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Crushers crush all opponents Clearwater Crusher Karter Romeo winds up for a pitch during the U16 provincial championships held in Clearwater over the weekend. The Crushers will now continue on to the BC Summer Games on July 18 in Nanaimo. Romeo has been chosen to play in the Canadian National Championships in Fredrickton, NB on Aug. 6. Two local teams also competed in the U12 provincials in Clearwater on the weekend. For more about both tourneys, see page A11 inside. Photo by Keith McNeill
The grandson of Wells Gray visits Wells Gray Park Keith McNeill
John Hogg, the grandson of Wells Gray, relaxes with his wife Linda at Garden View Cottage Bed and Breakfast before going to visit the park named after his grandfather. Photo by Keith McNeill
Wells Gray Park had an unusual visitor last week – John Hogg, the grandson of Wells Gray. Hogg’s grandfather passed away while he was still a child but he heard about him often when he was a young boy and worked as a page in the Legislative Assembly in Victoria. He also heard about the park that was named after Wells Gray, but he never visited it until now. His only memento of his mother’s father is a pocket watch that was given to Wells Gray by the grateful citizens of
New Westminster. Hogg spent most of his life working as a lawyer for the provincial government. His father and his father’s father both were lawyers as well, he noted. He believed this was the first time in B.C. history that three generations practiced law in the province. After Hogg retired he went to work for the Tsawwassen First Nation. He was quite impressed by the chief they had the time, he said. After that, he went back to work again for a while in Ireland. Now retired for a third time, he and his wife, Linda, were on a
driving tour of western Canada, going as far east as Winnipeg, Manitoba, before heading back for their home in Victoria. “I said we had to include this in our itinerary,” he said of visiting Wells Gray Park. The couple spent the day of July 3 visiting the park. They enjoyed their time there and even saw two bears. According to Wikipedia, Arthur Wellesley Gray was born in New Westminster in 1876. He was a skilled lacrosse player and was a member of the New Westminster Salmonbelly Club when it won the world championship in 1900.
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He served as councillor and then mayor of New Westminster, then was elected MLA – and reelected four times. As Minister of Lands he was responsible for the creation of several of B.C.’s first parks, including Tweedsmuir, Hamber, and Manning parks. In 1939 he helped create Wells Gray Park, which was named after him. The following year he spent four days touring the park, visiting Helmcken Falls, camping at the Horseshoe for two nights, and boating on Mahood Lake. Wells Gray passed away from a heart ailment in 1944.
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Speed limits going up around B.C. Manning Park West to Allison Pass, 90 to 100 km/h from Revelstoke to Golden and 100 to 110 km/h on Highway 97C from Merritt to Aspen Grove. In northern B.C., 52% of people taking part in public consultation did not support speed limit increases, and that region will not see changes. All other regions had support, the highest in the Lower Mainland at 81%. RCMP opposed increasing speed limits on rural highways. ICBC representatives also expressed safety concerns, and will monitor areas with higher limits to see if the severity of crashes increases. Ministry statistics show the number of serious crashes on pro-
of rural provincial highway totalling 1,300 are getting higher speed limits. Transportation Minister Todd Stone said limits are being raised where traffic studies show the vast majority of traffic is already going faster than the posted limit. A pilot project will test variable speed limits depending on volume and weather conditions. Digital signs that can display different limits will be tested on sections of the Trans-Canada, Coquihalla and Seato-Sky highways. The Sea-to-Sky Highway gets an increase from 80 to 90 km/h from Horseshoe Bay to Squamish. Other increases are 80 to 100 km/h on Highway 3 from
By Tom Fletcher Black Press The B.C. government is raising speed limits around southern B.C., including a new 120 km/h limit on three remote stretches of divided four-lane highway. The new maximum applies to the Coquihalla Highway from Hope to Kamloops, the Okanagan Connector (Highway 97C) from Aspen Grove to Peachland and Highway 19 from Parksville to Campbell River. The Coquihalla sections get new 120 km/h signs this week, and more changes will roll out this summer as sign crews put up new limits. In all, 35 sections
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District of Clearwater town council wants staff to bring back more information on the legalities of zoning and secondary rental units. Council gave the instruction to staff during its June 17 meeting, with results due back be October. The District has received a zoning application that wold allow a mobile home to be placed on a residential property for the care of the owner's parents, explained councillor Merlin Blackwell. Present zoning regulations require that there be a doctor's note before such a variance be allowed. If the parents' health improves then, theoretically, the doctor's note would no longer apply and the mobile home would have to be removed. “We need to look at this again, with an aging population,” Blackwell said. “It would be better if people didn't have to wait until the situation becomes critical.”
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Original Robert Bateman painting goes on display at Clearwater Interior Savings Submitted “Clearwater has a new art gallery,” quipped local resident Trevor Goward as he handed a painting by renowned wildlife artist Robert Bateman to Gina Walchuk, Clearwater branch manager at Interior Savings. Titled ‘The Eagle,’ this study of an adult bald eagle was recently donated by the artist for use as grand prize in this summer’s Wells Gray Kids-in-Wild-Nature Treasure Hunt – also known as ‘Kids-Wild’. Interior Savings will display the Bateman painting in the Clearwater Branch for the duration of the treasure hunt, which runs through the summer into October. “We’re really excited about this year’s treasure hunt,” said Goward. “The prizes are amazing.” First prize is this original painting by Robert Bateman or $3,000. Second prize is the winner’s choice of one of six paintings by local artist Doris Laner or $700. “Kids-Wild was originally designed for young people who
enjoy getting out with family and friends to explore the out-of-doors, but we’re just as pleased to have participation from the young at heart of any age.” Participants need to solve 10 clues linked to 10 Wells Gray hiking trails. The clues appear in two Wells Gray guidebooks – one by Cathie Hickson on roadside geology, the other by Trevor Goward on the park’s natural history. Both books are now available at the Wells Gray Infocentre. Proceeds from sale of the books – which cost $10 each – go to help kids connect with wild nature at the Thompson Rivers University Wilderness
Centre, in Upper Clearwater. “On behalf of the organizers of the Kids-Wild treasure hunt,” said Goward “I’m delighted to thank Interior Savings for going that extra mile to make our grand prize available for viewing.” The painting can be viewed at the Clearwater Branch of Interior Savings during office hours from Tuesday through Saturday.
