are we so reluctant to talk about how we can get out of this cycle of endless buying and unsatisfying consumption by considering steady-state economies or even de-growth alternatives?

Despite this failure to imagine a better way, we may

finally be seeing a change in course. The climate crisis is creating a global consciousness shift, with hundreds of thousands marching to demand change, and Pope Francis’s Encyclical warning that economic growth and technology can’t continue to trump all other concerns.

Throughout Europe, North America and beyond, support is growing for confronting income and wealth inequality.

Imagine a Canadian election in which leaders gave us economic visions aimed at caring for people and the planet. It’s time we talked about a future when we can live with less and be happier.

I’ll be joining Peter Victor, one of Canada’s most respected ecological economists, to talk about these ideas at a public event for the Canadian Society for Ecological Economics conference in Vancouver on October 1. I hope to see some of you there.

Written with contributions from David Suzuki Foundation Environmental Economist and Policy Analyst Michelle Molnar.

Music to soothe the soul

Bronwyn Scott

Alaska Highway News

A local musician is giving back to the community with a new art therapy program, but needs instrument donations to help launch it.

Lindsay Pratt, of Twin Peaks, is spearheading the program for kids staying at Skye’s Place, a transition home for women and children fleeing domestic violence.

Pratt’s is studying social work with a First Nations specialization through the University of Northern BC, and since one of her

biggest passions is music, she’s merging her interests together.

“I think music can heal people, and when it comes to the second stage transition house, these are, a lot of times, women and children that are fleeing abusive situations. Some of these kids have seen some stuff that little kids shouldn’t have to see,” Pratt said, in an interview with the Alaska Highway News.

“It’s a good outlet, to make noise and have fun, but also, if we get into songwriting . . . I think that would be a very therapeutic thing.”

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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION NOTICE Application for a Permit Under The Provisions of the Environmental Management Act I, Mr. Glenn Soroff, Director, Facilities & Midstream, for Progress Energy Canada Ltd., (Bow Valley 2, 1200, 205-5th Avenue SW, Calgary, AB, T2P 2V7), intend to submit this application to the Director, Environmental Management and Reclamation, at the Oil and Gas Commission to authorize the discharge of air emissions from a compressor station. The sources of air emissions are: - Six Caterpillar G3608 TAW Compressor Engines (1767 kW each, two new), - Three Cummins GTA855E turbo Generator (168 kW each, existing; third for back up only), - One Mitsubishi S6R-Y2PTAW-1 Generator (600 Kw; Water Plant use only, existing), - Four Propak Glycol Regenerators for dehydration (200 kW, one new), - One emergency high pressure flare (including a purge only), manufacturer Flaretech, - One continuous low pressure flare (including a pilot & purge), manufacturer Flaretech, - Other equipment including a still column vent tanks, flash tanks and produced water tanks.

The land upon which the facility is situated and the discharge occurs is a-5-I/94-G-2, located at (surface location NAD 83) Latitude 57° 10’ 12.4” North; and Longitude 122° 33’ 17.4” West; located within the Julienne Field, approximately 174 km northwest of Fort St. John (driving distances).

The total volume of gas through-put processed by this facility is approximately 2,832,000 m3/day (32.70 m3/s). There is no SO2 discharged from this facility as it combusts sweet gas (0% H2S). All equipment combusts sweet natural fuel gas. The maximum rate of air emissions discharged from this facility is approximately 0.69 g/s TP, 9.40 g/s NOx, 3.40 g/s VOC, and 24.91 g/s CO during an emergency facility blow-down (for approximately 20 minutes, 3 times per year). Continuous average daily emissions rates, cumulatively produced from equipment, are approximately 0.23 g/s TP, 2.99 g/s NOx, 1.11 g/s VOC, and 12.11 g/s CO. The operating period for this facility is 24 hours/day, 7 days/week with a week of shut down for turn around each year. There are no nearby facilities within a 5 km radius of the existing Progress Julienne a-5-I/94G-2 Compressor Site that would significantly contribute to the overall surrounding emissions. An archaeological site is located adjacent the south boundary.

