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Spring is a great time for community fundraisers, and last Sunday proved to be a lucrative one for the Barriere First Responders’ car wash and hot dog sale held at the IDA parking lot. The group reports approximately $800 was raised for the local first responder program, thanks to the generosity and support of area residents. Their next fundraiser will be a Spaghetti Dinner this Saturday, May 10, 5:30 - 7 p.m., in the Barriere Legion Basement.

Pictured: (Right) Christie Dionne at the hot dog concession, while First Responder Steve Brunner volunteers at the car wash.

This is Emergency Preparedness Week 72 hrs. – Are you prepared?

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Update on HY Louie building The future municipal hall for Barriere

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Star/Journal editor honoured at BC Community Achievement Awards North Thompson Star/Journal Louis Creek resident Jill Hayward was one of 32 British Columbians honoured at the 11th annual British Columbia Community Achievement Awards’ ceremony held at Government House in Victoria on April 29.

“These awards celebrate community leaders who are dedicated to making a difference,” said KamloopsNorth Thompson MLA Terry Lake.

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“I am pleased that Jill Hayward is being recognized for her contributions to agriculture and agritourism in our region.”

“Jill Hayward has infinite pride for the community of Barriere and its surrounding area,” said Keith Mitchell, chair of the British Columbia Achievement Awards, during the presentation, “Editor of the North Thompson Star/Journal, Jill has ...continued on page 3 BC Government photo

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Louis Creek resident, Jill Hayward, receiving her 2014 BC Community Achievement Award from The Hon. Judith Guichon, OBC, Lieutenant Governor of British Columbia (r), and Hon. Coralee Oakes, Minister of Community, Sport and Cultural Development at a ceremony held in Government House, Victoria, on Apr. 29.

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B.C. launches skills ‘re-engineering’

By Tom Fletcher Black Press

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Justin Akinclose, a student at Vancouver Island University, uses welding equipment in a mobile trades training unit that is one of three built to travel to remote communities.

VICTORIA – The B.C. government has unveiled its plan to match up skills training with emerging jobs in resource development, by redirecting post-secondary funding and financial aid toward occupations in demand.

The plan emphasizes industrial skills such as welding, pipefitting, heavy equipment operation, truck driving and concrete finishing, but ministers and officials stressed that it also includes engineering, health care and other occupations where jobs are projected to increase.

The main shift for colleges and universities is that within four years, a quarter of their operating grants will be targeted to programs with identified demand from the job market.

Employment data will determine post-secondary funding, instead of the tradition of block grants to post-secondary schools.

Ministers avoided identifying areas that will lose funding, but have previously cited far more teaching graduates than there are jobs in the school system. Premier Christy Clark has lamented a system where students receive a bachelor’s degree and then must take additional training to qualify for jobs.

Education Minister Peter Fassbender outlined a plan for K-12 schooling that aims to double the number of spaces for high school

Big LNG investors endorse B.C. plan

By Tom Fletcher Black Press

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The biggest players in B.C.’s liquefied natural gas export proposal are still more than a year away from final commitment, but their latest step forward is a vote of confidence, according to the CEO of LNG Canada.

Representatives of Shell Canada, Korea Gas, Mitsubishi and PetroChina announced signing of a joint venture agreement for the LNG Canada project in Vancouver Wednesday, with Premier Christy Clark and Natural Gas Minister Rich Coleman on hand.

LNG Canada CEO Andy Calitz cautioned

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by B.C.’s Environmental Assessment Office and Oil and Gas Commission. The companies will now begin engineering work, and those steps will take another 18 to 24 months, Calitz said.

The partnership includes an increase in Shell’s stake to 50 per cent, with PetroChina retaining 20 per cent and Mitsubishi and Korea Gas reducing their shares from 20 per cent to 15. Calitz said the companies have other projects in development in Africa, Australia, Russia and elsewhere, and the change does not reflect any loss of confidence in B.C.

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students taking industrial training in high school to 5,000 in two years. Students in these courses get college credits while still in high school, allowing them to go to work more quickly.

The ministry is also revamping its kindergarten to grade nine curriculum to give it more emphasis on “hands-on learning” and exposing students in earlier grades to the range of jobs they can expect when they graduate.

Jobs Minister Shirley Bond said the Industry Training Authority will soon get a new board of directors and industry advisory councils to provide up-to-date information on job market needs.

NDP leader Adrian Dix said the overhaul of the ITA to restore union representation on its board shows that the model set up 10 years ago has been a failure. He also questioned how the education system can be restructured without adding new resources.

“We need investment in skills training,” Dix said. “Instead what we have is a ministry of reallocation, which will cause considerable problems in the system and will not, I think, cumulatively give young people what they need.”

Advanced Education Minister Amrik Virk said the student loan program will also be adjusted to market demand, with loans reduced or forgiven for students who graduate with in-demand skills and are willing to move to get work.

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Premier Christy Clark, Natural Gas Development Minister Rich Coleman (right) and officials from PetroChina, Mitsubishi and Korea Gas listen as LNG Canada CEO Andy Calitz announces joint venture agreement and beginning of engineering work.

Calitz acknowledged the B.C. government’s commitment to increase industrial skills training in the school and apprenticeship system, announced Tuesday.

Clark also announced she is leaving Friday for her fifth trade mission to Asia, with stops in Malaysia, Singapore and Hong Kong, mainly to promote LNG development.

Calitz said there are international factors affecting the export price, but LNG Canada is looking beyond Asia to other world markets.

There are three key factors in deciding whether to commit to the Kitimat project, Calitz said.

They are shifts in the gas price in Asia, the supply and cost of labour to build the plant and pipelines, and construction of gas pipelines through the Rocky Mountains.

The companies have an agreement with TransCanada to build a pipeline, and gas production underway in the Horn River, Montney, Cordova and Liard shale formations in northeastern British Columbia.

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Horgan holds course on resource projects

By Tom Fletcher Black Press VICTORIA – B.C. doesn’t currently need a third dam on the Peace River, and it does need a comprehensive study of the environmental effects of hydraulic fracturing for natural gas extraction.

John Horgan staked out those positions Monday, his first day at the legislature since being acclaimed leader of the B.C. NDP, saying he has been consistent on both since before last year’s election.

On the proposal

by Kinder Morgan Canada to twin its oil pipeline from Alberta to Burnaby that former leader Adrian Dix suddenly opposed during the 2013 campaign, Horgan said it’s clear to him that people in Vancouver and Burnaby don’t want it.

The same goes for his own constituents along the Strait of Juan de Fuca who are concerned about a big increase in tanker traffic, he said.

But he will wait for the current federal review process to be completed before making a decision whether to support or oppose it, Horgan said.

He also responded to Jobs Minister Shirley Bond’s challenge in Monday’s question period that the NDP find some economic development project it can say yes to.

“I said yes to Mount Milligan, I said yes to Red Chris,” Horgan said, referring to two northern copper mines proposed while the NDP was in government. “I said yes to expanding the Oil and Gas Commission when it was first developed in the 1990s.

I believe that we can have a balanced approach to economic development and resource development in particular.”

Natural Gas Development Minister Rich Coleman rejected suggestions of hydraulic fracturing risk to groundwater before leaving last week with Premier Christy Clark for their latest liquefied natural gas sales trip to Asia.

Coleman said the industry has a spotless track record after 50 years of cementing and casing gas wells to protect water while drilling far below to extract gas from shale formations.

