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Bill PHILLIPS/Free Press Prince George teachers, with some support from CUPE members, were manning the picket lines outside School District 57 schools Thursday as part of rotating strike action by the BCTF.

Allan Wishart allanw@pgfreepress.com Prince George teachers took their turn on the picket lines on Thursday. It was the final of four days of rotating one-day strikes by the B.C. Teachers Federation (BCTF) this week to protest the lack of progress in contract talks with the provincial government’s bargaining unit, the B.C. Public Schools Employers Association (BCPSEA). At Monday’s School District 57 board meeting, Prince George and District Teachers Association president Tina Cousins said the strikes were something the union saw as necessary. “After 16 months at the bargaining table with no sign of a fair agreement, we feel it is necessary to take these steps.” She added, “we feel we are in desperate times. Public education needs a revolution.” Cousins also expressed her appreciation for the solidarity of other labour groups in supporting the teachers. Karen Wong, representing Canadian Union of Public Employees (CUPE) locals 3742 and 4991, the support staff at district

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schools, said their members were fully behind the teachers. “Thursday is the beginning of a new fight. It’s starting to feel like a Ping-Pong game. Last year it was CUPE in a labour dispute with this government, now it’s the BCTF, next year it could be CUPE again.” Wong said the union had been informed provincial bargaining would start in June, with local bargaining starting in early July. “We will do what it takes to get a fair contract.” Local parents have concerns with the bargaining positions of both sides when it comes to class composition, Sarah Holland told the board. “When it comes to class composition issues,” the president of the District Parent Advisory Council said, “the BCPSEA proposal is far too flexible and fuzzy, and the BCTF proposal is far too inflexible. “Both suck.” She said the BCTF proposal seems preferable on learning specialist staffing levels, although she wasn’t sure where they would find the specialists needed. “I’m not aware of vast numbers of unemployed speech language pathologists,

for example.” She also called on both sides in the dispute to improve the level of public discourse, especially in front of students. “We do not want our kids to be told that teachers are in it only for the money. We do not wants our kids told that [Premier] Christy Clark is making teachers eat lunch outside.” The board of education has drafted two letters, one to Clark and Education Minister Peter Fassbender calling for a resumption of bargaining talks aimed at reaching a fair contract, the other to BCPSEA, calling on the group to hold a meeting of the representative council before taking any further actions, including the partial lockout now in effect across the province. “It is critical,” Chairperson Sharel Warrington said, “that elected school trustees representing the citizens from each region in the province have an opportunity for their voices and their counsel to be considered.” On Wednesday, the BCTF announced the rotating strikes would continue next week, with the Prince George school district scheduled to be behind picket lines on Tuesday, June 3.

Initiatives Prince George (IPG) will begin surveying approximately 200 local businesses on June 1 as part of the research phase of creating IPG’s new business retention and expansion program. IPG will select a representative mix of small, medium and large businesses, with the number of businesses interviewed from each sector being chosen based on the prevalence of the sector in the Prince George economy. IPG consulted with local businesses to create the questions, and has completed test interviews with local businesses to determine the relevancy of the questions in preparation for the full interview roll-out. Each interview will take 40 to 60 minutes to complete, depending on the amount of detail provided by participants. It is anticipated that the interviews will be complete by the end of August. Business owners who are interested in being involved are encouraged to contact Business Development Officer Neil O’Farrell at ofarrell@initiativespg. com or 250-649-3205.

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Kelly Road students walk out Action taken to show support for teachers in contract talks Allan Wishart allanw@pgfreepress.com Students at Kelly Road Secondary in Prince George staged a walkout Tuesday to show their support for teachers in their contract dispute with the provincial government. “We’re sacrificing a day of school for the future of the education system,” said Grade 12 student Dylan Ewen, one of the organizers of the walkout. “Imagine a class of 40 students with one teachers, and five of those students are special needs. “It would be a nightmare trying to learn anything. It’s not fair to any of us.” He said the school has seen a definite drop in activities since he started there in Grade 9. “We used to have lots of different sports teams and extracurricular activities. This year, we tried to get a senior boys’ volleyball team started, and we couldn’t.” However, he added, he knew things weren’t as bad here as in other parts of the province.

“It’s not good here, but it’s not as bad as it is in the Lower Mainland.” The students started to organize the walkout last week, when the B.C. Teachers’ Federation announced which districts would be hit by a series of rotating strikes on which days this week. “We heard they were going to have the strike here on Thursday, and they started them (Monday), so we decided Tuesday was a good day.” The students attended their first class Tuesday morning before leaving the school to meet by the corner of Highway 97 and Austin Road, where they held signs showing their support for teachers so passing motorists could see. “We want to get the awareness out there,” Ewen said. “This is a democracy, and what the people want, the people get.” Kelly Road student Amanda Tomm is attempting to organize a province-wide student sit-in through Facebook for June 2, asking students at schools across the province to Allan WISHART/Free Press go to common rooms or other Kelly Road Secondary students Trevor Szerencsi, right, and Andrea Nelson hold signs showing their supareas in their schools and port for the province’s teachers during a walkout by students Tuesday. About 50 students took part in the refuse to attend classes. walkout.

Shari Green announces she will not seek re-election as mayor this November

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Prince George Mayor Shari Green will not seek re-election to a second term this November. Green made the announcement in a press release last week. “I am announcing today I will not be seeking a third term in municipal office,” she said in the release. “I am sharing this decision today in order to give mayoral contenders ample time to make their intentions known and for them to begin sharing their platforms with the citizens of Prince George.

“I have served two terms at city council and it has been my honour to serve as mayor for the city I love. It has been a privilege to lead the city while keeping taxes low, reducing crime and improving conditions for business.” Green said she is considering other ways in which she will continue to serve this community and the region, widely speculated to be a run at the Conservative party nomination in the Cariboo-Prince George riding currently held by Dick Harris.

Green was elected to the board of the federal riding association at its annual general meeting during the May long weekend. Cameron Stolz, Green’s staunchest ally at the council table and an unsuccessful contender for the Prince George-Peace River candidacy, was elected president of the Cariboo-Prince George Conservative constituency association. George Caron, a second language teacher in School Dstrict 91 for the past seven years, has also announced

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he will be seeking the Conservative nomination. It may be moot, however, as current MP Dick Harris has not announced whether he is stepping down. “In the coming days, when the time is appropriate, I look forward to sharing that publicly,” Green said of her future plans. “In the meantime I will continue to remain focused on the important work that Prince George residents elected me to do.”

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In Provincial Court on Feb. 6: Gordon E. Carpenter was found guilty of possession of stolen property with a value less than $5,000, sentenced to time served of 83 days in jail, placed on probation for one year and assessed a victim surcharge of $200. James R. Purcell was found guilty of assault, sentenced to 83 days in jail, placed on probation for 18 months, assessed a victim surcharge of $100 and prohibited from possessing firearms for five years. Purcell was also found guilty of theft of property with a value less than $5,000, sentenced to 60 days in jail and assessed a victim surcharge of $50. Purcell was also found guilty of failing to comply with a probation order, sentenced to 60 days in jail, placed on probation for 18 months and assessed a victim surcharge of $100. Aaron C. Sutherland was found guilty of aggravated assault, sentenced to 58 and a half months in jail and prohibited from possessing firearms for 10 years. Sutherland was also

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value less than $5,000, sentenced to one day in jail and placed on probation for 12 months. Clifford E. Weir was found guilty of driving without due care and attention, fined $2,000, assessed a victim surcharge of $300 and placed on probation for 14 months. Melvin E.N. Robinson was found guilty of three counts of possession of a controlled substance for the purpose of trafficking, sentenced to two and a half years in jail, assessed a victim surcharge of $200 and received a lifetime prohibition on the possession of firearms. Robinson was also found guilty of possession of a controlled substance and two other counts of possession of a controlled substance for the purpose of trafficking, sentenced to three years in jail, assessed a victim surcharge of $200 and received a lifetime prohibition on the possession of firearms. Michelle L. Dubrule was found guilty of assault, sentenced to seven days in jail, assessed a victim surcharge of $50 and prohibited from possessing firearms for three years. Todd A. Gifford was found guilty of assault, placed on probation for 12 months and assessed a victim surcharge of $100. Gifford was also found guilty of failing to comply with a condition of an undertaking, sentenced to one day in jail and assessed a victim surcharge of $50.

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Tristan Pearce takes long way home

Former resident travels to UNBC conference from Australia Allan Wishart allanw@pgfreepress. com Tristan Pearce took the long way home last week. Pearce, who was born and raised in Prince George and got a BA from UNBC in 2003, was back in the city for the International Congress of the Arctic Social Sciences (ICASS). He came to the congress Allan WISHART/Free Press from Australia, where University of Guelph graduate student Colleen Parker, left, points to Guelph while Tristan Pearce, one of her professors at Guelph, points he is currently working to the location of the University of the Sunshine Coast, in Australia, at the University of the where Pearce, a former Prince George resident, is teaching. Sunshine Coast. “It’s about 45 minutes tion, but mostly I’m just taking it all in. I’m going north of Brisbane,” he said. “I was working at the to be doing my own field research in the Arctic, on University of Guelph, and much of my work is with Victoria Island. I was there in the summer, and I’ll indigenous peoples and their responses to climate be going back in the fall.” change. Pearce said the fall is a key time to study the ef“Sunshine Coast was recruiting and I said to myfects of climate change on the indigenous people. self, ‘What an opportunity to spend time in a new “It’s a key harvesting time for fishing and hunting. environment’.” It’s very important to them to store enough food for ICASS gave Pearce a chance to catch up with over the winter. some of the other people working in the field, as “It’s also a make-or-break time for them to get well as one student he is still working with – alenough money for the equipment they need for though at a long distance. hunting and fishing.” Colleen Parker is one of Pearce’s graduate stuPearce says climate change is having an effect on dents at Guelph, and she was attending ICAss as the Inuit people in the Arctic. well. “The caribou are changing their patterns of “I’m doing a posting here, making a presentamigration, so they’re not in the same places they

were. It makes it harder to track them.” He’s been keeping in touch with Parker on her project, although she says it can a bit difficult. “It’s a 14-hour time difference, so you have to make sure you know when you’re going to be using Skype or some other way to keep in touch.” Pearce was using ICASS as a waystation on a trip to the Arctic. “I usually work three or four months in Australia, then come back to Canada. From here, I’m going to the Arctic. Colleen will come up later in the summer.”

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Five arrested after drugs seized from house On the evening of Tuesday May 20, the Prince George RCMP’s Drug Task Force with the assistance of the detachment’s Crime Reduction Team, arrested five people after searching a house in the city. At approximately 5 p.m., officers conducted two vehicle checks in a parking lot off Ferry Avenue in Prince George. Four people were initially arrested for possession of a controlled substance: a 35-year-old man from Fort St. James, a 37-yearold woman from Fort St. James, a 28-year-old man from Prince George, and a 25-year-old woman from Prince George. Search of the vehicles found approximately one ounce of cocaine in each. These arrests and seizures led

to the arrest of a fifth person, a man currently on parole in Prince George from Vancouver. Officers arrested the 34-year-old near the intersection of Dominion Street and Patricia Boulevard at approximately 6 p.m. the same night. His arrest led to a search of his residence on the 4000 block of Campbell Avenue in the early hours of Wednesday May 21. During the search of the residence, officers located: Approximately 15 ounces of cocaine (over 4,000 single uses) Two litres of GHB (gammahydroxy-butyric-acid) (over 400 single uses) Two ounces of methamphetamine (over 500 single uses) GHB is a central nervous system depressant that provides

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He says the important thing he is trying to do in his work, both in the Arctic and Australia, is talk to the indigenous people. “The traditional lore of their people is being missed in the literature on climate change. The Inuit people have lived in the Arctic for more than 4,000 years. They have a rich tradition of how things used to be done and how they have changed.” Pearce feels the best way to do research such as his is to talk to the people involved. “It’s a question of doing research on people vs. research with people.”

an intoxication similar to alcohol. GHB has been linked to drug-facilitated sexual assaults, although none have been reported in Prince George recently. A black Dodge Durango has also been seized as part of the investigation. Drug trafficking related charges are anticipated against all of those arrested, except the man from Fort St. James. The 34-yearold parolee is still in custody for breaching parole, the three others have been released until a future court date. These search warrants were supported by information provided to the police by concerned citizens who are also committed to ridding their community of this problem.

