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Calling all candidates to first election forum

WHITNEY GRIFFITHS Observer Reporter

There was standing room only as Quesnel citizens bustled into the Legion for the first forum for this years mayoral and city council candidates.

Wednesday, candidates touched on a variety of issues including the Arena Replacement Project, increasing tourism, push for a bypass and current dependency on the forestry industry.

Mayoral candidates: Bob Simpson, what initiatives are you proposing to increasing the economy of the Quesnel area? Simpson's plan is to maintain and even expand the existing industry by actively working with the provincial government and the ministry of forest to ensure that the

city captures the next opportunity in town and take advantage of the ability to service the natural resource sector outside of our community, as well as bringing businesses.

Mayor Mary Sjostrom, what will you do about the pan-handling situation downtown?

Sjostrom explained the situation will be addressed as part of the safety committee currently in the works.

"We need to have some restrictions but we also need to work with the RCMP, the downtown association and others because there is no point in implementing a bylaw that we can't have enforced," she said.

City council candidates: John Brisco, what causes would you like to see pushed forward in the next

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four years? Brisco said he is a strong advocate for the community theatre and feels that Chuck Mobley theatre is lacking. He hopes to see a new facility that would allow Quesnel to bring in higher quality acts to the community, as well as repainting the lines on Reid street.

Ed Coleman, with your new role in Barkerville what opportunities and difficulties do you see in Barkerville and Quesnel working together to create attractiveness to the tourism and enticing people to relocate here in Quesnel? Coleman said with 20 per cent of the business for Barkerville coming from Prince George a majority of those people turn left before even entering the heart of Quesnel, he feels there's a real opportunity to provide these tourists

an experience in Quesnel before heading to Barkerville.

Scott Elliot, how will you ensure that the rural areas and community assets are included in the overall plans and budget for the city? Elliot explain that council works directly with the Joint Planning Committee (JPC) and regional directors on the budget.

"I would like to work as a team to make sure that not just Quesnel but the whole area prospers," Elliot said.

Ernest Gamache, what are your highest priorities for things you would like to get accomplished in the next four years? If elected Gamache plans to address the health of the citizens of Quesnel, believing that improved overall health will improve the community as a whole.

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Kyle Jones, why do you want to be a city councillor? Jones looks at being on council as a way to help revive and solve problems within the community stating that, "I can no longer work only for myself, I need to work for all of us."

Ron Paull, what is your vision of the new arena?

How will you work as a councillor to follow the results of the referendum and build a 1,600 seat arena starting in the spring of 2015? Having supported the multi-centre and now the arena, Paull is confident that the amount of money earmarked for the arena assures Quesnel will have a high quality facility.

L a u r e y - A n n e Roodenburg, what are your highest priorities for things you would like to get accomplished in the next

four years? Some of the concern for Roondenburg include developing solid partnerships with the local social service agencies.

Roodenburg would also like to see plans for an alternate truck route (bypass) through Quesnel.

Sushil Thapar, what accomplishments in this past term are you most proud of? "I worked to watch basically all the things getting deteriorated. I support the good decisions that are done at the council table but when it is not right I am not supporting it," Thapar said.

Missing from the forum was city council candidate Shawna Siemens. For information on city candidates contact Chief Electoral Officer Gina Albers at 250-992-2111.

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Quesnel & District Hospice Palliative Care Association ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING Time : 7pm Date : Nov 13, 2014 Place : G.R. Baker Memorial Hospital

150th commemoration Traditional drumming and prayer were among Lhats’as?in Memorial Day 150th Year Commemoration, Sunday.

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2015 MEETING SCHEDULE

City of Quesnel Council

The City of Quesnel Council meetings are held Monday evening’s at 7 p.m. in the City Hall Council Chambers, 410 Kinchant St, Quesnel, B.C., unless otherwise noted. All Council Meetings listed below are open to the public.

Dec. 1, 2014 Dec. 8, 2014 Jan. 5, 2015 Jan. 12, 2015

Highway 97 Quesnel

Notice of Upcoming Construction The Ministry of Transportation and Infrastructure advises residents and motorists that between October 20 and November 7, construction will be taking place at the intersection of Highway 97 (Front Street) and Carson Street to improve the northbound right turning lane on Carson Street.

Construction will take place at night and early morning, between 7:00 p.m. and 7:00 a.m. Motorists are encouraged to use Legion Drive during hours of construction.

Drivers are reminded to use caution at all times in construction zones. Please watch for work crews and equipment and obey all traffic control personnel and signs, including construction speed limits.

For more information, please contact Area Manager Wes Wiebe, by telephone at 250 983-7201 or by e-mail at Wes.Wiebe@gov.bc.ca.

Inaugural Council Meeting 2015 to 2018 Term Committee of the Whole Session

NO MEETING Regular Meeting/Committee of the Whole Session Jan. 13, 2015 North Cariboo Joint Planning Committee Jan. 19, 2015 Regular Meeting/Committee of the Whole Session Jan. 26, 2015 Committee of the Whole Session/ Preliminary Operating Budget Feb. 2, 2015 Regular Meeting Feb. 9, 2015 NO MEETING (observing Family Day) Feb. 10, 2015 North Cariboo Joint Planning Committee Feb. 16, 2015 Committee of the Whole Session/ Preliminary Capital Budget Feb. 23, 2015 Regular Meeting/Committee of the Whole Session/Public MoTI Ad #1068 B- Budget Meeting Mar. 2, 2015 97Committee of the Whole Session Highway and Carson Mar. 9, 2015 Regular Meeting Mar. 10, 2015 North Cariboo Joint Planning Committee Quesnel-Cariboo Mar. 16, 2015 NO MEETING (Quesnel School District #28 Observer Spring Break) Mar. 23, 2015 Regular Meeting/Committee of the Whole 240 lines Session Mar. 30, 2015 Regular Meeting/Committee of the Whole 3 columns xSession 80 lines April 6, 2015 NO MEETING (observing Easter Monday) April 13, 2015 Regular Meeting 4.313” X 5.714” April 14, 2015 North Cariboo Joint Planning Committee April 20, 2015 Committee of the Whole Session April 27, 2015 Regular Meeting May 4, 2015 Regular Meeting/Final Budget/Tax Bylaws (N.C.L.G.A. - May 6-8/Prince George) May 11, 2015 Regular Meeting/Committee of the Whole Session May 12, 2015 North Cariboo Joint Planning Committee May 18, 2015 NO MEETING (observing Victoria Day) May 25, 2015 Regular Meeting June 1, 2015 Regular Meeting June 8, 2015 NO MEETING (F.C.M. – June 5-8/Edmonton) June 9, 2015 North Cariboo Joint Planning Committee

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JAYDEN EMSLIE Grade 6, Carson Elementary It was the first day of my new job. To be honest, I never thought I’d even get a job. My resume wasn’t good and I still lived in an apartment with my parents. Well I guess the job isn’t as inviting as you might’ve expected for a pizza place. To be exact, Papa’s Pizza rig. There are creepy animatronics and not to mention the disappearance of many customers, who’ve eaten our pizza before. It seems they were quite reckless hiring me for their security guard.

First Night: Tonight I got a phone call saying “It’s not the pizza that kills, it could be anyone,” It was a real raspy, dry voice, “for example, me!” Then the phone beeped and turned off.

Second Night: This night was worse, first another phone call; second, lots of bumping around, third; the cameras wouldn’t work and the doors didn’t lock.

Third Night: This is how the animatronics are gone, moving like the shadows in sunlight. The bumping was gone – it turned into banging and smashing! Then it all stopped. It had really only started. Whispers rung in my ear, “It may be me.

It may be me. It may be me. It may be me.” The whispering grew louder and louder, until my eardrums nearly burst.

The animatronics flashed into my blurring vision, they were eating the pizza. It was a grimacing sight. The cheese causing sparks to fly through the air as I’m trying to inch my way out of the door from my security room. The animatronics followed me down the hall.

A hand touched my trembling shoulder. As cold as ice, I shivered and fell to the ground.

“Mr. Smith!” yelled the manager of Papa’s Pizzaria. “It’s only a job interview.”

He was holding a slice of pizza and drops it to the ground. I was in his office. “It could be me!” he whispers. I fall.

I roam the pizza place now in a world of darkness. I’m not dead. Or alive. What could he be?

You say.

The world may never know.

You know parents are always finding new ways to entertain or enrich their kids.

In fact, the earliest years are the most important in a child’s life when it comes to developing their young mind. This was no different for me.

My mom would always take me to the arcades, complete with all sorts of top of the line games. Or the parks, with the jungle gyms that were always scalding hot form being in the sun all day. There weren’t too many options to choose from, but for what they were, those were made up my fondest childhood memories.

