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Century 21 looked more like Santa’s workshop this month as the real estate company was the drop off point for collecting toys and pyjamas for the Fort St. John Salvation Army. The toy drive brought in nearly 400 toys and 109 pairs of pyjamas that will be included in the Salvation Army’s Christmas hampers.
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Grappling with the cold weather can appear to be a rather suburban problem, with needing to scrape off the frost on the car, finding a pair of gloves and making sure that old coat still fits—but for many in the Peace Region it’s a matter of life or death. When the mercury drops below -5 C, the Salvation Army opens its extreme cold weather shelter, which consists of emergency cots set up so people in need can have a warm place to sleep. In Fort St. John, 28 beds are set up at the Centre of Hope, and they are all in use every night from November to March. Sheldon Feener of the Fort St. John Salvation Army says centre staff have been
Frigid start saw emergency beds in FSJ open in October, while DC chapter seeks warm clothing kept busy with temperature plunge. “We’re at capacity most nights, we’re seeing more use of our drop-in services, so people are in throughout the day and staying warm,� he said. The organization has a drop-in centre that normally closes for a period in the afternoon for cleaning, but Feener says they’ve been reducing those hours so people can stay inside longer. The shelter’s extreme cold weather beds were open much earlier this year, Feener noted, the first week of October in fact, due to the weather. South of the river, Lt. Ian Rabourn of
the Dawson Creek Salvation Army has seen an increase in the amount of winter clothing requests, but also an increase in requests for something many might not think of: socks. “Socks, of all things,� said Rabourn. “The reality is that a lot of these people don’t wash their clothes so they wear their socks until they can’t wear them anymore, so they’ll come in wearing some form of footwear and they won’t have socks on. “It’s a little thing for the average person, but it’s a big deal for them.� See SALVATION on A3
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Repairs to a damaged section of railing on the Taylor Bridge is expected to be completed Friday. Yellow Head Road & Bridge has been working on the repairs since Monday, after a motorist crashed into them last Saturday. Despite rampant rumours on social media sites, police have confirmed the crash did not cause any fatalities and the vehicle involved did not fall over the bridge. Insp. Mike Kurvers, detachment commander for the Fort St. John RCMP, told Alaska Highway News that driver error was to blame for the Dec. 17 accident.
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Officers were called to the scene of a single vehicle accident the south side of the bridge around 4 a.m., Kurvers said. There were no fatalities or serious injuries, Kurvers said. When asked if road conditions or impaired driving were a factor in the crash, Kurvers said “driver error� was to blame. There were never any official reports of any vehicles driving off the bridge—beyond social media speculation. “There were car pieces and wreckage still on the bridge hours later,� said one motorist on scene. —Staff
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Merry Christmas from the Alaska Highway News The Alaska Highway News will be publishing a paper next week for Dec. 29, but our office will be closed from Dec. 26-30. We will be back in the office on Jan. 2, 2017. The management and staff at the Alaska Highway News would wish all our readers and everyone in the community a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year.
ARRIVE ALIVE Don’t make this holiday season your last Christmas. That’s the message coming from Grade 7 students from Bert Bowes and Dr. Kearney schools, who teamed up with the Fort St. John RCMP to design and distribute “arrive alive” flyers to local liquor stores.
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Gallagher’s glow in the night 50,000 lights, tree farm adorn delightfully festive property BRONWYN SCOTT For the Alaska Highway News
The Gallagher home isn’t hard to spot. It glows from a distance, some 50,000 lights illuminating the surrounding trees, light beams stretching into the sky like beacons of Christmas cheer. “I’ve always loved Christmas, so when I had the means I wanted to do it,” said Sean Gallagher, the man behind each carefully placed reindeer, each illuminated Santa. He spends about 200 hours each Christmas season setting up his displays, beginning in September and then tinkering throughout December with his massive, continually growing collection. “Every year I add about five or 10 things,” he said. “I buy most of the stuff from across the border, in the States. It’s hard to find these decorations in Canada.” Gallagher has thought about making his own lawn ornaments, but hasn’t taken up that pastime yet. His attention of late has gone toward his newly planted Christmas tree farm of 1,000 spruce trees. “You can just see them, they’re just poking up out of the ground right now,” Gallagher said. The family recently moved from town to just off of the West Bypass Road. This is their first Christmas in their new home, and although they would decorate their much smaller city property with just as many ornaments, how there was room for it all is a bit of
a mystery. “We’re not quite sure how they fit, because it was actually a corner house and I guess the first few years the front was lit up... then he started going in the backyard because we were running out of room,” explained Brenda Gallagher. “Then he started doing the park beside us—there was a belt, kind of a dog walk area—he started doing a few things there. Then he started doing our neighbour’s behind us,” she said. While supportive of her husband’s passion, she was not always so sure of it. “When I met him, I was kind of wondering what kind of guy he was, because I met him around Christmas,” she said. “He had a tree up and he started pulling all these little tiny trinkets out, and then he would say, ‘Isn’t this one cute?’... You don’t usually meet men that are so in to little ornaments and trinkets.” Eighteen years later, they’re still going strong, and any leeriness she may have had about her husband’s holiday traditions have long gone. “I love it, it really just gets us all excited about the season and it brings us all closer,” she said. Anyone who wants to visit the Gallagher home, at 10575 244 Road, is welcome to do so. Gallagher suggests accessing the home from the West Bypass Road—you can’t miss it at night. “That’s what it’s for, is for all people to drive through any time they want,” Gallagher said. The driveway loops around, making it ideal for taking in the festive scene.
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Members of the Charlie Lake Fire Department held an open house with the Man in Red earlier this month to dole out some holiday fire prevention tips and raise donations for the Women’s Resource Centre and its Firefighters for Families initiative.
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Local RCAF captains decorated ALEISHA HENDRY ahendry@ahnfsj.ca
Two Canadian Armed Forces officers from Fort St. John were honoured with long service medals on Dec. 14. Capt. Kenneth Lane and Capt. Tracy Radcliffe were presented with the Canadian Decoration, a service medal that signifies having 12 continuous years of exemplary service with the Canadian Armed Forces. “Within the Armed Forces, someone with a CD is known as making it their life’s passion,” Lane said. Lane was commanding officer of the 2276 PPCLI Royal Canadian Army Cadet Corps up until last month, but has
remained active with the organization as biathlon coach and co-ordinating adventure training. Radcliffe is deputy commanding officer for the cadets, as well as president of the Fort St. John Royal Canadian Legion. “It’s almost like seniority, I can boss people around,” she laughed. The medals were presented by Major Dan Davies in front of a room full of cadets and other officers at the legion. ALEISHA HENDRY PHOTO
Above: Major Dan Davies with Captains Tracy Radcliffe and Kenneth Lane, who received the Canadian Decoration, a service medal marking 12 years of continued service.
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Fort St. John city councillors along with bylaw officer Bonnie Isenberg and Salvation Army Capt. Sheldon Feener were all smiles after counting up the donations raised through this year’s Toys for Tickets campaign. A total of 76 traffic tickets were paid off with donations, raising roughly 100 toy items and a box of food, along with $420 cash and two dozen gift cards and coupons to support families that will rely on the Salvation Army for help this season. At their Dec. 12 meeting, councillors formally approved making the Toys for Ticket campaign an annual event that will run the first three weeks of December. The program has run for the last 11 years.
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ear Santa, I know it’s a little odd for a woman in their mid-30s to be writing to you, especially since she kind of stopped believing in you way back when she found those gifts from “you” in the trunk of her mothers car—but surely we can overlook that, right? I don’t really need or want anything from you, Santa, as I’m a fully-grown adult who can buy the things she needs or wants whenever she needs or wants (or at least once she saves up enough money). I’m spending Christmas solo this year. It’s not the first time, and it likely won’t be the last, but I have to say I’m actually looking forward to it. As much as it’s nice to spend time with family and friends, this introvert really needs a good recharge. It will be a quiet time with movies and snacks, my cats and pyjamas. Last year I bit the bullet and got myself a teeny little Christmas tree. Its two feet tall so the cats can’t climb it, and it’s got some geeky ornaments and a bunch I made at the library and the museum. And for some reason, I personally feel more festive than I have in years. Who knew that all it would take is bringing a little decoration into my home? So Mr. Claus, I wish you all the best as you traverse the globe tracked by NORAD. May the milk be cold and the cookies be sweet. Merry Christmas one and all.
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The Manners of Potted Chrysanthemums By Patricia Emry
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’m noticing people of my “sixties” generation utilizing Facebook to convey their “thanks” to hosts of dinners, parties, and barbecues via their social media. All the Facebook community sees their “thank-you posts” and “likes,” including the larger audience of those of us who weren’t invited to the party or barbecue. I wonder if people still take the time to write a thank you note, bring the host or hostess a “bread and butter” gift, or phone to genuinely convey their thanks; or is it somehow more genuine to have the large audience of social media? I think back to a time before social media. The simpler times of potted chrysanthemums.
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’m a young child riding in my parents ‘55 Chevy Bel-Air across town to our annual New Year’s Day family dinner on the west side of Victoria. It’s very damp and chilly, so I snuggle under an old grey army blanket to warm up. No seatbelts back then. The Bel-Air’s fans and defrosters are blasting some heat, but not quite enough to keep the large windows from fogging up. We stop at Joe’s Market at Quadra and Hillside, so my Mom and I can run in and purchase a potted chrysanthemum. Joe’s Market is open 24-7, and the shelves out front are loaded with colourful potted plants, large bunches of cut flowers, and wooden boxes laden with fresh vegetables and fruits protected from the drizzle of rain by a large blue and grey striped awning. My mother explains as we go into Joe’s that it’s very important to take our hostess a potted chrysanthemum to thank them and show our appreciation. What makes the potted chrysanthemum an appropriate “bread and butter” gift is that it is pretty, practical, and long-lasting, and therefore a thoughtful gift. My education in manners includes learning from mom that “cut flowers” really aren’t an appropriate “bread and butter’ gift, as a busy hostess is preparing for guests and does not appreciate the fuss of locating a vase, trimming the stems, and trying to arrange flowers amidst the turkey or roast carvings, pots and pans, and an overloaded countertop of bowls of salads, trifles, and pies. I also learn that potted chrysanthemums
are appreciated as pretty and practical gifts for birthdays, visiting the elderly or ill, or special occasions such as Thanksgiving.
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here is a manner and art to selecting the appropriate colour. One could purchase a pretty pastel-coloured chrysanthemum for a visit to an elderly great-aunt, but never pick that colour for a great uncle. Your selection for an elderly great uncle should be yellow or deep purple. Pastels are for spring events such as Easter and golds are for autumn events such as Thanksgiving. My mom and aunts were such green thumbs that they would replant them outside in the spring, and they would flower again in late summer. As children of the Depression, they appreciated the value of the chrysanthemum. I remember New Year’s Day in 1960, when I got to pick out, for the first time, a potted chrysanthemum as a thank-you gift. There were more than fifty chrysanthemums to choose from, in a wide variety of pastels, golds, purples, yellows; all in brightly foiled pots. I spotted that one special potted Chrysanthemum that would convey not only my family’s appreciation to our hostess my aunt, but also my maturity in selecting appropriately and wisely. I pick up the most beautiful chrysanthemum with twelve pompoms of three-inch diameter formed by rows of glistening snow white florets. The plastic plant pot is covered in shiny bright green tin foil and a tall red plastic pick saying ”Happy New Year.” Joe carefully wrapped the plant in crisp cellophane and wished us a most Happy New Year.
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am so excited when we arrive at my aunt and uncle’s home, running up the stairs carrying my perfect chrysanthemum, dashing quickly past my extended family visiting in the living room in haste to find my aunt in the kitchen. Aunt Clara is preparing dinner amongst steaming pots and pans, and simmering gravy on the stovetop. The aroma of turkey and dressing wafting in the air as my Uncle precisely carves the turkey. She stops her busy dinner preparation to receive the chrysanthemum. She gives me a huge hug, and I notice her patterned red poinsettia Christmas apron is damp
and there are beads of sweat on her brow from the day spent chopping and peeling vegetables, preparing dressing, baking pies, and cooking a huge turkey. She then carefully places the chrysanthemum in the place of honour in the centre of her dining table on the white lace tablecloth adorned with the best Royal Albert china, silverware, and crystal. Throughout dinner, my relatives compliment me on my selection of the chrysanthemum. After enjoying a fabulous dinner with much laughter and stories, we pitch in and help with dishes and clean-up. My beloved chrysanthemum now receives a new place of honour on a white lace doily in the middle of my aunt’s large walnut coffee table in the centre of the living room, as our family now regathers to play dominoes and canasta.
