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No school Tuesday as labour talks collapse Kamloops This Week School did not begin as scheduled on Tuesday, Sept. 2, after talks between the B.C. Teachers’ Federation BCTF and the provincial government’s bargaining agent broke down yet again on the weekend.

On Saturday, Aug. 30, mediator Vince Ready walked away from talks with the teachers union and the B.C. Public School Employers’ Association, making it clear to both sides “funda-

mental barriers” remain in his effort to find a way to a tentative agreement on a contract.

Ready told media he’s willing to meet with the two sides again but more work has to be done to bring them closer to an agreement.

The main stumbling block remains the government’s insistence on an opt-out clause based on whatever the B.C. Supreme Court may rule on the second government appeal of court decisions declaring government actions illegal.

Those appeals are related to then-education minister Christy Clark’s decision to void existing contracts and remove the B.C. Teachers’ Federation’s right to bargain class size and composition to a decision government

would address through legislation. The government has twice lost that argument, with courts ruling the action violated teachers’ charter rights.

The most-recent court decision earlier this year confirming that viewpoint has been appealed by the government.

The provincial government wants a clause included in a contract that allows either side to opt out of the deal if they disagree with the court ruling.

For example, if the court

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“After two days of work with Vince Ready, it has become clear that the government is not prepared to find a fair settlement that will get B.C.’s students and teachers back in classrooms,” BCTF president Jim Iker said.

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Local M.P. promotes high speed Internet program Times Staff High speed Internet for rural Canadians is a priority for the federal government and was one of the main topics of discussion when she met recently with Clearwater town council, according to M.P. Cathy McLeod.

“Step one has to be having a map that shows the reality of the community and that shows the gaps so that government can be in a better position to focus its resources,” she said.

A map that does not show the reality might indicate that a certain area has Internet access when, in fact, the people who live in that area think their access is not functional, the KamloopsThompson-Cariboo member of parliament said.

In a letter to town council, McLeod pointed

out that Connecting Canadians, a new federal program, will bring high speed Internet to 280,000 households that do not currently have Internet access or have slower access.

The federal government plans to spend $305 million to extend access to broadband Internet at 5 megabits per second (Mbps) to 98 per cent of Canadian households.

Municipal governments, residents and internet service providers (ISPs) are invited to visit the Connecting Canadians website (www.ic.gc.ca/ ConnectingCanadians) to offer input on communities whose Internet service does not meet the 5 Mbps threshold and could be eligible for funding through the program.

The first projects are expected to be announced in the spring of 2015.

Terry Fox Run coming Sept. 14 Times Staff

Spreading chips A crew of volunteers spreads wood chips for a new playground at Raft River Elementary School last week. Pictured are (back, l-r) John Meyer, Seth Cooperman, Claire Meyer, Josee Cooperman, (front, l-r) Vicki Meyer, Eleanor Collins, Sabine Cooperman, Cathy Dekelver, Brent Buck, Kevin Porterfield, Sienna Van Rooy, and Donald Collins. The playground, which will be named after the late Courtney and Skye Buck, was largely paid for by $120,000 won from the Aviva Community Fund last year.

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This year, Clearwater's Terry Fox Run will be held on Sunday, Sept. 14, says Mark Taylor, one of the local organizers.

Registration will begin at 10:30 a.m. at the North Thompson Sportsplex, with the run to start at 11 a.m.

Participants will have their choice of one, two, five and 10 km routes to walk, wheel, ride,

run with Terry!

For more information or pledge sheets, phone 250-6740029 or text 778-208-4453.

According to Wikipedia, Terry Fox (July 28, 1958 – June 28, 1981) was a Canadian athlete who, although he had one leg amputated, embarked on a crossCanada run to raise money and awareness for cancer research.

Although his cancer returned and forced him to end his quest,

his efforts resulted in a lasting, worldwide legacy.

The annual Terry Fox Run, first held in 1981, has grown to involve millions of participants in over 60 countries and is now the world's largest one-day fundraiser for cancer research; over C$600 million has been raised in his name.

More information about Terry Fox and the Terry Fox Run is available at www.terryfox.org.

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Continued from page A1 Iker said the teachers’ union reduced its proposal by $125 million, but claimed the government did not make any meaningful moves in return.

“Education Minister Peter Fassbender has said many times: “Let the courts decide.”

And we agree entirely with that approach,” Iker said.

“But, in reality, what they are insisting upon at the table would undo any future court decision.”

Iker said the BCPSEA offered no commitment to increase funding, nor was there any effort to move on salary.

As for Fassbender, the education minister could not see a scheduled start to the school year. ‘”I wish I could tell British Columbians when students will be back in school,” Fassbender said. “But, right now, I don’t see any quick or easy solutions.

“Legislating an end to the dispute is the wrong thing to do. It would only keep us on the same dysfunctional treadmill that we’ve been on for the past 30 years.”

Fassbender said BCTF compensation demands remain nearly double what 150,000

Teachers (l-r) Jen Richardson, Loree Holmes and Mike Lau picket in front of Clearwater Secondary School last week. Despite hopes for a settlement or at least a truce, school did not start as scheduled on Tuesday.

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other B.C. public-sector union workers have settled for.

“They even insist on a special $5,000 signing bonus that no one else received,” Fassbender said. “The gap is much bigger than what the BCTF has been making it out to be, which was that the parties were close on all matters except class size and composition. Over the past few days, it’s been a very different story behind closed doors. Their demands would plunge B.C.

into deficit. No mediator can bridge that kind of gap.”

Fassbender said the government has offered a six-year deal with a seven per cent salary increase, in addition to a seven per cent wage increase he said is in line with increases negotiated with other publicsector employees.

Fassbender said here has also been an offer of supports for classroom needs through the Learning Improvement Fund.

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Council approves $60,000 for walkway Keith McNeill

(L-r) M.P. Cathy McLeod helps Mayor John Harwood and Louise Weaver, chair of Yellowhead Community Services Society, to cut the ribbon to officially open the municipal hall portion of the new Dutch Lake community center.

Watching are YCS board member Lloyd Strickland, firefighter Wayne Wysoski, and councillor Ken Kjenstad. The event was held on Friday. A major ceremony for the whole building will take place on Sept. 20.

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Cathy McLeod helps open Dutch Lake community center Keith McNeill The recently renovated former Dutch Lake School will a lasting and valuable legacy for the community, according to M.P. Cathy McLeod.

“It has a bright and welcoming look as you walk in the door,” she said.

McLeod was at what is now called the Dutch Lake community center on Friday, Aug. 29, to assist in an informal ribboncutting for the municpal offices portion of the building.

She wll be in Ottawa on Sept. 20 when a major ceremony to officially open the whole building will take place, she said, but she wanted to congratulate the partners who helped make the project happen.

The federal gov-

ernment contributed $98,000 to the project, she noted, through its community infrastructure improvement program.

The program was set up to stimulate the Canadian economy, particularly in small communities, she said, and the community center project was a good example of what it could accomplish.

The KamloopsThompson-Cariboo member of parliament said that she has been working with the District of Clearwater and others for several years to see the renovations done.

In his remarks,

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Mayor John Harwood praised McLeod for always being ready to help the community.

When Canfor announced several years ago that it was

It belonged to the taxpayers and it still belongs to the taxpayers.

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going to close its Vavenby sawmill for what turned out to be a two-year shutdown, the local M.P. was one of the first

people to call him and offer assistance, he recalled.

The school district is leasing the former school to the municipality for $1 per year, he said.

“It belonged to the taxpayers and it still belongs to the taxpayers,” Harwood added.

Yellowhead Community Services chair Louise Weaver credited partnerships for making the project happen.

“No one organization alone could do it,” she said.

Instead, District of Clearwater, YCS, Thompson Rivers University and others worked together to make it happen.

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It could cost nearly half again as much as earlier planned but District of Clearwater still wants to go ahead with a multi-use walkway along Murtle Crescent across the street from the new shopping center now under construction.

During their Aug. 19 meeting, town council members reported that they had decided recently while meeting in camera to approve spending up to $58,000 on the project.

