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Volume 36 Issue 36 May 2015 Phraser Connector YOUR local Fraser lake, Endako, Fort Fraser & area paper I NSIDE THIS ISSUE : Fallen Paramedic story 2 Business Directory 4 Huge mess at lake 5 High Water pics 6 C.A.L.P. 7 Doris Ray Column 8 Calendar of events 9 Stuff for sale 10 Audrey Read 11 Distribution 1480 copies The variety of events that took place during Mental Health Week were enjoyed by all ages. Monday was Kind- ness Day and the kick-off event was a workshop about Senior Abuse and Neglect held at Autumn Services. Thirty-five people aended the in- formative session and lunch was pro- vided. The Town Hall in the evening fea- tured valuable in- formation about mental health deliv- ery in our town. The food was deli- cious and the handouts were very educational and informative. The Awareness Walk on Tuesday was moved indoors due to inclement weather. Susan Braine from North- ern Health served hotdogs. The Mandela col- ouring and laughter Club took place on Wed and Thursday was Spa and Tea Day. Friday was Scrabble/Puzzle Day and in the evening there was a Coffee House at the Legion. The week of events ended with an Expressive Art Workshop by Eileen Hutson. Here to Help YOU! Free monthly On Monday May 25th the 25,000 hectare Bobtail Lake fire was re- ported as 100% contained . While this was met with relief, crews will continue patrolling and mopping hotspots around the perimeter of the fire which was started on May 8th. Controlled burn-off and heavy rain on all sides of the fire over the weekend of May 22-24th resulted in the containment. The deep burning conditions observed during the second week of the fire resulted in weakened root sys- tems of trees in the catchment area. Fire officials are asking that recreationalists avoid these areas while firefighters continue to work. The fire danger rating for most of the Prince George Fire Centre is high as forest fuels are very dry. The fire risk is serious and new fires may start easily, burn vigorously, and challenge fire suppression efforts. Meanwhile, water levels continue to rise slightly on Francois and Fraser Lakes and the rivers in between. Sandbagging has begun in Vanderhoof as the Nechako is flowing at 650-700 cm3/sec . Local conditions.. A mix of TOO wet and TOO dry Bench at Park surrounded by water Bobtail Lake Fire dousing hot spots Eileen, Gil, Janet, May, & Jean enjoy a foot soak complements of Cheryl Stewart Journey by Massage photo by S Storey Sarrah Storey has been hired to deliver our Better at Homes Pro- gram through United Way. Better at Home is a Program that helps seniors continue living independently in their own homes by providing support services like help with light housekeeping and transportation to appoint- ments. The other services available are: Friendly visiting; Light yard work, Minor home repairs, Grocery shopping and Snow shovel- ling. If you are a senior living in the communities of Ft Fraser, Endako, Fraser Lake and all the areas in between and on the lakes, you may be eligible. You can apply by contacting Sarrah at 250. 699-1681. You will be required to do a needs assessment and work with our program representative who will suggest the services that may interest you. The other side of this program is volunteer driven. If you are someone wanting to provide some of the above services, please contact Sarrah and register. You will be required to do a criminal record check before working directly with any seniors and once it has been completed, available jobs will be available for you to pick and choose from. Service fees are established on an income-based sliding scale, which ensures that services are free for low income seniors and market rate for seniors with an income above the BC average.
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Volume 36 Issue 36 May 2015
Phraser Connector YOUR local Fraser lake, Endako, Fort Fraser & area paper
INSIDE THIS ISSUE :
Fallen Paramedic story 2
Business Directory 4
Huge mess at lake 5
High Water pics 6
C.A.L.P. 7
Doris Ray Column 8
Calendar of events 9
Stuff for sale 10
Audrey Read 11
Distribution 1480 copies
The variety of events that took place during Mental Health Week were enjoyed by all ages. Monday was Kind-ness Day and the kick-off event was a workshop about Senior Abuse and Neglect held at Autumn Services. Thirty-five people attended the in-formative session and lunch was pro-vided.