New passing lane to improve road safety on Highway 5 VALEMOUNT - A $1.63 million contract has been awarded to Dawson Construction of Kamloops to design and construct a new southbound passing lane on Highway 5, 55 kilometres south of Valemount near Chappell Creek, KamloopsNorth Thompson MLA Terry Lake and Prince GeorgeValemount MLA Shirley Bond announced recently. This new passing lane is intended to make travel along this corridor safer and more efficient for commercial and recreational traffic. This project builds on work completed on a
passing lane near Blue River last year. As an integral part of the national and provincial highway system, Highway 5 is a main north-south route in southern B.C., connecting the southern Trans-Canada Highway No. 1 and the northern Yellowhead Trans-Canada Highway No. 16. “This is welcome news for all motorists travelling on Highway 5,” Kamloops-North Thompson MLA Terry Lake said. “This passing lane will help improve traffic flow and provide better passing opportunities for travellers helping them arrive at their
Trevor Goward (l) of the Wells Gray World Heritage committee presents Gina Walchuk, manager of Interior Savings Credit Union’s Clearwater branch, with an original painting by Robert Bateman for safekeeping. The painting is first prize in two treasure hunts being held this year to help mark the 75th anniversary of Wells Gray Park. Photo by Keith McNeill
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“ When I hear music, I fear no danger. I am invulnerable. I see no foe. I am related to the earliest times, and to the latest.” - Henry David Thoreau, writer editorial by keith mcNeill
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Time to sign up for again for Birthday Calendars Editor, The Times:
For 45 years the folk in the communities of Clearwater, Vavenby and Birch Island have been enjoying the Community Spirit Birthday Calendars. The sale of these calendars have supported many projects over the years. First introduced by the Lions Club, then organized through the Clearwater Festival and Events Committee, these calendars now support the projects and programs of the North Thompson Aboriginal Cultural Society. Located near Clearwater Post Office, the Aboriginal
Center offers tourists and locals a glimpse into the handiwork of local artisans while also hosting a small museum. We honor National Aboriginal Day by hosting a community wide celebration. We’ve recently started to take care of the Food Forest in our area of town, and offer support and conversations with local on everything from learning a simple craft to listening to the stories of everyday existence in the valley. The Community Spirit Calendar hangs in the hallway of our home. Each morning, when I pass by, I note the names of the friends celebrat-
ing a birthday or anniversary and send a little thought of good health and wellbeing out to each of you. If I need a local phone number, I head for the calendar as well; for, we are supported by local advertisers, and in exchange – our family chooses to support those businesses as they easily come to mind. Do stop by the Aboriginal Center to learn more about the Birthday Spirit Calendar and to get in our supporters draw. All are welcome at the Aboriginal Cultural Center.
Cheryl Thomas NT Aboriginal Center
Nature for Kids to be held this Saturday Editor, The Times:
This summer has turned out to be an extralong one for the kids. If you want some help keeping the young people in your life active and engaged, tune into the Wells Gray Rocks event series to find a whole list of activities that will help make your summer one to remember. The Wells Gray World Heritage Committee, Thompson Rivers University, BC Parks, North Thompson Arts Council and Wells Gray Park Information Center are teaming up to help celebrate Wells Gray Park’s 75th birthday by hosting talks, walks and arts and cultural events that highlight many of the special features of our valley and Wells Gray’s amazing geologic heritage. The next event in the series is NATURE FOR KIDS. Bring the kids to the Upper
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Clearwater Community Hall on July 12 from 10 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. Many wonderful presenters are going to be there. Kids will learn about animal skulls, tracks, geocaching, early pioneers, and more! The famous sandwich table is back – complete with dried seaweed and garlic peas. By the end of the day kids will have started a nature journal and made a beautiful craft. Kids of all ages are welcome. Please call the Wells Gray Information Center at 250 674 3334 to register. You can also check out www. wellsgraypark.info and don’t forget to like the Facebook page at www.facebook.com/wellsgraypark for regular updates on all events. Bring your sense of wonder and adventure and we will see you this Saturday.
Tay Briggs Wells Gray World Heritage Committee
Don't worry too much about global warming. Nuclear proliferation and the arms race? Trifling matters. Overpopulation? Hardly worth mentioning. What we really should be concerned about, according to James Barrat in his book, “Our Final Invention: Artificial Intelligence and the End of the Human Era,” is our own machines taking over the world. This is not a new idea but it is one end-of-the-world scenario that hasn't received much attention recently. It's all about the “singularity”, the point at which our artificial intelligence matches and then exceeds the intelligence of our own brains. According to Barrat, the term was first used in this context by science fiction author and mathematician Vernor Vinge. Vinge compares the singularity to the boundary of a black hole in space – we simply can't see what happens beyond the event horizon. Similarly, we cannot predict what will happen once we share this planet with beings more intelligent than us. Other authors have treated the singularity as something that will be wonderful and positive. We shouldn't be so optimistic, says Barrat. Looking at human history, when an advanced technology met with a more primitive one, the outcome often was not good for the latter. Interestingly, any self-improving system, no matter what its original goal, will develop four drives: efficiency, selfpreservation, resource acquisition, and creativity. Simply pulling the plug therefore would not work. A super-intelligent computer that
seeks to perfect itself as a chess player would, for example, find ways to prevent its being unplugged because that would interfere with its game. Having identified the problem, Barrat is not very clear on solutions. One suggestion has been that artificial intelligence be required to have a “friendly to humans” drive programmed in. This ignores the fact that a lot of the AI research now going on is being done by the military in various nations and so is very unfriendly to at least some humans. We human beings do not seem to be intelligent enough to solve the global problems that threaten us, and so we likely do need some super-intelligence to help us out. What that will mean to the 7 billionplus human beings on this planet when robots take over their jobs is not clear. Possibly the best we can hope for is that our super-computer descendants recognize human beings as valuable sources of information about life. We do represent four billion years of evolution, after all. Our super-computer descendants will seek to acquire matter-energy resources, but the richest sources for those are in Outer Space. They also will want information resources, and the richest source for that would be the Earth – an intact Earth. Perhaps we can envisage a “Garden Planet” scenario, in which the Earth is kept as a nature preserve or park. We already have places like Wells Gray Park set aside to preserve the mountain caribou and other species. Perhaps, in the future, our whole planet will be set aside to preserve us human beings.
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Do you support the government's increasing the speeds on some B.C. highways?
Bill Dandy: Yes,
I do. The cars are built safer and faster. A few years back, speed limits were 80 miles per hour and we had great big cars and they burned a lot of fuel. Now they get 60 miles per gallon.
Drew Pearse (Edmonton, Alberta): If you
increase the speed you improve the traffic flow, but you have to be careful when you pass. There are a lot of daredevils out here.
Korall Brunner:
No, but I don't think anybody pays any attention to them anyways. I drive to Kamloops twice a week and it's unbelievable how fast everybody drives.
Logging in Upper Clearwater Editor, The Times:
I sure am getting tired of listening to people who can’t see the forest for the trees! The Crown land between Spahats Creek and Wells Gray Park belongs to all the people of B.C., not just the few radicals who are making a lot of noise about nothing. A compromise as to whether community forests or Canfor does the logging is stupid. Who cares? It is still being logged! If you want to enhance the corridor to Wells Gray Park, start by fixing the road. Before you chastise
Canfor about “corporate greed”, you’d better think about what Canfor means to Clearwater: what taxes are brought to the town, what jobs are created, and what spinoff business is brought in. The environmental movement is very quick to want logging stopped, but it fails to remember what made the province as it is today. All the so-called environmental scientists agree that carbon emissions from vehicles are the main cause of global warming. Forget the moratorium on logging; I say we need a moratorium on tourism!
Consider the emissions from airline flights to and from Europe and Asia, and the millions and millions of tonnes of carbon being expelled into our ever-sosensitive environment by buses and motorhomes. As for the so-called environmental scientists, remember that a weekend crash course in civil disobedience and a protest march or two do not constitute a doctorate in environmental science.
