Barriere Star Journal, January 24, 2013

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(L to r) Retired Barriere businessman Dave Baines (l), presents a cheque for $333.50 to the areas first New Year’s baby, Illyana, and her proud parents Peter Hunt and Jamie Raelff. The cheque was for the baby’s weight measured in loonies.

As the Mayor sees it

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Keith Moore toasted as Citizen of the Year ..... page 11

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Baby Illyana was born on Jan. 1, 2013, weighing in at 7 lbs, 5 oz.

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It’ a girl! The celebrated first baby of the New Year arrived right on time, January 1, 2013.

Her name is Illyana, and she is Barriere’s newest young resident.

Happy parents, Jamie Raelff and Peter Hunt, are full of pride and shy smiles due to all the attention their little girl has been receiving. Most recently, retired Barriere businessman Dave Baines presented the little newcomer with a cheque that had the amount calculated out to match the baby’s weight in loonies.

Baines told Illyana’s parents that a number of years ago he was touched by the action of a wealthy businessman he met in Edmonton who had wanted to share his fortune with someone for a good cause. The businessman had decided to give the first baby of a New Year its weight in gold, to be spent by the baby’s parents for the future benefit of the child.

Baines said he was inspired by this, and decided he also wanted to help a child achieve a successful future.

As a result, for more than 10 years, Baines annually presents the area’s New Years baby (from McLure to Little Fort) with the child’s birth weight in loonies. For Illyana, with a birth weight of seven pounds and five ounces, this amounted to $333.50.

Baby Illyana’s parents say they both share in the care of the their new little girl. Peter is obviously happy to be Illyana’s dad, and remarked on how seldom she cries. “When she wouldn’t go back to sleep after a night feeding I was wondering why she was fussing; so we gave her another bottle, and when she’d had enough she just fell asleep, and we did to,” said Peter.

Jamie, already seems to be comfortable and relaxed in the role of new mom to Illyana. The role suits her well as she cuddles the newborn and whispers to her softly, “You are the first New Year’s baby of 2013.”

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Thursday, January 24, 2013 North Thompson Star/Journal

B.C. tinkers with log export rules

By Tom Fletcher Black Press

VICTORIA – Delegates at the Truck Loggers’ Association annual convention gave a cool reception last Thursday to Forest Minister Steve Thomson’s adjustments to log export

fees and rules.

Thomson announced a 20-per-cent increase in the export fee on logs exported from B.C.’s south coast and southern Vancouver Island, the main source of B.C. log exports. He also unveiled a two-year trial where the export

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and reducing the fee is an effort to generate more logging activity in a remote region with no sawmills.

In December, the B.C. government extended a timber revenue sharing agreement with aboriginal communities in the mid-coast, in an effort to assist logging and other resource development in a vast area without treaty settlements.

TLA president Bill Markvoort said the fee increase for the south coast deters export sales at a time when the industry is not cutting all the trees allowed under provincial harvest rules for Crown land.

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During the same period, 58 million cubic meters that could have been logged under sustainability rules was left standing.

Rick Jeffery, CEO of the Coastal Forest Products Association, said the changes represent a successful balancing act by the province between supplying B.C. mills and keeping loggers working to supply export markets.

“People should know that for every log that gets exported, between two and three logs end up in front of a domestic mill,” Jeffery said.

NDP forest critic Norm Macdonald said the increased export fee for south coast logs isn’t enough to stem the rising tide of log ex-

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Forest, Lands and Natural Resource Operations Minister Steve Thomson ports. A ministry example of the new fee schedule shows a fee increase from $7 to $8.40, based on the difference between the export and domestic price.

Thomson also announced an increase of 500,000 cubic meters of timber to be

auctioned through B.C. Timber Sales this spring to supply the B.C. log market.

Jeffery said that will improve access to logs for B.C. mills, which are taking advantage of improved lumber prices as the U.S. housing market recovers.

Loggers get tax break, bailout fund

By Tom Fletcher Black Press VICTORIA – Logging contractors compensated for loss of work when the B.C. government bought back forest tenure from big timber companies 10 years ago will get nearly $10 million in federal tax repaid to them, Premier Christy Clark announced last Friday.

Speaking to the Truck Loggers’ Association convention, Clark said the tax break was agreed to by federal finance officials after the latest plea from B.C. Finance Minister Mike de Jong.

The tax bill for 300 logging contractors has been a sore point for the industry since the B.C. government undertook a sweeping reorganization of Crown timber licences in 2003. A trust fund paid out $71 million after harvest licences were taken back from large companies to offer community and aboriginal logging projects.

The B.C. government later moved to exempt the compensation payments from provincial income tax, but Ottawa continued to treat the money as taxable income until now.

Clark also updated the audience on her pledge from last year to establish a fund to protect logging contractors who supply timber and don’t get paid when a mill operator goes broke. She said the $5 million announced last year is now available for payments if required, and more money will be added as the government can afford to Clark’s speech had a campaign flavour, starting when she was introduced to a packed house of logging company executives with an invitation to come back again next year. It was the 70th annual TLA convention, which is traditionally closed with an address by the premier of the day.

The enthusiastic response came after Thursday’s unpopular announcement by Forests Minister Steve Thomson that the government is increasing its log export fees for south coast and Vancouver Island logs by 20 per cent.

Much of B.C.’s growing log export trade comes from that region. Loggers argue that export revenues from coastal forests allow them to bring out a larger volume of other logs to deliver to domestic mills.

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Municipal auditor sets up shop

By Jeff Nagel Black Press B.C.’s new Auditor General for Local Government (AGLG) says her first audits to probe spending in local cities will be underway by the end of April.

Basia Ruta started work this week at the newly opened AGLG office in Surrey.

The Ontario chartered accountant and senior federal bureaucrat will lead performance audits of municipalities and regional districts and deliver nonbinding recommendations to help improve local government efficiency and effectiveness.

“I think the mandate allows us to really provide some meaningful information,” Ruta said.

She hasn’t decided which communities she’ll scrutinize first.

Ruta said she intends to meet municipal reps, financial executives, chambers of commerce and other stakeholders before formulating a service plan and deciding on initial au-

dits within the first 100 days.

“We can do horizontal audits that could impact many, many communities on a single issue,” Ruta said.

“It doesn’t have to be just focused on one community. So you can have broad-based issues, broad-based objectives that you go and pursue.”

Procurement procedures and policing costs are examples of topics where Ruta said she might examine multiple cities’ practices simultaneously.

“It isn’t possible for this office or any office to audit everything of interest,” she said, but added other potential topics include the sustainability of infrastructure, environmental issues and whether cities are making good use of revenuegenerating tools.

The AGLG was created by the provincial government despite objections from some B.C. cities who feared it could turn into a witch hunt for waste that failed to take into account differing municipal priorities, and that might duplicate exist-

ing audits at their expense.

“We do not question policy,” Ruta said. “We wouldn’t be commenting on tax rates, for instance. We wouldn’t be commenting on collective agreement negotiation rates – that’s really a matter of policy.”

But she said audits could weigh in on whether the performance of a civic program or function is meeting its objectives or whether adoption of best practices might bring better value for money.

Business groups including the B.C. Chamber of Commerce pushed for the new watchdog.

Ruta was assistant deputy minister and chief financial officer with Environment Canada and previously worked for 10 years in the office of the federal Auditor General.

The AGLG’s website at www.aglg.ca also includes an area for citizens to suggest audit topics.

The local government auditor can serve up to two fiveyear terms.

Future teachers can now apply for new scholarships Ministry of Education B.C. secondary students who wish to become teachers can now apply for one of twenty $5,000 Pathway to Teacher Education scholarships. Scholarship winners will be awarded a $5,000 voucher to redeem upon entrance to one of B.C.’s faculty of education programs.

These new scholarships were announced last October on World Teachers’ Day. Since that time, representatives from stakeholder groups have been working to determine eligibility requirements and an adjudication process for the program.

Application information for scholarships is available at:

http://www.bced.gov.bc.ca./ awards The Pathway to Teacher Education scholarship program complements other awards available to secondary students: * The Provincial Examinations Scholarship program awards $1,000-$2,500 to students for academic excellence on their provincialexams. * The Passport to Education Program recognizes student achievement in a broad range of academic and non-academic areas with awards of $250 and $500. * Dogwood District/Authority scholarship winners receive $1,000 for excellence in their chosen field(s). This year, two

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Thursday, January 24, 2013 North Thompson Star/Journal 359 Borthwick Avenue, Box 1020, Barriere, B.C., V0E 1E0 250-672-5611

Editorial;

Smart meter deniers’ last stand

The news was trumpeted with alarm here on Vancouver Island, which along with the Gulf Islands is the heartland of tinfoil-hat opposition to smart meters.

Of the 140,000 power customers who didn’t have a wireless meter by the end of the year, many have simply refused. Now BC Hydro has sent letters informing them “we can no longer delay the installation of a new meter at your home.”

