Northerner

Vol. 27 No. 27

Friday, July 3, 2015

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WILLIAM STODALKA PHOTO Teams ride around the Totem Mall in Fort St. John for the Big Bike charity event that raises money for the Heart and Stroke Foundation. Main: The team from Global Spectrum prepares for its big bike ride.

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RCMP studying Site C's impact on crime rate

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The Ministry of Justice has hired an RCMP officer to look at the potential impact Site C could have on Fort St. John’s crime rate, but a final report isn't expected to be finished until October, four months after construction is expected to begin.

BC Hydro was present at a Fort St. John city council meeting this week to discuss the Site C dam. It would be built less than seven kilometers from the city, if multiple lawsuits against the project do not prevail.

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City Manager Dianne Hunter expressed concerns about whether or not additional policing would be needed in light of the workforce that comes to the area for the project, since the city pays for about three quarters of the current police force.

The province pays the remainder.

“We haven’t had a provincial RCMP attachment added to our detachment for the last 20 years,” she said. “There’s a concern to the impacts on the officers that we pay for, and how they are deployed, and where the resources are going.”

Now an RCMP officer is looking at the policing situation on BC Hydro’s dime, according to a Hydro representative. “[Hydro has] a memorandum of understanding with the Ministry of Justice, at their suggestion, that they engage, at [Hydro’s] cost, an RCMP liaison officer to review the status of the project and the potential need for any additional policing,” said Siobhan Jackson, BC Hydro's manager of environment and social issues for the Site C project.

David Conway, a Site C spokesman, said Carlson would look at any criminal issues that the extra people brought in by Site C may present to police, including traffic and liquor violations.

If the review finds that additional officers are needed, Hydro may have to put forward more money, and the project may have additional costs. “[Hydro] would provide additional funds to support incremental policing requirements,” the Site C Joint Review Panel wrote in its report last year.

Staff Sgt. Rod Carlson, a current RCMP officer, has been working with the Site C project team since last October on this report. “[Carlson] has been with the RCMP for 34 years,” Conway wrote in an email. “The RCMP selected Staff Stg. Carlson as the officer to fill the Police Liaison Officer position.”

It’s unclear if the report will be available publicly.

“The final report will be submitted to the Director of Police Services with the Ministry of Justice once the RCMP have reviewed it,” Conway wrote in an e-mail. “BC Hydro is not the owner of the report and as such we can’t make any commitments regarding when or how it will be released.”

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Students mark high school grad 'Its been a long, laborious road full of success and failure — and there’s more to come'

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Alaska Highway News

Over 300 North Peace Secondary School students marked their transition into adulthood with the 2015 grad ceremony Thursday in Fort St. John.

Students, parents, teachers and relatives gathered at the North Peace Arena ‎to celebrate their achievements.

In addition to handing out diplomas,190 scholarships and bursaries were awarded from 67 different categories.

The term may have been shortened by last year's teacher strike, but by NPSS math teacher Crystal Pobuda's estimate, there was still time for 5,400 minutes of homework.

Class Historian Blake Simpsons said he felt like the stories during his time "could never end.”

“You’ve developed an identity for yourself, but coming this far hasn’t been easy,” he told the graduating class.

“Its been a long, laborious road full of

success and failure — and there’s more to come.”

Class valedictorian Sarah Lyons also spoke about the future the students would face.

“There’s tremendous pressure placed on our generation as we enter a competitive world filled with seemingly endless possibilities,” she said. “We are told we can do whatever we can set our minds to, but with no limitations.

"The future’s not set in stone, but we are a generation of resilience, creativity and determination.”

Lyons ended her speech with a dance number with fellow students.

NPSS Vice Principal Jason Gill remarked that he hadnever seenthat happenbeforeat agrad ceremony

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Do schools do enough to prepare students for the real world after graduation?

There are a lot of valuable lessons to be learned throughout high school.

Unfortunately, almost none of them apply to real life.

I’m talking about opening up a bank account, saving money to go on a trip or buy a house, saving money to pay off debt, things to look for in a work contract, how to bargain or how to fix every appliance in your home.

Learning to read, write and do math once upon a time was enough to get a person by. No longer is that the case. If you need something now, just pay someone else to do it. That’s become the slogan of the younger generation.

We still live by that fleeting dream that once we acquire those basic skills we are set to conquer the world of adulthood.

