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Santa visits Blackpool Reese Poisson tells Santa Claus what she wants for Christmas during a Breakfast with Santa event sponsored by Aboriginal Success by 6 at Blackpool Hall on Saturday. About 300 people, nearly onethird of them kids, took part in the event, which raised nearly $300 for the food bank.

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Clearwater's fourth town council gets sworn in Keith McNeill

District of Clearwater held its first ever inaugural meeting in its own townhall last Tuesday evening.

Previous inaugural meetings since incorporation in 2007 were held in the Legion hall as the former town hall on the Flats does not have wheelchair access.

Judge Chris Cleaveley did the swearing in for the mayor and town council members. Originally from Roundtop, the provincial court judge has administered the oath of office for the municipality at all four inaugural meetings since incorporation.

In his comments following his swearing in, Mayor John Harwood praised Cleaveley for continuing to support this community by sponsoring a $1,000 scholarship at Clearwater Secondary School each year.

Also sworn in were returning council members Barry Banford, Merlin Blackwell, Gord Heisterman, Ken

Kjenstad and Shelley Sim. Absent due to previously scheduled business training in Edmonton was newly elected council member Dennis Greffard.

The ceremony began with piper Paul Petchnick of Kamloops leading the retinue into the council chambers.

They were escorted by an honor guard consisting of RCMP Cst. Tyson Bruns and members of Clearwater Volunteer Fire Department.

Dan Saul, an elder from Simpcw First Nation, gave a blessing, while Rev. Lloyd Strickland gave an invocation.

Clearwater Secondary School student Emily Hewlett sang O' Canada.

Dan Daase acted as master of ceremonies.

First order of business after the swearing in was the election of Mayor Harwood to be the municipality's representative on the Thompson-Nicola Regional District board of directors.

Councillor Ken Kjenstad will be his alternate.

Major committee chairs for the

coming year are: finance and audit, Ken Kjenstad; parks and recreation, Barry Banford; infrastructure, Merlin Blackwell; and economic development, Gord Heisterman.

Additional committee representation for 2015 will be: age friendly, John Harwood; chamber of commerce, Ken Kjenstad; connectivity (broadband/ cell), Merlin Blackwell; environmental assessment (Barry Banford); forestry, Barry Banford; interagency, Shelley Sim; joint services advisory, Dennis Greffard; junior council, Merlin Blackwell; trails, Merlin Blackwell; Tourism Wells Gray, Gord Heisterman; and Wells Gray Community Forest, Ken Kjenstad.

Council approved a new meeting schedule. Instead of being held in the late afternoons and evenings, committee-of-the-whole meetings will begin at 1 p.m. and council meetings will begin at 2 p.m. Both will continue to be held on the first and third Tuesdays of the month (except during summer).

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Judge Chris Cleaveley (l) administers the oath of office to Mayor John Harwood during District of Clearwater's inaugural town council meeting on Dec. 2. For another photo from the event, see page A13 inside.

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Legion helps food bank Clearwater-Vavenby Legion Branch #259 representative Calvin Lutz (l) presents a $1,000 cheque to Pat Stanley of Clearwater and District Food Bank recently. The money is a donation towards Christmas hampers.

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Clearwater Food Bank gearing up for Christmas Keith McNeill A few weeks ago volunteers at Clearwater and District Food Bank learned about three cases of people living in their cars, according to food bank spokesperson Heather MacDonald.

“The housing situation here is terrible,” she said. “We need something happening in that department.”

Whether those affected were able to find warmer accommodation before the recent cold snap is not clear.

“This year it’s the kids who graduated a few years ago who are really suffering,” Stanley said.

“Also, there are the seniors who are finding their pensions don’t stretch quite far enough.”

On the positive side, the usage at the food bank, although still high, is down slightly from last year. She attributed this to a somewhat better summer season, which allowed more people to get in enough weeks of work to qualify for Employment Insurance.

This year the food bank expects to give out about 120 Christmas hampers. Last year the number was 144.

Collection and distribution of the hampers will take place on Dec. 12 and 13 in the Dutch Lake Community Centre.

The food bank formerly used the gym at Raft River Elementary for the purpose but School District 73 has made it clear it expects to be paid this year for the use of the gym, plus the kitchen, classroom, custodial time and insurance.

Yellowhead Community Services and District of Clearwater are making the facilities at DLCC available without charge, Stanley said.

Numbers have stabilized this year but the two years before that saw Clearwater’s food bank’s usage increase faster than just about any other food bank in the province.

“We had huge numbers last year,” Stanley said. “It was just horrible. All year long it was horrible.”

There needs to be a community advocate based in Clearwater, she felt.

The Ministry of Social Development no longer has any social workers based here and so many people who could qualify for grants don’t get them because they either don’t know about them or need help filling in the paperwork.

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Climate lobbying creates optimism for participants problems, as the different types of cap-andtrade can be complicated, making it too easy to cheat.

The NDP finance critic asked some tough questions about the fee-and-dividend approach. One got the impression, however, that he might have been looking for good answers that he could use if he brought the subject up elsewhere.

Your editor's final meeting was with Senator Nancy Greene Raine late on the Tuesday morning, Nov. 25. She was between meetings in the East Block and, as her office is in another building, we had to meet in the hallway by the security counter.

The meeting was to have been for a halfhour but the senator

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was detained and it only lasted for 15 minutes.

The former world ski champion was apologetic for the inconvenience but a fair amount of information was exchanged nevertheless. Greene Raine was skeptical about some aspects regarding human-caused global warming.

She showed some interest, though, in the dividend side of the fee-and-dividend proposal, which would help those on limited incomes and stimulate the economy.

Those attending the meeting with me included Laura Sacks of Nelson, Rachael Derbyshire of Guelph, Cathy Lacroix of Toronto and Valerie Blab of Red Lake, Ontario.

An article in last week’s Times ("Climate conference lobbies for fee-anddividend") reported on days one and two of a Citizens Climate Lobby conference that your editor attended in Ottawa the second last weekend in November.

Days three and four of the conference were when the rubber hit the road.

After two days of workshops, the nearly 70 participants at the conference fanned out across Parliament Hill to speak to 43 MPs A group of Citizens Climate Lobby members meet with M.P. Cathy McLeod recently to talk about using carbon and senators to tell fee-and-dividend to control global warming. Pictured are (l-r) Michael Polanyi, Sonia Furstenau, Blaise Salmon, them about using carGeoff Richards, Keith McNeill and Cathy McLeod. Photo by Stephanie Rennick bon fee-and-dividend to control climate climate change conNathan Cullen was (I believe) Waterloo, Democrat finance change. trol, rather than feenot quite so relaxed, Ontario, and Michael critic Nathan Cullen, Carbon fee-andand-dividend. possibly because he Polanyi of Toronto. the M.P. for Bulkleydividend would basiCullen conceded was expecting to McLeod was, perSkeena, and Senator cally be a carbon tax this approach has be called away to a haps not surprisingly, Nancy Greene Raine on all fossil fuels but, vote in the House of the perfect hostess – of Kamloops, also a instead of the money Commons. quickly putting everyConservative.

