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Graduate Kailey Johnson stands with her two proud Grandmothers Kathy Miller and Janice Johnson. Thirty-three students received their hard-earned diplomas from Houston Secondary School last Friday. For more details about graduates see next weeks Houston Today.
With the Houston Secondary School gym packed with proud family and friends, 33 graduates eagerly took the stage, standing before the proud words “A future so bright.” Vice Principal Andrew Bond was chosen by the grads as the guest speaker, and spoke proudly of the students before him. “In the last two years I’ve learned a lot from these students,” said Bond, going on to joke of how grads taught him the bell schedule and quick mathematics by arriving late and testing his memory. Bond thanked parents of the grads, saying that their support and love went a long way in helping grads achieve this goal.
Bond’s advice to grads was to seek happiness and see failure as an opportunity to learn and change and persevere. Grads filed to the front before flashing cameras, to receive diplomas and scholarships. Frequenting the front were Kelsey McEwen who took 10 awards, as well as Beth Saretsky who took nine and Cassie Ofner who took seven. Three grads handed a lit candle to Kindergarten students from feeder elementary schools, as a symbol of inspiring them with the light of knowledge and the illumination it can bring. Amidst proud cheers and shouts, the graduates made their way down the chandelier lit runway, out of the school and off into the bright future awaiting them.
Independent investigation forms for province of B.C. By Jackie Lieuwen Houston Today
A new independent organization in B.C. has formed to investigate police oversight and police use of force. Ralph Krenz, S t a k e h o l d e r Relations and Senior Investigator, gave a public presentation at the Houston Friendship Centre last week Tuesday, to explain
about Independent Investigations Office (IIO) of B.C. He said the organization started September 2012 under the Minister of Justice and Attorney General, as a result of the Frank Paul Inquiry and the Braidwood Inquiry. The IIO runs mostly independent of the ministry, and is among the last police oversight organizations in Canada.
The first was in 1990 in Ontario and others are in Alberta, Nova Scotia and B.C., and Quebec is currently forming one. “Pretty much right across Canada we have one form or another of oversight of police, so that police are not investigating themselves when there’s serious harm,” said Krenz. Krenz says the two goals of the IIO are to be thorough and fair
in their investigations and to improve timeliness. “Even if you do a fair, thorough i n d e p e n d e n t investigation, if it takes you two and half years to come out with the findings of the investigation, nobody wins,” said Krenz. He says the IIO typically takes 30 to 90 days to finish an investigation and they hope to get faster as time
goes on. The IIO has 54 staff and it started with a group two thirds retired police investigators and one third civilians, with a mandate to phase out police investigators and “fully civilianize,” said Krenz. “We had to start somewhere as a new organization, so we did have to bring in police to train civilians and bring them on board.
But at the end of the day we are to become a civilian organization,” said Krenz. The Braidwood Inquiry gave the IIO a five year time limit to phase out ex-police officers, but Krenz says he thinks it will take a little longer than that. Asked about the demographics of the IIO staff, Krenz said they have 15 women, nine of whom are investigators, a few
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Mikes Audio Video moving downtown by the end August By Jackie Lieuwen Houston Today
Mike’s Audio Video is renovating a building on Ninth Street and planning to move in August. “My plan is to move down there by August 1,” said store owner Mike Tran, adding that it might be the end of August depending on how fast they get the building renovations done. Mike says they put new flooring in
the premises and redid the whole front, putting in a new window and new brick frames around the windows and door, as well as slot walls. Mike says the store has more space, so they will carry more inventory, including Play Station 3 and X-box games and accessories. He will also hire two more staff, one is already hired and he is looking to hire someone else to do
“We’ve been in the mall for 19 years” - Mike Tran
installations. Asked about the benefits of the new location, Mike said the main thing is
that he will own the building and won’t have to pay rent. “We’ve been in this mall for 19 years,” he said, adding that he is ready to own his own place. He adds that Ninth Street is busier as well, so he thinks it’s a good investment to move there. Mike says he is planning a big blowout moving sale before they move, to clear out as much stuff as he can before moving.
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Mike Tran is moving his store to ninth street, to a recently bought building he is currently renovating.
