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Repaving gets underway A crew from Emil Anderson Contracting repaves Old North Thompson Highway near the Interior Whitewater building on Friday, June 20.

Upgrades are being done to a long list of roads in Clearwater over the next few weeks.

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Local causes get help from community forest Progress reported during Wells Gray Community Forest advisory committee's annual general meeting Keith McNeill Wells Gray Community Forest has distributed about $500,000 in the community over the past five years, corporation president Dave Meehan reported to the annual general meeting of the community forest’s advisory committee on Wednesday evening, June 18.

“It’s been a big boost to a lot of societies,” added the advisory commit-

tee’s new chair, Heather MacLennan.

A number of projects have been approved that have not received their grants yet, meaning the actual total for grants approved is actually more like $550,000, said Richard Christenson, a member of the community forest’s board of trustees.

Clearwater’s schools are better equipped than many in major centers because of the grants received

from the community forest, Christenson noted.

Courses are offered that otherwise would not be available.

Evergreen Acres seniors housing has benefited from about $35,000 worth of renovations done by WGCF grants.

“They were at their wits’ end, wondering what to do, because they were not getting enough money from rents to cover what needed to be done,” he said.

The community forest has contributed $69,000 towards converting the former Dutch Lake School into a community center.

The money is not being used to move the District of Clearwater offices into the building, but for a seniors center, upgrades to the gymnasium, and so on.

Other groups that have benefited include Clearwater Rotary Club, Sno-Drifters snowmobile club and Clearwater Ski Club.

Wells Gray Community Forest is presently developing a strategic plan, Christenson said.

One question they hope to answer in that plan is whether the community forest should start investing in long-term “legacy” projects, rather than the short-term, one-off projects as is done at present.

The strategic planning process began last fall when the board created a sub-committee, said Abbey

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The board held a planning session in February with Susan Mulkey, of the BC Community Forests Association.

On March 27 two public sessions were held.

Participants filled in questionnaires and made comments on what direction they thought the community forest should go.

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Fire departments get mutual aid agreements

Summer entertainment begins at Infocenter

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Local entertainer Howard Mitchell sings and plays guitar during the first weekly night market of the season at Wells Gray Infocenter on Thursday, June 19. More vendors are invited to join this community event. On Saturday, June 21, music nights at the Clearwater Legion also started for the season.

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Thompson-Nicola Regional District directors voted during their June 19 board meeting to renew the mutual aid agreements among the Clearwater, Vavenby and Blackpool fire departments.

The previous agreement had a five-year term, as will the new one.

Under a mutual aid agreement, one fire department can call in resources from another department if it is facing a problem too large for it to handle.

District of Clearwater town council, TNRD Blackpool fire committee and TNRD Vavenby fire committee all indicated support.

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The money will be used to fund installation of UV treatment for the Vavenby community water system.

“The new equipment will enhance the quality of the local water supplied to residents by sterilizing any biological content that chlorination may miss,” said Tim Pennell, TNRD director for Area A (Wells Gray Country).

“This increases safety for area residents and brings us one step closer to meeting the stringent guidelines set out by the Interior Health Authority. I am very pleased to see these improvements taking place,” Pennell added.

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Logging begins on west side of Clearwater Keith McNeill Canfor and BC Timber Sales (formerly Small Business Program) have begun road-building and/or logging on the west side of the Clearwater River drainage, according to several Upper Clearwater residents.

The move is of significance because some of the residents feel logging the area would negatively impact the viewscape from Upper Clearwater.There already has been a controversy brewing in Upper Clearwater over Canfor’s plans to log in the First, Second and Third Canyons area on the east side of the Clearwater River.

Ursula Johnston, who operates a horseback riding business with her husband in

the Upper Clearwater, said she first became aware of the activity about two weeks ago.

She was leading a group of European visitors on horseback in the Whitehorse Bluffs area on the east side of the river.

When they got to the viewpoint she was surprised to hear machinery working and then to see it at work across the river.

“For me, it was really quite shocking, as I was expecting a wilderness experience,” she said. “For some of the Europeans, it was not so bad, as they see (logging in forests) all the time.”

According to Erik Milton of the Wells Gray Action Committee, BC Timber Sales is working directly across from Whitehorse Bluffs

and Green Mountain, while Canfor is working further down the valley.

The committee is a group of Upper Clearwater residents who are opposed to Canfor’s logging plans.

“No discussions. No dialogue. No process ... even though they are well aware there is controversy brewing,” Milton said.

“Clearwater’s namesake is about to get dirty - one of the most pristine, beautiful, and wild rivers this far south in the world is about to be the victim of all the negative effects we know that industrial-scale logging will bring,” Milton added.

Trevor Goward, who also has been active in opposing Canfor’s logging plans on the east side of the river, has

seen signs of the activity on the west side from Edgewood Blue, his home in Upper Clearwater.

“From Edgewood, we can see the lights of the grader working through the night - at least until 1:30 a.m. It would seem that this is being rushed through for some reason. Makes one wonder, doesn’t it?” Goward said.

Thompson Rivers Forest District resource manager Rob Schweitzer noted that the area referenced is located outside of the sites covered off in the Guiding Principles for the management of land and resources in the Upper Clearwater Valley document dated November 2000.

As of press-time, no reply had been received from Canfor.

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Community forest reports progress on many fronts Continued from page A1 This was followed by a two-day planning meeting with consultant Grant Thompson to review the comments received.

The draft plan should be ready by the beginning of July.

Another public session will be held in the fall to go over the draft plan before it is finalized, Bates said.

What’s coming next Wells Gray Community Forest will host two UBC cooperative education students this summer, community forest manager George Brcko reported.

The students will be planting trees, doing surveys, clearing culverts, seeding grass and so on.

The spring planting saw 140,000 trees put in the ground, and another 85,000 will be planted later this year, starting next month.

A survey program is ongoing to check survival rates and

prescribe silviculture programs.

Brushing trials are underway to clear back aspen using snapping, bending and cutting. Herbicides are not being used.

New cut-blocks are being laid out in the Raft, Hascheak and Blackpool areas.

Brcko noted that if there is a forest fire from the south (as occurred during the McLure Fire of 2003), the cut-blocks and roads would help protect this community by providing fuel breaks and access for firefighters.

A new road into the area east of Blackpool is being named in memory of Laverne Burnell, a former Clearwater Timber Products woods boss who was instrumental in setting up the community forest.

Dust abatement along the road is to be done this year.