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Opinion

“ We didn't lose the game; we just ran out of time.” Vince Lombardi, football coach editorial by tom fletcher

Nisga’a prove their critics wrong

Welcome Buy-Low and good-bye to Safety Mart Editor, The Times:

I was unable to be there when the Safety Mart closed or when the BuyLow Foods opened, so I felt I had to write something.

Safety Mart has been the heart of our community for the past 43 years.

I watched it grow, starting with a couple of guys named Gunther and Fred from Vancouver who put up the building.

Clearwater was just starting to grow then. My goodness, there were only 13 houses in Weyerhaeuser subdivision but we had three sawmills, so Safety Mart grew.

It was the first work place for many young people. It supported every club, group, organization and family that was hit with disaster or illness.

Safety Mart was always there, a true reflection of “The Boys,” Ken, Ralph, Wayne, and Malcolm. Safety Mart withstood the closure of three sawmills, but kept that friendly meeting place for friends and families. They were always there for the weddings, funerals and birthdays.

Buy-Low Foods, you have big shoes to fill, but I'm sure you will with the beautiful new store, the good service and friendly people.

Best wishes and many thanks.

Dolly Turcotte Parman Clearwater, B.C.

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VICTORIA – It has been 15 years since I wrote a commentary objecting to the B.C. government pushing aside its own hard-won treaty process to reach an unprecedented landand-cash settlement with the Nisga’a Nation for their ancient Nass River territory.

My objection, and that of many others, was the imposition of a parallel state with collectively owned land enshrined for all time. This was an ailing NDP government rushing to enable a property ownership system that has demonstrated little but failure and suffering around the world.

The Nisga’a are proving me wrong, and this was again demonstrated at a little-noticed ceremony at the B.C. legislature last week.

The B.C. government had just passed amendments to allow a gas pipeline through Nisga’a Memorial Lava Bed Park, the first co-managed provincial park in B.C. history. Another bill enabled the Nisga’a Lisims government to impose industrial property tax on liquefied natural gas production. Legal documents were signed so the Nisga’a legislature can do the same this week.

In recent years, the Nisga’a disposed of concern about collective land restrictions by adopting a private property system. And Supreme Court of Canada decisions have repeatedly answered protests about the establishment of a parallel state – that’s what it is, so get used to it.

The Nisga’a have moved to assemble four fee-simple tidewater sites for LNG terminals, joining the Haisla Nation at Kitimat in reaching aggressively for a modern economy through gas export. The Nisga’a have partnered with TransCanada Corp. on a 900-km pipeline to supply the $11-billion LNG project led by Petronas for the Prince Rupert port. And they don’t intend to stop there.

“We want to be part of the Canadian business establishment,” said former Nisga’a Nation president Joe Gosnell.

The signing ceremony was briefly disrupted by one of a small group of Vancouver-based Nisga’a who have been using modern protest tactics against this decision. We weren’t consulted, it’s a desecration of victims of a volcanic eruption, it’s a threat to eelgrass beds, and so

forth, say wellrehearsed young men with video cameras running.

Nisga’a President Mitchell Stevens has patiently and repeatedly explained that Nisga’a legislature rules were relaxed to allow every herediFormer Nisga'a Nation tary chief to speak to president Joe Gosnell: elected leaders on this "We want to be part of pivotal move. After the Canadian business that it received the required two-thirds establishment." majority support.

Black Press photo Gosnell, the revered chief negotiator who carried the treaty over the goal line in 2000, moved slowly with the help of an ornately carved cane to speak at a reception.

He seemed genuinely surprised that he has lived long enough to see the fruits of generations of labour.

Gosnell recounted the 1887 paddling trip down the B.C. coast from the Nass Valley to Victoria to present the Nisga’a territorial claim, where the tribal leaders were turned away on the steps of the legislature by Premier William Smithe. It would take until 1910 for Prime Minister Wilfrid Laurier to promise a settlement, and until 1949 for Nisga’a Chief Frank Calder to be elected to the B.C. legislature.

In 2000, when the treaty received royal assent in Ottawa, Gosnell took part in a ceremonial burning of the Indian Act and got to work on implementing self-government.

And on Nov. 27, 2014, B.C. Liberal, NDP and independent MLAs voted unanimously to open the way to an industrial future for the Nisga’a.

“That’s what being alive means to me today,” Gosnell said. “You’ve got to have big dreams.

Maybe all those dreams won’t come true, but at least you have the ability to dream big. And boy, are we ever dreaming big.”

– Tom Fletcher is legislature reporter and columnist for Black Press. Twitter: @tomfletcherbc Email: tfletcher@blackpress.ca

Carbon tax wouldn't go far enough to solve problem Editor, The Times:

The carbon tax plan detailed in the Dec. 4 issue of the Times (“Climate conference lobbies for fee-and-dividend”) is probably a baby-step in the right direction.

It is becoming more and more obvious as time goes by, and the planet’s finite resources are being consumed at an alarming rate, primar-

ily by First World countries, that a lot of things need to be done and changed. Such a tax might put a slight brake on the economy, depending on the size of it, but what we really need is to slam on the brakes – good luck with that.

Political and industrial leaders are constantly clamouring for more growth to the economy. How can

it grow forever on finite resources? Growth rates are duly reported as if they are a good thing and are sustainable forever; although one doesn’t hear them say “forever” in that context, as anyone can see the irrational basis to such a claim, but they seem to act like they believe it is possible.

A serious look at the sustainability of even the current

population of the First World, let alone with more growth is long overdue.

A lot of people will laugh at the following suggestion, but I mean it in all seriousness – we need to look at the Amish lifestyle, and possibly get off our high fossil fuel horses, and back to using real ones.

Sandy Crane Upper Clearwater, B.C.

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Question of the Week

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Do you plan to shop local this Christmas?

Mark McAssey: As much as possible.

Raymond Sollows:

Doug Braaten:

Yes, we sure do.

I don't like making long trips to Kamloops any more.

Yes, we've got to support our local businesses, and it's cheaper than driving all the way to Kamloops.

Larry Reiter:

I am going to see what's in there (the new Buy-Low Foods) today.

Sandy Wilcox:

Both. Local as much as I can but there are some things I can't get here that I can get in Kamloops.

Is there a compromise solution for Clearwater?

Editor, The Times:

Considering the speed with which logging scars are appearing on the hills around Clearwater, one has to ask what the place will look like in five or 10 years.

While the Upper Clearwater controversy centers mostly around the east side of the Clearwater Valley, the very visible west side of the valley is getting its own shave, as is the front country, courtesy of Wells Gray Community Forest, right around the town of Clearwater.

