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Stu Seib resigns from RCMP

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Time Staff Clearwater’s former top cop has resigned from the RCMP. A police spokesperson has confirmed that Stuart Seib has handed in his resignation and it has been accepted.

“His career with the RCMP has ended. As a private citizen he is no longer subject to any disciplinary actions under the RCMP Act,” said Sgt. Rob Vermeulen.

Seib was NCO-incharge of the Clearwater RCMP detachment from 2003 until November, 2011, when he was transferred to take over in Merritt. He was promoted from sergeant to staff sergeant at that time.

On Jan. 10 he was arrested for allegedly stealing and using cocaine valued at under $5,000 from seized exhibits.

Parker Collins sports green hair as he rides on the Regatta Guy float during Clearwater’s May Day parade. The float was publicizing the Clearwater Canoe Regatta coming up in September. For more about the parade, which was held Saturday, May 19, see page A24.

Photo by Keith McNeill

His first court appearance was to have been in Merritt court on Wednesday. However, court heard that two charges have been laid - one for theft under $5,000 and a new one for breach of trust.

The hearing was postponed until July 3. Seib will have the option to make a plea at that time.

“The Crown has concluded the charges aspect and the two charges before the court are the ones that have been approved by Crown,” Crown spokesman Neil MacKenzie said. “There are generally a number of preliminary appearances in any proceeding once charges have been approved, to provide disclosure to the accused.”

Seib was an RCMP officer for 18 years prior to the charge.

Also see the letter to the editor on page A4 inside.

BC Hydro announces $50 million upgrade at economic development meeting Keith McNeill About 60 politicians and community leaders met in Blue River on Tuesday to get an update on a regional economic development pilot for the Barriere to McBride corridor.

Biggest news at the forum was a commitment from BC Hydro to provide $50 million to upgrade its Valemount distribution system.

The crown corporation’s board chair, Dan Doyle, was in Blue River to make the announcement.

The BC Hydro upgrades in Valemount would be required for a proposed new transmission line to the Village of McBride.

They also would tie in with negotiations with alternative energy producers.

The alternative energy producers would pay the costs of the transmission line and a new substation at McBride.

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Significant groundwork has been completed by the community of McBride, clean energy producers and BC Hydro over the past two years ...

Dan Doyle “Significant groundwork has been completed by the community of McBride, clean energy producers and BC Hydro over the

past two years that will help set the stage for productive negotiations as we strive to meet everyone’s needs,” said Doyle.

McBride presently receives its electricity via an 85 km distribution line from Valemount. The line is at its maximum capacity and the village experiences frequent outages.

The new system would see the construction of a new 138-kilovolt transmission line from the existing Valemount substation and a new substation near McBride.

For more about the economic forum, see page A3 inside.

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Mica connection creates interest for NT Valley Keith McNeill Tuesdayâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Barriere to McBride economic corridor meeting in Blue River reported on in the story on page one was a follow-up on a similar forum held last January in Valemount. One of the priorities identified during the initial forum was having higher capacity and more stable electricity for the North Thompson Valley, especially for large projects such as the proposed Harper Creek copper mine near Vavenby.

Alison Coyne, land use initiatives manager from Victoria, reported that BC Hydro has been looking at three alternatives.

The first would be a new transmission line from 100 Mile House to Vavenby. The second would be a line from near Mica Dam over the mountains, while the third would be a second line parallel to the existing line from Kamloops.

Although the studies are still ongoing, at present the line from Mica Dam looks most promising, Coyne said.

Timeline to get such a project built would normally be four to six years, she said.

That could delay the opening of the proposed Harper Creek mine by at least a year.

MLA Terry Lake commented that the project has been assigned to the major investments office, which should reduce the timeline somewhat.

Wells Gray Country director Tim Pennell asked if BC Hydro would provide electrical generators at the mill-site to bridge the gap for the mine until the powerline could be finished.

Pat Bell, Minister of Jobs, Tourism and Innovation, said that while BC Hydro was building the transmission line for the Red Chris mine near Dease Lake, the mining company there agreed to install diesel generators during the wait.

The company paid regular grid rates in the interval.

Money for Trophies road MLA Terry Lake announced $50,000 to upgrade the road to Trophy Mountain.

The road has been a bone of contention for many years. It is located largely outside Wells Gray Park but it gives access to one of the parkâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s most popular attractions - the Trophy Mountain flower meadows.

The road was originally built as a logging road. However, because it is no longer used for resource extraction, the Ministry of Forests, Lands and Natural Resource Operations has generally tended to avoid paying for maintenance.

Local residents sit at a table during an economic development forum for the Barriere to McBride corridor held last Tuesday in Blue River. Pictured are (l-r) Clearwater Mayor John Harwood, Clearwater chief administrative ofďŹ cer Leslie Groulx, South Interior Beetle Action Committee CEO Daylce Brant, Mike Wiegele Helicopter Skiing president Michelle Wiegele, and Yellowhead Mining operations vicepresident Alistair Tiver.

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Whatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Happening 2012 Dutch Lake Park Design Competition The 2012 Dutch Lake Park Site Design Competition is now on! There is a Youth (6-18) and Adult (19-99) category. The winning designer (or design team) will be awarded a prize of $500 for each category. The contest will run until August 17th, 2012 and all participants will meet with Council on August 21st to present their proposed concept and model. The winners will be announced at the Clearwater Canoe Regatta on September 8th, 2012. You can pick up the contest package that includes the Entry Form, Rules and Regulations, Declaration and Release Form and maps of the property at Dutch Lake at the District office or on the District website at www.districtofclearwater.com.

(L-r) Wells Gray Country (Area A) director Tim Pennell talks with Minister of Jobs, Tourism and Innovation Pat Bell and Thompson Headwaters (Area B) director Willow MacDonald during last Tuesdayâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s economic development forum in Blue River. Photo by Keith McNeill Lake noted that the Clearwater River Road was blocked by slides earlier this year but now is in the process of being cleared. BC Parks is cooperating with other agencies to get the work done, he said.

Rafters and others heavily use the road along the west side of the Clearwater River during the summer months.

Progress on Eight Peaks The Eight Peaks ski area project proposed

by Blue River heli-ski operator Mike Wiegele has been referred to a provincial department that specializes in overseas investment, said Lake.

Progress also is being made on a skiing mega-project proposed for near Valemount.

Pat Bell commented during the forum that about a dozen new ski resorts are being built today in China.

Once people there get interested in skiing, they will want to come to North America to try it out, he said.

Bell noted that our second largest tourism growth is now from China.

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Bike to Work Week May 28 to June 3 #

Local businesses are challenging each other to see how many of their employees will be biking to work from May 28th ! June 3rd. You can challenge a friend, a co-worker and even yourself to ride to work. Riding your bike to work will promote healthy living and help promote a greener community.

Water Conservation Poster Contest The District of Clearwater is hosting a Water Conservation Poster contest for two student categories: Grades K-7 and Grades 8-12. The posters must have a water conservation theme and provide a water

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Entry deadline is June 14th, 2012 at 3:00pm at the District of Clearwater office. All entries will be displayed and the winner will be announced at the public open house on June 21st at 7:00 pm. The grand prize will be a pizza party with the Mayor for you and your class!

Sanitary Sewer System Infrastructure is a high priority for Council with the expansion of the sewer system being a main focus. The Dutch Lake area (East Clearwater Riverside Centre) is the first phase that Council will focus on for the installation of a Sanitary Sewer System. An opportunity has arisen to apply for grant funding under the Gas Tax Funds. Council will be holding public meetings for residents to understand the benefits and costs of a sanitary sewer system if the application for funding is approved. In the interest of keeping costs affordable Council will be considering several options such as borrowing, reserves and use of the Annual Gas Tax to offset residential costs.

ICBC New Laws for Motorcycle Riders Effective June 1st, 2012 the law will require motorcycle operators and passengers to wear an approved motorcycle safety helmet. For more information on helmet, labeling requirements and seating laws go to www.pssg.gov.bc.ca/osmv/motorcycles.

Upcoming Events May 25th, 2012 ! Free Family Fun Night at the Ski Hill May 28th June 3rd BIKE TO WORK WEEK June 1&st & 2nd, 2012 ! Grad Ceremonies and Prom June 30th, 2012 ! # Upcoming Meetings of Council June 5, 2012 ! Finance and Audit Committee meeting ! 5:00pm June 5, 2012 ! Regular Council meeting ! 7:00pm June 19, 2012 ! Infrastructure Committee meeting ! 5:00pm June 19, 2012 ! Regular Council meeting ! 7:00pm.

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Opinion

“ Prosperity makes friends, adversity tries them.” Publilius Syrus, writer editorial by keith mcNeill

We need a global carbon tax Last week on the Opinion pages your editor reported on the shocking amount the Columbia Icefield has receded due to climate change. I called for immediate international action to reduce climate change and mitigate its effects.

What form should that international action take?

A carbon tax is generally accepted as the most straightforward and efficient method to reduce fossil fuel use.

Several nations and jurisdictions around the world have implemented carbon taxes. British Columbia’s, for example, is gradually rising to $30 per tonne this year.

The biggest criticism of provincial or even national carbon taxes is that they simply transfer fossil fuel use to other jurisdictions. There isn’t much point in B.C. having a carbon tax when Alberta has none, because all it does is make more fossil fuels available for Albertans to burn.

To be truly effective a carbon tax needs to be global in nature - everyone in the world needs to pay it.

According to Wikipedia, the world burns about 30 billion tonnes of fossil fuels per year. If the global carbon tax were the same as B.C.’s at $30 per tonne, it would raise about $900 billion per year - comparable to but somewhat more than the U.S. defense budget at $700 billion.

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The world’s human population is now just over seven billion. If we assume 4.5 billion of them are adults, then $900 billion would give each of them a guaranteed annual income of $200.

That might not sound like much to you and I, but for an embarrassingly large number of people in the world it would effectively double what they make in a year (a person only needs to have a net worth of $2,161 to belong to the top half of the world’s wealthiest people).

How would it be implemented? In order to get the legitimacy it would require, such a carbon tax would have to go to referendum - a democratic vote by every citizen of the planet.

In many jurisdictions that allow referendums citizens can initiate them through petitions.

In British Columbia our Recall and Initiative Act requires 10 per cent of registered voters in each riding to initiate a referendum. The requirements for every riding plus the time limitations are generally seen as unfair, but people were able to use the Act last year to kill the HST. Certainly, if organizers were able to get the signatures of 10 per cent of the world’s adult population on a petition for a global carbon tax, the world’s leaders would have to sit up and take notice.

Seib thanks community members for letters of support Editor, The Times:

Since my case is all over the news again, I was hoping to send you a little info that will shed a little light on what happened. I can’t give a lot, but promise when this is all over I will submit a more in-depth article that will include an apology to those who were hurt through this.

My first appearance was first scheduled for Feb. 21. It was adjourned to May 23 as I was undergoing treatment at that time. On May 11 Crown decided to add an additional charge of Breach of Trust. The original Information was

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cancelled and a new Information was sworn.

The new Information is for one count of Theft Under $5000 as well as Breach of Trust. This is not a second charge of theft; it is simply relaying the original charge with the addition of the breach. We had to adjourn the case today (May 23) as we have not yet received disclosure from Crown and it is impossible to proceed without it.

I feel it is important that it be known that on Jan. 6 I found myself in a medical crisis. I phoned the sergeant at the Merritt Detachment and reported to him what had happened.

I provided a full statement to the RCMP, which gave them their case. I have fully cooperated since that time.

I am now living back in Clearwater and doing much better. I would like to thank the many people of our community that sent in letters of reference to help us through this very stressful time.

Thanks very much, Keith. Again, I will provide more after this is over.

Stu Seib Clearwater, B.C.

Corporate greed corrupting professional sports Editor, The Times:

The almighty dollar always trumps sportsmanship and nowhere is this more evident

than in the current NHL. Stanley Cup playoffs. The NHL executive has a greedfuelled desire for a New

Letters Policy The Times welcomes all letters to the editor. We do, however, reserve the right to edit for brevity, clarity, legality and good taste.

While all letters must be signed (and have a telephone number for verification purposes) upon submission, writers may elect to withhold their names from publication in special circumstances.

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York Ranger vs. Los Angeles Stanley Cup final and the league executive will stop at nothing within its power to achieve this goal - including the possibility of instruction to on-ice officials.

If you have watched the quarter and semi final series games this bias becomes shockingly apparent. The number of non-calls on flagrant violation by the Kings and Rangers is appalling and the by-the-book calling of opposition infractions is sickening. The corporate NHL is

corrupt, and to boot headed up by an individual who has little or no knowledge of the game of hockey. He does, however, have all the corporate skills necessary.

