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District of Barriere CAO, Colleen Hannigan, says the reason Barriere’s 100th Anniversary celebration scheduled to take place last Sunday afternoon was cancelled that morning was “due to a weather forecast of thunderstorms for the area”.

“With metal in our tents, metal fences and people set to be playing games on the ball fields where the

event was to be held we had concerns about lightening – we did a lot of soul-searching before finally calling it all off,” said Hannigan. “The risk of lightening in the area was predicted by weather forecasters for between 3 and 5 p.m., the time of our event.”

However, Hannigan says the event has not been scrapped, just rescheduled to happen at Fadear Park and the Bandshell on July 1 in conjunction with Canada Day celebrations.

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Cedar Kings win District

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The Barriere Cedar Kings Pee Wee girls softball team have won the District playdowns against Kamllops in game three of the best of three. They did it the hard way by losing game one and having to win back to back. But the team persevered and showed great fortitude by wearing their opposition down in game three by getting out to a seven run lead after 4 innings, which resulted in a mandatory win as the mercy rule applied. The Provicncials will be hosted by Pitt Meadows on July 4-7. Pictured front row (l-r) with nicknames in brackets: Meghan Booth (Spits), Lauren Tremblay (Lou), Geri-Lee Genier (Boots), Madi Kerslake (Madster). Middle row: Grace Kempter (Bloody Knee), Katelyn Palmer (Limpy), Rebecca Meller (Sparky), Claire Kennedy (Toughie), Pam Lefeuvre (Thumper), and Brooke Hartman (Bear Cub). Back row; coaches Dave Tremblay Steve Lefeuvre with team member Sammy Williams (Bam Bam).

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Father’s Day angler Area resident Mel Schmidt shows the Eastern Brook Trout that won him a first place award in the North Thompson Fish and Game Club’s Father’s Day Fishing Derby last Sunday. Schmidt, who turned 80 this spring, says his fish was the largest non-rainbow caught, weighing in at 1.5 pounds, and was caught at Lynn Lake. Find more about the Derby on page 13.

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Premier shuns refinery decisions to avoid conflict

By Jeff Nagel Black Press

Hail storm follows rain

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Nature threw all she had around the Barriere area last Friday. While thunder storms roamed the valley throughout the day, a deluge of rain was then topped off with a hail storm.. Pictured is the start of the hail splashing into an abundance of rain water that has just collected on the wooden deck of a local home.

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Premier Christy Clark is stepping aside from any decisions related to new oil refineries after the emergence of a new refinery proposal involving her ex-husband.

Mark Marissen has been hired as vice-president of Pacific Future Energy, which today announced plans to build an oil refinery in Prince Rupert.

“I learned that this proposal was going to become something real last week,” Clark said, adding she then contacted the provincial conflict-ofinterest commissioner for guidance.

Pacific Future Energy is the latest company pursuing the idea of refining bitumen from the Alberta oil sands before it’s loaded onto tankers so there’s less risk to the marine environment waters in the event of a spill.

Victoria businessman David Black, owner of Black Press newspapers, has spearheaded a similar refinery proposal, to be located between Kitimat and Terrace.

Black’s Kitimat Clean plan could use bitumen coming from the Northern Gateway pipeline – if it’s built – or else it could aim to build a separate pipeline or use trains carrying oil by rail.

Black continues to seek a $10-billion loan guarantee from the federal government to satisfy potential international investors.

Pacific Future Energy said it plans a scaleable $10-billion refinery ranging from 200,000 barrels per day up to one million if required.

Salmer Salameh, the executive chairman of Pacific Future and the head of a Mexican infrastructure conglomerate, called it “a unique opportunity to build the greenest refinery in the world.”

The company announced its plan Tuesday and said it’s beginning pre-feasibility studies.

It comes ahead of an imminent decision by the federal government on Enbridge’s proposed Northern Gateway pipeline project, which would carry bitumen to Kitimat for export by tanker.

“It is my understanding that this proposal doesn’t depend or isn’t linked to any pipeline proposal,” Clark told reporters Tuesday.

She will refer all government deliberations on any refinery proposal to Finance Minister Mike de Jong.

The conflict-of-interest rules for MLAs do not specifically cover spouses, but say MLAs should recuse themselves if a situation is likely to lead to a perception they may personally benefit.

NDP finance critic Mike Farnworth called it the right decision.

“It’s important that the premier is held to a higher standard,” he said.

The B.C. Liberals 2013 election platform backed the concept of Black’s refinery plan and pledged to support its development.

Black said he met last year with Pacific Future’s Mexican backers, who initially wanted to partner with him on the new refinery.

But he said they were only interested if they got majority control, something Black rejected

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Premier Christy Clark is stepping aside from any decisions related to new oil refineries after the emergence of a new refinery proposal involving her ex-husband.

Victoria businessman David Black, owner of Black Press newspapers, including the Star/Journal, is spearheading a refinery proposal, to be located between Kitimat and Terrace. as against Canada’s interests and potentially leading to reduced environmental safeguards.

“The good news to me is their interest validates our value-added concept for any doubters out there as to whether this is a good business proposition,” Black said.

“Here’s somebody else who wants to do the same thing.”

There have been no further talks on joining forces, he said.

Black said he’s not concerned about provincial bias arising from Marissen’s role.

“I’m not asking the province to pick a favourite or anything but I do hope they endorse the concept and provide funding for the concept so we can move ahead.”

Black said he’s been told by federal officials that a loan guarantee from Ottawa is possible – but only if B.C. also backs it.

“It comes down to whether the B.C. government is keen on championing this kind of project and has money for it.”

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Health minister details challenges, successes of the system

By Dale Bass Kamloops This Week One of the last places a person wants to be when they are sick is in a hospital, the province’s health minister told a gathering of Kamloops business people on Friday, June 13.

He was not denigrating the quality of treatment in the facilities, Terry Lake said, but acknowledging hospitals are home to many virus and bacteria, not all of which are under the control of staff.

It’s why his ministry works with the many partners in health care in B.C., all with an eye to keeping costs down, wait lists short, diagnoses and care fluid and minimizing the amount of time people must spend in a hospital or care facility.

Lake told the lunch meeting of Kamloops Chamber of Commerce members at Hotel 540 he is stickhandling through a patchwork system that has evolved over time, one that includes private clinics, third-party insurers, medical professionals using various billing processes, wait lists that never seem to shorten and an aging popula-

tion relying more on health care than ever before.

The Ministry of Health has a $17 billion budget, with the bulk of services (40 per cent) being used by a demographic (75 years of age and older) that comprises just seven per cent of the province’s population.

He said spending in the mid-200s was becoming unsustainable, with increases up to 8.1 per cent in the 20112012 fiscal year.

He said his ministry has worked to “bend the curve down” so that health-care cost increases are now in the two to three per cent range annually.

That’s been accomplished through various ways, including what Lake called a “hard-line approach” with drug companies that has saved more than $100 million for the healthcare system and which he predicted will decrease by another eight per cent next year.

The savings have come via the government’s decision to opt for cheaper generic drugs for patients.

Lake said another $200 million has been saved in a four-year

period by employing a shared-purchase plan among government agencies.

Savings are also being realized, Lake said, by moving some health-care delivery out of hospitals and into clinics, like the North Kamloops clinic providing dialysis to Kamloopsians, through outpatient services and through at-home visits, such as those Lake’s 82-year-old father receives from an occupational therapist in his Kelowna apartment.

There’s still work to be done, Lake said, noting rural and remote regions continue to provide a challenge, despite the fact there are now 1,605 doctors in those areas, a seven per cent increase from 2009-2010.

Emergency rooms remain congested despite more money being put into the health system, Lake said, and health care itself is more about processes and bureaucracy than about patients and their care.

“We don’t need more [hospital] beds.

We need to shift to a community-based deliver of service. We need to use the beds we have

more effectively.”

Lake said perhaps a conversation is needed with private clinics to determine how they can work within the public health-care system to help it run more smoothly.

Earlier in the day, Lake announced an infusion of cash into a program that provides non-medical supports to seniors, ideally helping them remain independent in their own homes longer.

The Better at Home program, run by United Way organizations throughout the province, will receive an additional $2 million to the $22 million it has already received to run the program in 60 communities, including Kamloops.

The province’s new seniors’ advocate, Isobel Mackenzie, said the money is welcome because “most seniors want to help themselves and others.

“It is all of our responsibility to ensure they have the tools, supports and services to realize their full potential.”

Mackenzie was in Kamloops to take part in a seniors symposium hosted by Oncore,

McLeod says majority of Veterans are well served under new Charter North Thompson Star/Journal Ottawa – Cathy McLeod, Member of Parliament for Kamloops – Thompson – Cariboo congratulate all Members from the Standing Committee on Veterans Affairs in the House of Commons last week regarding their recent unanimous report on the review of the New Veterans Charter.

