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Peace Gallery North unveiled its newlydesign space at its first exhibit of 2016 Friday night.

Roughly 100 people made their way to the gallery to preview Dinner Talk, an exhibit of work featuring Prince George potter Karen Heathman, and local printmakers Mary Parslow from Dawson Creek and Alan White from Baldonnel.

Many were not only impressed by the artwork, but by the gallery’s sophisticated new look, featuring a polished concrete floor and a custom-built cash desk, which gallery curator Barry Moss described as an “art installation” by local craftsman Dan Vincent.

The desk is made of reclaimed lumber and pipe.

“It’s oil and gas country . . . it’s the pipes and the gauge and the industrial look, it’s part of the landscape here in Fort St. John, so what we did is we embraced it and just

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went with it,” Moss said.

“The carpet went, we polished the concrete, the look is very industrial, it’s not pristine concrete, it’s full of blemishes, it’s full of staining, and that’s what we want. In the gallery we have exposed pipe work, so having carpet on the floor just didn’t work.”

The renovations were three years in the making, and also include an enhanced electrical system and new lighting. “(The) new look just totally blows me away. I mean, it was great before, but it went from great to awesome,” said Penny Boden, a local artist who attended the opening.

Heather Hannaford, a potter who’s been mastering her craft for 46 years, was also pleased.

“It looks very nice and clean,” she said, Hannaford was also appreciative of the art, and how the pottery was paired with the prints.

“It’s a very lovely presentation,” she said.

“You don’t very often get the opportunity to see 13 different treatments on the theme, and this one, it’s dinner services, and actually it’s quite creative.”

The idea for the exhibit began with Heathman, the potter of the exhibiting trio, who thought having a theme of conversation would link together the artists’ work.

“I feel that sitting around a dinner table and eating dinner is all about conversation, and having conversations with people,” she said.

As such, the themes, which range from birds to urban life, are the kinds of things that come up during dinner talk.

“I just imagined, what would be the topics that we would talk about (around the dinner table)?” explained Parslow, a retired elementary school teacher who’s been printmaking for several years.

“Because Alan (White) and I are both English … we often talk about England and London. We both lived in London, so I did the London skyline, and so I thought about some of the topics that we talked about.

“I always stay with Karen (Heathman) when I go down to Vancouver. I stop in Prince George and stay the night, and we talk about politics and religion and all kinds of stuff,” Parslow added.

“So I kind of drew into my mind the kinds of things that we had talked about in the past and made my prints.”

Dinner Talk will be on exhibit at Peace Gallery North until Feb. 27. peacereporter@ahnfsj.ca

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Henry See was a champion of local arts and culture Matt Preprost Staff Writer

If you didn’t catch Henry See at open mic nights or jam sessions across town, you certainly might have seen him at his favourite downtown coffee shop or perhaps at the back of a transit bus strumming a tune for riders.

See was ever-present in Fort St. John’s arts and culture community, but that community is now left without his presence. He died Feb. 6 after a battle with brain cancer. He was 63.

“He was full of light and love, and anyone who knew him counts themselves lucky,” said Lindsay Pratt, one half of the local duo Twin Peaks.

“Our city was better for Henry living in it and we will miss his presence every day.”

See, who co-owned Headspace Artefacts, was a champion of local musicians and artists, throwing his support behind them at every turn. They returned the favour last March, throwing a fundraiser to help him cover medical and travel costs shortly after he was diagnosed.

“He was a great influence for artists in town and different folks who were really able to see that you could live a vibrant life,” said Catherine Ruddell of Whole Wheat ‘n’ Honey Cafe, where See could often be found.

“He was really loyal to his friends and he wasn’t afraid to have an opinion. That’s one thing I’ve really learned from him. He cared about arts and culture in this community, and it showed because he did have opinions about it.”

See was certainly a globetrotter, having lived in France, the United States, and Montreal, but he always considered Fort St. John his home.

He helped host musicians from across Canada at Home Routes concerts at Headspace, could be found marching for missing and murdered indigenous women or starring in The Vagina Monologues, and had a hand in increasing bus ridership several years ago with the Music that Moves You program. Beyond that, he hosted writing and poetry circles when he was in charge of the now-defunct Retro Relics/Rabbit Hole, and helped run Saturday jam sessions at Remedies Lounge before open mic nights moved to On The Rocks pub.