During their July town council meeting they had approved spending up to $40,000 on the walkway.

The money would be used to provide a paved walkway, gutter and street lighting for the section across from the shopping center.

The project will be done by the shopping center developer, Jim

Pattison Developments, who then would be reimbursed for actual costs by the municipality.

Councillor Merlin Blackwell commented that improving connectivity is an important part of the municipality's longterm plans.

“This is a good thing,” he said.

Mayor John Harwood noted that $6.185 million of building permits have been issued in the District so far this year, largely because of the shopping center project.

These improvements will go onto the municipality's assessment rolls, which in turn will mean an increase in tax revenue for the District.

An in camera meeting means the council met in private.

Usually this is done to discuss land, legal and personnel issues.

Certain matters that are discussed in camera must then be reported out after a decision is made.

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Opinion

“ If you keep thinking about what you want to do or what you hope will happen, you don't do it, and it won't happen.”

- Desiderius Erasmus, humanist and scholar editorial by keith mcNeill

Is Islamic green the new red?

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Council of Canadians defend public health care Editor, The Times:

We are up against a very real and very serious threat to our public health care system. Dr. Brian Day, owner of a private, for-profit surgical clinic here in B.C. is launching a constitutional challenge against our needsbased health care provider on Sept. 8 in BC Supreme Court.

Our local chapter of the Council of Canadians is engag-

ing in the fight against this court case in a number of ways: 1. Funds from our Canada Day Book Sale were donated to the legal defence fund; 2. We are joining a demonstration in support of public health care on Thursday, Sept. 4 at 12:15 p.m. in front of the Kamloops Law Courts on Columbia St.; 3. Our September Philosophers' Cafe

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will feature Dr. Richard Lewis, who will speak on the merits of public versus private funding and delivery of health care. Tuesday, Sept. 16, 7 p.m. at The Smorgasbord Deli – 225-7th Ave, Kamloops; and 4. Sunday, Sept.

28, 2 p.m. we will cohost a speaker from Canadian Doctors for Medicare as well as a Skype talk with constitutional lawyer Steven Shrybman at the Clocktower Theatre, TRU (still to be confirmed).

Please try to take in one or more of these events and bring someone with you who wants or needs to be informed of what is happening to our public health care system.

Anita Strong Council of Canadians Kamloops, B.C.

“Useful idiots.”

That was how Vladimir Lenin reportedly referred to the thousands of left-wing sympathizers who flocked to what was then the Soviet Union to assist in the Russian revolution and civil war, and then to help export that revolution to the rest of the world.

Those sympathizers could see quite clearly the deficiencies in the capitalist system of the time.

Unfortunately, they could not also see the deficiencies of the communist system that was being proposed as an alternative.

If the capitalist system was bad during the early part of the 20th Century, the communist system as developed by Lenin and then Stalin was many times worse.

Today, that is quite clear to us. However, at the time a surprising number of otherwise intelligent people were blind to what now is obvious.

A similar phenomenon seems to be happening with the Islamic State in Iraq and Syria (ISIS).

The religious fundamentalists there have not yet killed tens of millions, as did the communists in the Soviet Union and China, but they've made a start. Just give them a few more years.

Human rights are not an issue with them – in fact, they don't seem to even know what they are.

Despite all this, we still see hundreds of what appear to be relatively sane and well educated young people from Europe and North America

travelling to the Middle East to join them in their fight.

Why is this?

Contrary to what many in the West believe, Islam is a remarkably egalitarian religion.

During the annual pilgrimage to Mecca, everyone dresses in the same white robes and it is impossible to tell rich from poor. One of the five pillars of Islam is the zakat – a wealth tax that is supposed to redistribute goods from those that have to those who do not.

With the growing income inequality in the West, it is easy to see how some might see an idealized form of Islam as an attractive alternative.

What those travelling from the West to help ISIS fail to see is that a murderous, violent regime such as this will produce nothing but more murder and more violence.

History has shown that real social progress comes only from non-violence. It is a slow, confusing process with many setbacks and compromises – but it works.

Those who seek to replace dictators through violent means will end up becoming dictators themselves.

And those who support them will end up as did many of those those thousands who travelled to the Soviet Union to help out Lenin and Stalin – in unmarked graves far from home.

“Useful idiots” indeed.

Wells Gray Inn junction should have overpass Editor, The Times:

Re: Old North Thompson Highway/ Highway 5 intersection at Wells Gray Inn Time to stir up some dirt, or at least talk about it. This intersection is troublesome, confusing, and can be subject to unsafe turns and crossings. As traffic flow increases, safety decreases for both vehicles and pedestrians.

I would like to suggest a solution that, in my opinion, warrants serious consideration at some time in the near future.

The crossing design that I suggest would be an underpass/overpass with Yellowhead Highway on the upper level. I have not walked the ground nor taken any grade levels but it seems that there might be room to install such an intersection approximately 250 metres south of the current crossing at Wells Gray Inn. Engineering survey and analysis would determine the most viable location. The Highway 5 grade may have to be elevated slightly at the chosen point but could very likely be left at the present level by the Wells Gray Inn. With this type of intersection in place the right turn lane (for southbound traffic accessing Dutch Lake area) could remain. The left bound lane (for south bound traffic accessing the Wells Gray Inn) may be adequate in the short term

but could be routed via the right turn lane and the underpass if required. Access from Old North Thompson Highway onto Highway 5 would be permanently blocked at its present location.

Traffic wanting to cross Highway 5 from west to east at this point would be routed behind the little lunch cabin to the underpass and back onto the present road near the Inn. West bound crossers would do the reverse.

This little intersection (by the Wells Gray Inn) would require some sort of control. Four-way stop signs would work here if the left bound lane, coming down the hill, is closed off. There are other options that could be investigated here.

Pedestrian and cycle traffic would have to be routed through the underpass in a design such as suggested. To complete a construction like this the Ministry of Highways may be required to purchase private land. To sum up, I would say that a roundabout or traffic lights would be a very poor choice because of the interruption to highway traffic flow. This would be especially negative in this location at the bottom of a hill.

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Question of the Week

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Do you think there has been an unusually high number of bears in the community this year?

Lisa Wilkinson:

Yes. I was told by the owners of Star Lake Resort that the berry season was poor, so that's why they came down.

Steve Peterson: Yes, I do. They've been seen all over.

Josh Sonofanna: I wouldn't say so. I think we need more bears. They're cuddly. I'm out in the bush all the time and I don't see that many.

Dane Flegel:

No, I haven't noticed too many.

Donna Meehan:

Yes, I do. People keep telling me they've seen bears – 10 bears, four bears, three bears, and that they haven't seen so many before. Either there are more bears or they're being sighted more.

There are 600,000 reasons a settlement is needed Editor, The Times:

After months of supposed negotiating on the part of the provincial government and the B.C. Teachers’ Federation, there is yet to be a resolution to the job action.

When the rotating strikes began in June, many parents believed two months would be long enough to settle the strike, but here we are.

With the original opening day for schools being Tuesday, Sept. 2, Kamloops parents are finding it frustrating that the labour dispute shows no signs of being resolved in time for the start date.

In fact, it appears as though our children may have to wait until well into the fall to return to school.

While we understand teachers and the Ministry of Education care deeply about this province’s children and their education, this prolonged dispute is certainly not in the best interest of students’ imme-

diate educational needs and continues to place them in the middle of what should be a professional, dignified discussion.

The start of a new school year has traditionally been exciting, joyful and full of promise.

With the threat of ongoing picketing and continued sniping by both sides, parents and students are feeling the weight of uncertainty with regards to the upcoming school year and how delays may affect their educational future.

Education Minister Peter Fassbender’s suggestion that the offer of $40 per day per child under 13 will aid parents in exploring “other educational opportunities” is ridiculous for two reasons: • This money will not be distributed until after a settlement has been reached and will not aid any families with current child-care needs.