“This was a bipartisan, very rare unanimous report on the issues facing Canadian Veterans and their families,” said McLeod. “This report is the first step to ensuring that the New Veterans Charter continues

Cathy McLeod, Member of Parliament for Kamloops-ThompsonCariboo to evolve in meeting veterans’ needs.”

The report entitled the New Veterans Charter: Moving Forward provided 14 recommendations for the Government.

These included calling on the

Government to review the medical release process in the Canadian Armed Forces so Veterans will have a smooth transition when they arrive at Veterans Affairs; enshrine the Veterans Bill of Rights into legislation, giving it the full force of law; to streamline programs; review the Disability Award and expand programs for Veterans’ families.

In the words of the committee members, they recognized that the majority of Canadian Veterans and their families are well served under the New Veterans Charter. However, as a government and as a country we must remain focused to help

those who fall through the cracks. There are approximately 700,000 Veterans living in Canada of which approximately 140,000 are in receipt of a benefit. The New Veterans Charter is a living document, meaning it is continually being updated and revised.

“I believe that this bi-partisan committee report will help move things forward, so we are confident we are doing the best we can for our injured Veterans and their families.

I personally will be pushing our government to act as soon as possible to implement the recommendations as fully as possible,” concluded McLeod.

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OPINION Editorial;

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Thursday, June 19, 2014 North Thompson Star/Journal Unit 10 - 4353 Connor Road, Box 1020, Barriere, B.C., V0E 1E0 250-672-5611

by Tom Fletcher

Ontario election lessons for B.C. VICTORIA – “Liberal” is becoming one of the most ill-defined words in Canadian politics.

Here in B.C., a Liberal is a Conservative, or at least a fiscal conservative, bent on balancing budgets and battling big unions to force them to recognize today’s world of low growth and low inflation.

In Ottawa, a Liberal is currently whatever Justin Trudeau wakes up and decides.

One day he’s a libertarian who wants to legalize marijuana, and the next he’s in touch with his inner Taliban, issuing a moral edict on abortion.

In Ontario, Premier Kathleen Wynne saved her gut-shot Liberal government by limping to the left of the NDP, promising to spend lots more borrowed money and build lots of transit.

This is in a have-not province with an operating deficit that is currently running north of $12 billion. For comparison purposes, B.C.’s deficit swelled briefly beyond $3 billion in the wake of the Great Recession of 2009, and the books stayed in the red until last year as the B.C. Liberals unwound the Harmonized Sales Tax and repaid a $1.6 billion HST transfer allowance to Ottawa.

You think B.C.’s energy policy is a disaster? Check out Ontario, where the cops are still investigating the $1 billion cancellation of plans to construct two natural gas-fired power plants before the 2011 election. The gas plants were to stabilize erratic output from wind and solar power, a European-style climate change gesture that involved Ontario ratepayers giving a huge subsidy to Korean tech giant Samsung.

The Ontario Liberals clung to power in part by promising a provincial pension scheme on the same scale as the Canada Pension Plan.

B.C. has a similar pension program in the works, to be offered to the two thirds of small business and self-employed people who don’t have a group plan with their employer. Ours would, of course, be voluntary.

Not so in Ontario, where large and small businesses will be required to cough up half of the required pension payments.

The Ontario model is dumb on several levels. It is to be imposed just as the baby boom retirement wave breaks across Canada’s most populous province, increasing risk that the pension pool may run dry. And it sticks small business with a new payroll tax in a province that has lost much of its traditional manufacturing base and needs to innovate.

Here’s the funny part, if you don’t live in Ontario. Wynne tabled her spending-spree, deficit-be-damned budget in an effort to convince the NDP to keep propping up the Liberal minority government and avoid an election.

Instead, she won a majority and now has to implement her pie-in-the-sky promises.

Ontario is bracing for a downgrade in its credit rating based on the election result, and is about to go into province-wide bargaining with public service unions who want their share from the Liberal money tree.

Ontario Progressive Conservative leader Tim Hudak ran on a plan that sounded similar to the one presented by Christy Clark in 2013: hold the line on spending, balance the budget, reduce the size of government, stimulate job creation. Hudak was rejected for a second time, and resigned the leadership on election night.

B.C. voters now have three years to see how the Ontario version of Liberal government plays out, compared to the B.C. Liberal version.

For us, much depends on resource development, including forest products, natural gas and other trade with Asia.

If all goes well here, B.C. can continue to send transfer payments to the fantasyland of Ontario.

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

Standing up for teachers To the editor; Most people, particularly those in government, do not seem to realize the long term tragic events that are set in motion when free public education is under a cloud of conflict as we see in British Columbia at the present time.

A free publicly funded education is essential in a functioning democracy. The quality of that education is the responsibility of all of society.

When it is continuously underfunded, ignored, criticized, even attacked, the quality is deeply affected.

The goals that teachers have for positively affecting the lives of their students are not immediately seen as when a product is made and sold, bringing the maker satisfaction.

Teacher’s goals must be long term and in the meantime they need to the support of society in encouragement, participation and understanding.

Today public tax funds for education are so splintered that the public system is badly weak-

ened and teachers feel frustrated and deeply discouraged about the future of the public education system. They don’t need to hear the cry that teachers are overpaid, lazy and apathetic.

That is only adding to the psychological burden they now experience in this present conflict.

All of us need to be more aware of what is happening as our society continues to berate the value of a common, publicly fully funded education system.

We need to be ready to encourage, participate actively and join with teachers rather than seeing them as a drain on our tax system.

The tragedy is our gradual loss of freedom if we continue to devalue the very system that is able to prepare an educated, decision making populace. As it is going, only the economically privileged will be able to afford a quality education in the future. That would be tragic for us all!

Lynette Wood Barriere, B.C.

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The elephant in the room when it comes to guns To the editor; As expected, the shootings in Moncton have drawn Canada’s “gun control” experts out of the woodwork, all demanding something be done about semi-automatic rifles.

Despite having studied the progression of gun control in Canada (and even writing a book about it), St. Mary’s history professor R. Blake Brown still couldn’t get it right in an article for the Halifax Chronicle-Herald.

Fully automatic firearms were prohibited in 1978, not “in the 1990s” and “changes in longgun technologies” did not trigger gun control “reforms”, politics did.

The availability of small, fully automatic firearms to lawful citizens pre-dates their registration by over 30 years and their prohibition by 60 years.

The Ruger Mini-14 Ranch Rifle was not designed as a “military style” weapon but, rather, as a popular hunting rifle for rural vermin control.

Militarized versions with extended magazines (illegal in Canada since 1991) were later modified for use by law enforcement, but the extra cosmetic features do not make the firearm any more lethal or “high-powered” (to use an anti-gun catch-phrase).

The focus on semi-automatic rifles is a red her-

ring.

They are preferred by deranged individuals mostly because of Hollywood’s obsession with, and glamorization of, armed conflict and a glance at any perpetrators’ Facebook page will clearly show this.

But shotguns are every bit as lethal and all of our mass killings could have been carried out with any common hunting rifle.

Back in 1989, French schizophrenic Christian Dornier killed 14 people with a double-barrelled shotgun and several French and British maniacs have used low-powered .22 hunting rifles to kill over a dozen people each.

As gun owners have predicted, none of the gun control measures cooked up over the past few decades can prevent tragedies like we saw in Moncton.

The elephant in the room is (as always) undetected, undiagnosed or inadequately treated psychotics.

Meanwhile, gun-obsessed activists are pushing to waste billions trying to control inanimate objects and millions of good citizens rather than properly deal with a few aberrant individuals.

Barry Glasgow Woodlawn, Ontario

Join with MLA at Spahats picnic To the editor; Please join MLA Terry Lake and friends at Spahats Picnic area on Saturday 28 June for an informational tour of the Clearwater Valley.

This event is being hosted by the Wells Gray Action Committee in response to growing public interest in a wide-ranging public discussion of Canfor’s plans to begin logging the valley later this year. Highlights will include: (1) a brief overview of

the valley’s volcanic features and upcoming bid for UNESCO Geopark status; (2) impacts of logging in the past and resident concerns over renewed logging; (3) plans by Thompson Rivers University for a field station in the valley; (4) the link between Clearwater and the park and the pros and cons of keeping it strong; and (5) the long-term needs of Wells Gray Park in its 75th birthday year.

Terry Lake has

kindly agreed to come and listen. Invited speakers include volcanologist Cathie Hickson, TRU Research Centre representative Nancy Flood, local tourism operator Tay Briggs, woodlot owner and RPF George Briggs, and long-time Wells Gray naturalist Trevor Goward. Local resident Ellen Ferguson will MC the event.

The event begins at 10 a.m. sharp on Saturday 28. We’ll meet

at the ‘million dollar view’ at the Spahats Viewpoint and then carpool up-valley, making a few stops along the way.

