Barriere Star Journal, April 10, 2014

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Day of Secwentwecw honours SD73 First Peoples ..... page 11

True grit shown at first indoor rodeo The 1st Annual True Grit Indoor Rodeo at the North Thompson Agriplex, April 5, was a hit from beginning to end. Being the first BCRA Rodeo approved event for 2014 brought out cowgirls and cowboys from around the province to ride rough stock, rope or barrel race.

From an afternoon filled with an overflow of entries called ‘slack’, to the over four hour evening performance for a sold out crowd, the action was fast, and the thrills first rate.

‘True Grit’ was an apt name for the event as competitors tried to best themselves against top livestock athletes. The evening also hosted a beer garden manned by the Lions Club, and a cabaret dance looked over by the Legion. We are all looking forward to the 2nd annual True Grit event scheduled for April 11, 2015, in Barriere.

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By Tom Fletcher Black Press VICTORIA – More people are dying from distracted driving than drinking and driving, and that has caused Attorney General Suzanne Anton to reconsider whether B.C.’s penalties for using smart phones behind the wheel are tough enough.

Anton said the latest statistics from 2012 show 81 deaths from distracted driving in the year, compared to 55 related

to impaired driving.

“People seem to know that they must not drink and drive, but distracted driving, people don’t seem to have the same level of awareness,” Anton said Wednesday.

B.C.’s Motor Vehicle Act currently sets a $167 fine for talking on a hand-held mobile phone, and $167 plus three demerit points for emailing or texting while driving. Ontario recently raised its fine from $155 to $280, with a maximum of

Attorney General Suzanne Anton

$500 for those who contest the fine and are convicted.

A few weeks ago Anton wasn’t convinced higher

penalties would help change driver behaviour, but she said Wednesday she was disturbed to discover that B.C. has more distracted driving deaths than Ontario, which has three times the population.

“Should there be points attached to holding the handheld device and talking? Probably,” Anton said.

“Should the fines be higher?

Probably, so I’m having a look at both of those.”

Another statistic that caught Anton’s attention

was the 51,000 distracted driving tickets handed out in B.C. in 2013. She said that’s a “huge number” that suggests the message of distracted driving is not getting through, and a reminder that seatbelt use and impaired driving also took time to impress on the public.

The Superintendent of Motor Vehicles is analyzing B.C. driving habits and will report to Anton, who is considering changing penalties later this year.

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These changes may have an effect on your property.

Land owners should check their current and future zoning.

The changes will have an effect on the entire District of Barriere.

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New uses for B.C. driver’s licence ahead

By Tom Fletcher Black Press

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Best bleachers in town

The North Thompson Fall Fair & Rodeo Association advise that the new bleachers for their North Thompson Agriplex arrived on Saturday. Now they have to assemble them and add plank seating, a job to be completed by volunteers. Once assembled the new seating will be able to accommodate up to 1500 spectators.

For The Record:

An article in our April 3, 2014, issue on page A2 with the heading ‘Gaming Grants awarded including Rec Society’ may have caused some confusion for our readers. The term ‘Rec Society’ was referring to the Barriere Recreation Society, who is also known as the Barriere Curling Club. The North Thompson Recreation Society has requested we make this clarification, and say that they are “not receiving Gaming Grants anymore”.

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The new driver’s licence was introduced a year ago, with a digital chip that replaces the existing medical CareCard system. The health ministry estimated that there were more than nine million CareCards in circulation, about twice as many as there are residents of B.C. Andrew Wilkinson, minister of technology, innovation and citizens’ services, released results of a public consultation on the new cards this week. With digital security similar to bank cards, he said the public appears prepared to use them to apply for prescription renewals,

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Technology, Innovation and Citizens’ Services Minister Andrew Wilkinson says the new digital driver’s licence may be used to make medical appointments, apply for a birth certificate or register to vote. birth, death and marriage certificates, voter registration and criminal records checks.

Secure online access to such government services would require passwords to be issued, “robust” computer programs to be completed and at

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also be used for online booking of medical appointments.

“First of all we need to make sure that only people who are entitled to health care services in British Columbia are getting them, and secondly we have to make sure that we have the right person, the right John Smith who shows up in the emergency room after an accident and can’t speak for himself,” Wilkinson said.

“With the services card they’ll have a unique identifier that connects them with the proper medical records and establishes that they’re entitled to care.”

The cards are issued to replace the current driver’s licences, for the same $75 fee.

For people who don’t drive, a similar card with only medical identity is available at no charge.

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$1 million fine for Burns Lake mill blast Black Press WorkSafeBC has assessed penalties totalling more than $1 million against Babine Forest Products for violations of worker safety law and regulations that led to the 2012 explosion and fire at the Burns Lake sawmill.

The decision released Thursday includes an “administrative penalty” of $97,000 for violations and $914,139.62 in a “claims cost levy” based on costs of compensation paid out for injury or death of workers.

It was calculated from total payouts

by WorkSafeBC of more than $5 million

for the incident.

Two mill workers died and 20 others were injured when an explosion and fire tore through the Babine Forest Products sawmill on Jan. 20, 2012.

On April 23, 2012 a similar explosion killed two workers and injured 22 more at Lakeland Mills in Prince George.

The explosions have been traced to accumulated dry, fine sawdust generated by cutting dry wood killed by the mountain pine beetle, then ignited by hot equipment.

The WorkSafeBC investigation documented inspections and efforts to clean up dust in sawmills before the explo-

sions, and a more intense inspection system has been put in place for mills across the province.

Labour Minister Shirley Bond said the Babine penalty is “probably the largest ever assessed in British Columbia” and rejected suggestions that it was simply to get back some of the money paid out to workers and their families.

“It is done very rarely, and to suggest this is cost recovery is simply wrong,” Bond said.

“Employers pay premiums with every pay period to actually cover the costs of accidents.”

NDP labour critic Harry Baines said he expects the company

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Babine Forest Products mill in Burns Lake Jan. 20, 2012, after dry wood dust exploded and caused a fire that killed two employees and injured 20 others. will exercise its option to appeal.

“These administrative penalties will

B.C. government restarts the forest licence review

By Tom Fletcher Black Press Former B.C. chief forester Jim Snetsinger is leading a public discussion this spring about converting volume-based logging licences to areabased tenures, a proposal the B.C. government backed away from before last spring’s election.

Forests Minister Steve Thomson announced the consultation this week and released a discussion paper for comment on a new website, engage.gov.bc.ca/foresttenures that will collect comments until May 30.

About 60 per cent of the logging on Crown land in B.C. is through volume-based forest licences, which give companies permission to cut a specified volume in the licence area. Thomson said the proposed change to area-based licences is to encourage companies to make longer-term investment in planting and silviculture to increase future productivity on Crown land. Areabased licences give the holder exclusive access, instead of competing with other logging companies, each licensed to take a set volume of wood from the same forest.

Thomson said the proposal is to help deal with the widespread damage left behind by the mountain pine beetle infestation that is causing a decline in timber supply for decades to come.

NDP forests critic Norm Macdonald said the experience with existing area-based tenures, called tree farm licences, is that they have not improved forest stewardship. About 15 per cent of B.C. lumber production is from tree farm licences, and the ministry can’t show evidence that they are better managed, he said.

Many of the existing tree farm licences are on the B.C. coast, where log exports have increased.

Macdonald said B.C.’s big forest companies have lobbied Premier Christy Clark for the

change, which effectively privatizes large tracts of Crown forest, and now the forests ministry is being directed to implement the change.

Snetsinger said he worked with volume-based and area-based licences as B.C.’s chief forester, where he was responsible for setting annual allowable cut from 2004 to 2012. They have their supporters and detractors, and Snetsinger said he will hear from them all.

The consultation tour will have stops in Nanaimo, Kamloops, Prince George, Quesnel, Burns Lake, Williams Lake, Smithers, Dawson Creek, Cranbrook and Vancouver. Details will be posted on the consultation website when they are finalized.

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not do anything to keep workers safe, which is what the victims and their

families are now focused on,” Baines said.

The Council of

Forest Industries has developed its own standard for dust control.

Land Act: Notice of Intention to Apply for a Disposition of Crown Land Take notice that the District of Barriere has applied to the Ministry of Forests, Lands and Natural Resource Operations (MFLNRO), Thompson Rivers, for a Sponsored Crown Grant for Community Park purposes (Fadear Park, KP Ball Diamonds and north to Gray Place) situated on Provincial Crown land located between Airfield Rd and Barriere Town Rd. on the remainder of Lots 34, 35 and 36, Plan 1746, District Lot 1445, Kamloops Division Yale District (KDYD).