Weekly police report By Jackie Lieuwen Houston Today
Police got a report at 8 p.m. June 8 of a structure fire on crown land in the 1400 block of Mountainview Drive. RCMP Sgt. Rose says the Fire Department extinguished the blaze and no one was injured, but the small, tinroofed open structure was destroyed. The cause of the fire is unknown but with no source of ignition, police suspect someone started the fire, Sgt. Rose said. Anyone with information is asked to contact the Houston RCMP at 250845-2204 or Crime Stoppers at 1-800-2228477. *** Police got a call about yelling and crying from a home on Pearson Road at 3:20 a.m. June 9. Sgt. Rose says police talked to the people and found that no offence was committed, and asked the people to keep the noise down. *** Police got a report at 9:20 a.m. June 10 that sometime overnight all the windows had been smashed on a vehicle parked on Wall Street in Topley. Sgt. Rose says it is unknown who was responsible and anyone with information is asked to contact the Houston RCMP
at 250-845-2204 or Crime Stoppers at 1-800-222-8477. *** Police got a report of a drunk female at a home on Hagman Crescent at 9:18 p.m. June 10. Sgt. Rose says police found the female walking on the road, yelling and screaming, so they arrested her causing disturbance and being drunk in a public place. She was lodged in cells until sober and released with a ticket for being drunk in public, said Sgt. Rose. *** Police got a report of a damaged room window at the Houston Motor Inn at 10:19 a.m. June 11. Sgt. Rose says it was discovered by caretakers and it is unknown when the damage occurred or who was responsible. *** Police got a report at 3:20 a.m. June 12 of a woman screaming in a unit at 2035 Sullivan Way. Sgt. Rose says police talked with the people and arrested a male for domestic assault, lodging him in cells until sober and releasing him to face assault charges in Houston July 15. *** Police got a report at 1:11 p.m. June 12 of a male in the Houston mall parking lot suspected to be a prohibited driver. Sgt. Rose says police
stopped the driver on Copeland Avenue, confirmed that he was a prohibited driver, and impounded his vehicle for seven days. The male will face charges for prohibited driving in Houston July 15. *** At 10:31 p.m. June 12, police got a report of a fire alarm going off at 2035 Sullivan Way. Sgt. Rose says police and the fire department attended, and found that there was no fire but the alarm had been activated at a pull station on the main floor. It’s unknown who pulled the alarm, but Sgt. Rose says it is an offence and anyone with information is asked to contact the Houston RCMP at 250-845-2204 or Crime Stoppers at 1-800-2228477. *** In the past seven days, police responded to five false 911 calls, five traffic complaints, and two noise complaints, said Sgt. Rose. *** Police are looking for people interested in training to be auxillary constable members. Sgt. Rose says if there is Houston interest, the RCMP will initiate a formal recruitment drive and training. Anyone interested is asked to contact Sgt. Rose at 250-845-2204.
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t’s that time of year again – young adults donning caps and gowns in front of proud family members and friends, pausing for photos, and sopping up last bits of wisdom before trotting off to the next chapter. Whether leaving high school or postsecondary, these grads have decisions to make – where to study, where to work, where to live. And will that be here, in the northwest? More and more, judging from the bright, young faces spotted around town, that seems to be the case – whether that’s students choosing to study here, or choosing to return to their hometown from abroad later in life. Twenty-three years ago, UNBC was created, in large part, to train people who will then stay, work, and nest in the north. That, combined with a strong focus on skills training at NWCC, and the cooperation of the school districts in preparing those future students and workers – alongside the necessary government and industry support – should help fill out the next generation of northwest leaders. And what kind of place does this next generation want to live in? It’s never too early for these future leaders to begin thinking about the culture, environment, and city they want to build, grow with, and foster – nor is it a bad idea for the leaders of today to take the next generation under their wing, provide them with relevant advice, and ready for the eventual passing on of the torch. - Black Press
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Father knows best
Recently I read an article online by Lamar Tyler, who wrote how he never lets his kids beat him in anything. He explained that because we’re living in the days of “everyone gets a trophy” (EGAT), it was important to him to cultivate a desire in his children to win, because rarely do we win in real life unless we try hard and put forth our maximum effort. He pointed out that the EGAT syndrome was prevalent in school, a perfect example being his son who had to re-take his high school exams multiple times until he passed. “If you knew you basically couldn’t fail, why would you study in the first place?” he asked. “Why not just take the test and see how you make out, then regroup from
