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PASTA SALAD 3 WAYS
CREAMY
• 2000g/2qt water
• 45g or 2.5tbsp salt
• 225g or 1/2lb elbow macaroni
• 25g or 2tbsp white distilled vinegar
• splash of olive oil
• 30g or 1/2c shallot finely minced and rinsed
• 60g or 1/2c celery, finely chopped
• 30g or 1/3c scallion, thinly sliced
• 100g or 3/4 cup frozen peas (thawed)
• 100g or 1/4lb bacon, crispy and chopped
• 5g or 1/2-3/4c fresh dill black pepper & salt to taste DRESSING FOR CREAMY
Add the following into a high sided container:
• 1 egg 50g or 1/4c sour cream
• 25g or 2tbsp dijon mustard
• 15g 1 1/4tbsp sugar
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• 10g or 3/4tbsp lemon juice
• 5g or 1tsp Worcestershire
• 5g or 3/4-1tsp salt
• 1/2 clove garlic.
• 300g or 1 1/3c neutral oil (light colored olive oil, grapeseed, canola)
Blend with immersion blender and stream in oil. Add water and salt to med-lrg saucepan and bring to boil.
Add pasta and boil for about 11min or until tender. Drain, reserving a few scoops of pasta water. Add vinegar and a splash of olive oil to drained pasta and allow to cool to room temp. Once cooled, add shallot, celery, scallion, peas, bacon. Add a couple of dollops of creamy dressing and a bit of pasta water and gently stir until pasta is well coated, but not swimming in dressing. Add dill, salt and pepper to taste, & stir to combine.
PESTO PASTA SALAD
• 2000g/2qt water
• 45g or 2.5tbsp salt
• 225g or 1/2lb pasta (I use shells)
• 25g or 2tbsp white distilled vinegar
• splash of olive oil
• 300g or 1 1/4c pesto (recipe below) + more for garnish
• 200g or 1c mozzarella pearls, halved
• 200g or 1c cherry tomatoes, halved (I recommend sungolds)
• Strong pinch grated parm
Add water and salt to med-lrg saucepan and bring to boil. Add pasta and boil for about 12min or until tender. Drain. Add vinegar and olive oil to drained pasta, stir, and allow to cool to room temp. Add pesto and stir to combine. Add mozz, tomatoes, and strong pinch of parm. Fold to combine.
PESTO for SALAD
Add the following to food processor and spin on high for 2030sec or until well broken down.
• 100g or 3/4c toasted pine nuts or walnuts
• 100g or 5ish c basil
• 20g 1ish c parsley
• 30g or 1/2c shallot (minsed and rinsed)
• 100g or 1+c grated parm
• 225g or 1 3/4c cold olive oil
• 5g or 3/4-1tsp salt
• 30g or 2tbsp lemon juice
GARAGE SALES
Yard Sale 407 3rd Ave Burns lake Starting June 8th and running every Sat from 10:00 am to 2:00 pm June-August. We have toys, dolls, household items, jewelry, books and so much more adding new items every week. Cheap, cheap prices
SERVICES
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LOST PETS
HOUSEHOLD/MISCELLANEOUS ITEMS
Vintage oak 4 drawer filing cabinet $150 call 250-695-6900
2 propane space heaters $200 each call 778-202-8764
Firewood For Sale Dry pine firewood. Has been under cover for at least 4 years. Well seasoned. About 22”long. $200.00 for pickup load. You pick up. Located on Ebenezer Flats at Smithers. 250 847-3614
Electric little chief smoker $35 obo 250251-5010
ELECTRONICS/MUSIC
Nokia 3 phone, 16GB with protective case. No scrapes or cracks. $50.00 New Hazelton 778-202-0740
Fotopro CT-4A tripod with Fotopro 53P ball head as new. New Hazelton $125.00 778-202-0740
Sony wireless subwoofer like new with manual $150 phone 845-2488
CLOTHING
Burton snowboard pants size large good to new condition $located in Burns Lake call 250-692-0623
