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Thirteen youngsters turned out for the Fort St. John North Peace Museum’s Teddy Bear Picnic on June 10. Here, kids and their stuffed animals take part in one of many races during the evening.

Other activities included a history lesson on teddy bears, crafts, and a snack of lemonade and cookies.

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Sinkholes, snacks and Spongebob CANDY CHAOS: We start news chewing in Sweden, where the government has banned the Mars candy company from selling M&Ms. There’s a dispute over chocolate trademarks. I predict Mars will beat the M&M ban by turning them upside down and selling them as W&Ws.

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THAT SINKING FEELING: In Ottawa last week, a gigantic sinkhole appeared in a city street, forcing the closure of a large part of downtown. It’s not clear how long it will take to fix the huge hole. Out of force of habit—because it’s Ottawa— politicians immediately started throwing taxpayers’ money into it.

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people see as fuzzy. Last week his fellow astronomers announced the universe is expanding faster than previously thought.

But if everything in the universe is expanding, how come last year’s swim shorts felt tight when I tried them on?

THE GREATEST: Muhammad Ali, the greatest boxer of all time, died last week at 74. I tried boxing. I was pretty good at it.

Apart from that thing where I was supposed to avoid letting the other guy punch me while I landed punches on him.

SPONGEBOB SUSPENSION: A player with Iran’s national soccer team was suspended for wearing pants with pictures of SpongeBob Squarepants. They don’t like western cartoon shows in Iran. You can get thirty lashes for humming the theme music from Dora the Explorer.

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A North Peace smokejumper steers towards landing on a steep slope during a training jump June 7. The team runs training jumps every two weeks, and is just one of two parattacking crews in Canada with its base in Fort St. John. See more photos of the smokejumpers at alaskahighwaynews.ca.

nrico Fionda jumped out of a plane a month ago, right into an active wildfire.

It’s possible he had a death wish, but this is unlikely considering the amount of gear he carried for sheer survival. Food and water for 48 hours. A tent and sleeping bag. The parachute that’s checked for wear after every jump. Chainsaws and the water pump that were dropped down after him.

Fionda is a smokejumper, a specialized firefighter also called a parattacker. They parachute out of planes at 1,500 feet to attack hard to reach wildfires. “We were dispatched around 1 p.m. and got to the fire pretty quick,� Fionda said of the fire near Tommy Lake, a few hours drive north of Fort St. John. “It looked like it was started by a flare from oil and gas nearby.�

All safely landed, the crew striped off their Kevlar suits and packed up the parachutes. They dragged the water pump and mile-long hose to the stream they identified from the air. Using chainsaws, they cut a path through Canada’s boreal forest and started drenching the fire from the outside in. “We had the fire contained by the first night, so we were able to sleep,� Fionda said. It took two more days to completely douse the four-hectare blaze. “It was a lease site. A grassy square that didn’t seem to have been used. There was dry grass everywhere.�

It was Fionda’s first jump of the year.

The North Peace Smokejumpers are just one of two parattacking crews in Canada with its base in Fort St. John.

They can get to anywhere in B.C. within two hours, so BC Wildfire Service deploys them all over the province to start actioning fires while ground units are en route. “It’s all about strategic movement,� said James Bergen, one of the lead jumpers in Fort St. John.

The large plane they use, a DC-3, can be flown at night unlike helicopters that only fly in daylight. “The jumpers still need daylight, but we can drop them off in the evening before the light is gone, and still be able to fly back to base in the dark. Then we’re ready to deploy another crew in the morning,� Bergen said.

Statistics show that most wildfires start in the afternoon, the time when lighting is most likely to strike. In late summer, as the days begin to shorten, the DC-3’s night flight can mean the difference between getting a fire surrounded and dealing with an out of control wildfire.

Parattacker crews can move more equipment faster and further than ground units or helittackers can. “Speed, range, and payload are the thing,� said Tom Reinboldt, another senior jumper in Fort St. John, who, along with Bergen, has been jumping with the local crew for years.

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Pride Walk to go on as planned in wake of U.S. shootings Mayor confirms attendance, and council proclaims June 18 to 26 as Pride Week in FSJ MATT PREPROST & ALEISHA HENDRY editor@ahnfsj.ca, ahendry@ahnfsj.ca

Fort St. John will play host to its first ever Pride Walk next week, and organizers say the event will go on as planned in the wake of the deadly shootings at a Florida nightclub on June 12.

The Pride Walk set for June 25 has been a long time coming, according to Kerry France, a member of the FSJ Pride Committee that is organizing the event.

The walk starts at noon on June 25 at City Hall with a moment of silence for the 49 people killed and 53 others who were injured at the Pulse

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Fort St. John councillors proclaimed June 18 to 26 as Pride Week in the city at its meeting on June 13. The city is providing buttons with the city’s logo in rainbow colours to hand out at the Pride Walk set for June 25.

nightclub in Orlando in what is being called the deadliest mass shooting in modern U.S. history and the deadliest incident of violence against LGBT people in that country. “Our planning started prior to the tragedy, which stands as a reminder why we need to stand strong in our diversity,�

France said.

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for a crowd of 150 people, and RCMP will be providing security, she said. “It’s really important they be there. We had police involvement from the start because this is our first event in Fort St. John and we weren’t too sure what to expect,� said France. “We’re hoping things will be wonderfully safe, however, it’s always good to be prepared.�

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From city hall, the walk will head south down 100 Street to Centennial Park, where a speech and face painting will take place, and refreshments served.

Mayor Lori Ackerman has confirmed her attendance, and city council proclaimed June 18 to 26 as Pride Week in the city at its meeting on June 13.

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Spirit of the Peace Pow Wow unites young and old More than 250 people from as far away as New Mexico found themselves in Taylor to dance and celebrate being indigenous

to attend other powwows as a dancer.

He’s been working towards this for two years, since his mom made him his own regalia.

The process of becoming a powwow dancer is more than just dancing. Penner recently brought his regalia to an elder, and presented them with a pouch of tobacco, a symbol of thanks and honour.

Penner was given his spirit name, Bear Spirit, and blessed to become a dancer.

“He wasn’t interested in dancing before, but when he put on his regalia, it was like his spirit soared,” said Helen, Penner’s mom.

Their family, from Fort St. John, started dancing five years ago, when Penner’s sisters wanted to become more involved with their indigenous culture.

A long line of family and friends followed Penner and Matwiy as they walked around the dance circle, stopping when they reached two elders seated at the front. The elders prayed for Penner and blessed him, exhorting him to take on the spirit of powwow dancing and to carry it well. Penner’s family handed out gifts to guests, thanking them for coming.

A new song began and Penner and Matwiy danced around the circle again.

Partway through, Matwiy pushed Penner out in front where he danced alone.

The crowd burst into applause and shouts, celebrating their newest dancer.

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ena Hanson is 78 years old and sometimes needs a walker to get around. But when the drums get going, she can still powwow with the best of them.

For the past decade, Hanson has been a driving force behind the Spirit of the Peace Pow Wow, which saw more than 250 people from as far away as New Mexico come to Taylor over the weekend to dance, see friends and celebrate being indigenous.

“I’ll be 79 in September, but as long as I can walk, I’ll be out here,” Hanson said after Friday’s opening procession.

ZOË DUCKLOW PHOTO Hanson’s family, who are Métis, came Trevor Penner, 13, was initiated into powwow to Fort St. John from northern Saskat- on Sunday after two years of learning about chewan in 1966. She came to powwow powwow customs. later in life through her brother.

A little over a decade ago, she got in- still finds the dancing and spectacle of volved in planning for a local powwow the powwow hard to resist. in the B.C. Peace Region, which didn’t The weekend before the this year’s exist at the time. She’s now danced in 10 event, she was at another powwow in out of 11 Spirit of the Peace Pow Wows.

Peace River, Alta. She wasn’t feeling well, Hanson is also the elder of the Spirit and initially just planned on watching. of the Peace Dancers, a School District Then came the Grand Entry—the 60 dance and culture program. While first event of the night, during which all age has slowed her down somewhat, she the dancers form a procession into the dance circle.

“I never did care for competition, but I like the Grand Entry,” she said. “In Peace River, I wish I could have got dressed. When Denturist that drum started and that Adrianna Salo, DD, RD Grand Entry came out, oh my goodness. I wanted to dance.”

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Lena Hanson: “I’ll be 79 in September, but as long as I can walk, I’ll be out here.”

of the Taylor arena waiting. As a circle of drummers beat on one large drum, singing together, Josh Matwiy stood with him, ready to accompany Penner through his initiation into powwow.

“It means a lot to me because I’ll be recognized at powwow as a dancer,” Penner said before the ceremony.

Being initiated into powwow means Penner will be welcome

Clayton Chief’s forehead was painted red, from temple to temple, his black hair tightly braided underneath a headpiece of feathers. Two beaded medallions hung from his neck on top of a quill breastplate, his vest completely covered with beadwork.

“There is no price for these. My daughter spent one-and-a-half years making them for me,” he said.

“The four arrows are the four directions. There are 12 marks around the outside—they represent the 12 months.

This represents the way the stars and moon were when I was born.”

It’s like his nation’s version of a zodiac sign. The arrangement of the stars at his birth remind him where he comes from.

“It’s the language I was born with, that tells me who I am,” he said.

Chief is a dancer from Big Island Lake Cree Nation in Saskatchewan. He was at the Spirit of the Peace Pow Wow competition, as a dancer and drummer with the drumming group Echoing Thunder.

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Clayton Chief dances in regalia his daughter made for him specially for this year’s powwow in Taylor.

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In an address to the cadets, Ackerman called the occassion a “significant opportunity for us to recognize our youth” and the citizenship and leadership they learn through the program. “Our national forces have kept our country safe, and the significance of this particular ceremony is that you will now keep your community safe,” she said.

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Above, Coun. Larry Evans, Ackerman and Lane with the official designation following the ceremony.

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“We’re just in the process of setting up that, to get that up and running to help youth get their driver’s licences, and help them with driver training classes as well,” Foster said.

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“It’s youth led, so (on Tuesday) we had the youth come in and plan out their summer events for what they wanted ... that went really well,” Foster said.

NENAS can take up to 25 youth, and participants have to be between the ages of 12 and 18 and identify as First Nations, Inuit or Metis.

“We make a meal every night with them, so they can help us cook the dinner, so we just need to know for numbers that way for how much food we need, as well as if we’re doing an out(side) trip, just so we know our numbers, so we have enough chaperones and all that too,” Foster said.

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The NENAS initiative kicked off on Tuesday, June 7, and will take place every Tuesday of the summer, and year round if there’s enough interest.

Outdoor adventures, sports and recreation, cultural activities, and knowledge sharing are all part of the agenda, as well as learning life skills like budgeting and cooking.

The youth nights will also include free dinner, which the youth help to prepare.

“What we’re trying to aim to do is give the youth some independent living skills,” said Julie Foster, family and youth program facilitator with NENAS. “They can also set up sustainable support networks, so within the community, within their schools, here at the centre with other youth, and then also community participation.”

The 15 kids who attended on June 7 said they wanted to do a challenge night, where they’d compete against each other in a number of different games and sports, bake for the homeless, go camping and hiking, and bring in elders who can share their cultural knowledge with them.

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Letter to the Editor PRIDE IN SELF, FORT ST. JOHN AS PRIDE WALK APPROACHES My name is Colleen and I am a lesbian.

I am a mother, a wife, a sister and daughter, a local volunteer, a lawyer, an avid gardener and reader, a registered professional planner, an amateur beekeeper and a Christian.

I am also a very private person and if I don’t know you, I’d rather you not know these things about me. I don’t know who you are and I have no idea what negative repercussions might flow from this disclosure for my family, my business or me.

Because of these unknowns, I am reluctant to write this letter.

So why do it? My anger at what has happened in Orlando has overwhelmed my desire to remain silent.

I cannot be at the Pride Walk for members of the Lesbian Gay Bisexual Transgender and Queer (also known as LGBTQ) community in Fort St. John next weekend. My family cannot visibly add to the diversity. You will not be able to see that we, too, are part of that community.

Not being able to attend the Walk wasn’t a big deal for me

until I heard the news about the attack on a gay bar in Orlando. More than 100—mostly young adults—murdered or seriously injured by someone who, without knowing them, hated who they were? And that shortly thereafter, another man, armed with three assault rifles and chemicals used to make explosives, was arrested en route to a Los Angeles-area gay pride parade? Horrifying. And this is North America in 2016.

While extreme hate coupled with extreme violence is unusual (so it made the news), the daily expression of hate against members of the LGBTQ community is not. I wish we could simply chalk it all up to easy answers like mental illness or terrorism.

But the intolerance and discrimination isn’t isolated and the stakes are still, even in our part of the world, very high.

Friends of mine have been harassed, bullied, beaten up, and threatened. I have been verbally harassed in town while with my wife at a public event.

Not too long ago, I was asked to leave MY family at home when invited to a client’s Christmas Party because it was “family friendly.”

I try not to worry about what will happen to my child when she starts school and her classmates find out she has two moms. While I pray it will be a safe space, my partner and I will also do our best to make sure she has a thick skin, a good sense of humour, and a solid right-hook.

That we have, for the first time, a Pride Walk in Fort St. John and a week declared in a unanimous vote by members of our city council as Pride Week should also be a big deal to all of us. Prayers for the dead are not enough.