Plan and simple it is not true and a tragedy for the modern day high school student. Most don’t even realize, once they graduate and take on the first pay cheque they make investment mistake after investment mistake and before you know it are 30 without a scary financial future and a limited career field.

There needs to be fewer lessons taught in schools and more practical application in real world situations. Instead of finding a binomial integer, why not learn how to calculate a credit score or the valuation of a mortgage?

If we want a better society, that’s our only chance.

Science Matters David Suzuki

Pope Francis offers hopeful perspective on global crises Earth has existed for 4.5 billion years, humans for somewhere around 150,000.

But in my brief lifetime — less than 80 years — human populations have exploded exponentially, from two billion to more than seven billion. In that short time, we’ve created consumer societies and decimated the planet’s natural systems, used up resources, filled oceans with plastic and pollution, altered water cycles, and upset the Earth’s carbon cycle, disrupting global climate systems.

Our impacts on this small blue planet have been so rapid, widespread and profound that many scientists call this the Anthropocene Epoch.

Much of it has coincided with the discovery and exploitation

of fossil fuels, which showed great promise when I was a child. They were abundant and we didn’t understand the consequences of recklessly burning them. Cars were designed to use lots of gas and propel oil industry profits, not to conserve energy. Factories were built to create products and increase distribution efficiencies.

No longer confined to growing food and providing agricultural services, people moved to cities and, freed from the constraints of limited access to resources, grew rapidly in number, dramatically increasing consumption.

Because our technological prowess has grown faster than our knowledge, wisdom and foresight, much of what we’ve created is now crashing down around us — battered by pollution, ecosystem collapse, species extinction, resource scarcity, inequality, climate change and overpopulation.

Pope Francis recently put humanity’s situation in context — and offered hope for the future. Regardless of how you feel about religion or the

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Students are trained enough to do well in life after graduation, because they should learn how to work.

Everybody’s work will be different, whether it be as a pipefitter, a Rhodes scholar, or a janitor. It will be up to that person to determine what that path will be.

Ultimately, each of this jobs will have work, deadlines, and some sort of use of their brain and/or social skills. They may not necessarily need to know Hamlet’s soliloquy or know the Pythagorean theorem, but they will need to know how to work and expand their brains.

School provides them a place to learn how to work in a situation where they can’t harm themselves and reveal helpful guidance from their teachers. The book report may not matter, but the act of sitting down, concentrating, and getting it done is something that people need.

In order to train people perfectly, the goal would have to be predetermined for that person. A child could, theoretically, be trained to become the perfect firefighter if they learned all the ins and outs of firefighting starting from kindergarten.

But not everyone can become a firefighter.

A school has to be a jack of all trades, and while that may make it a master of none, it can still make it well-rounded. If that person really wants to become a firefighter, he can spend all his time outside of school learning about firefighting.

School is only a general overview; people’s real life happens outside of it.

Catholic Church, or even some ideas in the Pope’s encyclical, there’s no denying it contains a powerful, scientifically and morally valid call for radical change that will reach an audience far beyond the world’s 1.2 billion Roman Catholics.

In his June 18 address, the Pope called on the world — not just Catholics — to recognize the need for change in the face of ecological crises such as human-caused global warming and the failure of growth-fuelled market economics to facilitate human survival, happiness and prosperity. “Never have we so hurt and mistreated our common home as we have in the last two hundred years,” he said.

In his wide-ranging address, Pope Francis spoke about pollution, climate change, water, biodiversity, inequality, poverty, economics, consumerism and spirituality. “The pace of consumption, waste and environmental change has so stretched the planet’s capacity that our contemporary lifestyle, unsustainable as it is, can only pre-

cipitate catastrophes, such as those which even now periodically occur in different areas of the world,” he said.

“The effects of the present imbalance can only be reduced by our decisive action, here and now.”

He also called out those stalling or preventing action to confront environmental problems, especially global warming: “Obstructionist attitudes, even on the part of believers, can range from denial of the problem to indifference, nonchalant resignation or blind confidence in technical solutions.”

Connecting the dots between environmental degradation and inequality, he urged people to “integrate questions of justice in debates on the environment, so as to hear both the cry of the earth and the cry of the poor.”

