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Magician Leif David (centre with identity tag) performs for the community on Oct. 1 in celebration of the Interior Savings 75th year. His delighted audience holds up a total of $1400 that David magically made appear out of thin air. Submitted photo by Kim Rhodes

Was it magic? Interior Savings doles out the cash North Thompson Star/Journal You’ve likely never seen a credit union do this before. From Sept. 28 to Oct. 2, Interior Savings marked the close of its 75th year by saying thanks to its members and communities in a rather unusual way. What’s up their sleeve? Interior Savings paired up with Kelownabased magician, Leif David, to surprise and delight its communities with magic, mystery …and money.

The magician appeared in 14 Interior B.C. communities over the course of five days and was in Barriere outside the IDA Pharmacy on Thursday, Oct. 1. Interior Savings’ members were encouraged to bring their Member Card or Credit Card along as, on this day, these cards had ‘magical powers’. The magician was performing for community members for about an hour giving away a total of $1400 to those who assisted Leif with his magic.

Reflecting on the milestone year, Kathy Conway, Interior Savings’ CEO recounts, “In the late 30’s, people were disillusioned with the big banks and were looking for a financial institution that would keep its members’ best interests at heart while also working to build stronger communities. And so started the credit union movement in our province.” The fourth credit union founded in B.C., Interior Savings has grown from 20 members to 71,000. Last

year alone, the credit union returned over $3 million in profits to its members and invested over half a million dollars in local community programs. According to Conway, “The success we’ve had in 75 years tells a story of a community that believes in supporting local organizations who put people before profits. To show our gratitude on this milestone year, we wanted to do something unexpected.”

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Thursday, October 8, 2015 North Thompson Star/Journal (Left) The SMP’s mobile service technologists conduct the mammogram on an appointment basis. (Right) During the 15-minute visit, a female SMP technologist will consult with each patient and put them at ease before proceeding with their scheduled mammogram. Photos submitted by BC Cancer Agency

Screening Mammography Program of BC is coming again to Barriere North Thompson Star/Journal The Screening Mammography Program of BC is offered by the BC Cancer Agency through the Provincial Health Services Authority and was established in 1988. It was the first organized populationbased screening program in Cana-

da for the early detection of breast cancer. The goal of the provincial program is to reduce breast cancer deaths by finding cancer in its early stages, when it’s small and there are more treatment options and better outcomes. The program operates 37 fixed screening mammography centres

across the province, and three mobile screening units that serve rural and remote communities in BC visiting over 120 rural communities across B.C., including Barriere and Clearwater and over 35 First Nations communities such as Simpcw annually. This year’s location and sched-

ule is; Barriere, Royal Canadian Legion at 681 Shaver Rd. on Oct.27, 2015, Simpcw First Nation at 500 Dunn Lake Road on Oct. 28 and in Clearwater at the Dr. Helmcken Hospital at 640 Park Drive on Oct. 22 and 23, 2015. Research has shown a 25 per cent reduction in deaths from breast cancer among women who are screened through the Screening Mammography Program of BC giving

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Despite cooling period, salmon still face record-low water levels Cam Fortems Kamloops This Week

If you’re ready to vote early, you can vote at your advance polling place between October 9 and 12, from noon to 8:00 p.m.

While water temperatures have declined in Southern Interior rivers, returning salmon still face record-low stream levels. The federal Department of Fisheries and Oceans’ latest sockeye report shows stream and river temperatures well below the danger levels of 19C or 20C seen earlier this year. But, continuing drought poses a hazard for returning sockeye, regional manager Stu Cartwright said. “The concern we’ve got for migrating salmon — though temperatures have improved a lot — is low stream levels,” he said. In small tributaries such as Louis Creek, a tributary of the North Thompson, Cartwright said fish don’t have enough volume to enter.

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B.C. the lowest incidence of breast cancer in the country, and some of the best survival outcomes for those women who do get breast cancer. The risk of developing breast cancer increases with age – over 80 per cent of new breast cancers diagnosed each year are in women age 50 or older. B.C. women between the ages of 40 and 74 with a primary care provider (doctor, nurse practitioner or naturopath), can book a screening mammogram directly through the program of B.C. without a doctor’s referral by calling the BC Cancer Agency Screening Call Centre at 1.800.663.9203 or 604.877.6187.

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The province has made drought declarations throughout the Southern Interior, encouraging water users to reduce their use in order to conserve water for salmon. When sockeye cannot enter streams due to low levels, they will wait at mouths, becoming more vulnerable to predators and disease. Cartwright said recent light rains have helped only slightly. The low numbers will make worse a large decline in salmon expected to return this year. The Pacific Salmon Commission now estimates about 2.4-million sockeye will return to the Fraser system this year, down 60 per cent from a pre-season estimate. The Adams River run estimate is down to about 300,000 fish from the early estimate of 1.2 million.

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Reminder to “winter ready” your vehicle as of Oct. 1 North Thompson Star/ Journal Winter weather is quickly approaching, and the ministry would like to remind motorists that B.C.’s winter tire rules kicked in as of - Thursday, Oct. 1. Motorists needed to equip their vehicles with winter tires if they will be travelling on certain highways in the North, the Interior, the South Coast and Vancouver Island. “It’s our annual reminder to drivers to ensure your vehicle has winter tires if you will be travelling on the designated routes, and to ensure the tires are in good condition, with appropriate traction,” said Minister of Transportation and Infrastructure Todd Stone. “We want to be sure everyone is well pre-

pared as they set out for driving this fall and winter. This means getting your vehicle winter ready, and remembering to always drive to the road conditions.” As a result of the technical analysis completed during the 2014 Rural Highway Safety and Speed Review, winter tires have been defined as those labelled with either the Mountain Snowflake symbol or the Mud and Snow (M+S) symbol. Winter tires must be in good condition with a minimum tread depth of 3.5 mm. Winter tires improve driving safety by providing better traction in snow, slush and icy conditions. Drivers are also reminded to check tire air pressure frequently, as it decreases in cold weather.

Commercial vehicles that are 27,000 kg gross volume weight (GVW) and greater, such as tractor trailers, are required to carry chains on the designated routes. The ministry recommends that commercial vehicle drivers keep chains on board at all times. Signs are posted to identify those highways where winter tires are required for lighter cars and trucks, and chains are required for heavy commercial trucks. These routes are generally located approaching high mountain passes and highways which see significant winter conditions and where conditions can change from rain to snow quickly. The B.C. government has boosted funding for the multi-

agency “Shift into Winter” campaign, which kicked off on Oct. 5. The campaign promotes safe winter driving in B.C. As a result, the campaign’s reach has doubled from previous years. This safety campaign reminds motorists to prepare their vehicles for winter weather, check DriveBC before they leave home, and to drive to road conditions. This year, Shift into Winter is offering a new - and free - online course for companies with employees who drive during the winter months in B.C. The new online course helps managers and supervisors get ahead of the winter weather by planning and implementing a winter driving safety program for the workplace.

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North Thompson Star/Journal Registered electors should have received their card by Oct. 1, 2015. Elections Canada mailed a personalized voter information card to each registered elector. The card tells electors when and where to vote and indicates the accessibility of their polling place. Electors who did not receive a card by Oct. 1 or whose card shows the wrong address can register or update their address online at https://ereg. elections.ca/CWelcome.aspx?lang=e or contact the Elections Canada office at Elections Canada located at 1201 Summit Drive West Kamloops, British Columbia V2C 6C5. If the location of a poll changes after the voter information cards are mailed, the electors concerned will receive another voter information card with the words “Replacement Card” in the bottom right corner. Please note the voter information card cannot be used as proof of identity and address at the polls. There are three options to prove your identity and address. 1) One of these pieces of ID; driver’s license, provincial or territorial ID card or any other government card with your photo, name and current address 2) Two pieces of ID which at least one must

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Diverse issues divide views Consensus building in this province is a difficult proposition. Not quite an exercise in futility, but it’s in the neighbourhood. Think of the varied forms of land we have. The regions of this province look very different from each other and have different challenges. A Prince George winter looks nothing like January in Victoria. The diversity of this province – both its land and people – is never more evident than it is every year at the Union of B.C. Municipalities conference. To a city councillor from, say, Williams Lake, Vancouver and Victoria politicians must sound like they are from a distant land speaking an unfamiliar language when they talk about homelessness issues. While this kind of diversity makes us a unique and enviable province, it also presents problems for politicians, especially the ones who are sent to Victoria as MLAs. It poses problems for political parties, too.

The NDP, for example, has a long history of support from trade unions. But the NDP all has a strong faction that is, for the lack of a better term, green, people who do not support mega projects. The B.C. Liberals have different challenges, but with a similar theme of geographical/philosophical diversity. What is a party, a leader, an MLA to do? The easy answer is to keep tabs on what is being said on Main Street in your constituency and vote accordingly. But that’s naive — our powerful party system gets in the way of that form of simplicity and if you are a member of the governing party you have a wider responsibility for the entire province. There is no simple answer. Perhaps it is just a matter of holding on for a never-ending, bumpy ride. But we should never lose sight of the fact that this diversity should do more to make us a great place than it does to drive us apart.

