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With weather conditions expected to remain warm and dry, water users in the North Thomp-son region are being urged to reduce water con-sumption, with the Government of B.C. last week announcing a Level 3 drought rating for the area.

Level 3 drought conditions call for voluntary water use reductions of an additional 20 per cent beyond Level 2 conservation levels (30 per cent overall) from all municipal, agricultural and in-dustrial users.

Staff with the Ministry of Forests, Lands and Natural Resource Operations say they anticipate that this region could experience signi� cant wa-ter supply shortages in 2015.

Ministry staff state that they are closely moni-toring river levels and ecosystems and may up-grade the drought level if the weather continues

to have a negative effect on stream � ows and wa-ter supply.

Although residential, agricultural and indus-trial users within municipalities and regional dis-tricts backed by reservoir storage are less vulner-able to water supply shortages than water users served by smaller water systems from streams, lakes and wells, all water users are encouraged to observe local water conservation bylaws to pro-long water supplies.

Water users are also encouraged to ensure that water intakes are screened to prevent � sh from being pulled into water systems as water levels drop. Low water levels can impede the passage of salmon to spawning grounds, increase suscep-tibility to disease, or cause stranding or death due to low oxygen and high water temperatures.

Level 4 drought conditions, the highest rat-ing, are determined by factors including regional stream � ows, water storage capacity, ecological

concerns, weather forecasts and impacts on wa-ter users.

Should conditions reach Level 4, provincial water managers may exercise their authority to temporarily suspend short-term water permits or industrial water licences in affected watersheds.

Further reductions in stream, lake and aqui-fer levels could lead to water shortages and affect people, agriculture, industry and � sh stocks.

Ministry staff will continue to monitor condi-tions, work closely with local governments and key stakeholders, and provide updates as the need arises.

Water conservation is everyone’s responsibil-ity.

Many communities in B.C. are prepared to deal with water supply shortages and low stream� ow conditions by drought management plans and water conservation programs that are already in place.

Water conservation urged for North Thompson

With weather conditions expected to remain

Taxidea taxus survives in North ThompsonThe North American Badger (Taxidea taxus) is classi� ed as endangered in British Columbia due to small numbers, continuing loss of habitat, persecu-tion, and road mortality. Key badger habitats have been greatly modi� ed or lost to development, and the provincial badger population now stands at less than 200 breeding animals. It is illegal to trap or shoot badgers anywhere in B.C., and it is also illegal to buy or sell badger pelts. The public opinion on badgers is changing, and rare sightings such as the young female above are now great photo opportunities, but most importantly the badger can safely go on about its business after the encounter. Find more about our resident North Thompson Valley badgers on page 11.

STAR/JOURNAL photo: Jill Hayward

Time of little shame and much

judgement..... page 5

Armour Mt. Gallery features

area artists at open house

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‘Mother’s Day ‘ painting by Bev Henry

Gas prices stubbornly high

despite oil’s dive..... page 7

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By Ken Alexander Black Press

There are four candidates seeking the opportunity to represent the Kam-l o o p s - T h o m p s o n -Cariboo (KTC) Rid-ing in Ottawa after the election.

Cathy McLeodThe incumbent

Conservative candi-date says she is ready to run on her record of delivering for the KTC constituents.

“The past seven

years has been an honour serving as your member of Par-liament and I am extremely proud to have delivered on the priorities of Ka-mloops, Thompson and the Cariboo. Close to $350 mil-lion in federal fund-ing has been invested in strengthening each community in our riding.”

She also extolls the party’s national a c c o m p l i s h m e n t s that include:

• Delivering Can-ada’s Economic Ac-tion Plan, which has supported the cre-ation of more than one million net new jobs;

• Reducing the tax burden on Canadian families and seniors to its lowest point in more than 50 years,

including the two cuts to the Goods and Services Tax;

• Helping keep Ca-nadians safe through measures such as the Safe Streets and Communities Act;

• Promoting and protecting Canadian values of freedom, democracy and the rule of law; and

• Keeping the gov-ernment’s promise to balance Canada’s budget in 2015.

“I look forward to the opportunity to continue to invest in the growth of our communities and I hope that I have earned your trust to continue working hard on your behalf.”

McLeod also in-vites all constituents to visit her campaign office at 285 Seymour Street in Kamloops.

Bill SundhuThe NDP candi-

date says he isn’t sur-prised about timing and the length of the election campaign.

“Stephen Harper uses whatever levers of power he can use to manipulate the sys-tem.”

However, he notes the KTC NDP is ready and has been ready for the cam-paign for a long time because of the possi-bility of a spring elec-tion.

“We think Canadi-ans, as does the resi-dents in the riding, have a clear choice – four more years of Stephen Harper and the Conservatives, or the NDP’s plan for change.

“We believe Harp-er’s plan just isn’t working. It looks like the country is in near recession. We have a record trade de� cit and we’re headed for the eighth straight � s-cal de� cit.”

Sundhu says he and the NDP think more and more Ca-nadians are wanting change and are look-ing to Tom Mulcair and the NDP to re-place Harper and the Conservatives.

“We believe in this riding, although I take nothing for

granted, that we are best placed to defeat the Harper Conserva-tives. It looks like that outside of three or four high-income rid-ings in the Vancouver area and perhaps one or two on Vancou-ver Island, where the Green Party is com-petitive, it looks like a contest between the New Democrats and the Conservatives in the rest of the prov-ince.”

Steve PowrieThe Liberal candi-

date says this election about change.

“All of the polls have shown the ma-jority of Canadians want change and they’re out kicking tires to � nd out where that change is going to go.

Powrie says the Liberals are offering a progressive, respon-sive and proactive approach to govern-ment where we start by “changing how we elect government but also how we do gov-ernment.”

“One of the criti-cisms is the culture of government has become toxic and it’s adversarial and counterproductive. What we’ve seen in the last little while is maintain the status

quo. Today, Harper was saying these are temporary effects on the economy and we should wait it out.”

Instead of wait-ing things out, Pow-rie says the Liberals are talking about re-sponding to things and basing decisions on reason rather than ideology.

“Fundamentally, we are looking at changing how we do government, and then when we look at the platforms, what we would do in govern-ment.

We’re talking about a new rela-tionship between the economy and the en-vironment; respect-ing the new era in relations between ab-original and non-ab-original people; and our role on the global stage. We’ve lost a lot of respect over the last few years because of our take-our-mar-bles-and-go-home ap-proach when we don’t agree with things.

Matt GreenwoodThe Green Party

candidate wonders if folks are better off now than they were 10 years ago.

“Canada sure isn’t. We’ve seen our nation-al debt increase by 50% since 2006, our voter

turnouts drop, job losses mount, noble parliamentary tradi-tions abused for venal political gain, and our Constitution tattered by laws the founding fathers couldn’t imag-ine being rammed through Parliament with no debate.”

Through all this, Greenwood says Prime Minister Ste-phen Harper has pre-tended his government is “conservative,” but is it?

Consider some tra-ditional conservative values:

• Good � scal man-agement: the only sur-plus budgets Harper has ever run were the ones Paul Martin handed him.

• Supporting veter-ans and troops: is clos-ing of� ces across the country while endan-gering lives for photo-ops “support?”

• Respect for tax-payers’ money: Eco-nomic Action Plan ads for nonexistent pro-grams and an election almost twice the usual cost.

• Smaller, less-in-trusive government: the civil service is now larger than it’s ever been and the federal Cabinet comprises one-third of the entire Conservative caucus.

• Keeping us safe: Bill C-51 has liter-ally made evidence ob-tained by torture ad-missible to courts, and the list goes on.

Help put the “con-serve” back into con-servative, and vote Green.

Ken Alexander is editor of the 100 Mile Free Press.

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By Ken Alexander Black Press

There are four candidates seeking the opportunity to represent the Kam-l o o p s - T h o m p s o n -Cariboo (KTC) Rid-ing in Ottawa after the election.

Cathy McLeodThe incumbent

Conservative candi-date says she is ready to run on her record of delivering for the KTC constituents.

“The past seven

years has been an honour serving as your member of Par-liament and I am extremely proud to have delivered on the priorities of Ka-mloops, Thompson and the Cariboo. Close to $350 mil-lion in federal fund-ing has been invested in strengthening each community in our riding.”

She also extolls the party’s national a c c o m p l i s h m e n t s that include:

• Delivering Can-ada’s Economic Ac-tion Plan, which has supported the cre-ation of more than one million net new jobs;

• Reducing the tax burden on Canadian families and seniors to its lowest point in more than 50 years,

including the two cuts to the Goods and Services Tax;

• Helping keep Ca-nadians safe through measures such as the Safe Streets and Communities Act;

• Promoting and protecting Canadian values of freedom, democracy and the rule of law; and

• Keeping the gov-ernment’s promise to balance Canada’s budget in 2015.

“I look forward to the opportunity to continue to invest in the growth of our communities and I hope that I have earned your trust to continue working hard on your behalf.”

McLeod also in-vites all constituents to visit her campaign office at 285 Seymour Street in Kamloops.

Bill SundhuThe NDP candi-

date says he isn’t sur-prised about timing and the length of the election campaign.

“Stephen Harper uses whatever levers of power he can use to manipulate the sys-tem.”

However, he notes the KTC NDP is ready and has been ready for the cam-paign for a long time because of the possi-bility of a spring elec-tion.

“We think Canadi-ans, as does the resi-dents in the riding, have a clear choice – four more years of Stephen Harper and the Conservatives, or the NDP’s plan for change.

“We believe Harp-er’s plan just isn’t working. It looks like the country is in near recession. We have a record trade de� cit and we’re headed for the eighth straight � s-cal de� cit.”

Sundhu says he and the NDP think more and more Ca-nadians are wanting change and are look-ing to Tom Mulcair and the NDP to re-place Harper and the Conservatives.

“We believe in this riding, although I take nothing for

granted, that we are best placed to defeat the Harper Conserva-tives. It looks like that outside of three or four high-income rid-ings in the Vancouver area and perhaps one or two on Vancou-ver Island, where the Green Party is com-petitive, it looks like a contest between the New Democrats and the Conservatives in the rest of the prov-ince.”

Steve PowrieThe Liberal candi-

date says this election about change.

“All of the polls have shown the ma-jority of Canadians want change and they’re out kicking tires to � nd out where that change is going to go.

Powrie says the Liberals are offering a progressive, respon-sive and proactive approach to govern-ment where we start by “changing how we elect government but also how we do gov-ernment.”

“One of the criti-cisms is the culture of government has become toxic and it’s adversarial and counterproductive. What we’ve seen in the last little while is maintain the status

quo. Today, Harper was saying these are temporary effects on the economy and we should wait it out.”

Instead of wait-ing things out, Pow-rie says the Liberals are talking about re-sponding to things and basing decisions on reason rather than ideology.

“Fundamentally, we are looking at changing how we do government, and then when we look at the platforms, what we would do in govern-ment.

We’re talking about a new rela-tionship between the economy and the en-vironment; respect-ing the new era in relations between ab-original and non-ab-original people; and our role on the global stage. We’ve lost a lot of respect over the last few years because of our take-our-mar-bles-and-go-home ap-proach when we don’t agree with things.

Matt GreenwoodThe Green Party

candidate wonders if folks are better off now than they were 10 years ago.

“Canada sure isn’t. We’ve seen our nation-al debt increase by 50% since 2006, our voter

turnouts drop, job losses mount, noble parliamentary tradi-tions abused for venal political gain, and our Constitution tattered by laws the founding fathers couldn’t imag-ine being rammed through Parliament with no debate.”

Through all this, Greenwood says Prime Minister Ste-phen Harper has pre-tended his government is “conservative,” but is it?

Consider some tra-ditional conservative values:

• Good � scal man-agement: the only sur-plus budgets Harper has ever run were the ones Paul Martin handed him.

• Supporting veter-ans and troops: is clos-ing of� ces across the country while endan-gering lives for photo-ops “support?”

• Respect for tax-payers’ money: Eco-nomic Action Plan ads for nonexistent pro-grams and an election almost twice the usual cost.

• Smaller, less-in-trusive government: the civil service is now larger than it’s ever been and the federal Cabinet comprises one-third of the entire Conservative caucus.

• Keeping us safe: Bill C-51 has liter-ally made evidence ob-tained by torture ad-missible to courts, and the list goes on.

Help put the “con-serve” back into con-servative, and vote Green.

Ken Alexander is editor of the 100 Mile Free Press.

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By Tom FletcherBlack Press

Federal party lead-ers squared off in their � rst TV debate Thurs-day, a mostly polite two-hour exchange of views on the economy, environment and mili-tary action overseas.

The environment segment was most fo-cused on B.C., where Prime Minister Ste-phen Harper was pressed on stalled pipeline proposals to the west and east coasts as well as to the U.S. Harper said low world prices for en-ergy make it the only sector that is under-performing, while the rest of the economy is growing.

Green Party leader Elizabeth May urged NDP leader Thomas

Mulcair to oppose the twinning of the Trans-Mountain oil pipe-line from Alberta to its Burnaby terminal. Mulcair stuck to his position that he will await a federal envi-ronmental review.

Harper noted that Liberal leader Justin Trudeau has opposed capital cost allowances for lique� ed natural gas investors, weaken-ing the case for new gas pipelines. He said his government ap-proved the Northern Gateway pipeline pro-posed to run to Kiti-mat with more than 200 conditions, be-cause “that’s how the system works.”

Trudeau and Harp-er sparred over green-house gas emission efforts, with Harper noting he moved

ahead on curbing coal power plant emissions three years before U.S. President Barack Obama.

Harper agreed that approval of the Key-stone XL pipeline from Alberta to south-ern U.S. re� neries will likely have to wait for Obama to leave of� ce next year.

May said Harper is nowhere near meeting his own commitment to curb emissions, as forest � res rage and ex-treme weather increas-es all year around.

The debate modera-tor, Maclean’s maga-zine columnist Paul Wells, asked Harper if he owes Canadians an apology for appointing since-suspended sena-tors Mike Duffy, Pa-mela Wallin and Pat-rick Brazeau. Harper

did not apologize, say-ing the provinces need a consensus to reform the senate through elections as he pro-posed, or to abolish it.

Mulcair and

Trudeau oppose the current bombing mis-sions against Islamic State terrorist targets in Syria and Iraq. Mulcair said he would support military ac-

tion sanctioned by the United Nations or un-der Canada’s NATO commitments.

Harper said the de-ployment of six � ghter jets with special forces

support is what Cana-da’s allies want to do, and Islamic State is a “nerve centre” for a global movement that has targeted Canada speci� cally.