“StopSmartMetersBC” sent out a panicky e-mail advising its resistance movement to brace against “storm trooper tactics” from BC Hydro staff, and urging phone and fax attacks on their local MLA office.

“Anger and outrage should be expressed, in a quiet way, so that we don’t sound hysterical, but people are being threatened, police called, etc.,” the anonymous e-mail helpfully suggests.

BC Hydro has also confirmed what I told you a few months ago. Those bogus locks, chicken wire cages and important-looking signs, which were sold like modern-day snake oil, have no legal effect to prevent the utility from working on its own equipment. These obstacles to inspection have been and continue to be removed, along with dangerous grow-op bypasses and fiddled mechanical meters. The technical arguments against wireless meters have been demolished.

False news reports and website claims still circulate, but no fires have been attributed to the installation of 1.7 million wireless meters in B.C. About 1,200 faulty meter bases have also been replaced at BC Hydro’s expense, and as crude power-theft bypasses have been removed, the incidence of electrical fires, already rare, has dropped substantially.

Another popular myth is increased electricity bills. Yes, if your bypass is removed, your bill will go up. Like gas pumps, power meters are required by federal law to be accurate.

Which brings us back to Team Tinfoil, which has been sold a cascading series of fantastic tales about the effect of wireless signals that are already ever-present in all modern communities.

A Toronto-based expert group called Bad Science Watch has tackled claims of “electromagnetic hypersensitivity” head-on. I highly recommend their 10page report and qualifications at www.badsciencewatch.ca.

In plain language, with references to the best available scientific studies, it describes the double-blind tests that prove people who claim this sensitivity are not actually able to detect when they are or are not being exposed to wireless signals.

No X-Men candidates have come forward.

It also exposes key “activists” in Canada. The most prominent is Dr. Magda Havas, an associate professor at Trent University who has “developed a career denouncing the safety of low-frequency electromagnetic radiation.” She gives speeches, promotes her book and has worked with one David Stetzer to promote an “EMF filter” to sell to those who insist they feel what science shows they don’t.

Havas has appeared on TV “news” shows with “activist-entrepreneur” Kevin Byrne. His website appears to be a hub of cell tower and smart meter scare reports, but it’s interspersed with product pitches for EMF Solutions Canada, of which Byrne is coincidentally president.

Then there’s “entrepreneur-activist” Rob Metzinger, president of something called Safe Living Technologies Inc. He doesn’t run a lurid scare website, but he’s appeared on CBC and CTV as some sort of authority. (The main hazard emanating from TVs these days is bad information.)

As the election approaches, a fight is gearing up between the NDP and the B.C. Green Party for the ignorant, superstitious and angry vote. The Greens in particular have damaged their credibility in a desperate bid to quiet their own tinfoil-chapeau wing.

There are bozo eruptions ahead. I’ll have more on that in a future column. * Tom Fletcher is legislative reporter and columnist for Black Press and BCLocalnews.com

Lance bites the bullet

To the editor; So Lance Armstrong finally admitted to being a lying cheater.

Surprise... surprise!

How many of us would be tempted to lie and cheat if we could obtain global adoration and millions of dollars to boot?

Very few of us will ever be faced with such a temptation.

Most of us have never experienced an all-consuming desire to push our body and mind to the limit of endurance for a chance to win at anything.

Some people seek fame and fortune in

the lucrative field of professional sports; less energetic folks often choose politics. Some will do anything to succeed; others won’t.

We love to worship conquering heroes because we get a free emotional ride on the backs of their dedication, passion

and exploits.

We love to vilify fallen heroes because we get a chance to crucify them and feel a little better about ourselves and our ordinary lives.

Too bad Lance, but you were always too good to be true.

Lloyd Atkins Vernon, B.C.

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Wandering dogs have resident calling for District to take action To the editor; Many people, myself especially, are weary of dogs running at large in Barriere. It is time the town put some animal bylaws in action to thwart this.

When you make the decision to become a council driven town, along with it comes an obligation toward safety for the municipality.

Last year my sons cat was ripped up on my lawn by a dog travelling through our yard.

Upon hearing the commotion I went out and yelled at the dog whom stood his ground at the end of my deck barking at me. Having been with dogs my whole life, I have no fear of them and let him know that, and threw a lawn chair at the beast in distraction so I could slip back into my home, later to retrieve our bleeding cat from a tree.

I wondered later what might have happened if the dog was face to face with someone whom displayed fear, or a small child.

I took pictures of my sons cat and his gaping wounds to the town office, and they told me they could not afford bylaw enforcement therefore would do nothing. However, not before derisively telling me that “I could put up a fence”!

I was stunned that they could side with irresponsible pet owners and delegate the monetary value of refuge to a renter/single mom, whom obviously cannot just go erect a fence.

The RCMP told me that unfortunately Barriere has no bylaws, so they could not help either. I was also told by them if I were to shoot a dog I would face charges.

The SPCA in Kamloops said I could bring the dog in on my own time and money, and they would take it if they had room, but then I was responsible for it, and there could be drop off fees. Pardon?

There is no way I am catching and putting a hostile dog in my vehicle and paying for it to reside at the SPCA, nor hiring someone to build a fence because of a shoddy pet owner; the ridiculousness of it all.

In December I set out garbage on the porch, after dinner my son was to take it to the dumpster. He was met on the porch by a dog eating our garbage. The dog kept its head down above its feast, eyes on my son, while showing his teeth and growling. Any

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person whom has been around dogs knows exactly what the dog’s actions are saying; if my son had moved out onto the porch, the dog would have reacted with violence.

My neighbour and I confronted the dog, whom just stood in our driveway barking at us. I again retrieved our cat from hiding, thankfully not bleeding profusely this time.

I know that a lot of townsfolk are accredited dog owners, but there are some here whom lack accountability for their animals.

Why? Because they have nobody to be held accountable to!

I am sure not dumping on the odd misplaced dog that gets caring pet owners in a dither when they go missing, I am addressing the consistent dogs seen travelling Barriere regularly.

How can the District of Barriere justify charging the people hundreds of dollars every year for street lamps on their city bills to allegedly ‘keep our town safe’, then turn a blind eye to animals threatening people and their pets?

If these dogs had been reported chasing a deer, Conservation would come out and shoot them. Yet people, evidently, are secondary in the eyes of our town officials.

When one of these animals attacks a little child, I want to remind the District of Barriere that they turned a blind eye to this situation and the people whom make up their assemblage and salaries, and responded only with ludicrous suggestions.

I propose anyone whom has had issues with dogs at large here to start sending in correspondence to the District of Barriere and/ or stopping by their office and filing complaints, and to keep doing this until they ultimately realize something has to be remedied concerning this issue.

Jody Haws Barriere, B.C.

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Star/Journal staffer receives recognition at Citizen of the Year event Star/Journal office person Margaret Houben (r), was presented with a commemorative plaque during the Barriere Citizen of the Year Banquet, in honour of being named a nominee for that award. North Thompson Volunteer and Information Centre coordinator Bev Murphy made the presentation during the Saturday night event held at the Lions Hall.

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Thursday, January 24, 2013 North Thompson Star/Journal

Nominations sought for Prime Minister’s Volunteer Awards

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Creating through fibre arts Tuesday night is time for area fiber arts enthusiasts to gather at the Volunteer Centre in the Ridge and socialize while working on their current projects. Everyone who has an interest is welcome to join in, or just come on by to see what it’s all about, 7 to 9 p.m. Pictured (l to r) is Mariel Dewey, and Virginia Jalava, enjoying the Jan. 15 session.

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Citizen of the Year Banquet.

Thanks to all the wonderful people who attended the Banquet for Keith Moore, what a happy assortment of family, friends and dignitaries!

Thanks to the hard working efforts of the helpers and organizers.

Eileen Miers, Al Fortin, Judy Armstrong, Leesa Genier, Bernice Randrup, Sylvia Chivers, Donna Kibble, Peg Armstrong, Robin Lewis,Wim Houben and Therese McKirby.

Big thank you to Bob and Crystal Sorenson for the great home-cooked dinner.

A very special thank you to Jessica Kennedy for the classical dinner music and her helpful father Ian Kennedy.

To the three amazing young adults who served the dinner, stuck around for the clean up and hosted in such a gracious manner, you were simply amazing and represented the After School Program in true fashion! Thanks Seanna Armstrong, Dryden Howe and Brittany Waite for all your hard work!

Kamloops-Cathy McLeod, Member of Parliament for Kamloops – Thompson – Cariboo is reminding constituents to show their appreciation for extraordinary volunteers in their communities by nominating them for a Prime Minister’s Volunteer Award.

“Our government is committed to recognizing the enormous contribution volunteers make to our communities and our country,” said McLeod. “The Prime Minister’s Volunteer Awards were created as a way to annually recognize those who make exceptional

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Cathy McLeod voluntary contributions, including individuals, not-for-profit organizations and businesses.”

