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Some surprises on 2013 tax bill

Well there’s good news and bad news regarding your tax bill this year. The good news is that the Dis-trict of Kitimat did hold to their planned two per cent increase to the municipal prop-erty taxes.

The bad news is that the signi� cant rise in assessed values for homes in Kitimat means there will be a fairly sharp increase on school taxes. (The municipality collects taxes on behalf of other authorities, but only set the rate for the property tax portions.)

Kitimat’s trea-surer Steve Christian-sen said that between a roughly six per cent rise in school tax costs for Kitimat (despite about a 2.5 per cent drop in the actual school tax rate), combined with the town’s own two per cent increase and a one per cent North West Regional Hospital District tax increase, the average tax bill in Kitimat will be 9.4 per cent higher than last year.

That is on average, said Christiansen, and is variable depending on this year’s assessed value.

“Some people’s houses didn’t go up and some went up as much as 50 per cent,” he said.

Christiansen said that even he was surprised to see how much schools would cost this year in Kitimat’s taxes, saying it’s the last rate he receives.

Such increases in assessed values in town were largely pulled by in-creased demand for certain housing types, he said.

He said this increase is basically returning to the higher levels after a dip in 2011 when assessed values dived after the Eurocan Pulp and Paper Mill closure.

Inclusive of all other included taxes, residential property taxes for prop-erties with a building on it is $6.99 per $1,000 of assessed value, plus a � at tax of $527.

That � at tax can actual temper wild � uctuations on tax bills, said Chris-tiansen.

“Without it, the higher priced houses would be taxed higher,” he said. “You get more variability [without it].”

He said about 62 per cent of the property taxes collected by the town come from the � at tax portion.

“It smooths that out a bit, that whipping up and down with assessed values.”

The tax rate bylaw received three readings by press time, and � nal adop-tion was expected this passed Monday.

BC Assessment says that the average market price for a house in Kitimat in 2013 is $192,417.

By the numbersTotal tax rate (Per $1,000 taxable value):

Residential class, Vacant: $10.04With improvements/other: $6.99 (+ $527 � at tax)

Utilities: $58.67

Major industry: $63.73

Light industry: $60.43

Business/other: $24.05

Recreational property/Non-pro� t: $21.85

Farm: $168.58

*Numbers generalized to two deci-mals, and include taxes from all taxing authorities.

Vaccinations for studentsJanet Munro’s efforts to get students vaccinat-

ed against multiple-strands of meningitis will be paying off this month as she and Dr. Howard Mills are bringing the vaccine to grade 12 students.

Munro is a member of MeningitisBC.org, a group of parents who have lost children due to the illness, and many of whom later learned there were vaccines against the speci� c strands that could have protected their kids.

Munro has been to Kitimat council and so-licited support from them to promote a revamped provincial vaccination program.

Councillors just returned from a regional con-ference of northern municipalities, where most attending communities — save for one — voted in support of promoting the vaccination program to the province, and to advocate to make April 24 World Meningitis Day.

When the Sentinel spoke with Munro she was just waiting for dates to be able to get into the schools to hold an information session explaining the vaccine to students.

“We would have to do it in...May because June is really busy for these kids,” she said.

She explains that out of the 13 strains of men-ingitis, there are � ve that cause disease; A, B, C,

W135 and Y.A vaccine for Meningitis C was adopted in

B.C. in 2003 as part of the public vaccination program, but since then a four-strain vaccine has come out, but is not yet publicly funded.

“Us B.C. parents, the way we learn about it is if our child has died or become permanently dis-abled, because with this four strain one not being in the public immunization system, parents aren’t aware it even exists,” she said.

Munro certainly didn’t know before her own son, Bradley, passed away in 2011, a result of meningitis illness.

Munro says people can request the four-strain vaccine from a pharmacy and have it administered by your family doctor.

Most extended health plans she has seen do cover a portion of the cost of the vaccine, which can cost upwards of $60 a dose.

Obviously you’ll need to consult your own plan if you’re interested in the vaccine.

Meningitis can be spread through nose and throat secretions, said Munro.

She said statistics show one in � ve teen-agers are carriers of the bacteria which causes meningitis.

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time they could out of developing their five-year financial plan ahead of a provincial deadline, all in order to reduce future tax increases pro-posed for future years.

Earlier drafts of the five year plan brought forward from adminis-tration had tax rates increasing by as much as eight per cent a year in the following five years.

The five-year financial plan doesn’t commit the municipal-ity to those tax increases, but rather shows at a long-term glance how much money will need to be raised in property taxes to cover expected expenditures in those times.

Those proposed expenditures in-clude maintenance to Haisla Bridge, road improvements in town and oth-er projects, as well as usual annual operation costs.

Over the course of Committee of the Whole meetings and special meetings of council, councillors sought to reduce any significant year-over-year tax rises.

In the most recent draft, which councillors unanimously passed three readings of, the plan shows an-nual property tax increases, begin-ning this year, of two per cent, then three, three, two, and two.

Council had instructed staff to find ways to make sure that there wouldn’t be the spikes like an eight per cent jump in 2015.

According to staff, adjustments were made to the plan such as in-

creasing expected tax revenue by $3 million from new construction in 2017. Municipal treasurer Steve Christiansen explained that $3 mil-lion is in anticipation of new con-struction.

“It’s just making an assumption there’ll be new businesses, new in-dustry,” he said.

Councillors did butt heads on one item of big spending in recent meetings, although it wasn’t a topic when third reading passed; paying $205,000 for the paving of the Pub-lic Works yard.

Currently covered in dips and pot holes, it was an item of spend-ing that staff had brought forward for inclusion in the budget. It was considered accepted, but when staff brought it forward for pre-budget approval — that is, items that are approved but need an official go-ahead before the tax bylaws for the year are passed — some councillors had second thoughts about it.

Through discussion councillors asked that the item be tabled until further discussion on the budget and five year plan was made.

Mario Feldhoff was the most vocal opponent to the spending, and argued for the spending to be put off for another year. Other councillors thought it was a project already put off for awhile and better conditions at the yard would benefit the town in reduced maintenance costs.

The discussion stalled at the April 29 special council meeting, set to discuss the finances. A motion for

the money to be removed from the budget failed, when it was an even split vote, with a tie-breaking vote unavailable as Mary Murphy was absent from the meeting, leaving an even number of councillors.

However a second vote, on a motion that would officially retain the $205,000 in the budget, also

failed, due to the same reasons.From the staff perspective, as

council had not successfully passed a motion to remove the item from the budget, the item would remain on the books.

The five year plan must be ad-opted by a municipality before they adopt the annual property tax bylaw.

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On April 29, 2013, Kitimat RCMP responded to a call of a break and enter at a residence on Wohler Street.

