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PITCH IN coming on April 18 Submitted

New life in springtime Maggie Dana of Little Fort (l) and Serena Sullivan of Delta hold two lambs as they help out during lambing at the Moilliet family’s Aveley Ranch near Vavenby. The girls hope to be farmers one day. For more about lambing, see page 11 inside.

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Please join our community as we work to clean up our streets and roads. On Saturday morning, the 18th of April from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m., we will be doing a blitz of our town to pick up garbage and make our community appearance better.

Join us at Rotary Sports Park to pick up bags and be given a street or section to pick up.

Please wear gloves and high visibility attire. We will supply same if you do not have it.

At the conclusion of the pick up we will hosting some refreshments.

Call Ken at 250 674 1359 if you would like bags ahead of time. Get together as a group or make an effort to clean up your neighbourhood.

Bring your bags to the dumpster at the arena.

Clearwater Canoe Regatta becomes Fall Festival Keith McNeill

If I were a rich man!

Wes Morden dresses as Tevye as he sings If I Were A Rich Man from Fiddler on the Roof. He was taking part in Broadway Review, a concert of songs from Broadway musicals put on by North Thompson Communty Chorus in Dutch Lake Community Centre on Friday evening, April 10.

The chorus put on a second concert in Barriere on April 11. For more photos, see page 11 inside.

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Clearwater Canoe Regatta is no more. Welcome to the Clearwater Fall Festival instead.

During its April 7 meeting, Clearwater town council voted to change the name of the popular community event held each September and put the emphasis on activities that can be held at Rotary Sports Park.

The canoe races and other

activities that were previously held at Dutch Lake as part of the canoe regatta will instead be held during Canada Day at the lake.

“Let's have a festival at Rotary Park and move the canoe events to Canada Day when the water is warmer and there are more tourists,” said councillor Barry Banford.

Shelley Sim, who has helped coordinate the Canoe Festival in previous years,

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will spearhead the new Fall Festival for town council.

Ken Kjenstad will do the same for the enhanced Canada Day event at Dutch Lake.

Council set aside $4,000 for the festival, with more money expected to come from sponsors.

Sim noted that, during the previous six years, council had set the budget for the Canoe Festival but organizers had then used sponsors to expand

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Putting on the Canoe Festival last year only cost $1,800 because of the support from sponsors, said chief administrative officer Leslie Groulx.

There was some discussion about charging a nominal fee to enter the various activities. This would help organizers keep track of who was entered plus ensure that people sign the necessary waivers, said Kjenstad.

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Auditors give Clearwater a clean bill of health Keith McNeill

No Trespassing signs go up One of at least five No Trespassing signs set up recently around Upper Clearwater Hall restricts access to the facility. Upper Clearwater Farmers Institute, which owns and operates the hall, has not yet given an explanation about why the signs went up. The hall has been the centre of some controversy recently. For a related editorial, see page A4.

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Safety in Numbers There have been many recent news stories about the re-emergence of childhood diseases that have not been an issue for years. When I was a kid, every student in school was vaccinated against diseases like Rubella, mumps and measles. My parents never lost sleep worrying whether my brother or I would suffer the devastating and crippling consequences of polio. Not too long ago, smallpox wiped out entire communities. The development of vaccines made those diseases a distant memory.

Now these diseases exist only in the most underdeveloped and marginalized parts of the world where children do not receive vaccines. In North America, the practice of administering vaccinations to children is becoming a hotly debated topic.

So how does this apply to our pets? Many pet owners are becoming concerned about the effects of vaccinations for their animals and some are choosing not to vaccinate their animals. The history of pets is not unlike that of humans. Your grandparents or great-grandparents likely had siblings or friends who became crippled from polio or who died from another childhood ailment. Similarly, these same people almost certainly had a dog that died of distemper, as tens of thousands of puppies did before they reached their first birthday. Those dogs that managed to survive often had severe and lasting problems, including seizures. Pets died from rabies and, in the 1970’s and 1980’s, countless dogs died from parvovirus—before a vaccine was developed to prevent this disease.

When we don’t have direct experience with something, we often dramatically underestimate the risk. Such is the case with vaccines. Anyone whose pet has experienced a vaccine reaction (usually a swollen face, itching, vomiting or lethargy) recalls the experience. But hardly anyone to-

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So what happens when fewer individuals are vaccinated? These diseases are always waiting in the wings to infect unprotected populations. This effectively turns back the clock and history repeats itself.

I did volunteer vet work in Louisiana after Hurricane Katrina, an area where many dogs are not vaccinated and are not on heartworm prevention. So what did I see?

A dozen or more cases of canine distemper. In almost 20 years of veterinary practice, I have only seen one other case. Almost all the dogs were also infected with heartworms, which is a potentially fatal parasite. Unvaccinated dogs can also be exposed to distemper from infected wildlife, such as fox and raccoons. Rabid dogs from northern Canada have also been transported to metropolitan areas with dire consequences.

For pets that do have a history of vaccine reactions, or those with immune system issues, there are reasonable alternatives, such as antibody titre tests, which use a blood sample to measure animal’s level of immunity to a specific disease. For the rest of us, vaccine protection is the best insurance policy.

District of Clearwater has once again received a clean bill of health plus a pat on the back from its auditors.

Speaking during a town council meeting held April 7, Mario Piroddi of BDO Canada said, “I'm happy to report that we will present a clean audit again.”

He praised the municipality for its light debt load, which at $260 per person is much lower than the B.C. average.

He also praised the municipality for having adequate reserve funds and then using them to complete capital projects – rather than going into debt.

“You are showing prudent financial management,” he said.

Total revenues last year were about $4 million, while expenses totalled $5.1 million.

Piroddi noted that, except for a delay in receiving federal Gas Tax grants, the municipality would have been slightly under budget last year.

Staff to price new cenotaph Town council approved in principal a request from Legion Branch 259 to replace, relocate and register a new cenotaph for Clearwater.

Staff was directed to investigate the necessary steps and design options for a new cenotaph, which would be located at Dutch Lake Community Centre.

Staff is also to research possible funding for the project.

Legion representative Joe Short had told council during an earlier meeting that the present cenotaph in Reg Small Park was falling apart. He also pointed out the traffic hazards involved in holding a parade and having a crowd of people along a busy street on Remembrance Day. Musical evenings get support District of Clearwater council voted April 7 to allocate $5,000 to provide seed funding for nine sum-

mer evening music events at Dutch Lake Community Centre.

The money also will be used to host a weekend music workshop and to help purchase as sound system (with the caveat that the system be available for use by local groups).

The money will go to North Thompson Musicians Guild through Yellowhead Community Services.

Septage fees set Trucks bringing septic tank sludge into the new septage treatment plant next to the District's sewage lagoon on the Flats will pay a flat rate of $80 for the first 4.55 cubic metres (1,000 gallons), council decided.

The charge will be $17.60 for each additional cubic meter.

Operators also will need to pay a $100 deposit before getting access to the facility, which is designed so no staff need to be present while it is being used.

Other jurisdictions are more expensive but they probably have more debt, commented director of finance Sheila Thiessen.

She noted that the cost of operating the facility plus the volume it will handle are still unknown.

Thiessen said the bylaw could be amended at any time but generally would be looked at each year.

“There was talk before that it would need to be trucked to Heffley Creek.” said Mayor John Harwood.

“This is much better.”

Councillor Dennis Greffard, who operates a septic tank sludge disposal business, left the room during the discussion.

