Barriere Star Journal, November 21, 2013

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Area resident Cliff Siqouin and his saddle horse, show some fast moves while cutting a heifer wearing the number ‘1’ out of a herd during a team cattle penning clinic at the North Thompson Agriplex in Barriere last weekend. The clinic welcomed a number of participants, both local and from outside the area for the two day event. The object of team cattle penning is that a team consisting of three riders, must cut out of a herd of 30, three head of cattle wearing the team’s assigned number within a specified time limit. The fastest time wins!

Two solitudes on B.C. farmland Editorial by Tom Fletcher

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WGCSS discusses body removal contract changes Impact to NT Valley

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STAR/JOURNAL photo: Jill Hayward

Pipeline expansion could pump up local economy Kinder Morgan

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TNRD Eco Depot now able to take leftover paint Clearwater and Louis Creek sites only

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The Barriere Citizen of the Year Banquet date is set for Jan. 18, 2014.

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Karl Rainer: Canadian Fair Champion North Thompson Star/Journal The Canadian Association of Fairs and Exhibitions (CAFE) has announced three recipients of the CAFE Canadian Fair Champions award for 2013, which includes Darfield, B.C., resident, Karl Rainer.

The North Thompson Fall Fair and Rodeo Association nominated Karl for the award, stating the following in their submission: “No job is too small, too dirty, or too hard for Karl, if it needs to be done, he does it. His repertoire of jobs for the North Thompson Fall Fair and Rodeo Association (NTFFRA) ranges from clearing clogged sewers, planting trees, handing out awards and everything in between. Karl has served as president of the organization, and has sat on the board for many years.

“As the North Thomp-

son Agriplex Project Committee co-chair, Karl has helped raise cash and inkind donations of over $1.2 million. This 36,000 square foot Agriplex was started in March 2011, and that fall hosted the 62nd North Thompson Fall Fair and Rodeo, and the 4-H Provincial Winter Fair. The Agriplex is now a major economic driver for the Region. Karl did not work alone on this project, but his burning passion to see it through, endlessly working beside other hard working volunteers for uncountable hours, has contributed greatly to guaranteeing its success.

“Used year round, the Agriplex is a huge boost for our fair facility. No money was borrowed to build it, no money is owed. At every function, including the Fall Fair, Canadian Sheep Show/Sale, Provincial Win-

ter Fairs, Rural Living Expos and more, Karl is there working to make sure everything is just right for NTFFRA and the renters; all as a volunteer, so revenues received can go back to the NTFFRA for facility improvements. In our association, one of the most frequent statements heard is, “Call Karl, he’ll get it done”.”

Also receiving Canadian Fair Champion awards are Brandon, Manitoba’s Stanley Cochrane, with the Provincial Exhibition of Manitoba; and Beachburg, Ontario’s Adrian Vareyken, with the Beachburg Agricultural Society.

Karl Rainer said he was more than a little surprised to hear he would be an award recipient, “I didn’t even know I had been nominated, it was a total surprise.”

Adding to the surprise

was the fact that Karl will have all expenses paid trip to attend the CAFE Convention and Awards Banquet in Ottawa this week, where he will be presented on Friday night with the CAFE Fair Champions award.

“I am really honoured to be receiving this award,” said Karl, “Working for the fair is what I’ve always done – it’s what I love to do.”

Karl says he’ll be travelling to Ontario with wife Debbie, where they will take a few days to enjoy Ottawa while attending the CAFE Convention.

CAFE is the national voice for Canadian fairs and exhibitions, leading a thriving industry which represents the cultural, emotional, and traditional connections to all Canadians who provide significant economic advancements for their com-

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Karl Rainer, 2013 CAFE Canadian Fair Champion award recipient. munities. Through the Canadian Fair Champions program the Canadian Association of Fairs and Exhibitions honours the unsung heroes of the Canadian fair industry at a National level.

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Ferries bosses swap bonuses for higher pay

By Jeff Nagel Black Press

Most B.C. drivers don’t expect to end up like the driver of this flipped vehicle last winter in Abbotsford.

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Poll finds B.C. drivers confident of snow skills, doubt need for winter tires

By Jeff Nagel Black Press A poll has found only half of B.C. motorists plan to use winter tires even though two-thirds agree that everyone should have them.

The survey by Insights West for the B.C. Automobile Association (BCAA) found 87 per cent rated themselves as a good winter driver, saying they worry about others on the road.

Just 32 per cent of those reached admitted to “freaking out a bit” when they realize they’ll have to drive in the snow, Of those who don’t plan to use

winter tires, 54 per cent said it doesn’t snow enough near them while 51 per cent believe all-season tires are safe enough to get them through winter.

BCAA spokesman Ken Cousin said that underscores a misperception that winter tires are only for driving in snow.

“In fact, winter tires are the safest option for all winter conditions – whether it’s ice, frost, slush or snow.

All of these can make roads dangerous for even the most experienced driver.”

The BCAA winter driving survey also found nearly 30 per cent of B.C. drivers were not taught how to drive in winter conditions.

RCMP warn counterfeit $20 bills North Thompson Star/Journal Barriere RCMP Constable Evan Cadwallader advises businesses and individuals within the North Thompson Valley to be careful accepting old $20 bills, not the new polymer ones.

Cadwallader reports that there has been at

least one counterfeit bill received in the community of Barriere. If you think that you have detected a counterfeit note, you should, if possible: • Keep the note and record all relevant information (denomination, serial number, etc.).

• Record the details on how you received the note: time, context,

description of the person who gave you the note, description of any accomplices, vehicle license plate number, etc.

• Contact local police.

• Give the note to the police. Ask for a receipt. The note will be returned to you if it is determined to be genuine by the Bureau for Counterfeit and Document Examinations.

It won’t be called a bonus any longer, but BC Ferries executives will take home almost as much money as they do now after a switch to a salary holdback plan.

After months of promises by Transportation Minister Todd Stone to fix the controversial bonuses, the corporation announced Wednesday they’ve been eliminated retroactive to April 1, 2013.

In their place is a new salary holdback system that raises the base salary of executives by the four-year average of their recent bonuses.

Part of the new higher base salary will be held back, starting next April, and be paid out only if performance targets are met.

BC Ferries’ board chair Donald Hayes said the plan is in line with the province’s guidelines for executive compensation at Crown corporations.

But critics aren’t impressed.

“It’s bait and switch,” NDP leader Adrian Dix said. “This is a bonus scheme by another name.

I don’t know why the premier thinks people will be fooled by this.”

BC Ferries executive vice-president and chief financial officer Robert Clarke received a $133,000 bonus this year on top of his base salary of $297,300, for total pay before pension contributions of $431,000.

Under the new system, his maximum salary will rise to $403,000, assuming he meets targets and isn’t subject to any holdback.

CEO Michael Corrigan’s base salary rises from $364,000 to $425,125 and he is forecast

to get the identical overall compensation of $563,000 in 2014 after pension contributions and other benefits are added.

Corrigan’s pay is capped at that level, which is 60 per cent below former CEO David Hahn, who had been dubbed the “million dollar man” for the bonuses that took his overall compensation into seven figures.

The corporation said a holdback plan for other managers wasn’t feasible so their base salaries will be raised by the four-year average of bonuses, which will no longer be paid.

Hayes also announced a two-year pay freeze for all executives and managers until 2016.

“A two-year pay freeze is meaningless when you’re overpaying so dramatically,” said Canadian Taxpayers Federation B.C. director Jordan Bateman, who pointed to the much lower salary of $165,943 paid to the CEO of Washington State’s ferry system.

“I’d call this baby steps but that might be insulting to babies.”

He said nothing has been done to address the real problem with bonuses or holdbacks – that they’re meaningless if the targets are too easy to achieve.

The most recent bonuses were paid out for 2012 performance when the corporation recorded a surplus, but critics maintain that shouldn’t have counted because the government injected $21.5 million in extra subsdies.

Bateman said no executive should get a bonus or a holdback repaid in years where BC Ferries raises fares or takes more money in provincial subsidies.

“That should be a deal breaker on bonuses and holdbacks.”

100 Mile timber supply cut level unchanged Office of the Chief Forester VICTORIA - The allowable annual cut for the 100 Mile House timber supply area (TSA) remains at 2.0 million cubic metres.

After five years, the allowable annual cut will decrease to 1.0 million cubic metres for an additional five years.

In her decision, deputy chief forester Diane Nicholls specified that no more than 0.5 million cubic metres of the allowable annual cut can be harvested from live trees.

Mountain pine bee-

tle populations have peaked in the 100 Mile House TSA and the infestation is now collapsing. However, a large volume of dead pine is still available for salvage over the next five years.

The deputy chief forester indicated that by limiting the harvest of live trees, it is possible to maintain the allowable annual cut at 2.0 million cubic metres for five years. In addition to continued salvage, this decision also provides for other forest values, like wildlife habitat, riparian areas and old growth.

After five years, when the dead pine has deteriorated to the point that it can no longer be used for commercial purposes, the allowable annual cut will decrease to 1.0 million cubic metres.

This decrease reflects the need to transition to a lower mid-term timber supply that will occur until regenerating pine stands become suitable for harvesting.

Limiting the harvest of live trees helps to mitigate the projected decrease.

The 100 Mile House TSA covers about 1.24

million hectares in south central British Columbia. It is bounded on the west by the Fraser River, on the east by the Cariboo Mountains, Wells Gray Provincial Park and Tree Farm Licence 18, on the north by the Williams Lake TSA, and on the east and south by the Kamloops TSA. The 100 Mile House TSA includes several protected areas and parks. After excluding areas due to environmental, economic and operability issues, 670,372 hectares are available for harvesting.

