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Gilbert Smith celebrates On Thursday, May 15, Gilbert Smith Forest Products Ltd. gathered together management, staff, and even retired staff to help celebrate the company’s achievements – two years of “no time loss accidents” as of June 19, 2014, and their Woodlands Department’s 12 years of “no time loss accidents”. Pictured is GSFP general manager Greg Smith announcing prize winners during the event.

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$40,000 to support NT Valley Hospice House Society North Thompson Star/Journal Health Minister Terry Lake attended last weekend’s Victoria Day parade in Clearwater, and at the same time announced a $40,000 grant to the North Thompson Valley Hospice House Society.

“This funding will support the work of the North Thompson Valley Hospice House Society as they conduct a feasibility study to develop hospice care in the North Thompson,” said Lake. “This investment reflects government’s commitment to provide B.C. families access to end-of-life supports throughout the province.”

The funding will help the North Thompson Valley Hospice House Society to review the need, and develop sustainable strategies, for the delivery of residential hospice services in the area. The study will also help the society and area communities determine a timeline for fundraising and planning.

“It is great news for the North Thompson Valley that government has provided this funding to help support hospice care in this region,” said Jean Nelson, president of the North Thompson Valley Hospice House Society. “I also thank the many volunteers and community members who have shown their dedication in

working to bring hospice care to the North Thompson.”

The North Thompson Valley Hospice House Society became a registered non-profit society in 2011 to raise money and awareness around hospice care in the North Thompson Valley.

All members of the society board are volunteers, and their efforts over the years have already raised $30,000 through community fundraisers like antique appraisal events and bike races.

The ministry published the Provincial End-of-life Care Action Plan for British Columbia in April 2013 to support a high-quality and sustain-

able palliative and end-of-life care system. The plan guides health authorities, physicians, health-care providers and community organizations in planning integrated primary- and community-care services to meet the needs of people coping with end of life, including their families and caregivers. The action plan supports quality hospice, palliative and end-of-life care services throughout British Columbia and was developed through extensive consultation with clinical experts, community stakeholders, policy leaders and service providers. Learn more at: www.health.gov. bc.ca/library/publications/year/2013/ end-of-life-care-action-plan.pdf

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Barriere’s 100th Anniversary Bill Humphreys Your Mayor at the District of Barriere

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The first of the Anniversary prize baskets drawings has been drawn.

The new 100th Anniversary button series is now available.

The party starts at 3PM June 15th at the Community Ball Diamonds.

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Thursday, May 22, 2014 North Thompson Star/Journal

Donnie Nicholson bursary a reality $5050 doubled by North Thompson Communities Foundation to create a legacy

By Jill Hayward North Thompson Star/Journal It was a small gathering that came together at the Station House Restaurant in Barriere last Thursday, but a gathering that created a lasting legacy in the name of Donnie Nicholson who passed away suddenly on January 25, 2013.

Board members of the North Thompson Communities Foundation (NTCF) came together with Donnie’s mother, Jo-Ann Kivari, in creating a lasting bursary for students wishing to go into the trades. Jo-Ann was there to officially present $5,050 that had been raised by Donnie’s friends and family to create the bursary in his name. The Communities Foundation was there to accept the funds and to match them – creating a total bursary fund of $10,100 at this time.

NTCF chair Barry Banford said, “This is a special event. The Foundation is happy to create a legacy for Donnie and the trades profession that he chose. We are really happy to give a bursary that immediately doubles to $10,100 for the trades. This bursary will go on for 50 years to 100 years from now – forever.”

Kivari said when the family and their friends first talked about creating a bursary in Donnie’s’ name everyone agreed. “This is an opportunity for kids to have a bit more money to go on into the trades and do what they want. Everybody chipped in, and we are already over our initial goal of $5,000.”

Banford noted the funds had been matched by the NTCF due to their current 10-for-10 promotion in celebration of the foundation’s 10th anniversary.

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(L-r) North Thompson Communities Foundation past-chair Cheryl Thomas with current chair Barry Banford, accepting a cheque for $5,050 to start the Donnie Nicholson Memorial Trades Bursary Fund from his mom Jo-Ann Kivari representing family and friends who helped raise the money. The Foundation has matched the money, bringing the total of the fund to $10,100.

(Right) Donnie Nicholson lost his life in a motor vehicle accident in January of 2013.

“We will match any new, or contribution to an existing fund, until October of 2014,” said Banford, “This is the beauty of the foundation – the legacy aspect.”

Foundation rep and retired school teacher Bob Hearn was in attendance, and noted he was “very happy” that the bursary had come to be. He reminisced about Donnie’s life, and why Hearn felt it was important to remember him through a legacy for the trades. “Donnie was a happy child,” said Hearn, “But he had an assertive nature. During the elementary years his mischievous nature started to show. By junior high he definitely had an alternate point of view. He was brought up under meager circumstances, where family health concerns and employment challenges went hand-in-hand. Donnie always had good friends, and no one disliked him – one of those rare finds.

“After a troublesome period for Donnie he suddenly decided he would make the high school’s principal’s honour roll. He achieved straight ‘A’s, pursued music, and lucky for him there were families in Barriere and other individuals who saw this wonderful young man full of promise, they provided a home and their families. Cheryl Field was a second Mom to Donnie, and her family was his family. The Holowaychuk family brought him in as a son and brother. Myself and my wife Cheryl had Donnie work at our farm, we helped play a part in his love for the piano, keyboards and guitar. Ted and Maureen Brown also thought the world of him, and their sons were good pals of Donnie. “ As the community embraced him and went out of their way to help make life good, Donnie responded by being an incredible worker, super co-worker, and stuck with his goal of “honour roll - no trouble - buckle down and just give ‘er’”, attitude”. Donnie graduated with honours from Barriere Second“When you need us, we’re close by” ary and he enrolled at TRU in the trades, where he graduated top of his class in pipe fitting. Then When a death occurs, I’m here to help you, every step of the way. 24 hours came employment and the big money he would a day, every day. need to build his dream.

If you have made pre-arrangements elsewhere and would like to discuss “He told me, “I want to have a little piece of having your local funeral home take care of you, please feel free to call. land, a family, a good job and enjoy life”. Donnie was nice guy and he was good hearted. At the NORTH THOMPSON time of his passing he was head hand on an oil disFUNERAL SERVICES tribution center in Alberta. His work mates were 4638 Barriere Town Road, Box 859 Barriere, BC, V0E 1E0 devastated, and in fact the project shut down for a few days as a result, some even left the job.

Call Drake at 250-672-1999 Drake Smith, MSW “Donnie’s eulogy is best captured on the North or 1-877-674-3030 day or night.

(Funeral Director/Owner) Thompson Funeral Services web site, written by his sister Lindsay and his parents Jo-Ann and Nick. He died in a tragic vehicle accident while returning from a job site, and one co-worker was also injured at the time.

“When I think of graduation, and how much each student looks forward to a happy life, it will always be clouded by a few precious people that left us too soon. Donnie Nicholson’s family spearheaded this movement to remember his life, to celTuesday – Saturday 8:00am – 5:00pm ebrate it, and to make sure his short stay here reinfo@alltorq.net mains fresh in our minds and will continue to help 851 Yellowhead Hwy. S. Clearwater, BC others on the path that he chose into the trades.

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B.C. apologizes for anti-Chinese laws

By Tom Fletcher Black Press VICTORIA – The B.C. government has presented a formal apology for its historic anti-Chinese policies that accompanied a federal “head tax” to discourage immigrants.

“Today we express our sorrow and regret for historical provincial government practices that were once considered appropriate,” says the apology, presented in the B.C. legislature Thursday by Premier Christy Clark.

“We believe this formal apology is required to ensure that closure can be reached on this dark period period in our province’s history.

“The entire legislative assembly acknowledges the perseverance of Chinese Canadians that was demonstrated with grace and dignity throughout our history while being oppressed by unfair and discriminatory historical laws.”

The apology ends with the vow: “We will ensure that this never happens again.”

