Smithers Interior News, June 19, 2013

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Helicopter company leases airport land

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U18 BOYS ADVANCE Provincials next stop after zone win.

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Smithers Regional Airport manager Rob Blackburn hopes the completion of the first lease agreement for land around the facility is a sign of things to come.

At the regular Town of Smithers council meeting on June 11, a 20-year lease agreement was signed with Silverking Helicopters for a block of land at the corner of Harvard Way and Ventura Boulevard.

“We worked very closely with Silverking to tailor fit the lease and the location they were looking for to suit their needs,” Blackburn said.

The Smithers-based company, in operation since 2010, is the first business to lease land at the airport after the town decided to make property available earlier this year.

MEMORIAL WALK Family and friends gathered in memory of Ramona Wilson.

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CUPW objects to proposed downsizing

LEGACY OF LOVE Brant Holenstein made an impact.

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INSIDE LETTERS SPORTS COMMUNITY SSSCOOP OUR TOWN THREE RIVERS CLASSIFIEDS

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MAIN STREET FESTIVAL Trevor Oliver gets some air during the McBike and Sport Dirt Jam on Saturday. The Dirt Jam was a small part of the festivities on Main Street Saturday as Smithers merchants hosted the very popular Main Street Festival. For complete Dirt Jam results, see page A16.

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Local Canadian Union of Postal Workers members held another information session last Wednesday, June 12, in their bid to avoid downsizing of the Smithers post office.

If Canada Post has its way, Smithereens may be waiting in longer lines at the post office according

to Marc Barralon, president of CUPW 828.

Canada Post said the move is a costcutting measure to recoup more than $50 million in losses, Barralon said.

However, Barralon said the Smithers post office is a busy place.

“Here [Smithers] we’re very viable,” Barralon said.

“Every day we’re mostly over our target.”

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Canada Post looking to franchise services

CUPW from A1 In fact, Barralon said, Canada Post, a crown corporation, posted a profit last year, thanks in large to the success of Purolator, a courier service owned by Canada Post.

The downsizing proposal includes reducing staff from four full and four part-time employees at the post office to 1.5 positions.

Downsizing, in addition to reducing staffing at the local post office could also see local mail being

sent to Terrace for sorting.

Key to the Canada Post proposal is to find a local business willing to open a mail franchise.

Thus far, Barralon said, no business in Smithers has shown interest in taking advantage of the opportunity.

“If we can stop them from downsizing they have a big roadblock ahead,” Barralon said.

“They really can’t downsize a public post office without a franchise.”

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Silverking relocates to airport

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“We’ve had a lot of support from the airport manager and the town to get to this point,” Missy Hinds, co-owner of Silverking Helicopters, said.

“We’ve got customers coming to and from the airport all the time, so it’s the perfect location.”

The company will be constructing an administration building and landing pad on their new site.

Hinds said they want to begin construction right away.

Blackburn said he is currently in negotiations with other businesses also interested in land at the airport and thinks the signing of the Silverking Helicopters lease will encourage others to come forward.

“It’s something I have been spending a lot of time on,” he said.

“I can’t say who but I’m definitely working with other clients to try to tie up some more leased land.

“We’ve seen it in other areas where a little bit of growth starts to build excitement and that’s what I’m trying to accomplish.

“Once we get a couple in, once people see some development here, I think it will really start to take off.”

Town working with developers Businessman Kim Tran was rejected by council in his bid to lower his upfront costs for a project he is developing on Third St. and Vancouver Ave. But the request spurred council to make it a priority to put together a policy to find more costeffective ways for developers to move forward with their

projects.

Tran was in front of council during the regular June 11 meeting to ask for his landscaping and offsite development security deposits to be reduced from $327,643.56 to $100,000.

Tran said it makes a project even harder to bring to life if he needs to find financing for security deposits as well.

He said his track record of building quality developments, finished to the community’s standards, should speak for itself.

“Will you make it easier for the developer?” a visibly upset Tran asked.

“That’s all I’m asking.”

In the end, council decided the town needs to protect taxpayers first and foremost and should not have to bear the risk of the offsite work not being

completed.

A sentiment echoed around the council table was the need to be consistent.

It was decided to task staff with finding alternate ways to go through the permitting process which are easier, financially, for developers in Smithers.

Director of development services Mark Allen said he can look into the legality of having the security deposits due, for the work not yet completed, before the building can be occupied as well as other options.

“There’s definitely a willingness at this table to look at alternative ways of achieving the goal,” Mayor Taylor Bachrach said, adding council could have a special meeting with 24 hours’ notice once a solution is found.

“It’s not necessarily your development we build the rules for but

for the developer that chooses not to fulfill his obligations.

“I don’t think anyone around this table has any doubt that you would fulfill your obligations.”

New arena contract awarded The Town of Smithers has also now entered into a designbuild contract with C & M Developments for the construction of the new arena, at a fixed cost of $4,695,000.

“The design-build process will give us more control over the final costs and council expressed some flexibility in terms of the project completion date,” Mayor Taylor Bachrach said.

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Even with increased patrols, identifying the drivers is difficult because the drivers often flee the area as police approach.

Chasing the drivers is not a high priority because it could lead to reckless driving by the ATV or dirt bike rider and put their safety in jeopardy as well as that of the general public, Marshall said.

If a member of the public wishes to make a complaint, Marshall added, they must be prepared to identify the driver.

Telkwa councillor Rimas Zitkauskas informed council a member of the Smithers RCMP detachment is attending the next council meeting, June 24 at 7 p.m.

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It appears the area around Morris Road in Telkwa is turning into a playground for four-wheelers and dirt bikes, according to Lorraine Wentzel.

Wentzel, who also had her vehicle stolen,

such their use on public roads, unless specially permitted, is prohibited.

Regarding dirt bikes, Marshall said their use on public roads is permitted if they are insured and are street legal under the Motor Vehicles Act. The use of either ATVs or dirt bikes on public roads, without the proper insurance is subject to a monetary penalty as well as impoundment of the vehicle, Marshall explained.

There are few regulations governing the off-road use of either ATVs or dirt bikes, Marshall said.

A difficult aspect of pursuing charges against the illegal use of ATVs or dirt bikes is identifying the drivers.

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wrote to Telkwa council stating the four-wheelers and dirt bikes, often operated by youths, are posing a safety risk on Morris Rd. and have damaged private property as well as a walking trail.

“There is an increasing frequency of vandalism and theft, we need to put more pressure on the RCMP,” councillor Rick Fuerst said.

Kirsten Marshall, Staff Sgt with the Smithers RCMP detachment said Telkwa was not alone.

“There has been an increase in these calls everywhere, both in Smithers and outlying areas,” Marshall said.

“This normally happens as the weather gets better and people start their recreational activities.”

There is no provincial legislation regulating the recreational use of ATVs and as

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If Lawry and Colleen Lund, owners of New Tech Homes Ltd. get their wish, Telkwa will soon see the development of a new subdivision adjacent to the Woodland Park subdivision and it will be a subdivision with a different look.

“We want to develop a neighbourhood as opposed to a subdivision,” Lund said.

Contributing to the neighbourhood feel will be the overall design of the development project which includes a park around an existing wetland, houses with covered front porches, gently curved streets as well as underground infrastructure for hydro and communications wires.

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of three phases of construction includes seven houses.

According to documents submitted to the Village of Telkwa, street lighting will use high efficiency LED technology and will use shrouds to minimize light pollution.

The goal, Lund said, is to build affordable houses for first-time buyers as well as people on fixed incomes.

Part of the strategy is to design houses that are pre-plumbed and pre-wired for secondary suites or include a secondary structure that can be utilized as additional living space.

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alleged law enforcement misconduct can be as impartial as possible.

Richard Rosenthal, IIO chief civilian director, decided to join the organization for exactly the same reason, he said.

Rosenthal made sure to describe exactly when the IIO can take over an investigation.

“We have a mandate that is limited,” Rosenthal explained.

“If a police officer is involved in a death or life-threatening incident whether on or off-duty we get involved.”

There are specific instances under the term, critical incident, where the municipal or federal law enforcement agency must report to the IIO, Rosenthal added.

“If they don’t call us immediately they’re going to have to have an incredibly good explanation,” he said.

Rosenthal moved from Denver, Colorado, where he held a similar position, to be able to make a

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The Smithers Chamber of Commerce welcomed members of the Independent Investigation Office of B.C. last Thursday with a luncheon at Pioneer Place to allow the organization, which has operated for nine months, to describe its mandate.

The IIO is one of five similar investigation offices in Canada and was initiated, in part,

by Linda Bush, who lost her 22-year-old son, Ian, after he was shot by rookie RCMP Const. Paul Koester Oct. 29, 2005 while he was in-custody at the Houston, B.C. RCMP detachment.

Linda decided, after Const. Koester was cleared of any criminal wrongdoing for Ian’s death, to demand that a civilian led investigation unit be created in B.C. to ensure future investigations of

Richard Rosenthal, IIO chief civilian director, wants to improve on his office’s abilities.

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difference and hold police officers accountable to the citizens they are bound to serve, he said.

“I wanted to make sure that if I was going to come up here that I was going

to have the opportunity to do something properly,” Rosenthal said.

The difference between what Rosenthal was doing in Denver and now with the IIO is the civilian-led

element.

“In the U.S. this kind of thing doesn’t exist,” Rosenthal admitted.

Initiating the investigation unit was challenging, but also rewarding.

“From day one we had to be ready to roll out immediately,” he said about the Sept. 10, 2012 opening of the IIO. The IIO has 28 officers to cover B.C. and 11 of them have never worked for a police-based employer, Rosenthal said.

“There are four teams of seven ready to deploy to any part of B.C.,” he said.

“That is if they aren’t already on a case.”

Since its inception the IIO has made considerable steps toward decreasing the time a decision regarding police misconduct can be reached.

“Previously these types of cases have taken two years to conclude in B.C. courts,” Rosenthal said.

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down to six to eight months, which was a remarkable improvement, but it is still not enough.

“But, that’s more than a year where families aren’t in limbo waiting for an outcome.”

Rosenthal cited the deaths, trials and inquiries of Robert Dziekanski and Frank Paul in the Lower Mainland as other cases that enabled his office to be formed.

Rosenthal considered a satellite office in the north in the early planning stages, but he and other decision makers decided against it.

“I wanted everyone under one roof,” Rosenthal said.

The IIO has investigated 21 cases since it opened last year and has closed 12, according to the IIO website.

Four of the investigations have been referred to B.C. Crown counsel and thus far no law enforcement officers have been found guilty of a crime by the IIO.

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POINT O F V IEW

Like father, like son I

t seems like just yesterday, but in fact it was 26 and almost 23 years ago that I was blessed with the birth of my daughters.

Andrée the older of the two came into this world like a lamb, quiet, eyes wide open and a head full of hair.

Danika, the younger of the dynamic duo came into this world like a lioness, she had a touch of jaundice and wailed and wailed and wailed her displeasure at being left under the ultraviolet light.

Tough for a father to stand there helpless and watch his daughter cry.

Truth be told I really had no idea what being a good father meant other than what I had gleaned from my own father and he’ll say I didn’t pay attention most of the time!

Patience, a sense of humour and unflinching love and support, that was the take home message for me and was essentially my entire strategy to raising my daughters, even today, they are the only tools in my fatherhood toolkit when it comes to my relationship with my daughters.

Along the way my daughters made sure I learned those lessons well, really well!

I tried.

It’s hard work, really hard work, but the rewards are amazing.

My favourite are the random phone calls or text messages that say, “I love you faja.”

Did I make any mistakes along the way?

You bet, and my kids are more than willing to share some of them with me and anyone else within earshot.

But that’s okay, I like to think the mistakes were made out of an attempt to do the very best job of being a father.

The toughest part of being a father, at least for me, is letting go, knowing when to step back, something I share with my father.

I am happy to see them on their own, forging their own lives, but at the same time I want to be there to catch them and to hug them when the need arises.

Danika was here for Father’s Day weekend, it was a wonderful weekend spent giggling.

But, it took all of five minutes after I saw her off on the bus that I began to miss her and her sister.

Thank you dajas and thank you Dad. I promise I won’t ever let go.