Jim Lamberton The Rambling Man Blackpool, B.C.
Vanessa's Law healthcare bill incomplete Editor, The Times:
Quite aside from the issue of contamination, it is axiomatic in medicine that any drug I saw last week’s announcement by M.P. McLeod regarding the passage of Vanessa’s Law, with a beneficial effect will have a deleterious effect. It doesn’t matter whether the pharmaBill C-17. When a parliamentarian’s child took a cologically active ingredient is contained in a prescribed drug and died, legislators responded pill or a leaf. with this attempt to safeguard Canadians. This is a good step, but is incomplete. Bob MacKenzie The group “Bad Science Watch” lobbied vigClearwater, B.C. orously to have the bill include all health care We wish to say a big products but natural health products were exempted. The director, Jamie Williams, explained their reasons and included this example to Bonnie and Jeff for the use of the Banquet Room at the Wells Gray Hotel on why they should also Saturday June 14,2014 for the “Celebration of Life” for our dad (Elmer Fedbe supervised: "If the dersen). We appreciated everything--the tables were all set up for us, the use bill comes into law of the microphone and the music, the coffee, tea, and cold drinks that were without removing this available, and also the squares and cookies that were provided. It couldn’t exemption, the minister have been more perfect. would have the power Your kindness and generosity is overwhelming. So thanks from the to recall a tainted drug, bottom of our hearts. but not an herbal prepAlso, thank-you to everyone who sent cards and condolences to us. aration contaminated with heavy metals." ~ Carol & Lloyd Wurm and Cliff Feddersen.
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Crime victims deserve better Editor, The Times:
Cathy McLeod's latest mailer arrived in my mailbox a couple of days ago, aimed at promoting the proposed Canadian Victims Bill Of Rights. As I see it, the Harper government is using this bill mainly to score political points, exploiting the public's natural sympathy for victims of crime. Harper's new bill is actually more about positioning the Conservative Party for next year's federal election. Ms McLeod is just repeating her party's line pretty much word for word. If you think that I am being cynical, read the bill for yourself. The fact is that victim services programs already exist in all Canadian provinces and territories. Any new bill to help victims
of crime should provide increased funding for these existing services, as well as include new measures to reduce the worsening backlogs which so often delay trials. Harper's new bill has no commitment to funding, and it will likely add to courtroom delays, not reduce them. Victims of crime absolutely deserve more support. But this bill won't provide the kind of assistance that really counts, no matter what Cathy McLeod's taxpayer-funded pamphlet says. This message, just like the messages in all of her home mailers, simply promotes the Harper brand. Victims of crime deserve more than that.
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The possibility of keeping Grade 8 students at Blue River Elementary School was discussed at a public meeting in Blue River. Most of the students spent the week from Monday to Friday at the dorm in Clearwater (at a cost of about $35 per month), and many parents felt the Grade 8 students were too young. Dave Shanko of Little Fort had the closest guess of the time it would take the Vavenby Legion barrel to drift down the North Thompson River. Each year the distance was changed to make it more interesting.
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Tenders were out for completion of a new bridge across the Clearwater River for Highway 5. At the time, only the supports were finished. Kamloops residents Mr. and Mrs. Gilbert Smith celebrated their
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50th wedding anniversary. Gilbert Smith was born in Yorkton, Saskatchewan in 1890, and came to the Kamloops and North Thompson area in 1906. He was a pole buyer in Blue River in 1929, and in 1944 established a pole yard in Barriere. Eaton’s opened a catalog sales office at the Lucky Dollar Store in Clearwater.
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Three vehicles were trapped behind a 40 foot landslide on Clearwater River Road. Torrential rains had caused the road bank to collapse. Blackpool fire hall was taking shape. The roof should be up by the following week, said director Keith Hanna. Chief B.C. Forester Bill King and Bob Nixon of the Sierra Club attended a twoday workshop on high altitude logging with forest industry representatives at the Wells Gray Inn. The major problems with
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Twelve teams — Squirts, Peewees and Bantams — were to invade Clearwater to compete for provincial championships. Local teams taking part were Wells Gray Curling Club (Star Lake) Peewees coached by Les Neufeld and John Yurkiw; Star Flight Astros Bantams (also from Star Lake) coached by Lawrence and Dean Redman and Ernie Smith; and Safety Mart Squirts, coached by Ken Kjenstad. Louise Gebert was Ad sponsor ed by:
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Doug Bryden, viceprincipal at Parkland Secondary School in Cranbrook, was to take over as principal at Clearwater Secondary, said School District 26 superintendent Don Handfield. Bill Keast, principal at Lac La Hache, was taking over at Raft River. Times reporter Keith McNeill was visiting peace researchers Hanna and Alan Newcombe in Dundas, Ontario. McNeill was attempting to walk around the world to promote a petition for UN reform.
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More open communication with the people "on the ground" was demanded by community members that attended Land Resource Management Planning open houses in Barriere and Clearwater. Upper Clearwater rancher George Briggs objected that loggers, farmers and ranchers were so busy working that they couldn't have any input. LRMP process coordinator Kevin Kriese admitted that it was a concern they had heard. Clearwater Forest District issued a traffic advisory warning anyone using a temporary structure put in over a cave-in at 21.5
km on the Clearwater River Road to use extreme caution. Slocan Vavenby Bantam C Boys, coached by Evan Smith and Scott Thomas, won bronze medals in the provincial championships in Port Alberni.
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A flash flood washed out the culvert at Spahats Creek on the road to Wells Gray Park, isolating the park and Upper Clearwater. Local farm equipment fixed erosion problems at the Philips Creek bridge, while several other washouts were reported on various Forest Service roads. School District 73 predicted the K-7 enrolment at Dutch Lake Elementary to drop from 223 to 200 the following September.
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Mike Wiegele Helicopter Skiing sought valley support of a proposal for summer training camps for national ski teams on the glaciers near Blue River. Andy Aufschnaiter, MWHS resort manager, presented the company's case at a 2010 Olympic Legacy meeting in Clearwater. It would be much easier to get funding from the provincial and federal governments if the three groups in the valley looking at obtaining community forests – Wells Gray Country, Barriere and area,
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and North Thompson Indian Band – would work together, said Randy Sunderman. "I don't want to influence you one way or the other, but it certainly would make my job much easier," he told a meeting of the Wells Gray Country group. Sunderman was working for the provincial Ministry of Small Business and Economic Development. Cool wet weather dampened the fire danger in the Clearwater Fire Zone. The 214 hectare Vermilion Fire (also called the Bear Creek Fire) was 100 per cent contained and 30 firefighters were mopping up.
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Forest Minister Pat Bell was in Clearwater along with MLA Terry Lake to meet with Mayor John Harwood and council. “I wanted to get up into the area to see what I can do to create interest in the forest industry,” said Bell. Referring to Canfor’s planned shutdown of its Vavenby operation and its announced re-opening of its Mackenzie sawmill, Bell said he wanted to work with MLA Terry Lake and Garth Wiggill, district manager of the Headwaters Forest District, to help Canfor re-open. Union of B.C. Municipalities approved a project worth $200,000 proposed by District of Clearwater to develop fuel management prescriptions for nearby forests. UBCM also approved in principle two other projects, together worth about $485,000 to reduce the forest fuel loads in North Thompson Park as well as District of Clearwater and School District 73 properties. Commerce Resources had not yet developed its proposed tantalum/ niobium mine north of Blue River, but the Vancouver-based exploration company was already bringing money into the regional economy.
