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Nurturing knowledge with nature any type of bird that likes wetland living like malOminceca Express lards or American widgets,” said Mr. Salewski. The Redmond Flats BC Hydro has even Wetland Restoration committed to donating a project is underway pole that will be used to and, once completed, create a large nest for a will offer an educational bird such as an eagle or wetland experience for osprey. A birds-eye-view residents and tourists of post is also being looked Vanderhoof, said Wayne at so people can get a Salewski, a retired forest full-spectrum view of the protection officer and land. volunteer conservationist “Ospreys being fish on the project. hunters would fit right “We want to create in with Stoney Creek bewalking paths and plating right there, but we forms to allow kids to have to see who chooses engage in the wetland asto nest there,” said Mr. pect,” said Mr. Salewski. Salewski. The Redmond Pit Members of the projwetlands are located a ect are also looking into few kilometres west of cameras that can be set Vanderhoof on highway into nests so baby birds can be publicized in 16 across from Stoney schools as another type Creek. The property is of educational opportuowned by Ducks Unlimnity. ited in partnership with Once the property is the Vanderhoof Fish and finished, Ducks UnlimGame Club. The initiaited plans to donate it to Photo by Rebecca Watson tive started a few years the District of Vanderago with a vision of re- WELCOMING WETLANDS: Wayne Salewski, a volunteer on the Redmond Flats Wetland Restoration project, is a member hoof. Brian Frenkel, city constructing the area to of the Vanderhoof Fish and Game Club who has partnered with Ducks Unlimited to bring residents and tourists of councillor and director of create an environmental Vanderhoof a way of experiencing an upclose encouter with wetland animal habitats. Avison Management Sersanctuary that people can vices, feels the wetland is ote. A group of cattle also reside grazing creates nesting opportuni- they will move up and around walk through. there full-time during the summer ties were the un-grazed land won’t. large oxbow (u-shaped) ponds. a wonderful project. “Its a fantastic gift to the com“Right now the focus is still months. Although the cows are The fence keeps the cows and cow Boardwalk cutouts throughout the on ducks and cattle, but only an- confined to one area of land, they manure out of the water but still path will give onlookers access to munity. It’s always been there but other year or two it will be people play a key role because all ducks helps to create that relationship,” wildlife habitats giving onlookers to have the Vanderhoof Fish and ready,” said Mr. Salewski. don’t nest in or [around] water, said Mr. Salewski. a chance of experiencing up close Game club work on it and then Animals and wildlife have said Mr. Salewski. The plan is to clear, grade and encounters with all the different have Ducks Unlimited gift it to the community, its not only going to started to inhabit the 90-acre prop“Pintails in particular like to fence the parking lot at the begin- plants and animals. erty including countless species of nest in pasture land and once the ning of the property and have the “Wherever you see cat tails be a lasting gift but something we birds and plants and various other ducks are hatched the mom march- walkways start from there. As they theres a waterhole and thats the can showcase to visitors,” said Mr. animals such as fox, deer, and coy- es them over to water. The cattle progress throughout the wetland, part dedicated to ducks, geese or Frenkel. Rebecca Watson
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Worshiping with the Wiebes Rebecca Watson Omineca Express
The Vanderhoof Gospel Church rang with praise last week during The Wiebes live performance of harmonized gospel music. “It was a spiritual experience, high energy and quite enlightening,” said Stan Giesbrecht, a massage therapist in Vanderhoof who attended the concert. Singing together since the day they met, Shane and Angela Wiebe have been married for ten years and share a passion for music and Jesus Christ. They have two children, Joelle 8, and Josiah 7, who have started accompanying them in their travels spreading the word of the lord through song. Joelle has even started singing with her parents on stage. “We are so passionate about our faith and so blessed to be able to do Photo by Rebecca Watson what we do. One of our HALLELUJAH: Angela and Shane Wiebe sang at the Gospel Church in big motivations in terms Vanderoof last week during their cross-country summer tour. The couple of audience is having the audience journey along with is known for their passion of music and Jesus Christ.