Percy N. Hébert/Interior News

MLA expense accounts need to be detailed Premier Christy Clark promised a “line-by-line” review of government spending to deliver a balanced budget this year.

Statements such as this would have more credibility if politicians subjected their own personal spending to the same scrutiny. That’s still not happening in B.C. Expense accountability has come a long way in the last year, thanks mainly to the work of now-departed Auditor General John Doyle, who swung the door open on B.C.’s secretive Legislative Assembly Management Committee.

Chaired by the speaker and run by senior MLAs from both parties, the committee had been doing pretty much whatever it wanted with MLAs’ own

expenses.

Doyle’s audit found MLA credit card bills were being paid without receipts, part of a lax accounting system that included inaccurate bank records and inadequate management of the legislature gift shop and dining room.

The operating budget of the legislature and constituencies runs to more than $60 million a year.

Now-retired speaker Bill Barisoff asked the auditor to give a pass to the $119,000 annual allowance for each of the 85 constituency offices. Transfer amounts and payroll expenses were verified, but constituency expenses were not, likely because these records weren’t kept either.

I’m not suggesting that there has been

GUEST VIEW Tom Fletcher any misuse of public funds. The point is we don’t know, and the notion of an “honour system” for politicians’ expenses has become unacceptable.

A similar toxic tale has been unfolding in the Senate in Ottawa.

It has its own secretive committee called the Board of Internal Economy, which was forced into the open after trying to sweep Senator Mike Duffy’s housing claims under the red rug of the

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Duffy has lived in Ottawa for decades, first as a TV host and then senator, but he decided the rules were loose enough that he could claim his summer place in Prince Edward Island as his principal residence. An audit has also found he was claiming living expenses in Ottawa while campaigning for the Conservatives back east. It turns out the key ingredient in an honour system is honour.

This mess goes back more than a century in B.C. and Canada, and has its roots in the British Parliament, where MPs and Lords had a system of claiming all sorts of expenses, including construction of a “duck house” and maintenance of the moat around an Honourable Member’s castle.

Many years ago, British MPs convinced themselves that they were underpaid, and rather than create a public fuss by giving themselves a big raise, they would be able to top it up by claiming up to 250 pounds at a time without receipts.

Here in B.C., the next step is obvious.

B.C. cabinet ministers’ travel expenses are now reported, but only as an occasional lump sum.

As a result of Doyle’s revelations last summer, B.C.’s Legislative Assembly Management Committee now meets in public, with transcripts of proceedings available.

But MLA expenses are still not itemized.

It’s time to sweep out the cobwebs.

Tom Fletcher is legislative reporter and columnist for Black Press. tfletcher@ blackpress.ca

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PATIO OPENS The Blueberry Patio at Bulkley Lodge was opened officially last week with a ribbon cutting, barbecue and cake. On hand for the ceremony are, from left to right: Jim Aldrich (Manager of Home and Community Care), Cormac Hikisch (Health Services Administrator), Margaret Burns, Shirley Trueit, Louise Flint (Family and Friends of Bulkley Lodge), Shelene MacNeil (Recreation Therapist), Dave Webster (board member of the Bulkley Valley Health Care and Hospital Foundation, on behalf of the Spirit of the North Health Care Foundation).

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CONNIE NGUYEN “I don’t know, it seems busy everytime I go in there.”

CAROL LAMB “No. Absolutely not.

That’s not a good idea at all.”

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Hamlet production superb Editor: Last week we attended the Smithers Senior Secondary School’s live production of MacBeth.

The show was yet another delightful gem by our high school.

The production as a whole was excellent in every respect, including the acting of each individual which was virtually professional.

Congratulations and thank you to Heather Lytle, the cast and the many people who put together this fine production.

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We should come first

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our oil when the Chinese say they have more oil than all of Canada under the China Sea? Well why not use ours first then when it’s all gone then they will use theirs, they are smart, we are the stupid ones.

We also sell oil to the U.S.A. Then they refine it and sell gas for $2 a gallon cheaper than we do and on the east coast we import oil.

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doesn’t know what the right hand is doing.

Why sell natural gas in the U.S.A? Our gas is cheaper in their homes than ours.

Then we will make liquid natural gas and put it on ships and sent it to China.

Did you know if one of these ships caught fire and blew up it would clear an area several miles across?

Just like the bomb that hit Japan in the

Second World War. They use a process called fracking to extract more gas.

They use thousands of pounds of pressure to break the rock and shale to get more gas hundreds of feet down which also puts chemicals into the water system.

I have seen where gas from fracking gets into the water system to the point that when people open their taps, gas comes out and can be lit to a nice blue

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flame.

Farmers who live nearby can’t use the water to drink or water their livestock and have to haul clean water.

These people are on wells.

Coal, dirty stuff, sell it to China and put more carbon dioxide into the atmosphere.

Scientists say at the amount of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere we are at the tipping point.

If we don’t stop now and go over, we the human race, will only have 100 years left on this planet.

This is what the scientists claim.

Oil, gas and coal are not renewable resources, when they are gone, they are gone.

The big corporations and the governements don’t care about us.

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CHANSON CHING “Not for a town this size.”

DORIS LOESER “No. The post office is a very central part of the community.”

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OIL from A7 How do you get all the sheep together to say no?

What part of no don’t you understand?

They say it’s jobs, money for the government, but at what expense?

We can create work for the people if we process all these products ourselves instead of sending them out of the country.

Why don’t we make steel, instead if importing it, we have all the coal to make it.

Let’s keep it all for today and future Canadians.

They say electric cars are good.

Well, GM’s Volt will only go 25 miles without charging and takes four hours to charge the batteries.

They have to have a gas engine as well, but if we don’t have any gas?

Back to the horse and wagon I guess.

I was in Alaska and the tar is still under the rock from the Exxon Valdez spill more than 30 years ago.

I was there five years ago and saw the tar under the rocks, still there and crabs with only one leg,

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lots of harmed shellfish, etc.

Is this what we want in the channel from Kitimat to Prince Rupert?

Gordon Stewart Telkwa

Big thank you to community Editor: A big thank you goes out to all the people that supported the carnival at Safeway, Saturday, May 25.

There were volunteers from Safeway, Ministry of Forests, Lands and Natural Resource Operations, as well as many other voluteers from the community.

Without volunteers like you and a generous community, the event would hot have been possible.

Our family is very grateful for all your hard work and dedication to making this happen.

Sincerely, Rueben, Sandi, Keaton and Conner Hiemstra Smithers

2013 Smithers Property Tax Notices were mailed on May 23rd, 2013. Taxes are due Tuesday, July 2nd, 2013.

If you have not received your Notice, please contact Elma Hamming at the Smithers Town Office at 250-847-1600.

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U18 boys defeat Terrace for zone title

By Ryan Jensen Smithers/Interior News

The Bulkley Valley U18 boys overwhelmed their Terrace rivals on Sunday in the twogame northwest zone finals to advance to the provincial championships in July.

The BV U18 team defeated their opponents 4-0 in the first match before winning 2-0 in the second game to secure a spot at the provincial tournament.

“A big reason for the victory was that the Bulkley Valley players were usually first to the ball and when they did not win the first challenges, there was always someone else there to help out,” team manager and assistant coach Bill Price said.

The opening match remained scoreless through the

first half but Bulkley Valley pulled away in the second with four goals for the win.

The Bulkley Valley’s first goal was a looping shot from long range by Owen Rowsell.

The second was on a breakaway, coolly stroked into the net

by Eric Faion.

Other Bulkley Valley goals came from Hazelton’s Ryan Wright, Silvio Luther, Marcel Barralon and a second from Faion.

Netminder Rylan Deacon-Rogers also had a standout performance, showing incredible reflexes by stopping a Terrace penalty kick in the first half of the second match.

“He’s a very strong presence and he was up amongst crowds of players, catching balls,” Price said.

“He was excellent.”

Two of the strongest performers for Bulkley Valley were Simon and Clay

Kiiskila, the rock in the middle of the defence, Price said.

After four or five seasons together, the team is really starting to gel, coach Chris Luther said.

“They’ve improved every year,” Luther said.

“We now have a team where we can play everyone and not worry.”

With the northwest zone win, the team has earned a place at the U18 provincial championships in Prince George, July 4–7.

The team will continue to play in the Smithers mens’ soccer league in preparation for the tournament.

“Defensively we’re pretty strong, now we have to work on our scoring,” Luther said.

“We scored six goals at zones but we had so many more chances where the ball should have went in.”

Eric Faion keeps his eye on the ball as he battles for position with a Terrace defender on Sunday afternoon.

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Smithers softball teams face Terrace in finals

All three softball tournament finals — U12, U14 and U18 — saw Smithers teams face off against Terrace. In U12, Terrace defeated Glacier Roofing 20-8. Terrace beat Total Floors 8-5 in U14 and U18 Smithers Remax won 4-0 against Terrace. Smithers U8 teams also took part in the two-day tournament.

Above: Bobby Jo Love, with the U18 Remax team ,takes a cut at the ball and right, Total Floors’ pitcher Brett McGregor fires a pitch in.

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After dominating nearly every event she has attended, South Hazleton track athlete Regan Yee has earned a place on Team B.C. competing at the Canada Summer Games.

Yee is taking part in the 2,000-m steeplechase and the 5-km run.

Earlier this season, Yee won both the 3,000-m and 1,500-m steeplechase at the

The Bulkley Valley Otters recognized their top swimmers at a yearend event earlier this month.

Swimmer of the year was Nathan Hartnett, 17, in his last year with the program.

Most improved swimmer was Fergus Hobson, 12.

Most inspirational swimmer was 14-year -old Tanner Espersen.

The Sportsmanship award went to Gabby Correia, 16.

The final honour was the Brodie Buckfink award which went to Lauren Dohler, 17.

Swimmers who had achieved provincial and nation level time standards were B.C. High School Championships and has run the fastest time of any Canadian woman in the 2,000-m steeplechase.

The Canada Summer Games are in Sherbrooke, Que. August 2 to 17.

Yee is joined on Team B.C. by Smithers Secondary School graduate Lauren Stuart, who is competing in the hammer throw event.

Stuart had to throw at least 51.6 metres to qualify for the Canada

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also noted for their accomplishments.

Taylor Buirs, Amy Fowler, Kye McInnis, Gareth Doyle, and Kole LePoivedin swam to A level performances; Nathan Hartnett, Adam Hartnett, Mackinley Unruh, Monica Joseph, and Gabby Correia had AA level times; Tanner Espersen, Luke Berarducci, Cassie Horning Wandler and River Stokes DeYoung performed at the AAA level and Bailey Espersen achieved times at the national level in their age group.

The team now goes on to provincial level competition for those swimmers who have qualified.

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Travis Pete transitions from the water to the bike Sunday during the Tri-It Triathlon. Pete took the top spot in the 13-15 age category.

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Tuesday, June 25th, 2013 at 7:00 pm BVCDC 3350 Poplar Road, Smithers Corner of Babine Lake Rd & Hwy 16 All Society Members are invited

As temperatures warm and trees green across the Bulkley Valley, logging is quiet in the Wetzin’kwa Community Forest. It’s a great time to choose your preferred mode of transportation—foot, bike, boat or horse—and spend some time exploring your backyard.

Located on McDonnell Lake Road about 30 kilometres west of Smithers, Dennis Lake has four road-accessed lakeside campsites not far from Silvern Lakes Trail. It has a dock, boat launch, outhouse, fire rings and picnic tables, as well as a lakeside trail.

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Twin Falls, located minutes northwest of Smithers, is a popular day-use area with two road-accessed campsites and toilets, picnic tables and fire rings. A short trail leads to a picnic area and viewing platform. It is also the start of Glacier Gulch Trail, an expert hiking trail that takes over 1.5 hours to reach the Kathlyn Glacier.

The community forest has plenty of trails to explore on foot. Glacier Gulch, Silvern Lakes and Ashman Ridge are just a few with stunning views. Perhaps most easily accessible is a network of gentle hiking trails recently designated Smithers Community Forest BC Recreation Trails.

Located between the Bulkley Valley Nordic Centre and Seymour Ridge, the trails are managed by Smithers Community Forest Society (SCFS).