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oe’s Market still exists after all these years, surprisingly largely as I remember it, with Joe’s grandchildren carrying on the tradition. Yes, the chrysanthemums there are still a delightful variety of types and colours outside on the sidewalk shelves. It always takes me back to some happy childhood memories. I moved to the Peace almost forty years ago and have always missed having a corner green grocer. I find on my grocery trips to Overwaitea that the first area of the store I go to is the flower section, hoping to find a lovely potted chrysanthemum. I often purchase one for a friend or neighbour who could use some cheer, or as a hostess “bread and butter” gift, remembering my manners I learned as a child in Victoria. Sometimes I buy one for myself, just because, and then I feel a little tug in my heart and I smile. Social media or not, how could you ever go wrong with a potted chrysanthemum? Patricia Emery moved to the wide skies of the Peace more than 40 years ago, following her heart for both adventure and employment. She recently retired after an extensive career in public health nursing and community program development. Patricia attended a creative non-fiction writing course last year and is thrilled to have her first piece of creative non-fiction published.
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Students’ holiday drive supports families in need MATT PREPROST editor@ahnfsj.ca
Students from North Peace Secondary and the Energetic Learning Campus helped spread some holiday cheer to families and children in need this holiday season. The students collected gifts and stuffed food baskets and purses in support of families that will turn the Women’s Resource Society for help this holiday season. “I remember on Christmas Eve, the churches and community groups coming to our family, giving us parcels. I didn’t understand what it was,” said NPSS teacher Jim Lovell, who spearheaded the class project based on his personal experience of growing up poor as a child. “To me, it’s just part of that idea that I should be able to do that as well.” The idea was to sponsor just three families this year but the keen participation from students brought in enough presents, food and gift cards to support even more, Lovell said.
Phallon Stoutenburg of the Women’s Resource Society said the donations are enough to support six families. “We love the partnership and appreciate it as so many families struggle throughout the year, especially near Christmas,” Stoutenburg said. “It’s great that young kids get to help out in a school setting as they get to see the importance of giving and how good it feels to give back. Having youth involved is always a great opportunity as that mindset carries into their future years.” After supporting families through Big Brothers Big Sisters last year, Lovell said he chose the Women’s Resource Society this year to support his former students who work there. Having the students participate help fulfills the school district’s mandate of social responsibility, he said. “Sometimes you can’t do everything but you can something,” said Lovell. “Sometimes the best thing is to do it locally before you do it internationally.”
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Sterling Middleton: “We’ve been playing a lot of World Curling Tour men’s events this year, so we’ve been playing some really high-calibre teams and having really close games with them. So we’re just going to bank off of that experience going into the rest of our year.”
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After bringing home Olympic curling gold from Norway last February, Fort St. John’s Sterling Middleton will be looking to do it again this coming February on home ice in B.C. at the Men’s Curling Championships. But first, Middleton and his teammates will focus on defending their crown at the Junior Championships set to start Dec. 27 at the Royal City Curl-
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recently moved to Burnaby. “We keep each other focused, we complement each other well. “We’ve been playing a lot of World Curling Tour men’s events this year, so we’ve been playing some really high-calibre teams and having really close games with them,” Middleton continued. “So we’re just going to bank off of that experience going into the rest of our year.”
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Fivestar flaunted ring familiarity at the team’s boxing debut in Quesnel this month, with one star’s far-out performance earning her a national opportunity this spring. Ashley Rouble punched her way to the 2017 Boxing Canadian Championships set for April, rattling newly-belted B.C. champion Ivy Richardson (13-2) during an exhibition match at 2 Rivers Boxing’s Rumble 21 event on Dec. 10. Rouble’s debut shine was a blinding glare for Team BC coach Bob Pegues, who stood in Richardson’s corner and witnessed Rouble, just 17, give a three-round lesson in underdog economics to his 25-yearold Golden Gloves champ. “She’s incredible, one of the best in B.C., a really
tough opponent. It was pretty shocking,” Rouble said of her performance during a break from training last week. Few knew what to expect from Fivestar heading into its Boxing BC debut, except head coach Justin Donally, who was confident the team’s martial arts experience would translate well—especially for Rouble, who sits undefeated in her amateur kickboxing career. “They were expecting an 0-0 beginner, a blonde hair, blue-eyed, 17-year-old girl,” Donally said. “We watched the video, I was confident Ashley could go out and perform. I thought she won every round. She got in (Richardson’s) face, had her backing up, outscoring her … they had to make adjustments. We had his girl all messed up, she didn’t know what to do with Ashley.” See ROUBLE on B3
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Abstract Volleyball Head Coach Jesse Knight demonstrates setting the ball to a group of North Peace Secondary School volleybal players on Dec. 17. Players spent two days working on their skills as part of the camp.
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LOCAL SPORTS
Flyers snap losing skid to end 2016 SCOTT DONOVAN sports@ahnfsj.ca
The Fort St. John Sr. Flyers snapped a three-game losing skid in Valleyview on Dec. 17, grounding the Jets 10-5 to finish off the 2016 half of its season calendar. It was a butchering as Rick Cleaver led the Flyers against the Jets, and registered another hat trick before the end of the year, his last one in a loss to Dawson Creek on Dec. 10. The Jets were only flying with one wing in their last game of the year, having only 10 skaters on the ice. The massacre began at 13:22 in the first period, with Cleaver connecting first, and Adam Horst and Bryan Lewis helping hold the victims down. In a power play, the Jets used evasive manoeuvres to tie up the score while Cleaver sat out two minutes for tripping. Valleyview quickly had another goal by Hector Lamouche, but the Flyers’ would finish the first round dogfight with two more goals, the last with less than 20 seconds on the clock. Another limb was lopped off by the Butcher, when Cleaver made it 4-2 for the Flyers in the first five minutes of the second period, with an assist from Jeff Shipton. Valleyview Jet Lamouche fired his second missile into the net with a double assist. Adam Horst followed up with a goal for the Flyers, but Valleyview would come back once more in the second, thanks to Luc L’Hirondelle piloting the puck. But the second ended just like the first, with two goals from the Flyers. By the end of the second, the scoreboard read 7-4, with the Jet’s 10-man team being outshot only by two, 19-17. The third period was also opened up by Cleaver the Butcher. It was a clean kill hat trick for #19, which saw the body of the Jets’ game go into
Huskies split road games against Navs SCOTT DONOVAN sports@ahnfsj.ca
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the chipper as the Flyers’ followed up with two more goals by Horst and Calliou. Ten-four was the score, not the Jets’ radio response, at 6:24, of the third. In the last minute, Jets player Nelson Anderson, successfully kamikazeed a final goal. The Flyers flew away with the game 10-5, and had Valleyview outgunned with an extra five players on the ice. Final shots were 51 – 36 for the Flyers. RANGERS HIT THEIR MARK, DROP FLYERS 6-2 The Flyers had dropped their third straight Dec. 15 against the Spirit River Rangers. The Rangers took advantage of the Flyers’ relaxed attitude on the ice, winning the game 6–2 at the end of 60 minutes of play. “We just weren’t prepared to play hockey, they were,” said Flyers head
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coach Andrew Leriger. “Our team knows that every team that comes into this barn, they come in prepared to play the Fort St. John Flyers.” Cole Calliou and Brennan Giroux scored for the Flyers in the last 10 minutes of the third period, after Spirit River built up a 6-0 lead. “It’s the same old, same old. Teams play us harder. They’re more disciplined (with the Flyers) than when they play other teams,” said Leriger. “I look at the stats, and the teams that play us take 10 minutes less in penalties than they do against any other team in the league.” Fort St. John, now 11-4, kicks off the new year against its league rivals the Dawson Creek Canucks in DC on Jan. 3. In the New Year, the Flyers will play five games between Jan. 3 and 12.
A mutual exchange occurred last weekend as the Fort St. John Huskies challenged North West Junior Hockey League champs the North Peace Navigators on away ice in Peace River. Both games ended with 3-1 scoreboards, with the Huskies aggressively pushing for a win in Sunday’s game, after falling to the Navigators on Sunday. Going into the weekend, Huskies’ GM Jeremy Clothier said the team is working hard and focusing on the Junior B team’s position in the league. “We’re in a dogfight right now. It’s a tight league, it’s a big weekend for us,” he said. “We’re healthy, we’re playing well. We beat Grande Prairie last weekend in a tight game, things are starting to trend the right way.” But it was a challenge on Saturday that the Huskies lost, despite being ahead in shots on net by the end of the game, 28-19. The Navs opened the game with a goal by Kyle Craddock, with an assist from first star of the game, Calvin Sanders. In the second period, Sanders took the puck up by himself to make the game 2-0. Third period saw Peace River move into a 3-0 lead, Sanders again scoring against the Huskies. At the end of the period, Shawn Wilson saved FSJ from a shutout by putting the team on the map with a goal, for which he took the game’s third star. “We’re a young team, there’s been a lot of trials and tribulations throughout the season, a lot of young mistakes,” said Clothier. “But they’re getting more confident with the puck.” Sunday’s game saw a reversal, with the Huskies coming back strong, racking up two points in the first period. The finish to the weekend’s second game was another 3-1 outcome and total shots on net were 27-26 for the Huskies. “We’re starting to get over (our) mistakes and become an older, young team,” Clothier said. The Huskies sit in fifth spot in the NWJHL standings at 12-9-0-2. The team returns to the ice Friday, Jan. 6, to host Grande Prairie.
PRO GOLF WEEKLY UPDATE Golf News, Tips, Trivia & Stats
This Week: The RSM Classic
This week, the PGA Tour will travel to Sea Island, Georgia for the RSM Classic. The tournament is held at the Defending: Kevin Kisner Seaside Golf Club. Seaside was Winning Score: 22-under par originally built as a nine hole Winning Share: $1,026,000 course by legendary English architects Colt and Alison in 1929. In 1973, Joe Lee designed Marshside Nine. These two distinct nines were transformed into the current world-class Seaside course in 1999 by Tom Fazio. Seaside is prominently placed on Golf Digest’s list of “Top 100 Courses in the United States.” Seaside Course Sea Island, Ga. 7,055 yards, Par 70
Golf TV Schedule PGA Event: RSM Classic Day Time Thu, 11/17 1:30pm-4:30pm Fri, 11/18 1:30pm-4:30pm Sat, 11/19 1:30pm-4:30pm Sun, 11/20 1:30pm-4:30pm
Pat Perez shot a final round Tournament Results 4-under par 67 to win the 1. Pat Perez OHL Classic at Mayakoba Score: -21 Earnings: $1,260,000 on Sunday. Perez defeated 2. Gary Woodland third-round leader Gary Woodland Score: -19 by two strokes on the Greg Earnings: $756,000 Norman-designed El Camaleon 3. Russell Knox Score: -18 course. Perez, who also won the Earnings: $476,000 2009 Bob Hope Classic, charged from way back in the field with a 9-under 62 on Saturday. The 40-year-old former Arizona State player birdied five of the first eight holes and had a bogey on the par-four 12th.
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Golf Trivia Which golfer won the 2000 U.S. Open by 15 strokes? a) Tiger Woods b) Phil Mickelson
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Answer: a) Tiger Woods finished at 12-under par in the 2000 U.S. Open at Pebble Beach. Ernie Els and Miguel Angel Jimenez finished in 2nd, at 3-over, 15 strokes behind.
The Zurich Classic played in New Orleans annually is rumored to become a team event starting in 2017. The event will feature 80 teams of two. Both members of the winning team will receive the two-year Tour exemption that typically accompanies a victory in an official event, and each winning player will receive 400 FedEx Cup points. A regular tournament offers 500 points to the winner and 300 to the runner-up. The PGA Tour has not had an official team event on its schedule since 1981. The Walt Disney World Golf Classic was the last official PGA Tour tournament that used a team play format.