The Town Hall in the evening fea-tured valuable in-formation about mental health deliv-ery in our town. The food was deli-cious and the handouts were very educational and informative. The Awareness Walk on Tuesday was moved indoors due to inclement weather. Susan Braine from North-
ern Health served hotdogs. The Mandela col-ouring and laughter Club took place on Wed and Thursday was Spa and Tea Day. Friday was Scrabble/Puzzle Day and in the evening there was a Coffee House at the Legion. The week of events ended with an Expressive Art Workshop by Eileen Hutson.
Here to Help YOU!
Free monthly
On Monday May 25th the 25,000 hectare Bobtail Lake fire was re-ported as 100% contained . While this was met with relief, crews will continue patrolling and mopping hotspots around the perimeter of the fire which was started on May 8th. Controlled burn-off and heavy rain on all sides of the fire over the weekend of May 22-24th resulted in the containment. The deep burning conditions observed during the second week of the fire resulted in weakened root sys-tems of trees in the catchment area. Fire officials are asking that recreationalists avoid these areas while firefighters continue to work. The fire danger rating for most of the Prince George Fire Centre is high as forest fuels are very dry. The fire risk is serious and new fires may start easily, burn vigorously, and challenge fire suppression efforts. Meanwhile, water levels continue to rise slightly on Francois and Fraser Lakes and the rivers in between. Sandbagging has begun in Vanderhoof as the Nechako is flowing at 650-700 cm3/sec .
Local conditions.. A mix of TOO wet and TOO dry
Bench at Park surrounded by water
Bobtail Lake Fire dousing hot spots
Eileen, Gil, Janet, May, & Jean enjoy a foot soak complements of Cheryl Stewart Journey by Massage photo by S Storey
Sarrah Storey has been hired to deliver our Better at Homes Pro-gram through United Way.
Better at Home is a Program that helps seniors continue living independently in their own homes by providing support services like help with light housekeeping and transportation to appoint-ments.
The other services available are: Friendly visiting; Light yard work, Minor home repairs, Grocery shopping and Snow shovel-ling.
If you are a senior living in the communities of Ft Fraser, Endako, Fraser Lake and all the areas in between and on the lakes, you may be eligible. You can apply by contacting Sarrah at 250. 699-1681. You will be required to do a needs assessment and work with our program representative who will suggest the services that may interest you.
The other side of this program is volunteer driven. If you are someone wanting to provide some of the above services, please contact Sarrah and register. You will be required to do a criminal record check before working directly with any seniors and once it has been completed, available jobs will be available for you to pick and choose from.
Service fees are established on an income-based sliding scale, which ensures that services are free for low income seniors and market rate for seniors with an income above the BC average.
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Twenty-seven years ago, June 4th, 1988, when my husband Bob was paged to an Emergency CODE 3 call we were thankful our local clinic was fully staffed and saw emergency patients on weekends. Little did any of us know what kind of a day was in store.
We had spent the morning at my daughter`s elementary school helping out with a Spring Carni-val. It was around 2pm when my husbands` pager sounded. Following the beeping sound, a voice from dispatch announced …. “CODE 3”….. M.V.A…...with injuries.
Bob headed to the car. I followed the sight of our green Tornado as it sped out of the parking lot. Returning to the kids I was overseeing at the swing-set, I wondered about the call and how long Bob would be. His partner today was Tony Sunder-land, long-time friend and mentor. Bob was new to the job and during their recent training, had practiced many medical first-aid scenarios with Tony. They had perfected their CPR.
It wasn`t unusual for the pager to sound on a warm day like today. We live in a small village of two thousand and on weekends the lakes and roads are busy with people going camping and boating and golfing.
In our small community everyone seems to know everyone. Tony`s wife worked at the clinic and some of the ambulance and clinic staff got togeth-er in their time off. Many first responders were friends, and many patients in their care were known by them and clinic staff.
In an emergency, not only were pagers sounded to alert ambulance personnel, but a community siren was activated to warn volunteer firemen to report to the Fire Station to man a response vehicle.
The fire siren wailed several times and each time it sounded, I felt a chill. In the background, I heard the ambulance siren head west followed by a police siren and a few minutes later, a fire truck siren. The air was thick with the sound of wailing sirens. And as the vehicles made their way west, the sirens grew more faint … until there was no sound….
