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Pipelines protest grows

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Zoe Blunt, left, stands with fellow protestors at the Unis’tot’en action camp that blocked pipelines traffic and asserted aboriginal title on land west of bridge on Morice West road last week. A member of the Forest Action Network in Victoria, she said holding the road put industry and protestors on equal footing.

Anyone who drove forestry roads on Morice West to the bridge over the Morice River last week met a sign that read, “STOP: No access without consent.”

From Aug. 6 until Aug. 10, about 160 protestors camped by the bridge last week to block pipelines traffic and assert aboriginal rights to the territory.

Consent to cross came from two leaders of the Unis’tot’en, a Wet’suwet’en clan that broke away from the Office of the Wet’suwet’en in 2008 to assert their own aboriginal title.

For three summers now, Unis’tot’en leaders Freda Huson and Warner Naziel have led the week-long camp out of a riverside cabin that they say is built on the exact route of the Pacific Trail pipeline.

“We will stop these pipelines from going through,” said Naziel, who introduced himself by his chief name,

Toghestiy.

“They have to be mindful that there’s not just Canadian law.

There’s traditional law that exists, and that was here long before Canadian law ever existed.”

Starting with 60 supporters in 2010, Naziel said this year’s camp grew to about 160. Nearly two-thirds bused or drove in from Victoria, Vancouver and places further afield, he said, while others came towns like Hazelton, Fraser Lake and Moricetown.

Naziel said he expects the camp to keep growing so long as work continues on Pacific Trail, Northern Gateway and other oil and gas pipelines that are proposed along the same northern B.C. corridor to export terminals at Kitimat.

Pacific Trail, which could carry B.C. natural gas from the Horn River basin, is the closest to actual construction.

On Aug. 5, Naziel and Huson said they turned away a crew

“ “We will stop these pipelines from going through.”

- Warner Naziel

working to install drilling pads for the pipeline, which is designed to go under the Morice River.

In November 2011, they shut the road to another PTP crew taking rock samples.

Paul Wyke, a spokesman for Pacific Trails, said in an email that “Pacific Trail Pipelines understands that some members of the Unis’tot’en have expressed some concerns.”

“PTP continues to consult with all First Nations along the pipeline right of way and the project continues to receive a great deal of support from First Nations communities,” he added.

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Noisy dirt bikes drive complaints to District and RCMP

By Andrew Hudson Houston Today

Noisy dirt bikes are driving some Houston residents up the wall.

Linda Poznikoff, chief administrative officer for the District of Houston, says staff have received complaints about dirt bikes zooming around

Houston Secondary School and what used to be a motocross track near Dungate Drive.

“We have a bylaw saying that motorbikes aren’t allowed in the municipality,” she said. “But it’s hard to enforce.”

Poznikoff said that in the past, off-roading clubs asked the District

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“A little control would be good.”

to llook k at b building ildi a dirt bike area in town, but they found there is no suitable municipal land available.

- Vic Siemens Lee Nustad, who lives at the corner of Dungate Drive and Omineca Way, says dirt bike noise has been an

ongoing problem ever since people tore down the No Dirt Biking sign by the gravel pit that is just 100 metres from his front door.

“It’s fun, and I’m not trying to take it away from anybody,” said Nustad, who rides an ATV himself.

“But I kid you not, if my wife and I are

sitting on our patio we cannot talk to each other if the real loud bikes are in the pit.”

Nustad said dirt bike users ride the gravel pit from early spring until fall.

Between everyone coming and going, he said the noise can go on for 12 hours.

In the 1990s, dirt

bike and snowmobile riders eroded enough ground on the Pacific Natural Gas right of way that they caused a high-pressure leak.

Today, Nustad is concerned the same thing could happen to a water line that supplies his house and nine others.

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Unis’tot’en cabin centre of protest CAMP from Page 1 Fifteen of the 16 first nations on the Pacific Trail right of way have signed an equity-sharing deal that totals an estimated $514 million over the 30-year life of the pipeline.

Earlier this month, a forestry company run by the Kitselas first nation started the first clearing for the right of way, logging as far west as the Clore River.

While pipelines are the focus of the protest, Naziel said that until they negotiated with the Unis’tot’en, contractors doing unrelated logging were also turned away from the Morice River bridge.

Andy Meints, owner of Meints Contracting, said half of the 35 people working for him were forced to take days off last week, since most of his logging equipment was trapped on the west side of the bridge.

By Wednesday evening, after face-to-face

Warner Naziel meetings with Canfor executives, Meints and other logging contractors were allowed to cross.

Houston RCMP Sergeant Rose said the camp didn’t require any policing.

“People have a right to protest,” he said. “And my understanding is it’s a rather peaceful protest because we haven’t had any calls for service.”

On Thursday, Naziel and Huson agreed to give the Houston Today a tour of the camp, and to introduce a few of its leading members.

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tivist with Victoria’s Forest Action Network, was brewing coffee by a school bus bought just for the trip from the island.

“This has been great,” Blunt said. “We brought a lot of really enthusiastic people.”

Many had never been in the B.C. backcountry, she said, or really talked to indigenous people before.

Still, she said, “They care very deeply about what happens here and everywhere else the pipelines are planned for, and in the fracking fields, and in the tanker ports and the coastlines.”

Blunt said the Forest Action Network is a grassroots group with no full-time staff, but their treesits and blockades have brought change, including the end of a resort development in Juan de Fuca Provincial Park.

“That’s the tactic,” she said. “We’re not going to preserve an area by climbing a tree.

But it can cause both

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Born and raised in Fort McMurray area, actor Tantoo Cardinal said she joined the Unis’tot’en camp and risked arrest protesting Enbridge’s Keystone XL in Washington D.C. two years ago because she deeply opposes the development of the oil sands.

“There’s absolutely no reverence for this land,” she said.

Wearing a red square that signifies solidarity with Quebec’s student movement, which he had joined two weeks before, filmmaker Frank Lopez said the Unis’tot’en protest camp is part of a larger fight against runaway resource extraction.

“If we want to have any sort of earth or planet left, we need to stop the constant growth of industrial civilization in its tracks,” he said.

All around the Unis’tot’en cabin, protestors held open-air workshops on topics that ranged from de-

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A camper at the Unis’tot’en action camp works on a moose hide on Aug. 9.

Several young families with children came to the camp, as well seniors. colonization to police tactics, non-violent protest, and aboriginal medicine.