there?” This topic hit home for me because his approach reminded me so much of my dad’s. Ken White was still a teenager when I was born. He had no intention of becoming a father at such a young age, but when he and my mom were expecting me, he decided to become the best dad he could be. Unlike my generation, he didn’t read parenting books or consciously come up with philosophies on what was best for my upbringing, or that of my brother who came along a couple years later. He relied on instinct. The reason he never let me win wasn’t because he came to a particular conclusion through careful research, or an observation of societal issues, it was simply because that wouldn’t
have made any sense to him. Of course he’d be able to run faster than I could, and beat me at chess, he was a grown man and I was a child. It wouldn’t have been logical for me to beat him. But he didn’t dominate or belittle, he’d just tell me to keep working at it and I’d get better. I think learning that I wasn’t the best at everything was helpful, and I certainly knew that when I eventually did beat him at a board game, or anything else, I was beating him for real. Granted, I didn’t grow up in the EGAT days. In fact, I didn’t receive my first award for anything until I was 17 and became “crew person of the month” at my first job. But as ugly as my picture was, and as horrified as I felt to have it hanging in the
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McDonald’s lobby for an entire month (and then my parents’ living room for years on end), I was very proud I got it, and I couldn’t wait to get it again. Perhaps I wouldn’t have felt so proud, or received the recognition at all, if my father hadn’t instilled a strong work ethic and honest sense of accomplishment in me. “It’s not important that you win,” he’d tell me when I was younger. “What’s important is that you always try your best.” As an insecure, underachieving teenager I unfortunately didn’t follow his advice enough, especially when it came to school. But things began to change after I graduated and I started working and living on my own. After that I began to live by that rule. Almost 30 years
On a brighter note Lori Welbourne have passed since I started taking pride in my work and won my first award, but my dad’s still teaching me parenting and life lessons by encouraging me in my dreams and offering me loving, moral support whenever I need it. “Even when you’re 80 you’ll still be my little girl,” he once told me. “Provided I’m still alive.” He’d better be. I’m not giving him his trophy for best dad ever until he turns 100.
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“I’m planning to work for a year in Terrace at a hydro camp. Then hopefully I’ll be going to Capilano School of Performing Arts in Vancouver.”
“I plan to be happy and spontaneous. I’ll stay around Houston and get a job for a little while, probably Super Valu or the mills.”
“I’m going to England to learn how to make violins at Lincoln College. It’s two years to learn but an extra three years to really get to know it.”
“I plan to become a welder. I’ll work for a year in Houston and then go to the College of New Caledonia.”
Redford to meet Clark in Kelowna Alberta Premier Alison Redford is visiting Kelowna Friday to meet with B.C. Premier Christy Clark. Clark and Redford have a news conference scheduled for 11 a.m. Friday after an hour-long meeting at the Grand Okanagan Resort, where their dispute over oil pipelines will likely dominate the discussion. The meeting precedes a western premiers’ conference set for Manitoba next week. It’s the first face-to-face encounter since a tense meeting in Calgary in October 2012, where Clark repeated her five conditions for approval of heavy oil pipelines across B.C. The sticking point is Clark’s demand for a “fair share” of oil revenues. Redford has ruled out any sharing of provincial resource royalties, which are assigned by the constitution to the province where the resources originate. Clark later described the meeting as “frosty and quite short.” She informed Redford that the proposed Enbridge Northern Gateway pipeline from Alberta
to export facilities at Kitimat would not be supported as proposed. The B.C. government backed up that position May 31 in its final written submission to the federal environmental panel on the project. The submission said Enbridge had not provided enough assurance that its spill prevention and response plans were adequate, and B.C. won’t support the project as currently proposed. Friday’s meeting
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B.C. Premier Christy Clark and Alberta Premier Alison Redford at premiers’ conference in 2011.
comes two days after the TransMountain oil pipeline was shut down after discovery of a leak southwest of Merritt. Kinder Morgan Canada said the spill was contained after 12 barrels of light oil escaped, and waterways were not affected. Kinder Morgan is preparing to apply to federal regulators to twin the pipeline, which winds across B.C. from the Edmonton area to terminals in Burnaby and south to refineries in Washington state. Hearings continue
B.C. Views Tom Fletcher on the application by Enbridge Inc. to construct its proposed twin pipeline, which would carry light petroleum east and diluted oil sands crude back to Kitimat.
SWORN In John Rustad is sworn in as the MLA for Nechako Lakes on Tuesday. MLA Rustad will serve as the Minister of Aboriginal Relations and Reconciliation, and will be part of the Cabinet Committee on Strong Economy as well as the Environment and Land Use Committee.