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Ag Minister Pimm’s conduct with ALC referred to conflict commissioner

Premier Clark won’t fire agriculture minister, awaits guidance

By Jeff Nagel Black Press Premier Christy Clark is refusing to fire Agriculture Minister Pat Pimm for lobbying the Agricultural Land Commission (ALC) over a decision regarding Fort St. John farmland, despite repeated calls for his resignation.

Clark said Tuesday Pimm has referred his conduct to B.C.’s Conflict of Interest Commissioner for an opinion and to provide guidance on how far MLAs can legitimately go in interacting with the ALC. “I understand that the ALC is absolutely an independent body,” Clark told reporters.

“Its independence must be respected. At the same time MLAs must be able to bring forward concerns and

Agriculture Minister Pat Pimm issues on behalf of their constituents as Mr. Pimm did.”

Clark said Pimm was acting as MLA on behalf of a constituent when he wrote a letter to the ALC in support of a proposed rodeo grounds on 70

hectares of land in the Agricultural Land Reserve.

Some of Pimm’s lobbying took place after being elected MLA for Peace River North May 15 but before being named to cabinet in June.

But Pimm’s ministerial staff also contacted the ALC on the issue after he became minister, including twice on July 25 seeking an early sign of the commission’s decision.

That prompted the ALC to issue an unusual rebuke that his approaches were “not appropriate.”

NDP leader Adrian Dix said Pimm “clearly broke the rules” and can’t continue to serve as agriculture minister after the reprimand by the ALC. “He responded to that by secretly pushing a cabinet document that would take away the independence of the Agricultural Land Commission,” Dix said, referring to a leaked cabinet document indicating the government may consider splitting the ALR into

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two zones and bringing the ALC into the ministry’s control.

Bill Bennett, minister in charge of the province’s core review, has denied there are plans to weaken the ALC or end its independence.

Dix said Pimm’s backing of the Fort St. John proposal apparently inspired the proponent to begin setting up the rodeo park in defiance of the ALC’s Aug. 19 decision refusing to allow it as a non-farm use.

New Democrats also argue a directive from Pimm’s ministry shutting down ALR boundary improvement work by the ALC in the Kootenays is another sign the province’s core review is

poised to recommend radically altering the farmland reserve and commission.

Dix noted two reviews of the ALC before the election – one by the auditor general in 2010 and a later one ordered by government – led the province to pledge more money to bolster the commission’s work protecting the ALR and reviewing its boundaries.

“After the election, they’re doing precisely the opposite and trying to get away with it in secret and improper ways,” Dix said.

“That’s a deliberate deception of voters.”

Dix said he’s not sure what B.C.’s conflict commissioner can say on Pimm’s

conduct, since he’s accused of interfering with the independence of a quasi-judicial body, rather than personally gaining from a conflict-of-interest situation.

IntegrityBC executive director Dermod Travis called the referral an attempt by Pimm to buy time, noting the ALC’s policy statement already clearly states elected officials are limited to specific channels in attempting to influence ALC decisions.

“Mr. Pimm is doing little more than forum shopping, hoping to find an opinion somewhere that will exonerate his ‘inappropriate’ actions with the ALC,” Travis said.

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OPINION Editorial;

The North Thompson STAR/JOURNAL

Thursday, November 21, 2013 North Thompson Star/Journal 359 Borthwick Avenue, Box 1020, Barriere, B.C., V0E 1E0 250-672-5611

by Tom Fletcher

Two solitudes on B.C. farmland VICTORIA – My late father used to say that if he ever won the lottery, he would “farm until it’s all gone.”

It was 1960 when he and my mother pulled up stakes in the Okanagan, where their families had been for generations, and moved north to carve a homestead out of a half section in the Peace River country.

So it’s a mainly northern perspective that I bring to the latest debate over B.C.’s agricultural land reserve. A dialogue of the deaf has been going on for decades in B.C., where there are two separate realities in agriculture.

The dominant voice is always from the southwest, from the Okanagan to the Fraser Valley to southern Vancouver Island. This is not only B.C.’s most productive land, it’s also the place of greatest population and development pressure, where three million of the province’s four million residents live and more arrive every day.

In the rest of the province, except for pockets that are attractive for recreational development, farming is a tough row to hoe. These days, people are more likely to be moving away.

In our urbanized society, the loudest voices tend to be the least informed, from backyard-chicken hipsters to what I call “drive-by environmentalists,” who like to look out their car windows at green fields as they motor from their subdivisions to big-box stores. The elderly Sikhs and Mexican guest workers bent over in the fields don’t need their lofty lectures on “food security.”

Voices from the rest of the province are seldom heard and quickly shouted down, as was the case at the recent Union of B.C. Municipalities convention in Vancouver.

Merritt councillor Mike Goetz pleaded for relief from an Agricultural Land Commission that refuses to release a property that has “grown nothing but rocks and tumbleweeds for the last 100 years.” Similar property next door was released, but not this parcel, blocking a project for five years in a little town that could use the work and additional tax base. Urban sprawl isn’t a big problem in Merritt, which like many small towns is trying to hang onto its population.

Spallumcheen councillor Ed Hanoski described the situation beyond the towns, the real rural B.C. He proposed easing the restrictions on building a second home on farm properties.

Currently, farmers can put a mobile home on their property for an elderly or infirm relative, but nothing with a permanent foundation. Once that relative moves or passes away, the home is supposed to be removed.

Hanoski said a sewage system for such a residence costs around $12,000.

Add the temporary foundation, skirting, well hookup, power, landscaping, driveway, and a mobile home that will lose its value if it has to be moved, and the property owner takes a loss of $150,000 or more.

That’s why the removal rule is routinely ignored in rural B.C., Hanoski said.

These second homes are the only rental stock there is, providing modest income for marginal farms, and should be allowed permanent foundations. Motion defeated, after a scolding from a Sunshine Coast delegate about people lusting to build mansions on farmland.

I asked Bill Bennett, the cabinet minister in charge of the latest agricultural land review, about a rumoured proposal to split the province into two zones with different rules. He declined to comment, but described the case of Fort Steele Farms, the East Kootenay community’s only market garden that almost closed because the next generation was initially refused permission for a second home.

The two zones approach deserves serious consideration.

Tom Fletcher is legislature reporter and columnist for Black Press and BCLocalNews.com. Twitter:@tomfletcherbc E-mail: tfletcher@blackpress.ca

Hydro overcharging for reading meters To the editor; I recently sent a letter to the B.C. Utilities Commission decrying the extortionate charges, $35 per month, to keep and maintain my analog hydro meter. Further to that letter I met and talked with the person who reads the analog meters for Terasen Gas (Fortis B.C. Energy).

This person told me that he is paid 40 cents per meter and works for a firm called Ola Meters Inc. that does contract meter reading in North America. This person assured me that contracts can be reached to read any kind of meter. This would include hydro, gas and water meters and the cost would be very low.

When B.C. Hydro says that the $35 per month fee is not revenue generating or punitive, I believe it is misrepresenting the facts. Historically, the meters have always been physically read every other month and the cost was such that it was included in the normal monthly charges.

For that cost to now approach the cost of energy used is not rational and must be stopped.

I believe it is time that B.C. and Kamloops city residents – with their water meters – stand up to the corporate bullying in this regard and demand an end to the illegal practice of negative billing.

Signing a contract with Ola would meet these conditions in a fair and equitable way. It might also employ many additional people in B.C., maybe laid-off B.C. Hydro meter readers!

The cost of meter reading would be greatly reduced by allowing co-operative reading of all meters on one visit, including city water meters.

It should be remembered that cities in B.C. used the same bullying practices when residents were forced to pay up to $1,000 so that they could be safe from the radio emissions of these water meters.

B.C. residents must stand up for their individual rights or they will lose them. Call your MLA or MP. Tony Brumell Kamloops, B.C.

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Pet Find offers tips on how to find a missing pet To the editor; What does one do to be reunited with your beloved family pet, when they go missing? There is help available, provided the pet owner is willing to be an active part of the process.

Here are some resources that pet owners can tap into to ensure the safe return of their pet.

• SPCA - 250-376-7722, is open from noon to 4 p.m., seven days a week. They have a lost and found list, and if you can provide a photo, it will help. If you plan to surrender your pet to the SPCA, be aware that there is a waiting list of up to 12 weeks for this, as well as a cost. For example, cats and kittens will cost $30 each, and dogs cost $50 each. As well, the risk for the pet is high. The pet must be “human” friendly, and if they are not - they will be put down.

• Kamloops Humane Society - 250-3761366, email kamloopshumanesociety@gmail. com. They will take in your pet, including cats and kittens, provided that they are ‘friendly’. For low income people there is a program called the ‘big fix’ which has been around for 20 years. For a donation (whatever the owner can afford), they will spay or neuter cats, kittens and dogs. The society has foster homes provided there is an opening for the pet. They are also always happy to have a new foster home added to their list - perhaps you may be interested?

• Community notice boards and mailboxes provide a photo of your pet along with a description and your contact info... put all the info onto a sheet of paper, make some copies and get it up on all the community notice boards around town.

• Online - the internet is an excellent vehicle to post notices about lost or found pets. Remember to include a photo of the pet and your contact info. Remember to note tattoos, tags, microchips and dog collar info. Two good sites are: kijiji.ca and kamloops.craigslist.ca.

• North Thompson Star/Journal and other local newspapers - lost and found ads are free in both the Star/Journal and the Clearwater Times.

• Neighbours - remember to check with your neighbours if your pet is missing, and ask them to be on the lookout.

• Police - this is a good one if you think your pet may have been pet-napped.

• Argo Road Maintenance - 250-6725599. Their drivers will keep an eye out for your pet if you call them and leave a message regarding your lost pet. Remember to give a good description of the pet, as well as your contact information.

• NL Radio - they have a pet hotline - 250372-2292, or fax them, 250-372-2293.

