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A prime example of community partners working together took place last Friday, Nov. 9, when Clearwater and District Chamber of Commerce teamed up with Barriere and District Chamber of Commerce in sponsoring a luncheon at the Royal Canadian Legion in Clearwater, with the featured guest of honour being Premier Christy Clark.

The luncheon was announced just one week before the event, with tickets made available from both Chamber offices, and quickly sold out to residents from both communities.

Chamber presidents, Jeff Lamond of Clearwater, and Scott Kershaw of Barriere welcomed the Premier and luncheon attendees to the event, and then Simpcw First Nation Chief Rita Matthew officially welcomed the gathering to the Simpcw traditional territory. Matthew said she was very happy about the good relationship the communities in the area have as they work together on current projects and planning for the future.

Young Clearwater singer, Lisa Lee Campbell, sang a very moving rendition of O’ Canada; even the Premier commented on how Lisa’s voice was so impressive that no one else in the room sang along.

“Good things come in small packages,” said Clark, “Lisa Lee is amazing. All across this great province there are hidden treasures waiting to be

No decision yet on closing Brennan Creek School School District 73

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Simpcw First Nation ask for slower pace on Harper Creek development

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The Honourable Christy Clark, Premier of British Columbia, takes a moment to chat with long time Clearwater resident Eva Buck during the ‘Lunch With The Premier’, held in that community on Friday, Nov. 9. After the luncheon the Premier was on site at Evergreen Acres to assist Buck and other members of the community in officially cutting the ribbon to Ed Buck Manor, a new affordable housing development for seniors and persons with disabilities, which has been named after Eva Buck’s husband, Ed.

Remembering in Barriere

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Remembrance Day ceremonies in Barriere last Sunday got underway with the Royal Canadian Legion Branch #252 parade. Area residents, along with Barriere RCMP, Ambulance, Fire Department, Search & Rescue, Rocky Mountain Cadets, and NT Fall Fair and Rodeo Ambassadors joined the Legionnaires as they marched up Barriere Town Road to the Legion’s Cenotaph.

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Pot vote south of border piques interest in B.C.

By Jeff Nagel Kamloops This Week B.C. pot reform advocates are celebrating Washington state’s historic vote this week to legalize and tax marijuana, saying it adds momentum to their campaign for change here.

Initiative 502 passed with 55 per cent of voters in favour, making Washington the first U.S. state to legalize possession of up to an ounce of marijuana by adults, along with Colorado, where a similar vote also passed.

“Tell everyone I’m elated. It’s the biggest day of our movement ever,” Marc Emery, B.C.’s imprisoned Prince of Pot, tweeted from his U.S. jail cell.

His wife, Jodie Emery, celebrated the win in Seattle — where her husband was indicted for selling pot seeds — with Washington campaigners, including travel guru Rick Steves and the U.S. prosecutorturned-reformer who put Marc behind bars.

It’s still unclear if the U.S. federal government will allow the state to carry out the plan to license marijuana production and tax its sale in authorized stores.

But, observers here say the implications are huge for both the existing B.C. bud industry and the intensifying debate on drug-policy reform.

“American voters are now ahead of Canadian governments on the cannabis file,” said former B.C. attorney general Geoff Plant, a highprofile reformer with the Stop the Violence coalition.

“It helps advance the argument for legalization here in B.C..”

Rob Gordon, director of SFU’s school of ccriminology, said it ccould spur a more serious consideration of legalization both in B.C. and in other U.S. states if “the sky doesn’t fall” in Washington and the state starts reaping a windfall of weed revenue.

“The dominoes could start toppling,” he said.

Washington estimates it would collect $560 million in the first year from a planned 25 per cent tax on the sale of licensed, regulated marijuana through authorized stores.

“Whether or not their federal government is going to tolerate this remains to be seen,” Gordon said.

If pot possession and sales is allowed in Washington state, Gordon expects a partial collapse of B.C.’s estimated $7-billion-ayear illegal pot industry as growers relocate their operations south of the border to avoid the need to smuggle.

“The operations in B.C. would shrink considerably. They’d be focused entirely on patchy local consumption,” he said.

“It’s a huge step forward,” said B.C. marijuana activist Dana Larsen, who heads the Sensible BC campaign to force a provincial referendum on pot decriminalization using the Recall and Initiative Act. As with the campaign to defeat the HST, volunteers will have 90 days in the fall of 2014 to get thousands of signatures from every riding of the province to trigger a referendum.

If it passes, the legislature would vote on Larsen’s proposed Sensible Policing Act, which would order an

end to police enforcement of simple cannabis possession.

Premier Christy Clark and B.C. NDP Leader Adrian Dix both say marijuana reform is up to the federal government and the prime minister has said the Conservatives won’t loosen Canada’s drug laws.

But, Larsen argues Ottawa could, if pressured enough, exempt B.C. from federal narcotics laws to enable a regulated and taxed marijuana experiment here.

He said legal pot in Washington helps end the argument the U.S. may “retaliate or freak out” if B.C. reforms its drug laws.

Plant said he prefers full marijuana legalization, rather than the half-step of decriminalization, which doesn’t allow regulation and taxation.

“Full legalization

removes the economic incentive for the illegal manufacture and distribution,” Plant said.

“People can get it safer from a retail outlet at a price that is reasonable. That should eliminate substantially all of the economic underpinnings for the organized crime control of the market.

“I’m not saying we’re going to put an end to organized crime,” Plant said.

“I’m saying let’s put an end to that part of organized crime, which is about gunfire in broad daylight in the streets of our cities for control of the cannabis market.

“That would be progress, I think.”

The Washington state vote comes two months after B.C. civic leaders voted to urge the province to decriminalize marijuana and explore methods to regulate and tax it.

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First snow fun Barriere youth, Seanna Armstrong, quickly took advantage of the first snowfall in that community, Nov. 12. Warmly dressed, and equipped with a scooter snow board, Seanna and a friend tested out the sliding power of the white stuff that inevitably promises more will soon be on the way.

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OPINION Editorial;

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Salmon mystery far from solved VICTORIA – Before the 1,200-page, $25-million Cohen Commission report on the Fraser River sockeye salmon fishery slips beneath the waves, allow me to dip my toe into the river of data that has flowed by in the past three years.

If your information on this hugely complex subject consisted of skimming a few news stories or watching protesters on TV, you will likely conclude what urban people have been indoctrinated with for years. The whole issue is salmon farms and whether they are bad or catastrophic.

“Freeze new salmon farms on sockeye migration route: Cohen” said the headline on a Black Press report. Those who read past the headline would learn that Justice Bruce Cohen recommended a freeze on further salmon farms around the Discovery Islands group near Campbell River until 2020. It’s up to the industry to show by that time that the risk is “minimal,” or farms there should be shut down.

A B.C. Salmon Farming Association spokesman said only nine of 70 B.C. salmon farms are in that area. There are no current applications for more.

Let’s say you decide to plunge in, and download the full report from www. cohencommission.ca. If you go to Volume 2, page 102, you will see a series of graphs that show sockeye runs from rivers other than the Fraser, from Washington all the way up to Alaska.

It’s not a pretty sight. From Washington up to the Central Coast, the Skeena, Nass and up to Yukon’s Klukshu and Alaska’s Alsek, most runs show a decline starting in the 1980s or early 1990s.

This includes runs that migrate down the west side of Vancouver Island, away from salmon farms. Alaska doesn’t allow farms, preferring “ranching” – a strategy that floods the ocean habitat with millions of hatchery fish. These are commercially fished and marketed as “wild.”

B.C.’s North Coast has never had salmon farms. The area has been subject to a moratorium since an NDP-controlled legislative committee gave its verdict on the problem in 2008.

The popular villain in those days was sea lice. Skeena MLA Robin Austin chaired the committee that called for an end to open-pen salmon farms in five years. Thenagriculture minister Pat Bell approved one NDP recommendation, a moratorium on salmon farms in North Coast waters. This was after the Pacific Salmon Forum conducted its own four-year study, led by former fisheries minister John Fraser.

Similar to Cohen, Fraser concluded that there is no simple answer to this complex problem. And they agreed that salmon farms don’t explain it. Cohen’s report makes it clear that the problem is far larger than could possibly be explained by salmon farms.

How about logging impact? Cohen concludes after much testimony that stream protection has improved significantly during the time of observed sockeye decline. Impact from extra runoff due to pine beetle infestation couldn’t be evaluated.

Poaching on the Fraser? Cohen didn’t get around to that. His biggest concern was climate change, warming sensitive river waters and affecting ocean conditions. During the Cohen commission hearings, the 2010 Fraser sockeye run came in gangbusters, with 35 million fish. One leading theory is that ash from an Alaska volcano fertilized the ocean, producing algae that supported more salmon feed.

Could it be that salmon ranching from Alaska, Japan and elsewhere is simply depleting the food supply? That too is inconclusive.

