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MONDAY, JULY 30, 2012 Vol. 38, Issue 37 bcclassified.com www.starjournal.net $1.40 incl. HST 2011 CCNA SERVING THE NORTH THOMPSON VALLEY FROM HEFFLEY CREEK TO BLUE RIVER 7 7 8 1 9 5 5 0 0 1 7 8 TNRD mourns passing of Area ‘O’ director Bonnie Cruzelle/Myram ..... page 2 Is Mayor ready to write-off Louis Creek industrial park? As the Mayor sees it ..... page 9 Stretch into Fall at NTVIC North Thompson Volunteer Centre offers free stretching classes ..... page 15 The Zone 2 (Thompson-Okanagan) boys softball team show off the silver medals they won at the BC Summer Games including their three team members from Barriere. Pictured (l to r): back row - coaches Steve Flundra and Mel Romeo, Karter Romeo, Dalton Jury, Nick McInnis, David Colton-Jones, Adam Borrow, Dallas Lindley, Nate Tom, Will Ellis, head coach Cheryl Flundra. Middle row - Ryan Haveman, Nathen Weninger, Curtis Pecor, Owen Hawkings, Tim Affleck, Aiden Harley. Front - Mathew Lee and Julien Dewey-Plummer. McInnis, Hawkings, and Lee are the three players from Barriere. Find more inside on page 12. Barriere’s Darcey Woods, with her quarter horse stallion ‘Ima Class Of My Own’, won the BC Heritage Finals Championship spot in reining competitions at Maple Ridge on July 6-7. The win earns her a place on Team BC for the Canadian Equestrian Championships in Bromont, Quebec, on Sept. 21-24. Find more about NT Valley equestrian successes at the BC Heritage Finals on page 12. Swimming lessons in the pool at the Feller residence in Barriere just might be producing some future competitive swim- mers. However, that’s a long way down the road, and for now the kids are having fun while learn- ing to be safe and at home in the water under the guidance of instructor Brittany Stamer. Pictured are Summer Stonehouse, Brooke Hartman, Monica Lee, Raymond Broyer, Ty Hartman and Daniel Stonehouse. Sw Sw Sw Sw Sw wim im im im m m m im im m m m mm mi mi mi mi mi m m mi mi mi mi mi m m m m m ng ng n n n n n n n ng ng ng ng n ng ng ng l l l l les es es es es s s s sso so s so so so so so o so s so s s s ns ns ns ns ns ns ns ns ns s ns ns s i i i i i i i i i in n n n n n n n n n n n th th th h th th th th th th th th h the e e e e e e e e e e po po po po po po o po po o o po ol ol ol ol ol l l l ol ol l a a a a at t t t t t t th th h th th he e e e e Fe Fe Fe e Fe Fe Fe F Fell ll ll ll ll ler e er e er er e e e re re re re r re resi si si si si side d de de de de de enc nc n n n n n n nc nc nc n e e e e e in in i in n n B B B B B B B B Bar ar ar a a a a ri ri ri ri ri ri ier er er er er er er r er re e e e e e ju ju ju j ju ju j j j j st st st st st st mi mi i i mi mi mi mi mi migh gh gh h gh h gh h h gh gh gh gh gh gh gh gh h h gh t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t b b be be be b be be b b b b p p p p p p pro r ro ro o ro od du du du du du uc ci ci ci ci c ci c cing n ng ng ng ng g g s s s s s s s so om om om om om me e e e e e fu fu fu fu u fu u u utu tu tu tu tu tu tu tu t tu tu t ture re re re re re e re re re re e e re e e c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c com om m m om om mpe pe pe pe pe pe pe pe e e eti ti ti t t t titi t ti ti ti i i i i ti i ti ti t tiv ve v ve ve ve ve e e e ve e v s s s s s s s swi wi wi wi wi wi wi wi w w m m m m m m m m m - - - - - - - me me me me me me m me me me me me me me m mers rs rs s rs s s rs rs rs rs rs rs rs rs rs rs rs. . . . . H H H H H H H H H H H H Ho o o o ow ow ow ow w w o o o o ow owev ev ev ev ev v ev ev v ev e e er e er er er r r r r er er , , , , , t th th th th h h h th th hat at at at at t at at at at at’s ’s ’s ’s ’s s s s s a a a a a a a a l l l l l l d d d d d d d th th h th th th t th h h d d d d d d d d d d d Olympians of the future STAR/JOURNAL photo: Elli Kohnert Submitted photo: Silver medals for Barriere boys at BC Summer Games Sliding to a Championship
SERVING THE NORTH THOMPSON VALLEY FROM HEFFLEY CREEK TO BLUE RIVER
7 7 8 1 9 5 5 0 0 1 7 8
TNRD mourns passing of
Area ‘O’ director Bonnie Cruzelle/Myram
. . . . . page 2
Is Mayor ready to write-off
Louis Creek industrial park?As the Mayor sees it
. . . . . page 9
Stretch into Fall at NTVIC
North Thompson
Volunteer Centre offers
free stretching classes
. . . . . page 15
The Zone 2 (Thompson-Okanagan) boys softball team show off the silver medals they won at the BC Summer Games including their three team members from Barriere. Pictured (l to r): back row - coaches Steve Flundra and Mel Romeo, Karter Romeo, Dalton Jury, Nick McInnis, David Colton-Jones, Adam Borrow, Dallas Lindley, Nate Tom, Will Ellis, head coach Cheryl Flundra. Middle row - Ryan Haveman, Nathen Weninger, Curtis Pecor, Owen Hawkings, Tim Affleck, Aiden Harley. Front - Mathew Lee and Julien Dewey-Plummer. McInnis, Hawkings, and Lee are the three players from Barriere. Find more inside on page 12.
Photo: Marion Photography
Barriere’s Darcey Woods, with her quarter horse stallion ‘Ima Class Of My Own’, won the BC Heritage Finals Championship spot in reining competitions at Maple Ridge on July 6-7. The win earns her a place on Team BC for the Canadian Equestrian Championships in Bromont, Quebec, on Sept. 21-24. Find more about NT Valley equestrian successes at the BC Heritage Finals on page 12.
Swimming lessons in the pool at the Feller residence in Barriere just might be producing some future competitive swim-mers. However, that’s a long way down the road, and for now the kids are having fun while learn-ing to be safe and at home in the water under the guidance of instructor Brittany Stamer. Pictured are Summer Stonehouse, Brooke Hartman, Monica Lee, Raymond Broyer, Ty Hartman and Daniel Stonehouse.
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STAR/JOURNAL photo: Elli Kohnert
Submitted photo:
Silver medals for Barriere boys at BC Summer Games
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It is with deep regret and sadness that the Thompson-Regional District announces the passing of Bonnie C r u z e l l e M y r a m , Electoral Area “O” (Lower North Thompson) Director, after a long battle with cancer.
Randy Murray, TNRD Chair and Electoral Area “M” Director, expressed sor-row and grief on behalf of himself and the Board at CruzelleMyram’s
passing. He also praised her valuable contribu-tions to the Board on behalf of her constitu-ents.
“Our thoughts and hearts go out to Bonnie’s family and friends at this difficult time,” Murray said. “We will miss her laugh and that twinkle in her eye; you could always count on Bonnie and her straightforward approach as she went about representing her constituents and tack-ling the issues. We were fortunate to have her as a good friend, a strong colleague and a truly genuine person.”
