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By Jackie LieuwenHouston Today
The District of Houston will close and lock the gate to the ball park behind Four Seasons overnight and in the winter.
The closure is to prevent vandalism that has been happening.
District Chief
Administrative Of� cer Michael Glavin says the park has “regularly been subjected to vandalism and other potentially dangerous activities including drinking, bon� res, and vehicles doing doughnuts in the gravel parking lot.”
Director of Leisure Services Ryan
Coltura says staff recently cleaned up and repaired � ipped over bleachers, damaged picnic tables,
and garbage cans thrown on top of the dugouts.
It cost the District approximately $800
for clean up and repairs, he said.
Don Hounsell, Manager of Engineering and Operations, says peo-ple are also dumping industrial garbage on the rodeo grounds.
They have had tree cuttings, stumps and loads of sod dumped there, he said.
Mayor and council discussed several options including closing Four Seasons access except during events, closing the gate only overnights, and closing only the second gate access to the ball � eld.
Opening and clos-ing the gate everyday would cost the District
$7,300 annually, as it requires overtime hours, Glavin said.
A lot of people use the park to walk dogs, and Councillors Tim Anderson and Jonathan Van Barneveld said they want to keep the park open for the public to use.
Sockeye predicted reduced numbers
Gate at Four Seasons to be locked overnight and winter
By Xuyun ZengHouston Today
Anglers should brace for more � shing restrictions if the sockeye numbers keep falling.
The Skeena Fisheries Commission estimates that only 855,000 sockeye will return this year. That is three times less than the three million previously predicted.
They warn that if numbers in the coming days show poor predictions, they will implement more restrictions to conserve sockeye populations.
“For the most part, the early indication is that there are not a lot of � ve-year olds,” said Skeena Fisheries Commission advisor Mark Cleveland.
“Skeena sockeye make up a portion of four-year-old � sh coming back and � ve-year-olds. They are roughly similar ratios, it varies from year to year, but this year
speci� cally, we were expecting about 60 per cent to be � ves.
“It seems to be a lot less � ve-year-olds than we predicted.”
Cleveland says it is probably due to a number of things, including climate change.
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“They will lock the gate to the ball park behind Four
Seasons Park.
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SFC says recreational anglers can continue fishing, but can take only one Skeena sockeye daily while the predicted numbers stay at 800,000 to 1 million.
Commercial fishing will see a complete ban.
Under the Constitution, First Nations have priority in accessing fish as long as numbers remain above 550,000, Campbell said. That is the minimum for conservation purposes.
He predicts that First Nations food fisheries will not have to deal with restrictions.
“If the run continues at its present rate it will not affect
the food fisheries, and it doesn’t look like the run will be so poor that we will have to look to restricting food fisheries. But it is a possibility,” Cleveland said.
W e t ’ s u w e t ’ e n fisheries manager Walter Joseph was more pessimistic when he spoke at the Return of the Salmon event in Moricetown last Friday.
He said this year was supposed to be a good year for sockeye, but for unknown reasons, the prediction was completely off.
“Should it not work out as well as it should, we might ask the community to conserve sockeye,” Joseph said.
“If the sockeye run does not shape up and
we have to conserve, then we will try to fill our food fish needs perhaps from Babine, or from coho, or from steelhead here in the [Moricetown] canyon.
The SFC will
continue keeping an eye on its predictions.
If they see consecutive days of reduced numbers at the Skeena Tyee test fishery, they will start talking with First
Nations. “The chiefs will
make a call at some point when we start to have a better understanding of how this run is shaping up,” Joseph said.
We ask the community to conserve sockeyeSOCKEYE from Page 1
By Jackie LieuwenHouston Today
The District of Houston declined two requests to waive
fees for groups. “It sets a precedent
for other groups,” said Councillor Rick Lundrigan.
Houston Search
and Rescue requested the the District waive fees for the use of the airport for a regional SAR training expo.
Mayor and
council declined the request.
S t r e a m ke e p e r s requested that the District waive fees for the water and
sewer connection, building permit and development permit of the proposed coho hatchery.
The fees total about $8,000 and mayor and council declined the request.
“Council is demonstrating that they are willing to work with them by supplying the piece of property,” he said.
C o u n c i l l o r Jonathan Van Barneveld asked if the District waived fees for the seniors complex being built by the Houston Retirement Housing Society.
District Chief A d m i n i s t r a t i v e Officer Michael Glavin says they waived only building permit fees.
Mayor and council declined the request to have fees waived. Councillor Van Barneveld was opposed.
Council declines requests to waive fees
Xuyun Zeng photoFishing at Moricetown canyon.
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“I have a hard time closing up access to a public park,” Van Barneveld said.