In the silence, I felt an unrest. There was clean-up to do in the school yard, but I needed to go! I needed to get home! Heather arranged to go with her friends, and I walked home with Jim. We did stuff, mixed Kool-aid, built sandwiches and played cards. I watched the hands of the slowly ticking clock and boiled the kettle. Time stood still.
The sound of a returning siren could be heard about an hour later, and it appeared to stop at the clinic. Thinking it was Bob`s ambulance, I hoped he might get a chance to call. I kept my ear peeled for the phone.
I stayed inside, afraid if I got too far from the phone I might miss his
call. Sometime later I heard the siren leave the clinic and head east on the highway. Assuming it was Bob’s ambulance transporting a patient to the nearest hospital forty minutes away, I did the math and figured he would be home for supper at seven. I was in no hurry to make dinner.
About 5 pm I was in the front yard with Jim when our car pulled slow-ly down the driveway and into the carport. Something inside me turned cold. I wasn`t expecting Bob home so early. He couldn`t have made the 2 hour return trip already… Why hadn't he called.
He was very slow to get out of the car. Something about his wooden movements said more than his few dead-pan words.
“Tony didn`t make it….” “Make what?” “Make the call?” “You went alone?” I wanted to shout
all these questions at once…. yet Bob’s eyes told it all. Jim was confused, his Dad didn't say hi. He made his way past and
we followed. He went up the stairs. I made my way behind him to the bedroom where he collapsed on the bed and groaned … “Tony had a heart attack at the scene and I couldn’t revive him ...I tried and tried..”
As he buried his head in the pillow, the agony of the afternoon washed over him. I reached for one of his hands. He wasn’t even aware –They were blistered and bleeding.
He told how they got to the scene and stabilized the two young pa-tients and loaded them into the ambulance. I learned later that this was called a “Load & Go” where the priority is to get to the hospital ASAP.
Once the patients were loaded, Bob elected to drive. Tony wedged himself between the two stretchers for the ten minute ride back to town. Bob made one final check to secure the back doors and found them ajar.
Tony was struggling to get to his feet. His face distorted in pain. He was in distress. He partially collapsed and fell through the door into the arms of emergency personnel who were on scene. They placed Tony on the roadway and cleared an area so they could work on him.
This part of the story is hazy to Bob and I learned some of the facts from members of the emergency crew who were also on scene.
Bob’s First Aid Training set in and he began CPR on his partner. Two out-of-town nurses travelling to the lake that day were held-up in
the ensuing lineup. They came forward to offer their services, and had no idea how badly they were needed until they got to the site of the wreck…. One critical patient down outside the ambulance and two critical patients inside on stretchers loaded and ready for transport. By the uniforms it was obvious where the attendants were and why the ambulance wasn’t moving.
The nurses jumped into duty and attended to the patients inside the ambulance. A volunteer fireman got in the front seat, turned the ambu-lance around and headed back to town lights and sirens .
A report was radioed to the waiting staff at the local clinic that an attendant was down. This had little meaning until the ambulance pulled up to the emergency doors and two nurses jumped out …. Tony and Bob were reportedly still on scene.
The two patients were further stabilized and dispatched Code 3 to Prince George Regional Hospital...their lives in the balance.
Back at the scene, someone called for another ambulance. The closest one would be another half hour away. Knowing that the Endako Mine ambulance was about ten minutes away, Bob called for it.
The scene must have been chaotic. The narrow road allowed little room to maneuver. The remaining emergency crew of policemen and firemen
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First Fallen Paramedic went down on Endako Mine Road in 1988 An editorial by Elaine Storey
Aaron Sunderland, member BC retired Paramedics Society, Pat Sunderland, Chris Sunderland in front of Fallen Paramedics Memorial unveiled on May 6, Victoria
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assisted Bob with CPR. When the Mine ambulance arrived, they loaded Tony and raced back to Fraser Lake, with both ‘attendants’ on board. When the ambulance arrived at the clinic, the on-call doctors weren’t prepared for “Who” was inside and “Why.” When the radio report was made earlier, “An attendant was down at the scene,” no-one realized that one of the attendants was now the patient.
