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Minister of Forests, Lands and Natural Resource Operations Steve Thomson visited Houston with Nechako Lakes MLA John Rustad, to discuss the ministry focuses and needs of the forest industry. The meeting, held last week Monday at the Seniors Centre, focused on forest inventory and development of a secondary market or bio-economy to use wood supply to its fullest potential and limit waste. Thomson opened the discussion with a brief review of the ministry’s current work, highlighting three main topics: (1) contributing to B.C. jobs plan, (2) focusing on jobs, tourism and innovation, and (3) increasing market

diversification. Rustad says that in response to recommendations from the midterm timber supply committee, the ministry hopes to speed up the inventory work, doing inventory on all the areas significantly impacted by the pine beetle within the next five years, and the rest of the province within the next ten years. The ministry has approached the treasury board, and the result will come out in the February budget process, said Rustad, adding that he is optimistic significant work will start next year and ramp up. “Now that the [pine beetle] epidemic has run through and we’re seeing the forests starting to stabilize, it’s time to update the inventories, so we’ll be doing that,” said Rustad. See FOREST on Page 2

Timber deal reached to rebuild Burns Lake sawmill By Tom Fletcher Black Press

The partners in the Burns Lake sawmill destroyed in a fatal fire in January have accepted the conditions for rebuilding the mill. To the community’s relief, the announcement

comes despite last week’s decision by WorkSafeBC to refer their fire investigations at Babine Forest Products in Burns Lake and a later fire at Lakeland Mills in Prince George, to Crown counsel for possible charges. Two workers died and 42 others injured

in the two fires, which WorkSafeBC concluded were caused by dust explosions. “I’m very pleased with the decision,” said Nechako Lakes MLA John Rustad, who joined officials in Burns Lake Tuesday for the announcement. He said it delivers on

a promise made by Premier Christy Clark when she visited the community in the hours after disaster struck. Steve Zika, CEO of Oregon-based Hampton Affiliates, and Albert Gerow, CEO of Burns Lake Native Development Corp., announced in

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September that they would rebuild if an agreement could be reached with the B.C. government to supply enough timber in the wake of the pine beetle epidemic. Rustad chaired the committee that reviewed the timber supply and determined it could

support existing mills in the region and a reconstructed Babine sawmill. It requires all six aboriginal communities in the region to commit timber rights to the new mill, including new area-based Crown forest tenures that the B.C. government has promised to award

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A balance between protection and forestry

FOREST from Page 1 Rustad says the Quesnel inventory, released Nov. 30, showed 600,000 cubic metres more wood available in their midterm supply than they anticipated. Asked by local business owner Tom Euverman where the forest industry is going, Thomson said he doesn’t believe forestry is a sunset industry. There are lots of opportunities and we’ve seen the industry evolve and adapt in order to compete in global markets, said Thomson, adding that he is hearing optimism in the industry and thinks it has a positive future. The timber supply is going to come down a bit in ten years but I think there will still be a very robust fibre basket in this area, said Rustad. Rustad says he wants

to see more focus on tree growing and what can be done to manage that, adding that in order for things like that to develop we’re going to need to see bioeconomy developments. Rustad says there is huge opportunity in bioeconomy - it’s estimated that by 2015 the worldwide market will be somewhere around $200 billion, and B.C. has the potential to be a leader in that economy because of the opportunities and amount of fibre. Today 15 to 30 per cent of the fibre that’s cut isn’t used but if we can find markets for it, there’s huge potential there, said Rustad, adding that there’s challenges with how it’s logged and hauling those pieces in. Dave Mayer, professional forester and

spokesman and technical adviser for Morice Forest Salvage Society, said that with biofuel, operators cannot afford to haul wood from the bush to a facility in town - they use the residual product from the sawmills. Mayer says biofuel won’t use the extra material out in the bush, and in his opinion it’s going to take secondary re-manufacturing, that can afford to haul it from the bush to town and generate some revenue. Rustad said he asked the biocommittee what they would build if fibre was free - where’s the opportunity and where would the investment be? “It’s great to say we can bring fibre and then do all this sort of stuff, but I want to see where’s the investment

