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Wednesday, November 5, 2014
Kitten hits windshield, thrown from moving truck
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Rebecca Watson Omineca Express An act of animal cruelty was reported in Vanderhoof this past week, leaving all involved horrified in disgust. On Tuesday, Oct. 28 at approximately 5:45 p.m., Nicole Tkachyk of Vanderhoof was driving with her three-yearold daughter on Hwy 16 near the old J&S (where the road speed increases leaving town). As she drove up behind a newer-model blue fourdoor Dodge pickup, she noticed it was oddly swerving all over the road. With heavy rain and approaching darkness, what happened next was completely unexpected, said Ms. Tkachyk. “The back window opened, a hand came out
and somebody threw a kitten out the window,” said Ms. Tkachyk in a phone interview three days after the incident. “It hit my windshield, I slammed on the breaks and I remember my heart skipped a beat as I yelled right away. I was in total shock and instant anger.” After the incident the truck sped off leaving Ms. Tkachyk and the kitten behind. Thankful for her and her daughters safety, Ms. Tkachyk then focused on finding the kitten. When she got out of her car she noticed the feline by the edge of the brush line ‘looking really hurt’. “It was hopping and looked funny because it’s front legs were not working properly. It must have hit my tire because I felt something Continue on page 2
Photo By Rebecca Watson
All HALLOWS EVE: Guests of all ages came dressed in their best, costumes that is, on Oct. 31 to walk the pumpkin-lit trails at Riverside RV Park. Local businesses set up stations throughout the pumpkin maze and handed out candy to all the trick-or-treaters. More on page 9 and 16. Also, visit the Omineca Express Facebook page for full album of pictures.
Pumpkin Walk 2014 Rebecca Watson Omineca Express
This year marked Vanderhoof’s 15th Annual Pumpkin Walk, a unique Halloween tradition that draws thousands of people each year to Riverside RV Park to walk the pumpkin-lit trails of the campground.
Salli Chadwick from Vanderhoof was surprised with this years turnout. “If it gets much bigger, we are going to have to schedule times to walk through,” joked Ms. Chadwick. Hundreds of pumpkins carved by local kids and families were used to line the campgrounds walkway cre-
ating a maze which housed small stations where local business handed out candy. Many different, unique and humorous costumes were seen at this year’s walk. Some include power ranger, pumpkin, clown, army combat, switch (scarecrow witch), bat, superman and elsa to name a few. Barb Penner, of-
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ficial organizer of the event, loves the idea of a safe Halloween night and was happy with this year’s walk. “We pulled it off again,” said Ms. Penner. “It was a full house and completely community sponsored. The best part was everyone was so happy. There were thousands of people in the park, teenagers,
adults and small children, and not one incident or complaint. The walk has virtually created no crime and it’s already cleaned up and put away.” The event is hosted and paid for by local businesses and had people of all ages dressed in costume walking through the decorated Continued on page 9