Mayor Shane Brienen says most of the people who party at the park walk there, not drive.
Councillor Tom Stringfellow agreed, saying that those who party there will either burn the wood that is there or bring wood in.
“I don’t think locking gates is going to keep the people from going in and doing the damage,” he said.
Anderson said he thinks partiers will choose the place easiest to access.
“If it is more inconvenient to party there, we may defer them to areas that are not creating a cost to the town,” he said.
He said they should talk to businesses about disposing of the wooden palates which are often used for the bonfires.
Van Barneveld said locking the gate is “a band aid rather than a solution,” which may stop the park vandalism but will not address the deeper issue.
Councillor Rick Lundrigan asked if they could cut costs and close the gate during winter, opening it summer days.
The District has closed the main gate during the winter
before and got a lot of push back from the community.
“A lot of people do walk in there with snowshoes,” he said.
He said they could close the second gate accessing the ball park, as that is where the parties usually are and where damage is done.
Locking the gate would keep out vehicles, but people walking dogs or
snowshoeing could walk around and still access the area, Lundrigan said.
Mayor and council agreed to lock the second gate access to the ball park during the winter and on summer nights.
The gate will be open 8 a.m. to 9 p.m. in the summer days.
Mayor and council will revisit the decision in one year to see if it resolves the issue.
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Gate locked to stop vandalismGATE from Page 1
File photoFour Seasons Park hosts a variety of events such as the May Days Rodeo. The back of the park will now have a locked gate to prevent vandalism.
Houston to host regional SAR trainingBy Jackie Lieuwen
Houston Today
Nine Search and Rescue (SAR) teams from Prince George to Prince Rupert are coming to Houston for training August 14 to 16.
Houston SAR Director Andy Muma says the weekend training expo will allow teams to network and share strategies and it will expose ground searchers to specialized rescue skills.
PEP AIR ( P r o v i n c i a l Emergency Program) is bringing in three planes and 12 people to be part of a hasty ground search training Saturday.
Muma says they will test out the new communication capabilities between airplanes and ground SAR.
The nine SAR teams will also run scenarios with rope rescues, swift water rescues and shore searches Saturday and Sunday.
Teams will enjoy big breakfasts, barbecues and overnight camping.
During the weekend, Houston SAR will unveil and utilize their new primary response vehicle, specially designed for the north.
Houston SAR
bought the vehicle last year with Gaming Grants and generous community support, and it was custom-built January to July.
Muma says they decided on the need for regional training at a recent SAR Annual General Meeting in Prince George.
They decided they needed to “get back into training across groups because of all the sharing with equipment and personnel,” Muma said.
“It is going to allow us to meet each other so that we know each other when it comes to a search.”
He says it will enable teams to “improve on c o m m u n i c a t i o n , improve on process and improve on response time.”
Photo submittedThe new primary response vehicle bought by Houston Search and Rescue is custom built and will be used as part of the SAR Regional training expo August 14 to 16.
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Service jobs in northwest BCAccording to the CPABC Regional
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British Columbia (CPABC), Northwest B.C.’s job market lost 1,600 jobs last year, after a slight improvement in 2013. This pushed the unemployment rate upward to 8.0 per cent, which was well-above the provincial average of 6.1 per cent. All of the job losses in the region occurred in the services sector, while the goods sector experienced modest shifts.
Employment in the goods sector saw some gains, as our construction industry grew by 900 jobs last year due to a considerable increase in residential and commercial projects that kept local contractors busy, despite an overall decline in the value of building permits and a slowdown in major project activity. However, this was offset by losses in resources (forestry, fishing, mining, and oil and gas) and manufacturing (-100 and -700 jobs respectively).
According to the CPABC report, a dwindling timber supply in the Nechako Development Region caused many of the job losses in the manufacturing and forestry industries. Last year, West Fraser and Canfor swapped their timber licenses in Houston and Quesnel, which allowed one viable operation to continue in each community, but put 225 mill workers out of work in Houston. With a record year of forest fires in our province, the forestry sector may take a further hit this year.
Looking at the services sector, some industries saw modest increases driven in part by the temporary workers and contractors working on the 11 major projects under construction in the region. Collectively, accommodation and food services and health care and social assistance added 2,300 jobs, and additional demand for scheduled and charter flights for transient workers, as well as improvements in container traffic and increased grain shipments positively impacted job growth in transportation and warehousing (+700 jobs).
However, these gains did not offset a contraction in other service industries, including a substantial decline in public administration positions (-2,200). Job losses in the services sector coincided with the completion of some major infrastructure projects, including the Burns Lake Hospital, the Northwest Transmission Line, and the Forrest Kerr Hydroelectric Project.
