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Teresa MALLAM/Free Press Sikh elders pause during the Vaisakhi procession, or Nagar Kirtan, as it enters the CN Centre parking lot Saturday, where festivities are already underway marking an annual Sikh event which ushers in spring time and honours the founding of Sikhism.

Teens die in local lake The Prince George RCMP’s Serious Crime Section and the BC Coroners Service are continuing their investigation into the deaths of two local teenagers this past weekend. “The deaths of Craig Allen Wood and Kendall Gabriella Moore are extremely tragic,” said Cpl. Todd Wilson of the Prince George RCMP’s Serious Crime Section, in a statement. “We will do everything we can to determine how and why this tragedy took place.” The two were at a party at Kwitzil Lake, more commonly known as Gravel Pit Lake, just off Highway 16 West when the vehicle they were in went into the lake at about 4 a.m. Just before 4 p.m. Sunday, the Prince George RCMP coordinated the removal of the GMC Jimmy from Kwitzil Lake Facebook Photo Kendall Moore with the assistance from the BC RCMP’s will determine the facts. Underwater Recovery Team. The bodies of Once a determination has been made, Wood, 19, and Moore, 17, were located deany enforcement, prevention or awareceased in the vehicle. Both are from Prince ness action will be taken if necessary, said George. In a statement e-mailed to media, Wood’s Wilson. Post-mortem testing including toxicolaunt Trish Howard said the two were apparently sleeping in the SUV when it rolled ogy tests are being planned for both youths. In addition, the Prince George RCMP’s Fointo the lake. Despite attempts by others in rensic Identification Section will continue attendance, she said, the pair could not be to examine the 1994 GMC Jimmy, tworescued in time. door SUV, and a mechanical exam on the News of the deaths spread quickly on vehicle will be conducted shortly. social media and police are advising that Grief counsellors have been in Prince formal investigations are underway that

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George schools this week to help students and teachers deal with the deaths. “We are aware that all six high schools in the City of Prince George will be affected by the events of Sunday morning,” said Schools Superintendent Brian Pepper, adding that the party “was not connected to any parent-sponsored prom or grad event, nor was it connected to any school sponsored event.” Funeral services for Moore will be held at noon on Saturday, May 24, at the Civic Centre.

The YMCA of Northern BC and Lynette Mikalishen, the director of Child Care for the YMCA of Northern BC, have both been awarded 2014 Child Care Awards of Excellence by the Ministry of Children and Family Development for their work on behalf of children and families in northern B.C. The YMCA of Northern BC was recognized for providing service innovation in a nontraditional child care setting. The YMCA has met a community demand by increasing the number of child care spaces available in the community, especially with the opening of two infant toddler child care sites, the only publicly available to this age group in Prince George. Mikalishen was recognized for excellence as an emerging leader, demonstrating leadership in the Child Care Community. “Implementing Playing to Learn, the National YMCA Child Care Philosophy, has been a huge undertaking for Lynette and the Y Child Care Staff ” said CEO Amanda Alexander, in a press release. “Structuring child care to promote and engage early learning and active living in a home like setting is helping children to have a solid foundation for future success.” The Child Care Awards of Excellence recognize contributions made by child care providers and organizations throughout B.C. The awards to the YMCA of Northern BC and Mikalishen were the only two awards made to organizations or individuals in northern B.C.

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Bill Phillips editor@pgfreepress.com The numbers might be in John Horgan’s favour. Not the poll numbers, but historical numbers. The new leader of the Official Opposition pointed out that 16 years elapsed between the end of Dave Barrett’s days as the NDP premier of the province in 1975 and the ascension of Mike Harcourt as premier in 1991. The NDP were ousted from office in 2001 and with the next provincial election set for 2017, it will, once again, be 16 years between NDP reigns. Howver, while the numbers may be coincidental, Horgan isn’t banking on numerology to become the next premier. He’s banking on good old-fashioned campaigning from himself and a young, enthusiastic NDP caucus. “We have young members of the legislature who have fire in their belly,” Horgan said during a stop in Prince George Wednesday. “They’re gamers … They’re ready to go and they want to take the government on.” The New Democrat caucus, he said, is more representative of the generation that is coming to push the Baby Boomers aside. “And that’s good news, not bad news,” he said. As for Horgan, he says he will be spending a lot of time in the North over the next three years. His stop in Prince George came after stops in Fort St. John and Tumbler Ridge. “The premier talked about a Jobs Plan during the election campaign,” he said. “We were going to be No. 1 in job creation, we’re No. 8 in private sector job growth.” Not helping the numbers is the recent announcement that the Wolverine Mine in Tumbler Ridge is closing, putting 400 workers out of a job. And, he says, the provincial government is doing nothing to help. “Losing 400 workers in a town the size of Tumbler Ridge, it’s an enormous impact on that town,” he said. “If you had the same percentage job loss in Richmond or Burnaby, there would be a government response of some kind. There’s been nothing (in Chetwynd), not a peep.” Horgan also points out that while 400 workers are losing their jobs in Chetwynd, HD Mining has permits to bring in 200 temporary foreign workers at Tumbler Ridge. “It’s not as cut and dried as that,” he said. “But there still should be jobs available to Canadians at HD.” He says the province should be telling HD Mining that there is a British Columbia workforce able to fill at least some of the positions at the mine. “Any time you ask (such questions of government), it’s ‘what about LNG, let’s turn the page, let’s pivot and talk about something else.’” Horgan, as the party’s former energy critic, understands and supports expansion of the province’s liquefied natural industry. However, it isn’t, nor should it be considered, as a panacea for all the province’s woes. In addition, with China and Russia inking a deal for Russia to pipe LNG to

Bill PHILLIPS/Free Press NDP leader John Horgan during a stop in Prince George Wednesday.

the world’s strongest economy, the global market has changed. “We have a challenge now,” he said. “That’s not to say we should shy away from it, but we have to acknowledge. I’m hopeful that the premier will make the case that the game has changed.” Closer to home, he said the province certainly needs to focus on LNG, but not at the expense of other major industries, such as mining. “I’d like to see a government that has a diversified view of the economy, not just a fixation on LNG,” he said. “The government’s job is not to cheerlead for one sector, but to be balanced in its approach.” Horgan said it will be raising, yet again, the is-

sue of safety along the Highway of Tears when the legislature resumes sitting next week. He said the Oppal Commission has basically been collecting dust as the government ignores it. “The government has claimed success,” Horgan said. “They have their checklist … Some of those boxes have been checked off and the activity hasn’t happened.” He referred to Justice Minister Suzanne Anton’s comments that government has been meeting with communities along Highway 16 to discuss the issue when people in the area are saying they haven’t been contacted. “If the evidence is to the contrary, it’s incumbent on the government to get to the bottom of that,” he said. “It’s been one of those signature issues, because it’s so important to the North.”

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The City of Prince George is beginning a project to convert the traffic flow on Fourth Avenue in the downtown from one-way to two-way. When the $400,000 project is complete, there will be one traffic lane going in each direction and upgrades to traffic signals to accommodate westbound traffic. “This is good news both for the businesses on this street, and for the safety of residents,” said Carla Johnston, Executive Director of the Prince George Downtown Business Improvement Association (DBIA), in a press release. “Reducing the number of lanes will help to slow down traffic, and widening sidewalks will make strolling downtown a safer, more pleasant, and business-friendly experience.” The conversion will also include an increase in sidewalk space at the Brunswick, Quebec, and Dominion intersections, and traffic signal upgrades at the Dominion and Queensway crossings. The transition on Fourth Avenue will begin between Edmonton and Winnipeg Streets and continue through to Queensway. “During construction, disruption to residents and property owners will be kept to a minimum,” said Heather Andreychuk, Supervisor of Engineering with the City of Prince George. “The successful contractor will be communicating and coordinating with business owners about any disruptions to specific properties.” Adjacent downtown businesses have been notified in person and by mail about the coming construction, and additional information can be found on the city’s website. Work will begin on Fourth Avenue in June and the traffic changeover is expected to occur in August.