Culverts on Raft Mountain are to be upgraded to better cope with extreme weather events asso-

ciated with climate change.

The community forest is planning 15 years ahead, showing when and where they intend to log in general terms, financial projections, bridge needs, silviculture, and so on.

Provincial association coming to Clearwater Wells Gray Community Forest will host the annual convention of the BC Community Forests Association next year, The exact date has not yet been set, but it likely would be in June of 2015, said Brcko.

Between 75 and 120 people are expected to attend.

Complaints to get looked at Blackpool resident Dave Simms said he had recently ridden his mountain bike through community forest logging near his home and was not happy with what he saw.

There was excess waste left behind, including potential birch sawlogs, he said.

There should be an ad in the newspaper inviting people to collect firewood, Simms felt.

The local man also felt the riparian areas along creeks had not been adequately protected.

Community forest manager George Brcko replied that, without knowing the exact locations, it was difficult to respond in detail.

Brcko did say, however, that he was proud of the work the community forest and the logging contractor had done in the area.

If there was excess wood left behind, then the community forest would be penalized by the Ministry, but he did not feel that would be the case.

There no longer is a market for birch sawlogs, he said, as both local sawmills that were processing birch no longer do so.

Inviting people to collect firewood from cut-blocks would open the community forest to liability issues if

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someone gets injured, Brcko felt.

It is often good forestry practice to leave some woody debris behind to build up the soil, prevent erosion and provide habitat for small animals.

As for concerns about riparian areas, all the creeks in the logged areas were small, Brcko said.

Advisory committee director Bas Delaney also presented a report on concerns of a resident of Sunshine Valley. Both matters were referred to the WGCF board.

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Opinion

“ We are what we pretend to be, so we must be careful about what we pretend to be.” -Kurt Vonnegut Jr., writer editorial by tom fletcher

Ontario election lessons for B.C.

Religion is not showing its positive side Editor, The Times:

A short while back I wrote about how I felt that both democracy and capitalism are failing the citizens of this earth.

A third failing element in our society is religion.

It is not all bad.

With the election of a new pope, Francis (the first Jesuit pope ever) the Catholic Church has the best chance for renewal that it's had for quite some time.

However, for the negative, let's start with Russia. Since the return to God to that formerly heathen country the Russian Orthodox Church has reasserted its influence.

A good part of Putin's homophobic semidictatorship is backed

to the full by religious Russians. As my late waggish friend put it, “The only thing worse than a godless Russian is a godly one.”

In the United States, especially south of the Mason-Dixon line, pressure has put on schools to teach, alongside Darwin, Huxley and the rest, the Creation story.

Back to my waggish friend, “Adam and Eve rode a dinosaur to church 6,000 years ago.”

Not only that but homophobic fundamentalists, after losing ground in Barak Obama's America, move off to places like Uganda to advise on how to criminalize gay people — the death penalty, no less.

In case one gets the

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impression that I'm dumping too much on Christianity, let's look at the rest of the world.

In India a fundamentalist Hindu whose past is tainted with violence has just been elected president. In Myanmar, Buddhists (supposedly peaceful) massacre Muslims. In Nigeria Christians and Muslims are at each other's throats.

And the utter depravity of ultrafundamentalist Islam is so in one's face that to deny it is to be wilfully blind – Islam, once the most tolerant and progressive of religions.

As Richard Dawkins put it, 95 per cent of Muslims are good honest people. It's the five per cent – the Taliban, Al Qaeda, Boko Haram bunch – that turn Islam into a force for evil.

Religion can be a positive force. Think William Wilberforce with his great antislavery campaign in England.

However in the 21st Century not much of the positive side of religion is evident.

Dennis Peacock Clearwater, 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, deficitbe-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

Perplexed by plans to log Upper Clearwater Editor, The Times:

I'm writing to call attention to the proposed logging by Canfor in our valley.

We own 93 acres in the upper valley. Years ago we built a house here for our retirement.

We located here because we love Wells Gray and its pristine beauty and biodiversity.

There is widespread local concern and a feeling that the government and Canfor will proceed regardless of local opposition. Some years ago the community wrestled with the logging problem for many months, leading to an agreement with the government. Apparently this agreement has no value.

Hearing about the plans to

log the gateway perplexes us. I am familiar with the old clearcuts on the Trophy Mountains and the terrible, dangerous and expensive road washouts. If Canfor is so certain their logging will not cause washouts, maybe they should be willing to promise the Ministry of Transport to pay for any subsequent road repairs.

As a resident with medical issues I am at risk of isolation without medical care if the road is out. Fires and power outages also puts all of us more at risk without escape access.

We are perplexed at the disconnect between actions of different government bureaucracies. On the one hand, tourism

is actively promoted. The park's tourism value will continue to build as other pristine wild areas disappear, especially if it becomes a UNESCO site.

On the other hand the ministry responsible for forests would damage the beautiful views into the park and put huge logging trucks on the narrow park road with the huge numbers of RVs that come to the park each summer.

And lastly, what about the endangered mountain caribou?

Who speaks for them?

Once again, immediate profit trumps long-term investment.

Susan Dalby Upper Clearwater, B.C.

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Question of the Week

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Are you following World Cub soccer?

Riley Leduc:

No, I'm too busy with work to be bothered with watching sports.

Kevin Tinker:

Sebastian Beattie:

No, because I'm not a fan of soccer.

No, I believe that our society spends way too much money on sports. We should be more concerned about our planet and families.

Jim Pipe:

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Danielle Mikkelsen:

No, I'm just not a sports person.

Times editor should be more careful with criticism Editor, The Times

I am not sure why you questioned my motives in your last editorial Keith. I don't hear you calling into question Canfor's motives because they are solely focused on logging. Why would you call into question my motives simply because I might lean one way or the other?

At the moment nobody ‘official’ is even considering other values for the Clearwater Valley, and Canfor is moving ahead in a business-as-usual manner. Logging has already started on the west side of the valley – where both Canfor and BC Timber Sales are cutting away – already impacting the viewscapes into Wells Gray Park. Before we can start the discussion, we have to insist on being at the table – that much must be clear to you.

Is this really what Clearwater needs?

What opportunities are we giving up? What opportunities can’t we take back once this is done? Shouldn’t we talk about this first?

The opinion that the Clearwater Valley not be logged until a full input process has

occurred is widely held by many people in our community with many different backgrounds. What my personal opinion regarding what we should do with the Valley in the long term is does not make the call for an input process any less relevant. Once an input process is reached, all people then have a chance to say what they like - that should include the views of those who want to log the area as well as those who might want to protect it – but such an opportunity needs to take place, and it should be an open and fair process.