As a treat for my seventh birthday, my mom took me to Freddy Fazbear’s Pizzeria. It was supposed to be a fun little place, from what I can remember; a magical place for kids and grow-ups alike, where fantasy and fun come to life or something like that. It looked really promising, to be honest with you and I’d be lying if I said I wasn’t excited about going there.

The pizza was what you’d expect; lazily put together and didn’t quite taste right. But you didn’t go for the food. You went to see Freddy Fazbear and his gang of colourful friends, Bonnie the Bunny and Chica the Chick.

There was Foxy, too. He lived in the Pirate Cove. Thinking

back on it now, the animatronics were pretty good for the time. They had fullbody movement when singing on stage and even Foxy moved around quite a bit on his little pirate ship.

In fact, I remember that after a few songs, Freddy and friends would come off the stage and walk around, interacting with the kids.

They would walk up to the kids say things like “How’s the pizza? Good, I bet.” or “Are you having fun? I know I am.” I remember that Foxy always said, “It’s me.

I’m gonna getcha!” It was cute. To keep the kids entertained, there would be little games they’d play, like “follow the Freddy” which was just follow the leader, or “Foxy’s Treasure Hunt” where kids would be given small trinkets and Foxy would chase after them. Like a game of tag.

I remember, I had finished my slice of pizza and I wanted if I could play the treasure hung game with Foxy. My mom said it was okay, so I got up and one of the workers gave me a tiny, palm-sized treasure chest. I was actually really excited, Foxy was my favourite.

Me and about six other kids were given small treasures and that’s when Foxy jumped off the Pirate Cove. He yellowed, “It’s me. I’m gonna getcha!” And that’s when we all scrambled.

It was great fun – I looked over my shoulder and saw Foxy chasing around the other kids and at one point, he even almost got me. Boy, Foxy was fast.

I didn’t quite know why at the time, but while I was in the middle of playing the treasure hunt game, my mom lifted me up

abruptly and carried me swiftly toward the exit.

She said things like, “We’ve got to go right now and “We never should have come here!” I’d never heard such urgency in her voice before. I thought that maybe it was because some kids started crying when Foxy caught them.

They had screamed really loud and started sobbing. I remember that a bunch of parents rushed over; there was all sorts of commotion and noise, but I was too busy having fun to notice that anything was wrong.

But now that I think of it, I do remember that as mom carried me through the exit I saw Foxy standing above the body of the kid he had caught.

He was staring right at me with crimson liquid dripping from his sharp teeth.

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One, two, three witches CADEN TAYLOR Grade 5, Ecole Baker

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Mrs. Hollywood is a zombie AIDAN RICHMOND Grade 7, Lakeview One day I went to class and as usual I was late but this time the door wasn’t locked. I wondered why it wasn’t locked.

So I opened the door and my teacher Mrs. Hollywood was a zombie. She had trapped the students in a corner and all the students looked very scared when I walked in. Mrs. Hollywood looked at me and started coming towards me.

I was scared, Mrs. Hollywood looked very scary and she had foam on her chin, blood in her hair and a bullet hole in her right leg.

Besides it was Halloween. I ran out of the class and told the principal he said, “I have had seven complaints already.”

So I went home and got my bazooka and went back to school.

I went back to class and Mrs. Hollywood wasn’t there.

I checked the lunch room and she was there along with two lunch ladies, who were also zombies.

So I shot at the lunch ladies and hit one in the leg (you need to hit zombies in the head to kill them).

I shot again, it hit the same lunch lady in the head and I killed it. I yelled, “yes.”

One down two to go. I shot Mrs. Hollywood and it went in one ear and out the other. I shot again and it hit the other lunch lady in the forehead.

I was down to just Mrs. Hollywood and Mrs. Hollywood was five feet away from me now.

I got really scared and shot like 100 times, I hit Mrs. Hollywood in the head about 11 times and she went down.

I roamed the school for more zombies but there were no more zombies . The next week we got a new teacher Mr. Brodie.

There are three witches named One, Two and Three. They were on the broom and they were trying to find the boy but they can’t find the boy. So they went to the cave then they made robots.

They commanded the robots to go find the little boy.

The little boy was hiding in the woods. The robots head for the woods, it was dark and the little boy was cold so he lay in the bushes. The robots can’t find the boy. The next day morning the little boy started to bleed. Blood started to gush out so he found water and he cleaned himself up.

The robots found the blood and the witches are making the potion with the blood. So the potion is red so they put it in a vase to save for later. So they head out

and they were searching in the woods for the boy. The boy found some candy and was scared, so he ran away. The Robots smelled the air and said the boy was this way. There are a hundred robots chasing the boy. So then the boy found a boat and he took the boat across the lake.

The Robots flew over the lake and the boy was in the bushes and the robots were trying to get the boy. The robots called the witches and they were flying over the lake on their brooms.

Then they found the boy and they took him to their cave and they gave him some medicine so that he would fall asleep. The boy was smart and he didn’t take the medicine. He pretended to fall asleep and then he snuck out of the cave and ran home to his parents. And they lived happily ever after.

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rezoning amendment – 4872 White road

7:00 pm, november 10, 2014 at Kersley community hall The Cariboo Regional District (CRD) has received an application to amend Cariboo Regional District North Cariboo Area Rural Land Use Bylaw No. 3505, 1999 by rezoning the property described below: Bylaw No. 4909 Lot 1, District Lot 5049, Cariboo District, Plan 25643, Except Parcel A (PB37579), from Rural 3 (RR 3) zone to Settlement Area 2 (RS 2) zone (minimum lot size – 0.4 ha (4,000 sq. m)) (maximum density - 2 lots) Purpose for Rezoning: To create a two-lot subdivision.

The subject property is located at 4872 White Road, as shown on the sketch plan below, and is owned by Alan Fridlington and Breanne Wheeler.

Sleepy VAIRAH VAN PULVER Grade 3, Carson One Halloween a vampire was sleep-

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ing. He had to scare a lot of people but he was sleepy.

His mom wanted him to scare people so she shouted down

the hall. He woke up and fell asleep gain so his mom stopped and let him in.

That was his favourite Halloween.

Public hearings are for all persons who believe their interest in property is affected by the proposed bylaws.

The public hearings are to be held by a delegate of the Cariboo Regional District Board. A copy of the CRD resolution is available for public inspection.

Written submissions regarding the proposed bylaw will also be received. These submissions may be submitted at the public hearing or should be received in the Cariboo Regional District office at 180 D North 3rd Avenue, Williams Lake, BC, V2G 2A4, (fax number 392-2812) fortyeight hours prior to the hearing. No further information or representations can be considered by the CRD Board after the public hearing. All verbal and written submissions will become the public record.

The bylaw and an information package may be inspected on our website or at the Cariboo Regional District office, #102- 410 Kinchant Street, Quesnel, BC, V2J 7J5 between 8:00 am to 12:00 noon and 1:00 p.m. to 4:00 p.m., Monday to Friday, from October 31, 2014 to November 10, 2014 inclusive (excepting public holidays). This information may also be inspected at the Cariboo Regional District office at 180 D North 3rd Avenue, Williams Lake, BC, between 8:00 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., Monday to Friday, from October 31, 2014 to November 10, 2014 inclusive (excepting public holidays). Telephone inquiries should be directed to the Planning Department of the CRD at 1-800-665-1636.

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iddling with your cellphone while driving will cost you dearly.

The province’s new distracteddriving penalties are now in effect.

Anybody caught talking on a cellphone (or operating a hand-held audio player, such as an iPod, mp3 player or programming a GPS) will be subject to three penalty points and a $167 fine.

While many who have been already been caught at Gold Pan intersections or on highways will grumble about the heavy hand of government and yet more fines, it is worth noting distracted driving is the second-leading contributing factor of vehicle fatalities in B.C., according to authorities who compile such statistics.

There was a time when drinking and driving was not considered the social taboo it is today, but heightened awareness led by government, police and private groups, along with far more serious consequences, has made pariahs of those who decide to imbibe and drive.

Perhaps those who insist on driving and texting and driving while talking into a cellphone attached to the side of their head will one day be viewed as intoxicated drivers are today.

Whether or not you agree with the new punishment, consider the penalties before you next decide to use that device while behind the wheel: • Drivers that accrue more than three points must pay an ICBC driver penalty-point premium that starts at $175 and will escalate if they receive more points.

• A driver who receives two distracted-driving tickets in a year would pay $634, which is the cost of two fines and a $300 penalty for six points.

• As points build on a person’s driving record, the Superintendent of Motor Vehicles may also identify a driver as high-risk and monitor or prohibit them under the Driver Improvement Program.

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Uncorking my inner Picasso

ast week I was invited by The Juice 103.9 radio station in Kelowna to paint a canvas that would later be sold at the Pinot and Picasso live auction event on November 6th.

