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The Habitat Conservation Trust Foundation (HCTF) is investing $85,900 for a project to preserve the declining Telkwa Caribou herd. A recent press release says the Telkwa caribou herd is declining almost to extinction, and the foundation funded project will look at the causes of the decline including displacement by winter recreation and predation by wolves. The study will quantify the impacts of those factors and GPS and web-based technologies will increase awareness and reduce recreational impacts to caribou. The Telkwa caribou grant is one among 139 grants from the non-profit HCTF organization. They
are distributing over $6 million to projects to protect B.C.’s fish, wildlife and habitats. “This money is critical to conserving and managing the diverse range of habitats and species that make B.C. special,” said Harvey Andrusak, Chair of the Foundation. “Without these grants, much of the critical conservation work happening around the province simply couldn’t get done.” The primary source of HCTF funding is the sale of fishing, hunting, guiding and trapping licences, rather than donations. “The conservationists of this province chose to go beyond simple stewardship of the resource to become instrumental in preserving a whole range of species and habitats, to everyone’s benefit,” Andrusak said.
Protests continue over trout and char fishing ban By Anna Killen Black Press
The new regulation banning and restricting the retention of trout and char caught in Skeena region rivers and streams is an example of the wrong way to make policy, and has ended up dividing a community that used to be united. Those are the words of incumbent Skeena
NDP MLA Robin Austin, who spoke to the issue along with NDP environment critic Rob Fleming who visited the area April 5. The two met with angling stakeholders in an attempt to understand the divisive regulation, which came into affect April 1 and allows for the retention of one rainbow trout during the
summer and early fall months, and no retention of Dolly Varden or Bull Trout yearround. “You have people who, for the longest time, have been on the same page always advocating for the protection of fish,” said Austin. “And [the community is] completely split – some basically saying this a good thing, others go-
ing it’s only anecdotal evidence, you don’t even have the proof.” Not only is this split troublesome, but a lack of hard scientific data puts the government’s decisions in question, he said. “It’s no way to be making fisheries policy, if you don’t have science and data,” he said. “[Government] needs to figure out a way to be able to do
that science.” One way to do that would be to use money from fishing licence sales to pay for fisheries bodies and research, he said, noting that is what was originally supposed to happen when the province shifted to the freshwater fisheries society model in 2003/2004. Instead it’s been going into general revenue, he said.
But a lot of people believe the freshwater fisheries societies model – an armslength, independent, financed by government through license sales – works, added Fleming. “The discussion we’re having is whether that could be expanded,” he said, noting the program should also be reviewed periodically to ensure it is
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meetings and related correspondence, and other advisory groups, First Nations, and the public are consulted before regulations are implemented. “Sometimes there are tough measures that need to be imposed when a resource is in trouble,” said Fleming, noting restrictions on herring that have been implemented in his riding of Victoria – Swan Lake – where he is running for re-election. “But that was done with significant science
and everybody getting to look at the numbers,” he said. “I’ve seen and heard nothing so far that suggests that was the way it was done in this region.” The provincial government says that the regulation change keeps with the conservation-first approach to angling, that it is working to assess areas where risks are low enough to restore harvest opportunities, and that other jurisdictions of western North America have similar catch bans in place.