A total of 17 awards are given at both the regional and national level. The regional component recognizes individual volunteers or groups of volunteers, businesses and

not-for-profit organizations. The national component is divided into two categories: one for lifelong achievement and one for new volunteers.

Award recipients will be recognized at an award ceremony and can identify an eligible not-for-profit organization to receive a grant for $5,000 (regional award) or $10,000 (national award). However, to receive an award, potential recipients must first be nominated by someone. The current call for nominations is open until March 1, 2013.

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This National Non-Smoking Week Submitted Minister of Health Margaret MacDiarmid issued the following statement in recognition of National NonSmoking Week from Jan. 20 to 26, Weedless Wednesday on Jan. 23 and to acknowledge the

B.C. Smoking Cessation Program: “Smoking increases many health risks, including lung cancer, throat and oral cancer, heart disease, stroke and emphysema. For long-term smokers, it’s never a bad time to quit.

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ing Cessation Program, hundreds of thousands of British Columbians are taking active steps towards making a healthy choice for themselves and their families. Quitting smoking and reducing exposure to second-hand smoke greatly improves both

HELP WANTED

Thanks to the ladies who entertained and presented the slide show and helped out too; Babes Shanko, Kathy Cooper and Jude Lane.

The Barriere Volunteer Fire Department is presently recruiting new applicants. If you are willing to participate in a community group to provide fire protection for our community give us a call!

Of course, we need to give a huge thank you to the members of the Lions Club who are always a huge support. They allowed us to use the hall and ran the Bar Service and even pitched in to help clean up. Thank you all!

• Strive for a better safer place to live • • Receive honorarium pay • • Ongoing training and education •

To Mayor Bill Humphreys and the District Office we thank you for your endless help and support. We would also like to thank our MLA, Terry Lake and his wife Lisa for taking the time to visit our community and support this event!

Thanks to Armour Mountain Bookkeeping and The Barriere Legion Branch 242 for support and ticket sales!

And last but not least the co sponsors of the event The Star/Journal and their very helpful staff for all that they did to make this evening a great success!

A big heartfelt thank you to each and every one of you and anyone we may have forgotten!

The North Thompson Volunteer & Information Centre Administrator Beverly Murphy The Citizen of the Year Event involves a tremendous amount of people and effort but we feel it is very important to honour the people who devote endless hours to building a better Barriere!

750 nominations. The first recipients of the Prime Minister’s Volunteer Awards were honoured at an awards ceremony held on December 14, 2012 in Ottawa.

“With almost half of all Canadians volunteering, there are many more who deserve to be nominated—let’s make sure their valuable work is recognized,” concluded McLeod.

To learn more about the Prime Minister’s Volunteer Awards, including access to an online nomination form, please visit www. pm.gc.ca/awards or call 1-877-825-0434.

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quality of life and lifespan.

“While B.C. has the lowest smoking rate in Canada at 14.2 per cent, there are still approximately 550,000 British Columbians who smoke. An estimated 70 per cent of smokers in B.C. want to quit.

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What started as a three year long search for a Barriere mom to find medical information and treatment for her son, has now become a giant wind of positive change for other families dealing with IDIC 15.

Therese McKirdy is the mother of an almost five year old boy, a boy who has a very complex condition including triple copies at 3 different chromosomes, 15q, 17q and 3q23. He has non-typical Autism, very pronounced cognitive delay, low muscle tone, and seizures to name a few of the disorders. Therese says he is age appropriate at about 2.7 years.

Therese, with her son, Connor, traveled to Boston last October to consult with Dr. Ron Thibert because he was at the only DUP15 clinic established at the time. The trip was made possible by the outstanding fundraising done by the community of Barriere to send this mom and her boy for medical help.

Therese reported that the trip and consultation had been most positive for Connor in all aspects, and noted, “Dr. Thibert also proved most willing to consult with families and physicians on this syndrome, and his research studies on SUDEP are so needed.”

She also noted that Dr. Thibert’s findings from a year of research and study was recently presented by him at a scientist symposium, and can be found at: http://www.youtube.com/ watch?v=KBsIzRPfDhI Becoming more, and more immersed in seeking information and help with the medical condition of her boy, Therese has also become an advocate to help other families dealing with the same situation.

“My vision is to see clinics comprised of key medical specialists that are familiar and/or willing to learn all that is involved with a patient with IDIC 15,” says the mom, “This includes research and targeted treatments for chromosome 15q duplication syndrome, and putting them together in dedicated clinics across Canada, to provide inclusive and ongoing treatment plans and follow-ups.

“The specialists I have been contacting, I have picked for their research or interest in genetic disorders, their interest in the treatment of non-typical epilepsy, specialists that research genetics and autism correlation, specialists in the physiological issues that are encompassed by these genes as well as G.I specialists to address the many issues with this region.”

She says the ideal team would be, neurogenetics, and neurophysiology, and she would like to see research meetings on chromosome 15q duplications to coordinate and promote additional research into chromosome 15q duplications, so that one day targeted and effective treatments will be a reality.

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Therese has set up a Facebook page for Canada 15q chromosome disorders (IDIC CANADA) and she can be contacted by other families by emailing her at: tlmckirdy@gmail.com in order to be added to the group, which is a resource and family support page for Canadians.

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well as being geared towards ‘clinical’ research and not theoretical.

“This will be all Canadian based and funded,” says Therese, “We intend to be a transparent organization that supports any and all initiatives deemed to benefit our community and clinical/scientific research. We will team up with any group that will work with us to accomplish these goals.”

She notes the two moms are currently forming an association with an accompanying web site, that will be there to inform families, be a venue for scientific experts to share important treatment, study and research options.

“We are also in the process of enlisting advisers with knowledge in key areas of this syndrome, namely epilepsy and SUDEP, neuropsychiatry, and G.I. issues to have a systematic data collection which may contribute to further knowledge,” adds Therese.

“I have met at least 30 families through a family resource and support group that I set up. They are all dealing with children with similar problems as my son.”

All this has come about since that trip to Boston in October of 2012; and due to the hard work and endless emails and telephone calls that this Barriere mom has put forth, her noble goals are being realized.

“Our pediatrician has learned much from my son, and there is so much more to be learned given that two of his chromosome disorders produce a type of Autism,” says Therese, “There are many doctors and health authorities that are not familiar with this syndrome, and I have been trying to educate to get the best possible treatments and therapies for my son. There are many health issues associated with this syndrome, one of which is unexplained sudden death.”

Therese is now the western Canadian rep for Unique, a rare chromosome support group and database in the UK, which has members worldwide.

Unique is a global charity that provides awareness and information for people living with IDIC15 and other genetic variations. They maintain a karyotype database and provide leaflets on many known genetic disorders, and can be found by going to: http://www.rarechromo.org/html/home.asp “It would be wonderful to have clinics or specialists that have an interest in the research and treatment in Canada,” says Therese, “I am really just a mom, but I very much wish to help future families to attain a diagnosis much sooner than the three years I have had to work through. And of course, to be able to get the treatment and information right here in Canada would be wonderful.”

She tells that one of the most exciting things that has come forward as a result of her and her colleague connecting clinicians across Canada, is that one of the physicians has gone back and tested previous patients, resulting in the confirmed diagnosis three more children.

“There are now over 30 families I know of personally in Canada, “ says Therese, “Our hope is to formalize the awareness network, form strong collaborations, and clean up our little corner of the

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Barriere Landfill closes Breaking Barriers: permanently Jan. 28 Cheryl Matthew to lead

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Eco-Depots in Clearwater and Louis Creek, as well as the new weight-based user fee strategy. The weight-based strategy will be based on a $60 per tonne disposal fee for garbage with the minimum being set at $1.00.

TNRD Director of Environmental Services, Peter Hughes, says residents who continue recycling will benefit financially when the weight-based “pay-as-you-throw” garbage disposal is introduced at Eco-Depots this year. Residents will be able to continue recycling select materials as much as they want at no cost.

Additional copies of the North Thompson Eco-Depot brochure are available at the District of Barriere, District of Clearwater, and TNRD Offices. They are also available online at www.tnrd.ca or by calling 1-877-377-8673.

The Thompson-Nicola Regional District (TNRD) reminds residents in the North Thompson area that new TNRD Eco-depots will be opening in Clearwater and Louis Creek on Tuesday, Jan. 29. Landfills in Barriere and Clearwater will be permanently closed as of Monday, Jan. 28.

Ten Eco-Depots, including those in Clearwater and Louis Creek are opening, or being upgraded, in 2013 as important components of a recycling program that will see more waste diverted from the landfill as recycling continues to increase.

Residents and businesses in the North Thompson area were sent Eco-Depot updates by mail. The brochure provides details on the official opening dates of new TNRD

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Cheryl Matthew, recently hired as Associate Director, JIBC Indigenization, in New Westminster, B.C., hails from the Simpcw First Nation near Barriere. The town derives its name from the rocks/nets placed in the water by First Nations people to act as fish traps, forming a barrier to boat passage on the river. Cheryl is a proud descendant of those who placed those fish-trap barriers from the Secwepemc Nation and has spent much of her own life breaking down barriers, which have often thwarted the progress and advancement of Aboriginal peoples.