Power tools buzzed as one group built a smokehouse for a moose killed the day before, and in a long wall tent, campers lay down for acupuncture, spiritual healing and reiki massage.

At the centre of it all, Naziel stood in the Unis’tot’en cabin and pointed out a new

solar-powered water system that was just installed by Energy Alternatives, the same company that built the solar panels in Houston’s Steelhead Park.

Naziel said after the camp, people will start living in the cabin full time to monitor pipeline activity and kick out pipelines workers.

Pacific Trail is the focus for now, he said, mostly because it’s first

in line.

“The Pacific Trail Pipeline would effectively bulldoze a path for the Enbridge rightof-way,” he said, noting that it will also spur more hydro-fracking that he believes is dangerous to people in northeastern B.C. “If we allow this pipeline here, we’re only contributing to the demise of our brothers and sisters there.”

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Thirteen children ages five to 12 competed in four different age groups in the 15th annual Kids Triathlon at the Houston Leisure Facility on Aug. 11.

The kids started by swimming lengths in the pool, then quickly changed into race clothes, strapped on helmets, and sped off on their bikes through one of four routes through downtown Houston.

After circling back, the kids finally dropped their bikes and finished with running races of between 1 km and 3.3 km.

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Dirt bike riders driving BIKES from Page 1 While the RCMP has given warnings to people who ride unlicensed dirt bikes on roads, Nustad says they don’t seem to have much effect.

Vic Siemens, who also lives along Omineca Way, says the dirt bikes are also a safety issue.

“I can see the stop sign from here, and they’ll go right through it,” he said.

“And they’re doubling without helmets—it’s not the safest thing in the world.”

Siemens said the riders are anywhere between 15 to 40 years old, but the worst offenders are generally

adults.

Like Nustad, he said he doesn’t mind people riding past his house to go ride the Equity Mine Road, or on the trail he built through his field behind the Ambassador trailer court.

But the non-stop buzzing right by his house is getting to be too much.

“I’m fencing it off now. It’s getting that bad,” he said. “That and the snowmobiles in the winter. People ski by your door and you could hook them with a hockey stick.”

Speaking from her home near Four Seasons Park, Anita Weselowski says most dirt bike riders stay

out of the park and head on to the gravel pit between her house and Mountain View cemetery.

“There’s no homes by there, and I don’t have a problem with the kids going up there to have some fun,” she said.

“I’d rather see that than having them sitting in the house,” she added, laughing.

Like the residents on Omineca Way, Weselowski says it’s okay if riders are going from point A to point B. “I don’t mind that so much, but when they go flying by on the road and aren’t wearing helmets, that’s a problem,” she said.

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t’s mandatory to wear a bike helmet when you ride in B.C., but not in many parts of the world.

People in such enlightened countries as Denmark and the Netherlands are not forced to don a nutshell, and yet here we fear the alternative.

It makes sense: Who wouldn’t suddenly see the wisdom of some cushion when they’re flung over the bars?

The issue arose recently with Vancouver’s decision to launch a bikeshare program next spring.

The plan is to make 1,500 bikes available at about 125 stations in the downtown and the Broadway corridor between Main and Arbutus streets.

The program will make it easier to leave the car at home.

But promoting bike use is about removing barriers, and a bike helmet is a significant one.

The City of Vancouver says it won’t ask Victoria for an exemption from the mandatory helmet law, and that may hinder its success.

Only three bikeshare systems among the 300 or so worldwide have such a law.

The two in Australia— Melbourne and Brisbane, where there is a helmet law—have failed miserably.

On the road to encouraging more people to use bicycles to get around, it’s worth considering repealing the mandatory helmet law.

At very least, an exemption for adults should be considered.

Many will still wear their helmets.

In Portland, Oregon, where there is no helmet law, 80 per cent still do.

And in B.C., despite the law requiring helmets, seven of the nine people killed on bikes in 2010 weren’t wearing one.

In the end, the best route to a safer ride for cyclists is to have more bike paths and more people out on the street riding.

The more bikes out there, the more it’s part of the landscape, and the more people in other vehicles are watching out.

“ “ “It’s worth considering repealing the mandatory helmet law.”

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Olympians a prize to remember

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emories are made and stars are born at the Olympics, and even someone who’s been a star since birth can shine bright enough to leave a lasting impression. The Queen of England proved that recently when she officially became a Bond Girl with her dramatic entrance at the opening ceremony of the London Summer Olympic Games, joining the excited spectators in the coliseum.

The Queen herself, however, didn’t look all that excited.

“She looks mad,” my 11-year-old son said when the cameras showed her without a smile in the audience several times.

“Give her a break, Sam,” my nine-yearold daughter replied.

“She’s old and she just jumped out of a plane,

“For years my friends and I would pretend to be Nadia...”

didn’t she?”

While the Queen’s acting debut will stand out as a highlight for me, I know there will be many more to enjoy as well.

The thrill of victory and the agony of defeat is always on full display when the world comes together to present the best of the best. My first memory of falling in love with the spectacular event was back in 1976 when I first laid eyes on a 14-year-old girl named Nadia Comaneci.

I remember being in the living room of my house, sitting crosslegged on the floor, watching our old black and white TV after my

mom had called me in to see the women’s gymnastics. I was immediately amazed, not just at their beauty and skill, but at their pint-sized proportions.

Some of them – Nadia in particular – didn’t look much older than me.

I hadn’t seen or heard of her before, but I would soon never forget her when she became the first gymnast to score a perfect ten and instantly became an international superstar. For years my friends and I would pretend to be Nadia, re-enacting her sheer brilliance in our imaginations.

I was nine years old

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at the time – the same age my daughter Daisy is now. A budding tumbler herself, it’s not surprising that her favourite competitions to watch are the gymnastics, even with the men and their “gross hairy armpits.”

“Seriously,” she said covering her eyes more than once when different athletes reached for the rings. “That is not attractive!”

Yet soon enough they wowed her with their power and precision and she’d just sit in awe with the rest of us.

What’s breathtaking about all of the Olympic athletes that manage to make it to this level of greatness is what we will never see: their gruelling journeys in getting there.

Whether they’ve come from the ghetto or royalty, their unwavering will to win is inspir-

On a brighte brighter note Lori Welbourne ing and motivating to Olympian hopefuls, as well as to the millions of people like me.

“As simple as it sounds,” Mary Lou Retton, another Olympic superstar once said, “We all must try to be the best person we can: by making the best choices, by making the most of the talents we’ve been given.”