Since winning the leadership by default after his only rival, Port Coquitlam MLA Mike Farnworth, dropped out, Horgan has stressed the need to reach out to resource communities and blue-collar work-

ers alienated by the party’s environmental positions.

Horgan said he will travel extensively as leader to build support for the party, preparing it to win back support and form an NDP government in 2017.

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North Thompson Star/Journal KAMLOOPS - The B.C. Conservation Officer Service is requesting the public’s assistance in their investigation into the illegal killing of nine eagles in the Kamloops area.

Eight Bald Eagles and one Golden Eagle were found in March with their heads, feet, tail feathers and wings removed. The eagle carcasses were discovered in a ditch near a well-used public road.

Under the Wildlife Act, it is an offence to possess, take, injure, or destroy an eagle or its eggs, or the nests when occupied by an eagle or egg. These recent poaching incidents threaten the safety of the eagle population and the public.

The Conservation Officer Service is currently investigating to find those responsible. The investigation is supported by the RCMP and the Tk’emlups te Secwepemc. If the public has any information, they are asked to call the Report all Poachers and Polluters (RAPP) line at 1 877-952-7277 or online at: www.env.gov.bc.ca/cos/rapp/form.htm The BC Wildlife Federation pay rewards up to $5,000 for information leading to the conviction of persons who have violated laws related to the protection of fish, wildlife or the environment.

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Star/Journal editor honoured at BC Community Achievement Awards never backed away from a challenge and has never failed to gather a team together that will succeed.

North Thompson Fall Fair and Rodeo Association, McLure Wildfire Monument Society, Rural Crime Watch, and Learning and Literacy have all benefitted from Jill’s leadership. But it is her commitment to the North Thompson Agriplex that is exceptional. This state of the art facility attracts agricultural and trade show events and serves as a community centerpiece. Jill was critical to its development and she continues to grow its reputation.”

Asked what she felt when receiving the award, Hayward said, “I am still absolutely amazed. Such a wonderful honour, I really am totally blown away!”

She also stated that all the people who she has worked with on committees and projects over the years deserve to be thanked for their contributions.

“It is the collective dedication of us all that brings forward the successes we enjoy on those community projects that are near and dear to our hearts. Thank you to everyone,” said Hayward.

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Thursday, May 8, 2014 North Thompson Star/Journal 359 Borthwick Avenue, Box 1020, Barriere, B.C., V0E 1E0 250-672-5611

by Dr. Charmaine Enns

Vaccinations not just for kids In the past 50 years, vaccinations have saved more lives than any other health intervention.

Vaccines are very safe, safer than therapeutic medicines and far safer than the consequences of the diseases that they protect against.

They are also highly cost-effective.

For example, for every $16 invested into providing the measles, mumps and rubella vaccine to children, a life is saved.

This can be compared to other effective public health interventions such as driver and passenger air bags, which cost $61,000 per life saved, or smoke detectors in homes at $210,000 per life saved.

But vaccines are not just kids’ stuff. Adults need them, too.

While some vaccines provide lifelong protection after a short series of shots, certain vaccines need booster doses, most notably tetanus, which should be received every 10 years.

Other vaccines are only routinely recommended once one becomes a senior.

Young adult women are now being offered the HPV vaccine, which protects against 70 per cent of the causes of cervical cancer.

Unlike other vaccines, the influenza vaccine is given annually.

This vaccine is formulated each year based on the types of circulating influenza viruses that are causing the most serious disease.

Response to the vaccine is best in healthy individuals and only partially effective in people who are frail, elderly or have significant chronic diseases.

This is why it is so important for healthy people who live with or care for those most at risk of severe outcomes from influenza also get the vaccine.

If you are travelling abroad, going back to college, pregnant, entering into a health-care profession or have any chronic underlying health conditions, you should ask your physician or call your local public health unit to find out which vaccines are recommended for you.

The best reason to get vaccinated is that it protects you, and it protects the people around you.

This is an important concept because vaccinated individuals become a ring of protection around the most vulnerable people in our families and communities, such as infants and children, the elderly and those with chronic diseases.

Vaccines have been a powerful tool to reduce disease, disability, death and inequities for people of all ages and in all places. But they can only work if people continue to be vaccinated.

Are you up to date?

Dr. Charmaine Enns is medical health officer for Island Health.

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Enduring Fletcher’s pollution on Earth Day To the editor; One day a year, just one day, is set aside to think about this beautiful planet on which we live.

One day to champion the Earth’s natural wonders and remind ourselves what we can do to protect our home.

One day to consider what we can do, both as individuals and a society, to protect the natural world for our children and grandchildren.

One day, but it was too much to ask for an editorial coming out in favour of the environment. Instead, we got a fearful, poorly written and researched, backwards-thinking

diatribe from columnist Tom Fletcher (‘Here are some inconvenient truths for Earth Day,’ April 22).

The inappropriate hubris of using “inconvenient truth” in the title of Fletcher’s editorial.

This is, of course, the title of the 2006 film about climate change by Al Gore, a visionary and courageous production that broke the silence on climate change.

Today, climate-change deniers are thankfully as few as Holocaust deniers, though arguably just as heartless, as thousands of people have died already from climate change...continued on next page

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Clearwater retiree pads nest egg with Lotto 6/49 win Submitted

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The Royal Canadian Legion Branch 242 hosted a luncheon by donation for Barriere and area seniors on Sunday. April 27. Music was supplied by local musicians ‘The Coffin Dodgers’.

KAMLOOPS – Brenda Schley of Clearwater is $1.75 million richer after matching six out of six numbers on the May 3 Lotto 6/49 draw, securing her share of the $7 million jackpot.

The 57-year-old retiree purchased her winning ticket at the local Pharmasave while running errands on Friday afternoon. It wasn’t until late Saturday night that Schley checked her numbers online.

“I saw the numbers and I knew I had won. I knew instantly. I was so shocked I had to triple check to make sure I was seeing the numbers right.

Then I had my family check to confirm.”

“I remember yelling, ‘I won, I won, I won – my ship came in!’”, she laughed. “It was an unbelievable experience and I haven’t slept in two days.

It’s one of those things that you never fully expect to happen to you.”

The grandmother of seven and avid quilter says she’ll take her time to decide future plans for the prize winnings. “I am still thinking about what to do; there are a lot of decisions to be made and I don’t want to rush any of it.”

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Enduring Fletcher’s pollution...

community. It helps keep jobs close to home, and it helps to provide

induced weather events — and millions more will perish.

Does Fletcher have big shares in Big Oil? How else can one explain the argumentum ad antiquitam with which he begins his column?

“Vancouver should be an oil port because it has been an oil port for a long time.”

This logical fallacy would be laughed out of court, but it isn’t quite as funny appearing in print on Earth Day. Next, “natural-oil seepage in oceans is the same as oil spills — or worse.”

So, the destroyed coastlines in Alaska and the Gulf of Mexico, the thousands of fisheries and tourist destinations destroyed by the Exxon and BP spills, the millions of oil-coated birds and animals resulting from a spill on the ocean surface — that’s the same as natural seepage?

Fletcher needs to spend more time on research before spilling this garbage.

It gets worse.

Fletcher guesses that many people used candles during Earth Hour, then postulates that all those burning candles are significantly contributing to greenhouse-gas emissions.

It would be funny if it weren’t such dangerous, fear-bound thinking.

He then goes on to pat the provincial government (and, in doing so, himself), on the back for the carbon tax.

The carbon tax may help. It isn’t enough. The planet is in danger. Climate change is a real threat.

The Alberta tar sands and the oil industry are causing out-of-control damage to our green home. Bees are disappearing. The oceans are full of plastic and acidifying.