The Lands File for this application is 3403944.

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OPINION Editorial;

The North Thompson STAR/JOURNAL

Thursday, April 10, 2014 North Thompson Star/Journal 359 Borthwick Avenue, Box 1020, Barriere, B.C., V0E 1E0 250-672-5611

by Tom Fletcher

The digital wave is just beginning Have you got one of the new B.C. driver’s licences yet?

By now most drivers have the one with the unsmiling black and white mug shot, to conform to passport standards so it could be used for border identification with the magnetic swipe strip on the back.

About one million of us now have the newest version, with a credit-card style digital chip that proves your residence and eligibility for our famously “free” medical care.

The motor vehicle office started issuing them about a year ago, as fiveyear licences expire. They replace the old “CareCard” that has no expiry date. Over the years there were more than nine million CareCards issued, twice the population of B.C., as people held onto their access to our defenseless, overworked medical system from wherever they moved to.

Positive identification is only the start for this card. Each will be assigned a password that gives access to online medical records, so when patients show up at an ER, their eligibility is confirmed and any previous conditions or medications are accurately matched. (Note that medical information is not stored on the card, just an access code that goes with the password.)

Patients will be able to call up their own files at home, book medical appointments and even renew prescriptions, which is where the efficiency comes in. In-person visits for routine prescription renewals are a cash cow for today’s doctors, generating guaranteed billings but often little or no health benefit.

Most people will still think of it as a driver’s licence, but it’s intended as an all-purpose government ID. If you don’t drive, you are spared the $75 licence renewal fee, and within a couple of years the cards will start providing online access to a wide range of government services.

Andrew Wilkinson, minister of technology, innovation and citizens’ services, says a public consultation has shown most people are comfortable using a system they already trust for their banking.

By the end of 2015, Wilkinson says about two million people will have the new cards, roughly half of B.C.’s population. Application forms converted to online access will include student loans, birth, death and marriage certificates, voter registration and even criminal record checks.

All this will be costly to set up, but the savings from having customers do their own data entry are well known, as any banker or supermarket owner can tell you.

“You can understand that if you’re in the vital statistics office and this can all be done from places like Telegraph Creek and Horsefly remotely, that actually saves them a lot of money,” Wilkinson said. “There will be conversion of existing services where you have to go into an office and wait around and fill out forms. Those will be converted to online services.”

It also means a decline in the number of government office jobs, and the potential for further outsourcing of services, as we have seen with Medical Services Plan administration and the back-office functions of BC Hydro.

Some older readers won’t be thrilled to hear about this. They don’t want a “smart phone,” just a phone. But they will also see their great-grandchildren becoming adept with tablet computers before they can even speak. Seniors will get the hang of it pretty quickly, and their lives will become easier.

• A correction to last week’s column on the Agricultural Land Commission. I erroneously said regional panel members were appointed from outside the region. They are local residents, and the new legislation formalizes a cabinet appointment process for them.

Tom Fletcher is legislature reporter and columnist for Black Press. Twitter: @tomfletcherbc Email: tfletcher@blackpress.ca

Get vaccinated! It’s that simple To the editor; Reports suggest Kamloops may be at risk due to spring break-related travel through the measles-infested Fraser Valley (now upwards of 200 confirmed cases).

My six-year-old son is immunocompromised and immunosuppressed due to his kidney disease and cannot receive the MMR vaccine.

Therefore, the only thing standing between him and the measles is herd immunity.

If you’re not vaccinating your child, you’re playing Russian roulette with mine.

The efficacy of a single dose of measles-containing vaccine given at 12 or 15 months of age is estimated to be 85 per cent to 95 per cent.

With a second dose, efficacy in children approaches 100 per cent.

The MMR and MMRV vaccines are safe.

They are effective.

They do not cause autism.

Get vaccinated and you can save a life.

It’s that simple.

Erin Mitchell Kamloops, B.C.

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Resident questions decisions by council To the editor,; I am writing this letter in hopes of having a few questions answered that come to mind after reading about the last council meeting in your newspaper and listening to the Barriere Round-up show on The Bear radio station.

Firstly, I’m wondering is it a conflict of interest for Councillor Kershaw to have voted at the council meeting that approved the sewer line installation on Railroad Ave.?

I am sure that no impropriety was intended, but because Councillor Kershaw owns the Sam’s Pizza building and property, does this not create a conflict of interest?

Does his property significantly benefit from this decision?

If the answer is yes, then should the vote in favour of the sewer installation be overturned and council take a new vote without Kershaw?

Does the fact, that Councillor Kershaw owns one of the six buildings attached to this new sewer line, make this a perceived breach of trust and put the entire voting process at risk as a result?

Perhaps a swift resolution for this matter before becoming a possible public scandal would be a good idea?

I am sure that it was an oversight by the committee and Councillor Kershaw, and that hopefully I am barking up the wrong tree.

Can someone from council look into this matter and follow up letting us know what the legal guidelines are on this matter.

Next, when council was asked by Mike Fennell at the Committee of the Whole for the District of Barriere meeting on Monday, March 3, “Where are the funds coming from to pay the Railroad Avenue installation?”

The response was “It comes from a small

Thank you to all the volunteers To the editor; During National Volunteer Week, April 6 to 12, I would like to send a heartfelt thank you to everyone who volunteers in our community.

Volunteers provide an outstanding example of selflessness that others can look up to, and are the foundation of the strength in our community.

They are the people who we turn to in a time in need; they are neighbours who support us, and the courageous that fight for us.

This is a time to celebrate those dedicated volunteers who give to make this the kind and supportive community

we know it to be.

I especially would like to thank those I work directly with at the Canadian Cancer Society. You are among our most valuable ambassadors and assets, and continue to be at the heart of the Canadian Cancer Society.

Happy National Volunteer Week!

Jacqueline Salvino Volunteer Engagement Coordinator Canadian Cancer Society

Have you dropped a loonie in the Food Bank Can?

communities grant that is received annually from the government.”

My question for council and the mayor is, “Why can’t we use this annual community grant for something else that would be of more value to the taxpayers other than installing sewer lines on Railroad Avenue”, and can they tell us how much money are we talking about here?

I want to know how much this annual grant is worth, and why council deemed it prudent to spend this money from general revenues on the Railroad Avenue sewer installation?

Why not earmark this annual community grant for something that benefits the WHOLE community not just six businesses?

I think this is being poorly thought out.

It appears to me that too many projects have been started, over ambitious, expensive and with no real planning in place.

These ambitious projects continue being approved and started at an alarming rate.

The HY Louie building is a prime example.

A council vote was approved to do the roof, with work by the contractor starting the very next day after the vote.

How does this happen?

Were the contractors lined up and ready to go before the vote? Scary stuff!

The next election is in November folks, and I for one look forward to welcoming a new council that will lead the community with an eye to keeping the interests of the taxpayers at heart, and not get caught up in grandiose ideas that are costly and poorly executed in the short term, and not necessarily in our best interests in the long term – leaving us, the taxpayers, in a kind of a loose-loose situation.

Sincerely, Judy May, A concerned citizen Barriere, B.C.

Line painting

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Highway 5 in the Louis Creek and Barriere area received newly painted lines on Wednesday, Apr. 2; just in time for an increase in traffic with tourist season on the horizon.

For a fair Easter To the editor; We often contribute to the better well-being of other people in the world.

This was true with fair trade coffee, and is more and more true with other fair trade consumer goods, such as chocolate.

The purchase of fair trade certified products has important consequences.

It allows many producers to receive reasonable prices for their products, and numerous workers and little producers to climb out of poverty.

It also has positive impacts on the environment.

About 15,000 slave children work on farms and cocoa planta-

f a m il y f o ib l e s

tions in the Ivory Coast, which supplies 35 per cent of the world’s cocoa.

In Western Africa, there are 300,000 children under 14 working on such plantations, doing hard and dangerous labour.

Overall, 14 billion workers make a living from cocoa plantations, several of them earning around $300 US per year for their work and production.

Young and old, we should all work towards a world where solidarity is at the heart of economic development.

A fair trade Easter would be an immense step in this direction.