• The educational opportunity that

600,000 B.C. students. everyone should remain focused on has a These are students who want to learn, name — school. grow, play, socialize and continue on their The government savings that would paths to becoming productive, healthy be used to fund this proposal should be members of our society. We cannot afford funnelled back into schools to improve to let them down. resource and support levels and enhance the learning of all students.

Kamloops-Thompson school district Public education is a basic and essenparent advisory council tial public service and all students have the right to expect their education It’s not what you earn, it’s what you keep and individual potential are not compromised by the longstanding CONTACT US TO DISCUSS rift between these two factions.

• Your goals and dreams The B.C. School Act requires the • Your issues and obstacles province to educate our children, so • Your success and quality of life we respectfully request all parties get back to fulfilling this solemn BRUCE MARTIN & ASSOCIATES mandate.

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Tolerating the intolerant does not pay Editor, The Times:

One has to wonder, when people in Mesopotamia heard rumours of a terrible bunch of invaders who simply destroyed everything in their path coming from the East, did they pay much attention?

After all, times were very interesting as it was. Muslims allied with Christians, Crusaders fought other Muslims. Jerusalem was sacked (how many times was that?) in 1244. There was plenty of raping, robbery and murder already in progress, so could it get much worse?

Then the Mongols did arrive and things did get worse, much worse.

Today, of course, we have instant communications not just horseback riders, rumours and gossip.

And indeed considering such an entity as ISIS intent upon establishing a

rigid caliphate in that area of northern Iraq and Syria – and if you listen to them carefully all around the world if they could get away with it!

Even considering such religious fanatics as Al Qaeda and Boko Haram, things have gone downhill on a very slippery slide.

So, why should Canadians be concerned? Well at least 20 and probably more young Canadians have gone off to join either ISIS or the Free Syrian Army. A number came from Calgary, which has a Muslim mayor who many say is the best mayor Calgary has ever had.

From such countries as France and England, not to mention the U.S. of A, hundreds of young Islamists are now part of these superfanatics fighting in the Middle East. If they stay there or die (yes, this does sound cold)

there will be no problem.

However, these young men could, with their twisted ideology, well return to this country plotting all manner of attacks and in the end causing a terrible backlash (that would make post 9-11 look like a tea party) against Muslims here in Canada and in the U.S. of A. As an agnostic I must confess I find all this religious worming and squirming very perplexing. Does anyone remember the politically correct pooh-poohing about the Party Quebecois' proposed Charter of Rights and Freedoms?

That particular charter actually had a lot going for it.

As Theo Van Gogh (and he paid the ultimate price) put it, tolerating the intolerant does not pay.

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YEARS AGO:

The annual North Thompson Fall Fair, held at Louis Creek on Labor Day, drew record crowds under beautiful sunny weather.

Fall Fair Queen was Linda Johnston from Clearwater; princesses were Anne Deane of Little Fort and Beverley Kupsch of Clearwater.

An editorial took notice of an accident in which a young man lost his life and others were injured, and called for a hospital in Clearwater.

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YEARS AGO:

A new shopping center for Clearwater was shelved until the following spring, said a representative of McNab Investments Ltd. of Burnaby. It was to be located beside the Elks' Hall across from the Brookfield Shopping Plaza. "We have several tenants lined up," said the representative, "It's just a matter of finalizing the whole thing."

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Over 8,000 tourists stopped at the Clearwater Tourist Booth over the summer, 1,000 more than the previous year, reported tourist counsellor Marge Bennett.

The fifth annual Pumpkin Hoot was to get underway in Birch Island the following weekend.

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YEARS AGO:

The only immediate solution to the high taxes needed to maintain School District 26 schools was to amalgamate with Kamloops, said TNRD director Paul Caissie.

The provincial government funding formula was creating growing inequities. A $50,000 house in Barriere paid $430 in school taxes, while a similar house in Clearwater paid $940, he said.

Barriere Secondary School student Corry Webber was chosen 40th Fall Fair Queen.

Denise Baines was Miss Congeniality, and Nicole Clarke was Princess.

HISTORICAL Perspective

BACK IN TIME

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YEARS AGO:

Wanda Kivari, an employee of the Barriere Home on Carlstrom Road, was struck by a lightning bolt that came in through the kitchen window. The ambulance was not available, so ambulance station chief Tim Hoffman transported her to Kamloops in the group home van.

She spent two days in intensive care, then was released, apparently on the way to recovery.

Ted Moilliet, formerly of Aveley Sheep Ranch, Vavenby, passed away in Summerland.

The eldest son of Mr. and Mrs. T.A. Moilliet, he was born in the old Kamloops Hospital in 1909. He attended UBC, and worked on insects at the Entomological Laboratory in

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Kamloops and later at the Experimental Farm in Summerland. He was chairman of the School Board for many years.

He was survived by his brother Jack Moilliet of Vavenby, sister Mada Rendell of Vernon, and many other relatives.

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YEARS AGO:

Three tourists from Germany were seriously injured when the small bus they were in went off the road in Wells Gray Park. The rollover disturbed a large underground nest of wasps or bees, and nine of the 15 people in the bus received multiple stings.

A new computerized resource planning program being used

by Slocan-Vavenby predicted the company could continue harvesting in TFL 18 at the same rate for at least 200 years.

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YEARS AGO:

Clearwater-based helicopter pilot Kerry Walchuk was killed while fighting a forest fire in Corsica. The

French government flew his father and nephew to the island in the Mediterranean so they could accept a medal on his behalf.

Insurance problems threatened to sink Clearwater Swim Club’s swimming lesson program.

The summer hockey school at the Sportsplex had a record 65 youngsters enrolled, including about 20 from out of town.

5

YEARS AGO: KamloopsThompson School District looked at charging a $20 monthly fee per child for schoolbus use but then rejected the idea.

“Getting children to school has always been a challenge in rural and remote communities,” said parent Shelly Sim. “With the present difficult local economic climate, charging families for their children to ride the bus could result in many not going to school at all.” With new cutbacks from the provincial government, Sim feared the school

district will look at the option again.

Cowboy poet Mike Puhallo of Kamloops was to receive the Will Rogers Award for Cowboy Poet of the Year at the 14th annual Academy of Western Artists’ Will Rogers Awards, in the Granville Theatre in Garland, Texas.

Puhallo’s column, Mike’s Meadow Muffins, had been a popular feature in the Clearwater Times and Barriere Star/Journal for many years.

Clearwater council voted to close McCorvie Road in Vavenby, despite objections from Wells Gray Country (Area A) director Tim Pennell.

Pennell noted that Vavenby Volunteer Fire Department would need quick access to the area in the event of a fire and felt that any impediment, such as a gate, would be detrimental to the community of Vavenby. Councillor Ken Kjenstad said that Canfor would have staff on-site 24/7 and so there should be no problem getting the gate open in an emergency.

Lightning storms brought a few new fires but generally, cooler and wetter weather meant activities at Clearwater Fire Zone, although still busy, continued to be scaled back. The main center

of effort continued to be the Momich complex near the northeast corner of Adams Lake.

About 10 helicopters and roughly 200 firefighters were involved.

An incident management team from Alberta was due to rotate out, to be replaced by one from Ontario.

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Roger and Debbie Mayer were working with Rotary to raise $160,000 to build a splash park for Clearwater. The facility for toddlers to 12-year-olds would be in remembrance of all those who helped build this community, they said.

Tracy Buck was busy getting ready to be the new viceprincipal at Clearwater Secondary School.

A CSS grad, she had been teaching at the school since 1990.

About 180 people took part in the First Fish ceremony put on by Simpcw First Nation at Raft River.

Hope of the Pokomchi, a nonprofit organization in Guatemala founded by Upper Clearwater residents Bill and Linda Brierly, won a major award sponsored by a foundation funded by a chain of fast food outlets in Central America.

Saskatchewan deal boosts flow of wine, spirits cluded by Premier Christy Clark and Saskatchewan Premier Brad Wall at B.C. wineries and distillers a premiers meeting in Charlottetown. are gaining easier access to Clark said the deal helps the Saskatchewan market as a result of an inter-provincial build momentum for freer trade with other provinces, trade agreement. long sought by the B.C. wine Consumers in either industry. province will be able to Previously, Saskatchewan order wines and craft spirits directly from producers in the consumers could only buy B.C. wines or spirits through other and have them delivered once the deal takes effect provincial government stores in that province. next June.