us in the music,” said Mr. Wiebe. The Wiebes began their singing journey in 2000 during a choir tour of Germany with the Columbia Singers. Two years later, the couple met again but this time because Angela, a pianist and violinist, needed a last minute accompaniment and was given Shane’s number. From then on they preformed regularly together and a couple years later were married. In March of 2003 Mr. Wiebe made it to top five on CTV’s hit television show “Canadian Idol” where he worked with musicians including Lionel Richie and Gordon Lightfoot. By 2009 The Wiebes had formed their official release CD, “Into Your Light” which won Inspirational Album of The Year in 2010. “Music crosses so many barriers you can feel it. Music is a gift and to share that gift with
others is incredible,” said Mr. Wiebe. Now having traveled Canada on and off for the past six years, The Wiebes have sang at countless churches across the country. Although it was their first time performing in Vanderhoof, they were not at all surprised to find out they had relatives living here. “We have found pockets of relatives throughout this country. People have come up to us and are distant relatives and invite us over for coffee and now were family,” said Mr. Wiebe. This year the family started their tour in Manitoba and will finish in Northern Ontario after trucking through the prairies and mountains with a the large RV hitched to the back of their truck. Most of their concerts are free but they don’t seem to mind. “We may not be cash rich but we are experienced millionaires,” said, Mr. Wiebe.
“We are so passionate about our faith and so blessed to be able to do what we do.” - Shane Wiebe
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What It’s Like: To go ATV’ing
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The trail we went down had not been driven through for quite some time. Huge logs stuck out of the ground and trees bent over scraped the roof of the Razor. Vroom Vroom. We bounced over twigs and brush and down into and out of pot holes. “Ok hit the left hard and we can miss those over hanging trees,” said Wayne Moll, my co-pilot and vice president of the snowmobile club. I swerved and missed the overhanging trees but bounced off some logs. I shot forward and somehow squeezed through the tiny space keeping on the trail. Boulders and fallen dead trees overtaken with tall grass and brush made it hard to tell which way I should go. After ten more minutes of
life-threatening adrenaline, we finally got off the rough trail and made it back onto the semi-groomed path were the only obstacles were pebbles and ridges in the dirt. With a deep breath it was actually nice to be surrounded by natures beauty. But the Zen was short lived as I approached the deepwheel carvings of fellow ATV’ers. Big mud holes with tires tracks higher on one side then the other filled with water. “Once you start you have to keep going. No stopping in the middle or we’ll sink,” said Wayne. Wide eyed I gripped the steering. Time to get dirty! Thanks To Wayne Moll for taking me out on his Razor and for pushing me to keep going even when terrain got tough.