Any person who may be adversely affected by the proposed discharge of waste and wishes to provide relevant information may, within 30 days after the last date of posting, publishing, service or display, send written comments to the applicant, with a copy to the Director, Environmental Management and Reclamation, Oil and Gas Commission at Bag 2, Fort St. John, BC V1J 2B0. The identity of any respondents and the contents of anything submitted in relation to this application will become part of the public record.

Dated this 28 day of September, 2015.

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CHARLIE LAKE CONSERVATION SOCIETY BI-WEEKLY POINT OF INTEREST

Something Special for Thanksgiving Fall is the perfect time of year for taking long afternoon walks and for gathering the remaining edible berries from summer. For those new to the woods, the Peace region has an abundance of native highbush cranberry plants and this year was an exceptional year for cranberry picking. One doesn’t have to know the exact location of cranberry plants because before you actually see the berries, you can usually smell them. It’s those same berries that have been described as smelling musky or like cat urine or an old sock.

As a shrub 0.5 to 2.5 metres in height, the highbush cranberry leaves are similar to a maple leaf but have three distinct lobes. The leaves are coarsely veined with teeth or serrations and turn red or pinkish this time of year.

Although the berries ripen in August as a soft, translucent cluster of red fruit, they are best picked in late September or early October with many jelly makers waiting until the first frost to pick the naturally sweetened cranberries.

It’s easy to take advantage of our beautiful fall weather and spend an afternoon picking the pungent berries. You need to pick 10-12 cups of berries to yield at least eight cups of jelly, enough for Thanksgiving and then a few extra jars for Christmas or to give away as gifts.

To make your jelly, stem your berries (the stems leave a bitter taste) and place in a large saucepan, add 1 ½ cups of water and let boil for 10 minutes. Extract the juice, using a cheesecloth, strainer or colander, and let drip for 4 hours or overnight. In a large saucepan, add 4 cups of the extracted cranberry juice with 8 cups of sugar and bring to a boil. Boil hard for 1 minute, remove from heat and add 1 pouch of liquid pectin. Next, pour the jelly into sterilized jars and you have delicious jelly to serve with your turkey, soft white cheeses and baked goods for the holiday weekends.

Now the thought of picking cranberries for Thanksgiving might not entice everyone into the woods - but for many birds and mammals, the berries are an important source of food as winter approaches. Grouse, cedar waxwings and grosbeaks are among the birds that feed on the fruit while mammals such as fox, bear, deer, moose, squirrels and beaver feed on various parts of the high bush cranberry.

A shared table for all and just another reason to be thankful for our beautiful and bountiful surroundings!

For more information go to www.charlielakeconversationsociety.ca

Contact person: Glenn Soroff, Director, Facilities & Midstream Telephone No.: (403) 539-1774

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One last ride byron hackett photos

The Blizzard Bike Club raced an abbreviated course at the Cactus Trails for the final time this year and the foreseeable future on Sunday afternoon.

10 racers were out for the final action of the season and Tate Haugan (bottom left) took home the top time of 58 minutes in the two lap race.

He was followed closely by Dawitt Feyissa (Bottom right) who had a time of 59:20. The club will start the transition into its cyclo-cross season on Oct. 4 at 2 p.m. The course will be set up in the Christian Life School yard.

(Top left) Robert Sapp and young Ty Haugan battle it out midway through the BBC race on Sunday.

Call for volunteers leading up to World U17 Hockey Challenge B yron Hackett

Alaska Highway News

With just over a month until the 2015 World U-17 Hockey Challenge, the Fort St. John Host Committee is looking for volunteers.

According to a release by the committee, applications are now being accepted for approximately 35 volunteers at the tournament, which runs from Oct. 30 to Nov. 6 at the North Peace Arena.

Applicants are needed for several different roles to help with the event including:

Ushers, Ticket Takers, Security, Beer Garden servers (must have Serving It Right), and Team Services.

Any individual looking to volunteer must also complete a Criminal Record Check.

If you would like to be a part of this event and contribute to helping out with a worldclass tournament, contact FSJ Host Committee Volunteers Director Claire Leflar at (250) 261-9435 or by email dleflar@telus.net. sports@ahnfsj.ca

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Troyer named a B.C.Entrepreneur of the Year

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William Stodalka

Alaska Highway News

A Fort St. John business has won a major accounting firm’s Entrepreneur of the Year award.