Bruno Marquis Gatineau, QC

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Domtar will set up odour-tracking equipment

By Andrea Klassen Kamloops This Week With the future location of one of the province’s two airquality monitoring stations still undecided, Domtar is looking to set up odour-tracking equipment of its own on the North Shore.

Domtar environment manager Kristin Dangelmaier said the company is in talks with a resident near McArthur Island about installing the equipment, which would track total reduced sulphur — the odourcausing component of the pulp mill’s emissions.

Dangelmaier said the station would provide the company with more data to back up its belief that the closure of one of its lines last year dramatically reduced bad smells from the mill.

“Historically, when you look at where odour has been noted and concerns have come from, it’s definitely been the North Shore,” she said.

The Ministry of Environment has until recently monitored air quality from Brocklehurst, but was forced to move the station on short notice

when the city sold the land it was using to the developer of the Riverbend seniors’ housing complex.

A spokesman for the ministry said some monitoring equipment from the North Shore site was transferred to the Brocklehurst fire station, but the ministry has had difficulty finding a new home that meets its requirements for the station.

Since October 2013, the ministry has used its downtown location on top of the Kamloops Federal building as its primary monitoring centre.

“The secondary station is being moved to another location in Kamloops,” the spokesman said.

“The ministry is actively seeking a new site and hopes to have the station installed and operating this spring.”

Dangelmaier was at Kamloops City Hall on Tuesday, April 1, as part of the mill’s annual update to city council on its emissions-reduction efforts.

She told council complaints about odours from the mill are at about 75 per cent of what they were before the company closed its A-line last year, not-

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Domtar is looking to set up odour-tracking equipment of its own on the North Shore. ing total reduced sulphur emissions from the mill were the lowest recorded in seven years.

Coun. Donovan Cavers said community group Kamloops Moms for Clean Air has asked for the mill to post hourly emissions information on its website and wanted to know

if Domtar would agree to the proposal.

Dangelmaier said air-quality information is already available to the public online at BCairquality.com.

The website posts information from the government’s monitoring stations, which she

said would be more valuable to the public than readings taken only at the mill.

“It’s informing the public 24 hours a day, seven days a week, here’s our air quality,” Dangelmaier said.

“And it’s available at the click of a button.”

MP McLeod says she applauds Victims Bill of Rights Legislation Ottawa – Cathy McLeod, Member of Parliament for Kamloops-ThompsonCariboo applauded the recent new legislation to create a Canadian Victims Bill of Rights.

For the first time in Canadian history this legislation will establish clear rights for victims of crime.

“Today’s legislation is based on consultations that the federal government held over the past year, with many victims of crime sharing their stories about the criminal justice system,” said

McLeod. “Many stated their desire to be kept better informed and remain involved at every stage of the justice process.”

Bill C-32, Victims Bill of Rights Act will create the following statutory rights for victims of crime: • Right to information: Victims would have the right to general information about the criminal justice system and available victim services and programs, as well as specific information about the progress of the case, including information

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relating to the investigation, prosecution and sentencing of the person who harmed them.

• Right to protection: Victims would have the right to have their security and privacy considered at all stages of the criminal justice process, to have reasonable and necessary measures to protect them from intimidation and retaliation, and to request their identity be protected from public disclosure.

• Right to participation: Victims would have a right to convey their views about decisions to be made by criminal justice professionals and have them considered at various stages of the criminal justice process, and to present a victim impact statement.

• Right to restitution: Victims would

Cathy McLeod, Member of Parliament for Kamloops-ThompsonCariboo have the right to have the court consider making a restitution order for all offences for which there are easy-to-calculate financial losses.

“This legislation is part of our Government’s Plan for Safe Streets and Communities, which focuses on holding violent offenders accountable, enhancing the rights of victims, and increasing the efficiency of our justice system,” concluded McLeod.

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School district presents $128-million budget

By Dale Bass Kamloops This Week The KamloopsThompson board of education held its first public meeting on Monday, March 31, to discuss its 2014-2015 operating budget, which is set at $128.3 million.

While the board met with union representatives representing teachers and staff, the district parentadvisory council and the parent-advisory and school planning councils before the 7 p.m. public meeting, there were no residents at the public meeting.

In fact, the only parent to ask questions was a Clearwater resident who did so via videolink.

Supt. Terry Sullivan said the proposed budget includes some staff reductions, but he knows staff will be added in September.

He said it has been board practice to be conservative in estimating the number of teachers and certified education assistants who will be needed.

Sullivan said the public “know what our challenges are.”

The proposed budget is based on numbers provided on Feb. 15 and revenues are projected based on that figure.

Enrolment projections include 20 more kindergarten students than last year, 17 more students in elementary grades and a decrease of 280 students in secondary schools.

The proposed budget shows revenue at $127.5 million. Expenses are $128.3 million, but the board is taking $1.2 million from its operating reserve and another $54,037 from its First Nations reserve to ensure the budget is balanced, as required by provincial legislation.

However, Kelvin Stretch, the school district’s secretarytreasurer, said he is hoping when budget adjustments are made in the fall by the provincial government, based on the actual number of students who are enrolled, there will be enough money the reserves don’t have to be used.

Stretch presented a series of graphs with comparative figures.

For example, since

1997, when amalgamation created the larger school district, student enrolment was 17,767. It is budgeted to be 13,693 in 2015.

The number of staff in that time frame decreased to 1,343 from 1,563.

Teaching staff decreased to 738 from 918, while the number of principals and vice-principals dropped to 71 from 79.

There are 29 fewer support staff than the 540 employed in 1997 and just two fewer than the 26 exempt staff that year.

Stretch compared administrative costs with six other districts — Delta, North Vancouver, Maple Ridge/ Pitt Meadows, Prince George, NanaimoLadysmith and Chilliwack. The seven-district average expense is $5.2 million, while Kamloops-Thompson’s is $4 million.

Administrative costs of $4 million are below the sixcommunity average of $5.2 million. Only the Chilliwack district’s costs were lower, at $3.8 million.

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the District is consid- water loop between ering. These presen- Bradford Road and tations were supposed Barriere Lakes Road, On Apr. 7, the Dis- to be completed by with an estimated trict of Barriere held 5:40 p.m,, but in fact cost of $350,000; and were not completed d) a water loop from two meetings, The Committee until 6:20 p.m. Then the highway to Bradof the Whole (COW) the meeting went on ford Road to replace meeting, which start- to the rest of the agen- the water main, with an estimated cost of ed at 4 p.m. and was da items.

One such item was $1.51 million. Grants scheduled to be finished before the regu- a recap of several for all four projects lar council meeting at projects that the Dis- have been applied for.

The progress of 7 p.m. That isn’t quite trict has applied to receive grants for: a) the renovations of the what happened.

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Over two dozen members of the public attended the District of Barriere Committee of The Whole Meeting last Monday, with several of them wishing to be heard in regards to the proposed new Zoning Bylaw No. 111. The meeting ran 45 minutes over schedule, and then rolled into the council meeting where the Zoning Bylaw No. 111 received first and second readings which were passed.

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CAO Colleen Hannigan reported that some of the suggestions and concerns received to date have been included in the present draft of this bylaw. One such change was to protect current property owners that have a singe wide mobile or manufactured home.

A clause was added that allows a manufactured or mobile home outside a mobile home park, existing at the passage of Bylaw No. 111, and not meeting the minimum width requirements, to be deemed to be an additional legal permitted use on that specific property, and can therefore be replaced.

There were over two dozen members of the public at this COW meeting, and as several of them wished to be heard, the meeting didn’t end until nearly 7:45 p.m.

Bill Kershaw asked if the bylaw covers strata buildings - council’s reply was

yes, under zone RM. Kathy Campbell, after voicing several concerns, asked if council members would consider tabling the first and second readings to another date, as she felt that the document could use a major rewrite.

Councilor Stamer, who was chairing the meeting, said that council would consider her comments when it came time to consider the readings.

Dave Baines stated that he felt the District should have just kept the old zoning bylaw as it was.

Shawn Fadear made the comment that he felt the bylaw was ‘house cleaning’ the existing zoning bylaw, and worth doing.

There was a very short break, and then the regular council meeting finally began, with one of the first items on the agenda being the first and second readings of the Zoning Bylaw No. 111. Both readings were passed, with

Councilors Stanley, Stamer, Paula and Kershaw voting in favour, and Mayor Humphreys and Councilor Smith voting against. There will be an open house in the next week or two for further input from the public, before the third reading will take place at a future regular council meeting.