Please know that someone YOU love is either gay or loves someone who is a member of the LGBTQ community. This is not a choice. Heaven knows, being “straight” would be so much easier.

Being evangelical Christian, Muslim, Sikh or otherwise faithful and modest doesn’t change this reality. In this way, harsh words, cruel jokes, subtle (or not so subtle) harassment, and hate crimes connect and affect us all.

Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender and Queer—we live in Fort St. John and the North.

And we are OK. And it isn’t

contagious.

Like everyone else, we work and play hard, love, have families, volunteer, and make positive contributions that make our community better. We are employees, employers, professionals, labourers, business owners, and first responders of all industries and services in the Peace.

And even ‘tho we may rub elbows, you may or may not know who we are, because we may not feel safe enough with you to share who we or our families are with you.

The risk of rejection and harm is tremendous. And it is still real.

Because of this, my thoughts are with those people who are outing themselves to create safe spaces for everyone in our community. My best wishes and love are with those who will be walking with their heads high next weekend—members of the LGBTQ community and allies alike. I am proud to be in Fort St. John at this moment in time.

I am proud to be who I am. I wish we could be here sharing the day with you.

Colleen Brown, Fort St. John

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nitially, I felt honored to be invited to testify at the Standing Committee on Natural Resources. After all, the purpose of our 4,500-kilometre LNG or BUST road trip to Ottawa was to inform the federal government of the job market situation in Fort St. John. I decided to extend my stay to testify.

The study of the committee is “The Future of Canada’s Oil and Gas, Mining and Nuclear Sectors: Innovation, Sustainable Solutions and Economic Opportunities.” I had the naïve notion that I would be asked for my two cents worth on oil and gas. By the first question on how an immigrant of only two years would come across the wealth of information in my opening statement, I felt uneasy and I knew then that it was not just going to be about oil and gas.

As Conservative MP Brad Trost, a member of the committee, put it, the committee tried and failed to paint me into a corner.

I opened my testimony about how I have come to love my new hometown Fort St. John and my new country Canada. I felt so blessed last July 2015 when everyone in my family had a job. Even my 13-year-old son then was making more than a dollar above

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minimum wage. My 13-year-old was making about the daily minimum wage in the Philippines working just one hour in Fort St. John.

My main message was how Fort St. John transformed to having an almost statistically insignificant unemployment rate to having the highest unemployment rate in B.C. in just a matter of seven months. I told them my story of how easily I found a high-paying job and lost that job due to slow economic activity on Jan. 27. The solution to this job market condition is to approve as soon as possible Pacific NorthWest LNG and other liquefied natural gas plants to start an LNG industry in Canada.

I stressed that delays, such as what happened last March 22 wherein the CEAA extended its decision-making timeframe, has human cost in Fort St. John. Since then, real people have lost more jobs, businesses, homes. Progress

Energy has pulled out a job-creating $5-billion in spending in the north because of this delay.

I also gave my two cents worth on oil and gas.

1. I would like to see our Canadian natural resources get to market. Three proposals would help in this regard: Pacific NorthWest LNG, the Energy East pipeline, and the Trans Mountain/Kinder Morgan pipeline expansion.

2. I want the Government of Canada to help defend these projects and make these happen for the sake of Canadian jobs and the economy. Any less will take away jobs from Canadians and reduce our national economy.

3. I want the government to review the Paris Accord agreement, taking into consideration a recent government-funded study that says, “short of an economic collapse, it is difficult to see how Canada can realistically meet its Paris commitments in the 14 years remaining without rethinking its plans for oil and gas development.” It also says “if Ottawa approves only one large LNG terminal in B.C. and if Alberta sticks to its plan of capping provincial emissions at 100 megatonnes a year, emissions from the rest of the economy will have to shrink

by 47 per cent to meet Canada’s greenhouse gas commitments under the Paris climate accord.”

The government should acknowledge that economic progress and the use of fossil fuel go hand in hand. We can’t meet the Paris Accord unless the economy takes a drastic hit.

4. I want the government to consider the global solution to greenhouse gas emmissions are not just Canadian solutions.

Canada only produces 1.7 per cent of the world’s greenhouse gases. China produces 23 per cent. One project the size of Pacific NorthWest or LNG Canada shipping B.C. LNG into Asia for power generation will displace coal-fired power and GHG emissions offsetting all of B.C.’s annual GHG emissions, plus about 10 per cent of Canada’s.

We did it Fort St. John. We delivered our message and the trip was well worth it.

I will extend the LNG or BUST road trip alone to Halifax wherein we hope to convince the proposed Bear Head LNG plant in Halifax to use Canadian natural gas.

Alan Yu is a Fort St. John resident and founder of FSJ for LNG.

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very tight, there were no spare barrels—especially of gasoline—available.

This put Petro-Canada in a very unpleasant position. Very quickly many of their facilities in western Canada quite literally ran out of gas.

That is when Petro-Canada chose to invoke the force majeure clause in their supply agreements with some of their major customers.

Suppliers are usually loath to invoke these clauses and only declare them as a last resort as the reputation damage that goes along with the message can last for years.

Customers expect their suppliers to operate their businesses in ways that can withstand supply disruptions.

At the time of writing of this column, retail gasoline prices were rising quickly as operators sought to recover additional supply costs for having to truck and rail product into markets that were short of fuel.

These events remind us again of the complexity— and fragility—of the supply system on which we all rely on for our fuel requirements and how quickly changes in supply and demand can drive selling prices in the market.

Tim Maryon is vice-president of sales and business development at Peace Country Petroleum in Fort St. John.

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While not unheard of, it is still rare for an oil company to have to turn customers away.

So what happened?

In early June a “perfect storm” of events caused Petro-Canada to essentially run out of gasoline.

As a result of this, the company invoked the rarelyused force majeure clause with some of its customers.

Force majeure means superior force or chance occurrence and is used in contracts to free a company from liability in certain extreme circumstances. It is usually used only when an extraordinary event such as a war, strike or act of God occurs.

The wildfires in Fort McMurray caused many producers of synthetic crude oil to curtail production drastically, significantly reducing the supply available to both Petro-Canada’s, and to Shell’s Edmonton refineries.

The supply of diesel and gasoline was already tighter than normal due to the planned maintenance shutdown of Imperial Oil’s Edmonton refinery. With this shutdown in mind, Imperial had built inventories and made plans to keep its customers well supplied.

Imperial’s shutdown— although planned— contributed to the tight supply situation.

To compound things, PetroCanada had an operating issue that unexpectedly shut down a unit at its Edmonton refinery—significantly restricting its production of gas and diesel.

Normally in a situation like this Petro-Canada would ask for and receive support from the other Edmonton refiners to keep their customers supplied with fuel. However, because supply was already

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Fort St. John and District Chamber of Commerce Executive Assistant Megan Hansen and Executive Director Lilia Hansen show off the Love Fort St. John logo.

The Chamber is holding a launch of the program on June 18 at Centennial Park.

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Small business owners who love their community can now promote themselves on a new website through the Love Fort St. John program.

The program is part of the the Love Northern BC umbrella, funded by the Northern Development Initiative Trust.

The City of Fort St. John applied to be part of program, and asked the Fort St. John and District Chamber of Commerce to put its boots on the ground for the project.

Lilia Hansen, executive director of the chamber, said the program helps increase online exposure for small businesses.

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The official launch of Love Fort St. John takes place on June 18 at Centennial Park during the Farmers’ Market, at which time the full list of participating businesses will be released. Hansen said so far there’s about 70 businesses signed up.

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As part of its strategic plan to reach out and involve residents of communi es throughout the region, the Peace River Regional District Board will hold its regular mee ng on June 23, 2016 at the Taylor Community Hall.

The Board invites area residents to a end the mee ng to meet the Directors and become more familiar with the func ons of the Peace River Regional District.

Regional Districts were established in the province of B.C. for three primary purposes: 1. to represent residents of the (unincorporated) electoral areas on local government issues; 2. to provide the poli cal and administra ve frameworks necessary for member municipali es and electoral areas to collaborate in the joint provision of services such as solid waste management, 9-1-1 emergency call answering service, emergency planning, regional parks, etc.; and

Jessica Witmer, Michelle Lindley and Ashlyn Bolog greeted customers with smiling faces on the opening day of The Caffeination Station in Charlie Lake on Friday, June 10. The bright orange coffee hut, located near Arctech Welding, is hard to miss for both north and southbound travellers in need of a caffeine perk. The Charlie Lake location is the second Caffeination Station in the Peace. There is also one in Taylor.

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Northeast B.C.’s jobless rate climbed to 9.6 per cent in May, nearly four points higher than the rate this time last year.

The number of employed people inched upward slightly to 39,400, an increase of around 100 employed people over last month.

Unemployment in the Peace Region and Fort Nelson has climbed steadily since September, passing the provincial and national jobless rates in the fall of 2015. Northeast B.C. once again has the province’s highest regional unemployment rate, ahead of North Coast and Nechako (8.5) and Thompson-Okanagan (7.8).

B.C.’s overall unemployment rate is 6.1 per cent, behind Saskatchewan (6.0) and Manitoba (5.9), while Canada’s rate is 7.4 per cent.

Unemployment sat at 5.9 per cent in the Peace Region in May 2015.

The forestry, fishing, mining, quarrying, and oil and gas sectors added around 2,600 jobs in B.C. last month, a gain of 5.2 per cent after declines of 6.2 per cent the previous month.

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Fentanyl-related fatalities are up 200 per cent in Fort St. John and the North Peace so far this year, according to new data released June 9 by the BC Coroners Service.

In the first four months of the year, there have been six fatal fentanyl-related overdoses in Fort St. John, Pink Mountain and Wonowon—a sharp increase from the two deaths reported in all of 2015.

The numbers were updated from the Coroners Service’s last report on May 13, when just two fentanyl fatalities were reported so far in 2016.

“The revised data has been updated to reflect more final toxicology reports,” said spokesperson Barb McLintock.

In each of the deaths, fentanyl was detected either alone or in combination with other drugs, the Coroners Service says.

Fentanyl is an opioid meant to treat severe pain, and is estimated to be at least 80 times as potent as morphine and at least 100 times more powerful as heroin.

The drug was not seen in the Fort St. John area until 2013 when the Coroners Service attributed two deaths to the drug.

In 2014, that number jumped to four.

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Tenders for the initial construction phase of the Margaret “Ma” Murray Community School are nearly ready to go.

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“We’re hoping to go out to tender within the next few weeks for the initial stages of the construction,” said Doug Boyd, secretary treasurer for School District 60.

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be going out. We’re hoping they’ll be out the last week of June here so we can start the implementation of those in contracting them out.”

The initial phase of work will include driving the pilings and building the school’s foundation, Boyd said, adding he’s “hopeful that work can commence in July.”

“What we want to do is capitalize on the window of opportunity (when the) weather is good before winter. Obviously, it would be nice if we had structure up with a roof.”

The $24.8-million school, which the province announced last November, will accommodate 365 students from Kindergarten to Grade 6.

Construction is expected to be finished by spring 2018, with the first classes in fall.

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The numbers have become an alarming trend for the city, which leads the northern region of the province when it comes fentanyl-related deaths.

There has been just one death in Dawson Creek so far this year, and another three in Prince George. A single death has been reported in Terrace.

“That’s looking bad in Fort St. John, no question about it,” McLintock said.

There have been 148 confirmed fentanyl-detected deaths in B.C. up to April 30 of this year, most in the Lower Mainland, and the majority claiming the lives of men, and those between the ages of 20 and 39.

The province is on track to quickly surpass last year’s total fentanyl-detected death tally of 152.

So far this year, Vancouver leads the province with the highest numbers of deaths at 26. The city had a total of 31 deaths in 2015.

Surrey has seen 17 deaths in the first four months of the year, up from 11 in all of 2015, while Kelowna has had 10 deaths, up from six last year.

Advocates in both Fort St. John and Dawson Creek have said they want to see more life-saving naloxone kits (an antidote for overdoses) available in the community.

The Peace River Regional District has started the bidding process to repair the roof at the Charlie Lake Fire Hall.

During recent rains, members of the Charlie Lake Fire Department noticed there was a significant leak in the roof.

“The leak was due to the age of the roof and the type of roofing that was used,” a Peace River Regional District report from June 9 states.

The regional district’s in-

vestigation showed that the leak was a result of ice buildup on the roof over the winter due to improper drainage.

The PRRD authorized $35,000 of the $100,000 available through the building’s capital reserve funding to fix the problem.

The PRRD’s purchasing policy dictates that at least three bids must be received from prospective contractors to carry out the work on the roof. The winning bidder will then come before the board for approval.

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The North Peace airport is looking for help to fund a $36,950 project to improve the lighting in the parking lot.

A grant proposal being prepared for the Northern Development Initiative Trust (NDIT) to fund $25,865 of the

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The PRRD endorsed sending a letter of support o NDIT for the airport’s proposal at its June 9 meeting.