Steve Troyer and his company, Troyer Ventures, won an award in the Business Services category for the Ernst and Young Entrepreneur of the Year Pacific 2015 Awards, meant to honour B.C. businesses.

Troyer said it was an “honour” to win the award.

“Building the business is not the work of one man,” he said.

“It’s just a great recognition of all the workers and leaders and the staff that we have, the suppliers, and the support for many years from service providers.”

Troyer said his business, which hauls fluid for oil and gas

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Housebreaking your new puppy

Dr. Justin Sewell

Rivers Animal Hospital

Puppies are cute and cuddly but housebreaking your newly acquired friend may pose a challenge. Do not give up and be consistent; there will be accidents.

The younger your puppy is the more often it will need to go out. Within the first 4 months puppies usually urinate at least every 4 hours.

One of the most successful ways to housebreak a puppy is to take it to the desired elimination location after waking, after meals and if it loses interest in playing. It is also helpful to use a crate as a training tool, especially when you are out of the house during the day.

Getting your puppy used to the crate can take time and patience but is well worth it in the long run. Puppies are instinctively reluctant to void where they sleep and if taken out every few hours will go as you take them out.

Puppies will still eliminate in the crate if you leave them for too long. Never use the crate as a place for punishment, and make it as comfortable as possible.

Using verbal cues such as “outside” or something to this effect will help the pet recognize when it is time to eliminate. Always praise the puppy or give it a treat if it eliminates in the correct place. If you catch your puppy eliminating in the house then scold mildly, take outside and praise the puppy when it goes in the correct location. Never rub your puppy’s nose or face in the soiled area, the puppy will generally not remember that it made the mess and it will only make the puppy fearful. Areas that have been soiled should be thoroughly cleaned to prevent the dog being attracted to this area again. Some puppies will pee when they get nervous or very excited (submissive urination). This is often a condition that puppies will outgrow as they gain confidence and their urinary tract matures.

If despite your best efforts you are not succeeding make sure to discuss concerns with your Veterinarian as there can be medical or anatomical problems with your puppy’s urinary tract.

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Open House and Invitation to Comment Plateau Pipe Line Ltd., a subsidiary of Pembina Pipeline Corporation (Proponent), is proposing to construct and operate a transmission pipeline approximately 160 kilometres in length and 12 inches (323.9 mm) in diameter to transport condensate and natural gas liquids from northwest of Wonowon, BC, to an existing terminal near Taylor, BC (the proposed Project).

The proposed Project is subject to review under British Columbia’s Environmental Assessment Act. The Proponent must obtain an environmental assessment certificate from the Environmental Assessment Office of British Columbia (EAO) before any work can be undertaken on the proposed Project. However, prior to submission of an application for an environmental assessment certificate by the Proponent, the EAO must first approve the proposed list of specific values to be studied (referred to as Valued Components) to be included in the proposed Project’s Application Information Requirements, a document that summarizes the detailed information to be provided by the Proponent in its application.

Valued Components are aspects of the natural and human environment that have social, cultural, historical, ecological, scientific, economic or other importance to society that will be studied as part of the environmental assessment, and the areas within which the studies would occur.

EAO invites the public to comment on the proposed list of values to be studied. Information is available online at http://www.eao. gov.bc.ca/pcp/index.html.

EAO also invites the public to attend an Open House related to this comment period, to be held as follows: at: Pomeroy Hotel 11308 Alaska Road, Fort St. John, BC on: Wednesday, October 21, 2015 from: 4:30 p.m. to 8:00 p.m.

There are 30 days for the submission of comments by the public in relation to the proposed list of values to be studied.

The comment period will begin on October 6, 2015 and end on November 4, 2015.

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The intention of seeking public comments at this stage of the process is to ensure that the specific values that might potentially be affected by the proposed Project are identified for consideration in the assessment process. After considering public comments, EAO will specify the Application Information Requirements, including the Valued Components, and issue them to the Proponent.