The company had about a dozen people living and working in the Blue River area, according to chief exploration mineralogist Rod Tyson. This was down from a team of 23 the previous year and did not include four people from Beaupre Drilling of Princeton. The drill crew was working 24 hours a day in two11 hour shifts, said Tyson.
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A draft road and trails plan for Clearwater that proposed some farreaching changes for the community was unveiled during a mobile open house. Nearly 20 people walked or cycled from the Farmers Market to Rotary Sports Park to learn what was being proposed by the consultants from Opus International. Front Door to Grocery Store, a project to improve seniors' mobility, was proceeding nicely, reported UNBC researcher Jessica Blewett. “We really need some more men so we can get their perspective on issues,” she said. Businesses in Area B (Thompson Headwaters) had been receiving letters from Highways telling them to take down their signs if they were within a certain distance of the highway centre-line, said TNRD director Willow MacDonald. She intended to take the matter up with the Union of BC Municipalities. A proposed tantalum mine north of Blue River could supply 10 per cent of the world's market of the metal, according to a consultant's report released by Commerce Resources. The underground mine would process 7,500 tonnes per day and last 9.3 years. Total estimated capital cost would be $379 million. Several hundred people took part in a barbeque hosted by Canfor with help from Clearwater Rotary Club to celebrate the company's 75th birthday.
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Forest products industry poised to develop more cutting edge innovations CALGARY/CNW/ - The Forest Products Association of Canada (FPAC) says Canada's forest companies are well positioned to develop new innovative technologies by taking advantage of the renewed Investments in Forest Industry Innovation (IFIT) program. At a news conference in Calgary recently, the federal Minister of Natural Resources, Greg Rickford, invited forest companies to start applying for funding from the $90 million program for projects aimed at innovative commercial-scale technologies. He also announced that West Fraser will be receiving IFIT funds for its pulp operation in Hinton, Alberta to build Canada's first plant to recover lignin from its pulp production stream. The lignin initiative is possible because of years of research work undertaken by FPInnovations, among the world's largest private nonprofit centres working in forest research. Lignin is a natural substitute for petroleum-based chemicals and materials that can be used in various innovative
applications such as resins, fuels, water and air filtration, rubber additives, thermoplastics, pharmaceuticals, insulating foams and in 3-D printing. "The investment in West Fraser is a terrific example of a successful collaboration that is helping companies produce Canadian and world-first innovations," says David Lindsay, the president and CEO of FPAC. "These federal IFIT funds are helping Canadian companies embrace transformation, diversify their product line and ensure solid jobs in our rural communities to the benefit of the entire Canadian economy." Lindsay says the IFIT program will play an important role in reaching the Vision2020 transformation agenda for the forest products industry. The Vision has set ambitious goals including the generation of an additional $20 billion in new products and new markets by the end of the decade. FPAC has just released its first report card on Vision2020 covering the period from 2010 to 2012 entitled Pathways to Prosperity. (fpac.ca/ vision2020)
"The Canadian forest products industry is now on a journey of change," says Lindsay. "We are aiming high so that the Canadian sector can be a world leader in innovation and product development as well as an important player in the global bio-economy, all by using our abundant renewable forest resource." Lindsay expects the second phase IFIT program will be as popular as the first $100 million IFIT initiative which generated 107 applications worth $2 billion. "This clearly demonstrates the desire of Canadian forest companies to embrace transformation and create new high-value products", he says. FPAC provides a voice for Canada's wood, pulp, and paper producers nationally and internationally in government, trade, and environmental affairs. The $58-billion-a-year forest products industry represents two per cent of Canada's GDP and is one of Canada's largest employers operating in hundreds of communities and providing 235,000 direct jobs across the country.
Buy-Low walls taking shape A crane lifts steel as the framework for Buy-Low Food's new supermarket takes shape near the roundabout on Highway 5 in Clearwater. The project is still on schedule for completion by the end of December, a spokesperson recently told members of town council. Photo by Keith McNeill
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New forest fire air tankers in service Black Press B.C.'s new amphibious water-scooping aircraft have been sent to a forest fire near Hay River in the Northwest Territories. Four Air Tractor "Fire Boss" planes and one Cessna Grand Caravan command aircraft went into service this spring. They are based in Revelstoke, but can be moved to other locations in B.C. as conditions dictate. Their first mission of the 2014 forest fire season was supporting ground crews at a fire near Kaslo on June 9. The planes delivered
222,361 litres of water and foam in 75 minutes. The Fire Boss group replaces two Martin Mars water bombers that were contracted by
the B.C. Forest Service from the Coulson Group of Companies, based at Sproat Lake on Vancouver Island. Forests Minister Steve Thomson said the
smaller aircraft can be deployed more quickly, operate from more than 1,700 bodies of water in B.C. and can be split up as needed to assist with multiple fires.
Each of the B.C. Forest Service's four Fire Boss aircraft can skim more than 3,000 litres of water from a lake in 12 to 15 seconds. They can operate on land and deliver fire retardant foam. Ministry of Forests
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Crimestoppers holds car raffle (L-r) Vavenby resident Joe Short purchases a raffle ticket to win a new Mustang automobile from Betty Nelson, a Kamloops Crimestoppers director, and volunteer Luci Tremblay. They were in front of the Clearwater Elks Hall during the Farmers Market recently. Crimestoppers offers rewards for information that leads to an arrest. Call anonymously 1-800-222-8477 (TIPS) or go online. Photo by Keith McNeill
VICTORIA - Eligible environmental nonprofit organizations can apply now for a B.C. community gaming grant. The application deadline is Aug. 31, 2014, Community, Sport and Cultural Development Minister Coralee Oakes said recently. For information on how to apply for a community gaming grant, visit: www.gaming.gov. bc.ca/grants/index.htm Every year, the Government of British Columbia approves $135 million in community gaming grants distributed among specific sectors, including the environment. In 2013-14, over 90 eligible environmental groups shared $3,089,215 in approved grants. Recipients included organizations dedicated
to animal care and rescue, wildlife preservation, grassland conservation, lake stewardship, river management, fish restoration, marine science, invasive species councils, environmental youth and public education. Organizations supported through environment gaming grants in 2013-14 include: • $120,000 – Canadian Parks and Wilderness Society, Vancouver • $100,000 – Invasive Species Council of British Columbia, Williams Lake • $50,000 – Osoyoos Desert Society • $47,000 – Cowichan Green Community Society, Duncan • $20,000 – Turtle Gardens Spay Neuter Society, Topley For a list of all 2013-14 gaming grant recipients, including environmental groups, visit: http://ow.ly/yjQ9f.