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In Provincial Court on Jan. 31: Rickie M. Bennell was found guilty of mischief, sentenced to jail time served of two days, placed on probation for six months and assessed a victim surcharge of $100. In Provincial Court on Feb. 3: Andrew K. St. Jean was found guilty of failing to comply with a condition of an undertaking or recognizance and sentenced to one day in jai. James N. Grey was found guilty of causing a disturbance, sentenced to time served of one day in jail, placed on probation for one year and assessed a victim surcharge of $100. Jonathan J. Hoare was found guilty of failing to comply with a condition of an undertaking and two counts of assault, placed on probation for 18 months and assessed a victim surcharge of $50. In Provincial Court on Feb. 4: April D. Dubois was found guilty of theft of property with a value less than $5,000 and placed on probation for one year. Dylan L. Prince was found guilty of failing to comply with a condition of an undertaking or recognizance, sentenced to one day in jail and assessed a victim surcharge of $50. In Provincial Court on Feb. 5: Michael J. Fisher was found guilty of posses-

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District keeps recycling alive Compromise sees outlying areas foot bill as of Jan. 1 Bill Phillips editor@pgfreepress.com It took a compromise suggested by Chilako River-Nechako director Lara Beckett to keep the Regional District of Fraser-Fort George in the recycling business for another year. That, according to a regional district report, will keep about 800 tonnes of recyclable material from being landfilled. “Recycling is the right thing to do and we want to see a service remain,” Beckett told the regional board May 15. “People want to do this, they want to do more. It’s about our regional district and how do we provide a service that residents really want.” The issue surfaced as the board

debated whether to renew a contract with Cascades Recovery to operate the 17 drop depot locations currently offered throughout the regional district. The catalyst for the debate was the fact that Multi-Material BC will be offering curbside recycling to most City of Prince George residents in September, leaving city representatives on the regional board reticent to committing city dollars to the drop depots past that time. The board was given three options: Let the current contract with Cascades expire at the end of May, extend it until the end of September, or extend it until May 31, 2015. The board had delayed a decision at its April meeting to allow staff to prepare more informa-

tion, leaving it “under the gun,” to originally supportive of extendmake a decision at its May meeting the contract until the end of ing. The April decision caused September, however, Stolz first a bit of a rift between rural and offered a compromise of until the urban directors on end of the fiscal year, the board. December 31, which “Last month, all I was supported by could see was the end Green and city direcof rural recycling,” tors Murry Krause said Crooked Riverand Dave Wilbur. Parsnip director Terry Rural represenBurgess, who wrote a tatives, however, letter to the Free Press favoured the May last month outlining 31 extension as his concerns. this would allow He said he has more time for the DIRECTOR since talked with regional district to LARA BECKETT try to pressure the Mayor Shari Green and Coun. Cameron Stolz, who province to change legislation assured him that they were not governing MMBC so it would going to abandon recycling in have to offer services in rural rural areas. areas as well. City representatives were With a possible impasse loom-

ing, Beckett made the suggestion that the contract be extended until May 31, 2015 with the proviso that after December 31, it will be funded solely by the seven electoral areas and municipalities of Mackenzie, McBride, and Valemount. That will give the regional district time to devise a new funding system excluding Prince George and pressure the provincial government to improve the recycling legislation. “It’s still challenging,” said Green. “It’s a pass to MMBC, for a year they don’t have to worry about us. My concern is that they will feel the heat will be off.” With the contract extension, 10 of the drop depot bins located in the city will be moved to rural locations.

Stolz leads criticism of new recycling overseer at Regional District meeting MMBC has done a fantastic job of subterfuge.” And, while Prince George is one of those urban areas, the curbside recycling offered by MMBC SeptemIt was supposed to be a discussion ber 1 won’t be quite what some had about awarding a contract. envisioned. Mayor Shari Green told However, it turned into a diatribe against Multi-Materials BC (MMBC). the board MMBC will offer curbside recycling only to areas When the Regional Disin the city currently trict of Fraser-Fort George serviced by city garboard Thursday came to bage collection. the matter of whether to “We don’t provide extend a contract with garbage service to Cascades Recovery to proevery home in the vide recycling drop-depot city,” Green said. “It bins, the attacks began. is matching the city’s “We have MMBC playgarbage service. There ing fast and loose with the will be some residents rules,” said Coun. Camerin Prince George who on Stolz, who led the critiare surprised now that cism of the organization COUNCILLOR mandated by the province CAMERON STOLZ they won’t be getting service. It’s a bit of a to provide recycling in continued erosion in confidence with B.C. (MMBC). “ Stolz said MMBC was living up to In addition, residents in apartthe “letter of the legislation” mandatments will not be enjoying the curbing it to provide recycling to at least side recycling services. 75 per cent of the province, rather Valemount mayor Andru Mcthan the spirit of it. Cracken said when the provincial “They’ve concentrated on (providrecycling plan was first being talked ing service to) the Lower Mainland about, he thought it would include and major urban centres,” Stolz said. Valemount. It hasn’t. “MMBC has done this deliberately. “I feel kind of duped, naive, for MMBC surprised us with who they not sniffing this out before,” he said. chose. They just sprang it on us.

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“What we’ve been left with here is the opportunity to spend more to do the same. Am I surprised, no, just hurt.” The board was unanimous in deciding it needs to mount a concerted lobbying effort with MMBC and the province to change the provincial recycling initiative to be more inclusive of rural and remote areas.

“It’s not just the 14 of us (board members) that need to communicate, it’s the 122 other communities that are not being served by MMBC,” Stolz said. “We have to make sure there is a common message going forward.”

Board members agreed they would each lobby MLAs and cabinet ministers every chance they get and bring the matter to the Union of British Columbia Municipalities convention in September.

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Schools facing teacher strikes Tom Fletcher Black Press The B.C. Teachers’ Federation plans to start one-day rotating strikes at schools around the province on Monday, rejecting the offer of a $1,200 signing bonus for an agreement by the end of the school year. The one-day strike will hit Prince George schools on Thursday, May 29. BCTF president Jim Iker said Tuesday the bonus doesn’t make up for the government’s wage offer of 6.5 per cent over six years. A simultaneous plan to cut teacher wages 5 per cent or more because of strike action is “just so disrespectful, so unnecessary, and

we’ll be dealing with it at the Labour Relations Board,” Iker said. Unless there is some compromise on major issues, one-day strikes with picket lines will be staged at one group of school districts in each of the first four days next week, with teachers returning to work across the province on Friday, May 30. Education Minister Peter Fassbender said the signing bonus and reducing the contract term from 10 years to six were significant efforts to move toward a settlement. “Unfortunately the announcement today says that the BCTF feels that disrupting classrooms, affecting children and their families is going to help to reach a settlement,” Fassbend-

er told reporters in Vancouver. Iker reiterated the union’s position that more pay, more teachers and a return to contract language guaranteeing class size and special needs support are needed to reach a settlement. Peter Cameron, chief negotiator for the province’s 60 school districts, informed the union last week that a 5 per cent pay cut will

be put in place “soon” in response to the first phase of strike action. The BCTF began work-torule action in April, refusing supervision outside classrooms and communication with school management. Rotating strikes were also authorized by the BCTF membership in a March vote, and beginning to shut down schools could result in an effort

to cut teacher pay by 10 per cent. Cameron said last week the union’s latest wage demand amounts to 15.9 per cent over four years, far beyond what other provincial public service unions have received. The BCTF maintains its wage proposal is 13.25 per cent over four years, including cost-of-living increases based on each year’s inflation rate.

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Damage is estimated to exceed $400,000. ••• At 10 p.m. Sunday Prince George Fire Rescue responded to the 1900 block of Spruce Street for a reported fire on a balcony. Upon arrival crews found a second-storey balcony engulfed in flames. A couch was on fire. Occupants of the building reported everyone was out of the building, except for a physically challenged occupant on the basement floor. Crews were able to locate this occupant and get them out of the building. Crews moved quickly to knock the fire down and limit the damage to the balcony and exterior of the structure. There were no injuries to firefighters or occupants of the structure. Crews were on scene for approximately 90 minutes. This fire is incendiary in nature and has been turned over to the RCMP for further investigation. Damaged is estimated at about $40,000.

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Starting young in trades Grade 7 students get taste of careers at CNC Advanced Education Minister Amrik Virk felt keeping everything local was a key to the program. “Local employers can engage the students at an earlier level, to make sure our tax dollars are funding skills we need in the north. “We have continued to find if you train them in the north, they stay in the north to work.”

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make the grade Two Prince George chartered accountant (CA) students graduated from the CA qualification program at a ceremony held May 17 in Vancouver; they include: Charanjit Chahal (KPMG LLP) and Rachel McFerran (KPMG LLP). Students recognized at the convocation ceremony are eligible for membership in the Institute of Chartered Accountants of BC this year.

James goes from downtown to up the hill Photo courtesy of UNBC The seventh class of students from the Northern Medical Program celebrated their graduation on Saturday at an event in Prince George. Twenty-three of the 33 graduates will be entering family practice residency programs and 16 of those will be going into rural or semi-rural settings. Terri Hopkins of Fort St. John captured the Tony Eckersley Memorial Award for Family/Emergency Medicine and Nicholas Jawanda of Quesnel won the Joe Sidorov Award for Excellence in Internal Medicine. This year’s class of 33 graduates includes 16 from Northern BC, including the following grads from Prince George: Gerren Martin; Andrea Miners; Katherine Santos; Tom Shaun Ta Tang; Sonny Thiara; Christopher Turski; and Nicole Touhey.

