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Lesley White has an international reputation for her oil paintings. She has made a specialty of Western art, with strong sales and exhibition results on both sides of the Canada-U.S. border to show for it.

She’s a little taller in the saddle now that she has earned one of the county’s most distinguished professional grades.

White recently became the first from this city to ever attain the Associate Member level of the Federation Of Canadian Artists (FCA).

“It’s arduous. It’s long,” she said of the hurdles she had to leap to get through those artistic gates. It isn’t a lifetime achievement award or peer petition that gets you in. You have to hit quality benchmarks time after time.

The first requirement is to gain acceptance into seven official FCA shows within a four-year period. You can’t even apply for consideration until that’s done.

“It wasn’t something I planned to do, but I got accepted into a few shows and I suddenly realized I only had to get three or four more and I’d have the seven,” she said. “I wasn’t deliberately applying for shows with any sort of goal, but now suddenly I was, I saw the possibilities, and I was so pleased to get the required number. That changed things for me.”

Once the show numbers are attained, the next step for an artist is to go deeper to prove their consistent worth. A number of photographs of your work must be sent to a jury and three actual pieces must also be sent. A team of higher-ranked painters mulls the submissions and scores the work.

Once per year, those who are judged to be of associate member mettle are granted admission. This past year, 87 artists applied and only 16 were accepted, one of them being White.

There is yet another level to the FCA, the Senior Member designation, which, said White, requires almost constant perfection in the judges’ scores, but for the moment she’s basking in this rare enough moment.

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Working in her studio, painter Lesley White has earned the rank of Associate Member of the Federation Of Canadian Artists (FCA).

“My own show is still my favourite and been such a star for the Ducks Unlimited “With the designation, it’s not all fun art program that she was one of only four I get to meet new people and thank those and games,” she said. “There is respon(the only Canadian and the only woman) who have supported me and my art,” she sibility that comes with it. It’s to inspire inducted into their Canada 150 Legacy said. other artists to reach for a higher stanCollection.

The local chapter of the FCA is holding dard for themselves, and to inspire the “I’m always chasing my genre, my West- a group exhibition at the Prince George arts community itself.”

White was already a local leader in that ern theme,” White said. “Some artists Public Library starting May 2. White are spread all over themes and mediums, regard. Few artists have her grasp of the urged the public to come see what the 16 business that goes along with commercial and there is nothing particularly wrong members of the new chapter were doing with that, and I’m free to do that too, but art success. She frequently gains exhibiI have interests and that provides me with in their homes and studios across the lotion acceptance into some of the highest cal region. She may have been the first to a focus. It points me at a market.” profile shows in her genre. She has been attain Associate Member status but “there a frequent contributor at the Calgary She sells her paintings frequently via Stampede’s official art show, she has been online portals, but the physical art exhibi- will be more. There are already others in our chapter who have their eye on it, and accepted more than once into the famed tion is still her most effective marketing Charlie Russell annual memorial exhibisome who have already tried, and if they vector and none more so than her own tion in Great Falls, Montana, and she has annual open house at her home studio. keep trying they will get there.”

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TOUGH START IN P.G. DIDN’T DETER SASKATCHEWAN MIGRANT L

eonard Polsfut was born in 1935 in a cabin out in the bush northeast of Biggar, Sask. Here is his brief story.

“It was minus 30 the day I was born; my father was there to tie my belly button. I was the third eldest of 10 children,” Leonard said. “Long before I was born, my parents built a cabin and worked a quarter section of land leased from the Canadian Pacific Railroad.

While it wasn’t good farmland, we could survive on what we grew and the few small animals that we kept. My father always planted a huge vegetable garden with the main crop being potatoes.

There were all kinds of wild berries on the land and my mother dried wild peppermint for our tea. We fished and hunted and basically lived on venison.

We burned wood for heat and to cook our meals.

“This way of life was not unusual in the 30s. Large families were the normal in those days. The CPR held title for all the land that could have been used for a rail line but instead made it available for lease. There were no roads, just wagon trails that we used to travel between farms. We had neighbours living on quarter sections of land trying to survive just like us. Now, most of this land has been designated for animal and bird sanctuaries with no signs of the many inhabitants who previously lived there.

“I stayed on the farm until I was 15 years old and then I left to work on various prairie farms for pay and board.

I worked long days and earned $60 a month seeding and cultivating land for summer fallow.”

Summer fallow is crop land that is purposely kept out of production during a regular growing season. Resting the ground in this manner allows one crop to grow using the moisture and nutrients of more than one crop cycle. The summer fallow technique, similar to dry land farming, provides enough extra moisture and nutrients to allow the growth of crops which might otherwise not be possible.

When that job was done, Leonard found work in the fall and winter on a beef cattle farm and worked for his room and board. His parents encouraged this because there were just too many mouths to feed at home.

Leonard said, “In 1965 a friend and I loaded our belongings in my old 1955 Pontiac with a six-cylinder engine and drove to Prince George looking for work. There was absolutely no work in Saskatchewan so we had nothing to lose. When we arrived in Prince George, we stopped at the Columbus Hotel and

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someone broke into my car and stole everything I owned except for the clothes on my back.

“I met two fellows who invited me to come and share their cabin which was located on a skid in the Cache. I didn’t understand why the cabin was on skids until the early 70s when the Cache flooded as far as First Avenue. We used a choker cable to tie the cabin to a big cottonwood tree and the cabin just floated in place. All we had to do was wade in and out of our floating home; when the water went down the cabin ended up on dry land.

“My first job was with Staghorn Mills.

There were a lot of people living in the Cache at that time and there was a demand for mill ends to be used for firewood. I saw an opportunity to make some extra money so I braced up the trunk door of my car and loaded it with free mill ends from the sawmill. I sold and delivered each load for $5 and while it was hard work, it wasn’t long before I had made $100.

“My next job was with Ongman Bros. driving their International lumber truck. It was my job to load the truck with lumber at the planer mill, deliver it and unload it all by hand.

All I can say is that I was thankful that the truck had a roller at the back to make the job a bit easier.

We also loaded box cars by hand with lumber from the planer mill. I spent almost five years with Ongman Bros. out in the Buckhorn area.

