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Vol. 26 No. 50

Friday, December 12, 2014

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Taylor's new and returning councillors took part in their inaugural meeting. December 2nd meeting was the first in nearly 28 years that was not led by former Mayor Fred Jarvis, who served as mayor since 1986. Newly elected mayor Rob Fraser's speech emphasized accountability. "Let's not over promise and under-produce," he said. "We need to be accountable to the folks who put us here." "We're in a pretty good state with our community and with the state of the staffing," he added. "We can continue to build on that." Three out of the four

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Puppies are cute and cuddly but housebreaking your newly acquired friend may pose a challenge. Do not give up and be consistent; there will be accidents. The younger your puppy is the more often it will need to go out. Within the first 4 months puppies usually urinate at least every 4 hours. One of the most successful ways to housebreak a puppy is to take it to the desired elimination location after waking, after meals and if it loses interest in playing. It is also helpful to use a crate as a training tool, especially when you are out of the house during the day. Getting your puppy used to the crate can take time and patience but is well worth it in the long run. Puppies are instinctively reluctant to void where they sleep and if taken out every few hours will go as you take them out. Puppies will still eliminate in the crate if you leave them for too long. Never use the crate as a place for punishment, and make it as comfortable as possible.

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Using verbal cues such as “outside” or something to this effect will help the pet recognize when it is time to eliminate. Always praise the puppy or give it a treat if it eliminates in the correct place. If you catch your puppy eliminating in the house then scold mildly, take outside and praise the puppy when it goes in the correct location. Never rub your puppy’s nose or face in the soiled area, the puppy will generally not remember that it made the mess and it will only make the puppy fearful. Areas that have been soiled should be thoroughly cleaned to prevent the dog being attracted to this area again. Some puppies will pee when they get nervous or very excited (submissive urination). This is often a condition that puppies will outgrow as they gain confidence and their urinary tract matures. If despite your best efforts you are not succeeding make sure to discuss concerns with your Veterinarian as there can be medical or anatomical problems with your puppy’s urinary tract.

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councillors from the previous term also returned. The only new face was Dave Lueneberg, who stepped in to fill former councillor Brad Filmer's seat. Lueneberg is a former news reporter turned transload operator. A relative newcomer to Taylor, having only arrived last spring, he decided to run for councillor because of “a love of the community.” “I look around and see what I could do to help,” he said. “This was a way for me to turn around and give back.” Only four people ran for four council seats, bringing him in by acclamation. After years of covering city council for the news, now he gets to have a say.

“You sit on the other side of the fence and watch for years how it’s done and now sitting on this side (as a councillor) and making decisions and catching up on things,” he said. “I don’t know how many hundreds of hours I’ve sat in council meetings, hospital boards, regional districts … this is a type of position that the more experience you have, the more knowledge you have of the political process is, the better off you are.” He and other members sorted out various committee duties, and 30 minutes into their meeting, the new council was already voting on municipal matters – the first of many they will face over the next four years. reporter@ahnfsj.ca

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The Fort St. John Hospital Foundation has raised $215,000 so far in its “Be An Angel” campaign. While this will help the hospital, it is $35,000 short of their $250,000 goal. Still, the Foundation is hoping that as donations trickle in they will get closer to their goal. “We’re always so grateful that year after year the community of Fort St. John steps up to help provide muchneeded medical equipment,” said the Foundation’s Foundation Executive Director Ashley Bentley. “We haven’t reached out target yet, but as donations continue to arrive we hope to achieve our goal. No matter how big or small, we are so appreciative of all donations we receive. Every little bit helps.”

The “Be an Angel” campaign began Nov. 1 with a gala that raised $84,000. The Light a Moose Radiothon, held from Nov. 19 to Nov. 21, raised $44,000 – which was $8,000 past their goal. Funds raised at the radiothon went towards a gastroscope, a fiber optic instrument used to view the insides of a throat, stomach, and the first part of a small intestine with a small camera. The campaign ended with the Foundation lighting their Christmas tree in front of the hospital’s main entrance. Money raised at the 2014 Angel Campaign will go towards the “Angel Fund” to allow resources to be readily available to meet the needs of the Hospital and Peace Villa as they come up.

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Johnny Wakefield

Is there really a "war" on Christmas?