A 42 inch Pana-sonic television as well as a blu-ray player where taken. The incident oc-curred between April 20 and April 29. The Kitimat RCMP, with the assistance of the Forensic Identifica-tion Unit from Ter-race, are still inves-tigating this matter, but are seeking the help of the public in assisting with locat-ing the items and identifying the per-son or persons in-volved.

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BG Group sub-mitted its project description to the Canadian Environ-mental Assessment Agency on April 26 for its proposed Prince Rupert LNG facility, a three-train, 21 million tonnes/year export terminal.

Further to our re-cent publishing of the winners of the recent Toastmasters speech contest in Kitimat, the winners of the Evalu-ation Contest were Reg Barnes (Nechako club), followed by Leydi Noble from Ter-race. Only first are second place winners were awarded in con-tests with less than five people, but third place in Evaluation was Aaron Geary from the Bulkley Valley.

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JRP issues possible oil pipeline conditions

A list of possible conditions for an ap-proval of the Enbridge Northern Gateway Pipelines proposal has been released by the National Energy Board.

While the NEB emphasizes the release of the list — which is a standard practice of the review process — does not indicate that the project will see a green light from them, it out-lines several conditions they’d likely demand of the company before they could embark on any work.

At nearly 40 pages, the NEB has outlined their conditions under several headings, from infrastructure, to the pipelines themselves, the terminal and the project as a whole.

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Gateway not load or unload and ship at the marine terminal until they have implemented all of the recommen-dations set out by the TERMPOL Review Press.

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Enbridge did take part in the process and “would be expected to fully implement its commitments and in-tentions” detailed in its submissions to the process.

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Also, within one year of a project ap-proval, the company would have to file for a Pipeline Environmen-tal Effects program.

This document of proposed conditions is available to view on the Joint Review Pan-el’s Northern Gateway website.

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Last night I watched as co-median/host Jon Stewart took his double-bladed humour axe to something I have often pondered about commercial TV journalism.

So much of it is staged to help heighten the drama. And on occa-sion it simply goes too far.

Ever since Hurricane Katrina in New Orleans, where reporters of all stripes leaned into the wind and lashing rain, or waded in waist-deep water to make sure we understood the force of the storm, it has become es-sential for news coverage to come, “live and breaking” from the scene - outside - in all weathers.

The talking head, anchored news is slowly vanishing as a species. Peter Mansbridge and the CBC excepted.

But Stewart had a new, funny and fascinating twist on the trend. He showed clips of two hardworking fe-male CNN reporters - straining with their earpieces and mikes - handling live coverage of two dramatic “breaking news” stories hundreds of kilometres apart; the Cleveland kidnappings revela-tions and the verdict and sentencing in the Jody Arias murder case in Arizona.

Stewart shows the clips of the two reporters exchanging commentary on the two crimes, seemingly miles apart, but reportedly both broadcasting from the same Arizona parking lot, apparent-

ly only seven parking spaces apart. He showed the same vehicles and

people passing behind the two reporters, Nancy Grace and Ashley Dan� eld.

Accurate or not, it was hilarious stuff and it reminded me of the numer-ous occasions my wife and I have com-mented on the trend to reporting out-doors, on the spot, whatever the weather. In fact, the worse the weather, the better.

Or alternatively, conducted in the studio setting, just feet apart (see CBC, The National) on a daily basis, as to-day’s host calls in the “correspondents” to � ll in details of the news event.

They seem to stand on opposite sides of the table and report and repeat the content, accompanied with effusive “thank yous” from the host, presumably for coming in to work today.

I know reports from the scene are de rigeur today. Mini-cameras and sat-ellites make all possible and of course always have been.

We all appreciate the im-provement in news coverage with today’s advanced technol-ogy. But the past decade has seen the “investigative” journalists in rain, sleet, snow, hurricane, dust-storms, on the battle� eld, in the hallways of government build-ings, in the middle of riots, chat-ting cheerfully with anyone who will stop.

This is accompanied by a host of face-making, gawking bystanders, who wander into the background to get on camera.

The Boston Marathon bombings presented a more serious illustration, as the competing stations vied with one another for the latest break in the case, resulting in a great deal of confusion, as well as a lot of rumour and wrongful information being passed along as fact.

Again, CNN was particularly vul-nerable here and the network stayed in streets and neighbourhoods of Boston for nearly two weeks past the Marathon day bombings, bringing subsequent follow-through updates, � lled in with commentary and reminiscences from neighbours, school mates of the bomb-ers and the obligatory wide range of lo-cal police, Mayors, feds, FBI, CIA and former FBI/CIA “experts” on investiga-tory procedure.

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Giving praise to nurses and other fun things

Deadlines for print, while typically � ne, can sometimes create a gap between the press and an event.

Naturally, with general voting day only being yesterday, a weekly like us will have to wait to get it on paper. (Or get it online at www.northernsenti-nel.com right now, if you like.)

But that being the case, I can’t see in the future from where I’m writing this to say who won the election and to re� ect on what that might mean.

It was, at least at this time, a very strong and close race for the most part.

So maybe this moment is just a good time to re� ect on nice light subjects, like the fact that we just came out of National Nursing Week.

It’s a good reminder of the work nurses do. It’s not a job I could handle.

I remember being in the E.R. not to long ago and could hear a nurse being verbally abused on the other side of a curtain. I think it was more frus-tration over the wait time — not the nurse’s fault — combined with the patient’s pain — also not her fault— but dealing with people when they’re not at their best must be draining, but for the most part I’ve seen nurses be nothing but helpful and cheer-ful.

By contrast I’m more irritable when I run out of bread at home.

Meanwhile, if you’re a parent it could be worth-while to look into the vaccine that Janet Munro is seeking kids to get.

Before hearing an earlier presentation from her to council I didn’t really know much about menin-gitis, but as you read there are a number of strands than can cause serious illness in a person.

Always go to your doctor, of course, but it’s at least important to know that such vaccines are out there that might cover things the provincially provided ones don’t.

Finally, May 27 marks the start of Bike to Work Week in B.C. I wrote about this last year but I still say biking to work, if you can do it, is a lot of fun.

I did it last Thursday even, but it was the � rst bike ride of the year for me, so it was a good litmus test of exactly how out of shape I am.

Plus the back tire was half-de� ated.I already shared this gem on the Sentinel’s

Facebook page, but after biking all the way to work I really felt two tired.

You’re welcome for that.So hopefully our riding turned out in better

numbers to vote than we did in 2009 when just 55 per cent of us did. Provincially was even worse at around 50 per cent.

But with Kitimat playing a fairly big role in the platforms, hopefully we all used our voice.

Cameron Orr

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Above, Grand Knight Frank Mauro presented a cheque for $ 2,160 to the principal of St. Anthony’s school. The money comes from the financial support of the Province of British Columbia. The funds are to be used for sports and travel and further education within the school. Left to right: Madison Sommerfeld, Kelson Demelo, Principal Katja Groves, Grand Knight of Council 5148 in Kitimat Frank Mauro, Olivia Feldhoff and Noah Groves. Photos submittedAt left, Mauro (centre) also made a presentation to the Kitimat Food Bank in City Centre. A cheque in the amount of $2,000 was presented to the president of the food Bank, Marjorie Phelps and Vice president Bill Willis. The funds come from the British Columbia government fund as grants to our council.