EAO accepts public comments through the following ways: • By Online Form at http://www.eao.gov.bc.ca/pcp/index.html • By Mail: Ricardo Toledo Project Assessment Manager Environmental Assessment Office PO Box 9426 Stn Prov Govt Victoria BC V8W 9V1 • By Fax: Fax: 250-387-2208 An electronic copy of the Valued Components document will be available at www.eao.gov.bc.ca by the start of the public comment period. Copies of the Valued Components document will also be available for viewing at these locations: During public comment period: Fort St. John Public Library 10015 - 100 Avenue Fort St. John, BC V1J 1Y7 During Open House on October 21, 2015: Pomeroy Hotel 11308 Alaska Road Fort St. John, BC V1J5T5 If you are unable to participate at this time, there will be an additional comment period during the Application Review stage when you will also be able to provide comments to EAO on the proposed Project.

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Music to soothe the soul Bronwyn Scott

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Continued from 3 Pratt is pairing up with Phallon Stoutenburg, an outreach and housing co-ordinator at the Fort St. John Women’s Resource Society.

Stoutenburg, whose father is a musician, has been playing guitar since she was 13, and gives guitar lessons in her spare time. She was more than willing to jump to the occasion and help kids learn some basic musical skills, and relieve stress at the same time.

“A lot of kids, they don’t have instruments . . . part of that barrier is they don’t have an instrument to actually learn on, or someone to teach them because lessons cost money,” Stoutenburg said.

“For parents to justify buying an instrument, you have to say, is it really worth it for me, buying a $200 guitar, or a $150 drum set?”

The program is designed to give kids that early musical experience, and parents can

decide from there whether or not playing music is something their child will continue to pursue.

“It’s stuff like that, that opens kids’ minds, and saying, ‘Hey, I could do this. Or, Mom, I know how to strum a couple of chords, I really, really want a guitar,’” Stoutenburg said.

Although willing to use their own instruments to start the program off, both Pratt and Stoutenburg would prefer to have donated instruments that could stay at Skye’s Place.

Shakers, kazoos, and other noisemakers would all be welcome, as would ukuleles and guitars.

“We’re looking for something that someone doesn’t use . . . it’s not like we’re looking for brand new donations,” Stoutenburg said.

If someone were to donate a new instrument, however, the Women’s Resource Society can provide a charitable tax donation receipt.

Anyone interested in helping out can drop off donations at the Fort St. John Women’s Resource Society at 10051 – 100 Ave. peacereporter@ahnfsj.ca

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Sights on the stars Bronwyn Scott

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Space is a fascinating subject for any inquiring mind, but, for Bruce Kosugi, looking to the stars has become a passionate hobby.

On Sept. 24, Kosugi hosted the Northern Environmental Action Team’s fifth annual Star Party at Northern Lights College in Fort St. John for a small but keenly interested group of listeners.

“There’s lots to see in the night sky. We’re lucky because we live in a place where it’s really easy to get to darkness,” Kosugi said.

Part of the appeal of space for him is the fact that many of the illuminated objects we see in the night sky are from the distant past.

The sun light we see from Earth was created eight minutes earlier, which may not seem like a big deal. Somewhat more astonishing is the fact that it takes five and a half hours for the sun’s light to reach Pluto. Still, it may not seem like much, said Kosugi. The Andromeda Galaxy, for instance, is much farther away.

“The Andromeda Galaxy is probably the most distant object that you can see with your naked eye. And what’s fascinating about this is that light started out two-and-a-half million years ago . . . what were you doing twoand-a-half million million years ago?

“Well, we as a species were barely standing up, and maybe using some rock tools. Early man was around two-and-a-half million years ago when that light started out. That, to me, is just amazing,” he said.

With the impressive northern lights illuminating the night sky in recent weeks, the fall equinox just passed on Sept. 23, and the harvest moon and lunar eclipse on Sunday, it’s a good time learn about celestial objects.

The fall equinox marks the day when there are equal hours of sunlight and darkness everywhere on Earth. People throughout the ages have recog-

nized and celebrated the equinox, which coincides with fall harvest.

The intensity of the northern lights, Kosugi explained, has to do with high levels of sunspot activity.