Lessons from the Golf Pro One of the big faults that the amateur golfer finds is when they hit a shot into trouble. A professional can find a way to escape disaster, but the general rule for an amateur is that trouble leads to more trouble. The one shot that causes the amateur the most trouble is when a tee shot goes into the woods. We’re so mad when our shot is out of the fairway and in a tree that it usually leads to a second erratic shot. Consequently, most people race up to find the shot, just grab a club and hack away. Instead, a more sensible plan is the best course of action. Picking the right club with the proper loft is essential. Too much loft could lead to your shot going into the overhanging leaves. Not enough loft will result in the ball getting hung up in the woods again.
Player Profile
Pat Perez
Turned Professional: 1997 FedEx Cup Ranking: 3rd World Ranking: 332nd PGA Tour Wins: 2
FedEx Cup Standings Through Nov. 13, 2016
1) Hideki Matsuyama 850 pts. / 2 top tens
2) Justin Thomas 614 pts. / 2 top tens
3) Pat Perez
606 pts. / 2 top tens
4) Brendan Steele 556 pts. / 1 top tens
5) Rod Pampling 507 pts. / 1 top tens
FedEx Cup Standings continued... Player Points 6) Cody Gribble 426 7) Scott Piercy 351 8) Russell Knox 333 9) Brooks Koepka 316 10) Gary Woodland 316
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LOCAL SPORTS
The sport with a peculiar name, pickleball gaining ground An unlikely sport with an unusual name has been gaining ground in Fort St. John for the past three years, and it’s becoming more popular with each passing season. Pickleball is a competitive sport for all ages that combines elements of badminton, tennis and table tennis. It’s played on a badminton-sized court with a tennis-sized net, and has very similar rules to tennis. “They’re hitting a whiffle ball back and forth over the net with a paddle instead of a racket ... Instead of the net being badminton height, it’s at the height of a tennis net,” said Ryan Harvey, recreation programmer with the City of Fort St. John. “It’s definitely a fairly easy sport to play, and with it being a whiffle ball and paddles, the ball doesn’t move as fast as say a tennis ball would ... It’s one of those sports that pretty much anybody can play.” Annette Reeder is one of a core group of pickleball enthusiasts who brought the sport to Fort St. John. She learned to play while on vacation in Arizona seven years ago, and each winter she looks forward to heading back south to play with some 1,200 pickleball members at a seniors’ development she frequents. “I love sports, and racket sports. I’ve played squash and racketball and I still play badminton twice a week, and I play pickleball three times a week,
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When Pegues asked Rouble what she weighed in at after the exhibition match, fate struck. There was an opening on the Team B.C. Boxing roster in Rouble’s weight class, and as an unprecedented opportunity, Rouble was asked to join them for nationals this April in Quebec City. “That doesn’t happen,” Donally said. “You’ve got to have five to 10 fights to be considered an open fighter and be accepted to even go out to provincials or the national team. But with her kickboxing background and what she did in the ring, they
said, ‘OK, yeah, we can’t hold this girl back.’” Training twice a day up to six days a week, Rouble is moving through the ranks faster than anyone expected. “We’re going to take not quite a break, but ease up a bit during Christmas and then we’ll be right back into training camp in the New Year,” Rouble said. Fivestar sent five fighters to Quesnel, with Murray MacDonald and Nick Young walking away with wins in the team’s two sanctioned matches. MacDonald, 26, was 1-2 going into his match against
Noah Woods, his first with Fivestar since taking a threeyear break and coming from a gym in Edmonton. He won all three rounds by unanimous decision. Young, who’s been with Fivestar for four years, won all three of his rounds also by unanimous decision. Ray Brown, making his boxing debut at 54, also fought an exhibition match. Brayden Sims, 15 and nicknamed “the Barn Cat,” faced a surprise opponent after the original 2 Rivers’ boxer he was slated to fight backed out.
WEEKLY PRO RACING UPDATE Postseason Racing News, Stats & Trivia
All-Time Top Driver’s Bio
This Week’s Racing News
Chase Elliott’s standard No. 24 NAPA paint scheme led the way in NASCAR die-casts sold in 2016. It was the first time since 2011 that a car driven by someone other than Dale Earnhardt Jr. claimed the top spot. “Chase Elliott’s arrival on the NASCAR scene has been big, and the overwhelming popularity of his first rookie NASCAR Sprint Cup Series die-cast is further proof that race fans relate to him and everything he represents,” said Lionel Racing president Howard Hitchcock. Earnhardt fell to second with the Batman vs. Superman No. 88 driven in March at Auto Club Speedway. His standard Nationwide No. 88 was third on the list, and his standard Axalta No. 88 was fourth. Making the list for the first time was Kurt Busch, whose Monster Energy Chevrolet secured the seventh spot. Monster Energy recently became the sponsor for NASCAR’s top series, signing a multi-year deal.
Racing History
Racing Trivia Which year did Jimmie Johnson have his best average finishing position? a) 2006 b) 2008
c) 2013 d) 2015
Jimmie Johnson Born: Sept. 17, 1975 Cup wins: 80 Cup top-tens: 330 Cup championships: 7 Jimmie Johnson was born in El Cajon, California, and began racing motorcycles at the age of four. After graduating from Granite Hills High School he competed in off-road series. In 2000, he began racing in the NASCAR Nationwide Series. He moved to Hendrick Motorsports in the Sprint Cup Series in 2002. After finishing fifth in the points in his first full season, he was second in 2003 and 2004 and fifth in 2005. Johnson won his first Cup series championship in 2006. He went on to win the Cup series championship the next four years and became the only driver in NASCAR history to win five consecutive championships. During the 2011 season, Johnson finished sixth in points, while he finished third in 2012. In 2013, Johnson won his sixth championship. Last year, Johnson won his seventh championship to tie Richard Petty and Dale Earnhardt for the most championships.
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Dec. 21, 1971 - Clyde Minter, who finished in the top five in each of his first four Cup starts, died on this day at age 50. Minter was 27 in 1949 when he started the sixth and eighth races in NASCAR’s first Strictly Stock season and finished fourth at both Martinsville and North Wilkesboro. He made eight starts in 1950, finishing third at Charlotte and fifth at Martinsville. Minter started his 42nd and final Cup race in 1955.
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and I’m a senior, so that shows you that it’s easy to play,” Reeder said. “I like it because it’s good competition, you get your exercise and it’s not difficult to learn and it’s not a big money investment for people, and you’re doing a sport, you’re active.” While pickleball is seniorfriendly, it is by no means senior-exclusive. Reeder said that in the U.S., where the game is more popular, school kids learn to play it in gym class. “A lot of people are playing it. It’s massive, it’s huge down there, but there are people playing it in the Lower Mainland, in Edmonton, Calgary, Red Deer, all over the place,” she said, adding that it took her two or three years to get it started locally. Her efforts have not been in vain. The Fort St. John Pickleball Club currently plays in school gyms three days a week, and they’re hoping for an outdoor court for the summer months. “We would like to have a court over by the tennis courts, or somewhere outside, because in good weather it’s outside play, it’s like playing tennis,” Reeder said. In addition to the Fort St. John Pickleball Club, which makes use of school facilities and is adult-only, the city offers a drop in pickleball program at the Kids Arena Field House. For more information, call the Visitor Centre at 250-785-3033. Anyone interested in getting in touch with the Fort St. John Pickleball Club can call Reeder at 250-793-4394.
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B4 THURSDAY, DECEMBER 22, 2016
LOCAL SPORTS MIDDLETON from B1
Middleton started competing when he was 12, which according to him, is late for a curler. He rose quickly and won Canada Winter Games’ bronze in 2015. Two boys and two girls were chosen from across the country. Middleton and Tardi were teamed with two female curlers from Nova Scotia, Mary Fay and Karlee Burgess. Preparation tightened their game. “We had four or five training sessions together. We got together at the national training weekend in Edmonton. We went to P.E.I. for the Whitecap Junior Curling cap. We (also) played in the Ottawa Junior Spiel,” said Middleton. “Our whole team has really good chemistry.” The Fort St. John Curling Club has been around since 1946 and with the help of many volunteers over the years, they’ve elevated players to the Scotties Tournament of Hearts and nation and international competition. The 2017 BC Junior Curling Championships run from Dec. 27 to Jan. 1. The finals for both the Junior Men and Junior Women will be livestreamed on Jan. 1 at http:// www.viasport.ca/2017bcjuniors. The 2017 BC Men’s Curling Championship runs Feb. 8 to 12, 2017, at the Abbotsford Curling Club.
THIRD PLACE FINISHES The NPSS Sr. Boys Basketball team (above) finished third at the Sturgeon Composite High School Tournament in St. Albert. The team beat Memorial 98-74 in its first game, losing to Bev Facey 118-78 in their second game, and beating Sturgeon Composite 82-20 for a third-place finish. Team MVPs were Tanner Sandberg, Blake Hedges and Tyler Coulter. Meanwhile, the NPSS Jr. Girls Basketball team (left) placed 3rd at the Duchess Park tournament in Prince George. The team won their first game against Duchess Park B 63-21, and fell to Smithers 43-30 in their second game. The Jr. Girls beat College Heights 50-12 to take third spot. The NPSS Alumni tournament runs Dec. 30 to 31. SUBMITTED PHOTOS
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CITY BEAT
Updates from December 12, 2016 Council Meetings PRESENTATION – CITY OF FORT ST. JOHN PARKS AND RECREATION MASTER PLAN
At the Committee of the Whole meeting, Council received a presentation from Urban Systems on the draft Parks and Recreation Master Plan, the City’s first such plan. The Plan will help guide the City’s recreational investments for the next 15 – 20 years. Four main components of the plan are: parkland development and acquisition; the community’s priorities with respect to facility development; recreation fees and charges; and special events and recreational programming. Council provided comments on the draft plan which will now be amended and brought back to Council for approval in principle.
APPROVAL OF 2016 BOUNDARY EXTENSION
Mayor Ackerman advised that the City received approval from the Province for its boundary extension application. A total of 107 properties totaling 665 hectares, is being added to the City. This is one of the largest land expansions coming into a municipality in the Province’s history.
TOYS FOR TICKETS CAMPAIGN
Council once again approved the Toys for Tickets Campaign from December 1 to 19, 2016 whereby citizens can exchange City-issued meter violation tickets received since September 1, 2016 by providing a new, packaged and unwrapped toy in lieu of the cash value of the parking ticket. The items received are donated to the Salvation Army for distribution to those less fortunate. The Toys for Tickets program was launched in 2005 and it has received tremendous support from the community over the years. Residents of the City and surrounding areas have long been known for their overwhelming support of worthwhile causes and the City of Fort St. John is proud to play a small part by offering this program. Council also passed a resolution making this an annual program for 2017 and subsequent years.
WHISKEY JACK NORDIC SKI CLUB – X-COUNTRY SKI TRAIL PROPOSAL
Council agreed to enter into an agreement with the Whiskey Jack Nordic Ski Club to develop, operate and maintain a X-country ski trail on municipal property. The Club has suggested a “skate ski lane” adjacent to the West Bypass Trail that could be accessed from 100th Street to the East, 116th Street to the West or through the Garrison Landing Subdivision. The Club would provide an operator and use of snowmobile and grooming equipment to maintain this trail.
LOCATION FOR DISTRICT OF CHETWYND CHAINSAW CARVING DONATION The District of Chetwynd donated a chainsaw carving titled “Teamwork” from their 2006 collection to the City of Fort St. John. The carving is approximately 3 feet in diameter at the base and stands approximately 8 feet tall. The theme of the carving is aquatic and marine life. Council has directed staff to locate the carving inside the southeast entry of the North Peace Arena and North Peace Leisure Pool. This location will allow for easy installation as well as minimal maintenance.
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The Fort St. John Minor Lacrosse Association has been successful in its bid to host the 2017 PeeWee Box Lacrosse Provincial Championships at the Pomeroy Sport Centre and North Peace Arena from July 6 – 9, 2017. The City’s Community Services department will work with the Association in the upcoming months to provide a fantastic event that will showcase the North Peace region to tournament visitors.
BYLAWS
• Official Community Plan Amendment Bylaw No. 2364, 2016 and Zoning Amendment Bylaw No. 2365, 2016 were introduced and read for the first and second times by title only. The subject land of the proposed bylaws is located at 8907 – 112th Avenue and is owned by St. Martin’s Anglican Church. The purpose of the bylaws is to facilitate the development of a church. Official Community Plan Amendment Bylaw No. 2364, 2016 changes the designation of the subject property from Low Density Residential (LDR) to Institutional (IT) and Zoning Amendment Bylaw No. 2365, 2016 changes the zoning from Single Family Residential (R1) to Institutional (IT). A Public Hearing is scheduled for Monday January 9, 2017 at 6:00 p.m. in the City Hall Council Chambers to allow the public an opportunity to provide input on the bylaws.