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Houston Chamber China Trip 2013
Houston and District Chamber of Commerce manager Maureen Czirfusz and board members Bill Sullivan and Kyle Thomson travelled to China from March 27 to April 6 on a tour organized through the Canadian Chamber of Commerce Executives. They were accompanied by Bill’s wife Louise and Maureen’s husband Vernon. The purpose of the trip was to be introduced to Chinese culture and learn about doing business there. “There were about 20 chambers represented from across Canada and 7 were from BC” said Czirfusz. The tour was offered by Citslinc International, which works exclusively with chambers of commerce and boards of trade in North America. “This trip was a familiarization tour for chamber executives to learn what Citslinc has to offer and be able to promote it to their
members.” The tour included visits to many of China’s well known tourist destinations such as the Great Wall and the Forbidden City in Beijing, West Lake in Hangzhou, Tiger Hill in Suzhou and the Bund in Shanghai. Besides sightseeing, the chamber representatives also had introductory meetings with the BC International Trade and Investment Office, the China International Fair for Trade in Service (both in Beijing) and the Suzhou Singapore Industrial Park in Suzhou. “The SIP was a city within a city” said Czirfusz, “There were hundreds of international companies there with offices or manufacturing plants and the area had commercial, residential, and recreational zones.” It was a busy 10 days as the travellers were treated to all the regular tours included in the trip as well as the
optional tours. The Houston and District Chamber of Commerce is organizing a return trip to China for April 4 to 13, 2014. “The trip for 2014 is focused toward introducing business people in the north to China” Czirfusz said, “With expanding trade in the Asian markets, BC is positioned to be the gateway for not just Canada but all of North America. Citslinc president Leo Liu has the connections in business and government to set up introduction meetings for anyone looking to buy or sell products or trade in services in China.” The trip in 2014 is open to anyone, not just business owners, that would like to be introduced to the history and culture of China. “China is a fascinating country and the people were very friendly” said Czirfusz “It took a while to get used to numbers of people but we never felt uncom-
Five people from Houston were part of a tour group to China. The tour was organized by Chamber of Commerce executives. Photo submitted fortable or unsafe while out in the streets.” The Chamber will be host-
ing an information session in late May or early June, depending
on Mr. Liu’s schedule, for anyone that might be interested in learn-
ing more. “I would definitely go back” said Czirfusz.
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ithin seconds of the election writs being dropped, the press releases from the provincial political parties began to fly. The press releases come in several forms. Of course, the Liberal party press releases tout their previous accomplishments, while the other parties point out all the deficiencies in the way the Liberal party governed over the last four years. Then there are the promises. Small promises, safe promises and then there are the huge promises. The biggest promise thus far, a promise made only by the Liberal party is the establishment of the Propserity Fund, first announced by Premier Christy Clark in the spring budget. The gist of the promise is the Liberals will lead the province out of debt and into the promised land of prosperity by leaning on the natural gas industry. There are at least four natural gas pipelines proposed to travel from northeastern B.C. to Kitimat where a similar number of liquid natural gas plants are being proposed. Clark has said she expects one of the LNG plants to be operational by 2015 and the remaining three by 2020. With a ton of jobs and billions of dollars in revenue, it is easy to see how such a promise can be made. However, of the pipelines and LNG plants, only one of each have passed the environmental assessment process. The LNG plant in Kitimat includes First Nations partners, but the pipeline has not received full approval from First Nations groups along the way. Without completed environmental assessments and approval from First Nations, the remaining LNG plants and pipelines are merely proposals, not jobs, nor money in the bank, unless of course somebody knows something and they aren’t talking. - Percy N. Hébert
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No need to be picture perfect Looking through old photos from when my kids were young, I’m hard-pressed to find very many of myself in there. The reason for this is because I was too busy being the photographer and I would forget to hand the camera over to someone else. The other reason is that I typically didn’t feel presentable and preferred being behind the lens rather than in front of it. On the rare occasion that I thought I looked good enough, and I actually remembered to ask, my husband would snap a few. Unfortunately, I didn’t keep many of the pictures he took because I’d invariably find fault with my appearance and throw them out. Good grief. I kick myself for that now. It shouldn’t have mattered how I looked.
Photographs of me, especially with my children, are important. “There’s hardly any of you,” Sam and Daisy have complained when looking through our scrapbooks and photo boxes. I know exactly how they feel since I’ve felt the same way about the lack of pictures of my mother. But it’s our own fault. Like my grandmothers, we were too self-conscious to pose, and we probably didn’t want to waste money getting photos developed that would just wind up in the garbage. When I first met my husband he’d attempt to take my picture, but he was rarely successful. Trying to get snapshots of someone who is uncooperative and camera-shy gets tiresome. Thank goodness for my mother-in-law
who obviously didn’t care and knew better. Perusing her photo albums is an entirely different experience because there aren’t just prints of my husband and our kids, there are actually some of me in there too. Even pre-parenthood pictures, which Sam and Daisy love. “Is that you?” my nine-year-old daughter asked, pointing to an image of me from 19 years earlier when I first started dating their daddy. “You look so young, Mama.” I did look young. Young and thin. Ironically I didn’t want to get my picture taken back then because I felt too plump. What was I thinking? It’s obvious looking through her album that my size fluctuated dramatically over time, particularly during the first few years after my kids were born and I
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wasn’t quick to lose the extra baby weight. But seeing photos of me with my children at various stages of their lives, no matter how I looked, isn’t just a treat for them, it’s a treat for me as well. Since turning 40 I haven’t objected to getting my picture taken like I used to. It’s not that I think I’ve become more photogenic, I just care more about capturing moments and less about looking perfect. I still feel like I should be doing way more of it though. My brother has always snapped a ton of his family, and I’ve noticed my dad doing the same as he’s become more sentimental. I need to follow their lead. In this digital age we can take an unlimited number of pictures and not worry about getting rolls
On a brighter note Lori Welbourne of photos developed and ending up with a bunch we don’t want. Now when we have images printed, we can hand-pick exactly what we want and save or trash the rest. There’s no such thing as taking too many pictures anymore. There also should be no such thing as waiting to look perfect. That kind of attitude might work in the modeling world, but in the real world where memories matter, it doesn’t make sense.