The tour will finish at about 1:00 p.m. with snacks and refreshments at the beautiful TRU Wilderness Centre Outreach Area. Be sure to carry water and a camera!

Erik Milton Wells Gray Action Committee ThinkWellsGray@ gmx.ca

Join in National Aboriginal Day festivities To the editor; On June 21, Canadians from all walks of life are invited to participate in the many National Aboriginal Day events that will be taking place from coast to coast to coast. This is a special day to celebrate the unique heritage, diverse cultures and outstanding achievements of First Nations, Inuit and Métis peoples in Canada.

It takes place on this particular day because it coincides with the summer solstice, the longest day of the year, according to Aboriginal Affairs and Northern Development Canada.

“National Aboriginal Day is a day to remember our past leaders — their hard work and their legacy for self-determination left to us to carry on, “ Harry Nice Jr. of the Gitwinksihlkw Nisga’a Village Government said in a statement.

The day was established after

the National Indian Brotherhood, a precursor to the Assembly of First Nations (AFN), mounted a campaign to have the date recognized as National Aboriginal Solidarity Day in 1982.

Quebec’s legislature recognized June 21 as a day to celebrate indigenous culture in 1991. Five years later, the Sacred Assembly, a national meeting of indigenous and non-indigenous people, called for a national day to recognize aboriginal contributions to Canada. June 21 was officially declared National Aboriginal Day by Governor-General Romeo LeBlanc in 1996.

Here in Clearwater at the Aboriginal Cultural Centre, we are excited to be hosting National Aboriginal Day, which will be held at the Elks hall. Festivities will begin at 2 p.m., with activities all day long. There will be displays, crafts for the family, local vendors selling their crafts, games

for all and much more.

At approximately 6 p.m. there will be a feast inside the Elks hall, Everyone is invited. There is no charge for the day’s event and Feast, but donations are always welcome to be used for future family events. This family event is open to everyone in the North Thompson Valley and we encourage families to come and have fun while, sharing in the Aboriginal Culture.

National Aboriginal Day on June 21 kick starts Celebrate Canada!, an 11 day celebration that also includes Saint-JeanBaptiste Day (June 24), Canadian Multiculturalism Day (June 27) and concludes with Canada Day (July 1)!

Looking forward to seeing all of you at National Aboriginal Day! Yours In Community Spirit Cindy Wilgosh Clearwater, B.C.

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Workers were spotted working along areas next to the Yellowhead Highway last Tuesday removing snags and debris that could end up on the highway. Traffic was delayed for a few minutes, and then able to move on. Pictured is a flag person directing traffic across the road from the Jehovah’s Witnesses Kingdom Hall, while snags are taken of the rock bluff above the highway on the river side.

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Dust control for the Fair

School strike on as talks collapse

By Tom Fletcher Black Press

STAR/JOURNAL photo: Jill Hayward

Thanks to the generosity of Tiger Calcium Services Inc.,who are based out of Calgary, the new gravel roadways around the North Thompson Fall Fair facility in Barriere have been treated with a liquid based product for dust control and road stabilization. Thanks also to Argo Road Maintenance for organizing this and assisting in preparing the ground for application.

A NTFFRA spokesman says the treatment will greatly reduce the amount of water needed to keep the dust down on the roadways during Fall Fair time and other events.

An exchange of proposals between the B.C. Teachers’ Federation and government negotiators on the weekend dissolved in acrimony Monday, with a full-scale strike in public schools already underway.

Negotiators for the BCTF and the B.C. Public School Employers’ Association met until midnight Sunday, as the union moved from rotating strikes to a full walkout with a “study session” on Monday. The two sides contradicted each other on the substance of the wage offers, and each said the next move is up to the other if a deal is to be reached.

BCTF president Jim Iker said a complete strike is “imminent,” after union members endorsed the move in their second province-wide strike vote.

Education Minister Peter Fassbender said Monday he is waiting for a response from the union to the latest offer from BCPSEA, which represents the province’s 60 school districts.

BCPSEA chief negotiator Peter Cameron said Monday he still does not have a full position from the BCTF that clarifies the status of the union’s “truckload of benefit proposals.”

Cameron said the union’s latest wage offer is a reduction from its previous position, but when increased benefit costs are factored in, it is still more than twice as much compensation as other public sector union settlements.

BCPSEA posted a comparison of the two wage offers Monday. It describes the BCTF proposal as a $5,000 signing bonus followed by in-

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Peter Cameron, chief negotiator for B.C.’s 60 school districts, says the latest proposal from teachers is still too expensive. creases of 3.5% in the first year and 1.5% in each of the next three years, for a total raise of 8% plus compounding.

BCPSEA’s latest offer includes a $1,200 signing bonus for an agreement by the end of the school year, and a series of wage increases up to May 2019 that includes “economic stability dividend” amounts depending on B.C.’s economic performance. “[BCPSEA] tabled a comprehensive settlement that includes an improved wage offer and commits to realistic and flexible solutions to address class composition,” Fassbender said.

The B.C. Labour Relations Board has extended its essential services order to include provincial final exams and marks for graduating students, so they can apply for post-secondary studies.

$2 million helps support seniors to stay at home longer Ministry of Health Last Friday Health Minister Terry Lake announced an additional $2 million in funding for United Way’s Better at Home program, which provides non-medical supports to help seniors remain independent in their homes for as long as possible.

“Seniors have given so much to our lives and our communities and government is committed to supporting them to remain in their homes and out of hospital as long as possible,” said Lake, who made the announcement at a symposium for seniors organized by ONCORE, a Better at Home service provider.

“The services provided by the Better at Home program reflect the

ministry’s strategic focus on strengthening home and community care.”

To date, government has provided $22 million in funding to enhance and support the operations of the Better at Home program, which now operates in 60 communities throughout B.C. “Most seniors want to help themselves and others,” said seniors advocate Isobel Mackenzie. “It is all of our responsibility to ensure they have the tools, supports and services to realize their full potential.”

Managed by United Way of the Lower Mainland, the Better at Home program services vary from community to community and are selected, along

with service providers, through an engagement process that includes local seniors.

Examples of Better at Home services include friendly visits, light yard work, minor home repair, grocery shopping, light housekeeping and transportation to appointments.

“Our mandate is to help seniors remain independent and active in their communities,” said United Way of the Lower Mainland president Michael McKnight. “We look forward to continuing to expand the Better at Home program.”

Better at Home is a key component of B.C.’s Seniors Action Plan, which commits to ensuring improved access to non-medical

supports to help seniors stay in their own homes.

“The focus of today’s senior symposium is on age-friendly cities and rural communities and how we can all better support seniors where they live,” said ONCORE executive director Suzan Goguen.

“As a service provider, we see first-hand the difference the Better at Home program makes in people’s lives and with this increase in funding, it is evident that government understands the importance of allowing seniors to maintain their independence.”

To learn more about Better at Home and programs and for a full listing of participating communities, please visit: www.betterathome.ca

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After hitting a record number of votes this year, the British Columbia Automobile Association’s (BCAA) fourth annual “Worst Roads” survey names the province’s Top 10 ‘worst’ roads.

Three Okanagan roads top the list; with roads in Richmond, Surrey, Maple Ridge and Vancouver Island also taking spots in the Top 10.

Honoured with the dubious title of being the ‘worst’ road in the province is Silver Star Road near Vernon, followed by Westside Road near West Kelowna and Cosens Bay Road near Coldstream.

This year, concerned motorists, cyclists and pedestrians identified a record 1,277 separate stretches of road across the province that they feel are unsafe or difficult to navigate. Votes citing traffic congestion as an issue increased significantly.

New to this year’s Top 10 “Worst Roads” list are McKenzie Avenue in Victoria for traffic congestion, and Maple Crescent, a residential street in Maple Ridge, for ‘pedestrian/cycling safety’ issues.

“Votes tripled this year. This says to me that British Columbians want a way to express their road frustrations and appreciate the opportunity to have their say,” says Ken Cousin, BCAA’s associate vice president of Road Assist. At the same time, Cousin is quick to point out that this survey is not about criticizing government. “It’s about safety and helping people to raise awareness of problem roads. We all play a role in being safe on our roads. For drivers, pedestrians or cyclists, it’s about being mindful, following the rules of the road and watching your behaviour.”

In the coming weeks, BCAA will share the complete survey results with municipalities, the B.C. Ministry of Transportation and Infrastructure, and other road authorities to encourage improvements.

Visit BCAA’s website, bcaa.com/worstroads to see the 2014 Top 10 “Worst Roads” list and get tips on how to stay safe on the road when faced with issues such as dangerous potholes, traffic congestion or roads shared by motorists and cyclists.

Other highlights: • Congestion concerns up - A record 24 per cent of votes cast this year cited traffic congestion as an issue, compared to last year’s 14 per cent and 11 per cent in 2012.

• Potholes down - The percentage of votes citing ‘potholes/crumbling pavement’ has been decreasing over the past few years.

