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Silver medals for Barriere boys at BC Summer Games The Zone 2 (Thompson-Okanagan) boys softball team show off the silver medals they won at the BC Summer Games including their three team members from Barriere. Pictured (l to r): back row - coaches Steve Flundra and Mel Romeo, Karter Romeo, Dalton Jury, Nick McInnis, David Colton-Jones, Adam Borrow, Dallas Lindley, Nate Tom, Will Ellis, head coach Cheryl Flundra.

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Barriere’s Darcey Woods, with her quarter horse stallion ‘Ima Class Of My Own’, won the BC Heritage Finals Championship spot in reining competitions at Maple Ridge on July 6-7. The win earns her a place on Team BC for the Canadian Equestrian Championships in Bromont, Quebec, on Sept. 21-24.

Find more about NT Valley equestrian successes at the BC Heritage Finals on page 12.

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It is with deep regret and sadness that the Thompson-Regional District announces the passing of Bonnie CruzelleMyram, Electoral Area “O” (Lower North Thompson) Director, after a long battle with cancer.

Randy Murray, TNRD Chair and Electoral Area “M” Director, expressed sorrow and grief on behalf of himself and the Board at CruzelleMyram’s

Bonnie CruzelleMyram passing. He also praised her valuable contributions to the Board on behalf of her constituents.

“Our thoughts and hearts go out to Bonnie’s family and friends at this difficult time,” Murray said. “We will miss her laugh and that twinkle in her eye; you could always count on Bonnie and her straightforward approach as she went about representing her constituents and tackling the issues. We were fortunate to have her as a good friend, a strong colleague and a truly genuine person.”

CruzelleMyram, from Barriere, first served as an Alternate

Director for Electoral “O” from 2005 to 2006. She was subsequently acclaimed as Director for Electoral Area “O” in 2007, a position she held until her passing.

During her time on the TNRD Board, CruzelleMyram served on several Board Committees, including most recently Drinking Water and Utilities; Emergency Management; as well as the Economic, Tourism and Regional Parks Committee.

Completed applications must be received by September 14, 2012.

For more information or to receive an application package, contact the Kamloops District office at 1265 Dalhousie Drive in Kamloops or Laila Salm, P.Ag. at 250-371-6581 or email Laila.Salm@gov.bc.ca.

Byelection to be held for TNRD Area “O” North Thompson Star/Journal Thompson Nicola Regional District (TNRD) advises that a byelection must be held in cases when a director dies, unless it is in an election year.

Due to the fact that TNRD A Area “O” Director Bonnie CruzelleMyram recently passed C away after battling cancer, a byelection will most likely be held for Area “O” the first part of November 2012, with nomina-

tions for the byelection starting 45 days prior.

Currently filling the position until the byelection, is alternate director Mike Fennell, who previously served two terms as mayor of Barriere.

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Cone Zones keep roadside workers safe North Thompson Star/Journal The Work Zone Safety Alliance 2012 Cone Zone campaign is underway — a road safety initiative that encourages drivers to take care when driving near roadside workers.

The campaign encourages drivers to reduce their speed, avoid driver distraction, and respect the roadside as a workplace when driving through the “Cone Zone.”

“This is the busiest time of the year for road construction, so it is important for drivers to pay attention and avoid distractions in work zones,” said Transportation and

Infrastructure Minster Blair Lekstrom. “These w workers are sons and ddaughters, fathers and mothers, and we want every one of them to return home to their families after work.”

This year, drivers can visit ConeZoneBC. com for more information. The new website is a driver resource with tips and helpful information about safely navigating through roadside work zones.

For roadside workers the “Cone Zone” is a potentially high-risk work environment in close proximity to traffic. In the last 10 years, WorkSafeBC has received 386 claims from workers — typically working in Cone

Zones — who were struck by motor vehicles. Of the claims, 46 per cent were classified as serious injuries and three per cent resulted in the death of the worker.

Every day roadside workers around the province experience near misses — incidents that do not result in workplace injury, but had the potential to do so.

“The difference between a near miss and a serious injury can often amount to little more than luck,” says Mark Ordeman, WorkSafeBC manager for Transportation.

“Many roadside workers have narrowly avoided being injured

by drivers, and have come very close to having their lives changed by a workplace injury.”

The summer months see an increase in roadside work throughout the province. These set-ups are not always road construction.

Municipal workers, landscapers, tow-truck drivers, telecommunications and utility workers, and emergency and enforcement personnel set up “Cone Zones”.

When you enter the “Cone Zone,” reduce your speed, pay attention, and be respectful of the roadside workers and their workplace.

For more information visit ConeZoneBC. com.

Results of 2012 Foundational Skills Assessment for B.C. North Thompson Star/Journal More than two two-thirds thirds of Grade 4 and Grade 7 students met or exceeded expectations in this year’s Foundational Skills Assessment (FSA).

FSA is an annual assessment of student achievement in the foundation skills of reading, writing and numeracy. The purpose of FSA is to help the Ministry of Education, school districts and parents evaluate student achievement in these core skills and to plan for improvement. FSA is one of many measures used to assess student achievement and supplements other information gathered in classrooms during the year.

With limited exceptions, all Grade 4 and Grade 7 students are G eexpected to participate in FSA. Approximately 75,000, or 84 per cent of students, wrote the assessment in 2012.

This overall participation rate has remained constant since 2009.

FSA was designed and developed by B.C. educators and based on the B.C. curriculum. It measures student achievement in

the foundation skills of reading, writing and numeracy.

The percentage of students meeting or exceeding expectations in 2012 are as follows: s 'RADE READING 70 per cent (up one per cent over 2011) s 'RADE WRITING 72 per cent (down one per cent over 2011) s 'RADE NUMERACY 68 per cent (up one per cent over 2011)

s 'RADE READING 64 per cent (down two per cent over 2011) s 'RADE WRITING 71 per cent (down one per cent over 2011) s 'RADE NUMERACY 60 per cent (down two per cent over 2011) Provincial, district and school FSA 2012 results are available on the Ministry of Education website: h t t p : / / w w w. b c e d . g o v. b c . c a / r e p o r t ing/

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Work Zone Safety Alliance “Cone Zone” campaign aims to educate drivers and keep roadside workers safe.

