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RDBN Business Forum starts Sept. 12 in Fort St. James Rebecca Watson Caledonia Courier FORT ST. JAMES -- Knowing what opportunities are available for your business can sometimes be a challenge in rural and northern communities. Learning what works and what doesn’t, hearing what is up and coming and making connections with community members could all be valuable assets to any company or business. That is why the District of Fort St. James is proud to be hosting this year’s 2014 RDBN Business Forum at Nak’albun Elementary Friday and Saturday September 12 and 13.

“Hosting the Regional District Business Forum is a great opportunity for our municipality to attract some very significant speakers and companies to share with local businesses,” said Emily Colombo, economic development officer for the District of Fort St. James. “The Forum takes place in a different community each year and it has been a privilege to work with the Regional District in the planning of this year’s Forum in Fort St. James. We’ve been able to take the forum in a new direc-

tion this year, providing content that should address many of the primary concerns for local businesses, and the inclusion of non-profit associations into the mix also. In addition to having major project companies speak about how to do business with their projects, we’re also providing content which looks at recent First Nations court cases over Rights and Title, retention and recruitment of labour, marketing and social media, and more. I think that this program really will offer something for everyone.”

Featured at this year’s forum will be networking opportunities and presentations from regional businesses. Topics include energy, forestry, mining, and education. Saturday’s agenda in particular will focus on workshops for non-profit organizations and will include topics on social media and marketing, crowd sourcing and fund-raising and the do’s and don’ts of proposal writing. There will also be a chance to meet one-on-one with presenters to find out specifics of their business.

Anyone is welcome to attend the event and ticket prices include lunch and gala dinner. To register and view full agenda visit www.rdbn.bc.ca

Gaming grants workshop a free non-profit learning opportunity Rebecca Watson Caledonia Courier FORT ST. JAMES -Non-profit groups with programs surrounding sports, the environment, social services, public safety and/or arts and culture, will have a chance to learn how to gain extra funding.

On Saturday September 20 the District of Fort St. James, in partnership with Northern Interior Communities Association, will be hosting a free 4-hour workshop on preparing and applying to the BC Gaming Grant Program.

The workshop will take place at the National Historic Site in the theatre area from 10:30am to 3pm. With 20 spaces available guests are asked to bring their own lunch but tea and coffee will be provided.

“Last year we held an Enterprises nonprofit workshop so this is the second workshop specific to grant writing,” said Shauna Hesse, Fort St. James grant writer and workshop organizer. “Ultimately it’s our organizations pulling together to make things happen in the community.”

The workshop will give a range of information pertaining to grant writing such as eligibility, grant amounts, the application and processing.

There will also be a walk through of the grant applying process with help determining what kind of gaming grant is right for your organization.

Rhonda Dickson of Northern Interior Communities Association will be teaching the

workshop.

“I will be going through the application process on how to do up an application and what the expectations are from the gaming branch,” said Ms. Dickson. “I don’t work for the gaming branch as I am a non profit organization myself. So I

will teach what needs to be done and what they are looking for in an application. I will also talk about the online application along with the different categories people fall under. Since not everyone will be able to apply at this time because of when the grants fall I

NOTICE OF SCHOOL BOARD MEETINGS for September & October 2014 The dates and locations of the Regular Board Meetings of the Board of Education of School District No. 91 (Nechako Lakes) for the months of September & October 2014 are as follows: September 22, 2014 School Board Office, Vanderhoof, BC October 20, 2014 School Board Office, Vanderhoof, BC These meetings will commence at 6:00 p.m. Members of the public are invited to attend.

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will help determine the correct sector for your group and go over when you can apply for your grant. Even if your group can not apply until the spring it will still

help prepare you and get ready for that time.”

To reserve a space contact Shauna Hesse at grantwriter@fortstjames.ca or call 250996-8240.

Congratulations to John & Paula Wylie on the arrival of a handsome baby boy.

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of clubs courtesy of Integris Credit Union The Integris Community Foundation is pleased to provide the Vanderhoof Golfers Association with 12 Junior Golf Club sets to be used in conjunction with the Junior Golfers program.

“The Vanderhoof Golfers Association exists to encourage and promote the sport of golf throughout the Nechako Valley,” says Terry King, director of the Golfers Association. “We approached the Integris Community Foundation with our funding request to procure junior clubs sets. We were thrilled to receive $2,500 to purchase 12 new sets of clubs! The Integris Foundation’s investment means that the Junior Program will grow by leaps and bounds because we are able to provide youth with equipment suited to their size and stature,” continues King. “Furthermore, families will not have to continually buy new clubs as their children grow nor will youth golfers have to use adult-sized clubs.

The VGA would like to extend a huge thank you to the Integris Community Foundation for their donation to our Junior Golf Program,” concludes King.

“We are pleased to assist the Vanderhoof Golfers Association with the purchase of these Junior Golf Clubs,” says Ken Young, Chair of the Integris Community Foundation.

“These funds provide the Association with the equipment necessary to encourage and promote

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the sport of golf for youth now and for future generations. This investment increases Association’s capacity while providing young golfers with equipment suited to their size and stature,” says Young. “Knowing that these funds enhance the recreational opportunities for Vanderhoof youth and the operations of the Vanderhoof Golfers Association

is precisely what the Integris Community Foundation looks for when considering funding applications,” concludes Young.

Since 2002, the Integris Community Foundation has invested more than $650,000 in the communities of Vanderhoof, Fort St. James and Fraser Lake (and the surrounding region). The Integris Foundation can broadly

be defined as a growing capital fund which serves the community. The earnings are used to meet a wide range of local charitable needs and interests. The Integris Foundation is accepting applications for charitable assistance until September 30th, 2014 at 4:00 at the Fort St. James and Vanderhoof branches of Integris Credit Union.

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KEEPING CANADA’S ENERGY HIGHWAYS SAFE

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Pipelines – known as energy highways – are vital to our country’s energy infrastructure.

Without them, we wouldn’t be able to do many of our daily activities, like travelling or heating our homes.

That’s why it’s critical pipelines are efficient and safe – we need them to reliably deliver 80 per cent of the oil and gas products Canadians use.

