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B.C. timber report leaves questions: councillors By Andrew Hudson Houston Today
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Quick Community 4-H member Jake Dieleman stands with Elroy, the 1,330-pound Angus-Charolais cross he raised as a 4-H market project. Elroy won top middleweight steer at the Bulkley Valley Fall Fair on Aug. 24. “I’ve been in 4-H for 10 years now and grew up on a beef ranch with 30 cattle, so I’ve been around them for a long time,” Dieleman said, adding that he hopes Elroy might fetch a price of between $2.50 and $3.50 a pound.
A special report on B.C.’s mid-term timber supply didn’t make many waves at Houston council last week. “Really, I didn’t see any recommendations that weren’t already there before the review,” said Mayor Bill Holmberg. Facing a pine beetle epidemic that could shut logging production equal to eight of B.C.’s 24 interior sawmills, a special bipartisan committee led by Nechako Lakes MLA John Rustad spent the last four months touring interior forestry towns before sending a list of 22 recommendations to the Ministry of Forests. While Mayor Holmberg welcomed the review as a chance for people to be heard on the issue, he said that what really matters it not the committee’s report so much as what the ministry de-
cides to do with it. Councillor Jonathan Van Barneveld, who joined Mayor Holmberg in addressing the committee at its Houston hearing, said the report reflects many things people in forestry have been thinking about for years. “It’s good to see that finally down on paper,” he said. But the report was quite broad, he said, and when it came to the most controversial proposal—relaxing forestry rules to do increase logging in protected areas such as old-growth stands and riparian areas—the decision was delegated to a series of local landuse planning groups. “I think everyone thought that was going to be talked about in the report, and it was passed down the chain,” he said. “Just because the report is out doesn’t mean we have any answers yet.” Van Barneveld said
he was surprised to see a special section of the report go to the question of what to do in Burns Lake, where residents and forestry company Hampton Affiliates have urged the province to help secure enough timber to rebuild Hampton’s recently destroyed Babine Forest Products sawmill. The report outlines Hampton’s requests on the issue, including one to revoke the timber licences of its big competitors in the Lakes TSA. The report stopped short of granting that request, but it did join Hampton in the hope that harvesting marginal stands, investing in silviculture and other measures could boost the Lakes-area timber supply to 1 million cubic metres a year from the 500,000 cubic metres a year that was previously forecast. B.C.’s Ministry of Forests is expected to decide on the issue by the middle of Sept. 15.
Forests ministry to look at securing salvage loggers’ cut By Andrew Hudson Houston Today
B.C.’s forestry minister will soon decide whether to create a license for small-scale salvage logging in the Morice timber area. In a letter to District of Houston councillors, who asked the province to con-
sider such a license in May, Minister Steve Thomson said he expects to finish a review of Morice timber licenses by September. While the Morice timber supply is “very tight,” he said he would keep salvaging a priority. Forester Dave Mayer speaks for the
Morice Forest Salvage Society, a group of 12 Houston loggers who salvage small areas of beetle-killed pine trees and hire one or two extra staff at most. Mayer says that just like a big forestry company, small-scale loggers need to be sure they’ll have more timber to cut in the future
before they can invest in their businesses. “It’s exactly the same scenario, only it’s even more difficult for the smaller guy because they can’t capture the economy of scale that a large operator can,” he said. For two years, the MFSS has been asking the Nadina forest
service to create a forest license of between 50,000 and 100,000 cubic metres of timber they can bid on. “There’s still a lot of area out there that hasn’t been salvaged,” Mayer said, noting that was the finding of an Aug. 15 report by B.C.’s special timber supply committee.
“The real plus for the small-scale guys is they can go in and they can log ares of two or three hectares. The big operators can’t be bothered with something like that.” Minister Thomson suggested that besides a license, Houston’s small-scale loggers might secure timber
through Dungate Community Forest. But Mayer disagrees. Logging for Dungate is managed by larger operators, he said, and while some have hired MFSS members in the past, he said those contracts are still on a year to year basis.