The STAR/JOURNAL welcomes all letters to the editor. We do, however, reserve the right to edit, condense or reject letters over matters of libel, legality, taste, brevity, style or clarity. While all letters must be signed upon submission, and have a contact telephone number, writers may elect to withhold their names from publication in special circumstances. Drop your letter off at the Star/Journal Office, fax it to 672-9900, mail it to Box 1020, Barriere, VOE 1EO, or email to news@ starjournal.net. The North Thompson Star/Journal is a member of the British Columbia Press Council, a self-regulatory body governing the province’s newspaper industry. The council considers complaints from the public about the conduct of member newspapers. Directors oversee the mediation of complaints, with input from both the newspaper and the complaint holder. If talking with the editor or publisher does not resolve your complaint about coverage or story treatment, you may contact the B.C. Press Council. Your written concern, with documentation, should be sent to B.C. Press Council, P.O. Box 1356, Ladysmith, B.C., V9G 1A9. For information, phone 888-687-2213 or go to www.bcpresscouncil.org.

Residents question the logic to the McLure Ferry closure

To the Editor, We have a few questions in regards to the article in the Oct. 1 edition of the North Thompson Star/ Journal “McLure Ferry closed for scheduled maintenance”. As of Sept. 28 the ferry is closed until the end of November 2015. Residence of Westsyde Road N depend on the ferry as a means of transportation to get to work, shopping, kids activities and safety. Having lost this service for an extended amount of time is highly inconvenient. No notices had been sent out to the residences of McLure or Westsyde Road N., in fact, the only from of communication of the closure was the signage put up approximately one week prior to the closure at the ferry site and the article in the Star/Journal. Because of the closure, those living on Westsyde are no longer able to car pool with those on the McLure side of the ferry, taking time from our day, adding extra cost of gas, to the sum of approximately $500 per month, and has personally caused a delay in a contract job until the new year at the

expense of our families. Routinely the ferry is closed at the end of November due to ice on the river, somewhat understandable even though this still happens during warm winters. That aside, we ask, why hasn’t this ‘scheduled maintenance’ been planned to occur during this winter closure? We also ask, why haven’t some of our emergency services been informed? We have personally spoken with both a BC ambulance member and Barriere Search and Rescue president and directors, and as of September 30 they had not been informed of the closure and use the ferry service as an emergency route to Westsyde Road N. How many other essential services need to been informed? We appreciate the use of the ferry and depend on it as a means of our everyday life. David Ewert, McLure, B.C. James Murphy, Westsyde Road N., B.C.

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A brief history of federal health care spending B.C. Views column by Tom Fletcher The federal budget document began with an ominous warning about deep cuts. Social programs, justice and corrections would be spared as much as possible, but no department would escape the knife. The stark truth was revealed in a table of figures. Health care spending, the core of the Canadian state, was cut by 3.8 per cent in just the first year of the fiscal plan, as population and need continued to grow. No, this is not from the Stephen Harper budget of April 2015, or any other in the last decade. It’s from the Jean Chretien budget of 1995, more than 20 years ago. That’s the last time anyone actually cut health care spending. But wait, you may say. Didn’t I hear that Harper has slashed health care spending by $30 billion? Yes, you probably did hear the biggest, most brazen lie of this election campaign, either from the government unions that advertised it or the

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politicians who parrot it. If health care really is everyone’s high-priority issue, as pollsters have long assured us, voters should at least know the facts. After cutting provincial health and social services transfers for years to end the string of operating deficits that began under Pierre Trudeau and continued under Brian Mulroney, Liberal finance minister Paul Martin rose briefly to the top job. In 2004, Martin staged meetings with premiers, emerging with what was billed as “a fix for a generation,” with federal health transfers to rise six per cent each year into the future. The future for Martin’s government lasted only two years, as his minority was replaced with one led by Harper. These galloping increases continued until the Conservative majority of 2011, after which then-finance minister Jim Flaherty came to Victoria to inform provincial finance ministers of the new plan. (I was there, and the joke was that this

was as far from Ottawa as Flaherty could get without leaving Canada.) The six-per-cent increases, by that time triple inflation, would continue for another five years. Starting in 2017-18, increases would be tied to economic growth, with a minimum hike of three per cent, still well ahead of today’s inflation. That remains the Conservative plan today. All provinces east of Saskatchewan pitched a fit. Manitoba’s NDP finance minister termed it “unCanadian.” Lefties immediately called it a cut, to which Flaherty replied that transfers to provinces would rise from $30 billion to $38 billion in 2018-19, and continue to grow after that. In B.C., then-finance minister Kevin Falcon praised the long-term approach, acknowledging that health spending was ballooning to half of the provincial budget and had to be brought under control as baby boomers start to retire. B.C. has largely accomplished that, with

spending increases below three per cent and health care outcomes that continue to lead the country. As the current election campaign turns into the home stretch, Statistics Canada has announced a milestone. For the first time in history, the number of seniors exceeds number of children. This demographic shift is inexorable, predictable and must be addressed by whoever wins the Oct. 19 federal election. NDP leader Thomas Mulcair is on record that he will scrap the Conservative formula for growthbased increases that he pretends are cuts, returning to six per cent every year while balancing the budget. Little detail has been provided on how this would be done. Liberal leader Justin Trudeau announced in Surrey last week that he will ante up an extra $3 billion over four years for health care, and “sit down with the provinces immediately” to renegotiate, a rerun of Paul Martin’s political theatre.

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He fed the cats, prepared a meal, shaved, showered and even took meat out of the freezer to thaw. The problem? Christopher Hiscock was not in his house. The 33-year-old Nova Scotia man pleaded guilty in Kamloops provincial court on Sept. 25 to possession of stolen property and being unlawfully in a dwelling house stemming from a bizarre incident in the North Thompson earlier. Court heard the residents of a ranch in Little Fort on the Yellowhead Highway returned home after a night away on Sept. 20 to find a stranger, later identified as Hiscock, sitting on their couch with a cup of coffee. “She found the accused in her home watching TV,” Crown prosecutor Mike Wong said. “He had started a fire in the fireplace and prepared himself a meal. He said he had been driving by and the door was open, so he came in.

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“The accused appears to have done some laundry. He also fed the cats and put out some hay for the horses,” Wong said. “He used [the residents’] toothbrush and shaver, he had taken some meat out of the freezer to thaw and he had written in their diary.” The residents flagged down a passing police car and Hiscock was taken into custody. Hiscock’s journey to B.C. started in his home province of Nova Scotia earlier this month. Court heard he drove his car to Sault Ste. Marie, Ont., where he stole a truck and headed west. The stolen Ontario truck, which went missing on Sept. 16, was found on the Little Fort property. Defence lawyer Sheldon Tate said Hiscock had been working seasonally for a swimming pool company but, sensing he would be laid off, decided to travel west in search of work. “He quickly found that his funds were less than adequate and that led him to using the vehicle from Sault Ste. Marie to get out here,” Tate said. “By

the time he got to B.C., you can imagine, he was without any funds at all and he saw an unoccupied home.” Hiscock, who has no prior criminal record, apologized in court. “I made a lot of mistakes,” he said. “There’s really no excuses for it.” He was also still beaming about his brief stay at the ranch. “Beautiful ranch,” he said. “Gorgeous. I was driving and I just turned in. Beautiful place.” Kamloops provincial court Judge Chris Cleaveley placed Hiscock on a one-year probation term with orders barring him from contacting the residents of the Little Fort ranch and the owner of the Ontario truck. Hiscock will also have to surrender a sample of his DNA to a national criminal database. Cleaveley asked Hiscock what his plans are once he is released from jail. “I have really nowhere to go,” Hiscock said. “The woods is a good place, I suppose. There’s a lot of fish out there.”