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A day in the life of a Kitimat nurseCameron Orr

The details leading up to the handwashing incident are compas-sionately sparse.

The only details that Kitimat General Hospital nurse Amanda Slanina would (thank-fully) share of her col-league to the Sentinel is that as she washed her hands, a small brown spot seemed to appear on their upper arm.

A quick scratch and sniff at the speck revealed it’s source, and yes, it was fecal.

“Now we still call her scratch and sniff,” she said, laughing.

Such is the life of a nurse, where long shifts can make you feel behind in your work — and yes that is a pun.

But Slanina, a three-year nurse in Kitimat, wears a smile to work as well as her scrubs, and works with a tight-knit group of fellow nurses.

She acknowledges the long shifts — 12 hours — and wishes there could be more nurses on at a time to handle the many pa-tients which all de-mand attention, but it’s not a profession that gets her down.

“Our job is awe-some, it’s just some-times having enough people to deal with cri-ses. When someone’s sick you need a lot of hands.”

The call to nurs-ing came to Slanina in high school when she volunteered at Mounta-inview Lodge, and dis-covered a happy staff working there and, for her personally, the joy of helping people.

After graduation she went to medical school at the Univer-sity of Northern Brit-ish Columbia in Prince George.

Now as a profes-sional nurse, the job description is vast. She said days will be-gin with tasks such as checking vital signs, washing patients and getting them mobi-lized.

But other things � ll in the gaps. For in-stance she said that a

May 16The Kitimat Concert Association will hold their annual general meeting at 7 p.m. at the Anglican Church.May 23The sixteenth annual Parish Memorial Mass of Hope and Resurrection is taking place at the Christ the King Church at 7 p.m. This is in hon-our of the memory of relatives and friends who have died, and in shared compassion for all who mourn and grieve their loss.May 30The Kitimat Seniors, Branch 129, will hold their monthly meeting at 1 p.m. at the Seniors Centre.OngoingDo you communicate with con� dence?From public speaking, presentations to general conversation, Toastmasters will strengthen your communications skills and boost your con� -dence.Nechako Toastmasters meets the � rst and third Thursdays of the month, 7:15 p.m. to 8:45 p.m. Guests are always welcome. Contact Christine Anacleto for more info at 250-639-9397.THE KITIMAT GIRL GUIDES urgently need new leaders for the local groups. For more info call Lois at 250-632-3446 or Nancy at 250-632-0135.KITIMAT PUBLIC LIBRARY - Storytime for preschoolers happens Friday mornings from 10:30- 11:15 a.m. Activities include silly song, fuzzy felts, story book and funny rhymes.SILLY YAKS (CELIAC) SUPPORT GROUP supporting gluten free eating and helping people with celiac disease feel well and healthy. Partici-pate in discussions around safe foods, foods to avoid, cross contamination, recipe ideas, etc. The � rst meeting will be held Aug. 23 from 7-8:30 p.m. in the multipurpose room at the Kitimat General Hospital. The group is open to anyone interested in learning about celiac disease.For more information please call 250-632-3063

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Amanda Slanina at left, with fellow Kitimat nurses Barb Duff and Rob Renner.Cameron Orr

nurse acts as a patient advocate, and a liaison between a family and a doctor.

Some of the most important parts of the job are also things that most people won’t even no-tice.

“You don’t see how orga-nization and time management are so important in your job, and how important everyone’s job is,” she said. “You need a whole team to make a patient healthy.”

She says that people might not notice the fact a nurse is at the end of a 12 hour shift but still cleaning up bodily � uids off bed sheets.

“No one knows you’re doing your best to deal with all your patients,” she said.

That must be why the Canadian Nurses Association honours May 6 to 12 as Na-tional Nursing Week, a special recognition for the work they do in a year.

The job does al-low for continual im-provement. Slanina says there are lots of opportunities to learn about other aspects to nursing.

“Northern Health is amazing for edu-cational opportuni-ties, they’ll train you whenever you want to learn,” she said. “We can move to public health, we can move to mental health...”

She said she has spent some time in other areas, when she becomes a bit burned out in her usual rou-tines.

Even as a job she

loves, it can take effort to appre-ciate the work that is done.

She thought about the sac-ri� ces she made last Easter, when her shifts had her working through the whole holiday.

Keeping in mind the pa-tient’s perspective keeps her grounded.

“I was thinking about this at Easter, I was working all Easter and I didn’t get any Easter din-ner and I thought ‘this sucks that I’m not getting any Easter din-ner.’ But then I thought, the pa-tients are in here and they don’t get any of that either.”

Five days off after a rotation doesn’t hurt either though, she adds.

Slanina praises the people she works with, and clearly her experiences are shared by all her colleagues. It’s a tough job, but their shared task keeps them connected. The nurses in Kiti-mat did get a little extra recog-nition last week. As this reporter left, the PA system announced that cake was being served in the cafeteria.

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Captain Rob Buller and his wife Deana are long-serving leaders in the Canadian Cadets pro-gram, and the two who now help lead the Kitimat Sea Cadet unit have been recognized with notable awards.

Deana was recently awarded a Canadian Forces Decoration for her long service in the orga-nization, while Rob takes the prestigious Queen’s Diamond Jubilee medal.

The awards were presented by visiting B.C.’s Cadets program’s Commanding Officer, Cmdr. Stan Bates.

Bates noted in his speech to the cadets and visitors that Rob’s medal was based on a recom-mendation by the Cadets’ Central Region, in On-tario where Rob lead a cadets unit.

“All his superb leadership and effort in Kiti-mat is only reinforced and validated by Central Region,” said Bates, in praising the word in re-establishing a cadets program in Kitimat.

Rob said that starting a cadets unit was among his first priorities since being assigned to Kitimat for his job.

“As soon as I found out I was coming to B.C. I started thinking ‘who do I know in B.C.?’,” said Rob. That question eventually connected him with Bates which started the process of starting again Kitimat’s Navy League, the executive which over-sees local cadet programs.

His work paid off when the cadets held their first parade last November.

Deana’s award was notable to Bates because he said it’s hard to find people who will still with the organization a long time, many just participat-ing for as long as their own kids are cadets.

I think you should wear this with extreme pride,” he said in presenting the medal.

Deana, who is currently the administration officer and instructor for the local cadets, told the Sentinel that she joined the army cadets when she was 12 years old in Toronto, and kept with the organization until she turned 19.

She’s been through several parts of the Ca-nadian Forces, and said she really enjoys the pro-gram for the leadership skills , instructional skills and the responsibility it teaches.

