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Highlighting the wonders of Wells Gray Park Keith McNeill

Concentration Richard Knowles lines up for a putt during a fun golf tournament held at Lacarya golf course on Saturday evening. More than 30 people entered the event, which was put on by owners Linda and Heinz Fitz to celebrate one year since they took over the business. Photo by Keith McNeill

“The wonder of Wells Gray Park is that there is such a variety of things to see and visit. I hope it stays that way forever and ever.” That was how Roland Neave, the author of “Exploring Wells Gray Park,” summed up a presentation he made about the park on Sunday evening in the Upper Clearwater Hall. Nearly three dozen people attended the event, which was one of the Wells Gray Rocks series being put on this summer. The fifth edition of “Exploring Wells Gray Park” is now sold out, Neave said. He is in the process of updating the information for a sixth edition, but has been dismayed by how often he has found trails difficult to use or impassable because of lack of maintenance. In the 1970s the park got a large sum of money for trail development and maintenance, but that funding has not been repeated, he said. Trails that are no longer usable include sections of the Clearwater River Trail. The trail from Clearwater Lake to Hobson Lake is problematic because the bridge over Lickskillet Creek no longer exists, forcing hikers to do a difficult and possibly dangerous ford. “If parks could only come up with the money, there are so many trails that could be repaired or built,” Neave said. That being said, there are still many places in the park that are accessible and worth visiting – and Neave gave a slideshow that showed many of them, often using photos that were 30 or 40 years old.

Author and businessman Roland Neave talks about the wonders of Wells Gray Park to an audience of nearly three dozen people at Upper Clearwater Hall on Sunday evening, July 20. Photo by Keith McNeill

Helmcken Falls was apparently first seen by a European when surveyor Robert Lee (an American) came across it while surveying the Clearwater River Valley on July 24, 1913. Last year on that date Neave led a hike to the south rim of the falls to commemorate the centennial. Lee later became mayor of Kamloops and was an important figure in the region's history. Neave has started the process to have the small waterfall downstream from Helmcken named after him. In 1925 the BC Auto Club asked that 10 square miles be set aside as park to protect the falls and canyon. The provincial Minister of Lands at the time did not believe in parks. He said, in effect, “Helmcken Falls is there, it can't get away, so why bother putting a park around it?” In 1939 a somewhat more forward-thinking Lands minis-

ter, Wellesley (Wells) Gray, set aside most of the Clearwater River watershed as a park – and named it after himself. Serious flooding in 1948 led to the proposal to build two dams on the Clearwater River, at Granite Canyon and Sabre Tooth Rapids. This was later scaled up to seven dams that would have turned nearly the whole river into a series of lakes. Protesters opposed the proposed dams not by laying down in front of bulldozers, but by bringing people into the park in bus tours. Neave, then a young student, became involved and that was how his company, Wells Gray Tours, got its start. Also in 1948, Wells Gray Park was short-listed by Alcan as a possible site for an aluminum smelter. The plan was to divert Helmcken Falls to generate electricity. Instead, the aluminum company chose Kitimat and flooded much of northern Tweedsmuir Park.

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Many geographic features in the park have no official name while some have had several. Grouse Creek in Upper Clearwater, for example, was originally Beaver Creek, then Little Clearwater River, then Moul Creek. In 1991 the highways department put up a sign calling it Grouse Creek, and the Friends of Wells Gray Park asked the Toponymy Office for a ruling. The office decided that Grouse Creek would be the official name, but Moul Falls remains as Moul Falls. H.R. MacMillan, the former part-owner of MacmillanBloedel Ltd., owned a small cabin nearby that he used to visit about twice a year for hunting and fishing. The cabin is one of the oldest in the area and records show it and the property it is on were traded for a bottle of whisky in 1921. MacMillan bought it in 1949. Continued on page A6

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New community center opens at Dutch Lake

Lecture and hike will focus on the volcanic history of Wells Gray Park Submitted

Councillor Ken Kjenstad uses a dolly to move desk components from the old town hall to the new space in the former Dutch Lake School. Several Yellowhead Community Services programs, Thompson Rivers University, Service Canada, Wells Gray Country (TNRD) and Clearwater Chamber of Commerce moved out of the former Community Resource Center building by Raft River Elementary last week into the new Dutch Lake community center as well. Right: District of Clearwater employees Penny Harper (l) and Tammy Rutsatz move computers out of the former municipal hall on the Flats on Friday, July 18. Photos by Keith McNeill

On July 25, 26 and 27, there will be an exceptional presentation about the volcanic history of Wells Gray Park. The presenter will be Dr. Cathie Hickson, the world expert on the geology of Wells Gray. She will be the giving a one night lecture/ slide show at the Upper Clearwater Hall on Friday, July 25 at 7 p.m. For the next two days, Dr Hickson will lead field trips to important volcanic features in the area. Meeting place for those field trips will be at the Upper Clearwater Hall at 9 a.m. on Saturday and Sunday. The Friday evening event will be around two hours long and will be a visual presentation on local volcanism using both images and maps. Hickson will also outline the highlights for the field trip on the week end. For the field trips on Saturday and Sunday, please bring lunch, water, mosquito repellant and be prepared for hiking. One should take advantage of this wonderful experience, which is right in our backyard. For more information, please visit the

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Thompson-Nicola Regional-District directors decided during their July 17 meeting that the completion of construction of the septage rece9ving station in Clearwater will be funded through $25,000 of federal Gas Tax funding. During their July 8 meeting, Clearwater town councillors approved making $25,000 available to help the TNRD pay for the septage project being over budget. The overage was about $30,000 at the time, said Sukh Gill, TNRD chief administrative offi-

cer. However, he felt it prudent to have $50,000 available to cover any contingencies. The money should be split 50/50 between the regional district and the municipality, he suggested. Gill noted that the overall budget for the project was $1.3 to $1.4 million but had been reduced to the $1.1 million range. Clearwater mayor John Harwood commented that having the septage facility in Clearwater would be a huge benefit to the area. The alternative would be to truck septic tank effluent to near Kamloops, he pointed out.

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bylaw was in place on how the money would be used. Many municipalities give all or a portion of their business licence fees to their local chambers of commerce, for example. Barry Banford recalled that, during a walking tour of local businesses done recently, most business owners showed a willingness to pay a business license fee, but wanted to be sure they would get some benefit out of it. A public information meeting will be held on the subject, possibly in August or September. Pre-school gets support Also during the July 8 meeting, councillors approved directing staff to draft an agreement with Yellowhead Community Services for the use of the former Clearwater playschool as a preschool. The District already has a lease agreement for the building as a playschool, said CAO Leslie Groulx. Running it as a pre-school would allow for subsidized daycare. Mayor John Harwood recalled that the building, which is located next to the former Dutch Lake School, was originally a teacherage.