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LOWER NORTH THOMPSON COMMUNITY FOREST SOCIETY Advance notice is hereby given that the Annual General Meeting of the Lower North Thompson Community Forest Society will be held on Thursday, October 22, 2015 at 7:00 pm at the North Thompson Volunteer Centre located at 4936 Barriere Town Road (Barriere Ridge Building), at which time it is intended that Directors be elected for the ensuing year. As per the by-laws of the Society: 25.4 A member seeking to stand for election as a Director on the Board of the Society must meet the following criteria: a) A person must be a member in good standing. b) A person must submit a written nomination, signed by two other members in good standing. c) A person has not been convicted of an indictable criminal offence unless they have obtained a pardon. d) A person has agreed, in writing, to abide by the Constitution and Bylaws & Declaration of Commitment. e) A person has completed a written Personal Disclosure of potential conflict of interest, with explanation of how it may be a conflict. Persons interested in standing for election shall submit’ a resume by October 16, 2015 to: Election Committee Lower North Thompson Community Forest Society Box 983 Barriere, BC V0E 1E0

Bill Cairns (l) buys some fresh vegetables at Clearwater Farmers Market from Watersmeet Farm’s Jerrard Brown of Barriere. The Saturday morning markets will officially end for the season on Oct. 10 but some vendors plan to continue through the winter, says Brown. Photo by Keith McNeill

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Five-Blooms awarded to the community of Barriere Communities in Bloom On Saturday, Oct. 3, representatives from around the province celebrated their hometown’s achievements at this year’s British Columbia Communities in Bloom Awards Luncheon. Community representatives from all over the province were recognized in Evaluated and Non-evaluated categories. Congratulations to our newest Five-Bloom Communities Barriere and Salmon Arm, and repeat winners, Coquitlam and Hope who also received their Five-Bloom Street Banners. Our 12th annual event has marked another successful year. Congratulations to all our provincial Communities in Bloom (CiB) participants! The City of Kamloops hosted this event which was part of the larger Communities in Bloom Symposium and Awards honouring municipalities from across Canada, the United States, Ireland, Italy, Turkey, and Czech Republic. The National and International Awards were presented at an evening gala event. At the annual BC Communities in Bloom Awards luncheon in Kamloops we presented Bloom Rating Certificates and Evaluation Reports to all our participants. The weekend is an excellent opportunity to exchange information and engage us in the common goal of making all our communities better places to live and visit.

For our Judges, evaluating is an opportunity to visit new communities and meet those residents that are excited to reveal the best qualities of their hometown. Variety is the key word to describe our participants: from communities on the edge of wilderness to ones bustling with tourists. Local CiB committees endeavour to show our judges what makes them unique given their geography, climate and history. After the evaluation day, the judges continue to work hard completing the reports to detail what has been done well and what might be improved upon. This report creates a bench mark of success that many participants use to assess how well they are meeting their liveability and Official Community Plan (OCP) goals. Congratulations to all our first year novice participants who have, no doubt, been challenged by the CiB program. Starting with simple goals, a small group of volunteers and few resources, we know they are at the ground floor of building something worthwhile for their community. For experienced CiB communities, reaching the four and Five-Bloom level is an accomplishment that recognizes all their hard work. Some Five-Bloom communities will be invited to next year’s national competition. Volunteers are the backbone of this program and each community’s team efforts are a testament to how well “People, Plants and Pride... Growing Together” works!

Committee members at the awards ceremony with the judges that were in Barriere this July. From left to right: Lynette Twigge (judge), Ellen Monteith, Liz Gilbertson, Mayor Virginia Smith, Victoria Bentley (judge), Val Stamer. Photo submitted

Training exercise helps Transmountain Times Staff Kinder Morgan Canada conducted an emergency response exercise on Thursday, Sept. 17, from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. at Black Spruce Park, which is approximaely five km north of Blue River. The exercise covered landbased instruction on spill response equipment setup and deployment, followed by an on-water deployment of emergency response equipment on the North Thompson River. The primary objective of the exercise was to test the suitability of this location as an emergency response staging area, which presents challenges, such as steep terrain,

limited space and strong current. Objectives also include training of Kinder Morgan Canada personnel on boom deployment, anchor setting and the setup and test of oil recovery equipment. Equipment used in the drill included three jet boats, an oil spill containment and recovery trailer owned by Kinder Morgan Canada, approx. 90 m of river boom, skimmers, hoses, anchors and other equipment. About 30 to 40 people participated in the drill, including staff and outside agencies. The outside agencies included Canim Lake Band, Simpcw First Nation, Blue River Fire Department and the Village of Valemount.

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District of Barriere council meeting highlights Submitted Barriere achieves Five Blooms: Communities in Bloom committee members attended a luncheon and awards ceremony on Oct. 3 to find out that Barriere has been awarded the highest Five Bloom rating. Each year the community has increased its marks and still has more room for improvement based on the visiting judges’ comments. Congratulations everyone! UBCM Worth the Trip: Mayor Smith and Councillors Fennell and Paula reported on their recent attendance at the Union of BC Municipalities conference in Vancouver. As well as having the opportunity to network with their peers from other municipalities across B.C., they attended a number of informative sessions on mining, forestry, natural gas (they reminded the minister that our community still has none), small community round table discussion, medical marihuana, emergency preparedness and biosolids as well as the AGM for the Municipal Insurance Association of B.C. The mayor reported that the session on bio-solids given by the Ministry of

Environment focused on the positive use of bio-solids, such as mine reclamation, landfill closures and increasing soil health. The presentation was impressive but there were definitely concerns expressed by some of the delegates over the associated odours. This is a very controversial issue and one that is not going to go away. It will become part of our discussion on the zoning bylaw update that is scheduled for the next Committee of the Whole meeting on Oct. 19. The mayor also attended the mayors’ caucus session, where they discussed ways for mayors specifically to further municipal matters with upper levels of government and the media. The district’s resolutions regarding the cost of CN crossings and payment for highway emergency response to be explored at the provincial level both passed and will go forward to the provincial level. Canadian Vehicle Use Study: The district has been asked to take part in a Canada-wide survey that will look at how vehicles are used in Canada and will help Transport Canada and Natural Resources Canada improve road safety, monitor fuel

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consumption and deal with the impact of vehicle use on the environment. Our 2009 garbage truck is the vehicle we are being asked to install a data logger in for a period of three weeks, at which time we will return the logger to Transport Canada for their survey and reporting purposes. Roads and Parks Update: We are spending up to $12,000 on spray patching this fall which should be finished midweek. Sections of the following roads were selected as priorities: Dunn Lake, Dee Jay, Mountain, Dunsmuir, Hall, Bradford, Birch, Haigh, Conner, Lilley and a small piece on Barriere Town Road. Cold patch will be applied to other trouble spots as they arise. The gate planned for Bannister Road has been installed and is locked with our universal lock to which emergency services already have keys. The gate will be painted with left over yellow paint from the no posts downtown. Ditching will occur on Dixon Creek Road in the next couple weeks. Our excavator contractor will be doing the work. During this time frame, the road will be closed from

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where the gravel starts at the bottom of the hill to the District boundary (second turnoff) from 9 a.m. to 2 p..m. (or sooner). Signage will be placed at Dixon Mountain Road and Barriere Town Road indicating the closure. Material collected from the ditches will be stockpiled near the Solar Aquatics site for future use in the landscaping. The bridge on Barriere Town Road has been inspected by Bill Glenn who is also in charge of inspecting all local bridges for MOTI. We are still awaiting the report, although verbally he indicated it is in good shape. A small number of drainage appliances that require cleaning are scheduled to be vacuumed out. Irrigation in the parks will be blown out this week. A dead fir tree was dropped along Dunn Lake Road by a qualified danger tree faller. Parks staff cleaned up the limbs. Staff have also been seeding areas where ground was recently disturbed for various repairs to try to out compete establishment of noxious weeds. The landscaping around the Legacy Plaque will also take place in October. The request for quotation for snow removal and sanding of parking lots and pathways is out for bids. We will use the ToolCat as needed but are not yet equipped to do this entire task ourselves. We still require a stock of abrasives, spreaders to apply abrasives and a plow for the parks

truck or ToolCat. The plan is to add to our complement of attachments annually. Water & Wastewater Department Update: The new wastewater plant for Clary Estates on Siska Dr. is operational and is ready to receive household wastewater in anticipation of two or three new residential properties that will be occupied in the near future. Receipt of effluent from the pump and haul for the Blue Jar will be ongoing to this site until the new plant downtown can receive wastewater. Positive Riverwalk test results are continuing to allow that system to go directly to ground. Overall, the community has been very proactive this season in their response to the request for reductions in water consumption due to drought conditions. Wastewater Project Update: LNB has almost worked its way through the list of deficiencies identified during the walk-a-bout in early September. They still have to complete the final pump test for the force main before substantial completion can be signed off on. They are waiting for two Phase Loss Relays in the Wet Well Starters that were missed from the original design shop drawings. Once the pump test is completed successfully, the 55 day clock will start ticking on the release of holdback monies. TRUE is doing a thorough review of what costs are related

to the work around deficiencies to ensure we don’t end up paying for those items. This will include associated engineering costs that we will hold back as a credit. Tests are underway on the rapid infiltration basins that involve running water 24/7 for seven days straight into each basin sequentially to ensure the soils are still capable of absorbing the required volume of reclaimed water that will be directed to these basins during the winter months. There was some concern that the soils may have been over-compacted close to the basins by the LNB roller packer when the area was being rehabilitated prior to hydroseeding. As a more costeffective alternative to LNB’s price of $1/ square metre for hydroseeding which would equate to an additional $4,000 on Railway Ave, this area, being substantial in size, is being seeded by staff using around $300 worth of seed plus the cost of staff time at $15 per hour. The seed is a mix of 50 per cent drought tolerant grasses and 50 per cent lawn mix with blue grass and clover. Seed will be raked in. The Solar Aquatics Plant structure has now been completed and glazing is planned to begin immediately. Once the building is closed in and lockable the materials being stored outside and in the construction trailer can be moved inGreat s! Saving k ee Each W