When she graduated from Barriere Secondary School, she originally wanted to go into law. Inspired by the example of family members who had successfully pursued post-secondary education, she decided that she would follow in their groundbreaking footsteps. “Two of my relatives completed master’s degrees at UBC in the mid-seventies,” said Cheryl. “For a person of Aboriginal descent to complete graduate studies today is still relatively rare. Back then, it was practically unheard of.”

After graduating with an Associate of Arts from Langara College, she completed her undergraduate studies at SFU, with a major in Anthropology (concentration on Social Policy Analysis).

Having discovered a passion for social policy analysis, rather than law, and recognizing the contribution it would allow her to make within various Aboriginal contexts, she decided to pursue consulting work, while furthering her studies.

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Her outstanding work and growing reputation led to an appointment as Senior Policy Analyst with Aboriginal Affairs and Northern Development Canada, and a move to Ottawa, with her then fiancé. In addition to relishing the opportunity to influence federal government policy and research, she also turned to her other passion

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Cheryl Matthew, from Simpcw First Nation, is now the Associate Director for JIBC Indigenization, situated in New Westminster, B.C.

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-education- and decided to pursue her doctoral studies in Anthropology (Aboriginal Community, Culture and Place) at Carleton University, which she is scheduled to complete in June 2013.

Having juggled work, education and family obligations for a number of years, Cheryl and her husband Kamil dreamed of permanently settling back home in B.C. closer to her own traditional territory and both of their extended families. She wanted to be sure her two daughters were able to know their Secwepemc heritage. She was familiar with JIBC and its Aboriginal Leadership program, so when the opportunity to take the lead on fulfilling the commitment to indigenize the Institute became available, she jumped at the opportunity.

“The position hit all of the right buttons for me,” said Cheryl. “The opportunity to leverage my social policy background, my passion for education and research, and the opportunity to make a practical, hands-on contribution to the success of future Aboriginal students in public safety, health and community and social justice was very appealing. Moving back to B.C. was an added bonus.”

She now turns her attention to breaking down some of those barriers that have obscured Aboriginal views and perspectives, on behalf of students, faculty and staff across the Institute; and leading the way for others to follow.

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Property assessments have reduced the funds available to run District Many of you will have noticed that your property assessment has dropped this year. What this drop triggers is a reduction in the amount of taxes collected on your assessed value. This reduces the funds available to run the District. At the present time, it would appear that there will be no reduction in the actual costs of running the District.

Unless council can find some cuts that can be done in the budget, changes will have to be made. To replace the missing revenue council will either have to dip into reserve funds, or increase the mill rate for taxation.

Recently some local governments have been dipping into their reserves to help keep taxes the same. In actual fact, going down this particular road can have disastrous results.

Reserves are meant for a rainy day. When an event happens that causes a spike in costs, the reserves need to be there to cover that cost.

For example, a major water main break that causes other related damage. Unfortunately, quite a few cities have also tried to keep taxes low by ignoring infrastructure repairs and upgrades. By taking this course of action, they can face problems like the water main break just by ignoring the inevitable effects of time and the environment.

The infrastructure here in Barriere is in relatively good shape. There are portions that definitely need to be replaced, and others that need to be upgraded so that the area can support growth.

Decisions around these issues are made during budget meetings which will be held this spring.

Other costs will also be debated, and the merits of each decided. These are public meetings, and I encourage you all to attend so that you can see and hear first hand what the problems and plans are.

There will be no secrets around how the final budget is decided.

On a lighter note, the Citizen of the Year dinner honouring Keith Moore was a great success.

There were plans to feed around 100 people and more people came than was planned for, so that fits the meaning of a “sold out performance.”

What a performance it was. A sit down dinner served up by the hard working members of the After School Volunteers group, as well as a singing and marching performance that was led by former councillor turned temporary CWAC volunteer Kathy Cooper. The ladies put on a great show, and led the audience in a custom tailored version of a favourite WW11 song that loosely detailed Keith

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Mr. Moore’s family took up roughly a third of the attendees. They travelled from as far away as Japan to be there and recognize Keith’s dedication to family, country and community. Their love and dedication to the man that was their father, grandfather and uncle was heart warming to say the least. Keith was described throughout the night as always there for family, always ready to help those that needed it, and always a gentleman. High praise indeed as it came from those that know him best.

When a snow blower attachment was found languishing in a parks equipment shed we were all told that a large tractor was needed for it to work. Sell it for whatever we could get was the advice given. Luckily, Al Fortin said he didn’t think so, and took it to work to see if it could be fixed.

Al, Councillor Bill

Kershaw and Scott Kershaw, figured the problem out. Parts were either taken off, or put on as needed.

One of the District’s older lawn tractors was brought to the shop. Soon the two units were married together and put to work. Sunday saw Al out blowing the snow off the rink in preparation for possible cold weather. Al and his wife Stacey have done a tremendous amount of volunteer work on the rink in the past few years. I would like to thank them for their continuing efforts.

Many thanks as well to Scott Kershaw for once again contributing your time and funds so that we all can benefit from your efforts and generosity. Thanks also to Councillor Bill Kershaw for always attending community functions and volunteering in your “spare time.”

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Posthumous medal for Bonnie CruzelleMyram

By Elli Kohnert North Thompson Star/Journal

On Jan. 11, Bonnie CruzelleMyram was posthumously presented with a Queen’s Diamond Jubilee medal and certificate at a ceremony in Kamloops.

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in her memory were her children, Dean and Debbie Cruzelle.

There were 10 other people who also received the medal at the ceremony, with Bonnie being the only female on the list. The Honourable Judith Guichon, Lieutenant Governor of BC, and the Honour-

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able Terry Lake, Minister of Environment and MLA Kamloops-North Thompson, presented both medal and certificate.

Local resident Bonnie Cruzelle, was well known in the North Thompson Valley, especially in the Barriere area, she consistently volunteered for a number of local groups and service organizations where she worked tirelessly to make a positive difference. After nearly 36 years with the School District and Barriere schools, Bonnie retired in June of 2010.

Bonnie served many years as the area Marriage Commissionaire, and functioned as a board member with several local organizations.

She was in the third year of a four year term with the Thompson Nicola Regional District as the Director for Area ‘O’, when she sadly passed away in the summer of 2012.

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The Honourable Judith Guichon, Lieutenant Governor of BC, (second from left) and the Honourable Terry Lake, Minister of Environment and MLA Kamloops-North Thompson (right), presented a Queen’s Diamond Jubillee medal and certificate posthumously on Jan. 11, to well known Barriere area resident Bonnie CruzelleMyram. Bonnie’s children, Dean and Debbie Cruzelle, accepted on her behalf at the ceremony which was held in Kamloops.

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Keith Moore toasted as Citizen of the Year

By Elli Kohnert North Thompson Star/Journal Area residents, out of town guests, and family members gathered together on Jan. 19, to toast Barriere’s Keith Moore, as the Citizen of the Year for 2012. The attendees filled the Lions Hall, and everyone was ready and looking forward to not just toasting, but doing a little roasting as well of this man who has spent many of his 91 years in the Barriere area.

Long known for his ceaseless volunteer work and willing attitude to help out, all agreed Keith was a perfect choice for the award.

The evening’s festivities began a wonderful meal prepared by Bob and Crystal Sorenson.

It was served at table by NTVIC After School Program young people. The youth truly looked and acted the part of servers in a top-notch restaurant, as they placed the elegantly garnished plates of food in front of the guests.

Judy Armstrong, who is the NTVIC facilitator of the group, commented, “Those kids have worked hard to get everything right, and it certainly paid off, we are all proud of them, and it seems they are also having a good time.”

In fact there were so many well-wishers who turned out for the banquet, the kitchen found themselves running a little short of the meat, but no one complained, and those who missed out took it in stride.

Master of ceremonies, Beverly Murphy, said, “Now that we are all fed and watered, we will settle in and let the roasting begin. We’re here to honour this fine Citizen Keith Moore, who has had a big part in shaping many service groups in Barriere. Tonight you will hear it all, the good the bad, and sometimes maybe even the ugly.”

What followed was a line-up of speakers, all there to congratulate Keith. North Thompson Star/Journal publisher Al Kirkwood presented the newspaper’s Citizen of the Year Award, to

Keith, as well as an award recognizing Keith’s accomplishments from the Barriere Fire Department, where he served as fire chief many years ago.

Dignitaries, such as MP Terry Lake, Mayor Bill Humphreys, and TNRD Director Bill Kershaw gave the Citizen of the Year much well-deserved praise in their addresses, as did a number of others who came up to speak or make presentations.