Research has identified more than 100 B.C. laws and policies that explicitly discriminated against Chinese people in the early years of B.C. They restricted employment, banned voting and property ownership and imposed provincial taxes and fees based on Chinese origin.

(Research is compiled at www.EmbraceBC.ca) The federal government apologized in 2006 and offered compensation of $20,000 to survivors or spouses of those who paid the federal “head tax” that was in place from 1885 to 1923. After raising the tax to $500, Ottawa blocked most Chinese immigrants from entering Canada from 1923 to 1947.

Clark said consultations with B.C.’s Chinese community led by International Trade Minister Teresa Wat confirmed the desire for a formal apology, but not individual compensation.

“The community feedback that Minister Wat got didn’t generally favour compensation,” Clark said. “There is a group that do, but I think overall there wasn’t as big an appetite for that as there was for a genuine apology addressing the long list of wrongs that governments over the last century have done to the Chinese community.”

The government is allocating $1 million for legacy initiatives from the existing multiculturalism budget. Monuments or plaques commemorating the contribution of Chinese Canadians to B.C. are being considered for locations that may include Greater Vancouver, Barkerville, Nanaimo and Kamloops.

The government had planned to present the apology before the May 2013 provincial election, but that was derailed when a leaked document revealed it was being planned to maximize political benefit for the B.C. Liberals. A staff member resigned and the apology was postponed.

Clark said the government has worked with the NDP and independent MLAs to make sure the apology is sincere and non-partisan.

Pioneering an oil-spill drill in Kamloops

By Kamloops This Week Western Canadian Spill Services and Kinder Morgan crews staged a mock spill scenario on the South Thompson River at Pioneer Park on Wednesday May, 14. The company runs multiple drills each year along its Trans Mountain route, which stretches from the Lower Mainland to the Alberta oilfields.

About 50 people were involved in the emergency-response drill.

A containment boom was deployed in the river from the park boat launch, as it would in the event of a real pipeline leak into the South Thompson.

Rob Hodden, western regional director of operations for Kinder Morgan, said river scenarios are particularly important to practise

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Western Canadian Spill Services and Kinder Morgan crews staged a mock oil spill scenario on the South Thompson River May, 14 because the line runs through or parallel to many river systems in both provinces.

“We do a lot of stuff to try and keep the oil in the pipe in the first place and none of us wants this to happen but, of course, if it does happen, we need to be prepared,” Hodden said.

“And we want people to know we’re prepared and we train so,

in the event that something really does happen, we know we’ve been out there.”

Kinder Morgan is seeking approval for a major expansion of the Trans Mountain line, which would increase the amount of oil and refined products pumped through the line threefold — to 890,000 barrels per day from 300,000 barrels per day.

The $5.4-billion

project is under review by the National Energy Board, with oral hearings set to begin in 2015.

This week, the B.C. government announced it is seeking more information about Kinder Morgan’s spill-prevention and response plans as it prepares its own arguments as to whether the pipeline proposal should be approved or rejected.

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Premier Christy Clark thanks Chinese-Canadian veterans at ceremony at the B.C. legislature Thursday.

Canadian Museum of Civilization

A Chinese railway work gang, circa 1909. Chinese workers were brought in for the most dangerous jobs of constructing the Canadian Pacific Railway to B.C., then laws were passed to keep Chinese immigrants out.

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OPINION Guest Editorial;

The North Thompson STAR/JOURNAL

Thursday, May 22, 2014 North Thompson Star/Journal Unit 10 - 353 Connor Road, Box 1020, Barriere, B.C., V0E 1E0 250-672-5611

by Eric Milton, WGAC

Saying “no” to logging Upper Clearwater

Canfor proposes to begin logging the lower and especially middle slopes of the Trophy Mountains later this summer. Industrial scale logging in the Upper Clearwater Valley north of Spahats flies in the face of a binding agreement signed into effect in 2000 between area residents and the BC Ministry of Forests.

At a recent public meeting, the residents of Upper Clearwater voted overwhelmingly to reaffirm their support for that agreement, and called for a moratorium on industrial scale logging north of Spahats.

There are many other reasons to resist the Canfor plan – viewscape concerns, potential catastrophic floods, disruption of domestic water supply, tourism values, park adjacency, connectivity with Clearwater, impacts on wildlife, impacts on proposed Geopark status, impact on economic diversification, the poor track record of previous high-elevation logging in that area, harm to mountain caribou, and so on. Canfor’s single-use, minimum-legal-obligation approach fails to properly account for any of these factors. It also fails to meet Canfor’s own stated obligations to its social contract.

Don Kayne, Canfor’s president and CEO has recently made some very positive and powerful statements regarding Canfor’s commitments to sustainability. In a 2012 Vancouver Sun article he told reporters, “Canfor will not support actions that overturn landscape objectives set through public planning processes unless there is full public consultation and support. We will not support actions that impact parks or critical habitat for species at risk...”

The WGAC takes the view that there is a serious discrepancy between Canfor Vavenby’s plan and Mr. Kayne’s stated commitments. Amongst other things, Canfor Vavenby is set to overturn landscape objectives described in the Guiding Principles without any meaningful consultations. Also, it puts Wells Gray’s endangered Mountain Caribou at risk by greatly increasing early seral habitat. In the end the plan to log in the Upper Clearwater is not in the best interest of anyone – not even, ultimately, Canfor’s shareholders.

Decisions made in the coming month are likely to resonate in our community for decades to come. Accordingly we add our voice to the call for a moratorium on industrial-scale logging in Upper Clearwater.

No further logging should be allowed to proceed until such a time as the full impact of Canfor’s plan has been fully addressed by a wide range of stakeholders.

If you’d like to help the Wells Gray Action Committee work toward a brighter future for the area, please contact the WGAC at ThinkWellsGray@gmx.ca or call 250.674.0270.

Erik Milton represents the Wells Gray Action Committee (WGAC) – a grassroots group formed to oppose plans by Canfor to log in the Upper Clearwater Valley.

Walk for MS on May 25 To the editor; Our Scotiabank MS Walk is coming up on May 25 in Kamloops. Participants are key to this event’s success and they join us from all the communities within our Chapter area, which includes Barriere and Clearwater.

Multiple sclerosis is a disease of the central nervous system, whose symptoms are varied and unpredictable. Three Canadians are diagnosed with MS every day. The MS Society of Canada is working to change that reality today by funding crucial research to discover what causes MS and to find the cure; and by funding and implementing programs that improve the quality of life for all those affected by MS. But we cannot do it alone.

We need to increase coverage of our fundraising events throughout our chapter, particularly the Scotiabank MS Walk and MS Bike, and your newspaper is an excellent vehicle to do this.

By having coverage in your newspaper we can raise awareness about MS, and increase the number of participants for our event, thereby increasing funds raised, and bringing us one step closer to finding a cure.

I look forward to working with you towards ending MS. Katrina Wisla, fundraising coordinator Kamloops and Area Chapter, MS Society of Canada

The North Thompson Star/Journal is a member of the British Columbia Press Council, a self-regulatory body governing the province’s newspaper industry. The council considers complaints from the public about the conduct of member newspapers. Directors oversee the mediation of complaints, with input from both the newspaper and the complaint holder. If talking with the editor or publisher does not resolve your complaint about coverage or story treatment, you may contact the B.C. Press Council. Your written concern, with documentation, should be sent to B.C. Press Council, 201 Selby St., Nanaimo, B.C., V9R 2R2. For information, phone 888-687-2213 or go to www. bcpresscouncil.org.

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McLure resident to count birds for 24 hours straight

To the editor; I am hoping this might be of interest to you and your readers.

I am participating in the Baillie Birdathon, the oldest sponsored bird count in North America.

We are raising money for bird research and conservation.

The challenge is to identify as many bird species as possible within a 24 hour period during the month of May. The money raised benefits Bird Studies Canada, the James L. Baillie Memorial Fund, participating migration monitoring and conservation organizations.

More than 7000 people from across Canada (and from several other countries around the world) participate and/or sponsor the Birdathon every year.

The team I belong to (created by the B.C. Breeding Atlas) is called The Un Twitchables.