Finally, Tides Canada, a U.S. front group that diverts attention from U.S. salmon and oil tankers, spent $25,000 to publicize Cohen evidence. But only as it relates to B.C. salmon farms, and how bad they are. * Tom Fletcher is legislative reporter and columnist for Black Press and BCLocalnews.com The North Thompson Star/Journal is a member of the British Columbia Press Council, a selfregulatory body governing the province’s newspaper industry. The council considers complaints from the public about the conduct of member newspapers. Directors oversee the mediation of complaints, with input from both the newspaper and the complaint holder. If talking with the editor or publisher does not resolve your complaint about coverage or story treatment, you may contact the B.C. Press Council. Your written concern, with documentation, should be sent to B.C. Press Council, 201 Selby St., Nanaimo, B.C., V9R 2R2. For information, phone 888-687-2213 or go to www.bcpresscouncil.org.

Thank you for successful 2012 Poppy Campaign To the editor; As we approach the final hours of our national Poppy Campaign, and on behalf of the millions of Canadians who have had the opportunity to wear a Poppy this year, I want to thank our more than 330,000 Legion members in more than 1,500 Legion branches across Canada, the United States and in Europe for their support and dedication for this campaign.

With an estimated 18 million Poppies worn this year, our efforts to remember the more than 117,000 service-

men and women who made the ultimate sacrifice have been recognized.

By making a donation and wearing a Poppy, Canadians of all ages support Canadian Forces and RCMP Veterans and their families as well as the many the communities where we live.

The Poppy Campaign makes it possible for the Legion to operate a Service Bureau which acts as an advocate for Veterans and RCMP members and their families to ensure their quality of

life is the best it can be.

Every year, the money collected through the Poppy Campaign is used to provide direct assistance for Veterans and their families who are experiencing financial distress.

The funds are used to pay for food, accommodation, utilities, hospital comforts and dental and optical services.

The Legion truly cares about all Veterans, not just by advocating on their behalf, but by engaging in everyday activities to make their lives better.

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recent records show more than $13 million were disbursed as benevolent awards to Canada’s Veterans and serving personnel.

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Cohen Report; a dismal picture To the editor; The Cohen Commission Report was recently tabled in the House of Commons. This report paints an incredibly dismal picture of the Conservative government’s handling not only of British Columbia’s iconic sockeye salmon, but all of Canada’s fisheries.

On top of Justice Cohen’s 75 recommendations to improve the chances for sockeye survival, he also dedicates much of his report lamenting the recent decision by the Conservatives to gut the protection of fish habitat from the Fisheries Act in their spring omnibus budget bill.

The Fisheries Act changes are made all the more serious considering how much of the Cohen Report is dedicated to the importance of improving rather than eliminating the protection of fish habitat in order to ensure the future survival of the sockeye.

Justice Cohen states that “if current trends persist, there will be a significant decline in the productive capacity of Fraser River sockeye habitat.”

If the Conservative government does not immediately change course, current trends

To the editor; Wreath-laying ceremonies poignantly remind us of the horrendous price others have paid for our freedom.

Honouring the sacrifice of our veterans by simply pinning a poppy on our lapels is too easy.

Perhaps we should be pinning the poppies on our bare chests to symbolically experience, if only for a few moments, the pain combat-scarred veterans endure.

Veterans with disfigured bodies, mechanical limbs, broken hearts and shattered minds deserve our compassion and our government’s assistance every day of the year. If you feel the same way, pressure your federal politicians to treat veterans with the respect and fairness they deserve.

Lloyd Atkins Vernon, B.C.

Oceans to study the Cohen Report and bring Justice Cohen forward as a witness. Unfortunately, the Conservatives moved the meeting in secret and my motion is no longer on the agenda. This kind of thing is becoming far too common in Ottawa.

There are many serious factors that need to be addressed to ensure a positive future for all of Canada’s fisheries, including the iconic sockeye.

Action must be taken and strong decisions must be made.

The Conservatives can start by reversing their changes to the Fisheries Act and their devastating cuts to DFO such as the Contaminants program and the ELA. They must commit to begin implementing the recommendations found in Justice Cohen’s report.

If these changes do not take place, the blindly ideological path this government has taken since they achieved majority status will prove disastrous for the sockeye, for fish habitat, for our environment, and for all of Canada’s fisheries.

Lawrence MacAulay,MP for Cardigan, PEI, and Fisheries and Oceans critic for the Liberal Party of Canada

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will not only persist, they will accelerate. This government has not just eliminated federal protection of fish habitat, they have fired one third of British Columbia’s habitat protection staff, and many more across the country.

According to Justice Cohen, some of the most harmful environmental effects on the sockeye are contaminants and algal blooms. Much of the research in these areas was done by DFO’s Contaminants Program and at the Experimental Lakes Area (ELA) in northwestern Ontario, yet these programs have been axed by the Harper Conservatives. Eliminating the Contaminants program involved firing 75 DFO scientists, many of whom were based at the Institute of Ocean Sciences in Victoria.

The ELA is Canada’s flagship environmental research centre which was run on an annual budget roughly equal to that of one Conservative cabinet Minister’s office. These measures are clearly not about saving taxpayers’ dollars; they are based purely on an extreme anti-science ideology.

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Truck industry needs professional drivers and workers Black Press Job seekers are in luck when it comes to the commercial road transportation industry in British Columbia.

Trucking companies throughout B.C. require professional drivers, mechanics, dispatchers and operations staff right now, which means that job seekers with experience and/or training may find work within their preferred region.

For those considering training prior to joining the workforce, demand for skilled workers in the industry is likely to grow – to 2020 and beyond.

There are a number of reasons for this. For truck drivers, the industry is facing a North America-wide shortage because most are 45 years of age or older and nearing retirement (in fact, in Canada, according to a report by the Canada Trucking Human Resources

Trucking companies throughout B.C. require professional drivers, mechanics, dispatchers and operations staff right now, which means that job seekers with experience and/or training may find work within their preferred region.

File Photo: Council, 58 percent of long-haul truck drivers fall in this age range).

Similar shortages exist for other jobs, including diesel engine and heavy duty mechanics.

Aside from worker shortages, economic growth in the AsiaPacific Gateway is also driving demand for workers in transportation. This applies not only to companies in the Lower Mainland, but in other regions as well, since the Asia-Pacific “Gateway” is actually

made up of an integrated supply chain of airports, seaports, rail and road connections, and border crossings, from Prince Rupert to Surrey, with links supplied by trucking.

Today’s trucking industry is an exciting place to be. Equipment in many companies is state of the art, meaning increased comfort and ease for drivers and opportunities for mechanics to work with technologically advanced sys-

tems, keeping both their skills and interest engaged. Dispatch relies on sophisticated tracking and routing systems. Others on the operations side also use information technology of many kinds to deal with everything from licences and permits, to customer services, accounting, sales and marketing.

And, people joining the industry have many career choices.

Drivers, for example, may work close to

home as pick-up and delivery or short-haul drivers. Those who like the idea of travelling across Canada or North America can become long-haul drivers for an employer or work as owneroperators. Drivers may haul consumer goods, fuel, logs, heavy-duty equipment, livestock – most of what we purchase or consume spent some time on the road with a commercial truck!

If you already have

experience as a driver, mechanic or operations worker, most companies advertise jobs on their websites.

Members of the BC Trucking Association from across the province may post jobs under Careers on w w w. b c t r u c k i n g . com, and the provincial and federal governments maintain job sites at WorkBC (http://www.workbc. ca/Jobs/) and Working in Canada (http:// www.workingincan-

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by Region). Within your own community, it may also pay to approach a company you’d like to work for, drop off a résumé and inquire if and when they’ll be hiring.

If you’d like to enter the industry but need training, there are also many avenues to explore. Although there is not a standard training course for professional drivers, there are numerous private schools throughout BC that offer programs. For information on transportation trades in BC, including mechanics and other technicians, visit transCDA (http:// www.tcda.ca/home).

And for information on trucking careers in general, see www. truckingcareers.ca.

Your own community and region depend on trucking.

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Kinder Morgan drops Raft as pipeline route option

By Keith McNeill The Times

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Kinder Morgan project director Greg Toth (l) discusses plans to twin Trans Mountain pipeline with Tim Pennell, TNRD director for Wells Gray Country.

They were attending a public information meeting at the Wells Gray Inn on Nov. 7.

Kinder Morgan announced last April that it intends to twin its Trans Mountain pipeline after holding an “open season� to get commitments from its customers for the increased capacity.

In the North Thompson Valley, the project would involve construction of a 30-inch pipeline from north of Albreda to Darfield, and the reactivation of an existing second pipeline from Darf ield to Black Pines. There would be a new pumping station at McMurphy (adjacent to the existing station), and two new pumping stations at Black Pines.

Kinder Morgan is presently continuing its engagement with the public, as well as undertaking routing studies, traditional knowledge studies, and environmental and sociological assessments.

The company intends to file a comprehensive Facilities Application with the National Energy Board in late 2013.

If approval is received, construction would begin in 2016.

The expanded pipeline would start operating in 2017.

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Kinder Morgan is no longer looking at the Raft River Valley as a possible route for twinning its Trans Mountain pipeline. “At one point, we were looking at the Raft River as a possible routing option,� said project director Greg Toth. “However, given the information we have today, the Raft River is no longer a viable option and we won’t be considering that route any further.�

Running a pipeline through the Raft Valley was one of the chief local concerns the company heard during a public information session held at the Wells Gray Inn on Wednesday, Nov. 7. “That’s good to hear,� commented Tim Pennell, ThompsonNicola Regional District director for Wells Gray Country (Area A). “I spoke against it when the company made a presentation to the regional district several months ago. It would have opened up a whole new area. “Quite a few people were against it.