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Pinecrest fire victims find new homes, help in Houston By Jackie Lieuwen Houston Today
Residents who lost their homes in the Pinecrest Apartments fire have all found new places to live in Houston. Twenty-one people were living in the apartment building at 11th Street and Copeland Avenue when an accidental fire burned through most of its third floor on Aug. 15. All but two residents have since had to move away from downtown. Most of Houston’s vacancies were found in apartments and town homes up Mountain View Road. “You gotta do what you gotta do in life,” said former Pinecrest resident Victor Hamblin. “Life throws curve balls. You gotta roll with the punches.” While some residents fled the fire with nothing but the clothes on their back, last Wednesday they all found a room piled high with donated
household goods at the Houston Mall. Salvation Army director Rick Apperson says people donated so much furniture, clothing and housewares to the fire relief last week that volunteers had to stop accepting donations for fear they would collect more than they could deliver. “We’ve had an incredible response in the community,” Apperson said. “It’s just been phenomenal. There was quite a bit of money raised, and lots of donations.” As well as handling donations, volunteers have fundraised to buy the fire victims gift cards at local grocery and home supply stores. For the first 72 hours, everyone left homeless by the fire got financial support through B.C.’s Emergency Social Services fund. One woman who was away at Huckleberry Mine when the fire hit has
“ “We’ve had an incredible response in the community.”
- Rick Apperson
asked ESS for funding extension. Asked whether Pinecrest Apartments would be demolished or rebuilt, building managers say that for the moment, all such decisions are in the hands of the insurance company. Insurers gave former residents of Pinecrest’s bottom floors two hours to go back last Tuesday and collect whatever survived the damage from fire, smoke and water. But the top floor of the building was a total write-off, said Jaimie Morris, a maintenance worker for the building. “Nobody is allowed up there period,” he said. Eartha Nattak says
she moved into one of the second floor apartments with her two kids in June. Nearly all their furniture was brand-new and they lost nearly everything, Nattak said. Still, a few key things were saved from the burned-out building. A trapped cat was saved from one of the bottom floor apartments by Corey Morris, who found the cat during a midnight security shift, and returned it to its owner safe and sound. Victor Hamblin, who lived on the bottom floor at Pinecrest for seven years, says he was lucky that most of his things survived, including almost all of his taxidermy. “Years ago I used to be a hunter and taxidermist,” said Hamblin. “I did the mounts myself, a lot of them, so for me they are like a treasure from the past. Hamblin also recovered some photo albums Tuesday, and al-
though they had some water damage, he said the photos looked like they would be okay after some drying. “Thanks to the fire fighters,” Hamblin said. “If it wasn’t for them, I would have lost everything.”
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t took the surfacing of a provincial timber supply document for the general public to learn how bad the mountain pine beetle devastation really is in this province. Simply put, we’re quickly running out of trees to harvest, which is extremely troubling news for the big forest companies and the forestry-dependent communities that rely on those companies to keep rural B.C. alive and growing. This news forced the provincial government to try to come to grips with what’s going on in our forests and seek input from the public, forestry stakeholders and other forest land users, First Nations, scientists and municipal governments. Over a six-week period, the Special Committee on Timber Supply travelled around the province and held 15 public hearings. Last week, the committee members released a report outlining all of the problems that most people, who followed what’s going on in our forests for the past couple of decades, already knew. The alarms that were being set off by the Cariboo-Chilcotin Beetle Action Coalition years ago are finally being heard – our forests are in trouble. When he was the B.C. Liberal forest minister during the time when it was obvious the voracious beetle couldn’t be stopped, Rich Coleman was saying we had to replant diverse forests and make better use of the fibre that remained. Unfortunately, his words of wisdom fell on deaf ears, as everyone was getting rich on harvesting as much beetle-attacked and green trees in their vicinity as they could in hopes of slowing the pine beetles march across the province. Now, we see Coleman’s suggestions showing up in the fibre committee’s recommendations. It calls for reducing raw log export, so there are more manufacturing jobs at home; finding ways to make more use of the “waste” fibre instead of burning it; and regenerating new forests through planting and fertilization. One fact became obvious during the Special Committee on Timber Supply hearings – all British Columbians are stakeholders in the forest industry. We’re all impacted by what happens our forested lands because it is still the lifeblood of our small rural communities. We can no longer strip mine our forests if we want them to be sustainable. —100 Mile House Free Press