Canada’s pipeline companies carefully follow a strict set of standards and regulations and use sophisticated equipment at every phase of a pipeline’s life – from design and construction to operations, maintenance and emergency response plans.

These measures and innovative practices allow Canada’s pipeline industry to boast a 99.999 per cent* safety record.

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Safety doesn’t just influence our plans, processes and standards – it defines them. It is the top priority of our industry, now and in the future.

Learn more about Canada’s pipelines and our safety standards.

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SEASONAL EMPLOYMENT CEMENTING OILFIELD OPERATORS The Loren Donn Leslie Foundation works to promote youth empowerment and positive growth through community events and workshops.

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Loren Donn Leslie Foundation to host family fun day Sept. 13

Jesse Cole Omineca Express Vanderhoof’s Loren Donn Leslie Foundation (LDLF) will be revamping their annual Collective Awareness Walk this year by incorporating what they’re calling a Family Fun Day into the Sept. 13 event.

The LDLF was born in the wake of every parents worst nightmare, the death of their child. Doug Leslie, father of the late teen, turned his own tragedy into something beautiful; a beacon of light in an often dark world.

While the foundation initially began as a grieving process for a father in mourning, it has since grown into an internationally recognized organization with supporters and donators as far away as Los Angeles, California and Toronto, Ont. The collective awareness walk and family fun day are part of the LDLF’s mandate to, as their website says, empower youth through programs that encourage positive growth and change.

The family fun day is a way to promote these goals as well as to encourage family togetherness and reflection.

The fun day, which will take place at Riverside Park from noon until dusk will be the scene of the fourth annual awareness walk as well as much more.

There will be live music and dance performances, a barbecue, full salmon dinner, a volleyball tournament and motivational speakers all available to par-

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While donations to the LDLF are welcomed and encouraged by organizers, they are not mandatory.

The event is free and open to all members of the public.

The idea for a family fun day was a multi-faceted one between the members of the LDLF board of directors. They found that the annual collective awareness walks were seeing a lower than expected turn out and were seeking a way to both promote their goals and beliefs as well as draw out old and new faces to the organization, the event and the message.

The organization is encouraging people to get involved and to see that the LDLF is a far reaching and inspirational organization that goes beyond simply the grieving process. If you are interested in getting involved with the LDLF you can contact Claire Neilsen at info@clarityhealthandwellness.com or call at (250) 567-7387.

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DISTRICT OF VANDERHOOF

A weekly feature highlighting meetings/ proposals, events important to Vanderhoof residents.

DISTRICT OF VANDERHOOF Candidates information meeting The next General Local Government Election is November 15, 2014.

An information meeting for those considering running for Mayor or Councillor for the District of Vanderhoof will be held on: Thursday September 25, 2014 7:00 pm Municipal Office Council Chambers 160 Connaught Street This will be an opportunity for anyone who is considering running for District of Vanderhoof Council to learn more about being on Council.

For more information please contact Gavin Ireland at: (250) 567-4711 deputy@district.vanderhoof.ca

DISTRICT OF VANDERHOOF 2014 GENERAL LOCAL ELECTIONS NOTICE OF NOMINATION Public Notice is given to the electors of the District of Vanderhoof that nominations for the offices of: Mayor – One (1) to be elected and Councillor – Six (6) to be elected for a 4-year term beginning December 1, 2014.

District of Vanderhoof Box 900 160 Connaught Street Vanderhoof, BC V0J 3A0

will be accepted from 9:00 am Tuesday September 30th, 2014 to 4:00 pm Friday October 10th, 2014 (Excluding Statutory holidays and weekends)

Nomination documents are available at the District of Vanderhoof from 8:30 am to 12:00 noon and from 1:00 pm to 4:30 pm

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: • Canadian citizen; • 18 years of age or older; • resident of British Columbia for at least 6 months immediately before the day nomination papers are filed; • not disqualified by the Local Government Act or any other enactment from being elected to, or holding office.

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First Nations women respond to Harper asking #AmINext?

A number of weeks ago a 15 year old woman named Tina Fontaine was murdered, her body wrapped in plastic, and dumped into the Red River near Winnipeg.

In the days and weeks that followed Fontaine’s murder nearly every news outlet, television station and news pundit weighed in on the tragedy including our Prime Minister Stephen Harper. Harper, in response to renewed calls for an inquiry into missing and murdered aboriginal women, rebuffed the calls and assured us, the public, that this was merely a crime and did not warrant an expensive inquiry.

Harper’s comments received noticeable backlash from nearly every corner of the

country and his dismissal of the issue has created the #AmINext movement, as it is known on Twitter and Facebook. #AmINext is a campaign that involves aboriginal women (and non aboriginal women) taking photographs of themselves holding up a sign that reads “Am I Next?” The campaign is reminiscent of the ALS Ice Bucket Challenge in that it involves nominating others to stand in solidarity with the movement by taking a photograph as well.

Both challenges harness the power of social media to achieve goals otherwise unreachable. The #AmINext movements goal? To get Prime Minister Harper’s attention.

The campaign was started by Holly Jarrett, the cousin of Loretta Saunders, an Inuit woman who was

murdered and her body found along a portion of the New Brunswick’s Trans-Canada Highway.

Jarrett is also responsible for a petition calling for an inquiry created on Change.org that has over 300,000 signatures so far.

Movements like #AmINext may hit communities like Vanderhoof, Fort St. James and the central interior harder than they hit others, given the communities first hand experience with this kind of tragedy. The people of the area know that this is not just an aboriginal problem, it is a Canadian problem.

And despite Harper’s wishes, it is a problem that needs to be addressed.

An inquiry is not the answer, but it is a start.

An inquiry may cost tens of millions based

on previous inquiries like the Ipperwash inquiry which cost $13.3 million or the Royal Commission on Aboriginal Peoples which had a $60 million price tag.

It seems like an awful lot of money, but consider that the British Columbian government is currently paying around $12 million per day to parents of students who are unable to attend class due to the BCTF strike. When looked at comparatively it seems rather cheap. If we can spend that kind of money as a province over an inability to come to term on wages and class sizes than surely we can invest some money into saving the lives of our most vulnerable citizens, can’t we?