“These sunspots that astronomers see, if they’re really intense, they will create those electrically-charged particles that get captured in our atmosphere by our magnetic field that create these northern lights. There’s been a lot of solar activity, and that’s why we’ve had such incredible northern lights,” he said.

The lunar eclipse on Sunday was the last one star gazers will see for a couple of years, and Kosugi encouraged those in attendance to take in the experience.

While there may not be another eclipse on the horizon, there are still several stellar events coming up, and some that are often visible in the night sky.

For the next week or so, Venus, Mars and Jupiter will be visible in the early morning. The planets will be at their brightest on the night of Sept. 30 between 5 a.m. and 6 a.m., so long as the sky is clear.

“You can see Venus without your binoculars. Jupiter is a little paler, but Venus is very, very bright, so you’ll see Venus first, you can probably pick up Jupiter. You may need your binoculars to pick up Mars . . . you have to look to the east for that,” said Kosugi.

On the evening of Nov. 17 and the morning of Nov. 18, the Leonid Meteor Shower—which appear to originate from the constellation Leo—will dance across the sky.

The International Space Station can also be seen regularly from Fort St. John. To catch a gimplse, wake up and look outside at 5:49 a.m. The station will fly from the southwest, and will be visible for about two minutes. It’s not high on the horizon, but it’s very bright, and moves quickly.

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outdoors with their star charts and put their newly-gained knowledge to use, Kosugi gave them the tools to interpret the skies on their own.

But before going anywhere for stargazing, he cautioned, it’s important to check the weather, check the moon, and to be prepared.

“If you look at the calendar, and you see that it’s going to be a full moon . . . that bright full moon is going to block out the light from some of those stars, so you won’t see much of the fainter stars,” he advised.

Choosing a suitable location is also important. It should be relatively dark, and stargazers should be prepared for bugs and be bear aware. Dressing for the occasion is also key, Kosugi said. peacereporter@ahnfsj.ca

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It’s Gabriella Loewen; Prespatou 4-H club has had another month of relaxing and, enjoying the fall season! Today I thought I would change it up and go with a different topic then 4-H! I want to tell you about the Dawson cattle auction. I got the opportunity to go to the Dawson Creek cattle auction, on September 15th. I traveled with my grandparents, and my youngest brother!

It was great; there were a lot of cattle that passed through and I was amazed how large the group sizes were; there was one group of 71 calves! It was really cool to see something I don’t see a lot of, and to get to hang out with my grandparents! The cattle at the auction sale all looked in really good shape!

The highest bidding price was $370.00 per 100 pounds for a head of nine black Angus X steer calves, the lowest bidding price was $222.00 that was for a head of 5 Simmental X yearling heifers. The average price was around $263.00. The total head count of cattle was 844, and that was just for the groups, there was still the singles that weren’t in that head count!

It was very exciting for me to see how things worked at the cattle auction! The ranching community seems to be thriving which also is good to see! I think my grandparents were happy with the prices that they got on the cattle that they sold that day.

That was my trip to the Dawson Creek cattle auction, I hope you enjoyed it! Now I would just like to take this time to thank the northerner for giving me the opportunity to tell others about the Prespatou 4-H club and, to expand my writing! So on behalf of the Prespatou 4-H club thank you for all your help and support!

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W E E K LY P R O R A C I N G U P D AT E Racing News, Stats & Trivia

2015 Standings Chase for the Cup 1) Matt Kenseth

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Location: Dover, Del. Date: Oct. 4th, 2:45 p.m.

TV: NBCSN Last Year’s Pole: Kevin Harvick - 162.933 mph Last Year’s Winner: Jeff Gordon

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Xfinity Series Top Ten Driver 1) Chris Buescher 2) Ty Dillon 3) Chase Elliott 4) Regan Smith 5) Darrell Wallace Jr. 6) Elliott Sadler 7) Brian Scott 8) Daniel Suarez 9) Brendan Gaughan 10) Ryan Reed

Points: 2099

2) Denny Hamlin Points: 2093

3) Carl Edwards Points: 2089

4) Joey Logano Points: 2089

5) Jimmie Johnson Points: 2083

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6) Ryan Newman Shape: Oval Distance: 1.0 miles Turns / Straights: 24º / 9º

Points: 2074

7) Kurt Busch Points: 2073

8) Brad Keselowski Points: 2072

9) Martin Truex Jr. Points: 2071

10) Jeff Gordon Points: 2068

11) Jamie McMurray Points: 2058

12) Dale Earnhardt Jr. Points: 2057

Tony Stewart, a three-time Sprint Cup Series champion, plans to retire after the 2016 season. Mired in one of the worst seasons of his career at 25th in the standings, Stewart will run one final season before handing over the driving duties to Clint Bowyer. Bowyer is driving for Michael Waltrip Racing in 2015, but that team is closing operations after the season.

