By Jackie Lieuwen Houston Today Houston Secondary School shut down two school wings for a week because of air quality concerns, but reopened them this week after rigorous testing confirmed no air quality issues. After several teachers and students reported symptoms which they felt were more prominent in certain wings of the school, two classrooms and eventually both the Science and Art wings were closed down as a precaution for air quality, said HSS Principal Scott Jackson. The wings were closed for a week, with classes held all over the school, including in the school foyer, said Principal Jackson, adding that the flexibility of teachers, staff and students, and the quick response of the maintenance crew was really great. The school was reopened on Nov. 6 after testing by Pacific Environmental, Worksafe B.C., Northern Health and district maintenance crews showed the air was clean of contaminates, Jackson said. “We never got an explanation why people were feeling ill, but we’re 100 per cent certain it wasn’t an air quality issue,” he said. Gordon Wedman, Senior Consultant for Pacific Environmental, did the testing and gave suggestions about things that might together cause an air quality issue, though none was found at HSS. He suggested mouldy food in lockers, excess fragrance, odours from p-traps of rarely used sinks and from infrequently emptied recycle bins and partially blocked air vents might cause air quality concerns, said Andrew Bond, Vice Principal of HSS. And maintenance and staff have since addressed all five things, and have cleaned and disinfected lockers, floors, desks and walls in both wings, and run air scrubbers through the wings to clean the air, said Ed Hildebrandt, Supervisor of Operations. HSS is now a fragrance-free zone - no cologne, perfume or Axe can be sprayed - just as an added precaution, said Principal Jackson. Now the wings are reopened, students are back in their classrooms and there have been no further complaints, Principal Jackson said. “It’s unique and it’s at this point idiopathic, meaning we’re maybe not ever going to know exactly what occurred,” he added. Cleaning the air at Houston Secondary School “ “HSS is now a fragrance- free zone.” - HSS Principal Scott Jackson WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 14, 2012 Proudly serving Houston and District - Home of Canada’s Largest Fly Rod www.houston-today.com NO. 46 $1.35 Inc. HST NEWS: Houston Secondary School Remembrance PAGE 9 SPORTS: Weekend home games for the Luckies PAGE 13 Staff photo/Houston Today REMEMBRANCE Day Remembrance Day services were held Sunday morning in Houston followed by the march to the Cenotaph. Veterans, cadets, RCMP, the local Fire Department and many local citizens came to honour those who served in the cause of peace and freedom. Following laying of wreaths at the Cenotaph there was a gathering of veterans and friends at the Legion. Publications Mail Registration #0040028607
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By Jackie LieuwenHouston Today
Houston Secondary School shut down two school wings for a week because of air quality concerns, but reopened them this week after rigorous testing con� rmed no air quality issues.
After several teachers and students reported symptoms which they felt were more prominent in certain wings of the
school, two classrooms and eventually both the Science and Art wings were closed down as a precaution for air quality, said HSS Principal Scott Jackson.
The wings were closed for a week, with classes held all over the school, including in the school foyer, said Principal Jackson, adding that the � exibility of teachers, staff and students, and the quick response of
the maintenance crew was really great.
The school was reopened on Nov. 6 after testing by Paci� c Environmental, Worksafe B.C., Northern Health and district maintenance crews showed the air was clean of contaminates, Jackson said.
“We never got an explanation why people were feeling ill, but we’re 100 per cent certain it wasn’t an air
quality issue,” he said. Gordon Wedman,
Senior Consultant for Paci� c Environmental, did the testing and gave suggestions about things that might together cause an air quality issue, though none was found at
HSS. He suggested
mouldy food in lockers, excess fragrance, odours from p-traps of rarely used sinks and from infrequently emptied recycle bins and partially blocked air vents might cause
air quality concerns, said Andrew Bond, Vice Principal of HSS.
And maintenance and staff have since addressed all � ve things, and have cleaned and disinfected lockers, � oors, desks and walls in both wings, and run air scrubbers through the wings to clean the air, said Ed Hildebrandt, Supervisor of Operations.
HSS is now a fragrance-free zone -
no cologne, perfume or Axe can be sprayed - just as an added precaution, said Principal Jackson.
Now the wings are reopened, students are back in their classrooms and there have been no further complaints, Principal Jackson said.
“It’s unique and it’s at this point idiopathic, meaning we’re maybe not ever going to know exactly what occurred,” he added.
Cleaning the air at Houston Secondary School
““HSS is now a fragrance-
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Staff photo/Houston TodayREMEMBRANCE DayRemembrance Day services were held Sunday morning in Houston followed by the march to the Cenotaph. Veterans, cadets, RCMP, the local Fire Department and many local citizens came to honour those who served in the cause of peace and freedom.Following laying of wreaths at the Cenotaph there was a gathering of veterans and friends at the Legion.
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Last week, in this space, I talked about why we chose Kitimat as the site for Gateway’s marine terminal. This week, I’d like to discuss the various steps we’ve taken to prevent an incident on water, and the measures we’ve put in place to build a comprehensive marine safety plan for Gateway.
Safety starts with a tanker acceptance program that’s as stringent as any in existence — and includes an independent review of all tankers, weeks ahead of their scheduled arrival. Tankers mooring at the terminal will be double-hulled and no more than 20 years old, and will be required — by independent third parties, before they enter Gateway’s shipping channels — to show a sound maintenance and operational history. As they approach Kitimat, all vessels will be boarded and guided by B.C. Coast Pilots with expert knowledge of our coastal waters.
Simulations conducted in varying weather conditions have shown that the largest tankers can be safely navigated without the help of tugboats. Still, Gateway is adding a tug-escort system as an additional safety measure. The Douglas Channel is already one of the deepest and widest inland waterways on North America’s west coast, and Gateway’s tug-escort
system, according to risk assessment data, would reduce the already unlikely chance of a grounding incident by a further 80 to 90 per cent.