While there are some signs for concern, various major projects are expected to proceed this year and residents should be able to find additional employment opportunities in 2015.
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Take them with youBy Lori Welbourne
On a brighter note
I drove my kids to the corner store a few days ago and as they ran in with their friends I decided to see how long I could tolerate the extreme heat.
I’d recently seen some social experiment videos in which people tested their endurance in a hot car and I was curious to feel it for myself. With the temperature at 90 degrees outside, how much would it rise with the doors closed and the windows rolled up? How long would I be able to hack it?
By the time the kids returned eight minutes later I was drenched with sweat and felt like I’d been oven baked. I had no idea how hot it was, but after reading that a car can heat up to 125 degrees in minutes, I believe it probably wasn’t far off.
When we consider the core temperature of an infant or young child can increase three to five times faster
than that of an adult, it’s not surprising that over 700 of them have died from vehicular heatstroke since 1990. According to the nonprofit safety group Kids and Cars, 38 deaths per year is the new average, and that’s just in the U.S. Statistics such as these are unavailable in Canada.
“He was asleep,” one of my friends ex-plained about leav-ing her toddler in the back seat when she ran into Starbucks. “And I was only going to be a minute or two.” She thought it was harm-less as she’d parked out front and could see her car from the coun-ter, but it turned into a regret she’ll never repeat.
“My order took longer that I expect-ed,” she said. “And I’d also run into an old friend I started chat-ting with.” By the time she returned, her baby was crying and there were two concerned strangers trying to open her doors, angry she’d left him in there, and about to call 911.
At first she was de-fensive and thought they were overreact-ing, but with her boil-ing hot two year old out of his car seat and in her arms sobbing she felt both morti-fied and grateful that her child was still con-scious.
People can have a terrible sense of how long it takes to do things and it only takes minutes in an overheated car for a child to suffer irrevers-ible brain or kidney injuries. When body temperatures reach 104 degrees, internal organs can shut down, and at 107 degrees children can die.
This doesn’t just happen to children left unattended by parents imagining they’ll be a brief moment either. It also happens to little ones who’ve been tem-porarily forgotten.
Often due to a change in routine com-bined with fatigue and distracted thinking, loving parents have been known to have complete memory failure regarding their children in the back
seat, only to discover their heartbreaking death once they return to the car.
Medical experts caution us not to think it can’t happen to us and recommend leaving a shoe, wallet, phone or something we’ll need to retrieve from the backseat as a full-proof reminder of the child.
And since kids sometimes get into cars on their own, they should always be locked and keys and remote openers should be placed out of their reach.
Leaving anyone in a vehicle who’s unable to open the door and remove themselves should never be done. And that advice ap-plies to man’s best friend as well. Canines don’t sweat and have no way of cooling themselves, so an over heated vehicle can eas-ily kill a dog.
If you see a helpless person or animal in a hot car, remember that every second counts. Call 911, have some-one report the name, model and license
plate of the vehicle to the nearest business and don’t leave the scene until the situa-tion’s resolved.
If the parent or au-thorities are too slow to arrive and a life ap-pears to be in immi-nent danger, find a wit-ness who agrees and take steps to remove them from the hot car.
Depending on the city, attempting a res-cue such as this could lead to charges be-ing laid - especially in the case of a broken window - but saving a life would be worth that risk to most of us. Once they’re out, move them to an air-conditioned space if possible, give them non-ice water to drink and cool them down with.
Even on a day with milder temperatures and the windows cracked, a car can heat up exceedingly fast. Vehicular heat-stroke fatalities have occurred with outside temperatures as low as 60 degrees, so always take them with you. Or if they’re a pet, leave them safe at home.
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Have you noticed the latest degradation of standards on TV news? In addition to sensational depictions of crime, accidents and celebrities, the lineup now incorporates any nonsense that is momentarily “viral” on the Internet.
So it was with an online petition singling out Swiss food corporation Nestlé, which operates a water bottling plant near Hope. It’s the largest in B.C., one of many that bottle the province’s water and sell it back to a gullible public.
This petition is courtesy of SumOfUs, one of those self-appointed e n v i r o n m e n t a l watchdogs that seem to pop up like
mushrooms overnight. “Fighting for people over pro� ts,” they claim, pitching for donations.
The story has what U.S. comedian Stephen Colbert calls “truthiness.” That’s when something is false, but it “feels” true.
“Nestlé is about to suck B.C. dry – for $2.25 per million litres to be exact,” says the SumOfUs headline.
Using her keen sense of what’s super� cially popular, Premier Christy Clark
instantly called for a review of these low rates for selling the people’s water.
It then fell to
Environment Minister Mary Polak to explain what’s really going on.