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side. I have requested the trailer be removed from the site before winter. Our finance officer is working closely with TRUE Consulting on final budget figures for the overall project and its subcomponents. There will be a detailed reporting out at the next Committee of the Whole meeting on Oct. 19. Mr. Underwood will attend that meeting. Building Canada Fund - Small Communities Fund Program: A new round of one third federal/provincial/local funding has been announced with a deadline of April 28, 2016. The district made an application that was unsuccessful in the last round for dual production wells in Bradford Park and a second reservoir off Mountain Road. We also have the same application still in the process for 100 per cent funding through the gas tax program. Since this includes federal dollars, no announcements will be made on this program until after the election. It is expected that the remaining $90 million in NBCF-SCF funds will be fully allocated with funding announcements being made in the winter of 2016-17. Once we know the outcome of our current applications council may wish to revisit this newly announced funding opportunity. Simpcw First Nation New Chief Now in Place: On Sept. 25 in Chu Chua, Colleen Hannigan, as CAO/ Corporate Officer of the District of Barriere, had the honour of swearing in recently acclaimed Chief Nathan Matthew. The district presented him with one of our gift pen sets which he in turn used to sign his oath of office. Splash Pad Account Growing Slowly: A big thanks to the talented volunteers who made 333 apple pies that were sold at $10/pie with the funds being placed in the Splash Pad reserve account. We will succeed!

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ELECTION ISSUES: What, exactly, is the No. 1 concern? Adams Williams Kamloops this Week Steve Powrie has heard about the big issues as he has toured the Kamloops-Thompson-Cariboo riding — most notably, the economy and the environment. But, he wouldn’t say either of those has been the No. 1 concern. “I think, in a more general sense, the fundamental ways that we approach government is probably the bigger issue,” the Liberal candidate said. “It’s kind of like the underlying issue to everything else.” Powrie said he has heard of distaste for the adversarial approach being taken in Canadian politics. He said voters are tired of closed, conflictual governing, the lack of accountability and transparency in decision-making, the first-past-the-post system, omnibus bills, proroguing Parliament and limiting the effectiveness of watchdogs. It’s no surprise, Powrie said, that faith and trust in government is at an all-time low. “The hyper-partisan approach that’s used by the parties is a huge obstacle to anything collaborative coming out of government,” he said. “So, we’re getting decisions that are not based on input, which then questions the whole representative advocacy part of a healthy democracy.” He noted any seats the Liberals win — having occupied so few after the last election — will be held by fresh faces

who are willing to take new approaches. to Kamloops this Week, vowing his party would defend Green candidate Matt Greenwood has also heard the public health-care model. of concerns about the current government, though the “Prime Minister Harper imposed billions in unilateral cuts message he is receiving from voters is a little more to the and his hands-off approach lowers standards and leaves the point. door open to privatization.” “Basically, that [Prime Minister Stephen] Harper has Incumbent Conservative MP Cathy McLeod said the got to go,” Greenwood said. main issue brought to her attention is one that has been a hot“I’ve obviously been running pretty openly as the pro- button topic across the country throughout the entirety of the test vote — people recognize that it’s not so much about election. the issues in my case, as giving the disaffected Conserva“Economy and jobs,” she said, noting voters are particutive voters a place where they can still vote and actually larly concerned with ensuring there are opportunities for wellfeel good about it.” paying jobs and that the economy, in general, remains strong. Greenwood said he has had lifelong Conservative votMcLeod added that the Conservatives have done their best ers approach him after every forum, pledging him their to support sectors as needed, with nods to manufacturing, invotes in hopes of ousting Harper. novation and technology. He said even staunch right-wingers can see that what “I believe that our economic plan very specifically addressHarper has been giving the country is anything but con- es creating an environment where businesses will be successservatism. Greenwood hopes his candidacy can give dis- ful in all sectors,” she said. enfranchised voters an avenue to voice their discontent. Meanwhile, NDP candidate Bill Sundhu said while he has heard about the economy, jobs and the environment, issues related to the Canadian healthcare system have come to the fore. “Health issues raised include a shortThe Ministry of Transportation and Infrastructure invites the age of doctors, wait times for surgery, public to attend an information session to preview plans and access to seniors’ long-term care and the provide comments on the highway widening and intersection high cost of drugs,” he said in an email

No serious decline in timber harvest in Kamloops region for next 10 years Cam Fortems Kamloops This Week The amount of timber harvested in the Kamloops region will not significantly decline for at least a decade under a scenario presented to the province’s chief forester. An analysis presented by the Ministry of Forests, Lands and Natural Resource Operations shows a “base case” mid-range harvesting volume at 2.5 million cubic metres a year for the next decade. That compares to the average of about 2.7 million cubic metres harvested between 2009 to 2013 in the Kamloops timber supply area. The pain, according to that forecast, would be felt a decade from now, when volumes would have to fall by a quarter to about 1.8 million cubic metres a year. That level would remain more or less unchanged for 60 years. The report comes before a determination by the province’s chief forester on the amount of timber that can sustainably be harvested in this region,

called the annual allowable cut. Many parts of the Central Interior are looking at drastic declines in the amount of timber that can be harvested due to the mountain pine beetle infestation. Cut levels were artificially increased and mill production ramped up to deal with dead pine over the past decade. Rick Sommer, manager of the Kamloops Forest District, said about 30 per cent of timber in the region is lodgepole pine. “We still have fir, spruce, balsam, hemlock, cedar,” he said. “We’ve got a good diversity.” Areas with less forest diversity will suffer a greater decline in the annual allowable cut, along with jobs that flow from it. The timber supply area stretches from Logan Lake in the south to Wells Gray Park in the northwest. It is between the Columbia Mountains to the east and the Cariboo Regional District to the west. The report notes in Kamloops the forest sector contributes about nine per cent of after-tax income and as much as 30 per cent in the North Thompson.

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improvements on Highway 5 through the communities of Darfield and Vinsulla. The ministry’s project team will be on hand to provide information and answer questions.

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Yellowhead 4-H Club show their sheep Yellowhead 4-H members had a great time at the Provincial Winter Fair held in Barriere at the end of September. Members competed in many of the different competition over the weekend long event bringing home many ribbons.

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Exciting things happening with the North Thompson Fish and Game Club Lisa Quiding North Thompson Star/ Journal North Thompson Fish and Game Club has been busy. The new firing-line building at the gun range on Gorman Lake Road is in its final stages of construction. The only exception is the concrete floors, which will be poured after the snow melts. The club began building early last spring after many years of chasing down permits and approvals from the TNRD, along with the required certification from the provincial and federal firearms agencies. The club executive gathered resources and volunteers to design and build the new facility. Ongoing fundraising aided the process, with events such as the Wild Game Dinner, Father’s Day Fishing Derby, the clean-up during the Fall Fair, and the dona-

tions and money gained through the 911 Golf Tournament. Companies such as Wadlegger Lumber, Big Valley Contracting, Quality Contractors, Yellowhead Remand, Timber Mart, Barriere Autoparts, and CASADIO and Son Ready Mix, as well as individuals such as Bill Kershaw and many others have helped the club reach its goals. To celebrate the new addition at the gun range, the club got together for a shoot this past Sunday. The shoot or “five stand” has targets coming from multiple stations. Each shooter takes his or her turn to shoot, unlike in “sporting clay,” in which the shooter walks a course to different stations to shoot. Sporting clay will be offered in 2016. This five stand shoot was open for a nominal cost to all members of all ages and/or guests of members who held

a valid Possession and Acquisition License (PAL). Lunch was also available for a small fee. Archery closes for winter Oct. 8 will be the last day for drop-in archery. The program is closing for the winter because of daylight restrictions. On average; eight youths and their families participate every Thursday during the season. The group met at 4901 Dunn Lake Road for archery lessons and a target shoot. The archers look forward to starting up again in the spring. The new year also holds new ventures for the club, with the probability of starting an indoor air rifle target shoot, depending on interest. After the firing line building is complete, the club plans to erect a new pistol range at the site and to offer pistol, small bore, and big bore-long range certification. The annual Wild Game Dinner will be held on April 2, 2016 at

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Volunteers work hard putting on the final touches to new firing-line building at the range. the Agriplex and will be open to general public. Tickets will be on sale in the new year. For any information, call Mel Schmidt at 250-6721843. When tickets become available be sure to get them early as they sell fast. New dock on Gorman Lake Other projects of the NT Fish and Game include a 150-foot dock built to access Gorman Lake. The group found it necessary to build the dock because otherwise

a boater would have to wade through the mud to put a boat in the water. Part of the project included cleaning out the spawning channel, for which they took second place in the Roderick Haig-Brown award from B.C. Wildlife Federation (BCWF). North Thompson Fish and Game club has 170 members and

includes all ages of hunters, fisherman, archers, sport shooters and soon pistol shooters. Some of the many benefits of becoming a member include liability insurance with possible extensions to an ATV, a membership to BCWF, a one-year subscription to BC Outdoors magazine and, of course, the use

of the club’s facilities and participation in all its events. Memberships start as low as $15. If you are interested in becoming a member or looking for more information, please contact club president Ben Thiessen at 250-672-0156, treasurer Kathy Campbell, 250672-5890 or committee chair Mel Schmidt, 250672-1843.