Some described it as ‘pristine wilderness’, which isn’t really true, because there has been logging and so in there, but it is wilderness.�

The Raft River route apparently was being considered because of difficult terrain near Messiter Summit north of Avola.

Pennell said Kinder Morgan followed extremely high environmental standards when it twinned the pipeline through Jasper National Park a few years ago, and he expects the company will do the same here. “I don’t see a negative impact from twinning in this area,� he said. “I expect we will see a lot of money and a lot of jobs in the Valley for a year.�

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Members of the North Thompson Agriplex Committee were pleased to give provincial Minister of Agriculture, Norm Letnick, a tour of the Agriplex when he made a quick stop in Barriere last Friday. Pictured is: (l to r) TNRD Area ‘O’ rep Mike Fennell, Agriplex Committee members Ian Mitchell and Carman Smith, Agriculture Minister Norm Letnick, Agriplex Committee Project Manager D’Arcey Feller, North Thompson Fall Fair & Rodeo Association president and Agriplex Committee co-chair Jill Hayward, Commitee and NTFFRA treasurer Leslie Stirling, and District of Barriere Councillor Bill Kershaw. Mayor Bill Humphreys and a number of NTFFRA members were also in attendance.

Business as usual at District, but Council to protest loss of lab tech

By Margaret Houben North Thompson Star/Journal There were two delegations present at the Nov. 5, District of Barriere Council meeting. The first was Harry Eberts, vice president of the Barriere Recreation Society (Curling Club), who spoke to their request for a grant-inaid. Council members passed a motion to give them a grant for $500.

The second delegation was Steve Shannon, who gave council an update on the status of the Barriere

Radio Station. Shannon is now waiting for Industry Canada to do a three week test of the sstation, which he hopes will begin in the near future. In the meantime, Shannon will add insulation in the basement of the building, as currently there is none.

Council members passed the second and third readings of the District of Barriere Road Closure Bylaw No. 98. The final reading of this bylaw will be at the November 19 Council meeting.

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the pipes of the wastewater collection system will be going through what is currently Crown Lands (east side of Airfield Rd.). Therefore, a resolution from Council is required, for things to proceed.

Council passed a motion to endorse the submission of the Statutory Right of Way application to FRontCounterBC over part of lots 34, 35, 36, and 37, Plan 1746 for that portion of the required wastewater collection system.

Chief Administrative Off icer, Colleen Hannigan, updated council on several projects. The washrooms at the Bandshell are now closed for the season. Staff are preparing an estimate of the cost to insulate and heat them for the upcoming 2013 budget discussions.

One exposed aggregate planter, located at the corner of Barkley and Barriere Town Road was smashed by vandals this past week. The other planter has been removed for the winter and will be brought back into service at planting time next spring.

The handicapped parking space by the Post Office will be moved around the corner onto Salle Road. Staff will be

painting new parking space lines as weather permits.

Staff are intending to issue a request for quotes for mowing the parks (and related activities), based on cutting standards, area involved and approximate time allotments.

Once responses have been received, a report will be brought back to Council with recommendations for the 2013 budget.

Councilor Stanley expressed his appreciation to everyone who helped make the Halloween Fireworks Event a great success, and to the Fire Department who handled the Fireworks.

Corporal Underhill advised Council that he still has funds available for any groups with youth initiatives. Any group wishing to apply for some of the funds can pick up an application form at the Barriere Police Department office.

Interior Health has cut one lab tech position from the Barriere Health Clinic. Council members passed a motion to send a letter of protest to Interior Health.

The next District of Barriere Council meeting will be on November 19, at 7 p.m.

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No decision yet on closing Brennan Creek School

By Margaret Houben North Thompson Star/Journal On November 6, School District No. 73 school board members met with concerned residents from the Brennan Creek area, to discuss the future of Brennan Creek Elementary.

Board members were, and still are, looking for suggestions from the public on options.

The meeting started with Board SecretaryTreasurer, Kelvin Stretch, who went over a slide presentation prepared by the school district. Then several presentations were heard from Tracy Allen, George Allen, and Mike Fennell.

Tracy Allen stressed that the local logging company (Allen Logging) is looking for truck drivers and other equipment operators, and those hired may possibly move

to the area with their families, which would increase the number of o potential students for the school. She f also expressed concern over what would happen to the school building and property if it does close, either temporarily or permanently. â&#x20AC;&#x153;The main goal of my presentation,â&#x20AC;? stated Allen, â&#x20AC;&#x153;Is to make you aware that our community would like to keep this school if at all possible as part of our community in the future, and most preferably, as a school.â&#x20AC;?

George Allen spoke about the history of the school, and the feeling of community that the school has brought to the residents of the Brennan Creek area over the years. If the school has to be closed, he would very much like for the community to continue to use the building and grounds as a community centre. It

McLure to Little Fort: From 12 schools in the 1950â&#x20AC;&#x2122;s to only four today North THompson Star/Journal Since 1901 there have been a number of schools in the North Thompson Valley that serviced the area of McLure to Little Fort. As times and demographics change, so has the number of schools. s ,ITTLE &ORT 3CHOOL FROM AROUND TO s .ORTH 4HOMPSON 7EST -C,URE 3CHOOL FROM 1901-1950 s ,OUIS #REEK 3CHOOL FROM TO s "ARRIERE 2IVER 3CHOOL FROM TO s #HU #HUA 3CHOOL FROM s "ARRIERE 6ALLEY &ORKS 3CHOOL FROM s "ARRIERE 0OWERHOUSE &LORAL #REEK 3CHOOL FROM 1916-1951 s 3QUAM "AY 3CHOOL FROM TO s #HINOOK #OVE 3CHOOL FROM TO s #AHILTY 3CHOOL FROM TO s $ARLINGTON $ARFIELD 3CHOOL FROM s "LUCHER (ALL 3CHOOL FROM UNTIL SOMETIME after 1950 s "ARRIERE 3ECONDARY 3CHOOL FROM TO CURRENT s "RENNAN #REEK 3CHOOL FROM TO CURRENT s "ARRIERE %LEMENTARY 3CHOOL FROM TO CURRENT s .EQWEYQWELSTEN 3CHOOL #HU #HUA FROM to current s "ARRIERE 2IDGE 3CHOOL FROM TO From the 1920â&#x20AC;&#x2122;s to the 1950â&#x20AC;&#x2122;s there were a dozen schools open at the same time; after which the numbers slowly began to drop, with only four schools remaining open the last few years to 2012: Barriere Elementary and Secondary, Brennan Creek, and Neqweyqwelsten Schools.

is also the only location in Brennan Creek that has high speed internet, something the residents would not like to lose.

Mike Fennell spoke as the Thompson Nicola Regional District Area â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;Oâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; representative, saying that the TNRD would be very interested in assisting the community in whatever capacity they are able, but any discussions regarding this with the TNRD will need to wait until after the elections on Nov. 17.

Following the presentations, there was a period of discussion over some of the suggestions made.

Denise Harper, SD73 Board Chairperson, stated that no decision will be made for at least a few months, as they will be looking into all the different suggestions put forward, to see if any of them are viable.

Apparently there

is still money available to cover any expenses for the current school year at Brennan Creek. These funds come from dollars allotted based on the 2011 enrollment.

It will be in September of 2013 that funds may become an issue, depending on what decisions are made.

Another item to be considered if the school does close, is what to do with the teacherâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s house, as that building does belong to the school district.

However, the school building does not belong to the school district and is sitting on Crown Land. Due to the fact the land does not belong to the school district, this will affect how things will proceed in regards to decision making about the schoolâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s future.

The board members all stressed that closing the school is their least preferred

option. Saying that iff they do end up closing the school, perhaps in a year or two, if more youngsters move into the area, they would happily reopen the facility.

The SD 73 Board says they will likely call another meeting in January or February, when more information and data on the suggested options has been gathered.

STAR/JOURNAL photos: Margaret Houben

(Above) TNRD Area â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;Oâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; alternate Mike Fennell made a presentation to SD73 regarding the future of Brennan Creek School.

(Left) Brennan Creek resident George Allen spoke to SD73 about the history of the school and why the school is important to the community.

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Clark said she was delighted to be back in Clearwater, although it had been a few years.

She thanked the Simpcw for sharing their traditional territory, and noted how appropriate it was to be holding the luncheon in the Legion Hall with Remembrance Day just a few days away.

“We must never forget the tremendous contribution that veterans have, and are making for us. We should never forget,” said Clark, “A very special thank you to the folks at the Legion for all that you do all year in making sure that we never forget.

Clark also said she wanted to commend all members of both Chambers “For your ongoing commitment to community building.

Members come from a diversity of backgrounds

ATTENTION KIDS! It’s time for youngsters throughout the North Thompson Valley to write a Christmas story for the Star/Journal annual Christmas Story Essay Contest.

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ranging from forestry and agriculture, to hospitality, adventure tourism, retail, food and service industries and home-based businesses.