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Liberal Party leader Justin Trudeau, Green Party leader Elizabeth May, NDP leader Tom Mulcair and Conservative leader Stephen Harper take part in their � rst debate of the 2015 election campaign.

Leaders battle over jobs, pipelines, � ghter jets

Federal party lead-

Submitted Interior Health is seeing an increase in per-

tussis cases, also known as whooping cough, and would like to remind parents about the importance of making sure their children’s im-munizations are up to date. Pertussis activity is being seen across the region with the majority of cases currently in the Central Okanagan.

“Infants under one year of age are most at risk for serious complications from pertussis,” said Dr. Kamran Golmohammadi, Medical Health Of� cer with Interior Health. “Pertus-sis starts with similar symptoms to a common cold (runny nose, sore throat, and mild fever) and then progresses to a cough.

The cough can become severe, with or with-out a classic whooping sound and may be ac-companied by gasping, gagging, shortness of breathing and vomiting. In serious cases it can lead to pneumonia, seizures, brain damage or even death.”

Immunization is the best way to prevent the spread of this disease. The pertussis vaccine is part of the routine childhood vaccinations that are given at two months, four months, six months, and 18 months old, and again at age four to six years (before Kindergarten).

A pertussis vaccine is also given to teens at 14 to 16 years of age (Grade 9) in British Co-lumbia.

“We are strongly advising all parents to en-sure their children are immunized so they are not at risk,” adds Dr. Golmohammadi. “The pertussis vaccine is very safe and effective in preventing the spread of this disease.”

Parents are advised to check their child’s immunization record and make sure they are up to date. Information about accessing immu-nization records can be found at ImmunizeBC.

To discuss pertussis immunization for chil-dren or to book an appointment contact your local public health centre. Adults who have not been immunized for pertussis can contact

their local pharmacy to inquire about getting the vaccine.

For more information on whooping cough and immunization:

• HealthLink BC (http://www.healthlinkbc.ca/health� les/h� le15c.stm).

• ImmunizeBC (http://immunizebc.ca/dis-eases-vaccinations/pertussis).

• Call your local public health centre. To � nd a health centre near you, use our online search tool http://www.interiorhealth.ca/FindUs/_layouts/FindUs/By.aspx?type=Location. Health centres are also listed under Health Authorities in the blue pages of your tele-phone directory.

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Are you free a few hours a week? Would you like to meet other members of the community who have similar interests?

Would you like to improve the lifestyle of your community?

Try volunteering with one of the numerous organizations that make the Lower North Thompson Valley a nice place to live.

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OPINIONEditor ia l ; BC Views with Tom Fletcher

Here’s how you can stick it to Big Oil

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To the editor;Re: Patrick Lamb’s letter of Aug. 6 (‘Can

any political party end the rip-off ?’).The answer is sadly and simply no, but

a powerful person can do something about high gas prices. Boycott gas. Just stop buy-ing it.

There are alternatives.First, ask yourself if you can make do

with what you already have on hand.Second, phone ahead. You may not even

make the trip.Next, look for transportation that doesn’t

involve getting into your vehicle. Can you walk there? Can you cycle there? Can you take transit there? Can you travel with some-one already going the same direction?

If you have exhausted all options, then

you have to bite the bullet and drive. If you manage to avoid using your car half the time, you have stuck it to greedy Big Oil.

Who am I to talk?I am a husband and father of an eight

year-old and I run a small urban farming business.

I get around almost entirely with a bicycle and eight-foot cargo trailer. My wife and I have not owned a motor vehicle for 14 years. In the last few years, I have resorted to rent-ing a car at Christmas to ferry the family to grandparents on the Shuswap.

I recently came across this saying recent-ly: “I kept waiting for somebody to do some-thing until I realized I am somebody.”Lenard SegnitzKamloops, B.C.

Sorting out federal election issues

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The � rst, and per-haps the only complete English-language de-bate in this long federal election campaign has helped de� ne the issues, and the non-issues.

I’m not going to try to tell you who “won” or “came out swinging,” because this is not a sporting event. If you’re paying attention in Au-gust, bless you, and you probably have a favou-rite already.

First, let’s deal with Prime Minister Ste-phen Harper’s diaboli-cal scheme to extend the length of the formal election period. This, according to national pundits, is an extension of his evil plot to attract more � nancial sup-porters than the other parties, and spend the money. In other words, it’s a non-issue and any opponent who dwells on it looks like a whiner.

This is the � rst elec-tion in modern Cana-dian history to follow a four-year schedule. National pundits spent months telling us Harp-er was going to use a loophole in his own elec-tion law to call a spring vote before the economy tanked. Didn’t happen, and now the Conserva-tives are rightly under scrutiny about their economic management. Incumbent manipula-tion of election timing is over, and that’s good.

Scheduled elections by their nature create longer campaigns, as demonstrated in B.C. and the United States.

So they should be con-ducted under formal campaign rules, which limit the noise of public sector unions and other special interests.

Another non-issue is the non-existent de� cit and recession that sup-posedly grips Canada. On actual results, there is a slim surplus, and if – a big if – Saudi Ara-bia continues to depress world oil prices, there may be a modest de� cit by next spring.

The Bank of Can-ada’s recent move to devalue the dollar has already produced a re-bound in exports and tourism, which any gov-ernment would appreci-ate. Have you tried to � nd parking at the mall lately?

Of particular interest to B.C. voters is the con-test between NDP lead-er Thomas Mulcair and Green Party leader Eliz-abeth May. May used what may be her only national debate appear-ance to press Mulcair to oppose the TransMoun-tain pipeline expansion project before hearings are complete.

Mindful of Adrian Dix’s disastrous 2013 decision to do the same in B.C., Mulcair insisted he would wait for the federal review, even though he considers it to be inadequate.

This is, of course, all theatre. Based on their actions, the NDP, Green Party and Liberals are all opposed not just to oil pipelines but export gas pipelines as well.

Liberal leader Justin Trudeau wants to can-cel capital cost allow-ances for lique� ed natu-ral gas investment that have been granted by B.C. and Ottawa, which could be a deal-breaker for LNG.

B.C. NDP leader John Horgan formalized his opposition to the TransMountain expan-sion last week, in a letter � led with the National Energy Board. But we’re expected to believe that Mulcair has a different position, for now.

Harper was forced to admit that his long effort to persuade U.S. Presi-dent Barack Obama to approve the Keystone XL pipeline has failed, and the project will have to wait until Obama leaves of� ce next year.

The debate also con-� rmed positions on Canada’s modest role in bombing Islamic State terrorist positions in Iraq and Syria. The Conser-vatives are for it, and the Liberals, NDP and Greens are against it.

Trudeau set the stage for the contest in Que-bec, which B.C. voters can only watch from afar to see if it once again decides the shape of their federal govern-ment. Trudeau pushed Mulcair on his cynical bid to court the separat-ist voters who suddenly swung to Jack Layton’s NDP in 2011.

Like petroleum prices, it’s beyond our control.

Tom Fletcher is leg-islature reporter and col-umnist for Black Press.

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By Lance PeverleyBlack Press

Last week, it was the killer of a lion in Zimba-bwe.

Then, closer to home, it was a handful of dog owners accused of ani-mal endangerment.

And this week, it was yet another police of� cer, this one hav-ing punched a cyclist in Vancouver.

I write, of course, on the public shaming of individuals through social and traditional media, whereby new technology allows us to unleash very old emo-tions to shame others who share the planet be-neath our feet.

Yet… I’m not con-vinced our world is en-tirely in a better place for it.

Certainly, I am not writing to defend the actions of those caught in the online net of what you and I judge to be immoral behaviour.

The fate of the little man with the big gun

wouldn’t fare much bet-ter, if I endeavoured to represent his side. Just as – if I were judge, jury and executioner – I would be no help to dog owners who leave their pets in hot, sealed cars on sweltering days or to the individual police of-� cers caught on camera failing to carry out their sworn public duties in recent months.

However, despite my lack of empathy, the outcry of an eye for an eye – by some cloaked in online anonymity, and by others in full public view – leaves me with more than a little un-ease.

I don’t know if those calling for dog owners who put their pets at risk to meet the same fate in vehicular hot boxes are just using hyperbole to make their vengeful points.

But those publicly calling for death of ani-mal killers, it seems to me, are on tricky terrain.

Death.One person says it, a

stranger might carry it out. Just like a contract killing or some high-pro� le fatwas issued over the years.

Capital punish-ment, even in the most publicly sanctioned cases – administered by a legal system full of checks and bal-ances – is fraught with miscarriages of justice. Do we really want to risk a death sentence to be carried out merely in the court of public opinion?

‘Throwing stones’ is more than an expres-sion in some parts of the world. It is liter-ally a death sentence for some whose moral sensibilities have of-fended that majority – carried out by an an-gry mob.

Are we that mob? And are we convinced we’re that right?

To be fair to some of those accused in cas-es of overheated dogs left in partially open cars on warm days, it’s clear that many of the

accusers have become experts on the effects on body temperatures and canine health. (No excuse for risking liv-ing creatures’ health, but certainly degrees of risk should be taken into account when de-ciding whether – and how much – to pub-licly shame somebody. No?)

It’s clear that we in the western world haven’t really come that far in the years since Nathaniel Haw-thorne wrote of an era where the scarlet ‘A’ was puritanically emblazoned on select sinners’ clothing after word of mouth spread like wild� re.

And now technol-ogy is making it that much easier to destroy a person in nanosec-onds, without a second thought.

In the case of the police, though, I do support the idea of body cameras and audio devices be-ing worn by all of-

ficers at all times on duty – with real-time transmitting, if technology allows. This would no doubt protect the officers themselves as much as those whom they are policing.

As for the rest of us, I suggest we assume somebody’s got a cam-era on us at all times, as well.

While it would be nice to think we’re all on our best behaviour at all times, a few sec-

onds could ruin our reputations in perpetu-ity.

Yesterday it was the other guy. Tomorrow it could be you.

Lance Peverley is the editor of Peace Arch News.

Time of little shame, and much judgment

Photo: Carol Petersen (Nature Encounters Tours & Travel) Photo

The death of Cecil the lion (photographed in 2013 by Carol Petersen) has resulted in public shaming and calls for death for his killer.

Last week, it was the

Guest Shot:

Friday night at the Barriere Bandshell proved a special treat last week with the country music of the Silvertones from Blackpool. Lead singer and MC, Jack Perry (r), said the group has played together for about two years. “Some of us drifted in and out,” said Perry, “But now we have a good time play-ing the music our audiences enjoy. We play every second Friday at the Coffee House in the Blackpool Hall. Community residents as well as ourselves have good times together at these events.” Friday Nights at the Bandshell continue until the end of August.

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Bandshell Friday


By Christopher FouldsKamloops This Week

Twice while battling

a hearty sandwich at Reuben’s Diner, Terry Lake has to navigate between chewing a mouthful while � nding room to laugh — once at his NDP critic’s view of his political prowess and again at rumours Lake the taskmaster minister has chased away staff members in Victoria.

Lake has taken an hour to talk about his two years as health minister, which coin-cide with the mid-term mark of his B.C. Lib-eral government.

A week earlier, NDP Leader John Horgan and NDP health critic Judy Dar-cy rolled through town for a rally.

There, Darcy opined to KTW that Lake was good — at parroting government policy.

Hence Lake’s chuckle while masti-cating a few blocks from his MLA of� ce.

“Judy and I get along very well and I’ve got great respect for her,” Lake says.

“But, we both have to play our roles in our respective parties.”

Being an MLA, Lake says, and espe-cially a cabinet minis-ter, is to be part of a team.

“Now, that doesn’t mean you have to be a sheep,” Lake says.

“Where I have a strong voice and where I am very much inde-pendent and in� uen-tial, I think, is around the cabinet table, where I can in� uence policy and decisions.”

But, Lake notes in reference to Darcy’s quip, the public does not see any of that.

***Running the health

ministry is Lake’s sec-ond stint in cabinet

since initially being elected in 2009. He spent two years as min-ister of environment, between the spring of 2011 and 2013.

Health, Lake says, is much larger in terms of workload volume, issues, budget — ev-erything.

Consider: B.C.’s health-care budget consumes 42 per cent of the province’ an-nual budget of $45 bil-lion.

“We spend $2 mil-lion an hour,” Lake notes.

“There’s literally hundreds of thou-sands of transactions that occur on a weekly basis and when some-thing goes wrong — and, in any large or-ganization, things are going to go wrong — then, politically, you take the heat for all of those incidents.”

“I don’t agree with everything we do,” Lake says. But, I think

we get most things right.”

Without a doubt, the Ministry of Health � rings is as hot as it has been for Lake, even if he simply in-herited the mess that was made well before he became minister.

In June, British Co-lumbia’s pre-eminent political columnist, Vaughn Palmer of the Vancouver Sun, took Lake to task after a less-than-revealing press conference on the health ministry � r-ings.

“This is not a min-ister who has dug deep for a de� nitive un-derstanding into how things went off the rails,” Palmer wrote.

“Note the choice of words. He’s not aware. It is not his under-standing. One is left to conclude the min-ister only knows what he’s been told, after not asking too many follow-up questions.”

The controversy is still being played out and the � rings oc-curred when Michael de Jong was health minister.

In fact, when gov-ernment � rst publicly announced the dis-missals and an inves-tigation into alleged data breaches, the health minister speak-ing to reporters, Mar-garet MacDiarmid, had been on the job for one day.

“In hindsight, and moving forward, when you’re doing some-thing like holding a news conference, you have to be pretty sure and con� dent of what you’re dealing with,” Lake says, wondering aloud whether Mac-Diarmid would have made different deci-sions about the way the matter was con-veyed to the public.

“I don’t know,” Lake says, answer-ing his own question. “But, I think we’ve all learned from this. You have to be very, very thoughtful.”

***What’s the one

thing the general pub-lic might not know about the health-care system?

“I think people have an idea of what

the public health-care system is, which is quite different from what it really is,” Lake says, noting the system is still evolving from a 1960s-era model, with built-in inertia making for slow change.

“Every time you make a change, some-one is affected,” he says. “It could be the nurses. It could be the doctors. It could be the laundry workers.

“There is great re-sistance to change because, while there may be a bene� t to pa-tients, there are people that feel their ox is be-ing gored — and they resist.”

But, Lake is ada-mant his ministry has made signi� cant changes in the past two years, speci� cally focusing on primary community care.

That is something with which critics like the NDP’s Darcy take issue.

“He’s good at mak-ing policy statements,” Darcy told KTW, not-ing Lake and other ministers appear to be on a tight leash that leads to Premier Christy Clark’s of� ce.