From her many years, one of her greatest memories was from when she was 16, and went on an exchange to Germany and had the chance to train with the German army.

“It was an amazing experience,” she said.Meanwhile the local group, the 205 RCSCC

Kitamaat, is still growing, and with the first wave of cadets going through, Rob hopes to see their enrolment numbers rise. He saw rapid increases in membership back in Ontario, which he credits to word of mouth by the cadets themselves.

“It’s cadets telling cadets at school,” he said, hoping that the current cadets will help spread the word to their peers.

The Kitimat group’s website is www.kiti-matcadets.com, and there is information there about how to join.

From left to right, Captain Deana Buller, Commander Stan Bates and Captain Rob Buller.

The Kitimat Legion’s president Marg Boegart (second from right) presents a cheque to the local Sea Cadets, money raised through sales of the poppy.

District of Kitimat

Public Noticeofficial commuNity

PlaN ameNDmeNtocP ghg target bylaw No. 1, 2013

Kitimat Council invites public comment before making a decision on the following Official Community Plan Amendment. Kitimat Council is considering a bylaw to amend the Official Community Plan with respect to greenhouse gas reduction targets.

The BC Local Government Act requires that an Official Community Plan include targets for the reduction of greenhouse gas emissions in the area covered by the plan. Kitimat Council recognizes the long-term need to reduce greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions; acknowledges the overwhelming uncertainty about making a forecast out to 2050; and appreciates any target based on current analysis could soon be outdated by such factors as fuel prices, technology change and community development.

The proposed bylaw proposes adopting measures to document energy and GHG emissions, and establishes an interim target of per capita GHG emissions 10% below 2011 by 2020.

a public hearing regarding ocP ghg target bylaw No. 1, 2013 will be held in the council chambers, Public safety building, 1101 Kingfisher avenue, on tuesday, 21 may, 2013 at 7:30pm.

more information

For more information about the above Official Community Plan amendment application and proposed bylaws, please visit 270 City Centre. A handbook is available for viewing which contains Council reports and related documents, including the draft bylaws. Office hours are 8:30am to Noon, and 1:30 to 4:30pm, Monday to Friday, excluding statutory holidays. You may also call Community Planning and Development at 250-632-8900.

Public comment

Kitimat Council welcomes public input. Written comment may be delivered to Council in advance by e-mail c/o [email protected], mail c/o 270 City Centre, Kitimat BC V8C 2H7; or fax 250-632-4995; up to 3pm, 14 May, 2013. Comment may also be delivered in person at the public hearing, 21 May, 2013, 7:30pm, at 1101 Kingfisher Avenue.

Rio Tinto Alcan will reduce discharge from the Kemano Powerhouse to the Kemano River by approximately 50% from approximately 1 June to 31 August, 2013. This reduction is required as a part of the Backup Tunnel Project at Kemano.

This project is authorized under the Canadian Environmental Assessment Act, 5 June 2012, as per Canadian Environmental Assessment Registry file number 11-01-65354 and the T2 intake approval (file number 8200-1989-502401-001 (T7558)).

Please direct inquiries to Colleen Nyce at 250-639-8760.

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Take steps to protect your life on the riverThe volunteers with Kitimat’s Search and Rescue

group are urging the public to use caution, and to take pre-cautions, when enjoying the river this year.

The conditions are ripe for potential trouble if people don’t use proper safety gear on the water.

Search Manager Manny Aruda said that they’re ex-pecting low water levels because of a low snow pack from the winter.

“That generally means there’s a lot less room to ma-neuver in the river,” he said.

That danger is coupled with the fact that, with a high number of workers in town, the river is getting more crowded, he said.

The problem will compound if rumours prove true and someone will be renting boats for the river this year.

But crowding isn’t the big concern, it’s people who are inexperienced on the water, and the low rate of people who use life jackets.

Aruda said that legislation requires life jackets to be

available when operating a boat, but the conditions on a river and being on the channel can be quite different. Whereas being on a boat taking in water on the channel could give you time to put on a floatation device, the cur-rents of the river means that opportunity is gone.

“As soon as your boat is moving you’re at the mercy of the current,” he said, saying the water will easily force people into log jams or rocks.

He believes the amount of people who wear life jack-ets on the river is quite low. On a single day on the river last year he said he passed six or seven boats, and only two people from those were wearing life jackets.

Aruda has lead searches on the river over the past sev-eral years, with many cases being people not wearing life jackets, and in a small number of those the person was

never recovered.He said Search and Rescue are turning to the commu-

nity’s guides to set an example, calling them the stewards who can set an example. He said from at least one so far there has been a great response, and they will be putting pressure on other guides to follow suit.

Already he’s seen guides on the river proudly showing off everyone wearing a life jacket as Aruda passes by.

As far as the river itself, Aruda notes that the river be-low Cablecar is comparatively gentler than the river higher up.

As volunteers will monitor compliance over the sum-mer, Aruda says people should realize that life jackets don’t have to be cumbersome and there are alternatives, like CO2 inflatable ones, which can still protect you while being more comfortable to wear while on the water.

“People need to realize you can get those now for a couple of hundred dollars and they’re not obstructive at all,” he said.

“ As soon as your boat is moving you’re at the mercy of the current.”

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Weather Watch: For your safety, always check local weather conditions before departure. The radio, television and internet are good places to get

information. If you notice any bad weather indicators such as darkening clouds, dropping temperatures or rougher winds while out on the water, play it safe by returning to land.Stay Seated: No standing up in your canoe, small powerboat, or any other similar watercraft. Standing can cause a small boat to become unstable and possibly capsize. Many drownings occur when men stand to urinate over the side of a boat. So please, if you feel nature’s call, head back to land just to be on the safe side.

Canada is blessed with more fresh water than anywhere on the planet, and our lakes and rivers are favourite places for summer recreation. The ice is barely out before millions of Canadians are taking their boats out for � shing, water-skiing, tubing or just a leisurely cruise through beautiful northern scenery. Operating a boat is tons of fun, but it is serious business too, so please consider these boating safety tips.Life Jacket required:By law you may not have to wear a lifejacket – just have one in the boat for everyone onboard – but 90% of people who drown aren’t wearing a lifejacket. Today’s lightweight, vest-style lifejackets are much more comfortable than the clumsy versions of the past.Sober second thoughts: Attitudes and rules about drinking and boating have changed signi� cantly, but a large percentage of serious boating accidents still involve alcohol. A cold drink on a hot summer day is a great thing, but operating a boat under the in� uence is a mistake you could regret forever.Testing, testing: All Canadians are required by federal law to carry a boating licence when operating a powered water craft. The Pleasure Craft Operator Card is for people who operate a powered watercraft that is used for recreational purposes. This licence is mandatory for all size

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Interested candidatescan send their resumevia fax: (1)250-635-5945

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Drop off at our offi ce: 4613 Park Avenue, Terrace

www.thompsoncommunityservices.com

CAREGIVERSAdults with physical and mental disabilities face

housing issues even greater than the average

person. ThompsonCommunity Services’

mission is to help meet those needs.