Trails in the area include the Nature Trail, Irving Fox Trail, Goldeneye Trail and Waterfall Trail, to name a few, and there are others with potential for future development. Maps are located at both Seymour Ridge trailheads on Hudson Bay Mountain Road.

Biking Two of Smithers’ most popular mountain bike trails lie completely within the community forest: Huckin’ Eh and Pump Daddy, part of the Ptarmigan Recreation Trails network, wind their way through pine and aspen near the end of Ptarmigan Road.

Smithers Mountain Bike Association adopted the existing Huckin’ Eh trail before developing Pump Daddy in fall 2010. Before it began, the club consulted with Wetzin’kwa and now the organizations maintain an ongoing relationship when it comes to respective trail and logging plans.

Horseback riding Horseback riders enjoy riding some of the trails and roads in the community forest including the Bug Block Road, east of the Bluff trails. The local chapter of the Back Country Horsemen Society is working with Wetzin’kwa, Recreation Sites and Trails BC, SCFS and SMBA to expand riding opportunities and determine trails suitable for sharing with other nonmotorized use. Stay tuned!

Wetzin’kwa Community Forest Corporation manages the local community forest to provide a balance of economic development, environmental sustainability, cultural values and recreational pursuits. For more information about our mandate, grant program and community involvement, visit www.wetzinkwa.ca or find us on Facebook.

Twin Falls is an easy hiking destination within the community forest.

Two $10,000 Wetzin’kwa community grants went to upgrade Ptarmigan Road Trails in recent years.

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Andee Lariviere brings the ball around a defender during U12 soccer action at Walnut Park Saturday. Her team, Silvicon, lost in the final 1-0 to Houston to finish in second.

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Matilda Wilson, centre, surrounded by family and friends prior to the 19th annual Ramona Lisa Wilson Memorial Walk, Saturday, June 15. Below: Ramona Wilson model’s a wedding dress during a fashion show in the early 1990s.

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A matter of honour and a quest for answers

By Percy N. Hébert Smithers/Interior News

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t’s been 19 years since Matilda Wilson, 63, last saw her daughter Ramona Lisa Wilson.

June 11, 1994, Ramona, 16, set off for graduation parties around Smithers, but never returned home.

Ramona’s body was found near the Smithers airport in a wooded lot near Yelich Road April 10, 1995.

“It was very devastating, but we were glad they found Ramona,” Matilda said, saying it allowed for closure and began the process of healing.

Saturday, June 15, surrounded by about 40 relatives and friends, Matilda walked along Highway 16 to Yelich Road from Lake Kathlyn school for the annual Ramona Lisa Wilson Memorial Walk.

The memorial walk, Matilda said, serves to honour the memory of her daughter and to bring awareness to the tragedy of Highway 16, otherwise known as the Highway of Tears.

“It has brought a lot of media attention to hitchhiking and the dangers on the highways with the girls disappearing over the years,” Matilda said.

“We hope the attention keeps up.”

Newspaper accounts as well as RCMP reports referred to Ramona as a young aboriginal woman, but Matilda remembers the person.

“She was so bubbly, a very happy girl,” Matilda said of her daughter.

“She made plans to go to university when she graduated from high school.

“She wanted to be a psychologist and her dreams were snuffed out.”

However, after 19 years of organizing the memorial walk, Matilda said this was likely the last one she would organize and would hand off the responsibility to one of

her family members.

“I won’t be stepping down completely, I will still be involved in the governing of the Highway of Tears organization in Prince George, so I’ll still be around.”

Although time heals all, Matilda said, for her, it de-

pends on the day.

“Sometimes it feels like just yesterday,” she said.

“It’s been 19 years, but when I start thinking about her it feels like 19 days or 19 minutes ago.”

Just before the walk began Matilda said she wanted to thank all those who had participated over the years.

“From the bottom of my heart I really thank everyone,” she said.

“It makes a difference when there are people supporting you.”

Matilda also gave thanks to the local communities, the RCMP and the Carrier Sekani Family Services in Prince George.

“We’ve received a lot of support,” Matilda said.

On hand for the walk, as in years previous, was Doug Donaldson, NDP MLA for Stikine.

Donaldson was recently appointed the opposition critic for Aboriginal Relations and Reconciliation in the B.C. legislature.

“This walk keeps a focus on the issue, which is important because it [The Highway of Tears] needs a lot more attention,” Donaldson said.

“A lot of commitments have been made, but it seems not a lot gets accomplished.”

As an example, Donaldson pointed to the report tabled by Wally Opal, commissioner of the Missing Women Commission of Inquiry highlighting, among others, the need for public transportation between communities along Highway 16, a recommendation that has yet to be implemented.

“How many more women have to disappear?” Donaldson asked.

As for advice to young women wanting to hitchhike along Highway 16, Matilda was blunt.

“It’s very dangerous out there, a killer or killers have never been found,” she said.

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Bandstra heading out on bike ride for charities

Joining 88 riders in 6,300-kilometre trek across continent

By Percy N. Hébert Smithers/Interior News

Betty Bandstra is not heading into retirement on the slow road.

Instead, the recently retired French teacher, is hopping on a bicycle for a 6,300-kilometre journey across North America.

“It’s not because I like biking,” Bandstra said with a laugh.

“That’s the part I’m most unsure about.”

Instead, Bandstra said she was inspired to take up the journey after hearing about the experience from her brother-in-law Nick Benjamins who made a similar trip in 2005 and her son Theo who accomplished the feat in 2008.

In their stories, Bandstra said she was struck by how the group of cyclists became a closeknit community, how they were very supportive of each other and especially how they spoke of the connections they made with the residents of the various communities they visited.

“I’m really looking forward to meeting new people,” Bandstra said.

It is with that in mind that Bandstra signed up with the Sea to Sea organization to take part in a

nine-week bike ride from Los Angeles to New York City, with stops in Toronto and Montreal, from June 21 to August 24.

The purposeof the trip is to raise funds for three different groups, World Renew/ Christian Reformed World Relief Committee, Partners Worldwide and the Reformed Church in America.

The organizations have diverse mandates, ranging from stopping the spread of HIV/ AIDS in Africa to disaster relief, soup kitchen programs and help for those living in poverty.

Despite her apprehension about cycling, Bandstra has been hard at work training as much as she can, including spin classes, circuit training and cycling and a 110-kilometre ride that included a flat tire.

Although Peter Krause at McBike taught her how to change a flat tire, Bandstra said she did forget one crucial step, to inflate the inner tube and so her ride back to Smithers took a bit longer than she would have liked.

The experience did not deter Bandstra.

“I’m actually starting to like biking,” she said.

Bandstra has already raised $13,000 but is hoping to raise more over the next

Betty Bandstra is taking part in the Sea to Sea bike ride, from Los Angeles to New York City, to raise funds for charities helping the less fortunate among us.

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To keep family and friends apprised of her journey, Bandstra has set up a blog and will post to the blog whenever she can.

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Event brings awareness to elder abuse

By Sarah Bridgewood

Elder abuse is a largely-hidden problem that goes vastly unnoticed and unreported through the world.

Elder abuse, like many other abuses, is often concealed by both the victim and the abuser.

The shame and stigma surrounding this issue is what WEAAD and CRNs are trying to erase in order to pull this problem out into the open, into a state where people can be more comfortable reaching out for help.

Smithers’ own CRN has its own plan for this year, with skits that will be broadcasted on CICK radio to show what elder abuse looks like.

The objective of these skits is to get people talking about this issue.

A press release is also being published and the town council is making a proclamation as to its stance on elder abuse.

Elder abuse and neglect is becoming an increasingly important issue as it is projected that in 2040, 25% of the population will be over the age of 65.

Many people feel that seniors have simply run their course and have little more to offer their communities, but as the demographic who gives the most money per capita to charities this is obviously not the case.

As the first generation of Canadians to grow up without a large war or a depression, the seniors currently living in our country have much to offer, unburdened by many of the hardships faced by their predecessors.

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Since 2006, every June 15th has been World Elder Abuse Awareness Day (WEAAD).

It was created by the International Network for the Prevention of Elder Abuse and the World Health Organization at the United Nations.

WEEAD is to provide an opportunity for communities to promote a better understanding of elder abuse and raising awareness of its prevalence.

Every year, communities plan programs to recognize elder abuse and neglect.

People can contribute by organizing educational programs or press conferences, volunteering to call or visit an isolated senior, submitting a press release or editorial to your local newspaper.

Community Response Networks have cropped up around B.C. that work to create a net for people who are victims of, who noticed, or just want to help stop elder abuse.

CRNs rely on volunteers to operate and there are many ways to get involved like becoming part of the “Gatekeeper” program and educating your community about this wide-spread issue.

People wishing to help can go to the Northern Society for Domestic Peace for more information.

CRNs work alongside the laws surrounding this issue

but on a more personal level.

“Legislation does not keep people safe; communities keep people safe,” says Jeannie Boyce, Regional Mentor for the BC Association of Community Response Networks.

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Sex education touchy for nothing

By Paisley Dean

The main thing we were told about was STIs, and how easily we could get them.

But after that class, I realized Sex education has been a hot that they never once mentioned topic since schools started even that the person you were with had thinking about holding classes for to have the disease in order for you it. to get it.

It seems wrong to some I understand that it must be people for a stranger to teach very hard to teach a giggling their children group of barely about something teens about such a so personal and “Because of how sensitive subject, important. which is why There also seems uncomfortable the everyone I have ever to be an odd idea topic can be, in my talked to about it floating around in has said that they experience, it has should move the the back of some people’s minds that to a different been taught very class the less kids know, grade, when kids the less they’ll do. are a bit more oddly.”

Add to that how mature, or at least uncomfortable the more discrete with topic can be, in my their giggles. experience, it has been taught very Regardless, it is still something oddly. that may only be taught in order to In elementary school, we warn about the dangers and not to learned about how to say no when inform about something that is in you needed to, which was very everyday life. useful.

But it’s not too bad that sex Then in high school, we learned education doesn’t always get its an awful lot about the biological point across, because most teens factors that go along with puberty. learn about it themselves.

We were told that our hormones There are websites dedicated were raging in such a way as to to learning about these things make us want sex more than we humorously, which is basically ever would later in life. the only way it will be taken We were also taught things anyway. about the body parts involved, The most important thing is to that it seemed to me, belonged in a clear away misconceptions about biology class rather than sex ed. this kind of thing.

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Plays like MacBeth often give high school students difficulty.

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Give the Bard a break

By Sarah Bridgewood SSScoop/Smithers Secondary

It is virtually inevitable that during your high school career, you will be subjected to stumbling through multiple pieces of William Shakespeare’s work.

Shakespeare is both reviled and revered in the high school community, as the father of the English language and the overcomplicated demon of literature.

The knowledge of his plays is all too often marred with stigmas of being pedantic and boring, which may dampen some student’s enjoyment of his works.

This is a well-known reality among teachers.

Students often complain that they are made to delve too far into the symbolism and other literary novelties and the story is lost in the mayhem of iambic pentameter.

And while not all of Shakespeare’s pieces are terribly riveting and reading them can be likened to dragging a cheese grater across one’s eyeballs, many of the plays are rather clever and enjoyable.

It can be hard to trudge through the Bard’s archaic language and unearth some semblance of plot but the stories are interesting and dramatic.

The apparently overlying moral lesson that is often drilled into students’ skulls usually go in one ear and out

the other.

Most teenagers realize that maybe it’s not the greatest idea to fake your death so you can elope with your boyfriend of less than a week.

Other teachers focus on the language and how it had changed since then; they take a more historical approach to it.

“As a history teacher, I think it’s good to know where you came from so you can know where you’re going,” says Smithers secondary teacher, Ms. Landry.

They treat it like learning a new language: you pull from it to apply to your own.

Not everyone’s going to like Shakespeare, just like not everyone enjoys every author, but that does not mean that he was not great.

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Brant Holenstein’s legacy of love lives on

By Ryan Jensen Smithers/Interior News

For a young man of 20 to have had an impact on so many different people is truly remarkable.

On May 8, 2013 Brant Holenstein was killed in a tragic work accident on a farm in the Quick area.

