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A van caught fire on the top of Six Mile Hill east of Topley at 12 p.m. Sept. 2. Sgt. Rose says it was totally engulfed in flames when police arrived, with a travel trailer detached nearby. The two occupants escaped uninjured and highway traffic was re-routed through the brake check station while the Topley firefighters extinguished the fire. The fire was caused by an engine malfunction, said Sgt. Rose.

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Shane Brienen is challenging Bill Holmberg for mayor in the upcoming municipal election in November. Brienen has been on council for three terms and says he is ready for a step up, “a new challenge.” His top priority for Houston is balancing the new budget and dealing with revenue cutbacks due to the closure of Houston Forest Products. “The biggest thing is how we go about those cuts… achieving those cuts while still keeping the community appealing for people to live in,” Brienen said, adding that it won’t be easy balancing out services with cutbacks. His other top priorities are 24 hour health care and fixing and repaving roads. Getting 24 hour

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health care has been an ongoing struggle since before he was on council, Brienen said. “I still feel that Houston is deserving of that... Being an industrial town, with people working through the night and people in the backcountry with the logging and mining, 24 hour health care is an important thing. And it’s hard to attract investment in your community when people know that you don’t have health care available at night.” See MAYOR on Page 2

Coastal GasLink pipeline workers based in Houston By Jackie Lieuwen Houston Today

Coastal Gaslink workers are in Houston working with members of the First Nations to gain knowledge about the local area. Shawn Howard, spokesperson for TransCanada, said

the project is about sharing culturally important knowledge between generations. “The program creates the opportunity for one generation to pass down to another the traditional and cultural knowledge specific to areas along our proposed pipeline

“We appreciate the support of the participating Hereditary Chiefs,”

route,” Howard said. “This knowledge is built up by First Nations through

- Shawn Howard, TransCanada spokesperson generations of living in close contact with nature. Examples include favourite

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The program concluded last week and Howard says the study will inform Coastal GasLink for their project planning and detailed engineering design. “We appreciate the support of the participating Hereditary Chiefs in carrying out this

program on their lands, with their people… We have been working with all of the hereditary and band leadership along the proposed pipeline route and people have been notified of our work before we enter a particular area. We will continue to do so,” Howard said.

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Shane Brienen challenges Bill Holmberg for mayor

MAYOR from Page 1 With roads, Brienen says the District has been falling behind with upkeep and “it would be really nice to get caught up.” Asked about highlights from his past three terms on council, Brienen said the top one was getting respite beds at

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the Health Centre. “To be able to have people stay here when they’re in their final days… it makes it a

lot easier for families instead of having to run into Smithers or Burns Lake all the time,” he said.

He added that the other big accomplishment was getting funding for the water treatment plant. “That was a big one for the community, for the people that live here but also for people that come in and invest. If you want to build a new hotel or a new restaurant, it’s

kind of hard to do something like that and have that dirty water pouring out of your taps,” he said. HOLMBERG’S PLATFORM Running for his third term as mayor, Bill Holmberg says his top priority is financial

stability. “The next four years are going to be crucial for the well-being of this town. I think you need somebody that’s got good financial background and strong people skills,” Holmberg said. With the $600,000 revenue loss, “you better have somebody

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in there that can make tough decisions when they need to be made.” Holmberg’s other top priorities are economic stability and infrastructure. “I think the big thing we have to bring in is some secondary industry. We’re still going to be a resource town and there’s no denying that and there’s no shame in that,” he said. “We’re working right now with the forest service and license holders to see if we can bring in some value-added sawmills. It’s still a ways away but those are the types of things that I want to work on.” He also sees c o n t i n u i n g improvements on infrastructure as a top priority, and projects like the deteriorating water reservoir. Asked what he sees as the big accomplishments from his time as mayor, Holmberg said low tax rates was a big one. “We’ve had some of the lowest property taxes in the province. We’ve fought hard to keep property taxes low and that’s been huge,” he said. The second big thing was getting funding for the water treatment plant. “That has been huge,” he said. COUNCILLORS C o u n c i l l o r Jonathan Van Barneveld said he will run again for Houston council. Michalle Jolly said she will not run, as her husband was transferred to Quesnel after the HFP closure and her family is moving. Other councillors Rick Lundrigan, Dawn Potvin and Kyle Thomson are either undecided or could not be reached by press deadline. The length of term for mayor and council changes this year into four year terms instead of three. H o u s t o n ’ s municipal election is November 15 and nominations for mayor and council are open until mid-October.

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Independent inquiry needed

f the stuff in a mine’s tailing pond is benign, why does it have to be contained in secure facilities?

For whatever reason, Mount Polley Mine’s waste containing facility wasn’t secure enough, and now people’s faith in mine safety has been broken along with the breach in the dam. It’s impossible to predict the environmental consequences of this event. The economic repercussions are being felt already. In the worst case scenario, the mine won’t re-open and the gunk will do grievous damage to the environment. The best scenario would see the mess cleared up in jig time with little harm done to anything or anyone. (Dream on). Meantime the blame game is going full blast with fingers pointing in all directions. What went wrong? Was government oversight lacking? Was the mine careless? Did the devil do it? We are bombarded with conflicting information and expert opinions. Most of us believe whoever is saying what we want to hear, but the expert I know personally and trust is Jack Leggett. He was the provincial fisheries biologist here for some 30 years. His knowledge of local waterways and the fish in them is first class. I don’t have space to report all his thoughts, but he believes an independent public inquiry would “be in order” to establish what went wrong, and prevent anything like it happening again. He is right. With love and kisses to government and mine investigators, this is no time for an in-house inquiry. We need an independent body with no vested interests to look into the debacle. That’s the only way to regain the public trust. - Diana French, Black Press