In the middle of the program, the MC interrupted to announce the arrival of messengers from the War Front of many years ago, the USO Girls (Babes, Cathy, Jude and Beverly), who gave a rousing rendition of “The North Atlantic Squadron”. The words had been somewhat changed to suit the occasion, but Keith and all present enjoyed it all.

Moore wore his ‘Crown’ through the ceremonies with much good humour, proving he really is a “King” within the community.

“I believe the Citizen of the Year Banquet is a wonderful celebration of community that honours all volunteers,” said MC Beverly Murphy who also represents the North Thompson Volunteer and Information Centre (NTVIC) on of the supporters of the event, “Even though there is always one main honouree, it is amazing how many past Citizens of the Years, and fellow volunteers are there to support the current year’s recipient. There is always a wonderful magic that surrounds the evening and makes you proud to be a part of this community. I really felt that for Keith Moore’s dinner, with all his family, friends, peers and dignitaries coming together with a glowing tribute, I was very happy to be a part of it.”

(Upper right) 2012 Citizen of the Year, Keith Moore, at 91, thoroughly enjoyed the banquet held in his honour on Jan. 19, at the Lions Hall in Barriere.

(Right) USO Girls, Jude, Cathy, Babes, and Beverly, who gave a rousing rendition of ‘The North Atlantic Squadron’ from the War Front of many years ago.

STAR/JOURNAL photos: Elli Kohnert

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(Above) Star/Journal publisher Al Kirkwood presents the Citizen of the Year Award to Keith Moore .

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SPORTS Chill out for winter fitness

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Cougar Classic hosted at BSS

Barriere Secondary hosted the Cougar Classic last weekend, with the school’s Senior Girls team beating Lake District (54-47) and Xitolacw (60-32), but losing to Hope in the final (58-43). The Senior Boys team beat Sicamous (55-44) and Nakusp (61-53), but lost to Osoyoos in a hard fought final (51-43). Michelle Lampreau and Nicole Huber were named to the all-star team for the girls, and Tristan Lloyd and Jordan Rainer were named to the all-star team for the boys side of the tournament.

Congratulations to all the BSS senior basketball players for their efforts in the tournament. Also, in junior play the BSS Junior Girls have just returned from a tournament in Lumby with two losses and one win.

During this cold time of year, it can be natural to want to curl up inside and let your fitness routine take a backseat for the season. But there’s no need to let the weather derail your journey to wellness. Consider the following recommendations from TOPS Club, Inc. (Take Off Pounds Sensibly), the nonprofit weight-loss support organization, to work out creatively – and safely – in the outdoors this winter.

Outdoor winter workouts require a bit of preparation, depending on the conditions.

Remember to dress warmly and in layers, paying par-

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ticular attention to your hands, feet, and head. Avoid cotton and select a moisturewicking material for your base layer; perspiration can make an individual feel even colder because the wetness chills from the temperature. Slather on a sunscreen containing at least SPF 15 or higher to protect against sunburn that can occur from exercising in snow or high altitudes. Also, don’t forget to wear a lip balm that contains sunscreen. Remember to stay hydrated and keep a bottle of water with you, even if you think you won’t get as sweaty as you might normally during a workout. Eat a light snack an hour or two before working out, to add energy and prevent distracting hunger pangs.

Warm up for five to 10 minutes before heading outdoors by stretching, doing jumping jacks, briskly walking, and more. In winter weather, mus-

cles tighten and take longer to loosen than they do in warmer temperatures. Warm muscles also burn fat more readily than cold muscles and that muscle elasticity helps prevent injuries and hasten recovery.

Providing a great conditioning workout, hiking can also be an escape from hectic city life. Focus on the climb of the hills, and enjoy nature’s beauty as you hike. Don’t forget to wear hiking shoes, and consider over-the-shoe traction devices and hiking poles to aid in stability.

Running isn’t just for warmer temps (although winter may not be the ideal time to begin practicing this sport). Purchase a pair of running shoes designed specifically for winter or an over-theshoe traction device, which helps prevent falls, particularly on icy roads or trails. Reduced daylight means darker runs, so wear a headlamp and reflective gear as well.

Everyone can enjoy making snow angels, building an igloo, making snowmen, or having a snowball fight – and keep fit doing so.

Build strength and get in a cardio workout by climbing up a nearby hill while pulling a sled – and then racing down.

Shoveling snow is a surefire way to work up a sweat and burn off excess calories. However, if you have a history of heart problems, high cholesterol, or are a smoker, proceed with caution, as snow shoveling may cause a quick increase in heart rate and blood pressure. Push the snow as you shovel, instead of lifting it out of the way, to ease pressure on your back. If you must lift, be sure to lift from your legs and not your back, and pick up small shovels of snow at a time. Also take frequent breaks to allow your heart rate to level. Keeping these tips in mind will help ensure an effective and safe workout.

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Wells Gray Park caribou declining Extreme clear-cutting threatens to make the Park an “island of extinction” Valhalla Wilderness Watch

One of the province’s largest Mountain Caribou herds has declined by approximately 100 animals since the BC government announced its Mountain Caribou Recovery Plan.

Government census figures show that the Wells Gray-Thompson River subpopulation declined from an estimated 274 animals in 2007, to an estimated 172 animals in 2011.* “That’s a steep, alarming rate of decline for the last six years,” says Anne Sherrod, a director of Valhalla Wilderness Watch. The area covered by the census is the Wells GrayThompson Planning Unit. It covers about four-fifths of Wells Gray Provincial Park, but also includes caribou residing outside the park. The steepest rate of decline is among caribou outside the park, but caribou in the park are also declining.

The evidence points to massive clearcutting around the park. “The area around the southwestern, southern, and eastern boundaries of the park is an appalling sea of clearcuts and roads,” says Sherrod. “The BC government has allowed clearcutting right up to the

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park boundaries. It has been well known for years that surrounding parks with clearcuts and roads isolates species at risk and can eventually wipe them out.”

In Wells Gray, wildfires burned through the park’s main valleys in the early 20th century. This created forage supporting great numbers of moose and deer, which in turn supported an increased population of wolves. Biologists say wolves are eating the caribou, but the park’s forest is now approaching the age that will favour caribou and naturally reduce moose, deer and wolves. But clearcutting outside the park keeps creating moosedeer-wolf habitat. “We can’t keep increasing the density of these animals outside the park and expect them not to move into the park,” says Sherrod.

Unfortunately, Canfor is preparing to salvage log in the Clearwater Valley right against the park; other areas in the habitat of the Wells GrayThompson herd remain open to logging despite the BC government’s highly celebrated “Mountain Caribou Recovery” Plan. A meagre 6,000 hectares of Timber Harvesting Land Base was partially protected for the Wells Gray-Thompson caribou, and

only part of that has been designated for “no logging.” A somewhat larger area of non-commercial forest was also designated, but as a “modified harvest zones” that allow continued logging. Once roaded and cut, these areas will be worthless for caribou.

In 2007 the Liberal government admitted that “Habitat loss and fragmentation has been identified as the underlying cause of mountain caribou population declines since 1995, with mortality by predators as the secondary cause.

Halting and reversing habitat loss is central to the plan’s success.” Nevertheless, the government refused to reduce the Allowable Annual Cut in Mountain Caribou habitat, and that severely limited protection of Timber Harvesting Land Base.

For an animal that is dependent on intact old-growth forest, that was a disaster.

The government focused instead on killing wolves. Five years later, in its draft Wolf Management Plan, the Liberal government has admitted that its wolf killing programs have not resulted in more caribou. Now the caribou are declining in the North Cariboo Mountains, in the North and South Columbia Mountains,

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in the South Selkirks and elsewhere. Yet the Liberals continue making the same mistake: instead of expanding habitat protection and eliminating snowmobiling in winter habitat, they now want to kill still more wolves.

Wolf culls may actually work to make the problem worse. Studies show that killing wolves to the point of disrupting their natural pack life can scatter them and increase their reproductive rate. Thus it is possible that the government’s wolfkilling caribou recovery plan has actually increased the number and territory of wolves, sending them into adjacent protected areas. To avoid this, the government now wants to kill 80% of the wolf popu-

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lation around Mountain Caribou areas by machine-gunning whole packs from helicopters.

“Make no mistake, under the cover of these diversions, the BC government is killing caribou slowly, by refusing to protect sufficient habitat, by creating more moosedeer-wolf habitat through logging, and by inadequate snowmobile and heli-skiing closures.” says Sherrod. Residents belonging to the Wells Gray World Heritage Committee (WGWHC)

have proposed a moratorium on cutblocks planned by Canfor in the Clearwater Valley (http://www.wellsg ray wo rl d h e r i t ag e. ca/). Valhalla Wilderness Watch supports this, but is also calling for a cancellation of any further logging anywhere around the park. “The park needs to be expanded to preserve what little intact connectivity and core habitat remain,” says Sherrod. * Mountain caribou census boundaries are not arranged to count only those caribou

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That subpopulation received substantial new protection of Timber Harvesting Land Base in 2009 and is one of the few subpopulations holding steady, with 262 in 2006 and 265 in 2011, but it uses only a small part of Wells Gray Park. * Article courtesy of Valhalla Wilderness Watch, wildernesswatch@netidea.com

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Some people still use cotton-tipped applicator sticks to clean out their ears. Not a good idea. There’s a risk of puncturing the ear drum and pushing the wax in more deeply. Check with our pharmacists for safer ways of ear-cleaning.