Vernon ﬁrm gets contract for area road paving A $3.7-million contract has been awarded to AWA Asphalt Ltd. of Vernon for resurfacing projects scheduled to begin this summer in the Prince George area. The contract includes improvements on the Highway 16 West corridor from Gauthier Road to the Highway 97 junction, and portions of Tyner Boulevard, Westgate Road and Gauthier Road intersections. This section of Highway 16 West through Prince George is a key commuter corridor for residents. On average, it has the

second-highest traffic volumes in the northern region. In addition, a four-kilometre section of Highway 16 East between Upper Fraser Road and Tabor Ski Area will be resurfaced. As part of this project, a portion of Old Cariboo Highway will also be resurfaced through a partnership with the City of Prince George. Work is expected to begin in early June and is scheduled to be completed by mid-August. The City of Prince George contributed $570,000.

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Willow River residents set to vote Residents from Willow River to Upper Fraser will be going to the polls on June 21 in a referendum to give eligible voters the opportunity to show if they are in favour of the establishment of a taxable service that will assist in funding the operating costs of the East Line Activity Centre and future community facilities along the East Line. If the service is approved, it will allow for funding to be collected annually through taxation.

Campsite OK’d for Summit Lake The Regional District of Fraser-Fort George has approved the issuance of a temporary use permit at Summit Lake. The permit allows day use, concession, overnight camp sites and boat launch facilities and provides 22 double occupancy units of campground accommodation on the existing site for a three-year period. The site may operate from May 1-September 30 each year. The day use areas will be open to the public from 7 a.m. to 10 p.m. daily. The site would be closed and gated each night. A campsite has operated on the site for the past three years under a temporary use permit that expired In April of this year.

Police look for man facing child porn charges The Prince George RCMP are asking the public’s help locating a former Ontario man, wanted in Prince George, but believed to be in the Kamloops area. On April 30, an arrest warrant was issued for Joseph Samuel Sackaney after he failed to attend court in Prince George. The 49-year-old is wanted on a number of offences stemming from a search warrant on a Prince George residence on October 5, 2013.

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“I look at Northern Gateway and see a project that will build families and communities for generations. That’s what I’m most proud of.” - Catherine Pennington, Senior Manager, Community Beneﬁts & Sustainability

Meet the expert: Catherine Pennington spearheads our community beneﬁts and sustainability initiatives which include education and skills development. For over 10 years, she has lived and worked in Northern B.C. with First Nation and Métis communities, creating partnerships and programs that focus on improving employment and social outcomes for the long term.

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Teresa MALLAM/Free Press The Nagar Kirtan – Vaisakhi Parade procession enters CN Centre on Saturday where a crowd of over 1,600 people mark the annual Sikh celebration, enjoying food booths, dancing, singing, music and martial arts displays. The parade assembled at Guru Nanak Darbar Gurdwara on Davis Road.

Real red-letter day From time to time, like any celebbut rejects the notion because of his rity, I get fan mail. physical limitations – a stubborn I’m joking about “celebrity” status, walker that has a mind of its own. of course. Compared with other local “I thought about another option luminaries who shine brightly, I am of navigating my walker towards you like a low-lustre, single LED twinkle and give you my thanks for the gift of light. your writing for us and providing us But I am quite serious with timely information. about the fan mail that But this seems even a bigarrives on my desk. ger impossibility... Sorry, And it still astounds Mrs. Mallam, no orname that in this modern mental plants for you...” age of tweets, texts, tags He’s already brightened and trending, some my day with his clever wit people take time to sit and turn of phrase but still for a few minutes the writer then goes on and perform the ancient to consider strategy that ritual – putting pen to might allow him to go paper and writing a senabout his business aided timent with a salutation. TEA WITH TERESA by a new walker. TERESAMALLAM I mean, who does “Why this is an imposthat? sibility? Well, this is why. Dear Teresa: When I want to go one way, my “I like tremendously your newspawalker takes me in a totally differper’s vignettes about different people. ent direction like it would have its You unwrap and present these people own, little nasty mind. Though I am like presents to us. The size of these without a thumb, it does not matter written presents seems to be right as to my walker – no pity there. It seems well, not too huge and overwhelmto continue its nasty ‘rap’ forcing me ing; and not too small and skimpy.” to either follow it or just attaching (Mr. Phillips, our editor, may itself firmly to the floor when I dare disagree.) to have some different idea.” The writer shares my own dry The history of the errant walker: sense of humour: “I received it about five years ago He considers bringing me a plant when I had only one CVA (cardio-

vascular attack) on my shoulder. Now I have a second which occupies the other shoulder as well. It now feels more symmetrical, like some kind of military rank. The third one is on the horizon. Where should I have this third distinction? On my nose? That would seriously obstruct my vision. It seems like the belly button is more appropriate....” Well, you get the idea.” Yes, I get the idea. Laughter is the best medicine. I could not have said it better. This writer is like a stand-up comedian who likes to poke fun at himself. His two-page letter goes on to talk about his efforts to replace his old walker with a better model and the progress he’s making in that direction (naturally there are lots of puns). So I do appreciate it when readers write a letter, even put it in the post or make a phone call (another form of communication on the endangered list). It means a lot. Actually, it can be downright inspiring for me just knowing there is someone out there who is maybe having a worse day than I am and who is not only making the most of it but making me laugh about it too. So keep those cards and letters coming. They make my day.

I have a theory about the negative effect modern technology is having on driving habits. When I was learning to drive (many, many years ago), we were taught the best position for our hands was at 10 and 2 on the steering wheel. Those locations corresponded to where the numbers ‘10’ and ‘2’ could be found on a clock. I have seen some people who still drive that way, with their hands at 10 and 2 no matter what the situation. They have a death grip on the steering wheel at 10 and 2. I have been known to slip out of that habit, though. I occasionally drive with my hands at 9:15 and 1:38, just to be different. The first piece of modern technology which impacted where people kept their hands when they were driving was power steering. All of a sudden, I was seeing people driving with one hand on the steering wheel, quite frequently at either noon or 6. To me, it seemed if a situation suddenly cropped up, as they tend to do when you’re relaxed at the wheel, only having one hand on the wheel could prove a detriment to any evasive action needed. Now, however, a technology which appears at first glance to have nothing to do with driving has apparently had an influence on how people drive. I am referring, of course, to the digital watch and clock. They have no hands to indicate where 10 and 2 on ALLAN’S AMBLINGS the steering wheel would correspond ALLANWISHART to, and some young people have apparently decided no hands on the clock means they don’t need to have any hands on the steering wheel either. I see them, their cellphone in one hand and the other gesturing wildly as they talk, or holding a cigarette or a cup of coffee. I always wonder, if I can see two hands, neither of which is in contact with the steering wheel, how is control of the vehicle being maintained. Then I adjust my driving pattern to move as far away from their vehicle as possible, anticipating that something bad could happen at any time. • I was driving south on Ospika on Sunday afternoon when I saw some flashing lights ahead. There had been a motor-vehicle incident at Ospika and 22nd, with one car out in the middle of the road with a badly damaged hood. Traffic was blocked southbound, so everyone was turning east onto 22nd. Northbound traffic on Ospika was doing fairly well, except for the couple of “looky-loos” who managed to slow down traffic in both directions by slowing down to gawk at the scene. They were probably quite disappointed not to see bodies strewn all over the road. Then came the real problem. A northbound vehicle in the curb lane of Ospika either slowed down quickly or stopped entirely, I didn’t quite notice, and was struck from behind by another vehicle. I don’t think the first vehicle had slowed or stopped to get a better view of the traffic incident. I suspect they saw the traffic looking to turn and weren’t sure whether the next vehicle in line was going to turn in front of them. After the second incident, which did not appear to result in any injuries, a number of vehicles were able to make the lefthand turn as police, who were already at the scene of the earlier incident, were able to attend the second one quite quickly. • Interesting (to me at least) piece of trivia I came across over the weekend. Apparently neither Dick Van Dyke nor Julia Louis-Dreyfus were as famous to someone at the Hollywood Walk of Fame as they should have been. When their stars were unveiled, it was found that Van Dyke’s last name had been rendered as “Vandyke”, while Louis-Dreyfus’s last name came out “Luis Dreyfus”. Both mistakes were quickly corrected.

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he province’s new recycling regime officially came into being last week. The program has been widely criticized for a variety of reasons … most of them legitimate. There is, however, one over-arching reason that should concern all British Columbians. Simply, the inequity of the program is astoundingly punishing to the vast majority of the province. The new program, handed over to the non-profit consortium of some of the country’s largest companies, Multi-Material BC, will deliver blue box residential recycling services to nearly 1.25 million British Columbians in 88 communities. While that sounds impressive, examined from another angle, one could argue that the new program, mandated by the province, will not provide recycling services to about 2.75 million British Columbians in about 122 communities in the province. Roughly 31 per cent of the province. The program stems from provincial legislation established in 2004 calling for a 75 per cent recovery rate of recyclable material. As director Cameron Stolz pointed out at the Regional District of Fraser-Fort George board meeting last week, MMBC is living up to the letter of the legislation rather than the spirit of it. It can reach its 75 per cent recovery rate by providing service to 31 per cent of the province. So why should that be a concern? It should be a concern for the simple reason that paying for the program is applied to 100 per cent of the province. For example: MMBC will not service the communities of Mackenzie, McBride or Valemount. However, under the new provincial regulations, businesses in those communities are now legally and financially responsible for the costs of recycling the packaging and printed paper they produce, even though the organization picked by the province to provide recycling services doesn’t service those communities.