• Okanagan roads rule the “Worst Roads” list - Five Okanagan roads made the top 10, including the worst three.

• Multiple stretches of road make the list - For the first time, different portions of one road have taken multiple places. ‘Winner’ for the previous two years, Westside Road near West Kelowna, takes second, fourth and ninth spots this year.

As determined by British Columbians in BCAA’s “Worst Roads” survey, the top 10 ‘worst’ roads are: • Silver Star Road, Vernon • Westside Road, West Kelowna. About 40 km north of West Kelowna, near Attenborough Road.

• Cosens Bay Road, Coldstream. About 14 km south of Vernon.

• Westside Road, West Kelowna. About 17 km north of West Kelowna.

• George Massey Tunnel, Richmond.

• McKenzie Avenue, Victoria. At Highway 1.

• Patullo Bridge, Surrey.

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• Island Hwy, Malahat. About 2 km south of TOWING Shawnigan Lake Road.

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Summer Camps for kids starting July 7 at Barriere Ridge

This time the plate is for herself to enjoy. Silvia Lazowski, the well known smiling server at the Station House Restaurant has retired after more than 23 years. She is pictured here at a retirement party given in her honour on June 12, in the garden of her employer and friend Jarek Kotlewski. The event was filled with food, friends, canine friends, and good wishes for her future plans.

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By Elli Kohnert North Thompson Star/Journal Friends and former co-workers of Silvia Lazowski gathered together on June 12 in Jarek Kotlewski’s garden to celebrate her retirement.

After 23 years of working for Jarek at the Station House Restaurant in Barriere, Silvia will be greatly missed by the staff, and by all the customers who new her by name as she moves into a well-earned retirement.

Silvia says she had actually worked longer at the restaurant than 23 years, as she worked for the businesses former owner, Dave Baines, for two years before he sold the restaurant to Jarek. Silvia stayed on though, and after more than two decades there, it is easy to understand why folks will miss her.

When asked what her position at the restaurant was, Jarek said, “I don’t know how to answer that, she was able to do whatever had to be done. I could always depend on her, when I was not able to be at work, I was certain that she would be there in my place. She gave me peace of mind, I knew that all would be well at the Station House with her in charge. Although Silvia was not officially the manager, she was efficient, knowledgeable and simply was my ‘right hand person’.

I wish her great retirement years filled with joy, pleasure and good health.”

Everyone present enjoyed the good food and being together with friends, even the youngest guests had a good time playing and enjoying the tasty sweet treats.

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We’ve all heard the phrase “five-second rule” when food drops on the floor. This is indeed a myth and many studies have proven its fallacy. We often forget that our shoes track in many bacteria many of which are fecal in origin. Here’s a better rule: Drop it?

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Good sleep hygiene includes sleeping in a cooler room. It seems that keeping your night-time bedroom temperature between 15.5 and 19 degrees Celsius (60 – 66 degrees Fahrenheit) is ideal. It helps cool down your body’s core temperature which helps you to sleep better. If you always seem to be warm, try a cool shower before bed.

One type of exercise that has become popular in recent years is interval training.

This combines short bursts of intense activity (intervals) with lower intensity periods of activity. The activity can be swimming, running or even walking. If you use walking as your exercise of choice, warm up first then walk really briskly for 30 seconds then slow down and let your heart rate normalize then repeat. Check with your doctor first if you plan any new exercise activity.

This is allergy season and the pollen drifting through the air can make life uncomfortable for many. Flushing the nasal passages with a saline solution will help clear pollen so it won’t bother you. You can make your own solution (one-quarter teaspoon each of salt and baking soda in 8 oz of water) or buy some ready made at the pharmacy.

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Summer camps for kids will be running at the Ridge in Barriere throughout July.

Weekly camps are being hosted by Barriere and Area Literacy Outreach, who in turn is partnering with Yellowhead Community Services, North Thompson Volunteer Centre, and Thompson Valley Players.

“We wanted to bring affordable and fun summer camps for the youth in this community,” said Barriere’s Literacy Outreach Coordinator Jill Hayward, “The camps have been set up to offer a number of fun and innovative approaches that make learning new things extremely enjoyable for the kids, and of course happy kids make for happy parents.”

Hayward says parents will need to register their children in advance so that the paperwork can be out of the way before

camps start. Then registered youth will be required to pay a drop in fee of only a twoonie ($2) per day to participate.

“We have numerous fun and interesting subjects that will keep the kids coming back for more,” said Hayward. “There will be three - four day camps, and one three day camp.”

Camps scheduled are: • July 7 - 10: Nature Nuts & Paws ‘n’ Jaws. Learn all about the birds, animals, and insects in the area. How to recognize them, where they live, what they eat. Learn about Nature’s circle of life, and how to protect the natural world. Plenty of games, things to make, and rewards. 9 a.m. to 11:30 a.m. for K-grade 2; and 1 - 3:30 p.m. grades 3 - 5.

• July 14 - 16: Thompson Valley Players Youth Theatre Camp. Learn about theatre and acting, write a play, learn your part, and produce the

play. 9 a.m. to 2 p.m., for youth ages 6 to 10, and ages 11 to 13.

• July 21 - 24: ‘Phun’ With Physics. Have fun with Bubble Magic, compete in Air Against Water, Make Rocket Spinners, have fun with gravity, and join in Motion Madness and what makes things move. 9 a.m. to 11:30 a.m. for K-grade 2; and 1 - 3:30 p.m. grades 3 - 5.

• July 28 - 31: Let’s Make Stuff. Crafting, making kites, Christmas in July crafting, and much more. 9 a.m. to 11:30 a.m. for K-grade 2; and 1 - 3:30 p.m. grades 3 - 5.

Registration starts June 23, 2014, by contacting Yellowhead Community Services office in Barriere, at the Ridge, 4936 Barriere Town Road, call 250-672-9773, or email: jill.h@ yellowheadcs.ca. You can also register at the North Thompson Volunteer Centre at the Ridge, or call them at 250-6720033.

Justin Stein honoured on BSS Wall of Distinction

By Jill Hayward North Thompson Star/Journal Justin Stein is this year’s recipient to be honoured on the Wall of Distinction at Barriere Secondary School (BSS).

BSS principal Ken Rife, announced the recipient during the 2014 Graduation Ceremonies for the school.

Since his graduation from BSS in 1999, Justin has become a world famous jockey, chalking up over 889 wins including the prestigious Queens Plate, and has made over $37 million dollars in career purse earnings.

Unfortunately, Justin was unable to attend the event due to race commitments in Toronto.

Rife said, “Justin was extremely honoured when I gave him the news, and he wanted me to pass on his thanks and gratitude to the committee.”

A short video was then shown that the recipient had put together, speaking to the grad class from Woodbine Race Track in Toronto, Justin told them the three things to his success was “work hard, family, and faith”.

Justin Stein is no stranger to Barriere. The 34-year-old jockey grew up in the North Thompson Valley community, and after graduation left Barriere in 2004, to follow a career as a jockey, he started riding at Hasting Park in Vancouver. Within 12 months he was on top in the jockey standings for that track, and continued to be at the top of his game over the next few years.

In that year he and his family made the move across Canada so he could ride at the Woodbine Race track in Toronto; and his success continued, and grew.

Stein, now a jockey at Woodbine in Toronto, won the prestigious 2012 Queen’s Plate riding

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Justin Stein and his wife Renee, first met in Barriere where they lived. They now reside in Eastern Canada, close to Woodbine Race Track. They are pictured here with their three sons, Owen, Jeremy, and Elias.

Strait of Dover, in an exciting race that he led from wire-to-wire, and set a track record as well.

This hometown young man is quickly carving himself a place in the history of Canadian Thoroughbred horse racing. In 2005, Stein was named as a finalist for both the 2005 Sovereign Award (Canada’s Top Apprentice) and the Eclipse Award (North America’s Top Apprentice). His 23 per cent win average was the tenth best in all of North America.

Stein, and his wife, Renee (also from Barriere), now reside in the Woodbine area with their young family. The couple say their faith, and love for everything horses brought them together and has kept them even closer ever since.

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Who is eligible to run in November elections As most of you are aware there will be a local government election this November. A few residents have said to me that they have tried to look for the “official” rules around who can run and how the process works.

The Province of BC produces a “Candidates Guide to Local Government Elections” before each election, but as the new Election Act was just passed, it is not yet available so there is not somewhere online other than the Local Government Act to direct queries. In addition, the Province has disabled the link to the guide produced for the 2011 elections.

The applicable sections of the Local Government Act Division 5 – Qualifications for Office can be used for immediate reference. They are a bit long winded but what they do say is that a person is qualified to be nominated (and elected and hold office) provided that they: • Are 18 or over on general voting day • Are a Canadian citizen • Have been a resident of B.C. for the last six months • Are not disqualified from voting (currently incarcerated, convicted of an election offence, did not file financial disclosures when required, etc.)