Thompson-Nicola Regional District is overseeing the construction of the facility, which will serve Areas A and B (Wells Gray Country and Thompson Headwaters), as well as District of Clearwater.

The septage receiving station is expected to open late this month or early May.

Local funding for local priorities BC Government Caucus KAMLOOPS – Kamloops and area will receive about $1,4 million as part of almost $40 million being invested into communities across B.C. to meet local needs including more policing, new equipment, increased community safety initiatives, infrastructure and service delivery priorities.

• Kamloops will receive $408,043 in traffic fine revenue.

• Clearwater

will receive a Small Community grant of $145,579 • Barriere will receive a Small Community grant of $143,938.

• Chase will receive a Small Community grant of $142,945 • Sun Peaks will receive a Small Community grant of $81,867 • Thompson-Nicola Regional District will receive a Regional District grant of $49,504.

“This funding helps make our communities safer while easing

the burden on taxpayers,” Kamloops-North Thompson MLA Terry Lake said. “These grants provide a significant boost for our communities and improve their overall quality of life.”

These are the first of two annual payments.

A further payment of $75 million will be made in June 2015.

Since 2009, the Small Community, Regional District and Traffic Fine Revenue Sharing Grants have provided more than $718 million in funding to support B.C.

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Proposed mine must submit report on alternatives to wet tailings storage Cam Fortems Kamloops This Week A proposed North Thompson copper mine that includes a wet tailings facility to store acid-generating rock is among projects that must submit a report on alternatives.

Yellowhead Mining Inc. has submitted its application to the harmonized federal-provincial comprehensive environmental assessment. A final public comment period closed last month.

The project garnered almost no opposition.

It is located in a subalpine area about 10 kilometres southwest of Vavenby, which is about 150 kilometres northeast of Kamloops.

Yellowhead Mining estimates mine life at 28 years for the openpit copper project. It expects to employ 450 workers.

As part of its application, the company is required to outline scenarios for overtopping

of the dam or its failure.

The panel that studied the Mount Polley tailings dam breach pointed to Greens Creek, Alaska - which uses filtered, or drystack tailings - as best practice and the only way to eliminate risk of collapse.

The Cariboo mine's tailings dam collapsed in August of 2014, sending millions of gallons of contaminated water into Polley and Quesnel lakes.

Yellowhead spokeswoman Charlene Higgins confirmed the mine must submit a report on its proposed wet tailings facility.

"All the proposals, regardless of where they are in the review - it will take more time," she said.

KGHM Ajax in Kamloops is doing a study on using drystack tailings in its proposed mine plan in wake of the panel recommendations. Its original plan for its proposed open-pit copper and gold mine south

of Aberdeen included a dry stack, but it then changed to a wet tailings pond when moving the operation farther south.

Harper Creek's proposed wet tailings is located in the North Thompson watershed.

It drains into Harper Creek, Barriere River and, eventually, the North Thompson River.

"The residual effects from both an overtopping of the tailingsmanagement facility and from a catastrophic tailings-management facility dam failure would likely be significant and many effects would endure far in the future," states the application to the federal and provincial governments.

The project risk class for the tailings dam is rated as very high, the fourth-highest of five levels. Downstream watercourses are rich in fish, including coho, sockeye and chinook salmon, rainbow trout, steelhead, burbot, dolly varden and whitefish.

Unlike Ajax, Harper Creek's tailings dam contains potentially acid-generating rock.

Higgins declined to speak on pros and cons of tailings storage for Yellowhead's proposed open-pit copper mine.

But, last month, an Ontario expert on tailings storage told a public forum organized by Kamloops Exploration Group that dry storage is expensive, not ideal in every case and, if mandatory, may tilt some projects into becoming uneconomic to undertake.

Engineer Eric Domingue also said dry stacking of tailings comprised of acid-generating rock may cause leaching and related environmental problems in wet climates.

The provincial environmental-assessment office stated it in letters to mine proponents it will consider extensions so they have time to complete the reports detailing alternative tailings storage options.

Kinder Morgan commits a half-million to TRU - if Trans Mountain pipeline is approved Dale Bass – Kamloops This Week Thompson Rivers University will receive $500,000 from Kinder Morgan, a donation that is set to begin next year — if the Trans Mountain pipeline is approved.

In making the announcement on Tuesday of last week, Greg Toth, the company’s senior director of the expansion project, said the money will come over a 20-year period and be used for a variety of awards and bursaries, including: • $200,000 ($10,000 per year) to the School of Trades and Technology, to be used for fulltime students in foundation trades courses in instrumentation, electrical, heavy-duty mechanic, pipefitting and welding, based on financial need and grade-point average and with a preference to students who come from communities along the pipeline; • $100,000 ($5,000 per year) to the faculty of science, with annual awards totalling $5,000 for graduate students in the faculty studying environmental-science and with a preference to students who come from communities along the pipeline; • $100,000 ($2,500 per year to each of two students) to the faculty of social work for students in human services, with preference give to a singleparent student or one from a rural community planning to return to work in a rural area after graduation; • $100,000 ($2,500 per year to each of two students) to the faculty of science for students studying math, computers, physical science or engineering, with preference given to students in applied mathematics who come from communities along the pipeline corridor.

Toth, a Kamloops native and graduate of Kam

High and Cariboo College, said the memorandum of understanding is the first Kinder Morgan has signed with a post-secondary institution.

The company has signed agreements in 12 communities along the pipeline through its community-benefits program.

Speaking to a crowd of students, faculty and others in one of the workshops in the trades building, Toth said he left the college to pursue his career but, had TRU existed then, he may never have left.

Toth noted Kinder Morgan has been supporting the Kamloops educational institution for more than 20 years already.

The company handed out sunglasses, recyclable pens and booklets on job opportunities to the students gathered for the announcement.

Map shows layout of proposed Harper Creek Mine southwest of Vavenby. The tailings pond is at the bottom of the map.

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Opinion

“Faith is taking the first step even though you can't see the whole staircase.”

– Martin Luther King Jr. editorial by keith mcNeill

Farmers Institute's lack of transparency is troubling

Raft Mountain Skate Club thanks community Editor, The Times:

son will bring you!

The ladies that form the executive donated long volunteer hours and put an incredible amount of passion into the club. From decorations to rosesJenn Wadlegger, Paula Griffin, Sam Braaten, Lennie Maclaren-Priede, Doris Pennock, and Chris Kreke worked hard to make the season special.

Many people turned out to make the end of the year carnival a success.

Jon Kreke and Gene Griffin made sure all the children had their time in the spot light. Shelly Sim’s heartfelt appreciation and passion for the event came through loud and clear in her role as MC for the event.

To the companies that make donations to support the event and the club, BC Press Council thank you. It is good The Times is a member of the British Columbia corporate citizens such Press Council, a self-regulatory body governing the as you that make big province’s newspaper industry. The council considers things happen in small complaints from the public about the conduct of member towns. newspapers. Directors oversee the mediation of Lastly, thanks to all complaints, with input from both the newspaper and the who took the time to complaint holder. If talking with the editor or publisher attend the skating show. does not resolve your complaint about coverage or story treatment, you may contact the BC Press Council.

Your encouraging cheers Your written concern, with documentation, should be and willing applause turns a great memory sent to golden for a child. We BC Press Council, 210 Selby St, Nanaimo, BC V9R 2R2 will see you next year!

A man named Charles R. Swindoll once said, “Every day of our lives we make deposits in the memory banks of our children.”