“People keep saying there’s a deal with Nestlé,” Polak told reporters. “There isn’t. They pay the same as any other industrial user, in fact the highest industrial rate, and it goes for anything from hydraulic fracturing to bottled water, those involved in mining for
example, any of those heavy industrial uses.”
And why is that rate so low? It’s because the province takes great pains not to “sell” water, which would make it a commodity under trade agreements, like oil or minerals. That would surrender provincial control, and allow the U.S. to press for equal access to Canadian water.
“You’re buying the right to use the water,” Polak said. “I know it sounds crazy to the public, but we call it a rental – a water rental. There’s a reason we use that language, because we are very careful to avoid any suggestion that by paying this amount, you therefore own that water.
“That reserves for us the right at any time, for a compelling public need, to say stop. It doesn’t matter if you have a licence.”
As for the brazenly false claim that Nestlé is sucking B.C. dry, I’m indebted to a real environmental p r o f e s s i o n a l named Blair King for explaining this. (His blog, achemist in langley.blogspot.ca, offers useful technical explanations of issues in the news, many of which contradict so-called environmentalists.)
King notes that the bottling plant uses less than one per cent of the � ow through Kawkawa Lake:
“If Nestlé stopped operating (and put
its 75 employees out of work and stopped paying municipal taxes) would there be more water for the rest of us?” he writes.
“Absolutely not. Kawkawa Lake drains its excess water into the Fraser River, which drains into the Strait of Georgia. Neither the Fraser River at Hope nor the Strait of Georgia is particularly short of water, even in the driest of years.”
Clark made one useful contribution, when asked about this urgent non-issue by those seeking to further sensationalize the current drought and forest � res.
She correctly noted that most B.C. residents have access to the best tap water
in the world, and have no need for bottled water.
Nestlé, Perrier, Coke, Pepsi and other companies have done a fantastic job of convincing people that their drinking water has to be delivered in bottles from some mythical pure source.
Here’s a tip, Nestlé critics: Fill a jug with water and stick it in the fridge. Fight the corporations.
Darlene
“It helps provide information about
growing a garden. It helps people learn how
to grow food.”
Kyla Jaspers
“It is really great at bringing community together-like at the Thursday BBQs.”
Susan Buie
“It’s main importance is that people who have no options to have a garden finally have an option. At my place we have
clay and nothing grows in that.”
Richard Michelle
“People can get vegetables. They get to
take them home and fill their fridges at the end of
the summer. ”
Nestlé protest does not hold water
By Jeff NagelBlack Press
While car thefts and other property crime climbed in 2014, violent crime fell eight per cent in B.C., according to new national statistics.
That was despite 88 homicides across
the province, a 15 per cent increase.
The overall B.C. crime rate was little changed, up one per cent.
Thefts under $5,000 were up eight per cent, fraud was up 11 per cent, and property crime of all types rose seven per cent.
Drug violations were down 9.7 per cent and charges for marijuana production or traf� cking plunged 45 per cent.
Statistics Canada also posted new crime severity index rankings of major populated centres. The measurement
also includes traf� c offences and federal violations not included in the
crime rate. Metro Vancouver
area had a crime severity index of
96.7 – the worst in B.C. and much higher than the national average of
66.7.Only two cities
had a higher ranking of crime severity – Regina at 102.8 and Saskatoon at 109.7.
The crime severity index was 87.9 in Kelowna, 84.4 in Abbotsford-Mission and 62.8 in Victoria.““Drug violations were down 9.7 per cent
and charges for marijuana production or trafficking lunged 45 per cent.”
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By Jackie LieuwenHouston Today
Over $2,000 in goods was stolen from a home on Hagman Crescent in the 48-hours before 10 a.m. July 14. Sgt. Rose says the thief took several TVs, DVDs, a VCR, bread machine, deep fryer, satellite re-ceiver and clothing. Police have no suspects and anyone with infor-mation is asked to con-tact Houston RCMP at 250-845-2204 or Crime Stoppers at 1-800-222-8477.
***Someone stole
a vehicle from the Houston Shopping Centre at 3:15 p.m. July 17. Sgt. Rose says the driver left the keys in the vehicle. Shortly after, police got several calls about an impaired driver in the stolen vehicle on
Highway 16 between Houston and Burns Lake. Police attempted to stop the vehicle but it took off. The suspect male was arrested at a local government office later that afternoon. The vehicle was found parked at a nearby store.
The male was charged with failing to stop for police, dangerous operation of a motor vehicle, possession of stolen property under $5,000, theft of a motor vehicle and impaired driving. He was convicted July 20 of dangerous operation of a motor vehicle and theft of motor vehicle. He was sentenced to six months jail, 12 months probation, a two-year driving prohibition and a $200 fine.