points? Who is going to put some dollars on the ground? Then we can talk about how to start fibre flow,” Rustad said. But we’ve got to quit burning fibre, said Bill Miller, chair of the Regional District of Bulkley-Nechako. A couple of years ago, close to a million cubic metres of fibre was burned in Burns Lake and Houston area, he said. Miller added, “I think when we’re faced with the timber supply issues we’re faced with, and the opportunities that you’re talking about in terms of bioenergy and biomass sectors, I think it borders on criminal that you haven’t addressed that.” “I agree with you, totally,” said Forests Minister Thomson, adding that they’ve looked at various li-

cences, and it’s about making sure tools are there but also about getting the economics of it right, getting it integrated into the operations development side of things. Rustad added that though there’s no question we need to use as much fibre as we can, we also have to consider the fire risks if those blocks aren’t cleaned up and start thinking about broader fire management plans. Logging contractor Rick Barden said that if we’re going to manage our forests, we should manage them right up to the edge of springs and lakes. “We have all these reserves set around, full of dead pine… it’s got to come out. We should be doing something about managing all of it,” he said.

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Thomson said it’s about a balance between stream-side protection and forestry, adding that though it’s an important point and the midterm timber supply committee did recommend they look at that, those solutions would have to be community based. Asked later what he thinks about the direction of the ministry, Houston Mayor Bill Holmberg said he thinks they are starting to put some thought into things, such as inventory mapping and forest management, that they should have put thought into a long time ago. “They’re on the right track, it’s just discouraging that we’re just at this point now - it’s something that should have happened a long time ago,” he said.

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Timber supply supports mill rebuild MILL from Page 1 The deal also depended on re-inventory of areas affected by pine beetle, after the epidemic has run its course. He said inventory work in the Quesnel forest district, which was infested earlier, has shown a better survival rate of trees and stronger regrowth than expected. Cariboo North MLA Bob Simpson disputed that conclusion, saying Rustad is overstating the results from Quesnel. Simpson said the Quesnel forest is more productive than the northwest, and the optimistic projection depends on beetlekilled wood being harvested while live trees are left for later, which is not happening. “It’s all a hyperoptimistic what-if exercise by some silviculture people,” Simpson said. The government plans to table legislation in the new year to allow area-based forest licences to be direct awarded to aboriginal communities, and supplemental licences that allow greater access to waste wood for pellets and other biofuel. The WorkSafeBC investigation found that the most likely fuel source for the two explosions was fine, dry dust, which increases when mills cut dry trees killed by beetles. The likely ignition source in both cases was motor and gear assemblies running waste conveyors in low, confined areas of the mills subject to heavy dust accumulation.

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or the first time in ten years, there are signs that some B.C. municipalities are recognizing the need to get spending under control. Nonetheless, municipal spending continues to outpace the responsible benchmark of population growth plus inflation. The latest report from the Canadian Federation of Independent Business (CFIB) analyzes data from 2000 up to 2010. “It’s a bit like driving off a cliff, but slowly,” said Laura Jones, executive vice-president, CFIB. “It’s certainly a good idea to apply the brakes, but we’re still getting closer to the edge. We like to give credit where it’s due, however, there’s a limit to our optimism.” Had spending simply kept pace with population and inflation from 2000-2010, British Columbians would have saved $4.26 billion, or $4,251 for a family of four. Instead, B.C.’s real municipal operating spending increased by 49%, nearly four times the growth in population. When adjusted for inflation, spending increased by just one per cent from 2009 to 2010, down from seven per cent between 2008 and 2009. “One year of relatively good behaviour is a promising sign, but it’s much like the early days of a diet – it really could go either way and only time will tell,” said Jones. The northern region of BC stands out in two regards: 21 out of 30 municipalities have undergone a population decrease from 2000 to 2010; and those communities are overrepresented among the worst-ranked overall across the province, with four of the worst five in Northern BC being among the 10 worst in British Columbia.