As another Gateway marine safety initiative, we’re introducing land-based radar to B.C.’s North Coast for the fi rst time. This radar system will be bolstered by extra navigational aides such as lights and channel markers. These enhancements aren’t just for Gateway — they are for all vessels on B.C.’s North Coast.
Groups who oppose this project use fear tactics. They’d have you believe an oil tanker spill is inevitable. It isn’t. But don’t take my word for it — visit our website and read for yourself about all the work that has gone into making Gateway’s marine operation one of the safest in the world. Then, decide for yourself what’s true.
Janet HolderExecutive Vice PresidentWestern AccessEnbridge Inc.
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The � sherman who was mauled by a grizzly on Sept. 18 has been transferred from the Vancouver hospital to a hospital in Washington where he continues to recover from the attack, said RCMP Sgt. Rose.
The man’s family
came to Houston to collect his belongings, vehicle and camper and they want to give extreme appreciation to the Houston police and residents who assisted the 65-year-old � sher after the attack, Sgt. Rose added.
***The crashes in the
Houston area have
not slowed down, with � ve more crashes happening from Nov. 2 to Nov. 7.
One driver was charged for
speeding relative to the conditions, and another was charged for not having winter tires, said RCMP Sgt. Rose.
Timber Supply
By Jackie LieuwenHouston Today
Houston town council is writing a letter to the Ministry of Forests to protect the Houston saw mills’ timber supply.
The Ministry of Forests is reviewing the timber supply area (TSA) after the Burns Lake Hampton mill explosion and � re, deciding how much cut to give the Hampton mill so they have the ability to restart, said Mayor Bill Holmberg.
Mayor Holmberg says no decisions were made about the timber supply, decision won’t be made until December, after the Morice TSA is reviewed.
The District of Houston is writing another letter to ensure that other mills don’t move into the Morice River TSA, the area logged by Houston Canfor, HFP and other Houston mills, said Mayor Holmberg.
Left: RCMP Sgt. Rose is awarded a Queen’s
Diamond Jubilee Medal in Prince George
on Nov. 7 for his community service.
Right: RCMP Constable Michael Thom received a gold clasp in honour
of his 35 years of service.
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By Jackie LieuwenHouston Today
Houston council decided last Tuesday to install an electric vehicle charging station in Houston.
The District of Houston is getting $8,000 from a grant from Plug in B.C., and will be investing an estimated $16,569, plus $4,215 for a five year commercial network service plan and extended warranty, to install a dual electric vehicle charging station.
Town council applied for the grant on Sept. 18 based on an estimated $10,000 dual station cost, with the suggestion of putting the station in Steelhead Park, connecting it to the solar energy panels near the Visitor Centre.
Now the agreement is signed for council to receive the $8,000 grant money and move forward with the $28,784 project, which must be done by March 31, 2013.
Councillor Rick Lundrigan opposed the move.
“This is just a prime example of councils in general, communities in general, going after grant money because it exists, not because it’s for something we actually need,” said Lundrigan.
“My opinion is that $20,000 could be spent on infrastructure that is
already failing in this community rather then investing in this,” he added.
Mayor Bill Holmberg agreed that there may be better things to spend Houston’s money on, adding that though this is the way of the future, it may not be needed in Houston for another 20 years.
But Councillor Michalle Jolly says that council needs to be looking to the future, and though electric cars may not be in Houston yet, they may be in the next six or seven years.
“I think we’re missing out if we don’t take advantage of [the grant money],” she said, adding that it wouldn’t be nice if a few years down the road it becomes a necessity and the grant is gone and Houston didn’t have one.
Back when council was considering applying for the grant, they suggested that being one of the few places in northern B.C. with an electric vehicle charging station would help Houston business and tourism by bringing people to town and drawing them to shop in Houston while their vehicles charge.
Council hopes that connecting the station with the solar energy panels will also decrease the
cost of the station. Linda Poznikoff,
District CEO, says that after the station is installed the cost of running it would be minimal.
And they’d only heard from one of 13 companies who sell the stations, so they may be able to get cheaper model, she added.
By Jackie LieuwenHouston Today
H o u s t o n Councillor Bob Wheaton resigned from council on
Nov. 2. Linda Poznikoff,
District CAO, says they have to appoint a chief elections officer who will then set a date for the by-elections.
Councillor resigns
Houston town council is charging into the future Kiosk behind Visitor’s Centre tells about the solar energy panels put in October last year. Houston’s town council is may connect the electric vehicle charging station to the solar panels to minimize the costs. Jackie Lieuwen/Houston Today
OpinionIn our opinion:
HOUSTON TODAY “Member, B.C. Press Council”Published by Black Press Upstairs Houston MallP.O. Box 899, Houston, B.C. V0J 1Z0
work in January as B.C.’s � rst auditor general for local governments.
The new position caused a stir among local politicians when Premier Christy Clark made it part of her leadership bid for the B.C. Liberal Party. Her platform promised to expand the provincial auditor-general’s of� ce to include a municipal auditor, and to “review the municipal taxation formula.”
Clark’s ministers for local government, Oak Bay-Gordon Head MLA Ida Chong and now Kootenay East MLA Bill Bennett, have empha-sized that the Surrey-based Auditor General for Local Government will compare similar com-munities through performance audits and pub-lish non-binding recommendations on which are more ef� cient. That is similar to how provincial and federal auditors work, relying on public pressure to move politicians to cut down waste.
Local mayors and councillors balked when the idea came up at the 2011 Union of B.C. Municipalities convention. Some complained about an extra layer of costly bureaucracy, while others said the province was going to impose tax rate changes on communities.