I have been contacted by many members of our community who agree with what the WGAC is trying to do. That is, they agree that the Clearwater Valley has many nonfibre values and that the system has failed us when one narrowly focused user group can make decision purely based on selfinterest in such a situation.

I have also been contacted by loggers who volunteered information about how to better pursue a public input process. It is not just loggers, but many residents of

our community who will not write letters to your paper because they are scared of the retribution they might face in our community. Think about that for a minute! That says a lot about where we live. That people are afraid to have a voice even in our small town is a great sadness, and perhaps reflects the negative influences corporate culture has on small towns. We should be striving to make sure everyone in our community has a voice - not just corporations by default. To do that – individuals, businesses, organizations – they all need their seat at the table first.

I don't care that you attack my ideas and opinions with gusto and humor and intensity, but to do it by sidelining genuine concerns with Canfor's plan by using cheap shots at my motives (and therefore it would seem, my integrity) and flippant treatment of complex subjects is questionable.

Keith, people are calling for a public input process regarding a plan that is set to heavily impact our community and the greater region. ‘The Times’ does not count

as a public input process. To start debating ‘most desirable’ outcomes at this point is a little like arguing over who gets the drumstick while the chicken is carried off by the coyote.

Lastly and most importantly, I want you to know that many people in our community are concerned by this issue. Many people are putting a lot of effort into this. Care and effort and love. People who value the place they live, and want to continue living – and all they want is a voice. Some of those people lean towards conservation, some logging comprises, some in between - regardless, your editorial insulted their hard work as well as mine by questioning the motives of people who are asking to have a voice in a decision that will, as sure as the sun rises, affect us all.

I am not sure exactly what you are playing at Keith? Regardless of what it is, the pen is mightier than the sword - careful how you wield it!

Erik Milton, concerned citizen Wells Gray Country

Logging decisions will define Clearwater's connection to park Editor, The Times

Your two recent editorials concerning growing tensions between Canfor and Upper Clearwater residents (among others) give off far more heat than light.

Your suggestion

that we find alternative ways to log in Upper Clearwater makes a mockery of our call for a broadly based public discussion – one that doesn’t focus exclusively on fibre.

Rightly or wrongly, we believe that the

larger Clearwater community is at a major crossroads. Wells Gray pumps $20 million of new money into Clearwater each year. Decisions will soon be made that will effectively define Clearwater’s connec-

tion to Wells Gray Park for the rest of time. If that isn’t worth having a conversation about, then I really don’t know what is.

I hope you can make our information meeting this Saturday

A note from the Clearwater Elks 499 Editor, The Times:

Whoops, my cat was helping me count tickets for the Clearwater Elks' raffle and he spilled coffee on the paper that I had the names of my ticket sellers written on.

The name of one ticket seller was badly damaged and I

cannot read it.

The ticket seller whose name I am missing was holding tickets number 114 – 125 and 126 – 139.

I am going to draw the winning ticket on July 5. I need all tickets returned before then.

I especially need the seller with the

missing name to phone me (250-6743535).

Phyllis Bucknell Clearwater Elks

at 10 a.m. We’ll meet at the Spahats picnic

area and happily serve you lunch.

Trevor Goward Upper Clearwater, B.C.

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45

YEARS AGO:

Coachways started a bus service between Kamloops and Clearwater on a sixmonth trial. The service was to help older people and those without cars.

40

YEARS AGO:

The old Clearwater Station Bridge was in precarious state following a collision with a log jam. Concern was felt about a new bridge built just a few feet downstream should the old structure give way.

The river was still swol-

len, and water had risen within two feet of the top of the dikes.

A 23-year-old Clearwater man was missing and presumed drowned following an accident in Spahats Provincial Park. It was believed that he had been attempting to climb down a cliff.

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YEARS AGO:

TNRD directors accepted a settlement with the parties responsible for the construction of the North Thompson Sportsplex.

Area A director Karl Simmerling thought the

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HISTORICAL Perspective

BACK IN TIME settlement was probably "the best which could realistically be expected." Writs had been issued against the facility's consulting engineers, material suppliers and contractors over two years earlier.

"Instead of asking what life has to offer, we should ask 'What do we have to give?'"

said CSS valedictorian Kathy Neufeld.

Rafts were to leave Clearwater at 6 a.m. on June 30 for the annual Overlander Raft Race to Kamloops.

30

YEARS AGO: An eight-year-old Vavenby boy was killed instantly after he

drove his bicycle into a passing train. Police reported that he was riding at a fast speed down Vavenby Bridge Road as the train was about halfway over the crossing.

25

YEARS AGO:

Many of the children brought into the world

by Dr. Bob Woollard were included in a drop-in for the doctor and his wife, Erlene.

Dr. Woollard had accepted a position at the University of British Columbia.

Raft River Elementary School was to receive a $3,500 computer as a reward after Jolene Davidson, a Grade 7 student at the school, was one of 12 from across the province chosen to have artwork included in a B.C. Hydro school calendar.

Clearwater's garbage dump was converted to a sanitary landfill.

There would no longer be 24-hour access, and users would have to drop their loads in a designated location for burial.

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YEARS AGO:

A Kamloops man was dead following a fiery crash on the Avola bridge. The 38-year-old man's Mazda 626 went under the wheels of a logging truck.

TNRD directors passed a bylaw to establish a five-member committee to govern Vavenby Volunteer Fire Department. There was no discussion regarding whether it might be preferable to elect committee members rather than appoint them, said TNRD assistant secretary and treasurer John Smith. "This is a bylaw that is standard throughout the region for all fire departments," he said. "No one is elected except for the directors."

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YEARS AGO: Flooding forced 88 residents of the North Thompson valley to evacuate. High water had peaked at 3.6 meters at Birch Island on June 20, reported Vern Goodwin, incident commander.

Opinions were divided as approximately 50 people attended a zoning hearing in Upper Clearwater Hall regarding a temporary industrial use permit for a shingle mill. TNRD directors later approved a two-year permit for the operation.

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YEARS AGO:

Dry lightning ignited five small forest fires in the Clearwater Fire Zone. The 110 hectare

Bear Creek Fire, located south of Vavenby just outside the zone, brought back memories of the 4,000 hectare Vermilion Creek Fire of the previous year.