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Myrna Arnold had a retirement party at Houston Community Services last Thursday, to mark her retirement after 18.5 years as Executive Director for Houston Community Services and Victim’s Services Coordinator. Arnold and her husband Geroge are loading up thier fifth wheel and hitting the road, off to Nova Scotia, then Florda, Arizona, and Lo De Marcos, Mexico. Pictured left is Shannon Scott, new Victim’s Services worker, RCMP Sgt. Steve Rose, Marianne Dekker, Community Services Coordinator, retired Myrna Arnold, and RCMP Cst. Mark Smaill.
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Grant Writer for the District of Houston Purpose: The District of Houston is seeking the services of a grant writer in order to maximize the number of grants that the District of Houston can achieve in 2013. The grant writer will work with the District of Houston Staff and the Economic Development Officer to investigate and assess available grants, develop applications for selected grants and administer and develop final reports on successful grant applications. The District of Houston has been very successful in achieving grants, but requires additional capacity to explore and submit applications for a growing number of grant opportunities for local government and for non-profits within the community. Submissions:
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There are oversight organizations nearly all across Canada REPORT from Page 1 When policeinvolved incidents of serious harm occur, police are required to notify the IIO immediately, he said. After a short i n fo r m a t i o n
exchange with police, the Chief Civilian Director (CCD) of the IIO, Richard Rosenthal, decides whether to send out an investigation crew. The decision is based on two things:
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(needing medical intervention), or substantial loss or impairment in mobility of the body or disfunction in an organ or limb. “There are all these shades of grey in between… [and] we’re struggling with this definition to apply it in a consistent manner,” said Krenz. If the IIO decides to investigate, police are required to secure and protect the scene until they arrive, Krenz said, adding that it could be six hours later in communities like Houston because of the travel time from Surrey offices to here. The IIO have a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with police, which requires police to notify the IIO about serious injury incidents, secure the scene until IIO arrives and provide specialized field services and forensic support where needed. Also, witness officers are required to give the IIO an accurate and timely statement for their investigations, Krenz said. IIO investigations
have two outcomes: (1) officer is found to be lawful in their actions and the IIO gives a public report or (2) the IIO finds the officer may have committed the offence and refers the case to crown council. “The CCD only has to form the opinion that the officer may have committed the offence, and then it goes to crown,” said Krenz, adding that after that it is left to crown to decide whether to proceed with the investigation. Krenz says the IIO will then report on their website that the matter was referred and link people to the Crown Council. If the officer is found to be lawful and within duty in causing serious harm, the IIO will release a public statement (via their website), which is typically a two to three page investigation summery listing the findings, applying the criminal code, and clearly laying out how the CCD came to their conclusion. For more information see the IIO website at iiobc. ca.
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Week 26 AIRDRIE This year with the help of his employees at the Airdrie Safeway, Store Manager Greg Dyki plans on making a difference. On June 16th, his “Airdries Army” Team participated in the Safeway Father’s Day Walk/Run for Prostate Cancer. On June 21st, at 3:00 pm Greg will be shaving his head for Prostate Cancer at the Airdrie Safeway.
Remember 100% of money raised through Safeway goes directly to research in our area. You can give to the head shave event by visiting at any check stand in the Airdrie Safeway!
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Huckleberry places first in mine rescue competitions Major Category Competition Winners: Three Person First Aid – Huckleberry Mine Ltd Surface Mine Rescue – Coal Mountain Operation, Teck Coal Underground Mine Rescue – New Afton, New Gold Inc. This year the Province added a new exhibition event to the competition. The Mutual Aid Scramble mixed the teams in a trial designed to test teamwork and cooperation. The winning team “Blue” consisted of representatives from Peace River Coal, Quinsam Coal, Nyrstar, Coal Mountain, Wolverine and Gibraltar.
Above: Members of the Coal Mountain Mine rescue team move in to put out a fire during one of the tests the teams went through. Huckleberry Mine placed first in the three person first aid competition. Photo submitted
Right: The Huckleberry Mine rescue team that took part in the Provincial Mine Rescue and First Aid Competition June 6 and 8. Ryan Jensen/Black Press
New constable says Houston is beautiful and has great, friendly people By Jackie Lieuwen Houston Today
A new RCMP constable recently rolled into town, saying she likes the Houston community. RCMP Constable Aubree Jantzen says she and her daughter came to Houston from Langley looking for a change.