Those concerns faded as local politicians were assured they wouldn’t lose autonomy, and also faced the prospect of campaigning against ex-tra accountability. Clark promised there would be no costs passed on to local governments to run the auditor’s of� ce. UBCM president Mary Sjostrum, mayor of Quesnel, said Wednesday she welcomes Ruta’s appointment.
Ruta has worked in the federal Auditor General’s of� ce and was chief � nancial of� cer for Environment Canada, as well as in private practice auditing local government, hospital and community organizations.
Tinkering with municipal tax rates, especially for industries that subsidize popular low residen-tial rates, has been raised and abandoned before, and won’t likely be seen before the next provin-cial election in May 2013.
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The freedom to be friendsIn 1975 my dad’s
mother married a wonderful man named Karl. I was nine years old and all I really knew about him at the time was that he served his country in World War II, just like my mom’s beloved fa-ther had. One big dif-ference between them was that one was in the Air Force and the other was in the Navy. The much bigger dif-ference, though, was that Karl had fought for Germany, and not Canada.
Upon learning this fact, I immediately felt stress. What would happen the � rst time my new Opa met my old Papa? I feared for the worst.
With my young imagination running wild, I don’t know what I expected ex-actly, but I certainly
didn’t envision what actually transpired.
When Karl Terweg met John Hetherington for the � rst time, they shook hands and smiled warmly at one another as my little brother and I watched ner-vously. In broken English Karl spoke to John about many things that night in our home, none of which involved the war they had both served in de-cades earlier.
Despite their peaceful introduction, I worried about any con� ict between them in the future.
“Why don’t they hate each other?” I asked my grand-mother. “Canada and Germany were en-emies.”
“The war ended a long time ago,” my grandma explained.
“They’re not enemies anymore. And neither Papa nor Opa ever wanted that war to happen.”
For the � rst time, I pictured these impor-tant older men in my life as the young in-nocent lads they once were, bravely serving their countries in a gruesome battle of enormous magnitude. Grateful that they both survived, seem-ingly unharmed by the experience, I remem-ber asking them years later, individually, what that time was like for them. Neither of them wanted to talk about it.
What I did learn about World War II, or any war at all, came from my par-ents, school or what I watched on television. The atrocities of war and the reasons for
their eruptions were as confusing to me back then as they are today.
My daughter Daisy is now the exact same age I was when I met Opa. Unfortunately he and Papa passed away long before she or her older brother Sam were born, so my children never had the opportunity to meet any courageous veter-ans from our family.
“That’s okay,” my daughter said. “I just hope all wars will stop. People shouldn’t � ght, they should use their words. Right Mama?”
Right Daisy. If Karl Terweg and John Hetherington were alive today, I’m sure they would agree.
For all our veterans who didn’t have that option and fought for their country’s free-dom, we will honour them on the 11th hour
of the 11th day of the 11th month with two minutes of silence. What a small price to pay for the sacri� ces they made for us.
Mahatma Gandhi one said: “If we are to teach real peace in the world, and if we are to carry on a real war against war, we shall have to begin with the children.”
I’m sure Karl and John would have agreed with that too.
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Anthony RoisunLabourer
“No, nothing like that. I’d be in trouble.”
Rob QuanceFork lift operator
“No, nothing. I was shaken by the
earthquake, not stirred.”
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“Mostly. We have extra water and first aid kits in the house, truck and car. We’ve got candles, flashlights and a radio. It’s not in a kit, but we have the stuff there.”
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Editor:It’s hogwash that
the governments are bringing in Chinese workers to work in our mines.
The first time I heard of this was from our MP, Nathan Cullen, when he said a 747 load of Chinese workers would be flown in regularly to Fort McMurray and housed in a camp.
Why would this happen and why would Canadians not be employed?
The oil sands at Fort McMurray are like an open pit mine. We have more than enough trained people for this work. Why cannot they be trained at our college?
And now I hear the governments and companies are going to bring in more Chinese workers to work in underground mines in northeastern BC.
This is more hogwash. The governments say that’s because there
are no trained Canadians.
But the governments have had years to train people, people who used to work in the forest industry, for these jobs.
What will our young people do? What happened to the money from the federal government that was supposed to got to training?
Someone needs to provide some answers here.
George ChinnTerrace, BC
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gas pipeline be converted to carry oil? Apparently so.
This and many other distressing facts were shared with our community on Sunday Oct. 7, 2012 by Andrew Nikiforuk, an award-winning Canadian journalist.
I live in the Kispiox Valley approximately 30 km north of
Hazelton, BC. Our community recently noticed a flurry of helicopters flying up the Kispiox Valley. The helicopters had geo-mapping equipment attached to their runners.
It was eventually brought to light that the helicopters were hired by Spectra Gas and that they were mapping out a proposed natural gas pipeline that
would run from the Peace River country through our area, crossing several rivers and going all the way to Prince Rupert.
On Tuesday, Oct. 16, along with many other British Columbians, I received a phone call inviting me to a town-hall meeting that was to commence momentarily. It was hosted by Spectra Gas and they were inviting people to take part in an information session about their proposed project.
There was no advance notice of
this event. The few people who did take part in our area never had their questions addressed. I am told that the audience was heavily loaded with supporters from Alberta. I was so angered by the lack of notice and respect from this company that I feared I would be unable to comport myself well, so declined the offer to participate.
We fear that this town hall meeting is Spectra Gas’s attempt at consultation.
Carol Ponchet-Cassidy
Hazelton, B.C.
Do w n t o w n V i c t o r i a ’ s
courthouse had an unusual visitor Thursday, a snowy owl that made a rest stop on the sixth � oor.