As I said before, an inquiry is not a fix-all, it is merely a start, an avenue towards identi-

Straight Talk with Heidi We hope you enjoy our new weekly column and welcome you to email or write in with any questions you may have for Heidi.

All questions can be emailed to office@ominecaexpress. com Dear Heidi, My husband and I are at our wits end with our 26 year old son. He can’t keep a job for longer then a couple months at a time. He instead chooses to stay home, play games, and live off us. He does not pay us anything for rent or food, and does not help out with any chores at home.

Trouble on the home front Dear Trouble on the home front, It is pretty common for adult children to live at home longer than usual these days, however, it is good practice to make them pay you something for room and board early on (as soon as they reach the age of minority) to teach them responsibility. Letting your children live like they are perpetual teenagers will only do more harm than good. What happens when you and your husband are no longer able to care for them?

Forcing them to buck up and pay something for room and board, as well as clean up after themselves is the biggest gift you can give your children.

Dear Heidi, I have a good friend who has a

Ask Heidi philandering husband; I have seen him with other women (making out) at local bars. I feel she needs to know her husband is a worthless cheat, but I also don’t want to be the one to inform her of this.

Help Dear Help, In general I advise people to not be the messengers of life altering (possibly Marriage ending news) However, if you have seen this behavior with your own eyes, you have the right to inform her of this since it isn’t random gossip or third party info. I would suggest bringing over some wine and very gently letting her know what you have seen. Try to get the information across as unbiased and without any type of negative emotion as you can, as this is already very terrible news.

Dear Heidi, I am an avid animal lover, I have rescued many animals in my time and probably will until I die. My problem is my husband is not in agreement with me on this. I will never leave a stray (or not help a

wounded animal) but he has tried to stop me from helping on many occasions. I have never tried to stop him from doing anything he feels passionate about, and I feel his attitude towards my passion for helping animals is beyond appalling.

Signed Animal Rescuer Dear Animal Rescue, Your husband sounds like an idiot. Continue doing what makes you happy as long as you are not hurting anyone you should be able to have the same freedom as you give your husband. Why anyone would ever stop someone from helping out helpless creatures is beyond my comprehension. Please keep helping!

Dear Heidi, I am sure I am being followed by my next door neighbor. Wherever I go he appears. He also leaves his place seconds after I leave mine, he walks home at the same time I am walking home from work or even after going out with friends.

Creeped out in FSJ Dear Creeped out in FSJ You need to start keeping track of dates and times that creepy follows you around, but firstly go to your local police station and write a report. The sooner you get the police involved the better. There are laws against stalking. The sooner you get this guy out of your life the better.

fying the problems and taking action to solve them. But beyond that it is symbolic. Harper’s refusal to secede to an inquiry (or any action for that matter) only serves to underscore the idea that we, the rest of Canada and our federal government, don’t care about aboriginal women or people for that matter.

Regardless of your stances on race, finance and self determination, is that the kind of country we want to live in?

A country where our most vulnerable feels that we truly do not care for them? That has never been my idea of what being Canadian means.

The safety and in-

HOLISTIC ALTERNATIVE THERAPY BY MAGDALENA SAITO

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Women from coast to coast are posting photos asking Am I Next?

Photo via Facebook.

clusion of all Canadians should trump the relatively low price tag associated with pro-

tecting them and putting an end to this stain on our country, once and for all.

School Stress?

We’ve talked about how stress can be good (eustress) or bad (distress) and I am more than certain a few of us are experiencing it as a result of the strikes, whether you’re a teacher, a parent or student uncertainty can lead to stress which can have a host of other forms such as, trouble sleeping, appetite dysfunction, anxiety, lethargy and more.

Many people are doing a temporary homeschooling, which can actually be a useful tool for de-stressing and bonding.

School is a classroom where professionals teach, that doesn’t mean that as a parent or tutor during this time you can’t go for walk to reduce stress and include some lessons like history of the area, the country, science of fall and leave weather patterns, talking about a book your children have read. The idea of a successful method to coping with stress is to try and turn it into something that will work for you.

As a community the connections you make and tie that bond you can also help in this situation, tutors? Group lessons and community services can help give you that time, and your students some, check the library, YMCA, church groups, now is the time to come together, if you know some teachers have them over for dinner, get to know them better while helping reduce their costs during this time.

Build your community and your children up, let’s hope this strike passes soon (or maybe by the time this prints already has) and remember that learning is all around us, this world is filled with wonder so go out and find it, bond and relax!

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Factory model fading for schools VICTORIA – The B.C. Teachers’ Federation’s latest demand, for binding arbitration on selected pocketbook issues of its members, is going nowhere.

This follows months of the union’s insistence on mediation. First a B.C. Supreme Court judge met with both sides and walked away.

Then the BCTF’s preferred choice, Vince Ready, agreed that mediation won’t fix the current version of the mess he last examined in 2007.

BCTF president Jim Iker announced the arbitration gambit on Friday, in one of the webcasts he uses to rally the union’s exhausted membership. Education Minister Peter Fassbender replied that with five minutes’ notice to the government’s chief negotiator and lacking specifics on what would be subject to arbitration, the proposal would forfeit the government’s mandate to control costs.

“This government will not raise taxes in order to provide a settlement to one union that does not reflect what the other public sector has done,” Fassbender said.

In short, there will be a negotiated settlement, eventually. The union chose to begin the strike, and now must find a way to end it.

The government’s position in this dispute is unlike any of the many that preceded it. And it points the way to an evolution of education that cannot be stopped.

The announcement of a $40-a-day payment for days lost during a fall strike for children under 13 was greeted with scorn by the BCTF and its echo chambers. Parents won’t be bribed, they want school, not daycare, it’s an insult, went the refrain.

Before the first week of the fall strike was over, nearly two thirds of eligible parents had enrolled, faced with pickets at their schools and real and mounting child care and tutoring costs. The union executive, collecting their hefty salaries while teachers do without even token strike pay, said members who are parents should refuse the money.

Some B.C. teachers have begun advertising tutoring services online. With distance learning and other online education options expanding in all 60 public school districts, the digital revolution is unfolding quickly.