“I’ve been in the Lower Mainland my entire life… and I heard that Houston was a good community,” said Jantzen. Asked what she thinks of the town, Jantzen said she’s only been here a few weeks, but it’s nice. “Great people, friendly community,
beautiful area, lots to do,” she said, adding that she’s already toured around some of the logging roads. “It’s been good. I like it,” she said. Jantzen says she was born and raised in Vancouver, and took a one year real estate program at the University of B.C. before she decided to
switch gears. After that program, Jantzen took a year-long program at the Justice Institute and got certificates in Youth Corrections, Adult Corrections and in a Deputy Sheriff program, before heading to Regina for RCMP training.
“Policing has always been an interest of mine, and especially with the RCMP, [I like] the opportunity to move around, not be tied in one city or area for an entire career,” she said. She adds that she also likes all the options within the RCMP force such as
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Premier targets spending and regulation By Tom Fletcher Black Press
Premier Christy Clark plans to call the B.C. legislature back into session by the end of June, to begin debate on her government’s budget while she campaigns in a by-election. Clark chaired the first meeting of her new cabinet Monday, after she and the 19 cabinet ministers were sworn at a ceremony at
Government House. She said the session will emphasize the same themes as the B.C. Liberal election campaign, balancing the budget and making the economy, not the government, grow larger. A by-election in Westside-Kelowna will be announced this week, and Clark said she hopes to have a seat in the legislature by the end of July after losing Va n c o u v e r - Po i n t
Grey to the NDP in the May 14 general election. V e t e r a n Richmond East MLA Linda Reid is to be nominated for speaker of the legislature. Clark said there will be no new legislation introduced in the summer session, aside from an updated version of the February budget. Cabinet ministers were given “mandate letters” itemizing
their priorities in the new government. Among those is one to new Education Minister Peter Fassbender, instructing him to seek a 10-year agreement with B.C. teachers, whose current contract expires June 30. Clark also emphasized that the “core review” of government programs would be a key task for all cabinet ministers.
That will look for functions that don’t need to be done by government, and on reducing excessive regulation that Clark said is a natural accumulation of governments over time. C l a r k acknowledged that B.C.’s public service is already one of the leanest in the country, and said the latest review will not likely result in substantial job losses.
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Expense cleanup must continue for government By Tom Fletcher Black Press
As she unveiled her new cabinet, Premier Christy Clark promised a “line-by-line” review of government spending to deliver a balanced budget this year. Statements such as this would have more
credibility if politicians subjected their own personal spending to the same scrutiny. That’s still not happening in B.C. Expense accountability has come a long way in the last year, thanks mainly to the work of now-departed Auditor General John Doyle, who swung the
cobweb-covered door open on B.C.’s secretive Legislative Assembly M a n a g e m e n t Committee. Chaired by the speaker and run by senior MLAs from both parties, the committee had been doing pretty much whatever it wanted with MLAs’ own expenses. Doyle’s audit found
that MLA credit card bills were being paid without receipts, part of a lax accounting system that included inaccurate bank records and inadequate management of the legislature gift shop and dining room. The operating budget of the legislature and constituencies runs to
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The first Houston girls team completed in a recent All Nations soccer tournament at the Silverthorne Elementary School.
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Bill Egan memorial golf tournament - at Willow Grove Golf Saturday June 29, 2013. Fun golf, prizes, dinner. $40 per person. Houston Food market sponsor: win a trip for 2 to Vancouver, flights, room, Canucks game n tickets. Call pro shop to book a July spot2007 (845Newspapers 2100) Proceeds to benefit community sports
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Houston Pantone 287 BluePublic Library - Watch for the Up, thru Fri. from 9am to 4pm We have clothing Pantone 356 Green Up and Away Summer Reading Club. Dates to give away. Baby clothing; women’s and Granisle and District Seniors meetings are Pantone 139 Harvest and times will be announced in late June. For mens as well as children of all ages. Come and the 2nd and 4th Thurs. of each month at 1pm
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because these records weren’t kept either. I’m not suggesting that there has been any misuse of public funds. The point is we don’t know, and the notion of an “honour system” for politicians’ expenses has become unacceptable. A similar toxic tale has been unfolding in the Senate in Ottawa. It has its own secretive committee called the Board of Internal Economy, which was forced into the open after trying to sweep Senator Mike Duffy’s housing claims under the red rug of the Senate chamber. Duffy has lived in Ottawa for decades, first as a TV host and then senator, but he decided the rules were loose enough that he could claim his summer place in Prince Edward Island as his principal residence. An audit has also found he was claiming living expenses in Ottawa while campaigning for the Conservatives back east. It turns out the key ingredient in an honour system is honour. This mess goes back more than a century in B.C. and Canada, and has its roots in the British Parliament, where MPs and Lords had a system of claiming all sorts of expenses, including construction of a “duck house” and maintenance of the moat around an Honourable Member’s castle.