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Liberal trio quizzed as they seek federal nomination Christopher Foulds – Kamloops This Week The three who would be the local Liberal candidate in next year’s federal election sat before an audience of about 150 on Thursday, Aug. 28, and explained why they were seeking their party’s nomination.

In a word or two? Stephen Harper.

Teacher Steve Powrie, Kamloops Child Development Centre executive director Peter Mutrie and business and marketing consultant Niki Remesz all cited the prime minister and his government as compelling them, in some part, to run.

The forum, held at the Kamloops Coast Hotel and Conference Centre, was moderated by former mayor and former Kamloops Daily News editor Mel Rothenburger and included four pre-arranged questions and a few queries from those attending.

“The world needs better politicians,” Powrie said, arguing the Harper government is engaged on an attack on democracy, has a narrow agenda and has adopted a confrontational stance.

He said he is seeking the nomination because of the appeal of centrism, because of the rejuvenation of the Liberal party and

because of “Stephen Harper and his merry band of followers.”

“If ever there was a time to have new ideas, fresh ideas, now is the time,” Mutrie said, noting Harper is following in the trickle-down economic theory lineage of Ronald Reagan and Margaret Thatcher.

“The trickle down theory does not necessarily work,” Mutrie said.

Remesz criticized the Harper government’s record on the economy, the environment, crime and the national debt.

Citing a recent letter to the editor in KTW, Remesz raised the issue of Conservative MPs toeing the party line at the expense of their constituents.

“The person representing this community is supposed to go to bat for that community.”

How to stem the problem of splitting the vote with the NDP was raised, with the three candidates noting the need to be explicit with voters in explaining a federal Liberal is not a provincial Grit.

And how to attract younger voters, the 18to 25-year-old group, also elicited some ideas.

Tyler Carpentier, president of the KamloopsThompson-Cariboo Liberal riding association, said the nomination meeting will likely take place in late September or early October.

TV rebroadcasting to be cut in Area A Keith McNeill

It appears that there soon will no longer be a no-charge television rebroadcasting system in the Clearwater-Wells Gray area.

During the Aug. 19 town council meeting, councillors approved a recommendation from the joint services committee that funding for the Thompson-Nicola Regional District rebroadcasting service not be funded past Dec. 31, 2014.

A letter is to be sent out to the residents of the area, notifying them of the discontinuation.

The letter will also provide information regarding the federally funded Local Television Satellite Solution (LTSS) program currently being offered through Shaw Broadcast Services.

According to a report to council, the rebroadcasting service has been in existence since 1975.

It uses repeaters located on local mountaintops to

provide analog television signals to area residents who use rabbit ear or rooftop antennas.

The service has been funded through local property taxes through the TNRD. Last year the service cost $25,000, which was paid for by taxpayers in Wells Gray Country (Area A) and District of Clearwater.

The equipment is getting obsolete and difficult to replace, plus the sites are getting less and less accessible.

With more people using cable and satellite for their television, questions have been raised about how viable the system now is.

LTSS is funded by

the federal government and provides up to 10 channels at no charge for the next five years (into 2019).

Only 31,500 spots are funded but the program is underutilized. How many spots are available is not known.

To subscribe, residents must call 1-866782-7345 and ask to apply to LTSS. Residents have until the end of November, 2014, to apply.

There had been discussions about doing a survey to find out how many people use the rebroadcasting system and/or want to continue paying for it.

However, that was felt to be not worth the cost, said councillor Gord Heisterman.

Clearwater & District HigHway ResCue soCiety annual geneRal Meeting SEPT. 15, 7 PM

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United Way helps school garden Members of the United Way's community impact council check on the progress of some of their funded projects in this area last week. Shown here at the school garden are (l-r) Amber Harding, Danalee Baker, Sharon Neufeld, Samantha Braaten, Teneille Logan, Eleanor Collins, Michael Shook and Sabine Cooperman.

The school garden, which is located at Forest House Wellness, provides an opportunity for students from Raft River Elementary School to grow their own food.

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River Shook samples a carrot plucked straight from the school garden at Forest House Wellness.

THOMPSON-NICOLA REGIONAL DISTRICT 2014 GENERAL LOCAL ELECTIONS NOTICE OF NOMINATION Public Notice is given to the electors of the Thompson-Nicola Regional District that a general local election will be held on Saturday, November 15, 2014 to elect one (1) Director from each of the following Electoral Areas: "A" (Wells Gray Country), "B" (Thompson Headwaters), "E" (Bonaparte Plateau), "I" (Blue Sky Country) "J" (Copper Desert Country), “L”, “M”, “N”, "O" (Lower North Thompson) and "P" (Rivers and the Peaks) for a four (4) year term commencing December 2014. Nominations will be received by the Chief Election Officer or a designated person, as follows: By hand, mail or other delivery service: Thompson-Nicola Regional District #300-465 Victoria Street Kamloops BC V2C 2A9 By fax to: 250-372-5048 By email to: election@tnrd.ca

From: 9:00 am Tuesday September 30, 2014 To: 4:00 pm Friday October 10, 2014 Excluding statutory holidays and weekends From: 9:00 am Tuesday September 30, 2014 To: 4:00 pm Friday October 10, 2014 Originals of faxed or emailed nomination documents must be received by the Chief Election Officer by 4:00 pm on Friday October 17, 2014

Nomination forms are available for download from the TNRD website at www.tnrd.ca or from the TNRD office, 4th Floor, 465 Victoria Street Kamloops BC. Nomination forms are also available during regular office hours (except weekends and statutory holidays) from the District of Clearwater, 209 Dutch Lake Road, Clearwater BC, until the close of the nomination period (4:00 pm on October 10, 2014).

QUALIFICATIONS FOR OFFICE A person is qualified to be nominated, elected, and to hold office as a member of local government if they meet the following criteria: x x x x

Canadian citizen; 18 years of age or older on general voting day [November 15, 2014]; resident of British Columbia for at least 6 months immediately before the day nomination papers are filed; not disqualified under the Local Government Act or any other enactment from being nominated for, being elected to or holding the office, or be otherwise disqualified by law.

FURTHER INFORMATION may be obtained by contacting Carolyn Black, Chief Election Officer or Andrea Leite, Deputy Chief Election Officer at 250-377-8673 or by email to election@tnrd.ca.

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New licensee takes over Clearwater Playschool Submitted In our modern era we are all aware that positive early childhood education experiences form the foundation for a successful introduction to school life and establish a love of learning that lasts a life time. Preschool settings are typically the first independent social experience for children away from their parents where an introduction to classroom routines, basic learning and a positive atmosphere form the bedrock for curiosity and inquisitive minds to flourish.

Back in 1979, children of Clearwater did not have access to a preschool but local parents Diane Mann and Donna Tomyn considered

that a group program with an educational theme would be beneficial and decided to take matters into their own hands. Thus, the Clearwater Playschool was born!

Through its early years of operation the playschool was facilitated by Diane and Donna who invested their time and experience into the playschool as their own children took part in the program. The playschool had a dedicated committee of parents and community members to help guide and fund raise for the program. Through its many years of operation the playschool has seen many teachers, most of whom started when their own children took part in the program, which proved

to be a huge success and eventually became a licensed child care facility through Interior Health.

Bobbi Tucker, who has been the playschool teacher for the last six years, recently joined Yellowhead Community Services Society as a supported child development worker and cannot continue to facilitate the playschool sessions.

YCS recognized the valuable contribution this facility provides to our community and so, with consultation from Tucker, the society has become the new licensee and will continue to run the playschool in the same vein as it has always been run.

Michelle Baker has been appointed as manager. She envisions a preschool where the children will be introduced to a diverse range of topics like reading, math, science, technology, social studies, and fine arts (including singing and dancing).

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Baker's hope is to provide a curriculum that is thoughtfully planned, challenging, engaging and developmentally appropriate; promoting positive outcomes for all children.