Together you are focusing on creating local jobs, driving the local economies and enabling local communities to be the best they can be.

Thank you for all that you are doing to ensure the people, families and businesses within your communities grow stronger. Together we are building a bright future for all British Columbians.”

Clark also noted in regard to where the province was headed in the future, “It isn’t about opinions, appearances, or the polls. It’s about following the plan and making sure that we are going forward in the right direction. Let’s talk about ideas. Let BC’ers decide about which ideas they will choose for their province and their direction.

“Our BC Jobs Plan is working. The Provincial Government understands the importance of having a job and of increasing employment opportunities for people across British Columbia.

We are growing our economy; attracting new investment; and, promoting our products and our proximity to the Asia Pacific. We are number one in Canada in job growth and our skills training plan is designed to train our youth for a career in the trades, so that British Columbians will be the first to fill the further anticipated one million job openings here.

“It’s about people working and having a paycheque, and being able to take a paycheque home. We have to create jobs on a Regional basis. We want to be able to look back in five years and see rural communities aren’t shrinking anymore.”

Clark added that the unemployment rate is now at 4.6 per cent in the Kamloops area. “That’s great, and means these communities are going to grow and thrive. You want your kids to have a job.

If you raised your child in this community, you

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Clearwater resident, Lisa Lee Campbell, presented an incredibly moving and impressive rendition of O’ Canada during the ‘Lunch With The Premier’.

In the background are (l tor r) Hettie Buck, Minister of Agriculture Norm Letnick, and Minister of the Environment Terry Lake.

Following the ‘Lunch With The Premier’, the Honourable Christy Clark and Minister Terry Lake joined Mayor John Harwood, members of the Buck family, and area residents to cut the ribbon and open the new affordable housing development for seniors and persons with disabilities, called Ed Buck Manor, at Evergreen Acres in Clearwater. want that child to have the chance to stay and work in this community.”

In regards to the BC Liberals she said, “We’re not perfect. We got some things right, and we’ve also got some wrong. But we got the big things right; such as making sure B.C. continues to grow as we look after the economy. Yes, we have to create jobs, but we also have to make sure that life is affordable for people who are struggling. You worked hard for that money; you make better choices on how to use that money to better support your family. I’m not going to tell you what’s best

for your family or your community.”

Clark said the government’s priorities are to keep taxes low, balancing the budget and encouraging trade with China.

Clearwater Mayor John Harwood noted that the community’s unemployment rate is “a little higher than Kamloops”. He noted the North Thompson Valley was very much in need of power to bring in more industry and more jobs, and he thanked the Premier “…for sitting at that table.”

Minister of Agriculture Norm Letnick was also in

attendance and told the gathering he had been “..talking to ranchers and orchardists, trying to make sure we are doing things right in support of these families in the agriculture business.”

Other guests at the head table included District of Barriere Councillor Pat Paula who was acting mayor for the event, and Thompson Nicola Regional District Chair Randy Murray.

The Royal Canadian Legion, and the Aboriginal Sharing Centre presented gifts to Premier Clark , Chief Matthew, and Lisa Lee Campbell.

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Simpcw First Nation ask for slower pace on Harper Creek development

By Keith McNeill The Times Close to two-dozen members of Simpcw Frist Nation and supporters held a threehour information picket at the Highway 5 turnoff to Vavenby on Thursday, Nov. 8.

Purpose of the demonstration was to draw public attention to Simpcw concerns about the proposed Harper Creek Mine.

“Once the environmental assessment is submitted there will be only 210 days for the province to approve it,” said Simpcw Chief Rita Matthew. “That isn’t enough time, we feel, to review the plan.”

Yellowhead Mining is predicting a lifespan for its open pit mine of 28 years, she pointed out.

“That’s only one generation, but the impact will be felt for an unknown length of time, certainly three to five generations.

Once it is done, it is gone forever,” said the chief.

First Nations have rights and responsibilities regarding developments within their traditional ter-

ritories, she said.

Matthew said these rights r were “given back” b in the Canadian Constitution and in the Delgamuukw case.

The Delgamuukw case in particular means First Nations should expect to receive benefits from developments within their territory.

There can be no question the site of the proposed Harper Creek mine is within their territory, the chief said.

The area is still used by band members for hunting and berrypicking. They have documented these uses extensively.

An archeological survey has found two rock cairns within the proposed mine site.

Although their purpose has not yet been determined, they potentially could be sacred burial sites.

Although several public forums have been held in the Valley to talk about the mine, the Simpcw have not been fully involved until now. The chief noted that the band has protocol agreements with the municipal governments within its traditional territory, from Valemount

THE TIMES photo: Keith McNeill

Members of Simpcw First Nation and supporters hold an information picket at the Highway 5 Vavenby turnoff on Thursday.

Close to two-dozen people took part in the demonstration, which was intended to draw attention to Yellowhead Mining’s proposed lead-zinc mine at Harper Creek. to Barriere. She said they looked forward to working with others in the Valley to maximize the long-term benefits of the mine.

“We’re not opposed to the mine. We know this is an economically depressed area. We just want to explain our side of the picture,” the chief said.

According to Yellowhead Mining’s website, the company has signed general services agreements with Simpcw First Nation and the Adams Lake Indian Band. The company also is in the process of negotiating a

benefit sharing agreement with Simpcw First Nation, and is looking at ways to work with local First Nations on employment and training opportunities associated with the construction and operation of the Harper Creek project.

The proposed Harper Creek mine would be a copper-gold-silver open pit located about 10 km southwest of Vavenby.

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SPORTS Bullarama bulls are top athletes Approximately 40 bulls coming to Barriere New Year’s Eve

By JJill Hayward Nor North Thompson Star/Journal Sta Submitted photo:

Making turns at the Nancy Greene International Race Centre, Sun Peaks, Nov. 12

Sun Peaks to open this weekend Opening Day will be Saturday, November 17 Submitted Ski teams from across Canada are skiing at Sun Peaks this week week, and the resort is scheduled to be the first destination resort in B.C. to open to the public on Saturday, November 17.

Teams from Quebec, Ontario, Alberta, and British Columbia have selected Sun Peaks as a training location because of its reliable early season snow and the Nancy Greene International Race Centre.

The race centre was developed prior to the Vancouver 2010 Olympics in partnership with the Austrian National Ski Team. The training site incorporates an intricate combination of slope angles and pitches to replicate the different kinds of race courses. The thoughtful design also gives coaches ideal terrain to set training courses for each of the four World Cup skiing disciplines: Slalom, Giant Slalom, Super GS, and Downhill.

At the bottom of the slopes, Sun Peaks provides ski teams and guests with the convenience of a ski-through village.

“Most of our guests comment on the refreshing ease of the village,” explains Christopher Nicolson, president for Tourism Sun Peaks. “Until you actually experience skiing from your hotel doorstep to the lift, you will likely not fully appreciate the incredible difference this gives to a ski vacation. Parents in particular feel a heightened sense of relaxation thanks to this feature.”

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The upcoming New Y Yea ’ E B ll iin Year’s Eve Bullarama the North Thompson Ag Agriplex has created quite a bbit of excitement within the community of Barriere and surrounding areas. If you have never attended a Bullarama, organizers say you will be in for an eve evening of thrills and first clas class entertainment.

What is a Bullarama?

Fir First and foremost the rod rodeo event of bull riding iis when w a cowboy pits his ridi riding ability and strength at ttrying to ride a 1,600 to 1,9 1,900 pound rodeo bull for eigh eight seconds. The rides are judged professionally, and scored accordingly, not just on how well the cowboy rides, but the bull also rec receives a score on how wel well he bucks. The total of both the cowboy and the bull give the score for that ride. Needless to say, the better a bull bucks and trie tries to throw his rider, the bett better the final score will be for the cowboy if he can stick the eight seconds req required.

The bulls of stock contrac tractor S&E Bucking Bulls in K Kamloops, will be on han hand for the NewYear’s Eve

event, and S&E partner Ed Lebourdais says he expects to have approximately 40 bbulls on site. He notes the eevent is run under the Elite Professional Bull Riders Inc. rules, and there will be a final Championship Round for the cowboys with a $5,000 added purse.

LeBourdais says he started raising bulls back in 1981, and then started buying bucking bulls to use for practice rides in partnership with Shaan Perry. “We had 600 cows at the time,” said LeBourdais, “We’d ridden pretty much every cow on the place, and decided we needed to get some bulls.

Then we got some Brahma cows and started raising our own bulls.”

He notes that the bucking traits you are trying to produce in your calves require that both of its parents, the bull and the cow, can buck. “That’s why you buck [ride] both,” said the cowboy, “You don’t want mean bulls either. You want a bull that goes out into that rodeo arena and does his job. A mean bull is just too hard to work with. A bull is an athlete, and we treat them as such.”

He says the bull calves born at their ranch don’t start being asked to buck

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until they are at least three years old. Once they become experienced in the arena, they get to “go out and buck with the big boys”.

Lebourdais says once a bull knows what is expected of him they get pretty excited when they see the cattle liner starting to load up for a rodeo event.

“We had one bull called Formula 51 who actually would jump out of six foot high pens to get back into the pen where we were loading the bulls because he wanted to go so much.