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Sliding into summer The past weekend was the real start to summer for most lives and this city of ours. We truly live in a wonderful Canadians. world. The cold and snow is gone in most of our country, the Other activities also kick into high gear. days remain frost-free and the growing season has begun. The May long weekend, still on the books as Victoria Day, The last of the grungy snow has disappeared and the trees is a traditional weekend to make the first trip to the lakeside have their brilliant green leaves to shade us from the heat of cabin or head out on the first campout of the season. The summer soon to be here. recreational traffic gets heavier and we can look forward to One rite of spring that has become predomibeing stuck in a line of traffic as that camper, nant in our community is the Vaisakhi celmotorhome, trailer or other vehicle climbs the ebrations by the local Sikh community. It is a long inclines on our highways. Patience is neccelebration that the whole community is invited essary and should be used as it also gives us time to celebrate with them. to relax a little. There is no sense in getting into The parade is colourful and lively. A great a rush to get somewhere to relax. deal of effort goes into putting on a wonderful With the good weather we had, many found show, which is enjoyed by all ages. It is well themselves toiling away in the garden or getting worth spending a little time to watch it go past. the many other spring jobs done. Garden shops As well as the parade there are other events. were crowded with those aspiring to have yards Music, martial arts demonstrations and the full of greenery and blossoms during the forthsharing of food also add to the fun. coming summer. There is a certain joy in doing The food samples served were both generous the first lawn cutting and trimming. Much like ONSIDE and very tasty. If you had not experienced the VICBOWMAN the first snowfall, it is kind of satisfying as we flavours and texture of their foods before, one forget how many times we will carry out that job was pleasantly surprised. It was an experience over and over as summer progresses. that makes one want to explore the delightful tastes more in The feel of the soil in the flower beds and vegetable garthe future. dens taps into a primal feeling of goodwill and satisfaction Sharing the pleasures of the parade, demonstrations, muand a bit of self-sufficiency. We can envision the beauty of sic and food is very much part of the Sikh community. Their many flowers blooming, lovely green lawns, and vegetables religious beliefs respect the equality of all peoples and their fresh from the earth to the kitchen. right to live their lives as they see fit. The sharing of food is It is a time of renewal for nature and our souls. The limipart of their belief that there should be food for all, regardtations, privation and sometimes pain of winter are quickly less of their origin or religions. forgotten. It is a great time of year and we all deserve to As with many other groups which make up our very own enjoy it to our utmost. community mosaic, the Sikh community has enriched our Have a great summer and don’t forget the sunscreen. circulation@pgfreepress.com | 250-564-0005

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Otway paving only to ski area Editor: Re: Cycling in the fast lane, Free Press, May 9, 2014: I would like to make a small correction to some information in this article. You indicated that half of Otway Road had been paved last year with the other half slated for paving this year. That’s very close to correct, except that this year’s paving

will go only as far as the Caledonia Nordic Ski Centre. That leaves about two kilometres of narrow, uneven road out to the city limits. That is the point where the regional district takes over and recently paved and widened Otway (or Miworth Road) to its end, which allowed for safer cycling out to Wilkins Regional Park and Catherine Drive (also used by the PG

Cycling Club for hill rides). I agree with your comment that it’s an accident waiting to happen, and even when the city finishes its planned paving on Otway for this year, it still won’t take the place of a dedicated bike lane. Doris Delong Miworth resident and long-time cyclist

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Justice Minister’s talk on Highway of Tears completely useless Shaun Thomas The Northern View Sometimes you just have to look politicians square in the eyes and say: “Good try, but everything you just said is completely useless. Would you like to try again?” Such is the case with Justice Minister Suzanne Anton this week as she attempted to spin something out of thin air to make it look like the government has done anything about the Highway of Tears between Prince Rupert and Prince George since Wally Oppal released his public inquiry report in December 2012. You see, she said there is the affordable Northern Health Connections bus and, through a contract with the province, Telus is working to extend cellular coverage along Highway 16. These things are making the highway safer. But the problem with this is both of these things were in place well before Oppal ever tabled his report. The Connections Bus has

been running for more than five years and the contract in question was signed with Telus in 2011. The one major recommendation related to Highway 16 coming from Oppal and his public inquiry into missing and murdered women in the province was that “the province should develop and implement an enhanced public transit system to provide safe travels between northern communities, particularly along Highway 16”. And in that regard, if you put the movement of glacial ice against progress by the province one can be fairly certain the glacier would win time and time again. Going back to the criticism that the NDP have been levelling against the government for the past two years, the truth of the matter is the province has done absolutely nothing in the past 18 months to make safer a stretch of highway where more than a dozen women have gone missing or been murdered. It just doesn’t seem to be a priority on the radar and to insinuate otherwise is completely disingenous.

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So, once again, good try, but everything you just said is completely useless. Would you like to try again? Shaun Thomas is the editor of the Northern View in Prince Rupert.

Editor: The natural resources sector employs thousands of people in B.C. and is continually growing. Northeastern B.C. has gained significantly from the development of this sector. Developing natural resources creates direct jobs and jobs in supporting industries. Job creation and a strong Canadian economy are our government’s top priority. Currently, the natural resources sector employs 50,000 people in B.C., with the further development of our natural resources this number will only grow. The opportunity that resource development presents is obvious but even more opportunity is possible for British Columbians and that is, in addition to shipping the raw resource into the global market, refining that natural resource in B.C. I support both shipping raw bitumen to foreign markets as well as refining raw bitumen in B.C. We need to seize every opportunity that our natural resources offer. In order to grow our economy and create more jobs we must work on value adding to our raw resources where it is economically viable. There are few large refineries in western Canada, and they are currently unable to meet the demands of the market. It has been nearly 30 years since a new refinery was built in Canada and it is time to improve our capacity to process crude oil. Creating new value-added oil processing in B.C. would create thousands of permanent jobs and new opportunities for Canadians. The added benefit of increased refining capacity in Canada is better price stability at the gas pumps. As a country, we are sorely lacking in refining capacity and we have been for decades. A refinery in B.C. would be a positive step in improving Canada’s energy infrastructure. A wide and diversified sector is able to respond to all of the demands and changes in the market, while creating jobs for thousands of Canadians. The oil and gas sector creates high paying jobs that help meet the demands of the Canadian and international markets. Our government is dedicated to developing our natural resources safely and responsibly, as it is a large contributor to our strong and stable economy. I strongly support initiatives to create jobs for Canadians. Bob Zimmer MP, Prince George-Peace River Chair, BC/Yukon Caucus

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Taking it out on the aged Paul Strickland Special to Free Press The ageist propaganda campaign against boomers and the elderly continues as powerful forces push for reductions to public pensions and medicare. The cover, editorial and main article in the April 26 issue of the British magazine, The Economist, are a case in point. The cover, under a top headline of “A billion shades of grey”, shows an el-

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The editorial writers do note that “government budgets will be in better shape, as high earners pay taxes for longer.” And to their credit they also point out the dangers of reflexive prejudice against older people as invariably lazy and over-privileged: “In the lexicon of popular hate figures, work-shirking welfare queens breeding at the taxpayer’s expense may be replaced by deadbeat granddads collecting taxpayer handouts while their hard-working contemporaries strive on.” The impression is left, however, that educated older workers are overprivileged, staying in their positions and raking in the dough, while other groups in the population, especially the young, are left out of what little economic growth has occurred since the crash of 200809. Maybe this is true for petroleum geologists and hedge-fund managers, but many boomers who were told in the 1950s and 1960s that a university degree would mean a higher lifetime income encountered the response of employers that they were “over-qualified” more times than they care to remember. They saw 80 to 300 resumes on every hiring officer’s desk, and they didn’t land real, career-track jobs until their late 20s or early 30s. Then, after 50, they found themselves targeted for downsizing. It is inaccurate to say all boomers, by virtue of being highly educated, are serenely continuing prosperous careers well into the traditional retirement years, implicitly at the expense of younger people.

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Teresa MALLAM/Free Press A musician plays for the crowd at Vaishakhi celebrations at CN Centre on Saturday. The event was attended by several hundred people who enjoyed an afternoon of food booths, singing, dancing and martial arts display.