A small town you can’t size up
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rarely wake up early enough to join the real news team in Houston, which does all its work over coffee at the A&W. But after a year reporting here, I am packing for Toronto with a load of stories that will raise even more eyebrows than Rob Ford’s weight-loss routine. In Houston I learned that along with a notepad and camera, it pays to keep cross-country skis in the car, since you may need to slip behind an ornery CN boss to shoot a train wreck in February. Never in Toronto will I find gardengrown turnips on my news desk, and if I ever come across a fur-trapping story in one of its back alleys, I’m not sure I want to cover it. Jokes aside, it’s a
struggle to explain this place. Houston’s stereotype—a lumber town full of bears and prospectors—is so much fun that it tends to take over. But that cartoon image tells you nothing about how Wet’suwet’en and Dutch kids played here at the turn of the last century, nor does it give you any inkling into the mysteries of Buck Flatters today. As a fly-bynight resident of both Houston and Smithers, I can take a stab comparing the two—the place where Smithereens gas up on the drive to Prince George and the shops where half of Houston buys groceries. But a better writer than me already captured the ‘Nuppies versus Northerners gap that separates
the Bulkley and the Pleasant valleys. And for every folklistening, café-sipping Smithereen whose greatest plight is the “recreation anxiety” of whether to take a hike or kayak, I can find you a government biologist facing another round of cuts or a shop clerk struggling to pay the same $650 a month that used to satisfy my landlord in East Vancouver. I will say, and this is confirmed by a Norweigan exchange student, that Houston has much tougher ski trails and they are twice as fun for all the old, half grown-in trails still there and the helpful, hand-lettered signs that read “Steep!” Generally speaking, Houston keeps its cards close. I can count all this year’s letters to the editor on two fingers.
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And from the look of things, you’d never guess that it was the spectre of a Houston mill boom that, in the 1980s, spooked Smithers into passing a Bavarian-style building code to make its Main Street more tourist friendly. But more young families across the valley, whatever it’s called, would do well to discover they can find a $120,000 home here and spend the rest of their savings on GPS gear and a boat to go fish in. And anyone who read the Houston Today this year will know what an wild bunch of tomato-splicing, telescope-making, business-booming and quilt-weaving people are already hiding out here. Thanks you everyone I spoke to, especially those who let me
The Skinny Andrew An ew Hudson H son into their living rooms and shared stories for our weekly profiles. It was the highlight of my week all year and I’ll miss it, though I’ll certainly keep tabs from Onscario as reporter Jackie Lieuwen gets the scoop. When friends ask about reporting in Houston, I’m sure to make jokes about not leaving for the office without a can of bear spray under my car seat. But I’ll also tell them it’s one of the best moves I ever made.
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Street What’s your favourite thing about being part of the 4-H Club?
Steven Dieleman Quick Community 4H Leader
Erin Johnstone Quick Community 4H Member
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“I’d say going to the fair.”
“All the different things you get to learn, and the chances to travel. I haven’t gone yet, but my sister went to the PNE.”
“My favourite thing is working with the kids. They’re just a great bunch.”
“Probably learning how to handle steers and cattle.”
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BCGEU is holding us for ransom
Why are British Columbia taxpayers, via the provincial government, always held up for ransom from government employees? Presently, we
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have a B.C. Liberal government that has offered the BCGEU, a 3.5 per cent wage increase over a twoyear contract. That would be a two per cent raise in the first year and 1.5 per cent in the second. However, it’s not
good enough for the BCGEU. It requests 3.5 per cent increase in the first year, and a costof-living increase in the second. Manitoba and Nova Scotia have NDP governments and they are offering
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“It’s about time that B.C. taxpayers show government employees who is the boss.”
the government employees a two-year
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poor economic times. It’s about time that B.C. taxpayers show government employees who is the boss.