My initial instinct was to decline.

“I don’t think so,” I responded.

“No one is going to buy anything that I’d ever paint.”

I was assured that my artistic shortcomings were as irrelevant as those of the others invited to the paint party, and that the funds raised would be going to Pathways Ability Society, which helps people with development disabilities.

Reluctantly, I agreed to go.

Most of the other participants were already seated when I showed up at the heART school in Kelowna. In front of each person was a blank canvas, some acrylic paint, a brush and a glass of wine. I suddenly felt very thirsty.

I sat down in the one empty spot I could find and looked around the room wondering if anyone felt as apprehensive as I did. I figured the mayor of West

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“I’ve never painted art in my life,” Doug Findlater had said.

That made me feel better.

Growing up with a ridiculously artistic younger brother I was always too intimidated by his talents to even try.

“This is not about creating a masterpiece or being the best,” our beautiful art instructor, Fiona Neal announced.

“My intuitive painting workshops encourage the joy of the process rather than focusing on the end result.”

Easy for an amazing artist like her to say, I thought to myself.

But after giving us a few pointers on how to relax and get started, I sprayed my canvas with water, smeared my brush

marvelled at how different all our creations were.

The workshop ended not long after that, but I wasn’t ready to stop. I not only wanted to continue painting until I felt it was done, but I wanted to prolong the meditative state I enjoyed being in.

“Lori, smile,” my friend Lenetta Parry, the executive director of both our local food banks said as she took my picture.

“Wait a sec – does your painting actually say smile?”

“Yes,” I laughed.

“It’s one of my favourite words.”

It’s also something I’m inspired to do whenever I think of that Pinot and Picasso painting party. In the future I won’t even wait for an invitation, I’ll just book one myself.

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with some turquoise and started painting. My initial feelings of nervous anxiety vanished.

“This is about living in the moment,” Fiona said.

“We don’t do that enough anymore. Even when we’re at something as meditative as yoga we’re often thinking about things like what to cook for dinner later. Just enjoy. Self nurture. Allow your painting to come about and evolve.”

As I covered my canvas with colour I was surprised at how relaxing and fun it was. It almost felt like being an expressive toddler with a fresh box of crayons and no fear. Looking around the room at all the happy people chatting, painting and sipping their wine, it seemed they were having a similar experience.

“Avoid the three C’s,” Fiona continued.

“Competition, comparison and criticism kill the very essence of creativity.”

How incredibly true that statement felt. Not just then, but in relation to all aspects of life in which we frequently limit ourselves.

About an hour in I started noticing more of the paintings around me and

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SEBASTIEN ARSCOTT Grade 3, Carson One night these teenagers went out into the woods, far out into the woods, walking past midnight.

The moon was red but suddenly the moon was black. It was Halloween night.

There was a trail. There were lights. Then the lights went out.

Then they turned back on and the ferocious vampire came out behind a tree and the teenagers said “ahhhhhhh.”

But it was just Frank. He was dressed as a ferocious vampire.

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Suffocated at sea ANIKA Grade 3/4, Dragon Lake

Once upon a time there was a dead mermaid of some kind. She ruled the sea. All the people were afraid.

One thing all the people of the kingdom didn’t know, the prince was a dead mermaid of some kind too. The sea witch was the real monster.

The prince was a handsome man. One day a save went over the kingdom. Everyone died and turned into a mermaid and a merman and they all had to live under the sea. They died of suffocation.

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The Lonely Werewolf ELIJAH ANDERSON Grade 4, Carson One night lived a lonely werewolf. He was lonely because everybody was afraid of him. He tried to get a friend but every time he got close to somebody they

The clumsy witch

EMMA PINEL Grade 3, Carson

It was a dark and spooky night.

Mrs. Frightstone was in her cave working with her cauldron.

She was making a special potion for her pet Frightstone Junior.

He was a very feisty snake. But when she was putting potions together there was a big bang at her

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would run in fear.

His whole life he just wanted a friend. He knew he wouldn’t even get one friend.

One day a little girl walked up to him and said “I’ll be your friend.”

And the werewolf was never lonely again.

door. She opened it.

It was Frankenstein. He came in with a big basket of brains, but unfortunately she was so clumsy that she dropped the whole basket. He was mad, but happy at the same time.

But as she was cleaning she forgot the potion! But the snake saved it and they all lived spookily ever after.

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The night they danced away the hours in the haunted house VICTORIA UNRAH Grade 10, Correlieu In the glowing light of the moon, children scurried from house to house in costumes asking for candy. At the end of the street was an old mansion shrouded in darkness that no one dared to enter until tonight.

Three teens walked silently down the street watching as the children wandered around.

“So why exactly are we out here dressed like this?” asked one of the trio who appeared to be dressed as the classic Dracula.

“Because it’s Halloween silly,” smiled a girl on his right who appeared to be some sort of rainbow-haired pony.

“I know that, but we’re not trick-ortreating so what are we doing?” he asked

motioning to all the kids running around.

“We’re going to spend the night in there,” said the last of the trio in a cat costume pointing to the old mansion at the end of the street.

“They say it’s haunted and that no one has ever spent the night and lived to tell the tale.”

“I’m terrified just thinking about it.”

“You’ll be alright Mia, because there’s no such thing as ghosts.” The cat girl assured the other.

“So why are we doing this then, it all seems a little cliche doesn’t it?”

“Dustin, Dustin, Dustin,” she sighed, “we’re doing this to

prove that the house is indeed not haunted of course,” the cat girl explained as if it were obvious.

The trio continued in silence until they reached the mansion.

Hiding behind Dustin, Mia shivered while asking “Ruby are you sure this is safe?”

“Positive.” she answered, Ruby twisted the door knob to find it unlocked and so they entered.

The house was decorated in 18th century furniture and although no one had been in there for years, it seemed void of dust or cobwebs. The three of them decided to have a look around and were stunned when they found what lay inside the grand ballroom.

Like a fairy tale come to life, dapper gentlemen danced with masked ladies in elegant gowns.

They had stumbled upon a masquerade ball, only something was off about the dancers.

They were almost transparent and as they danced they passed right through what little furniture was in the room.

“G-g-hosts!” Ruby

stammered looking almost as pale as the dead, Dustin.

Too shocked to move he stood there with his mouth open and Mia, utterly entranced by the scene in front of her, found a ghostly partner just as a waltz started.

Dustin and Ruby snapped out of their shock and bowing to her he asked “May I have this dance?” and so they danced till dawn and when it was over they decided not to tell anyone about their enchanting night at the ghost masquerade.

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Where words and images merge Tineke Theisen, left and Angela Zieske have collaborated on this stunning coffee table book, Afterglow, Encounters with the Light.

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hen the right visuals blend with the right words, there’s a bonding that takes place. Tineke Theisen and her many photography students paired their stunning photographs with Angela Zieske’s inspirational words and coffee table book Afterglow – Encounters with Light, was created.

“I see this as a book of hope,” Zieske said.

“It can be a seed for how people feel about an uncertain world.”

Zieske wrote the words over a three-year period.

She journaled her thoughts and and felt they were worth sharing.

“I knew visuals would add so much,” she said.

Zieske admitted she tried her hand at taking pictures for the book but with only a single course with Theisen, they fell short of her expectations.

The two women knew each other from chance encounters and a shared faithbased lifestyle but collaboration on this project began when Zieske reached out to Theisen for possible cover shots.

Theisen began posting potential pictures to a private website she shared with Zieske.

“I was moved to post odd photos to the site,” Theisen said.

She said it was as if she was led to chose what was destined to be included in the book.

Zieske’s words in Afterglow resulted from her own inner journey, allowing the public to share her own personal insights.

“At the time I was writing, I sensed this could be useful to other people,” she said.

“Along the way I’ve picked up wisdom from others then put it through my own filter. Nothing is ever authentically new.

Everything is a gift.

“For me, the writings of Ann Voskamp, 1000 Gifts was a revelation to me.

“I found my writing voice through that experience.”

She added, writing was her way of processing her life and this book is about giving and receiving love, in all its many forms.

“Love expressed through pen and paper is a way of getting my thoughts from inside to outside,” Zieske said.

“Our life is a story and each is a fresh page.”

As Zieske viewed more and more of the photographs Thiesen was posting, she knew it was the right step to include visuals for each page’s inspirational theme and Thiesen knew she wanted to include her students who supplied remarkable photographs.

“I invited my students to submit more photographs and each one who wanted to participate would be included,” she said.

“We could have limited it to Tineke’s many photographs but it was important to bring in photographers from the community as this was definitely a community project,” Zieske said.

There are 34 of Thiesen’s students who chose to be involved and this left Tineke

and Angela with the task of choosing the right photograph for the right passage.