There are many children in Clearwater who made some amazing memories this season skating with Raft Mountain Skating Club.

The skating coaches were wonderful and amazing: Teresa Heisterman and Chelsea Hindle, as were the amazing young people – Robin Kreke, Nate Wadlegger, Hailey Griffin, Keisha Johnston, Julian Dewey-Plummer, and Talon Rhodes – who assisted them with rinks full of eager beginners. Enjoy all the free time the end of the sea-

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Troubling. That's the word we use to describe the decision by the Upper Clearwater Farmers Institute's board not to allow your editor to attend the institute's annual general meeting.

“The directors do not feel it appropriate to have a reporter at the AGM,” UCFI president Andrew Nelson said in a recent email to the Times.

We had been given different dates by different people, but the AGM was held Wednesday evening, April 15.

Also troubling was the Farmers Institute's recent erection of at least five No Trespassing signs around the Upper Clearwater Hall.

President Andrew Nelson told us the reason for the signs would be explained during the AGM but, of course, your newspaper wasn't there to report what that explanation might be.

The Farmers Institute owns and operates the Upper Clearwater Hall, which was the subject of a sometimes stormy

vey results were announced, Nelson wrote, “The Farmers Institute is currently conducting a review of it policies and procedures to ensure it remains transparent in its actions.”

We would like to suggest to UCFI that a good place to start on ensuring transparency would be by allowing the press to attend its annual general meetings. A considerable amount of public money is involved, after all – not just the TNRD grant-in-aid, but also provincial lottery and federal Gas Tax grants.

Publicly explaining why UCFI put up No Trespassing signs on what was until now a relatively free public-access facility also would help.

At the time of the Feb. 4 meeting we wrote an editorial suggesting that the members of the UCFI have a communications problem.

“Getting defensive doesn't help. You need to listen carefully to what people are saying to you,” we wrote.

That advice still stands.

Clearwater Elks gearing up for busy summer

Editor, The Times:

Hello to the citizens of Clearwater. How are you? Hope your winter went well, health and weather wise, but I bet your sweet tooth is starting to twitch a little.

It's been a while since the Elks' Pancake Breakfast, hasn't it? Well, we will start up again the first Saturday in May. It will be so wonderful to see everyone again. Indoor Market also will start on the first Saturday of May, 9 a.m. - 12 p.m.

Our big news is that we have two new members and they have a new little girl. Now, isn't that exciting? They are young and can bend over and move fast, something that is kind of lagging in our group, and I am so looking forward to help spoil that little girl.

Congratulations, Keith and Rae. Over the winter we replaced our hall countertops – kind of spiffed up the old hall so it looks like someone loves it again.

We continue to look and ask for new members.

So, if you have time on your hands and looking for something to do, call me, Phyllis Bucknell at 250674-3535 or come to our Elks' Breakfast on the first Saturday in May or every Saturday after that until the first weekend in October and I am sure we can

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public meeting held Feb. 4.

Purpose of the meeting was to discuss requests that the newly elected ThompsonNicola Regional District director for Wells Gray Country (Area A), Carol Schaffer had received that the TNRD no longer provide the hall with its $5,000 annual grant-in-aid.

The money comes from property taxes collected in the area.

Some of those making the request to end the grant-inaid included people who were previously involved in making the Upper Clearwater Hall the exceptional facility it is today.

Following the meeting the regional district conducted a mail-in survey of area residents. A narrow majority of those who responded indicated that they wanted the grant-inaid to continue for this year.

However, slightly less than a majority (27 out of 57 replies received) indicated that they wanted the grant-in-aid to continue in 2016 and beyond.

In a letter to the editor written soon after the sur-

find something for you to do.

We are very proud that we have our own Best Xmas Ever Fund. This is where we pick a needy family and they receive a substantial gift for Xmas.

It is a very fulfilling moment when we help these people and see the looks on their faces when they open their card.

The Challengers have their soup kitchen in the Elks Hall every Friday except for July and August. Mighty fine soup and buns I might add.

The Challengers also make soup and buns for our senior sessions, helping to make the sessions a huge success.

Our next senior sessions will be on April 14 and May 12 at the Elks Hall. These sessions are very helpful to elderly people, teaching us things we didn't know and about help that is out there for those who need it. Also there is the joy of chit-chatting with old friends, exchanging stories and making new friends.

I close now and hope that all is well in your household. See you at the Elks' Breakfast. Don't forget, if you're bored, join the Elks and crush your boredom.

Phyllis Bucknell Clearwater Elks

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Question of the Week

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Do you have a

family doctor in Clearwater?

James Rempel:

No, my doctor retired ... Dr. Mackenzie. I only go when I'm dying, and I hope I don't do that.

Debbie Pearce:

Yes. It's nice to have the security that you know someone and they know your family history.

Dennis Budai:

I do so. The locum doctors are okay but they make the diagnosis off of the computer. They don't know your history. I'd like to see everyone with a family doctor.

Penny Stefanyshyn:

Yes, I do. It's very important. The doctor gets to know who you are and your background.

Hugh McGreeghan:

You bet. We're getting older and we're going there more and more all the time. That's one of the reasons we're here.

Pipeline may prove to have some benefits Editor, The Times:

When I first heard of the Eagle Spirit Energy fronted by Calvin Helin and underwritten by the Aquilini Group, it sounded like just another way of shipping Alberta Tar, this time by rail, to some Alaska port to be shipped off to God-knows-where to be refined in a facility with no pesky unions and a minimum of environmental standards.

It looked initially like an end run around the objections of the 22 First Nations who so vehemently oppose Enbridge's Northern Gateway pipeline.

However, I've been very pleasantly surprised. According to an article by Michael McCarthy in the Vancouver Sun, Eagle Spirit proposes to build a 'state of the art'

refinery in northern B.C., which would employ 5-10,000 workers including aboriginal people. In other words, refine the stuff right here in Canada! In B.C. as a matter of fact. Wouldn't that be a unique idea?

The best scenario would be to build this refinery as close to Fort Mac as possible.

However, those east of us forfeited any of this by their enthusiastic support of the Northern Gateway and Keystone XL job stealers.

Of course, as Thomas King pointed out in the 'Inconvenient Indian', this could all turn out like a certain coal-fired plant in Nevada placed on the 'rez' because of non-existent environmental controls and no taxes. As King points out, it all turned out to be a polluting white elephant with little

benefit to those who lived there. coast. There is no comparison.

However, it doesn't have to be that way.

Something to think about.

Dennis Peacock Some honesty and square dealing will put Clearwater, B.C. all doubts to rest.

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Hospital Auxiliary planning sixth annual Garden Party Editor, The Times:

The Dr. Helmcken Hospital Auxiliary members are getting ready to host their sixth annual Garden Party on May 3 at Wells Gray Inn. Doors will be open at 1 p.m.

Tickets for this event are only $25 and are selling fast.

This event will include an array of fabulous food for all who attend, plus you will see lots of different garden items.

This year’s theme is “Miniature Gardens” and we are again honored to have Mr. Gordon Murison from Hinton, Alberta to be our auctioneer for the day. You will know from past years that Mr. Murison keeps us laughing at his comical remarks!

We will again have the “Parade of Hats” and encourage all the ladies to spruce up their attire with an “out of this world” hat on their head, meaning – there is no limit to style!