For more than 20 years, Thompson has met the housing and personal needs of people with a range of disabilities. Now we’re hop-ing we can fi nd individuals in the Terrace, Kitimat and Prince Rupert area, who can help us continue that tradi-tion of services.

Our clients have a variety of needs, but most simply need a home where people will care about them. They require supervision and need the support and stability that comes from living in a home. What they really need is someone to care, just as Thompson Community Services has cared.

We are seeking caregivers who have extensive experi-ence and knowledge around supporting individuals who present challenging mental health conditions and disabilities. If you have extra room in your home, and want to take on one of the most rewarding challenges you’ll ever face, we’ll be hap-py to give you more informa-tion.

Please send your resume with detailed cover letter out-lining your home environ-ment and level of supports you are open to offering our clients.

Thompson Community Services email:

[email protected]: (1)250-635-5945or via our website:

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12 Northern Sentinel, Wednesday, May 15, 2013A12 www.northernsentinel.com Wednesday, May 15, 2013 Northern Sentinel

SNOW VALLEY FORDhas openings for the positions of

Sales Consultant andLot Attendant/Detailer.

These are full time positions and require excellent interpersonal and communication skills.

Come and join the fastest growing automotive team in the Northwest.

Please bring your resume to405 Enterprise Ave. in Kitimat.

Ask for Todd Bellamy.

DISTRICT OF KITIMAT

ENGINEERING TECHNOLOGIST II

The District of Kitimat is seeking an Engineering Technologist II with the following qualifications:

• Civil Engineering Technologist Diploma (required)

• at least five years acceptable experience in civil/municipal discipline

• eligibility for registration as a Civil Engineering Technologist with ASTT BC

This position is within the collective bargaining unit with a 35 hour work week and a wage range of $37.01 - $44.78 over 2 years.

Reporting to the Technical Services Manager, duties include a variety of infrastructure investigations, surveying, design, contract preparation, inspection and material testing on projects related to the municipality’s water, sewer, drainage and transportation systems. Candidates should be proficient in using electronic survey equipment, computer assisted design using AutoCad 3D, and MS Office. A valid BC driver’s license is required.

Submit detailed resumes, including references, by May 31, 2013 to Personnel, District of Kitimat, 270 City Centre, Kitimat, BC, V8C 2H7, Ph: 250-632-8900, Fax 250-632-4995, or email [email protected].

We thank all applicants for their interest, however, only those candidates selected for further consideration will be contacted.

Bandstra Transportation Systemsis currently looking to fill a

CLASS ONE DRIVER POSITIONin the Kitimat Terminal.

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Applicants will have a Class One License with air, clean abstract, and good verbal and written communication skills.Preference will be given to those with prior experience in Dry Vans, Decks and Super B Train work. This is a union position offering a range of benefits and a competitive wage.Apply with resume and driver’s abstract to:[email protected]


MAILROOM SUPERVISORCLERKPART-TIME

required at the Kitimat Northern Sentinel

Must be:

Kitimat Child Care Resource & Referral Coordinator

Skeena Child Care Resource and Referral seeks a part-time Kitimat coordinator, with flexibility around start date and summer hours. Required Education and Experience• Early Childhood Education Certificate• Infant-Toddler/Special Needs / First Nations Certifi-cates an asset• Experience in child care program delivery• Extensive knowledge of child development and child care legislation, policies, and issuesRequired Job Skills and Abilities• Written, verbal, facilitation and communication skills• Computer proficiency in a Microsoft Office environ-ment• Flexibility, adaptability, teamwork and leadership skills• Ability to work effectively and take initiative• Knowledge of local First Nations, and ability to work effectively with diverse families and communities• Efficient time and general management skills• Physically fitSend resume with a detailed cover letter by Monday, May 27th to:

Hiring CommitteeTerrace Women’s Resource Society4553 Park Ave., Terrace V8G 1V3

[email protected]

Hudson Bay Lodge is now recruiting for the following

positions:

• Guest Service Representative •(German speaking preferred)

$13 / hr.

Interested candidates may apply in confi dence by fax to

250-847-4878 or e-mail resumes to

[email protected]

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Dear Sir,Well, David Black has now got

Chinese backers for his oil port, re-� nery and pipeline plan in Kitimat.

Good for him! There’s only one drawback to

the idea at this moment.The looming currency crash.

The Gods of Mammon seem to like September/October for such events and pundits are predicting it for this year.

That means your entire worth is going to be numbers in a banker’s computer.

Are you re-ally going to be worth anything? They could base it on a revised Gold Standard but the Bible says the gods are going to heap gold and precious things for the Last Days - James 5.

Governments might base your worth on the gross domestic product [GDP], the amount the country is worth by what it produces.

There won’t be a bail out like there was in 2008, say pundits.

In that case, Mr. Black’s idea of an oil re� nery will be most handy.

But there’s a crunch. Will su-pertankers be able to navigate those hairpin turns in the Douglas Chan-nel? It’s not a question of if there’s going to be an oil spill, but when.

Having tug boats tow them out is okay to start with but if there’s an-other economic downturn they may go with austerity plans to streamline expenses.

Speaking of streams, where are they going to dump the waste? We’re talking about oil sands [if the pipeline is approved] and the sands

of the bitumen have to go somewhere.

In the deserts of the mid-east it’s easy but here we have a more fragile

environment that allows no impact at all. And stop lying to the public! Good grief, there’s enough of that with the politicians.

I’m sure Mr. Black can write an article for the Black Press and ex-plain that to us.

It’s the environmental impact I’m afraid of and so are a lot [a LOT] of other people, eh?