Darcy said when discussing issues of the day, Lake tends to stick to talking points and rehashes the “rhetoric” of the government position on the subject at hand.

She pointed to sur-gical waiting times and the number of British Columbians without a doctor as an indict-ment of the B.C. Lib-eral health ministry under Lake and minis-ters MacDiarmid and

de Jong before him.Darcy cited the

B.C. Liberals’ vaunt-ed election campaign promise of 2013, “a GP for me,” which promised every British Columbian access to a family doctor by 2015.

That promise failed.“He didn’t make

the promise,” Darcy noted.

“But, he repeated it.”

***While Lake is just

two years into his role as health minister, Gayle Duteil has been president of the B.C. Nurses’ Union for only 11 months.

In that time, the is-sue of security follow-ing attacks on nurses at psychiatric facilities like Hillside Centre in Kamloops has been at the forefront.

Recently, Lake was alongside Duteil in Vancouver as they un-veiled a $2-million pre-vention program.

Duteil said she is “proud” the nurses’ union and the ministry are working jointly to address the issue.

And, while Duteil thanked Lake and the ministry for the com-mitment to address the epidemic of vio-lence, she added there are 700 potential sites for this type of work.

The initiative is an example of what Lake calls a “convergence with the doctors, the nurses, the ministry and health authorities we haven’t seen be-fore.”

***The life of a cabinet

minister is well-com-pensated. It is also one

with very little down-time.

Lake notes he usu-ally arrives in Victoria by 6:30 p.m. on Sun-day and returns to Ka-mloops by about mid-night on Thursday.

On the Island or in the Tournament Capi-tal, there are functions to attend and a lot of work material to read.

When he can, Lake spends time with wife, Lisa, and friends and plays in the Kamloops Recreational Soccer League, where he has kicked around the ball with the same group for the past 16 years.

“Everyone knows I’m just one of the guys,” Lake says. “No one gives me a hard time about politics. They tackle me as hard as they tackle anybody else.”

***About those ru-

mours of Lake being a taskmaster as minis-ter, a source in Victo-ria told KTW Lake is known as a “scream-er” and that staff has been shed.

While Lake coun-ters the latter — he says staff turnover in his of� ce has been “very low” — he does concede he is demand-ing.

“Anyone who works with me would not be surprised to know that I am a taskmaster, that I demand a lot of my-self and from those whom I work with,” he says.

As for the � nal two years of the B.C. Lib-erals’ mandate, Lake looks around and likes the new blood, likes the energy.

LAKE: ‘We get most things right’Health Minister oversees 42% of entire provincial budget


Photo: KTW

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By Dale BassKamloops This Week

If students were in charge at Thomp-son Rivers University, their � rst priority would be to improve the courses offered.

In a report to TRU’s senior manage-ment from the student union, � ve con-cerns were identi� ed: frequency, a lack of summer courses, scheduling con� icts, lack of capacity and course changes and cancellations.

The TRU Students’ Union (TRUSU) gathered the information through a sur-vey and town hall meetings.

The main concern was a lack of spe-ci� c desired courses and programs that followed through in years offered, disci-plines and themes, a lack TRUSU said could be impacting student retention, an issue the university administration agreed is a concern.

More than one-third of respondents said they were dissatis� ed with course offerings and 75 per cent identi� ed the issue as a key priority.

Anecdotally, for example, the report refers to a nursing student who had to change to another institution for the specialized courses she wanted and a trades student who could not access the programming he wished to pursue.

The report said TRU needs to have consistency and not offer some courses every two years.

It also needs to update its calendar, a publication that includes courses avail-able, because there are listings no longer offered.

In the psychology and philosophy programs, the report notes examples of the issues students face. Some have had to postpone graduation because neces-sary courses weren’t available annually.

A written response sent to KTW stated TRU needs to have “a minimum number of students in a class to make offering it � nancially viable.

“This leads to several of the prob-lems students have identi� ed, such as of-fering courses only in alternating years.”

TRU is changing the scheduling soft-ware it uses to one it hopes will solve some of the problems.

A second priority is academic advis-ing, TRUSU said.

The main concern is students facing long waits to see an advisor.

It suggested improving the appoint-ment process to make it easier and expand the hours beyond traditional workday hours.

One respondent suggested academic advising be shared among faculty and even senior students because the current system gives only department heads the responsibility to approve high-level courses.

One-third of participants in the study said they felt advisors did not

have the information they were seeking and would provide inaccurate informa-tion, sometimes to the point it affected a student’s progression to graduation.

TRU administration again agreed and noted it is starting

a review of student services.Online resources are being improved

and work has begun on a communica-tion plan “to more proactively react to the

students’ advising needs” using new software.

The third priority identi� ed is park-ing. Three-quarters of respondents ex-pressed dissatisfaction and said it needs to be more affordable.

One student, for example, said “If students are paying $250 a semester for parking, that should guarantee a spot.”

Administration agreed, but said the hope is the university moves away from the need for parking slots by using alter-nate transportation including carpool-ing, transit and bicycles.

TRU is collaborating with the stu-dent union to create car-pooling incen-tives and, “sensitive to the � nancial situ-ation many students � nd themselves in,” is setting parking rates at par with the city and Impark.

Lot N has also been expanded.The data was drawn from a survey

TRUSU conducted from Feb. 13 to March 7, which had 301 respondents.

By Jeff NagelBlack Press

Gas prices remain stubbornly high in B.C. despite the slide in crude oil prices, and motorists are feeling gouged.

Gasoline is down only slightly from $1.40 a litre a year ago, while crude has plunged more than 50 per cent from around $98 a barrel to less than $44 in early August.

But petroleum industry analysts say it all boils down to supply and demand. Crude oil accounts for less than half of the end cost of a litre of gasoline, with govern-ment taxes and re� ning charges the other big factors.

“I wish there was a simple explanation,” said Jason Parent of the Kent Marketing Group. “There isn’t much of a relationship on a day-to-day basis between crude oil and retail gasoline.”

Expecting gas to move in lockstep with crude oil is somewhat akin to expecting house prices to follow lum-ber prices, without recognizing scarce land or an in� ux of buyers might have an in� uence.

Parent said crude and gas prices can go in different directions for different reasons, and gas prices in B.C. can diverge from what other Canadians pay.

Most of the difference between B.C. prices and the rest of the country is explained by the higher 17-cent-a-litre TransLink tax in Metro Vancouver as well as B.C.’s car-bon tax.

Motorists are paying just over $1 in Alberta, a few cents more in Saskatchewan and Manitoba, and $1.10 to $1.20 in most of Eastern Canada.

But even after taxes are factored out, Vancouver pric-es are 5 to 15 cents a litre higher than most other cities across Canada.

The reason, Parent said, is that Vancouver-area prices follow those along the U.S. west coast, where the whole-sale gas supply has been constricted by re� nery problems in California, driving prices up.

“Wholesale prices have been high there relative to the rest of the U.S. for a month now,” Parent said.

Some gasoline comes to B.C. through the Kinder Mor-gan pipeline, but the rest comes from Washington State or other U.S. re� neries.

If prices were sharply higher in Vancouver than cities to the south, Parent said, gas would � ow back to the U.S. – resulting in shortages here – or wouldn’t be shipped north in the � rst place.

Another “huge” factor behind why Canadians in gen-eral aren’t yet seeing much relief at the pumps is the drop in the loonie over the past year.

Crude and wholesale gas are priced in U.S. dollars, so Canadians are paying with a devalued currency that sim-ply doesn’t go as far as it did a year ago.

So who is pro� ting from the persistently high pump prices?

“Right now, re� ners are the big winners,” Parent said. They’re running close to capacity, demand is up be-

cause of lower gas prices and therefore re� ners can charge more than usual.

If crude oil prices get even cheaper – potentially as sanctions against Iran end and more oil pours onto the world market – there’s no guarantee gas prices will fol-low because of the re� ning constraints in North Amer-ica.

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B.C.’s carbon tax and a low Canadian dollar are keeping gasoline prices higher.

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By Christopher FouldsKamloops This Week


a hearty sandwich at Reuben’s Diner, Terry Lake has to navigate between chewing a mouthful while � nding room to laugh — once at his NDP critic’s view of his political prowess and again at rumours Lake the taskmaster minister has chased away staff members in Victoria.

Lake has taken an hour to talk about his two years as health minister, which coin-cide with the mid-term mark of his B.C. Lib-eral government.

A week earlier, NDP Leader John Horgan and NDP health critic Judy Dar-cy rolled through town for a rally.

There, Darcy opined to KTW that Lake was good — at parroting government policy.

Hence Lake’s chuckle while masti-cating a few blocks from his MLA of� ce.

“Judy and I get along very well and I’ve got great respect for her,” Lake says.

“But, we both have to play our roles in our respective parties.”

Being an MLA, Lake says, and espe-cially a cabinet minis-ter, is to be part of a team.

“Now, that doesn’t mean you have to be a sheep,” Lake says.

“Where I have a strong voice and where I am very much inde-pendent and in� uen-tial, I think, is around the cabinet table, where I can in� uence policy and decisions.”

But, Lake notes in reference to Darcy’s quip, the public does not see any of that.

***Running the health

ministry is Lake’s sec-ond stint in cabinet

since initially being elected in 2009. He spent two years as min-ister of environment, between the spring of 2011 and 2013.

Health, Lake says, is much larger in terms of workload volume, issues, budget — ev-erything.

Consider: B.C.’s health-care budget consumes 42 per cent of the province’ an-nual budget of $45 bil-lion.

“We spend $2 mil-lion an hour,” Lake notes.

“There’s literally hundreds of thou-sands of transactions that occur on a weekly basis and when some-thing goes wrong — and, in any large or-ganization, things are going to go wrong — then, politically, you take the heat for all of those incidents.”

“I don’t agree with everything we do,” Lake says. But, I think

we get most things right.”

Without a doubt, the Ministry of Health � rings is as hot as it has been for Lake, even if he simply in-herited the mess that was made well before he became minister.

In June, British Co-lumbia’s pre-eminent political columnist, Vaughn Palmer of the Vancouver Sun, took Lake to task after a less-than-revealing press conference on the health ministry � r-ings.

“This is not a min-ister who has dug deep for a de� nitive un-derstanding into how things went off the rails,” Palmer wrote.

“Note the choice of words. He’s not aware. It is not his under-standing. One is left to conclude the min-ister only knows what he’s been told, after not asking too many follow-up questions.”

The controversy is still being played out and the � rings oc-curred when Michael de Jong was health minister.

In fact, when gov-ernment � rst publicly announced the dis-missals and an inves-tigation into alleged data breaches, the health minister speak-ing to reporters, Mar-garet MacDiarmid, had been on the job for one day.

“In hindsight, and moving forward, when you’re doing some-thing like holding a news conference, you have to be pretty sure and con� dent of what you’re dealing with,” Lake says, wondering aloud whether Mac-Diarmid would have made different deci-sions about the way the matter was con-veyed to the public.

“I don’t know,” Lake says, answer-ing his own question. “But, I think we’ve all learned from this. You have to be very, very thoughtful.”

***What’s the one

thing the general pub-lic might not know about the health-care system?

“I think people have an idea of what

the public health-care system is, which is quite different from what it really is,” Lake says, noting the system is still evolving from a 1960s-era model, with built-in inertia making for slow change.

“Every time you make a change, some-one is affected,” he says. “It could be the nurses. It could be the doctors. It could be the laundry workers.

“There is great re-sistance to change because, while there may be a bene� t to pa-tients, there are people that feel their ox is be-ing gored — and they resist.”

But, Lake is ada-mant his ministry has made signi� cant changes in the past two years, speci� cally focusing on primary community care.

That is something with which critics like the NDP’s Darcy take issue.

“He’s good at mak-ing policy statements,” Darcy told KTW, not-ing Lake and other ministers appear to be on a tight leash that leads to Premier Christy Clark’s of� ce.

Darcy said when discussing issues of the day, Lake tends to stick to talking points and rehashes the “rhetoric” of the government position on the subject at hand.

She pointed to sur-gical waiting times and the number of British Columbians without a doctor as an indict-ment of the B.C. Lib-eral health ministry under Lake and minis-ters MacDiarmid and

de Jong before him.Darcy cited the

B.C. Liberals’ vaunt-ed election campaign promise of 2013, “a GP for me,” which promised every British Columbian access to a family doctor by 2015.

That promise failed.“He didn’t make

the promise,” Darcy noted.

“But, he repeated it.”

***While Lake is just

two years into his role as health minister, Gayle Duteil has been president of the B.C. Nurses’ Union for only 11 months.

In that time, the is-sue of security follow-ing attacks on nurses at psychiatric facilities like Hillside Centre in Kamloops has been at the forefront.

Recently, Lake was alongside Duteil in Vancouver as they un-veiled a $2-million pre-vention program.

Duteil said she is “proud” the nurses’ union and the ministry are working jointly to address the issue.

And, while Duteil thanked Lake and the ministry for the com-mitment to address the epidemic of vio-lence, she added there are 700 potential sites for this type of work.

The initiative is an example of what Lake calls a “convergence with the doctors, the nurses, the ministry and health authorities we haven’t seen be-fore.”

***The life of a cabinet

minister is well-com-pensated. It is also one

with very little down-time.

Lake notes he usu-ally arrives in Victoria by 6:30 p.m. on Sun-day and returns to Ka-mloops by about mid-night on Thursday.

On the Island or in the Tournament Capi-tal, there are functions to attend and a lot of work material to read.

When he can, Lake spends time with wife, Lisa, and friends and plays in the Kamloops Recreational Soccer League, where he has kicked around the ball with the same group for the past 16 years.

“Everyone knows I’m just one of the guys,” Lake says. “No one gives me a hard time about politics. They tackle me as hard as they tackle anybody else.”

***About those ru-

mours of Lake being a taskmaster as minis-ter, a source in Victo-ria told KTW Lake is known as a “scream-er” and that staff has been shed.

While Lake coun-ters the latter — he says staff turnover in his of� ce has been “very low” — he does concede he is demand-ing.

“Anyone who works with me would not be surprised to know that I am a taskmaster, that I demand a lot of my-self and from those whom I work with,” he says.

As for the � nal two years of the B.C. Lib-erals’ mandate, Lake looks around and likes the new blood, likes the energy.

LAKE: ‘We get most things right’Health Minister oversees 42% of entire provincial budget


Photo: KTW

(L-r) Kamloops-South Thompson MLA and Transportation Minister Todd Stone has the second-largest capital budget in cabinet — after Kamloops-North Thompson MLA and Health Minister Terry Lake who oversees 42% of the entire provincial budget.