• Are not an employee of the local government that they wish to be an elected official of • Are not a judge of the Court • Have received the number of nominations required by the local government from eligible electors within that jurisdiction (typically two) • Have paid their nomination deposit if required. This does not apply in the District of Barriere.

What the Act does not specifically cover, and this may cause confusion, is if a person wants to run for election in a jurisdiction where they do not live and do not own property and are therefore not eligible electors. The answer to this is that they most certainly can.

As above, the people that are signing the nomination papers need to be eligible electors, but the candidate does not.

I have been told that someone has told a number of residents that they do not qualify to run based on their residency outside the District. I have no idea why someone would be saying this, but they need to stop spreading misinformation and take the time to seek out the

ayor M e h t s A . sees it.. with District of Barriere Mayor

Bill Humphreys true facts.

Speaking of facts and misinformation, I was asked why the council had not placed in the budget any funds for Barriere’s 100th Anniversary? I am not sure where this misinformation is coming from, but whoever is saying this should check on what is really the truth. Not only was there funds allocated for the 100th Anniversary, but Councillor Kershaw generously donated half of his District council remuneration to the funding of the actual events, the promotion of the events and so on.

I suspect that these remarks are a result of simple ignorance of the facts. However, no matter what the reason may be, I would encourage those with such inaccurate and negative remarks to try and keep them to themselves.

On a positive note the North Thompson Fish and Game Club had a great turnout for their 5th Annual Father’s Day Fishing Derby.

My family and I stopped by the Bandshell to see who caught the big one, and were greeted by the wonderful aroma of fried onions and hamburgers. Those folks do know how to run a barbecue.

I was given the unexpected honour of drawing the names for the prize draws. I know it won’t gain me any points with the local members but I managed to draw all three names from out of town. What this does point out though is the far reaching hard work of the North Thompson Fish and Game Club. I understand that their membership has grown dramatically over the past few years, and I suspect it is due in large part to how well the club is run.

Hats off to all of you for your hard work.

The Lions Club has contributed a great deal to our community over the years. It broke my heart to miss their summer windup dinner due to a miserable cold. I do appreciate the invitation and I thank you all for your efforts to make our community all that it can be.

A 22-year-old Barriere man faces a number of possible charges after an incident on Saturday night.

In the evening of June 14, 2014, the Barriere RCMP received a report of assault and uttering threats at a residence on the 3500 block of South Barriere Lake Road.

A 22-year-old Barriere man had apparently assaulted a 55-year-old Barriere man and uttered threats towards him. The suspect was known to have access to firearms and immediate efforts were made to secure them.

Although several firearms were seized, the suspect was not initially located.

Due to the circumstances of the offence and the ongoing risk to public safety, police obtained an arrest Warrant for Jordee Edward Beeds.

In the early morning hours of June 16, 2014, the Southeast District RCMP Emergency Response Team was activated and established containment on the residence.

Beeds was arrested without incident shortly after contact was initiated.

He has been charged with Assault, Uttering Threats and Mischief.

He is expected to appear in Court on June 16, 2014.

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Ambassador program inviting folks to Speech, Talent and Fashion Show North Thompson Star/Journal The North Thompson Fall Fair and Rodeo Association Ambassador Program has been working diligently over the past few months to ready the 2014 candidates for the upcoming Speech, Talent and Fashion Show on Friday June 27, in the Barriere Lions Hall.

Doors open at 6:30 p.m., with the show getting underway at 7 p.m.

Tickets are only $5.00 and can be picked up at Barriere Employment Office or from any of the candidates or reigning Ambassadors.

The three candidates and three reigning Ambassadors will be joined by a number of past North Thompson Fall Fair and Rodeo Association Queens who will take part in the fashion show portion of the evening.

Gordie West will be doing the honours as MC for the evening, and everyone is encouraged to come out and show your support for the young ladies of the North Thompson Valley who are the Ambassadors of our communities to many areas of this province.

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On June 13, the multi-purpose room at the Barriere Ridge was filled with the parents, grandparents and friends of 23 ‘Little Stars’ who were graduating from Yellowhead Community Services sponsored preschool program.

As the youngsters walked into the room single file, they were caught on dozens of cameras aimed at them by smiling parents, relatives, and spectators.

After their presentation to the audience, each Little Star was called up, and the child’s goals for his or her future was announced.

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NTFFRA Ambassadors visit New Denver

By NTFFRA Ambassador Jenna Zietsov On May 16 and 17, the North Thompson Fall Fair and Rodeo Association’s Vice -Ambassador, Kendall Mackay, and I travelled to New Denver.

Their town was very hospitable, and we stayed with one of the local families that night.

We went to their Final Night, which meant that the two girls who had been reigning, passed down their crowns to the two boys who had run as candidates for the past months.

After the pageant, there was a dance, which all of the teens of New Denver were invited to. We had a blast spending time with all of the friends we’ve made throughout the province who travelled to New Denver to celebrate this special night with them.

Congratulations Amy Elizabeth Reid (Kirkwood)

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(L-r) North Thompson Fall Fair and Rodeo Association’s Vice-Ambassador, Kendall Mackay, and Ambassador Jenna Zietsov recently visited the Village of New Denver on Slocan Lake in the Kootenays.

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Ladies play from the white

By Leslie Stirling A stormy looking morning sky turned partly cloudy in the afternoon of June 10, and 42 ladies took advantage of the weather to enjoy a round of golf. We finished the evening with supper on the patio and the prize presentation.

This week we played from the white tees which can be quite stressful for some of us. For me the easiest way to de-stress is to make sure I have a fun group to golf with.

Val Williams joined us this week and we had a fantastic time.

Our Flight sponsors this week were Thompson Valley Awards (Flight 1), Bondar Forest Planning (Flight 2) and Carl’s Market Garden (Flight 3). Prizes from EBL Ventures and Wallace Trucking weren’t claimed and were distributed as door prizes. The flight winners were Susan Mitchell (low gross Flight 1) with a stunning score of 44; Susan Newberry (low net Flight 1); Carol Willox (low gross Flight 2) with a score

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of 58; Leslie Stirling (low net Flight 2); Val Williams (low gross Flight 3) with a score of 62 and Joan Streadwick (second low gross Flight 3).

There were no birdies or deuces scored which wasn’t surprising considering the additional length of each hole. Pots will be carried forward to next week.

Hole prizes were shared around with only one double winner.

Betty Foote had a long putt on Hole 5 to win the Station House Restaurant prize and a KP on Hole 6 to win the Stamer Logging prize.

Prizes for long putts went to Dorothy Warman (Country Store Antiques), Joan Streadwick (Knights Inn), Shirley Ross (Shais Design), and Barb Smith (Crystlee’s Hair Design). Prizes for long drives went to Carol Willox (Pottery by Ramona),

Christina LeCerf (Rainer Custom Cutting), Marnie Pfiefer (Val Bella Studio), Val Williams (Barriere A&W), Carol Hindle (Barriere Timber Mart), and Betty Baillie (Barriere Massage). Trudy Scarlett had a KP on Hole 4 to win the Campbell & Company prize.

Vreny Kempter was closest to the golfer to win the Estylo Hair Design prize. Debbie Rainer had the KP in 2 on Hole 7 to win the AG Foods prize.

Lynda Fournier had a short drive on Hole 8 to win the Armour Mtn Office Services prize. The Interior Savings Credit Union putt prize was split between Sue Paulhus (most putts - 32) and Susan Mitchell (least putts - 13).

Wednesday morning hubbie and I went for a round of golf. Once again I didn’t get any birdies, eagles or deuces but I did score a bride and groom on Hole 2.

Congratulations to Gary Forsythe and Trudy Scarlett (the new Mrs. Forsythe).

Truly a round to remember.

SPORTS Girls and horses Young area resident, Felecia Huffman, is pretty excited these days as she learns how to ride her new Peruvian Paso Horse, Excalibur. Most recently Felecia and her mount participated in a weekend riding clinic at Ringstead Ranch Ltd., in Chase, B.C. Peruvian Paso horses are 100 per cent naturally gaited and are touted to be “the smoothest riding horse in the world”.

They are bred for emphasis on gait, strength, beauty, and brio (the horse’s vigor, energy, exuberance, courage and liveliness and beauty).

(Right) Felecia and her horse work with another rider as a pair while holding a string between them at the clinic.

(Below) Felecia Huffman and Excalibur.

Submitted photo: Kathie Corrigall

Pitching a win Barriere Cedar Kings Pee Wee Girls softball team pitcher, Lauren Tremblay (Lou), winds up for a good pitch during the District playdowns against Kamloops on June 14. The team won the event and will now be on their way to compete July 4-7, at the Provincials in Pitt Meadows.