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Weather station opens by eco-depot Keith McNeill Clearwater now has its own Environment Canada weather station. Technicians finished installing it last week, according to District of Clearwater chief administrative officer Leslie Groulx. The station, which is located next to the eco-depot on Camp Two Road, went online about noon on Thursday, July 17. The District was first approached about getting a weather station by longtime local pastor Lloyd Strickland in 2008, Groulx said. Interestingly, Strickland was then apparently the first to realize last Thursday that the Environment Canada online weather report for Clearwater included actual data from a weather station, and not extrapolated temperatures and so on from other sites. Strickland then posted the news to Facebook. Although it might seem like a small thing, having an official weather station is a

Photo gives an overall view of the weather station after it went operational on Thursday of last week. Photo by Keith McNeill Two technicians working for Environment Canada unpack and assemble a new weather station next to the eco-depot on Camp Two Road last week. Photo courtesy District of Clearwater

great advantage to the community because it means more accurate readings and better forecasts in the future. Having a station should benefit the tourism, forestry, agriculture and other industries, Groulx felt. After several years of trying, the municipality came up with a cost-sharing agreement with Environment Canada for the station. The federal agency is

providing about $25,000 worth of equipment plus will maintain the equipment. Clearwater is covering the balance of the cost with help from the Thompson-Nicola Regional District, Well Gray Community Forest, and the North Thompson economic development fund (money set aside after the wildfires of 2003). The District also will maintain the site.

Equipment at the site includes a 10 m wind tower plus a two meter wind tower, thermometer, gauges to measure rain, snow, hail, snow depth, and rate of rainfall, plus sensors to measure pressure and humidity. A local contractor was to install fencing by early this week. The site will be grass-seeded in the fall, once the weather has moderated.

In the meantime there is a mechanism to adjust the readings to account for the fact that the site is located on bare ground. Building permits go up Economic development initiatives such as the weather station by

A weekend of heavy rain had staff at Clearwater Fire Zone considering calling for an end to a campfire ban afterwards. Watch www.clearwatertimes. com or http://bcwildfire.ca for the latest on the ban, said Jim Jones, fire zone manager. “If it hadn't rained, we would have been in big trouble,” he said. “We are the luck ones ... the only ones. The rest of the Kamloops Fire Center is still dry.” Jones asked that, even if the campfire ban is lifted for the Clearwater Fire Zone, people still be careful with fire. Firefighting resources across the province are stretched to the limit at this time, he said. According to Jones, the Forest Service weather station in

Clearwater registered 19.4 mm of rain over the weekend. Coldscaur Lake northwest of Clearwater got 34.6 mm, Blue River got 22 mm, Wells Gray Park (at the juncture of Clearwater and Azure lakes) got 32 mm, and Harbor Lakes (north of Adams Lake) got 43 mm. There was extensive lightning Saturday night but the only fire it was known to start was near 10 km on Road 1 northwest of Clearwater. There, lightning struck a Douglas fir located in a cut-block with a lot of timber already down on the ground. If the wood had been as dry as it had been just a few days earlier, the situation would have been much more serious, he said. As it was, an excavator quickly put a guard around the fire

and a crew put the fire out. The rain also helped with the Pyramid Fire, which is located about 35 km north of Blue River in the Serpentine drainage. At 22 ha in size, about half the fire was on terrain too steep to fight. The fire now appears to be cold, except for some smokers below where the obvious fire was. “We'll need to watch those,” Jones said. Fire 235 in the North Blue drainage

also got drowned over the weekend. According to a rain gauge on the site, it received 33 mm of rain over the weekend. It was estimated at 66 ha in size but is probably closer to 80, the zone manager said. As of Monday there was a 25-person contract crew on the site, plus a forest officer. Previously, there had been a Forest Service unit crew, a medium plus a light helicopter, and a faller there as well.

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Opinion

“ In times like these it is good to remember there have always been times like these.” - Paul Harvey, radio broadcaster guest editorial

Supreme Court changes game on Aboriginal rights

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MP McLeod should take stand on Northern Gateway Editor, The Times:

Why is Kamloops-ThompsonCariboo Conservative MP Cathy McLeod keeping such a low profile following the federal government’s recent decision to conditionally approve construction of the Northern Gateway pipeline? I would ask her opinion on Enbridge’s less-than-inspiring record of more than 800 oil spills in the last decade, keeping in mind the proposed pipeline will cross over 600 rivers before reaching Kitimat. Does McLeod remember the oil spill in Kalamazoo, Michigan? What are her government’s compensation plans for the fishing and

tourism industries after the inevitable oil spills on the West Coast from the more than 200 tankers travelling these waters? Does McLeod remember the Exxon Valdez spill? It would be gratifying to see McLeod take a public stand on the government’s decision in the face of surveys indicating the majority of B.C. residents reject the implementation of the pipeline. I suspect McLeod, with an election looming next year, will be take her stand by sitting on the fence.

Art Johnson Kamloops, B.C.

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REGINA, SK/ Troy Media/ - The Tsilhqot'in decision issued recently by the Supreme Court of Canada is an absolute game-changer. With unexpected clarity and decisiveness, the Supreme Court recognized the Tsilhqot'in's Aboriginal title to their traditional lands and directed governments on how they must proceed with any future development on nontreaty lands. Even the Tsilqot'in, who clearly hoped for the best from the courts, seemed gobsmacked by the strength of the judgment in their favour. This decision is a long time coming. In 1973, the Nisga'a from the Nass River valley in northwest British Columbia had their day in court. They claimed Aboriginal title to their traditional territories and wanted their land rights recognized by the courts. The Nisga'a lost the case, in a rare 3-3-1 split vote, but they had made their point. Prime Minister Pierre Trudeau, previously unimpressed with Aboriginal claims, realized that the Government of Canada could well lose the next such legal challenge. The modern land claims era had started. But it has been a hard road. Some land claims agreements were signed, particularly in the Yukon, Northwest Territories and Nunavut, and the Nisga'a finally got their settlement. But most of British Columbia remains non-treaty land, and several Yukon and NWT First Nations and Maritime First Nations have not yet signed land surrender treaties. Even without full legal backing, many First Nations - more than most Canadians realize - worked with governments and corporations to secure appropriate resource development agreements. Others, including the Tsilhqot'in, pushed back and used the courts to clarify their rights and responsibilities. The Supreme Court decision on the Williams case is the capstone to that process. There will be a great deal of talk about the Tsilhqot'in decision in the next few weeks and months. The Tsilhqot'in won, and they won big. Their Aboriginal rights to their traditional territories have been confirmed. The basis for negotiations in British Columbia and elsewhere has shifted. First Nations have more legal authority than in the past and, like anyone else in a similar situation, they will use it to their benefit. The Aboriginal power as spelled out in the Williams judgment is not absolute, however. Resource development can proceed, subject to the restated requirements to consult and accommodate. The decision puts a higher standard on government to demonstrate a compelling provincial or national interest in a

specific project - and no doubt governments and First Nations will be back in court to define the collective interest more precisely. To this point, most Canadians have viewed First Nations' interests in resource development as a minor irritant and occasionally, as with the Northern Gateway project, a major impediment. Indeed, there has been growing concern expressed by non-Aboriginal people about the steady increase in Aboriginal rights, a grumble that is likely to get louder in the days to come. However, there are more important lessons here. That the Tsilhqot'in turned to the courts showed their ultimate faith in Canada and their commitment to a peaceful resolution to their outstanding claims. The Supreme Court has vindicated that confidence. Remember, however, that this decision recognizes Aboriginal rights under British and Canadian law. It applies a British legal standard to the First Nations' claim. It does not represent an assertion of Indigenous legal or political concepts, much as the Tsilhqot'in would have liked that. In short form, the Supreme Court has declared that, in order to honour British and Canadian law, governments have to work differently and more proactively with First Nations. Importantly, the Williams decision compels governments and companies to work in a way that in fact has already become accepted practice. Resource companies realize that they need to work with Aboriginal people if they want their projects to succeed and they have become increasingly adept at creating viable partnerships and collaborations. Governments, too, understand that the resource development world has been changing rapidly in recent years and that new arrangements are required. The Supreme Court decision puts more authority in the hands of First Nations in non-treaty areas but the directions to government are actually consistent with much current practice. Canadians have to realize, through this decision, that the country has turned a page in its history. Aboriginal people have been assured, under British and Canadian law, a proper and substantial place in the development of natural resources. Their participation is a matter of right, not corporate generosity or government benevolence. – Ken Coates is Canada Research chair in regional innovation at the JohnsonShoyama Graduate School of Public Policy in Saskatchewan, and a senior fellow at the Macdonald-Laurier Institute.