Although parts of the address are bleak, the Pope argued that open conversation and changes in thinking, acting and governing could bring about positive change, even for the economy: “Productive diversification offers the fullest possibilities to human

ingenuity to create and innovate, while at the same time protecting the environment and creating more sources of employment.”

And, he noted, “Human beings, while capable of the worst, are also capable of rising above themselves, choosing again what is good, and making a new start, despite their mental and social conditioning.”

The Pope joins a diverse global chorus of people calling for changes in our destructive lifestyle to confront crises such as climate change and the ever-growing gap between poor and rich.

These expanding and increasingly urgent calls to confront our hubris for the sake of humanity’s future represent a necessary shift in a way of thinking that has propelled us along what is, after all, just a recent and brief destructive course in our history. As Pope Francis said, “We must regain the conviction that we need one another, that we have a shared responsibility for others and the world, and that being good and decent are worth it.”

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Big bikers raise cash for heart and stroke Jonny Wakefield, William Stodalka

Alaska Highway News

Teams in Dawson Creek and Fort St. John pedaled a 30-seat bike Wednesday and Thursday to raise more than $20,000 for heart and stroke research.

First up was Dawson Creek, where the annual Big Bike fundraiser brought in a total of $12,950 for the Heart and Stroke Foundation, according to coordinator Lorann Marin.

That's better than the totals at last year's event she said. The money will go towards heart and stroke research.

"It helps raise awareness and funds to help with research," she

said of the event's importance.

In all, nine teams participated in this year's ride.

By the end of the day the foundation had raised $12,649.20. The top three fundraisers Wednesday were the Co-op with $6,707.20, Rotary Manor with $3,002 and RBC with $1,000.

The following day the event was held at Totem Mall in Fort St. John.

Lori Cruddas, area manager for the Foundation, said that the event in Fort St. John raised over $11,400, exceeding the $10,000 goal. dcreporter@dcdn.ca

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at the shelter. We kicked off the Challenge with the Open House BBQ and Rescue Me event. The Rescue Me event saw 10 citizens locked up to raise a ‘bail fee’ of $200 minimum. The days’ events brought a total of $4763.00. While we will not meet our $35,000 goal the community rallied behind us and at last count we should rein victorious over South Peace – stay tuned for final numbers next month. We would like to thank all of you who donated towards the challenge and those who visited us at our events this year, without our community support we would not be able to be there for those in need!

It was late in showing its face but kitten season has finally crashed down upon us!

In the last 2 weeks we have seen an intake of 32 kittens, with 14 of those arriving today! Most of the kittens are too young for adoption and have been placed in foster homes for proper handling and socialization. Speaking of foster homes, anyone with an empty room that would like to enjoy the fun and entertainment of raising a batch of kittens is encouraged to stop by the office and join our foster program! We are scheduled to be taking in 5 more litters soon and will need an appropriate environment to send these little dolls to. Keep your eyes peeled for the listings of our kittens

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available for adoption on our web page at spca.bc.ca – north peace branch or on Facebook at BC SPCA – North Peace Branch.

Until next month, we would like to leave you with one last thank you going out to Dr. Justin Sewell and Rivers Animal Hospital.

Dr. Sewell has completed a leg amputation PRO BONO for a darling cat in need. The $1200 that Dr. Sewell saved us will go directly to caring for so many other animals in our care. Pictured here is Squirt, after her front leg amputation. Squirt had been attacked by a dog and had suffered a dislocated leg. In the scheme of things, these wounds were very nill compared to most dog attacks. However, the wound was left untreated by her owner, who wanted nothing more but to be rid of the problem, and caused the limb to atrophy. So Squirt found herself in the care of the SPCA. A medical emergency campaign was started through the BC SPCA at www.give2gether.com to help fund Squirts’ medical expenses. It was at this time that Dr. Sewell approached us and offered to complete Squirts’ surgery for free! Not only did they save Squirt, but the Rivers Animal Hospital has offered to complete any extreme surgical needs, required to ensure the animal will be pain free, for ALL animals of the North Peace BC SPCA!

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of a systemic corticosteroid (ex prednisone). This type of medication is taken by mouth and travels throughout the body.

Inhaled bronchodilators work by relaxing the muscles in the bronchial tubes. There are two types of bronchodilators: short-acting and long-acting.