Sincerely,Brian Gregg

Northern Sentinel Wednesday, May 15, 2013 www.northernsentinel.com A13

Industrial, Farm, Equipment & Tool

AuctionSale conducted on behalf

several estates.SALE 1

May 25, 2013 Saturday @ 10:00 am. Topley, BC. Topley Garage, Intersection of Hwy 16 & Hwy 118 to Granisle.Industrial & Milling: 2000 Case Excavator 9020B, Cat EL 300H Button Top, Caterpil-lar D8K (1980) w/ 3Shank rip-per, blade, brush piling rake, 22 ft cutting Edge portable band saw sawmill, Alaskan sawmill. Farm: JD 466 square baler, new idea round baler, Hesston #7 9ft mower condi-tioner, 6 wheel Vicon Rake, 10’ drag, Cattle squeeze (calf table), 3 bottom plow. Vehi-cles, Trailers & Marine: 93 & 95 F250 Ford xcab diesel 4x4, international dump truck, 95 Chevy Blazer, Pontiac car, 94 Nissan v6 4x4 pickup, 04 Che-vy xcab v6 pickup, 1/2 ton Dodge 4x4 pickup, Ford 600 truck, single axel Ford F800 truck w/ snowplow, sander at-tachment for snowplow truck, tandem axel car trailer, Dan-chuck tandem axel trailer, lg shop trailer, 1000 gallon Envi-ro water tank on trailer, 2x ap-prox. 500 gallon water tanks all on trailers, RV tow dolly, 19’ sailboat w/trailer, 12’ day sailer sailboat, 9hp Merc, 14’ Bow-rider w/ trailer & 90hp Merc, Zodiac, rubber singy Seagull antique outboard motor. Tools & Equipment: CNC controller complete unit milling m/c lathe & one controller Mitotoyo, 14kw diesel generator, multi-ple stick welders, 5 wire feed welders, welding helmets, welding rod in wood drawer cabinet, Honda genset, multi-ple air compressors + Kottler Magnum 10 M10S shop com-pressor, Coleman Powermate 3500 psi 4.0 gpm, Makita cut off saw, fl oor & bench type drill presses, 2x Acetylene & cutting torch, fuel tanks, misc. tools, 2x pressure washers, mechanic tools, antique 100 yr old tools, portable tool boxes, tool chests, rolling tool boxes w/ & w/o tools varied sizes, Nusteel 26” professional 2 drawer chest tool box, 1/2”, 3/4”, 1” drive sockets, various size open end wrenches, bore drill bits, carpentry tools, rout-ers, band/table saws, Makita drill, Wayjax fi re pump, Honda GX110 water pump, 2.66hp water pumps, 2x hydraulic hose press + Dayco hydraulic press w/ chucks, small socket set. Supplies: Cables & wires, steel shelving & plastic draw bins, nuts & bolts, bolt bin w/ bolts, welding rod in wood cabinet, hydraulic fi ttings, ratchet straps, new & used steel, 20 ton hydraulic jack, binders, handyman jacks, tow chains, industrial hydraulic rams, ear protection, spill kits & fi rst aid equipment, new cul-verts, logging truck & vehicle chains. Farm & House Misc: Wooden dog house, lg folding wire dog kennel, lg tandem wheel barrel, chicken feeders & waters, plastic & metal water trough, lg wall tent used & brand new in box canvas wall tent both w/ stoves, parachute, old fashioned push reel lawn mower, Tcchumsen TCII mini rototiller, zodiac air pump, wa-ter hoses, mineral samples, 10 new 4x8 sheets of copper. Livestock & Tack: 3 saddle horses, bareback pad, parelli carrot sticks, bridles, halters, breast collars, blankets, leads, reins, horse boot, western saddle, endurance saddle, saddle blankets. Horse gear & antique items such as spread-ers, scotch tops. More items, too numerous to list. House-hold: Propane fridge & freez-er, ele. fridges & freezers, misc. household furniture & antique furniture.

SALE 2June 8, 2013 @ 10:00 am. Dawson Creek, BC. The George Dawson Inn on 8th Street. Consignments wel-come! Condition of Sale. Terms: cash & Cheque with I.D., sorry no credit cards. Items are sold As is / Where is condition. Not responsible for accidents. Any question please contact:

Mike Steinebach @(250) 694-3497 or

Cell (250) 692-6107 orEgon Steinebach @

(250) 694-3319 orCell (250) 570- 2055

E-Mail: [email protected] & Website

www.mikesauction.net

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House for Rent, Lease or Sale in Cablecar

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TownhousesTOWNHOMES in KITIMAT3 bdrm, 1 ½ bath, carportStart $700. Sorry no Pets.

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Transportation

Recreational/Sale

1986 Travelaire 28’ motor home. Many new updates in 2012. Call 250-632-2303 for

more info. Kitimat $10,500 obo.

2007 Jayco Eagle 291 RLTS 5th Wheel

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21’ Tahoe Travel TrailerImmaculate condition. Load-ed. Sleeps 4. $10,000 o.b.o.

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$9,800. 250-639-3858

Travelaire TT299 Travel Trailer. Slide with awning, front awning, AC-MW-Hot-water electric & gas. 6.3 cu ft fridge, solar panel, skylight. Great condition.

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Boats

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Continued from page 4It’s happening

again, as I write, in Cleveland where the horror show continues and facts emerge on the kidnapping and impris-onment of three young women. Where does it cross the line?

People are raven-ous for details and the lineup of cameras and reporters at the homes of the kidnap victims and the sensible in-tervention of family members to represent them instead of expos-ing them to questions they simply cannot be prepared for or ready to answer, is to be com-mended.

On another sub-ject, in the news as I write today, it ap-pears various Cana-dian senators will be joining Mike Duffy in repaying the Cana-

dian taxpayer for in-eligible claimed hous-ing expenses. Duffy, appointed in 2008, by Stephen Harper, quickly recognized the danger to his reputa-tion (and possibly his freedom) and after a couple of months of haggling over where his principal residence was located, he repaid $90,000 to the Sen-ate for his wrongful claim. Other senators like Marc Harb (L) and Patrick Brazeau (C, but now I) were made of sterner stuff and awaited the results of a range of investigations that eventually required people with “errone-ous” claims to repay their allowances.

What I wonder, along with thousands of Canadian taxpayers, is why repayment on a false claim is an option.

In the private sector claiming ineligible ex-penses or taking money otherwise that is not rightfully yours, falls under the heading of “fraud” and just a � ring is often not enough ret-ribution for an employ-er and jail time results. Obviously it’s safer in the Senate.

But, remember the “rules” were “confus-ing” and “unclear” so the answer is to make the rules clearer.

Yeah, I buy that, especially if the rules were written by sena-tors (I won’t capital-ize the word, nor will I accede to the expected “Honorable” pre� x to senators names).

Sleazy but remi-niscent of the frequent scenery at the trough of Canada’s inexhaustible taxpayers’ dollars.

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Refinery plan gives lots to think about

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and taste. All submissions must bear the author’s name, address and telephone number. All letters must be signed.

Address your letters to:Northern Sentinel, 626 Enterprise Ave.,Kitimat, BC V8C 2E4

E-mail: [email protected] or Fax: (250) 639-9373


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Continued from page 15It was also her � rst 13 year

old girl age group national qualifying time. Salema also lowered team mates Kleanza Cathers record in the 50 breast-stroke from last year. Cathers time was 40.00, Salema’s new record time was 39.55. Salema won all seven of her events in the 11-12 girls on her way to the gold medal in the 11-12 girls category.

Kleanza Cathers (13) also broke two pool records in the 13-14 girls category. Cathers took off 66 seconds in her 1500 meter freestyle time to break Stephanie Nicholls pool record from 1999.

Nicholls from Prince Rupert went on to swim with UBC and break the woman’s BC 50 free record and help UBC break the National 4*100 medley record, and Nicholls swam free on the relay. Nicholls record time in the 1500 meter was 18:49, Cathers new record time was 18:31.53.