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Question of the Week

Have you found a way to beat the heat?

Butch Kriese: Yes, it's called winter.

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No, it's kind of hard because I work for a farmer. The only time to put up hay is in the heat.

Duncan Scott and family (from U.K.): We go outside for a while then go inside and miss out the midday heat.

Kamryn Klassen Dennis Klassen: (from Kamloops, Sure, we're going river rafting. with Jemma): No, I had no ride to the lake because my parents are working.

Wells Gray Action Committee seeks more public input

Editor, The Times:

The issue of what to do with the southern Clearwater Valley is about community – our community: Clearwater and region. Many would say that it is also about a very important wilderness park – Wells Gray – and the hundreds of thousands of visitors who come here to experience it. Clearwater is at a pivotal point in its history. Decisions our community makes today will determine the options that are available to us in the future.

This is a good time to remind ourselves – and our elected leaders – that local individuals, families, and businesses have invested millions of dollars in the community linking us to Wells Gray Park. Small business is what carried this town through when times were tough in the forestry sector – when we had no major mills here. This issue is much broader than mere access to a small amount of wood fibre. In the big picture it’s about bringing our community together to make the best

possible decisions for our town and our future. Logging, mining and tourism can and should work hand in hand to secure an economic future for our region. For logging and mining that means a responsible and sustainable approach to our resource based landscape. For tourism, it simply means nurturing our relationship with the park and keeping the integrity of the ‘Gateway’ intact. The Wells Gray Action Committee continues to grow and now has more than

United States should stay out of Iraq Editor, The Times

I believe Einstein once said, “The definition of insanity is doing the same thing over and over and expecting different results.” Those who advocate the return of the United States to the cauldron of Iraq seem to be stuck in that 'idiot mindset.' It didn't work last time. Let's do it again. The original reason for the U.S. invasion of Iraq in Gulf War II was nonexistent weapons of mass destruction and ties to the awful events of 9/11. The destruction of the twin towers et al now seems so flimsy a reason that one wonders how could we be so stupid and gullible. Sometimes it seems like the same folks – Fox, fair and balanced including Fox Far North (Sun Media) are the ones including that gang from Canada's national magazine (Macleans) who are calling Barack Obama down for not rushing back into Iraq. Ever since being created by the Sykes-Picot agreement after World War I, Iraq has made no sense. It is a country created by the imperialist ambitions of Britain and France. To heck with the natural boundaries separating Kurds, Shiites and Sunnis – let's lump them all in one, securing the oilfields, etc. Perhaps Gulf War II wasn't all about oil, but most of the

ing here's a quote from Dexter misbegotten venture that folFilkins, June 23, The New lowed was. Iraq's oil fields and Yorker: “In Iran the choices are facilities were privatized and almost all bad and the potenauctioned off to the highest tial for American influence is bidder. That would make them ___. The divine conquest of secure. Mosul by groups of Islamic Just how secure? extremists is a bitter conseWell, ISIS has just overrun quence of the American invaone oil refinery. The Kurds sion. For now there seems to be have moved into Kirkuk. very little we can do about it.” In a curious, rather bloody Couldn't have said it better way, things in that region might myself. just be sorting themselves out. The Kurds appear to be on the Dennis Peacock verge of finally getting their Clearwater, B.C. own country. Betrayed by the P.S. Let's remember that British, Russians, Americans during the George Bush 'ship and all the surrounding states – of fools' off-to-Iraq one man Turkey, Iraq, Iran, you name it pushed the idea of Canada – the Kurds, now with a decent becoming part of the Coalition good army, a reasonably good of the Willing. government and economy, just Stephen Harper. He is in might make it. Scares the hell charge now. out of the surrounding countries but so what? Rodeo Rednecks In a crazy guilt Bottle Drive world where, Saturday July 26th 9am-3pm although no If anyone has bottle but won’t be home one wants please call or text Dani Noble @ 250-674-8591 to admit it, the Syrian armed forces are becoming our de facto allies, for the US of A to get involved would be most likely the height of folly. In clos-

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YEARS AGO:

Over 70 per cent of the 60 people attending a special general meeting voted in favor of a water system for the Flats and the secondary school (today Raft River Elementary) areas of Clearwater. Residential connection fee would be $100.

YEARS AGO:

Six members of the First Clearwater Girl Guide Company won first place in the women's category in the annual raft race to Kamloops. Manning the entry were Linda, Mary and Denise Trainer, Kathleen Zimmerman, Nadeane Nelson, Lavern Tremblay, plus leader Jean Nelson and her husband, Don Nelson.

YEARS AGO:

Seven people were dead, one was seriously injured, and three were presumed drowned after three separate accidents. A Kamloops couple

and their 13-year-old grandson were killed in a head-on collision with a tanker truck on Highway 5 in front of Miller's subdivision. Also killed were two truck drivers from Seattle. Their vehicle burst into flames. A young Vavenby man was killed just south of Vavenby in a single vehicle accident. His passenger suffered a broken back. Three men, all from the Interior, were missing after their 14-foot speed boat went over the falls at the south end of Clearwater Lake. A man and a woman were recovered from the water.≠

YEARS AGO:

A 41-year-old Bear Creek Camp inmate was presumed drowned after he fell into Falls Creek in Wells Gray Park while working on a hiking bridge. He was apparently trying to help a Parks employee whose foot had become trapped when he was swept into a 50 to 75 foot high series of cascades.

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HISTORICAL Perspective

BACK IN TIME A $12,000 grant from the federal government was to be used to construct a drop-in center for the residents of Evergreen Acres.

YEARS AGO:

Police chased a suspect in a stolen vehicle from a breakand-enter in progress on Blanchard Road through the Raft River area and Greer Subdivision to the Candle Creek area. A chase on foot followed. A local man was later arrested in another stolen vehicle near the old CTP planer mill.

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falls, striking his head. The man was a recent arrival to the area. The second-fastest woman in B.C. in both the 400 m and the 800 m, Andrena Moore de Bruyn of Clearwater, age 17, was to compete in the Juvenile National Track and Field Championships in Ottawa.

YEARS AGO:

About 150 volunteer firefighters, spouses and equipment company representatives gathered at the Sportsplex for the Volunteer Firefighters Association of BC's summer seminar and annual general meeting. Terry Sullivan, School District 73's new superintendent, attended his first

YEARS AGO:

There appeared to be little interest from a Barriere group in working with people from the ClearwaterVavenby area in obtaining a valleywide community forest, the Wells Gray Country community forest committee was told. Members of the local committee felt the two community forests in the valley likely would have 15,000 cubic meters of harvest volume, far less than the 50,000 cubic meters many felt was the minimum needed to be sustainable.