In other business, the District has set the mill rates, as the final revised assessment values for 2014 have now been received.

• Residential 3.45582/$1000 of assessed value • Utilities 21.59888/$1000 of assessed value • Light Industry 12.61375/$1000 of assessed value • Business 8.63955/$1000 of assessed value • Rec Non-Profit 3.45582/$1000 of assessed value • Farm 3.45582/$1000 of assessed value The District is waiting for confirmation

from the Thompson Nicola Regional District for the TNRD and hospital tax requisitions amounts, which should be in by Apr. 10. Once the amounts are received, they will calculate a mill rate for them and prepare the Tax Rates Bylaw.

Council members passed a motion to waive the ball park and concession rental fees for the Softball BC Regional Championships that will take place in Barriere from Jun. 20 to 22. In exchange, the Barriere Minor Ball Association will paint the announcer booths and dugouts within all the ball parks, except for the Main #1 announcer’s booth.

There will be a COW meeting on Thursday, Apr. 10, at 5 p.m. to discuss the HY Louie Renovation Project as well as a few other items.

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Forestry and renewable resources in B.C. The annual Council of Forest Industries conference was held in Kelowna last week.

The agenda included presentations on a variety of topics including economic trends for the industry, changing markets for products, safety in lumber mills and innovative uses of fibre.

Minister Thomson gave a speech at the end that covered off the role the Province plays in supporting the forest industry, as well as how B.C. is doing in the world markets for energy.

The energy market has taken a leading role in what is seen as B.C.’s hope for the future. This does not detract though from the importance of our renewable resource based industries like forestry.

Various economists gave presentations that showed a slow recovery in the housing sector in the U.S., and a slowing of the urbanization push the government of the People’s Republic of China has been focused on for the past while.

The doom and gloom groups might sees this as a reduction of opportunity in those markets, but in actual fact there is still growth, and at a rate that will be sustainable and not subject to the wide swings the housing market, and by extension, the lumber market has experienced in the past.

There were presentations around the production and use of bio fuels, as well as a good number of suppliers of equipment related to that portion of the industry.

When a panel of experts were asked why there is not more of a push to expand the market for such things as wood pellets, the answer was

that the market is simply not there to support the expense of production.

The topic of the best practises of using all that can be used during harvesting came up as well.

The answer was that the fibre sources used for the production of bio fuels can be found as a by-product of current wood processing. To go further afield and capture the sources left in the bush is simply not economical at this point.

There were conversations around improving legislation so that small communities can access more of the available timber in their local areas.

The uses of the marginal species and the processing of value added fibre were discussed as well.

These and many locally focused topics were also covered at the Community Forestry Forum held Sunday in Clearwater.

There were great conversations and presentations on a variety of topics.

Rick Sommer, District Manager from the Ministry of Forestry Lands and Natural Resources Operations spoke on the forest industry, current and future trends and opportunities.

The role the Province plays in allowing change in the industry to benefit small communities is critical. I appreciate Mr. Somner taking the time to actually come and speak with people here in the valley that rely on the forest and the related industries for their livelihood.

Hans Wadlegger, owner of Wadlegger Logging & Construction Ltd., spoke on the important role the community plays in the sustainability of local businesses like his.

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Bill Humphreys There was a discussion around finding and keeping skilled workers. The consensus was that it is more important to find workers that want to work than to find workers that are already trained. With a good work ethic a worker will provide value to a company no matter what their role or position may be in the organization.

The importance of a community spirit, and its relationship to the success and sustainability of a community no matter how big or small it may be cannot be emphasized enough.

If there is no willingness to work together to build on past successes and

solve current problems, then the community will literally fall apart.

Positive and enthusiastic residents can band together and overcome any number of tragedies. If we allow those that have a negative viewpoint to rule the conversation then there will be no progress. The future is in front of us and that is where we need to head. It is very hard to get there looking backwards.

We do need to celebrate past successes and important events.

I encourage residents that want to be a part of organizing our 100th Anniversary celebration on June 15 to please contact Tasha at the District office.

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Day of Secwentwecw honours SD73 First Peoples Monday, April 7, was a day of recognition in School District 73, an initiative that acknowledges the Secwepemc and Nlaka’ Pamux Nations, their traditional territories and histories.

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“It’s part of a bigger Aboriginal Education initiative that spans Kindergarten to Grade 12 and includes the history of the Nations and their traditional practices,” said Cheryl Sebastian, district principal, Aboriginal education. “The Day of Sucwentwecw (suk-went-wa) is a day to celebrate and acknowledge one another.”

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By Kamloops This Week The Kamloops Blazers, with the help of season-ticket holders, fans and sponsors, contributed $283,222 to community partners and local organizations, according to a club press release.

Highlights include the donation of $13,000 worth of tickets to the Kamloops Minor Hockey Association. KMHA teams were also able to raise $47,000 through the Blazers’ fundraiser ticket program.

Other fundraising efforts include the CIBC Run for the Cure, Movember, Teddy Bear and Food Bank Nights, Christmas Amalgamated and Bowl for Kids Sake, which benefits Big Brother and Big Sisters of Kamloops.

The Blazers help out with Special Olympics floor hockey and Peter Puck, and players visit patients at Royal Inland Hospital.

The Blue and Orange also continued its partnership with the Kamloops R.C.M.P for the E.D.G.E (Educate, Develop, Grow, Excel) program.

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BESHANO Bike Trials team to perform at Rural Expo in Barriere North Thompson Star/Journal The BESHANO Bike Trials Club was created by Karl Jeannot in 1999, in a small town called Contrecœur, in Quebec, Canada.

His goal was to promote this fascinating sport by gathering a few friends and fellow trial riders to present shows to the public.

Realizing the tremendous interest in the trials, Karl decided to invest more time into his project, to go further and to give the opportunity to the public in other cities to enjoy his bike productions.

The name “BESHANO” a mix of two family names Jeannot and Beshara, is an acknowledgement to Evan John Beshara for his great help at the Club’s debut.

Today, the BESHANO Bike Trials Club is definitely top of the list when talking about mountain bike trial spectacles throughout North America.

Mountain bike trials is a sport where the objective is to use perfect balance to keep control of the bike while going over obstacles.

While competing, touching the ground or the obstacles with any parts of the body means points are deducted, which may then lead to a loss in the competition.

The BESHANO Bike Trials Club web site says it is, “... the largest bike trials team in Canada. Above all, we focus our efforts on promoting the sport by offering the best bike trial shows. Today you can see our teams’ productions in popular events happening in several Canadian provinces, such as: Quebec, Ontario, British Columbia and starting in 2014, Alberta and part of Saskatchewan Submitted photo:

BESHANO Bike Trials Founder, Karl Jeannot, on his bike at a competition in Naniamo, B.C.

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will also be covered by our new Central Canada division.”

The mountain bike stunt show consists in discovering today’s incredible bike trials riding techniques. Spectators from past events say they saw the athletes performing on their bikes at such a high level that it literally amazed, and in some moments kept the audience breathless with their abilities.

According to Wikipedia, mountain bike trials, also known as observed trials, is a discipline of mountain biking in which the rider attempts to pass through an obstacle course without setting foot to ground.

Trials riding is an extreme test of bicycle handling skills, over all kinds of obstacles, both natural and man-made. It now has a strong – though small – following worldwide, though it is still primarily a European sport.

Skills taken from trials riding can be used practically on any bicycle for balance, for example controlled braking and track standing, or balancing on the bike without putting a foot down.

Competition trial bikes are characterized by powerful brakes, wide handlebars, lightweight parts, single-speed low gearing, low tire pressures with a thick rear tire, distinctive frame geometry, and usually no seat.

BESHANO says they are looking forward to starting their British Columbia season off with three performances daily inside the North Thompson Agriplex at the Rural Living Expo and Trade Show in Barriere on Apr. 26 and 27. Hours for the Expo are 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. daily, with admission for each day just $5 for adults and $3 for seniors and students, with children 12 and under admitted free.

BESHANO riders will be offering autograph sessions after their first five presentations during the Expo.

“See our show, talk with the riders, know more about the bikes and learn about the sport.” says Jeannot.

If you woul like to learn more about the BESHANO Bike Trails Club go to: www.beshano.com If you would like more information on bike trails in general go to: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mountain_bike_trials

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Good Dog Obedience grads ready for Spring walks

STAR/JOURNAL photos: Jill Hayward

The recent Good Dog Obedience classes came to a close the end of March with a number of successful graduates completing the six week course.

