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Shredding the course Times Staff The second annual Clearwater Carnage BMX and SK8 competition on Saturday, May 4 was a great success, organizers report. “We could not have asked for better weather and were excited to have the event simultaneously with the Rotary Flea Market,” said healthy living coordinator Eleanor Collins. In all there were 12 BMX competitors and 16 skateboarders in the event. The competition attracted many spectators, including MLA Terry Lake and his wife Lisa. It was planned by Clearwater’s Youth Week committee as part of
Youth Week celebrations. District of Clearwater hosted the event and Clearwater Rotary Club provided lunch to all of the competitors. Gary Goodie judged the competition while Chris Martin judged as well as acted as the MC. The Youth Week committee looks forward to next year and plans to add a scooter division to the competition. Clearwater Carnage winners were: BMX under 10 – Parker Collins; BMX 11-14 – Nathan Jensen; BMX open – Nathan Jensen; skateboard under 10 – Dustin Hurst; skateboard 11-14 – Ben Butcher; and skateboard open – Cody Hurst.
Left: Grade 6 student Nathan Jensen gets some air time while taking part in the second annual Clearwater Carnage BMX and SK8 competition at Rotary Sports Park on Saturday, May 4. Photo by Keith McNeill
Candidates debate the issues during forum in Barriere Jill Hayward, North Thompson Star/ Journal Despite the fact it was the same night as a Canuck’s playoff hockey game, the May 3 all candidates forum in Barriere at the Fall Fair Hall was wellattended. Moderator for the evening was Barriere resident Harley Wright, who did an admirable job of keeping the forum running smoothly and on track. All four KamloopsNorth Thompson candidates were in attendance; Independent John Ford, BC NDP Kathy Kendall, BC Conservative Ed Klop,
and BC Liberal Terry Lake. The forum started with each candidate given three minutes for an opening statement before questions were taken from the floor. Names were drawn from a hat to determine the order of speakers. Ford was first up, saying he had three reasons for deciding to run in the election. “One; I believe democracy in general is in crisis and needs some improvement. Two; I believe to improve, we need someone who does not have any political background to be elected. And three; B.C. is experiencing a lot of large corporations
that are exporting the resources of B.C.” Ford noted he believed that B.C. resources should be used in B.C. to create jobs here. Ed Klop was next, saying, “This is all about a job interview for someone to represent you for the next four years. There have been a lot of good things done and a lot not so good. Barriere is a unique rural community, but not so unique that there are not more rural communities like this one. We’ve made a platform that we want to identify what we want to do to increase population and retain young people with jobs, and to make sure that
these rural communities have the support from the BC Conservatives as a government to retain these.” Terry Lake, who is running for re-election, said, “During the past four years I have worked hard to develop relationships with community leaders, and have been able to bring significant funding into Barriere for the bandshell and the North Thompson Agriplex. I also chaired the Ranching Task Force, which had positive impact to ranchers in the Valley.” Lake also noted that as Environment Minister, his ministry’s review of the carbon tax will result
in removing the tax from marked fuel in October for ranchers. “Today’s BC Liberals and Christy Clark believe in growing the economy. We paved the way for re-opening Canfor, Vavenby, and are working with Gilbert Smith, who currently have 75 people working at the mill and 45 working out in the bush.” Kathy Kendall said, “I’ve been attending events and knocking on doors for the last 18 months. I’ve met some people who are doing quite well, but I’ve also met some who are struggling.” She noted poverty and student debt are an eco-
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nomic problem, and said she constantly see’s our raw logs being shipped down the highway, while she sees unemployment in Blue River, Barriere and Vavenby. “Our B.C. Families Plan will provide $829 for each child under 18.” She noted that under the BC NDP government top corporations and banks will all pay “a little more in tax”, as will wage earns of $150,000 per year or more. An all candidates' forum was held in Clearwater on Wednesday, May 8. For more about how the Barriere forum turned out, see page A15 inside.
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