UPCOMING COUNCIL MEETINGS
A Committee of the Whole meeting is scheduled for 1:00 p.m. on Monday January 9, 2017 regarding the 2017 Capital Budget. The Regular Council meeting will follow at 3:00 p.m. A Public Hearing for Official Community Plan Amendment Bylaw No. 2364, 2016 and Zoning Amendment Bylaw No. 2365, 2016 will be held at 6:00 p.m. All meetings will be held in the City Hall Council Chambers and the public is welcome to attend. Mayor, Council and staff of the City of Fort St. John would like to wish everyone a very happy and safe holiday season!
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ARTS & CULTURE
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Christingle, which marks the beginning of the Christmas season, is an old tradition that dates back to 1744, but is relatively new to Fort St. John. This small group of participants crafted their Christingles at Peace Lutheran Church on Sunday, December 11. The event and service was hosted by Reverend Enid Pow of St. Martin’s Anglican Church.
Christingles carry spirit of Christmas BRONWYN SCOTT For the Alaska Highway News
A special crafting event and service called Christingle marked the beginning of the Christmas season for a handful of Fort St. John residents on Sunday, Dec. 11. Christingle, which means ‘Christ Light,’ is a symbol – in this case an adorned orange – used to celebrate the Christmas season and what the spirit of Christmas is really about, according to Reverend Enid Pow of St. Martin’s Anglican Church. “Christingle first started in Germany in 1744 and it was gradually exported all over Europe and all over the world actually,” she said, adding that when she came to Canada three years ago she was surprised nobody in the congregation had heard of the tradition. Participants start with an orange, which represents the world, and put either red ribbon or red tape around the middle, which represents the
blood of Christ. They then put four toothpicks into the sides of the orange. The toothpicks stand for north, south, east and west, as well as the four seasons. Children then place raisins and candies on the toothpicks, which represent the fruits of the earth, and “all the good things that God gave us,” said Pow. Children then stick a candle in the middle, which is lit, and stands for the light of Christ. “The point of it is, as we’re coming up to Christmas, is to say, this is what Christmas is really about, this is the gift that God gives you, and it will sort of outlast any other presents that you’ll get under the tree. “I know when you’re a child that’s quite hard to understand or believe, but it’s the beginning of teaching that, and the children love making them,” she said. Although it is typically a children’s activity, adults also enjoy the tradition. “Anything you do with
children, it sometimes teaches adults things at a really deep level too... it reminds the adults, too, this is what Christmas is really about. It’s not about going frantic buying presents and going broke, as people do sometimes around Christmas,” said Pow. Once the children had made their Christingles and their candles were lit, they came to the front of the church to sing the Christingle song, which tells about the symbolic meaning behind their craft. Pow’s hope is that in future years more people will know what Christingle is and attend the annual event she organizes. “I came from England and we used to do it there all the time, and often, churches would be completely packed back to front,” she said. “I’d love to see that happen in Fort St. John, that people don’t feel that they have to have come to our church, or to any church, but they can still know what really Christmas is about.”
MIRACLE OF MUSIC Tanisha Ray lit up the crowd at Good Ole’ Dayz Dec. 10 for the Miracle of Music concert. Toy donations were collected at the concert to support the Women’s Resource Centre, with the restaurant matching donations with nonperishable food. HALEY LABOUCANE PHOTO
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Sunday Devotions - As They See It By Ronnie Roberts
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nna kept her head down when she entered Peace Church, but it was clear to anyone who noticed she was still wearing the same glasses she had broken over two weeks ago. A half-moon piece of glass was missing from her left lens, cut out as neatly as if by design. Snow clung to her short, iron gray hair and worn coat; and she tried hard not to hobble too clumsily as she stepped out of her boots and put on the slippers she’d brought along this morning. Oh, how her feet hurt in the cold. The driving snow had made the walk especially hard. Dangerous, even. What if she fell? She steered her thoughts away from the image. She slipped out of her coat and hung it over the back of the oak bench. Sinking into her usual seat, she smiled at Gary Holland, who hastily moved himself and his overcoat further along the bench. Gary was an odd duck, she had to say— always holding himself apart from everyone. But who’s to say what goes on inside people’s heads? Maybe what some people viewed as Gary’s snobbishness was actually shyness. She opened the clasp of her purse. Inside was the vivid pink envelope her granddaughter had used to send this year’s Christmas card. Anna had scratched out the writing, and placed her tithe into it. When the collection bowl was passed along her row, she proudly placed her contribution in along with everyone else’s, and with a smile, opened her hymnbook to In His Grace. Father Lars caught her eye and winked at her. He was such a character and she loved him for it. She wondered if he knew that some days, it seemed to her, it was his Sunday sermon
PARTY IN THE PARKA The Evangel Chapel and City of Fort St. John hosted a winter street party on Dec. 18, with music dancing and games to mark the holiday season. Photos by Haley LaBoucane
and her time with her fellow parishioners alone that kept her head up through the week. Yes, she was eighty-six years old and her body protested her every move, but it was Christmas, she was here amongst friends, and it was another wonderful day to be alive.
Oh, there she was, covered in snow, but here, nevertheless. He knew from experience she would be horribly embarrassed if he asked Mavis to go help her with her coat. Anna was a feisty old girl, he’d give her that. He watched her hobble to her usual seat, her colorful knitted slippers making him smile. Always prepared. She slipped out of her coat. She wore her blue dress today, with the lace collar her grand-daughter had made her. He remembered how delighted she’d been when she’d received it. Uh-oh. Gary Holland was sitting beside her, holding his cashmere coat away as if it would somehow be tainted if it touched Anna’s. Dorothy Holland was making the usual rounds amongst the parishioners and Gary did not look happy about the arrangement, acting out a strange pantomime with Dick Fraser before sinking down to sit with Anna. Father Lars had to bite down on his lip to keep from smiling at the odd pair. He watched Gary toss a bill into the collection plate, and look up to see that Father Lars took note. Father Lars bowed his head in silent acknowledgement. Every penny would be used wisely; but it was Anna’s hotpink contribution that warmed his heart. She had so little, yet gave so much. Before beginning his sermon, he said a quiet prayer for Gary Holland, the poorest man here today.
Father Lars kept glancing up at the door. It wasn’t like Anna to miss Sunday’s service, especially today’s. Perhaps her fall two weeks ago had been more serious than she’d let on.
Read more of this story, along with other Stories of the Peace by picking up your copy of Peace Talks down at Coles in Totem Mall.
Gary Holland frowned at the collection plate as it made its way toward him. Jesus, he couldn’t go anywhere without someone’s hand out; just exactly when had he become the local bank? He sent his wife Dorothy a dark look, which, as usual, she pretended not to see, then stood to remove his damp wool overcoat, carefully smoothed and folded it on the seat beside him so it wouldn’t wrinkle. No sense fighting it. Dorothy liked to see and be seen, and she would insist they glad-hand with Father Lars before their usual Sunday brunch with the Frasers. He looked up in time to catch Dick Fraser’s wave. Gary lifted his arm and pointed silently at his watch then held up two fingers. Dick nodded. Gary unbuttoned his suit jacket and sat down. The collection plate appeared before him like magic—yeah, like he didn’t see that coming. He tossed in a hundred-dollar bill. There. That should keep them off his back for a while.
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HOROSCOPE ARIES (MARCH 21 TO APRIL 19) This is a wonderful day to enjoy the company of others, especially partners and close friends. You also will enjoy dealing with members of the general public. TAURUS (APRIL 20 TO MAY 20) Work-related travel is likely today. Fortunately, you feel upbeat and happy, especially relating to coworkers and customers. People will be honest and candid with you today. GEMINI (MAY 21 TO JUNE 20) This is a fun-loving day! You will enjoy social outings, sports events and playful activities with children. Seek out opportunities to express your creative talents. CANCER (JUNE 21 TO JULY 22) Family conversations will go well today, especially with female relatives, moms and aunts. Explore real-estate opportunities; however, wait until tomorrow to act with purpose. LEO (JULY 23 TO AUG. 22) Today you feel quite content with your world. This is why you will enjoy chatting with siblings, neighbors and relatives. It feels good to be upbeat and optimistic. VIRGO (AUG. 23 TO SEPT. 22) This is an excellent day for business and commerce. Work-related travel also is likely. Nevertheless, postpone important financial decisions until tomorrow. LIBRA (SEPT. 23 TO OCT. 22)
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Today it’s easy to feel sympathetic and generous to others. In part, this is because you feel fortunate, but you also have a concern for the welfare of those who are less fortunate. SCORPIO (OCT. 23 TO NOV. 21) You feel content today, which is why you are happy to work behind the scenes. Your busy pace lately has been a bit exhausting, and you know it! SAGITTARIUS (NOV. 22 TO DEC. 21) A conversation with a friend or a member of a group might encourage you to be more ambitious about your future goals. Consider these today; however, wait until tomorrow to finalize anything. CAPRICORN (DEC. 22 TO JAN. 19) People notice you today. They might even learn information about you. Just be aware of this in case you want to guard your privacy. Be aware of your reputation. AQUARIUS (JAN. 20 TO FEB. 18) Do something different today, because you are upbeat and eager to explore new situations. In particular, you want to learn something new that interests you. Travel if you can. PISCES (FEB. 19 TO MARCH 20) In many ways, you will benefit from others today. Someone might do you a favor or make a promise. Wait until tomorrow to find out if this promise will ring true.
It Happened Again Dear Annie: I wrote to you earlier this year about my lovely, charming neighbor and friend named “Tara,” who is quite overweight and broke my living room chair. I was so embarrassed for her that I did not say anything, and neither did she. I’ve never mentioned it since. That repair was over $90 -- a lot of money to me. Well, Tara came over recently, and before I could suggest going out for coffee, she sat in my beautiful living room chair again. Immediately, there was a loud pop. Ugh! The spring is completely out of the bottom of the chair again. And the upholsterer says it will cost at least another $90 to repair it. What is the etiquette for telling a neighbor with whom you’re friends that she has obviously broken an item of yours? How should I bring it up? She will have cost me about $200 in furniture repairs. I have to think she knows she breaks furniture when she sits in it, because after each incident, she immediately said, “Did I break it?” Tara can afford to pay for the damage. And she states all the time that she is a good Christian woman, which I wholly think is true. I’m out a lot of money, and I’d like her to pay for it. I just do not know how to bring it up while preserving
Annie Lane DEAR ANNIE
the friendship. -- Broken Living Room Dear Broken: If you remain silent, resentment will pile on until you reach your own breaking point. To preserve your friendship and your furniture, you need to tell Tara the truth. Put your discomfort aside and give her a call. Keep it short and sweet. Tara’s weight is really not your concern here, so don’t focus on that or feel guilty because of it. The simple fact is that she broke your chair and you would really appreciate it if she would help you to repair it. It’s nothing personal. If she’s the good friend and neighbor you think, she’ll ask you to send her the bill. Dear Annie: A recent letter in your column from “A Little Space, Please” reminded me of a similar incident that happened to me. I was at the pharmacy counter talking to the assistant pharmacist and completing my transaction, when suddenly, a huge angrylooking man appeared and leaned right past me, putting his elbow on the counter and
looking over my shoulder. Needless to say, I was startled, and I knew immediately he was trying to intimidate. So I politely asked him to wait back a little and said that I was nearly finished. He became enraged and started screaming horrible insults! The assistant pharmacist said nothing as I proceeded to tell this Neanderthal what I thought of him. I then told her that she should direct customers to wait behind the line and take control of the situation. It was a most unpleasant experience that I will never forget. That guy probably didn’t think I would stand up to him and his rude behavior. I could still hear his ranting while I was leaving the store. -- Carol in Florida Dear Carol: Way to stick up for yourself. My only caveat: Don’t put yourself in danger; always make sure you are in a safe environment, surrounded by others, and don’t resort to violence. Often the best defense is a good exit plan. But kudos to you nonetheless, courageous Carol.