***Someone stole
headphones and a
DVD player from a vehicle parked on Pearson Road at 12:15 p.m. July 10. Sgt. Rose says the vehicle was un-locked and police have no suspects.
***Police stopped a
vehicle 20 kilometres up the North Road at 3:30 p.m. July 10. Sgt. Rose says police saw the driver and passenger stop and switch seats. Police are charging the original driver with driving while prohibited.
***Police got report
that a 76-year-old male died suddenly in Granisle at 9:30 a.m. July 11. Sgt. Rose says the death was not sus-picious and the file was turned over to the BC Coroners Service.
***Police stopped an
impaired driver near a local restaurant at 9:10 a.m. July 12. Sgt. Rose says the driver failed the breath test and po-lice issued him a 90-day
roadside prohibition. They impounded the vehicle for 30 days.
***A police vehicle
collided with a parked car on Bold Road at 11:30 p.m. July 12. Sgt. Rose says damage was under $1,000, no one was injured, and the file is still under investigation.
***Police arrested and
charged a male with assault at a home on Hagman Crescent July 13.
***A young person
turned in a bag of white powder, found in a local school yard at 11 a.m. July 13. Sgt. Rose says lab tests are being done and pre-liminary tests show it may be MDMA. The source is unknown and anyone with informa-tion is asked to contact Houston RCMP at 250-845-2204 or Crime Stoppers at 1-800-222-8477.
***A vehicle ran into
another vehicle on Highway 16 at Ninth Street at 2:20 p.m. July 14. Sgt. Rose says dam-age was minor and no
one was injured. The offending driver left without exchanging de-tails, and police tracked
down the owner and gave them a ticket for driving without insur-ance.
***Two vehicles col-
lided on Highway 16 at Copeland Avenue at 4 p.m. July 14. Sgt. Rose says no one was injured and damage was mod-erate. A driver was tick-eted for having expired insurance.
***Police got report of
a domestic disturbance in a vehicle driving on Highway 16 at 1:10 a.m. July 16. Sgt. Rose says police found the vehicle at a local gas station and arrested the male driver to prevent assault. The male got angry and assaulted two police officers. He was charged for assaulting a police officer and resisting arrest.
***Police arrested and
charged a male for assaulting a female on Highway 16 at Knockholt Loop Road at 4:30 p.m. July 18.
***Police stopped a
vehicle for speeding on Highway 16 near Broman Lake at 2:30 a.m. July 20. Sgt. Rose says police demanded a roadside screen and the driver blew a warn. He was also prohibited from driving. The male was issued a three-day roadside prohibition and the vehicle was impounded. He faces charges for driving while prohibited.
Police tried to stop a stolen vehicle in Avalon subdivision at 2:40 a.m. July 10. RCMP Sergeant Stephen Rose says the vehicle was stolen from a home and the driver escaped as police arrived. At 7 a.m. police got report that the vehicle crashed 20 kilometres up the North Road. Police found the vehicle in flames down a steap embankment. The driver had climbed up the slope and was laying on the roadside. He was rushed to the Smithers Hospital with serious but not life-threatening injuries, and later transferred to the Prince George Hospital. The vehicle was destroyed and police are investigating the crash, cause of fire and theft of vehicle. Police are seeking an arrest warrant for the male and charges are expected for taking a vehicle without consent, driving while prohibited and failing to stop for police. Sgt. Rose says alcohol was a factor.
Police report
Photo submitted
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District of HoustonNewsletter ~ July 29th, 2015 edition
Where the welcome is warm and the
wilderness beckons!
Website: www.houston.caPlease visit the website for info on:• Council Meeting Agendas• Pool Schedule• Arena Schedule• Important Public Notices• Tenders & Job Opportunities• Lost Dogs
Municipal Of� ce HoursThe Municipal Office located at
3367 – 12th Street is openMonday to Friday,
8:00 am to 5:00 pm(closed on statutory holidays)
Email: [email protected] Phone: 250-845-2238 Fax: 250-845-3429
For Public Works Emergencies
(example: water main break)Call the Municipal Office
@ 250-845-2238 for a recordedmessage with the contact number
of the person on call.
Pool & Gym Phone: 250-845-7420 Email: [email protected]
Arena Phone: 250-845-7432
What’s Happening...
Phone: 250-845-2256email: [email protected]
Website:http://houston.bclibrary.ca
Houston Public Library
Our Summer Reading Club continues into
August for:Ages 3 to 5: August 5 & 12 from 10 to 11 a.m.
Ages 6 to 8: August 5 & 12 from 1 to 2 p.m.
Ages 9 to 12: August 6 & 13 from 1 to 2 p.m.