There are five of us on this team that hail from various areas throughout B.C. I will be doing my count soon, most likely from Heffley Creek to Little Fort. Being as I need to spend the night outdoors I am waiting for a bit nicer weather.

Participants can be sponsored by a dollar amount per species, or a lump sum.

I’ve been checking out my proposed area and hope to count at least 100 plus species.

This link is for my own personal fundraising

Scientific mind page for the Baillee Birdathon (each team member has their own page): http://birdscanada.kintera.org/faf/search/searchTeamPart.asp?ievent= 1097743&lis=1&kntae1097743=772F4D3D0F0 54247B9584FCFAA681AB5&team=5922688 This link is the “Home Page” for the Baillie Birdathon: http://birdscanada.kintera.org/faf/home/default.asp?ievent=1097743&lis=1&kntae1097743=7 72F4D3D0F054247B9584FCFAA681AB5 Thank you, Sherry L. Lidstone McLure, B.C.

Leave ALR as it is for the sake of B.C.

To the editor; An open letter to Health Minister and Kamloops-North Thompson MLA Terry Lake: I am a farmer.

I haven’t always been a farmer. In fact, I’ve done many things — some important, some not-so-important — but, without question, the most important thing I’ve done in my life is to be involved with food.

And not just any food, but the food we produce right here in our province. What makes it special is that someone many years ago decided it might be a good idea to reserve some land so we might have local food today.

I believe we were on the right track, but the trouble is we are now faced with a situation that could very well see us lose the very land we thought would feed us for generations to come.

This concerns me. If we lose this land, how do we feed our people of tomorrow?

I know you and your ministerial friends are concerned the people of B.C. aren’t living the economic dream.

Maybe if more land was available to exploit resources or be available for development, it might make their lives a little bit better, but land lost is opportunity lost.

Our future lies in the capacity of our Agricultural Land Reserve to feed this province.

Splitting it up only compromises the original intent of the ALR, which was to establish a land trust for future generations of farmers.

Your support of Bill 24 indicates to me you have no interest in how we feed ourselves, our children or their children. We have very little arable land in B.C. (four per cent

of the province a last count).

Perhaps we should make it count as some of the best agricultural product in this nation comes from our province. Why would we sabotage that?

I ask you as a person who obviously holds the health and well-being of the citizens of our province

dear to his heart to consider what a detrimental effect changing the spirit of the ALR will have on all of us.

I would like to know you, as our health minister, recognizes health begins with the land.

Please don’t give it away.

Dieter Dudy (Thistle Farm) Kamloops, B.C.

Thank You We would like to thank the Barriere & District Seniors Society, family, friends & neighbors for joining us in celebrating Dad’s 90th Birthday.

Thank you for all the cards, gifts and well wishes.

It was great to see you all again.

Gerry McDonald, Ray, Chris, Jeanette and Families.

Good Dog Obedience Classes Learn to teach your dog good manners and acceptable behaviour in all situations.

Six week course for dogs 6 months and older starts Thursday, June 5 • 7 p.m.

Barriere fall fair hall • Cost $100 Please call to register

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Clearwater secondary chemistry 11 student Aliya Bieber takes part in the annual TRU Chemistry Contest at Thompson Rivers University on Wednesday, May 14. The 50 students representing eight schools analyzed an antiseptic component of mouthwash during the always-popular component. Bieber reigned as the North Thompson Fall Fair and Rodeo Association’s Ambassador for 2012-2013.

Average mining job pays five times the minimum wage

To the editor; I was amazed to learn that the average job in B.C.’s coal industry pays $107,000 per year. That’s a living wage that a person can really sink their teeth into and build a solid life around. If you calculate it on a 40 hour work week, across a 52 week year, that’s more than $50 an hour, or five times the minimum wage. And that’s just what the average coal industry job pays!

Rather than putting precious resources into training more teachers just to add to the glut of teachers that already exists in B.C., why not put the emphasis on training people for jobs in the mining industry. Mining is high tech these days and the people needed to fill those jobs need high tech skills and training.

Besides which, if we’re ever going to have the financial resources to support and employ all those people graduating with teaching certificates we’re going to need the revenues that a healthy mining sector contributes to the province’s bottom line.

Donald Leung Received by email

District of Barriere

NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING May 26, 2014 at 7:00 p.m.

District of Barriere Zoning Bylaw No. 111 A formal Public Hearing has been scheduled for 7pm on May 26, 2014 at the “Ridge”, 4936 Barriere Town Road, Barriere BC regarding the proposed comprehensive Zoning Bylaw No. 111.

The District has received input from the citizens of Barriere during multiple public round-table discussions, neighbourhood meetings, “mail out notices” to proposed zone change residents, and at the Public Open House last month. The District of Barriere Zoning Bylaw No. 111 has received first and second readings from Council. Before giving the Bylaw subsequent readings and final adoption further public consultation is sought

by Council.

The purpose of a Public Hearing is to allow the public to make representations to the local government respecting matters contained in the proposed bylaw. All citizens of Barriere including persons who believe that their interest in property is affected by the proposed bylaw, shall be afforded a reasonable opportunity to be heard or to present a written submission respecting matters contained in the bylaw that is the subject of this Hearing.

A property map showing the proposed property zoning is available for you to review and provide comment to Council. There may be proposed changes to your current zoning in order to accommodate more appropriate uses in your neighbourhood. It is your responsibility to check your property on the map and provide any comments regarding the proposed Zoning Bylaw that you may have and/or any changes you would like to see as part of this comprehensive Zoning Bylaw process.

A copy of the Draft Zoning Bylaw and Map are available for review on the District’s website (www.barriere.ca) and at the District Office (4936 Barriere Town Road). A written summary of proposed amendments to the current draft to date are also available by request or online.

Written submissions can be delivered in person to the District Office (4936 Barriere Town Road), by fax (250-672-9708), by email (channigan@barriere.ca) or by mail (P.O. Box 219, Barriere BC, V0E 1E0) by Monday, May 26th, 2014 at 4pm.

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Thursday, May 22, 2014 North Thompson Star/Journal

Pennell proposes fire protection for Birch Island The Times

STAR/JOURNAL photo: Jill Hayward

New Horizons funding gets smiles from MP McLeod A grant provided from the New Horizons for Seniors program, to the North Thompson Fall Fair and Rodeo Association, has been used to purchase three golf carts (one a six seater) that will be used to assist those with mobility problems in getting around the annual fair, as well as other large events that take place at the facility. KamloopsThompson-Cariboo MP Cathy McLeod (l) stopped by the facility during the Rural Expo and Trade Show in April, and was one of the first passengers to be given a ride, along with NTFFRA past president Donna Kibble, thanks volunteer driver Charlie Kibble.

New summer jobs for youth in Kamloops-Thompson-Cariboo North Thompson Star/Journal Students in Kamloops-Thompson-Cariboo will have access to summer jobs to help them gain valuable skills and work experience, says Cathy McLeod, MP for Kamloops-Thompson-Cariboo, on behalf of the Honourable Candice Bergen, Minister of State for Social Development.

“This region is receiving over $454,351 in Canada Summer Jobs funding to hire 100 young Canadians,” said McLeod. “Canada Summer Jobs helps students gain the skills and experience they need to be successful, now and in the future, while earning money for the upcoming school year.”

Canada Summers Jobs provides funding to not-for-profit organizations, public-sector employers and

small businesses with 50 or fewer employees to create summer job opportunities for young people aged 15 to 30 years who are full-time students intending to return to their studies in the next year. In 2014, the Canada Summer Jobs program is expected to create approximately 35,000 jobs, while helping employers address skills shortages. Since 2006, the Youth Employment Strategy has helped more than 555,000 young people develop skills, to the benefit of the Canadian economy.

“Creating summer jobs for students benefits not only youth and employers, but also local economies across the country. Canada Summer Jobs is yet another excellent example of how our government is creating jobs and economic growth,” concluded McLeod.

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Men with erection problems are best advised to talk to their doctor for advice. The many ‘cures’ found on-line and in magazines are not based on scientific evidence and are a waste of money.