Glucosamine is often used at a dose of 500mg three times daily to lessen the pain of osteoarthritis. It does help some people, and is available without a prescription.

Give it at least three months to see if it works. If it is not helping by that time, it probably isn’t going to.

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Chicken soup is often used to aid in the recovery for viral conditions like colds.

This idea goes back to 60 AD when the Greek physician Dioscorides recommended it for respiratory conditions. does it work? Chicken meat contains the amino acid cysteine which is a mild decongestant. It’s worth a try.

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Infrared Photography on a winter day Photographers always tell me that they are participating on some kind of photo challenge or another: a photograph-a-day for a year, or once-a-month for some specific time, or some have even decided to follow a particular subject through each season. I like the idea, however, I expect dedicating time to making a photograph every day (unless one works in a busy studio and is doing it as part of the work day) could become quite a chore.

Personally, I have tried projects that require that kind of stickto-it dedication, but I get side tracked easily and rarely complete what I started. Last February I thought I might photograph a bridge a month. I live near a big river so how hard could that be? I did get a few and then I just forgot.

When it comes to my personal photography fun stuff just happens.

For example, it was one of those days when I was too lazy to do the stuff around the house that I should have been doing. I was reading some, and just thinking about photography in general. Okay, for me thinking about photography isn’t that unusual, it is actually what I prefer to do.

I was lazy, reading and thinking about how I should have a photo project. Okay, the project: drive up the road a couple miles and photograph neighbour’s places poking out of the snow, and do it with my infrared camera which is fun.

Criteria: Hope for some sun.

I have an older digital SLR camera (Nikon D100) that has been modified to only see infrared light. Infrared (IR) light is light that has longer wavelengths on the red edge of the spectrum and is invisible to human eyes.

The sensors for digital cameras are sensitive to more than just the visible light spectrum.

This causes problems with colour balance, so camera manufacturers place a filter in front of the sensor that blocks the infrared part of the spectrum that only allows visible light, and not infrared, to pass through. The modification for my D100 was accomplished by removing that filter, and installing one instead that blocks visible light, allowing mostly infrared light to reach the camera’s sensor.

The camera still functions normally with full autofocus and autoexposure, except that it’s now able

Making Pictures with

John E n ma n to record the infrared wavelengths that are just beyond what the human eye is capable of seeing. When infrared photographs are produced as black and white the photographs show trees with glowing white leaves and black skies opening up new visual opportunities for photographing the world around us.

Many think of infrared photography as the stuff of military night reconnaissance, or, as frequently portrayed in movies, as aerial thermal imaging that finds the bad guys. With thermal imaging one sees the heat the subject is producing, however, infrared as photographers use it, with our modified cameras, is about capturing the light or radiation that is reflected off a subject and doesn’t involve thermal imaging at all.

In 1800 Sir Frederick William Hershel described the relationship between heat and light and let the world know about the existence of infrared light

in the electromagnetic spectrum.

I don’t know how conversions are accomplished with modern sensors. With my old D100 I need to preset the white balance and be aware of a meter that is easily tricked with the white snow. I must check my camera histogram after every release of the shutter and usually make two or three exposures just in case. However, everything appears normal through the camera’s viewfinder. Also, because so much light reaches the sensor one can use high shutter speeds and so it is easy to hand hold while exposing a photograph.

I would have liked a clear sky with more sun to increase the infrared effect, but the high clouds let in just enough light to make things interesting and challenging. Some subjects don’t work very well with infrared, so I just experiment, take lots of pictures and hope for the best. I knew on that not-so-

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When infrared photographs are produced as black and white the photographs show trees with glowing white leaves and black skies opening up new visual opportunities for photographing the world around us. bright-day my images would take some work with PhotoShop and NIK’s SilverEfex.

Infrared photography is fun. I was only out wandering my neighborhood for a little over an hour before I hurried home to work on what I got. Everything changes when one is working with infrared, forcing even the

least creative among us to think creatively. I can leave my images with blue trees the LCD displays or move the white balance off the preset to cloudy and get red and black pictures instead.

Opening an image file in PhotoShop is always a bit of a surprise and from there on its all experimenting and personal vision. Yes, infrared is fun.

These are my thoughts this week.

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Celebrating 35 Years

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Barriere Employment Services Barriere Employment Services has assisted area residents to find gainful employment for approximately 17 years. They have three full time employees. Over the years, they have partnered with many groups for Job Creation Projects, including Community Futures and the North Thompson Fall Fair and Rodeo Association.

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Chicken Parmesan Bake 6 chicken breasts 1 cup light mayonnaise or greek yogurt (I have done 1/2 of each as well) 1/2 cup fresh parmesan cheese, plus more for the top 1 1/2 tsp seasoning salt 1/2 tsp pepper 1 tsp garlic powder Preheat oven to 375F & spray the inside of a 9×13 glass pan. Lay chicken inside the pan. Mix together the remaining ingredients & spread evenly over each piece of chicken, being sure to cover all the exposed raw meat (so it doesn’t dry out.) Sprinkle on a bit more fresh parmesan over all the chicken. Bake for 45 mins. This dish is even better the next day, so just reheat in the microwave!

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Barriere Food Bank: Every Wed. starting Sep. 12, 10am-noon. Call for info 672-0029 (leave a message).

Army Cadets - 2941 RCACC Cadet Corp. - Tues. 6:30pm, Barriere Genealogy Club. Meet every 1st & 3rd Friday of the ages 12-18, Legion Basement. New Recruits Welcome. Marc month at the Barriere Library, 6-7pm. For info call 250-672672-9681.

Baha’i Night: Fri., 7:30pm, Marge Mitchell’s home. 672-5615 9330.

Barriere Adult Day Program: Mon. & Wed. 9-2. Lunch, crafts Barriere Hospice: Every 2 weeks. 250-672-9391 Barriere Photography Club. All welcome. For info on & music at the Seniors Ctr. Sherry Jardine 672-5121 Barriere & District Heritage Society: 3rd Wed. of mth, 1pm meeting dates contact Shelley Lampreau at 250-672-5728.

Barriere Community Quilters: 2nd & 4th Thurs.of mth, 2pm at NTVIC in the winter, at Museum in the summer. at the Barriere Food Bank. Judy 250-672-5275 or Fran 250-672Barriere & District Riding Club: Jan-Mar: 3rd Sun. 2012.

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Barriere Search & Rescue: 2nd Tues. of mth, 7pm. Training barrieredistrictridingclub.com. Info Darcey 250-318-9975.

Barriere & District Seniors Events: Mon. Whist 7pm, Tues. on 4th Tues. of mth, 7pm. & Thurs. Carpet Bowling 10am, Wed. Fun Cards 1pm, 672-9627 BSS PAC & Booster Club: 1st Tues. of mth, 5:30pm. Info call 250-672-9943.

Barriere Cancer Support: 672-9263, 672-0017 or 672-1890 Barriere Survivors of Brain Injuries: Call John at 250-372Barriere Choir: Every Thurs. @ Christian Life Assembly, Annesty Rd. Youth 7-18 3:30pm; Adults 19+ 6:30pm. Call Leah 1799.

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

Jones 250-957-8440.

Barriere Curling Club: Oct.-Mar. Curling, league & bonspiels. Carpet Bowling: Mon, Wed, & Fri., 9:30am-12 @ Little Fort Hall.

Barriere Drop In Art. Every Friday from 1-3pm at NTVIC from end of Sept to March (except holidays). Nominal fee. All Community Kitchen: If interested call Dede 554-3134. welcome.

Community Soup Day: Christian Life Assembly on Annesty Rd. 3rd Mon. of every mth, 11:30 am.

Barriere Elementary PAC: 2nd Tues. of mth, 8:45am, call 672-9916.

Council of Senior Citizens: Devoted to improving quality of life for seniors. Call 604-576-9734 or email ecbayer@shaw.ca.

Barriere Fibre Arts. Every Tuesday, 7-9pm at NTVIC, from Oct-Apr. Nominal attendance fee. All welcome.

Crib: Barriere Legion 242, every Thurs. 7:30pm, Sept. to May. Barriere Firefighters’ Practice: Barriere Firehall, Thurs., 7pm Crib: Mon. & Fri. 1-4pm @ Little Fort Hall.

Darts: Barriere Legion 242, every Thurs. 7pm, Sept. to May. Gambler’s Anonymous: 250-374-9165 or 250-374-9866.