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SPORTS A Blazer of a different sort:

Chyzowski aims to help turn around Thompson Adam Williams Kamloops this Week There was a part of Ryan Chyzowski that hoped he wouldn’t be a first-round pick. As teams began making their selections in the 2015 Western Hockey League Bantam Draft, the 15-yearold Kamloops native couldn’t help but think of what it would be like to one day play with his brother, Kamloops Blazers’ forward Nick Chyzowski. How nice it would be to be a part of the organization for which his dad, former first-round NHL pick Dave Chyzowski, played from and now works. But, when the Medicine Hat Tigers took the podium for the 18th selection of the first round, Ryan heard his name called.

“There was always that thought in my head that maybe I’d get to play with my brother one day,” Chyzowski told KTW. With the local kid off the board, the Blazers selected left-winger Jackson Shepard five picks later — 23rd overall — with the first selection of the second round. “But, I’m just as happy to go to Medicine Hat,” Chyzowski said. He wasn’t exactly expecting to be a firstround selection. After a season marred by injury — Chyzowski tore the meniscus in his knee in a September 2014 pre-season game — he thought his draft stock might have fallen. But, while he could have fixated on the impact season-ending

Ryan Chyzowski found his name on the shortlist for the under-16 Western Canada Challenge Cup, which will be played later this month in Calgary. He was drafted by the Tigers. Photo submitted by KTW knee surgery would have on his career,

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He returned to the ice in February, in time to finish off the season with the Kamloops Junior Blazers and record four goals and four assists in six games at BC Hockey’s under-16 BC Cup. He found his name on the shortlist for the under-16 Western Canada Challenge Cup, which will be played later this month in Calgary. He was drafted by the Tigers. And, though highend WHL draft picks have typically left the Tournament Capital to develop elsewhere, Chyzowski went against the grain, deciding instead to play his first season of midget hockey for the Thompson Blazers of the B.C. Major Midget League. “It was kind of always the place I wanted to go,” the centreman said, not concerned the Blazers had won only 20 games over five seasons entering 20152016.

He led the team to a victory in their first weekend with a pair of goals — he currently leads Thompson in the category with three. The Blazers play tomorrow and Sunday on McArthur Island against the Kootenay Ice. “Yeah, they haven’t been great in the past few seasons, but we’re looking to make that change this year and make the playoffs this year,” he said. “That’s kind of our big goal.” Part of Chyzowski’s faith in the Thompson organization might have to do with its head coach, Don Schulz. Schulz coached his brother Nick as a bantam, when he was at the helm of what he calls the “dream team,” a club that included future WHL draftees Joe Hicketts, Ryan Gropp, Chad Butcher, Carter Cochrane, Carson Bolduc, Liam McLeod and Mitchell Barker. Now with Thomp-

son, Schulz expects the younger Chyzowski will have a similar future. “Ryan is willing to go to dirty, greasy areas to score. He has got a nose for the net and he has an excellent shot and he works hard. He’s got the intangibles. He’s a good skater and, with the work ethic he has, those are good reasons why he has had some success early,” Schulz said. “I think he can be a top-six forward in the WHL. With his attitude and pedigree, I think he has got a good shot at it.” Chyzowski’s goal is to make the jump to the WHL next season, but he’s trying not to look too far ahead. He knows anything can happen. Just look at the year he has had. “It has been pretty wild,” he said. “I’ve had a lot of fun playing hockey in the last year. I’m just looking forward to the future.”

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New TD Soundcheck program offers exclusive pricing to young adults North Thompson Star/Journal Kamloops Symphony is offering up exclusive pricing and events for young adults as part of a new program sponsored by TD Canada Trust. They announced the details of their new TD Soundcheck membership program at a launch patty Sept. 24 in the Sagebrush Theatre lobby where guests had the chance to speak with some of their musicians while they enjoyed appetizers and live music. TD Soundcheck is for young adults ages 19-34. Members can purchase up to two symphony tickets at $15 each per concert and will receive invites to exclusive events. Membership is free and people can sign up at wwvv.kamloopssymphone.com/tdsoundcheck.htm Kamloops Symphony is among several Musicians gather in the Sagebrush lobby for the launch orchestras across the country participat- of the TD Soundcheck membership program. ing in similar TD grant programs, which Photo submitted aim to make symphonies more accessible loops Symphony offers a variety of orchestral to young adults. “Many young adults are just starting their ca- music in both the Kelson Group Pops and Masreers, and trying to get their footing. That, paired terworks series. Kamloops Symphony also has a with their apprehension if they have never attend- New Gold Chamber Music series at TRU Alumed before, may prevent young adults from taking ni. Theatre where four to five musicians make up the first step even though they are interested in attending performances,” said Kathy Humphreys, the chamber ensembles to perform in a more ingeneral manager. “This is a great opportunity for timate setting. More information about their 2015/2016 seayoung adults to experience live orchestral music.’’ The local program slogan “Casual Attitude son can be found at www.kamloopssymphony. • Classical Experience’’ hopes to put the kibosh com to any preconceived notions that a night at the symphony isn’t for everyone. Kamloops Symphony will not be changing any of their We would like to express our extreme gratitude to all the organizers, performance programvolunteers, sponsors and participants of the 2015 Barriere Toy Run. ming specific to TD This event would not continue to be such Soundcheck, or changa great success without all the support of everyone. ing the patron guidelines for inside the SageAlong with the many toys and food brought to the toy run, we also brush Theatre, but they raised monies for the Nicky Grummet Sholarship Fund and approx $7700.00 want TD Soundcheck for the Barriere Food Bank from these events. members to know that a night at the symphoSure Copy – Kamloops Blake Munce John & Coral Willox ny is not a mandatory Armour Mountain Tim Johnson On Call Service Centre black-tie affair. Office Services Barriere RCMP A&W / Petro Canada “Some of our auDefiance/ Quality Contractors Barriere Fire Dept. Barriere Auto Parts dience members have Legion Br # 242 The Bear Radio Station Took-A-Look Ventures in-depth knowledge of Cranky Crow Designs District of Barriere Subway – Barriere classical and orchestral Star/Journal Trish & Daniel Morin Crystlees Hair Design music gained through AG Foods WJ Trucking & Sons John Deere their experiences with Food Bank Volunteers Royal LePage – Barriere Kathy Grummet music lessons or as long-term audience Legion Volunteers IDA Drug Store – Barriere RD Trucking members. Others just Legion L.A Insight Tire / NAPA Dan McMartin enjoy great music, and Al & Stacey Fortin Yvonnes Flowers Louise-Blair Rooks everyone knows how to Marlene Fortin & Dollar Store Patti Tourand do that.” Marie & Ken Downing Timber Mart & Mountain Springs TD Soundcheck Grant & Bradford Family Gabion Wall Systems Harley Davidson – Kamloops members will also be Paul & Barb Morris Sweetnams Visions Kamloops invited to events where Tammy & Darryl Bunting Interior Savings Credit Union Dearborn For they can get to know Jack & Michelle Young – Barriere Lordco Kamloops Symphony Randy & Gail Bugera Gilbert Smith Leading Edge musicians and socialize. TD Soundcheck Chris & Ashley Wohlgemuth Blue Jar Cafe Band: Another Sunday tickets will be available Lesley Harpauer Knights Inn Barriere Horse Barn for each performance. Charlie Kibble Estylo Hair Design CBS Parts Members will have the Jen Amos Art by Marie Western Star ability to choose perPaul & Raeanne Mayfield The Bead Freak Boutique Snap-On formances that interest Ellen & Kato Monteith Sams Pizza Mountain View Harley them the most Todd & Kim English Barriere Massage Therapy Chilliwack Each season Kam-

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The prefect photographsat takes Street style photography the patience Fall Fair