A snowmobile/ATV trail being proposed to run from Sun Peaks to Blue River could become part of a larger trail system that would see long-distance sledders do a loop around Wells Gray Park. That was one suggestion put forward during a presentation by Diann Lawson and Al Hodgson, two of the project's proponents, to Clearwater Chamber of Commerce.

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YEARS AGO:

A recent decision

by Canfor to apply for funding under the province’s Brownfield Renewal program was a positive step, according to Clearwater Mayor John Harwood. The money would be used to prepare a detailed site investigation of the old planer mill site on Clearwater Station Road (between the post office and the blue bridge).

“It means they want to continue in this community,” said Harwood.

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YEAR AGO:

Avola's 70-year-old log schoolhouse was both the site and the subject of a sometimes stormy public meeting held to discuss renovations to the building.

“You're not listening to the people,” Avola resident Eleanor Deckert told the Thompson Headwaters services committee. “Your input matters,” said Willow MacDonald, TNRD director for Thompson Headwaters (Area B).

RCMP, Wells Gray Search and Rescue, Liquid Lifestyles and Clearwater Towing recovered a car from the Clearwater River underneath the Highway 5 bridge. The vehicle had been stolen from Coldstream, B.C. Nearly 30 people turned out for a lecture on lichens by Upper Clearwater resident Trevor Goward. Although he has no advanced degree in the subject, he is regarded as one of the world's foremost authorities. He and co-worker Curtis Bjork had identified 425 species in the Clearwater Valley.

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Wells Gray Action Committee to host logging concerns tour Wells Gray Action Committee Please join the Wells Gray Action Committee (WGAC) at Spahats picnic area (10 minutes north of Clearwater) on Saturday. June 28, for an informational tour of the southern Clearwater Valley – entrance corridor to Wells Gray Provincial Park.

This event will be hosted by WGAC in response to concerns over impacts that industrial-scale logging may have on the regional economy and other values.

Canfor intends to begin logging in the Clearwater Valley later this year – about 1,000 ha of blocks are indicated to begin with.

“People need to understand that this is not a one-time thing,” said committee spokesperson Erik Milton. “It’s really just the beginning. Canfor makes no secret that it intends to return to the valley until all legally harvestable wood has been cut.”

"What the Action Committee is calling for is a moratorium on industrial logging in the Clearwater Valley until such time as all social, environmental, and economic values are properly taken into account in an open, broadly based public process.

It is our position that the Clearwater Valley – entrance to Wells Gray Park – has far more value to society than just as a source of wood fibre."

Residents note that Canfor has failed to take into account the many values at stake and the increasing importance of tourism to the local economy.

"Our community needs to foster all of our economic opportunities,” said Tay Briggs, manager of the Wells Gray Park Information Centre. “We have the good fortune to live at the gateway of a completely sustainable and exportable rare commodity – the wilderness experience. Tourism brought over $20,000,000 of new money to our valley last season. How we manage the short stretch of road that connects Clearwater to Wells Gray Park will be the main factor that determines the long term economic future of this valley.”

Cathie Hickson, former research scientist for

the Geological Survey of Canada, added, “The area impacted by the proposed logging is highly sensitive and contains geological features that are rare in British Columbia. Logging in the area will negatively impact the upcoming UNESCO Geopark initiative and, as a result, also sustained future economic development based on tourism in the community.”

Thompson Rivers University has run a research station in the valley for decades and is now constructing a new facility here.

TRU senior lecturer Nancy Flood, who has been teaching at the facility for years said, “Wells Gray Park and the surrounding area offer incalculable opportunities for these types of studies and the facility has the potential to be world class as a centre for research on nature and wilderness – attracting students and attention from all over the world.”

Long-time area resident Sharon Neufeld summed up local response to the issue, “Area residents are angry with Canfor for refusing to respect the terms of a forest management agreement we negotiated with the B.C. Ministry of Forests in 2000. We gave up a lot to make this land use plan work, but so far we seem to have gotten nothing but disrespect in return.”

The tour will begin at 10 a.m. sharp on Saturday, June 28 and will run until about 1 p.m.

Representatives from Simpcw First Nation will open the event, followed by presentations from volcanologist Cathie Hickson, TRU Research Centre representative Nancy Flood, Wells Gray Info Centre manager Tay Briggs, woodlot owner and rancher George Briggs, and long-time Wells Gray naturalist Trevor Goward. Local resident Ellen Ferguson will MC the event.

MLA Terry Lake has kindly accepted an invitation to the event and will be in attendance.

Refreshments will be served.

"This issue is far too important to be decided by the narrow interests of a single user group,” noted action committee spokesperson Erik Milton.

Kjenstad re-visits Kootenays Clearwater councillor Ken Kjenstad rides in a horse-drawn carriage as the honorary marshall for the Sam Steele Days parade held in Cranbrook this past weekend. The Sam Steele Days festival was started 50 years ago by Cranbrook Junior Chamber of Commerce, which Kjenstad was a member of when he lived in Cranbrook before moving to Clearwater. He served as co-chairman of the festival for its first two years and then took over as chairman in 1966. In addition to being parade marshall, he was honoured at the Youth Ambassador banquet and ball during his visit to Cranbrook. Photo by Loree Duczek

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Young student learns about sheep ranching Robyn Rexin Rachel Des Cotes from St. Albert, Alberta, a 21-year-old graduate with an animal science technology diploma from Lakeland College in Vermillion, Alberta, has been volunteering at Aveley Ranch near Vavenby since May 1 and will stay the summer.

Des Cotes was originally going to go into the field of wildlife rehabilitation but that is mostly volunteer work. She took a couple of years off school to work. Some friends told her about the two-year program in animal science technology and she became intrigued. She has always loved animals.

During her first year she took a one week course to become certified in artificial insemination

of cattle. In her second year she was involved in student-managed farms. There was a choice of working with pure bred beef, commercial beef, dairy cattle, or sheep. Des Cotes became the nutrition manager of a sevenperson sheep team.

In her time at college she was involved in lambing out about 200 ewes. That helped her decide to specialize in sheep. Also, friends went into sheep with her and ever since she was a young girl she has wanted to have a farm.

Des Cotes came to Aveley Ranch looking for practical work where she could bring her own border collie, Zeke, so she could work him to give them both experience. At the college she and Zeke were part of the

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Des Cotes has been shadowing Valerie Gerber and Joseph Moilliet in various aspects of farm work. She was at the ranch for shearing and is learning how to live with a large flock of sheep. The sheep were trailed through Vavenby to Allingham's on Friday, June 13. Des Cotes has been helping Gerber with the flock there.