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Swapping the office My 11-year-old daughter Daisy asked me a few weeks ago if she could have a desk in her bedroom. I looked at her like she was insane. “Where would we put it?” I asked motioning around her small room. “There’s no space left.” “We could put it in the closet,” she replied. “It would fit perfectly in there.” She was right – that could definitely work. Since I’d recently converted my home office next door into a big walkin closet for the two of us, we no longer needed this one to store her clothes. Unprepared to do anything in that busy moment I told her I’d think about it. But I didn’t actually think about it until last week when I was in a

thrift store and a sweet wooden desk caught my eye. This thing was solid. It was in excellent shape, had three drawers and the unit was petite enough that I could easily imagine it nestled into Daisy’s little closet as she suggested. It occurred to me that taking some measurements of the space would have been a good idea, but since I’ve hesitated on potential purchases only to return and find them gone, I decided to take my chance and just buy it. After handing the clerk two $10 bills for my beautiful bargain I loaded the drawers and then the desk into the back of my truck and drove home, excited at the prospect of emptying out the

pretty blue nook and putting it in there. Before taking it out I measured it and ran upstairs to do the same to the closet. Luckily it was a few inches wider and the depth was just right. Eager to get started on my newest little decorating surprise I removed Daisy’s hoodies and hung them downstairs with the rest of her coats. I then took out her books, toys and shelving and piled them in the hallway to deal with later. I unloaded the desk, lugged it up the stairs and inserted it into the emptied out, door-less alcove. It fit like a glove. My husband and son were out, but my daughter and her friend were there as I worked away. I kept

expecting one of them to walk into the room and discover what I was doing, but they didn’t. Instead they would come and go from the backyard and enter every other room, never questioning the mess I was creating in the hallway. After I was done setting up her mini office and making it look pretty, I started cleaning up the hallway, finding places to put all the stuff I’d taken out. Finally I heard the sound I’d been anticipating: the scream of glee. Running out of her room, Daisy hugged me tight, thanked me profusely and showered me with compliments about how brilliant I was. She had forgotten this whole idea came from

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Street... What do you like most about being back in school?

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Oliver Shane Grade 3

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Cohen Jaarsma Grade 2

“I like school because it’s less boring. I like Math class too, because it’s kind of fun.”

“I like Math and gym. And I like to be back with my friends, I haven’t seen them much during summer vacation.”

“The best part of being back is seeing all my friends again, ‘cause it’s been a long time. They were all gone at the beginning of the summer and I was gone during the end. And I like organizing my new locker.”

“I get to see my friends more often now. And I like the free time.”

Question was asked at the Independent private Houston Christian School which is holding classes.

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Dear Editor, I have a beef to share. Too many people are inaccurately using the term “acute toxicity” when talking

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about Polley Lake. Not only is their use of the term inaccurate, it’s also recklessly misleading. Acute toxicity

Polley Lake not dead, just a hangover results from a single or short exposure to a poisonous substance which then causes severe biological harm or even death. An example of acute toxicity would be a

lethal dose of common alcohol, aka “booze.” At Polley Lake there is an “elevated” level of substances, not “acute toxicity.” A suitable analogy would be a hangover

from having consumed too much alcohol. As everyone knows, a hangover is painful but can be remedied, or remediated, if the source of the contaminant (alcohol)

is removed or stopped, allowing the body to recover naturally. So, Polley Lake is not dead, folks! It just has a hangover. Let’s stop saying it’s dead, let nature take

its course, and let Polley Lake get over this hangover while we figure out how to make sure it doesn’t happen again. Jessica Marte Burnaby, BC

Province eyes longer school year to offset strike By Jeff Nagel Black Press

Education Minister Peter Fassbender says the province may take extraordinary steps to ensure senior secondary students’ school year is not cut short by the teachers strike. That could mean adding days to the school calendar later in the year, he said, to ensure Grade 12 students in particular complete their courses and get all the marks they need. “Do you put it on the end of the year? Do you take it out of Spring Break? Do you take it out of Christmas holidays? My staff are looking at all of the options,” Fassbender said. “It’s going to depend on how long this drags out. Whatever length of time it takes to get this settled, we will do

everything we can to make sure the school year is kept whole for those students.” It’s unclear how the government would finance adding extra days of classes later when all of the $12 million per day in strike savings may be consumed by the province’s offer of $40-a-day payments to parents. “If they were accumulating the savings, that would be one thing – they would have a fund,” Vancouver School Board chair Patti Bacchus said. “But they’re giving away the budget right now to parents that would be otherwise available to pay for that.” As of Thursday, 63 per cent of parents of eligible public school children under 13 had signed up for the $40 payments, which are expected to be made as

a lump sum after the strike ends.

union locals ratify new contracts.