“I feel like he should have won a ‘Mr. Fort St. John’ award, if there ever was such a thing, for the amount of support he gave this town,” said local ceramics artist Shannon Butler.

Butler first came to know See when he first visited her studio around seven years ago, becoming one of her biggest supporters and proudly displaying her work in his store.

“He would come to my studio during the week and look at everything I was working on. He took an interest that most people don’t,” Butler said.

“He was interested in talking about all things under the sun, especially art and music and relationships and the human condition.”

Pratt echoed the sentiment, adding See helped finance Twin Peaks’ self-titled EP in 2012.

“He was very proud of our music and was around for a good part of the recording of our albums,” Pratt said.

“He believed whole-heartedly that we would be successful and it gave us so much more confidence in ourselves and our passions.”

Joy Larstone was friends with See for nearly a decade, working with him at Retro Relics/Rabbit Hole before the two opened Headspace together on Dec. 21, 2012 – the end of the world, according to the Mayan calendar.

“We thought it would be hilarious and ironic,” Larstone said.

While See operated the book and music shop at the front of the store, Larstone was in charge of the smoke

shop in the back.

Over the years, Larstone said See became like a second father to her, always there to listen.

Bringing her in as a co-owner of the business was a chance “to do what I love most in the world,” said Larstone, who uses medicinal marijuana to ease the pain of a disability.

“It’s made it so I can stay active, which keeps my mental health really good,” she said.

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See’s immediate family couldn’t be reached for comment.

Local musicians gathered at the Fort St. John Legion Feb. 6 for a special jam session, singing Fisherman’s Blues – one of his favourites – in his memory, Pratt said.

“We went through a lot of Kleenex,” she said.

A celebration of life is planned for summer, Pratt said. editor@ahnfsj.ca

Environmental Assessment of the Proposed Northeast British Columbia Expansion Project

Open House and Invitation to Comment Plateau Pipe Line Ltd., a subsidiary of Pembina Pipeline Corporation (the Proponent), is proposing to construct and operate a transmission pipeline approximately 147 kilometres in length and 12 inches (323.9 mm) in diameter to transport condensate and natural gas liquids from northwest of Wonowon, BC, to an existing terminal near Taylor, BC (the proposed Project).

The proposed Project is subject to review under British Columbia’s Environmental Assessment Act. The Proponent has now submitted its application (the Application) to obtain an environmental assessment certificate which is required before any work can be undertaken on the proposed Project.

In order to provide information to the public about the Application, and to receive comments from the public, the Environmental Assessment Office of British Columbia (the EAO) invites the public to attend an Open House to be held: Pomeroy Hotel, Scotty Room 11308 Alaska Road, Fort St. John, BC on: Thursday, February 25, 2016 from: 4:30 p.m. to 8:00 p.m. at:

There are 30 days for the submission of comments by the public in relation to the Application. This comment period will begin on February 10, 2016 and end on March 11, 2016. All comments received during this comment period will be considered.

The intention of seeking public comments is to ensure that all potential effects – environmental, economic, social, heritage and health – that might result from the proposed Project are identified for consideration as part of the assessment process.

The EAO accepts public comments through the following ways: • By Online Form at http://www.eao.gov.bc.ca • By Mail: Ricardo Toledo Project Assessment Manager Environmental Assessment Office PO Box 9426 Stn Prov Govt Victoria BC V8W 9V1 • By Fax: Fax: 250-387-2208 An electronic copy of the Application and information regarding the environmental assessment process are available at www.eao.gov.bc.ca. Copies of the Application are also available for viewing at these locations: During public comment period: Fort St. John Public Library 10015 – 100 Avenue Fort St. John, BC V1J 1Y7 and Pembina Pipeline Corporation 10919 – 89 Avenue Fort St. John, BC V1J 6V2 During Open House on February 25, 2016: Pomeroy Hotel 11308 Alaska Road Fort St. John, BC V1J 5T5

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Mike Carter

Does hockey season go on for too long?

First of, in full disclosure; I am a Leafs fan. And for most Leafs fans, the season is always too long.

But if I were a fan of any other team the season would still be too long.

By the time your team hits game 20 of the 82 game season, you can already look around the league and see who is good and who is bad.

You can see in this short time, which teams are over achieving and ready for a crash (Leafs), you can notice the ones that will stay in the basement (Oilers) and you can see the ones that are soaring to the top (the Habs, Hawks, and Ducks).