C r u z e l l e M y r a m , from Barriere, f irst served as an Alternate
Director for Electoral “O” from 2005 to 2006. She was subse-quently acclaimed as Director for Electoral Area “O” in 2007, a position she held until her passing.
During her time on the TNRD Board, CruzelleMyram served on several Board Committees, includ-ing most recently Drinking Water and Utilities; Emergency Management; as well as the Economic, Tourism and Regional Parks Committee.
TNRD mourns passing of Director CruzelleMyram
It is with deep regret
Bonnie CruzelleMyram
Byelection to be held for TNRD Area “O”North Thompson Star/Journal
Thompson Nicola Regional District (TNRD) advises that a byelection must be held in cases when a director dies, unless it is in an election year.
Due to the fact that TNRD Area “O” Director Bonnie CruzelleMyram recently passed away after battling cancer, a bye-lection will most likely be held for Area “O” the first part of November 2012, with nomina-
tions for the byelection starting 45 days prior.
Currently filling the position until the byelection, is alter-nate director Mike Fennell, who previously served two terms as mayor of Barriere.
Thompson Nicola RegionalAC
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The District Manager of the Kamloops Forest District is inviting applications for proposed grazing licences under Section 9(2) of the Range Act.
The Ministry of Forests, Lands and Natural Resource Operations has under consideration, the issuance of grazing licences to qualified applicants. These proposed vacancies are currently undergoing First Nation consultation.
RANGE AREA CATTLE (approx.) AUM’s
Bonaparte Range Unit 100 c/c and four bulls 474
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The Work Zone
Safety Alliance 2012 Cone Zone campaign is underway — a road safety initiative that encourages drivers to take care when driving near roadside workers. The campaign encour-ages drivers to reduce their speed, avoid driver distraction, and respect the roadside as a workplace when driv-ing through the “Cone Zone.”
“This is the busiest time of the year for road construction, so it is important for driv-ers to pay attention and avoid distractions in work zones,” said Transportation and
Infrastructure Minster Blair Lekstrom. “These workers are sons and daughters, fathers and mothers, and we want every one of them to return home to their families after work.”
This year, drivers can visit ConeZoneBC.com for more informa-tion. The new website is a driver resource with tips and helpful infor-mation about safely navigating through roadside work zones.
For roadside work-ers the “Cone Zone” is a potentially high-risk work environment in close proximity to traffic. In the last 10 years, WorkSafeBC has received 386 claims from workers — typi-cally working in Cone
Zones — who were struck by motor vehi-cles. Of the claims, 46 per cent were classified as serious injuries and three per cent result-ed in the death of the worker.
Every day roadside workers around the province experience near misses — inci-dents that do not result in workplace injury, but had the potential to do so.
“The difference between a near miss and a serious injury can often amount to little more than luck,” says Mark Ordeman, WorkSafeBC manager for Transportation. “Many roadside work-ers have narrowly avoided being injured
by drivers, and have come very close to hav-ing their lives changed by a workplace injury.”
The summer months see an increase in road-side work throughout the province. These set-ups are not always road construction. Municipal workers, landscapers, tow-truck drivers, telecommu-nications and utility workers, and emergen-cy and enforcement personnel set up “Cone Zones”.
When you enter the “Cone Zone,” reduce your speed, pay atten-tion, and be respectful of the roadside workers and their workplace.
For more informa-tion visit ConeZoneBC.com.
CNW Group/BCAA Traffic Safety Foundation photo.
Work Zone Safety Alliance “Cone Zone” campaign aims to educate drivers and keep roadside workers safe.
The Work Zonewd
The “Cone Zone” message expands beyond the messages of two other initiatives — WorkSafeBC’s “Slow Down” signage campaign aimed at large construction projects, and the provincial government legislation that requires drivers to “slow down and move over” when approaching emer-gency vehicles stopped at the side of the road — to encompass all roadside workers.
North ThompsonStar/Journal
More than two-thirds of Grade 4 and Grade 7 students met or exceed-ed expectations in this year’s Foundational Skills Assessment (FSA).
FSA is an annual assessment of student achievement in the foundation skills of reading, writing and numeracy. The purpose of FSA is to help the Ministry of Education, school districts and par-ents evaluate student achievement in these core skills and to plan for improvement. FSA is one of many mea-sures used to assess student achievement and supplements other information gathered in classrooms during the year.
With limited excep-tions, all Grade 4 and Grade 7 students are expected to participate in FSA. Approximately 75,000, or 84 per cent of students, wrote the assessment in 2012. This overall participa-tion rate has remained constant since 2009.
FSA was designed and developed by B.C. educators and based on the B.C. curricu-lum. It measures stu-dent achievement in
the foundation skills of reading, writing and numeracy.
The percentage of students meeting or exceeding expecta-tions in 2012 are as fol-lows:
70 per cent (up one per cent over 2011)
72 per cent (down one per cent over 2011)
68 per cent (up one per cent over 2011)
64 per cent (down two per cent over 2011)
71 per cent (down one per cent over 2011)
60 per cent (down two per cent over 2011)
Provincial, district and school FSA 2012 results are available on the Ministry of Education website: h t t p : / / w w w. b c e d .g o v. b c . c a / r e p o r t -ing/
Results of 2012 Foundational Skills Assessment for B.C.
More than two thirds
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Editorial; by Tom Fletcher
Reader comments on BC Liberals pipeline positionTo the editor;
I strongly agree with the common sense position the provincial govern-ment is taking on the Northern Gateway Pipeline project.
Job creation and economic develop-ment are vital to our province’s future, but as it stands B.C. bears almost all of the envi-ronmental risk from the pipeline project
while receiving few of the monetary and other benefits.
Over a 30 year period, the Northern Gateway Pipeline is expected to generate $270 billion in rev-enue.
However, of the $81 billion in tax revenue the project would generate, B.C. would only receive a minor $6.7 billion share or about $223
million per year. A single major oil
spill on land or sea could easily cost the province that much or more in environ-mental cleanup, legal and other compen-sation costs which would leave us with no f inancial benef it at all.
The people of this province should not have to bear the con-siderable risks asso-
ciated with oil pipe-lines without com-mensurate f inancial benefits and ironclad safeguards for our environment.
The province has now set clear terms and conditions for these projects, terms and conditions that are as warranted as they are reasonable and fair. Justina HarrisReceived by email
By the time you read this I should be in Vanderhoof, the geographical centre of B.C., to visit relatives.
Born in the Okanagan, raised in the Peace country and working for 20 years in Metro Vancouver, I’ve driven from one end of the province to the other more times than I can count.
A similar trip last year began just as a huge mudslide was cleared near Chilliwack. Other drives have featured mid-summer hail piled 10 centimetres deep on the Coquihalla, a near miss between two moose in the Pine Pass, plus the usual blizzards and hundreds of traffic jams for construction, accidents and growing urban volume delays.
This time I’ve got a new tool on board, the mobile version of DriveBC.ca on my BlackBerry. Launched two years, ago, the mobile site has taken off with the surg-ing popularity of smartphones.
In the past year, DriveBC’s online traffic averaged 1.2 million visits a month, about half to the five-year-old desktop site and half from mobile users. It’s by far the most popular B.C. government website.