Many years ago, British MPs convinced themselves that they were underpaid, and rather than create a public fuss by giving themselves a big raise, they would be able to top it up by claiming up to 250 pounds at a time without receipts. Cheers! You can imagine how well that worked out. As one observer put it, the system was not only open to abuse, it was actually designed for it. Here in B.C., the next step is obvious. If you go to the website of Alberta Premier Alison Redford, you can easily find the link to her detailed expense reports, itemized for travel, meals, hotel rooms and so forth. Alberta cabinet ministers provide the same disclosure. B.C. cabinet ministers’ travel expenses are now reported, but only as an occasional lump sum. As a result of Doyle’s revelations last summer, B.C.’s Legislative Assembly M a n a g e m e n t Committee now meets in public, with transcripts of proceedings available. But MLA expenses are still not itemized. Total expenditures are being reported on a quarterly basis, but with no detail to explain why some MLAs have much higher totals than others. It’s time to sweep out the cobwebs.
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Building a wailing wall at the Houston Community Garden is only the beginning of the Stepping Stones project. Stepping Stones Coordinator Belinda Lacombe says Stepping Stones is a year long project started Feb. 1, 2013, with the goal of making Houston more inclusive for people living with or at risk of mental illness or addictions. “And we’re all together, we all have our own addictions,” said Lacombe. “It’s not to group those people over there… it’s equalling out the field… you drink coffee in the morning? That’s an addiction,” she said. The Stepping Stones idea was sparked at the Indigenous Community Safety Training, and a group came together shortly after that to flesh out the idea and develop a funding proposal. Funded by Community Action Initiative, 10 to 15 people formed a leadership council to guide the project, including Coordinator Lacombe, Sandy Wetterstrom, food and horticulture coordinator, Andrea Newell, assistant coordinator and Marian Ells, operations manager. Stepping Stones is currently housed at the Community Garden, where they are learning how to interact with each other, be inclusive, and make the garden a safe, comfortable place to be, said Lacombe. The wailing wall, built last Friday, is part of that. “Everyone will invest something here, and essentially what that’s going to do is give a sense of belonging,” Lacombe said. In addition to giving people a sense of ownership and belonging at the garden, the wall will also give them a place to process and let go of things happening in their lives, Lacombe said. “Its a place where you take stuff in your life, ‘the yuck,’ and you put it in the wall and
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Stepping Stones staff crouch by the start of the wailing wall built at the Houston Community Garden last Friday. Above are Jannine Dennis, childcare staff, Andrea Newell, assistant coordinator, Sandy Wetterstrom, food and horticultural coordinator and Belinda Lacombe, Stepping Stones coordinator.
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First Nations dancers from Burns Lake performed in Houston last Friday, dancing to the drums and singing of six hereditary chiefs from the Bulkley Valley area. you leave it with the wall,” said Lacombe, adding that there will be dissolvable paper by the wall, so people can write things going on in their lives, fold it up and slip it into the cracks of the wall. Stepping Stones is also planning to build a smokehouse near the garden in August. Part of the project is the recognition and honouring of the territory that we are in, Wet’suwet’en territory, said Lacombe, adding that having their land taken away historically is part of the trauma for many of the indigenous people living with or at risk of mental illness or addictions. Lacombe says that, come September the project will move what they’ve learned out of the garden and into other places in the
community. They will hold workshops throughout the year in different parks and areas of town, and they will make stepping stones to mark places of inclusion. “Where ever people feel really included in this community… that place will get a mark of inclusion [a stepping stone],” said Lacombe. Inspired by an awareness of the intersection of different services, Lacombe says Stepping Stones recognizes that things like trauma, health care and learning cannot be separated. The project hopes to touch people in all areas of wellness - emotional, physical and spiritual, said Lacombe. “It’s a wholistic approach.”