Happy Earth Day. Don’t be afraid to love this planet, to say so and to do what you can to protect it.

“The further a society drifts from the truth, the more it will hate those that speak it.” — George Orwell.

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Robert Bateman donates painting to Wells Gray treasure hunt The Times Wells Gray Park will turn 75 this year.

To celebrate this milestone, four Clearwater-area groups have teamed up to organize a treasure hunt specially designed for family groups – with generous help from Robert Bateman.

The Clearwater Kids-in-Wild-Nature Treasure Hunt will run from June through September and invites participants – kids in the company of an adult – to explore several of Wells Gray’s popular hiking trails.

The four sponsor groups are the Wells Gray Infocentre, Thompson Rivers University, Wells Gray Search and Rescue, and Wells Gray World Heritage Committee.

“Basically this is a follow-up to the popular Harkayee Treasure Hunt held last summer,” said Trevor Goward, spokesperson for the Wells Gray World Heritage Committee. “This time around, however, we’re offering some truly amazing prizes and expect to draw participants from across the province.”

In fact there are two prizes. The winner of the first prize will be invited to choose either an original painting by Robert Bateman or a cheque for $3,000. The winner of the second prize will select one of six paintings kindly prepared for this event by local artist Doris Laner – or receive a cheque for $700.

Tom Dickinson,

dean of science at Thompson Rivers University, expressed gratitude to the artists for making their work available for the Kidsin-Wild-Nature Treasure Hunt.

“As we press forward with construction of the Wells Gray Wilderness Centre this summer, it’s gratifying to be involved in a project that helps identify our area as a centre for outdoor learning,” Dickinson said. “I couldn’t be more grateful to Robert Bateman and Doris Laner for their part in making this happen.”

World renowned wildlife artist Robert Bateman visited the area this past autumn.

"I really enjoyed my visit to Clearwater and beautiful Wells Gray,” he said. “I’m pleased

to be able to contribute artwork and hope it translates into helping the community.

The Kids-in-WildNature Treasure Hunt is a great idea. If my calendar wasn't so solidly booked, I'd love to come up and take part myself. Good luck to everyone!"

“The painting donated by Mr. Bateman was created specially for our initiative,” said Wells Gray Search and Rescue member Gord Dubois. “It portrays a bald eagle, a yearround resident in our area. The painting is 17 cm x 10 cm and is valued at between $3,500 and $4,000.”

Clues to the treasure hunt will appear in two guidebooks currently being written by geologist Cathie Hickson and local naturalist Trevor Goward. Both books will be available from the Wells Gray Infocentre this summer. Partial clues will also appear online.

"The money that tourism brings to our

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This 17 cm x 10 cm painting of a bald eagle by Robert Bateman is the first prize in this year’s Wells Gray treasure hunt. The first place winner will have the choice of the painting or $3,000 in cash. valley is vital to our long term economic success,” said Tay Briggs, manager of the Wells Gray Infocentre.

“Events and activities that attract visitors and involve the community are a win-win for everyone."

Money raised from the Kids-in-WildNature Treasure Hunt will support the TRU Wilderness Centre in its long-term commitment to bring children in touch with wild nature.

World renowned wildlife artist Robert Bateman visited the Clearwater are last autumn.

$20 Dump Days start June 8 Thompson-Nicola Regional District The Thompson-Nicola Regional District has confirmed dates for its $20 Dump Days and Household Hazardous Waste Round-Ups for 2014.

On $20 Dump Days, residents may bring in up to $20 worth of waste for free. Regular tipping fees apply to waste over the $20 limit. This event is for residential customers only. Regular tipping fees apply to commercial, business and municipal loads.

The $20 Dump Days in the North Thompson area are as follows:

• Sunday, June 8: Clearwater Eco-Depot, Louis Creek Eco-Depot, Blue River Transfer Station • Sunday, June 22: Heffley Creek Eco-Depot Household Hazardous Waste Round-ups give residents an opportunity to safely and properly dispose of materials that are toxic, corrosive, reactive or ignitable. Containers may be unlabeled and substances unknown. No commercial or business waste will be allowed.

The closest Household Hazardous Waste RoundUp for the area is on Saturday, June 7: Kamloops — Mission Flats Landfill

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For The Record: In our May 1, 2014, issue, a photograph on page 7 should have identified the youngster as Harvest Howes.

We apologize for any confusion this may have caused.

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Permaculture for earthship family North Thompson Star/Journal After more than a year of earthship living, the Newton and Burkholder family of Darfield has embarked on a permaculture journey.

Over the next five years they plan to turn the old sawmill site into sustainable agriculture incorporating growing zones that include fruit trees, vegetable gardens, shrubs, berry plants, hugelkulture and livestock. A permablitz to install the first phase of the plan will be held on June 14 and 15, 2014.

An earthship is a sustainable home built from dirt-packed used tires and stacked pop cans. Its hallmarks are passive solar heating, rainwater catchment and sustainable energy use and consumption.

Sandra Burkholder says that although the earthship is not completed inside it was always their plan to eventually become food self-sufficient.

“We’d been all house, house, house for three and a half years, and although we still have a long ways to go inside to finish it, we really wanted to concentrate on getting our food production started.” A permablitz, she says, is a perfect way to get a lot of work done at once while giving 15-20 participants a chance for hands on learning about permaculture methods.

Burkholder adds that a visit to OUR Eco Village on Vancouver Island in 2009 was a driving force in deciding to incorporate permaculture ideals into their future growing areas.

Permaculture is a term used to describe permanent agriculture or permanent culture and is a movement to incorporate ecological design and engineering with environmental design. Permaculture designs are self-contained agriculture modeled from natural ecosystems.

“When we were at OUR Eco Village we

met a fellow named Javan Bernakevitch, who was living in the village and teaching there. We didn’t know then that he would be helping us with our design, but we maintained contact with him and are thrilled to have him involved with this project.” Bernakevitch went on to form Permaculture BC and travels internationally to learn from masters in permaculture and has passed along his knowledge to communities in Cuba and Kenya as well as throughout BC. Bernakevitch and Gord Heibert, co-owner of Element Eco-Design in Vernon, are collaborating with Burkholder and her husband, Chris Newton, on the design and installation of the zone 1 area to the south of the earthship. This will include fruit trees, berries, shrubs, herb gardens, raised vegetable plots and living spaces to include a pergola with outdoor cob oven, and a fire pit area.

Burkholder says reg-

istration for the permablitz will be limited to 20 people. “It should be amazing. Our earthship has always attracted some really neat people and I’m convinced that a permablitz will do the same, especially as permaculture is relatively unknown in the North Thompson valley.”

Burkholder says their resolve to proceed with a permaculture design and installation was cemented in late February when they drove back through California after attending a wedding in Las Vegas.

“There was no snow pack in those mountains. Just wisps of snow. Twenty years ago when Chris and I skied in the mountains of California, the snow banks were 12 feet high.

It was unnerving to see so little. After 14 years of drought Nevada and California are going to be very hard hit this year. Whatever food we see from California is going to start to get expensive. And it wasn’t

always the best food anyway, since it has to travel great distances to get to us.”

But food hasn’t been the only priority since moving in 16 months ago. The Newton-Burkholder family dismantled the “Nutshell”, the 600 square foot building they lived in for five years while designing and building the earthship. The dismantling took several months as they removed nails and fasteners from the salvageable materials. They were able to give away insulation and some wood and have used much of the dimension lumber and timbers from the small building for projects in the earthship, like furniture, small framed walls and counter tops.