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There’s no time like the present Last week I turned 46 years old and my kids offered up a delicious homecooked dinner followed by a sweet dose of unexpected reality. “I wish I was you,” my nine-year-old daughter said as we enjoyed our decadent dessert. “But I’m kind of glad that I’m not.” “Why are you glad that you’re not?” I asked. “Because your life is half over,” my 12-yearold son chimed in from across the table. “It kind of is, Mom,” Daisy agreed, nodding sympathetically. “No offence.” Sure. None taken. Eager to know more about her first statement, I asked Daisy why she wished she were me. “Because you have an amazing life!” she replied. “And you look less old than you actually

are,” Sam added, smiling. I was glad they thought I looked young for 46, but the fact remained that they thought I was old. Duh. Of course they did. I remember being my daughter’s age and thinking my mom was ancient too. She was 27 at the time. I explained to my children that I planned on living to be at least 100 and that I hadn’t reached the halfway mark quite yet. “But you’re close,” Sam teased. “So, no wasting time, Mom.” And there it was, just the advice I needed to hear that day: no wasting time. Since the age of 17 I’ve spent many of my birthdays seriously reflecting on what I had yet to accomplish rather than simply enjoying them as a wonderful celebration of life. In that moment I realized that I had been doing it again

to some extent, and it was completely unnecessary. Serious reflection could wait. I didn’t think my children had any idea what was going on in the deep recesses of my brain, but I guess they’re more perceptive than I realize. What they might see in me could be similar to what I saw in my parents when I was young, and that is a person who works too hard for the future and doesn’t play enough in the present. Like most everyone I know, my life is full, my days are busy and my schedule is packed. I have ambitions and dreams that I’m working on constantly, but am I relishing the entire process or am I waiting to cross some magical finish line first? At times I feel like I’m loving every minute of it. There are times though, that I become lost in the

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chaos and life feels like one big chore rather than the magnificent gift that it is. I believe in dreaming big and going after my goals with fearless optimism. I also believe it’s important to remember to live every day to the fullest, because, as we all know, there are no guarantees that our life will be long. Even though my plan is to live another 54 years or more, there’s a possibility I might not. So, if I die tomorrow, I hope to have enjoyed today and the only person than can make that hope a reality is me. Back when I was a brooding teenager my dad, the eternal optimist, taught me that happiness is a mindset. “You can choose to be happy or you can choose to be miserable,” he said when I was in one of my darker

On a brighter note Lori Welbourne moods. “Life will keep chugging along however you decide to feel.” I can’t say his words completely sunk in at the time, but as the years have passed, I’ve tried to live by that motto more and more. If I didn’t, I probably wouldn’t be able to recognize that my daughter was right: I do have an amazing life. I’m grateful that I have some incredible people in my world who remind me of that every day. Even on my birthday.

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Editor Reader says pipelines are just a fact of life

Editor: Is it possible that all the negative talk about oil and gas pipelines has given us tunnel vision and not allowing us to look at the bigger picture? Most of us would be happy if there were no pipelines anywhere but petroleum products are a necessary evil and life as we know it cannot exist without them. What is important is that these products are moved in the safest possible way. Everyday thousands of rail cars filled with petroleum products travel on the railroads across the country and in BC due to our mountainous terrain the railroads run right adjacent to our major river systems. Every year there are train wrecks in this

country and it is only a matter of time until one of them ends up in one of the major rivers that they follow. What do people say about these trains that are getting longer all the time? They say, “man, that’s a nice long train,” because no environmentalist or media outlet that thrives on negativity has told them any different. Most of us know nothing about oil and gas pipelines but the media has made us believe that they are a bad thing. Actually, if they want to point out the danger of pipelines they should be talking about the sewer systems of the towns and cities in the country. All the liquid from these systems ends up in the lakes and rivers

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of this country and contains every chemical known to man. But we won’t hear much about this as we even the most radical environmentalists know they need the use of these systems. There are a lot of so-called green living people that are not fooling anyone but themselves. As the population of the world increases, there will be threats to land and water, but if everyone works together these threats could be kept to a minimum. One way or another petroleum products will be moved offshore to the countries that need them as we are part of a global community and a global economy. If we think we can just keep the oilsands

for our own use, remember that most of the wars fought in recent times were to gain control of the world’s oil reserves no matter what Mr. Bush may tell you. If we are successful in stopping the pipeline to Kitimat all that will change is the loss of high-paying jobs. The pipeline would then run south into the USA where a pipeline will bring it to the Washington coast for loading onto ships for Asia. This could happen just across the Canadian border so we would still have the same concern of increased tanker traffic as ocean currents and tidal movements would bring any problems into BC waters as shown by the debris arriving from Japan.