In the time since his death, Brant’s family has been able to take comfort in the positive affect he had on everyone around him, his father Guido said.

“I’m finding out more and more about my son,” he said.

“I just didn’t know the depth of how he was loving people.”

“Brant wouldn’t want me to over magnify this whole thing.

“He was just a very real person that got knocked down a lot but always remained positive.”

An avid outdoorsmen, Brant was involved in hunting, fishing, snowboarding and dirt biking, to name a few of his favourite pursuits.

He had a dream of one day being able to buy his grandmother’s farm, Guido said.

“Brant was the character in our family,” Guido said.

“He was the unexpected spice and he always pushed us to go outside of our comfort zone.”

Brant’s aunt, Cornelia Huisman, said there has been a lot of talk since he passed away about what a friendly and happy person he was.

This sentiment is right on target, she said.

“Because Brant lived with us for a few months this winter, I can say with certainty that this is

Brant Holenstein was killed on May 8 in a farming accident. With each passing day, it becomes more apparent the 20-year-old positively affected countless peoples’ lives.

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true,” she said.

“It’s pretty hard to put up a front when you live with someone.

“Brant really was upbeat, positive and kind.

“It was not unusual for him to hum or whistle while he went about his business.”

As was the case with many of the people touched by Brant, Cornelia said she learned a lot from him.

“Brant has inspired me to not take everything too seriously and to look optimistically to the future,” she said.

Congratulations Kelly Hrywkiw Kerry Anne & Rick Hrywkiw are proud to announce that their Daughter, Kelly has received a degree of Bachelor of Science with Honors in Biochemistry & Molecular Biology from the University of Northern BC, in Prince George BC. Kelly will be continuing her education towards her masters while working in her field at the University.

“His impact on his friends and family has been incredible and unfortunately it’s not been until he’s gone that this has become so evident.”

Tim Huisman, Brant’s cousin, said while the two had their differences and occasionally got into arguments, they were the best of friends.

“I could trust him and count on him as a friend and will miss getting his texts that often ended in, ‘Love you, bro,’” he said.

The way he lived his life was an example to everyone around him, Tim said.

And his work ethic matched the way he lived his life.

“Brant lived his life to the fullest,” Tim said.

“Everything he did, he gave 100 per cent whether it was work or play and he would often have an injury as the result of doing something gnarly.

“Working together was a lesson for me because Brant never complained.

“He would keep his head down and mouth shut and just do it.

“He caught on to everything super quickly and was always

ready to lend a hand.”

Jason and Joscelyn Krauskopf first met Brant through their business, Rayz Boardshop.

Brant and his crew of friends spent a lot of time on the hill, learning and excelling at snowboarding.

“It was more than just a customer-client relationship with Brant,” Jason said.

“He was like a big brother to both of my boys.”

Brant would update his snowboarding gear often, then pass off his slightly worn equipment to people who couldn’t afford to purchase their own, Jason said.

It was this generosity that led to the formation of Boarding for Brant, what will become a not-for-profit organization that assists youth with the purchase of snowboarding and skiing equipment.

“Brant never hung onto much gear,” Guido said.

“There was always somebody that needed something. “[Boarding for Brant] just made so much sense.”

For Brant’s family, it’s been the support and kind words from those that knew him best that has helped them get through this very difficult time.

“We just lost a big chunk of what we are,” Guido said.

“But our son has not died in vain.

“His life made a lot of sense.

“That’s kind of the jewel that we’re going to hang onto for a long time.

“We’re very proud of him.”

For more information on Boarding for Brant, call Jason Krauskopf at 250-847-5388.

Community Calendar

To list your nonprofit coming events please drop off your listing at The Interior News, 3764 Broadway Ave., fax us at 250-847-2995, or email laura@interior-news.com. Deadline for submissions is Fridays at noon. Maximum 25 words.

Limited space is available. We regret we cannot accept items over the phone.

Music in the Park Thursday, June 20, 6-8 p.m. Great evening of live music at Eddy Park in Telkwa. Bring your chairs, picnic blankets, kids and friends.

Beginner’s Birding with Mel Coulson Saturday, June 22. Meet at 8.30 a.m. at the Picnic Shelter in Tyhee Lake Park. Co-sponsored by BV Naturalists and BC Parks. Bring binoculars.

100 Years/100 Artists Community Centennial Exhibition the Smithers Art Gallery is looking for artists to participate. Entry forms at the Gallery. Registration deadline is July 2. Full details at www.smithersart. org.

The Smithers Art Gallery’s June ceramics exhibition, Clay: Beyond Function, showcases clay as an art medium. June 4-July 6. 250-847-3898, info@smithersart.org, www.smithersart.org.

Vacation Bible School Investigation Station July 8-12, Ages 5-12, 9 a.m. to noon at the Seventh Day Adventist Church. All welcome.

BV Farmers Market in the Central Park Building Parking Lot every Saturday 8 a.m. to noon. Dmitri

Cody, dmitricody@gmail.com Catholic Women’s League meetings every second Tuesday of the month at 7 p.m. at the St. Joe’s Church.

Smithers Community Band practices in the SSS Band Room. Call 250-847-2187 or 250-847-2340 for info.

New members welcome.

BV Museum Exhibits throughout the summer.

Smithers Culture Crawl, stop by to get your copy of the brochure. Centennial Celebrations, Growing Our Own: A History of Agriculture in the Bulkley Valley.

Open Monday to Friday 9 a.m. to 5 p.m.

Telkwa Museum Exhibits throughout the summer.

100 years of the Telkwa BBQ back for this season.

More added to the permanent displays including maps from 1866 showing how the Telegraph lines opened up the Bulkley Valley. Open until the first week in September 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday to Saturday. Phone for special tours of the museum and the 103-year-old St. Stephen’s Church. 250-8469642.

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Huckleberry wins first aid event

By Ryan Jensen Smithers/Interior News

Huckleberry Mines continued its winning streak with a first-place finish in the three-person first aid event at the B.C. Mine Rescue Competition in Revelstoke June 8.

Teams take part in underground mine rescue, three-person first aid and surface mine rescue events during the competition.

The event started with the zone component June 6 and the winners from each zone in the three areas moved on to provincials.

This is the fourth time in the last five years the Huckleberry Mines team has won the three-person first-aid event.

“At Huckleberry, we’ve got some very strong first aiders,” Huckleberry Mines health and safety coordinator and mine rescue team coach Dwayne Allen said.

“We spend a lot of time practicing.

“They have really strong skills.”

The Huckleberry Mines three-person firstaid team is made up of members Cliff Yuen, Chris Fitzpatrick and Justin Surette.

In addition, Allen was named, for the second year running, the best coach in the three-person first-aid event.

“It feels pretty good,” Allen said.

The Huckleberry Mines three-person first-aid team won first place at the B.C. Mine Rescue Competition in Revelstoke June 8.

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“I must be doing something right.”

The mine rescue team also performed admirably, Allen said, but failed to advance past the first stage.

“Considering there were four new members (out of seven) on the team, they did quite well,” Allen said.

“They scored high in all the events but just missed out on making it through to provincials by a few points.”

Also at the competition, Smithers was named as the

host for the 2014 event, which will be held the first weekend of June.

Allen said the chosen communities tend to host for two years in a row so it’s likely Smithers will also be the home of the competition in 2015.

“I’ve been pushing for this for the last few years now,” Allen said.

“I’m really glad to see that it’s coming here.

“We book every hotel room, every restaurant.

“A lot of money will

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be spent in Smithers that week.”

The Coal Mountain Operation, Teck Coal team won the surface mine rescue event and underground mine rescue was won by New Afton, New Gold Inc. The competition is hosted annually by the Ministry of Energy, Mines and Natural Gas and is now entering its 58th year.

More than 400 participants, from mines all across B.C., took part in the event.

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Mention the word “music” and many Smithereens would say “Sharon Carrington.” Was there ever a time when she was not involved in almost every musical or theatrical event in our town? Her outstanding contributions have been a gift to this valley for almost 20 years. Sharon and her family moved here in 1994 at the urging of her parents, George and Linda Richmond. “As the Allied moving van was heading down the road from Winnipeg to Smithers I said to my kids: this move is either the smartest or most ridiculous.” Time has proven Sharon made the right choice. Over a thousand students have studied piano, voice, or theory in her studio.

Sharon also plays the tenor sax; soprano, alto, tenor and bass recorders (in “Recorder Borealis” with Wolfgang Loschberger, Karen Price, Jeanette Lough); drums and various percussion instruments (“Klezmer Katz”); accordion (she owns 3); bass and acoustic guitar; harp (“Jean Christian inspired me”); organ, keyboards, ukulele, and violin. “I try to learn a new instrument every year,” says Sharon. Flute is next on her growing list of accomplishments. Sharon has also been involved in musical theatre for many years.

She enjoys tap and teaches ballroom dancing. “Creative Roots” productions, school productions, church productions and community Christmas events are successful in part to Sharon’s artistic direction. She has performed at numerous festivals and events in the Bulkley Valley and directed the Children’s Choir (with Gail Jenne). Highlights in Sharon’s musical career include “Pink Floyd: The Wall” performed about 8 years ago and “The Messiah” performed Christmas 2010.

A friend once asked her when she’ll move.

Her reply: “When there’s nothing else to learn here then I’ll move. This town is a great fit.”

Our town would agree.

Visit www.smithers2013.com for the wonderful Homecoming week entertainment schedule put together by Sharon.

“I’ve registered, have you?”

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This dragonfly, spotted at Tyhee Lake, took a break from chasing adversaries.

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Gaggles, parliaments and camps for kids

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ent to me by a friend: the English language has many anthropomorphic nouns for various groups of animals, a herd of cows, a flock of chickens, a school of fish, a gaggle of geese and a pride of lions.

Less widely known is a murder of crows which includes rooks and ravens, an exaltation of doves and even a congress of owls.

Something to consider though is this: baboons.

They are the loudest, most dangerous, most obnoxious, most viciously aggressive and least intelligent of all primates.

What is the collective noun for a group of baboons?

A parliament!

Pretty much explains everything doesn’t it?

There are 25 years left for the “100 Years/100 Artists” show. If you are interested you better get in there as the years are now being taken up at an alarming rate.

To pick your year drop by the gallery or call 250-847-3898 or Poppy Debar at 250-847-3550, or e-mail pdubar45@ yahoo.com, then create a work of art inspired by the year you pick, use any medium, painting, photography, drawing, poetry.

The exhibition will be held during the Smithers Centennial Homecoming, Aug. 7 to Sept. 7, 2013.

The New Arena project is moving forward.

VIEW FROM THE PORCH Lorraine Doiron To keep up with information on the building process check out the Town of Smithers website and find the report New Arena Building Advisory Committee Recommendations.

Or, go to www. soundcloud.com/ smithersradio and hear the two discussions from the June 11 council meeting.

The Relay for Life Event raised approximately $57,000.00 for the Canadian Cancer Society.

Congratulations to all the participants and the volunteers who worked so hard to make this event a success!

Registration for summer 2013 recreation programs is on now, www. smithers.ca, or 250847-1600.

Some early bird specials available.

There are some affordable recreation/ Canadian Tire Jumpstart funds available to assist, the forms are available at front counter at town hall.

Camps: preschool, children’s day camps, skateboard, wakeboard, volleyball,

soccer, hockey, sailing.

Also with the upcoming Canada Day 2013 celebrations and Fall Fair just around the corner, a reminder of the Town of Smithers fireworks bylaw.

Check it out on the town website.

I have chickadees that have moved into one of my birdhouses!

I feel like a real estate agent who has had a house listed for years, had many looky-lous and finally have a buyer! This is only the second time in 10 years to have a family move in and I am just thrilled.

I listen for them during the day.

Closing with: Vitality shows not only in the ability to persist, but in the ability to start over.

- F. Scott Fitzgerald

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NOTICE OF PUBLIC OPEN HOUSE 6:30 pm - 8:30 pm, Wednesday, June 26, 2013 Council Chambers, Town Office 1027 Aldous Street, Smithers, BC V0J 2N0

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The purpose of the Open House is to discuss the possible options for implementing bike lanes along all of Third Avenue as a pilot project. At this meeting, members of the public will be able to explore the various options in detail and have their preferences and comments recorded. This information will be compiled and presented to Town Council for approval.