She has been taking riding lessons from Sarah Shook and enjoys riding horses at Aveley when there is time.

Des Cotes says about her stay, “The most valuable part has been working and learning with Zeke. We are continuously growing together with experience. It has been a great and humbling time being here at the ranch so far.”

After the summer she will be looking for employment, preferably on a sheep ranch, either here in Canada or overseas.

Vavenby getting new power poles B.C. Hydro has been busy replacing some of the poles in Vavenby this past week. The workers had to leave one of them alone as there was a swallow's nest with four eggs on top of that pole.

Local students graduate Congratulations go to three past Vavenby elementary students who graduated from Thompson

Agriculture student Rachel Des Cotes sits with her sheepdog, Zeke, as she shepherds sheep from the Moilliets' ranch near Vavenby recently.

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Bryan Cederholm earned his Bachelor of Education, Caitlyn Bellows her certificate for health care assistance, and Kristy Schuchardt her Bachelor of Science in nursing.

Cederholm and Bellows already have jobs in Kamloops and Schuchardt is now working in Vancouver.

Jilene Tobin graduated with her Bachelor of Arts in English

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Canada Day will be celebrated at Dutch Lake on July 1, starting at 11 a.m.

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Cake, ice cream and watermelon will be served starting around 3 p.m.

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Sports Deuce pot won again at Ladies Night Golf Submitted Ladies Night on June 19 saw one of our longtime golfers join us and it had its rewards. Madeline Klassen came out to play the front 9 and walked away with the Deuce Pot, longest putt and low Net score for Flight #1. Good to see you out Madeline.

It was a rather windy night but there was no rain, so all was perfect for a lovely round of golf.

We had 13 ladies out with a good representation in all of the flight levels. However, the KP on hole #5 eluded us all again. But we did have three very long drives on Hole #3.

The winners for June 19 were: Low Gross – Karen Caissie, Joan Slingsby, Daisy Hystad; Low

Net – Madeline Klassen, Jan Johnston, Eileen Sedgwick; Long Drive – Carol Hindle, Anna Mae Dee, Rosemary Harley; Long putt – Madeline K., Jane Olson, Reita Vandenborre; Least Putts – Daisy H; Most Putts – Cleo Schwartz; RIP - Eileen S.; Longest Putt (all flights) – Daisy H.; Closest to windmill – Reita V.; Best Poker Hand – Karen C. Our sponsors for the week were: Century 21 Realty, Painted Turtle Restaurant, Absolute Hair, Safety Mart, Home Hardware, Wells Grey Inn, Rona, TNT, The Caboose, Pharmasave, O’Bryans Café, and Clearwater Computers. Thank you to the sponsors and all the ladies who make a Ladies Night possible.

Great dinner at the club house Linda. See you next Thursday.

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Running for first Rachel Elliot of the team Reckless reaches for the ball as Blue River Blues player Shelley Redman runs for first base. They were taking part in a seven team slow-pitch tournament at Capostinsky Park last weekend. Superfreaks won the event, followed by Blue River in second and North Thompson Pounders in third.

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Weather does not dampen spirits at Rotary’s Golf Tournament Kay Knox

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On Saturday June 14, experienced golfers and newbies (like me) arrived at Lacarya Golf Course for Clearwater Rotary’s Fun Golf Tournament, money in hand.

“Almost a cow pasture” a year ago, the course has been painstakingly restored to perfection by hard-working owners Heinz and Linda Fitz.

Eighteen holes of golf at this lovely setting, plus lunch, dinner and more, lay ahead for the participants. Prizes generously donated by local businesses, companies, other golf courses, and individuals were on display – enough for all players.

Leslie Groulx was giving her sales pitch: “$5 for one rubber duckie (for the race to be held after dinner) or four for $20”.

Everything was ready, thanks to the careful planning and organization of Rotarians Eileen Sedgwick, Sandy McKenzie and Kevin Podbisky.

Instructions over, chattering teams of three or four, walking and towing golf bags, or on golf carts, set off to each of the nine holes, umbrellas and colourful rain jackets aboard. The horn sounded soon after, starting the action.

Playing “best ball” reduced the number of strokes needed to reach the flag, although everyone’s first hit from the tee had to be taken two or three times. Rain gear was soon put to good use, although we still got wet while swinging those odd-shaped clubs at that stubborn ball. No worries. The rain stopped long enough for us to become “almost dry” before the next shower damped us down again.

After we completed the circuit, we needed no extra persuasion to stop for lunch. Then, in case we hadn’t got it right the first time, we set off to the hole where we had originally started and did it all over again.

The delicious dinner made it more than worthwhile, another example of the dedication of Linda and Heinz and their conscientious staff to provide a fine experience for all their customers. The weather at dinner time sent many of us inside, but the hardy

Luc Pardis shows off the $200 he won at the duck race held during the Rotary Golf Tournament recently. Eighty ducks were sold to raise $400 for community projects, less 50 per cent for the prize. Paradis' duck #181 won the race after duck #132, which was three feet in the lead, went down the waterfall and got hung up in a back eddy. Great fun was had by all at the tournament, organizers report. Photo submitted

had the added benefit of listening to the toe-tapping music of Jack Perry and Mary Stewart. Ron Hadley used humour, tact and experience in his role as MC, keeping everything rolling along. Prizes were handed out for wonderful reasons like “the most honest team” (most strokes), sinking a ball into a pond, longest and shortest drives, and putting prowess.

Each and every team came up to the laden table to take their pick; all walked away with smiles on their faces. Extra-special items donated by Helen Knight, Ray Harms, Yellowhead Helicopter and Interior Savings stirred interest and more smiles, raising more dollars at the silent auction.

Clearwater Rotary is most grateful to all who helped and participated in this golf tournament.

Deemed a definite success as both fund-raiser for community projects and fun for golfers and nongolfers alike, plans are already in progress to restore this as an annual event. Don’t miss out next year, rain or no rain....

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Giant puffball found near Vavenby

Getting ready for Canada Day Alex Gerow, age seven, and Myah Gerow, age five, hold a Canadian flag as they remind people about the Canada Day celebrations planned for July 1 at Dutch Lake beach, starting at 11 a.m. Blue River will be holding its annual parade, also at 11 a.m., to be followed by activities at Lake Eleanor beach. Photo by Keith McNeill

Debbie Planeta holds a giant puffball (16" x 12" x 9" and estimated weight between 12 and 15 pounds) that she recently found on the 180 acres that she and her husband Stefan own near Vavenby.