The building they dismantled was two 40-year-old wooden office buildings that Burkholder’s father had attached to each other and used as an office building while running Darfield

(Above photos) An earthship is a sustainable home built from dirt-packed used tires and stacked pop cans. Its hallmarks are passive solar heating, rainwater catchment and sustainable energy use and consumption.

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Using salvaged materials is one way the family has managed to build the home for only $73,000.

Now that they have spent two winters in the earthship Burkholder indicates that the home is performing very well.

Even with temperatures of -30°C outside, the

inside temperature on an overcast day does not drop below 13°C even without auxiliary heat. With sunny days the family enjoys 20°C inside temperatures throughout winter.

They do have radiant floor heating and a rocket mass heater but tend only to need the rocket mass heater on the cold-

est days of winter when there is no sun for prolonged periods of time.

“The rocket mass heater is 10,000 pounds of cob (straw, soil and clay) heated with a very efficient horizontal burning chamber. It is very cozy to be able to sit on the cob bench in the winter with a cup of tea and a good book,” ...continued on page 19

(Above) A diagram of the zone 1 area to the south of the earthship. This will include fruit trees, berries, shrubs, herb gardens, raised vegetable plots and living spaces to include a pergola with outdoor cob oven, and a fire pit area.

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Mrs .Matthews Grade 3 and Ms. Williams Grades 5/6 thoroughly enjoyed an interactive afternoon at Blackwell Dairy in Kamloops. The Barriere Elementary School students were shown the cow/calf operation, which included a detailed oral presentation explaining the robotic computerized milking technology used at the dairy. The students ended the day with a hay ride, and a round of chocolate milk for everyone. There were also “amazing parent volunteers” who added to a successful and educational trip for all.

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Mother’s Day Tea on Saturday North Thompson Star/Journal The annual Mother’s Day Tea and Bazaar will take place at the Barriere Senior’s Hall on Saturday, May 10, from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m.

Attendees will find a white elephant table, a bake table, and a sewing table to peruse, and of course a light lunch for just $5, with tea and coffee served up by the North Thompson Fall Fair and Rodeo Association’s reigning Ambassadors and the 2014 Ambassador candidates.

Take time to stop in and enjoy a visit with family or friends at the Mother’s Day Tea.

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Update on HY Louie building, the future municipal hall We should probably do an update on the old HY Louie building since some residents seem to be concerned for one reason or another.

In case some don’t recall, the agreed upon selling price for the property was $275,000. The District paid $151,000 cash for the old store, the small building to the south and surrounding acreage. The Hy Louie Company donated $124,000 to cover the remainder of the price.

In other words the District paid less than the value of the commercial lots for the buildings and the land.

In essence, the buildings were free.

This is largely due to the generosity of the HY Louie Company. It also didn’t hurt that our local real estate agents Karina Scott and Debra Fennell donated their fees that would have been paid by the District and received a tax receipt.

The old store is in excess of 8,000 square feet in size. Prior to closing the deal, the District had an evaluation done on the condition of the building.

The engineers found that the basic structure was well worth renovating and could be put to good use.

Remediation of the

main portion of the building was done to remove materials, thereby allowing further assessment of the walls and roof structure.

Another group of engineers then checked the exposed roof trusses. They advised that if a peaked roof was placed on the building extensive earthquake renovations would be needed. The decision was then made to retain a flat roof.

To date the roof is mostly completed and we are waiting to have the finishing done on the new parapets.

The costs to date are approximately $40,000 for the initial remediation work, the roof will be approximately $85,000, and the stucco finish that has yet to be started was quoted at $17,005. The total so far is approximately $142,000. If you calculate this to a per square foot price it comes to less than $18 per square foot.

I admit that the totals are given as approximate amounts. They have been rounded up, so if I have missed some charges the costs I have given will cover them.

I am told the approximate cost of new commercial construction runs around $200 per square foot, which

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Bill Humphreys puts the cost of an 8000 square foot building at $1.6 million. With that in mind, it strikes me that in the end we should have a useful building for considerably less than that.

Some may argue that point I am sure.

Some say that we don’t need 8000 square feet of space, and should have torn down the old store and built a new smaller building.

The folks offering these ideas perhaps don’t understand that the money we have for the project comes from Gas Tax. The use of these funds is exceptionally limited at this point in time. They can be used to renovate a building to be “greener”, but not for new construction. That may change in the future, but for now that is one of the reasons the District chose to renovate.

That, and paying to scrap a perfectly good building in my opinion would have been a horrible waste of public money.

On a different front

we are now back to digging for the sewer collection system. Lower Nicola Backhoe has returned and has started to excavate a short distance from the site that was deemed to possibly be of significant archeological value. There will be testing in a number of places to see if there needs to be further investigation.

You may notice some activity behind the Fire Hall in the next while. The District council voted to provide some land for our local Search and Rescue team to build a proper building to house their truck and equipment. This plan was being talked about prior to the theft of considerable equipment off the SAR truck.

Unfortunately it did not come in time to prevent the theft.

It takes a special kind of lowlife to steal from a not-for-profit society that works so hard to help keep us all safe. If anyone has any knowledge of the theft, please come forward and at least help get the equipment back.

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School gives to protect garden Barriere Elementary School student, Taylor Johnson, presents a $250 cheque to Liz Gilbertson for the Barriere Community Garden to put towards deer fencing. The school also sends a special thank you to the Barriere 911 Golf Tournament for their generous contribution to the school allowing for the continuation of the Barriere Elementary School’s garden plots.

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Septic project back on track in Barriere Lower Nicola Backhoe is again working on installing the new septic system for Barriere. Three excavators were working in unison last Monday as they excavated deep trenches along the outer edge of Fadear Park across from the elementary school. The project was halted early in the year when an archeological lithic chip was found during excavations. After receiving a special permit for the work to resume, District of Barriere Mayor Bill Humphreys says their will be ongoing archeological testing in a number of places to see if there needs to be further investigation.

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C o n g r at u l at i o n s also to the following students who did very well in the schools Heritage Fair and will be advancing to the Regional Heritage Fair in Kamloops: Taylynn Eustache, Kamryn Cousins, Kash Sequin, Kaylee Nelson, Desiree Ewert, Rowan McGrath, Cam Kerslake, Emily Lassi, Lane Robinson, and Ty Hartman.

Thank you also to Helen Fraser for her hard work in annually organizing the fair at the school.

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Ladies Golf back on the greens at Chinook Cove

By Leslie Stirling

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Well, didn’t spring arrive at just the right time? The weather on Tuesday afternoon, Apr. 29, was absolutely perfect...sunshine, no wind, temperature in the mid-twenties. 34 ladies showed up to welcome the 2014 golf season and a good time was had by all. We chatted. We laughed. We caught up after a long winter. And of course, we golfed.

Captain Debbie Rainer brought everyone up to speed on the plans for the season and reported on the fall and spring meetings of the District. It was decided to take part in a District wide Ladies Night on June 3. There will be an additional charge of $2 per person that night.

Discussion was held around our annual Golf for Cancer night and plans will be finalized in the next few weeks.

As usual there were many winners.

Flight 1 was sponsored by Thompson Valley Awards, a new local business operated by Theresa Young (Thanks, Theresa). Low gross with a score of 48 was won by Donna Salle by retrogression.

Debbie Rainer also had a 48 and won the low net. Flight 2 was sponsored by Carl’s Market Garden.