Short-acting bronchodilators are used only as needed to treat asthma attacks and to prevent exercise-induced asthma. They are commonly referred to as “RESCUE” or “RELIEVER” medications since they are used to treat sudden asthma symptoms. Long-acting bronchodilators are used on a regular basis. They should be used in combination with an inhaled corticosteroid. Symbicort® and Advair® are inhalers that combine a long-acting bronchodilator and a corticosteroid. Medications such as theophylline (TheoDur®, Uniphyl®) and leucotriene antagonists (Accolate®, Singulair®) can also be added to treatment.

Proper technique Ensuring a proper inhaling technique is important as it will provide better efficacy. Your pharmacist can show you how to obtain the best results. He or she may also recommend the use of a spacer, and metered dose inhaler making it easier for you to take your medication.

Prevention The key to preventing asthma attacks is to avoid your asthma triggers: • Allergens • Respiratory tract infections including colds and the flu (a yearly flu vaccine is recommended) • Big changes in ambient air temperature • Cold air (asthmatics should cover their nose and mouth when participating in outdoor activities when it is cold) • Emotlonal and stressful situations (use relaxation techniques) • Smoke (stop smoking treatments are available) • Exposure to smoke strong odours and air pollution(purify indoor air).

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The month of May was filled with many unusual happenings for us here at the shelter. The unusually high temperatures this month resulted in a flood of “HOT DOG” calls. We would like to remind the public of the very real danger of leaving your pets in the vehicle during high temperature days. The temperature in a vehicle, even in the shade with the windows partly open, can rapidly reach a level high enough to seriously harm or even kill your pet! A dog can be overwhelmed by heat in as little as 10 minutes. Pets cool themselves by panting and sweating through their pads. They do not perspire through their skin as people do. On warm days the air and upholstery in your vehicle heat up to high temperatures making it impossible for pets to cool themselves. If it is 26 degrees Celsius outside, inside the car – even with the window cracked – the temperature can reach 37 degrees in 10 minutes and 43 degree Celsius in just under 20 minutes. A dog’s normal body temperature is 38 degrees if the internal temperature reaches 41 degrees cell and organ damage begins to occur.

If you see a dog in hot call the emergency hotline 1-855-622-7722 immediately!

Symptoms of heat stroke may include (but are not limited to) exaggerated panting; bright red gums; rapid or erratic pulse; thick white, frothy saliva; anxious and staring expressions; weakness and muscle tremors; lack of coordination or stumbling; vomiting; convulsions; collapse; seizure; coma and finally death. Please remember that heat stroke can also occur during walks and other lengthy outdoor activities. Also keep in mind that the sun drenched pavement or unlined pick-up truck boxes can easily scald a dogs paws in only minutes!

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Asthma is a disease that affects the airways (bronchi). In asthma sufferers, the airways become inflamed and produce more secretions. With every breath we take, air flows through the bronchi to the alveoli. The exchange of gases occurs in the alveoli as oxygen flows to the bloodstream to nourish the body and carbon dioxide is expelled from the lungs.

Causes The causes of asthma are not yet fully understood A family history of asthma and other factors such as allergies are thought to be associated with asthma.

Asthma is an exaggerated response by the airway (bronchi) to foreign substances (allergens) such as dust or pollen resulting in inflammation. Factors such as smoke, air pollution and respiratory tract infections(cold, flu) can also cause inflammation.

The bronchi are surrounded by a layer of muscle.

These muscles, which become more sensitive when the bronchi are inflamed react by narrowing or constricting – this is known as bronchospasm.

Exposure to very cold air, strong odours, exercise, emotional stress and anxiety are all factors that can cause this type of muscle contraction.

Symptoms Bronchial inflammation and bronchospasm obstruct the flow of air causing the following symptoms • chest tightness • difficulty breathing • bronchial secretions • shortness of breath • rapid breathing in • coughing young children • wheezing The intensity of asthma symptoms varies from person to person and can vary over time as well.

Asthma detected in children often resolves by adolescence.

Diagnosis To properly diagnose asthma, your doctor will conduct a medical examination and will ask questions to gain a better understanding of your symptoms.

Treatment Most asthma treatments focus on the two most prominent components of the disease, namely inflammation and bronchoconstriction (narrowing of the airways due to constriction of the surrounding muscles).