According to Planeta, so far they have been sauteing and roasting the mushroom. They are going to try making mushroom soup and cooking it up as burgers as well. The couple has also been giving chunks away to neighbours. They've found seven more puffballs but not nearly as big as the first one.

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Planning for Avola reunion on August long weekend goes ahead Eleanor Deckert All systems are go as the countdown approaches for the fourth Avola reunion, to be held Aug. 1 – 4.

The newly-renovated school house will be open all day and into the evening on Saturday and Sunday, Aug. 2 and 3. Visitors are invited to please bring "show-and-tell" items (clearly labeled) and photos of departed loved ones.

New playground equipment at the old "Tot-Lot" down the hill from the school is being installed this week and will be ready for the little ones to enjoy. The community garden is flourishing. The book club will have books ready to share.

The Log Inn Pub has agreed to host all the meals. And of course, picnics and bring-your-own meals are each family's option.

Previous Avola reunions, which were held in 2003 (the year of the McLure forest fire), 2005 (which was a dandy) and 2008 (also well attended), saw old-timers gathering to reminisce, share stories and photos, a display of tools

and equipment and a street dance featuring whoever brought their instruments.

As the years pass, these gatherings become increasingly popular as people realize how precious our heritage and friendships are.

Avola seems to be a place where many people have lived for a short time, but it leaves a lasting impression. In such a small community, each person matters to the whole and each contribution to the town of time, ideas, skills and volunteer effort is appreciated.

The year 2014 marks 30 years since the Avola Elementary School closure.

Former students who are now in their 30s, 40s and 50s are especially invited this year. Bring your children. Show them where you lived. Remember the Hodge Podge Lodge outings and events?

Recall your childhood: exploring the mill pond, skating, Sunday School, trickor-treat, Christmas concerts and the library. Look though old text books and compare how you were raised with chil-

dren's experiences today.

Modern technology has reached Avola, too. Cell coverage, high-speed internet, lap-tops, digital slide shows and GPS locations of memorable places will also be used to bring facts, amusement and memories to participants.

Questions? Ideas?

Contact the Avola Reunion Committee: Bob and Colleen Jensen 250-678-5305,

or Eleanor Deckert eed_trek@yahoo. com. Watch the Times for updates.

Right: Avola reunion organizer Bob Jensen challenges others who have "old rusty stuff" to bring items of interest to set up alongside Gerald Gibson's one-ton 1947 Ford during the August long weekend event.

Photo by Eleanor Deckert

Church Directory

Clearwater Christian Church

“an Independent” congregation in fellowship with the broader Christian community in the area.

Your places of worship

Meeting at: 11 Lodge Drive (Behind Fields Store)

Sunday Worship Service 10 am On the Web: www.clchch.com For information 250.674.3841 or 250.674.2912

VAVENBY CHRISTIAN CHURCH

3083 Capostinsky Rd. • Service 11 a.m.

Sunday Morning Celebration Services Ian Moilliet Pastor 250-676-9574 Non Denominational

St James Catholic Church

Sunday Service Mass • 11am - 12pm Tuesday & Thursday 10am 324 Clearwater Village Road 250-672-5949 Father Don O’Reilly

Clearwater Seventh-Day Adventist Church Pastor Bill Kelly Saturday Service - 10am Clearwater Christian Church Ph. 250-674-3468

CLEARWATER UNITED CHURCH Meeting at Catholic Church of St. James

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Rev. Brian Krushel

250-672-5653 • 250-674-3615 www.norththompsonpc.ca

Clearwater Living Streams Christian Fellowship Meeting at New Life Assembly every Sunday 5:00pm

Contact Dave Meehan 250-674-3217 email: livingstreams@hotmail.com Clearwater Community Church open to everyone - all denominations

CLEARWATER NEW LIFE ASSEMBLY Dan Daase - Pastor Sunday Morning Worship 10:30am

(Kids church during service)

Wednesdays Am Ladies Bible Study Thursday 3-5pm Kids Club

Phone: 250-674-2345

308 W Old N Thompson Hwy

COMMUNITY BAPTIST 24E Old North Thompson Hwy

Worship Service 10:30 Pastor Mike Kiewitt 250.674.1332 www.ccbaptist.ca

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Dale Haggerty stands in front of the Michif Historical and Cultural Society teepee during National Aboriginal Day celebrations at the Elks Hall in Clearwater on Saturday, June 21. Next to her is a Metis flag with an infinity symbol in it – symbolizing the merging of two cultures (European and First Nations).

Hunter and Mora Chrystall pretend they are heading happily home on a miniature covered wagon at the National Aboriginal Day celebrations on Saturday.

Photos by Eleanor Deckert

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MP McLeod applauds strengthened patient safety legislation OTTAWA – Cathy McLeod, Member of Parliament for Kamloops-Thompson-Cariboo was pleased to see the proposed patient safety legislation, Bill C-17, Vanessa’s Law pass through the House of Commons and move to the Senate for consideration.

Vanessa’s Law gives the Minister of Health new tools to better respond to drug safety issues, such as the power to recall unsafe drugs, impose stiff financial penalties and require mandatory adverse reaction reporting by healthcare facilities.

“The amendments made to the Bill will enhance transparency concerning Health Canada’s regulatory decisions, information regarding clinical trials, and address the scope of confidential business information and disclosure,” said McLeod. “If passed, Vanessa’s Law will provide new tools to make pharmaceutical drugs, biologics and medical devices safer for Canadians.”

The amendments to the bill were adopted by the House of Commons Standing Committee on Health on June 12. They included the requirement that both positive and negative decisions about drug authorizations be disclosed on a public website, and that clinical trial information be disclosed on a public registry. Further, they better defined the scope of confidential business information (CBI) that will allow the Minister of Health to disclose CBI about a product if the minister believes the product may pose a serious risk to Canadians.

“The changes included in Vanessa’s Law will enable us to take drug safety to a new level. We can now provide Canadian patients and safety experts with information they have long been calling for. With this information, Canadians can make well-informed decisions concerning their health and that of their families,” concluded McLeod.

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UPCOMING COURSES

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UPCOMING EVENTS

June 19 - Sept 4: Wells Gray Night Market every Thursday, 5:00 - 8:30 pm at Wells Gray Information Centre.