The Auxiliary will hold its AGM (annual general meeting) this coming May 7 in the hospital’s board room. Election of

on Monday, May 11 for some officers will be voted on at this anniversary cake from 11 a.m. meeting. to 2 p.m. We hope to see you We will be presented with a “wish list” from the hospital for all there! the AGM. This list can include Marg. Anderson new or needed equipment. The PR Auxiliary Auxiliary will then vote on where the funds It’s not what you earn, it’s what you keep will be allocated to. We encourage all our members CONTACT US TO DISCUSS • Your goals and dreams to attend.

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YEARS AGO:

Helmut Godau was elected chairman of the Clearwater Centennial Committee at an organizational meeting. Suggested projects included a skating rink that could be converted to a roller rink during the summer.

Birch Island Girl Guide Lynne Oxenham was to travel to Victoria to receive her Gold Cord. Festivities were to include a lunch at the Empress Hotel with special guests Lieutenant Governor George Pearkes and Premier W.A.C. Bennett.

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HISTORICAL Perspective

YEARS AGO:

If pollution bylaws were to be formulated, then a person should be hired to enforce the rules, said John Harwood, TNRD director for Area A. Blue River representative Don Nelson thought the regional district should confine itself to local pollution – Canada had not yet come up with a suitable set of pollution controls.

Construction of the Brookfield Creek Trailer Park and Campsite began.

A new Husky gas station was going up on the highway in Blue River. A motel, the

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Clearwater Improvement District trustees were investigating drilling a well next to the Clearwater River. Hot, dry weather the previous year had caused sprinkling restrictions, reported CID chairman Bob Cochlan. There was no

choice but a new well, he felt, and a way must be found to finance it.

Incorporation for Clearwater was not only feasible but could be a big advantage, TNRD director Hans Krauseneck said at the CID annual general meeting. Secretary Edie Kinzel noted that the government would pick up 75 per cent of the cost of a new water system. Bill Mattenley, Vi Mayer, Al Peters, Angela Miller, Ruth Davison, Sharon Young, George Hughes and Norm Borrow joined a committee to look into the question.

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The Minister of Education rejected School District 26's budget. Trustee Jean Nelson said the school board had sent a wire to the Minister, asking for a meeting.

Only four of 52 booths remained unsold for a Home, Leisure and Industry Show to be held May 4 and 5 in the Sportsplex.

Clearwater Recreation Association and Raft River Riders were organizing the event.

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YEARS AGO:

People always say, "Good farmer, bad logger," even though a farmer's field will always remain a clearcut, while a logging block will eventually return to its natural state, Clearwater Forest District manager Mel Monteith told Clearwater Chamber of Commerce.

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were taken to hospital after two vehicles collided in slushy conditions three kilometers north of Blue River.

YEARS AGO:

The refusal by TNRD directors to take on emergency planning would not exempt the regional district from liability, said Rod Salem, Provincial Emergency Program regional manager. He was speaking to a meeting of approximately two dozen agencies that could be involved in a disaster. They were attempting to find a way to fill the gap left when local emergency coordinator Bill Mattenley's contract expired on March 31.

Blue River Highway Rescue took two hours to rescue an Edmonton man from his crushed vehicle using the Jaws of Life. Eight persons

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YEARS AGO:

The provincial government announced that it was to build a new $480,000 ambulance station next to Dr. Helmcken Memorial Hospital.

The existing station in the Clearwater firehall was too small, said unit chief Robin Mann.

The announcement was a good sign that the long-awaited multilevel health care facility would actually be built, said Carol Schaffer, North Thompson representative to the Thompson Health Region board.

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YEARS AGO:

The new board of the North Thompson Communities Foundation (NTCF) held its first annual general meeting, electing officers their board of directors to replace the interim board that set up the foundation. Ted Richardson, John Wilcox, Rob Taylor, Susan Garland, Gary Meeker, Sandra Holmes, Ray Jackson, Tammy Pitkeathly, Hazel Wadlegger and John Kurta plus a rep from the Simpcw First Nation (who had yet to be named) were prepared to honor the mission statement which

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A 2010 Winter Olympics forum was held locally to address opportunities for spinoffs before, during and after the games.

The proposed North Thompson Trail project was entering phase two and seeking increased public consultation.

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Mad River Bridge, which had been badly damaged by ice jams the previous January, was scheduled to be demolished and be replaced with a new and improved bridge.

Cadets Ricky Hiebert and Calvin MacDonald competed in a Royal Canadian Army Cadet Corp marksmanship competition and earned the right to compete in the national competition in Ottawa.

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YEAR AGO:

Thompson Rivers University gave Clearwater's Skye Buck a lifetime achievement award. He had graduated from TRU with a Bachelor of Science in 2007 and a Bachelor of Education in 2010.

An exceptional athlete, he had won a number of sports awards while at TRU as well. Buck, his wife Courtney and their unborn child had tragically passed away in an automobile accident in December, 2012.

Close to 20 local residents took part in a workshop about composting put on by TNRD at Clearwater ski lodge.

Thompson Headwaters services committee hosted an open house at the Avola log schoolhouse to view playground equipment proposals.

Insurance concerns meant the former playground equipment had to be removed.

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Driver's license renewal can be difficult for seniors Gord Turner Castlegar News Recently I attended a workshop put on by COSCO. No, this was not a grocery workshop put on by one of the largest food store chains in the world.

Rather it was organized by the Council of Senior Citizens Organization (COSCO) of British Columbia.

COSCO is an umbrella organization with no paid staff, and it brings together 85 seniors groups representing 107,000 women and men. COSCO is affiliated with the one million-member National Pension Federation, which lobbies for seniors at the national level. Around British Columbia, COSCO has generated a significant group of volunteers who work on behalf of seniors and deliver workshops upon request.

The COSCO work-

shop I attended was presented by Nelson’s Craig and Judy Gray of Grayt Expectations Ltd. The topic was Mature Driver Assessment Procedures.

This workshop covered how aging may affect driving skills and gave detailed information about the assessment procedures in place for seniors whose health is failing or whose age is nearing 80. Doctors have been given the responsibility of identifying seniors who may not function well as drivers, and the workshop outlined the various tests that are being used.

For many seniors, getting a driver's medical examination is a mysterious and frightening prospect.

It is doubly nervewracking if tests like the Montreal cognitive assessment or the Simard test are presented with very little or no warning.

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COSCO hopes to partner with the superintendent of motor vehicles to develop a workshop to make seniors more comfortable about the entire process.

About 20 worried seniors attended the workshop to get the straight goods on the tests. The presenters indicated it is essential for those seniors in the know to make other seniors aware of what might be ahead for them.

Items clarified included what happens if a senior fails a particular item such as the on-screen test. That senior would still have the option of taking a road assessment. I agree with the seniors I’ve talked to that the road test should be the main assessment — not sitting in a doctor’s office trying to recall a list of unrelated words.

The Kootenay arm of COSCO wants to

help seniors prepare for the driver medical examination, particularly the driving part.

As Craig Gray reminded me, most seniors have never had another driver’s test since they passed their licence requirements in their teenage years.

What the Kootenay Council of Seniors Association has in mind is to pair a senior who requires testing with a volunteer senior and the two of them going for drives together to brush up on current driving standards.

COSCO is working on getting the seniors' licence renewal good for five years instead of the current two years. Maybe we should request that a mature drivers workshop be given here so more seniors can hear what’s going on. Just knowing what to expect may help our seniors retain their independence for longer periods of time.