Sandals size 12 Vans single wide flat velcro slip on sandals, checker board pattern, good condition $25 located in Burns Lake call 250-692-0623
PET & ACCESSORIES
For sale ACD Red and Blue Heeler puppies $800 EACH COMES WITH ALL VACCINATIONS AND DEWORMED
Exceptional pups and only 2 males left. Strong natural herding instincts. Please call for more information, 250-968-4505
SPORTS EQUIPMENT
snow shoes $30 call 778-202-8764
CCM men's mountain bike has dual disk brakes and front suspension paid $700 asking $375 OBO call Ed at 250-643-9924
Roller Skates Vintage call 250-643-3337
BUILDING SUPPLIES
Wood for Sale 1x4, 1x6, 1x8 1x10 - T&G paneling Birch, Cottonwood, Poplar - $3.00 bd ft 5/4 Fir T&G $3.50 bd ft 692-6745
AUTOMOBILES
2010 Ford F150 (the “heavy half”), HD trailer towing pkg, step up tailgate, includes a set of studded tires winter tires on rims. 221,000 Kms. $7500.00. Located in Burns Lake. 250 695 6484
2014 Chev Silverado 1500 LTZ GFX edition, fully loaded, 175000 New GM tranny at 162000 Rear brakes fall ‘23 (calipers, rotors , pads) Tonneau cover, spray in box liner and undercarriage, summer (American eagle black chrome) and winter rims and tires. Original owner, synthetic oil changes every 10-15k Asking 24000 OBO call 250-692-9849
1999 Grand Am pontiac, good condition, second owner $1500 call 250-696-3336
2002 Toyota Rav 4, manual shift, comes with winter tires on rims, 364,000 km's, transmission replaced in 2020, asking $3500 call 250-692-3862
2002 Toyota Rav 4 manual shift winter tires on rims 364,000 kms, transmission replaced in 2020 asking $3500 call 250692-3862
CLASSIC MOM'S SYLE/DELI PASTA SALAD
• 2000g/2qt water
• 45g or 2.5tbsp salt
• 225g or 1/2lb pasta (I use rotini)
• 25g or 2 tbsp white distilled vinegar
• splash of olive oil
• 150g or 1/2-3/4c b-man's Italian Dressing (recipe below)
• 65g or 1/4c fresh mozzarella, diced
• 100g or 1/2c black olives, halved
• 50g or 1/2c pepperoncini, sliced
• 100g or 1 3/4c oil-packed sun dried tomatoes, sliced
• 60g or 1/2 of a med red bell pepper, diced small
• 60g or 1/4lb Genoa salami, sliced
• 75g or 3/4c grated parmesan
Add water and salt to med-lrg saucepan and bring to boil. Add pasta and boil for about 11-12min or until tender. Drain. Add vinegar and olive oil to drained pasta, stir, and allow to cool to room temp. Add dressing, mozz, olives, pepperoncini, sun dried tomatoes, red bell pepper, salami, and grated parm. Stir to combine and add additional dressing, parm, and/or salt to taste, if needed.
BMAN'S ITALIAN DRESSING
Add the following into a high-sided container, blend with immersion blender and slowly stream in
• 200g or 1c neutral oil (light colored olive oil, canola, grapeseed, etc)
• 25g red wine vinegar
• 45g or or 2 tbsp white distilled vinegar
• 20g or 1/3c red onion, rinsed
• 1 garlic clove
• 15g or 1/8-1/4 of a red bell pepper
• 25g 1 1/2tbsp grainy mustard
• 15g or 1 1/4tbsp sugar
• 5g 3/4-1tsp salt
• 1/4 tsp each of: oregano, basil, black pepper, and chili flake \
Source: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0lQDSnN57Y
BURNS LAKE
Lakes District Fall Fair Sept 6, 7 & 8 at the Eagle Creek Fairgrounds. Watch for scheduling!
Knitting Club Tuesdays 1:302:30pm at the Burns Lake Public Library. Need help with your knitting project, bring it along! Supplies available or bring your own.
Burns Lake Farmers Market Every Friday 10am-3pm at the Burns Lake Chamber.