Is there a "war" on Christmas? Sure, but if it's a war, it's a war of attrition, more akin to erosion than actual battle. Saying there's a "war" on Christmas implies I'm going to go on some rant about political correctness, or give some tired opinion on whether or not Walmart greeters should say "happy holidays." Let's keep far away from all that. Instead, let's look at the larger trends and forces that are chipping away at our shared institutions! (Side note: I have yet to give myself over to the Christmas spirit, thus the totally depressing tone of this article. I should probably watch Elf or something.) Christmas, like the towering sea stacks on the Oregon coast, is slowly collapsing into the ocean. It is being assailed from all angles by apathy, individualism and consumerism (those are like the waves in this ocean metaphor.)To say that Christmas has become unhitched from its traditional moorings in the past 50 years is pretty uncontroversial (I'm going with a boat metaphor now.) Whether that matters is another question entirely. Christmas will continue to grow more amorphous as we move away from physical gifts and start giving "experiences" and digital presents. At the end of the day, it will become a vague year-end celebration of consumption, with a few touchstones to remind ourselves just what it is we're celebrating (Santa, the wrapping of presents, the Christian faith etc.) It's not the battle that the 24-hour news networks imagined when the "war on Christmas" concept was first floated way back when, but maybe Christmas is a casualty all the same.

Science Matters David Suzuki

Homegrown ingenuity brings nature to the city Canada’s newest “national park” is a vibrant patchwork of green space meandering through dynamic downtown neighbourhoods in one of Canada’s densest metropolises, along the former path of a creek buried more than 100 years. It’s a welcoming space for birds and bees that’s nurturing a new generation of city-builders. And it may spread to your city. Let me explain. Authors Douglas Tallamy and Richard Louv originally proposed the Homegrown National Park idea. They advocated stitching together a diverse tapestry of green spaces to create a living corridor for butterflies, birds and bees. Ultimately, this connected pollinator pathway would become a natural space to rival traditional national parks. The David Suzuki Foundation launched the Toronto Homegrown

National Park Project in 2013, starting with the former path of Garrison Creek in the downtown west end. Two-dozen local residents were recruited as Homegrown Park Rangers, trained in community organizing and connected with local environmental and citybuilding organizations. The rangers discussed common desires to make their neighbourhoods and the city more green and livable. They were also given evidence that, as Harvard School of Public Health says, “even small amounts of daily contact with nature can help us think more clearly, reduce our stress, and improve our physical health.” Then they returned to their home turfs with a simple mission: to make awesome things happen where they live, work and play, with the ultimate goal of co-creating a green corridor through the heart of the city. These newly minted community leaders connected with local groups and agencies, participated in community events, made new partnerships and created opportunities for plantings in parks, yards, schools and laneways. Over the past two years, the Park Rangers have added thousands of wildflowers and native plants, often in surprising nooks and crannies and in unexpected ways — a network of flowerfilled canoes in schoolyards and parks, and patches of pavement transformed into butterfly gardens.

Byron Hackett

Any supposed “war” on Christmas has been concocted by societies serial antagonists. They are the ones that are constantly offended on a day-to-day basis, they take up the crusades of any cause, and most often before fully understanding it’s merits. They can’t be taken seriously, or given any validity; hence there is no such thing as a “war” on Christmas. The antagonists may try and attack Christmas, but it’s nothing more than spider bite on the leg of an elephant. It in it’s essence has no merit. If you deal with the idea of Christmas in a pragmatic way, boiling it down to the sense of togetherness and celebration of family that the winter holiday provides, then there is no need to make a “war” on Christmas. So no, there is no war on Christmas, there is just a collection of individuals who have nothing better to do than try and take up a cause that “offends” them. It’s not a war, it’s a petty position, a mildly inconvenient stance against something that stands as no more than a family celebration. English comedian Stephen Fry said it best, “It's now very common to hear people say, 'I'm rather offended by that.' As if that gives them certain rights. It's actually nothing more... than a whine. 'I find that offensive.' It has no meaning; it has no purpose; it has no reason to be respected as a phrase. 'I am offended by that.' Well, so what." Together, through more than 30 initiatives, they’ve begun to bring more nature to the city and create the foundation for even more striking transformations. The project has cultivated a reputation for bringing residents out to celebrate the wonder of nature nearby, with fun events combining art, music, food and drink with the project’s ambitious ecological goals. What’s most exciting is the potential for communities across the country to adopt this place-based activism. Canada’s cities are facing increasing challenges, from rapidly growing populations and aging infrastructure to economic downturns and uncertainty. They also represent remarkable landscapes of opportunity for green interventions — from rooftops and schoolyards to trails and laneways. Vancouver’s Country Laneway project and Montreal’s Green Laneways demonstrate the rich transformative possibilities lying dormant in the hundreds of residential and commercial laneways found in most cities. Colossal crisscrossing hydro and railway corridors can be reimagined as recreational and naturalized spaces, such as Toronto’s proposed Green Line and ambitious 80-kilometre Pan Am Path. Projects like the U.K.-based River of Flowers and Seattle’s Pollinator Pathway have shown the power of making space for birds and bees in a city.