Pictured in the left hand photograph are: (l-r) Basic Obedience Course graduates; Connon Drey and Luka, Marty Quinn and Maple, Lorraine Quinn and Ratty, Lindsay McInnes and Frito. Pictured in the right hand photograph are: (l-r) Novice Obedience grads Amanda Lampreau and Tucker, Janet Lanoville and Sandy, Christine Proulx and Ben.

Johnson Lake Resort opening date May 1 Resort’s 7th Annual Kid’s Learn to Fish Day will be June 21, 22 May 30 is the official opening weekend for Johnson Lake Resort, and owners Barb and Jim Lewko advise they are now taking reservations for the summer.

Email is generally the best way to contact them, or by message on Facebook at www.facebook.com/ johnsonlakeresortbc “Once again, we attended the BC Boat & Sportsmen’s Show this March,” reports the Lewkos, “Thank you to all the guests and newcomers who stopped by

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After School at NTVIC The After School Program at the NT Volunteer Center is back in full swing after Spring Break. On this afternoon, the students not requiring help with their homework instead had a great time playing with Lego. No one was bored, and the supervisors say enjoy being with the children who obviously have fun while they are there.

Barriere Food Bank News

Encouraging residents to “grow a row” for others

By Dawn McCormick Spring is here! The fields are starting to green up and there are lots of new little babies everywhere.

Time to start thinking about “growing a row” for the food bank.

“Grow a Row” is a program where an individual or a family signs up and receives a packet of seeds. They plant the seeds in their garden and then harvest the produce and bring it to the food bank, or they can call the food bank to have the produce picked up.

The food bank will have the following seed packets available: Tomatoes Carrots Green Beans Cabbage Radishes Onions Squash Cucumbers Beets Corn Potatoes Bell Peppers Food bank members will be at the Rural Expo and Trade Show from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m., on April 26 and 27, at the North Thompson Agriplex, as well as attending the Festival of Wellness on May 1, at Barriere Elementary School in the gymnasium, from 10 a.m. to 12 noon to hand out seed packets for those who are willing to dedicate a row in their garden to the food bank. We will also be signing folks up to be Barriere Food Bank members. Membership is $2 a year. In addition, we will have a box for food donations.

If anyone is interested in our “Grow a Row” program but is unable to attend either of the above events, please contact Dawn McCormick at 250-672-5699.

The Barriere Food Bank now has internet! Our e-mail address is barrierefoodbank@xplornet.com.

Our e-mails are checked daily.

We are looking for someone to

take over the fundraising position at the food bank. It’s actually very easy, and a lot of fun. Many of our fundraising activities are done on an annual basis and we have volunteers who will help with the events.

The fundraising person also takes care of our donation boxes that are placed around town. If you are interested in volunteering for this position, please e-mail us, or call the food bank at 250-672-0029.

The food bank not only provides food in the hampers, but we also provide personal care items like shampoo, conditioner, hand soap, men’s razors, and shaving cream.

We are in need of all these items.

One of the items we would also like to provide for in the hampers is jelly or jam. We were able to provide jam in the Christmas hampers and it was a big hit with our clients.

Many of our clients have children who love peanut butter and jelly sandwiches. We cannot give out home-made jellies or jams – they must come from a store.

You can bring donations to the food bank located at 4748 Gilbert Road (in the Barriere Industrial Park), or leave the items in the food donation box at AG Foods.

Our next board meeting is on April 9, at 12:30 p.m. at the food bank (address above). Anyone interested is welcome and encouraged to attend.

The food bank is open every Wednesday from 10 a.m. to 12 noon. If anyone cannot make it to the food bank during that time, we have volunteers who will deliver hampers.

If you need a hamper delivered, please call or e-mail the food bank before 10 a.m. on Wednesday to place your hamper order. Our phone number is 250-672-0029, and our e-mail is barrierefoodbank@ xplornt.com

I am sure there are lots of photographers that have discovered a special location, or scenic spot, that looks good, but the photograph just isn’t working out and the day just isn’t making things look good. So photographers return again and again, hoping for the light to be just right.

That bridge on the way to work, or the gnarled tree bent from the wind outside of town that just never looks the way we want it.

That was always the problem with a location that my wife and I regularly drive past along Highway 97 south of our home. We always, winter, summer, spring, or fall, slow down at a bridge crossing a drainage stream that flows out and onto wide lush hay fields. The stream turns a corner as it flows past bushy native shrubs and into a pine forest.

The image I mention is a grass and foliage lined stream that for the past 10 years has never been more than a shady, dark, flat, and poorly illuminated possibility.

The elusive landscape is perfect with a fence in the foreground that creates three-dimensionality.

Depth is easily achieved as a viewer’s eye easily moves from the objects in the fore, middle and background.

I always want a center of interest and the reflective meandering stream becomes that. The composition follows the rule of thirds without any effort.

Walk off the road, stand in the deep grass and put a shoulder to the bridge-post to steady the shot, and the rest just comes natural. All that is required is interesting light (that has not been cooperating) to bring everything together to create interest.

At last, this week on a clear spring morning about 9:30 a.m., the light was working. Many times that open space along the road has had an all-illuminating bright light that defuses detail, or sometimes it’s cloudy and overcast with everything to be lost in shadow.

However, to my great pleasure, this time the light was cool, and without glare, and the shadows weren’t dark and deep. I couldn’t have asked for a better morning to stop and make an exposure or two.

As I wrote earlier, we always slow down, and cast a glance up the stream (traffic willing) as we cross the bridge in hopes that the light is working. I have even parked on a sunny day, got out and walked across the road, only to have some large cloud move in.

This location has been frustrating, but I just add it to the many other landscapes that I refuse to waste my time with unless they are what I want.

I recall the concrete bridge on the Thompson River that I watched every morning and evening

John Enman Photo

This photo was well worth waiting six years to take. for years as I drove to work. Everything has changed now, but once there was a young tree and a grass edged road leading to that bridge. I wanted to stand in the middle of the small road and make a low-angled photograph of that grey bridge.

When the light was perfect I didn’t have my camera, when I had my camera there was no light. I struggled for five or six years with that picture. Film ruled photography in those days and I was determined that when I made the picture it would be with my medium format Hasselblad camera.

When the day finally came about 7 a.m. one foggy morning the low-angled light thinned at the bridge entrance and gave the young tree a golden glow and I was, for once, ready. I originally called that image “six years” because that’s how long it took me to take the picture.

However, when I sold several copies to an organization that gave them as gifts to visiting NASA scientists from the United States, they renamed it “Pathway to the Future”.

Well, here I am again at another six-year point, and thanks to my wife demanding that I stop the car and pull over, I finally have the image I have been after for all those years.

Photography can be a patience thing and I like having the time to think about my subject.

Six years might be a long time for some, but I have always liked the process, and there are a few more landscape scenes out there waiting for the light and me to come together in agreement in the next few years.

These are my thoughts this week. Contact me at www.enmanscamera.com or emcam@telus.net.

Stop by Enman’s Camera at 423 Tranquille Road in Kamloops. And if you want an experienced photographer please call me at 250-371-3069. I also sell an interesting selection of used photographic equipment.

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All learner information learning sessions are kept confidential.

Call Barriere Literacy Outreach Coordinator Jill Hayward at 250-319-8023 for more information. All calls are confidential.

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Crispy Cheddar Chicken

4 large chicken breasts 2 sleeves Ritz crackers 1/4 tsp salt 1/8 tsp pepper 1/2 cup milk 3 cups cheddar cheese, grated 1 t dried parsley For the Sauce: 1 10 oz can cream of chicken soup 2 tbsps sour cream 2 tbsps butter Cut each chicken breast into 3 large chunks. In a small food processor grind up the ritz crackers. Pour the milk, cheese & cracker crumbs into 3 separate small pans. Toss the 1/4 tsp salt & 1/8 tsp pepper into the cracker crumbs & stir the mixture around to combine. Dip each piece of chicken into the milk then the cheese. Press the cheese into the chicken with your fingers. Some of it will fall off when

you add it to the cracker crumbs, don’t worry about it. Press the cheesy chicken into the cracker crumbs & press it in. By the time you are coating the last piece of chicken, the dish you are using for the crumbs will be full of cheese. Don’t let it get you down.