This corporation corruption of professional sport is not exclusive to hockey. It is evident in the NFL, baseball and basketball. The best thing for the sport of hockey would be the dismantling of the NHL corporate structure.

Wes Morden Blackpool, B.C.

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Question of the Week

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Do you think the cost of post-secondary education is too high ?

Christina Rottacker:

Jim Veenhof (Abbotsford):

Kate Ferguson:

Yes, it just seems to jump every year. I realize costs go up but I can't see it going up every year.

I don't really know what the cost is today. When ours went to university it was the living expenses and the traveling.

Suzanne Bourassa (with Madyson):

Yes. I don't think working class kids can afford an education, so it's becoming a two-tier system.

Oh yes, way too much.

I'm going back to school right now. I'm taking online courses. It's expensive and they just went up.

Vivian Allen: Yes, I think it's hard for young people because they go for years paying their money back.

Liberal questions where MP Cathy McLeod stands on the environment Editor, The Times:

tal legislation is so important that it has to be passed right away.

So why didn’t we hear about it until now? Why didn’t they campaign on it in the last election?

And why are the Conservatives ramming all these changes through Parliament and refusing to break up the mammoth bill so that all its

Recently MP Cathy McLeod voted in favor of a 400-page budget bill that amends over 70 different acts and devotes an astonishing 150 pages to weakening laws to protect our environment.

The Conservatives claim that this “streamlining” of environmen-

parts can be properly studied?

The Conservatives are trying to avoid public scrutiny by cramming major environmental changes into a sweeping “kitchen sink” bill. They want to eliminate federal environmental assessments for all but a few projects and do less comprehensive reviews where

Budget 2012 includes resource development strategy Editor, The Times:

In the coming weeks the federal Standing Committee on Finance will be studying Bill C-38, legislation to implement the Government of Canada’s Budget 2012. This whole-of-government budget will impact different departments and pieces of existing legislation. Some of the most prominent changes included are to environmental and resource development regulation.

It is hard to overstate the importance of the natural resource sector to our economy. In 2010 there were over 760,000 workers in this sector, and in the next decade there are over $500 billion in new projects set to come online.

Natural resource projects represent a major long-term boost to the Canadian economy, not to mention an important source of tax revenue that will allow governments to pay for the health care, education and social programs that Canadians enjoy.

At the same time, a truly viable economy must go hand-

in-hand with strong environmental protection, which is why Budget 2012 includes the “Responsible Resource Development” strategy. This plan will allow Canada to reap the benefits of rising demand for our abundant natural resources, while ensuring resource development is environmentally sustainable.

The strategy both streamlines and strengthens environmental regulation by, for example, changing our fisheries protection regime that needlessly subjects a drainage ditch next to a farmer’s field to the same regulatory requirements as a river or lake. It will improve pipeline safety by enabling the National Energy Board to increase the number of inspections for pipelines by 50 per cent and double the number of annual comprehensive audits to identify safety issues before they occur. It will also further strengthen Canada’s tanker safety regime, ensuring appropriate legislative and regulatory frameworks related to oil spills and emergency preparedness and response.

Due diligence is being done on this bill, as it will be extensively studied by the Finance Committee as well as a special subcommittee with members drawn from a number of relevant Parliamentary committees (Environment, Natural Resources, etc.). Our government wants to make sure that we have a bill that truly achieves the objective of paving the way for a prosperous and secure future for Canadians.

As a member of the Finance Committee I recently travelled to Washington, D.C., where my colleagues and I were briefed by U.S. officials on the economic situation in the United States and the European Union. We came away from these meetings with a strengthened sense that Canada needs a long-term plan to ensure prosperity for our nation in years to come; that is exactly what we are working to achieve with this legislation.

Cathy McLeod, M.P. Kamloops-Thompson Shuswap

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They want to eliminate protection for fish habitat, despite the fact that you don’t have fish without a habitat!

All of this comes on top of announcements of 900 positions to be cut at Environment Canada.

Mrs. McLeod and the

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YEARS AGO: An attempted breakin at the Barriere Motor Inn was thwarted when Thomas Doucett, manager of the hotel, waited in the beer parlor with a shotgun for the three would-be thieves. The men tried to escape in their 1950 Ford, but Doucett shot their radiator, forcing them to flee on foot. Clearwater RCMP Const. Alderson apprehended one of thieves a few kilometers later after a short chase, but the other two escaped.

A cougar was spotted in Little Fort and veteran hunter Earl Hill was called to capture the animal. Hill and his

three dogs chased the large cat from tree to tree and under buildings until finally cornering it in a tree. The tree was cut down with the cougar in it, and it was finally roped-up under a building. After 25 kills, it was Hillâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s first live cougar, which he said he would donate to a zoo.

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YEARS AGO: Warm sunshine followed by a rainstorm the next day caused Brookfield Creek Bridge to collapse partially, diverting traffic and giving children on the Star Lake side of the highway a day off school.

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BACK IN TIME resident Judith Ann McKenzie was the only University of British Columbia student from the North Thompson to receive a degree in 1972. She completed her bachelor of science in rehabilitation.

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YEARS AGO: Miss Jackie Loff, representing Clearwater Elk Lodge, was chosen

as May Queen out of 14 contestants.

A suspected arsonist caused a $1,000 in damage at the Wildwood Trailer Park pump house.

Industrial Relations Reform bill.

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YEARS AGO: Avola resident John Presley was killed while working under a vehicle that fell on top of him. At 25-years-old, he was pronounced dead on arrival at Dr. Helmcken Memorial Hospital.

Eighteen concrete beams were finally delivered for Clearwaterâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s new bridge after being delayed due to road restrictions following the spring thaw.

YEARS AGO: The circus was in Clearwater, giving performances to crowds of 1,200 people at the communityâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Sportsplex. Exotic animals that were to be featured in the show had been detained at the border.

Highways minister Art Charbonneau wasnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t encouraging TNRD director Paul Caissieâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s proposal to expand Highway 5 from Heffley Creek to the Alberta border from two lanes to four.

Caissie claimed the expansion would be inevitable and wanted the process accelerated.

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YEARS AGO: Picket lines went up at local businesses around Clearwater in support of the B.C. Federation of Laborâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s 24-hour work stoppage to protest Premier Vander Zalmâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s new

YEARS AGO: The Ministry of Health confirmed that a multi-level care facility would be built in Clearwater within the next four years. MLA Kevin Krueger had applied pressure for the

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A prolific offender is back in police custody after spending a little over four days free from prison.

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YEARS AGO: A Kamloops-based mining exploration company planned to spend $1,750,000 over the next three years to investigate a possible gold property near Clearwater. Island Arc Exploration Corp. planned to spend a minimum of $300,000 in 2007 developing information about the Jake Property. About 420 square kilometers had been staked, with

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YEAR AGO: Home Hardware took first place in the business category during the 2011 May Day parade.

The TNRD board approved spending up to $80,000 in federal gas tax funds to upgrade Blackpool Community Hall. â&#x20AC;&#x153;This money will go to roof replacement, insulation upgrades, an upgrade of the doors to energy efficient units and exterior wall chinking,â&#x20AC;? said Tim Pennell, director for Wells Gray Country (Area A).

MLA and Minister of the Environment Terry Lake announced the BC Parks 100 Passport Program while visiting the Wells Gray Infocenter. With the passports, kids could collect stickers from 180 participating provincial parks, with prizes for every five stickers collected.

edly punched his girlfriend and held a knife to her throat before she managed to get away.

With the assistance of Clearwater RCMP, police located the male, who was arrested without incident.

Shane Jeurissen was held in custody, then appeared before a judge.

He was charged with assault causing bodily harm, assault with a weapon, uttering threats and two counts of breaching a probation order. Jeurissen had only been released from prison on May 7, after serving a four month sentence for breaching his probation. He has had over 115 convictions in less than 27 years.

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YEARS AGO: May Day festivities in Clearwater included the opening of a new hall for Legion Branch 259 and a new RCMP detachment building with MP Betty Hinton in attendance.

Despite a complete cut in funding for provincial park naturalists, Wells Gray Park managed to keep the only naturalist program in B.C. running. Becky Vaughan and Chrissy McIntyre were chosen out of 35 applicants.

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most effort centered 13 km west of Clearwater near Forest Service Road 2 (southwest of Star Lake).

North Thompson Provincial Park was to receive $20,000 in funding from the provincial government to design upgrades to the water disinfection system and replacement of distribution pipes.

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A campaign by Barriere resident Pat Killman to have the North Thompson Valley supplied with natural gas heating turned to looking at a bulk propane system as an option to reduce costs.

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Queen’s Venturer Award goes to local Scout Times Staff Clearwater’s Jordie Akers has received Scouting’s top badge: the Queen’s Venturer Award.

He received the award during a presentation at Government House in Victoria on April 21.

The Queen’s Venturer Award is presented to Venturers who have acquired competence and skills that will be of considerable use to themselves, their company, and their community.

The company, the advisor, and Scouts Canada will have also recognized the Venturers chosen for the award as being worthy of receiving this Award.

The Queen’s Venturer Award signi-

fies that a Venturer has, in the opinion of those who know the Venturer, both the character and ability to be of significant help to other people.

The award consists of a cloth emblem and a parchment certificate, signed by the Governor-General.

The Venturer Scout program offers exciting, real life, hands-on experiences for youth.

Venturer Scouts learn to nurture an active, healthy lifestyle, acquire the knowledge and skills for career development and participate in thrilling outdoor adventures.

Weekend events, extended hikes, notrace camping and more round out the Venturer Scout experience.

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250-674-1543 Judge Robert Hutchison (l) and Eleanor Oakley, Council Commissioner of Pacific Coast Council, present Jordie Akers of Clearwater with the Queen’s Venturer Award, Scouting’s top badge. A total of 63 young people received their awards during a ceremony at Government House in Victoria on April 21.

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School District No. 73 Board of Education meets in Barriere Barriere Star/ Journal One of the first orders of business at the School District 73 Board of Education meeting, held at Barriere Secondary School on May 14, was a presentation by BSS students Connor Booth, Selina Allen, Cora MacLaren and Spencer Pawloff.

The English 10 students read a poem from Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, which was well received by the trustees.

A fair portion of the meeting was filled with a discussion about Sun Peaks Resort’s proposal for a school to be established in their municipality.

Some of the concerns voiced during the discussion included; that the recommended reports include how it would affect the School District’s already long list of projects; that parent input is received from those living at Sun Peaks; and a comment was made that the small communities grant for schools would not be available for the first year of a new school as the funding is based on the previous year’s enrollment.

The board approved the following recommendations regarding the proposal: • That the board direct staff to submit a further report to the board on the cost of capital improvements, transportation and any other ancillary costs necessary to establish a school district school at Sun Peaks; • That staff consult with the Ministry of Education to determine the level of provincial commitment to the establishment of a school at Sun Peaks; • That the board direct staff to initiate

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further discussions with the Municipality of Sun Peaks regarding the structure of the proposed partnership, including any cost sharing arrangements; and • That staff report back to the board once cost, partnership structure, provincial commitment and any cost sharing arrangements have been determined.

It was noted that after the recommended steps have been taken, then the Board will make its decision in regards to establishing a School District facility at Sun Peaks.

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Water Conservation Poster Contest Grand Prize: Pizza party for your class with the Mayor!

Contest Details: Posters must have a water conservation theme and provide a water saving tip.

Rules: Contest is open to all Clearwater students.

There will be one winner selected in each of the two categories: Elementary (Grades K-7) and Secondary (Grades 8-12).

Maximum one entry per student.

Entries should be on 11”x17” paper. Include your first and last name, grade, teacher and school name on the back on the poster.

Entry Deadline is June 14th, 2012 at 3:00pm.

Please submit entries to the front desk at District Hall at 132 Station Road.

All entries will be displayed and the winner will be announced at the public open house on June 21st, at 7:00pm at Clearwater Secondary School, 440 Murtle Crescent.

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Tick season is upon us A wood tick found on a local pet lines up next to a ruler to show its size.

The parasites start out smaller than this and then grow larger as they fill with blood.

With spring now here, people are encouraged to check themselves, their children and their pets for ticks.

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Recently, the media have been reporting about taking some blood pressure medications at night rather than in the morning. Sometimes, if the medication is taken at night, the blood pressure may drop too low, causing falls during a trip to the bathroom.

This is something to be discussed with your doctor and pharmacist.

Poison Ivy: this skin problem is caused by brushing up against the plant which contains urushiol, an oily resin that causes painful itchy rashes of the exposed skin. Urushiol is found on the stem, leaves, and skin of the fruit of the plant. You can’t catch poison ivy from another person. You have to touch the resin. Treatment includes washing the area with cold water. Our pharmacists can help.

Shingles is a painful, blistering rash caused by the same virus that causes chickenpox.