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Clearwater resident Murray Stockton recently lost his driver's license and now uses a scooter to get around. There should be more flexibility in allowing seniors to continue to drive in rural areas, he feels.

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Youth groups hold Good Friday service

Getting ready for planting Cassidy Sager holds a box of colorful pansies during Seedy Saturday at Clearwater ski hill on April 11. A good-sized crowd turned out to buy young plants, seeds and other gardening-relates supplies, as well as to take part in a seminar on composting put on by Thompson-Nicola Regional District.

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Many lambs being born

came to the ranch during the Easter weekend to help Lambing season out with the lambis in full swing at ing. Serena Sullivan, Aveley Ranch near who is 13 years old, By Vavenby. Starting at is from Delta. Her Robyn Rexin 11 a.m. people can go family is staying in on self-guided tours a trailer at the old to cuddle the orphan Jone's place. Maggie at tables. There were lambs; on weekends Dana, 12 years old, pictures and markers watch spinning demis from Little Fort. on the tables for the onstrations in the She is staying at John children to colour. museum, and go on and Valerie Gerber's.

Some of the adults a hay ride.

There Though both girls were also colouring will be no rides after have come to the because, as one said, ranch for the last four "It's been a long time April 23. If you're lucky you might see a years this is the first since I've done this." lamb being born. Call time that they've met.

A self-serve lunch the ranch for details The girls are followed the serand costs.

Valerie's gophers or vice. There was a On Friday, April "her legs" and do wide variety food 10, nine residents of what she needs done. which consisted of Forestview Place resiThis also involves cold meats, buns, dential care facility at working with the salads, and desserts.

Clearwater's hospital sheep.

Approximately 120 went on a ranch tour.

Sullivan said that people were in attenThe weather was she has learned how dance and there was cloudy and cold. to care for animals still plenty of food Two young girls and what goes into left over. farming. Dana said that she has learned how lambs are born and how to care for them. She named her first orphan lamb Milkshake, "Because it was as sweet as one."

The girls would like to be farmers one day. They did admit Musicians perform during a Good Friday service held at Dutch Lake Community that it is hard work Centre. Pictured are (l-r) piano player Cindy Raschke, Mikaela Daase, Steve Raschke, but they enjoy it. drummer Josh Fulford, Callum Macleod, Isaac Moilliet, and Kim Bridge.

On April 3 the Y2C youth group – Youth to Christ – held a service for Good Friday at Dutch Lake Community Center in Clearwater.

The leadership team of Y2C, which consisted of 12 youth from five local churches, planned and organized the whole event. It began at 10 a.m. with the singing of hymns.

At one point youth group leader Kim Bridge called all the children 12-andunder to come up to stand in front of the stage. She then did a trick with cards about how many ways there was to get to heaven.

After the music Bridge gave a talk.

Everyone was sitting

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B.C. invests $6.2 million to grow global wood markets Ministry of Forests, Lands and Natural Resource Operations PRINCE GEORGE – The Government of British Columbia announced April 9 that it is investing $6.2 million to support the forest sector in expanding global markets for B.C. wood products.

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Lands and Natural Resource Operations Steve Thomson made the announcement on behalf of International Trade Minister Teresa Wat while attending the Council of Forest Industries annual meeting in Prince George.

"Communities across B.C. continue to rely on the revenues and jobs generated by the forest sector,” Thomson said. “Through the investments in market development announced today, the province is working to ensure a bright future for the sector and for the communities and people that depend on it."

The funding is being made available to nine industry trade associations that deliver market development programs on behalf of government and industry. Association activities will focus on expanding markets for B.C.'s solid wood products, with investment priorities reflecting evolving market opportunities in Asia, the USA and Europe.

Activities will be delivered on a cost-shared basis, with additional funding provided

by industry and the federal government, through Natural Resources Canada.

B.C.'s contribution is being managed through Forestry Innovation Investment (FII), the province's market development agency for forest products. FII also administers the Wood First program, which fosters the innovative use of wood and wood building systems in B.C., and other programs that promote the many environmental benefits of B.C. forest products.

Building international markets for B.C.'s natural resources is a central part of the BC Jobs Plan, the government's strategy for spurring economic activity and job creation throughout the province.

More than 60,000 British Columbians throughout the province work directly in the forest sector and its 7,300 companies. The government is committed to supporting these jobs and businesses by partnering with the forest industry to build on its success in Asia and to explore new niches in the recovering U.S. market.

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Study projects drastic reduction in Acknowledging each other western Canadian glaciers PRINCE GEORGE – A research paper co-authored by a UNBC faculty member projects that glaciers in Western Canada will lose 70 per cent of their volume by the end of the 21st Century. The paper, entitled “Projected deglaciation of western Canada in the 21st entury,” was published online by the journal Nature Geoscience on April 6.

Brian Menounos, a UNBC geography professor and Canada research chair in glacier change, helped propose the study and coordinated with researchers at the University of British Columbia, the University of Iceland, and the Pacific Climate Impacts Consortium.

Researchers used observational data, computer models and state-of-the-art climate simulations to predict changes in the area and

volume of glaciers under a range of greenhouse gas emission scenarios used by the Inter-governmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) in its last major report about the state of the climate system.

The study found that glacier volume in western Canada will decrease 70 per cent by the year 2100.

Surface runoff from retreating glaciers is expected to peak between 2020 and 2040, with substantially reduced flows expected for the remaining half of the 21st century.

British Columbia and Alberta contain more than 17,000 individual ice masses, and these glaciers provide cool, plentiful water to many of the region’s headwater streams during late summer when seasonal snowpack has become depleted.

“The loss of glaciers has

direct implications on aquatic ecosystems, hydroelectric power generation, mining, alpine tourism, and water quality,” says Menounos.

“While the wetter Coast and St. Elias Mountains are expected to only lose about half of their glacier volume, the drier Interior and Rocky Mountains are projected to lose most of their glaciers, with projected area and volume losses of 90 per cent relative to today.”

The study involved close cooperation with scientists from BC and Alberta and involved dozens of students and several Postdoctoral Fellows. It was supported by the Canadian Foundation for Climate and Atmospheric Sciences, the Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada, BC Hydro, the Columbia Basin Trust, UBC, and UNBC.

British Columbia introduces Rural Interest Award for medical students Ministry of Health VICTORIA – The Ministry of Health and Doctors of BC are strengthening their efforts to attract more doctors to rural and remote communities with a new shared $100,000 financial award for medical students who demonstrate an interest in practising medicine in those communities and to support rural students entering medical school.

"This new scholarship fund reflects government's focus on supporting health care in rural communities," said Health Minister Terry Lake.

"Municipalities, government, health authorities, Doctors of BC and UBC are working hard to attract and retain doctors who are invested in the wide scope of medicine practised in these areas and the strong community ties they will build."

The first set of British Columbia Rural Interest Awards

have been granted to 20 University of British Columbia medical students who come from a variety of rural communities or have demonstrated an interest in entering rural medicine once training is complete.

Annually, up to 20 medical students will be given individual awards of $5,000 to support their pursuit of practising rural medicine.

"We know that students who train in rural communities are more likely to consider practicing rural medicine," said Dr. Bill Cavers, president of Doctors of BC. "This initiative demonstrates our commitment to working collaboratively and improving patients' access to care in rural communities."

The British Columbia Rural Interest Award will be given to: • Up to seven third year students who have completed the Rural Family Practice Clerkship or the Integrated

Community Clerkship, • Up to seven fourth year students who have completed a four-week rural elective, and • The remaining awards are granted to first year students upon admittance to UBC Medical School.