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High time to invest in B.C. forests T
he B.C. g ove r n m e n t ’s emergency committee on timber supply has produced its report, but it leaves many of the big questions unanswered. Can the Burns Lake sawmill, destroyed by fire last winter, be given enough timber to rebuild? It’s likely, committee members concluded, if areas currently considered “marginally economic” are harvested. With nearly half the pine in that region dead from beetle infestation, and much of the better timber already cut, that means harvesting areas that would produce only about two thirds of the volume that is currently considered economical to log. Will eight more sawmills have to close
once the beetle-killed timber becomes too degraded to cut in the next few years? Committee members hold out hope that extending the cut to less economic timber stands can reduce this impact as well. But with the current cut far above historical levels to maximize beetle-kill harvest, some industry contraction seems inevitable. All this depends on adequate forest inventory and investment in replanting, fertilizing and provision of additional roads and power lines that would allow access to timber and potential bioenergy development. And that is where the political fight lies ahead. The timber supply committee delivered
a unanimous report, despite the harsh divisions between the B.C. Liberal and NDP members who serve on it. NDP forest critic Norm Macdonald, vice chair of the committee, agreed it did good work during the seven months it has toured affected areas of the B.C. Interior. But he said the roots of the problem go back a decade, to when the B.C. Liberals started reducing support for forest health just as the beetle epidemic was spreading. Ten years ago the government removed the obligation for the province to reforest areas affected by disease and fire. This was not only at the peak of the epidemic, it was one year before devastating wildfires
“Will eight more sawmills have to close once the beetle-killed timber becomes too degraded to cut in the next few years?”
raced through the Interior in the summer of 2003. “In 2002, the government removed its obligation to replant those areas, and cut the budget by 90 per cent,” Macdonald told me. “The three-year budget that’s in front of us is keeping on the downward slide, and it’s not what people in communities are saying is the answer. So that has to change.” The opposition, the auditor general and various forest experts
have been blasting the government for the degraded state of the timber inventory, at a time when environmental changes have been sweeping. Steve Thomson, minister of the newly amalgamated forests, lands and natural resource operations ministry, points to the urgent efforts to upgrade the government’s detailed picture of the state of the forests, so it can consider new cutting, planting and fertilizing
efforts. But there’s no denying that he came to the job in a crisis that will take more spending in the future, and he will have a hard time finding it as Finance Minister Kevin Falcon looks to balance the books for the 2013 election. If nothing else, the pine beetle epidemic has forced the B.C. government to consider some of the intensive forest management that we hear about in Scandinavia, one of those places that supplies B.C. with wood furniture. And it has prompted renewed interest in offering new forest tenures to aboriginal communities with unresolved resource claims. Under current law, the government
B .C. Views Tom Fletcher can only direct award new forest tenures to aboriginal communities. So part of the committee’s proposed solution is to “expedite negotiations” with the Burns Lake First Nations to give them a chance to harvest some of the marginally economic forest areas that remain.
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Shirley Wilson and organizer Beverley Blackwater sell raffle tickets to raise money for those who lost their homes in the Pine Crest Apartment Fire.