The B.C. government made a couple of announcements in April, one about moving to digital versions of textbooks and another about a digital merger of 1,600 school libraries with public and post-secondary schools. Growth of options accelerates.

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strife, the B.C. public school curriculum is being refashioned for this new age. Among its goals is to “allow teachers and students the flexibility to personalize their learning experience to better meet each student’s individual strengths and needs.”

One of B.C.’s early models for self-directed learning is Thomas Haney secondary in Maple Ridge, where senior high students are expected to make their own way through course work, learning to

manage their own time.

It was here that the first couple of Grade 12 students showed up last week to begin making up for lost time from the strike that set in last spring. Self-directed study has become a crash course.

Private schools are also swamped with applications from Grade 12 students looking for particular courses they will need by next year.

In the short term, Fassbender says the lost strike days will likely have to be restored to the school

schedule.

“Do you put it on at the end of the year? Do you take it out of spring break? Do you take it out of Christmas holidays? My staff are looking at all of the options,” Fassbender said.

In the longer term, the whole factory model of school is on the way out.

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Clarification of the regional district financial statement come to light Chief financial officer explains reason for 2013 deficit Jamie Harkins Digging beneath the numbers found in the Regional District of Bulkley-Nechako (RDBN) 2013 financial statement, which was first reported on in the Aug. 13 edition of the Omineca Express, unearths a few interesting gems.

Hans Berndoff, RDBN Chief Financial Officer, said the regional district recorded a deficit in 2013 of $539,962, but they were actually planning to use the prior year’s surplus of $2.6 million. He said a deficit of nearly $540,000 should then be considered a positive instead of a negative that some people view it as.

Berndoff said an explanation also should be made for the provision of $500,000 for future spending that is provided for in environmental services. He said that amount was expensed during the year and is a result of more stringent rules for future landfill closures.

“When we close landfills down the road we incur

costs,” said Berndoff. “We spend money then, but… under the accounting rules we have to actually provide for those in financial statements in the years that we’re using up the landfill. We use them up over a period of time, so we will have expensed all that before we actually spend the money. So that was the reason. It was because of more stringent landfill closure and monitoring regulations.”

A reference in the previous Omineca Express article about the 2013 financial statement refers to an increase in staff renumeration of $91,000, but Berndoff said there were no actual salary or wage increases in 2013. He said the $91,000 covers an environmentally sustainability coordinator they hired as well as increased premiums for employee benefit plans.

“We’re very solvent,” he said. “We’ve still got a surplus of $14 million and so I just [want] to make sure the wrong message didn’t get out there to the public.”

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Fassbender rejects BCTF arbitration call; Minister calls proposal ‘empty effort’ giving false hope

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Jeff Nagel Black Press Education Minister Peter Fassbender has rejected the B.C. Teachers Federation’s call Friday for binding arbitration to end the teachers strike.

He said the BCTF never gave the province a detailed written proposal and the union’s insistence on several preconditions would have tilted arbitration in its favour.

“It became very clear that it was another empty effort to give parents and teachers a false hope that there is a simple way to resolve the dispute,” Fassbender said Saturday.

BCTF president Jim Iker urged the province to agree to arbitration and leave class size and composition to be settled by the courts, promising the union would then hold a membership vote on suspending the strike and returning to work.

Fassbender said binding arbitration hands over control to a third party and risks an outcome that compromises B.C.’s balanced budget and unacceptably damages the province’s finances.

The last use of binding arbitration by the province in 2001 led to a surprise $400-million increase in fees for B.C. doctors that prompted the government to raise the provincial sales tax by 0.5 per cent.

Fassbender remained firm that the province wants a negotiated settlement in line with the pay raises accepted by other government unions.

“The BCTF leadership is trying to avoid having the tough conversation with their members about what is realistic and achievable at the bargaining table.”

Iker reiterated the offer Sunday, calling it a “fair, workable, and pragmatic plan to end the strike, open schools, and get children back into classrooms.”

He said his only precondition is that

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Minister of Education Peter Fassbender rejected the BCTF’s call for a binding arbitration last Friday Submitted Photo.

the province drop its proposed E80 clause, which allows either side to dodge the effect of a future appeal court ruling against them on class size and special needs resources.

“Their attempt to bargain their way out of their two court losses has been the biggest

obstacle to a settlement,” Iker said.

Prior to the BCTF offer, government negotiator Peter Cameron said arbitration was undesirable, not just because of the financial risk to government, but because it takes the decision out of the hands of both the government

and the BCTF. “The parties end up not really having made the hard decisions and owning the outcome,” he said. “And it involves a third party, who would likely be a labour relations person rather than an educator, making educational decisions.”

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VILLAGE OF FRASER LAKE NOTICE OF 2014 LOCAL GENERAL ELECTION Public notice is given to the electors of the Village of Fraser Lake that nominations for the offices of: Councillor: Four (4) Positions Mayor : One (1) Position Will be received at the Village of Fraser Lake, Municipal Office, 210 Carrier Crescent, Fraser Lake from 9:00 AM on Tuesday, September 30, 2014 to 4:00 PM on Friday, October 10, 2014. Nomination documents are available during regular working hours 8:00 AM to 4:00 PM excluding Statutory Holidays and weekends.

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Tod Taylor, a probation officer from Vanderhoof takes on the ALS Ice Bucket Challenge.

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Tod Taylor, a probation officer with the Vanderhoof Community Corrections office completed the Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (ALS) ice bucket challenge.

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Nechako Valley Secondary School students and staff travelled all the way to Kenya to assist in building a school house in the Narok region of Kenya.

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A Kenyan Safari; working together to make a difference Jesse Cole Omineca Express Students from Nechako Valley Secondary School (NVSS) have returned from a long-planned trip to Kenya late last month after helping to build a school foundation and touring the Narok region of Kenya.

The trip, for which NVSS students and faculty had been fundraising for over a year, was a collaborative effort between the NVSS students and faculty, EF Educational Tours and the Me to We program two organizations that sponsor educational, environmental and cultural experiences and education.

Anna Pye, an educator at NVSS along with Chris Lupton,

travelled with six NVSS students to Kenya where they were joined by another group of students from a Winnipeg based school. The two groups stayed together during their trip, living in a tented community in the Maasai Mara (a large Kenyan game reserve) region of Kenya.