• The Pound (Kamloops) - 250-8283409. They are open 24 hours a day, seven days a week. Keep in mind, though, that they will only keep dogs for a maximum of seven days, after which they will be put up for adoption.

• Vet Clinics - there are several in the Kamloops area, Riverside 250-372-7781, Valleyview 250-374-5649, and the Central Animal Hospital 250-376-7208. Some have a lost and found book.

• Spay and Neuter Clinics (through the SPCA) - 250-376-6055, fax 250-376-6151 or email kamloopsclinic@spca.bc.ca. You can also go to their website spca.bc.ca/kamloop-

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sclinic. They are a good resource if your pet had been a patient.

• Pet Find Registry - this is our very own local registry - 250-672-9222. Whether the pet is lost or found, give us a call. You, the owner, will be expected to make an effort, but we will help you get the word out.

Just believe, hope, have faith that you and your pet will both be reunited.

Joscelyn Shaw Pet Find Registry Barriere, B.C.

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Barriere Elementary School (BES) grade 3 student, Evan Rutschke, holds a female Coho Salmon while Simpcw First Nation Fisheries’ Tina Donald (r) performs an egg extraction from the fish before it’s released back into Dunn Creek. The eggs are then fertilized by ‘milt’ that has been extracted from a male of the species, and placed in a tank at the hatchery for hatching, and eventual release back into the wild. The grade 3 to 6 students from BES were attending the 18th annual Coho Day at Simpcw’s Dunn Creek Fish Hatchery on Oct. 29. Coho Day has been one of the longest annual traditions within the Simpcw organization. The mid to late October event has visitors from Barriere and Clearwater schools attending various activities that showcase the hatchery’s main focus, conservation and management of fish stocks.

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BC Ferries CEO Mike Corrigan(l) and Transportation Minister Todd Stone take questions on ferry route cuts at the B.C. legislature Monday. Sailing cuts are coming in April to most of BC Ferries’ minor and northern routes, as the corporation looks to save $18.9 million in the next two years. Stone and Corrigan announced the reductions Monday, along with a plan to begin charging seniors half passenger fares that are currently offered free from Monday to Thursday. Ferry reductions outlined by the ministry review will go ahead next spring, after another round of consultations with coastal communities to look for schedule adjustments to make the remaining runs serve residents as effectively as possible. The route reductions, feedback forms and a schedule of community meetings are posted at the review website, www.coastalferriesengagement.ca.

IO N T K N I E DS! T T A It’s time for youngsters throughout the North Thompson Valley to write a Christmas story for the Star/Journal annual Christmas Story Essay Contest.

This year our young writers can tell us in 350 words or less about one of the two following themes: STORY #1: The Magic Ice Skates: Write a story about what happened when Santa found a pair of strange looking ice skates just before Christmas Eve. STORY #2: How The Goblin Found Christmas; Write a story about how a cranky green goblin found the true meaning of Christmas.

Send in your entries, preferably by email please, to the Star/ Journal, by noon Friday Nov. 29. Winners in each age group will be announced in our Dec. 19th issue.

PRIZES FOR EACH DIVISION: First $25, Second $15, Third $10.

Contest open to students: Division 1 - Kindergarten to Grade 3 Division 2 - Grade 4 to Grade 7.

Email your entries to: news@starjournal.net or drop off at our office 359 Borthwick Avenue, Barriere

by Friday, Nov. 29, by 12 noon.

On Wednesday, Nov. 6, at the invitation of Wells Gray Country Seniors’ Society, Drake Smith, owner of North Thompson Funeral Home, came to the WGCSS monthly meeting to speak about how changes to the BC Coroner’s Service body removal service have impacted the citizens of the North Thompson as well as the viability of his business.

Smith explained the history of the work he has done under the direction of BC Coroner’s Service with regards to removing the body of a person who has died suddenly and unexpectedly outside of hospital.

He reminded the meeting that, when he set up his business eight years ago, there was a coroner working in this area. The coroner’s job is to ascertain the identity of the person who has died and how he or she

died. The coroner has the authority to order an autopsy. With the establishment of North Thompson Funeral Home, the coroner at that time arranged for Smith to attend deaths and, under the coroner’s direction, to remove and transport the body to the funeral home until the family members made decisions about how they wanted to proceed.

Sudden death call outs are not pleasant events, he said.

They often happen in inclement weather and difficult circumstances. Despite this, he considers his job to bring him “as close to a sacred moment” as it is possible to be. He described how people are in shock, often on high alert and how important it is to be sensitive and supportive.

He has served the area from Heffley Creek to Blue River for the past eight years, often arriving on scene before the coroner.

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the effect the unpredictable nature of his job has on his personal life. He is often interrupted during outings with his wife and needs to quickly shift from having a pleasant relaxing evening to his professional role of supporting in often tragic circumstances.

He said the fees for his services are regulated by the BC Coroner Service and the BC Funeral Association. Some areas of B.C. are covered by body removal contracts and some are not.

In May 2013, the BC Coroner Service decided to change the Kamloops contract area to include the Fraser Canyon (which was being served by a funeral home in Ashcroft) and the North Thompson. Bids were accepted on the entire contract only and North Thompson Funeral Homes does not have the resources to service the large area.

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The most rapidly increasing type of cancer in the developed world is esophageal cancer, where tumours affect the tube that takes food to the stomach. This type of cancer is linked to smoking, acid reflux and obesity. Since smoking rates are dropping every year, the increasing rate of obesity is one of the main risk factors.

The laws governing the restriction of certain drugs to prescription-only are designed to protect the public. It wasn’t always so. Back in the early years of the 20th century, people could buy products like Coco Wine and Heroin which contained the drugs cocaine and heroine, which made addicts out of many people. Even morphine products were freely available. Drug laws protect us well today.

As pharmacists, we are always confident of the quality of the medications in the pharmacy. They are accurately labeled with the name and amount of every active ingredient. Street drugs are another matter. Contents are not guaranteed and may even contain other drug products. One dose of a bad drug can change a life forever.

The best and safest rule is don’t take it.

We all miss doses of our medications now and then. If you miss one dose, take the dose the next time it’s due. Don’t double up. with birth control pills, it’s a bit more involved. It depends on the type of pill you are taking and which tablet in the cycle was missed. It may be necessary to use another method of birth control.

Our pharmacists are available with the answers about missed doses of medications.

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der now services the greater Kamloops area, including as far north as Clearwater and south down the Fraser Canyon. There is no coverage between Clearwater and Blue River. Blue River is served from Prince George.

The results of this contract cause human suffering. Firstly, unfamiliar people will be coming from a long distance and the body will be transported to Royal Inland Hospital in Kamloops.

This will not allow the family important time with their loved one as the body will be taken out of the community.

If the family decides to hold services in the North Thompson, their loved one will be transported back at the family’s expense.

There is a potential for families to choose to use funeral services in Kamloops. This affects North Thompson Funeral Home’s viability as there is a potential loss, according to past statistics, of approximately 22 clients a year.

As the current contract holder underbid the rates currently agreed on by the BC Coroner’s Service and the BC Funeral Association, it would not be financially feasible for North Thompson Funeral Home to seek a subcontract.

Compounding the difficulty of having service providers coming from afar, there currently is no coroner in this area.

This causes distress to bereaved families as long waits in times of tragedy are not uncommon. At times coroners do not attend the scene of the death.

WGCSS agreed to meet again to decide on what action needs to be taken.

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Pipeline expansion could pump up local economy By: Andrea Klassen Kamloops This Week An expansion of the Trans Mountain oil pipeline could create up to 900 jobs in the Kamloops area in the summers of 2016 and 2017, according to Kinder Morgan’s president, Ian Anderson.

Anderson, who is travelling across B.C. speaking about the economic benefits of his company’s $5.4-billion pipeline twinning plan, told members of the Kamloops Chamber of Commerce on Friday, Nov. 8 the project will bring major dollars to the city.

The expansion project, if it’s granted federal approval, would add a second pipe to much of the existing Trans Mountain line between the Alberta oil fields and Burnaby.

The extra line would nearly triple the number of barrels of gas, diesel and heavier oil products run through the pipeline daily, from about 300,000 to 890,000.

Kinder Morgan plans to submit an application for review to the National Energy Board in December.

If it’s successful, Anderson said construction on the new line could begin in 2016.

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two-year length of the construction phase, with peak employment each summer, Anderson said about one-quarter of the 50 permanent jobs created by the expansion would likely come to Kamloops.

During the construction phase, Anderson said Kinder Morgan will spend approximately $43 million on workers in the Kamloops area.

Based on the company’s experiences in the Jasper and Valemount area, where it upgraded the line in 2008, Anderson said that could translate into about $16 million more spent on rent in the city and another $9 million on meals.

But, he said, the city’s existing workforce can’t support the pipeline’s demands.

While the com-

pany is in talks with Thompson Rivers University to expand its trade programs, Anderson said as much as $39 million of Kinder Morgan’s local labour budget will have to go to people who don’t live in the city now.

Local workers will still play an important role in the project, he said, because other pipeline construction projects, such as Enbridge’s Northern Gateway line or the Keystone XL, will be competing for the same pool of outside labour.

“The competition for labour over the next five years is going to be intense,” Anderson said.

“So, we’ve got to be the best at harvesting and interesting and getting the local labour forces marshalled around us.”

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Kinder Morgan seeks expansion go-ahead The company plans to use Kamloops as a construction hub for the interior portion of the project, Anderson said, and the area is also home to three pump stations needed for the expanded line — each of which costs about $30 million to build.

While most of the jobs in the area would last no more than the

are also expected to be substantial, including around $5 million for gravel and sand and $600,000 just for road signs cautioning drivers about the project.

Anderson said the company is committed to sourcing locally, as well as working with First Nations companies whenever possible.

Long term, Anderson said the project will bring in more than a million dollar of extra property taxes for the city of Kamloops.