There is a vaccine for those that have this virus in their system due to childhood exposure to chickenpox. Its rate of effectiveness is 55% ... pretty good odds to prevent the pain and discomfort of shingles. See your doctor about this.

Breastfeeding is good for the baby and the mother. Human breast milk contains over 300 ingredients. These include white blood cells, interferon, antibacterial and antiviral agents. Breast milk is good for the baby’s developing immune system.

Taking medications while breastfeeding can be worrisome to new mothers. Our pharmacists will be happy to advise you about what’s safe and what isn’t.

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is essential to have adequate mirrors with visuals on either side of your trailer.

RCMP roadblocks On May 23, Central Interior Traffic Services from Kamloops and Clearwater as well as the Commercial Vehicle Safety Enforcement unit established several roadblocks along Highway 5 in an effort to locate violators.

Several trailers were removed from the highway due to no brakes or adequate lights.

Police remind motorists to make sure that they take the necessary safety precautions and make sure they are complying with all legal specifications.

in regards to these recent reports.

Please ensure that security cameras are in good working order, that the area is well lit and that all property is secured.

Break and enters Several break and enters have occurred in the last several weeks within the North Thompson Valley.

Clearwater RCMP remind business owners to take all necessary precautions and preventions

Events over the long weekend Clearwater RCMP and Central Interior Traffic Services were out on the streets and highways during the Victoria Day long weekend seeking out violators and impaired drivers.

Police created several road-

blocks over the weekend, which resulted in one driver having his liquor seized and another driver receiving an Immediate Roadside Prohibition.

One motorist had his vehicle impounded for traveling 159 km in a 100 km zone on Highway 5 in Blackpool. This motorist also was provided a violation ticket for excessive speeding.

Clearwater RCMP would like to remind the public to keep the speeds down and not to drive while impaired.

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It’s been 30 years since David Ennis murdered six members of a Westbank family, but time hasn’t lessened the impact his violent act made on the community, say those behind a campaign to keep him behind bars “It changed us,” said Tammy Arishenkoff, a classmate and friend of Janet Johnson, the oldest of two sisters who were kidnapped, abused and ultimately killed by Ennis, days after he murdered their parents and grandparents.

“I met with our Grade 7 teacher (Tuesday) for a few hours, and we were talking about how our innocence died that summer. Westbank was a small town

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in 1982 ... everybody knew everybody and that put a black cloud over everything.”

Ennis, who was known as David Shearing until a name-change, was sentenced to life in prison with no eligibility for parole for 25 years for murdering George and Edith Bentley, Jackie and Bob Johnson, and their daughters Janet,13, and Karen, 11, in August 1982.

The family was on a camping trip to Wells Gray Park, but when they didn’t return home as scheduled police launched an extensive search.

The charred remains of the family’s car were found on the side of a mountain about a month after the search got underway. The family’s bodies were inside and when Ennis was captured by police, he confessed to the grisley chain of events that ended there.

At 53, Ennis has spent the bulk of his life in prison paying for his crimes.

He failed at a 2008 attempt to get parole, and is expected to take a second run for release at a Sept.18 hearing at the Bowden Institute, where he’s housed.

If Arishenkoff and the others who have continually fought to keep him there have their way, it won’t happen.

In 2008 she was part of a movement to launch a letter writing campaign and 12,000 signatures later, it was clear where the community stood on the matter.

This time the direction of their efforts remains to be seen, but Arishenkoff is determined to make sure that the Central Okanagan remembers the Bentley and Johnson families and the brutal way they were taken from the community.

“I’m hoping to keep this alive for as long as I can,” she said. “I made a commitment to to the family. There are many people involved, but the family is getting older and they need younger people to step up and fight for justice.”

To meet that aim, she’ll be delivering a victim impact statement at the September hearing.

She’s also contacted Michael Eastham, a now retired RCMP sergeant who was on the scene when the bodies were found, to help rally support in an effort to get Ennis’s parole denied.

A candlelight vigil for the family will also be held in August to help keep the Bentley and Johnson families memory alive as the hearing nears.

“We’re not sitting by ... we’ll never let anything go with this,” she said. “We just want to focus our energy in the right place.”

To follow the campaign as it evolves a Facebook page titled Keep David Shearing Ennis in Prison has been put together. In a matter of days Arishenkoff should have a clear idea on what she needs from the community.

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Kamloop-North Thompson MLA Terry Lake (center) cuts the ribbon to open the new WorksBC Employment Services Center in Clearwater on Friday afternoon, May 18. Pictured are (l-r) TNRD Wells Gray Country (Area A) director Tim Pennell, Clearwater Mayor John Harwod, Lake, Yellowhead Community Services executive director Jack Keough, and center manager Jocelyn Ansell.

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District council sets up forestry working group The economy of the Upper North Thompson Valley is forest-based and District of Clearwater has appointed a forestry working group to help it in its decisions.

During its May 15 meeting, town council appointed the following representatives to the group: Dave Dobi, Canfor; George Brcko, Wells Gray Community Forest; Warren MacLennan, Clearwater Woodlot Society; Bas Delaney, Health Forests/ Healthy Communities; Myles Bruns, Ministry of Jobs, Innovation and Tourism; Cheryl Thomas, Clearwater and District Chamber of Commerce; Barry Banford, councilor; Jon Kreke, councilor; and Mitch Miller, Wells Gray Country services committee.

Still to be announced are representatives from the Ministry of Forests, Lands and Natural Resource Operations, Small Scale Salvage, and Simpcw First Nation.

The appointments will be for until the end of the year, at which time the function of the working group will be reassessed. The group is being set up

as a sub-committee of the District’s economic development committee of the whole.

Its first task will be to develop its own terms of reference for approval by town council.

Setting up a forestry working group for the community was one of the recommendations coming out of a Healthy Forests/Healthy Communities workshop held in Clearwater last November.

The role of the working group would be to provide community stakeholders with an opportunity to have their interests represented while moving the Healthy Forests/Healthy Communities initiative forward.

Those initiatives would include a focus on: • sustainable and stable employment; • addressing ongoing centralization of government decision-making; • local influence on forest land decisions; • changes to current timber tenures; and • education and training in the forest sector.

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The strength and surface improvements to the road will reduce the amount of time load restrictions are in place and allow for reduced travel time by up to as much as 1 1/2 hours for logging trucks hauling to Adams Lake Lumber.

The road project is one of several

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resurfacing and safety upgrades, totalling more than $8 million, that will be undertaken in the North and South Thompson areas.

“This long list of projects will not only greatly improve safety for British Columbian drivers, but will also use green techniques so the environmental impacts are as minimal as possible,” said Kamloops-North Thompson MLA Terry Lake.

A smooth riding surface reduces wear and tear on tires and vehicles, benefitting resident motorists,

tourists and commercial vehicles.

Using environmentally-friendly techniques for hot-in-place surfacing improvements reduces emissions, fuel consumption and reduces aggregate requirements.

Innovative safety improvements will help keep motorists protected on our provincial highways.

Work will start in early summer and finish before the end of September. A stronger road base and improvements to shoulders and drainage will also be part of this project.

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(L-r) Joyce Harrington, Nella Labelle and Virginia Jalava share a laugh with Turid Milton as she demonstrates the four-harness floor loom she has in her home. They were taking part in the first annual Art Crawl, put on by the North Thompson Arts Council on Saturday, May 12. A total of 18 local artists and artisans from Blackpool to near Avola opened their homes for visitors.

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Sports Following the waterways of B.C. into the West Kootenays - part 1

Stingers win Above: Christy Kjenstad takes a ballet pose as she stretches to make a catch as the Stingers take on the Friends and Family.

They were taking part in a 10-team (seven local, three out-of-town) slow-pitch tournament at Capostinsky Park during the Victoria Day long weekend. The Stingers won the tourney, with Friends and Family in second spot. Third place went to Prince George Polar Bears.

Right: Friends and Family member Shelley Redman connects during a game against the Stingers.

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BOTTLE DRIVE Rodeo Rednecks 4-H Club will be coming around to pick up bottles on June 2nd 2012, from 9:30 am-3:00 pm Please feel free to drop any extra bottles off at the Super Save bottle depot if you won’t be around on Saturday!

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Thank You Thanks Clearwater for a successful 18th Annual May Day Parade Clearwater Rotary Club is grateful to the following for helpful contributions and generous donations: Safety Mart • On Call Service Centre District of Clearwater • Thompson Nicola Regional District • Graham Radcliff and his candy floss machine • Raft River School Spouse Helpers - Phill Hadford, John Knox, Jerry Heier, Penny Christenson Parade Leaders - RCMP Clearwater Volunteer Fire Department And all businesses, organizations, and individuals who made up this year’s parade, including Cathy McLeod in her fine costume.

Clearwater holds successful annual May Day Parade Submitted Clearwater Rotary Club members worked together to facilitate another enjoyable May Day Parade on Saturday, May 19, the 18th time they have done this in as many years.

Twenty-three floats and a total of 214 people participated. However, its ultimate success is achieved because of community help and involvement. Clearwater thanks all who assisted in any way.

Next year will be the 20th anniversary of the formation of the Clearwater Branch of Rotary International. It’s one of many organizations supported by local government, businesses and companies. Co-operation amongst these make Clearwater the unique and vibrant community where we love to live.

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Try going from Point A to almost any other point in our province without seeing wonderful waterways. While it might be possible, it would certainly be a challenge.

On our April trip to the Kootenays, we encountered an abundance of beautiful sights, not only the rivers and lakes, but also significant changes from winter to spring. Rivers and streams varied between trickles and signs of rapidly rising torrents. Tulips and daffodils greeted us in the towns, Creston adding flowering fruits trees.

On the Rogers Pass between Golden and Revelstoke, huge windrows of snow bordered Highway 1. Scarylooking remnants of recent avalanches, just beyond the car’s windows, provided a vivid contrast with burgeoning new leaves and multiple greens elsewhere.

We had left the North Thompson River south of Barriere, and counted herds of well-fed deer in the fields as we drove towards Adams Lake.

Soon following Adams River, famous for its abundance of spawning salmon in the fall, we saw where it opened into ice-free Shuswap Lake. Draining that lake, so popular for houseboat excursions, is the South Thompson River, which we crossed beside Squilax on the Trans Canada Highway.

Turning east we skirted the lake past Salmon Arm, Sicamous, and

Trekking Tales )` 2H` 2UV_ beyond. The smaller lakes of Eagle Pass were still frozen. Instead of crossing the Columbia River at Revelstoke, we turned south and drove along beside it. The power-producing Mica and Revelstoke dams upstream have reduced it to a shadow of its former self. Reaching Upper Arrow Lake, we joined the line of cars (almost all with doggie companions) and trucks waiting at Shelter Bay to board the ferry that would take us across it.

Leaving this lake behind us at Nakusp, we traversed up to icy Summit Lake, its ski hill just closed for the season, and then down to Slocan Lake. Briefly enjoying spring flowers in New Denver, we were soon at the top of the next pass in the Selkirk Mountains, where broken trees and shrubs were twisted within the remains of an avalanche beside us.

Now on the “old home” stretch, we followed Kaslo River down to Kootenay Lake. Here, where we had lived and worked for 25 years, we joined our friends in their homes and activities. Oh yes, several of

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our favourite doggies greeted us too, having no trouble persuading me to go walking - anywhere is fine. Water was part of the picture everywhere we went.

Friends took me to well-loved places like plummeting Fletcher Falls where droplets of spraying water glistened in the sun’s rays, and beside and over Kaslo River on a fabulous purple footbridge built with love and community donations. After crossing Kootenay Lake in their small boat, we reached the charming home of intrepid friends. This tiny community has boat access only, unless you count hiking in on a well-used trail for two or three hours. Every place we stayed had a “million dollar” view.

Eventually tearing ourselves away from these much-loved people with whom we’d shared both a life well-lived and a “big” birthday, we drove south beside Kootenay Lake. This spectacular lake lies between the Selkirk and Purcell Mountains. Rivers feed it at both the north and south ends; it drains out through the appropriately named West Arm. At Nelson’s orange bridge, where the current is significant, the Kootenay River becomes evident once again. We weren’t going that way. Balfour was our last stop in the West Kootenays for this trip. Our sights were set on the East Kootenays.

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Linda Brierly holds a pull-tab from a pop can. The tabs are used by the Pokomchi Indians of Guatemala to decorate bags and other items, she says. Photo by

Members of the new Clearwater and District Hospice Society board pose for a photograph. Picured are (back, l-) Drake Smith, Leslie Wolfer, Shirley Barnard, Fay McCracken, Ena Chiasson, Irene Roach, (front, l-r) Eva Gebert, Elizabeth Schulte, Niki McMillan, and Sheena White. Missing is Stephen White. Photo submitted

Hospice Society holds AGM Submitted Clearwater and District Hospice Society held its fifth annual general meeting on Monday, May 14. 2012 at the Royal Canadian Legion building.