For fans of the bad teams you just want to see it end.

For fans of the good teams, you want to get to the playoffs where the games really mean something and you can get closer to a championship each night.

I mean, look no further than the latest Numeris ratings for Hockey Night in Canada, they are dropping like a rock! Why? Because the National Hockey League’s attempts and creating league parity have made things more unequal than ever, and no one wants to hear Damien Cox or Nick Kypreos drone on about why the good teams are good and the bad teams are bad.

Maybe the players union could be convinced by the fact they’d have a longer vacation.

Remember the lockout shortened half season? The Leafs made the playoffs! We need more of that.

Science Matters David Suzuki

It’s time to protect the Great Bear Rainforest’s grizzlies The agreement between government, industry, First Nations and environmental groups to protect much of the Great Bear Rainforest should be celebrated. The deal makes almost 85 per cent of the forested land base in this massive region on B.C.’s coast off limits to logging. Forestry in the remaining 15 per cent will follow “lighter-touch” practices, called “ecosystembased management”. Most importantly, First Nations will have greater decisionmaking authority over industrial development on their lands.

However, while the agreement helps protect grizzly bear and other wildlife habi-

tat, it doesn’t protect the bears themselves, contrary to B.C. Premier Christy Clark’s claims at a news conference. Hunting grizzly and black bears in the Great Bear remains legal.

The agreement actually contains no reference to grizzly hunting. To slow the hunt, First Nations and others must pony up millions of dollars to buy out existing guide outfitting territories open to foreign big-game hunters. Trophy hunting by B.C. residents — governed under a different process — will proceed regardless of whether First Nations and their allies purchase and retire foreign hunting quotas.

Had the government been serious about ending the barbaric hunt, it could have banned it outright under the province’s Wildlife Act, or simply ended the open season on grizzlies in the Great Bear, as was done by earlier governments to protect the area’s Kermode “spirit bears”. (Only bears with white fur are protected, even though bears with black coats can carry the spirit

Jonny Wakefield

I know not what to make of the lunatic ramblings of my colleague opposite. It seems he argues the hockey season goes on for “too long,” but his real point is hard to make out through the gnashing of teeth.

Reading his strung-together words, I feel the need to wipe spittle from my face.

Does the hockey season go on for too long? I say no. There can be no other answer.

Simply put, the market demands the season be thus. 82 games. A perfect number, for it is what the market will bear.

I make no claim to the quality of a season of 82 games. Such questions are immaterial. The season could be a pair of games followed by a month of feasting and feats of strength, if that were what pleases the market. It could be a hundred games, two-hundred, if each city’s Captains of Industry would buy a sufficient number of season’s tickets.

My colleague does not seem to understand this. Perhaps his intellect is dulled by too many years of supporting this Toronto “Leaves” Hockey Club. They have always struck me as an irrational sort.

In sum, the petty squabbles of a few Columnists matter not. We are but grains of sand on the market’s mighty scales, cogs in a great machine that we cannot possibly understand. It is a thought which gives me great comfort.

bear gene.) Despite the spin, the B.C. government has never recognized the Coastal First Nations ban on trophy hunting in the Great Bear Rainforest.

Seeing grizzlies feeding on salmon as the fish make their way up the coastal streams and rivers of B.C. and Alaska is magnificent.

These large brown bears with their characteristic hump and silver-tipped fur scoop salmon from the river in an age-old interplay between ocean, river, fish, bear, bird and forest. The salmon bring nutrients from the ocean. The bears eat salmon and drag the carcasses into the forest, providing food for other animals, like eagles, and fertilizer for the massive rainforest trees.

First Nations-owned and operated bear-viewing operations are booming in the Great Bear Rainforest, creating jobs and revenue. The trophy hunt threatens these sustainable businesses.

The grizzly bear trophy hunt is a sport like dogfighting, cockfighting and bullfighting are sports — maybe

worse. Bears that people come to see and photograph can be legally shot by trophy hunters, armed with highpowered rifles and scopes.

That the B.C. government allows it to continue in the face of opposition from First Nations and a huge majority of British Columbians for the sake of profit is disgusting.

I’m not against hunting — and many who oppose the trophy hunt agree that sustainable hunting can be a good way to put food on the table. But shooting an animal — often on its way to feed and thus an easy target — just to hang its head on the wall or put its skin on the floor is not hunting. It’s killing for pleasure.