Every Thursday we bring you the NEWS and the VIEWS from the Lower North Thompson Valley.

The STAR/JOURNALKeeping valley residents informed!

By Keith McNeillThe Times

M.P. Cathy McLeod announced $300,000 in fund-ing for three North Thompson communi-ties on July 29.

Speaking at Wey-erhaeuser Park in Clearwater, the fed-eral representative for Kamloops-Thomp-son-Cariboo said that nearly $140,000 had been allocated from the Canada 150 Com-munity Infrastructure Program for a chil-dren’s splashpark.

McLeod praised Debbie Mayer, one of the splashpark’s prin-

cipal proponents.“She had a dream.

She had a vision. She held everyone’s feet to the � re to move this forward,” the M.P. s a i d . “ C o m mu n i t y centres, parks, trails, and other public spac-es contribute to the strength of our com-munities. By helping to renew them we are ensuring that they re-main useable for years to come while creat-ing jobs and economic growth and honouring the 150th anniversary of Confederation,” McLeod added.

Yellowhead Com-munity Services So-ciety will manage the

project, which will be located in Weyer-haeuser Park.

District of Clear-water has committed to provide land, water and sewer, said Mayor John Harwood.

Quoting television personality Mr. Rog-ers, Harwood said, “It’s a wonderful day in the neighborhood.”

“I can’t wait to see the ground cleared,” he added.

“Clearwater is a community that is known for its lifestyle options, including our recreation opportuni-ties. This announce-ment is very exciting. The splashpark will be a great addition to our community and will go a long way in keeping and attracting young families,” the

mayor said.Money for Blue River and Sun Peaks

McLeod also an-nounced $62,500 that will be used to up-grade the playground at Blue River Commu-nity Park.

Small communities need places for chil-dren to play, observed Willow MacDonald, Thompson-Nicola Re-gional District director for Area B (Thompson Headwaters). Other-wise, they will � nd it dif� cult to attract and keep young families.

M a c D o n a l d praised the staff at the regional district for helping her put the grant application to-gether.

Sun Peaks will get $95,000 to renovate and upgrade its out-

door hockey arena.The grant came

along at the right time, according to Al Raine, the mayor of the resort municipality. It will be used to provide more

lights, better boards and improved � oor-ing as they expand the arena to NHL size.

“Cathy McLeod has been criticized for bringing too much

money into her riding. Apparently, it’s one of the highest in the country,” Raine said. “I don’t see that as a problem. She’s just do-ing her job.”

Clearwater splashpark gets federal funding

M.P. Cathy McLeod recently announced nearly $140,000 in federal funding for a children’s splashpark to be located in Clearwater at Weyerhaeuser Park. Behind her are Success by 6 regional coordinator Heather Adamson of Yel-lowhead Communty Services and Clearwater Mayor John Harwood.

M.P. Cathy

THE TIMES photo: Keith McNeill

Submitted

The competition was � erce as top 4-H public speakers and demonstration teams from around the province took the stage to compete in the 4-H British Columbia 4-H Provincial Communica-tion Finals held at the His-toric O’Keefe Ranch in Ver-non on July 5. Twenty-two senior 4-H members from across British Columbia competed at the event. These 4-H members are the cream of the crop, having won at the club, district and regional level to be given the oppor-tunity to compete at the pro-vincial level.

There were two divisions

in the 4-H British Columbia Provincial Communication Finals weekend, speeches and demonstrations. This year’s participants competed by vying for prizes in both divisions, which include an all-expenses paid trip to the Canadian Young Speakers for Agriculture competition in November, at the Royal Win-ter in Toronto, ON., for the top public speaker. There was also prize money available to the second and third place winners. The top demonstra-tion team won $600 with ad-ditional cash going to second, and third place winners too.

In order to get to the Pro-vincial level, competitors competed at various lev-

els with a prepared speech of � ve to seven minutes in length on any topic of their choice. However, once they got to the provincial level, competitors were given 40 minutes to prepare an im-promptu speech based on Okanagan agriculture tours they went on the day before. This year the tours included stops at the Paynter’s Farm Market, Davison Orchard and De Dood Dairy.

A demonstration shows how to perform a task or skill using precise instructions for each step of the task or skill. The demonstrations were fascinating to watch as the youth gave physical presenta-tions; demonstrating to give

continuity to the task or skill.The winners of the 4-H

British Columbia Provincial Communication Finals were:Public Speaking:1st Morgan Meir, Rushing Riv-ers 4-H Club2nd Katrina Jones, Saanich Lamb 4-H Club3rd Matthew Smith, Saanich Pen-insula Beef/Swine 4-H Club Demonstrations:1st Meghan McGillivray, Yale County 4-H Club, and Yellow-head 4-H Club2nd Kaila Kondo and Sara Satran-McCuaig, both Wood-lands Hare & Hound 4-H 3rd Clifford Clemotte and Maria Clemotte, both Cedar 4-H Club

All of the judges noted how close the placing’s were between the competitors.

Top 4-H youth speakers compete for Provincial titles and Toronto trip

The competition was � erce

Yellowhead 4-H and Yale County 4-H members win 1st in Demos

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The STAR/JOURNALKeeping valley residents informed!

By Keith McNeillThe Times

M.P. Cathy McLeod announced $300,000 in fund-ing for three North Thompson communi-ties on July 29.

Speaking at Wey-erhaeuser Park in Clearwater, the fed-eral representative for Kamloops-Thomp-son-Cariboo said that nearly $140,000 had been allocated from the Canada 150 Com-munity Infrastructure Program for a chil-dren’s splashpark.

McLeod praised Debbie Mayer, one of the splashpark’s prin-

cipal proponents.“She had a dream.

She had a vision. She held everyone’s feet to the � re to move this forward,” the M.P. s a i d . “ C o m mu n i t y centres, parks, trails, and other public spac-es contribute to the strength of our com-munities. By helping to renew them we are ensuring that they re-main useable for years to come while creat-ing jobs and economic growth and honouring the 150th anniversary of Confederation,” McLeod added.

Yellowhead Com-munity Services So-ciety will manage the

project, which will be located in Weyer-haeuser Park.

District of Clear-water has committed to provide land, water and sewer, said Mayor John Harwood.

Quoting television personality Mr. Rog-ers, Harwood said, “It’s a wonderful day in the neighborhood.”

“I can’t wait to see the ground cleared,” he added.

“Clearwater is a community that is known for its lifestyle options, including our recreation opportuni-ties. This announce-ment is very exciting. The splashpark will be a great addition to our community and will go a long way in keeping and attracting young families,” the

mayor said.Money for Blue River and Sun Peaks

McLeod also an-nounced $62,500 that will be used to up-grade the playground at Blue River Commu-nity Park.

Small communities need places for chil-dren to play, observed Willow MacDonald, Thompson-Nicola Re-gional District director for Area B (Thompson Headwaters). Other-wise, they will � nd it dif� cult to attract and keep young families.

M a c D o n a l d praised the staff at the regional district for helping her put the grant application to-gether.

Sun Peaks will get $95,000 to renovate and upgrade its out-

door hockey arena.The grant came

along at the right time, according to Al Raine, the mayor of the resort municipality. It will be used to provide more

lights, better boards and improved � oor-ing as they expand the arena to NHL size.

“Cathy McLeod has been criticized for bringing too much

money into her riding. Apparently, it’s one of the highest in the country,” Raine said. “I don’t see that as a problem. She’s just do-ing her job.”

Clearwater splashpark gets federal funding

M.P. Cathy McLeod recently announced nearly $140,000 in federal funding for a children’s splashpark to be located in Clearwater at Weyerhaeuser Park. Behind her are Success by 6 regional coordinator Heather Adamson of Yel-lowhead Communty Services and Clearwater Mayor John Harwood.

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THE TIMES photo: Keith McNeill

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The competition was � erce as top 4-H public speakers and demonstration teams from around the province took the stage to compete in the 4-H British Columbia 4-H Provincial Communica-tion Finals held at the His-toric O’Keefe Ranch in Ver-non on July 5. Twenty-two senior 4-H members from across British Columbia competed at the event. These 4-H members are the cream of the crop, having won at the club, district and regional level to be given the oppor-tunity to compete at the pro-vincial level.

There were two divisions

in the 4-H British Columbia Provincial Communication Finals weekend, speeches and demonstrations. This year’s participants competed by vying for prizes in both divisions, which include an all-expenses paid trip to the Canadian Young Speakers for Agriculture competition in November, at the Royal Win-ter in Toronto, ON., for the top public speaker. There was also prize money available to the second and third place winners. The top demonstra-tion team won $600 with ad-ditional cash going to second, and third place winners too.

In order to get to the Pro-vincial level, competitors competed at various lev-

els with a prepared speech of � ve to seven minutes in length on any topic of their choice. However, once they got to the provincial level, competitors were given 40 minutes to prepare an im-promptu speech based on Okanagan agriculture tours they went on the day before. This year the tours included stops at the Paynter’s Farm Market, Davison Orchard and De Dood Dairy.

A demonstration shows how to perform a task or skill using precise instructions for each step of the task or skill. The demonstrations were fascinating to watch as the youth gave physical presenta-tions; demonstrating to give

continuity to the task or skill.The winners of the 4-H

British Columbia Provincial Communication Finals were:Public Speaking:1st Morgan Meir, Rushing Riv-ers 4-H Club2nd Katrina Jones, Saanich Lamb 4-H Club3rd Matthew Smith, Saanich Pen-insula Beef/Swine 4-H Club Demonstrations:1st Meghan McGillivray, Yale County 4-H Club, and Yellow-head 4-H Club2nd Kaila Kondo and Sara Satran-McCuaig, both Wood-lands Hare & Hound 4-H 3rd Clifford Clemotte and Maria Clemotte, both Cedar 4-H Club

All of the judges noted how close the placing’s were between the competitors.

Top 4-H youth speakers compete for Provincial titles and Toronto trip

The competition was � erce

Yellowhead 4-H and Yale County 4-H members win 1st in Demos

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Our Region is now at a Level 3 Drought Rating! Please cut back on your water usage; especially lawn watering, vehicle washing, hosing off driveways, etc...

Water Conservation Urged for North Thompson: The District of Barriere received notification

from the Ministry of Forests, Lands and Natural Resource Operations that a Level 3 drought rat-ing has been announced for the North Thomp-son region. This calls for an overall voluntary water use reduction of 30% for municipal, agri-cultural and industrial water users. Fortunately Barriere already has community-wide water use restrictions in place for watering/irrigating using our municipal deep well sources which achieves at least an initial 10% reduction. In addition, the district will reduce its irrigation in public spac-es to achieve a further 20% reduction over this drought period. Residents and business owners are encouraged to follow suit and also to remem-ber to turn off their irrigation during any power outage so as not to drain our water reservoir un-necessarily during the outage.New Water Tanker for the Fire Department:

Council unanimously approved a new wa-ter tanker truck for the Barriere Volunteer Fire Department. The money for the $132,000 truck will come from district Fire Department reserves and the cost will be shared with the TNRD, as the Barriere Fire Protection area extends as far south as Louis Creek and Glengrove on Agate Bay Road, as well as north along Highway 5 to around McDougall Road. Communities in Bloom:

The mayor thanked the community for every-one’s efforts in making this year’s Communities in Bloom event a huge success. On July 19 the Communities in Bloom judges arrived and with the help of many people a very successful bar-becue was held in Fadear Park. The Thompson Valley Players youth provided some very impres-sive entertainment and many of the volunteer organizations set up displays to highlight what they provided to the community. Mayor Smith and committee member Barb McManus toured the judges around the district. The judges were very pleasant and very enthusiastic about the community, although residents will not know the results of their visit until September. But regard-less of the results, the mayor says she believes the judges were truly impressed.Biomass Boiler Presentation:

Steve Bearss from Fink Machine Inc. gave a

comprehensive presentation to the Committee of the Whole on Aug. 10, regarding the biomass boiler system that will be installed at the new wastewater plant as its main heat source. Three new members of council had not had the oppor-tunity to hear the original presentation made by Fink in 2013. Fink’s headquarters and service providers are located in Enderby where they stock a full range of replacement parts for their equipment. The Barriere boiler will be housed on the north side of the plant in a 40’ container along with the plant’s backup generator.Solar Aquatics Wastewater Plant:

An updated completion schedule was pre-sented to council at the Committee of the Whole by Kim Rink from EcoTek, the company that designed and is building the new Solar Aquatics wastewater plant behind the Fire Hall. Frustra-tions over the length of time it is taking to com-plete the building were expressed and Mr. Rink has agreed to come back to council with a target completion date, so that those connecting to the system would have a better timeline to work with. Collection System:

Dave Underwood from True Consulting, the Engineer of Record for the wastewater project, gave council an update on the status of the col-lection system installation. A basic gravel road bed has been constructed on Railway Avenue that now provides a backage road link from Lil-ley to Newberry. Pressure testing on all the pipe has been successfully completed and only a small amount of video for the Railway section has yet to be reviewed by True. Work is underway on boulevard restoration and weekly meetings with LNB will continue until final completion of the project. New RCMP Detachment Commander:

Corporal Steve Mancini attended council on August 10 in order to formally introduce him-self. He and his family have relocated to Barriere from Manitoba. Barriere Bandshell Upcoming Events:

• Friday, Aug. 14 - Jeremy Willis (7-8pm) and The Caves (8-9pm)

• Friday, Aug. 21 – Jackie Peters (6:30pm), Wolfchild (7-8pm), Gordie West (8-9pm)

• Friday, Aug. 28 – Dr. Recommended (7-9pm)

Council back in sessionHighlights from District of Barriere Aug. 10 Council / Committee of the Whole meetings

District of Barriere unhappy with length of time to complete wastewater plant – The District of Barriere has requested EcoTek, the company that designed and is building the new so-lar aquatics wastewater plant behind the fire hall, to rework the company’s expected completion date due to council’s frustration over the length of time the project is taking.

STAR/JOURNAL photo: Jill Hayward


Armour Mt. Gallery features area artistsNorth Thompson Star/Journal

Armour Mountain Art Gallery proprietor Lana Laskovic says her Barriere, location fea-tures local artists and artisans works; offering photography, original paintings, art prints, art cards, postcards, patina copper tiles, miniature tile paintings, hand-made jewellery, mo-saic tiles, stained glass, scarfs, purses, leather masks and more.

“The purpose of the gallery is to provide a venue for member art-ists to sell their work while offering the com-munity an opportunity to experience different forms of visual and functional art,” says Laskovic, who’s gallery held an open house last Saturday featuring 14 artists and their works.

