Thursday, February 5, 2015 A Sorrento mom says she was too busy to be worried when the twins she was carrying decided it was time, as her husband sped down the highway toward the hospital in Kamloops. When Nika Guilbault realized she was going into labour earlier this week, her husband Chris St. Jean fired up the Dodge pickup truck to take her to Royal Inland Hospital, about an hour away. Half an hour into the trip, the twins Guilbault, 28, was carrying decided they couldn’t wait to get to the hospital to arrive. “It wasn’t 30 minutes and I was in full labour and started to deliv- er my first child and pretty much had to deliver her as my husband was driving,” Guilbault said. Guilbault was in the passenger seat of the truck when her daugh- ter Nevada arrived. “I was just dealing with the situ- ation and as soon as she came out, I grabbed her,” she said. “I had her breathing, gave her two little puffs of air and she got breathing right away and I just wrapped her up in a blanket in my shirt and tucked her in there as I was wait- ing for the second one, hoping to make it to the hospital on time.” Her son Hunter didn’t wait to for his mother to get to the hos- pital before he was born either. He began to make his arrival just as the couple pulled into the ER parking lot. “As we were pulling in, my wa- Vol. 10 No. 30 FREE Bringing the mountain to the people The only solely owned and operated newspaper on the Kamloops North Shore Published weekly in Kamloops, B.C. Phone: 250-819-6272 • Fax: 250-376-6272 • E-mail: [email protected]Online: http://issuu.com/jmnews • Follow us on FaceBook QUICK TIP FOR PLANNING BEYOND RETIREMENT After many years of careful planning, you’ve reached retire- ment. Now, you have many im- portant decisions to make, but here’s a tip to make the rest easy: Make your maximum RRSP contribution for as long as you can. If you plan to work beyond age 71, you can still contribute to a spousal RRSP if your spouse is younger than you. –NC HOW TO MAXIMIZE YOUR RRSP Are you taking full advantage of your Registered Retirement Sav- ings Plan (RRSP)? There are a number of strategies that can ac- celerate your plan. First, know how much contribu- tion room you have by checking your Notice of Assessment from the Canada Revenue Agency. Then, consider what funds you can move in there now. This could result in a reduction of your annual tax bill, while also maxi- mizing growth. –NC Mom delivers twins in truck on way to hospital MEET THE DODGE TWINS. Nika Guilbault cuddles her newborn babies, Ne- vada and Hunter. The twins made their appearance in the passenger seat of the family pickup truck while Mom and Dad were enroute to the hospital in Kamloops. Submitted photo ter broke and I was starting to deliver (Hunter),” Guilbault related, stating by the time they were in the parking space, he came out feet first, all except his head, and by then medical personnel were on scene to finish deliver Hunter right there in the hospital parking lot. Although his umbilical cord was wrapped around his neck only once, there were no complications with Hunter’s arrival. Guilbault and St. Jean named their daughter, Nevada Sienna, and son, Hunter Dodge – who have been nicknamed the Dodge twins. Although the twins arrived six weeks premature, they are doing well, and are expected to be re- leased from the hospital within a month.
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Thursday, February 5, 2015
A Sorrento mom says she was
too busy to be worried when the
twins she was carrying decided
it was time, as her husband sped
down the highway toward the
hospital in Kamloops.
When Nika Guilbault realized
she was going into labour earlier
this week, her husband Chris St.
Jean fi red up the Dodge pickup
truck to take her to Royal Inland
Hospital, about an hour away.
Half an hour into the trip, the
twins Guilbault, 28, was carrying
decided they couldn’t wait to get
to the hospital to arrive.
“It wasn’t 30 minutes and I was
in full labour and started to deliv-
er my fi rst child and pretty much
had to deliver her as my husband
was driving,” Guilbault said.
Guilbault was in the passenger
seat of the truck when her daugh-
ter Nevada arrived.
“I was just dealing with the situ-
ation and as soon as she came out,
I grabbed her,” she said. “I had
her breathing, gave her two little
puffs of air and she got breathing
right away and I just wrapped her
up in a blanket in my shirt and
tucked her in there as I was wait-
ing for the second one, hoping to
make it to the hospital on time.”
Her son Hunter didn’t wait to
for his mother to get to the hos-
pital before he was born either.
He began to make his arrival just
as the couple pulled into the ER
parking lot.
“As we were pulling in, my wa-
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You can start to become more comfortable in your mind with what should take priority in life. This can include settling on something you’ve had doubts about recently. If you suspect somebody is more determined than they show to do things their way, you’re probably right. Hold back & give things time to surface.
Now – mid-March, settle your mind on commitments you either should accept or are prepared to make. You may also become more aware of obligations that have been pushed your way since early Jan. Question anything that causes friction or diffi culty in/about your priorities.
Any visions of the future you’ve been considering since the year began can begin a more concrete stage from now – mid-March. Whether your process has been balanced enough where connect-ed obligations are concerned is a different matter. You’ll fi nd out between May and early July when action starts to take place.