Clearwater Preschool welcomes children of all abilities.

Children do not need to be able to use the toilet before registering.

We hope to offer classes every morning 8.45 a.m. – 11.45 a.m. and afternoon 12.15 p.m. – 2.30 p.m., depending on registration.

Preschool classes for children born in 2010 are scheduled to run Monday and Friday afternoons and Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday mornings. Our Early Learner classes, for children born in 2011, will be facilitated on opposite sessions, Monday and Friday mornings and Tuesday – Thursday afternoons. Morning sessions cost $15 and afternoon sessions cost $11.25.

If you have preschool aged children (born in either 2010 or 2011) and are interested in enrolling, please contact Michelle or Susanne at YCS; telephone 250-674-2600.

Michelle Baker (l), the new manager of Clearwater Playschool, and former manager Bobbi Tucker invite youngsters born in 2010 and 2011 to sign up for fun and learning. Yellowhead Community Services recently took over the program, which some describe as a “community gem.” Photo submitted

B.C. 4-H program celebrates centennial with new funding from province Ministry of Agriculture ARMSTRONG - In celebration of 100 years of preparing young British Columbians with agriculture learning and leadership, the B.C. government is presenting B.C. 4-H with $87, 000 in funding and a Century Farm Award.

Agriculture Minister Norm Letnick made the announcement Aug. 30 at the 115th annual Interior Provincial Exhibition in Armstrong. The fund-

ing grant will support B.C. 4-H programs that help build youth development and leadership in local B.C. 4-H clubs throughout the province.

"The B.C. 4-H program is devoted to our young people and introducing them to the agricultural community,” Letnick said. “I look forward to continuing our partnership with 4-H as youth programs continue to grow and more young British Columbians take an interest in expanding their knowledge about

farming and agriculture. It's an honour to present the Century Farm Award to an organization that has supported farmers and their families for 100 years."

Originally known as Boys and Girls clubs, B.C. 4-H started in 1914 with more than 200 young people participating in competitions sponsored by the Department of Agriculture. The program originally focused on potatofarming activities and soon after expanded to include popular projects involving poultry, swine, beef and dairy.

Non-agricultural projects such as arts and crafts were added in the late 1970s as more young British

Columbians outside farming communities joined the program.

Today, more than 2,000 young people between the ages of six and 21 years are actively involved in the program in British Columbia. The four Hs stand for head, heart, hands and health, and B.C. 4-H inspires its members to become well-balanced leaders of their communities both as kids and adults.

Century Farm Awards honour agricultural organizations that have been active for 100 years.

The Century Farm award program was created in 1994 to mark the centennial of the Ministry of Agriculture.

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Accused in sex crimes expected to enter plea later this month Kamloops This Week A former police officer from Clearwater facing a number of sexualassault charges is expected to enter a plea this month.

Alan Davidson is charged with eight counts of indecent assault by a male on a male person, stemming from alleged interactions Davidson had with boys in

the North Thompson as a sports coach in the 1970s and 1980s — before he began his RCMP career in 1981.

Davidson, 58, was arrested in March in Calgary, where he had been working as an Alberta sheriff.

The 16-month investigation into Davidson’s actions came about after a Lower Mainland man went to police in 2012 saying he’d been sexually assaulted

by his hockey coach in Clearwater in the early 1980s.

Seven additional complainants came forward during the investigation.

Davidson did not appear in Kamloops provincial court on Thursday, Aug. 28, as his arraignment hearing was adjourned for two weeks.

Davidson is due back in Kamloops provincial court on Sept. 11.

Darfield crash takes one life Times Staff One Ontario resident is dead and two others sustained serious but non-life threatening injuries as a result of a single vehicle crash near Darfield on Saturday morning.

According to Cpl. Bart Doerr of Clearwater RCMP, on Aug. 30 at approximately 8:30 a.m., members of the Southeast District RCMP Traffic Services, Barriere RCMP and Clearwater RCMP responded to a report of a single vehicle crash on Yellowhead Highway 5 approximately five kilometres south of Little Fort.

Upon the arrival of the

police at the scene, members ascertained that a southbound vehicle had left the travel portion of the highway and entered into the left hand ditch. The vehicle then rolled down a very steep embankment before coming to rest a short distance away on its side against a tree, on its side.

There were three occupants in the vehicle in the vehicle at the time.

Unfortunately, the female passenger died at the scene from the injuries she sustained during the crash.

The female driver and male passenger were cut free from the vehicle and were transported to the Royal

Inland Hospital in Kamloops with serious but non-life threatening injuries. The driver and passenger will remain at the Royal Inland for further followup and medical care.

RCMP are in the preliminary stages of this investigation, Doerr said, and have not made any definite determinations as to the cause or relative factors leading to this incident.

At this point in time, drugs and alcohol are not suspected as contributing factors in this crash. During the time of the crash, weather and road conditions were considered good.

Also at this point in time,

the police are not releasing the names of those involved as next-of-kin have yet to be notified.

A Southeast District RCMP collision reconstructionist and a local coroner attended the scene, assisting with the investigation. The investigation will continue into the cause of this tragic incident.

Police ask that, if there are any other witnesses to this crash or this vehicle prior to the crash, that they come forward and speak with police. Calls can be forwarded through to the Clearwater RCMP Detachment at 250-6742237.

Wildfire season will rank among B.C.'s worst Jeff Nagel – Black Press This summer's wildfire season will go down as one of the most destructive on record in B.C. As of Aug. 28, fires had burned up more than 330,000 hectares across the province and were expected to soon surpass the 337,000 hectares destroyed in the 2010 fire season.

This year is still far short of 1958, when 856,000 hectares burned, but 2014 could move into fifth place if it surpasses 1950's 343,339 hectares, or even third if it tops the 351,000 lost in 1971.

While much timber has burned, no homes or other significant structures have been lost this year, so by that measure it's been nowhere near as catastrophic as the 2003 fire season, when more than 300 homes were lost

or damaged in the Okanagan Mountain and McClure fires.

But it has been costly.

The province has so far spent more than $246 million fighting wildfires, almost four times what was budgeted, and more than the $212 million expended in 2010.

Despite wet weather on the Labour Day weekend, fire officials are bracing for more warm dry spells in September.

"It's unlikely we've seen the end of the fire season by any stretch of the imagination," fire information officer Dustin Eno said.

The actual number of fires this year – just over 1,300 – is well below the average of 1,600 a year.

But many of the fires have been very large.

The biggest, and still only 20 per cent contained, is

Dear RG, My girlfriend wants me to plan a really exciting week-end and I thought the Regatta would be perfect but I’m a little worried about the ROTARY AMAZING RACE. I kind of want to look like an Olympic athlete not a fish gasping for air on the bike ride. Also, can we just do the race as a team of 2, I want to keep it romantic.

Sincerely, Looking to Impress Dear Looking, We are IMPRESSED! Not everyone thinks of the Regatta as a romantic date environment but we love the fact that you want to keep things exciting! Of course you can do the AMAZING RACE as a duo! The race is great for teams of 4 or teams of 2! One can run, one can bike and two can paddle – we can shake things up so you only have to jiggle, wiggle and giggle to your capacity. We promise, less than 5km to run and less than 10km to bike (no oxygen required)! For this year, it’s not just brawn that will get you to the podium, brain power will start the day!

Dear RG, I’ve just moved to town and there have been sooooooo many amazing things that go in this town thanks to volunteers! I want to nominate some people for the Community Awards, can I send in more than one compliment?

Sincerely, In Awe of Volunteers Dear in Awe, We’re in Awe too! A great town is always due to great people! Send in as many as you like! We want a HUGE round 2014 of applause for those that make our community AWEsome!

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Dear RG, I’ve got young kids and I’m thinking that they might be too young for the Regatta. Is there anything for them?