You need look no further than a Google Map to see vast seas of rooftops awaiting urban greening. While greenroof technology is just beginning in Canada, innovative companies like Montreal’s Lufa Farms are demonstrating that roofs can not only be greened, but can also provide healthy, local food. A key strategy in connecting green spaces is utilizing the areas in between. Neglected bits of streetscape and “meanwhile” spaces sitting empty, waiting for the next highrise or commercial development, can become temporary pollinator patches, community gardens providing local food, or space for quiet sanctuary, movie screenings and community dinners. They bring neighbours together. In short, they make communities more livable. Will Canada’s network of Homegrown National Parks ever rival our actual national parks? Not likely. But we must harness and amplify this homegrown local creativity to enhance urban ecologies and make our communities more livable and resilient. Smart urban innovations should be scaled up, shared and continuously adapted, supported by smart public policy and investment. Here’s to the many local organizers, innovators and park rangers who are making our cities greener. Please keep bringing nature home, one fun, green intervention at a time!

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fellow officers hand out around this time of year come with a sticker that explains the program. Violators don’t have to pay with a toy, either. They could also designate the money for the ticket be given to the Salvation Army. The Salvation Army’s Captain Deb Vanderhayden didn’t have exact numbers on how many they get each year, but she speculated that it was around a dozen, which to her was quite a few. “I don’t know what that says about you drivers here in Fort St. John,” she laughed. The toys are put into family hampers, made up of assorted presents and grocery gift cards that are distributed to local families who can’t afford Christmas. “We have just over 100 hampers right now, and I still have phone calls coming in,” said Vanderhayden. She said that this year there’s a particular shortage of gifts for teenagers. That includes movie tickets, gift cards, sports equipment, and makeup. peacereporter@ahnfsj.ca

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Have you received a parking ticket recently? If so, you might be able to get off of Santa’s naughty list by turning that fine into some Christmas cheer for the less fortunate, with the annual Toys for Tickets program. Any ticket issued since Sept. 1, 2014 can be paid with a new, unwrapped toy. Tickets will be accepted at City Hall from Dec. 8 to 19, when they’ll be collected and brought over to the Salvation Army for distribution to a family in need. The program has been going on since 2005 and provides a way for traffic violators to give back to the community. This is the third year that Bonnie Isenberg, one of the city’s bylaw enforcement officers, has seen the program rolled out. She’s always impressed with the generosity, she said, adding that some people even wait for the Toys for Tickets program to kick off before paying their parking tickets. “Two officers are out every day,” she said. “Unfortunately, being in the bylaw enforcement field has a negative stigma to it, and getting a parking ticket can make people a bit upset, so giving them an option of paying the ticket with a toy, knowing that it goes to a family that needs a toy or needs something for the holidays, they’re more inclined to take the ticket and come to City Hall and pay it with a toy,” she said. The tickets that she and her

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Ask the Fort St. John Huskies (6-9-0) about Saturday, Nov. 22 and stories of nightmares will surely follow. That was the night the Huskies handed out the first and only win of the season to the Beaverlodge Blades (1-16-1). Five games later and the Huskies may only be 2-3 since that night, and have not seen a rise in the standings. But something about their play has changed.Saturday night at the North Peace Arena showed the turning of the tide, as the home side crushed the Blades 9-1 in a game that could have been much worse for the visitors had it not been for their goaltender. Head coach Gary Alexander summed up the difference in his team’s play over the last several weeks as largely driven by a newfound effort after the loss to Beaverlodge two weeks ago. “We had such a terrible effort when we lost to them the last time,” he said. “We had a few corrections in the meantime and I

think the lights went on that they needed to perform a lot better and since then we have played a lot better hockey.” The game tipped in the Huskies favour early, but the home side couldn’t find the back of the net only leading 1-0 nearing the end of the first, but outshooting the Blades 23-3. Jerome Thorne scored with 12 seconds remaining the first frame, but the Blades responded five seconds later with a goal of their own. Things nearly went into the second period tied as on the ensuing face off Beaverlodge burst into the Huskies end and put a slap shot past Huskies goalie Daimon Derouin but the play was called offside. From then on it was all Huskies. Somewhat surprisingly, it was Thorne, who sees more time in the penalty box than he does ice on most nights leading the offensive charge with three goals and two assists. He said the team had a refuse to lose attitude from the puck drop on Saturday that helped propel the Huskies to the win. “We didn’t want to lose to these guys again that’s for sure,” he said. “We knew we had to come out hard and