“Pairing photos to words was a puzzle, most were a natural pairing but a few had to be puzzled over, some of my students were tasked with shooting a specific shot,” Theisen said.

Once the foundation for Afterglow was established the difficult task of publishing the project began. With an education in publishing and some professional experience, Theisen embarked on the next leg of the journey to bring Afterglow to completion.

Although somewhat daunted and much collaboration with Zieske, Theisen brought the project through to publishing. Afterglow was self-published and printed by Everbest Canada.

Zieske continues, as is her habit, to write and almost to the last moment she managed to squeeze in a brand new passage which just couldn’t be left out.

“Inspired writing is captured rather than crafted,” she said.

All the photographers, including Theisen have become invested in the project and are avidly marketing the book before it even hits the streets.

The official launch of Afterglow is Nov. 8 at Maple Park Alliance Church from 6:30 – 9:30 p.m. Refreshments

are provided and the evening is described as semi-formal.

There is also a spectacular photography show on display during the event.

The coffee table book, which retails for $40 (including taxes) will be available at the launch as well as the Farmers’ Christmas Markets at the Arts and Rec Centre, from the website www.encourterswithlight. ca or from any of the photographers and Zieske or through e-mail azieske@hotmail.ca.

“I’m very happy and proud of the finished product,” Zieske said.

“It’s very emotional to see the beautiful finished book.”

For Thiesen she’s happy to hand over the reins to Zieske.

“Angela has the energy to take this to the public. The launch is going to be very special,” Thiesen said.

It has taken hard work, considerable capital investment and a commitment to both the quality and the completion of Afterglow and both women admitted without the help and support of their husbands this project could have gone off the rails.

Zieske said with projects like this, friendships and relationships can be challenged but was happy to report there were no rough patches.

“Tineke and my friendship has grown and the business relationship has flourished.

“We’ve always worked well together but when you put money and relationships on the line it can get tense.

But it didn’t.”

Theisen said even if the book never makes a dime, this project was worth doing.

Zieske added it’s a seed she felt compelled to sow.

“Whatever I do in life, I need to help people realize their intrinsic value,” she said.

“And as far as what you want to do in life, nothing is impossible.”

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Corrupt king gets justice ALEXANDER PERRY Grade 7, Lakeview There was once a man who was a king. He was a selfish man who blackmailed all the people in his kingdom to give him gold. One day he came across an elderly man who refused to pay the king’s gold. When night came, the king snuck into the man’s house and stole the gold.

In the morning, the man came to the king angrily. The king looked at the man and said “what is your problem?� The man accused the king of stealing his gold. The kin ordered his guards to hold the man and the king got his sword ready to slay the man. The elderly man said a dark and horrible curse under his breath.

The king killed the man with a stab to the heart.

That night when the king went to sleep he heard a very loud howl outside. Moments later he heard his guards screaming in pain and agony. Moments later he heard a growl out his door. A big black, red and grey figure with red eyes a hunched back and spikes stomped in and say “You are the corrupt one.�

Then it reached its hand into the king’s chest like it was a ghost and pulled out the king’s heart and the king died and withered away.

The creature said “I am the werehound and I will eat your heart� and it ate the king’s heart.

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“Nora� the voice was soft, calling to her. The girl stood slowly, her body protesting as she’d been working feverishly, typing as fast as her fingers would allow for God only knew how long. Her tired body was shaky and weak.

Her phone long dead lost under a pile of papers, news articles, photos, stories – things she had got from the Internet as well as her now scribbled copies from the newspapers.

A vast amount of information, every mention she could find of Salts Hill. “Nora� The faint call came again, a women’s voice floating through the house. She moved then, navigating the papers stacked around, as if in a dream. Bare feet making no sound on the hardwood as she headed into the hall. “Hello?� she called, her voice was croaky,

from misuse. Nora knew that there was nobody else in the house but her. “Hello� the words came back, followed by a very girlish laugh, she swallowed thickly. The top board of the stair creaked and she stopped, the sound ceasing as well.

Her ears filled with her thudding heart.

She stood motionless, tension settling on

her as if something was about to happen.

Then all at once there was the sound of running feet, that laughter again and she was shoved from behind – hard. Gasping, she had no time to scream or yell as she was suddenly sailing out over the stairs.

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A lesson from the past KARA FLOYD Grade 7, Ecole Baker Once upon a time there was a holiday named Halloween.

The kids loved to go trick or treating, except there was one girl who did not like Halloween. Her name was Amore. She went with her friends to make them happy.

But this year she did not go, not even with her friends. But the day before Halloween in 2014 something weird happened to her. Now let me tell you the story. Once upon a time there was a girl and well I’m not say that all

again. So Amore got a visit from the ghost of candy. The ghost of candy took her back in time and showed her how much she loved Halloween, to when she was two.

When she was two she was a cupcake and she got a boat load of candy. She wore white stockings a pick wrapper with a muffin inside the wrapper and white tie top with sprinkles on top and a candle.

She was so excited that year. Because her friends were being princesses and she was being something unique. But before Amore got to see her-

self go trick or treating the ghost of candy (aka) Treaty, Treaty brought her back to her house. Then the ghost of pumpkins came and took her to when she was one and she carved her first pumpkin. She a caved a unicorn into her baby sized pumpkin. She was so happy that she told her mom “mom, Halloween is my favourite holiday.

I wish Halloween could be every second week.

So Amore saw how she carved her first pumpkin. After that the ghost of pumpkins transported Amore back to her

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house. But before dawn the ghost of coffins (aka) the dead, the evil, the bad grabbed Amore and took her to when she was eight when she started to get bored of Halloween. Amore saw her yell at her mom. Little eight-

year-old Amore said to her mom “I hate Halloween, it’s the worst holiday ever!”

And her mom said, “Halloween used to be your favourite holiday.”

“No it was yours,” said Amore.

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Older 14-year-old Amore saw her carve pumpkins and wear her cupcake. Amore was so sad to see her acting bad.

When she got up in the morning she went straight to her mom and apologized

for her behaviour when she was eight.

After that she had her mom drive her to Walmart and bought a costume. The costume was a cupcake because of an old memory and she went trick or treating ever since that day.

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Wear your costume and enjoy snacks and some Halloween fun.

Prizes for best individual costume and group costume will be drawn at 3 p.m.

DOWNTOWN HALLOWEEN PARADE Oct. 31

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QUESNEL ART GALLERY PRESENTS the opening reception for Beaux Arts, their Annual Christmas Show and Sale, Saturday, November 8, 2 – 4pm at the Quesnel Arts & Recreation Centre, 500 North Star Road. The show and sale continues throughout November and December. The Quesnel Art Gallery is open Tuesday – Saturday, 10 a.m. – 4 p.m.

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Live/silent auction, dancing, comedian entertainment and much more. Tickets are $35 each, for tickets and information contact Anita Reid, 250-747-1583.

YOU ARE INVITED to the launch and book signing of Afterglow, a stunning new coffee table book Nov. 8, 6:30 – 9:30 p.m. at Maple Park Alliance Church, 2075 Balsam Ave., semi-formal, refreshments provided, spectacular photography show on display.

RSVP to Angela, 250-983-8491 or asieske@hotmail.ca.

Books may be purchased at the launch for $40 with cash or cheque only.

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SUNDAY FREE SKATE sponsored by Adoptive Families Assoc. of B.C., Ministry of Children and Family Development and Integris Credit Union Nov. 2, 12:30 – 2:30

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KERSLEY MUSICAL THEATRE PRESENTS THE FANTASTICKS Nov. 2 – 8, Kersley Hall. Tickets at $20 each are available at Tourist Info Centre, Kersley General Store or Bo Peep Boutique.

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JACOB WITSKE Grade 7, Lakeview Once upon a time there was a boy named Bob who went out with his friends to a spooky haunted street.

There was a witch in her haunted house and there were

vampires protecting her yard.

There were signs on the her fence saying “beware do not enter!”

Then the witch came out of her house. The witch scared the kids so bad that they peed their pants and ran away to their houses.

Then the kids hid under their blankets and grabbed their favourite stuffy.

They stayed under there for the rest of the day.

When they got up they had hot chocolate.

Then they went to fight off the witch.

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Breaking the ice The Quesnel Curling Club will host their sixth annual Ice Breaker Bonspiel Nov. 1 – 2.

Curlers sign-up with their preferred position and names are drawn to form teams providing an opportunity for participants to meet new curling enthusiasts and enjoy an afternoon of curling. Curlers will be on the ice early Saturday morning until Sunday afternoon. There is expected to be a minimum of 16 teams participating in the weekends ice breaker event. The Quesnel Curling Club already has 12 leagues on the go and will be adding Junior league for youth ages 12 – 18 and a Jam Can league for kids ages 7 – 11 starting Wednesday Nov. 5. The club will also be hosting an open house Nov. 15 10 a.m. – 1 p.m. for anyone ages 14 and up to stop by and give the game of curling a try. Bring a clean pair of indoor shoes, the club provides the rest. For information visit www. quesnelcurlingclub.com or visit their Facebook page.