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CounterAttack campaign with a road-check kick off The B.C. government, police and ICBC recently kicked off this summer’s CounterAttack campaign with a road-check to warn drivers that police are out looking for impaired drivers across the province. In B.C., an average of 44 people are killed in impaired-
related crashes during the summer months every year. On Canada Day alone, an average of two people are killed in impaired related crashes in B.C. Whether you’re golfing, boating or going to a BBQ with friends, plan ahead for a safe ride home all summer long – arrange a designated driver, call a taxi or take transit. “The tough approach we introduced in 2010 has helped curtail drinking and driving and cut the alcohol-related death toll on our roads by more than half,” said Suzanne Anton, Attorney General and Minister of Justice. “However,
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Strawberries signal summer
From a tiny village in Germany to a tiny village in the North Thompson
stand? Do I sense the and settle down in a my Opa. Now that Providence of tiny place very far distant I recently looked at packed in boxes made of very fragrance indetails sequence. Bees hum, pollination, slugs or birds can ishment. Long silent months Eleanor Deckert which shift how from my birthplace? many photos of the The “Valley Voices” thin wooden slats," Sharon seeking nectar and sharing polruin the fruit or deer might eat of snow cover the hard cold the story of my life Do I wear clothing family, I see Opa as feature focuses on the Dhillon explains.fit, playful, the trio of green saw-toothed earth. Break-up swellsthat trickles len. ?Tiny, hard green fruit forms. An old "Doubtless unfolds? I made myself physically history of saying: the North A Strawberry Festival on The leaves. into streams pouring fresh water Now white, now blushing God could have made a better The answer pink, to each Do I choose selfproviding numerous Thompson Valley. Flats, annual Strawberry Day Although the season is short, as the earth drinks deeply for orange-y and not sweet yet. Atin berry but doubtless God didn't." of these questions employment? Keep family outings and Who is here? When contests at the Farmers Market, the memories last for decades. spring's return. Now the leaves last, the deep red that comes only Could it be that the humble my life, like the life a large, trusty dog? proud of his accomdid they come? What Fun Run, red "Grandma had the most beau- the Fitness reach for the sunlight.Did I marry and once a year.of my Opa, is “Yes.” strawberry plant in fact plays raise plishments in theruby New brought them here? strawberries The forest plants tell the time. names this tiful garden I have ever seen," aWhy significant role in the hisThesepage things I brought a large family? DoThe I calendar World.with white whipped did they stay? cream for Canada Day ... each Skunk cabbage, fiddle head time "July," but the earth knows Sandra Graffunder writes in tory and culture of our valley? within me when I expect my children to Here are all the What knowledge and of these cultural events up centres ferns, cotton wood, bring time itcame is: Strawberry Time. the Rich History of the North Like shooting off to the North obeyeach me? Comewhat when children bundled in skillsthe didrunners they use to around this ordinary little berry. Thompson Facebook page. "It in every direction, strawberry Thompson Valley as a they’re called? Work winter coats, dressed make a living? What A formal portrait of Otto Whileup other areas boast orchards, seemed so big when I was so plants have reached young bride in 1978. together? Sit down to go to church on attitudes and valuesup north Heinrich Siegrist as a rodeos, a port or a mine, strawlittle." into Blue River's short-season I have outlived my at the dinner table Sunday morning. Here did they live by? In young man in America. And Linda Graffunder replies, berry shaped signs once drew gardens, thrived in the hand hoed Opa. He died when together? Do I devote they are on a sunny what ways do these "I remember Grandma's strawvisitors in to local celebrations. rows of Bill he was not quite 54. I Sunday as a day set Sunday afternoon continue to Kelly's add to McMurphy Times Young berries and raspberries. I think homestead, flourishing was a baby then. I am aside for worship and linedchange. up, tallest to people because both parents the culture we enjoy along the stopped coming to work and theweren’t Catholic. Opa of her and my Dad when ever Clearwater River valley's ranches, a grandmother now. I for family outings? shortest in their bathtoday? large fields of U-Pick strawber- promptly ushered that I am puttering in my own little abundantly hope I can influence Do I deeply believe ing suits at the lake. Perhaps fruiting by shar-in the fertile garden." ries have Here been they cleared soil U-Pick acremy grandchildren for areway. pospriest out of the house in God, yet keep my ing of myBlackpool's family story, "I wish I knew half of what Buting each backyard gardener and began to search age. the better as he has wits about me when with wide grins (which ends with my my Mom does about growing still awaits that savoured in slowAfter months of eating influenced me with it comes to authority beside the family car. for a church with a own coming to live in things. She got much of her motion, delicious first bite of canned, dried, salted, frozen his character, actions, figures? Do I struggle And these children, more compassionate the North Thompson knowledge from Grandma," a juicy,who sun-ripened, sweet and message. or foodsreaders stored in the root celdecisions and achievewith the desire to “go are now my Valley) will Susan Douglas realizes the tangy 80-year-old strawberry. aunts lar ments. So, I ask myself the back home” yet deteralsothroughout be able to the askwinter, early importance of passing skills on Noand calendar necessary spring's crispy flavours the Thanks, Opa. mine to make a go of uncles,is also share to question again: Did themselves, “How did fromOtto Siegrist,generations. grandfather of Avola resident tell the time. through garden are agrandfather welcome change toHeinrich Every time I fold a pilit where I live now? memories of songs, someone I never met my father, Eleanor Deckert, wears the shepherd's oufit he wore The sky tells the time. A hot, Children feast. Youngsters the diet. Rhubarb low case (you taught Have I experienced picnics, romps in the actually influence me? andhomesteader's great... grandparwhile a teenager in Germany. He herded sheep near blue sky isent’s first.decisions But children my mother and she rejection because I woods andsignals alwaysfire the sea- How could a man on and are especially earn money. Menfolk work in the harshly where Frankfurt airport is today.stir pots of (L-r) Neil Walford and his sister, June, Colleen Larson and Nona fields. The women son. First frost forms when the eager for the fresh strawberry's taught me)Messenger I think am “different”? Do I companionship of the his death-bed have any actions shape who I Photo submitted relax on the Clearwater Flats, in about 1962 with Steggs Hill behind them.for jam and roll out pie dough. Even autumn constellations spin thorjuicy sweetness. of you providing somehow transform family dog. impact on a new-born am now and how I live James Walford family collection the seniors savour strawberry ough the night. The clear sky of Hettie "How your eight children by my skills and values Looking for what baby? So, I look at today andBuck why remembers, I came irons, outdoor dryingwinterwas about are delights. darkness delicious they were when we werehis youth washing and folding into a wholesome, best for his family, my own interests and to live here?” wooden pegs, these. He leftFor home nearly 40lines years,and Mavis is pierced withOpa had the children. We picked in Uncle mountains of