A raffle was held at the Houston mall last week to raise money for those who lost their homes in the Aug. 15 Pine Crest Apartment fire. All but one of the prizes were donated by Beverley Blackwater, who also ran a raffle two weeks before for the victims of the Park Lane fire. She’s always tried to help out people who are in tough situations, she said. It was how she grew up. The draw for the prize winners was held on Friday and the results were as follows: The first prize was a 30 piece Farberware and tool set, which went to Margaret
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SCHOOL DISTRICT #54 (BULKLEY VALLEY) 2012/2013 School Bus Schedule #6 WALCOTT Driver: TBD BUS A8542 STOP NAME
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DIELMAN RD BARRET HAT RD BELL'S (Stock Creek) BARRET STN RD SEINEN FRNTG RD ESTATES DR # 1020 ESTATES DR # 1013 ESTATES DR # 1009 ESTATES DR # 1004 ESTATES DR/PIONEER RD GUSHWA RD ALIX FRNTG RD HOUSTON CHR SCHOOL HOUSTON SECONDARY TWAIN SULLIVAN SCHOOL SILVERTHORNE SCHOOL
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AFTERNOON HOUSTON CHR SCHOOL HOUSTON SECONDARY TWAIN SULLIVAN SCHOOL ALIX FRNTG RD GUSHWA RD ESTATES DR/PIONEER RD ESTATES DR # 1004 ESTATES DR # 1009 ESTATES DR # 1013 ESTATES DR # 1020 SEINEN FRNTG RD BARRET STN RD BELL'S (Stock Creek) BARRET HAT RD DIELMAN'S
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#9 HOUSTON-EAST Driver: Jean BUS 8541 STOP NAME MORNING BELLICINI RD McKILLIGAN RD/HWY 16 MORGAN FRNTG RD (East) GUN RANGE RD (Marcotte) GUN RANGE RD (Malkinson) GUN RANGE RD (HImech) GUN RANGE RD # 3725 GUN RANGE RD/MORGAN RD HWY16 EAST # 4875 (Wardrop) WILLIAMS CRESCENT SHADY REST PARK HWY CRES/WILLIAMS CRES NORWOOD ST/ROYS RD ROYS RD ROYS RD/MOUNT DAVIS MOUNT DAVIS/HWY CRES HOUSTON SECONDARY TWAIN SULLIVAN SCHOOL HOUSTON CHR SCHOOL SILVERTHORNE SCHOOL
AFTERNOON SILVERTHORNE HOUSTON CHR SCHOOL HOUSTON SECONDARY TWAIN SULLIVAN SCHOOL MOUNT DAVIS/HWY CRES NORWOOD ST/ROYS RD ROYS RD ROYS RD/MOUNT DAVIS HWY CRES/WILLIAMS CRES SHADY REST PARK WILLIAMS CRESCENT HWY16 EAST # 4875 (Wardrop) GUN RANGE RD/MORGAN RD GUN RANGE RD # 3725 GUN RANGE RD (Himech) GUN RANGE RD (Malkinson) GUN RANGE RD (Marcotte) MORGAN FRNTG RD (East) McKILLIGAN RD/HWY 16 BELLICINI RD
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#11 BUCK FLATS, LUND RD. Driver: John BUS A7540 STOP NAME MORNING BUCK FLATS TURNAROUND BUCK FLATS # 19030 BALSAM RD BAGGERMAN RD WESTVIEW ESTATES RD ENGLEMAN RD E (Buck Flats) STOELWINDER BUCK FLATS/HARDING RD HARDING RD/BOLD RD TEER RD BUCK FLATS (Long) BUCK FLATS # 1615 LUND TURNAROUND BENNETT RD GRANADA PINERIDGE LUND RD # 1011 BUCK FLATS # 1776 HOUSTON CHR SCHOOL HOUSTON SECONDARY TWAIN SULLIVAN SCHOOL SILVERTHORNE SCHOOL AFTERNOON SILVERTHORNE SCHOOL HOUSTON CHR SCHOOL HOUSTON SECONDARY TWAIN SULLIVAN SCHOOL BUCK FLATS # 1776 LUND RD # 1011 PINERIDGE GRANADA BENNETT RD LUND TURNAROUND BUCK FLATS # 1565 BUCK FLATS (Long) TEER RD BUCK FLATS/HARDING RD HARDING RD/BOLD RD STOELWINDER ENGLEMAN RD (Buck Flats) WESTVIEW ESTATES RD BAGGERMAN RD BALSAM RD BUCK FLATS # 19030 BUCK FLATS TURNAROUND
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#21 TOPLEY / HOUSTON Driver: Christine BUS A5541 STOP NAME MORNING SUNSET LK RD/TAYLOR AVE TOPLEY SCHOOL RICHFIELD LOOP EAST PEROW HWY 16 Dillon UPLANDS (BYE RD) HWY 16 # 13273 Siemens FORSYTH ROAD HARMATI ROAD HOUSTON CHR SCHOOL HOUSTON SECONDARY TWAIN SULLIVAN SCHOOL SILVERTHORNE SCHOOL
AFTERNOON HOUSTON CHR SCHOOL HOUSTON SECONDARY TWAIN SULLIVAN SCHOOL HARMATI ROAD FORSYTH ROAD HWY 16 # 13273 Siemens UPLANDS (BYE RD) HWY 16 Dillon PEROW RICHFIELD LOOP WEST TOPLEY SCHOOL SUNSET LK RD/TAYLOR AVE
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ON THE FIRST DAY OF SCHOOL TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 4, SCHOOLS WILL BE DISMISSED AT 11:30 A.M. Changes may have been made to the routes, please check the one for your area. For additional information for bus schedules or other transportation matters please call 250-847-2865 or visit the school district’s web site: www.sd54.bc.ca
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College campus give alternate school students space By Andrew Hudson Houston Today