Students took part in a ground breaking ceremony for a newly opened high school in the region in addition to their help building an additional school house.

During their experience students were privileged enough to be partnered with a Maasai Warrior who offered to teach them about Kenyan culture, gave lessons in Swahili (one of the native languages in the Great Lakes area of Africa) and took the groups on a safari tour through Maasai Mara game reserve.

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During the evenings students and staff had a chance to do some personal reflection coordinated by Me to We facilitators.

“Students and staff reflected on the impact of education, health care and agriculture in Kenya as well as the ongoing water crisis in Africa and food security for rural areas,” said Pye. In addition to their construction work, school groups were offered a chance to learn about some of the sustainable development initiatives that Free the Children, a charity that has worked in Africa for over a decade, has implemented in Kenya.

Student groups were lucky enough to visit the Baraka Health Clinin which provides medical care to the Maasai Mara, Kipsigis and Kisii regions which are some of the most vulnerable communities in Kenya.

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Schools out for...Autumn?

Students remained on summer vacation and teachers remained on the picket lines as the first day of school came and went Jesse Cole Omineca Express The day that every parent, teacher, politician and student had been waiting for (or dreading in some cases) came and went last Sept. 2 and classes remained devoid of students and of teachers.

While classrooms were quiet, the sidewalks outside were anything but; teachers from Vanderhoof’s Nechako Valley Secondary School (NVSS), McLeod Elementary and representatives from EBUS Academy were all on the picket lines bright and early on the morning of Sept. 2.

“Each and every one of us would rather be inside of that school,” lamented Ray Bartsch, motioning to the vacant building behind him.

Bartsch is a staff representative at NVSS and has been an educator for 31 years. During his tenure as a teacher Bartsch says he has taken to the picket lines “probably five times.” He says that this time, the B.C. Teachers Federation (BCTF) is in it for the long haul.

“We have to be,” he says. “We either take a stand or we don’t, you know?”

Bartsch said he would like to see the B.C. Federation of Labour support the BCTF in their strike saying “…Come to the picket lines and shut down the province…”

“I’m hoping we’re back before thanksgiving,” Bartsch added. “But

we might not be.”

While B.C. teachers remain committed to their strike, student’s effectively remain on a prolonged summer vacation (something I’m sure they’re oh so upset about).

The continuing strike has left many parents flustered as to what to do with their children for the remainder of the strike.

The government of British Columbia has addressed the problem in their own way by promising to pay $40 a day to parents of students aged 12 and younger, which totals a staggering $12 million a day in payments.

Money many parents feel would be better spent on the teachers.

If the government can pay parents they can afford to pay teachers,” said Margaret Jex, a parent of an out-of-school student. “Teachers have a right to be paid a fair wage…

Our children have rights and one of those rights is a good education.

The teachers are doing their part but I think they could use more public support,” she added.

Still not everyone is so supportive of the ongoing strike. Parent Christa Alyssa Beaverstock said, “my son is four right now and with the way the strikes keep happening I think I’ll just end up home schooling him. The teachers have been striking on and off since I was in school. There still hasn’t been a way in which they’ve been able to really get what they want without

Ray Bartsch, Jeremy Hara, Dale Horita and Nick Ferguson are just a few of the teachers who were on the picket lines on Tuesday, Sept. 2 which was supposed to be the first day of classes for public school students.

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it effecting the timeline of the school year. I feel it’s a system that needs fixing.”

Despite mixed feelings from both sides, Bartsch says that he does believe the government

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Local girl invites town to help clean up downtown core

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PICTURE THIS....Your activity could be featured in “Picture This.” Snap a photo at your groups’ fundraiser. It could be anything from a car wash to cleaning up our streets. It could even include school activities. Basically people making a difference in our community. Send us your photo by e-mail (advertising@ominecaexpress.com) or drop it off at the Omineca Express (150 W. Columbia Street). Please provide a brief description accompanied with the photo.

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Jesse Cole Omineca Express A young Vanderhoof girl is taking it upon herself to spruce up Vanderhoof through a community garbage clean-up.

Fenna Nellen, a Vanderhoof youth, has organized and orchestrated a completely independent garbage clean up that she says is a way of cleaning up Vanderhoofs downtown.

The clean up will take place on Sept.

13 at Riverside Park from 1 p.m. to 3 p.m. and Nellen intends to provide garbage bags, pails and gloves for everyone who wishes to be involved. Nellen would like to ask that all those who wish to participate to send her a message at fennanellen@gmail.com.

Nellen’s inspiration to clean up

downtown Vanderhoof came from her experience at a camp in nearby Smithers, B.C. where she hooked up with the Canadian Parks and Wilderness Society (CPAWS) who sponsored her camp experience.

“We had to plan an event as part of the camp,” said Nellen. “It had to be environmental and I’ve seen so many other towns that have piles of garbage on the ground and on the sides of the road and I wanted our community to look better.”

Nellen said it’s not only about environmental concerns and sprucing up the neighbourhood, but also about bringing the community together.

“It’s also to have people come together and work together as a team to help keep this town looking nice and build community.”

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Interested in making Friends? Do you like Games, Art, Sports? Do you enjoy Science, Camping, Outdoor activities, Singing & Drama? Helping with Community projects? Join Girl Guides!

Registration dates for Sparks, Brownies, Guides & Pathfinders: Monday, Sept. 15th (6 – 7:30pm) at St. Josephs Parish Centre – Use Gym Entrance. On-line registration also available at www.girlguides.ca Contact person: Kathy Russell @ 5673882. *** BC THANKSGIVING FOOD DRIVE... During the week of September 8-13, bags and information flyers will be left on your doorstep. Place non-perishable food items in the bag and place it outside on your doorstep on Saturday, September 13 before 9:30am. Volunteers will pick it up between 9:30-1pm. All donations will be sorted, weighed and then delivered to NeighbourLink.

Drop boxes will also be located in the Co-op Food Store, Integris Credit Union, Chamber of Commerce, and White River Contracting from September 1-13.