laundry. sustainable lifestyle in in 1939, actions, motivations My maternal brown paper pack- brightly atWe age 12 to sleep an in energetic Parker, women Bob and Aunt“Opa,” Het's garden. Happy Father’s this new world I concarbold crated, passports and decisions. grandfather, ages andbridge wide, oak slat the neighbour’s barnnear the who lived blue stars. Warming earned 25 something cents a basket Day. tinue to try to underfor each child and all Did I leave home has been of in the baskets delivery. As to avoid the blows of hosted in Clearwater, an for annual springtime late 1960's. Wefigure were also matters in order to a mysterious to allowed each of the eight chilhis drunken father. He Strawberry Tea in her bright, clouds shower to eat as much as we wanted – return to Germany. me. On the day that dren neared the end the of mountains worked atEnglish age 14 as a garden, flower inviting and believe me – after a few days One small delay meant I was born, he was high school, shepherd (near where residents of Evergreen Acres they were and melt of gorging ourselves we slowed thatthe their departure diagnosed with inopertaught take a place Frankfurtand airport is everyone who couldtocome. deeplywas packed down on thewithin feasting stalled. They able cancer hisand got to in thestrawberfamily business: now built)Neighbours aided by hisdonated snow. The river work on the picking! Twenty-five would have arrived in brain. Thus, intense hanging sheets and rises, threatening large, trusty dog. In games ries, planned and enjoyed cents was big money to a little Germany exactly to happiness and intense folding cases. low lying his portrait, he worefancy a hats areas. flaunting andpillow opening kid." the day when WW II grief struck my mothObedience was highly suit made of the wool Now the white Buddy Johnson's trunk for a fashSandy Sunderman recalls, broke out. How differer on the same day. valued and even intofive-petalled sheep.of old-time ion show clothing. "You either pick yourfrom ownhis own ent our lives would be Whencould he died I was adulthood, the chil- blossoms Otto Heinrich open. The reputation of this area to buy, or pick them to get paid." if the family had set only seven months old, dren were expected Siegrist came to the strawberry Thesail earth for excellent crops entered the on the scheduled so As all newcomers I know of him to obeyontheir He met time. brought young people the father. tells the valley, landand and beginUSA their in 1924. day! is fromclear photos German-speaking and and married Anna Late-summer's train from Kamloops to hire on homestead, neighbours share Otto was Lutheran. memories told to me retaining the Baer in 1925. fire clears and Selfpick, pack, refrigerate andtraditionstrawberry runners highly valued Annaaway was Catholic. by my grandmother, al clothing, habits and as a berries chauf- by train. debris,They allowing by home and gardeners. Settlersemployed to the ship married and, “Oma,” their eight his familysunlight feur, he highly valued to reach "My aunt is inhairstyles, her 80s now North Thompson Valley recogas their first three children. was persecuted dur- next year's his large, black Chevy new and she came to Clearwater to nized the soil, rain and long cool children arrived, Can someone I ing the years of World Carry-All pick," car. His growth. Falling is one specific example spring season as ideal for strawthey were baptized never met actually War II. second business, also leavesCatholic. deeply But when Gail Capostinsky verifies. berry plants. influence me? serving wealthy fami-Bob and Since forest "Uncle Aunt I knew somelayer the A cashJune crop,9,but not a sure a new priest came to Born of these stories in myfloor and lies, was toHet runshipped a laun-strawberries The late he Bill Kelly stands in his field of strawberries in McMurphy (between Vavenby and Avola). The signal to crop – strawberries can be burned baptize the fourth, 1904, in Maulbronn, The Otto Siegrist family goes on an outing inorientation their automobile. TheNorth familyThompson eventually childhood, I always the time dry in the Edmonton basement of sandy ancient river-bottom soil plus McMurphy's east-west along the for all and Vancouver," by a late frost, too much rain stated that all of the Germany, the only had eight children. Photo submitted had this strict, almost his home with steamy living children things towere River Valley provides plenty of sunshine for a generous strawberry crop. when blossoms bastards three the things I knowopen prevents Hettie Buck recalls. mean impression of store up nour- Jensen Walford family collection vats and scorching "The fragile berries were
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Left: Jona Lozano enjoys the traditional red and white cake. She is from the Philippines and has lived in Blue River for only six months.
Sara Schulte, age almost five, gets her face painted by Robin Fraser during Canada Day celebrations at Dutch Lake beach.
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Long time Blue River resident Al Oakman of Oakman's Store takes part in Canada Day at Lake Eleanor beach. "It's the first time I have been to Canada Day at Lake Eleanor for a long time. I have been minding the store all these years," he says.
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Clearwater hosts provincial softball tourneys
Brendan Green reaches to make the catch on third base during a U12 game played on the Clearwater Secondary field.
Third base player Brayden Carlson of one of the Clearwater U12 teams tags out an opposing player while shortstop Parker Collins comes in to back him up. Two local teams took part in the U12 tournament. Neither advanced very far but the players had fun and gained valuable experience.
Right: Adam Borrow of the Clearwater Crushers makes the catch at first base to force out a Richmond Mariners player. The Crushers later faced the Mariners in the final and squeezed out a 5-4 win in an exciting game. The Crushers played four games on Sunday.
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Sports Busy night for Ladies Golf Submitted The 18 golfers on Ladies Night, July 3, shared the course with a large group of fun seekers who were definitely having a great time. The weather was perfect and the stiff breeze kept all the biting bugs away. Who could not enjoy a round of golf under these conditions? Although with the hot temps my ball did not seem to fly as far as usual.
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Dorothy Findlay Memorial Golf Tournament to raise money for the Local Challenger Group. Thank you very much and we look forward to seeing you all again next year!
Who knew! We had two guest golfers from Chinook Cove, Carol Willox and Rose Seymour. Carol went home with a Low Gross and Long putt prize. Hope to see more guest golfers out this year. And the winners are: Low gross – Debbie Pearce, Carol Willox, Abbey Bates; Low net – Marg Anderson, Larissa Hadley, Eileen Sedgwick; KP – Joan Slingsby, Abbey B.; Long drive – Carol Hindle, Joan S., Rosemary Harley; Long putt – Carol H., Carol W., Joan Streadwick; Least Putts was shared between Carol H. and Debbie P.; Most putts- Joan Streadwick; Carol H. was the only one to lose a ball in the water hazard on #1. Anna Mae Dee was closest to the windmill on #3, Joan Streadwick got the longest putt for all flights and Larissa H. was the most accurate driver on #4 by being the closest to the accuracy line. Well done Rissa. Joan Slingsby won the deuce pot with a lovely 2 shot on #5. Our sponsors were – Painted Turtle Restaurant, Century 21 Realty, Safety Mart, Absolute Hair, Wells Grey Inn, Home Hardware, TNT, Rona, Pharmasave, The Caboose, Clearwater Computers, and O’Bryans Café. Thanks to our guest golfers, Heinz and Linda and everyone who came out. Hope Carol, Debbie and Tanya had a great time at the Merritt Tournament and will share all the stories with us over a great dinner and cold beer.