I have no doubts that Queen Elizabeth, and my daughter Daisy Elizabeth, would agree.

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“The boat floats!

We just fixed up the boat and tested it this weekend.”

“Family. We had a whole group from Alberta here.”

“Lots of fish, sun and scenery. And no bugs.

We were up in July and they were bad!”

“Swimming in Morice Lake.”

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A toast to private B.C. liquor stores

I’m writing concerning the privatization of our B.C. liquor store.

I say do it.

Why should the government get even

more of our money when, if privatized, wouldn’t the money stay here and hire local citizens, pay them a decent wage, and get ice cold beer, instead of warm?

Something to

think about, but the government is soaking us good enough in taxes.

Why give them more with proceeds for our B.C. liquor store?

I say give somebody

Guides too strong

Just a note with regard to the new Skeena watershed fishing restrictions for non-Canadians.

Clearly these new

restrictions were driven by the guiding associations.

Otherwise guiding wouldn’t be allowed on the weekends for

non-residents.

The guiding groups can’t help being elitists since their customers are mostly rich and they believe

B.C. pipeline stance was well thought

I had to laugh when it was revealed by B.C.’s environment minister that the impetus for the province to seek intervener status in the Enbridge Northern Gateway pipeline

process, as opposed to government status, came from an offhand comment by an B.C. New Democrat MLA. As it turns out, intervener status gives the province

way more flexibility to pose questions to other participants in the process, including Enbridge, than government status does.

Considering the criticism the NDP and

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“The government is soaking us good enough in taxes.”

a chance to start their own business here.

Something to think about.

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they have more rights to the B.C. fisheries resources than others.

It’s sad they have so much control of

the B.C. Fish and Wildlife Department and that local businesses and nonresident fishermen have to suffer for

their benefit.

others have directed at the province for supposedly not taking an active role in the Enbridge process, the minister’s revelation is highly ironic.

It also shows that the province has done

a lot more work, been a lot more involved, and given a lot more thought to the pipeline issue than anyone has previously given them credit for.

And the end result is a well-considered,

well-documented, and principled policy position.

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hat will be left of C a n a d a ’s fisheries after the Conservatives are through?

They voted to pass reckless changes to the Fisheries Act, which remove provisions that protect fish habitat from destruction.

Habitat destruction is the most common reason for decline of a species.

Without habitat, we can’t have healthy fish stocks.

These changes undo the cornerstone of environmental law in Canada and have attracted widespread opposition—even from Conservatives.

Former conservative fisheries ministers Tom Siddon and John Fraser have publicly opposed the changes.

So have more than 625 scientists and former Liberal fisheries ministers Herb Dhaliwal and David Anderson.

Existing laws can be improved, but these changes are being passed without the proper scrutiny they need to get the balance right.

The Conservatives are ramming them through in their 400

page omnibus budget bill, leaving no time for proper study.

They claim these changes are so essential that they have to be passed right away, yet they didn’t even merit a single mention in the Conservatives’ recent election platform.

The changes are part of a widespread, willing neglect for our fish by the

Conservatives.

While they have grown public spending by leaps and bounds over their six years in power, they have cut the Department of Fisheries and Oceans by over 25%.

Poor enforcement has greatly reduced the number of pollution and habitat violations that are pursued by DFO; indeed, convictions

for violations are now almost non-existent.

Over 75,000 Canadians are directly or indirectly employed through our fisheries and many more fish for fun, with one in every seven adult Canadians applying for licences every year.

Conservative MPs need to shake off the iron-grip of the Prime Minister’s office, start thinking

Guest View Lawrence MacAulay Liberal MP for themselves and protect our fish!

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Extra roof slows firefighters at Park Lane

By Andrew Hudson Houston Today

A second roof slowed Houston firefighters as they tried to stop a fire from sweeping through a Park Lane townhouse.

No one was injured in the Aug. 4 fire, but a young family and a teenage tenant lost nearly all their belongings in the blaze. Insurance adjustors are now investigating, and have recommended tearing down all four of the townhouse units.

“The construction of the buildings made it really difficult,” said Fire Chief Jim Daigneault, noting that the four-unit townhouse was originally built with a flat, tar and gravel roof, but later a peaked roof was added on top.

When the fire started burning in the tar roof, Daigneault said his crew couldn’t spray water directly at it because the peaked roof was shielding the flames.

The crew did try climbing on the roof to hack holes in it for better access, he said, but that proved too dangerous.

Instead, Daigneault said they used a loader to collapse the walls of the first three units that already engulfed in flames and then

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managed to stop the fire from spreading to the last unit by spraying it from below.

Most of the other townhouses on Park Lane are built in a similar way.

“We’re aware of that now, so we can plan a bit differently,” Daigneault said.

Firefighters got a call for help at 10:44 p.m. on Saturday, he said.

They responded with a crew of 15 and all three Houston fire engines.

“Everyone did a tireless job,” Daigneault added, noting that the last firefighters didn’t leave the scene until 13 hours later.

“It was a long, long night.”

Investigators are still trying to confirm what caused the fire.

The only tenant who was in the building at the time told neighbours he thinks it started in his kitchen after he fell asleep with something on the stove.

Tange Joseph lives in the house closest to the units where the fire started.

She said the 17-yearold tenant ran into her house and asked her to call for help.

“I called 9-1-1 and then I ran out across the road,” she said.

“The door was wide

Submitted photo

Flames erupt from a Park Lane townhouse just before 11:00 p.m. on Saturday, Aug. 4. No one was injured in the fire. open and all you could see inside the door was that it was really red, really, really red.

“All I could hear was the crackling of the fire and the dishes falling and breaking.”

Joseph said the mother with three young children who lived in the only other occupied unit of the townhouse had just left for a camping trip.

“They came home

to just this,” she said, pointing at the burnedout townhouse.

“Nothing.”

But as news of the fire spread, several Houston residents stepped up to try and replace what they could.

“The support of the community—it’s absolutely amazing,” said Christine Landstrom, a building manager for Blackstone

Enterprises, which owns the townhouse.

Landstrom said concerned residents and colleagues who work with the people who lost their homes quickly organized to gather clothes, furniture and other goods.

Both the young man and the young family have already rented an apartment and another townhouse nearby.

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Jaret van der Giessen of the Morice Mountain Nordic Ski Club brushes the “Mainline” ski trail on Thursday using a mower bought with a $5,000 donation made by the Houston branch of the Bulkley Valley Credit Union.