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Summertime and drinking is easy Tom Fletcher Black Press The B.C. government’s move to ease liquor restrictions is undergoing its hot summer test, and music festivals are only part of it. Premier Christy Clark’s government loves its populist gestures, and as with increasing rural highway speed limits, the negative effects have yet to be quantified. Free-range drinking, or removing fences from festival beer gardens, is one of the moves that will be undergoing a post-mortem as communities clean up after their big summer parties. One of the biggest, the Squamish Valley Music Festival with headline acts Arcade Fire, Bruno Mars and Eminem, is still to come, Aug. 8 to 10. Country fans gathered over the long weekend for Sunfest in the Cowichan Valley, with the Rockin’ River Musicfest in Mission coming up next. (Another big bash next weekend is Shambhala, the popular electronic music event on a farm near Nelson, but alcohol is officially banned there and their big issue is controlling the effects of “ecstasy” and other rave drugs.) Early reviews of free-range festivals have been positive. Victoria’s Rock the Shores event went smoothly without a fenced-in area for alcohol sales. Festival organizers did create a fenced “dry” area, but I’m told hardly anyone used it. Penticton has had its share of experience with summer bashes gone bad. For B.C. Day it inherited the Boonstock Music and Arts festival, sent packing from a small community in Alberta after complaints of rowdy crowds and crime, so Penticton officials were understandably cautious. Boonstock organizers were refused a provincial liquor licence after struggling to arrange security and emergency services. The festival licence process is
likely getting renewed attention these days. After attending the recent Calgary Folk Festival, where the beer garden was securely fenced and the capacity monitored, I’m wondering what is really achieved by these measures. Litter and empties were contained, but since under-aged festival visitors are allowed into the serving area, it’s not clear to me whether the fence was ever worth the effort. It’s unlikely that there will be riots at farm markets as a result of allowing sales of locally made beer, wine and spirits, or from relaxing rules for operation of winery tasting rooms. But there are more reforms to come. New regulations are on the way for the Agricultural Land Reserve. As it stands, farms are allowed to have a winery or cidery, but not a brewery or distillery. Expect that to be changed as B.C. and other provinces strive to develop their craft beer and spirits industry, trying to emulate the tourism benefits that have come from an expanding wine industry. One area where the B.C. government has screwed up is its minimum pricing rules, introduced along with the overdue move to allow “happy hour” discounts in pubs. The minimum price of 25 cents an ounce for beer, 60 cents an ounce for wine and $3 an ounce for hard liquor was an effort to balance business-friendly policy with legitimate public health concern about over-consumption. But the minimum beer price prompted protests from a few watering holes that had been selling pints or jugs of beer for slightly less. Some media made a big deal of this, and the government over-reacted to this tempest in a beer stein with an ill-thought-out cut in the minimum price to 20 cents an ounce – for beer in jugs only. The pub industry was not impressed with this bit of knee-jerk populism. Encouraging beer jug sales makes it difficult to see if someone at a table of revelers is being over-served, drinking most of the jug himself.
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Rebecca Watson Omineca Express The Trail Improvement Project is underway and trails west and south of Stuart Lake will soon be getting a long-awaited facelift. The Snowmobile Society owns and maintains a large portion of Fort St. James’ recreational trails. In recent years, the society has installed three bridges with the help of timeand-material donations from various community members to help stop obstruction of fish streams. Now the main focus has shifted to improving the trails with grooming and signage, said Wayne Moll, vice president of Fort St. James Snowmobile Society. “We get people coming from Prince George and Vanderhoof and with more tourists arriving in town we would like to improve the safety of our trail network with better grooming and signage to indicate where you are, at what kilometre, on what trail, and where to go next,” said Mr. Moll. Trails affected include Dog Creek Trail, Bridge to Ridge Trail, Tulle Lake Trail, Angly Lake Trial one and two, Barlow FSR Trail, Pam Lake Trail, Water Tank Trail and Whitefish trail. The plan is to have large colour-coated kilometre signs and
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FUN ON THE TRAILS: Wayne Moll, vice prsident of the Fort St. James Snowmobile Society stands on one of the trail bridges recently put in by the society. directional arrows placed throughout the trails, along with nine large colour-coated maps placed at key locations. The society is also in the works of producing hand-held map brochures to make available at various outdoor recreation and tourist outlets. “I’ve seen other trail maps and there blackand-white and it’s hard to figure out. That’s why were doing it in colour,” said Mr. Moll. The improvement project has been in the works for a few years but got rolling this year with the help of five key contributors. A total of $41,000 was given in grant money and donated material
towards the project. The society plans to use a large portion of the money towards a new Razor ATV that a newly-donated trail groomer will hitch onto. Special options for the Razor including closed doors, a radio and a heater are being looked at since the average age of the society’s executive is 63. The two people grooming the trails last year were Ed Hill 82, and Grant Luck 78. During the grant applying process, one of the main contributors, Integris Credit Union Community Foundation, made it known that the money they give is not to be used for a machine. Being
one of the larger donations, it was fortunate that they later agreed to have their grant spent on the add-ons for the ATV and any left-over monies on signage and grooming. “We’ve been trying for five years to get the ball rolling on this and since April everything has just popped into place,” said Mr. Moll. The group already has a mock design of the maps made up so the actual signs should be seen up by mid August, said Mr. Moll. A project plan submitted to Northern Development Initiative Trust has the entire project scheduled for completion by April 2015.