We must look at all of this with an open mind to be sure we know what we are talking about as jobs are going to become very important in this province. At least 15,000 jobs will be lost over the next 10-15 years in the forest industry due to the mountain pine beetle. Sawmills will no longer be able to produce lumber of a quality that would keep them financially stable and as sawmills shut down, other forestry-related plants will shut down as well. Pulp mills, pellet plants, co-generation plants, etc. can not operate without the wood chips and wood waste made available as a by-product of making lumber. Logging just to run those type of opera-

tions would be far too costly. The jobs that will be lost can not be replaced with a seasonal tourist industry or a job in a big box store. These types of goodpaying jobs can only be replaced in the resource sector, so if we want our young people to be able to support a family and buy a home, we will have to make jobs available in the resource sector. If we don’t do that a lot of these young people will move way and those that stay will struggle to survive. Unemployment causes huge social problems. Just ask the people in towns like Hazelton and Burns Lake. All of this makes it very important that we make the right decisions about resource

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sector projects. We should not compare today’s pipelines with those built 50 years ago. We are now capable of sending people into space through thousands of degrees of heat and bringing them safely back home. The space age materials available today can not be compared to the ones used 50 over even 20 years ago. I’m not knocking the people opposed to pipelines but hopefully I want to make us all take a good honest look at the bigger picture and not just go by what we see or read in the media. This will be very important to our future. Brian Mould Kitwanga, BC

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RCMP tows abandoned vehicles By Jackie Lieuwen

vehicle. Anyone with information is asked to call the Houston RCMP at 250845-2204 or Crime Stoppers at 1-800222-8477. *** An abandoned, unlicensed and uninsured vehicle was towed from Pearson Road and Hagman Crescent last week Tuesday at 1:30 p.m.,

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A blue 2003 PT Cruiser was stolen from outside of a home on Nadina Way between midnight and 1 p.m. on Dec. 1, said RCMP Sgt. Stephen Rose. Sgt. Rose says the keys had been left inside the car and police have no suspects and have not recovered the

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SNOW CLEARING OPERATIONS Please keep the roads clear so our snow plows can keep the roads safe. The District of Houston Municipal Street Cleaning Policy states: “To accommodate District of Houston snow removal operations, during the period of October 15th to April 15th, any vehicles parked on municipal rights-of-way between the hours of 5:00 am to 5:00 pm may be towed away at the owner’s expense”. As stated in the District of Houston Traffic Regulation Bylaw: The owner or occupier of real property shall remove all snow and/or ice from the sidewalks or foot-paths bordering on their property not later than 10:00 am of the day following the snow fall. Anticipating your cooperation.

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said Sgt. Rose. Sgt. Rose says the vehicle was covered in a foot and half of snow, and blocked the road from being cleared by district snow plowers when it was towed under the municipality Bylaw 331, which prevents vehicles from parking on a roadway in such a way that blocks snow clearing efforts. According to Bylaw 331 any vehicles parked on a municipal right of way between Oct. 15 and April 15, 5 a.m. to 5 p.m. may be towed at the owners expense. Sgt. Rose encourages people to park off the roadway, especially during snowfall, so that snow plows are not blocked. *** A 33 year old man was arrested last week Monday at the 2035 Sullivan Way apartment’s for assaulting his girlfriend while carrying a knife, Sgt. Rose said. Sgt. Rose says RCMP received a call about a domestic dis-

pute and arrested the man, charging him with common assault and assault with a weapon. *** Last Wednesday at 3 p.m., an eagle fight on the Highway 16 roadside near Barret Hat resulted in a collision, killing an eagle that took flight just as a truck was driving past, said Sgt. Rose. Sgt. Rose says the front end of the truck, the grill and a headlight were damaged in the accident, but the driver was uninjured. *** A moose was also hit and killed last Wednesday night near the Houston golf course just east of town, but the driver was uninjured except a few small cuts from the broken windshield, Sgt. Rose said. *** RCMP responded to an accident on Dec. 1 where a vehicle hit a deer just after midnight, Sgt. Rose said. That same day at 3:30 a.m., a vehicle was found in the ditch