High school students who struggle with big classes or a fixed schedule can find a smaller, more flexible place to study in Houston this year. Houston Secondary Principal Scott Jackson says that while HSS has offered an alternate school program for more than a decade, it previously ran as a set of special classes held at the school campus that had to follow a fixed timetable. But starting in September, alternate school students age 16 and older will be able to study on their own time in a centre hosted at Houston’s Northwest Community College. “Instead of the students being fixed into our timetable, the centre is open between 8:30 a.m. and 12:30 p.m. every day,” Jackson said. “One of the pitfalls for these kids was that if they missed a few days, the class had moved on and they had to do catch-up,” he explained. “The alternate school is more selfpaced.” Jackson said 21 students have already signed up for the new alternate program, including several who didn’t attend school at all last year. “They’ve said that they’d like to come up and try school again because this is a model that appeals to them,” he said. “That’s huge for us.” Regina Saimoto, campus principal at NWCC, says the idea for the new alternate program rose out of informal meetings between teachers, college instructors and youth workers with Houston’s Youth Empowerment Program (YEP). “That’s how good things happen—you collaborate and find common ground,” Saimoto said. “We were all very keen to see something like this.” Houston Secondary teacher Pat Cox will oversee the new program, but she won’t be the only one teaching. NWCC instructor Sandy Lavallie and
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From left to right, Pat Cox, Amy Sketchley and Sandy Lavallie at NWCC on Aug. 9. Houston YEP coordinator Amy Sketchley will also teach morning classes. Students can also drop by for tutoring, including nights when Lavallie is already teaching NWCC college courses. Cox says the alternate program is less rule-bound than a typical high school— students can get up for a coffee when they like, wear a hat in class, and schedule classes to fit their own work or per-
sonal needs. For some students, Cox said doing away with such a rigid format can mean the difference between dropping out and staying in school. And with that extra freedom, Cox says it’s easier for students to pick up one of high school’s big lessons— that students are in it for themselves. “They can see the value, all of a sudden, in finishing that course and getting that mark,”
she said. “It’s allowing them to have ownership of their own learning, and their own goals, and their own steps forward.” Lavaliie agrees. “That’s why we’re excited about it,” she said. “It’s very learnercentred, and the program will be meaningful for each person.” Lavallie said YEP has been instrumental in starting the program, recalling how even last year, with Sketchley’s help, one student who was at risk of dropping out, finished a high-school diploma at the college and is now entering a strong career in trades. Involving YEP is just one way that the alternate school is making links in the wider community, Lavallie said. Tony Mondia, a director at Nadina Community Futures, will teach a business workshop at the school this year. As the school becomes more established, Cox said it will be easier run joint activities with other community groups, such as the Houston
Friendship Centre. “It suddenly becomes a resource place for other agencies,” she said. And since the students enrol at both the alternate school and HSS, students who want to can still sign up for HSS sports teams and elective classes like band, theatre or the HSS hockey school. Alternate school can also take one or two regular classes at HSS if they like, or take all their classes at the college campus and graduate with a B.C. Dogwood diploma. Speaking as a longtime educator and veteran of many long planning sessions, Lavallie said everyone involved in setting up the new alternate school this summer was uniquely engaged. “Everybody was behind it,” she said. “This was one of the meetings where people were really excited that we were doing something for the youth of our community.”