At least six of those artists were able to be on site for the open house. They included:

Max Glass, who states in her bio, “While living on a ranch, in 1987 my husband bought me

an oil painting kit and that’s where things all started. In 1990 upon moving closer to Kam-loops I started taking art classes from well known painter Vaughn Butland.”

She has been a mem-ber of the Kamloops Artists since 1992 and is also a North Thompson Arts Council member, with her art being show-cased in the Armour Mountain Art Gallery.

“I paint for the pure fun of it,” says Glass, “Familiar subjects, the landscape, the farms and animals of my life give me great joy. Life is good.”

Terry Gorley, who has lived most of her life in Barriere, says she became interested in photography in 2002. Photography is where she � nds her peace and tranquility. It is when she is lost in the mo-ment... lost in time... in stillness with acute awareness of nature’s inspiration. She writes poetry and co-authored “The Art and Science of Success” Volume 6.

Jill Hayward says she is essentially a self-taught photographer, and describes herself as a “wildlife addict.” She is always in constant pursuit of those rare and inspiring images that nature sometimes bestows to a quiet and patient photographer – a photographer not adverse to scrambling up rocky outcrops, or hunkering down in an alpine meadow for hours on end to “get that unique shot.”

“Finding those spe-cial moments when a bird, coyote, or deer, ac-cept you into their world is very rewarding,” says Hayward, “It’s then that you feel a sense of great privilege to be able to record these magical moments from Nature’s domain.”

A winner of several prestigious awards for her pictures; Hayward’s work shows her passion in creating photographs that celebrate both the drama found in nature, and the beauty of life as she sees it from all van-tage points.

Bev Henry is a self-taught artist and pho-tographer who focuses on B.C. birds and wild-� owers for her paintings

and cards. Bev works in watercolor, pencil and acrylic, to bring her sub-jects to life on canvass.

Henry also owns and operates her own gallery called Chickadee Cot-tage, which is also in the Barriere area.

Sherri Humphrey is dedicated to handcraft-ing one of a kind jewel-lery, all created from a wide selection of medi-ums including acrylics to semi-precious gem-stones. Every piece is carefully formed to not only be pleasing to look at, but also to wear.

“We strive to create every piece of jewellery to be as unique as the individuals adorned by them,” says Humphreys.

Doris Scarff’s love of painting and animals comes together in the variety of canvas she uses. Scarrf paints on anything from rocks to saw blades; anything her paint will adhere to.

Born and raised in the North Thompson Valley – art has always been a part of her life. Her passion is painting animals, although she has painted everything from grain elevators,

trains, old pickups to people’s special pets.

Scarff’s rocks and saw blades have found homes all over Canada, USA, Europe and Aus-tralia.

Other artists cur-rently featured at the gallery are; Sue Bakus, Marie Downing, Marge Mitchell, Carol Peerless, Deborah Swain and Tami Wilson.

Laskovic says she is excited to be able to pro-vide the Armour Moun-tain Gallery on a con-tinuous basis for the art community to showcase their impressive works.

“I am continuously amazed at the talented artists and artisans we have here in the valley,” said Laskovic. She in-vites the public to drop in to the gallery and peruse the works which change on a continual basis.

The Gallery can be found at, #1 - 4353 Con-ner Road, Barriere.

Summer hours are: Tues. - Fri. - 9am-5pm and Sat. - 9am-4pm.

STAR/JOURNAL photos: Bob Hayward(Above) Six of 14 artists featured at the Aug. 8, Armour Mountain Art Gallery open house gathered for a photo during the event. (l-r) Bev Henry, Doris Scarff, Jill Hayward, Max Glass, Sherri Humphrey and Terry Gorley.

(Right) Armour Moun-tain Art Gallery pro-prietor, Lana Laskovic (r), chats with some of the area residents who dropped in to the Gallery open house last Saturday.

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Armour Mt. Gallery features area artistsNorth Thompson Star/Journal

Armour Mountain Art Gallery proprietor Lana Laskovic says her Barriere, location fea-tures local artists and artisans works; offering photography, original paintings, art prints, art cards, postcards, patina copper tiles, miniature tile paintings, hand-made jewellery, mo-saic tiles, stained glass, scarfs, purses, leather masks and more.

“The purpose of the gallery is to provide a venue for member art-ists to sell their work while offering the com-munity an opportunity to experience different forms of visual and functional art,” says Laskovic, who’s gallery held an open house last Saturday featuring 14 artists and their works.

At least six of those artists were able to be on site for the open house. They included:

Max Glass, who states in her bio, “While living on a ranch, in 1987 my husband bought me

an oil painting kit and that’s where things all started. In 1990 upon moving closer to Kam-loops I started taking art classes from well known painter Vaughn Butland.”

She has been a mem-ber of the Kamloops Artists since 1992 and is also a North Thompson Arts Council member, with her art being show-cased in the Armour Mountain Art Gallery.

“I paint for the pure fun of it,” says Glass, “Familiar subjects, the landscape, the farms and animals of my life give me great joy. Life is good.”

Terry Gorley, who has lived most of her life in Barriere, says she became interested in photography in 2002. Photography is where she � nds her peace and tranquility. It is when she is lost in the mo-ment... lost in time... in stillness with acute awareness of nature’s inspiration. She writes poetry and co-authored “The Art and Science of Success” Volume 6.

Jill Hayward says she is essentially a self-taught photographer, and describes herself as a “wildlife addict.” She is always in constant pursuit of those rare and inspiring images that nature sometimes bestows to a quiet and patient photographer – a photographer not adverse to scrambling up rocky outcrops, or hunkering down in an alpine meadow for hours on end to “get that unique shot.”

“Finding those spe-cial moments when a bird, coyote, or deer, ac-cept you into their world is very rewarding,” says Hayward, “It’s then that you feel a sense of great privilege to be able to record these magical moments from Nature’s domain.”

A winner of several prestigious awards for her pictures; Hayward’s work shows her passion in creating photographs that celebrate both the drama found in nature, and the beauty of life as she sees it from all van-tage points.

Bev Henry is a self-taught artist and pho-tographer who focuses on B.C. birds and wild-� owers for her paintings

and cards. Bev works in watercolor, pencil and acrylic, to bring her sub-jects to life on canvass.

Henry also owns and operates her own gallery called Chickadee Cot-tage, which is also in the Barriere area.

Sherri Humphrey is dedicated to handcraft-ing one of a kind jewel-lery, all created from a wide selection of medi-ums including acrylics to semi-precious gem-stones. Every piece is carefully formed to not only be pleasing to look at, but also to wear.

“We strive to create every piece of jewellery to be as unique as the individuals adorned by them,” says Humphreys.

Doris Scarff’s love of painting and animals comes together in the variety of canvas she uses. Scarrf paints on anything from rocks to saw blades; anything her paint will adhere to.

Born and raised in the North Thompson Valley – art has always been a part of her life. Her passion is painting animals, although she has painted everything from grain elevators,

trains, old pickups to people’s special pets.

Scarff’s rocks and saw blades have found homes all over Canada, USA, Europe and Aus-tralia.

Other artists cur-rently featured at the gallery are; Sue Bakus, Marie Downing, Marge Mitchell, Carol Peerless, Deborah Swain and Tami Wilson.

Laskovic says she is excited to be able to pro-vide the Armour Moun-tain Gallery on a con-tinuous basis for the art community to showcase their impressive works.

“I am continuously amazed at the talented artists and artisans we have here in the valley,” said Laskovic. She in-vites the public to drop in to the gallery and peruse the works which change on a continual basis.

The Gallery can be found at, #1 - 4353 Con-ner Road, Barriere.

Summer hours are: Tues. - Fri. - 9am-5pm and Sat. - 9am-4pm.

STAR/JOURNAL photos: Bob Hayward(Above) Six of 14 artists featured at the Aug. 8, Armour Mountain Art Gallery open house gathered for a photo during the event. (l-r) Bev Henry, Doris Scarff, Jill Hayward, Max Glass, Sherri Humphrey and Terry Gorley.

(Right) Armour Moun-tain Art Gallery pro-prietor, Lana Laskovic (r), chats with some of the area residents who dropped in to the Gallery open house last Saturday.

Armour Mountain


Why are badgers at risk?The badger is at risk in British

Columbia due to fragmented and threatened habitat, low reproductive success and high mortality.

Badger habitat is limited primar-ily to the dry, southern interior of the province.

The key habitats for badgers – grasslands and open pine or fir for-ests along the major valleys – have been greatly modified by develop-ment of towns, rural subdivisions, ranches, orchards, golf courses and highways.

Many former habitats, par-ticularly in the Okanagan area, no longer support badgers. Reservoir flooding in the East Kootenay area has removed badger habitat. Forest succession and encroachment into grasslands is reducing available habi-tat in some regions, although some habitat has been created in areas where productive forests have been cleared for agriculture.

From settlement times until quite recently, Badgers received little or no protection. Many were trapped for their fur or were indiscriminately shot as nuisance animals. Ranch-ers feared that their cattle or horses would break a leg by stepping in badger burrows, or that badger dig-ging would damage irrigation works and interfere with operation of farm machinery. Although damage by badgers is usually not serious, it has resulted in considerable persecution.

Rodent control programs, that poisoned ground squirrels and pocket gophers, probably reduced the food supply for Badgers and resulted in deaths of some that ate poisoned rodents.

These historical factors, in com-bination, are believed to have seri-ously reduced badger populations in the province.

Today, trapping and sport hunt-ing of badgers are not allowed, ro-dent poisoning is not practised on Crown Lands, and removal of bad-gers that cause property damage is strongly discouraged.

Nevertheless, badgers are prob-ably still illegally killed each year, or caught in traps set legally for coyotes or bobcats.

In addition, badgers are now faced with hazards such as getting caught in fences, drowning in irriga-tion canals or being run over by ve-hicles or trains.

Highway traffic is presently the major cause of badger mortality in British Columbia.

Human activities here may re-sult in relatively few badger deaths each year, but it must be remem-bered that the population is already small. Mortality caused directly or indirectly by people, when added to natural losses, could be preventing population increase or causing con-tinued declines in some areas.

Continuing development in bad-ger habitats across the province for housing, agriculture and other uses is a major concern, particularly in the Okanagan Valley, but also in the Thompson River and Rocky Moun-tain Trench areas. As land develop-ment continues, badger populations will be further reduced.

Very little badger habitat is pro-

tected in parks or reserves.Badgers are very difficult to count

and intensive monitoring of the B.C. population has only recently begun.

Present estimates of their abun-dance are based on radio-telemetry studies in the East Kootenay and Thompson-Okanagan regions, as well as on random sightings, digging sign, specimen records, such as from traffic kills, and local knowledge of wildlife biologists and other field workers. Badger populations are dif-ficult to census because badgers are nocturnal and can have very large home ranges, and because there appears to be no direct correlation between the number of badger bur-rows in an area and the number of badgers.

Analysis of historical information suggests that there are fewer badgers in B.C. now than a century ago. A recent review of Badger abundance in B.C. concluded that the popula-tion is less than 200 breeding adults. This small population, spread thinly over several valleys, is extremely vul-nerable to regional and provincial extirpation due to further human de-velopment in the key habitat areas.

Badgers eat large numbers of rodents that may damage pastures or cropland and compete with live-stock for forage.

Studies of captive badgers have estimated that they need about 2.3 ground squirrels [gophers] per day to meet their energy needs. Badgers in the wild could be expected to se-verely reduce rodent numbers based on badger population density.

Badgers are largely solitary and nocturnal in their habits. In B.C., where suitable habitats have a patchy distribution, home ranges for fe-males average 50 square km, while for males they can reach up to 500 square km. Home ranges of indi-viduals often overlap and there is no evidence of defended territories.

In winter, Badgers confine their activities to a small part of their to-tal home range.

The badger was originally placed on the provincial Blue List of species vulnerable to human activity, but new information resulting from re-cent research in the Kootenays and in Thompson-Okanagan resulted in moving this species to the Red List (species being considered for legal designation as Threatened or Endangered). Nationally, the Com-mittee on the Status of Endangered Wildlife in Canada (COSEWIC) considers the British Columbia sub-species of badger to be Endangered.

Since 1967, it has been illegal to trap or shoot badgers anywhere in B.C. It is also illegal to buy or sell badger pelts, and any badgers killed accidentally must be reported to a Conservation Officer.

For more badger information you can go to:

http://www.env.gov.bc.ca/wld/documents/badger.pdf

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http://badgers.bc.caArticle information courtesy of

British Columbia Ministry of Water, Land and Air Protection

Why are badgers at risk?Continued from page 1...

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SPORTSChinook Cove

Ladies Golf Report

By Leslie Stirling

Loud crackles and soft rumblings...that was the thunder not the ladies at the Chi-nook Cove golf on Tuesday, Aug. 4.

Storm clouds were amassing as we made our way around the nine holes. My group was fortunate to get � nished before the storm hit but there were a few ladies who didn’t get all nine holes � nished.

Fortunately there is plenty of covered tables on the patio so we were still able to sit outdoors for sup-per and prize presen-tation.

Thirty-three ladies ignored the clouds and turned out for the regular Ladies Night.

Flight One prize (Hub International) winners were Carol Hindle with a low gross score of 41 and Deb Legaree with a low net of 28.5 (43). Leslie Stirling scored a 51 to win low gross in Flight 2 (Stamer Logging) while Carol Willox had a low net of 34 (52).

Low gross in Flight 3 (Armour Mountain Bookkeeping) went to JoAnne Lyle with a score of 69 and second low gross went to Rose Seymour with a score of 73. Irene Beeton picked up the deuce pot and Louise Lodge won the birdie pot.

Louise is heading home to Cairo at the

end of this week and we will miss her.

Long drive in 2 prizes on Hole 1 were sponsored by AG Foods, Knights Inn and Barriere A&W. They were won by Marla Muldoon, Bet-ty Baillie and Rose Seymour.

Long putt prizes on Holes 2 and 3 were sponsored by Bar-riere Timber Mart, Barriere Massage and Crystlee’s Hair Design. They were picked up by Cindy Leibel, Betty Bail-lie and JoAnne Lyle. KP’s on Hole 4 were won by Chris LeCerf (Bondar Forest Plan-ning), Irene Beeton (Carl’s Market Gar-den) and JoAnne Lyle (Campbell & Co.). Long drive win-ners on Hole 5 were Brenda Oakland and Audrey Deveau. The sponsors wee Coun-try Store Antiques and Estylo Hair De-sign. There were two KPs on Hole 6 – Catharine Phillips and Carol Willox. The sponsors were EBL Ventures and Ron Wallace Truck-ing.