Sincerely, Missing the Party Dear MIA, No one has to miss a thing! KIDS make the Regatta!! There is something for everyone! Come on out Friday night and watch the street hockey tournament (did we mention the live DJ?), there is a hopscotch festival and of course, Kids Try the Tri and the Wild & Wacky Scavenger Hunt. On Saturday, there are tons of games and crafts (thanks Success by 6!), t-shirt painting and even a Kids Kanoe race (yes, spelled with a K) and so many nutty beach games that your kids are sure to be happy campers! Check out www. clearwatercanoeregatta.com!

Dear RG, I just want to check……is the Wild & Wacky Scavenger Hunt still on for this year?

Sincerely, All Dressed Up and Ready to Go Dear Dressed Up, You bet! With a groovy retro theme, anyone who lived through the 60’s, 70’s and the hair of the 80’s is going to love the challenge for this year! Same rules, no whining, no cheating and teams that dress up get extra points! Sign up as a team and your registration is good for all week-end – now that’s good value for $25!

A ‘fire tornado’ erupts from the Chelaslie River fire in west central B.C., between Anahim Lake and Burns Lake. At 130,000 hectares and still only 20 per cent contained, it is B.C.’s largest wildfire so far in 2014.

B.C. Wildfire Management Branch photo

the 130,000-hectare Chelaslie River fire, which is between Anahim Lake and Burns Lake, near Entiako and Tweedsmuir provincial parks. Homes remain under evacuation order there.

The largest evacuations this summer have included the China Nose fire near Houston and the McAllister fire, which forced the evacuation

of the entire town of Hudson's Hope in July.

Assisting B.C. crews have been large numbers of imported firefighters and equipment, from other provinces, Alaska and Australia.

"We've brought in a lot and have been very grateful to be able to draw on those relationships, both right across Canada

and internationally," Eno said.

"Last year we exported a lot of firefighters to fight in other jurisdictions and this year they were able to return that favour."

There are still 152 active fires and another 85 out-ofprovince firefighters arrived Thursday from Ontario so B.C. crews could take mandatory days off.

Dear RG, My kids want to do the Try the Tri…..how are they going to swim if all the Friday events are at Rotary Sports Park?

Sincerely, Fish out of water Dear Fish, Excellent question! We’re giving up bathing suits in place of new routes, a bigger obstacle course and tons of new activities! For the youngest categories, we’re using the field for running (and the obstacle course). Our mini kids who tri, will do a bike ride around a parking lot obstacle course and the mid range kids will do the biking on the pipeline. The oldest group will run the field and the pipeline and then bike the pipeline and out along Park Drive. It’s a safe and happy place to TRY for 2014! Kids are welcome to partner up – one run, one bike – both do the obstacles. Did we mention the candy?

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The award-winning North Thompson Fall Fair and Rodeo celebrated its 65th year on the Labour Day weekend as it took centre stage in Barriere Aug. 29 through Sept. 1.

“We’ve learned a lot in the past 65 years,” fair president Jill Hayward said.

“We’ve learned good cowboy advice, such as ‘Don’t squat with your spurs on’ and ‘Don’t corner something that would normally run from you!’

“All kidding aside, though, what we have learned most over the years is that volunteers are what keep our organization growing — and it’s those volunteers who make each and every one of our annual fall fair and rodeos the great successes that they have been,” Hayward said.

“We might live, work and play with these folks on a daily basis, or we might not see them all year, but, when it’s fair time, we all gather together with the same mindset — to produce a memorable family-fun event that will keep people wanting to return each year.

“I am very proud to say that is exactly what we do.”

The Big Parade traveled through Barriere on Saturday, ending in the rodeo arena, where opening ceremonies took place.

That was followed by three days of fastpaced B.C. Rodeo Association action.

Standing and cheering were the order of the afternoon as pony chariots and chuckwagon racing tore up

(L-r) Fall Fair Vice-Ambassador Lee Dionne, Ambassador Jilliane McInnes, and Vice-Ambassador Annie Butcher (of Clearwater) ride on a float during the North Thompson Fall Fair and Rodeo's grand parade on Saturday, Aug. 30. All photos by Keith McNeill

Pam Lefeuvre (l) and Brooke Hartman, both of Barriere, enjoy one of the rides at the fall fair.

the track during the rodeo performances, while trick riders amazed audiences during intermissions.

An outdoor stage had a full lineup of country and western

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Rodeo on the Labor Day long weekend Continued from page A10 Feature entertainer Eli Barsi and all-girl cowboy band Horse Crazy sang at the Cowboy Concert.

Livestock shows, 4-H competitions and light horse events ran throughout the weekend, as well as the heavy horse competitions, where gentle giants showed just how much “pull” they have.

The crowd-pleasing lawn-tractor races had the dust flying before the rodeo got underway and youngsters found a great assortment of attractions to keep them busy around the indoor picnic area, next to the food court.

The North Thompson Agriplex Banquet Hall featured a number of diverse vendor displays, including a large heritage display regarding the North Thompson Fall Fair and Rodeo’s 65-year history.

There were old photos, memorabilia and scrapbooks — and visitors to the fair were encouraged to help identify some of the

Mariel Dewey of Darfield holds one the tea cozies she made for the Boulder Mountain Fiber Arts Group's display at the fall fair.

the shade of the companion garden, pat a pony, enjoy an ice cream, participate in a free workshop or meet a 4-H family.

For more information, go online to fallfair-rodeo.com.

More photos are posted online at www. clearwatertimes.com/ ourtown/273399991. html Two large grey horses, probably Percherons, wait patiently for the heavy horse pull competition to begin.

folks in photos from years gone by.

Those with adventure in their bones

tried their hand on the climbing wall, the mechanical bull, the maze for all ages or

kids’ amusements, like the bouncy castle, the mechanical swings and the train.

The fairgrounds were filled with games, commercial exhibits, concessions and an exhibit hall that could easily supply an afternoon of entertainment while teaching about the agriculture, lifestyle and culture that abounds in the North Thompson Valley.

Visitors could sit in Left: A cowboy dives for a running calf during the calf wrestling competition.

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Above: A goat looks out from its pen to see what all the excitement is about.

Right: A couple takes shelter under an umbrella during a hailstorm. Although the weather was generally good during the weekend, there were some periods of rain and worse.

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Sports Sliding Nice weather for for third Ladies Night Golf Submitted

Ben Carter of the Balls Deep slides for third as Jenna Bogart of Drayton Valley's Kamikaze Platypuses jumps for the catch. The Platypuses went on to win the 10team NT Pounders slow pitch tournament over the long weekend, beating Stingers in the final. The Pounders came third in A, while Balls Deep won the B. Carter was Most Valuable Player. Look in a future issue of the Times for details on the tournament's successful fundraising.

Photo by Keith McNeill

NORTH THOMPSON SPORTSPLEX THE SPORTSPLEX WILL BE OPENING FOR THE SEASON ON SEPTEMBER 15

COMING EVENTS

All Sports Registration Day • Sept. 9 @ the Sportsplex 3:00 – 6:00 pm

LEARN TO PLAY HOCKEY CLINIC • Sept. 19 – 6:00pm

More info @ the All Sportsplex Registration or call 250 674 2143

Adult Ice Breaker Tournament • Sept. 26 – 28 Register as a team or individual Call – 250 674 2143 Minor Hockey Referee Clinic • Sept. 20 Must be preregistered – call 250 674 2143 for info Clearwater & District Minor Hockey Become part of a winning team. Join Minor Hockey and learn to play Canada’s Game.

Open to Boys and Girls. Ice Times begin Sept. 15 www.cdmha.info/ Register @ 250 674 2594 or nissa1537@gmail.com Raft Mountain Skating Club • Register @ www.raftmountain.com Adult Hockey • Mens Drop In Hockey will begin Sept. 19 @ 8:00pm Oldtimers Hockey • begins Sept. 21 @ 7:00pm

The afternoon of Aug. 28 looked like a thunderstorm was on the way. However, after a brief sun shower the afternoon and evening were perfect for a game of golf.

Twenty-one ladies enjoyed their game and a cool cocktail after. We had a new golfer out this week.

Welcome Korinne.

The last Ladies night for this season will be Sept. 11. The Club Championship is scheduled for Sept.