It was Cathers � rst 13 year old age group National qualify-ing time and a time that was the

18th fastest time swam by a 13 year old girls in the event in the country this swim season. Cath-ers also broke a 29 year old re-cord in the 50 butter� y. The old record was held by Dawn Pasa-creta from Kitimat. Her time was 33.00, Cathers new record time was 32.13. Cathers swam to 100 per cent personal best times on her way to the gold medal in the 13-14 girls category.

In the 15 and over girls Robyn Alderman (16) swam to 100 per cent personal best times on her way to the bronze medal in the division.

In the 11-12 boys division Ethan Velho (12) swam to 100 per cent personal best times on his way to the bronze medal in the division.

In the 13-14 boys division Ben Anker (14) swam to 100 per cent personal best times on his way to the bronze medal in the division.

In the 10 and under girls di-vision Leah Desousa (10) took the silver medal and Charlotte Collier (10) took the bronze medal.

Two swimmers achieved their � rst AA Provincial times and now are welcome to attend AA Provincial Championships in Victoria. Hannah Pearson (11) achieved the standard in the 11 and under girls 100 back-stroke. Madisen Szmata (12) achieved the standard in the 12 year old girl 100 freestyle and backstroke, as well swam to 100 per cent personal best times

Making the largest one swim improvement for the Mar-lins was Hayden Dobbin (13) with an 86 second improvement in the 1500 freestyle. Dobbin swam to 100 per cent personal best times.

Also swimming to 100 per cent personal best times for the Marlins was Laurence Boucher (12), Nickolas Cordeiro (14), Raychel Davies (13), Annika Desousa (8), Mattias Dobbin (13), Keiren Koza (8), Madison Landry (11), Isaiah Silva (8), Nolan Striker (12), Madisen Szmata (12), Ewan Thomopou-los (9), Gavin Thomopoulos (6), Izaak Vehlo (11), Kemper Weightman (8).

Kitimat Marlins

A deep look into all of Kitimat’s flakes“Kitamaat,” in Tsimshian,

means “people of the snow.” The name was given as a de-

scription of the Haisla residents of these lands at the northern end of Douglas Channel. Meteorolo-gists would agree that Kitimat’s title is apt. But are we truly Snow Valley, and what about our weather statistics?

According to statistics from Environment Canada, the all-time Canadian record for snow-fall in one day belongs to Lake-lse B.C.

It was on February, 17, 1974 when an incredible 118 centime-ters fell. Well, we are very close and prior to that record, the re-cord was with Kitimat. On Feb-ruary 18, 1972 Kitimat’s Town-site Weather Station at the � re hall reported 112.3 cm of snow.

Talking about snow, in Janu-ary of 1966 our same townsite weather station reported an in-credible 436.9 cm. As for snowy years, the winter of 1971-72 takes the prize with a roof-break-ing 1,054.9 cm. That’s over ten meters or about 33 feet.

The nearby Alcan station of West Tahtsa Lake also made it to the record books with impressive yearly totals.

Kitimat has had many ama-teur weather observers. Starting back in the early 1900s obser-vations were taken at Kitamaat Mission by Reverend Raley and others. That station was opera-tional until 1948. Of� cial me-teorological stations were estab-lished in the 1950s.

There have been weather stations at Al-can, The Public Safety Building, the Hatch-ery, and at the District of Kitimat’s Pollu-tion Control Sewage Plant on the dyke road. We have even over the years had school weather stations which reported to the media province-wide. To-day, most weather data is col-lected remotely with little human intervention. We rely heavily on the Terrace Airport Weather Sta-tion.

Kitimat has had meteorolog-ical observers, including Eileen Hutson. She has been able to get out, ruler in hand, to measure our big snowfalls. Recently, the win-ter of 2011-2012 was a whopper with 775 cm or about 28 feet. Had the snow continued into February and March, we would have been looking at a new re-cord.

In the past, a lack of trained weather observers has limited accurate data received about snowfall events. Measurements at each of the stations vary. The Alcan station is wetter, and it measures less snow and less sun as re� ected by its proximity to the mountains and its low eleva-tion at just above sea level. The townsite station is drier, sunnier, and of course at 128 meters in elevation, it receives far more snow.

Environment Canada’s National Climate Archive site

shows over a 30 year period from 1961 to 1990 Kitimat’s av-erage annual snowfall was 494.8 cm. This compares to Calgary with 124 cm per year, and Mon-treal, considered a very snowy city with 218 cm. Communities do exist which do receive more snow than Kitimat but they are rare, and many of them are ski communities.

Our community stands out as an extremely snowy location which has serious implications. Living in Snow Valley means conforming to the strictest build-ing codes in Canada, requiring us to live in homes rated with the strongest roofs designed in the whole country. It means getting used to � eets of snowblowers, keeping vehicles off the street during overnight snowfalls, it means paying huge municipal bills for snow removal which just may be the highest per capita in all of our country, and of course, it means life as usual, includ-ing going to work and school even with a metre of fresh snow. Clearly we have earned the title, “People of the Snow.” Appropri-ately, we have adopted the snow-� ake as an identifying icon.

Of� cially, Kitimat lies

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within the Humid Continental Cli-matic Zone. Our own local climate is characterized by large amounts of moisture and limited sunshine. Win-ters are relatively mild and summers can be rainy. The record low, re-corded at least on four occasions, is minus 25 centigrade. Statistics show our annual precipitation; rain and snow combined is 239.5 cm. This compares to Vancouver Airport with 147.4 cm, and Victoria with 84.1 cm. Yes it is a lot, but be assured it is not a record.

Prince Rupert has, according to Environment Canada, an annual pre-cipitation of 311.1 cm. Hartley Bay, our neighbour just south on Douglas Channel gets a yearly soaking of 454 cm. The Canadian record is at Hen-derson Lake on the Alberni Canal with an astounding 947 cm.

We live in a saturated location. Drainage is a big concern, requiring top-rate drainage systems. Floods are rare but, in the years prior to the Service Centre and Kildala Neigh-bourhood dykes, there were � oods and evacuations from a rampaging Kitimat River. Fluctuations have even blown out bridges, like in 1978 when we lost the Wahtl Creek Bridge at Kitamaat Village. Flooding has periodically led to discoloured drink-ing water. We rarely have a shortage of moisture, but it can happen.

As for sunshine, our average an-

nual hours are 1,405, compared to Victoria’s 2,193 and Calgary’s 2,405 hours. In other words, for every 24 hours of sun that Calgary gets, Kiti-mat would get 14.

Kitimat’s sunniest months are May and July. Don’t let anyone tell you Kitimat doesn’t get hot as its of-� cial warmest day ever was on July 29, 2009 when two of our weather stations both at the Hatchery and at Alcan registered a scorching 39.5 de-grees.