Most of the comments levelled at Canfor's activity, and proposed activity, can be applied to the rest of logging around Clearwater:

impacts on soil stability, runoff, wildlife, negative impressions created in the minds of foreign visitors – tourists, of course – smoke from slash burning and an eventual decline in property values.

We've seen it all before in other B.C. locations. Although the mantra of big industry says that now it's going to be different, it never is. The provincial government is supposed to be minding the store but there doesn't appear to be any central planning authority that can answer the question of how this place will look in five years' time.

A recent report by the Forest Practices Board says that community consultation is the area

of greatest weakness in the way this industry operates. On the local level, any negative comments directed at the forest industry would, quite predictably, be met with vicious defensiveness, so intense that any compromise solution that tries to balance the lusting drive of corporations to cut down and pack off every available board-foot, with the concerns of residents becomes quite unlikely.

Isn't it time for a change?

Maybe I'm a bit of a dreamer but I'd like to believe that many of the objections to clearcut logging could be reduced or eliminated by adopting a community-

American and Canadian banks growing too large Editor, The Times:

Don't look now!

The American 'banksters' are at it again!

Robo-signing, robo-witnessing and pushing the already beleaguered American homeowner out of house and home.

What is it about these people? Did they learn nothing from the financial disasters of 2007-08?

Of course they did!

After paying some miniscule fines for some of their more outrageous actions they can go ahead with anything they want.

Warehouse metal and other commodities to drive up the price – 'vampire squid' GoldmanSachs and others.

To make matters worse the 'banksters' threw their entire support behind 'Rob Big

Bird' Romney - $200 million or more during the last election.

And during this midterm vote American citizens, showing just how aware they were, gave overwhelming support to the very forces that brought the US of A to the brink of disaster.

However, as a Canadian one should not be too smug.

After all, the person who was most loudly for letting Canada's bank mega-size is now prime minister.

Fortunately Jean Chretien and to some extent Paul Martin shot that one down in flames — Chretien noting that Japan's big banks had been nothing but disastrous.

Then there's our own 'banksters' who come out with pronouncements from

on high. Never about lowering credit card rates or all the other service charges or not hiring people from India while forcing their employees to train them.

No, it's usually about government cuts, etc.

Also, it's no thanks to Canada's banksters that they are in the much better shape compared to their counterparts in the US of A. They, along with Stephen Harper, were all for the big megasize.

An interesting question here. When the mega-sized Canadian banks get into the same jackpot as their American counterparts, would the Canadian government bail them out?

Dennis Peacock Clearwater, B.C.

based, selective logging scheme.

The viewscape would be preserved, dangerous runoff could be avoided and animal habitat wouldn't be devastated. The forest might even be improved. The uptake of atmospheric carbon dioxide – responsible for climate change – would be preserved, if not increased.

Residents could express their pride, in having arrived at a common plan that preserves forestry jobs without impacting tourism, property values or anything else they hold dear.

The United Nations GeoPark application for Wells Gray would certainly be enhanced by having

a sensitive and intelligent forest industry, particularly one with a wide social acceptance, operating just outside the park boundary.

Many studies have stressed the need for a soft transition zone at the boundaries of parks.

If a new, compromise solution were to be realized, a moratorium would need to be applied in order to set up the planning structure and for some real consultation and involvement to take place. Is there the will for a change? The silent majority seems to be speaking out.

David Simms Clearwater, B.C.

THOMPSON-NICOLA REGIONAL DISTRICT PUBLIC PARTICIPATION NEEDED! The Thompson-Nicola Regional District (TNRD) invites applications from those persons interested in serving the Regional District on the following Committees. The positions are strictly voluntary in nature, with only expenses payable. Applicants must reside or own property in the service area administered by the Committee.

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Blackpool Fire Protection Committee – Three (3) members, residing in the Blackpool Fire Protection Service Area.

Invasive Plant Committee - One (1) member residing in the Thompson-Nicola Regional District.

Regional Solid Waste Management Plan Monitoring Advisory Committee – Four (4) members, residing in the Thompson-Nicola Regional District.

Thompson Headwaters Services Committee – Four (4) members, two residing in Avola, and two residing in Blue River.

Thompson-Nicola Film Commission - Eight (8) members residing in the Thompson-Nicola Regional District.

Vavenby Fire Protection Committee – Two (2) members, residing in the Vavenby Fire Protection Service Area.

Wells Gray Country Services Committee – Three (3) members, residing or owning property in Electoral Area “A” (Wells Gray Country).

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YEARS AGO:

A helicopter found the body of a lost Blue River man about a mile and a half north of the town on the Transmountain Pipeline.

Alec Seminiuk, 62, had apparently wandered in the snow until exhausted. He had been employed as a janitor with the CNR in Blue River.

45

YEARS AGO:

Large culverts along the road to Upper Clearwater were discussed during a meeting of the Chamber of

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Commerce with Mr. Dibbens, Highways superintendent from Kamloops. A Chamber member expressed the opinion that the appearance of the three canyons had been spoiled. The highways department reply was that it had been pressure from local residents for improvements that had spoiled the looks of the wilderness.

40

YEARS AGO:

One compressor was out of action and there could be no guarantee that the Sportsplex could be opened for a

bonspiel scheduled for the following weekend, said publicity man Bill Anderson. The keys for the building had been handed over from the engineers to the TNRD. MLA Gerry Anderson said no provincial money was available yet to finance a Blue River sawmill.

The Chamber of Commerce had

arranged a meeting to formulate ideas to celebrate Clearwater's 50th anniversary, coming up in 1975.

35

YEARS AGO:

None of the 12 Vavenby students on board were seriously injured when a school bus collided with a pickup and camper

October 1988 - December 2007

A FEW AFTER.....

“How long will the pain last?”

A broken-hearted mourner asked me.

“ALL THE REST OF YOUR LIFE,” I have to answer truthfully.

A few minutes after his birth.....

I could hear his announcing scream.

I couldn’t believe he was finally here, The realization of my dream.

No matter how many years pass, we remember.

The loss of a loved one is something you never forget.

Part of us is removed, and we have a scar for the rest of our lives.

A few hours after his birth.....

I held him so close to my chest.

Somehow that little boy let me see, A special love that never left.

A few days after his birth.....

I held his tiny little hand.

I told him there would be lots of things That I would help him to understand.

As years go by, we manage.

There are things to do, people to care for, Tasks that call for full attention.

But the pain is still there, not far below the surface.

A few weeks after his birth.....

He had that sparkle in his eyes, And when he showed me that little smile, I thought that I would surely die.

A few years after his birth......

I still couldn’t believe he was mine.

We talked and laughed and went for walks.

We had so many special times..

A FEW AFTER.....

A few minutes after his death.....

I didn’t know I needed to scream.

I thought that he was still safe and here...

I didn’t know the truth of my dream.

A few hours after his death.....

I felt a strangeness within my chest.

Something was wrong that I couldn’t see.

God! I didn’t believe that he had left.

A few days after his death.....