It is untrue that people over 65 do not contribute to the economy or do not help members of younger generations, Simon Fraser University gerontologist Lillian Zimmerman said in an essay, “Intergenerational Squabbles Are Useless and Cause Harm,” in her own blog. “Older people who have discretionary funds support their adult children when they are in need – e.g. during financial recessions as well as giving support in time and money to their grandkids,” she wrote. “They are also generous givers to charities, and are the major

volunteers in Canada. Their contribution has been estimated at $10 billion annually.” She added: “The problems which younger generations are battling include social structures in no way attributable to their elders: unemployment, high cost of buying a home, rising food costs, stagnating wages, and so on.” She quotes Maxwell Yalden, former Canadian Human Rights Commissioner, who wrote concerning intergenerational complaints: “’The object of a civilized and compassionate society should be intergen-

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TERESA MALLAM | 250.564.0005 | arts@pgfreepress.com | www.pgfreepress.com ADVOCATE Sikh elders are an important part of the Nagar Kirtan – Vaisakhi parade. The procession began at the Guru Nanak Darbar Sikh Temple on Davis Street on Saturday and made its way to CN Centre where traditional celebrations were held. Vaishakhi marks the beginning of the harvest season and also the anniversary of the founding of the Sikh faith by Guru Gobind Singh.

Seniors Advocate for the Province of B.C., Isobel Mackenzie, will be in Prince George at Elder Citizens Recreation Association seniors centre, 1692 Tenth Ave. on Wednesday, May 28 from 1 to 2:30 p.m. to hear from seniors on what’s working for seniors and what improvements they would like to see. Come out and meet Mackenzie and express your concerns.

HEALTH FAIR The Prince George chapter of the Kidney Foundation is hosting an Interactive Health Fair from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. on Sunday, June 1 at the AiMHi gymnasium. Free kidney function testing, blood pressure, blood glucose, cholesterol, blood type and bone density testing. Guest speakers start at 1 p.m. and include a pharmacist and kidney patient panel.

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Come prepared for lots of laughter. On June 10, Nancy O’s will be hosting an evening of stand-up comedy featuring local comedians. Admission is $5 at the door. Show time is 8 p.m. Performers include Jon White, Virginia O’Dine, Bryce Lokken, Mark Wheeler, Mike McGuire, Harlan Sweet with Brian Majore as MC.

PRINCESS TEA The Elder Citizens Recreation Association (ECRA) announces its annual Prince and Princess Tea on Saturday, June 14 at 1 p.m. and 3 p.m. The tea includes tea, sandwiches and goodies, fish pond, musical chairs, craft table, silent auction, mystery gift bags, and door prizes. Children can be accompanied by parents, grandparents or other special people in their lives. Tickets $5, in advance from ECRA, seating is limited.

Teresa MALLAM/Free Press Volunteer Parveen Deepak serves up ice cream at a popular food booth during Vaishakhi celebrations Saturday.

Teresa MALLAM/Free Press The traditional parade, Nagar-Kirtan, which marks Vaishakhi celebrations, arrives at CN Centre on Saturday.

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Wilder picture selected for national collection Teresa Mallam arts@pgfreepress.com When it comes to the art of photography, Prince George has tons of talent. Last week the Free Press featured stories on local photographers Moira Neal and Terrill Bodner, who both had photographic images accepted and displayed at the 2014 Professional Photographers of Canada Canadian Imaging Conference held in Winnipeg. As well, Debbie Malm and Tina Cry of Prince George received their Masters at the Winnipeg convention. Success also came to Ute Wilder, whose work is on display in galleries and collections and featured in special events. “I had three out of four photos accepted with one image getting the rating excellent,” she said in a Free Press interview this week. “This one was also selected for the National Loan Collection.” Titled “Like a Candle in the Wind,” Wilder’s remarkable image is of a cosmos growing in a downtown alley. Wilder credits Malm with steering her towards PPOC which provides fellowship, education and recognition for photographers in Canada. “Our northern branch of PPOC is very active and very good,” she said. “When I moved to Prince George 11 years ago, Debbie Malm first introduced me at an evening with the pros. So now, after participating in PPOC and taking their workshops and training, I received my Craftsman of Photographic Art two years ago. “And I just now qualified for the Master of Photographic Art but the award will be held next year in Niagara Falls.” Though she loves to pho-

Courtesy Ute Wilder Chosen for the Loan Collection, this excellent image by Ute Wilder of a cosmos is titled Like A Candle in the Wind.

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Turner keeps on rockin’ out Teresa Mallam arts@pgfreepress.com To hear Fred Turner tell it – you ain’t seen nothin’ yet. Randy Bachman and Turner, of Bachman and Turner, plan to keep on keeping on, as long as the phone calls and requests to play keep coming in. And that looks like it could be a long, long time. Turner spoke with the Free Press this week. “It’s funny but back in 2010 (the year they joined forces on a new album), we decided to just run three years. At the end of the three years, Randy came to me and said, ‘You know, I’m having more fun now than I’ve ever had. What do you think?’ And I said, ‘I am too.’ So he said, ‘Should we just keep going?’” The answer? “I said, well, I’m up for it,’ said Turner. “So we decided as long as they’re phoning and they want us there, we’ll be there. And if it happens to run to 2020 – we’re up [for it], we’re going.” What are their plans for after this tour? Turner pauses. “[To] play again.” Bachman and Turner, undisputed heart and soul of Bachman Turner Overdrive, play Prince George June 2. It has probably been two decades since they last played here, says Turner, promising that fans can

count on hearing the hits. “I haven’t been to Prince George ... I’m going to say it was [in the] mid 90s... so I’m really looking forward to seeing what’s happened to Prince George.” The format of the show? “We throw a couple of different things into it [the show] but it’s mostly the favourites. Our road manager manages that stuff [taking care of business], but we do have a video starter to our show. “The song list is pretty much set. Every once in a while if someone says, ‘I’d really like to hear that’ and if we can pull it off, we’ll pull it off – but it’s pretty set.” It is set that way, says Turner, because “Randy is a multi-directional, busy guy, so we go for sometimes two months without playing [together] and so when we come back out we have to be pretty sure of what it is that we’re doing so that the show comes off well.” Their history is well documented in the music industry. There were band member changes and band name changes, lulls between records, at times “frosty” friendships between bandmates but throughout it all – more great music. And while fans say that Bachman Turner Overdrive are long overdue for the recognition, Turner along with Randy Bachman (who left the Guess Who in 1970), Blair Thornton and Robin Bachman were named into the Canadian

Photo submitted Randy Bachman and Fred Turner play CN Centre on June 2.

Music Hall of Fame at the Juno Awards ceremony in March. Reflecting on the past, the hit records, the disputes, the reunion with Bachman for an album in 2010 that kind of got things rolling again, leaves Turner grateful for all their past and present success. “Just the fact that here we are, at this stage in our lives and still able to do this... actually getting calls to come out and play.

“When we started out in this business, the longevity was [age] 30 – maybe 35 if you were lucky. For some reason, well I guess probably because of the baby boomers and things like that, it’s held us together and we’ve been able to get out there – in one form or another – and play and just enjoy ourselves.” Their fans have helped keep them focused. “We still love to get up and play

and make the audience happy – because usually, if the audience is happy, that makes us play better. It’s always a give-take thing and we’re looking forward to seeing Prince George again and we’re going to have a lot of fun.” Bachman and Turner play CN Centre with Barney Bentall as their special guest on Monday, June 2. Tickets are available at all Ticketmaster locations.

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Debogorski keeps on truckinâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; Ice Road Trucker brings his stories and humour May 23 Teresa Mallam arts@pgfreepress.com The driving is hazardous, the roads can turn deadly, but for people like Alex Debogorski itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s an awesome way to make a living. He loves the challenge and adventure. Debogorski had been hauling professionally for 26 years over treacherous ice roads (some cross frozen lakes and rivers), battling extreme weather conditions and harsh northern terrain when Ice Road Truckers began airing in June 2007. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Reality TV was in its infancy,â&#x20AC;? he said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Ours was one of the first in the genre, probably just after Dangerous Catch. The History Channel had been running a documentary made in the

â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;80s about the Dempster Highway [a 417 mile long highway connecting the Klondike Highway in the Yukon to Inuvik, Northwest Territories] and my understanding is every time it ran, the ratings went up so producers knew there was interest.â&#x20AC;? How was the cast chosen? â&#x20AC;&#x153;The first thing they ask you is, â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;Who are your five characters?â&#x20AC;&#x2122; Then itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;OK, whatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s the story?â&#x20AC;&#x2122; I learned from shooting the pilot that no matter what the reality show is about, producers want five characters who stand out as individuals.â&#x20AC;? Debogorski stood out. The Canadian trucker was selected, perhaps because, as agent Diane Gibson says, heâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s engaging and down to earth, a charismatic storyteller with a sense of humour and great respect for the land.