Elections were held and the following members were confirmed as officers and members of the board: president,

Shirley Barnard; vice-president, Ena Chiasson; secretary, Leslie Wolfer; treasurer, Eva Gebert; directors, Fay McCracken, Niki McMillan, Irene Roach, Elizabeth Schulte, Drake Smith, Sheena White and Stephen White.

Members of the society thank the people of Clearwater for their continued support.

joke. A woman touched him and exclaimed, “Oh, I thought it was a real person.”

Doing nothing is really impossible - even for the Motionless Man. Fuqua attributes his feigned paralysis to hyper-elastic skin, an extremely low pulse rate, and intense concentration. He may not laugh at your jokes, but he readily admits that he still has to breathe and blink - occasionally.

When I read about Bill Fuqua, the Motionless Man, I think about so many churches.

So many congregations have mastered the art of doing nothing. It would seem that they are simply going through the motions, nothing more.

We read about the church on the Day of Pentecost - the flames of fire, the sound of a mighty wind, the strange excitement that catches the attention of passers by. It was a church that was on fire. This fire, fueled by the power of the Holy Spirit, not only attracted people, but many people came to the Lord as a result. Sadly, this does not describe many churches of today.

The reason is that the fire of Holy Spirit is lacking. Very much like Fuqua, the Motionless

Save those tabs Pokomchi woman shows Bill Brierly two of the bags she has made using discarded pull-tabs. The handcrafted items are a needed source of income for disadvantaged people but their popularity has meant the cost of pulltabs has gone up, the Brierlys report. Photos by Keith McNeill

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Kenneth Earl Dunford June 2, 1927-May 27, 2007

Keith McNeill

Pentecost Sunday marks end of Easter season and coming of the Holy Spirit Yesterday was Pentecost Sunday. How did you celebrate that fact? Or did you even know it was Pentecost Sunday?

We read about the day of Pentecost in Acts 2. Let me just quote one verse: “All of them were filled with the Holy Spirit. Acts 2:4 NRSV Bible Read a story about “the motionless man: The sign on the stage proclaimed, “The Motionless Man: Make Him Laugh. Win $100.”

The temptation was irresistible. For three hours boys and girls, men and women performed every antic and told every joke they could dream up. But Bill Fuqua, the Motionless Man, stood perfectly still. “ Luis Palau in his book Healthy Habits for Spiritual Growth, tells about Fuqua, the Guinness Book of World Records champion at doing nothing. Fuqua, says Palau, appears so motionless during his routines at shopping malls and amusement parks that he’s sometimes mistaken for a mannequin.

Fuqua discovered his unique talent at the age of 14 while standing motionless in front of a Christmas tree as a

In Memoriam:

to the world today. There is no fire that attracts people to the church.

We who believe in Jesus Christ and make up the Church need to be filled with the Holy Spirit. We need the “fire”

of the Holy Spirit. We need to seek God and ask Him to fill our lives, and to fill our churches with this fire.

It is only when we are full of this fire and allow it to spread, and light the world around us, will the church again become relevant, but more so, attractive, to people around us.

The hymn writer wrote: “Lord send the fire just now, and baptize all of us.”

That is my prayer, for me, for the people of my

church, and the people of the other churches in Clearwater. Is it yours?

Will you allow God to fill you with His Spirit, and His fire?

“an Independent” congregation in fellowship with the broader Christian community in the area.

(Behind Mohawk Station)

VAVENBY CHRISTIAN CHURCH 3083 Capostinsky Rd. • Service 11 a.m.

Sunday Morning Celebration Services Ian Moilliet Pastor 250-676-9574 Non Denominational

St James Catholic Church

specializing in weddings, sympathy, birthdays, anniversaries and other important occasions 73 Taren Drive, Clearwater Phone 250-674-2929 Toll Free: 1-877-974-2929

Your places of worship

Meeting at: 11 Lodge Drive

On the Web: www.clchch.com For information 250.674.3841 or 250.674.2912

~ flowers ~ plants ~ gifts ~ balloon bouquets ~

Church Directory

Clearwater Christian Church

Sunday Worship Service 10 am

Remembering a kind, resourceful, loving, honourable husband, father, grandfather and friend.

Gone 5 years and still missed deeply every day,

by Muriel and all his family.

Clearwater Seventh-Day Adventist Church Pastor Bill Kelly Saturday Service - 10am Clearwater Christian Church

Ph. 250-674-3468

CLEARWATER Sunday Service Mass • 11am - 12pm UNITED CHURCH Church of St. James Tuesday & Thursday Catholic Worship & Children’s 10am Church • Sunday 9am 324 Clearwater TheRev.GrahamBrownmiller 250-672-5653 Village Road or 250-674-3808 250-672-5949 or 250-676-9435 •Father Don O’Reilly www.norththompsonpc.ca

Clearwater Living Streams Christian Fellowship

CLEARWATER NEW LIFE ASSEMBLY Dan Daase - Pastor

Meeting at New Life Assembly every Sunday 5:00pm

(Kids church during service)

Contact Dave Meehan 250-674-3217 email: livingstreams@hotmail.com Clearwater Community Church open to everyone - all denominations

Sunday Morning Worship 10:30am Wednesdays Am Ladies Bible Study Thursday 3-5pm Kids Club

Phone: 250-674-2345 308 W Old N Thompson Hwy

COMMUNITY BAPTIST 24E Old North Thompson Hwy

Worship Service 10:30 Interim Pastor David Crouse 250.674.1332 www.ccbaptist.ca

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Enjoying the Farmers' Market Cathy Smith answers questions as young Meadow Elston checks out the flowers at her booth in Clearwater's Farmers Market recently. The market is open every Saturday morning during the season next to the Interior Whitewater building. Photo by Keith McNeill

Blue Loon Grill Celebrates our 5th Anniversary • May 31 Open Mic 7-10pm FEATURING 8 OR 10 OZ PRIME RIB with sherry au jus, double-stuffed potato, yorkshire pudding, and vegetables. Gourmet greens salad. (this will also be our Father’s Day feature) or ALL YOU CAN EAT SPAGHETTI, topped with our house meat sauce, garlic toast and gourmet greens salad.

Appy Card from 9-10pm We would like to welcome Chef Kevin Fenwick to our team of professionals.

THANK YOU CLEARWATER FOR FIVE GREAT YEARS. Visit us on Facebook for more details, or call

250-674-3455

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Making dining out just a little bit easier It is now easier than ever to make healthy choices when dining out with the recent launch of the Province of British Columbia’s Informed Dining program.

Featuring more than 300 restaurant outlets in British Columbia, the program publishes nutritional information and allows diners to view the information in a format similar to that of a nutritional guide on products at the grocery store.

All you have to do is look for the Informed Dining logo at participating restaurants.

“British Columbians have made it clear they want information to help them make informed choices about what they and their families are eating,” says B.C. Minister of Health Mike de Jong. “With Informed Dining, we are partnering with B.C. restaurants to help make the healthy choice the easy choice.”

Some of the participating restaurants include chains such as The Boathouse, De Dutch, A&W and Little Caesar’s, and stand-alone restaurants such as H.A.V.E. Cafe in Vancouver, Mountain Eagle Books in Smithers and Joseph’s Coffee House in Victoria.

With people in British Columbia eating a meal in a restaurant approximately 10 per cent of the time, it’s never been more important to be able to source out healthy options.

With the new program, calorie and sodium information is prominently highlighted for all regular menu items, while other nutrients, including carbohydrates and fat, are also noted. The program also gives advice on daily calorie and

“

British Columbians have made it clear they want information to help them make informed choices about what they and their families are eating,” says B.C. Minister of Health Michael de Jong. “With Informed Dining, we are partnering with B.C. restaurants to help make the healthy choice the easy choice.” sodium requirements.

Excess weight can increase the risk for type 2 diabetes, cardiovascular diseases and various cancers, so caloriecounting is an important part of a healthy diet. Eating too much sodium contributes to high blood pressure, stroke, heart disease and kidney disease, making sodium another important piece of the healthy eating puzzle.

“Healthy eating is a critical element in living a long and healthy life and avoiding cardiovascular disease,” says Gavin Arthur, vice-president of research and health promotion for the Heart and Stroke Foundation of Canada. “The Informed Dining program takes a positive step forward in providing people with information they can use in making informed choices while dining out.”

The program is voluntary, but the provincial government is

encouraging every restaurant to join the initiative and make such information available.

“We want to be part of the solution in making healthy choices, easy choices in B.C.,” says Vice-President of the Canadian Restaurant and Foodservices Association Mark von Schellwitz. “This program has the potential to help restaurant patrons become more conscious about what they are eating – it also shines a light on those establishments already providing menu nutrition content while encouraging other restaurants to follow suit.”

The provincial government has been working on this program since 2010, and has given restaurants several options for disclosing nutrition information, including a menu insert, a poster or a brochure.

“I am proud that we have about 300 outlets across the province signed up to participate in this important program,” says Ian Tostenson, CEO and president of the B.C. Restaurant and Foodservices Association. “I know that other business will continue to learn more about Informed Dining and sign up – this information is what our customers have been telling us they want, and it is our responsibility to provide it.”

The initiative is part of the Healthy Families BC campaign, created by the Province to promote healthy lifestyles and prevent chronic disease. For more information, visit www. healthyfamiliesbc.ca/home/informed-dining. The website also features a contest with weekly draws and a grand prize to cook like a chef and learn from a dietitian.

STOP GUESSING

START ASKING GE T THE FAC TS Making informed menu choices can be challenging. But with the new Informed Dining program, restaurant-goers can now get the facts when dining out. Just look for the Informed Dining logo at participating restaurants and ask your server for nutrition information to help you make healthy choices from the menu. You can now be confident when eating at participating restaurants that you’ll have access to nutrition information before you make your menu choice. Stop guessing...and start asking!

WIN BIG! Enter now for a chance to win great prizes, including a Grand Prize worth $2,500! Other prizes include $150 prize packs to featured Informed Dining restaurants across B.C. Enter weekly for more chances to win!

Learn more and enter today at healthyfamiliesbc.ca

LO O K F O R N U T R I T I O N I N F O R M AT I O N AT T H E S E PA R T I C I PAT I N G R E S TAU R A N T S

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C L E A R WAT E R D R Y G R A D M. Glueck Mechanical Congratulations To All of The Grads!

Heavy Duty & Commercial Transport Repairs Ph 250-674-2371 • Call Outs 250-674-7193

Congrats Class of 2012

Blackwell Parks - Celebrating 30 years in BC Parks www.explorewellsgray.com

Congratulations Grads of 2012

Way to Go Bowen

SAFETY MART

Love Mom & Dad and Brianna, Brady & Bobbi

Super Market

Congratulations to all the Grads of 2012

Congratulations to the Congratulations to the 2012 2011 Graduating Class!

Graduating Class!

FromRBC RBC Clearwater Clearwater Branch From Branch

Congratulations for a job well done and please consider Thompson Rivers University as your university of choice Congratulations Grads - Consider using your skills in this community

Terry Lake, MLA Kamloops - North Thompson

Congratulations Grads of 2012

NORTH THOMPSON FUNERAL SERVICES

618B Tranquille Rd. Kamloops BC, V2B 3H6 Ph 250-554-5413 • Fx 250-554-5417 email: terry.lake.mla@leg.bc.ca www.terrylakemla.bc.ca

Laura Bond Wicked Concept Signs 244 McLellan Rd. Clearwater 250-674-2735 www.gogreencleaners.ca

73 Taren Drive, Clearwater, BC, V0E 1N2

Congratulations to the Grad Class of 2012

Clearwater Towing Ltd.

250-674-3123 Congratulations JOEY ~Boca Grande Development Inc.

BOOK YOUR RIVER ADVENTURE TODAY! 1.877.674.3307 info@liquidlifestlyes.ca

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Congratulations Joey Dad would be proud UB & AC Sidney, Tony& Norman

Call Drake at 250-674-3030 or 1-877-674-3030 day or night.

C O N G R AT U L AT I O N S C L E A R WAT E R G R A D S !

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Congratulations Joey Tiny Builders 250-674-4001

Congratulations Baylee

Love Mom, Dad & Travis

CONGRATULATIONS Damon, Joey and the rest of the Grads of 2012

250-674-3560

Congratulations Dayna and the 2012 Grads HFB Enterprises Inc.