Once Kinder Morgan files an application for review on its expansion, the National Energy Board is expected to take 15 to 18 months to make a decision on the project.

Anderson said he expects to know if the company is successful by the second quarter of 2015.

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No Host a busy place The parking lot at the North Thompson Fall Fair Hall in Barriere was a busy place on Nov. 16, due to many people coming to browse the tables at the annual No-Host Bazaar. This year there were 21 tables plus the kitchen concession, representing 18 different community groups. There was baking available at many tables, as well as hand crafted items, quilts, and numerous gift baskets and other items. The NT Fall Fair and Rodeo Association annually donates the facility at no charge for the event. Organizers of the 2014 No-Host Bazaar will be the Legion Ladies Auxiliary.

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CHU CHUA • Dec. 8: Christmas Craft Fair, 10am-late afternoon, Chu Chua Community Hall. Info 250-672-9995 CLEARWATER • Nov. 28: Beta Sigma Phi Craft Auction, Wells Grey Inn Conference room, doors open 6 pm, auction 6:30 pm

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HEFFLEY CREEK • Nov. 30: Make It, Bake It, Create It, 2nd Annual Christmas Market, Heffley Creek Hall, 10am4pm. Info 250-578-8519.

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Food vendors will be available on site For more information, contact Steven Puhallo at 250-371-7654 or puhallo@gmail.com

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Eco-Depots now able Revitalization for Barriere’s to take leftover paint new City Hall gets underway Submitted The Thompson-Nicola Regional District is offering new recycling opportunities at its EcoDepots in Louis Creek and Clearwater.

Now, leftover paint, flammables, pesticides and aerosols can be disposed of at these facilities and the service will eventually be expanded to include all TNRD Eco-Depots and some larger transfer stations.

The new household-hazardous waste recycling service, Paint Plus, is part of a stewardship partnership with the Product Care Association, a not-for-profit industry association that manages product stewardship programs for household hazardous and special waste on behalf of its members across Canada. The BC Paint steward-

ship program has been run by Product Care since 1994.

Paint Plus is for residential amounts only, and residents are urged to visit the Product Care Association’s website, productcare.org, to determine the volumes and material types that will be accepted.

No commercial waste will be accepted and all materials must be in their original containers, sealed with no leaks, and with the labels intact.

As well as paint, all Eco-Depots will continue to accept waste oil, cooling appliances, electronics, and other items that the more spacious Eco-Depot facilities can now accommodate.

A list of accepted materials at TNRD waste-management facilities can be found on the TNRD website; tnrd.ca.

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By Margaret Houben North Thompson Star/Journal The District of Barriere council members heard a petition from the North Thompson Volunteer and Information Centre (NTVIC) at their Nov. 18 council meeting. Bernice Randrup and Judy Armstrong were present on behalf of NTVIC, requesting that the District waive the cost of the lease as they have in past years. Council members voted in favour of this request.

Council members passed the second and third readings of the Bylaw Notice Enforcement Bylaw No. 95, Amendment Bylaw No. 108. The final adoption of this bylaw will take place at the next council meeting.

Several reports were heard and accepted - the October Fire Department report given by Fire Chief Al Kirkwood, and the District of Barriere Water System 2012 annual report. The water system report shows that water consumption in 2012, at 169,469,432 US gallons, was up from 2011 (147,011.038 US gallons), but still lower the the previous several years. This report will be available on the District’s website for those who would like to view it.

Council directed staff to prepare and post an Audit Services request for proposals. This will

be done in the next few weeks. spent by the Chamber for TourAn agreement has been ism Development. The LNTTS reached between Argo Road is taking over the role (from the Maintenance and the District, Chamber) to act on behalf of to swap the winter maintenance the District of Barriere in tourresponsibilities for the 800 me- ism development of the area for tres of Agate Bay Road from 2014.

Highway 5 to the Eco Depot During public enquiries, Wim (the district boundary) and Dix- Houben asked what the trench at on Creek Road from the bound- the Fire Hall was all about. Fire ary going south from Barriere to Chief Al Kirkwood responded Vista Point Road. that they were installing a curb, There will be some renova- which should be complete before tions happening over the next the end of the week. two months at the old HY Louis The next District of Barriere building that the district recently council meeting will be on Dec. purchased. The work will be 2, at 7 p.m. done by the Volunteer Fire Department and will serve as an educational exercise. They will be doing mold remediation and general cleanup of the building, including removal of drywall, ceiling tiles, etc. Then the roof will need to be redone - an RFP will be posted for this work.

Council members passed a motion to pay the Lower North Thompson Tourism STAR/JOURNAL photo: Margaret Houben Society (LNTTS) $12,250 for the 2014 (l to r) Bernice Randrup and Judy Armstrong year, along with a request to see the ac- were present on behalf of NTVIC at that countants statement District meeting requesting the cost of their of the 2013 monies lease be waived as it has been in past years.

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Yellowhead Highway must be upgraded to prevent traffic fatalities in the North Thompson All of us that travel any part of the Yellowhead Highway through the North Thompson have stories of bad road conditions and bad drivers.

We all have tales of being passed around blind corners, being tailgated by everything from a Smart car to a Greyhound bus, excessive speed with no purpose and all that in one trip to Kamloops.

We endure icy conditions, wet conditions, fog and all sorts of other events that can turn a drive in to Kamloops to buy some shoes into a horror story complete with fatalities in the blink of an eye.

So what is the solution?

Getting a shoe store in Barriere would certainly help cut down on the need to travel, but all kidding aside the real solution is to fix the highway. More left turn lanes, more passing zones and better maintenance would all help.

I am not saying we need to four-lane the highway from Heffely Creek to McBride, but improvements are absolutely needed.

Drivers that pass on double lines are frustrated and/or complete morons. If a driver is in a rush and there are no passing lanes and few safe

places to pass they will default to taking all sorts of risks.

There is a lack of passing sections all through the North Thompson Valley.

Where a passing lane exists the problem is that some slow moving traffic move into the passing lane and stay there. The traffic behind them cannot go by, and the frustration rises along with a sudden loss of all sense.

Where there are long straight sections of road with passing allowed, the issue is that slow moving trucks use this level ground to make up time and to increase their speed to climb the hills at both ends of this portion of the highway.

When attempting to pass these previously slow moving vehicles drivers are faced with going speeds well over the legal limit which for some is a challenge in itself.

Then add in traffic from the numerous side roads. If a driver enters the highway without properly assessing the situation coming towards them, the situation can be deadly.

These issues are found all through the North Thompson Valley, and they all need attention. Traffic through our valley has grown exponentially

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Bill Humphreys with the boom in the Alberta oil fields and the LNG projects in the north east of B.C. Our valley is the route of choice for countless loads of goods that are needed to drive these huge economic opportunities.

As the traffic on the highway increases, so do the problems.

I have been told that some statistics say that the section of the Yellowhead Highway from Little Fort to Kamloops has had more serious and fatal crashes than any given section of the same length on the route from Kamloops to the Alberta Border.

I am leery of statements like that though, because as you manipulate statistics their validity goes out the window and any interest in fixing the problem at hand soon follows.

I do know that in the past two years there have been fatal crashes on the Yellowhead Highway that could have been avoided if steps had been taken to upgrade the design of the road with regards to its safety.

U n f o r t u n a t e l y, more will follow if nothing is done.

Lack of funding for any possible fix is the problem.

Safety enforcement for bad drivers is immediate and relatively inexpensive at first glance.

The problem is a lack of staffing. It is unrealistic to expect our safety officers to continually do more and more with fewer resources each year.

Driver education helps in some cases, but this often is given after an incident has already happened.

We are told that any attempt at upgrading the road itself is exceptionally costly. Experts come and look at problems and go away to mull over the data. All this has gone on for many years and the results are always the same. The fix is a lot of money.

What is a life worth? When do we finally say enough is enough?

It is unconscionable that travellers are subject to unnecessary risks here in the valley.

The problem can and must be fixed now.

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It’s shopping season Barriere’s Jean Purver mans a booth during the recent No Host Bazaar at the Fall Fair Hall. The North Thompson Valley has at least 10 such events between now and Christmas time. Check out the dates, places and times on page 7 of this issue. And don’t forget to stop in at the Chamber’s Passport to Shopping kickoff on Nov. 21, 5 - 8 p.m. at the multi-purpose room in the Barriere Ridge with artisans and home based businesses (this event used to be held at Estylo’s Hair Salon).

Citizen’s Banquet January 18 North Thompson Star/Journal The Citizen of the Year for 2013 is Al Fortin, and the date for the Citizen of the Year Banquet has now been set for Jan. 18, 2014.

This banquet will honour Citizen of the Year, Al Fortin, and is also to recognize the other two nominees, Monica Ireland and Drew McMartin.

This years banquet will be held in The Barriere Legion Hall (downstairs), with cocktails at 6 p.m., and dinner at 7 p.m.

Tickets are $18 each, and are available now at the Star/Journal office, the Barriere Legion, and Insight

Tire. You can also call the Star/Journal at 250-672-5611 for more information. If you would like to be put on the evening’s agenda to make a presentation during the banquet call the Star/Journal and ask for Lisa.

Here are the Barriere Citizen of the Year winners since 1988: 1988 - Geordie & Manne Salle 1989 - Anne Genier 1990 - Fanny Bradford 1991 - Sylvia Chivers 1992 - Bill & Bernie Kershaw 1993 - Harley Wright

1994 - Arlene Powell 1995 - Jack Wilson 1996 - Karl & Debbie Rainer 1997 - Leslie Stirling 1998 - Judy Vosper 1999 - Beverly Murphy 2000 - Donna Kibble 2001 - Jeff Swann 2002 - Kathy Cooper 2003 - Ed & Cheryl Ann Tenzer 2004 - Dick Ross 2005 - Fiona Clare 2006 - Elli Kohnert 2007 - Jane Milburn 2008 - Jill Hayward 2009 - Tina Donald 2010 - Barb & Carman Smith 2011 - Carol Patton 2012 -Keith Moore

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Drop Off Non-Perishable Food Donations to the Food Bank; open from 10 a.m. to 12 noon every Wednesday. or call the Food Bank, leave a message, and your call will be returned.