Wind up party for all ages Wednesday, August 19 from 1 to 3 p.m.
Mark Zagwyn Photography will not be in the library in August, but will return on September 4thfrom noon to 4:30.
Burning PermitsRequired
All open burning within the District of Houston requires a Burning Permit all year round. To obtain a permit contact the
Fire Department at 250-845-2250
Upcoming Council Meetings:Tuesday, August 4, 2015Tuesday, August 18, 2015The above meetings are held at 7:00pmin Council Chambers, 3367 – 12th Street.
The Agendas can be viewed on the District’s website: www.houston.ca
Water RestrictionsWater Conservation Measures are now in effect as follows:
Until further notice, the use of water supplied through the District of Houston water system, for other than domestic requirements, is restricted. Restricted uses include lawn/garden watering. These restrictions will be imposed as follows:EAST OF BUCK CREEK: (example: Butler Ave.) MAY water on even calendar days between the hours of 6:00 a.m. to 10:00 a.m. and 7:00 p.m. to 10:00 p.m. ONLY.WEST OF BUCK CREEK: (example: Mountainview Drive) MAY water on odd calendar days between the hours of 6:00 a.m. to 10:00 a.m. and 7:00 p.m. to 10:00 p.m. ONLY.
These restrictions are required due to seasonal increases in water consumption, and to ensure adequate water supplies for fi re fi ghting and domestic demands. For further information, please contact the District of Houston Municipal Offi ce at 250-845-2238.
Dogs at LargeWith summer here, dogs that are not confi ned to the owner’s property tend to roam around town. The District receives numerous complaints regarding dogs running loose, acting in an aggressive manner, getting into garbage and leaving waste in recreation areas and along pathways. For the peace and enjoyment of all residents and visitors, please keep your pet(s) confi ned to your property at all times as required under the Pound & Animal Regulation Bylaw. When you are out enjoying a walk with your pet, please be mindful to have your pet on a leash and carry a plastic bag so that you can clean up after your pet.
Leisure Facility Programs
Water Rates Residential Water fees increased by $25 per quarter starting July 1, 2015 to cover the new Water Treatment Plant operating costs. Water, Sewer and Waste Collection will continue to be billed quarterly through 2015 and are due 30 days after billing date.
August 10-21 (Monday-Friday)Level Time Level TimeStar� sh, Duck, Sea Turtle 10:00-10:30am SK 1/2 11:30-12:00pmSea Otter 11:30-12:00pm SK 3/4 10:30-11:00amSalamander 11:00-11:30am SK 5/6 10:00-10:45amSun� sh 11:00-11:30am SK 7/8 10:45-11:30amCrocodile/Whale 11:30-12:00pm SK 9/10 10:00-11:00am
August 24 - September 4Level Time Level TimeStar� sh, Duck, Sea Turtle 11:30-12:00pm SK 1/2 10:00-10:30amSea Otter 11:30-12:00pm SK 3/4 11:00-11:30amSalamander 10:30-11:00am SK 5/6 10:45-11:15amSun� sh 10:30-11:00am SK 7/8 10:00-10:45amCrocodile/Whale 10:00-10:30am SK 9/10 11:00-12:00pm
Pool Schedule: Kids Triathlon - August 22ndSwim, bike and run your way to success at the17TH ANNUAL KIDS TRIATHLON!Ages 4-14. Race routes are available at the Houston Leisure Facility.
Registration/Check-in: 9:30-10:15am.
Lunch, medals andprizes to follow.
Pre-registration(until August 17th)$20.00
Registration(after August 17th) $30.00
from 1 to 2 p.m.
Ages 9 to 12: August 6 & 13 from 1 to 2 p.m.
Wind up party for all ages Wednesday, August 19 from 1 to 3 p.m.
Mark Zagwyn Photographywill not be in the library in August, but will return on September 4thfrom noon to 4:30.
Lunch, medals andprizes to follow.
Pre-registrationPre-registration
August 17th)
RegistrationRegistration(after August 17th)
FINAL REMINDER:Taxes Due
District property taxes are due Friday, July 31st, 2015. If you have not received your notice, please contact the Municipal Offi ce at 250-845-2238. YOU MUST APPLY for your Home Owner’s Grant EVERY YEAR!The deadline to apply for this grant is July 31, 2015. The application form can be found on the reverse side of your tax notice. The Home Owner is still responsible for claiming the Home Owner Grant when the bank or mortgage company is paying the net taxes. Please be aware that payment does not need to be made in order to claim the Home Owner’s Grant. Even if you are paying your taxes after the due date, you must claim the Home Owner’s Grant before July 31, 2015 to avoid penalties on the grant portion. Only a property owner residing in the home on a permanent basis may apply for the Home Owner Grant. If the property is in one name, that person is the only one who can apply for the grant. To qualify for the additional seniors grant amount, the home owner who is 65 years of age or older must be the one to apply for the Home Owner Grant. The additional grant for seniors is applicable in the year of your 65th birthday.