“Falling trees was no joke. I remember one year we were falling trees in the deep snow. We went back in the spring and fell the once buried 8-10 ft. stumps; that’s how deep the snow was that year.

“My next job was with Netherlands Overseas in the industrial site, followed by sawmill work in Shelley for

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Leonard Polsfut today and as a 20-year-old in Saskatchewan 65 years ago.

about two months and then I headed to Vancouver where I got a job with MacMillan Bloedel. The job only lasted a few months and I was back in Prince George

working for Ongman’s in their sawmill on the Parsnip River. I was a jack-ofall-trades and learned many facets of logging.

“Five years later I moved back to the city and got work building shell boxes.

In 1972, I hired on with Northwood operating a 980-cat log loader. I worked at this position until I retired at the age of 65 after 28 years with the company.”

Leonard concluded by saying, “I never had any formal education but I worked hard all my life and it didn’t kill me. For many years, I sent money home to my parents since there were still younger siblings at home. I remember the ration books, no money, no jobs and the hard times. When we found jobs, we felt it was our duty to send money home to the rest of the family. My father taught us all well and he taught us how to work and to share.

“I am thankful that I came to Prince George. It was tough when I first got here but now, I am retired with good friends, great hunting and fishing and I am able to take trips around our beautiful province. I still like camping and I follow the music festivals and attend favorite hockey games. Life is good.”

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EGGS: FRIEND OR FOE?

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t’s safe to say that most people wouldn’t look at a chocolate Easter bunny or a cream-filled egg and think they’re making a healthy choice but, depending on who you ask, you may have heard that whole eggs, or the yolks in particular, are an equally unhealthy choice at Easter, or anytime.

In fact, eggs are a nutrition powerhouse; the yolk contains Vitamins A, D, E, and B12, riboflavin, selenium and folate and about 5 grams of fat and the white is a good source of high quality protein. So with all this beneficial nutrition, how did they gain such a bad reputation?

In 1968, the American Heart Association put forth recommendations that all individuals should consume no more than three whole eggs per week because high dietary cholesterol equals high blood cholesterol, which equals cardiovascular disease. This recommendation was simple and easy to understand and as a result, egg consumption declined.

Years later, it was decided that the research which formed the basis for these recommendations was flawed, for three significant reasons.

First, animal studies were often using herbivores which were more sensitive to dietary cholesterol compared to

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omnivores (think, rabbit versus dog).

Second, studies using animals often required the administration of very high levels of dietary cholesterol in order to produce a response.

Third, data from the 1960s and 1970s relied on simple correlation analyses to show associations; other nutrients such as saturated and trans fat, which were also present in the test foods, were not considered as potential contributors to cholesterol levels in the body.

Instead, cholesterol was misidentified as the sole nutrient responsible for high blood cholesterol, and believed to be an independent risk factor for cardiovascular disease. Since eggs are a source of dietary cholesterol, they were made to be the bad guy.

Current research now gives us a better picture of how much dietary cholesterol is actually being absorbed by our bodies, which seems to be less than these early studies concluded.

To take a step back and understand the basis for the fear of cholesterol,

the egg yolk in favour of the white, but it’s important to know what dietary doing so would mean you would also cholesterol actually is. Dietary be losing out on the valuable nutrients cholesterol is a fat-like substance contained in the yolk. found in animal foods including As with most meats, poultry, foods, eggs can be fish, eggs, and eaten in moderation, milk products.

While dietary cholesterol especially when Cholesterol is from foods such as egg limiting other foods also a part of your body’s yolks can contribute to high with saturated fat cells, helping blood cholesterol levels and (such as red meat) and trans fat (such you to make high cholesterol levels are a as commercially certain necessary risk factor for heart disease, baked goods). A hormones. that does not automatically healthy person who Cholesterol is does not have high not an essential mean that egg yolks need blood cholesterol, nutrient in the to be avoided in the diet. diabetes or a history diet since your of heart disease can liver can make eat one whole egg what it needs. per day. Eating an average of one egg While dietary cholesterol from per day will not increase your risk for foods such as egg yolks can contribute cardiovascular disease. If you have high to high blood cholesterol levels and blood cholesterol, diabetes or heart high cholesterol levels are a risk disease, it’s best to limit your intake to factor for heart disease, that does not no more than two whole eggs per week, automatically mean that egg yolks need while also limiting your intake of foods to be avoided in the diet. As well, foods high in cholesterol, saturated fat and that contain saturated and trans fat trans fat. have more of an impact on increasing blood cholesterol levels than dietary Kelsey Leckovic is a registered cholesterol does. dietitian with Northern Health In an effort to reduce fat, calories and working in chronic disease cholesterol, some may decide to toss management.

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HOW CARING FOR THE POOR AND SICK IS SELFISH “IN A GOOD WAY” W hen carefully examined, we find that most fear is irrational.

Legitimate fear is a good thing, however, because it pushes us to eliminate actual dangers to our wellbeing.

During the Cold War, the threat of a nuclear armageddon was very real. Many of us took up the task of changing the global atmosphere by choosing to see the people on the other side of the Iron Curtain as our neigbours. Through our collective efforts, the world changed for the better.

It is inspiring today to see the determination of young people around the world to reduce the threat of climate crisis.

There is no reason to doubt the positive impact their efforts will have in assuring the survival of our planet, as long as we take heed.

The fear of a global pandemic is often sensationalized in the media, especially in movies and television dramas. The threat is actually very real. We have seen it happen many times in history, from the Black Death in the 14th century, to the smallpox pandemic in the Americas after the arrival of Europeans, to the global

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influenza pandemic of 1918 and the list goes on.

We are very fortunate today that advances in science have given us a much better understanding of disease, including the treatment and prevention. Other global changes, however, have actually created avenues for pandemics to occur.

This is not fear mongering; it is an honest analysis of our situation.

The good news is that just like nuclear non-proliferation and solving the climate crisis, the solution is in our collective hands.

Due to the ease of air travel, the world has figuratively grown smaller. A disease that is a factor in any part of the world is a threat to all of us. The idea that one can wall build walls and create quarantines is as ridiculous as it is preposterous. It is necessary to take precautions but the

most effective solution is to prevent the growth of diseases in at-risk populations.