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This seasonâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s cast includes Lisa Kelly, Hugh Rowland and Darrell Ward but while the names have changed over the years, the showâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s attention-grabbing, gripping dramatic ture-to-life footage remains. Debogorskiâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s an original cast member who continues to perform his ice road trucking adventures on a seasonal basis. â&#x20AC;&#x153;In Yellowknife (where he lives), the ice road season is February 1 to March Photo submitted 30 but the History Alex Debogorski visits Prince George on Friday. Channel wanted to go and although people would like him to run again, to different areas with heâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;d have to do some soul searching first. different weather conditions like Dempster Highway â&#x20AC;&#x153;Today I think theyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;d like me to be mayor or have in the Yukon, then to Alaska, so I run the winter road me run federally as a member of parliament, but I in the winter time â&#x20AC;&#x201C; and I make top soil in the sumwould now have to ask myself, can you make a differmer months.â&#x20AC;? ence? I donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t want to be in Ottawa just to collect a pay When he has time, he pursues other interests and cheque.â&#x20AC;? hobbies. He has 150 vehicles in his yard. These days heâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s grateful for his â&#x20AC;&#x153;commercialâ&#x20AC;? sucAre they all running? cess but philosophical about what it all means to him. â&#x20AC;&#x153;No, I just collect stuff,â&#x20AC;? he says, laughing. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I didnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t plan on being a truck driver. I wanted to â&#x20AC;&#x153;When the driving season ends, I make the top soil and then Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ll be doing some prospecting this summer. be a doctor and a lawyer. I make money out of being a celebrity [the day of the interview heâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;d signed over I have a share in a claim in Likely and another one in 600 autographs]. People from all over the world show Wells, so Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;m hoping to do some placer mining.â&#x20AC;? up at my door in Yellowknife â&#x20AC;&#x201C; and I have to drop Recently he put in a personal appearance at the Cariboo Mining Associationâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Gold Show in Quesnel. everything to talk to them... but I like that.â&#x20AC;? With his hectic schedule, he Heâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s always in demand as a guest still tries to make the most of speaker. every day. On and off camera, Debogorski I can talk about â&#x20AC;&#x153;My (sense of) unfulfillment is known as a â&#x20AC;&#x153;thinking manâ&#x20AC;? politics, or I can talk still drives me. Life is short. It all with an inquisitive mind and the comes down to this: When you ability to engage people from all about hemorrhoids. die, how big a hole do you want walks of life to open up on a wide - Alex Debogorski to leave?â&#x20AC;? variety of subjects, from placer Heâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s not referring to large pot mining to local politics. holes on the road but to lifeâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s bigHe makes an appearance at ger challenges, like filming overseas. Artspace, above Books and Company, Friday, May â&#x20AC;&#x153;Now of course Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;m trying to make money out of 23. celebrity, so I spend a lot of time travelling in the U.S. Topics of discussion can go from hauling to hemand other places. I spent a couple of months driving orrhoids, he says. truck in India. We were in New Delhi and the Punjab. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I can talk on just about anything, I have a lot We were shooting an episode of Dangerous Roads of interests and hopefully there is a question and and, at one point, I was pulled over by about six guys, answer period. I like to talk about my experiences in police in a jeep with machine guns â&#x20AC;&#x201C; police and milireality television and trucking. I talk about First Natary over there are armed to the teeth.â&#x20AC;? tions people (a lot of my relatives are Metis) and the The daytime â&#x20AC;&#x153;dramaâ&#x20AC;? was over quickly. No one was position theyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re in right now with land claim rights, hurt. And the film crews didnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t capture the â&#x20AC;&#x153;action,â&#x20AC;? industry disputes ... I can talk about politics, my run he says. for mayor of Yellowknife ... or (he laughs) I can talk Dangers of driving when elephants, water buffalo, about hemorrhoids.â&#x20AC;? rickshaws and trucks all share the road? As for his political aspirations, Debogorski says he â&#x20AC;&#x153;In India, buses are in charge of the road â&#x20AC;&#x201C; because last entered the race for mayor of Yellowknife in 1992 theyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re running all the time.â&#x20AC;? As a father of 11 children â&#x20AC;&#x201C; and grandfather to 13 â&#x20AC;&#x201C; Debogorski will never lack for an audience close by. More often though, heâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s on the road with his book tours and public appearances, regaling new and old fans with fascinating stories, sprinkled with humour and pearls of wisdom. The History Channelâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Ice Road Trucker Alec Debogorski will be at Artspace, above Books and Company on Friday, May 23 at 7:30 p.m.

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Ride Don’t Hide nears start date back. There is also a 6k ride and a trike route for the very young riders. “People are really getting behind the event,” Davis says. “Two Rivers Catering will be providing hamburgers and hot dogs for a donation, there will be a fire truck at CN Centre, some mascots dropping by, a DJ service to give us music.” There is a real incentive to be the top fundraiser, since the prize for that is a new Norco bike (up to $400). Davis says if anyone is concerned about their bike because they haven’t done much riding yet this spring, they can help. “Cycle World will be out again, providing safety checks for the bikes and looking at helmets to make sure they’re OK as well.” You can still register for Ride Don’t Hide by going to ridedonthide.com and following the links to the Prince George ride. Registration will be at the CN Centre parking lot from 9 to 10 a.m. on June 22, with the ride itself set to start at 10:15 a.m.

Allan Wishart allanw@pgfreepress.com Maureen Davis says there is one big advantage to the new location of the Ride Don’t Hide event. “We don’t have to worry about flooding this year,” says the executive director of the local branch of the Canadian Mental Health Association. Last year’s ride, the first in Prince George, was originally scheduled to start at Cottonwood Island Park, but had to be moved after flooding closed the park. This year Ride Don’t Hide, designed to raise awareness of mental health issues, especially for women, will start at CN Centre on June 22. “It was important to find a public venue,” Davis says, “so people can see the ride. We also had some hardcore bikers who wanted to do the hill to UNBC.” For those riders, there is a 20-kilometre route up the hill to UNBC and

Photo submitted Melodies, harmonies and beautiful songs come along with the Mastersons. The duo plays Vanier Hall next month.

Mastersons open for Steve Earle on June 26 The Mastersons will be Steve Earle’s special guests Thursday, June 26 at Vanier Hall. Filled with irresistible melodies, harmonies and stellar songwriting, the Mastersons’ music arises from the talents of Texas husband-and-wife duo Chris Masterson and Eleanor Whitmore. Whitmore hails from a musical family, an opera singer mother and a folk singer/airline pilot father. She began playing fiddle at age four and she and her sister Bonnie also played in the family band. Masterson was a teen guitar prodigy, playing the blues in Houston clubs by the age of 13.

With Masterson on vocals and guitar and Whitmore on vocals and fiddle, the pair are now seasoned songwriters and multi-instrumentalists in their own right and have also become integral member of Steve Earle’s band The Dukes. They were featured on Earle’s 2013 album The Low Highway and have played hundreds of shows with him since their first meeting in 2006. Steve Earle and The Dukes with special guests The Mastersons plays Thursday, June 26 at Vanier Hall. Show starts at 8 p.m. Tickets are on sale at all Ticketmaster outlets or charge by phone 1-855-985-5000.

Expect surprises as Northern Orchestra concludes season of music Northern Orchestra has a season finale full of surprises. “This has been a year of rebuilding and it has been going very well,” said orchestra conductor Gordon Lucas. “An amateur orchestra always has turnover and last year we lost several key players to higher education, moves and health issues. But we’ve brought some young talent to higher levels, we have some new players and we have come up almost to where we were last year. So I’d say this is surprise number one of many we have to offer with this concert.” Surprise number two is Franz Josef Haydn, the famous Symphony #94 in G Major, known as the Surprise Symphony. “This second movement contains one of Haydn’s most famous musical jokes,” says Lucas, “alternating a very simple, almost tedious melody with a sudden loud chord, ostensibly to wake up his snoozy patrons who had a habit of falling asleep during concerts. But he then weaves an incredible set of variations on this

simple theme, amongst the best he ever wrote. The entire symphony is one of his very finest.” Guest soloist on the program is gifted local violinist Rachel Eagles, who will be playing Mozart’s Concerto No. 5 in A Major. The Northern Orchestra often features young artists as community soloists but Eagles is the first student to be honoured as guest soloist on a main concert. “Some may consider this a ‘surprise’ but I certainly don’t and neither do the orchestra players. We’ve watched Rachel develop. There are lots of good young violinists out there but few with the maturity, interpretative abilities and poise that Rachel displays,” said Lucas. “She really plays this piece beautifully and she now plays to an entry-level professional standard and could certainly win an audition in a professional orchestra. And I guess the real surprise here is that she also wrote her own cadenzas and they’re really good.” The concert of surprises is rounded

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The Northern Orchestra plays two concerts in two locations: the Prince George Playhouse on Saturday, May 24 starting at 2:30 p.m. and on Sunday, May 25 in Vanderhoof at the Small Auditorium in Nechako Valley

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Datebook www.pgfreepress.com Friday Read-to-me Storytime, Fridays, 10-10:45 a.m., South Fort George Family Resource Centre, 1200 La Salle. Information: 250-614-0684. Al-Anon New Hope AFG meets Fridays, 1:15-2:30 p.m., First Baptist Church, 483 Gillett St. Information: 250-561-3244. Meat draw, Fridays, 4:30-6:30 p.m., Royal Canadian Legion, 1116 Sixth Ave. Dance, Fridays, 8 p.m.-midnight, Royal Canadian Legion, 1116 Sixth Ave.