Massive polio vaccination projects in India have resulted in no new cases of polio in the past three years. Through the efforts of the UN, the Bill and Amanda Gates Foundation, Rotary clubs around the world and others, have helped achieve that marvelous goal. In neighbouring Pakistan, there is much resistance to the vaccine and polio is still infecting and disabling many children in that country.

Hookah-smoking is the practice of smoking by drawing the smoke through water before inhaling. It sounds like it should be a safer alternative to smoking cigarettes, but it is not. Even after passing through water, the smoke still contains high levels of toxic agents that could cause bladder, lung and oral cancers.

Some medications can slow down our intestinal tract and we could experience some constipation. One easy, natural way to counteract this problem is to eat a few dried apricots. Four or five per day should help. Be careful not to ‘overdose’, because it could cause the reverse problem.

As part of our pharmacists’ duties when dispensing a new prescription to you, we’ll let you know of side effects the drug may cause. It’s all part of our professional pharmacy service package.

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CLEARWATER, 250-674-3122

“It’s definitely the same, only different.”

That was how Tim Pennell described a proposed fire protection service for Birch Island.

The ThompsonNicola Regional District director for Wells Gray Country (Area A) was speaking at a Clearwater town council meeting held May 6.

The proposed service would be a scaleddown version of a proposal that was rejected by taxpayers last year.

The earlier proposal would have provided fire protection for all of the North Thompson Valley from McLure to north of Vavenby.

The new proposed service would be limited to the area between Clearwater and Vavenby.

Its cost to taxpayers in the service area would be about 25 per cent less than last year’s proposal.

A referendum to decide on the scaleddown service will be held this November at the same time as local government voting.

Under the proposal, Clearwater Volunteer Fire Department and Vavenby Volunteer Fire Department would jointly provide

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Map shows location of proposed fire protection service area for Birch Island coverage to the area between the two communities, Ron Storie, TNRD manager of community services, explained to council.

Depending on where the fire was located, the neared department would respond with one engine and one tanker, while the other would respond with one tanker.

The service would cover only structural and vehicle fires.

Both departments have adequate equipment to provide the service without needing more.

The major cost would be to install

and maintain two 10,000 underground water tanks or “dry hydrants”.

One would be installed by Birch Island Park, the second near Dibblee Subdivision.

Cost of the metal or fibreglass tanks would be about $35,000 each, to be paid off over 10 years.

Cost to taxpayers would be about $160 for a $142,000 home (the average assessment in the proposed service area). This could decrease after the dry hydrants are paid off.

There would be no increase in taxes for Clearwater or Vavenby.

If there was a fire, then the fire departments involved would invoice the regional district. For example, one fire engine would collect $285 per hour.

There would be no guarantee of a timely response, Storie warned, but at least one fire department should be able to respond.

There also is no guarantee that residents will be able to reduce their insurance rates.

If the referendum approves the proposal, the fire protection service would begin in January of 2015.

Fire prohibitions now in effect North Thompson Star/Journal KAMLOOPS - Effective at noon on May 15, 2014, the size of open fires is now restricted in most of the Kamloops Fire Centre. This prohibition will remain in effect until Oct. 15, 2014, or until further notice.

This prohibition applies to all areas of the Kamloops Fire Centre except the Clearwater Fire Zone and the Salmon Arm Fire Zone. The Clearwater Fire Zone and the Salmon Arm Fire Zone will become subject to this prohibition on June 15, 2014, when all open burning will be prohibited throughout the Kamloops Fire Centre.

Specifically, prohibited activities include: * The burning of any waste, slash or other materials (piled or unpiled) at a size larger than one-half metre by one-half metre. * The burning of more than two open fires of any size at the same time. * Stubble or grass fires of any size over any area. * The use of fireworks, sky lanterns or burning barrels of any size or description.

This prohibition does not ban campfires that are a half-metre high by a half-metre wide (or smaller)

and does not apply to cooking stoves that use gas, propane or briquettes.

This prohibition covers all BC Parks, Crown lands and private lands, but it does not apply within the boundaries of a local government that has forest fire prevention bylaws in place and is serviced by a fire department. Before lighting any fire, residents should check with local government authorities regarding any current prohibitions. The Kamloops Fire Centre stretches from the northern border of Wells Gray Park to the U.S. border to the south, and from the Bridge River Glacier west of Gold Bridge to the Monashee Mountains east of Lumby.

For information about open burning go to: http:// bcwildfire.ca/hprScripts/WildfireNews/Bans.asp Anyone found in contravention of an open fire prohibition may be issued a ticket for $345 or, if convicted in court, may be fined up to $100,000 and sentenced to one year in jail. If the contravention causes or contributes to a wildfire, the person may be subject to a penalty of up to $10,000 and be ordered to pay all firefighting and associated costs.

To report a wildfire or unattended campfire, call *5555 on your cellphone or call 1 800 663-5555 tollfree.

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Watson said the devices are starting to show up at schools and, after consultation with Health Canada and the Interior Health Authority, the policy was revised to ban them, as well as all other smoking, on school buses or other vehicles, in school buildings and on school grounds.

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There were a large number of commercial and private vehicles inspected for mechanical fitness and out of the ones inspected, six commercial vehicles were taken out of service.

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A strategy of the road check was to have other officers roaming the highway near the check stop.

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By Tom Fletcher Black Press The B.C. Teachers’ Federation plans to start one-day rotating strikes at schools around the province on Monday, rejecting the offer of a $1,200 signing bonus for an agreement by the end of the school year.

BCTF president Jim Iker said Tuesday the bonus doesn’t make up for the government’s wage offer of 6.5% over six years.

A simultaneous plan to cut teacher wages 5% or more because of strike action is “just so disrespectful, so unnecessary, and we’ll be dealing with it at the Labour Relations Board,” Iker said.

Unless there is some compromise on major issues, one-day strikes with picket lines will be staged at one group of school districts in each of the first four days next week, with teachers returning to work across the province on Friday, May 30.

Education Minister Peter Fassbender said the signing bonus and reducing the contract

term from 10 years to six were significant efforts to move toward a settlement.

“Unfortunately the announcement today says that the BCTF feels that disrupting classrooms, affecting children and their families is going to help to reach a settlement,” Fassbender told reporters in Vancouver.

Iker reiterated the union’s position that more pay, more teachers and a return to contract language guaranteeing class size and special needs support are needed to reach a settlement.

Peter Cameron, chief negotiator for the province’s 60 school districts, informed the union last week that a 5% pay cut will be put in place “soon” in response to the first phase of strike action.

The BCTF began work-to-rule action in April, refusing supervision outside classrooms and communication with school management. Rotating strikes were also authorized by the BCTF membership in a March vote, and beginning to shut down

schools could result in an effort to cut teacher pay by 10%.

Cameron said last week the union’s latest wage demand amounts to 15.9% over four years, far beyond what other provincial public service unions have received. The BCTF maintains its wage proposal is 13.25% over four years, including cost-of-living increases based on each year’s inflation rate.

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Planting a blooming community The Communities in Bloom (CIB) committee have been working on the various aspects of the project, including planting the garden beds inside Fadear Park. Pictured are (l-r) CIB committee members Val Stamer, Barbara McManus and Virginia Smith getting on of the many beds ready for planting in the park on May 7.

STAR/JOURNAL photo: Jill Hayward

Barriere Secondary Louis Creek Industrial Park to keep original name At the May 13, Committee of The Whole (COW) meeting a number of items were dealt with.

One of these was the official naming of Barriere’s new industrial park. The new name is the Louis Creek Industrial Park. The name is quite easily optimized for searching on the internet and this will provide a number of advantages when it comes to marketing the lots. It is also suitable in that it provides some inclusiveness to the surrounding area.

I have mentioned the status of the servicing of these lots with water last week. During the COW meeting the District council directed staff to start with the first phase of the water system. This allows funds from the economic development budget to be used to do the work.

As I had said earlier the reservoir will be checked by engineers to see if it is suitable and a draw down test will be performed on the well that was drilled a few years ago.