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Nechako basin research by UNBC gets funding Allan Wishart allanw@pgfreepress.com Four years. One million dollars. Fifty-two thousand square kilometres. Those are some of the numbers involved in a series of research projects in the Nechako River basin, to be undertaken by the Integrated Water Research Group at UNBC. “It’s an area about the size of Switzerland,” is how Dr. Ellen Petticrew describes the area the research projects will cover. “It covers all the tributaries of the Nechako draining into the river until it meets the Fraser.” The three projects, involving four UNBC professors, have received $500,000 in a grant from

the Nechako Environmental Enhancement Fund (NEEF), with the other half of the $1 million investment coming as matching funds from other sources. NEEF was put together in 1997 as part of an agreement between the provincial government and Rio Tinto Alcan. “The funding goes for four years,” Petticrew says, “and actually started in January. We’ve been doing work on our projects since January, but now we can get busier.” Petticrew will work with Dr. Philip Owens and their students on sediment sources. “We will try to identify where the fine sediment in the system comes from,” Owens says. “That sediment can affect fish habitat, and the work may lead to advice on how to mitigate these

sources.” Dr. Stephen Dery and his students will be looking at water security and climate change. “We will be looking at our freshwater resources,” he says, “and the influences of both human and climate change. We have data going from the 1920s to about 2010, and we will look at stream flows in non-regulated streams versus regulated streams.” Dr. Margot Parkes and her students will look at ways of making existing and new information more available to people. “We will be looking at ways to integrate existing resources and bring in new research,” she says. “One aspect we’ll be looking at is how to make better use of what we already know.”

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On the first day of Bike to Work Week, residents of the North Nechako area got their wish as council voted to add bike lanes to North Nechako Drive. When news broke earlier this year that the city was going to pave the road and not include bike lanes, residents and the Prince George Cycling Club mobilized and put pressure on council to add the bike lanes. On Monday, a 1,304-name petition was presented to council. “After 24 years the city has kept its promise to pave the shoulders of North Nechako Road west of Foothills Boulevard, a project stipulated as a shortterm priority in the City’s Active Transportation Plan, and appearing in the Official Community Plan,” states a release from a group called Concerned Citizens of North Nechako. Paving will be done in stages, starting with the stretch slated for paving this year from Rosia to Toombs, and completed in sections over the next five years. Coun. Cameron Stolz moved the motions, seconded by Coun. Murry Krause, and approved unanimously by council. Presenters Kathleen Haines and Alice Smit told council this is the second such petition: in 1990, council endorsed a 770-signature petition presented by the North Nechako Bike Paths Committee to create a bike path “from Morning Place (at the end

of North Nechako Road) to the Cameron Street Bridge.” Paved shoulders were eventually added to N. Nechako but only east of Foothills Boulevard. Council decided to direct the $755,000-surplus from better-than-budgeted pricing to this project. “Mayor Green and all of council supported getting to this decision, and Coun. (Garth) Frizzell, who also attended our community ride, has been particularly helpful in making it happen,” said Phil Mullins of the citizens’ group. Presenters emphasized the quality and usability of roads. They asked for a total paved width of at least 10.2 metres. International studies they cited show this format results in a 25-40 per cent decrease in causalities, and a superior road that performs better and longer for all users, saving taxpayers’ money. They noted this is the city standard for a rural road, and the roadbed from Rosia to Toombs is already wide enough. Significant work remains to truly make active transportation a priority. This section of infrastructure will extend the paved shoulders on N. Nechako and Foothills Blvd to access Pidhenry recreation area, the Nechako Ridge Trail, and ultimately the river at N. Nechako Park upstream from the Foothills Bridge, and connect these to Cottonwood Island, the UNBC Connector, Tyner Boulevard Trail, and Forests for the World.

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Laboucan honoured Keith Laboucan, chief of the Prince George Regional Highway Rescue, has been recognized with this year’s Public Safety Lifeline Volunteer award for Road Rescue. Laboucan has been responding to highway and road rescue emergencies and serving his community for more than a decade. Laboucan was named chief of the Prince George Regional Highway Rescue organization in 2009. His commitment to the volunteer service is exemplary. Living by the motto, “Us, Me, Them,” he treats every member of his team as family. Laboucan was nominated for this award by a colleague

who stated: “He provides us with a moral compass to be better than we were before.” B.C. Attorney General and Minister of Justice Suzanne Anton recognized the outstanding achievements of six emergency volunteers across the province in a special ceremony at the Legislature in Victoria. Public Safety Lifeline Volunteers (PSLVs) conduct air and ground searches, help the victims of serious car accidents, set up networks of volunteer teams and co-ordinate services for victims of natural disasters.

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YOUR CITY MATTERS May 30, 2014 person. Written comments should be forwarded to the Corporate Officer by 12 noon, Monday, June 2, 2014 for inclusion in Council’s agenda package. Those received after this time will be forwarded to Council on the day of the Public Hearing. Residents who wish to speak in person can do so during the Public Hearing on Monday, June 9, 2014.

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Wimmers named as UNBC wood design lead As the exterior of the Wood Innovation and Design Centre is unveiled this week in downtown Prince George, UNBC has named Dr. Guido Wimmers as the inaugural program lead for the proposed Master of Engineering in Integrated Wood Design which will be housed at the new facility. Wimmers envisions a future where wood will become the dominant building material around the world and he believes the proposed Master of Engineering program at UNBC can be the catalyst to make that happen. “If you look at the 18th century, everything was brick. In the 19th century it was all about steel,” Wimmers said. “The last century was mainly about concrete and we’ve done some really amazing things with concrete, but the future is all about wood and biomass, our only sustainable building material.” Wimmers believes the six-story Wood Innovation and Design Centre is a model for future wood structures which could be up to 30 stories high. Born in Germany, Wimmers holds a PhD in building science from Leopold-Franzens University in Innsbruck, Austria. He moved to Canada in 2007 and was part of the team that designed the innovative Austria House in Whistler prior to the 2010 Winter Olympics.

CITY COUNCIL MEETING Regular Council Meeting Monday, June 9, 2014 – Council Chambers – 6:00 p.m.

COUNCIL, COUNCIL COMMITTEES, COMMISSIONS, AND BOARDS MEETINGS Advisory Committee on Development Design Wednesday, June 4, 2014 – 2nd Floor Conference Room – 12:00 p.m.

City Manager’s Office NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN pursuant to sections 98 and 99 of the Community Charter, the annual report of the City of Prince George, and submissions and questions from the public regarding the annual report, will be considered at the Regular Council Meeting to be held on Monday, June 23, 2014 at 6:00 p.m. in the Council Chambers at City Hall, 1100 Patricia Boulevard, Prince George, B.C. Deanna Wasnik Deputy Corporate Officer

PUBLIC HEARING What: Public Hearing for proposed Temporary Commercial Use Permit No. TU000018 for the property located at 1300 1st Avenue. When: 7:00 pm, Monday, June 9, 2014 Where: Council Chambers of City Hall, 1100 Patricia Boulevard, Prince George, BC

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Who can I speak to? Hillary Morgan, Planner, (250) 561-7611 or devserv@city.pg.bc.ca

INVITATION TO BID T14-26 Chief Lake Road Watermain Project – Supply of Materials Closing Date: June 12, 2014 For information concerning City of Prince George bidding opportunities visit BC Bid at www.bcbid.gov.bc.ca

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Proposal: The applicant is seeking a Temporary Commercial Use Permit that would allow two (2) offices and a massage therapy business to operate on the subject property, occupying 55 m2 in total.

Positions available: Part time and Casual

Need more information? A copy of the application for the Temporary Commercial Use Permit No. TU000018 and related documents are available for review by the public at the Community Planning Division office, 2nd Floor City Hall on May 29, 30, June 2, 3, 4, 5, 6 and 9, 2014, between the hours of 8:30 am and 5:00 pm.

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The City supports young people in their pursuit of excellence. Travel grants are available to individuals or organizations for travel related to academic, art, cultural and amateur sport/ recreation purposes involving youth 18 years of age or younger, if they have: •

Won a zone or regional competition or have been selected by a sponsoring organization to represent Prince George at a Provincial competition; OR

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Won a Provincial competition and have gone on to participate in a Western Canadian, National competition or competition within a designated geographic area as recognized by the sponsoring organization; OR

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Won the right or been selected to represent the City, the Province, and/or Canada at an international competition; OR

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Been selected at a juried show to have his/ her work displayed in a Provincial, Western Canadian, National level or within a designated geographic area as recognized by the sponsoring organization; OR

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Been awarded a scholarship within a specific field or art to attend a school of National or Western Canadian recognition.

On occasion, those activities that are considered to be in pursuit of excellence are eligible for funding. Applications are now available at the Recreation and Cultural Services Department in City Hall or on the City web site http://www.princegeorge. ca/cityhall/grants/travel. Applications must be submitted after the travel has occurred and are reviewed in June and December of each year. The June intake deadline is June 20, 2014. For more information call 250-561-7646.

JOB POSTINGS Disability Management Specialist (#14/033) – Full Time Human Resources Closing Date: May 30, 2014 Supervisor, Events and Marketing (#14/049) – Full Time Recreational and Cultural Services Closing Date: May 30, 2014 Chief Fire Communications Officer (#14/052) – Full Time Fire & Rescue Services Closing Date: June 13, 2014 Civic Facilities Construction (#14/043) – Full Time Civic Facilities Closing Date: June 20, 2014

Supervisor

For more information on these positions, and other job opportunities with the City of Prince George, please visit www.princegeorge.ca

COMMUNITY ASSOCIATIONS Blackburn Community Centre Garage Sale Saturday, May 31, 2014 All proceeds of this event go towards the Blackburn Community Association and the Blackburn Li’l Rascals Preschool & Out of School Care. For more information please call 250-963-3292 or Sanna at 250-552-0343.

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“A strong B.C. economy beneﬁts all Canadians” - John Winter, President & CEO, B.C. Chamber of Commerce

Meet the expert: John Winter is the President and CEO of the British Columbia Chamber of Commerce, advocating on behalf of more than 125 Chambers of Commerce and Boards of Trade and over 36,000 businesses across the province.

“Small business in B.C. drives our economy,” says John. “Northern Gateway’s commitment to buy and hire locally will generate jobs and lasting economic opportunities for small businesses along the right-of-way and throughout the province. That’s what we’ve seen time and again when large-scale nation-building infrastructure projects like Northern Gateway are built in B.C.”

An investment in B.C. small business One of the most promising aspects of the Project is Northern Gateway’s commitment to supporting small business. Over the course of the construction phase alone, over $800 million in goods and services will be purchased from local businesses in Northern B.C.

A strong economy and a clean environment can go hand-in-hand John Winter believes that B.C.’s commitment to a strong business climate and high environmental standards sends a powerful message to international investors looking to B.C. and to Canada. “The investment community has been closely watching the Northern Gateway project. It’s an indicator of our openness to resource development and other investments. The recent decision by the Joint Review Panel to recommend approval of the Project sends the message that B.C. and Canada are open for business.” “I believe Northern Gateway will meet the high environmental standards we all expect. With natural, deep-water access to the Paciﬁc, a skilled workforce and a tradition of doing things right, B.C. is well-positioned to move oil safely westward, to the high-demand markets in Asia.” Northern Gateway welcomes the support of the B.C. Chamber of Commerce because in addition to building a safer, better pipeline, we are helping to build a better B.C.