I asked DriveBC technical leader Nainesh Agarwal for these stats, and he said even he was surprised by the surge in mobile traffic in recent months. But trying out the mobile site, it’s easy to see the appeal.
With a few clicks, the phone displays incident reports and web camera images for my chosen route. Webcams have been added steadily all over the province, and now watch 18 key locations on Vancouver Island, 93 in the Lower Mainland, 73 in the Southern Interior, 35 in the North and 13 at Canada-U.S. border cross-ings. At a glance, you can check anything from the traffic at the Lions Gate Bridge to the lineup for the Skidegate ferry on Haida Gwaii.
Most pictures update every two minutes, offering a real-time look at traffic, weather and road conditions. A recent addition is “replay the day,” which shows the last 24 hours of pictures in a few seconds.
Another new feature is an email alert that can be customized. You can sub-scribe to a particular region or highway and receive notices as soon as they are posted to the DriveBC network. And of course there is an @drivebc Twitter feed, where between 6:30 a.m. and midnight, staff update conditions and respond to inquiries. (Major events are automatically tweeted overnight.)
Verified reports are fed from highways staff and contractors all over the prov-ince and co-ordinated through the provincial highways condition centre in the Lower Mainland. It’s become a primary source of information for radio and TV traffic and news reporters around B.C.
The mobile service now has an option for drivers to report new problems they encounter. After determining your smartphone’s location, the site displays the name and phone number of the local maintenance contractor who can take the report.
For those who haven’t joined the smartphone era, there is an old-fashioned option. Dialing 5-1-1 anywhere in the province gives access to a toll-free line that connects to recorded DriveBC messages.
Agarwal said use of that service has been declining as phones with web access become more popular.
The 5-1-1 service also requires you to use the keypad to select your route from a numerical list, so drivers would have to pull over rather than breach the new restrictions on using handheld devices while driving.
The 5-1-1 system still gets surges of heavy use during major events like the recent flooding. The plan is to upgrade the system to allow voice recognition, so drivers can use headsets to get updates on the move.
* Tom Fletcher is legislative reporter and columnist for Black Press and BCLocalnews.com
Hitting theinformation highway
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To the editor;For those who still
believe pollsters can accurately gauge public opinion in the age of disappearing land lines, call display and unlist-ed cell phones, I’d like to remind them of the colossally inaccurate predictions pollsters made in the Alberta provincial election a few months ago.
Based on pollsters predictions, the far-right Wildrose Party
was going to win by a landslide -- much the same as what the poll-sters have been pre-dicting for the NDP in B.C.
However, when the votes were counted on election night, Allison Redford’s governing centrist PC party held 61 of 87 seats while Wildrose only took a paltry 17 seats. The pollsters were crest-fallen by the results and baffled. What
happened, they won-dered?
Well, what has hap-pened is a fundamen-tal change in technol-ogy and it’s leading to severely skewed results for pollsters.
Ask yourself: How many people still have a landline? And how many people actually pick up that landline when they see that a pollster or telemarket-er is calling?
It all goes to show
that, more than ever, the only poll that really matters, or that has any validity whatso-ever, is the poll that happens on election day. And based on pure gut instinct, I pre-dict that few people in B.C. are going to risk handing the provincial economy over to the NDP when the votes are counted on elec-tion night next May.Massimo MandarinoVancouver
To the editor;Alberta’s Premier needs to consider the follow-
ing hypothetical headlines and then give her head a shake: “Grain spill cleanup begins in B.C.” and “Oil spill cleanup begins in B.C.”
The environmental and the cost implications of these two headlines don’t even begin to com-pare.
The same can be said for almost any other products shipped through B.C. from Alberta and vice versa.
When was the last time anyone heard of a softwood lumber spill in Alberta that resulted in catastrophic environmental devastation and a multibillion dollar cleanup?Monika BonneyReceived by email
To the editor;A lot of people in this valley suffered from one
problem or another after the forest fire in 2003, including me. I have a skin problem that erupted the day after I returned from evacuation, which still returns every year in the summer, and it clears up completely in the wintertime. I am wondering if any others are still getting problems re-occurring that started after the fire. If so, would you contact me at 250-672-2187.Barbara SmithBarriere, B.C.
Change in technology skews pollster predictions
Local complains of skin problem since
the 2003 wildfire
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Over 20 children showed up at the Barriere Library on July 26; they were there to learn how to make slime.
Workshop facilitator, Ashley Little, presented
the youngsters with a number of demonstra-tions on how to make great stuff for kids. Stuff that fizzled, floated, and generally looked thor-oughly “gross”, which made it that much more interesting.
Little showed her young audience how to
make blobs in a bottle and then demonstrated how to make the amaz-ing elephant tooth paste.
She then prepared a mixture for each child to stir, adding the final ingredient last as she instructed her charges to stir the mix, and produce ‘slime’ in the colour of their choice.
The workshop proved a hit with the youngsters, and Little provided the Star/Journal with the reci-pes so other youngsters can enjoy the process. However, if you are a youngster, be sure to get your parent’s approval before you try any of these recipes’
Blobs in a Bottle:Pour 150ml of water into a clear pop bottle.
Add 350ml of veggie oil (any brand)Add 10 drops of food colouring, whatever colour you prefer.Gently tap the bottle until the colouring gets past the oil to the water.Then drop in 1 tablet of Alka-Seltzer.This looks great in a dark room with the bot-tle on top of a lit flash-light. The effect only lasts until the tablet has completely dissolved. However, you can cap
the bottle to save the mix untilyou’re ready to drop in another tab-let.
Elephant Tooth Paste:You’ll need a tray or tub of some sort for this, as it is rather messy.In a small container, mix 1 tsp yeast and 2 tbsp hot water, then let it sit while you do the following steps.Place a clear pop bottle in the middle of the tray and pour into the
bottle 125ml of hydro-gen peroxide.Add 5 drops of food colouring (any colour)add 1 squirt of liquid dish soap.Add the yeast mix. Then step back and watch the fun as it makes elephant tooth paste, which is always guaranteed to get wide eyed stares and smiles from any young audi-ence.
Slime:In a small styrofoam cup, fill about 1/4
full of glue (like Lepage’s).Then add 1 tbsp waterand add 4 drops food colouring (any colour)Stir to mix this up.Then add 1 tbsp Borax powder, which will make the glue slimy instead of sticky
You’ll also find more fun at the Library in Barriere on Aug. 9, at 11 a.m., when young participants can learn how to make their own Alien Invasion Masks.
Barriere Library helps kids make toothpaste for elephants
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Barriere Library workshop facilitator, Ashley Little, presented 20youngsters with a number of dem-onstrations on how to make great stuff for kids on July 26. Stuff that fizzled, floated, and generally looked thoroughly “gross”, such as elephant toothpaste were very well received.
STAR/JOURNAL photo: Margaret Houben
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Public Notice of Intent
The Ministry of Transportation and Infrastructure gives notice pursuant to Section 2.2 of the Transportation Act that an application has been made to change the name of Price Road off of Yellowhead Highway 5 in the Barriere area to Carlson Road. The purpose of the proposed name change is to correct an existing road name duplication.