Government justifies allowing this practice by arguing the hunt is wellmanaged and that grizzlies are plentiful, with only a small number killed each year by hunters. Even if that were true — which it’s not — it’s a poor excuse for an inhumane practice.

Studies confirm earlier research by the David Suzuki Foundation showing

the hunt is not sustainable. A peer-reviewed report by Simon Fraser University, University of Victoria and Raincoast Conservation Foundation scientists in the journal PLOS ONE analyzed the provincial government’s own data and concluded too many grizzlies are being killed in B.C. They found overkilling of grizzly bears by humans is common and that annual hunting mortality limits set by government are too risky.

Grizzlies reproduce slowly, generally having one or two cubs every three or more years. They also face threats from habitat loss, damage and fragmentation; cascading effects of salmon collapse and climate change; and death from poaching, vehicle and train collisions and the inevitable adverse impacts of careless human behaviour. Grizzlies have already been eliminated or are currently threatened in 18 per cent of the province, including the Lower Mainland and most of the Interior.

It’s time to stop killing bears for trophies.

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Local History Lesson

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Weight loss Certain Parkinson patients experiment weight loss for different reasons. Reasons include increase energy expenditure as a result of the illness, taste and smell disorders, loss of appetite and difficulty swallowing.

The total caloric intake can therefore be insufficient. To prevent weight loss, experts recommend eating fatty and sugary foods : add cream or cheese to soups or butter on the vegetables. Honey, molasses and syrup can also be used to add a healthy dose of calories. It is also suggested that meals be presented in a way that is pleasing to the eye in an effort to stimulate appetite.

For patients who do not eat a balanced diet, a vitamin supplement can be an option.

Also, dietary supplements such as Ensurto experimente™ or Resource™ “’ can be used if the dietary intake is insufficient. These supplements are easy to swallow and can be taken with a straw if the tremors are too severe.

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Establishing a meal-time routine Eating meals on a regular schedule helps with food digestion and drug absorption. Consequently, patients should be encouraged to eat balanced meals at regular hours.

Avoiding constipation Constipation is a frequent symptom of Parkinson’s disease. It can also be caused by the drugs as well as reduced physical activity. Increasing fibre and liquid intakes helps to control this unpleasant effect.

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As the 22 players mingled, laughing and joking with their divide clearly visible, no one seemed to pay it much attention.

The two groups couldn’t have been more different; one sporting jerseys of their favourite pro teams like the Whitecaps, Real Madrid, Celtic or FC Barcelona, while the other just rocked their favourite t-shirts. Beyond their uniforms, it was still black versus white, but without the hatred or animosity— just soccer.

The game was in celebration of Black History Month, as a team of mostly international students from Nigeria squared off against some of the U18 Northern Strikers in an internationally friendly dubbed “Canada vs. Africa” at North Peace Secondary School on Wednesday night.

When the ball was kicked off they all spoke the same language in the game that followed and worked in the same way to accomplish their goal— to score.

“Just [good] to get the kids involved in what we are doing,” Panebi Oboh, president of the Pan African Caribbean Association said about the soccer game. “Actually this is the second time we are doing this, we did it six years ago. We just wanted the kids involved because Africans love playing soccer, just like Canadians love to play hockey.”

The youth soccer game was organized by PACA of Fort St. John and is one of the group’s four events to celebrate Black History Month.

“The organization started five years ago and for Black History Month we’ve always done something every year. This year we have four events planned,” Oboh said, with the soccer event being the second.

Joseph Uyo, a Grade 12 student at NPSS who came from Canada from Nigeria two years ago, said the game was all about just coming together.

“It’s pretty competitive… it’s fun,” Uyo noted.

Faruq Salami, who has also been in Fort St. John for the last two years and is also in Grade 12, said the game was pretty competitive

(Above) Faruq Salami, an NPSS Grade 12 international student from Nigeria, shows off his moves in a friendly game at NPSS. (Right) The two soccer teams, as a team of mostly international students from Nigeria squared off against some of the U18 Northern Strikers in an internationally friendly match dubbed “Canada vs. Africa” at North Peace Secondary School. despite the “friendly” status.

“Winning mostly,” he said about his favourite part of soccer. “But mostly just enjoy the game… it’s good if we all play as a team.”