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The Northern Gateway Project promises to be one of the largest private investments this province has ever seen. The Project’s importance to B.C. and to Canada John Winter, a respected business executive and small business advocate, believes that Northern Gateway will help secure Canada’s economy for tomorrow’s generation. “A strong B.C. economy beneﬁts all Canadians. By opening up new markets for our country’s most valuable commodity, Northern Gateway will create new economic opportunities for small business, for workers, and for B.C. communities. That’s good for British Columbia. And it’s good for Canada.”

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The world lost a truly wonderful young woman last week; full of love and life, Kendall is loved by many; evident in the positive effect she had on people and the number of people who she touched in her short life. Taken from us far too soon, we can’t help but ask why.

Allan Wishart allanw@pgfreepress. com After a pair of breakins at The Exploration Place last summer, management realized they needed a better security system. “The first breakin was in the Urban Garden,” CEO Tracy Calogheros said at a press conference last week. “All they stole was some of the produce the kids had been growing.” The second break-in was at the Little Prince train station. Again, the only things stolen were some children’s toys. Calogheros said one of their community partners stepped up to help after each breakin, in different ways. “After the first one, Integris employees showed up one day with a garden gnome and helped to replant the produce.” After the second one, the credit union went further. “They reached out to us,” Calogheros said, “and said, ‘This stinks. How can we help?’” Calogheros knew the museum needed a better security system. The one in use last summer was able to get pictures of the people involved in the break-in at the train station, but she says they were not clear enough to use as evidence. “We talked to Curtis

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We don’t know why, there are no simple answers, God only knows; forgive me, but I think the innocent die for the sins of others because God so needs their special gifts of their love in heaven for a task that only those special enough as Kendall can defeat the hate and hell unleashed on heaven and earth. For this reason the good die young. Truly, if love and hate could be weighed on a scale, the weight of love would weigh inﬁnitely more than hate, though the problem with the world is we are exposed to far more hate than love; indeed it was a form of hate that took Kendall from us. Kendall was all of 100lbs soaking wet, though if you factor in the love emitting from Kendall, she would weigh a ton. She touched so many lives with the love that overﬂowed from her spirit, it is this love, so precious and rare that God requires her elsewhere.

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Elite and Integris. The core cost of a good security system was $17,000, and Integris stepped up with $10,000.” Now, the cameras at the museum are high enough quality to use in court if necessary, and they are linked to mobile devices Calogheros and other employees can carry so they can be alerted if there are problems.

Integris manager for partnerships and development Dan Wingham said it was another way the credit union works with groups in the community. “It’s all about partnerships. We get a lot of requests for applications for assistance, but we also go out proactively when we can see a fit, like here.” Calogheros said The Exploration Place

operates on a budget of about $1.6 million a year, with about 45 per cent of that coming from the Regional District of Fraser Fort George. “Having the agreement in place with the regional district is great, because it gives us room to plan. We can start to look at the things that are nice to do, rather than just the things we need to do.”

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Mega-sale returns B.C.’s largest new and used auto sale is coming back to Prince George. The sale is slated for June 6-14 at the Prince George Exhibition Grounds. There will be more than 2,000 new and used vehicles from over 20 manufacturers. With nine Prince George dealers participating, there’s something for everyone. Auto enthusiasts will love this annual event, which gives them an opportunity to catch up and compare the newest in automotive technology. On-site test drives are available from The Prince George Exhibition Grounds will once all nine local dealfacility from June 6 to 14. erships, ensuring you make your best bates up to $10,000 on select models. choice. The 13th annual Mega Sale is Dealers will be providing savings sponsored by Gustafson’s Kia, and incentives, including zero per Hub City Volkswagen, Northland cent financing and manufacturers re- Chrysler Jeep Dodge, Northland

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Lheidlhi T’enneh Pavilion for Games gets grant from NDIT Northern Development Initiative Trust has approved a $250,000 grant to help fund the construction of the Lheidli T’enneh Pavilion in downtown Prince George in time for the 2015 Canada Winter Games. Construction is expected to begin later this spring. The goal of the Pavilion is to increase the visibility of Lheidli T’enneh and contribute to the 2015 Canada Winter Games experience while showcasing the artistic, business and cultural expressions of the official host First Nation. The project will generate direct economic benefits for Lheidli T’enneh through the use of the building as a multi-purpose events and retail space. The grant for the program is provided through the trust’s economic development diversification infrastructure program, which provides up to $250,000 in funding to municipalities, regional districts, First Nations and non-profit organizations in Northern Development’s service area for

the projects that significantly strengthen the local economy via a major capital investment. “Lheidli T’enneh is very pleased with the funding announcement from Northern Development Initiative Trust, and can truly see the positive impacts to our community,” said Lheidli T’enneh Dominic Frederick in a press release. “This is an incredible opportunity that will allow us to have a building for the Lheidli T’enneh Pavilion for the 2015 Canada Winter Games. This is an exciting time for us and we are truly grateful.” “The 2015 Canada Winter Games will be the largest multi-sport and cultural event to ever be held in northern B.C.,” said Evan Saugstad, Chair, Northern Development Initiative Trust. “The Trust is proud to support the construction of the Lheidli T’enneh Aboriginal Pavilion to aid in enhancing Canada’s awareness of the artistic, business and cultural expression of our Host First Nation.”

Better Get Moving... Wake up and get ready You’ve been planning for it for weeks now — and dreading it, too. Moving day is ¿nally here, and the best way to jump into it is with a good breakfast. Sure, your kitchen stuff is all packed up, but a cup of yogurt and fruit, or a bagel and peanut butter will give you some protein for the hard day ahead. Have you arranged for someone to look after the children? If not, give them something to do; it’s a matter of channeling their stress in a positive way. Keep the box with their favourite toys close at hand. Prepare some snacks. Let them play in an empty room, far from all the hubbub. Leave your pets in a closed room with their food and water bowls, cat litter, and baskets. Put a sign on the door asking the movers not to disturb them. Ensure the animals are wearing identity tags. Everything has to be ready to go when the movers arrive, whether they’re moving company pros or friends. Don’t forget to disconnect the fridge and take out the garbage. If you haven’t already done so, prepare a box with a ¿rst-aid kit, cleaning products, toilet paper, and other important items to put in your car. Make sure that the moving team has

the correct address of your new house and try to be there before them. If you’ve hired a moving company, here is a tip: inspect your furniture before it leaves your home and check it again when it arrives at its destination. If there is any damage, ensure that it is clearly indicated on the invoice. Request a receipt if you have to pay the movers at the end of the day. Try to give yourself short breaks throughout the day. Drink some cool water and eat healthy snacks, such as fruit, nuts, and cheese, to keep up your energy levels and your morale.

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Yielding Conservative drama begins to unfold in Cariboo-Prince George to YouTube and grammar The real drama wasn’t in Mayor Shari executive contains several people who Green’s announcement that she won’t be staunchly supported Green in her bid for seeking re-election in the fall. mayor three years ago. Not surprisingly, The drama was at the Cariboo-Prince her husband Chuck Walls is now on the George Conservative Party’s annual executive. As is Craig Wood, who, along general meeting less than a week before with Wood Wheaton, owns the property Green’s announcement. that the Northern Supportive In what can only be deRecovery Centre is slated to scribed as good old-fashioned be built on … Haldi Road. politicking, it appears Green’s Tom Sentes, also of Wood supporters flooded the meetWheaton, is on the executive. ing and took over the constituSome other notable names ency association. now on the Conservative exIf Green’s real motive behind ecutive include Janine North, not seeking a second term of Northern Development Inias mayor is to take a shot at tiative Trust; Carla Johnston winning the Conservative of the Downtown Business nomination in Cariboo-Prince Improvement Association and George, then she made the who worked with Green when WRITER’S BLOCK the mayor was a member of right moves at the AGM. BILLPHILLIPS the downtown group; Denise Gone from the riding association board of directors McLeod, whose husband, are Tom Newell, who served as current Rod, is one of the principals in developing MP Dick Harris’ campaign manager for the new Delta Hotel downtown; and Ken successive elections, and his son Ken, who Sands, who was Green’s official campaign also pitched in. manager when she ran for mayor. Green is now on the executive, as is And while Green has not yet announced Cameron Stolz, who is her muscle at the that she is going to seek the Conservacity council table and who is the new tive nomination, her announcement was constituency association president. Stolz, deliciously cryptic for we who love to read one might remember, sought the Prince between the lines. George-Peace River Conservative nomina“I am considering other ways in which I tion that Bob Zimmer eventually won. will continue to serve this community and The Conservative riding association the region,” she said in a statement given to

media. “In the coming days, when the time is appropriate, I look forward to sharing that publicly.” You can drive a truck between those lines. The only thing standing in her way is, well, the guy who currently holds the job … MP Dick Harris. When rumours started swirling earlier this year that Green had her eyes on the MPs job, Harris was just as deliciously cryptic in saying he hasn’t decided whether he’s going to retire yet. Part of that decision will likely depend on how badly feelings were hurt when the Green camp took over the riding association. It could set up a potential showdown, which isn’t unprecedented, whereby a riding association doesn’t support the sitting MP. It could get messy folks. But why should we pay any attention to the inner wrangling of the Conservatives? Simply because these are the people who will choose the next MP for CaribooPrince George. Barring Justin Trudeau parachuting himself in to run in the riding or Nathan Cullen moving to the big city of P.G., Cariboo-Prince George will elect a Conservative. If Harris, who has been invisible, can capture 56.2 per cent of the popular vote, imagine what Green will do.

You can’t take it with you We totally get it. newspapers and bargain books. They donate piles of it to charYou don’t want our stuff. ity. This generation likes bite-sized morsels they can order from But we’re talking mountains and mountains of stuff – times a food truck and eat with plastic chopsticks. They want madethousands and thousands of people, in Prince George alone. It to-look-like wood furniture that requires some assembly so is all part of downsizing that is going on across the country as they can collapse it and throw it away when they move to the baby boomers become tired of the burden of that comes with Bahamas. And they prefer minimum decor which decades of shopping their little hearts out. means there is no more 12-setting china sets gathAs David Suzuki has told us, the landfills can ering dust in Granddad’s six-foot-high, hand-craftnot accommodate so much stuff. People now want ed china cabinet buffet. Instead, filling the space, new stuff, disposable stuff. We can only fault my is a black or white bonded leather-look sectional generation. Suzuki notes that Boomers in their couch with three colourful decorative pillows. quest for bigger and better stuff had to build bigger Generally speaking. houses with bigger garages to house all their stuff Some exceptions apply. and toys. Sure there are 20s, 30s and 40s aged people who Boom or bust? have different tastes and who love old things, but I think we’re bust. Burdened with stuff nobody according to my sources, trash is trending. Out wants. with the trash. Your parents’ trash. Young people “OK, they don’t want our stuff – but surely they today seem to have no interest whatsoever in havwant the memories from their childhoods that are TEA WITH TERESA ing their parent’s stuff to line (litter?) their nests. TERESAMALLAM still attached to the stuff?” asked one vendor last Most weekends (when they should be out playing weekend. golf, organic gardening or sitting on their mortgage-free decks “Don’t they care about that? I still have the rose pattern downing daiquiris) you see more and more of them, seniors china set my grandmother and I played tea parties with on a sitting there silently and stoically, tables filled with their stuff little oak table built by my granddad which had one leg too all around them. short and I had to put a wad of gum under it ...” Price stickers everywhere. She’s right of course. Memories are precious. But you can’t They try to sell their unwanted stuff (the stuff that their take memories to the bank. children have rejected) at garage sales – so their children don’t Boomers, be brutal with yourself. Be brave. Get tossing. have to deal with it at estate sales – and at antiques and colStart with the “ugly” World’s Best Mother mug painted in lectibles shows, consignment shops, and some of them even ceramics class by unsteady young hands and work your way open up their own second hand shops. up to the framed velvet Elvis painting hubby had to have as a Then they list their stuff on Kijiji and wait for their cellsouvenir of the trip to Las Vegas. phones to ring about ads they placed for their other stuff in It’s only stuff.