Omineca Ski Club Call for Volunteers—Join our 2024/25 Volunteer Skier Development Coaching Team and be part of the winter fun! If you or someone you know is passionate about skiing and enjoys working with kids, this is the perfect opportunity to give back to the community while inspiring the next generation of skiers. Our goal is to ensure that more children can participate by having enough coaches! Want to learn more? Please email amykdash@hotmail.com about this opportunity and our coaching courses.
SOUTHSIDE
Multigenerational Community Band—Every Monday 6-8pm September to March. Venue TBA. FREE program. Beginners to advanced. All ages. Contact 250-694-3338 or 250-961-1926 HOUSTON
Back to School Summer Fun
Day—Aug 17 12-5pm at 3398 10th St. School supplies available, BBQ by donation, Kids games and activities, bubbles, popsicles, popcorn and more! Hosted by Houston Community Services Assoc.
Spanish Dancing at Mixers–Every Monday 7:30pm at Mixers bar & lounge. Hosted by the talented and kind Carlos, who is volunteering his time to share his passion for dance, bringing Spanish flavour and fun to our community! No experience necessary! Bring your partner, bring your BFF or just bring yourself! We look forward to clearing the tables away and opening up the space for something new! Make this first event a success and see it become a regular activity in our community
GRANISLE
Granisle Day—Aug 10 in Memorial Park. Live entertainment, parade, vendors, Kids fun zone.
TELKWA
Author Visit: Forage and Eat with the Seasons—Aug 15 7pm at the Smithers Public Library Are you longing to reconnect with
nature and rediscover the flavours our bountiful earth offers? Do you dream of preparing meals filled with fresh, wild ingredients, nourishing not just your body but also your soul? Meet local author Raeanna Layfield, who will help you envision the joy of returning home with a basket full of nature's offerings, ready to cook unforgettable meals bursting with flavour and nutrients.
Telkwa BBQ—Aug 20 Sept 3 at the Telkwa BBQ Grounds. This annual event has been a Telkwa tradition for years. Now in its 112th year it is the longest running event in BC. Put on by the local Bulkley Valley Kinsmen Club on the Labour Day long weekend in September. Please see their facebook page for more information. https:// www.facebook.com/TelkwaBBQ/
SMITHERS
Main Street Market—Aug 17 11am-3pm Support local businesses, food vendors, artisans and enjoy the vibrant atmosphere of downtown Smithers. Vendors, Artisans, Kids Zone, Live Music, B&T Wagon Rides
105th Annual Bulkley Valley Exhibition Aug 22-25 at the Bulkley Valley Exhibition Grounds. Visit BVFair.ca for up to date details
Bulkley Valley Farmers Market
– Every Saturday 8:30am12:30pm at Central Park
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Weekly/Monthly Community Activities
Burns Lake
Walking Club Tuesdays and Fridays 1-3 p.m. in the Island Gospel Fellowship gym. Everyone welcome to a warm and non-slip walking venue!!
Knitting Club Every Thursday 1:30-2:30pm at the BL Public Library. Bring your project! Supplies not provided.
Community Badminton Wednesdays 7pm at LDSS. Racquets available for use.
Roller Blading Friday 5:30-7pm and Sundays 3:30-5pm at the Lakeside Multiplex. Bring your own pair of roller blades or borrow a pair of ours.
Whist Wednesdays 7pm at the Decker Lake Hall.
Basketball Tuesdays 7-9pm at LDSS
Houston
Walking Group Thursdays 10:30am. Meet at the Credit Union parking lot.
SMITHERS
Games Night Every Friday 7-8:30pm 3974 10th Ave. Board, card and other table top games. Bring a game, friend or family and come have some fun!
Trad Jam Sessions in Smithers. 4th Wednesday of the month at the Smithers Senior Center. Come play tunes!
Bachata Lessons Tuesdays at 3830 2nd Ave from 8-9pm. Come learn how to dance bachata! No partner or experience required $15/class
Smithers Boardgame Group Meets on the third Sunday of every month at Smithers Public Library. Come solo and make some new friends or bring your crew! Admission: $2 donation to the Library.