PACA will host an AfroCarribean storytelling event on Feb. 20 as their third event of Black History Month and then have invited Alpha Yaya Diallo, a Juno award Guinean born guitarist to perform on Feb. 27 at 5 p.m. at Immaculata Hall along with a fashion show and African cuisine. sports@ahnfsj.ca

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Crystal Cup brings community together In a word, president of the Crystal Cup Pond Hockey Challenge Neil Evans called the weekend magical.

On a weekend that looked to be doomed by mother nature, the Crystal Cup went off without a hitch and 45 adult hockey teams took to the ice at Charlie Lake to relive the childhood days of playing on the pond and this time trying to hoist a trophy at the end of the fifth annual event.

“Awesome,” Evans said.

“Magical. Weather was just beautiful, Friday night, Saturday and Sunday, it wasn’t too warm to melt the ice too badly. Crazy amounts of people, kids fami-

lies, players and spectators. It was awesome.”

The huge crowds came out to enjoy the action and the scenery—a lot of that had to do with the warmer than usual weather, as last year at the event at times it was -20 to -30. Evans went on to call it the best Crystal Cup to date, mostly due to the big turnout.

“I would say over the last five years [this was the best]— the amount of people we had on site, the amount of kids we had on site and the amount of stuff going on in the gardens, it was insane, it was incredible,” Evans added.

The last team standing on the pond was the Ace Instrument Ace Holes, winning their second title in tournament, beating an

unlikely finalist in Ironhide 15-13 on Sunday afternoon to take home the trophy.

“It feels good,” Ace Holes Troy Hunt said. “It’s been a couple years, we won it a few years ago and we’ve came back ever since trying hard to get it back but it’s a battle every year so it feels good to final get it back.”

Hunt added there was never any strategy, other than to protect the “lazy players” which he implicated himself as.

“Not at all,” Hunt said while holding back laughter. “We don’t, the lazier guys stay back so I’m always close to the net and the skilled guys we just fire bombs to and hope they can pull something out of a hat.”

The Ace Holes avenged their

final loss to the Griffins last year, who were ousted from the tournament in the semis this time around. Hunt was teamed up with Tyler Loney, Paul Wiens, Aaron Schepers, David Alexander and Matt Schuya.

Regardless of winning or losing, the tournament has become a staple in the community and the hard work that goes into it hasn’t gone unnoticed by the players.

“It’s unbelievable the amount of work these guys put into this,” Hunt added. “And when we get a weekend like this with the weather, all the families come out it’s a huge family event. Everyone has a riot, I’ve never heard of one guy not loving every minute out here. The fact they put so much work into

this every year is so appreciated and we hope it carries on.”

The event even got the approval of former NHLer and Fort St. John native Mark Hartigan who returned to drop the puck on the tournament and spend the day Saturday passing some hockey tips along to some future Crystal Cup hopefuls.

“I think it’s terrific,” Hartigan said Saturday. “I think it’s incredible. I think Neil did a great job and his crew fighting the warm elements… the ice is great and the kids are having a blast. It’s a fun time.”

Evans added there are already a few things in the works for the sixth annual Crystal Cup and expects it to be bigger and better than ever. sports@ahnfsj.ca

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Our last 4-h meeting was held at the Trask’s on the sixteenth of January. We viewed several episodes on how to be safe while doing all sorts of farm procedures. Also, on the twentyfirst, the sheep members went to a sheep farm in Pinkm Mountain. There, they learned all about raising sheep and additionally, about training collies to herd sheep.

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Dean Bell takes some old pipe, like what he’s holding here, and turns it into artful orcas, which he installs in his hand-crafted coffee tables.

Getting creative in the economic slump Staff Writer

“I just get recycled materials and I just place them how I figure they should look, and just kind of go from there,” he said.

While Bell has been focused on making tables for the time being, his repertoire may expand as he further develops his talent.

“It just depends on what I come up with.

I’ll just wake up some days and I’ll just have an idea in my head and I’ll go out and start on it.”

Bell has been living in Fort St. John for 40 years, but he’s recently put his house up for sale so he can leave town, start fresh and pursue his table-making passion full time.

He plans to make the Okanagan his new home base. peacereporter@ahnfsj.ca

When work started becoming scarce as oil and gas activity slowed in the Peace, Dean Bell took the opportunity to get in touch with his creative side.

Now, the welder-turned-craftsman is viewing the economic slump as an opportunity to embrace his latest passion full time.

Using reclaimed materials, like from the scrap bins at his work, Bell has been making artistic, one-of-a-kind coffee tables, and statuesque animals out of recycled piping and related materials.