Club members say they’d like to sign up some new coaches to run the Jackrabbits’ program this season, and new coaches get free training and passes. Email info@xcskimoricemtn.com for information on how to join.

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Seniors get set to launch at B.C. games

By Jackie Lieuwen Houston Today

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Adrian Meeuwissen throws a javelin while training on Aug. 8 in Houston.

While most Canadians are still basking in the Olympic glory on T.V., B.C. seniors are getting set for a sports tournament all their own.

The B.C. Seniors Games is a great opportunity, says zone director Arnold Amonson.

“Getting to know the people is good, the competition is good and you see people from all over the province.”

Held in Burnaby from Aug. 21 to Aug. 25, this year’s event will host 3,685 people and marks the 25th anniversary of the Games, which are open to anyone 55 and older.

Houston is part of the Bulkley ValleyLakes District zone, one of 12 separately organized provincial zones.

Just one Houston couple, Adrian and Jo Meeuwissen, will go to the games this year.

There have been more in the past, says Adrian, but due to

health and age many can no longer participate.

More Houston people are always welcome, he added, especially aged 55 to 65.

The games include sports such as curling, bowling, bridge, golf, soccer, cribbage and track and field.

Some events like track and field, says Adrian, are also split into age groups, so different age ranges compete against others in their same range.

This year Adrian will compete in the 80+ group in 10 track and field events including 400 m, long jump, discus, javelin, hammer throw, and shot put.

And the competition is nothing to scoff at, he said.

“Oh yeah, we have competition,” he said.

“Oh yeah, it’s fierce!

We are the best of friends, have a lot of fun, but boy when that gun sounds there is nothing given.”

But there is also the 2,000 m walk for those with physical limitations and disabilities.

Jo Meeuwissen will compete in that event because can no longer do curling and carpet bowling, she said.

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still join the games, which are about more than just the sports.

Everyone gets to know each other over the years of competition, says Adrian, and they build friendships.

There are social activities during the evenings, he said, such as music, dances, and a big banquet.

Adrian recalls a band of “fantastic Elvis Presley imitators” one year.

They started to play on the track and “in no time flat there was five or sin hundred people dancing on the track.”

To be involved, said Adrian, people need the $15 membership.

To compete in the games costs another $50, which includes five events and the banquet.

Participants cover their own travel costs, but zone grants often give financial help.

The goal of the games is for seniors to be involved in social, physical and mental activities so that they can stay active and be healthier in their older age, says Adrian.

“I have a lot of fun down there,” says Jo. “That’s why we go, for the fun and to meet the people.”

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Quick farmer gets his foot in the barn door Houston Today

By 5 a.m. Wednesday, Jeremy Rouw had his eye on the thunderclouds gathering above the mountains near his family’s dairy farm on Walcott Road.

Rain had already wiped out plans to make hay at a nearby farm the previous day, and Rouw was hoping for a sunnier start.

That’s a typical morning for a B.C. farmer, maybe, but not your average 20 yearold.

Rouw is one of a handful of Bulkley Valley farm kids looking to get their start in an industry where the average farmer is more twice their age.

“It’s a little different,” he says. “It’s more of the older generation right now, and we’re kind of barging our way in.”

Rouw just graduated from Lakeland College, an agricultural school near Vermillion, Alberta.

Jeremy’s dad, who also went to Lakeland, likes to say that his son chose it because of the pretty girl on the college brochure.

“That’s his story,” he says, laughing.

But judging by the scholarship Rouw earned there last year, let alone his 5 a.m.

Wednesday, it seems farming was the bigger draw.

At Lakeland, Rouw studied animal science, covering everything from anatomy to animal nutrition and disease.

“It’s a lot of handson stuff,” he said.

In his senior year, Rouw’s class broke into beef, sheep and dairy teams and ran a student-managed farm.

Rouw took charge of dairy production.

At one point, when the students overshipped their milk quota, he brokered a deal with a neighbouring dairy to lease some of the quota they weren’t using.

And while Lakeland instructors didn’t set their work hours, Rouw said he and his roommate would be in the barn at midnight if they had to.

“You get what you put into it,” he said.

Set on rolling prairie hills just a half hour from the Saskatchewan border, Rouw said Vermillion farming is a far cry from what he knows in Quick.

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“They can build their barn and have their land right around them, whereas we’ve got the mountains and the creeks to fight with, trees to drive around,” he said.

Alberta dairies also have lower shipping costs, he said, noting most grain gets hauled here from Westlock, Alberta while Bulkley Valley milk has to be shipped either to Edmonton or to Abbotsford.

Those factors partly explain why Alberta dairies are nearly double the size of the national average.

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While Rouw enjoyed seeing how Alberta farmers run their dairies, he is hoping that upcoming free-trade talks don’t shut down the Canadian milk quota system that is so vital to dairy farmers here.

“I think it’s good for Canada to control supply and demand in our own market,” he said.

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Hamblin to play FIBA Americas

By Jackie Lieuwen Houston Today

Ruth Hamblin, recent Houston graduate and rising basketball star, is travelling to Puerto Rico where her team will represent Canada at a worldstage basketball championship.

Selected at a tryout last July, Ruth is one of 13 girls on the Junior Women’s National Team playing at the FIBA Americas U18 Championship.

“This is a huge chance for her to step into a different world and represent not only Houston, but B.C. and Canada now,” said her mother Shirley Hamblin.

The tournament, Aug. 15 to Aug. 19, is a qualifier for the World U19 Championship next

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“It’s like a dream come true and a great honour”

ear in Lithuania year Lithuania.

The team must place in the top four to qualify for the worlds, Ruth explained, which Canada has done for last four years.

They will play Brazil, Puerto Rico and Mexico, and if they qualify for the semi-finals and finals, they will likely face the U.S., who won gold last year.

Asked what it feels like to represent Canada, Ruth didn’t miss a beat.

“It’s really crazy,” she said. “Yeah, it’s like a dream come true and a great honour.”

Ruth started playing basketball in 2009 and,

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by Basketball B.C. this fall, said Shirley, so she has a lot of training to do.

Ruth has been training all summer, said Shirley, as well as finishing two college courses in preparation for the busy year ahead.

Now, for the few weeks prior the tournament, Ruth has practiced with the team, led by head coach Andy Sparks, for five hours a day.

While the nationals will likely fill Ruth’s summers, she will still be attending Oregon

State University during the year, studying to be an engineer and playing basketball on the university team.