The coveted Pot-tery by Ramona was won by Trudy For-sythe for KP in 2 on Hole 7. The usual

suspects went into the gully on 7 and received balls from Carman and Barb Smith. Those balls that were missing last week were also hand-ed out.

On Hole 8 JoAnne Lyle received the Rainer Custom Cut-ting certi� cate for a long putt and Les-lie Stirling won the Sam’s Pizza certi� -cate for landing clos-est to the sand trap. Husband Bob will be pleased because he often cooks Friday night supper at Sam’s.

Deb Legaree and Betty Baillie had long putts on hole 9 to win prizes from the Sta-tion House Restau-rant and Val Bella Studio. The Interior Credit Union putt prizes were won by Val Aylward (most) and Jeannie Webber (least).

Last call for our August fun night. It is a fund raiser for Cancer research. We all know some-one who has been touched by breast cancer. Although the golf and dinner is a lot of fun, the money raised still does some serious work. If you are interested but don’t have a team to golf with give Debbie Rainer or myself, or the golf course a call for more information. And if you are a non-golfer, please give a pledge to one of your friends that will be taking part.

Loud rumblings for Ladies Night

Loud crackles and

TERRY

FOX

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When it comes to golf, it’s the little things that can have the biggest impact on your game. Whether it’s your � rst attempt, or 10th season, golf expert Bob Weeks has got you covered at the links this summer with these � ve tips:Choose the right clubs:

Regardless of your experi-ence or skill level, choosing the right equipment can be the dif-ference between duf� ng it and striking the ball straight down the fairway.

It’s important to work with a professional to get the clubs best-suited to your game and then, to have them custom � t. You should be � t for the length, loft, lie angle, shaft � ex and even the grip size. If your clubs aren’t custom � t, it will be like walk-ing around in shoes that are the wrong size.Get on the ball:

Choose the right kind of golf ball for your game. While golf balls all look the same, it’s

what’s inside that determines if it’s right for you. Golf balls fall into two categories: distance or control.

Distance balls are generally two-piece balls with a large core and a cover. They are harder and better suited for higher handicappers or beginners.

Control balls, usually three- or four-piece balls, are softer and spin more, meaning they will land on the green and stop. More skillful players should use these.Consider the elements:

Weather is always a factor in golf and dealing with it must al-ways be considered.

For instance, in cold temper-atures, the ball will travel short-er distances, so take more club.

The opposite is true for warmer temperatures. If you’re playing into the wind, swing easy as that will keep the ball from spinning too much and rising up into the breezes. And downwind, make sure to judge

the intensity of the breezes so you can choose the proper club. Your ball will roll further than normal on a downwind shot so take that into account.Putting and chipping is priority:

Lots of players like to boom their drives and will spend a lot of time on the range hitting their drivers. But if you want to improve your scores, you should spend more time working on your putting and chipping.

Since most average players miss a lot of greens, the best way to save strokes is by chip-ping it close and making more putts. Focus more on your short game than your drive and you will improve.Play the 19th hole:

Win or lose, there’s no better way to celebrate than hitting the 19th hole.

Less is often more in golf and the same applies when con-sidering what to eat and drink after a round.

News Canada

Five top golf tips to help you boost your game

the little things that can have the biggest impact on your game. Whether it’s your � rst attempt, or 10th season, golf expert Bob Weeks has got you covered at the links this summer with these � ve tips:Choose the right clubs:

ence or skill level, choosing the right equipment can be the dif-ference between duf� ng it and striking the ball straight down the fairway.

a professional to get the clubs best-suited to your game and then, to have them custom � t. You should be � t for the length, loft, lie angle, shaft � ex and even the grip size. If your clubs aren’t custom � t, it will be like walk-ing around in shoes that are the wrong size.Get on the ball:

golf ball for your game. While golf balls all look the same, it’s

Five top golf tips to help

Super stridesPat Appel watches as grandsons Theodore and Gabriel O’Leary take some gigantic steps on the exercise equipment in Barriere’s Fadear Park last month.



SPORTSChinook Cove

Ladies Golf Report

By Leslie Stirling

Loud crackles and soft rumblings...that was the thunder not the ladies at the Chi-nook Cove golf on Tuesday, Aug. 4.

Storm clouds were amassing as we made our way around the nine holes. My group was fortunate to get � nished before the storm hit but there were a few ladies who didn’t get all nine holes � nished.

Fortunately there is plenty of covered tables on the patio so we were still able to sit outdoors for sup-per and prize presen-tation.

Thirty-three ladies ignored the clouds and turned out for the regular Ladies Night.

Flight One prize (Hub International) winners were Carol Hindle with a low gross score of 41 and Deb Legaree with a low net of 28.5 (43). Leslie Stirling scored a 51 to win low gross in Flight 2 (Stamer Logging) while Carol Willox had a low net of 34 (52).

Low gross in Flight 3 (Armour Mountain Bookkeeping) went to JoAnne Lyle with a score of 69 and second low gross went to Rose Seymour with a score of 73. Irene Beeton picked up the deuce pot and Louise Lodge won the birdie pot.

Louise is heading home to Cairo at the

end of this week and we will miss her.

Long drive in 2 prizes on Hole 1 were sponsored by AG Foods, Knights Inn and Barriere A&W. They were won by Marla Muldoon, Bet-ty Baillie and Rose Seymour.

Long putt prizes on Holes 2 and 3 were sponsored by Bar-riere Timber Mart, Barriere Massage and Crystlee’s Hair Design. They were picked up by Cindy Leibel, Betty Bail-lie and JoAnne Lyle. KP’s on Hole 4 were won by Chris LeCerf (Bondar Forest Plan-ning), Irene Beeton (Carl’s Market Gar-den) and JoAnne Lyle (Campbell & Co.). Long drive win-ners on Hole 5 were Brenda Oakland and Audrey Deveau. The sponsors wee Coun-try Store Antiques and Estylo Hair De-sign. There were two KPs on Hole 6 – Catharine Phillips and Carol Willox. The sponsors were EBL Ventures and Ron Wallace Truck-ing.

The coveted Pot-tery by Ramona was won by Trudy For-sythe for KP in 2 on Hole 7. The usual

suspects went into the gully on 7 and received balls from Carman and Barb Smith. Those balls that were missing last week were also hand-ed out.

On Hole 8 JoAnne Lyle received the Rainer Custom Cut-ting certi� cate for a long putt and Les-lie Stirling won the Sam’s Pizza certi� -cate for landing clos-est to the sand trap. Husband Bob will be pleased because he often cooks Friday night supper at Sam’s.

Deb Legaree and Betty Baillie had long putts on hole 9 to win prizes from the Sta-tion House Restau-rant and Val Bella Studio. The Interior Credit Union putt prizes were won by Val Aylward (most) and Jeannie Webber (least).

Last call for our August fun night. It is a fund raiser for Cancer research. We all know some-one who has been touched by breast cancer. Although the golf and dinner is a lot of fun, the money raised still does some serious work. If you are interested but don’t have a team to golf with give Debbie Rainer or myself, or the golf course a call for more information. And if you are a non-golfer, please give a pledge to one of your friends that will be taking part.

Loud rumblings for Ladies Night

Loud crackles and

TERRY

FOX

The

RunFor Cancer Research

SundaySeptember 20, 2015Run | Walk | Wheel | Ride

No minimum donationNo minimum pledge

No entry fee

terryfox.org | 1 888 836-9786

When it comes to golf, it’s the little things that can have the biggest impact on your game. Whether it’s your � rst attempt, or 10th season, golf expert Bob Weeks has got you covered at the links this summer with these � ve tips:Choose the right clubs:

Regardless of your experi-ence or skill level, choosing the right equipment can be the dif-ference between duf� ng it and striking the ball straight down the fairway.

It’s important to work with a professional to get the clubs best-suited to your game and then, to have them custom � t. You should be � t for the length, loft, lie angle, shaft � ex and even the grip size. If your clubs aren’t custom � t, it will be like walk-ing around in shoes that are the wrong size.Get on the ball:

Choose the right kind of golf ball for your game. While golf balls all look the same, it’s

what’s inside that determines if it’s right for you. Golf balls fall into two categories: distance or control.

Distance balls are generally two-piece balls with a large core and a cover. They are harder and better suited for higher handicappers or beginners.

Control balls, usually three- or four-piece balls, are softer and spin more, meaning they will land on the green and stop. More skillful players should use these.Consider the elements:

Weather is always a factor in golf and dealing with it must al-ways be considered.

For instance, in cold temper-atures, the ball will travel short-er distances, so take more club.

The opposite is true for warmer temperatures. If you’re playing into the wind, swing easy as that will keep the ball from spinning too much and rising up into the breezes. And downwind, make sure to judge

the intensity of the breezes so you can choose the proper club. Your ball will roll further than normal on a downwind shot so take that into account.Putting and chipping is priority:

Lots of players like to boom their drives and will spend a lot of time on the range hitting their drivers. But if you want to improve your scores, you should spend more time working on your putting and chipping.

Since most average players miss a lot of greens, the best way to save strokes is by chip-ping it close and making more putts. Focus more on your short game than your drive and you will improve.Play the 19th hole:

Win or lose, there’s no better way to celebrate than hitting the 19th hole.

Less is often more in golf and the same applies when con-sidering what to eat and drink after a round.

News Canada

Five top golf tips to help you boost your game

the little things that can have the biggest impact on your game. Whether it’s your � rst attempt, or 10th season, golf expert Bob Weeks has got you covered at the links this summer with these � ve tips:Choose the right clubs:

ence or skill level, choosing the right equipment can be the dif-ference between duf� ng it and striking the ball straight down the fairway.

a professional to get the clubs best-suited to your game and then, to have them custom � t. You should be � t for the length, loft, lie angle, shaft � ex and even the grip size. If your clubs aren’t custom � t, it will be like walk-ing around in shoes that are the wrong size.Get on the ball:

golf ball for your game. While golf balls all look the same, it’s

Five top golf tips to help

Super stridesPat Appel watches as grandsons Theodore and Gabriel O’Leary take some gigantic steps on the exercise equipment in Barriere’s Fadear Park last month.


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Getting Ready For The 2015 North Thompson Fall Fair & Rodeo

Fall Fair Tidbits

Jams and Jellies, Canning,

Bees, Milk Products, Fiber Arts• If you look over the fence and see that your neighbour seems to have

larger produce than you in their garden, don’t get discouraged. Instead of try-ing to enter your veggies under section one into the North Thompson Fall Fair exhibit hall contests, why not try some preserving and enter it under section six - home canning. This is also the answer to all that garden produce that is ripening early this year due to the long hot summer.

There are the usual categories of jams, marmalades and jellies, of course, but then there are also the other categories, such as canned vegetables, pickles and relishes and interesting items like antipasto, barbecue sauce, mincemeat, chutney and salsa.

And then there are the other categories that include canned meat, poultry and � sh. With sub categories of beef, chicken, � sh, smoked � sh, and wild game.

• Do you have a few chickens, a cow or two, or keep bees or grow grapes? If you do, check out section two in the North Thompson Fall Fair and Rodeo Catalog. The fair contest includes the perfect categories for you. You can show off the lovely large eggs that your chickens produce or the honey and beeswax from your honey bees.

There are categories for milk products, including butter, yogurt, cheese, and even soap; which is interesting, who knew you could make soap from milk?

Division D is where you’ll � nd information on the many different categories under which to enter your home-made wine – whether or not you use grapes to make it.

There’s even a division to enter wool, if you happen to also have sheep. This division also includes a category for other natural � bers, such as cotton.

• “Knit one, purl one, repeat to end of row... augh! I dropped a stitch.” Have you been heard to mutter such things? Well, why not enter the result of your hard work in one of the Fall Fair contests? The section you will want to look at is section � ve, for all things crocheted, knitted, spun, woven, or felted.

Division A is for anything crocheted, a personal favourite for many working with these types of creations - after all, there is only one ‘needle’ (crochet hook) to have to manage, and only one stitch on it at a time. Then there is division B, for knitted items (a little trickier with anywhere from two to four needles), and separate divisions for spinning, weaving and felting.

There are also divisions in this section for those 65 years of age and older, and one for those who are disabled.

For a complete list of categories, pick up your copy of the North Thompson Fall Fair and Rodeo catalog at area businesses, the Star/Journal, or at the Fall Fair of� ce in the Barriere IDA mall. The Fair of� ce will be open Wednesday through Saturday from Aug. 12 to Aug. 29. Hours: Wed. to Fri. 10 am - 4 pm; and Sat. 10 am - 1 pm. You can also go to: www.fallfair-rodeo.com where you will � nd the catalogue online.

By Ken Alexander100 Mile House Free Press

The building, which has housed the local Legion on Al-der Avenue in 100 Mile House for 50 years, had its doors locked for the last time by Le-gion president Bob Wangen-steen.

On Aug. 1, Wangensteen said The Royal Canadian Le-gion, Branch #260-100 Mile House will carry on in one form or another. He added they will continue providing services to area veterans.

“We’re not losing the Le-gion. The building is just shut down due to our � nancial situ-ation.”

In a front page story in the July 16 edition of the 100 Mile House Free Press, Wangen-steen explained the Legion was out of money and just couldn’t pay its bills, so it would be bet-ter to put a lock on the doors instead of accruing another month of bills.

“Everything is so old; you can’t get parts for anything; and no one remembers how it was done. Every time some-thing breaks and it’s a major part, and it costs around $3,000 to $10,000 to � x it.”

At that time, Wangensteen said he was waiting to hear back from the Legion BC/Yukon Command (LBCYC) about sending someone to 100 Mile House to look over the � nancial statements to see if there was something that could be done to rescue the local Le-gion.

However, he added there had been communication prob-lems.

Wangensteen said they re-ceived a visit from a LBCYC � -nancial of� cer a few days after the article hit the streets.

“He went through our � -

nancial statements and said we were doing what we had to do by closing the doors. He added the building was just wore out.”

He said it was the right move and then asked if anybody had any ideas, the Legion president said, adding the of� cer ex-plained the building is closed, but said we’re not going to lose the Legion.

Noting he felt the Legion building is a “white elephant,” Wangensteen said he told the � nancial of� cer he thought the executive had to get rid of it.

He suggested tearing the building down and then con-structing a new one that goes the length of the property and put about six or eight housing units in the back for veterans and seniors, and then have a small Legion up front.

“There is nothing else in the Cariboo for veterans’ hous-ing and having the units � lled

would support the Legion op-eration, but you have to have money to do that.”