Congratulations Grad Class of 2012 ACE WESTERN HOTEL 250-674-2266

Congratulations Grads of 2012 All the Best in your Future

Everyone better look beautiful

472 Clearwater Village Rd. Open 9-6 weekdays, 9-5 Saturdays. phone 674-2360 DEBIT MACHINE-MASTERCARD-VISA Appointments not necessary

Call 1-800-HRBLOCK or visit hrblock.ca (1-800-472-5625)

Congratulations to Alex Brown and all the Grads of 2012

Erica Von Kcaat • Fortune Teller www.ericavonkcaat.com

Little Fort Volunteer Fire Department

OLE KJENSTAD D

WAY TO GO

ole@norththompsonrealestate.com

CONGRATULATIONS GRADS #1 Real Estate Resource HIGH ENERGY RESULTS

Brad, Jordie, Jessa 250-674-2214 Yellowhead Hwy. www.wellsgrayinn.ca

CONGRATULATIONS CREDIT UNION

Congratulations Class of 2012!

True Service If we sell it... We guarantee it!

250-674-3388

CLEARWATER GLASS LTD. CONGRATULATIONS ON A JOB WELL DONE

Congratulations

Congratulations

Alexandra & Cassandra Brown and Ty Richardson

Alexandra & Cassandra Brown & Damon Chase

Old Hwy #5 Clearwater B.C. 250 674-3768

best of luck to all the grads north thompson sportsplex

Congrats Colton Huybregts!

All the best in the future

CONGRATULATIONS

250-674-3116

52 Ridge Restaurant at KOA Kampground

COLTON HUYBREGTS All the best in your future endeavors. We are very proud of you!

250-674-3909

Clearwater Valley Resort & KOA Kampground 373 Clearwater Valley Road

373 Clearwater Valley Road

250-674-3909

Congratulations to the Grads

Happy Future See you at the Farmer’s Market Saturdays 9-12 Purple OX Crafts

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C L E A R WAT E R D R Y G R A D Congratulations Baylee & Grads

Love, Mom & Susie

Congratulations Class of 2012

from North Barriere Lake Resort

Congratulations to the graduating Class of 2012.

We wish you a healthy and prosperous future

High 5 South, RR2 Box 4503, Clearwater, BC V0E 1N0

250-674-3600

SO PROUD OF YOU ALL! WAY TO GO!

CONGRATULATIONS for a job well done Cassandra & Alexandra Love Mom, Dad, Linda & Tommy

Big city selection with small town pricing

DEARBORN FORD Jody Gyger CELL 250-571-9609 Tel 250-372-7101

2555 East Trans Canada Hwy - Kamloops

Congratulations Colton

Congratulations Cherrise

Congratulations Grads 2012

Good Luck on the next stretch of your lives

Corner Café & Catering

BAYLEY’S BISTRO

O’Bryan’s

Hazel’s Housing

MYSTIC MOUNTAIN HEALING

250-674-2141

CLEARWATER, B.C.

250-674-3456

250-674-2674

Hazel Dowds

250-674-2700

www.mysticmountainacres.com

DOUBLE DRAGON Chinese Restaurant

PIZZA & SUBS

ER DOUBL

ur future Best wishes for yo 250-674-3320

604-629-9903 • 250-579-9616 www.northbarrierelakeresort.com

Wishing you all a great success in the years to come

ABSOLUTE HAIR

Rock on 2012 Grads

CONGRATULATIONS to the class of 2012

Congratulations Good luck in the future

CONGRATULATIONS 117 Clearwater Station Rd., Clearwater • 250-674-2663

HAVE A GREAT DRY GRAD PARTY

Congratulations to the grad class of 2012

3400 Dunn Lake Rd. Clearwater BC 1-866-587-6368

YOUR FUTURE IS BRIGHT

125 Station Road Clearwater, BC

250-674-3434

Congratulations & DRIVE SAFELY.

Brook¿eld Mall

250.674.3220

GOOD LUCK TO ALL OF YOU!!

ICBC / M.V. OFFICE

Ph. 250-674-3654

Congrats and two thumbs up Justin Rauch

K&A GATEWAY GRILL 250-674-8758

318 Eden Road, Clearwater, BC

www.alpinemeadowsresort.com

Journeyman Carpenter

BEST OF LUCK!

Congratulations Grads 2012

Congratulations Joey

116 STATION ROAD, CLEARWATER

Ph: 250-674-2772

CAL’S CORNER Congratulations 2012 Grads Cal: 250-674-3578 • 250-674-8586 Next to Brookfield Mall

Silent Sport Fly Fishing Guided River Trips Proud supporter of Grad 2012

CLEARWATER SECONDARY SCHOOL GRADUATION 2012 Ceremonies CSS Gym • Friday June 1, 2012 • 7:00pm

PROM • CLEARWATER SECONDARY GYM Saturday June 2nd • 6:15pm-Grad Arrival 6:45pm-Grads start to line up • 7:00pm-Grand March We are anticipating a wonderful evening and hope guests and grads attend ready to enjoy a fun filled evening in all their beautiful grandeur.

Absolutely no alcohol will be permitted ANYWHERE on the school grounds or in the building.

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C L E A R WAT E R D R Y G R A D Century 21

R

RISON REALTY

CONGRATULATIONS GRAD CLASS OF 2012 Larissa Hadley Ph: 250-674-3999 Cell: 250-674-1514 32 Old N Thompson Hwy

Way to go Dayna & May! Love Sheila, Jeff & Nicole

www.century21rison.com

WAY TO GO GRADS!

BEST OF LUCK ~ Carolyn & Lou

250-587-6100

Congratulations Grads 2012!

Way to Go! Where quality counts for flowers & gifts

Phone 250-674-2929 Toll Free: 1-877-974-2929 Serious Issues require Serious Lawyers

ICBC Claims Family Law Real Estate 250-674-2255 or

1-888-374-3161

Wishing the CSS Grads of 2o12 many more successes in the future, Congratulations from the staff at Thompson Resource Management

Best of Luck in your new adventures & stay healthy!

Robert & Liana 250-674-0001 www.wellsgrayrafting.ca

THE

RIVERMOUNT

Motel, Campground & Café

Congratulations to Alexandra & Cassandra. All The best in your future On the Yellowhead Hwy. 4km north of Little Fort

250-677-4477

To my 2 daughters Mirranda & Cherrise & all the other Grads.

Work like you don’t need money, love like you’ve never been hurt and dance like no one is watching. Enjoy your life.

Live, Love, Laugh ~ Sheri’s Snack Stop

CONGRATS 2012 GRADS! Good Luck in The Future

S.A.K. BOOKKEEPING SERVICES

CONGRATULATIONS 2012 GRADUATING CLASS

JAGER GARBAGE

High Five Diner Little Fort 250-677-4400

~ The Nadeau Family

CONGRATULATIONS

CONGRATS ON YOUR NEW FUTURE from all the staff at RONA phone: 250-674-3386 fax: 250-674-3285

Dollar Emporium 18 Young Road 250 674-2567

All the best for your future Grads

WAY TO GO and the best of luck grads!

Drilling & Blasting Ltd.

250-674-4041

250-674-0145

Congratulations and best of luck to the 2012 Grads

Good Luck on your next adventure

NEW - WATER WELL SERVICES

Jim Vandenborre Fully insured 250.674.2688 250.674.8552

On SERVICES all On Call Service Centre would like to congratulate Jessa & Justin and the rest of the 2012 Grad Class for Graduating

May & Dayna

LEAVERITE

CLEARWATER COMPUTERS

Home/Business Computer Repairs Networking & Design Telephone & Internet support Hardware Upgrades

www.clearwatercomputers.ca

CLEARWATER Congratulations Baylee & the Grads of 2012

PLUMBING & HEATING

250-674-3003

Residential & Commercial Garbage Collection.

250-674-3798

Congrats on your new future!

VANDENBORRE

Congrats Nicole, Damon and the rest of the 2012 grads Grandma Dolly & Bill

Congrats to all the grads

INTERIOR WHITEWATER RAFTING & THE KETTLE RESTAURANT

WAY TO GO! INSURANCE SERVICES INC.

343 Clearwater Valley Rd 250-674-3310

Congratulations Class of 2012!

GOOD LUCK

LET YOUR ADVENTURE BEGIN! ADVENTURE

Wells Gray Air Service

Symons Electric

252-674-3115

250-587-6175

STARTS HERE!!

C O N G R AT U L AT I O N S C L E A R WAT E R G R A D S !

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Business & Service Directory Accountant - Certified

STONE & COMPANY (Robert Lawrie, Silvia Scheibenpflug) Certified General Accountants Rison Realty • 32 E Old N. Thompson Hwy. Feb. 1st to Apr. 30th - Every Thursday May 1st to Jan. 31st - By Appointment Hours: 9:30 am to Noon, 1:00 pm to 5:00 pm

Phone: 250-674-2532 • Kamloops: 554-2533 • Fax: 554-2536 Financial Statement Preparation • Corporate & Personal Income Taxes

Building Supply

Appliance Repair

N

TH RIVE R OAPPLIANCE REPAIR R Four Star Service 250-674-0079

Boom Truck Itec Enterprises

FULLY CERTIFIED 60 FOOT STICK BOOM MAN LIFT WITH WINCH

DOUG JAMES

We can safely lift you in the cage to put your task close at hand. Pull a pump, lift a tower, top a tree Hourly, daily and weekly rates • Includes operator

PARTS - SALES - FREE ADVICE USED APPLIANCES

Kindly refer to our website: itecboomtruck.com

Carpentry

Construction

250-587-6151

Construction & Renovations from Foundations to Roof

QUALITY WORK

Hazel’s Housing • NEW CONSTRUCTION • RENOVATIONS • ROOFING Winter Hours • 8:30am - 5pm

Construction Tiny Builders Ltd. Box 345 Clearwater BC V0E 1N0

674-4001 (250) 674-8469 (250)

tinybldr@telus.net

Fully Insured

CLEARWATER, B.C.

Hazel Dowds

250-674-4083

Journeyman Carpenter

Contracting e i l o j An

Journeyman Carpenters Bonded General Contractor

John White

Contractor

COMMERCIAL AND INDUSTRIAL PAINT CONTRACTING PARKING LOT - LINE PARKING

Septic - Installation - Service - Pumping Demolition - Excavation - Backhoe Service

B.C. Dept. of Labour, Certified #11359

Trucking - Crane Truck - Water - Dump

250-674-8148 1-866-973-2334

Gravel - Sand - Top Soil - Snow Removal Paul 250.819.3205

HANS OUNPUU Renovations • Additions • New Construction Home Repairs • HAFI Jobs • Project Management

Good Prices • Great Service • Quality Work Licenced & Bonded Reg. NO: 99142

250-674-3875 Clearwater, BC • ounpuu@telus.net

Residential includes Blue Bag Recycling Containers available for construction sites, yard clean-up, industrial sites etc.

Phone Jager Garbage 250-674-3798 Serving from Vavenby to Blackpool area

Misc. Services ABIGAIL’S ESSENTIAL SERVICES 1.250.587.6373 • 1.888.587.3576 housekeeping yard maintenance window washing gardening transportation to doctor shopping house sitting

pet sitting/walking parent/child visit supervision baking meal planning/preparation travel companion car washing

medical advocate walking/hiking banking bookkeeping landscape planning snow shovelling and more!

Electric Contractors

Symons Electric

40 years experience

Residential & Commercial Garbage Collection.

Jack 250.299.9510

250-587-6175

Building Contractor

JAGER GARBAGE

Contracting

Monashee Paint & Services

Electric Contractors

Garbage Collection

Rob Kerslake Steve Noble

Gifts

The Little Gift Shop

LARRY SYMONS • LICENSED & BONDED • CLEARWATER - CLOSED MONDAYS -

•

B.C. Reg. #24833

Heating/Air Conditioning

• Jewelry • Gift Baskets • Framed photo, prints & cards • Fishing - rods, reels, lures, knives • Local artists - and much more Tuesday to Friday: 10 am - 5 pm Saturdays: 10 am- 4 pm

250-674-0101

Next to Clearwater Computers

Motor Licence Office

Plumbing & Drains

MOTOR LICENCE OFFICE ICBC Agent

NEED A PLUMBER?