Inhaled corticosteroids are considered to be the foundation of asthma therapy. They are commonly referred to as “CONTROLLER” medication. They are used on a regular basis and in addition to helping prevent asthma symptoms, they prevent symptoms from worsening and reduce hospitalizations and deaths. Acute asthma attacks may require the use

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World U-17 Hockey Challenge coming to Fort St. John and Dawson Creek in November Mike Carter

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Dawson Creek and Fort St. John will co-host the 2015 World Under-17 Hockey Challenge this fall, Hockey Canada officials announced Wednesday. It will be the second time the tournament has been held in British Columbia.

It will be held Oct. 30-Nov. 7 and Dawson Creek will host the Gold Medal game of the tournament at the Encana Events Centre.

BYRON HACKETT PHOTO The announcement was made Fort St. John Mayor Lori Ackerman and Dawson Creek Mayor Dale Bumstead sign agreements to host the World Under 17 Hockey to a gathering of media and Challenge from October 31 to November 7 at the Pomeroy Sport Centre on Wednesday. They were joined by MLA Pat Pimm and MP hockey fans at the Pomeroy Sport Bob Zimmer, Fort St. John Senior Flyers President Paul van Nostrand, Councillor Byron Stewart and other community members for the announcement on Wednesday.

Centre in Fort St. John.

Although not an official International Ice Hockey Federation Dawson Creek.

Hockey Challenges in 2014.

(IIHF) tournament, the eight-team competition does atAt least one other city was involved in the process The first one began in 2013 and ended in early 2014. tract international clubs. before Hockey Canada approached Dawson Creek, Bum- The second was held in November.

Canada will be represented by three national teams— stead confirmed. It is as yet unclear what circumstance From now on, the tournament will be hosted each year Black, Red and White—which will be made up of a com- lead Hockey Canada to approach Dawson Creek about in November. bination of the 66 best under-17 players from across the hosting the tournament.

Kris Knoblauch, head coach of the Ontario Hockey country.

The tournament originated in 1986 as the Quebec Esso League's (OHL) Erie Otters will coach Team Canada They will be joined by five international entries from Cup, at the time considered the unofficial world champi- Red, Jamie Kompon, head coach of the Western HockCzech Republic, Finland, Russia, Sweden and the United onship of midget hockey. ey League's (WHL) Portland Winter Hawks will coach States.

Now, the tournament is the first step in Hockey Cana- Team Canada White and Marco Pietroniro, head coach of Dawson Creek Mayor Dale Bumstead told Alaska da’s Program of Excellence and is used to identify players the Quebec Major Junior League's (QMJHL) Drakkar de Highway News that the city was approached by Hockey capable of moving on to the IIHF Under-18 Men's World Baie-Comeau, will coach Team Canada Black.

Canada about the event, noting that the organization had Championship and National Junior Team, which comThe 2015 World Under-17 Hockey Challenge will remembered the city from its unsuccessful bid to host the petes at the IIHF World Under-20 Championships held bring together the top players in the world born in 1999 2016 IIHF Under-18 Women's World Championship. each year around Christmas. or later.

“They approached us [for this tournament] but said we Prior to November 2014, the World U-17 Hockey ChalSince the first under-17 tournament in 1986, more than would need to partner with another city.” lenge was held from December through to early January. 1,200 NHL draft picks have played in the tournament, According to Bumstead, Hockey Canada originally For the first time in its 29-year history, it underwent an including 11 of the last 14 first-overall selections (Ilya suggested Grande Prairie as a possible hosting partner. overhaul announced November 2013, moving from a ten Kovalchuk, 2001; Rick Nash, 2002; Marc-André Fleury, “We said no. If we are going to be partnering with team tournament to eight.

2003; Alexander Ovechkin, 2004; Erik Johnson, 2006; somebody, we’re going to partner with our neighbours in The changes will take place for the first time during Patrick Kane, 2007; John Tavares, 2009; Taylor Hall, the Peace, Fort St. John,” Bumstead added. the 2015 tournament hosted by Dawson Creek and Fort 2010; Ryan Nugent-Hopkins, 2011; Nathan MacKinnon, The tournament will be hosted at the North Peace St. John.

2013; Aaron Ekblad, 2014).

Arena in Fort St. John and the Encana Events Centre in To adjust for the changes, there were two World U-17 dcreporter@dcdn.ca

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An education in Aboriginal culture

Elanor Copes participates in an Inuit blanket toss at the Aboriginal Day celebrations at the Aboriginal Learning Centre on Tuesday.