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Things had been relatively quiet at Clearwater Fire Zone until lightning and strong winds struck. Eight new fire starts were reported, including two on Raft Mountain. A water bomber actioned them and a ground crew was soon on the scene. The air tanker also hit fires on Battle Mountain and at Stratton Creek. An initial attack crew followed up on Stratton Creek and a rap-attack crew was assigned to the hard-to-access Battle Mountain blaze. Two fires west of Clearwater Lake were actioned, and crews were fighting two fires in Shannon Creek near Avola. Winds were so strong one evening that the Wells Gray Air spotter aircraft based in Upper Clearwater was unable to land and had to overnight at 108 Mile. Friday, July 24 saw a campfire ban in effect within District of Clearwater. The ban was implemented

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TNRD directors approved using an alternative approval process to decide about paying for the Valley Connector transit service. “It's an important social service, especially with the cuts by Greyhound,” said Tim Pennell, TNRD director for Wells Gray Country (Area A). Roland Neave, author of Exploring Wells Gray Park, led a bus tour to examine the place names in and around the park as part of Wells Gray World Heritage Year. Spahats is Chinook jargon for bear, he said. A two-page Valley Voices article featured the 10th anniversary of the 2003 McLure Wildfire. The blaze destroyed or damaged 72 homes and nine businesses. A total of 3,800 people were evacuated and, of these, 880 were evacuated a second time. Final size of the fire was 26,420 ha.

Roland Neave gives presentation on WGP Continued from page A1 MacMillan donated the land to the Benedictine Order in 1972. He died in 1976 at age 90. Neave's presentation included a photo of Mike Majerus' farm next to the Murtle River as it appeared in the early 1970s. The house was still largely intact and surrounded

by open fields. Today the house is largely in ruins and almost hidden by trees. In the early to mid-1970s Neave took bus tours to view the Flourmill Volcanoes, which are located between Clearwater and Mahood Lakes. Today the bridges are no longer in existence and visitors need to walk an hour from

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the nearest road. Neave said his father tried several times to climb Garnet Peak, the highest mountain in Wells Gray Park. He finally succeeded in 1974. Difficult access plus unpredictable weather mean Roland Neave only 40 or Upper Clearwater Hall 50 people have on Saturday evening. climbed it since that Upcoming events first ascent. include a talk about Neave's father also tried to climb a nearby volcanoes by geologist Dr. Cathie Hickson at mountain but without Upper Clearwater Hall success. on Friday evening, July In 1990 it was 25, at 7 p.m. named Mount Hugh Hickson will also Neave in his memory. lead a two-day geologAs far as Roland ic tour of Wells Gray Neave knows, no one Park on July 26 and has ever climbed it. 27. Meet at the Upper Other Wells Gray Rocks events last week- Clearwater Hall at 9 a.m. and be prepared end included a hike to hike up to three with park rangers to Sheila Lake on Trophy hours. More information Mountain on Saturday, on the Wells Gray plus a talk about pioRocks events is availneers and prospecting able at www.wellsby longtime local residents Clara Ritcey and graypark.info on the Internet. Ellen Ferguson at the

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Power outage safety tips Ministry of Justice KAMLOOPS – Many British Columbians are on high alert this week as wildfires burn in the north and central regions of the province. As wildfires can spread rapidly and potentially threaten power lines, it's important that you know, in advance, how to help your family cope with a power outage: * Do not barbecue indoors. Charcoal and gas barbecues, as well as camping equipment, release carbon monoxide, an odourless and colourless gas. It can be a silent killer if allowed to build up in enclosed areas. * For the same reason, if you use a generator, make sure it's outside. * Avoid using candles as they can be a fire hazard. If used, always extinguish candles when leaving a room and be sure the candle-holder is on a stable surface. * Turn on your portable radio for instructions and news reports to ensure you're able to cooperate with instructions from public safety officials. * To stay connected longer, run as few apps on your phone as possible, turn down the screen brightness to conserve your mobile phone's battery.

* Make a list of emergency contacts, including 1 888 POWERON (1 888 769-3766) to report a power outage. * Unplug non-critical electronic devices to avoid damage due to a power surge when the power returns. Alternately, use a power protection surge bar approved by the Canadian Standards Association. * If you encounter a downed power line, stay at least 10 metres away and call BC Hydro immediately. If your vehicle makes contact with an energized line, stay inside the vehicle until help arrives. An essential part of surviving a power outage involves having an emergency kit that will support your entire family for at least 72 hours. Include these supplies in your kit: a battery operated flashlight, extra batteries, bottled water-two litres of water per person per day, battery or crank operated clock and radio, non-perishable foods, and medication or other special needs items, first aid kit, warm clothing and blankets, games and books to keep everyone busy. For up-to-date information, evacuation orders and public safety notices, visit: www. EmergencyInfoBC.gov.bc.ca

ESS helps out during disasters Ministry of Justice VICTORIA - Emergency Social Services (ESS) is a provincial emergency response program, which offers those services required to preserve the well-being of people affected by an emergency or disaster. ESS provides temporary relief to individuals and families so they can begin to plan their next steps to recover after a disaster. ESS is typically available for up to 72 hours when an evacuation order is in place. ESS ends once the evacuation order has been rescinded. During these first 72 hours, evacuees should immediately plan their next steps by contacting their insurance agents, families and friends, or local non-profit agencies. The ESS Office may authorize an extension of ESS services, in exceptional circumstances, on a case by case basis. ESS provides primary services such as: food, lodging, clothing, and family reunification. ESS may also provide specialized services such

as: emotional support services, first aid, child minding, pet care, and transportation services. In B.C., local authorities are responsible for planning and operating ESS. ESS teams assist people affected by disaster, usually at designated reception centres, which may be located at the local community centre, recreation centre, church, or school. ESS teams may also provide services in the following settings: * outreach services to those unable to leave their homes; * mass care (lodging and feeding) to evacuees during a major disaster; * on-site services to response workers and others. If your community is under an evacuation order, please visit your local authority website for more information about where your ESS reception centre has been established and any community specific information you need to know about what to do when you get there.

FACTSHEET: Preparing for wildfire evacuation Ministry of Justice VICTORIA – If you reside in an area that is experiencing wildfires with a potential for evacuation alerts or orders, there are some things you can do to prepare that will make this stressful time a little easier to manage. The most important thing to remember is to stay calm, listen to your local public officials and, if possible, access online social media channels like Twitter or your local government website for information updates. Evacuation Alerts In the event an evacuation alert is issued for your area: • You will need to prepare to leave your home on very short notice. • Stay tuned to your local authority's public information channels, as well as Emergency Info BC (www.emergencyinfobc. gov.bc.ca) for updates.

• Have your emergency kit and important documents ready to go, which should include things like insurance and personal papers such as birth certificates. You should also pack: several days' clothing, medicine/ prescriptions., consider your pets and get leashes, carriers and pet food ready to go. Also consider the kids and bring some comfort items, like a favourite toy or colouring books to help keep them busy. Don't forget to check in on family, friends and neighbours who may have mobility or other issues to contend with. This is a good time to collect precious photos and mementos that can't be replaced. Evacuation Orders If you are told the time has come to evacuate, you must leave the area immediately. Failing to leave when asked to by officials puts yourself and others at risk.