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’Roos triumph over Tomahawks with 7-2 win WHITNEY GRIFFITHS Observer Reporter After a rocky start, the Kangaroos are picking up speed bringing in another victory last weekend Oct. 25, facing off against the Lac La Hache Tomahawks.

With three wins and three losses, the ‘Roos are heading in the right direction.

“We’ve got a good squad with our local and out of town guys,” coach Win Winofsky said.

“They’ve really pulled together to form a good group this season.”

The ‘Roos quickly took charge of the game against the Tomahawks.

Coltin De Fraise, assisted by Alessio Tomassetti and Harley

“We’ve got a good squad with our local and out of town guys, they’ve really pulled together to form a good group this season.”

Coach Win Winofsky

Gilks scored the first goal of the night.

Ryan Skinner, with the help of Mitch Galbraith and Paul Girodat scored the second goal of the night on a power play.

The Tomahawks, quickly falling behind, made an attempt to catch up to the ‘Roos’ two-point lead managing to net one goal on a power play before the first period came to a close.

The second period began with a score of 2-1 in favour of Quesnel with the ‘Roos skating in with

a furious determination to further cement this lead.

Girodat, assisted by Josh MacDonald and Galbraith quickly scored another goal for the home team only 1:23 into the second period.

This goal was quickly followed up by another two goals for the ‘Roos, first by De Fraise with the help of Justin Fulton then Skinner assisted by Alessio Tomassetti and Matt Powell.

This effectively left the visitors scrambling to catch up to the ‘Roos’

now four point lead.

The Tomahawks fired back scoring their second goal of the night. This was closely followed by another goal for the ’Roos

by Tomassetti with the help teammate De Fraise and Harley Gilks.

As the third and final period began the Quesnel boys had maintained a four-point lead on their visitors.

Both the ‘Roos and the Tomahawks each netted one final goal in the third period, but after more than a few penalties in the second period, tensions were high and it seemed to be a struggle for some of the players to focus on the game at hand.

The first fight broke out between Gilks and Tomahawk Dave Archie,

from there the final period spiralled down into a series of brawls for the remainder of the game.

“The stick work got out of hand,” Win said.

He went on to explain that ‘Roo Curtis Gassoff took a slash across the arm that could have easily resulted in a serious injury.

“It frustrated our guys to a point where it got out of hand and my guys are going to stick up for their teammates,” he said.

Several fights later and with only minutes left on the clock, three fights broke out on the ice, including a rare goalie fight between ‘Roo Ryan Manderson and Tomahawk Mike Judd.

Unable to keep the teams on the ice without

a brawl, it was decided to let the time left on the clock run out bring the game and the fighting to an end.

Torn jerseys and blood splatters across the ice were some of the remnants of the rough night of hockey.

The Tomahawks left the arena in defeat, with more than a few players nursing cuts and bruises as the ‘Roos claimed a 7-2.

Winofsky has said on many occasions that Quesnel has the best fans around and hopes to see a full house at the next home game when they take on the Lac La Hache Tomahawks again Nov. 8 at 7:30 p.m., followed by a game against the Prince Rupert Rampage on Nov. 9, 1 p.m.

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When they arrive it was already dark but you could see the mist covering the house in the moonlight. The couple were tired so they went inside looked for a bedroom and went to bed.

The next morning, the lady went to the bathroom. When she walked inside the bathroom she almost slipped in a big puddle of water. She then knelt down and mopped it all up with her towel.

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LEO - Jul 23/Aug 23 Leo, you may find it hard to establish your priorities this week, but you have a good head on your shoulders and will figure out the path to take. Give yourself a chance to have fun.

VIRGO - Aug 24/Sept 22 Virgo, do the right thing even if it costs you something emotionally. Your actions may be carefully monitored, and someone is learning by your example.

LIBRA - Sept 23/Oct 23 Libra, try your hardest to make a tricky set of circumstances work to your advantage. Working with a partner is a great way to get things done.

SCORPIO - Oct 24/Nov 22 Scorpio, you are better at dealing with things when they’re out in the light of day. You don’t like to be secretive, nor do you like the idea of others keeping secrets.

SAGITTARIUS - Nov 23/Dec 21 Sagittarius, do not look at a current problem as something that will always block your success and happiness. Instead, use this obstacle as a way to get your bearings.

CAPRICORN - Dec 22/Jan 20 Capricorn, though you may feel like lashing out at others, this week you show an impressive amount of self-restraint. Get through the week, and things will turn around.

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Instead of socializing with others, maybe you just need some alone time.

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MASON CROY Grade 1 - Parkland

The boy who loved Halloween JENNAH PAUL Grade 5, Nazko

creeped out the guard named Curtis. Then Keri thought she saw Mickle but it was just her husband. It was night and summer.

Charlie's sister was looking for Charlie.

He went upstairs and he saw Mickle. Molly, Charlie's other sister, got her leg stuck in the elevator. Her leg was so hurt she could not walk. John and Molly saw Mickle.

They ran. Mickle almost got Molly but John punched him.

Mickle stabbed John in the leg. They locked themselves in the gate.

Molly dropped the keys for the gate they were in. Mickle got it. Keri opens the door so they can go in the room.

Keri was going to shoot

Once upon a time there was a boy. And that boy loved Halloween and this boy's name is Mickle Miers and this is 20 years later.

It was a day before Halloween and Mickle had a little sister and she had a son that was 17. His name was John Tate and his mom's name was Keri Tate and she kept seeing her older brother Mickle.

John's best friend was named Charlie. They thought Mickle was dead but he is not.

John and his school are going to a camp. At night Mickle came to the school and walked right by the guard who didn't know. Mickle

Mickle but he was gone. Keri and her husband went to go after Mickle but Micjkle got to him before they got to him.

Mickle thought Keri was in the room her son was in but she was not in there. She snuck up on him with an axe.

But they went outside.

Keri said leave me here.

She said go and do as I say. They left her.

Mickle cut Keri's arm, Keri put an axe in his

chest. Keri took the car Mickle was in.

Mickle was not dead.

Keri was going so fast.

Then she slammed the brakes and Mickle flew out the window. Then she ran over Mickle.

She drove to the ditch.

She crashed into an old tree and walked up to Mickle.

Mickle reached for Keri's hand. She was going to but instead she chopped his head off.

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HOME of the MONTH PLAN NUMBER 2-3-755 NARROW TWO-STOREY FAMILY HOME The plans for this narrow two-storey family home, just 22 feet by eight inches wide, offer room for expansion in the form of a future fourth bedroom on the ground floor, plus a den and a possible mortgage-helper or in-law suite.

The front door, flanked by glass panes, opens into a foyer with a coat closet on the left and a storage closet ahead and to the left, just before the Lshaped stairway that leads to the main living floor.

Upstairs, the great-room complex occupies the back of the home, with a doorway onto a sundeck that will offer space for relaxing and outdoor meals during the summer months.

Both the great room and dining room feature a sloping ceiling. The great room includes a gas fireplace for cozy family gatherings during the winter. The dining room separated from the kitchen and great room by a three-seat eating bar and prep island, boasts a handy built-out buffet.

In the kitchen, the L-shaped counter configuration promises efficiency. Natural light will filter through the window over the sink. A pantry will provide extra storage space.

The laundry room is located between the kitchen and the stairwell, which is railed for safety. Opposite the stairwell is the third bedroom, which shares a three-piece bathroom with the second bedroom, located at the front of the home. A linen closet is situated nearby, along with a display cabinet for collectibles.

The master suite overlooks the front garden and includes an en-suite with a soaker tub and glassed-in shower stall, as well as a walk-in closet.

On the ground floor, the single garage enjoys entry to the foyer. The kitchen and bathroom for a secondary suite have been roughed in, and a future fourth bedroom is located at the back of the home, along with a covered patio.

The exterior of this home is clad in horizontal siding, with brick-based pilasters marking the entrance. One window is bayed, with decorative shutters and a window box, while the others are partly mullioned. The gables feature cedar shingles and ornamental woodwork.

This home measures 22 feet, eight inches wide and 65 feet, six inches deep, for a total of 1,274 square feet, not including the secondary suite and basement area.

Plans for design 2-3-755 are available for $595 (set of 5), $680(set of 8) and $748 for a super set of 10. Also add $30.00 for Priority charges within B.C. or $55.00 outside of B.C. Please add 12% H.S.T., 13% H.S.T. Or 5% G.S.T (where applicable) to both the plan price and Priority charges.