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LOCAL NEWS Left: Brooke Soychuk and Emily Brule, were happy to have completed their Northern Lights College studies. Both received Applied Business Technology certificates. Seventy-seven graduates walked across the stage June 10 to receive their diplomas and certificates. Tyler McDonald, a social services worker graduate from Fort St. John, was awarded the Governor General’s Bronze Medal for scoring the highest GPA at 4.243. Laura Lambert, a professional cook grad from Dawson Creek, was awarded the Lieutenant Governor’s Silver Medal for her contributions to the college and the community. Ella Fraser, a nurse and first female president of the Fort St. John & District Chamber of Commerce, and Caroline Woodward, an internationally-renowned author born and raised in Cecil Lake, were both awarded an Honorary Associate of Arts Degree.

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Be passionate and proud, valedictorian tells grads Bagpipes, blue gowns, words of wisdom and congratulations filled the North Peace Cultural Centre on Friday, June 10, to mark the achievements of this year’s Northern Lights College graduating class.

Seventy-seven graduates walked across the stage to receive diplomas and certificates, which, for some, marks an end to their post-secondary careers, and others, just the beginning.

“Whether it was to complete a program, a diploma, a certificate, or collecting credits for transcripts to another institution, I say, well done,” said John Kurjata, chair of the Northern Lights College Board of Governors, in his address.

“I recently read a great definition of success which I thought fit pretty well with the students’ journey, and it went like this: ‘What does success require? It requires long days, long nights, empty bank accounts, struggle...’

“I know how hard you’ve worked, and you should feel so very proud of yourselves for accomplishing what you set out to do.”

Valedictorian Eliza Benterud, a business management graduate, encouraged her peers to be good at what they do, whatever that is. “Whether you’re going on to be a teacher or an early childhood educator, a power engin-

eer, a carpenter, an electrician, another trades person, a business owner, a medical professional: be a good one,” she said.

“Be ethical in your choices and actions ... be passionate about what you do, and go to bed every night proud of the work you did that day.”

Benterud left the audience with a few borrowed words of inspiration: “If you think that you are too small to be effective, you have never been in bed with a mosquito.”

Fort St. John Mayor Lori Ackerman was not only the ceremony’s keynote speaker, but one of the graduates, having just completed the business management diploma program she started in her thirties.

“Of course I wish I had done it sooner, but as a mature student, and thankfully I wasn’t alone, I had a different perspective on the conversations in the class and that taught me a lot,” she said. “Then, once again, life got in the way. It’s a wee irritant that it took me this long, but I never gave up the idea of completion.

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Spray park bids come in over city’s budget BRONWYN SCOTT

Couns. Byron Stewart and Bruce Christensen talk Rotary Spray Park upgrades at city council’s June 13 meeting.

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Summer fun in the form of a new and improved spray park has turned out to be much more expensive than the city anticipated, which means the project may be scaled down to fit within the city’s $611,000 budget.

The lowest bidder for the work on the Rotary Spray Park was Burnaby-based TGK Irrigation Ltd. with a price tag of $722,820. The only other bidder on the project was Fort St. John’s Kalmar Construction, which listed the work at $787,643.

Council voted in favour of a staff recommendation June 13 to negotiate with TGK to bring the cost of the work in line with the budget, but not before debating options on how to give the opportunity to the local company.

“If we’re negotiating with one, can we not negotiate with one that would be local?” asked Coun. Byron Stewart.

Current policy, however, dictates the city choose the lowest bidder.

“We could argue that the local contractor should be awarded if they were the higher bid but within a reasonable cost, (but in this case) the local contractor was significantly higher than the non-local contractor,” explained Craig Stanley, director of facilities and grounds.

Re-tendering the project was also an option, but the scope of work would have to be changed.

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dering the project, hoping you will get a different price,” said Dianne Hunter, city manager.

“If you reject the tenders and you want to go out and retender the project, you have to change something in the project.”

Re-tendering also runs the risk of having no contractors bid a second time around, and would set the project back several weeks, pushing the completion date to October rather than September 2016.

Coun. Bruce Christensen was in favour of pursuing that option nonetheless, and was the only councillor to vote against negotiating with TGK. “I don’t understand how we can re-negotiate without re-scoping, and if that’s the case then I would certainly say that we go back out for tender. Because you’re negotiating, you’re going to change something,” he said.

The rest of council was not in agreement.

“The tender process is ‘sharpen your pencil and come in with your best,’” Coun. Trevor Bolin said.

“We need to change our scope of the work to try to make it fit inside our budget. I think we’re better off to do that than to lose a month-and-ahalf in the land of ‘what ifs.’”

The city will award the project tender to TGK if negotiations to bring down the price are successful. However, TGK can turn down the opportunity to negotiate, in which case the project, with a different scope of work, would have to go back to tender regardless, according to Wally Ferris, general manager of community services.

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New schools. An amusement park. A modern library. A community gym. A city forester.

Those are just some of the amenities and ideas residents envision for Fort St. John in 2030 as “graffiti walls” rolled out across the city on Wednesday, June 8.

The walls are part of a series of talks the city is launching as it updates its official community plan—a blueprint of policies mapping out how the city will tackle infrastructure, services, land development, environmental issues, arts and more.

“Fort St. John’s Official Community Plan is the vision for the community that we, as citizens of the community, seek to create” Mayor Lori Ackerman said in a statement.

The city has launched “graffiti walls” for residents to jot down their thoughts at the

North Peace Cultural Centre, the Pomeroy Sport Centre, Whole Wheat & Honey Cafe, North Peace Secondary, the senior’s hall, the pool, and at city hall.

Workshops are slated for the Pomeroy Sport Centre June 20 to 22 from 9 a.m. to 8 p.m., and city staff will be soliciting feedback at Canada Day festivities in Centennial Park.

“As we go through the process of developing our OCP, it is essential that your voice is heard on what you want to preserve, enhance, change or improve,” Ackerman said.

The city’s current plan was adopted in 2011, however, the city says provincial legislation recommends communities update or replace their plan every five years.

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The city is providing buttons with the city’s logo in rainbow colours to hand out at the walk.

Celebrating Pride is just another part of the growing diversity in Fort St. John, Ackerman said, also noting that she has a step-brother who is gay and “we love him to pieces.”

“The diversification aspect of Fort St. John is probably happening faster than we as a community would have ever anticipated it happening,” said Ackerman, noting the city’s growing Filipino community and youth taking the lead on organizing the city’s annual World Fair culture celebration.

“It just seems like a natural progression in recognizing these communities.”

Despite some negative reaction, the public response to the Pride Walk has been mostly positive, co-organizer

Dillon Lazaroff said.

“I have heard nothing but positive from everyone I know,” Lazaroff said, noting that while there have been a few negative reactions on social media, those people are starting to becoming the minority.

“There’s a need for it in the community,” said Lazaroff, noting there are several local pride and diversity groups on Facebook, as well as LGBTQ groups at several local schools and at the library.

France pointed out that adults haven’t really paved the way for LGBTQ youth in the community.

“That’s what we’re looking to do, to open the community to the fact that hey, yes, there is a large community here,” she said.

The committee is planning to continue the event next year and hopes to see it grow.

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Peace municipalities prep for emergencies FSJ, DC both following Taylor’s lead When disaster strikes in the Peace, a committed group of unpaid professionals from the District of Taylor, population 1,500, are the unsung heroes who bring expertise spanning 20 years to help those in need.

The Taylor Emergency Social Services (ESS) team, which provides shelter, food and care for the first 72 hours after an emergency, has been around for two decades, and some of the 36-member team has been around since its inception.

Moira Clark is one such example. She’s responded to floods, fires, missing person calls, and more, all over the region.

“There’s lots of things that happen.

Unexpected things that you have to be ready for,” she said in an interview with the Alaska Highway News.

Clark, a director with the Taylor ESS, received a Public Safety Lifeline Volunteer Award from Attorney General Suzanne Anton last year for her work.

“They’re all volunteers who work very hard. They’ve gone to Dawson Creek, they’ve gone to Fort St. John. The Taylor ESS is kind of known in the region to be the go-to team because they’ve been around for so many years,” said Laura Prosko, community services director for Taylor.

to an Emergency Management British Columbia course in Vancouver, we have people that have taken the registration and referrals course, the logistics course, the ESS director course. There’s lots and lots of different courses,” said Prosko.

“We are way ahead of Fort St. John and Dawson Creek, so it’s good that they’re starting things up and they’re aware of that ... for 1,500 people and a small municipal budget, they’ve really done a good job in Taylor to maximize emergency preparedness.”

In addition to the ESS team, Taylor also has the Taylor Industrial Mutual Aid Group (TIMAG), comprised of 40 partners ranging from industry groups like Spectra, AltaGas, Canfor Pulp, Progress Energy and Cameron River Logging to the BC Ambulance Service, RCMP and the Ministry of Transportation and Infrastructure.

TIMAG’s objective is to ensure that they have the best capable response to an incident in the District of Taylor, with members helping one another out in emergencies by sharing resources and communication.

“Anybody within the organization can request assistance, and then it’s up to the rest of us to provide that assistance ... we all sign the agreement and we’re all part of that agreement,” said Brian Lamond, TIMAG president.

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Only now, with this year’s early start to the wildfire season, and the Beatton Airport Road and Siphon Creek wildfires that led to the Peace River Regional District declaring a State of Local Emergency, have the larger municipalities of Dawson Creek and Fort St. John started stepping up their game.

“It’s on top of everybody’s mind lately,” Prosko said. As the ESS Department falls under the community services portfolio, she’s been fielding questions about how the ESS functions.

“Because so many emergencies have happened, and with Fort McMurray as well, people are asking, what do people do on ESS? They have quite extensive training, so these volunteers are ‘unpaid professionals,’” Prosko explained.

Training is ongoing. In addition to attending regular meetings and mock exercises, members take courses to specialize in specific areas of response, which the District of Taylor funds.

“We’re sending two people right now

While Fort St. John’s formal ESS team is still in its infancy, many volunteers from Fort St. John stepped up to help with registering evacuees and other tasks during the wildfire evacuations last month. More than 90 residents filled out the necessary paperwork to become an ESS team member, according to Robin Langille, facilities manager with the City of Fort St. John.

The city has begun hosting ESS training courses, with the next free training session on June 18 from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. at the Pomeroy Sport Centre.

“Taylor has trained people, now that’s what we’re trying to do,” said Langille.

The City of Dawson Creek is also getting proactive about emergency preparedness.

“We’re in the process of arranging for or developing our own ESS group or program,” said Bob Fulton, deputy fire chief with the Dawson Creek Fire Department. “In the meantime, we do ESS to a small scale, but we also have put Taylor’s ESS team to work ... Taylor’s is a very well organized and practiced team.”

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Moira Clark, a director with Taylor Emergency Social Service, and Brian Lamond, president of the Taylor Industrial Mutual Aid Group, are leaders in emergency response.

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On June 7, the smokejumpers practiced jumping onto a sloped landing. The team runs training jumps like this every two weeks. Many were jumping onto a slope for the first time. Almost everyone landed within yards of the target spot.

Red and yellow ribbons of crepe-paper fell from the plane circling overhead.

The ribbons help the spotter judge wind conditions. Once they landed close to the target, the spotter knew where the plane should to be for the crew to jump.

The next time the plane circled around, Reinboldt jumped out—a bright white and blue parachute billowing open behind him like a large jelly fish. He pulled cables to steer right or left.

“It’s like driving a car on ice,” one jumper said, watching from the ground.

“More like driving a car on snow,” said another. “You have steering control, but everything’s really delayed.”

Close to the ground, Reinboldt stopped steering and faced himself into the wind.

“Holding, eyes forward, feet together, knees slightly bent,” he called, like a mantra. It’s a simple verbal cue that’s drilled into smokejumpers from the start of their training.

Holding means they’ve stopped steering. If they keep steering as they drop it can make them spin, which speeds their fall. They want to drop as slowly as possible so when they hit the ground, they’re in control. Clicking his feet together at the ground, Reinboldt essentially tripped himself, falling onto one side of his body and rolling until he stopped.

“Free and clear,” he called, to let the crew know he’s landed without injury.

‘Great-white buffalo of firefighting’ Firefighters come from all over the country to Fort St. John and Macken-

zie—home of the only two crews in Canada—to train as parattackers in a grueling five-week training program. Not everyone makes the cut.

“It’s like the great-white buffalo of firefighting,” said Nathan Stewart, who came here from Manitoba two years ago in hopes of joining the crew.

With the advantages of hitting fires with parattackers, it’s curious that there are only two crews in Canada. Topography partly determines which crews are deployed. Helittackers are more effective in dense areas because helicopters land in smaller places than parattackers need. Areas of the province where there is more road development allows ground units to access fires without the need to drop in.

“We’re wondering that too,” Reinboldt said. “I think it’s the technical know-how that’s needed. You can’t just up and start a crew—you need people who know what they’re doing.”

The North Peace unit started when a privately-owned parattacking company in the Yukon lost its contract. They moved south and started the North Peace Smokejumpers. Mackenzie’s crew is an off-shoot from this one.

Dropping into a wildfire with hundreds of pounds of gear is not your average overnight hike. It’s a job that attracts a certain kind of person. There’s a camaraderie that develops, making the job enjoyable as well as meaningful. The newer jumpers are quick to defer to more experienced jumpers like Reinboldt and Bergen, who shrug off begin called the experts. They don’t want recognition— the job is the reward.

“It’s a serious job,” Reinboldt said.

“There aren’t many jobs where there’s a beginning and an end. You make a plan, and you put it out. You get to finish what you start. And you’re doing it all with people you enjoy.”