“At this point, professional after graduation might be a possibility,” said Ruth, “But I’m just going to keep working on my game and hopefully something like that will work out.”

For now, Ruth is focused on the challenge before her.

“It’s just a huge honour to represent my country,” she says.

“I’m just going to give it my all, and keep learning and getting better.”

For game results and to watch preliminary games online, check out the FIBA Americas website. The first team Canada game is against Brazil, 9 p.m.

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Five bucks gets you a lot of mileage at the Houston Drags this Saturday and Sunday.

Fifty of the fastest regulars racing in Kitimat, Terrace, Houston, Smithers and Prince Rupert will hit the Houston airstrip on an 1/8 mile track.

Russell Gutknecht of the Bulkley Valley Drag Racing Association will be

there racing his 1950 Chevy pickup with a 468 cubic-inch block— the car that saw him take home the top prize and $700 at the last race weekend.

“Just luck,” he said.

“It’s all about luck, drag racing.”

With just three weeks to organize this year’s drags, Gutknecht said organizers were too under the gun themselves to bring feature cars from outside the northwest.

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Tickets are just $5 at the Houston airstrip gate and the races kick off at 10 a.m. on Saturday and Sunday.

“I’m just telling everybody just to come out and let’s have some fun this year,” said Gutknecht.

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Pipelines won’t be imposed, Harper says

By Tom Fletcher Black Press

Prime Minister Stephen Harper has rejected suggestions his government is considering pushing through the proposed Northern Gateway oil pipeline across northern B.C. Harper was asked about Enbridge Inc.’s pipeline project at a stop in Vancouver Tuesday, and the frequent accusation that he has already decided it is in the national interest for it to proceed.

“I’ve been very clear that decisions on these kinds of projects are made through an independent evaluation conducted by scientists into the economic costs and risks that are associated with the

project,” Harper said.

“I think that’s the only way governments can handle controversial projects of this manner, to ensure that things are evaluated on an independent basis, scientifically, and not simply on political criteria.”

Harper told reporters he has spoken with B.C. Premier Christy Clark and other premiers about pipelines, but those conversations are private.

It’s his first public comment since a dispute erupted between Clark and Alberta Premier Alison Redford in July over Clark’s demand for more revenues.

“I’m not going to get into an argument or discussion about how we divide hypothetical

revenues,” Harper said.

He did emphasize that in general, it is important for Canada to diversify its trade and open up new markets in Asia.

The federal government is planning “huge investments” to improve environmental protection for shipping resource material, but it won’t favour any individual project, he said.

Kinder Morgan hopes to twin its existing oil pipeline from Alberta to port and refinery facilities in Burnaby, to transport more heavy oil from the Athabasca oil sands.

But the company has not yet formally applied for federal environment assessment.

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Prime Minister Stephen Harper says the decision to approve Enbridge’s Northern Gateway project will be based on work by independent scientists. said her government would wait until the federal assessment of Enbridge is concluded in 2013 before deciding whether to support it.

Then in late July, the B.C. government presented a list of five preconditions, including a positive recommendation from the federal review.

The others are “world-leading” oil spill prevention and response capability on land and at sea, meeting legal requirements to consult with and accommodate aboriginal groups along pipeline routes, as well as a “fair share” of oil revenues for British Columbia.

B.C. government to study online voting

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It won’t happen in time for the provincial election next spring, but the B.C. government is moving ahead with Premier

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Houston Secondary School - Office hours for the summer are: Aug. 20 – Aug. 31 (8:30am – 3pm) Counsellor hours are Aug. 27 – Aug. 30. 1st day of school is Tues., Sept. 4. HSS webpage: http:// hssweb.sd54.bc.ca

Summer Houston Public Library Events...

Reading Club for Kids ages 3 to 12: (Ages 3 to 5 - Wed from 10-11am, Ages 6 to 8 - Wed from 1-2pm, Ages 9 to 12 - Thurs from 1-2pm), The SRC Wind-up Party and BBQ will be held on Wed., Aug. 22 from 11am to 1pm. Baby & Me: Wed: 10-1am; Story Time: Wed: 1:30-2:30pm; Toddler Time: Fri: 10 to 11am; Phone 250-845-2256 for more info on any of the above events or to register.

Houston Community Services is open Mon. thru Fri. from 9am to 4pm We have clothing to give away. Baby clothing; women’s and mens as well as children of all ages. Come and check it out!

Pleasant Valley Community Market in Houston

Topley

- Fridays 10AM - 3PM in Steelhead Park (Hwy 16) across from “The Flyrod”. There will be fresh produce, baking, crafts and preserves. To become a vendor or for more information contact Cindy at Structural Firefighting/Hwy Rescue. Interested?

250-845-2222.

Topley Volunteer Fire Dept. is accepting applicaThe Houston Community Garden - Everyone tions. No experience necessary please contact is invited to attend free Yoga classes at the Byron - F/C 250-696-3348 or come to a fire Community Garden (3rd and Copeland) from July practice: Thurs. @ 1930 hrs (7:30 pm) 9 - August 16. Monday 1-3 and Wednesday 1012. Childcare is available. For more information Topley Volunteer Fire Dept. meetings every 2nd Tues. of the month at 7:30 pm. Fire practices please call Sandy 250-845-2727. every Thurs. at 7:30 pm.

Seniors Bingo is every Tues. at 7 p.m. at Cottonwood Manor. Entry is $1. Come out and Topley Victory Church services: 10:30 a.m. enjoy a fun prize filled evening. Lots of prizes!

Granisle

“Fit For Life.” Senior Exercise @ Cottonwood Manor on Mon., Wed., & Fri. @10 a.m. Call Hanne 845-7414 or Bunny 845-7110.

Granisle and District Seniors meetings are the The Houston Legion Branch 249: Meeting: 2nd 2nd and 4th Thurs. of each month at 1pm in the Mon. of the month is Executive, 4th Mon. is Seniors Centre.

Bulkley Valley CREDIT UNION HOUSTON & DISTRICT BRANCH 2365 Copeland Ave. P.O. Box 1480, Houston • Ph: 250-845-7117

www.bvcu.com

B.C., said the panel will likely need until 2014 to recommend changes to the Election Act that would permit online voting. Independent experts on Internet security and electoral administration will be asked to serve on a committee chaired

by Archer, with a first meeting expected by October.

Elections BC already has online voter registration, as well as data sharing with the federal voters’ list, ICBC and the B.C. Vital Statistics Agency to keep the voters’ list up to date.