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William Stodalka

Alaska Highway News

About 400 Grade 5 students learned about First Nations culture Tuesday as part of an Aboriginal Day, organized by School District 60’s Aboriginal Learning Centre.

Students gathered at the centre, located just outside of Fort St. John, to experience a variety of traditional First Nations activities.

The day celebrated National Aboriginal Day, which took place Sunday.

“It’s important [to learn about First Nations culture] because we need to be proud of who we are,” said Pat Jansen, the Aboriginal Learning Centre’s District principal. “Twenty per cent of (School District 60’s) population is Aboriginal.”

Children learned about beading, heard traditional First Nations stories, and cooked bannock on a stick over a fire, amongst other activities.

Children also heard first hand experiences about residential schools from Margaret Fenton, who told the children about leaving

home.

That school, like many others, attempted to assimilate Aboriginal children by isolating them from traditional practices.

For Jansen, residential school survivors like Fenton are “a lost generation in our people’s history.”

The Aboriginal Learning Centre is also offering a unique course to try and impart traditional knowledge to its students of the post-residential school generation.

School District 60 approved the course this year to give students credit for learning traditional dancing, hunting and trapping.

This learning is then presented to their teacher for grading. So far six students have taken the course.

“We have a moral obligation because we are on Dene-Zaa territory, we need to teach [School District 60] students about the DeneZaa culture and other Aboriginal cultures,” said Jansen. reporter@ahnfsj.ca

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Second Floor 472 sq.ft.

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Garage 525 sq.ft.

Dimensions 41' x 50' 1000 SERIES

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Lots of space inside and out! Very nice sized rooms here with a great layout and quiet corners for everyone. Enjoy the huge 167 ft deep lot that has perfect trees and privacy. Walking distance to schools, parks and amenities!

This one is sold but if you can’t find what you are looking for and would like to talk about building what you want, call me right now! With nearly 200 homes complete with my clients, I look forward to making your dream home your forever home just like this one is for their family! 250-785-1234

Last week around town

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The Rotary Clubs of Dawson Creek invite you join us at the

Dean Thom of Arc-Tech Welding, shows MLA Greg Kyllo, the Parliamentary Secretary for the BC Jobs Plan, around his company's facility. Kyllo was on hand to give Arc-Tech a certificate of recognition for the company's commitment to training apprentices and investing in B.C.'s skilled workforce. william stodalka photo

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Contest: Every Northerner edition will give you the chance to enter the Airshow 2015 Colouring Contest. There are two age groups that will be available to enter into. Ages 4-8 and ages 8-12. Just show us your creativity by colouring the image above and drop it off at Alaska Highway News, 9916 - 98 St., Fort St. John. Entries must be submitted by 5:00pm on July 20, 2015. Have fun and good luck to all! **** PRIZES AGES 4-8 CAN WIN A VIP EXPERIENCE FOR FAMILY OF 5, AGES 8-12 WIN A VIP EXPERIENCE FOR FAMILY OF 5

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Prespatou 4-H Community Club It’s been a somewhat uneventful month, (although I’m positive our leaders have been very busy!) We have only a couple more weeks until achievement days! YIKES! Achievement days take place on July 17 and 18! I invite you to come; there will be a lot of fun activities for you to watch and/or participate in.

Lets start off with talking about the district-judging rally! The juniors had 6 categories that they had to judge. They were, horse, sheep, ID table, out-door living, photography, and beef, (the beef were heifers.) The seniors had 7 categories to judge. They also had, horse, sheep, Id table, out-door living, photography and, beef.

Although the seniors had, an oral judging (which was on pregnant Ewes,) which the juniors did not need to do.

Thank you to the Prespatou 4H leaders for organizing the judging rally! Also thank you to everyone who showed up! Congrats to Lynette Weibe who got first place out of all of the seniors that showed up! Also to Lacey Weibe who got first place in the junior category!

Next I want to tell you a little about the meeting we had shortly after the judging rally. We did some work on our record books; we have to be done with them soon with achievement days rapidly approaching! We also talked a little about our barn display but like I told you before I still can’t tell you what it will be, just hope you will come and see!

We also discussed what we wanted to do for our plaques. The photography members had a meeting as well.

