THURSDAY, MAY 07, 2015
Volume 41, Issue 19
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North Thompson Star/Journal
The District of Barriere special council meeting held last Monday to make a decision regarding additional full width paving expenditures on Barkley, Kivi and Conner roads played to a packed house. Approximately 20 area residents turned out for the meeting looking for information about how the costs involved for additional paving would relate to the tax payer after it was reported that the first round of paving within the community
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B.C. grants $130,000 to fight invasive plants ..... page 7
Silver medals for two Barriere girls
Submitted photo: K Williams
Barriere Secondary grade 9 students, Sammy Williams and Lauren Ficke, were part of the 15U TRU Junior Wolf Pack Club Volleyball team (pictured) that attended the Provincial tournament in Abbotsford at the Tradex Centre last weekend. The team consisted of only six players for the entire tournament. They played hard in all of their games, and were rewarded for their efforts with a silver medal. “It was an amazing weekend,” said Williams. Samantha Williams is pictured second from right, with Lauren Ficke beside her.
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Valley man drowns Car wash to play ball in Adams Lake
North Thompson Star/Journal Jessie Proulx nets Perseverance Award
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The BC Coroners Service has confirmed the identity of a man who died following a boating incident on Adams Lake near Chase. He was Michael David Treseng, aged 56, from Clearwater. Treseng was reportedly camping with his 22-year-old nephew near Refuge Bay on Adams Lake, about 30 kilometres north of Chase. In the early morning hours of May 2, they decided to go night-fishing and set out in a 3.5 metre aluminium boat when the wind blew up and the boat capsized. The nephew was able to swim approximately 100 m to shore, but Treseng failed to complete the swim. Neither were wearing life jackets. Shuswap Search and Rescue did a shore search and a water surface search Saturday afternoon, while an RCMP Underwater Recovery Team searched the lake bottom Saturday afternoon and Sunday morning. The dive team were able to make the recovery on the morning of May 3. The BC Coroners Service and RCMP continue to investigate this death.
Barriere Minor Ball’s Stamer Logging team was on site at the IDA parking lot in Barriere last Saturday raising funds by washing vehicles and selling hot dogs. The team is fundraising to pay for a trip to Sooke on Vancouver Island where they will attend the provincials in their division.
STAR/JOURNAL photo: Elli Kohnert
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