“When it started not being that busy at work, I just started putting around in my shop and started building stuff,” Bell said.

The hobby isn’t entirely new for Bell. A decade or so ago, he used to build tables on the side to help pay for his racecar, an expensive pastime and a bone of contention in his marriage, he said.

He’s no longer into racing— “too much money involved,” he says—but his love for building has been rekindled.

“I’ve been procrastinating about doing it for years and this is the perfect opportunity. The nudge is there,” he said.

A common motif he incorporates into his tables is a killer whale, with its dorsal fin coming through the top of the glass surface, “so it looks like it’s breaking the surface of the water,” Bell February 23 • 10:30am-12:00pm said.

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Daytona International Speedway Track Details Distance: 2.5 miles Shape: Tri-Oval Banking/Turns: 31 degrees

The 2016 NASCAR Sprint Cup season begins this Sunday with the Daytona 500. The Daytona 500 is widely considered to be NASCAR’s most important and prestigious race. It’s NASCAR’s Super Bowl and is the race every driver dreams of winning. The Daytona International Speedway is the most famous track in NASCAR racing mostly because Daytona Beach is where NASCAR began. Some of the most legendary drivers in the world have won the event, including Richard Petty, a record seven times, Cale Yarborough, and even Indy 500 winners Mario Andretti and A.J. Foyt. Joey Logano won his first Daytona 500 in last year’s race.

opening the first true motorsports stadium and it speaks volumes about how far this sport has come and where we see our future heading,” International Speedway Corporation CEO Lesa France Kennedy said. “This is a total re-imagining of the fan experience.” When the track opened in 1959, fans sat on concrete slabs and galvanized steel chairs. Restrooms were small and crude, concessions were limited. The new and improved speedway has 11 social areas called “neighborhoods,” each the size of a football field, stretched among three concourses on the mile-long frontstretch.

Each neighborhood will have some specific nuances including live entertainment, 1,400 television screens, three times as many concession stands and twice as many restrooms. Capacity was reduced by 60,500 seats to a permanent capacity of 101,500, which allowed the addition of wider seats. But more important, the grandstands were redesigned to provide a better line of sight for the race. “The best view in my life at any race track, ever,” former champion Rusty Wallace said after recently touring the project. “When you can sit up here and see the entire road course all around. You can’t do that at any road course in the country.”

Racing Trivia What is Denny Hamlin’s best finish in the Sprint Cup Series Championship? a) 1st b) 2nd

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Answer : b) In 2010, Denny Hamlin won 8 races and finished 2nd in the Sprint Cup Series Championship.

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Location: Daytona Beach, Fla. Date: Feb. 21st, 1:30 p.m.

TV: FOX Qualifying Record: Bill Elliott 210.364 in 1987 Race Record: Buddy Baker 177.602 in 1980

Chase Elliott won the pole for the Daytona 500 Chase Elliott, the 20-yearold son of a NASCAR Hall of Famer Bill Elliott, became the youngest ever pole winner at Daytona on Sunday. Elliott qualified with a single-lap run of 196.314 mph around the Daytona International Speedway tri-oval. “I don’t think I completely wrapped my head around it or let it completely sink in that we were even going to be competing at the Daytona 500 today, much less have a shot and go out and sit on the pole,” Elliott said. The 20-year-old becomes the youngest pole-sitter in race history, and joins Loy Allen Jr., Mike Skinner, Jimmie Johnson, Danica Patrick and Austin Dillion to win the Daytona 500 pole as a rookie. Matt Kenseth’s Toyota ran a lap of 196.036 to earn the second spot on the front row. The 40-car field’s remaining slots will be set during the duel qualifying races Thursday night. By virtue of their qualifying times, Ryan Blaney (seventh fastest) and Matt DiBenedetto (26th) locked themselves into the 40-car field, as they were the top two speeds among teams not possessing a charter guaranteeing 36 teams automatic entry into every race. The two highest finishing drivers for non-chartered teams in Thursday’s qualifiers earn the remaining two positions in the Feb. 21 season-opener. $400 million Daytona Speedway renovations for Daytona 500 On Feb. 21, more than 100,000 racing fans will be in Daytona Beach, Florida, for the 58th edition of the Daytona 500 — NASCAR’s biggest and most prestigious race.