Tony was forty years old and he died that day. He left a wife and two young sons and a community of friends to mourn.
We later learned that the two lads who sustained serious injuries in the roll-over on the Endako Mine road that day were 22 year old Colin Morrish of Lions Bay, BC and 23 year old Paul Mah of Panoko, Alberta. Both young lads survived
their injuries and are doing well. (Colin’s parents attended the memorial dedication)
Twenty-seven years after this incident on May 6th, 2015, Tony’s wife Pat and grown sons Aaron and Christopher were asked to attend the ceremony of the unveiling of the Fallen Paramedics Monument on the BC Legislature grounds. There are a total of ten paramedics who have died in service since 1988 and hundreds of their family and friends (including us) attended the dedica-tion. During the presentation, Minister Lake read the names that appear on the memorial:
C.A. (Tony) Sunderland, Theresa Hunt (Bond), Carolyn May Schlamp, Wendy Ann Thompson, Andreas (Andy) Goedicke, Shawn Michael Courier, Kim Karlene Weitzel,
Michael Scott Gray, Jo-Ann Dorothea Fuller, and Ivan Polivka. Two names on this wall belong to former Fraser Lake residents - one was Tony Sunderland and the other is Michael Gray who went down in 2008 . Michael lived in Fraser Lake as a young boy and become a paramedic after receiving a life-saving kidney transplant. He lived just three hous-es away from Tony on the same side of the street.
Fallen Paramedics Memorial “Always remembered”
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Business directory at a glance: May 2015
Building Supplies FL Building Supplies Timber Mart 250.699-6506 Carpet Cleaning Call Ron for your spring cleaning 250.699-8302 Employment Support Centre Progressive Employment Vanderhoof 1.888-567-7375 FL & Area Community Adult Literacy Program CALP contact Sarrah Storey 250.699-6249 FL Community Market Call Maureen 250.699-6615 Fraser Lake Bottle Depot Enter to Win Contest 250.699-8322 Francois Lake Market Garden Call Penny 699-8048 Flowers in Vanderhoof Stylish Stem Flower Shop 250-567-3300
Hairdresser A Cut Beyond 250.699-0055 High Speed Internet ABC Communications 1.866-413-9995 Home Repairs and Construction Call Brett Biro 250.699-5381 Pets Jerri Malchow Plumbing & Heating Martineau Plumbing & Heating 250.699-6597/699-1384 Taxes & Bookkeeping Lorraine’s Bookkeeping and Tax Services 250.699-6558 Water Treatment System Technopure Water 250.699-6688
Every month, paid ads will be listed in this column for customer convenience
(250) 699-6506
Fraser Lake Building Supplies
Store Hours Monday - Saturday
8:00 am - 5:30 pm
We carry a range of lumber, plywood, mouldings, hardware, paints, tools, plumbing, electrical and insulation. We also special order and do deliveries.
Look for Lorraine’s Bookkeeping & Tax Services at Autumn Services Next
tax season
CALL 250.699-6558
LORRAINE’S BOOKKEEPING AND TAX SERVICES
Whew!!!
Taxes done for this this year… Lorraine needs a rest…..zzzz
3 days a week, 4 hours per day Start up mid April till mid Sept
Part Time Help Wanted Francois Lake Market Garden
Call Penny
for more Information
250-699-8048
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Cash for Empties:
*100% refund for Beer cans/bottles 10 ¢ and up
*100% refund for Alcohol bottles 10 ¢ and up *100% refund for Pop/Juice/Water
Cans /Bottles/Pouches 5¢ and up
Call 250.699-8322
Open Tuesday to Saturday 10:00 am to 5:00 pm
First Prize: one 2015 Toyota Prius
Second Prize: one Stromer E-Bike
Third Prize: two Kayaks with paddles
Enter to WIN
Please bring us your old stuff
We take small Appliances & Power Tools We Take Electronic TV/Computers/ Phones/Radios
We Take Electric Microwaves/Vacuums/Heaters We also take your cardboard boxes and paper
We take your battery recyclables and light bulbs
We also have Storage Space for
RENT or LEASE...