Sporting plum-age better suited to swooping down on winter-white rabbits hopping over snow-drifts, the elegant bird stood out among the street crows and seagulls that domi-nate the sky in the
B.C. capital.But according to
bird experts, such sights are rare but not unknown around B.C. and beyond as winter sets in. “Canadian Geographic” notes that while their thick feathers are suited for year-round life in Arctic regions of North America and Eurasia, some head south in winter as far as the U.S. state of Georgia.
Unlike most owls, snowy owls are not nocturnal. It is be-lieved their daytime hunting behaviour developed during the almost constant daylight of far north summers when they typically nest and breed.
Male snowy owls can be completely white, while females always have some brown feathers.
A 1994 article by
Alan MacLeod for “British Columbia Field Ornithologist” reports sightings in the Martindale Valley in southern Vancouver Island’s Saanich Peninsula.
“Snowy owl has been recorded, and it’s no surprise,” MacLeod writes. “The � ats are well suited to this species’ habitat preferences; in their periodic ‘inva-sion’ years, Snowies
are as likely to turn up at Martindale as anywhere else on the peninsula.”
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Job seekers are in luck when it comes to the commercial road transportation industry in British Columbia. Trucking companies throughout BC require profession-al drivers, mechanics, dispatchers and opera-tions staff right now, which means that job seekers with experi-ence and/or training may � nd work within their preferred region. For those considering training prior to join-ing the workforce, de-mand for skilled work-ers in the industry is likely to grow – to 2020 and beyond.
There are a num-ber of reasons for this. For truck drivers, the industry is facing a North America-wide shortage because most are 45 years of age or older and nearing re-tirement (in fact, in Canada, according to a report by the Canada Trucking Human Resources Council, 58 percent of long-haul truck drivers fall
in this age range). Similar shortages exist for other jobs, includ-ing diesel engine and heavy duty mechanics.
Aside from worker shortages, economic growth in the Asia-Paci� c Gateway is also driving demand for workers in transporta-tion. This applies not only to companies in the Lower Mainland, but in other regions as well, since the Asia-Paci� c “Gateway” is actually made up of an integrated sup-ply chain of airports, seaports, rail and road connections, and border crossings, from Prince Rupert to Surrey, with links sup-plied by trucking.
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If you already have experience as a driver, mechanic or operations worker, most companies ad-vertise jobs on their websites. Members of the BC Trucking Association from across the province may post jobs under Careers on www.bc-trucking.com, and the provincial and federal governments maintain job sites at WorkBC (http://www.workbc.ca/Jobs/) and Working in Canada (http://www.workingincana-
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If you’d like to en-ter the industry but need training, there are also many avenues to explore. Although there is not a stan-dard training course for professional driv-ers, there are numer-ous private schools throughout BC that offer programs. For information on trans-portation trades in BC, including mechanics and other technicians, visit transCDA (http://www.tcda.ca/home). And for information on trucking careers in general, see www.truckingcareers.ca.
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HSS remembers veterans in a ceremony
Branch 249 Legion members Gerry Raudzus, Darien Gomez and Brian Timms lead the army cadets as they march into the Remembrance Day assembly at the Houston Secondary School last Friday.
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HSS students remember and honour the Houston veterans.Left: Conner French, Bryan Bradley and Beth Saretsky read all the names of the Houston veterans.Below: Melissa Dawson and Cori Marcotte light, then extinguish candles, symbolically honouring veterans who lost their lives for our freedom.
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Legion Ladies Auxiliary and helpers served a hot turkey dinner to veterans and friends at the Legion following Remembrance Day Services Sunday. L.A. members Debbie, Linda,Delores and Marilyn along with HSS community service volunteers Brian, Lisa, Chris, Ali and Amalia helped cook and serve the turkey dinner. Check next weeks newspaper for a detailed story on the history and work on the Houston Legion Ladies Auxiliary.
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The Houston Luckies faced a disap-pointing defeat last weekend as they fell 10-2 to their Bulkley Valley rivals, the Smithers Steelheads.
The Luckies came out fast and hard, pushing the Steelheads into their own territory early in the � rst pe-riod, drawing two tight chances to be the � rst on the board.
The Steelheads, looking sluggish and � at footed in the � rst, couldn’t capitalize on any opportunities to be the � rst to score and the game headed into the second period with 0-0 on the board.
Straight out of the gate, only 33 seconds into the second period the Steelheads � ew into the Luckies zone. Getting shut down on their � rst attempt, Steelheads’ Spencer Brooks made a quick recovery and � red a shot from the top cir-cle and took a 1-0 lead over the Luckies.
Only 30 seconds lat-er the Steelheads had two on the board and the Luckies frustra-tions didn’t end there.
“We were really happy with the way the � rst period went,” Blair Dinelle said.
“A team like that comes into town and you’re 0-0 after 20 min-utes is a great spot to be in.”
“We talked about keeping the momen-tum going and then got a couple penalties against us and gave up a couple goals and then it just escalated from there.”
The second period spelled certain de-feat for the Houston Luckies, who’ve lost three of the last four games.
After receiving a few questionable pen-alties, the Luckies just shut down and became more frustrated as the game went on and just couldn’t recover.
“We’re pretty down, we just fell apart in the second period, we tried not to go out and make a fool of ourselves in the third, played our guts out, whatever we could do with what we had left but as far as I’m concerned some
of our defense played really well,” Luckies coach Sam West said.
But the Luckies saw a ray of hope come midway through the second.
On a power play they persevered and managed to tee up a shot from the blue-line, as their forwards crashed then net and pushed one past Steelheads netminder, Mike Wall.
Still it wouldn’t be enough to scrub out their Bulkley Valley ri-vals despite a last ditch effort with a second goal in the dying min-utes of the game.
“All we can say right now is that we apolo-gies to our fans, that was an absolute em-barrassment and you can quote me on this, it won’t happen again,” Dinelle said.
Dinelle said the Luckies need to learn to stay calm when they get into a bad spot and to come out hard for 60 minutes if they want to improve their season going into the future.