I could even take the trailer out and park in his pen and he would jump right in on his own.”

“Rodeo bulls teach you respect,” said the cowboy, “And in today’s market good bucking bulls aren’t worth thousands of dollars, they’re worth tens of thousands of dollars. It takes many years to create a good bucking bull breeding program, but it sure is good to see that little calf grow up to become an exceptional athlete and a star in the arena.”

Tickets for the New Year’s Eve Bullarama, which also features a dance afterwards to welcome in the New Years, can be purchased at the Star/Journal

From calf to S&E rodeo bull.

in Barriere, The Horse Barn in Kamloops, or go to: www.farmkidsfund. ca. The event is presented

by The Farm Kids Fund, a non-profit organization that helps deserving rural youth further their education. Their first fundraiser is the Bullarama on New Year’s Eve 2012 at the North Thompson Agriplex in Barriere.

If you want to find out more about S&E Bucking Bulls look them up on Facebook.

NT Geocaching The Thomson Camp Trail Miles Thomson was born in 1899, and came to Canada from Ireland at 13 years of age. He married Grace Smith, whose family name is well known in the Barriere community and surrounding region. Some of his work experience involved logging out railway ties by horses and sleigh in the Fish Trap area near Camp Nine Lake (Skull Mountain Range). He had been employed by Northern Construction for a while and was also a caretaker for a large parcel of land in the McLure area.

Eventually, he became a police officer in Vancouver, B.C. Access to Trail: Travel north from Barriere on Highway

5, across the bridge on the North Thompson River. Turn west on Westsyde Road at .5km north of the bridge, and travel up several switchbacks for 3.5km. There is a pull-out situated there for parking and access to the trail head. The trail starts and ends on a fibre optic line. The trail loops around Snake Lake, travels north of Corral Lake, and loops to the trail head.

Trail information segment is courtesy of the Lower North Thompson Geocaching program, sponsored in part by the Lower North Thompson Community Forest Society. Go to: www. geocaching.com. Profile Name: Trail Seekers2

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Chu Chua mill dispersal auction this Saturday On Saturday, Nov. 17, there will be a complete mill dispersal auction at the Chu Chua mill site on Dunn Lake Road. Haydn Auction Services will be conducting the sale on behalf of Simpcw First Nation, with such items as compressors, a Kodiak saw mill PB120, welders, tools, metal sheer, scrap metal and forklifts. The auction will take place at 10 a.m. sharp at the mill site. More information is available, as well as the list of items on the block by calling Hayden Auction at 250-672-9809, cell: 250-319-5230, or go to www.haydnauctionservicesbc.com

TNRD approves grant for S&R Highlights from the Thompson-Nicola Regional District Board of Directors’ Meeting of Nov. 8 Phase II of the Farmed Animal Carcass Disposal Plan Phase II of the Farmed Animal Carcass Disposal Plan will move forward, as the services of a Geotechnical/ GIS consultant will be retained to identify potential carcass disposal sites within the regional district.

Search and Rescue Operational Funding The following Search and Rescue groups will receive an increase in the operational funding from $7,500 to $10,000: Wells Gray, Barriere, Kamloops, Logan Lake and Nicola Valley. The South Cariboo Search and Rescue group will receive an operational funding increase from $2,500 to $3,325. The Kamloops Search and Rescue group received a capital grant of $9,686.99, and the funding will be put towards the purchase of two snowmobiles.

Nicola Lake Watershed Sustainability Management Plan Approval was granted for $15,000 from the Federal Gas Tax Revenues, Community Works Fund component allocated to Electoral Areas “M” & “N” to fund the development and implementation of the Nicola Lake Watershed

Sustainability Management Plan.

Community Infrastructure Improvement Fund Applications An application will be submitted to the Community Infrastructure Improvement Fund, requesting funds to cover the cost of upgrades to the playground and septic system at Eleanor Lake Park in Blue River.

Mamit Lake Crown Land Tenure Offer A 30-year tenure licence will be acquired from the Province over unsurveyed Crown Land in the vicinity of District Lot 381, Kamloops Division of Yale District, for the purposes of monitoring at the former Mamit Lake landfill site.

Letter to Canada Post A letter will be forwarded to Canada Post, with a copy sent to MP Cathy McLeod to express concerns and opposition to the new $200 charge for mailboxes on all new home developments, due to the inequities among people receiving postal service.

Letter Regarding Highway 5A A letter will be forwarded to the Ministry of Transportation and Infrastructure requesting a restriction of all highway haul truck traffic on Highway 5A with the exception of trucks serving customers or having a verifiable destination business along 5A. Letter to Veterans Affairs A letter will be

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Film Commission Vignettes The Fi l m Commission has been working on producing seven vignettes that focus on economic development opportunities in various areas of the Regional District.

The Gold Country Geocaching vignette and Ashcroft Terminal vignette were viewed by the Board.

Canadian Tire City Furniture Fields IDA Pharmacy Jysk London Drugs M&M Meats Marks Michaels (x2) Price Matters Rona Superstore Windsor Plywood Zimmer Wheaton

On Monday, Oct. 29, during the late evening hours, Barriere RCMP located the smashed remains of a concrete planter on the corner of Barriere Town Road and Barkley Road in that community.

Evidence at the scene indicated a vehicle struck the planter, causing it to shatter. Police are requesting anyone with knowledge of this incident, the vehicle, or the driver responsible, to please contact Barriere RCMP, and police note this investigation is actively on-going. tio On Friday, Nov. 2, at approximately 2026 hours, Barriere RCMP ho responded to the Wagon res Wheel Trailer park for Wh the report of a possible domestic disturbance, do where a male and female wh were heard yelling at we each other outside. While eac police were in the trailer po park, they received a call par from the female involved, fro advising she and her boyadv friend had been fighting frie and were now walking down Barriere Town do Road. Police located the Ro two individuals, a male and female, outside the ambulance station and am observed that the male ob appeared to be suffering app from two deep bleeding fro puncture wounds to his pu left arm consistent with lef

a knife injury. Through investigation, police i determined that both had d been drinking during the day, and the male admitted to stabbing himself in the arm for unknown reasons. The male was transported to Kamloops Royal Inland Hospital to be treated for the puncture wounds, and this investigation is actively on-going as well.

On Nov. 8, at approximately 1:40 a.m., the Barriere Auto Parts store on Barkley Road was the victim of a break and enter. Barriere RCMP responded and met with staff who surveyed the store. Damage to a rear door was noted, and the door had been completely removed. A quick check on inventory revealed only one chainsaw had been taken, which unfortunately was a customers recently repaired saw.

Police say it appears the culprits had entered and made a quick dash for the high-end saws in the

store, however, thanks to security measures in place, the thieves were thwarted. Tools and other items left behind by the culprits have been seized by police and are undergoing analysis for possible identification.

Anyone with information on these or any other crime are asked to contact the Barriere RCMP Detachment at 250-672-9918, or call CrimeStoppers at 1-800222-8411.

Have you dropped a loonie in the Barriere Food Bank Can? Your support is always needed.

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During the flu season, pharmacists often hear comments like: “I’m pretty healthy, I don’t need a flu shot.” Flu shots protect not only you, but the people around you, especially babies under the age of six months, and older people with chronic diseases. There is safety in numbers, because the more people that get their flu shots, the fewer will get the flu.

It’s early stages for researchers in Australia who are developing a micro motor, about the size of a grain of salt. It will be used in clearing up clots in blood vessels in the brain where surgery is unable to work. It promises to be extremely useful in navigating through the convoluted blood vessels in the brain.

In 2011, 1803 organ transplants were performed in Canada. Over 4000 Canadians still wait for transplants, 75% of them for a kidney. In 2011, 195 Canadians died waiting for organ transplants. Are you an organ donor? If not, sign up today.

About 8% of 8 year-olds still wet their beds at night occasionally. However, this problem doesn’t usually signify a major problem and will usually resolve on its own. It can distress the child and sometimes simply restricting fluid intake at night will work. There are alarm systems available to remind the child to go to the bathroom at night. Medications are also available. Ask our pharmacists.

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Barriere Chamber heads up Passport to Shopping for the upcoming holiday season North Thompson Star/Journal Working with local businesses, the Barriere and District Chamber of Commerce has organized a busy festive season of shopping for downtown Barriere.

Throughout the next month and a half, from now until Christmas, there will be all sorts of events and great shopping opportunities right in the community. No need to drive all the way to Kamloops to get that great Christmas present, when you will be able to find quality merchandise and bargains close to home.

The Chamber says that coordinating the businesses in offering a Dec. 13 late night shopping in Barriere, with the many different community group events that will be happening, makes for a busy and fun time for everyone!

As of press time 14 Barriere businesses are signed up to take part in the Passport to Holiday Shopping Program supported by the Chamber.

The public is encouraged to get their passport quickly so that your shopping within the community can start to enter you to win the featured grand

prize. The more shopping you ddo, the more times you can eenter to win!

For more information on the passport program go to: www. barrieredistrict.com/passport or Facebook at: barrierepassportholidayshopping.

You can also speak to a participating local retailer or call the Barriere and District Chamber of Commerce at 250-6729221.