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Life of Eric Hansen Eric Hansen was born June 10, 1926 in Aars, Denmark. He died May 22, 2013 in the derrace HosƉitaů aŌer a short illness. He immigrated to Houston in 1952. He worked in the forest industry, mostly for Buck River Timber, as a machine operator. When Buck River Timber was sold, Eric conƟnued to work for Harry Hagman on the farm. Later he was a machine operator for the Ministry of Highways. ^omeƟme during these years, with a partner, he tried a business of his own operaƟng a trucking operaƟon between sancouver and Toronto. During his semi-reƟrement he worked some summers at the Forest Service as warehouse man. In the early days Eric played for Houston in a soccer league. Eric always loved music and played the accordion and piano, he was in a dance band that played for dances all over the valley. AŌer his reƟrement he was oŌen seen out on the highway collecƟng cans and boƩles. We understand that much of this money he raised this way was donated to charity. Eric took a very acƟve part in the Seniors AcƟvity entre. He was on the board of directors, helped with breakfasts, helped with the upkeep of the building and played carpet bowling and badminton. For the past 15 years he took over the volunteer job of booking and scheduling the use of the Houston Seniors AcƟvity entre. This job really interested him and he took on the task with great skill and consideraƟon. Eothing made him happier than bringing in a good month of rental income. Eric has no relaƟves living in anada. He has a sister and her family living in Denmark. Eric leaves to mourn many casual friends from years past, Seniors AssociaƟon members and the many that visited him almost every day at A&W.
Erich started his life living in a Nazi concentration camp (eventually a Red Cross camp after the war), his family being both Polish and Catholic. He immigrated to Canada when he was 10 and grew up in Kitchener, Ontario with his late parents (Adam and Helena) and six siblings (Helena†, Elizabeth†, Joe, George, Peter, and Angelica). At 17 he left home, worked on iceboats in Georgian Bay (among other things), even lived off the land in Algonquin Park for 60 days before returning home to find his acceptance letter to join the RCMP. He left the next day for Ottawa for his training. He began his career in Surrey, B.C. and at a New Year’s Eve dance, 1962, he met the lovely nurse (Carolyn) who would become his wife. They married in 1964 and resided in White Rock until being transferred to Kitimat in 1966 after he attempted to unionize the RCMP! Thus began his lifelong battle against injustice. While in Kitimat he also served as Court Prosecutor. He always loved a good argument and was willing to hear other people’s versions of the truth. In 1969, he was transferred to the then-Plain Clothes Division in Prince Rupert. He worked the vast areas of northwest B.C. and fell in love with the region, its beauty and its people, prompting the purchase of 138 acres of land in Topley, B.C. In June, 1971, a year after their daughter was born, Erich was transferred to North Vancouver where he served various divisions throughout the Lower Mainland for the next 21 years. Their son was born in 1973, and Erich and Carolyn were fortunate to raise their children and live in the same house until they retired in 1991. During these years, Erich shared his passion for the outdoors through many family camping trips, photography, golf, travel, and his love of the written word. In 1992, Erich and Carolyn built their dream home on the property in Topley, where they spent the next 21 years. They greatly enjoyed retirement, travelling extensively, golfing, and, more recently, enjoying their five grandchildren. He is survived by his loving wife Carolyn, daughter Anastasia (Richard), son Marc (Erin), grandkids (Ashley, Chase, Grayson, Piran, Alayna), brothers Joe (Corey), George (Barb) and Peter (Marilyn), sister Angelica (Kevin), brothers-in-law Aylmer (Beth), Bill (Susan), and Bob (Annette), sister-in-law Dolly, as well as a large extended family and many friends. He will be greatly missed by his e-mail friends and acquaintances. Our heartfelt thanks to his RCMP friends who gave him so much support during his illness. Sincere thanks to Dr. Haskins and his office staff, the nursing staffs of Bulkley Valley and Prince George Hospitals, the Homecare nursing staff, the lab technicians, and all the dear, caring friends and family who supported us during this difficult time. As requested, no service will be held. In lieu of flowers, donations to the Canadian Diabetes Association would be greatly appreciated.
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Graduates Aaron Thompson, Cassie Ofner and Kelton Yarish hand lit candles to Kindergarten students Nicholas Mark, Leyton Timms and Laura Euverman. The candle is a symbol representing the light of knowledge and the illumination that knowledge brings.
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