My brain is feeling even more fragmented than normal this week (a scary thought), so this time around is going to be a lot of short snippets. • The next time somebody tells you punctuation doesn’t matter, ask them if they’d prefer to be next to a man eating shark or a man-eating shark? • I spent some time on YouTube on the weekend looking at a subset of videos I get a kick out of. Singers being invited to join the Grand Ole Opry. It’s always supposed to be a surprise, and sometimes you can tell it is (check out John Conlee inviting Craig Morgan or Brad Paisley inviting Darius Rucker), but other times it looks like the invitee has figured ALLAN’S AMBLINGS out what’s happening ALLANWISHART before the actual question is asked (check out Randy Travis inviting Carrie Underwood). Still a lot of fun to see the reactions of the stars. • So does the Edmonton Oil Kings winning the Memorial Cup mean the city can keep up its signs proclaiming itself the City of Champions? Just asking, because the Oilers and Eskimos sure aren’t holding up their end of the bargain. • I was glad to see a couple of posts on Facebook this past week about other people seeing the problems some drivers have with Merge and Yield signs. Saw it again at my ‘favourite’ spot on Sunday, by Pine Centre, where a driver came straight through the Yield sign onto Highway 97, then stopped completely in the Merge lane onto Highway 16. It’s not that hard a concept, people. • Hands up, all those who thought the Toronto Blue Jays would be leading the American League East a third of the way through the season. OK, you can put your hands down now because (a) I can’t see them and (b) almost all of you are liars. I’m a huge Blue Jays fan, and even I can’t figure out how they’re doing it. I’m not complaining, mind you. • I find a lot of people who are fans of music from the 1960s are still surprised when I tell them who wrote R-E-S-P-E-C-T, the song identified with Aretha Franklin. It wasn’t Aretha, and it wasn’t a woman who wrote it. It was written by Otis Redding, the guy who had the huge hit with Dock of the Bay just before he was killed in a plane crash. Side note: The reason he whistles the last verse of Dock of the Bay is because he didn’t have a last verse written and figured he could re-record the song later. • As a side note to that one, Herman’s Hermits had a big hit with I’m Henry VIII, I Am. They apparently found the song in an old music book at a secondhand store and liked the fun tune. When they recorded it, they realized they only had one verse and the chorus, which is why lead singer Peter Noone says, “Second verse, same as the first.”

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A better bargaining system needed

rovince columnist Michael Smyth had the best comment regarding the ongoing dispute between the province and teachers. He said they should just appoint a mediator and spare the province “all the drama.” He hit the nail on the head. We’ve all been through this before … many, many times. Premier Christy Clark was also correct in her assertion that the bargaining system between the province and teachers is broken. There is no doubt about that. And while the acrimony between teachers and Victoria predates Clark’s time in the capital, she has to shoulder some of the blame for the dismal state of relations. It goes back to when the Liberals were first elected and Clark was education minister. She made no bones about it then that she did not like the state of the relationship. Now, with the BCTF armed with a Supreme Court ruling stating much of what the Liberals have done to the teachers was simply wrong, negotiations don’t seem to be going any better. It used to be easy for the Liberals to whip up public sentiment against the teachers. They were easy to pick on. Now, however, public opinion is going the other way. An online survey, conducted May 23-24 by Angus Reid, showed 41 per cent of respondents are most inclined to support teachers in the dispute, compared to just under one-third (30 per cent) who back the B.C. government. Support rises to just over half (51 per cent) among parents or direct caregivers of children in the school system compared to 28 per cent of parents who say they support government. One-fifth (22 per cent) of all respondents say neither side deserves support. 15 per cent of parents with children in public school feel the same way. So where does that leave us? The B.C. Teachers’ Federation has notified school districts it will continue rotating strikes around the province next week, as negotiations continue to settle their long-running dispute over pay and staffing levels. Prince George schools will be behind picket lines on Tuesday. The Labour Relations Board was to hear arguments Thursday on whether the school districts can cut teacher pay 10 per cent in response to the union’s withdrawal of services. Education Minister Peter Fassbender said Monday the government is looking for movement from the B.C. Teachers’ Federation on its wage and benefit demands, but isn’t going to impose another contract extension on the union. While Clark talks about fixing the bargaining system between the province and teachers, acrimony and labour disruption is the norm.

Green’s surprise The announcement that Mayor Shari Green would not spite seeming to have a united council working in lock-step, seek another term was a bit of a surprise to many. In Prince when it came to making the tough decisions, they collapsed George we have become used to having the same individual at decision time. Green should have realized that going in sitting in the mayor’s chair for several terms. The first break and taken some time to assess the probable stance of her in the pattern was the defeat of Mayor Dan Rogers by the fellow council members. There is a need of clear commitwell-planned, financed and vigorous campaign by Green in ment before proceeding with significant changes. The time the last civic election. was not taken to build that kind of commitment and thereby With the help of a little time and distance to gain perspec- ensured failure. A lot of time and money was spent for neglitive, she will still have her term in office firmly gible results. judged by the electorate. Did she do a good job Green does hold the prize for the alienation or a bad job of leading the city? of groups of voters. Her comments about city She had some high expectations going into workers and their performance during the the election and they were dashed fairly rapidly. exceptionally heavy snowfall may have even The civic bureaucracy is more of a huge oceanbeen true, but a good leader never criticizes the going freighter than a slick and maneuverable troops in the trenches no matter what. She cost speedboat. It takes a lot to get it to change its herself credibility and damaged the relationship direction and the manner in which it executes between the workers and their administrative the assorted tasks the administration is responbosses. That will heal in time. sible for. The Haldi Road rebellion was unnecessary. With one term as a councillor under her belt Mistakes were made by both the proponents prior to her run for the mayor’s chair, some and city administration. ONSIDE of her campaign promises were exceptionally The steamroller manner of the mayor only VICBOWMAN optimistic. made the situation worse. Some diplomatic Perhaps the promises she made during the run up to the discussion and patience would have solved the problem and vote were genuinely believed to be within the realm of the saved the residents of Haldi Road and the taxpayers of the possible. It was surprising to hear promises of reforms which city a significant amount of pain and money. would either simply be impossible or only achievable with a Mayors have very little power. They can only achieve their lot of effort or planning. Either those promises we insincere goals by patient understanding and courtship of both the or were naive. residents of the community and those who make it happen. The hiring of a new city manager was a positive step. Even It is a leadership basic. with only a year as the chief administrator of the city, Beth We will never know if she could have withstood a chalJames continues to appear both capable and determined. lenge from another competent individual in the election for It is the key position, which determines how effective the mayor this coming November. That will be a disappointment machinery of local government functions. We were excepto a significant number of citizens who were preparing to tionally well served by George Paul for many years and that help defeat Green at the polls. is the tough standard she must aim for. While some will take a dim view of her performance as The very costly consultant core review of the city and its mayor, we still owe her thanks for time, effort and service to operations did not have the anticipated value hoped for. Dethe community.

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Student disappointed by lockout Editor: Hello, my name is Victoria Schinkel. I’m nine years old and in Grade 4 at Pineview Elementary School. As everyone knows the teachers are on strike. Teachers are on strike because teachers want small classes and a fair wage. What confuses me is the lockout. In a lockout, teachers can’t be at school at certain times of the day or at lunchtime. That’s not very good because we won’t be able to go to school, and also field trips will cancelled so that means that track and field day for elementary schools is cancelled, and swimming lessons for the elementary schools is cancelled. Some people may know this already that the PGSS Drama

class is putting on Charlie and the Chocolate Factory and that will maybe be cancelled. It very sad for me that Charlie and the Chocolate Factory may get cancelled because I was going to be an ‘oopa loompa’ in the play (last year, I was in the PGSS show, Peter Pan). Also it would be a big disappointment to Ms. Finlay, the senior acting teacher, who has put a lot of time and money into the show. My mother is a teacher so, in the lockout, she is not getting paid as much so that means she’s losing money. This is very stressful for me and her. She worries about not helping students catch up on work and how they will feel when things are cancelled.

It is stressful for me because me and my friends will not be able to do lots of fun extracurricular activities. I want the government to listen to teachers and give them what they want, because what they want is what’s good for students and parents, too. My teacher, Ms. Davis is so nice and kind, and I feel bad for her that she is on strike. She deserves to be listened to by the government for what she wants. That’s what I think of the teachers being on strike. I wish Christy Clark would leave the teachers alone and give them what teachers want and the kids need. Victoria Schinkel Prince George

Enbridge’s advertising blitz isn’t working Editor: Full page (Enbridge) Northern Gateway ads appear regularly in the Vancouver Sun, Prince George Free Press and numerous other publications often accompanied with coloured pictures of salmon, huge cedar trees, whales and welders. Captions will often include such phrases as “a project that will build families and communities for generations” or “Partners in progress for the future.” Their many TV ads showcase pristine wilderness, majestic mountains and beautiful lakes. Northern Gateway is sponsoring numerous schmoozing events to ooze their way into communities. Obviously Enbridge feels the need to spend millions of dollars on their slick advertising campaign to convince the people of northern B.C. that this project is good for us. Why is this? Could it be because approximately 97 per cent of the joint review panel written and oral submissions were opposed to this project? Could it be because the majority of Kitimat residents said no in a recent plebiscite? Could it be because Smithers, Prince Rupert and Terrace city councils say no? Could it be because over 56 First Nations groups of the Fraser water shed and at least another 12 First Nations groups that live on the northwest coast say no? We still say no to Enbridge Northern Gateway. We have a democratic right to decide our future. Don’t forget, there is a federal election coming up in 2015. Steve Laing Prince George

Like a sick cow, put Bill 24 out of its misery Joan Sawicki Special to the Free Press Since the introduction of Bill 24, it has become clear that government either does not understand the potential negative impact of its actions upon agricultural land preservation, farmers and farm communities or knows exactly what it is doing but isn’t being upfront about it. The rationale for Bill 24 keeps changing, likely a direct result of the effectiveness with which British Columbians and the legislative opposition have discredited its every aspect. First, government said it was about shorter growing seasons in northern B.C. and too much ‘marginal’ land in the ALR, much of it forested. It took a substantive letter from a group of soil scientists and professional agrologists to explain that northern lands can be highly productive for specific crops and that the land’s ability to support agriculture has nothing to do with present land use. Then, government said two ALR zones were necessary to reflect the diversity of agriculture in B.C. During the establishment of the original ALR boundaries, over 300 public meetings were held throughout the province, many of them jointly by local government and the Land Commission. Part of that process was to ensure that the ALR protected lands that reflected the agricultural character of each region. In