I held his cold and lifeless hand.

There were just so very many things That I could not fully understand.

A few weeks after his death.....

That sparkle stolen from my eyes, No longer to see his beautiful smile.

I never, ever thought that he would die.

A few months after his death.....

There was so much I needed to learn.

I was confused when he went away, And I still waited for his return.

A few years after his death.....

I still wish that he could be mine, To talk and laugh and go for walks.

I miss those special moments in time.

A FEW AFTER.....

A few minutes after MY death......

Once again I will hear him scream,

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BACK IN TIME

Jeremy Fontaine

A few months after his birth.....

He was just beginning to learn.

He didn’t like me to go away, And he cried until I returned.

River Bridge on Highway 5.

HISTORICAL Perspective

“Hey Mom, it’s me, I’m over here, And Mom, this time it’s not a dream.”

A few hours after MY death.......

I’ll hold him close again to my chest.

He’ll look at me and say... “Now see?”, It doesn’t seem so long since I left.”

A few days after MY death.....

He will gently take me by the hand, And show me all the glorious things, And help me to understand.

A few weeks after MY death.....

I’ll see that sparkle in his eyes.

Once again he’ll warm me with his smile, And say... “You see, Mom, I didn’t die”.

A few months after MY death.......

Together we’ll have so much to learn.

We’ll never have to go away, Or long for each other’s return.

A few years after MY death.....

Forever he will always be mine.

We’ll talk and laugh and go for long walks, Because we’ll have nothing...... but time.

Momma loves you Jeremiah Always & Forever xoxoxo

We see a face that looks familiar, hear a voice that echoes, See a photograph in someone’s album, See a landscape that once we saw together, and it seems as though a knife were in the wound again.

But not so painfully, And mixed with joy, too, Because remembering a happy time is not all sorrow; It brings back some happiness with it, too.

How long will the pain last?

“ALL THE REST OF YOUR LIFE” But the thing to remember is that not only will the pain last, But the blessed memories as well.

Tears are proof of life; the more love, the more tears.

If this be true, then how could we ever ask that the pain cease altogether?

For then the memory of love would go with it.

The pain of grief is the price we pay for love.

Love Momma, Dad, Jean-Marc and all your Family & Friends Xoxoxoxo

from Surrey. The bus driver, Lewis Van Buskirk, required several stitches as a result of the camper striking the bus' windshield. The driver of the pickup had a possible broken neck and other injuries.

30

YEARS AGO:

Raft River Riders organized a parade of local clubs and organizations to support Christmas Amalgamated. The parade was to run from the Wells Gray Hotel to Safety Mart.

25

YEARS AGO:

Three male suspects were arrested in Victoria, B.C., following a break-in of a residence in Little Fort. The majority of the stolen goods were recovered.

Canadian Helicopters, the largest helicopter company in the country and the second largest in the world, opened a permanent base in Clearwater.

Pilot Derek Robinson was based in the former Forestry compound near Raft River bridge. A second company, HeliWest, was opening a base next to Clearwater

YEARS AGO:

Clearwater businessman Ken Kjenstad was elected chairman of the newly designated 18-member Thompson Regional Health Board.

Long-time trustee Ed Shook was the unanimous choice to serve as chairman of School District 26 (North Thompson).

15

YEARS AGO:

School District 73 trustees elected Bert Walker as their representative to the B.C. Public School Employers Association.

"I was kind of surprised I was elected to that.

First time trustees don't usually get positions like that," he said.

Ray Negrin, senior administrator at Bear Creek Correctional Center and the previous year's vice-president, was elected by acclamation to be the new president of Clearwater and District Chamber of Commerce.

10

YEARS AGO:

Over 200 people braved winter roads to hear the African Children’s Choir perform in Clearwater.

Vavenby’s Wayne Morhart was one of a small group of experienced loggers picked to teach the new WCB fall-

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CSS Senior Raider Boys were ranked number one Single A basketball team in the province at the start of the season.

“I’m not sure what it means. It’s just some guy doing the rating,” said coach Rick Smith.

TNRD directors picked Blue River’s Steve Quinn to be their chair. He had been regional district director for Area B (Thompson Headwaters) since 1991.

5

YEARS AGO:

Efforts by Penny and Gary McAninch of 70 Mile House, the owners of GP Recover Services, to recover a homebuilt Private Explorer floatplane that sank in 500 feet of water Azure Lake the previous summer led to the discovery of another plane that sank in the lake back in 1947. The pilot of the plane that went down in 1947 was Harry Bray, who went on to become one of the first pilots with Canadian Pacific Airways.

Wells Gray Search and Rescue purchased a new F5500 Ford truck, including box and accessories. Members also learned they were to receive an extra $60,500 in community gaming grants for the purchase of a BCSARA Type 2 Search and Rescue command trailer.

1

YEAR AGO:

Clearwater Atoms won their home hockey tournament, taking all four of their games.

District of Clearwater council voted to send a letter to the provincial government to express its concern about BC Coroners Service's decision to centralize its body removal service to Kamloops.

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Reflections on the Christmas season from 40 years ago The holiday season cannot be dampened by cold or mishap for local journalist back in 1984

By Winnifred Holt I hope you all had as beautiful of a Christmas and New Year’s Day as I had. Oh, as with all situations there were moments of sadness, of loneliness even in a crowd, and even moments of concern...all of which added dimensions to the experience.

Add the telling of it to you, dear friends, and it is a wonderful way to make sense out of my world, and find peace for my soul, as any writer will tell you if you ask.

In retrospect it isn’t the gifts you remember, but the warm fellowship of friends, the love of the family and the joy on the face of a child...even when the four-year-old rushes with wide open arms and says, “I love you Nana” in one breath and in the next says, “You’re funny Nana”.

There are the moments of concern when highways are slippery, and blowing snow doesn’t help the eyesight or, as with the new year, when it is bitterly cold.

I know, I know, I’m the guy who says it can’t get too cold, you only put on more clothes. I still say that; I have loved every day of it, but not every minute.

I had really planned to spend Friday, Dec. 28, [1984], till Wednesday, Jan. 2, [1985], at the cabin. My friend who has been caretaking the past month chickened out when the cold weather came, and sought the warmth and friendliness of town. I didn’t get away until Sunday. First I took the car, the day before, to be serviced. Lucky I did, the antifreeze tested out at -25° and it went down to -26° that night.

When I got to the bottom of the hill around noon, I found our genial highways crew had packed my driveway up to the cabin in solid. It took an hour with a snicky little shovel to be able to back off the shoulder.

The cabin was in a state of suspended animation – even the vinegar and vanilla were frozen solid in the cupboard; that has never happened before. I’m not saying it was never that cold before, maybe I never had vanilla or vinegar around in the winter before.

I worked until 2:30 a.m. on my desk and files. Remember last year I made one resolution only – to get my desk in order.