For further information please contact Adam Cseke, Planner, at (250) 847-1600 or acseke@smithers.ca.

39th Annual General Meeting Celebrating 40 years of service Thursday, June 27, 2013, 12:00 pm

Hudson Bay Lodge– Ferguson Room Lunch provided– please RSVP by Fri. June 21st at 847-9515 or general@scsa.ca Memberships and Membership renewals may be purchased at the AGM Following the AGM we will celebrate 40 years of service with birthday cake

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Amsterdam a model for a bike-friendly town

By Percy N. Hébert Smithers/Interior News

Five days in Amsterdam is all it took to convince Tom Roper that bicycles can coexist with other modes of transportation.

“It was just fantastic,” Roper said of his experience exploring Amsterdam and the surrounding countryside by bicycle with his brother.

Roper, 61, remembers his first bike when he was about four, complete with training wheels and later as a teen when he put his bike to good use to cover his paper route.

“My bike was very important,” he said.

A heavy duty mechanic and millwright by trade, Roper left Amsterdam with an appreciation for well-planned and designed infrastructure for cyclists.

“I was a little bit shocked at the amount of bicycles and the diversity of people riding bikes in Amsterdam,” Roper said.

“What struck me was riding a bike was like breathing.”

People of all ages, shapes and sizes, in suits and work clothes traveled by bike, Roper said.

From the inner city to the countryside, bikes were the main mode of transportation.

“It’s just part of their lifestyle.”

Most of the bikes, Roper said, were of some vintage and as such didn’t represent a status symbol.

With bikes everywhere, motorists were very courteous to the cyclists and very aware of their presence.

A key component to the popularity of cycling in Amsterdam, Roper said, is the design of the bike lanes.

The bricks used to designate the bike lanes, Roper explained, are a different colour than that typically used for roads and the bike lanes are especially wide, about three metres.

“There was obviously some forethought put into this, the roads are very old,” Roper said.

“I really feel the system was designed for bikes.”

This, Roper said, was in contrast to the design of most North American municipalities, designed primarily for vehicular traffic, such that bicycle traffic takes a back seat to motor vehicle traffic.

The key to developing infrastructure for bikes, is to give bikes more meaning or more power.

Nonetheless, Roper conceded, the topography and distances involved in traveling

Telkwa resident, Tom Roper, returned from five days cycling around Amsterdam and the surrounding countryside with the notion that municipalities could become bike friendly. Here is just one of many photos showing how ubiquitous the bicycle is in Amsterdam. between communities were different in northern B.C. compared to Holland.

The terrain here is much more mountainous and the distances between communities are longer and the roads aren’t designed to facilitate bike travel between municipalities.

Another important difference, Roper said, was the number of people riding bikes.

In Amsterdam, a city of 750,000 people, roughly half of the residents use their bikes to commute, which makes investment into infrastructure for bike lanes a reasonable consideration.

By comparison, municipalities in northern British Columbia are sparsely populated, make it more difficult to secure funding to develop infrastructure for bicycles.

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Proposed Zoning bylaw change from A-1 Agricultural to M-2 Medium industrial.

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You’d think she spend some of that money to buy some wrinkle cream.

Money isn’t the only thing she is stealing.

SPICE Food seems OF LIFE to disappear at Brenda Mallory an alarming rateespecially the good stuff like ice cream, cookies and candy.

She must have a real sweet TRANGE ADY tooth, but she had better watch it Even though this lady is residing since she is really packing on the in my house, she may at some time pounds. appear in yours.

She must be aware of it since You see a very weird thing has she has tampered with my scales happened. so I think I am putting on weight A strange old lady has moved as well. in!

She has a bit of a sense of I have no idea who she is, where humour. she came from, or how she got in.

She will go into my closets and I certainly didn’t invite her. alter my clothes so they don’t fit.

She is a clever old lady and She messes up stuff so I can’t manages to keep out of sight for find a thing. the most part, except when I pass This is hard for me since I am a mirror. normally so neat and tidy.

I catch a glimpse of her She gets to the mail and the whenever I look in the mirror to newspaper and blurs the print so I check my appearance. can’t read it.

She hogs the whole thing, Even things like the TV, radio completely obliterating my and telephone have been tampered gorgeous face and body. with.

This is very rude!

I can only hear mumbles and I have tried screaming at her, but whispers. she just screams back.

Things seem heavier, stairs The least you would think she steeper and lids harder to get off. could do would be to pay for part She has become a real nuisance. of the rent.

Why, the other day when I went Every once in a while I find for my license renewal she jumped some money stuck in a coat pocket right in front of the camera as the or some loose change under a sofa shutter clicked. cushion.

I certainly don’t recognize the Really, it is not enough. person in the picture.

I don’t want to jump to I just hope she doesn’t find out conclusions but I think she is where you live. stealing money from me.

The old lady wishes to thank I go to the bank machine to you for all the calls to 250-846withdraw $100.

5095 and the e-mails to mallory@ A few days later it is gone. bulkley.net.

I was asked the other day if I remembered this column. I actually did remember. I was able to find this piece. When I read it again I realized that is was much more relevant to my life now.

Funny how that happens.

The other thing I noticed is that the print was kind of small. Just the same since I was asked and I took some time to find this column I am using it again.

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A ROUND TOWN ECONOLINE CRUSH Vancouver rockers, Econoline Crush, headline an evening of rock music at Davidson Hall at the fairgrounds June 22 with songs such as Surefire, All That You Are, Sparkle & Shine and You Don’t Know What It’s Like.

Opening the evening are Ribcage and Bonifyde.

Tickets are $35, available at Valley Oasis Hair Studio and Rayz Board Shop.

Friday, June 7, from 7 p.m. - 9 p.m.

For information visit www.smithersart.org.

BOOK LAUNCH Tuesday, June 25, Roy Henry Vickers is at The Old Church for the launch of his new book, Raven Light.

Vickers is also going to be telling a few stories from the book.

Doors open at 6:30 p.m. and the storytelling begins at 7 p.m.

The event is sponsored by Interior Books and Stationary.

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MIDSUMMER MUSIC FESTIVAL

Smithers youth entertained local residents on the weekend with performances from Creative Roots dance students, above and top right at Della Herman Theatre and a presentation of Up Your Watershed, right at Hudson Bay Lodge.

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30th Annual Midsummer Festival Whos Playing?

Oscar Lopez, James Keelaghan, Hey Ocean!, King Crow & the Ladies from Hell, Del Barber and more Other Interesting Events: Workshops, Jams and Instructional Sessions on Fiddle Tunes, Blues Harmonica and Guitar, Harmony Singing, Belly Dancing, Reggae/Jazz/Ska. Bring your instrument (or your belly) and join in!

Saturday Night Dancing - Your Choice Blues, Rock and “Death Country”, Old-time and Swing

The 30th annual Midsummer Music Festival is just weeks away.

The festival, held at the Bulkley Valley Exhibition fair grounds, start Friday July 7 and runs through to Sunday, July 9.

Headlining this year are Oscar Lopez and Hey Ocean.

There’s plenty of music and dancing for everyone and all tastes.

Camping is available on site.

Tickets can be purchased at Mountain Eagle Books and Speedee Stationary.

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TOT IN TOW Hazelton held the 11th annual Bike for Books to raise funds for the L.O.G.S. Book Bus, which tours northwest B.C. year-round delivering free books to young and old. Bruce Chandler and daughter, Ava, begin their first lap around the track for the event, which took place on Father’s Day. For the full story see p. B3.

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A community gathering held last Tuesday at Gitanmaax Hall informed Gitxsan members about the recent B.C. Society Act remedy given to the Gitxsan Treaty Society.

In a May 31 Vancouver B.C. Supreme Court his decision, which took eight months to reach, delivered by Justice Mark McEwan, stated the GTS has 30 days to remedy its failure to abide by the B.C. Society Act, meaning the GTS must have a verified list of members, who will then vote for a board of directors.

Cynthia Joseph, lawyer for the Spookw et al. respondents opposing the GTS, led part of the discussion and relayed what Justice McEwan’s decision means to them, specifically her team’s disapproval of the decision.

“We don’t believe Justice McEwan has the jurisdiction to issue a remedy under section 85 to the GTS,” Joseph said at the meeting.

“Which is why we have filed an appeal which is in and should be reaching the GTS before the end of [June 11, 2013].”

Joseph and the Spookw legal team want all Gitxsan members be included as GTS members and every person given the opportunity to vote.

Bob Barnes, one of the respondents listed in the Spookw v. GTS case, and also current Kispiox band chief councillor agrees.

“Why do 37 people get to decide what is happening with Gitxsan governance and on our lands?”

Barnes asked.

“There’s almost 8,000 Gitxsan people and we should all have the chance to be heard.”

This dispute stems from a court case initiated by the Spookw respondents in opposition to the Gitxsan Alternative Governance Model, released in 2008 by the GTS. The GAGM, a nine-page description of what the GTS insist is wanted by all Gitxsan, namely to be rid of the Indian Act and enable control over Gitxsan lands.

The respondents filed their court case because they do not feel the GAGM reflects all Gitxsan people.

The Society Act matter arose early during the first day of court when GTS lawyers rose to challenge the legitimacy of the respondents standing and were notified by Justice McEwan that they were in breach of the Society Act. The Society Act remedy was sought from Justice McEwan

by GTS lawyers, Bull, Housser and Tupper, who have since stopped representating the GTS. The Spookw v.

GTS case is on hold until the GTS can resolve Society Act discrepancies.

The attitude of the respondents is firm.

“This is not a loss,” Joseph said about the decision, which some view as a victory for the GTS. “The only thing [the GTS] has won is further litigation.”

However part of the funding for the respondents in the trial may be in jeopardy.

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T HREE R IVERS R EPORT New Hazelton RCMP responded to a total of 159 calls during this two week period.

May 30: A residence on Commercial Ave in Gitsegukla received a broken window sometime during the night. Police are seeking witnesses.

May 30: Several metres of copper wire was stolen from a business in Kitwanga. Police are seeking information from the public.

June 3: A truck was the subject of a hit and run collision while parked on 10th Avenue in New Hazelton. Police are seeking witnesses.

June 5: While investigating a 9-1-1 hang-up, police located an intoxicated male in breach of his release conditions. Charges are pending.

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recyclables from the Kispiox Rodeo that occurred sometime between June 3 and June 4.

June 11: A two-vehicle collision occurred on Hwy 16 and Ross Lake Rd. An eastbound vehicle had crossed the centerline and struck westbound traffic. Minor injuries were sustained. Alcohol and speed were not considered factors. The investigation is ongoing.

There is a province wide firearms amnesty in effect for the month of June. Should you wish to surrender any firearm, prohibited weapon, restricted ammunition, prohibited device or prohibited ammunition during this time, there will be an immunity from prosecution provided the weapon has not been used in an offence. Do not bring firearms to the police detachment.

Instead, call the RCMP and request a member attend to take custody of the firearm.

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Open Air Ecumenical Church Service Sunday, June 30 • 10:30 a.m.

Allen Park in New Hazelton Various Gospel Music groups of the area will share in leading worship. A puppet show feature for the children. A message from the Bible, prayers and poems will be shared. Everyone is welcome.

Bring a lawn chair and a friend. BBQ to follow.

This event is sponsored by the Ministerial Committee of Hazelton.

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The 11th annual Bike for Books happened on Father’s Day at Hazelton Secondary School and raised more than $2,800 for the L.O.G.S. Book Bus, which tours the Hazelton area giving away free books year-round.

A very dedicated volunteer team handed the reigns over to Robin Busby this year, and with the help of a number of others, has made the transition rather smoothly.

“I jumped in with both feet this year,” Busby said.

“Luckily I have a lot of support from my mom and David Jones.”

The event coincides with Father’s Day because founder, David Jones, decided to start the event circa 1999 in honour of his late father, who was an author, athlete and minister.

“I called it Legs, Love and Literacy in the beginning,” Jones said.

“He was a very kind man and I thought this event tied everything together nicely.

“We decided if people can’t

Robert, left, and David Charet went the extra mile on their own Saturday as part of the 11th annual Bike for Books.