This first phase will cost approximately $90,000.

This work will be started once staff has completed the application for a Western Economic Diversification Program grant.

It is hoped we will be successful with our ap-

plication for this grant and that we will gain additional funds to service the industrial park. The grant program provides funds up to 50 per cent of the cost. The usual funding is more in the 33 per cent range though.

Council also approved the use of a BioBurner at the Wastewater treatment plant. The chosen supplier for this equipment is Fink Machine Inc. They are located in Enderby, and have installed a number of these units throughout B.C. The boiler unit will be installed in a 40 foot shipping container along with the backup generator for the plant. Council also approved the installation of a custom manifold that will allow for easy hookup of the other District buildings as we go forward.

Some residents have expressed concerns about how big the exhaust stack will be for this bioburner unit.

The sizing will be along the lines of the larger insulated stacks you see on the other outdoor furnaces around the District.

The height will be just higher than the top of the waste water plant ecology centre, as that is the closest structure to the burner. This boiler has state of the art emissions controls

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Bill Humphreys on it and can be monitored for emissions.

There are some with concerns around an increase in the District’s carbon footprint by installing a wood burning unit. However, wood fuel is classified as carbon neutral fuel, which means that it has a net zero carbon footprint. Please take note of the term ‘net zero’.

When trees are harvested, carbon dioxide emissions in the atmosphere increase because trees absorb this carbon dioxide and release pure oxygen.

Take a tree away and less carbon dioxide is absorbed.

Also, when the harvested tree is burning, carbon dioxide is released into the atmosphere.

This sounds like a problem, right? However, if the harvested tree is replaced by another tree the carbon dioxide which is released when the wood is burned can effectively be absorbed by the replacement tree. And when the replacement tree is cut down, another one steps into its place. This all works provided the harvested

trees are replaced at the same rate as they are cut down.

Other sources of carbon fuel like coal do not have this feature. We cannot grow new coal. By applying good forestry practices and using efficient wood burning appliances the harm can be mitigated, or very nearly erased.

The archeological work along our high risk areas where we will be excavating for sewer lines has turned up a site of some significance.

District staff is working with the archeologists to properly deal with the find and work out a solution so that we can still place the pipes.

Council had a report from Councilor Virginia Smith that the Communities in Bloom (CIB) committee have been working on the various aspects of the project. Councilor Smith said the garden bed planting is progressing nicely and that they have sponsors for all the beds, and there has been no cost to the District so far. Good work CIB committee!

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McLeod will carry Conservative flag

By Cam Fortems Kamloops This Week The federal Conservative party is first out of the gates by once again nominating MP Cathy McLeod before an anticipated election in the fall of 2015.

Opposition parties in the Kamloops-Thompson-Cariboo riding are in the midst of finding challengers.

The Conservatives said no challenger came forward in a bid to oust McLeod, who has held the seat since 2008.

She has never faced a nomination race, having been appointed by the party prior to her first election and running uncontested in 2011.

Incumbent MPs typically do not face nomination races unless they have run afoul of the party.

McLeod said the Conservatives are focused on governing the country while working in the background to prepare for the next federal election in October 2015.

The Conservatives are in the midst of nominating candidates in each of the country’s 338 ridings, some of them revamped since 2011.

That includes McLeod’s riding of Kamloops-Thompson-Cariboo, which loses the community of Valemount, but is otherwise little changed.

Perennial NDP challenger Michael Crawford said he has not decided if he will run a fourth time.

The party’s local nomination committee is looking for candidates and is hoping to be given the go-ahead by federal New Democrats to hold a meeting by next month.

“We’d like to get it done before summer,” Crawford said. “The nomination period just opened in B.C.” Crawford said he’s willing to step aside should a formidable candidate for the party emerge this spring.

“I think if there’s a strong candidate who comes forward that I’ll be happy to support, then I’ll jump on that train and make sure we win in 2015.”

Local Liberals are also seeking a candidate to represent the party in next year’s election and are targeting a nomination meeting by the end of summer.

“I expect there to be a race,” said Tyler Carpentier, president of the Kamloops Liberal riding association.

“There’s definitely multiple people (interested) at this point.”

In the last federal election, the Liberal party captured under six per cent of the popular vote, barely besting the Greens.

But, Carpentier said, Liberal Leader Justin Trudeau has captured the public imagination since then.

“In January [2013], when Justin Trudeau was visiting, we had over 600 people at TRU for a guy who wasn’t even leader at that point,” Carpentier said.

“We’ve seen growth in our activity since then.”

Crawford said he expects the auditor general’s review of each senator’s spending will damage the fortunes of both the Conservatives and Liberals.

“That will come out in early 2015 and will play into the federal election,” he said.

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The boys finished first place in the West Zones, and second place in the Thompson/Okanagan. All five members of the team were very dedicated, and represented the school and town of Barriere in a positive fashion. A big thank you to Chinook Cove Golf for allowing the BSS team to practice and play at their course, and for being so accommodating to the school. Pictured: (l-r): Jacob Peterson, Matthew Lee, Connor Booth, Drew Johnson and Russell Dana. Not in the photograph is Coach Ken Rife who is also the school’s principal.

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Gilbert Smith celebrates accomplishments

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By Jill Hayward North Thompson Star/Journal Gilbert Smith Forest Products Ltd. (GSFP) reps say they were “...very happy with the turn out” for their achievement day celebration and barbecue held last Thursday at the mill in Barriere.

General manager Greg Smith spoke during the celebration saying the event was to bring together everyone involved with the company’s accomplishments in safety, and the achievements that had been reached.

He noted there have been 41,000 hours put in to date on the mill’s recent $5 million dollar upgrade. Dan Doyle supervised the contractors that were hired for the project, including the GSFP crew that were also involved. This works out to 20 men working for one year, with no time loss accidents in that year for the project. The mill was able to operate throughout the upgrade process.

Smith also stated the sawmill has one year and 11 months no time loss accidents as of June 19, 2012. And that the Woodlands Department for GSFP has achieved 12 years of no time loss accidents.

This is an outstanding accomplishment as the Woodlands Department employees spend a lot of time on the roads, including the forestry roads which are not always that great under winter conditions, they are also walking the logging blocks which present a number of different natural hazards.

“Excellent job on safety everyone keep it up!” said Smith.

He also complimented many other members of the crew, and made special note of the mill having two 40 year grader veterans, and now four new certified graders.

The mill currently employs 46 full time, 19 part-time, and eight to nine office staff.

Smith made note that during the month of April 2014, 3.4 million board feet had been shipped, with 1.9 million board feet already shipped in the first 11 days of May. On the planner side, 9100 board feet an hour was produced during March of this year, with a total of 900,000 board feet of 2x6 run during that month.

Employees, management, GSFP retirees, and guests all enjoyed a steak barbecue, cake, and games with numerous prizes involved.

“The crew all had a great time with the pike pole game,” said a staff member, “And guessing the weight of all the employees on the scales, with the weight being 14,263 lbs. Rodney Jules’ guess of 14,204 lbs. won him a brand new barbecue. We wish him happy barbecue days from now on!”

The cooler was won by Woodlands clerk Marian Wallace, by way of pulling out numbers by the name, as nobody was able to find the winning mark on the trim ends during the pike pole game. Wallace says she is very happy, and will be going on a fishing trip to the ocean next year with her cooler.

(Left) GSFP Woodlands clerk, Marion Wallace, tries her hand at the pike pole game.

(Right) GSFP general manager Greg Smith (l) congratulates employee Rodney Jules on winning the barbecue for his guess of 14, 204 pounds for the scale weight of all the GSFP employees taken that day.

Gilbert Smith Forest Products Ltd. employees, management and many retired employees attended a celebration at the mill in Barriere on May 15 to mark the company’s achievements. After the event everyone took time to pose for this milestone photograph.

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Sun continues to shine on ladies’ golf night

By Leslie Stirling May 13 was the second week that Debbie was away - leaving the Ladies’ Night to Donna Salle and I. What a trusting lady!