250-674-2733 132 Station Road, Box 157, Clearwater, B.C. V0E 1N0 Office Hours: Monday to Friday - 8:30 am to 4:30 pm Open through the Noon hour

PLUMBING AND DRAINS

District of Clearwater

NORTH THOMPSON

NTPD

JASEN MANN 250-674-8151 24/7 EMERGENCY SERVICE

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Business & Service Directory Plumbing & Heating

PROPERTY MANAGEMENT

VANDENBORRE PLUMBING & HEATING

PROPANE & ELECTRIC FURNACE REPAIR Furnace Installation • Heat Pumps and Air Conditioning Radon Gas Mitigation • Serving Blue River - Little Fort

YOUR FRIENDLY REPAIR MAN WATER WELL SERVICES

Jim Vandenborre • Fully insured jhepv@hotmail.com

250.674.2688 250.674.8552

visa, debit, mc accepted

Septic Service

CLEARWATER SEPTIC SERVICE

• House sitting • Commercial & residential rental management

Call Julie your local property manager

250-674-0188

Roofing

Roofing

CEDAR SHAKES FOR SALE

CALL JOEL

250-674-2410

Business & Service Directory

250.674.7540

Storage NORTH THOMPSON STORAGE SECURED FENCED FACILITY 24-HR MONITORED VIDEO SURVEILLANCE

& PORTABLE TOILET RENTALS

R.V.’S, BOATS, TRAILERS, TRUCKS, ETC.

Give us a call before it’s too late! BEST rates in town

250-674-3562

1st 20 spaces at $500/year 778-208-5300 Clearwater, BC

Serving the North Thompson Valley for over 10 Years Valemount • Blue River • Avola • Vavenby • Clearwater • Little Fort

Storage

WELLS GRAY

RV / Boat & Mini Storage

TAXI

250.674.0145

Off the Hook

STORAGE

Certified Well Driller Duane Bochek Kamloops, B.C.

24 Hour Service Free Scrap Car Removal 516 Swanson Road Used Auto Parts

250-674-2214 • 250-674-1542

250-674-3123 NNELS ELS HHINDLE INDLE OFFICE: or CELL: 250-674-1427

Contracting

BUD’S WATER WELLS LTD. Residential & Industrial Wells

CLEARWATER TOWING LTD.

AVAILABLE 24 HOURS • 7 DAYS A WEEK

Water Wells

Toll Free 1-888-83WELLS

Towing

Taxi Service

OVER 25 YEARS EXPERIE NCE

Bus. (250) 573-3000 Toll Free 1-888-839-3557

On SERVICES all

Construction • Renovations • Certified Septic & Water • Plumbing • Wells & Repairs • Excavation • Dump Truck • Toilet Rentals • Towing • Certified Traffic Control

New beginnings

Participants in a self-employment program being offered through the WorksBC office in Clearwater get ready to start their own businesses.

Pictured are (l-r) Kyla Parsons of Sunshine Valley Growers (plants and horticultural structures), Dawn Anderson of Dawn’s Market and Garden Center (fresh produce - local, organic, naturally grown), and Cal Eustache of Fever Sounds DJ Services (available for weddings, sporting events and so on). Photo by Keith McNeill

AT ON CALL... WE DO IT ALL...

Infocentre opens for season Ronnie McRae (l) of the Clearwater Chamber of Commerce desk at the Wells Gray Infocenter gives travel advice to Kamloops resident Mark Cameron, his wife Kris, daughter Trinity and son Xander. The tourism information center opened for the season on May 1.

Photo by Keith McNeill

Septic Service - Pumper Truck Bobcat and Backhoe Plumbing

Office Space for Rent

Industrial Lot with Hwy 5 Access and Visibility $350 a month.

250-674-0145

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THOUGHT FOR THE WEEK “Money doesn’t always bring happiness.

People with ten million dollars are no happier than people with nine million dollars.”

-Hobart Brown

Wells Gray Country

this ad is sponsored by

BAYLEY’S BISTRO

UPCOMING EVENTS

in the Brookfield Shopping Centre in Clearwater Eat in or Take out Fried Chicken

250-674-2674

June 9: Worldwide Knit In Public Day. Hosted by Boulder Mountain Fibre Arts. 11:00 am to 3:00 pm June 2: 4-H Rodeo Rednecks bottle Drive, 9:30 am- 3 at the band shell at Fadear Park in Barriere. pm, info 250-674-8591 June 1&2: Grad ceremonies and prom

June 16: A Touch of Mexico, dinner, music, bar, silent June 2 & 16: Prenatal classed, 10 am - 3 pm, Comauction, at Legion Hall, tickets $25, sponsored by munity Resource Centre, 250-674-3530 to register Hospice Society.

June 4: Golf tournament, Lacarya, starts 9 am, spon2012 June 30: Arts Alive sored by Sunshine Valley Hospital Auxiliary Unit Community Directory NOW AVAILABLE Summer Guides

June 6: Helen Knights 80th Birthday celebration, Wells Gray Inn, 2 pm - 4 pm

COMING SOON

ONGOING EVENTS ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT • Crafts & Conversations with Cheryl. Tuesdays 11:00 am to 2:00 pm at the North Thompson Aboriginal Sharing Center. Phone 674-3703 for more info.

• Clearwater Farmer’s Market every Saturday from 9:00 am – Noon. For more information please call Anne at 250-674-3444.

• Clearwater-Vavenby Lions Bingo: Every 2nd Tues. Elks Hall.

250-587-6269 • M&M (Mrs. & Ms.) Social. Last Sun of the mth Wells Gray Inn. 1pm: 587-6503 • Blackpool Community Hall Coffee House; Local musicians – every 2nd Fri. of the month watch for posters. Doors open 6:30 pm. Concession, $3 or 2 for $5.

• Clearwater Elks Bingo - every 2nd Thurs. Elks Hall. open 5pm • Cribbage Wed. at the Royal Canadian Legion. 12:30 pm.

• Little Fort Coffee House 7pm Little Fort Hall. 1st Fri of the mth Oct. - May except Nov. Bill 672-5116 • Fun Darts Fri. at the Royal Canadian Legion. 6 pm.

CHILDREN & FAMILIES • Raccoon StrongStart at Raft River Elem school days Mon, Tues, Thurs & Fri from 8:45-11:45am • Raccoon StrongStart at Vavenby Elem school days Wed 8:5011:50am • Clearwater Breastfeeding Group: 3rd Wed. of every month 7:30pm @ YCS • Mother Goose - Mornings, To register call Kerry at 250-674-2600 ext 227 • Community Baptist Jr. Youth Gr. 5, 6, 7 - 7-8:30pm • Community Baptist Sr. Youth Gr. 8-10 - 7-9:30pm HEALTH & HEALING • Shambhala Meditation Group: meets every Tuesday at Forest

House 6:30-8:00 pm. Info: 250-587-6373.

• Connections Healing Rooms - every Friday from 1-3pm (except stat. holidays). 86 Young Rd. No charge. Sponsored by Living Streams Christian Church. www.healingrooms.com.

• Healthy Choices – every Tues 9am, 12 & 5:30pm at Skills Center.

Info call Kim 674-0224 • Clearwater & District Hospice Society every 3rd Mon. Sept-Jun 10am Legion Building.

RECREATION • Drop-in soccer: Tuesdays & Thursday at 7pm at CSS field. Everyone welcome!

• Bowling: Mon. 10–12pm & 1-3pm; Thurs., 1-3pm. Seniors Centre at Evergreen Acres. 674-2699 • Clearwater Sno-Drifters: Meet 1st Thursday of every month.

250-676-9414 • CNT Rod & Gun Club: 3rd Sun. of the mth. Blackpool Hall 7pm Sept. - April • Drop in Tennis: Mon & Thurs 6:30pm All levels. Double & single play. Rotary Sports Park.

• Yoga Tree – Call or email Annie 674-2468 annie.pomme@ hotmail.com • Clearwater Walks – Strollers & Striders, Mon. 12:30 & Wed 5:30pm, meet at YCS. Info 250-674-7082.

• Core Strength Fitness. Tuesdays. Classes at 10-11am 250-6740001 SENIORS • Wells Gray Country Senior’s Society 3rd Sun Social Meet at the Wells Gray Hotel at 12:30pm for lunch or dessert, & chat • Wells Gray Country Senior’s Society Book Club Meets the last Thursday of the month at 2:00 at the public library All seniors are welcome

For a complete list of our area’s

COMMUNITY ORGANIZATIONS please stop in at the Times office and pick up your copy of the North Thompson Community Directory • Brookfield Mall Clearwater • 250-674-3343 TO ADD YOUR COMMUNITY EVENT OR ORGANIZATION PLEASE CALL THE TIMES AT 250-674-3343

FEATURED COURSE: OFA LEVEL 3 FIRST AID

The OFA Level 3 training is a 10-day, 80-hour course.

This course covers the skills in the Level 1, Level 2 and Transportation Endorsement courses and adds more time to develop con¿dence and competence in the essential skill areas. This course is the most advanced course that WCB offers. An attendant possessing a Level 3 certi¿cate can work on any provincial workplace as a designated attendant. Register today and be on your way to getting a new job.

Date: Mon-Fri, June 4 to 15 Time: 8:30am to 4:30pm Location: Community Resource Centre Cost: $750

UPCOMING COURSES: YOGA Ongoing

Call for schedule

$125/10 weeks or $15/ea

WCB OFA LEVEL 3 June 4-15

8:30am to 4:30pm

$750

WCB OFA LEVEL 1 June 25

8:30am to 4:30pm

$90

REGISTER TODAY

TEL: 250.674.3530 ONLINE: www.crcnt.ca IN PERSON: 224 Candle Creek Rd. Service Canada • June 19, 2012

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JOURNEYMAN TECHNICIAN required immediately for Chrysler/Dodge/Jeep dealership in Salmon Arm, BC. Proven producer, good attitude, quality workmanship a must.

Excellent wage and benefit package. Contact Pat - phone 250-832-8053, fax 250-8324545, email pat@brabymotors.com

SERVICE ADVISOR. Brown’s Chrysler Ltd. Westlock, Alberta is looking for an above average individual skilled in customer service. Duties to include: effective communication with customers, recommend scheduled maintenance and schedule work. Qualifications shall include: knowledge of vehicles and the automotive industry. Sales experience is considered an asset, strong interpersonal, organizational and communication skills, ability to work in a fast paced environment with tight time constraints, computer literate and posses a valid drivers licence. Apply to: Dale Marshall - Service Manager. Phone 1780-349-5566. Fax 1-780-3496493 or email: dalem@brownschrysler.com

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Ads may be submitted by phone if charged to a VISA, MC or an existing account.

CHECK YOUR AD! Notice of error must be given in time for correction before the second insertion of any advertisement. The paper will not be responsible for omissions or for more than one incorrect insertion, or for damages or costs beyond the cost of the space actually occupied by the error.

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A huge thank you to my wonderful family and many good friends for the great get-together at the Wells Gray Inn on Sunday, May 20. Thank you very much to the Wells Gray staff, especially to Bonnie and Melody, to Sharon, our excellent cake maker, to those who tried to keep it a surprise, to those who traveled many miles to be with us, to Ken who planned it and carried it out so well. It was fabulous. ~ Barbara Ferguson

Safe Home Response Providing a safe place to escape for women and their children.

Volunteers always needed.

Call 250-674-2135.

VAVENBY THRIFT SHOP Past Vavenby General Store Wednesday 10 a.m. - 4 p.m.

Sunday 11a.m. - 3 p.m.

Various items of clothing

priced as low as .25cents

Coming Events

Personals

Hospital Gift Corner Open Monday - Friday 10 am - 1 pm

AA meetings every Wed. 11 Lodge Dr. Roll call 8 pm.

Side door. 250-674-0079.

Alcoholics Anonymous Phone 250-674-3838 or

250-587-0026 Anytime Barriere Alcoholics Anonymous Call: 250-672-9643 For Al Anon Call: 250-672-9643, 250-819-5361, 250-308-5139 or 778-220-6269

Lost & Found

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North Thompson Arts Council Celebration of the Arts, June 23-24, 10am-4pm both days.

4307 Yellowhead Hwy, Barriere. More info at norththompsonartscouncil.com.

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Found. Key with remote.

Looks new. Found on Clearwater Valley Rd. Call 250-6743343 Lost: set of keys including Honda car key. If found call 250-672-5611.

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Getaways LONG BEACH - Ucluelet Deluxe waterfront cabin, sleeps 6, BBQ. May Special.

2 nights $239 / 3 nights $299.

Pets Okay. Rick 604-306-0891

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Career Opportunities AIRLINES ARE Hiring- Train for high paying Aviation Maintenance Career. FAA approved program. Financial aid if qualified- Housing available.

CALL Aviation Institute of Maintenance (877)818-0783.

Mature, resp person needed for laundromat & tanning salon. Sat. to start; Sun. when summer picks up. 10 am - 4 pm. Pls leave resume with Sandy at TNT. Part-time cook & housekeeper required for Rivermount Motel & Cafe, Little Fort. 677-4477.

TABER TIMES/Vauxhall Advance is seeking an editor to lead a three-person newsroom. Candidate must be able to multitask, produce a quality newspaper and maintain online presence. Send covering letter and resume to: Coleen Campbell, Publisher. Email: ccampbell@abnewsgroup.com Deadline Thursday, May 31.