Help us Help You! Keeping Fraser Lake Green!
Enter every time you visit a Return-It Depot before July 31st , 2015.
On the weekend on May 22nd, a local couple travelled to one of their favourite, small out-of-the-way lakes to enjoy an afternoon of fishing. When they pulled into the campsite, the grounds were strewn with gar-bage…..lots and lots of garbage. Rather than launch their boat, they spent the balance of the day cleaning the cans, bottles, garbage, bedding and bags that had been left behind from previous campers. Jackie and Alan Laffin loaded as much into their truck as they had room for and came back to town.
They posted their discovery on Facebook and within a day had 41 comments on their find plus five shares. Among the comments were things like: “It doesn't matter if it
was kids or adults its a lack of respect for the environment!” “Clean up after yourself I'm sure you wouldn't want this in your yard!” “From someone who was there! Shame on u! I’m pretty sure some of these kids were told by the parks guys to
make sure they put their fire out and to clean up after themselves... This came from the mouth.” “Thank you so much for cleaning up! Wish these kids would realize it is situations like this that ruins it for all!” “Thanks for tak-
ing the time to do somebody's else’s job.” “Just disgusting. Thank you for cleaning up what you could.”
By bringing this to the public, maybe those responsible may think twice about leaving this type of mess at a campsite in the future. Thanks to a couple of good Samaritans for doing the right thing. Hats off to the Laffins for their hard work!
Huge mess found at lake thirty-five min. from town
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2015 Grand Opening Friday, June 5 noon to 4 pm
New Vendors Welcome Vendors Include:
BBQ Every
WEEK
Artwork, Baking, Beef,
Home Cleaning Products,
Honey,
Jewellery, Photography,
Pork, Preserves,
Produce (in season) etc.
SUPPORT OUR COMMUNITY & SHOP LOCAL
BE LOCAL
BUY LOCAL
FOR MORE INFORMATION PLEASE CALL MAUREEN AT 250-699-6615
Thank-you:
A huge thank-you to everyone who helped with Mental Health
-Tim Rowe of Prince George for our workshop on Senior Abuse & Neglect
- Village of Fraser Lake, CAO Rod Hol-land, Mayor & council for supporting the Town Hall Meeting
- Northern Health, Progressive Employ-ment, Nechako Valley Community Ser-vices Society, College of New Caledonia and Chris Gibbs of Endako Mines for speaking at the Town Hall
- Northern Health for supplying hotdogs for the Walk for Awareness
- Jeanette Brophy for leading the Mandela Colouring and her full support all week and Michelle Robson from Burns Lake for being available for the Laughter Club
- Heather Megchelsen, Rhonda Stewart, and Barb Zang for the Beyond the Blues Screening at FLESS
- Cheryl Stewart for her donation of time and transforming Autumn Centre into a beautiful, sweet-smelling Spa for the day
- Colleen Hankins for donating Steeped tea for the Tea and for the draws, Tamara Ketlo Natural Obsessions for donating for the draws
- The FL Public Library for hosting Scrabble and Puzzle Day
- The Royal Canadian Legion for help with the Coffee House. Jamie Neilson
for set-up & singing, Monique Roy & Stacey Reynolds for their time and won-derful voices
- Eileen Hutson for holding an Expressive Art Workshop
The CNC CALP program thanks everyone who took part in any of the events!
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TECHNOPURE WATER Water Treatment Systems
Drink only the best
For bottled water, pick up, or delivery Call 699-6688
Stylish Stems Flower Shop
Now delivering to Ft Fraser, Endako and Fraser Lake
Fraser Lake & Area C.A.L.P. COMMUNITY ADULT LITERACY PROGRAM
THE HEART OF LEARNING
Office Hours Monday & Wednesday
10am-2pm At 298 McMillan Avenue Fraser Lake, BC VOJ 1SO
Call 250.699-6249
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IN THE SHADOW OF THE MOUNTAIN by Doris Ray
Who said nothing ever happens for seniors in Fraser Lake? My calendar has so many jottings on it I can barely decipher the dates! Yesterday I attended a workshop on “Elder Abuse” and as I told the speaker (I could tell he had a sense of humor) “I came for the food, but really enjoyed the talk.” It was a timely subject and there was a warm and caring response from the audience on learning ways to assist the most vulnerable in our communities.