Western said online voting has been used in Halifax and Markham, Ont., but has not yet been tried at the provincial or federal level in Canada.

General Meeting (we have not been able to get a Granisle Volunteer Fire Department meetings quorum in months, members please attend) & fire practices every Tues., 7 p.m. at the Fire The Houston Retirement Housing Society is asking Hall. interested parties to provide their names for future Granisle Church of the Way services are Sun., vacancies at our Pleasant Valley Village apartments. 11 a.m. Bible study is Thurs. at 7 p.m.

Please call Roberta@250-845-2257.

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announced Thursday that she has asked Chief Electoral Officer Keith Archer to set up an expert panel to make r e c o m m e n d at i o n s.

Archer asked the government last year to give him authority to conduct pilot projects for electronic voting, and to consider extending voter registration to 16- and 17-year-olds, as has been done in Australia and some U.S. states.

During his leadership bid, Health Minister Mike de Jong proposed lowering the voting age from 18 to 16, to encourage younger people to get involved as part of their high school education.

Nola Western, deputy chief electoral officer at Elections

Staff from the Bulkley Valley Credit Union present a $500 cheque to members of the Houston Community Garden July 30. The funds will go towards a new set of tools for the garden, where residents can work on both individual garden boxes and shared rows.

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Chief Electoral Officer Keith Archer.

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Selkirk Paving, part of the Interoute Construction Ltd. group of companies, located in the Kootenay region of British Columbia, is looking for a F/T Shop Supervisor to manage a eet of over 300 pieces of construction equipment. Some travel will be required.

Duties / Tasks; ¡Manage shop activities ¡Dispatch mechanics ¡Maintain maintenance records ¡Manage eet licences ¡Help purchaser w/ parts orders Knowledge / Skills; ¡Knowledge of asphalt, crushing, and ready mix equipment would be an asset ¡Able to create repair budgets ¡Familiar with safety codes / regulations ¡Fluent with Microsoft Word and Excel Experience/Education; ¡Post secondary education with Heavy Duty Mechanic training Competitive Compensation Package w/ a Comprehensive BeneďŹ t & Pension Plan. The Company Offers Development Opportunities Through Tailored Training Programs.

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An Aboriginal Employment Partnership JOB POSTING PTP ASEP TRAINING SOCIETY (See Website for Background: www.ptpasep.ca)

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Journeyman Heavy Duty Mechanic Millwrights with conveyor equipment experience are also encouraged to apply. CertiďŹ ed Journeyman receive $34.85/hour. Quinsam Coal Corporation operates the Quinsam underground coal mine in the beautiful Campbell River area on Vancouver Island.

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HELP WANTED SHIPPER/RECEIVER SALES FULL-TIME POSITION in Houston, BC Please apply in person with resume at 3 3459 9th St Houston, BC V0J 1Z0 or fax to 250-638-1119 No phone calls please.

IS SEEKING CANDIDATES FOR THE FOLLOWING POSITION: PROGRAM SUPERVISOR (PRINCE GEORGE) QualiďŹ cations: • At least three (3) years Supervisory Experience. • A combination of experience and/or Post-Secondary Education in: Trades and Workplace Training, Continuing and Adult Education, Business and Employment Counselling, Counselling and Helping Professions. • Proven Administrative Skills to manage, assess and report demographic and ďŹ nancial information to support decisions related to client training and employment. • Working knowledge of standard computer programs and keyboarding skills. • BC Drivers Licence, insurable, reliable transportation and willingness to travel over a wide geographic area in all seasons. • Demonstrated ability to work with a variety of stakeholders and motivate staff to meet speciďŹ c performance objectives within tight time frames and budget. • Experience with First Nation communities , culture and protocols.

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ONLY THOSE CANDIDATES SHORT LISTED WILL BE CONTACTED

As a dynamic and growing company Pinnacle Renewable Energy is looking for energetic careeroriented individuals looking for a future in operations management.

The Operations Manager Trainee (OMT) is part of a developmental training program for a duration of 18 months to 2 years. This position, through assigned work activities and projects, will develop a working knowledge of day-to-day operations of a state of the art pellet manufacturing facility. The OMT will be required to learn and master key management behaviors which will include staff management and labor relations, safety regulations and practices, ďŹ nancial reporting and analysis, production techniques and practices, logistics, and ďŹ bre management.

• Successful candidates will be contacted by August 17, 2012. • Interviews will take place the week of August 20th – 24th, 2012. • For further information please make your request via email to: info@ptpasep.ca.

For more information on this position, and how to apply please visit www.pinnaclepellet.com and look under Career Opportunities.

APPLICATIONS WILL BE ACCEPTED UNTIL 4:30 P.M. AUGUST 16, 2012 Reply by email to: info@ptpasep.ca Attention: PTP ASEP Training Society Hiring Committee.

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HOUSTON PELLET is currently accepting resumes to fill a variety of positions.

If you are looking to start a career in the pellet industry, we want to hear from you.

Please apply in person at the Houston Pellet plant, by fax at 250-845-5137, or by email to jeff.johnston@pinnaclepellet.com Required immediately for

Work in Northern BC -

Iron Workers/Steel Erectors & Carpenter’s as well as

working foreman willing to re-locate to Houston BC. Send resume to office@monsterindustries.ca or fax to 250-845-3245.

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AUTOMATED TANK Manufacturing INC. is looking for welders. Due to a huge expansion to our plant located in Kitscoty, Alberta, 20km west of Lloydminster. We have openings for 10-3rd year apprentices or journey person welders.

We offer best wage in industry. 3rd yr apprentice $28$30/hr, journey person $32$35/hr, higher with tank experience. Profit sharing bonus plus manufacturing bonus incentive. Full insurance package 100% paid by company.

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Help Wanted An Alberta Construction Company is hiring Dozer and Excavator 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. Alcohol & Drug testing required. Call Contour Construction at 780-723-5051.

PARTS & Services Representatives at Jacobson Ford Salmon Arm BC- We are looking for exciting, customer friendly, dynamic individuals capable of working in a fast paced work environment. Parts and service experience an asset but not necessary, email resume to iwantacareer@jacobsonford.com

T-MAR INDUSTRIES located in Campbell River is hiring for the position of Heavy Duty Mechanic. Position comes with a competitive benefit package and applicant must possess a valid driver’s license. For details visit www.t-mar.com Contact Tyson Lambert by Fax: 250-286-9502 or by Email:tysonlambert@t-mar.com

Trades, Technical Arrow Transportation Systems Inc. is seeking qualified “chip truck”drivers for immediate openings in Houston BC. We offer steady longterm employment and a very competitive compensation package.