Thompson, Cariboo and Omineca, for example, agriculture relies heavily upon so-called marginal ALR lands for forage production and grazing. Significantly, B.C. Cattlemen’s Association has expressed strong opposition to Bill 24. Government then took refuge in its message that Bill 24 is all about helping farmers make a living. However, of the example land uses cited that potentially could be allowed within the ALR in Zone 2, including fruit processing, agri-tourism and animal boarding kennels, a quick look at current ALC regulations confirms that all of these are either already permitted within the ALR or can be - and often are approved through the application process. Lack of consultation on Bill 24 has been a particular vulnerability for government and is reflected in its contents. On the day Bill 24 was introduced, Minister Bennett admitted it wasn’t done and offered his “mea culpa”. Since then, however, government has changed its message. Minister Letnick now maintains that the extensive discussions carried out by the ALC Chair in 2010 were part of the consultation on Bill 24. Really? Nowhere in the ALC chair’s report is there any recommendation to establish two ALR zones or any support for the regional panel model, which has already been tried and has failed in the past. Over the decades, the ALR has proven to be a valuable land use planning tool. There are many instances where the ALC and local government have worked together to

contain urban sprawl and ensure a positive environment for farming within the ALR. It is noteworthy that three of the five local government associations in B.C. and more than 15 individual municipalities or regional districts have either passed resolutions or submitted letters expressing concern at the lack of consultation or expressing outright opposition to Bill 24. I cannot think of another piece of legislation that has been so thoroughly thrashed from every angle as Bill 24. Not only has government not made its case on why these changes are needed or how they will fix what is perceived to be broken, but each rationale that government has offered has been discredited as effectively as the previous rationale. With the legislative and public debate of past weeks, Bill 24 has been left without a leg to stand on. Time to put it out of its misery. Either let Bill 24 die on the order paper or pass the Opposition amendment to send it to the Finance Committee for review and the consultation that is warranted, but was not done. Then, let’s get back on track and do what government says it is committed to doing – helping today’s farmers and safeguarding agricultural land for future generations. Joan Sawicki worked at the Land Commission during its formative years 1973-81; is a former MLA, Speaker and Minister of Environment Lands and Parks, and is currently a land use consultant living in Stuie in the Bella Coola Valley

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Datebook www.pgfreepress.com Friday Tribute to Don Messer’s Jubilee, June 6, 7 p.m., Our Saviours Lutheran Church. Tickets at Studio 2880 or charge at 1-855-7268896. 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 Nechako Public Market, Saturdays, 9 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.

“GIVE A LITTLE… GAIN A LOT!” CPSABC/Sportability Recreational Sports particularly indoor Boccia for disabled adults. Looking for volunteer coaches, 1 hr on Mondays. No experience required. Training provided. Judy 250-563-6749

PG Council of Seniors Resource Centre June 17 - Seniors Transit Tea, 10 am at Seniors Resource Centre, 721 Victoria St. Transportation issues or concerns? Learn about using the City bus, how and where to access the bus? Come have a cuppa with us. Pre-register 250-564-5888

PG Crimestoppers Board Members required for Fall AGM, and to assist with the Prince George hosting of the 2015 BC Crime Stoppers’ Conference. Judy 250-563-6749

PG Youth Soccer Assoc Volunteers needed for Scorea-thon and Active Start Soccer Fest. Email: ofﬁce@pgysa.bc.ca Len 250-564-5900

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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 Pancake breakfast, June 1, 9-11 a.m., Hart Pioneer Centre. 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 Canasta, June 2, 7 p.m., Hart Pioneer Centre. 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) 961-3477. 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.

Center City Toastmasters meet Tuesday, noon, City Hall Annex. Information: 9164. toastmastersclubs.org. Al-Anon PG Beginners AFG meets Tuesdays, 7-7:45 p.m., Knox United Church, 1448 Fifth Ave.

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ACBL duplicate bridge, Tuesdays, 7 p.m., 425 Brunswick St. Information: 250-5611685.

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Community Builder Norman Papick of the Fourth Degree Knights of Columbus organization presents Bernie Goold, executive director, St. Vincent de Paul, with a cheque recently for $2,000 to feed people in need.

Buddhist meditation class, Tuesdays, 7:15-8:45 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 250-563-5170.

Wednesday 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: Sondra 250-963-9462 or Andrew 250-981-8270.

Thursday Bingo, June 5, 12:30 p.m., Hart Pioneer Centre. Urban tree walk, June 5, 7-9 p.m., meet at The Exploration Place parking lot.. Whist, June 5, 7 p.m., Hart Pioneer Centre. Central Interior Darts Club, meets

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A U T O B O D Y LT D . 2065 - 1st Ave. • 250-563-0883 www.csninc.ca Thursday, 7 p.m., P.G. Legion, 1116 Sixth Ave. Crown Market, Thursday-Sunday, 10 a.m.-4 p.m., 3955 Hart Highway. Little Artists, Thursdays, 10:30-11:30 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: 250-5613244. 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.

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Trapped inside your own body - the ordeal that is ALS Teresa Mallam arts@pgfreepress.com Her mother, Ruth, died of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis at 49 without ever knowing she had the disease. That is not the only time that ALS, also known as Lou Gehrig’s disease, has struck Sharon Cairns’ family. “My mother was diagnosed with ALS in 1973 – 20 years before researchers found the first gene [SOD1] associated with the disease. Many doctors back then thought it better to tell family members the bad news, but not the patients themselves. “My mother knew that she was dying, she’d made out her will – but she didn’t know what her diagnosis was.” Cairns was 23. She wishes now the whole family had been able to have the discussion about ALS with her mother and have everyone share their views and emotions. Her aunt (her mother’s sister) also was diagnosed with ALS but much later in life, in her 80s. However it is her cousin, James Hunter, in his 50s, who has ALS and who Cairns says is “way braver” than she is because he is allowing the progression of his disease to be monitored and studied in the interests of medicine and hopefully finding a cure. “Jimmy now has only one function remaining. He can move his eyes from side to side and up and down, enough so that he can communicate by staring at individual letters on a computer screen until they form words and sentences – he keeps them short.” While her aunt died 40 years after her mother in 2012 at age 84, Cairns wants to keep the lines of communication open when it comes to talking about the cruel disease that took their lives. She feels certain that ALS researchers, such as at the Tanz Centre for Research in Neurodegenerative Diseases in Toronto, are “close” to finding answers about causes and potential cures for ALS. “We know this disease affects the nerves,” says Cairns, who’s researched the topic endlessly looking for information. “They’ve found that military soldiers and top athletes seem to have a higher incidence of ALS and researchers also believe that Alzheimers, Parkinson’s disease and ALS are all linked in some way. They all include death of nerves.” At the Tanz Centre, research is being conducted on all three diseases, in different parts of

the building, and because they’re being done in close proximity, findings can be compared leading to further discussions and studies. Dialogue among scientists, doctors, researchers, patients, families of those with ALS, and the general public remains an important tool for learning more about the disease, said Cairns. “Jimmy was diagnosed in 2009 at age 56 but he didn’t tell us until 2011. He requires 24-hour round the clock care. As with all ALS patients his senses are still there, his sense of touch, smell, sight, hearing and so on but he is unable to move his body or head (except his eyes).” Hunter has three daughters, a wife, friends and family members who visit him regularly. But some people with ALS have described their emotions as feeling trapped inside their own bodies and still feel alone and helpless. “Jimmy and my aunt have the SOD-1 gene so we assume mom had it and that my family has a 50 per cent chance of having it since this is a dominant gene. Members of my aunt’s family have all been tested by the research team to see if they also carry the gene (most have chosen not to know the results) and that knowledge will help with their ongoing research.” Sadly, Cairns knows that the next step for Jimmy in all this will be that eventually he will not be able to move at all, not even his eyes. “He has chosen to live so they can learn more about ALS and be a voice for fundraising for ALS research. He is so brave, way braver than I would be, that’s for sure,” she said. Teresa MALLAM/Free Press Most patients die of respiratory failure, she Sharon Cairns looks over a Macleans article (March 2014) about her cousin adds. And even though ALS affects as many James Hunter, who has ALS and is helping researchers at the Tanz Centre Canadians as does multiple sclerosis, Cairns for Research in Neurodegenerative Diseases in Toronto. believes we are not as informed about ALS • 50 per cent of people with ALS die • ALS is caused by a loss of mobecause the people who have it are “not around within 18 months tor neurons which are responsible for as long” to talk about it. • 80 per cent of people with ALS die voluntary muscle movements, such as “They have no voice,” said Cairns, who hopes within two to five years walking, talking, swallowing, breathing. the local walk for awareness and others across • It has recently been established that • Five to 10 per cent of cases are inCanada will help to change that. herited, a gene passed on from a family ALS is not only a disease of the body Prince George Walk for ALS is on Sunday, – 50 per cent of ALS patients develop member June 22 starting at the Fort George Park Band behavioural/cognitive impairment – 15 • 90 to 95 per cent of cases are spoStand. Registration is at 10 a.m. followed by a per cent of ALS patients receive a dual radic, no family history of disease short ceremony at 11 a.m. The walk starts at diagnosis of frontotemporal dementia • There is no known cure and no ef(FTD) which affects neurons of the fective treatment – yet 11:30 a.m. There will be a lunch available for brain causing changes in behaviour • The incidence of the disease is two purchase at 12 noon. At 12:30 p.m. there’s a (loss of empathy, impulsiveness) or per 100,000 people which is about the team kick-baseball game. changes in language (can’t find the same as multiple sclerosis This is a family event. right word, improper naming of things) • The number of Canadians living The symbol for ALS is the blue cornflower, • ALS and FTD are now considered with multiple sclerosis is 75,000 which is known for its hardiness and endurextremes of the same disease spec• The number of Canadians living ance. For more information visit www.walktrum with ALS is 2,500 to 3,000 forals.ca/bc. Source: University of Toronto, faculty • The average age of diagnosis is 55 There will be an ALS kickoff event June 7 at of medicine, Tanz Centre for Research years although the demographic apPine Centre Mall, from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. in Neurodegenerative diseases pears to be getting younger

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Active Minds aim of summer camps at UNBC Allan Wishart allanw@pgfreepress.com Seamus Hogan loves that special moment. “It’s amazing how much it’s worth it,” says the coordinator for this year’s Active Minds program at UNBC, “when their eyes light up.” Hogan and his team are going to elementary schools in Prince George between now and June 19 to show the students what the summer camps are all about. “One of the best responses we’ve gotten so far was at Vanway

Elementary, with the computer science part. They loved watching the robots battle.” Computer science is one of two streams which will be offered in one-week sessions in July and August, while a third stream will be mainly two-week sessions. The other one-week stream is science, which is split into four separate components of its own: Science PALS, Eco-Science, Healthy Life, and How to Engineer Everything. The third stream is theatre science, which is kind of new this year. “Last year,” Hogan says, “we

only had a two-week camp for acting. This year, we’re doing it for the full summer, and we’re bringing in elements like movement and stage design. The final two-week session will actually have the students writing and producing their own script.” He says the most important thing about Active Minds is exactly what the name suggests. “We get the kids excited about learning new things like science or theatre.” The first sessions start July 7. For more information, visit www.unbc.ca/active-minds or e-mail activeminds@unbc.ca.

Tulip Festival returns to Prince George on June 7 Allan WISHART/Free Press Nusdeh Yoh student Jessica Frederick lets her hoop-flyer sail Wednesday morning, as part of the science portion of an Active Minds demonstration at the school. Active Minds is a series of summer camps held at UNBC.

An important annual ceremony is being held June 7 at Veteran’s Square, City Hall to commemorate and celebrate Canada’s role in liberating the Dutch people in Holland in 1945. The event gets underway at noon and will be attended by dignitaries and the general public. “Near the end of the Second World War, the Netherlands, the country of my grandparents, was under siege by the Nazis. In that same year, Canadian soldiers liberated the country and restored freedom and democracy to the Dutch people. Every year around this

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time, the Dutch Canadian Tulip Commemoration is held in at Veterans’ Plaza to commemorate the liberation,” explains Prince George committee member Corey Walker. “In Holland the Liberation is celebrated on May 8, however in our northern climate, the tulips are not usually in full bloom yet.” The Dutch community is committed to honouring and remembering the Canadian soldiers who gave Holland its freedom, says Walker. “The tulips are a gift from the Dutch people to the Canadians and [they] have become an important symbol of friendship and giving in Canada. This year the ceremony will be held on Saturday, June 7 at Veterans Plaza in front of City Hall.”