Anyone wanting to provide comments of support or opposition to the proposed road name change should do so in writing no later than August 13, 2012, to the Thompson Nicola District Office at 447 Columbia Street, Kamloops, British Columbia, V2C 2T3.
For more information, please contact District Development Technician
Two small white dogs happily greet me, when entering Ken Grant’s house. While his place looks tiny on the outside, it is sur-prisingly spacious on the inside. Here lives a man with good taste and an eye for detail. We sit down in com-fortable chairs for a wonderful cup of tea with a gorgeous look on Dutch Lake.
A little bit of Clearwater history
“My grandparents moved to Clearwater in the early 1900s,” says Grant. “First, my grandfather Arthur Harby came from Scotland, soon fol-lowed by his brother Bill.” They discovered that the soil around Dutch Lake allows for excellent berry grow-ing - strawberries, blueberries, blackber-ries, raspberries, etc. and so they started a successful berry farm. They shipped their produce by train to Edmonton.
“My family was the f irst in town to have water inside the house,” he tells. “They pumped the water directly up from the ground under the place.”
Grant’s house actu-ally used to be the fam-ily’s summer kitchen where his grandpar-ents cooked for the crewmen who made the railway ties for the
railroad so the house they lived in wouldn’t get too hot.
Grant is related to a lot of people in town among them the Grants, the Harbys, the McLennans, and the Millers.
“The Millers,” he says, “lived on the other side of the lake where now Dutch Lake Resort is.”
They had a lot of children and when they had another child they would build another room to the house. His family called it the train. The Miller fam-ily had enough chil-dren to start Raft River School but the current school is a different one than the original one.
His life mostly out-side of Clearwater
Ken Grant was born in Kamloops and even though he hasn’t lived in Clearwater for most of his life, this has always been home.
He grew up in Doug Meadows and in various places on Vancouver Island as his parents moved around. They made their living fixing up houses and when fin-ished they would move on to the next. But every year he got to visit Clearwater.
Grant has had a var-ied career. He started out cutting grass and newspaper delivery. He then moved into working at a service station and he was an ambulance attendant
for a while. He was asked to
be the Colonel’s aide in the air force sta-tioned out at Dow Air Force Base in Bangor, Maine, for four years. He also drove a milk truck, had a flower shop, an insurance business, built and remodeled houses, a garden center, and had a New York style deli-catessen store.
From 1983 - 2000 he had a bed, bath, gift, dining, kitchen store “Granderson’s” in Seaside, Oregon. He admits that he misses the people, but he does not miss the store.
He has a quilt on the wall in his living room that is made of the more than 500 neckties he had when he retired. He wasn’t going to wear them anymore so a friend
made four small quilts and four full size blan-kets out of them, and even then had neck-ties left over to sell on eBay.
He admits that three times he came awfully close to mar-rying but he believes “the girls saw how hard he worked in his store and the hours he made and they didn’t want to have that kind of life.”
Home in ClearwaterMr. Grant says he
hopes to die in the house he lives in now because this is truly his home. In the mean-time, he does what he loves doing, work-ing in his beautifully lush flower garden and looking after his house. And if anyone ever wonders, he is the old man by the lake.
(Above) Ken Grant checks out the flowers in his garden by Dutch Lake in Clearwater. Although he lived most of his life elsewhere, he has always thought of Clearwater as home.
Photo by Margo Venema
(Left) William Charles Grant and Isabella Grant stand in front of their home at Glen Eddie, Clearwater. It is their grandson, Ken Grant, who has retired to live in Clearwater.
Photo from Upper North Thompson Reflections
Ken Grant is the old man by the lakeTwo small white
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By Margaret Houben, North Thompson Star/Journal
The District of Barriere held a Development Committee meeting on July 24, 2012, which was well attended.
The first order of business was an update from the Economic Development Officer, Andrew Hayward. Hayward reported that he participated in a tour and discussions with Ashcroft Terminal, regarding working together to have pricing of shipping from Barriere to Ashcroft, at that point the product of commodity being transferred to rail and shipped to various terminals. More information will be forthcoming from these discussions.
Hayward has had meetings with two new foreign govern-ment agencies (Japan and Korea) on marketing Barriere through investment websites and paper brochures in those countries. He also has been to Vancouver three times to meet with numerous investors and potential project managers, and has continued work-ing on compiling an inventory of available land in the Barriere
area. He has met with a Korean contingent in Kamloops and is working with various EDO’s and private economic professionals on how to keep Barriere on the forefront.
Staff were directed by the committee, to write a letter to get a written update on the status of the South Gate land.
Some discussion followed a suggestion to make up a ques-tionnaire for Barriere businesses to find out what sorts of things they would like to see. This questionnaire will be prepared in time for handing out at the Fall Fair.
The BMX Track behind AG Foods was discussed. A motion was passed to recommend to council that several signs be pur-chased and placed at the track.
The committee members discussed at length the first draft of the Revitalization Tax Exemption Bylaw, going over a variety of scenarios. The suggestions and recommendations will be incor-porated into the next draft.
The District Office will be closed from 1:00 p.m. to 3:00 p.m.
on Monday, July 30, so that staff can attend the funeral of Bonnie CruzelleMyram.
Several committee members asked how the four-way stop motion got to the District council meeting, as they had not finished discussing the options at the Development Committee meetings, and had yet to make a recommendation to council regarding it. Development Committee Chair, Ward Stamer, replied that line painting, curbs, and stop signs, (and any road related items) are actually usually handled by the Public Works Committee, and it was that committee that made the recommen-dation to council.
The mayor and several committee members commented on how well the Communities In Bloom visit with the judges went, and extended their appreciation to the community for participat-ing in this event. The ‘score’ that Barriere will receive, will be announced on Sept. 23.
The next Committee meeting is on Aug. 21, at 7 p.m.
District EDO reports to Development CommitteeThe District of Barriere held a Development Committee
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Is mayor ready to write-off Louis Creek industrial park?
The world economy is in turmoil. The econ-omy in B.C. is hold-ing steady and making improvements. Well, unless you base your predictions on the high end real estate market, and then it appears there is some volatility to be taken into account. I read that homes and properties in the $10 million range have vir-tually stopped selling and that commercial and industrial land val-ues have taken a down-ward dip. The value of undeveloped industrial land is even more sus-pect as the cost of sup-plying services contin-ues to rise.
Why do I mention this? Last year Barriere council took on an ambitious project based on acquiring the old Tolko site which is for all intents and purposes undeveloped industrial land. Promises had been made for the transfer of this land from the Provincial Ministry that now owned the land to the District for the princely sum of $1.
An economic devel-opment strategy for the District was formu-lated. Though not offi-cially stated and written down, the strategy was to hire a person to work on the development of the new industrial park and to bring investors to Barriere. Promises had been made and the process needed to start as quickly as possible.
Based on this trans-fer of ownership many
plans were made, money was spent on studies and infrastruc-ture improvements to the proposed industrial park. The economic development strat-egy was pushed ahead based on the sale of the proposed lots to be serviced and sold as industrial land. At the time this seemed to be a viable project and indeed there was at least one business that came forward to offer to purchase a lot and set up a business in the new industrial park.
All was good, well sort of. As it turns out the transfer of owner-ship to the District did not happen. It has not happened to this day. It may indeed not happen for a long time. In truth the District Council does not know when it will happen as they are not privy to the pro-cess that is currently being worked on. I was told this is the normal course of events when land is transferred or sold by the Provincial government.