Where are epidemics and pandemics likely to gain a foothold? In places where health conditions are poor and people’s immune systems are compromised. In other words, in places where sanitation is poor and people are living in poverty.

The worst conditions tend to exist in regions where people are fleeing military conflict. Refugee camps have large numbers of people living in a small space with few resources. Groups like the United Nations and the Red Cross/Red Crescent do their best to serve these people. They are quite adept at setting up and running camps, but they are often strapped for resources, especially as the number of people in the camps swells, and the weather turns poor. These locations then become breeding grounds of disease and all it takes is an aid worker or diplomat returning home to spread a virus.

Understanding the problem and the risk, the first step in the solution comes clear. It is necessary to see that international organizations running refugee camps have all the resources they need.

This makes the second step more obvi-

ous, though the follow-through is much more challenging. We need to create conditions where there are fewer refugees by reducing the incidence of armed conflict around the world. This will not be achieved by greater military spending, but by more effective development projects. It is clearly a complex and long term endeavor, but it is possible.

It may seem that greater security at our borders and airports will save us, but in reality, its effectiveness is limited. When we treat those fleeing conflict zones with the human dignity we all deserve, the likelihood of a pandemic is almost eliminated, and our rational fears are greatly alleviated.

In other words, when we create conditions where all people can thrive no matter where they live, life becomes better and safer for all of us.

Gerry Chidiac is a champion for social enlightenment, inspiring others to find their greatness in making the world a better place. For more of his writings, go to www.gerrychidiac.com

SMALL ACTS KEEP KIDS OUT OF GANGS

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have found that it is the small everyday deeds of ordinary folks that keep the darkness at bay. Small acts of kindness and love,” Gandalf says when great deeds are being discussed to counter the evil forces threatening Middle Earth in J.R.R. Tolkien’s Lord of the Rings.

Classical literature astounds me again and again with its subtle and sometimes no-so subtle application to life today. Take for instance, our guns and gangs problem.

Whenever there is a shooting, it causes most community members to fear for their kids and neighbourhoods. What can be done? Large anti-gang strategies, more policing, more gun-control, or any other number of government-funded efforts are requested and offered to stem the flow of youth into addiction and gang life. Yet, according to the experts at a Guns and Gangs Symposium I recently attended

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on behalf of the District Parent Advisory Council, the most effective preventative measures are fairly easy to do for everyone.

Once in a gang, it is nearly impossible to get out, so even though there a number of fairly successful initiatives, the best those initiatives can do is offer former gang members a decent life. Never joining a gang, or prevention initiatives, are much more effective than treatment. This is where the ordinary person can have a huge impact, with small deeds.

For most youth, the path to gang life is

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Never joining a gang, or Discourage addicThe prevention proprevention initiatives, are tion by: grams showcased much more effective than - cleaning out your there were basically medicine cabinet, as giving kids what we treatment. This is where the well as your parent’s, all know they need; ordinary person can have and throw out any loving adults in a huge impact, with small unused or old pretheir lives who have deeds. expectations for scription painkillers. good behavior. No - don’t teach your fancy dance lessons children that a pill or expensive sports programs are needed, is the solution to every pain or when they just caring adults who take an interest are feeling down. in them and spend time with them. Just - be a safe family to visit for your chil“small everyday deeds of kindness by dren’s friends whose home life is difficult. ordinary folks.”

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FOR EVERY BAG, A SEAT D ue to ongoing issues with my son’s teeth, including cavities, losing a crown (yes, he has a crown at the ripe old age of seven), an abscess and other assorted issues including a nasty cough that has been ongoing for two months, my son and I ended up at the medical clinic on a rainy Tuesday evening.

After stopping by and seeing the lineup before dinner, I elected to go home, eat dinner and come back to the clinic to wait until we could get in to see the doctor for some antibiotics. So, along with half of Prince George, we were in the waiting room that had every seat filled and people lined up along the walls – except there was one seat that was open – sort of.

Beside the seat in question, sat the elusive, super-cool, hipster daddy in the wild with baby in tow. If you are not familiar with the super-cool, hipster dad, you will be able to identify him by his markings: brown beard, wild-brimmed hat that is not quite a cowboy hat or another shape of hat that you would recognize, fitted pea coat with tight jeans and some sort of expensive, impractical-for-the-weather shoe.

Also, he’s trim because heavy people aren’t hipsters – I do not know why this is.

On this sighting in the wilds of the medical clinic, the super-cool, hipster dad had an expensive-looking yellow, leather diaper bag. It was very beautiful and clearly it had had a long day at work, the bag – not the dad – because in a waiting room filled with people and,

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at least six of them without a seat, this yellow, leather diaper bag (YLDB) had its own seat.

I sympathize with you, YLDB, I do.

It’s hard being out there, working a full-time job, doing gigs on the side, looking after sick kids, writing your thesis. It’s exhausting.

It is hard being in a waiting room filled with sick people when you are a moderate hypochondriac and you have a lowlevel anxiety about catching a disease from the 1800s that is somehow coming back because people don’t vaccinate.

It is nice, YLDB, sitting down after these long days and putting your little feet up. Don’t stand up on my account, YLDB. I’m fine here separated from my son because there are only two loose seats that are not together.

Oh look, YLDB! Aren’t people wonderfully kind? The elderly couple beside me have practically fallen over themselves to shuffle their seats so I can sit beside my son. They seem amused listening to my son grill me about every single video game I have ever played. In amongst my quiet desperation that I can remember any detail about video games that I played when I young and an urgent wish that my son will lose interest in this conversation, there you sit, comfy on your

chair, YLDB. Oh! You are up next while I get to sit here for another hour while my son and I try to remember all of the Nintendo character names and invent stories to pass the time. Every other person is on their phone except for me, the elderly couple and you, YLDB, because you are not a person, you are a bag.

My son has lost his electronics until May, the elderly couple have better things to do, my phone is almost dead and I need to conserve the batteries to send half hysterical text updates to my husband who is at home with our daughter.

I am glad when you finally are picked up by your ignorant, hipster dad and carried out of the waiting room – the two seats that you both occupied (one hipster, one bag) are quickly filled by a young girl who doesn’t look well and her dad who does not use an empty chair to prop up a ridiculous bag.