I think the two of us handled things better than last week. At least I didn’t try to give prizes to the wrong people this week.

We didn’t have dessert because I forgot to ask for a volunteer last week, but the ladies promised they wouldn’t tell Debbie.

The lovely weather continues and the sun god is smiling down on us at Chinook Cove Ladies’ Night.

Twenty-eight ladies attended... I think many might be away perhaps spending time with family over the Mother’s Day weekend or getting an early start on the May long weekend.

Trudy Scarlett and Deb Legaree took a great deal of ribbing from me and handled it well. But hey - it is easy to laugh when you are the big winners of the evening. Deb scored a 45 to win low gross in Flight 1 and Trudy scored a 48 (33) to win low net. They both scored deuces and split that pot. Deb Legaree used the least number of putts to finish her round (15) and won the Interior Savings Credit Union pot.

She also came closest to the golfer on Hole 1 to win a certificate from Barriere Timber Mart, and picked up

Chinook Cove

Ladies Golf Report the Campbell & Company prize for KP on Hole 4.

Trudy Scarlett had a long putt on Hole 8 to win the Station House Restaurant prize, and a long drive on Hole 9 to win the Val Bella Studio certificate.

In Flight 2 Ilke Marais scored a 51 to win low gross and a birdie on Hole 1 to win the birdie pot. Evelyn Lucas won low net by retro with a 52. In Flight 3 Heidi Cline on her first evening out of the season scored a 52 to win low gross while Marie Hakes (also first outing ) scored a 60 to win second low gross.

Flight sponsors were Thompson Valley Awards (Flight 1), Stamer Logging (Flight 2) and Ron Wallace Trucking (Flight 3).

And (drum roll please) the following ladies won pin placement prizes: Evelyn Lucas had a long drive on Hole 1 (Barriere A&W) and a long putt on Hole 3 (Country Store Antiques).

Donna Salle had a long drive in 2 on Hole 2 (Barriere Massage).

Marie Hakes was a double winner with a long drive in 2 on Hole 2 (Crystlee’s Hair Design) and a long drive on Hole 9 (Armour Mtn Office Services).

Babes Shanko had a KP in 4 (Bondar Forest Planning) and so did Joan Streadwick (Carl’s Market Garden).

Debbie Pearce had a long putt on Hole 5 (Estylo Hair Design) while Betty Baillie picked up the Pottery

by Romana on Hole 5 for a long drive in 2.

Helen Fraser continued her hot putting by winning the Knights Inn prize on Hole 5 for a long putt.

Carol Hindle won the only KP on Hole 6 (EBL Ventures). Darlene Nickull picked up the KP in 2 on Hole 7 (Rainer Custom Cutting). Heidi Cline had a long putt on Hole 8 (Shais Design) while Abbey Bates had a long putt on Hole 9 (AG Foods). Vreny Kempter used her putter frequently and won the Interior Savings Credit Union prize for most putts.

After golf, dinner, and prizes were finished those of us attending were treated to an early look at the fantastic clothing line available at the club house. I saw an outfit (shirt and skort) that I was sure Bob would want to buy me for my birthday in June so I picked it up for him.

Wouldn’t want him to get up to the course and discover it was no longer available in my size. Thanks Bob. You have excellent taste.

Just a reminder to you lady golfers. Next week is four club night.

Hope to see you there.

SPORTS 911 Golf Tournament coming August 16 North Thompson Star/Journal Over the last two years $12,000 has been granted for bursaries and to support area youth initiatives by the annual Barriere 911 Emergency Services Golf Tournament. Over the years, this group has raised thousands of dollars in support of local charities and nonprofit organizations, and they continue to do so.

In 2013 the group funded the following: Bonnie Cruzelle-Myram Scholarship, Farm Kids Scholarship Fund, school sports, kids community garden, Rural Living Expo Bike Challenge, Barriere Youth Curling, Barriere Recreation Society, North Thompson Fish and Game Club, Barriere Youth Soccer Association, Upper Thompson Army Cadets, Barriere and Area Literacy Outreach, and the Barriere Bike Track.

All funds were used to enhance programs already in place, or to start new programs that provide area youth with diverse opportunities where all can participate.

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STAR/JOURNAL file photo: Jill Hayward

Numerous local youth organizations and youth events benefit from the annual Barriere 911 Emergency Services Golf Tournament, as shown in the above group shot of the grant recipients in 2012.

911 Emergency Services Golf Tournament will be taking place on Saturday, Aug. 16, at Chinook Cove Golf for a 1 p.m. shotgun start.

Tournament organizers are currently soliciting sponsorships for this worthwhile event, and are encouraging both business and individuals to lend their support.

Sponsorships range from $100 or more, $200 or more, and $500 or more, with each level receiving a number of perks and promotions for

their donation.

To find out more about how you can become a sponsor, please call any of the following: Cpl. Darin Underhill, RCMP at 250-672-9918, Cst. Dana Napier, RCMP at 250672-9918, Al Kirkwood, Barriere Fire Chief at 250-819-2017, Tim Hoffman, Barriere Search & Rescue at 250-320-9775, Jason Platteel, BC Ambulance at 250-819-7030, or Deb Young, BC Ambulance at 250-6729244.

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The number of horseback riders participating in local events has grown considerably over the past few years thanks to organizations such as the North Thompson Fall Fair and Rodeo Association, Barriere and District Riding Club, North Thompson Pony Club, Little Britches Rodeo and the BC Rodeo Association. Pictured are a number of riders participating in a recent event at the fall fairgrounds.

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Jamie Myram holds up the buckle she won in steer riding at the Keremeos BCRA rodeo with a score of 70 points. Jamie was the only female competitor out of 10 in the event.

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Nature plays a large part in Art by Ecki

By Elli Kohnert North Thompson Star/Journal The small settlement of Vavenby is home to Ecki Manthei, a gifted artist who‘s artwork grows out of his connection to nature, and his drive to follow every new idea with a passion that moves him to create what is in his imagination, without delay.

Ecki’s home stands out from all others in the Vavenby trailer park where it cannot be missed. Two large life-like eagles formed from wood, seem to be guarding his property. Varieties of creatures also made from wood, line the path to the house; and the ambiance of this place leaves no doubt that an artist lives here.

Ecki, and his life partner, Marilyn, arrived in the North Thompson Valley about five years ago. When they saw the trailer court in Vavenby, they “liked it right away and bought it”; a comfortable, quiet place that allows his creativity to flourish.

Ecki says he emigrated with his parents from Austria when he was a very young boy in 1945. He has lived and worked in various northern locations in

Canada, and eventually came to live in Cloverdale, B.C. It is there that he began his artistic career.

Seashells were his medium then, tells Ecki as he explains how they lend themselves to be made into clocks for instance, or be used as a canvas for his paintings.

When the couple eventually settled in the community of Vavenby, it is here that Ecki took on art as his life work.

Ecki has transformed one room of their home into an art gallery, where he now displays the numerous ‘Art By Ecki’ creations.

The variety of his work is remarkable; it ranges from usable art, like wooden spoons and clocks, to wildlife and nature paintings.

Ecki uses antlers for many of his carvings that depict wildlife, especially wolves, in their habitat.

“When I am walking in the forest, or along a stream, I often see something that gives me an idea for a project,” says the artist, “I may pick up a rock that would be just right to paint something on, or maybe I am lucky to find a moose or deer antler, and I know right away what I want to

carve on it!”

He notes that nearly all the materials he uses in his creations are natural; giving the artwork its special character.

Sometimes a person may come into the gallery to view Ecki’s work, and they may purchase a special item of art for their own home. Most of the time though, Ecki and Marilyn market the art work by taking part in craft fairs.

“At some I do well, with others I do not,” commented the art-

ist on selling his work through craft fairs.

The couple say they have a few tentative ideas in mind for marketing; such as going on the road to sell their creations. But right now, they have no immediate plans that they want to follow.

“We like it here in Vavenby,” says Ecki, “We feel comfortable around here, and we do enjoy to be with the friends we have made in the area. For now, ‘Ecki’s Art’ will have its home in the North Thompson Valley .”