Not really believ-ing this to be the case I asked questions and was directed to the pro-cess handbook that is to be followed when there is to be transfer of title such as this. An actual ‘you can read it yourself ’ process had been developed and was made available to anyone that needed the information.
What is to be done now? I suppose as the
new mayor I could look backwards, point out what went wrong, make comments on how peo-ple should know better and that the spending of public money on a project that turns out to be at present unwork-able and possibly beyond the scope of the District was at best not well thought out. But would this fix any of the problems we now face? Would it get back any of the money spent or hasten the ownership transfer process? It is only my opinion but to do these things would be a waste of time and resources.
In my opinion it is far better to go forward, learn from the apparent mistakes of others and properly plan for the future. There is already an industrial park here in the District and there are serviced lots available for sale there. Should an investor want to bring their business plans to Barriere we can accommodate them to some degree.
It is also my opinion that it is time to build an economic develop-ment strategy that fol-lows tried and true pro-cess and services the needs of our residents as best we can.
Currently the District has for this year a part time contracted person working on bringing investors to Barriere. The plan I propose need not interfere with that current process. The creation of a long term Local Economic Development (LED) plan can occur either in concert with or in addi-tion to the work pres-ently being carried out.
Since there are no funds for any addi-tional initiatives or for staff time I, as the mayor will do the work of organizing the LED plan and get input and assistance from council members and the com-munity going forward.
Good plans make for good results.
As the Mayor
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District of Barriere Mayor
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Campfires are okay
in BarriereFire Chief Al
Kirkwood advised the Star/Journal as of press time last week that campfires are currently allowed in the desig-nated Barriere Fire Protection area.
However, he says that can quickly change with the hot weather.
Kirkwood encour-ages the public to check the District of Barriere website for further updates and informa-tion at: http://www.dis-trictofbarriere.com or call 250-672-9751.
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Quilt show on at museumNorth Thompson Star/Journal
The North Thompson Museum Quilt Show is now open to the public. This show is a great opportunity to see qual-ity handmade quilts created by Barriere and area community quilters. The quilts are all sizes, from small wall hangings
to full king sized quilts. Running from July 28 to Aug. 17, the quilts will be on display at the museum in Barriere, 434 Lilley Road, from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m., from Tuesday to Saturday each week of the show. There is no charge for admission, and visitors can peruse the museum at the same time.
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The 25th Annual Lil Britches Rodeo will be in Barriere at the NT Fall Fair & Rodeo grounds Aug. 24 - 26. In support of the event Interior Savings donated $250, and Interior Savings Insurance also donated $250. Pictured is one of the Lil Britches organizers, Chantel Holt (r), accepting the donations from Interior Savings Regional Manager, NE Thompson Valley, Lindsay Arcand, at the Barriere Branch.
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Acrobatic cherry picker
Lynn Goranson of Louis Creek sent in these shots of a very determined yearling black bear, who proved just how good he could be at raiding a cherry tree behind two fences. Lynn says “He did a bang-up job of cleaning out the cherries, but did manage to break a few branches in the process”.
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S P O R T SValley equestrians excel
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By Debbie RainerClub Captain
Hawaiian Christmas in July was a huge suc-cess with 61 ladies ready for a fun filled evening on Tuesday, July 24.
Many teams showed up in tropical grass skirts and floral wear. One team packed around a palm tree on the back of their golf cart all night, and a great time was had by all. Chinook Cove served up an excellent turkey dinner with all the trimming.
My team was a great help with check-in, pin placements, game scor-ing, and all those extra things that make the eve-ning great.
The winning team with a score of 34 was
the Clearwater ladies, Tanya, Carol, Joan and Larissa. The team with the most strokes was our local girls. Barb, Marilyn, Helen, and Judy scoring 56. This team also won the Christmas trivia quiz. Congratulations.
On a sad note. I men-tioned the passing of Bonnie CruzelleMyram, a fellow golfer and a friend of many. We will be dedicating our Cancer fund raiser in August in Bonnie’s memory. Cancer night was one of
her successes along with her friends who helped out. She will be sadly missed by many.
This year’s cancer night the lady golfers will be asking for cash sponsors on an individu-al basis. Receipts will be given for any donation over $20 from the Cancer Society. All funds raised that evening will be in memory of Bonnie.
Please come out and support this evening. Golf carts are limited, please call and sign up early and book your carts for August 21, 2012. Mark this day on your calendar.
Thanks to all our sponsors and to all the ladies who make ladies night special.
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North Thompson Valley equestrians recently made the trek with their mounts to compete at the BC Heritage Finals on the Lower Mainland.
The BC Heritage Finals is the Provincial Equestrian Championships put on each year by Horse Council BC. The 2012 Finals took place at the Maple Ridge Equi-Sport Centre, on July 7 - 9. Although the weekend was extremely hot, attend-ees reported the event to be very well orga-nized. Approximately 70 competitors came from throughout B.C. to compete in 62 events in both English and western disciplines for $10,000 in prizes.
The Barriere and District Riding Club had four of their mem-bers competing at the finals; Darcey Woods with her quarter horse stallion ‘Ima Class Of My Own’, Dani Noble with her thoroughbred ‘Poh’, Kaylee Hudema with her appaloosa ‘Cherokee’s Patches’, and Katie Elliot with her pinto pony ‘Davie’s Girl’.
Darcey is the presi-dent of the Barriere and District Riding Club, is the organizer of the four BC Heritage Qualifier shows hosted by the club, and is also the convenor for the North Thompson Fall Fair Light Horse Program. Darcey qualified and competed in both west-ern and english class-es, placing in the top four in all eight classes entered. Winning the Championship spot in the Reining competition earns her a place again this year on Team BC for
the Canadian Equestrian Championships in Bromont, Quebec, on Sept. 21-24.
Dani is the leader of the Clearwater ‘Rodeo Rednecks’ 4H Club, and she also competed in both western and English divisions. Dani qualified in both divi-sions, finishing in the top six in all of her nine mounted classes, and top 10 in show-manship. She earned Championships in both the English Pleasure and Show Hack divi-sions.
Kaylee is also a
member of the ‘Rodeo Rednecks’ 4H club, and she qualified and com-peted in both English and western classes; earn-ing her Championship in Showmanship and Western Equitation.
Katie Elliot quali-fied in western and English classes, and even though she was just out of the ribbons Katie did very well and had a great experience for her first time com-peting at this level of competition. Katie is formerly from McLure, but now lives in Cherry Creek.
Horse Council BC is a non-profit orga-nization representing more than 22,000 horse enthusiasts in the prov-ince.
A 2009 horse indus-try study compiled by the agriculture ministry showed there are nearly 100,000 horses in B.C. and the industry creates about 7,200 full-time jobs, generating about $740 million in eco-nomic activity.
Visit www.hcbc.ca/competition to view complete results list-ings for the Bc Heritage Finals 2012.
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(L to r) Barriere and District Riding Club members Kaylee Hudema with her appaloosa ‘Cherokee’s Patches’, and Dani Noble with her thor-oughbred ‘Poh’ won a number of awards at the recent BC Heritage Finals held in Maple Ridge B.C. on July 7 - 9.