The “Cone Zone” message expands beyond the messages of two other initiatives — WorkSafeBC’s “Slow Down” signage campaign aimed at large construction projects, and the provincial government legislation that requires drivers to “slow down and move over” when approaching emergency vehicles stopped at the side of the road — to encompass all roadside workers.

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Editorial; by Tom Fletcher

Hitting the information highway By the time you read this I should be in Vanderhoof, the geographical centre of B.C., to visit relatives.

Born in the Okanagan, raised in the Peace country and working for 20 years in Metro Vancouver, I’ve driven from one end of the province to the other more times than I can count.

A similar trip last year began just as a huge mudslide was cleared near Chilliwack. Other drives have featured mid-summer hail piled 10 centimetres deep on the Coquihalla, a near miss between two moose in the Pine Pass, plus the usual blizzards and hundreds of traffic jams for construction, accidents and growing urban volume delays.

This time I’ve got a new tool on board, the mobile version of DriveBC.ca on my BlackBerry. Launched two years, ago, the mobile site has taken off with the surging popularity of smartphones.

In the past year, DriveBC’s online traffic averaged 1.2 million visits a month, about half to the five-year-old desktop site and half from mobile users. It’s by far the most popular B.C. government website.

I asked DriveBC technical leader Nainesh Agarwal for these stats, and he said even he was surprised by the surge in mobile traffic in recent months. But trying out the mobile site, it’s easy to see the appeal.

With a few clicks, the phone displays incident reports and web camera images for my chosen route. Webcams have been added steadily all over the province, and now watch 18 key locations on Vancouver Island, 93 in the Lower Mainland, 73 in the Southern Interior, 35 in the North and 13 at Canada-U.S. border crossings. At a glance, you can check anything from the traffic at the Lions Gate Bridge to the lineup for the Skidegate ferry on Haida Gwaii.

Most pictures update every two minutes, offering a real-time look at traffic, weather and road conditions. A recent addition is “replay the day,” which shows the last 24 hours of pictures in a few seconds.

Another new feature is an email alert that can be customized. You can subscribe to a particular region or highway and receive notices as soon as they are posted to the DriveBC network. And of course there is an @drivebc Twitter feed, where between 6:30 a.m. and midnight, staff update conditions and respond to inquiries. (Major events are automatically tweeted overnight.)

Verified reports are fed from highways staff and contractors all over the province and co-ordinated through the provincial highways condition centre in the Lower Mainland. It’s become a primary source of information for radio and TV traffic and news reporters around B.C. The mobile service now has an option for drivers to report new problems they encounter. After determining your smartphone’s location, the site displays the name and phone number of the local maintenance contractor who can take the report.

For those who haven’t joined the smartphone era, there is an old-fashioned option. Dialing 5-1-1 anywhere in the province gives access to a toll-free line that connects to recorded DriveBC messages.

Agarwal said use of that service has been declining as phones with web access become more popular.

The 5-1-1 service also requires you to use the keypad to select your route from a numerical list, so drivers would have to pull over rather than breach the new restrictions on using handheld devices while driving.

The 5-1-1 system still gets surges of heavy use during major events like the recent flooding. The plan is to upgrade the system to allow voice recognition, so drivers can use headsets to get updates on the move. * Tom Fletcher is legislative reporter and columnist for Black Press and BCLocalnews.com

Reader comments on BC Liberals pipeline position To the editor; I strongly agree with the common sense position the provincial government is taking on the Northern Gateway Pipeline project.

Job creation and economic development are vital to our province’s future, but as it stands B.C. bears almost all of the environmental risk from the pipeline project

while receiving few of the monetary and other benefits.

Over a 30 year period, the Northern Gateway Pipeline is expected to generate $270 billion in revenue.

However, of the $81 billion in tax revenue the project would generate, B.C. would only receive a minor $6.7 billion share or about $223

million per year.

A single major oil spill on land or sea could easily cost the province that much or more in environmental cleanup, legal and other compensation costs which would leave us with no f inancial benef it at all.

The people of this province should not have to bear the considerable risks asso-

ciated with oil pipelines without commensurate f inancial benefits and ironclad safeguards for our environment.

The province has now set clear terms and conditions for these projects, terms and conditions that are as warranted as they are reasonable and fair.

Justina Harris Received by email

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Change in technology skews pollster predictions was going to win by a landslide -- much the same as what the pollsters have been predicting for the NDP in B.C. However, when the votes were counted on election night, Allison Redford’s governing centrist PC party held 61 of 87 seats while Wildrose only took a paltry 17 seats. The pollsters were crestfallen by the results and baffled. What

Oil spill not comparable to a lumber spill To the editor; Alberta’s Premier needs to consider the following hypothetical headlines and then give her head a shake: “Grain spill cleanup begins in B.C.� and “Oil spill cleanup begins in B.C.�

The environmental and the cost implications of these two headlines don’t even begin to compare.

The same can be said for almost any other products shipped through B.C. from Alberta and vice versa.

When was the last time anyone heard of a softwood lumber spill in Alberta that resulted in catastrophic environmental devastation and a multibillion dollar cleanup?

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happened, they wondered?

Well, what has happened is a fundamental change in technology and it’s leading to severely skewed results for pollsters.

Ask yourself: How many people still have a landline? And how many people actually pick up that landline when they see that a pollster or telemarketer is calling?