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Community
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“We want to give back to the community. We want to do our part, and for the good cause.” - Lillian Cydeyko
Volunteer campaign gift wraps support for cancer research Over the last 50 years, the Canadian Cancer Society has raised $50,000 in Fort St. John to support research and support services through its gift wrapping fundraising campaign. This year, volunteer groups across the city are looking to add to those totals as the campaign winds up to its Dec. 24 finish. This year, the theme is Long Live the Jingle Bells, organizer Nickie Kew says, with donations going to support testicular cancer research and treatment. “We want to highlight the importance of research, how much it’s gone down, the percentage of mortality rate and the survival rate to cancer because of research,” Kew said last week. “I think male cancer is something no one wants to talk about because of big strong men who don’t need to talk about it, but I think we do. I want it to be talked about.” This is Kew’s first year helping to organize the event, not only volunteering her time through work but because of personal experience. Kew says she lost
both her paternal grandparents to cancer just five months apart when she was just five years old. “We lived with them at the time so it felt very real and it’s still vivid (today),” she said. “My grandmother passed away first, and then five months later, my grandfather left with her. But it was a battle. They were in their 50s.” The Canadian Cancer Society chapter in Fort St. John was the first to begin the gift wrapping campaign, Kew said. It has since spread to cities across B.C. and Canada. Last week, volunteers with the Oil Wives Club of Fort St. John were spending their time wrapping gifts and making bows, while visitors dropped in with empty boxes for them to use, or to sign up to volunteer. The Oil Wives have been volunteering their time during the campaign for at least the last decade. “We want to give back to the community,” Lillian Cydeyko said. “We want to do our part, and for the good cause.” Volunteers will be set up across from the Coles bookstore each day until Dec. 24 from 11 a.m. to 9 p.m.
Santa takes time to visit those with special needs
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Jolene Mackay and Dennis Hetman are ready to make Christmas just a little brighter for those with special needs in the community during their annual event, My Special Time with Santa at Home2 Suites by Hilton on Dec. 18.
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The holiday season, while a happy and joyful time for many, can be overwhelming for those with special needs and anxiety issues. For those still wanting to visit with Santa Claus, a small group of Fort St. John residents have made it their mission during the holidays to ensure that everyone can have that particular Christmas experience. “Christmas is a really busy season and malls are very hectic,” said Dennis Hetman, who runs the Facebook page Doin’s In The Peace Country. “Many people, including myself, have anxiety issues, and you can’t handle crowds, and you can’t handle the hustle and bustle.” Enter My Special Time with Santa, an event set up in a quiet area where kids and adults with special needs can interact with Santa and receive a photo and a toy. Hetman dons the Santa suit, while the photos are provided by Jolene Mackay Photography. “It’s quiet, they don’t have to sit on my lap, they can sit beside me, they can sit across from me, no one’s pressuring them, that’s the main thing,” said Hetman. Mackay works as a non-profit photographer, taking photos at various events in town and has done My Special Time with Santa for four years now. “It’s always appreciated. It’s always for great people, great events,” she said. This year the event was held at Home2 Suites by Hilton, set up
by General Manager Christine Seguin, who has worked with Hetman and Mackay on the event the last few years. “It makes people happy. Christmas isn’t always a happy time for people, it just touched us and I’ve been with these two ladies ever since,” said Hetman. Hetman has had blind people, adults and children with developmental disabilities, children with high anxiety, and even a woman wheeled in her hospital bed come to take part in My Special Time with Santa. They’ve also had someone hear about the event in Prince George and make the trip up to Fort St. John just to take part. “The fact that they heard about it that far away and got directions and came up, that’s good to hear,” said Hetman. My Special Time with Santa doesn’t end after the one-day event. Hetman and Mackay also visit palliative care patients right before Christmas. “They really look forward to that time of year, people with dementia, Alzheimer’s and stuff, I’m the only thing they remember,” said Hetman. “It’s amazing to see their eyes light up.” Mackay said they want to expand the Special Time with Santa next year by finding sponsors, as a lot of the children that come to visit Hetman don’t get to take part in many of the holiday events that other kids do. “A lot of time they miss out on the Christmas parties, the business parties where they can take their kids, so they don’t get that one really cool gift,” said Mackay.
Karen Giesbrecht, president of the Oil Wives Club of Fort St. John, puts a final slice of tape on a freshly wrapped gift last week. The Oil Wives Club has been volunteering at the Canadian Cancer Society’s gift wrap kiosk at Totem Mall for the last 10 years. MATT PREPROST PHOTO
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FORT ST. JOHN & DISTRICT CHURCH DIRECTORY ANGLICAN CHURCH of CANADA NoRTH PEACE PARISH Please join us at our temporary location at the Lutheran Church 9812 108 Ave Ph: 250-785-6471 “All are Invited and Welcome Here” - (Luke 14:23) SERVICES St. Martin’s, fort St. John, BC Sundays 1:30 p.m. Rev. Enid Pow ********** Church of the Good Shepherd Taylor, BC - Sundays 9:30 a.m. ********** St. Matthias, Cecil Lake, BC 3rd Sun. of the Month 3:00 p.m. Holy Communion BAHA’I fAITH BAHA’I fAITH National Baha’i Information 1-800-433-3284 Regular Firesides Mondays @ 8:00 p.m. Deepenings continued Wednesdays at 250-7870089 Next Feast Info. 250-787-0089 ********** BAPTIST CALVARY BAPTIST CHURCH 9607-107th Ave., fSJ Ph. (Office) 250-785-4307 Pastor: Michael Hayes Associate Pastor: Doug Janzen SUNDAY WoRSHIP SERVICE 10:30AM ********** CATHoLIC RoMAN CATHoLIC CHURCH (Resurrection Church) Pastor: Rev. Vener Sabacan Phone 250-785-3413 www.fsjcatholic.ca MASSES: Saturday 7:30 p.m. Sunday - 10:00 a.m. oNLY OFFICE HOURS: Mon.-Fri. 9:00 a.m.-1:00 p.m. BAPTISM: Contact the Pastor 3 months before baptism. MARRIAGES: Contact the Pastor 3 months before the wedding. ********** ALLIANCE CHURCH 9804-99 Ave., fort St. John, BC V1J 3T8 Ph: 250-785-4644 fax: 250-785-8932 e-mail: office@fsjalliance.ca www.fsjalliance.ca SUNDAY WoRSHIP SERVICE: 9:15am & 11:00am KIDVILLE: for ages 2yrs.-Gr.6 @ 9:15am **********
CoMMUNITY CHURCH CHARLIE LAKE CoMMUNITY CHURCH Lead Pastor: Alfred Reschke Associate Pastor: Jared Braun 250-785-1723 fax: 250-785-4136 clcc@pris.ca SUNDAY SCHooL: 9:30am SUNDAY WoRSHIP: 10:40am 1st left turn off Alaska Highway past the Charlie Lake Store. ********** PEACE CoMMUNITY CHURCH 10556-100th Street, Taylor, BC Pastor: Wally Pohlmann Phone: 250-789-3045 HoURS: 9:00am-Noon Monday-Wednesday & friday Email: office@taylorchurch.ca Website: www.taylorchurch.ca SUNDAY ADULT CLASS - 9:30am SUNDAY WoRSHIP SERVICE - 10:30am ********** EVANGELICAL foRT ST. JoHN EVANGELICAL MISSIoN 8220-89th Avenue, fSJ Pastor: Andy Wiebe Sunday School September-June begins at 9:30am Sunday mornings. Worship Service - 10:45am Phone: 250-787-2550 ******* INTERDENoMINATIoNAL UPPER PINE GoSPEL CHAPEL Church Phone: 250-827-3833 Email: upgc@pris.ca Board Chairman: Andy Burkholder 250-827-3811 Box 66, Rose Prairie, BC ********** LUTHERAN PEACE LUTHERAN CHURCH 9812-108th Avenue, fort St. John, BC V1J 2R3 Office Phone: 250-785-2718 Pastor: Rev. Kebede Dibaba Regular Worship Schedule: 9:00am Youth, Adult Bible Study 10:00am Sunday Worship Service & Sunday School ********** PEACE RIVER MUSLIM ASSoCIATIoN Information: 250-787-1264 Jumm’a (Friday) Prayer @ 1:00pm 203-10903-100th Street, fort St. John, BC email: tahermorsi@shaw.ca ********** MENNoNITE NoRTH PEACE MENNoNITE BRETHREN CHURCH North Peace Mennonite Brethren Church 10816 106 St. fort St. John, BC V1J 5V2 250-785-3869
Lead Pastor: Andrew Eby Associate Pastor of Youth & Young Adults: Don Banman SUNDAY SERVICE TIMES: 9:15am & 11:00am ********** MENNoNITE MoNTNEY MENNoNITE CHURCH SUNDAY MoRNING: Sunday School & Worship: 9:30am SUNDAY EVENING: 2nd & 4th Sundays: 7:00pm Everyone Welcome! Pastor Warren Martin Phone: (250) 827-3231 ********** NoNDENoMINATIoNAL CHRISTIAN LIfE CENTRE “Associated with “Fellowship of Christian Assemblies” “King Jesus is Lord Over the Peace” 8923-112th Avenue, fort St. John, BC V1J 6G2 website: www.christianlifefsj.ca Ph: 250-785-4040 fax: 250-785-4021 Pastor Steve Oboh Principal of Christian Life School: Garry Jones Everyone Welcome Sunday Morning Worship Service: 10:00am Nursery available and Sunday School is held during the sermon for ages 3-12 years. Christian Life Centre is “Home of Christian Life School” ********** foRT ST. JoHN NATIVE BIBLE fELLoWSHIP Sunday Worship: 11:00am Wed., Night Bible Study: 7:30pm Pastor John A Giesbrecht 250-785-0127 ********** GIDEoNS INTERNATIoNAL Fort St. John Camp Ray Hein 250-827-3636 John Giesbrecht 250-785-0127 ********** NoRTHERN LIGHTS CHURCH INTERNATIoNAL (Rose Prairie, BC Sunday Service: Pre-Service Prayer: 10:30am Worship Service: 11:00am Everyone Welcome ********** THE SHELTER CHURCH “...the Lord will be a shelter for His people” Joel 3:6 9808-98A Ave. fort St. John, BC 250-785-3888 SUNDAY SERVICE: 10am Pastor: Oral Benterud 250-785-9151 ********** PENTECoSTAL THE PENTECoSTALS of foRT ST. JoHN Phone: 250-787-9888 Pastor: Jason McLaughlin Sunday 10am Service, Sunday School Youth Sunday 11am Worship Service Tuesday 7pm Prayer
Wednesday 7pm Bibile Study Friday 7pm Youth ********** PENTECoSTAL ASSEMBLIES of CANADA EVANGEL CHAPEL 10040-100 St., fort St. John Phone: 250-785-3386 Fax: 250-785-8345 Lead Pastor: Tony Warriner Sunday Services: 9:30am, 11:00am www.evangelfsj.com ********** The Journey 10011-100 St., fort St. John Phone: 250-785-6254 Pastor: Larry Lorentz Services: Sundays: 10:30am Tuesdays: 7:00pm ********** PRESBYTERIAN fort St. John Presbyterian Church 9907-98th St., fort St. John, BC Phone: 250-785-2482 fax: 250-785-2482 12:30 p.m. - Pie and Coffee 1:00 p.m. - Worship Service Everyone is invited to participate ********** REfoRMED TRINITY CoVENANT CHURCH Sunday Service: 10:00am Meets at the Quality Inn Northern Grand 100th Ave & 98th St., fort St. John, BC Elder: Mike Donovan Phone: 250-787-7702 Affiliated with C.R.E.C. ********** THE SALVATIoN ARMY THE SALVATIoN ARMY Sunday Worship Service: 10:30am 10116-100th Ave., fort St. John, BC Come Worship With Us. For information; Phone 250-785-0506 or food Bank 250-785-0500 ********** SEVENTH DAY ADVENTIST CHURCH SEVENTH DAY ADVENTIST CHURCH 9008-100th Avenue, fort St. John, BC Phone: 250-785-8632 Pastor: Cavin Chwyl Phone: 250-719-7949 Saturday Service: 9:30am ********** UNITED CHURCH of CANADA ST. LUKE’S UNITED 9907-98 St., fort St. John, BC Office: 250-785-2919 fax: 250-785-2788 Email: stlukeuc@telus.net Christmas Eve Service @ 7:00pm Christmas Day Service @ 1:00pm All are Welcome! The United Church of Canada is a Union of Congregationalist, Methodist & Presbyterian Churches in Canada formed in 1925. R0021161774
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Wild boar a deep root in our cultural history
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igs and their ancestors wild boar have always been a productive farm animal and food source. They once lived wild and were renowned as independent, intelligent eaters and fierce survivors. Their sense of smell for edible human food is unparallelled. They have become indispensable to human food security. Their sense of smell is as critical as any professional chef. Trained pigs and boar possess a keen nose for general sweet edibles in the wild. This symbiotic relationship between farmer and animal adds flavour to their meat and is a natural compost method. It has canonized pork as a world renowned farm animal species. Boars are not local to the Peace River Region. Wild pigs and boars, however, have adapted to the boreal and temperate rain forests of British Columbia. Nocturnal and elusive, they forage during the night and sleep much of the day. Their sense of smell is extra needed at night. To keep their population in check, B.C.’s boar hunt goes year round. They have been designated an invasive species. Boar hunting has been a popular tradition in many cultures around the world. For many, hunting boar is an ancient right of manhood between father and son. Considered a desperate fighter, “the pig hunter must possess a good eye, a steady hand, a firm seat, a cool head, and a courageous heart,” says Robert Baden-Powell, founder of the Scouting movement. For culinary purposes, be careful and gentle with the meat. The sour taste of oxidization in blood and meat is from stress. This adjusts the PH levels in the meat bringing out bitterness. Relaxation makes meat softer and more flavourful. Speciality diets for pigs include nuts, seeds, fruits, and mushrooms as they can be trained to find them in the wild. Like all meat, farmed or wild, pigs eat healthy and so tastes the best. Boar is cured and braised in alcohol as a Christmas winter time classic.