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“We want to get the Razor before October so the trails can get groomed before first snow fly. We tried to also work it around the Caledonia Classic which is in February, so it should be done before then,” said Mr. Moll. The Fort St. James Snowmobile club started in 1972 and became a society in 1998. They started out with the old 81-acre fairgrounds for their club house and with the help of volunteers kept local trails groomed and accessible. Now, they have 300 km of trail tenured with the BC government that are used by residents and tourists alike for anything from hiking, horseback riding, mountain biking, cross country skiing, snowmobiles and dog sledding. “People come from everywhere. We’ve even had people from the Yukon and Switzerland inquire about coming to learn dog sledding, so that’s international. The trails will be wider, safer and better looking. It’s definitely going to bring people to town,” said Mr. Moll. For more information about the Fort St. James Snowmobile Club visit their FaceBook at www.facebook. com/FortStJamesSnowmobileclub
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A weekly feature highlighting meetings/ proposals, events important to Vanderhoof residents. NOTICE FROM THE DISTRICT OF VANDERHOOF During this particularly hot dry weather, it is more difficult to maintain an adequate water level in our reservoir. Low water levels could be problematic should a fire emergency arise. The District of Vanderhoof wishes to remind the public of our Urban water restrictions, which are in effect until September 30th, 2014.
Lawn and garden sprinkling shall only be done from 7:00 am to 10:00 am and from 7:00 pm to 10:00 pm with the following schedule. - Even numbered addresses on even numbered days - Uneven numbered addresses on odd numbered days If you live on the North Side of the Nechako River these water restrictions do not apply to you. Northside Water Services will provide you with their own watering restriction rules. The District of Vanderhoof thanks you for limiting your water usage to the times permitted.
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Sturgeon spawning a success Rebecca Watson Omineca Express Fish at the Nechako White Sturgeon Conservation Centre are growing as planned, and have survived the hardest part of the husbandry process, said senior fish culturalist Mike Manky. “The first feeding is the most challenging stage because they are quite picky on what they’ll eat and how they’ll eat. We’re passed that now and the fish seem to be growing really well,” said Mr. Manky. Since it’s grand opening on July 17, Photo by Rebecca Watson the fish conservatory MEASURING WATER LEVELS: Kara Varley is one of four employees at the Nechako White Sturgeon has housed approxiConservation Centre. It is her job to test the water daily for outlier levels of toxins that could potentialy mately 12,000 baby harm the fish. sturgeon in hopes to putting them back into Some fish grow faster the chances there are proper habitat since the In the past, the the Nechako river this than others so the pel- three separate water facility uses both water Freshwater Fisheries spring. lets come in different filtering systems. The from the river and de- Society of BC has run With the help of 18 sizes. Once the fish juvenile, adult hold- chlorinated city water. other pilot projects but adult sturgeon caught reach a certain size ing and adult spawning “The city water didn’t get them as big in a successful brood its important to grade ponds all get their own comes in handy dur- as what is planned for capture, the centre them and put them into water treatment so that ing hot weather be- this batch of fish. had a fruitful spawn“Bigger fish proing period. This was duce a higher surdone by extracting vival rate and since eggs from the female’s when we release bowels and drawing them they will be sperm from the males quite big, we are exwith a rubber hose on a pecting a high sursyringe. After the colvival rate,” said Mr. lection the eggs were Manky. mixed and fertilized There are two feand put into incubamale adult sturgeon tion jars that sat inside being held for next shallow ponds. Once year’s spawning. hatched the baby sturThey are all about geon use up their yolk Photo by Rebecca Watson 65 years old and sac as an initial food JUVENILE TANK: Baby sturgeon swimming in one of the shallow