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NT Communities Foundation needs new members to step up

Barriere author, Daniel Sweetnam, releases second book in the Chronicles of Malachai series

By Jill Hayward North Thompson Star/Journal

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Daniel Sweetnam with latest release, “The Purpose”.

Submitted “The Purpose” is book two in the fictional series called, “The Chronicles of Malachai” which continues the journey of Malachai, now a young adult, who was given a Gift by God to see the spiritual world that co-exists alongside our own. However, having this gift and choosing what to do with it proves to be a bigger struggle than Malachai expected. The angels want to help him; the demons want to destroy him; but the choice of who to trust still remains his own.

Nevertheless, Malachai soon discovers there’s yet another choice he needs to make which has an even greater purpose and will establish his position within the spiritual war itself.

“The Purpose” is now the second book Daniel has written while living here in Barriere, with “The Gift” being book one in this five-book series. Along with his wife Daphne, Daniel owns Sweetnam’s Store and the newly opened extension to their main store, which is in partnership with their sons, Josiah & Samuel, called ”Sweetnam’s Nik Naks”, their giftware and novelty store. Daniel’s mother Lorraine also helps work

the local family business and together they are very proud to live in the community of Barriere and are very thankful for how well Barriere and the entire area have supported them.

“Writing these books has truly been a dream come true for me. The people of Barriere and the entire area have been so incredibly supportive of my first book, sharing many wonderful comments and conversations with me, I hope they find “The Purpose” just as exciting as “The Gift”.”

A special note that local residents may find interesting is that the cover pictures of both books are taken right here in Barriere, by Josiah and Samuel. They show some of the spectacular scenery this area has to offer.

If you would like to pick up a copy of “The Purpose” or “The Gift”, or to get more information, both books are available at Sweetnam’s Store and Sweetnam’s Nik Naks.

Daniel is planning a “Meet the author and book signing” here in Barriere, which may happen during the Candlelight and Holly in early December. More details will be shared at a later date.

Bob Hearn has been a director of the North Thompson Communities Foundation for three terms (equaling the past six years). This year Hearn says he must step back due to the Foundation’s bylaws.

“It’s not that I necessarily want to step back,” said Hearn, “But new people bring new perspectives and new enthusiasm to an organization.”

Hearn won’t be the only board member to step down this year, which leaves him encouraging others to step up and take the reins for awhile.

He is not leaving the Foundation as such, and will remain to help the organization get the word out about its benefits to the valley. The North Thompson Communities Foundation awards grants through local charitable organizations generated from responsibly managed donations and legacies which promote community capacity building and unity.

“The Foundation covers the needs of the whole valley while retaining and expanding its asset base,” said Hearn, “The Foundation has been the recipient of funds from various valley families that have donated funds.”

“The Foundation is not an onerous commitment for someone on the board,” said Hearn, “There are only eight meetings a year, and if you are a committee member about three

meetings. We definitely need more committee members.”

Hearn says he has concerns that the line of succession for volunteer organizations is sometimes hard to find. “This is a big concern to me, that people won’t realize how important these organizations are. I think people who live in valley communities have a responsibility to give back in small ways or large ways,” said Hearn.

Hearn noted that the Governor General of Canada is “very passionate that community Foundations continue to thrive”, and that he has created a “Smart and Caring” program that celebrates generosity and developing new approaches to philanthropy and volunteerism, Philanthropy and volunteerism are grounded in the understanding that everyone has something to give and to gain by sharing.

Hearn says he welcomes calls from anyone who would like more information about the North Thompson Communities Foundation, and is more than willing to speak with anyone who may think they would like to serve on a committee or the board.

Call 250-672-9712 or 250-819-9712.

“The valley doesn’t operate on its own, it does take individuals to make things happen,” says Hearn.

The North Thompson Communities Foundation annual general meeting is slated for Dec. 5, 6:30 - 9 p.m. at the Resource Centre in Clearwater.

Everyone is welcome to attend.

New $5s and $10s round out bank note series Submitted All five denominations of Canada’s new polymer bank notes are now in circulation. The $5s and $10s, the final two notes of the new series to be issued on polymer, began circulating on Nov. 7.

This series introduction began two years ago when the Bank of Canada issued the new $100—Canada’s first polymer bank note. Now with well over 700 million polymer notes in circulation, the transition is well underway with more and more polymer notes replacing their paper predecessors every day.

It’s common practice for central banks to periodically upgrade bank notes by releasing a new series. In Canada, this certainly isn’t done on a whim. The decision to change the bills is made to improve the

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security of notes in circulation and help stay ahead of counterfeiting threats.

The goal is to issue notes that are easy for cash handlers to check and hard for

fraudsters to counterfeit. Issuing new notes will help reduce counterfeiting losses and provide Canadians with bank notes that they can use with confidence.

The Polymer series is the most secure series of notes ever issued by the Bank of Canada. These new notes have leadingedge security features that are specially designed for use on the polymer material.

The large window and metallic images visible from both the front and back of the bills are easy to check. And all five notes, from the $5 to the $100, have the same security features, so if you know how to check one, you can check them all.

Routinely checking the security features on bank notes—old and new, large and small—allows cashiers to intercept suspected fakes.

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notes keeps counterfeits out of the retailer’s till and out of your wallet.

Checking bank notes is a pretty good routine practice we should all adopt. So don’t be offended if you notice a cash handler examining your notes, even if they’re polymer notes. Top-notch security features are great if people use them, so polymer notes need to be checked too.

Brand new polymer notes-like the new paper notes that preceded them-may stick together at first, but this tendency will disappear as they circulate.

Before counting new notes, separate them by fanning, tapping, shuffling or snapping.

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Barriere schools remember

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Mauve Friday is Coming.

Black Friday will never be the same.

Mauve Friday is Coming.

Black Friday will never be the same.

STAR/JOURNAL photos: Elli Kohnert

By Elli Kohnert North Thompson Star/Journal Barriere Elementary (BES) and Barriere Secondary (BSS) Schools held their Remembrance Day Assemblies on Friday, Nov. 8. All students and staff gathered in the individual school’s gymnasiums to take part in the Ceremony of Remembrance. Legion members from the Barriere Legion also attended both ceremonies at the schools. BES students participated in the program with thoughtful and touching contributions that expressed the meaning and the reason we keep this Day of Remembrance.

(Top photo) Barriere Elementary School (BES) students hold up poppies they have made during Remembrance Day ceremonies at the school on Nov. 8.

(Above) Members of the Barriere branch of the Royal Canadian Legion attend the BES ceremony in the school’s gymnasium.

(Above) Members of the Barriere branch of the Royal Canadian Legion attend the Remembrance Day Ceremony held at Barriere Secondary (BSS) on Nov. 8.

(Left) BSS students during the Remembrance Day Ceremony held at their school.

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SPORTS Snowmobile facts every owner should learn Submitted

Giddy-up go!

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A participant in the Cattle Penning Clinic, given by Nicole Sigouin, and held at the North Thompson Agriplex in Barriere last weekend encourages her horse to hustle after a numbered heifer, cut it from the rest of the herd, and chase it into a pen with other bovines wearing the same number.

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Having snowmobiles is a good choice. These are very efficient during winter when car tires could hardly maneuver on ice-covered roads.

Apart from that, this is also a good thing to use for family recreation and racing. There are millions of people who register these vehicles during the cold months. They may have varied reasons, but the convenience and recreation that the vehicle gives is on top of it.

The manufacturers also have their own International Snowmobile Manufacturers Association. This group lists all of the legitimate manufacturers so that they will be known to the consuming public. This is a very convenient way for the public to know their options and the people they should contact. With professionals intervening, it would be easier for everyone to have the vehicle that they want.

People who wish to buy a snowmobile should take advantage of the help offered by professionals. They have the vehicles classified according to types, such as beginners, mountain residents and professionals. With this, a purchaser will be able to choose the type that fits his capacity and the use he sees for the vehicle.

Getting an entry-level snowmobile is a great way to save on power during the cold weather.

But then again, it is not as fast as the other types since it runs on 60-70 horsepower. Other machines which are built for long-term use run on 85 horsepower on the average.

There are touring snowmobiles which are made basically for comfort since these can accommodate two riders. They offer a smoother ride, and will have large windshields and back-

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rests. These will give long and leisurely rides to riders. The mountain snowmobiles on the other hand are longer and narrower built. This type have horsepower that will make up for any loss of power when traveling at elevation.

The vehicle should be used with everyone’s safety in mind. It is very important to steer clear of the dangers which are lurking in the snowcovered trail. The drivers should know where these danger zones are and be mindful of their driving attitude. Those who are careless usually get into trouble.

Snowmobile drivers should keep a good attitude to prevent any accidents. It is important to have a cool head when driving a snowmobile, and to stay clear of alcohol. Drivers should also make sure that they let someone know that they are headed out. In this way, authorities will be able to know of a snowmobiler’s route, should any accidents happen.

Snowmobiles are convenient vehicles during the winter. It gives everyone the chance to still enjoy and move to places despite the cold weather.

However, drivers should be very mindful of their responsibilities, since it determines the safety of their passengers, and others using the trails.

Snowmobiling in British Columbia DriveSmartBC It is almost impossible to use a snowmobile without encountering a highway in British Columbia.

Can a snowmobile be legally operated on or across a highway? If all required conditions of the Motor Vehicle Act and All Terrain (Motor Vehicle) Act are met, the answer is yes.