For more information or to volunteer please call: 1-250-567-8478. *** RHYMES AND SONGS...early steps towards literacy and love of books! Fun for little ones and their caregivers too. Parents and children will learn interactive rhymes, stories and songs for use at home. Children ages 0-35 months, 10:30-11:15am Tuesdays, Sept 16 thru Nov 4, 2014. A snack is provided. At the Vanderhoof Public Library. *** GIRLS BOOK CLUB...enjoy reading and talking about books? Come and share ideas, crafts, activities and games and make new friends. Girls ages 8 and 9: 3:30-4:30pm, 1st Thursday of each month thru March, begins Oct 2, 2014. At the Vanderhoof Public Library. *** STITCHES CLUB...needle work, needle play! Bring your project and join with others who are working on theirs. Knitting, crochet, needlepoint, cross stitch.

Noon - 3pm, you are welcome to bring your lunch. 1st and 3rd Wednesday of the month. October 1 thru May 6, 2015. At the Vanderhoof Public Library. *** STORY TIME...stories and interactive rhymes are designed to nurture your child’s love of books. Children ages 3-5, 10:30-11am Thursdays, Sept 18 thru Nov 6, 2014, parents are welcome to stay. At the Vanderhoof Public Library. *** TWEENS BOOK CLUB...enjoy reading and talking about books? Come and share ideas, crafts, activities and games and make new friends. Tweens ages 10 thru 12. 3:30-4:45pm, 2nd Thursday of each month thru March, begins Oct 9, 2014. At the Vanderhoof Public Library. *** LIBRARY BROWN BAG BOOK CLUB...

For adults. Do you enjoy reading, talking about books, meeting people? Join us for the Library Brown Bag Book Club. 3rd Thursday of each month, Sept thru May, begins Sept 18, 2014, noon - 1pm, multi purpose room, drop ins welcomes. Library provides the books. At the Vanderhoof Public Library. *** TEEN BOOK CLUB...enjoy reading and talking about books? Come and share ideas, crafts, activities and games and make new friends. Teens: 3:30-4:45pm, 3rd Thursday of each month thru March, begins Oct 16, 2014. At the Vanderhoof Public Library. *** FUNDRAISER...to raise money for the Family Day & Collective Awareness Walk on Sept 13, at Riverside Park. The fundraiser will take place July 19 at the Reid Pub. More info call 250-567-7427 or email dleslie53@live.ca. *** VANDERHOOF AIR CADETS... - Tues 6:30-9:30 at the Gospel Chapel For more information call: 250-640-0218 or 250570-7496 *** STUART NECHAKO MANOR...looking for volunteers. Help needed with outings, Serving meals, entertainment and visits for the residents. Please contact Marnie at 250 567 6290 for more information. *** VOLUNTEERS NEEDED....Would you like to become part of a team working

Marcel Malo helping Carolynn Bulmer out with the ice bucket challenge raising funds for the ALS Society of Canada.

together to improve the quality of life for stroke survivors? The Vanderhoof Stroke Recovery Group is looking for volunteers to join their team. Vanderhoof Stroke Recovery’s goal is to encourage stroke survivors to improve their lives through education, exercise, work groups, crafts, outings, etc. No special skills required; training and orientation are provided.

Patience and caring understanding a necessity. Volunteers share responsibilities: assisting with activities, exercises, education, crafts, outings, fund raising.

Time commitment: 3 hour meeting each Monday morning (excluding stat holidays), from September through mid-June.

Please contact Penny (250) 567-3966 vanderhoofstrokerecovery@ gmail.com *** SENIORS CONNECTED... is looking for Seniors in need of Outreach & Transportation. We are also taking applications for Volunteers wanting to take part in the VSC Program. Vanderhoof Seniors Connected is a program dedicated to improving the quality of life for Seniors/Elders in our community through Companionship and Transportation Assistance.

For more information contact DebraAnn Bishop at 250-567-0623 or email at vanderhoofseniors@hotmail.com *** CALLING ALL SENIORS... come and join us for carpet bowling, pool or snooker Monday and Thursday afternoons at the Friendship Centre. We also have cards or bingo on Wednesday evenings. Music nights are also popular and these are the last Friday night of the month. Come and have some fun! Everybody welcome young or golden agers. Call Oscar for more info: 250-567-4582. *** AL-ANON...Has your life been affected by someone elses drinking? The Al-Anon is for you! Meetings held on Mondays at 7pm in Community Room at Omineca Safe Home Society. For more information contact Gail at 567-4318. *** THE NORTHSIDE WOMEN’S INSTITUTE...meets the 3rd Tuesday of the month. Newcomers always welcome. For more information call Brenda, 250 5679705. *** V’HOOF HOSPICE SOCIETY... Do you have a few hours a month to give? Are you sensitive to the special needs of those persons at the end stages of life? Want to be part of a great organization that makes a difference in our community, then we are looking for you. The V’hoof Hospice Society is a not-for profit charity looking for new volunteer members. Our Society has a desire to help others. We are sensitive to the special needs of the dying patient and their families. We do not have personal agendas or “missions” to our Hospice work. Our main fundraising come in the form of donations to our Tree of Life. We are looking for new members to continue this great service. For more info contact Kaytee Drinkwater at 250-996-1702, vanderhoofhospice@gmail.com *** THE FOOD BANK... is in serious need of food donations. Specifically the following is needed: “Chunky” soups and stews and canned milk. *** BADMINTON AT FLESS GYM... Every Thursday at 7:30 to 9:30 p.m. come out and have some fun! ***

THE VANDERHOOF CANCER SUPPORT GROUP...meets the first Friday of every month @ noon at the The Reid. For more info call Karen @ 567-4828. *** ENDAKO HALL SOCIETY...meets every THIRD Wednesday of the month in the hall at 7:30pm. *** THE YELLOWHEAD DRAFT HORSE ASSOCIATION...is an organization for those interested in light and heavy horse driving. Monthly meetings every second Tuesday of the month. For more info contact: Jon 250-567-8484. *** NECHAKO QUILTERS GUILD... meets the third Tuesday of the month 9:30 am (Sept.