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1st Annual Mantracker Local cowboys successful in BRCA event coming to Ranch Wells Gray, July 25-27 rodeo competitions inWells Gray Riders Association, of Clearwater, North Thompson Star/Journal The May 24 and 25 BCRA rodeo in Clinton produced wins for area cowboys. Tristan Brackman of Louis Creek won the junior steer riding with a score of 74.

Barriere’s Justin Davis won the bull riding on Too Cool Jer with a score of 79.

The following weekend of May 31, June 1, at the Kispiox Valley Rodeo, BCRA results included a clean sweep in junior steer riding for area riders. Louis Creek cowboys, Tristan Brackman and Tristan Holt, followed by Barriere’s Rhett Bloomfield to the top three spots.

say they are proud to be hosting the highly anticipated 1st Annual Man Tracker Invitational, held at Nakiska Ranch in Wells Gray Park July 25-27, 2014, with special guest Terry Grant of the hit TV series “Mantracker”.

A first tournament of its kind - the object of the game is for four ‘prey’ to collect hidden items, elude the four trackers (who are on an opposing team) and return to the finish line within a two hour window.

The public is welcome to attend. There will be a Kids Coral, live performers, demonstrations, vendors, concessions, daily gate prizes, Saturday night dance with silent auction, and a chance to meet and or hear Terry Grant talk.” Go to: http://www.wellsgrayriders.com/man-tracker

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Father’s Day Fish Derby well done North Thompson Star/Journal

The 5th Annual North Thompson Fish and Game Club’s Father’s Day Fishing Derby was once again a great success. Sixty-six fish were brought in for weighing on Sunday afternoon at the Bandshell in Barriere, where anglers and attendees could get out of the rain, have a hot or cold refreshment, and warm up by a portable heater.

Tents were provided by club members George, Ben and Kathy; while the propane heater came courtesy of Bryan Smith.

The rain and inclement weather didn’t deter anyone from the event, and the sun even managed to pop out for a few minutes during the presentations.

Thanks to Kathy Campbell for keeping track of the weights and compiling the list of those who got to take home a prize.

Winners of the Derby were:

1st - Severen Roberge 2nd - went to the parent and child combo of Rob Wittner Jr, and Nick 3rd - Donna Krum 4th - Rob Wittner Sr. Largest Non- Rainbow - Mel Schmidt Everyone who participated received a prize. Their names were called from a draw, and they were able to choose the prize of their choice from a table loaded with angler merchandise.

Mayor Humphreys drew the three winners of the Club’s annual raffle. First prize of an outboard motor went to Ryan Zrinski of Salmon Arm; 2nd prize of a block carving set went to Bill Nelson of 100 Mile House, and 3rd prize of a Stihl chainsaw goes to Stephen Leonard of Clearwater.

“Rain or shine we all had an awesome time,” said Kathy Campbell.

Photos by: Kathy Campbell

(L-r) Current Fish and Game Club President Ben Thiessen, with past president Mel Schmidt.

(Above) Third prize winner Donna Krum.

(Right) Fourth place winner Rob Wittner Sr.

Derby first prize winner Severen Roberge got to take home a fish smoker.

(Left) Second place winners were the parent and child combo of Rob Wittner Jr, and Nick.

STAR/JOURNAL photo: Jill Hayward

Tents, a portable heater, hot food and refreshments welcomed anglers and supporters to the Fishing Derby weigh-in and presentations at the Bandshell in Barriere.

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John E n ma n When I am bored, stressed, or just want to get away from stress that sometimes happens, I grab my tripod, camera, and flash, and head out to my wife’s garden.

I admit that I am not really a flower kind of person, and plant names are more my wife’s interest than mine, although, I do try to document her sprawling garden as creatively as I can throughout the seasons.

Somehow pointing a camera at some colourful plant is calming, and wandering through a garden of differing shapes and tones offering photographic opportunities gives me a different experience than any other subject.

Unlike photographing people, animals, scenics, sports or almost any other subject, garden plants just wait to be looked at. One doesn’t have to cajole, creep, or climb, and it’s not necessary to get in a vehicle to search for some secluded or exotic location. Most of us can find a welcoming garden close by that is, in most cases, easily accessible.

The result of 30 years of my wife’s effort has put me in a fortunate position of having about a half-acre of garden right out our front door.

However, even if I lived in a city and only had four or five potted plants, I still would have a place in which to get lost.

The past month has been busy keeping me constantly on the go. So when my wife and I went to the car to drive to a mid morning appointment, the doggone thing just stopped working, and I was confronted with another stressful problem.

To make a long story short, I was (I’ll use nice words here) very irritated as I watched it disappear down our rural road, chained to the bed of a tow truck.

I stormed around for a while. Then as the bright afternoon sun began dipping into the mountains and the light started to fade I looked around. I had walked back into our yard and was standing hidden from the road in my wife’s garden. Everything was bathed in what photographer John Sexton called “quiet light”.

“It is light that reveals, light that obscures, light that communicates. It is light [that] I listen to. The light late in the day has a distinct quality, as it fades toward the darkness of evening. After sunset there is a gentle leaving of the light, the air begins to still, and a quiet descends. I see magic in the quiet light of dusk…”

As I wrote in the beginning, I was “stressed and just wanted to get away from the crap that happens”. So I returned to the house, I grabbed my tripod, camera, and flash, and started looking at the plant shapes waiting in the garden.

Sexton had continued by saying, “I feel quiet, yet intense energy in the natural elements of our

John Enman Photo

Pointing a camera at a colourful plant can be calming, and wandering through a garden of differing shapes and tones offering photographic opportunities provides a different experience than any other subject, such as the iris in this photograph. habitat. A sense of magic prevails. A sense of mystery - It is a time for contemplation, for listening - a time for making photographs.”

I immediately began to calm down. I wonder if it was the act of setting up a tripod and attaching the camera.

Maybe it was figuring out the exposure and balancing the fading light with my flash.

It might have been choosing an interesting plant and searching for a creative angle.

Or it just might have been all of those together that stole my attention and allowed me to redirect my energies.

Another of my favorite photographers, Robert Mapplethorpe wrote, “With photography, you zero in; you put a lot of energy into short moments, and then you go on to the next thing.” I guess so.

I expect capturing an expression on someone’s face, photographing an exotic scenic or some sporting event, will get more raves from friends than a picture of some delicate flower. But none of those help to relax me and sometimes even trouble me more.

So, next time I am, as I was this week, stressed.

You’ll know where to find me. And maybe it’ll work for some readers, whether it’s in their garden, a public park, or even on the side of the road; there are plenty of photos for the taking.

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

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

Spring is in full swing in the Thompson-Nicola Regional District (TNRD), and the wildlife is out and about. WildSafeBC is also back working with the various communities within the region to keep wildlife wild and communities safe.

It may be early in the season, but there have already been reports of cougars, coyotes, moose, bears, bobcats, wolves, and deer within the TNRD. The wildlife encounters include: Black bears have been finding garbage, unclean barbecues, pet food, and outdoor freezers, causing property damage. Don’t make your yard a buffet for bears.

Coyotes have been reported stalking pets.

Keep an eye on your pets, and feed and keep pet food inside.

Wolf and cougar reports have commonly been related to livestock. Practice proper livestock feed management to decrease the number of attracted critters, which in turn may attract these predators. Keep deer from being comfortable near your home. Cougars may stalk the deer in addition to livestock.

As has been the case every year of the program, the majority of reported wildlife encounters were attributed to improperly stored garbage.

Since the inception of Bear Aware (the fore-runner of WildSafeBC) the annual destruction of bears has dropped from about 1,000 animals a year to approximately 500 animals a year. Much of this success has been attributed to increased

awareness of attractant management.

Here are some additional tips to keep your community safe by managing garbage: Store garbage in a location inaccessible to wildlife, such as your home, garage, or shed.

You can also use a bear-resistant garbage can.

Reduce the time Photo: Jill Hayward that your garbage is available to bears by Since the inception waiting until the morn- of Bear Aware (the ing of collection day to fore-runner of Wildleave the garbage bin SafeBC) the annual out for pickup. destruction of bears Reduce the odour has dropped from and attractiveness of about 1,000 animals a garbage and compost year to approximately to bears by freezing 500 animals a year. smelly waste beforehand, or mixing compost regularly or treat- ings or conflicts with wildlife to the Consering it with lime.

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Chicken with Feta Cheese Sauce INGREDIENTS 4 boneless, skinless chicken breasts Olive oil Salt Pepper 1 tablespoon butter 4 teaspoons all-purpose flour 1 12-ounce can evaporated milk 2-3 tablespoons fresh chives, chopped 1 cup feta cheese INSTRUCTIONS: Heat skillet over medium-high heat. Lightly coat chicken breasts with olive oil. Sprinkle with salt and pepper. Add chicken to pan when hot. Cook 4-5 minutes per side or until cooked through. Remove from heat and keep warm. Melt butter in a saucepan over medium heat. Add flour and whisk

constantly for one minute. Gradually add milk, stirring constantly. Stir in chives and reduce heat to mediumlow. Simmer 5-7 minutes or until thick, stirring occasionally. Add cheese and stir until cheese is melted. Spoon sauce over chicken.