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fast and that’s what we did.” Alexander noted that despite spending plenty of time on the sin bin, he has seen Thorne’s hands in practice and wasn’t surprised by the offensive outburst Saturday. “Jerome has a pretty good set of hands and he’s been kind of snake bit for the first little while here,” Alexander said. “That little exercise program we put them on after that last loss has helped immensely in his part of it. His attitude has changed… it looks good on him.” Other than Thorne, the Huskies got goals from Jordan Gies (1G, 2A) Cayle Bell (1G, 2A), Kody Disher (1G, 2A), Marshall Sidwell (1G, 2A), Wyatt Fellows (1G) and Joshua Robinson (1G, 2A). The offensive explosion was nice to see for the head coach and he hopes his squad can carry that momentum in a rare Wednesday night affair against the Sexsmith Vipers at the North Peace Arena. “Just carry on the way we have been going,” Alexander said. “We’ve had some good success since they proved to themselves they can work that hard. If they want to win they have to do it themselves. There is no amount of cajoling we can do.”

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Drinking and driving: a game of Russian roulette Have you ever thought about the consequences of being arrested for drunk driving? Arrested, handcuffed, license suspended, fined or worse, poor driving record. And that doesn’t even include the consequences of causing an accident while you are drunk driving!

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This Week: The Franklin Templeton Shootout

The Franklin Templeton Shootout is a team format that pairs PGA Tour players in a tournament started and still hosted by the legendary Greg Norman. The event takes place at Defending: English/Kuchar Tiburon Golf Club in Naples, Florida. Winning Score: 34-under par Tiburon is a WCI community featuring 36 holes of Greg Norman-designed golf. The first round, on Friday, uses the modified alternate shot rule; round two, Saturday, utilizes the better ball rule; and the final round, on Sunday, uses the scramble rule. Last year, Matt Kuchar and Harris English shot a 14-under 58 in the final round to win the tournament and break the course record. Tiburon Golf Club Naples, Fla. 7,288 yards, Par 72

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Jordan Spieth shot a final Tournament Results round of 6-under 66 at 1. Jordan Spieth Score: -26 Isleworth Golf & Country Earnings: $1,000,000 Club to close out a 10-shot 2. Henrik Stenson Score: -16 win at the Hero World Challenge on Earnings: $400,000 Sunday. Spieth dominated an elite Player Score Earnings -14 $212,500 field of 18 players with rounds of 66- T-3. Keegan Bradley T-3. Patrick Reed -14 $212,500 67-63-66 to finish at a tournament record 26-under-par 262. His margin of victory also set a tournament record. Spieth, 21, who had 29 birdies, also became the youngest winner in the history of the event. Tiger Woods, the host of the tournament, finished in a tie for last place, 26 shots behind.

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Golf Trivia

Last Week: Jordan Spieth won the World Challenge

Answer: The nickname came from a Vietnamese friend of Tiger’s father from the army. The friend had saved his father’s life a few times when they served together in the Vietnam War.

John Daly, the 1991 PGA champion and 1995 British Open winner, announced he was engaged last week and then carded a 15-under-par total to win the Beko Classic in Turkey on Saturday. The tournament is a three-round pro-am event. Daly carded a final-round 72 for a threeround total of 201 and a one-shot victory over Robert Coles. Also in the field were 2011 Open Championship winner Darren Clarke and former European Ryder Cup player Paul Broadhurst. It was Daly’s first professional victory since 2004. Daly, 48, and married four times already, got engaged to longtime girlfriend Anna Cladakis last week.

Lessons from the Golf Pro One of the most embarrassing things the amateur golfer does is to mis-hit a bunker shot and watch it not get over the lip and roll back into the bunker. Most of the time, our mindset is to just get up to the ball and hack away quickly to get out of the bunker once and for all. However, did you know that you can use a rake to smooth the bunker out before you take that second bunker shot? Rule 13-4 in the Rules of Golf speaks on the matter and states that as long as you do not improve your lie, raking the bunker is acceptable. Now, let’s say the ball rolled right back into the general vicinity of where your first shot was hit from. In this case, you can not rake the sand because the lie would be improved or you would be assisted in making your next stroke.