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COURT DOCKET Here is what happened in Peace Region courts for the week ending June 10.

Fort St. John Law Courts: • Daniel Glenn Downey (born 1969) was sentenced to 162 days in jail and handed $300 in victim surcharges for three counts of theft $5,000 or under.

• Conrad Vincent Graham Lizotte (born 1977) was handed a $2,500 fine on top of $8,750 in victim surcharges fro one count of common nuisance endangering life.

• Kristian Trevor Pongracz (born 1975) was sentenced to one day in jail and handed a $100 victim surcharge for one count of theft $5,000 or under.

• Alex Paul Whitford (born 1971) was handed a $100 victim surcharge for break and

enter with intent to commit an offence.

• Daniel Peter Whitford (born 1993) was sentenced to six months and eight days in jail, banned from firearms ownership for 10 years, and handed $300 in victim surcharges for two counts breach of an undertaking, and one count of possession for the purpose of trafficking.

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stemming from 2015 charges of occupying a vehicle without consent of the owner, flight from a peace officer and theft of a motor vehicle.

• Raymond Justin William Renouf (born 1982) was sentenced to three days in jail, two years probation, and handed $200 in victim surcharges for one count of assault, and one count of breaching of an undertaking or recognizance.

• Kyle Tyson Paul Belcourt (born 1988) was sentenced to 45 days in jail, one year of probation, and handed a $100 victim surcharge for one count of uttering threats.

Chetwynd Law Courts: • Tina Marie Belcourt (born 1976) was sentenced to one year of probation after which she will serve a one-year suspended sentence, and was

• Torry Lee Anderson (born 1986) was sentenced to three months in jail, handed a 10year ban from firearms, and $200 in victim surcharges for one count of possession for the purpose of trafficking and one count possession of a controlled substance. The offences took place in Pouce Coupe.

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• Brandon Douglas William Latta (born 1994) was sentenced to 27 days in jail and handed a $100 victim surcharge for one count of breaching of a probation order

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handed a $100 victim surcharge for one count of theft $5,000 or under.

• Bryan Wayne Best (born 1958) was sentenced to 90 days in jail, banned from driving for 15 years, and handed $575 in victim surcharges for two counts of driving while prohibited or disqualified, and two counts of breaching a probation order.

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Building speed, power ahead of Rio 2016 Bo Hedges working hard to earn third Paralympic medal, push Canada to the podium at Summer Olympics ZOË DUCKLOW reporter@ahnfsj.ca

Wonowon native Bo Hedges is in the throes of training for the Paralympic Games in Rio with Canada’s wheelchair basketball team. He’s done it twice before, first for Beijing where they won silver, and then London for gold.

But this time is different.

This year’s team is smaller in stature than it used to be, having lost a number of tall players after the 2012 Paralympic Games in London. Height is pretty important in basketball, but the Canadian team is working a new strategy they hope will give them advantages over opponents, even with their smaller size.

“We’re working on outside shooting, to be really good at shooting from outside the key,” Hedges said. “We need to force the defence to come to us. They’ll want to pack into the key and make us come to them, so we need to create space from the outside.”

The team’s defensive strategy relies on keeping opponents out of shooting range as long as possible, because “once their big shooters get past us, they’re basically shooting until they score,” Hedges said.

As a third-time Paralympian, Hedges is more focused than his first Games in Beijing in 2008, when he had no idea what to expect. Six of his teammates are brand new to international competition—they have a lot to get used to.

Teammates with more experience are trying to share their knowledge so the new ones are prepared.

The year of practice Officially, the team started its centralized practices in May, but 10 of the 12 players have been together in

Toronto since September 2015. In previous years, players would practice with teammates who lived nearby, not meeting the whole team until a few months before the Games.

But this time, they’ll have had almost a full year together before flying to Rio at the end of August.

Practice starts at 9 a.m. every morning. They spend two hours as a team working on strategy and drills. After a break, players spend another two hours on individual skills and conditioning.

Ninety-minute weight sessions are mixed in though the week as well as “rehab-prehab” sessions.

Hedges is working on explosive power pushing. Up in the weight room, they attach cables to his basketball chair, and he pushes away from the wall as fast and as far as he can. He repeats it twice and then increases the weight and explodes again. They’re just working on the first three pushes for now.

“With stand-up basketball, one thing you have is lateral movement, so you can still duck past someone even if they’re faster,” Hedges said.

“But in wheelchair basketball, you have to manoeuvre your whole chair around the other guy. So with the first two to three pushes you want to be faster. Those first pushes make the difference.”

The next few months are filled with travel and tournaments. Before the Games, they’ll have played all the teams in their group at least two or three times at tournaments in Turkey, Great Britain, and here in Canada.

Looking ahead to Rio, the goal is to land on the podium.

“There won’t be an easy game,” Hedges said. “Any team could beat any other on a given day. Just to qualify for these Games is huge.”

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Wonowon native Bo Hedges is in the throes of training for the Paralympic Games in Rio with Canada’s wheelchair basketball team. He’s done it twice before, first in Beijing in 2008, where they won silver, and then London for gold in 2012.

FSJ Minor Hockey named association of the year contribution to its community and is recognition of the hard by providing a properly work by all,” he said. organized program where a “We are very proud of all the youngster can learn the basic hard work that the community skills and the fundamentals of puts into minor hockey every good hockey.” year and we are excited to The association hang this banner in the arena was recognized for its as a display of pride in our comprehensive group of community and association.” development programs for on-ice officials, young players Ball hockey going strong interested in the sport, and parents, along with its The association’s third partnerships with the Fort St. annual summer ball hockey John Huskies Fill the Bus food tournament saw 220 kids and drive, and last fall’s World 57 games over a 10-hour span Under-17 Hockey Challenge. at the Pomeroy Sport Centre The association saw 110 July 12. new players last season, The Tropix were crowned implemented a no body Bantam and Midget winners, contact league for bantam while Road Kill took home the and midget teams in the All Peewee division title.

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Fort St. John Minor Hockey was named winner of BC Hockey’s Frank Spring Award and the Minor Hockey Association of the Year on June 12.

The Fort St. John Minor Hockey Association brought home a banner for the rafters on the weekend.

BC Hockey named the organization winner of the Frank Spring Award and the Minor Hockey Association of the Year at its annual general meeting and awards banquet in Sun Peaks on June 12.

With more than 150 associations in B.C. and the Yukon, it’s one of the top awards, association President Jim Ferrie said.

“FSJMH has hundreds of dedicated volunteers from the board of directors, coaches, managers down to time keepers and Jersey Moms who all dedicate an enormous amount of time to ensure the youth of Fort St. John are not only able to play hockey but do so in a safe and positive environment,” Ferrie said.

The award is named in honour of former BC Hockey president Frank Spring and is given to “to the minor hockey association judged to have made an outstanding

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Energetic Edge Cheer squad awarded as inaugural season ends

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Energetic Edge Cheerleading Associaiton held a showcase and awards night on June 8, where they demonstrated everything they had learned this season.

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The Danglers were the Atom division winners and the Ball Hogs won the novice division.

“We’re going to do it again. We’re at the point now we need to incorporate the other ice surface,” organizer Curtis Whitford said.

The tournament’s first year saw 16 teams take part.

Whitford said the tournament can’t be put on and grown without the support of its sponsors.

“It gets more and more popular. We’re definitely going to continue to host the tournament and we’re hoping to continue to grow it,” he said.

Coach impressed by progress made The Energetic Edge Cheer Association wrapped up its first season with a showcase and awards night on June 8.

Director and Coach Christina Brace said the team has learned a lot in its inaugural season.

“There were kids that couldn’t do a decent cartwheel and are now doing back walkovers and back handsprings, so they’ve done really well,” she said.

The team travelled to two competitions this season, one to Edmonton for the Alberta Cheerleading Association championship, and the other to Kelowna for the Okanagan Cheerleading Championship.

While the competitions were more of a learning experience, Energetic Edge did win the sportsmanship award at the Kelowna event.

“I was really excited, it was one award I knew we could win,” said Brace.

AWARDS • Edge Pride Award: Taylor Raworth • No Fear Award: Kayda Ratcliffe and Hayden Salinas • Spirit Award: Tashina Bernard and Zara Bedell • Awesome Attitude Award: Ella Bennett

• Energetic Award: Hannah Earle and Thallis Gessner • Best Moves Award: Nikki Narciso • Showmanship Award: Veronika Klimczak • Determination Award: Maya Robichaud • Leadership Award: Bryleigh Barnett and Haylie Carroll • All Star Award: Rylee Oliver and Ashia Bedell • Dedication Award: Jaylee Eisert • Versatility Award: Jasmine Shular and Saige Baerg • Coaches Award: Destiny Buburuz and Claire Livingston • 110% Award: Aiden Clish and Viktoria Klimczak • Skyrocket Award: Aleasha Dool and Conor McGarvey • Jammin’ Jumps Award: Ashlee Lawrence and Hannah Riopel • Terrific Tumbling Award: Haydn Acko and Lexie Carroll • First Rate Flyer Award: Paige Buburuz and Laela Thompson • Boss Base Award: Ashlyn Farrell and Morgan Wightman • Stupendous Spotter Award: Hailee Wheatley and Eghin Thompson • Appreciation Award: Madison Sims, Hannah Robertson, Kailey Miranda and Abigail Moore.

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A fine weekend for some fishin’ If you have yet to drop a line into the waters this season, Father’s Day fishing derbies cast off in Charlie Lake and Hudson’s Hope this weekend.

For the 17th year, fishing licences will be free from June 17 to 19.

Dads looking to reel in a prize catch, dinner for the barbecue perhaps, can try their hand on topping last year’s top haul from Dinosaur Lake, a 13.5-pound lake trout; at Charlie Lake, an eight-pound pike.

The derby at Dinosaur Lake, in its 17th year, runs Sunday from 5 a.m. to 3 p.m., with

registration funds supporting the Hudson’s Hope Ski Association.

“Last year raised just over $5,000 after all was said and done,” organizer Kim Stacey said, adding more than 200 people came out from as far away as Grande Prairie and Prince George.

“When it first started, there were only 30 people who came the first couple of years. It’s really grown in popularity.”

As has the sixth annual Father’s Day Family Fishing Derby, which marks its fourth year at Charlie Lake after moving from Inga Lake in 2013.

The derby runs Sunday 8 a.m. to 3 p.m. at the Rotary Park boat launch, with a prederby Kids Learn to Fish program on Saturday from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.

“In the first year, we had 30 kids, and now we have about 50 kids a year,” organizer Tammi Drapeau said.

For more on the derby in Hudson’s Hope, contact Stacey 250-783-5730 or email roweboat@pris.ca.

For more on the derby at Charlie Lake, contact Drapeau at 250-785-1461.

—Matt Preprost

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This Week: The US Open

The United States Open is the second major championship on the PGA Tour.

The first U.S. Open Championship was held in 1895 at the Newport Golf Defending: Jordan Spieth and Country Club in Newport, R.I. Four Winning Score: 5-under par men, Willie Anderson, Bobby Jones, Winning Share: $1,800,000 Ben Hogan and Jack Nicklaus have won four U.S. Opens. Winning the U.S. Open gives a golfer several privileges that make his career much more secure. U.S. Open champions are automatically invited to play in the other three majors for the next five years, as well as the near-major Players Championship, and they are exempt from qualifying for the U.S. Open itself for ten years.

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Last Week: Daniel Berger won the St. Jude Classic

Daniel Berger won the Tournament Results FedEx St. Jude Classic on 1. Daniel Berger Score: -13 Sunday for his first PGA Earnings: $1,116,000 Tour title. He shot a 3-under Player Score Earnings -10 $462,933 67 to hold off Phil Mickelson, Steve T-2. Brooks Koepka T-2. Phil Mickelson -10 $462,933 Stricker and Brooks Koepka by T-2. Steve Stricker -10 $462,933 three strokes. “To kind of get it done today means a lot,” Berger said. Mickelson moved to within a stroke on the back nine, but Berger responded with birdies on three of his next four holes, highlighted by a 32-foot putt on the par-3 14th that pushed his lead to three strokes. Berger finished at 13-under 267 and became the 13th first-time winner on tour this season.

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Won Lee, a 17-year-old high school junior at Saddlebrook Academy outside Tampa, was in contention during last week’s U.S. Open sectional qualifier in Jacksonville, Fla. On the 11th hole green, Lee opted to repair a pitch mark behind his ball during his second round.

The move was witnessed by Lee’s playing partner, Tim Wilkinson, who called in a rules official. The repair counted as a violation of Rule Golf Trivia 13-2, which prevents players from improving the Who was the last golfer to win a US area of an intended stance or swing by “creating or eliminating irregularities of surface.” The Open at Oakmont Country Club? subsequent two-shot penalty gave Lee a double a) Tiger Woods c) Angel Cabrera bogey on the hole. He ended up posting 5-under b) Ernie Els d) Johnny Miller 139 for the qualifier, falling one shot short of a Answer: c) Angel Cabrera won the 2007 US Open 5-for-2 playoff for the final spots. Without the penalty, he would have qualified outright. at Oakmont Country Club.