HELP WANTED! Technical Advisor, Wood Products - India Forestry Innovation Investment Ltd. is seeking a Technical Advisor, Wood Products for a one to two year contract based in Mumbai, India. The successful candidate will have extensive knowledge of BC softwood species and appropriate application of BC wood products. For further information, interested candidates are asked to view the job description and qualifications at www.bcfii.ca under Contract and Employment Opportunities.

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Attention: Service Clubs Non-Profit Groups Students Seniors

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Help Wanted An Alberta Construction Company is hiring dozer, excavator and rock truck operators.

Preference will be given to operators that are experienced in oilfield road and lease construction.

Lodging and meals provided. The work is in the vicinity of Edson, Alberta.

Call Contour Construction at 780-723-5051.

An Earthmoving Company in Alberta is looking for a 3rd year or Journeyman Heavy Duty Mechanic. You will be part of a team maintaining and servicing our fleet of Cat dozers, graders and rock trucks plus Deere/Hitachi excavators.

You will work at our Modern Shop at Edson, Alberta with some associated field work.

Call Contour Construction at (780)723-5051 DRIVEN ENERGY is a progressive busy oilfield service company in the Midwest area (Lloydminster, Alberta) looking for experienced Pressure Truck and Semi-Vac Operators. Call 780-872-6533, fax 780-875-7847 or email: kirk@drivenenergy.ca for info and to apply.

Employment

Help Wanted A&W Clearwater

Full time and part time positions available.

Seeking responsible, motivated, and hard working individuals to join our team

Drop off resume to Attn: Deanna or email jackson@jfmc.ca 250-674-3148

NORTH THOMPSON JOBS BARRIERE EMPLOYMENT SERVICES 629 Barriere Town Rd. Barriere, BC V0E 1E0 Phone: 250-672-0036 / Fax: 250-672-2159

E-mail: mail@barriere-employment.ca • Website: www.barriere-employment.ca FARMERS: Gang Ranch F2912 RANCH WORKERS: Farmers, Irrigators F2912 WRANGLER/RANCH HAND: Crystal Waters Guest Ranch A0212 CUSTOMER SERVICE PERSONS: Jim’s Food Market A0212A HOUSEKEEPER: Mike Wiegele - A1012 CONTROLLER: Mike Wiegele A2312 COOK: Knight’s Inn A2512 BUS PERSON: Mike Wiegele A2612A EVENING LINE COOK: Mike Wiegele A2612B PREP COOK: Mike Wiegele A2612C SERVER: Mike Wiegele A2612D SOUS CHEF: Mike Wiegele A2612E RESERVATIONS COORDINATOR: Mike Wiegele A2612F ACCTS PAYABLE & ACCOUNTING CLERK: Mike Wiegele A2612G LABOURER/SAWMILL OPERATOR/LEVEL 3 FIRST AID: A2712 RANCH LABOURER: Summer Student Position A2712A LABOURERS: Ponderosa Ginseng M0112 COOK: FT Station House M0212A

WAITRESS: PT Station House M0212B PARTS PERSON: FT, Barriere Auto Parts M1512 FARM LABOURER: Blue Ridge Ranch M1612 HR COORDINATOR/PAYROLL ADMINISTRATOR: Mike Wiegele M1612A If you have been on Employment Insurance in the past 3 years (5 years maternity) & are currently unemployed, you may be eligible for re-training dollars. Book an appointment to see one of our counselors for more information.

We look forward to seeing you – come in and we’ll personally see that you get the information you’re seeking, or call and make an appointment.’

• FREE COMPUTER AND INTERNET ACCESS • FREE RESUME HELP • FREE INFORMATION ON MANY SERVICES “Funded in whole or part through the Canada-British Columbia Labour Market Development Agreement” Sponsored by Barriere & District Chamber of Commerce

Ph 250-674-3343 for more information

CLEARWATER EMPLOYMENT SERVICES 58A Young Road, Clearwater BC V0E 1N2 250-674-2928 Fax 250-674-2938

Education/Trade Schools APPLY NOW: Pennywise Scholarship For Women to attend Journalism certificate course at Langara College in Vancouver. Deadline May 30, 2012.

More information: www.bccommunitynews.com TRAIN TO be an Apartment/Condominium Manager at home! We have jobs across Canada. Thousands of graduates working. 31 years of success! Government certified. www.RMTI.ca or 1-800-6658339, 604-681-5456.

Employment

E-mail: info@clearwateremployment.ca • Web Page: www.clearwateremployment.ca

Yellowhead Community Services is looking for an individual or couple willing to share their home with a semi-independent woman with an acquired brain injury in her 40’s. This individual requires some support with daily living skills such as budgeting, attending appointments and engaging in social/recreational activities within the community. Twenty four hour care or supervision is not required as this individual is quite independent, but would enjoy the company of others within the home to engage with, play cards, go shopping and out for coffee. Applicants will be required to undergo a criminal record check and participate in the home study process to ensure compatibility and suitability. Experience and/or knowledge working with individuals’ with a disability and/or mental health issues would be an asset. Financial compensation will be provided. For more information or to discuss further please contact Nikki Vincent at 674-2600

Evergreen Acres Senior Citizens Home Society REQUEST FOR PROPOSAL Request for proposal for building and grounds Request for proposal building and grounds maintenance forfor Evergreen Acres. maintenance for Approximately 18Evergreen hours per Acres. week.

Approximately 18 hours per week.

For details contact the administrator, Marion Walker at contact Evergreen Acres 250-674-0099 or For details the administrator, Linda at Walker Home Hardware.

A package will be available.

Marion at Evergreen Acres 250-674-0099 or Lindasite at Home Mandatory visit: Hardware.

June 12, 2012 at A package Acres will beatavailable.

Evergreen 7:00 pm.

Closing date: 2012 noon.

Mandatory siteJune visit:14, June 12,at2012 at Evergreen Acres at 7:00 Start date of contract: July pm.

1, 2012 ProposalsClosing must bedate: mailedJune to Evergreen Acres, 144 Evergreen 14, 2012 at noon.

Place, Clearwater, BC, V0E 1N1 and postmarked no later than noon JuneStart 14, 2012. submissions July will not considered. dateLate of contract: 1, be 2012

House-keeper: Seasonal/Clearwater #0517 Restaurant Server: Seasonal/Clearwater #0516 Front Desk Clerk: 2 positions FT/Clearwater #0515 Campsite Attendants: 2-positions PT/Clearwater #0514 Sports Coordinator: Seasonal/Clearwater #0513 Community Rec. Healthy Living Coordinator: PT/Clw #0512 Automotive Industrial Parts Person: FT/Barriere #0511 Traffic Control Person: 3-positions PT/Seasonal #0510 Home Share Provider/Roommate: FT/Clearwater #0509 Power Point Designer: PT/Clearwater #0508 Reservations Coordinator: FT/Blue River #0507 Sous Chef: FT/Seasonal/Blue River #0506 Server: FT/Seasonal/Blue River #0505 Prep Cook: FT/Seasonal/Blue River #0504 Line Cook: FT/Seasonal/Blue River #0503 Bus Person: FT/Seasonal/Blue River #0502 Breakfast Cook: 2-FT/Seasonal/Blue River #0501 Cook: Casual/Clearwater #0416 Customer Service Employee: 4 positions/Seasonal/ Clearwater #0414 Baking& Cook Assistant: 2 positions/Seasonal/Clearwater #0413 Barista: 2 positions/Seasonal/Clearwater #0412 Controller: FT/Blue River #0411 Dishwasher: FT/PT Blue River #0409 German/Dutch Speaking Tour Guide: Seas/FT Clw #0408 Housekeeper: Summer Season/Blue River #0407 Campground Attendant: FT &PT/Seasonal/3 positions/ Clearwater #0406 Server: FT & PT/Seasonal/2 positions/Clearwater #405 Front Desk Clerk: FT/Seasonal/2 positions Clearwater #0404

Housekeeper: PT/Seasonal/3positions/Clearwater #0403 Cashier/General Help: PT/Seasonal/2 pos/Clw #0402 Customer Service Rep: FT & PT/3 pos Little Fort #0401 Shuttle Bus Driver/Naturalist/Photographer: Full-time/ Seasonal/Clearwater #0322 River Operations Manager: FT/Seas/Clw #0320 Line Cooks: 2 F/T, 1 P/T position/Blue River #0305 Cook: FT/Blue River #0207 Volunteer Firefighter: 7 positions/Clearwater #0205 Customer Service/Kitchen Helper: Seas/Clw #0202 Class 1 Driving Instructor: FT/Clearwater #0201 Cook/Kitchen Helper: Casual/Clearwater #0111 GENERAL INFORMATION • Free Workshops: Please call 250-674-2928 to register for free workshops.

• Resumes & Interviews: Go hand in hand, so the better prepared you are the greater the impression you will make to your future employer. Please drop in and our friendly staff will assist you.

• Targeted Wage Subsidy (TWS): Are you currently on Employment Insurance or have you been in the last 3-5 years? If you have, you may be eligible for wage subsidy.

Ask us for further info.

• Funding for Skill Enhancement: Recent or active EI clients with a career plan in mind seeking assistance through Service Canada are required to book an appointment with one of our Employment Counsellors.

• Blue River Itinerant: An employment consultant comes to town once a month. Next visit is June 7 If one on one appointments are required please call to set up a time prior to the drop in.

For more information drop in to 58 Young Road (above Raft River Fitness), phone 250-674-2928 or fax 250-674-2938 Operate by Yellowhead Community Services The Employment Program of BC is funded by the Government of Canada & the Province of British Columbia

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Help Wanted

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WANT TO see scenic BC! Needed immediately . Experienced Feller Buncher Operator with Chipper Head/Mower to work around Hydro Transmission Lines. Must be willing to travel throughout BC (based out of Vanderhoof). $28-$34 per hour + Benefits. For more info. e-mail: sbcjobs@hotmail.ca.

Send Resume to: SBCJOBS Box 1136 Vanderhoof, BC V0J 3A0 or Fax: 250-567-2550

CRIMINAL RECORD? Don’t let it block employment, travel, education, professional, certification, adoption property rental opportunities. For peace of mind & a free consultation call 1-800-347-2540.

Heavy Duty Machinery

Employment

Trades, Technical AUTOMOTIVE TECHNICIAN. Journeyman Automotive Service Technician required. 45 minutes North of Edmonton, Alberta. Busy flat rate Chrysler dealership. Above average wages to commensurate with training level achieved. Chrysler experience an asset but not essential. 4th year apprentice considered. Apply to: Dale Marshall - Service Manager.

Phone 1-780-349-5566. Fax 1780-349-6493 or email: dalem@brownschrysler.com FOREST Fire Medics and Class 4 or Class 1 Drivers Wanted. Email resume to sarah@alphasafety.net or fax to 250.785.1896.

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Photography / Video Need a professional photographer?

Portraits, weddings, special events, pet portraits, commercial.

Affordable memories that last a lifetime. Seniors rates.

Book now avoid & disappointment.

Sorry no passport photos Jill Hayward 250-319-8023/250-672-0055

PHOTOS

by Keith McNeill Digital and film photographs.

Phone 250-674-3252 or email:kmcneill@mercuryspeed.com

Business/Office Service

Clearwater: Renovations, Additions, Home Repairs, New Construction. HAFI Jobs, Project Management. 40+ yrs exp.

Hans Ounpuu. 250-674-3875

DENIED CANADA Pension plan disability benefits? The Disability Claims Advocacy Clinic can help. Call Allison Schmidt at 1-877-793-3222. www.dcac.ca

Handyman: Residential renovations/repairs/new construction. 28 yrs exp. Barriere. HAFI program. Seniors discounts. Call Ray Semrick 250-318-5925

Computer Services

Need some help with those odd jobs you don’t have time for? Call Keiran Jones at 250674-3051

Services

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Your credit/age/income is not an issue. 1-800-587-2161.

M O N E Y P R OV I D E R . C O M . $500 Loan and +. No Credit Refused. Fast, Easy, 100% Secure. 1-877-776-1660.

Fitness/Exercise Elliptical Trainer Canadian Tire Cardio Style ET150 in very good condition. Will trade for treadmill in good condition.

Call 250-319-8023.

Clearwater Computers is your neighborhood computer store & repair outlet; all makes & models. We offer new and used computers. Other services incl: 15Mb unlimited ADSL, unlimited dial-up internet, 2.9 cents a minute long distance, unlimited webhosting, online backup, domain management, color photocopying, faxing and more. Located at #6 W Old NT Hwy (beside Supersave Gas).

Ph. 250-674-1032

Home Repairs Handyman Service specializing in drywall and tile. Call Andrew at 250-677-4215.

Misc Services A bookstore in Clearwater?

You bet!