Other costs that the province continues to incur while schools are closed include salaries for school administration as well as support staff with other unions that are eligible to be compensated for pay lost for not crossing teacher picket lines. Support staff costs could hit $5 million a day once all their

Education ministry officials said school districts would be consulted on any potential changes to the school year to mitigate the strike. But Bacchus said she’s heard nothing so far and predicted it would be disruptive to families that have booked vacations and made other commit-

ments far in advance. “It’s not going to be easy,” she said, noting changes would also require exemptions from School Act requirements. Talk of calendar adjustments is another sign of possible longterm implications from the strike, even though it has only disrupted the first few days of the new school year. Parents have scrambled for limited space for child care, day camps, tutors and even private school placements for their children. Stepping up to meet the demand have been independent schools and, increasingly, public school teachers no longer drawing a regular paycheque who are advertising “tutor” services online. “I work for the Surrey School District and I am willing to tutor your child in

the comfort of your own home,” reads one Craigslist post from an elementary school teacher. Distance learning through independent online schools is another option. The B.C. Online School run out of Kelowna by Heritage Christian Schools has been swamped with three times the normal number applications for distributed learning from students across the province as a result of the strike. “We are overloaded with kids coming to us, particularly those in Grade 12 who want to get a particular course and get their requirements for university,” said superintendent Greg Bitgood. The online school, which is half funded by the province, instructed 3,400 students in its summer school – three times the normal number – and turned

away another 6,000. Demand has surged again now that the strike has spilled into September and pushed back the scheduled start of classes. Bitgood is weighing whether to hire more teachers in response. But it’s risky because a deal or government legislation could send teachers back to work and students back to regular classes, said Bitgood, who emphasized he also wants the public school shutdown to end quickly. There’s only four such independent schools that offer distributed learning to students in the public system, Bitgood said, adding “there’s no way” the industry can meet the demand created by the strike. Another independent online school based in Surrey declined to comment, saying the issue was “too sensitive.”

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Council to adopt ticket bylaw for enforcement By Jackie Lieuwen Houston Today

The District of Houston is reviewing a ticket bylaw, set to be adopted September 16. The bylaw empowers the Bylaw Enforcement Officer, Building Inspector and RCMP to enforce municipal bylaws by issuing tickets. “Before this there was no mechanism for council to enforce bylaws,” said Chief Administrative Officer Michael Glavin. “This is a complaint-driven process, with the exception of parking and some of the noise bylaw issues.” The bylaw includes tickets for everything from failures to have a business licence for $100, to noise that

disturbs or driving a noisy vehicle for $200, to obstructing authority for $1,000. There are unsightly premises tickets ranging from $150 for allowing garbage to build up, to $250 for dumping trash in open spaces, to $500 for placing graffiti. For business licence or sign infractions, tickets range from $50 to $100, and for screening and landscaping failures fines are $100. Violations of the development bylaw may lead to tickets of $100 to $500. Parking tickets are $100, obstructing a street is $100, and interfering with traffic is $500. More tickets include failure to remove snow from sidewalk for $100,

“ and impeding snow removal for $200. Owners of unlicensed dogs could

standards of maintenance bylaw is $150 fine, including failure to keep a rental

that the biggest fine is $1,000 for obstructing authority. “The numbers that

“It’s a complaint-driven policy . . . The goal is to make people more responsible for what they’re doing.”

be fined $100, having pets at large is $100, allowing a dog to bark excessively is $200 and failure to muzzle a dangerous dog is $100. All garbage disposal violations could lead to $100 fine, from having unlawful containers, to depositing animal feces waste, to having an overweight container. Violating the

- Mayor Bill Holmberg place weather tight or rid it of pests, to failure to maintain locks or supply proper water. Director of Engineering John Guenther said the dollar amounts were determined by surveying other municipalities. “These are more in the higher range rather then average range,” Guenther said, adding

are given are meant to be a deterrent. It’s not meant to be a money gathering mechanism,” he said. CAO Glavin said the fines also cover administration costs and staff time. “It does cost the district a fair bit of money to issue these tickets,” he said. Guenther added that issuing a ticket is very rare.

“We won’t be issuing lots of tickets… most of the time it’s a warning,” he said. If a violation happens, the ticket process begins with warnings, then a ticket is personally delivered or left at a person’s home. The person has fourteen days to pay the fine and accept liability for the offence, or to notify the local government that they will dispute the ticket. Ticket disputes go to court. “It’s not a cash generating system, it’s a complaint-driven policy,” said Mayor Bill Holmberg. “We’re not going to make any money off these tickets.The goal is to make people more responsible for what they’re doing.” Police are enforcers

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Clubs Day on September 11 By Jackie Lieuwen Houston Today

Clubs Day is back. The Houston Community Hall will be open 3 to 7 p.m. Sept. 11 for anyone wanting to learn about or get involved in Houston clubs. Over 12 Houston clubs will feature, including figure skating, minor hockey, the horse club, Search and Rescue, ringette, ACT, HOPE, and more. There will also be information tables for the Public Library, the Houston Leisure Facility, Work BC and mental health and addictions services. “Sometimes it’s hard for people to know where to go to register for certain programs or leagues,” said Ryan Coltura, Director of Leisure Services. He added that the District wants to “give residents an opportunity to have a one-stop shop of things that they can get themselves or their kids registered for in the community,” he said. “We encourage all

of the public to come out and check out what programs and services the different groups are offering, and maybe try out a new activity or get involved in a new organization.” Coltura says Houston used to host a Clubs Day, and they’re trying to resurrect the event.

“We recognize how many great organizations and clubs we have in town and we’re trying to get them as much exposure as we can,” Coltura said. Tables are still available for clubs to use and registration is free. Contact the Leisure Facility at 845-7420.