The successful candidates must have “clean” drivers abstract and good references as well as experience with “Super B” train chip vans.

Please send resume and drivers abstract to: Fax: (250) 314-1750, E-mail: delliott@arrow.ca or Call 877- 700- 4445

CONCRETE FINISHERS and Form Setters.

Edmonton based company seeks experienced concrete finishers and form setters for work in Edmonton and northern Alberta.

Subsistence and accommodations provided for out of town work; john@raidersconcrete.com.

Cell 780-660-8130.

Fax 780-444-7103.

Fort St John, B.C. Licensed Plumber/Gasfitter/Sheetmetalman wanted for new construction and installations. Must have valid drivers license.

Send resume to pronorthheating@telus.net or (250)7855542

CERTIFIED ELECTRICIANS wanted for growing northern company. Competitive wages and benefits. Safety tickets needed. Fax 250-775-6227 or email: info@torqueindustr ial.com.

Apply online: www.torqueindustrial.com.

CERTIFIED MILLWRIGHTS needed for growing northern company. Competitive wages and benefits. Safety tickets necessary. Fax resume to 250-775-6227 or email: info@torqueindustr ial.com.

Online: www.torqueindustrial.com.

INSERTING MACHINE operator required for busy Alberta printing plant. Previous Alphaliner or other machine experience an asset. Mechanical & computer aptitude required; ejamison@greatwest.ca.

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SHINGLE SAWYER needed in Gold River. Pendragon Forest Products Ltd. Apply to: Box 1100 Gold River B.C., V0P 1G0. Call 250-283-2111 or 604-369-3045. Or Email: pendragonfp@xplornet.com TICKETED Crane Operator in the West Kootenay Area with experience/Ability up to 75 ton crane send resume to wkm@shawcable.com

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Maintenance Management Trainee (MMT) Houston, BC As a dynamic and growing company Pinnacle Renewable Energy is looking for energetic careeroriented individuals looking for a future in maintenance management.

The Maintenance Manager Trainee (MMT) is part of a developmental training program for a duration of 18 months to 2 years. This position, through assigned work activities and projects, will develop a working knowledge of the required maintenance for a state of the art pellet manufacturing facility. The MMT will be required to learn and master key management behaviors which will include staff management and labor relations, safety regulations and practices, financial reporting and analysis, and maintenance techniques and practices.

For more information on this position, and how to apply please visit www.pinnaclepellet.com and look under Career Opportunities.

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Equestrian GLENN STEWARD Natural Horsemanship Clinics (Stage 1 & Stage 3/4 and Extreme Horsemanship Competition in Smithers. Aug. 29 thu Sept,2012. Call Anika at 250846-5494 or email gattiker@telus.net for more info.

HORSE FOR SALE 19 year old sorrel gelding, well trained, not a beginners horse. Used for penning at one time. $2500 obo. (250) 695-6972

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At Bulkley Valley Credit Union we love what we do.

We work as a team. We contribute to our community.

We serve our members every day.

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As a Member Services Representative you will experience a flexible schedule, a competitive wage, and great benefits. But there’s more. We provide outstanding learning opportunities if you are up for the challenge. And we will value your contribution.

We currently have an opening for a Part-Time Member Services RepresentativeCash Services in our Houston Branch for an energetic, detail-oriented person with a high school diploma and relevant training and/or experience.

If you have exceptional service skills, are community minded, take initiative, are solution oriented and love working as part of a team, we invite you to apply.

Please submit your resume to: Tanya Amonson, Branch Manager at: tamonson@bvcu.com 2365 Copeland Ave. Box 1480 Houston, BC V0J 1Z0 Application deadline: August 24th, 2012 To learn more about us please visit www.bvcu.com

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August 18, 2012 Saturday @ 10:00 am Auction Located at Danskin, BC. Keefes Landing Rd, Southside of Francios Lake.

Follow signs thru Burns Lake Hwy 35 south to Francios Lake ferry. Once on Southside drive straight up the hill 7 miles to Danskin BC. Properties: 6328 Hamre Road, (Part E1/2, DL 2394) located in beautiful Danskin, BC. 169.38 acres comes with a beautiful home, hay fields, spectacular view, landscaped yard, garden, fenced yard & property. First floor area 2376 sq. ft., ground level w/ basement entrance 1496 sq. ft. 6 bdrms, 3 baths, office, fireplace, kitchen, living areas.

Basement has separate ensuite kitchen & living area. 2 car & 1 car attached garages.

Paved parking lot, electric & oil heat, cold storage, meat locker/cooler, central vacuum.

Tack, garden, sheep shed, fuel tank. 3 water system options, deep well, natural spring & community water system is available w/ hookup. Heavy equipment shop w/ drive thru bay & fuel tanks & stands.

This is a turn key property.

Whitney Road, (Lot 3, Plan 10574, DL 716 & Lot 8, Plan 10674, DL 716) “Choice of 2 Houses”. One is a beautifully crafted post & beam 2 level w/ loft home. The 2nd 3 level log home, also beautifully crafted.

These homes are at Lock up stage. Metal roofing, fully insulated basements w/ ground access, decks, stairs, & drilled wells on both properties. Log home is 41x33 on 5 acres & a 2 side wrap deck w/ 2 additional decks above. Post & beam home is 35x27 w/ 2 sided 9 ft wrap deck and sits on 5.87 acres. Easy access to power and close to services & 5 min from the ferry. Uncha Mountain Road, (Block B, DL 1700), 151.7 acres. 1230 sq.ft. log home, heated by wood.

Garage w/ concrete floor and numerous outbuildings. It also comes with an additional log cabin and gravity fed spring.

256 Murray Road, (Lot D, Plan 8466, DL 716), this property is vacant land on 5.65 acres very close to Francois Lake, ferry landing & services. CABINS: 8x12 Post & beam trappers cabin & 16x24 ft. Post & Beam cabin with 6 ft deck. Great opportunity to add one of these cabins to one of the above properties or spot of your choice. Goodwin Road, Decker Lake BC, (Lot B, Plan PRP14697, DL 2545), this lot is 6.992 acres. This property is right on Hwy 16 between Burns Lake & Decker Lake and could be zoned commercial. Location & convenience to Burns Lake would be a great asset for any business.