Greek Style Bell Pepper Salad INGREDIENTS: 4 bell peppers (1 orange, 1 red, 1 yellow, 1 green), cut into chunks 4 Lebanese cucumbers, cut in half lengthwise, seeded and sliced 1 cup jumbo Kalamata olives, pitted 225g (1/2 lb) Goat Feta Cheese, diced 1/2 cup organic walnuts, coarsely chopped

1/2 cup parsley, chopped 2 green onions, chopped Vinaigrette 1/4 cup extra-virgin olive oil 2 tbsp white wine vinegar 2 cloves garlic, minced 1/2 tsp Himalayan salt 1/2 tsp freshly cracked black pepper 1 tbsp dried oregano 1 tbsp za’atar 1 tbsp sumac INSTRUCTIONS: Prep all your veggies and add them to a large mixing bowl. In a separate bowl, add all the ingredients for the vinaigrette and whisk until well incorporated. Pour over the salad, mix well and serve immediately. This salad is best enjoyed the same day but will keep in the refrigerator for a couple of days, although some wilting of the cucumber is to be expected. If you need to make this ahead of time, it’s best to add the cucumber at the last minute.

Barriere Celebrates 100th Anniversary

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Most of the bigger plaques are sold (still a commemorate Anniversafew To though so if youBarriere’s or your100th business wants ry in 2014, a legacy piece is planned for the south in...HURRY!!) but there is still a decent side wall of the Bandshell. selection the green,Celebration $100 plaques avail100th of Anniversary organizer Tasha Buchanan tells about steadily the project, able, but they ARE selling so“From don’t Barriere Town Road, one will see a nine foot, wait too long. aluminum tree in the shape of the District of Barriere’s logo, which, upon closer inspection, Remember, your plaque includes engraving. will be comprised of over 100 pieces of alumiWhy be original?

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Leave your mark for day, June 9, at 9 a.m. “sharp”, individuals, entire families, organizations, area businesses, nongenerations to see. profit groups, associations and/or anyone who

feels connected to the community, can purchase a plaque - a piece of the ‘puzzle’ so-to-speak – that will be forever affixed as a showpiece in the center of Barriere to commemorate its’ first 100 years and counting.

Buchanan says there are 126 plaques available for purchase in various shapes and locations, and that they have been color coded on the diagram to indicate the price point of each piece (the actual aluminum plaques will not be colored). The purchase price of a plaque includes personalized engraving. Whether a simple family name occupies the plaque, the names of multiple family members scattered throughout the plaque, a family crest, a ranch brand, a business logo, a business name and establishment date, commuPeople seem be name or agency with Cancer, although Speak up, Aries, A business relationship nitytoand group or without curgoing out rent/past ofwilltheir are capable the problem be presidents or chair you blossoms with an of members, a memoway to Abelittle nice to a loved one, recognition keeping appearrialmiracle of of aAup Citizen of solved. addition. larger-thanyou, Aries.

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New Recruits Welcome. Hethar McIntosh 250-5870027.

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

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

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

Barriere Farmer’s Market. Every Thursday. Sam’s Pizza & Rib House Hwy 5. 10am-2pm (May - Nov.) Riding Club: Apr-Oct: 3rd Thurs. 7pm at NTVIC. www. barrieredistrictridingclub.com. Darcey 250-318-9975.

Cancer Support: 672-9263, 672-0017 or 672-1890 Choir: Thurs. @ Christian Life Assembly, Annesty Rd. Youth 7-18 3:30pm; Adults 19+ 6:30pm. Leah 250957-8440.

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

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

Barriere A-A: Every Tues. 7:30pm at the Pentecostal Church 818 Amnesty Rd. 250-672-9643 or 250-6729934 Barriere Elementary PAC: 1st Wed. of mth, 6:30pm,

office to reserve the plaque of your choice.

“Plaque reservations will only be accepted starting on June 9, at 9 a.m. sharp,” says Buchanan, “No plaques will be reserved without payment in full – no exceptions.” are tempted to $40 for a Lady Luck smiles on The cost of aYou plaque ranges from the party thisSizes are also you,an Libra, andinch. there 3x5 inch to $500 join for 11x8 even though available in 4x6, week, 5x6, 6x8, 8x10 and is nothing beyond your7x11. know it is prob- and Order You can findyou Plaque Reservation reach.

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250-674-2674 June 21 - Sock Hop dance at the Barriere Legion, live broadcast from the Bear more details to come.

June 21-22 - 7th Annual Kids Fish Day, Johnson Lake Resort. 10am - 4pm, free. Free for children ages 5-15.

June 23 - PAC Fun Day at Barriere Elementary June 23-29 - Legion Week June 24 - Candle Lite 7pm, gather at 6:45pm at the Barriere Cemetery.

June 26 - Barriere Elementary’s last day of school early dismissal 12pm June 27 - NTFF&R Ambassador Program, Speech, Talent & Fashion Show. 7pm Lions Hall $5 June 29 - Legion Week BBQ at the Bandshell, cake, face painting, entertainment, RCMP bike rodeo & more!!

July 27 - Kamloops Marathon 3km Fun Run & 8km McArthur Island. Reg. at kamloopsmarathon.com Aug. 16 - 911 Golf Tourney, at Chinook Cove 1pm shotgun start. to donate or register call 250-6729918 Aug 20 - Crime Stoppers meeting, 6pm @ NTVIC (the Ridge), all welcome.

Aug. 22 NTFF&R Ambassador Coronation Aug. 23 - Barriere Legion Golf Tourney Chinook Cove, sign up at the bar or call 250-672-0261 to donate.

Army Cadets - 2941 RCACC Cadet Corp. - ages 12-18.

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The plaques will be available for purchase starting June 9, at 9 a.m., for those wishing to be a part of the art piece and the commemoration.

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Last Thursday’s Farmer’s Market in Barriere was held under rainy skies, but that didn’t stop the shoppers from coming out for baking, fresh vegetables, meat, jams, wood crafted products and more. Pictured is Val Stamer with an armful of fresh asparagus while vendor Bernie Kershaw on. at 320-3629. @ Ridge, kitchen. Info call 778-220-5930. call 672-9916 or Leesalooks Genier

Barriere Fire Dept.: Firehall, Thurs., 7pm Barriere Food Bank: Wed.. 672-0029 Genealogy: Every 1st & 3rd Friday of the mth at the Library, 6-7pm, except Jul/Aug. 250-672-9330.

Barriere Hospice: Loans out handicap equip. 250-6729391.

Photography Club. Shelley Lampreau 250-672-5728.

Community Quilters: 2nd & 4th Thurs. of mth, 2pm at the Barriere Food Bank. Judy 250-672-5275 or Fran 250-672-2012.

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

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

BSS PAC & Booster Club: 1st Tues., 5:30pm. 250-6729943.

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

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

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

Community Kitchen: Call Dede 554-3134.

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

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

Family & Caregivers Group: 1st Mon. of the mth, 10am

Gambler’s Anonymous: 250-374-9165 or 250-3749866.

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

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

Little Fort Recreation: 1st Thurs. each mth 7pm LNT Catholic Women’s League: 2nd Sat. each mth, 9am at St. George’s. Call 250-672-9330 for info.

McLure Rec.: 1st Wed. each mth at 7:30pm McLure Firehall. Except Jul & Aug. 250-578-7565 for info.

McLure Fire Dept.: 2nd & 4th Tues., 7pm, Firehall Men’s Floor Hockey: Tues., 8-10pm at Barriere Sec. NT Fish & Game: 4th Mon. each mth 7pm NTVIC. 672-1070 NT Valley Hospice: 3rd Tues, 11am, Little Fort Hall.

672-5660.

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Duties: Cleaning and restocking rooms & bathrooms. Helping with laundry if needed.

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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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2bdrm Featuring Living rm with tip out, Dining rm w/buffet & hutch Refrigerator, Range, Washer & Dryer, Oil Furnace Screen porch & family rm additions Unit had an auxiliary roof over the majority of time on site Asking $25,900 To be moved in reasonable time Phone: 250-587-6151

Rentals Mobile Homes & Pads Clearwater: 3 bdrm MH newly reno’d. Wood/propane heat. $675/mo. Avail July 1.

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Modular Homes Very attractive 14x70 2 bdrm manuf hm, s/f, w/d, d/washer, deluxe bathroom w/separate shower and soaker tub, sunken lvg rm w/feature window.

Attached w/shop / util rm. Garden shed. $800/mo. Avail mid June, #24 Thompson Crossing, Blackpool, Clearwater, BC. Ph 250-587-6151

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Clearwater: Completely renovated 2 bdrm hm, 6 appl, high efficiency furnace w/heat pump. Lots of prkg, on bus route, $900/mo + util. NS, NP Free Sat TV. Ph 250-674-2677 Clearwater: Nice 2bdrm townhouse. Close to all amenities.