- May) at Nechako View Seniors Common Room. Fran Sheeley 567-5254. *** THE FRASER QUILTERS GUILD... meets the 2nd Tuesday of each month at 10am at the Fort Fraser Community Hall.

Newcomers welcome. *** HOSPICE TREE OF LIFE... is to honour the living as well as to remember and honour those who have passed on. For more info call Kaytee Drinkwater at 250-996-1702 or vanderhoofhospice@gmail.com *** THE FRASER LAKE CANCER SUPPORT GROUP... meets the 3rd Tuesday of every month at 12 noon in Autumn Services. For further information call Judy at 250-6997763. *** AIR CADET VANDERHOOF 899 SQUADRON...Cadets will meet every TUESDAY night – 6:30-9:30 p.m. at the 480 Connaught St. at the Gospel Chapel.

Anyone age 12 to 18 interested in the Cadet Program is welcome to attend. Any adult interested in assisting in anyway, please contact the officers at the 480 Connaught St. at the Gospel Chapel Tuesday night.

For more information call: Capt. John Callaghan - 250-640-0218, Yvonne Melo 250-690-7496 Evenings. *** AA MEETING... Wednesday, 8:00 p.m.

United Church Hall. 567-8087 or 567-4588 *** FRASER LAKE AA MEETINGS... Tues & Thurs 8:00 p.m. at St. Wilfred’s Church just across from the Village Hall. *** ST. JOHN HOSPITAL AUXILIARY SOCIETY... meets second Tuesday of the month (with the exception of July & August) at 7:00 p.m. in the hospital cafeteria. For further info contact Edna 567-9759 - New members welcome. *** VANDERHOOF LIBRARY HOURS Tuesday 10:00am to 5:00pm Wednesday 10:00am to 5:00pm & 6:30pm to 8:30pm Thursday 10:00am to 5:00pm Friday 10:00 am to 6:00pm Saturday 10:00am to 5:00pm *** FRASER LAKE LIBRARY HOURS Sunday & Monday Closed Tuesday 10am - 4pm Wednesday & Thursday 3pm - 8pm Friday 10am - 4pm Saturday 10am - 2pm *** NVSS BOTTLE DEPOT HOURS Open Mon, Tues, Friday 11am-5pm Saturday 10am-5 p.m.

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Kump, Marie Ann nee Leslie Went to be with the Lord on July 17, 2014 at the age of 73. She is survived by her daughter Juliana Kump; sons Lawrence (Audrey) Kump and Alex (Ethel) Kump; grandson John; Mother Vesta Foote Leslie Philpott; brothers Chuck (Eilene) Leslie, David (Karen) Leslie, and Ian (Diane) Leslie; and sister Andria (Dave) Reid.

Marie was predeceased by her husband, John Kump, and her father, Philip Leslie.

A Mass of Christian Burial will be held at St. Andrew’s Catholic Church, 144 Nadina Crescent, Fraser Lake, BC on September 13, 2014 at 11:00am.

In lieu of flowers, donations may be made to the Canadian Cancer Society, 565 West 10th Avenue, Vancouver, BC V5Z 4J4 or the the BC Heart & Stroke foundation, #4 - 1551 Sutherland Ave., Kelowna BC V1Y 9M9.

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PART-TIME INSTRUCTORS The College is seeking qualiÀed part-time instructors to teach a variety of courses at the Vanderhoof campus.

Courses include: • Inter-personal communication • Business writing • Computer skills – Microsoft OfÀce 2010 • Essential English • Essential Math • Life Skills • Employability Skills training Please email your resume to: nechako@cnc.bc.ca or drop off at the CNC Vanderhoof front ofÀce or call 250.567.3200

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Job Title: Band Administrator JOB DESCRIPTION: The Moricetown Band Administrator will be responsible for the administration of all Band Programs and will ensure programs are administered within the budget allocated. The Band Administrator will ensure that Band policies and regulations are adhered to, and supervise all Band Program Managers and Contractors.

Job Duties: • Ability to manage, supervise and provide support to staff in addressing programming requirements.

• Advisor to Chief and Council on all areas of Band Management • Knowledge working with provincial and federal funding agencies including: programs, regulations, procedures of AANDC, and other funding arrangements.

• Good knowledge of financial accounting principles for budget planning and monitoring of expenditures.

• Develop and implement annual strategic plans.

• Ability to write funding proposals, preparation of reports and correspondence.

• Attend monthly Council Meetings and Committee meetings (as required).

• Provide the council with monthly reports on band programs and operations.

• Possess strong administrative and computer skills.

• Ability to communicate effectively verbally and written.

• Must submit a criminal record check.

• Experience working within a First Nations Community.

JOB QUALIFICATIONS: • A Degree in Business Administration or Management • Project Leadership, Project Management and/or Community Development experience • 4-5 years experience working with First Nations in a management role.

• Ability to write funding proposals.

• Accounting experience.

• Salary to commensurate with qualifications and experience.

• Knowledge of Wet’suwet’en culture will be an asset.

Please direct any questions or resumes complete with a cover letter and three references to: Personnel Committee Chief Barry Nikal, Des McKinnon & Duane Mitchell Cc: Monica Michell, Assistant Band Manager email: barry.nikal@moricetown.ca or monica.michell@moricetown.ca Phone (250) 847-2133 Fax (250) 847-9291 Closing Date: September 12, 2014 at 4:30 pm Only those applicants considered for this position will be notified.