ponds. seven-and-a-half feet reserve, but after that long. White sturgeon they need to be fed are the largest freshright away, said BJ separate ponds, said the water can be reused cause the river water water fish in North Bruder, a junior fish Mr. Manky. and there is a low risk is too warm we have to America and can grow culturalist whose job is “We grade them of contaminating an cool it down,” said Mr. to be 20 feet in length, to feed the fish. into different ponds adult disease with the Manky. weigh 1,500 pounds “It’s a critical life geared to size so the baby fish. Currently the baby and live over one hunstage because you bigger ones don’t eat Water sampling is fish are about half-an- dred years. Free know what happens the little ones,” said also done every day to inch to two inches and tours will continue when you don’t eat,” Mr. Manky. measure levels in the will grow to about 10 running at the Nechasaid Ms. Bruder. Another big reason water for things such as inches by the planned ko White Sturgeon The fish food is to keep the fish sepa- ammonia and nitrate, release date in April. Conservation Centre made from various fish rate is to avoid adult which can be toxic to “Basically they will weekly on Thursdays and comes in tiny pel- fish spreading dis- fish. Even the water be the size of a sub from 2p.m. to 3p.m. lets. Krill is used as a ease into the juvenile temperature must be from subway,” said For more information flavour enhancer to (young) fish. To lower measured to maintain a Ms. Bruder. visit gofishbc.com. entice the fish to eat.
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Ms. Markle. Originaly, Gomer was one of Mr. Ophus’ lesson horses and started working at the age of two. It is uncommon for a horse that young to help train but his mature temperament was clearly shown through a calm demeanour and quick learning ability. Ms. Markle bought him at the age of three and now at the age of seven he listens intently. “I love the feel and con-
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RIDING WITH RANDY: Randy Orphus has been training horses for 27 years and continues to work with Karen Markle and her horse Gomer during weekly training sessions at the arena on his horse and buffalo ranch. Rebecca Watson Omineca Express For some riding a horse comes naturally and for others it takes some work, but once you get the hang of it they do a lot of the work on their own, said Karen Markle 61, a Vanderhoof resident who started riding four years ago. “Before I would sit on horses but I didn’t really ride. I wanted to get over my fear so I could help with work on the ranch,” said Ms. Markle. With the help of horse trainer Randy Ophus 43, who owns a horse ranch just outside Vanderhoof and has been training for 27 years, what started out as a desire to overcome a fear swiftly became
one of Ms. Markle’s favourite past times. “[My horse Gomer] is my best friend. When I’m having a down day I go ride and I am no longer down. When people say isn’t it expensive? I say well, he’s my therapy class and my gym class so he’s not expensive,” said Ms. Markle, who had doubts throughout the process but quickly learned that personal doubts make the horse doubt as well. “The more your around a horse the more you can read what their eyes tell you; if they are calm or wild. The more you trust yourself the more the horse will trust you,” said Mr. Ophus. It wasn’t before long Ms. Markle was running through the ba-
sics of catching and brushing the horse, putting the saddle on, and putting the bridle in, which is the metal piece put in the horse’s mouth essential for steering. After becoming more comfortable she started reining and breaking her horse in with spins, sides and stops, and soon gained full body control. “You need to learn how to lead quickly because the horse can get spoiled pretty fast,” said Mr. Ophus. Now using one hand or a leg movement, Ms. Markle is able to guide which way her horse goes. “I can say whoa or use my body, so now when I do both he really listens,” said
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nection I get with [Gomer],” said Ms. Markle. Not long after learning reining the two quickly advanced to sorting and cutting cows out of the herd. They have even started team cattle penning, the competitive sport of sorting cattle. “Randy is just an awesome teacher,” said Ms. Markle. “Riding wasn’t what I intended or thought but now I’m hooked.”