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get to the library, let’s take the library to them.”

The Book Bus averages more

than 13,000 books circulated per year in 14 different communities in northwestern B.C., Jones said.

“Our target audience was children with the bus,” Jones said.

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“But now it’s for young and old to make use of.”

Participants in Bike for Books must seek pledge money around the community.

Young children usually decide how many laps they will do and the amount of money they raise is based on a per lap amount.

More mature bike riders can ride a chosen course, such as the Robinson Lake mountainbike trails, or road and distance, which Robert and David Charet, Hazelton secondary Grade 8 students did.

They raised a combined $120, which turned out to be less than $0.50 per kilometre each.

They rode 160-kilometres each at about 22 kilometres per hour and finished in just under eight hours.

All the riders were more than happy to participate, as the Book Bus delivers a needed service to the area.

“The bus provides books to people who normally would have virtually no access to a library,” Busby, who has participated since she was 10-years-old, said.

“I think that reading is a very important thing for people to do.”

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On June 16th, his “Airdries Army” Team participated in the Safeway Father’s Day Walk/Run for Prostate Cancer.

On June 21st, at 3:00 pm Greg will be shaving his head for Prostate Cancer at the Airdrie Safeway.

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JUST DANCE! John Field Elementary has finished the year getting its collective groove on. New principal, Mark Newbery, has instituted 30-minutes of dancing to Wii Fit in the school’s gymnasium.

The only real difficulty staff have encountered is getting the students to stop.

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Horse trainer comes to KVRG to instruct

By Jerome Turner Hazelton/Interior News

A gold-certified horse trainer came to the Kispiox Valley rodeo grounds last weekend to help owners learn how to communicate with their horses.

Birgit Stutz of Falling Star Ranch, based in Dunster, B.C., has 30 years of experience with horses and has trained horse owners since 2006.

Julia Corbet,Telegraph Trail saddle club member, decided to bring Stutz to the KVRG after training with Falling Star.

“We wanted to provide anyone from around here the opportunity to learn proper techniques,” Corbet said.

“I bought a horse a number of years ago and had a lot of problems with him.

“He was very defiant and didn’t seem to want to listen at first.”

So Corbet began to seek sound advice on how to reign in her unruly animal.

“I was mostly concerned that I was going to get hurt,” Corbet said.

“A friend of mine recommended the train-the-trainer program at Falling Star Ranch.”

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Chris Irwin, a worldrenowned trainer.

Stutz has learned basically everything she knows about how a horse’s mind works from Irwin and endeavours to share that knowledge with students wherever she goes.

“Horses are hardwired,” Stutz said.

“They only know one way to be and it is up to owners to learn how to speak that language to them.”

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Funding key to case’s future Breaking News?

COURT from B1 The Gitanmaax Band is currently one entity listed as respondent, but that may change soon and with that change the funding that comes with it.

“We have spent $1.3 million that could have gone back to the communities,” Julie Morrison, Gitanmaax chief councillor, said.

No total for the GTS legal team was available at press time.

Previous Gitanmaax chief councillor, Marj McRae, feels the band council resolution passed by the Gitanmaax band council to assist with funding should remain, but that remains uncertain.

“We set a plan in motion and the current chief and

council should honour that plan,” McRae said.

“We have mainly funded our side of this case by taking from the interest pool of the fiveyear block funding from the federal government.

“This has not affected any core Gitanmaax programs.”

McRae claimed to represent Gitanmaax band interests at the meeting, but Morrison feels differently.

“I have been the chief councillor of Gitanmaax for a year,” Morrison said.

“Part of the role is the responsibility to speak for [Gitanmaax band] members and I have not delegated this authority to anyone.”

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In Memoriam

In Memoriam

Elisabeth Holenstein June 16, 1932 - June 25, 2012

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Amie Miller & Ben Wittke June 29, 2013

Brook Holenstein & Nicholas Bandstra July 13, 2013

Katie Olynyk & Kyle Froese July 20, 2013

Sara Burlon & Ryan Vansickle July 27, 2013

Sonja Meerdink & Michael Fordyce August 3, 2013

Megan Cassidy & Ed Olson August 10, 2013

Ashley Young & Lloyd Woodworth August 10, 2013

Meghan Horlings & Jakob Kort August 10, 2013

Chera Wheeldon & Phillip Lobley August 17, 2013

Tiffany Bandstra & Rick Meima August 17, 2013 Hannah Hopson & Andre Blais August 24, 2013

Jennifer Taylor & Johnny Krabbendam August 24, 2013

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It has been one sad year for us all.

We miss you Mom, our lives will never be the same.

Katie Olynyk & Kyle Froese July 20, 2013

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Lexy Kirk’s Celebration of Life BBQ June 30 at 2 p.m. on 7849 Lake Kathlyn Road Rain or Shine

Lexy loved being outdoors, loved campfires, loved BBQ’s being with friends and listening to music. So, this is what we’re going to do!! Shelter will be set up for inclement weather, PLEASE BRING YOUR LAWN CHAIRS. If you play guitar or whatever, please bring it along!! We’re not out to shed tears, unless they’re happy ones.

If you are planning to come, please send an email to kirkscastle58@gmail.com or leave message at 250-847-2823, so arrangements can be made for food and beverage. Sort through your photos, if you have one of Lexy, get it to Tom a.s.a.p. or the week before June 30th at the latest, so it can be incorporated into a display. Bring a story or two!

Liquid refreshments will be available. An assortment of food will be laid on, beginning about 4 p.m. Parking available in 100’x200’ riding arena. Please don’t block Lake Kathlyn Road.

Looking forward to seeing and hearing from all our many friends and acquaintances, June 30th!!!

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Celebrating two special days:

Gitxsan Health Society

June 21 National Aboriginal Day

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“There’s a big difference between being assertive and being aggressive.”

Each student received two sessions per day in what is called non-resistance training with Stutz, while the rest of the students look, listen and learn.

The attention of a horse is so fragile that Stutz mainly does one-on-one sessions.

Whenever a group needs to be close Stutz emphasizes the need for everyone to be relaxed at all times.

Stutz was impressed with the speed the students in this session picked up what was being taught.

“They’re awesome,” Stutz said.

“Everyone is so receptive and willing to learn.”

“It makes what I do fun and easy.”

What is taught to the students quickly translated to each horse.

“On Friday I did a demo for everyone and it is a bit overwhelming at first,” Stutz said.

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saw improvements happened right away.

“I could see the light bulbs start to come on when the horses respond.”

Once a horse and rider are speaking the same language it will be difficult to see what is happening to the untrained eye, Stutz said.

“If somebody doesn’t know what they are looking for they’re gonna say, ‘How did you do that?’” Stutz said.

As long as Stutz has been training she admits the education never stops refining her craft.

She has developed a flexible skill-set to enable catering to horses of any variety of temperament.

The non-resistance moniker is not to be confused with having a horse that does everything it’s told, Stutz said.

“What it means is we don’t resist what they throw at us,” Stutz said.

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AL-ANON Phone Jean at 250-847-3749 or Lori at 250-847-3884. Meetings 7 p.m. Thursdays at Smithers United Church, corner of Queen St. and 8th Ave. ALCOHOLICS ANONYMOUS If you want to drink, that’s your business. If you want to stop, that’s ours.

Local Calls: 250-643-0794 Toll-free: 1-877-644-2266 SMITHERS MEETINGS: Sun., 7 p.m. Ranger Park, 3736-16th Ave.; Mon., 12 noon Courthouse, 3793 Alfred Ave., Main Floor Conf. Rm.; Tues., 7 p.m., Ranger Park, 3736-16th Ave., Wed., 7 p.m.

Evangelical Free Church, corner 15th & Main; Thurs., 12 noon Courthouse, 3793 Alfred Ave.,Main Floor Conf. Rm.; Thurs., 7 p.m. Ranger Park, 3736-16th Ave.; Fri., 7 p.m.

Evangelical Free Church, corner 15th & Main; Sat., 7 p.m.

BVD Hospital, 3950-8th Ave., Conf. Rm. ARE you pregnant and distressed? Phone Smithers Pro Life 250-847-2475 or 1-800665-0570. Office hours MonWed-Fri 10:30-1:30.

Free pregnancy testing, non judgmental lay counseling and adoption information.

Narcotics Anonymous Have drugs taken over your life? Do you have a desire to stop using? We can help. Narcotics Anonymous Meetings Smithers Friday 12 noon at the Courthouse, 3793 Alfred Ave., Main Floor Conference Room.

250-847-1726.

THE Livestock Pedigree Act forbids selling a dog as purebred if unregistered. It provides fines of up to two months imprisonment for anyone who sells a dog as purebred and does not provide the Canadian Kennel Club registration papers.

TOPS MEETING (Take Off Pounds Sensibly) every Monday evening 7 p.m. in the Baptist Church basement, Smithers. Everyone welcome. Call 250-847-9614 or www.tops.org for info.

STOLEN Blue and silver stained glass hummingbird wind chime lifted off my house just prior to Mother’s Day. Would like its return. Just mail to Box 744 Telkwa, BC, V0J 2X0 This was given to me for Mother’s Day and has sentimental value and would dearly appreciate its return.

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Career Opportunities PROJECT ENGINEER District of Kitimat, exempt staff position, with competitive compensation and full benefit package. Reporting to the Technical Services Manager, is accountable for the effective delivery of Engineering Services for the municipality. Candidates will be a professional Civil Engineer with a minimum of 3 years professional experience (preferably in a municipal environment). Submit resumes by July 12, 2013, 4:30pm, to Personnel, District of Kitimat, 270 City Centre, Kitimat, B.C. V8C 2H7, phone 250-632-8900, fax 250-632-4995, email dok@kitimat.ca. Further information can be obtained from our website at www.kitimat.ca

DEPUTY OPERATIONS MANAGER District of Kitimat, exempt staff position, with competitive compensation and full benefit package. Reporting to the Operations Manager, assists in planning, implementing and tracking the operations, repair and maintenance of the municipality’s infrastructure, including water and sewer; roads; parking lots; drainage; signage; sidewalks, parks, grass cutting, cemetery, equipment fleet. Candidates will have several years of experience in the municipal or related field and post-secondary education in Water Quality, Civil or Building Technology or related Trade Qualification. Submit resumes by July 12, 2013, 4:30pm, to Personnel, District of Kitimat, 270 City Centre, Kitimat, B.C. V8C 2H7, Fax 250-6324995, email dok@kitimat.ca

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Obituaries

Obituaries

A Celebration of Life for our mother

Priscilla Ross

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of Quick, B.C. will be held at the Round Lake Hall on July 4, 2013 at 2 p.m.

The Ross Family

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Obituaries

Obituaries

Ruth Ona Van Horn Sept. 28, 1930 to Oct. 22, 2012

LEDWON, Erich.

September 17, 1940 – June 4, 2013

Erich started his life living in a Nazi concentration camp (eventually a Red Cross camp after the war), his family being both Polish and Catholic. He immigrated to Canada when he was 10 and grew up in Kitchener, Ontario with his late parents (Adam and Helena) and six siblings (Helena†, Elizabeth†, Joe, George, Peter, and Angelica). At 17 he left home, worked on iceboats in Georgian Bay (among other things), even lived off the land in Algonquin Park for 60 days before returning home to find his acceptance letter to join the RCMP. He left the next day for Ottawa for his training.

He began his career in Surrey, B.C. and at a New Year’s Eve dance, 1962, he met the lovely nurse (Carolyn) who would become his wife. They married in 1964 and resided in White Rock until being transferred to Kitimat in 1966 after he attempted to unionize the RCMP! Thus began his lifelong battle against injustice. While in Kitimat he also served as Court Prosecutor. He always loved a good argument and was willing to hear other people’s versions of the truth.

In 1969, he was transferred to the then-Plain Clothes Division in Prince Rupert. He worked the vast areas of northwest B.C. and fell in love with the region, its beauty and its people, prompting the purchase of 138 acres of land in Topley, B.C. In June, 1971, a year after their daughter was born, Erich was transferred to North Vancouver where he served various divisions throughout the Lower Mainland for the next 21 years. Their son was born in 1973, and Erich and Carolyn were fortunate to raise their children and live in the same house until they retired in 1991.