HOUSTON CLUBS SERVICES & SOCIETIES DAY Thursday, September 11th, 2014 3:00-7:00pm at the Houston Community Hall

• Register for upcoming programs/seasons • Become a member or volunteer of an amazing organization • Get involved in your community • Learn about the great services and programs offered in Houston Call 250-845-7420 or stop by the Leisure Facility to reserve a free table for your club, service or society.

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First Things First

I woke up in the middle of the night. It was pitch dark. I could not see my hand in front of me. I groped around for the light switch on the lamp beside the bed. “Click”, still no light. The power was out. I needed to find a flashlight, where had I put it the last time I had used it? After stumbling around feeling my way around and bumping into things I finally found the flashlight. It worked and everything around me was visible. I was able to see where I was going. I have a friend who is a believer in Jesus Christ. She told me that before she was a believer, she would to try to understand what the Bible was saying and when she would read it, nothing made sense to her. It was just a jumble of words, just like groping in the dark with the power off. Sometimes people tried to convince her of spiritual things but they also did not make sense to her. The day she surrendered to Jesus Christ everything changed, the lights came on in her heart, she picked up her Bible and it made sense. She was able to understand God’s word and apply it to her life. She has been growing in her walk with God ever since. When we try to live without God, we are really walking without any real direction in our lives. We grope in the dark and do not understand. By trying to find our own way, ultimately nothing really makes sense. We do not see the way God has created for us to walk in. Without Jesus, even those who think themselves “spiritual” grope in the darkness. “They are blind guides leading the blind, and if one blind person guides another, they will both fall in the ditch.” Matthew 15:14 NLT Yet he created us for a reason and that reason is to follow him with all our heart. (Proverbs 3:5,6) Jesus said “I am the light of the world. If you follow me, you won’t have to walk in darkness, because you will have the light that leads to life.” John 8:12 NLT. What are we going to do? Are we going to continue to stumble around groping in the darkness or will we trust Jesus to be our light, first, before we step out into this dark world? Jesus said “I have come as a light to shine in this dark world, so that all who put their trust in me will no longer remain in the dark.” John 12:46 NLT Submitted by Ken Penner Sponsored by Riverside Gardens

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Casey and Sydney enjoy the free play time at Tadpoles. Tadpoles is a program run by the Houston Friendship Centre for kids under five years old. It runs every Thursday 10 to 11:30 a.m. and includes things like snack time, crafts, circle time and free play. It is a parent-interactive group that runs year round as a drop in program.

BRITISH COLUMBIA ELECTORAL BOUNDARIES COMMISSION

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Police report By Jackie Lieuwen Houston Today

On Aug. 28 police helped SPCA with a search warrant on Perow Loop. RCMP Sgt. Stephen Rose says they seized an insecure and unsafely stored firearm at the home. The case is still under investigation and charges are expected. *** Police stopped three drunk drivers at a road check on Highway 16 Aug. 31. The first was a class seven driver who was screened and found

to have alcohol levels below the legal limit but above the limit on his licence. The driver was issued a 12-hour driving prohibition. The second driver failed the roadside screen and had a 90-day driving prohibition in 2014, so was arrested for impaired driving. Police suspended the drivers licence for 24 hours and served them another driving prohibition, charging them for impaired driving and driving with alcohol level over 0.08. The third driver

failed the roadside screen and police issued him a 90-day driving prohibition and impounded the vehicle for 30 days. *** Police are investigating a theft at Jamie Baxter Park at 2:20 p.m. Sept. 2. Sgt. Rose says a male and female were both drunk, got in a fight and the male stole the female’s cell phone. Charges are expected. *** Police called Search and Rescue at 10:30 p.m. Sept. 2 to look for some overdue campers who had gone boating on Lamprey Lake. Sgt. Rose says SAR used a fixed wing aircraft and found the campers

SPCA seizes over 50 animals Police and the SPCA seized over 50 animals from a home on Perow Loop Aug. 28. The seizure came after numerous complaints and SPCA (Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals) orders demanding that the owners fix problems such as insufficient food and water and lack of shelter. SPCA and police seized 18 horses, 18

dogs, 15 birds and two cats, as well as a dirty tank of fish, said Cst. Thom. “The horses were kept in unclean and substandard conditions. Many were underweight and several had overgrown hooves and suspected parasites,” says Marcie Moriarty, chief prevention and enforcement officer for the BC SPCA. “There was no food present in any of the

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enclosures and most of the horses had no access to water.” There were German shepherds, poodle crosses, Chinese crested dogs, a Newfoundland cross, a pit bull, a Maltese cross and a bloodhound cross. The 15 birds included cockatiels, love birds, quail, budgies and a conure, said Moriarty. SPCA investigation continues.

safe and sound. The campers and those who reported them overdue had a miscommunication. *** Police checked a group of young males walking past the station with beer at 9:55 p.m. Sept. 3. Sgt. Rose says one male lied about his identity, was given an opportunity to be truthful, but declined and was arrested for obstruction. After searching the male, police found

identification and discovered the male was wanted on warrant. The male was arrested on warrant and faces two new charges for obstructing a police officer and breaching conditions. *** In the past six days, police have dealt with seven traffic complaints, three noise bylaw complaints, two abandoned 9-1-1 calls, and one false alarm.