Saturday Parking lot sale, May 24, 9 a.m.2 p.m., St. Giles’ Presbyterian Church, 15th and Edmonton. Information: 250-5646494. Do it for Lupus walk, May 24, 3-4:30 p.m., Northern Sport Centre, UNBC. Information: Penny 250-964-2636, Ralph 250-563-5588. Dance to City Limits, May 24, 8 p.m., Hart Pioneer Centre. Nechako Public Market, Saturdays, 9

“GIVE A LITTLE… GAIN A LOT!” Kidney Foundation of Canada - June 1 Interactive Health Fair & 50th Anniversary – 10 am to 4 pm at AiMHi (950 Kerry St). Volunteers are also needed for this event. Diane, 250-962-7958 or Randy, 250-563-9627

MS Society - June 8 Scotiabank MS Walk - Register at 11, walk starts at 12 noon at Fort George Park Kiwanis Band Shell. For more info Lorrine.Adams@mssociety.ca Joann 250-564-7074

Heart & Stroke Foundation June 12, 13 & 23 Big Bike Ride – Volunteers needed: Greeters, Information booth, registrations & prizes, set up, games, photos, refreshments, etc. Contact: aheslenfeld@hsf.bc.ca Andrea 250-562-8611

Scouts Canada Scouts Canada is looking for a Volunteer to work with us as a Geographic Fundraising Coordinator for our “Scout Popcorn” program. For more info: gsimpson@scouts.ca Geoff 250-981-8308

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a.m.-4 p.m., 5100 North Nechako Rd. A Butler’s Market, Saturdays, 9 a.m.-4 p.m., 1156 Fourth Ave. Meat draw, Saturdays, 4:30-6:30 p.m., Royal Canadian Legion, 1116 Sixth Ave.

Bible talks, Sundays, 4 p.m., Columbus Community Centre, 7201 Domano Blvd. Dance, Saturdays, 8 p.m.-midnight, Royal Canadian Legion, 1116 Sixth Ave.

Sunday Fraser Mountain moderate hike, May 25, meet at city hall parking lot 7:50 a.m. Information: Judith Robertson 250-5648887. Nechako Public Market, Sundays, 9 a.m.-3 p.m., 5100 North Nechako Rd. A Butler’s Market, Sundays, 11 a.m.-4 p.m., 1156 Fourth Ave. Meat draw, Sundays, 3-5 p.m., Royal Canadian Legion, 1116 Sixth Ave.

Monday Tai Chi, Mondays, 1:30 p.m., Spruce Capital Seniors Centre, 3701 Rainbow Dr.

Cariboo Toastmasters meet Mondays, 7:309:30 p.m., Ramada Hotel, 444 George St. Information: caribootoastmasters. com or Laura (250) 9613477. Al-Anon Hart Serenity AFG meets Mondays, 7:30-8:30 p.m., Knox United Church, 1448 Fifth Ave. Information: 250-5613244. Northern Twister Square Dance Club meets Mondays, 7 p.m., Knox United Church basement. Information: Gys 250563-4828 or Reta 250962-2740.

Tuesday Bridge, Tuesdays, 1 p.m., Spruce Capital Seniors Centre, 3701 Rainbow Dr.

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Community Builder Child Development Centre executive director Darrell Roze receives a cheque from Royal Purple Honoured Royal Lady Robin Engensperger. The money was part of $10,000 the group donated to local organizations, including the Hospital Emergency Room, Salvation Army Food Bank, B.C. Schizophrenia Society and Rainbows Family Support Services, as well as to the Royal Purple and Elks Fund for Children.

Al-Anon PG Beginners AFG meets Tuesdays, 7-7:45 p.m., Knox United Church, 1448 Fifth Ave. Information: 250-5613244.

ACBL duplicate bridge, Tuesdays, 7 p.m., 425 Brunswick St. Information: 250-5611685. Buddhist meditation class, Tuesdays, 7:158:45 p.m., 320 Vancouver St. Information: 250-962-6876 or www. kmcvancouver.org. Spruce Capital Toastmasters meet Tuesdays, 7:25 p.m., 102-1566 7th Ave. Information: Tom 250562-3402. Sweet Adelines women’s four-part chorus meets Tuesdays, 7:30 p.m., Studio 2880. New members welcome. Information: Kathy 250563-5170.

Wednesday Isolbel Mackenzie, Seniors Advocate for the Province of B.C., May 28, 1-2:30 p.m., ECRA, 1692 10th Ave. Bingo, Wednesdays, 1-3 p.m., Spruce Capital Senior Recreation Centre, 3701 Rainbow Dr. Whist, Wednesdays, 7 p.m., Senior Activity Centre, 425 Brunswick St. Al-Anon Hart Courage AFG meets Wednesdays, 7:30-8:30 p.m., Knox United Church, 1448 Fifth Ave. Information: 250-5613244. Hart Toastmasters, Wednesdays, 7:30-9:30 p.m., Hart Pioneer Centre. Information: harttoastmasters.ca CNC Retirees meet fourth Wednesday, 9 a.m., D’Lanos. Information: Lois 250563-6928. Army Cadet Rangers free youth program, meets Wednesdays, 6:30-9:30 p.m., Connaught Youth Centre. Information:

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A U T O B O D Y LT D . 2065 - 1st Ave. • 250-563-0883 www.csninc.ca Sondra 250-963-9462 or Andrew 250-981-8270.

Thursday Crown Market, Thursday-Sunday, 10 a.m.-4 p.m., 3955 Hart Highway. Little Artists, Thursdays, 10:3011:30 a.m., South Fort George Family Resource Centre, 1200 La Salle. Information: 250-6140684. Prince George Grassroots Cribbage Club registration, 6:30 p.m. play 6:45 p.m., Thursdays, 3701 Rainbow Dr. Information: Gerda 250-564-8561.

ACBL duplicate bridge, Tuesdays, 7 p.m., 425 Brunswick St. Information: 250-5611685. DayBreakers Toastmasters meets Thursday, 7-8 a.m., UHNBC Conference Room 1. Information: Heather 250-649-9591. Al-Anon Mustard Seed AFG meets Thursdays, 7:30-8:30 p.m., St. Michael’s

Anglican Church, 1505 Fifth Ave. Information: 250-561-3244. Plaza 400 Toastmaster Club meets Thursday, noon, Aleza room, fourth floor, Plaza 400 building, 1011 4th Ave. Information: 6252. toastmastersclubs.org/ or 250-564-5191. Prince George Toastmasters meet Thursdays, 7:15 p.m., AiMHi, 950 Kerry St. Information: pgtoastmasters.com, Joyce 250-964-0961.

Old Time Fiddlers jam, Thursday, 7-10 p.m. Elder Citizens Rec Centre, 1692 10th Ave. ECRA Forever Young Chorus meet Thursdays, 12:45 p.m., ECRA, 1692 10th Ave.

Support Groups CFUW seeking former members for 50th anniversary, Aug. 14. Information: Maureen 250-561-0403. Royal Purple meets second and fourth Mondays, 7:30 p.m.

Thank You Prince George For Voting Us Best Auto Body Shop! Information: Dianne 250-596-0125 or Jeanette 250-563-9362. Metis Elders Craft group, Thursday, 10 a.m.-noon, Prince George Metis Elders Society office, 117 – 1600 Third Ave. (Prince George Native Friendship Centre). Prince George Quilters Guild meets fourth Tuesday of the month, Connaught Youth Centre, 1491 17th Ave. Registration 6:30 p.m., meeting 7 p.m. Information: Echo 250612-0499. Hospital retirees meet, first Tuesday of the month, 9 a.m., Prince George Golf Club. Information 250563-7497 or 250-5632885. Wednesday evening Tops (take off pounds sensibly), Spruceland Baptist Church, 1901 Ogilvie St. Information: Leona 250-962-8802. Prince George Genealogical Society meets the third Tuesday of the month, St. Giles Presbyterian Church,

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1500 Edmonton St. P.G. COPD Support Group meets Wednesdays, 1-3 p.m., AIMHI gymnasium, 950 Kerry St. Information: www. pgcopdsupportgroup.ca. Prince George Stroke Survivors Group meets Wednesdays, 9:30-11:30 a.m., Elder Citizens Recreation Association, 1692 10th Ave. Information: Julia 250-563-3819, Roland 250-562-1747. La Leche League breast feeding support group meets the second Thursday of every month 7 p.m., 176 Aitken Cres. Information: Tammy 250-612-0085. PGRH retirees breakfast, first Tuesday of the month, Prince George Golf and Curling Club. Information: 250-5632885. Prince George ATV Club meets third Tuesday of month, 7 p.m. Carmel Restaurant meeting room. Information: George 250-964-7907.