“Every yeardoes when challenges for “The land not fleerides, the photographer’s lens summer comes the children like wall like a around deer or jackal, norclimbing, spoil a picture with an and even a untimely blink or yawn….Relying on technique, “They stretch a motorized bull that patience, and timing, works in reaction to the banner ‘cross the he quickly dislodged environment, a situation that can main street insearching town for even the most ath-be “You can feel letic of riders. creatively explored.” somethin’s happenin’ There were That was a quote by Tim Fitzharris fromall his in the air… sorts of people sellbook, “Nature Photography”. “County fair, county ing cowboy hats, I really like what Fitzharris says about photogfair, clothing, jewelry and raphers and how we differtoo from those who work in “Everybody in much more to list other creative mediums that allow themone to make town’ll be there here. And ladyit up as come they go. “So on, hey almost accosted me, Photographers at the mercy the we’re goin’ downare always demanding I tryofout there…”and thoseher boot wax environment, photographs that and have Bruce leather preservative. lastingSpringsteen value depend– upon the technique and skill County Fair (I will say my boots of the photographer. They also are a combination I live in never looked better.) ofWhere timing and, of course, patience. British Columbia, Oh, and the food. I think “patience” is my wordinviting for this month. the months of Au- The and This and past summer has been hot and dry, with only gust September punishing, yep, that’s a bit of communities’ rain to bring life the back word in our environment see I am goin theand lastsmall few weeks. large host-I drive ing totowork usemarveling for theat ing smell offall alldays kinds howend clearofandsummer beautiful the early are of and fairs. mouthwatering foods I try to make plans to take some time for photogThis year, same as that one confronts as raphy. last, I drove north far away as the enHowever, every time I begin planning I end up to the small town of trance gate. Enticing doing something away my to gear and the start Barriere, parked else, my puteveryone make intogave thosethe things around next the place car, smiling stopthat at need one toofbe worked on.gate Ohawell, years of photoglady at the cou-I still thehave food venders. raphy ahead me, and with patience I‘ll makget the ple bucks andof strolled The picture into the excitement possibilities imphotographs I have been ing planning. of the North My wife Thompand I have mediately decided to at assaults least give son Fall Fair packed those with cam- a some time on Sunday morningsoftousphotograph with exhibits of lo- eras. What to photosmall pond not far from our home that sometimes cal produce, poultry, graph? has geese all andsorts ducksofpaddling around it. excitI know livestock, Well, it’s all that and doesn’t seem like packed excurarts crafts, lotsan excitement ing. but it’s not far and with patience might ofsion,outdoor shows Last year Iwespent that included ro-picture mostore of two. my time phoeventually get a agood deo,We trick riders, sev-distance tographing the rodeo, drive the short along Duck Range eral different horse but after discussions Road, (yep that’s the name of the road that mecompetitions, an and andstop encouragement anders past my house) beside the small action packed mid- from the many phopond. way with amusement tographers I have met

Sometimes we see ducks, geese swimming, once even a muskrat, and occasionally owls perched

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John E n ma n there. However, if we out of our theyexjust online that excel in get105mm lenscarand paddle to the far endI or tended fly off outmy of our vision. street photography, camera decided to prepared dedicate to strap I could point So we come shoot so from the car. One my yearinto and shoot from of time us sitsthis up front the drivers seat while thethe othphotographing the and hip as Iout released the er sits in the back seat shoots the window. people I saw wander- shutter. I think I can We use beanbags to rest our cameras on. If you ing or performing in hear the laughing haven’t tried a beanbag itcoming is an invaluable that the midway. from tool some isIa have great, written inexpensive camera rest, and excellent be- of those more skilledto use to take photographs vehicle. I made fore about my admi- from and your experienced at mine using an oldthat canvasthis bag.type I filled discarded ration of those of aphotogare proficient atbeans wan- (I think raphymaybe than lentils) I. Yep, bread bag with then dering I had little control stuffed itcity insidestreets the canvas bag and stitched that creating with over in what I was aimclosed. I stories leave it permanently the car. the way they pho- ing at. I did get some A long-time-ago local photographer, Fred Biltograph the people. viewable shots, but I lows, firstwill introduced to the concept of using Readers recall mealso got lots of ima beanbag for camera support. Billows swore I discussed my frus- ages that showed theby beanbags andsummer always kept couple (that heads way he tration last topa of people’s incould Anacortes, and a great quantity share) in Washhis car as he cruised around British ington, when I tried sky. How did those Columbia, Alaska, and of Washington in preparausing a that DSLR with tion for elusive shot gunslingers of wildlife. in the old a big 24-70mm lens west target? In our preparations we movehit thetheir car very slowly mounted on it. PeoMaybe I need to to where we want to park alongside the pond, and ple saw me coming put some beer cans if there is anything on theon water we sit quietly for a with that big packa fence rail and while as we let the waterfowl get accustomed to age and when I got practice like I sawus beingenough there. Iftowegrab are notactor successful wildlife close Alan with Ladd do a we picture they in a movie I watched still get lotsalmost of fun photos anyway that I can leaned towards mediscard to last sort through and laterweek. if theyOr arebetter boring. see whatthis I was photo-the light yet, will I have a friend Maybe weekend be right and the graphing. chance with ex-be pond will No be interesting. If notone I’ll of justthose have to of being inconspicu- citing little Fuji 100 patient. ous or assuming cameras. I wonder if These are my thoughts this week. Contact me stealth mode. I took beer cans (full) atThis emcam@telus.net, 250-371-3069 or stop time I over to his house in-by Enman’s aCamera at 423stead Tranquille Road them in Kabrought cropped of putting frame the fence, I couldof mloops.DSLR I always and have anoninteresting selection used Digital photographic equipment.

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Street photography, whether at an event like a country fair, in a bustling city, or on some quiet back lane, is about photographing society around us. convince, or bribe, him to lend that camera to me next time I want to try. I searched online for some street photography tips. Here are a few I could find. 1. Use a wide-angle lens. 2. Get close. 3. Look for juxtaposition. 4. Focus on the essential. 5. Look for the light and shadows 6. Look at the foreground and the background. 7. Tell a story. Street photography, whether at an event like a country fair, in a bustling

city, or on some quiet back lane, is about photographing society around us. Some photographers’ shoot for the challenge, and some wander the city as a release of stress from everyday existence, and others because of their need to make some statement about the world in which they live. I wonder at the “Decisive Moment” of prolific French photographer Henri Cartier-Bresson, or the journalistic style of Leica toting Robert Doisneau, or the harsh images of marginalized people

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Leo, mayYouseem Oops,itLeo. fall like everyone is behind on a project, hanging on every raising some word youNot saytothis eyebrows. week. Don’t worry. You willworry get about back onperforming, track sooner just to than continue you think, thanks do what gravitates to an innovation. people toward you.

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Oct. 31: Halloween Dance, Barriere Legion, DJ Music and Prizes. After the meat draw Dec. 19 & 20: TVP play ‘21st Century Christmas Carol’ at the Fall Fair hall, more details to follower Army Cadets - 2941 RCACC Cadet Corp. - ages 12-18. New Recruits Welcome. Hethar McIntosh 250-587-0027. Adult Day Program: Mon. & Wed. 9-2. Lunch, crafts & music at the Seniors Ctr. Sherry Jardine 672-5121 After School Program: Mon.-Fri. 3-6pm @ Ridge (NTVIC room). For info call 250-672-0033. Baha’i Night: Fri., 7:30pm, @ Marge Mitchell’s 672-5615. Barriere Craft Group: Tues. 6:30-8:39 Barriere Employment Barriere & District Heritage Society: 3rd Wed. of mth, 1pm at NTVIC in winter, atx Museum in summer. Barriere & District Seniors Events: Whist - Mon. 7pm, Carpet Bowling - Tues., Thurs. & Sat. 10am-12, Fun Cards - Wed. 1:30pm, Breakfast - every 3rd Sun. at 8am Barriere Farmer’s Market. Every Thursday. Sam’s Pizza & Rib House Hwy 5. 10am-2pm (May - Nov.) Barriere Youth Group - Fridays ages 12-18 at the Ridge 7-10pm. Enjoy activities, sports and more. Riding Club: Apr-Oct: 3rd Thurs. 7pm at NTVIC. www. barrieredistrictridingclub.com. Darcey 250-318-9975. Cancer Support: 672-9263, 672-0017 or 672-1890 Crib: Barriere Legion 242, every Thurs. 7pm, Sept. to May.

Darts: Barriere Legion 242, Thurs. 7pm, Sept. to May. Curling Club: Oct.-Mar. Curling, league & bonspiels. Drop In Art. Fridays 11:30am-2:30pm at NTVIC end of Sep to Mar (except holidays). Nominal fee. Barriere A-A: Every Tues. 7:30pm Pentecostal Church 818 Amnesty Rd. 250-672-9643 or 250-672-9934 Barriere Elementary PAC: 1st Wed. of mth, 6:30pm, call 672-9916. Barriere Drop In Art. Fridays 11:30am-2:30pm at NTVIC from end of Sept to March (except holidays). Nominal fee. All welcome. Barriere Fire Dept.: Firehall, Thurs., 7pm Barriere Food Bank: Every Wed. 672-0029 Barriere Genealogy: once a mth at the Library, except Jul/Aug. For dates/times call 250-672-9330. Barriere Hospice: Loans out handicap equip. 250-6729391. Photography Club. Shelley Lampreau 250-672-5728. Community Quilters: Every Thurs. 2pm at the Barriere Food Bank. Judy 250-672-5275 or Fran 250-672-2012. Barriere Search & Rescue: 2nd Tues. of mth, 7pm. Training on 4th Tues. of mth, 7pm. BSS PAC & Booster Club: 1st Tues., 5:30pm. 250-6729943. Survivors of Brain Injuries: John 250-372-1799. Bethany Baptist Church Prayer: Every Tues., 7pm.