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Notice No. 3-1 Notice No. 3-1 REGIONAL DISTRICT OF BULKLEY-NECHAKO REGIONAL DISTRICT OF BULKLEY-NECHAKO REGIONAL DISTRICT OF BULKLEY-NECHAKO 2014 GENERAL LOCAL ELECTIONS 2014 GENERAL LOCAL ELECTIONS 2014 LOCAL GOVERNMENT ELECTION

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Public- Notice electorsNotice of the Regional is given Districttoof the Bulkley-Nechako electors of thatthe a Regional District of Bulkley-Nechako that a $725 - $755$725 $755is given to thePublic FORT FRASER LOCAL COMMUNITY general election will be held general on Saturday, election Novemberwill 15, 2014, be held to elect onseven Saturday, (7) Directors November 15, 2014, to elect seven (7) Directors

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One Electoral (1) Director Area “F” (Vanderhoof to be elected Rural)for Electoral Area “F” (Vanderhoof Rural) Nominations for qualified candidates will be received by * Balconies * BalconiesOne (1) Director to be elected for (1) Director to be elected for One Electoral (1) Director Area “G” (Houston to be elected Rural) for Electoral Area “G” (Houston Rural) the Chief Election Officer (or designate) at the Regional * Landscaped* View Landscaped One View District Office, 37-3rd Avenue, P.O. Box 820, Burns * Cablevision* Available CablevisionNominations Available for qualified candidates Nominations will be received for qualified by the Chief candidates Election Officer will(orbe received by the Chief Election Officer (or

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BurnsRent Lake, B.C. from 8:30Burns a.m. to Lake, 4:30 p.m.B.C. Monday from to Friday, 8:30 excluding a.m. toStatutory 4:30 p.m. Monday to Friday, excluding • not disqualified by the Local GovernmentStatutory Act or any Homes for Homes Rent for Pleaseemail: Please email: info@wemoveinfo@wemoveholidays and weekends, andholidays may also be and picked weekends, up at the following and may Municipal alsoOffices be picked up the following otheratenactment from votingMunicipal in an election Offices in British on.caor or on.ca call:call: 1-250-285-3037.

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REGIONAL DISTRICT OF BULKLEY-NECHAKO 2014 LOCAL GOVERNMENT ELECTION

NOTICE OF NOMINATION FORT FRASER LOCAL COMMUNITY COMMISSION Public Notice is given to the electors of the Fort Fraser Local Community that a general election will be held on Saturday, November 15, 2014, to elect four (4) Commissioners for a 4-year term commencing December, 2014.

Nominations for qualified candidates will be received by the Chief Election Officer (or designate) at the Regional District Office, 37-3rd Avenue, P.O. Box 820, Burns Lake, B.C., between the hours of 9:00 a.m. on Tuesday, September 30, 2014 and 4:00 p.m. on Friday, October 10, 2014, and during that period the nomination documents shall be received during regular office hours, excluding Statutory holidays and weekends. Nomination documents may be delivered by hand, mail, facsimile, or other delivery service. Originals of faxed nomination documents must be received by the Chief Election Officer by Friday, October 17, 2014, or the nomination is deemed to be withdrawn.

THE DEADLINE FOR RECEIPT OF NOMINATIONS IS 4:00 P.M. FRIDAY, 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: • Canadian citizen; • 18 years of age or older; • resident of British Columbia for at least 6 months immediately before the day nomination papers are filed; • resident of the local community for at least 30 days immediately preceding voting day; and • not disqualified by the Local Government Act or any other enactment from voting in an election in British Columbia or from being nominated for, being elected to, or holding office.

Nomination documents are available at the Regional District Office, 37-3rd Avenue, Burns Lake, B.C. from 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Monday to Friday, excluding Statutory holidays and weekends, and may also be picked up from the Fort Fraser Post Office, 521 Highway 16 West, Fort Fraser, B.C. FURTHER INFORMATION on the foregoing may be obtained by contacting: Cheryl Anderson, Chief Election Officer Geraldine Craven, Deputy Chief Election Officer 1-800-320-3339 or (250) 692-3195

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REQUEST FOR PROPOSAL Snow Removal

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School District No.91 (Nechako Lakes) invites proposals for the Driveway, Parking Lot and Sidewalk Snow Removal and Sanding Contracts for the winter season of 2014-15 for the following communities: Burns Lake and Area Fort Fraser Fort St. James Fraser Lake Vanderhoof and Area

Snow Removal Proposal Specifications and Site Information is posted on our Website: http://www. sd91.bc.ca/ or packages may be picked up at the Vanderhoof or Burns Lake Maintenance Facilities.

Viewing of the site(s) prior to submission of proposals, along with the Maintenance Coordinator, Manager of Facilities and Transportation is mandatory. You will meet at the bus garage at 1:00 pm in Fort St James, September 29th, Vanderhoof, September 30th, Burns Lake October 1st and Fraser Lake, October 2nd, 2014.

Proposals must specify a lump sum for each site and service. The successful contractor will be responsible to contact WorkSafeBC to determine their coverage eligibility and have the appropriate insurance and licenses. Each site will be awarded separately.

Please return proposals, marked clearly “Sanding, Snow Removal and Site#” to:

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Tim Bancroft, Manager of Facilities School District No. 91 (Nechako Lakes) 304 E Stewart Street Vanderhoof, BC V0J 3A0 Fax: (250) 567-3992

Closing date for proposals is 12:00 noon. Tuesday, October 8, 2014.

The lowest proposal may not necessarily be accepted.

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Vanderhoof track stars take home firsts The Nemethy family and friends took part in the 41 annual Labour Day Classic: Road Race in Prince George taking home a plethora of wins

Left to right: Simon Nemethy, Wanda Nemethy, Sally Makin, Alex Nemethy and Brian Nemethy competed in the 41 Labour Day Classic race in Prince George.

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Jesse Cole Omineca Express Vanderhoof’s first family of track and field, the Nemethy’s, are at it again, this time taking home a number of medals at the 41 annual Labour Day Classic in Prince George.

The Labour Day Classic. which took place on Aug. 31 has several categories of competition including a kids one kilometre “fun run”, a five kilometre run, a 14 kilometre wheelchair race and a 14 kilometre run and

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Competing in the race were Brian and Wanda Nemethy as well as their two children Alex and Simon Nemethy. Also competing was Sally Makin, of Vanderhoof.

Brian Nemethy competed in the 14 kilometre run and placed second overall and first place in his age group, with a time of 51 minutes and 50 seconds.

Wanda Nemethy also competed in the 14 kilometre race with a time of one hour, one minute and 43 seconds

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that placed her fourth in the women’s category and second in her age group.

Alex Nemethy took home the win in the five kilometre race finishing with a time of 16 minutes and 53 seconds while brother Simon Nemethy came in fourth place in the five kilometre race with a time of 18 minutes and 58 seconds.

Sally Makin placed second in her age group for the five kilometre race that she competed in.

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