Here's what you should do when an evacuation order is issued: • Grab your emergency kit and follow the directions to the identified reception centre. • Follow the routes specified by emergency officials. Don't take shortcuts. A shortcut could take you to a blocked or dangerous area. • Take critical items already in your kit – medicine, purse, wallet and keys. • Take your pets in kennels or on a leash. • Close all doors and windows. Close and latch gates, but do not lock them. • Take a cell phone if you have one. • If there is time and it is safe to do, shut off water at the main line into your home, and switch off electricity at the breaker panel. Leave natural gas service 'on'.

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Irish folk and blues Members of The Wheat in the Barley play Irish folk and blues music for an appreciative audience in the Upper Clearwater Hall on July 12. Pictured are (l-r) Mark Dowding (wind instruments), Nicole Scoffield (violin), band leader Steve Gidora (guitar and mandolin), and Victor Smith (accordion, mandolin and Celtic drum). Gidora has known Upper Clearwater resident Gerda Faber for many years and she plus some friends arranged the concert, which was sold out. In 2007 the band, which is from the Lower Mainland, performed at Raft River and Vavenby elementary schools. Photo by Fritz Schaer

Clearwater RCMP has responded to several different erratic driving complaints over the last week, which is not surprising, given the season that we are in. Several complaints were received regarding different tractor trailer units attempting to pass unsafely and forcing other motorists off the road to avoid from being hurt or injured. One complaint was received regarding a black motorcycle travelling at a high rate of speed and passing unsafely. Police located this individual at a local gas station and gave him a written warning about his driving behavior.

Loud parties Clearwater RCMP has been received numerous noise complaints over the past month of large parties going on at late hours with high levels of music. Most complaints are from people attempting to fall asleep, but can’t due to the loud music and voices. Clearwater RCMP remind the public to respect your neighbors as well as the people around you and take consideration of those trying to rest. Since Clearwater does not have a noise bylaw to deal with these complaints, police have to go forth with charges of mischief from the Criminal Code of Canada.

Disturbance at the campground On Saturday, July 19, Clearwater RCMP received a report of an assault at a campground in Clearwater. Police attended and spoke with a female camper, who advised that she was assaulted by two males at a nearby camp site. Police investigated further and discovered that no assault had taken place. The males at the neighboring camp site were inappropriately loud; however the situation escalated when the female camper started recording the males and shove her iPad into their faces, questioning them. Police advised the males to go home for the evening.

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A pack of 13 Hells Angels from the Lower Mainland made an unplanned pit stop in Kamloops after inadvertently passing an unmarked RCMP truck. At about 1 p.m. on Friday, July 18, Kamloops Mounties caught wind the bikers

were headed into the Tournament Capital. “I was in my unmarked truck and they came up behind me and didn’t realize it and passed me,” said RCMP Staff Sgt. Doug Aird. The traffic stop occurred just south of Rayleigh. He said all of the bikers were pulled over and given written

warnings for speeding. One was handed a ticket for failing to produce a licence. Aird said Mounties will routinely pull over Hells Angels when they sport their colours in Kamloops. “We’re just keeping track of who’s coming through town,” he said. Kamloops is not home to a formal Hells

Angels clubhouse. The closest clubhouse to Kamloops is in Kelowna, but Aird said the bikers stopped on Friday were from the Lower Mainland. “We don’t usually have too many issues with them,” he said. Aird said the bikers were headed north on the Yellowhead Highway toward the Clearwater area.

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decided they would not seek any boundary adjustment. "There is a rigorous process in place for reviewing boundary adjustments which includes consultations with First Nations, the public and stakeholders. I welcome the participation of organizations such as CPAWS and West Coast Environment Law as we look at our boundary adjustment policy and process to ensure it remains rigorous and transparent. "British Columbia has the highest percentage of its land base dedicated to protected areas of all provincial Canadian jurisdictions, and is one of the largest protected area systems in North America. This percentage will only continue to increase. In fact, in this spring session alone, more than 55,000 hectares was added to B.C.'s protected area system."

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Permablitzing earthship-style in Darfield The Burkholder/Newton family over the past three years have constructed an earthship on their property in Darfield. An earthship is a sustainable home built from dirt-packed used tires and stacked pop cans. Its hallmarks are passive solar heating, rainwater catchment and sustainable energy use and consumption. The family is now moving into the next phase of their sustainable living plan. North Thompson Star/Journal Permaculture BC and Elements Eco-Design dynamos Javan Bernakevitch and Gord Heibert descended upon the Burkholder/Newton property in Darfield, B.C. on June 14 and 15. They were there to join 23 plus participants taking part in a workshop titled ‘Earthships and Permaculture: Applied Techniques for Cold Climate Food Production’, and to help install half of Zone 1 of the Darfield earthship’s permaculture design. Sandra Burkholder says, “This is what happens during a weekend of hugelkulture, Sepp Holzer-style high beds and hours of connecting with like-minded people. “I can’t begin to describe what a wonderful experience this workshop was for us. We had 23 diverse and capable people who came to learn about compost tea, fungi, hugelkulture, perennials, Sepp Holzer-style high beds –arguably the first installed in Canada – raised garden beds, bone salve, food forestry and a number of other interesting topics that popped up outside the weekend’s agenda. “There is nothing like a permablitz for making fast friends. We are grateful to all who came for giving up a weekend to learn and help us build something better, even if it was in the rain!” The project has been five years in the “starting” for Chris Newton, Sandra, and their children. Sandra says that what made the event especially exciting for the family was that the first steps of that five year plan to reclaim this industrial land for

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Workshop facilitator Javan Bernakevitch, of Permaculture BC and Elements EcoDesign, shows his happiness as the new permaculture project in the area just in front of the earthship home in Darfield starts to take shape. food production have now been taken. For the first time in about 50 years a family is living on land that had been used as a sawmill, and making a home on it. Although the earthship is not yet fully completed inside, it has always been the family’s plan to eventually become food self-sufficient on their property as soon as possible. “Chris and I, and our children, first met Javan when we visited O.U.R. Ecovillage on Vancouver Island in November 2009, just after we began building our earthship,” says Sandra, “Javan gave us the tour of OUR, and I knew then that one way or another we would be seeing him again! “Last summer, as our family finished hiking the West Coast Trail we met with Javan in Victoria, B.C., to see if he would be interested in working with us to realize our ‘permie’ plans. We had just moved into our earthship a few months before, and we

were ready to take modern homesteading ‘earthshipstyle’ to the next level.” Sandra says that husband Chris is an engineer, and she is a former journalist and PR consultant. Javan gave the couple “lots of leeway in the early planning stages”. “With minimal help from him we put together our holistic goal, a guiding document of our dreams and desires for our land, and by extension an everchanging road map for our lives,” tells Sandra, “Chris and I each had strengths in data collection, parsing information, writing and evaluation so this task was within our abilities. We also took on the job of finding climate data and site specific information. We used our own resources to map our property, calling on a forestry ‘friend of a friend’ who taught us how to use a compass, clinometer and tight chain to map our land.” The couple say that when working with a permaculture designer you

have the option to do as much as you want. This can often save you in fees, and there really is no better way to learn then doing it yourself. They highly recommend taking a deep breath and diving in! Sandra explains that as they proceeded further into the process, “Javan spent a lot of last fall and part of the winter doing some amazing things overseas in Cuba and Kenya, so in early 2014 he introduced Gord into the planning process and together they came up with an initial design. We made very few changes, although the design shown does not include the hugelkulture bed that quickly became a ‘must’ for the area just south of our main entrance. Sandra says she became the “workshop organizer”, and with input from Javan and Gord accumulated all the materials – topsoil, manure, cardboard and a variety of other things necessary for a successful workshop. She also lined up Dustin