Low gross with a score of 50 was

Ladies Golf Report won by Ilke Marais and low net was won by Evelyn Lucas with a score of 53. Betty Baillie was the Flight 3 winner with a score of 54. The deuce pot was won by Doreen Landry and Tanya Desjarlais won the birdie pot. Our eagle and holein-one pots have not been won since 2008, so many of us are wondering if this might be the year. Hole-in-one prizes have been donated by Barriere Auto Parts, Alpine Meadow Resorts and Bob Stirling.

Debbie worked hard over the winter to line up our many sponsors, including a few new ones. Thank you to Debbie and thank you to all those sponsors.

And the winners are......

Doreen Landry, one of our newest golfers took a lot of ribbing from me and she took it well. The main reason was she also took home a lot of prizes, including short drive on Hole 1 (AG Foods), KP on Hole 4 (Ron Wallace Trucking), and the hidden score prize from Bodi Mekanix.

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of the season picking up prizes from Barriere Massage (long drive on Hole 3), Bondar Forest Planning (KP on Hole 4), Rainer Custom Cutting (long putt on Hole 8) and Station House Restaurant (long drive on Hole 9). Cathy Theriault picked up two prizes - long drive in 2 on Hole 2 (Barriere A&W) and long drive on Hole 8 (Pottery by Ramona).

Debbie Rainer scored two prizes - KP on Hole 6 (EBL Ventures) and long drive on Hole 9 (Shais Designs). Emma Allen was another double winner with a long putt on Hole 2 (Barriere Timber Mart) and long drive on Hole 9 (Val Bella Studio). Singles prizes went to Ashley Salle (closest to the golfer on Hole 1 - Armour Mtn Office Supplies), Trudy Scarlett (KP on Hole 4 - Campbell & Company), Linda Ransome (short drive on Hole 5 Crystlee’s Hair Design), Babes Shanko (short drive on Hole 5 - Country Store Antiques), Evelyn Lucas (KP on Hole 6 - Stamer Logging), Rose Seymour (short drive on Hole 5 - Estylo Hair design), Donna Salle (KP in 2 on Hole 7 - Knights Inn). The Interior Savings Credit Union prize for putts was split between Kim Law (for most putts) and Deb Legaree (for least putts).

So there you have it.

Another season started.

The fun has begun.

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Check with Chinook Cover Golf, or give us a call; Debbie at 250-6729407, or Leslie at 250672-5706.

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Cowboy from Louis Creek wins in Quesnel North Thompson Star/Journal Tristan Brackman from Louis Creek placed first in the Junior Steer Riding event at the Nechako Valley BCRA Rodeo held in Vanderhoof last weekend.

SPORTS Texas scramble opens season

By Leslie Stirling Twenty-two hearty souls turned out to take part in the Club Opening Social on May 3 – an 18 hole Texas Scramble. Six groups took to the course at 1:00 p.m., and shortly after the sun made a very brief attempt to shine.

Two lovely couples staying at the RV resort at Chinook Cove Golf joined us for the afternoon.

One couple was from Red Deer, and when they discovered that it was snowing there they decided to extend their visit to the Barriere area. Bob and I had the pleasure of getting to know Jack McGuire and Earl Mattice during our round.

We ended up doing quite well so we are hoping they will partner with us again.

Our team of four tied for first place with the team of Trudy Scarlett, Haley Bradford, Grant LeCerf and Gary Forsythe. Both teams scored an awesome 67. Our out-of-town guests, Pete and Shirley Knight, Lefty and Yvette Hendrickson took home the last place honours, but hey, I always say “a prize is a prize”.

Trudy Scarlett picked up two pin placement prizes for long drive on Hole 1 and KP on Hole 4. Lefty Hendrickson had a long putt on Hole #2. Men’s long drive on Hole 3 was won by Walter Wozney while hubby Bob won the dubious honours for short drive on the same hole. Gary Forsythe won the KP on Hole 4 while Earl Mattice won the KP on Hole 6. Babes Shanko won the women’s long putt on Hole 5. Hayley Brad-

Carpet bowlers qualify for BC Senior Games Right: (L-r) Anke and Louis Zijderveld, and Ernie Yungen won the carpet bowling triples in Barriere last Friday to represent Zone 8 at the Senior Games in Langley this September.

Below; (L-r) Jack Livingstone, Hector Denton, and Pete and Linda Verhoeven also qualified in the fours to represent Zone 8 at the Senior Games.

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The May 3, Club Opening tournament at Chinook Cove Golf concluded with a cosy roast beef dinner in the club house. ford picked up the KP prize on Hole 6.

Although it rained some in the middle of the afternoon, the sun tried to come out once more later in the day. The tournament concluded with a fantastic roast beef dinner complete with a yummy dessert. Thanks to Susan Mitchell and her staff for looking after us so well.

I would like to thank all the golfers for putting up with me, and any mistakes that I make.

Hope you all have a fantastic golf season. See you at the course.

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Beshano riders wow crowd at Expo North Thompson Star/Journal “Wow”, was an exclamation heard frequently inside the North Thompson Agriplex during the Rural Living Expo and Trade Show when the nationally acclaimed Beshano Bike Trials riders were performing.

With amazing feats of athletic ability, strength and control, the riders gave three performances each day that were exciting to watch and in some instances downright amazing. Balancing their mountain bikes on the rear wheel, on cubes strategically placed at various heights, the riders leapt the bikes into the air across great distances to land onto another cube, and then strived to cover even more distance the next time.

The show was fun, fast paced, and a crowd pleaser. So much so, that the team from the Lower Mainland will be back in Barriere this fall to perform at the North Thompson Fall Fair and Rodeo, Aug. 30 - Sept. 1.

STAR/JOURNAL photos: Jill Hayward

A Huge Thank You To Everyone Who Helped Make the Rural Living Expo and Trade Show a Success!

Olympian at Agriplex Slalom specialist, Elli Terwiel, a member of Canada’s Olympic Ski Team in Sochi, was a guest speaker at the Rural Expo and Trade Show in Barriere on Apr. 27. TerwieI spoke about her journey to become the best that she can be on the ski hill, and the set backs that have crossed her path. She provided an enthusiastic look at setting personal goals and the satisfaction of attaining them.

Terwiel interacted with her predominantly young audience after the talk, and took the time to pose for pictures and encourage those present to believe in themselves.

Thank You To Our Sponsors: North Thompson Fall Fair & Rodeo Association • North Thompson Star/Journal • North Thompson Times • Black Press • The Bear 93.1 FM • NL Radio • District of Barriere • Thompson Nicola Regional District • Yellowhead Mining • Agri Digest Online... • 911 Golf Tournament • Barriere Timber Mart Thank You To: The Event Committee • The Exhibitors & Vendors • The Volunteers • The Visiting Public • And All Those Who Helped and Participated in ‘Axed’ and The 2nd Annual Bike Challenge.

Pictured is Elli Terwiel with Barriere teen Nick Koester. Nick is the host of The Bear 93.1 radio show, Generation Next.

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Vancouver Canada, Camera Show and Swap Meet Making Pictures

By Kim Inglis

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John E n ma n The clock on the stove signaled 7 a.m., and I heard the sound of my photographer friend, Peter, getting out of his truck in front of the house. I had my car ready as it was idling on the cold morning, and we jumped in and left for the hour-long drive to meet up with two more photographer friends, Dave and Pat at Dave’s place.