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Three sof t -ball players from Barriere helped the Zone 2 (Thompson- Okanagan) boys team place second at the BC Summer Games the July 20 - 22 week-end in Surrey.
They were squeezed out for f irst place by much the same team as had cost them the Provincial Peewee
Championship in Clearwater the week-end before.
The team consisted of the three Barriere boys (Mathew Lee, Nick McInnis, and Owen Hawkings), nine boys from Clearwater, four Merritt boys, and four coaches. The coaches were Cheryl Flundra, Steven Flundra and
Kaylen Flundra from Kamloops, and Melody Romeo from Clearwater.
On Friday the team had its f irst game at 9 a.m. facing the Fraser Valley Zone 3A team. After a strong start, with Zone 2 ahead 8 - 1, the game was called due to rain. With the rain not stopping all the games for the
Friday were cancelled. Teams were told that the round robin would consist of only two games. On Saturday Zone 2 faced Zone 8 (Cariboo- Northeast). Zone 8 took the win with a score of 13 - 6. The next game was against Zone 6 (Vancouver Island). Zone 2 won that game in a mercy call of 8 - 1.
The f inals were decided on wins/loses, run for /against and then bases touched. Zone 2 made it into the f inals in fourth position, with it com-ing down to bases touched.
The first game of the semi-f inals was Saturday night against the first place team, Zone 8 (Cariboo- Northeast). With a close score Zone 2 won the game in the final inning by three runs.
The f inal game Sunday morning was
to determine gold/silver standings. The Zone 2 players faced basically the same team as they had in the 2012 Provincials. Zone 3 won the gold and Zone 2 won the silver.
This was the first time that Zone 2 has received a medal in the Summer Games since 2006. Cheryl Flundar was the coach of that team also.
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Since 20% of Canadians’ weekly food intake comes from restaurant meals, there is a move to have more nutritional information available on menus or for the asking. Since some meals are high in calories and sodium, and since hypertension and obesity are real health problems in Canada, this information may help people make better choices when eating out.
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This week is all about give and take, Capricorn. Do for others, and they will do for you. A special event calls for some extra-special gifts.
Some habits are hard to break, Aquarius. Look to a mentor to help and you will succeed. A fitness goal is easily achieved with a new piece of equipment.
The odds may be stacked against you, Pisces, but that doesn’t mean you won’t come out on top with a little ingenuity. A weekend endeavor requires a leap of faith.
Speak up, Aries, and the problem will be solved. A little miracle at home makes for an interesting weekend. Travel plans come together.
Cast aside all doubt, Taurus. The offer is genuine and will bring you many rewards. A test of faith begins— be strong. Money woes ease.
Feeling blessed these days, Gemini? Pay it forward. A compromise at home raises everyone’s spirits and fun ensues all weekend long!
A business relationship blossoms with an addition. A larger-than- life personality drops by with an offer you can’t refuse. Oh boy, oh boy, Cancer.
Oops, Leo. You fall behind on a project, raising some eyebrows. Not to worry. You will get back on track sooner than you think, thanks to an innovation.
Spend less, save more and you’ll definitely get more, Virgo. More in your bottom line and more peace of mind. Flowers provide a great pick-me-up.
Lady Luck smiles on you, Libra, and there is nothing beyond your reach. A treasured heirloom resurfaces, bringing back many fond memories.
The tiniest of changes make a vast improvement in a project. A rejection is a blessing in disguise. Be grateful for what you’re given, Scorpio.
News from afar gets the creative juices flowing, and you accomplish more than you have in some time, Sagittarius. A game of wits at the office proves challenging.
July 30 - Aug. 5, 2012Sometimes as chal-lenging as life can be, you take chances and push yourself further, Aries. This could prove a week to do some risk-taking and exploring new ideas.
Take a few moments to focus on your future, Cancer, rather than just what needs to be done in the present. Open your mind to real long-term goals.
Your curiosity could get the best of you this week, Libra. You may end up delving into things that are better left unturned. Take a step back and nd a new focus.
More enjoyable things are on the horizon, Capricorn, and you could nd yourself distracted by so many enjoy-able activities. Try to schedule one per week.
No one can solve your con icts better than you, Aquarius. Although your op-tions seem to be a little sti ed as of late, you’ll nd the way to impart changes.
It could take a lot to raise your ire this week, Taurus. How-ever, if your mood is already set to simmer, you may have a full-blown boiling over at the slightest taunt.
Arguments can quickly turn stressful, Leo. So try your best to avoid any confron-tations this week and your body will thank you. Unresolved is-sues could pop up.
Don’t set yourself up for frustration, Scorpio. Avoid any people who cause you con ict and any activities that bring you grief. Enjoy yourself instead.
The planets are giv-ing you the cosmic go-ahead to get things done, Pisces. So don’t delay your actions any longer.
It is easy to bury something and ignore it, Gemini, but it’s not always easy to face a problem head-on. Make an effort to gure out issues that keep recurring in your life.
You are overly fo-cused on the minute details of the things you do, Virgo. But somehow the bigger picture has escaped your perusal lately. Remedy that this week.
Sagittarius, although you didn’t think things could get much busier, this week you will nd more on your plate. Don’t be overly concerned. There will be time to get things done.
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CelebrationsGathering to Celebrate the
Life of Don Piper1:30pm, August 11, 2012Barriere Legion Basement
An informal gathering of family & friends; tea to fol-low, courtesy of Barriere Search & Rescue
Cards of ThanksThank youTo the North Thompson Communities Foundation for the $1,000 grant towards the hallway fl ooring.
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Coming EventsAnniversary Tea, Aug. 5, 1-4pm for Royce & Nancy Gib-son. All friends welcome. 4821 Lodgepole Rd., BYOC.
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Alpine Toyota has an imme-diate opening for a Toyota Product Advisor. Our dealer-ship is situated in Cranbrook B.C., the major business and recreation hub for the entire East Kootenay. We are cur-rently looking for a Product Advisor with a track-record of success who is interested in working in a positive team environment. We offer on-going training, a generous compensation plan and an engaged group of Team Leaders to help our Product Advisors achieve their goals.For the right applicant, relocation expenses and a guaranteed income will be considered.If you love selling Toyota products and the quality of life that can be found in the East Kootenay’s sounds in-teresting, please forward your resume in confi dence to our Sales Team Leader by email: kdunsire@alpinetoyo-ta or by phone at (250)489-4010. If you present the qualities and values we are looking for, we will contact successful applicants for an interview.
An Alberta Construction Com-pany is hiring dozer, excavator and labour/rock truck opera-tors. Preference will be given to operators that are experi-enced in oilfi eld road and lease construction. Lodging and meals provided. The work is in the vicinity of Edson, Al-berta. Alcohol & Drug testing required. Call Contour Con-struction at 780-723-5051.
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Trades, TechnicalAUTOMATED TANK Manu-facturing Inc. is looking for welders. Due to a huge ex-pansion to our plant located in Kitscoty, Alberta, 20km west of Lloydminster. We have open-ings for 10-3rd year apprentic-es or journey person welders. We offer best wage in indus-try. 3rd year apprentice $28-$30/hr, Journeyperson $32-$35/hr, higher with tank expe-rience. Profi t sharing bonus plus manufacturing bonus in-centive. Full insurance pack-age 100% paid by company. Good working environment. Join a winning team. Call Basil or Blaine at; (offi ce)780-846-2231; (fax)780-846-2241 or send resume to:[email protected] product ion@auto tanks.ca . Keep your feet on the ground in a safe welding environment through inhole manufacturing process. No scaffolding or ele-vated work platform.