Our NEW 46TH Edition of the Home Plan Catalogue containing over 300 plans is available for $15.50 (includes taxes, postage and handling). Make all cheque and money orders payable to “Jenish House Design Ltd.” and mail to: JENISH HOUSE DESIGN LTD. c/o Quesnel Cariboo Observer, #203- 151 Commercial Drive, Kelowna, BC V1X 7W2 OR SEE OUR WEB PAGE ORDER FORM ON: www.jenish.com AND E-MAIL YOUR ORDER TO: homeplans@jenish.com

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Make a gift in honour or in memory of a loved one impacted by cancer

Local company requires a motivated self starter who is able to work alone to perform repairs and installation of well pumps, water systems and water treatment equipment.

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Wage negotiable depending upon experience. Resume required. Call (250)747-3338

Sandman Hotel requires Front Desk Agent(PT to start).

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Kris, it is so hard to believe that so many years have passed.

We miss you always - how could we forget your beautiful smile, great sense of humor and gentle nature. Our love for you will live on forever. It was my greatest wish to have a lasting legacy for you - our family has now made this possible and you now have a new headstone with your portrait etched in granite.

It is as beautiful as you.

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ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING Quesnel

Rodeo Club Tuesday, November November 3, 3, 2014 2014 Monday,

Sincere Thanks and Appreciation to everyone that made this possible; May Surina (Gramma), Bev, Ron, Darren, Dyanna, Arlene, Melanie, Mike and The Gazely’s.

Special Thanks to John Steckman at Legacy Tombstones in Ohio, USA, for the amazing laser etching and exceptional service.

Thanks to Cam Bergen at Quesnel City Hall, Dave Viskari at Cariboo Precast and Drew at the Quesnel Cemetery for getting Kris’s stone in place and for making the Quesnel Cemetery such a beautiful peaceful place to visit. Thanks, mom, for making so many trips to Quesnel with me, even at your young age of 91 - amazing co-pilot! Deep Love and Thanks to my sister, Arlene Hamilton, my biggest support and helper since the beginning.

Sincere Thanks and Love to Lynn and Rick for allowing me and my family to stay with them - so many would not have done so but both of you are amazing and appreciated so much. Thanks and Love to Corrina, you are the other half of my heart. Mom (Kathy)

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Quesnel Community Living Association is looking for a General Handyman to start immediately to complete light maintenance duties. Must complete maintenance reporting and other documentation as required.

Must have own tools and vehicle. Approximately 5-8 hours weekly with some on-call required. If interested, please send a letter stating your qualifications, contact information and your hourly rate. Fax (250-992-6651), email (lynn@qcla.ca) or drop off (658 Doherty Drive)

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CERTIFIED MILLWRIGHT ATCO Wood Products, a leading Forest Products coPSan\ in tKe 6outKern ,nterior, is seeNing a TualiÂżed millwright with a valid interprovincial Journeyman ticket. The ideal candidate will be a self starter with good interpersonal communication skills, and excellent millwright skills. Hours will vary and will include shift & weekend work. Consideration given to 3rd/4th year Apprentices

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Livestock DORPER Cross Sheep flock for sale. 15 ewes and 25 lambs. $4500. Phone 250397-4126.

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Adult Orientated Call 250-992-8949 FIR Crest Apartments - 1 & 2 bdrm suites, North Quesnel. N/P, no parties. Adults only. (250)992-6593

N. Quesnel, 1 Bdrm Apt., Clean and quiet, references required. Caretaker on site $475/mo. Available Immediately, Call 250-992-3376

Homes for Rent Bright Modern House Overlooking 10 Mile Lake. Fully & tastefully furnished. Backs on to park ski trails. Nice gym, N/S, N/P. Available Nov until April $1200/mo. Call (250)925-0110.

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NOTICE TO CREDITORS & OTHERS RE: IN THE MATTER OF THE ESTATE MARGARET GAUMOND, FORMERLY of 457 JONES STREET, QUESNEL, BC. Creditors and others having claims against the estate of Margaret Gaumond, deceased, are hereby notified under section 38 of the Trustee Act that particulars of their claims should be sent to the undersigned Executor, c/o 944 Foreman Road, Prince George, British Columbia, V2K 5C5 on or before the 20th day of November, 2014 after which date the Executor will distribute the estate among the parties entitled to it, having regard to the claims of which the Executor then has notice.

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Austin Alexanderson Kindergarten-Parkland

Henley Hannah Gr. 1 - Parkland

Creepy corn maze

Zach can fly

JESSICA HIGGINS Grade 7, Lakeview

KATIE Grade 3/4, Dragon Lake On Friday Oct. 31, a ghost and an Egyptian mummy and her puppy ran away and got lost. They saw an old gloomy haunted castle and went in it.

Then they get lost in the castle and ghost Zach eats a poisoned apple. They get locked in the castle but Zach doesn’t die because he is a ghost and they forgot that ghost Zach could fly through the wall.

Then they run back home and watch funny movies all night.

Bad guy punished KEAGAN LOOMIS Grade 6/7, Lakeview There was a guy, his name was Thomas.

He was a bad man.

On Halloween he went around picking up kids in his car.

The kids are in the back seat. The doors were locked. All of the kids smashed the window and they ran out. Then all the kids trapped Thomas.

They got Thomas’ phone and called 911.

Then the cops came.

Thomas went to jail.

The cops took the kids home.

INDIE JENNINGS Gr. 2 - Nazko

Who’s at the door?

DANICKA APPENRODT Grade 11, Correlieu

One warm summer night, I was housesitting for my parents as they left town for a week. I stayed up all night watching Walking Dead. As a I sat there taking in the sight of a living dead on my TV, I started thinking about what the world would be like if there were a real zombie apocalypse and who would survive or be killed. As I kept thinking, I heard something hitting my front door.

I wasn’t scared because I thought it was just my dog pressing against the door to go to sleep, but there was a feeling deep inside me that I knew it wasn’t my dog, that it was something unusual, something that could hurt me.

I hesitated to open the door, but finally

reached out to the doorknob, I froze at the figure that stood in front of me; it was disfigured, discoloured, cold and decaying.

The dead man’s old, bloody hand reached out towards me and started to make sounds that sounded like a low moan of hunger. I suddenly found myself backing up slowly and reaching for any object I could find to protect myself from the living dead, but I was too late.

The disfigured man was on top of me and scratching at my fragile skin, he leaned in closure, his hungry mouth moving towards my neck. I closed my eyes tight hoping all this was just a dream.

I squeezed my eyes tighter and when I opened them I found myself sitting in the chair and watching Walking Dead.

It was the day before Halloween. Everyone was so excited especially Tiffany and Lola. They started to talk to each other and Tiffany said “I have a great idea! Why don’t we go trick or treating together tomorrow and then go to the corn maze?”

“Sure,” Lola said.

They couldn’t stop talking about it for the rest of the day. They were so excited.

The next day was Friday, Oct. 31 and it was Halloween. After school they went to Tiffany’s house to get their consumes ready.

Lola was going as a Greek goddess and Tiffany was going as an evil faery. They loved their costumes and were so excited to wear them.

It was about 7:15 p.m. and they had their costumes on and they were ready to go trick or treating. After about an hour and half they thought that it would be a good time to go the corn maze before it closed.

They got to the corn maze

and started to walk in. When they got in they heard the sound of the chainsaw from the chainsaw guy and they got a little scared that he was nearby. They started to walk a little bit more and a clown popped out at them and they screamed so loud.

They went on and after awhile this really creepy guy popped out that had a really scary mask on. Lola got so scared she ripped the mast off the guy and all that was there was the buy, with no head, so they ran as fast as they could because they were so scared. They got lost. Tiffany was so scared she said “We have to cut through the corn or else we probably won’t find our way out.”

Sounds good said Lola and they started to run through the corn and they got cuts all over their faces and on their arms. They finally got out and then they sprinted to their parents. When they got to their parents, Tiffany and Lola told their parents and they just laughter and laughed at them because they thought it was just a prank.

WitchOliver goes to jail

AVERY Grade 3/4, Dragon Lake

The mommy asked if Bonarila wanted to come on a walk with her in the dark forest. So they went. They came to an old man. He said that he needed to go and get his jacket from his house so then they said they would go and get it for him but it was a trap. The old man was the graveyard enemy, he was transformed into witchOliver and he locked the doors.

The house was haunted.

There was frying pans flying, the piano was playing by itself, things were flying around the room – pots and pans. Then they saw a ladder, it flew up and hit them.

Then they saw a little door witchOliver forgot about. So they went through it. Then they got out of the haunted house. They hid behind the garbage can. We called the skullcaps and they were here in a minute. So witchOliver got took away to jail.

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Zombie and ghost triumph JUDAH K. Grade 3/4, Dragon Lake There was an old house in the middle of a dark forest and in that house lived Joe the ghost. Joe’s best friend is Bob the Zombie.