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PAINTING BENCHES: Robin Lily 18, and Darby Millard 18, have been going around town and painting benches on behalf of the District of Vanderhoof as this year’s summer workers.
Rebecca Watson Omineca Express Summer beautification workers employed by the District of Vanderhoof have been helping to make the community better looking. Every summer workers are hired to help with uplifting the look of the town, managing and tending to things such as the district’s gardens by
watering plants and mowing lawns, and re-painting benches along with anything else that may be peeling. Darby Millard 18, and Robin Lilly 18, were hired this year and have been seen painting benches around town. “When the paint chips off it looks bad so were making the town look beautiful again,” said Ms. Millard.
Living in the present means your happy “If your depressed your living in the past. If your anxious your living in the future. If your happy your living in the present,” said Mr. Thiessen.
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COYOTE TRANSPORT LTD. SAT Sept 6, 2014 District of Vanderhoof Notice of Public Hearing
AUCTION SALE
JAKE SILBERBERGER SAT, Sept 13, 2014 Call Henry
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Take notice of proposed District of Vanderhoof Official Community Plan Bylaw No. 1137, 2014, and proposed District of Vanderhoof Zoning Amendment Bylaw No. 1141, 2014 which will amend District of Vanderhoof Zoning Bylaw No. 994, 2006. Proposed Bylaws District of Vanderhoof Official Community Plan Bylaw No. 1137, 2014 is a statement of objectives and policies that guides decisions on planning and land use management within the District of Vanderhoof. District of Vanderhoof Zoning Amendment Bylaw No. 1141, 2014 requires all single family dwellings to be situated on a continuously poured concrete foundation. A PUBLIC HEARING has been scheduled in accordance with the provisions of the Local Government Act Section 890 for August 11th, 2014 at 5:00 pm in the District Council Chambers to hear from anyone who deems their interest to be affected by the proposed bylaw. Submissions at the Public Hearing may be in written or verbal form. Written submissions will be received at the District Office up to the time of the Public Hearing. The District of Vanderhoof Official Community Plan Bylaw No. 1137, 2014 and District of Vanderhoof Zoning Amendment Bylaw No. 1141, 2014 is available for inspection at the District of Vanderhoof Office located at 160 Connaught Street, Vanderhoof BC, Monday to Friday from 8:30 am to 4:30 pm (closed for lunch 12:00 to 1:00 pm). Dated at Vanderhoof BC, this 9th day of July 2014.
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ONLINE AUCTION: 60 acre idyllic Mountain Ranch with buildings located on Foghorn Creek, Clearwater, British Columbia. View at www.mcdougallauction.com. Call Mike: 1250-833-1400 or 1-800-2634193. DL#319916.
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Victoria Manor
for more information 1-800-663-6189 www.transplant.bc.ca
Large 2 Bdrm from
$725 - $755
Large 1 Bdrm from
$695 - $725
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Silvermill Apartments
Real Estate
Townhouses 3/bdrm townhouses in a family- friendly complex. Close to downtown, schools & park. $695/mth. 250-567-4430
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* Balconies * Landscaped View * Cablevision Available
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Boats 1995 2300 Classic Malibu Sunbridge $20,500 includes trailer. Full load. Immaculate. 830hrs. For details & photos call: (1)250.826.4332 or e-mail: randymartin@shaw.ca
VANDERHOOF AND AREA BUSINESS DIRECTORY
PLUMBING
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Schneider Services Ltd.
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Box 2033 Vanderhoof
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Pam Berger Publisher 150 W. Columbia St Box 1007, Vanderhoof BC V0J 3A0
Tandem dump truck, 4x4 Backhoe, gravel sales, general hauling, foundations, water & sewer lines and snow removal. FRANK TEICHROEB 3393 Sinkutview Rd, Vanderhoof, BC V0J 3A2 567-2029
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