Work WantedClearwater: Attn low income seniors & persons w/handi-caps. New HAFI program by BC Housing funds up to $20,000 to make modifi cations to your home. (Replaces the RRAP program). Call building contractor Hans Ounpuu for more info. 250-674-3875
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CHRISTIAN LIFE ASSEMBLY4818 Annesty Rd.
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Pets & Livestock
LivestockFor Sale: 15 mth old laying hens, brown layers. $6/ea. 250-672-9391
Merchandise for Sale
AppliancesLooking for broken washers, dryers, fridges, and stoves. Reconditioned appliances in good working order available at North River Appliance. Call Doug at 250-674-0079.
Food ProductsMacLennan Farms has young grass fi nished beef & lean grass fi nished hamburger. 250-674-2449. Please leave a message.
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Misc. for SaleAddition for sale. 10’ x 36’. Vi-nyl siding exterior, drywall in-terior. As is, where is. First $1000 takes it. 250-587-6151.Beautiful Yamaha house or-gan & bench. Double key-board, percussion, orchestral instruments, bass fl oor ped-dles. $700.00 Excellent cond. 250-676-9436HOT TUB (SPA) COVERS. Best price. Best quality. All shapes & colours available. 1-866-652-6837 www.thecoverguy.com/news-paper?Infrared heater, with 2.5 yr warranty; 16’ trampoline; twin bed & mattress; childs desk; computer desk; keyboard & monitor. Phone 250-674-2376STEEL BUILDING- Huge clearance sale! 20x24 $4,658. 25x28 $5,295. 30x40 $7,790. 32x54 $10,600. 40x58 $14,895. 47x78 $19,838. One end wall included. Pioneer Steel 1-800-668-5422.www.pioneersteel.ca.Two new bifold closet doors. 1 white, 15” wide, 6’ 6” high; and 1 wood louvered bifold, 12” wide, 6’ 8” high. $75.00 each. Ph. 250-676-9699
Misc. WantedI Buy Old Coins & Collections Olympic, Gold Silver Coins etcCall Chad 250-863-3082 Local
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Business for SaleLocated in the sunny warm southern interior of BC. Prof-itable, established Welding Shop & Power Equipment Dealeship. Turnkey Operation. Asking $529,000. Call 1 (250)453-2242 or email: [email protected]
For Sale By OwnerClearwater: 3 bdrm home, 1000 sq.ft, detached shop, 1/2 acre, fenced yd. Trutch Rd. Quiet St. $140k 250-674-1643Older duplex on 1/2 acre, 10 min from town. Great rental property. Asking $174,900.00 Contact property manager @ 250-674-0188 - ask for Julie.
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Homes for RentBarriere: 2 bdrm 2 bath du-plex, appl. geotherm heat. Riv-erwalk. $1100 + util. RR/DD Avail. Aug 1. 250-320-5799Barriere: 3 bdrm, 2 bath Rancher. No indoor pets, NS. Near amenities. $1200.00/mo 604-392-9016Clearwater: 3bdrm house w/pasture. $1200/mo. Security dep & ref req. Avail Sept. 1. 250-587-6317Clearwater: Sunshine Valley Rd, 2bdrm, 1 bath, unfur-nished country home on 1/2 acre. 5 appl, vegetable and fl ower gardens. Two door gar-age. Near amenities. NS, $925/mo + util & DD. Ref req. Avail Sept. 1. 250-262-1931House for rent - $825/moSpacious 3 bdrm family homeBasement w/family rm + den2 car carport, lg yard1-888-587-6270Pine Grove Mobile Home Park 1224 Ford Rd. Clearwater, B.C.Two bdrm MH w/family rm, carport, 4 appl, wood heater. Avail Aug. 1, $625/mo. Site #9, Thompson Crossing, 121 Ferry Road, Clearwater BC 250-587-6151
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ATTENTION COLLECTORS1980 CAMARO, only 50,000 K on punched 305 eng. 3 spd. Needs some body work. For more info. $2800 OBO. 1-250-523-9762. (Logan Lake)
Recreational/Sale16’ Security tandem trlr. Axles turned over, 4 propane tanks, propane furnace, cook stove, hot water tank, sleeps 6, toilet, shower, sink, deep cycle 12 volt battery. Sway bars, level-ing jacks. Selection of pots, pans, dishes and fi re extin-guisher. Price $4,500.00 Ph. 250-676-9699
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Health Canada says they are aware of incidents of chil-dren ingesting miniature laundry detergent packs. The lightweight, colourful single use detergent plastic packets dissolve in water. These brightly coloured pack-ets with their squishy texture are attractive to children.
Laundry detergents are power-ful cleaning products that may contain ingredients which can lead to harmful health effects upon ingestion. Children who swallow the detergent packs may experi-ence a variety of serious symp-toms including severe abdominal pain, vomiting, or breathing dif-ficulty.
Consumers who use miniature laundry detergent packs need to be aware of the hazards these packs pose to young children. Laundry detergent packs should be stored in a location where they cannot be found or swallowed. Consumers should also exercise caution with
dishwasher detergent packs as they may pose the same risks.
Health Canada states that chil-dren should not be permitted to play with any consumer chemical products; and that all cleaning products, including laundry deter-gent packs, should be stored in a locked cabinet or drawer and out of the reach of children. Installing a child safety latch is also an appropriate alternative.
Consumers are advised to keep the number of their local poison control centre near the phone, or on speed dial.
In the event that your child has ingested any consumer chemi-cal product, contact your regional poison control centre, or dial 911.
Health Canada is working with the Canadian Association of Poison Control Centres to gather information on incidents that may have been reported to provincial poison control centres. The prod-ucts involved in the reported inci-dents are the subject of on-going review by Health Canada to deter-
mine compliance with applicable regulations.
In Canada, consumer chemi-cals (such as household clean-ers or automotive products) fall under the Consumer Chemicals and Containers Regulations, 2001 (CCCR, 2001) issued under the Canada Consumer Product Safety Act and must meet the requirements of the Regulations. Consumer chemical products which do not meet these regu-latory requirements cannot be imported into, advertised or sold in Canada. Should it be deter-mined that additional action is required to enhance the safety of these products, Health Canada will advise Canadians.
For more information: contact the Public Enquiries Line at 613-957-2991, or toll free at 1-866-225-0709.
Health Canada would like to remind Canadians to report any health or safety incidents related to the use of a consumer product or cosmetic.
Mini laundry detergent packs a hazard to young children
Health Canada says theyth
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I advise photogra-phers to stick by the rules of composition and exposure to make suc-cessful photographs. But there is another valu-able lesson that I don’t always discuss with pho-tographers, and that is to experiment with their equipment and the pho-tography they are pro-ducing.
I suggest trying to do photography in a differ-ent way, and to disre-gard advise from others and begin a personal exploration of creating and experimenting with photography to make something totally new and different from what is most comfortable. Push the envelope and, in doing that, become more aware of what you are capable of doing, as well as what the equip-ment you own is capable of doing.