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(Top) Many helpful hands were needed over the two days to bring the permaculture design into reality. (Above) Some of the 23 people who participated in the workshop and helped to establish the permaculture site on the property show their enthusiasm by jumping for joy at the completion of the event. Rainer to do the excavation work, bought topsoil from Mitchell’s Cattle Company since the soil on the property “needed help”, and worked with a nursery to ensure the family had all the edible perennials, fruit trees and herbs that were indicated on their list. During the permablitz event more than 200 individual plants were installed and the hugel bed was seeded with more than 100 packets of seeds. “The two-day work-

shop was so much fun. It is pretty heady stuff to be surrounded by 20 plus like-minded people, who wonder about the same things and who each have their own set of very unique skills and knowledge,” says Sandra, “We feel quite lucky to have met everyone who came – one person from as far away as Whitehorse – and lots of new friendships were formed. “Would we proceed with the next phase? Yes, but first we need to ‘own’

this very new space we helped to create.” You can find more about the earthship and sustainable living plan by referring to the Star/Journal’s May 8, 2014 issue’s ‘Permaculture for earthship family in Darfield, B.C.’, or by going to http:// www.darfieldearthship. com. Please respect the privacy of the earthship family and their property. You can contact them via Facebook or their website for more info or to inquire about a future tour.

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Times Staff This week is National Drowning Prevention Week. Here are some tips from Interior Health: • Always swim with a buddy. • Do not go farther out or into deeper water than you can handle.

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drown in seconds in only a few inches of water. • Install four-sided fencing around pools with a gate that cannot be opened by a child. Child-proof or lock doors that open directly to a pool area. • Learn life-saving techniques including CPR and artificial respiration.

CONGRATULATIONS! Tree of memories Rotary exchange student Daniela Romero plants a tree near Clearwater Secondary School recently to mark the end of her one-year stay in this community. Romero is from Santa Cruz, Bolivia. Clearwater Rotary Club regularly hosts students from abroad and sponsors local young people to spend a year overseas. Clearwater's Katie Bieber recently returned after spending a year in France on a Rotary exchange. Photo submitted

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Children’s Art Fest to feature Helen Knight Submitted Helen Knight of Blackpool will be Clearwater Children's Art Festival’s feature artist for the year 2014. Raised in the Peace River country of northern Alberta in the small town of La Glace during the Depression, Knight was raised among seven siblings by her Russian Mennonite immigrant parents. Learning to live off the land from her homesteading parents, Helen had an immediate connection with the Earth and its gifts from birth. "I know that when I grew up I was aware of the Earth and life on Earth; the creatures and the plants, the flowers and everything like that. We always gardened, we grew all our own food, that's how I grew up," she said. Helen spent over 30 years as a teacher, including working as a special needs educator. During her time working at an institution on the Lower Mainland, she met her husband Art Knight, a psychiatric nurse. Helen retired from teaching when her husband became ill in order to care for him full time. Following the loss

Helen Knight sits in front of a large multi-panel painting at her home in Blackpool. A resident of the area for over 20 years, Knight has been chosen to be the feature artist for the upcoming Clearwater Children's Art Festival. Photo submitted

of her husband in 1986, Helen turned to her love of nature and made a career change. She followed her passion to the North Thompson valley where she was hired as a naturalist for Wells Gray Park in 1988. From then until the year 2000, Helen worked in the park in a variety of roles, including as an educator and writer for the park rangers. Her time living and working in Wells Gray Park allowed her to extensively pursue her interests including birding and hiking, and her appreciation for nature grew to new depths. "I have always been a naturalist with a love of the outdoors," Helen explained. "Even as a young child I knew where all the birds' nests

were, when the first robin appeared and the when first crocus bloomed. Nature has always been in my heart." Throughout her life, Helen had a love of art inside of her. During her career as a teacher, she was very creative and spent a lot time doing photography and embroidery work. "That's how I got my creative juices going," she recalled. However, it was not until her friend and

eventual mentor Joan Moffat came for a visit and brought her paints, paper and brushes with her that Helen discovered her passion and talent for painting. At the age of 64, Helen Knight became an artist. Almost 20 years later, her home is now her gallery, with her work displayed in every room. Her medium of choice is acrylic, although she has also dabbled in water colour and oil pastels. Helen feels acrylic

paint suits her personality. "Acrylic works for me because it's so fast. I am a really fast painter. I may spend a long time wondering what I'm going to do and working up a painting in my mind, and then all of a sudden, half an hour later it's done!" she explained. Helen is inspired by her immediate natural surroundings. "My subject matter has followed a very natural history theme. I am also very con-

nected to the seasons," she said. Her garden and riverside property provide endless subject matter for her art. Currently, she is leaning more towards impressionism in her style. "I don't want a picture perfect poppy, I want an impressionist one," she said. She also makes scrapbooks where she collects images of art that speak to her. "I feel like they informally inform my own art," she mused. Helen recalls the best quote she ever read about creating art, "Paint what you love." She also remembers the initial advice she received from her friend and mentor Joan. "She told me that by the time we saw each other again I needed to draw or sketch 100 items. It didn't matter what they were or how complicated they were or what I used, I just had

to get out a sketchbook. By the end of that time I knew I could draw," she said. Helen has come to realize that since she became more public with her art, she is also inspired by the people who like and enjoy her paintings. "It's kind of like an exchange of love. It's a gift." You can view Helen's art in her home gallery in Blackpool, at the Yellowhead Community Services office on Park Drive, and at Forest House Wellness Centre. Helen Knight's art is available for sale. She welcomes anyone who has an interest in her work to contact her directly. This year's Clearwater Children's Art Festival will happen on Wednesday, Aug. 6, 10 a.m. - 3 p.m. at the new Dutch Lake Community Centre field. It will be the first large community event at the new centre

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Man Tracker event coming this weekend Submitted Wells Gray Riders Association of Clearwater is proud to host the first annual Man Tracker Invitational this coming weekend, July 25 to 27 at Nakiska Ranch near Wells Gray Park. Teams of four “prey” will try to elude four trackers on horseback in a round-robin tournament. Aside from raising funds for a public equine riding arena, the association hopes to raise awareness of a new sport at a competitive level, provincially. Come on out on Saturday or Sunday for $5 per person (kids under 5 free) and support this great family event. There will be a Kids Corral each day that will feature a 37’ pirate ship bouncy, a dunk tank with some local celebrities, a Kamloops A&W-sponsored root beer chugging/burping contest, a bubble gum blowing contest, a rubber ducky race, plus numerous giveaways and other surprises. Also on-site both days will be live performers, vendors

(such as 4-Oak balsamic vinegar plus Gourmet Kettle Fudge and Popcorn), local artisans and local clubs selling their fare. The food concession on-site will be provided by The Lunch Box of Kamloops and JumpNJax Entertainment will sell hot dogs, popcorn and candy floss in the Kids Corral. Every day there will be many instant wins given away. A Saturday night dance will feature a silent auction and a late night buffet. The dance doors will open at 8 p.m. and last call will be at 11:30 pm at this licensed event. Free camping will be provided to ensure drinking responsibility without driving. Master of ceremony for the weekend will be Wells Gray Country director Tim Pennell. Closing ceremony will be on Sunday at 4 p.m. Proceeds from the event will go towards a new public riding arena to be located at Upper Clearwater Hall. For more information, go to www.wellsgrayriders.com or call 250674-3039 for advance dance tickets.