Don’t try to work out the whys & wherefores of other people – that’ll start to become more obvious from mid-March. Focus on the actions you need to take into the future to generate enjoyment in situations that involve you, whether or not other people support this. Those that do will be people you can rely on long term.
Anybody who’s been in two minds since Jan. is either now ready to decide on how they move forward or you need to push them in that direction from now – mid-March. Tied up in things may be a desire on their part to limit your freedom. If you haven’t been complying this may have contributed greatly to their indecision.
You can be at your very best by now realising you have the ability to move forward in a very logical manner with anything you’ve had to analyse & perhaps hold yourself back on since early Jan. Someone may need you more than they care to admit, no matter how dominating their manner may seem to be. Progress slowly.
Any retreat you may have decided on or had to accept with plea-surable activities of late will now be reversed. Modifi cation may be the answer rather than complete withdrawal. Bothersome daily routines won’t go away –accept them as a fact of life at the mo-ment. You’ll move on from them having a tiring effect.
This is a good period for you to become aware that the time has come for some things that may have always been a pleasure need to go by the wayside. This doesn’t mean all pleasure goes out of your life but a different foundation needs to be established based on where you now fi nd yourself in life. Work on this to mid-March.
Anything you’ve been putting your energies into to get the groundwork established since mid-Jan. can now result in a clearer objective in your mind. The more prepared you are to commit yourself diligently the more clear-minded you’ll become. By mid-March you’ll be ready, willing & able to move to the next stage.
You should fi nd you may now move on from any worries you may have had in connection to fi nances since early Jan. To a large ex-tent, ignore encouragement from others to spend money on things you really can’t afford or don’t need. Tread a steady path from now to mid-March & you’ll be set.
Life has encouraged you to focus on yourself since early Jan. through not only considering the present but the past & how to plan to move forward in the future. This has been quite an important time. From now – mid-March you should feel encouraged to move forward with your own ideas and thoughts that suit your needs.
You may feel you’ve been spending too much time mulling things over since early Jan. It’s had its benefi ts though you may not begin to see why ‘til mid-March onwards. Don’t let frustration get the better of you this week. Get to & do some sort of physical work as a distraction – you can get a lot done & be happy.
Java Mountain News February 5, 20153
Tick tock tantrum
I have no idea what a nine-year-
old does all morning that makes
him, and then me late, but it’s not
getting ready for school. This is
an ongoing battle that’s reared its
ugly head over the past month,
and I’m done with it!
On school days, my son would
get up at 7 a.m., wake up his
sister, get dressed, make him-
self and his sister breakfast,
pack his lunch, empty the dish-
washer, brush his teeth, wash
his face, pack his back pack, and
we would all be ready to go by
8 a.m. He was very responsible
and always loved to help.
(Note: I have lunches ready to go
in the fridge, and everything ready
for Aubrielle and myself, too.)
Over the last few months, and
the jumble of our morning sched-
ules, we have fi nally settled into
our new (actually our old) morn-
ing routine… except we have hit
another speedbump with Zachary.
Zachary is not ready in the
morning. I am constantly shout-
ing/yelling/screaming for him
to get his butt in gear, watch the
clock and use his time wisely.
We have sat down on numerous
occasions and spoken about the
morning routine and set a time-
line of when a task should be
done and when it’s time to move
onto the next task.
Nothing is working! I even have
Zachary waking up a half hour
earlier (at 6:30 a.m.) now.
The other day, after numerous
warnings, being tired of scream-
ing, and many threats to leave
him there, I was enraged (yes,
I was actually this angry) that
one hour and 15 minutes after
being woken up, Zachary had
not fi nished breakfast, packed
his lunch, brushed his teeth, or
packed his backpack – and I had
to leave in fi ve minutes. (Let it be
known that the morning chore of
emptying the dishwasher stopped
months ago!)
I told him I was leaving, that
he had a key to lock up, and he
could walk himself to the neigh-
bours (like every other morning)
before school. I have never seen
Zachary move so quickly. He had
to change his shirt as he got pea-
nut butter all over it, and all over
his hands. I felt a bit sorry for him
and packed the lunch that was
on the counter waiting for him. I
made my breakfast, packed my
lunch and work things, packed up
Aubrielle’s lunch, preschool stuff,
and backpack, and was walking
towards the garage door as I hol-
lered, “Good-bye!” to Zachary –
whom was still upstairs.
As I was getting my boots on,
Zachary came fl ying down the
stairs, disheveled, with a blue
mouth (from blueberries – and not
brushing his teeth) and tears in his
eyes, with his backpack in hand.
We gave our hugs, kisses, and
said our good-byes, before I sent
him to the neighbours with a big,
blue grin. Zachary will learn the
hard way, especially after he
learns that he is missing an item
out of his lunch.
As my neighbour said to me,
“They need to learn, right?”
Absolutely!
Lizsa Bibeau
Mommyisms
Java Mountain News February 5, 20154
• NORKAM SECONDARY SCHOOL MUSIC STUDENTS’ annual USED
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• REFLECTIONS OF FLEETWOOD MAC, featuring Renea De-
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Tree by Hilton Hotel, 339 St. Paul St. Doors: 7 p.m. Show: 8 p.m.