Well, I sorted everything neatly, and threw away armfuls of paper (got such a good bed of ashes I was able to hold the fire all night by getting up every hour to put another block in; I’ve never done that before either). I need about two filing cabinets at the cabin, one in my town apartment and one at work, especially when I only remember where I put anything for three days!

The meadow didn’t have a track on it, the icicles hung from the eaves, and the snow was three feet thick on the woodshed roof.

I wanted to take some pictures for my boy in New Guinea who has never seen snow, and guess what?

The camera got stuck with a black window over it; I hope it isn’t forever!

I chopped a little wood and decided it was insane to stay longer than one night with the extreme cold; what if the car didn’t start!

I set out at noon Monday on snowshoes; the trip up had been uneventful, so away I went.

The trees fascinated me with all that snow clinging to them. I forgot to look where I was going and found myself sitting down on the back of one snowshoe and my pack resting on the other; I’m not sure how I did that.

Since I was down I decided to rest a bit. I pondered on the possibility of a broken bone in such cold weather, but decided

that I couldn’t crawl down and drag my pack, I’d leave the pack behind.

Hey, what’s with this negative thinking? I tried to get up and found I couldn’t without taking off the snowshoes. I slipped out of the pack straps, undid the snowshoes, and, after much difficulty, got loaded up again minus the snowshoes which I decided I didn’t really need, besides I had a nice wide path having made it coming up.

I should have made a trail as I only went a few feet when I stepped off the hard under-path with one foot and went in to my thigh. Naturally I was now a walking snowman. I tried again with the same results. Next time I didn’t try to hoist the pack, just hooked everything on to the snow shovel I had brought, and dragged the darn thing down the hill, not caring that every place snow could get into the pack, it did.

Gratefully I pulled up to the car. It was overcast by now, which meant darkness would come sooner. I’ll just start the motor and it can be warming up while I put things in the car, I thought. RRR-urr-rr is all it said, softly dying. Nothing else to do but flag down a car and hope he had jumper cables.

I put up the hood in anticipation – lucky I always back the car in. A truck with young Livingstone, going to his folks’ place in Little Fort, came to my aid.

There was a nasty wind blowing and while he had cables they were not heavy duty, and in spite of the time and effort he put into it, nearly freezing as well, my car would simply not budge.

I went with him to Louis Creek Store.

Luckily Norm Dobbs was there, and willingly agreed to go home for his heavyduty cables and to help me get going. It still took a good half

hour to get my poor little battery agreeable enough to take over.

I was grateful to be on my way. My teeth were chattering all the way to town, but a hot bath and a jacked-up thermostat soon had me ship-shape again. I think I’ll think twice before setting out again when it is cold.

A grand finale to the holidays was a relative and friend get-together at my aunt’s in town. I’d never have believed I could tuck away so much food so close to the Christmas Feast! Delicious!

Next come the January blaahs for some people but not for me.

I shall cheerfully pay the bills as they come in, and thank God we live in a country where at least some of us can work, and help out the fellows who can’t.

My resolution this year is to finish my book. I have put away my paints, put my house in order, and the book is the next thing on my agenda.

Keeping healthy, and of course happy, goes without saying, as well as squeezing every ounce of exciting experiences into the year that I possibly can.

So join me, friends, in making this the happiest year we have

had for a long, long time!

This column by Winnifred Holt originally appeared in the North Thompson Journal on Tuesday, Jan.8 , 1985, and was titled ‘A moment of reflection’.

Winifred Holt wrote many “Time Out” columns that ran in the North Thompson papers from the early 70’s and well into the 80’s.

She passed away at a grand age in September of 2007. Her obituary states, “...Winnie was a great many things to a multitude of people: in addition to the more traditional roles of wife and mother, she was an armed forces medic, entrepreneur, world traveller, outdoors enthusiast, professional cook, farmer, finish carpenter, poet, photographer, gardener, nurse, artist, journalist, massage therapist, and writer.

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Freezing rain makes highway treacherous A tow-truck pulls one of two tractor-trailer units that went into the ditch near Wire Cache on Saturday, Dec. 6. Freezing rain made Highway 5 like a skating rink. Photo by Pete Musch

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On Saturday, Dec. 6, Clearwater RCMP received a report that two tractor trailer units had slid into the ditch near the Otter Creek Forest Service road, south of Wire Cache rest stop on Highway 5.

Reports advised that the entire highway was encased in a thick layer of ice, leaving next to no way to stop your vehicle, due to the lack of traction. Even walking on the roadway proved hazardous.

Clearwater RCMP received multiple reports of vehicle sliding into the ditch from Wire Cache all the way to Blue River and beyond.

Police attended several multiple vehicle motor vehicle incidents, including a tractor trailer that had been travelling too quickly for the conditions. The tractor trailer driver then noticed that traffic had lined up and attempted to drive around it. The driver lost control of his vehicle and struck a second tractor trailer that was waiting patiently on the highway.

The driver of the first tractor trailer unit was charged with driving without consideration and served a violation ticket.

Just behind this incident a second two vehicle collision occurred, that involved a tractor trailer unit and a pick-up truck. The tractor trailer had attempted to pass the line as well and went out of control, sliding and damaging the back end of a pick-up truck.

This driver was also charged with driving without consideration and served a violation ticket.

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1-800-222-TIPS Clearwater RCMP Report Due to the heavy volume of traffic incidents and poor road conditions the highway was shut down for several hours as tow companies pulled vehicles out of the ditches and back onto the roadway.

When travelling down the highway during the winter season, remember to drive relative to conditions.

Vehicle impounded at road check On Dec. 6, Clearwater RCMP and Central Interior Traffic Services conducted a road check on Highway 5 at the Clearwater roundabout.

Police spoke to a driver coming through the road check and immediately noticed the odor of marijuana. Police arrested the male for possession of a controlled substance and located a small hidden cache of marijuana.

Traffic Services conducted a sobriety test, which the driver failed. The driver’s marijuana was seized and his vehicle was impounded for 24 hours.

Slow Down Move Over regulation protects roadside workers Ministry of Transportation and Infrastructure VICTORIA – The B.C. government is making a Motor Vehicle Act regulation change to simplify the Slow Down Move Over rule, making it safer for roadside workers.

Currently, the Slow Down Move Over regulation requires drivers to reduce speed and, if on a multi-lane road, move over to another lane when passing stopped vehicles with a flashing light, which are considered "official vehicles".

These include: police,

fire, ambulance, tow trucks, Commercial Vehicle Safety Enforcement vehicles, park rangers and conservation officers.

"We are committed to better protecting roadside workers,” said Minister of Transportation and Infrastructure Todd Stone. “That's why we are simplifying the current rule. It means that drivers will no longer have to figure out what flashing light to pay attention to – it will now be easy to know the rules of the road.

Drivers will now be required to slow down and move over for all vehicles with a flashing light."

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Stakeholders, including the BC Road Builders and Heavy Construction Association, raised concerns that the current regulation does not protect all roadside workers.