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Partners working to improve support for young people with mental health and substance use issues

John Enman Photo

Participating photographers in a basic outdoor portrait photography session learned about off-camera flash techniques to help them transform their outdoor portraits into something special.

Outdoor lighting workshop #2 I’ll begin with a quote from an interview with American photographer, and author of the Strobist.com lighting blog, David Hobby. “…You hear a photographer say, “I’m a strictly available light photographer, I’m a purist…”. What “I hear is, “I’m scared of using light so I’m going to do this instead.”….

Well, for me lighting was a way to start to create interesting pictures in a way that I could do it…”

I wish I had read that interview with Mr. Hobby before I began my series of workshops on offcamera flash. I would have started every class with his quote. With that, I thought I would let readers know about the last day of what became an enjoyable and successful day for everyone, the photographers, our model Danya, and me.

Unlike the last session’s stormy overcast weather, the day this time was warm, sunny, and we didn’t have to contend with a cold, constant breeze. However, I couldn’t have asked for two better learning environments.

An overcast day demands different lighting techniques than those that accompany a bright, cloudless day, and all I had to do was present the partici-

pants with opportunities specific to each so they could begin experimenting, and learning how to effectively use off-camera flash.

In the first session I introduced the ten participating photographers to basic outdoor portrait photography, and off-camera flash techniques that would help them transform their outdoor portraits into something special.

This time I continued by putting together different lighting setups. In the meadow, I erected a backdrop, and placed a 4x6 foot light diffusion panel with a wireless flash to one side. The second set up was a lean-to that used a 4x6 light diffusion panel. For the third set up, I placed in the barn a softbox and a bare flash on stands. I also left extra wireless flashes on stands and a few reflectors outside the studio, ready for photographers to use when they wanted to select their own location.

My goal was to give participants plenty of options as they put into practice what they had learned about adding flash to natural light.

We positioned the 10x12 foot backdrop, made out of an old painter’s drop cloth, so it blocked the sun and

Making Pictures with

John E n ma n swathed our model in diffused light, and then fired a flash through a diffusion panel placed on the left.

The lean-to was constructed with a diffusion panel on one side. It softened the sunlight, giving a subject a diffused glow that could easily be manipulated with a reflector or flash.

The softbox was perfect for the open shade in the barn. The large metal-sided barn gave lots of room and an interesting patterned backdrop. In that location the softbox, a bare flash, and a reflector were used.

I always use a flash when I am photographing people, inside or out. I can’t control the lights in a large room, or the sun shining on my subject from 93 million miles away.

Participants discovered how to control the light they added from small off-camera flashes in the natural ambient light, and by the end of the workshop were using flash effectively, and learning about creating

and controlling shadows rather than just filling them.

We live in a time when cameras can almost see in the dark, and the art of adding light to a scene is under-appreciated.

Those photographers ready and willing to turn down that ISO dial and learn about off-camera flash are beginning a journey of discovery that will remind them that photography is all about light. And I expect they might finally ask themselves, why not try to have the most perfect light possible... and instead of waiting for that perfect light, learn to control that light by adding flash to make the best of the situation.

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.

Interior Health

Children, youth and their parents are at the centre of a collaborative initiative bringing together Interior Health, the provincial government, Doctors of BC and community partners that aims to improve access to services and increase supports for young people with mental health and substance use issues.

“Approximately one in seven children and youth will experience significant mental health concerns affecting their interactions at home, school, with peers and in the community,” said Health Minister Terry Lake. “This May 7, take a moment to recognize National Child and Youth Mental Health Day and learn about the help we’re providing to all British Columbians facing the challenge of mental illness.”

Improved communication, access to resources, and care provider education are just some of the changes underway through the work of the Child and Youth Mental Health and Substance Use Collaborative. The initiative is funded by Doctors of BC (formerly BC Medical Association) and the provincial government through the Shared Care Committee, with additional support from the Specialist Services Committee.

“As an ER doctor I’ve witnessed many children, youth and their families in crisis situations,” said Dr. William Cunningham, President of Doctors of BC. “Doctors in our province believe that through partnerships we can make a meaningful difference. That’s why we are providing funding support for this large, evolving and important collaborative. This is part of our commitment to provide quality patient care and to help build a better health care system.”

Since June 2013, the collaborative has held three learning sessions, with another planned for September.

About 150 participants take part in each session. These include members of local divisions of family practice (general practitioners), specialist physicians, staff and leaders from health authorities, the Ministries of Health, Education and Children and Family Development, First Nations, RCMP, non-government organizations, youth, families and caregivers.

“The Ministry of Children and Family Development is responsible for setting policy and delivering services for children and youth mental health. We all know, however, that there are many links from these services to the formal health system,” said Minister of Children and Family Development Stephanie Cadieux.

“For services to improve, we need all

of our partners to work together with us to improve the system – from the children and families’ perspective – while also being aware of the limited resources we have as part of any ministry budget. That’s why I’m pleased that MCFD is a co-lead of this collaborative.”

As their input is integral in guiding system improvements, children, youth and families are actively involved, mainly through the partnership with the FORCE Society for Kids’ Mental Health. The steering committee and local action teams include youth and family members whose personal experiences help guide the work of the collaborative.

“We need you all” was a message from two youth from one of the action teams, and speaks to the essence of the collaborative.

The local action teams are comprised of a variety of professionals such as physicians, school counsellors, social workers and others who work together to improve timely access to care for children and youth and their families. Achievements and goals include: • Develop local inventories and resource tools to show the mental health and substance use services and supports for children, youth and families.

• Increasing the number of family physicians who have completed the Practice Support Program Child and Youth Mental Health Training Module. Currently almost 600 GPs in B.C. have taken this training since its inception.

• Increasing the number of families accessing the family counselling/ coaching program “Strongest Families” and reducing waits to access this program.

• Streamlining access into care for children and youth at highest risk, including targeted timelines for implementation of a treatment plan.

The local action teams are supported by seven province-wide working groups of the collaborative steering committee, working on system barriers to improvements, such as information sharing, recruitment of child and youth psychiatrists, and standardized care for families with youth in crisis.

“Everyone knows there is a lot of work to do. Everybody recognizes how important this work is.

Bringing this many people together in one room to share ideas and hear first-hand the experiences of families has been galvanizing,” said Interior Health Board Chair Norman Embree. “We look forward to continuing this work, accomplishing our goals and sharing this work out across the province.”

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Pepperoni Pizza Lasagna Rolls

For the Sauce: 1 tbsp unsalted butter 1 tsp extra virgin olive oil 2 garlic cloves, minced 1/2 of a med. yellow onion, diced small 28 oz can HUNTS’s 100% Natural Diced Tomatoes 3 oz tomato paste 1 tsp dried basil 1/2 tsp dried oregano 1/2 tsp sugar pinch of red pepper flakes salt & pepper to taste For the Lasagna Rolls 10 cooked lasagna noodles 2 cups of the pizza sauce you prepared 1 egg, lightly beaten 1 1/4 cups part-skim ricotta cheese 1 1/2 cups KRAFT Shredded LowMoisture Part-Skim Mozzarella Cheese, divided 3/4 cup KRAFT Grated Parmesan

Cheese, divided 1/4 cup chopped fresh parsley 1/4 tsp pepper 3 oz sliced pepperoni (50-60 slices) Sauce: In a lrg pan over medium-low heat, heat butter & olive oil until melted.

Add garlic & onion & saute until tender..

Stir in tomatoes, paste, basil, oregano, sugar, & red pepper flakes. Bring to a boil & reduce heat to low. Cover, tilt lid slightly to release steam. Simmer for 15 mins. Cool slightly. With immersion blender, CAREFULLY blend until sauce has desired texture. (It makes more than is needed for this recipe. Refrigerate or freeze extras.) For the Lasagna Rolls: Preheat oven to 350F. Cook noodles, drain & rinse with cold water & lay out on wax paper so they don’t stick. Spray a baking dish w/nonstick spray & spread 1/2 cup of pizza sauce into the pan.