In the afternoon I went carpet bowling at the Legion. My throws were pitiful but the emphasis is always on the fun (great bunch of forgiving teammates!) That evening I joined the other Silver Birch ladies for Yahtze in the lounge.
The Fraser Lake Festival of the Arts is coming up on Saturday August 8th. Entry forms are available to participate and showcase local and out-of-town creativity in the following categories: Visual Arts; Quilting; Pottery/Sculpture; Photog-raphy; Performing Arts (down at the park featuring musical and poetical performances) and Literary Arts. There will be venues available to sell your creations. Contact Cathy Harder at 699-1234 for info.
In the category of Literary Arts, we look forward to receiving entries in the “Bush-Country Poetry” category. It’s similar to Cowboy Poetry in that it should be narrative (tells a story) but the setting should be fishing, hunting etc - adventures in the outdoors. We will have about 40 minutes (collectively) to read our poetry onstage. Readings can be performed by the author or by a stand-in. Short descriptive poetry in the “Outdoors” theme are welcome as well. Contact me at 699-6976 for more info.
Workshops on the various artistic categories are in the planning stages for the Event as well.
My family is planning a “Musical Celebration of Life” on Saturday, June 27 from 1pm-4pm at the big hall at Stellat’en First Nation to commemorate my husband Leon’s musical talents (passed onto his kids) as well as the musical talents of the many local people he played with over the years. It will be an open house and if you enjoy playing, singing, or just listen-ing to the old songs, we would love to have you join us! (If you wish to bring along “munchies” they will be eaten and ap-preciated!)
When the ice goes out on the lake, flocks of geese and ducks return to swim along the shore. They mostly swim with their own crowd, but once in awhile a few venture across the spe-cies barrier.
A goose and a duck were both single So together they thought they would mingle
But he honked and she quacked So they didn’t get back
‘Til both had become bilingual!
6th Annual Bike Rodeo & Safety Awareness Day
MEN’S, WOMEN’S & CHILDREN’S HAIRCUTS
CUTS, COLORS, PERMS, UPDOS,
WAXING, GEL NAILS, EYELASH EXTENTIONS, REDKEN & MORE!
Our Certified Esthetician Tasha will be available for
appointments Monday, Tuesday & Wednesday
And is excited to provide
Eyelash Extensions!
Now booking appointments
for Grad!
Thanks to the RCMP, Volunteer Fire Department and the FL Ambu-lance Crew for hosting an informative and safe event at the arena. A huge crowd of kids and parents took part and learned about roll-over crashes and the necessity of using a seat belt, how to ensure bike safety by wearing a helmet and keeping your bike in good running order.
Sparky with friends, Rylan (AKA Super-man) driving the ambulance and people watching the roll-over simulator with demo by Dan!
Last Community Potluck for the season is Sunday May 31st, at 5:30 pm
At Autumn Services Centre
AGM new date ...June
11 at 5:30 at Autumn Services
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June 2015
Sun Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat
1 2
Walking 10:00
Run @ 5:00
3 4
Mens coffee 10
Run @ 5:00
5 Weigh-in
FIRST
Market 12-4
Coffee Group
2pm
6
FLESS GRAD
7 8 9
Walking 10:00
Run @ 5:00
10 11
Mens coffee 10
Run @ 5:00
AGM 5:30 Au-
tumn Services
12 Weigh-in
Market 12-4
Coffee Group
2pm
13
14 15 16
Walking 10:00
Run @ 5:00
17 18
Mens coffee 10
Run @ 5:00
Big Ride 6:30
19 Weigh-in
Market 12-4
Coffee Group
2pm
20
21 22 23
Walking 10:00
Run @ 5:00
24 25
Mens coffee 10
Run @ 5:00
Lst day school
26 Weigh-in
Market 12-4
Coffee Group
2pm
Slo Pitch
Tournament Start
27
Slo Pitch
Tournament
28
Slo Pitch
Tournament
RCMP
Golf Tournament
29 30
Walking 10:00
Run @ 5:00
Youth Ambassador
Social 6pm
JULY FIRST
CELEBRATIONS
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Community Page activities & meetings ACTIVITIES Youth Ambassador Community Social Lego Club at FL Library
Next Lego club day is Thursday June 18
3:30 – 5:00 pm
Ages 6 mo to Adult Fraser Lake Public Library
Children must have a responsible caregiver in the building
Seniors Carpet Bowling At the Fraser Lake Legion Anyone 50 years plus is Welcome Mon & Thurs 1-3 pm Cost for a game and coffee is $1 New Members Welcome! Held at the Royal Canadian Legion Phone 699-8645 for more info
GROUPS *NEW* MENS COFFEE GROUP Men’s Coffee Group will meet every Thursday morning at 10:00 a.m. at Autumn Services. Cost is $1 for chair rental. Coffee has been donated by Autumn Services All GUYS welcome!