Get local gardening help from book The combination of short temperate season and long hours of daylight presents a unique challenge for northern gardeners who hope to harvest before the autumn frosts arrive. Local author and master gardener Melanie J. Watts shares her wealth of knowledge in her new book, Growing Food in a Short Season: Sustainable, Organic Cold-Climate Gardening. “Published on the heels of one of the longest and coldest winters that most Canadians can remember, this book is a comprehensive guide for those that prefer an unstructured approach and want to maximize their growing time,” a May 16 media release says. “Long before words like ‘sustainability’ and ‘organic’ became buzz words, Watts always believed that good soil, sunlight and water were the ingredients for good food. In her new book she shares her strategy for growing

healthy and delicious food by working in cooperation with the natural seasons, cycles of day and night, weather and plant growth.” Watts offers advice on planting, maintaining and harvesting and shares simple ideas for enjoying the bounty of a garden all during the year. Her common-sense approach simplifies gardening making it easy for readers to adopt her tricks to hurry their own harvest. The book features photographs and a colour insert that illustrates her text. It is a garden-toplate guide for gardeners that includes tips on plant selection, recipes for seasonal bounty, information on pickling and preserves and detailed instructions for DIY cold frames and row covers. Watts has been a freelance writer since 1995 and organic gardener since 1986. A long-time resident of Prince George, she earned her master gardener certification in 2010. The book is published by Harbour Publishing. For more information, visit her website at www.northerngardenersalmanac. com. Watts will celebrate the launch of her new book Growing Food in a Short Season: Sustainable, Organic Cold-Climate Gardening with a presentation and refreshments at Books and Company Home Décor and Furniture Boutique on Third Avenue on June 250-564-7330 • 1511 S. Lyon St. (next to General Paint) OPEN: Mon.-Sat. 10-6 Friday 10-9 4 starting at 7 p.m.

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Painted piano takes stage at performance and reception to raise cancer funds temporary studio, local artists Karma Vance and Maggee Spicer are applying their creative talents this week to a very special project. They are using brightly

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coloured acrylic paints to bring to life several original floral sketches by Spicer. Some of the flowers are symbolic of the fight against cancer – daffodils and sunflowers. On Wednesday,

Vance was applying paint to twotoned pink tulips on a “board” while Spicer, working behind her, was completing bronze-toned sunflowers. When all the pieces of painted wood come together, they will take shape as a uniquely hand-painted and decorated piano to be placed in the B.C. Cancer Agency Centre for the North, adjacent to UHNBC. The idea for the painted piano came from local piano teacher Lori Elder whose students have “made her proud” with individual achievements and award-winning music festival performances. However, it is their caring for others and the volunteer hours her students devote to helping the community that impresses her the most, she says. “A concert event for the public to see the piano will be held at the Cancer Centre on Sunday, June 22. My students will be playing while visitors enjoy refreshments and see Prince George’s newest work of art, “

said Elder. Vance explains that it was Elder’s idea for the painted piano. “There is a tree in the cancer treatment centre, so Lori thought it would be fitting to have a piano in there with flowers at the base of it so it would look more like it [tree] does in nature – and that’s how the idea for floral theme came about.” Carla Highstead of 3-D Wood Design helped with the project by sanding, staining and lacquering the wooden pieces of the piano. The Painted Piano Concert and Reception is on Sunday, June 22 from 2 to 4 p.m. at Cancer Centre for the North, 1215 Lethbridge St., near Kordyban Lodge. Music and refreshments provided. Proceeds from the (June 22) sales of Elder’s cookbook ($20), a collection of favorite recipes contributed by her music students, and her CD of music ($10) will be donated to the Cancer Centre.

Teresa MALLAM/Free Press Karma Vance (foreground) works on some pink tulips while Magee Spicer “spices up” a row of sunflowers. Their Painted Piano will be on display June 22 at the Cancer Centre.

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Chapman said she will be seeing clients on a one-on-one basis, explaining the benefits of good bras and measuring their bodies properly. “Most women just want to find a good-fitting bra that’s not uncomfortable,” Chapman said. “What they don’t realize is that a good support bra is also important for blood circulation and enhanced lymph drainage.”

Chapman has over 200 bra sizes available for ordering, ranging from 30AA to 52KK. It’s likely that you’ll fit somewhere between those sizes. She offers these questions for women to ask themselves: • Do you have a drawer full of bras but none that fit comfortably? • Does your bust line “bounce” when you walk while wearing your “everyday” bra? • Do you overflow the cup of your bra? • Do your bra straps slip off your shoulders or dig into your shoulders leaving red and painful marks? • Does your bra ride up in the back because you tighten the straps to give you added support? • Have you ever begun an exercise class only to drop out because your breasts ached from lack of support while jumping or running? If you answer yes to any of these you are in need of a new bra, and a custom one could be the way to go.

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Health fair goes Sunday This year’s Kidney Foundation campaign includes the question: Could you lose 80 per cent of something without noticing? Kidney disease often progresses silently and can destroy up to 80 per cent of kidney function before any symptoms may be experienced. Are you at risk? Some of the risk factors include: diabetes, high blood pressure, heart disease, over 50 years old, family history of kidney disease, ethnic background that is Aboriginal, Asian, South Asian or African. There will be an interactive Health Fair presented by the Prince George chapter, B.C. Branch of the Kidney Foundation of Canada on Sunday, June 1 from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. at AiMHi gymnasium, 950 Kerry Street. Event highlights include targeted screening for

kidney function for those at risk, and lots of interactive activities including a children’s corner, community health partners information

tables along with blood pressure, blood glucose and cholesterol testing. From 1 to 3 p.m. there will be a panel discussion with special

guest speakers including physicians and kidney patients. For more information contact the Prince George chapter: Diane

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Disappear FOOD DONATIONS NEEDED! Saturday May 31st, 9 am – 5 pm Save-On-Foods stores 555 CENTRAL ST. WEST 5522 DOMANO BLVD. 100 – 1600 15th AVE & 3885 W AUSTIN ROAD will be having food donation drives. Come out and support your local food bank.

The Royal Canadian Legion Branch No. 43 is hosting the fifth annual Red Shirt Marathon, A Walk of Honour, on Saturday, May 31 at Fort George Park. The group will assemble at the bandshell. There will be 159 Canadian honour flags set up in the park for the fallen soldiers including one that has just been made for Master Cpl. Greg Matters. The flags are not often displayed in this large grouping, so it will be a moving sight. Three of the flags are currently set up at the Legion for three soldiers: Greg Matters, Matthew McCully and Darren Fitzpatrick.

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A flag is on order for fallen journalist Michelle Lang, a former reporter with the Prince George Free Press who was killed while working in Afghanistan. The five-kilometre walk or run starts at 10 a.m. Saturday. Proceeds raised will go to Winch House, a home for veterans, first responders and associate organizations. Registration is $20 and includes a red shirt. Pledge sheets are available through the Royal Canadian Legion, 1116 Sixth Avenue (phone is 250-562-1292). You can register at 9 a.m. on the day of the event.

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hears local concerns at meeting Allan Wishart allanw@pgfreepress.com Isobel Mackenzie heard the same concerns in Prince George as in the rest of the province. “The biggest concerns here echo those across the province,” said the Seniors Advocate for the Province of B.C. after a town-hall meeting in Prince George on Wednesday. “Questions of independence for seniors, support systems for those who need them, and the burden placed on caregivers.” There were some differences in the specific concern, she noted. “Here, there are concerns about a lack of affordable housing for seniors. In the Lower Mainland, the bigger question is the affordability of the housing.” Mackenzie was appointed to the advocate’s role in March, and has spent a lot of Allan WISHART/Free Press Isobel Mackenzie, left, the Seniors Advocate for the Province of B.C., greets Sylvia time in the past seven weeks travelling the Fowler of the Prince George Council of Seniors after a town-hall meeting Wednesday province, finding out what the concerns are afternoon at ECRA. of seniors and their families.

June is bustin’ out all over for local seniors Lola-Dawn Fennell Prince George Council of Seniors I love the month of June. My back yard is green again. My balcony garden is sprouting well, and I have lettuce nearly three inches tall already. The hummingbirds are back and busy both at the feeder and at terrorizing Miss Boots, the cat. June’s busy activity is so welcome after the long wait for spring. June is a busy month at our Seniors Resource Centre too. The P.G. Council of Seniors annual general meeting is on Tuesday, June 10 at the Hart Pioneer Centre. The Hart folks will be treating us to a catered lunch at noon, and then a “Show & Tell” tour of their facilities. Our AGM and election of officers will follow. Tickets are free, but must be picked up at our Seniors Resource Centre, 721 Victoria St., before Friday June 6. Did I mention there will be door prizes there? Did you know that paid-up members of any one of the five Seniors Activity Centres in town, or of several different retiree organizations, are automatically members of the P.G. Council of Seniors? All members in good standing have a vote at our AGM. If you are in doubt about your membership status, check with our Resource Centre staff at 250-564-5888. PGCOS is holding a Summer Raffle. First prize is a beautiful patio table with six chairs and an eight-foot umbrella. Second prize is a propane BBQ with a BBQ tool set. Third prize is a big 12-volt cooler on wheels. Tickets are $5 each, and are available now from the Seniors Resource Centre or PGCOS Board members. We are very grateful to Charis Counselling and Integris Credit Union for their donations to this fundraising raffle. Did I mention the big draw will take place at 5 p.m. at our Seniors Info Fair at the Exhibition on August 7? I can’t think of a better month to win any one of those great prizes! June 15 is World Elder Abuse Awareness Day. I’m sad to report that seniors are all too often victims of abuse,

and it’s wrong. PGCOS will have an Elder Abuse information display at the Pine Centre Mall on Thursday, June 12, and Friday, June 13. Drop by and learn more about this topic and how we can all work together to prevent it. Did I mention we will be handing out purple awareness ribbons? Pick one up there to wear! On a happier note, on Tuesday, June 17, between 10 and 11:30 a.m., our Resource Centre will be hosting a first-ever Seniors Transit Tea. Are you a senior who has been thinking about driving less, or perhaps giving up driving? Have you been wondering how you will get around? How to use city buses? Come have tea with us at 721 Victoria on the June 17, and while here, you will have the opportunity to actually board a city bus and address any questions you might have to a city transit driver. Did I mention there will be a free draw for two transit day passes? There will be. In addition to all of the above, we are also busy getting ready for our annual Seniors Info Fair on Thursday, August 7 at the BC Northern Exhibition (previously called the PGX). We have never had so much fun preparing for this event! This year, we will have a 1950s theme. Did I tell you my poodle skirt still fits? It does. Wow! With everything that’s going on in the month of June, I’m feeling the urge to retreat to my balcony with Miss Boots and a cold bevvie while I (at our Pine Centre location) recharge energy for July. Lola-Dawn Fennell is a young-at-heart grandmother, UNBC graduate ONE HOUR OPTICAL and general manager of the Spruceland Mall 250.564.0095 Prince George Council of Pine Centre Mall 250.564.0047 www.visionsoptical.com Seniors.