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“I think health care and seniors housing. Anywhere you talk to people, health care is the pits and the seniors housing, and assisted living is lacking.”
“For me it’s debt. The provincial debt just seems to keep going up and up, and it doesn’t seem to be an issue on anybody’s mind. I don’t like debt. Our kids have to pay for that. ”
“The environment. Liberals don’t care at all, because I’ve been out in the bush and seen what the contractors do out there. The mills are running the bush now, not the government.”
“I think the two key issues are jobs and health care.”
HIKING Class The Houston Secondary School Outdoor Education Class hiked and snowshoed 13 km in to the cabin at Silver King Basin in the Babine Mountains Provincial Park. The overnight trip goal included education about safety in the backcountry and according to teacher Andrew Bond ‘Everyone had a blast.’
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NDP adds to spending in full platform NDP leader Adrian Dix released the party’s full election platform Wednesday, detailing new spending that adds up to $988 million over the next three years. Bigger budgets are proposed for legal aid and crime prevention, a new ministry of women’s equality, $4 million to review oil pipeline projects the NDP opposes, and $10 million to hold an inquiry into the
sale of BC Rail operations a decade ago. The new measures are on top of earlier NDP platform announcements to launch a $210 million-a-year child benefit for lowincome families, boost seniors’ home care, add more teachers, raise welfare rates and index them to inflation. The minimum wage would also be linked to inflation
and the lower wage for alcohol servers would be eliminated. The platform also promises to move the date of the 2017 B.C. election to the fall, which would extend an NDP government’s mandate to four and a half years if the party wins the May 14 election. Dix emphasized the NDP’s claim that the B.C. Liberal preelection budget is not balanced as the government says,
but hides a deficit of nearly $800 million by underestimating program spending in the current year and overestimating money from selling government assets. “Our spending commitments are in balance with our revenue measures, so our platform will not add a penny to the Liberal deficit,” Dix said at a news conference in front of the B.C. legislature. The platform
puts numbers on the NDP’s promise to divert some carbon tax revenues to transit and green projects around the province. That spending would start with $30 million this fiscal year, rising to $40 million next year and $50 million in year three. The NDP platform proposes $2 million next year in new spending for legal aid through “ c o m m u n i t y partnerships,” rising
to $5 million the following year and $10 million in 201516. C r i m e prevention and restorative justice programs would get an extra $2 million each in the first year of an NDP government. Legal aid spending would increase $2 million this year, $5 million next year and $10 million in year three. The NDP budget totals include no new money for
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ouston Link to Learning runs events and regular programs to improve community literacy and strengthen families. Last Thursday evening, almost 80 people enjoyed a Link to Learning family literacy night with dinner and table games for families to enjoy. “It makes it easier for families to be able to connect,” said Renee Jaspers, assistant family literacy coordinator with the Houston Link to Learning. Houston Link to Learning is a non-profit organization that offers programs to improve literacy skills of families in the community, said Jaspers. Jaspers says their programs include Ready Set Learn, Family Nights, Food Skills for Families, Strengthening Families Parenting program, Nobody’s Perfect Parenting program and the new Stepping Stones Project in the Community Garden. They also offer one-on-one tutoring classes and drivers license test preparation in a program room at Northwest Community College, she said. Link to learning is partnering with the Houston Public Library to hold a Nordan Picnic and Barbecue on May 29 at the Library. Those at the Houston Link to Learning hope that everyone will come out and show their support for the Literacy programs, said Jaspers. “They really benefit our community,” she said.