Still, he said, it’s an emotional game and the Luckies need to keep their emotions under control if they expect to be successful against teams like the Steelheads later in the season.
“We need to stay calm,” Dinelle said.
“It’s an emotional game out there, lots of different personalities on the ice. Emotions run high, we have to learn to stay calm and focus on what we have to do.”
“We have to come out harder and want-ing it more than any-one else, that’s going to be the key.”
Houston Luckies edged 10-2 in Battle of the BulkleyHouston Luckies’ Tyler Poznikoff breaks in on Smithers Steelhead Mike Wall only to be shut down once again. The Steelheads beat the Luckies 10-2 in a disappointing loss in Houston Saturday night.
Dan Mesec photo/ Black Press
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Topley Volunteer Fire Dept. meetings every 2nd Tues. of the month at 7:30 pm. Fire practices ev-ery Thurs. at 7:30 pm.
Topley Victory Church services: 10:30 a.m.
GranisleGranisle and District Seniors meetings are the 2nd and 4th Thurs. of each month at 1pm in the Seniors Centre.
Granisle Volunteer Fire Department meetings & fire practices every Tues., 7 p.m. at the Fire Hall.
Granisle Church of the Way services are Sun., 11 a.m. Bible study is Thurs. at 7 p.m.
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Houston Secondary School WRESTLING TEAM is hosting a BINGO! Nov. 15 @ Houston Senior Centre. Doors open at 6:30, Bingo Starts at 7pm. Concession available, Draw for a gift basket full of goodies!
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Houston’s Serendipity Craft Sale will be held Sat. Nov. 24 from 10-3 at the Houston Mall. Vendors can pick up registration forms at Bizz’s Pet Grooming in Houston. For more info call Cindy at 250-845-2222.
The Houston Legion Branch 249: UFC # 154 George St.Pierre vs Condit - Nov 17th, Grey Cup Nov.25th. Meeting: 2nd Mon. of the month is Executive, 4th Mon. is General Meeting (we have not been able to get a quorum in months, members please attend).
Seniors Bingo is every Tues. at 7 p.m. at Cottonwood Manor. Entry is $1. Come out and enjoy a fun prize filled evening. Lots of prizes!
HouSToN PuBLIC LIBRARy EVENTS...Thurs., Nov 15: Mark Zagwyn will be at the library taking
“Passport Photos” from 12-6pm • Thurs., Nov. 15: “Technology Petting Zoo” from 6-8pm. • Fri., Nov. 23: Family Friendly Non-Instructional Day Movie Matinee at 2pm . “Brave” will be showing. Admission is by a $2 min. donation. Children 6 and under must be accompanied by an adult. • Fri., Nov. 23: Tween Movie and Pizza Night at 6pm. For ages 8 to 12 years. “The Avengers” will be showing and it is Rated PG13. Admission is $2 per person. Please register by calling 250-845-2256. • Houston Public Library Story Time for children ages 3 to 5 will run every Wed. until Dec. 12 from 1:30-2:30 pm. To register or for more information please call the library at 250-845-2256.• Fri., Nov. 30: “Sleepover at the Houston Public Library” at 7pm. Games, crafts, stories, movies, snacks and a Pancake Breakfast on Saturday morning will be included. Bring your air mattress and a sleeping bag. A parent must accompany their child. Pre-registration is required for this event, no drop-ins will be permitted. Please call 250-845-2256 for more information and to register.
Houston Secondary Schools 2011-2012 yearbooks are now in. Please contact the office to get yours or pick up your pre-paid copy. webpage: http://hssweb.sd54.bc.ca
Houston Community Services is open Mon. thru Fri. from 9am to 4pm We have clothing to give away. Baby clothing; women’s and mens as well as children of all ages. Come and check it out!
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Junior girls ‘B’ volleyball zones
Houston Secondary School won two of their four games at the junior girls ‘B’ zones in Houston last Saturday. Above: HSS assistant coach Geof Meints, and junior girls Kamalpreet Parhar, Mishaela Meints, Izzie Essar, and Kaitlyn Farrell huddle to strategize against Hazelton, whom they beat in the third set.
Photos by Jackie Lieuwen/Houston TodayLeft, Taylor Johnson pushes the ball over the net, catching the Hazelton team unaware. Right, Kaitlyn Farrell fires a tough serve over the net.
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THROUGH the roof Jackie Lieuwen/Houston Today
Salmon mystery far from solvedBy Tom Fletcher
Black Press
Before the 1,200-page, $25-million Cohen Commission report on the Fraser River sockeye salmon fishery slips beneath the waves, allow me to dip my toe into the river of data that has flowed by in the past three years.
If your information on this hugely complex subject consisted of skimming a few news stories or watching protesters on TV, you will likely conclude what urban people have been indoctrinated with for years. The whole issue is salmon farms and whether they are bad or catastrophic.
“Freeze new salmon farms on sockeye migration route: Cohen” said the headline on a Black Press report. Those who read past the headline would learn that Justice Bruce Cohen recommended a freeze on further salmon farms around the Discovery Islands group near Campbell River until 2020. It’s up to the industry to show by that time that the risk is “minimal,”
or farms there should be shut down.
A B.C. Salmon Farming Association spokesman said only nine of 70 B.C. salmon farms are in that area. There are no current applications for more.
Let’s say you decide to plunge in, and download the full report from www.cohencommission.ca. If you go to Volume 2, page 102, you will see a series of graphs that show sockeye runs from rivers other than the Fraser, from Washington all the way up to Alaska.
It’s not a pretty sight. From Washington up to the Central Coast, the Skeena, Nass and up to Yukon’s Klukshu and Alaska’s Alsek, most runs show a decline starting in the 1980s or early 1990s.