“Many seniors are expressing a profound desire for independence, whatever that may look like. I’m also hearing that they would like for the importance they still have in society to be acknowledged. “Many of them still volunteer in their community and care for others. They feel they still have an important role in society.” She told the group of more than 50 people at the meeting that there are changes she would like to see, some major, some not so much. “I get frustrated sometimes with the language we use in government. It could be simpler. “I was not a bureaucrat until seven weeks ago. Now, I’m finding out why checks and balances are needed, and why things sometimes take longer than we hope they would.” Mackenzie said there may be a major shift needed in residential care. “When we moved to one model of residential care, we solved one set of problems, but it now appears there re other problems we have to face.”

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Highway co-operative, Russman is open for business during their farmersâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; market which runs Thursday through Sunday. â&#x20AC;&#x153;We are like a family here,â&#x20AC;? she says. â&#x20AC;&#x153;We opened up (the market) in October and we had a snow storm so nobody could see our new signage, so we got off to a slow start. Now people are beginning to know we are here, the word is getting out and business is picking up.â&#x20AC;? Russman says she loves living in the Hart area because of the clean air and wide open spaces as well as the business opportunities. And when she is not dabbling in treasures, she is getting out her oil paints and canvas. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I also belong to the Artistâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Coop (also housed in the same building) and so I really enjoy that and I teach classes. It keeps me busy.â&#x20AC;? Russman is quick to point out that among her â&#x20AC;&#x153;familyâ&#x20AC;? of fellow vendors at the market located at 3955 Hart Highway, there is a wide variety of goods and gifts to appeal to all ages. A second-hand bookstore, a jewellery and giftware shop, a pottery studio and showroom, tea and spa store, country-style, â&#x20AC;&#x153;shabby chicâ&#x20AC;? boutique as well as baked goods sale in the front entrance. The Hart Highway market runs Thursday through Sunday from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.

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Things to consider before buying your next car Buyers often find the process of finding a new car fun. Test driving vehicles and playing with all of the gadgets that today’s increasingly tech-heavy vehicles have to offer can be akin to kids visiting a candy store and being given carte blanche to fill up their baskets. But as enjoyable as finding a new car can be, the financial commitment that such a purchase requires can make the process somewhat nerve-wracking as well. Buyers often assign the most risk to preowned vehicles, and rightfully so. But some buyers even regret their purchases after buying a new car, whether the car does not suit their lifestyle as much as they had hoped or the vehicle simply isn’t living up to the expectations drivers had for it at the time of purchase. Savvy buyers will consider the following factors before taking the keys to their next new cars. * Additional costs: Many new car shoppers plan to finance or lease their vehicles, but the down payment and monthly payment is not the only number buyers must confirm before buying a vehicle. After the purchase price and monthly payments have been figured out, the two most significant costs buyers must consider are insurance and gas. Some vehicles cost more to insure than others, and the cost of a policy will depend on more than just a buyer’s personal driving history. The vehicle’s safety features, where a driver lives and the type of vehicle, both its make and model and the category it fits into (i.e., sports car, luxury vehicle, etc.), are all going to be used to determine the cost of an insurance policy. Buyers also must consider how much a vehicle will cost to fuel up before making a final decision. Many a driver has grinned when driving a brand new SUV off a dealership lot, only to frown on that first trip to the filling station. Insurance companies typically provide free estimates to prospective customers, so do your homework on the different makes and models you’re considering, getting an insurance quote for each vehicle. In addition, consider the expected fuel costs of each vehicle before making a decision. * Reputation: Thanks to the Internet, today’s vehicle buyers have a valuable tool at their disposal that those of yesteryear rarely had: their fellow drivers. When considering certain makes and models, go online to see what fellow drivers and professional reviewers have to say about a given vehicle. Sites like Edmunds.com and Safecar.gov offer professional assessments of various makes and models, while various message boards exist to allow drivers to review the performance

of their vehicles. Such resources are invaluable and can paint a realistic picture of what it might be like to own and drive a particular automobile. * Resale value: While selling a car you don’t even own yet is probably not foremost on your mind, it is important to consider a car’s potential resale value before buying it. The high costs of new vehicles has pushed many buyers out of the new car market, making preowned vehicles a more affordable and attractive option. So considering a car’s potential resale value before buying it new is a smart move that can pay dividends down the road when you’re back on the market for a new vehicle. Kelley Blue Book (kbb.com) is a valuable resource to gauge the resale value of vehicles, and buyers can even calculate the resale value of a car over its first five years. This can help consumers determine which options to get on their new cars and even help to govern their driving habits in an effort to keep the vehicle’s resale value as high as possible. When buying a new vehicle, it can be tempting to buy the most visually stunning or gadget-heavy vehicle on the dealership lot. But buyers should consider more than just appearance and accessories before buying their next new car.

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Today’s diesel vehicles have been redesigned and reimagined, making them a growing commodity for buyers. While diesel cars and trucks were once the relative outcasts of the automotive consumer market, diesel passenger vehicles are now the center of newfound demand. One of the main draws of diesel cars and trucks is their fuel economy. Consumers focused on saving money and protecting the planet concurrently often find that diesel vehicles are more fuel efficient than vehicles that run on regular unleaded gasoline. Although diesel costs more at the pump than other fuels, drivers who fuel up with diesel gasoline can save around 30 percent through improved fuel efficiency over regular gasoline. That can add up to considerable savings over time. According to Rushlane, demand for diesel vehicles in the United States was just 3 percent in 2011. It is predicted to increase to a minimum of 10 percent during the next 10 years.

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NHL triple-overtime not even close The 2014 Memorial Cup set a tournament record with a semi-final game that lasted 102:32. The WHL record for the longest game is 136:56 (Kootenay over Kamloops 3-2 on March 25, 2003). This year’s Royal Bank Cup final in Vernon was completed in a measly 75:01 (Yorkton 4-3 in OT over Carleton Place). Yes, there are overtimes games of note, but reflecting back seven years ago, I am reminded of the “special” game at CN Centre, the longest I have ever experienced in person. While watching the Edmonton Oil Kings 4-3 victory over the Val-D’or Foreurs in this year’s HART BEAT Memorial Cup semi-final HARTLEYMILLER on May 23 (two days prior to the Oil Kings 6-3 championship victory over the Guelph Storm), I had flashbacks to the RBC semi-finals in 2007. The Oil Kings-Foreurs contest, which ended on a Curtis Lazar goal at 2:42 of triple overtime, did not measure up to the Prince George Spruce Kings 3-2 victory over the Camrose Kodiaks which concluded at 6:01 of the fifth overtime. That’s right, a breathtaking 146 minutes and one second of hockey. The game in Prince George began Saturday night and ended early Sunday morning, nearly six hours after the puck dropped as Jason Yuel, redirecting a pass from Tyler Helfrich, scored at 1:01 a.m. local time to give the Spruce Kings arguably the biggest

goal in team history. Later that same day, a weary Prince George team went on to lose the RBC final 3-1 to the Aurora (Ontario) Tigers. One realizes there’s always a chance in a playoff hockey game of overtime, and perhaps a lengthy OT, but I and the pro-Prince George crowd of 3,849 had no idea what was in store when we arrived to watch the RBC second semi-final on May 12, 2007. Since it was Saturday night that turned into Sunday morning, I was surprised that as many as a few hundred fans did not stay for the duration, although I would suggest that over 3,000 fans were left in the building when Yuel tallied the winning goal. The goaltending that night/morning will always be a highlight. Jordan White, who played 38 career WHL games, including 10 with the P.G. Cougars, had 89 saves for the host Spruce Kings, who were outshot by the Kodiaks 93-77. Camrose goalie Allen York settled for a paltry 74 saves. Camrose forced overtime on a goal with just 1:51 left in the third and White made arguably the save of the tournament with his glove off a Mike Connolly breakaway at the midway point of the first overtime. White, born March 12, 1988, went on to play university hockey for UBC and made headlines for signing a oneday amateur contract as an emergency backup goalie with the San Jose Sharks on January 20, 2011. So, how does the length of the

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game in Prince George compare to other multi overtimes? The Canadians Hockey League (CHL) has never had a game last so long. The American Hockey League (AHL), in its 78-year history, has never had a game take as much time, although the league had a five-overtime game in 2008 (Philadelphia Phantoms 3-2 over the Albany River Rats) but that was three minutes and three seconds shorter. The KHL in

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Russia has also never had a game that lengthy. The NHL, nearly 100 years old (founded November 26, 1917) has only had three longer games. The Detroit Red Wings beat the Montreal Maroons 1-0 on March 24, 1936 in the sixth overtime (total of 176:30). The Toronto Maple Leafs edged the Boston Bruins on April 3, 1933, also in the sixth overtime (total of 164:46). The Philadelphia Flyers doubled the Pittsburgh Penguins 2-1 on May 4, 2000 as Keith Primeau scored the winner in the fifth overtime period (total of 152:01). That Flyers-Penguins second-round series game was just six minutes longer than the Spruce Kings-Kodiaks game. After doing post-game interviews, I took the short walk home leaving CN Centre at 1:30 a.m. I had never been on the streets of Prince George that late and haven’t been since. Yet, I wasn’t concerned about safety because my mind was pre-occupied with a mind-boggling game in P.G., one that likely will never be duplicated. Granted that triple overtime Memorial Cup semifinal game one week ago was long and entertaining, but I can state first-hand it still pales by comparison to the 2007 Spruce Kings five overtime 3-2 dramatic win over the Kodiaks. Hartley Miller is the sports director for radio station 94X. He also writes for hqprincegeorge.com. Send along a quote, note, or anecdote to miller@94xfm. com. Follow him on twitter: @Hartley_Miller

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Rustad was there at opening Allan Wishart allanw@pgfreepress.com On May 24, 1949, Laurie Rustad and his brother were working on their sawmill. “In the afternoon,” Rustad, 87, remembers, “we decided we should go out and get coffee. He suggested we see what the new golf course looked like.” That was his first visit to the current location of the Prince George Golf and Curling Club, but not his last. “When it opened, it was nine holes with sand greens,” Rustad says, sitting in the clubhouse almost exactly 49 years later. “It had been down in Fort George Park before that.” He never played the course when it was in Fort George Park, but remembers a friend of his, Bill Blackburn, who made some money at the course. “If he saw a car heading down the road to the course, he’d jump on his bike and get down there to caddy for them. “Three of the holes ran along the river, so he made some money retrieving and reselling balls too.” Rustad didn’t have a lot of time to golf with his work commitments with the sawmill, but joined the club in about 1951. A few years later, he was ready to help with an expansion. “By 1960, they had grass greens. Harold Priddy was the club pro then, and I asked him when they were going to put the other nine holes in. “He showed me the plans they had drawn up for the rest of the course.” Fate played nicely into the hands of the course. “We had a couple of Cats we’d been using, but we finished the work we needed them for. One of them needed some work on its transmission, but when that was done, we donated it to the club to clear three of the holes. The fellow at the shop had it hauled out to the course for free, and another company donated the fuel.” Ken and Willy McDermid brought their own Cat in later and did three more holes, and the club had the funds to do the last three itself. “It was a pretty big chunk of land back then,” Rustad says, as he and son Kirk discuss what changes the course has seen since going to 18 holes. “No. 18 is in the same place as the old No. 9,” Laurie says. “What’s now No. 16 was pretty much No. 5.” The biggest changes to the course came as the

Allan WISHART/Free Press Laurie Rustad stands on the verandah of the Prince George Golf and Curling Club, a venue he first visited when it opened on May 24, 1949.

club sold off parcels of land, including some where Pine Centre Mall now sits. Rustad still gets out about three times a week, and has made a few concessions to the years. “I ride a cart now. I don’t think I could last too long if I had to walk the course. It’s a pretty good group we play with.” Rustad didn’t leave the club when winter set in, as he was also an avid curler. “I was on a rink with Kevin Smale that won two Kelly Cups, and he was also my skip when we won a provincial seniors title.”