"Rural medicine is broad, interesting and relational; you can do full service family medicine and provide significant continuity of care," said Samantha Chittick, a fourth year medical student from Kelowna. "I can't understand why anyone would want to do anything else."

For students applying upon completion of the third year Rural Family Practice

Clerkship, Integrated Community Clerkship or fourth year Rural Electives, the deadline is June 30, 2015. For first year students applying upon admittance to UBC medical school, the deadline is Sept. 30, 2015.

"Rural physicians fulfill a special niche," said Selena Demenoff, a first year medical student from Grand Forks.

"As part of the community, they are their communities' health advocates."

These awards have been established through ongoing funding from the Joint Standing Committee on Rural Issues, a collaborative committee of the Ministry of Health and Doctors of BC.

Members of the public line up to enjoy the Day of Sucwentwecw dinner.

Events were held at Clearwater Secondary School as well. Guests from the Simpcw community were in attendance at both schools.

The word Sucwentwecw means acknowledging one another.

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North Thompson Aboriginal Cultural Centre Society members Cheryl Thomas (l) and Cindy Wilgosh serve at Raft River Elementary School during the annual Day of Sucwentwecw on April 7. First Nations Education workers Jean Bonner and Irene Anderson helped plan the Aboriginal school/ dinner. Before dinner, students led everyone in a round dance, and after dinner the crowd was taught to play L'Hal, an Aboriginal game of chance.

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BARRIERE Barriere Timber Mart invites all our friends and customers in the North Thompson to bring us any current

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Sports Ladies Golf Night will begin April 23 Submitted Golf season has certainly begun. There have been many golf-

ers out for a few weeks already. The fairways at Lacarya are greening up and, at the moment, the course is dry with water

only in the ponds. Even the returning geese and curlews are happy to be back on the course.

Ladies Night will

Lady golfers (l-r) Cleo Schwartz, Maureen Nelson and Eileen Sedgwick share a round at Lacarya recently. Ladies Night Golf is to start soon.

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begin on Thursday, April 23. The pins will be out by 1:30 p.m.

Don’t forget to phone Linda at 587-6100 to book your tee time.

Debbie Pearce is the captain again this year and Abbey Bates is the assistant captain and secretary. If you need more information, you can always call Debbie at 250-674-0260.

So welcome back everyone and we are looking forward to another great golf season. If you are a newer golfer or would like to become one there is always someone to play a round with.

Come out on Ladies night and find a golf buddy as there are many well seasoned ladies out just about every day of the week. See you on Thursday.

Your lifejacket: worth it to WEAR it!

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While many Canadians look forward to recreational activities on the open water, the lengthening days also mark beginning of the high season for water-related injuries and fatalities.

May 1 to 7 will be National Summer Safety Week, and the Canada Safety Council is reminding Canadians of the importance of wearing lifejackets.

Although there is some indication that more boaters are following Transport Canada regulations and equipping their boats with lifejackets, unfortunately, almost half of boaters in a 2012 survey indicated they don’t wear their lifejackets consistently.

“If your plan is to locate and get into a lifejacket after you’ve fallen into the water, you’re putting yourself and others in danger,” says Jack Smith, president of the Canada Safety Council. “Take basic precautions to avoid finding yourself in over your head.”

It’s a lesson that outspoken TV

personality Don Cherry learned the hard way. He had a close call in 2012 that he later related in his memoir Straight Up and Personal.

Attempting to recover a paddle boat that had drifted from the dock of his cabin near Kingston, Ontario, Cherry headed out on the St. Lawrence River in a canoe.

He had brushed off his wife’s suggestion to don a lifejacket, a decision he would regret when the canoe capsized. He describes how, clinging to the overturned canoe, his energy quickly flagged with the effort of staying afloat, pre-empting the possibility of swimming ashore.

Fortunately, neighbours spotted him in time to summon help.

“I thought for sure I was a goner,” he told a reporter from the Kingston Whig-Standard.

Happily for his family, friends and fans, the famous octogenarian lived to tell his tale, but many boaters aren’t so lucky. From 1991 to 2008, an average of 167 people died each year in boating mishaps according to the Canadian Red Cross. Of these, nine out of 10 are not wearing their lifejackets, or were wearing them incorrectly.

Your news Your way Members of a joint Clearwater/Barriere senior boys rugby team pose for a photograph. Pictured are (back, l-r) Jared Cole, Kurt Allen, Karter Romeo, James Freeman, Will Ellis, Jordan Lefeuvre, Tyler Ewert, Chris Smith, Mackenzie Alain, Austin Richardson, Shawn Gill, Timo Menard, Jared Walker, Gabe Francis (coach), (front, l-r) Tristan Holt, Garrett Tremblay, Tim Affleck, Keaton Noble, Brandon Proppe, Matthew Lee, Cole Stone, Kelley Dionne, Levi Walker and Lachlan Whelen.

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They should have known better than to let Clearwater and Barriere join forces.

Students from the two North Thompson secondary schools have gotten together to form a senior boys rugby team – and they gave NorKam Saints a 51-3 shellacking during their first game of the season. The game was played at BSS on April 9.

“Things are looking a little different for the Clearwater kids for rugby this year,” said Gabe Francis, a teacher at Clearwater Secondary School. “We were going to be light on numbers at the senior level so we put in a

request with BC School Sports to run a joint program with Barriere Secondary.”

Francis plus BSS principal Ken Rife are co-coaching the boys.

The Clearwater/Barriere team calls itself the North Thompson Spartans.

“Our veteran players set a strong example for the boys who were playing their first game and all the boys played brave rugby,” Francis said of the game against NorKam. Spartan tries (touchdowns) were scored by Jordan Lefeuvre, Matthew Lee, Karter Romeo, Brandon Proppe, and Keaton Noble.

The North Thompson team played on Tuesday of this week

against the South Kamloops Titans (in Kamloops).

“This promises to be a tough test as the South Kamloops boys are very deep in experience and are expected to fair very well provincially every year,” the coach said before the game.

Look for results in a future issue of the Times.

Friday they will travel to Williams Lake, and then next Friday Williams Lake will travel to play here or in Barriere.

Clearwater Secondary also has a junior rugby team that will see its first game in a couple of weeks. The junior team includes a couple of Barriere players and will only be playing an exhibition schedule this season.

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New chef takes over at Painted Turtle Restaurant Times Staff “If you want to take your wife out for an evening, relax, enjoy good food and a beautiful wine – this is where you want to come.”

That's how Shelley Hayton, the new chef at Painted Turtle Restaurant, describes her mission.

A chef for 32 years, Hayton has not cooked in the North Thompson Valley for over 10 years.

However, those readers who were around when 52 Ridge (now Clearwater Valley KOA) first opened about 25 years ago might remember that, at certain times of the year, the resort was home to up to 200 silviculture

workers.

Tree-planters are often finicky and knowledgable eaters and 52 Ridge at that time had a reputation for serving awesome meals.

Shelley Hayton was the person in charge of the kitchen.

Since then she's worked in a variety of other venues, including some five-star restaurants.

The meals she plans on serving at the Painted Turtle will be somewhat up-market from what she provided at 52 Ridge, but with the same emphasis on fresh, local and wholesome food, she says.

“It won't be a large menu but it will be all good,” said Hayton.

Items will include entrees such as Moroccan pork tenderloin – done in apricot brandy,

chili, cumin and a coffee reduction.

