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Houston’s John Siebenga is running for town council this year. “I have a growing interest in Houston,” he said. “I really like the community and I want to have a positive impact on this town while I’m here.” This the first time Siebenga has run for town council, and having lived here for over six years he believes he has something to offer Houston. “I want to promote it as a place for businesses to thrive, men and women to cherish and enjoy, children to live securely and a place for visitors to come and avail themselves to all the stuff we have here,” he said. “Houston has just got such an incredible amount of stuff for them to do,
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Engineer Carl Pentilchuk and Houston volunteers discuss logistics for the Irrigation Lake dam construction. Construction started last week Monday and will be done this Thursday or Friday. See page six for more photos.
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and I don’t think it’s widely known.” Asked what will benefit Houston most, Siebenga said business. “We need to take care of the businesses in this town, I think as a District that should be a primary goal, because [businesses] are the core of who we are. “How do we go about taking care of them so that it’s a good place for them to be and serve the people?” See ELECT on Page 2
Volunteers build new dam for Irrigation Lake By Jackie Lieuwen Houston Today
“The donations and enthusiasm of the people and companies from Houston have allowed us to achieve much better results then anyone expected,” said Steve Page, stakeholder representative for the Irrigation Lake dam project. Construction of
the new Irrigation Lake dam started last week Monday, sourced by donations and volunteers from Houston. The use of equipment was all donated from Houston businesses, including a compactor from John Himech Logging, an excavator from Andy Meints Contracting, a rock truck from Groot Bros Contracting,
bulldozer from Tom Neufeld Trucking, and a small excavator from Co-ed Enterprises. The Vanderhoof & Districts Co-op donated 1,000 litres of fuel, Canfor paid for the culvert given at a reduced rate from Armtech in Prince George, and Rough Acres donated the use of water pumps. “Everything we asked for has been
given very quickly and enthusiastically,” said Page. “It’s going very well.” V o l u n t e e r equipment operators from Houston manned the machines Monday to Wednesday last week, putting in long days to make the most of the good weather. The project was set back slightly due to delays in manufacturing the
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culvert, so volunteers took a break Wednesday until Tuesday morning, yesterday, when the culvert was in and the project continued. Engineer Carl Pentilchuk, who designed the new dam plans, was hired to oversee the project with funding from the Bulkley Valley Credit Union. He flew in September 28 from
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done this Thursday or Friday. Pentilchuk said the volunteers make “a very good crew.” “ T h e y ’ r e experienced, knowledgeable and very easy to work with,” he said. “Everyone is interested in getting a first class project. It’s always a pleasure working with people like that.”
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