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Lessons from the Golf Pro The “axe” or “tomahawk” shot is one that is not used very often, but can be essential in saving strokes. This shot is primarily used when trying to make a shot from the back edge of a bunker, right along the edge between the grass and the sand. When the ball is on the back edge of the bunker, you can not use a normal backswing because you will hit the lip of the bunker. To avoid hitting the back lip of the bunker, you must pick the club up vertically like an axe and then bring it back to the ball on the same line. As the club hits the sand around two inches behind the ball, you need to eject your left arm to allow the cut to cut right underneath the ball. This will allow the ball to sail out easily and toward the target.

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3) Jordan Spieth 1,695 pts. / 5 top tens

4) Russell Knox 1,357 pts. / 3 top tens

5) Brandt Snedeker 1,352 pts. / 5 top tens

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Player Points 6) Patrick Reed 1,296 7) Dustin Johnson 1,261 8) Kevin Kisner 1,252 9) Kevin Chappell 1,245 10) Justin Thomas 1,198

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LOCAL SPORTS

Golfers swing $45K for United Way at annual tourney MATT PREPROST editor@ahnfsj.ca

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While steady rain meant there were a few no-shows for the United Way’s sold-out golf tourney June 9, officials say they were quickly replaced at the door by those eager to help their co-workers and friends.

Soggy weather wasn’t enough to stop local golfers from following through on their swings at the sixth annual United Way Golf Tournament June 9.

While the day’s steady rain meant there were a few noshows for the sold-out tourney, officials say they were quickly replaced at the door by those eager to help their co-workers and friends. When the day was done and the bills were paid, 144 golfers netted the local chapter of United Way $45,500 for programs and services in northern B.C. “They all went out and played in adverse conditions and had a good time,” Executive Director Trevor Williams said.

This year’s funds will help United Way fund programming

at more than two dozen community groups in Fort St. John, from the Lego Builders program at the Fort St. John Library to a 24-hour crisis phone line, vision loss rehab services to the poverty outreach program at the Women’s Resource Centre.

Though economic times are tight for many in the community, residents still see the need to contribute what they can as demand for social services rises, Board Chair Russ Beerling said.

“Since I’ve been around in Fort St. John, when the economy goes down that’s when you see people really coming to the table to throw their support. They see the need when the economy is down,” he said.

“Even when there’s no cash in their pocket, they always seem to find cash to give.”

To learn more, visit unitedwaynbc.ca.

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Creativity is putting your imagination to work, and it’s produced the most extraordinary results in human culture.

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Cultural centre continues to raise funds for dimmer rack ALEISHA HENDRY ahendry@ahnfsj.ca

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The North Peace Cultural Centre is getting ever closer to paying for a new dimmer rack.

The equipment is essential to controlling the lights in the theatre, says operations manager at the NPCC, Oliver Hachmeister.

“It controls all the theatrical lighting for all the shows, so it’s pretty important,” he said.

The original rack was installed in 1992. It’s had some issues during shows, but during one particular performance it just shut down and the lights went out. Hachmeister said they had a backup plan and got the lights going again, but it showed the NPCC that it was definitely time to replace the aging equipment.

The dimmer rack costs around $42,000 plus installation. So far, nearly $38,000 has been raised through community donations and grants.

Hachmeister said the cultural centre is aiming to raise $50,000 to cover the cost of the rack, as well as replace the aging lights in the theatre.

“We’re looking at getting LED lights, which will help reduce our operating costs,” he said.

The upcoming Bright Nights Gala, which takes place on June 24, will also help raise funds for the dimmer rack.

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Claire (left) and Brianne Logeman work on pastel drawings at the Bright Nights in June event at the North Peace Cultural Centre in 2015.

Bright Nights will showcase local artists MATT PREPROST editor@ahnfsj.ca

The North Peace Cultural Centre will once again play host to a weekend showcase of the arts and culture thriving in the Peace Region.

The second annual Bright Nights in June is set for June 24 and 25, featuring gala performances and a free day of arts classes.

“Our goal is to showcase what the Cultural Centre represents and supports throughout the year and give the community an opportunity to experience local cultural in a creative way,” organizers say.

The evening of June 24 will feature a

gala performance that includes piano, dance, music, and other collaborations from local arts groups. Performers include Studio2Stage, Ryan Hennessy, Wesley Phan, Ashley White, Lance Stoney, Morgan Mora, and more.

The evening will also feature a silent auction, the unveiling of a new permanent art installation at the centre, and, of course, hors d’oeuvres and beverages.

On Saturday, the Cultural Centre will be open from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. with a free slate of arts classes ranging from pastels and watercolour painting to jazz and hip-hop dance.

For more, visit npcc.bc.ca or call 250-785-1992.

Rock ‘n’ roll, wizardry, family mayhem and more on the Stage North menu What do God, the devil’s music, a yellow brick road, an Italian restaurant, and a wedding have in common?

They’re all part of of an ambitious lineup of live theatre Stage North has planned for its 2016-17 season.

The company will kick off its season Sept. 22 with a performance of God of Carnage, a black family comedy written in 2006 by Yasmina Reza and turned into a film by Roman Polanski in 2011.

On Oct. 20, Stage North will stage Buddy: The Buddy Holly Story, a rock ‘n’ roll musical featuring live and local musicians to recapture the arc of Holly’s rise to fame.

Stage North will once again be partnering with Studio 2 Stage and the Northern Dance Theatre Society to stage the Nutcracker to ring in Christmas and close out the calendar year.

In the new year, a performance of L. Frank Baum’s famous Wizard of Oz is set to open Feb. 9.

HOROSCOPE ARIES (MARCH 21 TO APRIL 19) This is the perfect day for discussions about inheritances, shared property or insurance disputes. People want to agree and get along. (Use this to make things work for you in any way you want.)

TAURUS (APRIL 20 TO MAY 20) Relations with members of the general public, as well as close friends and partners, are excellent today! Nevertheless, be accommodating with others.

Go more than halfway to ensure friendly relations.

GEMINI (MAY 21 TO JUNE 20) Work-related travel is likely today. If so, you will enjoy yourself. All work discussions will be positive, and possibly lucrative to you. Fingers crossed!

CANCER (JUNE 21 TO JULY 22) This is a lovely day to party or entertain. Long lunches, movies, the arts, picnics, barbecues and playful times with children will appeal.

Sports events will be fun as well!

LEO (JULY 23 TO AUG. 22) This is a good day to discuss realestate negotiations. You might want to entertain at home or explore ways to expand where you live.

VIRGO (AUG. 23 TO SEPT. 22) Because communication with others is so smooth today, enjoy schmoozing with everyday contacts.

Discussions with sib.lings and relatives will be warm and friendly.

LIBRA (SEPT. 23 TO OCT. 22) This is an excellent day for business and commerce. Look for ways to boost your income. You might have to travel to make money today as well.

SCORPIO (OCT. 23 TO NOV. 21) The Moon is still in your sign; however, today it is dancing with

For Thursday June 16, 2016 lucky, moneybags Jupiter. This promotes domestic peace and happiness for you. Life is good!

SAGITTARIUS (NOV. 22 TO DEC. 21) Something going on behind the scenes will please you today. Secret travel plans might be in the making.

(We both know you love to travel.)

CAPRICORN (DEC. 22 TO JAN. 19) Relations with classes and groups are positive today. A discussion with a female, probably from another culture, will be mutually beneficial.

(What goes around, comes around.)

AQUARIUS (JAN. 20 TO FEB. 18) You make a great impression on bosses and VIPs today. In fact, this could lead to future travel opportunities for you. Whatever you do today with others ultimately will benefit you. Ka-ching!

PISCES (FEB. 19 TO MARCH 20) You will enjoy travelling today or talking to people from different backgrounds and other countries.

Make sure you do something that makes you feel like you are getting more out of life!

BORN TODAY? You are patient, but you are success-oriented. You know how to turn misfortune into opportunity. This year is one of growth, construction and building. Initially, this growth will begin quietly, which is why you might not see major changes until next year. Do what you can strengthen your financial position and reduce your debt. You are building for your future!

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Meanwhile, those looking for a Valentine’s Day date night can also catch a performance of Dinner Rush at the Colosseum, a dinner theatre crime drama that opens Feb. 14 and promises to immerse audiences in both the plot and a hearty Italian meal, mobsters included.

On April 27, What Corbin Knew will be presented, a mystery farce illuminating just how little the show’s main character, Corbin, knows about the two couples he’s invited to his posh skybox.

And in time for the spring wedding season, Stage North will close its year with a performance of Five Women Wearing the Same Dress on May 18, a comedy about five bridesmaids who can’t bring themselves to join the bride and groom at their wedding reception.

Show details are still being finalized.

Visit stagenorth.ca for more information.

When is enough, enough?

Dear Annie: When is enough, enough? My granddaughter is getting married for the third time in August. We received a “save the date” card six months ago.

The first time this granddaughter got married, I attended the wedding and gave her a generous gift. The second time, I sent a card with a small check. But this is going too far.

My question is, am I obligated to attend this wedding? It is out of state, which means a plane fare, hotel and yet another gift. I say “no more.” A simple card will suffice.

People say I am wrong, but there comes a time when “no” is the only answer in my book. My daughter is upset that no one in the family went to her other daughter’s wedding -- which was also her second marriage and in another state.

I would like to know what you think. -- A Grandmother Who Doesn’t Get It Dear Grandmother: If you were unrelated, we’d say a card is perfect. But you are not just any guest. You are the grandmother and this puts you in a separate category. (Not to mention, third weddings should be very small affairs.)

No one is obligated to attend any wedding, particularly a second or third. But your daughter obviously wants the support of her family and your blessing

ANNIE’S MAILBOX would mean a lot. If you can afford to attend, it would be a kindness to do so, but we understand the hardship of an out-of-state wedding. You also are not obligated to keep giving gifts for subsequent marriages. But again, as the grandmother, you may wish to send something small, such as a picture frame or bottle of wine.

The point is not to create a rift, upset your daughter or make your granddaughter think you love her less because she can’t seem to get her act together. We say, send her a lovely card with a small token gift. Add that you are so sorry you cannot attend, but you will be thinking of her.

Dear Annie: You would be a hero to English teachers everywhere, and a help to many people, if you would use your column to explain when to use “I” and when to use “me.”

“I” is a subject pronoun (in the same group with we, she, they, etc.). “Me” is an object pronoun (as in us, her, him and them). “I” never is used after a proposition.

To me, it’s simple. Use “me” where you would use “us,” and use “I” when you would use “we.”

-- A Faithful Reader

Dear Faithful: Dear Faithful: We know many readers’ eyes glazed over as soon as you said “subject pronoun.” But your basic instruction is good -- use “me” when you would similarly use “us,” and use “I” when you would similarly use “we.” We’ve noticed this happens most often when people think using “I” is more classy than using “me.” No, it’s not. Sometimes, using a different pronoun or the singular version makes it obvious which is the correct choice. We’ve heard people say, “Jim and me went to the store,” but if you remove “Jim,” you’d never say, “Me went to the store” (unless you are Cookie Monster).

And for all those who are still paying attention, the correct phrase is “between you and me.”

Please.

Annie’s Mailbox is written by Kathy Mitchell and Marcy Sugar, longtime editors of the Ann Landers column. Please email your questions to anniesmailbox@creators. com, or write to: Annie’s Mailbox, c/o Creators Syndicate, 737 3rd Street, Hermosa Beach, CA 90254.

You can also find Annie on Facebook at Facebook.com/AskAnnies.

To find out more about Annie’s Mailbox and read features by other Creators Syndicate writers and cartoonists, visit the Creators Syndicate Web page at www.creators.com.

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BIG ACTS AT BIG BAM JUNE JAM Although the weather was a little on the soggy side, organizers of the Big Bam June Jam are pleased with how the weekend turned out.

Attendance was a little lower than anticipated, likely due to the weather, said Jody Mather, president of the Big Bam Ski Club. Despite the rain, attendees enjoyed the music, food vendors and the massive slip n slide.

Local acts such as Back Alley Rebels, Travis the Farmer, and Janelle James and the Pasties kept the tunes going throughout the day on both the Friday and Saturday.

Pictured left, Al Harlow of Prism brought the 80s nostalgia to the main stage to wrap up the 2016 edition of the Big Bam June Jam. ALEISHA HENDRY PHOTO

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The Johnny McCuaig Band’s mix of rock music with bagpipes had the crowd dancing at the end of the night on June 10.

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Punch Drunk Cabaret brought their steampunk swing sound to the June Jam main stage on June 10.

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Community

Life is really simple, but we insist on making it complicated.

CONTACT US ALEISHA HENDRY 250-785-5631

- Confucius

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Carnival of Hope brings in over $10K Hundreds of supporters turned out on Saturday to the Carnival of Hope, put on as a fundraiser for the Fort St. John branch of the Canadian Cancer Society.

The goal to raise $10,000 was surpassed, and more donations are still coming in. The funds are earmarked to help Fort St. John residents with cancer for things like traveling for treatment, support groups, and wigs.

“Considering it rained, I think it was amazing,” said Brenda Baumeister, who spearheaded the event. “We want to say a huge thank you to everyone who came out.”

Eighty-something volunteers came to run games and help organize the event. Lisa Behrens volunteered with Baumeister to put the carnival together. The two have been working their social networks for months to gather volunteers and arrange all the logistics of an event like this one.

There were over 20 tents with carnival games, food vendors, an outdoor movie screen, and a sound system that covered the whole school field.

“We’re feeling pretty proud right now,” Behrens said on Monday after the event.