The first step is to register the snowmobile with ICBC and apply the registration decals to both sides of the cowl or other conspicuous place on the machine. Incidentally, unless you are a visitor to BC, this registration is required before you can operate the snowmobile anywhere in the province. Visitors may use their own provinces licensing or obtain a permit if their province does not require registration.

An operation permit must be obtained from the chief of police having jurisdiction over the place where the snowmobile will be operated on the highway. The permit may set restrictions or conditions on the operation of the snowmobile as determined by the chief of police.

Once the operation permit has been obtained the snowmobile owner must licence and insure the machine with ICBC as you would with any other motor vehicle. ICBC will issue licence plates which must be displayed.

Finally, the driver of the snowmobile must hold a valid drivers licence. You may now legally operate a snowmobile on a highway as set out in the permit.

Incidentally, the snowmobile must be properly equipped. They require an adequate muffler and if operated between 1/2 hour before sunset and 1/2 hour before sunrise must have a headlight and taillight. Any snowmobile operated at a speed greater than 20 km/h must be able to stop within 10 metres from a speed of 20 km/h.

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Owner and chief cook at Sam’s Pizza and Rib House, Doreen Landry, was kept busy serving up plates of spaghetti Monday, Nov. 18. The spaghetti dinner raised aid for the Barriere Food Bank, and was very well attended. Thanks to sponsors; Mitchell’s Beef, who donated the beef used in the sauce, The Grocery People, who donated 20 pounds of spaghetti, Van Houten, who donated the coffee and the volunteers who were on hand to serve everyone who came.

Also received was a cheque for $300 from Interior Savings Credit Union. Their donation, along with the $1484.56 raised from the dinner itself, brings the total raised for the Food Bank to $1784.56, plus numerous donations of items.

“Everything went very smoothly this year,” stated Sam’s Pizza owner Doreen Landry, “and the very last order taken finished off the last of the spaghetti.”

Research Study Rebuilding Lives Post-Disaster coming to Barriere from TRU Submitted Barriere, BC – A research partnership is underway that is looking at how to address disaster mitigation strategies at the local community level. “Through this project we plan to address long-term reconstruction challenges by conducting research among affected communities engaged in post-disaster recovery,” says project founder Julie Drolet, who is Adjunct at Thompson Rivers University.

Awarded $199,938 over three years by the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada (SSHRC), the Rebuilding Lives Post-Disaster Partnership has brought together researchers, government departments, and community partners from six countries to advance knowledge in long-term community-based disaster mitigation strategies in small cities and rural communities in Canada, USA, Australia, India, Pakistan, and Taiwan affected by natural disasters.

“The challenges we all face due to disasters are enormous, and there is a lot to learn about building community capacity, empowering individuals, creating long-term economic and social change, and challenging existing systems of exclusion and discrimination,” says Drolet.

The network of researchers, policymakers and practitioners involved will engage in analyses of community-based disaster mitigation strategies by compiling case studies on emergent promising and effective practices, policies and lessons learned.

The 2003 Wildfires in the North Thompson Valley is one such example of understanding the recovery practices and experiences of the affected communities 10 years on. The partnership’s focus also includes developing recommendations to promote greater community resiliency.

The partnership has obtained solid commitments of support from the Canadian Association for Social Work Education, Council of Social Work Education, International Association of Schools of Social Work, Canadian Red Cross, Emergency Management BC, and partnering non-government organizations.

As part of this effort, the network is contributing to the development of research expertise by providing training opportunities, education and career development opportunities for students, academics, and practitioners.

“The project is significant because it provides a range of community perspectives on sustainability, equity and livelihoods post-disaster of interest to stakeholders such as emergency service volunteers, emergency managers, educators, social workers, community practitioners, and the social sciences, particularly in the relationship between the social construction of disasters, climate change adaptation and mitigation, the environment, and sustainable development,” says Drolet.

For more information, please contact: Julie Drolet, Thompson Rivers University, 250574-5258 or jdrolet@tru.ca

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Young says for many years she was employed in the hardware business, but most recently spent a year working for a trophy outfit in Kamloops. It was there that she learned to handle all the different machines, from the engraver, to the embroiderer, and all items in between.

Young notes she enjoyed this work so much, she is currently starting her own engraving business which she is calling Thompson Valley Awards.

While her husband has his own contracting outfit, this will be her first venture into the retail business sector.

Young says Thompson Valley Awards will offer engraving services for plaques, trophies and awards; and will also include specialty work such as embroidering logos on t-shirts, hats and other apparel for individuals, groups and companies.

Etchings on glassware and mugs can also be ordered, as well as the creation of rubber stamps and seals, ribbons and much more.

She notes she will also be able to help customers with their logo designs if required.

Young says her business’s web-site, which is currently under construction, should be up by the end of December. There you will be able to find catalogs for each type of product that she will be offering. But in the meantime, potential customers are invited to send their inquiries to her by email at: 3191ty@gmail. com. Ask for a quote on the product you are seeking and she she’ll be happy to oblige.

This brand new enterprise promises to be a busy family affair with Young’s husband assisting at the Louis Creek shop, and her son, Jake, helping with the bookkeeping.

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Tearing up Kamloops Street Workers were once again tearing up a portion of Kamloops Street and Borthwick Avenue, on Nov. 18.

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Celebrating 36 Years HERb & CITRus OvEN ROasTEd CHICKEN

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1/2 med. yellow onion, finely diced 1.5 cups cooked quinoa 2 heads of broccoli or about 1 lb 1 tbsp butter (or sub 1 tbsp olive oil) salt & pepper, to taste

1/3 cup Pacific Organic Mushroom Gravy 1 cup milk 1 cup sharp cheddar cheese,shredded First, preheat oven to 350F & grease a medium size baking dish with butter or oil. Next, in a large sauce pan, heat 1 tbsp of butter or oil. Then, add in chopped onion & sauté for about 1 min. Next, add in chopped broccoli & sauté. Season with salt & pepper (about 1/2 tsp of each) & cook for about 3 more mins. (Do not over-cook the broccoli, this is simply to infuse it with the flavours from the onion & to cook it about half way.) Next, add in 1/3 cup of Pacific Organic Mushroom Gravy & 1 cup of milk & stir. Slowly add in cheese & stir until combined. Finally, add in quinoa & stir again. Transfer mixture into baking dish & sprinkle on more cheese. Bake at 350F for about 10-12 mins or until the top begins to brown.

Each week a group or volunteer(s) are recognized in this space for their contribution to our community.

If you, your service organization or group would like to recognize an individual please call the North Thompson Volunteer and Information Centre at 672-0033.

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Place chicken in a rimmed 13” x 9” baking dish. Place parts skin side up & spread them out evenly in the pan. Pour olive oil mixture all over chicken, turning pieces to coat all sides. (If you marinated the chicken in this mixture, still add it all in).

Arrange slices of lemon, orange & onion around & under the chicken.

Sprinkle all over generously with thyme, rosemary, salt & pepper.

Bake uncovered for about 1 hour, or until chicken is cooked & juices run clear. Remove parts to a serving platter & garnish with additional chopped fresh herbs, if desired.

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1/4 cup olive oil 4 cloves of garlic, minced 2 tbsps sugar 2 lemons, 1 juiced & 1 sliced 2 oranges, 1 juiced & 1 sliced 1 tbsp Italian seasoning 1/2 tsp paprika 1 tsp onion powder 1/4 tsp crushed red pepper flakes Kosher salt & freshly ground pepper, to taste 10-12 pieces (about 4 1/2 lbs.) bone-in chicken parts, pat dry 1 medium onion, thinly sliced 1 tsp dried thyme, or fresh chopped 1 tbsp dried rosemary, or fresh chopped chopped fresh herbs (rosemary, thyme, parsley), for garnish, optional Preheat oven to 400F. In a small bowl whisk together olive oil, garlic, sugar, lemon juice, orange juice, Italian seasoning, paprika, onion powder,

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Volunteers are always needed and welcome. Membership is open to individuals, groups, and businesses.

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Barriere Elementary PAC: 1st Wed. of mth, 6:30pm, call 672-9916 or Leesa Genier at 320-3629.

Barriere Fire Dept.: Firehall, Thurs., 7pm Barriere Food Bank: every Wed. Leave message 6720029 Genealogy: Every 1st & 3rd Friday of the mth at the Library, 6-7pm, except Jul/Aug. 250-672-9330.

Barriere Hospice: Loans out handicap equip - call 250672-9391.

Photography Club. All welcome. Shelley Lampreau 250672-5728.

Community Quilters: 2nd & 4th Thurs. of mth, 2pm at the Barriere Food Bank. Judy 250-672-5275 or Fran 250-6722012.

Barriere Search & Rescue: 2nd Tues. of mth, 7pm.

Training on 4th Tues. of mth, 7pm.

BSS PAC & Booster Club: 1st Tues. of mth, 5:30pm. 250672-9943.

Survivors of Brain Injuries: Call John at 250-372-1799.

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

Carpet Bowling: Mon, Wed, & Fri., 9:30am-12 @ Little Fort Hall.

Community Kitchen: If interested call Dede 554-3134.

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

Crib: Mon. & Fri. 1-4pm @ Little Fort Hall.

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

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

Literacy Tutoring: Learn to read FREE. Jill Hayward 3198023.

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

McLure Rec.: 1st Wed. each mth at 7:30pm McLure Firehall.

Except Jul & Aug. 250-578-7565 for info.

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

NT Fish & Game Club: 4th Mon. each mth 7pm NTVIC. 672-1843 NT Valley Hospice: 3rd Tues, 11am, Little Fort Hall. 6725660.

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

Safe Home: Get away from domestic abuse, call 250-6742135 (Clw) or 250-682-6444 (Barriere).

Walk & Fitness: Indoors, Tues & Thurs 12-2pm. Barriere Ridge Gym.