During these years, Erich shared his passion for the outdoors through many family camping trips, photography, golf, travel, and his love of the written word. In 1992, Erich and Carolyn built their dream home on the property in Topley, where they spent the next 21 years. They greatly enjoyed retirement, travelling extensively, golfing, and, more recently, enjoying their five grandchildren.

He is survived by his loving wife Carolyn, daughter Anastasia (Richard), son Marc (Erin), grandkids (Ashley, Chase, Grayson, Piran, Alayna), brothers Joe (Corey), George (Barb) and Peter (Marilyn), sister Angelica (Kevin), brothers-in-law Aylmer (Beth), Bill (Susan), and Bob (Annette), sister-in-law Dolly, as well as a large extended family and many friends. He will be greatly missed by his e-mail friends and acquaintances.

Our heartfelt thanks to his RCMP friends who gave him so much support during his illness. Sincere thanks to Dr. Haskins and his office staff, the nursing staffs of Bulkley Valley and Prince George Hospitals, the Homecare nursing staff, the lab technicians, and all the dear, caring friends and family who supported us during this difficult time.

As requested, no service will be held. In lieu of flowers, donations to the Canadian Diabetes Association would be greatly appreciated.

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A unique supervisory role for a skilled administrative professional As a Court Administrator, you will be responsible for providing leadership to staff through planning, organizing and managing the administration support services within the registry. You will be responsible for the day to day operation of the Smithers Court Registry. It will be your duty to plan and manage the administration support services within the registry which includes accounting, reporting and registry functions. In this multifaceted role, you perform independent judicial and administrative duties in an integrated court registry as a Deputy District Registrar of the Supreme Court, Registrar of Small Claims and a Justice of the Peace. Salary $52,844.14 $60,284.55 annually, plus Isolation Allowance of $32.89 bi-weekly.

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Help Wanted

Part-time 25 - 30 hours per week

We are looking for someone who is energetic, enthusiastic and likes working with families.

The ideal candidate will have: • experience working with computers • the proven ability to multi-task • excellent customer service and communication skills • experience in administration • a strong interest in health promotion Please drop off your resume before 5:30 p.m. on Thursday June 27th

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Smithers Community Services

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This position requires proven experience and skills in fabricating/welding and ability to read drawings.

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Please submit resume to office@monsterindustries.ca or fax: 250-845-3245.

Only those applicants selected for an interview will be contacted.

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Broadway Place Emergency Shelter Shelter Support Worker Competition #311

Broadway Place Emergency Shelter Summer Relief – Shelter Support Worker Competition #309

Broadway Place Emergency Shelter is a 9 bed low barrier facility that provides services to meet the essential, immediate needs of people who are experiencing homelessness by providing safe shelter and nutrition; and, longer term needs by providing support services that move individuals along the housing and services continuum.

Broadway Place Emergency Shelter is a 9 bed low barrier facility that provides services to meet the essential, immediate needs of people who are experiencing homelessness by providing safe shelter and nutrition; and, longer term needs by providing support services that move individuals along the housing and services continuum.

The Shelter Support Worker: • Provides direct support services to people who are experiencing homelessness • Conducts client intake according to established policy and procedure • Prepares and serves meals and snacks • Cleans and sanitizes staff rooms and common areas, including bedrooms and bathrooms • Refers clients to services and resources as appropriate • Maintains accurate client files and records all interactions in the BC Housing database • Balances competing priorities while working within a multi disciplinary team • Demonstrates compassion, a high level of energy, and well defined boundaries

The Shelter Support Worker: • Provides direct support services to people who are experiencing homelessness • Conducts client intake according to established policy and procedure • Prepares and serves meals and snacks • Cleans and sanitizes staff rooms and common areas, including bedrooms and bathrooms • Refers clients to services and resources as appropriate • Maintains accurate client files and records all interactions in the BC Housing database • Balances competing priorities while working within a multi disciplinary team • Demonstrates compassion, a high level of energy, and well defined boundaries

Qualifications: • Social Services certificate or diploma • Minimum 12 months experience providing direct service in a social service environment • Clear and diplomatic communication skills, both written and verbal • Experience using a wide array of current business communication technology • Must have or be willing to acquire Non Violent Crisis Intervention, WHMIS, and OFA Level 1 certification • Must possess a valid Class 5 BC Driver’s Licence • Must be willing to undergo a Criminal Record Search • Knowledge of the community and First Nations Culture is an asset

Qualifications: • Social Services certificate or diploma • Minimum 12 months experience providing direct service in a social service environment • Clear and diplomatic communication skills, both written and verbal • Experience using a wide array of current business communication technology • Must have or be willing to acquire Non Violent Crisis Intervention, WHMIS, and OFA Level 1 certification • Must possess a valid Class 5 BC Driver’s Licence • Must be willing to undergo a Criminal Record Search • Knowledge of the community and First Nations Culture is an asset

This is permanent full-time position. The successful applicant will be required to work a variety of daytime, evening, and weekend shifts.

This is a temporary position providing on call and scheduled coverage. The successful applicant will be required to work a variety of daytime, evening, and weekend shifts.

Please apply with resume and cover letter stating competition #311 to:

Please apply with resume and cover letter stating competition #309 to:

Smithers Community Services Association 3715 Railway Ave., Smithers Mail: Box 3759, Smithers, BC V0J 2N0 Fax: 847-3712 Email: general@scsa.ca Closing date: June 28, 2013

Smithers Community Services Association 3715 Railway Ave., Smithers Mail: Box 3759, Smithers, BC V0J 2N0 Fax: 847-3712 Email: general@scsa.ca Closing date: June 28, 2013

Job Description available by request.

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Job Description available by request.

has an opening for a permanent full-time

SALESPERSON Must have valid Class 5 drivers license and ability to lift. Individual enjoys working with the public and previous experience is not necessary. Drop off resumes in person at:

KONDOLAS FURNITURE 3840 Alfred Avenue, Smithers, BC No phone calls please HIRING IMMEDIATELY

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Dze L K’ant Friendship Centre Society is seeking applications for an Accounts Payable Clerk As the Accounts Payable Clerk, you are responsible for maintaining all aspects of accounts payable and payroll. The successful candidate would also manage all office rentals and assist the Accounts Supervisor with account reconciliations and other related duties. Must be selfmotivated, organized, and a strong team player.

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Home Care/Support 24 hr. Live-In Support Required (Kamloops, B.C.) Dengarry Professional Services Ltd. is seeking experienced individuals or couples for contract to provide live in 24 hr. support for short term stabilization to adults with mental & physical disabilities in Kamloops. Applicant must have education and exp. either in behavioral and/or medical supports. Applicant will undergo a screening process including reference checks, Crim Check and drivers abstract.

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No experience necessary, full training is provided. ** All applicants must present a valid drivers licence**

Candidates are to bring resumes into the Smithers Airport or Mail to: NATIONAL CAR AND TRUCK RENTAL Box 2949, Smithers, B.C. V0J 2N0 ATTN: STEPHANIE Stephanie.Auston@nationalcar.com Ph: 250-847-2216 Fax: 250-847-2448

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Please drop off resume in person to: Smokescreen Graphics - Unit #9 Tatlow Industrial Park, Tatlow Road, Smithers.

Business hours are: 8:30 - 5:00 Monday - Friday Dze L K’ant Friendship Centre Society is seeking applications for an Youth Now Program Assistant (Part Time) The program assistant will ensure coordination of the Youth Now Program adherent to contract guidelines and DFC Mission Statement working with the Youth Coordinator Coordinate program delivery and activity coordination with the guidance of the Youth Council and Youth Now Program Coordinator.

Ensure support to all programs and services of the Society when requested.

Qualifications: • Must have some knowledge of the First Nations culture • Mature & reliable, and creative • Should possess a valid BC Driver’s License Please submit cover letter and resume with 3 references to: Dze L K’ant Friendship Centre Society Attn: Annette Morgan, Executive Director Box 2920 Smithers, BC V0J 2N0 Closing Date: July 5, 2013

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For Sale by Owner $689,000.00 5855 Lake Kathlyn Rd, 4km west of Smithers: 5 bedroom house, 2 bedroom bungalow and 4000 sq ft heated The Interior News Wednesday, June 19, 2013 warehouse with 3 phase power on 1.59 acres, fully gated compound, for fantastic Merchandise Sale mountain and lake view, For Sale By Owner For Sale By Owner For Sale By Owner for an appointment to view - call 250-877-2434, serious inquiries only

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STEEL mulations,BUILDINGS/ Olympic GoldMetal and buildings 60% OFF! 20x28, Silver coins, + Not50x120, melting 30x40, 40x62,Bills 45x90, down, Serious Call: 60x150, 80x100 Collector. sell for balance owed! 1-778-281-0030 Call 1-800-457Coin Couple 2206 www.crownsteelbuildings.ca

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Boats

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Warehouse Lien Act

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Suites, Upper

1BDRM bsmt suite, suitable for 1 person, everything incl., 10 min drive to town. $575/mth Avail. July 1. 250-847-4444 1 BDRM, ground level suite in private home, sep. entrance, incl. F/S/W/D, all util, sat. TV, internet, patio. Backed up to wooded area, fenced yard, for quiet single mature adult, N/S, N/P. Ref’s Req’d. $950/mth.

Avail. immed. 250-847-3827 after 6 p.m.

1 BDRM with shared storage, W/D, fenced backyard, util incl., quiet cul-de-sac. Avail.

July 1 $850/mth 778-210-0577 BSMT SUITE for rent, $800/mth incl. util. Ref’s + DD req’d. (250)847-1341 or 780781-1977

FURNISHED UPSTAIRS one bdrm suite on Tyhee Lake.

Cathedral ceilings, large deck, quiet, scenic view, satellite TV, for single mature adult. N/S, N/P. 250-846-9636.

BIGFOOT CAMPER, older, in exc. shape, fits std 8’ box, F/S, oven, toilet, shower, furnace, sink, sleeps 4. Priced to sell $3000 obo. 250-847-9728.

RECONDITIONED Yamaha golf cart, no roof, great for acreage. $1,000 (250)8479521

1992 BAYLINER $5300 obo.

250-847-1465 OLDER 16’ Fiberglass boat, 115 hp Johnson outboard (runs, needs carburetor work), hummingbird, fish finder, EZloader trailer w/new tires/rims. $2,300. 250-847-2965

To discuss a Zoning amendment application

Cars - Domestic

Cars - Domestic

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on 10 acres of property North of Swannell Drive

Transportation

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2004 VW Passat 4Motion 124,000 km. AWD. 1.8 litre Turbo, standard, fuel efficient, Winter tires and roof rack incl., excellent condition.

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17 ft. Alum. Canoe “Spring bok� very stable, perfect of family / hunting canoe. $600.

---------------------------------13 ft. Alum. Canoe “Sports pal� very stable & very light, 2 seats. $600.

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In accordance with the Warehouse Lien Act, Aardvark Towing will sell the following – 1998 Ford Explorer Vin #1FMZU34EXWZB65136 registered to Sherri Angel Mclean for the amount of $3026.94 for towing and storage. Bids will be accepted up to 5:00 pm June 26, 2013. This vehicle is held at Aardvark Towing 4167 - 15th Ave New Hazelton, B.C. V0J 2J0 (250)842-5404.

THE THREE RIVERS COHOUSING SOCIETY Invites you to an OPEN HOUSE at the NWCC Friday, June 21, 3 to 6 pm to the Village of Hazelton to facilitate construction of a senior’s housing community

NOTICE TO REMOVE PRIVATE LAND FROM WOODLOT LICENCE W 138___

Please be advised that David & Kathleen Larson are proposing to remove 318 acres of private land from Woodlot Licence (W 138____) located in the vicinity of Poplar Park Road, Kispiox Valley BC Inquiries/comments to this proposal must be submitted to David or Kathleen Larson

by July 17th 2013.

Only written inquiries received by the above date will be responded to.