Camp Fire Ban LiftedEffective at noon on Wednesday, July 22, 2015, the campfi re ban has been rescinded and campfi res will once again be allowed throughout the Northwest Fire Centre’s jurisdiction. The following activities will be allowed: • campfi res (no larger than 0.5 metres high by 0.5 metres wide) • outdoor stoves and other portable campfi re apparatuses • tiki torches, burn barrels and chimineasCategory 2 - Open Burning and Category 3 - Open Burning, Fireworks and Firecrackers will remain prohibited throughout the Northwest Fire Centre. A map of the NW fi re centre boundaries is available online at http://bit.ly/1HOZecu.
8 www.houston-today.com Wednesday, July 29, 2015 Houston Today
Your Pantry Fill Specialists
Come Celebrate with Us!Tuesday, August 4th from 12 to 4 pm
• Fun, interactive display • Spin the wheel for prizes• 1915 Model T and antique strorefront• Benefit BBQ for BC Childrens Hospital• Many of our local vendors will be on site with specials
Rudolfs Pure Sausage
Hugs Healthy Organics
Chatters
Rustica Bakery
Kimberly’s Kitchen
Masa Yama
Chicken Creek Coffee
Mercedes Beans Dolly’s Fish Market
Tip of the Glacier Water
Paul’s Bakery Whistler Cheese Company
Proudly Supporting our local producers
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Burns Lake resident Colleen Simmons says she is concerned for the safety of her husband who has been logging
in the Babine Lake area.
According to Simmons, her husband has been called back to work even though the fire danger rating in the area has been
classified as “high” and “extreme.”
“There seems to be a lack of common sense when it comes to the volatility of the bush in these extreme heat conditions,” she said. “People think
they can put out a fire if they inadvertently start one; I am very concerned about my husband’s safety in the bush.”
Simmons said that, a few days ago, a processor machine
sparked a fire in the Lake Babine area.
“They [logging workers] managed to get the fire out before the initial fire attack crew got there,” she said. “They had to spend the night to
make sure the fire didn’t flare up again.”
Due to the fire hazard of operating machinery in such dry conditions, Simmons believes logging operations in the area should have been
ceased since July 1.Northwest Fire
Centre official Olivia Pojar explained that under the wildfire regulation, high risk activities must cease only after three consecutive days of an “extreme” fire danger rating.
The local resident says this rule is not enough to protect workers.
M e a n w h i l e , Simmons said her husband won’t be going back to work until the fire danger rating has been reduced.
“It’s one thing to fight a fire that was started by lightning, but definitely another when it’s caused by lack of common sense,” she added.
From July 6 to 10, Burns Lake had five consecutive days of extreme fire danger rating. After three consecutive days of a danger class rating of “extreme,” industry operators must cease all high risk activities for the entire day until weather conditions change in a specific way. On July 11 and 12, the fire danger rating was reduced to high.
Pojar explained that industry operators have specific legal obligations under the Wildfire Act and Regulation with respect to fire use, fire prevention and fire control. According to Pojar, ultimately it is their responsibility to ensure safety.
“Industry operators are responsible for ensuring their own compliance with the Wildfire Act and Regulation,” she said. “Thus, you would have to question the individual industry operators in regards to whether or not they were performing high risk activities and whether or not these high risk activities were ceased during the past week.”
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Are the local logging industry workers safe?Resident says logging operations should have ceased due to extreme fire hazard
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We have attended numerous funerals in the last six months most of them were good friends. Among some of the last words I spoke with a couple of them was “I love you”. As we were standing by the cof� n of one friend remembering this I thought, “I was glad we had those words but I will not be able to speak with him or visit him here on earth anymore. It would have been nice to have spent more time with my friends and encouraged them more while they were still here. I truly miss them.” Then I looked up and saw all the friends who were standing there, still alive. I could still visit and share my life with them!
Often we take it for granted that our friends are with us but as others pass away, reality hits and we realize we all have a limited time here on earth. God has given each of us a life to live to share with friends, family and those we meet in everyday life (1 Peter 4:7-9). We need each other, and we need to be compassionate and encourage each other, especially fellow believers. The way that we will truly encourage another person is by allowing God’s Spirit to over� ow in our hearts. Jesus said “I have told you these things so that you would be � lled with joy. Yes, your joy will over� ow. This is my commandment: love each other in the same way I have loved you.” John 15:11,12 NLT (see also 2 Corinthians 8:2; Philippians 1:9; Colossians 2:7; 3:16,17). Let us not delay and do this while we can, while the opportunity is still before us.