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The 10th season of poker at Wells Gray Inn has been completed and the results are: winner of Season 10 was Cindy Doerksen with 5,300 points, followed closely by Derek Richardson and Winners of the Season 10 poker tournament held recently Chris Miller, were (l-r) second place Nathan Mikkelsen, first place Rick who each had Dee, and third place Fred Roach. 4,550. Other finalists were Photo by Goldie Krawec Goldie Krawec second season in a 4,425, Jerry Cotterhill eight players from row – both times havthe regular season 4,150, Jeff Kuhn were unable to attend ing been an alternate 4,025, Justin and alternate players, player in the event. Morrison 3,900, and next-in line, were cho- Second place went to Bob Daoust 3,875. Wild card winner was sen to fill the tourna- Nathan Mikkelsen and third place winment table. Nathan Mikkelsen. ner was Fred Roach. Play started slow As many as 22 None of the top and cautiously, and players attended an eight players of the for over two hours evening of play with season won the tourno one pushed or over 32 players taknament, which shows decided to make a ing part during the how lady lucky can break for the big 11-week season. chips. Finally a short be present at any The Season 19 tournament was held stack player made his time in a poker game Season play will move and was gone. Wednesday, June 25, begin again on with nine players tak- The next four hands ing part. Some of top saw three more play- Wednesday July 9 at 7 p.m. at the Wells ers bite the dust and Gray Inn. New playthen there only six ers need to sign up left. Again play slowed before playing. So if you are a poker playdown, and finally er and want to meet by 10:30 p.m. the people and have an game was over. Rick Clearwater evening out, please Dee was the tournajoin us. ment winner for a Squirts Stingers
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Cyclists for clean water pedal into Vavenby Robyn Rexin Four cyclists and one RV driver (sometime cook, logistics/ planning person, intermediate and communications person, and photographer all rolled into one) decided to celebrate turning 60 years old by teaming up with Global Aid Network to cycle 8,500 km across Canada to raise awareness for the need of clean water and to raise funds to build 60 deep-capped water wells in 60 rural villages in the countries of Benin and Togo of West Africa, Tanzania, and Ethiopia. The wells would be hand-pumped as there is no electricity. Each well would service 1,000 villagers with disease-free water. The journey began in Victoria on July 1 where the cyclists dipped the front wheels of their bicycles in the Pacific Ocean, took the ferry and cycled to Abbotsford, then Lytton, then Kamloops. Karen Moilliet and John Gerber on their bikes and Ian Moilliet met the group – Mike Woodard, Rob Montgomery, Richard Blaschek, Timo Itkonen and all purpose person Jacquie Blaschek – at the Yellowhead Highway turnoff into Vavenby on the evening of Friday, July 4. Everyone went to Vavenby Christian Church where the cyclists set up camp. The church was also hosting a potluck supper that night for the group. On Saturday morning the group
left for Valemount. Their aim is to cycle approximately 180 km per day to cross Canada to St. John’s Newfoundland in 60 days. The team’s RV, which was donated by Fraser Way RV, has a picture of an African boy holding a bottle of clean water in one hand and a bottle of dirty water in the other. Beside the picture it says “Help us give the gift of clean water – $8.50 gives one person clean water for a lifetime.” The group is very thankful for all the other donations that it has received. They were given 40 energy bars and money for gas and food. When passing through Clearwater they stopped at the ice cream parlour at the corner into the business section of Clearwater and the owner donated some sausages. He had heard the radio interview with the team that morning on the Kamloops’ channel. When staying in Victoria and discussing with their hosts the purpose of the trip the hosts’ children – ages six and eight – listened in and came downstairs to give Woodard $8.50 that they had taken from their piggy banks. This is the first time that a cycle trip has been done for this purpose and for this age range. There have been no health issues other than a couple of wipe-outs. The men trained for the trip for a year, very extensively for the last six months. They have not had to ride in the rain yet. These people are really getting to know
each other well by living together in the RV. Most of them met on the computer. Woodard and Richard and Jacquie Blaschek are from Abbotsford, B.C., Montgomery from Ottawa, Ontario, and Itkonen is from Mission, B.C. After reaching St. John’s they will all fly back home. For more information and/or to donate to this cause visit cycling4water.ca or cycling4water@gmail. com Vavenby man holds reunion On the July long weekend Oadie Jamerson held a family reunion at his home. His brother from Boyle, Alberta, and his daughters Deanna and Tamara from Surrey, and Laura from Edmonton came. The girls said that it was wonderful because it had been
40 years since they had all sat down with their uncle and reminisced. Oadie’s greatgranddaughter Taleigha said that even though she was the only child present she had a good time. The weather was not the best for the reunion but there was a lot of fun and laughter. Deanna decided to hold a Partylite candle party while in Vavenby. The candles are made out of all natural products and the melted wax will not burn if the candle gets knocked over. It hardens quickly and can be rubbed into the skin like a lotion. At the end of the party each guest received a gift box that held a tea light candle. Voting begins on industrial park money Vavenby homeowners in the fire protection area finally
Vavenby residents John and Valerie Gerber meet four cyclists who are cycling across Canada to raise money for water in Africa and lead them into Vavenby recently. Photo by Robyn Rexin
received the papers from ThompsonNicola Regional District on which choices the residents would like the money the town receives from the Vavenby Industrial Park to be used for. The money has grown to approximately $46,000. Submissions must be
mailed to the TNRD office in Kamloops no later than 4 p.m. on Aug. 5. The choices are: 1. Improvements to the Vavenby Community Park which would include fencing, walking trails, playground equipment, irrigation, etc. 2. Cover the cost of
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Jack-knifed trailer Clearwater RCMP responded to a report of a single vehicle collision on Highway 5 near Vavenby. The vehicle was reported to be passing a semi-truck when the trailer being pulled “caught air” and jackknifed, causing the trailer to spin around the vehicle, break off the truck and crash into the ditch. No injuries were reported during the collision. Vehicle break-ins Clearwater RCMP were advised of possibly two vehicle break-ins
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Vehicle vs. mosquito Clearwater RCMP were advised of a single vehicle collision in Wells Gray Park near Clearwater Lake. The driver of a rental car and one passenger were distracted by a mosquito in the vehicle, causing the vehicle to go off the road, hitting the ditch. No injuries or bites were reported during the collision.
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Obituaries John was born on April 30, 1917, in Youngstown, Alberta. John's parents marry in 1914. His father, John Salisbury Foster, works as a brakeman for the railroad. Kindersley to Hannah Alberta, a railway center with round house, telephone, power and dam for steam engine power house. In the summer of 1923 the family travel on railroad passes to Vancouver and arrive at the Ivanhoe Hotel. They share a house on East Hastings Street for the summer with another family returning to Hannah for Christmas. The next summer taking the CN going west to Salem Oregon to visit family, his father buys a used 1923 Chevrolet touring car. They store the car in Blaine and return home to Hannah. The following summer they drive the car from Blaine to Hannah. In 1925 his mother Nina (Davis) raises two dozen turkeys to sell for Christmas. His father buys a one ton Chevrolet truck to haul grain and coal. Another time his father partners with an uncle Art Davis and aunt Joy to raise thoroughbred horses. His mother cooks for the big threshing crews during harvest on the homesteads of her brothers and her husband's family farm. The older Foster family also homestead in Chinook - a 65 mile train trip and then 16 miles by horse to the farm. It has a wind generator dad built from two planks to charge his radio battery he gets plans from the Department of Agriculture. He makes his own battery out of old beer bottles (45 cells). John scrounges the left over hay to buy a Marconi console radio. He has a passion for radio all his life. And a dog named Buster who pulls him around on his wagon and in his teens walks 3.5 miles to high school in Kailey because it's a country school. In the 1920's his family live in four houses, spend 10 years in Hannah and four years in Nanton. John's grandfather and grandmother Foster farm in the Vulcan area in partnership with his father and Billy Skinks. At the age of 12, he contracts rheumatic fever and is sent home to die, the doctor can do nothing. He misses a year of school but is nursed to health by his mother with potato soup made from canned milk and frozen potatoes. His mother's family, the Davis's, arrive in covered wagon after a one month journey from Kansas in 1909 after trading property in Kansas for property in Naton, Alberta. They have six sons and each homestead 640 acres. Uncles are a large part of John's life with so many on both sides, farming and share-cropping homesteads.