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The Christmas Food Hamper Challenge between HFP and Canfor wrapped up on November 30. The weigh in was held at Canfor scales on Dec 3, 2012. Canfor weighed in 310 kgs of food and HFP weighed in 490 kgs of food. HFP won this year but the real winner is that there was 800 kgs of food donated to the Christmas Hamper/Food Bank. Thank you to all the employees that participated in making this challenge a success!

Season’s Greetings! We’re hoping your holiday is full of laughter and friends, health and happiness.

The Christian youth group thanks those who supported their Halloween food drive for the local soup kitchen, “Love by the Bowlful.” The ladies were touched!

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Alberta Mayors pump gas and oil pipelines

By DeLynda Pilon Black Press

Two mayors of cities in Alberta that

are thriving thanks to the oil and gas industry visited Prince George Thursday to talk about why they

support pipeline projects, in particular the Northern Gateway pipeline, and how British Columbians

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Many Thanks to Rick Leffers & Family who have donated the Mall Christmas Tree for decades! Thanks again!

Leduc Mayor Greg Krischke and Spruce Grove Mayor Stuart Houston promote the Northern Gateway pipeline. and all of Canada will also reap benefits if these projects go through. Mayor Stuart Houston of the City of Spruce Grove and Mayor Greg Krischke of the City of Leduc, members of the Capital Region Board’s Pipeline Linkages Strategy committee, said they hope to discuss the national importance of developing infrastructure to move oil out of Alberta to market,

in particular markets in emerging countries like China and India, rather than keep the status quo of selling 99 per cent of Canadian oil to American markets. “The west is at a real crossroads with energy infrastructure,” Houston said. He said currently the United States regulates and discounts Canadian oil prices, to the tune of $27 per barrel. What’s more, the U.S. is set to be-

come the largest energy producer in the world itself by 2025, significantly lowering its need for Canadian oil. “We need to get to the world market,” he said, adding the biggest markets will be China and India. “It is a huge benefit for Canada. It is a huge benefit for the whole industry.” “The benefits are not only for Albertans,” Krischke said. “We recognize

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B.C. and all of Canada benefit from this.” According to statistics provided by the Capital Region Board, over the next 25 years Alberta’s oil industry will purchase $117 billion in supplies and services from other Canadian provinces. British Columbia will receive a $28 billion chunk of that pie and 25 per cent of the jobs. The Northern Gateway pipeline is part of that picture, and building it will cause the GDP in Canada to rise substantially. Houston said for every job created in the Alberta oil sands, another is created elsewhere in Canada. As for upgrading the tar sand oil, Krischke said about 58 per cent of it was upgraded in 2010, though since demand has increased that percentage is down. He added that even if every drop of oil pumped from the tar sands was upgraded, it would still need to be shipped. “We are landlocked right now. Even if we upgraded 100 per cent of the oil we’d have to get it to the tide waters. The safest way is burying the pipe and pumping it,” he said. He added he understands there is a certain amount of environmental risk attached to the pipeline, however pointed out the TransMountain pipeline goes through Jasper National Park, and now people can’t even tell what side of the road it lies on. “It must be done in an environmentally responsible manner,” Houston said. He added the Joint Review Panel will make recommendations to mitigate any associated risks if it approves the project. “Is there a risk?” Krischke asked. “Yes there is, but there’s a risk involved in crossing a road. You can live next to a pipeline and not even know it’s there.” He said there are 10,000 km of pipeline in Alberta. “You can co-exist.”