Suddenly the door flung open, “The ghost busters” Joe whispered. I’ve got to get out of here so Joe walked straight through the wall.

Suddenly from out of nowhere the ghost busters chased Joe through the forest until they sucked him up.

Bob tried to free Joe but he was useless.

But then they tripped, the gun shattered and then Joe was free.

Oh, there’s something you’d better know about Joe. He wouldn’t kill anyone. The end, thanks for reading.

Gabby Mayer Gr. 1 - Parkland

The boy who saved Halloween JOE KLEMMER Grade 5, Ecole Baker A long time ago, in a place really, really, really far away there was an alien who lived on Nars.

He was a king and he had an army that he wanted to send to earth. “ATTACK!” Meanwhile, at school, I heard the siren of the spaceship, “I think we should go NOOOOOOOOOW!” “BeeeeeDoooooo Beeeeee Doooooo,” went the sirens.

“Ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh!”

Our ears were bleeding so I went to the ship.

“Stop!” I yelled.

The ship made a sound, “Eeeeeep Ahhhhhhhh.”

“Stop,” I yelled again, but it would not stop. “Eeeeeeeeep.”

“Telekinesis, Go,” so I moved the space ship and I fell to the ground after it went away.

“Are you okay?”

“Yes,” I answered. “It’s gone so Halloween is saved for now.”

“You should get some rest,” my friends said.

“Yes,’ I agreed. And I did.

The undertaker with the shovel collection REBECCA FERREIRA Grade 11, Correlieu

Mr. Abbot is standing outside Ms. Simon’s flower shop again. He has been doing this for days and never comes in.

She knows he was the new undertaker but thought he might be in sometime to introduce himself side they would be working together during funerals. But all he does is stare at her longingly.

A few days later, Ms. Simon was having lunch at Roadside Coffee Shop alone and while she looked up she noticed Mr. Abbot getting a coffee. She decided that enough was enough and went up and introduced herself. He was very shy and

looked at his feet a lot but answered all her questions and made a quick departure.

The next meeting happened at the funeral of Mrs. Markowitz when Ms. Simon came to deliver the flowers and casket spray. Mr. Abbot was more open and friendly; he offered Ms. Abbott a cup of coffee and sat in his kitchen talking for a while. She told him that she had always wanted to be a florist and asked him if he always thought he’d be an undertaker. He said he would like to show her his collection of burial shovels of famous people. She found this odd but agreed.

She walked into his office and found wall to wall pic-

tures of funerals he had ever attended.

On one whole wall he had shovels hanging with little name plates under them.

When Ms. Simon looked closer at the plates she noticed they were all of famous serial killers. They freaked her out and she politely excused herself and left as soon as possible. She wouldn’t be spending any alone time with Mr. Abbot again.

A man had been phoning the flower shop and ordering flowers lately and not leaving his name.

These arrangements mysteriously appeared on her front doorstep every other day with a little toy shovel attached.

door two and door three. So we thought there was five of us so half of five is two and a half so went through door three.

It was dark, something grabbed me so I screamed and ran. My hand was bloody. I didn’t know what had happened. We went up the stairs and it was a trap. There were bats.

We went in a door at the top of the stairs and got lost.

It was dark. We went in one more door. There was light inside but there was three of

us left. So we found a rope and tied ourselves together.

We thought this would help us not get lost. We went farther in to the room and the person at the front fell in a hole so we tried to pull him up.

My hand was still bleeding and it hurt. My friend tried to pull him but the rope snapped so only my friend I was left.

There were two doors so we went different ways. I went down door two at the end of the room. A Mummy jumped on me. I woke up.

It was all just a dream.

If was all just a dream after all DIEGO FERREIRA Grade 7, Lakeview

Once upon a time my five friends and I, six in total, went to a haunted house. When we went in the door slammed, we were scared. We were looking around and we saw a light so we went towards it. Each time we got close it got father away so we ran towards its.

When we stopped there was only five of us.

We ran faster when we finally got to the light, there was three doors, door one,

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What happened to Roger?

KAYLA STATTON Grade 7, Ecole Baker Okay, so today is the spookiest day of the year, my favorite day of the year! I love all the decoration and spirit this town has!

But there is this one house that is so creepy, no one dare go near it, this is a house that every person in town knows of, but doesn’t know the story behind it...242 Elms Gold Street is where it’s located, right beside my best friend Roger’s house.

Some say that there is an old man who lives there, “his eyes pure gold and his teeth like piranhas!” said Mrs. Morrison, my 94-year-old neighbor.

Half the time, people think she’s crazy, but you never know, that lady comes up with some pretty good stories! Anyway, Roger, Beth and I are going trickier treating tonight, and I’m going to be a vampire! It’s going to be so cool cause I’m going to have red eye contacts and a cape and oh my goodness it will be soooo awesome!

“Roger! Beth! Let’s go hurry up, were going to miss all the good candy!” I yell.

“Okay, okay, we’re coming,” said Beth.

Beth walks down the stairs with Roger, he has a batman suit on and Beth has a star wars costume on.

“Haha, you guys are embarrassing!” I say, joking.

And then we started off for our candy.

“Trick or treat!” we said, the lady studied our costumes for a moment, she stared at Beth the most.

“What are you supposed to be?” she said to Beth.

“I’m Darth Vader, ma’am,” she said politely, but I could tell she was annoyed.

After three hours of trick or treating, me and the crew had TONS of candy, I mean the good stuff like Rockets, jujubes, crush pop, chips, oh Henrys, Carmel bars, and more!

Just then, Roger, Beth and I came to the end of Elms Gold Street where Roger lived.

They all stared at the so called “haunted house”…. “We have to go in there, we have to!” said Roger, full of curiosity.

“Have you completely lost your mind, or are you kidding?” I said really scared, I could tell by the look on Beth’s face she was thinking the same thing.

“Oh, come on! What if there’s tons of gold in an old treasure chest? What if there are long lost items in there? I mean, the house was built in the early 1900’s .If we find anything, we could become millionaires!”

I thought pretty hard about this.

I knew it was crazy and it would be really scary, but Roger did have a point.

What if there was treasure in there and it would be worth tons and tons of money?

“Okay, then!” I said. Roger looked surprised, Beth looked terrified.

“I’m..I’m not going in there! guys. What if there’s something in there that wants to kill us!! We could die!”

The wind started to get more fierce and it was getting darker and darker.

“Come on, guys, we better go now, if we want to have a little bit of light,” Roger said. And that was when we started walking to the house.

“Whoa,” Beth said, looking up at the house which looked much bigger (and spookier) up close.

“Well, who’s going first?” Roger joked, and then we all headed in.

We walked in and looked around. There was broken pieces of wood everywhere, dusty and gross.

“Ew, who would want to live here?” said Beth.

Just then, Roger stepped forward when something caught his eye. * Crack* all the boards that were under Roger broke! “AHHHHHHH” “ NOOOO ROGER” and then it was quiet…… to be continued.

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This time I had won ALYSSA ANDRES Grade 11, Correlieu The night of Oct. 31 was a night I will never forget and even now I shiver as I think back on what happened. It started off pretty much the same as any other day. My parents were setting out the jack-o-lanterns and stocking up on candy to give away to the kids that always came to our door. I had plans to meet up with a few friends and maybe get some candy. As the night drew near, I stood on the front porch looking out into the darkness. It was a little colder than usual, and a few clouds drifted across the full moon, casting eerie shadows across our yard. My eyes were drawn to the old abandoned house across the street. It had been empty for as long as I could remember and curtains were always draped on the windows to obscure any light from getting in. I shivered, thinking of all the cobwebs and spiders that could be lurking there.

“You aren’t afraid of the house are you?” A loud voice broke my thoughts and I wheeled around to face my older brother who had a taunting smirk on his face.

“No way!” I retorted. He smirked again “Then prove it. I dare you to go inside that

place and stay there for a least five minutes.”

Of course I couldn’t say no.

“Fine.” I marched across the street and reached the house.

Up close it looked even bigger and its tall wooden frame loomed ominously above me.

I took a deep breath and gathered my courage.

As I opened the door, the rusted handled creaked and groaned. Cautiously, I stepped inside and blinked to get my surroundings. There was a ton of furniture draped in old rugs and covered with dust.

Everywhere I looked I saw cobwebs. Suddenly the door slammed shut from behind me. I jumped and ran to there window, pulling the curtain off as I did so. It couldn’t have been my brother, because he was still standing on our front porch. I ventured further into the house and as I did the floorboards squeaked from under me. Something swooped at my head from above and I heard a loud crying sound. I decided that I didn’t care what my brother thought and I was going to get of that house immediately. I felt something swoop at my head again and the crying grew even louder.

My heart went into my throat and I broke into a run.