Information about this proposal can be obtained by contacting David or Kathleen Larson 288 Poplar Park Road Hazelton BC V0J 1Y5

Land Act: Notice of Intention to Apply for a Disposition of Crown Land

1996 Chevrolet Cavalier SL 2 dr convert, average condition.

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250-847-7928 Cell 250-877-2434 Wrecker/Used Parts

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“Home of a Million Partsâ€? • Eco Friendly & money saving • Preserve natural resources • Save valuable landÂżll • Provide tested OEM repair parts at a fraction of the price

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HARRIS AUTO WRECKERS LTD 3471 Old Babine Lake Road Smithers, BC V0J 2N6 Phone: 847-2114 Fax: 847-1445 Email: harrisauto@bulkley.net

“We’re having a baby!�

Keep your baby safe in the car.

Learn how to choose the right child car seat. Call 1-877-247-5551 or visit ChildSeatInfo.ca

Drive to Save Lives

Take notice that TM Mobile Inc. of Burnaby, BC, has applied to the Ministry of Forests, Lands and Natural Resource Operations (MFLNRO), Smithers, for three License of Occupation (Communication Site, Roadways, and Powerline) situated on Unsurveyed Crown Land in the vicinity of Tatlow Road, Smithers.

The Lands File Numbers for these applications are 6408458, 6408459 & 6408557. Written comments concerning this application should be directed to the Skeena Stikine District Land Officer, MFLNRO, at PO Box 6000 – 3333 Tatlow Road, Smithers, BC V0J 2N0. Comments will be received by MFLNRO up to August 1, 2013. MFLNRO may not be able to consider comments received after this date. For further information, please refer to our website: http://www.arfd.gov.bc.ca/ApplicationPosting/search.jsp --> Search --> Search by File Number: insert Lands File Number.

Be advised that any response to this advertisement will be considered part of the public record. For information, contact the Freedom of Information Advisor at the MFLNRO Office in Smithers.

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Email: remaxbv@telus.net Located in the Log Office at 3568 Hwy. 16 Each Office Independently Owned & Operated

Pick up your FREE copy of our Real Estate Flyer and our map of the Bulkley Valley. View more of our listings online at www.remaxsmithersbc.ca or on Facebook.

$39,500

NEW LISTING

$329,000

NEW LISTING

$159,500

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$279,000

NEW LISTING

$45,500

NEW LISTING

$45,000

NEW LISTING

#1 Riverside Village

Coalmine Road, Telkwa

3923 First Avenue

1312 Morice Drive

Lot 4 Chestnut Crescent

#69 - 95 Laidlaw Road

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2 bedroom mobile home 2 additions huge entry Pellet stove, new laminate floor Large Sundeck

Donna Grudgfield

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$48,000

NEW LISTING

140 acres in 2 titles H - 2 Borders village boundaries Hydro, telephone & established road www.realestatesmithers.com

Leo Lubbers

Ron Lapadat

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$329,900

NEW LISTING

2 bdrm bungalow, near town centre Twin seal windows, gas heat Includes appliances, furniture, sheds www.smithershomes.com mls n228181

Sandra Hinchliffe

$44,900

NEW PRICE

4 bedroom, 2 bathroom Many updates Large fenced yard, RV parking Great location mls n228219

1/4 acre lot Sunny and great view Great location Municipal sewer and water

Sandra Hinchliffe

$319,900

NEW PRICE

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14’ wide, 2 bedroom, 1 bathroom Upgraded electrical, bath, windows Vinyl siding and storage shed Fenced Yard

Jeff Billingsley

$459,500

mls n228113

$149,900

Lot 1 Chestnut Street

1446 Chestnut Street, Telkwa

Lots 8 & 9 Dunlop Street

3675 Snake Road

4555 Schibli Street

5.5 Acres Lake Kathlyn Road

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Excellent corner building lot Approximately 102’ x 160’ Mountain views Near playground, park, trails

Kiesha Matthews

mls n228216

Newly constructed high eff. home High ceilings Great open concept layout Close to playground & sports fields

Kiesha Matthews

$339,500

41,992 square foot building lot Mountain Views Rural neighbourhood Variety of mature trees

Sandra Hinchliffe

mls n2277765

$118,500

mls n227000

2400 sf of family home on 1.78 acres Bordering Canyon Creek Hardwood, spacious rooms, 2 decks OSBE, new shingles, appliances incl

Karen Benson

$46,500

mls n226162

Executive quality home Large lot, private back yard 5 bedrooms, 4 bathrooms School, perimeter trail near by

Peter Lund

mls n225094

$259,500

Picturesque acreage Close to town, level ground Perfect for homesite, views Year round creek, open pasture

Peter Lund

$64,500

mls n223682

$469,000

1216 Hunter Avenue, Telkwa

Lot 3 Passby Drive

#75 - 95 Laidlaw Road

24055 Walcott Road, Telkwa

#22 - 95 Laidlaw Ruad

4757 Rodney Road

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Hand hewn log home, river front .96 acres, level beach front 3 bedrooms, 2 bathrooms Gourmet kitchen, lots of windows

Donna Grudgfield

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5.8 acres in Silvern Estates Driveway and building site done Nice mountain views Private from road

Donna Grudgfield

$229,000

3 bedrooms Snow roof Front living room Empty. quick possession

Donna Grudgfield

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$589,000

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5 acres, fenced for horses 3 bedrooms. 2 bathrooms Garage, circular drive 2 sundecks, mountain views

Donna Grudgfield

$268,500

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3 bedroom, 2 bathroom mobile Oak cabinets, vaulted ceilings News roof in 2004 Sundeck, well landscaped lot

Donna Grudgfield

$385,000

mls n227698

9.89 acres, custom built log home Vaulted ceiling, loft bedroom 4 bdrm, 3 bath, deck, 22x30 shop www.realestatesmithers.com

Leo Lubbers

$449,000

mls n228181

$395,000

3940 Third Avenue

704 Laidlaw Road

1321 Dogwood Street, Telkwa

1362 Hudson Bay Mnt Road

12 Pavilion Place (no GST)

1349 Cronin Place

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75x125 fenced yard, 16x28 shop 4 bdrm, 2 bath, hardwood floors Nat gas F/A heating, new roof www.realestatesmithers.com

Leo Lubbers

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1724 sf custom, 4 bdrm, 3 bath 3.47 acres on Bulkley River 2 rental units plus main house www.realestatesmithers.com

Leo Lubbers

Ron Lapadat

mls n227632

$329,500

Beautifully level 1.75 acres Well kept 4 bdrm, 2 bathroom home 2 car garage, big decks www.smithershomes.com

$419,000

mls n225386

Fabulous 5 acre, country home 5 minutes to town, paved road High speed internet, natural gas set up for horses and families

Ron Lapadat

$457,000

mls n227448

Stylish home, steps from beach Open plan with spacious rooms Quality finishing, 3 bedroom, 3 bath www.smithershomes.com

Ron Lapadat

$595,000

mls n224641

4+ bedrooms, totally renovated New kitchen, 5 piece ensuite Vaults, skylight, wood fireplace Visual tour @ www.askmel.ca

Dave & Sonia

$439,000

mls n225693

$884,500

6195 Lake Kathlyn Road

1371 Sunnypoint Drive

1415 Hyland Place

5726 Kilpatrick Road

4143 Driftwood Road

22909 Telkwa High Road

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1900 sf, 4 bdrm, 2 bathroom rancher Spectacular lake view, garden Private 6.4 acres, double garage Visual tour @ www.askmel.com

Dave & Sonia

mls n228151

3 bedrooms plus den, 84x180 lot 3 bathrooms, steam shower Kitchen with bayed eating nook Visual tour @ www.askmel.ca

Dave & Sonia

Dave & Sonia

mls n228135

$385,500

4 bedrooms, full basement New hardwood, carpet & linoleum Basement suite, 3250 sf total Visual tour @ www.askmel.ca

$696,500

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Tyhee Lake frontage, 5.2 acres Solid 4 bedrooms. full basement Fireplace. HRV unit, private Visual tour @ www.askmel.ca

Dave & Sonia

$769,000

mls n227862

8.79 acres 2850 square foot living area 4-5 bedrooms, 3 bathrooms Very private and quite

Sandra Hinchliffe

$40,000

mls n227759

Spectacular 116 acre river property 1760 sq ft home and guest home 70 acres treed, 40 acres open meadow Terraced 1/2 mile riverfront w cottage

Charlie McClary

$289,000

mls n211449

$295,000

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316 Swan Road, Kispiox Valley

8535 Woodmere Road

38198 Telkwa High Road

#13 - 95 Laidlaw Road

3739 Fifteenth Avenue

20887 Highway 16 West

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Custom built home on 125 acres Set up for horses, riding Pasture barns, fencing Privacy, views, near fishing

Ron & Charlie

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Rare 250 acre Woodmere Ranch 1600sf, 3 bed rancher, log guest home Hay land, pasture, year round creek Cattle, sheep, poultry, market garden

Charlie McClary

mls n450943

Beautiful 2652 square foot log home High end finish, fixtures & hot tub Great views of the Bulkley Valley 320 acres with second home

Charlie McClary

mls n222105

2 bedrooms, one bathroom Some recent renovations Large deck on side View of Hudson Bay Mountain

Jantina Meints

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Peter Lund Res. 847-3435

mls n227548

Spacious & bright, 4 bedroom home Freshly painted exterior & interior Hill section, Hudson Bay Mtn view Perfect family home

Donna Grudgfield Cell. 847-1228

Leo Lubbers Cell. 847-1292

Ron Lapadat Cell. 847-0335

Dave Barclay Cell. 847-0365

Sonia Apostoliuk Cell. 847-0937

Sandra Hinchliffe Cell. 847-0725

Charlie McClary Cell. 877-1770

Alida Kyle Cell. 877-2802

Karen Benson Cell. 847-0548

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Kiesha Matthews

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Jantina Meints Cell. 847-3144

Kiesha Matthews Cell. 876-8420

Jeff Billingsley Cell. 877-0838

We would like to hear from you. If you are planning an event, having a Family Reunion or if you would just like some information we are here to help you.

Go to our web site at

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Spectacular 46 acre property Only 10 minutes from Smithers 4, bedrooms, 1-4 piece bathroom 24x24 wired shop

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CANADIAN COIN ASSOCIATION BUYING EVENT IN SMITHERS NEXT WEEK! JUNE 25TH - JUNE 29TH @ HUDSON BAY LODGE

VARIOUS ITEMS WE MAKE AN OFFER ON MAY INCLUDE:

GOLD JEWELRY

SILVER JEWELRY

FINE GOLD AND SILVER

STERLING SILVER

WE BUY GOLD

GUARANTEED PAYMENT OF OVER $1500/OZ. FOR ANY FINE GOLD PAYING FOR CANADIAN COINS DATED 1967 AND PRIOR OR AMERICAN COINS DATED 1964 AND PRIOR!

CANADIAN NICKEL

CANADIAN DIME MS-65

CANADIAN QUARTER MS-65

CANADIAN QUARTER SP-67

UP TO $75,000

UP TO $110

UP TO $850

UP TO $400

**NO APPOINTMENTS NECESSARY** **FREE EVALUATIONS AND ADMISSION**

GEORGE HALF DOLLAR

CANADIAN HALF DOLLAR

UP TO $55,000

UP TO $7,000

.999 FINE GOLD

CANADIAN CENTENNIAL

OLYMPIC GOLD 14K/22K

BRITISH SOVEREIGNS

1 OZ. FINE GOLD

AMERICAN GOLD $20

CANADIAN COIN

GOLD COIN

$100 OLYMPIC COIN

UP TO $6,800

KRUGERRAND

DOUBLE OLYMPIC COIN

ELIZABETH HALF DOLLAR

CANADIAN SILVER DOLLAR

UP TO $125

UP TO $12,100

JUNE 25TH - JUNE 29TH

TUESDAY-FRIDAY: 9:00AM-6:00PM SATURDAY: 9:00AM-4:30PM Hudson Bay Lodge 3251 Highway 16, Smithers, BC. V0J 2N0 DIRECTIONS: Located off of Highway 16, just south of Kathlyn Lake.

*ALL VALUES ARE BASED ON CONDITION AND RARITY *

FOR GENERAL INQUIRIES PLEASE CALL: 1-800-746-0902

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*COIN VALUES ARE BASED OFF THE CHARLTON COIN GUIDE *