Here are some of the upcoming events for this year’s holiday season in Barriere: s .OVEMBER .O (OST Bazaar from 10 a.m. - 1 p.m. at the Fall Fair Hall s .OVEMBER 3PAGHETTI Dinner Fundraiser, 3:30 - 7 p.m. at Sam’s Pizza and Rib House, cash only please, as all proceeds go directly to the Barriere Food Bank s .OVEMBER %STYLO S Open House, 5 - 8 p.m. s .OVEMBER TO $ECEMBER 1 - Candlelight & Holly, 10 a.m. - 4 p.m. daily at the Barriere Legion basement s .OVEMBER 3ENIOR S Christmas Craft Fair, 10 a.m. - 2 p.m. at the Barriere Senior’s Hall s $ECEMBER +NITTIN & Mitten Christmas Tree at Interior Savings Credit Union

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until the vegetables are tender. Add the tomatoes with the juice, sweet potatoes & currants or raisins.

Cover & cook over medium-low heat for 1 to 1 1/2 hours or until the meat & potatoes are tender.

Place the spinach & water in a large no-stick frying pan. Cover and cook over low heat for 7 - 10 mins, until wilted & almost tender. Stir the spinach & pepper into the stew.

Cover & simmer for 10 mins, serve sprinkle with fresh coriander.

Sauted Fall vegetables 1/2 cup asparagus 1 cup fall squash 1 red pepper sliced thinly 1 yellow pepper sliced thinly 2 small zucchini sliced Remaining herb and oil mixture from above In a non stick frying pan, put herb & oil mixture., heat on low to medium heat, Add all the vegetables, & saute until vegetable are tender, not soft, about 7 mins. Serve on platter with the flank steak.

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Pepper Marinated Flank steak 2 tsp dried thyme 2 cloves garlic minced 1/2 tsp crushed black pepper 2 tbsp olive oil 1 lb flank steak In a cup mix the thyme, garlic & pepper with 1 tsp of the oil. Rub 3/4 of the mixture over the steak.

Cover & let stand for 30 mins, or refrigerate up to 1 day. Add the

remaining oil the the rest of the herb mixture. Grill steak on the BBQ or on a broiler pan in the oven. Cook for 6 - 8 mins per side for medium rare to medium. To serve, cut the meat thinly across the grain on the diagonal. Use the rest of the herb & oil mixture to saute vegetables in.

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Pork & Sweet Potato Stew 1 lb lean pork loin, cut into 3/4 inch cubes 2 tsp olive oil 2 cups diced onion 1/2 cup thinly sliced carrot 1/2 cup thinly sliced celery 1 tbsp minced garlic 2 tsp ground cumin 1 can (28 oz) seasoned diced tomatoes 1 large sweet potato cubed 2 tbsp currants or raisins 2 cups packed chopped spinach 1 tbsp water 1/2 tsp grond black pepper 2 tbsp minced fresh coriander (optional) In a Dutchoven over medium heat, brown the pork in the oil, about 10 mins. Add the onions, carrots, celery & garlic. Cover & cook over low heat for 10 mins. Stir in the cumin. Cover & cook for 10 mins or

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250-674-2674 Nov 16 - Open House/Appreciation Tea, 11am @ Heffley Creek Hall.

For info call 250-320-3303.

Nov 16 - Squam Bay Community Small Home Business & Craft Fair, 6:30pm @ Squam Bay Hall.

Nov 17 - No-Host Bazaar @ Fall Fair Hall. Non-profit groups call Audrey 672-9217 or Jane 672-9391 to book, $10/table.

Nov 17 - TNRD voting, 8am-8pm @ Lions Hall, Barriere.

Nov 19 - Spaghetti Dinner, 3:30-7pm @ Sam’s Pizza. Cash only proceeds to the Food Bank.

Nov 22 - Estylo’s Open House, 5-8pm Nov 23 - NTFall Fair & Rodeo Pot Luck, 5:30pm dinner, 7pm meeting @ Fall Fair Hall, Barriere.

Nov 23 - Dance to Steel’n Buzz Byer, 7pm @ Heffley Creek Hall. 19+, for tickets call 250-214-0550.

Nov 23 - Dec 2 - Candlelight & Holly, 10am-4pm Barriere Legion, basement. For info or for booking, contact Jessie at 250-672-9772.

Nov 24 - Barriere Seniors Annual Craft Fair, 10am-2pm @ Seniors Hall. Tables $10, to book call Hazel 250-672-5587.

Nov 24 - Silent Auction Pot-Luck, 6pm dinner, 7pm auction @ Squam Bay Hall. To donate items call Jacki 250-672-5750.

Dec 1-31 - Knittin & Mitten Christmas Tree @ Interior Savings Dec 7 - Christmas Parade 6pm, muster at 5:30pm Barriere Elementary Dec 7 - Barriere Christmas Tree Light-Up, approx. 6:30pm, after Christmas Parade @ Fadear Park.

Dec 8 - Breakfast With Santa, 10am-1pm Barriere Lions Hall. Hosted

by Success By 6.

Dec 8 - Voices United Community Choir, 4pm@ Senior’s Hall.

Dec 9 - Barriere & Clearwater Choirs Christmas Performance, 4pm @

FOR ENTERTAINMENT PURPOSES ONLY

Christian Life Assembly, Annesty Road, Barriere.

Barriere Elementary PAC: 1st Tues. of mth, 6:30pm, call 672-9916. Crib: Mon. & Fri. 1-4pm @ Little Fort Hall.

Dec 9 - McLure Wildfire Monument Society AGM, potluck 5:30pm, Barriere Farmer’s Market: Thursdays. Sam’s Pizza & Rib House, Darts: Barriere Legion 242, every Thurs. 7pm, Sept. to May. meeting 6:30pm @ 728 Stone Rd., Louis Creek. Call 250-319-8023.

4307 Hwy 5. 10am-2pm. Info call Donna 672-5159.

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

Dec 11-Jan 7 - Hospice Tree @ Barriere Library.

Barriere Fibre Arts. Every Tuesday, 7-9pm at NTVIC, from Oct-Apr. Heffley Creek Acoustic Coffee House: 3rd Fri. every mth 7pm.

Nominal attendance fee. All welcome.

Dec 13 - Late Night Shopping to 8pm Performers, concession, play area for kids! Call 578-0056.

Barriere Firefighters’ Practice: Barriere Firehall, Thurs., 7pm Dec 15 - Senior’s Christmas Dinner, 5pm @ Senior’s Hall.

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

Dec 15 Christmas Market, 10-4pm @ Heffley Creek Hall. 578-8519. Barriere Food Bank: Every Wed. starting Sep. 12, 10am--noon. Call Little Fort Coffee House: 1st Fri. each mth, Oct - May, 7pm @ Little for info 672-0029 (leave a message).

Dec 20 - Barriere Elementary Christmas Concert Fort Community Hall.

Dec 31 - New Year’s Eve Bullarama “Bucking for the Farm Kids”, 7pm Barriere Genealogy Club. Meet every 1st & 3rd Friday of the month Little Fort Recreation Society: 1st Thurs. each mth 7pm at the Barriere Library, 6-7pm. For info call 250-672-9330. @ NT Agriplex, more info at www.farmkidsfund.ca.

LNT Catholic Women’s League: 2nd Wed. each mth, 7pm at St. Jan 19 - Citizen of the Year Banquet @ Lions Hall. Time & tickets tba Barriere Hospice: Every 2 weeks. 250-672-9391 George’s. Call 250-672-9330 for info.

Army Cadets - 2941 RCACC Cadet Corp. - Tues. 6:30pm, ages 12-18, Barriere Photography Club. All welcome. For info on meeting dates contact Shelley Lampreau at 250-672-5728.

McLure Vounteer Fire Dept. Rec.: 1st Wed. each month at 7:30pm Legion Basement. New Recruits Welcome. Marc 672-9681.

Barriere Community Quilters: 2nd & 4th Thurs.of mth, 2pm at the upstairs. Except Jul & Aug. 250-578-7565 for info.

Baha’i Night: Fri., 7:30pm, Marge Mitchell’s home. 672-5615 McLure Firefighter Practice: 2nd & 4th Tues., 7pm, McLure Firehall Barriere Adult Day Program: Mon. & Wed. 9-2. Lunch, crafts & Barriere Food Bank. Judy 250-672-5275 or Fran 250-672-2012.

Barriere Search & Rescue: 2nd Tues. of mth, 7pm. Training on 4th Men’s Floor Hockey: Tues., 8-10pm at Barriere Sec. School. music at the Seniors Ctr. Sherry Jardine 672-5121 Tues. of mth, 7pm.

Barriere & District Heritage Society: 3rd Wed. of mth, 1pm at NT Fish & Game Club: 4th Mon. each mth 7pm Volunteer Centre.

BSS PAC & Booster Club: 1st Tues. of mth, 5:30pm. Info call 250- More info 672-1843 NTVIC in the winter, at Museum in the summer.

672-9943.

Barriere & District Riding Club: 2nd Tues. of mth, 7pm. www.

NT Museum: Summer hours - Tues & Fri 9am-5pm; Wed & Sat Barriere Survivors of Brain Injuries: Call John at 250-372-1799. barrieredistrictridingclub.com. Info Cherie 672-9341 10am-4pm; Thurs 10am-5pm.