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

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

Little Fort Coffee House: 1st Fri. each mth, Oct - May, 7pm @ Little Fort Community Hall.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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ATTENTION LOGGING CONTRACTORS! D&J Isley and Sons Contracting Ltd. of Grande Prairie, AB is looking for: Load & Haul Contracts or Haul Contracts in the Fort St. John Area. B-Train configuration. Single shift. Potential multi-year contract with competitive rates. Accommodations available. Contact Daniel for further details (780) 8144331 or email daniel@isley.ca

SUTCO continues to expand! Current openings; Chip Hauls, Chilliwack, Merritt, West Kootenays.

Dedicated runs, day and afternoon shifts. Highway, dedicated tractor, Canada Only runs. Dispatcher, based in Salmo, days and evening shifts. If you are looking for a career that offers steady work, Extended Benefits, Pension Plan then apply online: www.sutco.ca Fax: 250-3572009 Enquiries: 1-888-357-2612 Ext: 230

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Gilbert Smith Forest Products Ltd. a family owned and operated specialty lumber sawmill located in Barriere B.C., is seeking a hands on individual for the position of Project Manager Assistant. This is a temporary part time position. The successful candidate will be an organized self starting individual with a solid understanding of Microsoft Word and Excel and will have spreadsheet and safety systems experience. Knowledge of construction or industrial processes would be an asset. As a key member supporting the project team, the successful candidate will need to work effectively with the other members by providing organizational and administrative assistance. A competitive compensation package will be offered. Interested applicants please submit your resume to Gilbert Smith Forest Products Ltd. PO Box 689 Barriere, B.C. V0E 1E0 or fax 250-672-5644 or email gilbert_smith@telus.net

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

E-mail: mail@barriere-employment.ca • Website: www.barriere-employment.ca PROGRAM SUPPORT (Casual) – Interior Health O1812 COOK – Part time (not suitable for student) A&W B0009 CASHIER – Part time (not suitable for students) Petro Can B0008 RCA – Casual & Permanent PT, ICS B0007 YARD PERSON – Seas. FT Thompson Valley Charters B0038 COACH CLEANER – Seasonal FT Thompson Valley Charters B0039 BUS DRIVERS – Thompson Valley Charters B0040 COOK – FT or PT Station House Restaurant B0041

SKILL DEVELOPMENT: If you have been on Employment Insurance in the past 3 years (5 years maternity) and are currently unemployed, you may be eligible for re-training dollars. Book an appointment to see one of our counselors for more information.

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

• Free computer and Internet access • Free resume help • Free information on many services.

“The Employment Program of British Columbia is funded by the Government of Canada and the Province of British Columbia” In Partnership with Barriere & District Chamber of Commerce and Yellowhead Community Services

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

E-mail: info@clearwateremployment.ca • Web Page: www.clearwateremployment.ca Sightseeing Boat Operator: Seasonal/Blue River #CB0049 Housekeeper: Seasonal/Clearwater #C0048 Class 1 Truck Driver: PT/Kamloops #C0047 Dishwashers: Seasonal/Blue River #CB0046 Breakfast Cook: Seasonal/Blue River #CB0045 IT Manager: Seasonal/Blue River #CB0043 Skills Link Project Coordinator: Contract position/ Clearwater #C0042 Food and Beverage Server: Seasonal/Clearwater #C0036 House-keeper: Seasonal/Clearwater #C0031 German Speaking Tour Guide: Seasonal/Clearwater #CB0030 Driver-Ski Guide (German Speaking): Seasonal/ Clearwater #C0029 Front Desk Clerk: PT/Clearwater #C0028 Class 1 Driving Instructor: FT Quesnel/Williams Lake #CB0024 Store Clerk/Cashier: Blue River #C0023 Line Cook: Blue River #C0022 Logging Truck Driver: Seasonal/Clearwater #CB0021 Boutique Clerk: Seasonal/Blue River #CB0018 Housekeeping Manager: FT/Blue River #CB0015 Housekeeper: Seasonal/Blue River #CB0014 Fine Dining Server: Seasonal/Blue River #CB0013 Registered Massage Therapist: Seasonal/Blue River #CB0012 Heli-Ski Guides: 6 positions/Seasonal/Blue River #CB0011 GENERAL INFORMATION • Free Workshops: Thurs. Jan. 24th: Work Search Techniques Workshop (every 4th Thursday) Thurs. Feb. 14th: Internet & Email Basics

Workshop ( or every 2nd Thursday) Thurs. Feb. 21st: Creating & Updating Your Resume Workshop (or every 3rd Thursday) Thurs. Jan. 24th: Self Employment Orientation (Must be referred by a Case Manager) Thurs. Feb. 1st: Self Marketing/Networking Workshop Skills Link for Youth: 12 week program starting soon!

Please call 250-674-2928 to register for free workshops.

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

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

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

• Blue River Itinerant: An employment consultant comes to town twice/mth to the Blue River School. Next visit is Thursday Feb. 14 from 12:30-2:30. If a one on one appointment is required, please call to set up a time prior to the drop in.

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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CITY OF Yellowknife invites applications from qualified candidates for the following positions: Pumphouse and Liftstation Tradesperson Public Works Department Competition #902-137 Closes: February 1, 2013. Pumphouse and Liftstation Maintainer Public Works Department Competition #902-135 Closes: February 1, 2013. Building Inspector II - Planning and Development Department Competition #220-125U Closes: February 1, 2013 Submit resumes in confidence by the closing date, to: Human Resources Division, City of Yellowknife, P.O. Box 580, Yellowknife, NT., X1A 2N4; Fax (867) 669-3471 or Email: hr@yellowknife.ca Please direct all inquiries to the above listed email address. For more information on these positions, including the required qualifications, please refer to the City of Yellowknifeâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s web page at: www.yellowknife.ca or contact Human Resources at 867920-5603.

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PYRAMID CORPORATION is now hiring! Instrument Technicians and Electricians for various sites across Alberta. Send resume to fax 780-955-HIRE or hr@pyramidcorporation.com

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Near new Queen Sealy mattress & box spring. Plush euro pillow top, top of the line. $900. 250-672-5891

STEEL BUILDINGS/ Metal buildings 60% off! 20x28, 30x 40, 40x62, 45x90, 50x120, 60x 150, 80x100 sell for balance owed! Call 1-800-457-2206. www.crownsteelbuildings.ca

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Feed & Hay Carlâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Market Garden Good quality horse hay, approx 70lb bale, grass/grass-alfalfa mix, $7/bale. Cow hay $5-6/bale. Potatoes - 40lb sac, red or yellow, $20/sac. 250672-5795 (McLure).

Hay for sale: square bales, 2nd cut, grass/alfa mix. 800lb round bales, 1st cut. Del. can be arranged. (250)672-9319

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

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LOOKING FOR A CAREER IN PLUMBING, ELECTRICAL OR CARPENTRY? We are currently accepting applications for a 19 week Construction Trades Training Program focusing on Carpentry, Electrical and Plumbing. This program is being offered in Kamloops starting in February.

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Good Dog Obedience Spring Classes Starting Feb. 17! * NEW DATES! * Basic Obedience - A 6 week course in good manners & canine behaviour begins Sunday, Feb. 17, 11am at the Fall Fair Hall in Barriere for all dogs at least 6 months old & up. Cost $100.

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Candidate must possess current B.C. Red Seal certification. Preference will be given to well-rounded individuals willing to also perform other nonelectrical maintenance work as part of the maintenance team. A background in lime or cement industry along with computer and or PLC skills is preferred as well as a proven track record of developing and maintaining a safe work culture. Additional skills required: t &MFDUSJDJBO XJUI JOEVTUSJBM FYQFSJFODF SFRVJSFE UP XPSL BU UIF (SBZNPOU 1BWJMJPO Lime Plant. t .VTU CFDPNF FOHBHFE JO DPOUJOVPVT JNQSPWFNFOU BOE XJMMJOH UP XPSL JO B UFBN environment. t 3FHVMBS TIJGUT XJMM CF IST EBZ GSPN .POEBZ UP 'SJEBZ o TUFBEZ EBZ TIJGU t .VTU CF XJMMJOH UP XPSL PWFSUJNF XIFO SFRVJSFE t 8BHFT BOE CFOFÜUT BT QFS UIF DPMMFDUJWF BHSFFNFOU t -PDBUFE JO 1BWJMJPO # $ TJUVBUFE CFUXFFO $BDIF $SFFL BOE -JMMPPFU # $ Qualified applicants please submit your resume to: jking@graymont.com or Graymont Pavilion Plant Attn: Dan Buis P.O. Box 187 Cache Creek, BC V0K 1H0

Will purchase or consign anything of value, ie: cars, trucks, boats, furniture, antiques, trailers. Call Bruce at Haydn Auction Services (250)319-5230, or (250)6729809.

Misc. Wanted 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.

Wanted: Model A Ford head & any other parts. 250-672-1016 Wanted to buy: Reliable older snowmobile to set ski tracks.