The famous photog-rapher Ansel Adams once said, “You don’t take a photograph, you make it”. I think that we might take the time to do just that. Consider alternative and unique perspectives when pho-tographing a new subject and try different cam-era techniques and try equipment you haven’t tried before.
That might be as simple as trying to shoot only from a tripod for a time period. If you don’t have own a tripod, borrow one, and make a commitment to use it for every photograph you take for the next month. Some times you’ll hate it, sometimes you’ll love it; but the outcome will be learning to “make pictures” in a different way.
Or perhaps, and maybe more difficult, select something that wouldn’t normally be considered a subject. Use your camera to real-ly photograph it and try angles that make people wonder if you have lost your mind. The opinion as to whether the pho-tographs are successful will be yours, since the only opinion that really counts is yours when you have crawled through the dirt and photographed that flagpole from its base looking straight up through the flowers around it as a black crow flies overhead.
Try to be expressive with your photography. When you photograph something think about
getting rid of anything that complicates it. Simplify, simplify, sim-plify. Go for a minimal-ist effect. I remember a photojournalist in the 1970’s telling me that the words he thought of before photographing a subject was “tighten up”.
Try a different way of photography and using light. See what happens when the color balance is absolutely wrong, or the lighting produces unusual col-ors and you photograph just the oddly colored items. One might care-fully observe the light-ing and wait. Wait until it affects a subject in an interesting, and maybe better yet, in an incred-ible way. Waiting for the light takes patience and that could mean waiting an hour, an afternoon, or all day for the light to become what a pho-tographer wants when looking for something different.
Experimental pho-tographs “made” from these efforts will have us thinking outside the box
and when others view photos so different from what we normally pro-duce it is they who prob-ably won’t understand. That’s a good thing because our objective to be different will have been achieved, and most importantly, we will have learned something new about photography.
One of the outstand-ing features of digital cameras is how delight-fully easy and helpful they can be when exper-imenting. The only real cost of trying something completely different with a digital camera is the time and effort.
Look at your images on a computer screen and decide if each worked for you or not. I expect the result will not be boring and you will have learned not only more
about how your camera works and responds, as well as any other equip-ment you tried for the first time; but you will likely have learned more about light, shadow, composition, and expo-sure. You might well develop a way of pho-tography that starts with the question, “How can I photograph my subject in such a way that makes it different?”
These are my thoughts this week. Contact me at www.enmanscamera.com or [email protected]. Stop by Enman’s Camera at 423 Tranquille Road in Kamloops. And if you want an experienced photographer please call me at 250-371-3069. I also sell an interesting selection of used photo-graphic equipment.
O B I T UA RYIn loving memory
Bonnie Jean CruzelleMyramA p r i l 1 4 , 1 9 4 4 – J u l y 2 1 , 2 0 1 2
It is with great sad-ness that we announce the passing of Bonnie Jean CruzelleMyram on Saturday, July 21.
Bonnie is survived by her loving children, Jessie, Debbie (Craig), Cindy (Rodney), Jimmy (Tami) and Dean (Pam).
In her heart forev-er are her grandchil-dren; Amber, Adrien, Darby, Jamie, Danielle, Sarah and great-grand-children; Talisha and Phoenix. She is also survived by her sister Heather of Calgary. She is predeceased by her first husband, Don Cruzelle, second hus-band, Jim Myram and parents, Hazel and Stan Mackenzie.
Bonnie was born April 14, 1944 in Vancouver, BC where she met and married Don Cruzelle. The family then moved to Castlegar where she worked at the Hospital as a practical nurse. They then moved to Mclure BC. Don was killed in an industrial accident in 1974 and Bonnie started her career with the Barriere School District. Bonnie met Jim Myram in late
1975 and they started their new life together with lots of adventures along the way. Jim passed away in 2008 after a brave struggle with cancer.
Bonnie’s accom-plishments were many. She held several posi-tions with the Barriere School District which she thoroughly enjoyed. After nearly 36 years she retired in June 2010 from her final role as Library Assistant. She volunteered for various groups includ-ing; Yellowhead Children’s Society, var-ious Elementary and High School groups, Clearwater Resource Center, Victim Services, North Thompson Hospice Society and the Thrift Store. Bonnie was a Justice of the Peace, Marriage C o m m i s s i o n e r , Board member of the
Yellowhead Pioneer Residence Society and the Barriere Cemetary Committee. She was in her third term with the TNRD as Director for the area.
We will miss her unconditional love and support. Bonnie was deeply loved, respected and profoundly touched all who knew her and will be greatly missed by family and friends. While we have lost a very special person, we can take great comfort in the knowledge that the lessons that she taught us about how to lead a life full of laugh-ter, love, adventure and family will live on within each of us.
The family express-es a special thanks to the caregivers and staff at Marjorie Willoughby Snowden Memorial Hospice Home for their care and kindness.
A memorial service will be held on Monday, July 30th at 1:00 p.m. at the Barriere Fall Fair Hall.
Donations may be made in lieu of flow-ers to North Thompson Valley Hospice House Society, Box 1, Little Fort, B.C., V0E 2E0.
Do something different
I love hobbies. There is just never enough time for all the hobbies I’d like to do, unless I only spend a few minutes on each, which wouldn’t be fun at all. When I get to work on a hobby, I want to spend at least an hour or two at a time on it.
Choosing which contest to enter in the Hobbies section for the Labour Day weekend’s North Thompson Fall Fair and Rodeo competitions (Section 9) is a hard decision. At least, it is if you only want to enter under one category. Of course, you can enter as many as you like, but then you have to make something for each category you are wanting to enter - which brings you back to a time crunch - how much time do you have?
Let’s see... there’s leather work, pottery, fabric printing, clocks, tables, mosaic tiles, stained glass, metal craft, fly tying, duct tape (duct tape is a hobby?), plastic canvas, paper tole, puppets, and those are just some of the Division A categories.
Division B is strictly wood related items: carving, caricatures, burning, inlay and a variety of other categories.
If you are into native crafts like buckskin clothing, bead work and dream catch-ers, you want Division C; while if you are dealing with a disability, you can enter your creations under any of the classes under Division D.
Most of us collect something; personally, I collect stamps, old books (and any books for that matter), miniatures, and moose - while the rest of my brothers and sisters collect items like maps, containers, thimbles, spoons, and more. Division E is the section to look at.
There are also divisions on ceramics, Christmas, recycled material, wall hangings, hand painting, and jewelry - something for just about anyone.
Pick up your copy of the Fall Fair Catalog, or contact the Hobbies convenor Bob Stirling at 250-671-5706. You can also find all the infor-mation on our website: www.fallfair-rodeo.com.
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Feeding her hungry chicks is a never-ending job for this tiny House Wren. A plain brown bird with an effervescent voice, the House Wren is a common backyard bird over nearly the entire Western Hemisphere. Listen for its rush-and-jumble song in summer and you’ll find this species zipping through shrubs and low tree branches, snatching at insects. House Wrens will gladly use nestboxes, or you may find their twig-filled nests in old cans, boots, or boxes lying around in your garage.
STAR/JOURNAL photo: Jill Hayward
A20 www.starjournal.net Monday, July 30, 2012 North Thompson Star/Journal