For example, maintenance workers are frequently required to stop on the side of the road for inspections or highway maintenance. These workers are subject to an equal or higher risk than many of the workers covered under the current regulations.

The new regulatory amendment will simplify the Slow Down Move Over requirement so that it includes all vehicles displaying a flashing red, blue or yellow light. This will make it easier for drivers to know the rules of the road, as they will no longer have to check

to see if the flashing light is on an "official vehicle".

The amendment will improve safety for all roadside workers, including highway maintenance workers, utility workers, land surveyors, animal control workers and garbage collectors, reducing the risk of them being struck by passing vehicles. The amendment will come into force on Jan. 1, 2015.

Drivers must slow their speed to 70km/h when in an 80km/h or over zone, and 40km/h when in an under 80km/h zone.

If travelling on a multi-lane road, the driver must move into another lane to pass where safe to do so. Failing to adjust your speed appropriately or failing to move over can result in a $173 ticket and three penalty points.

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Josee Cooperman plays the violin during a performance by the Clearwater Strings at the annual Clearwater community Christmas concert.

The event was held Saturday evening in the Dutch Lake Community Center.

All photos by Keith McNeill

B.C. promotes its climate program Ministry of Environment LIMA, PERU - Four of North America’s regional leaders in the fight against climate change, including British Columbia, are reinforcing the important leadership role subnational governments have in promoting climate action.

In a joint statement released Monday during the United Nations COP 20 climate change conference in Lima, Peru, B.C., California, Ontario and Quebec outlined the steps they are taking individually and collectively to address local and global greenhouse gas emissions.

“The science shows that climate change is occurring and we need to act now,” said B.C. Environment Minister Mary Polak. “I hope our cooperation sets an example for other jurisdictions.”

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Nature continues to supply the sources and inspiration for new drugs. The sweet wormwood plant supplies the key ingredient for a drug called artemisinin which has been developed by the company, Sanofi, as an antimalarial drug. The drug is manufactured semi-synthetically using a special yeast that produces a precursor to the drug. It allows more drug to be made than from all-natural sources.

Good oral health is a lifetime job and it should start early in life. It used to be the rule that every child should be seen by a dentist by the age of three but the Canadian Dental Association is recommending the first visit should be earlier ... at the first birthday. It’s a good first step to reducing childhood cavities and developing a lifetime of good oral health habits.

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Santa Claus talks with Kyla Scotton about her Christmas wishes during Clearwater Rotary Club's annual Christmas Tree Light-Up at the Wells Gray Infocentre on Sunday evening. This will be Kyla's first white Christmas. She formerly lived in Australia. All photos by Keith McNeill

Christmas Tree Light-Up has fun for everyone People gather under the tree by the Infocentre for the annual Christmas Tree Light-Up on Sunday evening.

IT SEEMS TO ME....

Finding many opposites in the Christmas story

Eleanor Deckert

They keep coming to my mind: opposites. Did you ever notice how many opposites are within the Christmas Story as recorded in Matthew and Luke?

• The vast Roman Empire and the tiny village of Bethlehem.

• The powerful Emperor and the tiny baby.

• The angel host and the army with swords drawn.

• The Virgin’s purity and Herod’s despicable lifestyle.

• Mary’s “yes” and the inn keeper’s “no.”

• “Home” to Bethlehem and the homelessness of the Holy Family running for their lives into the night desert.

• The feasting and the poverty.

• The humble shepherds and the splendid Magi.

Maybe you can think of more.

And then I look around at how things are today and see more opposites. Oh, wait. It is almost the same list! We feast while others are hungry. Some say “yes” to the

Christ Child and some say “no.” We fear and we hope. We give and we have nothing to give.

It seems an amazing tangle, too complex to make any sense of it.

Maybe I’ll just walk away and not try to straighten out what I, myself believe.

But, look again. It’s in the words of the song, “Let heaven and nature sing!”

What are the two opposites we most often see when we look at the baby we celebrate: the star and the straw.

He Himself is the answer. The opposites of “heaven and earth” of spiritual reality and physical reality are combined in this strange and awesome person, moment and idea.

What if “holy” and “humble” were together? What would happen if the Invisible became visible? If Infinite entered this finite world?

If the One we all search for walked among us?

Keep your eyes open. Pause and notice opposites. It seems to me that there is a puzzle here worth pondering.

Jesslynn Plugoway samples a gingerbread man she decorated during the Light-Up. Other activities included story-telling, Christmas tree decorating, a bonfire and, of course, turning on the lights on the tree next to the Infocentre.

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Sports Atoms explode on ice

Clearwater Atom hockey player Haileigh Goodie (l) scores against 100 Mile House as teammate John Wiunig looks on. They were taking part in a seventeam tournament at the Sportsplex last weekend. The local squad went on to win the event, winning the final game with a score of 7 – 1. Kamloops Demons came second while Vernon placed third.

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Members of the Clearwater Atoms hockey team celebrate after winning first place in a seven-team tournament at the Sportsplex last weekend. Pictured are (back, l-r) coaches Jamie Fischer and Mark Green, (second row, l-r) Garner Ransome, Dayton Jasper, Ali Settle, Kylie Blackmore, Sage Barstow, Haileigh Goodie, Cassidy Tucker, Owen Sim, (front, l-r) Jairo Wight, Soren Coates, Brendan Green, Eric Brock, John Wiunig and Olin Coates. Photo submitted

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Front Door to Grocery Store Members of the Front Door to Grocery Store mobility study being carried out in Clearwater gather information about mobility in winter at Brookfield Mall recently. On the right is UNBC researcher Claire Mochrie. The study began a year ago with community members identifying mobility limitations with the intent of implementing programs to improve the quality of life for those with mobility issues.

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Giving the blessing Simpcw First Nation elder Dan Saul wears a wolf headdress as he shows a poster made by his granddaughter. Saul gave the blessing at the start of District of Clearwater's inaugural council meeting on Dec. 2. Photo by Keith McNeill

Meeting looks at hospice for Valley Keith McNeill

The study will also identify possible funding sources and make recommendations on site locations.

Sunderman estimated the feasibility study will be completed by the end of February.

Joey Atkinson Gone are the days we used to share, But in our hearts you are always there; The gates of memory will never close, We miss you more than anyone knows; With tender love and deep regret, We who love you will never forget.

Though my short life has reached an end, I’m waiting for you around the bend.

I beg you-- please don’t weep for me!

It’s not so bad, for soon you’ll see That I will linger long past this sunset In the hearts of you who love me yet.”

Does the North Thompson Valley need a dedicated hospice facility? If so, where should it be located and how should it be organized?

Those are some of the questions that should be answered by a feasibility study underway now, consultants Randy Sunderman and Sarah Matthews told a gathering of about “Let it not be said my life two dozen people held Dec. 3 at the Rivermount Cafe near was in vain; Little Fort.