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Boys win bronze in Nanaimo Members of the Zone 2 (Thompson-Okanagan) team pose for a photograph after winning third place at the BC Summer Games in Nanaimo last week. The team is made up of eight Clearwater players plus two from Merritt and one from Barriere. Pictured are (back, l-r) chief coach Kevin Vandamme, coach Clint McGill, Josh Traub, William Ellis, David Coulter, Curtis Pecor, Dalton Jury, coach Orlynn Braaten, manager Marie Dee, (middle, l-r) Connor Dee, Mathew Lee, Julien Dewey, Adam Borrow, Nathan Weninger, and (front) Karter Romeo. The team finished fourth in the round robin with some really close games. First game in playoffs, Zone 2 battled Zone 4 (Fraser River-Delta), the top team, but lost 3-0. The team then played Zone 8 (Cariboo-Northeast) for bronze. The game was close with a final score of 5-6 for Zone 2. Much the same team recently won the U16 provincials in Clearwater. Photo submitted

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Water leak causes problems in Vavenby Don't water all night The TNRD phoned all residents on the evening of Friday, July 25 to remind them of the water restrictions. It can be seen that not everyone is following the rules. No one should be watering overnight. Right now the reservoir is low because some people are not conserving water and the reservoir has not had a chance to fill up. Residents were also notified that the boil water ban has been lifted.

Robyn Rexin On Wednesday., July 23, at 8:30 p.m. a Vavenby resident living on Guru Nanak Road, noticed that her driveway was flooded. She notified Vavenby’s water maintenance operator Tighe Hewlett immediately. Hewlett went to the home right away. To Hewlett it looked like the homeowner’s curb stop (shut -off) had broken and that could be fixed fairly easily. She trenched the area that evening so that the water would run away from the home and then she planned the repairs that would be done the next morning. Dale Stachoski from Thompson-Nicola Regional District in Kamloops and Ted Shultz from Borrow Enterprises in Clearwater came to the site by 10 a.m. on Thursday to fix the break. Once they had started digging they discovered the leak was bigger and in a different location than expected. The crew found that the leak was a broken pipe under the road.

TNRD utility technician Dale Stachoski works on a broken pipe on Guru Nanak Road in Vavenby last week. Photo by Robyn Rexin

It appeared to be the main line and an emergency situation was declared. The water was shut off immediately for Ball Road and the roads branching off of Ball Road. Affected residents were not notified of the shut-off due to a misunderstanding in instructions. Hewlett says that she takes full responsibility for the misun-

derstanding and apologizes to everyone. The actual location of the leak was eventually discovered and was repaired by 3 p.m. Homeowners were without water for four hours. The problem was caused by a rock rubbing against the pipe and creating a one inch split in a line branching off from the main line.

Potluck next Wednesday In June there were 22 people at the community’s free coffee and potluck lunch held at the Vavenby Christian Church. The next monthly coffee/potluck will be on Wednesday, July 30. People are asked to bring foods such as sandwiches, crackers, cheese, desserts, etc. These community lunches and coffee are now held on the last Wednesday of every month, 11 a.m. – 1 p.m.

Energy savings offered to lower-income families Tom Fletcher– Black Press BC Hydro and FortisBC are expanding their low-income energy conservation programs to reduce the impact of rising electricity costs. One program offers free energy saving kits, including compact fluorescent light bulbs, weatherstripping, thermometers to optimize operation of the fridge and freezer and a high-efficiency shower head. The other offers

free home energy evaluations to see if they home qualifies for an energy-efficient refrigerator or extra insulation. Energy Minister Bill Bennett said the government changed regulations to increase the low-income cutoff to qualify for the programs. A family of four earning up to $57,200 can now qualify, up from $44,000, a change Bennett said will almost double the number of house-

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holds who are eligible. The threshold for a two-person household is $38,300. Customers of the two utilities have to apply and provide proof of income to take advantage of the programs. Bennett said last November he would seek ways to provide extra help for lowerincome customers when he unveiled a new BC Hydro rate plan. That plan will

see electricity rates rise by 28% over the next five years, with further increases to be determined at that time. BC Hydro has other energy-saving incentives that are not income-tested, including a rebate program for installation of insulation, draftproofing, heat pumps and water heaters. Those require homeowners to pay for assessment to see if they qualify

for rebates. Bennett said BC Hydro spends $160 million a year on its whole range of energy efficiency programs, including those for commercial and industrial customers. The utility has set an "aggressive" goal to meet 78% of its demand growth through energy conservation, reducing the need to build new generating capacity, he said.

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Cyclists still going strong The cyclists who stayed overnight in Vavenby recently were approaching Brandon, MB, as of early last week. The four are going across Canada to raise awareness for the need for clean water in Africa and to raise money to build 60 wells. They are now one-quarter of the way across Canada. The group has had two television interviews, one in Edmonton and one in Saskatoon. The Discovery Baptist Church in Regina pledged to sponsor an entire well so the cyclists have now raised enough to build 21 of them. The men are feeling strong and everyone is having a great time. On July 15, Andrew Scheer, Regina MP and Speaker of the House of Commons of Canada, rode along with them.

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Tom Fletcher– Black Press VICTORIA – The B.C. Teachers' Federation had better not expect an imposed settlement to keep the beginning of the school year from being disrupted, Finance Minister Mike de Jong said recently. Every other sector of the public service has been able to find agreements within the government's balanced budget mandate, but the teachers' union might be expecting a legislated settlement as has taken place in the past, de Jong said as he presented the public accounts that show B.C.'s budget balanced as of this spring. "You cannot send negotiators into a bargaining session

with other public sector workers, hammer out agreements that include very modest settlements, and then because another group decides to make a little more noise, provide more, because you are taking from one group in order to satisfy the demands of another within the context of a balanced budget," de Jong said. The BCTF strike for the last two weeks of June saved the provincial treasury about $12 million a day, while year-end studies and exams were disrupted. The two sides haven't communicated since early July, when B.C. Supreme Court Justice Stephen Kelleher said they are too far apart for mediation to be effective. Education Minister

Peter Fassbender said the BCTF has to reduce its demands, in particular improved benefits he said represent an additional $225 million a year. Those include increases to preparation time, pregnancy and parental leave, extended health and dental care and substitute teacher compensation. De Jong said the lesson of imposing settlements is that they haven't worked. "Every other sector of the public service is able to negotiate an agreement," he said. "What is it about this one area, and is it the expectation that the government will step up and simply legislate an agreement? I hope that's not the expectation, because that's not the plan."