It all goes to show

that, more than ever, the only poll that really matters, or that has any validity whatsoever, is the poll that happens on election day. And based on pure gut instinct, I predict that few people in B.C. are going to risk handing the provincial economy over to the NDP when the votes are counted on election night next May. Massimo Mandarino Vancouver

Local complains of skin problem since the 2003 wildfire To the editor; A lot of people in this valley suffered from one problem pro or another after the forest fire in 2003, including inc me. I have a skin problem that erupted the day after I returned from evacuation, which still returns ret every year in the summer, and it clears up completely co in the wintertime. I am wondering if any an others are still getting problems re-occurring that tha started after the fire. If so, would you contact me at 250-672-2187.

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To the editor; For those who still believe pollsters can accurately gauge public opinion in the age of disappearing land lines, call display and unlisted cell phones, Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;d like to remind them of the colossally inaccurate predictions pollsters made in the Alberta provincial election a few months ago.

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Barriere Library helps kids make toothpaste for elephants North Thompson Star/Journal Over 20 children showed up at the Barriere Library on July 26; they were there to learn how to make slime.

Workshop facilitator, Ashley Little, presented

the youngsters with a number of demonstrattions on how to make ggreat stuff for kids. Stuff that fizzled, floated, and generally looked thoroughly “gross”, which made it that much more interesting.

Little showed her young audience how to

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make blobs in a bottle and then demonstrated how to make the amazing elephant tooth paste.

She then prepared a mixture for each child to stir, adding the final ingredient last as she instructed her charges to stir the mix, and produce ‘slime’ in the colour of their choice.

The workshop proved a hit with the youngsters, and Little provided the Star/ Journal with the recipes so other youngsters can enjoy the process.

However, if you are a youngster, be sure to get your parent’s approval before you try any of these recipes’ Blobs in a Bottle: Pour 150ml of water into a clear pop bottle.

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Barriere Library workshop facilitator, Ashley Little, presented 20youngsters with a number of demonstrations on how to make great stuff for kids on July 26. Stuff that fizzled, floated, and generally looked thoroughly “gross”, such as elephant toothpaste were very well received.

Add 350ml of veggie oil (any brand) Add 10 drops of food colouring, whatever colour you prefer.

Gently tap the bottle until the colouring gets past the oil to the water.

Then drop in 1 tablet of Alka-Seltzer.

This looks great in a dark room with the bottle on top of a lit flashlight. The effect only lasts until the tablet has completely dissolved.

However, you can cap

the bottle to save the mix untilyou’re ready to drop in another tablet.

Elephant Tooth Paste: You’ll need a tray or tub of some sort for this, as it is rather messy.

In a small container, mix 1 tsp yeast and 2 tbsp hot water, then let it sit while you do the following steps.

Place a clear pop bottle in the middle of the tray and pour into the

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bottle 125ml of hydrogen peroxide.

Add 5 drops of food colouring (any colour) add 1 squirt of liquid dish soap.

Add the yeast mix.

Then step back and watch the fun as it makes elephant tooth paste, which is always guaranteed to get wide eyed stares and smiles from any young audience.

Slime: In a small styrofoam cup, fill about 1/4

full of glue (like Lepage’s).

Then add 1 tbsp water and add 4 drops food colouring (any colour) Stir to mix this up.

Then add 1 tbsp Borax powder, which will make the glue slimy instead of sticky You’ll also find more fun at the Library in Barriere on Aug. 9, at 11 a.m., when young participants can learn how to make their own Alien Invasion Masks.

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Ken Grant is the old man by the lake

By Margot Venema The Times Two small white dogs happily greet me, when entering Ken Grant’s house. While his place looks tiny on the outside, it is surprisingly spacious on the inside. Here lives a man with good taste and an eye for detail.

We sit down in comfortable chairs for a wonderful cup of tea with a gorgeous look on Dutch Lake.

A little bit of Clearwater history “My grandparents moved to Clearwater in the early 1900s,” says Grant. “First, my grandfather Arthur Harby came from Scotland, soon followed by his brother Bill.” They discovered that the soil around Dutch Lake allows for excellent berry growing - strawberries, blueberries, blackberries, raspberries, etc. and so they started a successful berry farm.

They shipped their produce by train to Edmonton.

“My family was the first in town to have water inside the house,” he tells.

“They pumped the water directly up from the ground under the place.”

Grant’s house actually used to be the family’s summer kitchen where his grandparents cooked for the crewmen who made the railway ties for the

railroad so the house they lived in wouldn’t gget too hot.

Grant is related to a lot of people in town among them the Grants, the Harbys, the McLennans, and the Millers.

“The Millers,” he says, “lived on the other side of the lake where now Dutch Lake Resort is.”

They had a lot of children and when they had another child they would build another room to the house. His family called it the train. The Miller family had enough children to start Raft River School but the current school is a different one than the original one.

His life mostly outside of Clearwater Ken Grant was born in Kamloops and even though he hasn’t lived in Clearwater for most of his life, this has always been home.

He grew up in Doug Meadows and in various places on Vancouver Island as his parents moved around. They made their living fixing up houses and when finished they would move on to the next. But every year he got to visit Clearwater.

Grant has had a varied career. He started out cutting grass and newspaper delivery.

He then moved into working at a service station and he was an ambulance attendant

for a while.

He was asked to be the Colonel’s aide in the air force stationed out at Dow Air Force Base in Bangor, Maine, for four years.

He also drove a milk truck, had a flower shop, an insurance business, built and remodeled houses, a garden center, and had a New York style delicatessen store.

From 1983 - 2000 he had a bed, bath, gift, dining, kitchen store “Granderson’s” in Seaside, Oregon. He admits that he misses the people, but he does not miss the store.

He has a quilt on the wall in his living room that is made of the more than 500 neckties he had when he retired. He wasn’t going to wear them anymore so a friend

made four small quilts and four full size blankets out of them, and even then had neckties left over to sell on eBay. He admits that three times he came awfully close to marrying but he believes “the girls saw how hard he worked in his store and the hours he made and they didn’t want to have that kind of life.”