Once the cheese melts in the oven it will adhere nicely to the crumbs & the crackers. Spray a 9×13 pan with cooking spray & lay the chicken inside the pan. Sprinkle the dried parsley over the chicken. Cover the pan with tin foil & bake at 400F for 35 mins. Remove the tin foil, bake for an additional 10 mins, or until the edges of the chicken are golden brown & crispy. Into a medium sized sauce pan combine the cream of chicken soup, sour cream & butter with a whisk. Stir it over medium high heat until the sauce is nice & hot. Serve over the chicken. Enjoy!

Apple & Poppy Seed Coleslaw

2 cups shredded green cabbage 1 1/2 cups shredded red cabbage 1/2 cup shredded carrot 1 Granny Smith apple, julienned 2 tbsps mayonnaise 3 tbsps olive oil 1 tbsp apple cider vinegar juice of 1 lemon 1 tbsp poppy seeds Kosher salt & freshly ground black pepper, to taste In a large bowl, combine the green cabbage, red cabbage, carrot & apple.

In a large glass measuring cup or another bowl, whisk together the mayonnaise, olive oil, vinegar, lemon juice, poppy seeds, salt & pepper, to taste. Pour mixture over cabbage mixture & stir using a rubber spatula until well combined. Cover & place in the refrigerator for at least one hour.

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Recruits Welcome. Hethar McIntosh 250-587-0027.

Adult Day Program: Mon. & Wed. 9-2. Lunch, crafts & music at the Seniors Ctr. Sherry Jardine 672-5121 After School Program: Mon.-Fri. 3-6pm @ Ridge (NTVIC room). For info call 250-672-0033.

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

Barriere & District Heritage Society: 3rd Wed. of mth, 1pm at NTVIC in the winter, at Museum in the summer.

Riding Club: Jan-Mar: 3rd Sun. 1pm; Apr-Oct: 3rd Thurs.

7pm at NTVIC. www.barrieredistrictridingclub.com. Darcey 250-318-9975.

Cancer Support: 672-9263, 672-0017 or 672-1890 Choir: Thurs. @ Christian Life Assembly, Annesty Rd. Youth 7-18 3:30pm; Adults 19+ 6:30pm. Leah 250-957-8440.

Curling Club: Oct.-Mar. Curling, league & bonspiels.

Drop In Art. Fridays 11:30am-2:30pm at NTVIC end of Sep to Mar (except holidays). Nominal fee.

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

Barriere Fibre Arts: Tues., 6:30pm at NTVIC (the Ridge).

Barriere Fire Dept.: Firehall, Thurs., 7pm Barriere Food Bank: Wednesdays. Message 672-0029 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. 250-672-9391.

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: John 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, Thurs. 7pm, Sept. to May. Family & Caregivers Group: 1st Mon. of the mth, 10am @ Ridge, kitchen. Info call 778-220-5930.

Fun Fit 4 Tots: Tues. & Thurs. 12-2pm @ Ridge gym. Free. For info call 250-672-0033.

Gambler’s Anonymous: 250-374-9165 or 250-374-9866.

Heffley Creek Acoustic Coffee House: 3rd Fri. every mth 7pm. Call 578-0056.

Literacy Tutoring: Learn to read FREE. Jill Hayward 319-8023.

Little Fort Recreation Society: 1st Thurs. each mth 7pm LNT Catholic Women’s League: 2nd Sat. each mth, 9am 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. NT Fish & Game: 4th Mon. each mth 7pm NTVIC. 672-1070 NT Valley Hospice: 3rd Tues, 11am, Little Fort Hall. 672-5660.

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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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.

Announcements

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Coming Events

Information

Don’t miss the Celebration of Rural Living Expo & Trade Show April 26-27, 2014 9am-5pm daily NT Agriplex & Fall Fair Facility 4872 Dunn Lake Rd., Barriere Over 100 booths & displays to peruse. Music, concessions, giveaways. A full lineup of feature speakers. Free draws every hour. $5/adult, $3/stud. or senior, children 12 & under Free.

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Personals

Trades, Technical

Financial Services

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Clearwater: AA Meetings Every Wednesday, #11 Lodge Drive, side door.

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ATTENTION: Utility Tree Workers.

Quad L Enterprises Ltd. is looking for Certified Utility Arborists and Slasher Operators. Full time work.

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Career Opportunities TRANSALTA is currently seeking a plant operator for the Bone Creek hydro facility, near Blue River. The preferred candidate must have a mechanical or electrical background. Applications can be entered on the company website. www.transalta.com under employment opportunities

Help Wanted Experienced skidder operator for after breakup in Clearwater area. Goat Creek Logging Ltd. Ph anytime 250-851-8418 or fax 250-851-8418 WANTED: SERVICE TECHNICIAN - SUNNY THOMPSON REGION. Kamloops dealership is currently accepting applications for full-time Journeyman & Apprentice RV Technicians. All applicants must have direct RV experience, possess own tools, have a positive attitude, strong work ethic, and take great pride in the work they perform. It is our goal to provide an exceptional customer experience for all our clients. We place great emphasis on customer satisfaction and quality workmanship and need people who will help us maintain this goal. We truly care about our employees and provide a positive, happy work environment with competitive wages and benefits. Requirements: - Possess Own Tools - Be Journeyman/Red Seal or period 1, 2, 3 Registered Apprentice RV Technician - Possess Valid Class 5 BCDL (Air/51 Endorsement an asset) - Excellent attendance - Self-motivated team player - Keen attention to detail - Maintain a positive attitude under pressure - Committed to lifelong learning If this sounds like a good fit and you possess the above mentioned qualifications we want to hear from you. How to Apply: With resume and references to: Attention: Service Manager By Email: service@jubileerv.com By Fax: (250) 851-9775 NO PHONE CALLS PLEASE

LICENSED PLUMBER/ GAS FITTER

Req. at Canuck Mechanical in Prince George. Must have exp. doing service work & be proficient with trouble shooting heating systems & plumbing problems.

Top wages & benefits Email resume to: canuckm@telus.net

Work Wanted

Legal Services

HAFI GRANTS Notice to low income seniors and persons with disability.

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.

CRIMINAL RECORD? Don’t let it block employment, travel, education, professional, certification, adoption property rental opportunities. For peace of mind & a free consultation call 1-800-347-2540.

Looking for work - will do a variety of jobs: light house cleaning, pickup & deliver shopping for shut-ins, etc. Please call Margaret Houben at 250-6729330.

photographer?

Portraits, weddings, special events, pet portraits, commercial.

Affordable memories that last a lifetime. Seniors rates.

Book now avoid & disappointment.

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

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Black Press has a very unique opportunity for the right person.

We currently have an opening for a sales person to help us with our paid distribution newspapers across B.C. This position means getting out in the community and talking to subscribers about our newspapers and working to build stronger relationships with existing readers of our newspapers.

It also includes finding new subscribers for our newspapers and helping introduce them our award winning host of community newspapers. This is not a year-around position and will run from March to October each year.

We offer a spectacular compensation package and bonus incentives. Your own vehicle is required, but we cover all travel expenses. This is really a great opportunity for the right person. It is a different type of job, but definitely has different types of rewards. If you feel this position would be the perfect fit for you, then we would love to hear from you.

Please email all enquiries to Michelle Bedford at circulation@trailtimes.ca.

CAREER OPPORTUNITIES CA

by Keith McNeill

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

E-mail: mail@barriere-employment.ca • Website: www.barriere-employment.ca CUSTOMER SERVICE REPRESENTATIVE – Jim’s Food Market BC027 RESIDENT RV HOST(S) – Chinook Cove Golf & RV BC0286 HEAVY DUTY RED SEAL MECHANIC – Hy’s North Transporation BC0295 CASHIER – AG Foods BC 0326 DELI COUNTER – AG Foods BC 0328 COOK – Chinook Cove Golf & RV BC0333 RANCH HAND – John Klopp BC0338 GO TO: http://www.wiegele.com/employment.htm for info on jobs w/Mike Wiegele & http://www.sunpeaksresort.com/corporate/work-and-play/opportunities for Sun Peaks.