People world-wide are obsessed with weather. No wonder the weath-er channel is so popular, and not sur-prisingly we in Kitimat are weather obsessed too. Many of us have pride in adversity; we identify with our extremes of weather. It is one of our identifying features and yes we have earned the title “People of the Snow,” or even perhaps people of the rain.

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Shown are Emma Trzos (Bantam best team player), Isaiah Galante (Bantam best player), and Stephen Eckstein (Pee-wee most s p o r t s m a n l i k e player). Kitimat Minor Hockey held their AGM and awards presentations on April 22.

Minor hockey awards

Marlins set new records at swim meet

SubmittedThe Kitimat Minor

Hockey Association handed out their Annu-al Awards on Tuesday, April 22, just before their Annual General Meeting. The team is pleased to recognize the following:

Sharp Shop Award: most sports-manlike player, Pee-Wee division: Stephen Eckstein

Darrel Trach Me-morial: Best Player, Bantam division: Isa-iah Galante

Shawn Michael Phillip Redmond Me-morial: best team play-er, Bantam division: Emma Trzos

Tom Connors Me-morial: Most Sports-manlike Player, Ban-tam division: Michelle Gregoire

Wilf Owen Sports-manlike, Midget Divi-sion: Maddy Amado

Brenda Lonsdale trophy: Most im-proved, Bantam divi-sion: PJ Mattiuz.

SubmittedSwim teams

from Terrace, Prince Rupert, Smithers and host Kitimat had 112 swimmers compet-ing recently in Kiti-mat for a regional swim meet.

The competition was extremely fast with 15 Sam Lind-say Memorial pool records broken from six different swim-mers from around the region. The Kiti-mat Marlins had some excellent re-sults from all of their swimmers and ended up winning the meet for total points.

Kyler Cordeiro (17) in his last home meet, as he is gradu-ating this year, � n-ished with a bang. He broke three pool records, lowering his own pool re-cords in the 50 me-ter backstroke and 100 Freestyle and breaking the pool record in the 50 me-ter freestyle. The old 50 meter freestyle record by Brett Zol-len of Smithers from

last year was 25.12. Cordeiro’s time was 24.79. Cordeiro won all 7 of his events on his way to the gold medal in overall points in the 15 and over boys division.

Brander Pacheco (14) also broke three pool records in the 13-14 boys division. He lowered his own

pool record in the 200 butter� y. He broke the 100 butter� y re-cord held by Triston Brown from Terrace from 1997. Brown’s time was 1:05.07, Pa-checo’s new record time was 1:02.85. The old record in the 50 � y was held by Kurt Grossman of Prince Rupert from 2003.

Grossman at the time was the fastest 50 me-ter freestyle swimmer in the country for his age. Grossman’s time was 28.90 for the 50 � y, Pacheco’s new re-cord time was 28.79. Pacheco won all seven of his events on his way to the gold medal in the 13-14 boys cat-egory.

Alivia Salema (12) broke two pool re-cords in the 11-12 girls division. She lowered her own record in the 1500 meter freestyle by 52 seconds. Her new time of 18:39.74 is the fourth fastest time for a 12 year old girl swam in Canada this swim season. Continued on page 14

Top performing Marlins after a recent Kitimat swim meet.Submitted

16 Northern Sentinel, Wednesday, May 15, 2013THE KITIMAT RELAY FOR LIFE happens on June 1, starting at 10 a.m. at the high school out-door track. Events and entertain-ment runs all day.KITIMAT SENIORS’ CENTRE is looking for a new leader for their Seniors’ Band. Please con-tact the Programmer (250 632 3475) for more info if you have the skills, experience and desire to volunteer your time with this group.CHILD DEVELOPMENT CEN-TRE Family Fun Spot Drop-In Monday and Friday afternoons 1-3 p.m., Wednesday mornings 10:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. Ages 0-5 wel-come. “A Great place for families to meet over coffee and toys!”

Contact 250-632-3144 for more information.KITIMAT FIBRE ARTS GUILD: Interested in knitting, spinning, weaving, or any other � bre? For more infor-mation phone Maureen 250-632-5444.KITIMAT MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS - I have M.S. but M.S. does not have me.You are not alone, male or female, and the Kitimat M.S. group would like to be here for you. Total con-� dentiality. For more information contact Mary at 250-639-6016.AGLOW OF KITIMAT: All are welcome at our Care Group and Bible Study for men and women, singles or married, Thursdays at 7 p.m.

For information phone Brenda at 250-632-5771 or Wendi at 250-632-5673.DID YOU KNOW that literacy is

more than just being able to read?The Kitimat Adult Literacy Pro-gram provides FREE tutoring services for adult interested in improving their reading, writing, math, communication, and infor-mation technology skills.Is English NOT your � rst lan-guage? We provide FREE tutor-ing and small group English as a Second Language (ESL) classes.

For more information please call Brandi at 250-632-7393. To see what’s happening at the Com-munity Corner, check us out at

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We offer individual and group counseling.Certi� cation for blood glucose strips is available.Make an appointment and bring your meter.The Good Food Box is part of our program.Forms for this can be picked up at the Living Well Program or at the hospital main desk.

Donations for this worthwhile program are always accepted.For more info call 250-632-8313 during operating hours - Wednesdays 8:00 a.m. to noon, Thursdays 8:00 a.m. - 4:00 p.m. - or leave message on our voice mail.We are located on the second � oor of the Kitimat Hospital in the Home Support of� ces.PRAYER CANADA KITIMATmeets upstairs at the � re hall Tuesdays, from noon - 1:00 p.m.All are welcome to pray for our city council and those in posi-tions of authority in Kitimat, for the government of BC and of Canada.For information call Lesley at 250-632-4554.

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- Segment Exclusive automatic Locking Differential- Best-in-Class 5 Year/160,000km Powertrain Warranty^,

60,000km Longer than Ford F-150 or ram^^

- Consumers Digest Best Buy For The Fourth Year in a row+

- 2.4L i4 Engine or Newly available 3.6L V6 Engine- Multi-Flex™ Sliding and reclining rear Seat, Offering Class-Leading Legroom†*

- Fold Flat Second and Third row Seating for Flexibility and Cargo Capacity- iiHS 2013 Top Safety Pick^* and NHTSa 5-Star Overall Vehicle Score for Safety**

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AT

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25

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3,000 air MiLES®

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plus

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financing‡for up to

VEHICLE PRICING IS NOW EASIER TO UNDERSTAND BECAUSE ALL OUR PRICES INCLUDE FREIGHT, PDI AND MANDATORY GOVERNMENT LEVIES. BcGMcDEALERS.cA

iN COMBiNED CrEDiTS ON CaSH PUrCHaSEu

EFFECTiVE raTE 2.51%$9,000

3813.13.MMW.2C.indd 1 2013-05-10 4:31 PM

Kitimat Sentinel - March 17, 2010

Call MacCarthy Motors at 250-635-4941, or visit us at 5004 Highway 16 West, Terrace. [License #5893]

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