Judah Koile FROM THE FARM TO THE TABLE
SMOKED BRAISED BOAR in Christmas crab apples and local wine sauce 1kg Boar belly leg or shoulder 150g coarse sea salt Dried date or figs Garlic Ginger Brown sugar Star anise Chillies 1 bottle of homemade wine 3 apples Bag of Wood chips for smoking Cut the belly into portion sizes that match a ziplock bag. Cover all surfaces of belly in enough salt to cover each dried surface. Place in your fridge in ziplock bags to salt out. Let salt extract the water from the belly for 24 hours, though it may take longer. You can add spices or sugar to this salt if you like, and this will speed up curing as well. The belly will become ridged from water loss. Wash the surface free of salt and impurities. Place in your smoker and allow to smoke for three to four hours at low temperatures. Control your heat. Once smoked, wrap the belly in plastic wrap and place in fridge overnight. The next day the flavours will have infused fully into the meat. This is a cold smoke, which is much easier in winter. Braise softly in a sauce of apples and beer in a slow cooker on high for four to five hours. Judah Koile is a Fort St. John chef and co-owns The BEAM with his wife, Jiwon Kim. Koile has more than a decade of culinary experience, and has worked in restaurants across Canada and South America.
Lacrosse, hockey championships coming to FSJ in 2017 and 2018 The Fort St. John Minor Lacrosse Association will host the 2017 PeeWee Box Lacrosse Championships next summer. The Fort St. John Grizzlies will host the provincial tournament July 6 to 9 at the Pomeroy Sport Centre, a year after the team hosted the city’s first lacrosse tourney last May.
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Meanwhile, the Fort St. John Huskies will host the 2018 Alberta Junior B provincials in spring 2018. The team says preparations will begin in January 2017. “It’s an exciting time for our organization and we hope you’ll be a part of history!” the team wrote in an announcement on Facebook. —Staff
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NEBC Yukon Trackers forward Joel Bourgeois sweeps the puck around a SSAC Lakewood Chevrolet defender during game action at North Peace Arena Dec. 16. The Trackers won the game 3-1 in front of a home crowd of students from across School District 60, while also while raising food donations for the Salvation Army.
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Classifieds COMING EVENTS KNIT NIGHT: Thursdays at Faking Sanity Cafe in Dawson Creek6:30 to 8:30 PM.
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VERESEN 2 ROLES AVAILABLE Our Steeprock plant, located 50KM south of Dawson Creek is looking for: - Electrical Technician (1 vacancy) - Instrumentation Technician (1 vacancy) Both roles are responsible for equipment maintenance ensuring safety and production goals are met. Please email your resume careers@vereseninc.com www.veresininc.com
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It is with great sadness that we announce the passing of Ben Bergen of Fort St. John, British Columbia. A viewing for Mr. Bergen will be held on
Wednesday, December 21 at 7:00 PM
from Hamre’s Funeral Chapel. Graveside service will take place on Thursday, December 22 at 10:00 AM from the Rose Prairie Cemetery followed by a Celebration of Life at 2:00PM from the Calvary Baptist Church. In lieu of flowers expressions of sympathy can be made to Abbeyfield Houses of Fort St. John. Condolences may be forwarded through www.hamresfuneral.com.
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(Take Off Pounds Sensibly) Thursday’s @ 5-7, NLC Room #102. Weigh in 5:45, meeting 6-7. Call leader Connie Etson 250-785-1419 or Susan Dempsey 250-787-9244. 1st meeting free. www.tops.org
LaPrairie Works Oilfield Services Inc. Peace Region of Alberta and British Columbia LaPrairie Works is a diversified and growing transportation specialist. We come with over 25 years of operating experience in Western Canada, and our core business areas include on and off highway hauling, oilfield services, mine contracting and site services. We are currently recruiting permanent full time Class One Drivers to expand our local team of transportation and logistics professionals in the Peace Region of Alberta and British Columbia. The ideal candidates will fulfill the following criteria: • Demonstrated initiative with solid HSE fundamentals and sound work ethic. • Off-‐Road & Mountain experience • Ability to apply and remove tire chains • Ability to work Day and Night Shifts • Valid Class 1 license & Driver abstract in good standing • Load Securement and First Aid Training • Ability to complete / maintain accurate Driver Hours of Service Records • Able to understand and communicate in English LaPrairie Works Oilfield Services offers a competitive compensation program for qualified candidates. Please forward current resume and abstract to: Human Resources Department Email: careers@laprairiegroup.com Fax: (403) 767-‐9932
Saturday December 24, 2016 - 6:30 p.m. at Grace Lutheran Church (11101- 17 Street)Christmas Eve Candlelight Service of Readings and Carols Free will offerings will be donated to Mizpah House
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Saturday, January 7th - 1:00 pm Dawson Creek Royal Canadian Legion Branch#141 will be holding its Monthly General Meeting at its New location the branch located at 900-102nd Ave, side entrance (across 9th Street from Lakeview Credit Union). All members are urged to attend.
SUNDAYS: FAMILY TREE HELP - Peace Country Roots Group Meeting - Fourth Sunday of each Month at the CALVIN KRUK CENTRE in Dawson Creek 1:30pm
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WEDNESDAYS: COMSouth Peace HistoriPUTER INFORMATION cal Society Meetings -Seniors Computer Club Third Wednesday of the - Dawson CO-OP Bistro month. In Dawson 1:15pm 250-782-4668 Creek at the Calvin Kruk for more information NEWSPAPER ADVERTISEMENT Centre Archives Room LAND ACT at 2 pm.
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Take notice that British Columbia Hydro and Power Authority from Vancouver, BC, has applied to the Ministry of Forests, Lands and Natural Resource Operations (MFLNRO), Northeast Region, for a Licence of Occupation for industrial purposes related to the realignment of Highway 29 situated on Provincial Crown land located near Cache Creek and the Peace River. The Lands File for this application is 8015894. Written comments concerning this application should be directed to FrontCounterBC at 100, 10003-110 Avenue, Fort St. John, BC, V1J 6M7, or by email to AuthorizingAgency.FortStJohn@gov.bc.ca. Comments will be received by MFLNRO up to January 27, 2017. MFLNRO may not be able to consider comments received after this date. Please visit the website at www.arfd.gov.bc.ca/ApplicationPosting/index.jsp for more information and a map of the application area.
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Position: Heavy Duty Transport Mechanic Automotive Mechanic Company: Northland Fleet Services Location: Tumbler Ridge, B.C. Northland Fleet is a part of the LaPrairie Group of Companies with over 30 years of operating experience in Western Canada. We currently have immediate openings available for an experienced Heavy Duty Truck Mechanic and Automotive Mechanic to complement our team of transportation and logistics professionals in Tumbler Ridge. You will be able to adjust, repair or replace parts and components of commercial transport truck systems including chassis, frame, cab, body, engine and drive train, air brakes, steering, and fuel, hydraulic, electrical and electronic systems, structural, brake and electrical systems. Work assignments will be received in the form of oral or written work orders, but the candidate is expected to be able to determine the nature and extent of needed repairs. Ideal candidates will meet the following criteria:
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Provincial or Interprovincial Red Seal Heavy Duty Mechanic Certification 3rd or 4th year apprentices with applicable experience will also be considered Demonstrated initiative with sound work ethic Energetic individual who is able to work unsupervised in shop or field setting Flexibility to accommodate after hours call outs when necessary Valid driver’s license and clean drivers abstract
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Northland Fleet offers a highly competitive remuneration package plus a range of benefits and genuine opportunities for advancement. Human Resources Department Email: careers@lapriairegroup.com Fax: (403) 767-‐9932
SATURDAYS: LEARN YOUR ROOTS - Genealogy information NAR PARK ROOTS BUILDING 10:00am peacecountryroots.ca
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Exciting New Employment Opportunity Conuma Coal Resources has immediate openings for Qualified candidates with a demonstrated history of strong safety performance and dependability to join our team in an exciting start-up of our Brule Mine and Willow Creek plant site.
• Shovel Operators • Dozer Operators • Haul Truck Drivers • Grader Operators • Loader Operators • Excavator Operators • Drillers • Maintenance Planner
• Millwright/Welder • Heavy Duty Mechanics • Fuel/Lube Truck • Steamers • Electricians • Loss Prevention Officer’s Level 3 • Payroll
• Process Control Operator • Crusher Operator • Laborers • Warehouse • Sand/Plow truck • Process Plant Operators • Certified Blasters • Buyers
Conuma Coal provides competitive wages and benefits. No camp facilities are available Applicants with prior or active Mine Rescue Certification will receive strong consideration. Please send resumes to: careers@conumacoal.com Not all applicants will be contacted
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Submit Your Resume Today! apply@macenna.com Operator: Our client is currently looking for a plant operator that is ready to start immediately! This is a temporary camp position for a large oil and gas company, and we’re looking for candidates that have the experience to jump right in. Perks: • 8 days on, 6 days off shift • 10-12 hour days • Daily camp allowance Requirements: th • 4 Class Power Engineer Certificate • Gas Plant Operators Certificate • H2S & PST courses • At least 3 years experience • Class 5 Driver’s licence with a clean abstract Submit your resume with 2 work-related references today!
We are always looking for qualified office/admin resumes! Many of our clients look to fill positions very quickly, so by having your resume in our files ahead of time; it guarantees that you’ll have a shot at any of those last minute positions that come up that you’d qualify for. Bring or send in your resume today, chat with our staff about where you’d like to see yourself, and let us do our best to get you there! 10139 101 Ave. Fort St. John, BC V1J 2B4 | p. 250.785.8367
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We are very sad to announce the passing of Bryan. He was the younger son of Robin and the late Paul Gage. After a lifelong battle with health issues, Bryan died very peacefully at home with Robin and brother Bren. He will be truly missed by all those who were privileged to know him.
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NOTICE OF INCORPORATION CITY OF FORT ST. JOHN
Letters Patent and a map showing the boundaries of the new municipality may be viewed at City Hall, 10631 – 100 Street during regular office hours 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., Monday to Friday, except statutory holidays. Or call Janet Prestley, Director of Legislative and Administrative Services at (250) 787-8153 for additional information. This synopsis is published in accordance with Section 780(b) of the Local Government Act.