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John Alvin Foster April 30, 1917 - June 16, 2014
Rose “Marie” Wilson ~ “Auntie Marie” November 23, 1927 - June 21, 2014
During John's childhood his father suffers a lengthy illness. The family splits up to stay with uncles and aunts, as his parents visit doctors and the Mayo Clinic in the states. John goes with his favorite uncle Ed Davis to B.C. Uncle Ed is a single man and they spend time camping at Willow Creek over the summer and on Halloween Day 1934 leave Blairmore, Alberta before crossing the Crows' Nest Pass to the Kootenay Lakes Trinity Valley. They check in with the police to travel in B.C. They trade some sheep and continue on to Creston and Lumby. The road over the Monashee Mountains to Vernon has a switchback so sharp the vehicle has to back into it to navigate the sharp bend. Once in Enderby they stay with the Brambles. He and his uncle Ed and Mr. Bramble apply for preemption in Sicamous – the Stump Ranch. Later they stay with the Steppes in Sicamous and after a certain period of time in B.C. they could go to the relief camp on Mara Lake. It was a nine mile walk to Sicamous and on Sundays off they trudge the distance to visit friends. In late Spring the following year he and his Uncle Ed and Mr. Bramble move into a tent and start to clear the land by hand. That summer (1935) Dad's parents and sisters Carmen and Lucy and brother David move out to Sicamous. In 1938 Dad's father dies in VGH at the age of 50. The old-timers in Clearwater called him Slim. He was originally called Long Slim while he and a majority of his family were employed at the Britannia Mine in the late 30's early 40's. In his 20's, living in Vancouver, he scrapes together for an old Indian motorcycle and motors in a club. During the second war he studies to be a welder and works in the shipyards of Vancouver and Prince Rupert. After the shipyards he buys a transport truck to haul and deliver coal to homes in Vancouver with a commercial license, which eventually brings him to Kamloops
where a chance meeting with Frank Capostinsky in front of the Highlander Restaurant (his favourite meal there was veal cutlets) results in a good situation hauling lumber from the mill to the planer in Clearwater. He moves to Clearwater permanently in 1945 and hauls lumber for Clearwater Timber Products until his mid 70's when the mill shuts down. He and Colleen Green marry in 1955. They drive down to Mexico for a honeymoon fishing Sierra Mackerel and upon return set up house at the bottom of Steggs Hill where John had a collection of buildings. Here they begin family life. Together they enjoy camping and fishing and community life. During the 60's the family grows larger and eventually a bigger house is built on the same property. In the early 70's the family moves a few minutes away to Glen Eddy where they take up hobby farming and John takes up flying. Flying becomes a fun thing for him and he takes to the air and continues his interest in flying into his early 90's. On June 16, 2014, John passes away suddenly in the wee hours at his home in Clearwater, B.C. He has lived alone for the last 10 years. He is survived by his ex-wife Colleen Foster, children Johnny, Lee Ann (Steve Wynnyk), Suzanne (Kevin Henderson), Jason (Lena) and Dana (Steve Ludwig). His grandchildren Celeste FosterVallee, Emerson Foster, Astrid Foster-Ludwig, Maximus and Dimitri Foster and Sienna FosterHenderson. He is predeceased by his father John Foster at 50, his infant daughter Shelley at two days old, his mother Nina at 96, his younger brother David – tragically killed in a car accident leaving behind a wife and four young children, his sister Carmen and sister Lucy in the early the 2000's, both remained close to him. He has many cousins and nieces and nephews whose company he enjoyed. John enjoys his memories to the end. John was a good provider, a pilot and all round monkeywrencher. He was fiercely independent, lived life the way he wanted and was proud of his independence."You're only as old as you want to be," he'd say. The little creatures around the house become his close companions as he lives out the last days of his life. RIP Slim Foster A celebration of his life will be held on October 4th 2014 at 2 p.m. at Glen Eddy. Condolences for the family may be sent to North Thompson Funeral Services. In lieu of flowers, donations may be made to the Clearwater Food Bank or the SPCA.
Born on November 23, 1927 in Vancouver and left us to go to a better place on June 21, 2014. Forest View Place in Clearwater is where she resided for the last days of her journey home. The staff did an exceptional job in caring for her when she let them. By this, we mean that Auntie Marie was a fiercely independent woman with a clear opinion and she always spoke with a sense of authority which boded nothing but respect and yielding. Strong and Bold are two words that describe her well! A great lady. Her husband, William “Bill” aka “Uncle Bill” Wilson predeceased her years prior. Her father was Dick James, who resided in Vancouver until his passing. He was originally from Manitoba and Auntie Marie’s mother was Elsie Welch. Dick’s spouse was Alice James and Elsie’s spouse she did not know. Auntie Marie had a brother by the name of Frank James, who is deceased and a step sister by the name of Pat Fenner, who currently resides in Burnaby. She is also survived by numerous nieces and nephews. In Marie’s younger days, she and Bill were married and decided to take up residence just south of Little Fort on a farm just off the Yellowhead Highway. She remained there even after the passing of her late husband, until failing health forced her to leave. During their later years on the farm she and Bill invited Brenda Wilson and her husband to come live on the farm. Soon after, along came the first born, Tyler, then, Kaitlin, the next youngest one. Both children have since grown up. Tyler continues to live there today. Auntie Marie was very much involved in the local community of Little Fort. Among the many activities with which she busied herself, she was one of the founding women - with Leonna Woodward, Blanch Hansen and Nora Belchem of the Little Fort Women’s Institute in 1961. As well, she was involved in supporting the activities of the local Brownie and Girl Guide groups. Marie also spent several seasons working at one of the fishing camps in the area, Nehalliston Fishing Camp. Furthermore, she and Bill raised Hereford cattle on the farm and, as such, spent time each year to make sure the cattle were being brought to and from their respective rangelands throughout the seasons. Hence, “trucking cattle”, “herding them”, and “cow camps” were a way of life for Auntie Marie. A life she would never have changed for another. “Thanks Auntie Marie and Uncle Bill for letting me board my horse, Prince there all those years and to be fortunate enough to experience working a farm. Some of my greatest memories.” (Linda Rowan) At her request, Auntie Marie was cremated. To celebrate and remember Auntie Marie, a burial will take place at Little Fort cemetery at 11 am on Saturday, July 19, 2014. All are welcome to join in coffee and snacks at the Little Fort Hall after the service. Condolences may be sent to the family by visiting www.NorthThompsonFuneral.com Thank you to all of the staff at Forest View Place, along with those that dropped by for a visit to keep Auntie Marie company. Special thanks to Gladys Rowan for not only bringing Auntie Marie back home where she belongs but most importantly, honouring her and all her wishes. Your selflessness, it is heartfelt!
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