“You have to taste it to believe it,” said the chef.

Herbs will all be fresh and added at the end of cooking to preserve their delicate flavor, she promised.

Originally from Vancouver Island, Hayton has known Jon Kreke, co-owner of the Painted Turtle and Dutch Lake Resort, since she was in Grade 4.

“Chris and I are very excited to have Shelley come and lead the team here,” Kreke said.

This upcoming tourist season looks promising, he added.

The low Canadian dollar has resulted in strong bookings so far.

This will be the Krekes 26th season at the resort.

Shelley Hayton is the new chef at the Painted Turtle Restaurant next to Dutch Lake.

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Higher profile sought for Success by 6 Keith McNeill Success by 6 has been operating in this community since 2004 but many people still don't know about the program or what it does, says Heather Adamson.

The coordinator of the local program wants to change all that and give it a higher public profile.

“I want to get more information abut the importance of the first six years of life to the child's health and wellbeing to the community,” she said.

Adamson gave as an example a taxi voucher system that is available for families that need it with children under the age of six.

A transport service is also available through Building Block Daycare for those who require daycare.

A health and developmental screening event is planned for May 5 at Dutch Lake Community Centre.

A variety of health professionals will be available to check youngsters for problems such as hearing.

“Screen early and

screen often – don't wait until you have problems,” was her advice to parents.

The Lift the Lip program seeks to get consistent dental care through the local dental clinic for young people.

Success by 6 continues to support the development of a splashpark.

It is the type of infrastructure that shows the community is interested in the wellbeing of its youngest residents, Adamson said.

For those who want to get more involved, Success by 6 holds a community round table once a month to get grassroots input.

Anyone interested should give Adamson a call at Yellowhead Community Services, 250-674-2600.

Adamson, who has been the local coordinator pretty well since the program began in Clearwater, recently was promoted to be in charge of the regional programs as well.

She will continue to oversee what is happening in Clearwater, she added.

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Upgrading his skills Clearwater and area Success by 6 coordinator Heather Adamson was recently promoted to oversee regional programs as well.

District of Clearwater maintenance worker Bryan Lipp (l) is congratulated by Mayor John Harwood for receiving a certificate in sewer pump and lift maintenance. The presentation was made during a town council meeting on April 7.

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Church Directory

Clearwater Christian Church Non-denominational congregation in fellowship with the broader Christian community in the area.

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Meeting at: 11 Lodge Drive Wayne Richardson (Pastor)

Sunday Worship Service 10 am On the Web: www.clchch.com For information 250.674.7073 or 250.674.2912

VAVENBY CHRISTIAN CHURCH

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Sunday Morning Celebration Services Ian Moilliet Pastor 250-676-9574 Non Denominational

St James Catholic Church Sunday Service Mass 11am - 12pm

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Clearwater Seventh-Day Adventist Church Pastor John Masigan Saturday Service - 10am Clearwater Christian Church Ph. 250-674-3468

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Seniors Advocate Isobel Mackenzie also compared statistics for B.C. seniors in home and residential care with those in Alberta and Ontario, finding B.C. patients are prescribed more antipsychotic drugs and receive less physiotherapy and recreation therapy than other provinces.

Mackenzie said the potential overuse of residential care is "troubling on a couple of fronts" with the shortage of residential care beds for highneeds seniors.

"Most seniors would prefer to live independently than in residential care and so we want to ensure all

supports and alternative living arrangements are exhausted before we move someone to residential care," Mackenzie said. "If we are filling even five per cent of these scarce beds with folks who could live independently, that is 1,500 beds that could open up provincewide."

Health Minister Terry Lake said the ministry is aware of the problems highlighted by the report, and is putting more resources toward home care and community health services, with spending up $1.2 billion to $2.8 billion since 2001.

Lake said B.C. has two programs underway to deal with overprescription of medications in care facilities.

One is a training program for staff to more accurately determine psychiatric signs, and the other is working with doctors and pharmacists to find behav-

ioural alternatives to anti-psychotic drugs.

Mackenzie's review is based on assessment surveys given to B.C.'s 25,000 seniors in residential care and 29,000 home care clients. It found that a third of residential care patients are being prescribed antipsychotic medication, but only four per cent have been diagnosed with a psychiatric disorder.

Antidepressants are administered to almost twice as many patients as have that diagnosis.

The survey found 12 per cent of seniors in B.C. residential care received physiotherapy, compared to 25 per cent in Alberta and 58 per cent in Ontario.

Recreational therapy was also more widely used in Alberta than B.C. "Getting seniors moving properly and keeping them moving is absolutely key to maintaining function and independence," Mackenzie said.

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Barriere-to-McBride corridor project makes progress Times Staff The Barriere-to-McBride Corridor Pilot concluded on March 31 but it met its original objectives, according to a report tabled during a District of Clearwater council meeting held March 24.

Those objectives were: • a strong foundation for regional investment and job creation; • regional cooperation on economic development; and • an enhanced understanding of how the provincial government can best assist with regional economic development.

“When we first started looking at diversifying our economy, the need to collaborate with our neighbors in order to succeed was clear.

So we went to the province and our federal representative and said we need help with this – not just for Clearwater but for the whole valley,” Clearwater chief administrative officer Leslie Groulx is quoted in the report.

Highlights of the report include:

• North Thompson tourism strategy was completed in the fall of 2013 and is now being implemented. Priorities include a Wells Gray Park geopark feasibility assessment to be completed by the spring of 2015, and a North Thompson marketing and materials development, to go live early 2015.

• The province has approved an interim agreement for the Valemount Glacier destination resort, which will allow the resort to begin preparing a master plan. The resort would be located immediately west of Valemount.

• Western Canada Mountain Bike Tourism Association is exploring with other agencies the concept of a mountain bike strategy along the Yellowhead Highway from Barriere to Terrace.

• Two independent power proponents in the McBride area failed to conclude negotiations with BC Hydro by Dec. 31 and so their proposed electricity purchase agreements have been terminated.

The public power utility is pursuing opportunities with three other IPP proponents in the Barriere to McBride corridor: Sorgent.e, Snowshoe Power and Castle Creek.

• BC Hydro suspended planning for the North Thompson line reinforcement project in January, 2013, due to uncertainty in the load forecasts. Planning will resume when large industrial loads materialize.

• The Bridges II forest industry renewal project has completed a directory of value-added operations and a post and rail business feasibility study.

• Venture Kamloops is leading a labor market partnership that will identify labor market issues plus develop and implement action plans to resolve those issues.

• During 2013-2014, Telus updated its wireless coverage along the Barriereto-McBride corridor, with the result that there is now almost continuous cellphone service.