Baumeister has organized the Relay for Life over the past five years. This year she wanted to do something different where families could come have fun together.

“Family is more important than ever. We need a place to get families together to have fun,” Baumeister said.

The Relay for Life is a worldwide fundraiser for the Canadian Cancer Society. There are rules and guidelines to keep it consistent from event to event,

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For Bauemeister, the Carnival was a way to get families together while also having a certain day to celebrate survivors and remember those who have passed away.

“It’s a day where we can honour survivors for their incredible bravery and strength. And it’s a time where we remember those who passed away. It’s important to have a special day where we can do this,” Baumeister said.

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A carnival-goer plays Frisbee tic-tac-toe, one of the Carnival of Hope games. The rain didn’t stop people from coming out, organizer Brenda Baumeister said. “Kids were out there in their little mud suits. It was great.”

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n a world where the “be an individual” mantra is promoted and encouraged, why do we shy away from acknowledging and rewarding excellence?

Flash backward 20 years: First, second and third place ribbons pinned to the chests of flush faced elementary school children during track and field day. Awards for Academic Achievement, the highest grade point average, the highest scores in examinations: all benchmarks for students in high school.

Then, came the purple ribbons. The ones that said “Participant” or the 4th, 5th and 6th place ribbons distributed like Oprah, “You get a ribbon and YOU get a ribbon, EVERYBODY GETS A RIBBBBBBBBBBOOOOOON!” As someone said recently, “Participant ribbons rarely make the shadow box container of proud memories.”

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remony trophy tables became laden with hardware and certificates recognizing attendance, homework completion, and class participation. The intent to spread the award ceremony love to a wider audience, so that more students are recognized with acknowledgement.

Understandably, the same children who were awarded highest grade point average also had perfect attendance, etc. so they come up with ridiculously titled certificates to extend the reach so that every child feels like a special snowflake (thanks J for reminding me of this term).

Isn’t that awarding students who meet minimum expectations? Aren’t they all supposed

to attend class, complete their homework and participate?

During a Facebook discussion recently about this subject a friend said, “Often, the drive to win/succeed/do better comes from knowing what it feels like to lose.” Come in second in a race, fail an examination, both have the capacity to drive someone to try harder, work harder, study harder. Some might say that internal personal motivation pushes you to succeed, but that is only part of success. The bright orange carrot (award, certificate, acknowledgement) is often necessary to create that willingness and passion to succeed.

So what happens when we float on a cloud of mediocrity?

In a world where everyone is a winner, we end up with poor losers: grown adults who do not have the emotional intelligence to deal with failure.

There, I said it, the “F” word: Failure.

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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: Art Voth 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 Kids Zone During Both Services ********** 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) 827-3131 ********** 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 ********** PRESBYTERIAN fort St. John Presbyterian Church 9907-98th St., fort St. John, BC Phone: 250-785-2482 fax: 250-785-2482 Sunday Worship Times 9:30 a.m. - Regular 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 Rev. Louise Hart Sunday Worship Service & Sunday School @ 11:30am.

All are Welcome!

The United Church of Canada is a Union of Congregationalist, Methodist & Presbyterian Churches in Canada formed in 1925.

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Why is failure such a horrible thing? Failure and/or making mistakes is one of the most important ways to learn.

It sucks, yes, but it also illustrates what is required to be better, to do better, to improve.

When children are really young, yes, certainly we should be promoting life skills and participation before we promote competition. The motivation should be learning the games, being active, learning to work with others, yada, yada, yada. But, as they age they also should be learning the life skill that includes competition. Children are smarter

than we give them credit for and they know when they are being mollified, especially when we recognize everyone equally as if they all gave equal effort. The question is, who are we trying to pacify with this type of reward and recognition? The children or their parents?

Judy Kucharuk is a lover of sarcasm, witty people and footnotes. You can follow her blog at www.judykucharuk.com or catch her on CBC Radio Daybreak North where she shares her “Peace of Mind”. Follow her on twitter @judylaine

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armer weather has arrived and we are enjoying the sunshine and all that summer in the Peace Country has to offer.

However, mosquitoes, biting flies, ticks and all sorts of other little creatures have also made their unwelcomed appearance for the season.

In the Peace Region, biting insects are primarily a nuisance. Tell-tale evidence of insect bites are red, raised swellings or ‘bull’s-eye’ markings, especially on the underbelly. We all know just how annoying insects are, and these markings, along with the classic itch, are a sign that summer is in full swing.

If you have plans to travel with your pet to warmer places such as the Okanagan Valley, into the United States, or east across Canada, mosquito bites can be more than a nuisance.

In these areas there is a risk of mosquitoes transmitting the parasite responsible for Heartworm disease. Heartworm infection can lead to the development of worms in the heart and lungs, and lead to heart failure if not recognized in time. The great part about this disease is that preventative options are readily available and easy to administer.

Ticks are another bothersome parasite, and we are all too familiar with seeing white, hairless moose in the late winter and early spring as a sign of ticks. Ticks are being seen on pets with increasing frequency in the Peace Region.

Ticks crawl up tall grass, and as animals or people walk through this grass, are able to latch on where they will happily enjoy a blood meal if not removed. Ticks are often found on the face, behind the ears, and in the armpit area of pets,

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but can be found just about anywhere on the body.

Depending on the tick species and their geographical location, ticks can transmit a wide variety of diseases such as Lyme disease. The distribution of Lyme disease has been widening throughout Canada and the United States over the last few years. Dogs infected with Lyme disease often show no signs of illness. Those that do may develop lameness, lethargy, fever, or less commonly kidney, heart or nervous issues. It takes 1-2 days after the tick starts sucking blood to transmit the bacteria responsible for Lyme disease.

However, it is very easy to miss finding a tick until it is full of blood, especially on our longhaired friends! It is much better to prevent attachment than it is to deal with the consequences of sucking ticks.

Various products are available for both dogs and cats to prevent bites from biting flies, mosquitoes, ticks, fleas, lice and various other parasites.

Some products for dogs are highly toxic for cats, so be sure that you don’t treat your cat as a ‘small dog’ when buying products to protect your cat!

Ask your veterinarian which product is right for your pets this summer, as your lifestyle and travel plans will help decide which product is right to prevent the bite!

Dr. Corrina Jensen is a veterinarian at the North Peace Veterinary Clinic

Animal of the Week

Salami Looking for a feline companion? Salami may be the cat for you.

Salami was adopted from the North Peace SPCA a while ago, and through no fault of his own has been returned.

He’s feeling a little sad about

being back at the shelter, so he’s hoping someone will open their heart and bring him home.

Salami is a very curious cat that likes to explore.

Come say hello to Salami at the North Peace SPCA shelter.

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Plan a Father’s Day celebration with your dad in mind. Cater to his favorite activities and opt for entertainment that he will enjoy.

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Classifieds IN MEMORIAM

ANNOUNCEMENTS

IN MEMORIAM

OBITUARIES

SMITH, Anne T. March 4, 1946 − May 6, 2016 Anne passed away suddenly, on the sixth day of May, 2016, at the age of 70 years. She was predeceased by her first husband, Bruce Bates, and her daughter in law, Tracy.

Carolynn Theoret 250-262-0078 Baby

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A.G.M. Meeting June 20, 2016 at 7pm Room 104 Northern Lights Collage Everyone Welcome

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ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING of the NORTH PEACE SENIORS HOUSING SOCIETY

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COMING EVENTS Friday June 17thHam & Beef SupperPouce Coupe Seniors Hall-$15.00 per person. Doors open at 5:00 pm, Supper at 5:30 pm.

DISTRICT OF TAYLOR NOTICE OF ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING

Notice is hereby given for the District of Taylor’s Annual General Meeting.

A comprehensive Annual Report will be presented outlining financial and operational results for 2015 and Section an opportunity will be provided for questions from the public. a Highway News Careers Date: Monday, June 20, 2016 at 7:00 p.m.

Location: District of Taylor Municipal Hall Council Chambers, 10007 – 100A Street, Taylor, BC

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COMING EVENTS Every Wednesday-1:15pm to 2:15pm at the Coop Bistro-Seniors Computer Club-All Seniors are welcome to this free club. For beginners and people wanting to learn more. information, instruction and discussion. minor glitches attended to in class.

Bring your laptops, notepads, cameras, electronic gadgets.

No computer, no problem. we have some to lend.

Call Anne Symons at 250-782-4668 for information and registration.

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Everyone is Welcome to attend

Prayers gratefully accepted. Please donate to the charity of your choice in lieu of flowers.

ANNIVERSARIES Come Celebrate Ione & Gordon Snyder 60th Aniversary Open House 13708 Gulf Course Rd June 26 1PM to 7PM

Supper will be provided!

She will be remembered with love and sadly missed by her children Thora (Greg), Erik, Bryan (Candace), and Freya, her nine grandchildren Kathleen & Collin, Andrew & Evan, Molly & Diana, Connor, Edana, and Megan, her brother Ben (Charlotte), her nephew Will, and her husband, Gary. A private memorial is being held by her family on the 25th of June.

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It is with heavy hearts we announce the sudden passing of Leonard Allen Montgomery at his home in Charlie Lake, BC on May 24th, 2016.

Len is survived by his wife Janice, his mother Dorothy, 5 sisters: Charleen, Donna, Linda, Kathy and Susan. 3 brothers: Bill, Tom & Ken and nieces and nephews.

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SUMMARY: The Job Placement/Training Coordinator will be responsible $0.00 for coordination of direct services focused toward supporting increased Aboriginal workforce by enhancing access to skills development and labour $0.00 market resources. $0.00

Copies of the Annual Report are also available at the District of Taylor website (www.districtoftaylor.com) and Municipal Hall during regular office hours (Monday to Friday, 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.).

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DUTIES: $0.00 • Coordinate the overall day to day operation of the department and $0.00 associated services to clients; • Build relationships with local employers, industry, and municipalities TOTAL PRICE $0.00 to connect clients to viable training/employment options and identify labour market demands in the community and region; • Link clients to other resources available within suite of programs offered at the Centre and within the community; • Provide employment/training assistance to clients, through service needs determination and development of individualized Employment Advancement & Placement Plans (EAPP’s); • Case management & data maintenance (tracking system). Proficient in CAREER computer applications/data processing; OPPORTUNITIES • Establish a network of employment and training partners, key supports, and the development of resources and tools to further assist clients with successful transition into the workforce.

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Viterra is looking for self-starters to join our team. We are seeking candidates who are motivated to learn with the potential for growth and have a passion for the agricultural industry.

Ideal candidates will have a Grade 12 education or equivalent and a valid Class 5 driver’s license.

Viterra offers a competitive salary and benefits plan.

The closing date for applications is June 17, 2016.

For more information about this opportunity and to apply, please visit our Careers section at Viterra.com.

Viterra is Canada’s grain industry leader, supported by the expertise of its people, a superior network of assets, and unrivalled connections to world markets.

Headquartered in Regina, Saskatchewan, our commitment to agriculture goes back over 100 years, partnering with farmers to market and move their crops to areas of need around the world.

Guided by our values of integrity, trust and respect, our goal is to achieve a workforce as diverse as the people we serve. We encourage aboriginal people, persons with disabilities, women, visible minorities and others to join our team.

QUALIFICATIONS: • Social Services Worker Diploma (SSWD), Business Management or combination of other relevant training and/or post-secondary education, and/or a minimum of three (3) years of experience delivering direct clientfocused support services.

• Experience within a non-profit organization, especially community-based, social, and/or employment service providers; • Working knowledge of the local labour market and areas of growth projected as well as skills shortages in various sectors; • Ability to provide respectful, courteous and professional services based upon client centred approaches, paying particular attention to the client’s barriers to employment and career enhancement; • Experience in delivery of presentations/group facilitation; • Experience in establishing and maintaining effective relations with community partners and stakeholders; • Excellent organizational, communication and interpersonal skills; • Valid Driver’s license (Class 4 an asset) and reliable vehicle; • Knowledge of Aboriginal history, culture and organizations; DETAILS: Full time position (35 hours/week). Wage commiserate with experience.

Excellent Benefits Package. Criminal record check required. Applicants are to provide a cover letter, resume and three (3) references to: Fort St. John Friendship Society ATTN: Anita Lee, Executive Director 10208 - 95 Avenue, Fort St. John, BC V1J 1J2 E-mail: anitalee@bluenova.ca / Fax: (250) 785-1507 Applications will be accepted until 4:00 PM on Monday, June 27, 2016 Pursuant to section 41 of the BC Human Rights Code, preference may be given to applicants of Aboriginal Ancestry.

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Annual Municipal Report Public Meeting DATE: Monday, June 27, 2016 TIME: 6:00 p.m.

LOCATION: City Hall Council Chambers The City of Fort St. John invites the public to attend a meeting on June 27, 2016 at 6:00 p.m. in Council Chambers to receive the Annual Municipal Report.

The purpose of this meeting is to review the annual report and to receive submissions and questions from the public.

Any inquiries regarding this public meeting or the Annual Municipal Report may be directed to Mindy Smith, General Manager of Corporate Services, 250-794-3300.

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LEGAL/PUBLIC NOTICES The following vehicle located at Walt’s Automotive Repair, Fort St John, B.C. will be auctioned off within 30 days. 2006 Ford F-350 SD 6.0L 4WD pickup with picker on deck, VIN#: 1FDWW37P26ED08596, registered to D Mulholland Contracting LTD of Manning Alberta. Outstanding charges up and including October 30, 2015 are $4,201.57.