This includes runs that migrate down the west side of Vancouver Island, away from salmon farms. Alaska doesn’t allow farms, preferring “ranching” – a strategy that floods the ocean habitat with millions of hatchery fish. These are commercially fished and marketed as “wild.”
B.C.’s North Coast has never had salmon farms. The area has been subject to a moratorium since an NDP-controlled legislative committee gave its verdict on the problem in 2008.
The popular vil-lain in those days was sea lice. Skeena MLA Robin Austin chaired the committee that called for an end to open-pen salmon farms in five years. Then-agriculture min-ister Pat Bell approved one NDP recommen-dation, a moratorium on salmon farms in North Coast waters.
This was after the Pacific Salmon Forum conducted its own four-year study, led by former fisheries minis-ter John Fraser.
Similar to Cohen, Fraser concluded that there is no simple answer to this complex problem. And they agreed that salmon farms don’t explain it. Cohen’s report makes it clear that the problem is far larger than could possibly be explained by salmon farms.
How about log-ging impact? Cohen concludes after much testimony that stream
protection has im-proved significantly during the time of ob-served sockeye decline. Impact from extra runoff due to pine bee-tle infestation couldn’t be evaluated.
Poaching on the Fraser? Cohen didn’t get around to that. His biggest concern was climate change, warming sensitive river waters and affecting ocean conditions.
During the Cohen commission hearings, the 2010 Fraser sockeye run came in gangbusters, with 35 million fish. One leading theory is that ash from an Alaska volcano fertilized the ocean, producing algae that supported more salmon feed.
Could it be that salmon ranching from Alaska, Japan and elsewhere is simply depleting the food supply? That too is inconclusive.
Finally, Tides Canada, a U.S. front group that diverts attention from U.S. salmon and oil tankers, spent $25,000 to publicize Cohen evidence. But only as it relates to B.C. salmon farms, and how bad they are.
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Position OverviewReporting to the Secretary Treasurer and working closely with administrative staff, the Assistant Secretary Treasurer is responsible for the day to day management of the District’s full cycle accounting, finance and budget functions. The position requires an ability to work independently, exercise judgment and meet deadlines while ensuring accuracy.Required Experience & Qualifications
A recognized accounting designation is preferred however candidates with 3rd or 4th year CGA will be considered.A minimum of 5 years direct and relevant accounting experienceExceptional communication, organizational and time management skills
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A huge opportunity has become available at an industry leading truck and equipment dealer. Inland Kenworth / Parker Pacifi c is expanding their truck service department and is looking for a journeyman technician. Preference for this position will be given to technicians with engine experience. Cat & Cummins preferred. This is a full time position with competitive wages and great benefi ts. All overtime is double time. Opportunities for advancement and mobility with one of Canada’s largest industry leading truck dealers.
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The 1sT UniTed ChUrCh hoUsTon
would like to thank everyone who came out and supported our “fowl” dinner. Also a big “thank you” to the persons
who brought pies for dessert and donated items for the silent auction.
Special thanks goes to Sue West, who helped out with the pies and the young people who so generously gave up their
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Land Act:Notice of Intention to Apply for a Disposition of Crown Land Take notice that TM Mobile Inc. from Burnaby, BC, has applied to the Ministry of Forests, Lands and Natural Resource Operations (MFLNRO), Smithers, for a License of Occupation for a communication site and right-of-way situated on UNSURVEYED CROWN LAND IN THE VICINITY OF MATTHEWS LAKE, RANGE 5 COAST DISTRICT, CONTAINING 3.72 HECTARES, MORE OR LESS and UNSURVEYED RIGHT OF WAY OVER DISTRICT LOTS 2107 AND 2115 AND UNSURVEYED CROWN LAND IN THE VICINITY OF EICHENBERGER, RANGE 5 COAST DISTRICT, CONTAINING 5.89 HECTARES, MORE OR LESS. The Lands Files for this application are 6408410 & 6408411. And a Licence of Occupation for Communication site situated on UNSURVEYED CROWN LAND IN THE VICINITY OF GROUSE MOUNTAIN, RANGE 5 COAST DISTRICT, CONTAINING 4.07 HECTARES, MORE OR LESS.The Lands File for this application is 6408412.Written comments concerning these applications should be directed to the Nadina District Land Offi cer, MFLNRO, at PO Box 6000 – 3333 Tatlow Road, Smithers BC V0J 2N0. Comments will be received by MFLNRO up to December 21, 2012. MFLNRO may not be able to consider comments received after this date. Please visit the website at http://www.arfd.gov.bc.ca/ApplicationPosting/index.jsp for more information. Be advised that any response to this advertisement will be considered part of the public record. For information, contact the Freedom of Information Advisor at Ministry of Forests, Lands and Natural Resource Operations’ Offi ce in Smithers.
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THIS WEEKEND!!!
Saturday, Nov. 17th
Houston Luckies vs.
Sunday, Nov. 18thAND
7:30 pm at the Arena
Prince Rupert Rampage
BABINE BARGE PACIFICTRUCK & EQUIPMENT INC.
R & K VENDING
INDUSTRIAL SUPPLIESD&MMACHINING & WELDING
Houston Luckies vs.Kitimat Ice Demons1:30 pm at the Arena
Pick up your copyof the new
LuckiesProgram Book...
out now!!
Come out to
cheer on the
Luckies!!
HOUSTON LUCKIES PROGRAM2012-2013 Season
SMALL TOWN HOCKEY - BIG LEAGUE FANS!
NEW: Player Pro� les... See pages 22 - 27!
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Jackie Lieuwen
Houston Today
Natural honey and beeswax products could develop a new medical branch to help with skin prob-lems and allergies.
Certified beemas-ter and local beekeep-er, Harold Ludditt has owned bees for 23 or 24 years and has har-vested and sold honey, made candles and just recently started mak-ing hand cream with beeswax and honey, he said.