Wangensteen said the � nan-cial of� cer liked it and said he was going to take it back to the LBCYC.

“I would be out of line to say it would solve the problem, but it would make a big differ-ence if we get the help.

“Veterans’ housing is very important. We had brought it up with Command before, but it this kind of stuff takes time.

“Command doesn’t want to lose this Legion either, but they’re not going to dump money into a bottomless pit either.”

Wangensteen said there is a lot of money available for vet-erans’ housing.

“You could draw on the Dominion Command’s Poppy Fund and that would give us a percentage and this fellow said he would help us with grants. The money from Command would give us our 50 per cent of the costs and allow us to ap-ply for other grants, which, in turn, would give us some mon-ey to build the building.”

Now, he added, the local Legion executive has to wait to hear back from the LBCYC to see what direction they’re going to head going forward.

Meanwhile, Wangensteen said the Legion will be still be running whether it’s through somebody’s house or “whatever it is.”

“We’ll still do Remembrance Day, take care of Legion busi-ness to help the veterans, and that kind of stuff.

“We will still be able to spon-sor the 2887 Rocky Mountain Rangers Royal Canadian Army Cadet Corps. As long as we’re here the Cadets are here; we may not have as much money as we gave them, but we will still be their sponsor.”

North Thompson Star/Journal

VERNON - The Government of B.C. is suspending angling in Middle Shuswap Riv-er due to warm water temperatures and low � ows.

Effective July 30 through Sept. 30, 2015, all angling in the Middle Shuswap River, downstream

of Shuswap Falls to Mable Lake is prohib-ited.

The angling closure is located in Wildlife Management Units 8-23 through 8-25.

The closure has been put in place to protect � sh stocks at a time when they are vulnerable due to high water temperatures and low � ows.

Trout may also con-

gregate in refuge pools at these times, making them more vulnerable to angling pressures.

Other streams in Management Units 8-23 through 8-25 are not affected at this time.

The Department of Fisheries and Oceans has also closed the Middle Shuswap and the two closures will support one another.

B.C. government � sheries biologists are monitoring ap-proximately 40 other key angling streams throughout the prov-ince, and if conditions warrant, additional closures are possible.

Angling closures are enabled through the British Columbia Sport Fishing Regu-lations of the federal Fisheries Act.

100 Mile Legion doors locked

Photo: Ken Alexander

Legion president Bob Wangen-steen locked the doors at the Royal Canadian Legion Branch #260 at 933 Alder Ave. in 100 Mile House for the � nal time on July 31. While the doors have been closed, the branch executive will continue to provide services for veterans and sponsor the local cadets.

Fishing closure for Middle ShuswapFishing closure for Middle Shuswap

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Which button is for the composition mode?

Yes, I did get asked that question the other day, but it is not as silly as it � rst sounds. I’ll go back to the conversation from which it comes.

A customer stopped by my shop wanting to get a dif-ferent camera other than the one he had been using for over 20 years.

I was showing him a couple of cameras and explaining the different modes like “aperture priority”, “shutter priority”, “program” and “man-ual” when he made the statement, “All that seems a bit com-plicated, just show me which button is for the composition mode because mostly I like taking scenics”.

The other custom-er in the store stopped her browsing, turned, and just looked at me. I’m not sure if she was troubled by his state-ment, or also wanted to know about this secret button.

I replied, “Composi-tion is what you do, not the camera, to position your subject within the view� nder frame,” and added, “Compo-sition also deals with perspective and the relationship you create between subjects in the foreground and back-ground.”

Does all that seem too complicated of an answer?

I was making squares and rect-angles with my hand and moving things

around on the coun-ter as I explained it hoping to make it clear to him.

However, now let us go back to his question of the “com-position button” and what he was trying to achieve with his cam-era. Remember his last camera was from the 1970’s. Even auto focus was new to him.

Cameras pro-grammed since the 1980s are pretty ca-pable of getting the exposure correct in all but the most contrasty lighting conditions.

If he were to get serious now that he was about to get a DSLR he would be trying to discover how other successful photographers com-pose a scenic.

Or he would be doing some reading, joining a camera club, or taking some classes that would teach him composition.

My impression was that he just liked to take pictures and cap-ture memories of the places he has been.

So I think either the mode with the “little mountains”, or with the “running person” on the dial of the camera I was showing him would give him exactly what he was looking for and we could, if he wanted to, call them composition modes.

The exposure mode I feel most comfortable with is manual, and I am continually thumbing through the different menus on my cam-era to reset things. I

make my living using a camera, so I have a camera in my hand a lot of the time.

I think each of us needs to use our cameras in ways that make us comfortable. Especially so that we won’t happen to be confused and experi-menting with the set-tings at that moment when the action hap-pens in front of our camera.

I used to call that a “Kodak moment”. Hmmm, I think I need to � nd a new phrase now that I am no longer using Ko-dak � lms and that company has pretty much disappeared.

In any event, I rec-ommended that he not worry too much about composition, and experiment with the different modes his camera has to of-fer other than “P”. Hopefully he’ll stop by again and I can get him using his DSLR as more than just a point and shoot camera.

In closing this ar-ticle that started with thoughts of compo-sition, I particularly like this quote of Al-exander Lee Nyerges of the Art Institute of Dayton, Ohio, when discussing an exhibition of Ansel Adams of the Ameri-can West.

“His landscapes were operatic in com-position, complete with lighting, tragedy and drama – luring those who viewed his works to seek Nature and capture the spirit of the wilderness.”

I am certain Ad-ams had a special but-ton for composition.

These are my thoughts for this week. Contact me at www.enmanscamera.com or [email protected]. Stop by Enman’s Camera at 423 Tranquille Road in Kamloops. And if you want an experienced photographer please call me at 250-371-3069. I also sell an interesting selection of used photo-graphic equipment.

withMaking Pictures

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Which button is for thecomposition mode?

Composition deals with perspective and the relationship you create between subjects in the foreground and background of your picture.

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Glass jars have a long history of safe use as food containers. How-ever, like all food packaging, glass jars can be damaged in their jour-ney from the manufacturer to your home.

Canadians should be aware of the safety features on food packag-ing, including those on glass jars with metal lids, and what to look for when purchasing food and opening it for the � rst time.

The food in glass jars with metal lids is packaged when hot, which creates a vacuum when it cools to room temperature.

Before opening a jar for the � rst time, the metal lid should be � at or slightly depressed, and you should hear the vacuum seal being broken (a “pop”) when the jar is opened.

Some jars have additional safety features like the “button” on the lids of baby food jars. If the lid is raised, or you hear nothing when opening a jar for the � rst time,

there may be quality or safety is-sues with the food and it should not be eaten.

Keep the following tips in mind during your next trip to the grocery store:

• Carefully examine food pack-aging. Be aware of the normal ap-pearance and compare items you pick up with other similar ones on the shelf.

• Do not purchase foods in glass jars if the seal is missing or if the jar has been opened, or is damaged or leaking.

• Check for the “best before” date printed on some products, and only buy items that you will use be-fore that date.

When opening a jar for the � rst time at home, if the seal has been broken or the ‘button’ is in the ‘up’ position, do not eat the contents. Take the jar back to the store for a replacement.

The most important thing to re-member is: “If in doubt, throw it out!”

Safety tips regarding food sold in glass jars

Glass jars have a long history of

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safe use as food containers. How-ever, like all food packaging, glass jars can be damaged in their jour-ney from the manufacturer to your home.

the safety features on food packag-ing, including those on glass jars with metal lids, and what to look for when purchasing food and opening it for the � rst time.

lids is packaged when hot, which creates a vacuum when it cools to room temperature.

time, the metal lid should be � at or slightly depressed, and you should hear the vacuum seal being broken (a “pop”) when the jar is opened.

features like the “button” on the lids of baby food jars. If the lid is raised, or you hear nothing when opening a jar for the � rst time,

food sold in glass jars

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Chinook Cove

Chu Chua

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Dunn Lake

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BLUE RIVER

CLEARWATER

Birch Island

Blackpool

East Blackpool

Upper Clearwater

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Chinook Cove

Chu Chua

Dar� eld

Dunn Lake

ExlouLouis Creek


BLUE RIVER

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Birch Island

Blackpool

East Blackpool

Upper Clearwater

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Roundtop

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This week is all about give and take, Capricorn. Do for others, and they will do for you. A special event calls for some extra-special gifts.

Some habits are hard to break, Aquarius. Look to a mentor to help and you will succeed. A fitness goal is easily achieved with a new piece of equipment.

The odds may be stacked against you, Pisces, but that doesn’t mean you won’t come out on top with a little ingenuity. A weekend endeavor requires a leap of faith.

Speak up, Aries, and the problem will be solved. A little miracle at home makes for an interesting weekend. Travel plans come together.

Cast aside all doubt, Taurus. The offer is genuine and will bring you many rewards. A test of faith begins— be strong. Money woes ease.

Feeling blessed these days, Gemini? Pay it forward. A compromise at home raises everyone’s spirits and fun ensues all weekend long!

A business relationship blossoms with an addition. A larger-than- life personality drops by with an offer you can’t refuse. Oh boy, oh boy, Cancer.

Oops, Leo. You fall behind on a project, raising some eyebrows. Not to worry. You will get back on track sooner than you think, thanks to an innovation.

Spend less, save more and you’ll definitely get more, Virgo. More in your bottom line and more peace of mind. Flowers provide a great pick-me-up.

Lady Luck smiles on you, Libra, and there is nothing beyond your reach. A treasured heirloom resurfaces, bringing back many fond memories.

The tiniest of changes make a vast improvement in a project. A rejection is a blessing in disguise. Be grateful for what you’re given, Scorpio.

News from afar gets the creative juices flowing, and you accomplish more than you have in some time, Sagittarius. A game of wits at the office proves challenging.

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You’re very good at marching to the beat of a different drummer, Aries. But keep in mind that sometimes it’s advantageous to fol-low along with what others are doing.

Cancer, enjoy the fruits of your labor this week. You worked hard, and now is a great time for you to rest, relax and catch up with some old friends. Good times are ahead.

Libra, now is the time for a change, however big or small that change ultimately may be. You may benefit from adoptiong a new hobby or changing careers.

Capricorn, even if you have a million ideas running through your head, push them aside in favor of some much-needed rest. You need to take some time for yourself.

Aquarius, embrace the coming days as a chance to distinguish yourself at work. Extra work presents an opportunity to put your value to the company on display.

Taurus, you hope that others ap-preciate what you are doing for them this week. You may not get a verbal thank-you, but expect some to show their appreciation in other ways.

Leo, leave room for others to share their opinions after ex-pressing your own. It never hurts to see another’s point of view, and a loved one’s opinion may prove enlightening.

Your life can’t al-ways be a bundle of excitement, Scorpio. Sometimes you have to sit back and enjoy those periods that are not so on-the-go. Relish in the slower pace.

Romance is in the air, Pisces. Enjoy this exciting time and take things slowly at first. Enjoy the slow pace and get to know your new love interest.

Gemini, many people are willing to lend you a helping hand when you need one. Make the most of their generosity, and then give back whenever possible.

Virgo, a heavy workload may force you to regroup and start over next week when you have more energy and inspira-tion. This is just a temporary setback.

Sagittarius, others are looking to you for advice this week. Give any inquiry the thoughtful consid-eration it deserves, doing your best to take others’ concerns to heart.

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July- August: Summer Camp for Kids, Volunteer Centre @ The Ridge, Daily fee of $2, Call Volunteer Centre (250) 672-0033 for more info

Aug 22: Legion Golf Tournament. Sign up at the bar. $50 tee off 1pm

Sept 4: NT Fall Fair Family Dance @ 7PM, Fall Fair Hall, Minors welcome - NO BOOZE, $10 Adults, Kids 10 under FREE - Tickets at door

Sept 6: Cowboy Concert @ 7:0PM, NT Fall Fair Hall, Adults $10, Snrs/Students $8 - Tickets at door

Sept 4-7: North Thompson Fall Fair & RodeoSept 18-19: Little Britches Rodeo Finals @ NTFF GroundsSept 22: Raise a reader Day in Barriere - Call 250.319.8023

to volunteer or make a donation.Sept 24-28: Provincial Winter Fair- NT FairgroundsArmy 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 &

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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 & 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 672-1890Choir: Thurs. @ Christian Life Assembly, Annesty Rd. Youth

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Sep to Mar (except holidays). Nominal fee. Barriere A-A: Every Tues. 7:30pm at the Pentecostal

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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. 250-672-

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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. 672-

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5660.

Quilting: 1st Tues, 10am @ Little Fort Hall.

Safe Home: Get away from domestic abuse, call 250-674-

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From KitchenMyBy Dee

Kale & Feta One-Pot PastaIngredients 3 tablespoons olive oil 6 to 8 cups packed fresh kale leaves teaspoon salt 4-1/2 cups water 1 pint cherry tomatoes, halved 1 package (8-ounces) Fettuccine Pasta 3 garlic cloves, minced salt and fresh ground pepper, to taste 2 tablespoons Extra Virgin Olive Oil ½-cup crumbled feta cheese

Method:1. Heat olive oil in a stockpot.2. Add kale leaves and salt; cook

over medium heat, stirring frequently, for 2 minutes.

3. Remove from heat; add water, halved tomatoes, pasta, garlic, salt and pepper.

4. Cook over high heat and bring to a boil.

5. Reduce heat to a simmer and continue to cook for 13 to 15 minutes, or until pasta is thoroughly cooked and water reduced. Stir occasionally.

6. Remove from heat and let stand 2 minutes.

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DistributorsINDEPENDENT Distributor Oppor-tunities! We are looking for an Inde-pendent Distributor for the following areas: CASTLEGAR & OKANA-GAN AREAS. Weston Bakeries Limited is proud to be a bakery leader in Canada, specializing in producing a wide variety of baked goods. There are excellent busi-ness opportunities in the Castlegar and Okanagan areas for an ener-getic, motivated, self-starter to pur-chase a route as an Independent Distributor of Weston products with-in a defi ned geographic territory. In-cluded is a solid customer base and exclusive distribution rights to a growing business. Interested indi-viduals please contact: Dave War-ren 250-979-8006 or via email [email protected] and or: Scott Craig 250-317-9099 or via [email protected]

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Home ImprovementsFULL SERVICE Plumbing from Parker Dean. Fast, re-liable, 24/7 service. Take $50 off your next job if you present this ad. Vancouver area. 1-800-573-2928.

Services

InsulationACCURATE Sprayfoam Ltd. is now booking for August and September in your area. Call our Toll Free # 1-877-553-2224 for more information.