Home in Clearwater Mr. Grant says he hopes to die in the house he lives in now because this is truly his home. In the meantime, he does what he loves doing, working in his beautifully lush flower garden and looking after his house. And if anyone ever wonders, he is the old man by the lake.

(Above) Ken Grant checks out the flowers in his garden by Dutch Lake in Clearwater. Although he lived most of his life elsewhere, he has always thought of Clearwater as home.

Photo by Margo Venema

(Left) William Charles Grant and Isabella Grant stand in front of their home at Glen Eddie, Clearwater. It is their grandson, Ken Grant, who has retired to live in Clearwater.

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District EDO reports to Development Committee

By Margaret Houben, North Thompson Star/Journal The District of Barriere held a Development Committee meeting on July 24, 2012, which was well attended.

The first order of business was an update from the Economic Development Officer, Andrew Hayward. Hayward reported that he participated in a tour and discussions with Ashcroft Terminal, regarding working together to have pricing of shipping from Barriere to Ashcroft, at that point the product of commodity being transferred to rail and shipped to various terminals. More information will be forthcoming from these discussions.

Hayward has had meetings with two new foreign government agencies (Japan and Korea) on marketing Barriere through investment websites and paper brochures in those countries. He also has been to Vancouver three times to meet with numerous investors and potential project managers, and has continued working on compiling an inventory of available land in the Barriere

area. He has met with a Korean contingent in Kamloops and is w working with various EDO’s and private economic professionals oon how to keep Barriere on the forefront.

Staff were directed by the committee, to write a letter to get a written update on the status of the South Gate land.

Some discussion followed a suggestion to make up a questionnaire for Barriere businesses to find out what sorts of things they would like to see. This questionnaire will be prepared in time for handing out at the Fall Fair.

The BMX Track behind AG Foods was discussed. A motion was passed to recommend to council that several signs be purchased and placed at the track.

The committee members discussed at length the first draft of the Revitalization Tax Exemption Bylaw, going over a variety of scenarios. The suggestions and recommendations will be incorporated into the next draft.

The District Office will be closed from 1:00 p.m. to 3:00 p.m.

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on Monday, July 30, so that staff can attend the funeral of Bonnie CruzelleMyram.

Several committee members asked how the four-way stop motion got to the District council meeting, as they had not finished discussing the options at the Development Committee meetings, and had yet to make a recommendation to council regarding it. Development Committee Chair, Ward Stamer, replied that line painting, curbs, and stop signs, (and any road related items) are actually usually handled by the Public Works Committee, and it was that committee that made the recommendation to council.

The mayor and several committee members commented on how well the Communities In Bloom visit with the judges went, and extended their appreciation to the community for participating in this event. The ‘score’ that Barriere will receive, will be announced on Sept. 23.

The next Committee meeting is on Aug. 21, at 7 p.m.

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Is mayor ready to write-off Louis Creek industrial park?

The world economy is in turmoil. The economy in B.C. is holding steady and making improvements. Well, unless you base your predictions on the high end real estate market, and then it appears there is some volatility to be taken into account. I read that homes and properties in the $10 million range have virtually stopped selling and that commercial and industrial land values have taken a downward dip. The value of undeveloped industrial land is even more suspect as the cost of supplying services continues to rise.

Why do I mention this? Last year Barriere council took on an ambitious project based on acquiring the old Tolko site which is for all intents and purposes undeveloped industrial land. Promises had been made for the transfer of this land from the Provincial Ministry that now owned the land to the District for the princely sum of $1.

An economic development strategy for the District was formulated. Though not officially stated and written down, the strategy was to hire a person to work on the development of the new industrial park and to bring investors to Barriere. Promises had been made and the process needed to start as quickly as possible.

Based on this transfer of ownership many

plans were made, money was spent on studies and infrastructure improvements to the proposed industrial park. The economic development strategy was pushed ahead based on the sale of the proposed lots to be serviced and sold as industrial land. At the time this seemed to be a viable project and indeed there was at least one business that came forward to offer to purchase a lot and set up a business in the new industrial park.

All was good, well sort of. As it turns out the transfer of ownership to the District did not happen. It has not happened to this day. It may indeed not happen for a long time. In truth the District Council does not know when it will happen as they are not privy to the process that is currently being worked on. I was told this is the normal course of events when land is transferred or sold by the Provincial government.

Not really believing this to be the case I asked questions and was directed to the process handbook that is to be followed when there is to be transfer of title such as this. An actual ‘you can read it yourself ’ process had been developed and was made available to anyone that needed the information.

What is to be done now? I suppose as the

ayor As the M ... sees it with District of Barriere Mayor

Bill Humphreys

new mayor I could look backwards, point out what went wrong, make comments on how people should know better and that the spending of public money on a project that turns out to be at present unworkable and possibly beyond the scope of the District was at best not well thought out. But would this fix any of the problems we now face? Would it get back any of the money spent or hasten the ownership transfer process? It is only my opinion but to do these things would be a waste of time and resources.

In my opinion it is far better to go forward, learn from the apparent mistakes of others and properly plan for the future. There is already an industrial park here in the District and there are serviced lots available for sale there.

Should an investor want to bring their business plans to Barriere we can accommodate them to some degree.

It is also my opinion that it is time to build an economic development strategy that follows tried and true process and services the needs of our residents as best we can.

Campfires • LEGION NEWS• #242 • are okay IN-HOUSE RAFFLE WINNERS FOR JULY 21, 2012 in Barriere Fire Chief Al Kirkwood advised the Star/Journal as of press time last week that campfires are currently allowed in the designated Barriere Fire Protection area.

However, he says that can quickly change with the hot weather.

Kirkwood encourages the public to check the District of Barriere website for further updates and information at: http://www.districtofbarriere.com or call 250-672-9751.

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Currently the District has for this year a part time contracted person working on bringing investors to Barriere.

The plan I propose need not interfere with that current process.

The creation of a long term Local Economic Development (LED) plan can occur either in concert with or in addition to the work presently being carried out.