20. Stay tuned for details.

This week’s winners were: Low Gross: Tanya Desjarlais, Larissa Hadley, Cleo Schwartz; Low Net: Melanie Freeston, Jane Olson, Reita Vandenborre; Closest to Pin: Larissa H., Maureen Nelson; Longest Drive: Melanie F., Madeline Klassen, Cleo S.; Longest

Daisy Hystad and Anna Mae Dee ride in a golf cart as they take part in Ladies Night Golf on Aug. 28.

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Putt: Melanie F., Anna Mae Dee, Reita V.; Longest putt for all flights: Marg Anderson; Closest to Windmill: Larissa H.; Long Drive in 2: Carol Hindle, Madeline K., Cleo S.; Least putts: Korinne Isbister; Most putts: Maureen N. Larissa Hadley got to replace her lost ball (RIP) with a new pink one.

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Wells Gray Inn, Rona, TNT, Home Hardware, Absolute Hair, Clearwater Computers, The Painted Turtle Restaurant, and Century 21 Realty.

You may have noticed neither the Deuce Pot nor the Birdie Pot was won this week. So ladies, get out there and practice your fairway shots and putting. See you next Thursday.

Lessons begin the week of September 15

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CN replaces railroad crossing in Vavenby Robyn Rexin The Vavenby railroad crossing has finally been replaced.

Work began on Wednesday, Aug. 13. First new panels were put in and then crossing planks were laid for a short distance on either side of the actual crossing.

The CN crew also worked on making a temporary crossing.

On Friday, Aug. 29, work on the actual crossing began.

All the old mats were removed and replaced with new ones.

Road traffic was detoured onto the temporary crossing with a flag-person present. The crew would have preferred to work on this part of the crossing on the Sunday when the logging trucks were not driving by.

The lights and arms were tested after the work on the crossing was complete. CN comes out to Vavenby weekly to test them.

Saying thank for music festival On Sunday, Aug. 24, Colleen Rothwell, one of the main organizers for Becoming Shiloh 2014, held a thank you dinner at her home for all those who helped

with the event. There were 12 guests present.

It was a beautiful evening so the dinner could be held outdoors. The supper consisted of barbequed steaks, corn on the cob, salads, roasted vegetables, and beets. Brownies for dessert were supplied by one of the women.

WWOOFERS. It will be volunteer work again. The set-up will be similar to the one at Moilliets', where she worked for her room and board.

Des Cotes will stay in the United Kingdom until her money runs out and then she will return home. The set-up allows her to travel and gives her more work experience. Her dog Zeke will go with her. Des Cotes is sad to be leaving the Moilliet family but is anxious and excited about following her new plans.

Apprentice shepherd hopes to travel Aveley Ranch’s volunteer, Rachel Des Cotes, who has been there since May 1, left for home on Monday, Aug. 25.

While working at the ranch she followed Joseph Moilliet and Valerie Gerber around so that she and her dog Zeke could get hands-on experience.

When she gets back to St. Albert, Alberta, she will look for a job. Des Cotes wants to earn enough money so that she can go to the United Kingdom.

She hopefully will have enough

by January to go to England and then to Scotland in March to work on organic farms.

Des Cotes will be working through an organization called

Early morning truck fire There was a fire outside of the Canfor shipping office on Wednesday, Aug. 27 at 4 a.m.

A transport truck went up in flames.

The driver told Vavenby volunteer fire chief Sean Dawson that the fire had started in the engine. The five volunteers that responded were there for 1 ½ hours to make sure that the fire was completely out.

Dawson said that the fire department is always looking for more volunteers.

Area-based tenures report released Ministry of Forests, Lands and Natural Resource Operations VICTORIA – Forests, Lands and Natural Resource Operations Minster Steve Thomson issued the following statement on Thursday, Aug. 28.

"I would like to thank Jim Snetsinger for his comprehensive and professional report on government's proposal to enable conversions of some volumebased forest licences to new or expanded tree farm licences.

"His report contains 35 recommendations covering the full spectrum of economic, social, environmental, First Nations and administrative issues surrounding the proposed conversion of volume-based forest licences to area-based tree farm licences.

"His report stresses the need for strong First Nations and community support for any proposed expansion of area-based tenures in the province and says new proposals should incorporate measurable and verifi-

able public benefits.

"Jim's recommendations provide a valuable roadmap on how to proceed.

However, given the recent Supreme Court of Canada Tsilhqot'in decision and requests from forest companies and communities to focus on key immediate priorities, the ministry will not be proceeding with legislative changes that would enable forest licence conversions in fall 2014 or spring 2015.

"We will continue to consider the recommendations in the report as part of ongoing work in our ministry."

A copy of Snetsinger's report is available online at: http://engage.gov. bc.ca/foresttenures Recommendations for area-based forest tenures are: 1. To address the social licence issues associated with any conversion initiative, I would recommend a number of the social objectives proposed by government be made mandatory. These include: a) Demonstrable and quantifiable pub-

lic benefits. b) Investments in enhanced silviculture activities to grow the allowable annual cut. c) A commitment to an enhanced level of public engagement. d) A clear demonstration of strong local support for any conversion proposal.

2. A detailed timber supply analysis should be completed at the proponent's expense that demon-

strates the area for the proposed tree farm licence will support an allowable annual cut that is commensurate with the allowable annual cut being surrendered of the forest licence(s) and commensurate with the general timber supply forecast, timber profile and logging "chance" compared to the timber supply area as a whole.

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A small car waits to use a temporary crossing over the CN tracks in Vavenby on Friday, Aug. 29 as a crew works to replace the regular crossing.

Photo by Robyn Rexin

Cyclists reach St. John's The four cyclists who were biking across Canada to raise money to build 60 deep-capped water wells in Africa reached their final destination of St. John’s, Newfoundland, on the day estimated – Aug. 24.

The cyclists felt Newfoundland should be described as the land

Community Choir starting new season of music Times Staff Choir director Leah Jones, who is just back from hosting a gospel workshop in the beautiful Bella Coola valley, now looks forward to starting up the North Thompson Community Choir for another season.

The choir has been invited to a multi-choir performance in Kamloops that is slated for Friday, Oct. 17 and Saturday, Oct. 18.

“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

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

Choirs from 100 Mile House and Merritt, as well as a couple from Kamloops, will be some of the participants in this exciting endeavour.

Start up dates for the North Thompson Community Choir will be: • Clearwater Christian Church, Lodge Rd. (behind Field's store), Clearwater, Tuesday, Sept. 9 at 7 p.m.

• Barriere Pentecostal Christian Life Assembly, 4818 Amnesty Road, Barriere, Thursday, Sept. 11 at 7 p.m.

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of 10,000 hills. Their last 45 km into St. John’s was the most difficult of the whole journey. They were cycling into rain and severe cross and head winds while going uphill. It was all downhill to the waterfront, however.

As a result of their trip across Canada 45 – 50 wells have been pledged so far.

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

CLEARWATER UNITED CHURCH Meeting at Catholic Church of St. James

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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

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Phone: 250-674-2345

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COMMUNITY BAPTIST 24E Old North Thompson Hwy

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

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Clearwater RCMP was advised of a known chronic offender trying to retrieve his impounded vehicle from a local tow yard.

The Saskatchewan male had previously been arrested in Kamloops for possession of stolen property (a stolen semi truck) and had an outstanding warrant.

The male was arrested without incident and transported to Kamloops Regional Correction Center.

House fire

Clearwater RCMP attended a house fire on Riverview Crescent in Clearwater.

Clearwater Fire Department was on scene. An oven fire had been extinguished by the home owner.

There were no injuries to the occupants and minimal damage was reported.

Teachers get support Students, teachers and other supporters gather in front of Clearwater Secondary School on Tuesday morning to demonstrate their unhappiness with the lack of progress in the negotiations to end the dispute between the government and the teachers. The demonstration was organized by student Adrian Romeo (center, with the “I (heart) teachers” sign).

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Domestic assault/impaired driver

Clearwater RCMP was advised of a domestic assault that took place in Vavenby.