I’ve just moved on to a higher plane, Love all your Family and Those attending included volunteers from the Clearwater So I can keep better watch over you, Friends xoxo and Barriere hospice societies who already assist terminally ill As you move on the way patients and their families in their two communities. you need to do.

The meeting was organized by the North Thompson Hospice House Society, which has obtained a Ministry of Health grant for the feasibility study.

Randy Sunderman of Lions Gate Consulting in Kamloops has the contract to conduct the study.

Originally from Clearwater, he is an economist with 21 years of experience.

Sunderman is being assisted by Sarah Matthews, a nurse with extensive hospice experience – including writing an endof-life policy for the provincial government.

Clearwater mayor John Harwood (l) talks with consultant Sarah The modern hospice movement began in 1967 when Dame Cicely Saunders established the first purpose-built hospice, St. Matthews during a meeting held to discuss a feasibility study into establishing a hospice for the North Thompson Valley held near Little Christopher's in London, said Matthews.

Photo by Keith McNeill Saunder's insight was that it isn't enough to minister to just Fort on Dec. 3. the patient's needs. It is also necessary to help the whole family unit through a time of stress and healing.

The Marjorie Willoughby Snowden Memorial “an Independent” congregation in fellowship with the Hospice in Kamloops did have a six-bed capacity broader Christian community in the area. until expanded to 12 in 2008, she said.

Your places It is at 100% capacity with a waiting list.

Meeting at: 11 Lodge Drive Patients come from as far away as Kelowna and of worship (Behind Fields Store) Vancouver, as well as Kamloops and area. They Sunday are selected using criteria based on symptom conClearwater Living CLEARWATER Clearwater Worship Service trol, not life expectancy.

NEW LIFE ASSEMBLY Streams Christian Seventh-Day 10 am Dan Daase - Pastor Average length of stay there is 13 days, Fellowship Sunday Morning Worship Adventist Meeting at although this can vary from a few hours to sevOn the Web: www.clchch.com 10:30am New Life Assembly Church For information eral months.

(Kids church during service) every Sunday 5:00pm 250.674.3841 or 250.674.2912 Pastor John Masigan Wednesdays Am All staff are specially trained, plus there is a Ladies Bible Study Contact Dave Meehan 250-674-3217 Saturday Service - 10am big team of volunteers.

Thursday 3-5pm Kids Club email: livingstreams@hotmail.com Clearwater Christian Church The emphasis is to make the hospice feel like a VAVENBY Clearwater Community Church Phone: 250-674-2345 Ph. 250-674-3468 open to everyone - all denominations 308 W Old N Thompson Hwy home, not a hospital.

CHRISTIAN With costs of about $500 per patient per day, CHURCH the hospice is considerably cheaper than having a CLEARWATER 3083 Capostinsky Rd. terminally ill patient in an acute care hospital.

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The feasibility study process will begin by askMeeting at Sunday Service Sunday Morning ing people for their visions of what a hospice for Catholic Church of St. James Mass Celebration the area from McLure to Blue River would look WorShip 11am - 12pm 24E Old North Thompson Hwy Services like, Sunderman said.

Sunday 9am Ian Moilliet Pastor There will be a needs assessment to identify Worship Service 10:30 324 Clearwater Village Rev. Brian Krushel 250-676-9574 the demand and what gaps need filling.

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Vavenby hosts crafts sales for Xmas season Hilda Reimer held her annual Christmas in the Cottage from Nov. 27 – Dec. 3. Reimer was the only vendor and had created everything that was for sale.

A lot of it was glassware. She also had her own photographs of surrounding places available for customers. Reimer had made some of her pictures into 2015 calendars.

She had a steady stream of customers.

Robyn Rexin The Christmas season is upon us.

There was a craft sale open house at Doris Scarff's from Nov. 27 – 29. Trevor Harder had Watkins products for sale, Lorraine Wood's daughter was selling handmade jewellery, Barb Ferguson's beautiful paintings were on display, and Scarff had home sewing such as pillows, bag holders, kitchen towels, rag rugs, etc. for sale.

Serenity Music had a display and a phone number was given for anyone wishing to buy tickets.

Scarff said that her favourite day was when Shannon Lyon and John Evans, who perform at Serenity, came and put on a little music session. They took turns singing as there was only one guitar between them. Lyon sold some of his CDs as well.

Potluck coming on Friday The Christmas potluck at the community hall will be on Friday, Dec. 12, with doors opening at 5:30 p.m. and dinner starting at 6 p.m. The North Thompson Valley Chorus will perform and Santa will be present. Complimentary photos from Greenscapes will be taken of the jolly old man and kids only.

On Sunday, Dec. 14, Vavenby Community Church will hold its

new year on Tuesday, Jan. 6 and darts on Thursday, Jan. 8. Both begin at 7:00 p.m. sharp.

Christmas in the Village, beginning at 11 a.m. It will be a time of Christmas carols, a short Christmas video, and a potluck lunch to follow. Everyone is welcome.

Parks committee gets new members The members for the Committee Park Working Group have been chosen.

Vavenby residents on the committee are Bob Rexin as director-at-large, Judy Alexander as the seniors' representative, Jessica Toscano as the parent/guardian with young children, and Isaac Moilliet as the youth representative. Everyone is on the committee for a one-year term.

Vavenby is on a boil water notice again.

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by Hilda Reimer that she had for sale at her cottage near Vavenby recently. Doris Scarff also had a craft sale at her home in November.

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Last nights for crib and darts Vavenby Crib's last night before the holidays is on Tuesday, Dec. 16. Darts ends on Thursday, Dec. 18. Crib starts the

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• M&M (Mrs. & Ms.) Social. Last Sun of the mth Wells Gray Inn. 1pm: 250-587-6503 • Blackpool Community Hall Coffee House; Local musicians – 2nd Fri. of the mth. 6:30pm. Concession, $3 or 2 for $5.

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Contact Carmen Archibald 778-208-1773, 250-6742632 • Drop in Soccer: June -Sept, tues and Thurs, 6:30-8:00 PM, CSS field, $2 drop in, grade 8 to adult SENIORS • Wells Gray Country Senior’s Society 3rd Sun Social Meet at the Wells Gray Hotel at 12:30pm for lunch or dessert, & chat • Wells Gray Country Senior’s Society Book Club Last Thursday of the mth 2pm at the library. All seniors welcome.

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Elks help the hungry Clearwater Elks Lodge #499 representative Early Tomyn (center) presents a $1,000 cheque to Clearwater and District Food Bank.

Accepting the cheque are food bank volunteers (l-r) Bev Buck, Sue McFarland, (Tomyn), Hailey Jones and Heather Stanley.