Bethany Baptist Church Prayer: Every Tues., 7pm.

Barriere & District Seniors Events: Mon. Whist 7pm, Tues. & NT Valley Hospice House Soc.: 3rd Tues of the mth, 11am, Little Carpet Bowling: Mon, Wed, & Fri., 9:30am-12 @ Little Fort Hall.

Thurs. Carpet Bowling 10am, Wed. Fun Cards 1pm, 672-9627 Fort Hall. More info 672-5660 or 672-9500.

Community Kitchen: If interested call Dede 554-3134.

Barriere Cancer Support: 672-9263, 672-0017 or 672-1890 Barriere Choir: Every Thurs. @ Christian Life Assembly, Annesty Rd. Community Soup Day: Christian Life Assembly on Annesty Rd. 3rd Quilting: 1st Tues of the mth, 10am @ Little Fort Hall.

Safe Home: Get away from domestic abuse, call 250-674-2135 (Clw) Youth 7-18 3:30pm; Adults 19+ 6:30pm. Call Leah Jones 250-957-8440. Mon. of every mth, 11:30 am.

Council of Senior Citizens: Devoted to improving quality of life for or 250-682-6444 (Barriere).

Barriere Curling Club: Oct.-Mar. Curling, league & bonspiels.

Wilson’s Arena weekly practice: Mon Game, Tues: Stock Dogs, Barriere Drop In Art. Every Friday from 1-3pm at NTVIC from end seniors. Call 604-576-9734 or email ecbayer@shaw.ca. of Sept to March (except holidays). Nominal fee. All welcome.

Crib: Barriere Legion 242, every Wed. 7:30pm, Sept. to May. Wed: Team roping, Thurs: Team penning

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North Okanagan Sawmill is looking to hire Millwrights,Fabricators and Heavy Duty Mechanics. We offer competitive wages along with a comprehensive beneďŹ t package.

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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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Apt/Condo for Rent Clearwater: Woodside Apt. Clean, renovated, 1 bdrm.

Close to library & medical centre. Winter plug-ins. NS/NP Ph. 250-674-0220

Call 250-819-2944

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Free Items

Premium Fir Pellets $240/ton

Photography / Video

Rentals

Free kittens, about 7 wks old.

Trained. 250-672-0288

Firewood/Fuel

Work Wanted HAFI GRANTS Notice to low income seniors and persons with disability.

You may qualify for a grant up to 20,000. to modify and adapt your home for improved safety and accessibility. For details contact your local HAFI expert Hans Ounpuu, Building contractor @ 250-674-3875.

Need some help with those odd jobs you don’t have time for? Call Keiran Jones at 250-674-3051

Merchandise for Sale

1998 LE Touring Skidoo, Long Track, Reverse. $500 obo.

250-672-5802 BIG BUILDING sale...”This is a clearance you don’t want to miss!” 20X20 $3,985. 25X24 $4,595. 30X36 $6,859. 35X48 $11,200.

40X52 $13,100.

47X76 $18,265 One End wall included. Pioneer Steel 1-800668-5422. www.pioneersteel.ca.

CHILLSPOT IS The Coolest Dog Bed-A new and innovative, thermodynamically cooled dog bed, that enhances the cool tile surfaces our pets rely on during the warm weather months. www.chillspot.biz Electric boat motor, 32# thrust deep draw, marine battery, extra prop. $175. 250-672-9802 HOT TUB (SPA) COVERS. Best price. Best quality. All shapes & colours available.

1-866-652-6837 www.thecoverguy.com/newspaper?

Lg Pellet Pro Stove. Good for lg home or shop. Used 2 mo.

CSA approved. $2750.00 (was $4750 new) Ph. 250-674-2677 MODULAR HOMES and park model homes factory direct wholesale. New single wides $37,209 doubles $73,486 Special winter discounts! Call The Home Boys 877-976-3737 or www.hbmodular.com Set of 4, 30” antique tires. Also 1 combine tire. 250-672-9627

Misc. Wanted Nissan Sentra parts wanted.

For Sale 4x5 rnd bales, $40/ea, can del. 250-672-1016 Private Coin Collector Buying Collections, Accumulations, Olympic Gold & Silver Coins + Chad: 250-863-3082 in Town Used Postage Stamps Support International Scouting by donating used stamps which are sorted & sold to raise money for the International Development Fund of the International Scout & Guide Fellowship. This fund pays for training for Scouters in the third world.

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

Homes for Rent Clearwater: Avail soon 2 bdrm home, totally renovated, w/d, satellite, new jacuzzi tub, 4 kit appl, furnace & heat pump, priv, close to elem school, on school & transit bus route. Ref req. NS, $800/mo. 250-6741059 Clearwater: New 3 bdrm home, 1.5 bath, NS, NP, 2-story, full bsmt, acreage, $1100/mo. Ph. 778-208-0325 Clearwater Riverfront 1 bdrm apt, priv & quiet, lg kitchen & lvg sp, fully furn, hydro, propane, cable tv, internet all incl, NP, N/S, ref, $775/mo, 250674-0001 or info@riveradventures.ca (photos on www.wellsgrayrafting.ca)

Biggest so far

Barriere resident Brenda Castle dropped off this photograph of the tomato she harvested from her garden this fall; it weighed in at two pounds four ounces.

Barriere Senior’s Craft Fair

November 24 from 10am-2pm at the Barriere Seniors Centre For booking info call 250-672-5587

CHURCH DIRECTORY

CLW - 2 Bed House/carport $1050/m inc util. NS/RefReq. Avail now. 674-7892 or 1313 or skoroll@telus.net.

Vavenby: Spacious 3 bdrm home. On half acre. $750/mo Call Randy 250-674-8288

CHURCH OF ST. PAUL

4464 Barriere Town Road

Property Management

Worship Sunday 11:00 A worshipping community of Anglicans, United & Lutherans

All Are Welcome the Rev. Graham Brownmiller Office: 250 672-5653 www.norththompsonpc.ca

Rental Housing Conference, Thurs. & Fri. Nov. 22nd & 23rd Bear Mountain Resort, Victoria.

Mini-workshops for Residential Landlords & Managers.

• Hoarding • Tenant Selection • Insurance • Financing • Income Tax • Energy-Efficiency • Bedbugs More information visit: romsbc.com/prhc.php.

To register, call: 1.888.330.6707

ST. GEORGE’S ROMAN CATHOLIC CHURCH Sunday Mass - 9am Wednesday, Friday & Saturday Mass - 9am

Transportation

Father Donal O’Reilly Ph 672-5949 • Fax 672-5974

Auto Accessories/Parts

CHRISTIAN LIFE ASSEMBLY 4818 Annesty Rd. (Across from High School) 9:30am Adult Sunday School 10:30am Sunday Service and Children’s Sunday School Pastor: Lance Naylor Youth Pastor: James Mason 672-0111 www.clabarriere.org

For Sale: 4 205-16” winter tires, avalanche, made by Hercules $400. used only 1 mo. 1 summer tire free. 250-672-9617

Auto Financing

THE OPEN DOOR FELLOWSHIP 4818 Annesty Rd. (across from High School) 2:00 pm Sundays Join us for refreshments after the Service 672-0111 (Tuesdays) or 672-9830 anytime Affiliated with North American Baptist Association.

“Come, all you who are thirsty, come to the waters” – (Isaiah 55:1)

Real Estate Duplex/4 Plex 3 bdrm Duplex, Miller Sub. Avail Dec 1. $575/mo plus util.

Phone 250-674-0188.

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DreamCatcher Auto Loans “0” Down, Bankruptcy OK Cash Back ! 15 min Approvals

1-800-910-6402

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EXECUTIVE CUSTOM HOME Barriere: 2 bdrms, 2 bath, 6 appl. f/yard, garage, c/a, u/g sprinklers, geo thermal, $1,100.00/mo, min. 1 yr lease.

Avail. immediately.

NS/NP. Gateway 250-372-1231

Cars - Domestic

WELLS GRAY HOME HARDWARE

1982 VW Rabbit, convertible.

Runs fine, top good, extra wnt tires. $1425 obo. 250-6729937

86 STATION RD., CLEARWATER

674-3717

Seventh-day Adventists Meet in the Church of Saint Paul on Saturday Mornings Bible Study - 10:00 Worship Service - 11:30 Fellowship Meal - 1:00 Everyone Welcome 672-5332

North Thompson Star/Journal Thursday, November 15, 2012

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Help is always available My husband and I have been building a hay shed. The last couple of days we have spent putting the roof on. The first side went on mighty fine. I felt very secure on the roof as I was screwing in the screws to hold the metal roofing on.

The next day we did the other side of the roof.

The slope is the same, I was wearing the same running shoes, my job was the same; but I did not feel very secure. I was very uncomfortable. I did a lot of praying then.

This made me think of how easy it is to stay in my comfort zone; to

Pause For Thought

By Lynn Bode do things the way that I have always done them.

My life has been great! I have a wonderful husband, a warm home and I enjoy my life. Part of my life however is evolving considerably, and this causes discomfort. My level of responsibilities are

changing and so I find that I am feeling insecure like being on the other side of the roof.