June 27: NTFF&R Ambassador Program, Speech, Talent & Fashion Show. 7pm Barriere Lions Hall $5 June 28: Legion Branch 259 Meat Draw, 3pm – 5:30pm, bar opens 1 pm.

June 28: Canfor BBQ, Rotary Sports Park, 12 – 2 pm.

July 1: Canada Day Celebrations, Canada Rocks, BBQ, music, kids activities, 9 am – 2 pm, Clearwater Info Centre.

Canada Day on the Beach, 11am -3pm at Dutch Lake Beach.

TRANSPORTATION ENDORSEMENT June 29

July 14-15: Youth Learn to play golf, Lacarya Golf course, 10:30 am-12:00 pm and 12:30pm-2:00 pm. Contact Eleanor Collins 250-674-1878 for details.

July 25 – 27: Wells Gray Man Tracker Invitational, Nakiska Ranch Aug. 16: 911 Golf Tourney, Chinook Cove Golf Course, 1 pm shotgun start.To donate or register call 250-6729918 Aug. 22: NTFF&R Ambassador Coronation Sept 9 – 13: BC Seniors Games, Langley 2014, www. bcseniorsgames.org

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• Shambhala Meditation Group: meets every Tuesday at Forest House 6:30-8:00 pm. Info: 250-587-6373.

• Connections Healing Rooms - Fridays 1-3pm (except stat. holidays). 86 Young Rd. No charge. Sponsored by Living Streams Christian Church. www.healingrooms.com.

• Healthy Choices – Tues 9am Clearwater Christian Church bsmnt (behind Fields). $2/wk drop-in free. Kim 250-674-0224 • Clearwater & District Hospice 3rd Mon. Sept-Jun 10am Legion 778-208-0137.

RECREATION • Ladies Golf Night. Every Thursday @ Lacarya. April – Sept.

Info Debbie 250-674-0260; Abby 250-674-2127 • Drop-in soccer: May-Sept. Tuesdays & Thursday at 7pm at CSS field. Everyone welcome!

• Bowling: Mon. 10–12pm & 1-3pm; Thurs., 1-3pm. Seniors Centre at Evergreen Acres. 250-674-3675 • Clearwater Sno-Drifters: 1st Thurs every mth. 250-676-9414 • CNT Rod & Gun Club: 3rd Tues. of the mth. Blackpool Hall 7pm Nov., Jan., & Mar. AGM in May • Volleyball: Winter, dates TBA, at Clearwater Secondary School Gym, $2 drop in. Info: 250-674-1878.

• Yoga Tree – Call or email Annie 250-674-2468 annie. pomme@hotmail.com • Core Strength Fitness. Tuesdays. 10-11am 250-674-0001 • Drop-in Curling: Fri. Jan. 11 - Mar. 8, 7:00 PM, $5. Brooms and sliders available.

• Badminton: Mon & Wed, Oct – Mar, CSS gym, 7:30-9:30 pm, $3 drop-in fee, info 250-674-2518 • Drop in Basketball: Winter, dates TBA, $2 drop in at Clearwater Secondary School Gym. Info: 250-674-1878 • Slo-Pitch: Clearwater mixed Slo-Pitch league May – July.

Contact Carmen Archibald 778-208-1773, 250-674-2632 • Drop in Soccer: June -Sept, tues and Thurs, 6:30-8:00 PM, CSS field, $2 drop in, grade 8 to adult SENIORS • Wells Gray Country Senior’s Society 3rd Sun Social Meet at the Wells Gray Hotel at 12:30pm for lunch or dessert, & chat • Wells Gray Country Senior’s Society Book Club Last Thursday of the mth 2pm at the library. All seniors welcome.

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ONGOING EVENTS ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT • Indoor Market: 1st Saturday of month, 9 am – 2 pm, Elks Hall, info - 250-674-3763 • Tuesday Morning Coffee (TMC): Meets 10am – 11:30 @ Clearwater Community Baptist Church. All women and children welcome. (9:30-10 am Bible Study). Info 250-674-3624 • Raft River Rockhounds: 3rd Sat of the mth. Clw Lodge 1pm 250-674-2700 • Women in Business Luncheon: 2nd Thurs. of the mth at Wells Gray Inn, 12–2 pm. Preregister at 250-674-2700 • Clearwater Choir: Youth 3:30 - 5 pm; Adult 6:30 - 9 pm, Tuesdays, Clearwater Christian Church • Crafts & Conversations with Cheryl. Tuesdays 11:00 am to 2:00 pm at the North Thompson Aboriginal Sharing Center.

Phone 250-674-3703 for more info.

• Clearwater Farmers’ Market May – Oct. Saturdays 9am– Noon. For more info please call Anne at 250-674-3444.

• M&M (Mrs. & Ms.) Social. Last Sun of the mth Wells Gray Inn. 1pm: 250-587-6503 • Blackpool Community Hall Coffee House; Local musicians – 2nd Fri. of the mth. 6:30pm. Concession, $3 or 2 for $5.

• Clearwater Elks Bingo - every 2nd Thurs. Elks Hall. open 5pm • Cribbage Wed. at the Royal Canadian Legion. 12:30 pm.

• Fun Darts Fri. at the Royal Canadian Legion. 6 pm.

CHILDREN & FAMILIES • Racoon StrongStart - Raft River Elem school days Mon, Tues, Thurs & Fri 8:45-11:45am • Racoon StrongStart - Vavenby Elm school days Wed 8:5011:50am • Clearwater Breastfeeding Group: 3rd Wed. of every month 7:30pm @ YCS • Mother Goose - Monday mornings, reg. Kerry 250-6743530 • NT BC Home Schoolers: Meets Fri. afternoons. Call Leanna 250-674-0057 for details • Kids Club: Clearwater New Life Assembly. Meets every Thur.

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IMMEDIATE OPENINGS for a Journeyman Heavy Equipment Technician (Mechanic) with truck experience and also a trailer mechanic. Fax or email resume and references to: Calnash Trucking, Lac La Biche, 1-780-623-4051; calnash@telusplanet.net.

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An Alberta Oilfield Company is hiring experienced dozer and excavator operators, meals and lodging provided. Drug testing required. 1-(780)7235051.

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The District requires a dynamic leader to join their management team as Public Works Superintendent. The Public Works Superintendent exercises a high degree of initiative, and judgment; and is responsible for the water distribution system; sanitary sewer, facilities, maintenance of roads, community parks and cemetery.

The individual must be enthusiastic and highly motivated with the ability to work in a challenging, fast paced organizational environment.