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DAWSON CREEK CALL NOW! Firewood-Will Deliver BADMINTON CLUB REASONABLE RENTS! From Sept. 19, 2016 to Dawson Creek and 1 & 2 BEDROOM APARTSurrounding Area. to April 26, 2017 MENTS. CLEAN, QUIET, Li-Car Spruce/Pine PopMondays & ADULT SECURED BUILDManagement Group lar/Birch. Please Phone: Wednesdays ING ON BUS ROUTE IN 780-864-8741 We have a variety of Time: 7:30-9:30 pm DC .WHEELCHAIR apartments, town homes, Central Campus Gym FRIENDLY ON LOWER executive homes, and duplexes for BUSINESS Dawson Creek LEVEL. NO PETS. 250rent. To apply for these,please SERVICES Do not play on any 782-1331 MAKE AN email reception@licar.ca or visit statutory or APPOINTMENT TO our website at Arctic Duct Cleaning, school holidays. www.licar.ca VIEW. Furnace & duct Go on the school website cleaning, Chimney Dawson Creek Northern to check on the holidays Lights Apartments. Please pay before you sweep. 250-787-7217 Phone: (FSJ) Bachelor apartments start playing. 250-785-2662 and 1 bedroom apts Players under 16 years available. Cable/heat, LAND FOR SALE must have an adult water/hot water inwith them. cluded. Please phone : You will need clean (TEXAS USA BEST BUY) 250-782-7130. gym shoes and a rac- Take over a prime 20 ASK FOR INCENTIVES quet. acre parcel in scenic Contact Dan or Judy LOGGING Texas, with a balance of Pandachuck: 250- $7495.00, $100 per 782-4783 Donaren Mounders month financing available for the 2017 Save the Dates Available for more inseason. Phone July 7, 5:00 pm formation. Call: 800250-612-9286. to July 9, 2017 at 875-6568 3:30 pm for the 23rd Annual LEGAL/PUBLIC LEGAL/PUBLIC LEGAL/PUBLIC LEGAL/PUBLIC Mile Zero Cruisers NOTICES NOTICES NOTICES NOTICES Summer Cruise weekend starts with Registration held at the Dawson Co-op. Bring District of Taylor down your pride and joy and register for the 2017 Council & Committee Meeting Dates 2017 Summer Cruise Each year, Council publishes the adopted Council Committee meeting schedule Car Show weekend. All Each year, Council publishes the adopted Council and and Committee meeting schedule for the for the following year in compliance with Section 127 (1) of the Community Charter. registrants will receive following year in compliance with Section 127 (1) of the Community Charter. access to all weekend Council Recreation Public Works Protection events as well as a 5:00 p.m. 10:00 a.m. 9:00 a.m. 1:00 p.m. chance to win prizes. Check in this paper for January 3rd & 16th 3rd 16th 16th more details closer to the show! February 6th & 20th 6th 20th 20th
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The subject land of the proposed bylaw is legally described as Lot B, Notice is hereby given that effective November 30, 2016, the boundary of the City of Fort St. John is amended by including: · LOT 1 PLAN PGP28823 SECTION 5 TOWNSHIP 84 RANGE 18 MERIDIAN W6 PART SW 1/4 · LOT 1 PLAN PGP25335 SECTION 5 TOWNSHIP 84 RANGE 18 MERIDIAN W6 PART NE 1/4 · LOT A PLAN PGP15080 SECTION 5 TOWNSHIP 84 RANGE 18 MERIDIAN W6 PART SW 1/4 · LOT 21 PLAN PGP12245 SECTION 5 TOWNSHIP 84 RANGE 18 MERIDIAN W6 PART SW 1/4, MANUFACTURED HOME REG # 85820 · LOT 22 PLAN PGP12245 SECTION 5 TOWNSHIP 84 RANGE 18 MERIDIAN W6 PART SW 1/4 · LOT 2 PLAN PGP12664 SECTION 5 TOWNSHIP 84 RANGE 18 MERIDIAN W6 PART SW 1/4 · LOT B PLAN PGP46346 SECTION 5 TOWNSHIP 84 RANGE 18 MERIDIAN W6 · LOT 1 BLOCK 2 PLAN PGP12244 SECTION 5 TOWNSHIP 84 RANGE 18 MERIDIAN W6 · LOT 2 BLOCK 2 PLAN PGP12244 SECTION 5 TOWNSHIP 84 RANGE 18 MERIDIAN W6 · LOT 7 PLAN PGP12245 SECTION 5 TOWNSHIP 84 RANGE 18 MERIDIAN W6 PART SW 1/4 · LOT 6 PLAN PGP12245 SECTION 5 TOWNSHIP 84 RANGE 18 MERIDIAN W6 · LOT 1 PLAN PGP12664 SECTION 5 TOWNSHIP 84 RANGE 18 MERIDIAN W6 · LOT B PLAN EPP1214 SECTION 5 TOWNSHIP 84 RANGE 18 MERIDIAN W6 · LOT 8 BLOCK 2 PLAN PGP12244 SECTION 5 TOWNSHIP 84 RANGE 18 MERIDIAN W6, LOT 7 BLOCK 2 PLAN PGP12244 SEC 5 TWP 84 · LOT 4 BLOCK 2 PLAN PGP12244 SECTION 5 TOWNSHIP 84 RANGE 18 MERIDIAN W6 · LOT A PLAN EPP1214 SECTION 5 TOWNSHIP 84 RANGE 18 MERIDIAN W6 · LOT 3 BLOCK 2 PLAN PGP12244 SECTION 5 TOWNSHIP 84 RANGE 18 MERIDIAN W6 · LOT 7 BLOCK 2 PLAN PGP12244 SECTION 5 TOWNSHIP 84 RANGE 18 MERIDIAN W6, LOT 7 BLOCK 2 PLAN PGP12244 SEC 5 TWP 84 · LOT 19 BLOCK 1 PLAN PGP12244 SECTION 5 TOWNSHIP 84 RANGE 18 MERIDIAN W6 PART SW 1/4 · LOT 12 PLAN PGP12245 SECTION 5 TOWNSHIP 84 RANGE 18 MERIDIAN W6 PART SW 1/4 · LOT A PLAN BCP21472 SECTION 5 TOWNSHIP 84 RANGE 18 MERIDIAN W6 · SECTION 5 TOWNSHIP 84 RANGE 18 MERIDIAN W6 PART NE 1/4 EXCEPT PLAN PGP11903 PGP19028 PGP25335 · LOT 13 BLOCK 1 PLAN PGP12244 SECTION 5 TOWNSHIP 84 RANGE 18 MERIDIAN W6, LOT 12 BLOCK 1 PLAN PGP12244 SECTION 5 TOWNSHIP 84 · LOT 13 BLOCK 1 PLAN PGP12244 SECTION 5 TOWNSHIP 84 RANGE 18 MERIDIAN W6, LOT 12 BLOCK 1 PLAN PGP12244 SECTION 5 TOWNSHIP 85 · BLOCK 1 PLAN PGP12244 SECTION 5 TOWNSHIP 84 RANGE 18 MERIDIAN W6 PARCEL A PART SW 1/4 (PJ40774) · LOT 2 PLAN PGP38300 SECTION 5 TOWNSHIP 84 RANGE 18 MERIDIAN W6 PART SW 1/4 · LOT A PLAN PGP46346 SECTION 5 TOWNSHIP 84 RANGE 18 MERIDIAN W6, PREV PART OF 008532.070 · LOT 20 BLOCK 1 PLAN PGP12244 SECTION 5 TOWNSHIP 84 RANGE 18 MERIDIAN W6 PART SW 1/4, MANUFACTURED HOME REG # 76904 · LOT 14 BLOCK 1 PLAN PGP12244 SECTION 5 TOWNSHIP 84 RANGE 18 MERIDIAN W6 PART SW 1/4 · LOT 15 BLOCK 1 PLAN PGP12244 SECTION 5 TOWNSHIP 84 RANGE 18 MERIDIAN W6 · LOT 18 BLOCK 1 PLAN PGP12244 SECTION 5 TOWNSHIP 84 RANGE 18 MERIDIAN W6 · LOT 17 BLOCK 1 PLAN PGP12244 SECTION 5 TOWNSHIP 84 RANGE 18 MERIDIAN W6 · LOT 1 PLAN EPP7905 SECTION 5 TOWNSHIP 84 RANGE 18 MERIDIAN W6 · LOT 2 PLAN EPP7905 SECTION 5 TOWNSHIP 84 RANGE 18 MERIDIAN W6 · LOT 1 PLAN EPP40625 SECTION 5 TOWNSHIP 84 RANGE 18 MERIDIAN W6 · LOT 15 BLOCK 2 PLAN PGP12244 SECTION 5 TOWNSHIP 84 RANGE 18 MERIDIAN W6 PART SW 1/4 · LOT 16 BLOCK 1 PLAN PGP12244 SECTION 5 TOWNSHIP 84 RANGE 18 MERIDIAN PART SW 1/4, · LOT 7 PLAN PGP38300 SECTION 5 TOWNSHIP 84 RANGE 18 MERIDIAN W6 PART SW 1/4, EXCEPT PLAN EPP23580 · LOT 4 PLAN PGP38300 SECTION 5 TOWNSHIP 84 RANGE 18 MERIDIAN W6 PART SW 1/4 · LOT 8 PLAN PGP12245 SECTION 5 TOWNSHIP 84 RANGE 18 MERIDIAN W6 PART SW 1/4 · LOT A PLAN PGP40330 SECTION 5 TOWNSHIP 84 RANGE 18 MERIDIAN W6 PART SW 1/4 · LOT B PLAN PGP40330 SECTION 5 TOWNSHIP 84 RANGE 18 MERIDIAN W6 PART SW 1/4 · LOT 2 BLOCK 1 PLAN PGP19169 SECTION 5 TOWNSHIP 84 RANGE 18 MERIDIAN W6 PART SW 1/4 · LOT 1 BLOCK 1 PLAN PGP19169 SECTION 5 TOWNSHIP 84 RANGE 18 MERIDIAN W6 PART SW 1/4 · LOT 21 BLOCK 1 PLAN PGP12244 SECTION 5 TOWNSHIP 84 RANGE 18 MERIDIAN W6 PART SW 1/4 · LOT 1 PLAN BCP31710 SECTION 5 TOWNSHIP 84 RANGE 18 MERIDIAN W6, EX MBH 89108 SEE FOLIO 074930.604 AND EXC MBH 95062 SEE 07493 · LOT 1 PLAN BCP31710 SECTION 5 TOWNSHIP 84 RANGE 18 MERIDIAN W6, EX MBH 89108 SEE FOLIO 074930.604 AND EXC MBH 95062 SEE 07494 · LOT 11 BLOCK 1 PLAN PGP12244 SECTION 5 TOWNSHIP 84 RANGE 18 MERIDIAN W6 PART SW 1/4 · LOT 8 PLAN PGP38300 SECTION 5 TOWNSHIP 84 RANGE 18 MERIDIAN W6 PART SW 1/4 · LOT 1 PLAN PGP38300 SECTION 5 TOWNSHIP 84 RANGE 18 MERIDIAN W6 PART SW 1/4 · LOT B PLAN PGP12245 SECTION 5 TOWNSHIP 84 RANGE 18 MERIDIAN W6 (BA494265) · LOT 16 PLAN PGP12245 SECTION 5 TOWNSHIP 84 RANGE 18 MERIDIAN W6 PART SW 1/4 · LOT 2 PLAN BCP31710 SECTION 5 TOWNSHIP 84 RANGE 18 MERIDIAN W6 · PARCEL A PLAN PGP12245 SECTION 5 TOWNSHIP 84 RANGE 18 MERIDIAN W6 PART SW 1/4 (PF8836) · LOT 13 PLAN PGP12245 SECTION 5 TOWNSHIP 84 RANGE 18 MERIDIAN W6 PART SW 1/4 · LOT 2 PLAN PGP12663 SECTION 5 TOWNSHIP 84 RANGE 18 MERIDIAN W6 PART SW 1/4, EXCEPT PLAN EPP23578 · LOT 1 PLAN PGP12663 SECTION 5 TOWNSHIP 84 RANGE 18 MERIDIAN W6 PART SW 1/4 EXCEPT PLAN BCP28253 & EPP23577 · LOT B PLAN PGP44331 SECTION 5 TOWNSHIP 84 RANGE 18 MERIDIAN W6 · LOT A PLAN PGP44331 SECTION 5 TOWNSHIP 84 RANGE 18 MERIDIAN W6 · PARCEL A PLAN BCP33374 SECTION 5 TOWNSHIP 84 RANGE 18 MERIDIAN W6 · LOT 1 PLAN PGP20336 SECTION 5 TOWNSHIP 84 RANGE 18 MERIDIAN W6 PART SW 1/4, EXCEPT PLAN PGP28823 PGP33374 · LOT 5 PLAN PGP12245 SECTION 5 TOWNSHIP 84 RANGE 18 MERIDIAN W6 PART SW 1/4 · LOT 4 PLAN PGP12245 SECTION 5 TOWNSHIP 84 RANGE 18 MERIDIAN W6 PART SW 1/4 · LOT C PLAN PGP46346 SECTION 5 TOWNSHIP 84 RANGE 18 MERIDIAN W6, PREV PART OF 008532.075 · LOT D PLAN PGP46346 SECTION 5 TOWNSHIP 84 RANGE 18 MERIDIAN W6, EXC MBH 78047 SEE 074930.687 PREV PART OF 008532.075 SUBJECT · LOT 2 PLAN PGP12245 SECTION 5 TOWNSHIP 84 RANGE 18 MERIDIAN W6 PART SW 1/4 · LOT 3 PLAN PGP12245 SECTION 5 TOWNSHIP 84 RANGE 18 MERIDIAN W6 PART SW 1/4 · LOT 14 BLOCK 2 PLAN PGP12244 SECTION 5 TOWNSHIP 84 RANGE 18 MERIDIAN W6 PART SW 1/4 · PARCEL A BLOCK 2 PLAN PGP12244 SECTION 5 TOWNSHIP 84 RANGE 18 MERIDIAN W6 (PM36569) · LOT 3 PLAN PGP38300 SECTION 5 TOWNSHIP 84 RANGE 18 MERIDIAN W6 PART SW 1/4 · LOT 1 PLAN PGP11903 SECTION 5 TOWNSHIP 84 RANGE 18 MERIDIAN W6, EXC MBH 87498 SEE 074930.550 · LOT 19 PLAN PGP12245 SECTION 5 TOWNSHIP 84 RANGE 18 MERIDIAN W6 PART SW 1/4, MANUFACTURED HOME REG # 86190 · LOT 20 PLAN PGP12245 SECTION 5 TOWNSHIP 84 RANGE 18 MERIDIAN W6 PART SW 1/4, MANUFACTURED HOME REG # 86189 · S 1/2 OF THE SW 1/4 OF SECTION 17 TOWNSHIP 84 RANGE 18 MERIDIAN W6 · SECTION 8 TOWNSHIP 84 RANGE 18 MERIDIAN W6 PART NW 1/4 · LOT 1 PL EPP3376 SECTION 8 TOWNSHIP 84 RANGE 18 