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Pastor: Larry Ballantyne
Church Service: 10:00AM
Everyone Welcome!Phone: 250-845-7810
Houston Canadian
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Houston ChristianReformed Church
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Pastor: Mike McIntyre
Sunday Worship Service: 11:00 amSunday Prayer Meeting: 7:00 pmSunday School: During the Service
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Anglican Churchof St. Clement
2324 Butler Ave., Box 599, Houston, BC
Rev. Jacob WorleyPhone: 250-845-4940
Services at:2:00pm Sundays
Houston United Church2106 Butler Ave
SERVICES: Sundays at 11a.m.(Kids Sunday Schoolduring the service)
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St. Anthony’s Catholic Church
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Sunday Service: 11:30 AMParish Priest:
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The Village of Telkwa is seeking applicants for the senior management posi on of ministra e anager The successful applicant will perform legisla e u es as the Village s orporate O cer manage the Village s a ministra e sta an act as the key liaison etween resi ents an the Village an etween sta an ouncil The uali e can i ate must e a highly mo ate selfstarter with a ministra e an managerial e perience an e cellent people skills unicipal legisla e e perience an strong computer skills are an asset
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Coffee Break - an Interactive Women’s Bible Study meet every Wed. morning from 9:30-11:00 at the Houston Christian Reformed Church, 1959 Goold Road. Childcare is provided. For more info call Margaret: 845-2348, Darlene 845-7438, Evelyn 696-3229.
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The Houston mountain bike trails are expanding 2.6 ki-lometres this August.
“It will be great,” said Zach De La Mare, avid biker and volunteer coordinator for the bike trails.
“You can go from the first trail straight across the road and onto the second trail for a longer ride. It will be a whole
lot nicer.” The first route on Mount Harry Davis is
1.7 kilometres, and was built in the fall 2013 and managed by Houston Hikers Society.
The second trail was cleared last summer by local volunteers and the Initial Attack Crew of the Wildfire Management Branch.
Contractor Sean O’Meara is building the second route in August.
O’Meara is the contractor who built the popular Burns Lake and Smithers bike trails.
“He is regarded as one of the best in the province,” said Houston Hikers Director Jonathan Van Barneveld.
The second trail will extend off Broken Spokes (the first trail) and give a total net-work of 4.3 kilometres.
De La Mare says the trail will have natu-ral jumps and whoops.
It winds in and out of the forest, popping out on the hillside and giving “really good views of town and the valley,” he said.
Two grants fund the project: Northern Development Initiative Trust gave $30,000 and Recreation Sites and Trails B.C. gave $20,000.
De La Mare says development of the routes has been fairly slow due to lack of vol-unteers.
“People who have been riding [the first trail] seem to really love it… [but] we need more volunteers out on the mountain to help clearing and brushing,” he said.
“The hikers help out a lot, so that’s good.”A few volunteers and the wildfire Initial Attack Crews
are working to clear the third route this summer. The wildfire crews incorporate trail-clearing into their
training, so progress depends on how busy the crew is this fire season.
They hope to have trail three cleared and ready to build by next summer.
International Mountain Biking Association (IMBA) de-veloped a master plan for the Mount Harry Davis trails in 2012.
They proposed eight routes.Van Barneveld says Houston Hikers plans to build a
small network of those trails that they can maintain. Each trail offers a new experience, and they want to “be
the most efficient with the number of trails [they] have,” he
said. They want the routes to connect and intersect to provide
a variety of options and experiences. Having trails for bikers will be good for Houston, said
Van Barneveld.They give more recreation opportunities here and will
bring in economic benefits as mountain bike tourism in B.C. grows.
With a south-facing slope, the trails will thaw earlier in the spring and have a longer fall season, which will draw Smithers and Burns Lake bikers, said Van Barneveld.
We can “cater not just to Houston residents but Smithers and Burns Lake residents who are looking for something new and different.”
Van Barneveld says funding to use for grants is secure for the next two to three years.
“Beyond that, it is going to take more volunteer groups to maintain the hill and ensure its long term success,” he said.
Houston to carve second bike trail AugustZach De La Mare from Countrywide Sports is trying to co-ordinate more volunteers to help clear bike trails. The clearing is all done by volunteers before a contractor is hired to build the trails.
Jackie Lieuwen photo
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The pink line shows the finished 1.7-kilometre “Broken Spokes” trail. The orange and purple lines are the second 2.6-kilometre trail being built this August. Orange shows adjustments to the trail made this year. The green, yellow, red and beige lines are future proposed trails.
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