MEETINGS AND BOARDS Fraser Lake & District Historical Society Meetings are every 4th Wednesday of each month This month: June 24 at 3:30pm at the Silver Birch Lodge
Fraser Lake Public Library The Fraser Lake Public Library is looking for more Trustees. Our meetings are usually 1 hour or less. If you would like to vol-unteer to be a Library Trustee – please call Audrey 699-8888.
RECREATION Fun for the Whole Family
Big Bike Ride June 18 Learn to Run Program Tues & Thurs Mouse Mountain Days is coming July 1st Watch for the summer recreation programming ...see their Guide coming out in mid-June
3/4 bed
3/4 bed plus bed under table/ shower/tub/comes with all
hookups/clean
Call B. Fenato to view or for more Information
6999-8025
FOR SALE $7000
19 ft Rockwood Trailer
HOUSE FOR SALE $134,900
contact 250.699-6345
Updated 3 bedroom, 1 bathroom home for sale on a quiet street in Fraser Lake.
Has a large fenced-in back yard with a children’s playhouse, and an attached garage.
Call 250.699-6345 for details
312 Stellako Avenue
Fraser Lake, BC
Community Page ……..COOL stuff for sale
Serviced Lot for Sale in Fort Fraser Cleared, fully serviced lot for sale in Fort Fraser *It’s the last lot on the south side of Highway 16
… before the pullout. *Asking $10,000 ...No reasonable offer refused
Ideal for mobile of modular home etc. The lot has Highway access, power,
water, and sewer
Just add your modular or mobile home Call 250.690-7426 Or 250.699-8466
for more information
New date for AGM of Autumn
Services June 11 at 5:30
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Ho-hum...Penny, our little dog jumped out of the tractor where she loves riding, caught one hind leg in between bars on the step and cut her leg right to the bone. Poor little mite, she is a real trooper though always game to do things. I have been putting Silver Colloid Water on it twice a day and it is healing up nicely. ***** Looked out the window the other night because Penny was creating an awful fuss about something...there, lo and behold are my donkey's on the lawn just as happy as can be! Little brats! Walter had forgotten to shut one of the gates! So off we go to get them back in their pasture...they really didn't want to go back, much more exciting out in the big wide world! Finally, after about an hour of them heading down the road and Walter getting them turned around with the tractor, tromping through my flower beds, probably shoved some perennials down to China!...Then they managed to get into the hay field behind the house and I thought..."Oh great, here they have acres & acres to really kick up their heels and have a wonderful time!" Fortunately after about half an hour of talking and coaching them they finally came up to me for a scratch and a few cud-dles and followed me right into the corral! Sometimes the smallest victories are the most appreciated! Believe me it was, as it was getting close
to dark! Then Penny woke me up barking at something outside the patio door about four thirty so I got up and what do I see but two little don-key's looking back at me! I went back to bed and when I got up Walter had already managed to get them back to where they belong! Life in the fast lane can be so.o.o.o maddening at times! LOL ***** Walter made a quick trip to McBride to meet a fellow from Alberta bringing our new bull. He is a fine looking animal with great blood lines so should give us some great off spring next year. ***** Sure wish the wind would stop blowing. It’s sucking the moisture right out of the ground! We did have a good rain though which will certainly do the crops some good....IF the wind will stop! On April28, 2015 we had a terrible wind storm, took out the power in many parts of B.C. Here on Savory Road a tree came over the line, hitting a pole and breaking off an insulator and sending it to the ground. We called Hydro when it hap-