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Thank you! The Houston Christian School Senior Boys Volleyball Team would like to take this opportunity to thank the following businesses and people for their generous financial support towards our trip to the Provincial Championship in Kelowna BC on November 28- Dec 1. We would like to acknowledge that these contributions helped make this memorable event possible for us. Thanks again for your willingness to support us. Groot Bros. Contracting AA Ventures (Andrew and Arlene Leffers) All West Glass – Houston Sullivan Motor Products Reitsma’s Home Hardware Dutchies Contracting Meints Bros. Contracting Dungate Community Forest Bulkley Valley Credit Union - Houston

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Twain Sullivan School: Mr. Dave Conway and the Twain Choir. Heidi Sullivan, Brooke Gillies, Sarah Malkinson, Maurisa Savage, Savannah Sommerfeld, Hanna Bhatti, Megan Anderson, Chris Jansma, Emma Larson, Nick Taylor, Cameron Ridgway, Dayvin Barden, Hailey Lokken, Tanner Waterhouse, Abby Jansma, Keegan Hargrove, Kyle Jansma, Lacey Giesbrecht and Alyssa Quast from Twain Sullivan and Mackenzie Emberley from Silverthorne

A special thank you to Dave Conway and Glenn Farrell who made this night possible! 50/50 draw results from the Serendipity Sale: Tasha Kelly won and the concert winner was Jamie Beck.

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Santa will be at the Houston Mall Sat., Dec. 15 from 10am - 3pm. Photos available by WaterWeb Photography (Jason & Laura Onderwater) First Print: n July 2007 $5 Extra copies $3/each. All proceeds go to the Food Newspapers Bank and the Community Christmas Dinner. Sleepover at the Bethlehem Inn - Fri. Dec. 14 & Pantone 287 Blue Sat. Dec. 15 @ 5:30pm at the Christian School. Pantone 356 TicketsGreen available at Countrywide Printing, 1st Choice Pantone 139 Harvest Fashions & Houston Christian School. This program is not recommended for children under 5. A free-will offering will be taken at the end of the program.

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The program is not recommended for children under the age of 5 years. A free-will offering will be taken at the end of the program and donated to the Christian School. Any questions please contact Michalle Brown at 845-7494

Granisle Volunteer Fire Department meetings & fire The Houston legion Branch 249: Meeting: 2nd Mon. of practices every Tues., 7 p.m. at the Fire Hall. the month is Executive, 4th Mon. is General Meeting (we have not been able to get a quorum in months, members Granisle Church of the Way services are Sun., 11 a.m. Bible study is Thurs. at 7 p.m. please attend).

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Where: Christian School Gymnasium When: Two performances: Friday December 14, 5:30 PM Saturday December 15, 5:30 PM Tickets are limited and can be picked up at no cost at: Country Wide Printing, 1st Choice Fashions and the Houston Christian School, as we need to know how many to prepare for.

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It is more than 2000 years ago...Caesar Augustus has issued a decree that a census should be taken of the entire Roman world. You are invited to travel back to Bethlehem and to a very special dinner theater to be first-hand observers of the events that took place on the night Christ was born! Come be ready to laugh, eat and be merry while enjoying this wonderful experience.

The 2013 HSS Europe Group would like to thank everyone for coming out to the Christmas Concert they hosted November 24. They would not have been able to do it without the amazing talent of the following people!

HouSToN PuBlIC lIBRaRy EVENTS... Sat., Dec. 15 from 1-4pm: Join Miake Elliott from Countrywide Sports at the library for a fun afternoon of snowshoeing theory and practice. Learn how to snowshoe safely and confidently. $10 per family (four or more people), $3 per person (adult) $2 per child 7 to 12 years (children 6 and under are free). All children 12 and under must be accompanied by a responsible adult. A limited number of snowshoes will be available to use. Hot chocolate and snacks will be served after the practical portion of the workshop. Please call the library to pre-register for this event! 250-845-2256. • Dec. 20: Mark Zagwyn will be at the Library taking “Passport Photos” from 12-6pm • Fri. Jan. 4, 2013 – Morice Mt. Nordic Ski Club presents…Introduction to Community Coaching, level 1 (NCCP) CrossCountry Coaching Certificate Training. 6-10pm and Sat., Jan. 5, 2013 from 8am to 4pm at the Houston Public Library. $85.00 for non-members, Free to members of the Morice Mountain Nordic Ski club, Free Season membership for Morice Mountain Nordic Ski Club Coaches. For more information and to register, contact Kelly Favron at: 250-845-0097 or skfavron@ telus.net

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