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Turned Professional: 2012 FedEx Cup Ranking: 158th World Ranking: 9th PGA Tour Wins: 1

FedEx Cup Standings Through Dec. 7, 2014

1) Robert Streb 681 pts. / 3 top tens

2) Sang-Moon Bae 605 pts. / 2 top tens

3) Ben Martin 574 pts. / 1 top tens

4) Bubba Watson 550 pts. / 1 top tens

5) Ryan Moore 541 pts. / 1 top tens

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TOUCHSTONE NORTH PEACE CULTURAL SOCIETY ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING IS DECEMBER 17 The North Peace Cultural Society holds their Annual General Meeting on Wednesday December 17 at 7PM at the North Peace Cultural Centre. Items on the agenda include society reports, board elections, upcoming events and more. Find out more about the region’s Performing Arts Centre and how you can become a part of it. Interested in becoming a Society Member? Memberships are available at the North Peace Cultural Centre Box Office during regular hours (Tue-Fri, 10-5) or by calling 250.785.1992. Note, memberships are not available for purchase online. UPCOMING AT THE CENTRE: Don’t miss the magic of Shrek the Musical. That lovable big ogre takes to the stage in this adaptation of the movie and book on selected dates Dec 5-13. Studio 2 Stage holds their annual recital featuring 3 performances on Dec 14. Limited tickets remain for this popular showcase! The North Peace Community Choir and a live orchestra featuring members of the Northern Winds Community Band present Handel’s Messiah on Dec 15. Studio 2 Stage, the Northern Dance Theatre Society and Stage North perform the Nutcracker Dec 1821. Tickets for all of these shows available now: tickets.npcc.bc.ca or 250.785.1992

GIVE THE GIFT OF GALLERY GOODNESS! Different, eclectic, unique, inspiring. Just a few words to describe the selection of works of art available at Peace Gallery North this holiday season. The Gallery Gift Shop has a bit of everything...from pottery and knitting, to books and bowls, paintings, sketches and more. Support your local artists and give an amazing gift this year! Also, the Smalls art exhibition continues until December 22 featuring a variety of 12x12 inch canvasses.

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WEEKLY PRO RACING UPDATE Postseason Racing News, Stats & Trivia

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This Week’s Racing News

For the 12th consecutive year, Dale Earnhardt Jr. was named the sport’s Most Popular Driver Award in fan balloting sponsored by the National Motorsports Press Association and, for the first time ever, Sprint. Now known as the Sprint NMPA Most Popular Driver Award, Earnhardt thanked fans for voting for him after receiving the award during Friday’s NASCAR Sprint Cup Awards Banquet, giving special acknowledgement to those who follow him on Twitter. “To be able to connect to the fans like that this year, and to see their efforts, this is for them,” Earnhardt said. “When we had our bad weeks, y’all picked us up. And when we won, we all celebrated together.” Earnhardt continues to inch closer to Bill Elliott, who owns 16 Most Popular Driver awards, the most in the contest’s history.

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In what position did Rusty Wallace finish in his first Cup Series race? a) 1st b) 2nd

c) 10th d) 21st

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Dec. 14, 1927 - Former Cup driver Hershel McGriff was born on this day. McGriff made news in 2009 when he started two races in the Camping World West Series at the spry age of 81. He finished 13th of 26 cars on the road course of Portland (Ore.) International Raceway in July and two weeks later finished 19th on the road course of Miller Motorsports Park in Tooele, Utah.

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Rusty Wallace Born: Aug. 14, 1956 Cup wins: 55 Cup top-tens: 349 Cup championships: 1 Rusty Wallace finished second in his first NASCAR race at the Atlanta 500 in 1980. He made nine further NASCAR appearances over the next three years, although he did not score any further top 10 finishes. Wallace joined the Cup series full-time in 1984, winning Rookie of the Year honors and finishing 14th in the final points standings. He won his first Cup race in 1986 at the Bristol Motor Speedway in the Valleydale 500. Rusty earned his first pole position about a year later at the Miller 400 at Michigan International Speedway. In 1989, he had 6 victories along with thirteen top 5s and twenty top 10s to win the Cup championship, beating arch rival Dale Earnhardt by just 12 points for the honor. Rusty won at least one race every year from 1986 to 2002. His last Cup victory came in 2004 in the Advance Auto Parts 500 at Martinsville Speedway in Virginia.

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