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Kamloops This Week

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On June 10, Mounties in Kamloops gathered to honour the three fallen RCMP officers in Moncton.

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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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About 250 people gathered on Battle Street outside the Kamloops RCMP detachment this afternoon (June 10) to pay their respects to the three Mounties killed in Moncton, N.B., last week.

“This past week has been very difficult and emotional for our RCMP family and people in Canada alike,” Kamloops RCMP Supt. Brad Mueller said at the service, which lasted about 20 minutes.

“Words cannot express the sadness and the sorrow we feel for the loss of one of our own.

“These men were taken from their families, from the communities and from their country in the prime of their lives.”

On Wednesday, June 4, RCMP constables Fabrice Georges Gevaudan, James Larch and David Ross were shot and killed by an armed assailant in Moncton. Two other Mounties were shot and injured.

A suspect, 24-year-old Justin Bourque, was arrested on June 6 and has been in custody since, charged with three counts of first-degree murder and two counts of attempted murder.

Mueller said the outpouring of support since the shootings has been encouraging.

“It has reminded us that our work is important and we are appreciated in the community,” he said.

Mayor Peter Milobar said Kamloops is in the unique position of being able to relate to the Moncton shootings, given the 1952 shootings in Peterson Creek that left three Kamloops Mounties — constables Joe Keck, Donald Weisgerber and Gord Pedersen — dead.

“As a community, we have that unfortunate bond with Moncton now, where we’ve seen three officers who were doing their best to protect us pay the ultimate price,” he said.

“Thank you, and we will not forget the three fallen members, just as we didn’t forget 52 years ago, as well.

“Certainly, I think we all sleep easier at night knowing you’re all out protecting us 24 hours a day, 365 days a year.”

At the end of the ceremony, representatives from the Kamloops RCMP, the City of Kamloops, Kamloops Fire Rescue and Kamloops-ThompsonCariboo MP Cathy McLeod each laid wreaths on the Kamloops RCMP’s wall of honour in front of the detachment.

Schoening’s Funeral Service, 177 Tranquille Rd., also has a book of condolences it will be forwarding to Moncton.

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Calling all B.C. applied artists and designers North Thompson Star/Journal Artists working in jewelry, glass, wood, fibre, clay or metal among other media or who produce work in textiles, furniture, weaving, fashion or industrial design are eligible to enter the Carter Wosk BC Creative Achievement Awards for Applied Art and Design.

Now in their tenth year, the awards honour excellence in the field of applied art and design and are named in honour of British Columbia philanthropist Yosef Wosk and Emily Carr University of Art and Design professor emeritus Sam Carter.

The deadline for submissions is July 10, 2014. Submissions may be entered online by visiting www.bcachievement.com.

The awards are presented by the BC Achievement Foundation, an independent foundation established and endowed in 2003 by the Province of BC. The awards recognize art and design that has a practical or functional application. Examples include a furniture designer, an artist who works with glass or an industrial designer who creates a practical object or device.

Up to three recipients will be awarded $2,500 each at a presentation and exhibition event this fall. Recipients also are granted the use of the BC Achievement Award seal to signify creative excellence.

For complete information and submission forms, please visit www.bcachievement.com or call the foundation for assistance at 604-261-9777, 1-866-882-6088 or by email at info@bcachievement.com.

OBITUARY In Loving Memory

Gilbert James (Jim) Reimer July 26, 1935 – June 12, 2014

Jim Reimer died peacefully June 12, 2014, at Kamloops Hospital with his loving family by his side, after a short battle with pneumonia.

Jim was a big man with a big heart who leaves an even bigger hole in the lives of the people who loved him.

He leaves behind his wife of 26 years Dawn, his children Carrie and Mark Reimer, (step) daughters Laura Zenzen (Shad Stephens) and Renee Lennea (Pete Lennea), grandchildren, Kristofer Ouellette, Hayden Reimer, Kayla and Kyle Lennea, Eva and Jamie Stephens and great grand-daughter Kaela Ouellette.

In 1967 Jim moved his family from Surrey to Chilliwack where he worked for the Provincial prison system in the Chilliwack Valley for most of his career.

His vast knowledge of wilderness survival was instrumental in the development of the Center Creek Outward Bound Program. He loved the outdoors and knew every mountain ridge, trapper’s cabin and lake in the valley; he hunted and fished

throughout B.C. Jim always had a story to tell about his time in the bush, and he was more than happy to share his knowledge.

Jim was involved with the Big Brother Association for many years, and was probably the only member of Big Brothers to have a little brother live with him and become a member of the family.

During his time in Chilliwack he also belonged to the Black Powder Gun Club, the Rod and Gun Club, and the Chilliwack Motorcycle Sports Club.

Jim taught himself to play the guitar, and the family has fond memories of their dad entertaining the family playing guitar and singing country songs.

He spent his retirement years touring on

his motorcycle and RV’ing with Dawn.

They spent the past 14 years living in Barriere where they enjoyed their grandbabies and the laid back lifestyle.

He will be remembered for his devotion to his family, wicked sense of humor and great stories; the grandkids will remember the calls from “Santa” on Christmas eve and lots of snuggles.

Death leaves a heart ache nothing can heal Love leaves memories no one can steal.

Life story written by Carrie Reimer There will be a private family Celebration for Jim later in the year.

Donations in memory of Gilbert James “Jim” Reimer can be made to Variety – The Children’s Charity 4300 Still Creek Drive, Burnaby, B.C., V5C 6C6 Funeral arrangements entrusted to North Thompson Funeral Services, Clearwater, B.C., 250-6743030 and Barriere, B.C., 250-672-1999 Condolences may be expressed on-line at www.norththompsonfuneral.com.

Growing food at the Food Bank (L-r) Barriere Food Bank volunteers, Rose Seymour and Marie Hakes share a pleasant moment beside the planter boxes at the Barriere Food Bank building. They say that volunteers who recently joined the group, suggested that since the boxes were there, they would like to plant them - not for flowers only, but to also grow vegetables as well. The ladies say the zucchini is growing like a weed, with lettuce and carrots coming along too.

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LIFE WITH PETS

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Our pets do look like us You often hear that pets resemble their owners and in some ways that’s happening more and more. Not too many years ago, puppies and kittens frequently died in the first months of life due to infectious disease. Many more were lost to accidents or injury.

Professionals involved with dogs such as bird dog trainers or those involved with dogs showing, would not even consider paying for a puppy until it was nearing adulthood because so many succumbed to distemper or parasitic infections as young puppies.

Few pets suffered from cancer, as most never lived long enough to get it. Most cats earned their keep by keeping pests under control, a risky occupation that exposed them to parasites, predators and disease.

Working and hunting dogs were not routinely vaccinated and, without access to antibiotics, many would not survive infections from what we would today consider to be a minor injury. The same was true for their owners--farming and occupational accidents, polio and even the flu took countless human lives.

With advances in both human and veterinary medicine, many previously devastating diseases are now virtually unheard of due to widespread vaccination.

In almost 20 years, I have seen canine distemper only twice in my career--once as a brand-new graduate (my boss at the time had been in practice since the 80’s and even he had never seen a case), and again when I did volunteer work in Louisiana after Hurricane Katrina. Sadly, many animals in that part of the United States are not vaccinated or on heartworm prevention, so these diseases are much more prevalent than in other parts of the U.S. and Canada. In parts of northern Canada, rabies and distemper are maintained in the wild canine population and can be

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Now, however, the picture is changing. And still, pets do resemble their owners. Not too many years ago, few veterinarians would have seen cases of diabetes in pets. It is now relatively common in both cats and dogs. Pets and their owners are increasingly being diagnosed and treated for chronic conditions that were much less common a few years ago. Low thyroid function (hypothyroidism), heart, kidney and liver disease, torn cruciate ligaments, allergies and arthritis are diagnosed with increasing regularity.

There are many schools of thought as to why this parallel shift is being observed. . . Is it simply because our lives are longer and safer than they have ever been before, so less fatal maladies now have opportunity to take hold? Or is it a reflection of our diet in combination with a more sedentary lifestyle for both us and our animals? Other people speculate that increasing exposure to chemicals, pollution or stress may play a role in development of chronic disease.

What can pet owners to to help their pets stay healthy? No surprises here--essentially the same advice your doctor gives you for your own health.

Choose nutritious foods that are low in fat, salt, artificial flavors and colors. Limit snacks, maintain a healthy body weight and exercise. Get regular check ups, maintain good oral hygiene and spend quality time socializing with others. The best news of all?

Studies show that pet owners who make a concerted effort to help their pets lose weight and become healthier usually improve their own health as well.

Now that’s a win-win situation!

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