On-line at www.biblio.com/bookstore/ kukuchai-books-clearwater

Sue’s Jewellery Repairs Since 1975 - We do it all, Retipping, Sizing, Soldering.

Sue Ludtke - 250-587-6357 Word by Word Proofreading & Editing 250-674-7118

Pets & Livestock

Pets Large reptile tank for a lizard, snake, turtle or what have you (36”x18”x13”) complete with heat lamp, daytime lamp, and filter. Screened top. $195 obo for all. Call 250-674-7118.

Merchandise for Sale

Appliances For Sale: Kenmore silver front load W/D w/drawer stands.

2yrs old. $1200. 250-672-9867

Auctions Auction Estate Antique Collectable . June 3 @ 1pm at Dodd’s Auction 3311-28 Ave, Vernon. 1-866-545-3259. View photos at doddsauction.com

Food Products MacLennan Farms has young grass finished beef & lean grass finished hamburger. 250-6742449. Please leave a message.

May 19th Farmers’ Market: asparagus, lettuce, spinach, greens, shoots, rhubarb, eggs, vegetable bedding plants, baking, crafts.

Garage Sales Clearwater Multi-family Yard Sale. June 2 at 1141 Traub Rd. from 9:00 am-3:00 pm.

Group Yard Sale: 768 Leonie Creek Rd., Barriere, June 9-10, 10am-3pm. Lots of items including horse tack.

A- STEEL SHIPPING STORAGE CONTAINERS / Bridges / Equipment Wheel loaders JD 644E & 544A / 63’ & 90’ Stiff boom 5th wheel crane trucks/Excavators EX200-5 & 892D-LC / Small forklifts / F350 C/C “Cabs”20’40’45’53’ New/ Used/ Damaged /Containers Semi Trailers for Hiway & StorageCall 24 Hrs 1-866-528-7108 Delivery BC and AB www.rtccontainer.com

Misc. for Sale 16’ shuffleboard. $100. 250672-9867 Additions. Where is. Ideal for free-standing or to expand your home’s square footage.

One at 10’x36’6”; one at 10’x27’. Phone 250-587-6151.

Big Chief Smoker. Top loader. $35; Equalizer hitch. Comes w/hitch, bars, clamps, & 2 5/8 ball, $325; Chest waders, $15.

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STEEL BUILDING - Blowout sale! 20x26 $5,199. 25x28 $5,799. 30x42 $8,390. 32x56 $11,700.

40x50 $14,480.

47x76 $20,325. One end wall included. Pioneer Steel 1-800668-5422.

Misc. Wanted Looking for broken washers, dryers, fridges and stoves.

250-674-0079.

Used Postage Stamps Support International Scouting by donating used stamps which are sorted & sold to raise money for the International Development Fund of the International Scout & Guide Fellowship. This fund pays for training for Scouters in the third world.

Drop stamps off at front counter of the Star/Journal in Barriere, or call Margaret at (250)672-9330.

Rentals

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Apt/Condo for Rent

Auto Financing

Auto Financing

Scrap Car Removal

Clearwater: 1 bdrm suite, 500 sq. ft., $550/mo, incl util. DD req. Avail now. 778-549-0410.

GUARANTEED

Mobile Homes & Pads

Scrap Batteries Wanted We buy scrap batteries from cars & trucks & heavy equip. $4.00 each. Free pick-up anywhere in BC, Minimum 10.

Call Toll Free 1.877.334.2288

Auto Loans or We Will Pay You $1000

All Makes, All Models.

New & Used Inventory.

Barriere: 2bdrm mobile home for sale. New stove. Some recent updates. #2 Riva Ridge Trailer Park. $16,000.00 obo.

250-672-2162 Clearwater: 2 bdrm trailer, oil heat, F/S, $400/mo + DD. Call 250-674-2755 Clearwater: 3 bdrm, clean, spacious, propane fuel. $675/mo + util; 2 bdrm + den, dblwide, wood stove, oil heat, $600/mo + util. No Pets, N/S, DD req. Both incl w/d, f/s. Mtn Meadows MHP 250-587-6123

Trucks & Vans

1-888-229-0744 or apply at: www.greatcanadianautocredit.com

For sale. 2000 GMC Sonoma 4x4 with canopy and 4 extra tires. Runs good. 200,000 km. $5500. 250-674-2156.

Must be employed w/ $1800/mo. income w/ drivers license. DL #30526

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Homes for Rent

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Barriere: 3 bdrm, 2 bath Rancher. No indoor pets, NS. Near amenities. $1200.00/mo 604-855-2188

Tenders

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Clearwater. House for rent $825/mo. Spacious 3-bdrm family home.

Basement w/fm/rm+den. 2-car carport, large yrd. Mobile for sale. 1888-587-6270. Pine Grove Mobile Home Park. 1244 Ford Rd. Clearwater, BC. Clearwater. House on 1/2 acre in Miller sub. $950/mo, DD, W/D, F/S, DW. Avail. July 1. Ref. req. 250-319-5169.

THOMPSON-NICOLA REGIONAL DISTRICT INVITATION TO TENDER

Suites, Upper Clearwater. Riverside Guest House. Rent by the day/week.

Covered porch overlooking Clearwater River, large kitchen and living area, fully furnished with linen. info@riveradventures.ca. 250-674-0001.

Don Forsyth Beach House Concession Electoral Area "B" (Thompson Headwaters) The Thompson-Nicola Regional District, on behalf of Electoral Area "B" (Thompson Headwaters), is hereby accepting bids to provide, generally, the following works for the summer of 2012 (June 21st – Sept 3rd, 2012); •

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Operate a concession facility in the Don Forsyth Beach House in Blue River, BC. Provide food and other suitable products for a concession facility operating at a lakeside beach and provide appropriate compensation to the Thompson-Nicola Regional District.

Further details of the work to be done and identified in a contract may be obtained by contacting the undersigned.

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Sealed tenders must be delivered to the undersigned by 4:00pm June 8th, 2012. The highest or any bid will not necessarily be accepted.

Sherri Madden Services Coordinator Thompson-Nicola Regional District 300 - 465 Victoria Street Kamloops, B.C. V2C 2A9 Phone 250-674-3530 Email: admin@tnrd.ca

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The Thompson-Nicola Regional District , Electoral Area “B”, is hereby accepting bids to undertake the following works for the summer of 2012 (June 15th – September 15th) and a potential for extension through the 2013 summer season:

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Maintain washrooms, storage room, and front office of the Beach House

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Open the washrooms at 9 a.m. and close the washrooms at 8 p.m. each day

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Maintain two outhouses at the Blue River Ball Park at Eleanor Lake

For sale / for Lease Purchase or for Lease 2.06 acres of flat land zoned C1, Clearwater BC Main floor of building consists of 3 large separate areas 1. 23’ x 43’ (1,000 sq ft) 12’ 7 ceiling 2. 16’ x 43’ (700 sq ft) 13’ ceiling 3. 20’ x 34’ (680 sq ft) 9’ ceiling Second floor = (500 sq ft) 1 bdrm suite Gas pump Island and fuel tanks (2,000 gal and 3,000 gal) also available

Open to Leases or rentals on individual areas Call Dwaine @ 778-549-0410

Sealed tenders addressed to the undersigned will be received until 4:00 pm, June 8th, 2012.

The lowest bidder will not necessarily be the successful applicant.

Further information may be obtained from: Sherri Madden Services Coordinator Thompson-Nicola Regional District 300 - 465 Victoria Street Kamloops, B.C. V2C 2A9 Phone 250-674-3530 Email: admin@tnrd.ca

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Obituaries IN LOVING MEMORY

Gerard Ronald McCarthy (Gerry) April 10, 1926 - April 30, 2012 With great sadness the family announces the passing of Gerard on April 30, 2012, having just recently attained the age of 86 years. Born April 10, 1926 at the community of Dock Road, Prince Edward Island; having lived in PEI, Montreal, Vancouver, Burnaby, Birch Island, West Kelowna and Clearwater - Gerard will be missed and lovingly remembered by many.

Survived by daughter Carol (Joel), son Grant (Claudia), grandchildren and great grandchildren. Also survived by sisters Margaret, Mary, brothers Louis, James and Arch, and many dearly loved nieces, nephews and devoted friends.

Not to forget "Dear little Kitty."

Predeceased by his wife Marion, sister

Rockhounds rendezvous Roy Braaten (l) accepts informational material from Fay McCracken, one of the organizers of the BC Lapidary Society Rendezvous held the Victoria Day weekend in the Sportsplex. People from all over the province attended the event, which was sponsored by Raft River Rockhounds. The weekend included several field trips to nearby spots of interest. Photo by Keith McNeill Georgia, brothers Albert and Charlie.

A memorial service will be held June 2, 2012 at 10:00 a.m. at the Catholic Church of St. James, Clearwater;

with Father O'Reilly presiding. Interment service to immediately follow memorial service at the Riverview Cemetery, Clearwater, B.C.

IN LOVING MEMORY

Dianne Marie Pecor (nee Daigle) May 18, 1948 - May 23, 2012 Dianne passed away peacefully with her family around her at the Kamloops Hospice Home.

She was predeceased by her father Joseph M. Daigle, her mother Kathleen Daigle, and two brothers, Roland and Peter.

Dianne is survived by her loving husband Charlie Pecor; her sons Jason (Delilah), Brian (Sandy), and Billy (Lisa). She is also survived by her grandchildren: Tyler, Kay, Tawny, Curtis, Brilee, Seth, Tristan, Jordan, Kaiden, and Dominic.

Also by her sisters: Val (Bruce Lorenzen), Pamela (Russ Murray), Helen (Jim Nightingale), Kerry (Ron Palek), Eileen; and brothers: Phil (Gloria), Mark (Linda), Joseph Jr. (Barb), Jack, Paul; as well as many nieces and nephews.

Dianne was an active member of the Lower North Thompson Catholic Women’s League and the Catholic Church,

and enjoyed attending the many CWL functions, whether local, diocesan or provincial and served on both the local and diocesan levels of the CWL. Dianne loved to visit with her many family members and loved having them visit. She cherished her family and friends, and was always busy with her many hobbies and crafts.

She enjoyed her work for many years as the office manager at the BC Fisheries Society Clearwater Office.

Services will be on June 30, 2 p.m. at St. George’s Parish in Barriere, BC. Donations in her memory can be sent to either the Cancer Society (any branch), or the Kamloops Hospice Association.

Nominations now open for Awards of Excellence in serving children and youth VICTORIA - Nominations for the Representative for Children and Youth's fifth annual Awards of Excellence are now being accepted. These awards recognize excellence in British Columbia's child- and youth-serving system. Individuals and organizations whose work contributes to improving the lives of children and youth in B.C. are honored and acknowledged.

There are seven Award of Excellence categories presented by Representative for Children and Youth Mary Ellen Turpel-Lafond: advocacy, cultural heritage and diversity, innovative services, service provision, mentoring, and youth leadership. The mentoring award of excellence is one that only youth may nominate. As well, a lifetime achievement award is given to a seasoned individual who has made significant and lasting positive change in the lives of vulnerable children and youth, and is both an advocate and a leader.

Winners will be recognized and honored at awards ceremonies in the fall 2012.

A panel of qualified individuals will assist the representative in selecting the winners. The deadline for nominations is Aug. 1, 2012, at 4 p.m. Pacific Standard Time.

For nomination forms and more information on the Representative's Awards of Excellence, please visit www.rcybc.ca.

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Left: Alf Timms' 1961 Thunderbird cruises down Station Road. The car was the first place winner in the Classic Car category during Clearwater's May Day parade on Saturday, May 19. Behind it is third place winner – Ben Ottaway's 1929 Ford Roadster.

All photos by Keith McNeill

Clearwater celebrates spring with a parade Times Staff A total of 23 floats and 214 people took part in this year’s May Day parade in Clearwater, members of Clerarwater Rotary Club report. The event took place on Saturday, May 19.

Winner in the business category was Wells Gray Home Hardware. Styling on Highway

5 took second, while third place went to Safety Mart.

Clearwater and District Chamber of Commerce took first place in the clubs category.

Clearwater Food Bank took second, and third spot went to North Thompson Aboriginal Sharing Center.

In the Classic Car category, first place went to Al Timms

and his 1961 Thunderbird. Larry Tucker with his1956 Ford took second. Number three position went to Ben Ottaway and his 1929 Ford Roadster.

David Pelton of Kamloops took first place in the Individual category. Kaya and Makay Breda came second, while Dawn Spencer and Cowboys placed third.

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Youngsters ride on the Clearwater Minor Hockey float. Pictured are (sitting, l-r) Patrick Labby, Anthony Labby, Erik Giesbrecht, Annika Wadlegger, (standing) Nathen Weninger (in black) and Colby Rhodes (in white).