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Real Estate Houses For Sale Thompson-Crossing.com 121 Ferry Road, Blackpool Clearwater, B.C. A NEW BEGINNING! For further information please Call 250-587-6151

Rentals Apt/Condo for Rent Riverbend Seniors Community

Kamloops (55+) 2bdr. suite $1700/mo., river view, spacious, wheelchair friendly, many extras. Email catherine_steele@hotmail.com 1(604)408-1023 Vancouver 1(250)377-3686 Kamloops

Modular Homes Clearwater: Very attractive 2 bdrm Modular Hm. Incl all appl, hobby rm, covered front entry, storage shed. Location: site #24 Thompson Crossing. $800/mo + DD. 250-587-6151

Homes for Rent Clearwater: 2 bdrm townhouse located in Weyco subd.

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Avail immed. $800/mnth. Call Julie 250-674-0188 Clearwater: 3 bdrm + 2 sm loft bdrm on 1 acre. Elec/wood heat. Incl fridge & elec stove. $750/mo + DD. Avail Feb. 1 Ref req. Ph. 778-549-0410 Clearwater Riverfront 1 bdrm apt, priv & quiet, furn, util incl, ref, $775/mo, 250-674-0001 or info@riveradventures.ca Two bdrm MH w/family rm, carport, 4 appl, wood heater. $625/mo. Site #9, Thompson Crossing, 121 Ferry Road, Clearwater BC. Avail Feb. 1.

250-587-6151 Vavenby: 5+ bdrm, 3+acre hobby farm for rent. Avail Jan. 1. Call Randy 250-674-8288

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Tolko Industries Ltd. Forest Stewardship Plan Amendment #1

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Tolko Industries Ltd. approved Forest Stewardship Plan (FSP) that applies to the Kamloops and Cascades Timber Supply Areas (TSA) is to be amended to add three additional forest licences that are all located in the Kamloops TSA, including: • • •

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Non-Replaceable Forest License (NRFL) A88773 held by Tk’emlupsemc Forestry Development Corp.

Replaceable Forest Licence (RFL) A89987 held by Tk’emlupsemc Forestry Development Corp.

Non-Replaceable Forest License (NRFL) A88223 held by the Bonaparte Indian Band.

Forest management activities conducted under the above licences that are approved under the FSP will adhere to the prescribed requirements and the applicable results or strategies outlined in the Tolko FSP. No amendments have been made that materially change the content or intent of the approved FSP.

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To ensure that a Tolko representative is available to discuss the proposed FSP amendment, any interested parties should call Rene Thomsen at (250) 378-1204 to arrange a meeting time. Please address any comments or inquiries in writing to Rene Thomsen RPF at either address noted above or by email to Rene.Thomsen@Tolko.com.

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CHURCH OF ST. PAUL

4464 Barriere Town Road

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

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

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

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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.

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Genealogy 101: Breaking through the brick wall

By Margaret Houben North Thompson Star/Journal While researching your family tree, when you suddenly can’t get any further on a particular branch, it is known as hitting a ‘brick wall’. Getting past that brick wall can be complicated and time consuming. However, there are ways to break through that brick wall and find the information you are looking for.

Step one, go over the

A free telephone workshop will help residents understand dementia The non-profit Alzheimer Society of B.C. will be offering a free tele-workshop, Understanding Dementia, on Thursday, Jan. 31. The onehour session starts at 7 p.m. and explains the progression of Alzheimer’s disease and other dementias.

It focuses on the symptoms and reactions that are likely to arise throughout the different stages of the disease.

Participants can take part in the comfort of their own homes, accessing the workshop via telephone, with optional online slides.

Pre-registration is not necessary. A few minutes before the session, participants simply dial toll-free 1-866-994-7745, then enter the pass code of 1122333.

To use the website, go to momentum. adobeconnect.com/ alzheimerbc and log in as a guest.

For more information on Alzheimer’s disease and other dementias, visit the Society website at www. alzheimerbc.org.

source material you have collected so far, perhaps when you started, you disregarded something as unimportant, that now actually is a clue to what you are looking for.

Step two, if the person you are looking for shows up on one census but not a previous census, check for their neighbours or a sibling. You may be able to find a mis-indexed census entry that way, or even uncover a migration pattern that way.

Step three, check for name variations, especially for the last name, but also for the first name of the individual. The farther back you go, the more often names can get spelt differently. This isn’t necessarily intentional on the part of the person doing the census, and indeed, could be recorded correctly by the census

taker, but transcribed incorrectly because of a difficulty in reading the census taker’s handwriting. Also, if the record you are viewing is the original and is handwritten, double check that you are reading the handwriting correctly. Not only could there have been an error in spelling, perhaps they took down the nickname - such as Bob, instead of Robert, or Jack instead of John - or the middle name instead of the first name and middle initial - Jane, instead of Martha J. I once spotted an extra person on my tree that way, having accidently spelt the name wrong in the search bar and hitting ‘enter’ before I noticed... and still got a ‘hit’ on the search!

Step four, if there are county or town boundaries near where your ancestor lived, be aware

that the county or town boarders may have be moved from one census to the next, which would mean the record you are looking for is now under a totally different town or county name.

This is were historical maps can come in handy, especially for areas that have had a lot of conflict - you could even have an ancestor living in one country that is partly (or completely) invade by another country, and now, even though they haven’t moved at all, they are now in a totally different country.

The Barriere Genealogy Club meets every first and third Friday of the month, 6 p.m. at the Barriere Library. All are welcome to come, and if you have a laptop, bring it, as the library only has two computer terminals, but they do have wireless access.

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Fat and furry for winter

Submitted photo: Lorraine Dunn

New age igloo

STAR/JOURNAL photo: Jill Hayward

Barriere resident, Lorraine Dunn,sent in this colourful photograph of a recently constructed and colourful igloo in her backyard. Dunn writes, “I love to create things with snow and food coloring, and thought you might like this pic of my cat Pumpkin, inside my recent project of building an igloo. I made the colored ice forms with yogurt containers and some one-litre milk cartons; but the plastic yogurt containers were much easier to work with.” Thanks Lorraine, we love the photograph, and your ingenuity.

Equine Canada estimates that as of 2010, 116,000 horses are kept in British Columbia by 21,600 owners, and that only two-thirds of owners live on the same property as their horse. Horse owners are reminded that winter weather provides additional challenges when feeding and caring for equines in the winter. Horses require suitable food, water, and available shelter, with regular checks and attention from a caregiver to meet their needs at this time of year. Good care and attention during the winter months will keep horses happy and in healthy condition; as seen in the six mares in this photo. Of note is the fact that these horses are all over 20 years old.

Gardening: Plants in glass are post-holidays rage

By Brian Minter Maple Ridge News As we look to add some warmth and colour in our homes after the bright and cheery Christmas season, there is a new trend sweeping the world with a different style of décor.

Glass containers – balls, baubles, vases and hangers – filled with easy-to-care-for indoor plants are all the rage.

They’re called aeriums, and they are filled with plants like tillandsias, succulents and other fun and carefree tropicals.

Aeriums need some indirect window light to ensure quality growth, but that’s about it.

All you truly have to do is mist tillandsias and air plants with warm water once a day, or for succulents, simply check to see if the media in which they are growing is somewhat moist.

In a glass environment, resilient tropicals just need a bit

of misting or a moisture check once a week.

It’s really that simple.

I love the fact they are equally at home on a window sill, coffee table, desk or any convenient place in your home or office.

They can also hang in windows, from the ceiling or from decorative light fixtures.

The old terrarium look has been taken over by larger clear glass vases and bowls containing a single specimen plant displayed with artistic flair. All that’s needed is a bit of welldrained soil and some horticultural charcoal on the bottom and for a finishing touch a covering of moss, a creeping evergreen fern or colourful stones in the colours of your home décor.

For a very ‘in’ look, heartshaped anthuriums with their beautiful foliage and vibrant blossoms can have the soil carefully washed off revealing co-

lourful white and pink roots, and they can look beautiful for months sitting in a clear glass vase of water.

Peace Lilies (spathiphyllum) don’t perform quite as well, but they too look great displayed this way.

Hardy water plants, like water rushes (Jucus effusus) do very well in household situations.

Both the straight and curly forms can expose their attractive white roots in a clear glass container of water.

This whole new trend of introducing beautiful plants in glass containers is catching on, not only because they are unique but also because the care they require is minimal.

Folks who previously had difficulty looking after plants can now relax and enjoy.

Almost all of these aeriums are self contained, fit into spots where traditional plants can’t and are tidy and clean.

Growing plants under glass latest trend for the green-thumb set.

They are a lot of fun, and many garden stores now carry them for you to try.

Empty clear glass containers are also available if you’re feeling particularly creative to

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plant your own.

Aeriums are a nice and easy way to add warmth and life into your winter home. *Brian Minter owns Minter Gardens near Chlliwack, B.C.