The Community Datebook provides free community event listings every Friday. Submissions are accepted in written form only – dropped off, mailed or emailed – No Phone Calls please. Datebook runs as space allows, there is no guarantee of publication. Mail to 1773 South Lyon St., Prince George BC V2N 1T3. E-mail datebook@pgfreepress.com

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Using Relay to train Allan Wishart allanw@pgfreepress. com Dan Dubrule isn’t sure what his physiotherapist is going to think. “I’m coming off a fairly serious groin injury,” Dubrule said the Monday afternoon after the Relay for Life, “and I just got the word last week from my physiotherapist that I could start running again.” So Dubrule went out for a bit of a run a few days later. In the Relay for Life at Masich Place Stadium. For the full 24 hours on May 10 and 11. Running or jogging most of the time. “I’m not sure what my physiotherapist is going to say when I tell her,” he says with a laugh. This was Dubrule’s first year doing the Relay. “I like to give back to the community when I can. I have a friend who has cancer, so it has some personal meaning for me.” He made the deci-

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sion to go the full 24 hours when he signed his team up. “I’ve done a couple of 24-hour races before. I’ve competed in the World’s Toughest Mudder, so just doing a run like the Relay was a bit of a treat.” As Sunday morning wore towards 10 a.m. and the end of the Relay, people were asking Dubrule how many laps he had done. “I ended up at 266 laps, which is about 106 kilometres. I didn’t feel any pain at all during the race. “I’m fairly in tune with my body, so I just had something small for a snack every couple of hours, and drank a lot of water. I didn’t want to stop for too long, because I knew my muscles would start to tense up.”

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HAWES RE-SIGNS The Prince George Spruce Kings have agreed to a three-year contract extension with general manager Mike Hawes. Hawes is entering his 10th season with the team as a coach and general manager.

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Silver for Treasure Allan Wishart allanw@pgfreepress.com The weather in Lubbock, Texas on the weekend was hot, but Alyx Treasure warmed up to it. The former member of the Prince George Track and Field Club, now a junior at Kansas State, took second place in the high jump at the Big 12 Conference Outdoor Championships on Sunday. “The weather was very hot, too hot for me,” Treasure said. “The weather in Kansas had been warming up, but I wasn’t quite ready for the heat.” Treasure finished second to Shanay Briscoe of Texas, the same result as in the Big 12 Indoor Championships in March. This time, Treasure wasn’t happy with her placing. “I was pretty disappointed because of my placing,” she said. “It was far from my best day, and I had to fight for every bar I made. “In the beginning, it felt like I left my legs at the hotel that morning, but with every bar I worked on fixing

my approach with my coach and my jumps started to improve.” At her previous meet, a home meet at Manhattan, Treasure had jumped 1.85m, the second time this season she had made that height. On the weekend, she, Briscoe and K-State teammate Rachel Proteau all cleared 1.81 and missed at 1.84. The final placings came down to total misses at previous heights. Next up for Treasure is the regional meet to see if she will qualify for the NCAA championships. “At the moment, I’m tied for first in the West Region with my 1.85m jumps, and have a pretty good shot to make it.” After the school season, she will be going to Canadian Nationals and competing in two international meets, the Commonwealth Games and NACAC, a scheduled for Kamloops in August. “I have made the NACAC standard, so that is my main focus. It would be great to represent my country so close to home, where all my family can come and see me jump.”

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Allan WISHART/Free Press Ruthless Red of the Rated PG Rollergirls breaks through the Fort St. John Killbillies line to get a jam started during a roller derby bout held earlier this month at the Roll-adome.

John Killbillies. Katt was more than happy to play her normal role of blocker. “I don’t think I’m aggressive enough to be a jammer. You have to have that drive to want to get through the other team when you catch up to them, and I don’t think I have that.” But she is aggressive enough to dump opposing jammers to the track when they try to get by and score points? “I don’t have any problem with that,” she says with a laugh. Her roller derby name came in three parts, kind of. “The Katt part was easy with my first name. I just tell everybody that

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Vogt’s run prediction spot-on Allan Wishart allanw@pgfreepress.com Rob Vogt was the best predictor Sunday morning, while Jesse Bowen was the worst. Both were happy with their results. The Prince George Road Runners Club held their annual Gathering race on Sunday, starting and finishing at Masich Place Stadium. This year’s race, however, had a twist. It was called the Prediction Run. At 9 a.m., a clock started ticking down from 60 minutes. Runners could leave on the fivekilometre course when they wanted, with the main idea being the first one to cross the finish line after the clock hit zero and started counting back up. Bowen was the first person on the track and the first person back, crossing the finish line with just under 10 minutes showing on the countdown clock. “That’s great,” she said, when she saw her time. “I don’t do much running. A friend of mine just called me yesterday and said we should go into this because it was more a fun thing. “I’m really pleased with my time.” A few others trickled into the stadium, with the clock now carefully placed and covered so they couldn’t see how much time remained in the countdown. “Don’t say anything about your time,” officials cautioned runners who finished ‘early’. “We don’t want anyone to get an idea for how much time is left.” Allan WISHART/Free Press As organizers had hoped, many of the In just two seconds, Rick Vogt would hit the finish line at Masich Place Stadium on Sunday morning, winning the Gathering more serious runners, who knew how long Prediction Run. Brian Nemethy, in gray, and Paul Mulligan finished second and third in the 5k race, which saw runners the course should take them, were on the attempting to hit the finish as close to zero on the clock as possible. final lap as the clock ticked down. In the end, Vogt hit the finish line just Dennis Balogh of the Road Runners in terms of people having fun, socializing he felt turnout was low, but pointed out it as the clock hit zero, followed just a few said the event was a success in what it was and trying out a different format of runwas a long weekend and the Barkerville seconds later by Brian Nemethy and Paul aimed for. ning.” Relay was being held at the same time, Mulligan. “From all accounts it was a huge success With just over 40 runners participating, which may have kept some people away.

Carly Frenkel leads Prince George gold rush at Kamloops track meet Allan Wishart allanw@pgfreepress.com It was a good weekend in Kamloops for Carly Frenkel, and it could have been better. Frenkel, 18, came home from the Centennial Track Meet with three gold medals, despite being under the weather. “I picked up a cold two days before we went down,” the Prince George Track and Field Club member said. “In the triple jump, my third jump was my best, but I just felt like crap. “Then I went to the hammer throw, I wasn’t throwing well, and I said to myself, ‘I can’t do this’.” Despite being sick, Frenkel won the triple and long jump and the discus throw. “I was pretty happy. It’s still just the beginning of the season, and I was close to my personal bests.

I want to beat them by the end of the season.” Taking parts in jumping and throwing events may seem a little unusual to some, but Frenkel says her events are more similar than they look. “Both throwing and jumping need strong legs to build up the speed. I love jumping, but last year I tore a quad, so I focused more on throwing. “I love them both.” Tuomas Ukonmannaho was Prince George’s other triple gold medallist in Kamloops, as he won the masters 65-69 100 and 200 metre dashes as well as the pole vault. Three others won two gold medals each, with Zac Matyas and Brian Martinson each doubling in the 800 and 1500, while Casidy Campbell won the discus and javelin. Other gold medals were won by Sinead O’Callaghan in the 100 and Kendel Rogers in pole vault.

Martinson, who is also the president of the club, was pleased with his results. “I’m happy with those times for this time of year. I keep telling the kids, ‘I’m old. It takes me longer to get in shape. I’ll be ready by November.’” With the work he does as a teacher and club president, he doesn’t have as much time to train early in the season as he would like. “I’m training for the BC Masters Championship, which will be part of the Jack Brown Memorial Meet in Kelowna at the end of June.” This is another very busy week for Martinson and some of the other members of the club, as the North Central District High School Championships started Thursday and continue Friday at Masich Place Stadium. “We’re expecting about 140 kids

this year,” Martinson says. “We’ve got teams coming from 100 Mile House, Williams Lake, Quesnel, Valemount, McBride, Dawson Creek, Tumbler Ridge and Vanderhoof.” He says it’s a bit of an interesting change for some of the local athletes, who go from being teammates to being competitors. “While we were training this winter at the Northern Sport Centre, I sometimes wore my PGSS singlet, so some of the kids started to wear their school singlets too. It’s a very friendly sport, so it’s all in good humour.” Coaching Local athletes will get some help from two top-notch coaches on May 24. Tessa Gray-Burnett and Robyn Webster will be at Masich Place Stadium for clinics on a variety of track and field events. “I know them both,” says Prince

George Track and Field Club sprint and hurdles coach Cathy Johnson. “They were here last year with Gary Reed and Geoff Martinson, and they wanted to come back.” Gray-Burnett will focus on sprints and hurdles, while Webster is a jumps specialist “It’s nice to have coaches like that come here for clinics,” Johnson said. “They’re both Level 3 coaches, so they can coach at the national level.” She says the two coaches did some great work when they were here last year. “They come in with a fresh perspective. They may see things in an athlete’s technique we missed.” The camp runs from 9 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Club members can attend for free, while there is a $30 fee for non-members. To register, e-mail princegeorgetrackandfield@gmail.com.