Top: Jackie, her daughter Kaylee, 4, and their neighbour Constance, 10, put together a puzzle at the Family Literacy Night put on by Houston Link to Learning last Thursday. Left: Grandparents Harm and Marianne Dekker play a memory game with their two grandchildren Cassie, 5, and Kaedon, 2. Jackie Lieuwen photos/Houston Today
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BRIDGE Repairs LDM employees Darwin Zimmer, Ron Maisonneuve, John Powers, Carey Derksen, and Steve Gailing, discuss the condition of Buck Bridge One with Structural Engineer Emily Cheung. The meeting with the engineer was to discuss options because the bridge needs maintenance repairs which may need the deck to be lifted to access the substructure, said Cam Schley, Operations Manager with the Bulkley-Stikine Ministry of Transportation.
Child care policies offer a clear choice between the B.C. Liberals and the NDP in the May 14 provincial election. Premier Christy Clark wants to take a provincially funded savings account set up for each child born since 2007, and hand out $1,200 to parents who open a Registered Education Savings Plan to begin saving for post-secondary training. Former premier Gordon Campbell established the fund when the B.C. government was enjoying budget surpluses, before the 2008 downturn in the world economy. That’s added to the
B.C. Liberal “early years strategy” that includes full-day kindergarten, $142 million for child care subsidies, $34 million for “Success by Six” programs in 225 communities, and an additional $32 million promised over three years to help create new licensed child care spaces. NDP leader Adrian Dix has promised to cancel the RESP and other new spending, and redirect it to a “Family Bonus Program,” a direct subsidy of up to $70 per month, per child for low-income families starting in 2014. The NDP plan would pay the full amount to families with annual income of $25,000 or less,
with payments decreasing on a sliding scale to families with income under $66,000. Applying to all children under 18, the bonus program is projected to cost $210 million a year. Platform highlights: • The B.C. Conservative pre-election platform offers no specific programs for child care or early childhood education. Its September 2012 policy document supports “the principle that parents are the child’s first and most important teachers.” B.C. Conservatives also support a school
voucher system, “ensuring that taxpayers’ dollars follow the student to provincially approved educational options,” and the principle that social services be “delivered by community-based organizations rather than directly by government.” • The B.C. Green platform promises to create “local child care trusts” monitored by the provincial government. Promised services include “child care, in-home support, emergency and crisis services, a guaranteed livable income and safe and adequate
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Left: Maggie Kenzle, Hailey & Kadence Kascas received an award for being the most dedicated skaters in their age groups. Right: Houston boy, Jesse Denommee was one of 12 goalies at the 100 Mile House Wranglers Junior B Hockey Club’s Spring Tryout Camp, held April 19 to 21 at the South Cariboo Rec. Centre.
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Beverly Bird Advocational Party
Anne Filippone 3944 Cascade Dr, Vernon, BC, V1T 9E7
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Dan Brooks BC Conservative Party
Gerald Caron PO Box 2401, Vanderhoof, BC, V0J 3A0
Colin Hamm Green Party of BC
Colin Hamm PO Box 1653, Fort St. James, BC, V0J 1P0
John Rustad BC Liberal Party
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home with the small grass fire, about four square metres, and the fire department put out the fire. *** At 9 a.m. last week Monday, police got report of several young people damaging an abandoned home on Tenth Street. Sgt. Rose says the youth were reported to have been damaging the deck rail and spindles on the abandoned home and throwing spindles around the parking lot and onto other properties. No suspects for the ongoing damage have been identified but police have notified the District of Houston who will follow up with the property owner to ensure the damaged property is made safe, said Sgt. Rose. *** At 3:40 p.m. last week Monday, police got report of two drunk males on Tweedie Avenue who challenged the complainant to a fight as he was driving into his driveway. Sgt. Rose says one was wearing jeans, a blue and while checkered hoodie and ball cap, and the other was wearing jeans, a black hoodie and a ball cap. Police patrolled but didn’t find the males, last seen heading up the hill to the apartments from Tweedie Ave., said Sgt. Rose. *** Police were called at 8 a.m. last week Monday about a male banging on someone’s door looking for someone at about 1 a.m. that morning. Sgt. Rose says the male became confrontational when he was told he was at the wrong place. The male was not identified and police ask people to call immediately when something happens, so police can attend and deal with the concern. *** Police got report at 11 a.m. last week Sunday that someone’s pickup truck rear window was broken overnight by a beer bottle. Sgt. Rose says police seized parts of the broken bottle for forensic examination, and though police have no suspects, the case is still under investigation. *** Police got report