A bit over three hours later we had stopped for coffee in Merritt, driven across the scenic, mountainous and snow lined Coquihalla summit, driven through rain as we passed Hope, crossed the Fraser river into the warm coastal city of Burnaby and were parking across the street from the Cameron Recreation Center that was hosting one of my favorite events each year, the Vancouver Camera Show and Swap meet.

I will say the four of us were pretty excited.

We had talked about the trip for weeks and had just driven for three hours talking about photography the whole way, and now were walking into a large hall filled with photography equipment, all for sale.

Put on by the Western Canada Photographic Historic Association, and organized

by Siggi and Brigitte Rohde, this long-running show has now reached its 38th year and makes the claim of being the largest in Canada, with, I think, about 120 tables.

When I talked to the fellow at the door later that day, he thought well over 1,000 people had walked through the doors.

Yes, we were excited as we gazed at the crush of people.

Hmm, maybe it was a congregation and we were entering some chapel filled with the faithful. Anyway, as soon as we walked in, Peter yelled, “see ya later” and headed off disappearing into the crowd, and Pat and I started looking in earnest for a 60mm macro lens that he could mount on his new camera. I noticed Dave in deep discussion with a couple of photographers he had just met at a table packed with Canon gear.

The event was, as usual, well attended with all types of photographers from all walks of life. Photography, after all, is enjoyed and practiced by men and women of all ages and all cultures, and I can safely say every demographic was there.

I have been attending The Vancouver Camera Show and Swap for over twenty years, and that was evident with all the familiar faces and constant catching up with people I only knew from this occasion each year. I even stopped to talk and congratulate the organizer, Siggi Rohde on another successful show. He mentioned how some people had wondered as far back as 1992, when the first one was held, if a camera swap meet could be successful.

Well, the proof this year was in all the smiling photographers cradling gear in their arms as they wandered to the next table to purchase that one more “must have” item.

I have always found the secret is to buy a camera bag in which to put stuff. And what about my friends, Dave, Pat and Peter?

Dave decided against

Snowbirds and U.S. taxes

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Dave checks out lenses during the Vancouver Camera Show and Swap Meet the lens he had checked out, but grabbed a neat photography vest, Pat found the 60mm macro lens he wanted, and Peter ended up with a Fuji 6x9 film camera.

Oh, and although I wasn’t looking for anything in particular, I did find a great deal on a manual Yongnuo flash that will fit in perfectly in my offcamera flash kit, and just for fun, I bought an almost new camera bag with “Nikon” boldly sewn on the top. However, Pat talked me out of it on the drive home.

Now another Vancouver Camera Swap

meet has come and gone and I am left with memories of how much I enjoyed myself. Truth be known, I could go without a cent in my pocket and still have a great time, but who wants to do that?

These are my thoughts this week.

Contact me at www. e n m a n s c a m e ra . c o m 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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However, there are two alternative The definition of a U.S. person is quite broad. It generally includes U.S. elections that U.S. persons can make. citizens and residents, U.S. green card One is the Mark-to-Market election, holders, anyone with a substantial which requires investors to report all connection to the U.S. and certain en- distributions as ordinary income and tities organized in the U.S. The Inter- recognize all increases/decreases to the nal Revenue Service (IRS) says anyone value of the investment as a gain/loss deemed to be a U.S. person holding on their holdings, even if they were certain investment vehicles is subject not disposed of.

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A PFIC is a non-U.S. corpora- (QEF), which requires investors to retion that has either 75% or more of port their pro-rata share of the fund’s its gross income consisting of passive earned income and capital gains for income or 50% or more of the fair U.S. tax purposes. This means that market value of its assets consisting distributions or gains from sale would of assets that produce passive income. be taxed in a similar fashion to how According to an IRS directive, this mutual funds in the U.S. are normally means the majority of Canadian mu- taxed.

Some mutual fund companies are tual funds and exchange-traded funds (ETFs) are PFICs. In some instances, supplying tax-reporting information certain public companies such as RE- to help U.S. persons make the QEF election, and investors should ask ITs are considered to be PFICs. PwC notes that PFIC rules are de- their fund companies for the necessary signed to prevent taxpayers from de- data. For example, Fidelity Investferring tax on passive income earned ments provides a PFIC Annual Inforthrough foreign corporations or con- mation Statement. On the ETF front, verting this income into capital gains Purpose Investments is also helping taxed at preferential rates. There is investors comply with PFIC rules.

PFIC filing rules are exceedingly much debate whether Canadian funds complex and non-compliance can belong in that category.

The Investment Funds Institute bring costly consequences. Investors of Canada (IFIC) argues there is should seek advice from a qualified sufficient similarity between the tax U.S. tax expert.

Kim Inglis, CIM, PFP, FCSI, AIFP treatment of mutual funds in Canada and the U.S. to support the exclusion is an Investment Advisor & Portfolio of Canadian mutual funds from the Manager with Canaccord Genuity PFIC rules. They have made a sub- Wealth Management, a division of mission to U.S. congress to exclude Canaccord Genuity Corp., Member – Canadian mutual funds from PFIC Canadian Investor Protection Fund. rules; however, there is yet to be any www.reynoldsinglis.ca. The views in this column are solely those of the author. change.

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Instructions: In a medium bowl, stir together, mayo, mustard, salt 1 teaspoon lime juice, two green onions, breadcrumbs, egg and sirracha. Season to taste with salt, pepper, sirracha and lime juice. Gently fold in crab with a spatula. Gently form into four cakes. Chill for 15 minutes if you have time. While the cakes are chilling, stir together, remaining green onion, lime juice, cilantro, yellow onion and one teaspoon olive oil. Season to taste with salt and pepper. Heat a large non-stick skillet over a medium high heat. Add enough olive to barely cover the bottom the pan, about two tablespoons. Pan-fry cakes, until golden brown on each side, about 2-3 minutes per side. Serve with pomegranate salsa and fresh lime.

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Front Desk #C0332 German Speaking Tour Guide: Seas/Clw #CB0331 Professional Driver: Seas/Clw #CB0330 Barista/General: Seas/Clw ##C0329 Housekeeper B&B: Seas/Clw #C0325 Accounting Tech./Office Manager: FT/ Clw #C0324 Food & Beverage Server Experienced: Seasonal/Clearwater #C0323 Assistant Head Housekeeper: Seasonal/ Clearwater #C0322 Food & Beverage Server (Trainee): Seas/ Clw #C0321 Housekeeper (Trainee): Seas/Clw #C0320 Housekeeper (Exp): Seas/Clw #C0319 Laundry Attendant: Seasonal/Clw #C0317 Motel Housekeeper: Seasonal/Clw #C0316 Line Cook: FT/Blue River #CB0314 Prep Cook/Kitchen Help: FT/PT BR #CB0313 Waitress/Waiters: FT/PT Blue River #CB0312 Cashier/Line Cook: 4 PT pos/Clw #C0311 Campground Attendant: Seas/Clw #C0310 Waitress/Waiter: Seas/Clw #C0309 Carpenter: PT/2pos. /Clw #C0305 Baker’s Helper: PT/Clw #C0291 Pastry Chef: FT/Clw #C0290 Whitewater Rafting Inst: Seas/Clw #CB0275 Traffic Control: Casual/Clw #C0256

Free Workshops to help with your work search are available. Please contact us

Help Wanted HAY FARM/RANCH: Caretaker wanted at Little Fort, BC. Duties include operating irrigation system, haying help, yard maintenance, etc. Some mechanical aptitude would be beneficial. Salary commensurate with experience, but we can train. Ideal for semi-retired farmer/rancher. Good housing available. Reply by email to: fschlueter@xplornet.ca or phone Frank at 250-456-2387 or 250-706-9005.