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Watch for Special Events, Dinners & Dances advertised weekly in either the North Thompson Star/Journal or the Clearwater Times ROYAL CANADIAN LEGION • BRANCH 242 681 Shaver Road • Barriere • No Minors ROYAL CANADIAN LEGION • BRANCH 259 257 Glen Road • Clearwater • No Minors ROYAL CANADIAN LEGION • BRANCH 213 817 Pine Road • Blue River • No Minors

Rotary helps food bank Clearwater and District Food Bank volunteers (l-r) Susan McFarland, Bev Buck, Heather Stanley and Sherry Joubert accept a $100 cheque from Clearwater Rotary Club president-elect Sandy Mackenzie recently. The food bank is getting ready for its annual Christmas hamper distribution, to be held Dec. 12 and 13.

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North to Alaska - Part five: Fairbanks, wildlife, and more crossed the road ahead In late August, we of us. reached Delta Junction, official end of the Alaska Near Whitehorse next Highway, 1,420 miles day, a young, well-edu(2,290 km) from Mile 0 in cated guide, born in Old Dawson Creek, B.C., then Crow, showed us around Fairbanks. the extensive acres of the Here, gardens flourWildlife Refuge. Cameras ished and flowers bloomed clicked, recording (at last) abundantly. Displays in muskox, dall and stone the Cultural Centre, and sheep, bison and their the University’s Museum young, ptarmigan and of the North, showed us a snowshoe hare, both Alaskan geography, history of the people and their already changing to white, and even a partiallyparaphernalia, northern animals, birds, and local hidden lynx with three kits in the brush. Mountain fish. We saw, but did not float on the Yukon River goats roamed the rocky slopes; a moose hid in the in four-decked riverboat Discovery III, checking trees beyond the swamp, while caribou, elk and out wildlife instead. Hundreds of sandhill cranes deer wandered in wide-ranging fields. were feeding, close to trails, at Creamers Field but Later, a towering mammoth skeleton and replimigrated south before we did. Looking forward cas of other pre-historic animals greeted us at the to seeing muskox up close, and learning the differBeringia Interpretive Centre. Beringia consisted of ence between reindeer and caribou, we drove to a section of Siberia, Alaska and the Yukon that the University’s Large Animal Research Centre – was ice-free during the last ice age. “The Centre closed! Returning on the morning we were leaving, would not be complete without the inclusion of we read this disappointing notice: “Sorry – Closed the First Nations' knowledge and perspective,” owing to a staffing issue.” states their website. We investigated everything.

Opting not to travel south to Denali Park at Few salmon were swimming up the fish ladthis time, we retraced our steps past North Pole (a der beside the dam on the Yukon River in early Santa Claus-themed community), and Eielson Air September but a morning hike beside it on the Force Base where fighter jets zoomed into space Trans Canada Trail in sunshine felt great. Our beside the highway, to Tok. From there to Haines afternoon look at Miles Canyon, a death trap for Junction, YT, we were on an unfamiliar section of some gold seekers in the past (though now tamed the Alaska Highway. Swans swam prettily in lakes

by Whitehorse Dam), was brief as wind and drivand ponds, the drive beside St. Elias Mountains ing rain blew us out of there. Meantime, once and Kluane Lake, YT, spectacular. Through again, John just kept feeling lost in that muchhigh-powered binoculars at Kluane National changed city.

Park Visitor Centre, we watched Dall sheep negotiate the cliffs of Sheep Mountain; others, on its ridge-top, were outlined against pure blue sky.

We want to drive from Haines Junction, YK to Haines, AK again – without lowlying fog next time. At the summit, a gopher relative munched on ptarmigan feathers, biting off the quills; the soft portions would line its winter home.

Our initial descent from that wide, treeless, alpine valley totally enveloped us in thick fog. By the time we could see again, cedar trees towered above us. The road levelled off as we approached Haines and salt water.

In the Chilkat River, grizzlies caught spawning salmon, eagles and mergansers on clean-up duty. A comparatively HOLIDAY HOURS diminutive ferry took Our offices will be closed from December 25, 26 & January 1 us, and car, to Skagway docking beside four HOLIDAY BOOKING DEADLINES cruise ships. Having December 19 at 10am for December 25 been here previously, December 24 at 10am for January 1 we didn’t tarry after seeking out the start of the Chilkoot Trail at nearby Dyea.

On our sunny drive back to Whitehorse, a mother grizzly and cub

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Happy Holidays

Obituary IN LOVING MEMORY

Effie Townsend (Creed), nee Traub 1922 - 2014 Effie Townsend passed away suddenly on December 7, 2014 at Overlander Care Facility, Kamloops, BC, at 92 years of age.

Born Effie Lorena Traub in Garrick, Saskatchewan, on September 30, 1922, Effie is survived by a large family, including her sons, Richard (Verna), Ken (Linda) and Charlie (Jeanie); daughters Milly and Tena; daughter-in-law Pat; 14 grandchildren, 29 great grandchildren and 7 great great grandchildren. She also leaves behind brothers Will, Wes (Lorraine), Alvin (Betty) and Harry (Cindy); sisters-in-law Rose, Joyce and Pat, plus numerous nieces and nephews.

Effie was predeceased by her husband, Les Creed in 1959, son Ralph in

2007, sons-in-law Doug in 2006 and Wally in 2008, her brothers Dune in 2000 and Ed in 2008, sister Ollie in 2010 and sister-in-law Elsie in 2013.

In 1951, Effie followed her husband Les to Clearwater. Les passed away in 1959 and Effie carried on to raise her six children by herself. She was an extremely hard worker.

Effie loved to have company and would feed anyone who came to visit.

There will be a graveside service for Effie Townsend at Riverview Cemetery, Clearwater, BC, at 1:00 p.m. on Friday, December 12, 2014.

Mr. Lloyd Strickland, Minister will officiate.

All are welcome to attend a luncheon for Effie, which will follow in the Banquet Room at the Wells Gray Inn. Arrangements entrusted to North Thompson Funeral Services, Clearwater, BC, telephone 250674-3030.

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Thursday, December 11, 2014 Clearwater Times

New York AAA Strip Loin Roast

7

Cook’s Smoked Ham

2

98

17.59/kg

Cut from Canada AAA Grade of Beef

Latin Sweet Pineapples

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Armstrong Cheese Old, Medium, Marble or Pizza Mozzarella 600 g

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UNB

FRESH

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Slow Roasted Beef

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Shank or Butt Portion Bone-In, Fully Skinned

5

$

2

Imported

48

6 98 2

Bunch Broccoli Grown in California 2.16/kg

98

GS

SAVIN

98 $ 25 48 1 lb

Selected Varieties 1.89 L

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EATA

UNB

French Bread FRESH

BAKERY

In-Store Baked 450 g

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SAVIN

for

Plus Dep. Recycling Fee Where Applicable

Prices Effective: Sunday, December 14 to Saturday, December 20, 2014. CLEARWATER, 365 Murtle Crescent SW, (: 250 - 674 - 2213 Store Hours: Sunday - Saturday: 9:00am - 7:00pm WESTERN CANADIAN OWNED & OPERATED.

¢

Ocean Spray Beverages

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/100 g

5.47/kg

lb

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