He does not currently have a ride for 2016.

Stewart won the Sprint Cup in 2002, 2005 and 2011. He missed out on the Chase for the Sprint Cup this year after posting zero wins and two top-10s leading up to the Chase.

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13) Kyle Busch Points: 2056

Which track has Matt Kenseth not won a race on in the Sprint Cup Series?

14) Paul Menard Points: 2056

15) Kevin Harvick

a) Daytona b) Martinsville

Points: 2034

16) Clint Bowyer Points: 2018

c) Talladega d) Michigan

Last Weekend’s Race: Matt Kenseth won the Sylvania 300 Sylvania 300 Top 10 Driver Points Matt Kenseth 47 Denny Hamlin 43 Joey Logano 41 Greg Biffle 41 Carl Edwards 40 Jimmie Johnson 38 Jeff Gordon 37 Martin Truex Jr. 36 Kasey Kahne 35 Ryan Newman 34

Kevin Harvick clarified his championship status on Sunday but it was not accomplished the way he had planned it. After dominating the Sylvania 300 at New Hampshire Motor Speedway for most of the afternoon, Harvick ran out of fuel while leading on Lap 298 of 300. He handed the top spot as well as the victory to Matt Kenseth.

Matt joined teammate Denny Hamlin as an automatic qualifier for the Contender Round of the Chase. Despite leading 216 laps on Sunday, Harvick, the defending series champion, heads to next Sunday’s race at Dover needing a victory in order to escape the Challenger Round of the Chase and keep his title hopes alive. Kenseth, who came to pit road for fuel and tires on Lap 239, triumphed for the fifth time this season and for the 36th time in his career. He finished 8.941 seconds ahead of Hamlin, who nursed his car to a runner-up finish despite a late-race issue with the right front wheel.

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Answer : b) Matt Kenseth’s best finish at Martinsville is 2nd.

This week’s race is the third in the Chase for the Sprint Cup and the final race of the Challenger Round.

The top 12 drivers will continue onto the Contender Round. On a lazy Fall afternoon in 1985, 22,000 people watched as Harry Gant, driving the Mach 1 Chevrolet, won NASCAR’s Delaware 500 at Dover International Speedway. On that same afternoon, Jeff Gordon and Tony Stewart were teenagers. Dale Earnhardt, Jr. was only 11. Now, those 1985 grandstands have been replaced by a more modern steel and concrete edifice, seating more than 140,000 race fans. Twice a year, they pack the stands for NASCAR tripleheader weekends featuring the Truck Series, Nationwide Series, and Gordon, Stewart, and Earnhardt Jr. going fender to fender in the Cup series.

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This Week: Alfred Dunhill Links Championship

With the FedEx Cup playoffs completed last week, the PGA Tour takes a break this week before the Presidents Cup begins Oct. 8th. The Alfred Dunhill Links Championship takes place this Defending: Oliver Wilson Winning Score: 17-under par week on the European Tour. It is one of the richest golf tournaments on the European Tour. It is played on three different links courses, centred on the “home of golf”, St Andrews in Fife, Scotland. The tournament is a pro-am, with the format based on the long-running PGA Tour’s AT&T Pebble Beach National Pro-Am. Many of the amateurs are well known personalities from the worlds of sport and entertainment.