The photography meeting was about how we wanted our boards to look, that is whether we wanted to make our boards from scratch, what materials we wanted to use etc. We made our decision in about a minute! So we got to work right a ways… ok so maybe not right a way but almost. There was only a three-day break!

That’s all for today! Thank you for reading and we will see you on achievement days! Thank you Butler Farms Equipment Ltd. for sponsoring this page!!

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W E E K LY P R O R A C I N G U P D AT E Racing News, Stats & Trivia

2015 Standings Sprint Cup Series Top Ten 1) Kevin Harvick

Points: 616 Wins: 2 Top 5: 11 Top 10: 14

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Location: Daytona Beach, Fla. Date: July 5th, 8:00 p.m.

TV: NBC Last Year’s Pole: David Gilliland - 199.322 mph Last Year’s Winner: Aric Almirola

2) Martin Truex Jr. Points: 563 Wins: 1 Top 5: 5

Top 10: 14

3) Joey Logano Points: 559 Wins: 1 Top 5: 9

Daytona International Speedway

Top 10: 12

Xfinity Series Top Ten Driver 1) Chris Buescher 2) Ty Dillon 3) Chase Elliott 4) Regan Smith 5) Darrell Wallace Jr. 6) Elliott Sadler 7) Brian Scott 8) Brendan Gaughan 9) Ryan Reed 10) Daniel Suarez

4) Jimmie Johnson Points: 546 Wins: 4 Top 5: 9

Top 10: 11

5) Dale Earnhardt Jr. Points: 545 Wins: 1 Top 5: 8

Top 10: 10

6) Brad Keselowski “The Speedway is a venue that is known throughout the world as a place where everyone in motorsports wants to claim a victory,” said former Daytona Speedway President Robin Braig.

The enormous 480-acre motorsports complex boasts the most diverse schedule of racing on the globe -- earning it the title of “World Center of Racing.” Even before NASCAR was founded, racers would flock to Daytona’s hard-packed sand beaches to go head-to-head against each other while trying to avoid the incoming tide.

Last week’s winner, Kyle Busch, finished 28th in last year’s race.

Points: 505 Wins: 1 Top 5: 3

Top 10: 9

7) Jamie McMurray Points: 497 Wins: 0 Top 5: 2

Top 10: 7

Racing News Watkins Glen International was named the “Best NASCAR Track”, as chosen by readers of USA Today and 10Best. It was a close race between WGI and runner-up Martinsville Speedway, according to USA Today. A panel of experts picked the initial 20 nominees, and the top 10 winners were determined by an online popular vote.

Daytona International Speedway, home of the season-opening Daytona 500, did not even make the top 10.

Racing Trivia

8) Kasey Kahne Points: 483 Wins: 0 Top 5: 2

Top 10: 6

9) Matt Kenseth Points: 479 Wins: 1 Top 5: 5

Top 10: 9

10) Kurt Busch Points: 469 Wins: 2 Top 5: 6

Top 10: 8

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The Busch brothers have 56 wins in the Cup Series, the fourth most in Cup history. Which brothers have the most? a) Burton c) Waltrip b) Allison d) Labonte

Answer : b) The Allison brothers have a record 94 wins. Bobby has 84 wins and Donnie has 10.

Shape: Tri-oval Distance: 2.5 miles Turns / Straights: 31º / 3º

Points 528 499 485 466 462 447 430 419 410 407

Last Weekend’s Race: Kyle Busch won the Toyota/Save Mart 350 No statement could quite express the depth of emotion Kyle Busch was feeling after winning Sunday’s Toyota/Save Mart 350 at Sonoma Raceway. In the first-ever 1-2 finish in the series by the Busch brothers, Kyle Busch beat Kurt Busch to the finish line by .532 seconds to win for the first time since returning from an 11-race absence due to a broken right leg and left foot sustained in a Feb. 21 accident at Daytona International Speedway. “First Busch brothers 1-2, boys,” Kyle Busch exulted on his radio after taking the checkered flag. “Mom and Dad should be proud.” On Lap 106 of 110, Kyle Busch muscled Jimmie Johnson out of the way and took the lead on the way to his second victory at the 1.99-mile road course and the 30th of his career.