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

CLEARWATER EMPLOYMENT SERVICES 58A Young Road, Clearwater BC V0E 1N2 • 250-674-2928 • Fax 250-674-2938 E-mail: info@clearwateremployment.ca • Web Page: www.clearwateremployment.ca

Casual On Call Receptionist: Clw #C0337 Laundry Attendant: Seasonal/Clw #C0317 Front Desk/Guest Service: Seas/Clw Motel Housekeeper: Seasonal/Clw #C0316 #CB0336 Cashier/Cust. Service: 2 PT pos/Clw #C0315 Server: Seasonal/Clearwater #CB0335 Line Cook: FT/Blue River #CB0314 Housekeeping: Seas/Clearwater #CB0334 Prep Cook/Kitchen Helper: FT/PT Blue River 10 Full Time Blue River Jobs: Head Chef; #CB0313 Reserv. Coordinator; Reserv. Supervisor; Waitress/Waiters: FT/PT Blue River #CB0312 Maintenance Labourer; Maintenance Cashier/Line Cook: 4 PT pos/Clw #C0311 Manager; Maintenance Administrative Campground Attendant: Seas/Clw #C0310 Assistant; Payroll & Accounting Clerk, Waitress/Waiter: Seas/Clw #C0309 Housekeepers, Front Desk Housekeeper: Seasonal/Clw #C0308 German Speaking Tour Guide: Seas/Clw Front Desk Clerk: Seas/Clw #C0307 #CB0331 Meat Manager: FT/Barriere #BC0306 Professional Driver: Seas/Clw #CB0330 Carpenter: PT/2pos. /Clw #C0305 Barista/General: Seas/Clw #C0239 Jr. Greens Keeper: FT/Seas/Clw #C0304 Landscaper/Labourer: PT/Seas/Clw #C0327 Campsite Helper: Seas/Clw #C0303 Cashier: PT/Barriere #C0326 Logging Truck Driver: FT/Clw #CB0299 Accounting Tech./Office Manager: FT/ Heavy Duty Red Seal Mechanic: FT/ Clw #C0324 Kamloops #BC0295 Food & Beverage Server (Exp): Seas/Clw Baker’s Helper: PT/Clw #C0291 #C0323 Pastry Chef: FT/Clw #C0290 Asst. Head Housekeeper: Seas/Clw #C0322 Sightseeing Boat Operator: Seas/Blue Food & Beverage Server (Trainee): Seas/ River #C0281 Clw #C0321 Customer Service Rep: FT&PT Little Fort Housekeeper (Trainee): Seas/Clw #C0320 #BC0278 Housekeeper (Exp): Seas/Clw #C0319 Whitewater Rafting Inst: Seas/Clw #CB0275 Prep & Line Chef: Seasl/Clw #C0318 Traffic Control: Casual/Clw #C0256

Free Workshops to help with your work search are available. Please contact us to register for one or all of these free workshops.

May 6, 7 & 8, 2014 - “Back to Work Boot Camp” Workshops will be as follows:

Tues. May 6th Wed. May 7th Thurs. May 8th 9:00am-Noon Email/Internet Basics Resume/Cover Letters Building Positive Behaviours 12:30pm-3:30pm Labour Market Infor Dress for Success/Cold Calls & Networking 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 & our friendly staff will assist you.

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

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

BLUE RIVER ITINERANT: An employment consultant comes to the Blue River School.

Next visit is Tues. April 24th, 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.

Operated by Yellowhead Community Services The Employment Program of BC is funded by the Government of Canada & the Province of British Columbia

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Pets & Livestock

Real Estate

Transportation

Transportation

Livestock

Other Areas

Boats

Intact meat goat bucklings & purebred Katadhin lamb rams for sale. Good for eating or breeding. 250-677-4447

20 ACRES $0 Down, Only $119/mo. Owner Financing, NO CREDIT CHECKS! Near El Paso, Texas. Beautiful Mountain Views! Money Back Guarantee. Call 1-866-8825263, Ext. 81. www.sunsetranches.net

Auto Accessories/Parts

Merchandise for Sale

Garage Sales

Rentals

GARAGE Sale - Sat Apr 12th 144 Wadlegger Rd, Sunshine Valley 9 AM to 3 PM- No Early Birds! All Items Priced To Sell

Duplex / 4 Plex

Moving Sale - 379 Deejay Rd. April 12 from 8-3pm. Craftsman Snowblower & Riding Lawnmower plus house hold items.

Misc. for Sale HOT TUB (SPA) COVERS. Best price. Best quality. All shapes & colours available.

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SAWMILLS FROM only $4,897 - Make money & save money with your own bandmill - Cut lumber any dimension. In stock ready to ship. Free Info & DVD: www.NorwoodSaw mills.com/400OT 1-800-5666899 Ext:400OT. STEEL BUILDINGS. Hot savings - Spring sale! 20x24 $4,348. 25x24 $4,539. 30x30 $6,197. 32x36 $7,746. 40x46 $12,116. 47x72 $17,779. One End wall included. Pioneer Steel 1-800-668-5422. Or online: www.pioneersteel.ca 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: www.crownsteelbuildings.ca.

Barriere: 3 bdrm duplex (2up 1down),on Dunn Lake Rd. $1000/mo + util. Or other options, call 250-319-5220 or 250-672-9958. Avail immed.

CHURCH DIRECTORY

CHURCH OF ST. PAUL

4464 Barriere Town Road

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

All Are Welcome

Auto Financing

the Rev. Brian Krushel

Homes for Rent

Office: 250 672-5653 www.norththompsonpc.ca

Clearwater: 4 bdrm, 2 bath home on 1 acre, fenced yd.

Avail now. $1,000/mo. Security dep & ref. 250-320-4943 CWR 4brm Log House on land with a pool. Capped Utilities included for 1800/m. DDs and Refs. NS, Avail Apr 15. 250851-3858 or 674-1313.

Partially Furnished bachelor suite for rent in Clearwater/Birch Island $450/mo. Util & laundry incl.

N/S. Avail. immed. Ph. 250-674-0002

Suites, Lower

ST. GEORGE’S ROMAN CATHOLIC CHURCH

SNIFF OUT A NEW CAREER IN THE CLASSIFIEDS

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

Trucks & Vans

Birch Island: 2bdrm suite. Incl sat tv, utilities & laundry.

Wood Heat. Available May 1.

Ph. 250-674-1768

1994 F150 XL Club Cab. 5spd $1800. obo (250)674-4055

Cars - Sports & Imports

Cars - Sports & Imports

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THE OPEN DOOR FELLOWSHIP

Misc. Wanted

11:00 am Sundays at the Ridge

Used Postage Stamps

Bible Study on Tuesdays at 1pm

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.

PASTOR TODD ENGLISH Join us for refreshments after the Service.

Phone 250-672-1864 anytime.

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OBITUARY In Loving Memory April 28, 1961 – March 31, 2014 Craig Walter was born April 28, 1961, in Edmonton, Alberta.

He passed away on March 31, 2014, at the age of 52. Doug fought a lengthy battle with lung cancer, which ended at the Marjorie Willoughby Snowden Memorial Hospice Home in Kamloops, British Columbia.

Doug is survived by his mother Elsie Walter (nee) Holloway, sisters Lynne, Wendy, Sharon.

Nieces and nephews, Shelly, Jason, Rob, Chris, Amanda, Kalaya and Ben. Grandchildren Felecia, Owen, Grace, Elizabeth, Abigail, Emma, Aaron, Elijah, Phoenix, Mikkel, Natalie, Sara and Sebastian. Also, cherished children: Jennifer, Catherine, Amanda, Daniel, Amanda, Ray

and Mikey.

Doug was predeceased by his father Douglas William (Bill) Walter of McLure, B.C. Doug graduated from Barriere Secondary High School in

Thompson Regional Hospital District approves 2014 budget Submitted

Craig Walter

Barriere, B.C. He was, in later years, a millworker at the Tolko Mill in Barriere and also worked as a private delivery service driver. He enjoyed muscle cars and was a collector of a wide variety of items. Doug loved drag racing, he valued family and friends and his four legged friends.

Celebration of Life will be held on May 3, 2014, at 2:00 p.m. in the Barriere Legion Branch 242, 681 Shaver Road, Barriere, B.C. Refreshments to follow service will be upstairs.

Donations in Memory of Douglas Walter can be made to the Marjorie Willoughby Snowden Memorial Hospice Home, 72 Whiteshield Cr. South Kamloops, B.C. V2E 2S9.

Seventh-day Adventists

Meet in the Church of Saint Paul on Saturday Mornings Bible Study - 9:30am Worship Service - 11am Fellowship Meal - 12:30pm Everyone Welcome 318-0545

The Thompson Regional Hospital District board of directors has approved its 2014 annual budget, and approved cost-sharing with Interior Health Authority (IHA) for various major equipment and renovation upgrades.