St. Andrews (Old Course), Carnoustie & Kingsbarns Angus & Fife, Scotland

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Last Week: Jordan Spieth won the TOUR Championship

Jordan Spieth closed with Tournament Results a 1-under 69 for a four1. Jordan Spieth Score: -9 shot victory in the Tour Earnings: $1,485,000 Championship on Sunday. Player Score Earnings -5 $618,750 That was all he needed to become the T-2. Danny Lee T-2. Justin Rose -5 $618,750 youngest player to capture the FedEx T-2. Henrik Stenson -5 $618,750 Cup and its $10 million bonus. His fifth victory of the year, including two majors, was worth $1,485,000 and allowed the Texan to set a PGA Tour record with $12,030,465. The win also moved Spieth back to No. 1 in the world. “This is incredible,” Spieth said. “This is an event where we approach it like a major championship because we know this is possible at the end of it.”

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If there even was a debate for PGA Tour player of the year, there isn’t now. The ballots went out to players on Sunday night, and Spieth figures to be a runaway winner. He had five wins, tied with Jason Day. He won the Masters and the U.S. Open while Day won only the PGA Golf Trivia Championship. Spieth tied for fourth at Which golfer won the inaugural FedEx the British Open and was runner-up at the Cup title?

PGA Championship, joining Woods and Jack Nicklaus as the only players to fare a) Tiger Woods c) Phil Mickelson no worse than fourth in the professional b) Vijay Singh d) Jim Furyk majors. Spieth also won the money title Answer: a) Tiger Woods rolled through the Playoffs and the Vardon Trophy for the lowest with two tournament wins and a second-place finish adjusted scoring average. to win the inaugural FedEx Cup title in 2007.

European Tour: Alfred Dunhill Links Championship Day Time Network Thu, 10/1 8:00am-12:00pm GOLF Fri, 10/2 8:00am-12:00pm GOLF Sat, 10/3 8:00am-12:00pm GOLF Sun, 10/4 7:30am-12:30pm GOLF

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Lessons from the Golf Pro A common problem that young golfers have is that they “sky” a lot of drives that they hit. The most common tendency for the average golfer is to swing downward harder than normal with their driver, allowing the club to get under the ball more than necessary and pop-up their drives. Our tip for the week is to actually tee their ball up higher than normal to help prevent these pop-ups. Teeing their ball higher gives an optical illusion that they will need to swing more level to make better contact with the ball. Therefore, when they are thinking about a more level swing each time they want to hit a drive, it is more likely that success will occur on a more consistent basis.

FedEx Cup Champion

Jordan Spieth

Turned Professional: 2012 World Ranking: 1st 2015 PGA Earnings: $22,030,465 PGA Tour Wins: 6

2015 FedEx Cup Final Standings Through Sept. 27, 2015

1) Jordan Spieth 3,800 pts. / 15 top tens

2) Henrik Stenson 2,307 pts. / 8 top tens

3) Jason Day

2,290 pts. / 11 top tens

4) Rickie Fowler 1,838 pts. / 7 top tens

5) Bubba Watson 1,680 pts. / 10 top tens

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Player Points 6) Zach Johnson 1,450 7) Dustin Johnson 1,360 8) Justin Rose 1,235 9) Danny Lee 1,123 10) Charley Hoffman 992

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Fort St. John Alliance Church Sunday Worship - 11am 9804-99 Avenue - 785-4644 Fort St. John Native Bible Fellowship Sunday Worship - 11am 785-0127 Fort St. John Presbyterian Church Sunday Worship - 9am 9907 - 98 Street - 785-2482 Montney Mennonite Church Sunday Worship - 9:30am Montney - 827-3231 North Peace Mennonite Brethren Church Sunday Worship - 9:30 am 10816 - 106 Street - 785-3869 North Peace Parish Sunday Sung Eucharist - 9:30am 10364 - 100 Street - 785-6471 Northern Lights Church International Rose Prairie, BC - Sunday Service: Pre-Service Prayer: 10:30 am Worship Service: 11:00 am Everyone Welcome Peace Lutheran Church 9:30 am Youth, Adult Bible Study 10:00 am Worship Service and Sunday School 9812-108 Avenue - 785-2718 Pentecostal of Fort St. John Sunday Service - 10 am & 11 am 10507 - l01 Ave - 787-9888 Roman Catholic Church Saturday 7:30pm, Sunday 10am 9504 - 100 Avenue - 785-3413 Seventh Day Adventist Church Saturday Service - 9:30am 9008 - 100 Avenue - 785-8632 Shelter Church Sunday Service - 10:00am 9828 - 98 A Avenue - 785-3888 St. Luke’s United Church Sunday Worship & Sunday School- 11:30am 9907 - 98Street - 785-2919 St. Martin’s Anglican Church Sunday Worship - 9:00am 10364 - 100 Street - 785-6471 Taylor Community Church Sunday Worship - 10:30am 9896 - Cherry Avenue - 789-3045 The Salvation Army Sunday Worship - 10:30am 10116 - 100 Avenue - 785-0506 Trinity Covenant Church Sunday Service - 10:00am 9830 - 100 Avenue - 787-7702