This could be suitable for commercial truck stop or other commercial purposes. This property has numerous potential for any buyer. Come out and take a Look!

This is an excellent property/land sale. Free ferry! Come early, ferry may be shuttling due to the auction traffic. Motel, Campsites, Resorts & Services (fuel, restaurants & stores) on the Southside for your convenience. If you wish to come the night before feel free to contact Moosehorn Lodge @ 250-694-3730 or Takysie Lake Resort & Motel @ 250-694-3403. Looking forward to seeing you at the Auction! Condition of sale terms: Cash & check with Identification, sorry no credit cards.

Items are As Is Condition ~ Not responsible for accidents.

There will be a Concession on Site. Any question please contact:

Mike Steinebach (250) 694-3497 or Cell (250) 692-6107 Egon Steinebach @ (250) 694-3319 or Cell (250) 570- 2055 E-Mail: mike@mikesauction.net & Website www.mikesauction.net Auction continued in second Ad

Sale Conducted on Behalf of John & Olinda Wiens August 18, 2012 Saturday @ 10:00 am.

Auction Located at Danskin, BC. Keefes Landing Rd, Southside of Francios Lake.

Hwy. 35 south to Francios Lake ferry. Once on Southside drive straight up the hill 7 miles to Danskin BC. SAWMILLS & EQUIPMENT: #2 Coutts semi portable sawmill w/ Coutts edger with cluster & saws, has 6 110 power unit w/ steel conveyors, D&L double cut 60 HP diesel sawmill w/ mounted planer, radial arm knotcher for post & beam cabins, 2 saw SCRAG mill.

Moveable saws 3-9”, 22 ft. trimmer has 60’ out feed deck, sawmill saw sharpener, asst. of timber cants, 25 bundles of ties (25/bundle). VEHICLES & TRAILERS: 2004 F350 diesel short box, aluminum truck box, high-rise truck canopy, tidy tank w/ electric pump, brand new 2005 Dodge dualy 8’ truck box, 16 ft flatdeck trailer.

TOOLS/EQUIPMENT & SUPPLIES: R. McDougal Co metal lathe, 100 ton hydraulic press, Miller 225 AC/DC welder, Miller S-32P 12 wire feed welder, powermax 600 plasma cutter, Goodwill drill press, 7x12” metal band saw, Dewalt 770 10” radial arm saw, engine hoist, 5 ton floor jack, engine stand, Honda pump, Dewalt air compressors, 2 shop battery chargers, Makita cut off saw, acetylene cutting torch & carts, Honda & Yamaha water pumps, 100 lb Anvil, steal work benches w/ 2 vices, steel work bench on wheels, rolling tool chest, Proto tool box w/ tools, welding supplies, open end wrenches, 1/2, 3/4 & 1” electric impact wrenches, 3/4” socket set, screwdrivers, pipe wrenches, hydraulic jacks, tool boxes, chain pliers, asst. Impact sockets, chains & binders, new parts washer, imperial Eastwood hydraulic press, 3 light plants (Honda 5000, Suzuki 4000), electric motors, asst. hydraulic hoses, firefighting tools, lg supply of new steel, Magnum steam cleaner, planer, GM 453 power diesel power unit, scaffolding, Makita skillsaws, lg 16” Makita skillsaw, 2 Makita routers (1 plunge router), wood clamps, 2 sets King air nailers (brad & framing), Makita & Dewalt orbital sander, Makita planer & 6” jointer, portable tool boxes w/ tools, fertilizer spreader, PL premium insulation. HOUSEHOLD & TACK: Lg stainless steel bbq, yard swing, electric range, pine glass front cabinet, desk, 2 door wardrobe, 2 loveseats, lg pine dresser w/ mirror & night stand, entertainment center, set of 6 metal chairs, set of 2 metal chairs, 6 maple chairs, rocking chair, selection of good saddles & tack. ANTIQUES: Some coins & stamps, crosscut saws, milk cans w/ lids, seeders, Underwood & Oliver typewriter, brass tub wringer washer, washboard, broad axe, churns, coal oil lamps, silver tea pot, block planes, food press & beaters, Berkel scale, GW Todd & Co protectograph, extension table w/leaves, 1950s waterfall 3 drawer dresser, oak 2 door sideboard, upholstered seti, drop leaf table, 4 maple upholstered captains chairs, 4 oak chairs, hall stand, Morrison recliner, high back captains chair, set of 4, mahogany corner china cabinet, birch pedasil dining room table w/leaves, Singer sewing machine, burl walnut coffee & end table, table, wing chair, newly re-upholstered occasional chair, french provincial 8 drawer dresser, drop front desk w/ pigeon holes & glass front bookcase, modern danish 6 drawer dresser, china cabinet, large dining room table, 3 drawer dresser, 5 drawer pine dresser, steamer trunk, cedar lined hope chest, 6 maple chairs.

Condition of sale Terms: Cash & cheque with I.D., sorry no credit cards. Items are As Is Condition. Not responsible for accidents.

Mike Steinebach (250) 694-3497 or Cell (250) 692-6107 Egon Steinebach @ (250) 694-3319 or Cell (250) 570- 2055 E-Mail: mike@mikesauction.net & website www.mikesauction.net

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This position will be subject to a six (6) month probationary period.

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Canfor Houston Operations Dungate Community Forest 2007- 2012 Forest Stewardship Plan Signi¿cant Amendment S09 Notice of Review and Comment In accordance with FPPR 20 (1) the proposed Forest Stewardship Plan (FSP) Signi¿cant Amendment S04 for Canfor, Houston operations, and the Dungate Community Forest, is publicly available for review and written comment commencing on July 30, 2012 for a period of sixty (60) days.

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The Valley operating area (trap line TR0608T006) was amended out of our FSP during a FSP extension process to allow for further consultation of that area. This amendment is to bring that same area back into the plan with no net area change.

Lots 2 ADJOINING Municipal lots in Granisle on Byron Circle. $12,000 each. 250-846-9127.

Rentals Apt/Condo for Rent NICEST APARTMENTS: Crest Villa seeks mature, responsible tenants for large, modern, clean, one and two bedroom apartments. Near arena & pool. Downtown Location. Call: (250)-845-4037

This FSP amendment is available for review from July 30, 2012 to September 30, 2012, at Canfor’s of¿ce on the Morice River Road in Houston, B.C. From 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. Appointments to review are recommended.

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