If you find yourself in a crowded waiting room and you really need to put down your expensive bag, put it on the floor or on the back of your chair.

If you are worried about it being wrecked then why in the name of all things holy did you buy a $200 bag to carry the diapers that your baby will poop in?

I bet you have cloth diapers too so you are actually carrying poo around with you everywhere you go until you can go home and rinse out your diapers in some organic, essential oil laden cleaner that doesn’t work.

Don’t be YLDB. Give up your chair to people, not bags.

An expert on recovery from schizophrenia and depression will be the guest speaker when the Prince George branch of the B.C. Schizophrenia Society celebrates the 15th anniversary of the Activity Centre for Empowerment on Wed., April 24.

Elizabeth Anderson, Anderson is the author of “Being Mentally Healthy (In Spite of Mental Illness)”and the “ABCs of Being Mentally Healthy” colouring book. She is also the founder of The Being Mentally Healthy Company (www.beingmentallyhealthy.com) and the recipient of the “True Grit” Award from the Lieutenant Governor of Alberta in 2013.

Anderson will speak from 11:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. at the ACE, located at at 1139 Sixth Ave., across from city hall. An open house will follow, running from 12:30 p.m. to 2 p.m.

The ACE, which opened on April 22, 2004, provides social, recreational and therapeutic volunteer opportunities to adults living with mental illness and addictions. It currently provides these services to over 600 registered members, with over 1,000 visits each month.

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JOHNSON TO BE WALK FOR ALZHEIMERS HONOUREE 97/16 STAFF

This year’s Walk for Alzheimers will be in honour of Granville Johnson.

Since his diagnosis in 2016, Johnson, a musician, artist, two-tour Vietnam War vet, father and storyteller, has thrown open a window into his experience through his music; an expression of his vulnerability, fear, humour and hope living with dementia.

“What I’m trying to do is to feel good, even though I’m having to let go of more and more of myself,” Johnson said.

“I call it allowing yourself to be happysad. In order to maximize your quality of life, you have to be positive, but within that you have the deep sadness of impending death.”

The event is set for Sunday, May 5 at YMCA of Northern BC, 2020 Massey Dr. Registration is 1 p.m. and the walk goes from 1:30 to 3:30 p.m.

For a limited time, people who fundraise in support of this event can make twice the difference. For every gift made online to the Walk in B.C. before April 14, a donor has pledged to match donations up to a total of $100,000.

To register, go to walkforalzheimers.ca.

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Granville Johnson drums at the IMSS Multicultural Summer Fair in 2015.

RELAPSES PART OF ADDICTION “G ET OUT!!!” my younger brother yelled at me.

Tears flowed down my face.

In between sobs, I tried to explain what happened. He was angry at the relapse.

Dad came into the room.

“Please tell him I have a disease! “ I pleaded. “I didn’t CHOOSE to be born this way.”

My brother grew angrier.

He pushed me away.

I left the house with nowhere to go.

My brother was angry at the disease label. He thought it was an excuse.

This scenario did not happen. It was a dream that I had – or rather a nightmare.

People often ask what they should do when someone relapses. During my last relapse, my family practised tough love, cutting me off. They all refused to interact with me except my older brother.

I broke down in tears when he called; at that point, he was all that I had.

This experience changed my opinion on the tough love, “cut them off” approach. I question the wisdom behind cutting a loved one out of your life when they relapse or continue to use drugs.

When my family cut ties with me,

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I had no reason to stay clean and in fact had a perfect excuse to continue using. I continued use, but held onto my brother’s love. This gave me hope and something to work toward. This does not mean giving money nor allowing use in your home but rather just conveying you will always be there when they want to stop.

Based on my personal experience, I no longer cut people out of my life. Instead, I continue to love the addict but not the addiction.

I am open and honest about how their behaviour impacts me but I ensure it is not from a place of anger. If you were a diabetic and lapsed into a coma, I would not yell at you nor threaten you with no contact. Rather, I would let you know that I care and how it hurts me to see you in such distress. I cannot control nor

drug use is within one’s own control and change what you do but I can control my that addicts decide to use. The irony is, own behaviour and reactions to you. addiction is defined as a loss of control Anger begets anger and alcoholics/ – the ability to decide is addicts cannot afford the gone. luxury of being angry as it Based on The addict’s brain has just fuels their use. Thus, it my personal neural pathways that is imperative I remain calm develop into a welland control any judgmental experience, I travelled rut. Recovery angry feelings I might no longer cut requires a great deal of have (anger is often a sign deliberation of feeling hurt). I tell the people out of my conscious to transform these addict I love them, that I life. Instead, I neural pathways into always will be there for directions, new them but that I cannot be continue to love the new pathways and new around them while they are high, using or drunk. addict but not the connections. This is done by continually being Addiction is emotional. It addiction. conscious of ones’s own is also a medical thoughts, behaviours and illness. Diabetes is a medical actions. An awakening illness. When a diabetic must occur. New behaviours, thoughts lapses into a coma due to not following must be formed in order to develop new the recommended regime, people do not connections in the brain. get angry nor pull away. With addiction, I am back on track now and am when an addict lapses back into use touched by the support I have received. due to not following the recommended regime, people do get angry and pull Questions for Ann? Send your away. submissions (anonymously, if you We react to the behaviours of choose) to columns@pgcitizen.ca and addiction. People assume relapse and we’ll pass them along.

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This region is home to what has grown into Canada’s premier female-focused metal festival.

The Metallocalypstick Festival pounds the rocks of Lone Butte (near 100 Mile House) each summer. The co-founder and chief organizer, Prince George’s metal queen Kaija Kinney, is the frontwoman for Vancouver band Anarcheon.

She wanted to participate in more festivals aimed at female musicians, and when she found few options she made this event her own mission.

“This festival means the celebration of both sexes coming together and creating something amazing,” Kinney said.

“People like to say women in metal aren’t a big deal anymore and that we are all the same. I feel that is untrue, this is still a male dominated world and woman are still looked as lesser. I want to showcase all these bad ass ladies and celebrate the differences of men and woman rather than pretend we are all equal. Truth is we are different why can’t we celebrate that?”

Metalocalypstick happens over the Canada Day long weekend each summer.