Prince George gymnasts excel at zones The Prince George Gymnastics Club had a lot of athletes in Fort St. John on the weekend for the Zone 8 Championships, and came back with a lot of great results. In the Level 1 Argo/Tyro division, locals took six of the top eight placings in the all around, led by Sydney Doyle in second. She was followed by Hannah Gould (third), Jade Jacobs (fourth), Rachel Massey (fifth), Kaylee Oberg (seventh) and Ilyana O’Beirne (eighth). Gould was the only one in the group to win gold on an individual apparatus, earning top marks on bars. In Level 1 Novice/Open, Prince George gymnasts swept the top five all-around spots, led by Kayla Hanson, who also placed first on vault, bars and beam. Madison Boomhower was second in the all around and first on floor. Ella Cole (third), Sydney Casey (fourth) and Monica Bronowski (fifth) rounded out the local contingent. Sydney Hamilton topped the all-around standings in Level 2 Argo/Tyro, and also finished first on bars and floor. Farrah Normand was sixth in the all around, and Dallyn Long was eighth. Long took first place in vault. The all-around title in Level 2 Novice/Open went to Amy Hackle, who also won on the floor. Emily MacDonald was first on beam and second in all around; Samantha Thomas won the bars and was fourth in all around; and Rachel Scheutz was sixth in all around. Rhiana Palfy won the Level 3 Novice/Open all around, with Naraa Little and Jaymie Hinks tied for

second, Mekenna Parker fourth, Tianna Millns fifth and Reid Powers seventh. Anna MacDonald finished fourth in Level 4 all around.

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Coaches hit track – and field Allan Wishart allanw@pgfreepress.com About 25 young track and field athletes got some top-notch instruction Saturday at Masich Place Stadium. Tessa Gray-Burnett and Robyn Webster, both Level 3 coaches, were in the city for a clinic hosted by the Prince George Track and Field Club. Gray-Burnett focused on sprints and hurdles, while Webster worked with the youngsters on jumps, including pole vault. This wasn’t the first time the pair of coaches had been to Prince George. “We were here for a clinic like this last year,” Gray-Burnett said. “A few of the kids here today I recognized from last year, but it looks like a younger group, which is good.” She was working with about a dozen athletes on hurdles, and noted it was still an event just getting started in Prince George.

“You can see some of them had done it before, but they’re all pretty raw still. The biggest problem I’ve been seeing is them jumping around the hurdle instead of straight over the top. “They’re not attacking the hurdle. There’s a real rhythm to hurdling.” She said the group she was working with were picking up the things she was explaining, but this was just the beginning. “There are a lot of technical details they can learn as they get more experience, such as hand positioning.” She also mentioned hurdles as a good event for young track athletes. “Not so many kids do hurdles, so it may be easier to get on your school team or local team if you train at it.” When the training session was over, she noted, she and Webster still had some work to do. “We always have a debriefing session with the local coaches. We talk about what the kids are doing right and what they need to work on, suggest ways to help them.”

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Guillet back for PGARA opener Sheri Lamb Special to Free Press Darin Guillet’s return ride at PGARA Speedway last weekend was just like old times – with a few more crevices to navigate around. “It’s a little rougher than I remember,” said Guillet. “I like to say it has a little more character then it’s had in the past. It just adds to the challenge of racing.” Guillet started driving bomber cars at the PGARA track in 1990 and continued to rev his motor there until he moved to Calgary in 2000. He returned to his old stomping grounds Saturday for the start of the 2014 race season at PGARA. The race track experienced a paint job during the off season and has a new chain fence to separate spectators from their favourite cars. Since he last drove on the PGARA course a decade ago, Guillet has traded in his car for a truck, returning with the Super Truck Racing Series. Despite all the changes, Guillet discovered he still had a handle on the track well enough to set the fastest time, 16.969 seconds, for the night. “That was kind of a surprise for all of us, even myself,” said Guillet. In the main event Guillet wasn’t as fortunate, placing fifth in the 100-lap race which ran under several caution flags due to minor accidents, debris on the track or other mechanical issues. Guillet was well acquainted with the winning 74 truck driven by Wade Lee, since he drove it last year to a third-place finish in the points championship and had driven for the Morros brothers, Bob and Steve, since 2007 before deciding to take this summer off to spend more time with his family. “I have a busy summer and wanted to make some other commitments to my family and spend time with them,” said Guillet, adding his daughter Danielle will graduate from high school in June and then in July it’s his 25th wedding anniversary. “I did put my name out there that I was available to some other teams if they needed a driver for a few events.” When Jamie McClennon – the 2013 points champion – asked Guillet if he’d drive his 33 championship car in Prince George it seemed too good

an opportunity to pass up. As it turned out though, it was too good to be true. When it came time for Guillet to make the trip to Prince George, the 33 truck wasn’t ready, so McClennon offered his old 48 truck. “It’s a little bit older, been around a little bit, but at least it’s a truck and we’re here racing,” said Guillet. “I’m just happy to be back at PGARA.” Guillet said if he’d had more time to work on the old truck he might’ve challenged for a top three finish, though it was highly unlikely he’d have beaten the 74. Another thing making the return to PGARA special for Guillet was it was the Turgeon Memorial, celebrating the lives of Roger and Corrine Turgeon who passed away two years ago and last November, respectively. “Roger really guided me along in a lot of different ways,” said Guillet. “He’d been around a long time and when I was driving correctly or driving a little over my talent at that time he’d be the first one over there smacking me upside the helmet. He would talk to me, though, and tell me what I did wrong. He was an important influence in my racing career.” It may have been fate that brought Guillet back to his hometown on the night the Turgeons were remembered. Guillet said he thought his racing career had come to a halt in 2006 when he decided to sell his CASCAR team after a race in Quesnel left him with carbon monoxide poisoning. “I was quite sick for a while and at that time made a decision to hang up the helmet,” he said. He became aware something was wrong when during the race in Quesnel his spotter, sensing something wasn’t right, asked him to make a pit stop where it was realized Guillet had a bleeding nose and his speech was slurred. Guillet was checked out at the local hospital and then flew home to Calgary where his wife became alarmed with his condition and insisted he go to the hospital where he was diagnosed with poisoning. “I don’t really remember much about that day,” said Guillet. “It was a good solid six months before I started feeling more myself.” Just as Guillet was getting accustomed to the idea of not spending his summers racing, the Morros brothers

Sheri LAMB/Special to Free Press Darin Guillet takes a lap of the PGARA Speedway on the weekend. Guillet, who now calls Calgary home, was back for the season opening races.

approached him about driving for them in the Super Truck Series. “That really rejuvenated my racing career, not just back into racing, but for a top quality team,” he said. “We had success winning races from day one.” Guillet was named rookie of the year after his first season in the Super Truck Series and he hasn’t thought about hanging up his helmet since. He reduced the number of races he’ll do this year – probably three or four – but he admitted he’s not looking at retirement, though he does like setting his own schedule. During the intermission at PGARA on Saturday night Guillet and the other seven Super Truck drivers signed autographs and posed for pictures for the kids in the audience.

“Seeing the kids with smiles on their face reminds me a lot of me when I was a little kid coming to the races and looking at the race car drivers – in our eyes they were superstars,” said Guillet. “We’re just a bunch of nobodies, but to the kids they think it’s neat. I’m grateful all the fans came out for this; it was fantastic.” ••• For the regular drivers at PGARA the opening day was also a double points event. In the street stocks, James Lewis swept the trophies for the main event, heat and B-dash. Dave Adrian took home the trophy for the A-dash, before he was spun out during the main event and had his car towed off the track. There were seven cars signed up for street stocks.

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The most exciting race of the evening was the main event in the mini stock class as a father and son battled side by side until the elder family member took the checkered flag after the final turn. For Lawrence Barks it was his second victory of the night after taking the heat over his son Devin. Nathan Linfitt, the 2013 points champion, won the fourcar dash. Only two cars were entered in the hornets race (rookie drivers with under three years experience). Keely Rommel earned the trophy for the dash and squeaked out a win in the heat, but lost the main event to first-time driver Gary Howard. The next race day at the PGARA Speedway is Saturday, June 14 for the annual ASA OK Tire Challenge.

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Pisces make splash in pool Allan Wishart allanw@pgfreepress.com Jessica Ballantyne saw a lot of good times posted at the Aquatic Centre on the weekend. Now she just hopes that can continue. “We had a ton of personal bests,” the coach of the Prince George Pisces Swim Club said after the team hosted a meet on the weekend. “I hope it sets the pace for a good season for a lot of the swimmers. “It sets the bar high for the rest of the summer.” Ballantyne said she could see some common themes for swimmers who set a large number of personal bests at the meet. “A lot of them are at the ages where they’re going through a growth spurt. They’re getting bigger and stronger. It’s going to be exciting to see how they do when they get more used to their new body shape.” She was also pleased to see consistency in the times the swimmers were putting up. “Some of them would set a personal best in the morning, then be a second or two slower in the afternoon. That’s OK, this was the first meet of the season, and they’re not strong enough yet to do the full-day meets.” The same, she found, applied to the coaches. “With all the running around, keeping track of swimmers, doing some swimming ourselves, by the end of Saturday, the coaches were exhausted.” Ballantyne and coaches Ariel

Allan WISHART/Free Press Benjamin Shand of the Prince George Pisces comes up for air during a butterfly race at the Aquatic Centre on Sunday.

Gilbert and Emily Fuller all won aggregate awards at the meet, with Ballantyne winning gold in Division 7 Girls, while Gilbert won the Division 6 Girls and Fuller took bronze in the same division. Pisces swimmers did well in many of the divisions. Noah St. Rose won gold and Wesley Arrowsmith silver in Division 1 Boys.

Eva Gobbi won Division 2 Girls. Benjamin Cook took bronze in Division 2 Boys. Locals swept the top three spots in Divsions 3 Boys, with Kyle Hicks winning gold, Jacob Beaman silver and Donovan Evans bronze. In Division 4, Matthew Shand won the Boys title while Kyra Arrowsmith took bronze on the Girls

side. Ben Shand claimed gold in Division 5 Boys with Jonah Gilbert taking the bronze, and Michael Jurjevich won gold in Division 6 Boys. In Division 8 Boys, David Dunn won gold and Dave Fuller bronze. Next up for some of the Pisces is a meet in Dawson Creek this

weekend. “I think it will be a very small team,” Ballantyne said. “It’s mostly the ones who want to hit every tournament they can.” She expects a larger team will take the trip to Quesnel later in June. The next home meet for the Pisces is the regional meet, set for the August long weekend.

Barracudas break club records at international swim meet in Vancouver None of the half-dozen Prince George Barracudas at an international swim meet in Vancouver on the weekend made the podium, but four of them made sure they got their names in the club record book. The six local swimmers were attending the Mel Zajac Jr. International, a longcourse meet, with 59 teams competing. The Barracudas finished 19th in the team

standings. It was a big weekend for Hannah Esopenko, as she set new club records in both the 100 and 200 breaststroke for 13 and 14 year old girls, and also qualified for the first time for the Senior Nationals in the 200. Julie Wing, swimming in the same division as Esopenko, also set a club record, with hers coming in the 200 backstroke.

Katie Mann posted three new top marks in the senior women division, as she set records in the 200 breaststroke and 200 and 400 individual medley. The final new club record was set in the senior men 200 freestyle by Sterling King. Mann, Esopenko and Patricia Fortier were the only members of the Barracudas to make an A final (top eight) at the meet.

Mann finished fifth in her 400 IM, while Fortier (400 IM) and Esopenko (200 breaststroke) each finished eighth. Haley Black, swimming one of her last meets for the Barracudas before heading to Western Kentucky University for the next school year, finished first in the B final in the 200 butterfly and first in the C final in the 100 backstroke.

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