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Ads may be submitted by phone if charged to a VISA, MC or an existing account.

CHECK YOUR AD! Notice of error must be given in time for correction before the second insertion of any advertisement. The paper will not be responsible for omissions or for more than one incorrect insertion, or for damages or costs beyond the cost of the space actually occupied by the error.

Advertisers are reminded that Provincial legislation forbids the publication of ads which discriminate against any person because of race, religion, sex, color, nationality, ancestry or place of origin or age, unless the condition is justified by a bona fide requirement for the work involved.

Readers; in ads where ‘male’ is referred to, please read also as ‘female’ and where ‘female’ is used, read also ‘male’.

NOTE: When ordering items out of province, the purchaser is responsible to pay provincial sales tax. Do not send money in response to an advertisement without confirming the credentials of that business, and be aware that some telephone numbers will be charged for by the minute Free Ads: Lost, Found, Student Work Wanted Free ads maximum 15 words will run 2 consecutive weeks.

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Christmas Corner

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You may qualify for a grant up to 20,000. to modify and adapt your home for improved safety and accessibility. For details contact your local HAFI expert Hans Ounpuu, Building contractor @ 250-674-3875.

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

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

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

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Volunteers always needed.

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Sorry no passport photos Jill Hayward 250-319-8023/250-672-0055

Creating & Updating Your Resume Workshop: Thurs. Nov. 21st Work Search Techniques Workshop: Thurs. Nov. 28th Stress Management Workshop: Thurs. Dec. 5th Beyond Borders: A program for persons with disabilities that affect employment or employability: Starting Dec. 3rd Using Internet & Email Basics Workshop: Thurs. Dec. 12st

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

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

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

• Blue River Library: An employment consultant comes to the Blue River School.

Next visit is Tuesday November 28th from 12:30-2:30. If a one on one appointment is required, please call to set up a time prior to the drop in.

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Handypersons Wilkeekon Services Handyman & Cleaning Residential & Commercial Moving in/out, DIY projects, construction site, interior/exterior, light hauls Bonded Gayle Peekeekoot Ray Wilson 250-674-2775

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Pets & Livestock

Real Estate

Pets

For Sale By Owner

Good Dog Obedience Classes Starting January 5 * NEW DATES* Basic Obedience - A 6 week course in good manners & canine behaviour begins Sunday, Jan. 5, 1pm at the Fall Fair Hall in Barriere for all dogs at least 6 months old & up. Cost $100.

To register or for more information contact Jill Hayward at 250-319-8023.

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Free Items Old newspaper. Stop by the Times office and pick up a bundle. 14-74 Young Rd. Clearwater

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40’ Containers under $2500!

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Misc. for Sale 2 yr old wood stove, very clean, + 2 lengths pipe & 2 elbows. $950.

250-819-2944 HOT TUB (SPA) COVERS. Best price. Best quality. All shapes & colours available.

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Just in time for winter, 6 person hot-tub w/cover, no leaks, pump works, needs some electrical tlc. $500 obo.

Solomon shaped downhill skis & bindings, 166cm. $175 obo.

250-672-5802 SAVE 90% off retail. Bid and win live auctions. Holiday shopping never made easier.

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STEEL BUILDINGS/metal buildings 60% off! 20x28, 30x40, 40x62, 45x90, 50x120, 60x150, 80x100 sell for balance owed! Call 1-800-4572206 or visit us online at: www.crownsteelbuildings.ca

Louis Creek: modern (2yr) home, 4 bdrm, 3 bath, 2 kitchen on 10 acres in Glengrove Properties. Featuring earth to water geothermal radiant heating/cooling, ICF foundation, 40gpm well, custom floors & woodwork & much more.

3372glengrove.com. $548,500. 250-320-7896

Rentals Apt/Condo for Rent Barriere: fully self contained recent reno. 1bdrm app 4 rent.

10 min from town. Incl sundeck, heat, hydro , satelite tv, washer. NS/NP/Ref. $525/mo.

Avail immed. (250)672-9241 CLEARWATER: 1 bdrm, 2nd flr. Updated, quiet, clean adult bldg. Common laundry. Prkng w/electric.N/S, N/P. $575./mo. + DD, ref’s. 604-790-2482.

Duplex / 4 Plex Barriere: 3 bdrm, 1 1/2 bath, duplex, large fenced backyard, 1 car garage. $875 + util. DD. Pets neg. Avail Nov 1. 250672-0041.

Clearwater: 3 bdrm duplex, lg yard, f/s, w/d, $575/mo plus util. Ph. 250-674-0188

Misc for Rent Clearwater: Riverside Guest House & Apartments all furnished, renting by day/wk/mo, internet/tv, w/d, hydro, etc. all inclusive. Ph. 250-674-0001 info@riveradventures.ca

Worship Sunday 11:00 A worshipping community of Anglicans, United & Lutherans

All Are Welcome

the Rev. Brian Krushel

Office: 250 672-5653 www.norththompsonpc.ca

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

Father Donal O’Reilly

Ph 672-5949 • Fax 672-5974 CHRISTIAN LIFE ASSEMBLY 4818 Annesty Rd. (Across from High School) 9:30am Adult Sunday School 10:30am Sunday Service and Children’s Sunday School Pastor: Lance Naylor 672-0111 www.clabarriere.org

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THE OPEN DOOR FELLOWSHIP 11:00 am Sundays at the Ridge Bible Study on Tuesdays at 1pm

Phone 250-672-1864 anytime.

Homes for Rent Birch Island: 3 bdrm home.

Incl satellite tv, avail Dec. 1, $875.00/mo 250-674-1768 Clearwater: 4 bdrm home, Weyerhaeuser Sub, NS/NP, avail now, $1,000/mo 250674-3772 or 250-674-8646

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Support International Scouting by donating used stamps which are sorted & sold to raise money for the International Development Fund of the International Scout & Guide Fellowship. This fund pays for training for Scouters in the third world.

Drop stamps off at front counter of the Star/Journal in Barriere, or call Margaret at (250)672-9330.

More than a million letters expected again this year

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ISO - house for Nov or Dec, have dogs, need space, NS/non-drinker, quiet, clean, handyman. Long term rental.

References avail.

Contact Dwight 250-319-1619

Local Coin Collector Buying Collections, Olympic Gold & Silver Coins etc 778-281-0030 Used Postage Stamps

CHURCH OF ST. PAUL

Join us for refreshments after the Service.

STEEL BUILDING - The great super sale! 20x20 $4,070.

25x26 $4,879. 30x32 $6,695.

32x40 $8,374. 35x38 $9,540.

40x50 $12,900. One end wall included. Pioneer Steel 1-800668-5422. or visit us online at: www.pioneersteel.ca

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Transportation

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Commercial Vehicles TRIDEM WATER truck and 2007 10x30 QA shack. 2004 WS 4900 SA 120 barrel with only 115,000 kilometers. Preemissions. Recent CV. Maintenance records available.

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Sport Utility Vehicle Estate Sale vehicle: 2005 Nissan Extral, 4door, 4wd, brown, ac/automatic, 141,000km. $7900 obo. (250)672-9307

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NORTH POLE, CANADA - “Treat every day like Christmas,” “There’s room for everyone on the Nice List” and “The best way to spread Christmas cheer is singing loudly for all to hear.”

Santa’s Chief Postal Elf reminded all her crew - new and old - of these rules just last week. Santa’s 9,000 postal elves have their pens, pencils and mailbags ready to receive letters from children all over the world.

Santa’s postal elves will help him answer more than one million letters in more than 30 different languages, including Braille. More than 21.8 million letters have been received at Santa’s North Pole Post Office since 1982.

According to Santa’s CPE (Chief Postal Elf), Holly T. Elf, there are three golden rules in sending a letter to Santa: 1) Make sure you include your return address! While Santa knows where you live, his postal elves need your address to deliver Santa’s letter to your home. After all, not everyone has access to Rudolph!

2) Send your letter soon! Already letters are arriving from across the world and Santa is busy reading them every night with Mrs. Claus.

He encourages you to send your letter soon to ensure he’ll have enough time to answer each and every one of them. Letters must be mailed

by December 17 to allow enough time for travel to the North Pole and back!

3) Remember Santa’s address: When your letter is ready, drop it in a mailbox anywhere in Canada and the postal elves will make sure it gets to the big man quickly. Santa has a special arrangement with the post office and a stamp is not required. But please remember any other letter or card being sent to Grandma or anyone else needs a stamp. Santa’s address is: SANTA CLAUS NORTH POLE H0H 0H0 CANADA. The Santa Letter-writing Program is an employee-led volunteer initiative with current and retired employees donating more than 226,000 hours of time. The program, a classroom tradition with teachers, encourages children to read, write letters, and learn about the mail system.

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Pictures taken at the Christmas party I can hardly believe how fast this year has gone by! Wasn’t I just complaining about the unforgiving heat during a wedding I photographed on a cloudless plus 35°C day?

Now, here I am bundled up in the plus 1°C cold and snow, with new snow tires mounted on my car.

Gosh, there is even an advertisement on television about what wine to bring to upcoming Christmas parties. Yikes!

Don’t get me wrong, I like Christmas, and everything that goes with it, but I am not ready for winter’s snow yet, and neither is all the stuff in our yard that will get covered and damaged if I don’t get off my-lazy-whatever and pick them up.

Even though it seems early, the Christmas season is coming up fast and that means photographic opportunities as we join family, friends, and co-workers at all the year-end festive events that are going to begin in December.

Photographer

friends are going to dive in, digital cameras in hand, happily filling memory cards with candid photos. The act of picture taking has become so easy and so much fun as photographers rush over to take a picture, look at the LCD, and quickly slide back to show others those tiny images.

For many, photography has become more about the process of picture taking than it is about creating art, or even documenting the party; it is more about standing in front of people, taking lots of quick snapshots, than it is about making memorable photographs.