This year, 22 bands will take the stage.

Kinney said each one features “at least one woman in a show of feminine power across metal, punk and rock.”

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It might be Improv Schmimprov on stage but it’s sure not about education schmeducation.

The local comedy troupe specializes in improvisational fun times, theatre sports and whatever it takes to make you laugh.

They are performing because educational struggles are no laughing matter unless they are involved.

All the money raised by this Improv Schmimprov show goes to the Learning Differences Centre (LDC), a not-for-profit education centre that has been operating in Prince George for approximately 20 years.

“As an organization they have helped many children in our community who struggle with education,” said Erin Bauman, one of the event coordinators. “They of course need support to continue their

great work, so I am helping them to organize a fundraiser with Improv Shmimprov.”

The comedians and actors will provide the entertainment, there will also be an array of beverages and snacks to refresh the audience and a silent auction to supplement the fundraising efforts.

According to the Learning Disabilities Association of BC, the Prince George LDC “provides training and tutoring, using individualized, multisensory approaches in developing reading, writing, spelling and math skills, while promoting awareness and distributing information, to support children and adults affected by learning difficulties.”

The show happens April 27 at Artspace (above Books & Company). Tickets are $20 available now at Books & Company or the LDC front desk, or at the door on the night of the hilarity.

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The two featured painters exhibiting in the showcase window at Mills Office Productivity represent the open possibilities of junior and the elder creators. Joseph Cunningham is in his 20s, Doreen Gray is in her 80s and yet they share the display area as peers. “Part of what this pairing goes to show is how creativity has no age,� said Mills curator Michael Kast. “Art comes out of people no matter what their life looks like, young or old, male or female, it is built into all of us.� Gray was a teacher in local elementary schools for about 35 years, but never became a regular artist until later. “I decided to take this up when I retired,� she said. “My job kept me too busy, but once you retire you find yourself with more time. I did art as part of my teacher training, we did smatterings of science and music and all the topics we wanted to be included in a young child’s learning, and I felt an interest in art.�

Cunningham couldn’t agree more that jobs get in the way of artistic development. “I decided to become a permanent artist, full-time,� said the former seasonal firefighter who made the decision to focus on art soon after completing his postsecondary education, a year of which was the CNC Fine Arts program. “A lot of people will tell you you’re not going to make any money and I just say that’s exactly what happens anytime you start a small business of your own. It starts with

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Artist Joseph Cunningham stands with some of his art work displayed in the windows facing Fifth Avenue at Mills Office Productivity. struggle, there will be ups and downs, you just have to keep applying your skills to your trade - I call it a vocation - and you’ll get through them.�

Gray knows about the struggles to become an artist. For more than 12 years, now, she has been a member of the Artists’ Co-Op, a long-time local association that provides lessons and exhibition opportunties, as well as artistic fellowship.Â

Cunningham took over his father’s basement, when his full-time art endeavours began, but he now rents a space just outside of town where he has physical space and also mental freedom. It’s a helpful feature for someone primarily an abstract artist. “He comes into the store and gets a few things now and then, we got chatting, and we discovered that we do the same

genre of abstract art, although it is quite different between the two of us. It all just clicked,� said Kast, describing Cunningham’s style and why he was chosen for the coveted display space in the Mills window. “She is more of a realist, and works in oil paint,� said Kast of what Gray does. “She had been on the list waiting quite some time for a chance to display her work here, and this time we were able to make it happen and we are so excited to show the public what she does.� Gray said she is evolving her work into mixed media and is “leaning towards abstract and impressionist work and collage which some people don’t even consider art� as a natural development she is going through. “It’s an open world now, the art world.�

The space he works in and lives in defines where Cunningham’s art is heading, he said. “I haven’t left this community except for travel. It always brings me home, every time. This is where I love to be and I think that’ll be forever.â€? He has been embraced here, like when CNC bought two of his works for the college’s permanent collection of student art and like the commissions he’s received from businesses (Northern Traditional Homes, Nordic Physiotherapy, etc.) for prominent display of his paintings. These two local painters will have their work on display in one of the downtown’s most eye-engaging corners at Fifth Avenue and Brunswick Street until the end of the month.Â

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The groundbreaking Aboriginal arts agency started last year with the Community Arts Council (CAC) is now flexing the muscle they promised.

The Northern Indigenous Artists’ Collective (NIAC) was launched in May and as the all-Indigenous arts advocacy group closes in on its first anniversary, its first major public event has been unveiled.

In what is expected to be an annual event, the public is invited to attend the Northern B.C. Indigenous Arts Symposium to be held on April 27. It is a co-production of the CAC, the veteran arts agency that consulted with the NIAC founders on how to get up and running.

They are also working in partnership with Carrier Sekani Family Services, which is hosting their annual arts gala the same evening.

“Since its founding one year ago, the artists who comprise the Northern Indigenous Artists’ Collective have been busy working on a number of initiatives in support of Indigenous artists throughout this part of the province,” said NIAC chairperson Diane Levesque. “This day-long symposium and gala will bring together artists in a very unique way, by providing educational and networking opportunities, as well as a celebration of the incredible work our members do in support of communities throughout the region.”

Local artists community leaders will be leading sessions throughout the day, including Marcel Gagnon, Darin Corbiere, Keith Kerrigan, Vince Prince, Si Transken, Crystal Kennedy and many others.

“It’s to promote Indigenous artists,” said Corbiere, one of the NIAC founders and an established artist himself with an exhibition on now at Studio 2880.

“We have a number of different artists coming in to make presentations.

What I really like is, everyone will go to the same workshops. They are set up consecutively so the delegates don’t need to make sacrifices by giving up one workshop in order to take a different one. We want everyone to get all the information and not have to pick and choose what to miss.”

The symposium will be partially held at the Uda Dune Baiyoh (House of Ancestors) Community Centre and Omineca Arts Centre.

The events include opening ceremonies, exhibitions, panel discussions and workshops. A catered lunch featuring Indigenous cuisine will be provided, as well as dinner at the annual Ying’hentzit First Nations Art Gala (the Carrier Sekani Family Services fundraiser) in the evening.