MERIDIAN W6 · LOT 1 PLAN PGP18726 SECTION 28 TOWNSHIP 83 RANGE 18 MERIDIAN W6 · THAT PART OF THE NW 1/4 OF SECTION 27 TOWNSHIP 83 RANGE 18 MERIDIAN W6 AS SHOWN ON PLAN A1633 · PART OF THE S 1/2 OF SECTION 33 TOWNSHIP 83 RANGE 18 MERIDIAN W6 SHOWN ON PLAN PGP33226 · LOT A PLAN PGP15169 SECTION 28 TOWNSHIP 83 RANGE 18 MERIDIAN W6 · LOT 1 PLAN PGP23211 SECTION 28 TOWNSHIP 83 RANGE 18 MERIDIAN W6 · SECTION 27 TOWNSHIP 83 RANGE 18 MERIDIAN W6 PART SW 1/4, EXCEPT PLAN H660 22478 · SW 1/4 OF SECTION 28 TOWNSHIP 83 RANGE 18 MERIDIAN W6 EXCEPT PARCEL A (G17716) & PLANS A938 12565 19028 22611 · LOT 1 PLAN PGP12574 SECTION 28 TOWNSHIP 83 RANGE 18 MERIDIAN W6 · LOT 2 PLAN PGP17386 SECTION 28 TOWNSHIP 83 RANGE 18 MERIDIAN W6, MANUFACTURED HOME REG # B12324 · LOT 3 PLAN PGP13108 SECTION 28 TOWNSHIP 83 RANGE 18 MERIDIAN W6, EXCEPT PLAN PGP18031 · LOT 1 PLAN PGP21598 SECTION 28 TOWNSHIP 83 RANGE 18 MERIDIAN W6 PART SE 1/4 · LOT 4 PLAN PGP19421 SECTION 28 TOWNSHIP 83 RANGE 18 MERIDIAN W6, MANUFACTURED HOME REG # 90085 · LOT 1 PLAN PGP18031 SECTION 28 TOWNSHIP 83 RANGE 18 MERIDIAN W6 · LOT 1 PLAN PGP18883 SECTION 28 TOWNSHIP 83 RANGE 18 MERIDIAN W6 · LOT 2 PLAN PGP22611 SECTION 28 TOWNSHIP 83 RANGE 18 MERIDIAN W6 PART SW 1/4 MANUFACTURED HOME REG # 82865 · SECTION 28 TOWNSHIP 83 RANGE 18 MERIDIAN W6 PART SE 1/4, EXCEPT PLAN PGP15169 PGP18242 PGP18287 & EXCEPT PLANS PGP18726 PGP188 · LOT 3 PLAN PGP19421 SECTION 28 TOWNSHIP 83 RANGE 18 MERIDIAN W6 · LOT 2 PLAN PGP12574 SECTION 28 TOWNSHIP 83 RANGE 18 MERIDIAN W6, EXC MBH SEE 74930.303 · LOT 2 PLAN PGP19421 SECTION 28 TOWNSHIP 83 RANGE 18 MANUFACTURED HOME REG # 85417 · LOT 1 PLAN PGP18287 SECTION 28 TOWNSHIP 83 RANGE 18 MERIDIAN W6 · LOT 1 PLAN PGP17708 SECTION 28 TOWNSHIP 83 RANGE 18 MERIDIAN W6 PART NW 1/4 · LOT 1 PLAN PGP12565 SECTION 28 TOWNSHIP 83 RANGE 18 MERIDIAN W6 · LOT 3 PLAN PGP22611 SECTION 28 TOWNSHIP 83 RANGE 18 MERIDIAN W6 PART SW 1/4, EXC MBH 85989 SEE 074930.491 · SECTION 27 TOWNSHIP 83 RANGE 18 MERIDIAN W6 PART NW 1/4, EXCEPT PLAN H660 EXC PCL A (142828M) AND PGE R/W PLAN A1633 · PARCEL A SECTION 28 TOWNSHIP 83 RANGE 18 MERIDIAN W6 PART NE 1/4 MERIDIAN W6 (G14676) · LOT A PLAN PGP24272 SECTION 28 TOWNSHIP 83 RANGE 18 MERIDIAN W6 PART SW 1/4 · LOT 4 PLAN PGP13108 SECTION 28 TOWNSHIP 83 RANGE 18 MERIDIAN W6, EXCEPT PLAN PGP17708 · LOT B PLAN PGP24272 SECTION 28 TOWNSHIP 83 RANGE 18 MERIDIAN W6 PART SW 1/4 · SECTION 34 TOWNSHIP 83 RANGE 18 MERIDIAN W6 PART SW 1/4, EXCEPT PLAN PGP11543 H660 PGP26574, EXCEPT PCL A (19137M) & PGE R/W PLAN A1633 · LOT 1 PLAN PGP19421 SECTION 28 TOWNSHIP 83 RANGE 18 MERIDIAN W6 · PART NE 1/4 SECTION 28 TOWNSHIP 83 RANGE 18 MERIDIAN W6, EXCEPT PLAN A1633 AND A2453, EXCEPT NORTHERLY 850 FT THEREOF SHOWN ON PLAN ATTACHED TO DF 16711B
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ALEISHA HENDRY PHOTOS
Dancers of all ages performed in The Nutcracker at the North Peace Cultural Centre from Dec. 15 to 17. The ballet is a co-production between Studio 2 Stage, Stage North, and Northern Dance Theatre Society and is put on every two years.
Can you really go home again?
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hey say you can never really go back. When you move away from somewhere, especially if you move away as a child, your memories are a child’s memory. Everything is scaled to the size that it was in your mind when you left. Your family home seemed big to you at age 11 or 12, but 40 years later you can’t believe it’s the same place. On Monday I returned to my childhood community of Worsley to attend the Celebration of Life for my Uncle Willie Stanley. I had not been back to the area for many years and as I crossed the Don Phillips Bridge on the Peace River and headed up the Clayhurst Road, the memories washed over me. When I was a child, that bridge was not there—in its place was a ferry that would
Judy Kucharuk THE DESK OF THE GREEN-EYED GIRL
power its way across the fast moving river and if by chance you arrived just after the ferry began its crossing, you were forced to wait for its return. No smart phones, no Sirius radio, nothing to occupy your time as you waited for the ferry. No air conditioning either, so if it was summer you turned the car off and everyone got out to stretch their legs. When the ferry began to make its way back to your side again, everyone would quickly pile back into the car so you were ready to drive onto the
deck of the old ferry. I always was amazed that the ferry had enough power against the current of the Peace River. The bridge is nice, there is no waiting any longer, but the romance and adventure of the ferry will never be known by anyone else. It was nice to see so many vaguely familiar faces. I say vaguely, because you have to remember, I was 12 when I left the community, so there were a couple of folks that I had to sit with for a few moments before complete recollection washed over me. “You are Judy, right?” they would ask and I was amazed that they could remember me. After the funeral we took a drive to look at the family farm. As we drove down the long driveway of my child-
hood, it now seemed much shorter. The willows where my sister and I played, were now cleared and that space was empty. My dad had been a private pilot and we had owned a Cessna plane so I was surprised to still see the metal frame of the windsock tower still standing, albeit leaning at a precarious angle. We drove slowly into the yard, my eyes scanning for anything familiar—I was not disappointed. I could close my eyes and imagine myself there once again. The new family had snowmobiles parked haphazardly at the back door exactly like my sisters and I had done after a long day of riding in the fields. The house had been re-sided and a huge deck was now added, but it was the same place. The large picture window of my youth was not so large any longer, the huge yard not quite so huge. As we drove home I re-
played the day in my brain and was thankful that we had made the trip over. I was filled with a sense of urgency to make the trip again, this time with my children, so that I could share that part of my life with them—tell them the stories that went along with landmarks. Aren’t memories funny? You remember places and people as how you last saw them. That is how I will remember both Worsley and my Uncle Willie—both with fondness and a special place in my heart. Merry Christmas everyone! Have a delightful holiday season! Cheers to making memories with your loved ones. Judy Kucharuk is a lover of sarcasm, witty people and footnotes. You can read her book “Naked Tuesday” or catch her on CBC Radio Daybreak North where she shares her “Peace of Mind”. Follow her on twitter @ judylaine
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Peace photographers bring Christmas spirit to light Darcy Shawchek THE F-STOP
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ast week, the Christmas light challenge was met with some serious competitors. Word got out quickly on social media, and people grabbed their camera gear and ventured into the streets to have fun and creep out the neighborhood. There were more than 30 submissions and they were all awesome. Judging commenced in the Netherlands and was difficult, but was eventually narrowed down to the five most favoured photos. The most liked was by Renata Debolt. She showed some skill with some neat trick photography. Maybe she will tell you how she made the lights shaped like hearts, maybe she wont. Follow her at R Debolt Photography on Facebook and message her. Jen Jenkins had two of the five alongside Rick Philips and Heather Theede. Honorable mention to Tim Viers for making a tough decision for the judges. Thank you to all who submitted. Photo tip of the week: If you’re driving around and you see a great shot but you don’t have anything but a phone, take the shot and then later you can kick yourself for not having your camera. Never leave home without your camera.
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Renata Debolt showed some skill with some neat trick photography in this submission. JEN JENKINS PHOTOS
Jen Jenkins had two submissions that impressed judges (above and below) of lights illuminating trees through a blanket of snow.
Heather Theede captured the elegant light display in Centennial Park. HEATHER THEEDE PHOTO
Darcy Shawchek is a photographer based in Fort St. John, who is on a mission to capture the breathtaking and majestic Peace River area through the lens, day or night. Email him your photography questions at dr.shawchek@gmail.com
Rick Philips captured the simplicity of this home’s Christmas lights display. RICK PHILIPS PHOTO
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May your holidays shine brightly with joy and good fortune that continues throughout the New Year. We wish you and yours all the best at this special time. Thank you for your generous support in 2016. We could not do what we do without your support.
HALEY LABOUCANE PHOTOS
Fort St. John residents love their Christmas lights, as evident by these two homes near C.M. Finch Elementary that are all decked out for the festive season.
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