Suddenly the floor gave way under me and I fell into the basement of the house. I

screamed as I hit the ground and a cloud of dust formed from my fall. My heart pounded and I felt to see if I had broken any bones. Luckily I didn’t seem to be hurt only a little bruised. I got up and tried to look for a way out.

All at once I heard the crying again. It seemed to be come from behind me. I wheeled around and saw to my surprise a small cat. It stared up at me with its glowing free eyes. Sighing with relief, I reach down my hand to pet it.

“What are you doing here all alone?” I asked.

It mewed, making the mournful crying sound I had heard before.

I made an instant decision to take the cat with me.

Scooping it up, I searched around in the basement until I found a staircase. I race out of that house as fast as I could.

When I reached home, my brother looked shocked to see me triumphantly carrying a cat in my arms.

“Where did you find that?” he asked.

“Oh, I found him when I was searching around the house,” I said airily.

“Do you want to go exploring in there too?”

He glared at me and walked off. I smiled inwardly.

This time I had won.

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Gary’s gone JAMES BROWN Grade 7, Ecole Baker One Halloween night, I was trick and treating with my friends, Perry, Jerry and Gary. We were getting candy from the person across the street. He had a scary costume but we weren’t scared because we knew it was a costume.

Gary said, “cool costume.”

He said, “Heh heh, it’s no costume,” grabbed Gary by the neck and pulled him inside. We tried to get in but it was no use. It was locked. We tried and tried but it was just not opening.

We heard screams. We didn’t have phones so we dashed for the next house. It was the same guy who was at the house we started at. We opened it and saw Gary ripped to shreds.

We ran to my house, which was five miles away. We made it there by midnight.

We told my mom who phoned the police. They went to the house but it was empty. No one lived there so we never went trick or treating there again.

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Diary of a dipsy pony SAM Grade 3/4, Dragon Lake One day me and Swirl-atwirl and Candy Corn were playing with action figures outside the hunters mansion. We were having a lot of fun.

Suddenly Candy Corn was gone. I looked in the old house. When I walked inside the door slammed behind me and locked me inside. I was really scared

but I was still going to look for Candy Corn.

Next I saw a ghost. Swirla-twirl saw what was going on from outside. So she came into help me find Candy Corn. When she came in she realized the ghost was just Candy Corn dressed up in a costume. She saw Candy Corn’s legs under the costume.

She took the costume off Candy Corn and we all had a good laugh.

TYREL BIG JOHN Gr. 3 - Nazko

LIAM PARK Kindergarten - Parkland

Bloody Janelle couldn’t tell Mary comes reality from to life her dream LOGAN GODSOE Grade 7, Lakeview One night at camp we were gathering around the fire. Our counsellor was on her way, she said she had a scary story to tell us.

When she got there she had a weird book in her hand. I saw one of the pages, it had a kind of like a dead clown. I couldn’t read it but the letters looked like })){(}): they were weird. She said the story was not for the faint of heart then she started.

“One night there was a boy named John.

John was a very curious boy. That night John went out for a walk because he was stressed about going to camp the next day. It was Halloween tomorrow and at camp he heard if you stay up past curfew something would happen to you.

John didn’t believe that, so that night he got packed. The next morning he was ready to go, when he got there, there war so many kids he could barely believe it.

“Wow,” one of the kids said. The kid was tall and skinny and slouched and his name was Thomas. He and I were in the same cabin. we had like 20 kids in our cabin and it was loud.

I thought to myself my mom said I’d be okay I didn’t have to stay, I said to myself I have to get over this fear of the night. There was a sign that said “beware,” beware of what? So that night Thomas and I went for a walk because we couldn’t sleep.

It was 12 a.m. and we just got back to the cabin then I passed out. Ahhh, where am I? I saw that I woke in a cave. I saw Thomas beside me he looked knocked out but I didn’t know. Then I see a shadow but what of?

The shadow was getting bigger and closer. It was a gremlin. I got scared for nothing, wait gremlin. He was cute then something happened he changed ahhhh.

What happened? “Nothing Janelle, maybe you had a bad dream.”

TRAE SCANLAN Gr. 1 - Parkland

PAYDEN STUMP Grade 6, Ecole Baker

There once was a lonely, sweet little girl named Mary who loved eating candy. Her mum loved her so much but, on the other hand, her dad hated her. He would say stuff like, “I wish I never had you” and other stuff, making her cry.

She would stop sometimes because she knew how much her mum loved her. Mary and her parents were getting ready to go to the carnival. Mary was brushing her hair, listening to her parents fight and argue, when she heard the door slam. She looked out the window and saw her father storming to the car with a suitcase.

She saw someone with a hood on, coming down the street, walking towards Mary’s father. She looked away for a minute and when she looked back, the man in the hood was gone, and her father was on the ground, bleeding. She ran outside, looking at her father.

He said, “I am sorry,” and fainted from the loss of blood.

The ambulance came five minutes too late. Her father died of loss of blood. About a year later, Mary’s mother died. Now Mary’s so sad, but now that she is older, she’s mad at the fact that her parents left her at a young age. Now she’s an evil witch. One day, one of her spells didn’t work and it put her in mirror.

She tried to break out but it didn’t work. So the reason why she’s called Bloody Mary is if you say her name three times, you will see a beautiful woman covered in blood, trying to pull you into a mirror. She says on Halloween night, 2014, she’ll be set free to live forever.

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In addition to a standard driving mode, Overlooking Samish Bay and offering the Prius v offers three additional drivspectacular views of the San Juan Islands, ing modes that are selected by pressing this narrow cliff face road was, up until a switch on the centre console. EV is a 1931, a treacherous section of the old pure-electric mode, but its range is limPacific Highway. It was the first road link ited (about 1.5 km) and it only operates The Chuckanut is at speeds up to 40 km/hour. between Vancouver and US cities as far south as San Diego, California. a stretch of road that In ECO mode, fuel consumption is My recent ride along the Chuckanut was by limiting throttle openings demands a cautious, reduced in a Toyota Prius v (for versatility). It’s a and restricting air conditioning use. In relatively new addition to the Prius family, easy on the gas pedal, Power mode the Hybrid Drive System which now includes a smaller Prius C and driving style – just as gives everything it can muster and this a plug-in hybrid version called Prius PHV, a Hybrid does. mode automatically switches on when in addition to the original Prius (a 5-door you stomp on the gas pedal.

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The Chuckanut is a stretch of road that Before I get to the ride, some background demands a cautious, easy-on-the-gas facts on the car, which will demonstrate pedal driving style – just as a Hybrid why it was a good choice for the drive. does! Scenic splendour is a constant distraction on The wagon-like body of Prius v is a little longer and your right (heading south), but there’s a steep 200 taller than a regular Prius. There’s more room for rear feet drop in some stretches, an unforgiving rock face passengers and there’s an impressive 58 per cent on the left and lots of sharp bends. There are numerincrease in rear cargo space. Its 60/40 split rear seats ous pull-off locations at viewing spots. Larrabee State not only fold flat, they can also slide forward on a rail Park is certainly worth a visit and agood place for a system and the seatbacks can recline. hike or a beach-side picnic.

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PURCHASE FINANCING FOR

¥ ¥

On All Equinox With Optional Forward Collision Alert available on 2LT; standard on LTZ models

2 YEARS/40,000 KM COMPLIMENTARY OIL CHANGES^

5

ON SELECT 2014 MODELS

LTZ MODEL SHOWN

OWNERS †† FALL BONUS ELIGIBLE RECEIVE UP T0 $1,000

YEARS/160,000 KM POWERTRAIN WARRANTY ^^

5

OR

46 MPG HIGHWAY

2014 SILVERADO 1500 DOUBLE CAB

YEARS/160,000 KM ROADSIDE ASSISTANCE ^^

$

IN CASH CREDITS ON OTHER MODELS†¥

8,000 UP TO

2014 CRUZE *^

MONTHS*

IN CASH CREDITS ON OTHER > MODELS

52 MPG HIGHWAY 5.4 L/100 KM HWY | 8.2 L/100 KM CITYź

LTZ MODEL WITH RS PACKAGE SHOWN

2014 EQUINOX FWD 1SA MODEL

$

24,995

31 MPG HIGHWAY

9.0 L/100 KM HWY | 12.6 L/100 KM CITYź

CASH PURCHASE PRICE

INCLUDES $3,000 CASH CREDIT , FREIGHT & PDI.

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OWNERS †† +FALL BONUS ELIGIBLE RECEIVE UP T0 $1,500

6.1 L/100 KM HWY | 9.2 L/100 KM CITYź

2014 NORTH AMERICAN TRUCK OF THE YEAR

MONTHS*

IN CASH CREDITS ON OTHER †¥ MODELS

1500 4WD 1LT DOUBLE CAB SHOWN

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