Cost to attend is $25 and participation seats are limited. Book your spot at the Eventbrite.com website (search Northern Indigenous Artists).

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Painter Darin Corbiere is the artist in the spotlight with his new exhibition at the Studio 2880 Feature Gallery.

Entitled Seeing Things In A Different Light: Changing Perspectives, this special presentation of the Community Arts Council will run until May 9.

Egg decorating The art of Pysanky Egg decorating happens today at Ridge Side Art (1092 4th Ave.) The workshop runs 5:30-7:30 p.m. for a $50 entry fee. Call 250-564-5879 or drop into Ridge Side Art to book a spot and learn this ancient and intricate egg art in time for Easter.

WordPlay The next edition of WordPlay is a celebration of National Poetry Month. The semiregular poetry and expressed writing event happens today at 7:30 p.m. at Books & Company hosted by “The Panoptical Poet” Erin Bauman. “Bring us your short poems, your long poems, your rhyming poems, your love poems, and even your hate poems if you have any. Just make sure you bring yourself to WordPlay to celebrate poetry,” Bauman said. Free of charge.

Metal show The Metallion Festival happens in summer, but the organizers hold a special fundraiser night on Saturday (doors at 8 p.m.) at The Legion. Three metal bands are on the bill: Calgary’s WMD is the headliner, with Hellsmen and Kleaver as well. Admission is $10 for this 4-20 special event.

Museum AGM Exploration Place Museum + Science Centre is holding its Annual General Meeting on April 24 in their panoramic front atrium. Members of the society are invited to attend at 5:30 p.m. Anyone wishing to join can do so in advance of the meeting and then take part in the voting.

Art duel An art duel crosses paintbrushes at the official FanCon Pre Party at the Pine Centre Mall. Stop by on April 27 from 10:30 a.m. to 4 p.m. to get a sneak peak of vendors, play games courtesy of Game Quest, have your face painted, get photos taken, and enjoy three rounds of a head-to-head art joust between local painters. The winner takes on celebrity superhero artist Andy Poon on the FanCon mainstage May 3-5.

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Art symposium The annual Ying’hentzit First Nations Art Gala hosted by Carrier Sekani Family Services happens April 27 at the Uda Dune Baiyoh (House Of Ancestors). Celebrity musical host Murray Porter leads this night of sumptuous meal, art auction, and dancing.

Local star painter Carla Joseph will do a live work of art for special auction. The featured artist among the many with works in the show is Trevor Angus, maker of Aboriginally themed jewelry. Tickets are $65 each or tables of eight for $500, available at Central Interior Tickets website. All proceeds to support arts and culture programs across numerous local First Nations.

PGSO kids show The children of the city have been looking forward to Captain Klein’s Next Adventure, the sequel to the first Captain Klein concert event last year presented by the Prince George Symphony Orchestra. The new tale, with its PGSO accompaniment, happens at the PG Playhouse on April 27 at 2 p.m. This show features the orchestra’s brass section, and it starts with Captain Klein on the moon making his way to earth, meeting interesting characters and having adventures along the way. Get tickets via the Central Interior Tickets website or at the door while supplies last.

Cantata concert The Cantata Singers continue to celebrate their 50th anniversary. On April 28 is their gala concert led by musical director Neil Wolfe and accompanist Maureen Nielsen entitled Curve Of Gold. This show is at the PG Playhouse starting at 7 p.m. with special guests District 57 Tapestry Singers and several local guest musicians. A special commemorative piece, Life Has Loveliness to Sell, was composed by the group’s former musical director Gerda Blok-Wilson, especially for the 50th anniversary. Tickets are available at Studio 2880 and at the door.

6x6 art show The Best Damn Little Art Show Ever is coming up May 3 from 7-9 p.m. at Groop Gallery downtown (1127 3rd Ave.). This is the annual 6x6 art show and auction, where the artists are a mix of brand new and well established and all creations limited to six inches in any direction. It is a fundraiser and a great way to showcase the local arts scene.

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Adcance tickets can be purchased at Studio 2880.

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Ebbs on stage A new musical duo has formed from a pair of well-know Prince George performers. The Ebbs is comprised of soloist William Kuklis and Trundled band member Joe Shea. The pair brings years of experience creating and performing music, and combine a range of instruments and vocal harmonies.

The Ebbs perform live at Trench Brewing & Distillery (399 2nd Ave) on May 3 from 8-10 p.m. Special musical guest Finn ScottNeff will also perform. There is no cover charge.

Spring breezes The PGSO presents Spring Breezes, a “date night” symphony show at the Ramada Hotel ballroom at 7:30 p.m. featuring the orchestra’s professional core as they play selections of jazz, classical and pop all while enjoying snacks and beverages. Tickets available via the Central Interior Tickets website.

Choir concert Award-winning local vocal ensemble Nove Voce is hosting a night of geeking out with song. The choir will perform May 4 (yes, as in, May The Fourth Be With You) as a complementary show to Northern FanCon happening the same weekend. The choir will be at the Prince George Playhouse at 8 p.m. to sing selections from video games, and sci-fi franchises, “all your favourites including Star Trek, World of Warcraft, Harry Potter and so much more,” said director Robin Norman. Tickets are $20 at Books & Company or the door.

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Prince George Golf & Curling Club. Times are 10 a.m. to 8 p.m. Friday and 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday.

PGSO finale Art Of The Dance is the final mainstage show of the season for the Prince George Symphony Orchestra, with a very special guest performer.

Enjoy Lehar’s Merry Widow Waltz, Brahm’s Hungarian Dances, Marquez’ Danzon No. 2, Smetana’s Three Dance Episodes from Bartered Bride, and Strauss’s On the Beautiful Blue Danube. Also joining us for this evening will be the winner of the 20182019 Integris Youth Concerto Competition.

The show is May 11 at the Prince George Playhouse at 7:30 p.m. Get tickets via the Central Interior Tickets website.

Teen Tabletop Meet Up Every Monday until May 27 from 4 to 5 p.m. at the Bob Harkins Branch, Prince George Public Library, 888 Canada Games Way, try your hand at a variety of tabletop games. All experience levels welcome.

Bring your own decks for MtG, Pokemon or Yu-Gi-Oh. For 13 to 18 yrs. For more information call 250-563-9251 or email ask@pgpl.ca.