Since there are no funds for any additional initiatives or for staff time I, as the mayor will do the work of organizing the LED plan and get input and assistance from council members and the community going forward.

Good plans make for good results.

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The 25th Annual Lil Britches Rodeo will be in Barriere at the NT Fall Fair & Rodeo grounds Aug. 24 - 26. In support of the event Interior Savings donated $250, and Interior Savings Insurance also donated $250. Pictured is one of the Lil Britches organizers, Chantel Holt (r), accepting the donations from Interior Savings Regional Manager, NE Thompson Valley, Lindsay Arcand, at the Barriere Branch.

Quilt show on at museum North Thompson Star/Journal No The North Thompson Museum Quilt Sh is now open to the public. This Show show is a great opportunity to see qualsho ity handmade quilts created by Barriere and area community quilters. The quilts are all sizes, from small wall hangings

to full king sized quilts. Running from JJuly 28 to Aug. 17, the quilts will be on ddisplay at the museum in Barriere, 434 Lilley Road, from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m., from Tuesday to Saturday each week of the show. There is no charge for admission, and visitors can peruse the museum at the same time.

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Acrobatic cherry picker

Lynn Goranson of Louis Creek sent in these shots of a very determined yearling black bear, who proved just how good he could be at raiding a cherry tree behind two fences. Lynn says “He did a bang-up job of cleaning out the cherries, but did manage to break a few branches in the process”.

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Upcoming Cancer fundraiser in memory of Bonnie CruzelleMyram

By Debbie Rainer Club Captain

Chinook Cove

Hawaiian Christmas in July was a huge success with 61 ladies ready for a fun filled evening on Tuesday, July 24.

Many teams showed up in tropical grass skirts and floral wear. One team packed around a palm tree on the back of their golf cart all night, and a great time was had by all.

Chinook Cove served up an excellent turkey dinner with all the trimming.

My team was a great help with check-in, pin placements, game scoring, and all those extra things that make the evening great.

The winning team with a score of 34 was

Ladies Golf Report the Clearwater ladies, Tanya, Carol, Joan and Larissa. The team with the most strokes was our local girls. Barb, Marilyn, Helen, and Judy scoring 56. This team also won the Christmas trivia quiz.

Congratulations.

On a sad note. I mentioned the passing of Bonnie CruzelleMyram, a fellow golfer and a friend of many. We will be dedicating our Cancer fund raiser in August in Bonnie’s memory.

Cancer night was one of

her successes along with her friends who helped out. She will be sadly missed by many.

This year’s cancer night the lady golfers will be asking for cash sponsors on an individual basis. Receipts will be given for any donation over $20 from the Cancer Society. All funds raised that evening will be in memory of Bonnie.

Please come out and support this evening.

Golf carts are limited, please call and sign up early and book your carts for August 21, 2012.

Mark this day on your calendar.

Thanks to all our sponsors and to all the ladies who make ladies night special.

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SPORTS Valley equestrians excel at BC Heritage Finals No Thompson North Star/Journal Sta North Thompson Va Valley equestrians recently made the rec trek with their mounts tre to compete at the BC Heritage Finals on the He Lower Mainland.

Lo The BC Heritage Finals Fi is the Provincial Equestrian Pr Championships put on each year by Horse Council BC. The 2012 Finals took place at the Maple Ridge Equi-Sport Centre, on July 7 - 9. Although the weekend was extremely hot, attendees reported the event to be very well organized. Approximately 70 competitors came from throughout B.C. to compete in 62 events in both English and western disciplines for $10,000 in prizes.

The Barriere and District Riding Club had four of their members competing at the finals; Darcey Woods with her quarter horse stallion ‘Ima Class Of My Own’, Dani Noble with her thoroughbred ‘Poh’, Kaylee Hudema with her appaloosa ‘Cherokee’s Patches’, and Katie Elliot with her pinto pony ‘Davie’s Girl’.

Darcey is the president of the Barriere and District Riding Club, is the organizer of the four BC Heritage Qualifier shows hosted by the club, and is also the convenor for the North Thompson Fall Fair Light Horse Program.

Darcey qualified and competed in both western and english classes, placing in the top four in all eight classes entered. Winning the Championship spot in the Reining competition earns her a place again this year on Team BC for

(L to r) Barriere and District Riding Club members Kaylee Hudema with her appaloosa ‘Cherokee’s Patches’, and Dani Noble with her thoroughbred ‘Poh’ won a number of awards at the recent BC Heritage Finals held in Maple Ridge B.C. on July 7 - 9.

(Right) Riding Club member Katie Elliot also qualified and competed at the event, doing a great job with her mount and gaining experience for next year’s finals. the Canadian Equestrian Championships in Bromont, Quebec, on Sept. 21-24.

Dani is the leader of the Clearwater ‘Rodeo Rednecks’ 4H Club, and she also competed in both western and English divisions. Dani qualified in both divisions, finishing in the top six in all of her nine mounted classes, and top 10 in showmanship. She earned Championships in both the English Pleasure and Show Hack divisions.

Kaylee is also a

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member of the ‘Rodeo Rednecks’ 4H club, and she qualified and competed in both English and western classes; earning her Championship in Showmanship and Western Equitation.

Katie Elliot qualified in western and English classes, and even though she was just out of the ribbons Katie did very well and had a great experience for her first time competing at this level of competition. Katie is formerly from McLure, but now lives in Cherry Creek.

Horse Council BC is a non-profit organization representing more than 22,000 horse enthusiasts in the province.

A 2009 horse industry study compiled by the agriculture ministry showed there are nearly 100,000 horses in B.C. and the industry creates about 7,200 full-time jobs, generating about $740 million in economic activity.

Visit www.hcbc.ca/ competition to view complete results listings for the Bc Heritage Finals 2012.