Walking Group Starting May 1. Mondays & Wednesdays 10:30-11am at the Willowvale Marsh Trail. Meet at parking lot.
ONGOING EVENTS
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Seniors Events
Burns Lake
Seniors Drop in at the Link—
Every other Tuesday 10:30am12:#0pm at the Heritage Church 1st Ave Join us for coffee, sandwiches and a lovely visit.
Houston
Special meeting to discuss the painting of the games zoom floor Aug 2 at 3:30 pm held at the hall.
Floor curling—Every Monday 1-3pm, Tuesday and Friday
Carpet bowling Thursday13pm Genealogy, Pool. Shuffleboard and Darts 1-3pm Price $2.00 per event. plus $10.00 annual membership fee.
Breakfast and Luncheons are now done for the summer. But will resume in October!
Senior Gathering Every
Tuesday at the plaza 10am12pm. Free bowling, mini golf, games & Refreshments
Youth Activities
Burns Lake
Burns Lake Public LibraryHigh Five Gamers Tuesdays 3:15-4:30 afterschool gaming club ages 7-12. Community Storytime with Miss Bonny. Wednesdays 10:30am. Paws for Cuddles Wednesdays 3:154:15pm. Come read to Clive! Ages 6+.Lego Hour Tuesdays 11am-12pm & Fridays 3:30-4:30pm ages 6+. Manga Club Every second Thursday 3:30-5pm grades 812.
Indoor Play Space
Tuesdays 10-30-11:30pm at the Lakeside Multiplex. Ages 6 and under.
Smithers
Summer Muchkin Time— Wednesdays in July (Jul 3-31) 9:15am-10am at the Smithers Public Library. Newborn to age 3.
Summer Reading Club Jul 2 Aug 9. Tues/Thurs/Fri 10am-11am at the Smithers Public Library. Tween Tuesdays, Kid fun Thursday and Li’l champ Fridays
Summer Art Camps July & August ages 6-8 9:30am-12pm ages 9-12 1:30-4pm Registers at smithersart.org/summercamps
Walmart and Costco carry this jam and I felt that this story needed
to be shared and you will feel the need to too.
*The incident took place in a supermarket in New Jersey. The tweet is by Michael Perino
@ProfessorPerino*
“At the supermarket today, I found a small, elderly woman standing in front of a high shelf holding @BonneMamanUS preserves. She was having trouble finding the flavor she wanted because the jars were set back on the shelf.
She couldn’t read the labels. She could barely reach them. I offered to help.
After I handed her the raspberry preserves, she thanked me, paused, and then asked, “Do you know why I buy this brand?”
I laughed and replied, “Because it tastes good?”
“Yes, it tastes good.” She paused again. “I am a Holocaust survivor.”
This was not the conversation I expected on a Sunday grocery run. “During the war, the family that owns the company hid my family in Paris. So now I always buy it. And whenever I go to the store, my grandkids remind me, ‘Bubbe, don’t forget to buy
the jelly.’”
I told her that that was the best reason I ever heard to buy any company’s product. And then we both smiled behind our masks and went our separate ways.”
Someone else on Twitter looked into the story and indeed, the town that Andros Company, the makers of Bonne Maman, comes from, hid and saved Jewish families in WW2. It was called Biars sur Cere, which then had about 800 villagers.
From an article, “You have to understand what it was like then. There were posters on the walls, from the Nazis and from the collaborators, and they said that if you are found to help a Jew, a freemason, a communist, a socialist, or a pervert, you will be shot on sight.” Despite the great danger in which helping them put the villagers in, still they kept the children safe.”
A good reason to buy Bonne Maman products. And a poignant reminder that when we look out for each other it can change lives, and that there are good and selfless people in the world.
Bonne Maman!
1. The scientific term for brain freeze is sphenopalatine ganglioneuralgia.”
2. Canadians say “sorry” so much that a law was passed in 2009 declaring that an apology can’t be used as evidence of admission to guilt.