Working on the other side of the roof, developed more coordination and used different muscles because of the direction we were working. Like writing with the hand you don’t usually use. When we are out of our comfort zones we quite often feel inadequate and insecure.

This may bring out parts of our character that we never wish to see, or it may even unearth old hurts or wounds.

If we ask Jesus to

help us through these periods of life; He will not only help us, but will use the circumstances to make us into better people; healing those past hurts and placing our feet on firm ground.

It is wise to ask Jesus to walk with you and help you in these periods of you life. He will walk beside you, comfort you, and carry you if necessary. Jesus said that He will be with us always.

He is our greatest companion even on the other side of the roof. * Courtesy of Lynn Bode, Barriere Christian Life Assembly Church

Learning photography Since people first started walking around with their daguerreotype cameras back in the 1840’s, photography has been an evolving medium.

Photography is a technological medium that constantly changes, both in the way it allows photographers to capture a subject’s image, and how those photographers then can produce that subject’s image for viewing.

Unlike many of the other creative mediums, camera technology has certainly evolved since the first amateur photographers were taking pictures of life around them, and is now at a place where anyone interested enough to take time with the today’s high powered cameras can produce very good photographs.

I have been involved with photography both as a working photographer and as a photography teacher for many years. I taught college level photography for 19 years, and I will say that I believe photographers are getting much better at their craft faster than when I was teaching students in what was then a film environment.

Film was less forgiving and learners had to wait to find out if they were successful. Students of photography had to do their assignments and sometimes wait lengthy delays for access to the school photo laboratory.

Those that were very serious set up cramped little photo labs in bathrooms in order to make prints the same day. As I think back I am not surprised at how slow progress was from the basics to a reasonable understanding of the craft and art of photography.

Today it is easy to examine the composition and exposure just by looking at the camera’s LCD and checking the histogram. Educating oneself is just that easy. Select the subject, think about the light and shadow, compose, and release the shutter. Review the LCD and if it’s wrong then try again until the image looks good.

Also, there is always the period of postproduction for balancing the overall tonal range if the image is lacking, or has too much contrast. That instant reinforcement is proof that digital is much better for the learning process of photography than ever before.

All someone who is serious about this medium needs to do is to take the time to learn the basics of photography, and how their camera works. All so very easy compared to when I was teaching so many years ago in what a friend once described as “the days of click and pray”.

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* O H N % N MA N The immediate review we now have with the LCD is excellent for the learning process and I think it is mainly that feature, rather than a modern camera’s programmed ability to make a pretty good exposure, that allows beginner photographers to achieve good photographs these days. It also allows me to regularly come in contact with excellent photographers that have become proficient without years of experience.

Photography has become so accessible and, in my opinion, a perfect creative medium for those that are comfortable with an artistic technology that is continually transforming itself.

I recall when those of us that wanted to look at inspiring photographs were limited to purchasing or borrowing expensive books published by a few professional photographers. Now it is so easy to find images equal to anything ever produced by just browsing the internet. There are photographer forums, online magazines, websites, blogs and even Facebook, where spectacular photography can be viewed and used as inspiration by photographers.

I have been practicing photography and following photographic trends for well over thirty years and have never been happier to be involved in photography than right now. A week doesn’t go by without some photographer stopping by my shop to show me their photographs and most are excellent and worth taking the time to view.

I’ll finish this with a motivational quote by fashion and fine art photographer Richard Avedon who said, “If a day goes by without my doing something related to photography, it’s as though I’ve neglected something essential to my existence, as though I had forgotten to wake up.”

These are my thoughts this week. Contact me at www.enmanscamera.com or email: 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.

STAR/JOURNAL photo: Jill Hayward

Working together (L to r) Barriere and District Chamber of Commerce president Scott Kershaw, and and Clearwater and District Chamber of Commerce president Jeff Lamond welcomed guests to the ‘Lunch With The Premier’. The event was held in Clearwater on Friday, Nov. 9, and was coordinated and co-hosted by the two Chambers.

Canada Post launches kid’s a design contest for 2013 Community Foundation Stamp Submitted Sub The Canada Post Community Fo Foundation is asking for help - from kids across Canada. Budding artists kid 15 years old and under are invited to submit their original artwork via canadapost.ca/stampcompetition in a can competition designed to raise awarecom ness of issues faced by today’s youth, nes and raise funds for the Foundation.

Submissions of stamp designs will be Su accepted via the site until midnight on acc Dec. 17 (EST).

De The winning image will become the 2013 Community Foundation stamp issued in September 2013. sta The winning designer will receive a Th $2,000 registered Education Savings $2 Plan (RESP) and a $250 gift card.

Pla “This design competition represents a wonderful opportunity for parsen ents and children to nurture a child’s ent creativity while learning about giving cre back,” says Mary Traversy, Senior bac Vice President, Mail at Canada Post.

Vic “Our Community Foundation sup“O ports children’s charities and school po programs across Canada and this pro stamp will help raise both awareness sta and important funds.” The domestic rate stamp will be issued with a 10-cent surcharge to generate funds 10 for the Foundation.

Children and youth 15-years-old

and under, are invited to enter their original artwork via the website (cano adapost.ca/stampcompetition) until a midnight (EST) on Dec. 17, 2012.

Entrants, and their parents, can promote their submissions using social media.

The submission that proves most popular online will become one of the 20 semi-finalists, and its designer will win an RESP valued at $2,000.00 and a $250.00 gift card.

The other 19 semi-finalists will be chosen by representatives from the Canada Post Community Foundation and stamp design experts from Canada Post.

Voting for the winning design will take place between Feb.18, 2013 and March 22, 2013. The winning stamp design will be announced in April 2013.

The Canada Post Community Foundation for Children’s vision is to help ensure every child in Canada is happy, healthy and part of a community that supports and cares for them.

Its mission is to have a positive effect in the lives of children in the communities Canada Post serves by supporting registered charities, school programs or local initiatives that benefit children. To learn more about the Foundation, visit canadapost.ca/ community.

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Thursday, November 15, 2012 North Thompson Star/Journal

Steve White, a retired teacher from Little Fort, still plies his craft – but now in the garden

By Elli Kohnert North Thompson Star/Journal

ing he was lucky to get the last subscription of ‘Mother Earth News’ helpful access to informattion about natural gardening. “I did not call it It was an amazing leap for the Stephen ‘‘organic gardening’, but it actually was.”

Steve then worked on his gardening course (Steve) White family when they decided to leave their home and city life in Birmingham, outline, which meant he had to do research; and England, to immigrate to British Columbia, after that, develop a complete teaching plan that would spread over eight sessions. The sessions Canada.

Teaching had been Steve’s calling in life, so included soil fertility and structure, cultivation they began the process of finding a teaching methods, planting – companion planting, sucjob in their new home, Canada. When all the cession planting, with the addition of mulching necessary information had been gathered, it was and composting which was a separate detailed decided to apply for a job in Birch Island, but lecture by itself.

Sheena says she had the idea of building a instead Steve was offered a position in Little Fort’s one room school. Taking the position mini greenhouse without measuring, saying “Just to go home and proved a good decido something.” sion as Steve moved The mini greenup into the princihouse was a successful pal’s position in 1968, small venture, a place and his wife, Sheena, to start seedlings and taught there as well. keep plants until the The Whites made weather was suitable their home on Lemieux for transplanting in Creek Road, a rural — Steve White, Little Fort the spring. area close to the vil“We continulage of Little Fort.

From here, Steve was later able to commute ously gathered more knowledge through to his work as teacher in several area schools. practicing what we had researched by varSteve says the family’s home was on land ideal ious means, and we were eager to pass it for gardening, something he had been involved on to our course participants,” said Steve.

The White’s ‘Vegetable Gardening with for a long time.

Unfortunately, an illness later in life caused Naturally’ drew more than 10 people at him to make the decision of not being able to each course. “I was surprised that our return to his work in education. He says it was course drew so many participants, one not long before he became restless without the couple participated several times, they were keen to learn as much as possible,” routine of teaching.

“I missed teaching, what could I do?” said said Steve, “I was to give a talk about Steve, “I had to do something; something I gardening in Barriere at the Garden Club was interested in. After some consideration there which was scheduled to last about and discussions with Sheena, I decided to find half-an-hour, but instead I was actually out what I could about ‘gardening naturally’, there for an hour-and-a-half.”

Asked what their objectives in were in and hoped a group of people would be interested in taking courses with me. I thought if teaching ‘Vegetable Gardening Naturally’, this worked out, I would be pursuing two of my Steve answered, “Food is getting increasingly more expensive. We can recycle at life’s interests – teaching and gardening.”

“I had gardened for a very long time, and home, especially what comes from the as soon as I had a plot created, I was ready to garden, and home grown organic food get ‘growing’. Always vegetables, not flowers, tastes so much better than purchased only those that could be eaten,”said Steve, not- food.”

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I thought if this worked out, I would be pursuing two of my life’s interests – teaching and gardening.

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(Above) Little Fort resident Steve White turns compost into the soil of his organic vegetable garden in Little Fort earlier this fall.

(Left) Steve White sits in his organic garden, enjoying the bounty of vegetables that he has grown.

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