LOOKING for contract logging trucks to haul in the Vernon, Lumby, Salmon Arm, Malakwa area. Steady work. Please call 250-597-4777

NORTH THOMPSON JOBS BARRIERE EMPLOYMENT SERVICES

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June 2nd & 3rd, 2014 - “Back to Work Boot Camp� Workshops will be as follows:

Mon. June 2nd Tues. June 3rd 9:00am-Noon Resume & Cover Letters Internet & Email Basics 12:30pm-3:30pm Networking & Dress for Success Labour Market Information 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. May 13th, 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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Services

Real Estate

Photography / Video PHOTOS

by Keith McNeill

Digital and film photographs.

Phone 250-674-3252 or email:kmcneill@mercuryspeed.com

Garden & Lawn Jenkins Road Garden Centre Cnr Hwy 5 and Jenkins Road Open 10 am - 6 pm Closed Wednesday Bedding plants, perennials, shrubs, fruit trees, hanging baskets, veggies.

Handypersons Handy-Person 30 years exp. in flooring, siding, decks, fences, plumbing, repairs, etc. Call Ray Semrick 250-318-5925 (Barriere)

Merchandise for Sale

Auctions Harvey’s Auction Service Presents Liquidation Auction.

Saturday May 10 - 10am.

Friday May 9 - Viewing & Preregister 10am-4pm 4364 Barriere Town Road Complete Shop Equip & Tools Specialties: Detroit Diesel 453 Jimmy, HD Wood SplitterHonda Powered.

USED TWICE Sharp Metal Lathe 13x40 w/attachments, 2 Lrg. Rollaway Tool Chests, Full Onan Genset, Air Compressor, Sander Unit, Mechanical Tools, Carpenter Equip. & Tools, & misc. Your attendance is appreciated. Info call 250-376-7826 / Cell 250-3192101

Misc. for Sale A- STEEL SHIPPING DRY STORAGE CONTAINERS Used 20’40’45’ 53’ and insulated containers all sizes in stock.

SPECIAL Trades are welcome.

40’ Containers under $2500!

Also JD 544 &644 wheel Loaders JD 892D LC excavator Ph Toll free 1-866-528-7108 Delivery BC and AB www.rtccontainer.com For Sale: 4 drawer filing cabinets, round wood coffee table, glass coffee & end tables, double pedestal desk, 8x8’ tent, 12x12’ screen tent, patio swing & office tables & desks.

250-672-5848.

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

1-866-652-6837 www.thecoverguy.com/ newspaper?

KILL BED bugs & their eggs!

Buy Harris Bed Bug Killer Complete Treatment Program or Kit. Available: Hardware Stores, Buy Online: homedepot.com KILL ROACHES! Buy Harris Roach Tablets.

Eliminate bugs- guaranteed. No mess, odorless, long lasting.

Available at Ace Hardware & The Home Depot.

SAWMILLS FROM only $4,397 - 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. www.pioneersteel.ca

Rentals

Transportation

For Sale By Owner

Homes for Rent

Auto Financing

5 BDRM HOME IN TELKWA FOR SALE

CWR 4brm Log House on land with a pool. Capped Utilities included for $1800/m. DDs and Refs. NS, Avail Apr 15.

250-851-3858 or 674-1313.

3200 sq ft, 4 bath, includes washer & dryer, fridge & stove, dishwasher hot tub, natural gas, contact 250-845-3315

Real Estate 20 ACRES $0 down, only $119/mo. Owner financing, no credit checks! Near El Paso, Texas.

Beautiful mountain views! Money back guarantee.

Call 866-882-5263 Ext. 81 or online www.sunsetranches.net

Rentals Duplex / 4 Plex Barriere: large 1 bdrm apartment in quiet neighbourhood.750sqft. $615/mo. Pets negotiable. Call 250-682-2231 Clearwater: 3bdrm duplex, w/d, f/s, $650/mo. Miller sub.

Call Julie 250-674-0188 Avail June 1

Homes for Rent

Suites, Lower Beautiful day lite basement suite. 1bdrm w/laundry. Avail.

Immediately. $600/mth 250571-7124 Big, bright 3bdrm basement suite. N/S, pets neg. $750/mth + utilities. 250-672-9611 Birch Island: 2bdrm suite now avail. Incl sat tv, util & laundry.

Wood Heat. Ph. 250-674-1768 Clearwater: Newer 2-bdrm 1200 sq ft daylight bsmt suite.

6 app. Prvt entry. NS/NP. Ref. req. $975/mo. Elec/heat incl.

250-674-3109

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Which B.C. road frustrates you the most?

Suites, Upper Clearwater: 2bdrm, n/s, n/p, sat tv, shared laundry, split util, $650/mo. Avail June 1.

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Transportation

Auto Accessories/Parts

North Thompson Star/Journal

Cars - Domestic For Sale, senior owned 2004 Chev. Impala. Very clean, well maintained, low mileage. $3000 250-672-9689

CHURCH OF ST. PAUL

4464 Barriere Town Road

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

Collectors Currently Buying: Coin Collections, Antiques, Native Art, Old Silver, Paintings, Jewellery etc. We Deal with Estates 778-281-0030 Used Postage Stamps

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.

THE OPEN DOOR FELLOWSHIP 11:00 am Sundays at the Ridge PASTOR TODD ENGLISH Join us for refreshments after the Service.

Phone 250-672-1864 anytime.

Affiliated with North American Baptist Association.

“Believe in the Lord Jesus - and you will be saved.” (Acts 16:31)

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 British Columbia Automobile Association (BCAA) is calling on British Columbians to identify the roads they believe are the most unsafe and in dire need of attention with its annual “Worst Roads” survey.

Until May 26, 2014, B.C. motorists, cyclists and pedestrians can cast a vote for their ‘Worst Road’ nominee by visiting the website, bcaa.com/ worstroads or the BCAA Facebook page. Voters can pinpoint the stretch of road they feel is the ‘worst’ in B.C. and specify what infrastructure issue they’re concerned about. People can vote once per road, but for as many roads as they wish.

“Roads that are jammed with traffic, full of damaging potholes or so deteriorated that you can barely see the road markings can be scary for anyone to use,” says Ken Cousin, BCAA’s associate vice-president of Road Assist. “By voting, you can draw some attention to those unsafe or inefficient roads that frustrate you the most.”

Last year, 581 stretches of road were identified by British Columbians as being some of the province’s most unsafe, overly congested or deteriorating roads. Westside Road, the winner for two years in a row, has seen a $6.5 million investment made by the Ministry of Transportation and Infrastructure towards improvements such as, realignment, paving and slowmoving vehicle pullout projects.

“We recognize that a lot of road work is underway throughout the province and that improvements take time,” says Cousin. “We all have a role to play. BCAA wants to ensure that drivers have a way to continue to identify frustrating roads and we ensure this information is shared with decision makers. As always, we urge British Columbians to do their part by driving safely and we have tips on our website to help.”

Throughout the campaign, real-time rankings are available on the voting site which can be accessed at bcaa.com/worstroads. Once final results are verified, BCAA will publish the Top 10 “Worst Roads” List and share complete survey results with municipalities, the Ministry of Transportation and Infrastructure and other road authorities to encourage improvements. Roads which receive 10 or more votes will be highlighted in the “Worst Roads” report to government, and communities are encouraged to work together to vote for roads that residents collectively feel need improvements or repairs.