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Barriere boys bring silver back from Summer Games Three softball players from Barriere helped the Zone 2 (ThompsonOkanagan) boys team place second at the BC Summer Games the July 20 - 22 weekend in Surrey.

They were squeezed out for first place by much the same team as had cost them the Provincial Peewee

Championship in Clearwater the weekend e before.

The team consisted of the three Barriere boys (Mathew Lee, Nick McInnis, and Owen Hawkings), nine boys from Clearwater, four Merritt boys, and four coaches. The coaches were Cheryl Flundra, Steven Flundra and

Kaylen Flundra from Kamloops, and Melody Romeo from Clearwater.

On Friday the team had its first game at 9 a.m. facing the Fraser Valley Zone 3A team.

After a strong start, with Zone 2 ahead 8 1, the game was called due to rain. With the rain not stopping all the games for the

Three boys from Barriere played on the silver medal winning team fro Zone 2 at the BC Summer Games. Pictured: (above) Mathew Lee, (right) Nick McInnis, and (far right) Owen Hawkings.

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Friday were cancelled.

Teams were told that the round robin would consist of only two games. On Saturday Zone 2 faced Zone 8 (Cariboo- Northeast).

Zone 8 took the win with a score of 13 - 6. The next game was against Zone 6 (Vancouver Island).

Zone 2 won that game in a mercy call of 8 - 1.

The f inals were decided on wins/loses, run for /against and then bases touched.

Zone 2 made it into the f inals in fourth position, with it coming down to bases touched.

The first game of the semi-f inals was Saturday night against the first place team, Zone 8 (CaribooNortheast). With a close score Zone 2 won the game in the final inning by three runs.

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Barriere Hospice: Every 2 weeks. 250-672-9391 Nov 17 - No-Host Bazaar @ Fall Fair Hall. Non-profit groups Barriere Quilting Club: 2nd & 4th Thurs.of mth, 4pm at the call Audrey 250-672-9217 or Jane 250-672-9391 to book your Barriere Food Bank. Judy 250-672-5275 or Fran 250-672-2012. spot, $10/table.

Barriere Search & Rescue: 2nd Tues. of mth, 7pm. Training Army Cadets - 2941 RCACC Cadet Corp. - Tues. 6:30pm, on 4th Tues. of mth, 7pm. ages 12-18, Legion Basement. New Recruits Welcome. Marc BSS PAC & Booster Club: 2nd Mon. of mth, 6:30pm.

672-9681.

Baha’i Night: Fri., 7:30pm, Marge Mitchell’s home. 672-5615 Barriere Survivors of Brain Injuries: Call John at 250-3721799.

Barriere Adult Day Program: Mon. & Wed. 9-2. Lunch, crafts Barriere Youth Choir: Every Thurs., 7pm @ Church of St. & music at the Seniors Ctr. Sherry Jardine 672-5121 Paul. All youth welcome. Info call Leah Jones 250-957-8440.

Barriere & District Heritage Society: 3rd Wed. of mth, 1pm Bethany Baptist Church Prayer: Every Tues., 7pm. at NTVIC in the winter, at Museum in the summer.

Carpet Bowling: Mon, Wed, & Fri., 9:30am-12 @ Little Fort Barriere & District Riding Club: 2nd Tues. of mth, 7pm.

Hall. www.barrieredistrictridingclub.com. Info Cherie 672-9341 Barriere & District Seniors Events: Mon. Whist 7pm, Tues. Community Kitchen: If interested call Dede 554-3134. & Thurs. Carpet Bowling 10am, Wed. Fun Cards 1pm, 672-9627 Community Soup Day: Christian Life Assembly on Annesty Rd. 3rd Mon. of every mth.

Barriere Cancer Support: 672-9263, 672-0017 or 672-1890 Barriere Community Choir: Every Wed., 7pm @ Church of St. Council of Senior Citizens: Devoted to improving quality of life for seniors. Call 604-576-9734 or email ecbayer@shaw.ca.

Paul. All adults welcome. Info call Leah Jones 250-957-8440.

Barriere Curling Club: Oct.-Mar. Curling, league & bonspiels. Crib: Barriere Legion 242, every Wed. 7:30pm, Sept. to May. Crib: Mon. & Fri. 1-4pm @ Little Fort Hall.

Barriere Elementary PAC: 1st Mon. of mth, call 672-9916 Darts: Barriere Legion 242, every Thurs. 7pm, Sept. to May. Barriere Farmer’s Market: Thursdays. Sam’s Pizza & Rib

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

Heffley Creek Acoustic Coffee House: 3rd Fri. every mth 7pm. Performers, concession, play area for kids! Call 578-0056.

Literacy Tutoring: Learn to read FREE. Susan Ross 672-9875.

Little Fort Recreation Society: 1st Thurs. each mth 7pm LNT Catholic Women’s League: 2nd Wed. each mth, 7pm at St. George’s. Call 250-672-9330 for info.

McLure Vounteer Fire Dept. Rec.: 1st Wed. each month at 7:30pm upstairs. Except Jul & Aug. 250-578-7565 for info.

McLure Firefighter Practice: 2nd & 4th Tues., 7pm, McLure Firehall Men’s Floor Hockey: Tues., 8-10pm at Barriere Sec. School.

NT Arts Council: Fridays 12-3pm, painting at NTVIC - any medium/all welcome.

NT Fish & Game Club: 4rd Mon. each mth 7pm Volunteer Centre. More info 672-1843 NT Museum: Summer hours - Tues & Fri 9am-5pm; Wed & Sat 10am-4pm; Thurs 10am-5pm.

NT Valley Hospice House Soc.: 3rd Tues of the mth, 11am, Little Fort Hall. More info 672-5660 or 672-9500.

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

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

Wilson’s Arena weekly practice: Mon Game, Tues: Stock Dogs, Wed: Team roping, Thurs: Team penning

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VOLUNTEERS ARE NEEDED : NT Fall Fair: Donna Kibble 250-672-5672 Monument Society: Jill Hayward 250-672-5611 SKILL DEVELOPMENT: If you have been on Employment Insurance in the past 3 years (5 years maternity) and are currently unemployed, you may be eligible for re-training dollars. Book an appointment to see one of our counselors for more information.