Carpet Bowling: Mon, Wed & Fri., 9:30am-12 @ Little Fort Hall. Community Kitchen: Call Dede 554-3134. Community Soup Day: Christian Life Assembly on Annesty Rd. 3rd Mon., 11:30 am. Crib: Mon. & Fri. 1-4pm @ Little Fort Hall. Family & Caregivers Group: 1st Mon. of the mth, 10am @ Ridge, kitchen. Info call 778-220-5930. Gambler’s Anonymous: 250-374-9165 or 250-374-9866. Literacy Tutoring: Learn to read FREE. Jill 250-319-8023. Little Fort Recreation: 1st Thurs. each mth 7pm LNT Catholic Women’s League: 2nd Sat. each mth, 9am at St. George’s. Call 250-672-9330 for info. McLure Rec.: 1st Wed. each mth at 7:30pm McLure Firehall. Except Jul & Aug. 250-578-7565 for info. McLure Fire Dept.: Wednesdays, 7pm, Firehall Men’s Floor Hockey: Tues., 8-10pm at Barriere Sec. NT Fish & Game: 4th Mon. each mth 7pm NTVIC. 6721070 NT Valley Hospice: 3rd Tues, 11am, Little Fort Hall. 672-5660. Quilting: 1st Tues, 10am @ Little Fort Hall. Safe Home: Get away from domestic abuse, call 250674-2135 (Clw) or 250-682-6444 (Barriere).

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September 8, 1937 – September 16, 2015 Michael Gaines passed away on the morning of Sept. 16, 2015 at Overlander Care Facility, Kamloops, BC. Mike was born on September 8, 1937 in Trail, British Columbia. He is survived by his wife of 50 years, Maureen; son Tim from Edmonton, Alberta; daughter Michelle of Swindon, England; and grandchildren Kaylee, Taryn, Rhys, Liam and Lara. Michael was predeceased by his sister Mary of Trail, British Columbia; brothers Bill of Sacramento, California, and Tom of Trail, British Columbia. Mike was a carpenter. He enjoyed darts, curling and watching a good sporting event. There was also nothing like going for a good walk with family or friends. Mike will be remembered for his gentle nature, kind heart and bright smile. He always had time for a chat (and a beer).

Staff at Overlander and the people who knew him found he was always a gentleman and ready to help others. In his working life as a carpenter, it was difficult to find another who worked harder than he did. In his home life, he was a caring and devoted husband to Maureen, a gentle and supportive father to Tim and Michelle and a loving and warm grandfather to his five grandchildren.

Mike has had to face more than his fair share of adversities in his life and those that knew him admired him for his inner strength to cope and work through them. This stubborn strength was seen right to the very end. He has touched many lives deeply with his endearing spirit. He will forever live in our hearts. Rest in peace my husband, my father, my brother and my friend. A service to remember Mike was held on Saturday, September 19, 2015 at the Catholic Church of Saint George in Barriere, British Columbia at 4:30 p.m.. In lieu of flowers please make donations to the Alzheimer’s Association of British Columbia. Services entrusted to North Thompson Funeral Services in Barriere, British Columbia, telephone 250-672-1999 WFP/Dina El Kassaby

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Seniors Advocate finds one-third of B.C. caregivers are in distress North Thompson Star/ Journal Seniors Advocate Isobel Mackenzie released a report recently that confirms one-third of unpaid caregivers in B.C. are in distress, one of the highest rates in Canada. “This is a wake-up call for all of us,” stated Mackenzie. “The evidence is clear that we are not connecting our unpaid caregivers, most of whom are family members, with the many supports that could bring them respite and reduce their stress. When we look at the data files for over 30,000 of our frailest seniors who are living in the community, we find their support system, which is based on having an unpaid

caregiver in their life is strained, sometimes to the point of collapse. “This small army of husbands and wives, sons and daughters and friends and neighbours, is often the last line of defence in a seniors’ battle to maintain their independence and we need to ensure we are supporting them in their paradoxically rewarding and exhausting caregiver role.” continued Mackenzie. Evidence in the report highlights that 97 per cent of seniors enrolled in the home support program, arguably some of B.C.’s frailest seniors, have an unpaid caregiver in their life. Data shows that over half of these seniors have the same level of complex care

needs as those who live in residential care, underscoring how challenging these caregiver roles can be. There are many ways to support caregivers. Respite is one of the most fundamental supports and is offered to B.C. caregivers through three provincially funded programs. However, when the Office of the Seniors Advocate examined the data on these programs and cross-referenced them with distressed caregivers, it became obvious there are major gaps in the way respite is offered in the province. Findings in the Advocate’s review, which looked at adult day programs, home support and respite beds include:

• 29 per cent of caregivers are in distress. This increases to 38 per cent for those caring for seniors with complex care needs. • Unpaid caregivers provide an average of 19 hours of care per week. This increases to 30 hours per week for caregivers in distress. • 54 per cent of caregivers are caring for persons with complex needs, and thus would benefit from respite services such as an adult day program, home support or respite bed, yet of this group, only 8 per cent used an adult day program in the last seven days, only 49 per cent used home support in the last seven days and only 11 per cent used a respite bed in

the last year. • Clients with a distressed caregiver are less likely to have received a home support visit in the last seven days than clients without a distressed caregiver. • There has been a reduction of clients and utilization in adult day programs in the last three years. • Home support services are not keeping pace with the aging population. • B.C. has seen a reduction in both the number of respite beds and the average length of stay in respite beds over the past three years. • B.C. has a 45 per cent greater rate of caregiver distress than Alberta, yet Alberta seniors appear to be

accessing more respite services. • B.C. is missing the opportunity to significantly reduce emergency department visits and in-patient hospital days by limiting its adult day programs. Based on these findings, the Office of the Seniors Advocate is calling for increased access to adult day program spaces and respite beds as well as increases in the frequency of home support for clients with caregiver distress. The Advocate is also calling for more standardization of the assessment for respite services, increased consistency regarding respite fees and processes around waitlists, as well as standardized measurement tools for all types of respite services.

“No matter where a caregiver lives in this province, they should have access to respite services that truly fit their needs,” says Mackenzie. “Consistency is critical in maintaining optimum respite services and providing a solid foundation that enables us to track their efficacy. We need to do all that we can in this province to ensure distressed caregivers are connected to the supports available.” The Office of the Seniors Advocate was established in 2014 and is an independent office of the provincial government with a mandate of monitoring and analyzing systemic issues that affect B.C. seniors.

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ON NOW AT YOUR BC GMC DEALERS. BCGMCDealers.ca 1-800-GM-DRIVE. GMC is a brand of General Motors of Canada. Offers apply to the finance of a 2015 Sierra 2500HD SLE Double Cab Standard Box 4X2, Sierra 1500 Double Cab 2WD 1SA, Terrain SLE-1 AWD, Acadia SLE-1 AWD. License, insurance, registration, administration fees, dealer fees, PPSA and taxes not included. Dealers are free to set individual prices. Limited time offers which may not be combined with other offers, and are subject to change without notice. Offers apply to qualified retail customers in BC GMC Dealer Marketing Association area only. Dealer order or trade may be required. * Offer available to qualified retail customers in Canada for vehicles delivered between October 1 and November 2, 2015. 0% purchase financing offered on approved credit by TD Auto Finance Services, Scotiabank® or RBC Royal Bank for 84 months on select new or demonstrator 2015 GMC vehicles excluding Yukon, Yukon XL, Sierra 2500 HD Diesel, Savana, Canyon 2SA and Canyon 4x4. Participating lenders are subject to change. Rates from other lenders will vary. Down payment, trade and/or security deposit may be required. Monthly payment and cost of borrowing will vary depending on amount borrowed and down payment/ trade. Example: $45,000 at 0% APR, the monthly payment is $535.71 for 84 months. Cost of borrowing is $0, total obligation is $45,000. Offer is unconditionally interest-free. Freight, air tax ($100, if applicable) included. License, insurance, registration, PPSA/movable property registry fees, applicable taxes and dealer fees not included. 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The history behind Fire Prevention Week