Even though only 10 devoted golfers braved the heat and smoke during the July 17 Ladies Night, it was still a good day of golf. The course was busy early in the day with most of the ladies doing the front nine before 10 a.m. The winners for this week were: Low Gross: Marg Anderson, Larissa Hadley, Reita Vandenborre; Low Net: Anna Mae Dee, Abbey Bates; KP: Abbey B.; Longest Drive: Marg A., Larissa H., Rosemary Harley; Longest Putt: Marg A., Larissa H., Daisy Hystad; Longest Putt for all flights: Rosemary H.; Least Putts: Reita V.; Most Putts was shared between Joan Slingsby and Larissa; Closest to Windmill: Joan Slingsby; Hidden Score game: Anna Mae. Daisy H was the only player who managed to sink a ball into the pond on #4. Thank you to our sponsors for this week: The Painted Turtle Restaurant, Century 21 Realty, Safety Mart, Absolute Hair, Rona, Home Hardware, Wells Gray Inn, TNT, Clearwater Computers, O’Bryans Café, Pharmasave, and The Caboose. If it rained during the week and the smoke is gone and the temperature is lower, I hope to see lots of new and regular golfers out for another great night of golf and company on July 24.

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Behind the Scenes, 200 Trekking Tales Later, Part 1 As I approach an unbelievable #200 Trekking Tale, I think back to when I first became a freelance writer after walking tentatively into The Times office with a copy of “The Meeting Place” in my hand. I’d been urged there by our friend Pat Sabiston. With my story’s acceptance came a simple agreement: “We’ll publish one when we have space, so, when you see one of your stories in print, send another.” While that has been easy enough, sticking to the word limit has not. “I guess 500 words will do it,” I was told initially. “Well, maybe 600...” Trimming the fat is always the biggest challenge in any writing, especially since I have to delete most of my cheeky quips to reduce the count. One day when I had nothing else to think about, I remembered a wee book I had enjoyed in my youth which begins with Mother (Father was dutifully at work) making a promise to her children. “Today I’m taking you to a place you have often seen on the outside, but we’re going inside to see what happens next,” she tells them. Puzzled, the youngsters discuss possibilities as they

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leave home. Soon they arrive at – the Post Office. Going behind the scenes, they watch mail of all shapes and sizes progress from letter drop and counter until exiting the building en route to destinations all over the world. From there my thoughts switched to my submissions and I realized I had no idea what had happened to each of those 200 Trekking Tales once I pressed “Send” on the computer. Deciding that it was time to remedy this, I made an appointment with Keith McNeill, editor of Clearwater Times. “Your email,” he tells me, “announces its arrival on

my computer with a ‘bong’, just like the other hundred or more that come in each day. When I see your name in my mailbox, I wonder what you’ve written about this time. I check for grammatical errors, run it through spellcheck, and look at the word count. The number of words is crucial, the paper using 20 words/column inch. I save it as text file for easy page layout.” Keith clicks through screen after screen on his computer until he opens a program called “InDesign” to show me how page layout is displayed. Keith mentions that office manager, Yevonne

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Cline, does most of the layout each week. Seated at her desk nearby, she grins at me. “Keith used to do that,” she says, “but somehow it came to be my job.” Ads (they pay the bills!) are positioned first by publisher Al Kirkwood and their location shows with an X on the screen in front of me. Keith shows me last week’s Trekking Tale tucked in there, one wee item among many. Yevonne takes all the stories and pictures that Keith has prepared and fits them together so that the overall look and feel of the paper remains constant, as do some of the advertisements. “Standing head (title) can be adjusted but tolerance for variations in line spacing and font is extremely narrow,” I learn. “Research suggests having different sizes of type on a newspaper page makes it difficult to read, causing people to simply skip over the information. We adhere carefully to specific lay-out rules.” Keith draws my attention to the changing size of columns for the many articles on one page, for easier reading. As you will see in Part 2, my Trekking Tale (and the rest) now leave Clearwater, but return in print two days later.

Ambulance Service celebrates 40 years VANCOUVER - BC Ambulance Service recently celebrated 40 years of caring for British Columbia families. "Congratulations to BC Emergency Health Services and BC Ambulance Service on such an impressive accomplishment," said Health Minister Terry Lake. "Forty years ago, an ambulance was primarily used as a method of transport, but now BC Ambulance Service essentially sends mobile health care right to a patient's side using highly trained paramedics, efficient dispatchers and stateof-the-art equipment - a major advancement for patient care." The year was 1974, a time when disco ruled the dance floor, bell bottoms were in vogue

and B.C.'s first patients were transported in ambulances that resembled station wagons. This year also marked an important milestone for B.C.'s health care system: the first year of operations for Canada's first provincewide ambulance service. "The dispatchers who receive the initial call, the paramedics who arrive on scene, and the many support staff who help make this care possible are all committed to providing high-quality emergency medical services," said Carl Roy, president and chief executive officer, Provincial Health Services Authority and president of BC Emergency Health Services. "Our patients regularly praise our staff's dedication and compassion, which is what patients remember most about their experience and what BCAS

strives to achieve on every call." Forty years ago, BC Ambulance Service's main focus was on patient transportation. Today, the care and treatment provided by paramedics and dispatchers begins right from the initial 9-1-1 call, and is rooted in innovation. Through an integrated, provincial system, BC Ambulance Service is able to provide seamless pre-hospital care and inter-facility transfer service to patients from all corners of British Columbia. "Words cannot describe the gratitude I have for BC Ambulance Service's paramedics and dispatchers," said Norman Ford, a patient helped by BC Ambulance Service. "Six years ago, a very special paramedic, Ole Olsen, saved my life.

Not a day goes by that I don't think about him and the other crew members who provided care. The BC Ambulance Service has not only allowed me to continue spending time with my precious family, but has also inspired my six-year-old granddaughter to become a paramedic." Since 1974, BC Ambulance Service paramedics and dis-

patchers have treated an estimated 12 million patients in British Columbia. And today, British Columbians are invited to share their stories and experiences, and recognize a paramedic or dispatcher who has made a difference in their lives with a new web-based recognition service for paramedics. To submit stories, please visit: www.bcas.ca

Dale Franklin Brown of Barriere, British Columbia, passed away after a lengthy illness, at his home on July 16, 2014. He was 78 years of age. Dale was born in Edmonton, Alberta, to parents Raymond and Cecelia (nee Caza). Dale is survived by his son Keith (Butch Brown), five daughters, Jo-Anne Massicotte (Leonard), Roxanne Taylor (Dan), Diane Brown (Darrel), Rae-Anne Dickie (Jim), Lianne Hamblin (Brent). Nine grandchildren,15 great grandchildren, brother Wendall Brown (Jaunita), sister Donna Primrose, brother in law Maynard Miller (Carole), sister-in-law Clarece Dyson. He will be missed by many nieces and nephews as well as by his many friends. Dale was predeceased by his wife, the love of his life Lylet, and his parents Raymond and Cecelia Brown. After all the facts Dale has gone fishing. He is a loving husband, father, grandfather, brother and friend. Private family burial will be held at the Barriere Memorial Cemetery. Celebration of Life for family and friends will follow at 2 p.m. on Saturday, July 26, 2014 in the lower part of the Barriere Legion Branch #242. Donations in Memory of Dale Brown can be made to the Barriere Hospice Society, Box 201, Barriere, BC, V0E 1E0. Condolences may be sent to the family via www.NorththompsonFuneral.com. Funeral arrangements entrusted to North Thompson Funeral Services, Barriere, BC, 1-250-672-1999.

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