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

E-mail: info@clearwateremployment.ca â&#x20AC;˘ Web Page: www.clearwateremployment.ca Counsellor-Adult Mental Health/Addictions& Children Who Witness Abuse: FT/Clw #0721 Waitress/Waiter: FT & PT/Clw #0720 Restaurant Server: PT/Little Fort #0719 Line Cook: PT to FT/Little Fort #0718 Contractor to Conduct a Gender-Based Analysis: Clw #0717 TrafďŹ c Control Persons: 6-8 pos/ Hwy 5 North #0716 Labourer: Casual/Clw #0715 Guest Ranch Sous Chef: Seas FT/Ashcroft #0714 Shuttle Driver: FT/Clw #0713 Servers: 2 pos/Blue River #0711 Line Cook: 3 pos/Blue River #0710 Gas & Propane Jockey: FT/Clw #0709 Job Creation Project Hiring: Seas/Barriere #0708 OfďŹ ce Clerk: PT/Clw #0707 Industrial Automotive Parts Person: FT/Clw #0706 Housekeeper: FT/Clw #0705 After School Program Leader /Assistant: PT/Clw/#0704 Front Desk Attendant: PT/Seas/Clw#0703 Housekeeper: FT/Seas/Clw #0702 Plumberâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Helper: PT/Clw #0701 Housekeeper: PT/Seas/Clw #0624 Customer Service Employee: 3 pos FT/PT Little Fort #0623 Babysitter: Casual/Clw #0621 Accounts Payable & Accounting Clerk: FT/Blue River #0618 Human Resources Coordinator & Payroll Admin: FT/Blue River #0617 Front Desk Attendant: Seas/Blue River #0616 Administrative Assistant: FT/Blue River BC #0615 Live In Motel Manager: FT/Clw #0611 Labourer: 3-pos Casual/Clw #0609 Sales/Marketing: FT/Clw #0603 CafĂŠ Cook: PT/Little Fort #0526

Housekeeper: Seas/Clw #0517 Restaurant Server: Seas/Clw #0516 Reservations Coordinator: FT/Blue River #0507 Prep Cook: FT/Seas/Blue River #0504 Line Cook: FT/Seas/Blue River #0503 Breakfast Cook: 2-FT/Seas/Blue River #0501 Customer Service Employee: 4 pos/Seas/Clw #0414 Barista: 2 pos/Seas/Clw #0412 Controller: FT/Blue River #0411 Volunteer FireďŹ ghter: 7 pos/Clw #0205 Class 1 Driving Instructor: FT/Clearwater #0201

GENERAL INFORMATION â&#x20AC;˘ Free Workshops: Call 250-674-2928 to register â&#x20AC;˘ 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. â&#x20AC;˘ 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. â&#x20AC;˘ 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. â&#x20AC;˘ Blue River Itinerant: An employment consultant comes to town once per month for the summer months to the Blue River Library. Next visit is Tuesday August 14th from 1:00 to 3:00. If a one on one appointment is 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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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.

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Livestock For Sale: 15 mth old laying hens, brown layers. $6/ea.

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Appliances Looking for broken washers, dryers, fridges, and stoves.

Reconditioned appliances in good working order available at North River Appliance. Call Doug at 250-674-0079.

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

Garage Sales Clearwater Garage sale - Every day from Saturday July 28 - Aug. 1 961 Clearwater Village Road at the bus, 2 pm - 6 pm

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Homes for Rent Barriere: 2 bdrm 2 bath duplex, appl. geotherm heat. Riverwalk. $1100 + util. RR/DD Avail. Aug 1. 250-320-5799 Barriere: 3 bdrm, 2 bath Rancher. No indoor pets, NS. Near amenities. $1200.00/mo 604-392-9016 Clearwater: 3bdrm house w/pasture. $1200/mo. Security dep & ref req. Avail Sept. 1.

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STAR/JOURNAL photo: Jill Hayward

Feeding her hungry chicks is a never-ending job for this tiny House Wren. A plain brown bird with an effervescent voice, the House Wren is a common backyard bird over nearly the entire Western Hemisphere. Listen for its rush-and-jumble song in summer and you’ll find this species zipping through shrubs and low tree branches, snatching at insects. House Wrens will gladly use nestboxes, or you may find their twig-filled nests in old cans, boots, or boxes lying around in your garage.

O B I T UA R Y In loving memory

Bonnie Jean CruzelleMyram April 14, 1944 – July 21, 2012 It is with great sadness that we announce the passing of Bonnie Jean CruzelleMyram on Saturday, July 21.

Bonnie is survived by her loving children, Jessie, Debbie (Craig), Cindy (Rodney), Jimmy (Tami) and Dean (Pam).

In her heart forever are her grandchildren; Amber, Adrien, Darby, Jamie, Danielle, Sarah and great-grandchildren; Talisha and Phoenix. She is also survived by her sister Heather of Calgary.

She is predeceased by her first husband, Don Cruzelle, second husband, Jim Myram and parents, Hazel and Stan Mackenzie.

Bonnie was born April 14, 1944 in Vancouver, BC where she met and married Don Cruzelle.

The family then moved to Castlegar where she worked at the Hospital as a practical nurse.

They then moved to Mclure BC. Don was killed in an industrial accident in 1974 and Bonnie started her career with the Barriere School District. Bonnie met Jim Myram in late

1975 and they started their new life together with lots of adventures along the way. Jim passed away in 2008 after a brave struggle with cancer.

Bonnie’s accomplishments were many.

She held several positions with the Barriere School District which she thoroughly enjoyed.

After nearly 36 years she retired in June 2010 from her final role as Library Assistant.