Fire Prevention Week was established to commemorate the Great Chicago Fire, the tragic 1871 conflagration that killed more than 250 people, left 100,000 homeless, destroyed more than 17,400 structures and burned more than 2,000 acres. The fire began on Oct. 8, but continued into and did most of its damage on Oct. 9, 1871. Commemorating a conflagration According to popular legend, the fire broke out after a cow - belonging to Mrs. Catherine O’Leary - kicked over a lamp, setting first the barn, then the whole city on fire. Chances are you’ve heard some version of this story yourself; people have been blaming the Great Chicago Fire on the cow and Mrs. O’Leary, for more than 130 years. But recent research by Chicago historian Robert Cromie has helped to debunk this version of events. The ‘Moo’ myth Like any good story, the ‘case of the cow’ has some truth to it. The great fire almost certainly started near the barn where Mrs. O’Leary kept her five milking cows. But there is no proof that O’Leary was in the barn when the fire broke out - or that a jumpy cow sparked the blaze. Mrs. O’Leary herself swore that she’d been in bed early that night, and that the cows were also tucked in for the evening. But if a cow wasn’t to blame for the huge Artist’s rendering of the fire, by John R. Chapin, originally printed in Harper’s Weekly; the view faces northeast across the Randolph Street Bridge. fire, what was? Over the years, journalists and historians have offered plenty of theories. Some blamed the blaze on a couple of Nine decades of fire prevention neighbourhood who were near the barn sneaking cigarettes. Others believed that a Those who survived the Chicago and Peshtigo fires never forgot what they’d been through; lls Gray Park andboys a rural neighbor of the O’Leary’s may have started the fire. Some people have speculated that a both blazes produced countless tales of bravery and heroism. But the fires also changed the Whether you plan tofallen locate fiery meteorite may have to earth. way that firefighters and public officials thought about fire safety. On the 40th anniversary The biggest blaze that week of the Great Chicago Fire, the Fire Marshals Association of North America (today known area, relocate yourChicago family orwas the best-known blaze to start during this fiery two- as the International Fire Marshals Association), decided that the anniversary of the Great While the Great Fire day stretch, it wasn’t the biggest. That distinction goes to the Peshtigo Fire, the most Chicago Fire should henceforth be observed not with festivities, but in a way that would keep opportunities -- Clearwater devastating forest fire in American history. The fire, which also occurred on Oct. 8, 1871, the public informed about the importance of fire prevention. The commemoration grew and roared through Northeast Wisconsin, burning 16 towns, killing 1,152 people and incrementally official over the years. scorching 1.2 million acres before it ended. In 1920, President Woodrow Wilson issued the first National Fire Prevention Day proccommercial and industrial Historical accounts of the fire say that the blaze began when several railroad workers lamation, and since 1922, Fire Prevention Week has been observed on the Sunday through Clearwater is the Gateway to Wells Gray Park and a rural clearing land for tracks unintentionally started a brush fire. Before long, the fast-moving Saturday period in which Oct. 9 falls. According to the National Archives and Records mentflames and more open importantly, a ‘like a tornado,’ community for all seasons. you plan tosurvivors locate said. It was the Administration’s Library Information Center, Fire Prevention Week is the longest running were whipping through the area Whether some small ofenterprise. Peshtigo, Wisconsin thatarea, suffered the worst yourtown business here, invest in the relocate your damage. family orWithin an hour, the public health and safety observance on record. The President of the United States has signed new business The entire town had been destroyed. a proclamation proclaiming a national observance during that week every year since 1925.

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smoke alarms in every bedroom, outside each separate sleeping area and on every level, including the basement. • Interconnect all smoke alarms throughout the home. This way, when one sounds, they all do. • Test alarms at least monthly by pushing the test button. • Replace smoke alarms when they are 10 years old or sooner if they don’t respond properly. • Make sure everyone in the home knows the sound of the smoke alarm and understands what to do when they hear it. • If the smoke alarm sounds, get outside and stay outside. Go to your outside meeting place. • Call the fire department from outside the home. The Clearwater Fire Department will be hosting activities (school visits, open house) during Fire Prevention Week to promote “Hear the Beep Where You Sleep. Every Bedroom Needs a Working Smoke Alarm!” Through these educational, family-oriented activities, residents can learn more about the importance of working smoke alarm in every bedroom. To find out more about Fire Prevention Week in Clearwater, contact the Fire Department at 250.674.3733 or msmith@docbc. ca or facebook.com/ ClearwaterFD. To learn more about smoke alarms and the campaign visit NFPA’s Web site at www.firepreventionweek.org andwww. sparky.org/fpw.

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It’s Sparky’s favourite time of the year Hi Kids! Fire Prevention Week is my favourite time of year. Join me, Sparky the Fire Dog, and let’s learn all about smoke alarms and why it is so important to have them in every bedroom. Did you know that smoke alarms let you know when there is a fire? Working smoke alarms give you time to get outside and stay outside. We will be posting new activities all summer so check back with us. ~ Sparky the Fire Dog

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PARENTS, Every year during Fire Prevention Week (FPW), the National Fire Protection Association (NFPA) sounds the alarm about keeping our homes and our kids safe from fire. FPW 2015 — October 4–10 — teaches kids the importance of having working smoke alarms in the bedroom.

Location matters when it comes to your smoke alarm. Did you know that roughly half of home fire deaths result from fires reported at night between 11 p.m. and 7 a.m. when most people are asleep? That’s the message behind this year’s Fire Prevention Week campaign, “Hear the Beep Where You Sleep. Every Bedroom Needs a Working Smoke Alarm!”

As a family, complete the Fire Prevention Week Checklist. If all boxes are checked, CONGRATULATIONS. If there are some boxes not checked, work together to help fix the problem.

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Do you have working smoke alarm on every level of your home? Do you have working smoke alarms inside every bedroom? Does a grown-up test your smoke alarms at least once a month? Do you know the sound of your smoke alarms? Are your smoke alarms less than 10 years old? (Look on the back of smoke alarms for the date. If they are more than 10 years old, you need new ones.) Does your family have a home fire escape plan? Do you know two ways out of every room? Does your plan have an outside meeting place?

Grab everyone in your family and complete the Fire Prevention Week Checklist. If all boxes are checked, CONGRATULATIONS. If there are some boxes not checked, work together to help fix the problem.

Does your family have a fire drill at least twice a year? Does everyone at home know how to call the fire department once they are outside? Do you get outside and stay outside if the smoke alarm sounds?

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Establish a home fire safety plan People rely on fire and ladder so that one of the win- ing debris. Fires may ignite smoke detectors to help keep dows can be a point of exit. fuel explosions, so be sure the them safe in their homes. • Know how to gain access meeting spot is a good deal Though fire and smoke alarms to the exits, including the best away. are effective, a firm fire safety path to take to avoid injury. It’s • Children should be plan that will keep everyone a good idea to consider a few instructed to run to the meetcalm should a fire occur could different scenarios. A kitchen ing spot immediately without make the difference between adjacent to the upstairs stair- waiting behind for anyone to life and death. case may become engulfed in catch up. No one should reenThe U.S. Fire Administration flames and make exit by way ter the home after arriving at says that more than 3,500 of staircase impossible. Just the meeting spot. Americans die each year in because you have doors to the • Do a few practice runs so fires, while roughly 18,300 outside doesn’t mean they’ll that everyone will be accusmore men, women and chil- present the best type of exit. tomed to getting out quickly. dren are injured each year. • Sketch out the layout of • While in most cases it is Cooking accounts for the the home and the escape plan. better to escape and let the greatest percentage of residen- Smoke can make it difficult to fire department extinguish a tial fires, followed by arson. know up from down. Be sure fire, in the event of a small Dryer vent fires are also a everyone can reach the exits fire, occupants may be able to big concern. FEMA says that even if vision is obstructed. stanch it with a personal fire smoke, rather than the fire’s Try it with your eyes closed. extinguisher. Follow the acroflames, is responsible for 75 • Check fire alarms rou- nym PASS to properly put out percent of all deaths by fire. tinely, and change batteries at the fire. In addition to physical inju- least every year. - PULL the pin in the extinry and material damage, fires • Make sure windows can guisher. can cause a host of problems. be easily opened if they are an - AIM the nozzle or hose at Psychological distress, mon- exit point. the base of the flames. etary damages and loss of pets • Make note of who will be - SQUEEZE the trigger. may come with fires. Loss of helping children or the elderly - SWEEP the foam across irreplaceable personal items is out of the home. the fire base; do not just aim also a concern. Although fires • Establish a place where in one place. can be devastating, they’re the family will meet outFire safety is very imporalso highly preventable, and doors. This area should be far tant. In conjunction with smoke alarms and a home fire enough away from the home smoke alarms, a fire safety safety plan are two precau- so that everyone will be safe plan can help everyone get out tionary measures everyone from smoke, flames and fall- alive. should take. Creating an evacuation plan doesn’t have to be complicated. Such a plan can be established in a few minutes and then reinforced through practice every so often to keep everyone fresh on what to do. 511 E. Yellowhead Hwy., Clearwater • Begin by assessing the layout of the home. Figure out the two best exits from the home. and do not re-enter the house under any circumstance. • If your home If someone is still inside, inform the firefighters. doesn’t have two doors, invest in a fire

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