Reporting to the Chief Administrative Officer, the Superintendent will provide support to the management team in strategic planning, departmental budgeting, and monitoring, risk management, and will advise the Chief Administrative Officer on all matters pertaining to the department. The successful candidate will have proven leadership and organizational skills, and will maintain effective working relationships with staff, citizens, businesses, regional and neighbouring local governments, and other agencies and organizations.

The preferred candidate will have a diploma or certificate in Civil Engineering, however those possessing a combination of similar training and experience will be considered. In addition experience at the middle management level is required; certification under the BCWWA, and Project Management are a definite asset.

The District offers a competitive salary, excellent benefits package, a supportive work environment and supports continued career and professional development.

Qualified applicants are invited to send their resumes including references and covering letter by 4:00 p.m. on June 27th, 2014 ATTN: Leslie Groulx, Chief Administrative Officer District of Clearwater Box 157, 132 Station Road Clearwater, B.C. V0E 1N0 Fax: 250-674-2173 Email: admin@docbc.ca

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Cleaned and Graded. $1$1000. 250-672-1908

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

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Garage Sales Block Sale: McLean Road, Barriere. Saturday June 28 9am-2pm.

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

SPECIAL Trades are welcome.

40’ Containers under $2500!

DMG 40’ containers under $2,000 each.

Also JD 544 &644 wheel Loaders Wanted to buy 300 size hydraulic excavator Ph Toll free 1-866-528-7108 Delivery BC and AB www.rtccontainer.com FIREARMS. ALL types wanted, estates, collections, single items, military. We handle all paperwork and transportation.

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Misc. Wanted BUYING Coin Collections, Estates, Antiques, Native Art, Silver, Jewelry 778-281-0030 Used Postage Stamps

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

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

1974 Homco-Ambassador (One move factory to site) 12x68

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

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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

Dutch Lake Community Centre No. 2014-16 Biomass Heating System

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The District is seeking Request for Proposals from proponents that would include the cost to design an appropriate biomass boiler system, build the required fuel storage and boiler room, install the necessary equipment and connect it to the Dutch Lake Community Centre. The system should be able to operate with a minimum of operator input and should include automatic controls, remote monitoring, ash handling and tube cleaning.

The District has available a business case completed by the Wood Waste 2 Rural Heat Project. It is available at the following link: http://www.woodwaste2ruralheat.ca/uploads/WW2RH%20Publications/Clearwater%20Business%20 Case%2026-11-2013%20-%20Final.pdf or from David Dubois via email at david@woodwaste2ruralheat. com. The business case includes an aerial view of the site as identifies two possible locations.

Digital PDF documents for the “Dutch Lake Community Centre Biomass Heating System” will be available beginning Tuesday, June 10th, 2014 at www.districtofclearwater.com or by contacting david@ woodwaste2ruralheat.com.

Request for Proposals must be clearly marked Dutch Lake Community Centre RFP No. 2014-16 Biomass Heating System and submitted electronically to: David Dubois, Wood Waste 2 Rural Heat Project Coordinator @ Email: david@woodwaste2ruralheat.com; AND Leslie Groulx, Chief Administrative Officer @ Email: lgroulx@docbc.ca Proposals must be submitted no later than: 11:00 am PST, Thursday, July 3, 2014 The District reserves the right to reject any or all Proposals.

The District is looking for individuals or companies that would be interested in supplying the required wood chips. It is estimated that the system will require 5 truckloads per year. Those interested should contact David Dubois at the above email address.

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Capricorn, This week is quickly all curb aboutany give feelings and take, of boredom Capricorn. by Do explorfor ing a new hobby. others, and they will Try taking new do for you. Aaspecial fitness or art class. event calls for some You’ll have gifts. chances extra-special December 22– to mingle, too.

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April 20– May 20

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The offer is agenuine tad stubborn, this and will bring week yourewards. are open you many A totestany andbegins— all sugof faith gestions.

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August 22

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November 21

May 21– June 21

Gemini, while you Feeling blessed may thesehave days, natural Gemini? leadership abilities, Pay it forward.

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August 23– September 22

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If ever and more peace of there a time mind. was Flowers provide toa great summon your pick-me-up. leadership abilities, now is the time.

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Getting ready for splashpark fun Larissa Hadley (l) of the Clearwater Memorial Splashpark Society and Heather Adamson of Success by 6 playfully pretend to squirt the photographer with a hose at Safety Mart last week. Success by 6 is donating the proceeds from its coupons books to the splashpark project, Adamson says. The books are available at Wells Gray Infocenter. Winners of the splashpark contest at Safety Mart so far have been Raylene MacKay, January; Tori Cooke, February; Sandra Stearns, April; and Bonnie Wheatley, June. Don't forget the Gord Mayer Memorial Golf Tournament coming up on July 11 and 12, they add. Photo by Keith McNeill

BC SPCA warns about leaving pets in hot cars Submitted

With temperatures rising across the province, the BC SPCA is reminding the public to protect their pets against the dangers of heat exhaustion and heatstroke.

“When the days get warmer we get hundreds of emergency calls to rescue dogs whose lives are endangered because they are left in hot cars,” says Lorie Chortyk, general manager of community relations for the BC SPCA. “Many well-meaning guardians leave their dogs unattended in parked cars while they run errands. Tragically, this can lead to serious heatstroke and even death for their pets.”

The temperature in a parked car, even in the shade with windows partly open, can rapidly reach a level that will seriously harm or even kill a pet. In just minutes, the temperature in a parked car can 2, , 22climb 00 1 14 2 well over 38 degrees Celsius (100 degrees to Fahrenheit). Dogs have no sweat glands, so they Cancer, now is a Libra, many things A business relationship Lady Luck on cool themselves by pantingare and disarray by smiles releasing heat good time toantravel, and blossoms with you,inLibra, and there even if itAmeans just paws. On summer you may need some through their days the hot air addition. larger-thanis nothing beyond your alife quick jaunt.

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Glen Ernest Louis Smith was born in Zeballos, British Columbia on September 23, 1940. He passed away on June 12, 2014 at Royal Inland Hospital.

Predeceased by: mother Margaret ‘Peggy’ Lundquist (nee Archibald), father Lloyd Smith and sister-in-law Wilna Smith.

Survived by: two brothers, three nieces, two great nieces, two great nephews and numerous close friends.

He worked as an Industrial Electrician. He enjoyed hunting and fishing and running equipment whether that was a lawn mower or a D8 Cat. Donations can be made to the Diabetes Foundation of British

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