The BCAA “Worst Roads” survey defines a ‘worst road’ as any piece of paved infrastructure—including a bridge or tunnel—meant for public use, which exhibits any of the following characteristics: • has damaging potholes or crumbling pavement • needs resurfacing • is often heavily congested • has inadequate road markings or signs • is poorly designed for motorists, pedestrians and cyclists to share safely BCAA over 817,000 Members, BCAA provides an array of home, auto, travel and life insurance services, and is renowned for its legendary roadside assistance. J.D. Power has ranked BCAA “Highest In Customer Satisfaction among Home Insurance Providers in Western Canada” two years in a row (2012 and 2013) - details at jdpower.com. Now in its 108th year, BCAA has over $460 million in annual sales, 27 locations and over 900 employees. To learn more about BCAA’s Community Impact Programs and the other benefits of BCAA Membership, visit bcaa.com.

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Bible Study on Tuesdays at 1pm

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3 bdrm house for rent. Rural setting. $650/mth. DD & ref. req. 5 app. incld. Avail. May 1/14. Call 250-672-5660 for viewing.

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Permaculture next step for Darfield earthship family

says Burkholder. “There are many days we don’t really need to light the fire but we love the coziness of it so much.”

Recently work on the kitchen and pantry areas has begun and cupboards built for the previous home have been adapted and installed.

“We still get a lot of interest in our home,” says Burkholder. “Late last summer though, at the request of our children, we put a hiatus on tours. The kids are all teens now and wanted a bit more privacy after four years of pretty much an open door policy on tours.” Tours should begin again in late spring with information posted on the family’s Facebook page, The Darfield Earthship and on their website, www.darfieldearthship. com Burkholder says they still speak at conferences two or three times a year and provide free advice and information to other people who want to build their own earthship. She and Newton are currently writing an e-book after encouragement from the Canadian earthship community.

“It’s a labour of love.

I’m overseeing most of the writing and flow of the book but Chris is contributing the technical parts. Every time

I think we are almost finished I think of other things to tell people.”

She says that they believe they are the first fully permitted earthship in BC although eight or nine unpermitted buildings existed throughout the province before they began building in 2009. Since then, six or seven more earthships have been built, or are under construction in the province.

Newton and Burkholder work as parttime consultants while they continue to homeschool their three children, Helen, Stephen and Katie through a secular school overseen by the Ministry of Education.

“This is our fourth year with the kids at home and it’s been an exercise in balance.

Chris provides network

management and IT expertise to several clinics in Kamloops while I also work in the health care field for several surgeons and medical clinics, doing freelance bookkeeping and corporate writing. It would be a lot easier to put the kids in public school, but I guess we’ve never taken the easy or traditional way with anything.”

Even their vehicle is not traditional. The

family operates a right hand drive Delica van that they converted to run on waste vegetable oil. They collect oil weekly from the Barriere A&W. Registration for the permablitz will start in mid-May and information about it can be found on the FB page The Darfield Earthship, or by emailing Burkholder at sandra@ darfieldearthship.com

Submitted photos;

(Top) The earthship has radiant floor heating and a rocket mass heater. The rocket mass heater can be see to the rear left of the photo. It is 10,000 pounds of cob (straw, soil and clay) heated with a very efficient horizontal burning chamber.

(Above) The pantry wall using old house logs from the family’s previous business, which they closed in 2007. The cupboards are repurposed from a prior building.

(Top left) Putting the finishing touches on the floor inside the earthship.

(Left) Ceiling clothes drying rack built from wood salvaged from the family’s previous home. The Newtons have not used an electric clothes drier since 2011

Six win free subscription to Star/Journal Six lucky people who dropped their names into a free subscription draw at the Star/Journal’s booth during the Rural Expo and Trade Show in Barriere are now the winners of a free 12 month subscription to the community newspaper.

The winners are: Pat Paula, Ron Hindson, Lynda Fournier, Bill Fowler, Cheryl Thomas and Al Fortin.

Congratulations to you all.

NT Community Chorus performing this Sunday

Thanks to the sponsors

Don’t forget, this Sunday at the Christian Life Assembly Pentecostal Church in Barriere, at 4 p.m., Leah Jones and her North Thompson Commmunity Chorus will be performing for the Mother’s Day weekend.

Please come on out and support our community singers. They are exceptional.

The 2014 North Thompson Fall Fair and Rodeo Association’s reigning Ambassadors, and the Ambassador Candidates for 2014 are shown with their much appreciated sponsors standing behind them during Banner Night on Apr. 24. Pictured (l-r) ViceAmbassador Kendall Mackay, candidate Lee Dionne with Margaret Houben representing the Catholic’s Women’s League, Annemarie Butcher sponsored by Lana Laskovic of Armour Mountain Office Services, Jillian McInnes with sponsor Val Stamer of Stamer Logging, Vice-Ambassador Vanessa Ballati and Ambassador Jenna Zietzov. The annual NTFFRA Ambassador Speech, Fashion and Talent night is scheduled for Friday, June 27, 7 p.m., at the Barriere Lions Hall. The Coronation event is scheduled for Aug. 22. Everyone is encouraged to come out and support the candidates.

STAR/JOURNAL photo: Elli Kohnert

ON NOW AT YOUR BC CHEVROLET DEALERS. Chevrolet.ca 1-800-GM-DRIVE. Chevrolet is a brand of General Motors of Canada. Offers apply to the lease, finance or purchase of a new or demonstrator 2014 Chevrolet Silverado 1500 Double Cab 4x4 (1WT/G80/B30/H2R), 2014 Chevrolet Silverado 2500/3500 HD Gas & Diesel. Freight ($1,695/$1,650) and PDI included. License, insurance, registration, PPSA, administration fees and taxes not included.

Dealers are free to set individual prices. Offers apply to qualified retail customers in BC Chevrolet Dealer Marketing Association area only. Dealer order or trade may be required. ‡‡ 2014 Silverado 1500 with the available 5.3L EcoTec3 V8 engine equipped with a 6-speed automatic transmission has a fuel-consumption rating of 13.0L/100 km city and 8.7L/100 km hwy 2WD and 13.3L/100 km city and 9.0L/100 km hwy 4WD. Ford F-150 with the 3.5L EcoBoost V6 engine has a fuel-consumption rating of 12.9L/100 km city and 9.0L/100 km hwy 2WD and 14.1L/100 km city and 9.6L/100 km hwy 4WD. Fuel consumption based on GM testing in accordance with approved Transport Canada test methods. Your actual fuel consumption may vary. †† Based on Wardsauto.com 2013 Large Pickup segment and last available information at the time of posting. Excludes other GM vehicles. Maximum trailer weight ratings are calculated assuming base vehicle, except for any option(s) necessary to achieve the rating, plus driver. The weight of other optional equipment, passengers and cargo will reduce the maximum trailer weight your vehicle can tow. See your dealer for additional details. † 0% for 36 month lease available on all 2014 Silverado 1500 Regular/Double/Crew Cabs. Sample lease payments based on 36-month lease of 2014 Silverado Double Cab 4x4 (1WT/G80/B30/H2R) on approved credit by GM Financial. Tax, license, insurance, registration, applicable provincial fees, and optional equipment extra. Annual kilometre limit of 20,000 km, $0.16 per excess kilometre. Monthly payments may vary depending on down payment/trade. Example: Silverado Double Cab 4x4 (1WT/G80/B30/H2R) including Freight and Air Tax is $29,888 at 0% APR, $1,450 Down payment, Bi-Weekly payment is $135 for 36 months. Total obligation is $12,000, plus applicable taxes. 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