The 2014 annual budget will see an increase of $21 per household on average.

The average household in 2014 will pay $126.55 as compared to $105.60 in 2013.

“This increase is part of a larger tax strategy in anticipation of the Hospital

District contributing $100 million towards the Royal Inland Hospital (RIH) master plan,” said TRHD chair Peter Milobar. “This includes the construction of the RIH Clinical Services Building and Parkade, and the Surgical Tower.”

The three-year tax strategy, which wraps up at the end of 2014, employs building a reserve in the next few years and then borrowing the balance of funds once the project is complete.

The TRHD also approved cost-sharing at 40 per cent with Interior Health for various major equipment and renovation upgrades. The to-

tal sum for the upgrades is $7.2 million, of which the TRHD will pay approximately $2.6 million. The list includes six renovation projects, including a renovation of the Anatomic Pathology Unit at RIH, and six pieces of equipment, including a gamma camera for RIH and a nurse call for Ponderosa Lodge in Kamloops.

Thompson Hospital District includes the TNRD plus part of the Squamish- Lillooet Regional District. Its role is to consider and approve the portion of capital projects for healthcare that are paid for through property taxes.

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Faith: Noah, the Great Flood and Lake Agassiz’s fury

By Chris Kempling Kamloops This Week

STAR/JOURNAL photo: Elli Kohnert

Spring is baby animal time The McWatters family in Louis Creek have a batch of baby mini goats that interact with the people, and for this photo, were even in the house.

Miniature goats make great pets, they are hardy and have a great temperament, with sizes ranging from 40cm to 60cm (15” to 24”).

Demystifying credit scores

By Jason Alderman One of the few positive outcomes of the 2008 financial crisis was that it helped shine a light on the importance of understanding and staying on top of your credit profile. Along with that heightened visibility, however, has come a great deal of confusion and misunderstanding – particularly around the all-important credit score.

“The consequences of not maintaining a sound credit score can be very costly,” says Anthony Sprauve, senior consumer credit specialist at FICO. “A low score can bar you from getting a new loan, doom you to higher interest rates and even cost you a new job or apartment.”

Five factors are used to determine your credit score: payment history (usually around 35 per cent of your score), amount owed (30 per cent), length of credit history (15 per cent), newly opened credit accounts (10 per cent), and types of credit used (10 per cent).

Fortunately, if your credit score has taken a hit, you can initiate several actions that will begin improving it almost immediately. Just be aware that it can take many years to recover from events like bankruptcy or foreclosure.

First, find out where you currently stand by reviewing your credit reports from each major credit bureau (Equifax, Experian and TransUnion). Look for negative actions your creditors might have reported as well as errors and fraudulent activity, which you can challenge through the bureau’s dispute resolution process. You can order one free report per year from each bureau through the government-authorized site, www.AnnualCreditReport.com; otherwise you’ll pay a small fee.

You might also want to order your credit score. Lenders use credit scores to supplement their own selection criteria to determine whether you are a worthy credit risk. Several types are available, including FICO® Score, VantageScore (a competing model jointly created by Equifax, Experian and TransUnion) and proprietary credit scores from each of the three

bureaus, among others. Scores typically cost from $15 to $20 each.

Note: You may see offers for free credit scores, but they’re usually tied to expensive ongoing credit-monitoring services you may or may not want.

Read the contract carefully.

Here are a few tips for improving your credit history: • Always pay bills on time and catch up on missed payments.

• Set up automatic payments for recurring bills and automatic minimum credit card payments if you often miss deadlines.

• Sign up for text or email alerts telling you when your balance drops or payments are due.

• Never exceed credit card limits.

• Monitor your credit utilization ratio (the percentage of available credit you’re using). Try to keep your cumulative utilization ratio – and the ratios on individual cards or lines of credit – below 30 per cent.

• Transferring balances to a new card for a lower rate will slightly ding your credit score – although it won’t take long to recover. But be careful the transfer doesn’t increase your utilization ratio on the new card.

• Make sure that card credit limits reported to the credit bureaus are accurate.

• Don’t automatically close older, unused accounts; 15 per cent of your score is based on credit history.

• Each time you open a new account it slightly impacts your score, so avoid doing so in the months before a major purchase.

• Pay off medical bills, as well as parking, traffic and even library fines.

Once old, unpaid bills go into collection, they’ll appear on your credit report.

“Bottom line, don’t lose hope,” says Sprauve. “The negative impact of past credit problems will gradually fade as recent good payment behavior begins to show up on your credit reports.”

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Russell Crowe looks pretty good for a 600-year-old man.

That’s how old the Bible says Noah was when the flood came.

There are plenty of scoffers who say the biblical flood account is a quaint myth, with no connection to reality.

One of the most remarkable things about the flood story is that, without exception, every single group of people on Earth has a flood story in their oral or written histories.

That’s interesting.

One possible reason for this is there actually was a worldwide flood that occurred within human memory, which affected all the peoples of Earth.

Let’s examine if there is any credence to this claim.

What do scientists say?

At the end of the last Ice Age, there was an enormous lake covering much of central North America (North Dakota, Saskatchewan, Manitoba, Northeast Ontario and Minnesota) called Lake Agassiz.

It was fed by melting glaciers and held in check by an extensive wall of ice on Hudson’s Bay. But, as the world warmed, the ice dam weakened, eventually breaking, resulting in the catastrophic release of an enormous quantity of water.

Scientists have pinpointed the date of this event to around 8200 years before present (i.e.

6200 B.C.).

The sudden release of this quantity of water resulted in a worldwide rise in sea levels estimated to be as high as 2.8 metres (9.6 feet).

However, the initial global tsunami would have been much, much higher than that.

It would have inundated every sea-level settlement used by human beings at the time.

The Mesopotamian plain, thought to be where Noah was residing at the time, is at the head of the Persian Gulf, which is fairly shallow and gradually sloping.

It was flat and fertile and only slightly above sea level, ideal for a large agricultural population. Global sea levels 18,000 years ago were approximately 120 metres lower than today and gradually rose to their present level about 7,500 years ago.

In Noah’s day, however, much of what is now under water was dry land.

One geologist suggests there was a natural silt dam at the Strait of Hormuz, which was breached, perhaps as a result of the “8.2 kiloyear event” — as scientists call the sudden draining of Lake Agassiz.

This would have caused a catastrophic flood that permanently submerged communities of the

lower Persian Gulf.

Another news item caught my eye recently.

It was the discovery of a significant quantity of water inside a large Brazilian diamond.

The March 12 edition of the Globe and Mail stated: “A pea-sized diamond picked up a decade ago by a Brazilian prospector has unlocked evidence that, hundreds of kilometres under our feet, Earth’s mantle holds as much water as all of our planet’s oceans.

“The discovery by a University of Alberta team bolsters theories about the existence of a water-saturated zone between the Earth’s rocky layers that would explain volcanic activities and the interaction of tectonic plates.”

There is something else this discovery “bolsters.”

In Genesis, when the Great Flood is described, it says: “In the six hundredth year of Noah’s life . . . all the fountains of the great deep burst open ...”

I’ve always wondered what “fountains of the great deep” meant.

Now I know.

Forty days and nights of rain would not be enough water to cause the kind of flood described in Genesis.

Scottish comedian Danny Bhoy has an amusing routine speculating on Noah’s reception in Scotland.

“Forty days and nights of rain? Ach, man, we’re already at 53 days!”

No, there would have to be another major source of water — the sudden release of subterranean water combined with glacial meltwater would do it.

The Great Flood began subsiding after 150 days and “the fountains of the deep and floodgates of the sky were closed.”

The sign the flood was definitely over was when a dove released by Noah came back with an olive branch in its beak.

The dove, and the olive branch, are symbols of peace to this day. Then, it was the sign God had made peace with all of creation.

One of the beautiful things about the Bible is the parallel symbolism between the Old Testament and New Testament.

Humanity was saved by the righteousness of one man, Noah, who came through the waters of the Flood. The symbol of that redemption was a single dove.

When Jesus came out of the waters of baptism at the River Jordan, “the Holy Spirit descended on him in bodily form like a dove.”

And so began the mission of Christ the Redeemer.

Like Noah, his mission was to save mankind from destruction.

The big difference?

Jesus has a spiritual ark and wants to save everybody.

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