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BUDGET 2015 CONSULTATIONS

All proceeds go to the Houston Retirement Housing Society All participants - Pledge sheets can be picked up at the Houston Chamber of Commerce Monday to Friday 9-5 & the Houston Leisure Facility

SELECT STANDING COMMITTEE ON FINANCE AND GOVERNMENT SERVICES Chair: Dan Ashton, MLA (Penticton)

What are your priorities for the next provincial budget? The all-party Select Standing Committee on Finance and Government Services will be holding province-wide public consultations on the next provincial budget. British Columbians are invited to participate by attending one of 17 public hearings or by making a written submission, sending an audio or video file, or completing an online survey.

W E W A N T T O H E A R F R O M YO U ! The deadline for submissions is Friday, October 17, 2014. To register to appear at a public hearing or for more information, please visit our website at: www.leg.bc.ca/cmt/finance or contact: Parliamentary Committees Office, Room 224, Parliament Buildings, Victoria, BC V8V 1X4; tel: 250.356.2933, or toll-free in BC: 1.877.428.8337; fax: 250.356.8172; e-mail: FinanceCommittee@leg.bc.ca Susan Sourial, Committee Clerk

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WELDER West Fraser Mills Ltd. requires a Journeyman Welder for shift work at Pacific Inland Resources in Smithers, BC. West Fraser offers a comprehensive benefits package. Please submit resume in person, by mail or by fax before October 8th, 2014 to: Dean MacDonald Pacific Inland Resources Box 3130 Smithers, BC V0J 2N0 Fax: 250-847-5520

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CASUAL (1) & PART-TIME (1) REFRIGERATION OPERATOR I The District of Houston is now accepting applications for both a Casual and a Part-time Refrigeration Operator I at the arena from September 15, 2014 to March 22, 2015. This is a CUPE Union position at a rate of pay of $28.56 per hour. Preference will be given to individuals possessing the following qualifications: â&#x20AC;˘ Training in the area of refrigeration operations â&#x20AC;˘ Mandatory Certification in â&#x20AC;&#x153;Safety Awarenessâ&#x20AC;?, â&#x20AC;&#x153;Ice Facility Operatorâ&#x20AC;? OR Power Engineer - Class 5 with Refrigeration Endorsement A complete job description can be picked up at the Municipal Office. A positive attitude and ability to work in a team environment is a must! Applications will be received at the District of Houston Municipal Office until Friday, September 12, 2014 at 12:00 p.m. Interested persons should direct all inquiries to: John J. Guenther, Director of Engineering & Development Services Phone: (250) 845-2238 â&#x20AC;˘ Fax: (250) 845-3429 e-mail: engineering@houston.ca 3367, 12th St. Houston, BC V0J 1Z0