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Sameer Sadhir tries out the new treadmill at the Houston Liesure Facility on Aug. 23. The treadmill was donated by Canfor through the liesure facility’s corporate donation program which allows all Canfor employees to have a 25 per cent discount on annual memberships. The treadmill is a $4,320 FreeMotion Incline Trainer with -3 to 30 per cent incline and T.V. mounting capabilities. “It’s got great reviews, customers love it and I’m excited to have it here,” said Curtis McFee, director of Houston leisure services. “It’s a great donation for us.”
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An Alberta Construction Company is hiring Dozer and Excavator Operators. Preference will be given to operators that are experienced in oilfield road and lease construction. Lodging and meals provided. The work is in the vicinity of Edson, Alberta. Alcohol & Drug testing required. Call Contour Construction at 780-723-5051. BANNISTER HONDA Maintenance Technician Looking for a motivated, reliable, quality person to perform maintenance on Honda and other manufacture vehicles. Please apply with drivers license and drivers abstract. Attn: Grant Kitzman, 6425-Hwy 97N, Vernon, B.C. 250-545-0531 gkitzman@bannisterhonda.com
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ALBERTA BASED Company looking for qualified & experienced: Equipment Operators, Mulcher, Feller Buncher & Processor Operators. Out of town & camp work. Safety tickets & drivers abstract required. Email resume: jobs@commandequipment.com Fax 780-488-3002. Journeyman Mechanic Do you love the outdoors? OK Tire in Terrace, B.C. NOW HIRING! Excellent renumeration for successful applicant. Fax resume to (1)-250-635-5367 Attn. General Manager or Email: momack@citywest.ca LOUISIANA-PACIFIC Canada Ltd. requires an experienced Mechanical Supervisor for our EWP Operation in Golden B.C. Email resume to: Audra.Stanton@LPCorp.com or fax to 250-344-8859
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EARLY CHILDHOOD EDUCATOR for the Ready Set Learn program. Full job description and details can be picked up at the front desk of the Northwest Community College or email manager@houstonlinktolearning.ca For further information contact Marian Ells at Houston Link to Learning 845-2727. Deadline for applications is September 4th, 2012 at 4:00pm.
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EARLY CHILDHOOD EDUCATION ASSISTANT to assist with the Ready Set Learn program. Full job description and details can be picked up at the front desk of the Northwest Community College. For further information contact Marian Ells at Houston Link to Learning 845-2727 or email at manager@houstonlinktolearning.ca Deadline for applications is September 4th at 4:00 p.m.
Cabo Drilling Corp. - Panama Cabo Drilling Corp is searching for experienced Fallers and QSTs to supervise projects in Panama that include pad cutting and platform building. Individual contractors are encouraged to apply. These positions offer a competitive day rates and emergency medical insurance. All travel and board paid for. Please forward resume in con¿dence to: jamesg@cabo.ca
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The District of Houston is looking for a detail-oriented professional who thrives in a fast-paced environment to assume the role of Corporate Services Officer.
Required for an Alberta Trucking Company. One Class 1 Driver. Must have a minimum of 5 years experience pulling low boys and driving off road. Candidate must be able to pass a drug test and be willing to relocate to Edson, Alberta. Fax resumes to: 780-725-4430
Arrow Transportation Systems Inc. is seeking qualified “chip truck”drivers for immediate openings in Houston BC. We offer steady longterm employment and a very competitive compensation package.