Set aside. Meanwhile, prepare filling in a lrg bowl by mixing egg, ricotta cheese, 1 cup mozzarella, 1/2 cup grated

parmesan, parsley & pepper until well combined. Lay out one lasagna noodle & spread it with about 2 tbsps of cheese filling. Lay out 5-6 pepperoni slices on top of cheese filling. Roll up each noodle starting at the short ends. Place in prepared baking dish, seam side down & repeat. Pour 1 1/2 cups pizza sauce over the rolls & top with 1/2 cup mozzarella & 1/4 cup parmesan. Cover with foil & bake for 45-50 mins (remove foil for last 10-15 mins) or until hot & cheese is melted.

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YOUR GATEWAY TO LABOUR MARKET INFORMATION HEAVY DUTY RED SEAL MECHANIC – Hy’s North Transportation BC0295 RN NURSE - Yellowhead Pioneer Residence BC0349 DELIVERY DRIVER/KITCHEN PREP – Sam’s Pizza B0355 KITCHEN HELP – Sam’s Pizza B0357 TOURIST BOOTH ATTENDANT – Barriere & District Chamber of Commerce CASUAL COOK - Yellowhead Pioneer Residence Society BC0374 FARM LABOURER - Ponderosa Ginseng Farms BC0382 PLANT AND FLOWER CARETAKER - Barriere Garden Market B0383 HOUSEKEEPER – Y 5 Motel B0389 MIKE WIEGELE - http://www.wiegele.com/employment.htm SUN PEAKS - http://www.sunpeaksresort.com/corporate/work-and-play/opportunities FOR MORE INFORMATION ON THE ABOVE JOBS PLEASE GO TO

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

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In Loving Memory

Ronald Borrill

March 6, 1954 – May 2, 2014 With heavy hearts we announce that Ron passed away, peacefully at home in Coquitlam, B.C., just after midnight on May 2, 2014.

He is loved and dearly missed by his wife Maureen; children Beth and Tony; siblings Bud, Anne, and Doug; and numerous friends and family. Ron is remembered for his unwavering courage, dignity, and grace in the face of all his challenges, as well

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

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Ethel Eva Evans of Darfield, B.C., passed away May 11, 2014, at 93 years of age.

She is survived by her son Greg (Lorine) of Chase, B.C. She is also survived by four grandchildren, eight great grandchildren, two sisters and numerous other relatives. Ethel was predeceased by her husband Percy, her daughter Laura, and her grandson Garrett.

Ethel was born on November 20, 1920, in Steelhead Mission. After time in Mission she moved to New Westminster, then Burnaby, and then Prince George before the final move to

the farm in Darfield in 1958.

She enjoyed playing baseball in her early days and later enjoyed lawn bowling. She also enjoyed sewing, soapstonecarving, and painting. She was independent and continued to drive to Barriere for groceries on a weekly basis until one year ago.

The family would like to thank the caregivers and staff at the Ridgeview Lodge.

A Celebration of Life will take place on Saturday, May 31, 2014, at 1:30 p.m., in the Barriere Seniors Centre. Memorial donations in memory of

Ethel may be made to the Alzheimer Society of B.C., 300 – 828 West 8th Ave., Vancouver, B.C., V5Z 1E2.

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as his adoration of the cabin, fine dining, a good laugh, and – most of all – his family and friends.

Services and reception will be held on Saturday, May 24, 2014, at 1:00 p.m., at First Memorial Burkeview Chapel, 1340 Dominion Ave., Port Coquitlam, B.C. In lieu of flowers, donations to the Canadian Cancer Society or Pancreatic Cancer Canada are appreciated. First Memorial Burkeview Chapel: 604-944-4128

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Adopt a Shelter Cat! The BC SPCA cares for thousands of orphaned and abandoned cats each year.

If you can give a homeless cat a second chance at happiness, please visit your local shelter today. www.spca.bc.ca

North Thompson Star/Journal Have you ever felt helpless after seeing a story of animal cruelty in the news? Now you can take action to save the life of an injured or abused animal through a new emergency medical website launched by the BC SPCA this week. The new site (spca.bc.ca/medicalemergency) profiles injured animals currently in the SPCA’s care and encourages donors to be part of their treatment and rehabilitation.

“The BC SPCA cares for more than 25,000 injured, abused and abandoned animals every year across the province,” says Shoni Field, director of fundraising operations and innovation for the BC SPCA. “Many of the animals require extensive – and expensive – emergency medical care and treatment, often exceeding the funds avail-

able in a shelter’s regular medical budget. Our online site is a way for us to connect injured animals with compassionate individuals who help us save lives by donating to an animal’s care.”

The site features stories about animals across the province who are undergoing treatment, with updates on their recovery so that donors can see the difference their contribution has made.

“We are so grateful to the individuals who provide life-saving support for our province’s most vulnerable animals,” says Field. “Our veterinary costs exceed $5 million a year and, as a not-for-profit organization, we simply could not do the work that we do without the generosity of individuals who reach out to give the wonderful animals in our care a second chance.”

To help save a life, please visit spca.bc.ca/ medicalemergency.

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STAR/JOURNAL photo: Elli Kohnert

The Annual North Thompson Garden Club’s plant sale on May 10 was very well attended at the Barriere Bandshell. A Master Gardener from TRU, Elizabeth Ratcliffe (not pictured), was on site as well to answer questions, give some advice and make suggestions about gardening.

Impact of the U.S. estate tax on Canadians

By Kim Inglis

Canadian residents, who die owning assets such as vacation properties in the United States or stocks in U.S. companies, may be subject to U.S. estate taxes. For tax purposes, assets include real and tangible personal property situated in the U.S., shares of U.S securities and units of U.S. mutual funds, certain U.S. debt obligations, deposits in a brokerage account in the U.S., assets of a business carried on in the U.S., and U.S. retirement plans and annuities.

Under the Canada-U.S. Tax Treaty, Canadian residents with worldwide assets valued at US$5.34 million or higher will be required to pay U.S. estate tax as high as 40% on the fair market value of U.S. situs assets. Fortunately, some relief is possible. Canadian residents may be able to claim a unified credit exemption equal to the greater of US$13,000 or a prorated amount based on a formula using the value of U.S. assets relative to total worldwide assets.

For example, a Canadian resident with a total estate value of $10 million, owning $1 million of U.S. assets, will be subject to US$345,800 in estate tax.

Claiming the unified credit exemption reduces the U.S. estate tax liability to US$137,620.

Other credits are

available. A marital credit is provided to those leaving U.S. assets to a spouse on death. Foreign tax treaty relief may be available in the form of a credit against Canadian income tax. Small estate relief exempts Canadians from estate tax if their worldwide gross estate does not exceed US$1.2 million at death, subject to conditions.

There are other ways to further minimize or defer U.S. estate tax. The most obvious would be to reduce the estate value to less than US$5.34 million as this would completely eliminate U.S. estate tax on deaths in 2014. Similarly, gifting U.S. situs property to certain U.S. charities on death will exempt those assets from U.S. estate tax.

Those who own U.S. real estate may wish to use a nonrecourse mortgage to finance it. This effectively allocates the liability directly against the value of the U.S. real estate, thereby reducing the value subject to U.S. estate tax.

Regarding U.S. equities, Canadians might use a Canadian corporation to own U.S. securities.

However, although it excludes the U.S. situs assets on death, it may not always result in tax savings as the taxes on investment income and capital gains could be more than would have been

payable through the the unified credit exU.S. estate tax. emption calculation.

Others may elect Clearly, when planto re-structure their ning for an integrated U.S. equity invest- solution to U.S. estate ments altogether. For tax liabilities, it is wise instance, they may to work with a qualichoose a Canadian fied U.S. tax expert mutual fund focused proficient in cross-boron U.S. equities in- der issues. stead of buying them Kim Inglis, CIM, directly. Such invest- PFP, FCSI, AIFP is ments are not consid- an Investment Advisor ered to be U.S. situs & Portfolio Manager property because the with Canaccord Genumutual fund is essen- ity Wealth Managetially considered to be ment, a division of a corporation.

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