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R tions, Native Art, Estates, tions, Native Art, Estates, 2 bedroom suite with longer has furniture available persons in 60x150, need. 80x100 sell for balIf you wanted to know something, justFlats ask Tim. He usually had an answer for you but when hefordidn’t, Pollack’s house (17642) on Buck Rd. All Buck Family waiting on the other side; hisCommunity Family youngest waiting son George, on theproudly other grandparents side; his George youngest sonRuby George, Carroll, grandparents George and Ruby Carroll, • Spacious, custom built home with some unique features - 9 ft ceilings, Gold, Silver + 778-281-0030 Gold, Silverseparate +meetings 778-281-0030 Calendar sponsored by and ® entrance. ance owed! Call 1-800-457Topley Fire Protection Society every he would have one soon. The past years were spent loving life, working on ventures and a lot of time Flats residents are welcome to attend, we discuss BEAUTIFULLY FURNISHED ON BEAU skylights, tonnes of windows & sunken living rm with a gas fireplace. Orval and Betty Egan, (Uncle) Bill Egan. Orval and Betty Egan, (Uncle) Bill Egan. visit us online at: Basement appliances included. suite (900 sq.ft.) Quit. “Love by thehave Bowl” SoupHeKitchen 2206 servingor All LAKE OKANAGAN Turn-key, luxuLAKE FIREARMS. ALL Tuesday types wantFIREARMS. ALL types wantquad ding with familythe and Buck friends.flats He will be missed more Houston’s than he could possibly known. • Oak cabinets in kitchen, garden door off the dining room to a deck second of the month at 7:30 pm. issues concerning area, with an www.crownsteelbuildings.ca. rious, immaculate, 1000 conrious Large landscaped lot,single garden area, patios. 2 minute walksq.toft. ed, estates, collections, ed, estates, collections, single and a patio. Great mountain views. Laundry on the main. hot dogs and homemade salads instead of soup would never want a big to-do about himself and kept life simple. If you needed Tim, he was always Before your time Life is not aonjourney to the grave with Life isintents not aBuck journey of arriving to the in agrave well preserved with intents body, of arriving but in a well preserved body, but do in West Kelowna. 2 bedrooms, do in emphasizes road conditions through our Smithers Golf & Country Club. Very safe neighbourhood. items, military. We handle all items,bathrooms military. We handle all • Huge master bedroom with a huge walk in closet and an en-suite. 2.5 with fabulous 2.5 there to lend a hand, and makeinussideways all laugh and laugh andused laugh some more. through summer in two different 11:00 tofire skid rather to skid up, totally inthe sideways worn thoroughly out, usedseatings, up, totally worn out, paperwork andMORE transportation. paperwork and out. transportation. • Basement features a cozy family rm, 3rd bath, lots of storage & a big runs FOR INFORMATION: Call Ryan 250-877-0657 amenities: private beach, marina, amen Flats road userrather group, prevention andthoroughly protection Licensed Dealer. 1-866-960Licensed Dealer. 1-866-960entrance with a wood stove. -12:00 and 12:00 -1:00 on Wednesdays. pools and so much more! $325,000. pools Whiskey in hand and yelling ‘Wow! Whiskey What in a ride!’ hand and yelling ‘Wow! ride!’ or Terry 778-210-1703 email: rwmadley@gmail.com When youour sawvolunteer Tim coming the road, you knew you would either be learning something new orWhat a0045, through fireupdepartment group, and www.dollars4guns.com 0045, www.dollars4guns.com Call 250-826-4267 Call 2 • 18 x 20 garage, storage and wood shed. having a good true belly laugh. We will all miss him very much and when feeling sad, try and hear planning of a community/ fire hall. Please call Chris The Houston Legion Branch 249: Meeting: 2nd $ what he would say… ‘you can’t take life too seriously or it won’t be fun no more’ Newell at 250 845-3564 for more information. 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Well-built featuresgarden a concrete floor, power and cabinets, a • and Laundry on main, oakbarn cabinets, •doors Laundry to water, private, on main, fenced oak yard. garden Centre: doors to private, Misc. Wanted Carpet Bowling Tuesday and Friday 1:00 PM cooler as welland as a paint loft. Storage feed shed, large chicken house & in the completely Ph: 250-845-7117 Shawna (Dave); Grandchildren Brody, Terrance, George, JacobSeniors and Luke; as well as many aunts, uncles,at 7:00pm at Granisle Volunteer Fire Department meetings & Bingo is every Tuesday • meat All new flooring in the shed, completely • All fi new nished flooring basement. and paint finished basement. other outbuildings! Fenced & cross fenced. • Floor Curling Monday 1:00 PM • Pool any afternoon • Pellet stove in the huge rec-room. New • high Pellet effi stove ciency in gas the furnace huge rec-room. New high effi ciency gas furnace Collector Buying Coin Collecnieces, nephews and many, many friends. • Beautiful views from the top field. Nice sized garden area and fire pit! Cottonwood Manor. Entry is $1. outAM & enjoy a Monday Property Please keep call; your announcements asPlease brief keep as possible. your announcements brief Monday as possible. fireArt, practices every Tues., Revenue 7:00pm Fire Hall. 10:00 AM •asCards andCome Thursday 10:00 7:00 • Cards PM. and Thursday PM. at the and hot water tank. replaced in 2010. and hotwith water tank. Shingles replaced in Lia Long www.bvcu.com Native Estates, • Extremely well kept andShingles tidy! Spacious country kitchen garden to2010. schedule Adrian-250-845-2338 BreakfastsPlease keep your announcements asyoungest brief• as possible. Monday of the month7:00 is Executive, 4th Monday is as well asfilled theGeorge arena for those wishing to tions, register fun prize evening. Lots of prizes! • doors Concrete driveway, parking, storage • Concrete sheds, driveway, RV parking, 2 storage sheds,waiting single garage. off dining rm to RV a deck. Wood2electric furnace & single wood figarage. replace. Family on the other side; his son George, grandparents and Ruby Carroll, Deadline (faxed or mailed or delivered) Deadline is 4 p.m. (faxed Thursday. or mailed or delivered) is 4 p.m. Thursday. Gold, Silver +Seniors 778-281-0030 At the Bowling Alley: Seniors bowling Wednesday 250-845-1147 At the Bowling Alley: bowling Wednesday first Saturday of the month, community invited. • Granisle Church of the Way services are Sunday,ON Deadline (faxed or mailed or delivered) is 4 p.m. •• IfGreat your dream is a hobby a friendly, rural area, here it is! Appl. included. General Meeting. sooner. as space permits. Items mountain viewsfarm as anin added bonus! • Great All appliances mountain included. views as an added bonus! All appliances included. BEAUTIFULLY FURNISHED Orval and Egan, (Uncle) BillasEgan. Items are Betty printed or alternated space Items permits. are printed Itemsor alternated 1:30 PM. Secondary At the Houston Swimming Pool: PM. FIREARMS. At Aquafit, the Houston Pool: LAKE Aquafit, OKANAGAN Turn-key, luxuHouston School - 1:30 webpage: http:// ALLSwimming types wantSoup Sandwich third Thursday of the Thursday. Items arefax,luncheonprinted alternated as space 11:00am. Re/Max Houston $ $ will beand accepted via email orordropped at the office. No will be accepted via fax,Buck emailFlats or dropped at the office. No Seniors Bingo isAM. every Tuesday at 1000 7:00pm Community Development Society, meets immaculate, sq. ft.at coned, estates, collections, single Monday, and Fridaybut 9-10 Monday, AM. At Wednesday Willow and Friday 9-10 Atrious, Willow hssweb.sd54.bc.ca Life calls isCommunity notplease. aBC journey to the grave with intents of arriving in aWednesday well preserved body, Structural Firefighting/Hwy Rescue. 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More calendar rather to skid in sideways thoroughly used up, totally worn out, Topley Volunteer Fire Dept. is accepting applicaTopley beach, Volunteer Fire Dept paperwork and transportation. 3603 St.: Senior Exercise, Monday Friday or(17642) and can11th be submitted or viewed at www.houston-today.com and can and be submitted viewed aton www.houston-today.com amenities: private marina, e-mail: remaxhou@telus.net prize filled evening. Lots of prizes! Buck Flats Rd. All Buck Flats residents are fun Licensed Dealer. 1-866-960pools and please sotions. muchNo more! $325,000. items are listed onlineWhiskey and can be submitted viewed Thursday AM. Thursday 10 AM. tions. in hand and or yelling ‘Wow! What a10 ride!’ No experience necessary contact experience By- neces welcome to attend, we discuss issues concerning 0045, www.dollars4guns.com Call 250-826-4267 Buck Flats Community Development Buck Flats Society, Community Development Society, Houston Secondary School - ron webpage: http:// Locally owned and operated at www.houston-today.com ron - F/C 250-696-3348 or come to a- Fire F/C 250-696-3348 Practice or Community Calendar proudly sponsored by the Buck Community flatsat area, an emphasizes Houston Association Houston on Community -road no Services Association - no ® meets every 3rd Sat. evening at meets 6pmevery at Andy 3rd Sat. evening 6pm with atServices Andy Library Events: Come out to the library Tues., Sept. 16 conditions through our Buck Flats road user group, hssweb.sd54.bc.ca Thurs @ 19:00 hrs (7pm). Thurs @ 19:00 hrs (7pm). longer furniture available longer has in need. furniture available for persons in need. Pollack’s house (17642) on BuckPollack’s Flats Rd.house All Buck (17642) onhas Buck Flats Rd. All Buckfor persons Salvation • Custom built in 1994, this rancher styled home with a full basement @ 1:00PM for our 2nd “No School” Activity!! Kids ages fire prevention and protection through our volunteer Topley Fire Protection Society Topley meetings every Protection So Army –Fire Food Flats residents are welcome to attend, Flats residents we discuss are welcome to attend, we discuss features 5 bedrooms and 3 full bathrooms. www.realtor.ca 6 and up. Keep a lookout for posters around town for Houston’s “Love by the Bowl” Soup Houston’s Kitchen “Love serving by the Bowl” Soup Kitchen serving bank Donation fire department group, and planning of a community/ • Laundry on main, oak cabinets, garden doors to private, fenced yard. second Tuesday of the month at 7:30 second pm. Tuesday of the mon issues concerning the Buck flats area, with an Buck flats area, with an more details!!! • Adult Book Club issues - Come concerning grab your the www.remaxhouston.ca • All new flooring and paint in the completely finished basement. hot hall. dogsPlease and call homemade salads instead dogs of andsoup homemade salads instead of soup & Coats, Mitts fire Chris Newell at hot 250-845-3564 for emphasizes on road conditions through emphasizes our Buck on road conditions through our Buck • Pellet stove in the huge rec-room. New high efficiency gas furnace & Hats copy ofkeep “Burial Rites” by Hannah Kent. Read,asread, read. more through the• summer in two different through seatings, the 11:00 summer information. Please yourgroup, announcements asFlats brief possible. AM Cards and Thursday 7:00 PM. in two different seatings, 11:00 over $650 in and hot water tank. Shingles replaced in 2010. Flatsthen road join user prevention and road user group,10:00 fire prevention andMonday protection And usmailed for afire discussion and anprotection Icelandic Structural Firefighting/Hwy Rescue. Interested? -12:00 and 12:00 -1:00 on Wednesdays. -12:00 and 12:00 -1:00 on Wednesdays. • Concrete driveway, RV parking, 2 storage sheds, single garage. Deadline (faxed or or delivered) is 4 p.m. Thursday. the Bowling Alley: Seniors donations. Activities for Seniors in Houston at Wednesday the Seniors through on ourThurs., volunteer fire @department throughgroup, our volunteer and At fire department group, andbowling • Great mountain views as an added bonus! All appliances included. delicacy 25 7:00PM. Topley Volunteer Fire Dept. is accepting applicaItems are printed orSept. alternated as space permits. Items 1:30 PM. At the Houston Swimming Pool: Centre: Carpet Bowling Tues. & 249: Fri.The 1:00 PM Aquafit, • Floor HOUSTONfire & hall. DISTRICT BRANCH planning of a community/ planning Please call of aChris community/ fire hall. Please call Chris The Houston Legion Branch Meeting: Houston 2nd Legion Branch 249: Meeting: 2nd $ will be accepted via registration fax, email or is dropped at the office. No Houston Ringette open for 2014/2015 tions. No and experience necessary please contact Granisle District Seniors meeting Granisle every and2nd District Seni Monday, Wednesday and AM. At Curling Mon. 1:00 PM Pool 9-10 any afternoon 2365 Copeland P.O. Box Houston Firefighting/Hwy Interested? Newell 250 845-3564 forAve. more Newell information. at1480, 250 845-3564 for more information. Monday of the month is •Friday Executive, Monday 4th Monday of Willow the to month is Structural is Executive, 4th Monday isRescue. Perfect hobby hobby farm farm set set up up on on this this 20 20 acre acre parcel parcel with aahobby recently renovated, •• Perfect • Perfect with recently farm renovated, set up on this 20 acre parcel with calls aat recently renovated, phone please. More calendar items listed online Sept. 30.are Registration Byron F/C 250-696-3348 or come to atheFire cozy, tastefully tastefully decorated decorated 44 bedroom bedroom home! home! cozy, tastefully decorated 4 bedroom home! season, Ice time begins cozy, Sunday of the month at 7:00pm Sunday at the of Seniors month at 7 schedule call; Adrian-250-845-2338 • BreakfastsGrove Golf Course: Senior’s golf (in season) every Ph: 250-845-7117 Topley Volunteer Fire Dept. is accepting applicaGeneral Meeting. General Meeting. and can be submitted or viewed at www.houston-today.com Activities for Seniors in Houston at the Seniors Activities for Seniors in Houston at the Seniors Several outbuildings outbuildings including including aa 24x38 24x38 wired wired•Quonset Quonset with aa concrete concrete oor a 24x38 wiredforms •• Several Several outbuildings with including flfloor Quonsetare with available a concrete floorand fees can be dropped off Thursday Centre. Centre. Practice Thurs @ 19:00 hrs (7pm). first Sat. of 10the AM.month, community invited. • Soup tions. and 10’ 10’ door. door. Well-built Well-built barn barn features features aa concrete concrete oor, water, power and and and and flfloor, 10’ water, door. Well-built power barn aa features a concrete floor, water, power and a No experience necessary please contact ByCentre: Carpet Bowling and Centre: 1:00 PM Bowling Tuesday and Friday 1:00 PM at Emberson Plumbing & Heating orFriday on Carpet Clubs day Buck Flats Community Development Society, meat cooler cooler as as well well as as loft. Storage Storage shed, feed feedCredit shed,cooler largeUnion chicken house &Storage shed, feed meat aa loft. shed, meat shed, large as chicken well house a loft.& shed, large chicken house & Tuesday LiaasLong Bulkley Valley July 2007 www.bvcu.com Seniors Bingoluncheonis every third Tuesday Seniors atof 7:00pm atis ron every Tuesday at 7:00pm at Granisle and Sandwich Thurs. theBingo month. - F/C 250-696-3348 come tomeetings a Fire Practice Granisle Volunteer Fireor Department meetings Volunteer & Fire D other outbuildings! outbuildings! Fenced Fenced & & cross cross fenced. fenced. other outbuildings! Fenced & cross fenced. • Floor Curling Monday 1:00 PM • Pool other Topley Fire Protection Society every • Floor any Curling afternoon Monday 1:00 PMCommunity • Pool any afternoon at community hall Thurs., Sept. 11th. Deadline for Houston 250-845-1147 Services Association - noa Entry meets every 3rd Sat. evening at 6pm at Andy Beautiful views views from from EPS the top topLogos eld. Nice Niceto sized garden areaviews and fifrom fire re pit! be supplied topit! Newspapers •• Beautiful the fifield. sized •garden Beautiful area and the top field. Nice sized garden area and fire pit! Cottonwood Manor. At Entry is $1. Come Cottonwood out & enjoy Manor. is $1. Come out & enjoy a fire Community invited. Pleasant Valley Village, 3603 Thurs @ 19:00 hrs (7pm). fire practices every Tues., 7:00pm at practices the Fire Hall. every Tues., 7 second Tuesday of the month at 7:30 pm. Extremely well well kept kept and and tidy! tidy! Spacious Spacious country country kitchen with with garden •• Extremely • Extremely kitchen wellgarden kept and tidy! Spacious country kitchen with garden to schedule call; Adrian-250-845-2338 to schedule • Breakfastscall; Adrian-250-845-2338 • Breakfastsdraw of $100.00 off fees for early registration is Sept. furniture available infilled need. Pollack’s house (17642) on Buck Flats Rd. All Buck longer fun prize filled evening. Lots prizes! fun prize evening. Lots of prizes! Houston 11th St.:has Senior Exercise, Mon.of&for Fripersons 10:00 AM • Cards doors off off dining dining rm rmRe/Max to aa deck. deck. Wood Wood electric electric furnace & wood wood replace. doors to furnace doors & off diningfifireplace. rm to a deck. Wood electric furnace & wood fireplace. Topley Fire Protection Society meetings every of the Wa firstarea, Saturday ofarethe month, community first Saturday of •theMon. month, community invited. • Granisle Church of the Way services Granisle are Sunday, Church 12. 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/lb