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• Thompson Valley Quilters. Meet 2nd Wed. and 3rd Mon. of the mth at NTAC in the DLCC, 9 am - 4 pm. Info Linda 250-6743437 or Dorothy 250-676-9270 • Vavenby Needle Arts Group. Meet every Tues. 11am - 4pm at Vavenby Community Center. Info Dorothy 250-676-9270 CHILDREN & FAMILIES • Racoon StrongStart - Raft River Elem school days Mon, Tues, Thurs & Fri 8:45-11:45am • Racoon StrongStart - Vavenby Elm school days Wed 8:5011:50am • Clearwater Breastfeeding Group: 3rd Wed. of every month 7:30pm @ YCS • Mother Goose - Monday mornings, reg. Kerry 250-674-3530 HEALTH & HEALING • Hospice Grief Support: 2nd Thur of every mth, NT Funeral Home

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• Youth Group: ages 12-18, Sat. 7-10 pm Dutch Lake Community Center, info 250-674-2600 • Yoga Tree – Call or email Annie 250-674-2468 annie.pomme@ hotmail.com • Core Strength Fitness. Tuesdays. 10-11am 250-674-0001 • Badminton: Mon & Wed, Oct – Mar, CSS gym, 7:30-9:30 pm, $3 drop-in fee, info 250-674-2518 • Drop in Basketball: Winter, dates TBA, $2 drop in at Clearwater Secondary School Gym. Info: 250-674-1878 • Slo-Pitch: Clearwater mixed Slo-Pitch league May – July. Contact Carmen Archibald 778-208-1773, 250-674-2632 • Drop in Soccer: June -Sept, tues and Thurs, 6:30-8:00 PM, CSS field, $2 drop in, grade 8 to adult SENIORS • BUNCO: 3rd Tue of every mth, Dutch Lake Seniors Drop-in Centre, 1:30 – 3 pm, info 250-674-2400 • 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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Like many smokers, Dan wants to quit. He has heard that electronic cigarettes, also known as e-cigarettes, eCigs or vapour cigarettes, might be helpful. But with all the controversy about them in the news and on the internet, he isn’t sure.

Dan is skeptical. He has noticed e-cigarettes are not just sold in pharmacies like other quit smoking aids. They can be found at convenience stores and gas stations often strategically placed near conventional cigarettes.

Dan also knows that tobacco companies are making them and he doesn’t trust that they would make a product to help people quit smoking.

Dan also wonders how they can help smokers quit when they look and act like regular cigarettes. He has heard that quitting smoking can be as difficult as quitting heroin but he also knows that when people are trying to quit injecting heroin doctors don’t prescribe a drug delivered through a needle.

E-cigarettes are cigarette shaped tubes that simulate the sensation of smoking.

Batteries in the tubes heat up a fluid filled cartridge that gives off a vapour which looks like smoke. Although the jury is still out on e-cigarettes, there are health and safety con-

cerns that Dan should be aware of.

Health Canada recently advised Canadians not to purchase electronic cigarettes because they have not been fully evaluated for safety. (www.healthycanadians.gc.ca/recallalert-rappel-avis/hcsc/2009/13373a-eng. php).

There are concerns that electronic cigarettes may make smoking socially acceptable again, especially if used in smoke free places. Because e-cigarettes release a vapour and not smoke, there are currently very few rules about where they can and can’t be used. The result is e-cigarettes being used in places where smoking has been banned, such as classrooms, pubs and shopping malls.

E-cigarettes might encourage young people to start smoking. In Canada, e-cigarettes cannot contain nicotine but they can contain kid-friendly flavours ranging from bacon to bubble gum – flavouring that could encourage youth to smoke e-cigarettes as well as real tobacco products.

Dan decides e-cigarettes are not worth the risk. Instead, he plans to talk with his health care professional and visit quitnow.ca for tips, tools and support. ~ Author Jeff Conners is a tobacco reduction coordinator with Interior Health.

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The joys of exploring old pioneer homesteads Eleanor Deckert There’s a “Sweet Spot” every spring, after the snow is gone but before the leaves open.

No summer hordes of mosquitoes. No autumn hunters. No pre-winter snow at higher elevations. The green veil of every bush is not yet hiding contours of the land or other clues from the curious explorer.

Now is a great time to pack-up a picnic.

Bring your camera, binoculars and outdoors pack (fire starter, rain gear, first aid and other emergency preparedness items) and head out to explore an old homestead.

Safety first! Beware of dips in the landscape which might be the lid of a collapsed well, root cellar or out-house hole. Rusty cans and broken glass might be in a garbage dump near by. Fallen fences of hazardous barbed wire can be hidden in the overgrown grass. Floors and beams are rotten.

Nails and spikes are everywhere. Resist the temptation to step inside. Stay outside of old buildings and look in with observant eyes.

Whenever I approach an old homestead, I experience a heightening of my senses. Eyes and ears are wide open seeking impressions.

Also eager are my sense of adventure, sense of family, sense of time, sense of imagination. If I can imagine the people

The Kesslers' "Goat Ranch" today is a dilapidated pile of rotting logs that holds an attraction nevertheless.

Alice Kessler feeds goats at her family's farm, which was located near MacMurphy.

who lived here, I can see all around me what they did and why they did it.

When I come to a cabin, I look at the structure, methods and materials used for construction, home made details, store bought hardware, glass, interior finishing materials or furnishings.

I notice the view from the door and windows and also the relationship of the door and windows to the sun’s light. No matter how broken, collapsed or decayed, there are parts of this former home which are still the same now as they were when people lived here: the lay of the land, the location of water, the east-west, north-south

orientation of the slopes and buildings.

Where young saplings grow now, open spaces were then. Was it a garden? Road?

Work space? Where did they get water?

How far is it to the railroad? Are there fences which might have enclosed animals?

Are there signs of an out-house, well, root cellar, grave, barn, other buildings? Are there clues indicating what they were used for?

I like to slow down and notice little things that are specifically designed or invented for this place, this house, this family. A hook to hold the heavy root cellar door open.

A porch at just the right angle to view the

scenic valley. The shelf near the stove so the cook will have utensils handy. Pathways lead to essentials such as the now-fallen out house, daily barn chores, all-important water source, nearby wood shed.

Once I came to a grassy slope where a dairy barn still had the names of each cow over each stall: Daisy, Belle, Clover. A swiftly flowing frigid creek ran through a spring house so the milk cans would quickly chill.

The barn was located near enough to the house for the people to hear any disturbance.

The grassy pasture hill was also visible from the house. No invading predator would be unseen.

Where the valley floor meets the mountain slope one cabin’s windows were protected by saw blades along the bottom of each window sill. It is easy to guess that frequent visits from bears, hungry each spring and strong enough to

force entry, motivated this ingenious use of a tool usually used for another purpose.

Layers of newspapers lined the walls as insulation and were stuffed in between the logs as chinking. What year are the newspapers?

What city did they come from? What was news at that time?

One of my favourite discoveries was when I stood in the doorway of an abandoned cabin, wondering what it was like to be the woman who had lived here. She would have had so many necessary chores to do daily, seasonally, annually.

Just like her, I can enjoy the slant of the sun and hear the river rushing down below. I felt how valuable every bucket of water would be that she had carried up the steep sloping path. But then I saw how the deliberate planting of lilac bushes on either side of the path brought pleasure to this lady who had the bare essentials and the luxury of beauty

so closely linked.

In another location several buildings with many artifacts left behind made for an adventure of observation and an attempt to understand the family who lived there.

One shed had skinning boards, hooks and nails for hanging things along the highest logs. Surely is was a work place for

a trapper to prepare the many skins collected through the winter months. The hay barn also had discarded boots, boxes of belongings, papers and tools. Looking through the papers I could see the prices of purchases, colour photos in magazines and headlines in newspapers. In the house, besides interesting dishes, cans and boxes from food items, I was especially interested in a child’s school scribbler. Drawings and printing, math problems and spelling lists were not so different from any child of the same age no matter what decade.

Mindful of both private property and any explorers who follow, I deliberately leave things as they are. An old saying is a good guide. “Take only pictures. Leave only foot prints.”

The Roddys had a place on Avola Mountain Road.

Today it is largely collapsed.

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