Tickets at http://sabrinaweeks.com/buy_tickets_refl ections_of_ccr, or
the Double Tree front desk. Call 250-572-4427.
• TIPPIN’ POINT TOUR 2015: DALLAS SMITH with special guest,
CHARLIE WORSHAM, Tues. Feb. 10, at Sagebrush Theatre. Tickets: Kamloops
Live Box Offi ce, 1025 Lorne St., 250-374-5483, www.kamloopslive.ca.
• THOMPSON VALLEY ACTIVITY & SOCIAL CLUB (TVASC) presents
• THE WESTSYDE COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT SOCIETY, a not-for-profi t group;
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• THE SNOWFLAKES THEATRE SOCIETY presents the iconic comedy,
FAWLTY TOWERS: COMMUNICATION PROBLEMS, by Connie Booth
& John Cleese, Saturdays, Feb. 7 & 21, March 2 & 21, at 2:30 p.m.
at CSI, 9A – 1800 Tranquille Rd. Everyone welcome. Admission by
donation. Call 778-470-6000 or 250-573-1152.
• 19TH KAMLOOPS FILM FESTIVAL March 5 – 14, at the Para-
mount Theatre, 503 Victoria St. Fifteen fi lms in 10 nights. Tickets:
$10/adults; $8/students & seniors; $5/TRU students with UPass; $99/
full festival passes (lanyards), from Moviemart, 444 St. Paul St. or
at the door 1 hour befoe screening ($5 TRU student discount tickets
from the TRUSU Desk (TRU Campus Activity Centre). Festival Clos-
ing Party: $12/advance, $15/at the door. www.kamloopsfi lmfest.ca.
• THE COMIC STRIPPERS, A male stripper parody & improv com-
edy show, April 17 & 18, 8pm at Sagebrush Theatre. Tickets: $35 or
$30 for groups of 6 or more from Kamloops Live Box Offi ce, 250-374-
LIVE (5483) or https://tickets.kamloopslive.com/TheatreManager/1/
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Java Mountain News February 5, 20155
Chance of
Showers
6° | 2°
POP 40%
Thursday
February 5
Friday
February 6
Saturday
February 7
Sunday
February 8
Tuesday
February 10
Monday
February 9
Chance of
Showers
13° | 9°
POP 30%
Cloudy
11° | 8°
Cloudy
8° | 4°
Cloudy
8° | 3°
Cloudy
8° | 1°
It was the Mitch Friesen Show
last Friday night as the Kamloops
Storm handily shut out the Chase
Heat 5-0 thanks to Friesen who
had a four-goal night in the win.
Keaton Gordon opened the
scoring for the Storm halfway
through the fi rst period, then
Friesen took over. He scored his
fi rst goal – on the power play –
with 38 seconds remaining on the
clock to make it 2-0 Storm after
one. Friesen cored the only goal
of the middle frame at 16:28 of
the period to make it 3-0 after 40
minutes of play. Friesen got his
hat trick goal halfway through
the third period then go number
4 with another power play goal
with less than fi ve minutes re-
maining in the game to give Ka-
mloops the 5-0 win.
Mark O’shaughnessy got three
helpers while Bobby Kashuba,
Felix Larouche, and Kyle Lohm-
ann each got two assists. Alex
Winters rounded out the box
score with a helper of his own.
Jacob Mullen stopped all 25
shots he faced for the shut out.
The Storm out-shot the Heat 46-
25 on the night.
The following night saw the
Storm host the Sicamous Eagles
and come away with another win.
Brett Watkinson was the
Storm’s star of the game, scor-
ing a goal and an assist.
The Eagles opened the scoring
with their only goal of the game
20 seconds into the fi rst frame.
Alex Winters ties it up 12:26 later
to make it 1-1 after 20. Felix La-
rouche was the only one to score
in the second period, potting his
marker halfway through to make
it 2-1 Storm after 40. Watkinson
scored 2:29 into the third period
to give Kamloops the 3-1 win.
The Storm outshot the Eagles
49-31 as Mullen stopped 30 of
31 shots in the win.
The Storm were in Sicamous
to take on the Eagles Wed. Feb.
4. Results were not available by
press time.
The Storm are in Revelstoke Fri.
Feb. 6, to take on the Grizzlies.
On Sat. Feb. 7, the Storm are
back home to face off against the
Nelson Leafs. The puck drops at
7 p.m. Then on Mon. Feb. 9, the
Storm and the Heat face off in a
BC Family Day matinee game at
the McArthur Island Sports Cen-
tre. Game time is 5 p.m.
Friesen scores hat trick plus one on way to shut out win
Regular Season Home Games
this weekend. . .
Sat. Feb. 7 • 7 p.m.
vs Nelson Leafs
Mon. Feb. 9 • 5 p.m.
vs Chase Heat
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GERHILD AND JACYNTHE sport their Amnesty International toques at Machu Picchu. Together with their teammates, they raised nearly $2,500 for Amnes-ty International by asking friends and family to spon-sor them. Submitted photo