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THURSDAY, JUNE 16, 2016 CONTACT US 250-785-5631 editor@ahnfsj.ca

A MUDDY WEEKEND AT SWEETWATER FESTIVAL

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BC Hydro acknowledges CARVING KING CROWNED W.A.C. Bennett dam’s dark side stable aquatic environment where fish are still laden with mercury.

Two hundred and seventy-five The W.A.C. Bennett dam is an en- people attended the unveiling of the gineering marvel that stands 186 Our Story, Our Voice exhibit, the mametres tall, created the world’s sev- jority of them members of First Nations enth-largest reservoir and produces from across Northeast B.C. around a quarter of B.C.’s While the mood at the electricity event was one of recon“Many tears were shed Until recently, that’s all ciliation, the afternoon during our time together the dam’s 7,000 visitors was coloured by the fact as we remembered the a year learned about the BC Hydro is building a many losses incurred by province’s largest hydrothird dam that will have First Nations and Métis electric facility. serious impacts on Indipeople as a result of dam Now, for the first time genous people. construction.” in its history, an exhibit at In a speech at the the popular tourist desevent, BC Hydro Deputy tination acknowledges CEO Chris O’Riley said the dam’s dark side. this is the first time the Crown CorUnveiled June 9 before an audience poration has updated the story it tells of more than 200, the new exhibit de- about the W.A.C. Bennett Dam. tails the Bennett Dam’s irreversible “While we remain very proud of the impacts on Northeast B.C.’s Aboriginal engineering marvel that is the Bennett people.

Dam, and we continue to be thankful The dam forever isolated the Tsey for the prosperity that it underpins, Keh Dene and Kwadacha bands on the we recognize the need to acknowledge far side of a nearly-impassable reser- those parts of the picture that we can’t voir, fundamentally altering the lives of be proud of,” he said. people who were once self-sufficient.

A poster of the dam in BC Hydro’s According to an elder of the Kwadacha Vancouver headquarters “has a caption Nation, a total of nine people drowned that says the ‘Best Dam Operation in shortly after the dam was completed B.C.,” he said, acknowledging “we like in 1968—forced to navigate the Willis- our dam puns at BC Hydro.” ton Reservoir on flat-bottomed boats “But one thing that always strikes designed for river travel. The dam me when I see the picture is that it only inundated more than 1,700 square tells one part of the story.”

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With his wooden sculpture of herons, Chad Danczyk was named the winner of the Chetwynd Chainsaw Carving Championship last weekend. See the full storyand more photos on C4.

Prespatou 4-H Community Club

Hello again Our club has been very busy this month and the end of last month.

On April 23rd the prespatou 4-h club attended a grooming demonstration at the rod hedges area. I would like to say a very big thank-you to Blake Mclean for giving the demonstration. The following week on April 26th our club had our annual Garbage clean up followed by a practice judging rally. I would like to say thankyou for everyone who volunteered to help out with the clean up.

On April 30th we had our monthly weigh-in and i am proud to say that all our animals are healthy. On May 28 the seniors in our club took a course in Level one first aid and I am proud to say that they all passed.

– Gloria Loewen, Prespatou 4H

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REGIONAL NEWS

Pit bulls blamed for attacks on livestock in DC neighbourhood Bear Mountain residents initially blamed cougar for attacks that killed five goats and three llamas JONNY WAKEFIELD reporter@dcdn.ca

A pair of pit bulls are now being blamed for a series of deadly attacks on livestock that were initially pinned on a family of cougars.

Sandy O’Donovan said her husband Terry witnessed two pit bulls attack and kill one llama and wound another on their Bear Mountain property June 5.

“There was one llama dead, a little one, and another one with two pit bulls on top of it,” said O’Donovan, who later identified the animals as a pit bull cross. “It was a ferocious, horrible thing.

My husband had never seen anything like it.”

O’Donovan lost three llamas in an attack in April, which officials originally blamed on a cougar.

In all, three llamas and five goats were killed in the Dawson Creek neighbourhood that month.

Sgt. Shawn Brinsky of the B.C. Conservation Officer Service said there’s now strong evidence

Williston Lake plane crash kills pilot Man was flying in to join friends at bachelor party, witness says

that canines, not felines, were responsible for the slayings.

“We came to the conclusion that because it was a llama, a bigger animal, and looking at the injuries, that it was likely a cougar,” he said. They initially ruled out heelers, collies and German shepherds as being too weak to bring down a llama.

When officers heard a pit bull had been involved in an attack, they reviewed photographs of the bite marks and injuries on the dead goats and llamas.

“Their skull and jaw formation is stronger than the typical dog,” he said. “At that point we found some video online of pit bulls attacking cattle, and looked at how they were hanging on and where they were grabbing.

Looking back at the injuries we documented the first go around, there’s a strong likelihood the animal responsible for those other kills, if it was not a cat, was a pit bull or (a similar) breed of dog.”

There’s additional evidence that dogs could be responsible,

he said. None of the animals had been eaten, and the attacks have been sporadic, suggesting the dogs were contained for a time.

Police attended the O’Donovan’s property Sunday and identified the owner of the dogs. The incident is not under criminal investigation, though people who lost livestock could pursue a claim against the owner in civil court.

O’Donovan said the dogs fled her property when her husband retrieved his gun. In all, four out of O’Donovan’s six llamas have been slain in just over a month.

She’s worried about what might happen if the dogs go after a child. She had not yet been in touch with the dogs’ owner as of June 8.

The remaining llamas are “distraught,” she added, including the mother of one of the slain animals.

“When they took the body away, she was totally distraught,” O’Donovan said.

“It was terrible.”

Four llamas belonging to Sandy O’Donovan have been killed in just over a month. Officials initially believed a family of cougars were responsible for the attacks, but now say there’s strong evidence pit bulls are behind the slayings.

A float plane pilot who was flying from Fort St. John to a camping spot near the Williston Lake reservoir to join friends at a bachelor party died after losing control and crashing into mountainous terrain June 4.

The crash happened at around 9 p.m. that night, according to a witness.

Chetwynd RCMP, with assistance from the Hudson’s Hope RCMP, search and rescue crews and the B.C. Coron-

ers office are investigating the crash.

The name of the deceased is not being released while the investigation continues.

Efforts are being made to contact next of kin. Police believe the man was the lone occupant of the plane at the time of the crash.

“The crash is not believed to be suspicious, the cause however is unknown at this time,” Cst. Kyle Rose of the Chetwynd RCMP said.

Rose added that alcohol is not believed to be a factor in the crash at this time.

Witnesses on the scene were able to contact police using a satellite phone shortly after the crash happened.

“We were just camping with some friends and he was coming out to meet us and camp for the night,” a Chetwynd man who was says he was a witness to the crash told the Dawson Creek Mirror.

“He came flying down the val-

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ley really low, buzzed over top of us … and he didn’t make it.”

The plane crashed into the treeline.

“He fell out of the sky,” said the man, who did not wish to be identified. “(He) lost power and couldn’t pull out of it. It was too tight of a turn.”

Police could not confirm any details of the accident as it remains under investigation.

—Dawson Creek Mirror

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Change Wet Into Dry

Change the word WET into the word DRY in just five steps. Change only one letter at a time.

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Ask a pal for words to complete this silly story.

Then read it aloud.

I went to a concert featuring my favorite band, The Screaming __________________. They arrived in a giant hot air _______ and landed on the stage.

Will YOUR brain go soft over the summer?!? Not if you keep your mind active with these mind-boggling games and puzzles! Coach Cortex says, “Grab a pencil and let the workout begin!”

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Cut out the tangram pieces.

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• A square with 13 stars.

• A triangle with 3 stars.

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Standards Link: Number Sense: Know addition facts and corresponding subtraction facts and use the inverse relationship to solve problems.

How many different trapezoids can you make using the tangram?

Can you draw this shape in one continuous motion without lifting your pencil and without retracing over any of the lines? We don’t think it’s possible—and we’ve tried and tried and tried!

Standards Link: Math: Geometry: Identify the attributes of common figures in the plane; put shapes together and take them apart to form other shapes.

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At the end of the concert, they released thousands of balloons filled with ________________ .

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I bought a t-shirt with a picture of a __________ ___________ on it and the band’s latest CD: Songs for a ________________ _______________ . We listened to it in our ___________ all the way home. My dad said that sort of music just isn’t his cup of

Look at the front page of today’s newspaper. Find and circle each letter of the alphabet. Can you find all 26?

Connect the letters with lines and color your design.

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REGIONAL NEWS

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Ryan Cook of Britannia Beach, B.C., showers nearby photographers with a bit of cedar dust during the quick carve event at Chetwynd’s International Chainsaw Carving Championship June 9 to 12.

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Tommy Craigs from Durham, UK, puts some contouring onto his wooden version of Medusa. His sculpture depicting Medusa holding the severed head of Perseus won Carver’s Choice.

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Roderick Browns’s carving assistant sands down the burnt wood to show lines of colour.

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Eight hours a day, for four days straight, the chainsaws roared in the wind and the rain. At the end of it, some of the 12 competitors in Chetwynd’s International Chainsaw Carving Championship walked away with some serious cash.

The event, which costs $86,000 to put on, was well attended. However, there are no metrics to measure how many people did take a stroll along the ball field fence to see what progress chainsaw carvers from the United States, Canada, Denmark and England had made over the course of the event.

Even in these slow economic times, members of the crowd ponied up big money during an auction for some of the carvers’ work. These were smaller pieces from what is called the “quick carve.” This 90-minute timed event is held while the judging of the competition pieces takes place.

The auction can mean a big pay out, but some carvers in the past have made the trip at a loss, MIKE CARTER PHOTO head organizer Tonia Richter said.

Wisconsin’s Chad Danczyk was not one of them.

He walked out with the $5,000 first prize and sold big at the auction.

“This is like a dream come true,” he said.

It was the first time since 2009 that a carver won the coveted top prize during their rookie appearance at the Chetwynd event. The last person to do so was two-time champion Chris Foltz, who was absent from this year’s event due to work obligations.

Returning Connecticut carver Jeff Samudosky took home the second place price of $3,000 for his sculpture of a gargoyle. Third place went to Ontario’s Mike Winnia won third, a prize of $2,000, for his carving of a lion.

The inspiration for Danczyk’s piece was fed by his love of nature. “I’m an outdoorsy guy,” he said.

When the final prizes were handed out and the MIKE CARTER PHOTO crowds dispersed, Richter breathed a huge sigh of reChampion Chad Danczyk whipped out an owl for the quick carve. lief. But when she was reached on Monday morning, she was still on site. Cleaning up the ball fields is her annual post-carving event routine.

“It’s just me right now,” she said. “But some of the carvers are still in town and they’re going to join me here soon.”

Later this week the town will return to its peaceful routine. Residents will make shopping trips and l leave town on the weekends to camp or explore the wilderness surrounding their town in the valley.

But when they return, 12 years of chainsaw carvings lined along Highway 97 will greet them.

The chainsaw carving world is small. And once you’re in it, you have an instant network around the world. Often, the same competitors follow the money, carving against each other in Germany, Chetwynd and Alaska.

Given that, word is travelling fast that the annual June event in the B.C. town of just 2,600 is one of the most sought after competitions in the world.

“It’s like the Super Bowl,” Danczky said.

Tools and fuels of chainsaw carving. This pile of chainsaws sat behind Jason Emmon’s tent.

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Niels Ejnar Peterson of Demnark poses with his wife and carving assistant Margarethe and their carving of a Viking.

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Joerg Jung from Terrace works on a beaver for his forest scene. Jung won the People’s Choice award.

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REGIONAL NEWS DAM FROM C1

“It doesn’t reveal what was going on before this dam was built. It doesn’t reveal the impact of this vast reservoir and the destruction and impact on the land and the forests that were there,” he said.

“And it doesn’t reveal the impacts of the dam on the people who lived here, the First Nations and Métis people who lived on the land, and drew sustenance from the land and travelled by boat up and down the river.”

“We think this acknowledgement is a really important part of reconciliation,” he said. “I want to say today that BC Hydro deeply regrets those impacts and we commit that we will not repeat the mistakes of the past.”

The exhibit continues to focus largely on how the dam was built and how electricity is generated in its turbines. But the inclusion of First Nations voices is a marked departure.

The words “they call it progress, we call it destruction” greet visitors who round the corner from an exhibit on power lines. The new gallery features a short documentary from 35-year-old Kwadacha filmmaker Mitchell McCook, which includes interviews with elders whose lives were forever altered by the dam. It features archival footage of the newly-flooded reservoir choked with logs and drowned animals.

Premier W.A.C. Bennett, engineer Gordon Shrum and cabinet minister Ray Williston are relegated to three

JONNY WAKEFIELD PHOTO

Doig River First Nation Elder Tommy Attachie, a member of the Peace Aboriginal Advisory Committee.

The committee helped develop a new exhibit at the W.A.C. Bennett Dam acknowledging the impact of B.C.’s largest dam on indigenous people.

small panels near the gift shop.

The gallery was developed over the past year and a half with BC Hydro’s Peace Aboriginal Advisory Committee.