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at 8:20 a.m. last week Sunday that the light pole in the 7-11 parking lot had been struck and knocked over. Sgt. Rose says police have no suspects because nobody saw it happen, but it was believed to have happened between 7:30 and 8:30 a.m. *** At 5 a.m. last week Sunday, police got report of an unknown male knocking on someone’s door on Pearson Road. Sgt. Rose says police went and found the male, who was drunk, and arrested him for breaching conditions to abstain from alcohol. The male was lodged in cells, released and will face charges in the Houston court June 17, said Rose. *** Police got report at 9:50 a.m. April 19 of a suspicious male hanging around the baseball diamond at Jamie Baxter Park. Sgt. Rose says the male was reported to be 5’6’’ with red hair and under alcohol or drug influence. Police patrolled the area but did not find the male, said Rose. *** Police got three mischief reports from the District of Houston at 11:30 a.m. April 24. First, the District reported that sometime in the past two weeks, someone had damaged numerous power outlets on the Jamie Baxter Park Amphitheatre, said Sgt. Rose, adding that the outlets were repaired since then. Second, the District reported that sometime before April 16, someone damaged one of the dugouts at the Northside ballpark and left broken glass bottles on the field, said Sgt. Rose. Third, the District reported a break and enter into the log house at Four Seasons Park. Sgt. Rose says at an unknown time, the park caretaker saw someone force entry into the building, but nothing was stolen. Sgt. Rose says it is important for people to contact police immediately if they see damage being done in any of the parks, so that police can make the damagers responsible for their actions.
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Windy, dry conditions result in out of control fires By Jackie Lieuwen Houston Today
The Houston Fire Department was called twice last Wednesday to deal with two fires that had gotten out of control. Fire Chief Jim Daigneault says it was dry and windy out on Wednesday and people should be checking weather conditions before burning. Daigneault says two trucks and seven firefighters responded at 1 p.m. Wednesday to a 9-1-1 call about a hay pile on fire on Poplar Street. Daigneault says there were close to 40 round bales stacked in a pile, and arriving they could see open flames and lots of smoke. “When we got there, a lot of [the bales] were all black and just smoking,” said Daigneault. “It made more smoke than anything else,” he said. Asked about the challenges they had fighting the fire, Daigneault said the biggest one was
opening up and putting out the tightly wound hay bales. “It starts burning inside of [the bales] so you have to open them all up to get access to it,” said Daigneault.
his hay bales on fire,” he said, adding that it was a gust of wind that blew the embers into the hay. One concern firefighters had was that the wind might
said. Daigneault says they called the forest service in to help because they are good at fighting bush fires, and the fire looked like it had gotten into
fire was controlled within three hours. Asked if he has further advice for people burning grass, Daigneault said nobody should be burning grass now.
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The wind spread a grass fire across five acres near Lund Road, burning mostly grass and some bush and fense posts. Daigneault says it was burning barrel that started the fire. “Sounds like he was burning some stuff and then an ember came out and caught
Fire-acre fire near Lund Road made Houston Fire Department call Forest Service for help because of concerns about wind and nearby homes.
blow the fire over to a stack plastic wrapped bales not too far away, said Daigneault. At 3 p.m. the Houston Fire Department got a 9-11 call about another fire, this one an outof-control grass fire on Lund Road. Daigneault says six firefighters, a firetruck from the department and a truck from the hay fire responded. The five-acre fire was at the back of a property on Lund Road and had gotten onto the power line access, Daigneault said. “It was mostly grass that was burning, but it was getting into a few trees and burned a few fence posts,” he
some of the trees and bush around that area. “And being windy, we didn’t want to risk [the fire] getting away, ‘cause there are houses around in that area,” he said. Ten Forest Service people came from Burns Lake and dealt with the fire in the bush and the hot spots, while the Houston firefighters focused on the burning grass. Asked about the challenges, Daigneault says the fire wasn’t too bad to handle, and biggest challenge was getting access to the fire. They went through a field and ended up getting the truck stuck, he said, adding that besides that the
“It’s amazingly dry out right now, for this time of year,” said Daigneault. “Right now with the weather conditions, you should not even be burning,” he said. “It’s just not practical… the wind comes up so quick and it takes off so fast.” Daigneault says that when people do burn, they should be getting permits and should not be burning general dead grass and clearing land, but should be burning only piles. “But it’s just not a good idea right now… As you can see, it spreads fairly quick,” he said.
