Thursday, December 20, 2012 ▼ Volume 49 No. 51 ▼ www.clearwatertimes.com ▼ $1.40 HST Included at Newsstands
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Healthy Forests‚ Healthy Communities forum coming up in January 2013 Times Staff The local organizing committee of Healthy Forests, Healthy Communities will hold a public forum on Jan. 19, at 1 p.m. in the Wells Gray Inn. The community dialogue session will explore the question, Forestry in the North Thompson in the post-beetle era. How will it differ in the coming decades?” The forum will be the second in a series as part of the province-wide Healthy Forests, Healthy Communities initiative. The upcoming session will continue to build on the ideas and opportunities expressed in the initial community dialogue. The first forum was held in November, 2011, at the Wells Gray Inn. The participants were asked to share their views and perspectives on the question: "How do recent changes in forestry impact you and your community?"
The main concerns expressed were: • More sustainable and stable employment • On-going centralization of government decision making in Kamloops • More local influence in forest land decisions • The need for a forest vision for the North Thompson • More diverse forms of timber tenure • Education and training to meet the needs of younger workers The Jan. 19 forum will have two objectives: first, to provide an update on efforts taken to date to address the above issues and second, to challenge the participants to define an action plan to address those issues. The focus will be on what to do and how to do. Registration for the Jan. 19 forum will begin at 12:30 p.m. The forum is expected to last until 4 p.m.
Christmas story contest winners announced KEITH MCNEILL A total of 119 local youngsters entered the Times’ Christmas story contest this year. This is up from 98 last year, 83 entries the year before, and the 102 that entered in 2009. Winner of the Kindergarten - Grade 3 division was Grade 3 student Ella Elliot. She told the story of a kitten named Ginger (or maybe Cinnamon) that learned about the spirit of Christmas. Her story featured strong description of the kitten in the cold outside. Second place went to Grade 3 student Henri Razeau. He wrote
about a kitten named Bob and how he learned that the spirit of Christmas is the joy of giving. Kiah Phillips, who is in Grade 2, took third place in the Kindergarten - Grade 3 division. She told about a lost puppy that was rescued from a dog capturer by a girl. Sequoia is in Grade 2. Kelsey Meadows-Tedford , a Grade 4 student, took first place in the Grade 4 - 7 division. Her story was different from most of the rest in that, when she described her very most favorite Christmas, she told a real event. Darius Theron Breckenridge
took second spot with his story about how a kitten helped a sick boy, his father and a heartless pound keeper have a merry Christmas. Darius is in Grade 5. Number three spot in the Grade 4 - 7 division went to Grade 5 student Joshua Foss. His story was about a puppy that was taken by robbers. It got away and was taken in by a family that didn’t believe in Christmas. The first place winners will receive $25 for their efforts. Second place is worth $15 while third place will bring in $10. To read the winning entries, turn to pageA9 and A11 inside.
Singing Christmas cheer Reuben Broadway sings a solo during a Peace Around The World concert put on in Blackpool Hall on Friday evening, Dec. 7. The performance was put on by choirs from Clearwaer and Barriere coached by Leah Jones. For more photos, see page A15 inside. Photo by Keith McNeill
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