Misc ServicesPortable bandmill and

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Merchandise for Sale

AuctionsONLINE AUCTION COMMERCIAL RESTAURANT EQUIPMENT- OPENS WED AUG 12 - CLOSES WED AUG 19......... COMMISSARY BAKERY & STEAM EQUIPMENT incl. Doyon Bakery & Cleveland Steam Equipment, Pizza Oven, Electric Convection Ovens, Dish-washers, Canopies, Freezers, Cool-ers, Fryers, Ranges, sinks AND MORE!!!!! View Weekdays 9am to 4pm @Active Auction Mart - Unit 295 - 19358 96th Ave, Surrey, BC--- view ONLINE & REGISTER to BID @www.activeauction-mart.com --- Tel: 604-371-1190 - email: [email protected]

Garage SalesClearwaterYard Sale

Aug. 14 - 15 - 16 - 17560 Greer Road

10 am - 4 pm“We’ve combined households.

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Saturday August 15thStarting @ 8:30AM

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Merchandise for Sale

Misc. for SaleSTEEL BUILDINGS. “Sum-mer madness sale!” All build-ings, all models. You’ll think we’ve gone mad deals. Call now and get your deal. Pio-neer Steel 1-800-668-5422 www.pioneersteel.ca

Real Estate

For Sale By OwnerClearwater: 222 Dutch Lk Rd, 4 bdrm (2 up/2 down), full suite downstairs, $135,000; 225 Murtle Cres, 4 bdrm, 3.5 bath, 10 yrs old, $249,000; 414 Buck Rd, 2 bdrm MH on own lot, $66,000; Vavenby - Peavine Rd, 3 bdrm up, 1 bdrm suite down, on 4 single lots, new renos, $185,000.Ph. 250-674-3668 mornings 9 am - noon, eve 5:30 pm - 9 pm

Little Fort bungalow 3 bdrm, 1 bath on .4 acre. $129,000. Ph 250-777-4050 or email [email protected]

Houses For SaleClearwater Houses for Sale 220 Dutch Lk Rd, 3 bdrm house, $119,000.208 Dutch Lk Rd. 3 bdrm w/2 full bath. $119,000. Both priced below assessed value.

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Rentals

Duplex / 4 PlexBarriere: Lg 1 bdrm apt (750 sq.ft.) on quiet St. in quiet 4-plex bldg. Apt has priv bal-cony w/good view and is locat-ed in the town of Barriere with a population of around 2,000. Pets are neg. 4-plex is located on lg lot w/plenty of parking for RV’s. NS in apt. Hydro is ex-tra. A 1-yr fi xed term. Contact Rick @ 250-682-2231

Homes for RentBirch Island: 3 bdrm home. Sat tv, util & laundry. $900/mo. Avail now. Ph. 250-674-1768

Clearwater: Lg 3 bdrm farm-house on 24 acres. Pastures, out bldgs, perfect for horses. Avail immed. $1200/mo plus damage + pet deposit. Call Julie 250-674-0188

Clearwater: Modern factory 2bdrm home, fridge, range, w/d, central air, carport. $750/mo Site #7 Thompson Crossing. Avail Oct. 1. View 250-587-6151

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Employment Agencies/Resumes

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OBITUARIESI n L o v i n g M e m o r y

Mamie Ann KelleyJanua ry 29 , 1916 – Augus t 3 , 2015

Born in Wayburn, Saskatchewan to Mary and Samuel Gendreau, Ma-mie was the oldest of eight children.

She traveled West in her early 20’s living and work-ing in the Okanagan picking fruit with her sister before moving to the Lower Main-land, where she worked at the Boeing Aircraft factory on the assembly line.

At that time she met her future husband, Leslie Kel-ley of Louis Creek, B.C. Ma-mie moved to Louis Creek in 1948 and soon gave birth to her first of three children.

After losing Les in 1981 she remained in Louis Creek until her home was destroyed

in the 2003 fires. With great strength and tenacity she chose to re-build her home and remained there on her own until 2012 when she moved to Kamloops.

She is survived by her

three children Jack (Linda) Kelley of Barriere, Shir-ley Hanson of Kamloops, and Gail (Ron) Barker also of Kamloops; as well as six grandchildren and 10 great grandchildren.

Mamie passed away peacefully at Royal Inland Hospital with many family members by her side.

A Celebration of Mamie’s life will be held on Thursday, August 13, at 2:30 p.m. in the Schoening Funeral Chapel, Kamloops.

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I n L o v i n g M e m o r yCorey Wayne McMartin

Ju ly 12 , 1992 – Ju ly 26 , 2015On the morning of July

26, 2015, Corey passed away as a result of injuries sus-tained in an automobile ac-cident.

Corey was born in the city of Kamloops, July 12, 1992. Corey was the first son and twin of Dan McMartin and Belinda Olson.

Corey grew up in Barri-ere, B.C. During his child-hood he grew to become an avid enthusiast and lover of camping, and all things game and video game relat-ed, making many friends at home and around the world.

He graduated secondary school, moving to Kam-loops, where he resided with close friends and his brother Cole. During this time, Co-rey also found a love for the gym and a commitment to living a healthy lifestyle, which inspired many of his friends to follow him down the same path.

Anyone who had the privilege of knowing Corey can recall his empathetic

and sensitive nature, and his unique ability to make you comfortable with your-self and your insecurities. He was able to bring a smile to your face, and if not he was always counted on to be there for support.

Corey once said “How fortunate we are to be sur-rounded by such continu-ous beauty”, which perfectly portrays his unique and in-sightful view of the world. Corey always wanted to know and understand every-thing he could about every-one he met, and never want-

ed anyone to ever feel alone. Corey dreamed of travel-

ling the world, wanting to visit Asia, Central America, and possibly even living in Australia.

Corey had wanted to ded-icate his life after eventually going to school to helping people by working as a coun-selor for troubled youth. He wanted to help others no matter what, and had a great gift for making those around him believe in themselves and see a brighter future.

Corey will be greatly missed by many, and loved forever by friends and fam-ily.

Corey is survived by his parents, Dan McMartin and Belinda Olson; his brothers and sisters Drew McMartin, Cole McMartin, Shailee Mc-Martin, Haylley Uppenborn, and Kashen Mcfayden.

A celebration of Corey’s life is being held at North Barriere Lake (Hollywood Beach) on August 15, 2015, at 1:00 p.m.

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A Clearwater RCMP report states police attempted to pull over a Dodge Caravan late at night for speeding. It had been travelling at 92 km/hr in a posted 60 km/hr speed limit zone on Highway 5.

Police activated all emergency lights, sirens and the loud horn for sev-eral minutes behind the van. However, it failed to pull over for police for some reason.

The license plate and a description of the van were forwarded to the Barriere RCMP Detachment, which set up a road check stop and stopped the van.

Clearwater RCMP attended and issued the driver of the van violation tickets for speeding and failing to stop for police.

Clearwater RCMP also report they received information of a possible impaired driver on Highway 5 approximately 20 km south of Clearwater. Clearwater RCMP were not able to intercept the impaired driver; however he was stopped by Barriere RCMP.

The driver was impaired by alcohol and morphine. He was issued a 90-day driving prohibition and his vehicle was impounded for 30 days.

This will cost the driver approximately $4,000 in � nes/towing/impound-ment fees to get his driver’s licence and vehicle back.

Failing to stop for police

A Clearwater RCMP report states police attempted to pull over a Dodge

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If you are being abused, or if some-one you know is be-ing abused, there is always something that you can do, even if you don’t think so.

Whatever your abuser tells you, you have nothing to be ashamed of, and you do not have to keep the abuse a secret.

So, what should you do?

The easiest answer is to talk to someone you trust who is in a position to advise you. This could be a member of your family, a teacher at school, a priest from your church or per-haps the parents of a good friend.

Often, if the abuse is happening out-side the home, tell-ing your Mom or Dad is good. But, if the abuse is happen-ing within the home your Mom or Dad might find it difficult to accept and it is better to seek advice from someone not so close to the problem. It doesn’t mean they don’t love you or care about you, it’s just that abuse is difficult for adults to handle too.

If there isn’t any-one you know per-sonally who can help, or if you feel that you or anyone else is in danger, there are emergency help lines and advice lines that you can call.

There are even ref-uges...places of safe-ty...where you can go if you need to escape.

Leaving home is a tough thing to do, but it may be just what you need to help start the process of solving the problems.

You can contact the Child Abuse Ho-tline on 1-800-4-A-CHILD.

If you are worried that your abuser may find out that you are trying to ask for help

or report a problem, there are things that you can do to protect yourself.

Make a call from a trusted friend’s house if possible, rather than from your own home. You can do the same with the inter-net...it’s better not to use a home computer in case anyone sees what sites you have visited.

If you don’t have a friend whose phone or computer you can use, you can go to an internet cafe or use a public telephone.

Try to avoid using your mobile phone if possible for calls like these, as it’s very easy for calls or texts to be traced.

Whatever way you seek help, the orga-nization will protect your privacy and will not force you to do anything you aren’t comfortable with. They are there to help you.Steps for Escaping Abuse

If you are in im-mediate danger, call 9-1-1

Develop an escape plan which does not include confronting your abuser.

Contact your lo-cal Safe Home, and know about laws and resources available to you before a crisis. They may be able to supply you with an emergency cell phone if you have not been allowed to have one of your own. If you have your own cell phone, download the

Aspire App (free) and enter your emergency information.

Keep evidence of physical abuse.

Keep a journal of all violent incidences.

Take important phone numbers with you.

Gather important documents “medical records, birth certifi-cates, driver’s license, restraining orders, divorce papers, pass-ports, immigration papers.

If injured, go to the doctor, report what happened and document the visit.

Plan with your children, and identify a safe place for them to go for help.

Try to set money aside in your own bank account or hid-den with your emer-gency bag.

Pack an extra set of clothing for your-self and your chil-dren and keep it at a friend’s home.

Request police standby or an escort to the shelter.

If you have been living in an abusive relationship, you may feel confused and afraid and not know where to turn or what to do. You may have mixed feelings of love and anger; wanting the abuse to end, but not wanting the rela-tionship to be over. If you are in immediate danger call 911. For help contact Interior Health Crisis Line 1-888-353-2273.

AVA (Anti-Vi-olence Advocates) Society is collecting cell phones and their chargers to be used by families planning to leave an abusive situation. Drop off your old phones at Armour Moun-tain Office Services. Thank you to Me-dia Esteem, where Kevin has agreed to clear the phones to factory settings.

Part 9: What to do if you are being abused

By Adam Williams

As I get older, I realize I learned all of life’s most important lessons from my dad.

When I was a kid, it was the usual stuff: play nice with others, don’t talk back. He taught me how to � sh, how to throw a baseball and, despite the fact I’m still not very good at it, how to play hockey.

He gave me a love of words — ironically, I’ve never found the words to thank him for instilling me with it.

The best memories of my childhood are of falling asleep to the tale of Long John Silver as he read chapters of Treasure Island.

Twenty years later, I still have the same copy of the novel on my bookshelf.

As I became a teen, the lessons obviously be-came more complex.

Instead of sports and playground etiquette, it was working hard and the value of a dollar. In the Williams family, we changed the oil in our own vehicles, we didn’t buy things we could make ourselves. To this day, I cringe every time I pull into the drive-thru at Mr. Lube. It kills me to buy a coat rack I know I could make.

There were no easy outs in my family — if I wanted something, I could get a job and pay for it myself. If I fought with my brother, there would be consequences (for years, a hole in the wall was a constant reminder of why were no longer able to play mini-stick hockey in the basement).

My dad taught me how to laugh at myself, too, how to graciously be the centre of stories that never seemed to go away.

“Rocket Ron,” as we call him, was always do-ing something to make our family laugh. More than 10 years later, my cousins still talk about the time he tripped over � rst base at the family baseball tournament, the night he tried to hide a pocketknife injury from my mother by sticking his hand in his mouth. She caught him when he tried to have a conversation with her, his hand still in his mouth.

More than any other lesson, though, my dad taught me that anything less than my best wasn’t good enough — but, my best would always be good enough.

It didn’t matter how many Cs I got in my � rst year of university, as long as I was going to class and studying. It didn’t matter how often I ended

up on the bench during my brief hockey career, as long as I was trying.

I am now 28. My dad is 63.The Rocket is teaching me what it means to

be brave.A few months ago, dad was diagnosed with

incurable lung cancer. He was told he had a few months, maybe a couple of years, to live. It was devastating for our family. How could a man so full of life, who had never missed a day of work in his life, be so sick?

I write about cancer on almost a monthly basis, about the bravery of those � ghting it, the sadness of those losing the battle.

But, while we in the family were feeling sorry for ourselves, the Rocket went to work. He has undergone chemotherapy treatments without a complaint and avoided the loss of his hair by pre-emptively shaving his head.

If he feels sorry for himself, he certainly hasn’t shown it. At my cousin’s wedding a couple weeks ago, he was as happy as ever — sneaking a rum and coke when my mom wasn’t looking, posing for pictures with the family, bald and all, sharing a dance with his wife of 34 years.

In the face of a � ght the doctors say he will eventually lose, my dad hasn’t quit. He said he’ll � ght to get every day he can, to see every possible Christmas, to celebrate every birthday.

I’m sad to be losing my dad. I’m sad he prob-ably won’t see me get married, angry he likely won’t be there to see me publish a book. And, I’m disappointed the Edmonton Oilers, his team, are so far from winning another Stanley Cup.

But, I’m happy to have this time with him. I’m stunned by the strength he has shown, thrilled to see him still laughing and cracking jokes, even if they’re at his own expense.

I’m happy to have the opportunity to tell him I am who I am because of him, that I love to read and write because he taught me how, that I will never quit on anything because he never did.

Growing up, my dad taught me all kinds of lessons. He was never afraid to say “I love you.” There was no better reward than hearing the words “I’m proud of you.”

I hope the words mean as much to him today.I love you, dad.I’m proud of you.Adam Williams is a columnist for Kamloops

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Just call him WolfLocal musician, Wolf, was spotted singing to a private audience re-cently made up of his faithful Maremma dog, while they enjoyed some much needed shade away from the unrelenting sun.


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you do?

is to talk to someone you trust who is in a position to advise you. This could be a member of your family, a teacher at school, a priest from your church or per-haps the parents of a good friend.

is happening out-side the home, tell-ing your Mom or Dad is good. But, if the abuse is happen-ing within the home your Mom or Dad might find it difficult to accept and it is better to seek advice from someone not so close to the problem. It doesn’t mean they don’t love you or care about you, it’s just that abuse is difficult for adults to handle too.

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