SUTCO Contracting Ltd. has increased our fleet. We have openings for experienced drivers in our flatbed division. Late model equipment, steady work, extended benefits, satellite dispatch, e-logs and fully assigned tractors. We need drivers experienced with flat-bed work, US capable an asset, some Canada Only runs available. Please fax resume and current abstract 1250-357-2009. Contact 1-888-3572612 Ext 230 or check us out www.sutco.ca
The successful candidates must have “clean” drivers abstract and good references as well as experience with “Super B” train chip vans. Please send resume and drivers abstract to: Fax: (250) 314-1750, E-mail: delliott@arrow.ca or Call 877- 700- 4445
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High Road Services Society, a non-profit organization working for adults with developmental delays, is accepting applications from dedicated and motivated individuals to fill the immediate openings in Houston as well as Smithers, of Part-Time Community Support Worker and Casual Support Staff. Qualified applicants will have a minimum of Grade 12. A certificate, diploma, or degree in the Human Services Sector would be an asset. If interested please forward your resume to: High Road Services Society, Box 69, Smithers, BC, V0J 2N0, fax: (250) 847-2261 or in person at 3439 Fulton Avenue, Smithers, BC. Only those selected for an interview will be contacted. Please indicate which town you are applying for.
Reporting to the Chief Administrative Officer as a key member of the senior management team, the Corporate Services Officer responsibilities include but are not limited to performing the statutory role of corporate officer as set out in the Community Charter including the preparation of agendas, minutes, correspondence and research for all meetings of Council, archiving, minutes of other meetings, bylaws and other records of the business of the local government and its committees and providing access to records, certifying bylaws and other documents, administering oaths and affirmations, declarations and affidavits. You will have a good understanding of parliamentary procedures, and BC Municipal Legislation including but not limited to the Community Charter, Local Government Act, Freedom of Information & Protection of Privacy Act and Robert’s Rules of Order. The position is also responsible for Civic and School Board Elections and Board of Variance. The preferred candidate will have • Strong organizational skills, with attention to detail • Excellent problem-solving skills • Excellent interpersonal skills – must tactfully and professionally deal with various levels of government officials, members of the public and fellow employees • Superior oral and written communication skills • Proficient in computer skills and strong working knowledge of Microsoft Office and electronic agenda and minute software • Experience in public sector corporate administration, preferably in the municipal sector, is desirable The successful candidate will have an undergraduate degree in public administration, a certificate in Local Government Administration or a minimum of five (5) years experience at the corporate officer level. Please apply in confidence with a detailed resume and covering letter by 5:00 pm local time, Friday, September 7, 2012 to the attention of: Linda Poznikoff, CAO District of Houston PO Box 370, Houston, BC V0J 1Z0 cao@houston.ca The District of Houston requires all positions undergo a Criminal Record Check. We thank all applicants for their interest however, only those candidates under consideration will be contacted. In accordance with the Freedom of Information and Protection of Privacy Act, the information gathered will be used only for the purpose of job selection.
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Pursuant to the Local Government Act, notice is hereby published of the District’s intention to provide assistance to the Houston & District Chamber of Commerce by entering into an agreement to lease the Chamber building and a portion of property in Steelhead Park where the Chamber Building is situated on in District Lot 622, Range 5, Coast District, Park dedicated by Plan PRP41845 approximate. The term of the proposed lease is for five years, from October 1, 2012 to September 30, 2017, and the lease cost shall be One ($1.00) Dollar. Under the term of the proposed lease agreement, the Houston & District Chamber of Commerce is entitled to the exclusive use of the Chamber building and lands on which it is situated. Any persons wishing to make comments regarding this lease, may do so in writing, or in person, prior to Friday, September 7, 2012 at 5:00pm to the Municipal Office at 3367 - 12th Street, Houston, B.C. Linda Poznikoff, Chief Administrative Officer District of Houston, Box 370, Houston, B.C. V0J lZ0
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