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Forest Salvage Society gives back to the community The Morice Forest Salvage Society donated $6,036 to community groups, splitting it between the Houston Quad Riders, the Salvation Army Food Bank, the Public Library, the Houston Health Centre, the town of Granisle and the Native Band. Left: John Seinen, VicePresident of the Morice Forest Salvage Society presents a cheque to Sally Sullivan, Site Coordinator at the Houston Health Centre. Right: Seinen presents a cheque to Toni McKilligan, Chief Librarian at the Houston Public Library.
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Provincial election candidates square off in radio debate By Tom Fletcher Black Press
Four party leaders squared off Friday in a debate on CKNW radio, with B.C. Liberal leader Christy Clark and NDP leader Adrian Dix trading accusations of dishonesty over budget deficits and oil pipelines. B.C. Conservative leader John Cummins
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August 12, 1936 - April 24, 2012 Ruby Lillian Fontaine August 12, 1936 April 24, 2012
A wife, a mother, a daughter, a sister, a grandma, a mother in law, an aunt and a friend Not a day has gone by over the past year that we haven’t thought about you. We miss you deeply; life goes on but it has changed forever. In the beginning there were tears and sadness, eventually As we love her, to be replaced by warm somemories we miss of her, our time with You willshe always be in our In our you. memory is dear, hearts and in our minds, we Loved, remembered, will never longed for always forget you.
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Eelkje (Elly) Reitsma –Nauta May 09, 1920 – March 30, 2013
Elly Reitsma, age 92, went home to be with her Lord on March 30th, 2013, the day before we all celebrated Easter. It seemed so very fitting that we should be remembering the death and resurrection of Jesus, as this time. We celebrate this as the very reason our Mother is with our Saviour. She was born the 4th of 6 children in Workum, Friesland, the Netherlands. There she met and married the love of her life, Wiepke (Bill) Reitsma in 1942. They were blessed with 69 years of married life before Dad was called home on Sept. 8, 2011. Together, they raised 4 children in Holland, then immigrated to Canada in 1953, where their last 2 children were born. Mom was very active in her community, whether in the role of a participant of the first fund-raisers for the Christian School known as the “Willing Workers”, rolling bandages for the Clinic, or knitting her more than 800 toques, and countless (hundreds of )pairs of socks for needy children in distant countries. She was also a proud participant in the Senior Games for many years, along with Dad, and one of her favorite hobbies was tending her beautiful flowers. Mom was predeceased by her husband, Bill Reitsma, (2011) and a son, Fred (1951). She is survived by children Robert (Deborah) Reitsma of Alto, MI; Julia ( Jim) Ippel of Terrace, B.C.; Henry (Dorothy) Reitsma of Houston, BC; Charles ( Joyce) Reitsma of Houston, BC; Margaret (Ray) Matthews of Houston, BC; Rita (Bud) Sherman of Gwynne, AB; 24 Grandchildren, Greatgrandchildren, and 2 Great-great-grandchildren. Mom is also survived by one brother (Thom and wife Trijntje) remaining in Holland, plus many nieces, nephews and friends. Safe in the Arms of Jesus Photo and article submitted by Rita Sherman
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Lia Long 250-845-1147
SPACE & SUNSHINE! Re/Max Houston
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2436 Poulton Ave., Houston, Extremely well kept 3 bedroom home on 3 acres. BC remaxhou@telus.net Locatede-mail: just minutes from town. Hardwood floor and ceramic tile throughout main. Sunken living room, family room in basement. Large sundeck, wired shed, back portion fenced for horses. www.realtor.ca 40 x 60 fenced garden, 40 x 100 fenced dog run. Fire pit.
Call 250-845-7325 $ www.remaxhouston.ca 189,900
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