Butterball Turkey Bacon

Assorted Varieties, 2 kg

5 lb bag

/lb

375 g

G R E AT BA R G A I N S Kellogg’s Rice Krispie Squares 1.18 kg

Western Family Stirred Yogurts 2 Varieties, 12x100 g

Becel Soft Margarine 1.8 kg

Western Family Waffles 2 Varieties, 48 count

Resinite Food Wrap 11”x2500’

1499

Tree Top Fruit Snacks

80 pouches, 2.08 kg

Sezme Snaps 2 Varieties, 16 count

Quaker Granola Bars Assorted Varieties, 156-199 g

5 for

Mr. Noodles Cup Noodles

Post Honeycombs Cereal

Quaker Instant Oatmeal

899

2 Varieties, 12x64 g

Smucker’s Jam 2 Varieties, 1 litre

Pillsbury Pizzapops or Mini Pizzas, 740-800 g

Roots Backpacks Assorted Colours

or Selected Varieties, 510-595 g

Hellmann’s Mayonnaise 1.8 litre

599

Western Family Frozen Punches Assorted Varieties, 295 ml

.88

Ivory Bodywash Assorted Varieties, 709 ml

Variety Pack 60 count, 2.1 kg

Western Family English Muffins Assorted Varieties, 6’s

2 for

Cheemo Perogies 2 Varieties, 2 kg

588

Value Priced Toilet Paper Double roll, 24 roll

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