Wheelchair Rugby Every Tuesday until May 28 from 7 to 9 p.m. at the College of New Caledonia , 3330 22 Ave., wheelchair rugby program runs weekly. No experience is necessary and all equipment including sports wheelchairs are available. Everyone welcome. BC Wheelchair Sports annual membership is $10. In this full-contact sport, athletes play in tanklike wheelchairs and hit each others’ chairs in an attempt to carry a ball across the line.

For more information call 250-649-9501 or email Northern@bcwheelchairsports.com.

The Mayor’s Black & White Ball For The Arts happens May 4 at the Prince George Civic Centre, with cocktails at 6 p.m. and dinner at 7. Attire is formal with a black and white colour theme. Purchase your tickets at the Theatre NorthWest website.

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A curious wild colt in the Ozark Mountains of Missouri lived in a small herd of horses that roamed freely in Echo Bluff State Park. The park attracts thousands of visitors each year. They come to swim, boat and fish in Sinking Creek and nearby Current River, to hike on trails throughout the hills and to see the wild horses.

The horses are descended from farm horses that were abandoned during the Great Depression in the 1930s. Many families couldn’t make a living in the rugged Ozark hills, so they moved away to look for jobs. When the families moved away, many of them abandoned their livestock, including the horses. Left on their own for survival, the horses turned “feral” – a term for domestic animals that become wild. They stayed away from people and banded together in herds.

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Our wild colt at Echo Bluff was curious in two ways: He had a curious colour, and he was curious about his surroundings and the people in it.

His colour is curious because he was born black but gradually turned gray, then white. This is because of a gene he carries that has existed in some horses for hundreds of years. It is thought to have originated in Europe. Some of the horses that Spaniards brought to North America

in the 1500s had this trait. The Lippizaner stallions of Spain are famous examples of horses that have it - they, too, are born black and turn white as they age.

Why was this colt curious about his surroundings? All young animals want to explore their world - that’s how they learn to survive. The curious colt explored his habitat, which included people who came to visit the park.

One day the colt watched people go through doors into a big stone lodge. He nosed around the door and, probably by accident, nudged the automatic door opener. But as he was about to go in, the desk manager saw him. She thought about what might happen if the colt came indoors: Someone could get hurt. She shooed the curious colt away from the lodge.

The wild horses in Missouri live in eight herds in Ozark National Scenic Riverways, administered by the National Park Service. The agency protects the habitat for native wildlife. The Park Service was concerned that the horses were damaging the habitat for native animals. In 1992, officials announced they were going to round up the horses to get them out of the park.

Local residents such as Jim Smith didn’t want to see the horses removed.

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Smith had to testify before Congress about why the horses deserved to be protected.

“I was as nervous as a wildcat’s kitten,” he said, but he described how much local people admired the beauty and natural grace of the horses. The legislation passed,

and the horses were allowed to stay as long as their numbers didn’t go above 50.

To maintain that number, several young horses are put up for adoption each year. And that is what happened to our curious colt. Smith says he was adopted by a family, and he is the “gentlest animal you’ve ever seen.” And still curious.

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Everyone has that one memory that still weighs on their conscience, years or even decades later. For Kevin Freedman, a 38-year-old governance consultant and member of the business faculty at the University of Winnipeg in Manitoba, it involves a Slurpee run and a stolen Ford Taurus.

Now, nearly 21 years later, he’s launched a quest to find the woman he inadvertently wronged and tell her that he’s sorry.

On a hot August day in 1998, Freedman, then 17, was working a split shift at the community pool in Winnipeg where he was a lifeguard and swimming instructor. Earlier that summer, he had totaled his car after crashing into a cow that had unexpectedly wandered onto a darkened rural road outside the city. He still had an outstanding parking ticket that he needed to pay during his break, and was about to set off on foot when a co-worker, Jocelyne McKie, told him to take her car instead and bring her back a Slurpee from 7-Eleven.

“She asked, ‘You know which car is mine, right?’” Freedman told The Washington Post. “And I said, ‘Oh, yeah, absolutely.’”

McKie’s car was a light-colored 1990s Ford Taurus, which was “every second or third car on the road” at the time, Freedman said. He spotted it in the parking lot right away. The windows were down, and the doors were unlocked. The car wouldn’t start on the first try, but he drove away without thinking much of it.

After stopping to get money from an ATM, Freedman returned to the Ford only to find that it wouldn’t start. After a few more minutes, Freedman remembered something: when he was leaving the pool, he had only been able to start the car after he put his seat belt on. Maybe, he reasoned with himself, there was some kind of new technology in the Taurus that he didn’t know about. He buckled up and then turned the key again. It worked. Relieved, he drove to the police station where he had planned to pay his parking ticket.

He returned a short time later, after being told that he needed to go to a different office to pay the ticket. But he couldn’t manage to unlock the door.

For several minutes, Freedman stood there, fumbling helplessly with the keys.

Then, a group of parking patrol officers showed up.

“Oh, I’ve got a Ford just like this at home,” he recalls one of the officers telling him, after he explained the situation. “Sometimes, the keys are a little wonky. You just have to know how to do it.”

The officer took the keys from him and, on his second try, managed to unlock the Ford. The technique, he informed Freedman, was “all in the wrist.”

Once again, Freedman struggled to get the car started, and he began to seriously worry that he had damaged the ignition. After finishing up his errands, he returned the Ford back to its original parking spot, leaving the windows down and doors unlocked, just like he had found it. He handed McKie her Slurpee and apologized profusely, telling her that he hoped he

hadn’t broken her car. She had never had any problems with the key, she told him, but she was sure it was fine.

Later that night, long after McKie had left work, Freedman noticed that her car was still sitting in the parking lot. Panicked and wracked with guilt, he concluded that he must have damaged it so badly that she hadn’t been able to drive home. His co-worker had just been trying to do a nice thing, and, in exchange, he had ruined her car.

He was in the middle of teaching a swimming lesson the next day when McKie walked in. Immediately, the apologies started pouring out.

But McKie had no idea what he was talking about but something clicked.