Having gotten into beekeeping through a friend who raised bees as a boy, Ludditt gained his expertise through books, ex-perience, a six-week bees-master certifica-tion course at Simon Fraser University and talking with experi-enced beekeepers, he says.
Through his course and attendance at the 1999 Vancouver Apimondia, the world council of beekeepers, Ludditt met ex-perienced beekeepers that he has kept in contact with, he said.
For the first few years he lost 40 per cent of his bees each winter, said Ludditt, which is on the higher end of the average expected loss, 25 to 40 per cent.
But now he has brought it down to only five per cent lost each winter, because he stopped buying bees and instead raised new colonies from the bees that had sur-vived the winter, he said.
Ludditt has not bought bees for 15
years and he doesn’t use any antibiotics, he says, which is one of the reasons he believes his honey helps with allergies.
He believes the honey has medical value for those with allergies to airborne pollen and the like.
“About a tablespoon a day will reduce your allergic reactions,” he says.
And though years ago at the world council of beekeepers, his honey was re-quested by the ton, Ludditt himself says he doesn’t eat the stuff.
“I’d rather have peanut butter and jam,” he says.
Last October, Ludditt also started
making and selling his own hand creams at $3 per container, he said.
He makes the lotions with beeswax, honey, natural oils, glycerine, water and a little Borax, sometimes adding bath oil to give a scent, he says.
Ludditt reports that people have found his creams help with skin rashes such as eczema, said Ludditt, adding that he is sending six containers to family friends on Vancouver Island who asked for more after seeing the affect on their grandson’s eczema.
Ludditt also makes a lotion with lano-lin that helps heal cracked and dry feet or
hands, he said, adding that several people reported to him that the beeswax cream worked wonders, and all the prescription ointments they’d tried didn’t do much good.
“I think part of the reason is that the bees-wax has no chemicals, nothing is in there that doesn’t belong there,” said Ludditt.
Ludditt hopes to make a cream with wintergreen, because wintergreen causes the skin to warm up which could be good for arthritis, he said.
Besides hand cream and honey, Ludditt has also sold bees-wax candles, made by melting down honey combs and pouring the wax into moulds, he said.
Ludditt has never turned a profit for his products, but makes the candles and lo-tions for his own en-joyment, he says.
But Ludditt has sold his bees this spring because of medical reasons, plan-ning to be a consultant for Dana Gies-brecht and Michael Rourke, the two ama-teur Houston beekeepers who bought his bees, he said.
Giesbrecht and Rourke will carry on the Houston beekeeping along with John Siebenga and Devon McKilligan, two other local beekeepers, said Ludditt.
“I’ll be here as sort of a consultant, and they’ll be carrying on the beekeep-ing,” he said.
Local honey and beeswax benefi t medical conditionsFeaturing the spirit of the local people
Dana Giesbrecht and Harold Ludditt check the bees on Sept 13, to make sure that there is enough room on the honey combs so the bees keep producing and don’t swarm. Giesbrecht bought the bees from Ludditt and came with him several times over the summer to visit the bees and learn all she could about beekeeping.
Jackie Lieuwen
Houston Today
Natural honey and beeswax products could develop a new medical branch to help with skin prob-lems and allergies.
Certified beemas-ter and local beekeep-er, Harold Ludditt has owned bees for 23 or 24 years and has har-vested and sold honey, made candles and just recently started mak-ing hand cream with beeswax and honey, he said.
Having gotten into beekeeping through a friend who raised bees as a boy, Ludditt gained his expertise through books, ex-perience, a six-week bees-master certifica-tion course at Simon Fraser University and talking with experi-enced beekeepers, he says.
Through his course and attendance at the 1999 Vancouver Apimondia, the world council of beekeepers, Ludditt met ex-perienced beekeepers that he has kept in contact with, he said.
For the first few years he lost 40 per cent of his bees each winter, said Ludditt, which is on the higher end of the average expected loss, 25 to 40 per cent.
But now he has brought it down to only five per cent lost each winter, because he stopped buying bees and instead raised new colonies from the bees that had sur-vived the winter, he said.
Ludditt has not bought bees for 15
years and he doesn’t use any antibiotics, he says, which is one of the reasons he believes his honey helps with allergies.
He believes the honey has medical value for those with allergies to airborne pollen and the like.
“About a tablespoon a day will reduce your allergic reactions,” he says.
And though years ago at the world council of beekeepers, his honey was re-quested by the ton, Ludditt himself says he doesn’t eat the stuff.
“I’d rather have peanut butter and jam,” he says.
Last October, Ludditt also started
making and selling his own hand creams at $3 per container, he said.
He makes the lotions with beeswax, honey, natural oils, glycerine, water and a little Borax, sometimes adding bath oil to give a scent, he says.
Ludditt reports that people have found his creams help with skin rashes such as eczema, said Ludditt, adding that he is sending six containers to family friends on Vancouver Island who asked for more after seeing the affect on their grandson’s eczema.
Ludditt also makes a lotion with lano-lin that helps heal cracked and dry feet or
hands, he said, adding that several people reported to him that the beeswax cream worked wonders, and all the prescription ointments they’d tried didn’t do much good.
“I think part of the reason is that the bees-wax has no chemicals, nothing is in there that doesn’t belong there,” said Ludditt.
Ludditt hopes to make a cream with wintergreen, because wintergreen causes the skin to warm up which could be good for arthritis, he said.
Besides hand cream and honey, Ludditt has also sold bees-wax candles, made by melting down honey combs and pouring the wax into moulds, he said.
Ludditt has never turned a profit for his products, but makes the candles and lo-tions for his own en-joyment, he says.