pened at about 12:45 and were told we would get power back on at about six o'clock on the 29th. Well with a hundred plus head of cattle needing water it was not good news! Walter took a large tank, filled it with water from the creek and delivered it to all the pens in turn...a big job but at least they were all watered. On the morning of the 29th a knock came on the door and here it is a B.C. Hydro worker from Ke-lowna! He was wondering if we were "back in the world of the living!" At that point he said there were at least a thousand people still without power in this area so we feel really blessed to have power! A big bouquet to the Hydro workers for dealing with natures mess! ***** We have been busy delivering bulls to places between Prince George & Hazelton & points in between, now to get rid of some of the heifers and we will be all set to start working the fields etc. ***** Ray Steiner & his crew are starting to build us a pole hay shed, be a nice change to be able to put the hay inside a shed instead of having to cover the hay with tarps. Seems like there is always something that is needed! ***** We have three young neighbours that are really happy these days! Cayden, Allysha & Phoenix have a new puppy! He'll grow up to be a big dog that will be full of love and fun for all three. They call him "Jaegar" which is German for "Hunter." Have a great time with him kids and he will protect and love you all his life. ***** Got my baby chicks a few days ago, they are so darn cute! Twenty-six of the little cuties, a mix of Buff Orpington & Buff Brahma, they are a dual purpose type of chicken and are both Heritage breeds. ***** Can you believe it?!....Woke up May 5 to an INCH OF SNOW for land sakes! And to think that for the last two years I planted my garden on May 2nd! ***** Had a jolly good visit with Paul & Phyllis Horner today, they came for a load of composted black dirt....did you get it unloaded yet Paul? (He'd like more but the unloading CAN pose a bit of work! LOL) ***** Walter has had the stock trailer hooked up in case someone needs him to haul their cattle to other locations away from the fire. Sure wish it would rain! ***** Hey! Good news! We got a nice steady rain the night of May 23....I can actually see the rows of my garden now...everything seems to be coming up quite nicely, now if the frost will stay away until fall we will be in fine shape. I got some seed potatoes from some friends in Hazelton that he has been planting for the last five to ten years, he got the seed from a neighbour so it is real "proven seed!" No one knows the variety but they are a lovely white flesh with a red skin. I named them: "Pat & Earl" after the folks that I got them from. ***** Got the irrigation turned on this week and the crop has started to really come along, should have a good hay crop...providing we get some good growing weather...farming is SUCH a gamble!
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Community interest
The Fraser Quilters Guild had another very successful Quilt show in May. The work of the 2014-2015 season filled the hall with many pieces hanging on the walls, draped over stands and folded neatly on stage. The quilters successfully completed 49 donation lap quilts which are donated to cancer lodges, local hospi-tals and group homes.
Ninety-two year old Alison Wiebe out-quilts the entire group and produces ‘about 20 quilts to my one’ says Fran Armatage with a laugh.
The quilters meet ten times a year on the second Tuesday of the month at the Fort Fraser Hall. Different members will instruct a class using a specific theme or pat-
tern. The group also worked together on one quilt –each member was responsible for one square.
Juanita Nesbitt is the president of the club and says they have become one big noisy family with everyone chatting and laughing every time they meet.
“It’s a wonderful pastime. We meet from September to June and hold a Chinese Auction at the end of the year and we exchange gifts at Christ-mas.”
Members of the Fraser Quilters Guild In front: Lois Merz, Alison Wiebe, Lynnia Balaski 2nd row: Ruth Schmidt, Anna Carter, Jean Fritz Back row: Marlene Wuim, Debbie Petteplace, Lynda Peebles, Susan Steiner, Fran Armatage, Sybille Broten, Juanita Nesbitt