The day before, while Freedman was out running errands, a young woman had reported her car stolen. But because she couldn’t remember the license plate number, she had gone home to look it up. The next morning, the woman had returned to the pool with police, only to find her car exactly where she had left it.

Initially, Freedman wanted to go to the police and confess everything. The teenage lifeguard’s friends talked him out of it, pointing out that he would only create more complications for everyone involved, and that there had ultimately been no harm done. In the ensuing decades, he estimates, he’s told the story hundreds of times. But the guilt still hasn’t gone away, and last month, Freedman began a quest to find the woman so that he could explain and apologize.

Egged on by his friends, who pointed out that in a tightknit city like Winnipeg, most people are connected by only two or three degrees of separation, he turned to social media for help. “Have you ever heard the other side of the story?” he asked on Facebook and Twitter last month. “Do you know this person? Help me find her!” The posts were shared hundreds of times, but so far Freedman hasn’t gotten any leads, even after being featured by the CBC. He has, however, been learning that he’s not the only one to inadvertently take a stranger’s car for a joyride.

“Since I’ve posted this, I’ve had probably 30 people send me messages personally to say they had something similar to this happen,” Freedman said. “On Reddit, there are dozens, if not hundreds, of people that have gone through the same thing.

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Bethesda-Chevy Chase seniors Lee Schwartz, 18, Jane Corcoran, 17, and Nicky Schmidt, 17 were among the girls ranked on a list created by their male classmates last month. ‘boys will be be boys’ culture,” Behbehani said. “We’re the generation that is going to make a change.”

That same Monday, a group of girls reported the list to an administrator, who encouraged the students not to talk about it around school, Schmidt said. The next day, the girls learned that after an investigation, school officials decided to discipline one male student with in-school detention for one day, which would not show up on his record.

Unsatisfied with the disciplinary action, Schmidt texted about 15 girls she knew, and told them to tell all of their friends to show up at the school’s main office the next day during lunch, “to tell them we feel unsafe in this environment and we are tired of this toxicity,” Schmidt wrote in her text.

About 40 senior girls showed up, packing into an assistant principal’s office as Schmidt read a statement she had written.

“We want to know what the school is doing to ensure our safety and security,” Schmidt said. “We should be able to learn in an environment without the constant presence of objectification and misogyny.”

The girls and administrators agreed that they should have a large meeting with the male students in the program, including the boys who created and circulated the

list. That Friday, on International Women’s Day, almost all of the students in the IB program – about 80 students – met in a large conference room for what was supposed to be a 45-minute meeting during fifth period.

Instead, the meeting lasted two-and-ahalf hours. Several girls delivered personal and impassioned speeches describing not only their presence on the list, but also their previous experiences with sexual abuse, harassment, and objectification, both inside the school and outside of it.

“I feel it when walking home from school, I get catcalled by a man in a truck who repeatedly asks me to get in his car, and follows me home when I don’t,” said Rose Frank, one of the senior girls on the list, reading from a letter she had prepared.

“I feel it when my mother tells me that my third ear piercing will ‘send the wrong message’ in a workplace setting, and that in the future it’s best to let my hair down for job interviews.”

Sitting toward the centre of the room during the meeting was the male student credited with creating the list, an 18-yearold senior in the IB program. After listening to all of the girls’ speeches, many of which were directed specifically to him, he stood up and spoke to the group, admitting to making the list and apologizing for the hurt

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Since that confrontational meeting, a co-ed group of senior students - including the boy who created the list - have been gathering on an almost weekly basis at lunch time to discuss how to prevent this sort of incident from happening again.

The Bethesda-Chevy Chase students are planning a day next month in which pairs of students - one senior girl and one senior guy - will go to the younger students’ classes to talk about toxic masculinity, said Gabriella Capizzi, one of the senior girls taking the lead on the campaign.

Some students are also organizing a pop-up museum focused on the theme of cultural toxicity. While the event was planned before the list circulated, it has now taken on a new meaning, said Gloria Karekezi, a 17-year-old senior who is working on an exhibit and who has been a part of the ongoing efforts to speak up about the list.

With the two months of high school they have left, the seniors hope to set a precedent for the younger grades, Capizzi said.

“I wasn’t surprised by the list,” Capizzi said. “The kids like the kid who made the list aren’t the outliers. It’s the people who speak up about it that are. And that culture needs to change.”

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BETHESDA, Md. – Yasmin Behbehani had just walked into her third-period health class when her friend asked her if she had seen the list.

“There’s a list of the girls’ names,” her friend Nicky Schmidt, a fellow senior at Bethesda-Chevy Chase High School in Maryland, said. “And we’re ranked.”

Behbehani didn’t want to see the list, or know whether she was on it. She had spent the past four years recovering from an eating disorder, working hard to avoid comparing herself with others, she said. But by her sixth-period class on that Monday earlier this month, a text message appeared on her phone with a screenshot of the list, typed out on the iPhone Notes app.

It included the names of 18 girls in the Bethesda-Chevy Chase High School’s International Baccalaureate Diploma Programme, ranked and rated on the basis of their looks, from 5.5 to 9.4, with decimal points to the hundredth place. There, with a number beside it, was Behbehani’s name.

A group of male students in their program created the list more than a year ago, but it resurfaced last month, through text messages and whispers during class. One male classmate, seeing the name of his good friend Nicky Schmidt on the list, told her about it, and within 24 hours, dozens of girls had heard about the list.

Lists like this one had silently circulated among teen boys for generations. But it was happening now, in the era of the #MeToo movement. Women had been standing up to harassment in workplaces and on college campuses and the high school girls, who had been witnessing this empowerment, decided they weren’t going to let the issue slide.

They felt violated, objectified by classmates they considered their friends. They felt uncomfortable getting up to go to the bathroom, worried that the boys might be scanning them and “editing their decimal points,” said Lee Schwartz, one of the other senior girls on the list.

“Knowing that my closest friends were talking to me and hanging out with me but under that, silently numbering me, it definitely felt like a betrayal,” Schwartz said. “I was their friend, but I guess also a number.”

But there is power in numbers, too.

Dozens of senior girls decided to speak up to the school administration and to their male classmates, demanding not only disciplinary action in response to the list but a school-wide reckoning about the toxic culture that allowed it to happen.

“It was the last straw, for us girls, of this

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