But Ludditt has sold his bees this spring because of medical reasons, plan-ning to be a consultant for Dana Gies-brecht and Michael Rourke, the two ama-teur Houston beekeepers who bought his bees, he said.
Giesbrecht and Rourke will carry on the Houston beekeeping along with John Siebenga and Devon McKilligan, two other local beekeepers, said Ludditt.
“I’ll be here as sort of a consultant, and they’ll be carrying on the beekeep-ing,” he said.
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Dana Giesbrecht and Harold Ludditt check the bees on Sept 13, to make sure that there is enough room on the honey combs so the bees keep producing and don’t swarm. Giesbrecht bought the bees from Ludditt and came with him several times over the summer to visit the bees and learn all she could about beekeeping.
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Helen Michell of the Skin Tyee First Nation is one of three hereditary chiefs. The Skin Tyee are an inde-pendent First Nation that share in the lan-guage and culture of the Wet’suwet’en. The Wet’suwet’en have never signed a formal treaty with the govern-ment of Canada and are currently active and engaged in consulta-tions with heavy indus-try regarding mineral exploration on their traditional territories.
“I am Ludooks, caretaker of the land,” Michell explains. “My grandmother and her sisters were part of the Francis Lake tribe in 1916 and we’ve always had hereditary chiefs in our Gilseyhu [Frog] clan from generation to generation. I was cho-sen when I was born to be a Ludook, so I’ve
been groomed for as long as I can remem-ber.”
Michell became concerned when her family and clan’s his-torical ties to its tradi-tional territories were overlooked recently in last week's coverage of the Huckleberry mine expansion in the Lakes District News. “It’s very disappointing when you read in the paper that the wrong traditional territory is named,” she explained.
The Imperial Metals Ltd. project is located on the west side of the Nechako reservoir in between Sweeny lake and Tahtsa Reach.
“At Sweeny Lake there’s a huge boulder that’s carved into the shape of a frog,” said Michell. “It was done to identify the territory as part of the Gilseyhu clan.”
The Gilseyhu clan is affiliated with the Skin Tyee First Nation through mar-riage. Michell’s great grandmother mar-ried the man who was to become Skin Tyee. ‘Tyee’ means chief in Wet’suwet’en.
“My great grandfa-ther was named Skin and he traded with the first Hudson Bay store in Old Fort on the shores of Lake Babine,” Michell said. “The Hudson Bay company named him Skin be-
cause he brought in the most furs. He was a great trapper.”
Little Andrew Bay on the shores of the present-day Nechako Reservoir is named af-ter the Andrews clan. “They had a big trap line on their traditional territory from Andrew Bay to Whitesail,” said Michell. “My great un-cles also had traplines there.”
It is a perplexing irony that the Skins Spillway at the east end of the Nechako Reservoir is named after the people it dis-placed. In 1952 the Kenney Dam was built to flood and create the Nechako Reservoir to power the aluminum plant in Kitimat.
“We were flooded first,” said Michell. “In Andrew Bay and Ootsa Lake we lost our grave-yards. That’s why they call it the Skin dam. ”
“The Skin Tyee trapped, fished, hunted and gathered tradi-tional medicines where the Huckleberry Mine is now,” Michell ex-plained. “Trapping was our livelihood and our way of life. We’re still the registered own-ers of those traplines.”
Michell and the Skin Tyee First Nation are actively involved with the companies doing work on their tradition-al territories, including the Imperial Minerals
and New Gold.Rene Skin, Chief
of the Skin Tyee First Nation, and Skin Tyee councillor Darcy Michell joined the conversation to help explain the difficul-ties their small tribe of about 100 faces.
“We experience a lot of struggles as a small band in a remote area,” said Chief Skin. “We struggle because our nation has been living in poverty for so long.”
“We were all recog-nized as separate bands a long time ago and it was the government that bunched us togeth-er into the Omenica Band. It never should have been like that, we’re our own people.”
The different clans and tribes of the Wet’suwet’en have al-ways had to cooperate together on the lands they lived on. “There were always overlap-ping issues, occupancy issues. We had to work together to develop trade,” Skin explained.
In 1960 several clans and First Nations of the Wet’suwet’en were gathered together un-der the name of the Omenica Band, but this did not last. By 1984 the original bands begin to reassert their traditional indepen-dence. The Nee Tahi Buhn split from the Omenica, and in 2000 the Skin Tyee complet-
ed there split from the Nee Tahi Buhn Band. This was their final step in returning to their traditional standing as a First Nations people.
“We are unique communities with our own territories, our own way of trading, and our own dialects and languages. That’s why what the govern-ment did with the Omenica Band didn’t work.”
Chief Skin acknowl-edges that the his-tory and oral stories of the First Nations of the Office of the Wet’suwet’en have not
been well documented, making it difficult for people to be clear about whose traditional ter-ritories are involved in industrial resource projects.
“It hasn’t been well documented, but we’d like to change that. We’ve just start-ed a Comprehensive Community Plan that will cover all aspects of band life. We’ll form a board made up of elders, youth and the middle generation,” ex-plained Skin.
The Comprehensive Community Plan is a community driven
program that a lot of B.C. First Nations are engaged in. It involves identifying and devel-oping the key elements of a sustainable and well governed First Nation communities. The Skin Tyee will be working with the Penticton Indian Band as mentors in this pro-cess.
“We used to have the band with the most elders,” Chief Skin explained, “but now they’re slowly disap-pearing and we want to get everything docu-mented before they’re gone.”
Traditional territories continue to define their way of life
Chief Rene Skin
Submitted photo
Skin Tyee hereditary Chiefs Elma Andrew (Tebe Nele’t), Helen Michell (Ludooks) and Mabel Jack (Ahdilec) support Chief Rene Skin and councillors Darcy Michell and Ramona Austin in their work to preserve the traditional territory and culture of the Skin Tyee First Nation.
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