She volunteered for various groups including; Yellowhead Children’s Society, various Elementary and High School groups, Clearwater Resource Center, Victim Services, North Thompson Hospice Society and the Thrift Store.

Bonnie was a Justice of the Peace, Marriage Commissioner, Board member of the

Yellowhead Pioneer Residence Society and the Barriere Cemetary Committee. She was in her third term with the TNRD as Director for the area.

We will miss her unconditional love and support. Bonnie was deeply loved, respected and profoundly touched all who knew her and will be greatly missed by family and friends.

While we have lost a very special person, we can take great comfort in the knowledge that the lessons that she taught us about how to lead a life full of laughter, love, adventure and family will live on within each of us.

The family expresses a special thanks to the caregivers and staff at Marjorie Willoughby Snowden Memorial Hospice Home for their care and kindness.

A memorial service will be held on Monday, July 30th at 1:00 p.m. at the Barriere Fall Fair Hall.

Donations may be made in lieu of flowers to North Thompson Valley Hospice House Society, Box 1, Little Fort, B.C., V0E 2E0.

I advise photographers to stick by the rules of composition and exposure to make successful photographs. But there is another valuable lesson that I don’t always discuss with photographers, and that is to experiment with their equipment and the photography they are producing.

I suggest trying to do photography in a different way, and to disregard advise from others and begin a personal exploration of creating and experimenting with photography to make something totally new and different from what is most comfortable.

Push the envelope and, in doing that, become more aware of what you are capable of doing, as well as what the equipment you own is capable me of doing.

The famous photographer Ansel Adams rap once said, “You don’t onc take a photograph, you tak make it”. I think that ma we might take the time to ddo just that. Consider alte alternative and unique perspectives when phoper tog tographing a new subject and try different camera techniques and try equ equipment you haven’t trie tried before.

That might be as sim simple as trying to shoot onl only from a tripod for a time period. If you don don’t have own a tripod, bor borrow one, and make a commitment to use it for com eve every photograph you tak take for the next month.

Some times you’ll hate Som it, sometimes you’ll love it; but the outcome will be learning to “make pic pictures” in a different wa way.

Or perhaps, and ma maybe more difficult, sel select something that wouldn’t normally be wo con considered a subject.

Us Use your camera to really photograph it and try ang angles that make people wo wonder if you have lost you your mind. The opinion as to whether the photog tographs are successful wil will be yours, since the onl only opinion that really cou counts is yours when you hav have crawled through the dir dirt and photographed tha that flagpole from its bas base looking straight up through the flowers around it as a black crow aro flie flies overhead.

Try to be expressive with your photography. wit Wh When you photograph something think about som

getting rid of anything that complicates it.

Simplify, simplify, simplify. Go for a minimalist effect. I remember a photojournalist in the 1970’s telling me that the words he thought of before photographing a subject was “tighten up”.

Try a different way of photography and using light. See what happens when the color balance is absolutely wrong, or the lighting produces unusual colors and you photograph just the oddly colored items. One might carefully observe the lighting and wait. Wait until it affects a subject in an interesting, and maybe better yet, in an incredible way. Waiting for the light takes patience and that could mean waiting an hour, an afternoon, or all day for the light to become what a photographer wants when looking for something different.

Experimental photographs “made” from these efforts will have us thinking outside the box

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* O H N % N MA N and when others view photos so different from what we normally produce it is they who probably won’t understand.

That’s a good thing because our objective to be different will have been achieved, and most importantly, we will have learned something new about photography.

One of the outstanding features of digital cameras is how delightfully easy and helpful they can be when experimenting. The only real cost of trying something completely different with a digital camera is the time and effort.

Look at your images on a computer screen and decide if each worked for you or not. I expect the result will not be boring and you will have learned not only more

about how your camera works and responds, as well as any other equipment you tried for the first time; but you will likely have learned more about light, shadow, composition, and exposure. You might well develop a way of photography that starts with the question, “How can I photograph my subject in such a way that makes it different?”

These are my thoughts this week.

Contact me at www. enmanscamera.com or emcam@telus.net. Stop

by Enman’s Camera at 423 Tranquille Road in Kamloops. And if you want an experienced photographer please call me at 250-371-3069. I also sell an interesting selection of used photographic equipment.

Fall Fair Tidbits St t G Start Getting tti R Ready d FFor Th The 2012 North Thompson Fall Fair & Rodeo

Hobbies are popular at Fair I love hobbies. There is just never enough time for all the hobbies I’d like to do, unless I only spend a few minutes on each, which wouldn’t be fun at all. When I get to work on a hobby, I want to spend at least an hour or two at a time on it.

Choosing which contest to enter in the Hobbies section for the Labour Day weekend’s North Thompson Fall Fair and Rodeo competitions (Section 9) is a hard decision. At least, it is if you only want to enter under one category. Of course, you can enter as many as you like, but then you have to make something for each category you are wanting to enter - which brings you back to a time crunch - how much time do you have?

Let’s see... there’s leather work, pottery, fabric printing, clocks, tables, mosaic tiles, stained glass, metal craft, fly tying, duct tape (duct tape is a hobby?), plastic canvas, paper tole, puppets, and those are just some of the Division A categories.

Division B is strictly wood related items: carving, caricatures, burning, inlay and a variety of other categories.

If you are into native crafts like buckskin clothing, bead work and dream catchers, you want Division C; while if you are dealing with a disability, you can enter your creations under any of the classes under Division D. Most of us collect something; personally, I collect stamps, old books (and any books for that matter), miniatures, and moose - while the rest of my brothers and sisters collect items like maps, containers, thimbles, spoons, and more. Division E is the section to look at.

There are also divisions on ceramics, Christmas, recycled material, wall hangings, hand painting, and jewelry - something for just about anyone.

Pick up your copy of the Fall Fair Catalog, or contact the Hobbies convenor Bob Stirling at 250-671-5706. You can also find all the information on our website: www.fallfair-rodeo.com.

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