Dan George, who helped the committee gather stories about the dam’s impact, said elders and young people contrib-

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uted their time “to help get the story right.”

“Many tears were shed during our time together as we remembered the many losses incurred by First Nations and Métis people as a result of dam construction,” he said. “Many call it

‘that damn dam.’”

Lining the walls are quotes from local First Nations leaders, including from West Moberly First Nation Chief Roland Willson, a prominent critic of Site C whose nation has a lawsuit against the project. Willson said he remembered learning how to prepare a fish with wild onions and peavine from his mother, who learned the technique from his grandmother.

“That was transferred, traditional knowledge from my grandmother to my mother. Nowadays what I get to do is to teach my son how to throw contaminated fish back into the river.”

The issue of Site C, however, was not raised by any of the speakers.

Hudson’s Hope Mayor Gwen Johansson, the only senior elected official in attendance, said acknowledging the Bennett dam’s impact was “a start.”

“We can hope that it’s going to be the beginning of a better way of doing things,” she said.

But: “basically what it is is begging forgiveness after you’ve done the sin.

Fast forward that to 2016, we’re seeing basically the same pattern in the Site C development. From what I can tell from what the First Nations say, there hasn’t been a lot of meaningful consultation on that.”

Johansson wondered whether a similar event could be held “40 years from now” after the completion of Site C.

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Perennial favourites the Sweetwater Ramblers played a mix of folk and country songs for the soggy crowd Saturday.

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Once again, Sweetwater made for some sweet mud.

The annual music festival on the Mattson Farm in Rolla once again failed to luck out in the weather department, but the rain did little to dampen spirits.

One hundred forty people attended the two-day festival, which came together thanks to the efforts of 100 musicians and volunteers.

This year, organizers opted to break out the festival’s three main elements—music festival, art show, and farm demonstration days—into three separate events. The Mattsons will host a ranch day with farm tours August 20, followed by a supper with music from the Malcolm MacLean Band.

Sweetwater will wrap for 2016 with an arts day Sept. 3 featuring music from Twin Peaks.

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Matia Barburricea tricks in one of three wheelchairs lying around the Sweetwater 905 farm.

Tiffany Funk (front) didn’t mind the mud, to say the least.

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Tatyana Dobrowolski performs with Tatters and Ravens on the main stage at Sweetwater 905 on June 11.

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Last Horse Standing, a folk rock band from Fort St. John, was one of many that performed at Sweetwater 905

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Piper Flynn, 10, Kiefer Hamilton, 3, Sasha Pattison, 13, Karma Hamilton, 13, and Zephyr Flynn, 7, take in the tunes at the Sweetwater905 Music Festival on Saturday, June 11.

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Lisa Dionne, of tea company Serendipity Sisters, and her three-year-old granddaughter Mia Pavlis smile for a photo at Sweetwater 905.

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Healthy Living

NORTHERN HEALTH STORY

Fatherhood, community, & culture

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uane Jackson has held many positions serving children and families on the Northwest Coast and he continues his advocacy efforts along with his work in employment counselling.

Most importantly, Jackson is a family man – he and his wife are the proud parents of three children. Between his professional and personal life, Duane Jackson has had the opportunity to learn a lot about being a father, and he’s willing to share some wisdom!

1. Can you tell me a bit about yourself?

I grew up on the Northwest Coast, but I’m Gitanmaax from Old Hazelton. I’ve been in Prince Rupert the majority of my life, grade 3 on, and went to high school here.

When I was 26, I met my wife, Christine, and we’ve been together for 23 years now. We have three children, a 17-year-old, a 14-year-old and an 8-year-old.

2. What did you find most unexpected in fatherhood?

I didn’t expect it to be the humbling experience that it was. I realized right from the birth of my first child that the importance of this job was so completely over and above anything that I understood in my life at that point.

This small individual was going to encompass me so completely.

The biggest thing was the level of humility that was required, and the beauty of that was how much growth was involved in that process because of the fact that if you don’t embrace that humility, it will totally uproot you.

3. You graduated from college at age 40. How do your life experiences and education combine in your approach to your life and work?

Throughout my Early Childhood Education learning, the one thing that really got me was advocacy. But then of course, according to my culture, as a Gitanmaax person, I must advocate for children. Every child within my society is my responsibility. Not every Gitanmaax child, every child. My culture speaks to it, and as an Early Childhood Educator, my code of conduct speaks to it as well, that every child is my responsibility.

4. What small things do you do that may have big impacts in supporting healthy childhoods?

I think it’s in doing things together – and getting kids off of the computer. Getting kids off of screens! At our table here at home, where we have dinner together every night, there are no phones. My phone goes away. I have that deal with my family – and we talk. At the table – no one is watching TV! Bring your children with you into a social setting so that they can see how you are in that setting. All of us are different in our own homes than in a social setting.

I think the secret is to get your children out with you in social events.

5. Knowing what you know now – if you were to go back to those early years with your children – what would you try to do more of with them?

Play, play, play. Hold onto them as much as possible, which is what I do now – even with the older boy and my 14-year-old.

If I was to talk to a parent, or talk to myself when I was a new parent, I’d tell them just to love and give and respect your children unconditionally. To give them these three things throughout our lives together and expect nothing in return. That’s what I would do ….

NORTHERN HEALTH STORY

Heart Advice for Men’s Health Week

By Jim Coyle, Northern Health

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healthy heart is essential to be a healthy man.

In honour of Men’s Health Week, I want to talk about things men (and everyone, really) can do to help reduce the risk of heart disease. To do the subject justice would require a book but for today I will mention only the briefest of actions that can be carried out.

Here is my list of factors you may be able to change which will help the health of your heart: Smoking. Just quit. This is beyond doubt the number one thing you can (and should) do. It is the number one modifiable factor under your control which can help you have a longer life. About 30% of all deaths from heart disease in the U.S. are directly related to cigarette smoking.

Physical inactivity. Plan to do at least 30 minutes of physical activity a week. If you work in an office make a plan to stand up many times during your working day. Remember our mantra “every move counts.”

Decrease screen time and get outside as much as possible. Walk the dog or just walk.

Excessive alcohol consumption. Drinking too much alcohol can increase your blood pressure and contribute to the development of heart disease and stroke, among other things. Canada’s Low-Risk Alcohol Drinking Guidelines can help you.

High blood cholesterol. Fatty foods are a contribution to poor heart health. Check out Canada’s Food Guide for advice on eating well.

Stress. The direct relationship between stress and heart disease perhaps lies in all of the above. If people have stressful lives, suffer from anxiety and depressed mood, these can contribute to all of the other negative behaviours and at the same time make changing behaviour much more difficult. Increased alcohol consumption, comfort eating and watching more movies on TV may provide short-term stress relief through self-medication, but in the long run will not work well for you. It’s better to go for short walks in nature and learn some relaxation strategies such as meditation. Decrease alcohol consumption and increase physical activity to release those feel good hormones and engage with the family and community. In addition to this, guys need to talk about their stressors.

Diabetes. I’m talking about type 2 diabetes which can come under your control somewhat by monitoring what you eat and engaging in physical activity.

No one can guarantee the health of your heart in the future but by following some simple steps you can decrease your risk and feel less stressed.

High blood pressure. Cigarette smoking injures the lining of the blood vessels and increases the risk of developing blood clots, which contributes to hardening of the arteries. Even inhaling others’ cigarette smoke has been shown to lower good cholesterol. Studies have shown that HDL levels often go up soon after a person quits smoking.

NORTHERN HEALTH STORY

Ringing the Gong

By Reg Wulff, Northern Health

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have to admit that during my time in the army, I really enjoyed the time spent on the firing range. Now, I haven’t done any target shooting for a long time, but it’s something that I’ve recently gotten back into. It’s also something my youngest son wanted to try, so we’ve been spending time at the local rifle range in Terrace.

At the back of the small-bore range, a steel gong has been set up at a distance of about one hundred yards. It’s not all that easy to hit considering that we’re shooting a .22 caliber rifle without the aid of a scope. Nonetheless, my son likes to try to hit it.

To be honest, it’s not really about target shooting. It’s about being an involved father and acknowledging the role fathers play in the healthy development of their children. With June 19th being Father’s Day, it’s an important topic to talk about.

Being an involved father takes work, but the impact you have on your child’s life is huge. To be an involved father takes consistency, compassion, attention and time.

However, it’s worth the effort.

• Involved fathers bolster their child’s cognitive development. They help their children develop critical thinking skills, motivation, communication skills, and a sense of independence that will benefit them throughout their lifetimes.

• Children of involved fathers develop better social skills and ways to cope with the emotional stresses of life.

Involved fathers can teach their children how to develop empathy and strong friendships. These skills last a lifetime and help children learn how to build successful relationships.

• Involved fathers provide a good role model for their children. Having a good role model can help children stay clear of problems with the law or issues with substance abuse.

• Not only do children benefit from involved fathers, but the relationship between father and mother can benefit as well. I’m sure you’ve heard that old saying about a happy wife.

While I mentioned that being an involved father takes work, it’s important to remember that you also need finds some fun ways to connect with your children. Put on a cape and become a sidekick for your superhero son. Grab an apron and join your daughter’s tea party. Find a way to part of your child’s world.

Last time we went to the range, my son loaded ten rounds and told me that he was going to shoot all of them at the gong. After he hit it on the first shot, he looked at me, smiled slightly and raised one finger. When he raised five fingers, his smile was a little bigger.

I have to admit; at this point, I thought I was doing a good job with teaching him to shoot.

However, speaking as a father, I know it won’t always be this way. You won’t always hit the target, let alone the bulls-eye. There will be times when you’re tired, frustrated and bewildered.

Fatherhood can be trying.

Still, there will be many more times when you do hit the bulls-eye. There will be moments that make you smile and realize that being a father is one of the greatest joys a man can experience.

Like when my son raised 10 fingers and gave me one of the biggest smiles I’d ever seen.

So on this Father’s Day go out and make a few more of those moments to cherish.

Start slow and go!

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Baldonnel artist’s paintings bring perspective to something so common in the Peace

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Alan White gave up printing “far out” portraits when he came to Fort St. John because he knew they wouldn’t sell.

It’s a good thing that wildlife paintings do, because since moving to the Peace in 2013, White has been nursing a love for the wildlife in the region.

He’s found them to be irresistibly good subjects.

“Meeting people who are hunters and guides and seeing some of the animals close up, I just started experimenting with painting them,” White says.

“Now I am completely hooked.”

An exhibit featuring White’s work, called Wild North, is on display at the Dawson Creek Art Gallery until July 3.

It contains familiar scenes of moose, deer, elk, wolves and ravens—all of what you might expect to see in the back country surrounding White’s Baldon-

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nel home, but his presentation bring something unique to the otherwise ordinary.

“They are magnificent animals,” White says. “Very regal and majestic.”

The paintings, currently on the grain elevator walls for a limited time, are adopted from photographs that White bor-

rowed from a freind’s “extensive library,” which he used for references to keep on hand.

They all, for the most part, tend to focus on an animal subject, but then shift from reality through the use of striking colours in the background that are different from what you would actually see in the wild.

“It’s a direction I want to move in more,” he says. “I am very interested in texture and colour together so I use a lot of (that) on the canvas.”

The exhibit is a refreshing new perspective on something that, in the north, is part of our everyday life.

“Alan’s images capture the vibrancy of life and the unique light found in the Peace Region,” gallery curator Kit Fast says. “There is something that sets his work apart. Alan’s use of colour and the textured background give a contemporary feel to a traditional subject.”

White was born in Wales and raised in England. He’s worked as a graphic designer for more than 30 years in both editorial and corporate design.

He’s lived in London, Tokyo, Vancouver, Toronto, Ottawa, Washington, D.C. and now in Baldonnel, where he resides with his husband and their dog, Baxter.

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DAWSON CREEK—As Dawson Creek Seconday Vice-Principal Josh Kurjata says, it’s time to help create the narrative of their past.

Former and current students, young and more experienced alike, met earlier this month at DCSS for a chinwag about the school. Teacher-librarian Jennifer Fox said the tête-á-tête was part of both Intergenerational Day June 1 and a larger, more school-focused project.

“We are kicking off our archiv-

al project today on this appropriate day,” said Fox. Current students were paired with former students and teachers for discussions on what has changed within the halls, and what has not.

“We’re looking for archival material, memorabilia and anything from the past as we take a trip down memory lane,” Fox said.

A new digital archive class will begin at the school in the fall and this archival project about the history of the school will play a role.

“We are filming the discussions for online and for the pro-

ject, which will be very much an ongoing endeavor,” Fox said.

Former teacher Brian Thornton, who taught from 1977 to 2000, said many students benefitted from extra education attention early on in his career.

“There were some after school programs that absolutely helped people pass,” he said.

Walter Schoen, a teacher dating back to the 60s, dressed for the occasion.

“I thought I’d wear the official uniform of a teacher once again,” he said in his tweed jacket.

Kurjata said he recognized the

importance of the school’s past, being a 1999 graduate himself.

“This is a great project that can only start with the past, and what a great opportunity today to explore some of what went on here and how we got here today,” he said. “Sixty-plus years is a rich time for athletics and academics and this digital archive will be important. These conversations are the first step.”

Anyone wishing to contribute thoughts or memorabilia to the project is encouraged to contact the school or Jennifer Fox at jfox@sd59.bc.ca.

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