3. Back when dinosaurs existed, there used to be volcanoes that were erupting on the moon.
4. The only letters that don’t appear on the periodic table are “J” and “Q.”
5. One habit of intelligent humans is being easily annoyed by people around them but saying nothing in order to avoid a meaningless argument.
6. If a Polar Bear and a Grizzly Bear mate, their offspring is called a “Pizzy Bear.”
7. In 2006, a Coca-Cola employee offered to sell Coca-Cola secrets to Pepsi. Pepsi responded by notifying Coca-Cola.
8. The ten highest mountain summits in the United States are all located in Alaska.
9. Nintendo trademarked the phrase “It’s on like Donkey Kong” in 2010.
10.Daniel Radcliffe was allergic to his Harry Potter glasses. He had an allergy to nickel, and they were quickly replaced with hypoallergenic specs. Also, did you know that his glasses had no lenses? This was to prevent reflections from anything happening behind the scenes. The glass lens was added in post-production.
11.The famous line in Titanic from Leonardo DiCaprio, “I’m king of the world!” was improvised.
12.A single strand of Spaghetti is called a (Continued on page 14)
“Spaghetto.”
13.Hershey’s Kisses are named after the kissing sound the deposited chocolate makes as it falls from the machine on the conveyor belt.
14.Princess Peach didn’t move until 1988 because it was too complicated for the designers to make her a moveable character.
15.In English, leaving a party without telling anyone is called a “French Exit.” In French, it’s called a “partir à l’anglaise,” to leave like the English.
16.If you cut down a saguaro cactus in Arizona, you can be charged with a class-4 felony and penalized with jail time.
17.The Buddha commonly depicted in statues and pictures is a different person entirely. The real Buddha was actually incredibly skinny because of self-deprivation.
18.In Colorado, USA, there is still an active volcano. It last erupted about the same time as the pyramids were being built in Egypt.
19.The first movie ever to put out a motion-picture soundtrack was Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs.
20.If you point your car keys to your head, it increases the remote’s signal range. All the fluids in your head act as a fantastic conductor, allowing you to extend the remote’s range by a few car lengths.
Source: https://www.thefactsite.com/1000interesting-facts/
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Harness for large dog or small pony. Leather; felt lining; brass buckles. Like new. $40. Call or txt for pic. 250-845-8247.
AGRICULTURE
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1. What is the deadliest animal in the world?
2. What country was the Marxist revolutionary figure Che Guevara born in?
3. What is the capital of Singapore?
4. What is the word for the weather event also called a winter hurricane?
5. What was the first country to give women the right to vote?
6. What year was the landmark civil and LGBTQ+ rights case Obergefell v. Hodges ruled on?
7. What are the names of the four March sisters in Little Women?
8. Answer:
9. What chewy dessert topping is made from tartar and egg whites and often found on pie?
10.In Greek mythology, who was known as the messenger of the gods?
11.What was Eleanor Roosevelt’s maiden name before marrying FDR?
12.What was the birth name of boxing legend Muhammad Ali?
13.In what city were the first infections of COVID19 discovered?
14.In chess, what direction can a bishop move?
15.What celebrity was the world’s first cloned animal, a sheep, named after in 1996?
Answers on page 18
Ot Miller and orphaned bear cub in Palling sometime
during the 1940s or early '50s.
TRIVIA ANSWERS: 1. The mosquito 2. Argentina 3. Answer: Singapore (it’s an island city-state) 4. A bomb cyclone 5. New Zealand — in 1893, all women across races and ethnicities who were “British subjects” in New Zealand won the right to vote. This included Indigenous women, like Māori women, but excluded groups who did not have citizenship in New Zealand, like Chinese women. 6. 2015; it’s more commonly referred to as the marriage equality case 7. Meg, Jo, Beth and Amy 8. Meringue 9. Hermes 10. Hermes 11. Roosevelt (she and Franklin were fifth cousins once removed!) 12. Cassius Clay 13. Wuhan, China 14. Diagonally 15. Dolly Parton
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