Most images made in this fashion never become more than space-taking files stored on computers that after quickly being looked at, laughed at, or smiled at, are tucked away with good intentions to be used in some fashion in the future, but after that initial viewing they lose their value because there are too many, and very few are good

Making Pictures with

John E n ma n enough to give to others anyway.

How should readers approach photography at the next party? Yes, readers should continue to make candid photographs of people having fun, but, perhaps, they should also think about making pictures that tell a story, capture an exciting moment, and importantly, flatter the subjects.

Most people don’t mind seeing a picture of themselves being silly or having fun, but they don’t like pictures that make them look stupid or unattractive.

My approach is to take a moment to look at the room in which I intend to make photographs, make a couple of test shots with longer shutter speeds (my favourite is 1/60th of a second), to include some ambi-

ent light when making exposures using the oncamera flash so as not to end up with brightly lit faces surrounded by a black environment.

I suggest taking group shots with two or three people. Get them to position themselves so they are squeezed together with a tight composition, and include only a little background or foreground.

Don’t shoot fast, steady the camera, and select a shutter speed that includes the ambient light. Fortunately most modern DSLRs easily allow ISO sensitivity that is 1600, and some go a lot higher.

Shutter speeds of 1/60th of a second, or less, don’t always work for children playing in the snow during the day because moving subjects will be blurry, but, with limited lighting moving subjects will

OBITUARY In Loving Memory

Lawrence Allan Burton

J a n u a r y 1 , 1 9 5 8 – N o v e m b e r 11 , 2 0 1 3 Lawrence Allan Burton, age 55, passed away on Monday, November 11, 2013. He was born on January 1, 1958, in Vancouver, B.C. He was a longtime resident of the North Thompson, growing up in Kamloops and spending much of his adult life in Little Fort. Larry spent his most recent years living in Lillooet, B.C., with his wife Margaret.

Larry is survived by his wife Margaret Rochon; two daughters, Chloe Burton and Carly Burton; one brother, Ralph Burton (Leslie Wells); and one sister, Sharon Brucker (Herb).

He also leaves behind nieces and nephews; Connor (Mandy and wee Avery), Molly, Kelly, Lisa, Shelly, and John. He was predeceased by his mother and father, Daisy Burton and Alfred Burton; and one sister, Carole Morrison.

Larry attended Valleyview Junior High School and Kamloops Sr. Secondary in Kamloops, B.C. Following high school he went on to work in the Forest Industry, a vocation that allowed him to spend the majority of his time in the outdoors and in the wilderness, where he felt most at home.

He enjoyed hunting, fishing, and spending time in his garden.

Larry had a great love of music, which he shared with his friends and family.

He was also an avid reader, and known for his quick wit and sense of humor. He had a way of finding the humor in any situation, and even in his final days, continued to bring smiles and laughter to his loved ones.

A funeral service was held at the Little Fort community cemetery on Saturday, November 16, 2013, at 1:00 p.m.

In lieu of flowers, those wishing to honour Larry’s memory, may make donations to the North Thompson Valley Hospice House Society, P.O. Box 43, Little Fort B.C., V0E 2C0.

Larry’s family wishes to express their sincere gratitude for your support and kind thoughts, throughout his journey.

only be exposed when the flash goes off.

Lighting everything with complicated studio equipment would be great, but that would ruin the party for everyone. The occasion would become more about the photography than about the fun and festivities.

I use an on-camera flash and make adjustments as I go. I want to join in on the fun, not

act like a photojournalist.

Family and friends don’t mind having their pictures taken as long as its enjoyable and I want pictures that show them having a good time. So, along with those quick candids, I make posed portraits with smiling faces, and if I select some pictures to give away later I want people to like the pictures taken of them and

honestly thank me.

These are my thoughts for this week.

Contact me at www. enmanscamera.com or emcam@telus.net. Stop

by Enman’s Camera at 423 Tranquille Road in Kamloops.

I sell an interesting selection of used photographic equipment.

And if you want an experienced photographer please call me at 250371-3069.

FREE PROGRAM FOR PARENTS & KIDS, 0 - 6 YEARS Weekly sessions of Parent-Child Mother Goose in Barriere run on Tuesdays, from 10 a.m. to 11 a.m. at Yellowhead Community Services, in the Barriere Ridge, 4936 Barriere Town Rd. The program is sponsored bt Barriere and Area Literacy Outreach.

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Thursday, November 21, 2013 North Thompson Star/Journal

Photo by Keith McNeill

Kamloops-North Thompson MLA Terry Lake and Clearwater Mayor John Harwood attach a “completed” sign to officially open the roundabout on Highway 5 on Friday.

101 yr old Margaret (Madge) Jane Callens, widow of retired Cpl Jules Callens and her great granddaughter Cst Courtney Callens. Rear left to right: her grandson D/Comms Craig Callens and sons C/Supt Larry Callens rtd and S/Sgt Ian Callens rtd.

RCMP recognize wives’ role at awards presentation Submitted A very special RCMP awards presentation was held recently in Kelowna, honoring a specific group of spouses of RCMP police officers.

The Unpaid Second Man award was created in 2010, with over 450 RCMP wives from across Canada having received the award to date with 168 of those in BC. On Thursday Nov. 7, the Southeast District RCMP along with the RCMP Veterans Association held an awards presentation, formally recognizing the role played by the spouses of RCMP police officers, those who with their husband were posted to one or two man RCMP detachments in small isolated communities across Canada.

The Unpaid Second Man award acknowledges the support and voluntary duties that they provided to the RCMP and the communities in which they and their families were posted to.

Throughout the 50’s and up into the 80’s, many of these isolated posts had members living quarters attached to the detachment and as a result many duties fell to the wife while their spouses attended to calls or were absent from the office while out on regular patrols.

The duty list was long, from clerical duties including complaint taking, guarding prisoners, cleaning common areas, cooking meals for prisoners to being the first contact with victims and suspects who may have showed up at the detachment’s doorstep during their husbands absence.

The above accomplished, all while raising their families.

Deputy Commissioner Craig Callens had the special privilege to honor his own grandmother on Thursday.

Madge Callens now of Mara, BC, was posted to Clinton with her husband, Jules Callens, from 1950 to 1953. Mrs. Callens is the proud Matriarch of four generations of RCMP/police officers.

Stay alive - please don’t text and drive Ministry of Justice Some drivers continue to text at the wheel, despite a B.C. law that has banned the use of personal electronic devices while operating a motor vehicle since Jan. 1, 2010.

Drivers need to be aware of the well-documented dangers of texting and driving.

According to the BC Crime Prevention Association (BCCPA), studies show texting and driving makes a person 23 times more likely to be involved in a motor vehicle crash.

The BCCPA says research has also shown that five seconds of texting at 80 kilometres per hour is equivalent to 91.4 metres of missed road - almost the length of a football field.

To avoid the temptation of driving distracted, you can: * Make any calls and send emails or texts before beginning to drive.

Wait until you have arrived at your destination to continue. * Turn your cellphone off or put it somewhere out of reach for the duration of your trip so you will

not be tempted to use it while driving. * Let your calls go to voicemail and listen to the messages once you are at your destination and have stopped driving. * Ask your passengers to make or receive calls or text messages for you while driving. * If you must use a personal electronic device while in the car, safely pull over and turn off the car before doing so.

If you are caught texting and driving, you may be fined $167 and receive

three penalty points.

To raise awareness of the problem and work toward stopping the behaviour, the BCCPA has also launched a distracted driving campaign and collected pledges not to text and drive. People who make a pledge receive a thumb band that reads “Texting Kills” to serve as a reminder that it can lead to collisions and potentially death.

For more tips and safety information, contact the BCCPA at 604 501-9222, info@bccpa.org or: www.bccpa. org

New roundabout improves safety and access to Wells Gray Park Times Staff A new roundabout at the junction of Highway 5 and Clearwater Valley Road is now complete and open to traffic, improving safety for highway travellers and pedestrians, as well as enhancing the gateway to the popular Wells Gray Provincial Park.

Kamloops-North Thompson MLA Terry Lake and Clearwater Mayor John Harwood officially opened the structure during a ceremony on Friday.

Several dozen representatives from the municipality, Ministry of Transportation and Infrastructure, and others attended the event.

“Wells Gray Provincial Park is a world-class recreation destination, and this roundabout provides better access and signage to attract visitors,” said Lake. “These improvements also address the safety concerns brought forward by local leaders and I thank them for their input on this project, which was a community effort.”

The MLA praised everyone involved in the project, mentioning in particular regional project manager Dave Shibata from Kamloops.

The roundabout improves the safety of pedestrians crossing the highway, said John Harwood.

“It also addresses the need for better advertising for Wells Gray Park,” the mayor said. “Too often we’ve heard people say, ‘I missed the turnoff. I’m not going back.’”

Harwood said he was particularly happy that the contract for the roundabout went to Clearwater’s own Doug Borrow Enterprises.

“Completing this roundabout will give that company saleable talents all across the country,” he predicted.

The Ministry of Transportation and Infrastructure project, worth $3.1 million, replaces the old intersection and reduces the potential for serious crashes for traffic using the corridor.

While the roundabout calms traffic, it also includes signs that highlight the natural splendour that can be found in nearby Wells Gray Provincial Park. Locals and tourists will be able to safely turn from the highway to the local businesses and the park access road, especially during the busy summer period.

Yellowhead Highway 5 is a major east-west route linking B.C. with Alberta. The roundabout was also specifically designed to accommodate the large commercial vehicles that use the Highway 5 corridor, including extraordinary wide loads.

An improved sign stands in the center of the roundabout, advising motorists that it marks the Gateway to Wells Gray Park. A number of local residents complained that an earlier version was too difficult to read and said only Wells Gray, not Wells Gray Provincial Park.

Photo by Keith McNeill