“Daytona Rising,” a 2 ½ year, $400 million redevelopment project has transformed the vintage Daytona International Speedway into a modern motor sports stadium. “We’re

Last Weekend’s Race: Denny Hamlin won the Sprint Unlimited Sprint Unlimited Top Ten Driver 1. Denny Hamlin 2. Joey Logano 3. Paul Menard 4. Kyle Larson 5. Casey Mears 6. Ricky Stenhouse Jr. 7. Kurt Busch 8. Austin Dillon 9. Brad Keselowski 10. Greg Biffle

Denny Hamlin won the Sprint Unlimited on Saturday night, the season-opening non-points event. Joey Logano came home second, Paul Menard third and Kyle Larson fourth in a race that saw only four of the 25 cars avoid wrecks. Hamlin triumphed in the race for the second time in three years (and third time overall) and gave Joe Gibbs Racing its fourth Sprint Unlimited victory in the last five years. Hamlin’s victory doesn’t necessarily bode well for the Daytona 500; the last driver to win both the Unlimited and the 500 was Dale Jarrett in 2000.

Denny Hamlin Born: Nov. 18, 1980 Crew Chief: Mike Wheeler Car: Toyota

Year 2015 Career

Wins 2 26

Top 10s 20 174

Avg. Finish 13.6 13.6

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The Rosemont is a large and handsome home. Lap siding, stone veneer wainscoting and multipaned windows give its exterior textural variety, while the strong lines provided by gables, arches and a hipped roof add to the visual appeal. With the exception of a loft and unfinished bonus room, it is basically a singlelevel plan.

Entering, you step into a wide, naturally bright foyer with a 12-foot ceiling. Soft light filters in through sidelights and a high, arched transom. Arched openings offer access to rooms on both sides, as well as into the spacious living room straight ahead.

This floor plan is very open.

The foyer flows into the dining room, which links with a living room that is completely open to the kitchen and nook. The ceiling here is also 12 feet high, and the rear wall is primarily glass, with transoms capping the ground level windows except in the bayed nook. A gas fireplace nestles into the rear corner next to the roomy

home entertainment center.

Standing at the kitchen sink, you face into this large, bright space, and can also appreciate the changing seasons outside. An eating bar rims one section of the angled work island.

Other conveniences include a pantry, wine cooler, and built-in appliances. The nearby utility room is outfitted with a deep sink and has additional pantry storage. Double doors off the nook open into a room that could be used as a study, home office, or whatever suits.

The Rosemont's owners' suite is appropriately luxurious, with a walk-in shower, spa tub, and a huge walk-in closet. The two-sided fireplace (with TV above) can be enjoyed from both the sleeping area and the spa tub.

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Dr. Kearney Middle School is honouring a former teacher with a new scholarship fund in her name.

Rebecca Young died suddenly of a brain hemorrhage at the age of 27 on August 30, 2015. Young worked with special needs students and although she didn’t teach music at the school she was also an accomplished musician.

“We wanted to find a way to honour her and remember Rebecca, so we just decided that because she was so passionate about education and working with the kids she worked with, that a scholarship fund just made sense,” said friend and colleague Amy Bliss, an education assistant who worked in the program Young headed.

“It was a way to honour her passions, because the scholarships are for one student going into special education, and one student going into music, and then to a special needs student is the third one.”

Several years ago, Young and her family made a CD, self-titled in her name. As a teacher, she brought her talent to the classroom.

“Because it was the special needs room, she had a music time once a week where she

played the ukulele and sang songs, and it definitely made an impact on the students,” Bliss said, adding it helped to break barriers in their education.

Sales from Young’s music are now being channeled into the scholarship fund. Anyone who wants to contribute can purchase her music on iTunes, drop by the school, or donate on her GoFundMe page, called Rebecca Young Memorial Fund.

As of Wednesday, $4,122 had been raised via GoFundMe, and according to Bliss there’s another $1,000 on top of that, with $500 having come from the school’s Parent Advisory Committee, and another $500 from the teachers’ union.

Bliss expects the staff will raise another $800 from a chocolate sale fundraiser.

She and the rest of the staff spearheading the annual scholarship initiative hope to keep it going for a minimum of five years.

One will be in the amount of $1,000, to be awarded to a North Peace Secondary School graduating student who will pursue a postsecondary program in special education, another will be in the amount of $500 to go to a graduating special needs student, and another $500 will be awarded to student who will complete a degree program in music. peacereporter@ahnfsj.ca