Kyle Busch Born: May 2, 1985 Crew Chief: Adam Stevens Car: Toyota

Year 2015 Career

Wins 1 30

Top 10s 2 180

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Toyota/Save Mart 350 Top 10 Driver Points Kyle Busch 47 Kurt Busch 43 Clint Bowyer 42 Kevin Harvick 40 Joey Logano 39 Jimmie Johnson 40 Dale Earnhardt Jr. 37 Kasey Kahne 36 Ryan Newman 35 Sam Hornish Jr. 34

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This Week: The Greenbrier Classic

The Greenbrier Classic replaced the long standing Buick Open in 2010. The tournament is held on The Old White Course, The Greenbrier’s first of four Defending: Angel Cabrera golf courses, dating back to 1914.

Winning Score: 16-under par The Greenbrier has had considerable Winning Share: $1,170,000 involvement with professional golf over the years. The course, built in 1924 and renovated by Jack Nicklaus in 1977, played host to the 1979 Ryder Cup Matches as well as the 1994 Solheim Cup Matches. Last year, Angel Cabrera, the 44-year-old Argentine, won the Greenbrier Classic for his first victory in a tournament other than a major, closing with his second straight 6-under 64.

The Old White TPC White Sulphur Springs, W.V. 7,274 yards, Par 70

Golf TV Schedule PGA Event: Greenbrier Classic Day Time Thu, 7/2 4pm-7pm Fri, 7/3 4pm-7pm Sat, 7/4 3pm-6pm Sun, 7/5 3pm-6pm

Bubba Watson made an 8 Tournament Results foot birdie putt on the second 1. Bubba Watson Score: -16 *won in playoff extra hole Sunday to defeat Earnings: $1,152,000 Paul Casey in a playoff 2. Paul Casey Score: -16 at the Travelers Championship.

Earnings: $691,200 Casey overcame a three-stroke 3. Brian Harman Score: -15 deficit with five to play, catching Earnings: $435,200 Watson with a 16-under 264. Casey lost his chance to win on the second extra hole when his third shot from a greenside bunker flew over the green and landed on the cart path. Watson hit his 160-yard approach just to the right of the hole to set up his winning putt.

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Golf Trivia Which golfer won the NCAA Division I Individual Championship in 1989, 1990 and 1992? a) Robert Gamez b) David Duval

Last Week: Bubba Watson won the Travelers Championship

c) Jim Furyk d) Phil Mickelson

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Answer: d) While at Arizona State, Phil Mickelson became the face of amateur golf in the United States, capturing three NCAA individual championships and three Haskins Awards as the outstanding collegiate golfer.

Jeff Maggert won the U.S. Senior Open on Sunday, firing a final-round 5-under 65 for his second major victory on the Champions Tour this year. He edged defending champion Colin Montgomerie by two strokes at sun-drenched Del Paso Country Club. “It’s satisfying just because the guys out here on the Champions Tour are the same guys that I was trying to beat 20 years ago,” Maggert said. The 51-yearold American won his first senior major last month in Alabama in the Regions Tradition.

Maggert had only three wins in more than 20 years on the PGA Tour, the last in the 2006 St. Jude Classic.

Lessons from the Golf Pro With most of us in the work force, it is difficult to have the time to put into practice what is necessary to raise our game a level or two. However, it is this practice that will improve our consistency in the long term and we can practice different approaches even at home to make progress. One of the best ways is to use your mirror at home to check on your set up, grip, ball position, alignment and posture. Another method to consistency is to have the same routine before every shot. We watch the professionals and every time, they go through the same set of motions before a shot. This practice should be followed by the amateur golfer as well to improve our comfort level. Finally, we can not swing one club harder or softer than the others.

Practice keeping the same tempo for all the clubs in the bag and the results will be positive.

Player Profile

Bubba Watson

Turned Professional: 2002 FedEx Cup Ranking: 3rd World Ranking: 3rd PGA Tour Wins: 8

FedEx Cup Standings Through June 28, 2015

1) Jordan Spieth 3,128 pts. / 10 top tens

2) Jimmy Walker 1,915 pts. / 6 top tens

3) Bubba Watson 1,688 pts. / 5 top tens

4) Dustin Johnson 1,589 pts. / 7 top tens

5) Rory McIlroy 1,510 pts. / 6 top tens

FedEx Cup Standings continued...

Player Points 6) Brandt Snedeker 1,410 7) Patrick Reed 1,409 8) Charley Hoffman 1,390 9) J.B. Holmes 1,358 10) Hideki Matsuyama 1,257

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