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1055 Coming Events PC Roots Group Meeting: 4th Sunday/month from Sept-June 1:30pm, small Roots building, DC NAR Park. Getting started on family tree research, need Help? Learn & share experiences with other amateur genealogists. New members welcome.

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South Peace United Church Harvest Dinner with Roast Beef.

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1215 General Employment Macland Restaurants Ltd.o/aTim Hortons 116088th Street & 1308 Alaska Avenue Dawson Creek, BC FOOD SERVICE SUPERVISOR Full time/Shift Work Nights/Overnights/Early Mornings/Weekends $1415/hour + benefits Please apply by fax: 250-7825692 or Email at dawsoncreektims@gmail.com NOW HIRING: Part-Time Waitresses. Apply in person at Le's Restaurant, 801-111th Ave, Dawson Creek, BC. 250-782-1020

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2215 Heavy Equipment Attachments for skidsteers, tractors, loaders. Large selection of pallet forks, grapples, buckets, snow and dirt blades, tillers, mowers and snow blowers, etc.

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FOR SALE: Country home on 7 acres.

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PRACTICE IMPROVEMENT COACH Wanted: A Practice Improvement Coach.

The North Peace Division of Family Practice (NPDoFP) is a local innovation in healthcare, and part of a province−wide initiative designed to strengthen primary care in BC. We are a growing organization and are looking to hire a "Practice Improvement Coach". The position will require you to work closely with physician offices to support the changes physicians would like to make in their practices.

The job description is available at https://www.divisionsbc.ca/north−peace Compensation is competitive and will vary depending on experience.

Please send resume and cover letter to: Mary Augustine, ED, NPDoFP maugustine@divisionsbc.ca Closing date: October 16, 2015 maugustine@divisionsbc.ca www.divisionsbc.ca/north−peace

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6560 Houses For Rent Renovated 2-Bedroom Modular Home: DC. +utilities. Available Immediately Consider Rent-to-own: Reasonable down-payment 250-719-7043 6920 Office/Retail Office Suite for Rent in Downtown Dawson Creek. $500./month includes utilities. 500 sqft 250-7844424 6965 Suites For Rent 2 bedroom, 55 and over in 4-plex for rent in Dawson Creek Phone: 250-719-5181 9220 RVs/Campers/ Trailers R.V. SITE FOR RENT YEAR ROUND. PH: 250-785-3346 1468 Week of 9.28.2015

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SZOO, Bill(Vilmos) B. Sep 17, 1957 − Sep 16, 2015 It is with great sadness that we announce that Bill passed away at Vancouver General Hospital, September 16, with family at his side. Bill is survived by Peggy (Mullen) Szoo, children and step−children, Christopher,(Kristen), Matthew (Brooke ), Chance (Kirstin), Lorraine Jurovich, Larry (Heather) Jurovich, his mother, Clevia Szoo, his siblings, Wayne Szoo, Judy (Wayne) DeRose. Cathy (Vern) (Thompson) and Basil (Velynda) Szoo, his granddaughters, Madison, Noah, Peyton and Attalie and numerous nieces and nephews. Bill was the founder of Freeway Heavy Duty Services Inc. aka Bill’s Engine Shop and operated in the Port Kells area of Surrey, BC for over 25 years. Bill was an avid outdoorsman and loved his family especially his granddaughters.

A Celebration of Life will be held on Oct 17 from 2−5 at Hendersons 20786 Fraser Hwy, Langley, BC. In lieu of flowers, please send a donation to the Wild Sheep Society of BC.

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