A local male was caught by police driving while intoxicated by alcohol. The driver was issued a 90-day driving prohibition and a 30-day vehicle impoundment.

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Single vehicle collision – superhuman strength

Clearwater RCMP was advised of a single vehicle collision on Highway 5 five km south of Blue River.

The vehicle was reported to be down the ditch about 30 feet.

The vehicle apparently was on its side with the occupants trapped inside until a passerby went down and pushed the vehicle back onto its wheels.

The passerby then assisted the occupants out of the vehicle, which was demolished.

The driver was said to be southbound when the vehicle went out of control on a straight stretch, going off road right.

The driver had a minor stomach injury, and the passenger was unhurt.

Thanks to the passerby from Saskatchewan!

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Night Market Thursdays until Sept 6, 5-830. Music starts Sept. 9: Community Choir start-up. 7-9 pm, Clearwater Christian Church at 6. Musicians & Vendors contact Lynda 250-674-3366 or ccbotanicals@gmail.com Sept 9 – 13: BC Seniors Games, Langley 2014, www. bcseniorsgames.org Sept. 4: Electric Fencing workshop, @ WG Infocenter, 4:30, free. Pre-register @ 250-828-2551 ext 111, 250Sept 10: Community Ball Hockey at arena parking lot.

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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. (9:3010 am Bible Study). Info 250-674-3624 • Raft River Rockhounds: 3rd Sat of the mth. Clw Lodge 1pm 250-6742700 • 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 250-6743703 for more info.

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• 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.

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Going back to school â&#x20AC;&#x201C; then and now Eleanor Deckert The time: postWorld War II, 1948.

The place: the classrooms of rural British Columbia.

The issue: What is the purpose of education?

Quotation source: British Columbia Teacher's Federation Magazine, December 1948.

"The High Mission of Education, says Warren R. Austin, US Representative to the United Nations, is to help our people realize that peace is the only practical condition of existence."

"Education today has the supremely difficult task of preparing people to live in an atomic age - when millions have never adapted their ways of thinking to the electrical age or even the steam age!

"As teachers face their task of helping our youth become competent in international relationships, they need encouragement and optimism.

Yet where, they are asking,where in this world of mounting international tensions, can anyone find hope for peace?"

The students: Grade 1-8 in one room. Children of immigrants for whom English is not the language spoken at home.

Friends and Neighbours, 1948, Grade 2, page 1

Reading with Phonics, 1948, Grade 1, page 1

Children of couples who have not received very many years education. Children whose families are on the move, seeking work, following crops, construction, hopes and dreams. Children who must walk distances to and from school in all weathers.

Quotation source: "Guess Who" Junior Primer reader, 1951,

Grades 3 and 4, Sing Me a Song, 1956

Teacher's guide.

"Guess Who provides extra learning opportunities for those children who need additional help before beginning Fun with Dick and Jane. The Guidebook suggests procedures for meeting individual needs, especially those of the immature or the frequently absent child."

The school district: Birch Island School District #26 (Roundtop - Blue River) Population: "1995: this school district has the smallest population of British

Columbiaâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s school districts." (North Thompson Reflections pg. 67) Quotation source: North Thompson Reflections.

The teachers: "The typical teacher was young (some still in their teens), inexperienced, female and single. Most had two years of post-secondary training."

"1941 was typical of the period; of the 13 teachers who left the region in June, only one returned in September."

Quotation source: British Columbia

Teacher's Federation Magazine, December 1948. $12,000 for Teacherages Proposed for Birch Island Because it has been impossible to secure suitable housing for either married or single teachers in parts of the Birch Island school district - thereby causing the district to lose opportunities of securing the service of needed teachers - the trustees have decided, after considerable study, to immediately undertake the construction of four or five teacherages where suitable buildings are not otherwise obtainable."

The future: Students wishing to continue their education past Grade 8 had two options: work at home on correspondence lessons or live away from home.

Some in Kamloops, some at the Coast, and some whole families moved away so their children could continue their education.

Modern improvements: In the December, 1948 issue

of the BC Teacher's Federation news magazine, advertisements include: art supplies, leather work kits, new Grade 10 science workbooks, home education booklets about nutrition (planning meals and cooking canned food), a 16 mm film projec-

tor, speakers, amplifier, record player and tape recorder, and a free dental hygiene program.

Teacher's guidelines are available for radio broadcasts for learning French, classical music, and a guidance program for adolescence.

Public School Health Book, 1925, illustration page 95: The Key to Health Preface: "... a suitable book in hygiene should be interesting to the pupils, free from technical terms ... its aim should be to arouse a desire for proper living, to develop health habits, and to teach the pupils of our public schools some simple means for the prevention of disease."

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Report looks at major forest tenure changes concurrently with any volume to area-based fibre and the non-conventional portion of the Continued from page A13 conversions. timber profile.

The analysis must also demonstrate that 29. Prior to the Minister inviting a propo16. Government should require the prothe licensees in the remaining timber supnent toSeptember apply for conversion ponent to describe how they will manage the Thursday, ply area are not unduly impacted.

Clearwater Times 4, 2014 it is recommended forest land for a full crop rotation that includes that the proponent provide demonstrated proof 3. The timber supply analysis should that there is strong local support (i.e. First provision for forest health at the various stages be completed to approved Ministry stanNations, local government/community, other dards and procedures and using the infor- of stand development, the management of biodiversity, fish, wildlife, water, soils and recre- licensees, other users of the land base etc.). mation and assumptions for the most 30. Prior to inviting a proponent to apply, ational resources. Strategies that address climate recent timber supply review. the Minister should consider advertising his/her change considerations should also be included 4. The Ministry should clearly comintention to initiate the process with the appliin their proposal. municate requirements for timber supply cant and seek broad local public input on the 17. Consistent with the Special Committee analysis to be carried out by the proponent proposed intent. on Timber Supply recommendation, governto support their conversion application.

31. The government should be very clear ment should rigorously evaluate the proponent's 5. It should be a contractual condition for past performance, their commitment to sustain- about what social, economic and environmental any new or expanded tree farm licence that the objectives are mandatory and which ones are able forest management, their commitment to licensee provide their forest inventory to the investments in forest management including but not. It is recommended that the mandatory list government in a compatible format so that it not limited to silviculture, inventories and forest be included in either the enabling legislation or can be posted on the government web site. supporting regulation. infrastructure (i.e., roads and bridges).

6. The government should require the 32. The applicant should conduct a 60-day 18. The proponent's proposal should demlicensee to turn back five to 10 per cent of the public review and comment period which could allowable annual cut as a mandatory conversion onstrate how they intend to use the most curinclude a public meeting. rent science and technology in acquiring data condition. It is recommended that this volume avoid the perception of "picking winand developing operational planning. could only be used to create new or expanded SAe pp t .i Government 4 t2. 9develop 1,0 ,2an20 01124ners33.andTolosers" l -2 3S e-p in any conversion process the 19. rThe should area-based tenures in the timber supply area Minister should consider establishing an ad hoc approach to gauge public support and deterfrom which the turn back originated.

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Nations' participation in the forest sector. the primary goal for BC Timber Sales is to 26. Conversions in provide credible representative price and cost benchmark data for the market pricing systems timber supply areas through auctions of public timber. Any conver- heavily affected by the mountain pine beetle sion process should consider the impact on BC should optimally occur Timber Sales and their achievement of their after the Chief Forester primary goal. has determined an 13. The enabling legislation and allowable annual cut regulation(s) should be flexible enough to SAe pp tr .i 4 l -2 3S e-p t2. 91,0 ,2 20 01 124 which considers the allow proponents' creativity and innovation post-pine beetle reality. to surface. This should include the ability for The you Aries, take theand high Don’t make any rash There are only This friends week is all Speak up, Aries, A business relationship Lady Luck smilesso on thought road when will youbefind moves inwith theannext many hours the 27. Conversions other tenures, including BCTS to be added to a about giveyou and could take, the problem blossoms you, Libra, andinthere count on turn yourself themiracle midst few days,A Cancer. day, Libra.beyond You need Capricorn.

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